i called my mom and she didn t answer. i pretty much knew in my heart that something was wrong. a mother vanished. i cried myself to sleep. it was awful realizing your worst nightmare had come true. a family anguished. she s gone. do you have any idea how hard that was? now, the questions begin in a southern gothic mystery. the case is puzzling. we did not really know what had happened. who would everett manage and you would have a murder in the family. soon there would be secrets. we were dealing with a person that was leading a double life. and one of them, would prove deadly. have you ever said, i know you did this? it hurts too much for me to say it out loud. hello. and welcome to dateline. it s a case that centers on the mother who had gone missing in a small town secret, that led to a very big surprise. here s keith morrison. suppose for a minute you are sitting in your car. smacked up in the middle of tuscaloosa alabama. and you poin
another and eventually an inescapable conclusion. but prosecutor evans, had questions, pointed. ones you could tell it was going to be difficult. where was the smoking? gun where was the murder? weapon where was even one single plug fingerprints tying dawn to the crime? as far as physical evidence, we did not have any. it was truly circumstantial, because we didn t really know anything about what had happened. as far as evans could see, the case was maybe a best. she had no reason to kill teresa. so to bring a case against her, would be pretty tough, i would think. the case with dawn is puzzling. when you are working with a circumstantial case, every piece of evidence is definitely important. how could corporal boyd and sheriff ellis thought for second they were wrong. they believe dawn was the killer. they told the prosecutor not