and this is dateline. this doesn t happen in our happy little world. their world shattered, a young mother strangled. we had a homicide and no lso no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. she slept with the children and the door locked. and finally a vital clue. what happened to nancy the day she disappeared? welcome to dateline. a young mother disappeared one her husband said she went for a run and never came home. the puzzling case happened in a safe, suburban neighborhood where crime is unexpected. but sometimes there are secrets hidden behind closed. nothing about that morning made any sense. it seems like such a bad nightmare. this doesn t happen our happy little world. it was a saturday morning in july 2008. the happy total world of sweet and leafy suburb of raleigh north carolina, called carry. the sort of place a young family would aspire to. if you are someone like hannah pritchard, for example. there s always l
also no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. she slept with the children and the door locked. and finally a vital clue. what happened to nancy the day she disappeared? welcome to dateline. a young mother disappeared one her husband said she went for a run and never came home. the puzzling case happened in a safe, suburban neighborhood where crime is unexpected. but sometimes there are secrets hidden behind closed. it all seemed like such a bad . it. . at reporter: it was a saturday morning in july. the happy little world suburb of raleigh, north carolina, called cary, a place where a young family would aspire to if you were someone like hanna pritchard, for example. there s always lots of friend making going on through someone you meet. lots of cookouts and family functions. reporter: like the one in the neighborhood the night before. so hanna would have heard party stories that saturday morning from her friend nancy co
. at reporter: it was a saturday morning in july. the happy little world suburb of raleigh, north carolina, called cary, a place where a young family would aspire to if you were someone like hanna pritchard, for example. there s always lots of friend making going on through someone you meet. lots of cookouts and family functions. reporter: like the one in the neighborhood the night before. so hanna would have heard party stories that saturday morning from her friend nancy cooper. would. i hadn t heard from her maybe by like 10:00, i called her house. brad answered and he said, she went for a run. reporter: nancy was an athlete, training for a half marathon. brad cooper was nancy s husband. i was like oh, okay. when did she leave. he told me 6:30 or,,? it reporter: weird. if nancy had to cancel their meeting,
her husband said she went for a run and never came home. it was a puzzling case. it happened in a safe suburban neighborhood, the kind of place where crime is unexpected. even more unexpected the tiny clue buried in a computer that unlocked the mystery. here s keith morrison. reporter: nothing about that morning made any sense. it all seemed like such a bad nightmare. this doesn t happen in our happy little world. reporter: it was a saturday morning in july. the happy little world suburb of raleigh, north carolina, called carey, a place where a young family would aspire to if you were someone like hanna prittchard, for example. there s always lots of friend making going on through someone you meet.
hello and welcome to dateline extra. i m craig mellin. this story involves a young mother who disappeared one morning. her husband said she went for a run and never came home. it was a puzzling case. it happened in a safe suburban neighborhood, the kind of place where crime is unexpected. even more unexpected, the tiny clue buried in a computer that unlocked a mystery. here s keith morrison. nothing about that morning made any sense. it all seemed like such a bad nightmare. this doesn t happen in our happy little world. it was a saturday morning in july 2008. the happy little world a sweet and leafy suburb of raleigh, north carolina called cary. the sort of place a young family would aspire to. if you were someone like hannah pritchard, for example. there s always lots of friend making going on through someone