Imagine, your mother a fugitive, your father a stranger. Your home, your name, your past was any of it real . The first thing i felt, just pit in my stomach. I just felt like it was my fault. A mothers crime. A fathers pain. What kinds of emotions did it stir up when you would see that crib . It would just make me cry. A daughter forced to face the shattering truth. I was shocked and i was just terrified. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with finding savanna. In 20some years, will i recall how you tucked and curled against my neck and chest . Reporter a fathers love. Harris todd once tried to put it into words. In 20some years will i recall how i often held you long after you had fallen asleep, listening to you breathe . Reporter tried to express what it meant to cradle his baby daughter savanna. And you, what will you remember of these wondrous days as a baby girl along with your old father whose entire life you now are . Reporter back in 1994, harris could n
Reporter harris thought that he could build that life with lee, but early in their relationship he noticed some problems. He said she was overly emotional and sometimes quick to anger. Still, he thought love would conquer all. I suffer from the misconception that i can fix things. That i can make things better. Reporter they married in december 1991. But within months, harris said, it became apparent that his fixing skills were no match for lees behavior. I mean, i never knew what was going to face me when i came through the door after work. And it could be nothing, and it could be nothing but screaming and yelling and throwing pots. Reporter things got so bad harris told lee he wanted a divorce. He said, lee told him that she was pregnant. Everything fell apart when she told him that she was pregnant. Reporter patty said what actually made the marriage go sour was harris refusal to have children. He wanted her to terminate the pregnancy, and that was just not an option for lee. It bro
Didnt look like a robbery. Lots of valuables left behind. Lots of secrets too. It just kind of sent chills up my back. Something was tearing a family apart. I dont even know where to start. Or was it someone . The most coldblooded, evil person. A family feud, and an innocent man, caught in the middle. You know these shows you watch that people see the ghosts of their loved ones . I wanted that so bad, so bad. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with the root of all evil. Reporter the hunting is good here in the arkansas delta. Twice a year, a horde of migrating mallards descends on flooded rice fields. Deer stare out through thickets of hardwood. You have to be quiet, surefooted, your aim true. Thats what marc despains dad taught him. Thats what marc taught his own son. Before hatred wormed its way in. Sometimes its overwhelming that anger, isnt it . It is. It is. Reporter the anger that pitted father against son. It almost got physical. It just it breaks my hear
Lots of secrets too. It just kind of sent chills up my back. Something was tearing a family apart. I dont even know where to start. Or was it someone . The most coldblooded, evil person. A family feud, and an innocent man, caught in the middle. You know these shows you watch that people see the ghosts of their loved ones . I wanted that so bad, so bad. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with the root of all evil. Reporter the hunting is good here in the arkansas delta. Twice a year, a horde of migrating mallards descends on flooded rice fields. Deer stare out through thickets of hardwood. You have to be quiet, surefooted, your aim true. Thats what marc despains dad taught him. Thats what marc taught his own son. Before hatred wormed its way in. Sometimes its overwhelming that anger, isnt it . It is. It is. Reporter the anger that pitted father against son. It almost got physical. It just it breaks my heart. Reporter and husband against wife. I just wanted to go
Lots of secrets too. It just kind of sent chills up my back. Something was tearing a family apart. I dont even know where to start. Or was it someone . The most coldblooded, evil person. A family feud, and an innocent man, caught in the middle. You know these shows you watch that people see the ghosts of their loved ones . I wanted that so bad, so bad. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with the root of all evil. Reporter the hunting is good here in the arkansas delta. Twice a year, a horde of migrating mallards descends on flooded rice fields. Deer stare out through thickets of hardwood. You have to be quiet, surefooted, your aim true. Thats what marc despains dad taught him. Thats what marc taught his own son. Before hatred wormed its way in. Sometimes its overwhelming that anger, isnt it . It is. It is. Reporter the anger that pitted father against son. It almost got physical. It just it breaks my heart. Reporter and husband against wife. I just wanted to go