Narrator she was a bright, young momtobe. She was beautiful. Confident, strong. It was the smile that really got me. Narrator moving on from a messy divorce, jumping into a new romance. No one could believe it when they found her. Theyre saying it was a homicide. Narrator then, police found something else revealing recordings. Brittany Eldridge Everything changed like, instantly. Its weird. Brittanys essentially speaking from the grave. You could see the emotions that she went through. Narrator could she point police to her killer . Im in shock and scared to death. All at once, just in a flash, her life just changed. [theme music playing] hello, and welcome to dateline. It started with a little flirtation in the office and bloomed into a fullblown romance. Problem was, Brittany Eldridge was married to another man. Then, brittany found out she was pregnant. And it was just weeks before her due date that tragedy struck. Investigators would quickly home in on the two men in Brittanys Life
She is and will always be my sister. I dont know what happened to her. I dont get to say goodbye. It is awful. It makes your whole world fall apart. If you took her, please, just let her come home. Her name is Heather Elvis. It was news nationwide when she vanished. She had a new job. She was going on a first date. It is is also overwhelmingly horrible. Police worked the cruise clues. A mysterious caller captured on camera. Why would this person call from a pay phone in the middle of the night quick then came the secret. She was married. Rumors about her being pregnant. She truly did believe that he was going to leave his wife. A bomb exploded. It was world war iii. This kidnapping, potential murder. This is heathers life we are talking about. Terrifying. When you see your parents hurting, you wish you could take all of their pain away. [ crying ] it wasnt supposed to be like this. Thats impossible. An independent, young woman eager to make hello, welcome to dateline. Heather elvis was
Maybe she was kidnapped. The stories did not stop, did they . No. We were getting information that they were cuddling. We have to figure out, does he have any motive to want to harm her . I see her side, right at the exit of the trail. The word help was etched into the ground. Two shovels that had what appeared to be blood on them. That just did it for me. I cant even think about how scared she was. [crying] a mothers worst nightmare. There are no signs to get there, just follow the rough, sandy trail down from the subdivisions above, turn a corner, and there it is, the creek. A twisting, slowmoving body of water in North Carolina, its nothing less than an undiscovered Garden Of Eden for teenagers playing hooky from high school. Its like going to the beach for us, its just a vacation. When caroline was a high school freshman, and terrified of math class, if the weather was good, her decision was made. Go right to the creek, and Bypass School altogether. Tell me about that afternoon at
My daughter is missing. I had this sickening feeling. Im looking at a desperate man, anything can happen. I wouldve never been able to tell my daughter, your monster, your bogeyman, we will pull up beside you instead of him coming to help you. Come to harm you. Inside the shed there was a green purse theres also a large rock saturated and dry blood. This is not a good sign at all. It is not. Ever been hit in the chest with a sledgehammer, thats about what it feels like. She began coming to and trying to fight, she was trying to turn Emergency Lights on, grabbing the radio, anything she could do. Because she knew, she knew. It was a saturday night, summer, and they were so happy at the Bachelorette Party as they laughed and danced and played their drinking games. Outside in the dark, watchful waiting, hidden its clever disguise, death cruised by. Looking for one of them. All around, the peaceful town tucked into sleep, no ghost, no one to warn them that evil had fooled their defenses an
hello i m craig melvin and this is dateline. oh god please. ma am. oh god. oh god. i just knew that she was gone. she was a bright, young mom to be. she was beautiful, confident. strong. it was a smile that really got me. moving on from a messy divorce and jumping into a new romance. no one could believe it when they found her. they re saying that it was a homicide,. then police found something else. recordings. everything changed. like instantly. it s weird. he is essentially speaking from the grave? you can see the emotions that she went through. could she point police to her killer? scared to death. once, just in a flash, the life just changed. hello. and welcome to late lane. it started with a little flirtation in the office, that bloomed into a full blown romance. problem was, brittany eldridge was married to another man. then, she found out that she was pregnant. and it was just weeks before her due date that the tragedy struck. inv