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
yes. it was attached to her. up. you could always easily get a hold of her? and you couldn t? no. by nightfall still no word, kelsey was in a panic, she called her dad who had now gone from his day job to the night shift at a local factory. i m sure you told your dad you are worried. we kept in touch during the day to see if one of us had talked to her. did he seem to be? worried? he did. and we can never get in touch with her. at midnight, it was clear, something was terribly wrong. scott left work to file a missing persons report with the moundville. and then they all waited. was it like for you that night? it was awful. i was very scared when she did not come home. and i pretty much knew in my heart that something was wrong. the next morning said kelsey, she woke up in a house that no longer felt like home. she called her grandmother reba, at her home in pratt bill, a town two hours away. she said is mama down there
my family will not stop searching, or doing whatever it takes, to find out who took teresa s life. when scott got up to speak, you could bet people were paying special close attention. yes, she was a loving wife, loving mother, loving friend to the community. yes, she would do anything for anybody at any time. having discovered he was not exactly husband of the year, some people still nursed a lingering suspicion. and yet here he was devoted to the care of his children. and full of praise for his dead wife. she did a wonderful job raising these kids. she was the one who got them to practice on time. got them to ball games on. time when sheriff alice walked up to the podium, he looked at teresa s mother reba, and vowed he would get justice yet. miss reba, i will not quit until we find out what happened to miss teresa.
ever clear what it was she was stressed about? money would be the main thing. she wanted to be sure she had enough money to take care of her family. a lot of that going around of course, moundville no exception. like so many americans, kelsey s dad scott had to work two jobs, just to keep his head above water. a very hardworking man. it took two jobs to take care of our family. but money trouble is side, to resist seem to have a happy life is anybody could see, including trees as mother reba. i ll teresa ever wanted was to have a husband that cared for her. somebody she cared for and to have a family. and it was cui, kind of corny, and even after kelsey s two little brothers arrived, she could see the signs of her parents affection for each other. every night before he got ready to go to work he would give her a kiss on the cheek and say goodnight, and i love you. to the town to recent was the softball mom, the trunk of
secret is about murder. to begin with, this thoughtful young woman was just a girl of 17 back in 07 when things started coming apart in the way things do when parents don t talk about it. kelsey mayfield saw that is troubled look in her mom s eyes, mostly, her mom teresa. i could just tell she was very stressed. ever clear to you what it was she was stressed about? money would be the main thing. she just wanted to be sure that she had enough, enough money to take care of her family. a lot of that going around of course, moundville not excepted. like so many americans, kelsey s dad had to work two jobs, neither of which paid very well, just to keep his head above water. very hard-working man. it took two jobs to take care of our family. but money trouble aside, teresa seemed to have a happy life as anybody could see including teresa s mother, reba.