obtained legal custody of heather and chris two children. and heather s gym friends, they find comfort in knowing that before her death, heather achieved that remarkable journey, becoming the person she was always meant to be. she got to experience that before she left this earth. she got to experience what it was like to be as beautiful as she wanted to be, inside and out. i m glad she did. reporter: that dance class where heather spread her wings still keeps a place for her, a heart with heather s name on it. a reminder of a woman whose transformation continues to inspire all who knew and loved heather jones. is she dancing? absolutely. we believe that. if you believe in angels, there is one dancing up there, i promise you. and every time we have class, she s dancing. that s all for this edition of dateline extra. i m tamron hall. thanks for watching.
welcome back. i m tamron hall. here again is andrea canning with the last dance. reporter: as one day slid into the next and the next, with still no sign of heather jones, her gym friends got back to exercise class with the hope heather would dance with them once again. i kept that back door open to the gym. and i said, heather, if you can hear us, we re dancin . we re lookin for ya. okay? if you re out there, you dance with us. we re gonna find you, one way or the other. reporter: detective tony kemp also vowed to find her. he was convinced heather did not run off with her old boyfriend ed. so he asked her friends what else would cause heather to leave her husband and children? that s when kemp began to flush out what really happened when heather moved out on chris.
welcome back. i m tamron hall. here again is andrea canning with the last dance. reporter: as one day slid into the next and the next, with still no sign of heather jones, her gym friends got back to exercise class with the hope heather would dance with them once again. i kept that back door open to the gym. and i said, heather, if you can hear us, we re dancin . we re lookin for ya. okay? if you re out there, you dance with us. we re gonna find you, one way or the other. reporter: detective tony kemp also vowed to find her. he was convinced heather did not run off with her old boyfriend ed. so he asked her friends what else would cause heather to leave her husband and children? that s when kemp began to flush out what really happened when heather moved out on chris.
as for cousin diane, she has obtained legal custody of heather and chris two children. and heather s gym friends, they find comfort in knowing that before her death, heather achieved that remarkable journey, becoming the person she was always meant to be. she got to experience that before she left this earth. she got to experience what it was like to be as beautiful as she wanted to be, inside and out. i m glad she did. reporter: that dance class where heather spread her wings still keeps a place for her, a heart with heather s name on it. a reminder of a woman whose transformation continues to inspire all who knew and loved heather jones. is she dancing? absolutely. we believe that. if you believe in angels, there is one dancing up there, i promise you. and every time we have class, she s dancing. that s all for this edition of dateline extra. i m tamron hall. thanks for watching.
at any time. as for cousin diane, she has obtained legal custody of heather and chris two children. and heather s gym friends, they find comfort in knowing that before her death, heather achieved that remarkable journey, becoming the person she was always meant to be. she got to experience that before she left this earth. she got to experience what it was like to be as beautiful as she wanted to be, inside and out. i m glad she did. reporter: that dance class where heather spread her wings still keeps a place for her, a heart with heather s name on it. a reminder of a woman whose transformation continues to inspire all who knew and loved heather jones. is she dancing? absolutely. we believe that. if you believe in angels, there is one dancing up there, i promise you. and every time we have class, she s dancing. that s all for this edition of dateline extra.