But could they believe him . Can this get any stranger . Enter the beautiful blonde with an xrated career. We just had highend clientele that would pay to come in for a private strip show. She seemed to know everyone, from bad guys to the banker. What did she know about this hit . I figured that it would all get figured out. I didnt do this. Was it a hit that couldnt miss . What did i do . Were you having an affair . No, i was not. Are you offering . Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres keith morrison. Reporter there are places even in our finest cities where only a particular kind of tourist might find what he or she is looking for, attractions for the damaged and the lost catered by agents who, for a profit, would damage them more. It was late. Early april, 2013, peak of the spring tourist invasion, here in charleston, South Carolina, so lovely, even in the dark as the horde of tourists drifted out of famous restaurants and into fine hotels. Not far away, the moneyed elite of t
Searching for them. He wanted them. Reporter obsessed with finding his missing children, from when hed been a young Army Sergeant in south korea, another country, another lifetime ago. The twins hed been forced to leave behind but could never forget. You had no way of knowing it that day, as you boarded the plane, that was the last time you would see your children. They were taken away from me. Reporter but if anyone can bring them back together again, this woman can a professional people searcher that 20 20 brought in. This will be okay. Reporter she is his last, best hope his only hope. Hes been through hell and back. Work with me. Lets make this right. Reporter so tonight, come a 45yearold cold case, a mad dash across two continents and all the detective work. Lets see how persuasive i can be. Reporter the detours. Nobody called you to say your kids are being adopted . Well, thats bull they could have been separated. Reporter the blind alleys and brandnew leads. Im coming. Youre not
I am getting so worried. A lot of people were praying for them. A lot of people were. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with heart of darkness. Reporter they lay in wait, unseen under a thick green canopy, armed to the teeth. Immersed in their defiant extremist belief, hunting, stalking, deadly, in this particular heart of darkness. It was the summer of 2011, a jungleclad island in the southern tip of the philippines where they prepared the place. And the news of the terrible deed commilted committed here, flashed halfway around the world and came crashing down, out of nowhere, on a modest working class family in lynchburg, virginia. I got a phone call from my mother. The first thing she said was gerfa and kevin were kidnapped in the philippines. Reporter kidnapped . Sherry hutter tried to wrap her head around the inconceivable. Gerfa was her aunt. Kevin, gerfas 14yearold son. They were due home from a philippine vacation, instead they were in the clutches of s
Your home . Two times. It was shocking, would have never expected it. As police got closer to the truth he says, i think i know who did it. The truth got closer to home. He just told me, hold on. Its about to get a lot more crazy. Just a nice, quiet place that you want to move and take your family to. Reporter the way we think america used to be, and seems to be harder and harder to find, huh . Yeah. The armys ft. Gordon is just down the road and a number of the citys 12,000 residents are active or retired military. Crime stats can be measured in stolen bicycles. Great place to raise a family. Reporter heres a veteran investigator for the county. Whats your crime rate . Its not that high. We dont have too much violent crime. Reporter dozens of homicides a year, would you say . No, not at all. We might have one a year. Reporter one a year . Yeah. Reporter and in march, 2009, they did have one a homicide. A bad one that sent neighbors shopping for burglar alarms and maybe fresh ammo. You
Two times. It was shocking, would have never expected it. As police got closer to the truth he says, i think i know who did it. The truth got closer to home. He just told me, hold on. Its about to get a lot more crazy. Just a nice, quiet place that you want to move and take your family to. Reporter the way we think america used to be, and seems to be harder and harder to find, huh . Yeah. The armys ft. Gordon is just down the road and a number of the citys 12,000 residents are active or retired military. Crime stats can be measured in stolen bicycles. Great place to raise a family. Reporter heres a veteran investigator for the county. Whats your crime rate . Its not that high. We dont have too much violent crime. Reporter dozens of homicides a year, would you say . No, not at all. We might have one a year. Reporter one a year . Yeah. Reporter and in march, 2009, they did have one a homicide. A bad one that sent neighbors shopping for burglar alarms and maybe fresh ammo. You wonder, wha