Leaves a blank canvas. Police zero in on three students. The dead girls friends. Texting her on the phone. Shes weirding me out. Her boyfriend. He had daggers, knives. Swords. Who collects that kind of stuff . Reporter there was the guy always hoping to get her attention. Soon a dark picture begins to develop. Thats why this whole thing happened. A portrait of the artist as a young killer. Theres an evil in there. Italy, texas. Spelled just like the country. But they pronounce it itly. She drew a butterfly in her art class when she was in elementary school. And all the little girls are like, oh, thats so good. Draw me one. Draw me one. Reporter her name was Samantha Michelle nance, but everybody called her shelley. And her mother, cynthia, loves to tell this story about her. Everybody was just so impressed with her butterfly that she said, well, i think im gonna be an artist cause i think i can do this. You know . So she just started honing her her artistic talent from that point. She
Amanda i love you her mother an ocean away. She would turn investigator, then negotiator. We are not playing games could she save her only daughter . Had to be strong for her. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres kate snow with kidnapped. This call. If you guys dont pay 1 million for me, by one week, they will kill me. Okay. Her daughter was on the phone a world away. Shed been kidnapped in one of the most dangerous places on earth. I feel so awful. I cant believe theyre doing this. I hate doing this to you guys. This mother negotiated with kidnappers, with her daughters life on the line. I understand. Did you keep it together . I did. I had to be strong for her. And the daughter faced unimaginable fears. My head is pulled back. And then there was a serrated knife. Their stories are intertwined, amanda and her mother lorinda stewart, both women driven by strength, courage, and most of all, endurance, a story amanda told in detail in the book shes written and here on dateline. It
Amanda i love you her mother an ocean away. She would turn investigator, then negotiator. We are not playing games could she save her only daughter . Had to be strong for her. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres kate snow with kidnapped. This call. If you guys dont pay 1 million for me, by one week, they will kill me. Okay. Her daughter was on the phone a world away. Shed been kidnapped in one of the most dangerous places on earth. I feel so awful. I cant believe theyre doing this. I hate doing this to you guys. This mother negotiated with kidnappers, with her daughters life on the line. I understand. Did you keep it together . I did. I had to be strong for her. And the daughter faced unimaginable fears. My head is pulled back. And then there was a serrated knife. Their stories are intertwined, amanda and her mother lorinda stewart, both women driven by strength, courage, and most of all, endurance, a story amanda told in detail in the book shes written and here on dateline. It
Amanda i love you her mother an ocean away. She would turn investigator, then negotiator. We are not playing games could she save her only daughter . Had to be strong for her. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres kate snow with kidnapped. This call. If you guys dont pay 1 million for me, by one week, they will kill me. Okay. Her daughter was on the phone a world away. Shed been kidnapped in one of the most dangerous places on earth. I feel so awful. I cant believe theyre doing this. I hate doing this to you guys. This mother negotiated with kidnappers, with her daughters life on the line. I understand. Did you keep it together . I did. I had to be strong for her. And the daughter faced unimaginable fears. My head is pulled back. And then there was a serrated knife. Their stories are intertwined, amanda and her mother lorinda stewart, both women driven by strength, courage, and most of all, endurance, a story amanda told in detail in the book shes written and here on dateline. It
Amanda i love you her mother an ocean away. She would turn investigator, then negotiator. We are not playing games could she save her only daughter . Had to be strong for her. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres kate snow with kidnapped. This call. If you guys dont pay 1 million for me, by one week, they will kill me. Okay. Her daughter was on the phone a world away. Shed been kidnapped in one of the most dangerous places on earth. I feel so awful. I cant believe theyre doing this. I hate doing this to you guys. This mother negotiated with kidnappers, with her daughters life on the line. I understand. Did you keep it together . I did. I had to be strong for her. And the daughter faced unimaginable fears. My head is pulled back. And then there was a serrated knife. Their stories are intertwined, amanda and her mother lorinda stewart, both women driven by strength, courage, and most of all, endurance, a story amanda told in detail in the book shes written and here on dateline. It