we are agonizing for these last two years. he was panicked, that turned into torment. i was concerned, she was hurt somewhere. i felt so helpless. kelly was always there for others. she liked to help people who needed help. there are, for her friends, for her country, this was a good fit for, her the army? she wanted to be an officer. her personal life was a little more complicated. d. were they talking divorce? kelli was. mike wasn t. had a new boyfriend. she was pretty fun. she s easy to talk to. and lately, she seemed to have an admirer. did he ask kelli for her phone number? yes. when she suddenly vanished, hundreds joined the search, including this perfect stranger. i said, i d like to see if i could solve this. he was suspicious about one of the men in kelli s life. it is like, dude, i can tell you re lying. but getting the truth wouldn t be easy. i had to get into his mind, see what he was about. what you were involved in was p
was estranged from her husband. were they talking divorce? kelli was. mike wasn t. had a new boyfriend. she was pretty fun. she s easy to talk to. and lately, she seemed to have an admirer. did he ask kelli for her phone number? yes. when she suddenly vanished, hundreds joined the search, including this perfect stranger. i said, i d like to see if i could solve this. he was suspicious about one of the men in kelli s life. it is like, dude, i can tell you re lying. but getting the truth wouldn t be easy. i had to get into his mind, see what he was about. what you were involved in was psychological warfare. uh-huh. he knows where she s at. after a young soldier s mysterious disappearance, one man s personal battle to find her. do you think he s finally going to reveal to you? oh, i know he is. hello and welcome to dateline . kelli bordeaux was just starting what she hoped would be a long career in the military, but fate had other plans. on
we start digging. can t find nothing. what is that telling you though? thinking we re close. but not close enough. holbert couldn t remember exactly where he buried kelli s body. it was almost dark. everybody was exhausted. so marshburn reluctantly called it a day, but he didn t take holbert home. i give him a hotel room and i tell him i m going to be back in the morning. did you worry that he might get spooked and take off? i was worried he was going to kill himself. and take the secrets of kelli s grave to his own. coming up an excruciating few hours. i couldn t sleep that night. marcia couldn t sleep. in the morning, one final search and at long last, a sign. all of a sudden he starts whimpering and he stops. after two long years, are all questions about to be answered? when dateline continues.
question was, could the admitted killer make good on his promise and give kelli s family the peace they deserved. here s andrea canning with the conclusion of deep in the woods. it was a long night in north carolina. nick holbert was holed up in a hotel. while a few miles away, david marshburn was wide awake, wondering, worrying, hoping that tomorrow would be the day that he could finally bring kelli bordeaux home. i couldn t sleep that night. marcia couldn t sleep. we were just all excited for the next day. so the next day comes, we go to pick him up and he s real quiet. he, of course, was nick holbert, who was now back in the forest outside fayetteville. it was may 14th, 2014. two years of searching had now come down to this one sweltering spring morning. but holbert still couldn t remember exactly where he had buried kelli s body and went off searching in a different direction. we re standing there, i m like, darn it, i cannot figure this out. and all of a sudden, i looke
bordeaux. they got back in the van and holbert directed marshburn to a remote area where he remembered burying the body. and then he said, right here. so we pulled down this path. are you getting nervous? no. i m excited i m going to find her. and i take cass and me and cass try and find her. marshburn and cass spent the next several hours combing through the thick woods, trying to get a scent of kelli s grave. we searched to almost dark. cass starts laying down and so we start digging. can t find nothing. what is that telling you though? thinking we re close. but not close enough. holbert couldn t remember exactly where he buried kelli s body. it was almost dark. everybody was exhausted. so marshburn reluctantly called it a day, but he didn t take holbert home. i give him a hotel room and i tell him i m going to be back