every time i talk about it the pain comes rushing back. that someone would shoot my child. like, why? reporter: this is a small town whodunit. oh, yeah we were afraid. reporter: what had happened that night? was the answer somewhere in her circle of friends? we re trying to find out why! i would never hurt halee. they came and talked to me. it was four fbi agents. he s there. he s got a gun. reporter: how could it not have been him? then a secret spills out in court! that s a bombshell. that definitely was. i felt like i had gotten my heart ripped out. for that mother to get on that stand. reporter: it was absolute silence. hello and welcome to dateline. halee rathgeber was barely out of her teens. halee enjoyed taking care of others. it made sense to them she was studying to become a nurse. what made no sense was that anyone could want her dead. the crime scene told investigators little, but a jaw dropping moment in the courtroom spoke volumes.
downtown the kind of place you feel safe. this is newburgh in southwest indiana. you can see the early days of the midwest in these historic buildings. open farmland everywhere. hometown usa, a place for putting down roots. turn left on county 45 west, then your destination will be on the left. and there it is. what i ve been looking for. a gravel lot by a soccer field. a spot to play sports. to hang with friends. not a place for a young woman to die. it s jarring to think that when a life ends, so much begins. a family s grief. a community s shock. and in this case right here where i m standing a murder investigation. heather collins has always been proud of her three girls, especially her oldest daugher halee, who
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