down every little back road throughout the park. he found their car at a trailhead in the national forest. by then, sheriff mahoney s office was involved. the rescue squad began a search, assuming that there had been some medical problem or some illness that had fallen upon them. in my heart, i knew that wasn t the case. there s just no way they would both be hurt like that. they were very, very experienced. unfortunately, it was not very long after we began that search that we discovered the body of ms. bryant. it was a sense of finality. i knew she was gone already, but that little glimmer, particle of hope was extinguished when they found had her body. irene bryant s remains were located 30 yards from where her son had come upon the car. she had been bludgeoned to death, but where was the husband? we began an even more extensive search for mr. bryant. that search really involved the
could this old movie be the key? are there scenes reenacted? there are a lot of similarities. a fantasy turned chilling reality. if someone has her, she s afraid. who could be behind this, and how would this real-life story end? she was a blue belt in judo. if anybody could survive or fight, it was meredith. mystery on blood mountain. also tonight hurricane irene slamming into the eastern seaboard. what everyone wants to know, just who will get hit, how hard, and when. the very latest as we track the approaching storm. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. welcome to dateline. i m lester holt. as hurricane irene bears down on the east coast, spurring hundreds of thousands of evacuations and emergency preparations stretching from the carolinas to cape cod, tonight we re getting the clearest picture yet of the storm s likeliest path. we get the very latest from the weather channel s jim cantore. reporter: good evening, lester from