Southern californias south bay. A singularly stunning strand of shoreline, with familiar names like hermosa, redondo. We call it the sand box. No one thinks that this part of los angeles exists, but it does. This Seaside Playground is lined with Beach Front Properties worth millions, and nestled among these small beach towns is an oasis called el segundo. Its main street, usa. Its a great place to raise kids. And in el segundo and the south bay, one of the rain makers in the real estate business, selling those Beautiful Homes in the sand box, was the woman on this business card, julia keller, known as deede. She really just embraced everyone that came into her path. Deedes best friend, cindy ertman and Real Estate Sales partner, Linda Dondero. She was good at her job . I loved working with deede, everyone did. She was so easy to like. Her clients were very loyal over the years. Deede was loyal too, not only to her clients but to her children, mike and julie. I remember my mom explainin
Im lester holt and this is dateline. Southern californias south bay. A stunning shoreline. We call it the sandbox. No one thinks that this part of los angeles exists but it does. This Seaside Playground is lined with Beachfront Properties worth millions and nestled among these small beach towns is an oasis. Its main street usa. A great place to raise kids. And in the south bay a decade ago, one of the rainmakers in the real estate business selling those Beautiful Homes in the sandbox was the woman on this business card. Deede. She embraced everyone that came into her path. Deedes best friends, a mortgage executive and Real Estate Sales partner. She was good at her job . I loved working with deede. Everybody did. She with a so easy to like and always wanted the best for everybody. Her clients were very loyal over the years. Deede was loyal too not only to her clients but as a divorced mom to her children, mike and julie. I remember my mom explaining to me when i was about 10 years old t
it paid off. it paid off immediately. also tonight another l.a. mystery, another missing woman. he said, where s my mom? and i just instantly knew. i said, michael, call the police, i m on my way. a loving mother. always there for me. a beloved friend. she was just so easy to like. vanishes. something was very, very wrong. was she murdered? was it for her money? how much money did she have in the bank? i think it was over seven figures. or was it something or someone else? it really threw him for a loop when he found out that my mom had met somebody else. police had a suspect and a case that was about to take an unbelievable turn. one of the most shocking things i ve ever seen in a courtroom. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. tonight, two missing women, two heartbreaking mysteries. we start with betrayal. here s josh mankiewicz. reporter: southern california s south bay. a singularly stunning strand of shoreline with familiar nam