And, newly in love. The whole world ahead of them. He grabs my chin. And pulls me up. And he just gives me this measurable kiss. But their romance would lead to something shattering when christian vanished. Oh god. My young life went out the window. It was tense. We were nervous. We were scared. Im starting to believe that there might be more to this than just a missing person. Where was he . Did someone have something to hide . There was notes under the car. A lovers triangle, a circle of friends. Was one of them a killer . This was planned. This was on purpose. How could you do something so horrific . Hello, and welcome to dateline. Highschoolers erika freeman, pedro, and Christina Aguilera were like three peas in a pod. After graduation, they even picked colleges in the same city. Then, one of them went missing. Last seen in a dangerous area of town. As the hours passed, the mystery deepened. Then, investigators uncovered a hidden truth. One they believed might be a motive for murde
She hadnt answered her phone call, she had answered her Text Messages. Valentines day the started with roses entered in a different shade of red. Everything stopped. I was in shock. She was a wife, mother, missionary. Denise sounds like a saint, but something had been happening behind closed doors. There is nothing more important to me than you in this relationship. Was it love . Or hate . One shot to the head. What was the motive for valentines day murder . We had a note that she had written. She was speaking from the grave and away . That note was powerful. It happened on the least likely day imaginable, a day devoted to love and affection. Valentines day, and it happened to the last people on earth you would expect, a religious family dedicated to god and making the world a better place. Is it going on right now . My world had just been shattered. There Perfect World broken by an act so evil, it tore a family apart. The worst day of my life. And, put an entire town on edge. Be extra
There was no way it was supposed to end like this. The former Church Deacon and his wife, who on earth would want them dead . It doesnt make sense. They were loved by everyone. Everyone, maybe, but their own daughter, who admitted to a bitter dispute she needed her stepfather and mother dead. Evidence pointed to her boyfriend as an accomplice. Youve got the victims blood on your shoe. He was there. Or, was he . A once loving family now gripped by suspicion. I had a lot of people saying that she did it. The terrible truth ripped them apart. This cannot be happening. Welcome to dateline. A daughter battling her demons and her mother and stepfather. After their double murder, police started to wonder how far Bambi Bennett would go to get what was hers. They followed a bloody trail of evidence deep inside the familys dispute, exposing ugly secrets and suspicions but unmasking a murderer would prove far more complicated. Here is Dennis Murphy with the deed. The old barn is a shambles now. T
he s gonna comey in a couple of days, he never called. his family in agony. america s most wanted. a rookie detective finally broke the case. i said oh my god. a strange phone call revealed a secret. david needed to be gotten rid of. a bombshell revelation. was she really a bereaved acts? i always loved him. or just maybe a black widow? she is in the middle. hello and welcome to dateline. for years judy carlson lived in a most painful kind of limbo, her son david had disappeared without a trace. the case went unsolved, setting cold for more than a decade before a detective was assigned to investigate. she uncovered a twisted tale of love gone bad and a grizzly family secret. the detective still needed to know what motive was at the heart of the crime. here s keith morrison with buried secrets. it s a strange thing that happens among the here in coastal florida. things have a way of coming up. things buried in the ground in the past. or both. it was
Been nearly impossible. The timing really gets to the point where its almost not realistic. What about the State Witness who claimed nathan had convinced the whole crime to him . The defense argued David Smith was a jailhouse snitch, convicted felon, who got a deal for his testimony. He wasnt worth cross examining. Do you really believe that David Smith is the type of person that nathan is going to confide in . And then seek counsel from . According to defense, the main weakness with the State Case was motive. An affair with aina. He argued there was no evidence to support the theory that nathan killed his wife so he could be with a 20yearold, no matter who asked her, aina insisted her relationship with nathan was platonic. Whats the relationship