the word help was scratched in the ground. we found two shovels that had what appeared to be blood on them. that just did it for me. i can t even think about how scared she was. a mother s worst panic. there are no signs to get there. just follow the rough, sandy trail from the subdivisions above, turn a corner and there it is, a creek, a low-twisting moving body of water in north carolina, that s nothing less than a garden of eden for teenagers playing hooky from high school. it was like a beach. if the weather was good, her decision was made, go right to the creek and bypass school all together. tell me about an afternoon at the creek, caroline, what would you do? just go swimming. after we were done swimming we would sit by the fire and get dry, and hurry up and go back to the bus and take it home. they would play all day like frisky otters. innocent fun until one day when this secret teenaged world collided with tragedy. i just knew in my heart s
non-stop messaging and social media posts. boys, life. are you wondering if a striking teen like danielle had a boyfriend? well, she did. she d struck up a head-over-heels relationship with a boy in the summer of 2013. his name was jamichael lamy. danielle s grandmother kelly and great aunt had known his family forever. they belonged to the same church. kelly remembered the sparks flying when they met as teenagers. you could see something in their eyes. i m looking at her, and i m looking at him. it s like they were attracted to one another. right away. sheena, who played the role of nosey aunt always kept a hawk s eye on her niece. now she had reason to be extra vigilant. this is time for nosey aunt to get busy. yes. you have something to work with. like what s going on here? the pair had become what
everyone call add cute couple. now she a pep in her step. now they re doing things together, and i m starting to see these notebooks and jamichael and danielle malloy. oh, this is boyfriend-girlfriend. yeah. he was her first boyfriend and an older one, too. jamichael was a senior at another school and danielle a freshman. she invited him to her first high school dance. she was like, i m going to need some high heels. and i said mm, high heels. going to cross that line and welcome to being a young adult. yeah. so she puts on these sparkling heels and i m watching her walk and i m like oh, my god. she s pulling it off, huh? yeah. by spring 2014, she had been living with sheena and her grandparents for close to 12 months. she was still too young to spend the night alone.
he s floating in the middle. so many people to talk to, but none of them was danielle. no one had the slightest idea where she was. not even her ex. coming up. could danielle have run away? jamichael shares what could and critical revelation. she thought she was a burden to her grandma. she really wanted to go back to south carolina. if she s run away thousand, where do you think she s went to? when dateline continues. t to to (announcer) you can quit. call 1-800-quit now for help getting free medication. do you struggle with occasional nerve aches calin your hands or feet?elp try nervivenerve relief from the world s #1 selling nerve care company. nervive contains alpha lipoic when datel. to relieve occasional nerve aches, weakness and discomfort. try nervivenerve relief.
danielle might have broken up, but she was still dear to him. i still love her. she s a good girl. so you loved her. i love her. i still who have her. he pitched in just how much danielle s family cared for him, too. whole family liked me. the former boyfriend wanted to find her just as much as anyone. what can you do to help us find her? whatever you want me to do. so law enforcement pumped him for information. so she skipped school. she did that a lot? she didn t go to fourth period a lot because she got picked on. because of her clothes or something. she didn t have the best of clothes like, you can afford what you can afford. jamichael offered his own theories about what might have happened to her. she thought she was a burden to her grandmother. if she s run away now, where do you think she went to? close friend.