Maybe she was kidnapped. The stories did not stop, did they . No. We were getting information that they were cuddling. We have to figure out, does he have any motive to want to harm her . I see her side, right at the exit of the trail. The word help was etched into the ground. Two shovels that had what appeared to be blood on them. That just did it for me. I cant even think about how scared she was. [crying] a mothers worst nightmare. There are no signs to get there, just follow the rough, sandy trail down from the subdivisions above, turn a corner, and there it is, the creek. A twisting, slowmoving body of water in North Carolina, its nothing less than an undiscovered Garden Of Eden for teenagers playing hooky from high school. Its like going to the beach for us, its just a vacation. When caroline was a high school freshman, and terrified of math class, if the weather was good, her decision was made. Go right to the creek, and Bypass School altogether. Tell me about that afternoon at
there was another saying that she was with her mom. maybe she was abducted, maybe she was kidnapped. the stories did not stop, did? they now. we were getting information that they were cuddling. we have to figure out, does he have any motive to want to harm her? i see her side, right at the exit of the trail. the word help was etched into the ground. 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. [crying] a mother s worth night where. there are no signs to get there, just follow the rough, sandy trail down from the subdivisions above, turn a corner, and there it is, the creek. a twisting, slow-moving body of water in north carolina, it s nothing less than an undiscovered garden of eden for teenagers playing hooky from high school. it s like going to the beach for us, it s just a vacation when when caroline was a high school freshman, and terrified of math cla
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
reporter: not a rumor this time. je michael was there to confess. why the [ bleep ] did i do that? reporter: now, he wasn t that self-assured kid police encountered days before. i m going to pray to you right now, father jesus. reporter: the person taking the confession would again be detective brinkley. came into the interview room, sat down, and i said, je michael, tell me in your own words what happened. reporter: the night of the murder, je michael said, he and dominic sneaked out of the house and headed for danielle s. he wanted to talk to his ex-girlfriend. i had took my wallet, and i threw it against her window, you know. she came out and everything, and she got in the car. and we went to the creek. and we sat down and we talked for awhile.
reporter: this time, adam brinkley, the detective who found the body, would do the questioning. je michael had a lawyer there, too. you re saying you didn t have anything to do with it. yes, sir. how do you think that s going to make you look? i mean unless y all can prove i had something to do with it, which y all are not going to be able to, because i didn t have anything to do with it, i m going to look perfectly fine. well then, help me with this. why did you fail the polygraph? i was nervous. i m nervous sitting here now. so i mean reporter: je michael said he didn t kill danielle. but if he had, he said he wouldn t have been so stupid as to hide the body next to his own house. i mean if you re saying you think i m a smart kid. yeah i you know i do think you re a smart kid. why in the world would i put her down the street and around the corner, then? you re a fisherman. you re looking for that moment when you ve set the hook in the mouth, huh? yeah,