she was an 18-year-old girl. it broke my heart. it destroyed me. what do you do? you just keep fighting. heidi allen was sweet, spirited, and supersmart. test more, no sweat. yeah. she took a job here to earn cash for college. she wanted to be responsible. she was working the early shift on easter sunday, that s when she vanished. they called from the store, i can t find heidi. they noticed somebody wrestling with somebody in a van. the theory became two brothers did it together. mystery solved? maybe not. years later during a chance encounter they said to us do you really want to know what happened to her? a horrifying story. he said i grabbed her like this an old case blown wide open. i said we can t let this go. two women teaming up for the truth. if you think i m going to walk away, they are mistaken. uncovering an astonishing twist. attached was a photograph from heidi allen. it had a code name julia roberts. a teen with a se
I thought, what is this . Reporter heidi had a secret mission. Had she made a secret enemy . Theyre gonna wanna shut her up, permanently. Reporter but who were they . Decades of digging, and then a chilling, chance encounter. He said to us, do you really wanna know what happened to her . He said, i grabbed her like this. Oh my god, finally it was unbelievable. That was, jaw dropping. Reporter tonya priest never wanted to be a star witness, least of all in a longago abduction and murder investigation. But after that guy blurted out what he did, she felt she had to come forward. Would you live with it . Could you live with all of that . Reporter and she found herself on the phone talking to a District Attorney in upstate new york. I know the truth, sir. Reporter tonya believed she knew whod done it. Whod done that terrible thing at the Convenience Store on an Easter Sunday morning many years ago. That store clerk abducted and never seen again. And it probably only took maybe 60 seconds t
A horrifying story. He said i grabbed her this. An old case blown wide open. I said, we cant let this go. Two women teaming up for the truth. If they think i walk away, theyre m uncov twist. Attached was a photograph of heidi allen. It had a code name, Julia Roberts. A teenager with a secret identity. Did she also have a secret enemy . Theyre going to want to shut her up, permantl im lester holt. And this is dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with the informant. Reporter tonya priest never wanted to be a star witness, least of all in a longago abduction and murder investigation. But after that guy blurted out what he did, she felt she had to come forward. Would you live with it . Could you live with al reporter and she found herself on the phone talking to a district new york. I know the truth, sir. Reporter tonya bel knew whod done it. Whod done that terrible thing at the convenien easter sun ago. That store clerk abducted never seen again. And it probably only took maybe 60 seconds to do
He said i grabbed her like this. An old case blown wide open. I said, we cant let this go. Two women teaming up for the truth. If they think im going to walk away, theyre mistaken. Uncovering an astonishing twist. Attacheds with a photograph of heidi allen. It had a code name, Julia Roberts. A teenager with a secret identity. Did she also have a secret enemy . Theyre going to want to shut her up, permanently. Im lester holt. And this is dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with the informant. Reporter tonya priest never wanted to be a star witness, least of all in a longago abduction and murder investigation. But after that guy blurted out what he did, she felt she had to come paurd. Would you live with it . Could you live with all of that . Reporter and she found herself on the phone talking to a District Attorney in upstate new york. I know the truth, sir. Reporter tonya believed she knew whod done it. Whod done that terrible thing at the Convenience Store on an Easter Sunday morning many y
He said i grabbed her like this. An old case blown wide open. I said, we cant let this go. Two women teaming up for the truth. If they think im going to walk away, theyre mistaken. Uncovering an astonishing twist. Attacheds with a photograph of heidi allen. It had a code name, Julia Roberts. A teenager with a secret identity. Did she also have a secret enemy . Theyre going to want to shut her up, permanently. Im lester holt. And this is dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with the informant. Reporter tonya priest never wanted to be a star witness, least of all in a longago abduction and murder investigation. But after that guy blurted out what he did, she felt she had to come paurd. Would you live with it . Could you live with all of that . Reporter and she found herself on the phone talking to a District Attorney in upstate new york. Reporter tonya believed she knew whod done it. Whod done that terrible thing at the Convenience Store on an Easter Sunday morning many years ago. That store cl