i called my mom and she didn t answer. i pretty much knew in my heart that something was wrong. a mother vanished. i cried myself to sleep. it was awful realizing your worst nightmare had come true. a family anguished. she s gone. do you have any idea how hard that was? now, the questions begin in a southern gothic mystery. the case is puzzling. we did not really know what had happened. who would everett manage and you would have a murder in the family. soon there would be secrets. we were dealing with a person that was leading a double life. and one of them, would prove deadly. have you ever said, i know you did this? it hurts too much for me to say it out loud. hello. and welcome to dateline. it s a case that centers on the mother who had gone missing in a small town secret, that led to a very big surprise. here s keith morrison. suppose for a minute you are sitting in your car. smacked up in the middle of tuscaloosa alabama. and you poin
heart, something was not right. a mother vanished. i cried myself to sleep, it was awful, realizing that your worst nightmare has come true. a family, anguished. she is gone. do you have any idea how hard that was? now, the questions begin in a southern gothic mystery. the case is puzzling. we did not really know what had happened. who could ever imagine you could have a murder in your family? soon, there would be secrets. we were dealing with a person leading a double life. and one of them would prove deadly. anyone say i know that you did this? it hurts too much for me to say that out loud. hello, and welcome to dateline. it is a case that centers on a mother who had gone missing, and the small town secret that led to a very big surprise. here is keith morrison. suppose for a minute you are sitting in your car, smack dab in the middle of tuscaloosa, alabama. and the point of southwest down highway 69, and kept a sharp eye out after half an hour o
welcome back. after years of investigation, police said a suspect in the murder of teresa mayfield. it was her friend, dawn lavender. but what was dawn s motive for the murder? once again, here is keith morrison. on june 11, 2010, almost three years to the day that teresa mayfield was killed, sheriff alice and corporal boy, drove to the wire factory where dawn lavender worked. she was halfway through her day shift. and they told her she was under the arrest for the murder of her friend, teresa may field. she first wanted to know why we were arresting her and then she got to the jail, she said this was wrong, we made a mistake. the corporal in the sheriff, were only too happy to explain how one clue, had led to
craig melvin: (voiceover) when welcome back.tinues after years of investigation, police had a suspect in the murder of teresa mayfield. it was her friend, dawn lavender. but what was dawn s motive for murder? once again, here s keith. prosecutor evidence pointed keith morrison: (voiceover) on june 11, 2010, almost three years to the day theresa mayfield was killed, sheriff ellis and corporal boyd drove to the wire factory where dawn lavender worked. she was halfway through her day shift. and they told her, she was under arrest for the murder of her friend, teresa mayfield. she first wanted to know why we was arresting her. then, when she got to the jail, she said, this was wrong, that we made a mistake. keith morrison: (voiceover) the corporal and the sheriff were only too happy to explain to assistant da tim evans how one clue to another and eventually an inescapable conclusion.
once again, here s keith morrison. on june 11, 2010, almost three years to the day teresa mayfield was killed, sheriff ellis and corporal boyd drove to the wire factory where dawn lavender worked. she was halfway through her day shift and they told her she was under arrest for the murder of her friend, teresa mayfield. she first wanted to know why we was arresting her, and then when she got to the jail she said this was wrong, that we made a mistake. the corporal and the sheriff were only too happy to explain to assistant d.a. tim evans how one clue led to another and eventually an ines kaipable conclusion. but prosecutor evans had questions, pointed ones. you could tell it was going to be difficult. where was the smoking gun? where was the murder weapon? where was even one single fingerprint tying dawn to the crime? as far as physical evidence, we really didn t have any. it was truly circumstantial