when you ve got something that was this bad somebody s got to pay. somebody has got to pay. hello, and welcome to dateline. nona dirksmeyer and kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. she was a self-confident 19 -year-old known for her beautiful voice. he was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. then, a brutal attack their shattered their dreams. it was a crime that would shake a small southern town to its core. and pit a family against the community they called home. here s keith morrison with what happened to the beauty queen? look at her. look at the young woman at the heart of our story. you can see how lovely she is. the young beauty queen. can you see her vulnerability? by now your first impression is probably locked in. it s very unlikely to change. and certainly, that s how it was in russellville, arkansas. the town where a first impression hardens like a patch of cement. about her and also about for better or worse, the young man acc
hello, and welcome to dateline. nona dirksmeyer and kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. she was a self-confident 19 -year-old known for her beautiful voice. he was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. then, a brutal attack their shattered their dreams. it was a crime that would shake a small southern town to its core. and pit a family against the community they called home. here s keith morrison with what happened to the beauty queen? look at her. look at the young woman at the heart of our story. you can see how lovely she is. the young beauty queen. can you see her vulnerability? by now your first impression is probably locked in. it s very unlikely to change. and certainly, that s how it was in russellville, arkansas. the town where a first impression hardens like a patch of cement. about her and also about for better or worse, the young man accused of killing her. the boyfriend who found the body. the boyfriend found a body. first impre
Teacher and girlfriend caroline sine, sean hankins is smiling. He is thanks the community after spending weeks in the hospital. The support of everyone. My family, friends, and even people that i have never met. Reporter the couple was driving home august 14th when Pinellas Park police say an impaired Bryce Mccloud slammed into them. You would never think that just driving from the movie, like this. And now, im. Im trying to get back on the road. Its nerveracking. Reporter still many pain, hankins and his family says that wont stop them from advocating against drunk driving. Just think about what you are doing. Not only are you taking a life, and ruining the lives of the reporter hankins will go back to teaching music soon. The inspiration that brought them together. Really a sweet gentle soul. The best way i can describe her. It is going back to work i just hope i can be near as good of a teacher as she was. Reporter now, on november 19th, hankins will participate in mothers against d
Kenny the slider retired one away. The patriarch of the family, but statement passed away at the age of 80, college professor, youth baseball coach here in new york. Longtime its been dating back to the days of hodges and add cream pool, he touched the lives of 100 the thousands of athletes. And players are in the new york area. Harold thats great you bring that up, quite a tribute, welldeserved. Kenny with the mets trailing the braves tonight 43 after taking a 30 lead behind the steven matz who was a local product as well. Heres erick aybar. Harold a lot of players out of the northeast were drafted this year. Kenny the fact the braves firstbase speaking of the draft, the son of 36 round pick the braves. Harold to braves number one pick is from upstate new york. High school pitcher. Kenny mets drafted a pitcher in the second round named anthony k out of the same high school as a steven matz on long island. Harold university of uconn, right . Kenny steven matz told us yesterday he met a
The student injuries do not appear to be lifethreatening. They believe there was one shooter, a teenager and they have him in custody. Meanwhile, nervous parents rushed to the school. I pray for the families and the kids. They were taken to a nearby church and relieved families picked them up while investigators piece together what happened and why. And while authorities were on the scene here, a separate 911 call came in that summoned them to the house where they so now a town that has 4,000 inhabitants now has two crime scenes to be investigated. Thank you. And were going to have more coverage of that shooting in South Carolina coming up on nbc nightly news. News channel 8. Breaking news. Guess who else was kept in the dark about this massive sinkhole and the threat it posed to our water supply . Floridas department of Environmental Protection did not inform rick scott. Steve andrews broke the story about this dirty little secret following his reports and they are testing the wells o