you think that that sort of thing happens to that other people. it s the most frightening thing in the world. a young wife. she always saw the good in people. she had a way to make you smile. missing for nine days. it s so wrong, and nicole is somewhere where she shouldn t be. it was hard enough when they didn t know, much worse when they did. it came over the tv a body had been found. i will never forget that as long as i live. this could go down any number of paths. and it did. had her troubled past finally caught up with her? i saw the pill bottle and i freaked out. or was it something much darker? he told me he would put it in her red bull. how did she change? she became more sexual with people. who wanted her dead? he thought he was somewhat of a player. did it make him a killer? welcome to dateline. nikki pietz was a well liked fitness executive married to the man of her dream, then one night, she was supposed to meet her husb
complexity of this investigation. we had all sorts of avenues that we needed to investigate. we had the transient population that may have been frequenting the trailer park. we had a mental health facility that was very close by, within walking distance. but detective decker did have a strong hunch about who this victim was. the cross necklace, the tattoo, it all checked out as that local woman nicole pietz who had been missing for a week. the diamond tennis bracelet she always wore was not on her wrist. but police were confident enough in their tentative i.d. to pay a visit to nicole s husband, david. and the information david pietz would soon share with detectives about when his wife was last seen and what she left behind would be critical to the case. coming up. but it was something that was missing that turned out to be even more important and puzzling. there s no indication that anyone else had been behind the wheel of nicole s car. when dateline continues. lowering bad ch
that important meeting, never received her award. and now, friends and family desperately tried reaching her by phone. hi, nici, this is rod calling. we don t know what is going on. their pleas relegated to the silence of voicemail. the anxiety level went off the chart. no matter what happened, nici, even if it was a relapse, we want you to know that we love you. had nici in fact fallen back into addiction? i started hoping that, because then she would have been alive. the alternative that nici maybe did somewhere was too much to bear. a bulletin went out, be on the lookout for a five foot three woman with a tattoo on her back. friends knew she d likely be wearing a cross necklace and a diamond tennis bracelet. nine days later, king county detective kathleen decker was dispatched an area near seattle s seatac airport south of the city. the call came in from my
their pleas relegated to the silence of voice mail. the anxiety level went off the chart. no matter what happened, nikki, even if it was a relapse, we want you to know that we love. you had nikki in fact, falling backing into addiction? i started hoping that because then she would have been alive. the alternative that nikki may be dead somewhere was too much to bear. a bulletin went out, be on the lookout for a 5 3 woman with a tattoo on her back. friends knew she was likely be wearing a cross necklace and a diamond tennis bracelet. nine days later, king county detective kathleen decker was dispatched to an area near seattle s sea-tac airport south of the city. the call came from my sergeant requesting that i respond to this location regarding a woman s body found by a passerby in the blackberry bushes. there is kind of off the grid
health facility that was close by within walking distance. but detective decker did have a strong hunch who the victim was, the cross necklace, the tattoo checked out as that local whom had been missing for a week. the diamond tennis bracelet she always wore was not on her wrist but police were confident enough in their tentative i.d. to pay a visit to her husband david. and the information david peets woet soon share with detectives when his wife was last seen and what she left behind would be critical to the case. coming up, it was something that was missing that turned out to be even more important. and puzzling a police officer spotted nicole peets car overnight. there s no indication that anyone else had been behind the wheel of nicole s car. when secrets in seattle continues. car. wn secrets in seattle continues.