Narrator she was a bright, young momtobe. She was beautiful. Confident, strong. It was the smile that really got me. Narrator moving on from a messy divorce, jumping into a new romance. No one could believe it when they found her. Theyre saying it was a homicide. Narrator then, police found something else revealing recordings. Brittany Eldridge Everything changed like, instantly. Its weird. Brittanys essentially speaking from the grave. You could see the emotions that she went through. Narrator could she point police to her killer . Im in shock and scared to death. All at once, just in a flash, her life just changed. [theme music playing] hello, and welcome to dateline. It started with a little flirtation in the office and bloomed into a fullblown romance. Problem was, Brittany Eldridge was married to another man. Then, brittany found out she was pregnant. And it was just weeks before her due date that tragedy struck. Investigators would quickly home in on the two men in Brittanys Life
Explosion. This is what beirut has been enduring, massive israeli strikes that could ignite the whole region because israel killed its target, sheikh hassan nasrallah. For his followers, it s a devastating blow, for his iranian backers, a strategic loss. The long time leader of hezbollah was a long time in hiding. This was the moment, in a new york hotel room on friday, when binyamin netanyahu approved the strike on his old enemy. Translation: the state of israel yesterday eliminated the master murderer hassan nasrallah. We settled accounts with the one responsible for the murder of countless israelis and many citizens of other countries. Nasrallah was not another terrorist, he was the terrorist. Israel claims this is a historic turning point. For many in beirut, it s a time of fear. Plenty were fleeing the city today, clinging to the hope of finding safety somewhere. But there is danger in every direction in lebanon. We travelled through dahieh, the hezbollah stronghold now looking an
Things happened so fast. We need to find her. So her body was found right in here. Why would anyone do this . Motives were thrown out, like jealousy, some kind of Love Triangle. Did you keep getting new tips in all the time . Tips were coming in. But kept hitting dead ends. Hitting dead ends. A massive Law Enforcement Project that had gone on over 25 years. God, could you give us a little something here . We just got to keep going. For the first time, we had a face to put with the boogeyman. What are you thinking . I took a big, Deep Breath, and my mind began racing. Your jaw must have dropped. To say the least. I picked up a rose, and i put a card on it. It just said, lisa, its done. [theme music] Andrea Canning Voiceover its a pretty little thing, whimsical, frivolous. But three decades ago, this Music Box became Something Else a symbol of deadly intent. Did that give you chills, seeing that Music Box . Absolutely. Andrea Canning Voiceover a gift from an evil soul. He had bought the
Israeli officials are bracing for reaction. The idf says it intercepted a missile over central israel that have been launched from yemen. Israel continues to pound targets Inside Lebanon, large plumes of smoke can be seen all day rising over the south. Ri in iran, antiisrael protesters took to the streets of the Capital City and that countrys Supreme Leader declared five days of mourning, urging his people to stand with hezbollah. In the u. S. , President Biden said he has directed secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to further enhance the Defense Posture of Military Forces in The Middle East to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a broader regional war. We have reporters and analysts in place around the World Right in with all these new developments first. First, Matt Bradley joined us again from beirut. Matt, give us a sense of how tense it is in Lebanons Capital this evening. Reporter tense, and oni hav to say, alex, mournful, People Y are crying in the streets, wailing out. This
This is bbc news. Lets go straight back to that breaking news of the last few minutes. We will you knew the live scenes In Beirut. A massive explosion in the last little while from beirut. There you see the seconds after the explosion. We are hearing that there have been multiple explosions. That is coming to us from our correspondents on the ground in terms of the pictures you can see. Hugo bachegais pictures you can see. Hugo bachega is In Beirut for us, telling us this explosion is in one of the strongholds in the south of beirut. The Israeli Military also updating in the last few minutes, saying that they are currently striking Terror Targets, that is how they describe it, currently striking Terror Targets belong to hezbollah in the southern lebanon. This happened about five or seven minutes ago. You can see just the skyline, beirut, and the size of that explosion. Of course that fits entirely with what we have seen in terms of tactics from israel since monday, the sort of strikes.