town that jessie was dead. to know that the last moment that she spent on this earth, she was in so much fear. it s not fair. if he is still out there, he could still be plotting. he could still be hunting. who is next? jessie gave her all. to everything she did. she s on a mission. her whole life. and then, someone took it all away. and i was like, jessie? nothing? i jolt her a little bit. and then i knew, this is not good. my daughter, won t wake up. she had been murdered in her own bed after coming home from a pool party. a party that hadn t been all fun and games. she was 19 and these men were in their 40s. we wanted to talk to them. did something happen at that party? what was happening around this small town. i heard somebody running behind me. then i noticed he had a knife in his hands. someone was stalking young women. it was either, i try to save myself or i let this guy do whatever he wants to me. his dreams were their nightmares. the res
what she had was charisma. she said i love you and in my heart i knew those were her last words. two sisters with a single purpose, solved the mystery of their mother s death. we cannot let this go. she left for hawaii, a new life with a new husband but the sunny paradise soon grew dark. something is very wrong. it was horrible being so helpless. what was behind their moms death? they set out together to get some answers and they were about to get some help from their mother herself. a possible clue hidden in a envelope marked baby pictures, tucked inside a journal that painted a different picture entirely. i pulled out that envelope. reporter: could their mom help them solve their own mystery? we are her boys. we made a promise to our mom. hello and welcome to dateline. charlene was popular and unpredictable long before she had her girls kenny and tiffany. as children they adored their mother, as adults they made a troubling vow, promising charlene to i
across her neck. did you need an autopsy to tell you what you are seeing? no. it was very apparent that this was a ligature mark at that point. jessie had been murdered, strangled. but inside her bedroom there was no murder weapon. no sign of a struggle. except one thing did seem odd about jesse sped. the covers were over the bed in a perfect manner. and a kid who had stuff thrown all over the bed, there was nothing on the bed. it was very apparent that the scene had been changed. this was someone impossible trying to change that they did not leave anything of themselves behind. did they finally let you go upstairs when they had finished to say a proper goodbye? they released her room as a crime scene at the end of the day. and brought her down. and after waiting all day, and finally getting my moment to say goodbye and tell her i love her,
typical teenager s bed - nothing strange there but when he found jessie s bodies, it was clear to the detective tha jesse did not die of natural causes the first thing i noticed i that there was red marks running pretty much all the wa across the did you need an autopsy t tell you what you are seeing no. it was very apparent that this was a ligature mark at tha point. jessie had been murdered, strangled. but inside her bedroom there was no murder weapon no sign of a struggle. except one thing did seem od about jesse s bed. the covers were over the be in a perfect manner. and a kid who had stuff thrown all over the bed, there wa nothing on the bench it was very apparent that the scene had been changed this was someone impossibl trying to change that they did not leave anything o themselves behind. did they finally let you go upstairs when they had finishe to say a proper goodbye? they released her room as a crime scene at the end of th day. and brought her down and afte
checked the security cameras,. we found video that put him there. but that did not mean tha daniel was innocent. detectives decided to search the park, combing through more than a dozen garbage pins. hoping to find anything that linked daniel to jessie murder in one garbage, can thi cereal box full of ligature s. ropes that were very likely the murder weapons used to strangle jessie, plus a whol lot more bloody sanitizing wipes, tape, shoelaces. i guess he didn t believe that we would have made th effort to go through the garbage. to find anything police sent the evidence fo testing, and forensics showe that both jessie and daniels dna were on the ropes felt i the park the detective shared the incriminating discovery with her parents. i had trouble getting it, that it was dan, the realist i me knew that it was him. the other half of me was like,