ed said they dated for two years before he moved away. but that puppy love was something he never got over, even after heather married. were you still carrying that torch? yeah. but i didn t really let it show. i respected heather too much. around heather s birthday in spring the spring of 2013, after she had of 2000 lost all that weight, ed told detectives he reached out to wish her well and got more than a thank you. heather had big news. she and chris had separated. at that moment in her life, she needed a friend and that was what i was there for. i was there right when she needed me the most. and said that she but said said that shoulder to lean on soon turned into something more. turned into something talking, just you know listening to her problems and it had just you know progressed from there. progressed in what way? oh, you know, i m a flirtatious person and, you know, just became flirtatious.
jessica was surprised by what she didn t see that morning. i pulled into the parking lot and i didn t see her car. i m like, oh, what is going on? thinking maybe she caught a ride to school, jessica made a bee line for heather s classroom. i. her door was closed. her lights were off. i remember thinking her lights are off. and then they said her life, like she s gone. gone? what could that mean? as the search began to find the missing teacher, investigators would soon uncover a disturbing connection between heather s dramatic weight loss and her mysterious disappearance. coming up. where it counts,
break free from the big three and switch to xfinity mobile. welcome back to dateline. heather jones is a strange has been maintained he knew nothing about what happened to her. but police were hot on this trail. would it lead them to heather? here is andrea canning with the conclusion of the last dance. i would love to help you. i really would. for hours, chris jones had been going over his story with detectives about what happened the night his wife disappeared. after cadaver dogs found the detective brian wallace wasn t buying his story. your story about what happened the night she disappeared, total bull bleep. wallace pushed him for th the beautiful thing about care, is knowing that it s always there.
we re goa find her one where another. he ues. an email to her husband and a secret she was reluctant to share. it was kind of a bombshell. heather was possibly seeing another man. what was really behind her sudden disappearance? that would be the most mind-blowing twist of all. do you think that heather would still be alive if she hadn t gone through this transformation? heather jones, a motivational teacher had shed pounds and her past. she was starting to live the life of which she dreamed, then, suddenly, she vanished. here s andrea canning with the last dance. there s a place in downtown memphis, tennessee, a little hot spot not far from nearby biel street. âa they didn t play the memphis blues in this club.
movements. we wanted to know possibly could he take us to where heather was at? they also asked chris to come in for a second interview. detective brian wallace would lead the interrogation. are you thinking, this could potential by be our last chance to solve this? certainly. this was our shot. detectives watched as chris car made its way towards the police station. but then it stopped a quarter mile away at a nearby mall. police thought he might be running an errand. but moments later, he popped up at the station. why had he parked so far away? chris was escorted in. thank you for coming out. my pleasure. anything i can do. chris told detectives he went to heather s house the night she disappeared to talk. but before he could say much to her, he said her phone rang. and so she s like well, this is a call i have kind of been