Craig melvin then they found it, the diary he recorded in secret. And the clues came pouring out. Blood in the bushes. This was the hotspot. This was your Crime Scene. Craig melvin a stunner of a surveillance tape. Jeff wilbert a tarp, a rope. Everything you might need for a murder. Exactly. Craig melvin and what just may be the most sinister Mother Daughter Conversation youve ever overheard. These are not the same people that the public thinks that they are. You realize how cold this family is. Its pretty twisted. Very twisted. [music playing] hello, and welcome to dateline. Stephen moore was a Champion Speed Skater who was fast on the track but slow to find direction in life. That is, until he fell for Kindergarten Teacher Kathleen dorsett. Soon came a marriage, a career, and a baby. When stephen disappeared, detectives wondered if there was trouble in his seemingly normal life. But even they could not have imagined the sinister scheme at the heart of this case. Heres Andrea Canning
it was a puzzle for police. why would a father drop off his daughter and disappear? i knew something was not right. then they found it. the diary that he recorded in secret. this whole thing is just getting absurd. and the clues came pouring out. blind, in the bushes. this was the hot spot? this was the crime scene? a stunner of a surveillance team. charles, rob. anything you might need for a murder! exactly. and what may just be. the most sinister mother daughter conversation that you have ever overheard. it s already in motion, you need to do your part. these are not the same people that the public thinks they are. you will realize how cold this family is. it s pretty twisted. very twisted. hello, and welcome to dateline. stephen moore was a champion speedskater who was fast on the track was slow to find direction in life. that is, until he fell for kindergarten teacher, kathryn dorset. soon came a marriage, a career, and a baby. but
and the clues came pouring out. blood in the bushes. this was the hotspot. this was your crime scene. craig melvin: a stunner of a surveillance tape. jeff wilbert: a tarp, a rope. everything you might need for a murder. exactly. craig melvin: and what just may be the most sinister mother daughter conversation you ve ever overheard. these are not the same people that the public thinks that they are. you realize how cold this family is. it s pretty twisted. very twisted. [music playing] hello, and welcome to dateline. stephen moore was a champion speed skater who was fast on the track but slow to find direction in life. that is, until he fell for kindergarten teacher kathleen dorsett. soon came a marriage, a career, and a baby. when stephen disappeared, detectives wondered if there was trouble in his seemingly normal life. but even they could not have imagined the sinister scheme at the heart of this case. here s andrea canning with shattered bonds. [music playing] andrea
grandmother, leslie dorsett, arrived at the target with an envelope of cash and evelyn moore s address, ready to put the hit on the other grandmother. there she is looking for sami. did she have the $1,000? she provided me a white envelope with $1,000 cash. they also provided me evelyn moore s address on that envelope. they wanted the murder to look like it was natural. andrea canning: natural. did they have any suggestions? poisoning. they told me that evelyn moore was a diabetic, and they wanted to make it look like she either died in her sleep, some type of medication overdose. but certainly, they didn t want a brutal murder where it would bring attention
away was a cozy cul-de-sac where the dorsett family lived. everyone knew the dorsetts. there was thomas, busy with his refrigeration business but not too busy to lend a hand, wife lesley, a school board member, and daughter kathleen, a kindergarten teacher. [children chattering] kathleen loved her work, loved her parents, and seemed happy nestled into the neighborhood where she grew up. but she longed for a family of her own. and then she met stephen moore. [music playing] could she have found someone more different? stephen grew up in southern california, chilling at the beach, taking things easy, according to his friend cam graham. never really held a job, but he always was working. he always would find something to do. andrea canning: stephen s mom evelyn says her son wasn t lazy, just laid back. evelyn moore: he got by, but he wasn t truly motivated.