and this is dateline. this doesn t happen in our happy little world. their world shattered, a young mother strangled. we had a homicide and no lso no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. she slept with the children and the door locked. and finally a vital clue. what happened to nancy the day she disappeared? welcome to dateline. a young mother disappeared one her husband said she went for a run and never came home. the puzzling case happened in a safe, suburban neighborhood where crime is unexpected. but sometimes there are secrets hidden behind closed. nothing about that morning made any sense. it seems like such a bad nightmare. this doesn t happen our happy little world. it was a saturday morning in july 2008. the happy total world of sweet and leafy suburb of raleigh north carolina, called carry. the sort of place a young family would aspire to. if you are someone like hannah pritchard, for example. there s always l
also no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. she slept with the children and the door locked. and finally a vital clue. what happened to nancy the day she disappeared? welcome to dateline. a young mother disappeared one her husband said she went for a run and never came home. the puzzling case happened in a safe, suburban neighborhood where crime is unexpected. but sometimes there are secrets hidden behind closed. it all seemed like such a bad . it. . at reporter: it was a saturday morning in july. the happy little world suburb of raleigh, north carolina, called cary, a place where a young family would aspire to if you were someone like hanna pritchard, for example. there s always lots of friend making going on through someone you meet. lots of cookouts and family functions. reporter: like the one in the neighborhood the night before. so hanna would have heard party stories that saturday morning from her friend nancy co
Central pennsylvania says her aunt was a hit and run driver and she was a passenger in the car. I guess she felt guilty, underneath that, she was in shock, they were coming from beverly going to camden for whatever reason. A pedestrian jumped the barrier, and they struck the pedestrian and they just didnt stop. Reporter young woman led police to their location in camden, they arrested 40 yearold susan high land of beverly as she tried to sneak out the back door. Family says the arrest gives them some comfort. God answered our prayer, you know, because the only person that was driving didnt have the heart to come forward, somebody did. Reporter this afternoon quasons brother, cousins and Pennsauken High School classmates gathered to pray at the spot that he passed away. Fat manically say they forgive hyland and will also pray for her. I lost my brother. The rest in peace, quay. Reporter susan hyland is charged with leaving the scene of the fatal accident and in doing so on a suspended l
Welcome to dateline. A young mother disappeared one morning. Her husband said she went for a run and never came home. The puzzling case happened in a safe, suburban neighborhood where crime is unexpected. But sometimes there are secrets hidden behind closed doors. It all seemed like such a bad nightmare. This doesnt happen in our happy little world. Reporter it was a saturday morning in july. The happy little world suburb of raleigh, north carolina, called cary, a place where a young family would aspire to if you were someone like hanna pritchard, for example. Theres always lots of friend making going on through someone you meet. Lots of cookouts and family functions. Reporter like the one in the neighborhood the night before. So hanna would have heard Party Stories that saturday morning from her friend nancy cooper. Would have. Because nancy didnt show up. I hadnt heard from her maybe by like 10 00, i called her house. Brad answered and he said, she went for a run. Reporter nancy was
Reeva steenkamp because thinking it was someone else. He said he shot while he was not wearing his artificial legs. Then he felt horror and fear when he realized his 29year old girlfriend was not in bed. Prosecutors accuse pistorius of coldblooded, premeditated murder. They say he put on his prosthetic legs during a valentines argument, walked across the room, and pumped four bullets into the bathroom where steenkamp was cowering. The model and graduate gath family gathered. For the funeral. Were her family. But theres only one thing missing. Its reeva. Reporter steenkamp often campaigned against domestic violence. Her brother hopes her message will remain strong. We will try to continue with the things that she tried to make better. Reporter pistorius said he was deeply in love with his girlfriend and that she died in has arms, after he bashed in the bathroom door with a cricket bat. He faces life in prison, if convicted of premeditated murder. Reporter tina kraus, wjz Eyewitness News