he s coming after me. in a flash, it was over. that charismatic kid dead on the floor. fits it was terrible, i think i screamed for an hour. what happened in that garage that night? it was the last person that would come to my mind. a neighbor protecting his home or preparing a trap? makes the statement it s showtime. it showtime? exactly. a teenager, a father, a murder, no one would be the same. we were all taken aback. welcome to dateline. he came to america as an adventurous exchange student, but he took one risk too many and it cost him his life. was his death a case of a homeowner protecting his family and property? or something far more deliberate. here is josh mankiewicz with deadly exchange. it s a dilemma that confronts every teenager, how to simultaneously fit in with your friends and rebel against everyone else. that two step is made easier by the knowledge, maybe the certainty, that you will live forever. kids do dumb stuff all the ti
Someone just got shot. Reporter that charismatic kid, dead on the floor. It was terrible. I think i screamed for hours. Reporter what had happened in that garage that night . It was just like the last person that would come to my mind. Reporter a neighbor protecting his home, or preparing a trap . Makes the statement, its show time. Its show time . Exactly. Reporter a teenager, a father, a murder. No one would be the same. We were all like taken aback. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with deadly exchange. Reporter its a dilemma that confronts every teenager. How to simultaneously fit in with your friends and rebel against everyone else. That twostep is made a little easier by the knowledge, maybe the certainty, that youre going to live forever. Kids do dumb stuff all the time. Reporter and so sneaking out of the house in the dead of night to meet other teenagers to drink, party or just hang out, well, thats nothing new. Usually teens sneak back home safely.
Im sitting there panicking. Like, hes coming at me. In a flash, it was over. That charismatic kid, dead on the floor. It was terrible. I think i screamed for hours. What had happened in that garage that night . It was just like, the last person that would come to my mind. A neighbor protecting his home, or preparing a trap . Makes the statement, its showtime. Its showtime . Exactly. A teenager, a father, a murder. No one would be the same. We were all taken aback. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with deadly exchange. Reporter its a dilemma that confronts every teenager. How to simultaneously fit in with your friends and rebel against everyone else. That twostep is made a little easier by the knowledge maybe the certainty that youre going to live forever. Kids do dumb stuff all the time. Reporter and so sneaking out of the house in the dead of night, to meet other teenagers to drink, party or just hang out well, thats nothing new. Usually teens sneak back hom
Im sitting there panicking. Like, hes coming at me. In a flash, it was over. That charismatic kid, dead on the floor. It was terrible. I think i screamed for hours. What had happened in that garage that night . It was just like, the last person that would come to my mind. A neighbor protecting his home, or preparing a trap . Makes the statement, its showtime. Its showtime . Exactly. A teenager, a father, a murder. No one would be the same. We were all taken aback. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with deadly exchange. Reporter its a dilemma that confronts every teenager. How to simultaneously fit in with your friends and rebel against everyone else. That twostep is made a little easier by the knowledge maybe the certainty that youre going to live forever. Kids do dumb stuff all the time. Reporter and so sneaking out of the house in the dead of night, to meet other teenagers to drink, party or just hang out well, thats nothing new. Usually teens sneak back hom
Kind of a bad ass, you know. He was, like, pretty stocky kid. Liked to lay people out. Yeah. He was tough. Yeah. [ laughter ] for sure. He threw down. Reporter and according to his friends, direns soccer skills and his good looks definitely helped him with the opposite sex. He was always talking to girls. Americans and even girls back home in germany. A man of the world. Exactly. Yep. [ laughter ] the other soccer girls always said that he would never miss a chance to take his shirt off when he was running around the field. They knew he was going to put on a show for them. Reporter diren lived with host parents randy and kate in the hilly neighborhood of prospect, a hilly subdivision of missoula. He was just such a terrific kid. You could see that right off the bat. And he called you mom and dad . He did. He really became our son. Theres no doubt about it. Reporter but diren was more than just a fun kid. He was engaged in the world. This was not your typical american teenager who just