Left town. They saw her in line to get on to an airplane. But her prized car turned up with an excon behind the wheel. We thought, oh, my god. It was him. He killed her. Was it that simple . Her personal life was very complicated. A younger boyfriend. The man was very charismatic, dropdead gorgeous. And an estranged husband. He had caught them having sex in room 11. But the case really started to sizzle when someone torched the motel. Somebody was trying to destroy some evidence or something . We just didnt know. This is a murder mystery of epic proportions. Both of us were obsessed with this case. Can this get any more bizarre . Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with a reporter there is a little island, its own bit of fantasy, off the gulf coast of florida. Its kind of a Little Paradise here. It is paradise. And it just gets better and better, we think. Reporter Anna Maria Island, where high rise condos are banned, is seven miles of unspoiled white sand, unspo
On to an airplane. But her prized car turned up with an excon behind the wheel. We thought, oh, my god. It was him. He killed her. Was it that simple . Her personal life was very complicated. A younger boyfriend. The man was very charismatic, dropdead gorgeous. And an estranged husband. He had caught them having sex in room 11. But the case really started to sizzle when someone torched the motel. Somebody was trying to destroy some evidence or something . We just didnt know. This is a murder mystery of epic proportions. Both of us were obsessed with this case. Can this get any more bizarre . Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with a place on the sand. Island, its own bit of fantasy, off the gulf coast of florida. Its kind of a Little Paradise here. It is paradise. And it just gets better and better, we think. Reporter Anna Maria Island, where high rise condos are banned, is seven miles of unspoiled white sand, unspoiled houses, unspoiled people, too, most of the
Complicated. A younger boyfriend. The man was very charismatic, dropdead gorgeous. And an estranged husband. He had caught them having sex in room 11. But the case really started to sizzle when someone torched the motel. Somebody was trying to destroy some evidence or something . We just didnt know. This is a murder mystery of epic proportions. Both of us were obsessed with this case. Can this get any more bizarre . Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with a place on the sand. Reporter there is a little island, its own bit of fantasy, off the gulf coast of florida. Its kind of a Little Paradise here. It is paradise. And it just gets better and better, we think. Reporter Anna Maria Island, banned, is seven miles of unspoiled white sand, unspoiled houses, unspoiled people, too, most of them. When you come across the bridge, its a whole different life. I mean, yeah, you just come across the bridge and its like ah. It is. Reporter and here is where she found her Litt
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Came all the way from germany. Whether they called her sabina or as some did sabine, they all knew her here on the island. Larger than life person. Absolutely. And the minute you met her, you just were drawn to her. I mean, she was just one of those people that you wanted to get to know better. Reporter and even now, looking back on what happened to sabina, on the awful mystery, it just doesnt seem possible, not here. I mean, nothing happens on this island. No, i mean, this is a sleepy little town. Its sweet town. We dont have things like that happen here. Reporter no, and cerly sabine made good things happen here, crazy things, happy things. Here at the 50s motel she bought and reimagined along with tom buehler, the man she married within two weeks of meeting, her partner at haleys motel. Longtime friends Nancy Ambrose and suzi fox. It had always been her lifelong dream to have her own resort. And haleys came on the market. And at the time it was pretty run down. And we were like, oh,