terror. i just heard, help, someone is in trouble. i was scared. i was scared. a husband found murdered in a closet. a wife, tied up in another. they found her on the ground with her hands behind him back. she had bruising on her arms and on her face. inconsolable. screaming, crying. who could be behind this? it s me up inside their only daughter, desperate for justice for her dead. be careful what you wish for. everybody gasped. nobody could believe it. this terrifies me because this could happen to anybody. hello, and welcome to dateline. she was his teenage crush, then, puppy love turned into a lifelong love affair. eventually, high school sweethearts jamie melgar and sandra melgar got married and raised a daughter. they were celebrating a remarkable 32 years together when jamie was brutally murdered. to crack the case, investigators would have to uncover an illusion worthy of the great houdini. here is dennis murphy with unspeakable . the
after her father. i just remember saying, help, someone is in trouble. are you really scared? yes, i was really scared. the reporter: voice was coming from inside a walking closet attached to the bathroom. which to the he tugged the, side open the door and there was sandra. on the floor, tied by her arms and ankles, a life. he said that she did not look well at all. reporter: as marissa s mom cassandra lewis, sandra spoke. where is my brother, where is your uncle? the answer to that unspeakable. what had happened to jim melgar entities wife? coming up she looked like she had aged ten years overnight. just broken. and lost. reporter: sandra melgar the, only possible witness to a night of tower. what would she remember? there was a car following us when dateline continues.