we are agonizing for these last two years. he was panicked, that turned into torment. i was concerned, she was hurt somewhere. i felt so helpless. kelly was always there for others. she liked to help people who needed help. there are, for her friends, for her country, this was a good fit for, her the army? she wanted to be an officer. her personal life was a little more complicated. d. were they talking divorce? kelli was. mike wasn t. had a new boyfriend. she was pretty fun. she s easy to talk to. and lately, she seemed to have an admirer. did he ask kelli for her phone number? yes. when she suddenly vanished, hundreds joined the search, including this perfect stranger. i said, i d like to see if i could solve this. he was suspicious about one of the men in kelli s life. it is like, dude, i can tell you re lying. but getting the truth wouldn t be easy. i had to get into his mind, see what he was about. what you were involved in was p
was estranged from her husband. were they talking divorce? kelli was. mike wasn t. had a new boyfriend. she was pretty fun. she s easy to talk to. and lately, she seemed to have an admirer. did he ask kelli for her phone number? yes. when she suddenly vanished, hundreds joined the search, including this perfect stranger. i said, i d like to see if i could solve this. he was suspicious about one of the men in kelli s life. it is like, dude, i can tell you re lying. but getting the truth wouldn t be easy. i had to get into his mind, see what he was about. what you were involved in was psychological warfare. uh-huh. he knows where she s at. after a young soldier s mysterious disappearance, one man s personal battle to find her. do you think he s finally going to reveal to you? oh, i know he is. hello and welcome to dateline . kelli bordeaux was just starting what she hoped would be a long career in the military, but fate had other plans. on
friday? i was just trying everything. everything led to nothing, no leads, no clues, no kelli. what were some of the scenarios that were running through your mind? just that somebody was holding her somewhere. a kidnapping kind of thing. yeah, i was more concerned she was hurt somewhere and she wasn t able to get to us so we have to get to her. olivia, matt and mike immediately made plans to all meet in fayetteville. by now the fayetteville pd was all over the case. one of the investigators assigned was veteran homicide detective mike ballard. we knew this could be an endangered person. why the homicide unit when she has barely been missing. kelli bordeaux was not a problem soldier, always contacted her family, her friends, and then she just disappears off the face of the earth. breaking news in the case of kelli bordeaux, the fort bragg soldier missing since saturday. the disappearance of the beautiful young army medic was
on kelli before they could start searching. so the next day justin decided to call the army base instead. i asked them if she showed up. i said it is important, if she didn t show up you need to go to her house. they got back on the phone and said she didn t show up. army investigators and fayetteville police went to kelli s apartment. they got inside? uh-huh. no kelli? no kelli. is that when everybody starts taking this really seriously. that s when we started to panic, yeah. word spread when fort bragg called her estranged husband mike who then phoned her sister olivia. reliable kelli missed roll call and wasn t at home. i was like, what the hell. then i started facebooking, started calling her like crazy, trying to find anybody in the army with her, like have you seen her? did you go out on
uh-huh. no kelli? no kelli. is that when everybody starts taking this really seriously. that s when we started to panic, yeah. word spread when fort bragg called her estranged husband mike who then phoned her sister olivia. reliable kelli missed roll call and wasn t at home. i was like, what the hell. then i started facebooking, started calling her like crazy, trying to find anybody in the army with her, like have you seen her? did you go out on friday? i was just trying everything. everything led to nothing, no leads, no clues, no kelli. what were some of the scenarios that were running through your mind? just that somebody was holding her somewhere. a kidnapping kind of thing. yeah, i was more concerned she was hurt somewhere and she wasn t able to get to us so we have to get to her. olivia, matt and mike immediately made plans to all meet in fayetteville. by now the fayetteville pd was all over the case. one of the investigators assigned was veteran homicid