when you ve got something that was this bad somebody s got to pay. somebody has got to pay. hello, and welcome to dateline. nona dirksmeyer and kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. she was a self-confident 19 -year-old known for her beautiful voice. he was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. then, a brutal attack their shattered their dreams. it was a crime that would shake a small southern town to its core. and pit a family against the community they called home. here s keith morrison with what happened to the beauty queen? look at her. look at the young woman at the heart of our story. you can see how lovely she is. the young beauty queen. can you see her vulnerability? by now your first impression is probably locked in. it s very unlikely to change. and certainly, that s how it was in russellville, arkansas. the town where a first impression hardens like a patch of cement. about her and also about for better or worse, the young man acc
we begin with the aftermath of him, and what could be the costliest hurricane in u.s. history. and was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone today, the storm delivering with heavy rains from the creek of islands to new england marking. out some and delivering strangers storm surge to the south. in florida, it s climbing. in this hour it stands at 77. that number is expected to rise. they re also assessing the damage, it could amount to billions of dollars in the southwestern part of the state. businesses destroyed. homes flattened. residents, left in complete shock. i wish we should be alive right now. we shouldn t be alive right now with that storm. the power of that storm? it would ve crashed into that side of the house. we would ve been swept away. to see the damage of clothes, it s almost frightening to see just how easily he d chewed through tons of concrete and steel. but to the danger above? heartbreaking. when you realize this is the only way an entire community c
hello, and welcome to dateline. nona dirksmeyer and kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. she was a self-confident 19 -year-old known for her beautiful voice. he was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. then, a brutal attack their shattered their dreams. it was a crime that would shake a small southern town to its core. and pit a family against the community they called home. here s keith morrison with what happened to the beauty queen? look at her. look at the young woman at the heart of our story. you can see how lovely she is. the young beauty queen. can you see her vulnerability? by now your first impression is probably locked in. it s very unlikely to change. and certainly, that s how it was in russellville, arkansas. the town where a first impression hardens like a patch of cement. about her and also about for better or worse, the young man accused of killing her. the boyfriend who found the body. the boyfriend found a body. first impre
stumbled into a terrifying scene. that s when i saw the gun. they said, we re going to have to kill you. now, a strange story that only got stranger. they had purple gloves on. and they had blue, fuzzy gloves. something isn t right here. could he have killed his own father? what really happened in that house? i did not do this. then, a witness came forward and changed everything. and this bizarre story, the strangest thing of all was the truth. he planned for any scenario. except for the one that happened to him. hello, and welcome to dateline . ken mortensen was a strong minded man who had built fortune and a fortress to protect it. and then kay was attacked, turning his home into a bloody crime scene. how, police wondered, could someone so vigilant be taken by surprise? it was a riddle that threatened to destroy kay s family until someone with an explosive secret revealed a horrifying truth. here s keith morrison with mystery at payson canyon . the
sweethearts. expected to spend the rest of our lives together. when she was murdered sympathy turn to suspicion. no question it was his. the mystery was just beginning because dna was some other mail. as the town chooses sides, more startling developments in a horrific murder. you ve got something this bad. somebody has to pay. kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. hello, and hello, and welcome to dateline.19-y nona dirksmeyer, kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. she was a self-confident 19- year-old known for her beautiful voice and he was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. than a brutal attack shattered their dreams. it was a crime that was shake a small southern town to its core and pit to family■ç against the community they called home. here is keith morrison with what happened to the beauty queen? look at her. look at the young woman at the heart of our story. your first impression was probably locked in and unlikely to