middle of the night. haunted for more than two decades, he would make a chilling discovery that would unlock this mystery. now you know the whole story. yes, sir. everything kind of clicked. it s just so unbelievable. i knew he was telling his mom s story. hello and welcome to dateline. aaron fraser was only 3 years old when his mom left the house, never to be seen or heard from again. police soon learned that aaron may have witnessed the unspeakable, the murder of his own mother. the boy would become a man before the whole truth was revealed. and though memories faded, the evidence pointing to the killer couldn t stay buried. here s dennis murphy with she never left. she d been gone from his life, unaccounted for, for more than 20 years. his mother, bonnie. it was odd to be the one that found her. because you d spent a lot of your life looking for her, right? yes, sir. there s a poignant video of the mother and child s last christmas morning toget
and she said, we need you now. we need you right now. and i thought something might have happened to her family. and she says, we found a body in the back yard. i said, what back yard? and she says, on dolphin avenue. i said, what are you talking about? and so i m arguing with her. because i had searched that area. as he raced to the house, hinson called a friend in the sheriff s department to go to the scene. and he called me back. i said, is it a dog? and he goes, no, it s a human skull. and i just pulled to the side of the road to try to compose excuse me. try to compose myself like i am now. hinson was retired by then, but when he arrived at the house he faced a fact every detective dreads. haunted by the search not made. i knew when i got there i had missed her. which is a hard thing as an investigator
her. i found my mom. i get on the phone with jean and she said, we need you now. we need you right now. and i thought something might have happened to her family. and she says, we found a body in the back yard. i said, what back yard? and she says, on dolphin avenue. i said, what are you talking about? and so i m arguing with her. because i had searched that area. as he raced to the house, hinson called a friend in the sheriff s department to go to the scene. and he called me back. i said, is it a dog? and he goes, no, it s a human skull. and i just pulled to the side of the road to try to compose excuse me. try to compose myself like i am now. hinson was retired by then, but when he arrived at the house he faced a fact every detective dreads. haunted by the search not made. i knew when i got there i
said why? and he said, i found her. i found my mom. i get on the phone with jean and she said we need you now. we need you right now. and i thought something might have happened to her family. and she says, we found a body in the back yard. i said, what back yard? and she says, on dolphin avenue. i said, what are you talking about? and so i m arguing with her. because i had searched that area. as he raced to the house, hinson called a friend in the sheriff s department to go to the scene. and he called me back. i said, is it a dog? and he goes, no, it s a human skull. and i just pulled to the side of the road to try to compose excuse me. try to compose myself like i am now. hinson was retired by then, but when he arrived at the house he faced a fact every detective dreads. haunted by the search not made. i knew when i got there i