why some partygoers say they were targeted by police unfairly the first images from inside a migrant detention center near the texas border children packed into pods separated by plastic. 400 migrant teens crammed into one pod well beyond capacity how the biden administration is responding the growing outrage in the wake of the atlanta spa shootings. what authorities are now saying as they investigate was this a hate crime and our series kids under pressure, the soaring costs of college and how your family can get help to pay for it announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone we re coming on the air with breaking news a mass shooting with a number of casualties according to law enforcement at a grocery store in boulder, colorado north of denver. witnesses described hearing a volley of shots, a man opening fire with an apparent military 1250i8 long gun, sending shoppers and workers scrambling for the exits. police tact k58 teams d
marie was a very loving person. she had a heart of gold. what happened to this woman? my job is to be a truth teller and seek out the truth. i wanted to solve it. reporter: her case was a mystery for years. the mom with the tender heart and tough-as-nails career. she was part of the sheriff s department. her ultimate goal was to try to get into the fbi. reporter: she d found a new sense of purpose in the church. her pastor and his wife, like family. they had taken her in, they were helping her out. i was like, i m proud of you, you re finding god. reporter: then, one baffling text. and she was gone. i go, i know i probably watch a lot of law and order but i have this really gut feeling. because i was a mom, i just knew she didn t leave on her own. there was no way she left that baby. reporter: two moms at opposite ends of a mystery. could one get justice for the other? this case for sure was an investigator s worst nightmare. reporter: soon, clues to a
a baffling disappearance. where was he? my dad is not just a missing person. he has three sons. he has a wife. i was very afraid that something terrible was wrong. i got scared. the clues, a missing mercedes, a handprint in blood, and a musical chairs of secret affairs. he had multiple love affairs. yes. there s more women. there s more lovers involved in this whole thing. was this beauty hiding something deadly? i wanted to get away. i was scared. how would this hollywood story end? i just feared for my family. i don t want to lose my dad. like who are these people? hello and welcome to dateline. gavin smith was a larger than life kind of guy who lived life to the fullest. he was not the type to slip quietly into the night. so when he suddenly vanished without a trace, gavin s sister wondered why his wife lisa wasn t doing more to find him. as the months turned into years the mysterious disappearance would force lisa to reveal and uncover painful
blood! a young wife dying on the floor. she wasn t talking at all. i m asking him like, conrad, what happened here? i was utterly confused. so many different stories about what might have happened. he said many things that night. maybe someone could have shot something at the house. at one point he said that it was 80% suicide. police had their own theory. i thought, oh, man, there s something going on here. we don t see a lot of women that commit suicide naked. conrad s stories were not adding up. but something else wasn t adding up either. a key piece of evidence. we went to the house, and we walk in and we think, a-ha! would a mistaken measurement send an innocent man to prison? or free a guilty one? we thought it was over. something s going to break, and when it does, the truth s going to be known. hello and welcome to dateline. heidi and conrad truman had a powerful connection, a deep love envied by others. then one fateful night the
who was this guy? his nickname was dirty john. this woman knew him all too well. i started snooping. and i found everything. this reporter made some unnerving discoveries, too. he scared a lot of people. he swindled a lot of people. the story of his dirty deeds riveted the nation in a hit podcast. announcer: this is dirty john. but dirty was about to turn dark. he s got duct tape, he s got all the tools ready to kidnap her. would this mom and her daughters learn the truth in time? she was in a panic. she said, i saw john. outside in a car. a story ending in savagery that would stun even police. there s no way he gets away with this unless he kills her. hello and welcome to dateline. after a string of failed relationships, debra thought she had met her mr. right. he seemed smart and kind, but debra s daughters thought something felt wrong about him, so the girls started digging into his past. their harrowing search for answers would reveal a