story of two mothers fighting for their sons. he knows he heard my sound bad. i believe every word my son s heads and i d still due to this day. missing tean found dead. his body was laying in the river clearing. we want answers. we want answers. was it murder? i said who beat my baby? or was it something else? he got out of the vehicle, swung on me. how do you get in a scuffle with somebody and the next thing you know your being charged with murder? a trial. i slowly watch my son die every day. heartbreak. nobody wins. and a twist that stunned everyone. it was the first time i ve ever had this happen. we had to stop and think whether we heard it right. hello and welcome to dateline . it s been said there is nothing more powerful than a mother s love for her child. and no greater pain than losing a child. both forces collide in a small midwestern town, when a mysterious death sparked a search for justice. it also divided a community and t
a trial. i slowly watch my son die every day. heartbreak. nobody wins. and a twist that stunned everyone. it was the first time i ve ever had this happen. we had to stop and think whether we heard it right. hello and welcome to dateline . it s been said there is nothing more powerful than a mother s love for her child. and no greater pain than losing a child. both forces collide in a small midwestern town, when a mysterious death sparked a search for justice. it also divided a community and turned strangers into allies. the outcome left both sides reeling. here s dennis murphy with at the edge of town . yards from the chicken place is an unlikely scrap of wilderness in a southern illinois town. a thicket of vines and rumbles. acres of thorns that tear at the flush. for years, people just sped by without a second look. but something terrible happened there one cold night in the winter of 2014. that brought a stranger to town. a mother, looking for answers abo
mess missing teen found dead his body was laying over a. cleaning we want answers. was it murder? who beat my baby? or was it something else? how do you get in a scuffle with someone, but? and then next thing you know you re being charged with murder? a trial heartbreak. nobody wins. and a twist that stunned everyone. it was the first time i ever had this happen, we had to stop and think. hello and welcome to deadline it s been fed there s been nothing more powerful than a mother s love for her child and no greater paying than losing a child both forces collide in a small midwestern town when i m mysterious death sparked a search for justice but also divided a community and turned strangers into allies. the outcome less both sides real here is dennis murphy with at the edge of town yards from the chicken place is an unlikely scrap of wilderness in a southern illinois town. a thicket of vines and rumbles. acres of thorns that tear at the flush. four
reporter: the investigation appeared to be over, but lovely refused to give up. this is not over. no, this is not over. reporter: she filed a lawsuit against the city of carbondale and its police chief, accusing them of negligence. 12 days after the boy s family filed a lawsuit against you, you are fired? yes. it was actually over the weekend. so 30 years of law enforcement work goes up in smoke. yes, that was pretty much the end of my career. the city says his dismissal was a confidential matter with nothing to do with litigation. but the chief says that he was the scapegoat for city under siege by provides family. what did you think of the investigation until that point? what i did think was it was a good investigation. there were a lot of conscientious people working hard. reporter: there was one other person that lovely sued. remember, a driver gave pravin a ride that night. he was the last person to see
so 30 years of law enforcement work goes up in smoke. yes, that was pretty much the end of my career. the city says his dismissal was a confidential matter with nothing to do with litigation. but the chief says that he was the scapegoat for city under siege by provides family. what did you think of the investigation until that point? what i did think was it was a good investigation. there were a lot of conscientious people working hard. there was one other person that lovely sued. remember, a driver gave pravin a ride that night. he was the last person to see him alive. what did you learn about him? at face value, typical southern illinois guy. middle class family. his name was gaege bethune. his mom penny was also a nurse. gaege was a very laid back, good kid, a lot of dreams and hope. penny says gaege fell story