the madsen tunnel? yeah. it s a pretty foil place to die. the murder happened on the summer solstice. this whole occult story came out. there is evidence of a cult activities taking place up there before. he told me that he had witnessed a murder. [inaudible] and that he was helping the police with it. little by little it started coming out. there had been some plot afoot. brutal, and violence, and chaotic, they are vicious killers. it was a horrible betrayal. this wasn t supposed to happen ever. it was a chilly december morning, 2020. the high desert outside of los angeles. in there, behind barbed wire and secure blocks of thick concrete, a prisoner was placed in front of a camera. it was a parole hearing, for a life or who was not supposed to be set free. 50 miles away, nervous and worried, the sisters of the man s victim listen to a live broadcast. with her, historic l. a. homicide detective, now retired. and rick jackson. powerless to interve
. welcome back to dateline extra. i m craig melvin. who killed shelley nance? police were focusing on two potential suspects. both denied any involvement in a murder. but according to the roommate nathan was obsessed with her and police had found the bloody baggy in his bathroom. soon even more tales of troubling behavior would emerge but not about nathan. here again keith morris. reporter: they took shelley nance s body back to italy, texas, not quite a week after the murder. held her funeral at the family s church.
welcome back to dateline extra. i m craig melvin. who killed shelly nance? police were focusing on two potential suspects. shelly s roommate and her boyfriend. both denied any involvement in her murder. but according to his roommate nathan was obsess would her. and police had found the bloody baggy in his bathroom. soon even more details of troubling behavior would emerge, but this time not about nathan. here again keith morris. reporter: they took shelley nance s body back to italy, texas, not quite a week after the murder. held her funeral at the family s church. and it seemed like the whole town was there, along with many of shelley s fellow students from the art institute of dallas. it s the most horrible thing we ve ever been through. the day after the funeral, i was ready to kill somebody. reporter: the institute held a memorial, too.