it was a small new year s eve party. we took off and then short later after my gut was telling my feet to run back to that house. this can t be happening. when the party ended, the mystery began. it was just crazy, i didn t understand what was happening and why. his wife, the hostess, had seemed fine the whole night. then my wife just shot herself in the head. please! help me! please help me! her death was ruled a suicide. but not everyone agreed. i was always afraid he was going to hurt her. always. always. did a fight that night lead to something much worse? i knew that ashley wouldn t take her own life. a troubled woman or a troubled marriage? that wound on the back of her head isn t one she could do it herself, tom. it is not. oh [bleep] [ bleep ]. suicide or murder? i didn t do this. i just knew that my whole world is never going to be the same again, ever. hello and welcome to dateline. it was december 31st, and by all appearances, as
and dreams. and it s so real, it feels like her. and she just gives me a hug. why did it have to happen to our family? why did it have to happen to michelle? why that they? a young nursing student disappears. she was still dressed in my hospital scrubs. something drew her out to her car. the cousin she grew up with. the brother she raised. desperate to find her. they were able to do what a lot of other families have never been able to do. text messages, security monitors, surveillance videos. were they sons that she was trapped, reaching out for help? one of the things about, this is that didn t make sense. moment by moment dateline was there for every turn. look, there s blood wiped across. was she missing or murdered? was this the key? i will take her life and hers. a threat, a voice seething with hate and rage. you deserve to die for your lies. it s your last and final warning. what s happened to michelle? this case is not going to be over unt
they seemed like the ultimate power couple. she told me, should be traveling on secret missions. he had all of the medals. the silver star, the purple heart. glamorous military careers, but, was it all camouflage? says the bs alarms are going off in my head like you wouldn t believe. did they have something to hide? we start doing surveillance. maybe a crime here? yes. something that made me say, this campeche. we were in disbelief. what happened to her last husband? whoever did this was evil. the hurt, the anger. it makes you question everybody. it seems alive, somehow, here in the foothills of tennessee s appalachians. the creeping tendrils of mountain mist that snake and swirl. like lies. there is gold in there, somewhere, so they say. the sort of place where you could strike it rich, or maybe get away with murder. very scary. shocking. and devastating. so, after that mysterious death here, who can anyone trust? dearest friends? the word bet
parents. i don t think anybody is j umping up and down about having to put a 17 year old boy in jail. this was a lot bigger and a lot deeper than what initially we thought. they thought they picked out some weak minded kid. they didn t know who they were playing with. hello, and hello and welcome to dateline. madison holton was a restless teenager itching for independence, but his parents were worried he was headed for trouble. they gave him an ultimatum, shape up or suffer the consequences. then in the blink of an eye, two people were dead. police thought it was an open and shut case but a chance meeting in church would lead to a jaw dropping conclusion. here s josh mankiewicz with 11 minutes. the long road of parenthood, always watching as your kids grasp at life. you cheer from the stands. get him madison. do your best to keep them safe, hoping they make it through this world in one piece. madison holton was born a handful. his parents, april and michael, c
we did consider that her husband made known that she was having an affair. where was? she there were no. answers nearly 30 years, 60 investigators, and it all kept coming back to one elusive suspect. he just very commonly said, i know how to get rid of a body, so it would never ever be found. him? murder something that could be done over it was basically an hour never situation. hello, welcome to dateline. when kathy had cole disappeared, police didn t know if they are dealing with a missing person case or cold-blooded murder. with little evidence to go on, the investigation grew cold. decades later, a young detective who was just a kid when kathy vanished, dusted off the old files. investigators couldn t solve her case then, could he help solve it now? here is josh mankiewicz, with she didn t come home. time can be like a river, a long stream of events rushing by. most barely make a ripple, but a few, like the sudden loss of a close friend, a child or a p