we interviewed her roommates, boyfriend. everyone is a suspect. and then a man said i kidnapped her, we have her, we ran the criminal history. that s when all the bells went off. he pulls in, asking me to get in the car. i feel the cold blade against my neck. he carries cme to the basement of his home. it was jaw dropping, just chilling. they started digging and they found women s clothing. it was escalating. there were so many victims? yes, there still are. until this guy is in longer in existence. i ll carry this fight. ecome a supreme court justice. ge, hello and welcome to dateline. shannon melindi dreamed big. at 15 she wanted to become a supreme court justice. in college she scored a foundation. detectives had a suspect in their sight, but it would take years. a horrific tail to unravel the mystery of shannon s disappearance. here is dana murphy with shannon s story. reporter: the videos, the document reof her life. reporter: the professional dad
right? correct. who gets called and who s on the other and the line? the phone call came into the emory council center at emory university he asked her first if she s familiar with the shannon melendi case. the woman said, no, explain. he said, well, i have kidnapped, or i have. her a man had shine in. he said she was fine and healthy. before the caller hung up, he told the operator s plans. one and done with her, basically, i will release her. would you will find, where i m at, right now, is an article that belongs to her. so, he hung up and got off the phone. following that, the fbi did immediately trace the call. we got a call from memory. we traced back to a phone booth, outside the city. just as the caller promised, there was something there. underneath the phone booth had fall into the ground, a little cloth bag. inside the cloth bag was a ring. a ring. ivan recognized it right away. it was a gold ring, and it
this is about a week after shannon had gone missing. is that right? correct. who gets called and who was on the other end of the line? so a phone call came in to the emory counseling center at emory university, and he appeared nervous to the woman who was working the switchboard, he asked her first if she s familiar with the shannon melendi case. the woman said, no, explain. and he said, well, i have i have kidnapped her. i have her. a man had shannon. he said she was fine and healthy. and before the caller hung up he told the operator his plans. when i m done with her, basically, i will release her. what you ll find where i m at right now is an article that belongs to her. and so he hung up and got off the phone. following that, the fbi did immediately trace the call. we got the call from emory. we traced it back to a phone booth. a phone booth outside the city. and just as the caller promised, there was something there. underneath the phone booth had fallen