do it all mom. she would do family oriented things. and a picture perfect home duct away on badger lane. this is all the american dream. he wanted a lifestyle where he can be there for his family for his gets. that s what made would happen so startling. it was dark when they got their. they found the body upstairs and the master bedroom. the victim was clearly shocked the handgun. the kids are missing. julie was missing. was this a case of murder? these are friends. i m just in utter shock. there were secrets in that house. who would unlock them? i didn t want my family to know that i would not be able to know. davis admitted active. devious and medical to. it s our best friend. it did not end like this. welcome to dateline. jason harper s life looked pretty perfect from the outside. a popular high school teacher and coach, his wife, a stay at home mom, to three beautiful kids, and a close circle of loving friends. but things were not
he would be pushing her around. a puzzle seemingly solved, then long apart. we recorded that conversation, then it was dynamite. mckayla was on the ground, and she wasn t really moving. to unravel the mystery, investigators would follow a trail through high school hallways, teaming the secrets and schemes. the hatred grew more and more and more. the whole idea became a horrible idea. a bad idea that went very, very bad. he waves at you from miles. the big neon cowboy. wendover whale is what they call him, and it was his job for more than 60 years. and it s here at the nevada utah border. pull him off the road to this tiny high desert casino casino, and most leave again a little and the wallet. knowing precious little about the stories west winter love loves to tell, about the races who come here, who breaks speed records of flats. about the local airbase, and the gate took up from hiroshima. but there s also the story they whisper to each other, up a
together. we were always at the same place, always had no with the other ones, at all times. but now, nobody seems to know where nikki was. it was getting dark in the desert, dark and coal. celia voted out of work early and rushed home, hoping to spot mickey on the way, to find her at the apartment. but only dj was there. and my mom came in, she said, mickey it s not here. where is she? because this isn t funny. so, i immediately went out and searched for her. called her friends, called my friends. word spread fast across west wendover. by the time i d already call the police, there was already over 80 people starting to look. the police asked me to check, and ask all her friends, and i m like, he has, they re all panicked. and they re all out looking. and everything, so, they
jason harper was 39 when she killed him. and now, julie harper will grow old behind bars, alone. that s all for this edition of dateline, i m natalie morales, thank you for watching. natalie morales, thank when my mom came in, she said, fix my hair. where is she? because she isn t funny. and the bottom of my heart, i knew something was really, really wrong. you look underneath, and saw what he thought appeared to be blood. a high school beauty found that in the desert, bound. what did that say to you? a great deal of rage by someone. he was like your average high school student. tall, clean cut, polite. a teenager with two sites. he would yell at her.
said, this isn t funny. can you tell me where you are? what s going on? i just get calling her phone. trying to back, please answer. please be okay. her eldest sister, christina, and las vegas attending nascar races for her husband, had been telling people, don t worry, she s just been rebellious, not anymore. and i looked at my husband, and i said, you need to take me home right now. he says, well, what changed your mind? and i said, because nothing happens in wendover and something did. and he took his truck and drove me straight home. ten hours? it s about an eight and a half hour drive. he got me home in about six and a half hours. wow! that ll to the metal. yes. by now, in wendover it was a local media event. i just hope that little girl is safe. this thing never happened in