jarring to think that when a life ends, so much begins. a family s grief. a community s shock. and in this case right here where i m standing a murder investigation. heather collins has always been proud of her three girls, especially her oldest daugher halee, who even at a young age was eager to lend a helping hand. there s you know so many pictures of her holding the baby sister, you know, and just taking care of them. yeah. she s always leading the way. my kids, they you know, they wanted to feed the bottle and, can i change a diaper? uh-huh. she was the best diaper changer ever. a mother s helper and sister emilee s best friend. with halee, she says, she felt safe. she was always definitely what you pictured an older sister being like. like, the
and i was, like, oh my god. i was, like, where is halee? i was, like, where could she be? around the same time, halee s sister emilee was driving to work with a friend. suddenly, a sense of doom washed over her. i m freaking out. something s wrong. just, like, out of the blue this feeling came. yeah, it was out of the blue. like, we were driving, and all of a sudden, i was just like, you gotta turn around. i gotta go find my sister. something s wrong. like, i don t know what s wrong, but something s wrong. emilee posted a picture of halee on instagram. if anyone hears from my sister please contact me. friends responded, telling her that police were trying to identify a woman found dead that morning. and that s when people started sending me that article. oh gosh. at the time i was just, like, no, like, i get you re trying to be helpful. like, but that s not her. like, and it wasn t even like i felt like i was in any denial. i just 100% knew that that w