middle of the night. haunted for more than two decades, he would make a chilling discovery that would unlock this mystery. now you know the whole story. yes, sir. everything kind of clicked. it s just so unbelievable. i knew he was telling his mom s story. hello and welcome to dateline. aaron fraser was only 3 years old when his mom left the house, never to be seen or heard from again. police soon learned that aaron may have witnessed the unspeakable, the murder of his own mother. the boy would become a man before the whole truth was revealed. and though memories faded, the evidence pointing to the killer couldn t stay buried. here s dennis murphy with she never left. she d been gone from his life, unaccounted for, for more than 20 years. his mother, bonnie. it was odd to be the one that found her. because you d spent a lot of your life looking for her, right? yes, sir. there s a poignant video of the mother and child s last christmas morning toget
Hysterical. An entire town banding together to find a beloved teen. This is a huge search. 100s of people came. A lot of people. We had the Sheriffs Department, got divers. This is things you see on tv, not things that happen to you. And then, someone said he spotted her. I looked at her right in the face just like im looking at you right now. That girl is alive. But a secret recording could catch one of the towns own, revealing a sinister scheme. Saras whole deal was he explained he studied her movements. The plan was to take her money. Evil, pure evil. That is never going to be over. There was something there was something wrong on the bridge. It was 2 45 am, december 3rd, 2016. An old town on the jersey shore called neptune city. It was bitter cold. Dark. It was an uber driver who saw the car just sitting there halfway across the bridge. 911, wheres the emergency . Im actually on belmar bridge. Right after heading down in the middle of the bridge, there is a car thats abandoned. Its
Also, the note found at the suspects home, and what were learning about him a Longtime Army reservist. His struggles with Mental Health, and what his family told us about him hearing voices our full Team Coverage also tonight, Israeli Forces carrying out a targeted ground raid in gaza. Armored bulldozers breaking through, a column of tanks rolling in our team inside gaza witnessing an israeli air strike, children rescued from the rubble the deadly toll from Hurricane Otis. At least 27 killed after the monster storm slammed acapulco our report from the storm zone and the strike breakthrough the uaw reaching a tentative deal with one of the Big Three Automakers where does that leave the other two . Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt, reporting tonight from lewiston, maine. Good evening, everyone the state of maine is in a State Of Shock and fear tonight streets are virtually empty as residents shelter in place 24 hours after Authorities Say a u. S. Army reservist walked
Msnbc headquarters here at new york city. And we begin this evenings broadcast with major breaking international news. The u. S. Has carried out military strikes and syria today. Secretary of defense lloyd austin said President Biden ordered selfdefense drags onto facilities in Eastern Syria used by irans revolutionary guard. He added the strikes our response to attacks against u. S. Personnel in iraq and syri by iranianbacked militia grps. Joining me now on the phone to discuss, my colleague msnbc White House Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, what can you tell us about how biden order the strikes and why they were carried out today . Stephen, a first, i think we should put this in the context of what weve been watching happen in the middle east. And as we heard from lloyd austin night, the u. S. Military action, these defensive strikes, if as you describe them, they do come amid the rising tensions in that region with the rising tension between israel and hamas, but also called th
Tonight on the reidout i think that there will be certainly time for that Policy Discussion to take place. But thats not the place that were in at this moment. I think with respect to any discussion of legislation, its premature. Theres an ongoing investigation. This is not the time to go back to the same tired saw over gun control. This is not the time to be talking about legislation. Were in the middle of that crisis right now. As the search continues for the lewiston, maine, killer, republicans continue to make excuses, including a familiar phrase used over the years after mass murders. Now is not the time to fix the problem. And there are many other shocking but not surprising things that new Speaker Mike Johnson has been saying since he took the gavel. And hes clearly not a big fan of the separation of church and state. Plus, three weeks after the hamas terror attack, israel launches an intense new round of air strikes in gauze oz. Theres tremendous anger, fear, and sadness among