Reporter she was a gorgeous girl. A model who became a mom. You made good looking kids. Reporter on the eve of her sons fifth birthday she vanished. The whole time were trying to talk without the kids hearing us about what happened. Reporter when a woman disappears, police will have questions about a man in her life and in this case that would not be so simple. There was the estranged husband who admitted to an argument that wants landed him in jail. She came at me and i grabbed her by the arms and then she called the police. Reporter then there was the secret boyfriend, he was not telling all he knew. He was not upfront from the beginning. Reporter and there was a third man. The former colleague, with a crush. Cliff shared with friends that he found the love of his life. You have three potential suspects. A tangle. Reporter could investigators unravel it . We ask ourselves what does this mean . Reporter would her family ever find justice. Hello and welcome today on. They say good thin
what happened. when a woman disappears, we know police will have questions for the man in her life. in this case, that wouldn t be so simple. in this case, there was the estranged husband who admitted to an argument that once landed her in jail. she came at me and grabbed her by the arms, then she called the police. then, there was the former colleague with a crush. cliff shared with friends that he had found the love of his life. so, you have three potential suspects. yeah it s a tangle. could investigators unravel it. we re asking ourselves what this means. would her family ever find justice. just 17 years of built up emotion, you know? hello, and welcome to dateline, they say good things come in small packages. sandi johnson s family and friends would agree. the young mom was petite, pretty, and devoted to her two kids. but when she went missing, police wondered if sandi s home life was as happy as it seemed. they quickly uncovered a web of romanti
To my sister and i, and then five years later, gone. She was a gorgeous girl. A model who became a mom. Said you guys made some good looking kids. Oh, they sure did. On the eve of her sons 5th birthday she vanished. The whole time were all try to talk about where is she, what happened. When a woman disappears, we know police will have questions for the man in her life. In this case, that wouldnt be so simple. There was the estranged husband who admitted to an argument that once landed her in jail. She came at me and grabbed her by the arms, then she called the police. Then, there was the former colleague with a crush. Cliff shared with friends that he had found the love of his life. So, you have three potential suspects. Yeah its a tangle. Could investigators unravel it . Were asking ourselves what this means. Would her family ever find justice. Just 17 years of built up emotion, you know . Hello, and welcome to dateline, they say good things come in small packages. Sandi johnsons fami
find sandi s car abandoned with the keys and her cell phone inside. at least it gave us an area to focus upon. the vehicle was located in southwestern king county. the cops noted an unusual detail, the driver s seat was pushed back. sandi who was tiny, drove with the seat in the foward position. as close to the steering wheel as possible. when you find a car and a wallet and no sandi? well, sandi clearly had been taken away from her vehicle in some manner, and at that point we were very focused on why was this vehicle located here? why was her wallet found across what does it tell you when you find a car and a wallet and no sandy? well sandy clearly had been
she was so well hidden for so long. where sandi s remains were recovered added another piece to the investigative puzzle. it fit the m. o. of the notorious green river killer, gary ridgway, he murdered scores of women in washington, and disposed of some of them in the area of where sandi s bones were found. ridgway s victims were almost all believed to be prostitutes, and now king county cops had to make sure there wasn t something they had missed earlier about sandi. was it ever posed to her family, did she ever engage in prostitution, a hard question, but. i believe that someone, a detective, asked her mom that, and it was not well received, as you can imagine. sandi was not a prostitute, and that would be heart ripping to hear a question like that, even though it had to be asked. police then ruled out the green river killer. detectives circled back to the secret boyfriend, jeff kane. they came