a sprawling southern family farm with a pair of churchgoing grandparents at its heart. they are definitely the most loving individuals i ve ever met in my life. there was no way it was supposed to end like this. she took me about a hand and said diane and charlie have been murdered. the former church deacon, and his wife. who on earth would want them down? it does not make sense. they were loved by everyone. everyone, maybe. but their own daughter who admitted to a bitter, simmering dispute. it s been a long family feud. her stepfather won her dead so she could get her property back. evidence pointed to her boyfriend as an accomplice. you have that blood on your shoe, he was there. or, was he? no hair, no fingerprints, no dna. nothing. a once loving family now gripped by suspicion. i had a lot of people in my ear saying she did it. with the terrible truth rip them apart? this cannot be happening. welcome to dateline. a daughter, battl
she had missed a meeting and then not to hear from her, this isn t right. it would have been impossible to get up every day knowing that she was gone. i had to believe we would find her alive. text her, she always got right back. i ve seen her step out of the shower to answer her phone. then one day she didn t. immediately, my spidey senses were high. where was nailah? i sent her an e-mail, all caps, are you alive? there was no sign of her. and such a confusing trail of clues, even the calls to 911 were silent. no voice, no struggles could be heard. this could be kind of eerie. yes, it is. in my heart, i knew she s not coming back. one of the suspects had an alibi, until a camera caught him in a lie. he lived a life of a lot of smoke and mirrors. and the strangest clue of all. there in an empty parking lot. six perfectly stacked cardboard boxes. why were they there? what was in them? it was right adjacent to a lagoon. wow. i watch en
There was no way it was supposed to end like this. The former Church Deacon and his wife, who on earth would want them dead . It doesnt make sense. They were loved by everyone. Everyone, maybe, but their own daughter, who admitted to a bitter dispute she needed her stepfather and mother dead. Evidence pointed to her boyfriend as an accomplice. Youve got the victims blood on your shoe. He was there. Or, was he . A once loving family now gripped by suspicion. I had a lot of people saying that she did it. The terrible truth ripped them apart. This cannot be happening. Welcome to dateline. A daughter battling her demons and her mother and stepfather. After their double murder, police started to wonder how far Bambi Bennett would go to get what was hers. They followed a bloody trail of evidence deep inside the familys dispute, exposing ugly secrets and suspicions but unmasking a murderer would prove far more complicated. Here is Dennis Murphy with the deed. The old barn is a shambles now. T
This is dateline. She missed a meeting, the not to hear from her, this isnt right. It would have been impossible to get up every day knowing that she was gone. I had to believe we would find her alive. Texture, she always got right back. Then one day, she didnt. Immediately my spidey senses were hot. Where was natalie . I sent her an email, all caps, are you alive . There was no sign of her in such a confusing trail of clues. Even calls to 911 were silent. No voice, no struggles can be heard. In my heart, i knew shes not coming back. One of the suspects had an alibi, until a camera caught him in a lie. It was a lot of smoke and mirrors. And, the strangest clue of all, there in an empty parking lot six perfectly stacked cardboard boxes. Why were they there . What was in them . Welcome to dateline. When Nailah Franklin vanished, her family was frantic to find her. A trail of clues led detectives to one of chicagos most exclusive neighborhoods, but with those clues lead them to nailah . H
with all your feelings and tell her you loved her. and meaning every bit of it. you can be her sons again? right, definitely. for that at least, bambi is grateful. for the future, she is hopeful, even if every once in a while she looks back in anger. i lost my mom and dad. my children lost their grandparents. our family still has no answers. they re still saying the case isn t completely solved. maybe if they took their time in the beginning, we wouldn t be in this predicament today. maybe there are no more answers. no reason to keep digging up the pass. just leave it rooted right where it is, and let the spanish moss grow. that s all for this edition of dateline . i m craig melvin. thank you for watching. i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline.