person. then she vanished. i called the police. something is wrong. and something was. days passed, then months, no leads, no clues, no progress. we ve got to get going. we ve got to get moving on this. enter the a-team. a band of tough guy privatize. yes something to hide. a brief encounter with the mysterious stranger. on the train coming home, she had met this woman. did that hold the answer? she s talking about how someone is trying to assume her identity. a chilling case of a daughter in danger. somebody was after her. welcome to dateline. i m lester holt. she was beautiful, talented, trusting, and sometimes troubled. a young woman from a prominent family finally grabbing the promise and life right up to the day she vanished. when the police seemed unable to find her, her family had to plan, and the usual strategy to solve the mystery. here is keith morrison. it began on the bright morning in may. slipped from its platform in washington stat
that. and that prosecutor says that ethan and kate decided that they had to keep her from talking. kate had to die. he began to make a choice to join in the scam to rip off kate waring. finally the prosecutors felt ready. almost a year to the day after kate was found she launched the trial of eaton mac. the sole defendant in the courtroom. heather having taken the plea agreement. though what they saw defied preparation. we had to see images. and see what they was like when they found her. and go through all the forensics. we were seeing that for the first time along with the jurors and all those other spectators in the courtroom. the a-team took the stand, as well as detectives and those from the police department to present the evidence. over a stupid forgery? prosecutor wilson told the jury that ethan and heather killed cage to avoid getting caught forging checks and using her credit cards. and then heather took the stand. and told the jury that it was ethan, not her,