Craig melvin then they found it, the diary he recorded in secret. And the clues came pouring out. Blood in the bushes. This was the hotspot. This was your Crime Scene. Craig melvin a stunner of a surveillance tape. Jeff wilbert a tarp, a rope. Everything you might need for a murder. Exactly. Craig melvin and what just may be the most sinister Mother Daughter Conversation youve ever overheard. These are not the same people that the public thinks that they are. You realize how cold this family is. Its pretty twisted. Very twisted. [music playing] hello, and welcome to dateline. Stephen moore was a Champion Speed Skater who was fast on the track but slow to find direction in life. That is, until he fell for Kindergarten Teacher Kathleen dorsett. Soon came a marriage, a career, and a baby. When stephen disappeared, detectives wondered if there was trouble in his seemingly normal life. But even they could not have imagined the sinister scheme at the heart of this case. Heres Andrea Canning
and the clues came pouring out. blood in the bushes. this was the hotspot. this was your crime scene. craig melvin: a stunner of a surveillance tape. jeff wilbert: a tarp, a rope. everything you might need for a murder. exactly. craig melvin: and what just may be the most sinister mother daughter conversation you ve ever overheard. these are not the same people that the public thinks that they are. you realize how cold this family is. it s pretty twisted. very twisted. [music playing] hello, and welcome to dateline. stephen moore was a champion speed skater who was fast on the track but slow to find direction in life. that is, until he fell for kindergarten teacher kathleen dorsett. soon came a marriage, a career, and a baby. when stephen disappeared, detectives wondered if there was trouble in his seemingly normal life. but even they could not have imagined the sinister scheme at the heart of this case. here s andrea canning with shattered bonds. [music playing] andrea
attentive mother, the kind who made her own baby food and fretted over every detail of her daughter s care. did you check into their standing in the community? i knew what and who they were to the fact that she was a teacher and where they resided. [piano music] andrea canning: detective jeff wilbert learned that steven s father-in-law thomas adored his granddaughter, and he got along with the neighbors too. we had stories of thomas shoveling sidewalks and driveways. and if there was a mechanical failure on an air conditioner or something like that, a simple phone call, and thomas would be there. andrea canning: and steven s mother-in-law lesley? nearly everyone saw her campaign ads when she ran for the school board. today, i wanted to introduce myself and tell you who i am and why i m qualified to serve you. andrea canning: detectives also learned that the dorsetts often hosted pool parties and barbecues on this little block. steven s friend cam came for a visit. her parents lived on
instead of fighting it, stephen worked with his attorney to iron out an agreement. the dorsetts could take elizabeth to florida if they took stephen too. they would get him an apartment, and he would only have to pay $600 a month towards the rent and that it would be in close proximity to where they lived and that they would actually give him financial support until he got a job. with this agreement, did stephen think that things were turning around? - yeah. andrea canning: was he ok with it? yeah, he was hopeful. he was willing to move to florida. andrea canning: stephen s friend cam thought it was a bad idea. i really told him no, no, don t do it. i just wouldn t trust them. andrea canning: and in fact, investigators learned the florida plan wasn t solving the problems between kathleen and stephen. his friends said kathleen was criticizing him more than ever. so stephen stopped answering his phone so he could save kathleen s voicemails, just keeping a record in case he needed it some