and i m natalie morales and this is dateline . marie was a very loving person she had a heart of gold. what happened to this woman? my job is to be a truth teller and seek out the truth i wanted to solve it her case was a mystery fo years. the mom with a tender heart an tough as nails career. she was part of the sheriff s department. her ultimate goal was to try t get into the fbi she found a new sense o purpose in the church. her pastor and his wife, lik family they had taken her in they were helping her out. it s like, i m proud of you you re finding god then, one baffling text and she was gone i go, i know, i probabl watch a lot of law & order but i have this really gut feeling. because i was a mom, i just knew she didn t leave on her own. there was no way she left that baby two moms at opposite ends o a mystery. could one get justice for th other? this case for sure was an investigator s worst nightmare soon, clues to a hidden life a very
few lines that suggest polygamy? that s correct. we if it was one and the very practical polygamy in the home of th pastor was carefully under wraps. so did tanya worry about wha might happen that s what she was coverin up she had to protect james and protect their world. did she do something to marie to protect james two months after marie she disappeared, the detectives go permission to look at the cell phone records of all three o them would they prove tanya was wit marie when she vanished and, thus, did something to her cell phone tower informatio from the area no. nowhere near marie so, they check the cell towers for james s phone, and what do you know when marie sent that last text message saying she was leaving town both her phone and the pasture
and the very practical polygamy in the home of the pastor stayed carefully under wraps. so if the news got out to the rest of the church did tanya worry at what might happen there? that s what she was covering up. she had to protect james and protect their that was their world. did she do something to marie, to protect james? two months after marie disappeared the detectives got permission to look at the cell phone records of all three of them. would they prove tanya was with marie when she vanished and thus maybe did something to her? the cell phone tower information put her away from the area. no. nowhere near marie. so then they checked the cell towers for james s phone, and what do you know. when marie sent that mass text message saying she was leaving town, both her phone and the pastor s were pinging off the same cell tower two blocks from his house. and when marie s mazda was dropped at the airport we ve got james
experience? reporter: when he mentioned a couple of verses in the old testament that seemed to approve, somehow, of polygamy. he wanted to justify his relationship to everybody else through a biblical sense. reporter: so he went to the old testament and and pulled up those few lines that suggest polygamy. that s correct. reporter: a trial balloon? if it was, it quickly if it was, it quickly imploded. and the very practical polygamy in the home of the pastor stayed carefully under wraps. reporter: so if the news got out to the rest of the church did tanya worry at what might happen there? that s what she was covering up. she had to protect james and protect their that was their world. reporter: did she do something to marie, to protect james? two months after marie disappeared the detectives got permission to look at the cell phone records of all three of them. would they prove tanya was with marie when she vanished and thus maybe did something to her? the cell p
james flanders. what do you think we d experience? reporter: when he mentioned a couple of verses in the old testament that seemed to approve, somehow, of polygamy. he wanted to justify his relationship to everybody else through a biblical sense. reporter: so he went to the old testament and and pulled up those few lines that suggest polygamy. that s correct. reporter: a trial balloon? if it was, it quickly if it was, it quickly imploded. and the very practical polygamy in the home of the pastor stayed carefully under wraps. reporter: so if the news got out to the rest of the church did tanya worry at what might happen there? that s what she was covering up. she had to protect james and protect their that was their world. reporter: did she do something to marie, to protect james? two months after marie disappeared the detectives got permission to look at the cell phone records of all three of them. would they prove tanya was with marie when she vanished and thus