he married the woman of his dreams, beautiful and sweet. she was just angelic. and was folded into her tight-knit family headed by an elderly religious matriarch. you were either part of their family or you weren t. together they had a little girl, sydney. when their marriage fell apart, her family closed ranks. in their view, sydney was their property. one day he went to pick up his little girl for a visit and was never seen alive again. he died right there. dad?ut who would kill a devoted the unbelievable choice, his golden girl wife or the gracious family matriarch? they seemed so loving, but was there another side. it s a monster that comes out of a closet. it s very ugly. how dark is that side? murderous. but which one was the killer? hello and welcome to dateline. he was a man suddenly confronted with something monstrous, evil at the door. this story is a mystery about a father of two young daughters. one night he left to pick up one of them an
someone could be so evil. at last, his dream had come true. new wife. new stepdaughter. a whole new start. almost an instant family for him. this scene perfect. and that s what made what happened so baffling. suddenly, he was dead on the floor. otherwise healthy 41 year old man, usually do not drop that dead. something is not adding up. could this mean murder? there were suspicions from the start, and they came from his wife. you believe there is a possibility that your husband was poisoned. ? yes, sir. poisoned? who could have wanted him dead? police zeroed in on someone at work. he was pretty angry about that. it was initially very angry about, yes. and you don t have to kill? who knows? what s his new wife in danger to? i m scared to death. brace yourselves because this killer was stone cold evil. wow! this has got me shaking. welcome to dateline. frank rodriguez was a man of faith and a navy vet who dedicated himself to helping need
their family or you weren t. together they had a little girl, sydney. when their marriage fell apart, her family closed ranks. in their view, sydney was their property. one day he went to pick up his little girl for a visit and was never seen alive again. he died right there. but who would kill a devoted dad? the unbelievable choice, his golden girl wife or the gracious family matriarch? they seemed so loving, but was there another side. it s a monster that comes out of a closet. it s very ugly. how dark is that side? murderous. but which one was the killer? hello and welcome to dateline. he was a man suddenly confronted with something monstrous, evil at the door. this story is a mystery about a father of two young daughters. one night he left to pick up one of them and never came back. the question for investigators wasn t what happened. it was who did it. in the home of a god-fearing family in one of the smallest of american towns, the worst of crimes.
hello new york. thank you for joining us live at a town hall in new york city for this very special edition of why is this happening? he is incisive, he is big hearted, he is very, very smart. and, admit it, he is taller than you expected. please give a warm welcome to my friend, a beloved colleague, msnbc s, chris hayes. [applause] thank you! oh, stop. stop it. [applause] how are you? good? thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you, that is extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. it s a hard 20 seconds for me. thank you for cutting it short. it is amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i have family here. tonight, we will talk about democracy. that word, we have probably talked more about democracy in the last four or five years that i had in all of my time as a journalist. even that, as a topic, seems we are. we all know, america is a democracy. there is a certain history you are taug
no one in the family had agreed to speak with dateline except ed. as for stephens parents, they ve been raising alex in illinois. they battled jennifer for visitation with sydney and in 2010, a judge awarded to them. that in 2016 adjudged terman sydney wasn t neglect a child she went to live with her paternal on tanaka who had been granted permanent guardianship. jennifer has supervised visitation rights. meanwhile steven s parents have spoken to sydney about what happened to her dad. he gave his life for her. that s all for this edition of dateline, i m craig melvin, thank you for watching. i m craig melvin and this is dateline . it was just a shock. not even for a second did it ever occur in my mind that he would be in danger. it s hard to even imagine that