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
when i realized something was right, i rolled her over - she wasn t breathing a fatal bear hug? not possible thought nesli. and then she breezed for the answer she d waited five years to hear. did you bury marie in the backyard i ll tell you exactly where it s at. is that where you buried her? yes and at that point, th detective got up and left th room nesli past me a note that said i missed her. i was pretty devastated i was in that backyard in 2012 not like you didn t look. yeah, but, you know human nature you still have the guilt the feeling of i could ve foun her. six months after she was reported missing the pastor insisted tha tanya was around we shopping. knew nothing did you ever get her buried before tanya came back oh, yeah.