on the way to court for a custody hearing, he shoves a cameraman to the ground. but despite that, and despite the department of children and family services pleas the criminal case dates back here. a judge gives dale custody of his children. i don t see any evidence that he presents an i m ma nept threat. an imminent threat to these children. the public? shocked. outside the courtroom, something even more shocking happened. even though he is the suspect in her daughter s disappearance, michelle s mother, yvonne, hugged dale. it is all going to be okay. are you going to be able to see the kids? sure. so how could this happen? when michelle disappeared on november 17th, attention immediately turns toward her exfiancee, dwale. dale. that day they appeared on the people s court a pretaped
exfiancee, dwale. dale. that day they appeared on the people s court a pretaped episode with the pair arguing over the cost of a lost engagement ring. around 3:15, michelle brings their three-year-old twins to dale s house for visitation. and then vanishes. i want my daughter back more than anything in this [bleep] world. a search is launched and the next day they find her suv in a parking lot, but no sign of michelle. a background check on dale reveals a wrap sheet full of violent charges and efforts by michelle in 2009 to get a domestic violence injunction against him. michelle s family describes their relationship as volatile. even more troubling, in 2001 dale smith s wife died under mysterious circumstances. i don t know if he did this. i have been telling you disbies this from day one. for michelle s mom, the jury is still out on dale s
concerned he could harm them. and then on wednesday, more drama for dale smith. on the way to court for a custody hearing, he shoves a cameraman to the ground. but despite that, and despite the department of children and family services pleas the criminal case dates back here. a judge gives dale custody of his children. i don t see any evidence that he presents an i m ma nept threat. an imminent threat to these children. the public? shocked. outside the courtroom, something even more shocking happened. even though he is the suspect in her daughter s disappearance, michelle s mother, yvonne, hugged dale. it is all going to be okay. are you going to be able to see the kids? sure. so how could this happen? when michelle disappeared on november 17th, attention immediately turns toward her exfiancee, dwale.