i called my mom and she didn t answer. i pretty much knew in my heart that something was wrong. a mother vanished. i cried myself to sleep. it was awful realizing your worst nightmare had come true. a family anguished. she s gone. do you have any idea how hard that was? now, the questions begin in a southern gothic mystery. the case is puzzling. we did not really know what had happened. who would everett manage and you would have a murder in the family. soon there would be secrets. we were dealing with a person that was leading a double life. and one of them, would prove deadly. have you ever said, i know you did this? it hurts too much for me to say it out loud. hello. and welcome to dateline. it s a case that centers on the mother who had gone missing in a small town secret, that led to a very big surprise. here s keith morrison. suppose for a minute you are sitting in your car. smacked up in the middle of tuscaloosa alabama. and you poin
heart, something was not right. a mother vanished. i cried myself to sleep, it was awful, realizing that your worst nightmare has come true. a family, anguished. she is gone. do you have any idea how hard that was? now, the questions begin in a southern gothic mystery. the case is puzzling. we did not really know what had happened. who could ever imagine you could have a murder in your family? soon, there would be secrets. we were dealing with a person leading a double life. and one of them would prove deadly. anyone say i know that you did this? it hurts too much for me to say that out loud. hello, and welcome to dateline. it is a case that centers on a mother who had gone missing, and the small town secret that led to a very big surprise. here is keith morrison. suppose for a minute you are sitting in your car, smack dab in the middle of tuscaloosa, alabama. and the point of southwest down highway 69, and kept a sharp eye out after half an hour o
get don talking, wrangle from her something that was sounded like a confession. ellis and boyd outfitted don cell mate with a digital recorder, no bigger than a matchbox. and on a friday afternoon, as an unsuspecting dawn sat in her cell reviewing her case file, her soulmate walked in and waiting for some incriminating tidbit. which she got instead was the whole sickening story. here s what dawn told her cell mate about the morning to release it was killed. around 7 am. dawn called teresa with a lie to set the plan in motion. no more vacation days. i told her my car was dead. she claims her car had broken down. could teresa pick her up. of course she said yes. finish drying her hair got into her car. made the short drive to the dirt road and they re standing
yes. the objective was simple, get dawn talking wrangle from her something that s not like a confession. they outfitted dawn cellmate with a digital recorder, and on a saturday afternoon, as an unsuspecting dawn sat in her cell reviewing her case file, her cellmate walked in. and waited for some incriminating tidbit. what she got instead was a whole sickening story. i had always said to kill a person before i killed minimal. here is what dawn told her cellmate about the morning teresa was killed. around seven a.m., don t call to reset with a lie to set the plan in motion. why so early? i wasn t taking any more vacation days. i told my car was dead. she claimed her car was dead nearby, and could she come picker up? of course, she said yes. she finished drying her hair, got to her car, made the short drive that dirt road, but, there standing alongside the
but that doesn t mean she wasn t talking. we had another young lady that was getting out of jail and she came to us and said that dawn had been talking about the murder. but that could have been just gossip, mind you. from a jailhouse snitch who couldn t back it up. but dawn did have a cellmate. she was kind of in a jam herself. she wanted us to try to help her. we can put a word into the d.a. or put a word into the jail. that was enough to get some cooperation from her. right. the objective was simple. get dawn talking, wrangle from her something that at least sounded like a confession. ellis and boyd outfitted dawn s cellmate with a digital recorder no bigger than a matchbox. and on a friday afternoon as an unsuspecting dawn sat in her cell reviewing her case file her cellmate walked in and waited for some incriminating tidbit. what she got instead was the