is dateline. she s the little girl that one hard in a big city they called you the miracle baby, why did they call you. that shot in the head at point blank range, a crime scene that shocked, even hardened police. dorothy explorer pillow and it had blood on it. as she fought to live, this detective vowed to catch whoever left her, soon he turned up a promising lead. bells and whistles go off in my head. in the hospital she battled back. to know that she had survived was a pretty powerful moment. not just her body, but her mind. they was the guy that came in the daycare, and erika said don t let him hurt me. she had handed investigators what could be a vital clue. but would it be enough to crack the case? . hello and welcome to dateline. i m craig melvin. it all started when the crime but not even police could believe. a little girl, just a toddler. shot in the head deliberately, left for dead by a killer who then disappeared but a, defective vowed
someone over to be saying, this is our violent crime advocate. i was steeling myself for it already because of the massive police presence. they said they believed he had been murdered. craig rideout, father of seven, cared deeply about his kids. he was a loving man. provider, warm. so, it was puzzling and alarming when he vanished. to say craig is not here. here i said that s weird. i didn t know what was. happening i know something is wrong. i don t know how wrong. a disturbing discovery in the basement. blood articles found on the walls. he appeared there was some kind of ambush. revelations about craig s wife. craig didn t want to believe there was a romantic relationship between them. it became painfully obvious that there was. and in the park, two young men acting strangely. they identified alexander rideout. the victims to ? the victims to. finally, a string of security videos would lay their the bone chilling truth. a diabolical plan
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and this is dateline. i can t believe that their baby is lying there lifeless. she was everything to me. she was so sweet everybody. state troopers said bonnie had died in a hiking accident. the said she fell off a cliff. her mother said, they were wrong. i was screaming to them, these are defensive wounds. no witnesses, no weapon. nothing left behind by a stranger s dna. we no longer have some accidental death. this was a homicide. they had no suspect. but for years, her mother kept fighting to find bonnie s killer. bonnie s mother continues her own crusade. then after more than a decade of searching, a phone call. i just got information, there was a match. can we get a conviction on just the dna? and there was something else. something about bonnie herself. it was almost like she knew something hello, and welcome to dateline. we often see headlines about dna evidence exonerating the innocent. it seems we hear less about how dna from an unknow
is that right? erica s loud, she has the raspy voice just like my mom had. where is your mom right now? up in heaven. do you think about her a lot? what kind of things you think about? her coming down. what happens when she comes down? she ll start being my mom. it s a reminder that your mom is with you. yes. one other shared treat, and that s what kept erica alive in the darkest hours, her mom s fighting spirit. what you had to battle, i guess she did have her earon s fighting spirit to pull through all of that. you know. so, thank god for that. that s all for this edition of dateline. i m craig melvin, thank you for watching. watching hello, i m craig melvin, and this is dateline. i m craig melvin.