Wrapped around her heads. It still is open, the door is open. Most people who rob a store dont kill anybody. My whole world just died right there. For months, the murder stayed cold. Didnt have witnesses, didnt have video, didnt have the any. We had everything going against us. We go down and talk to the detective, we would not let it go. Then a break. Another victim. He would Duct Tape me, Duct Tape my mouth. And she knew a secret. Could she risk revealing it . Something is going to happen tonight. A killer ready to run, Face To face with the one person who might be able to stop him. He just reached over the Glove Compartment and he pulled out a gun. And i said, please dont kill me. Im going to get out of their. Alive. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Im natalie morales. Amber belken was a force to reckon with. A pet young woman whose big dreams and drive made her seem unstoppable. Then she was found murdered. Was amber the victim of a robbery gone bad . Or was this brutal crime personal . Three people knew the truth. Two of them would risk their lives to reveal it. Heres Keith Morrison with everything she knew. It was a Monday Morning in january, 2007. 9 08 am. A young one woman in San Antonio texted her boyfriend. I love you. Thats all it said, i love you, nothing more. Downtown, the alamo had just opened its doors. A few tourists began boarding little boats to gates at remnants of texas is history. Along urban stretches of the San Antonio river. Several miles away, in the for the reaches of the modern city, the manager of the Video Game Store began his daily ritual. His name was mariano rivera. The store opens at ten but the managers typically get their nine in the morning. Get the chills ready, grab the money and go to the. Back a similar process at the sister store, same company, not far away. That one managed by the woman who sent a text to her boyfriend. Except this was strange. As the morning stood by, her store remained closed. Mariano got a call from the District Manager. Can you go over there and maybe you can see something. See whats going on. He did, he saw a white car in the Parking Lot that looked like the young womans car. He appeared into the store window. Nobody there. I thought, man, this is strange. Where is she . So i kept calling. Her name was Amber Belken. Tiny, just five to, 100 pounds. But energetic, ambitious. And very much in charge. She was a firecracker. Thats the easiest way to pocket. This man is in texas politics nowadays, but back then he worked in Amber Belkens store. She would let you know what you wanted. I think she was one of the kindest souls i ever met. Depends on what size you met her on and how much you made are mad. She could be . Tough she loved her. Job she did. Monika and ashley were ambers best friends. Was she cut out to be a manager . Oh, yeah. She was fierce. [laughs] but she still was friendly. She loved all her employees. And she loved all of her customers. She was only 25. She was a store manager. So it was a very good sense of she is doing it. Shes making something of her life. She had goals, she had ambitions, she wanted to go back to school. She wanted all of. It not that she set out to work in a Game Store. She wanted to be a veterinarian. She was just so loving. We couldnt pass a turtle on the road. She would have to turn around and pick it up and take it to her house. She would find these random animals on the side of the road. And it was like, how did you find that animal . Like her little dog, buddy. Ambers Parents Lee and randy. She actually ran for buddy across the expressway. And the hair was all matted up. Looked like dreadlocks. SHe Said, well i cant put her back out on the road. So, i just opened the door letter. In amber was their only child. They dotted on her. The from the day she was born. And she was good in return. She helped anybody that needed it. They didnt even have to ask. She was going to make sure that you were protected. But now were was amber . Why was first or not open . Why didnt she answer the phone. Early afternoon, still no sign of amber. So again, District Manager called mariano. Something is strange. And set him back for a second look. Again mariano look through the big front window. But this time, he saw someone. Ambers assistant Manager Brendan just standing there behind the counter. I knock on the door and he lets me in. I said, brandon, have you seen our . Hes like, no. But he goes something a strange. Theres money on the floor. It looks like there was some kind of Struggle Or Something happen. Some things got knocked over. My first thought was, worse amber . So He Said he didnt know. Of course, right away im thinking, what is going on with this guy . He clearly sees something wrong. He must not recognize her car thinking, thats your car outside. You see it. You see there is things on the floor. Why havent you reacted right away . Are you going to call someone are check the rest of the story . But he hadnt. So, mariano ran to the Back Office. The only other room in the store. Not a moment he will ever forget. Not for the rest of his life. And i went around to the back i find amber on the floor, face down, and she has a Plastic Bag wrapped around her head. Instantly i knew what happened. One mystery solved. Amber was no longer missing. But a much bigger mystery remained. Coming up most people that rob a store dont kill anybody. Maybe the robbery was just a cover for murder. He had the classic motive. It does seem personal. When dateline continues. Or Atopic Dermatitis Under Control . Hide my skin . Not me. By Hitting Eczema where it counts, dupixent helps heal your skin from within, keeping you one step ahead of eczema. And that means longlasting clearer skin. And fast Itch Relief for adults. Hide my skin . Not me. 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The clerk was found in the Back Office. Shes dead. If i can get some information on her. Any witnesses. So we hold the scene down, get the Crime Scene detectives out there. The news, indistinct, unconfirmed, spread through the texas afternoon. Somebody dead in embers store. But most people did not know who. Including Ambers Father as he headed over there. I jumped in my truck and i called a friend of mine who was a Defense Attorney and i said, i need you to call anybody that you can. See what you can find out. I was just about there and he called me and He Said, well how far are you from there . And thats when he realized, it wasnt that amber found someone dead. They found her. My knees just buckled and i just my whole world just died right there. Its a pretty dreadful feeling . Its the worst feeling in the world because you totally realize No One can fix this. Nobody can bring her back. Not for them. Not for her friends. And then everything just stopped. Disbelief. Disbelief. Your earth shatters. I sat on the curb and cried. Everything around me was just a blur. Inside the store, Detective Roberts had a look around. There was a bunch of Dvt Games on the ground. Where the Cash Register was at the front, the till was open, door was open. Some change was laying around. If there was more dvds on the ground in the back. Like somebody came in and ransacked it. He went around to the back alley. Was this the Escape Route . I was looking at all the games up here. Either Heather Parker in the alley are over there. But the boxes out there. You wouldnt think robbing a Game Store would be worth killing somebody in the process. You wouldnt think anybody would rob a Game Store. Normally during a robbery its just a robbery. No murder. And this was certainly a robbery, given the mess in the empty safe. We checked the bank, there was no deposit made for that morning. There was 1900 Dollars still. Three or four big Video Games, Police Stations and ps3s and dvd games. All of that was taken. The whole total just under 6,000. Maybe the Store Surveillance cameras could tell the detective who took it. Except there was no Surveillance Video in the store. There was none in the Strip Center that the storm was located in. There was no video anywhere. There was video at the starbucks next door. But i only showed the front door. And thats it. You dont see anything. Who would know that . Who would know it was a Video Game companys only store in San Antonio not equipped with cameras . The answer was obvious thought the detective. An employee would know. Just like an employee would know Amber Hadnt taken the cash to the bank yet. Then mariano told a detective about encountering brandon. And that he couldnt underside why brandon didnt look for amber until he, mariano, arrived. His first thought should have been there might have been a robbery. Let me make sure first of all, that the robbers are not still in here and could hurt me. But also, let me see where amber is. Heres what the detective was thinking. He talked to embers coworkers. They said she had issues with brandon. They had never learn to work together yet. When you have a guy like that who is not really the same type of Attitude Or Mentality that the rest of us were, it causes some problems. Does she trust him . You know, i dont know. I think it in some instances, no. Even embers per said they knew she was dissatisfied with brandon. Because she had written him up. She had prepared a negative work review. She was going to turn it in that. Its just his last chance, mom. SHe Said, i cant allow him to continue to make these mistakes. So, motive . Opportunity . Behavior that didnt seem innocent . I mean, he had the classic motive. He didnt want her to write him off. Didnt want to get fired. This seemed like a personal crime. Couldve been . Most people that going to rob a Store Logo with the intention of killing anybody. They just go in there, with a robbery, and leave. Putting a Plastic Bag on her head squeezing it tight, holding. It squeezing it tight, takes four or five minutes probably. Takes a good minute. Yeah, no kidding. And shes struggling. Shes not just laying there. That takes a while. So, it takes it does seem personal. They had brandon in the Back Seat of a patrol car. The detective went to talk to him. He tells me the story is not making any sense. So he had random take taken downtown and questioned by a colleague known for her special interviewing skills. Shes a real good detective. She has a way with getting stuff out of people. An hour later, im still at the scene, she calls me back and says, something is up with this guy. Coming up ambers parents were convinced it was brandon. Everything pointed to him. Would that explain what ambers mom says he saw at the funeral . He put one of the game stop tags holders that had their i. D. On it, he put one of those in her casket. 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As ambers parents watch, they could not stop seeing in their heads, another scene. The one in the Back Room of the Video Game Store. The way she was killed. They told me it was personal. She had to be so frightened. And when she tried to pick up the phone, i know it was to call us. And he yanked the phone out of the wall. Was it Brandon Biel . By the day of the funeral, they were sure. We definitely thought brandon did it. Everything pointed to him. And then, as mourners filed by to pay their respects suddenly, where he was at the funeral. In front of them. Brandon biel. Did you think, my god her killer has come to the funeral . Oh, he came in and shook my hand. I got up and my knees just felt weak and i fell. Then said Ambers Mother, she was sure she saw Brandon Walk right up to the casket and put something into it. He put one of the Gamestop Tag holders that had their i. D. On it. He put one of those in her casket and i got that thing out of there as fast as i could and put it in a tissue and put it in my purse. Because i thought, thats the last thing i want buried with my daughter. Was that i. D. Potential evidence, she wondered . Was brandon trying to bury evidence with ambers body. So we are already thinking brenda. Did a week after, Detective Roberts question brandon on videotape. Im going back over everybody we talked to trying to figure this thing out. Brandon repeated the story he told from the start. He was nowhere near the store that morning. Just got up, let my dog out, watched sports center. Then at 9 45 i left, because i had to go to my fiancees parents move. The Big Island that goes in the kitchen. He didnt get to the store, He Said, until after 2 pm. For the afternoon shift. And when he got there, he insisted it was still closed. So, he panicked. Was he supposed to open that warning . So, im about to put my stuff you know, to check the computer. He looks around and sees the dvds on the floor, the cashiers jar open. He sees all of this and thought, so he starts going around to open the store. He thought you know, hes not looking for amber are not looking for anybody. Brandon told Attractive Roberts he had no Idea Amber was in the store. No Idea Amber intended to submit a negative Worker Review about him that very day. Didnt notice her car in the Parking Lot, He Said. Didnt think the obvious mess in the storm and they had been rocked. You saw the disagree . If the an Employee Saw the disagree. A normal person you think in would say something is a. Something is wrong here. Yeah. So, roberts got a Search Warrant for brandons house, car. Maybe they find some of the stolen dvds and Game Councils there. They did not. But there has to be something. For weeks the detective looked for evidence on Brandon Biel. Randy and the mom called Me 24 7, every day, two or three times a day. Brandon, brandon, brandon. Detectives questioned his fiancee. Her parents. They scoured his Phone Records. We did everything we could to try to get some kind of evidence on brenda. And there was then. There yeah. There was none there because he didnt do it. That alibi about having his helping his Fiancees Appearance checked out. And his Phone Records revealed he was miles away from the store when amber was murdered. Finally, Brandon Biel was cleared. Did you at some point think, im going to be charged with murder . Yes, i did. The memory still fresh. Had nightmares of going to jail. You know, it was hard for me to sleep. That terrible day my whole Thought Process was, let me get the store open because i think i screwed up. Right. I screwed up. Why didnt he notice they have been rocked . Some stores are messier than others. Maybe that meant that whoever was on the night before didnt put things away. Right, that was my Thought Process. Totally opposite of hey, theres somebody dead, or there was a robbery. Brandon was 23 then. And terrified. Im just thinking, you know, the really just trying to put this on this young black man. You know . When they questioned his fiancee, no wife it was trying to convince her that i didnt do it. They were saying thanks to her like how can you sleep with a murderer . You know he did it. Your possibly next. When they searched his house a seemed like a scene out of a movie. Just going through drawers, throwing clothes. They left my house a mess. Even when he was finally cleared, He Said, No One told him. Nor He Said was he told amber had written him up. Though he agreed they hadnt always seen Eye To eye on some things. Then until we spoke with him, He Said, he had no idea Ambers Mother believed she saw him put something into embers coffin. Did you walk over to the casket and put a Lanyard Or Something in there . Thats the most absurd thing i ever heard. No. No. That was my very first funeral. So, i dont even get close to the casket. 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Brandon biel believed he was gonna be charged with the murder of Game Store manager Amber Belken. But detectives verified his Alibi And Phone records placed him miles from the Crime Scene. Police initially played out a hunch that the culprit must have had a Game Store connection. Now, a call from an Anonymous Tipster was about to breathe new life into that theory. Once again here is Keith Morrison with everything she knew. That Brandon Biel did not kill his boss Amber Belken was, very clear. Which meant that the detective Ray Bob roberts had a big problem. We had everything going against us. No witnesses, no video, no danny, didnt have fingerprints. Nothing. He went public then, had to. We held a big News Conference with the parents, them and at. Pleading for help. Crime stoppers put up a lot of money. Nothing. I was hoping, you know, money talks. 100 Grand Reward. A hundred Grand Reward is a lot. But nothing. We put flyers up all over San Antonio. We wouldnt let it go. But as months went by without a single solid lead, Detective Roberts sank through frustration into a kind of despair. This little girl, she looked like my girl. And she resembled my daughter. Same build, same color here. Her ambers favorite book is if i read that to my daughter 1 Million times. You know, you do this for an extended period of time, you try to distance yourself. For sure, you have to. And the worst mistake you can make is getting too close to it. I got close to the family, mentally, physically. For the detective, you do that every case youre no good. Youre no good. Burnt out. Then, about seven months after ambers murder. Im sitting at the office and the phone rings. The caller claimed to know something. Whats your name . I dont want to tell you my name. Just call me joe. Okay, joe. What do you got . He said well i know who killed amber. He said okay again geovany. I said okay, what makes you think the guy did it . He asked me if i wanted to do a robbery with him before. I said, okay. Fascinating. He says, we used to both work for eb games. I said, why did he want to do this robbery . He wanted to rob this store because theres no cameras. So i call a big aims and both of them did work for eb games. Some thinking, finally got a break. The detective asked joe to come in for a top. Joe told him that at first he didnt think Geovanys Request was serious. I just kind of blew it off. I did it you know, think he was actually going to do. Something back after he heard about amber, said joe, it clicked. Geovany must of killed her. But how much stock could roberts put in this guy joe, who initially wouldnt even give his full name. And who was this geovany anyway . The detective checked for priors. There wasnt much. Had a record as a juvenile. His fingerprints that we lifted from the Crime Scene. There is hardly any lady any that were. Legible and none was a. Much now youre stuck as an investigator. This is all you got, and youve got this one witness and you want to tie the to suspect to the scene. But Theres Nothing to time. I mean, nothing. I had nothing to hit him on. But worth a try. They brought geovany in for an interview. Water . No. Boutillier of course, he denies it. Im real comfortable thinking that you responsible for this murder. Thats crazy, sir. Was it crazy . No way to prove really. And then a couple of days later, Detective Roberts brought the tipster, joe, back in. This time joe poured it all out. Said geovany actually told him straight out that he killed someone. I just was a shock when he told me that. I was like, wow. I was scared, to, because like, i was a car alone in him thinking like, you know i freaked out. Was he going to do to me . Now that was huge. If joe was telling the truth. But just one guys actualization. No idea how credible it might be. Was it much to go on. Still it was all they had. So i draft out the Rest Arrest Warrant and i drive to a Search Warrant. I bring it to the magistrate, she reads it, says its about time. This was in the news, this was a high profile case. You know, Rich Wild White Girl dies at work, everyone goes crazy. It shouldnt matter but people want generous. They want justice. Go get the Search Warrant sign, get the Arrest Warrant sign. Its my birthday. Oh my. I said man, this is the best birthday present ever. But then he got a call from his sergeant. He says Ray Bob, i want you to keep your mouth shut. Dont say anything. I just want you to do what im telling you to do. He said, i need you to get the Arrest Warrant washed. Wow. Geovany would not be arrested after all. Just not enough evidence. The prosecutor had made it clear he didnt want to try him and fill in court. But the detective still had a warning for geovanys danny. So, they went to his house, unannounced. He opens the door and i said, got a warrant for you. Didnt say a Search Warrant or Arrest Warrant. And hes links. He turned back to his wife and said, im going with him. And he was defeated. He put his head down. Head down, shoulder sent down. He put his hands behind his back. Like he was getting ready to be arrested . Like his game ready to be handcuffed. Get ready to go to. Jail thats certainly. Selling oh yeah. Giuliani gave up a dna sample. Afterwards he climbed up. Wouldnt say a word. I was disgusted, so i had somebody else take him back home. Then i called my friends at swath. And i said hey, keep an eye on the. Sky and sure enough, just hours later, he got a Call Swat calls me says hey Ray Bob hes loading everything up in a car. Hes moving. They pulled geovany over, traffic stop. Asked him, where was he heading . He says im going to laredo. Getting out of. Here geovany is going to laredo, texas. Along the mexico border. Nothing rainfall could do about it. And the case went pretty much nowhere after that. For many months. 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Now Someone Else close to geovany was about to step forward. And her chilling tale would blow the case wide open. Here again Keith Morrison with everything she knew. Late june. Almost a year and a half after the Murder Amber of belken. Detective Ray Bob roberts roared down the highway to laredo. Hes just gonna call from the police there. Here geovanys wife wanted to talk. Her name was veronica. And what a story she told. I made a dumb choice. I was really young. I got pregnant really young. She tried to resist him He Said. Was attracted. But he was so insistent. Once she was pregnant our family would insist that we get married. I listened to everyone except my own feelings. Once they were married, sHe Said, he demanded sex whenever he wanted a. Whenever he touched me, i would feel sick and i would tell him to stop. There were times when he would get angry and frustrated and, then he would force himself on me. And right beside Sleeping Children and their one small bedroom. He would Duct Tape me, Duct Tape my mouth. That take my risk to the lake of each year. Just to keep me quiet. I was very afraid. And again, i was young. Much too afraid to tell. And while Detectives Search for more clues in ambers death. Then one day in late january 2007, as she watched tv, she saw the news of ambers murder. And i said, look at this. Wow, isnt that crazy. And he just looked and said, wow he mirrored my reaction to. It said wow, i cant believe it. I never thought for one second he just acted normal that whole. Time that is until after the police knocked on their door in the fall of 2007. After joe reported geovany. After Detective Roberts got that Search Warrant for geovany s dna. We were asleep. It was early in the morning and then we hear a pounding at the door. Boom, boom, boom. That will cut up. That woke me up. He got up first and went to go. Check that then he returned and told her, its the police. I think they think i killed someone. I said did you. Whats it like to hear . That i was shocked and mortified. He says, its because i did kill someone. What . He said, i kill someone. Thats what He Said. Who, why, im assuming this maybe had an altercation with someone. Maybe a Friend Or Guy down the street. I dont know. But geovany only said were going to move to laredo. Just go. That very day . The next day. Yes. A very rapid move. Unprepared. It was just. Fast veronica was beside herself. Paralyzed by fear. How do i tell somebody . Do i call the police . Do i tell a Family Member . What do i do . I just stayed quiet. I was so afraid to say something. And then one night she worked up the courage to ask him a question. I said did this have anything to do with what i saw on the news that day. He said yes. I did that. That was me. What was that like to hear . I just started crying. Sobbing oh, my god. I go, why, why did you do that . He said, we needed the money. She begged him, turn yourself in. Instead, he went to his mother. She would she would cry to him, please dont go. You dont want to leave your children. Youre never going to see them again. And im just like, why, why. Inside im just trying to do as peacefully as i can without making him angry toward. Me and then, around dinnertime one Evening Veronica finally told him shed had enough. The marriage was over. Then He Said, you know what, lets go for a drive. Let school get the Kids Something to. Eat instead, he drove her to a secluded area. It was just dirt all around. Empty. No people. No one inside. Thats when he pushed the auto lock. Yeah, the karluk. And he locked all the doors and thats when i was like, ok something is going to happen tonight. Something is going to happen. Because we were in the middle of nowhere. I was thinking am i going to get out of this . I look over and he just reach for the Glove Compartment and he pulled out the gun. I said, please dont. Kelly He Said, dont worry, just do what i say. Get into the backseat, he ordered. He followed her. And then he raped me back there. I started crying. Started praying. I said god, i wanted to get out of there alive. But it was an veronica who would die. It was geovany. He pulled her out of the car. Take the gun, He Said. Shoot me. I said, i cant do that. Hes like yes, youre going to do it. Because if you dont do it, im going to come after you. And im going to come after the children. Im good to come after your family. And whoever you end up with, im going to come after you to. So you need to end my life today. I said, i cant do this, i cant do this. I cannot be like you. I can do this. She tried to reason with him, sHe Said. Told him, if she killed him and went to prison, their children would have no parents. I just said anything just to get him out of this mentality. And it worked. He drove home. Told her what she had to do. He had me lay down next to him to make sure i was right there. I was way awake the whole night because i was afraid he would do something while i was asleep or to the children, or just do something crazy. The next morning He Said, im just going to disappear. He drove veronica and the kids to her mothers house. And he took off. What does it feel like to walk away from him . Like im almost there. Its almost over. A run in there and i said, i need to make a phone call. I need to tell the police what happened. And she did. They asked me why didnt you take so long. I said, i was just so afraid. I said but im here now. And im going to tell you everything i know. Everything he told me. But now he was truly gone. A manhunt goes into overdrive and stretches across the border Coming Up youre in a jail. Cold, think he, loud. Jill confronting a color. Healing a wound. Very grateful that i said something. That i did the right thing. When dateline continues. Youll find better cheers with your favorite fans. 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Detective roberts got his suspect exactly where he wanted him. Were in a jail, allow jail, im Detective Roberts all this Background Noise i read him his rights, you have the right to remain silent. And he starts talking. Ive had this guilt for a long time. Ive been wanting to turn myself in so but i always put the needs of others before me. Put the needs of others before me . Really . He says this is the past christmas, i needed money. I did that one there because there was no money. He drives there and says that he had tape and a knife. I said whats the tape for . He said tie him up. He claimed he didnt know it was Amber Belken running the store that day. In my heart i knew he did. After all, geovany had worked for the Game Store company, knew who manage the store and he knew amber. If he was going to pick somebody to rob, why wouldnt he pick this five foot two, 100 pound young woman . Instead of the big guy . Instead of all these he knew. When he got there, Said Geovany she recognized me and i when i was in there, i asked for the money and i tried explaining to her, look im having some problems. And sHe Said, just take the money. But then he claims she reached for the phone and he took her down, take tourist with Duct Tape, like he had often gone to his wife. And then thats when she panicked, she wanted to scream and i just covered her mouth, please dont scream, dont scream like that. And now im faced with i dont like saying that. I cant, i cant lose everything ive already hit the point of no real turn and ive just took the bag and choked. Or he put a back over her head and squeezed tight around her neck. He held there. And when she stopped moving i just heard her gurgling and i didnt hear her scream and i just stopped and said you know whats, okay. I turned around and i am tighter and i said are you okay . And she wasnt breathing and i heard her gasp, but you didnt respond anymore. Thats when i left. I had already had the money and i put the stuff so i could sell. I left out of the back door. Geovany story would not be tested in court. He took a plea deal murder, life in prison with parole possible beginning in the year 2038. The bell can finally confronted the killer of their only child, their darling daughter. Is it helpful . It is, it is. No. Not for you . He sat back on the constables desk, tapping his foot, just looking around like youre wasting my time. It wouldve been beneficial if i had heard him say, i am really sorry. I am so sorry mr. And mrs. Belken. Amber didnt deserve to die. Im so sorry. What did he say . Nothing. But, the belken did get an apology from Someone Else. Geovanys now exwife, veronica. Hi. They met for the very first time when we shot this story. Ive blamed myself for not saying something sooner, for waiting too long. I always felt like they had some anger towards me. But, blame her . No. They knew she was a victim to. In fact, geovany pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting veronica. Theyre really nice. They were grateful that i said something. That i did the right thing. We dont have any ill feelings. She is a wonderful girl. They are, they told us, broken, still, and always will be. They clink now to embers best friends, ashley and monica. They are our adoptive doctors. They have each main daughters after amber, and they hang on to memories, like gold. Its like you have to put it in a box and then keep it there for safekeeping because thats what you have, thats what you hold on to. It hurts. It hurts. Life will never be what it was with her. Thats all for this edition of dateline im natalie morales, thank you for watching. Morales, thank you for watching im craig melvin. Im natalie morales. This is dateline. He wasnt my biological child, but my heart, you cant tell that to my heart. I love that boy. Its not fair thought he was taken from his children or from his family. 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