Get into the fbi. She found a new sense of purpose in The Church. Her pastor and his wife, like family. They had taken her in. They were helping her out. Its like, im proud of you. Youre finding god. Then, one baffling text and she was gone. I go, i know, i probably watch a lot of law order, that i have this really Gut Feeling. Because i was a mom, i just knew she didnt leave on her own. There was no way she left that baby. Two moms at Opposite Ends of a mystery. Could one get justice for the other . This case for sure was an investigators worst nightmare. Soon, clues to a hidden life. A very amorous, romantic, wild relationship. It was lustful. Oh, my goodness. There were secrets here. Deadly once. It hit me hard. Im like, no, no, no. Come to Jesus Moment . It was, yes. I was scared. Hello and welcome to dateline. It Marie Carlson was a force of nature. Enthusiastic, spirited, beautiful. But behind the radiant glow, she hit a darkness. For a while, marie drifted and then a pastor and his wife welcomed her into their life. It was a spiritual awakening which made marie sudden disappearance all the more mysterious. It would take a detective with a special bond and some divine intervention to find out what happened to marie. Heres Keith Morrison with secrets on the Emerald Coast. How do you catch a Dancing Sprite . You put her in a bottle . Can you package the joy she brings . Can you keep it when she goes . She was like a gravitational pull. Her name was marie. Marie carlson. Qi was enigmatic. When she was happy, she could make the Hold World sing. Lifted life to the fullest, is what marie would tell me. You know, you might not have tomorrow. And so, she offered herself, her goodness. Gave her vulnerable heart and stored her secrets until what happened . But she was always that way. From the time of the very first secret in her life. She was born in the philippines to a single mother. Then taken in by the family of an american serviceman. And it was really years later when she learned that Kind Serviceman was actually her father. Which meant that esta bridges, the brights Best Friend she grew up with, was also her sister. What was that like to find that out that she is actually your sister . I was happy. I was really happy. Because i always thought she was since we were little girls. When they got older, esta moved to florida and live together. The location, ideal. We chose an apartment that was behind me karaoke club. So that we could just go there all the. Time we were stars. And she wore pink. Always pink. It was her personality. Its full of life. And always trying to perk up everyone else with her favorite word, beautiful. My gosh, she so beautiful. You know, i want to be like her. But she always used to tell me no, you are beautiful. She loved that word. Kay barber was like a mother to marie. Her is the second family to take marine aim when she was. 18 Maries Nickname that i gave her was rosy. Because she was always just peachy and rosy and happy. But she was when she met jeff carlson. And he fell hard. And it was like, instant. So, they married. And then they had a daughter named paris. And they thought their life together would be grand. Marie got a College Degree in criminal justice. It became egypty sheriff. Her ultimate goal was to try to get into the fbi. But then for all the love between them, there were issues. Jeff learned there were more secrets. That as a girl, had marie been sexually assaulted. And sometimes her Love And Joy were chased into a darker place. The biggest issue was she didnt love herself. They tried, but the marriage didnt last. And after that, marie drifted a little. Jobs fell through. She had to move frequently. Jeff suggested paris, then three, would have a more stable life with him. She fought it initially, but she agreed that it was probably for the best. So, paris was with me. Though she saw paris often, and called all the time. And then, marie finally found what her vulnerable, Loving Soul seemed to need. I was actually happy for her, because she found god. Had marie found a spiritual home at the calvary Emerald Coast church. It was hardly a fancy cathedral. The place was in a strip mall. But fancy wasnt the point, salvation was. Here, finally, Felt Marie right. Jesus is saying, you know what . You are missing out. The pastor was a charismatic Man Named James flanders, who preached the bible four square. Preached in jeans, sneakers. Lived streamed and youtubed his sermons. It was a very happening place. Jason anderson was the Youth Pastor. I fell asleep living to his service. [laughs] but more than that, the pastor and his wife, james and Tanya Flanders were known for their big hearts, their charity. And the swine for a third time, a family took in marie. Qi saying that she was there until she got on her feet. But a whole year went by. And then, what was coming couldnt be hidden. The story floating around . There had been an abusive boyfriend who abandoned her and left her pregnant. And a july, 2011, marie gave birth to a Baby Girl and named her grace. The pastor and his wife took care of both of them. It was explained to me that they were helping her out. That she was down on her luck. She was by all appearances, saved. Spiritually by faith, and practiced practically by the pastor and his wife. So, imagine the surprise, when a strange Group Text Message popped up on the phones of her family and friends. Can you still remember the words of that Mass Text . She said that yesterday she left for a Long Beach to do something that she always wanted to do. She didnt want us to try to stop her. Her last words were i love and appreciate you all. But the biggest surprise . Did marie not take her three month old baby. She left grace behind with the pastor and his wife. And right away, her Sister Esta sensed that something wasnt right. She called her family. I go, i know i probably watch a lot of law order, but can you find out what is going on . Because i have this really Gut Feeling she said oh, you watched too many of those kind of shows. Unlike, no, this is different. It was the fall of 2011. The very same time that a detective named nesli suhimoore became a mother. A fact, which as you will see, may have made all the difference. You get a better understanding of what its like to love somebody to the end of the world and back. It was almost like faith intended to tie these two together. In the mystery of love and lies and loss. Were had met Marie Carlson gone . The detective who became a new Meng Spell teeth felt a special connection to the case. Coming up the investigator said, were going to open a case. Which surprised me. The antenna must have gone up . It may go up. 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She left her three month old baby in the care of her pastor, James Flanders and his wife, tanya. And not her family. Not the woman she looked to as a Mother Figure, kay barber. It was heartbreaking. It was heartbreaking. s exhusband, jeff carlson, got the text, to. Didnt make sense to him that she would leave without calling her sevenyearold daughter, paris. He kay called jeff and said she he should file a report. She says she said, i dont know whats going on but i think something happen. And i said, yeah i agree with. You and then just called the Okaloosa County Sheriffs Office to report marie missing. The investigator said, were going to open a Case And Investigation on this. Which surprised me because shes an adult. She couldve just left. Because marie was a very adventurous, she liked to travel. And when the mood struck her, sometimes she just took off for a few days on some women. But some things seem to different this time. She wouldve never have left without talking to me about it and talking to paris. Shed been gone a week when the sheriff asked Detectives Keith Monks to look into it. That takes a message, something off, said her family. This doesnt sound like marie. So when you got that one, the antenna must have gone up . The antennas did go up. Detective nesli suhimoore didnt hear about the case then. Because on maternity leave. Correct. And i came back two weeks after she was initially reported missing. And thats when nesli heard from other detectives about the Case Keith was working on. Poor keith. Had no idea that i was going to come bully my way into the investigation. And why did you want to bully your way into the investigation . I think the connection of just having a child. I just knew that she didnt leave on her own. So here they were, partners. The young detective who happen to be a brandnew mother, and the veteran who had seen just about everything. And who soon learned from friends and family that marie was deeply attached to both her daughters. She had a Heart Of Gold and loved her paris more than anything in the world. But what happened in her life . And how did she end up with another baby . From esta, the detectives learned about the divorce and how marie had loved her lost her job. And how the pastor and his wife offered her place to see. But the questions about Baby Grace . Said esta her relationship with marie was always supportive but not judgmental and when marie didnt tell her who the father was, she didnt push the subject. I never questioned her because will marie tell me in her own time. If she wants to tell me. Ive learned with my sister, i never pry. But that was the job of the detectives, Nesli And Keith to pry. Hopefully to find marie. One of their first calls was on her church pastor, James Flanders and his wife. Impressive guy, they discovered. James flanders. What was he like . Very charismatic. I would say he was good at his job. I wonder what it would be like to live listen to a preacher . You can youtube him. Yes, you can. We all at times forget the promises of gods word. The pastor grew there calvary Emerald Coast church from scratch. Spread it through youtube. And by the time marie began attended tending, every service filled up. They were a tightknit family, that church. But now with marie gone they were caring for little grease. So, did the flanders have any idea what happened to marie . Perhaps they knew who the father was. And where that abusive boyfriend might be found. And oh, yes, there was a story all right. Coming up Questions Mount and leads are running out. It was time running out, to . He searched it but there was nothing to search. It was clean. This case for sure, was an investigators worst nightmare. When dateline continues. The calgary Emerald Coast church in Fort Walton Beach florida was much more than a place to gather on sunday mornings. Led by this place was a beacon of charity to. The pastor and his church sacrifice their own needs to send money to the victims of katrina. And when Marie Carlson needed help, they took her into. Thats what pastors do for the congregation. But now . Im left with a missing person whos vanished off the surf. A week and a half after murray vanished, or drove away, or whatever she did. The detectives went calling on the flanders, who said that they fully expected that marie would return soon. At this was not the first time that she took Spur Of The Moment trips. Not to the point where she would be reported to Law Enforcement as missing though. She would come. Back although they told detectives they were quite worried about Maries State of mind. They said that it was a down world that spiral. They said that she was depressed . Yes. What marie could have wild mood swings, they knew that she had a diagnosed mood disorder. Did they tell you that she was bipolar . Yes, that was bipolar, that she was taking medication that she was overmedication probably because of her giving birth of the child. But there was another Prescription Bottle to well and they also showed us a bottle that was empty, that was linked to the fact that she had taken that medication and this would use it to hurt herself. The day she left, james told detectives he was so worried about her State State of mind, he stayed at home. James said that she was acting up and he didnt he was afraid the baby would yes. Then, late that afternoon, said pastor, James Marie said she was tired, went to lie down. Tanya took the baby out shopping so marie could rest. The pastor said he waited around for a bit. Talk to her briefly when she woke up and went out for a run. And when he returned, marie and her white mazda pick up truck were gone. Strangely, the flanders said, marie had packed her bags but didnt take them. Why would she take off and not take her bags with her . Anyway, said the flanders, when she did not come back that day or the next, they drove around town looking for her. Went to the airport. Maybe she parked her car there . And flown away . But did they find . It they did. James said that he found it in a long term parking. At least, part of the mystery was solved, said the pastor. She must of flown off to visit someone. They took her pick up home. So, the mazda but what did you do about that car when you got your hands on . It we searched it but there was nothing to search. It was clean. They went to the airport. We check the airlines, there was nothing. She didnt fly out. So, why would marie Ones Car be at the airport if she didnt fly out of there . Of course, she could be trying to hide her tracks from snooty friends and family. Or, what if someone else took the car to the airport. Someone who wanted to make it look like shed left town. Rather fishy. Then the detectives had an idea. You know the machine that spits out tickets when you enter an Airport Parking Lot . That very take it was goes back to the Toll Booth when you leave. Keith and i went to the little Toll Booth where you give them your take it. Maybe, thought the detectives, the Parking Ticket for must us marries mazdas would be there. But a more important question would be by whom. We were thinking it we would get a thumbprint, or a fingerprint, and we went through every single one of them until we found the one marie Thats Car had received. And yes, they got a print. But no, it was not clear enough to tell whos it was. Then, another thought. Hey, lets go pull up the surveillance video. And of course you looked at all of. It know the video was not working during the time that we needed it. This case, for sure, was an investigators worst nightmare. Deadens everywhere. Yes. And weeks went by. No sign Of Marie anywhere. Time to embrace the thought that they had all along. And it was not a good one. 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And what about grace, the baby she left behind, who, for example, was the father . Churches tend to be behaves of gossip so the detectives asked around. She had a boyfriend, was involved in an abusive relationship. She was beat. Up this is a member of the calgary Emerald Coast church. She did want to go back to the guy. They did want to keep the child. In other words, she was gonna have an abortion. But pastor flanders and his wife had strong views about abortion, and when they discovered her situation, they offered to help solve her dilemma. They were going to adopt the baby. The flanders had an older daughter, who always wanted an older child, but one miscarriage after the other and, so as this Church Elder tell the detectives, the pastor and his wife came to an arrangement with marie. She would stay three months to nurse the baby and then she would leave. That was my understanding from before the baby was born. With the baby . No, the baby was a gift for the flanders. A gift . Maybe. It was just like marie to be generous to ward the couple who were so generous to her. But to skeptical detectives, especially this brandnew mother, something about this story did not sound quite right. The father, for example, the fact that the alleged abuse of guy didnt seem to exist. But then they talk to Ex Husband jeff and the story he heard, completely different. And he came directly from marie when she went to visit jeff shortly after getting pregnant. I put my head on her stomach and i said, whats going on with this . And she wasnt really showing. And her story at that time was, while im just being assertive so we did a type of artificial insemination. Well, well, well. The pastor was the sperm donor. In this new story, Maries Gift was to be the pastors artificiallys surrogate. But why the conflict of stories . To find, out the detectives consulted three special church ladies. Tanya flanders closest confidence. We call them the Inner Circle. And the Inner Circle said, yes, tanya told them. But swore them to secrecy. But then, tanya gave up a little more. The method was really homemade. I remember them saying, oh it was with the Turkey Thing me. Now shes got a secret. Yeah at that point. At that point . The, yes that because tanya could not just leave it there. The next time, she admitted something very, very shocking. And tanya said, well we did it the oldfashioned way. James and marie had sex which, told tanya told the ladies, was okay with her. And as months passed and marie started showing, there was a Baby Shower. But not for marie, this Baby Shower it was for tanya. She put a balloon under her shirt as a funny photo with marie. But if the story came out, it could threaten everything that she had built in the past. And as i got more, and more, and more into weird stuff. It was just that the stakes got higher . Right. Imagine the secrecy that the Inner Circle, that tanya told the truth, to that its jamess baby. But not a lot of secrets the detectives invited james and tanya to voluntarily come in for a chat. But only tanya showed up. And here in this little room in the Sheriffs Office, she let it all come out. About that night of them sake and sex, when grace was conceived. Yeah he had a little bit too. I was the only one that was. Soviet but yes, i was there. Yes, in the room. But of course she was, said tanya. And almost casually. She revealed the heresy that, should it ever become public it should ruin. Her was marie going to move in and she would be number two. For a . Wife or whatever you call them. Sister wife. It was, in short, polygamy, or their homegrown version of. It tanya told detectives she understood the bargain very well. Ive always seen a relationship as sex is not a relationship. A relationship is to people coming together. And sexes just about. As a very secret bonus, of course. Kept from almost everyone. But inside the bubble of their relationship, tanya said, they were happy. She goes, you know what . I am so glad that you are going to be raising grace. She said, im so glad that im gonna be able to do that with you. And i thought, you know, how cool is that . What but then. Then marie gave birth, and it wasnt cool for marie, not anymore. And certainly not adoption. Every time we started to broach the subject with her, she did get withdrawn. So, maybe tanya would not get Baby Grace . Maybe marie wanted it all, the baby and james, all for herself. Thats what this member of the Inner Circle believed. But i did i hear that from marie, that Moore Marie wanted. James did tanya Strike Back somehow, fight for her marriage by getting rid Of Marie . Listen to how Church Members quote tanyas words. Shes basically like, james would never that was kind of shockers . I told her, you are not capable of killing. Her but tanya leans over and goes, he couldnt, but i could. So wouldnt that lead you like a bloodhound to . Tanya she would have a motive . She. But tanya, now the only Mother Figure in graces life, did she know more than she was saying . Did she do something . Did someone in The Church have a confession to make . Coming up, a confrontation in the congregation. This is a, forgive my saying, come to Jesus Moment. It was the hardest thing i had ever had to do. And divine intervention. A son sudden earth shaking tip. I remember getting that tip and thinking, no way. When dateline continues. When dateline continues for immunity support. Plus 8 bvitamins for brain support. One a day and done. Were carvana, the company who invented Car Vending Machines and buying a car 100 online. Now weve created a brandnew way for you to sell your car. Whether its a year old or a few years old. We wanna buy your car. So go to carvana and enter your License Plate Answer a few questions. 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Two months after marie she disappeared, the detectives got permission to look at the Cell Phone records of all three of them. Would they prove tanya was with marie when she vanished and, thus, did something to . Her Cell Phone Tower Information from the area no. Nowhere near marie. So, they check the Cell Towers for Jamess Phone, and where do you know . When marie sent that last Text Message saying she was leaving town. Both her phone and the pastures pinging off at the same Cell Tower two blocks from his house. And when maries was Drop Mazda was dropped at the airport we had Jamess Phone touching near the airport. Why would his phone be near the airport . Well either james innocently drove marie to the airport, or he drove her car there to cover up a crime. No way to prove it either way, so they were stuck again. Which is when jason, the Youth Pastor, remember him . Out of the blue, jason came to call. He had something the detectives needed to hear, he said. It takes a certain amount of courage. Absolutely. We would have never known had jason never come forward. Known what . The secret incident that got junior Pastor Jason involved. It happens shortly after marie disappeared. Will it happen after James Activist Church Elder for help. I said whats going on . Does this have to do with marie what . He said i cant tell. You he never once had anything to me else but, its bad. James seemed suicidal, said the elder. So he called a doctor friend, and the doctor committed the preacher to a psychiatric ward. For ten days. During which time, jason took over preacher duties. But then, Jason Hurd things, not about what happened to marie, but about the polygamy. Another Church Leaders confronted him and tanya. This was a come to Jesus Moment. This was the hardest thing i ever had to do was to confront my pastor your mentor . Sure. And james admitted it. He had been sleeping with two women in the same house. And then, Youth Pastor jason told the detectives, in that cloistered setting, james kept talking. And told a terrible story. Him and marie have had a physical or to caution before she went missing. And she had scratched him on his arms. James insisted marie was still alive the last time he saw her. I was in shock of everything. That was it. He could not continue his posturing, james would have to resign. He announced that he and tanya were leaving town. They were supposed to leave the following morning to say goodbye to some Church Members and lo and behold around 12 00 12 30, they got in that truck and went to arizona. They fled. Like thieves in the night, with Baby Grace. It was a few days after they left when jason went to the police to tell his disturbing story. They had a physical run in, the day that she went missing. Then a piece of luck. Before they left, what maries Friend K asked if they gave her was maries computer. The Bad News was that it had been erased. But i brought it to the Sheriffs Department for them to take a look. We had our forensic Tech Reanalyze the computer. And it gave us a beautiful copy of her Phone Download that she had done when she backed her phone up. But maybe it was not so lucky. There were thousands of Text Messages, but they were on unreadable jumble of symbols and words. This particular coin though, look at this . Marie shot this video that did survive, showing the pastor Talking Golden Silver online. Apparently while running The Church. Over 500. Let me tell, you thats exciting stuff. Was james just a pastor or a parttime flimflam man . So this is where things stood when an omnibus tip came in. Startling, if true, it would solve the case. And in the tip it says that james buried her in the backyard. Thats some tip, what i remember getting that have been thinking, no way. Who would kill someone and bury them in their own backyard . It could be bogus of course, just another false lead. But they were hopeful. We brought cadaver dogs and we didnt find anything. Nothing. No. Nobody. So, what happened to Marie One . More months went by, police kept trying to speak to james but got no response. Hello, this is james and after a whole year, they tried again and he picked up. I had been asked by our attorney not to talk to anyone without him there. And he did talk, he talked for two hours in fact from his car. Making It Sound like he was the victim. What emotions have i felt over the past year and a month, you know . Anger at marie four going and not letting us know whats going on. And then back to anger at myself for not making a Phone Call to get her help. And anger at myself forever letting the relationship became when it came. The pastor said that he knew he was the prime suspect. I am terrified of the prospect Of Marie taking her own life. And if she did and i pray she didnt i hope she did it very, very, very, very, very, very, very far away. Because if they find one little bone that somehow could be connected with her and its my fault. Insurance the way that they would look at it you know where marie it is . No. What did you kill Marie Carlson . No. And that was that. They were stalled. Was marie missing. And the case was getting very cold. Coming up new revelations from the pastor. They were sending pornographic photos, back and forth. From The Church. Who and an answer at last to the biggest mystery above all, where was marie . They passed me a note saying i miss her. I was devastated. The guilt, the feeling that i couldve found her. Six months after she was reported missing. When dateline continues. When dateline continues if laundry stinks, it could be bacteria. Detergent alone doesnt kill all odor causing bacteria. Adding Lysol Laundry Sanitizer kills 99. 9 . Lysol, what is takes to protect. What can i du with less asthma . With dupixent i can du more. Yardwork. Teamwork. Long walks. 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When you really really need to sleep. Unlike a fine wine, a Cold Case doesnt get better with each. It just gets colder. When State Attorney Bill eddins was an optimistic it was ever would ever be solved. What chance did he have . I really felt it was about a 50 50 chance of it been solved. Eddins decided one of his most experience prosecutors, Angela Mason to work on, it. She was an optimistic either. I was certain Leave Foldable in that i didnt have a body. I was also vulnerable with the tanya element. That people thought she could be a suspect. And and then, three years after marie disappeared, the most amazing thing happened. Maries computer yielded to a new forensics program. And outs filled with blushing clarity Text Messages between marie and james. I love you. I love you so much. And getting graphic details of what he wants to do with her. Kind of prone to graphic . Pornographic even to the point they were sending pornographic photos. With Each Other . From The Church. Some things are hard to see. Oh, and, most important everything stopped the day she disappeared. No credit cards, no phones. I thought that was strong evidence that she was infected and not in fact missing. And her last conversation with a Family Member was she went out of the circumstances she was in. But she wasnt really behind it. And then, there was this. One of those sermons posted on youtube just a month before marie vanished. And now in the evidence file. Whenever someone is backstabbing me, lying about me, gasping about me, trying to tear me down or whatever you know what i want to do . My feeling say choke the life out of them. It [laughs] is that what the pastor did too marie . The detective spelled out their case. Circumstantial, difficult. But the prosecutors bought it. And james was flanders charged with second Degree Murder. Persistence paid off. We were four and a half years in. Most people wouldve given up by now. But as the pastor waited in jail for his trial, his attorney and former Church Member Glenn Swiatek was optimistic. What did you think your chances were if you went to trial . I do believe they would have second Degree Murder. They didnt have anybody. Maybe not. That as the pastor and his attorney looked at the evidence that might put him in prison for life, just before the trial, they made a deal. The state reduced is charged from second Degree Murder to manslaughter. And james agreed to tell them what he did to marie and where he put her. Maries family grudgingly agreed. That was the hardest thing. But i wanted to know where my sister was. I didnt want to go years and years and years and not know. As much as i just absolutely heated to agree to it, i knew i was that was probably the only way. First, was as part of the deal, the pastor told the story Of Marie. Of the polygamy arrangement. It was as if she was another wife. Okay . Although we never had a ceremony, or anything like that. He said marie even had a name for their relationship. Marie called it a throuple. Throuple. Then the pastor offered his version of that last awful night. He claimed that marie was in a downward spiral, mentally, and erupted after he told her she should be hospitalized for depression. She hit me in the chest and i grabbed ahold of her. And just hugged as tight as i could. In the scuffle, we filled down on the floor. When we hit the floor, we hit it hard. When i realized something was a right, i rolled hero for end she wasnt breathing. A fatal Bear Hug . Not possible. Thought nesli. And then she breezed for the Answer Shed waited five years to hear. Did you bury marie in the backyard . Ill tell you exactly where its at. Is that where you buried her . Yes. And at that point, the detective got up and left the room. Nesli past me a note that said i mr. I was pretty devastated. I was in that backyard in 2012. Not like you didnt look. Yeah, but, you know human nature. You still have the guilt. The feeling of i couldve found her. Six months after she was reported missing. The pastor insisted that tanya was around. We shopping. Knew nothing. Did you ever get her buried before tanya came back . Oh, yeah. Yeah. Do you wonder whether tanya had more to do with this . I think that will always be in the back of our minds. That, you know. I think she may have known more than she wants to see. But tanya was never charged at her Defense Attorney said she was truly shocked by jamess confession. I can tell you as a matter of fact, im having to tell her what happened, she did not know. Later that afternoon, nesli escorted James Flanders into his former backyard, where he marked with a little flags, the spot where he buried Marie Carlson five years earlier. And then he fell on the ground, crying. And told her, im sorry. What an act, thought nesli. It took hours, but finally, almost five feet deep, wrapped in a blanket, they found what was left Of Marie. I was shaking. I was crying so much. I dont think ive ever cried so loud. Nesli and prosecutor Angela Mason went, to. Its my fault. Back in court that afternoon, was James Flanders sentenced to 15 years. With good behavior, hell be out in 11. Free to join in Tanya Arizona and grace, whose mother he killed. Hes going to get to have a life after hes done. Its marie gone forever. She doesnt get a life. Especially with her kids. Which is for most mothers, the world. Jeff carlson had to tell his daughter, paris, her mom was not coming back. It was easy. What do you say . You dont know how to prepare them for the future of living with this. He deprived her of her mother. Later, Maries Family and many others, gathered for a celebration Of Maries life. They did her favorite thing. The saying karaoke and nowadays, when maries daughter, paris, comes to visit her cousins daughter. It to sit down at the piano amply. Make music, just like their mothers, years ago. And grace . I want to tell her all about her mom. Its one of those where i just i want to show her your mother really did love you. Maybe someday shell know about that uncontainedable woman, who will she stayed, brought joy, marie. Thats all for this edition of dateline. Im natalie morales. Thanks for watching. Im craig melvin. And im natalie morales. And this is dateline. They, said we need you to get the car with us. They zip tied my arms and zip tied my legs, the tide my hair. Duct tape my face. Theres no words. Im sitting, there im hysterical. Its terrifying. She thought he was mr. Wright. Comp confident, handsome