eloped. who does that? two families in a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. he looks like he s been shot. he said someone broke in last night. a deadly attack in the dark of night. her mother murdered. i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. his father bruised and bewildered. i don t remember anything else, other than waking up in the morning. was it a robbery? the television s on. was it darker? you re always going to look at the closest people to the victim. or was it something much darker? you were 11 years old when your mother disappeared. a missing woman, a murdered woman, and a lie. i didn t get through more than a page and a half, and i threw it. i could barely stomach to finish it. welcome to dateline extra. you can t put words to that. it was very surreal. but their family was rocked by scandal, then murder. aaron s father was founded the crime scene dazed and confused, b
thank you for watching. i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline! he said he couldn t handle talking about it. i was angry at him. if you re not going to tell me what happened, then you re going to dance around the issue and tell three different stories, what are you hiding? it started as a teen romance. two of my girlfriends are like, there s this guy, and you need to meet him. i was in love, yes. it ended in one of the strangest love stories you ll ever hear. i felt like i got hit by a bus. right before their wedding, her mother and his father got married. they told us, we ran off, we eloped. who does that? two families and a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. he looks like he s been shot. he said someone broke in last night. a deadly attack in the dark of night. her mother murdered. i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. his father bruised and bewildered.
bus. right before their wedding, her mother and his father got married. they told us, we ran off, we eloped. who does that? two families and a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. he looks like he s been shot. he said someone broke in last night. a deadly attack in the dark of night. her mother murdered. i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. his father bruised and bewildered. i don t remember anything else, other than waking up in the morning. was it a robbery? the television s on. was it darker? you re always going to look at the closest people to the victim. or was it something much darker? you were 11 years old when your mother disappeared. a missing woman, a murdered woman, and a lie. i didn t get through more than a page and a half, and i threw it. i could barely stomach to finish it. but the family was rocked by scandal and then murder. aaron s father was found at the cri
stories. where are you hiding? it started as a teen romance. two of my girlfriends are like there s a guy. you ve got to meet him. a deadly attack in the dark of night. his mother murdered. i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. his father, bruised and bewildered. i don t remember anything else. was it a robbery or was it something much darker? you were 11 years old when your mother disappeared? a missing woman, a murdered woman, and alive. i could barely stomach to finish it. welcome to dateline. shannon palmer and eric candelario were young and engaged to be married, but their family rocked by scandal then murder. but his confusing story had police questioning his version of events. here s keith morrison with tangled. can t put words to that. it wwas very surreal. 911, where is your emergency? it s true the old saying when you marry someone, you marry their family too. we need an ambulance. it e looks like he s been shot. he s
Sure. of course, they would need to look at shannon and aaron, too, given their falling out with pam and ralph. but they were cleared almost immediately, because they were nowhere around? yeah, they were not involved. dead-end. the crime scene people did find some things, mind you, including a bloody fireplace poker that turned out to be the murder weapon. the marking on her head was the exact replica of the shape of the fire poker, the end of the poker. they cataloged everything they found. broken glass in the backdoor. they even took the knobs off drawers and sent them to the lab hoping the intruders left dna or fingerprints on them. then, quite unexpected, something remarkable turned up. and right through the front door of the local newspaper so what did you think when you first read that document? i felt i had my own little version of the pentagon papers in a way. coming up, a letter that had everyone in town talking. i remember reading it and