and this is dateline. this doesn t happen in our happy little world. their world shattered, a young mother strangled. we had a homicide and no lso no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. she slept with the children and the door locked. and finally a vital clue. what happened to nancy the day she disappeared? welcome to dateline. a young mother disappeared one her husband said she went for a run and never came home. the puzzling case happened in a safe, suburban neighborhood where crime is unexpected. but sometimes there are secrets hidden behind closed. nothing about that morning made any sense. it seems like such a bad nightmare. this doesn t happen our happy little world. it was a saturday morning in july 2008. the happy total world of sweet and leafy suburb of raleigh north carolina, called carry. the sort of place a young family would aspire to. if you are someone like hannah pritchard, for example. there s always l
also no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. she slept with the children and the door locked. and finally a vital clue. what happened to nancy the day she disappeared? welcome to dateline. a young mother disappeared one her husband said she went for a run and never came home. the puzzling case happened in a safe, suburban neighborhood where crime is unexpected. but sometimes there are secrets hidden behind closed. it all seemed like such a bad . it. . at reporter: it was a saturday morning in july. the happy little world suburb of raleigh, north carolina, called cary, a place where a young family would aspire to if you were someone like hanna pritchard, for example. there s always lots of friend making going on through someone you meet. lots of cookouts and family functions. reporter: like the one in the neighborhood the night before. so hanna would have heard party stories that saturday morning from her friend nancy co
money. the couple had serious debts. this past week i looked at the american express card from january 2007 to december 2007. of that, $27,000 was accredited to nancy s credit card. and mine was $17,000. reporter: it was to reign in nancy s spending, he said, he put her on a cash allowance. how much cash? at least $300. reporter: but nancy said brad was angry that they didn t have more money to spend. she referred to me as the budget nazi. i m sure she probably said that once or twice in a heated conversation. reporter: the other issue? brad s sexual relationship with nancy s best friend heather. the issue which finally brought the marriage to an end. he called it his indiscretion. i had sexual intercourse with heather once. reporter: it happened some time at the end of 2004, early 2005, he said.
budget nazi. i m sure she probably said that once or twice in a heated conversation. reporter: the other issue? brad s sexual reti called it hi i had sexual intercourse with heather once. reporter: it happened some time at the end of 2004, early 2005, he said. and where did this sexual intercourse take place? it took place in our home, in the closet of the master bedroom. did you initially deny the relationship? yes. i initially denied it for approximately one year. why? i thought that if by denying it, it would go away and we could remain as a whole family. reporter: but when it became time for the family to split, brad said he found the monthly terms of the proposed separation agreement unreasonable. child support, medical, private school, extra
it was to rein in nancy s spending that he put her on a cash allowance. how much cash? at least $300. but nancy said brad was angry that they didn t have more money to spend. she referred to me as the budget nazi. i m sure she s said that once or twice in a heated conversation. the other issue? brad s sexual relationship with nancy s best friend heather. the issue which finally brought their marriage to an end. he called it his indiscretion. i had sexual intercourse with heather once. it happened some time at the end of 2004, 2005, he said. and where did this sexual intercourse take place? it took place in our home in the closet of the master bedroom. did you initially deny the relationship? yes, i initially denied it for approximately one year. why? i thought that if by denying it, it would go away and we could remain as a whole family.