at the door. i just started sobbing. democratic iowa caucuses, the first vote of the 2020 they had found her daughter. presidential election cycle. now back to dateline. but not the boy she was with. it was as though he d never existed. we couldn t find anything about l.j. months went by. still no trace of l.j. and then a rookie took the case. annie kasprzak had had a rough childhood. how did you feel about it she was passed along from foster home to foster home before she that this was now going to be your case? was adopted by her case worker, i didn t know if i was veronica. capable of doing this. i cried for two hours. annie s life finally seemed to a teen found dead. be turning around. we still don t have an answer. a mysterious missing suspect. then in 2012, annie, just 15, was found murdered, her body she said that l.j. has killed floating in the jordan river. someone before. and hers to solve. i get the feeling, there was never a second th
months went by. still no trace of l.j. and then a rookie took the case. how d you feel about it, that this was now going to be your case? i didn t know if i was capable of doing this. i cried for two hours. a teen found dead. we still don t have an answer. a mysterious missing suspect. she said that l.j. had killed someone before. and hers to solve. i get the feeling, jaclyn, you re learning how to become a detective as you go. this is the case that taught me. you have no sure-fire way to keep your children safe. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here s dennis murphy with the girl with the red shoes. reporter: veronica kasprzak bratcher is a determined woman. did someone ever say, you can t save them all, to you? my mother is probably the one that would say and still says that. but yeah, i heard that a lot. reporter: she rarely listened, though. the desire to do good, to save a child was too strong. though sometimes, in the quiet hours, sh
months went by. still no trace of l.j. and then a rookie took the case. how d you feel about it, that this was now going to be your case? i didn t know if i was capable of doing this. i cried for two hours. a teen found dead. we still don t have an answer. a mysterious missing suspect. she said that l.j. had killed someone before. and hers to solve. i get the feeling, jaclyn, you re learning how to become a detective as you go. this is the case that taught me. you have no sure-fire way to keep your children safe. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here s dennis murphy with the girl with the red shoes. reporter: veronica kasprzak bratcher is a determined woman. did someone ever say, you can t save them all, to you? my mother is probably the one that would say and still says that. but yeah, i heard that a lot. reporter: she rarely listened, though. the desire to do good, to save a child was too strong. though sometimes, in the quiet hours, sh
months went by. still no trace of l.j. and then a rookie took the case. how d you feel about it, that this was now going to be your case? i didn t know if i was capable of doing this. i cried for two hours. a teen found dead. we still don t have an answer. a mysterious missing suspect. she said that l.j. had killed someone before. and hers to solve. i get the feeling, jaclyn, you re learning how to become a detective as you go. this is the case that taught me. you have no sure-fire way to keep your children safe. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here s dennis murphy with the girl with the red shoes. reporter: veronica kasprzak bratcher is a determined woman. did someone ever say, you can t save them all, to you? my mother is probably the one that would say and still says that. but yeah, i heard that a reporter: she rarely listened, though. the desire to do good, to save a child was too strong. though sometimes, in the quiet hours, she won
months went by. still no trace of l.j. and then a rookie took the case. how d you feel about it, that this was now going to be your case? i didn t know if i was capable of doing this. i cried for two hours. a teen found dead. we still don t have an answer. a mysterious missing suspect. she said that l.j. had killed someone before. and hers to solve. i get the feeling, jaclyn, you re learning how to become a detective as you go. this is the case that taught me. you have no sure-fire way to keep your children safe. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here s dennis murphy with the girl with the red shoes. reporter: veronica kasprzak bratcher is a determined woman. did someone ever say, you can t save them all, to you? my mother is probably the one that would say and still says that. but yeah, i heard that a lot. reporter: she rarely listened, though. the desire to do good, to save a child was too strong. though sometimes, in the quiet hours, sh