Maybe she was kidnapped. The stories did not stop, did they . No. We were getting information that they were cuddling. We have to figure out, does he have any motive to want to harm her . I see her side, right at the exit of the trail. The word help was etched into the ground. Two shovels that had what appeared to be blood on them. That just did it for me. I cant even think about how scared she was. [crying] a mothers worst nightmare. There are no signs to get there, just follow the rough, sandy trail down from the subdivisions above, turn a corner, and there it is, the creek. A twisting, slowmoving body of water in North Carolina, its nothing less than an undiscovered Garden Of Eden for teenagers playing hooky from high school. Its like going to the beach for us, its just a vacation. When caroline was a high school freshman, and terrified of math class, if the weather was good, her decision was made. Go right to the creek, and Bypass School altogether. Tell me about that afternoon at
the word help was scratched in the ground. we found two shovels that had what appeared to be blood on them. that just did it for me. i can t even think about how scared she was. a mother s worst panic. there are no signs to get there. just follow the rough, sandy trail from the subdivisions above, turn a corner and there it is, a creek, a low-twisting moving body of water in north carolina, that s nothing less than a garden of eden for teenagers playing hooky from high school. it was like a beach. if the weather was good, her decision was made, go right to the creek and bypass school all together. tell me about an afternoon at the creek, caroline, what would you do? just go swimming. after we were done swimming we would sit by the fire and get dry, and hurry up and go back to the bus and take it home. they would play all day like frisky otters. innocent fun until one day when this secret teenaged world collided with tragedy. i just knew in my heart s
Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a sunday night. And we do begin tonight with that unexpected moment for a community that held out hope for a decade. Amanda berry, one of the young women held captive for ten years in that cleveland house, suddenly appearing in public and there was an eruption of cheers. Amanda berry there on the left, walking out on that stage during a concert. And when the fans realized who she was, it broke into applause right there, because for ten years, all they saw was this image of berry, from the missing poster, along with the faces of the two other young women. This rare public moment comes after her captor, ariel castro, just friday, spoke for the first time in a courtroom, agreeing to a plea deal, sparing himself the death penalty, now spending the rest of his life behind bars. His one request, though, to see his daughter. The little girl amanda berry gave birth to inside that home. Tonight, though, cleveland celebrating its first glimp
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. The more we learn about yesterdays fatal bus crash in indianapolis, the more heartbreaking it becomes. It was a story just developing when we came on the air last night. 3 people died and 26 others injured in a bus returning from a Church Youth Camp went out of control and flipped on its side. It happened at the end of a long journey just minutes before the group was to return home. Among the dead a young minister and his pregnant wife. While a community of faith grieves, investigators are trying to understand how it happened. Nbcs john yang is in indianapolis for us tonight. John . Reporter good evening, lester. Right now the Colonial Hill Baptist Church is holding its regular Evening Worship service. Tonight its taking on special meaning. Hundreds of worshippers arrived at church this morning just blocks from the crash that killed young pastor and his wife courtney. Both in their mid20s
did she say anything about she was planning on going anywhere? police were talking to jamichael malloy. he d been danielle s most recent boyfriend. the two met at a church youth camp when danielle was only 14. kids have little elementary school boyfriends where they hold hands. but this was her first real boyfriend that she was in love with. her first love came with a family seal of approval. jamichael like danielle was a good kid, never a problem. varsity soccer, a dedicated runner with a laser-focus goal of becoming a marine after graduation. he had his eye set on what he wanted to do with himself. yeah, seemed like a very ambitious child. and i thought hey, this might be something good for danielle. i know they re young, but it