Somebody was telling her. My sister is in my driveway and her head is bloody. So you bury your little girl and then its a Murder Destination . Yes. There were two people brandi feared. One in town. She thought she was being followed. One thousands of miles away. Josh was still in alaska. And then there was the new man in her life. Anybody close to brandi we needed to take a hard serious look at. No state fingerprints, no dna and no arrest for years. Youre grieving, how do you put all of that day by day. Hints emerged of somebodys dark past. You have robberies going on, homicides. One brave woman willing to talk. He told me, the same thing that happened to brandi will happen to me. The question wasnt just who murdered the young mother, it was why . There was no money. There just wasnt a reason to do it. She didnt hurt nobody. She didnt bother anybody. Why did they have to kill her . Hello and welcome to dateline, imagine driving on a dark, isolated road and then suddenly, there is a car
and an explosion of sound. these unverified pictures show the close shave with a meteorite. locals heard and felt the shock wave of it passing. on the ground, people stunned and unsure of what they had seen were left staring at the thick trail. this man said it lasted three, maybe four seconds. more than 400 are reported injured, many hurt by broken glass. windows popped out and a large part of this factory roof collapsed. this level of damage is rare, but meteorites are common. they re often smaller an burn up as they enter the earth s atmosphere. an asteroid the size of a swimming pool will make the closest recorded pass of earth. closer than some satellites. we understand it s going extreme he well and we can say there s no chance of it hitting the earth. reporter: this part of russia, that will be welcome news. some people asking if that asteroid fly-by we re expecting later is somehow linked. scientists say no. they re calling it a cosmic coincidence. savannah? tha
have been here all morning long. just want to give you this view, walk around and actually show the people back home. thank you so much for coming. this crowd goes all the way to your side. we had to divide and conquer. we have so many great fans. i just met a lady who has skipped going to the doctor today because she had to be here. coming up, we are going to talk about all the things that make this such a great town. and, of course, including the famous boston accent. we re going to do our best to learn it. we ve been practicing and we re going to sample some of the taste of the town, too. also ahead, boston native mindy kaelin is here, from the office and the mindy project. what she loves most about this town. first, back to new york. al roker has a big announcement. al? that s right, guys. we have a nice crowd here, too, having a good time. our next friday field trip, savannah, matt, natalie, willie and i are all jetting off to miami. we re going to south be
more of that story this morning, today, friday, february 15th, 2013. announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from bosto boston. and you re looking at a live sh shot. i m matt lauer along with savannah guthrie. we are on a friday field trip in boston this morning. we are inside this city s historic hall. we ll get into everything that makes boston such a great place. there s a great crowd outside all fired up. can t wait to get outside and say hi to them. meteorite coming out of russia, absolutely terrifying and frightening. this is something you expect to see in a weird movie. you can see that meteorite as it s burning, streaks across the skies in the euro mountains overnight, 900 miles of east of moscow. seconds later you can hear that loud explosion. unfortunately there s been some injuries this morning. duncan golestani has more. reporter: traveling at 33,000 miles per hour, no wonder people