craig melvin: he looked like he was sleeping, except for the bullet hole. he was in bed. his head was on a pillow. his entire upper body was tucked in. craig melvin: the first guess was suicide, but there was no gun on the scene. hard to have a gun suicide with no gun. that s correct. craig melvin: and this was a man who had everything to live for. eric loved life. craig melvin: he loved his family and women, too, many women. did one of them love him too much? no shortage of lovers to question. craig melvin: no sign of a break-in either. someone either had to have a key or have been let in by eric. craig melvin: so it must have been somebody he trusted or maybe someone who didn t trust him. inside the safe was a .380 handgun. josh mankiewicz: that s the same kind of gun that killed eric. the same kind of gun. craig melvin: everybody loved him. so who killed him? we knew in our hearts that this murder was going to be solved. we believed that justice was going to be served f
what if you were ripped away from your family? you live in fear, it changes you. kidnapped by a killer? i came out of the back, just really messed up. held for years as a prisoner. and what if prosecutors never believed you? bobbi parker was not the woman she was betraying as yourself. absolutely. it was a mystery, with a mind-boggling twist. this wife and mom, taken hostage. was she really a hostage at all? their relationship was not one of kidnap or and victim, it was one of husband and wife. his prisoner, or his lover? i really do love you. sounds like a pretty heartfelt love letter. in this hour, she shares her side of the story. will you believe her? i was fighting for my life. hello, and welcome to you dateline . i m craig melvin. bobbi parker was a prison officials wife, a teacher, living a quiet life with her beautiful family in granite, oklahoma. until the day she went missing. for more than ten years, her family waited and hoped. a
her last words. two sisters with a single purpose solve the mystery of their mother s death. we can t let this go. it s heartbreaking. she d left for hawaii, a new life, with a new husband. but the sunny paradise soon grew dark. something was very wrong it was horrible being so helpless. what was behind their mom s strange death? they set out together to discover the answer. and they were about to get some help from their mother herself. there it was. evidence she left for you to find? yes! a possible clue. hidden, in an envelope marked baby pictures. but tucked inside? a journal that painted a different picture, entirely. we pulled out the envelope and that was like, wow. could their mom help them solve her own mystery? we can t quit. we are her voice. we made a promise. we made a promise to our mom. i m lester holt. and this is dateline. tonight, keith morrison with the promise. here they were again. two sisters on a holiday in para
and her friends. she was extremely outgoing. a wonderful life that came to a tragic and on one warm summer night. i hear a very weird scream. her life had ended, but our story was just beginning. her killer hadn t been caught. i remember one detective saying to me, you just have to wait till because again. but the trail grew cold. the file forgotten, until decades later, someone dusted it off. the whole goal of these cases was to try and see the thing that s hiding in plain sight. there were clues. a mysterious weapon made of wire, the wedding invitation, a midnight sale to know where. where they enough to catch a killer? i was 100 percent confident that it was our guy. now, the showdown a determined prosecutor against a famed defense lawyer, who helped set ogs in free. i m on the right side. after 35 years, it was finally time for justice. it s been a long journey. he was alone in his makeshift workshop. had to be, for what he intended. carefully
paige, if you get this, please, please call somebody everybody s worried about you. everybody s looking for you. please let us know you re ok paige was a woman with premonition. she said she knew something bad was gonna happen a couple of days she, wa missing. we found out she had this second life. quite obviously it dangerous. she had been playing a risk game that opened up the door t the a multitude of people that we needed to start looking at. he was a scam artist. correct he was a liar, manipulative he had a list of names, and whether or not they would have sex with them. could investigators get their man before he struck again? i turned around and he wa sitting in the dark. and sai i m doing to kill you. it s been years since she vanished but few have forgotte paige, how could they, the story of the young mother disappearance has woven itself in to local lore, as thunder hits, finally a trial. it s a mystery we ve been followin