she was brave. she was incredibly brave. why didn t i know that she needed me and that she was alone and that she was hurt? nothing was the same after that. nothing. they found her at the soccer field. the straight arrow student killed by a single bullet. i just hit the floor. i remember the pain. every time i talk about it the pain comes rushing back. that someone would shoot my child. like, why? this is a small town whodunit. oh, yeah we were afraid. what had happened that night? was the answer somewhere in her circle of friends? we re trying to find out why! i would never hurt halee. they came and talked to me. it was four fbi agents. he s there. he s got a gun. how could it not have been him? then a secret spills out in court! that s a bombshell. that definitely was. i felt like i had gotten my heart ripped out. for that mother to get on that stand. it was absolute silence. hello and welcome to dateline. halee rathgeber was barely o
oh, yeah we were afraid. what had happened that night? was the answer somewhere in her circle of friends? we re trying to find out why! i would never hurt halee. they came and talked to me. it was four fbi agents. he s there. he s got a gun. how could it not have been him? then a secret spills out in court! that s a bombshell. that definitely was. i felt like i had gotten my heart ripped out. for that mother to get on that stand. it was absolute silence. hello and welcome to dateline. halee rathgeber was barely out of her teens. halee enjoyed taking care of others. it made sense to them she was studying to become a nurse. what made no sense was that anyone could want her dead. the crime scene told investigators little, but a jaw dropping moment in the courtroom spoke volumes. here s andrea canning with on the outskirts of town. i m miles from my family in new york. but i m driving, oddly enough, through a place that feels like home. quaint dow
this is a small town whodunit. oh, yeah we were afraid. what had happened that night? was the answer somewhere in her circle of friends? we re trying to find out why! i would never hurt halee. they came and talked to me. it was four fbi agents. he s there. he s got a gun. how could it not have been him? then a secret spills out in court! that s a bombshell. that definitely was. i felt like i had gotten my heart ripped out. for that mother to get on that stand. it was absolute silence. hello and welcome to dateline. halee rathgeber was barely out of her teens. halee enjoyed taking care of others. it made sense to them she was studying to become a nurse. what made no sense was that anyone could want her dead. the crime scene told investigators little, but a jaw dropping moment in the courtroom spoke volumes. here s on the outskirts of town. i m miles from my family in new york. but i m driving, oddly enough, through a place that feels like hom
every time i talk about it the pain comes rushing back. that someone would shoot my child. like, why? reporter: this is a small town whodunit. oh, yeah we were afraid. reporter: what had happened that night? was the answer somewhere in her circle of friends? we re trying to find out why! i would never hurt halee. they came and talked to me. it was four fbi agents. he s there. he s got a gun. reporter: how could it not have been him? then a secret spills out in court! that s a bombshell. that definitely was. i felt like i had gotten my heart ripped out. for that mother to get on that stand. reporter: it was absolute silence. hello and welcome to dateline. halee rathgeber was barely out of her teens. halee enjoyed taking care of others. it made sense to them she was studying to become a nurse. what made no sense was that anyone could want her dead. the crime scene told investigators little, but a jaw dropping moment in the courtroom spoke volumes.
phone. he said that it just happened to catch his eye when is headlights hit it. he s just driving along and there it is? yeah. and does he pick it up? yeah, so that s what he says in that version. are you buying any of this absolutely not. and where was the phone now? isaiah said he d thrown it out of his car window. but that didn t make sense either. he texted her that morning after the body s been found saying, are you okay or something to that effect when he knows she s never gonna get the message because he threw her phone out the window. so you believe he was establishing some type of an alibi? he was trying to lay down an alibi at that point. detective kruse raised the heat again. it does not make a damn bit of sense.