my son just killed my wife. two separate calls, two separate stories about the same haunting crime. but only one caller was telling the truth. father versus son. i grabbed him. i said, stop! he throws me to the ground. he s very good at making up stories. but that s not true. each is accusing the other of the crime. yes. and you have to figure out who the killer is. that s the problem. broken glasses, a pair of sandals, speck of blood. would investigators get it right? no one on our side of the family had any doubt. we may have the wrong guy in jail here. would a jury? it was just such a battle. both sides are coming guns blazing. i m lester holt and this is dateline. hello and welcome to dateline. a woman was brutally murdered in her own bed. which was what came next that shocked investigators. her husband and son both pointing fingers at each other. police knew one of them had to be spinning an incredible tale. what story would the evidence t
savanna lee barnett is missing from isle of palms, south carolina. a child who suddenly vanished. the most important thing in my life was taken from me. just instant horror of where is she? what had happened to baby savanna? the answer would come decades later and astonish the world. it happened so fast, i couldn t fathom what was going on. imagine, your mother a fugitive. your father a stranger. your home, your name, your past was any of it real? the first thing i felt, just a pit in my stomach. i just felt like it was my fault. a mother s crime. a father s pain. what kinds of emotions did it stir up when you would see that crib? it would just make me cry. a daughter forced to face the shattering truth. i was shocked and i was just terrified. hello and welcome to dateline. a father left childless and a daughter left questioning her very identity. it was a case that started as a custody battle, but turned into an international mystery that spanned tw
life. it was really emotional and it was heartbreaking. it was absolutely heartbreaking. a wife and mom, and in her bedroom. a frantic call to 911. okay, calm down, sir. moments later? another. my son just killed my wife. two separate calls, two separate stories about the same hunting crime, but only one caller was telling the truth. father versus son. i grabbed him, i said stop, he throws me to the ground. is very good at making up stories, but that s not true. he s just accusing the other of the crime. r yes. and you have to figure out who the killer is? that s the problem. broken glasses, a pair of sandals, specs of blood, what investigators get it wrong? no one on our side of the family had any doubt. we may have the wrong guy in jail here. what a jury? it was just such a battle, both sides were coming, guns blazing. hello, welcome to dateline. a woman was brutally murdered wo in her own bed, but it was what was came next that shocked inv
What do we make of this mind-boggling whodunnit where no one can say for sure who murdered diane kyne? leaving a husband and son, still pointing the finger at each other, still professing love for diane but one of them still defiantly lying about having killed her. i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline. it s like a bloody movie and it is. it s just so intense and so deep. you go through all of these range of emotions that you don t know, you know? that was the first time i started to care about my life. i could have been an entirely different person. it was a mind-boggling mystery for almost 20 years, and she was at the center. i m john walsh. 1-year-old
In pinellas county, florida, are used to dealing with life and death emergencies. but this one was different. diane kyne was dead. her husband and son were both distraught and both making frantic calls. first, kevin. my dad s trying to kill me. help me, please. he s outside of my house. he s choking me. okay, calm down. he killed my mom. stay on the phone with me. i can t hold on much longer. reporter: and then, bill. my son just killed my wife. he and my wife were arguing and he was choking her. where is your son? he he ran out the door. reporter: two calls from the same location, just minutes apart. kevin kyne and his step-father bill each accusing the other of murder. oh, please. sir? be quick. reporter: tampa bay times reporter curtis krueger says the competing calls were even more unusual because they were made in the heat of the moment. one person, presumably, is