i just turned on the news, woman found murdered in denver, colorado. i just grabbed my son and screamed and cried. was it somebody she worked with at the radio station? could it be the boyfriend that she just broke up with and december? you re giving the detectives names of people? yes. he looked at everything. i was even like, where was ted bundy at that time? we have to look under every stone, every pebble,. they re talking about hundreds of names here. hundreds, thousands. she is driven. her tenacity is just remarkable. i knew i was going to find him. it was a competition between him and i. your heart is pounding like, oh, my gosh. this is real. i said, i found him. i know who killed helene. hello and welcome to dateline . helene pruszynski lift by a simple philosophy, smile and make the best of everything. the budding journalist did just that as she started a college internship in radio. then helene was murdered. the investigation led detectives
I just turned on the news, woman found murdered in denver, colorado. I just grabbed my son and screamed and cried. Was it somebody she worked with at the Radio Station . Could it be the boyfriend that she just broke up with in december . Youre giving the detectives names of people . Yes. He looked at everything. I was even like, where was ted bundy at that time . We have to look under every stone, every pebble. Theyre talking about hundreds of names here. Hundreds, thousands. She is driven. Her tenacity is just remarkable. I knew i was going to find him. It was a competition between him and i. Your heart is pounding like, oh, my gosh. This is real. I said, i found him. I know who killed helene. Hello and welcome to dateline. Helene pruszynski lift by a simple philosophy, smile and make the best of everything. The budding journalist did just that as she started a College Internship in radio. Then helene was murdered. The Investigation Led detectives into the darkest corners of the crimi
Yes. He looked at everything. I was even like, where was ted bundy at that time . We have to look under every stone, every pebble. Theyre talking about hundreds of names here. Hundreds, thousands. She is driven. Her tenacity is just remarkable. I knew i was going to find him. It was a competition between him and i. Your heart is pounding like, oh, my gosh. This is real. I said, i found him. I know who killed helene. Hello and welcome to dateline. Helene pruszynski lift by a simple philosophy, smile and make the best of everything. The budding journalist did just that as she started a College Internship in radio. Then helene was murdered. The Investigation Led detectives into the darkest corners of the criminal world, before a groundbreaking investigative tool helped bring the killers secret to light. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with a promise to helene. 40 years is a long time. Thats 40 winters here in colorado. And countless snowfalls. It was on a day like this that young woman disappeared.
am trying a case, what drives me the most is the victims that i wanted to speak for them. i wanted to speak for helene. i just turned on the news. woman found murdered in denver, colorado. i just grabbed my son and screamed and cried. was it someone she worked with at the radio station, could it be the boyfriend that she just broke up with in december marks you are giving the detectives names of people? yes, we looked at everything. i was even like, where was ted bundy at that time? we have to look at every stone, every bubble. hundreds, thousands. she is driven. her tenacity is just remarkable. i knew i was going to find him. it was a competition between he and i. your heart is pounding like, oh my god, this is real. i said, i found him, i know who killed helene. hello and welcome to dateline. helene brezinski lived by a simple philosophy, smile and make the best of everything. the budding journalist did just that as she started a internship in college ra
said hey, if this is somebody in my family that did this, they should be arrested for the crime. there should be justice for this young victim. what s that like for you knowing your sort of pursuing this, this cipher? haven t been a competitive athlete most of my life, really it was a competition between him and i. i knew i was gonna find him, i wanted to win for helene. and by the fall of 2019, detective jensen seemed to be making progress. after speaking with contacts through the database and building those family trees, she had found a woman whose dna was so close to that of the killer she might be a first cousin. there was just one problem. that first cousin didn t really know her family, the family wasn t close. would there be any way to fill out that possibly critical family tree? the cousin put jensen in touch with another cousin. when you talk to that woman you think this is it, we re getting close? yeah, i knew, this is it, i m on the right track, i m gonna figure