Im here with the news from europe, including honouring the death. France holds a service for the soldiers killed in the Central African republic. A spectacular show from italys mt etna. There are concerns its happening too frequently. The United Nations launched its largestever appeal for aid, wanting to raise 6. 5 pillion to help syrians cope after 2. 5 years of war. 2. 5 million have left because the conflict and it could rise to 4. 1 million by the end of next year. For many who stayed behind the situation is dire. People cannot afford to eat. The price of food has gone up 500 since the conflict began. Food that can be bought is scarce. 80 of people are worried about food running out and access to clean water is a problem. James bays is live for us at the u. N. Headquarters in new york. They are the awful statistics from the ground. Talk us through the latest appeal by the u. N. To try to help that. Things are getting worse. Back in june i launched the headline today, launching the
Believe this. This is like watching a tv show. Youre telling us to go search for the onearmed man. Well, we found indian joe. Thats all true . Oh, yeah, thats all true. What else would we find . Theres a maniac out there. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with a story of deadly intent. Youre looking at the life of the hoagland family of san diego played out in brief. Moments stretching across the years from the prosaic to the profound. Thats the mom, connie. Just after she gave birth to son jonathan. Look over here, guy, one, two, three. Here he is six years later after losing a tooth. Hey, jonathan, thats a great smile you have there. Reporter this is oldest daughter jill learning to play golf. Thats a nice one, jill. Reporter and this is her little sister jaclyn. Today the kids are grown. Jill has a child of her own. Jaclyn is married and jonathan has graduated high school. And looking back, the childhood they describe is one of stability and routine. Just n
Accidents just seemed to keep happening. Deadly ones. Thoughts kept coming up. Intuition that something just wasnt right. Wife number two had a growing suspicion, and she also had a plan. I had actually watched an episode of dateline and had this revelation. A dangerous mission. Was her own life at risk . This is a mystery novel that wont end. You couldnt write this storyline. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Tonight, Andrea Canning with a tale of deadly deceit. Snapshots of a time gone by. Capturing a life that could have be been. Youll thats left are the burned out remnant of a life thats gone. Ive seen the destruction to my family. Ive seen my parents fall apart. I didnt think my life was going to turn out like this at all. Had this not come to a head now, the mystery would have lived on. The Carlson Family would have always wondered what really happened. The story begins here around the finger lakes, a stunning part of upstate new york. This is where the Carlson Family put dow
And lord, bless that nasty chinaman that lives across the street. Even though i dont like him, and he doesnt believe in you, and probably eats his pets. But he did help build the railroads, and he is still one of your children, made in your image, blahblahblah. Amen. Amen amen. Now, do we eat . You pray, then you eat, right . Boy, youre in for a treat. Mom makes a great christmas spread. Oh. I got a beautiful honeybaked ham, scalloped potatoes, homemade green beans and german chocolate cake. Oh, so my prayers were answered. laughs and we will enjoy it right after mass. Mass what . Christmas mass. Mikey and i used to go every year until you pushed your way into the family photo. Well, if thats something you two enjoy sharing together, im fine to just stay here with jim and the ham. Well go as a family. Youre coming, too. Patty, would you mind warming up the car while i go put on my christmas frock . Absolutely. Your toasty chariot will await. Want to look nice for the lord. Guess these
Jill has a child of her own. Jaclyn is married and jonathan has graduated high school. And looking back, the childhood they describe is one of stability and routine. Just normal happy family, i say it would be. Mmhmm. We go to church on sundays. Wed have movie nights or Family Vacation that we had taken, usually disneyland, which is our favorite. Everything was just as a family. Everything was perfect. Reporter they loved each other and they had a good marriage. Exactly. Reporter the patriarch of the hoagland family, larry, was a leader in their church and a professional photographer who can be heard off camera gently directing his children through these precious kodak moments. Dad thats good. Keep going. I always remember getting sick of it because i just wanted to have fun and we always had to pause and take a picture, which kind of got annoy pg after a while, but looking back, nice to see the picture, i guess. Reporter mom connie loved being with her kids so much that, as they grew