you think that that sort of thing happens to that other people. it s the most frightening thing in the world. a young wife. she always saw the good in people. she had a way to make you smile. missing for nine days. it s so wrong, and nicole is somewhere where she shouldn t be. it was hard enough when they didn t know, much worse when they did. it came over the tv a body had been found. i will never forget that as long as i live. this could go down any number of paths. and it did. had her troubled past finally caught up with her? i saw the pill bottle and i freaked out. or was it something much darker? he told me he would put it in her red bull. how did she change? she became more sexual with people. who wanted her dead? he thought he was somewhat of a player. did it make him a killer? welcome to dateline. nikki pietz was a well liked fitness executive married to the man of her dream, then one night, she was supposed to meet her husb
closing? yes. yes. some old fashion gumshoe investigative work would have to come next, tracking down phone records, credit card statements, anything to pinpoint where nici may have headed after leaving the condo saturday morning. only one more blip on nici s timeline surfaced, a single phone call made around noon on saturday from her cellphone to the gym s front desk while david pietz was working. it s possible that she was driving and had hit one of the towers there. so we were considering that. we are also considering whoever killed her may have had her phone and was still using it. as for that diamond tennis bracelet missing from nicole s wrist when they found her body, the cops began checking pawnshop records in case someone had tried to hawk it. nothing. a police officer spotted nicole pietz s car overnight. the last major piece of the puzzle turned up two weeks after nici had disappeared. her car, a grey jetta, had been found abandoned in a parking lot in seattle s u
nici had reluctantly agreed to let her doctor put her on a carefully monitored prescription for percocet, a potentially addictive narcotic drug. at first she had me keeping the pills and then giving them to her. investigators wondered, had nici s old demons pulled her down again? they delved into nici s last known movements when was the last time you saw nici? friday night. when i got home from work. she was sleeping. david pietz told detectives that nici was sleeping when he arrived home late friday night. and by the morning, she was already gone, off to her special aa celebration, he assumed. i just remember thinking that s where she must be when i woke up. but when she didn t show up to the dinner party that night, he returned to their condo to look for her. he described how her purse, car keys, and grey jetta were gone. but he said something else caught his eye. and it would turn out to be a
nicki s old demons pulled her down again? they delved into nicki s last known movements when was the last time you saw but nicki? friday night. when i got home from work. she was sleeping. david told detectives that nicki was sleeping when he arrived home late friday night. and by the morning, she was already gone. after her special aa celebration, he assumed. i just remember thinking that s where she must be when i woke up. but when she didn t show up to the dinner party that night, he returned to their condos or look for her. he described how her purse, car keys and grey jetta were gone. but he said something else caught his eye. and it would turn out to be a big clue for detectives. nicki s vial of percocet was sitting out on the counter. the bottle is empty. the 56 pill prescription, filled just two days before, gone. because i saw the pill bottle and i freaked out.
noon on saturday from herself on to the gym s front desk while david pietz was working. it s possible that she was driving and hit one of the towers there. so we were considering. that we are also considering whoever killed her may have had her phone and was still using it. as for that diamond tennis bracelet, missing from nicole s wrist when they found her body, the cops began checking pawnshop records in case someone had tried to hawk it. nothing. a police officer spotted nicole pietz s car overnight the last major piece of the puzzle turned up two weeks after nicki had disappeared. her car, a grey jetta, had been found abandoned in a parking lot in seattle s university district. forensic technicians, hungry for clues, crawled through the car. they notice the driver seat had been pushed back. but it is what they didn t find inside that intrigued investigators most. what was found in the car