She was brave. She was incredibly brave. Why didnt i know she needed me and she was alone and she was hurt . Nothing was the same after that. Nothing. They found her in the soccer field. The student killed by a single bullet. I hit the floor. I remember the pain. The pain comes rushing back, that someone would shoot my child. Why . This was a small town whodunit. What happened that night . Was the answer in her circle of friends . We are trying to find out why. Became and talk to me. Four fbi agents. He is there and has a gun. How can it not be him . A secret spills out in court. It was a bombshell. It definitely was. I felt my heart was ripped out. Halee rathgeber was barely out of her teens, but to friends and siblings, she displayed hello, and welcome to dateline. Halee rathgeber was barely out of her teens but to friends and siblings, she displayed a maternal instinct. Halee enjoy taking care of others so it made sense that she was studying to become a nurse. What made no sense was
grief stricken, halee agonized to tell police over the suspicions. she said what if they want to talk to me? i m like, you talk. you know? reporter: the more she thought about it the more she thought about halee. thaddeus had a bad reputation around town. she could be poking a hornet s nest? making accusations. now halee was dead and heather wondered if thaddeus killed halee to shut her up. i felt like he was looking at serious charges. if i had to look for people who had reasons to hurt her, that would have been number one. reporter: the day after halee was murdered someone sent heather this snapchat video. it was thaddeus brandishing a gun. you got that video, so that must have really heightened your suspicion. huge. i was positive at that point. he did it.