teacher, and then she has a separate life. reporter: to learn the truth, they d have to uncover her secrets. revisit clues they d missed. that stuck in my mind. what did she mean by that. you re seeing your daughter come unglued right before your eyes? absolutely. i knew with every fiber of my being that he had killed her. but maybe only a complete stranger could reveal what happened on that lonely road. it was a crazy night. the yellow buses pulled up. as the grade schoolers headed for their classrooms, the principal inside was calling an unexpected meeting of the teachers in his office. it was about mrs. abshire, the pretty young kindergarten teacher. he had dreadful news to share. he said, there s no easy way to tell you this. and then he said justin was killed last night. she was hit by a hit and run. and there was silence. fellow kindergarten teacher pat hammons could not believe what she was hearing about her friend justine, the newly wed who taugh
separate life. reporter: to learn the truth, they d have to uncover her secrets. revisit clues they d missed. that stuck in my mind. what did she mean by that. you re seeing your daughter come unglued right before your eyes? absolutely. i knew with every fiber of my being that he had killed her. but maybe only a complete stranger could reveal what happened on that lonely road. it was a crazy night. the yellow buses pulled up. as the grade schoolers headed for their classrooms, the principal inside was calling an unexpected meeting of the teachers in his office. it was about mrs. abshire, the pretty young kindergarten teacher. he had dreadful news to share. he said, there s no easy way to tell you this. and then he said justin was killed last night. she was hit by a hit and run. and there was silence. fellow kindergarten teacher pat hammons could not believe what she was hearing about her friend justine, the newly wed who taught one door away. kathleen wh
reporter: to learn the truth, they d have to uncover her secrets. revisit clues they d missed. that stuck in my mind. what did she mean by that. you re seeing your daughter come unglued right before your eyes? absolutely. i knew with every fiber of my being that he had killed her. but maybe only a complete stranger could reveal what happened on that lonely road. it was a crazy night. the yellow buses pulled up. as the grade schoolers headed for their classrooms, the principal inside was calling an unexpected meeting of the teachers in his office. it was about mrs. abshire, the pretty young kindergarten teacher. he had dreadful news to share. he said, there s no easy way to tell you this. and then he said justin was killed last night. she was hit by a hit and run. and there was silence. fellow kindergarten teacher pat hammons could not believe what she was hearing about her friend justine, the newly wed who taught one door away. kathleen whitley, another
or was there more to justine? she s an accomplished teacher and then she has a separate life. clues they missed. you re seeing your daughter come unglued right before your eyes. absolutely. premonitions they d felt. i just knew with every fiber of my being he had killed her. secrets she kept. she never told us that. but maybe only a complete stranger could reveal what really happened on that lonely road. it was a crazy night. dennis murphy with shattered. thanks for joining us. i m lester holt. as a dad of grown kids, out on their own, i felt the agony of the parents in this story. the call, the dreaded call in the middle of the night n. this case, it s about their beautiful young daughter dead, killed by a hit and run driver. they were told. but to find out what really happened, they soon found themselves on a road of their own, one full of twists and turns that led to a place much darker than they could have ever imagined. here s dennis murphy. t