of his home. it was jaw-dropping! just chilling! they started digging and they found women s clothing. it was just escalating! escalating! there were so many victims, aren t there? there. were there still are. until this guy is no longer in existence. i will carry this fight! hello, and welcome to hello, and welcome to dateline! shannon melendi dreamed big. at 5, she wanted to become a supreme court justice. in college, she scored as prestigious internship at the headquarters foundation. then, suddenly she vanished! detectives had a suspect in their sights. but it would take years, and the revelation of another teenager s horrific tale, to our unravel the mystery of sharon s disappearance. here s dennis murphy with shannon s story! the snapshots, the videos. they documented her life. the photographer dad, the camera professional captured every moment of his daughter s life. she loved life. she wanted to do everything! these parents did no
All im thinking is, is shannon really gone . We interviewed her roommates, boyfriends, everybody is a suspect. Then a phone rings. Right. He says ive kidnapped her, i have her. And we ran his criminal history. Thats when all the bells went off. He pulls in, asked me to get in the car. I feel the cold blade against my neck. He carries me to the basement of his home. It was jawdropping just chilling they started digging and they found womens clothing. It was just escalating escalating there were so many victims, arent there . There were. There still are. Until this guy is no longer in existence. I will carry this fight hello, and welcome to dateline Shannon Melendi dreamed big. At 15, she wanted to become a Supreme Court justice. In college, she scored a prestigious internship at former president jimmy carters foundation. Then, suddenly she vanished detectives had a suspect in their sights. But it would take years, and the revelation of another teenagers horrific tale, to unravel the mys
Him. butch never really confessed per se to anybody. but he made a horribly incriminating statements to 38 inmates that to me worse so believable. one of them remembered an eerie late night conversation. but she had woken up in the middle of the night and said i don t do this, a demon inside of me kill that girl. and went back to sleep. and yet jill hill snitches, as they re called, get a lot of side eye. and what is this guy get an exchange for sitting here and telling us the story? right right. but the state had other witnesses to bring in stories of the criminal past. tammy singleton went to court to see how he kidnapped and assaulted her when she was 14. and to show that he no longer had any power over her. are you seeing him? did you make any eye contact? i made the point to look at him. i did look directly at him and forcefully say what transpired. i needed people to understand