the word help was scratched in the ground. we found two shovels that had what appeared to be blood on them. that just did it for me. i can t even think about how scared she was. a mother s worst panic. there are no signs to get there. just follow the rough, sandy trail from the subdivisions above, turn a corner and there it is, a creek, a low-twisting moving body of water in north carolina, that s nothing less than a garden of eden for teenagers playing hooky from high school. it was like a beach. if the weather was good, her decision was made, go right to the creek and bypass school all together. tell me about an afternoon at the creek, caroline, what would you do? just go swimming. after we were done swimming we would sit by the fire and get dry, and hurry up and go back to the bus and take it home. they would play all day like frisky otters. innocent fun until one day when this secret teenaged world collided with tragedy. i just knew in my heart s
you re really history here. yeah, he i m not going to take your calls, your texts. good-bye. that s it. blocked her. reporter: what s more, danielle had used a friend s cell phone to do an end run around je michael s block so she could keep texting him. in his round about responses to her, je michael seemed to threaten danielle s life. he wrote: come to my house. the way i m feeling right now i ll shoot you with no hesitation. je michael s going to kill danielle. that he would if what? if she didn t leave him alone. so, get off my case. yup. reporter: detectives had confronted je michael about that message early on. oh, i was heat of the moment. i was just angry. i said some things i didn t mean to say. i love her. if i could take it back, i would. reporter: and remember, je michael had what appeared to be a solid alibi. three people put him at home studying the night danielle disappeared. his phone was there too. and he had to have been with it, b
danielle had used a friend s cell phone to do an end run around je michael s block so she could keep texting him. ? his roundabout responses to her, je michael seemed to threaten danielle s life. he wrote: come to my house. the way i m feeling right now i ll shoot you with no hesitation. je michael s gonna kill danielle. that he would if what? if she didn t leave him alone. so, get off my case. yup. reporter: detectives had confronted je michael about that message early on. oh, i was heat of the moment. i was just angry. i said some things i didn t mean to say. i love her. if i could take it back, i would. reporter: and remember, je michael had what appeared to be a solid alibi. three people put him at home studying the night danielle disappeared. his phone was there too. and he had to have been with it, because he d sent text messages to female friends that night. he had been having flirtatious conversations with several girls. reporter: on top of that,