she was brave. she was incredibly brave. why didn t 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 n
The coroner would cite the cause of death as a gunshot wound. what did it tell you she was shot in the back of the head? she knew and trusted the person she was with. could you get a sense of her last moments? the evidence shows she had lived for a while after being shot. you could see it in the gravel? you could. it almost looked like a snow angel where her leg moved back and forth. this was odd. next to the woman leia blue tie will. other than that, there was little to the crime scene. did you find a weapon? a bullet? a casing? no. we had detectives get on their hands and knees with scissors and cut the grass away looking for a shell casing or bullet or anything. we did not know who she was. there was no identification or phone. nothing laying with her