Narrator Joel Patrick Courtney was sitting in jail in albuquerque. It was december 2004. The married father of three was facing decades in prison if convicted of kidnapping, sexual assault, and battery charges. As investigators began checking out the possible link to Brooke Wilbergers case, a call went out to her family. They had waited more than six months for news, any news, about their daughters disappearance. Now, there was a man in custody who they thought might be able to reunite them with their daughter, just as Elizabeth Smart had been returned to her family. What are you thinking in that when you hear this . Actually, i had prayed so faithfully all fall that whoever had done this would make a mistake. And when i heard the news, i thought, they made a mistake. They tried it again. And No One Else knew what id prayed, because i hadnt told anyone else, because it was always, Find Brooke. You know, help us to Find Brooke. I guess that was a selfish prayer, you know, to help whoeve
door, i love you. and that was last time i talked to her. i said worth broke, he said we can t find her. a college student vanishes. i had this chill go through my whole body. they asked us do of the crime scene? no we don t, we have flip-flops in a parking lot. we had a community that was scared, who is going to be the next victim? 1000 miles away, another student in danger. she said he s got a knife and trying to kill me. there was a girl there and there was blood. this is not the first time that he s done this. one case would help solve the other. one man behind two mysteries. this was dynamite to us, that is the smoking gun. you re not going to believe what we found. we ve gotten so close. i want to know where she is. some images are eternal. timeless. one moment of the future seems immeasurable, the possibilities endless. but, in an instance, you can be left with only memories to hold until the end of time. brooke wilbur lived as if she had
mischievous kid with a sweet little spirit and hilarious laugh. days before, corvallis police got that call from albuquerque and heard joel courtney s name for the first time, dina received a call herself. it was from joel s wife with word of his arrest in new mexico. dina and her mother took in the news together. how did your mom react? she was horrified. you know, there were very few details, that she felt like the truth needs to come out. but the truth was hard to figure out in those first moments. the scowling man in the mug shot was hardly the joel his sister knew when he was little. i remember him coming home from the hospital. i remember him toddling. i remember all the classic childhood milestones and we were a very, very happy family. at some point did you see a shift? when he was probably 11-ish, he started hanging out with some older kids.
china has hit the stage. performing in a field that offers little training. she taught herself these moves, how to work her body to entice. she s a master of seduction. even i can t look away. i see men, mesmerized by her movements. and then i realize she s only 21. she s someone s daughter. how did your mom react when she found out you were dancing? we haven t talked about it. you live with your mom still? yeah. you ve never talked about it? never. iman, does your family know that you re dancing? my mom and i don t really get along.
to see if they meet our standards. if they make the cut, we bring them in, we take them upstairs. we explain the rule, and we ll see if they ve got what it takes. ladies and gentlemen, china joining us on dollhouse. china stepping up on dollhouse pedestal. china has hit the stage. performing in a field that offers little training. she taught herself these moves, how to work her body to entice. she s a master of seduction. even i can t look away. i see men, mesmerized by her movements. and then i realize she s only 21. she s someone s daughter. how did your mom react when she found out you were dancing?