someone over to be saying, this is our violent crime advocate. i was steeling myself for it already because of the massive police presence. they said they believed he had been murdered. craig rideout, father of seven, cared deeply about his kids. he was a loving man. provider, warm. so, it was puzzling and alarming when he vanished. to say craig is not here. here i said that s weird. i didn t know what was. happening i know something is wrong. i don t know how wrong. a disturbing discovery in the basement. blood articles found on the walls. he appeared there was some kind of ambush. revelations about craig s wife. craig didn t want to believe there was a romantic relationship between them. it became painfully obvious that there was. and in the park, two young men acting strangely. they identified alexander rideout. the victims to ? the victims to. finally, a string of security videos would lay their the bone chilling truth. a diabolical plan
it was like oh, wow. he did it. he took off and we didn know where he was. he took off, and we did not know where he was. call it a mother intuition. she had a sign. i don t know how, something wa wrong. her daughter away at colleg was not answering her phone. she was scared. she did not know where ale was. then, terrible news, student had been murdered, i young woman, but apparently it was not alex the girl on the floor had very dark, almost black colore hair she had much lighter hair. so, who was it, and where was alex at that point, it was one that, and perhaps anothe missing. the color could be roaming campus of students we were really scared in a serious tweet. what did you think? i don t exactly know. a terrifying phone call my son just called and told me he killed somebody. and a terrible truth. i did not know how, and i did not know who and i did not know anything. i just knew she was gone hello, and welcome to dateline
provider, warm. so, it was puzzling and alarming when he vanished. to say craig is not. here i said that s weird. i didn t know what was. happening i know something is wrong. i don t know how wrong. a disturbing discovery in the basement. articles found on the walls. he appeared there was some kind of ambush. revelations about craig s wife. craig didn t want to be. there was a romantic relationship between them. it became painfully obvious that there was. and in the park, two young men had they identified alexander right out. the victims to? since the victims to. sounds finally, a string of security videos would lay their the bone chilling truth. a diabolical plan is forming here. i we. i was stunned, absolutely stunned. stunned. remember just holding him, crying. this is a family divided like no other. yeah. hello, and welcome to dateline. the rideout appear to be a tight-knit family. so when parents craig and laura, told their sev
fist and yelling coming you re done. and one of the men on the scene in a help the congressman and here to tell us what happened at. carley: we begin with ashley strohmier with the breaking details, ashley, good morning. the gubernatorial candidate and congressman lee zeldin getting attacked at a campaign stop last night. now, you can see a man jump on stage while lee zeldin was speaking. the police say he approaches and start swinging his sharp weapon towards his neck. that terrifying moment was caught on camera, watch. there is only one option. you re done. speak with the monroe county sheriff s offer say the suspect man was taken into custody and charged with attempted assault. zeldin was able to grab the man and hold him off until others can jump in and tackle him, the attendees who stepped up to quickly assist and the law enforcement officers who quickly responded. as resolute as ever to do my part to make new york safe again. the suspect will likely bit back
zeldin. he was released just hours later. there is only one option. [shouting] the suspect climbs on the stage, rushes toward is zeldin and tries to hold him off. he was quickly tackled by others on stage. a witness describes the terrifying scene. went behind the stage and saw him as he began to approach congressman zeldin and so i stepped up onto the stage, saw the attacker try to get into zeldin s face and swing. i could see what looked like a razor, knife of some sort at the congressman. i tackled the attacker from the back and slammed him to the ground. thank goodness for that. team coverage. former assistant attorney andy mccarthy is standing by and first to david lee miller live from the new york city newsroom. this could have turned out a lot differently david lee. could have been a great deal worse. the man who allegedly attacked lee zeldin has been released without bail. just what zeldin predicted. he is running for governor of new york delivering a speech