something is not right. someone said the motel owner had checked out and left town. they saw her in line to get onto an airplane. but her prized carts horned up with the ex con behind the wheel. we thought, oh my god, it was him, he killed her. was it really that simple? her personal life was really complicated. a younger boyfriend. the man was charismatic. drop dead gorgeous. and, and estranged husband. caught him having sex in room 11. the case really started to sizzle when somebody torched the motel. someone was trying to destroy some evidence or something. this is a murder mystery of epic proportions. people were obsessed with this case. can this get any more bizarre? hello, and welcome to dateline. she moved there for her own piece of heaven on earth. life on a sunny island in florida. when she vanished, her friends knew it wasn t her idea to leave. but that was about all they were sure about in this complicated missing persons case. the here is
she was an 18-year-old girl. it broke my heart. it destroyed me. what do you do? you just keep fighting. heidi allen was sweet, spirited, and supersmart. test more, no sweat. yeah. she took a job here to earn cash for college. she wanted to be responsible. she was working the early shift on easter sunday, that s when she vanished. they called from the store, i can t find heidi. they noticed somebody wrestling with somebody in a van. the theory became two brothers did it together. mystery solved? maybe not. years later during a chance encounter they said to us do you really want to know what happened to her? a horrifying story. he said i grabbed her like this an old case blown wide open. i said we can t let this go. two women teaming up for the truth. if you think i m going to walk away, they are mistaken. uncovering an astonishing twist. attached was a photograph from heidi allen. it had a code name julia roberts. a teen with a se
At haley s motel. longtime friends nancy ambrose and susan fox. had always been her lifetime dream to have her own resort. haley s came on the market. at the time it was pretty rundown. and we were like, oh, you ve got your hands full here. we knew that them could do it. the two of them could turn this around. and they did. tom did the fixing. sabina had the ideas. they invited the whole town to their quirky events. dress up parties. hello. welcome to haley s motel. please join me for a tour. this is her with jackie moe, her ever-present parrot. she was the star of her own promotional videos for the hotel. i hope you like our room so far. all the activities we offer you. neighbor barbara hines.
She would not even allow people to smoke around her. she would not allow people to smoke at the hotel property. she was kind of a health fanatic. she was. had a private personal trainer. she was very in the health. so they arrested corona. threw him into a county jail. in the mueller earning, drove over to haley s motel to talk to sabina husband tom. and tom said he hadn t seen sabina in a couple of days. he hadn t file a missing persons report, but did after police came around. was he like? what was the impression of the guy? he was concerned for her well-being. she wouldn t answer her phone, he couldn t find her. and something else, according to tom. sabina never let anybody drive her car. not even him. now there was a stolen car, a missing woman, and unknown criminal. not adding up to a good
In the kids and. turns out that the haley s motel fire was intentionally started with accelerant. bill s shoes were tested later, and had traces of accelerant to. but that was not enough to make a case. so, do they arrest bill and charged with murdering subpoena? no they did not. a nobody case would be very tough said the prosecutor s. there was no proof that the woman was even dead. so the detectives turned up the heat. somebody knocking out the door, i want to talk to you. we had a legitimate safety concern for other residents. especially if he wound up getting with another female. and bill couldn t take it. he left an a maria highland. left the county. unfortunately for him, that was a probation violation. so before long, bill was in jail. while the detectives kept looking for sabrina.