everything was a blur. all i m thinking is, is shannon really gone? we interviewed her roommates, boyfriends, everybody is a suspect. then a phone rings. right. he says i ve kidnapped her, i have her. and we ran his criminal history. that s when all the bells went off. he pulls in, asked me to get in the car. i feel the cold blade against my neck. he carries me to the basement of his home. it was jaw-dropping! just chilling! they started digging and they found women s clothing. it was just escalating! escalating! there were so many victims, aren t there? there. were there still are. until this guy is no longer in existence. i will carry this fight! hello, and welcome to dateline! shannon melendi dreamed big. at 15, she wanted to become a supreme court justice. in college, she scored a prestigious internship at former president jimmy carter s foundation. then, suddenly she vanished! detectives had a suspect in their sights. but it would take years
of his home. it was jaw-dropping! just chilling! they started digging and they found women s clothing. it was just escalating! escalating! there were so many victims, aren t there? there. were there still are. until this guy is no longer in existence. i will carry this fight! hello, and welcome to hello, and welcome to dateline! shannon melendi dreamed big. at 5, she wanted to become a supreme court justice. in college, she scored as prestigious internship at the headquarters foundation. then, suddenly she vanished! detectives had a suspect in their sights. but it would take years, and the revelation of another teenager s horrific tale, to our unravel the mystery of sharon s disappearance. here s dennis murphy with shannon s story! the snapshots, the videos. they documented her life. the photographer dad, the camera professional captured every moment of his daughter s life. she loved life. she wanted to do everything! these parents did no
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we interviewed her roommates, boyfriend. everyone is a suspect. and then a man said i kidnapped her, we have her, we ran the criminal history. that s when all the bells went off. he pulls in, asking me to get in the car. i feel the cold blade against my neck. he carries cme to the basement of his home. it was jaw dropping, just chilling. they started digging and they found women s clothing. it was escalating. there were so many victims? yes, there still are. until this guy is in longer in existence. i ll carry this fight. ecome a supreme court justice. ge, hello and welcome to dateline. shannon melindi dreamed big. at 15 she wanted to become a supreme court justice. in college she scored a foundation. detectives had a suspect in their sight, but it would take years. a horrific tail to unravel the mystery of shannon s disappearance. here is dana murphy with shannon s story. reporter: the videos, the document reof her life. reporter: the professional dad
very little. what did you find? that house was gone through with a fine tooth comb, they say. they also took a cadaver dog down there to see if there was any evidence of a body being there. we found nothing down there. no sign that shannon had ever been there? that we could find. but, in the trash pit behind hinten s house, they did find something interesting. a collection of women s clothing. anything from shannon, any garnet, any apparel? there was nothing of evidence to link him in those search warrants to shannon. what about shannon s car found abandoned at the gas station? the officer on the scene let shannon s friend driving back to campus, that meant any forensic evidence was contaminated. this was our first mistake. that we made in the case. not to beat that officer back in the day up, but what was the protocol there? what should ve happened when you had come upon the abandoned vehicle? somebody should ve from investigation should ve said release the car