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
we were in that much danger and didn t even know it. what were you be willing to give me today to move past the police investigation? it was january, 2009. brenda konstantin and her husband brian rodgers, and their three teenagers, two boys and a girl, spent the new year s holiday the way they always had. a trip out of town and then back to their home. a mid class suburb in the capital city, ottawa. it s a very family oriented community, lots of young families. lots of kids. but as you say? in a town which is very safe, orlean seemed particularly safe. there s never a lot of crime. in january, when brian and brenda got into their home on friday evening. the family house in orleans seemed exactly as they left it. but bryan did notice something odd. the digital clock in the room, on the left side of the bread, was blinking. i thought it was unusual but did not think much of it. and then you went ahead and just continued? carried on our lives. and nev
it was getting dark as the hunter pulled the trigger, the shape someone said looked like a bear wasn t. i heard this god awful scream. but was this an accident? there was absolutely no allegation of evil intent. or something else? he says i m worth more to her dead than i am alive. hello, and welcome to dateline. to outsiders, every marriage is a mystery. some who knew the couple in our story saw two people in love, others a marriage in trouble. but all agreed this husband and wife had one thing going for them, they both loved hunting. they were also both excellent shots, so good they rarely missed whatever the target. here s keith morrison with as darkness fell. twilight, the day going that s, now the night eating up the wild black fast now, the meadow, wild blackwood. what did she know, now as she studied herself in the truck bed, was it hours ago did she know already back at the camp in the morning? or was it later, much later, when they showed her th
i heard this god awful scream. was this an accident? there was absolutely no allegation of evil intent. or something else? i m with more to her dead than i am alive. hello, and welcome to dateline. to outsiders, every marriage is a mystery. some who knew the couple in our story sought to people in love, others a marriage in trouble. but, all agree this husband and wife did have one thing going for them, they both loved hunting. they were also both excellent shots, so good they rarely missed whatever the target. here s keith moore with as darkness fell. twilight, the day going fast now, the meadow, a while in blackwood. what did she know, now as she studied, herself was it hours ago on did she know already back at the camp in the morning? where was it later, much later that they showed her the evidence, and darkness that swallowed them all. they call it the rock, this gorgeous island with this fishing and cove and mile after mile of woods. a place to fall in lo