we did consider that her husband made known that she was having an affair. where was? she there were no. answers nearly 30 years, 60 investigators, and it all kept coming back to one elusive suspect. he just very commonly said, i know how to get rid of a body, so it would never ever be found. him? murder something that could be done over it was basically an hour never situation. hello, welcome to dateline. when kathy had cole disappeared, police didn t know if they are dealing with a missing person case or cold-blooded murder. with little evidence to go on, the investigation grew cold. decades later, a young detective who was just a kid when kathy vanished, dusted off the old files. investigators couldn t solve her case then, could he help solve it now? here is josh mankiewicz, with she didn t come home. time can be like a river, a long stream of events rushing by. most barely make a ripple, but a few, like the sudden loss of a close friend, a child or a p
into such a depraved monster? and how would police ultimately discover his evil secret? godzik: i remember being in bed. my mother came into my room and said, do you know where your brother is? i said, no. and she said, he didn t come home. it just wasn t something we were used to. and immediately, she called the police, and they said to my mother, well, what do you want us to do about it? 17-year-olds are goofy. they all run away. but they ll be back. that was the mantra. he ll be back. don t worry about it. albrecht: the 70s was a different time. kids were running away all the time.
solve it now? here is josh mankiewicz, with she didn t come home. time can be like a river, a long stream of events rushing by. most barely make a ripple, but a few, like the sudden loss of a close friend, a child or a parent, have a way of circling back upon us, in a ceaseless loop of memory in regret. that s the way it s been four john heckel and his sister alisha tell bit. ever since that completely normal morning in 1991, when their mom, katherine dolan heckel kissed him goodbye, left for work and never returned. law do you remember leaving that morning? yeah. i mean, like any other day. same routine all the time,
now, back to dateline. now, back to dateline. welcome back to dateline, i m natalie morales. investigators suspected kathy heckle may have been murdered. but, with nobody, and little evidence, the case went into a deep freeze for decades. kathy s family had never been able to shake the chill of their inconceivable loss. now, a new detective was about to turn up the heat. here, again, is josh mankiewicz with she didn t come home. for more than 20 years, kathy heckles children lived with the feeling of unfocused fear. it s an unsettling feeling. an unsettling feeling of fear that, eventually, something great in my life can be taken away at any moment. and you think that could be