is dateline. she s the little girl that one hard in a big city they called you the miracle baby, why did they call you. that shot in the head at point blank range, a crime scene that shocked, even hardened police. dorothy explorer pillow and it had blood on it. as she fought to live, this detective vowed to catch whoever left her, soon he turned up a promising lead. bells and whistles go off in my head. in the hospital she battled back. to know that she had survived was a pretty powerful moment. not just her body, but her mind. they was the guy that came in the daycare, and erika said don t let him hurt me. she had handed investigators what could be a vital clue. but would it be enough to crack the case? . hello and welcome to dateline. i m craig melvin. it all started when the crime but not even police could believe. a little girl, just a toddler. shot in the head deliberately, left for dead by a killer who then disappeared but a, defective vowed
the person rushed away from the house, through the pill bottles, and credit cards into the getaway car, and drove off. a few miles away, whoever was in the car got rid of the hot property. testing the empty pill bottles, and credit cards, out of the window. along with the cadillac manual. that is how everything ended up together in the drainage ditch. i think there were describing stuff, and i believe they thought, well, we don t want to, she s dead. rick asked if the pharmacist knew who broke into his car. he said, i do not know for sure, but i have a good idea. the pharmacist remembered, and store security cameras confirmed, a man in a baseball cap, and another man, came into the walgreens at 9:30 pm, on may 17th. just hours before she was shot. he said, they didn t look like they were regular shoppers at our walgreens. most of our prescription customers, our regular. he went on to say, they came
guys are sprinting? forever. you were holding her head, and you were holding her legs. we guys like this? yes, just like this, pretty much just like this. when they finally reached the cart, they handed her to two ems firefighters in the backseat. now retired officer, stephen, jump behind the wheel. in my car i said, go as fast as you can go. just go. kelsey gunned it for the three mile trip to the hospital in downtown louisville. i was thinking about my own kids. it could ve been any of my children. we re all fathers. the nbc station, wave tv, captured the dramatic final moments of the high-speed motorcade, as it made the left turn towards a hospital. with traffic, officer kelsey said, the ride can take up to 15 minutes. how long did it take you? two or three. across town, another part of the story, unfolding inside of this house. all day long, harold harper, and his wife, judith, were wondering why they could not
of life in rick are no investigation. . it was a mystifying discovery that would turn out to be crucial. why is this with all these personal effects of aaron harper? did it make sense, does it? made zero sense. coming up an unlikely car, a cadillac, leads to an unlikely clue. when dateline continues. unlikely clue. unlikely clue. when and boat.rv.life. .home and more. you could save up to forty-five percent. (man) that s a whole lot of discounts. ngs, and you could save a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. (kid) sup, dad! (burke) seventeen-car garage you got there? we are farmers bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum
admission number. won the interview nearly over, when barry had a request, one of the strangers that recovered. i know this is hard to ask the police this i need to smoke a blunt. a blunt is a king size, marijuana cigarette. i had never been asked that. before now, it was time to interrogate. williams and he proved to be a tougher nut to crack. first impression of him? he s. hard-core he s hard-core to the mask. i did not shoot the lady. i did not do nothing to her or her baby. he also denied everything and blame the man in the other room, quisenberry. . did you have a gun? yes. what color was it? black. willis kept insisting that he was not even in the house. but rick needed to get him inside. as he had with quiz. amber i wanted him in the house, not outside by a car, knocked down by the, street by the stop. sign and he needed. fast all the, he didn t realize how fast at the time.