heart. there was something else something about his past. something deadly. i just came in the house and saw janet on the floor. she was crying. i was in shock. his whole life was shattered. he said i should probably let you know my wife was actually murdered. killed in a crime that had never been solved. she was always the perfect victim. what about him? he had been the focus of his first wife s mysterious death. was he a victim, too? i. who would want to believe that? hello and welcome to dateline. vanessa was a single parent looking for a second chance at love. more than 2,000 miles away, he was a suspect in his wife s unsolved murder. vanessa clung to the tree they could live happily ever after. she d found plenty of the wrong guys but in front of her was someone different. we met at a daycare. she was 25 and a single parent. in 2017, she met raven. like vanessa. he was single and raising a child alone. he was very charming. you fell for hi
as the trees that reach for the sky. i think she s dead! it eats at me. i can t sleep most of the time. reporter: a crime like a storm everyone could see it coming. everybody in town has their suspicions. she was missing the matriarch with a grip on the family s powerful fortune. did someone have a powerful motive to do her harm? i saw bruises on bonnie s arms, like someone had grabbed her. she looked at him and said you tried to kill me. who was behind this? a search in the dark. right there, right there! a secret in the family. and a jailhouse interview to make your jaw drop! reporter: you said you wished she were dead. and then later, she became dead! i m lester holt, and this dateline is a twisted tale deep in the heart of texas. people who are desperate will do desperate things. in this country power and mon and struggle to get hands on both, the saga of a proud texas family never as cold hearted as some of the people you re about to mee
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rivalries and betrayal and murder. what were the last hours on earth like for her? it lurks here on this storied family estate, a mystery as tangled and gnarled as the trees that reach for the sky. i think she s dead. i can t sleep most of the time. a crime like a storm. everyone could see it coming. she was missing, the matriarch with a grip on her powerful family fortune. did someone have a powerful motive to do her harm? i saw bruises on bonnie s arms, like someone had grabbed her. she looked at him and said, you tried to kill me. who is behind this? a search in the dark. a secret in the family, and the jailhouse interview to make your jaw drop. you said you wished you were dead, and then later, she became dead. this is a twisted tale deep in the heart of texas. people who are desperate will do desperate things. erate hello, and welcome to dateline. a city in the texas hill country, although tiny in size, it is huge in the pecan growing business, ev
where most of those killed lived. josh green called it a heartbreaking day and likely the worst natural disaster in the state s history. there will be active recovery over the coming days and weeks of the bones of those who have been lost. so it will take time. to give perspective, it is going to take many years to rebuild lahaina. when you see the full extent of the destruction of lahaina it will shock you. it does appear like a bomb and fire went off, if i may say. and all of those buildings, virtually, are going to have it will be a new lahaina. this is all happening as the extent of the devastation becomes clearer, as our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. much of the hawaiian island of maui is now scorched earth. a pilot can hardly believe what he s seeing. oh, my gosh! look at the harbour! this looks like baghdad or something. the historic town of lahaina barely exists any more. since the fire began on tuesday, it has ripped through, fuelled by hurricane f