and this is dateline. this doesn t happen in our happy little world. their world shattered, a young mother strangled. we had a homicide and no lso no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. she slept with the children and the door locked. and finally a vital clue. what happened to nancy the day she disappeared? welcome to dateline. a young mother disappeared one her husband said she went for a run and never came home. the puzzling case happened in a safe, suburban neighborhood where crime is unexpected. but sometimes there are secrets hidden behind closed. nothing about that morning made any sense. it seems like such a bad nightmare. this doesn t happen our happy little world. it was a saturday morning in july 2008. the happy total world of sweet and leafy suburb of raleigh north carolina, called carry. the sort of place a young family would aspire to. if you are someone like hannah pritchard, for example. there s always l
also no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. she slept with the children and the door locked. and finally a vital clue. what happened to nancy the day she disappeared? welcome to dateline. a young mother disappeared one her husband said she went for a run and never came home. the puzzling case happened in a safe, suburban neighborhood where crime is unexpected. but sometimes there are secrets hidden behind closed. it all seemed like such a bad . it. . at reporter: it was a saturday morning in july. the happy little world suburb of raleigh, north carolina, called cary, a place where a young family would aspire to if you were someone like hanna pritchard, for example. there s always lots of friend making going on through someone you meet. lots of cookouts and family functions. reporter: like the one in the neighborhood the night before. so hanna would have heard party stories that saturday morning from her friend nancy co
surely she would have called. hanna cooled her heels. at 1:00 the phone rang and i saw on the caller i.d. it was her,,, have you been. he said no, hanna, it s brad. nancy s still not back. reporter: now brad was worried. i really started to panic. reporter: especially when she learned nancy had also stood up another of their friends. they called the local hospital. no sign of nancy. they called nancy s twin sister christa up in canada. have you talked to nancy today? she went for a run and she hasn t returned yet and we re very worried about her. can you call us? it you know about this kind of stuff? you would think. reporter: krista calls her older brother jeff, who is a police officer in edmonton,. my first reaction, okay, she s it, she just needs some space or time. she ll turn up. reporter: when nancy s parents, gary and donna, heard
july 11th. the day before nancy went missing. no sign of nancy. this is the most pointed piece of premeditation, if you they called nancy s twin sister will. christa up in canada. reporter: but, proof of have you talked to nancy intent? stop dancing around the pain today? maybe. that keeps you up again, and again. maybe not. it wasn t much of a search. advil pm silences pain, she went for a run and she it lasted just 41 seconds. he didn t look anywhere else. and you sleep the whole night. hasn t returned yet and we re advil pm very worried about her. generally you search a whole bunch of different places and this is one place and it s only [ soft piano music playing ] can you call us back. 41 seconds long. mm, uh, what do you do for fun? you know about this kind of stuff? i don t think it would take -not this. very long if you look at the mapping, you immediately you would think. -oh, what am i into? recognize this desolate area, this beige area in a sea of mostly pro
reporter: especially when she learned nancy had also stood up another of their friends. they called the local hospital. no sign of nancy. they called nancy s twin sister christa up in canada. have you talked to nancy today? she went for a run and she hasn t returned yet and we re very worried about her. can you call us back. you know about this kind of stuff? you would think. reporter: krista calls her older brother jeff, who is a police officer in edmonton, alberta. my first reaction, okay, she s somewhere. she just needs some space or time. she ll turn up. reporter: when nancy s parents, gary and donna, heard she was missing, they were gripped by something dark and cold. gary said to me, donna, this story is not going to have a happy ending. reporter: by afternoon the cary police were involved. all i was told on the phone it was a missing persons. reporter: when detective george daniels arrived nancy s neighborhood was already filling