i just turned on the news, woman found murdered in denver, colorado. i just grabbed my son and screamed and cried. was it somebody she worked with at the radio station? could it be the boyfriend that she just broke up with and december? you re giving the detectives names of people? yes. he looked at everything. i was even like, where was ted bundy at that time? we have to look under every stone, every pebble,. they re talking about hundreds of names here. hundreds, thousands. she is driven. her tenacity is just remarkable. i knew i was going to find him. it was a competition between him and i. your heart is pounding like, oh, my gosh. this is real. i said, i found him. i know who killed helene. hello and welcome to dateline . helene pruszynski lift by a simple philosophy, smile and make the best of everything. the budding journalist did just that as she started a college internship in radio. then helene was murdered. the investigation led detectives
I just turned on the news, woman found murdered in denver, colorado. I just grabbed my son and screamed and cried. Was it somebody she worked with at the Radio Station . Could it be the boyfriend that she just broke up with in december . Youre giving the detectives names of people . Yes. He looked at everything. I was even like, where was ted bundy at that time . We have to look under every stone, every pebble. Theyre talking about hundreds of names here. Hundreds, thousands. She is driven. Her tenacity is just remarkable. I knew i was going to find him. It was a competition between him and i. Your heart is pounding like, oh, my gosh. This is real. I said, i found him. I know who killed helene. Hello and welcome to dateline. Helene pruszynski lift by a simple philosophy, smile and make the best of everything. The budding journalist did just that as she started a College Internship in radio. Then helene was murdered. The Investigation Led detectives into the darkest corners of the crimi
Yes. He looked at everything. I was even like, where was ted bundy at that time . We have to look under every stone, every pebble. Theyre talking about hundreds of names here. Hundreds, thousands. She is driven. Her tenacity is just remarkable. I knew i was going to find him. It was a competition between him and i. Your heart is pounding like, oh, my gosh. This is real. I said, i found him. I know who killed helene. Hello and welcome to dateline. Helene pruszynski lift by a simple philosophy, smile and make the best of everything. The budding journalist did just that as she started a College Internship in radio. Then helene was murdered. The Investigation Led detectives into the darkest corners of the criminal world, before a groundbreaking investigative tool helped bring the killers secret to light. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with a promise to helene. 40 years is a long time. Thats 40 winters here in colorado. And countless snowfalls. It was on a day like this that young woman disappeared.
a number of her clothes were missing. she was wearing a mid sized winter jacket for colorado at that time, and a scarf. she was lying on her back. she had no defensive wounds that she had wounds on her knees and lower leg area. which would tell us that she had either crawled on her knees at some point into that rough area. the grass, based upon the injuries. and she didn t have defensive wounds suggesting she was not fighting her attacker? she was trying to go along with him, maybe to get him to let her go? correct. some of the forensics they shared with us let some of us to believe it wasn t a stranger. that it must be somebody that she knew. but she didn t know anybody there, did she? she didn t know anybody there, but she was working at a radio station. so, was it somebody that she worked with at the radio station? could it be somebody that she turned down for a date, or a
was not fighting her attacker? she was trying to go along with him, maybe to get him to let her go? correct. some of the forensics they shared with us let some of us to believe it wasn t a stranger. that it must be somebody that she knew. but she didn t know anybody there, did she? she didn t know anybody there, but she was working at a radio station. so, was it somebody that she worked with at the radio station? could it be somebody that she turned down for a date, or a right, or something? that got angry? helene s friend kimberly started thinking about the men men in helene s life. the or mostly just friends, but she passed their names to investigators anyway. you re giving the detectives names of people and saying, you need to check out this guy and this guy, and this guy. yes. we said, could it be the boyfriend that she just broke up within december? i looked at my brother, i said, john [laughs] could it be you?