1 00:00:11,444 --> 00:00:13,213 - I just knew something horrible had happened. 2 00:00:13,246 --> 00:00:17,283 - She was a small town girl with big time dreams, 3 00:00:17,317 --> 00:00:20,153 and they were all coming true in Vegas. 4 00:00:20,186 --> 00:00:23,623 A career at a casino and a fiance. 5 00:00:23,656 --> 00:00:25,525 Then, she vanished. 6 00:00:25,558 --> 00:00:28,128 - I remember going to church everyday and saying 7 00:00:28,161 --> 00:00:29,963 "Please let us find her." 8 00:00:29,996 --> 00:00:32,766 - Days later, police did. 9 00:00:32,799 --> 00:00:35,502 Murdered. Blood on her car. 10 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:39,906 A struggle at her house, and clues from a camisole. 11 00:00:39,939 --> 00:00:41,574 What had happened? 12 00:00:41,608 --> 00:00:43,610 - We can't rest until it's solved. 13 00:00:43,643 --> 00:00:45,412 - Her friends will not quit. 14 00:00:45,445 --> 00:00:47,681 Her parents will not stop. 15 00:00:47,714 --> 00:00:50,684 - I am a pain, and I am a nuisance. 16 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:52,419 But I am a mother. 17 00:00:52,452 --> 00:00:55,355 - Can Dateline's old team of investigators help? 18 00:00:55,388 --> 00:00:57,157 - Nothing is missing from his house. - Nothing from his house. 19 00:00:57,190 --> 00:01:05,131 ** 20 00:01:05,165 --> 00:01:09,069 - Hello, and welcome to "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered." 21 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:13,406 Theresa Insana was determined to make it big in Las Vegas. 22 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,777 She fell hard for the city and for a new colleague. 23 00:01:17,811 --> 00:01:20,947 Then, suddenly Theresa vanished. 24 00:01:20,980 --> 00:01:23,116 Police quickly found her body, 25 00:01:23,149 --> 00:01:26,353 but the secret of who killed her and why 26 00:01:26,386 --> 00:01:28,855 would be tougher mysteries to crack. 27 00:01:28,888 --> 00:01:32,092 Here's Josh Mankiewicz with "Lost in Sin City". 28 00:01:35,729 --> 00:01:37,464 Las Vegas, 29 00:01:37,497 --> 00:01:40,300 every year these bright lights draw millions. 30 00:01:40,333 --> 00:01:42,102 [slot machines ringing] 31 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:43,937 Some come looking for the promise 32 00:01:43,970 --> 00:01:45,939 of any easy fortune. 33 00:01:45,972 --> 00:01:47,407 Or for those secrets 34 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,143 that supposedly never leave here. 35 00:01:50,176 --> 00:01:52,545 And some come to get lost. 36 00:01:52,579 --> 00:01:55,148 If you want to disappear in America, 37 00:01:55,181 --> 00:01:57,717 the shadows thrown by those bright lights 38 00:01:57,751 --> 00:01:59,386 can hide you. 39 00:01:59,419 --> 00:02:02,689 And then there are those who don't wanna disappear here, 40 00:02:02,722 --> 00:02:04,224 but they do anyway. 41 00:02:04,257 --> 00:02:06,826 People like Theresa Insana. 42 00:02:06,860 --> 00:02:10,463 Here one day and gone the next. 43 00:02:10,497 --> 00:02:12,866 - She was gonna make the big time. 44 00:02:12,899 --> 00:02:15,869 - Theresa's parent's Joe and Ann-Marie. 45 00:02:15,902 --> 00:02:17,637 - You guys ever worry about this little girl 46 00:02:17,671 --> 00:02:18,872 so far from home? 47 00:02:18,905 --> 00:02:21,341 - Me and my sister were very worried about her. 48 00:02:21,374 --> 00:02:22,575 - Sure, I was worried. 49 00:02:22,609 --> 00:02:26,112 But I also knew she was gonna do good things. 50 00:02:26,146 --> 00:02:27,947 - Doing good things. 51 00:02:27,981 --> 00:02:31,084 It was a lesson Theresa Insana had learned well 52 00:02:31,117 --> 00:02:33,086 as the second of three children 53 00:02:33,086 --> 00:02:36,089 in a deeply religious, tightly knit family 54 00:02:36,089 --> 00:02:38,625 in Niagara Falls, New York. 55 00:02:38,658 --> 00:02:41,361 And from those earliest days of childhood, 56 00:02:41,394 --> 00:02:45,899 Theresa's best friend was always her doting father. 57 00:02:45,932 --> 00:02:48,735 Their love was deliciously obvious, 58 00:02:48,768 --> 00:02:51,237 spelled out in whipped cream and icing 59 00:02:51,271 --> 00:02:54,941 on the extravagant birthday cakes he made for her 60 00:02:54,974 --> 00:02:57,377 nearly every year of her life. 61 00:02:57,410 --> 00:02:58,478 - She used to love it. 62 00:02:58,511 --> 00:03:00,480 She was of course my sweetheart. 63 00:03:00,513 --> 00:03:02,048 - He was her friend. - I was her friend. 64 00:03:02,048 --> 00:03:04,918 - Right. But I was the disciplinarian. 65 00:03:04,951 --> 00:03:06,553 Not that she was bad. 66 00:03:06,586 --> 00:03:07,654 - She was the disciplinarian 67 00:03:07,687 --> 00:03:09,656 and you were what, her co-conspirator. 68 00:03:09,689 --> 00:03:11,691 - No! - I was her enabler. 69 00:03:11,725 --> 00:03:13,560 - No. - Okay. [chuckles] 70 00:03:13,593 --> 00:03:15,195 Put it that way. - No... 71 00:03:15,228 --> 00:03:19,265 - The enabler fed Theresa's love of beauty and fashion, 72 00:03:19,299 --> 00:03:22,402 giving daddy's little girl everything that she could want 73 00:03:22,435 --> 00:03:24,471 and that he could afford. 74 00:03:24,504 --> 00:03:25,872 And then more. 75 00:03:25,905 --> 00:03:27,841 - She loved shopping 76 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:31,378 and I think probably spent a lot of money buying clothes. 77 00:03:31,411 --> 00:03:33,246 - Theresa's friends from childhood, 78 00:03:33,279 --> 00:03:36,082 Jennifer Silvilato and Grace Carducci. 79 00:03:36,082 --> 00:03:39,085 - She never left her house without looking perfect. 80 00:03:39,085 --> 00:03:42,822 Had the nicest clothes and she always looked great. 81 00:03:42,856 --> 00:03:45,725 - Theresa bought many of those clothes herself 82 00:03:45,759 --> 00:03:48,194 working several jobs as a teen. 83 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:51,297 And beauty and fashion were but small facets 84 00:03:51,331 --> 00:03:54,100 of a much larger and meaningful life. 85 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:57,470 - She was friendly, loving, kind, 86 00:03:57,504 --> 00:03:58,938 incredibly smart. 87 00:03:58,972 --> 00:04:02,375 - An A student, she studied psychology in college 88 00:04:02,409 --> 00:04:04,778 but she was also an excellent dancer 89 00:04:04,811 --> 00:04:08,682 and coupled with her size, she was barely five feet tall, 90 00:04:08,715 --> 00:04:12,719 that skill made her perfect for another of her passions. 91 00:04:12,752 --> 00:04:15,121 - We tried out for the cheerleading team together, 92 00:04:15,155 --> 00:04:16,623 and Theresa felt so bad 93 00:04:16,656 --> 00:04:18,825 that she made the team and I didn't. 94 00:04:18,858 --> 00:04:21,661 She told me that she wasn't going to partake in the team. 95 00:04:21,695 --> 00:04:24,230 - She was a loyal friend. - Yeah, she was. 96 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:25,865 - Volunteer to give up something like that. 97 00:04:25,899 --> 00:04:27,801 - Yes, she was not gonna be a cheerleader 98 00:04:27,834 --> 00:04:31,237 'cause I couldn't be one, so... very loyal. 99 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:32,172 - After college, 100 00:04:32,205 --> 00:04:34,874 Theresa returned to Niagara Falls 101 00:04:34,908 --> 00:04:38,144 and a post-graduate life of leisure. 102 00:04:38,178 --> 00:04:41,481 - She was home and she was living with me, 103 00:04:41,514 --> 00:04:43,149 but she was going out at night, 104 00:04:43,183 --> 00:04:45,685 coming home real late, sleeping until noon. 105 00:04:45,719 --> 00:04:50,790 I says, "Honey, it's not gonna happen. 106 00:04:50,824 --> 00:04:52,992 "You're gonna do something." 107 00:04:53,093 --> 00:04:54,461 - So Theresa did. 108 00:04:54,494 --> 00:04:58,098 She packed her bags and headed for Las Vegas. 109 00:04:58,098 --> 00:05:00,900 And along with her went Melissa Madge, 110 00:05:00,934 --> 00:05:03,303 who'd grown up next door to the Insanas 111 00:05:03,336 --> 00:05:07,073 and remained the best of friends with Theresa. 112 00:05:07,107 --> 00:05:08,875 - We both fell in love with it. 113 00:05:08,908 --> 00:05:10,410 As soon as we got there. 114 00:05:10,443 --> 00:05:13,246 So we immediately started on the job hunt 115 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,115 when we got there. 116 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:18,885 - Within days, Theresa had a job in the electric city. 117 00:05:18,918 --> 00:05:20,720 Not dancing on a chorus line, 118 00:05:20,754 --> 00:05:23,757 but working in sales at the Rio. 119 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:26,359 Melissa soon found work at Harrah's. 120 00:05:26,393 --> 00:05:28,061 The two girls from Niagara Falls 121 00:05:28,061 --> 00:05:30,730 got their own two bedroom apartment. 122 00:05:30,764 --> 00:05:33,233 Theresa's parents came to visit. 123 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:34,601 Did she like Las Vegas? 124 00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:36,403 - She loved it. - She loved it. 125 00:05:36,436 --> 00:05:39,339 It was excitement. We says "Wow." 126 00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:42,709 - I'll never forget it 'cause Theresa was so... 127 00:05:42,742 --> 00:05:44,611 so Theresa. 128 00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:46,946 And here she is with a cigarette in her ear, 129 00:05:46,980 --> 00:05:49,182 and her Starbucks coffee, 130 00:05:49,215 --> 00:05:52,819 and she's runnin' down the-the hallway at the Rio. 131 00:05:52,852 --> 00:05:55,555 And I says, "Oh, my God, she was so happy." 132 00:05:55,588 --> 00:05:58,925 - Theresa's career at the Rio was off and running. 133 00:05:58,958 --> 00:06:02,195 And soon, she met a guy. His name was Jeff. 134 00:06:02,228 --> 00:06:03,496 He bought her a dog. 135 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:05,265 They moved into this house together 136 00:06:05,298 --> 00:06:07,233 and they got engaged. 137 00:06:07,267 --> 00:06:12,405 But then he broke it off just before the wedding. 138 00:06:12,439 --> 00:06:15,041 Theresa was crushed but had moved on, 139 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:16,576 reuniting with her best friends 140 00:06:16,609 --> 00:06:18,778 in the summer of 2004. 141 00:06:18,812 --> 00:06:20,780 Standing up for her friend Grace 142 00:06:20,814 --> 00:06:22,148 at her wedding. 143 00:06:22,182 --> 00:06:25,051 - We just really were so happy to be all together 144 00:06:25,051 --> 00:06:26,720 and it was a good day. 145 00:06:27,921 --> 00:06:29,189 - But a couple of months after, 146 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:31,224 by the fall of 2004, 147 00:06:31,257 --> 00:06:34,361 Vegas seemed to have lost some of its luster. 148 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:36,830 Theresa was thinking hard about moving back home 149 00:06:36,863 --> 00:06:38,465 to Niagara Falls, 150 00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:40,500 and maybe going to grad school. 151 00:06:40,533 --> 00:06:44,637 Then, the Rio offered Theresa a bigger job 152 00:06:44,671 --> 00:06:46,940 with better pay. 153 00:06:46,973 --> 00:06:50,643 - It absolutely changed the course of her life. 154 00:06:50,677 --> 00:06:52,078 I was really, really upset 155 00:06:52,078 --> 00:06:54,381 because I wanted her to come back home 156 00:06:54,414 --> 00:06:57,784 and I thought it was going to be the best thing for her. 157 00:06:57,817 --> 00:06:59,853 - And going home might have been. 158 00:06:59,886 --> 00:07:03,123 Staying in Vegas clearly was not. 159 00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:05,325 Because a month after her promotion, 160 00:07:05,358 --> 00:07:08,495 on October 27th, 2004, 161 00:07:08,528 --> 00:07:11,197 Theresa Insana failed to report for work 162 00:07:11,231 --> 00:07:12,766 at the Rio. 163 00:07:12,799 --> 00:07:16,036 She was gone for a day, then for another. 164 00:07:16,036 --> 00:07:19,806 So co-workers, including her childhood friend Melissa 165 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:21,274 went over to her house. 166 00:07:21,307 --> 00:07:26,413 Inside, no Theresa. Just her dog and her keys. 167 00:07:26,446 --> 00:07:30,350 Her cell phone, her purse, and her car. 168 00:07:30,383 --> 00:07:35,889 And on the car's bumper and unmistakable spot of blood. 169 00:07:35,922 --> 00:07:39,626 - I think at that point is when I became panic-stricken 170 00:07:39,659 --> 00:07:42,729 and was like something is wrong. 171 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:45,265 Something is definitely wrong. 172 00:07:45,298 --> 00:07:48,568 - Where was Theresa? What had happened? 173 00:07:48,601 --> 00:07:51,504 And was she still alive? 174 00:07:54,841 --> 00:07:56,876 The investigation begins. 175 00:07:56,910 --> 00:07:59,679 Police find more blood in the bathroom. 176 00:07:59,713 --> 00:08:01,848 - Analysis of those two blood droplets 177 00:08:01,881 --> 00:08:02,916 from the same person? 178 00:08:03,016 --> 00:08:04,851 - Same person, full male profile. 179 00:08:04,884 --> 00:08:07,420 - So not Theresa Insana. - Not Theresa Insana. 180 00:08:15,127 --> 00:08:20,899 ** 181 00:08:21,767 --> 00:08:24,169 - In a quiet suburb less than ten miles 182 00:08:24,203 --> 00:08:26,238 from the Las Vegas strip, 183 00:08:26,271 --> 00:08:30,376 concern and confusion suddenly ruled. 184 00:08:30,409 --> 00:08:33,579 For two days, 26-year-old Theresa Insana 185 00:08:33,612 --> 00:08:35,047 hadn't shown up at her job 186 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,283 as a sales executive at the Rio. 187 00:08:38,317 --> 00:08:40,452 - Back home in Niagara Falls, New York, 188 00:08:40,486 --> 00:08:44,957 her father with whom Theresa spoke nearly every day, 189 00:08:45,057 --> 00:08:46,925 hadn't been able to reach her. 190 00:08:46,959 --> 00:08:49,762 - I'd just call and get the message machine, you know? 191 00:08:49,795 --> 00:08:50,896 - She didn't call you back? 192 00:08:50,929 --> 00:08:52,564 - Didn't call me back and I says, 193 00:08:52,598 --> 00:08:54,967 "What the heck's happening?" 194 00:08:55,067 --> 00:08:56,835 - Coworkers, including her friend 195 00:08:56,869 --> 00:08:59,905 Melissa Madge, had finally gone to Theresa's house 196 00:09:00,005 --> 00:09:01,440 to check on her, 197 00:09:01,473 --> 00:09:07,012 and found Theresa's dog, cell phone, purse, and car. 198 00:09:07,012 --> 00:09:10,249 And that frightening spot of blood 199 00:09:10,282 --> 00:09:12,885 on the bumper of Theresa's car. 200 00:09:12,918 --> 00:09:14,887 - You've known her all your life, 201 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:16,021 and you show up at her house 202 00:09:16,021 --> 00:09:17,056 and she's gone, 203 00:09:17,089 --> 00:09:18,757 but all her stuff is still there. 204 00:09:18,791 --> 00:09:21,660 - I think at that point it was like in complete shock, 205 00:09:21,694 --> 00:09:24,229 you know, where was she? 206 00:09:24,263 --> 00:09:27,032 - Las Vegas Metro Police responded, 207 00:09:27,066 --> 00:09:28,801 and patrol quickly made a call 208 00:09:28,834 --> 00:09:31,704 that reached Vegas homicide. 209 00:09:31,737 --> 00:09:34,640 The squad that included Detective Marty Wildemann 210 00:09:34,673 --> 00:09:37,042 And Detective Sergeant Mike McGrath 211 00:09:37,042 --> 00:09:39,411 was soon on the scene. 212 00:09:39,445 --> 00:09:43,048 We looked at the blood smear on the rear bumper of the car, 213 00:09:43,048 --> 00:09:44,183 and then we said, 214 00:09:44,216 --> 00:09:46,285 "Everybody out. We're taking this." 215 00:09:46,318 --> 00:09:49,355 And we started to go through the house methodically. 216 00:09:49,388 --> 00:09:52,157 - Processing it as a homicide scene basically. 217 00:09:52,191 --> 00:09:55,894 - It looked to detectives as if Theresa had been attacked, 218 00:09:55,928 --> 00:09:57,863 and the clues found throughout the house 219 00:09:57,896 --> 00:09:59,598 supported that. 220 00:09:59,631 --> 00:10:04,269 On the stairs, A footprint, too large to be Theresa's. 221 00:10:04,303 --> 00:10:05,771 And this... 222 00:10:05,804 --> 00:10:10,042 - We saw a small little brass or metal ring. 223 00:10:10,075 --> 00:10:12,578 - Steps away in a half bath, 224 00:10:12,611 --> 00:10:14,179 detectives found a towel rack 225 00:10:14,213 --> 00:10:16,148 missing from the wall. 226 00:10:16,181 --> 00:10:19,251 And two more spots of blood. 227 00:10:19,284 --> 00:10:23,022 One near the base board. Another on the mirror. 228 00:10:23,055 --> 00:10:25,257 Analysis of those two blood droplets 229 00:10:25,290 --> 00:10:26,125 from the same person? 230 00:10:26,158 --> 00:10:28,193 - Same person, full male profile. 231 00:10:28,227 --> 00:10:31,263 - So not Theresa Insana. - Not Theresa Insana. 232 00:10:31,296 --> 00:10:32,531 - Then, there was that blood 233 00:10:32,564 --> 00:10:34,667 on the bumper of Theresa's car. 234 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:38,137 That would later turn out to be Theresa's blood 235 00:10:38,170 --> 00:10:39,805 not an assailant's. 236 00:10:39,838 --> 00:10:41,407 Detectives prepared themselves 237 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,510 for what might be in the car's trunk. 238 00:10:44,543 --> 00:10:45,844 But when it was opened, 239 00:10:45,878 --> 00:10:50,683 they found only a bit more blood and... mud. 240 00:10:50,716 --> 00:10:52,785 Then inside the car, 241 00:10:52,818 --> 00:10:56,522 police found the driver's seat in an unusual position. 242 00:10:56,555 --> 00:10:58,957 - The seat is pushed all the way to the back. 243 00:10:58,991 --> 00:11:00,559 And she's like barely five feet tall. 244 00:11:00,592 --> 00:11:02,561 - She's a very small woman. 245 00:11:02,594 --> 00:11:03,862 - Based on this evidence, 246 00:11:03,896 --> 00:11:06,398 a theory was beginning to take shape. 247 00:11:06,432 --> 00:11:09,635 A theory that involved an attacker entering the home 248 00:11:09,668 --> 00:11:13,072 possibly through the unlocked back sliding door. 249 00:11:13,105 --> 00:11:15,574 Some kind of struggle on the stairs. 250 00:11:15,607 --> 00:11:18,944 A struggle that then spilled into that half-bathroom, 251 00:11:18,977 --> 00:11:22,081 where a towel rack was torn from the wall. 252 00:11:22,114 --> 00:11:25,918 And where Theresa's attacker lost blood. 253 00:11:25,951 --> 00:11:29,221 But no matter what exactly had happened in the bathroom, 254 00:11:29,254 --> 00:11:31,857 detectives believed the struggle had ended 255 00:11:31,890 --> 00:11:34,159 with Theresa's murder. 256 00:11:34,193 --> 00:11:36,161 Then the loading of Theresa's body 257 00:11:36,195 --> 00:11:38,197 into the trunk of her own car. 258 00:11:38,230 --> 00:11:40,866 The body's disposal, somewhere. 259 00:11:40,899 --> 00:11:43,669 And then, in a bizarre twist, 260 00:11:43,702 --> 00:11:47,339 the killer returning Theresa's car to her own house. 261 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:49,174 It's extremely unusual, is it not, 262 00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:51,577 for a killer to return to a crime scene like that? 263 00:11:51,610 --> 00:11:52,845 - Yes. - 'Cause, usually, 264 00:11:52,878 --> 00:11:55,147 people commit the crime and then they wanna get away. 265 00:11:55,180 --> 00:11:55,981 - Absolutely. 266 00:11:56,015 --> 00:11:58,117 You obviously had thorough knowledge 267 00:11:58,150 --> 00:12:01,353 of what she was doing, who was living there, 268 00:12:01,387 --> 00:12:03,856 and the fact that you'd be safe to come back. 269 00:12:03,889 --> 00:12:07,326 - By-- removing her body buys him time. 270 00:12:07,359 --> 00:12:10,162 So, that's the time that we believe that 271 00:12:10,195 --> 00:12:14,066 he can do all the things that he needed to do in the house. 272 00:12:14,066 --> 00:12:16,535 - And what he apparently did in the house 273 00:12:16,568 --> 00:12:18,637 was to start cleaning up, 274 00:12:18,671 --> 00:12:22,307 as evidenced by paper towels, trash bags, 275 00:12:22,341 --> 00:12:26,145 and spray bottles left in Theresa's kitchen. 276 00:12:26,178 --> 00:12:28,781 How often are you at the scene of a homicide 277 00:12:28,814 --> 00:12:32,351 where the killer tried to clean up after himself 278 00:12:32,384 --> 00:12:34,753 or herself? - It's not that often. 279 00:12:34,787 --> 00:12:37,356 And when it does occur, it's very bush league. 280 00:12:37,389 --> 00:12:38,757 - This was different? - Yes. 281 00:12:38,791 --> 00:12:40,392 - This was different. It was methodical, 282 00:12:40,426 --> 00:12:43,562 it was slow. It was thorough. 283 00:12:43,595 --> 00:12:45,898 - He spent a long time cleaning up. 284 00:12:45,931 --> 00:12:48,467 - But who would know so much about Theresa 285 00:12:48,500 --> 00:12:50,602 to know that no one would discover him 286 00:12:50,636 --> 00:12:53,339 if he took the time to clean the house? 287 00:12:53,372 --> 00:12:56,542 And when had all this occurred? 288 00:12:56,575 --> 00:12:58,911 Detectives learned that Theresa had been last seen 289 00:12:58,944 --> 00:13:01,847 at work at The Rio on Tuesday, 290 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,750 two days before friends had gone looking for her. 291 00:13:04,783 --> 00:13:07,052 A good citizen, she'd gone to vote 292 00:13:07,052 --> 00:13:09,722 at this church just a few blocks from her house 293 00:13:09,755 --> 00:13:13,258 at about 5:30 PM, then made some calls, 294 00:13:13,292 --> 00:13:16,061 speaking to her mom back in Niagara Falls 295 00:13:16,061 --> 00:13:18,330 about 6:30 PM. 296 00:13:18,364 --> 00:13:20,332 And what'd she say to you in that conversation? 297 00:13:20,366 --> 00:13:22,401 - She said, "Ma, I'm tired 298 00:13:22,434 --> 00:13:24,136 "and I'm gonna have my macaroni and cheese, 299 00:13:24,169 --> 00:13:25,637 "and I'm gonna rest." 300 00:13:25,671 --> 00:13:28,974 And, um, "I'll talk to you tomorrow." 301 00:13:29,074 --> 00:13:32,077 - But an hour later, at 7:30 PM, 302 00:13:32,077 --> 00:13:34,747 when Theresa's cousin Angela called, 303 00:13:34,780 --> 00:13:37,149 the phone went unanswered. 304 00:13:37,182 --> 00:13:39,184 - So, we had, basically, an hour window 305 00:13:39,218 --> 00:13:40,919 between the mother's phone call 306 00:13:40,953 --> 00:13:44,456 and Angela tried to call her and not getting her. 307 00:13:44,490 --> 00:13:46,692 - So, there really wasn't an explanation 308 00:13:46,725 --> 00:13:48,727 other than she'd already been attacked 309 00:13:48,761 --> 00:13:52,965 for why Angela's phone calls weren't being answered. 310 00:13:52,998 --> 00:13:56,101 - So, police believe Theresa Insana was attacked 311 00:13:56,135 --> 00:14:00,172 between 6:30 and 7:30 Tuesday evening. 312 00:14:00,205 --> 00:14:02,074 It was now Thursday. 313 00:14:02,107 --> 00:14:06,712 Her attacker had a nearly 48 hour head start. 314 00:14:06,745 --> 00:14:09,515 As word spread, Theresa's best friends 315 00:14:09,548 --> 00:14:12,351 couldn't believe what they were hearing. 316 00:14:12,384 --> 00:14:14,586 - I think, at that moment, I just knew something happened-- 317 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:17,156 horrible happened. 318 00:14:17,189 --> 00:14:20,092 - Friends talked with police, hoping to provide clues 319 00:14:20,125 --> 00:14:22,194 in Theresa's disappearance. 320 00:14:22,227 --> 00:14:25,064 Investigators started reading Theresa's diary, 321 00:14:25,064 --> 00:14:26,932 which was found in the house. 322 00:14:26,965 --> 00:14:28,667 And Grace Carducci remembered something 323 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:31,370 Theresa had told her, when Grace was visiting 324 00:14:31,403 --> 00:14:33,072 six months prior. 325 00:14:33,072 --> 00:14:35,741 - One morning we got up and we were drinking coffee 326 00:14:35,774 --> 00:14:37,910 and she was like, "I can't put my finger on it, 327 00:14:37,943 --> 00:14:40,279 "but sometimes, Grace, I'll go to work 328 00:14:40,312 --> 00:14:44,083 "and I'll come home and my DVD player will be on. 329 00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:45,718 "Or there'll be a different station 330 00:14:45,751 --> 00:14:48,887 "on the television than from what I left it on." 331 00:14:48,921 --> 00:14:50,756 - She say anything was taken? 332 00:14:50,789 --> 00:14:52,658 - Nothing was taken. And she was like, 333 00:14:52,691 --> 00:14:56,362 "I-I just have this feeling that somebody's in my house." 334 00:14:56,395 --> 00:14:58,097 - Do you know if she had her locks changed? 335 00:14:58,097 --> 00:14:59,832 - I don't believe that she did. 336 00:14:59,865 --> 00:15:01,934 - Detectives followed up every lead. 337 00:15:02,034 --> 00:15:04,536 K9 units were called in. As police put it, 338 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:07,139 the whole zip code was turned upside down. 339 00:15:07,172 --> 00:15:09,441 But experience told the detectives that 340 00:15:09,475 --> 00:15:12,444 any news they received about Theresa 341 00:15:12,478 --> 00:15:14,813 was unlikely to be good news. 342 00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:16,515 - We were just waiting for the call. 343 00:15:16,548 --> 00:15:19,685 - That someone had found a body? - Yes. 344 00:15:19,718 --> 00:15:21,620 - Days dragged by. 345 00:15:21,653 --> 00:15:23,722 - I remember going to church every day 346 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:26,658 and saying, "Please let us find her." 347 00:15:26,692 --> 00:15:28,360 I don't know what I was hoping for. 348 00:15:28,394 --> 00:15:31,330 But I just wanted us to find her. 349 00:15:31,363 --> 00:15:34,166 - And then, nearly a week after detectives believed 350 00:15:34,199 --> 00:15:37,069 Theresa Insana was killed, came the news 351 00:15:37,069 --> 00:15:39,271 police were waiting for 352 00:15:39,304 --> 00:15:42,775 and that Theresa's family and friends were dreading. 353 00:15:44,543 --> 00:15:47,379 - A painful discovery sends the investigation 354 00:15:47,413 --> 00:15:48,781 into overdrive. 355 00:15:48,814 --> 00:15:51,884 And puts detectives on the trail of a killer. 356 00:15:53,752 --> 00:15:57,823 Dateline's Unsolved Case Squad with a dramatic theory 357 00:15:57,856 --> 00:16:00,859 of the crime. - Once I saw the bathroom, 358 00:16:00,893 --> 00:16:03,595 there was a towel rack that's been removed. 359 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:05,798 Turn around, if you don't mind. Then I attempt to grab you 360 00:16:05,831 --> 00:16:07,900 and you're holding onto that towel rack. 361 00:16:07,933 --> 00:16:11,036 When "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered" continues. 362 00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:22,949 - Six days after Theresa Insana failed 363 00:16:23,049 --> 00:16:26,219 to show up for work at The Rio in Las Vegas, 364 00:16:26,252 --> 00:16:29,422 her father, Joe, was reciting Catholic prayers, 365 00:16:29,456 --> 00:16:32,625 marking All Saints Day. 366 00:16:32,659 --> 00:16:35,195 - I'll never forget it, 'cause I'm sitting there, 367 00:16:35,228 --> 00:16:38,498 praying this litany of the Saints. 368 00:16:38,531 --> 00:16:40,500 And I turn to Amber and I said, 369 00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:43,203 "Theresa's gonna be found today 370 00:16:43,236 --> 00:16:47,107 "because today she became a saint, too." 371 00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:50,210 - And that very day, Theresa's parents 372 00:16:50,243 --> 00:16:52,812 and her best friends received a call from 373 00:16:52,846 --> 00:16:55,081 Las Vegas Metro homicide detective, 374 00:16:55,115 --> 00:16:57,751 Marty Wildemann. - He called me and said, 375 00:16:57,784 --> 00:17:01,688 "Grace, we have Theresa. Um, I know it's sad news and-- 376 00:17:01,721 --> 00:17:04,157 "but we have her body and I just didn't want you 377 00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:06,926 "to suffer anymore. - It was just awful. 378 00:17:07,027 --> 00:17:10,030 The most awful thing. 379 00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:12,198 - Theresa Insana's body had been found 380 00:17:12,232 --> 00:17:14,768 just three and a half miles from her home, 381 00:17:14,801 --> 00:17:16,403 near a golf course. 382 00:17:16,436 --> 00:17:19,806 Her killer had wrapped her body in towels and blankets, 383 00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:23,410 carried Theresa down a steep, rocky embankment, 384 00:17:23,443 --> 00:17:26,913 and left her in a large culvert, in standing water. 385 00:17:30,116 --> 00:17:34,487 An autopsy showed Theresa Insana had died by strangulation, 386 00:17:34,521 --> 00:17:37,357 and possibly she'd been sexually assaulted. 387 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:39,325 Although the medical examiner said the evidence 388 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,561 was not conclusive. 389 00:17:41,594 --> 00:17:44,164 - But we thought that, hey, maybe this is, you know, 390 00:17:44,197 --> 00:17:47,967 it's an act of anger by someone that-that was mad at Theresa. 391 00:17:48,068 --> 00:17:49,869 Was it staged? 392 00:17:49,903 --> 00:17:52,205 - Was somebody trying to make it look like a rape? 393 00:17:52,238 --> 00:17:54,741 Even though the point of it was something else? 394 00:17:54,774 --> 00:17:58,278 - Very good possibility. 395 00:17:58,311 --> 00:18:01,014 - And with the discovery of Theresa's body, 396 00:18:01,047 --> 00:18:05,085 three things were immediately clear to detectives. 397 00:18:05,118 --> 00:18:08,154 First, that tiny piece of metal found on the stairs 398 00:18:08,188 --> 00:18:10,857 of Theresa's apartment, it was apparently 399 00:18:10,890 --> 00:18:13,226 torn from the camisole she was wearing 400 00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:15,228 at the time of her murder. 401 00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:17,697 Secondly, the blankets around her body 402 00:18:17,731 --> 00:18:19,432 came from her home. 403 00:18:19,466 --> 00:18:21,935 But police believe the rope and duct tape 404 00:18:22,035 --> 00:18:25,038 used to bind the body did not. 405 00:18:25,038 --> 00:18:28,775 It had been brought to the house by her killer. 406 00:18:28,808 --> 00:18:31,544 And finally, that blood in the bathroom 407 00:18:31,578 --> 00:18:33,546 matched a new spot of blood 408 00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:36,049 found on Theresa's camisole. 409 00:18:36,049 --> 00:18:38,318 It also came, police believe, 410 00:18:38,351 --> 00:18:41,121 from the killer. 411 00:18:41,154 --> 00:18:43,623 - We've got a bad guy and we've got a bad guy that, 412 00:18:43,656 --> 00:18:44,924 you know, left a print. 413 00:18:44,958 --> 00:18:48,395 - This has to be left by the person who attacked Theresa. 414 00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:49,662 - Yes. - Absolutely. 415 00:18:49,696 --> 00:18:51,398 - But whose blood was it? 416 00:18:51,431 --> 00:18:53,900 With a backlog at the Vegas crime lab, 417 00:18:53,933 --> 00:18:56,903 DNA test results were still months away. 418 00:18:56,936 --> 00:19:00,040 So, in those first days after Theresa's body was found, 419 00:19:00,073 --> 00:19:02,208 detectives began looking at what they could learn 420 00:19:02,242 --> 00:19:06,112 from other evidence, like where her body was dumped. 421 00:19:06,146 --> 00:19:10,817 And whether they were looking for a killer or killers. 422 00:19:10,850 --> 00:19:12,385 How many people committed this crime? 423 00:19:12,419 --> 00:19:14,387 - I believe, just from our investigation, 424 00:19:14,421 --> 00:19:16,823 that it was a one-person crime. 425 00:19:16,856 --> 00:19:19,826 Where we found Theresa makes that a little bit iffy, 426 00:19:19,859 --> 00:19:21,861 only because it was rough terrain. 427 00:19:21,895 --> 00:19:24,764 - I believe that it was more than one person. 428 00:19:24,798 --> 00:19:28,335 I think that, based upon where the body was found, 429 00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:32,405 twenty five feet of rocks walking down, that-- 430 00:19:32,439 --> 00:19:34,307 - You'd have to have some help? - I would think. 431 00:19:34,341 --> 00:19:38,445 'Cause we walked down there to-to view the body. 432 00:19:38,478 --> 00:19:40,413 And it was iffy walking down there 433 00:19:40,447 --> 00:19:43,249 with a notebook in our hand during the day. 434 00:19:43,283 --> 00:19:45,719 And this is the night time. - And carrying a body. 435 00:19:45,752 --> 00:19:49,589 - And carrying a body. 436 00:19:49,622 --> 00:19:53,193 - Theresa Insana had been dead for several years 437 00:19:53,226 --> 00:19:57,063 when Las Vegas Metro homicide granted unprecedented access 438 00:19:57,063 --> 00:20:01,001 to Dateline's Unsolved Case Squad, 439 00:20:01,034 --> 00:20:05,138 sharing information from the files of an open case 440 00:20:05,171 --> 00:20:07,140 with our experts. 441 00:20:07,173 --> 00:20:10,310 ** 442 00:20:10,343 --> 00:20:12,779 Dwayne Stanton, retired homicide detective 443 00:20:12,812 --> 00:20:14,848 from Washington DC. 444 00:20:14,881 --> 00:20:18,118 investigated Chandra Levy's murder. 445 00:20:18,151 --> 00:20:21,121 Yolanda McClary, then a crime scene investigator 446 00:20:21,154 --> 00:20:23,857 in Las Vegas, and a model for the character 447 00:20:23,890 --> 00:20:26,693 on the hit series "CSI," 448 00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:30,363 and John Lewin, Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney, 449 00:20:30,397 --> 00:20:32,899 specializing in cold case murders. 450 00:20:35,201 --> 00:20:37,303 How many people you think committed this murder? 451 00:20:37,337 --> 00:20:40,073 - I think by where the body was located 452 00:20:40,106 --> 00:20:42,342 in the ravine with all the rocks, 453 00:20:42,375 --> 00:20:44,077 I'm gonna support two. 454 00:20:44,110 --> 00:20:46,179 - I think it's one person committing the murder, 455 00:20:46,212 --> 00:20:49,349 and then I agree, clearly someone had help. 456 00:20:49,382 --> 00:20:51,051 - What happened inside that house? 457 00:20:51,084 --> 00:20:52,585 - One possibility. 458 00:20:52,619 --> 00:20:54,587 We know for a fact that Theresa, 459 00:20:54,621 --> 00:20:57,457 at some point, on these steps. 460 00:20:57,490 --> 00:20:59,325 I think what Theresa attempted to do 461 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:02,929 was to secret herself inside of the bathroom, 462 00:21:02,962 --> 00:21:05,532 away from her attacker or attackers. 463 00:21:05,565 --> 00:21:07,334 Once inside of the bathroom, 464 00:21:07,367 --> 00:21:09,569 there's a towel rack that has been removed, 465 00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:12,439 and as you can see, the bracket is missing as well. 466 00:21:12,472 --> 00:21:14,541 Yolanda, turn around if you don't mind. 467 00:21:14,574 --> 00:21:16,576 Act like the towel rack is on this wall, 468 00:21:16,609 --> 00:21:18,411 and I took and grabbed you, and you're holding on 469 00:21:18,445 --> 00:21:20,313 to that towel rack, and then I think 470 00:21:20,347 --> 00:21:24,184 when the towel rack probably came out of the wall, 471 00:21:24,217 --> 00:21:25,985 the person that was-- - Behind her. 472 00:21:26,086 --> 00:21:27,987 - Behind her, pulling on her-- - Gets hit in the face. 473 00:21:28,088 --> 00:21:29,089 - Gets hit in the face. - Gets hit. 474 00:21:29,122 --> 00:21:30,123 Or in the head, or wherever. 475 00:21:30,156 --> 00:21:31,091 Someplace on their body. 476 00:21:31,124 --> 00:21:33,159 - Thus causing the blood splatter 477 00:21:33,193 --> 00:21:36,463 on the mirror and on the baseboard. 478 00:21:36,496 --> 00:21:39,799 - And our team agrees, the elements of the crime, 479 00:21:39,833 --> 00:21:43,103 as well as moving Theresa's body out of her home, 480 00:21:43,103 --> 00:21:45,472 using her car for transport, 481 00:21:45,505 --> 00:21:48,742 and returning to clean up the crime scene together 482 00:21:48,775 --> 00:21:52,545 strongly suggests this was no random murder 483 00:21:52,579 --> 00:21:54,414 by a stranger. 484 00:21:54,447 --> 00:21:56,583 Has this person ever committed murder before? 485 00:21:56,616 --> 00:21:58,451 Because clearly some of the things that they do 486 00:21:58,485 --> 00:22:00,286 show some sophistication. 487 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,423 - I don't think that the person has committed murders before. 488 00:22:03,456 --> 00:22:05,658 I think they watch a lot of murder movies, 489 00:22:05,692 --> 00:22:07,227 and they think they know how to do it. 490 00:22:07,260 --> 00:22:08,962 - And unfortunately for them, 491 00:22:09,062 --> 00:22:11,498 they thought of things that were much more advanced. 492 00:22:11,531 --> 00:22:12,732 Let's move the car. 493 00:22:12,766 --> 00:22:16,469 Let's make sure that we get the body out of the house, 494 00:22:16,503 --> 00:22:18,204 but they forget the basics. 495 00:22:18,238 --> 00:22:19,806 Her purse and cell phone are sitting there. 496 00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:21,641 - Well, and we know that there's not another crime involved, 497 00:22:21,675 --> 00:22:23,076 for instance, let's say robbery, 498 00:22:23,076 --> 00:22:24,077 because nothing is missing from this house. 499 00:22:24,110 --> 00:22:25,745 - Nothing's missing. 500 00:22:25,779 --> 00:22:28,248 - Nothing is missing other than Theresa. 501 00:22:28,281 --> 00:22:31,384 - It really limits your pool of potential suspects. 502 00:22:31,418 --> 00:22:33,353 - You have to look at, who has a grudge? 503 00:22:33,386 --> 00:22:34,587 Who stands to benefit? 504 00:22:34,621 --> 00:22:36,322 - Who doesn't like her? - Who doesn't like her? 505 00:22:38,358 --> 00:22:40,960 - Police have a date with the ex, 506 00:22:40,994 --> 00:22:42,962 Theresa's former fiance. 507 00:22:57,477 --> 00:22:59,446 - Welcome back to "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered." 508 00:22:59,846 --> 00:23:01,648 I'm Craig Melvin. 509 00:23:01,681 --> 00:23:05,852 Police found Theresa Insana's body dumped in a ravine. 510 00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:09,823 The autopsy showed she'd been strangled, but why? 511 00:23:09,856 --> 00:23:12,058 Detectives were about to take a hard look 512 00:23:12,092 --> 00:23:14,961 at Theresa's ex-fiance, Jeff Fenton, 513 00:23:15,061 --> 00:23:17,364 and uncover a secret. 514 00:23:17,397 --> 00:23:20,667 Here again, is Josh Mankiewicz with "Lost in Sin City." 515 00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:27,307 - Four days before Theresa Insana's body was found 516 00:23:27,340 --> 00:23:31,544 on that terrible Monday morning in November 2004, 517 00:23:31,578 --> 00:23:33,747 it was her coworkers from the Rio 518 00:23:33,780 --> 00:23:36,516 who first went to her home to check on Theresa 519 00:23:36,549 --> 00:23:40,920 and then, when they couldn't find her, alerted police. 520 00:23:40,954 --> 00:23:43,256 Among them, Theresa's life-long friend 521 00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:46,092 and former roommate, Melissa Madge. 522 00:23:46,092 --> 00:23:47,827 - I couldn't wrap my mind 523 00:23:47,861 --> 00:23:50,497 around who would really want to hurt her. 524 00:23:50,530 --> 00:23:53,733 - Police asked you if she was involved in anything illegal. 525 00:23:53,767 --> 00:23:56,169 - Right. No. - Did they ask about boyfriends? 526 00:23:56,202 --> 00:23:58,905 - They did. - And, in fact, 527 00:23:58,938 --> 00:24:02,575 Theresa's former fiance was one of those coworkers 528 00:24:02,609 --> 00:24:05,545 who were the first to enter the home that day. 529 00:24:05,578 --> 00:24:07,380 His name is Jeff Fenton, 530 00:24:07,414 --> 00:24:10,750 and he once lived in that house with Theresa, 531 00:24:10,784 --> 00:24:13,820 but he also broke her heart just months earlier 532 00:24:13,853 --> 00:24:15,622 by breaking off their engagement 533 00:24:15,655 --> 00:24:17,490 right before the wedding. 534 00:24:26,066 --> 00:24:28,368 When questioned by Las Vegas police, 535 00:24:28,401 --> 00:24:32,339 Jeff Fenton said he had played no part in Theresa's murder. 536 00:24:32,372 --> 00:24:36,776 He said he tried not to touch anything in the house or garage 537 00:24:36,810 --> 00:24:39,079 where Theresa's car was still parked. 538 00:24:52,092 --> 00:24:55,261 Police needed to know as much as possible about Jeff, 539 00:24:55,295 --> 00:24:58,465 a man who seemed to be a bit of a mystery to most, 540 00:24:58,498 --> 00:25:01,668 a then 30-year-old divorced market analyst 541 00:25:01,701 --> 00:25:03,670 for Caesars Entertainment Properties, 542 00:25:03,703 --> 00:25:05,705 which included the Rio. 543 00:25:05,739 --> 00:25:07,073 He and Theresa had gotten engaged 544 00:25:07,107 --> 00:25:11,077 just two months after they started dating in 2002, 545 00:25:11,111 --> 00:25:14,881 shocking to many of her friends and family members. 546 00:25:14,914 --> 00:25:16,483 Jeff seem like a good guy to you? 547 00:25:16,516 --> 00:25:17,917 - I-I really believe at first, 548 00:25:17,951 --> 00:25:21,621 he was quite a nice, wonderful man. 549 00:25:21,654 --> 00:25:25,458 It's who she wanted. He asked for my blessing. 550 00:25:25,492 --> 00:25:27,060 I gave it to him. 551 00:25:27,093 --> 00:25:29,062 - But those closest to the couple 552 00:25:29,062 --> 00:25:31,464 saw something odd in Jeff. 553 00:25:31,498 --> 00:25:34,801 He seemed to be constantly under the weather. 554 00:25:34,834 --> 00:25:37,070 - He came for a week, and he had-- 555 00:25:37,103 --> 00:25:41,641 Every day, he had an ailment. God-God can strike me dead. 556 00:25:41,675 --> 00:25:44,344 - He had always complained a lot of headaches, 557 00:25:44,377 --> 00:25:46,079 and that he was stressed, 558 00:25:46,079 --> 00:25:47,914 and he had suffered panic attacks 559 00:25:47,947 --> 00:25:49,315 a couple of times. 560 00:25:49,349 --> 00:25:51,084 He stayed around home a lot. 561 00:25:51,084 --> 00:25:52,719 - And Theresa, who'd been very social, 562 00:25:52,752 --> 00:25:54,721 would stay around home to take care of him. 563 00:25:54,754 --> 00:25:58,391 - She's certainly not gonna go out socially if her-- 564 00:25:58,425 --> 00:26:00,393 if her fiance is home sick. 565 00:26:00,427 --> 00:26:03,596 - Jeff and Theresa were engaged for a year. 566 00:26:03,630 --> 00:26:06,433 Then just five weeks before the wedding was set to be held 567 00:26:06,466 --> 00:26:08,234 back in Niagara Falls, 568 00:26:08,268 --> 00:26:10,470 Jeff had abruptly called it off. 569 00:26:10,503 --> 00:26:13,173 - He basically came to her on one Sunday morning 570 00:26:13,206 --> 00:26:15,075 and said, "I can't do this," 571 00:26:15,108 --> 00:26:17,610 and Theresa was very taken aback 572 00:26:17,644 --> 00:26:22,048 and completely devastated at that time. 573 00:26:22,082 --> 00:26:23,917 - Theresa was heartbroken, 574 00:26:23,950 --> 00:26:26,786 as evidenced by this entry in her diary. 575 00:26:46,773 --> 00:26:48,541 - I think she was just so sad, 576 00:26:48,575 --> 00:26:50,410 and, you know, that was when she shared 577 00:26:50,443 --> 00:26:51,511 that may there were some signs 578 00:26:51,544 --> 00:26:53,279 that she should have seen before. 579 00:26:53,313 --> 00:26:54,714 - What'd she say the signs were? 580 00:26:54,748 --> 00:26:57,817 - She said that there was a girl's name on her caller I.D., 581 00:26:57,851 --> 00:26:59,319 someone that she had worked with, 582 00:26:59,352 --> 00:27:02,022 and I think she-- There was some thought there 583 00:27:02,022 --> 00:27:04,190 that maybe there was something going on. 584 00:27:04,224 --> 00:27:06,359 - And, apparently, there was. 585 00:27:06,393 --> 00:27:09,295 Shortly after Jeff Fenton broke up with Theresa, 586 00:27:09,329 --> 00:27:11,264 he began dating that very woman 587 00:27:11,297 --> 00:27:14,901 whose name had been found on the caller I.D., 588 00:27:14,934 --> 00:27:19,406 another coworker at the Rio named Melissa Ball. 589 00:27:19,439 --> 00:27:21,274 Theresa ever express how uncomfortable it was 590 00:27:21,307 --> 00:27:23,510 to work with both her ex-boyfriend 591 00:27:23,543 --> 00:27:27,147 and her sort of romantic rival in the same office? 592 00:27:27,180 --> 00:27:29,282 - It wasn't an easy situation for her. 593 00:27:29,315 --> 00:27:31,518 Every day, she had to go into work 594 00:27:31,551 --> 00:27:33,853 and see the man that broke her heart 595 00:27:33,887 --> 00:27:35,889 and then have to look at Melissa. 596 00:27:35,922 --> 00:27:37,223 She always would say to me, 597 00:27:37,257 --> 00:27:38,658 "I'm trying to be a better person 598 00:27:38,692 --> 00:27:40,727 "and not allow it to bother me." 599 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,395 - And as the months passed, 600 00:27:42,429 --> 00:27:45,732 Jeff and Theresa were at least civil to one another. 601 00:27:45,765 --> 00:27:48,268 One weekend, just two weeks before the murder, 602 00:27:48,301 --> 00:27:51,338 Jeff agreed to take care of Theresa's dog, 603 00:27:51,371 --> 00:27:52,906 and he slept over at her house 604 00:27:52,939 --> 00:27:56,242 when Theresa had to work overnight at the hotel, 605 00:27:56,276 --> 00:27:59,279 but on the day police believe Theresa was murdered, 606 00:27:59,312 --> 00:28:00,647 she did tell her friend something 607 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,017 that made investigators pay close attention. 608 00:28:04,017 --> 00:28:05,752 - She had come to my office that day, 609 00:28:05,785 --> 00:28:08,855 and we were chatting, and she had mentioned 610 00:28:08,888 --> 00:28:11,925 that she had exchanged some words with Jeff, 611 00:28:12,025 --> 00:28:15,061 like, "I confronted him, and, you know, I said this to him," 612 00:28:15,095 --> 00:28:18,164 and that was really it. - What was the argument about? 613 00:28:18,198 --> 00:28:20,300 - I-- honestly, I don't really recall. 614 00:28:20,333 --> 00:28:21,434 I just sort of, you know, 615 00:28:21,468 --> 00:28:23,036 tried to be the supporting friend 616 00:28:23,036 --> 00:28:25,071 and say, you know, "Don't worry about him. 617 00:28:25,105 --> 00:28:27,574 "Just ignore him. Just move on with your day." 618 00:28:34,347 --> 00:28:36,182 - When he was questioned by police, 619 00:28:36,216 --> 00:28:39,786 Jeff said that tiff never actually happened. 620 00:28:53,533 --> 00:28:56,236 There was another reason detectives were suspicious. 621 00:28:56,269 --> 00:28:57,904 Theresa's body had been found 622 00:28:57,937 --> 00:29:00,440 just two miles from Jeff Fenton's apartment. 623 00:29:00,473 --> 00:29:03,510 Police soon learned he had an air-tight alibi. 624 00:29:03,543 --> 00:29:06,446 That evening, Jeff and his new girlfriend were buying a car, 625 00:29:06,479 --> 00:29:09,449 and police believe they were at the car dealership 626 00:29:09,482 --> 00:29:11,785 during the exact hour when Theresa was murdered. 627 00:29:16,756 --> 00:29:19,426 Still, detectives thought Jeff Fenton, 628 00:29:19,459 --> 00:29:21,027 the man who'd had panic attacks 629 00:29:21,027 --> 00:29:23,763 and was described as highly stressed 630 00:29:23,797 --> 00:29:25,832 didn't seem stressed at all 631 00:29:25,865 --> 00:29:27,834 by the murder of his former fiancee. 632 00:30:08,008 --> 00:30:12,045 One possible reason for Jeff Fenton's flat affect? 633 00:30:12,078 --> 00:30:14,647 He was taking anxiety medication. 634 00:30:14,681 --> 00:30:18,618 Another-- He had just lost his former fiancee 635 00:30:18,651 --> 00:30:21,388 and was confused by all the questions, 636 00:30:21,421 --> 00:30:24,791 because he was not involved in her murder. 637 00:30:24,824 --> 00:30:28,495 Still, police kept looking at those close to Theresa 638 00:30:28,528 --> 00:30:30,497 as they searched for answers. 639 00:30:36,736 --> 00:30:38,805 - The new girlfriend makes an entrance 640 00:30:38,838 --> 00:30:40,740 and a dramatic exit. 641 00:30:40,774 --> 00:30:42,108 - How many people have you seen get up 642 00:30:42,142 --> 00:30:43,176 in the middle of a polygraph 643 00:30:43,209 --> 00:30:44,277 and run out of the room? 644 00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:45,912 - It's unusual to do what she did. 645 00:30:45,945 --> 00:30:49,449 - What will the Unsolved Case Squad make of this? 646 00:31:02,495 --> 00:31:03,496 - November 2004. 647 00:31:04,197 --> 00:31:06,332 Theresa Insana came home to rest 648 00:31:06,366 --> 00:31:08,835 in Niagara Falls, New York. 649 00:31:08,868 --> 00:31:10,337 Her friends and family 650 00:31:10,370 --> 00:31:14,774 were living with equal measures of agony and bewilderment. 651 00:31:14,808 --> 00:31:18,445 Who had killed Theresa and why? 652 00:31:20,347 --> 00:31:21,881 - Theresa was such a good person. 653 00:31:21,915 --> 00:31:24,451 She didn't do anything bad to anybody. 654 00:31:24,484 --> 00:31:27,087 There would be no reason to kill her. 655 00:31:27,087 --> 00:31:28,988 - And as their grief settled in, 656 00:31:29,089 --> 00:31:31,624 Theresa's former fiance, Jeff Fenton, 657 00:31:31,658 --> 00:31:33,460 was being questioned about the murder. 658 00:31:37,997 --> 00:31:42,235 - Also questioned was Fenton's new girlfriend, Melissa Ball. 659 00:31:42,268 --> 00:31:47,841 She was 23 and worked with Jeff and Theresa at the Rio. 660 00:31:55,248 --> 00:31:58,651 First, Melissa Ball confirmed Jeff's alibi, 661 00:31:58,685 --> 00:32:01,588 saying they were both at that car dealership 662 00:32:01,621 --> 00:32:03,857 the evening Theresa was murdered. 663 00:32:17,637 --> 00:32:20,073 But Melissa Ball also admitted to police 664 00:32:20,073 --> 00:32:23,376 that she did not exactly favor Jeff's decision 665 00:32:23,410 --> 00:32:25,412 just two weeks before the murder 666 00:32:25,445 --> 00:32:27,714 to sleep over at Theresa's house 667 00:32:27,747 --> 00:32:30,583 to watch the dog while Theresa stayed at work. 668 00:32:41,394 --> 00:32:42,929 - I think the fact that Jeff came over 669 00:32:42,962 --> 00:32:44,330 and watched the dog 670 00:32:44,364 --> 00:32:46,766 and stayed and slept at Theresa's house 671 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,103 was definitely upsetting to, uh, Melissa. 672 00:32:50,103 --> 00:32:51,671 - Even though she's not there at the time? 673 00:32:51,705 --> 00:32:54,007 - I mean, that's what she's told. 674 00:32:54,107 --> 00:32:57,410 - You think maybe she thought Theresa really is there? 675 00:32:57,444 --> 00:32:58,611 - Or she's using an excuse 676 00:32:58,645 --> 00:33:00,780 to get Jeff back in the picture. 677 00:33:00,814 --> 00:33:02,415 You know, "Stay over at the house. 678 00:33:02,449 --> 00:33:03,450 "Here's the key." 679 00:33:03,483 --> 00:33:07,520 - It's just still a tie between Jeff and Theresa 680 00:33:07,554 --> 00:33:10,190 that we believe Melissa didn't want. 681 00:33:10,223 --> 00:33:12,058 - Especially, thought detectives, 682 00:33:12,058 --> 00:33:15,895 a new girlfriend who, as Melissa had days before, 683 00:33:15,929 --> 00:33:19,399 learned she was pregnant with Jeff's child. 684 00:33:19,432 --> 00:33:21,868 If most murders involve love or money, 685 00:33:21,901 --> 00:33:25,305 detectives thought Melissa Ball had reason to worry. 686 00:33:25,338 --> 00:33:29,075 After all, Jeff's first marriage ended in divorce. 687 00:33:29,075 --> 00:33:32,112 He'd left Theresa just weeks before their wedding, 688 00:33:32,145 --> 00:33:35,448 and now Melissa was pregnant and wanted to get married. 689 00:33:35,482 --> 00:33:37,884 What woman wouldn't worry? 690 00:33:37,917 --> 00:33:40,120 But when Melissa talked to police, 691 00:33:40,153 --> 00:33:41,321 they felt her demeanor 692 00:33:41,354 --> 00:33:43,623 was not that of someone who was shocked 693 00:33:43,656 --> 00:33:46,626 by the apparently random and senseless killing 694 00:33:46,659 --> 00:33:47,961 of a coworker. 695 00:33:57,837 --> 00:34:01,141 - Here's a woman that she sees every day at work, 696 00:34:01,174 --> 00:34:03,677 and she's unconcerned at all. 697 00:34:03,710 --> 00:34:05,145 - Generally, people are pretty upset. 698 00:34:05,178 --> 00:34:07,714 - Yes. I mean, I-- You can imagine 699 00:34:07,747 --> 00:34:10,316 the amount of people from the Rio that were callin', 700 00:34:10,350 --> 00:34:12,352 wondering if it was someone that was stalking her 701 00:34:12,385 --> 00:34:15,155 at the hotel, and she had none of that. 702 00:34:15,188 --> 00:34:16,322 - She wasn't worried about that? 703 00:34:16,356 --> 00:34:19,092 - She wasn't worried about anything. 704 00:34:19,125 --> 00:34:20,527 - Four months later, 705 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,596 Jeff and Melissa would return to Vegas Homicide 706 00:34:23,630 --> 00:34:25,899 for polygraph tests. 707 00:34:25,932 --> 00:34:28,068 Although the tests are not admissible in court 708 00:34:28,101 --> 00:34:31,137 and do not prove that someone committed a crime, 709 00:34:31,171 --> 00:34:33,239 here are the findings: 710 00:34:33,273 --> 00:34:36,309 When asked if they caused Theresa's death 711 00:34:36,343 --> 00:34:38,411 and if they knew Theresa was dead 712 00:34:38,445 --> 00:34:40,947 before her body was found, 713 00:34:40,980 --> 00:34:46,219 the examiner found both Jeff and Melissa showed deception, 714 00:34:46,252 --> 00:34:47,954 but just as interesting 715 00:34:47,987 --> 00:34:51,591 was what Melissa did toward the end of the test. 716 00:34:51,624 --> 00:34:56,096 - She got upset and grabbed her stuff, 717 00:34:56,096 --> 00:34:58,264 and she was crying and was out of there. 718 00:34:58,298 --> 00:34:59,232 - How many people have you seen 719 00:34:59,265 --> 00:35:00,633 get up in the middle of a polygraph 720 00:35:00,667 --> 00:35:03,503 and run out of the room? - Most people stay. 721 00:35:03,536 --> 00:35:06,406 It's unusual to do what she did. 722 00:35:06,439 --> 00:35:08,641 - Tell me if I'm wrong, but, generally, 723 00:35:08,675 --> 00:35:11,778 innocent people want to stay and answer every question. 724 00:35:11,811 --> 00:35:14,280 - They want to clear up all the answers. 725 00:35:14,314 --> 00:35:16,850 - Whatever it takes to convince you I didn't do it. 726 00:35:16,883 --> 00:35:19,719 - Though Melissa did at one point seem to sympathize 727 00:35:19,753 --> 00:35:22,288 with Theresa's having been jilted by Jeff... 728 00:35:34,267 --> 00:35:37,370 ...our team was also interested in how, at another point, 729 00:35:37,404 --> 00:35:40,640 Melissa referred to Theresa not by name 730 00:35:40,674 --> 00:35:42,509 but as "that woman." 731 00:35:47,380 --> 00:35:50,183 - This is somebody who worked with Theresa, 732 00:35:50,216 --> 00:35:52,986 and, obviously, they were both romantic rivals 733 00:35:53,086 --> 00:35:55,922 at points in time for Jeff's affections. 734 00:35:55,955 --> 00:35:57,090 - And, okay, she didn't like her. 735 00:35:57,090 --> 00:35:58,358 Doesn't mean she killed her. 736 00:35:58,391 --> 00:36:01,761 - But what's fascinating, you don't say "that woman." 737 00:36:01,795 --> 00:36:04,064 It shows a level of detachment, 738 00:36:04,097 --> 00:36:07,033 and, to me, of anger and hostility 739 00:36:07,033 --> 00:36:08,935 that we would think 740 00:36:09,035 --> 00:36:12,238 might have existed while she was living, 741 00:36:12,272 --> 00:36:14,741 but this woman's brutally murdered-- 742 00:36:14,774 --> 00:36:16,176 - And yet, it still exists. You see it. 743 00:36:16,209 --> 00:36:18,178 - Yeah, that's your-- That's your response? 744 00:36:18,211 --> 00:36:21,881 - Of course, people do react in different ways to polygraphs 745 00:36:21,915 --> 00:36:25,719 and to news as stunning as that of a murder. 746 00:36:25,752 --> 00:36:27,053 As for Jeff, 747 00:36:27,087 --> 00:36:29,122 it's what happened after the interview 748 00:36:29,155 --> 00:36:32,692 that got our team's attention. 749 00:36:32,726 --> 00:36:35,195 There's a point during Jeff's interview with police 750 00:36:35,228 --> 00:36:37,330 where they leave the room, 751 00:36:37,364 --> 00:36:40,066 and Jeff is sitting there like this. 752 00:36:40,100 --> 00:36:41,568 - I love it. - What's that say to you? 753 00:36:41,601 --> 00:36:42,936 - I-I love it. - The ending. 754 00:36:42,969 --> 00:36:45,872 - What it says is, "Oh, my gosh." 755 00:36:45,905 --> 00:36:47,073 - "What have I gotten myself into?" 756 00:36:47,107 --> 00:36:48,475 - Exactly. - Actually, it's the-- 757 00:36:48,508 --> 00:36:51,277 - That is classic. - It's the first sense 758 00:36:51,311 --> 00:36:52,846 of emotion out of him. Of all-- It's like-- 759 00:36:52,879 --> 00:36:55,148 - Emotion. 45, 50 minutes, nothing. 760 00:36:55,181 --> 00:36:57,884 - That's not necessarily a sign of guilt. 761 00:36:57,917 --> 00:37:00,020 - Maybe what he's concerned about is he's saying, 762 00:37:00,053 --> 00:37:03,256 "You know what? I didn't commit this murder, 763 00:37:03,289 --> 00:37:05,158 "but the more I'm hearing, 764 00:37:05,191 --> 00:37:06,893 "I got a terrible feeling who might be involved." 765 00:37:06,926 --> 00:37:09,029 - Who did. - Right. 766 00:37:11,197 --> 00:37:14,901 - Does Jeff Fenton know who killed Theresa? 767 00:37:14,934 --> 00:37:16,503 A development from the crime lab 768 00:37:16,536 --> 00:37:19,039 suggests a new theory about the case. 769 00:37:21,207 --> 00:37:22,475 - Could this be a murder for hire? 770 00:37:22,509 --> 00:37:23,677 - Absolutely. - Very well. 771 00:37:23,710 --> 00:37:25,412 Absolutely, it could be. - Well, it very well could be. 772 00:37:36,722 --> 00:37:37,890 - Because of a backlog of cases, 773 00:37:38,957 --> 00:37:42,795 it took more than a year after Theresa Insana's murder 774 00:37:42,828 --> 00:37:45,264 for word to come back from the crime lab 775 00:37:45,297 --> 00:37:47,066 to Vegas Homicide. 776 00:37:47,066 --> 00:37:50,803 The DNA from that blood found in Theresa's bathroom 777 00:37:50,836 --> 00:37:52,571 and on the clothes she was wearing 778 00:37:52,604 --> 00:37:54,106 at the time of her murder 779 00:37:54,139 --> 00:37:58,143 did not come from her former fiance, Jeff Fenton. 780 00:37:58,177 --> 00:38:00,045 It also did not come from the woman 781 00:38:00,079 --> 00:38:02,715 who, a month after Theresa's death, 782 00:38:02,748 --> 00:38:06,251 became Fenton's wife, Melissa Ball. 783 00:38:06,285 --> 00:38:07,920 - When you get the DNA results back, 784 00:38:08,020 --> 00:38:09,288 were you guys surprised? 785 00:38:09,321 --> 00:38:11,023 - I don't think we were necessarily surprised. 786 00:38:11,056 --> 00:38:12,257 We thought it was a possibility 787 00:38:12,291 --> 00:38:13,659 that it wouldn't be him. 788 00:38:13,692 --> 00:38:16,161 It kind of made us lean towards more that, 789 00:38:16,195 --> 00:38:18,564 uh, Melissa was callin' the shots, 790 00:38:18,597 --> 00:38:21,266 and Jeff might have found out after the fact. 791 00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:23,635 - You believe Jeff Fenton has something to do with this? 792 00:38:23,669 --> 00:38:25,804 - I do. I do. 793 00:38:25,838 --> 00:38:27,806 - That's not his blood at the scene. 794 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,041 - He knows something, 795 00:38:29,041 --> 00:38:32,578 and, uh, his new wife knows something, 796 00:38:32,611 --> 00:38:34,747 and we just need to find that one person 797 00:38:34,780 --> 00:38:37,416 that they know or somebody else knows. 798 00:38:37,449 --> 00:38:39,718 - Maybe he's not involved. - It's a possibility. 799 00:38:39,752 --> 00:38:41,553 Just the actions, the interviews-- 800 00:38:41,587 --> 00:38:43,822 we have a hard time really swallowing that, 801 00:38:43,856 --> 00:38:46,258 that he's not involved. 802 00:38:46,291 --> 00:38:48,560 - It may well be that neither Jeff nor Melissa 803 00:38:48,594 --> 00:38:51,463 had any involvement, and, to this day, 804 00:38:51,497 --> 00:38:54,533 neither has been charged with any crime. 805 00:38:54,566 --> 00:38:55,734 Through his attorney, 806 00:38:55,768 --> 00:38:58,404 Jeff Fenton declined our repeated requests 807 00:38:58,437 --> 00:39:00,506 for an on-camera interview, 808 00:39:00,539 --> 00:39:02,007 and Melissa Ball-Fenton 809 00:39:02,007 --> 00:39:06,245 did not respond to Dateline's requests for comment. 810 00:39:06,278 --> 00:39:07,646 The one thing we know 811 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,382 is that there's no prosecutable case right now 812 00:39:10,416 --> 00:39:12,051 against Jeff or Melissa. 813 00:39:12,084 --> 00:39:13,318 They had an alibi, 814 00:39:13,352 --> 00:39:16,689 and somebody else's DNA is at the crime scene 815 00:39:16,722 --> 00:39:18,290 and on the victim's body. 816 00:39:18,323 --> 00:39:20,626 - There's not enough probable cause at this junction. 817 00:39:20,659 --> 00:39:23,495 - You have a very interesting case 818 00:39:23,529 --> 00:39:26,932 with a lot of evidence that points certain ways, 819 00:39:27,032 --> 00:39:30,035 and then a giant missing piece. 820 00:39:30,035 --> 00:39:32,371 - I completely buy that there was some tension 821 00:39:32,404 --> 00:39:36,442 between Melissa, Jeff, Theresa. 822 00:39:36,475 --> 00:39:39,611 There's a big jump from that to murder. 823 00:39:39,645 --> 00:39:41,347 - I've been on enough homicide cases, Josh, 824 00:39:41,380 --> 00:39:44,917 that there is no real good reason for any of 'em. 825 00:39:44,950 --> 00:39:47,186 - I think the mistake sometimes that people make 826 00:39:47,219 --> 00:39:50,055 is when they try to look at motive 827 00:39:50,089 --> 00:39:52,791 as being always reasonable, always apparent, 828 00:39:52,825 --> 00:39:55,060 always clear. It's not - It's not. 829 00:39:55,094 --> 00:39:56,395 - Could this be a murder for hire? 830 00:39:56,428 --> 00:39:57,596 - Absolutely. - Very-very well. 831 00:39:57,629 --> 00:39:58,864 Absolutely, it could be. - Well, it very well could be. 832 00:39:58,897 --> 00:40:00,199 - The most obvious scenario here 833 00:40:00,232 --> 00:40:03,369 is that this is somebody that either knew her 834 00:40:03,402 --> 00:40:05,871 or was employed by somebody who knew her 835 00:40:05,904 --> 00:40:07,339 and wanted her dead. 836 00:40:07,373 --> 00:40:08,841 - What's it gonna take to solve this murder? 837 00:40:08,874 --> 00:40:11,977 - It's gonna take, uh, probably a DNA hit 838 00:40:12,011 --> 00:40:13,846 on this, uh, profile, 839 00:40:13,879 --> 00:40:16,448 or if somebody actually starts talking. 840 00:40:16,482 --> 00:40:20,386 - I think Dwayne'll tell ya, as a homicide investigator, 841 00:40:20,419 --> 00:40:22,588 you wanna be good. You wanna be thorough. 842 00:40:22,621 --> 00:40:24,790 Sometimes your best friend isn't hard work. It's-- 843 00:40:24,823 --> 00:40:25,924 - It's luck. - It's luck. 844 00:40:25,958 --> 00:40:28,627 Luck. Someone comin' forward with information. 845 00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:30,996 Someone making a mistake. 846 00:40:31,030 --> 00:40:34,900 - Detectives have run the DNA through the national database. 847 00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:36,869 No matches, yet. 848 00:40:36,902 --> 00:40:39,471 But detectives are still waiting. 849 00:40:39,505 --> 00:40:40,973 - You guys fantasize about the moment 850 00:40:41,006 --> 00:40:43,108 that you're gonna be able to call the Insana family 851 00:40:43,142 --> 00:40:45,044 and say, "We've made an arrest"?? 852 00:40:45,077 --> 00:40:47,179 - That'll be a tremendous day. 853 00:40:47,212 --> 00:40:49,348 It would be a day that I hope, uh, 854 00:40:49,381 --> 00:40:50,849 is before I retire. 855 00:40:50,883 --> 00:40:53,752 - We'll get what we call a full loaf, 856 00:40:53,786 --> 00:40:56,689 that means a full confession, outta this guy. 857 00:40:56,722 --> 00:40:59,258 He'll have no reason 858 00:40:59,291 --> 00:41:02,061 that his blood should have been there. 859 00:41:02,061 --> 00:41:03,062 He'll confess. 860 00:41:03,095 --> 00:41:04,630 We just need to know who he is. 861 00:41:04,663 --> 00:41:08,167 - Detective Wildemann retired in 2017, 862 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,170 and the question of who killed Theresa Insana 863 00:41:11,203 --> 00:41:13,305 remains a mystery. 864 00:41:13,339 --> 00:41:14,473 When we sat down with her, 865 00:41:14,506 --> 00:41:17,843 Ann-Marie Insana was still faithfully placing calls 866 00:41:17,876 --> 00:41:19,645 to investigators, 867 00:41:19,678 --> 00:41:23,549 refusing to let her daughter's murder be forgotten. 868 00:41:23,582 --> 00:41:25,217 - How often do you talk to police? 869 00:41:25,250 --> 00:41:26,885 - About every couple weeks, 870 00:41:26,919 --> 00:41:28,721 and-and I am a pain, 871 00:41:28,754 --> 00:41:31,390 and I am a nuisance, but I am a mother. 872 00:41:31,423 --> 00:41:33,826 I don't know if it's gonna happen in my-my lifetime 873 00:41:33,859 --> 00:41:37,429 or Joe's, but I-- I believe it will happen. 874 00:41:37,463 --> 00:41:39,832 - High school graduation. 875 00:41:39,865 --> 00:41:41,100 - Theresa's friends, too, 876 00:41:41,133 --> 00:41:43,969 live for the day when an answer will come, 877 00:41:44,003 --> 00:41:45,504 and until then, 878 00:41:45,537 --> 00:41:48,240 they'll remain as loyal to her memory 879 00:41:48,273 --> 00:41:50,576 as she always was to them. 880 00:41:50,609 --> 00:41:54,246 - We know that it's not in our hands at this point. 881 00:41:54,279 --> 00:41:57,016 It's in God's hands 882 00:41:57,116 --> 00:42:00,519 to bring this person to justice, 883 00:42:00,552 --> 00:42:01,820 but I will never give up, 884 00:42:01,854 --> 00:42:03,655 and I truly believe in my heart of hearts 885 00:42:03,689 --> 00:42:05,624 that this case will be solved. 886 00:42:05,657 --> 00:42:09,561 - Theresa's best friend, her father, died in 2021, 887 00:42:09,595 --> 00:42:12,264 never having received those answers. 888 00:42:12,297 --> 00:42:14,199 It was clear when we last spoke 889 00:42:14,233 --> 00:42:17,136 that there would always be a hole in his heart. 890 00:42:17,169 --> 00:42:20,072 - God, she was my lifeline. 891 00:42:20,072 --> 00:42:22,941 I loved her so much. I love her now. 892 00:42:22,975 --> 00:42:28,280 I feel her essence and presence was so strong, 893 00:42:28,313 --> 00:42:30,215 she's still with us today, 894 00:42:30,249 --> 00:42:32,785 but I can't talk to her. 895 00:42:32,818 --> 00:42:35,521 I can't hold her. I can't kiss her. 896 00:42:35,554 --> 00:42:37,489 That's what saddens me the most. 897 00:42:40,459 --> 00:42:41,660 - That's all for this edition 898 00:42:41,694 --> 00:42:43,862 of "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered." 899 00:42:43,896 --> 00:42:46,832 I'm Craig Melvin. Thank you for watching.