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>> they were going to meet? >> yes. >> followed by a shot. >> the meeting was set up for someone to hit her. >> did they find the shooter? >> no. >> just vanished? >> vanished. >> who was this mystery man on a midnight mission? >> he brought everything that you would need to murder someone. >> turns out it was a gunman police. and maybe even you already know. >> i had seen the dateline previously. >> someone was hiding a secret. >> where is their smoke, there is fire. >> someone else c...

>> when youve got something that was this bad -- >> somebodys got to pay. >> somebody has got to pay. >> hello, and welcome to "dateline." >> nona dirksmeyer and kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. she was a self-confident 19 -year-old known for her beautiful voice. he was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. then, a brutal attack their shattered their dreams. it was a crime that would shake a small southern town to its core. and pit a family against the community they...

bridget, shes gone. >> there was nothing believable about a perfectly healthy person having a catastrophic fall. >> this is not an accident. >> but again,. >> police close the case. >> and again, that followed. >> you get another phone call? >> it was just absolutely shocking. this one was devastating. this was absolutely devastating. >> a killer hunting members of a frightened family. and theyre the only ones convinced that it israel. >> this isnt a curse. this isnt a fluke. >> we wer...

to kill you now. >> a strange story that only got stranger. >> they had purple gloves on. >> and they had blue, floods the gloves. >> something isnt right here. >> could he have killed his own father? what really happened in that house. >> i did not do this! >> and, a this came forward and changed anything. if this was our story, the strangest thing of all was the truth. >> he planned for any scenario except for the one that happened to him. >>. dan was a man who built a fortune, and a...