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she had a heart of gold. what happened to this woman? my job is to be a truth teller and seek out the truth. i wanted to solve it. >> her case was a mystery for years. the mom with a tender heart and tough as nails career. >> she was part of the sheriff s department. her ultimate goal was to try to get into the fbi. >> she found a new sense of purpose in the church. her pastor and his wife, like family. >> they had taken her in. they were helping her out. >> its like, im proud of you. ...

After what happened when they sorely needed their church family at pendleton free methodist. like youth minister jeff hummel and his wife lisa who encountered the dancing sprite when she was in middle school. >> if she got the feeling that you were left out, shed find you and make sure that you knew you had a friend. >> >> one year when she was far away in india, the people who loved amyjane worried a lot. and didnt breathe easy until she returned home to the safety and security of pendleton. wh...

How to do you catch a dancing sprite? put her in a bottle? can you capture the joy she brings? can you keep it when it goes? >> she was a gravitational pull. >> reporter: her name was marie. marie carlson. >> she was magnetic. >> reporter: when she was happy, she could make the whole world sing. >> live life to the full et. you might not have tomorrow. >> reporter: she offered herself, her goodness. gave her vulnerable heart and stored her secrets until -- what happened. she was always that way,...

>> hello and welcome to "dateline". it marie carlson was a force of nature. enthusiastic, spirited, beautiful. but behind the radiant glow, she hit a darkness. for a while, marie drifted and then a pastor and his wife welcomed her into their life. it was a spiritual awakening which made marie sudden disappearance all the more mysterious. it would take a detective with a special bond and some divine intervention to find out what happened to marie. heres keith morrison with "secrets on the emerald...

"dateline." bree carlson was a force of nature. enthusiastic, spirited, beautiful. behind the radiant glow, she hid a darkness. for awhile marie drifted. then a pastor and his wife welcomed her into their lives. it was a spiritual awakening, which made maries sudden disappearance all the more mysterious. it would take a detective with a special bond and some divine intervention to find out what happened tote marie. heres keith morrison with "secrets on the emerald coast." >> reporter: how do you...

Surprise? marie did not take her three month old baby. line. bre carlson was a force of she left grace behind with the pastor and his wife. and right away her sister esta sensed that something wasnt right. she called her family. nature, enthusiastic, spirited >> i go, "i know i probably watch a lot of law & order, but and gleeful. can you find out whats going but for a while, marie drifted on? because i have this really gut feeling." shes like, "oh, you watch too and then a pastor and his wife m...

>> hello and welcome to "dateline." marie carlson was a force of nature. enthusiastic, spirited, and beautiful. behind the radiant glow she hid a darkness. for a while, marie drift. then a pastor and his wife welcomed her into their lives. it was a spiritual awakening which made maries sudden disappearance all the more mysterious. it would take a detective with a special bond and some divine intervention to find out what happened to marie. heres keith morrison with "secrets on the emerald coast....

>> this case for sure was an investigators worst nightmare. >> reporter: soon, clues to a hidden life! >> a very, very amorous romantic, wild relationship. >> it was lustful. oh my goodness! >> reporter: there were secrets here. deadly ones. >> it hit me hard. im like "no, no, no, no, no!" >> a come to jesus moment? >> it was, yeah. >> i was scared to death! >> reporter: im lester holt and this is dateline. >> reporter: how do you catch a dancing sprite? do you put her in a bottle? can you packa...

Family. >> they had taken her in, they were helping her out. >> im proud of you. youre finding god. >> then, one baffling text and she was gone. >> i know i watch a lot of law on order but i have this really gut feeling. >> because i was a mom i just knew she had things to worry about. there was no way she left that baby. >> two moms at opposite ends of the mystery could one get justice from the other? >> this case for sure was an investigators worst nightmare. >> soon, clues to a hidden life. >...