i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales and this is dateline. he was definitely charismatic. he was the new kid in town, super popular, all about adventure. this kid was like, awesome. he jumped right in th culture. he liked to show off to the girls. they were the neighbors just down the block, of family in fear. they had their vehicles broken into, she was scared. someone had been sneaking into their home and now someon was in their garage. i m sitting there panicking he s coming after me in a flash, it was over that charismatic kid dead o the floor. fits it was terrible, i think i screamed for an hour what happened in that garag that night it was the last person that would come to my mind. a neighbor protecting his home or preparing a trap makes the statement it showtime it is showtime? exactly a teenager, a father, a murder, no one would be th same we were all taken aback welcome to dateline he came to americ
he s coming after me. in a flash, it was over. that charismatic kid dead on the floor. fits it was terrible, i think i screamed for an hour. what happened in that garage that night? it was the last person that would come to my mind. a neighbor protecting his home or preparing a trap? makes the statement it s showtime. it showtime? exactly. a teenager, a father, a murder, no one would be the same. we were all taken aback. welcome to dateline. he came to america as an adventurous exchange student, but he took one risk too many and it cost him his life. was his death a case of a homeowner protecting his family and property? or something far more deliberate. here is josh mankiewicz with deadly exchange. it s a dilemma that confronts every teenager, how to simultaneously fit in with your friends and rebel against everyone else. that two step is made easier by the knowledge, maybe the certainty, that you will live forever. kids do dumb stuff all the ti
first place? to find out the truth, the needed to learn more about their german exchange student. here, again, is josh mankiewic with deadly exchange when he was killed in a neighbor s garage, exchang student diren dede was just to wants the way from returning t his family in germany, the man who shot him said he feared fo his life and from diren s best friend robbie, police warned the teen did enter the garage to steal. as robbie described it, wa diren not the first good i missoula to go sneaking into unlock garages he said the kids were not afte money, credit cards, o valuables. this stuff happened ofte enough that it had a name, garage hopping and the target was usually beer. the reason for garage shopping or garage shopping, i ve heard it called both, was for kids to go in and look for alcoholic beverages that the could easily get and take. until this shooting, that sort of was not on anybody s
radar? no, i have not heard garage hopping. these three friends of dire say they ve never gone garag hopping, but they know all about it you all know people who d it, or have done it? yeah. they understand it s illegal? yeah. but it seemed harmless? yes, exactly, i mean, they re like, hey, do, this is not a way for you to get som extra you know, when you are on saturday night i mean, did you think there was, you know, oh my god, we didn t tell him how dangerou this could be. but no one knew no one would ever, ever there are like, oh, hey don walk into that garage, we ll never know who s gonna shoot you. robbie told police that diren had done it before, bu never taken cash or valuable property he wasn t a criminal. he was a good. he was a kid trying to have fu and feeding the group, doing it, doing what the other guys do trying to be part of the was it really that innocent
someone felt compelled to do this which should be host to another foreign exchange student? no. my heart is too broken couldn t do it two months after the verdict, markus kaarma a jury s addressed diren dede s family. a check another man s life. i m sorry. i did what i felt was necessar to protect my family and myself i hope that no one ever fund and solve in the situation was placed in. the judge sentenced him t 70 years in prison i almost wish he never said sorry. it was so empty. his face had no expression it was scary almost. we were all taken aback. i was like, take it back there was no meaning in that they say garage hopping i no longer popular. have attitudes changed abou