Craig melvin then they found it, the diary he recorded in secret. And the clues came pouring out. Blood in the bushes. This was the hotspot. This was your Crime Scene. Craig melvin a stunner of a surveillance tape. Jeff wilbert a tarp, a rope. Everything you might need for a murder. Exactly. Craig melvin and what just may be the most sinister Mother Daughter Conversation youve ever overheard. These are not the same people that the public thinks that they are. You realize how cold this family is. Its pretty twisted. Very twisted. [music playing] hello, and welcome to dateline. Stephen moore was a Champion Speed Skater who was fast on the track but slow to find direction in life. That is, until he fell for Kindergarten Teacher Kathleen dorsett. Soon came a marriage, a career, and a baby. When stephen disappeared, detectives wondered if there was trouble in his seemingly normal life. But even they could not have imagined the sinister scheme at the heart of this case. Heres Andrea Canning
and the clues came pouring out. blood in the bushes. this was the hotspot. this was your crime scene. craig melvin: a stunner of a surveillance tape. jeff wilbert: a tarp, a rope. everything you might need for a murder. exactly. craig melvin: and what just may be the most sinister mother daughter conversation you ve ever overheard. these are not the same people that the public thinks that they are. you realize how cold this family is. it s pretty twisted. very twisted. [music playing] hello, and welcome to dateline. stephen moore was a champion speed skater who was fast on the track but slow to find direction in life. that is, until he fell for kindergarten teacher kathleen dorsett. soon came a marriage, a career, and a baby. when stephen disappeared, detectives wondered if there was trouble in his seemingly normal life. but even they could not have imagined the sinister scheme at the heart of this case. here s andrea canning with shattered bonds. [music playing] andrea
was he into drugs, anything that would get him into trouble? no, not that we re aware of. financial issues? no. andrea canning: but when police looked at his checking account, it showed something, two debit charges posted on monday afternoon. i found out that there was a transaction at a local quickchek on that date for like $9. and then there was another transaction later on that day at a chipotle in eatontown, which is in the same town that he works in. this is after he dropped off his daughter at kathleen s. correct, correct. andrea canning: so whatever happened to stephen could well have happened later on monday. another day went by, no stephen. then, in the early morning hours of wednesday, august 18, a 9-1-1 call came into dispatch. [ominous music] andrea canning: a car fire had erupted in a lonely section of long branch, new jersey, not far from the dorsett s tidy, peaceful, little street.
but most of all, she was funny and sexual but had this marvelous sense of life and vitality just reporter: and you were in the swirl of the local society. right? yeah. reporter: charity balls and parties and nice dinners. yeah. and she did all of this. she reporter: good, smart friends at your table? absolutely. she would invite people over. she cooked meals. and she d do the desserts. she did it all. reporter: so michael was all too happy to say yes when after years of living together, kathleen suggested the couple make it official. so we got married. and it was a gigantic wedding. it was in the house. and there must have been 150 people there. and it was just wonderful. i always thought, you know, this is what i ll register as the happiest day of my life. reporter: kathleen s younger sister, candace, says kathleen was over the moon, as well. she was thrilled to be marrying michael. all three girls were bridesmaids in her wedding. i remember at the wedding
this is what i ll register as the happiest day of my life. reporter: kathleen s younger sister, candace, says kathleen was over the moon, as well. she was thrilled to be marrying michael all three girls were bridesmaids in her wedding the day they married, my sister glowed reporter: and candace watched in amazement as, over the next several years, kathleen did it all. not only did she raise these children and have a quite accomplished corporate career, oh, dinner for 50? she d do it. reporter: and so it was on that mild december evening 2001, with kathleen juggling it all. she d been preparing for the holidays, while fending off the latest crisis at work. michael says she made dinner they sat down to watch a movie then, headed out back to enjoy a midnight glass of wine we went to the pool, and we talked reporter: what time would you guess? you re out there 10:00, 11:00 at night? well, this was at 11:00, 12:00, something something in there reporter: with a morning c