friday. she will have to pay a $30,000 fine and perform 250 hours of community service. and a tropical storm warning is in effect for parts of the bahamas still recovering from hurricane dorian. the storm is expected to bring strong winds and up to six inches of rain to the islands before hitting the eastern coast of florida later this weekend. that s what is happening. now back to dateline . narrator: welcome back to dateline . i m craig melvin. where was lynsie ekelund? the investigation was at a standstill. detectives had two possible suspects but no evidence linking either to her disappearance. enter cold case detective larry montgomery, all known as the evidence whisperer. could he uncover clues others missed? here is josh mankowicz with the
chris, have a seat. larry had red all about chris mcamis and he had looked at tape of every time chris had been in for an interview. here is what the situation is today, he and chris were going to meet for the first time. i have been investigating this case for about two years now as the cold case investigator. larry had a plan to get chris to talk without asking for a lawyer. you probably want to know what is going on, what is happening, why you are sitting here. larry promised to fill him in on the case in detail, thinking chris would want to know if the cops had the goods, and then maybe he would have something to say. since you are under arrest i have to advise you of your rights which i will do in a moment. after that what i would like to do is i would like to explain to you everything. larry read chris his rights, and before chris could respond larry laid out his case. he said he knew chris had never dropped lynsie off that night because the atm photo that a
the pd brought in the usual suspects, like the boyfriend. when you guys were dating, she hasn t been dating anyone else to your knowledge. no. reporter: his name is matthew ramirez. he was at college with lynsie. then in came the last person known to have seen her, chris mcamis, 21 years old, out of school. he told the cops he was unemployed. lynsie met him through friends about four months prior and it turned out he never drove lynsie to andrea s house for a sleepover. chris said that was a lie lynsie made up for her mother. the real plan was to go clubbing all night in san diego. don t tell my mom we re going to san diego because my mom won t let us go.
the work site and used a skip loader to dig a hole. he held on to lynsie s body for a few days and then when no one was around, he buried her. did it feel any better to finally know? no, because i was really devastated. there was a relief, but i wasn t any happier because of it. reporter: with detectives, chris returned to the site that had become lynsie s final resting place. right where this tree is i
about chris mcamis. he looked at tape of every time chris had been in for an interview. here is what the situation is reporter: today, he and chris were going to meet for the first time. i have been investigating the case for about two years now and reporter: larry had a plan to get chris to talk, without asking for a lawyer. you probably want to know what s going on, what s happening, why you re sitting here. reporter: larry promised to fill him in on the case in detail, thinking chris would want to know if the cops had the goods and then maybe he would have something to say. i do have to advise you of your rights which i will do in a moment. after that, i would like to do, i would like to explain to you everything. reporter: larry read chris rights and before chris could really respond, larry laid out his case. he said he knew chris had never dropped lynsie off that night. because the atm photo that at first fooled investigators actually proved chris wasn t there