i m craig melvin, and i natalie morales. and this is dateline yeah i m freaking out i walk in, and my sister s not there. her doors open, her lights are on, her bans on done everything was horrible. and i felt it. as she had been fearless on the frontlines in iraq pretty amazing. i saw her as like, a reall strong soldier but something about her terrified at home. we i m scared i don t feel safe. a desperate call to police. and then she vanished. when something made a prett scared yes there s no way to say wit that was right what had happened to this beautiful army sergeant? that question would launch a spellbinding mystery there were a number o potential suspects, absolutely was a killer out there? she was in danger could police catch him? they hatched a plan of virtual genius one of the detective said you re not going to believ this welcome to dateline maribel ramos was a fighter. join the army and doing tw times overseas before returnin to
that everyone is rich an whites and lives in a mansio with a view of the pacific but setback from the coast and you ll see the orange county that is not on tv, not a wealthy, not as white, full of those who came here from somewhere else, chasing better life and finding in places like santa ana, a mostl working class immigran community in the shadow of disneyland it s the port of eoc wer people know that to survive, you ll have to work hard a maribel ramos arrived here as baby, leaving mexico behind. she would not only survive her but thrive ed to tell you the truth, this should be the story of a woman who worked hard to change your life, and in doing so, carved path for others to follow. hello but this story is going t end differently. were you crying