it really threw him for a loop when he found out that my mom had met somebody else. police had a suspect and a case that was about to take an unbelievable turn. one of the most shocking things i have ever seen in a courtroom. hello and welcome to dateline. deede keller had made a comfortable life for herself. a successful realtor in southern california, she lived in a charming neighborhood where she was surrounded by family and friends. then suddenly, deede disappeared. as her loved ones launched a frantic search, investigators would follow the trail of clues to a suspect with a dark obsession. but the final twist in this case would leave the courtroom stunned. here s josh mankiewicz with betrayal of trust. southern california s south bay. a singularly stunning strand of shoreline with familiar names like hermosa, redondo and manhattan. we call it the sandbox. no one thinks that this part of los angeles exists, but it does. this seaside playground is lined w
or was it something more or someone else. it really threw him for a loop when he found out that my mom had met somebody else. police had a suspect and a case that was about to take an unbelievable turn. one of the most shocking things i have ever seen in a courtroom. hello and welcome to dateline. deede keller had made a comfortable life for herself. a successful realtor in southern california, she lived in a charming neighborhood where she was surrounded by family and friends. then suddenly, deede disappeared. as her loved ones launched a frantic search, investigators would follow the trail of clues to a suspect with a dark obsession. but the final twist in this case would leave the courtroom stunned. here s josh mankiewicz with betrayal of trust. southern california s south bay. a singularly stunning strand of shoreline with familiar names like hermosa, redondo and manhattan. we call it the sandbox. no one thinks that this part of los angeles exists, but i
i think it was over seven figures. seven figures, a lot of murders committed for a lot less than that. absolutely. who got that money in the event of her death? the beneficiaries were her two children. and the detective noticed something about the whereabouts of deede s two children, mike and julie at the time of deede s disappearance. they re both out of town at the time that their mother went missing. why is that significant? why would the reverse be more true? i thought if the mother goes missing and it just so happens that mike is gone in san jose, and julie is down in a resort, and it s been my experience that sometimes people dissipate stress after they commit a crime in different ways. some people drink. some people take drugs. and some people leave the area, just to dissipate stress. and there was strangely, one more person who just happened to have been traveling near the time of deede s disappearance. her ex husband, erwin howard, had just flown to his hom
they re both out of town at the time that their mother went missing. why is that significant? why would the reverse be more true? i thought if the mother goes missing and it just so happens that mike is gone in san jose, and julie is down in a resort, and it s been my experience that sometimes people dissipate stress after they commit a crime in different ways. some people drink. some people take drugs. and some people leave the area, just to dissipate stress. and there was strangely, one more person who just happened to have been traveling near the time of deede s disappearance. her ex husband, erwin howard, had just flown to his home country of bolivia. and erwin was a mechanic who worked for american airlines in l. a.. the common thread in all of these trips? nearby l. a. x. airport. and so, the detective thought,