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thank you for watching. >> im craig melvin. >> and im natalie morales. >> and this is dateline! >> he said he couldnt handle talking about it. i was angry at him. if youre not going to tell me what happened, then youre going to dance around the issue and tell three different stories, what are you hiding? >> it started as a teen romance. >> two of my girlfriends are like, theres this guy, and you need to meet him. >> i was in love, yes. >> it ended in one of the strangest love stories y...

bus. >> right before their wedding, her mother and his father got married. >> they told us, we ran off, we eloped. who does that? >> two families and a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. >> he looks like hes been shot. he said someone broke in last night. >> a deadly attack in the dark of night. her mother murdered. >> i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. >> his father bruised and bewildered. >> i dont remember anything...

Stories. Where are you hiding . It started as a teen romance. Two of my girlfriends are like theres a guy. Youve got to meet him. A deadly attack in the dark of night. His mother murdered. I realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. His father, bruised and bewildered. I dont remember Anything Else. Was it a robbery or was it something much darker . You were 11 years old when your mother disappeared . A missing woman, a murdered woman, and alive. I could barely stomach to finis...

>> it was a crush. you were crushed. >> what happened? no one knew. except that now these two had one more thing in common. both products of broken homes. the wedding day approached, just a few days to go, when shannons mother, pam, and aarons dad, ralph, invited the bride and groom-to-be for dinner and a talk. ralph was every bit a devout a believer as pam. so some premarital guidance perhaps? oh, no. nothing like that. >> they told us, we ran off, we eloped and got married. >> wait, what? your...

>> what did that feel like? >> it was a crush. you were crushed. >> what happened? no one knew. except that now these two had one more thing in common. both products of broken homes. the wedding day approached, just a few days to go, when shannons mother, pam, and aarons dad, ralph, invited the bride and groom-to-be for dinner and a talk. ralph was every bit a devout a believer as pam. so some premarital guidance perhaps? oh, no. nothing like that. >> they told us, we ran off, we eloped and got ...

>> they told us, we ran off, we eloped. who does that? >> two families in a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. >> he looks like hes been shot. he said someone broke in last night. >> a deadly attack in the dark of the night. her mother murdered. >> i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. >> his father bruised and bewildered. >> i dont remember anything else, other than waking up in the morning. >> was it a robbery? >> the television...

She said, this is it, im done. >> what did that feel like? >> it was a crush. you were crushed. >> what happened? no one knew. except that now these two had one more thing in common. both products of broken homes. the wedding day approached, just a few days to go, when shannons mother, pam, and aarons dad, ralph, invited the bride and groom-to-be for dinner and a talk. ralph was every bit a devout a believer as pam. so some premarital guidance perhaps? oh, no. nothing like that. >> they told us,...

Her mother and his father got married. >> they told us, we ran off, we eloped. who does that? >> two families in a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. >> he looks like hes been shot. he said someone broke in last night. >> a deadly attack in the dark of the night. her mother murdered. >> i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. >> his father bruised and bewildered. >> i dont remember anything else, other than waking up in the morning....

Im done. >> reporter: what did that feel like? >> oh, it was a crush. you were crushed. >> reporter: now these two had one more thing in common. both products of broken homes. the wedding day approached, just a few days to go, when shannons mother pam and aarons dad ralph invited the bride and groom-to-be for dinner and a talk. ralph was every bit as devout a believer as pam, so some premarital guidance perhaps? oh, no. nothing like that. >> they told us, we ran off. we eloped and got married. >...

Fine, then -- >> we seemed to be getting along. everything was fine. she said, this is it, im done. >> what did that feel like? >> it was a crush. you were crushed. >> these two had more things in common, both products of broken homes. the wedding day approached, just a few days to go, when shannons mother, pam, and aarons dad, ralph, invited the bride and groom-to-be for dinner and a talk. ralph was every bit a devout a believer as pam. so some premarital guidance perhaps? oh, no. nothing like ...