who did she see? just want to know what happened to my sister. a young mother is missing and a case gone cold. it was so important to me to know the truth behind that evening. then, detectives had and aha moment to solve the case, they return to something you probably use every day. facebook. why don t you establish a facebook account? i thought that could accomplish a great deal. and that s when everything started to change. something happened to her. in court, you ll see it all come pouring out. a hidden crime and a son s heart pounding moment. this is a horrible crime. i m glad we know the truth. carol lubahn was a restless young mom with two kids when she vanished from her southern california home. heartbroken, her loved ones assumed she had left at to start a new life. but as the years past, with no word from carol, a nagging suspicion took hold. was her disappearance the result of something more sinister? before investigators could solve the mystery,
a young mother is missing and a case gone cold. it was so important to me to know the truth behind that evening. then, detectives had an aha moment to solve the case, they return to something you probably use every day. facebook. why don t you establish a facebook account? i thought that could accomplish a great deal. and that s when everything started to change. something happened to her. in court, you ll see it all come pouring out. a hidden crime and a son s heart pounding moment. this is a horrible crime. i m glad we know the truth. carol lubahn was a restless young mom with two kids when she vanished from her southern california home. heartbroken, her loved ones assumed she had left at to start a new life. but as the years past, with no word from carol, a nagging suspicion took hold. was her disappearance the result of something more sinister? before investigators could solve the mystery, her son would have to face a dark family secret. but woul
and why was that so significant to you? because he never talked about my mother. at all? never. but mike never confronted his father. i just knew in the back of my mind that this could be a possibility. and i really, honestly, at that time, never wanted my father to go to jail. i just wanted to know it. it was so important to me to know your truth behind that evening. to get the truth and avoid a trial, prosecutor john lewin was willing to make a deal. we had offered him voluntary manslaughter if he gave us carol s body. and he turned you down flat? he did. repeatedly. mike pleaded not guilty. the case was going to trial. and if members of carol s own family didn t believe mike did it, what would a jury think? coming up the accused on the stand. isn t it true, mr. lubahn, that carol lived her last breath in that bathtub when you murdered her? when dateline continues.
nevadans. parts of the i-80 remain shut down. mountain areas of southern california, scores of people trapped in their homes for nearly two weeks. now back to dateline. welcome back to dateline , i m craig melvin. detectives believed mike lubahn was on the verge of confessing to the murder of his wife, carol. but then, he refused to talk and the investigation hit a wall. without a body, how could they prove there was a murder at all? the answer would send investigators in an unexpected direction. could facebook help them find out what really happened to carol? here again is keith morrison with secrets in the mist . the deputy da john lewin and the torrance police department believed mike lubahn killed his
popular man? could be. but deputy da john lewin, went ahead anyway. well i m going to be able to prove beyond any reasonable doubt, ladies and gentlemen, is that despite the fact that mike lubahn is a decent man, he murdered his wife. of course, lewin knew that to prove a murder had occurred, he had to show the victim was in fact, no longer a life. for that he turned to detective wallace, who explained to the jury that facebook and social media presents he created for carol. and turned up a whole lot of nothing. have you been contacted by anybody? either by phone, email, in writing, who says you know what, i ve seen carol lubahn after the day she disappeared? no. though as lewin and his team also let the jury here, family members like carol s sister gail believed what mike told them. that carol had run off.