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Defense was i wasn't there and i didn't have anything to do with it? >> correct. >> reporter: the defense attorney walked into the courtroom and made a statement that caused mouths to fall open. >> defense attorney gets up and he says that you're going to see something you'll never see in a court ever. he says my client killed dee dee keller but he didn't murder her. >> reporter: what did that mean? >> they trying to to see if they could get a manslaughter out of it. >> reporter: the d.a. asked to speak with erwin howard behind closed doors and made an offer. plead guilty to second-degree murd...

Chance to speak to him. they offered surprising words of gratitude and forgiveness to a now confessed killer. >> you did the right thing under the circumstances and for that, i thank you and -- >> thank you. >> thank you for doing the right thing. >> i remember thinking that something really special had happened, that, you know, will nothing is going to bring my mom back, we will got the best possible outcome, given the circumstances. >> reporter: it's rare in a murder trial to hear so much of sort of lack of anger and vitamin toward the defendant. >> they realized dee dee in

>> it was frantic. it was hard breaking. >> reporter: and it was leading nowhere. at the same time, detective gates wondered who might have had a motive to have abducted dee dee from her home? those most common of motives -- love, money, jealousy are always the ones police hug first like old friends. detee made a lot of money being a realtor. >> she was successful, yes, sir. >> reporter: how much money did chef in the bank? >> i think it was over seven figures. >> seven figures? a lot of murders committed for a lot less than that. >> absolutely. >> reporter: who got that money in the event of ...

One person is still missing. an investigation into the accident is under way. louisiana governor john bell edwards was forced into a runoff election and unable to top 50% of the vote in saturday's primary. president trump campaigned against edwards on friday. the governor will face republican businessman eddie [ inaudible ]. now back to "dateline." welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. dee dee keller was missing and when she was found, her family's worst fears were realized. dee dee was gone. the apparent victim of a gruesome crime but with the discovery, detectives would uncover a c...