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>> it was a small new year's eve party. we took off and then short later after -- my gut was telling my feet to run back to that house. this can't be happening. >> when the party ended, the mystery began. >> it was just crazy, i didn't understand what was happening and why. >> his wife, the hostess, had seemed fine the whole night. then -- >> my wife just shot herself in the head. please! help me! please help me! >> her death was ruled a suicide. but not everyone agreed. >> i was always afraid he was going to hurt her. always. always. >> did a fight that night lead to something much ...

eve party. we took off and then short later after -- my gut was telling my feet to run back to that house. this can't be happening. >> when the party ended, the mystery began. >> it was just crazy, i didn't understand what was happening and why. >> his wife, the hostess, had seemed fine the whole night. then -- >> my wife just shot herself in the head. please! help me! please help me! >> her death was ruled a suicide. but not everyone agreed. >> i was always afraid he was going to hurt her. always. always. >> did a fight that night lead to something much worse? >> i knew that ashley ...

>> that is your worst nightmar imagining what is happening to your child >> a note with big demands left by mysterious kidnapper who seemed to know all, se all. >> they are watching the house and then the victim hersel calls. her mom jumping into work with police, would hand over th ransom herself >> if i didn't jump the mone properly, that would be the en of her she dropped the cash all right but who picked it up that's where everything went wrong? >> that's where everything wen wrong. >> kidnapping case about to go way off script >> her story did not mak sense. >> what was really g...

his mission for puerto rico as the island faces a long recovery from another deadly hurricane. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening, everyone it's a threat that shadowed a generation of americans during the cold war a nuclear standoff with russia and now president biden giving voice to growing new fears and a dangerous new era once more framed by the threat of nuclear conflict. president biden saying, we face the prospect of armageddon comparing it to the cuban missile crisis his dark comments referring to threats by russia's vladimir putin to intr...

kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. what is putin's off ramp? where does he find a way out? where does he find himself where he does not lose face but significant power? his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming. cnn's fred pleitgen is in kyiv. fred, significantly under performing. there are voices inside russia saying the same thing right now. >> reporter: there certainly are. i think those voices are growing. we've also seen a lot of in fighting, if you will, between a lot of the power sectors of russia, especially at the top of the country. one of the interes...