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Uploaded by that she -- she's still alive? and forcibly took her and put her in the hospital. and two of her checks had been cashed at an atm in full view of the bank's surveillance camera. available at boomernaturals.com, cvs stores, and cvs.com. it took the jury just two hours to find denis ratte guilty of second-degree murder. she was uninterested in anybody else besides herself. gabriel was putting up a missing persons poster there. isn't that something common to all of us? you hear the odd story once in a while of someone returning after 25 years of absence. >> i'm putting my gloves -- it's black -- that's the tarp. a brother and sister were prepared to fight for what they believed was right even if that meant losing each other. >> this is the difficulty with missing person files. so please be honest. >> some days she would be so happy, and other days the world would just weigh down on her. my hand was so good that no one was going to beat it. >> he was going to protect his family and protect his kids. >> the jones family matriarch sent a scathing letter to the "prince george citizen," bad-mouthing wendy and her family. it's another woman gone missing in unsubstantiated ways. he had nothing to do with it. yeah. >> so she decided to give denis one last chance. >> -- except your sister anna thinks it's the right ending. >> i thought -- i thought he was hiding something. so if there's an ounce of -- of me not believing him, it's there. i think it's reasonable to expect that a lot of those items would have just disappeared. but i think i'm very balanced about it. >> she waved a quick goodbye at the door, walked down the stairs and out the door. the joy of movement. get dishes done faster dawn powerwash dish spray. >> better? Wendy Ratte was 47-years-old when she disappeared while shopping in downtown Prince George in August of 1997. and there was a stick. >> i just kept waiting for her to walk through the door. [ chuckles ] no one looks ridiculous, bob. you had to make a decision, and that was the decision you made? is it possible, though, that you're liing in denial? a confession is one thing. YT ONLY - Dateline 1057 Stringout. oops. like how would you deal with that? >> what would he know? When a world-renowned snake breeder is found dead, first responders originally think that his missing anaconda could be to blame; as the frantic hunt for a missing snake begins, the investigation soon reveals a tragic family saga and a sinister betrayal; S30, Ep18. >> sure. gabriel noticed that the old self-assured denis was back. he explained the fact that his wife had disappeared, there was no money coming in. the main person that they alluded to wasn't even in the area. >> our primary suspect and only suspect, husband denis ratte, had just about finished their investigation. Work Experience Concepteur McAnique MAADI Group 2019-2019 Concepteur McAnique Lamtrac Global 2018-2018 Or, did danger lurk closer to home? we looked at that angle. Facebook gives people the power to. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. did he have an explanation that made any sense? don't start humira if you have an infection. the gunshot, the tarp, the carjack. >> denis suddenly became suspect number one. everything makes sense. >> in the classroom. "It's really about trying to see what kind of access we can get, how people deal with us. so what was it? is that a good idea? did you say this can't be, or -- >> it -- i remember having a thought of hmm, it's not what i would have expected. >> frank peebles of the "prince george citizen." cuz i remember turning. she was his everything. there are auctions going on right now, so what are you waiting for? what do you have to say? >> the polygraph operator rereads his charts. "shawna has magic," she wrote. According to ZoomInfo records, Gabriel Ratt's professional experience began in 2017. >> dionne who had warned denis not to take the lie detector test got a call from her vastly relieved brother. >> yeah, i was. and he began to confess again. >> i had to believe him. the signs were all there. you get a sense that you know these people when you're looking for what happened to them? i thought, great, he got a job. and waited to see what the machine would say. >> denis, of course, had proclaimed his innocence. was she dead? they created from scratch a fake criminal organization complete with detectives posing as, crooks. >> but denis told police again and again his marriage was back on track. word was a serial killer was on the loose. and don't forget, we offer a full 90 day money back guarantee on your first bid pack purchase. dealdash.com offers hundreds of auctions every day. Snapped Georgina Misener. It's just in the beginning stages.". how her parents sent her to a psychiatric hospital back in connecticut. have they told the police?" the family could certainly use the cash, and denis figured he was pretty good. they said they needed to see him right away. >> a month before she, disappeared, wendy decided she needed some distance from denis. i say i always felt i connected with my father more. and yeah, he lost it. first, the highway of tears. about a week later, another question -- would denis like to make some money on the side delivering bags mostly, their contents unknown. >> then, denis continued, he put the body in the plymouth voyager, made a left turn onto highway 16, the highway of tears, and drove to an abandoned logger loggers road, 1.5 hours away. it doesn't matter that my family. the way they talked to each other, the way they behaved, you know, it almost didn't feel like husband and wife. >> there are three things i want -- loyalty, truth, honesty. >> was wendy just the latest of a long list of women who had disappeared or had been found dead along this stretch of road? she felt restrained by the bonds of marriage and family. don't do it. i saw him at the food banks. she was in touch with a spirit, an ancient spirit with -- named oshanna. >> when i called the police to say i don't know where she is, can you help, their only question was has it been 24 hours. >> then it got more serious. police said, "prove it." the number of coronavirus cases has climbed upward to 170,000, pushing the peak ahead of the thanksgiving holiday. >> he said that's not wendy, that's shawna. right now we're going to see who are you as a person. but i had to make it clear that someone has to defend mom. >> did she bring up the idea that wendy may have had some sort of mental breakdown? progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents. they're going distrust you, but don't take a lie detector test. "In telling the story like this, you really tell it through the characters who are involved, and if we can't secure the character's participation, then we can't tell the story," he said. he skpaifr he exchanged stolen diamonds. and -- >> i asked the lady who was there at the cash register, do you recognize this lady on the poster. yeah. It'd take an elabor Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. >> translator: i got to put myself back there. understanding how to talk to your doctor about treatment options is key. fearlessly it appeared because she must have known they would not like this, obviously. >> but given the continued absence of any physical evidence, that second confession still wasn't enough to convince gabriel his father killed his mother. we looked into medical records and there was nothing recent. and if he lied about one murder. i'm not eating at the soup kitchen anymore. and not -- especially not with his kids in the house. the pay was good, too, about 12 grand in three months, a little more than he earned in years, he told his sister, without divulging too much. >> he said that day that she disappeared, friends of his saw the family from down the street that she had had kicked out. >> i remember her saying that she felt -- she felt at home there. i'm not going to pretend it's anything else. switch to progressive and you can save hundreds. but isn't that life? they would have had the motive to hurt her. like why aren't we looking for her? Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. and i told him, you know, if this happened, i just want to know more. he's guilty. you win." >> there was the van sitting under a street lamp in a grocery store parking lot. >> oh, yeah. >> denis could no longer be the family's strong, stable protector. with humira, remission is possible. funny, that came up the last time i was at the doctor. >> when "dateline" continues. >> i broke down. that she would not leave her children. you might even qualify for free health insurance with no monthly premium. i saw him with girlfriends that he had to pay for. Ratte case draws NBC Dateline's attention The 1997 murder of a Prince George woman and the subsequent conviction of her husband for second-degree murder 13 years later could be featured on a U.S.. >> translator: she didn't suffer. it felt like there was -- like he was putting a barrier in front of the investigation. DATELINE SUNDAY PREVIEW: The Perfect Guy 00:58 DATELINE FRIDAY PREVIEW: The Bad Man 00:58 Remembering Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin 02:50 DATELINE FRIDAY. "My father took everything," Sieppert told the judge. >> denis told wendy he'd do whatever it took to save the marriage. >> when wendy disappeared, all traces of her were gone. >> there's no one else in the room at the time. they told him they needed to make sure there was no evidence left. why would he kill her? that obviously wendy loved her children very much, and i kept hearing that over and over. with health insurance plans constantly changing, having the wrong fit could mean missing benefits or costing you thousands. >> at first for almost an hour, denis seemed to be in denial. >> translator: i took a bumper jack, right? one that's more than just fast. >> i came into contact as a news reporter covering the disappearance itself. Wendy Ratte was 47-years-old when she disappeared while shopping in downtown Prince George in August of 1997. >> he was a proud man who didn't like his dirty laundry aired, and she just had to everyone they knew. so show me the evidence. a stand mixer for less than $20. we find new ways of speaking, so you're never out of touch. >> a phone call from dad asking if we'd seen mom because she hasn't shown up where they were supposed to meet. >> a mother of two disappears. they're going to look at you. i called every number in the directory that she had. meantime government in new mexico are stepping up requirements. >> the first inkling of something wrong, something off, when was phone rang after lunch. >> he told me that, you know, he did this drug deal because he needed the money to keep her home, wendy's home. my emotion went into finding her. rinse. now suddenly worried, denis, just as planned, had no one else to turn to except his new friends. i never knew when my symptoms would keep us apart. in the beginning there was wilderness, vast and lovely and a happy little family, a bring and sister who loved each other and loved their mom and dad. you know what's good about this? and they're described as right out of hollywood. >> so everybody was looking for wendy, said gabriel, when really, maybe they should have been looking for one of the shawnas. now back to "dateline." are you kidding? the actors are the family, divided across a thin line separating truth and deception. that's cold to talk about let alone cold to do. they did not make their anger secret. >> and unlike diane and gabriel, unlike her mom's family in the states, anna was convinced her father was guilty as charged. >> the man who ran the undercover sting, lead investigator robert burret, insisted his team took all precautions to make sure denis did not lie when he met with mr. big. >> i was terrified. >> translator: where? what about the jones family, the neighbors who wendy helped evict from their property? >> translator: i had no choice. it was hard. why not lie about killing wendy, too, especially when what was at stake was his acceptance in the gang and his new job which he loved as mr. big's loyal foot soldier. yeah. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. that's a common safeguard of the mr. big technique, said keenan. "I want to know everything," she said, "So we can put my mom to rest.". healthmarkets is the number one ranked health insurance agency in america. >> i asked, could i have my father's storyline, and the police said, we don't have a clear picture of what happened that day because every time he tells us a story, there are big holes. maybe then she could speak to me. that phone call was happiness with a lot of relief in it. >> translator: yes. he was looking for someone, he said, but didn't know his way around town. and we just go back and forth like that. >> it was just the natural assumption that someone of that style, that democrat graphic demographic wouldn't go missing unless it was to someone she knew closely. >> i don't think he could lie about it when you have a picture of him cashing the check at an atm. >> there hasn't been a happy ending for anybody -- >> no. i'm dara brown. >> she waved a quick good-bye, walked down the stairs and out the door. >> yeah, okay. i had talked to many families of many disappeared people over the years, and i could see the light in her eyes that way. big." and as unlikely as it seemed, police had to consider could, would a dedicated wife and mother of two simply skip town, run away from her own family? wendy ratte. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. >> there was a polygraph question that had to be asked. >> but perhaps the most convincing argument diane heard was from denis himself when she went to see him in jail. >> gabriel is a father himself now. i'm caught. >> denis ratte pleaded not guilty and recanted the confessions he made both to mr. big and to the police after his arrest. >> when "dateline" continues want to brain better? Or, did danger lurk closer to home? >> whether denis was arrested, he had no idea he'd been caught in a sting and that his confession to mr. big was on tape. >> this is karen crieder, wendy's sister, who told how wendy vanished the first time when she was 17 years old. >> it struck me odd right at the beginning. they found absolutely nothing to corroborate his story. 2,044,148 plays 2.04M; View all comments 1,032; Followers. >> translator: right or left side? they said they had never heard of her. businesses today are looking to tomorrsetting the course.ating. the family was overjoyed. i couldn't imagine how it would feel to be the one investigated. if you're honest, things will be great. >> and then finally she and the family seemed to find it. healthmarkets designed its fitscore forever technology to do all the work for you. >> they've just about finished their investigation, and they're waiting for satellite results from the u.s. >> satellite results? >> when "dateline" continues. he went to vancouver, registered for college, tried to go on with life. coming up -- anna and gabriel face off in court. >> i definitely would have heard it. It's not yet certain if Harpaz will be back with a camera crew to film a piece for Dateline NBC, a newsmagazine driven by stories of true crime, investigative reporting, and social justice. >> and angry. no one knew what i was talking about. [phone rings] "sore throat pain? while it's capable of exposing the guilty, it can also induce innocent suspects to falsely confess to a crime they didn't commit. we're going to fix them, okay? and at that point, it was the only sense of pride he had left. she might have reached that breaking point where she just thought or she didn't think, just snapped and just left. gabriel said denis was desperate to be accepted by his new tough guy friends. if you lie, there could be very devastating consequences. it has triple action support for your joints, cartilage and bones. i got this mountain bike for only $11. the premier cold case unit in british columbia. she was the brains of the operation. >> when "dateline" continues these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control. >> because i think maybe then i could hear her. >> uh-huh, yep. but we were both so lost that we couldn't -- we couldn't be there for each other anymore. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. they took a while to find the place. >> translator: okay, man. and that's your left side, right? >> but she wasn't the first to vanish. later that night, he came back. don't have much left. she did not call anybody. >> he said he did it between the house and the garage. >> who are these people? i was balling. for me it was, she's going to come back, right? but i also believe in truth. she even called herself that in a letter she wrote her parents when she was just 23. >> and their parents? on behalf of all of my colleaguesa the networks of nbc news, good night. while shawna was the wild child. the same details. >> as she was leaving, he said to her, keep looking for your mother. how she was constantly seeking something missing. right after denis was sentenced to 15 years to life, he suddenly turned to anna. we couldn't find her. >> he said, i couldn't just tell them i did nothing. standard practice in unsolved cases. there is the gamblers/desperate hand, the voice, the presence summoned from beyond, and the audacious undercover caper, all to solve an 11-year-old mystery and put under the light of intense personal scrutiny a most unlikely villain, who depending on who you choose to believe may not be a villain at all. On Nov. 3, Ratte was convicted of second-degree murder for shooting his wife in the head and dumping her naked body in a swamp. >> right. >> i know. >> if her father didn't want to go police, anna decided, then she would. he said, "i have gone through my story. this different self. It'd take an elaborate, undercover mission to finally crack this case. he was meeting mr. big, the man he believed to be an all-powerful crime boss. >> and then we find that he was actually deceptive. not only on never finding his wife again about on himself. he said, that's not wendy. but, when used at the first sign, abreva can get you back to being you in just 2 and a half days. that's one of the examples of her community activism. after about an hour of conversation, she finally just shook her head and said, i'm very sure that it was dad. >> translator: you know, i stirred it around, and it slipped. >> she was so angry. he had such a miserable, lonely life that i believe he -- at that point would have said almost anything. but when i spoke to the woman, she actually said no, i wouldn't be able to say that at all. He is a director and writer, known for Karmina (1996), La vie aprs l'amour (2000) and L'automne sauvage (1992). >> but the gun barrel, the bits and pieces of things, the stash places, the driver's license and. we're going to fix them. Gabriel Pelletier was born in 1958 in Montral, Qubec, Canada. >> interesting that getting the truth isolates you from the people you love. a high stakes gamble to reveal the truth on tape for the children left behind. with serious security. thanks again for -- for rushing over. after trying other medications. is it coming back to you, denis? he's got people he's working with that he really likes, they really like him. >> i didn't give it a lot of, thought, to the point where i tried to remember her face and i couldn't. s. a month into the investigation, police thought they were a big step closer to solving the mystery surrounding wendy's disappearance. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. >> what was it like to hear that? >> anna's dad told her her mom had dropped her off downtown so he could run errands while she drove on in the family van to tutsi area student and then meet a friend, then pick him up again at the hardware store, but she hadn't returned. and it makes it difficult. 837 miles of exquisite natural beauty winding its way past dramatic snow-capped mountains and breathtaking vistas of lush forests. >> she was the breadwinner. He confessed to his crime upon finding his DNA while he was serving a 9-year jail sentence at the New Mexico Corrections Sytem in 2006. >> it was a pretty sizable dent. they scare me. but anna had another word for it. she discovered that none of wendy's clothes or personal things were missing from the house except for her passport. president-elect joe biden is the apparent winner in georgia, hooking the state for the first time since 1992 as north carolina was called for president trump. >> when "dateline" continues. >> it was a fake confession. voltaren. have a good weekend unless have you other plans. she was open about it, too. 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