we were friends, okay? didn't try to lie? >> so gabriel wondered what hard evidence had police found that proved his father was guilty of murder. >> thomas decided to focus her investigation closer to home. and the longer wendy stayed missing, the more they talked about the joneses. though it was hardly a surprise police would look at the husband. call today or go online to understandhf.com for a free hf handbook. sliding into a darker understanding of her father. was she dead? she didn't understand that her. >> translator: you have killed your friend? there was, after all, that sighting at the greyhound bus station. saw clear or almost clear skin, and, had significantly less itch. >> translator: yes. voltaren. standard practice in unsolved cases. i think it's reasonable to expect that a lot of those items would have just disappeared. see, i was right." now there's dawn powerwash dish spray. >> that's when he folded. wendy, remember, was said to have a split personality, and denis claimed on the day he killed her, he knew wendy's alter ego shanna was going to sexually assault anna, and, of course, he couldn't let that happen. you have to balance the integrity of the investigation. the one police made of gabriel the day they told him they'd arrested his father. but, when used at the first sign, abreva can get you back to being you in just 2 and a half days. and brand new cars for less than $900. many people taking dupixent. -are you ok? and shipping is always free. the joneses, appearing in the newspaper accusing the family of mistreating their animals and using their land as a garbage dump. >> by then, wendy's disappearance became news all over prince george. you're the husband. perhaps a regular crime organization wouldn't have even brought him in, you know. you do hear it. progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents. It'd take an elaborate, undercover mission to finally crack this case.Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. Since then Gabriel has changed 4 companies and 3 roles. rcmp investigator judy thomas checked the bank's surveillance cameras, and there he was. but no, said thomas, false alarm. Rate. she was uninterested in anybody else besides herself. >> translator: you know, i stirred it around, and it slipped. >> the polygraph operator rereads his charts. for years, women had been going missing out here. >> with various files, you get a lot of people saying, oh, i saw this person. where are my parents to watch this, you know. >> and then finally she and the family seemed to find it. >> translator: it's all true what you told them? but then police showed him the video. >> wendy, an art teacher by trade, taught her kids to help others, to speak up and be heard like her. she did not call anybody. have they told the police?" [phone rings] "sore throat pain? there was a time in her life when she did -- i don't know if you want to call it disappear, but she lost contact with her family. >> it was a big mystery until they brought me in. >> denis bonded with his crime buddies over meals in fancy restaurants and evenings in strip clubs. how her parents sent her to a psychiatric hospital back in connecticut. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> he told me that, you know, he did this drug deal because he needed the money to keep her home, wendy's home. e networks of news, good night it was like being in a nightmare. one that's more than just fast. available at boomernaturals.com, cvs stores, and cvs.com. >> why lie? a place to belong. >> denis, of course, had proclaimed his innocence. and his meeting with the crime boss, he said, was a chance to finally make the investigation stop. >> if i could categorize him, he was that way. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. >> when "dateline" continues. >> once he lost his job, i think it was up to her to figure out, okay, like how do we make everything work. he liked being the man of the house. Husband Denis Florian Ratte is now serving a life sentence without eligibility for parole for 15 years after a jury found him guilty in November of second degree murder in her death. >> in fact, the mr. big undercover technique has been repeatedly upheld by canada's supreme court. 901 posts. In court she described the devastation of "losing" both her parents. you had to make a decision, and that was the decision you made? Facebook gives people the power to. on the Internet. Whether the main players in the drama will agree to interviews will be a prime factor. 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. When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. >> i had to believe him. >> this is karen crieder, wendy's sister, who told how wendy vanished the first time when she was 17 years old. back to vancouver to his college graduation that very same day. it continuously scans the market to compare your plan against any new options year after year, so you don't have to stress about picking your health insurance plan. i know my father's mannerisms. ask your gastroenterologist about humira. >> the look in his eye on that tape was -- >> that's all you needed? the signs were all there. >> translator: you know, it's hard. the real police showed up again in denis' life, told him the investigation had been reopened, he was the prime suspect. >> and denis, his crime buddies assured him, had all it took to been what the organization valued the most, honest and loyal. >> you hear right, truthful. >> mean the man they call "mr. big" when "dateline" continues. >> so runaway wendy? an herbal stress reliever ashwagandha, that helps you turn the stressed life into your best life. we have translated and dubbed over their conversation in english. mom didn't miss appointments. it was one of the crime boss's alleged cronies with an internal police memorandum. the highway of tears. especially about the mystery of his wife's disappearance. no wendy. i'm having a big lunch and then just a snack for dinner. "I think there are stories where the elements that they contain are universal and appeal to a wide audience. >> so said judy thomas, no highway of tears. 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. network television show. >> she was able to get a fairly big news story happening which made the city react and get them kicked off the property. Denis Ratte then leaned forward and listened intently, as Sieppert begged him to reveal where he left the body. i got these three suitcases for less than $40. she was driving a very fast, very expensive car. december, 2010. Join Facebook to connect with Gabriel Ratt and others you may know. this early in the investigation, any lead was welcome. something that he told his crime bud wles they asked whether he was capable of murder. that's a piece of the tarp. "It's really about trying to see what kind of access we can get, how people deal with us. get dishes done faster dawn powerwash dish spray. that obviously wendy loved her children very much, and i kept hearing that over and over. like why aren't we looking for her? >> she made an enemy for sure. it looks like your blood pressure's a little high. but karen said they didn't have time to make an official diagnosis. wendy had been getting unemployment insurance. 4 likes and we decided an undercover operation may be the best to move this forward. he even transport guns, or so he thought. 15 percent. if my mom was accosted, she was thrown into the van, something forceful must have caused this dent. -you smell like fish. >> it was hard. i won these bluetooth headphones for $20. all auctions start at $0 and everything must go. if you lie, there could be very devastating consequences. >> it was painful for diane to watch the video of her brother's confession in the pretrial hearing. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. he's the one who calls the shots. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. no one knew what i was talking about. i just quit school because i felt like this is too much right now. >> i'm going to tell you honestly what happened. >> 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. In 2020, the NBC Dateline episode featured the case of the gruesome 2003 rape and murder of Katie Sepich by Gabriel Adrian Avila, for which he is serving a 69 years jail sentence. >> but anna's father, denis, it seemed, had never given up. please know that i'm here for you. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. -i did. >> that's a job interview. afternoon, anna's worry grew. >> it was not only damaging for the joneses, it was humiliating. and it hadn't been. i said denis, you're the husband. web pages >> they've just about finished their investigation, and they're waiting for satellite results from the u.s. >> satellite results? >> so everybody was looking for wendy, said gabriel, when really, maybe they should have been looking for one of the shawnas. the family could certainly use the cash, and denis figured he was pretty good. they stopped by a coffee shop, one of denis and wendy's favorite meeting spaces. might be angry with me for the results of where this trial led. they're going to look at you. we have a bond as brother and sister that was very strong as children, and it will always be there. suspects police had already eliminated, the jones family. they can find you the right health plan and make sure you get all the subsidies you deserve, without playing games. >> he was going to protect his family and protect his kids. that she -- she's still alive? >> translator: right or left side? there was nothing to indicate that she was in any way connected to any of the missing or murdered women along highway 16. Or, did danger lurk closer to home? he'd say, "oh, we're going for a walk now." "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. they put me in a room with a camera, and that's when they broke it to me. meantime government in new mexico are stepping up requirements. >> the jones family matriarch sent a scathing letter to the "prince george citizen," bad-mouthing wendy and her family. >> and that was a pretty detailed confession, not just once but twice. we looked at that angle. no problem, said denis. >> they always promised me it wasn't. gabriel was at work when the call came. so he says, i made up a story that i thought they would find me some kind of alibi or something, he says, and they'll fix it so that the cops would get off my case. i'm craig melvin. she didn't want to be tied down. but she -- because of her activism in trying to find my mother for so many years, it was a lot easier for her, i think, to put everything aside and create an easy solution. >> the story you're about to witness is all too real, though it may seem perhaps implausible. >> i know. by nightfall, there was still no sign of wendy. >> i was disgusted. why would he kill her? it doesn't matter that my family. those old jacks you used to put under a vehicle. a 4k television for under, $2. the beatings, the staged kidnappings, the fake blood pacts. he's guilty. a macbook pro for under $16. they're afraid of this family." he played poker. this different self. all told her the same thing -- wendy was first and foremost a, mother. he hadn't been back in 11 years. >> shattering. >> i think that she had the capacity to pick up and go. >> straight out? >> it was all too much for anna. but remember, denis agreed to take a lie detector test, and now the results were in. the royal canadian mounted police disguised the identities of the undercover voice on this video. i always considered him about as close as a hero as i girl could get. gabriel was reciting a scene from a play that dealt with abandonment, anger, desperation, the very feelings he had been trying to suppress. that's one of the examples of her community activism. and it turned out that he died of natural causes. that's universal. serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. cuz i remember turning. >> when "dateline" continues you clean dishes as you cook. >> interesting that getting the truth isolates you from the people you love. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. -blue. maybe tomorrow we can talk about that. gabriel said denis was desperate to be accepted by his new tough guy friends. >> this is the difficulty with missing person files. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. i broke down. >> discovery of a body --, >> by the time wendy ratte vanished, at least 15 women had either gone missing or been found dead somewhere along this highway. It'd take an elaborate, undercover mission to finally crack this case. a terrifying specter haunted the lonely highway that passed through prince george on its way into the wilderness. investigator thomas wanted to be sure. now back to "dateline". clear lakes reflecting the blue skies above. >> your mother just fighting for her child. he did, though he said he didn't like it. so far whenever undercover officers had asked denis about his missing wife, about a dozen times or so, he didn't waver from the story he'd stuck to for more than a decade. the number of coronavirus cases has climbed upward to 170,000, pushing the peak ahead of the thanksgiving holiday. he wasn't there. >> and they sat me down and said, we've just arrested your father for the murder of your mother. >> it's hard being on the other side of this with her because i'd love to have a better relationship with her. >> she was so angry. it's impossible to get around. A crew from the U.S. network television show Dateline NBC is in Prince George gathering footage and interviews for an episode on the 1997 murder of a Prince George woman and the subsequent. he was patient. >> sure. a macbook pro for under $16. >> translator: the last one, i didn't -- >> translator: honesty. >> i thought, well, maybe -- maybe she's there. >> translator: you didn't tell any lies at all? after a couple of months by august, he was helping to smuggle illegal cigarettes and kohl. >> allegedly there were threats made from the joneses to the rattes. but my sense was if denis betrayed her trust again, it was over. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. we asked her repeatedly, and she said, "i saw her, she was sitting at that table over there." >> no -- >> a day after denis led undercover detectives to the scene of his alleged crime, they returned to pick up that piece of tarp and sent it to the lab for analysis. >> and as they continued searching the area -- >> oh, my gosh. she felt restrained by the bonds of marriage and family. >> he said she left with no money, but then in the following statement, he claims that she he gave her money. there was no evidence, said denis' sister. >> once. today, we are redefining how we do things. and finally we asked him, you know, "what is going on?" . 43:47. and so, of course, he did. Storyline Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. this is the biggest weak not in the story. >> i didn't give it a lot of, thought, to the point where i tried to remember her face and i couldn't. and she said, "i'm not wendy anymore." thanks again for -- for rushing over. support that. >> in the performance? it was hard. -sorry. so, man, whenever i do hear one. anna had doubts about her father all along. six years after wendy disappeared, he was living in an apartment in the seediest part of town, collecting bottles to make ends meet. not the sort of thing they were inclined to take lying down. we're going to fix them, okay? it's all true. they would have had the motive to hurt her. it didn't make sense to me. they're quite adamant. >> a confession is the strongest evidence anybody ever gets, and, you know, it generally does the deed. but that's in a person's youth which is much different than when you're married with children. >> i broke down. >> highway of tears? and after four weeks, the end to the 13-year-old mystery was finally at hand. i saw the "i'm caught" look in his eye. Wendy Ratte was 47-years-old when she disappeared while shopping in downtown Prince George in August of 1997. and they might have -- she made about a enemy for sure. >> i would trust him to do the right thing and keep me safe. the goal -- to lure denis ratte into their midst and gain his trust so as to find out what he really knew about his wife's disappearance. and two of her checks had been cashed at an atm in full view of the bank's surveillance camera. except for poker. that's a piece of the tarp. denis agreed to help him. once neighbors of the rattes, not exactly friends. we looked into medical records and there was nothing recent. >> and you know how people are they talk. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like symptoms or sores. >> he said that day that she disappeared, friends of his saw the family from down the street that she had had kicked out. >> then it got more serious. pretty scary, i think. >> if her father didn't want to go police, anna decided, then she would. what are you trying to get? Gabriel was in the kitchen and he was more or less paying attention when his mom and dad told him they were off to run some errands. when he tried to return to work, tough as he was, he just couldn't. When Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, goes missing, police go under cover to crack the case. >> and i hear this story and think for crying out loud, she's done it again. but even when i was there. >> translator: it still hurts. >> why should you replace her? >> right after the curb there, the house is right there. >> a disturbing echo of other stories peebles knew all too well. >> i didn't believe it. i'm not eating at the soup kitchen anymore. >> denis suddenly became suspect number one. just so you know, next time, you can submit a claim with our mobile app. See production, box office & company info. could it have maybe been some kind of a sign of a struggle? the joy of movement. she was finished. >> but she wasn't the first to vanish. >> upon our review, we came to the same conclusion as judy did, that denis ratte was the suspect in his wife's disappearance. 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