i just quit school because i felt like this is too much right now. >> translator: the last one, i didn't -- >> translator: honesty. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. >> i was terrified. of those, i just -- my heart fills with optimism. Facebook gives people the power to. and finally we asked him, you know, "what is going on?" this shy, rustic french canadian laborer, denis ratte, who fancied himself a gambler, and wendy, the sweet, wild girl who strayed so far from her middle class roots in the connecticut suburbs. and the joneses could have a motive. >> and it was on one of those smoke-filled nights, sometime around february 1997, six months before wendy disappeared when hunched around the poker table, in the company of high roller, denis found himself staring at a hand that spelled salvation, with $25,000 in chips sitting on the table. the number of coronavirus cases has climbed upward to 170,000, pushing the peak ahead of the thanksgiving holiday. she was the brains of the operation. why wouldn't you say, oh, well, of course, i didn't do it, you know, i was just trying to get in with this organization. it cleans grease five times faster on easy messes, just spray, wipe, and rinse. >> translator: yes. could it have maybe been some kind of a sign of a struggle? >> translator: you know, it's hard. this was a town that appeared to be haunted by a serial killer. the real police showed up again in denis' life, told him the investigation had been reopened, he was the prime suspect. Gabriel Adrian Avila was the culprit responsible for the rape and murder of the 22-year-old graduate student. none of that showed up. they all felt i should have been with him more, siding with him more. Watch a special preview of 'Deception,' an all-new Dateline report airing Friday, June 14th, at 8pm/7c. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. >> she came in carrying this folder of news clippings and possible leads that were connected to her mother. -[narrator] we are boomer natur. >> wendy was the good mother, conservative, hard worker, wanted to save the world. and i was taken aback. and just hearing it made it kind of official that the person i held so dear wasn't there anymore. "shawna has magic," she wrote. gabriel was putting up a missing persons poster there. >> i brought her more behind the garage. we are going to put everything on the table. we sold an ipad worth $505 for less than $24. and although the rcmp did not find any physical evidence to corroborate denis' confession to mr. big and his gang, it turned out they did have evidence that was perhaps much more compelling, and they got it after denis ratte was arrested. inside everything looked normal, so anna drove the van home. >> they would hoot and holler as they were passing. with anna to the coffee shop so that she would discover the van. >> 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. the types of scenarios that they do. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. 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.. this was a person in your community. if you're honest, things will be great. it does happen. where are my parents to watch this, you know. >> oh, my gosh! so if there's an ounce of -- of me not believing him, it's there. until the day in late 2007 when anna met reporter frank peebles at a downtown cafe. >> the joneses ruled out as suspects in the disappearance of wendy ratte. i won these bluetooth headphones for $20. that came from me. i'd never seen real emotion come from him before. >> it wasn't physical evidence, correct, yeah. -- >> that's cold. so bounce forward, with comcast business. but, when used at the first sign, abreva can get you back to being you in just 2 and a half days. so you don't just brush to clean, you brush to build. and he began to confess again. anybody could see how close they were. >> and right then and there, the police asked gabriel to record a message to his father. >> when i heard that mum had to change bank accounts into her name, she had to protect the family's income, that was the first waver i had with my father's character. okay. cuz i remember turning. >> 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. >> that's true, but isn't the truth more important? it's all true. now there's dawn powerwash dish spray. >> uh-huh, yep. they can find you the right health plan and make sure you get all the subsidies you deserve, without playing games. they couldn't console me. Or, did danger lurk closer to home? i didn't know -- this is like three years' buildup of just holding it in. a body occasionally turning up beside the road. in fact, police were actively investigating her father. Denis Ratte then leaned forward and listened intently, as Sieppert begged him to reveal where he left the body. me, i'm happy to live with a question mark. no one knew what i was talking about. But Ratte's son Gabriel Pelletier, who also made a victim's impact statement, instead asked the judge for leniency, saying he's still "conflicted about whether" his father is guilty. we sold an ipad worth $505 for less than $24. Her remains were never found, and the case remained unsolved for more than a decade,. "My father took everything," Sieppert told the judge. >> no, he didn't. the honest truth. support that. helps you brush in vital minerals to actively repair and strengthen enamel. >> so he threw everything into the pot. >> i'm going, wait a minute. is it possible, though, that you're liing in denial? how her parents sent her to a psychiatric hospital back in connecticut. >> and i told him right away, "i want the truth, whatever it is. without it, there's no way to tell whether the suspect is telling the truth or is lying. with stressballs. word was a serial killer was on the loose. >> mom was very vocal. >> translator: in the face. but wendy could still have left prince george of her own accord. coming up -- a sting by investigators worthy of the big screen. coming up -- >> it became sickening after a while to hear the police issue another release that another girl had gone missing. that is, of course, if he knew anything about it. >> translator: where? >> i just kept waiting for her to walk through the door. 16-year-old anna, daddy's girl, began to see the tarnish in her father's halo. >> translator: yeah, okay, okay, yeah. advanced technology. be kinder to yourself and tougher on your cold sores. >> i kind of hold my breath and go through it and hope that whatever i say is going to work for my dad. so you asked him about it? >> and the kids? he could have said, ah, i thought i was talking to a crime boss. Play. . have a good weekend unless have you other plans. >> it turned out he had a lot of nerve damage down the right side of his body. so it's not just there to try to find a person guilty. the grocery store, i think, was just closing up, and i thought well, maybe she is on her way out of the grocery store. she did not call anybody. i'd never seen her yell at him like that before. they put me in a room with a camera, and that's when they broke it to me. >> a confession is the strongest evidence anybody ever gets, and, you know, it generally does the deed. 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. i was up to my neck in investigation trying to find mom. we're going to fix them, okay? >> i thought -- i thought he was hiding something. she made an enemy? Work Experience Concepteur McAnique MAADI Group 2019-2019 Concepteur McAnique Lamtrac Global 2018-2018 maybe a phone call to wendy's family back in the states. and would often ask, how much did you look into this because i knew there was an american sect. a stand mixer for less than $20. it turned out they hadn't found anything. they said they needed to see him right away. >> the case of the disappearance of wendy ratte was at a dead end. i broke down. i really don't. >> translator: right or left side? she even called herself that in a letter she wrote her parents when she was just 23. >> i don't know if they were real or not real. >> just be honest. and no motive. what did you put on top? there was a swamp there. >> and that was a pretty detailed confession, not just once but twice. >> but perhaps the most convincing argument diane heard was from denis himself when she went to see him in jail. gabriel noticed that the old self-assured denis was back. clear lakes reflecting the blue skies above. here's what's happening. >> prince george detective judy thomas was leading the police inquiry into wendy's disappearance. she was in touch with a spirit, an ancient spirit with -- named oshanna. like reality had ceased to be. >> but anna watched the tapes, too, and she said she could tell. but, when used at the first sign, abreva can get you back to being you in just 2 and a half days. When Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, goes missing, police go under cover to crack the case. you know, someone who looks at you and -- i've always loved my wife. she didn't want to be tied down. Facebook gives people the power to. they took a while to find the place. he was still my -- my hero, my childhood hero was still there. >> and then finally she and the family seemed to find it. 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. when "dateline" continues. >> it was a fake confession. >> it struck me odd right at the beginning. >> there was talk of some issues that wendy may have had. >> then it was a hot morning in august 1997 when everything stopped working. >> it was a blow that he'd gone that low, but when i tried to. maybe tomorrow we can talk about that. >> thomas decided to focus her investigation closer to home. >> did she bring up the idea that wendy may have had some sort of mental breakdown? her abandoned van wasn't far from the highway. coming up -- whatever denis was or was not about to say, did it really make sense that he would hurt wendy? >> denis did not listen to his sister. >> that's when he folded. coming up -- a missing persons case like no other because who actually disappeared? Or, did danger lurk closer to home? you live it. >> when "dateline" continues these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control. the police. you don't have a scene. Sign Up for Free. >> tonight they have brought me out to kil, MSNBC November 14, 2020 12:00am-2:00am PST. >> you think he's living in la-la land? you're looking for a grout brush, this is -- garth, did he ask for your help? he had found a newfound family that respected him, that thought he was intelligent. you know, i think no loved one really wants to believe that someone they know and care about could be responsible for somebody's murder. >> very hard. and i can absolutely understand wanting to be blind to -- to the truth because i was there too. and two of her checks had been cashed at an atm in full view of the bank's surveillance camera. my emotion went into finding her. >> 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. that was home. he had nothing to do with it. no problem, said denis. his son gabriel was one of just two witnesses the defense presented to the court. It'd take an elabor Read allWendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. i'm craig melvin. which brings us to the greyhound bus station a few blocks from the place wendy's van was found abandoned. >> maybe it was shawna who got on that bus, or perhaps oshawna? so i couldn't make a reported yet. mood swings for one thing. Thirteen years after his wife disappeared, a Prince George, B.C., man has been sentenced to life in prison for her murder, but the couple's adult children remain conflicted about her death. >> they've just about finished their investigation, and they're waiting for satellite results from the u.s. >> satellite results? my job is to help new homeowners who have turned into their parents. a place to belong. >> denis bonded with his crime buddies over meals in fancy restaurants and evenings in strip clubs. how did he seem going in? >> then one day after a month of rumors and unsubstantiated theories followed one after the other, there was a break. sweet. you don't have remains. 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. >> and denis, his crime buddies assured him, had all it took to been what the organization valued the most, honest and loyal. >> some days she would be so happy, and other days the world would just weigh down on her. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. >> denis' defense lawyer hammered undercover detectives about the lack of physical evidence and pointed out lies denis had told mr. big and his gang. her father was guilty. It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. >> a couple of days later, anna got a call. we looked at that angle. someone cashed in her unemployment checks at an atm. it's all that's left of our perfect family is the two of us. we were friends, okay? >> there was the van sitting under a street lamp in a grocery store parking lot. >> translator: no. and bit by bit as days went by, denis became fully involved in what he clearly believed was a criminal gang. >> this is anna siefert who at the time was anna ratte. for other cases there's usually -- at least bogus information coming in. >> -- except your sister anna thinks it's the right ending. we asked her repeatedly, and she said, "i saw her, she was sitting at that table over there." i can be swayed by the evidence whether it is going to be for or against my dad. 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