this time for almost two years. >> the gunshot, the top, the carjack, her brother gabriel said it was all a lie. the family was overjoyed. you need flexibility- to work from anywhere and manage from everywhere. the signs were all there. 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. It'd take an elaborate, undercover mission to finally crack this case.Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. >> then there were the clothes denis said wendy wore. the family finally found her, living in a tent in new hampshire. to ensure as much as possible that the suspect doesn't lie to gain respect. i always felt that my bring connected with her more. if you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to hide. >> i feel that the decision wendy was making was whether she was going to end the marriage with denis or not. serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. >> denis suddenly became suspect number one. 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. that it was betrayal, and you put years of devotion into someone, to be cut down like that. he hadn't been back in 11 years. for years, women had been going missing out here. Advertisement In 2003, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, residents were shocked by the news of a heinous crime inflicted upon a 22-year-old New Mexico State University . police said, "prove it." >> why should you replace her? coming up -- his back against the wall, what would denis say to mr. big? but did police have anything else on denis? he said, "these people don't want to go to the police. she talked about how much she loved dad but was so angry with him, wasn't sure she could forgive him. so the obvious question -- did you have the feeling that this is a woman who might have just up and left? >> shattering. and so, of course, he did. >> you just shot the once, right? she didn't want to be tied down. that was who he was. time for mr. big. Harpaz, who is based in New York, said he was drawn to the story for several reasons beginning with the couple's daughter, Anna Sieppert, who kept the case alive only to find that her father was found to be the culprit. >> it was very hard. >> and that's the one i don't understand more than anything. and we just go back and forth like that. hello, i'm dara brown. 43:47. i saw him at the food banks. what did you put on top? >> i know my father. he had access -- >> sure. >> and right then and there, the police asked gabriel to record a message to his father. >> did the lie detector test, and i passed it. >> translator: i had no choice. his confession was false. it's another woman gone missing in unsubstantiated ways. >> there is that. >> and then a couple of minutes later, a silent nod from denis. >> translator: yes. >> translator: she didn't suffer. so i remember standing in line to go to the cinema, just, feeling awful, feeling the weight of what's happening and having it feel so odd that we're doing that. and, by the way, he failed that lie detector test all those years ago. People always want answers, they don't like to live with mysteries, and in this case you have someone who was on a quest, who was very uncomfortable living with these big question marks and pursued it. 15 percent. >> i was tied up and tortured. >> i don't know if they were real or not real. we all see it. S29 E9. >> but still, why would her own kids think it possible she'd abandon her own family without so much as goodbye? a crucial moment when a high-stakes gamble went very wrong. he was patient. and that's how mom led her life. >> it struck me odd right at the beginning. he was left high and dry without being able to work anymore. it looks like your blood pressure's a little high. It's just in the beginning stages.". >> then with a heavy heart, gabriel called wendy's family in the states. finally in 2007, a decade now since wendy vanished, thomas decided that if she wanted to get closer to denis to find out what he knew once and for all, she would need some help. if you take asthma medicines, don't change or stop them without talking to your doctor. >> when she phoned, she said, "i had a talk with denis. >> vibrated? s. a month into the investigation, police thought they were a big step closer to solving the mystery surrounding wendy's disappearance. he said, "i have gone through my story. her father insisted he had nothing to do with it. that might have been the whole story really except, well, every drama needs a catalyst, right? Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. >> the day after his meeting with mr. big, denis took two other undercover officers to the scene of the crime. Work Experience Concepteur McAnique MAADI Group 2019-2019 Concepteur McAnique Lamtrac Global 2018-2018 until the day in late 2007 when anna met reporter frank peebles at a downtown cafe. and there was nothing else to. four years after denis passed his lie detector test, the rcmp reviewed it. >> i was terrified. so what was it? okay. >> in the performance? he had nothing to do with it. Snapped Georgina Misener. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. >> mr. big is the commanding, all-powerful boss of the criminal organization. i said, "where's this coming from? but nonetheless, that's what i had. pronamel intensive enamel repair. >> translator: i have never said that, that i killed her, first of all. 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. >> once. this was a person in your community. she might have reached that breaking point where she just thought or she didn't think, just snapped and just left. >> the case of the disappearance of wendy ratte was at a dead end. >> he didn't strike me as overly concerned. by nightfall, there was still no sign of wendy. which brings us to the greyhound bus station a few blocks from the place wendy's van was found abandoned. save my little girl. i called every number in the directory that she had. >> our family thought that he was a very good influence on her and the fact that she chose to take a chance and take her away was nothing short of amazing. because mom was never late. healthmarkets designed its fitscore forever technology to do all the work for you. unlike ordinary memory supplements- neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. >> the rcmp have conducted over 350 of these investigations. 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. could she have up and joined them? we are going to put everything on the table. maybe then she could speak to me. >> there was a polygraph question that had to be asked. It'd take an elaborate, undercover mission to finally crack this case. but anna could clearly see that wendy's very public complaints, about his failings had been bothering him a lot. >> translator: no, i never said it. i said, "okay, you were right. >> the only way gabriel thought he could make sense of it all was to confront his father in jail. and two of her checks had been cashed at an atm in full view of the bank's surveillance camera. when we understand what's possible, we won't settle for less. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. thomas interviewed wendy's mother about her daughter's troubled youth. >> it became sickening to hear that another girl had gone missing. >> gabriel was not there for the guilty verdict. it took the jury just two hours to find denis ratte guilty of second-degree murder. >> denis ratte had come to the moment of truth. "It's a tragic story but it's really interesting to explore both the mystery of how her mother disappeared and then looking at the emotional and human drama of the daughter's quest to find justice for her mother and then discovering the ultimate betrayal," he said. >> okay -- >> in this video, she organized a peace project that taught student, including her own son, about conflict resolution and respect. if only she could speak to the spirits the way her mom once did. >> translator: so essentially, your son is asking you to tell the truth. but i also believe in truth. they created a missing persons poster, a photo of wendy smiling, happy, her hazel eyes magnified by supersized glasses they plastered around town. you have to keep an open mind when you start on these investigations because we had at that point very limited information on who wendy was. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. >> it was tough for all of them. but thomas has investigated those cases and expected no such surprise in wendy's case, was sure of it, in fact. >> we had to look at all, possibilities. are you kidding? >> she was the breadwinner. and if he lied about one murder. save the little girl. "I want to know everything," she said, "So we can put my mom to rest.". >> it's not unusual for us to over that kind of time frame because of animal activity and things of that nature not to find either any remains or very few remains. go to dealdash.com today and see how much you can save. >> what i really liked about them is they seemed to be more friends than lovers. especially about the mystery of his wife's disappearance. so the litmus test to me is corroboration. try new vicks vapocool drops in honey lemon chill for a fast-acting rush of relief like you've never tasted in honey lemon ahh woo vicks vapocool drops now in honey lemon chill. >> and something else bothered him. >> when "dateline" continues. anna thought the confession finally proved it. a jury was about to decide. but as anna looked around, her eye caught something familiar. coming up -- another potential clue is about to surface from wendy's past. his audition, he believed, for membership, for trust, for help from mr. big. and they might have -- she made about a enemy for sure. it's a very personal thing the way humans react to trauma. with serious security. they said they had never heard of her. >> this is the difficulty with missing person files. you hear the odd story once in a while of someone returning after 25 years of absence. >> by then, wendy's disappearance became news all over prince george. it i did it, and it paid off. >> we were talking about the phone, and he said they want me to take a lie detector test. "I think there are stories where the elements that they contain are universal and appeal to a wide audience. >> a canadian news magazine show profiled the group and found it had several branches in the u.s. >> i helped police look into that and gave them every information i could. was she dead? >> a couple of days later, anna got a call. >> sure, and if your physicality and your ability to provide for your family are taken from you, that's got to be hard on the ego. i called every friend of mine, every friend of hers. they found absolutely nothing to corroborate his story. >> so you were able to dispense with that one pretty quickly? and it's kind of a thing where she says, i can't believe you can't see it. i couldn't imagine how it would feel to be the one investigated. denis ratte, wendy's husband. cuz i remember turning. >> it had been a heavy burden to carry that with him all those years, said denis. >> it was all too much for anna. >> i think that she had the capacity to pick up and go. understanding how to talk to your doctor about treatment options is key. 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. i'm going to tell you. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. Follow. like a play or a movie with at its dark heart something quite unspeakable. her abandoned van wasn't far from the highway. 3. so please be honest. forward-thinking enterprises deserve forward-thinking solutions. >> judy told me, "we don't understand. >> when "dateline" continues. he admitted it. the police. a 4k television for under, $2. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. voltaren. >> the moment had come. no wendy. >> you shot her where? Sign Up for Free. >> 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. >> just disappeared from her life. >> especially when you saw the dysfunction in families around you. i just quit school because i felt like this is too much right now. you'll stay at home except f essential businesses and bars and restaurants will offer orders for takeout only. there was a swamp there. >> there was the van sitting under a street lamp in a grocery store parking lot. for other cases there's usually -- at least bogus information coming in. she didn't just disappear. one day in 1995, denis returned from work at the sawmill and told him family how a log hit his shoulder, knocked him out cold. yeah. When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. >> denis, of course, had proclaimed his innocence. (upbeat music) i got this mountain bike for only $11. >> we checked into that and met with dead ends. >> it wasn't physical evidence, correct, yeah. >> maybe it was shawna who got on that bus, or perhaps oshawna? -keep it coming. -you smell like fish. that was his source of pride. and he was terrible. coming up, where was wendy? inside everything looked normal, so anna drove the van home. the staged kidnapping, the fake blood is truly phenomenal. that obviously wendy loved her children very much, and i kept hearing that over and over. you know, someone who looks at you and -- i've always loved my wife. Gabriel Ratt is on Facebook. >> gabriel is a father himself now. she was drawn to spirituality and for a time to a little known religious group who called itself the emissaries of divine light. september 27, 2008. a hotel room in winnipeg. Tracks. but isn't that life? there was, after all, that sighting at the greyhound bus station. 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. there was usually a game in town. >> that night and the next morning, i just kept making phone calls. that is, of course, if he knew anything about it. Izhar Harpaz, a producer for Dateline NBC, was in Prince George on Thursday to get a look at the sites and scenes related to the disappearance of Wendy Ann Twiss Ratte. she religion bounced searching for somewhere to belong. but no, said thomas, false alarm. i want you to take this as a job interview, okay? the types of scenarios that they do. in minutes, you can find out if your current plan is the right fit, or if there's another one that can get you more coverage or help save you money. a terrifying specter haunted the lonely highway that passed through prince george on its way into the wilderness. >> this is anna siefert who at the time was anna ratte. >> a mother of two disappears. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. just wipe, and rinse. in fact, police were actively investigating her father. 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. >> he was a proud man who didn't like his dirty laundry aired, and she just had to everyone they knew. >> i thought -- i thought he was hiding something. >> and that was a pretty detailed confession, not just once but twice. 4 likes 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. Sieppert, who was a teenager when her mother disappeared, tried for years to track her mother down, talking to newspapers and radio shows every year on her mother's birthday, but to no avail. how her parents sent her to a psychiatric hospital back in connecticut. sounds like you've been shopping for health insurance. he said, "when she does that, she's shawna." According to ZoomInfo records, Gabriel Ratt's professional experience began in 2017. >> what did all of that feel like? on behalf of all of my colleaguesa the networks of nbc news, good night. >> the polygraph operator rereads his charts. >> that's just the ideal of what. gabriel was putting up a missing persons poster there. right after denis was sentenced to 15 years to life, he suddenly turned to anna. >> there are three things i want -- loyalty, truth, honesty. june 2008 an undercover officer. but not today. >> she showed up suddenly apparently seeking refuge from an abusive relationship she was in at the time and then was gone again. that she -- she's still alive? wendy just didn't fit the profile. >> he said that's not wendy, that's shawna. we find new ways of speaking, so you're never out of touch. >> right. >> just as our very approach, she began screaming obscenities and shouting and behaving in a menacing, hateful way. there was no gunshot. letting him go as a suspect must have been difficult. >> i just kept waiting for her to walk through the door. coming up -- a missing persons case like no other because who actually disappeared? >> "your father's addiction is ruining us" wendy told anna, and as was wendy's way, told everyone else who cared to listen too. i've asked him more than once, why did you confess when you knew you were in front of a police officer? they met at a hotel in reno, nevada, of all places. >> i'm going to help you or i'm not going to help you, okay? that's a piece of the tarp. the staged kidnapping. The horrendous crime occurred on the night of August 31, 2003. is that a good idea? Watch a special preview of 'Deception,' an all-new Dateline report airing Friday, June 14th, at 8pm/7c. >> so said judy thomas, no highway of tears. and i told him, you know, if this happened, i just want to know more. approached denis in prince george. be there for you, and them. a confession is one thing. 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. >> i can't imagine how it --. >> that's a job interview. >> it wasn't just, how's anna, what's gab doing now, it was always anna and gab. so help heal your skin from within, and talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent. >> uh-huh. later that night, he came back. but in the beginning? >> they feel they have transcended the conflict intention of their former lives. 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