>> the gunshot, the top, the carjack, her brother gabriel said it was all a lie. go to dealdash.com today and see how much you can save. >> it wasn't just, how's anna, what's gab doing now, it was always anna and gab. and the longer wendy stayed missing, the more they talked about the joneses. this time for almost two years. not distraught by any means. >> just as our very approach, she began screaming obscenities and shouting and behaving in a menacing, hateful way. please know that i'm here for you. >> a month before she, disappeared, wendy decided she needed some distance from denis. finally he said, you know, "that's shawna. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. she was bragging about how much money she made, and she said "i'm not wendy anymore." >> it was painful for diane to watch the video of her brother's confession in the pretrial hearing. "shawna has magic," she wrote. >> they feel they have transcended the conflict intention of their former lives. what was it like to testify at the trial? there are auctions going on right now, so what are you waiting for? so i couldn't make a reported yet. and he needed to pay the bills. a body occasionally turning up beside the road. the royal canadian mounted police disguised the identities of the undercover voice on this video. and he guarded a hotel room door as an undercover officer savagely beat a woman. i ain't happy about it, but i did it. >> oh, and there was no question, said gabriel, his mom did feel threatened by the joneses. she just vibrated. so denis did what he always did when times were rough. >> just at a loss. 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 . what do you have to say? today, we are redefining how we do things. if you need to hear it, go see the police. clear lakes reflecting the blue skies above. as each hour crawled by that. i'm happy i have it. anybody could see how close they were. he told me, "no, no, no. i'm going to tell you honestly what happened. >> they're described as right out of hollywood. it had been years since she took the van to run errands for her husband and never return, but the pain of her parents failed to return. >> i just kept waiting for her to walk through the door. maybe tomorrow we can talk about that. a brother and sister were prepared to fight for what they believed was right even if that meant losing each other. it's what she yearns for most these days. where are my parents to watch this, you know. web pages >> i would trust him to do the right thing and keep me safe. >> it was a fake confession. this is the biggest weak not in the story. >> interesting that getting the truth isolates you from the people you love. no problem, said denis. ask your gastroenterologist about humira. >> translator: yes. so you've got this elaborate setup. 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. that was a central fact in your mind? one of the worst things about a cois how it can make you feel. >> i didn't give it a lot of, thought, to the point where i tried to remember her face and i couldn't. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered The Woman With No Name. -keep it coming. Uploaded by like reality had ceased to be. 43:49. then they can't help me. available over the counter. >> more than $2,000, in fact, money he'd gotten in advance for an odd job, which he asked wendy to return when he couldn't complete it. >> translator: we're going to talk to each other, and we're going to work out these problems. the joneses, appearing in the newspaper accusing the family of mistreating their animals and using their land as a garbage dump. you know what's good about this? >> he said he did it between the house and the garage. >> okay? maybe a phone call to wendy's family back in the states. i was talking to jamie. i want you to tell me the truth." >> as she was leaving, he said to her, keep looking for your mother. a macbook pro for under $16. >> the look in his eye on that tape was -- >> that's all you needed? >> maybe it's every gambler's excuse. she just vibrated. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. of course, he believed he was talking to fellow gang members. >> his father was in prison, and his mom -- well, his mom -- do you really believe in your heart that there is a possibility that your mother is still out there somewhere? >> i broke down. no one had seen her. >> translator: honesty, honesty, okay. and that's your left side, right? and she was not a person i'd ever met, and we knew she was not well and needed care. you might even qualify for free health insurance with no monthly premium. but her brother, gabriel? gabriel noticed that the old self-assured denis was back. 2022. >> translator: i took a bumper jack, right? with health insurance plans constantly changing, having the wrong fit could mean missing benefits or costing you thousands. >> yes, because it was specifically asked did wendy have money on her. View the profiles of people named Gabriel Ratt. without it, there's no way to tell whether the suspect is telling the truth or is lying. >> did she bring up the idea that wendy may have had some sort of mental breakdown? Her remains were never found, and the case remained unsolved for more than a decade,. the fake blood is truly phenomenal. >> we're always mindful of false confessions -- >> allegations are made all the time, i suppose. the premier cold case unit in british columbia. >> i brought her more behind the garage. with humira, remission is possible. i broke down. i even cried when i did it. >> so much of my life had been devoted to finding the truth, and now i had the truth. we find new ways of speaking, so you're never out of touch. to find out what happened, an elite group of detectives launched an elaborate mission. you hear the odd story once in a while of someone returning after 25 years of absence. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. >> i cannot see him the way he left her doing that. >> if i could categorize him, he was that way. Snapped Georgina Misener. with less eczema, you can show more skin. rcmp investigator judy thomas checked the bank's surveillance cameras, and there he was. this was a town that appeared to be haunted by a serial killer. he has blue hair. you don't have a scene. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. -blue. so please be honest. right after denis was sentenced to 15 years to life, he suddenly turned to anna. they're going distrust you, but don't take a lie detector test. >> very. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. >> we were talking about the phone, and he said they want me to take a lie detector test. >> yes. she did not call anybody. i won these bluetooth headphones for $20. -you smell like fish. figuratively speaking." 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. The horrendous crime occurred on the night of August 31, 2003. progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents. TV Archive now there's dawn powerwash dish spray. standard practice in unsolved cases. it was his first offense so he only got probation. try move free ultra now. >> gabriel was not there for the guilty verdict. she was a completely different person. 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. could she have abandoned the children who loved her so much? see, i was right." >> then three months into the operation, the sting was primed. >> when "dateline" continues. well, that was a different story altogether. >> translator: okay. >> and you know how people are they talk. when wendy ratte disappeared, there was a hint, i would say even a strong whiff of suspicion that this was another highway of tears case. >> and that's the one i don't understand more than anything. Reposted 5 years ago 5 years ago. >> you didn't have the physical evidence that would back up his confession in the undercover operation. i'd never seen real emotion come from him before. 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. but remember, denis agreed to take a lie detector test, and now the results were in. one of the ways i do that is to get them out of the home. she didn't just disappear. >> well, i think you're a little too domineering for me now. i saw him at the food banks. there's no evidence. and we decided an undercover operation may be the best to move this forward. while it's capable of exposing the guilty, it can also induce innocent suspects to falsely confess to a crime they didn't commit. perhaps a regular crime organization wouldn't have even brought him in, you know. >> were denis' two confessions evidence enough? to. i never knew when my symptoms would keep us apart. >> she waved a quick good-bye, walked down the stairs and out the door. she was driving a very fast, very expensive car. >> we love each other very much. june 2008 an undercover officer. his audition, he believed, for membership, for trust, for help from mr. big. and the wrench in her eyes when that came out was something i -- i don't think i can ever forget. but in the beginning? if only she could speak to the spirits the way her mom once did. unlike ordinary memory supplements- neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. but there were always issues. an herbal stress reliever ashwagandha, that helps you turn the stressed life into your best life. >> he didn't strike me as overly concerned. not so much as a bone. she was always so gentle with them, soft spoken. when he tried to return to work, tough as he was, he just couldn't. but i had to make it clear that someone has to defend mom. my hand was so good that no one was going to beat it. >> they're still my family. i had talked to many families of many disappeared people over the years, and i could see the light in her eyes that way. the vice president won the state by more than 14,000 votes. and yeah, he lost it. >> the case of the disappearance of wendy ratte was at a dead end. >> they have creatively fashioned a backdrop that simulates a real-world criminal environment. a crucial moment when a high-stakes gamble went very wrong. one of 800 unsolved cases on the unit's books. June . we looked at that angle. that's one of your clear first steps in any disappearance or murder case is what's the motive. a confession is one thing. she might have reached that breaking point where she just thought or she didn't think, just snapped and just left. it's a very personal thing the way humans react to trauma. the final states to be called in the 2020 election. but did police have anything else on denis? 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. he had such a miserable, lonely life that i believe he -- at that point would have said almost anything. i couldn't understand that he would be okay with not telling the police. it's there to seek the truth. >> by that point in time, denis ratte's read all his rights that he's provided under the canadian law. here's what's happening. the family finally found her, living in a tent in new hampshire. that came from me. big." so if there's an ounce of -- of me not believing him, it's there. i couldn't. 16-year-old anna, daddy's girl, began to see the tarnish in her father's halo. it was a surprise to me. >> dionne who had warned denis not to take the lie detector test got a call from her vastly relieved brother. he wants very much to think that your father's not guilty. 5. Rate. 837 miles of exquisite natural beauty winding its way past dramatic snow-capped mountains and breathtaking vistas of lush forests. >> absolutely. thanks again for -- for rushing over. >> there wasn't quite enough to charge him. >> 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. and i was taken aback. >> i can't imagine how it --. it was 2003. six years since her mother vanished from her life. i guess he sort of could because he was winning quite a bit. >> and especially hard on the family's finances. it took the jury just two hours to find denis ratte guilty of second-degree murder. you're not the first person to ask me. that's when she became convinced. >> well, that was really hard for him, as you can imagine. they couldn't console me. so, uh, yeah, just a silly mistake. >> wait, did wendy suffer from multiple personality disorder? that's a piece of the tarp. that's not wendy." you're looking for a grout brush, this is -- garth, did he ask for your help? >> "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 always thought of our family as a perfect little family. someone cashed in her unemployment checks at an atm. in a prince george courtroom, the battle lines were drawn. >> what that told investigators. she found some peace in that, and one day she said "let's hold hands and speak with oshanna." >> you certainly develop an idea of who that person could be. it does happen. dealdash.com offers hundreds of auctions every day. >> 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 transforming into this character. >> so he did, all the way back to canada, to northern saskatchewan. he did, though he said he didn't like it. her father was guilty. Since then Gabriel has changed 4 companies and 3 roles. i remember her yelling. >> it was. so you asked him about it? It'd take an elaborate, undercover mission to finally crack this case.Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. another life-changing technology from abbott, so you don't wait for life. he said, that's not wendy. he created the suspicion himself, of course, when he illegally cashed wendy's unemployment insurance checks, and his gambling habit almost bankrupted the family, led to those terrible fights just months before wendy disappeared. Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). the highway of tears. he could have said, ah, i thought i was talking to a crime boss. and don't forget, we offer a full 90 day money back guarantee on your first bid pack purchase. until the day in late 2007 when anna met reporter frank peebles at a downtown cafe. so you don't just brush to clean, you brush to build. denis took a job at a local lumber mill. s. a month into the investigation, police thought they were a big step closer to solving the mystery surrounding wendy's disappearance. and that's why i love healthmarkets, your insurance marketplace. i thought i was lying to him. they also searched the area for a body, of course, but found nothing at all. "The stories don't just come upon you in your immediate neck of the woods," he said. was it wendy? >> after you shot her, what happened then? it was hard. but new ways of working demand a new type of network. she was bragging about how much money she made. Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. >> this town is used to, disappearances. anyone would say it's 100% certain that my dad did it. >> 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. which left wendy's husband, denis. after a couple of months by august, he was helping to smuggle illegal cigarettes and kohl. >> translator: the last one, i didn't -- >> translator: honesty. >> it was like being in a nightmare because mom was never late. >> you think he's living in la-la land? don't have much left. >> probably. police said, "prove it." Wendy Ratte was 47-years-old when she disappeared while shopping in downtown Prince George in August of 1997. he explained the fact that his wife had disappeared, there was no money coming in. 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