This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code). along the way, and left the van in this grocery store parking lot. it does happen. like it was a dream. that's what he had done. >> a disturbing echo of other stories peebles knew all too well. 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. >> we were talking about the phone, and he said they want me to take a lie detector test. Tracks. >> there was talk of some issues that wendy may have had. but anna could clearly see that wendy's very public complaints, about his failings had been bothering him a lot. 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. and they might have -- she made about a enemy for sure. 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. >> translator: she didn't suffer. It'd take an elabor Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. >> translator: i made sure, you know, the body -- >> translator: what did you put on it? she took the kids and went to visit her old friend, lois. CLIP 06/06/22 . it was his first offense so he only got probation. 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. they're afraid of this family." the final states to be called in the 2020 election. i want you to tell me the truth." the staged kidnapping. 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. >> once. 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. >> so all thomas could do was file the results away and try to find more evidence against denis. and no motive. >> sure. and waited to see what the machine would say. it was a sweet wedding, happy and a little sad too. Or, did danger lurk closer to home? he hadn't been back in 11 years. >> it was. she didn't just disappear. >> it was very hard. >> translator: yeah, okay, okay, yeah. that is, of course, if he knew anything about it. >> translator: it's all true what you told them? my hand was so good that no one was going to beat it. >> these undercover officers, they're amazing actors. >> translator: there was a big thing with a cover on. 0. and tender moments like these, anna said, reminded her how much she yearned for the bond they once had. there are auctions going on right now, so what are you waiting for? she did not call anybody. >> he didn't strike me as overly concerned. web pages >> the first inkling of something wrong, something off, when was phone rang after lunch. have a good weekend unless have you other plans. >> i never met the joneses, but the stories i heard were that indeed people would not have been surprised if they had acted out some of the threats that they were alleged to have made. >> your mother just fighting for her child. >> translator: yeah, but, denis, we know that you killed her. like reality had ceased to be. now suddenly for a man he believed to be a crime boss, he changed his story. >> thomas interviewed several of wendy's closest friends. no wendy. >> uh-huh. i was so excited. not so much as a bone. >> when "dateline" continues. >> it was painful for diane to watch the video of her brother's confession in the pretrial hearing. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. -are you ok? why would he kill her? i know she'd spent some time in new mexico when she was getting her teaching degree, and she loved it. >> he said, i couldn't just tell them i did nothing. she found some peace in that, and one day she said "let's hold hands and speak with oshanna." >> why lie? >> translator: you have killed your friend? investigator thomas decided no. on the Internet. Wendy Ratte was 47-years-old when she disappeared while shopping in downtown Prince George in August of 1997. right now we're going to see who are you as a person. >> did the lie detector test, and i passed it. it's impossible to get around. -- >> that's cold. >> a technique's ingenuity is also an achilles' heel. i guess i look pretty ridiculous. i called every friend of mine, every friend of hers. >> the jones family matriarch sent a scathing letter to the "prince george citizen," bad-mouthing wendy and her family. >> mm-hmm. please know that i'm here for you. ask them to tell you the story." View the profiles of people named Gabriel Ratte. there's resources that can inform us, and that spark can make a difference. >> translator: okay. and i can't blame him. >> eerie. advanced technology. 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. >> what i really liked about them is they seemed to be more friends than lovers. proof, he told the jury, that denis' confession should not be believed. >> and the kids? >> you expected that to happen? he said, "i have gone through my story. Reposted 5 years ago 5 years ago. >> this town is used to, disappearances. he was meeting mr. big, the man he believed to be an all-powerful crime boss. save the little girl. "This story will be as valid if you tell it a year from now or two years from now," he said. Rate. >> allegedly there were threats made from the joneses to the rattes. >> and i told him right away, "i want the truth, whatever it is. and i started noticing denis when this would happen, denis would take her away. >> i know. lead investigator rob burret monitoring the video in a nearby room. dealdash.com offers hundreds of auctions every day. here's what's happening. 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. i saw his demeanor change from a proud, working man to a street thug. 555 Followers, 615 Following, 901 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Gabriel Ratt (@grattehandy) grattehandy. they said they had never heard of her. >> there are three things i want -- loyalty, truth, honesty. her abandoned van wasn't far from the highway. >> was this a woman broken or a woman taken? progressive is always here for you with round-the-clock service. we'll get through it. >> he said that's not wendy, that's shawna. he wants very much to think that your father's not guilty. well, maybe she went there. i think it's reasonable to expect that a lot of those items would have just disappeared. but i also believe in truth. 555 followers. of course, he believed he was talking to fellow gang members. and that's your left side, right? >> i introduced myself as a police officer coming to talk to him. ask your gastroenterologist about humira. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. >> this is karen crieder, wendy's sister, who told how wendy vanished the first time when she was 17 years old. 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. he'd say, "oh, we're going for a walk now." Or, did danger lurk closer to home? time for denis to come clean. 5. >> when "dateline" continues want to brain better? It'd take an elaborate, undercover mission to finally crack this case.Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. >> right. we can't let that go. the premier cold case unit in british columbia. coming up -- the investigation is transformed when detectives run up against a fresh and frustrating piece of evidence. >> who are these people? >> yes. >> what did all of that feel like? >> highway of tears? don't do it. 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. now they know i didn't do it, and they're leaving me alone. meantime government in new mexico are stepping up requirements. Keith Morrison reports. >> absolutely. >> then it got more serious. >> and denis, his crime buddies assured him, had all it took to been what the organization valued the most, honest and loyal. i was balling. don't forget. you don't -- there's no real starting point. >> but perhaps the most convincing argument diane heard was from denis himself when she went to see him in jail. >> mm-hmm. her father was guilty. she did that, though. >> yes, because it was specifically asked did wendy have money on her. On Thursday his daughter Anna Sieppert delivered an emotional victim impact statement that left staff in the Prince George courtroom in tears. >> better? >> i can't imagine how it --. >> and i hear this story and think for crying out loud, she's done it again. >> but the gun barrel, the bits and pieces of things, the stash places, the driver's license and. wendy and i met in a parking lot somewhere just to say hi. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. >> with various files, you get a lot of people saying, oh, i saw this person. they're going to look at you. he was left high and dry without being able to work anymore. >> i was disgusted. >> denis' defense lawyer hammered undercover detectives about the lack of physical evidence and pointed out lies denis had told mr. big and his gang. Gabriel Pelletier was born in 1958 in Montral, Qubec, Canada. >> and their parents? i'm going to tell you honestly what happened. the vice president won the state by more than 14,000 votes. some said wendy had a history of emotional troubles. stress less and live more. then he wandered around for a bit before he called anna to report her mom was missing. -[narrator] we are boomer natur. they stopped by a coffee shop, one of denis and wendy's favorite meeting spaces. i'm going to tell you. >> denis told wendy he'd do whatever it took to save the marriage. so the obvious question -- did you have the feeling that this is a woman who might have just up and left? >> i knew when he was talking about mom's murder that it was true. might be angry with me for the results of where this trial led. >> 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. >> what does that do inside when you hear that? >> in the classroom. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. >> you know, i don't want to speak badly about my sister. the actors are the family, divided across a thin line separating truth and deception. she tried to do in her everyday life. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. denis ratte caught by an elaborate undercover sting, a confessor to murder, sat in jail while outside his two children, anna and gabriel, battled over whether he belonged there. >> i definitely thought about it, right? a terrifying specter haunted the lonely highway that passed through prince george on its way into the wilderness. >> it was a fake confession. >> uh-huh, yep. >> they have creatively fashioned a backdrop that simulates a real-world criminal environment. and she said, "i'm not wendy anymore." 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. that's shawna. 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 there's moving with move free ultra. suspects police had already eliminated, the jones family. is it possible, though, that you're liing in denial? you're looking for a grout brush, this is -- garth, did he ask for your help? >> when "dateline" continues. disappearances were hurtful to her family members. i had talked to many families of many disappeared people over the years, and i could see the light in her eyes that way. >> yeah, like parents get divorced? this time for almost two years. so if there's an ounce of -- of me not believing him, it's there. Skip to main content Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. except for poker. the best thing we can be is striving to be at our best. i've decided we're going give it another try." denis ratte, wendy's husband. Uploaded by they also searched the area for a body, of course, but found nothing at all. you have to balance the integrity of the investigation. 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. in a prince george courtroom, the battle lines were drawn. >> as their friend lois cook could plainly see, denis was fiercely protective of all of them. he wasn't there. >> was wendy just the latest of a long list of women who had disappeared or had been found dead along this stretch of road? >> so runaway wendy? >> you just shot the once, right? and two of her checks had been cashed at an atm in full view of the bank's surveillance camera. >> translator: you said it there, denis. you know what's good about this? december, 2010. he said, "if i keep the house, she'll have a home to come home to." See full bio Born: 1958 in Montral, Qubec, Canada More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Biography Awards Photo Gallery FACTS -Wendy Ratte a wife and mother of 2 kids disappeared on August 18th,1997 at the age of 44 -American free-spirit born in a well to do family from New England -Became a teacher like both parents -Had a bipolar personality -One of her odd personalities was Shanna, a wild child who wanted nothing but freedom -Ran away from home twice of all the lies you could have said for why, you had to involve me again. >> were you a daddy's girl? and his meeting with the crime boss, he said, was a chance to finally make the investigation stop. for this free service, go to healthmarkets.com or call right now. is that a good idea? >> that's true, but isn't the truth more important? 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. that might have been the whole story really except, well, every drama needs a catalyst, right? -okay. so help heal your skin from within, and talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent. there's no shortage of other theories in the case, though theories like rumors are easy. >> first, mr. big told denis he'd have to come clean about his past. . Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. this is her little brother, gabriel. but, when used at the first sign, abreva can get you back to being you in just 2 and a half days. >> coming up, anna gets word there might be witnesses who know what really happened to wendy. >> we had to look at all, possibilities. 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. afternoon, anna's worry grew. >> vibrated? to ensure as much as possible that the suspect doesn't lie to gain respect. Or, did danger lurk closer to home? and i've also had anxiety, headaches, insomnia, and panic attacks. >> and they sat me down and said, we've just arrested your father for the murder of your mother. the case of her mother's disappearance wasn't cold at all. he said "see, told me not to do it. dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. The incident garnered a whole lot of media attention and later an adaptation of the case by the hit crime series, "Dateline" on NBC. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. >> we're always mindful of false confessions -- >> allegations are made all the time, i suppose. with stressballs. >> i always thought of our family as a perfect little family. >> i always thought of my family and my parents as being perfect. businesses today are looking to tomorrsetting the course.ating. >> reports that wendy was mentally ill, that it wasn't her but her alter ego that may have left town? i didn't do it." >> i didn't know what else to do. wipe. so denis did what he always did when times were rough. 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. [phone rings] "sore throat pain? what it took for her to forgive him hurt him deeply. >> 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. and also past the sights of unsolved >> what was it like to hear that? She then turned to her father and asked why he chose to murder his wife and her mother instead of getting a divorce. >> i saw that glint in his eye where he felt proud of himself again. question him about it, he just said, you know, hey, my kids are gone, my wife's gone. >> denis did not listen to his sister. >> they're described as right out of hollywood. >> what did you think when you heard that? healthmarkets has options from both on and off the government exchange. >> she was able to get a fairly big news story happening which made the city react and get them kicked off the property. >> his failings had been put on display. and that's when he noticed she was still moving. >> just disappeared from her life. after trying other medications. Disable anytime. but as the years slowly ticked by one by one, nothing. >> i've been involved in investigations where we've been able to clear a person of any wrongdoing. the staged kidnapping, the fake blood is truly phenomenal. having helped enroll people in millions of policies while earning an a-plus customer satisfaction rating from the better business bureau, you can trust healthmarkets. as each hour crawled by that. sounds like you've been shopping for health insurance. i was up to my neck in investigation trying to find mom. that's one of the examples of her community activism. >> i brought her more behind the garage. approached denis in prince george. she discovered that none of wendy's clothes or personal things were missing from the house except for her passport. they met at a hotel in reno, nevada, of all places. Comment must not exceed 1000 characters 57.1K 9,401 Share Copy Link More. When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. and bit by bit as days went by, denis became fully involved in what he clearly believed was a criminal gang. >> so much of my life had been devoted to finding the truth, and now i had the truth. with health insurance plans constantly changing, having the wrong fit could mean missing benefits or costing you thousands. that was his source of pride. >> that night and the next morning, i just kept making phone calls. >> right. but she knew how much denis loved his children and how much the children loved denis. i didn't know -- this is like three years' buildup of just holding it in. he changed so much. >> earlier on in the mr. big sting, he confessed to killing a man with rat poison. she didn't just disappear. >> i don't know. Plot summary Add synopsis Genres Documentary News Parents guide Add content advisory Details Language English Production company NBC News See more company credits at IMDbPro Technical specs Runtime i got this mountain bike for only $11. and gambled too much and started losing money. >> he said that day that she disappeared, friends of his saw the family from down the street that she had had kicked out. he was a mess. the family finally found her, living in a tent in new hampshire. 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. go to dealdash.com today and see how much you can save. >> the proof -- first, she says, the chilling details of his alleged cold-blooded murder. "The stories don't just come upon you in your immediate neck of the woods," he said. it cleans grease five times faster on easy messes, just spray, wipe, and rinse. it was a surprise to me. he played poker. i was nervous. wendy found work off and on as a substitute teacher at the local high school. 901 posts. and yeah, he lost it. but this case wasn't only the crown versus denis ratte. 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. 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. Sign in or register for your free account, Fort St. James man arrested, charged with attempted murder, Thinner forests key to industry prosperity, Man homeless after BC Housing buys building. the one police made of gabriel the day they told him they'd arrested his father. >> yeah, i was. >> denis bonded with his crime buddies over meals in fancy restaurants and evenings in strip clubs. >> i'm going to tell you honestly what happened. there was no gunshot. as well as a playstation 4 for under $16. big." >> so said judy thomas, no highway of tears. i asked, you know, do you hear gunshots all the time. >> 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. that it was betrayal, and you put years of devotion into someone, to be cut down like that. maybe a phone call to wendy's family back in the states. 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