>> when "dateline" continues. advanced technology. >> i brought her more behind the garage. he had to leave right after his testimony. >> after you shot her, what happened then? i saw him with girlfriends that he had to pay for. >> no, he didn't. his audition, he believed, for membership, for trust, for help from mr. big. >> it struck me odd right at the beginning. the staged kidnapping, the fake blood is truly phenomenal. yeah. save the little girl. get dishes done faster dawn powerwash dish spray. >> then with a heavy heart, gabriel called wendy's family in the states. >> and i hear this story and think for crying out loud, she's done it again. >> some days she would be so happy, and other days the world would just weigh down on her. >> translator: okay, you -- you move over there like that. not the sort of thing they were inclined to take lying down. denis never suspecting it was all an act. >> but anna watched the tapes, too, and she said she could tell. denis took a job at a local lumber mill. Or, did danger lurk closer to home? . gabriel noticed that the old self-assured denis was back. >> was her mom alive? >> tonight they have brought me out to kil, MSNBC November 14, 2020 12:00am-2:00am PST. some said wendy had a history of emotional troubles. wendy just didn't fit the profile. >> she made an enemy for sure. there was nothing coming in." >> was this a woman broken or a woman taken? Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. you know, someone who looks at you and -- i've always loved my wife. no one had seen her. i'd never seen real emotion come from him before. On Thursday his daughter Anna Sieppert delivered an emotional victim impact statement that left staff in the Prince George courtroom in tears. >> that's the part of me that is the dreamy, hopeful, optimistic side. >> correct. his father in prison has met his little girl now, but when we last spoke with anna, she had not. >> in fact, the mr. big undercover technique has been repeatedly upheld by canada's supreme court. and reliable coverage, nationwide. but she stood alone. >> 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. and i'm utterly aware that i'm the only person there who is speaking in favor of my dad. 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. -no, no. the gunshot, the tarp, the carjack. >> i just kept waiting for her to walk through the door. 555 followers. >> shattering. she had done it before. they met at a hotel in reno, nevada, of all places. standard practice in unsolved cases. coming up -- another potential clue is about to surface from wendy's past. that might have been the whole story really except, well, every drama needs a catalyst, right? Or, did danger lurk closer to home? if you're honest, things will be great. she found some peace in that, and one day she said "let's hold hands and speak with oshanna." >> thomas interviewed several of wendy's closest friends. >> translator: the last one, i didn't -- >> translator: honesty. she didn't just disappear. >> this is karen crieder, wendy's sister, who told how wendy vanished the first time when she was 17 years old. and at that point, it was the only sense of pride he had left. and the wrench in her eyes when that came out was something i -- i don't think i can ever forget. See production, box office & company info. so if there's an ounce of -- of me not believing him, it's there. >> he said he did it between the house and the garage. Become an Oxygen Insider. not only on never finding his wife again about on himself. we were talking quietly. but no, said thomas, false alarm. it was a sweet wedding, happy and a little sad too. he was left high and dry without being able to work anymore. by nightfall, there was still no sign of wendy. 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. >> and angry. disappeared, he volunteered to take the test. >> and he didn't. serious and sometimes fatal infections, including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. but anna could clearly see that wendy's very public complaints, about his failings had been bothering him a lot. 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. >> the look in his eye on that tape was -- >> that's all you needed? that family had moved four months i believe prior. >> vibrated? >> what was it like to hear that? i just quit school because i felt like this is too much right now. she was shocked to learn that the confession was the only thing the cops had to convict her brother of killing his wife. who are these people? but karen said they didn't have time to make an official diagnosis. i'm not talking it it anymore." >> i always thought of my family and my parents as being perfect. his target? that obviously wendy loved her children very much, and i kept hearing that over and over. stress less and live more. >> and he hardly knew a word of english and she hardly knew a word of french. they're unsure of the procedure. i was heaving. yes, three wendys. she saw them following her. with serious security. that phone call was happiness with a lot of relief in it. that's one of your clear first steps in any disappearance or murder case is what's the motive. Or, did danger lurk closer to home? Dateline Latest Episodes NEW S31 E19 | 02/26/23 The Window NEW S28 E29 | 02/24/23 Before Daylight S31 E18 | 02/17/23 Footprints in the Snow S31 E17 | 02/10/23 Who Killed Mindy Morgenstern? 15 percent. well, maybe she went there. >> i broke down. coming up -- his back against the wall, what would denis say to mr. big? 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. >> had wendy become highway victim number 16? Denis Ratte arrives at a moment of truth in meeting "Mr. Big", the man he believed to be an all-powerful crime boss but was really all part of an undercover operation. hello. so on. she was open about it, too. as well as a playstation 4 for under $16. Skip to main content Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. on tough messes, the spray-activated suds cut through grease on contact, without water. didn't get that at all. this is the biggest weak not in the story. >> when "dateline" continues. 555 Followers, 615 Following, 901 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Gabriel Ratt (@grattehandy) grattehandy. >> a confession is the strongest evidence anybody ever gets, and, you know, it generally does the deed. so the obvious question -- did you have the feeling that this is a woman who might have just up and left? they're quite adamant. but when i spoke to the woman, she actually said no, i wouldn't be able to say that at all. now, what could that be? >> there wasn't quite enough to charge him. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. >> i spoke to him in french about how i loved him, first of all. >> during one of his delivery trips to vancouver, denis stopped to see his son gabriel, now 26 and a college student once more. they're going distrust you, but don't take a lie detector test. >> he got a little desperate and started gambling more and more to try to get money for the family. >> translator: i have never said that, that i killed her, first of all. she was the brains of the operation. but new ways of working demand a new type of network. it looks like your blood pressure's a little high. disappearances were hurtful to her family members. he had nothing to do with it. >> interesting that getting the truth isolates you from the people you love. >> yeah. mom didn't miss appointments. >> it was tough for all of them. meantime government in new mexico are stepping up requirements. During the trial, the jury watched a video recorded with a concealed camera, where Ratte took the officers to the scene of the shooting, in the back yard of the family's home, and then to a wooded area east of the city where he told them he dumped her body, which has never been found. >> the rcmp have conducted over 350 of these investigations. Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. on behalf of all of my colleaguesa the networks of nbc news, good night. ask them to tell you the story." but wendy could still have left prince george of her own accord. a crucial moment when a high-stakes gamble went very wrong. i know my father's mannerisms. you know, like the sign says. i asked, you know, do you hear gunshots all the time. >> oops. >> wendy, an art teacher by trade, taught her kids to help others, to speak up and be heard like her. >> and they sat me down and said, we've just arrested your father for the murder of your mother. >> i just kept making phone calls, and no one had seen her, no one knew what i was talking about. >> then one day after a month of rumors and unsubstantiated theories followed one after the other, there was a break. Or, did danger lurk closer to home? >> that's a job interview. >> it wasn't just, how's anna, what's gab doing now, it was always anna and gab. switch to progressive and you can save hundreds. there's no way he would have taken that kind of chance. i remember her yelling. i was balling. later that night, he came back. healthmarkets has options from both on and off the government exchange. but thomas has investigated those cases and expected no such surprise in wendy's case, was sure of it, in fact. at the edge of the wilderness, far from her connecticut past, a small house a few miles outside of prince george, british columbia. humira can lower your ability to fight infections. >> denis bonded with his crime buddies over meals in fancy restaurants and evenings in strip clubs. that she would not leave her children. 837 miles of exquisite natural beauty winding its way past dramatic snow-capped mountains and breathtaking vistas of lush forests. >> a couple of days later, anna got a call. >> the jones family. finally he said, you know, "that's shawna. 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. >> very hard. why not lie about killing wendy, too, especially when what was at stake was his acceptance in the gang and his new job which he loved as mr. big's loyal foot soldier. he was patient. they said they had never heard of her. the main person that they alluded to wasn't even in the area. a brother and sister were prepared to fight for what they believed was right even if that meant losing each other. >> you look at the full circumstances of it. >> and denis, his crime buddies assured him, had all it took to been what the organization valued the most, honest and loyal. there was nothing to indicate that she was in any way connected to any of the missing or murdered women along highway 16. >> what did all of that feel like? >> i'm going to help you or i'm not going to help you, okay? and he was terrible. 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