43:47. not distraught by any means. like how would you deal with that? >> you look at the full circumstances of it. most of her family sided with gabriel. that came from me. >> translator: i said it there? we flagged bank accounts, credit cards, social insurance numbers. you know, like the sign says. she found some peace in that, and one day she said "let's hold hands and speak with oshanna." >> that's a job interview. and i've also had anxiety, headaches, insomnia, and panic attacks. 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. i know my father's mannerisms. don't have much left. >> it struck me odd right at the beginning. Keith Morrison reports. there was, after all, that sighting at the greyhound bus station. for all those years he told her, the police just wouldn't leave him alone. she was bragging about how much money she made. >> when "dateline" continues. and if he lied about one murder. >> translator: that's what we're going to do. >> right after the curb there, the house is right there. but -- >> i met shawna. i even cried when i did it. , >> what about the religious group, the emissaries of divine light, that wendy had been drawn to years before? >> and then a couple of minutes later, a silent nod from denis. >> i don't know. they're going to look at you. 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. 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. >> 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. >> you were close to your mother? he played poker. >> this town is used to, disappearances. you're looking for a grout brush, this is -- garth, did he ask for your help? It'd take an elaborate, undercover mission to finally crack this case. >> it was hard for me not to tell anna. what was it like to testify at the trial? don't start humira if you have an infection. and at that point, it was the only sense of pride he had left. Facebook gives people the power to. >> she was the breadwinner. have they phoned the police? he wasn't there. i never knew when my symptoms would keep us apart. >> yeah, okay. >> he says, i'm earning some money. denis agreed to help him. >> they always promised me it wasn't. >> i spoke to him in french about how i loved him, first of all. >> he didn't strike me as overly concerned. she was finished. See full bio Born: 1958 in Montral, Qubec, Canada More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Biography Awards Photo Gallery in fact, in the very first week of the investigation, thomas had questioned him three times. "It's really about trying to see what kind of access we can get, how people deal with us. >> he said that day that she disappeared, friends of his saw the family from down the street that she had had kicked out. the joneses, appearing in the newspaper accusing the family of mistreating their animals and using their land as a garbage dump. >> and he didn't. go to dealdash.com today and see how much you can save. but, when used at the first sign, abreva can get you back to being you in just 2 and a half days. and i can absolutely understand wanting to be blind to -- to the truth because i was there too. suspects police had already eliminated, the jones family. mom didn't miss appointments. and i can't blame him. and they might have -- she made about a enemy for sure. we can't let that go. they would have had the motive to hurt her. with anna to the coffee shop so that she would discover the van. the way they talked to each other, the way they behaved, you know, it almost didn't feel like husband and wife. and he began to confess again. >> it's hope, you know. it was the police asking her to come downtown. >> yeah, like parents get divorced? 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. 5. he said, "i have gone through my story. no wendy. >> i saw that glint in his eye where he felt proud of himself again. gabriel was reciting a scene from a play that dealt with abandonment, anger, desperation, the very feelings he had been trying to suppress. he said "see, told me not to do it. This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code). no problem, said denis. Gabriel Ratt is on Facebook. they created from scratch a fake criminal organization complete with detectives posing as, crooks. >> the undercover operation the unsolved homicide squad came up with was so elaborate and ambitious, it might seem, frankly, unbelievable. . i never told it in my life. it's all true. and money they didn't have. now suddenly worried, denis, just as planned, had no one else to turn to except his new friends. . and all of a sudden she was very cold and very abrupt with them. not happy i did it, but i still did it. >> vibrated? >> i bet. those old jacks you used to put under a vehicle. that phone call was happiness with a lot of relief in it. >> yeah. >> denis told wendy he'd do whatever it took to save the marriage. i said denis, you're the husband. >> we love each other very much. >> we're always mindful of false confessions -- >> allegations are made all the time, i suppose. that's a piece of the tarp. 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. >> $2,000, exactly. a confession is one thing. i remember her yelling. so the litmus test to me is corroboration. denis took a job at a local lumber mill. investigator thomas decided no. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and that was a pretty detailed confession, not just once but twice. >> translator: there was a big thing with a cover on. no one had seen her. a place to belong. >> she came in carrying this folder of news clippings and possible leads that were connected to her mother. you live it. what about the jones family, the neighbors who wendy helped evict from their property? her father insisted he had nothing to do with it. >> gabriel is a father himself now. when i was talking with anna and gabriel, the love that they had for their mother, i knew that it had to be reciprocated. Currently, Gabriel Ratt works as a Candidat La Profession d'Ingnieur at BBA. and gambled too much and started losing money. It'd take an elabor Read allWendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. >> because i think maybe then i could hear her. he said, no, and especially not first thing in the morning outside my window. Follow. but karen said they didn't have time to make an official diagnosis. Enable push notifications on your device. >> she wanted to have a peaceful part of her. >> but a failed lie detector test was not enough evidence to arrest denis, let alone charge him with a crime. i didn't know -- this is like three years' buildup of just holding it in. >> i said, you know, get used to it. 16-year-old anna, daddy's girl, began to see the tarnish in her father's halo. it i did it, and it paid off. and just hearing it made it kind of official that the person i held so dear wasn't there anymore. >> translator: i took a bumper jack, right? -blue. >> denis ratte had come to the moment of truth. >> she made an enemy for sure. >> did he seem nervous, upset? september 27, 2008. a hotel room in winnipeg. seeing a husband trying to relive the moment when he said he murdered his wife. >> they're described as right out of hollywood. he wants very much to think that your father's not guilty. On Aug. 18, 1997, Wendy Ann Twiss Ratte, 44 at the time, was reported missing and the family's van was found parked at a supermarket, now Value Village. 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. we're going to fix them. >> why should you replace her? on behalf of all of my colleaguesa the networks of nbc news, good night. you know what's good about this? >> had wendy become highway victim number 16? we sold an ipad worth $505 for less than $24. what became your focus? yeah. 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. >> i was terrified. >> when "dateline" continues you clean dishes as you cook. >> it was such a whirlwind. >> once he lost his job, i think it was up to her to figure out, okay, like how do we make everything work. >> translator: honesty, honesty, okay. she wasn't responding in the way my mother usually does. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. -keep it coming. >> 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. i said, "where's this coming from? there was no gunshot. voltaren. his audition, he believed, for membership, for trust, for help from mr. big. finally, i was tired of this file shuffle. >> i'm going to help you or i'm not going to help you, okay? >> 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. and bit by bit as days went by, denis became fully involved in what he clearly believed was a criminal gang. i'm 15 years old and expecting everything to come and be norm normal. >> probably. with humira, remission is possible. coming up -- another potential clue is about to surface from wendy's past. >> then one day after a month of rumors and unsubstantiated theories followed one after the other, there was a break. they're going distrust you, but don't take a lie detector test. and the wrench in her eyes when that came out was something i -- i don't think i can ever forget. we all see it. >> but given the continued absence of any physical evidence, that second confession still wasn't enough to convince gabriel his father killed his mother. 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. 43:49. i'm going to tell you honestly what happened. there's no evidence. >> denis did not listen to his sister. big" when "dateline" continues. she was uninterested in anybody else besides herself. he had such a miserable, lonely life that i believe he -- at that point would have said almost anything. >> in the fall of 1997, as investigators interviewed more and more people that knew the family, they discovered that ever since the mill accident that denis had lost his job two years earlier, the perfect little family had not been quite so perfect after all. he said, "if i keep the house, she'll have a home to come home to." it felt like there was -- like he was putting a barrier in front of the investigation. >> when "dateline" continues. and he was terrible. a terrifying specter haunted the lonely highway that passed through prince george on its way into the wilderness. >> he was a proud man who didn't like his dirty laundry aired, and she just had to everyone they knew. 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. we are going to put everything on the table. Harpaz is willing to travel to some far off places in search of a story. he explained the fact that his wife had disappeared, there was no money coming in. we all see it. be there for you, and them. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. stand living in this kind of doubt any longer? another life-changing technology from abbott, so you don't wait for life. he had absolutely no reason, he said, to hurt wendy or have anything to do with her disappearance. like a play or a movie with at its dark heart something quite unspeakable. call the number on your screen, or visit healthmarkets.com. you had to make a decision, and that was the decision you made? 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. >> in his confessions, denis said he had a reason that would seem so twisted neither police nor anyone else believed it. Storyline Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, goes missing; police discover she had a bitter feud with a neighbor before she went missing. so i couldn't make a reported yet. it was hard. a macbook pro for under $16. >> translator: you know, i stirred it around, and it slipped. they promised they want still looking. i say i always felt i connected with my father more. >> wait, did wendy suffer from multiple personality disorder? >> she waved a quick good-bye, walked down the stairs and out the door. >> translator: yes. with less eczema, you can show more skin. >> it was a blow that he'd gone that low, but when i tried to. -no. See production, box office & company info. some said wendy had a history of emotional troubles. 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