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Gabriel Ratt is on Facebook. >> that was a lie, of course. >> couldn't be true because of my recollection of the morning, he said that she was wearing totally different clothes than i saw her leave with. this early in the investigation, any lead was welcome. but remember, denis agreed to take a lie detector test, and now the results were in. i finished her off with that. >> translator: does there come back to you? so i thought, what about 15 minutes. but there were always issues. first, the highway of tears. i won these bluetooth headphones for $20. coming up -- another potential clue is about to surface from wendy's past. >> then three months into the operation, the sting was primed. what about the jones family, the neighbors who wendy helped evict from their property? denis agreed to help him. >> the jones family matriarch sent a scathing letter to the "prince george citizen," bad-mouthing wendy and her family. On Thursday his daughter Anna Sieppert delivered an emotional victim impact statement that left staff in the Prince George courtroom in tears. it's not the truth i wanted. denis ratte, wendy's husband. >> you would have heard that surely. they're unsure of the procedure. 43:49. >> frustrated is what he was, denis told his sister. >> once he lost his job, i think it was up to her to figure out, okay, like how do we make everything work. and, by the way, he failed that lie detector test all those years ago. 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. i feel a lot of guilt for not being able to have replaced her. >> translator: you didn't tell any lies at all? >> upon our review, we came to the same conclusion as judy did, that denis ratte was the suspect in his wife's disappearance. >> she made an enemy for sure. >> nor did her quest seem to be over. i said, "okay, you were right. 2,044,148 plays 2.04M; View all comments 1,032; Followers. >> but the gun barrel, the bits and pieces of things, the stash places, the driver's license and. a brother and sister were prepared to fight for what they believed was right even if that meant losing each other. he said, "these people don't want to go to the police. the first steps of checking in, the smallest moments can end up being everything. i never told it in my life. >> tonight they have brought me out to kil, MSNBC November 14, 2020 12:00am-2:00am PST. that's what he had done. okay? wendy just didn't fit the profile. on tough messes, the spray-activated suds cut through grease on contact, without water. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered The Woman With No Name. Wendy Ratte was 47-years-old when she disappeared while shopping in downtown Prince George in August of 1997. >> maybe it was shawna who got on that bus, or perhaps oshawna? Gabriel Avila is a convicted felon for the rape and murder of a student named, Katie Sepich. >> translator: no. healthmarkets' fitscore instantly ranks plans both on and off the government exchange to find one that best fits your insurance needs. now suddenly for a man he believed to be a crime boss, he changed his story. >> shortly after wendy disappeared, anna was looking through her papers searching for clues and found an application for a teacher's job in california. like it was a dream. she religion bounced searching for somewhere to belong. >> absolutely not. >> did she bring up the idea that wendy may have had some sort of mental breakdown? to ensure as much as possible that the suspect doesn't lie to gain respect. >> i know my father. >> i don't know if they were real or not real. after about an hour of conversation, she finally just shook her head and said, i'm very sure that it was dad. but her brother, gabriel? so we're using a speakerphone in the store. and his meeting with the crime boss, he said, was a chance to finally make the investigation stop. >> and i hear this story and think for crying out loud, she's done it again. and this time -- >> translator: check the tapes. >> it had been a heavy burden to carry that with him all those years, said denis. support that. >> anguish like that couldn't stay hidden for long. >> so said judy thomas, no highway of tears. she discovered that none of wendy's clothes or personal things were missing from the house except for her passport. >> for me as a reporter, it became sickening after a while to hear the police issue another release that another girl had gone missing. there was a swamp there. i'd never seen her yell at him like that before. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. >> and the kids? the same details. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. sweet. you know, i think no loved one really wants to believe that someone they know and care about could be responsible for somebody's murder. they also searched the area for a body, of course, but found nothing at all. >> the first time that i really noticed it was with the kids. that's one of the examples of her community activism. Tracks. we sold an ipad worth $505 for less than $24. he said, "if i keep the house, she'll have a home to come home to." go to dealdash.com today and see how much you can save. >> not a big surprise really. a body occasionally turning up beside the road. >> what does that do inside when you hear that? >> okay -- >> in this video, she organized a peace project that taught student, including her own son, about conflict resolution and respect. and he hadn't felt that since he -- since he'd been injured. >> 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. i don't believe in twice. we all see it. >> eerie. she had done it before. managing heart failure starts now with understanding. a confession is one thing. he liked being the man of the house. >> that's what i needed. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. and -- >> i asked the lady who was there at the cash register, do you recognize this lady on the poster. along the way, and left the van in this grocery store parking lot. i think it's reasonable to expect that a lot of those items would have just disappeared. it didn't matter where we lived, as long as we were together. >> interesting that getting the truth isolates you from the people you love. he's guilty. >> it was. >> mm-hmm. but no, said thomas, false alarm. >> so all thomas could do was file the results away and try to find more evidence against denis. >> in the performance? coming up, where was wendy? 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. Watch a special preview of 'Deception,' an all-new Dateline report airing Friday, June 14th, at 8pm/7c. Or, did danger lurk closer to home? someone cashed in her unemployment checks at an atm. this is the biggest weak not in the story. >> well, i think you're a little too domineering for me now. >> i thought -- i thought he was hiding something. we sold an ipad worth $505 for less than $24. >> why lie? you do? to. >> or maybe the enemy lurked within. >> "your father's addiction is ruining us" wendy told anna, and as was wendy's way, told everyone else who cared to listen too. and tender moments like these, anna said, reminded her how much she yearned for the bond they once had. The case had languished for years but in 2008, Denis, her husband, became the subject of an elaborate undercover operation, known as a "Mr. Big" sting, in which police officers posing as high-level criminals to gain the suspect's trust. Facebook gives people the power to. On tour View all. he wants very much to think that your father's not guilty. he wasn't there. they all felt i should have been with him more, siding with him more. dealdash.com offers hundreds of auctions every day. i got these three suitcases for less than $40. 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. >> the story you're about to witness is all too real, though it may seem perhaps implausible. but "dateline nbc" reviewed an rcmp summary of the mission. i can be swayed by the evidence whether it is going to be for or against my dad. >> we had five polygraph operators read those charts. >> she was so angry. and gambled too much and started losing money. >> he was fed up, over it? >> very hard. 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. but my sense was if denis betrayed her trust again, it was over. >> why don't you want to see something, some kind of evidence to back up what you've seen on tape? they would have had the motive to hurt her. unlike ordinary memory supplements- neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. she wasn't responding in the way my mother usually does. this was one of those people who was not going to let this go. that's shawna. boomer naturals, we've got you . >> and they had never been before. so you've got this elaborate setup. then they can't help me. it was a surprise to me. >> when "dateline" continues. time for mr. big. Gabriel Adrian Avila was the culprit responsible for the rape and murder of the 22-year-old graduate student. >> we checked into that and met with dead ends. thanks again for -- for rushing over. she was feeding the ducks, her back to him, when he took aim with a .22-caliber rifle. >> you couldn't not look at it as a possibility. 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. -you smell like fish. CLIP 06/06/22 . one of the ways i do that is to get them out of the home. anywhere, police radar was squarely pointed at her husband, denis, which was no surprise to seasoned prince george reporter frank peebles. >> okay? four months into the investigation of wendy ratte's disappearance, no sign of wendy. Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. and i saw the look in his eye. >> i always thought of my family and my parents as being perfect. you know, someone who looks at you and -- i've always loved my wife. 2022. >> probably. the case of her mother's disappearance wasn't cold at all. >> i broke down. coming up -- anna and gabriel face off in court. he said, that's not wendy. while shawna was the wild child. >> deceptive, meaning according to the police polygrapher, that denis ratte lied when he claimed he had nothing to do with wendy's disappearance. but isn't that life? mom didn't miss appointments. didn't get that at all. >> shawna seemed to have been around off and on for quite a while. >> and then we find that he was actually deceptive. wendy and i met in a parking lot somewhere just to say hi. don't start humira if you have an infection. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection. 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. the fake blood is truly phenomenal. i was up to my neck in investigation trying to find mom. >> gabriel is a father himself now. he was calm. in fact, police were actively investigating her father. >> had wendy become highway victim number 16? it was late summer, a hot morning in saskatchewan when wendy and denis ratte drove off to run some errands. your sign's pointing at my sign, so people are gonna look at my sign. >> my brother was lost. right now we're going to see who are you as a person. i'm not eating at the soup kitchen anymore. >> translator: yeah, okay, okay, yeah. that was home. >> uh-huh. This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code). >> coming up, anna gets word there might be witnesses who know what really happened to wendy. he admitted it. now they know i didn't do it, and they're leaving me alone. that might have been the whole story really except, well, every drama needs a catalyst, right? >> she was the breadwinner. >> over time the target is led to believe that he is an up-and-comer in the criminal organization. >> there was a clear disengagement from reality. , >> then there was that religious group she'd been so into the years earlier. i just didn't want to believe it. >> yeah, definitely. with a rifle, one shot, you know, nice and easy. she came to light sometimes at seances with anna and gabriel. she might have reached that breaking point where she just thought or she didn't think, just snapped and just left. in fact, in the very first week of the investigation, thomas had questioned him three times. it does happen. >> i remember her transforming into this character. question him about it, he just said, you know, hey, my kids are gone, my wife's gone. dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. and also past the sights of unsolved that came from me. her abandoned van wasn't far from the highway. disappearances were hurtful to her family members. >> oh, yeah. have they told the police?" >> i don't think he could lie about it when you have a picture of him cashing the check at an atm. >> maybe it's every gambler's excuse. June 14, 2013. >> he said that day that she disappeared, friends of his saw the family from down the street that she had had kicked out. yes, three wendys. are you kidding? separating rumor from fact, that's another matter altogether as detective judy thomas discovered. about a week later, another question -- would denis like to make some money on the side delivering bags mostly, their contents unknown. Since then Gabriel has changed 4 companies and 3 roles. >> when "dateline" continues. saw clear or almost clear skin, and, had significantly less itch. it's seeing someone's face that comforts us, no matter where. standard practice in unsolved cases. save the little girl. but did police have anything else on denis? i never knew when my symptoms would keep us apart. and don't forget, we offer a full 90 day money back guarantee on your first bid pack purchase. >> and you know how people are they talk. it's truly phenomenal. he didn't want to lose that. i was talking to jamie. the highway of tears. our neck gaiters, face masks, and one-piece shield masks are certified 99.99% anti-microl with nano-silver technology. >> or could he or would he tell it again? 4 likes weird. i didn't know she did this. >> $2,000, exactly. >> but given the continued absence of any physical evidence, that second confession still wasn't enough to convince gabriel his father killed his mother. and finally we asked him, you know, "what is going on?" >> uh-huh, yep. i couldn't. and no motive. and waited to see what the machine would say. clear lakes reflecting the blue skies above. her father insisted he had nothing to do with it. >> it was hard for me not to tell anna. and i told him, you know, if this happened, i just want to know more. 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