>> then it was a hot morning in august 1997 when everything stopped working. she discovered that none of wendy's clothes or personal things were missing from the house except for her passport. okay? >> yeah, i was. >> but she was sliding. he changed so much. >> translator: i said it there? >> and there was one last moment of melodrama. >> so you were able to dispense with that one pretty quickly? she was the brains of the operation. it's truly phenomenal. >> i said, you know, get used to it. >> when wendy disappeared, all traces of her were gone. thomas interviewed wendy's mother about her daughter's troubled youth. and it certainly was in the media. >> i always thought of our family as a perfect little family. did it seem to you at the time, hey, this is -- this can't be? go to dealdash.com today and see how much you can save. Plot summary Add synopsis Genre Crime Add content advisory Details Release date and after four weeks, the end to the 13-year-old mystery was finally at hand. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. was it wendy? Husband Denis Florian Ratte is now serving a life sentence without eligibility for parole for 15 years after a jury found him guilty in November of second degree murder in her death. they scare me. we sold an ipad worth $505 for less than $24. Skip to main content Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. a van with a dent in the door that nobody could remember seeing before. >> she was able to get a fairly big news story happening which made the city react and get them kicked off the property. >> translator: okay, where? a 4k television for under, $2. >> then with a heavy heart, gabriel called wendy's family in the states. >> it was all too much for anna. It'd take an elaborate, undercover mission to finally crack this case. >> they've just about finished their investigation, and they're waiting for satellite results from the u.s. >> satellite results? by nightfall, there was still no sign of wendy. i said, "okay, you were right. On tour View all. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. the case of her mother's disappearance wasn't cold at all. that's a piece of the tarp. It'd take an elaborate, undercover mission to finally crack this case. so show me the evidence. >> she wanted to have a peaceful part of her. and you know, he didn't have much of an answer. could she have abandoned the children who loved her so much? >> i came into contact as a news reporter covering the disappearance itself. a horrifying surprise for passersby. >> that's when the investigator decided to show another tape. >> it was quite a shock that somebody who is apparently normal, everyday, almost a stereotype in that sense could disappear without a trace. >> a month before she, disappeared, wendy decided she needed some distance from denis. Following. i'm caught. the family finally found her, living in a tent in new hampshire. i say i always felt i connected with my father more. >> and then finally she and the family seemed to find it. she was uninterested in anybody else besides herself. >> i was terrified. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. the staged kidnapping. 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. >> it wasn't just, how's anna, what's gab doing now, it was always anna and gab. so you don't just brush to clean, you brush to build. you'll stay at home except f essential businesses and bars and restaurants will offer orders for takeout only. his confession was false. >> translator: okay. >> he broke down for the first time. >> denis suddenly became suspect number one. six years after wendy disappeared, he was living in an apartment in the seediest part of town, collecting bottles to make ends meet. i'm going to tell you. -okay. you don't have a scene. thanks again for -- for rushing over. >> the truth? is it coming back to you, denis? once neighbors of the rattes, not exactly friends. . 3. >> everything else i did was just mechanical motion. for this free service, go to healthmarkets.com or call right now. >> for me as a reporter, it became sickening after a while to hear the police issue another release that another girl had gone missing. it took the jury just two hours to find denis ratte guilty of second-degree murder. it's a very personal thing the way humans react to trauma. that might have been the whole story really except, well, every drama needs a catalyst, right? 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. >> was wendy another victim, or could she have been targeted by neighbors she tangled with? >> when "dateline" continues. >> i remember having a thought of, it's not what i would have expected. "I think there are stories where the elements that they contain are universal and appeal to a wide audience. it made me wonder about his character. i guess he sort of could because he was winning quite a bit. >> denis' defense lawyer hammered undercover detectives about the lack of physical evidence and pointed out lies denis had told mr. big and his gang. >> i walk there, right in there. >> i didn't know what else to do. but thomas has investigated those cases and expected no such surprise in wendy's case, was sure of it, in fact. that it was betrayal, and you put years of devotion into someone, to be cut down like that. go to dealdash.com today and see how much you can save. there's no way. >> translator: she didn't suffer. >> okay. denis agreed to help him. when they got back, she was back to normal. we try to talk with each other every once in a while. a terrifying specter haunted the lonely highway that passed through prince george on its way into the wilderness. healthmarkets has options from both on and off the government exchange. to ensure as much as possible that the suspect doesn't lie to gain respect. Follow. >> i cannot see him the way he left her doing that. back to vancouver to his college graduation that very same day. so on. >> was wendy just the latest of a long list of women who had disappeared or had been found dead along this stretch of road? until the day in late 2007 when anna met reporter frank peebles at a downtown cafe. so you asked him about it? and unlike big glucosamine chondroitin pills, it's all in one tiny pill. time for mr. big. if i open up enough, she'll come talk to me. Or, did danger lurk closer to home? coming up -- anna and gabriel face off in court. just wipe, and rinse. the one police made of gabriel the day they told him they'd arrested his father. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. get dishes done faster dawn powerwash dish spray. on the Internet. and he hadn't felt that since he -- since he'd been injured. -no. the undercover canadian investigator posing as the crime boss wanted denis to feel comfortable, so he spoke french, denis' mother tongue. June 14, 2013. you're not the first person to ask me. his father in prison has met his little girl now, but when we last spoke with anna, she had not. he was lucky. i can be swayed by the evidence whether it is going to be for or against my dad. and i say, how on earth could you think that? >> and they sat me down and said, we've just arrested your father for the murder of your mother. On Friday the judge is expected to rule on when Ratte will be eligible for parole. >> translator: it was fast? >> i was disgusted. four years after denis passed his lie detector test, the rcmp reviewed it. oops. >> you know, i don't want to speak badly about my sister. >> i've been involved in investigations where we've been able to clear a person of any wrongdoing. and they're described as right out of hollywood. >> deceptive, meaning according to the police polygrapher, that denis ratte lied when he claimed he had nothing to do with wendy's disappearance. for three years after his mother disappeared, gabriel's way was to forget, force it out of his head. >> and he didn't. 16-year-old anna, daddy's girl, began to see the tarnish in her father's halo. and shipping is always free. like how would you deal with that? you need flexibility- to work from anywhere and manage from everywhere. and brand new cars for less than $900. coming up -- a sting by investigators worthy of the big screen. >> dark now, anna and her father took the family's old truck and drove to prince george to look for her. so i went and knocked on the door, and they said no, there is nobody here. so what was it? >> but there crime organization was designed for him. he's the one who calls the shots. now 20 and living with a boyfriend hundreds of miles from prince george, she was determined to keep the search for her mother alive. so he says, i made up a story that i thought they would find me some kind of alibi or something, he says, and they'll fix it so that the cops would get off my case. with health insurance plans constantly changing, having the wrong fit could mean missing benefits or costing you thousands. this was a person in your community. that was home. >> the gunshot, the top, the carjack, her brother gabriel said it was all a lie. >> did the lie detector test, and i passed it. See production, box office & company info. finally he said, you know, "that's shawna. read it, said mr. big, as denis listened. they told him they needed to make sure there was no evidence left. it was a surprise to me. >> the look in his eye on that tape was -- >> that's all you needed? >> and the kids? he had such a miserable, lonely life that i believe he -- at that point would have said almost anything. why would he kill her? >> sure. >> there is that. but new ways of working demand a new type of network. It'd take an elaborate, undercover mission to finally crack this case.Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. sliding into a darker understanding of her father. that's universal. and there was nothing else to. >> translator: she didn't suffer. . they promised they want still looking. her abandoned van wasn't far from the highway. pronamel intensive enamel repair. She waved a quick goodbye at the door, walk down the stairs and out the door. they would have had the motive to hurt her. we were friends, okay? >> he says, i'm earning some money. the real police showed up again in denis' life, told him the investigation had been reopened, he was the prime suspect. his son gabriel was one of just two witnesses the defense presented to the court. >> yes, because it was specifically asked did wendy have money on her. you're the husband. Work Experience Concepteur McAnique MAADI Group 2019-2019 Concepteur McAnique Lamtrac Global 2018-2018 >> but anna had a sense, she said, a nagging feeling that it wasn't just grief that kept denis from being the strong, dedicated father she had known. 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. and forcibly took her and put her in the hospital. and gambled too much and started losing money. Sign Up for Free. and his meeting with the crime boss, he said, was a chance to finally make the investigation stop. Enable push notifications on your device. i never told it in my life. with anna to the coffee shop so that she would discover the van. >> translator: no, i never said it. >> shattering. there was, after all, that sighting at the greyhound bus station. not the sort of thing they were inclined to take lying down. 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. >> so it was -- >> never happened. isn't that something common to all of us? but that's in a person's youth which is much different than when you're married with children. a brother and sister were prepared to fight for what they believed was right even if that meant losing each other. >> he said that day that she disappeared, friends of his saw the family from down the street that she had had kicked out. >> it turned out he had a lot of nerve damage down the right side of his body. >> very. try move free ultra now. call the number on your screen, or visit healthmarkets.com. coming up -- a missing persons case like no other because who actually disappeared? and the wrench in her eyes when that came out was something i -- i don't think i can ever forget. i broke down. >> eerie. and now her dear brother refusing to share her outrage. >> mean the man they call "mr. big" when "dateline" continues. Gabriel Pelletier was born in 1958 in Montral, Qubec, Canada. he was left high and dry without being able to work anymore. >> translator: it was all true. i saw him at the food banks. >> she showed up suddenly apparently seeking refuge from an abusive relationship she was in at the time and then was gone again. four months into the investigation of wendy ratte's disappearance, no sign of wendy. so it's not just there to try to find a person guilty. >> 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? 2022. a stand mixer for less than $20. maybe then she could speak to me. >> translator: you have killed your friend? there's no way he would have taken that kind of chance. >> anguish like that couldn't stay hidden for long. me, i'm happy to live with a question mark. >> 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. Watch a special preview of 'Deception,' an all-new Dateline report airing Friday, June 14th, at 8pm/7c. >> so much of my life had been devoted to finding the truth, and now i had the truth. be kinder to yourself and tougher on your cold sores. >> so even in the newsroom that, was a leading theory. this is her little brother, gabriel. she chased down the leads. ask them to tell you the story." 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? don't start humira if you have an infection. >> translator: does there come back to you? >> it was a fake confession. -[narrator] we are boomer natur. wendy, remember, was said to have a split personality, and denis claimed on the day he killed her, he knew wendy's alter ego shanna was going to sexually assault anna, and, of course, he couldn't let that happen. >> that's the part of me that is the dreamy, hopeful, optimistic side. >> and your very first reaction was what? she was everybody's mom, and she just disappeared. >> i'm putting my gloves -- it's black -- that's the tarp. >> uh-huh. >> he said he did it between the house and the garage. they put me in a room with a camera, and that's when they broke it to me. >> translator: i have never said that, that i killed her, first of all. while shawna was the wild child. >> for the last 11 years, denis had insisted he had nothing to do with his wife's disappearance. we looked at that angle. >> and then we find that he was actually deceptive. >> it was a blow that he'd gone that low, but when i tried to. 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