and i was taken aback. wendy ratte. hello. and money they didn't have. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! >> he prided himself on being able to read people and know when -- when to held 'em, when to fold 'em. >> i would trust him to do the right thing and keep me safe. with stressballs. >> the gunshot, the top, the carjack, her brother gabriel said it was all a lie. Keith Morrison reports. she had done it before. those old jacks you used to put under a vehicle. he had more money than he'd made in a long, long time. that she would not leave her children. >> thomas decided to focus her investigation closer to home. >> that's when we looked at passing it off to the unsolved homicide unit. denis ratte answered with conviction, "no, i did not." rinse. i know my father's mannerisms. she was a completely different person. thomas interviewed wendy's mother about her daughter's troubled youth. When Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, goes missing, police go under cover to crack the case. but isn't that life? >> what was it like to hear that? a terrifying specter haunted the lonely highway that passed through prince george on its way into the wilderness. >> some days she would be so happy, and other days the world would just weigh down on her. could it have maybe been some kind of a sign of a struggle? if i open up enough, she'll come talk to me. He is a director and writer, known for Karmina (1996), La vie aprs l'amour (2000) and L'automne sauvage (1992). and waited to see what the machine would say. he was patient. >> but anna's father, denis, it seemed, had never given up. 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. i'd never seen her yell at him like that before. did he have an explanation that made any sense? businesses today are looking to tomorrsetting the course.ating. of course, he believed he was talking to fellow gang members. coming up -- another potential clue is about to surface from wendy's past. he told me, "no, no, no. so denis did what he always did when times were rough. he could have said, ah, i thought i was talking to a crime boss. his son gabriel was one of just two witnesses the defense presented to the court. one of the ways i do that is to get them out of the home. while shawna was the wild child. 555 followers. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered The Woman With No Name. if your financial situation has changed, we may be able to help. >> correct. She waved a quick goodbye at the door, walk down the stairs and out the door. that's a common safeguard of the mr. big technique, said keenan. standard practice in unsolved cases. >> just be honest. but i had to make it clear that someone has to defend mom. they found absolutely nothing to corroborate his story. and the longer wendy stayed missing, the more they talked about the joneses. >> you just shot the once, right? >> and as they continued searching the area -- >> oh, my gosh. >> okay? >> translator: you said it there, denis. i'm dara brown. It's just in the beginning stages.". after about an hour of conversation, she finally just shook her head and said, i'm very sure that it was dad. didn't try to lie? first, the highway of tears. she was bragging about how much money she made. the same details. "The stories don't just come upon you in your immediate neck of the woods," he said. >> it was a fake confession. >> i was disgusted. and it certainly was in the media. we're going to fix them. for years, women had been going missing out here. >> oh, and there was no question, said gabriel, his mom did feel threatened by the joneses. >> it was a blow that he'd gone that low, but when i tried to. so the litmus test to me is corroboration. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. 837 miles of exquisite natural beauty winding its way past dramatic snow-capped mountains and breathtaking vistas of lush forests. all auctions start at $0 and everything must go. when we use it to improve things, then that change can last within us. many people taking dupixent. >> denis said it was just one shot, not a lot of blood. 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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. experts warn it could climb to more than 400,000 by march 1st. so, uh, yeah, just a silly mistake. 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. >> when "dateline" continues these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control. i'd never seen real emotion come from him before. >> i'm going, wait a minute. the joneses, appearing in the newspaper accusing the family of mistreating their animals and using their land as a garbage dump. which brings us to the greyhound bus station a few blocks from the place wendy's van was found abandoned. >> what does that do inside when you hear that? progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents. it i did it, and it paid off. being honest. 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. didn't get that at all. that was his source of pride. i couldn't imagine how it would feel to be the one investigated. >> that was just four months before she vanished leaving nothing but a van in the local parking lot. for me it was, she's going to come back, right? >> so you were able to dispense with that one pretty quickly? none of that showed up. >> denis bonded with his crime buddies over meals in fancy restaurants and evenings in strip clubs. on the Internet. >> my brother was lost. but the results were inconclusive. and shipping is always free. but we can protect your home and auto when you bundle with us. like a play or a movie with at its dark heart something quite unspeakable. >> in his confessions, denis said he had a reason that would seem so twisted neither police nor anyone else believed it. december, 2010. he's the one who calls the shots. >> mm-hmm. 2022. he said "see, told me not to do it. >> and unlike diane and gabriel, unlike her mom's family in the states, anna was convinced her father was guilty as charged. she said, yes, very certainly. so i couldn't make a reported yet. >> okay. >> did the lie detector test, and i passed it. >> allegedly there were threats made from the joneses to the rattes. "My father took everything," Sieppert told the judge. call today or go online to understandhf.com for a free hf handbook. Gabriel Ratte Recent. Comment must not exceed 1000 characters 57.1K 9,401 Share Copy Link More. >> then with a heavy heart, gabriel called wendy's family in the states. >> translator: okay, where? >> wendy wanted her children to have the emotional stability she couldn't seem to manage even in her solid middle-class upbringing. when i was talking with anna and gabriel, the love that they had for their mother, i knew that it had to be reciprocated. i'm craig melvin. he had to leave right after his testimony. you win." a macbook pro for under $16. yes, three wendys. >> it was hard. >> once he lost his job, i think it was up to her to figure out, okay, like how do we make everything work. she was uninterested in anybody else besides herself. but instead of anger he was surprised to encounter skepticism. i always considered him about as close as a hero as i girl could get. 15 percent. try new vicks vapocool drops in honey lemon chill. "It's really about trying to see what kind of access we can get, how people deal with us. >> especially when you saw the dysfunction in families around you. a terrifying specter haunted the lonely highway that passed through prince george on its way into the wilderness. except for poker. the beatings, the staged kidnappings, the fake blood pacts. >> you expected that to happen? don't forget. he has blue hair. Sign Up for Free. stand living in this kind of doubt any longer? there's resources that can inform us, and that spark can make a difference. when he tried to return to work, tough as he was, he just couldn't. >> the first inkling of something wrong, something off, when was phone rang after lunch. four months after wendy. we can't let that go. he was the rock that i had. who are these people? View the profiles of people named Gabriel Ratte. i feel a lot of guilt for not being able to have replaced her. >> they always promised me it wasn't. while it's capable of exposing the guilty, it can also induce innocent suspects to falsely confess to a crime they didn't commit. >> for me as a reporter, it became sickening after a while to hear the police issue another release that another girl had gone missing. >> she came in carrying this folder of news clippings and possible leads that were connected to her mother. >> so all thomas could do was file the results away and try to find more evidence against denis. he admitted it. what do you have to say? i just didn't want to believe it. helps you brush in vital minerals to actively repair and strengthen enamel. the family finally found her, living in a tent in new hampshire. one of my really vivid memories is we went to see a movie together because we felt like let's have a little distraction from this trauma. and humira helps people achieve remission that can last. >> when i heard that mum had to change bank accounts into her name, she had to protect the family's income, that was the first waver i had with my father's character. good. 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. >> why don't you want to see something, some kind of evidence to back up what you've seen on tape? disappeared, he volunteered to take the test. and you know, he didn't have much of an answer. Gabriel Pelletier was born in 1958 in Montral, Qubec, Canada. >> you know, i don't want to speak badly about my sister. i saw his demeanor change from a proud, working man to a street thug. but that's in a person's youth which is much different than when you're married with children. in a story as unlikely and romantic as anna and gabriel had ever heard. -no. that was who he was. be kinder to yourself and tougher on your cold sores. >> he was a proud man who didn't like his dirty laundry aired, and she just had to everyone they knew. >> oh, yeah. what became your focus? but her brother, gabriel? -you smell like fish. >> she showed up suddenly apparently seeking refuge from an abusive relationship she was in at the time and then was gone again. 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. >> a lot of people are nervous whether they come in. And even if all the pieces fall into place, Harpaz could not say when it would be broadcast, but that detail is not of significant concern. a brother and sister were prepared to fight for what they believed was right even if that meant losing each other. she was bragging about how much money she made, and she said "i'm not wendy anymore." the lies, the betrayals. >> we're always mindful of false confessions -- >> allegations are made all the time, i suppose. now suddenly for a man he believed to be a crime boss, he changed his story. >> when "dateline" continues. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. >> the polygraph operator rereads his charts. 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. It'd take an elabor Read allWendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. 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. >> all i remember is the glint in his eye when he told me he was working again and how proud he looked. but my sense was if denis betrayed her trust again, it was over. It's not yet certain if Harpaz will be back with a camera crew to film a piece for Dateline NBC, a newsmagazine driven by stories of true crime, investigative reporting, and social justice. wendy found work off and on as a substitute teacher at the local high school. she didn't want to be tied down. my first idea was "in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower over you. i thought i was lying to him. most of her family sided with gabriel. yeah. it was a sweet wedding, happy and a little sad too. >> right after the curb there, the house is right there. >> what was it like to testify in the trial? >> prince george detective judy thomas was leading the police inquiry into wendy's disappearance. and he was terrible. the stories were all anecdotal. >> 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'm going to tell you. how as a teenager she ran away from home, experimented with drugs. wendy just didn't fit the profile. >> oh, my gosh! i never knew when my symptoms would keep us apart. >> at first for almost an hour, denis seemed to be in denial. 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