is it possible, though, that you're liing in denial? just so you know, next time, you can submit a claim with our mobile app. so on. >> so she decided to give denis one last chance. >> and i'm natalie morales. a 4k television for under $2. on behalf of all of my colleaguesa the networks of nbc news, good night. >> correct. while it's capable of exposing the guilty, it can also induce innocent suspects to falsely confess to a crime they didn't commit. >> when "dateline" continues. >> the rcmp have conducted over 350 of these investigations. the staged kidnapping, the fake blood is truly phenomenal. right now we're going to see who are you as a person. >> i would trust him to do the right thing and keep me safe. if you take asthma medicines, don't change or stop them without talking to your doctor. try move free ultra now. she was his everything. then he wandered around for a bit before he called anna to report her mom was missing. >> he got a little desperate and started gambling more and more to try to get money for the family. one of the worst things about a cois how it can make you feel. while shawna was the wild child. >> uh-huh, yep. she was shocked to learn that the confession was the only thing the cops had to convict her brother of killing his wife. >> his failings had been put on display. but, when used at the first sign, abreva can get you back to being you in just 2 and a half days. they told him they needed to make sure there was no evidence left. >> 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. >> we had to look at all, possibilities. >> they would hoot and holler as they were passing. you know what's good about this? >> in the classroom. 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. >> there was a clear disengagement from reality. >> prince george detective judy thomas was leading the police inquiry into wendy's disappearance. she was a completely different person. -i did. the goal -- to lure denis ratte into their midst and gain his trust so as to find out what he really knew about his wife's disappearance. a little sweater and jogging pants. and it's kind of a thing where she says, i can't believe you can't see it. >> when "dateline" continues. coming up -- a missing persons case like no other because who actually disappeared? Facebook gives people the power to. >> she wanted to have a peaceful part of her. available over the counter. could she have up and joined them? >> translator: there was mud, right? >> translator: it still hurts. >> it had been a heavy burden to carry that with him all those years, said denis. she didn't want to be tied down. i've asked him more than once, why did you confess when you knew you were in front of a police officer? but remember, denis agreed to take a lie detector test, and now the results were in. >> what would he know? the main person that they alluded to wasn't even in the area. healthmarkets designed its fitscore forever technology to do all the work for you. and the animals taken away. a jury was about to decide. did he have an explanation that made any sense? denis ratte answered with conviction, "no, i did not." 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. >> there was the van sitting under a street lamp in a grocery store parking lot. >> a month before she, disappeared, wendy decided she needed some distance from denis. don't do it. intentionally misspelling the family name, exchanging the rattes for the rats. >> mom was emotional. mood swings for one thing. The incident garnered a whole lot of media attention and later an adaptation of the case by the hit crime series, "Dateline" on NBC. >> just as our very approach, she began screaming obscenities and shouting and behaving in a menacing, hateful way. >> 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. >> translator: so essentially, your son is asking you to tell the truth. >> then three months into the operation, the sting was primed. there was nothing coming in." >> and you know how people are they talk. word was a serial killer was on the loose. >> a disturbing echo of other stories peebles knew all too well. and the longer wendy stayed missing, the more they talked about the joneses. June . but then police showed him the video. coming up -- another potential clue is about to surface from wendy's past. so help heal your skin from within, and talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent. she was finished. It'd take an elaborate, undercover mission to finally crack this case. now there's dawn powerwash dish spray. 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. -[narrator] we are boomer natur. >> you looked out there and you saw everybody else who -- in the family who disagreed with you. >> the rcmp would not discuss the specifics of the undercover operation that targeted denis ratte. >> i cannot see him the way he left her doing that. in a prince george courtroom, the battle lines were drawn. >> was her mom alive? he'd say, "oh, we're going for a walk now." 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. >> more than $2,000, in fact, money he'd gotten in advance for an odd job, which he asked wendy to return when he couldn't complete it. and it hadn't been. >> translator: you have killed your friend? they created a missing persons poster, a photo of wendy smiling, happy, her hazel eyes magnified by supersized glasses they plastered around town. why would he kill her? seeing a husband trying to relive the moment when he said he murdered his wife. >> it was like being in a nightmare because mom was never late. >> i definitely thought about it, right? are you kidding? i'd never seen real emotion come from him before. >> he broke down for the first time. the premier cold case unit in british columbia. >> the joneses ruled out as suspects in the disappearance of wendy ratte. she just vibrated. and shipping is always free. gabriel was reciting a scene from a play that dealt with abandonment, anger, desperation, the very feelings he had been trying to suppress. they're afraid of this family." >> he was going to protect his family and protect his kids. she was driving a very fast, very expensive car. >> i just kept making phone calls, and no one had seen her, no one knew what i was talking about. thanks again for -- for rushing over. funny, that came up the last time i was at the doctor. everything worked perfect. question him about it, he just said, you know, hey, my kids are gone, my wife's gone. biden now has 306 electoral votes to trump's 232. and word of biden's victory came as auditors in georgia began the laborious task of counting nearly 5 million ballots by hand. i want you to tell me the truth." and at that point, it was the only sense of pride he had left. 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. Denis Ratte then leaned forward and listened intently, as Sieppert begged him to reveal where he left the body. afternoon, anna's worry grew. healthmarkets' fitscore instantly ranks plans both on and off the government exchange to find one that best fits your insurance needs. >> translator: you know, it's hard. so two wendys? >> the gunshot, the top, the carjack, her brother gabriel said it was all a lie. my job is to help new homeowners who have turned into their parents. He confessed to his crime upon finding his DNA while he was serving a 9-year jail sentence at the New Mexico Corrections Sytem in 2006. the first steps of checking in, the smallest moments can end up being everything. so you don't just brush to clean, you brush to build. >> with various files, you get a lot of people saying, oh, i saw this person. my first idea was "in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower over you. and it certainly was in the media. it didn't matter where we lived, as long as we were together. According to ZoomInfo records, Gabriel Ratt's professional experience began in 2017. >> that night and the next morning, i just kept making phone calls. >> a technique's ingenuity is also an achilles' heel. they did not make their anger secret. now back to "dateline." >> or maybe the enemy lurked within. we looked into medical records and there was nothing recent. >> wendy became a dedicated wife, teacher, artist, mother. for me it was, she's going to come back, right? might be angry with me for the results of where this trial led. >> she began screaming obscenities and shouting. this is a really difficult situation for both of us. >> oops. >> it was all too much for anna. home was a country cabin surrounded by trees and mountains of british columbia, canada. that was his source of pride. Or, did danger lurk closer to home? See full bio Born: 1958 in Montral, Qubec, Canada More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Biography Awards Photo Gallery 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. i'm craig melvin. about a week later, another question -- would denis like to make some money on the side delivering bags mostly, their contents unknown. Wendy Ratte was 47-years-old when she disappeared while shopping in downtown Prince George in August of 1997. 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She waved a quick goodbye at the door, walk down the stairs and out the door. like reality had ceased to be. >> not a big surprise really. >> by then, the rcmp's lead investigator, robert burret of the unsolved homicide unit in vancouver, was in charge of the case. but i also believe in truth. Gabriel Pelletier was born in 1958 in Montral, Qubec, Canada. they guarantee you won't find a lower price anywhere for the plans they offer, so you're not just picking by chance. he was left high and dry without being able to work anymore. one of the ways i do that is to get them out of the home. >> my brother was lost. i saw him with girlfriends that he had to pay for. >> that's the part of me that is the dreamy, hopeful, optimistic side. >> the truth? >> translator: yes. >> i broke down. >> translator: i took a bumper jack, right? a place to belong. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. that's because wendy turned 18, checked herself out, and disappeared again. she discovered that none of wendy's clothes or personal things were missing from the house except for her passport. and shipping is always free. i always considered him about as close as a hero as i girl could get. it's another woman gone missing in unsubstantiated ways. june 2008 an undercover officer. a confession is one thing. >> and they sat me down and said, we've just arrested your father for the murder of your mother. it's all that's left of our perfect family is the two of us. big" when "dateline" continues. be kinder to yourself and tougher on your cold sores. 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