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Mystery in Orange County: Behind the Scenes

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4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Josh Mankiewicz reflects on one of his most memorable episodes: the case of 36-year-old Iraq War veteran Maribel Ramos who calls 911 to reveal she is scared for her safety. When she later disappears, investigators have to figure out who exactly she was afraid of.

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0:00.0

I'm Lester Holt tonight on Date Line something new this summer we asked our

0:05.1

Correspondents to look back on their most memorable stories tonight. It's Josh

0:09.9

Manquit's turn Josh Lester this is a case that stayed with me for years the

0:16.0

case of Maribel Ramos. He said your sister didn't come home. She just

0:21.0

vanished. Yes. I was worried. Did you think that find her? Yes. I did. This was

0:25.6

something I'd never seen before. A person who was missing making sure they

0:29.9

were recorded in their own words. I wish I could fly a crime. She's good. I

0:37.1

look great. Something had happened to make her pretty scared. Yes. She was

0:41.1

in danger. What was she so afraid of? Or who? You got a roommate who maybe has a

0:47.9

crush on her. You got a boyfriend. You got an ex-boyfriend who's suddenly

0:52.0

back in life. There were a number of potential suspects. Absolutely. The way the

0:56.0

suspect was finally caught very smart detective work. He knew a lot more than he

1:04.2

was telling us.

1:14.9

Tonight a new look mystery in Orange County. Orange County, California. On TV it's

1:25.7

a place of sun, fun and privilege. It's where the real housewives first aired

1:32.5

their dirty laundry. It's long. It's wrong with me. It's you. Around here you get

1:38.6

the sense that everyone's rich and white and lives in a mansion with a view of

1:43.2

the Pacific. But step back from the coast and you'll see the Orange County that

1:48.7

isn't on TV. Not as wealthy. Not as white. Full of those who came here from

1:54.3

somewhere else chasing a better life and finding it in places like Santa

2:00.1

Anna. A mostly working class immigrant community in the shadow of Disneyland.

2:05.6

It's the part of the OC where people know that to survive they'll have to work

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