Secrets in the Mist

Dateline NBC

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True Crime, Culture, Social, Society & Culture, News

4.4 • 38K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this Dateline classic, Carol Lubahn, a beautiful young mother of two, suddenly vanishes. Not long after, her husband reports some strange activity at their house. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on February 22, 2013.

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0:00.0	A hopelessness.
0:02.0	You know, where did she go?
0:04.0	Who did she see?
0:06.0	I just want to know what happened to my sister.
0:09.0	A young mother is missing in a case gone cold.
0:14.0	It was so important to me to know the truth behind that evening.
0:19.0	Then, detectives had an aha moment.
0:21.6	To solve the case, they would turn to something you probably use every day.
0:26.6	Facebook.
0:27.6	Why don't you establish a Facebook account?
0:30.6	I thought that could actually accomplish a great deal.
0:33.6	And that's when everything started to change.
0:36.6	Something happened to her.
0:38.3	In court, you'll see it all come pouring out.
0:41.9	A hidden crime and a son's heart-pounding moment.
0:48.5	This is a horrible crime.
0:50.9	I'm glad we know the truth.
0:53.0	I'm Lester Holt.
0:57.2	This is Dateline. What were the secrets in the mist?
1:07.5	January 2013, Point for Santee, California, 2013, Point for Santee, California, the wet, gray morning cold is settled in to stay.
1:13.6	At noon, a police boat sets off in the pea soup fog.
1:19.6	The Hail Mary Pass, apparently, a slim chance to find the truth at last.
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