The Disappearance of Nicole VanderHeyden: A Close Call
My Life of Crime with Erin Moriarty
CBS News
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Doug Detrie and Nicole VanderHeyden go out for the evening to a rock concert in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They later end up at separate bars, with Doug not answering Nicole’s calls. Nicole vanishes and is found dead in a nearby field the next day. Though the situation first suggests Doug may be the killer, evidence across the street from Doug’s house including a clump of hair and a phone cord, and the actions of a man named George Steven Burch cause police to think otherwise. Erin takes you inside the 48 Hours episode, "The FitBit Alibi”.
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| 0:44.8 | Continuing coverage tonight of a death investigation in the village of Bellevue. |
| 0:51.6 | Nicole Vanderhiden was 31 years old. She was living with her boyfriend, Doug Dietri, |
| 0:56.7 | and they had just had a baby together. It was Friday, May 20th of 2016, |
| 1:03.0 | Doug and Nicole decided to go out that night. This was an opportunity for them to go out |
| 1:10.0 | and have a great time. The night didn't end in a great time, it ended in a nightmare. |
| 1:18.9 | Nikki walked off into the darkness that night. She just walked off, she vanished. |
| 1:27.2 | It's shocking whenever a young woman disappears. But in Green Bay, Wisconsin, it was also inconceivable. |
| 1:36.4 | Green Bay is a great downtown pulse, and I feel it's relatively safe. Nobody would ever think that |
| 1:42.8 | something like this would happen in our community. But it did happen, and worse, hours later, |
| 1:50.0 | Nicole Vanderhiden was found dead just miles from her home. But as tragic as it was, |
| 1:58.1 | it's not just the story of Nicole's death that matters. It's how police caught the killer |
| 2:05.0 | with Google data and how a Fitbit seemed to absolve the main suspect. I'm Aaron Moriarty, |
| 2:14.0 | 48 hours, and this is my life of crime. Around a quarter of a million people live in brown |
| 2:23.0 | county, Wisconsin, a rural community way north, and probably best known as the home of the Green Bay |
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