The Kidnapping of Jonelle Matthews
48 Hours
CBS News
4.1 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
A 12-year-old is kidnapped from her home 36 years ago. An unusual suspect is charged. "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports.
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| 0:00.0 | 48 hours in CBS News present season three of My Life of Crime with Aaron Moriarty. |
| 0:08.0 | This season join Aaron for extended interviews with convicted murderers. |
| 0:12.4 | Go beyond speculation to the evidence. Did our Toro Gotti really commit suicide? |
| 0:18.4 | And what happened to Jennifer Dullos? The Connecticut mom still missing almost four years later. |
| 0:24.2 | Listen to My Life of Crime from 48 Hours on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:39.9 | Where's T'Nel? |
| 0:42.2 | You know where T'Nel is. I wonder what happened to that 12-year-old little girl. |
| 0:46.8 | Everybody was looking for T'Nel. What happened and why? |
| 0:50.6 | 35 years after her disappearance police and Greeley take a big step in solving the case of |
| 0:58.9 | Gen L Matthews. Let's talk about December 20th 1984. My mom was going to California to visit |
| 1:08.1 | her family for Christmas and I had a basketball game that night. My dad dropped my sister off at |
| 1:13.7 | the choir concert and he came and watched my game. Gen L needed a ride home so she hopped in our |
| 1:20.4 | truck and we took her home. My dad waited until he saw her flick on the white. That was our sign |
| 1:25.6 | that she made it inside and everything's fine. I came home and you could tell Gen L had been there. |
| 1:33.7 | I yelled out hi Gen L. Gen L? Are you there? No answer. |
| 1:41.1 | I got home probably between 930 and 10. Jennifer do you know where Gen L is? |
| 1:45.8 | And I said no she should be here. Was there anything out of place in the house? |
| 1:49.6 | Not to me. I'm starting to feel real uneasy. I called the police and told them that my |
| 1:57.3 | daughter was missing and they did uncover some footprints. I called home and he said I just have to |
| 2:07.1 | tell you something. We can't find you down. I just had a sick feeling to my stomach. |
| 2:25.2 | Tell me a little bit about Gen L. Just sweet bubbly fun. So kind, so nice. |
| 2:32.2 | I always seemed to kind of be the life of the party and you always knew Gen L was around. |
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