Such an ordinary thing on an ordinary day to walk home from high school.
I thought that everything was fine. Everything was normal.
Her name was Mickey Costanzo, just 16. She didn't have far to go. Seemed perfectly safe until it wasn't.
In the bottom of my heart, I knew something was really, really wrong.
We didn't know whether she'd met with foul play or if she was being held somewhere. What happened to Mickey?
It didn't make sense.
Came out of the blue. I was blindsided.
Not a day that goes by that I don't think about what happened.
Who happened to Mickey?
This is not over yet until the person or persons responsible are brought to justice.
Our latest podcast takes us to West Wendover, Nevada. A tiny casino town tucked away in the desert.
Nothing happens in Wendover, and something did.
Unlikely victim, unlikely suspects.
I had gotten a text saying that he had had her, and I said, "I know where she's at.
Let's go." What'd you think when you got that call? I thought the worst.
As soon as he actually confessed to doing it, then I knew she had something to do with it.
It's a story of jealousy, Rage and deceit.
The hatred grew more and more. It just escalated.
It's something that got out of hand. That went very, very wrong. Just went haywire. Disturbing would be the word. Confessions, cover-ups, and lies.
No one would have ever seen this coming. Just isn't possible. I still wonder to this day. Why? What even really happened?
I'm Keith Morrison, and this is Five Miles from Home, an all-new podcast from Dateline. Starting Monday, June 8th, you can listen to the latest episodes completely free. Or to begin listening now, subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or datelinepremium.com. Subscribers get early access to new episodes and can listen to all Dateline podcasts ad-free.
When beloved high school junior Micaela Costanzo disappears on her way home from track practice, the race to find her leads to unlikely suspects, simmering rage, and unimaginable betrayal. Keith Morrison takes us to a small Nevada casino town to find out what really happened that night under the desert sky.
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