there's no way he would have taken that kind of chance. what became your focus? See full bio Born: 1958 in Montral, Qubec, Canada More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Biography Awards Photo Gallery four months into the investigation of wendy ratte's disappearance, no sign of wendy. >> why lie? many people taking dupixent. >> when "dateline" continues. Wendy Ratte was 47-years-old when she disappeared while shopping in downtown Prince George in August of 1997. >> upon our review, we came to the same conclusion as judy did, that denis ratte was the suspect in his wife's disappearance. >> there hasn't been a happy ending for anybody -- >> no. all auctions start at $0 and everything must go. not distraught by any means. "It's really about trying to see what kind of access we can get, how people deal with us. we couldn't track her. on the Internet. "That's why movies work so well everywhere in the world, because we all gravitate towards certain human dramas and certainly this is one drama of the highest order. Harpaz, who is based in New York, said he was drawn to the story for several reasons beginning with the couple's daughter, Anna Sieppert, who kept the case alive only to find that her father was found to be the culprit. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. there was usually a game in town. all told her the same thing -- wendy was first and foremost a, mother. i got these three suitcases for less than $40. now suddenly for a man he believed to be a crime boss, he changed his story. we sold an ipad worth $505 for less than $24. go to dealdash.com today and see how much you can save. i never told it in my life. >> translator: i said it there? you don't -- there's no real starting point. >> it was like being in a nightmare because mom was never late. it's another woman gone missing in unsubstantiated ways. so you don't just brush to clean, you brush to build. "My father took everything," Sieppert told the judge. no one had seen her. one of 800 unsolved cases on the unit's books. and humira helps people achieve remission that can last. >> vibrated? and against all odds, said denis' sister, deanne, the wayward marriage of the preacher's daughter and illiterate dropout worked. >> translator: you have killed your friend? >> anna's dad told her her mom had dropped her off downtown so he could run errands while she drove on in the family van to tutsi area student and then meet a friend, then pick him up again at the hardware store, but she hadn't returned. this shy, rustic french canadian laborer, denis ratte, who fancied himself a gambler, and wendy, the sweet, wild girl who strayed so far from her middle class roots in the connecticut suburbs. >> the story you're about to witness is all too real, though it may seem perhaps implausible. >> what that told investigators. there had been no satellite watching denis on that august day back in 1997. she went back to prince george, had a heart to heart with him and then called lois. and forcibly took her and put her in the hospital. but as anna looked around, her eye caught something familiar. that family had moved four months i believe prior. >> it's not unusual for us to over that kind of time frame because of animal activity and things of that nature not to find either any remains or very few remains. >> couldn't be true because of my recollection of the morning, he said that she was wearing totally different clothes than i saw her leave with. i'm not going to pretend it's anything else. i'm not eating at the soup kitchen anymore. and not -- especially not with his kids in the house. >> with various files, you get a lot of people saying, oh, i saw this person. that's a common safeguard of the mr. big technique, said keenan. >> who are these people? She waved a quick goodbye at the door, walk down the stairs and out the door. The case had languished for years but in 2008, Denis, her husband, became the subject of an elaborate undercover operation, known as a "Mr. Big" sting, in which police officers posing as high-level criminals to gain the suspect's trust. >> right after the curb there, the house is right there. >> there's no one else in the room at the time. have they phoned the police? while it's capable of exposing the guilty, it can also induce innocent suspects to falsely confess to a crime they didn't commit. >> translator: there was mud, right? Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. but that's in a person's youth which is much different than when you're married with children. >> over time the target is led to believe that he is an up-and-comer in the criminal organization. that's because wendy turned 18, checked herself out, and disappeared again. the fake blood is truly phenomenal. it was hard. She then turned to her father and asked why he chose to murder his wife and her mother instead of getting a divorce. they said they needed to see him right away. Plot summary Add synopsis Genre Crime Add content advisory Details Release date >> this is anna siefert who at the time was anna ratte. it was his first offense so he only got probation. >> denis' defense lawyer hammered undercover detectives about the lack of physical evidence and pointed out lies denis had told mr. big and his gang. he lost the house, he lost kids had, he lost his whole life. >> you didn't have the physical evidence that would back up his confession in the undercover operation. >> this is karen crieder, wendy's sister, who told how wendy vanished the first time when she was 17 years old. isn't that something common to all of us? in a story as unlikely and romantic as anna and gabriel had ever heard. >> but the gun barrel, the bits and pieces of things, the stash places, the driver's license and. a stand mixer for less than $20. >> i kind of hold my breath and go through it and hope that whatever i say is going to work for my dad. >> mr. big is the commanding, all-powerful boss of the criminal organization. how her parents sent her to a psychiatric hospital back in connecticut. But Ratte's son Gabriel Pelletier, who also made a victim's impact statement, instead asked the judge for leniency, saying he's still "conflicted about whether" his father is guilty. i'm having a big lunch and then just a snack for dinner. >> okay. we all see it. >> the jones family. you don't have a scene. >> we asked them, what is going on? >> then there were the clothes denis said wendy wore. he had such a miserable, lonely life that i believe he -- at that point would have said almost anything. On Thursday his daughter Anna Sieppert delivered an emotional victim impact statement that left staff in the Prince George courtroom in tears. helps you brush in vital minerals to actively repair and strengthen enamel. >> so it went on and on until one day she turned up and announced she was getting married to denis. >> some days she would be so happy, and other days the world would just weigh down on her. TV Archive after wendy fell to the ground, he said, he quickly wrapped her body in a black tarp. so, man, whenever i do hear one. sounds like you've been shopping for health insurance. >> right. that's what he had done. During the trial, the jury watched a video recorded with a concealed camera, where Ratte took the officers to the scene of the shooting, in the back yard of the family's home, and then to a wooded area east of the city where he told them he dumped her body, which has never been found. don't do it. 15 percent. >> i can't imagine how it --. >> very hard. pretty scary, i think. no problem, said denis. (upbeat music) i got this mountain bike for only $11. >> and the kids? >> i don't know if they were real or not real. >> yes. >> so all thomas could do was file the results away and try to find more evidence against denis. >> your mother just fighting for her child. -blue. a confession is one thing. >> doctors thought wendy suffered from drug-induced manic depression. but, when used at the first sign, abreva can get you back to being you in just 2 and a half days. and the animals taken away. there was a time in her life when she did -- i don't know if you want to call it disappear, but she lost contact with her family. the sweet free spirit of prince george, british columbia, had vanished from her life as slick as a magic acted. i'd never seen real emotion come from him before. is that a good idea? Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). the emissaries of divine light. you live it. >> they're still my family. >> when she phoned, she said, "i had a talk with denis. he has blue hair. but instead of anger he was surprised to encounter skepticism. disappearances were hurtful to her family members. but nobody would be working on it. And even if all the pieces fall into place, Harpaz could not say when it would be broadcast, but that detail is not of significant concern. >> it was all too much for anna. >> a couple of days later, anna got a call. afternoon, anna's worry grew. no wendy. you had to make a decision, and that was the decision you made? i'm going to tell you honestly what happened. >> translator: it still hurts. and he needed to pay the bills. i called every number in the directory that she had. could she have up and joined them? boomer naturals, you and your family deserve the best. >> and there was one last moment of melodrama. Keith Morrison reports. On Nov. 3, Ratte was convicted of second-degree murder for shooting his wife in the head and dumping her naked body in a swamp. >> or maybe the enemy lurked within. the best thing we can be is striving to be at our best. and he began to confess again. >> and that's the one i don't understand more than anything. >> you think he's living in la-la land? >> i think that she had the capacity to pick up and go. >> wendy became a dedicated wife, teacher, artist, mother. Rate. coming up -- the investigation is transformed when detectives run up against a fresh and frustrating piece of evidence. managing heart failure starts now with understanding. she was the brains of the operation. Follow. this is what 24/7 protection looks like. we are going to put everything on the table. and that's how mom led her life. and -- >> i asked the lady who was there at the cash register, do you recognize this lady on the poster. serendipity. might be angry with me for the results of where this trial led. he went to vancouver, registered for college, tried to go on with life. >> it wasn't physical evidence, correct, yeah. >> it was tough for all of them. >> she made an enemy for sure. healthmarkets has options from both on and off the government exchange. >> oh, my gosh! she was always so gentle with them, soft spoken. ask them to tell you the story." [phone rings] "sore throat pain? he said, "if i keep the house, she'll have a home to come home to." now they know i didn't do it, and they're leaving me alone. the joy of movement. they promised they want still looking. available at boomernaturals.com, cvs stores, and cvs.com. so denis did what he always did when times were rough. >> they would hoot and holler as they were passing. >> yeah, like parents get divorced? so, uh, yeah, just a silly mistake. you might even qualify for free health insurance with no monthly premium. It'd take an elabor Read allWendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. fearlessly it appeared because she must have known they would not like this, obviously. mr. big will only accept the truth. i didn't know she did this. thomas interviewed wendy's mother about her daughter's troubled youth. and tender moments like these, anna said, reminded her how much she yearned for the bond they once had. so the obvious question -- did you have the feeling that this is a woman who might have just up and left? is it coming back to you, denis? June . Wendy Ratte was 47-years-old when she disappeared while shopping in downtown Prince George in August of 1997. i was up to my neck in investigation trying to find mom. like why aren't we looking for her? she told me all about wendy and her background and growing up. a body occasionally turning up beside the road. everything makes sense. >> and she began to believe she was quite alone. boomer naturals, we've got you . she didn't understand that her. anyone would say it's 100% certain that my dad did it. but no, said thomas, false alarm. they couldn't console me. saw clear or almost clear skin, and, had significantly less itch. with health insurance plans constantly changing, having the wrong fit could mean missing benefits or costing you thousands. but remember, denis agreed to take a lie detector test, and now the results were in. they're quite adamant. but did police have anything else on denis? was it wendy? i thought, great, he got a job. the pay was good, too, about 12 grand in three months, a little more than he earned in years, he told his sister, without divulging too much. meantime government in new mexico are stepping up requirements. healthmarkets designed its fitscore forever technology to do all the work for you. their visa card was almost maxed out. in fact, just four months before she disappeared, wendy complained very publicly about. yeah. see, i was right." it's a very personal thing the way humans react to trauma. >> she showed up suddenly apparently seeking refuge from an abusive relationship she was in at the time and then was gone again. we asked her repeatedly, and she said, "i saw her, she was sitting at that table over there." i'm happy i have it. >> it was hard. >> i feel that the decision wendy was making was whether she was going to end the marriage with denis or not. stand living in this kind of doubt any longer? web pages >> by then, the rcmp's lead investigator, robert burret of the unsolved homicide unit in vancouver, was in charge of the case. he told me, "no, no, no. he was still my -- my hero, my childhood hero was still there. >> discovery of a body --, >> by the time wendy ratte vanished, at least 15 women had either gone missing or been found dead somewhere along this highway. denis was asked to threaten a man. >> for wendy, very caring, loving mother. and don't forget, we offer a full 90 day money back guarantee on your first bid pack purchase. suspects police had already eliminated, the jones family. On Aug. 18, 1997, Wendy Ann Twiss Ratte, 44 at the time, was reported missing and the family's van was found parked at a supermarket, now Value Village. right after denis was sentenced to 15 years to life, he suddenly turned to anna. why would he kill her? >> yeah, okay. but i also believe in truth. and yeah, he lost it. >> but anna's father, denis, it seemed, had never given up. >> our primary suspect and only suspect, husband denis ratte, had just about finished their investigation. but i think i'm very balanced about it. get ready for an undercover mission unlike any you have ever seen. but anna could clearly see that wendy's very public complaints, about his failings had been bothering him a lot. >> you were close to your mother? Or, did danger lurk closer to home? how did he seem going in? >> the jones family matriarch sent a scathing letter to the "prince george citizen," bad-mouthing wendy and her family. but my sense was if denis betrayed her trust again, it was over. the same details. When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. >> translator: right or left side? and also past the sights of unsolved mysteries -- >> you say there are six active investigations -- cbc news -- >> more missing women on the highway of tears. experts warn it could climb to more than 400,000 by march 1st. FACTS -Wendy Ratte a wife and mother of 2 kids disappeared on August 18th,1997 at the age of 44 -American free-spirit born in a well to do family from New England -Became a teacher like both parents -Had a bipolar personality -One of her odd personalities was Shanna, a wild child who wanted nothing but freedom -Ran away from home twice >> denis told mr. big he drove back to prince george, got rid of the gun and his wife's i.d. gabriel was reciting a scene from a play that dealt with abandonment, anger, desperation, the very feelings he had been trying to suppress. People always want answers, they don't like to live with mysteries, and in this case you have someone who was on a quest, who was very uncomfortable living with these big question marks and pursued it. coming up, where was wendy? they seem -- seemed real at the time. >> translator: no. having a bad neighbor and -- >> and doing something about that. >> then with a heavy heart, gabriel called wendy's family in the states. >> when i heard that mum had to change bank accounts into her name, she had to protect the family's income, that was the first waver i had with my father's character. and that's when he noticed she was still moving. he's guilty. june 2008 an undercover officer. >> oops. denis ratte, wendy's husband. when we understand what's possible, we won't settle for less. so help heal your skin from within, and talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent. -you smell like fish. 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