Kathy Menzies (Kiana's Mother)
Appearances
Dateline NBC
Good & Evil
My heart sunk when they came because I knew right away that it wasn't going to be good news.
Dateline NBC
Good & Evil
What were you like that night? I just wanted to sleep. I wanted to, like, go to sleep and wake up and pinch myself.
Dateline NBC
Good & Evil
Kind of because it was like the last known spot that she was at, that I was told she was alive at that spot. So kind of a closure, you know, just to see where she was at before they took her, you know.
Dateline NBC
Good & Evil
It was hard. It's difficult to see. I mean, it's not what I expected, the area. I mean, you know, of course, what she was doing is no mother's wish. But just to see this area, to know that it wasn't what I envisioned. It wasn't a dirty, dark, nasty, gross area.
Dateline NBC
Good & Evil
She was kind of getting, you know, typical teenage, you know, mouthy. And then, you know, high school came. Getting around the older kids, she kind of got a little, you know, worse. How'd you cope with that? It was just one day at a time. I loved her as much as I could. It was about the only thing.
Dateline NBC
Good & Evil
She would call me every day, talk to me every day, you know, text message. Just a loving daughter. Yeah, I didn't think anything bad was happening.
Dateline NBC
Good & Evil
When I called to file a missing persons report, they said, she's an adult, and there's nothing we can do for you. But you knew that there was a problem?
Dateline NBC
Good & Evil
And they said, well, that happens. Sometimes prostitutes just work circuits. Prostitute? First I was like, no, what? Okay, no, that can't be.