not a potential runaway. the business about the crush on scott jumped out to him as essential to about what he needed to find out to advance the case. >> and the whole case really intrigued me. >> why? >> i read all of the statements that detective davis had filled out. all of the interviews she conducted. there was some things that were popping out at me that were substantial. >> one thing really stood out, the lead that linda bronson, the mother of cindy's boyfriend, had given detective davis. it was a bombshell. >> after thinking about it for a short time, i realized that art was involved in this girl's disappearance. >> and who was art? he was scott ream's father and linda bronson's ex-husband, a carpet installer with a warehouse business. but what he also was according to the ex was a man who preyed on young girls. a search of the records revealed a sex crime in art ream's past, 20 years earlier in 1975, he'd