time. i used to hang at her house all the time. >> do you think she's alive? >> yes. >> she's alive? >> if she was dead they would have found her body. >> if there was something you could say to her family, what would you say? >> we all know she's still alive. we all just got to have hope and faith that she'll come home one day. that's it. >> that night when i actually researched the story, i learned that the authorities spent a great deal of time with him and obviously had gotten enough information that would warrant this dig in the lot. in fact, the prosecutors office says it sent team to visit robert in prison and spent many hours interviewing him and he gave a very detailed account of killing amanda and killing her in that lot. when approached robert with the information he decided he didn't want to talk about it anymore. >> one of people who decides