>> yup. i was so mad that i couldn't drive him back. i had to ride back with another detective. >> there's a woman's life that could be at stake, he's messing with the police. >> playing games. playing games. >> while lewis was leading detectives on this wild goose chase, another cop had tracked down this trevor, the man lewis claimed was his accomplice. >> we figured out he was in the military here in little rock, assigned to the little rock air force base. we did make contact with him. actually interviewed him. >> they interrogated trevor for several hours, then let him go. >> he wasn't even in town when this happened. >> he had an ironclad alibi? >> absolutely. we confirmed with the military's office of special investigation he was on base that day. >> lies after lies. there was no accomplice. neither location turned up anything. police were running out of options. then detective allison thought of one more possibility, a