denise: her family, her office family came together, and we had realtors from all over the state helping us. and by that afternoon, we had the search set up, and everybody had an assignment. andrea canning: many realtors felt this was personal. one of their, own while out doing her job, had gone missing. and agents were already on alert. in recent years, there had been a rise in crimes against real estate brokers across the country, brutal assaults, and even murder. how often did you talk about safety? i mean we always talked about it, but a lot of times, if somebody would call and ask us to go show a house, it was just kind of, out of instinct sometimes, you would jump up and go. andrea canning: but this was not a last minute showing for beverly. brenda said she'd been in contact with the clients for a few days. she did have some concerns initially, because it was a man who had contacted her. she wanted to make sure that the wife was going to be there also. she wanted to show them both at the same time. that deal was made that both parties would be there. i think it made her feel more comfortable that the wife would be with him, and the wife actually got on the telephone