call authorities. >> this is the area they call the gravel pits. police took a camera to record what they might find their. >> remove the safety brush. and gently dug into the area and found what we thought was part of a human body. >> did you just uncover the body then? >> no, no. we backed out of the area and contacted washoe crime unit to come in and exhumed that area for evidence. >> crime scene investigators from -- >> reno. >> reno was 400 miles away. nine hours by car. still, nothing more to do until they arrived. so, they sealed off the area and waited. just as washoe mickey's sister christina, still searching, drove by. >> i just felt like your heart sink. i saw the unmarked police car driving on the gravel pit road that i was on the night before and i just thank. >> only one thing that could