where was she? this victim of a murderous scheme in which an x-box live gamer had detectives seeing double. it's country out here. cornfields everywhere, two-lane roads. and it's where a cheerful kid named venus was growing up with her family. the youngest child of larry and therese. venus a goddess to her mom even before she was born. >> i dreamed about this beautiful little girl with big dark eyes. and when she came out and i looked at her, i said, "venus." i can't even tell you how much i loved her. i can't even describe the love. >> reporter: but was venus a little more trusting than she should have been? it was her naivete that always troubled her parents. >> she came home one day and told us that she'd met this guy and that he had secretly confided in her that he was mafioso. then later, we found out he worked at mcdonald's. and he was just embarrassed to tell her that. but she believed him.