baptized in 2009 at the age of 30. in the first days after her disappearance, dustin would need his faith to believe she'd be found soon, and alive. but he also still had hope and his own theory, that doug was holding her hostage. >> i figured it was another desperate attempt of his to try to get her back. since she wasn't having contact with him and stuff, he probably wanted to try to manipulate her and coax her into coming back to him. >> reporter: but police feared the worst and began looking for a body. they searched miles of rolling farm country and thick wooded areas throughout western michigan. >> helicopters came out. >> yeah. the helicopter came out. >> yeah. >> and they were searching -- >> dogs. >> dogs. >> reporter: you've got a lot of water around here. >> we live around the river so you know, that's all that's around us is lakes. >> reporter: immediately after her disappearance, lead detective mike scott had zeroed in on the obvious, the husband, but when fbi agents verified doug's story that he'd been in