hi, mom. this woman had gone out to get the mail and disappeared in her pyjamas the case was never closed. it was consuming all of us. the individual was wearing a baseball cap, hoodie with the hood pulled up and large mirrored sunglasses. oh, my gosh, did this really happen? i m like, no, dude, i can t do this. there was a scream. a drop of blood came from her nose. it was like a game. he was a part of this game. we re done with the games. it needs to stop. it needed to stop. michigan snow blankets field and woodland with silent beauty, sometimes encasing ugly secrets hidden beneath, never meant to be disturbed until finally they re revealed and all is made clear. i know a lot of people say, you wanted to find her. yeah, i wanted to find her, but then it was going to become so real to me that maybe you don t want to find yeah, yeah. start with the mother of two who vanished as she stepped outside her door to pick up mail. she wasn t there, and
venus parents. hanging over the hearing was the strong suspicion by the family and protesters, that doug was the reason why his children were motherless. venus father didn t pull any punches. i asked him if he murdered anybody lately. it was something that popped out of my mouth. reporter: the judge scheduled another hearing for three weeks later, but in the meantime denied doug custody and visitation writes with his young daughters. relieved. feel really relieved. that s all i have to say. reporter: while the court was delaying a final decision, on the children, detectives in michigan and virginia were stepping up their investigation. in newport news, detective fowler suspected doug s alibi was a ruse. what with the walmart received in the truck saying ohio, with area code for when i, and went doug had been telling everyone virginia. michigan state police told us doug had gone to his lawyer s office to make a payment on the pending child
yeah, doug s driving us into court trying to get his girls back and there was no way he was getting custody of those girls. reporter: doug s claim is he s the father, he s around but the mother isn t so he should have custody of his children not venus parents. hanging over the hearing of course was the strong suspicion that doug was the reason why the children were motherless. venus s father didn t pull any punches. i asked him if he d murdered anybody lately and it was something that popped out of my mouth. reporter: the judge scheduled another hearing for three weeks later. but in the meantime, denied doug custody and even visitation rights with his young daughters. relieved. i feel really relieved. that s about all i have to say. reporter: while the court was delaying a final decision on the children, detectives in michigan and virginia were stepping up their investigation. in newport news, detective todd filer now suspected doug s