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
right now with this case, we have so few clues to go on we re not going to discount anything. reporter: police dredged the chilly lake after report of the soaking wet man by the water s they worked around the clock but found nothing. it was miserable conditions. i didn t hear anybody complain once. reporter: doug stewart was not involve in the any of the when detective scott reached him that night april 26th, he was in virginia and remained there. reporter: he gave a reporter from wood tv a telephone interview. now that the time line is done so far, i m getting very worried and concerned. reporter: despite their ceaseless marital battles doug insisted he still cared for her. i don t know what s next. just going to keep watching the news and pray and hope for the best. reporter: he was also still bitter about losing his kids in the custody showdown two weeks before, so his take on her disappearance was a unique one. he wasn t upset, he said,
remained there. he gave a reporter from wood-tv a telephone interview. now that the timeline has gone so far, i m getting very worried and very concerned. reporter: despite their ceaseless marital battles, doug insisted he still cared about her. i don t know what is next, to be honest with you. i ll just keep watching the news and pray and hope for the best. reporter: but he was also still bitter about losing his kids in that custody showdown, just two weeks before. so his take on her disappearance was a unique one. he wasn t upset, he said, because he believed venus was a runaway mom. my theory, my wife pulled another fast one. she ran off, couldn t handle the commitment of the situation she was in, with the children, by herself. reporter: the way doug saw it, this was no different than that time, two months earlier, when venus had suddenly, and surprisingly bolted with the kids. i came home. she wasn t there. my kids weren t there. my dog wasn t there.
he was in virginia, and he remain. there he gave a reporter from would tv a telephone interview. now that the timeline has gone so far, i m getting very word and very concerning. despite their ceaseless marital battles. doug insisted he still cared about her. i don t know what is next, to be honest with. you i ll just keep watching the news and pray and hope for the. best but it was also still bitter about losing his kids, in that custody showdown just two weeks before. so his take on her disappearance was a unique. one it wasn t upset he said because he believed venus was a runaway. mom my theory my wife pulled another fossil, and runoff, couldn t handle the commitment of the situation she was in, for the children, by herself. the way doug saw, this was no different from that time two months earlier. when venus had suddenly and surprisingly bolted with the kids. came home, she wasn t there.