herr. detective ed everette. he s on the run and he s in the wind. and now it s our job to find him and see where he s at and ask him why. not a whole lot of question of who the suspect was at this point. no. we were pretty confident he was our guy. reporter: steve herr was also eager to find sam but for an entirely different reason. to clear his son s name. so steve began his own investigation. why did you feel the need to do your own police work? i didn t look at it as police work. i looked it as i wanted to find some answers. looking to find sam, first of all. where could sam be? is somebody helping is he running away? did he come up with some foul play? reporter: steve called sam again and again, but sam s cell phone was going straight to voicemail. i love you. let me know what s going on. what what s going on? reporter: then a big break and a puzzle. steve and sam had a joint bank account, so steve pulled the