thrill seeking trip chris was about to take to africa, they didn t think anything about it. a few days later, i went sand boarding. it was epic. headed to cape town. then came this email the day after christmas. i m headed back up to the congo, it read. i ll be offline for a couple of weeks. but a couple of weeks turned into a couple of months. his family never got another message and eventually filed a missing persons report. the missing persons investigation revealed some inconsistencies and the possible crime scene was found. reporter: inside the office of chris smith s advertising and marketing firm, investigators say they found blood. dna confirmed it was his. he didn t die in the congo. smith likely died right here and the last person to see him was his business partner. he was just a person of interest at the beginning. reporter: investigators soon learned shin was having financial trouble. they say he was convicted of embezzlement and ordered to pay hundreds of thousand
restitution. he agreed to buy smith s half of the company for $1 million. it didn t happen. rather than pay the agreement it is believed that shin murdered smith in their office. reporter: after a six-hour interrogation police say shin confessed. although his attorney says he still plans to plead not guilty to murder. but what about all those emails? the one smith s family had been getting for months some of them personal in nature? police say shin confessed to writing those, too. he just went to extremely great lengths to cover up the crime scene and keep the family and friends believing that chris was alive. rochl p. reporter: police say he even masqueraded as smith to a reporter whom he emailed repeatedly. he felt his plan was working and he was just going by the seat of his pants and sending emails out. reporter: police still don t have a body. all they have is chris smith s range rover and some clothes found hundreds of miles away in
san jose. after posing as their son for so long, smith s parents now want shin to answer the one question he hasn t so they can bring their son home for good. shin isn t the only suspect. police also arrested shin s driver and personal assistant. his name s kenny craft. police are charging him with an accessory murder. they believe he helped hide shin s car and clothes. however, he has pled not guilty. lee cowan there, we appreciate that report. want to get you now to louisiana where govern bobby jindahl is holding a press conference. he s talking about the storm that s up ahead. let s listen. is the saturation of a slow moving storm bringing as much as 10 to 15 ichlgs of rain in some areas. maybe as much as 20 inches in some areas will lead and can lead to flash flooding. in addition to the rain, in addition to our primary concern with the wart event there is also going to be sustained