now after four trials, the final verdict is in. i m not guilty. i didn t do hello and welcome to dateline. cal harris seem to have it all. a beautiful family, a successful business, and a big house on a lake. but all was not as it seemed. it was september 11th, 2001, as the world witnessed the tragedies unfolding in new york, washington, d.c., and pennsylvania. the harris family was struck by heartbreak much closer to home. cal s wife michelle had disappeared. here with the house on the lake, is keith morrison. it s a long winding ride. this tale. stutter with surprises. i just felt like i was being kidnapped and broad daylight, nobody can help me. it s a story of his life, and there s. we cannot sit here in silence and watch another travesty of justice take place. it s about their world, the one that fell apart in a time they cannot recall. do you remember very much about your mom anymore? not really. it s a long time. it s about what happened on th
so the appeals court order trial number three. cal once again went home to the house on empire lake and is for growing children. tanner, the youngest, was an eighth grade then. the rest were in high school. it was great. what a change right? back to normal. don t take? long to adjust? it is what our plans were. well you ve been coping on your own for so long. yeah. and this time, this is their chance, the kids were determined this would be different. we wanted to know that our cast doubt will not be taken away from us again for a crime we know he did not commit. it was a very public coming out. kayla address the cameras. the rest of the kids and their teary eyed dad stood by. we do not sit here in silent and watch another travesty of justice take place. the family launched a tip line asking the public to help find out what s really happened to michelle.
gary taylor is her dad. he won some dealership thing and they went to switzerland, i think. wow. i mean, there was a lot of perks he hadn t had before. reporter: in august 1990, michelle and cal got married here beside empire lake. a great day. a beautiful setting and very relaxing. not very stressful. just kind of it being a big party afterwards. reporter: the fairy tale rolled on. kids kept coming. they built a house on empire lake and here on their private preserve they were a family in motion. fishing, swimming. skating. michelle and all of it. the kids, of course, grew older. taylor is the oldest. followed by kayla and jenna and tanner. their mom? about her, they have no real memories. been a long time. reporter: it s true. most of your lives. and how old were you? i m not sure how old i was
had before, so. reporter: in august 1990, michelle and cal got married here beside empire lake. a great day. a beautiful setting and very relaxing. not very stressful. just kind of it being a big party afterwards. reporter: the fairy tale rolled on. kids kept coming. they built a house on empire lake and here on their private preserve they were a family in motion. fishing, swimming. skating. michelle and all of it. the kids, of course, grew older. taylor is the oldest. followed by kayla and jenna and tanner. their mom? about her, they have no real memories. been a long time. reporter: it s true. most of your lives. and how old were you? i m not sure how old i was but i don t have any memories. reporter: jenna is often told by those who knew michelle how much she rervels her mom. i have seen pictures of per.
it s pretty cool, isn t it? there s two of them. they re multiplying. no, guys, its me. see, i m real. i m real! he thinks he s real. geico. over 75 years of savings and service. had cal harris won the lottery it could be hardly more surprising than the news he heard in the prison yard in october of 2012. this is rare. this is rarely rare. what happened? new york s court of appeals overturned the guilty verdict. the appeals court ordered trial number three. cal, once again, went home to the house on empire lake and his