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
reporter: doug found a job as a truck drive and home was on the ninth floor of this building. she wanted to live in a always a dream of hers. reporter: things were okay? it was the best year of our marriage, the best year of our reporter: but doug and venus problems ran deeper than anything an amusement parring ride would paper over. a year after making the move, venus had had enough and suddenly bolted for her parents place in michigan. doug was left alone in virginia, more than 700 miles away. big surprise to you. very big surprise. reporter: two months later, a chilly monday morning started like any day at venus parents house. her mom went to work, her dad was sleeping and venus and the kids were slowly getting up. at 8:00 venus s father was groggy. he was startled awake. i heard the girls being loud out in the front room. i thought, why isn t venus quieting them down? she knows