Cari Farver struck up a casual relationship with auto repairman Dave Kroupa, from Nebraska, in 2012. The two hit it off but after only a few weeks of dating the mother-of-one disappeared.
reporter: long as he could remember, max farver believed he knew his mom, cari as well as anybody possibly could. we were definitely really close. i was her second opinion on most things. reporter: so when cari was a no show at the wedding, max knew something was way off. i wasn t sure what was going on but that i just knew something was wrong. i could just feel it in my bones. there was something something wasn t right here. reporter: nancy didn t tell her grandson about the truly disturbing text she d received from cari. this one didn t say anything about a new job. instead, cari texted she broke up with her boyfriend.and was thinking about checking into a mental hospital. reporter: that d scare you? yes. it scared me tremendously. reporter: by boyfriend did she mean this mysterious dave? reporter: did you know how to reach this guy? no. i didn t.
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