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
venus disappeared. doug was living alone and invited ricky down for spring break. surveillance camera footage showed ricky in virginia. you know, we can party, you can drink and i can help you with your papers. reporter: ricky testified that for the first three days, they went to the busch gardens amusement park, played xbox live, and drank. they hung out like frat brothers. on day four, the prosecution asserts that doug got down to business. he s like, hey ricky, i want to tell tell you something, it s really let me finish before you interrupt me. reporter: ricky testified that doug began to vent on his estranged wife venus. ricky said doug was portraying venus as an abusive, even dangerous mother to his two girls. that wasn t true, but ricky didn t know that. doug then told ricky he needed to do something desperate. he s telling me that he s going to go kill his wife. when he was telling you this, what were you thinking? i was just shocked. i
live with mr. stewart? anywhere from six to ten hours. a day? yeah, on a daily basis. this was his life. some people might sit and read, he played xbox. reporter: even though he d never met him, ricky told the jury he felt a strong tie to the former marine. would you say he was your best friend? yes. he called us brothers from another mother. what did you brothers from another mother. this was his idol. probably one of the very few people he had social contact with. reporter: doug and ricky met in person on april fools day in 2010, nearly a month before venus disappeared. doug was living alone and invited ricky down for spring break. surveillance camera footage showed ricky in virginia. you know, we can party, you can drink and i can help you with your papers. reporter: ricky testified that for the first three days, they went to the busch gardens amusement park, played xbox live, and drank. they hung out like frat brothers. on day four, the prosecution
how often did you play xbox i ve with mr.? stood anywhere from 6 to 10 hours. and? the u.s. on a daily basis. this was his life. my people might see the really, that he played xbox. even though he never met him, we keep told the jury he felt a strong time to the four mentoring. would you say with your best friend. yes he called us brothers from another mother. probably one of the very few people he had social contact with. logan reid kyi met in person on a in 2010, nearly a month before venus is appeared, douglas living alone and had invited ricky down for spring break, surveillance camera footage showed ricky in virginia. the party didn t drink, and we can testify that for the first three days they want to the bush garden to me isn t a, puck played xbox, live and.