reporter: mike stepped up and married her after the baby was born. he was a good father. he seemed to enjoy his kids. reporter: enjoyed carol s family too. especially her dad, milt. mike became like his son. reporter: milt brought young mike into the family house painting business. he just took to him immediately. everybody felt that way about reporter: friendly, loyal, but not exactly ambitious. he didn t seem to mind at all settling down to a modest existence, them and the two kids all cramped up in a two bedroom, one bathhouse in torrance. but carol did mind it very much. i think she may have outgrown reporter: she had a secret affair by then. maybe more than one. she got herself a cute little red car, an audi fox, ordered personalized plates. the car is long gone now, so we did this one up to look just like it. and quite often, she d get in her little car alone and go roaring off to school or to meat markets, like the local red