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
sister jaime couldn t bring herself to be in the courtroom. i don t know what to believe if i did but that s the hard thing. and you just don t know what to believe. and i i really don t want to think that my brother did anything terrible. reporter: but dustin jasper the victim s brother was there on most days, grabbing a bench seat within good stare-down range of the accused, doug. he never made eye contact with me. i think he s too ashamed. reporter: but on the stand, shame didn t seem to figure into the bold-as-brass story about doug that ricky spencer was telling the jury, how after the first run to michigan was a bust, doug called ricky again. and he said, hey dude, it s done. i killed her and her dad. and i was like, what? and he says, no, i m just kidding. and i told him that wasn t funny. so he said he was kidding and you told him it wasn t funny? yeah. reporter: ricky s second day on the stand as the star witness. prosecutor mcdonough picked up his
mississippi, missouri and tennessee. the new york times has reported at least 90 people have died including 80 in kentucky. president biden approved an emergency declaration to help with recovery efforts. now back to dateline. do you recognize the person in this photograph? reporter: doug stewart was on trial for murder, but his sister jaime couldn t bring herself to be in the courtroom. i don t know what to believe if i did but that s the hard thing. and you just don t know what to believe. and i i really don t want to think that my brother did anything terrible. reporter: but dustin jasper the victim s brother was there on most days, grabbing a bench seat within good stare-down range of the accused, doug stewart. he never made eye contact with me. i think he s too ashamed. reporter: but on the stand, shame didn t seem to figure into the bold-as-brass story about doug that ricky spencer was