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 away. they describe for investigators the flights aplenty their daughter had with her husband, but eyewitnesss were putting him in newport news, virginia, more than 700 miles and there was surveillance video in his apartment building and garage and car do back up his how could doug be in two places at that wasn t possible, was it? coming up, a mysterious man by the lake. you re getting citizen calls, people saying i saw a funny looking guy at the lake. yes. reporter: had venus gone missing before? came home. she wasn t there. kids were there. i didn t know what to do. i ve got this. reporter: the year before
lawyer s office in newport news, virginia. and he said, okay. well, can your lawyer verify?” i go, no, my lawyer wasn t there when i went in. it was just two secretaries.” reporter: detective scott asked the local fbi to run down doug s story, and agents did. it checked out. two women on the lawyer s staff confirmed it. they said they saw him come in that day. a bit shocking when they said, well, we ve checked it out and he has an alibi. reporter: so what were the investigators to do? the parents were adamant in their belief that doug had come and snatched venus away. to corroborate their theory, they described for investigators the fights aplenty their daughter had with her husband doug. but eyewitnesses were putting him in newport news virginia, more than 700 miles away. and there was surveillance camera video in his apartment building, in his garage, and of his car to back up his story. how could doug be in two places at once? that wasn t possible, was it? coming up,
that he wasn t in virginia. one of those being at his lawyer s office. and he said, well can you lower verify, no mueller wasn t there, it was just to secretaries. detectives got asked them to run his story, and infect. up to women on the lawyers stuff confirmed. they said they saw him come in that day. a bit shocking when they said, well we checked it out and he is an alibi. so over the investigators to do? the parents were adamant in their believe that doug had come and snatched venus away. to cooperate their theory, they described to investigators this fight to plenty the daughter and had with their. husband but eyewitnesses were putting in in new sports news virginia. more than 700 miles away. and there was surveillance camera video in his apartment billion, in his car to backup this. how good dug the into places at once? that was impossible wasn t it? coming up, a mysterious man