prior. the cops thought some of what she said sounded eerily similar to annie s case. so they called draper pd, and detective derek johnson and his colleague came over to hear what joanna had to say. tell me what you know about this girl. it was the second time i ve seen her over there. reporter: there at the home where a man named daniel ferry used to live. danny ferry is a guy known to law enforcement? yes. reporter: as maybe a drug dealer? drug dealer. he was a member of a gang called vario loco town. and law enforcement has dealt with danny quite a few times, yeah. reporter: ferry had a long rap sheet. in fact, derek had served a search warrant on his home a year earlier. and now here was joanna telling derek that she saw a girl who sounded a lot like annie at daniel ferry s home on the night annie was killed. joanna also said the girl showed up with someone police had been searching for but couldn t find.
reporter: chris, now 17, had moved to grand junction, colorado, and was living with his mom. he was completely unprepared for the undercover officers who approached him on his way to school and for the young detective who met him in the interview room. chris, hey. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. reporter: jaclyn had wanted to question chris all along. now she finally had her chance. is this an interview? yes. reporter: but just as soon as it began i m not going to talk to you without a lawyer. okay. reporter: it was over. well, we have a warrant for your arrest. for? murder and obstruction of justice. i thought i proved myself innocent? nope, you didn t. reporter: chris was extradited back to utah. veronica and james were grateful to police, but they knew nothing could bring annie back. while we support the police department and the attorney s office, and we appreciate all the work they have continued to
make a murder charge stick. and it turned out, there was an explanation. remember, while under suspicion for annie s murder, ferry was arrested for an unrelated kidnapping in a different town. the charge stuck. ferry eventually pleaded guilty and was sent to prison. draper police came to believe it was this kidnapping that star witness joanna had recounted to them. she had seen a totally different crime. not annie s murder. what s more, it happened on the same night annie was killed. no way daniel ferry could have committed both crimes. so now, rookie detective jaclyn moore went back to the boxes and binders piled high on her desk. i felt lost. i decided i need to start from the beginning and see what information derek had when he first got the case. reporter: and so began the education of a detective. she started reading through pages and pages of annie s notes and journal entries. who does annie turn out to be, the more you learn about her? she s very lost.
even more alarming was where annie said she was going. by the time you read this note, i ll be on my way to california. please don t try and look for me because i don t want to be found. the first thing we did is we called the police. and then the second person i called was chris. reporter: 14-year-old chris bagshaw. annie had brought him over to the house a few times. he was kind of quiet. i kind of took it as all right, i m here with my girlfriend s parents. and i want to make sure they don t kill me. reporter: was he in and out of the picture for her as the boyfriend of the moment? uh-huh. reporter: his stock would rise and fall? yep, she was crazy about him. reporter: chris told veronica he didn t know where annie was, but he did have some potentially significant information. chris said annie told him she was running away with a guy named l.j. we were shocked. because, i mean, we didn t know all of her friends because they changed a lot depending on who she was
home. but after annie had been flung back to the state nine times, veronica, young, naive and stubborn, made a surprising decision to adopt annie. did your superiors tell you, you know, we don t do that, veronica? oh, yes. reporter: don t cross that line. you have a professional relationship with this child. but don t bring her into your home. well, and that was very true. and because at the time, i also happened to be about six months pregnant. and so i m sure the thought was, okay, crazy pregnant lady. she doesn t know what she s doing. but it was very much, are you sure? you can t save everybody. reporter: but veronica was determined to try. she and her then-husband dennis adopted 10-year-old annie in january 2007. annie, who had bounced around from house to house, finally had a home, parents and brothers who adored her. she was the immediate cool big sister. she liked being the oldest, being in charge and teaching