we had flyers. we stopped at restaurants around germantown. reporter: cari, heather s friend and dance instructor, who also happened to be a cop, organized a search party. and we had our backpacks on. and we had good walking shoes. and we had snacks and towels and water. reporter: around lakes, parks, and railroad tracks, cari and the other women searched methodically not knowing what they might find. and i told all the girls, y all be prepared because we might find her, okay? your foot hits something hard and you think, oh, my god, is it her? but it s a branch. you never know with each step. reporter: to put together the puzzle of what happened to heather and what she meant by that disturbing good-bye email, detective kemp wanted to know more about heather. starting with her relationship with chris. i wanted to know more about
oh, we had oh, flyers. we had flyers. we stopped at restaurants around germantown. reporter: cari, heather s friend and dance instructor, who also happened to be a cop, organized a search party. and we had our backpacks on. and we had good walking shoes. and we had snacks and towels and water. reporter: around lakes, parks, and railroad tracks, cari and the other women searched methodically not knowing what they might find. and i told all the girls, y all be prepared because we might find her, okay? your foot hits something hard and you think, oh, my god, is it her? but it s a branch. and you just never know with each step. reporter: to put together the puzzle of what happened to heather and when she meant by that disturbing good-bye e-mail detective kemp wanted to know more about her starting with her relationship with chris.
i did not see any blood or anything in that house. reporter: but heather s car still in the driveway stuck in detective kemp s mind. obviously, if she left, she had to be on foot. or she had made contact with somebody for them to pick her up. reporter: the grapevine was now working overtime. friends from heather s dance class soon heard that she was missing. one of them was cari cooper, the class instructor. she also went over to the house. turns out cari knew as much about crime scenes as she did about dance moves. that s because cari s a cop in nearby memphis. well, i kind of took on that police officer role at that moment. and i combed, like, every inch of her property looking for anything. did you find anything? i found nothing and i looked through the storage sheds and looked all along the railroad tracks behind her house and there was night. reporter: the afternoon heather disappeared chris came
still in the driveway stuck in detective kemp s mind. obviously, if she left, she had to be on foot. or she had made contact with somebody for them to pick her up. reporter: the grapevine was now working overtime. friends from heather s dance class soon heard that she was missing. one of them was cari cooper, the class instructor. she also went over to the house. turns out cari knew as much about crime scenes as she did about dance moves. that s because cari s a cop in nearby memphis. well, i kind of took on that police officer role at that moment. and i combed, like, every inch of her property looking for anything. did you find anything? i found nothing. i look along the railroad tracks. the afternoon she disappeared, chris came to the police station wanting to help. i can t miss an opportunity. i didn t want to miss a call.
friend and dance instructor, who also happened to be a cop, organized a search party. and we had our backpacks on. and we had good walking shoes. and we had snacks and towels and water. reporter: around lakes, parks, and railroad tracks, cari and the other women searched methodically not knowing what they might find. and i told all the girls, y all be prepared because we might find her, okay? your foot hits something hard and you think, oh, my god, is it her? but it s a branch. you never know with each step. reporter: to put together the puzzle of what happened to heather and what she meant by that disturbing goodbye e-mail, detective kemp wanted to know more about heather, starting with her relationship with chris. detective kemp wanted to know