robinson who disappeared over the last 15 years. carolyn trouten, suzette's mother, didn't know about the other disappearances, but it was her persistence that got investigators back on robinson's trail. a trail that would lead to john robinson's tightly guarded pandora's box. >> they followed him immediately after we called. i mean, they were following him 24 hours a day. >> but days turned to months and the troutens lost hope. the police, they say, insisted they still didn't have enough evidence to arrest robinson. in your heart, did you believe that she was alive? >> no. i really didn't. i had my sister send an e-mail telling her i wanted her to call me, that i was sick. when she didn't answer, i knew. >> the troutens' agonizing wait for news about suzette finally came to an end on june 2nd, 2000.