>> there's my baby and i can't do nothin' about it. it was 2:00. went to the house. 4:00, detectives came down to the house, said that they removed her and the car. >> reporter: who would benefit from a single mom's death? of course, the questioning turned quickly to the soon-to-be-divorced husband, the father of the little girl. brandy's mom told them about josh daniels. said he was a personal trainer at the gym and an obsessive weightlifter. >> when you ran him through the computer, what'd you find out about him? did he have priors? >> he did not. >> he was not on law enforcement's radar. >> reporter: not on law enforcement's radar, but none the less, somebody they wanted to talk to right now. but, there was a problem, a big one. there was every reason to believe he wasn't in the driveway that night but 4,300 miles away in alaska. josh had moved up there to be near his mom. he'd found work in the prudo bay oil fields. >> josh was, in fact, still in alaska that night. >> so that's a pretty good alibi. >> yes.