>> after the early morning celebration, the family was back to their usual routine. taking the kids to school, shopping, running errands. denise's parents were at work. but that day, something happened that was completely out of character for denise. she failed to pick up julia from school. >> my parents called me, do you want us to pick up her up? >> the i said denise should be there there. she must of been late. >> turns out no one had been able to reach denise for a while. including nathan. >> she hadn't answered her phone call. she had answered her text messages. i said, just wait for minute. i'll get jenelle from daycare and let you know. and when i picture up from daycare. they said she still hasn't come, she hasn't called. i said well, i'll run by the house and see if she's there. and as soon as i got to be pulled into the driveway, the garage doors open. >> was that odd? >> very odd. there's no car in the garage. but the garage door is open. and then as i got about halfway into the garage, i could see that the windowpane was broken. the glass was on the ground. at that point, i began to understand that someone had broken into the home. >> did you fear that the person