hi, mom. this woman had gone out to get the mail and disappeared in her pyjamas the case was never closed. it was consuming all of us. the individual was wearing a baseball cap, hoodie with the hood pulled up and large mirrored sunglasses. oh, my gosh, did this really happen? i m like, no, dude, i can t do this. there was a scream. a drop of blood came from her nose. it was like a game. he was a part of this game. we re done with the games. it needs to stop. it needed to stop. michigan snow blankets field and woodland with silent beauty, sometimes encasing ugly secrets hidden beneath, never meant to be disturbed until finally they re revealed and all is made clear. i know a lot of people say, you wanted to find her. yeah, i wanted to find her, but then it was going to become so real to me that maybe you don t want to find yeah, yeah. start with the mother of two who vanished as she stepped outside her door to pick up mail. she wasn t there, and
woman said, i m in illinois near a relative s home. but the phone records didn t support that. we do not believe that phone call came from venus. we think that was somebody playing a sick joke on the family. do you think it was doug putting somebody up to it. i can t say that with certainty, but expect it. reporter: back in michigan there was a court proceeding taking place, but not the kind venus family wanted. come on, doug, where is she? you re a disgrace to the marine. reporter: the preliminary hearing today as doug stewart works to get custody of his two young daughters. reporter: strange as it seems the court is going ahead with the custody issue. yes, and doug was dragging us into court trying to get custody of the girls back. there was no way he was getting those girls. reporter: doug s claim is he s the dad, he s around. the mother it s not. so he should have custody, not
my dad called and said, venus is alive. he couldn t get nothing out of and during the phone call with venus grandfather the woman said i m in illinois near a relative s home but the phone records didn t support that. we did not believe that phone call came from venus stewart. we thought that was somebody playing a sick joke on the family. reporter: you think that was doug putting somebody up to it? i can t say it but i suspected it. reporter: and back in michigan there was a court proceeding taking place. but not the kind venus family wanted. the preliminary hearing today as doug stewart works to get custody of his two young daughters. reporter: strange as it seems the court is still going ahead with this whole custody issue.