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
sister jaime couldn t bring herself to be in the courtroom. i don t know what to believe if i did but that s the hard thing. and you just don t know what to believe. and i i really don t want to think that my brother did anything terrible. reporter: but dustin jasper the victim s brother was there on most days, grabbing a bench seat within good stare-down range of the accused, doug. he never made eye contact with me. i think he s too ashamed. reporter: but on the stand, shame didn t seem to figure into the bold-as-brass story about doug that ricky spencer was telling the jury, how after the first run to michigan was a bust, doug called ricky again. and he said, hey dude, it s done. i killed her and her dad. and i was like, what? and he says, no, i m just kidding. and i told him that wasn t funny. so he said he was kidding and you told him it wasn t funny? yeah. reporter: ricky s second day on the stand as the star witness. prosecutor mcdonough picked up his
april 15th show ricky easing into doug s life in newport news. he parked in doug s garage, as instructed, and hung out in doug s apartment. this is the lobby in virginia. this is between 10:00 and 11:00. here s me with a hoodie, a piece of paper sticking out of my pocket, the wendy s bag. reporter: with doug s credit card, ricky had bought a double cheeseburger and fries at wendy s. why did he want you to use the credit card there? to make it look like that he was in virginia. somewhere deep down, prosecutors wondered, did ricky, a little slow on the uptake, think that this was all pretend? act like you re me. don t look at the camera. keep your head you know, wear this sweatshirt. and it was like a game. he was a part of this game. this was ricky s little mission. but the mission, mortal mission i in gamebox-speak, had gone amiss. doug had to hit the reset button. on his way to michigan, he d been pulled over in the wee hours by a state trooper in ohio who said he w
telling the jury, how after the first run to michigan was a bust, doug called ricky again. and he said, hey dude, it s done. i killed her and her dad. and i was like, what? and he says, no, i m just kidding. and i told him that wasn t funny. so he said he was kidding and you told him it wasn t funny? yeah. reporter: ricky s second day on the stand as the star witness. prosecutor mcdonough picked up his questioning with ricky s description of mission number two, the assault on venus stewart. did you attempt it again? yes, we did. reporter: it was deja vu all over again. this time, sunday, april 25th. i went down to virginia. he was heading up back up to michigan. reporter: later that day, ricky said he made a call to doug s boss, pretending to be doug, under the weather. and i said in a sick voice, like, hey bobby, this is me doug. i m feeling like [ bleep ], dude. i can t get to work. he said, all right. so doug didn t have to come to work on monday.
was in virginia. somewhere deep down, prosecutors wondered, did ricky, a little slow on the uptake, think that this was all pretend? act like you re me. don t look at the camera. keep your head down. you know, wear this sweatshirt. and it was like a game. he was a part of this game. this was ricky s little mission. but the mission, mortal mission i in gamebox-speak, had gone amiss. doug had to hit the reset button. on his way to michigan, he d been pulled over in the wee hours by a state trooper in ohio who said he was weaving lanes. the traffic stop was irrefutable proof that he wasn t in virginia. i got a phone call from him. he said, you know the plan s off. and i was relieved to hear it. reporter: but doug wasn t ready to call it quits after one bump in the road. he kept on talking. hey ricky, i want to try doing this again. and i told him i didn t want to. it was like, a one-time deal, and i didn t even want to do it the first time. reporter: but then, accor