times. these are the early morning calls? yeah. and and i m like, whose number is this? reporter: the worried parents suddenly found themselves playing detective in the very real case of their missing daughter. we googled the numbers trying to figure out what they went to. reporter: and they got a hit. the numbers heather dialed belonged to a man named sidney moorer. they figured that had to be the ex-boyfriend bri had mentioned earlier. and terry was like, i m gonna call. i m just gonna call him. wow. i said, terry, you can t call somebody in the middle of the night. reporter: he did anyway. on the other end, a man answered. the way terry recalls it, the man was not happy. i said, you know, you don t know me. i said, but i m heather s father, heather elvis. and before i could get the next word out, i m gettin i m gettin cussed out left and right. like cussing about what? nothing. just just cussing. he s just you know, don t [ bleep ] call m