insurance company was not so sure. right around the time of that memorial service at the beach, tom went to court to take the first step to get that money. >> wasn't it tom to petition the court to declare her dead? >> yes. >> if she's declared dead, he gets a lot of insurance money. he gets the ownership of the motel. >> correct. >> yes, funny tom had told the detectives before he held a 100,000 dollar policy on sabina. when he filed papers to declare her dead, it turned out there was a second larger life insurance policy, that he forgot to mention. >> it came up later, it was 300,000. >> the revelation made the newspapers. attorneys for the insurance companies argued that, under florida law, sabina had to be missing at least five years, before she could be declared dead. and any insurance money, paid