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>> and this is dateline. >> this doesnt happen in our happy little world. >> their world shattered, a young mother strangled. >> we had a homicide and no >>lso no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. >> she slept with the children and the door locked. >> and finally a vital clue. what happened to nancy the day she disappeared? welcome to dateline. a young mother disappeared one her husband said she went for a run and never came home. the puzzling c...

>> also no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. >> she slept with the children and the door locked. >> and finally a vital clue. what happened to nancy the day she disappeared? welcome to dateline. a young mother disappeared one her husband said she went for a run and never came home. the puzzling case happened in a safe, suburban neighborhood where crime is unexpected. but sometimes there are secrets hidden behind closed. >> it all seemed like suc...

Phone. then, the day after nancys body was identified, her family went to court to try to get those two little girls away from brad. >> by 4:00 in the afternoon, we had papers in the judges hand for temporary custody of nancys children. >> the family acted so fast because according to their complaint, brads behavior was so disturbing before she disappeared, they had seen emotional abuse. and they were sure she never went jogging on july 12. then after she went missing? >> he was very stunned, al...

To north carolina. >> she was a little apprehensive. there was lots of tears at the airport, fear of the unknown, but i think she was excited. >> reporter: a few years later there were two bmws in the driveway, nancy a vast circle of friends and brad a bright future at cisco where hed become an expert in the marriage of internet technology and telephones. best of all, two little girls, bela born in 2004, katie two years later. >> the best mother ive ever seen. she played and played and played. s...

Didnt want anybody around, didnt want any help. it was strange enough to be alarming. >> reporter: and so they fear for bela and katies safety. >> did you think they were in danger too? >> if she was a place to do this, the answer to that was absolutely. >> are we sure that this happened? at the end of the day you have to live with the fact that if were wrong, then this is way over the line. we did it for the right reason. as a family we decided, were going to take that step over the line. >> re...

>> reporter: brad became a and my side super soft? be firm? helpful member of the family, even designed the computer with the sleep number 360 smart bed you can both... systems in the family business. >> our i.t. guy would say i want to meet the guy who did this, the networking system. adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. so, can it help us fall asleep faster? he was kind of a legend in the i.t. world. >> reporter: he was so good, yes, by gently warming your feet. but can it help ...

Three months. bench in a park, the place she >> reporter: those suspicious once ran, her adopted towns way vans, said the defense. of remembering. >> it was clear that the police the cooper girls, bela and had focused on brad to the katie, are growing up in canada exclusion of other people. with nancys twin sister krista >> reporter: it wasnt just brad who had been unfaithful. and her husband jim. implied the defense. >> theyre doing great. could someone else have wanted its like every other nor...

>> obviously brad was upset, but he knows and feels this is not over. >> reporter: brad will appeal, based possibly on the judges ruling excluding his expert computer witnesses. certainly these attorneys have strong views about the damage that ruling may have caused. >> it was crippling. >> reporter: nancy, theres a bench in a park, the place she once ran, her adopted towns way of remembering. the cooper girls, bela and katie, are growing up in canada with nancys twin sister krista and her husba...

It was strange enough to be alarming. >> reporter: and so they fear for bela and katies safety. >> did you think they were in danger too? >> if she was a place to do this, the answer to that was absolutely. >> are we sure that this happened? at the end of the day you have to live with the fact that if were wrong, then this is way over the line. we did it for the right reason. as a family we decided, were going to take that step over the line. >> reporter: there was an emergency hearing, and the ...

An expert in the marriage of internet technology and telephones. best of all, two little girls, bela born in 2004, katie two years later. >> the best mother ive ever seen. she played and played and played. she was so hands on. >> reporter: and now, they were putting up missing posters. sunday went by, all day monday, monday evening. someone called 191. >> the chief of the carey police department it is my very sad duty to tell you that the search for our nancy is over. >> reporter: it was a man w...