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what happened. >> when a woman disappears, we know police will have questions for the man in her life. in this case, that wouldnt be so simple. in this case, there was the estranged husband who admitted to an argument that once landed her in jail. >> she came at me and grabbed her by the arms, then she called the police. >> then, there was the former colleague with a crush. >> cliff shared with friends that he had found the love of his life. >> so, you have three potential suspects. >>...

To my sister and i, and then five years later, gone. She was a gorgeous girl. A model who became a mom. Said you guys made some good looking kids. Oh, they sure did. On the eve of her sons 5th birthday she vanished. The whole time were all try to talk about where is she, what happened. When a woman disappears, we know police will have questions for the man in her life. In this case, that wouldnt be so simple. There was the estranged husband who admitted to an argument that once landed her in jai...

Was that the polygraph was inconclusive, so i guess at that point they thought it was me. they probably thought it was me before the polygraph. >> the police actually said you failed the polygraph. >> yeah, im sure they did. >> so, youre disputing that. >> i am. it was inconclusive results on the polygraph. >> cops felt he failed it, and the results made them even more certain they were on the right track. king county prosecuting attorneys kristin richardson and carla carlstorm. >> greg had not ...

And carla carlstorm. >> greg had not done well on a polygraph test. so they asked if he would take another test. so, he called a lawyer and the lawyer said you need to stop talking to police right now. and so, he did. >> must have been a big red flag for police? >> yes, i think it was. i think whenever someone flunks a polygraph test, police get suspicious and want to go at that person harder. >> greg may have lawyered up, but the detectives used the polygraph tests to turn up the pressure. >> t...

>> after she disappeared, he vacuumed the entire house, rented a carpet cleaner, cleaned the house, got rid of the vacuum bag. >> it turns out cliff reed had a bitter history with two exwives and police learned about allegations of a violent episode cliff reed had with an escort he hired two months before sandi went missing. >> cliff reed was on top of her, strangling her, threatening to shoot her, groping her underneath her clothing. >> that case never went anywhere but raised red flags to the ...

Though it had to be asked. >> police then ruled out the green river killer. detectives circled back to the secret boyfriend, jeff kane. they came away convinced he had nothing to do with sandis death. jeff kane was cleared. >> as for husband greg who had done so many things that raised suspicion early on, ultimately he had an alibi that checked out. hed clocked in and out of his job at boeing the day sandi went missing. colleagues had seen him there, and after work, he was with friends who vouch...

Suspicious and want to go at that person harder. >> greg may have lawyered up, but the detectives used the polygraph tests to turn up the pressure. >> they told your sister you failed a polygraph test. >> yes, they did. >> lots of people in town were turning in that direction. after the weeks sandi went missing, her dear friend vicky fulkerson thought greg was somehow involved. >> the police came to me and said things to me that think maybe he did. >> what did they tell you that made you suspect...

Johnsons death. >> we realized, could this similar scenario have played out at cliffs residence with sandi johnson being the victim. >> and the motive? police say they found one, cliff reed was obsessed with sandi johnson. >> cliff shared with friends that he had found the love of his life. >> reeds friends used words like enthralled, head over heels, to describe to detectives reeds feelings about sandi. he said he was going to marry sandi and had even bought a bigger car to haul her kids around...

Just pretty much stayed around the house with the kids and family. >> did anyone question that? why isnt he out looking for her? >> they never questioned me. maybe amongst themselves, i dont know. >> but detectives were already taking a good long look at sandi johnsons husband. digging for details about the state of the couples marriage. >> the first thing youre doing is looking at those people that are closest to the person that is missing. you have to. so it made perfect sense to focus on the ...

People to have spoken to her on that friday. in fact, she had spoken to him more recently than her husband. >> when they interviewed sandis friend, they grew more suspicious. it turned out kane hadnt been totally candid with them about the nature. >> he initally held back that they had had a romantic or sexual relationship. that came out a little bit later. which was suspicious to police that he wasnt up front from the beginning. >> why would he hold back on that? >> maybe he was concerned, in g...