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This was a murder investigation. and the detectives thinking followed two paths. could he make the boyfriends father or others for the crime? and secondly, did he have any way of finding cindys remains? as a sign of either how desperate mac was or how wide he was willing to throw his net, he paid a call on a psychic. the mystic had a strip mall storefront, sandwiched between a dry cleaner and a chicken joint. a cousin of cindy said she was weirded out when she heard him give a reading on the mis...

But i think she really wanted to see scott and she wouldve done just about anything maybe. >> it was truly amazing what they were telling me. >> it had taken more than 20 years, but police had finally stitched together a time line for what was certainly cindys final weekend. the bait, a chance to be with the puppy love boyfriend scott, the boys father waiting in his white van at the dairy queen. >> i remember him specifically saying to her on the phone, this was one of the conversations she told...

Is told, right? >> right now? yeah. >> at first, it seemed like ream wasnt taking the bait. the two sparred. >> if it doesnt matter what happened, it doesnt matter. it doesnt. >> it does matter. >> why would it matter? if you dont care, the family dont care? nobody cares -- >> no, we didnt say we didnt care, we just said we have closure. >> mac stuck to the game plan, pretend like its all old history. >> i said im fine with it, im going to move on, and this guy was like hanging on to my -- im tr...

If shed give him an address, hed tell her whether she was hot or cold. >> he says, yes, you should look there, well, no, thats not a good place to look. >> were going to start off with any of these places, should i start with this place? >> its a good start. >> is it really a good start? >> rule all these out. take it from there. do your homework. >> hes playing this kind of juvenile game? >> yeah. >> whats he getting out of this little game? >> oh, i think he enjoyed being in control. i think h...

>> seriously flawed and botched from the get-go. >> now two decades later, mac asked theresa to come down to the eastpointe p.d. and go over her story yet again. this time it was a different experience. >> i knew right away walking in there that he was listening to what i was saying. very intently. >> the story that the two friends told had for some reason never made it into the police files. it had to do with a surprise birthday party for scott and a planned meeting at the dairy queen. cindy ha...

>> the initial strategy was to deal with him as though it were a gift, that everyone in that interview room knew ream had something to do with cindys disappearance and now was the time to explain it all. >> if you could put closure to this thing right now today. and help a family out. you think about it right now, you need some paper, ill get you some paper you can write it down. >> im not going to write it down. >> why not? >> my spellings not that good. >> in that first interview, ream control...

Was or where it wasnt. an innocent person cant tell you where the body is or isnt. >> it was 2:30 in the morning. the marathon day, the arrest, the visit to the cemetery, the eight-hour interview was over. >> can i go to sleep now? i cant keep my eyes open anymore. >> but art ream stayed buttoned up, he hadnt opened what he called his pandoras box, but he was still going to stand trial for the murder of cindy zarzycki. coming up, an 11th hour surprise witness for the prosecution. >> he told me...

>> 13-year-old cindy zarzycki -- >> the media picked it up and interest in the fate of the missing teen was revived, with cindys face popping up on "have you seen me" mailings like this one. >> connie, there was a message to the police here, wasnt it? were still here, we havent gone away? >> right. >> and you need to get this going again. >> right. and i had written a poem, i actually had that poem published. >> do you remember a few lines of it? >> cindy jo, where did you go? and it talked abou...

Art ream had overplayed his hand. >> it took us 22 years to bring justice to her. >> but it was a bittersweet victory for the zarzyckis. theyd lost their cindy and now theyd lost their leverage with ream to get her remains back for a proper burial. >> and i told my wife, i said, well never know now. i probably would go to my own grave not knowing where she was. >> except for one thing. the zarzyckis still had detective mclaughlin on the case, and it wasnt over for him. coming up -- >> he says,...

This was a murder investigation. and the detectives thinking followed two paths. could he make the boyfriends father or others for the crime? and secondly, did he have any way of finding cindys remains? as a sign of either how desperate mac was or how wide he was willing to throw his net, he paid a call on a psychic. the mystic had a strip mall storefront, sandwiched between a dry cleaner and a chicken joint. a cousin of cindy said she was weirded out when she heard him give a reading on the mis...