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Kate Snow Voiceover a College Student vanishes. I had this Chill Go through my whole body. They asked us, well, do you have a Crime Scene . No, we dont, other than flipflops in a Parking Lot. We had a community that was scared whos going to be the next victim. Kate Snow Voiceover 1,000 Miles Away, another student in danger. She said hes got a knife. Hes trying to kill me. There were guns, and there was a girl there, and there was blood. This is not the first time hes done this. Kate Snow Voiceov...

Narrator Joel Patrick Courtney was sitting in jail in albuquerque. It was december 2004. The married father of three was facing decades in prison if convicted of kidnapping, sexual assault, and battery charges. As investigators began checking out the possible link to Brooke Wilbergers case, a call went out to her family. They had waited more than six months for news, any news, about their daughters disappearance. Now, there was a man in custody who they thought might be able to reunite them with...

door, i love you. and that was last time i talked to her. >> i said worth broke, he said we cant find her. >> a college student vanishes. >> i had this chill go through my whole body. >> they asked us do of the crime scene? no we dont, we have flip-flops in a parking lot. >> we had a community that was scared, who is going to be the next victim? >> 1000 miles away, another student in danger. >> she said hes got a knife and trying to kill me. >> there was a girl there and there was bloo...

Were ready for his head games. their goal, the same as it had been for years, find brooke. >> there was a degree of vigor. you are not going to win, joel courtney. we will. coming up, brookes family issues a plea to joel courtney to help them finally find brooke. >> we just wanted her back. we just wanted her still. we just wanted to bring her home.

Been for years, find brooke. >> there was a degree of vigor. you are not going to win, joel courtney. we will. coming up, brookes family issues a plea to joel courtney to help them finally find brooke. >> we just wanted her back. we just wanted her still. we just wanted to bring her home. [female announcer] if the most challenging part of your day

Her familys hopes were fading. slim, yet steadfast. >> what was that thanksgiving like around that table? >> we still had a good time. just because we love each other and we still are pretty hopeful. i think when we get together, for myself, brings a lot of joy and a lot of comfort. and so even though we missed brooke, there was -- there was just comfort in being together. >> police announced the reward had been doubled, hoping more money would loosen lips and shake out new leads but even invest...

Why dont you know where she was? and did you do it? >> that had to be awful. >> it was awful. >> it was -- >> it is awful. >> it was terrible. we made the decision that we as a family, we would do anything to get brooke back, whatever the police asked us to do, we will do it. if they suspect us, thats okay. we dont care. we want to find brooke. >> and soon a community came together. within hours of brookes disappearance, dozens, then hundreds of people showed up, many from the wilbergers church....

>> time had finally run out for joel courtney. he would soon be back on his way to oregon where investigators were ready for his head games. their goal, the same as it had been for years, find brooke. >> there was a degree of vigor. you are not going to win, joel courtney. we will. coming up, brookes family issues a plea to joel courtney to help them finally find brooke. >> we just wanted her back. e, a ton of doll but how are they saving you those dollars? a lot of companies might answer "um"...

Slim, yet steadfast. >> what was that thanksgiving like around that table? >> we still had a good time. just because we love each other and we still are pretty hopeful. i think when we get together, for myself, brings a lot of joy and a lot of comfort. and so even though we missed brooke, there was -- there was just comfort in being together. >> police announced the reward had been doubled, hoping more money would loosen lips and shake out new leads but even investigators felt trapped as if it w...

Always, find brooke, help us to find brooke. i guess that was a selfish prayer, to help whoever had done this make a mistake and i felt like, they made a mistake. >> but if this mistake could help find brooke, investigators first had to find out all they could about this latest possible suspect. and specifically they wanted to know more about that suspects ties to oregon. detectives quickly determined that joel courtney grew up in beaverton, a portland suburb about 75 miles from where brooke dis...