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Kathy bouford and theresa olechowski. they both told the jury, as they said they told the police back in 1986, about cindys plans to meet her boyfriends father, art ream. >> they were making plans, they were going to go down and meet at dairy queen. >> she told me she would be meeting arthur ream, scotts father, at the dairy queen, because he was going to take her to a surprise birthday party for scott in pontiac. >> but the party was a reduce, ruse, later testimony would reveal. scotts birthday...

>> so mac got permission to spring ream from prison to narrow down the search. to the place where he thought he dumped the murdered 13-year-old 22 years before. >> when he came out with us, he more or less, he couldnt remember exactly where the -- where he had put cindy. >> the pedophile killer poked about here and there as though he were trying to select a picnic spot. >> its an experience, its so difficult to describe because youre out there with evil personified, youre walking through this be...

Declare to an accomplice, "if i ever do this again, ill kill the next victim." two rulings from the bench that were two strikes against the prosecution. >> the case is diminished. it would be like entering a gunfight with only part of your arsenal. >> the prosecutor began his case by knocking down the runaway theory. older sister connie testified that cindy would never have done a runner without packing a bag. >> i have a photographic memory and i know her stuff was still there. she didnt take m...

Unaware of the 11th hour plea negotiations. the prosecution went first. >> well, cindys not coming home, cindys dead. this man not only killed her, but he deprived the family of a burial. >> and then closing from the defense. >> if youve got reasonable doubt, you can come back with a verdict, and that verdict is not guilty. >> then the jury went behind closed doors to deliberate a first-degree murder case. and to the surprise of nearly everyone, they were back after just two hours. >> all right....

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,...

Negotiations. the prosecution went first. >> well, cindys not coming home, cindys dead. this man not only killed her, but he deprived the family of a burial. >> and then closing from the defense. >> if youve got reasonable doubt, you can come back with a verdict, and that verdict is not guilty. >> then the jury went behind closed doors to deliberate a first-degree murder case. and to the surprise of nearly everyone, they were back after just two hours. >> all right. mr. foreman, have you reached...

>> a mandatory life sentence. 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 h...

Prosecutor, to make a deal. >> my first inclination was, hell, no, im going to make sure he goes to prison for the rest of his life. the idea that the defendant thinks he can take control of this process and use this poor 13-year-old girls body as a bargaining chip, may be the lowest thing ive ever seen in a criminal case. >> ream held one trump card, cindys body. and the zarzyckis wanted that above anything else, even a conviction. the family found itself taking art reams side in the plea talks...

The glove save no one in cindys family could remember -- a gold necklace with a charm on it, an anchor. >> found it around her neck area. >> and her family didnt know what to make of that. >> exactly. we asked them if they could i.d. this, and nobody could. >> but linda bronson, one of art reams ex-wives, said she knew what it was. art had worn that anchor chain all the time. >> were thinking after he put cindy in the grave he put his necklace around her neck. >> what do you make of that? >> a p...

>> i think the only thing that i got from it was it was a very peaceful spot, you know, by the íg river. and when we left, it almost felt like her spirit went with us. and she was with family again. ♪ he is holy good and just and so we trust in god ♪ >> in november 2008, with dna lab results finally confirming what everyone knew, cindys remains were returned to her family for a memorial service. hundreds of mourners filled with funeral home in eastwick. her pastor from the 1980s remembered ...