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Erwin, detectives learned, had started doing things that pointed to an obsession with dee dee and how did they know that? in one of those only in a small town coincidences, dee dees son miked lived just down the block from dee dees new boyfriend bobby lowe. one night mike was sitting in his living room when he saw a familiar green range rover driving by and inside was erwin. >> as the evening went on, he continued to drive by the house. >> reporter: did you call your mom say, by the way, erwin i...

To the police and soon on the scene then detective sergeant carlos mendoza. >> this has not happened and especially people known as well as dee dee is. >> reporter: and what detectives found in their initial search of dee dees only only deepened the mystery. in the kitchen, her purse. her cell phone still inside but no wallet. a vodka bottle that police learned was usually kept in the freezer was out on the counter. and in the living room, the tv was on cnn. >> we discovered that whenever she le...

Friends, mortgage executive cindy ertman and real estate sales partner linda dondareo. >> reporter: she was good at her job. >> i loved working with her. ives she always wanted the best for everybody and her clients were very loyal over the years. >> reporter: dee dee was loyal too. not only to her clients but as a divorced mom to her children mike and julie. >> i remember my mom explaining to me when i was about 10 years old, as you get older we probably will not be as close and you wont like m...

Hurry. >> reporter: she would have time to do her routine she usually does before she leaves she did not. >> reporter: it appeared that dee dee had left in her car. the garage was empty. her silver 1999 mercedes was gone. but, strangely, police found the car keys sitting on her patio. >> we decided to call the l.a. county sheriffs department homicide bureau to come and assist us. >> reporter: jimmy gates was the detective who answered that call. >> there was no forced entry whatsoever. when we s...

>> howa-o-w-a-r-d howard. >> reporter: oh, my gosh, we are going to healer the truth finally and erwin is going to confess. >> reporter: he guided erwin through the sequence of events beginning with why he went over to dee dees house on the night of july 8th, 2004. >> indiana wanted to talk to h >> what did you want to talk to her about? >> to apologize for my act on june the 30th. >> reporter: june 30th, 2004 when, after discovering she was dating another man, erwin stormed into dee dees house ...

A singularly stunning shore line with hermosa, rah donned dough and sand box. >> no one thinks this part exists but it does. >> reporter: this seaside playground is lined with beach-front properties worth millions and nestled among these small beach towns is an oasis. >> its main street usa. >> a great place to raise kids. >> and in 2003 one of the rainmakers in the real estate business selling those beautiful homes in that area and the south bay was julia keller known as dee dee. >> she really ...

She had begun dating a well-known south bay car salesman named bobby lowe. that new relationship was going so well that on the evening of thursday, july 8th, bobby lowe took dee dee out to dinner at this restaurant to meet his father. >> i talked to her before her date. >> reporter: any sign that she was nervous about anything? >> she was in a happy state when i talked to her and we had made plans to hopefully, get together the following night and so i could get an update on the date. >> reporte...

Looked closely at the way dee dees body had been placed in that car. >> someone took great care to place her in that car and that indicated to us that someone cared deeply about her. >> reporter: so part of this is professional and part of this is somebody who knew her? >> exactly correct. >> reporter: the suspicions that said professional soon fell away in favor of those that said someone who nup hknew her. not her children but someone who re-enter dee dees life the months before her death. her...

Enterprise makes it easy. on a sun-splashed sunday in l.a.s south bay, clouds were rolling in over one household. it was july 2004. elsa real estate agent keller known to the world as dee dee was missing. her son mike had gone to her home when he had not heard from her for three days. the biggest red flag? dee dees beloved dogs left without food or water. what did you think it happened?

Disappearance of realtor dee dee keller, all of l.a.s south bay seemed to be looking for her. and for her missing mercedes. leading the search was her best friend cindy and linda. >> reporter: a lot of times people disappear, like you get the immediate family working on it and then everybody else is like, well. >> not in this town. >> she had an army. >> reporter: dee dees daughter julie rushed back to l.a. from a trip to mexico. >> it was the most surreal experience. >> reporter: only to be gre...