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angles. was it a kidnapping? >> maybe, they were going to ask for ransom. we just didn't know. >> or maybe, jenni got lost or was badly hurt. >> there were, literally, hundreds of people looking through the park for her. >> everybody wanted to find jenni. >> gene miller helped run down hundreds of suspected sightings. >> there was a lot of good-faith effort, on the part of citizens, to call in. and say i think i saw her here or i think i saw her there. >> pattie waited. still, hoping her jenni would walk right in the door. she was at home, when she got a visit from another mother. barbara. michella's mom. there to offer support. >> just seemed like the thing to do. >> she was very, very sweet. very nice. i said, thank you. she left. and i said, to a friend who was sitting there, i'm not sure why she came. jennifer's not dead. >> you represented the outcome she kpraetly did not want to
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was like? >> it was terrifying. >> you are hoping you are going to see the kid come walking around the corner. >> gene miller was a patrol officer, then, tacoma police. >> there's a special kind of horror or dread that goes with a little girl going missing like that. >> anytime a child goes missing, it's -- it's a scary thing. >> where was michella? the police looked, of course. but as the hours ticked by, my god. there's nothing. >> there's an emptiness there, you just -- time kind of stands still. >> yeah. >> and then -- then, it's, all of a sudden, it's gone. i mean, so it was dark. they said we're going to call in search and rescue because we haven't found her. >> it was late when they took search dogs into a nearby, overgrown gulch. and then --
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people, like him. >> but, even after she joined the tacoma police department, and earned her way through patrol and narcotics and sex crimes. she never forgot about jenni and michella. and the summer of'86. >> i would have a suspect, that i was working, and i would wonder, okay. could this guy be responsible? >> the mystery kept its grip on gene miller, too. inspired him to start a cold-case unit, here. >> i mean, things have changed, dramatically, in -- in how cases are investigated. there's so much more that can be done. >> eventually, in 2013, detective wade joined him. eager to dig into the case of michella and jenni. binders and binders of police reports, and interviews and leads. 27 years of dead ends. and point defiance. like a giant, ever-present question. >> so, her bicycle was back here, in this area. and it was lying on its side. the suspect had taken some of these fern frauns and ripped'em out. and then, laid them across the top of the bike, to camouflage it. >> and further down the path, deeper into the woods, where
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thought of other people. when the bad guy's still out there, and when you don't know who the bad guy is. >> the whole town kind of carries it around. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> miller carried it around, too. for two decades. and then, he met a young detective, who was just a kid, that summer of 1986. but, did she remember? yes, she did. coming up. >> it definitely scared the heck out of me. >> another detective joins the case, and after all these years, old evidence is about to yield a new clue. >> it was a shocker. >> when "dateline" continues. with models that fit any lifestyle. and innovative ways to make your e-tron your own. through elegant design and progressive technology. all the exhilaration, none of the compromise.
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