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So now weve got lynsie where you were at the time when you did not drop her off and we have enough to prove the crime. >> reporter: and knowing about chriss anger issues with previous girlfriends, larry summoned up a little empathy to draw chris in. >> i know you have that ability to be angry. but i dont know what would cause her to get you that angry or what she could have done. >> reporter: chris didnt say much, until a little body language revealed that larry was on the right track. >> was it...

>> reporter: they were working the case. they brought in the usual suspects like the boyfriend. >> when you guys were dating, she hasnt been dating anyone else to your knowledge? >> no. >> reporter: his name was matthew ramirez. >> when i went to her house on thursday -- >> reporter: as can happen with young romance, what was off was soon back on. lynsie and matt were back together in time for the weekend. but not in time to make plans for that friday night. >> i told her, have fun, be careful. ...

>> that was it. lynsie eckland had been killed before anyone realized she was even missing. chris says he then drove up to the work site and used a skip loader to dig a hole. he held on to lynsies body for a few days and then when no one was around, he buried her. >> did it feel any better to finally know? >> no, because i was really devastated. there was a relief, but i wasnt any happier because of it. >> after the confession detectives left chris in the interview room with another detective to...

I know my life is ruined now. do you know if im going to get the death penalty for this? >> youre going to have to ask them those questions. >> then larry came back, always meticulous, he wasnt done. he wanted that final detail. >> where approximately did you dig the hole to put her. >> where exactly chris left lynsie. >> right up here? >> he explained to chris, even though they had found the remains, the grave site shifted because of flooding. >> the tractor was parked and exactly where you dug...

Surveillance. and brought chris in. >> chris, have a seat. >> reporter: larry had red all about chris and he had looked at tape of every time chris had been in for an interview. >> heres what the situation is. >> reporter: today he and chris were going to meet for the first time. >> i have been investigating this case for two years now, the cold case investigative unit. larry had a plan to get chris to talk without asking for a lawyer. larry promised to fill him in on the case in detail thinking...

Way. >> she told me it was from a car accident. >> reporter: larry listened to chriss interviews and caught him talking some of the time about lynsie in the past tense. >> her hand was pretty much stuck like this. >> okay. >> reporter: then larry found something in the paperwork from placentia pd that proved chris had lied to the police early on about his whereabouts on saturday, february 17th, the day lynsie didnt come home. chris had told the cops he stayed close to home. but larry checked chr...

Eckland. chris knew if he didnt crack now, years of work would be wasted. he didnt crack, he said he thought he needed a lawyer. now with the conclusion of our story, heres josh. >> i need to know what occurred so i do the right thing because something happened to her. >> larry montgomery spoke for 45 minutes giving chris everything he had. >> take a look, the credit card usage. >> this is not a very convenient time right now. >> a phony story about finding the body and then the interview had su...

Admissible in court. detective angel, who had been letting larry do the talking, then spoke up. >> i knew that was a moment of truth and i had to interject something very quickly. >> chris, nobody likes to be labeled a monster and in this case thats the way its pointing. only you have the other side of the story. nobody is going to be able to speak for you, thats why were here now. theres a reason everything happens. im sure theres some circumstances that happened that night or that morning. >> ...

Suggestive that what he said, eliminated did. >> correct. >> reporter: but when larry compared photos of chriss truck with the photos from the bank, he saw something no one else had noticed. the paint on the back of the side view mirrors on chriss truck was white. what about the truck in the photo? >> the truck in the photo had a dark spot in that area. whatever mirrors were there, if there were mirrors there, were back. >> reporter: so its not the same truck. >> thats right, its not. >> reporte...

>> he wasnt sure of the exact spot. >> its over in this vicinity. >> way up there or way over here? >> from this tree all the way to that brush. >> to that brush? >> yeah. >> it took more than a day of digging to find what was left of lynsie. first they found a shoe, then a jacket, then a bracelet. thats how nancy knew they had found her. the coroner confirmed it using dental records. >> the back of my truck was over here. >> two years after he confessed chris pleaded guilty to second degree mur...