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who did she see? just want to know what happened to my sister. >> a young mother is missing and a case gone cold. >> it was so important to me to know the truth behind that evening. >> then, detectives had and aha moment to solve the case, they return to something you probably use every day. facebook. >> why dont you establish a facebook account? i thought that could accomplish a great deal. >> and thats when everything started to change. >> something happened to her. >> in court, youl...

>> a young mother is missing and a case gone cold. >> it was so important to me to know the truth behind that evening. >> then, detectives had an aha moment to solve the case, they return to something you probably use every day. facebook. >> why dont you establish a facebook account? i thought that could accomplish a great deal. >> and thats when everything started to change. >> something happened to her. >> in court, youll see it all come pouring out. a hidden crime and a sons heart p...

>> and why was that so significant to you? >> because he never talked about my mother. >> at all? >> never. >> but mike never confronted his father. >> i just knew in the back of my mind that this could be a possibility. and i really, honestly, at that time, never wanted my father to go to jail. i just wanted to know it. it was so important to me to know your truth behind that evening. >> to get the truth and avoid a trial, prosecutor john lewin was willing to make a deal. >> we had offered him ...

A cinder block tied to her body. it was a shock, of course, a big shock. for so long the family, most of, it believed mike. and now in this very public way, they finally knew that carole was dead and that he, their sweet mic, killed her. but the whole truth? was it actually out there, somewhere? so on that cold and morning january morning, mike surrounded by cops and lawyers floated out into the midst to find carroll, found whatever was left. >> if they find the cinder block in the ocean, after ...

Somewhere else? or has should be been in an accident or something worse? more than a week after carol disappeared, there is still absolutely no sign of her. and then something strange happened here at the house, something very strange. could it be that carol, unbeknownst to anyone, sneaks back in here? and nobody when nobody else was around? imagine what it was like back then in that little house? mike, thinking things over. on a hunch he said he placed tape on carols dresser drawers. a little t...

Ambulance of these family members did not help his case. but -- >> in the end, my job isnt to make sure that the family members get that what they want. my job is to make sure that carols killer is held responsible. >> but was mike a killer? his attorney, kevin we donahue. >> i think the police are just wrong. >> no forensics. no witnesses. not even a body. the defense might have stopped right there. instead they decided to gamble. michael is a nice guy. the jury should see that. >> do you solem...

Horrified. mystified. in fact, most of carols family members believe the idea that my could have murder carol was just ludicrous. >> he was a member of our family. nobody wanted to see him the arrested, or him be the reason. or any of that. its like another nightmare on top of the first nightmare. >> this was a case where i think the family would have been more than happy to believe that carol is still out there, somewhere. shes not dead. and their beloved son in law is not a killer. >> but of a...

Families and it was having babies that started to change terris way of looking at her sisters disappearance. >> as unhappy as you might be in your life, you might leave your husband. you would take your kids with you. >> and so, when you began to suspect it she wouldnt leave her children, what did that mean to you? >> that something happened to her. >> in 1996, 15 years since they had heard from carol, the police came around again. this time, they scanned the lubahns backyard with ground penetra...

Maybe. but now the downside. hed have to answer questions from john lewin. >> do you lie sometimes? >> no. >> you never lie? >> i wouldnt say never. maybe a white lie. who knows? >> im asking, have you ever lied about something serious that was a white lie in your life? >> no. >> in your entire life, youve never lied once about anything that wasnt a white like? >> ill just see, not that i can remember. >> in fact, mike had a hard time remembering a lot of things prosecutor lewin asked about. >> ...

A cinder block tied to her body. it was a shock, of course, a big shock. for so long the family, most of, it believed mike. and now in this very public way, they finally knew that carole was dead and that he, their sweet mic, killed her. but the whole truth? was it actually out there, somewhere? so on that cold and morning january morning, mike surrounded by cops and lawyers floated out into the midst to find carroll, found whatever was left. >> if they find the cinder block in the ocean, after ...