thing, if she lost her daughter, she would shoot herself. >> so jr said. linda's mom shared her doubts with her sister pat. >> what did maryland think about this guy, jr? the boyfriend is in and out of the picture? >> she didn't like him. she said that he is very controlling. >> which is why, when marilyn couldn't find linda. her mind immediately jumped to jr. that very first day, she told her suspicions to the 9-1-1 operator. >> she's been threatened by this guy that she broke it off with. i called him, and i said that's my daughter. >> investigators learned that after marilyn called jr to ask about linda. jr called linda's attorney from her custody case. and left this message. >> she's probably out on the drunken bench, and her mom is blowing this all out of proportion. you know, i had nothing to do with anything. and, i don't know what to do. i was hoping maybe you know where she is. >> he phoned someone else as
crazy people? >> maybe under the wrong track after some crazy drinking? >> that was the assumption at the time. >> investigations continued to poke around anyway. they wanted to talk to the boyfriend, jr. marilyn brought him up when she reported him missing. >> linda live near? they're >> no. >> silver bell road, a two plane back top that is from tucson all the way to the basque desert. a tip went to jr's home. >> he cooperated in every way that was asked of him. >> jr told the same story that others dead. that linda was a heavy drinker. >> we had a seriously rocky relationship for over two years. all about all of our problems, revolved right to her alcoholism. >> the drinking was why, jr said, he recently broke up with her. >> she wigs out bad. and things are right now rougher than i've ever seen for her. she just lost her job. >> he said too much alcohol cost linda her job.
and jr said, she faced a bigger loss. >> she's looking at losing her daughter. >> turns out, linda and dave had not yet come to terms on custody of jordan. and they had an important court hearing coming up. >> are you going for full custody? >> i did. one, to take the rights away from linda. by no means. because every child needs both parents. >> but after the break up with linda, jr did something unexpected. he agreed to testify on the cause of the hearing on dave's behalf. >> so here's a strange thing. he now has your back in family court? >> not much mine. i'm sure he could give two shakes about me, but he cares about jordan. so he was doing it for her. not me. >> more pressure on linda. she had joined a toiled step program. but still, shortly before she disappeared, she went out drinking with her cousin. at a place away from the bright
others dead. that linda was a heavy drinker. >> we had a seriously rocky relationship for over two years. all about all of our problems, revolved right to her alcoholism. >> the drinking was why, jr said, he recently broke up with her. >> she wigs out bad. and things are right now rougher than i've ever seen for her. she just lost her job. >> he said too much alcohol cost linda her job. and jr said, she faced a bigger loss. >> she's looking at losing her daughter. >> turns out, linda and dave had not yet come to terms on custody of jordan. and they had an important court hearing coming up. >> are you going for full custody? >> i did. one, to take the rights away from linda. by no means. because every child needs both parents. >> but after the break up with linda, jr did something unexpected. he agreed to testify on the cause of the hearing on dave's
investigators learned that linda was facing the most trying time of her life. >> she was broken up. she was upset at jr, she was going through a custody batter. >> jr told detectives that the cause city issue was weighing heavily on linda. >> she's told me more than once that, and this is the scary thing, if she lost her daughter, she would shoot herself. >> so jr said. linda's mom shared her doubts with her sister pat. >> what did maryland think about this guy, jr? the boyfriend is in and out of the picture? >> she didn't like him. she said that he is very controlling. >> which is why, when marilyn couldn't find linda. her mind immediately jumped to jr. that very first day, she told her suspicions to the 9-1-1 operator. >> she's been threatened by this guy that she broke it off