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To figure it out. >> what mr. joy apparently didnt know was that other officers were watching him 24/7. the surveillance teams noticed he was spending a lot of time at the public library, and he was using the computers there. probably because police had taken away his phone and maribels computer, which was the one k.c. normally used. >> initially we would have undercover policemen go into the library and walk around and see what hes doing. at one point hes seen googling can a cell phone be track...

Doing that awareness search? thats why he goes to google maps. >> the defense pointed out there was no dna, fingerprints, cell phone info, or standard forensic evidence that tied k.c. joy to maribels murder or to the crime scene. >> we dont know what happened. what kind of force was used? nobody knows. who used it first? nobody knows. was there a weapon used? was it used by maribel or was it used by k.c. joy? nobody knows. >> all true. but the computer searches were enough for the jury. >> we th...

The tree then moved off the road and past the barbed wire fence. and then they knew they were close. >> as we were kind of trekking through this brush here, the first and foremost thing we found was overwhelming smell of like a decaying body or something dead. my partner and i kind of turned our head and we looked over and saw this kind of shallow gravesite. >> at long last, there she was. >> one of the detectives called and said, joey, youre not going to believe this. we found her. >> maribel r...

Welcome back. police were growing confident they knew who was involved in the disappearance of maribel ramos. but they hadnt made an arrest. and without a body, it was hard to say if they were even dealing with a crime at all. but that was about to change. heres josh mankiewicz with the conclusion of "mystery in orange county." >> as he dug deeper into k.c. joys background, detective joey ramirez found more and more evidence k.c. was infatuated, even obsessed, with maribel ramos. for instance, t...

So i was like, oh, this is great. >> because you knew your sister wasnt in love with him. >> yes. and thats a bad situation. at that point im like, okay, k.c. you know, youre a good man and im sure youll find somebody out there for you, but -- >> but its not going to be her. >> yeah. >> now the woman k.c. told lucy he wanted had told him not only did she not love him, but he had to basically get out of her life. despite that, k.c. continued talking with police. >> mr. joy was being cooperative. ...

>> k.c. joy was sentenced to 15 years to life for killing maribel ramos. >> what do you think happened? >> i think she went to bed, and i think what he did is he got a pillow and smothered her. and as hes got this pillow over her face, she struggles a little bit. and i believe thats where he got the scratches on his right triceps. >> if mr. joy hadnt done that google map search, leading you essentially to the body, would he be a free man? >> if no other evidence came up, yes. >> hed be a person ...

Since the dawn of detective novels, killers have returned to the scene of the crime. but these days theres no need for the bad guy to even get in his car. now it can be done with the click of a mouse. the good guys still have to do it the old-fashioned way. detective sean hayden got the call on the radio. drive tout to rustic majesca canyon southeast of the city of orange. >> we didnt know what to think. this is very rural area. no one would be out here mountain biking or hiking. this is way off...

>> no, we are absolutely not. maintained practice tonic friends. >> you never told lucy that you had a crush on her? >> no. i never said that. >> you never said you were in love with her? >> no, never said that either. >> you werent obsessed with her? >> no, i was not obsessed with her. >> the plastic surgery? his choice, he says, thought done for maribel. and the computer search of the area where maribels body was found? k.c. says he didnt do it, someone else did, by remotely accessing the same...

Earlier maribel had called police to say she was in danger, and afraid for her life. what was it, or who was it, that had her so concerned? here again is josh mientkiewicz with mystery in orange county. >> by now, posters blanket the city of orange. maribel ramos was missing and her family was frantic. >> as soon as i got the call she didnt show up for her baseball game, i got the worst feeling in the world. >> putting himself out there with all the rest was maribels roommate, k.c. joy. >> shes ...

The answers in your heart, that you do and that you should share them -- >> ill go. >> so once again k.c. joy walked out of the interview room. he didnt get far. this time he was arrested and charged with the murder of maribel ramos. the woman he had loved who had not loved him. when he was taken into custody, k.c. joy was wearing maribels dog tags. k.c. joy pleaded not guilty and in july 2014, a year after maribel vanished, he went on trial for her murder. >> miss maribel ramos. maribel is no l...