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And he also had a bad feeling about everything. >> it sounds like you were taking this pretty seriously from the get-go. >> absolutely. >> why couldnt she be off by herself, or with some other friends, or maybe she lost her phone or forgot to call? >> that was our hope, that she was just missing, that she would come walking through the door. but her family and friends expressed that she was very responsible. >> and nobodys heard from her? >> nobody. >> so ramirez and his team went into action. t...

Person the cops couldnt stop looking at, the first person to report maribel missing, her roommate, k.c. joy. >> this is not an emergency. i have a roommate. shes 36 years old and she didnt come home last night. >> he was also the last to see her alive. >> i felt she most likely was dead. i felt there was a high probability mr. joy was responsible for it and he knew a lot more than he was telling us. >> so detective ramirez became k.c. joys shadow, appearing in the morning, and then later by moon...

>> no. >> here, k.c. is google mapping a place that no one had searched. watch as he zooms in to that area with that tree. >> that tree didnt figure in the investigation in any way? >> not in any stretch of the imagination. >> no one had searched there? >> no. >> no reason for that to be in the paper or anywhere else? >> no. its out in a remote canyon location. >> but hes looking at it. >> yes, yes. >> by the time k.c. was walking out of the library that afternoon, police were already headed to ...

>> good, good. >> detective ramirez already knew the answers to some of them. >> when you say work, she works at? >> fullerton. >> cal state fullerton? >> yeah. >> and to some he didnt. >> did you have any marks on your legs or anything? >> no. >> well, let me just ask you, do you have any injuries on your legs? >> no. >> you have no injuries on your legs whatsoever? >> no, i dont have any. >> okay. >> then ramirez showed up again that night. >> k.c. joy, just a couple of quick questions for you...

Right away. >> police needed to see exactly what k.c. joy was doing on those library computers. that would require a very unusual plan. they obtained a search warrant allowing them to watch in realtime every move made on the computer. this is a recording of k.c.s actual computer keystrokes and mouse clicks. thats k.c. checking his e-mail. thats k.c. applying for a job. thats k.c. typing in how long does it take a body to decay. suspicious maybe, but not enough. and then he did this. >> he pulled...

Joy. >> werent the police out to your house recently because you had an argument? >> wed been drinking that night. she started yelling at me. >> k.c. said it was just a drunken misunderstanding. >> i dont like you, im not attracted to you. i said, maribel, we had a great time tonight. whats the problem? >> what was the problem? detective ramirez heard from maribels family something very interesting. k.c. joy had wanted to be more than just roommates with maribel ramos. lucy told us the same thin...

I dont know anything about it. what blood? you tell me. >> he tried backing k.c. into a corner about what might be found on k.c.s hard drive. >> the good thing is if theres anything that you ever deleted that you wish you hadnt, we should be able to help you out with that. >> youre hoping hes going to think to himself, okay, everything ive deleted theyre going to see. >> right. >> didnt work. >> didnt work. we were swinging and missing regularly on a daily basis. >> k.c. joy was willing to talk ...

Time. you go exactly -- we pick up other things, we pick up fishing line all the time, you go there. fishing line. >> can i see? >> fishing lines. >> those are from fishing lines? >> no, no. i will explain. >> k.c. explained he was walking the dogs when he saw a fishing line in a bush. worrying about the ducks in the park getting caught in the line, he reached in to remove it and got all those scratches. >> youve been around long enough, you can tell the difference between scratches that a perso...

>> he didnt have family of his own so he kind of attached himself to yours? >> yeah. >> but they werent boyfriend and girlfriend? >> no. >> even so, in photos, maribel and k.c. seemed to be having a great time. they even went on a cruise together. soon, police would be talking with k.c. joy. >> do you have a business card, sir? >> yeah. >> so i keep track of names straight. >> yeah, thats a good idea. >> formalities over, detective ramirez started asking about maribel. >> as you know, right now,...

>> and that says to you he was in a fight? >> it does. >> when was the last time you guys had any sort of an argument? >> actually that thursday. >> this thursday? >> that was the last night anyone saw maribel, the night she was caught on camera paying the rent, which k.c. said was what they were arguing about. >> well, what happened? tell me about that. >> because i was -- im supposed to move out. >> it turned out k.c. had recently lost his job and could no longer pay his share of the rent. mar...