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Soon became a friend as well as a sort of personal and office assistant. and together elisa and larry enjoyed the high life. >> she was into the same thing that larry loved, and style. and they went and bought viper cars together. >> they also shared larrys newest passion, quarter horses. >> larry would show horses and show himself, which fit in with larry looking good and feeling good. >> larry could do more of what he liked while young sarah pitched it to help elisas running of the business en...

>> there was never a hair out of place. there wasnt dust on his desk. his pen was always in the same spot. >> larrys daughter tavia was crazy about him, in awe of his type-a personality, his joy of life, his courtroom presence. >> i loved to go to the courtroom and watch my dad. it was mesmerizing to me. >> he commanded the place. >> he was completely confident, not an ounce of shyness. he commanded the courtroom. >> ive been a trial lawyer for over 20 years. >> larrys longtime friend, fred atch...

Vanishes and you think they took a greyhound and went to nevada. >> he began by taking a good, hard look at elisa. >> she was a person out of a 40s film noir movie in that she was a stunner physically, everyone said that, but more importantly she had a control over men that just amazed me. she was able to say jump and the men would say how high? >> it certainly seemed true for larry, so said his old friend, fred atchison. >> she was controlling him to the extent that she was keeping him away fro...

This doesnt sound right. why do the stories keep changing? >> october arrived, still no larry. thanksgiving. then december he was always with his family on his birthday, but still no sign of larry mcnabney. >> i didnt get a good feeling. and what i worried about was had something gone wrong and dad was scared and he took off? >> had larry offended the wrong person? tavia had a friend in law enforcement who told her -- >> you have to look at it two ways. if hes in hiding, hes not going to be happ...

>> by then, said fred, larry had discovered ample reason to stop trusting elisa. >> he couldnt keep his wallet in his pants. >> he told you that? >> yeah. she would steal money out of his wallet. he had to hide his wallet in his own house. >> turned out she was also stealing from the law firm. >> she had ripped him off. >> for how much? any idea? >> over $100,000. >> larry told fred all about his troubles with elisa, and yet he kept her around, not like he hasnt divorced women before, but not th...

Loved being in control. >> there was never a hair out of place. there wasnt dust on his desk. his pen was always in the same spot. >> larrys daughter tavia was crazy about him, in awe of his type-a personality, his joy of life, his courtroom presence. >> not an ounce of shyness. he commanded the courtroom. >> ive been a trial lawyer for over 20 years. >> larrys longtime friend, fred atchison. >> he could open 50 files a month in personal injury litigation, which made him a rich man. >> but nobod...

Importantly she had a control over men that just amazed me. she was able to say jump and the men would say how high? >> it certainly seemed true for larry, so said his old friend, fred atchison. >> she was controlling him to the extent that she was keeping him away from his family and his former friends. >> did that include the relationship he had with you? >> no question about it. >> you find yourself shut out. >> yeah. >> so did larrys daughter, tavia. >> elisa completely cut me out of the pic...

Larry, and he was in love. >> and he said shes just fun and vivacious. shes young and its just -- we have a good time. >> tavia didnt stand in the way. she wanted her dad to be happy. >> we welcomed the new person in. its my dad, so i didnt want anything that would inhibit me from spending time with him. >> and he really cared for this woman? >> he did. >> larry and elisa thrived both personally and professionally. they got married. elisa became his office manager. they opened up a firm in sacra...

Thanksgiving. then december he was always with his family on his birthday, but still no sign of larry mcnabney. >> i didnt get a good feeling. and what i worried about was had something gone wrong and dad was scared and he took off? >> had larry offended the wrong person? tavia had a friend in law enforcement who told her -- >> you have to look at it two ways. if hes in hiding, hes not going to be happy you found him because obviously hes hiding for a reason. or somethings happened to him. >> me...

Gravitated toward it. >> he was an attorney with a case load who just disappeared. this isnt someone whos a homeless person who just vanishes and you think they took a greyhound and went to nevada. >> testa began by taking a good hard look at elisa. >> she was a person out of a 40s film noir movie in that she was a stunner physically, everyone said that, but more importantly she had a control over men that just amazed me. she was able to say jump and the men would say how high? >> it certainly s...