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>> but they did not. no debbie hawk, not anywhere. >> there were some drag marks, some kind of smear marks leading out to the garage where they stopped. >> and debbies van was gone, too. >> my initial reaction was, oh, my god. what has happened? who could have done this? >> sure. the girls ran to a neighbors house. conrad called 911. >> we are in my moms room n the bathroom, there is blood on the carpet. after the initial shock i start to be reasonable and think, lets not overreact here. clearly...

>> the key was waiting for them under the mat, that evening in june, 2006, outside their moms house. silence. no one home. where was she? she was always on time to pick them up from their dads place. but tonight he had to drive them. this just wasnt like her. where was she? conrad, the eldest, put the key in the lock, opened the door, chelsa, in the middle, crossed the threshold, stopped. what was this? >> once we took a few more steps in we realized there was something wrong. >> this was the mo...

Couldnt find the evidence to arrest him. dave remained a free man, something that made his own son, conrad, very nervous. >> my suspicion was growing stronger and stronger. >> conrad told the police about the night after his mother was found missing, when he saw his dad was sharing a bottle of win with his girlfriend. >> they opened it, toasted, and at the time, i thought my father and his girlfriend had really poor taste. >> they spent that summer on the outs after quite some time of not gettin...

>> instead, a year after debbie vanished, dave was charged with embezzling, stealing more than $300,000 from his own childrens trust funds. he pleaded not guilty, was released on bail. >> dave, how does it feel to be out of jail? >> and waited for the other shoe to drop. now, imagine this, the police, not to mention most of the town, believed their father killed their mother leaving three children caught in the middle. conrad had no doubt his dad killed his mom, a dad he began referring to as da...

Was about to boil over. >> kids were 9, 8 and 4 when the divorce was finalized in 2000. young conrad, chelsa and savannah learned how to navigate the choppy waters known all too well of children of divorce. >> they just couldnt talk to each other really. i tried to step in and help resolve that. >> you were kind of the mediator in a way. >> yeah. >> kind of a tough role for a kid to play, isnt it? >> it was easier to be the mediator than have them yelling at each other on the phone. >> living ap...

About something he supposedly said to his girlfriend about debbie. dave said we wont be rid of that fing bitch until he is dead. >> i might have. but i dont remember that. and that certainly does not mean that im going to go kill somebody. >> there was his own son conrad who after all believed he was guilty and told police he saw dave and girlfriend mary share a celebratory toast after debbies disappearance. conrad, said dave, just didnt get it. >> whenever we open a bottle of wine, we always ra...

Impetus for the acceleration, i guess you would say, of the relationship. >> though debbies big sister wasnt sure what she saw in him. >> he seemed very quiet. very opposite of my sister. >> then before long conrad arrived and chelsa and savannah. >> i still remember christmass where my brother and i would run around and deliver gifts to everybody. everybody was getting along. those were some happy memories there. >> sadly, a lot of unhappy ones, too. >> pretty much from when i can remember, fig...

Familys almond groves. >> i think they both wanted to have a family. i think that was like the impetus for the acceleration, i guess you would say, of the relationship. >> though debbies big sister wasnt sure what she saw in him. >> he seemed very quiet. very opposite of my sister. >> then before long conrad arrived and chelsa and savannah. >> i still remember christmases where my brother and i would run around and deliver all the gifts to everybody. everybody was getting along. definitely some ...

>> but they did not. no debbie hawk, not anywhere. >> there were some drag marks, some kind of smear marks leading out to the garage where they stopped. >> and debbies van was gone, too. >> my initial reaction was, oh, my god. what has happened? who could have done this? >> sure. the girls ran to a neighbors house. conrad called 911. >> were in my moms room and her bathroom, and theres blood on the carpet. >> after the initial shock of it, i start to be reasonable and think, wait a minute, lets ...

Willing to admit early on. >> even at that age i could definitely see, yeah, the water was about to boil over. >> kids were 9, 8 and 4 when the divorce was finalized in 2000. young conrad, chelsa and savannah learned how to navigate the choppy waters known all too well by children of divorce. >> they just couldnt talk to each other really. i tried to step in and help resolve that. >> you were kind of the mediator in a way. >> yeah. >> kind of a tough role for a kid to play? >> i think it was eas...