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that was surreal, kind of, just an ache in the heart. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it was one of the most baffling cases investigators had ever seen. >> this tops the charts for most bizarre. >> no one can believe that this actually happened. >> a single mom and a smart computer whiz who seemed to disappear. >> i am starting to get text messages saying that she which her job. >> she had something down in kansas. >> left behind a puzzling computer trail. >> emails, text messages, so active on social ...

messages saying that she which her job. >> she had something down in kansas. >> left behind a puzzling computer trail. >> emails, text messages, so active on social media. nobody can locator. >> she did not want to be found. >> exactly. >> a mom turned ghost. was she missing? or hiding? >> i wanted to know. taunts, threats, violence -- >> my leg is soaked with blood. oh, jesus. >> a deadly mystery that would lead three moms and one man. >> you were the last one to see her? >> it was as...

Computer trail. Emails, Text Messages, so active on social media. Nobody can locator. She did not want to be found. Exactly. A mom turned ghost. Was she missing . Or hiding . I wanted to know. Taunts, threats, violence my leg is soaked with blood. Oh, jesus. A deadly mystery that would lead three moms and one man. You were the last one to see her . It was as if i had already done something, and he already knew it. He was a drilling me with the ironies. It was almost an obsession to get it solved...

an ache in the heart. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it was one of the most baffling cases investigators had ever seen. >> this tops the charts for most bizarre. >> no one can believe that this actually happened. >> a single mom and a whip smart computer whiz who seemed to disappear. >> i am starting to get text messages saying that she which her job. >> she had something down in kansas. >> left behind a puzzling computer trail. >> emails, text messages, so active on social media. nobody can locate he...

After it started, dave was starting home from a shop. >> i come into the parking lot. and i noticed the truck there, because it still had all the snow on. and when i got close, i said, i was just an explorer. its the right color. so, i called the sheriff and said, im pretty sure i found her truck. >> he was right. it was caris suv, still half buried in the snow. >> they impounded it. we had a crime scene tech process it. and it was really clean. >> they did a thorough investigation? >> yeah, the...

Right back to liz golyar. meanwhile, detectives doty and avis busied themselves with good old fashioned earth-bound evidence. remember that one unidentified fingerprint found in a mint container in caris otherwise spotless s.u.v.? >> we asked our -- crime scene tech, "hey, can you compare that fingerprint to the known prints of liz. see what you come up with." >> reporter: it was a match. >> this lady who should have had very little interaction with cari should -- had no reason to ever be in her...

Driving home from his shop -- >> im coming through the parking lot and i notice the truck there, because it still had all the snow on it. and when i got up close im like, "oh, its an explorer. oh, its the right color. hmm." so i called the sheriff and said, "im pretty sure i found her truck." >> reporter: he was right. it was caris suv, still half buried in the snow. >> they impounded it. we had a crime scene tech process it. and it was really clean. >> they did a thorough investigation. >> yeah...

That would stop at nothing to get what she wanted. >> reporter: liz waived her right to a jury trial. a judge would hear the evidence. the prosecutors laid it out methodically; caris blood in the car, lizs fingerprint on the mint container in the car, the emails that read like confessions, the vast trove of digital forensics. they even tracked down a purchase on caris bank card made after she vanished, a walmart receipt. >> one of the items was a shower curtain. >> reporter: yeah. >> and that sh...