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day. thats what made me nervous. >> they had a secret plan. >> -- >> and you are wearing a wire? >> yes. >> to solve that baffling case. a college student on a friday night out who vanished. >> she is a very shy girl. but she was something special. >> the possible suspects? just about everyone. the friend, the boyfriend. the mysterious older man. even her mom. >> i was shocked that they even suspected me. >> so why were police that a dead end? enter this guy. >> do you see things other...

>> -- >> and you are wearing a wire? >> yes. >> to solve that baffling case. a college student on a friday night out who vanished. >> she is a very shy girl. but she was something special. >> the possible suspects? just about everyone. the friend, the boyfriend. the mysterious older man. even her mom. >> i was shocked that they even suspected me. >> so why were police that a dead end? enter this guy. >> do you see things other cops dont say? >> phenomenal. >> they call him the evidence...

>> phenomena. >> they call him the evidence whisper. ♪♪ >> hello. the college student vanished after a night out clubbing. nancy thought she was out sleeping with friends. it would take years for detectives to uncover the truth buried in a pile of lies but could they find lynsie. here is the night lynsie disappears. >> reporter: sometimes the facts are as clear as the southern california skies. other times you have to know where to look to see the truth. this man has made a career ...

About everyone. The friend, the boyfriend, the mysterious older man. Even her mom. I was shocked that they even suspected me. So why were police at a dead end . Enter this guy. He sees things other cops dont see . Phenomenal. They call him the evidence whisperer. Hes about to crack this case open before your eyes. The answer was in the details. It was right there. And you wont believe how. You walk out of there, thinking i spooked him. It worked. I was hoping. I wasnt quite sure. Hello. Welcome ...

Dont see . Phenomenal. They call him the evidence whisperer. Hes about to crack this case before your eyes. The answer was in the details. It was right there. And you wont believe how. You walk out of there thinking, i spooked him, it worked. I hoped. I wasnt quite sure. The night lynsie disappeared. Thanks for joining us. Im lester holt. Here is Josh Mankiewicz. Reporter sometimes the tracks are as clear as the sky, but other times you need to know where to look to see the truth. This man has m...

She wanted kareem to know about lynsie. nancy always know where she was, how they were best friends. it was a speech that kareem had known before. >> its typical with a lot of parents or family members when they report a missing person, sometimes they give you the idea that this is an idea like family life. because i think there is a fear that if they dont paint a very rosy picture of this person. we wont be sympathetic and look for them. >> that youre not gonna work? hard >> were not gonna work...

As normal as she could be. >> by the time that kim met lynsie, her dad and brothers had moved away. cam remembers a very tight family unit of just two. >> how close were lindsay and nancy? >> unbelievably. extremely. >> but as lynsie reached adolescence, that started changing. like a lot of teens, she wanted her own identity. she changed the spelling of her name. from this, to this. by high school, there were girlfriends. even some boyfriends. and by the time that she was 20, after so many years...

And welcome to dateline. 20 year old lindsey the told each other everything. or so her mother believed. when the college student vanished after a night out clubbing, nancy thought that she was at a sleep over with friends. and that wasnt the only thing that lindsey was hiding. it would take years for detectives to uncover the truth. in a pile of lies. but could they find lindsey? heres josh mankiewicz with the night lynsie disappeared. >> sometimes the facts are as clear as the southern californ...

A cold-case investigator helps police determine what happened to a missing woman.

Secret and lied about his name, and chris. >> in my heart it seems like she might be still alive. >> the last person known to have seen lynsie when he dropped her off at that corner. >> at that point, any idea on your part which of those two was the more likely suspect? >> no, i dont know until i get into it and see the details. >> youre no doubt aware that you have a reputation for believing that, i dont know, gods in the details but guilt is in the details? >> and innocence. >> guilty or innoc...