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>> >> now after four trials, the final verdict is in. >> im not guilty. i didnt do >> hello and welcome to dateline. cal harris seem to have it all. a beautiful family, a successful business, and a big house on a lake. but all was not as it seemed. it was september 11th, 2001, as the world witnessed the tragedies unfolding in new york, washington, d.c., and pennsylvania. the harris family was struck by heartbreak much closer to home. cals wife michelle had disappeared. here with the ho...

>> yeah. >> it was here in this path of paradise, said cal, that he woke up one morning, years ago, to find that his wife, michelle, wasnt home. she had gone to work the evening before, didnt come back. mary harriss cows aunt. >> he didnt know where she was until he found out what happens. >> she woke up, and she wasnt there. >> yes, and honestly, he didnt, it wasnt something he seems comfortable talking about a lot. i think it was very emotional for him. >> she was gone. gone without warning. h...

>> reporter: family and friends stepped in, took care of his small kids, who began a weekly ritual visiting dad in prison. taylor, the eldest. >> you go and see him two hours a week and a bunch of other people talking and its loud and cant really have a private conversation. leaving was definitely the hardest part for us. i mean, he held it together well. >> reporter: what was it like driving? >> it was quiet. >> reporter: watching his kids walk away week after week, said cal, was unimaginably h...

>> reporter: i cant imagine. >> opening presents, playing with the new things you get. >> reporter: i cant think of a a more ideal place to have christmas. did it feel like that at the time? >> yeah. >> reporter: it was here in this patch of paradise, said cal, that he woke up one morning, years ago, to find that his wife michelle wasnt home. she had gone to work the evening before and didnt come back. mary harris is cals aunt. >> she didnt know where she was and didnt know what had happened. >>...

Time? >> yeah. >> reporter: it was here in this patch of paradice, said cal, that he woke up one morning, years ago, to find that his wife michelle wasnt home. she had gone to work the evening before and didnt come back. mary harris is cals aunt. >> he didnt know where she was and didnt know what had happened. >> reporter: woke up and she wasnt there? >> and honestly he didnt -- it wasnt something he seemed comfortable talking about a lot. i think it was very emotional for him. >> reporter: she ...

Driving? >> it was quiet. >> reporter: watching his kids walk away week after week, said cal, was unimaginably hard. >> it was the worst. i went back to my cell and just laid there for hours and hours and just closed my eyes and tried to block it out. >> reporter: three years rolled by. then came a day in october 2012 when cal harris found himself crying for joy in the prison yard. coming up. >> its rare, though. this is really rare. >> yes. >> a new chance at freedom and new urgency from the ...

>> it was here in this patch of paradise, said cal, that he woke up one morning years ago to find that his wife, michele, wasnt home. she had gone to work the evening before, didnt come back. mary harris is cals aunt. >> he didnt know where she was and didnt know what had happened. >> he woke up and she wasnt there. >> and honestly he didnt -- it wasnt something that he seemed comfortable talking about a lot. i think it was very emotional for him. >> she was gone. gone without warning. her frien...

Bunch of other people talking and its loud and cant really have a private conversation. that was the hardest part for us, i mean, we held it together well. >> what was it like driving home? >> it was quiet. >> watching his kids walk away, week after week, said cal, was unimaginably hard. >> that was the worst. i went back to my cell and just laid there for hours and hours and just closed my eyes and tried to block it out. >> three years rolled by, but then came a day in october, 2012, when cal h...

Two hours a week and you got a budge of other people talking and its loud and cant really have a private conversation. that was the hardest part for us, i mean, we held it together well. >> what was it like driving home? >> it was quiet. >> watching his kids walk away, week after week, said cal, was unimaginably hard. >> that was the worst. i went back to my cell and just laid there for hours and hours and just closed my eyes and tried to block it out. >> three years rolled by, but then came a d...

That was definitely the hardest part for us. i mean, he held it together well but -- >> reporter: what was it like driving home? >> quiet. >> reporter: watching his kids walk away week after week, said cal, was unimaginably hard. >> that was the worst. i went back to my cell and just laid there for hours and hours and just closed my eyes and tried to block it out. >> reporter: three years rolled by. but then came a day in october, 2012, when cal harris found himself crying for joy in the prison ...