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Sick before." >> reporter: nick, taken to the hospital too. steve isolating at home. their father with no symptoms. hes had to keep his distance, but hes proud of their resilience. >> the tough thing is not being able to be with them. >> reporter: tonight were happy to report leo is going home. through the hospital doors. >> there we go. >> reporter: tonight, this message. >> one of the things that we learned during the scouts and when i became an eagle scout is not to give up even though someti...

Explained how that evidence put steven and harvey together on the far side of catalina island. after which, steven vanished and harvey told conflicting stories about where he supposedly went. >> i think the most damning evidence in this regard was the fact that despite having a history of calling mr. williams on the telephone over the years that they knew each other, he never called his phone one time after the day the victim went missing. >> reporter: but that didnt mean harvey killed steven, t...

Kind of sealed this whole case together. >> reporter: but though the gps evidence told detectives where harveys boat was the day steven was killed, how could they be sure harvey and steven were together on the boat at precisely that time? >> electronic data is fascinating nowadays. very fascinating. our cell phones, we can also follow that signature. we were lucky again. >> reporter: lucky this time because of blackjack. blackjack cell tower, catalina island, where both harvey and stevens cell p...

Thought was a common goal, the whole time stealing from him and ultimately taking what was most precious, his life. you worship a false god, the god of arrogance, ego and greed. today our nightmare ends. today yours really begins. >> reporter: harvey was sentenced to life without parole. after which his now ex-wife, debbie, invited us down to the pier where she took harveys fake engagement ring and the other costume jewelry hed given her and -- >> i threw them into the water as a tribute to stev...

In the spring of 2006 exdeejay was ready, eager. any day now hed be ready to setoff and sail around the world. and suddenly without saying a word to any of his lifelong friends he vanished. >> i was worried sick. and we were all kind of having the same angst that -- that he had just dropped off the radar completely. >> reporter: his friends called each other, compared notes. no one had seen steven for weeks. >> so i called harvey. and i said, "hey, harvey. were all really concerned about steven....

Roughly. >> i have no idea. it was over a period of a long time. >> and so we wanted to key in on him. how much money did you have? how much money did you spend? where did the money come from? and things of that nature. he was very vague. it became pretty frustrating. >> did you set up stevens trust fund? >> you lost me. >> did you set up stevens trust fund? >> steven took care of his own stuff. >> did you ever help steven with his finances after his fathers estate sold? >> ask steven. >> okay. ...

And what he said was a $125,000 diamond ring he slipped on her finger when he proposed? a fake. >> it was cubic zirconium. >> reporter: just who was that man she married and believed she loved? >> i dont think harvey even liked me. you know, love is not only blind, in my instance its also deaf and dumb. >> reporter: but devastating as those lies were, debbie couldnt bring herself to believe harvey could kill. >> i never once thought it would, it would be harvey that would have hurt steven. >> re...

The hit denver-based radio show "steven b and the hawk." >> say, step over here and say a few words to the radio people around the country. >> well, i think we can keep this short and simple. get a real job. >> he was really at his professional zenith in denver. >> reporter: doug johnson and steven were friends for more than 30 years. they were the guys that really pioneered two-man morning radio. they were funny. they were great writers. they were great comedians. >> weve been over here at kpke...

Past, we -- there was some speculation that he would go south and he had some dealings in belize before and we believed thats possibly where he was heading. >> reporter: so they put out feelers, belize, the virgin islands, harveys old haunts down there. but the trail went cold. stevens murder apparently unsolvable. >> coming up, a mysterious stranger surfaces hundreds of miles away. >> she was very sure of himself to the point of looking smug. the more he would talk, the more intrigued i became....

Steven thought that was awesome. >> reporter: steven soon became fast friends with harvey and his wife, debbie. >> whatd you think of steven? >> he was so funny. and he had such a great love of music. and he loved to cook. and i thought, "oh, this mans going to be perfect to go on the boat with us." >> reporter: ah yes, the boat. harvey had it docked at the l.a. yacht club. a 69-foot beauty called the "iolair mara." harvey and debbie had big plans for that boat. theyd talked about it ever since ...