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>> hi, mom. >> this woman had gone out to get the mail and disappeared in her pyjamas >> the case was never closed. >> it was consuming all of us. >> the individual was wearing a baseball cap, hoodie with the hood pulled up and large mirrored sunglasses. >> oh, my gosh, did this really happen? >> im like, no, dude, i cant do this. there was a scream. a drop of blood came from her nose. >> it was like a game. he was a part of this game. >> were done with the games. it needs to stop. it ...

Marriage. >> reporter: to say that venus parents were a little surprised by the turn of events is an understatement. >> she showed up. she was married and we were dumbfounded. >> reporter: all very sudden but dustin jasper, venus older brother, got along okay with his new brother-in-law. they both liked outdoorsy stuff. >> we went hunting together, fishing together. weve always had a pretty good relationship. >> reporter: it was a year after their quickie wedding that doug left the marines to ke...

Baptized in 2009 at the age of 30. in the first days after her disappearance, dustin would need his faith to believe shed be found soon, and alive. but he also still had hope and his own theory, that doug was holding her hostage. >> i figured it was another desperate attempt of his to try to get her back. since she wasnt having contact with him and stuff, he probably wanted to try to manipulate her and coax her into coming back to him. >> reporter: but police feared the worst and began looking f...

>> the last call he made before shutting off his phone was to doug stewart. >> reporter: then they both turned off their phones, except ricky briefly turned his back on. good for the investigation, bad for ricky. >> his phone hit off a tower just north of dougs apartment later that morning. >> reporter: so hes not in delaware. hes all the way down in coastal virginia? >> correct. >> reporter: ricky then told the detectives that hed recently learned from doug that something happened to his wife. ...

By then, doug had moved out of the couples newport news apartment and returned to michigan. so larry mccomb headed south. >> the people that ran the apartment complex where she lived called us and they said theres all kinds of stuff like the kids toys, pictures. would you be interested, and well send them to you? i said, ill come and get them. and i went down and got all the girls toys. i got all the pictures that i could find. that was very painful. >> reporter: he found comfort, though, from v...

Despite everyone elses portrait of venus as mom of the year, doug pushed negative venus stuff on ricky, telling him how she smacked around their older daughter. >> how did that make you feel? >> i felt bad for him. he was saying, like, "if only, you know, someone could be my alibi." im like, "no, dude, i cant -- i cant do this." >> reporter: doug kept ratcheting up his stories of abuse, concluding with the most graphic one -- venus had tried to choke one of the girls. >> "ricky, if i wasnt there...

>> venus hoped and prayed for two little girls. i hoped and prayed for two healthy babies. we both got our wish. >> reporter: so did venus like being a mom? >> oh, she loved being a mom. that was her number one priority. >> reporter: but stay-at-home mom wasnt in the picture for venus, not right away. they were too reliant on her check from the bank since she was the familys bigger breadwinner. so you became mr. mom? >> absolutely. and it was -- best years of my life. >> reporter: when he kicked...

>> okay. have you tried calling her or anything? >> yeah, we cant get hold of her. >> reporter: larry also called his wife, therese, who was already at her restaurant job. her co-workers tried to calm her down. >> and they said, "oh, she probably just went around the block.” and i just looked at everybody and said, "get a grip, my daughter doesnt do that stuff.” and i said, "im out out of here.” and i went out the door, and i was shaking the whole way home. >> reporter: trooper aaron steen...