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>> in a quiet rural township in michigan, as october chilled into autumn, two young women prepared for the social event of the season. >> its gonna be great. there will be so many people. >> so they imagined. , so they hoped, in their naivete. then so many others of a particular demographic of the farms and in the small towns around moran county. >> it was a buildup that whole summer that we coordinate way to go to the halloween party. >> halloween! becky brinson and her friend chelsea...

>> i went with my best friend i consider my brother. >> he remembers two subjects harassing a female in the parking lot of the party. and at this time, they were, you know, shoving her around and pushing her around -- and pushing around -- assaulting this female, and that she was -- crying and yelling for help. he intervened and he fought these guys off and he helped chelsea up off the ground. and he actually got blood of chelseas on his shirt. >> could he describe her? >> he described her as ch...

Another reason? you know, did something happen and >> and did you have something? >> that youre -- and youre -- >> to do with it? >> coming forward, but you dont want to come forward and just be direct? this is your way of telling us that you possibly had something to do with chelseas disappearance? and he denied -- he denied, you know, doing >> reporter: they put some pressure on harlin. >> did you take that girl and do harm to her? >> no. no. >> did you take that girl and have sex with her? >>...

>> i was looking for like 5 to 15 minutes. walked back to the car and it was gone. >> so you went back out to the parking lot and the vehicle that you put her in was gone? >> and her too. >> the detectives knew chelsea bumped her nose at the party. so when harlin mentioned blood, that got their attention. >> so from where you picked her up there was a little bit of blood on your right shoulder. >> not this shirt. i was wearing, it was a different shirt i was wearing but yeah. im not saying it wa...

That you possibly had something to do with chelseas disappearance? and he denied -- he denied, you know, doing >> reporter: they put some pressure on harlin. >> did you take that girl and do harm to her? >> no. no. >> did you take that girl and have sex with her? >> no. >> did you rape her? >> no. >> did you kill her? >> no. >> and it was through more questioning and his story kind of got, you know, it wasnt makinsense at all. and thats when, you know, ultimately we asked him, "did you ever see ...