before we hang up the phone is i love you, son. >> if he was in trouble and had the ability to reach out to you, do you think he would have called you? don't you think he would have? >> absolutely. >> this case is unique. i've never seen anything like it. >> freelance investigative journalist stef watts followed from the beginning. >> they literally disappeared and nobody noticed for days. >> thursday, february 4th, 2010 began as an ordinary day in the mcstay home. >> that morning i spoke to gjoe on the phone. >> he didn't let on anything was wrong? >> no, nothing wrong, everything fine. >> he was planning on having a lunch meeting with a business associate around noon so he had to wrap up and get out of the house. >> summer spent the daycaring for the kids, overseeing their home renovation. did they have plans for that weekend? >> yeah, they had little joey's