>> but wait. one witness, a 911 caller, did say he saw a man slapping a woman and gabby did tell an officer that brian laundrie hit her. >> did he hit you, though? it's okay if you're saying you hit him, but we want to know the truth if he actually hit you, because, you know -- >> i love her, it's a little squabble. i'm sorry it went to public. >> at least one officer started explaining away brian laundrie's actions. >> he does have marks on him that witnesses say were caused by you slapping him. and that even you say you slapped him and we're addressing him first. and i don't have anyone saying he punched you aggressively, it sounds like it was shoving in a manner that was probably more consistent with preventing you from entering the van, not to assail you, if that makes sense. >> there are some people who believe that this was a chance for an intervention or a missed opportunity for an intervention. maybe the result would have been