just like veronica. she even wanted her new family to adopt more kids. >> well, what about this other m girl, mom? she's there. and she's really having a hard time. i think we should bring her home.s it was -- >> reporter: she was really becoming your daughter in a way, huh?mi >> yeah. >> reporter: veronica eventually divorced and remarried. she and her new husband james settled here, in riverton, utah, a quiet suburb of salt lake city.le annie had james wrapped around her finger. >> i took her with me to help me pick out her mother's k valentine's day gift. and there was a shoe store right across the way. she had a way with me. she could talk me into just about anything.wa and one of them was her favorite shoes that she found. and she was so excited about them.s and they were a red pair of shoes. >> reporter: just a few weeks later, march 10, 2012. w annie, now 15, was watching her brothers while veronica and james went out for dinner. >> and then when we came home, everything seemed the same. i mean, annie had changed from running around the house in shorts to jeans. and i just kind of chalked thatu up to, okay, she's gotten cold.