better be criminal. we don't even want to come out if you're just dead. if the patrolman doesn't know it's criminal, don't bother calling us. >> you've got enough to do. >> yeah. >> which explains perhaps why some of the locals have taken to calling their city dead middleton. >> our concern was, do we have a murder? because if we don't, this isn't our file. we have enough to work on. i mean, we have no indication of foul play. nothing, right? >> the missing person in this case was a guy with the name of johnny ulterior. 39, single, worked in the oil industry, like to ride motorcycles. unlucky with women. he had a wide circle of friends who are now telling police something kind of weird. i'll take her seem to have dropped off the face of the earth except for the strange emails he was sending. >> i've left with a woman, i'm going to costa rica. >> she was one of the recipients of the emails, his old friend, deborah tight grow. >> saying that he had met a wonderful girl name jen and he was going to costa rica and i