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times. >> these are the early morning calls? >> yeah. and -- and i'm like, "whose number is this?" >> reporter: the worried parents suddenly found themselves playing detective in the very real case of their missing daughter. >> we googled the numbers trying to figure out what they went to. >> reporter: and they got a hit. the numbers heather dialed belonged to a man named sidney moorer. they figured that had to be the ex-boyfriend bri had mentioned earlier. >> and terry was like, "i'm gonna call. i'm just gonna call him." >> wow. >> i said, "terry, you can't call somebody in the middle of the night." >> reporter: he did anyway. on the other end, a man answered. the way terry recalls it, the man was not happy. >> i said, "you know, you don't know me." i said, "but i'm heather's father, heather elvis." and before i could get the next word out, i'm gettin' -- i'm gettin' cussed out left and right. >> like cussing about what? >> nothing. just -- just cussing. he's just -- you know, "don't [ bleep ] call me," you know? "i don't know what you're talkin' about. i don't know this person."