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He didnt even know what he was fishing for. he didnt know what bait he was using. and he didnt have any gear that was really meant to be fishing in the bay. keith morrison : brocchini also wondered, why had scott bought a fishing license days before, if he didnt know he was going to fish that day? al brocchini: theres a receipt dated december 20th. thats when he bought his fishing license. keith morrison: but then he said it was a last-minute decision. al brocchini: he said, it was just that day. that-- the-- the last-minute decision. so-- keith morrison: so that didnt quite jibe? al brocchini...

Ive fished at berkeley marina lots of times. and ive probably got four or five of them on my dashboard right now. but i dont know what made him decide to, okay, im done fishing. ill take it off my dashboard and then ill put it in my pocket in case i need it for later. i dont know. but that just-- keith morrison: mm-hm. al brocchini: --he was ready. prepared. keith morrison : scott said the fish werent biting that christmas eve afternoon, so he headed back to modesto, and got home around four thirty, where he found the dog with the leash attached. an unlocked back door, but no laci. scott peter...

Was just a romantic guy. jon buehler: we couldnt rule that out at all. keith morrison : and there was this -- under the circumstances, the very day laci disappeared, why was he almost obsessively fastidious when they searched his pickup truck? al brocchini: he was worried about the wrong things. im searching his truck. and i open the door, and it bangs into the land rover. he was right up there and he goes, al, and he has a glove, ill hold this or ill move my truck. but, you know, i actually-- i wrote it in my police report, because im like, thats weird. keith morrison : these werent hard fact...

>> reporter: and there was this, under the circumstances, the very day laci disappeared, why was he almost obsessively fastidious when they searched his pickup truck? >> he was worried about the wrong things. i'm searching his truck. and i open the door, and it bangs into the land rover. he was right up there, he goes, "al," and he has a glove, i'll hold this or i'll move my truck. but you know, i wrote it in my police report, because i'm like, "that's weird." >> reporter: these weren't hard facts of evidence of course. just a rising damp of suspicion. things like when did scott get a boat? >>...

They did a grid search, meaning they would've -- they would've been in eye contact and walked this whole area. >> reporter: brocchini and his partner jon buehler had a feeling from the start, laci peterson missing wasn't going to end well. >> because she didn't lead an at-risk lifestyle. she didn't hang around at the bars. and she wasn't out two-timing him or doing anything like that. i mean, she was a girl that was just ecstatic, from everything that i learned about her of being a mother. >> reporter: so she wasn't someone who would just walk away, and yet in the anxiety, hope. an idea formed...