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>> he married the woman of his dreams, beautiful and sweet. >> she was just angelic. >> and was folded into her tight-knit family headed by an elderly religious matriarch. >> you were either part of their family or you weren't. together they had a little girl, sydney. >> when their marriage fell apart, her family closed ranks. >> in their view, sydney was their property. >> one day he went to pick up his little girl for a visit and was never seen alive again. >> he died right there. dad?ut who would kill a devoted the unbelievable choice, his golden girl wife or the gracious family m...

their family or you weren't. together they had a little girl, sydney. >> when their marriage fell apart, her family closed ranks. >> in their view, sydney was their property. >> one day he went to pick up his little girl for a visit and was never seen alive again. >> he died right there. >> but who would kill a devoted dad? the unbelievable choice, his golden girl wife or the gracious family matriarch? they seemed so loving, but was there another side. >> it's a monster that comes out of a closet. it's very ugly. >> how dark is that side? >> murderous. >> but which one was the killer...

He would talk about his kids at work. they all knew alex and sydney had a pretend bake session. he had animal crackers he was putting in the toy oven and playing with his kids. how many fathers do that? >> everyone thought stephen was such a great guy, such a great dad. who would kill him? ultimately mike vujovich, then with the state attorney's appellate prosecutors office and sergeant kelly walter, now a colonel with the illinois state police took over the investigation. they focused on a key question, who pulled the trigger. the forensic evidence was no help. >> was the weapon tested for dn...

The case dragged on for months. >> people all over the community are saying why hasn't there been an arrest. yes. i was hearing that a lot. >> as the case dragged on, the whodunit became the talk of the town. >> people are very, very aware of the killing in this community. >> bruce rushton covered the case for the springfield "register." >> any time we write about this in the newspaper, it's the most clicked on thing, or close to the most clicked on thing. it's a puzzler. it's almost a game of three card monte. >> rushton said no one thought stephen instigated the violence. everyone the report...

>> people all over the community are saying why hasn't there been an arrest. yes. i was hearing that a lot. >> as the case dragged on, the whodunit became the talk of the town. >> people are very, very aware of the killing in this community. >> bruce rushton covered the case for the springfield "register." >> any time we write about this in the newspaper, it's the most clicked on thing, or close to the most clicked on thing. it's a puzzle her. it's almost a game of three card monte. >> rushton said no one thought stephen instigated the violence. everyone the reporter spoke to had only good t...