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Attractive to him. and then, as she got bigger, then he would say to her that nobody else would want her because she was so obese. >> reporter: and when heather finally achieved her unbelievable transformation, she confided to her friends that chris didn't have the reaction she expected. >> she told me, "chris wants me to gain the weight back." i said, "heather, that's a control technique, okay? he wants you to stay at home. he doesn't want you to get out there. he doesn't want anyone else looking at you." >> reporter: according to her best friend, melissa, heather said chris even brought fatt...

Then he would say to her that nobody else would want her because she was so obese. >> reporter: and when heather finally achieved her unbelievable transformation, she confided to her friends that chris didn't have the reaction she expected. >> she told me, "chris wants me to gain the weight back." i said, "heather, that's a control technique, okay? he wants you to stay at home. he doesn't want you to get out there. he doesn't want anyone else looking at you." >> reporter: according to her best friend, melissa, heather said chris even brought fatty foods to her, hoping she would pack the pounds...

But the question remained -- why? heather's friends provided a surprising answer. they were convinced heather's dramatic weight loss got her killed. do you think that heather would still be alive if she hadn't gone through this transformation and bettered herself? >> yes. >> reporter: heather's friends and family said over the course of their relationship, chris used heather's weight as a tool to control her. >> at the beginning, he wanted her to be bigger, that he felt like that would be more attractive to him. and then, as she got bigger, then he would say to her that nobody else would want ...

At her house that night, strangled her, and then burned her body in the woods. but the question remained -- why? heather's friends provided a surprising answer. they were convinced heather's dramatic weight loss got her killed. do you think that heather would still be alive if she hadn't gone through this transformation and bettered herself? >> yes. >> reporter: heather's friends and family said over the course of their relationship, chris used heather's weight as a tool to control her. >> at the beginning, he wanted her to be bigger, that he felt like that would be more attractive to him. and...

>> she told me, "chris wants me to gain the weight back." i said, "heather, that's a control technique, okay? he wants you to stay at home. he doesn't want you to get out there. he doesn't want anyone else looking at you." >> reporter: according to her best friend, melissa, heather said chris even brought fatty foods to her, hoping she would pack the pounds back on. >> he would go up to the school with food, and she would not want any part of it. >> reporter: with the sole purpose of trying to get her to gain weight? >> is what she had told me, yes. >> reporter: friends said the new and improv...