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Physically? >> yes, but not in a direct way. he would say, "boo, i know where you are. it's not gonna be for long." >> reporter: the same way he'd threatened tonia. >> tonia, you enjoy your time left on this earth. okay? because that's what it's gonna come down to. >> i went into hiding. i bought a dark wig. changed my clothes. got a rental car. stayed in different hotels. i went everywhere that he wouldn't suspect. >> reporter: how long did that go on? >> six months. >> reporter: wow. >> yeah. >> reporter: now, stories john had told her before she left played over and over in debra's worried ...

Physically? >> yes, but not in a direct way. he would say, "boo, i know where you are. it's not gonna be for long." >> reporter: the same way he'd threatened tonia. >> tonia, you enjoy your time left on this earth. okay? because that's what it's gonna come down to. >> i went into hiding. i bought a dark wig. changed my clothes. got a rental car. stayed in different hotels. i went everywhere that he wouldn't suspect. >> how long did that go on? >> six months. >> wow. >> yeah. >> reporter: now, stories john had told her before she left played over and over in debra's worried mind. disturbing sto...

Set it on fire. >> did he threaten you physically? >> yes, but not in a direct way. he would say, "boo, i know where you are. it's not gonna be for long." >> reporter: the same way he'd threatened tonia. >> tonia you enjoy your time left on this earth, okay? because that's what it's gonna come down to. >> i went into hiding. i bought a dark wig -- changed my clothes, got a rental car, stayed in different hotels. i went everywhere that he wouldn't suspect. >> how long did that go on? >> six months. >> wow. >> yeah. >> reporter: now, stories john had told her before she left played over and over...

And i think that was one of them. >> reporter: eight years ago michelle and travis welcomed a son into the world, but very early their child was insisting she was a girl. >> she chose her name when she was very young. it just felt right to her. >> how old was she when she did that? >> about two and a half three. >> young. >> very young. >> reporter: melissa drew pictures of herself as a princess with long hair then one halloween a family friend gave her a long dark wig. she was six. >> she put it on and she started to kind of pose and realizing, hmm, this matches. >> when you looked in the mir...

We were talking this morning, angela williams who wrote this segment, so funny on the show how you would play your evil cousin or an evil character, but just wear the dark wig. >> my evil sister. >> yes, but it just meant by wearing a dark wig it turned you evil. >> i acted it. >> and you looked about how far. this morning, though, the producers -- we were talking about the iconic theme song that goes with the television show. >> it won an emmy. >> i don't do you think the show was so endearing for so many fans and for so long? >> well, it's comedy, it's fantasy, and it -- we're all in uniform...