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She got progressively worse after the surgery. >> by thanksgiving, just six weeks after her surgery with weinberger, phyllis barnes was gasping for breath. repeated follow-up visits to the clinic brought no relief. pneumonia. one night to have her taken to the emergency room because she couldn't breathe. >> shawn barnes, phyllis' daughter, was only 16 at the time. >> she did end up pulling through, but it was a hard time to get through. >> within days of leaving the emergency room, phyllis was again gasping for breath. so in december 2001 she turned to another ear nose and throat doctor for re...

To meet with you. >> he never said that. >> he says he did. >> he never, ever asked me to come down. ever. >> instead, ellen mailed the detective some paperwork that she'd found in mike's desk, a western union money transfer from mike snyder to dave simmons in the amount of $200, a u-haul receipt with dave simmons' name and number, and a copy of mike's cell phone bill from december 2001, right before he disappeared, which showed a number of phone calls to that same telephone number. you gave detective wilson all the documentation you had on dave simmons. >> yes. >> unfortunately, ellen no long...

♪ >> reporter: let's go back to the night early december 2001, and stroll up the driveway of the gracious, rambling house in one of durham's better neighborhoods. michael and his wife kathleen are out back by the pool, as the story goes, finishing off a bottle of wine. in the living room, the christmas tree is already up, the grown peterson children expected home for the holiday. christmas was big for kathleen. >> oh, good lord. yes. and valentine's day and halloween -- she made a celebration out of everything, everything. >> reporter: kathleen's daughter caitlin, step-daughter to michael, ...

You covered for him. yes, indeed. josh mankiewicz: golden oldies, like wilson pickett's "634-5789," were the band's bread and butter. lead singer, al holland, used to perform with the platters. he said that whenever buck naked played, people would dance. we would pack the place every single friday and saturday night. and it would just be one very big party. most have been fun to be part of the big band in town. it was. oh yeah, it was. josh mankiewicz: the band was so hot, in fact, that jim huden eventually turned over the computer store to his top assistant, jean spender, so he could concentr...

Narrator: did your sister get better after the surgery? no, she got progressively worse after the surgery. narrator: by thanksgiving, just six weeks after her surgery with weinberger, phyllis barnes was gasping for breath. repeated follow-up visits to weinberger's clinic brought no relief. her family feared she might have pneumonia. sean barnes: i had to call the ambulance one night to have her taken to the emergency room because she couldn't breathe. narrator: sean barnes, phyllis' daughter, was only 16 at the time. she did end up pulling through, but it was a hard time to get through. within...