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we are agonizing for these last two years. he was panicked, that turned into torment. i was concerned, she was hurt somewhere. i felt so helpless. >> kelly was always there for others. >> she liked to help people who needed help. >> there are, for her friends, for her country, -- >> this was a good fit for, her the army? >> she wanted to be an officer. >> her personal life was a little more complicated. d. >> were they talking divorce? >> kelli was. mike wasn't. >> had a new boyfriend. >> she was pretty fun. she's easy to talk to. >> and lately, she seemed to have an admirer. >> did ...

was estranged from her husband. >> were they talking divorce? >> kelli was. mike wasn't. >> had a new boyfriend. >> she was pretty fun. she's easy to talk to. >> and lately, she seemed to have an admirer. >> did he ask kelli for her phone number? >> yes. >> when she suddenly vanished, hundreds joined the search, including this perfect stranger. >> i said, i'd like to see if i could solve this. >> he was suspicious about one of the men in kelli's life. >> it is like, dude, i can tell you're lying. >> but getting the truth wouldn't be easy. >> i had to get into his mind, see what he wa...

>> the da didn't have any evidence to arrest holbert for kelli'ds disappearance, but he did discover holbert was violating the terms of his parole. >> he was a prior sex offender, and he was not registered properly and he was placed in jail. >> sex offender nicholas -- >> right where detectives wanted him. now they could watch holbert, see if he blabbed to a cell mate about what happened to kelli. they also questioned him twice, even took him back to froggy bottoms to jog his memory, but holbert stuck to his same, though sometimes inconsistent story. you caught him in lies but you couldn't cra...

Seen with kelli. >> everything kept coming back to nicholas holbert as the prime suspect. >> so investigators dug into holbert's background and discovered something rather disturbing. >> he was a registered sex offender and served time in a penitentiary for that. >> it certainly was a red flag, the fact that he had a prior sex offense and he is the last person that's seen with kelli. that was very, very concerning to us. >> the da didn't have any evidence to arrest holbert for kelli's disappearance, but he did discover holbert was violating the terms of his parole. >> he was a prior sex offend...

Holbert's background and discovered something rather disturbing. >> he was arrested sex offender and served time in the penitentiary for that. >> it, certainly, was a red flag. the fact that he had a prior-sex offense. and he is the last person that's seen with kelli. that was very, very concerning, to us. >> reporter: the da didn't have any evidence to arrest holbert for kelli's disappearance. but he did discover holbert was violating the terms of his parole. >> he was a prior-sex offender, and he was not registered properly. and he was placed in jail. >> reporter: right, where detectives wan...