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>> reporter: nothing came of it. the whole world had moved on, forgotten, apparently. but then, a year later, 2009, punta gorda got a new sheriff. and he thought some of the unsolved cases in town needed a new look and called upon the retired detective mike gandy. and these two, who had been detectives up north before they, too, retired and moved to punta gorda, mike vogel and kurt mehl. >> i moved to florida and came down here to hunt and fish and play golf and go boating and go to the beach and just relax. and that lasted a couple months. i got very bored. >> reporter: and so three bored ex-...

Forward and tell us where katie is. >> that was the public waring family. at home the private tom waring couldn't help but be drawn back to the play-back button on the voicemail. >> dad, mom? if you're there, pick up the phone. if you're there, pick up the phone. call me back later. bye. >> i would look at photographs of her or play those voicemail messages, just keeping her voice current in my mind. >> meanwhile, andy savage's a-team of ex-detectives was making progress. when they flashed that fat grocery bag of cash around the neighborhood, they certainly got a rise out of ethan and heather....

Charleston county deputy. and i said, we'll show you where the remains are. took him out there and said, it's your crime scene now, and we're backing off. and that's what we did. >> but that wasn't the end of it, was it? >> no. >> no. we were detained to put it mildly. >> detained? >> detained, placed in separate police cars. >> what do you mean -- you were arrested or -- >> well, very strictly i guess by the legal definition, we were not free to leave. they made that clear. and, one, we couldn't leave because they seized my car. >> but wait a minute. you found the body. and showed them where ...

Charleston county deputy i said, we'll show you where the remains are, took him out there and said it's your crime scene now and we're backing off. and that's what we did. >> reporter: but that wasn't the end of it, was it? >> no. we were detained, to put it mildly. >> reporter: detained? >> detained. placed in separate police cars. >> reporter: what do you mean, you were arrested? >> very strictly by the legal definition, we were not free to leave, they made that very clear. and we couldn't leave because they seized my car. >> reporter: but wait a minute, you found the body and showed them wh...

Playback button on the voicemail just to hear her voice. >> dad, mom, if you're there, pick up the phone. if you're there, pick up the phone. call me back later, bye. >> i would look at photographs of her or play those voicemail messages. just keeping her voice current in my mind. >> reporter: meanwhile, andy savage's a-team of ex-detectives were making progress and when they flashed that fat bag of cash around the neighborhood, they got a rise out of ethan and heather. a furious ethan called andy. >> there are investigators out here accusing me of being involved in this, kate was my best frie...