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Me. >> a bizarre one at that. >> shannon who had been angry at ralph for not protecting her mother, read the letter and began to have thoughts that were much more disturbing. >> i didn't get through more than a page and a half and i threw it, and i said, this is bull [ bleep ]. i said, this is the worst -- i could barely stomach to finish it. >> and aaron, shannon's ex-husband, ralph's son? aaron went to a very dark place indeed. oh, you have no idea. you were 11 years old when your mother disappeared. >> yes. >> coming up, secrets in the basement. >> i had been going through some of my dad's ...

Said his captors held him and abused him for nearly two days. >> in my mind, if you're not going to tell me what happened, and you're going to dance around the issue and tell three different stories, what are you hiding? >> investigators wondering the same thing, tried to find answers in the evidence. on a laptop they found hits for, match.com, just days before the murder. somebody had been visiting the site at least. >> that would have been our suspicion. >> it's going to be either pam or ralph. >> right. >> and then they found ralph's real life mistress. yes, he had one. and she said they ca...

>> oh, yeah, i wt throh a lot of those mines myslone? >> mm-hmm. >> you're looking for the remains of your own mother. i mean, i can't imagine what that -- >> i can't explain it. it's always been a fire that just drives you to do something. >> and then one day -- >> i had been going through some of my dad's stuff in the basement. i found a box of stuff that she had supposedly taking with her. a denim jacket her mother had given her, passport, driver's license, cell phone. >> wait a minute. what was that like? >> that was kind of the final straw. >> naturally if she was gone, she would have tak...

Painstaking police work before investigates finally had enough evidence to arrest ralph for the murder of his wife, pam. that i had have to find him first. ralph was on vacation, maybe on the run. >> i initiated phone calls with ralph to try to track him down. >> tracked his cell phone. and caught up with him. >> get your hands in the air. >> in northern california. >> walk back to the sound of my voice. back to me. >> are you all right. >> yes. >> charged him with first-degree murder. pam's daughters were relieved when they got the news. >> all i could think to myself was finally. >> what was...

>> ralph agreed to show the investigators exactly what happened, and where. >> he grabbed me with the other hand on my hip right here. and he proceeded to assault me. >> so that was the whole awful story. but if ralph thought that sharing his new more detailed recollections would clear the air, he was wrong. what did you think when you saw it? >> i was pretty blown away by what was written. >> coming up, back at home with detectives, ralph gets his own surprise. >> what happened to all the knives? >> he was very upset that they were missing. >> when "dateline" continues. but it's important to ...