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Find this little girl. >> by then it was getting late in the day. >> and it's getting dark, it's hot, mosquitos. >> outside the dig area, cindy's brother and sister were waiting for any news. the shadows getting longer. >> what happens when it becomes dark? are they going to bring lights out there and keep searching? and i said that's when we pray. and i prayed. my exact prayer was that, if they are going to find her, lord, tonight, let them do it now. >> mac and the chief anthropologist had been ready to call it quits, but they decided to look one more time at the very spot ream had dismissed...

>> the jury, listening to closing arguments, was totally unaware of the 11th hour plea negotiations. the prosecution went first. >> well, cindy's not coming home, cindy's dead. this man not only killed her, but he deprived the family of a burial. >> and then closing from the defense. >> if you've got reasonable doubt, you can come back with a verdict, and that verdict is not guilty. >> then the jury went behind closed doors to deliberate a first-degree murder case. and to the surprise of nearly everyone, they were back after just two hours. >> all right. mr. foreman, have you reached a verdict...

>> the next day, the casket bearing cindy's remains was brought to the cemetery that would be her final resting place. cindy's long-suffering father welcomed her home after 22 years of paralyzing uncertainty. ed zarzycki had bought the burial plot for her two years before. his faith told him that some day cindy would be laid to rest next to a sister lost in, infancy, and across the way from her grandmother, fanny, who spoiled her with those got to have white shoes. other family members, old and new, paid their respects. including mac and jen, whose nonstop dedication to finding cindy made this...

It was by the river. and when we left, it almost felt like her spirit went with us. and she was with family again. ♪ and so we trust in god ♪ >> in november 2008, with dna lab results finally confirming what everyone knew, cindy's remains were returned to her family for a memorial service. hundreds of mourners filled the funeral home in eastpointe. her pastor from the 1980s remembered cindy. >> a great girl. just right on the edge of being a kid sometimes and being a young lady some other times. >> one of sister connie's daughters read a poem of remembrance, speaking emotionally about some...

But she didn't. and now art ream, the father of her long-ago teenage boyfriend was about to stand trial for her murder. even if he wouldn't admit it to his persistent interrogators. cindy's sister connie was prepared to testify. >> it was very stressful on our family. i mean, we've already wondered what happened for 22 years and we have to relive it on the stand. we know he did it. we just need the jury to know he did it too. >> remarkably, cindy's dad was still holding out for a miracle. >> i was still hoping. >> still hoping that she's alive? >> yes. >> this family and this case is exactly w...