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Missing, it was cindy's birthday, june 8th. >> had a birthday cake and nobody to blow out the candles. >> obsessed with finding cindy, their runaway, looking at the mall, on the street, how many times did a young blond teen with a similar build catch their eye for just a moment? once late at night, the authorities in detroit called ed. >> a body had come up at the morgue and asked if i would come down and identify because it had similarities of cindy. >> were you relieved when you left the morgue that day and it wasn't your cindy? >> yes. yes. >> so there was still a flicker of hope out there?...

Teenage runaway was as outdated as her old mix tapes. this was a murder investigation. and the detective's thinking followed two paths. could he make the boyfriend's father or others for the crime? and secondly, did he have any way of finding cindy's remains? as a sign of either how desperate mac was or how wide he was willing to throw his net, he paid a call on a psychic. the mystic had a strip mall storefront, sandwiched between a dry cleaner and a chicken joint. a cousin of cindy said she was weirded out when she heard him give a reading on the missing teenager at a party. mac figured he ha...

Jail for what he did. >> a mandatory life sentence. art ream had overplayed his hand. >> it took us 22 years to bring justice to her. >> but it was a bittersweet victory for the zarzyckis. they'd lost their cindy and now they'd lost their leverage with ream to get her remains back for a proper burial. >> and i told my wife, i said, we'll never know now. i probably would go to my own grave not knowing where she was. >> except for one thing. the zarzyckis still had detective mclaughlin on the case, and it wasn't over for him. coming up -- >> he says, ed, i'm going to >> the detective won't res...

Linda zarzycki were well aware that the search for cindy had started but mac spared them the agony. >> you stay put. and i promise when we find her remains, we'll call you. >> it was turning into a frustrating day. four holes came up empty. she could be anywhere. still, the searchers pushed on as the july day became a scorcher. they were doing it for the girl's father and for mac. >> you had promised the father. you said ed, i'm going to get you your girl's body back. >> and that's something that i should have never done, but i did. that's one thing a law enforcement person shouldn't do is pro...

Deal, though. >> the defense lawyer needed mac as a negotiating ally to prod eric smith, the elected county prosecutor, to make a deal. >> my first inclination was, hell, no, i'm going to make sure he goes to prison for the rest of his life. the idea that the defendant thinks he can take control of this process and use this poor 13-year-old girl's body as a bargaining chip, may be the lowest thing i've ever seen in a criminal case. >> ream held one trump card, cindy's body. and the zarzyckis wanted that above anything else, even a conviction. the family found itself taking art ream's side in t...