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Kathy bouford and theresa olechowski. they both told the jury, as they said they told the police back in 1986, about cindy's plans to meet her boyfriend's father, art ream. >> they were making plans, they were going to go down and meet at dairy queen. >> she told me she would be meeting arthur ream, scott's father, at the dairy queen, because he was going to take her to a surprise birthday party for scott in pontiac. >> but the party was a reduce, ruse, later testimony would reveal. scott's birthday had been in january, not april when cindy disappeared. the invitation, kaplan argued, was merel...

>> so mac got permission to spring ream from prison to narrow down the search. to the place where he thought he dumped the murdered 13-year-old 22 years before. >> when he came out with us, he more or less, he couldn't remember exactly where the -- where he had put cindy. >> the pedophile killer poked about here and there as though he were trying to select a picnic spot. >> it's an experience, it's so difficult to describe because you're out there with evil personified, you're walking through this beautiful forest, along a river, and here is the defendant in chains, and then at some point the ...

Declare to an accomplice, "if i ever do this again, i'll kill the next victim." two rulings from the bench that were two strikes against the prosecution. >> the case is diminished. it would be like entering a gunfight with only part of your arsenal. >> the prosecutor began his case by knocking down the runaway theory. older sister connie testified that cindy would never have done a runner without packing a bag. >> i have a photographic memory and i know her stuff was still there. she didn't take makeup or clothes or anything. >> what was her state of mind? happy? unhappy? >> she was one of the...

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? >> yes, we have, your honor. >> would you please give i...

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 find cindy. >> the detective won't rest until he keeps his promise. when "disa...