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Erwin, detectives learned, had started doing things that pointed to an obsession with dee dee and how did they know that? in one of those only in a small town coincidences, dee dee's son miked lived just down the block from dee dee's new boyfriend bobby lowe. one night mike was sitting in his living room when he saw a familiar green range rover driving by and inside was erwin. >> as the evening went on, he continued to drive by the house. >> reporter: did you call your mom' say, by the way, erwin is driving around the block while you're with bobby lowe? >> i didn't. i didn't really put two and...

To the police and soon on the scene then detective sergeant carlos mendoza. >> this has not happened and especially people known as well as dee dee is. >> reporter: and what detectives found in their initial search of dee dee's only only deepened the mystery. in the kitchen, her purse. her cell phone still inside but no wallet. a vodka bottle that police learned was usually kept in the freezer was out on the counter. and in the living room, the tv was on cnn. >> we discovered that whenever she left the house she would always put the tv on to a classical music station so it would relax the dogs...

Friends, mortgage executive cindy ertman and real estate sales partner linda dondareo. >> reporter: she was good at her job. >> i loved working with her. ives she always wanted the best for everybody and her clients were very loyal over the years. >> reporter: dee dee was loyal too. not only to her clients but as a divorced mom to her children mike and julie. >> i remember my mom explaining to me when i was about 10 years old, as you get older we probably will not be as close and you won't like me quite as much. it never happened. if anything, we just got closer. >> reporter: did you dee dee k...

Hurry. >> reporter: she would have time to do her routine she usually does before she leaves she did not. >> reporter: it appeared that dee dee had left in her car. the garage was empty. her silver 1999 mercedes was gone. but, strangely, police found the car keys sitting on her patio. >> we decided to call the l.a. county sheriff's department homicide bureau to come and assist us. >> reporter: jimmy gates was the detective who answered that call. >> there was no forced entry whatsoever. when we started walking through the house, i noticed several articles that were very valuable. >> reporter: ...

>> howa-o-w-a-r-d howard. >> reporter: oh, my gosh, we are going to healer the truth finally and erwin is going to confess. >> reporter: he guided erwin through the sequence of events beginning with why he went over to dee dee's house on the night of july 8th, 2004. >> indiana wanted to talk to h >> what did you want to talk to her about? >> to apologize for my act on june the 30th. >> reporter: june 30th, 2004 when, after discovering she was dating another man, erwin stormed into dee dee's house and confronted her in the shower, tossed emails in her face, and slapped her. on that final night,...