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plan all along is that she would leave. that was my understanding from before the baby was born >> with the baby >> no, the baby was a gift for the flanders >> a gift? maybe. it was just like marie to be generous to ward the couple wh were so generous to her. but to skeptical detectives, especially this brand-ne mother, something about this story did not sound quit right. the father, for example, the fact that the alleged abusiv guy didn't seem to exist but then they talk to ex husband jeff and the story h heard, completely different. and he came directly from mari when she went to visit jef shortly after getting pregnant >> i put my head on her stomac and i said, what's going o with this? and she wasn't really showing. and her story at that time was well i'm just being surrogate. so we did a type of artificial insemination >> well, well, well. the pastor was the sperm donor in this new story, marie's gif was to be the pastor artificially's surrogate
circumstantial, difficult. but the prosecutors bought it. and james flanders charged wit second degree murder persistence paid off >> we were four and a half years in most people would've given u by now >> but as the pastor waited in jail for his trial, hi attorney and former church member glenn swiatek was optimistic >> what did you think your chances were if you went t trial? >> i do believe they would hav second degree murder they didn't have anybody >> maybe not that as the pastor and his attorney looked at the evidenc that might put him in prison for life, just before the trial, they made a deal the state reduced is charged from second degree murder to manslaughter and james agreed to tell the what he did to marie and where he put her marie's family grudgingl agreed >> that was the hardest thing. but i wanted to know where m sister was i didn't want to go years an years and years and not know >> as much as i just absolutel
the flanders, who said tha they fully expected that marie would return soon. at this was not the first time that she took spur of th moment trips >> not to the point where sh would be reported to law enforcement as missing though. she came back. >> although they tol detectives they were quite worried about marie's state of mind >> they said that it was a dow ward that spiral >> they said that she wa depressed? >> yes >> marie could have wild moo swings, they knew that she had a diagnosed mood disorder. did they tell you that she was bipolar? >> yes, told me that she was bipolar, that she was taking medication that she wa overmedication probably becaus of her giving birth of the child. >> but there was another prescription bottle to well >> and they also showed us bottle that was empty, that wa linked to the fact that she ha taken that medication and woul use it to hurt herself
and how the pastor and his wif offered her a place to stay. but the questions about baby grace? said esta her relationship wit marie was always supportive bu not judgmental and when mari didn't tell her who the father was, she didn't push the subject. >> i never questioned he because will marie tell me i her own time if she wants to tell me. i've learned with my sister, i never pry. >> but that was the job of the detectives, nesli and keith to pry. hopefully to find marie. one of their first calls was o her church pastor, james flanders and his wife. impressive guy, they discovered james flanders what was he like >> very charismatic. i would say he was good at his job. >> i wonder what it would be like to listen to him preach >> you can youtube him >> yes, you can.
>> the day she left, james tol detectives he was so worried about her state of mind, h stayed at home >> james said that she was acting up and he didn't -- >> he was afraid the baby woul -- >> yes >> then, late that afternoon said pastor james, marie sai she was tired, went to lie down tanya took the baby ou shopping so marie could rest the pastor said he waite around for a bit talked to her briefly when she woke up and went out for a run and when he returned, marie an her white mazda pick up truc were gone. strangely, the flanders said marie had packed her bags bu didn't take them >> why would she take off an not take her bags with her >> anyway, said the flanders when she did not come back tha day or the next, they drov around town looking for her. went to the airport. maybe she parked her car there and flown away did they find it
churches tend to be beehives o gossip so the detectives asked around >> she had a boyfriend, wa involved in an abusive relationship she was beat up. >> this is a member of the calgary emerald coast church >> she did want to go back t the guy. and didn't want to keep th child. >> in other words, she was gonna have an abortion but pastor flanders and hi wife had strong views abou abortion, and when the discovered her situation, they offered to help solve he dilemma. >> they were going to adopt th baby >> the flanders had an older daughter, who always wanted an older child, but one miscarriage after the other -- and, so as this church elder tell the detectives, the pasto and his wife came to a arrangement with marie >> she would stay three months to nurse the baby and then the