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"lockup" stories get covered on "extended stays" and which ones don't, i let the crew know we probably wouldn't be covering robert's story. there was just too big of a gap between what he was telling us and what authorities were saying. but as so often happens, it turned out there was another aspect to robert's story. coming up -- >> robert wolford had a brother in the jail named bobby wolford. >> it's weird how [ bleep ] happens. >> we encountered not just one but two more wolfords in jail. and later, the story of the missing girl named amanda makes national news and stuns millions. so when...

He did say they were friends prior to her disappearance nine years earlier. >> we knew each other since we were little kids. i used to go to her work, talk to her all the time. her best friend was two houses down from her. i stayed at her house all the time. >> do you think amanda's alive? >> yes. >> you really think she's alive? >> i think if she's dead they would have found her body. >> if there was something that you could say to amanda's family, what would you say? >> that we all have hope and faith she's going to come home one day. that's it. >> that night when i actually researched the s...

Went to such great lengths to dig it up. so when i approached robert again with this information, he decided he didn't want to talk about it anymore. >> so at this point as one of the people who decides what "lockup" stories get covered on extended stays and which ones don't i let the crew know that i felt like we probably wouldn't be covering robert's story. there was just too big of a gap between what he was telling us and what authorities were saying. but as so often happens it turned out there was another aspect to robert's story. >> coming up -- >> robert wolford had a brother in the jail...

>> the way we encounter inmates we will meet people as we travel throughout the jail. so this was the first time i spoke with robert. so when he told me that another inmate had written the letter it seemed like a plausible situation. >> authorities say wolford had a motivation for changing his story and claiming he had nothing to do with the letter. their unsuccessful search resulted in a new criminal charge for him. >> they saying i obstructed the fbi and cleveland police investigation. >> wolford was charged with obstruction of justice. he pled not guilty but will remain in the jail until th...

Her best friend was two houses down. i used to hang out at her house all the time. >> do you think amanda's alive? >> yes. >> you really think she's alive? >> i think if she was dead they would have found her body. >> if there was something you could say to amanda's family, what would you say? >> that we all know that she's still alive that we all are hoping she's still alive, we all just got to have hope, faith that she'll come home one day. that's it. >> that night when i actually researched the story, i learned that the authorities had spent a great deal of time with him and obviously had g...