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With "the light lynsie disappeared. >> by 2008 lynsie ekelund had been missing for seven years. the case had gone from cold to frozen in time, so the placentia pd decided to outsource the investigation to the cold case unit at the orange county da's office to a guy named larry montgomery. with more than 30 years working homicide, larry's put away his share of bad guys, not usually by knocking on doors. instead, larry works by looking very closely at the evidence. he doesn't work fast. in fact, larry is meticulously slow, and that was just what this cold case needed. >> was there anything in th...

County d.a.'s office, to a guy named larry montgomery. with more than 30 years working homicide, larry has put away his share of bad guys, not usually by knocking on doors. instead larry works by looking very closely at the evidence. he doesn't work fast. in fact larry is meticulously slow. and that was just what this cold case needed. was there anything in the original investigation that struck you as something that you needed to reexamine? >> everything. >> reporter: everything that had led placentia police into that wall, trying to decide between two suspects. >> i mean, i'm concerned about...

By 2008, lynsie ekelund had been missing for seven years. the case had gone from cold to frozen in time. so placentia pd decided to outsource the investigation to a guy named larry montgomery. with more than 30 years working homicide, larry's put away his share of bad guys. not usually by knocking on doors. instead, larry works by looking i have closely at the evidence. he couldn't work fast. in fact, larry is meticulously slow. and that was just what this cold case needed. >> was there anything in the original investigation that struck you as something that you needed to reexamine? >> everyth...

Share of bad guys. not usually by knocking on doors. instead, larry works by looking very closely at the evidence. he doesn't work fast. in fact, larry is meticulously slow. and that was just what this cold case needed. was there anything in the original investigation that struck you as something that you needed to re-examine? >> everything. >> reporter: everything that had led placentia police into that wall, trying to decide between two suspects. >> i mean, i'm concerned about this girl, okay. you know. and she's missing. >> reporter: marty, lynsie's older friend who kept their relationship ...

Murder, and cold cases. >> we worked this case diligently for a long time. at some point, you hit the wall. >> reporter: there are nine detectives in placentia, working everything, drugs, gangs, rapes, murder, and cold cases. but 2008 it was clear placentia pd had hit that wall. they would need help on this one. and who they needed was a guy named larry. tell me about larry. >> larry is -- larry is phenomenal. >> reporter: phenomenal because, what, he sees things other cops don't see? >> phenomenal because he sees things cops don't see. i don't know anybody who could have done a better job tha...