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>> but they did not. no debbie hawk, not anywhere. >> there were some drag marks, some kind of smear marks leading out to the garage where they stopped. >> and debbie's van was gone, too. >> my initial reaction was, oh, my god. what has happened? who could have done this? >> sure. the girls ran to a neighbor's house. conrad called 911. >> we are in my mom's room n the bathroom, there is blood on the carpet. after the initial shock i start to be reasonable and think, let's not overreact here. clearly she cut her hand with a knife or something, and she was bleeding and she raced out of the car t...

>> the key was waiting for them under the mat, that evening in june, 2006, outside their mom's house. silence. no one home. where was she? she was always on time to pick them up from their dad's place. but tonight he had to drive them. this just wasn't like her. where was she? conrad, the eldest, put the key in the lock, opened the door, chelsa, in the middle, crossed the threshold, stopped. what was this? >> once we took a few more steps in we realized there was something wrong. >> this was the moment, the defining one. nothing the same after this. >> and there was a lot of blood everywhere. ...

Couldn't find the evidence to arrest him. dave remained a free man, something that made his own son, conrad, very nervous. >> my suspicion was growing stronger and stronger. >> conrad told the police about the night after his mother was found missing, when he saw his dad was sharing a bottle of win with his girlfriend. >> they opened it, toasted, and at the time, i thought my father and his girlfriend had really poor taste. >> they spent that summer on the outs after quite some time of not getting along too terribly well. in august, 2006, two months after his mother's disappearance, child prot...

>> instead, a year after debbie vanished, dave was charged with embezzling, stealing more than $300,000 from his own childrens' trust funds. he pleaded not guilty, was released on bail. >> dave, how does it feel to be out of jail? >> and waited for the other shoe to drop. now, imagine this, the police, not to mention most of the town, believed their father killed their mother leaving three children caught in the middle. conrad had no doubt his dad killed his mom, a dad he began referring to as dave. >> i tried to cut all ties that i had with him as much as i could. he was nothing to me now. >>...

Was about to boil over. >> kids were 9, 8 and 4 when the divorce was finalized in 2000. young conrad, chelsa and savannah learned how to navigate the choppy waters known all too well of children of divorce. >> they just couldn't talk to each other really. i tried to step in and help resolve that. >> you were kind of the mediator in a way. >> yeah. >> kind of a tough role for a kid to play, isn't it? >> it was easier to be the mediator than have them yelling at each other on the phone. >> living apart, said conrad. >> my mom was happier than ever. i think all of our lives improved. >> debbie di...