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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. >> but chelsa has been and is her father's staunchest defender. >> why do you think your siblings have chosen the other path? >> i think they're just very upset by what happen and their relationship was not as close to my dad. they were not home or not awake when i was awake...

In a way. >> yeah. >> kind of a tough role for a kid to play? >> 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 did well enough she was able to buy her own home. >> she could finally start living her life the way she wanted to. >> except there were issues. once after they separated during the squabbles of divorce, she claimed he tried to choke her. >> she said he just looked like a crazed animal and i thought he was going to kill me. and not too long ...

>> my suspicion was growing stronger and stronger. >> conrad told the police about the night after his mother was found missing his dad was sharing a bottle of wine with his girlfriend. >> they opened and toasted and had wine on the patio with cheese and crackers. i didn't want to jump to conclusions but at the time i thought my father and his girlfriend had really poor taste. >> that summer conrad and his dad spent the summer on the outs, it was after quite some time of not getting along too terribly well. in august, 2006, two months after his mother's disappearance, child protective services...

Set her up on that blind date years ago. >> firecracker. >> he was the date, dave hawk. >> she was short and attractive and a lot of fun and pretty good sense of humor. you'd say something and, man, she would pop back with something you didn't quite expect. >> they were married within a year. they built a home among his family's almond groves. >> i think they both wanted to have a family. i think that was like the impetus for the acceleration, i guess you would say, of the relationship. >> though debbie's big sister wasn't sure what she saw in him. >> he seemed very quiet. very opposite of my ...

Conrad said they didn't get it. >> whenever we open a bottle of wine we raise our glasses and say cheers. it is just a tradition. we were not toasting anybody's anything. >> why have you never been able to persuade conrad of your innocence? >> i don't know. he knows that i was at home the whole time, never left, didn't have any involvement in anything illegal. but he's perhaps angry and needs to fill in the blanks with something. >> maybe he is angry at his dad because his dad killed his mom. >> his dad didn't kill his mom. >> he thinks so though. >> he could be wrong. >> so who did kill debbi...