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I imagine. >> my biggest fear is we were going to find her. that is what scared me the most. we would find her somewhere in the house. >> 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 t...

They are on a witch hunt. >> whatever they were on, they 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 his dad was sharing a bottle of wine with his girlfriend. >> i didn't want to jump to conclusions but at the time i thought my father and his girlfriend had really poor taste. it's like so true. you know what i mean? [ grunting ] the moment you realize a good back yard party requires a good ...

>> 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 sister. >> then before long conrad arrived and chelsa and savannah. >> i still remember christmass where my brother and i would run around and deliver gifts to everybody. everybody was getting along. those were some happy memories there. >> sadly, a lot of unhappy ones, too. >> pretty much from when i can remember, fighting and arguing were pre...

Definitely see, yeah, the water 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? >> it was easier to be the mediator than have them yelling at each other on the phone. >> living apart, said conrad. >> mom was happy. all of our lives improved. >> debbie did...

Not yet, anyway. >> we're going to wait until we find the body or give the body more time to come up. >> instead, a year after debbie vanished, dave was charged with em bezling, 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...