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My father really would have known i felt that way. so i was really, really stressed out about that. >> how hard is it for you to be here today? >> very. >> do you want to believe that your dad is responsible for your mother's disappearance? >> do i want to believe it? >> yes. >> no. >> let's assume that your dad, in fact, did kill your mom, would you want to see him punished for it? >> no. not particularly. >> prosecutor lewin knew the ambivalence of the family members did not help his case. but -- >> in the end, my job isn't to make sure that the family members get what they want. my job is t...

Welcome back. mike lubahn's murder trial tested the love and loyalty of his family. his son, mike, jr. told jurors he did not want to believe that his dad killed hig m eed his mo doubts about his innocence. then mike, sr. took the stand and once again shifted his story about his wife's disappearance. now he was about to learn his fate in this decades old case and there were still more surprises ahead. here with the conclusion of our story is keith morris. >> there are few things in american life as dramatic as weighted with consequences as the moment a jury, verdict in hand, files into a court...

Just like carol, said her sister, gail. >> she would have not taken all of it. that was in carol's personality to be fair. >> made sense then. >> uh-huh. >> and then there were those mysterious phone calls. >> we'd get the calls on special days, her birthday, my birthday. my grandmother would get calls. >> and just silence on the other end? >> yeah. >> what did you do? >> we would say, "carol, we love you. we hope you come back." we felt like she was finding a happier life somewhere. >> and understood that to make that successful she might have to make a complete and total break. >> yeah. >> a...

>> no. >> you never lie? >> i wouldn't say never. i mean, a white lie, who knows? >> have you ever lie good something serious in your life? >> no. >> in your entire life you've never lied once about anything that wasn't a white lie? >> i'll just say not that i can remember. >> in fact, mike had a hard time remembering a lot of things prosecutor lewin asked about. >> i don't remember. i don't remember going to bed. i don't remember saying that. i don't know. >> but how on earth, asked lewin, could he not remember the last time he saw his wife? >> would you asagree that would be one of the most ...

>> it was an ultimate heavy thing. >> yeah. >> could you see it in your mother's eyes or your father's? >> in my father's for sure. >> what would you see there? >> a lot of emotion. a lot of sadness. i'm going to cry thinking about it. >> in 1987, almost six years after carol vanished, the torrance police department revisited the case. time seemed to have altered mike's mind a little. details came back to them. remember before she vanished, mike said they argued, he went to bed alone, woke up early, and she was gone? in 1987, he remembered they argued, went to bed together, she got up at 5:30 ...