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Again. >> right. >> and you look at lynsie's mother. >> we did look at lynsie's mother. you have to. >> so i made my cookies and all this kind of silly stuff. >> coffee, too. >> like i always do. yeah. >> the cops weren't coming for coffee. they arrived with a search warrant, shovels and cadaver dogs. >> i was shocked that they even suspected me. i didn't know what even a search warrant was. >> the house nancy and lynsie had once shared was torn apart. >> how much of a suspect was nancy? >> i don't know that nancy was on the radar for a long time. she was on the radar long enough to be able to...

Off and we have enough to prove the crime. >> and knowing about chris' anger issues with previous girlfriends, larry summoned up a little empathy to draw chris in. >> i know that you have that ability to be angry but i don't know what would cause her to get you that angry or what she could have done. >> chris didn't say much until a little body language revealed that larry was on the right track. >> was it a premeditated thing? i didn't think it was. so what did she do? >> larry finished talking? he was hoping chris would give it up. >> i think i need a lawyer to talk to you about this with me...

Suspected me. >> so why were police at a dead end? enter this guy. >> he sees things other cops don't see? >> phenomenal. >> they call him the evidence whisperer. he's about to crack this case before your eyes. and you won't believe how. you walked utof there it worked. >> i hoped. i wasn't quite sure. >> "the night lynsie disappeared. >> hello and welcome to det line extra. i'm craig melvin. a sheltered young woman who lived at home with her mother nancy. on the night she vanished lynsie had been out clubbing but told her mom she was at a sleepover with friends, and that was not the only secr...

The mother who loved her. >> i was always proud of her. she was a real fighter. >> lynsie ekelund arrived on july 22nd, 1980. she was the youngest of three. maybe that fighting spirit isn't visible in her photos, but her mother nancy said it was always there. lynsie had a passion for animals. she helped out in her spare times at the local shelter. kim davidson who worked at lynsie's middle school remembers that she had a sense of compassion. >> i was freezing cold and i didn't bring a jacket that day. i felt these little hands up on my shoulder and a sweater come up around me and i turned arou...

Lynsie ekelund. and neither was nancy, who remained convinced her daughter would one day just come home. you thought that one day, she would walk back through the door. >> yes. >> reporter: she believed it, because she wanted to and because over the years several people had told her they'd seen lynsie. >> they never saw the front of her face. they always saw the back of her. and i held onto every word they said. >> reporter: her friend kim remembers how hard it was on nancy thinking lynsie had just left her. >> reporter: it was torture for nancy, no matter what version of events you believed, ...