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Woman, and bring answers to the mother who loved her. >> i was always proud of her. she was a real fighter. >> reporter: lynsie arrived on july 2nd, 1980, the youngest of three. maybe that fighting spirit isn't visible in her photos, but her mother nancy says it was always there. she had a passion for animals. she helped out in her spare time at a local shelter. kim davidson, who worked at lynsie's middle school remembers she also had a sense of compassion. >> it was freezing cold and i didn't bring a jacket that day. and i felt these little hands up on my shoulder and a sweater come up around...

>> no. >> reporter: he said he had money that lynsie needed for tuition. none that have made any sense to nancy. >> nancy gets a phone call from a guy named marty. >> marty rossler. >> reporter: what does marty say to her? >> marty says he's befriended lynsie and he's concerned because he hadn't heard from her. >> reporter: what did you learn about marty rossler? >> marty rossler was not marty rossler. >> reporter: marty rossler was really marty predegenzer. he sdrntdidn't have a criminal d but he had a relationship with lynsie that he didn't tell his wife about. he gave her rides. that was it...

To create a plan that works for you, visit cigna.com/mystressplan. cigna. together, all the way. nancy and lynsie had been together all lynsie's life. now alone, nancy waited, ticking off the days. in the dark about where her daughter was and about the pace of the investigation. police were not keeping her in the loop. so nancy was delighted when they called to say they were coming to visit. >> reporter: you look at the boyfriend, matthew. you look at marty, the older guy, the relationship nobody knew about. he denies it. >> right. >> reporter: you look at chris, he says i dropped her off, i...

Of reaching her. >> no way. >> reporter: nancy was frantic. >> i started calling hospitals, i called the morgue, that's how desperate i was, to see if there was a jane doe in the morgue. >> reporter: there was no jane doe and there was no ekland. >> we had no unidentity bodies. we checked everything, we checked everybody, we checked everything. there was just no sign. it was just as if she vanished. >> where was lynsie? detectives uncover a secret, one the missing college student kept from just about everyone. coming up -- >> when was the last time you saw lynsie? >> a week ago. >> when the ni...

Because i really thought that he might know where lynsie was. you're a parent? >> yes. >> how many kids do you have? >> two. >> if you had a child gone for eight days, vanished, vaporized, in thin air, would your heart not be broken? >> oh, absolutely. >> do you not feel some compassion for nancy? >> unbelievable. i think this is a nice girl. and, you know, this family has had their share of hardships, and this is just, you know, i mean, i feel so, you know, helpless. >> i don't think you are helpless. i think you can help us. recorders mar >> reporter: matter insisted that he couldn't. detect...