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Mother. we have to. >> so i made my cookies and all this silly stuff that i always do. >> reporter: and some coffee. >> yeah. >> reporter: 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. >> reporter: 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 set her satisfias. >> reporter: after that search, they di...

On the right street, at the right time. to the cops, chris's story added up. and that was when police learned matthew and chris were not the only men in lynsie's life. there was someone else who both matthew and chris had mentioned to investigators. an older man who drove lynsie around. no one knew his name. they had heard lynsie refer to him as her friend. >> all anybody knows him bhy. >> as her friend? >> yeah. >> reporter: nancy had no idea lynsie had any friends who were an older man. you get a phone call. you're pretty much at your wit's end. >> yes. >> reporter: the phone rings and it's ...

Girlfriend. nothing. >> reporter: they thought perhaps chris should move to the top of the list. but it was not evidence. chris was free to leave and detectives weren't any closer to learning what happened to lynsie, and neither was nancy, who remained convinced her daughter would one day just come home. you thought 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 had seen lynsie. >> they never saw the front of her face. they always saw the back of her. and i held on to every w...

Corner. >> any idea on your point which of those two was a more likely suspect? >> no. i don't know until i get into it and see the details. >> reporter: you're aware that you have a reputation for believing that -- i don't know if god is in the details, but guilt is in the details. >> or innocence. >> reporter: was it marty or chris wom chris? larry even considered, could it have been random, someone who had seen lynsie at just the wrong time? >> so you've got a bad guy just waiting, hoping that a girl drops out of a car at 4:25 in the morning. >> reporter: it happens. >> yes. you consider th...

>> reporter: she introduces you to this guy chris. did he say hello? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: did he have good manners? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: but nancy said something was wrong. it was a struggle to let go, but she did. >> the last thing i said to her was, remember your seatbelt. she looked over her shoulder and said, back at you, mom, love you. >> reporter: nancy locked up the house and went to bed. lynsie was supposed to call but when the call never came, nancy found out that lynsie never showed up at her job. >> all of a sudden she wasn't where she was supposed to be. she had taught these ...