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>> >> now after four trials, the final verdict is in. >> i'm not guilty. i didn't do >> hello and welcome to dateline. cal harris seem to have it all. a beautiful family, a successful business, and a big house on a lake. but all was not as it seemed. it was september 11th, 2001, as the world witnessed the tragedies unfolding in new york, washington, d.c., and pennsylvania. the harris family was struck by heartbreak much closer to home. cal's wife michelle had disappeared. here with the house on the lake, is keith morrison. >> it's a long winding ride. this tale. stutter with surprise...

>> yeah. >> it was here in this path of paradise, said cal, that he woke up one morning, years ago, to find that his wife, michelle, wasn't home. she had gone to work the evening before, didn't come back. mary harris's cows aunt. >> he didn't know where she was until he found out what happens. >> she woke up, and she wasn't there. >> yes, and honestly, he didn't, it wasn't something he seems comfortable talking about a lot. i think it was very emotional for him. >> she was gone. gone without warning. her friends destroy, called herself. on >> where the hell are you? you need to call me as soon...

>> reporter: family and friends stepped in, took care of his small kids, who began a weekly ritual visiting dad in prison. taylor, the eldest. >> you go and see him two hours a week and a bunch of other people talking and it's loud and can't really have a private conversation. leaving was definitely the hardest part for us. i mean, he held it together well. >> reporter: what was it like driving? >> it was quiet. >> reporter: watching his kids walk away week after week, said cal, was unimaginably hard. >> it was the worst. i went back to my cell and just laid there for hours and hours and just ...

>> reporter: i can't imagine. >> opening presents, playing with the new things you get. >> reporter: i can't think of a a more ideal place to have christmas. did it feel like that at the time? >> yeah. >> reporter: it was here in this patch of paradise, said cal, that he woke up one morning, years ago, to find that his wife michelle wasn't home. she had gone to work the evening before and didn't come back. mary harris is cal's aunt. >> she didn't know where she was and didn't know what had happened. >> reporter: woke up and she wasn't there? >> and honestly he didn't -- it wasn't something he ...

Time? >> yeah. >> reporter: it was here in this patch of paradice, said cal, that he woke up one morning, years ago, to find that his wife michelle wasn't home. she had gone to work the evening before and didn't come back. mary harris is cal's aunt. >> he didn't know where she was and didn't know what had happened. >> reporter: woke up and she wasn't there? >> and honestly he didn't -- it wasn't something he seemed comfortable talking about a lot. i think it was very emotional for him. >> reporter: she was gone. gone without warning. her friends distraught. called her cell phone. they heard he...