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Annie had been missing for nearly 20 hours. >> initially she was reported as asian. >> initially we thought, no, that's not possible, there's no way. >> reporter: but then, a detail sergeant carpenter shared with salt lake city's nbc affiliate ksl tv. >> there was a shoe found at the crime scene, and there was one on the body. >> reporter: a red shoe. the same kind james had bought annie for valentine's day just weeks earlier. veronica and james tried to stay calm. >> we called the police. and we said, hey, our daughter's missing. i think logically i was going, they're just going to rule it ou...

Friend's, what did you have on? >> just regular jeans and a t-shirt and my red jacket. >> just blue jeans? >> yeah, blue jeans, nike shoes, a t-shirt underneath, and he had his red hoodie on. >> do you mind if we see your nikes? >> yeah, sure. >> reporter: chris wanted to help. he gave those nikes to investigators, as well as his clothes. he even gave a dna sample. and after his interview, chris' dad called up sergeant carpenter. >> he had told us in this phone call that l.j. had driven by the house, was threatening chris. >> reporter: so here's more information that this l.j. is a very real a...

Gruesome scene. >> reporter: by the time veronica and james saw the reports annie had been missing for nearly 20 hours. the information that it's an asian woman in her 20s, i think, was the initial report. that would seem to rule out annie, certainly. >> initially, we were thinking, no, that's not possible. there's no way. >> reporter: but then, a detail sergeant carpenter shared with salt lake city's nbc affiliate ksl tv. >> there was a shoe found at the crime scene, and there was one on the body. >> reporter: a red shoe. the same kind james had bought annie for valentine's day just weeks ear...

>> okay. >> reporter: they went through the usual questions. >> when you walked to your friend's, what did you have on? >> just regular jeans and a t-shirt and my red jacket. >> just blue jeans? >> yeah, blue jeans, nike shoes and a t-shirt underneath. and he had his red hoodie on. >> do you mind if we see your nikes? >> yeah, sure. >> reporter: chris wanted to help. he gave those nikes to investigators, as well as his clothes. he even gave a dna sample. and after his interview, chris' dad called up sergeant carpenter. >> he had told us in this phone call that l.j. had driven by the house, was...

Friend's, what did you have on? >> just regular jeans and a t-shirt and my red jacket. >> just blue jeans? >> yeah, blue jeans, nike shoes and a t-shirt underneath. and he had his red hoodie on. >> do you mind if we see your nike's? >> yeah, sure. >> reporter: chris wanted to help. he gave those nikes to investigators, as well as his clothes. he even gave a dna sample. and after his interview, chris' dad called up sergeant carpenter. >> he had told us in this phone call that l.j. had driven by the house, was threatening chris. >> reporter: so here's more information that this l.j. is a very re...