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Emails and threats and arson, cari's son max was getting ready for high school graduation. he hadn't seen his mom in three years. but, always the optimist, he decided to try one more time to reach her on facebook. >> i was at that point. it was just a last-ditch effort. just hoping something would happen. "if this is really you, please come back. i want you to be at my graduation..." >> reporter: when she didn't respond, how did that feel? >> it -- i wasn't really surprised. like i said, i knew it wasn't her. >> reporter: max and nancy had suspected for months that all those digital rants were...

You say? >> i would say that, i mean, within that first week, for sure. >> yeah. so, you knew it was a murder investigation, at that stage? >> no. i mean, it could've been an overdose. it could have been an accidental death. i think we felt like we were probably dealing with a death investigation. >> reporter: but neither tom, nor janice waring, was the least bit satisfied. the police suggested early on that kate may have simply skipped town, on her own. and what about those other families of missing people, they asked? families, without the resources to hire an a-team? >> unfortunately, missi...

>> the exterminator and i went inside and closed the door behind us. just searched the apartment. and in one of the backpacks, in ethan mack's backpack, was some chinese money. chinese currency. >> chinese money? yes. just like the chinese bills james saw in kate's bedroom. janice waring had brought the bills to kate from hong kong, souvenirs. had ethan stolen them? >> i put it here on this pole. >> time to stir things up. apply some pressure. bobby minter knew just how. >> bobby put on every telephone pole, every vacant house, every oak tree, every stop sign, "wanted: information, missing per...

>> reporter: todd, did you go into the house? i hope not. >> yeah, i did. i went in there and i seen her laying there and i seen the amount of blood that was on the bed and i knew, from my experience, that that was too much blood to sustain life. when i listen to like the tape recording of it, i hear myself bellowing. i don't know how to describe, but i don't even remember doing that. >> what happened? >> reporter: it was a heartbreaking scene, but deputy marty wonderlin had a job to do. end of your shift, your first homicide. so you're in the barrel here. >> got to start working it. >> report...

Captain tom would be proud! i noticed with my clients that a lot of them were suffering with depression and mental health and that kind of issue. and knowing from my own experience how good walking is, i decided, "yeah, well, i go out for a walk every day." so i made this group where we can just post our walks that we've been on, like, pictures and when we can meet up, we're all going to meet up together and go on a big, massive walk together. i've got a little sort of grandma that i've kind of clued up with in our little village, and she's 20 years older than me, but she's really good fun. sh...