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Ding to the vet, then getting to his appointments. >> but other than those wet spots, everything else appeared to be the way mark would have left it. >> i was looking for bloody towels. i was looking for bloody paper towels. the bathroom was immaculate. there was absolutely nothing in the washing machine. there was nothing in the tub. >> stephanie wasn't sure what was going on, but it all felt kind of creepy. >> my thoughts were, well, that was freaky. and i got out of there, and i didn't go back up to the house the rest of the day. >> you went on with the day? >> mm-hmm. >> but a strange day ...

>> i was looking for bloody towels. i was looking for bloody paper towels. the bathroom was immaculate. there was absolutely nothing in the washing machine. there was nothing in the tub. >> reporter: stephanie wasn't sure what was going on, but it all felt kind of creepy. >> my thoughts were, well, that was freaky. and i got out of there, and i didn't go back up to the house the rest of the day. >> reporter: you went on with the day? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: but a strange day it was. and as the hours ticked by, there was no word from mark. no one could reach him by phone. >> it was very odd tha...

>> reporter: i hope that's mark? well, of course it must have been, stephanie thought, rushing a bleeding ding to the vet. about 20 minutes later, stephanie walked up to the house to use the bathroom. this time the door was unlocked. about this was weird. >> before i even got to the door, there was this immense smell of bleach. >> reporter: bleach? >> yeah, like it took my breath away. >> reporter: and inside the house? >> there was three wet, what looked like blood spots in the hallway that had, obviously, been just cleaned, and they were still drying. >> reporter: perhaps ding had bled on th...

From where she stood down in the field mark's station wagon was backed up to the carport area of his house. >> i was kind of surprised that it was parked where it was parked because it was never parked there. it was really hard to get it into that position to begin with. >> reporter: anyway, why hadn't he left for seattle? it was then she noticed, must be mark up at the house. >> someone who had mark's hat on, you know, which i thought was mark, was bringing something big into the back of the car. >> reporter: big, big, big? >> it looked like to me. so i was thinking he was carrying ding and p...

Mark's employees couldn't help but notice it. he was off somehow. >> he was very different, and he told me that he was very paranoid. he'd actually been locking his doors. >> reporter: even though, as everyone knew, mark's highly trained guard dog, ding, would have protected him from anything. >> i asked him why he was locking his doors because he had ding. and he said, i don't know. i'm just a little weirded out about something. >> reporter: he didn't say what? >> no, he didn't say what. and mark, it would take a lot to spook someone like mark. he was always very aware of his surroundings. >>...