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When they die, you die with them at that age. and my wife, the last two years, finally cleaned out adam's room. everything was the same as the day he left. but i can't stop picturing them as a 5-year-old and a 1-year-old. >> maryland prosecutor thomas fleckenstein says legally speaking, michael shannon has done all he could. >> the only criminal prosecution was done by our office. he brought a civil suit for damages that actually ended up being pretty groundbreaking in maryland. he's won every step of the way. he has availed himself of every legal option that's available to him in his 12-year ...

His father was. >> nobody wanted to say it, but the thought always was in the back of your mind, you know, what are they getting at here? why all of the sudden change? but at the end of the day you kind of want to understand that from a grandmother's standpoint she wants to have some time with her grandson. >> reporter: the shannon family's trust in afaf khalifa was misplaced. thomas fleckenstein, the state's attorney in ann arundel county, maryland says the facts would later reveal adam and jason's grandmother was the co-conspirator of an international kidnapping weeks in the works. >> she ca...

Thomas fleckenstein would say that the facts would later reveal that the grandmother was a co-conspirator of an international kidnapping weeks in the works. >> she came from her home country of egypt, she came here, she participated in the planning of the removal of the children from maryland. she participated in the story that was told to the father as to where the children were going to be in new york, when they would be back, the fact that she was visiting was part of the impetus for the children to visit and spend time with the grandmother. and she was actively involved in helping the chil...

When a parent loses a child, when they die, you die with them, at that age. his room was the same as the day he left. but i can't stop picturing them as a five-year-old and a one-year-old. >> maryland prosecutor thomas fleckenstein says legally speaking, michael shannon has done all he could. the only criminal prosecution was done by our office. he's won every step of the way. he has availed himself of every legal option that's available to him in his 12-year fight to get his children back. and, yet, notwithstanding having won every step of the way, he's still with all of that, not in a positi...

>> the shannon's family trust was misplaced. thomas fleckenstein would say that the facts would later reveal that the grandmother was a co-conspirator of an international kidnapping weeks in the works. >> she came from her home country of egypt, she came here, she participated in the planning of the removal of the children from maryland. she participated in the story that was told to the father as to where the children were going to be in new york, when they would be back, the fact that she was visiting was part of the impetus for the children to visit and spend time with the grandmother. and ...