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I didn't know what to do. >> reporter: doug says he thought venus had disappeared that day, too. >> it started getting a little dark. i started getting worried. i kept calling her cell phone, but she didn't respond or pick up the phone, and i got very worried. i called the police and said, "hey, i'm very worried. my wife isn't home. this isn't like her. this -- i don't know what to do." >> reporter: newport news detective todd fowler. >> doug tried to file a missing person's report. >> reporter: but police told doug not to bother. venus had been to the station herself earlier that day to file ...

For investigators, centering around doug stewart and some mystery man in virginia. >> these points all represent cellphone towers. >> reporter: back in michigan, detective criger was checking doug's cell phone records, hoping to come up with some answers. >> reporter: what jumped out at you? anything obvious? >> the biggest part was three or four days just prior to venus' disappearance, there were numerous calls, between 7 and 15 calls per day to and from doug, from one particular number. >> reporter: a constant phone-mate but the detectives also noticed a gap. the day before venus went missin...

To newport news to talk to him. >> so we just went down there to investigate the disappearance of venus stewart. we didn't know what we were going to find. >> reporter: shane criger, a detective with the michigan state police, rolled in with his own forensics team. they met up with todd filer, the detective from newport news. together, they all went to doug's apartment. >> we did not disclose to him at that time that we were from michigan. >> reporter: michigan police didn't want doug to clam up, or lawyer up. so they let filer, the local cop, do the talking. >> he didn't seem overly concerned...

That. i think it was more him. and you just kinda got caught up in something you realized after the fact. "whoa, this is way over my head. i don't want any part of doing this anymore." you got a couple sisters, right? >> yeah. >> what if this happened to your sister? you close with them? >> yeah, i'm pretty close with them. >> what if someone took your sister? >> be upset. >> you'd be upset, wouldn't you? >> yeah. >> that is what's going on with venus' family. they're right now going, "we need closure to this. we really do." you need to help us with that. because you are part of this game now,...

Has resulted in increase in crime against asian americans. - the da's office is in complete turmoil at this point. - for chesa boudin to intervene in so many cases is both bad management and dangerous for the city of san francisco. - we are for criminal justice reform. chesa's not it. recall chesa boudin now. disappeared in her pajamas. >> reporter: the disappearance of venus stewart, the mother of two, in april, 2010 was the first big story that reporter dani carlson covered for nbc's affiliate in western michigan, wood-tv. >> left her purse. left her phone. left all of her identification. le...