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Child bad mother. >> was it odd that your daughter would've left her children alone? >> it was more than odd. it was something that would not happen. >> reporter: after sketching out the last day that things might ever be normal for venus' parents, the prosecutor turned the clock back 24 hours and moved the scene from michigan to northwest ohio. april 25th had been a chilly night in van wert, ohio. the man who walked in the front door of the walmart was easy to remember, according to the walmart security officer. despite the weather, he was wearing a loud shirt and flowery hawaiian shorts. >> ...

Where was she? this victim of a murderous scheme in which an x-box live gamer had detectives seeing double. it's country out here. cornfields everywhere, two-lane roads. and it's where a cheerful kid named venus was growing up with her family. the youngest child of larry and therese. venus a goddess to her mom even before she was born. >> i dreamed about this beautiful little girl with big dark eyes. and when she came out and i looked at her, i said, "venus." i can't even tell you how much i loved her. i can't even describe the love. >> reporter: but was venus a little more trusting than she s...

>> when he called me, he says, "are you sitting down?" >> and in all the garbage, there's this receipt, huh? >> yes. a hat, some gloves, a shovel, and an 8x10 tarp. and that was the item that we were looking for because the wrapper found at the mccomb residence was for an 8x10 tarp. >> and where was the receipt from? >> it was from a walmart. >> reporter: specifically, the walmart in van wert, ohio, about two hours southeast from where venus disappeared. but not one of the walmarts michigan investigators had checked out. >> i doubt we would've found that purchase had we not had the receipt. >>...

Marriage. >> reporter: to say that venus' parents were a little surprised by the turn of events is an understatement. >> she showed up. she was married and we were dumbfounded. >> reporter: all very sudden but dustin jasper, venus' older brother, got along okay with his new brother-in-law. they both liked outdoorsy stuff. >> we went hunting together, fishing together. we've always had a pretty good relationship. >> reporter: it was a year after their quickie wedding that doug left the marines to keep his bride happy. >> i was looking at deployments and other different things. and she had this ...

It with a credit card that created an electronic receipt revealing the phone's unique i.d. that made the phone, and doug's movements, easily traceable. >> he didn't think we would find these trac phones that he had. >> reporter: master criminals don't save receipts and buy on credit cards. >> absolutely not. >> reporter: criger could then follow the path of that particular trac phone through gps technology, just as if it were a personal cell phone. >> using the phones, how close can you get him to his wife's driveway? >> pretty close. within five to seven miles. >> reporter: but, by now, somet...