. >> reporter: his name was john mcdowell. he and jessica were good together and sometimes not. >> she would call us like what, every other week. can you come and get me? me and john had a fight, and i'm not staying out here. so we would drive out there to missouri valley. a couple weeks later, she's back out there again. >> reporter: a year in, there was still no wedding, but there was a baby, dominic, dom. >> i remember everyone was so excited, wanting to meet him. >> she loved him, and i think it was an instinct she had. she wanted to do the best for him she could. and after everything else. >> reporter: and then one day, dom was still quite small. it all seemed to come apart. >> they were doing okay until he left her a voice mail by accident. >> an unintentional voice mail. and the message that was left was bad, very bad. >> he told them he slept with another girl and that was it. >> whoa. >> and so i helped her move that day. >> she must have been so upset? >> she was. she was devastated. >> to get an accidental voicemail