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look at you... a bunch of jealous iots. liars, betraying each other. - [laughs] - i don't need that. i get my strength from being alone, and that's why i'm gonna destroy all of you. - shut him up alreadad will ya? - unh! - come on, help me out! little bastard! [gunshot] unh! - [panting] - this is where they're holding taylor. what's your plan, john? - no plan.
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[cocks gun] i'll just take the direct approach. - i'm sorry i'm not much use on this end of things. look... show me how to fire one of these and i can help. i'll... create a distraction, i suppose, or... - that's okay, harold. you can be the getaway driver. i'll be fine. besides, you know i don't like it when people mess with kids. - last chance, detective. those immoral, corrupt men or your innocent son. - no deal. - what arereou gonna do? - i'i'staying right here. they're not getting past me. i'm not as alone as you think!
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all that nonsense about bringing elias into the fold. you're an embarrassment! a rat! - elias offered me a deal. when change comes, you gotta adapt. you and your old man, you never learned that lesson. drop it, zambrano. - not until you let me out of here. you should have given elias everything he wanted like the rest of them. - i don't look the other way. - yeah, but your partner does. right... fusco? you see, in less than 30 seconds there's a guy that's gonna come into this room that's gonna run this city. you're survivor. you gonna choose the right side? or are you gonna die alone here with your partner? [cocks gun] [hitting door] [guns cocking] - not one re step, elias.
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or their day will end like zambrano's over here. - you're good at your job, detective. i'm good at mine. i was hoping we could avoid further bloodshed. - this is where it ends. right here, right now. [police sirens] - i called for backup. [police sirens] you gotta trust somebody, carter. this guy doesn't own every cop. get down, get down! [guns clattering on floor] - carl elias, you are under arrest. i'll have to check my notes for the list of charges, but murder and kidnapping are at the top. - you can't stop the inevitable, detective. change will happen whether you embrace it or not. - he was my father. you're dead. no one's ever gonna remember you even existed! you're nothing, you hear me?
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hollywood, your 24/7 celebrity conversation. >> there were a couple of people at "the view" who were very unfriendly and uninvited. >> nene calling "the view" mean girls. >> the cast feel is wrong. try again. >> i'm with joy behar, firing back. >> it's not true. we w we not mean to her. we d d not bully her. >> that's just part of our good week. >> bad week. it wasn't just like a kiss. it was already geing uncomfortable. >> then megan and charlie's steamy ama makeout had everyone puckering up. backstage with the night's most talked-about moment. plus, is "scandal's" scott foley done fooling around with kerry? >> how much do you miss making out with olivia? >> i don't. >> while their presidential love triangle makes for one awkward sex scene.
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kerry is laying on the bed. >> ife's tough. life's tough. now hollywood fro the inside out, it's "the insider" together with yahoo!. >> hello, everybody, and welcome to "the weekend insider." >> let's kick things off with the holiday headlines that are getting plenty of social traction in our "good week -- >> bad week." >> i iwas a bad week for bill cosby who was blasted by fellow tv dad bob saget. >> i went to the university, and he was a mentor of mine. >> i will -- i've never seen anything like this. >> it's very sad. and i -- i think the answer is obvious that the man has been tarnished. >> reporter: philadelphia tives and completing clean-cut tv dads for five years when both "the cosby show" and "full house" dominated primetime. >> oh, that's my big girl's first day of high school. come sit on my lap. >> dad.
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>> reporter: bob saget now calls the allegations of abuse against cosby, quote, despicable. it comes in the wake of 50-plus women accusing him of drugging or sexually assaulting them over decades. >> how many of you believe bill cosby raped you? >> reporter: despite never being charged with a crime, saget believes at this point there is no way to separate the claims from his work. >> i also have respect for cosby because he changed comedy. >> some of my barbecue cause after a while when it kicks in, they get all huggy buggy. >> so the work -- you find out the people thth you look up to, unfortunatelel. >> bindi and derek! >> true to predictions, bindi andderek's win is also getting buzzzz
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something our vegas oddsmaker johnny avello and america called. >> it's bindi. >> but it was a bad week for nene who recalled to us what she described as a negative experience on "the view." >> there were a couple of people that sat at "the view" who were very, very unfriendly and uninviting. they were rolling their eyes up and down. they were not being kind. and i felt it. >> you're kidding me. a black and blue mark. >> i caught up with my former "view" cohost joy beheh to finin out t w things s sraled out of control. >> why did she think you guys bullied her? >> i have no idea. >> and that you're mean girls. >> it's not true. we were not mean to her. we did not bully her. >> it was a good week for sofia vergara and joe manganiello. >> their star-studded papa beach, florida, wedding.
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>> the hashtag #joefia trended all over the place. they're well into honeymoon wedding continue to dominate social media. >> posting these pictures from the beautiful ceremony. >> with a spread of over 100 happy couple earned the most lis. >> i tell you what, if you were at last sunday's american music awards, you had a great week. was there. she was on the red carpet and backstage, and you are here to give us an all-access pass to everything. tell us all abououit. >> i'm basically still recuperating. it was so good. where do i start? bieber all wet, that sexy kiss. that was just the half of it. but really the night was all about queen j. lo. let's break down the most talked-about moments of the amas. don't believe me just watch >> reporter: all hail queen terri right now. >> i'm sure everyone will feel, no one here is hard to look at. it's going to be aun night.
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confident uh-huh >> reporter: there was no doubt a fierce display of confident female slayers on the red carpet. but on stage, little charlie and meghan trainor became one of the biggest trending moments of the night when he became a certified mouth-to-mouth trainer. >> i mean, it wasn't just like a kiss. they were, like, full-on -- it started getting uncomfortable. i was, like, okay. focusing. okay. it was, like, oh, my gosh. you wish it was you. >> sorry, you're very attractive. >> thanks, charlie. >> reporter: charlie may or may not be in heat, he maintains the two are just friends. justinbieber meanwhile extinguished his own fire with that ama show closos. >> iconic in a way you have never heard before. >> reporter: the night surprised
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trigger an epic moment from star nerds s a cappella group pent pentatonix. >> i don't know, i feel like every time we perform it, we get, like, major chills about it. old-school/new-school convergence of girl power when demi lovato and alan ismoriette belted out that timeless. >> the amas said they wanted to do something special and demi seemed like a slam dunk. >> two badasses. >> wailing. and you would be here >> reporter: but the star as greeed the moments, plural, belonged t tthe night's host, jennifer lopez. >> tonight's not about me. >> she's one of the best, if not the best, entertainer of all time. >> do y'all wanna dance with me? >> to have her on that stage was special. >> reporter: describe j. lo in one word.
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>> glowy. she just glows. she can't help it. >> hot. 17 38 >> she's genuine, humble, fierce, she's everything. she's j. lo. >> reporter: our yahoo! celebrity agrees 74% of online sentiment is positive. so now i have to finish it out with how would you describe you in one word? >> one word? i could never describe myself -- yes! oh, my god, you nailed it! tired. >> not that anyone should be surprised, but j. lo was so good as a host. more dresses. >> that would be amazing. i loved her outfit changes. i mean, fabulous. meanwhile, kelsey, you're going to be back later to explain why you were in bed with morris chestnut and taye diggs. >> no big deal. moving on to last year's academy award winner eddie redmayne, already getting tons of buzz for his new movie "the danish girl."
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in the film eddie plays an artist who is one of the first known people to undergo gender reassignment surgery. it's a role that could be eddie's second shot at oscar. >> you won the oscar in the middle of working on this film. what has this year been like for you? >> it's been absolute frenzied noisy, muddled brilliance, cacophony of excitement. >> exactly what happened last night? >> there was a moment when i wasn't me. there was a moment when i was just lilly. >> r rorter: now facing g e buzz surrounding his portrayal in "the danish girl," it looks like eddie may want to make room for another oscar on that show. >> there's something you'd like to tell me. >> are you ready to do it again? because they're saying you're going to win the oscar again this year. >> no. to be honest, i'm just thrilled that this filmis making it ouou into the world,d, and i'm hoping that i'm just filming another film.
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are going to take a holiday and try to take in -- take stock of what it's about. >> eddie is ridiculously good in this movie, but the lm itself is beautiful and you could see oscar nod for best picture, best director and best supporting actress. she is blowing up right now. >> wow! coming up, inside taye diggs and morris chestnut's hollywood bromance. who's the one co-star standing in the way of a third best man movie? >> that's next.
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by -- i could just watch that on a loop over and over. taye diggs in 2013's "best man holiday." >> those two teaming up again on morris's medical drama "rosewood" on fox. >> kelsey's back with us now where you found yourself in the middle of thth manwich. >> it's' a tough job. they're ready to put on their tuxes again for a third "best man" movevy,ie, but it seems a certain lion is standing in the way. would there ever be a crossover?
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>> i haven't talked to them, but i don't know. >> it might be fun to have a crossover. it's like taye and i crossing over into "empire," it could be a reunion. >> maybe we'll chat with him on the next "best man" movie. >> it sounds like to me maybe he's the one that's holding up the prospect. listen, lispten. >> absolutely t. we're all working. >> well, i sure did. so until his schedule frees up, don't worry, ladies. morris and taye who plays a sexy new doctor on "rososood" are holding it down and apparently taking it off. >> it seems like you had a moment there. >> actually, we get that a lot. >> i was talking to dr. mike. >> morris, i they'd to talk to you about the promo because there's that part in the promo where you're taking a run. and you've got no shirt on. and it is glorious. >> thank you for doing that, by the way. >> you're welcome. >> there it is. >> oh, that's nice.
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nice. >> i actually had to tell them, i said, i don't want to take my shirt off every show because i want some krispy kremes. you want to eaea krispy kremes. >> this is what i heard of, you requested less shirtless scenes. this is a horrendous idea, morris. i don't like it at all. nope. don't want it. >> that's why we hired taye. taye takes over the reins. >> no more krispy kremes. >> and i'm going to exclusive. i'i'going to go ahead and give you an exexclusive. take my shirt off by taye is booty naked in the show. >> try to find a pro. >> quickly before we go, walk around, could we just, like, all maybe have, like, a little snuggle on the couch? i could sit in the midide? >> that works for m m that worksksor me. >kay. come on, taye. don't take your pants off.
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let's just have a little snuggle. listen, if you thought the chemistry of this interview was really ood, which clearar it was, you've got to check out the two guys on the show. it just got picked up again. it's a really great show and has >> really tough. she gets all the hard stuff. >> i got you. coming up, how "scandal" scar after we are all inside for a while, it gets pretty stuffy. when dad opens up the window, what's the first thing he does? the tobin stance. but when we open up the windows, you can see the dust floating around. there's dog hair. pollen. more work. (doorbell) whoa! what's this? swiffer sweeper! swiffer dusters! removes up to 70% of dust and allergens. stays on there like glue. can't do that with the other broom. wow, i love it. the tobin stance!
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kicking off the holidays have you ever looked someone in the eye and paid themmade them think you loved them? truth. >> of course it does. otherwise you'd be a fool with daddy issues. >> oh, snap. jake giving olivia pope a taste of her own medicine on "scandal." good for him. >> that was a good zinger. however, scott foley is much more of a gentleman in real life, wouldn't you say? >> oh, he's such a nice dude. and ladies, get ready to swoon because he also loves animals. >> reporter: his character, jake, is getting no love from olivia pope. >> i absolutely love "scandal." how much do you miss making out with olivia pope this year? >> am i speaking as scott foley or as jake? >> scott foley. >> i don't. i love her.
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she's happily married. i'm happily married. we have a great respect for each othehes spouses. >> let's talk about jake. that's boring. let's talk about jake. >> jake -- i think jake -- and you watched the show. i think jake is in a pretty good place. he sort of took one for the team and realized that she was in love with the president. >> i want you to start hooking back up with oe lvliviaolivia. >> you and my wife. it's weird. >> how is that? her watching it with you and you're making out with kerry? >> the first time kerry and i had a makeout scene, we went to a viewing party. everyone was quiet. and out of nowhere, she goes -- she goes, give me some more of that! somethininlike that. or bring that home. and i fefe like, woman, come on. >> at times you'll have deep makeout sessions. has there ever been an embarrassing moment on set with you and kerry washington? >> there's this scene where the three of us were shooting dream sequence that kerry had. >> she was going back and forth?
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kerry was lyinin on the b. he climbed onto the bed. i had to climb onto the bed after him. it was so uncomfortable. >> how many times did y'all have to do that? >> over and over. seven or seven. it was not cool. poor kerry had to deal with both -- i say poor kerry -- poor rry had to deal with both of us. >> reporter: scott is trying to make it easier for 4 million animals across the country. swiffer along with bark and company to find loving homes for these little ones just in time for the holidays. i hear you're looking for a pet. >> i'm always looking for a pet. i have three kids. it's the holidays. we have one dog at home. frankie needs a friend. >> reporter: by looking at this adorable photo of scott, it proves he has quite the history with man's best friend. i know you're all about your pets because i saw you shirtless. we have the picture. yeah, i saw you shirtless with a dog. it follows you wherever you go. do you regret taking this picture? >> i don't regret taking this picture. >> how'd this all happen?
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>> we'd talk about the shots i was going to take. and at the last minute, they said let's bring the dogs in. i was, like, what dogs? it was the one thing we hadn't talked about. of course that's the picture that gets the most play. >> i'm so glad jake made up with olivia pope's dad because i ias scared he was going to die. i love him. >> no way, they can't get rid of scott foley. he was cute on "felicity," but on "scandal." >> speaking of hot, we're less than two weeks away from "the wiz live" premiering december 3rd on nbc. bubuthe dress rehearsals, t t costumes a a of course the music. queen latifah and newcomer shanice williams takes us inside the making of "the wiz live." >> i've been waiting forr this my whwhe life. so i'm not that nervous. i'm just super excited.
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williams holding her own with the all-star cast, ne-yo and cowardly lion david alan grier. queen latifah in the title role says "the wiz" changed her life. you want to meet the wizard >> one of the reasons i'm an actress today. i wanted to be part of it the moment i heard anything about it. >> reporter: r insiders richard ridge and "people's" patrick gomez say this live production could be a ratings juggernaut. >> when there's a live event, everybody wants to make sure they're watching it in the moment. this is a show that everyone knows and everyone's very excited for. >> people from the broadway show like stephanie mills. people like queen latifah, people from the music industry like ne-yo and mary j. blige and from "the orange is the new black." >> reporter: shanice taking over the iconic role made famous 40
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now joins the cast as auntie em. >> it's like an out-of-body experience watching shanice whw is wonderful. he's the wiz >> reporter: she plays a good witch and mary j. blige plays a bad one. >> i love no bad fusenews. that's the reason why i wanted to play. >> we're all, like, on this journey together, and we're all helping each other. it's going to be great. moveve on down n move on down the road karl, don't you have friends coming over? yeah, so? it stinks in here. you've got to wash this whole room are you kidding? wash it? let's wash it with febreze. for all the things you can't wash, use... ...febreze fabric refresher whoa hey mrs. w wber inhahas hey, i ismells nice in here and try pluggable febreze...
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"the insider's" countdown to "the wiz." just before the show, the stars share their last-minute nerves. >> live. that's the only chance we get. >> then, hollywood is back. >> it's just a great group of people. >> marlowe thomas on the stars saving children's lives. and the crazy ex-girlfriend christmas. california christmastime >> behind the scenes of tv's hilarious musical stalker sensation.
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by -- excuse me, were you stopping? >> talk to the hand on that one. that's tlc's coach charming bill alberson whose claim to fame is to help beauty queens. >> he does not mess around. an attorney by day and coach by night, he takes a side hustle toto empower women very seriously. isn't that right, kelsey? >> yes, it is. and let me tell you, he's stylish, very sassy and knows how to work a walk. check this out. >> it's one, two, three, four, boom. >> what makes you one of the most sought-after pageant coaches in thehe entire countrtr >> i'm not a cheerleader. it's not christmas, and i'm not santa claus. i'm seeing some growth where women are realizing, you know what? the slowest-moving train is gender equality, and i'm kind of pushing it. >> i'm going to give it everything i've got. >> i don't care about that. i want to you win.
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>> yahoo! i'm here asking for help! >> it was s ke hearing a ghost. a voice from beyond the grave. >> there's no way i can go back. >> can she help solve her own murder? >> so surreal. >> this is something that happens to other people, not to you. >> she was a dancer who married a dashing photographer. til the bone-chilling night she went missing. underneath the snow. night? >> my attorney said, "you don't know the tidal wave that's >> seems like it's always the husband, right? isn't that what police say? except this time, they weren't >> it's a whodunit. i had three viable suspects. >> three possible suspects?
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a boyfriend. and d had a wife! >> everyone starts getting questioned. husband. boyfriend. jealous spouse. >> i said something like, "i hope she rots in hell"! >> so what did happen that snowy night? see what you think. because the most important clue of all may be the victim's own voice. >> i knew there was a line to o draw. >> i'm lester holt and this is "dateline." tonight, "secrets in the snow." here's keith morrison. >> reporter: it was cold the night it happened. so very cold. a night to be inside by a fireplace, tucked undedea quilt. not outside in the frigid dark. not way up here, nine thousand feet up,pln the colorado mountains. snow thick already that late november night, and with the wind chill, 24 below. >> i don't know enouou to know exactly what happened.
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>> reporter: what in god'same was his wife doing? walking out into the brutal cold? and more to the point, what happened to her? this middle class married mother of three. where did she go? without a word to him or her friends. >> you can't imagine that thth is happening to you and to your friendnd >> she was just plain missing. >> reporter: but she was. terrifying. dreadful in the end. and as events were about to prove, a shocking lesson on what can dwell hidden beneath a person's public skin. so this was really a secret >> a lot of it, sure. >> reporter: everybody has secrets, of course. stephanie roller bruner's secrets lived, as she did, in a skier's paradise. tall pines, heart-pounding slopes, soaring peaks. silverthorne, colorado. and the happy way she got here was the sort of thing you might expect to read in perhaps a romance novel. >> instant -- instant attraction.
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>> reporter: they met at the top of a mountain. dale bruner, a professional photographer, was taking and selling photographs of visiting skiers. a person has to make a living and for dale, skiers were it. >> i love taking wildlife. photos and scenics. people say, "well, why don't you sell more of your work that way?" i said, "well, buffalo don't carry credit cards." >> reporter: anyway, it was up there on the mountain, he spotted this young woman who seemed to be conducting some sort of forestry service survey. >> i skied up to her and i said, "what are you doing?" "writing parking tickets?" she looked up and smiled. >> reporter: and then she took off her big ski goggles. >> i was stutued and i'm like, "wow, she's beautiful." >> reporter: they momod in together right away, and when they got married a few years later, they eloped, they jetted off to fiji. it was so stephanie, said her friends. >> yeah, they kinda just went off and did it. >> reporter: they made their home in silverthorne where dale's photo business grew and grew. >> when things were really
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rolling, i had several operations in different states around the country. around 25 5 otographers working. >> reporter: stephanie got a job in county government. environmental planning department. >> look, look at the camera. >> reporter: they raised their 3 young children. >> awesome children. the best. >> how bout a smile? >> reporter: and life for the bruner family was -- >> it was fantastic. we traveled. we vacationed. >> reporter: but it was in her spare moments and hours that stephanie was truly transformed. a ballroom dancer. >> dancing was probably to her what photography is to me. >> our guest star, bill -- >> reporter: it was her passion, said her old friend bill. >> he knows flamenco. >> stephanie loved to dance. i mean, dance was her life. she was alive when she danced. >> reporter: hardly surprising then that stephanie and jennifer were very close, too. >> we started a ballroom dance program together at my dance studio and pretty soon she had me doing back flips with men and
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partnering and just all kind of fun things. >> reporter: but it was dance that led off the whole cascade of trouble in the fall of 2010. there's an annual fundraiser here in silverthoror called "dancing with the mountain stars." local worthies paired with ballroom pros. >> did you go? >> i went to about three years of them. the last one, i did not go to the last one. >> reporter: had a weddidi to shoooo so he missed the chance to watch stephanie teach those lead-footed businessmen the foxtrot and the tango and so on. which means he also missed what happened that night. >> she coached a number of couples and in the process she met a man named ron. >> reporter: ron holthouse. a local, married, physical therapist. >> she started working with him
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she really did call it a "true love" moment. >> and he seemed to feel the same thing about her? >> yeah, they realal clicked together. >> reporter: so they did. oh, boy, didhey ever. and stephanie was dancing on air, her whole world, upended. >> she didn't realize that there could be love like that. >> reporter: a secret from her family, of course. but she told her friends that she'd found her "soul mate." >> it was almost odd how she told a number of us, that i just want you to know that i'm very happy. >> reporter: but joy and misery come in pairs sometimes. as thanksgiving approached, chaos took over what had been a well ordered life. it was a wednesday, middle of october, when things started piling up. >> a horrendous day for her. >> because? >> well, she went to work that day and the county laid off 20 people that very day. >> reporter: including
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in fact, stephanie's troubles, and her secrets, seemed to pile up like the snow. >> she was behaving a little bit strangely. >> a little unpredictable. >> a little bit, yeah. >> reporter: it was thanksgiving week. that cold, dark night. not far away from peaceful silverthorne, someone robbed a bank. a very rare thing around here. dale was i ibed, he said, when stephanie e nounced she was going out to clear her head. and then didn't come back. come morning, dale called the silverthorne police. >> i got a phone call from dale bruner and just said i wanted to make a report that my wife is missing. >> repepter: it was a records clerk named veronica nicholas who took t t call. >> he said, "i got the ks up, i got them ready for school, and i got them on the bus, and then i thought i should probably call you guys." >> reporter: stephanie's car was in the driveway, said dale. and when he called her cell phone, it went to voicemail. veronica called stephanie's best friend, jennifer. >> i panicked. this is something that happens tother people, not to you.
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>>*reporter: oh, but it had happened. as the silverthorne police checked local hotels and hospitals, stephanie's friends scoured her neighborhood. >> it just seemed unbelievable that stephanie would not check in. >> reporter: a day became two. and then three. and somemerivate secrets were about to become very public indeed. >> so where was stephanie? police had a lot of questions for her husband, dale. they also wanted to talk to that other man in her life, her boyfriend, ron. and when we come back, they do. >> i just want to ask straight you know where stephanie is right now? >> reporter: all night, the we are in the age of ageless. age neutral. age defiant. age agnostic. olay is a purveyor of ageless. only the best 1% of ingredients make it into our products. for transformed skin without expensive brands or procedures.
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>> reporter: all night, the bitter cold pried at the windows and licked under the door frames the bruner house hehe in silvlvthorne, colorado. hardly a night to take a walk. certainly not an all night walk. had she hurt herself, or had someone else hurt her? it wasn't like stephanie roller bruner to just disappear. >> it seemed more likely that it might be a stranger that might be involved or that t ephanie herself might have jususrun off in despair and maybe hurt herself. >> reporter: stephanie's friends and family poured over those last few weeks. so full of change secrecy,
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turmoil. were there clues? of course some knew about stephanie's relationship with that new man, and how upset she was about losing her job. still, she seemed to be holding the trouble at bay. 6 weeks before she disappered, as dale recalled, she suggested a little family holiday. >> she says, "let's go to glenwood springs for the weekend." old, classic, wonderful place. >> reporter: and it was "almost romantic," said dale. just like the old days. but when they got back she gave him the news. >> she goes, "i want a divorce." i said, "you don't love me anymore?" she goes, "i've met this other person" and she even said, "it's than i don't love you, but i think i love - -i think i've met my soulmate again." >> reporter: and just like that dale's world came crashing down. >> i called her brother. i called her sisters. i called her mom. i said, "do you know what's going on? do you know what's happening? >> reporter: he talked to her sister ramona. >> i remember during the phone
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calllleeling really annoyed, like, why are you calling me to try to sway me to your side? but then by the time the call was over i remember thinking, "what is steph doing?" >> reporter: he begged stephanie's friend, jennifer, to do something. >> you've got to talk some sense into her. you know, you've got to make her see that she needs to stay with me. >> you had no inkling that this was coming? >> no, not until she told me that she was in love with somebody. >> reporter: helplessly in love she told him. fell for her other man that night dancing with the mountain stars. >> i go back to the day that i asked steph if i should shoot that wedding or not. and i didn't g gto that event with her. i wasn't gonna be dancing with her on a big important night for her. >> reporter: it was a curiously old-fashioned affair, apparently. stephanie told her apparently. stephanie told her friends that her feelings were no so much physical as pure and emotional. but she made it clear to dale that even thoughghhe still loved him, she had nchoice but to follow these powerful feelings
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man. >> i said, "if this is what you want, this is what you want." >> reporter: they would share the children, of course, dale at the family house, stephanie in a rented condo. the weekend before she disappeared, he helped her move out. >> why in heaven's name did you do that? >> well, she asked me to help. isn't that what you do? i didn't fall out of love with her. i still loved her. >> reporter: and then in the middle of the night, her very first night away, dale says he woke up to a commotion downstairs. it was stephanie. she crawled right back into bed with him. >> she had come home. >> wow. >> she said this was all a horrible mistake and that she wanted to move back in. >> and i said, "are you sure?" and she said, "don't worry everything's fine." >> reporter: but now, just two days later, things were not fine. not at all. stephahae was missing, and dale was down at the police department telling officers where he thought his wife might have gone. >> i thomght she would go somewhere with the wifi and be
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