. >> reporter: after peter and q.c. chadwicksing, the first sign of trouble was found in their newport beach home. sergeant ryan peters and lieutenant bryan moore worked the case. >> in the master bathroom, they initially saw the broken glass. >> we had blood at the bottom of the bathtub. >> reporter: hours ticked by with no sign of the couple, until early the next morning, when peter chadwick showed up in a gas station near the mexican border, 100 miles away from his home, and called 911 to say that his wife q.c. had been murdered. >> reporter: chadwick claimed that he took a housepainter named juan to his home, and juan attacked his wife, drowning her in their bathtub. he then threatened chadwick with a two-inch pocket knife. >> and juan orders peter to help him get q.c.'s body out of the tub. >> reporter: with juan at his side, chadwick claimed he was forced to drive all through the night with his wife's body in the back of his s.u.v. police picked up peter chadwick and immediately found holes in his story. any signs of juan

multi millionaire business man pet peter chadwick and his wife disappeared from their home. hours'" tracy smith is following this manhunt. >> reporter: after peter and his wife went missing, investigators searched their home. >> in the master bathroom, they initially saw the broken glass. >> blood at the bottom of the bathtub. >> hours ticked by with no sign of the couple until early the next morning when peter showed up at a gas station near the mexican border 100 miles away from his home and called 911 to say his wife had been murdered. >> 911. >> yeah, my wife's dead. >> this was a huge break. >> it was huge. >> they took her, they took her. >> who took her? >> juan, juan. >> he claimed he took a house painter into his home and attacked his wife, drowning her in his bathtub. he then threatened chadwick with a pocketknife. >> he says he was forced to drive all through the night with his wife's body in the back of the suv. he saidon then drove off with her body leaving thad wick alone at the gas station. police picked up peter chadwick and immediately found holes in his sto