. >> reporter: detectives ken clark and robert martindale wanted to have a look at harvey morrow's boat, steven'snown residence, and they wanted to talk to harvey. they got a search warrant. brought a whole team to the harbor. seized the yacht. >> when you first walked in, was it -- >> clean, absolutely clean. clean enough for you, and these are my words, eat off the floor. >> reporter: pristine, in fact. and for all the diligent efforts of the forensic people, there was no sign of steven b's existence. no evidence he'd ever set foot on that yacht. they did find some high-tech navigational equipment, which they hoped would tell them where the boat had been, but when the expert analyzed it -- >> he said it was never connected. it was never turned on. >> reporter: there was a manual for a handheld garmin gps. but only the manual. >> we went and we searched and we searched and we searched. and we just didn't find the gps. >> reporter: nor did they find harvey morrow. he seemed to have disappeared. and that's when they started digging into harvey's background. just who was he anyway? >> some said he