not only had scott purk's first wife, meg purk, died 24 years earlier, but she had died in akron, only from stow, but a different jurisdiction. what's it like to go to the akron police and say, "hey, i'm from a much smaller department, but i think you got this case wrong back in the mid 1980s." you have to approach it very carefully, but we have a good working relationship with the police department in akron. and you have to make the phone call. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): instead of waving off this small town detective, the akron cops were willing to help. i talked to a detective who i dealt with in the past. he said, "it's not a cold case. it's a closed case. if you want to use your eyes to take a look at it, you know, we'll send you a copy of the report." and he did. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): according to the original police report, meg purk was 24 years old and nine months pregnant on the day she died. scott stated that the morning of march 18, 1985, meg had woken up sick. and scott had made a doctor's appointment for her to go see her doctor. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): later