to rise again. as you will see in poppy harlow's report money may be the least of her problems. >> the past ten years i have been in form of a prison. >> reporter: michael erickson was candice anderson's first love. >> i can still hear his laugh, big laughter. >> reporter: and rhonda erickson's only child. >> there's gifts on the wall that he gave me. he's everywhere in this house. >> reporter: the father of two young daughters, sierra and savannah. >> he'll never walk them down the aisle. he'll never -- he can't go see their ball games and their achievements. >> reporter: november 15th, 2004, everything changed. candice and her boyfriend michael are in a major car crash. candice is behind the wheel and is severely injured. michael doesn't survive.