shakespeare's name. >> you get tired of people asking you for money all the time abe? they don't take no for an answer! >> reporter: but pay close attention to this, the only video of dee dee and shakespeare together. you'll notice instead of talking about his past dee dee asks shakespeare about his future. >> so where you want to go? >> it don't matter to me. i'm not a particular person. >> california? you want a foreign country? cozumel. >> reporter: later on, this video would be critical when detectives would come to suspect something sinister. >> are you going to miss your home? >> i'm going to miss it, but life goes on. >> reporter: or does it? not long after this interview, the man who was everywhere was suddenly nowhere. shakespeare stopped coming into the barber shop. no one saw him driving around town with dee dee anymore either. where was he? how many cases do you think you've worked? >> 60 to 100. >> reporter: where does the abraham shakespeare one rank? >> it definitely has to rank number one. i mean, it's the one that stands out the most. >> reporter: detec