initially his boss, brian armstrong, led it slide. >> i chalked it up to, hey, he was taking the dayff, unscheduled day off. and i didn't think too much about it. then the following day, which was a wednesday, again scheduled to come in. no call, no show. then i got worried. >> reporter: word spread and soon eric's sisters and the rest of their close-knit family were trying to find him. >> no one had heard from him. >> reporter: now you're really worried. >> i'm really worried. >> reporter: cynthia took a deep breath and called 911. police were dispatched to check out eric's apartment in silver spring, maryland. his family raced to meet them. eric somuah, a man about town who lived life at full throttle, had seemingly fallen off the map. what had happened to him? >> when we come back, an unanswered knock and lots of questions. >> we were all in shock. we were just shocked. >> i said, there's no way. there's no way. one laugh, and hello sensitive bladder. ring a bell? then you have to try always discreet. i didn't think protection this thin could work. but the super absorbent core tur