that's dennis gaede and diane fruge with her son at the store. >> i believe that by the time that purchase made, tim wicks was dead. >> in milwaukee, the case was beginning to receive media attention. descriptions of gaede and fruge broadcast, which helped detective schoonover uncovers even more leads. such as what happened to the car tim wicks drove to fargo. >> and so we called up the dealership where he bought it, and when we talked to them they said, we have the car here. okay. what happened? he said that a couple of days ago a lady came in to the teal areship, gave the keys to the car to a salesman and said my husband can't make the payments anymore and gives him the keys, hops in the car and takes off. >> he was also chasing a money trail. after news broke of tim wicks' death his bank called to report unusual transactions. >> we found out that someone called and identified himself as timothy wicks and went to their 24-hour phone service and cashed out a cd and had it deposited into a savings account. >> a total of $17,000 was taken, and gaede was long gone. but police say gaede kept