once >> doug stewart was not involved in any of the searches. when detective scott reached him that monday night april 26. he was in virginia, and he remain. there he gave a reporter from would tv a telephone interview. >> now that the timeline has gone so far, i'm getting very word and very concerning. >> despite their ceaseless marital battles. doug insisted he still cared about her. i don't know what is next, to be honest with. you i'll just keep watching the news and pray and hope for the. best >> but it was also still bitter about losing his kids, in that custody showdown just two weeks before. so his take on her disappearance was a unique. one it wasn't upset he said because he believed venus was a runaway. mom >> my theory my wife pulled another fossil, and runoff, couldn't handle the commitment of the situation she was in, for the children, by herself. >> the way doug saw, this was no different from that time two months earlier. when venus had suddenly and surprisingly bolted with the kids. >> came home, she wasn't there. my kids weren't