but then, along came ed o'dell.he was a consultant from nashville working on a construction project at her hospital. he set eyes on her right away. he was a southern gentleman. and he would walk in and he would say hi, and then he'd leave. and that went on for, i think, a year. and then one day, she said, i think i'm going to go out on a date with ed. dennis murphy (voiceover): and that one date turned into a whirlwind romance. within months, lynne and ed got engaged and mapped out a future together in nashville. he was very fond of the boy and looked forward to them all being a family together. lynne had been awarded custody of the child, although she ensured that christian's father, clifford, had generous visitation rights. she had agreed to everything that clifford wanted to try to play nice. she said if this is what you want, we'll do that. dennis murphy (voiceover): in august 1994, the clock was counting down to moving day. lynne was home packing when ed called from nashville about 8 o'clock on a sunday night.