hallway, open the door, drive the 10 or 12 miles over debbie hawk's house, subdue her, bludgeon her, load her into the van, drive it to fresnoetting any blood on him, without being discovered. keith morrison (voiceover): so what did happen to debbie hawk? the defense floated this theory. debbie worked in pharmaceutical sales. perhaps a drug had gone after the samples she kept in the van. all of the pharmaceuticals in her van were missing. somebody took them. keith morrison (voiceover): but that was a ludicrous idea, countered the prosecution. debbie carried very few samples. and anyway, if drug theft was behind it, why didn't the thief take any jewelry or electronics? no, it all seem to come down to dave. his behavior, his character, his own words. like the conversation with a friend police recorded in which dave speculated on what might have happened to debbie. the defense played it in court as an unguarded indication that dave had no idea what happened. he he basically offered that, you know, i don't think she's ever going to be found. keith morrison (voiceover): did it work? listen to prosecutor larry crouch. you're going