when heather jones, the newly svelt newby teacher didn't show up for kindergarten class that morning 14, alarm bells went off in front of her fellow teachers and friends. >> heather would never miss a day of school. she was totally dedicated. >> home sick? didn't seem likely, that new teacher knew heather was never to be side lined by a sniffle. >> there was no excuse for her to not be there. >> school officials couldn't reach her on the show. her cousin diane we heard she was a no show, she headed over to german town where she saw an encouraging sign. >> there was relief when i saw a car in the driveway. i thought she was there. oh, she's sick. >> diane thought heather was probably just sleeping. >> knocking, knocking, knocking. >> but no answer, alarmed, she called heather's mother to bring over a key. soon german town police arrived, opened the door and went in first. >> they said she's not in there. they said nothing looked disturbed. >> is that a relief in anyway, that she's not in there? >> no, no, it was terrifying. something is very much wrong. >> it was now a missing person's