at his sentencing, another circus. >> it didn't take long for joel patrick courtney to tell district judge kenneth martinez exactly what he thinks of him. >> i have no respect for this court. this is -- you're the rudest person i have ever met. >> i do believe, sir, that you are, again, attempting to delay this matter as you have repeatedly. >> the judge sentenced joel courtney to 18 years in prison but not before courtney took a parting shot. >> i would spit in your face if i was close enough. >> time had finally run out for joel courtney. he would soon be back on his way to oregon where investigators were ready for his head games. their goal, the same as it had been for years, find brooke. >> there was a degree of vigor. you are not going to win, joel courtney. we will. >>> coming up, brooke's family issues a plea to joel courtney to help them finally find brooke. >> we just wanted her back. we just wanted her still. we just wanted to bring her home. >>> joel courtney was finally in an oregon courtroom, pleading not guilty to murder charges. it was the spring of 2008, a full four y

. >> caught was this man, joel patrick courtney, soon identified by his victim and arrested on criminal sexual penetration, kidnapping and aggravated battery. joel courtney was 38 years old. he lived in this albuquerque suburb, rio rancho in this home with his wife and three young children. he had worked as a mechanic and fisherman and had worked all over the united states. a fluent spanish speaker, he also lived in mexico. but the man who appeared in family photos as the ever-smiling attentive father also had a dark side. six months before, his wife had taken out a restraining order against him, reporting he had choked her. >> the first time i saw him, i remember thinking it was as strong a reaction that i had had to richard ramirez. >> ramirez is the notorious night stalker, convicted of murdering more than a dozen people in the 1980s, now awaiting execution on california's death row. prosecutor theresa watley once crossed paths with ramirez in the courtroom. >> he actually made the hair on my arms stand up because he was so evil. the only other person that has done that to me was joe