narrator: joel patrick courtney was sitting in jail in albuquerque. it was december 2004. des in prison >> joel patrick courtney was sitting in jail in albuquerque. it was december 2004. the married father of three was facing decades in prison if convicted of kidnapping, sexual assault, and battery charges. as investigators began checking out the possible link to brooke wilbur's case, a call went out to her family. they had waited more than six months for news, any news about their daughter's disappearance. now, there was a man in custody who they thought might be able to reunite them with their daughter. just as elizabeth smart had been returned to her family. >> what are you thinking when you hear this? >> actually, i had prayed so faithfully all fall that whoever had done this would make a mistake. and when i heard the news, i thought they made a mistake. they tried it again. and no one else knew what i've heard, because i hadn't told anyone else because it was always find brook, help us to find brooke. i guess that was a selfish prayer, help whoever had done this to mak