we had no idea. >> reporter: sergeant john richter says the plainclothes cops waited all day for justtheir me. >> we get him on the -- on the outside of the courouse. >> who makes the collar? how's it go down? >> myself and detective washington were there and put the handcuffs on him. felt pretty good. >> reporter: nique's family knew the feeling. >> i raised my hands and said, "praise god." that was my reaction. >> reporter: in addition to facing a murder charge, matt leili was eventually charged with sexual assault and multiple counts of evesdropping. a few weeks after his arrest nique leili's daughters, amanda and rebecca, posted an edited video on youtube in support of their dad. >> so girls, tell me what life was like growing up in your home. >> it was always happy and loving. most of the time my mom was traveling. my dad was mostly the one taking care of us. >> reporter: in the video the girls claimed that their mother hated her own family and those same spiteful relatives were the primary reason their dad was in jail. >> they've never liked my dad, and i've been reading things

richter scale. then a huge tsunami crashing up the coast. it was like watching a disaster movie, this one horribly real. and john terry's son zach was now right in the middle of it. >> what did you think? >> unreal. this can't be happening. are you sure it's where zach is? are you sure it's in the same region? we were looking at maps, and everything was pointing to, yeah, it's exactly where zach is. >> we just prayed. >> enormous waves you see here were hitting noda and kuji, the towns where zach and georgia were teaching. the frantic calls began, to no avail. >> what happened when you tried his phone? >> it would say all circuits are busy and you'd get a busy signal. >> then the minutes went by. >> uh-huh. >> then an hour and two hours. what did that feel like? >> hell. >> as a parent, you never think, oh, my child has been killed. out don't think that. you just wait. you just wait and just pray for the best. >> remember, zach had wanted to come home months earlier, but terry and john had encouraged him to stay, to live up to his commitment. >> how much did you beat yourself up about that? >> i did. >> seemed r