we had no idea. >> sergeant john richter says the plain-clothed cops waited all day for just the right make their move. >> get him on the outside of the courthouse. >> who makes the collar? how does it go down? >> myself and detective washington were there. put the handcuffs on him. felt pretty good. >> nique's family knew the feeling. >> i raised my hands and said, praise god. that was my reaction. >> in addition to facing a murder charge, matt leili was eventually charged with sexual assault and multiple counts of eavesdropping. a few weeks after his arrest, nique's daughters, amanda and rebecca, posted an edited video on youtube in support of their dad. 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. for nique's family, that video was devastating. what, they wondered, had happened to those girls in the four years they had been in vermont. >> as far as i can tell, he poisoned them against us. i can only attribute that to, you know, them living in a house with a master manipulator. >

richter scale. and then a huge tsunami crashing up the coast. it was like watching a disaster movie. this one horribly real, and johnnd 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? and we were looking at maps, and you know, everything was pointing to, yes, it's exactly where zach is, and -- >> we just prayed. >> the enormous waves you see here were hitting noda and kuji, the towns were zach and georgia were teaching. the frantic calls began, but no avail. and what happened with his phone? >> it would say all circuits are busy and that you'd get a busy signal. >> and then the minutes went by. >> uh-huh. >> and then an hour, two hours. what did that feel like? >> hell. >> as a parent you never think oh, my child's been killed. you don't think that. you just wait. you just wait, and just pray for the best. >> and 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 right then, but

richter scale. and then a huge tsunami crashing up the coast. it was like watching a disaster movie. this one horribly real, and johnnd 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? and we were looking at maps, and you know, everything was pointing to, yes, it's exactly where zach is, and -- >> we just prayed. >> the enormous waves you see here were hitting noda and kuji, the towns were zach and georgia were teaching. the frantic calls began, but no avail. and what happened with his phone? >> it would say all circuits are busy and that you'd get a busy signal. >> and then the minutes went by. >> uh-huh. >> and then an hour, two hours. what did that feel like? >> hell. >> as a parent you never think oh, my child's been killed. you don't think that. you just wait. you just wait, and just pray for the best. >> and 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 right then, but