here is nbc's josh mankiewicz. >> reporter: katie holmes' surprise divorce case may have caught manybut tom cruise biographer andrew morton thinks it was meticulously planned. >> katie holmes behavior like she was escaping from alcatraz, like from prison. >> reporter: only katie knows the real reason for the breakup. there has been no shortage of speculation. morton says the church of scientology has been part of the tomkat union from the start. >> scientology was effectively the third wheel, the third person in the marriage. >> reporter: journalist mark ebbner has been writing about hollywood and scientology for 15 years. >> we all heard the stories of how mr. cruise was supposedly auditioning actresses to date and then marry. that seems very difficult to believe. you know, he's tom cruise. people are lining up, right? >> tom cruise is not your average movie star. he's a scientologist. the church and his handlers within the church will do everything they can to find the quote/unquote perfect wife for tom cruise. >> reporter: it sounds difficult to believe, which makes this man's sto

here is josh mankiewicz. >> reporter: sometimes the tracks are as clear as the sky, but other times you need to know where to look to see the truth. this man has made a career of noticing what others do not. what is his reputation? >> meticulous investigator. just pours over the volumes of evidence and finds things that other investigators do not find. >> reporter: the evidence whisperer. >> correct. >> that night i went out dancing. >> reporter: does this man act guilty? does he know more than he's saying? >> i didn't know anything was going on. all right. i just heard lynsie. >> reporter: what about this man? can you believe the story he's telling? >> i was supposed to pick her up twice, she was so out of character, she didn't show up on either day. >> reporter: the evidence whisperer wasn't at either of those interviews. but watching them helped him solve the mystery of what happened to a vivacious young woman, and bring answers to the mother who loved her. >> i was always proud of her. she was a real fighter. >> reporter: lynsie arrived on july 2nd, 1980, the youngest of three. mayb

. >> and that was josh mankiewicz reporting tonight. >>> good evening once agai >>>n, good evening oncein. i'm ann curry in aurora, colorado reporting the latest details on a national tragedy. that shooting rampage inside a movie theater here less than 24 hours ago. >> it sounded like madness. a man kicked through the door, covered in all black. >> some thought it was part of the show. gunshots, tear gas, chaos. a night at the movies becomes a real-life night of terrorment. >> he was shooting people behind me. i had gun shells falling on my head. gunshot after gunshot. women and children screaming. it was terrifying. >> a gunman dressed to kill in a carefully planned attack. >> we are not looking for any other suspects. >> what could have driven him to do this? >> he was shy. not aggressive. >> tonight the latest on the shooting in theater nine. powerful stories of victims. >> it was an infectious attitude she had that everyone loved. >> and survivors. >> i heard jamie yell get down. my daughter, she was asleep. i just got her and threw her on the ground. >> a difficult and dark night i

again, josh mankiewicz. >> reporter: katie holmes must have known that walking out on a hollywood megastar always going to be a big deal. and many believe she must have known that it would be an even bigger deal, because her husband is scientology's top celebrity. that certainly is what cruise biographer andrew morton thinks. >> katie holmes behaved as if she was escaping from alcatraz, from an open prison. and it was a very meticulously organized escape. >> reporter: so what happened? morton says katie's dad, a lawyer in ohio, flew to new york to help his daughter overhaul her life. >> and she has done so knowing what tom is like, how controlling he is, knowing how controlling the church is, and what a tough organization she faces. >> reporter: first, katie got her own place in new york. she found it in this luxury apartment building loaded with amenities, including an elevator that goes straight down to the underground garage. christopher hyland is one of her new neighbors. >> when you just see her from a distance, she comports herself with a regal bearing. >> reporter: next katie cleane

. >> and that was josh mankiewicz reporting tonight. >>> good evening once again, everybody. i'm ann curry in a roar a colorado, reporting details on a shooting rampage inside a movie theater here less than 24 hours ago. >> it sounded like madness. a man kicked through the door completely covered in all black. >> some thought it was part of the show. gunshots, tear gas, chaos. a night at the movies becomes a real life night of terror. >> he was shooting people behind me and i had gun shells falling on my head, gunshot after gunshot and there was women and children screaming and it was just really terrifying. >> a gunman dressed to kill in a carefully planned attack. >> we are not looking for any other suspects. we are confident that he acted alone. >> what could have driven him to do this? >> he was like kind of shy. he wasn't aggressive. >> tonight the latest on the shooting in theater 9. powerful stories of victims. >> it was an infectious attitude that she had that everybody loved. >> and survivors. >> i heard jamie yell "get down," and my daughter was asleep. i just got h

. >> and that was josh mankiewicz reporting tonight. >>> good evening once again, everybody.etails on a shooting rampage inside a movie theater here less than 24 hours ago. >> it sounded like madness. a man kicked through the door completely covered in all black. >> some thought it was part of the show. gunshots, tear gas, chaos. a night at the movies becomes a real life night of terror. >> he was shooting people behind me and i had gun shells falling on my head, gunshot after gunshot and there was women and children screaming and it was just really terrifying. >> a gunman dressed to kill in a carefully planned attack. >> we are not looking for any other suspects. we are confident that he acted alone. >> what could have driven him to do this? >> he was like kind of shy. he wasn't aggressive. >> tonight the latest on the shooting in theater 9. powerful stories of victims. >> it was an infectious attitude that she had that everybody loved. >> and survivors. >> i heard jamie yell "get down," and my daughter was asleep. i just got her and threw her on the ground. >> a difficult a