here's josh mankiewicz with "troubled waters." >> reporter: if you crave money or fame or if you want to meet beautiful people, maybe even become one of them, you will find your way to southern california. it's where everything is possible or seems to be. this is the story of two women drawn for different reasons to the sun, to the bright lights, to the blue water. both chased that promise of success. both saw what can go wrong. it was a gorgeous summer day in newport beach, california. the last of fourth of july weekend. some lucky tourists aboard an eight-passenger boat called "the green machine" were marveling at a school of dolphins playing in the water when they came across the unexpected. >> we've got a loose boat out here about five miles out of newport beach. >> reporter: the captain radioed the coast guard that a small speedboat was circling out of control n the water nearby was a man holding on to a body board. >> the husband apparently fell off the boat and the wife apparently fell off the boat. >> reporter: the man in the water was frantic. >> he's still looks like he's pr

here's josh mankiewicz ♪ >> this is the sheriff's office. >> my wife made a phone call to me a minute, said she was held by gunpoint. >> businessman told the 911 operator to say that his wife had been kidnapped the call would turn out to be just the beginning of an unbelievable saga that would baffle investigators and turn this husband's life upside down. the next few days would bring one setback after another. and no one could have predicted how it all would come to an end. it was around 5:00 p.m. september 4th, 2009. reid's wife, quinn, had called him at work and told him she had just been kidnapped right out of their $4 million home. reid couldn't believe what he'd heard. he went to his office parking lot to try and think straight. >> did he tell you where she was at >> no. there is a note at the house. with a demand. >> the news was as shocking as it was terrifying. quinn, a mom of two young daughters, was a trained nurse who was now raising her children full time. her husband was a self-made man who finally hit it big in the health care business this frightened husband told the 9

here's josh mankiewicz with the conclusion of "mystery in orange county." >> as he dug deeper into k.cy's background, detective joey ramirez found more and more evidence k.c. was infatuated, even obsessed, with maribel ramos. for instance, the time maribel told k.c. he was too old for her and he responded by getting plastic surgery. $12,000 later he's got a different face? >> correct. >> and he says the reason he got it is because of the woman who's missing? >> correct. >> now here was k.c. at the public library google mapping a remote wilderness area. since the dawn of detective novels, killers have returned to the scene of the crime. but these days there's no need for the bad guy to even get in his car. now it can be done with the click of a mouse. the good guys still have to do it the old-fashioned way. detective sean hayden got the call on the radio. drive out to rustic majestic canyon southeast of the city of orange. >> we didn't know what to think. this is very rural area. no one would be out here mountain biking or hiking. this is way off the beaten path. >> at the other end of

here's josh mankiewicz with "the quiet one." >> sometimes the fresh air of a small town can hide a lot of dirty laundry. >> my worst fear was all of a sudden true. >> sometimes sudden death can lay bare every secret. >> she had felt like she was abusing it. >> what happened in this small town would tear apart a marriage and, at the same time, separate two families that were once united by love. boone, iowa, on flat land just north of des moines is a company town. headquarters for one of the largest grocery chains in the midwest -- fareway. it's a family-owned company, and rick beckwith is a third generation ceo. he and his wife cindy raised a family of five here. their youngest daughter emily, the sweet, but quiet one. kind of a shrinking violet? >> well, the oldest sister said that she never got spanked. >> she didn't. she just remained silent and look at me with those big, brown eyes, and it was over. >> even though emily was from a prominent wealthy family, her friend lisa says emily never flaunted it. >> everyone knew that emily was a beckwith, but i never felt less of a person in