jones, but d.a. hautzinger was not. why didn't you decide to pull the pin on lester ralph jones?a body. >> and that was the defining -- >> absolutely, that was really -- >> i mean, there are lots of no body cases that go to trial. >> not a lot of no body cases where the victim has a double life and has been lying to her family and friends. because of her double life the possibility that a defense attorney could throw out there that she ran off with some rich client and is living on a beach in brazil or something -- >> reporter: and as the years passed, paige's story went from the front of the paper to being filed away on microfiche. where was she? coming up -- they were about to find out. and it would transform the case. >> now we need to make a critical decision. >> and then, a brand new theory of what happened to paige. >> i think that triggers something and something went wrong. >> when "dateline" continues. ons oh, come on! sriracha? woo! don't fight your cravings. eat 'em. all the flavors you crave in a superfood. blue diamond almonds. crave victoriously. geico would like to