lisa, too. because here was another secret. the smithsr on their mortgage on the verge of losing their home. >> we were in a horrible position financially. >> reporter: lisa discovered before he disappeared, gavin had been taking money from his retirement account and recklessly blowing through his six figure salary and there were other signs of strain in the family. in april, 2012, a month before gavin disappeared, his son evan wrote this message on twitter. thoughts and prayers out to my amazing mom and brothers, please. my dad decided to leave the family last night. real family sticks together. sister tara spoke with gavin at the time. >> he was struggling with losing what he had come to know and love for so many years and that was tis family unit. and he didn't want to hurt those boys and that's what he kept saying. i don't want to be without them. >> reporter: but as much as he loved his boys, detectives learned, gavin had been unfaithful to his wife, had been seeing a woman named melanie and now that gavin had disappeared without a t

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smith barring and u.s. trust and city private bank and stanford bernstein. she's also the chief financial officer for city proof. finally we welcome the testimony of doctor lisa cook and associate professor as part of economics at the jane madison college at michigan state university. she served as president of the national economic association from 2015 to 2000 and and currently serves as co-director of the american economic association summer training program. prior to this academic appointment of among faculty and the universal school of government. she was also the deputy director for african research for the center of international development and harvard university. wow! a huge reminder that the testimony will be limited to five minutes. without objection your written statement will be part of the record. the witnesses are reminded to turn on your microphone and the three lights in front of you. green means go, yellow means wrap up and red means stop. men -- were going to first art with miss kijakazi and you are now recognized for five minutes to give an oral presentation of your testimony. >> chairwoman joyce beatty and wagner and other members of the