. >> a few hours later roxanne called her business partner michelle abdill and asked her to come pick her up. she said her car battery was dead. >> in response to the call and not knowing exactly what was said, but i'm sure, you know, something to the effect that i need of, and that's all it took and she was on her way. >> no one heard from either woman after that call. >> i probably called 30 times on her cell phone. she had a cell phone and a pager. and i paged her probably the same amount of times. >> friends and family called police to report the two women missing. police found michelle abdill's car in the parking lot of the apartment complex where she went to pick up roxanne. >> i knew something awful had happened. she always locked her car. and to have it open and a nice leather coat laying there on the seat, you know, camcorder in the car, her purse. i knew something was definitely wrong. >> the whole thing just stunk. it stunk big time. and we actually put detectives on that case that night. >> roxanne ellis's vehicle, a silver toyota pickup truck, was nowhere to be found. ins