. >> reporter: attorney peter heller says that's what was in the bag clifford dumped. drugs. you're saying he was dirty. he had a dirty history -- >> he did, and they knew that. >> reporter: clifford also owned a pawn shop in the miami area. according to his lawyer, clifford's drug-running career ended when lynne disappeared. he wanted to turn his life around. he had a little boy to take care of. >> husband and wife -- >> reporter: and he would take care of christian with his new bride. a year and a half after lynne disappeared, clifford and janet married. alan gold, with the waist-length braid, was there, too. the investigators never really go away. you're putting together your new life with this man, and yet you've got to deal with all that stuff. >> after the first couple of years, the first two years, it really disappeared. >> reporter: as the case receded from the public eye, clifford and janet friend focused on raising young christian. does he remember his mother? >> i never wanted him to forget who his mother was. so i always made sure that he had pictures of his mothe