schoonover had a hunch. one of them just turned up. it all started with a routine missing persons report in suburban milwaukee. from friends of a local musician who hadn't been heard from in weeks. >> my first impression is that we don't have a case. an adult citizen, wisconsin, has a right to disappear, if they want. >> the missing man was named timothy wicks. >> 48 years old. >> yeah. he he can be missing he wants to be missing. there was no indication there was anything wrong. >> timothy wicks' family and friends are persistent. >> yes. >> a personable jazz drummer. >> tim was a great guy. he actually had a passion in life. he wanted to play drum ares, and he was real good at it. >> he always loved music and always was in a band, and when my parents sent him to berkeley school of music, he -- that was just his dream come true. >> music was his life. but it was not his livelihood. at 48, tim wicks paid the rent by painting houses. it was honest, uncomplicated labor, that seemed to fit tim's "what you see is what you get" personality.