andrea canning: shannon miller covered the story for nbc affiliate, kark. says finding beverly became a local obsession. people came out in droves looking for her, wondering, where could she have gone? to not come home from work after doing something you do every single day, it left a huge mystery. what happened to her? andrea canning: beverly's husband, carl, even made a televised plea. i just would like to have my wife back. andrea canning: he sounded heartbroken. crazy people out there in the world. andrea canning: but not everyone was buying the distraught husband story. people were saying, oh, the husband must have had something to do with it. the husband must have hired somebody. you know, we all watch a lot of "dateline." andrea canning: carl jr., so worried about his mom, now feared his dad could become a suspect. carl jr.: they were asking questions like, ok, you're the husband, and you just went into this home to search for her. you've gone even up in the attic. your fingerprints are everywhere. you've just completely contaminated our crime scene.

miller in newark. thank you. for more on the menendez case and other issues, we turn to the host of the new fox news at night, shannonream. >> good evening. >> bret: i want to talk about menendez and i want to talk about your show. eight weeks. it was kind of no-nonsense. he didn't throw up the case early based on the supreme court, bob mcdonald ruling. he didn't say it was a mistrial. the jury is going to get this case and what are your thoughts? >> it's going to be critical, the fact that the jury instructions will be such a big deal because of the case last year with former virginia governor bob mcdonald where the supreme court said if we went by some of these bribery laws, they are so vague that if you have a conversation or cup of coffee with someone on the hill, those things could get an elected official in trouble. his attorneys are going to push really hard for the jury instructions to follow that, to say it's got to be super specific. here, i am giving you this gift in return for you making this phone call. they are saying if it is vague, it can't count. those instructions will be important. >> bret: news to