below it in black all caps "tamika antoinette huston." photo of tamika. it's the tamika everyone knows -- confident, assured, and in control. >> what are you hearing from her friends around that time, about her habits? >> a lot of her friends are thinking she's out of town. and a lot of people originally are saying that that's not unusual. >> they thought she was going on a trip. and all those little possibilities we have to run down. >> normally she would've told someone, some family member where she was going or if she was going somewhere. >> when she disappeared, tamika was living alone. she had recently quit her waitressing job, and her family says she was trying to find herself. >> the reason why i took a moment for it to be discovered that she was missing, because she was at a crossroad. she wasn't working. she had told her mom that she wanted to return to school. >> she had broken up with her boyfriend. >> she had broken up with her boyfriend. so it was just kind of a perfect storm of events. >> you're her last known boyfriend. how