i'm sergeant tobler. what's your name? >> we at first thought it might have been a little boy sitting there cross-legged staring up at us. >> are you doing okay? you don't want to talk to me? that's okay. >> what was the look only child's face? >> looked scared. the child looked scared. >> at the time sergeant tobler called me and i was in the hospital with r, so i began asking r, hey, do you have a little brother? he said no. i have a younger sister there. 9 years old and he said she had a shaved head and she had brown hair. i said when is the last time you saw her? and he said it's been over a month. >> they were in the same home and they didn't see each other for a month. >> yeah. at that moment, we kind of connected the dots that that was who sergeant tobler was sitting with in the closet. >> is it okay if i just sit here with you? we don't have to say anything if you don't want to. >> did she say anything about her being afraid of you? >> yeah. she just kept asking, where's jodi at? would jodi be okay if they came in?