Ashley Flowers

She didn't feel comfortable in her own skin.

But as Laura and Emily got closer, Laura started talking about why.

She'd tell Emily about how her husband would belittle her and make her feel small.

But the more that they trained together and the stronger that Laura got, the more comfortable she started to feel in her own body.

And that's when she really began to open up.

Now, Dave actually trained at that same gym with a different trainer.

And Emily said that her and that trainer would talk about just how different Dave and Laura were.

How there was just something off about Dave that he gave off, quote, the creepy vibes.

And Emily told us she couldn't understand why Laura was with Dave when he seemed so manipulative.

But as they got closer, it became clear that when it came to relationships, Laura just didn't know anything else.

Now, it's important to note that while Laura was opening up to Emily, most other people were still completely in the dark.

I mean, the woman who nannied for Laura and Dave's children, her name's Stacey Miller, she told police that they seemed like a nice, normal, everyday family.

And she didn't think anything was off about them ever, really.

At least until 2006, 2007.

In her statement to police, Stacey says that is when Laura and Dave started sleeping on different floors of the house.

Neither of them ever spoke about a change, and Stacey said, quote, it wasn't any of my business anyway, so I didn't even ask her what went on, end quote.

But by April of 2013, there would be no more keeping their relationship issues a secret.

Because according to the police file, that is when Laura found out about Dave's big secret.

I don't know what drove her into doing a Facebook deep dive.

Surely she was having some suspicions of something.