Detective Connor O'Donnell

We dispatched search parties, checking road ditches, fields.

We dispatched search parties, checking road ditches, fields.

We didn't know if she had a medical issue or if she'd been hit by a car or if she'd been abducted. We had no idea.

We didn't know if she had a medical issue or if she'd been hit by a car or if she'd been abducted. We had no idea.

We had covered systematically not only the canvassing from house to house in town, but also the surrounding countryside, the road ditches, the fields, ponds.

We had covered systematically not only the canvassing from house to house in town, but also the surrounding countryside, the road ditches, the fields, ponds.

Pretty calm guy. He seemed concerned, but not panicked.

Pretty calm guy. He seemed concerned, but not panicked.

Yeah, he was familiar to all of us at the sheriff's office and has a history of violating no contact orders with women numerous times, stalking, harassment.

Yeah, he was familiar to all of us at the sheriff's office and has a history of violating no contact orders with women numerous times, stalking, harassment.

Two of significance to us were one facing to the southeast and one to the northeast.

Two of significance to us were one facing to the southeast and one to the northeast.

6 o'clock at night. I was running home to check in with my family. And as I'm driving north here on Highway 63, I notice at the off ramp here, a black Malibu with the silver mirrors and the characteristics we were looking for.

6 o'clock at night. I was running home to check in with my family. And as I'm driving north here on Highway 63, I notice at the off ramp here, a black Malibu with the silver mirrors and the characteristics we were looking for.

I decided I would just kind of see where they went and try to identify the driver without actually doing a traffic stop.

I decided I would just kind of see where they went and try to identify the driver without actually doing a traffic stop.

I tried to talk to him, but he apparently didn't speak any English. So some older guy working in his yard came over and helped us communicate.

I tried to talk to him, but he apparently didn't speak any English. So some older guy working in his yard came over and helped us communicate.

I did. And he said, I heard that there was a girl missing from Brooklyn, but that's all he knew. Is he telling the truth? Is he nervous? He wasn't nervous at all. Seemed cooperative and kind of nonchalant about the whole thing. He let me take his picture, and I took a picture of the car, and I relayed that back to the command post.

I did. And he said, I heard that there was a girl missing from Brooklyn, but that's all he knew. Is he telling the truth? Is he nervous? He wasn't nervous at all. Seemed cooperative and kind of nonchalant about the whole thing. He let me take his picture, and I took a picture of the car, and I relayed that back to the command post.