Narrator/Host

You decided to fly out to see exactly what's happening.

I did.

You know, my first thought was go to the media, like I've seen other families do.

Ask Holly to surface, or if somebody's got Holly, ask them to bring her back, you know.

And then I thought, I should do that from Fayetteville.

I should do that from Fort Bragg.

Because if she is around there, you know, I can say, here I am, right here, and you can come to see me.

We're in constant contact with the family.

What exactly did the investigators tell you?

Well, that evening when I got here and I met with the chief of detectives, one of the first questions I said is, is my daughter dead?

And he said, we can't say that.

He said, because that hasn't been proven.

But he said, I can tell you we have grave, grave concern.

Once the flames were out, investigators combed through the charred remains of Holly's apartment, searching for anything the fire had not destroyed.

The case would soon fall to Detective Jeff Locklear of the Fayetteville Police Department.

The man tasked with uncovering what happened to Holly.

What was your reaction when you learned that the woman that's missing

was a soldier.

My partner and I, we were surprised.

At that time, you know, the whole city was kind of on edge.