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Investigators had a really good idea somewhere in the woods out there we were going to find the body.

The Jackson being for wildlife area where we are now, it's tens of thousands of acres.

This is worse than looking for a needle in a haystack. This is like looking for a needle in a whole field full of haystacks. What we have here is a woman who was reported missing six weeks ago.

Nobody'd seen her.

It's like she just disappeared off the face of the earth.

Stephanie was a professor at Louisiana Tech, well respected in the community, has lots of friends. Stephanie was a professor at Louisiana Tech, well respected in the community, has lots of friends.

Stephanie was a beautiful person. She was so bubbly and just seemed so happy all the time.

This case is extremely personal to me, just like any case where I have a completely innocent victim.

My name is Hugo Holland. I'm an assistant district attorney in the state of Louisiana.

But once a week, I get in a black uniform with a badge and a gun belt.

Getting a black and white car with lights on top and serve the people of Bozer City, Louisiana as a reserve police officer.

You're looking awfully mad and stuff?

I mean, you're mad at somebody right now?

I love law enforcement.

It's a way for me to give back to my community.

I asked you if you had any weapons or drugs in your truck.

Most murder cases, they don't involve completely innocent victims.

And Stephanie's one of those rare innocent victims who didn't put herself into position.

To have something like this happened to her, it was just thrust on her.

When she was reported missing, Stephanie spent the morning with her husband David Sims.

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