This is a story that involves stalking, psychological torture, alleged sexual abuse, kidnapping, and murder.

Listener discretion is advised.

And Christian said to me, they're supposed to be on a plane.

You definitely got a kidnapping now.

He had no plans to come back.

David had upwards of a million dollars in cash.

Having that type of upbringing really causes you to develop some sense of entitlements.

She was the one who was in control of Tom.

Didn't realize how much she was in control of date. Thomas and Amy weren't concerned about him.

At that point, it was all hands on deck.

We knew we had a needle in a haste deck type case.

It's September 8, 2007, and Christine Belford is living her worst nightmare.

Her three girls were due home two days ago from a trip to Disney World with their father and grandmother.

But communication with her ex-husband, David Matusowitz, has gone radio silent.

Every second feels like the girls are slipping further and further away.

Christine knows that she might come off as paranoid or hysterical,

but she believes to her core that something isn't right and her girls are in danger.

Pacing around her empty house isn't helping to bring her daughters back home. So Christine decides to turn to the Newcastle Police Department.

9-1-1, what's your emergency?

I'm Jeff Shrineer.

I was the missing person's detective for Newcast County Police. When I was on the phone to Christine, the tone of her voice, the way she came across, she was very concerned. Being involved in these before, of parental fighting between divorced parents, I didn't go overboard. They were supposed to be back on a Sunday, and now we're like into Tuesday and Wednesday.

And really didn't cause alarm to me because I'd seen these cases before.

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