A YOUNG MOTHER OF TWO VANISHES.
AS A HUSBAND, THAT'S MY WORST NIGHTMARE,
IS MY WIFE OR MY KIDS JUST DON'T COME HOME ONE DAY.
HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS HOPE SHE'LL BE FOUND ALIVE.
MY FAMILY WAS JUST THINKING SHE WAS IN --
IN STRESS SITUATION, DEPRESSION OR SOMETHING.
SHE JUST DISAPPEARED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
BUT THERE IS ONE WITNESS
THAT SHOWS POLICE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
ONE OR TWO OR A FEW FRAMES OF A VIDEO
CAN MAKE OR BREAK A CASE.
MARCH 2010, CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA --
DETECTIVE SCOTT MYERS IS CARRYING A HEAVY CASELOAD.
BUT HIS OTHER INVESTIGATIONS
ARE ABOUT TO GO ON THE BACK BURNER.
I WAS WORKING SEVERAL OTHER CASES AT THE TIME,
AND MY BOSS CALLED ME IN AND SAID,
"I GOT SOME BAD NEWS FOR YOU,
WE HAVE A MISSING PERSONS CASE."
41-YEAR-OLD MOTHER OF 2, SURYA TOHA
HAS BEEN REPORTED MISSING BY HER HUSBAND, MUNAWAR.
ALL I REALLY KNEW WAS
THE COUPLE WAS MARRIED FOR 10 YEARS
AND THAT THEY HAD TWO KIDS AND THE WIFE WENT MISSING.
MYERS' FIRST MOVE IS TO MEET WITH HUSBAND, MUNAWAR.
MR. TOHA, DETECTIVE MYERS.
THIS IS MY PARTNER, DETECTIVE KOENIG.
HE'S FRANTIC AND WORRIED SICK.
MY FIRST MEETING OF MUNAWAR WAS AT HIS RESIDENCE.
...ANYTHING ELSE.
START WITH LAST NIGHT.
WHAT WERE YOU GUYS DOING?
THE FIRST STEP IS TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM
AND REALLY KIND OF GET A OVERVIEW
OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
IS THERE ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS?
DO WE SUSPECT FOUL PLAY?
WE WERE HAVING DINNER.
SHE SET THE TABLE,...
HE JUST BURST OUT CRYING.
IT'S DIFFICULT WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER GOES MISSING
AND THE FAMILY AND THE FRIENDS HAVE NO EXPLANATION.
THE FEAR AND THE FRIGHT IS VISIBLE.
IT'S -- IT'S TANGIBLE.
MUNAWAR AND SURYA MET AND MARRIED
IN INDONESIA 10 YEARS AGO.
MUNAWAR WORKS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT IN PURCHASING.
SURYA RUNS AN ONLINE JEWELRY BUSINESS.
BUT NOW THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
HE EXPLAINED THAT SHE HAD TAKEN THE KIDS TO SCHOOL
AND THEN BASICALLY JUST DISAPPEARED
OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
MUNAWAR IS OVERCOME WITH FEAR.
SURYA IS A DEVOTED WIFE AND MOTHER.
9- YEAR-OLD ALEXANDER AND 5-YEAR-OLD NATHAN
HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR MOM IN OVER 24 HOURS.
I'M GONNA NEED A FEW MORE DETAILS.
DETECTIVES ASK MUNAWAR FOR A TIME LINE
FOR THE DAY SURYA DISAPPEARED, MARCH 23rd.
HE SAYS THAT HE AND SURYA WOKE UP AT 6:30,
JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY.
YOU OKAY?
NORMALLY, HE GETS UP AT THAT TIME.
BUT HE WASN'T FEELING WELL.
SO HE STAYED IN BED.
GET YOUR MEDICINE.
MUNAWAR IS SO SICK THAT HE CALLS WORK
AND TELLS THEM HE ISN'T COMING IN.
SHE TOOK THE KIDS TO SCHOOL AROUND 8:00 A.M.
GOTTA GO. COME ON. WE'RE GETTING LATE.
COME ON.
LATER IN THE MORNING,
HE HEARD THE DOOR OPEN AND CLOSE A COUPLE OF TIMES,
AND HE WASN'T SURE IF HE HEARD VOICES
OR WHAT HE MAYBE HEARD DOWNSTAIRS.
SURYA?
SURYA, IS THAT YOU?
WHO WAS IN THE TOHAS' HOUSE?
IS IT SURYA?
IS SHE WITH ANYONE?
WHEN HE FINALLY GOT OUT OF BED AT AROUND 10:00, SHE WAS GONE.
SWEETHEART, IT'S ME.
MUNAWAR TOLD ME THAT HE TRIED CALLING HER SEVERAL TIMES.
HE CALLED HER CELLPHONE,
AND EACH TIME, IT WENT RIGHT TO VOICEMAIL.
HI, RYAN.
MUNAWAR CAN'T REACH SURYA ON HER CELL.
YEAH, I JUST...
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS EITHER.
OKAY, WELL, IF YOU DO SEE HER,
PLEASE TELL HER TO CALL ME BACK. THANK YOU.
SURYA USUALLY PICKS UP THE BOYS FROM SCHOOL.
MUNAWAR GOES INSTEAD.
AFTERWARDS, HE TAKES THEM TO HIS FRIENDS',
RICK AND MARY PERNAMA'S, HOUSE.
HE THEN STARTS SEARCHING FOR HIS MISSING WIFE...
...BECOMING MORE AND MORE ANXIOUS
AS THE EVENING WEARS ON.
FINALLY, AFTER HOURS OF SEARCHING, HE HEADS HOME.
MUNAWAR TELLS POLICE SOMETHING THAT GETS THEIR ATTENTION.
WELL...
THE DAY BEFORE SURYA WENT MISSING,
SOMEONE WITHDREW $5,000 FROM THE BANK.
$4,000 TO $5,000?
THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY.
WHERE'S THE MONEY NOW, MR. TOHA?
IT'S GONE.
THINGS ARE STARTING TO ADD UP.
FIRST, THE MISSING MONEY,
AND THEN, RIGHT BEFORE SURYA DISAPPEARED,
MUNAWAR HEARD HER TALKING TO SOMEONE.
THING YOU'RE GONNA EXPLORE -- IS THERE --
IS THERE SOME FORM OF, YOU KNOW, TRIANGLE GOING ON?
IS THERE A BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND INVOLVED?
IS THERE A LOVER? IS THERE --
IS THERE AN EX-LOVER?
I BELIEVE THAT MAYBE SHE HAD A BOYFRIEND
AND MAYBE SHE JUST RAN OFF WITH HIM.
I JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.
I DIDN'T HAVE THE CRYSTAL BALL YET TO KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
WORD OF SURYA'S DISAPPEARANCE
SPREADS QUICKLY AMONGST HER FOUR SIBLINGS.
IN SWEDEN, TITI RECEIVES THE ALARMING NEWS
FROM HER SISTER, VIVI.
MY SISTER TOLD ME THERE WAS SOMETHING
HAPPEN IN THE FAMILY REALLY, REALLY SAD.
SURYA WAS GONE, LEFT THE KIDS.
I WAS JUST SHOCKED,
AND THEN I CALLED MUNAWAR IMMEDIATELY.
MUNAWAR, MUNAWAR, PLEASE TELL ME YOU'VE HEARD FROM SURYA.
DESPITE THE DISTANCE, TITI AND SURYA
ARE AS CLOSE AS SISTERS CAN BE.
SHE'S IN THE MIDDLE IN THESE FIVE SISTERS.
SO TO ME, I MORE LOOK UP TO HER.
TITI DOESN'T BELIEVE FOR A SECOND
THAT SURYA RAN OFF WITH ANOTHER MAN.
ALL OF MY FAMILY WAS JUST THINKING SHE WAS IN --
IN STRESS SITUATION, DEPRESSION OR SOMETHING.
THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT.
I COULDN'T EAT BECAUSE I KEPT THINKING ABOUT HER.
MY MOTHER ALSO CRYING EVERY NIGHT.
I'M SORRY.
IF SURYA WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR,
SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE TOLD HER SISTER ABOUT IT.
BUT MAYBE SHE TOLD HER BEST FRIEND, ADE PNAKOVICH.
I TOLD YOU. SHE'S NOT HERE.
WHEN THE POLICE CAME, I WAS SHOCKED.
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE. IT'S JUST LIKE IT'S SO SAD
AND IT'S SO SHOCKED THAT THAT THING HAPPENED.
THEY ASKED, "IS IT POSSIBLE THAT,
S-- SURYA RAN WITH A GUY?"
I JUST DON'T SEE THAT'S A POSSIBLE.
I SAID, "SHE JUST LOVE HER CHILDREN
AND HER HUSBAND.
THAT'S ALL SHE LIVES FOR.
THERE IS NO WAY."
OKAY.
EVERYONE THAT WE SPOKE TO
UNIVERSALLY BELIEVED SURYA WAS A LOVING, CARING MOM,
THAT SHE LIVED FOR HER KIDS,
THAT HER KIDS WERE THE EPICENTER OF HER WORLD.
ALL OF HER FRIENDS SAID IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNCHARACTERISTIC
FOR HER TO LEAVE THAT FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.
IF SURYA WOULDN'T ABANDON HER BOYS,
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HER?
OUR MISSING PERSON...
DETECTIVES BEGIN AN ALL-OUT SEARCH FOR SURYA TOHA...
...AGE 41.
...STARTING WITH THE LAST PLACE
THEY KNOW SHE VISITED...
...HER SONS' SCHOOL.
AND WHEN THEY GET THERE,
DETECTIVES FIND A WITNESS THEY CAN ALWAYS TRUST.
THE SCHOOL IS RIGGED WITH FIVE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS,
COVERING THE APPROACH ROAD, THE ENTRANCE DOORS
AND THE LOBBY.
ONE OR TWO OR A FEW FRAMES OF A VIDEO
CAN CERTAINLY CHANGE AN INVESTIGATION.
IT CAN GIVE US A LEAD
THAT WE NEVER HAD BEFORE.
WILL ONE OF THOSE CAMERAS
HELP THEM FIND THE MISSING WOMAN BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE?
41-YEAR-OLD FLORIDA MOM SURYA TOHA IS MISSING.
HER HUSBAND AND TWO YOUNG SONS ARE TERRIFIED.
AND HER SISTER PLANS TO COME TO FLORIDA
TO HELP ANY WAY SHE CAN.
I FELT, LIKE, MORE AND MORE I HAVE TO --
TO GO THERE TO MEET THE POLICE AND TO SEE THE KIDS.
THEY ASKED FOR THEIR MOM EVERY DAY, HUNDREDS TIME.
INVESTIGATORS IN CORAL SPRINGS TRY TO PIECE TOGETHER
WHAT HAPPENED THE DAY SURYA DISAPPEARED.
THEY BELIEVE SHE DROPPED HER TWO BOYS AT SCHOOL
JUST BEFORE 8:15.
BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO TELL FOR SURE --
CHECK THE SCHOOL'S FIVE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
IF SURYA WAS THERE,
SHE'LL SHOW UP ON AT LEAST ONE OF THEM.
CCTV IS A GREAT TOOL.
IT'S A GREAT TOOL
BECAUSE IT'S MUCH MORE RELIABLE THAN AN EYEWITNESS.
YOU'RE PRAYING FOR THAT VIDEO.
IS THAT THE CCTV?
DETECTIVES GATHER EVERY LAST TAPE
AND RUSH BACK TO THE STATION.
MYERS FORWARDS THE VIDEO TO JUST BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
OKAY. SO SHE'S GETTING OUT OF THE CAR.
AND THERE THEY ARE.
THERE'S BOTH KIDS.
SHE SEEMS PRETTY RELAXED,
DOESN'T SEEM IN DISTRESS OR ANYTHING.
AT 8:11 A.M.,
SURYA AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARRIVE AT SCHOOL.
ALL THREE APPEAR HAPPY.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE START OF A NORMAL SCHOOL DAY.
SURYA TAKES HER SONS INSIDE...
YEAH, SHE SEEMS HAPPY.
...AND THEN COMES BACK OUT, EXCHANGES A FEW WORDS
WITH ANOTHER PARENT...
AND GOES TO HER CAR.
SURYA WAS DUE BACK AT THE SCHOOL AT 10:00 A.M.
THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AT HER KIDS' SCHOOL
ALL THOUGHT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE VOLUNTEERING THAT DAY,
AND THEY BELIEVED THAT SHE WAS GONNA BE
ON HER OLDER SON'S FIELD TRIP.
SO THEY THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE AT SCHOOL THAT DAY.
SURYA?
SURYA, IS THAT YOU?
DETECTIVES ARE PUZZLED.
IT WAS JUST BEFORE 10:00 A.M. THAT MUNAWAR HEARD SURYA
TALKING TO SOMEONE DOWNSTAIRS AT THEIR HOME.
SHE CAN'T BE TWO PLACES AT ONCE.
THEY CUE THE SCHOOL TAPES UP TO 10:00 A.M.
AND SEARCH FOR SURYA.
BUT SHE NEVER RETURNS.
WHERE DID SURYA GO?
WAS SHE BACK AT HER HOUSE?
AND WITH WHO?
WHEREVER SHE IS, SHE HAS TO HAVE DRIVEN.
DETECTIVES' BEST SHOT AT QUICKLY FINDING SURYA
IS TO TRACE HER 2001 SILVER DAEWOO,
LICENSE PLATE 502HUV.
I WAS HOPING THAT SOMEONE COULD FIND HER CAR.
I MET WITH BASICALLY EVERY OFFICER ON PATROL,
AND I ASKED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM
TO SEARCH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS,
SEARCH THEIR PARKS, LOOK BEHIND THE BUILDINGS,
GO IN THE WOODED AREAS.
EVERYBODY WENT THE EXTRA MILE TO REALLY TRY AND FIND SURYA
AND BRING HER HOME FOR HER BOYS.
SOMEWHERE, SURYA'S CAR
MUST HAVE BEEN CAPTURED ON A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA.
I STARTED LOOKING FOR VIDEO FROM THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.
THE SILVER DAEWOO COULD BE CAUGHT
ON ANY ONE OF A MULTITUDE OF CAMERAS.
72 HOURS AFTER LEARNING OF HER SISTER'S DISAPPEARANCE,
TITI ARRIVES FROM SWEDEN.
WE SAT IN THE LIVING ROOM.
AND THEN, HE WAS STARTING TO --
TO TELL ABOUT SURYA WAS MISSING,
AND HE WA-- HE WAS CRYING.
AS THE MINUTES TICK BY,
POLICE MUST CONSIDER ALL POSSIBILITIES.
A SPOUSE GOES MISSING. WELL, THE FIRST THING
YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA LOOK AT IS THE SPOUSE.
DETECTIVE MYERS DOUBLE-CHECKS MUNAWAR'S ACCOUNT
OF THE DAY HIS WIFE VANISHED.
HE STARTS WITH MUNAWAR'S CLAIM
THAT HE PICKED HIS SONS UP AT SCHOOL THAT AFTERNOON.
SURE ENOUGH, MUNAWAR'S SILVER NISSAN PICKUP TRUCK
COMES INTO VIEW AT 12:35 P.M.
AFTER PARKING, HE ENTERS THE SCHOOL.
THE CCTV FROM THE SCHOOL SHOWED MUNAWAR'S TRUCK,
AND IT SHOWED HIM PICKING UP HIS KIDS ON THE DAY
THAT SHE WENT MISSING.
DETECTIVES ALSO QUESTIONED
MUNAWAR'S FRIENDS RICK AND MARY.
THEY EXPLAINED THAT,
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EVENING,
MUNAWAR SHOWED UP AND EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR SURYA,
AND HE WANTED THEIR ASSISTANCE
AND ASKED FOR SOME HELP WITH THE BOYS.
SO FAR, MUNAWAR'S STORY
IS CHECKING OUT IN DETAIL.
POLICE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE
HE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS WIFE'S DISAPPEARANCE.
THE SEARCH FOR SURYA TOHA ISN'T GETTING ANYWHERE.
MUNAWAR AND TITI HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE,
HOPING MEDIA ATTENTION WILL HELP FIND SURYA.
PLEASE COME BACK FOR ME, SURYA.
WE MISS YOU. WE LOVE YOU.
SURYA, YOUR CHILDREN IS MISS YOU.
PLEASE COME HOME.
HE WAS VISIBLY SHAKEN AS HE WAS DESPERATELY PLEAING
AND ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY'S HELP
IN FINDING HER OR THE CAR.
MUNAWAR'S DESPERATE
AND HEARTFELT PLEA GOES OUT ON LOCAL TV STATIONS.
BUT THE INVESTIGATION HEARS FROM THE ONE PERSON
THEY DIDN'T EXPECT TO HEAR FROM -- SURYA.
AND HER MESSAGE WILL SHAKE EVERYONE
IN THIS INVESTIGATION TO THE CORE.
MOTHER OF TWO SURYA TOHA
HAS BEEN MISSING FOR A WEEK.
YOUR CHILDREN IS MISS YOU.
PLEASE COME HOME.
BUT MUNAWAR DISCOVERS SOMETHING
AMONG SURYA'S PERSONAL EFFECTS --
A POSSIBLE SUICIDE LETTER.
THAT STATED THAT SHE WAS RAPED
BY ONE OF HIS CO-WORKERS
AND SHE WAS DEPRESSED AND THAT SHE COULDN'T GO ON.
THE NOTE SAYS SURYA'S ATTACKER
IS A MAN NAMED MALCOLM CLARK,
A CO-WORKER OF MUNAWAR'S.
IT'S SO TERRIBLE WHEN I READ THE LETTER.
IT, LIKE, THIS GUY FROM HIS OFFICE
COMING TO RAPE HER.
SO IN MY IMAGINATION,
SHE MUST BE VERY DEPRESSED AND STRESSED.
IF THE ALLEGATIONS IN THE NOTE WERE TRUE,
WE HAD TWO ISSUES.
THE FIRST WAS THAT SHE WAS MAYBE SUICIDAL AND DEPRESSED.
THE SECOND WAS THAT MAYBE SHE WAS BEING RAPED
AND, UM, WAS ABDUCTED AND KILLED
BY THE RAPIST.
SURYA'S CAR HAS NOT BEEN FOUND.
PERHAPS SHE WAS MURDERED
BEFORE SHE HAD A CHANCE TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
WE TOOK THE INFORMATION ABOUT MUNAWAR'S CO-WORKER
VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE ALL THOUGHT THAT HE WAS NERVOUS.
HE TOLD ME
THAT HE WAS A CO-WORKER OF MUNAWAR'S,
AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT.
RIGHT NOW,
MALCOLM CLARK IS THEIR BEST SUSPECT.
IF HE THOUGHT SURYA WAS ABOUT TO REPORT THE ALLEGED RAPE,
THERE'S NO TELLING HOW FAR HE MIGHT HAVE GONE
TO COVER HIS TRACKS.
WE BEGAN TO FORM DIFFERENT HYPOTHESES,
I GUESS, OF -- OF WHAT HE COULD HAVE DONE
WITH HER BODY AND WITH HER CAR.
COLLEAGUES VERIFY THAT CLARK WAS AT WORK.
BUT THERE'S NO ONE TO CONFIRM HIS WHEREABOUTS
AFTER HE PUNCHES OUT.
WHERE MR. CLARK WORKS
IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO WHERE THE TOHAS LIVE
THAT IT ISN'T AN AIRTIGHT ALIBI.
DESPITE THEIR SUSPICIONS,
DETECTIVES DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE
TO CHARGE CLARK WITH EITHER RAPE
OR SURYA'S DISAPPEARANCE.
THEY HAVE TO LET HIM GO.
IT'S NOW 11 DAYS SINCE SURYA DISAPPEARED.
DETECTIVE MYERS IS NO CLOSER TO FINDING THE MISSING MOM.
STILL NO NEWS, MR. TOHA. I'M SORRY.
NOT BEING ABLE TO BRING CLOSURE FOR THE FAMILY,
BRING CLOSURE FOR MYSELF IS REALLY TOUGH.
I REALLY WAS AFRAID
THAT THIS WOULD BE A MISSING PERSONS CASE
THAT WAS PUT INTO A BOX IN SOME COLD-CASE ROOM.
RADIUS, WE HAVE LAKES HERE AND HERE.
THE CASE BECAME VERY PERSONAL
TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON IT.
I THINK EVERYBODY COULD RELATE TO A FAMILY MISSING ITS MOM,
YOU KNOW, HAVING TWO SMALL KIDS.
MYERS GOES BACK TO SQUARE ONE.
HE STILL BELIEVES THE KEY TO FINDING SURYA
IS TO FIND HER CAR.
WHETHER IT WAS SUICIDE,
WHETHER SHE WAS ABDUCTED AND MURDERED, IT DIDN'T MATTER.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS CLOSE BY.
INVESTIGATORS USED MALCOLM CLARK'S WORKPLACE
AND THE TOHAS' HOME
AS STARTING POINTS FOR THEIR SEARCH.
FIRST THING THAT YOU SEE ON THAT MAP IS CRYSTAL LAKE.
IT'S, LIKE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING.
AND MY PARTNERS ALL AGREED
THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD STARTING PLACE.
CRYSTAL LAKE IS A LARGE, DEEP BODY OF WATER.
AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO MALCOLM CLARK'S WORKPLACE.
WE DID A REAL SLOW DRIVE
AROUND THE COMPLEX.
MY INTENT THAT DAY WAS TO LOOK,
TAKE A VERY CLOSE LOOK AT THE SHORELINE AND TRY TO FIND
IF THERE'S ANY EVIDENCE OF TIRE TRACKS
OR MARKS OR EVEN, YOU KNOW,
IF THE WATER'S CLEAR ENOUGH TO BE ABLE
TO SEE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE,
HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO SEE A CAR IF IT WAS THERE.
I SAW THAT THE PERIMETER OF THAT LAKE
AROUND THE WAREHOUSE
WAS SURROUNDED BY A 6-FOOT CHAIN-LINK FENCE
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE AREA
WHERE THE CHAIN-LINK FENCE WAS SMASHED DOWN.
ONCE I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AT IT A LITTLE CLOSER,
IT LOOKED LIKE A CAR HAD GONE THROUGH THE FENCE THERE.
LOOKING AT IT, I ALSO WASN'T SURE
WHEN THE DAMAGE WAS DONE.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE LANDSCAPERS
OR A TRUCK UNLOADING.
YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW. IT'S A VERY INDUSTRIAL AREA.
IN SUCH A BUILT-UP AREA, THE BOTTOM OF A LAKE
IS A PERFECT PLACE TO CONCEAL A CAR.
THERE WAS, SOME SHRUBBERY
THAT HAD BEEN RECENTLY CHOPPED OFF OF ITS, ROOT.
THERE WAS ALSO ROCKS THAT WERE SHEARED OFF.
IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH SOMETHING A CAR COULD HAVE MADE,
IF YOU WERE DRIVING THE CAR
INTO THE WATER, INTO CRYSTAL LAKE.
IT WAS A LONG SHOT ANYWAYS.
I FELT CERTAIN, IN MY HEAD, AT THAT MOMENT
THAT THE CAR WAS GOING TO BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE THERE.
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE AT THE SCENE...
...TWO SILENT WITNESSES THAT NEVER LIE
AND NEVER BLINK.
IT SEEMED ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, THAT COULD IT --
COULD IT BE THIS EASY?
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VIDEO CAMERA
POINTING RIGHT AT THIS PARTICULAR SPOT.
I FELT LIKE THE VIDEO
WOULD REALLY BE THE KEY TO FIGURING OUT,
WAS THAT HOLE IN THE FENCE RELATED TO THIS CASE,
OR WAS THE HOLE IN THE FENCE JUST,
UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
AND HAD BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE?
MEANWHILE, SURYA'S SISTER TITI
AND HUSBAND, MUNAWAR, ARE STRUGGLING TO COPE.
THE TWO BOYS ARE BEWILDERED BY THEIR MOM'S ABSENCE.
I HEARD THE LITTLE ONE SAYING THAT,
"MY MOMMY'S IN MIAMI.
MOMMY IS IN MIAMI."
YES, MOMMY IS JUST IN MIAMI.
MUNAWAR TOLD THAT MOMMY WAS GONE, MAYBE TO MIAMI.
MYERS WASTES NO TIME CUEING UP THE VIDEO
FROM THE LAKESIDE.
YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET YOUR HOPES UP TOO HIGH.
YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.
ACTUALLY SOLVING A CRIME BASED ON SECURITY VIDEO
IS SO RARE
THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY A FALSE HOPE.
THE FIRST IMAGE HE COMES TO
IS FROM 9:00 A.M. THE PREVIOUS DAY,
12 DAYS AFTER SURYA DISAPPEARED.
IT SHOWS THE FENCE AND BUSHES ALREADY DOWN.
AS I'M REWINDING THE VIDEO IN 24-HOUR INCREMENTS,
I'M JUST FULLY FOCUSED ON THE FENCE
AND THE DAMAGED AREA.
MYERS SENDS THE VIDEO BACK 24 HOURS, THEN ANOTHER.
EACH DAY, AT 9:00 A.M., THE HOLE IS THERE
UNTIL 9:00 A.M. THE DAY SURYA DISAPPEARED.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I SEE THAT THE FENCE IS WHOLE.
AND I'M LIKE, "WOW, THIS IS LINING UP."
THE FENCE WAS BROKEN ON THE DAY THAT SURYA WENT MISSING.
BY THIS POINT, I WAS REALLY EXCITED.
I REALLY FELT LIKE THIS WAS THAT MISSING PIECE
TO THE PUZZLE.
DETECTIVE MYERS NOW MUST SCRUB THROUGH THE FOOTAGE
TO SEE EXACTLY WHEN THE HOLE GOT PUNCHED IN THE FENCE.
ON THE VIDEO, DAY TURNS TO NIGHT.
IT WAS AGONIZINGLY SLOW.
AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT NIGHTTIME ON THE CAMERA
ON THE MONITOR
AND FRAME BY FRAME,
NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING.
AND THEN, I SEE SOME HEADLIGHTS TO A CAR PULL INTO THE SHOT.
AND I'M INTENTLY STARING AT THAT CAR.
AND AS IT PULLS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA,
RIGHT INTO THAT PARKING SPOT,
I'M LIKE, "MY GOD. THAT'S HER CAR."
SURYA TOHA HAS BEEN MISSING FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS,
LEAVING BEHIND AN APPARENT SUICIDE NOTE
BUT NOT HER CAR.
DETECTIVES THINK A BROKEN FENCE MARKS THE SPOT
WHERE PRIME SUSPECT MALCOLM CLARK
MAY HAVE DRIVEN SURYA'S CAR INTO CRYSTAL LAKE.
AND NOW THEY FOUND CCTV OF THE MOMENT
SURYA'S SILVER DAEWOO
PULLS INTO THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO THE LAKE.
THAT'S SURYA'S DAEWOO,
AND IT MATCHES UP WITH EVERYTHING
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR FOR THE LAST WEEK.
EVERY WAKING MOMENT, I'M -- I'M -- I'M LOOKING FOR THAT CAR.
AND I SEE IT PULL UP IN ALMOST SLOW MOTION
ON THE VIDEO.
AND MY HEART STOPS.
AND I'M LIKE, "MY GOD."
A DRIVER EMERGES,
AND POLICE GET THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THEIR TOP SUSPECT.
WHEN THE DRIVER GETS OUT OF THE VEHICLE,
YOU CAN'T TELL WHO IT IS.
BUT YOU CAN TELL, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,
THAT IT'S A MALE JUST BY THE WAY THEY WALK,
THE WAY THEY -- THEY ACT AND -- AND THEIR PHYSICAL GESTURES.
THE DRIVER WALKS TO THE RIGHT...
...THEN RETURNS TO THE VEHICLE.
THE MYSTERY MAN THEN REMOVES A BICYCLE FROM THE TRUNK
AND PUTS IT TO ONE SIDE.
AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
IS ENOUGH TO SHOCK EVEN THESE VETERAN DETECTIVES.
HE PROCEEDS TO DRIVE THE CAR SLOWLY OVER THE SWALE,
OVER THE HEDGES AND OVER THE FENCE.
AND THE CAR
SLOWLY SINKS INTO THE ABYSS OF THE LAKE.
IT WAS AN EERIE FEELING WATCHING THE CAR JUST DISAPPEAR.
AND HE WATCHES THE CAR FOR A FEW MOMENTS
AND, I THINK,
IS CONTENT WITH THE FACT
THAT THE CAR IS NOW OUT OF VIEW
AND GETS ON HIS BICYCLE AND PEDALS OFF.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHO THIS MAN IS.
BUT WHAT TERRIFIES POLICE IS WHAT THE SCENE MIGHT MEAN.
WHY ELSE DO YOU PUT A CAR IN THE WATER?
I MEAN, THERE -- THERE'S ONLY ONE REASON TO PUT IT THERE.
YOU'RE EITHER HIDING THE CAR OR WHAT'S IN THE CAR.
AFTER RECOVERING THE VIDEO,
I REQUESTED SOME ASSISTANCE FROM OUR DIVE TEAM
TO START SEARCHING FOR THE CAR.
POLICE DIVERS RUSH TO THE SCENE...
...AND SCOUR THE BOTTOM OF CRYSTAL LAKE.
THEY DON'T NEED LONG.
PRETTY QUICKLY, THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND THE CAR.
AND THEN, THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ME THE LICENSE PLATE.
THE LICENSE PLATE CONFIRMS IT'S SURYA'S CAR.
THE SPOT HAS BECOME A MASSIVE CRIME SCENE.
FIRST, THE 3,000-POUND VEHICLE
MUST BE RETRIEVED SO POLICE CAN SEARCH IT.
ONCE THE CAR WAS REMOVED FROM THE WATER,
THEY FOUND A BODY WRAPPED UP
IN TRASH BAGS INSIDE THE CAR.
POLICE HAVE FINALLY AND TRAGICALLY FOUND SURYA TOHA.
AND THIS WAS NO SUICIDE.
THE RECOVERY OF THE BODY
TRANSITIONED FROM THE MISSING PERSONS CASE
INTO A REALLY SOLID HOMICIDE CASE.
AND NOW THE SEARCH IS ON
FOR A KILLER CAUGHT ON TAPE.
A MISSING PERSONS CASE IS NOW A MURDER INVESTIGATION.
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO HAS CAPTURED THE MOMENT
SURYA TOHA'S CAR AND BODY
WERE DUMPED INTO CRYSTAL LAKE.
NOW, POLICE HAVE TO DETERMINE
IF THEIR ONLY SUSPECT, MALCOLM CLARK,
IS THE MAN IN THE VIDEO.
WE SPENT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME
ANALYZING EVERY ANGLE,
EVERY USEFUL FRAME THAT WE GOT FROM THAT VIDEO.
WE HAVE THE SUSPECT RIGHT THERE, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE HIM.
THAT GRAINY FOOTAGE, YOU CAN'T SEE WHO DID IT.
EVERYBODY WATCHES TELEVISION SHOWS,
AND THEY ALL SEE "CSI" AND "24" AND ALL THESE SHOWS
WHERE THEY CAN ZOOM IN CAMERAS AND CHANGE CAMERAS
AND GET THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES OFF OF THE CAMERA.
AND THAT'S JUST NOT THE WAY IT IS IN THE REAL WORLD.
I DON'T THINK WE COULD IDENTIFY,
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT,
WHO THE DRIVER WAS JUST BASED ON THE VIDEO.
BUT THEY CAN TELL WHO IT ISN'T.
IT ISN'T THEIR PRIME SUSPECT, MALCOLM CLARK,
ACCUSED OF RAPE BY THE VICTIM'S OWN SUICIDE NOTE.
YOU COULD TELL SIZE AND SHAPE.
AND THE PERSON WHO'S ALLEGED TO HAVE DONE THIS HORRIBLE THING
IN THE NOTE THAT'S WRITTEN
DID NOT MATCH UP TO THAT SIZE AND SHAPE.
MUNAWAR'S CO-WORKER MALCOLM CLARK IS INNOCENT.
THEN WHO IS THIS KILLER CAUGHT ON TAPE?
NOTHING ELSE.
TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION,
DETECTIVES TURN BACK TO THEIR BEST WITNESS,
THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
AFTER THE CAR GOES INTO THE LAKE,
THERE IS STILL HOURS OF FOOTAGE ON THE VIDEOTAPE.
AND MYERS WATCHES EVERY SECOND OF IT.
FINALLY, HE SEES SOMETHING.
AT 11:11 P.M.,
JUST 9 MINUTES AFTER THE UNIDENTIFIED MALE
RIDES OFF ON HIS BIKE,
A SILVER NISSAN PICKUP PULLS INTO FRAME,
TURNS AROUND AND QUICKLY DRIVES OFF...
...A SILVER PICKUP
JUST LIKE THE ONE MUNAWAR TOHA OWNS.
AND POLICE DON'T THINK IT'S A COINCIDENCE.
MYERS PLAYS THE VIDEO AGAIN.
AND THAT'S WHEN HE SPOTS IT.
THERE'S A BICYCLE IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.
EVERYTHING JUST CAME INTO FOCUS IN MY HEAD,
AND, IT WAS VERY CLEAR
WHEN I SAW THE TRUCK
AND I WAS ABLE TO PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER.
AND IT JUST MADE PERFECT SENSE.
AT THAT POINT, I KNEW THAT I HAD MY MURDERER,
AND I HAD MY MURDER ON CAMERA.
IT APPEARS THAT, JUST MINUTES
AFTER DRIVING HIS WIFE'S CAR INTO THE LAKE
AND RIDING OFF ON A BIKE,
THAT MUNAWAR TOHA HAS RETURNED TO THE CRIME SCENE,
PERHAPS TO DOUBLE-CHECK THE CAR HAS SUNK.
I WAS ELATED,
AND I WAS ALSO DISGUSTED
BECAUSE THIS MAN HAD LOOKED ME IN THE EYE
AND SWORN UP AND DOWN
THAT HE HAD NO IDEA WHERE HIS WIFE WAS.
SURYA, YOUR CHILDREN IS MISS YOU.
PLEASE COME HOME.
HE'S NOT OUR SUSPECT ANYMORE.
HE'S -- HE'S OUR DEFENDANT.
HE'S -- WE'RE GOING TO ARREST HIM.
BUT THEY HAVE TO MOVE FAST.
WE HAD SPOKEN WITH SURYA'S SISTER,
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE MENTIONED WAS
HE WAS WORKING ON GETTING PASSPORTS
FOR HIS CHILDREN,
AND HE WAS GETTING LUGGAGE READY FOR A POSSIBLE DEPARTURE.
HE ROLLED DOWN HIS WINDOW,
AND I TOLD HIM THAT WE HAD SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT HIS MISSING WIFE
AND THAT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH HIM.
HIS REACTION NOW IS DEJECTION.
HE'S JUST PUTS HIS HEAD DOWN
'CAUSE HE KNOWS HE'S BEEN FOUND.
I WAS JUST CRYING ON THAT TIME
AND THEN TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT I HATE HIM.
I HATE HIM.
I HATE YOU! I HOPE YOU PAY!
I HATE YOU!
WE DID A VERY THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
AND RECOVERED BLOOD, DROPLETS
IN THE HOUSE IN THE KITCHEN AREA,
WHERE WE BELIEVE THE ACTUAL MURDER TOOK PLACE.
WHICH HELPS POLICE UNDERSTAND
WHAT THEY THINK REALLY HAPPENED THAT DAY.
WHAT WE BELIEVE ENDED UP HAPPENING
IS SURYA COMING HOME PROBABLY AROUND LUNCHTIME
AS THAT'S WHEN HER CELLPHONE STOPPED RECEIVING CALLS.
SOMETIME THAT MORNING, SHE WRITES THE SUICIDE NOTE.
BUT POLICE THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE PLOT.
I THINK SHE WROTE IT, BUT I THINK SHE WAS FORCED TO.
AND I THINK SHE WAS FORCED TO WITHDRAW THAT MONEY
FROM THE BANK.
HAVING FABRICATED EVIDENCE
TO EXPLAIN SURYA'S DISAPPEARANCE,
TOHA EXECUTES HIS PLAN.
SHE PROBABLY GOT INTO SOME SORT OF ALTERCATION
WITH HER HUSBAND
THAT LED TO A PHYSICAL FIGHT IN THE KITCHEN,
WHERE SHE WAS STRUCK WITH A OBJECT LIKE A PIPE
AND ENDED UP DYING SOMEWHERE IN THE HOUSE.
AT SOME POINT, SHE WAS WRAPPED IN GARBAGE BAGS
AND PUT IN THE -- IN THE CAR.
TOHA INSISTS HE'S INNOCENT
AND WOULD NEVER KILL A LOVED ONE.
BUT WHAT HE DOES FROM JAIL PUTS THE LIE TO THAT.
WHILE HE WAS IN JAIL WAITING FOR THE TRIAL, UM,
HE REACHED OUT TO WHAT HE THOUGHT
WAS A PERSON ON THE OUTSIDE
WHO COULD KILL A COUPLE OF THE WITNESSES.
AMONG THE TARGETS FOR THE HIT --
RICK AND MARY PERNAMA
AND SURYA'S FRIEND ADE.
THE PERSON THAT HE REACHED OUT TO
WAS AN UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICER.
AND HE, HE TRIED TO HIRE THAT POLICE OFFICER
TO KILL THESE WITNESSES.
THE PERNAMAS HAVE CHILDREN,
BUT TOHA'S NOT WORRIED
ABOUT THEM BEING CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE.
THE DETECTIVE SAYS THEN, "WELL, THEY HAVE KIDS.
WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE KIDS ARE THERE?"
AND MUNAWAR TOHA SAYS,
"WELL, DUMP 'EM OFF AT A FIRE STATION, THEN."
MUNAWAR TOHA HAS A CALLOUS INDIFFERENCE TO HUMAN LIFE
AND DOESN'T CARE
ABOUT HOW THAT'S GONNA AFFECT OTHER PEOPLE.
HE DIDN'T CARE THAT HIS KIDS WERE GONNA BE WITHOUT A MOTHER.
HE'S JUST EVIL.
ON OCTOBER 22, 2014,
A JURY IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA,
FINDS MUNAWAR TOHA GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
AND FOUR COUNTS OF SOLICITATION TO COMMIT MURDER.
HE IS SENTENCED TO LIFE BEHIND BARS.
THE STAR WITNESS -- SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS CASE
COULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED WITHOUT THE CCTV.
WITHOUT THE VIDEO, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE
THAT ANYBODY GOES IN THAT WATER,
THAT THERE'S ANY GUARANTEE
THAT ANYBODY IS ABLE TO EVEN FIND THE CAR.
I WOULD LIKE SURYA TO BE REMEMBERED
AS A VERY KIND PERSON.
THIS IS VERY HARD BECAUSE IT'S --
SHE LOVED THE KIDS VERY MUCH.
SO I -- I JUST WANT PEOPLE REMEMBER
THAT SHE REALLY LOVES THE KIDS
AND SHE WOULD NEVER, EVER LEAVE THE KIDS EVER IN HER LIFE.
AFTER MUNAWAR'S ARREST, TITI IMMEDIATELY
APPLIES FOR CUSTODY OF THE TWO BOYS,
AND THEY NOW LIVE WITH HER IN SWEDEN.