Every once in a while you find a case that clearly suspicious and you kind of suspect

about play might have taken place and it's a different type of investigation.

I'm Scott Weinberger, investigative journalist and former deputy sheriff.

I'm Anna Sige-Nikolasi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of

investigation discoveries through conviction.

And this is anatomy of murder.

Today's story makes me think about really two opposite ends of the spectrum.

There's a sense of hopelessness but that there's incredible hope on the other end

and the bridge between those two was the detective that worked this case.

My name is Bob Nichols, I'm a retired police officer from Montgomery County, Maryland.

I spoke with detective Bob Nichols about the investigation into the disappearance of Cindy Vanderbeek.

So in the 1980s Cindy was always known as being very ambitious and not only was she a talented

saleswoman, she had a really good head for business and eventually she got promoted to vice president

or president or company. She went out and she bought a house in New Jersey and she would

commute every single day to New York City which she really loved doing that job.

But what she also loved doing was going to the beach.

She was this petite little cute blonde.

She was very outgoing, life-or-party, like to sing, very sweet, everybody loved her.

You know, she used to grow next door.

The one thing that she used to think about and long for was excitement and love.

You add the beach and that's where all that came in.

So on one weekend trip to the Jersey Shore, she met this really handsome guy.

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