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KUTCHER, CHARLIE'S REPLACEMENT
ON "TWO AND A HALF MEN" COMING
UP.
>> LET'S BEGIN WITH NEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF ROBYN GARDNER
IN ARUBA.
IN A MOMENT WE'LL TALK
EMOTIONALLY TO JOSE BAEZ, THE
NEWEST MEMBER OF THE DEFENSE
TEAM FOR GARY GIORDANO, THE
PRIME SUSPECT IN THE CASE BUT
JEFF ROSSEN IS IN ARUBA WITH THE
LATEST.
JEFF, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> Reporter: HEY, MATT, GOOD
MORNING TO YOU.
HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN SIX
WEEKS SINCE ALL OF THIS BEGAN,
STILL NO SIGN OF ROBYN AND NO
DIRECT EVIDENCE THAT GARY
GIORDANO DID ANYTHING TO HER.
THAT THERE WAS ANY CRIME
COMMITTED.
TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, POLICE
ARE GOING TO HEAD DOWN TO THE
BEACH A COUPLE OF MYS FROM WHERE
I'M STANDING WHERE ROBYN WAS
LAST SEEN AND THEY'RE GOING TO
RE-ENACT HER FINAL MOMENTS.
POLICE HAVE COMBED THIS BEACH
OVER AND OVER AGAIN LOOKING FOR
ROBYN GARDNER, BUT NOTHING.
THE PRIME SUSPECT, GARY
GIORDANO, EVEN HELPED THEM
BEFORE THHIS ARREST BUT LEADS A
DRYING UP AND THEY'LL DO
SOMETHING TODAY THEY HAVEN'T
DONE BEFORE.
ACT OUT THE SCENE, STEP BY STEP,
MOMENT BY MOMENT.
SO HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK.
>> THE POLICE ARE GOING TO BE
ACTORS AND WILL GO INTO THE
WATER WITH SNORKEL GEAR AND BE
GARY AND ROBYN AND FOLLOW
EXACTLY THE FIRST STATEMENT THAT
GARY ACTUALLY MADE.
>> Reporter: TO SEE IF WHAT HE
SAID IS ACTUAL POSSIBLE?
>> IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART
OF THE INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: GARY GIORDANO
CLAIMS IT WAS A SNORKELING
ACCIDENT.
ROBYN GOT PULLED UNDER AND HE
SAVED HIMSELF, THAT THERE WAS NO
CRIME.
BUT THERE WERE NO WITNESSES.
THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO LICENSED
EXCLUSIVELY BY NBC NEWS MAY BE
THE KEY PUTTING ROBYN AND GARY
TOGETHER RIGHT BEFORE HER
DISAPPEARANCE ON AUGUST 2nd.
ROBYN LOOKS RELAXED AND CAREFREE
AT THIS BEACHSIDE RESTAURANT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELL NBC
NEWS POLICE ASKED GIORDANO TO
REENACT IT BUT HE DECLINED.
>> THEY'RE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.
SECONDLY MORE IMPORTANT YOU MAY
FIND EVIDENCE THAT HASN'T BEEN
FOUND BEFORE.
>> Reporter: EVEN WITHOUT
GIORDANO'S COOPERATION, THE
SURVEILLANCE TAPE REVEALS HIS
BEHAVIOR IN THE MINUTES AFTER HE
REPORTED HER MISSING.
SHIRTLESS WEARING A BATHING ST
HE RETURNS TO THE RESTAURANT
LOOKING FOR HELP, KNOCKING ON
DOORS.
NO ONE ANSWERED.
DO YOU BELIEVE HE'S INNOCENT?
>> I BELIEVE HE'S INNOCENT.
>> Reporter: GARY GIORDANO'S
FATHER FRANK SPEAKS WITH HIS SON
IN PRISON BY PHONE.
HE CALLED THE CONDITIONS BEHIND
BARS MISERABLE, BUT NOW A SUDDEN
CHANGE.
>> SOUNDS A LOT BETTER MENTALLY
AND PHYSICALLY THAN HE DID THE
LAST TIME I TALKED TO HIM.
GETTING USED TO HIS
SURROUNDINGS, I'M AFRAID.
>> Reporter: WE'RE TOLD POLICE
WANTED TO DO THE REENACTMENT
TODAY BECAUSE THE WIND AND WATER
CURRENTS ARE PRETTY MUCH SIMILAR
TO THE DAY ROBYN DISAPPEARED.
THEY'VE BEEN WAITING QUITE A
WHILE FOR THAT TO LINE UP TO SEE
IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR HER BODY TO
WASH OUT IF SHE WAS, IN FACT,
DROWNED OR WHAT ELSE COULD HAVE
HAPPENED.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT GARY
GIORDANO REMAINS BEHIND BARS