>> I DON'T REMEMBER IF I CRIED
I DON'T EVEN THINK I CRIED IT'S SHOCK, COMPLETE SHOCK
>> OH -- I NEED MEDICAL. SEND BACKUP UNITS.
>> THE LONGER TIME GOES ON WITHOUT HIM, IT'S REALLY HARD.
>> THAT 'S HOW IT ENDED. THIS IS HOW IT STARTED
>> HE TOOK A GUN AND PUT IT TO MY HEAD.
IT WASN'T UNTIL I HEARD THE CLICK THAT I REALIZED IT WASN'T
LOADED I LET HIM TAKE MARSHALL.
HE HAD THE BOYS RUN DRILLS AND HEADS.
>> Reporter: WHAT WERE THEY TURNING INTO LIVING WITH HIM
>> MONSTERS. >> HE WAS TALKING ABOUT POLICE
OFFICERS "IF ANY COP EVER GOT IN MY FACE,
I'LL KILL HIM. >> LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT WAS --
AN EXECUTION >> I THINK HE'S ONE OF THE MOST
EVIL PEOPLE WE'VE EVER DEALT WITH
>> THE THREAT OF DEATH WAS VERY REAL FROM HIM.
WOULD I END UP LEAVING, OR WOULD I END UP IN A BAG IN THE OCEAN
>> A FATHER LEADS HIS SONS DOWN A DARK AND DEADLY PATH
YOU'LL BE IN ON THE CHASE TO CATCH HIM BEFORE HE CAN KILL
AGAIN. I'M LESTER HOLT, AND THIS IS
"DATELINE. *
HERE'S KEITH MORRISON WITH "ON A
DARK, DESERTED HIGHWAY." >> Reporter: IT WAS DEEP COUNTRY
DARK, JUST AFTER 2:00 A.M, AS THE SMALL TOWN MONTANA DEPUTY
CRUISED HOME END OF A QUIET SHIFT
IT WAS MAY 2017, AND OUTSIDE HIS CAR, THE AIR WAS FRESH WITH THE
SMELL OF NEW PLANTING. HE WAS HAPPY
HE'D BE HOME EARLY FOR ONCE.
WHISTLED PAST HIS PATROL VEHICLE, JUST LIKE THIS.
>> SPEED NEAR 100 MILES AN HOUR. >> 10-4.
>> SPEEDING PAST ME. >> Reporter: HERE'S THE ACTUAL
VIDEO, THE DEPUTY GIVING CHASE AS THE DRIVER OF THAT SPEEDING
CHEVY SUBURBAN SEEMED TO WANT HIM TO
AND THEN - [ GUNSHOT
>> I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME HELP HERE.
MY OFFICER'S NOT ANSWERING ME NOW.
>> WHAT? >> YEAH.
I DON'T LIKE THAT HE'S NOT ANSWERING ME
I HATE THAT. >> Reporter: THE REASON BECAME
APPARENT WHEN BACKUP FINALLY ARRIVED.
>> THE, UH, DEPUTY'S CAR, DOOR OPEN, MILE MARKER 109.
CHECKING ON FOOT OH -
BOZEMAN 320. I NEED MEDICAL
SEND BACKUP UNITS. >> Reporter: AS EMTs ROARED OFF
TO ATTEND TO THE DEPUTY, THE SPEEDING SUBURBAN VANISHED DOWN
THE HIGHWAY AND WORD WAS FLASHED TO EVERY AVAILABLE LAW OFFICER
FOR MILES. >> I JUST SAID, "GOD, COME RIDE
WITH ME. >> Reporter: ALL PULLED INTO ONE
OF THE MOST FURIOUS CHASES YOU'VE EVER SEEN
A WILD WEST GUN BATTLE AT SPEEDS UP TO 140 MILES AN HOUR.
WHAT'D THAT FEEL LIKE? >> SCARIEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: UNTIL TWO HOURS AFTER IT BEGAN -
>> HE'S HIT. >> Reporter: IT HAPPENED JUST
OVER YONDER, UNDER THE BIG MONTANA SKY, AND INSTANTLY
BECAME ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS CRIMES IN MONTANA HISTORY.
BUT IT WAS MUCH MORE THAN JUST ONE CRIME OR EVEN A SERIES OF
CRIMES THIS CRAZY TALE OF THE
SHAPESHIFTER, MISSIONARY MAN TO MADMAN TO MONSTER.
>> I THINK THAT THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SAVAGE AND
DANGEROUS PEOPLE THAT I'VE EVER SEEN
>> I WAS IN FEAR FOR A VERY LONG TIME, A VERY LONG TIME
I WANT TO SAY 30 YEARS >> I DON'T REMEMBER IF I CRIED
I DON'T EVEN THINK I CRIED IT'S SHOCK, COMPLETE SHOCK
>> Reporter: BUT THE STORY -- THE STORY WE HAVE PIECED
TOGETHER, YEAR BY YEAR, PERSON BY PERSON -- BEGINS LONG BEFORE
THE NIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY, MORE THAN 50 YEARS BEFORE, IN THE
SMALL TOWN OF McCAMMON, IDAHO, WHERE TWO BOYS MET IN GRADE
SCHOOL MICHAEL COBIA AND A KID NAMED
CHIP MICHAEL REMEMBERS IT TO THIS
DAY. >> WE BECAME FAST FRIENDS AND
DID LOTS OF ADVENTUROUS THINGS TOGETHER
I MEAN, DURING THE SUMMER, YOU HAD NO SUPERVISION WHATSOEVER.
>> Reporter: AND AS TEENS, MIKE AND CHIP GOT MIXED UP IN SOME
RATHER UNWHOLESOME ACTIVITIES. UNTIL IT WAS CHIP WHO TURNED
THINGS AROUND. >> HE MOVED IN WITH A BISHOP IN
CHUBBUCK, IDAHO. AND THAT BISHOP STARTED GETTING
HIM TO READ THE BOOK OF MORMON, THE BIBLE.
>> Reporter: CHIP FOUND RELIGION AND GOT MIKE BACK ON A RIGHTEOUS
PATH >> IT HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON
ME I THREW AWAY MY DRUGS AND WENT
ON A MORMON MISSION WITHIN SIX MONTHS
>> Reporter: WHICH CHIP DID TOO, SET OFF ON A MISSION FOR THE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
AND WHEN HE DID, HE SENT A NOTE TO HIS GIRLFRIEND.
A NOTE SO REMARKABLE, SHE SAVED IT ALL THESE YEARS
>> YOU'RE VERY SPECIAL TO ME, TRACY.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOUR
HEAVENLY FATHER WANTS YOU TO DO, AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE HAPPY
I LOVE YOU, CHIP >> Reporter: THE WOMAN WAS
TRACY, CHIP'S SWEETHEART >> WE HAD TALKED ABOUT GETTING
MARRIED WHEN HE GOT BACK OFF OF HIS MISSION.
AND IN MY CULTURE, IN THE LDS CULTURE, YOU KNOW, YOU KINDA
WAITED FOR YOUR MISSIONARY, AND THEN YOU LIVE HAPPILY EVER
AFTER. >> Reporter: AND SURE ENOUGH,
WHEN CHIP RETURNED, ALL GROWN UP AND NOW GOING BY HIS GIVEN NAME
LLOYD BARRUS, HE MARRIED TRACY IN THE IDAHO FALLS LDS TEMPLE.
SEALED, AS THE MORMONS BELIEVE, FOR TIME AND ALL ETERNITY.
TRACY DID HER BEST TO BE A GOOD WIFE
SHE GAVE LLOYD TWO HEALTHY BOYS, MARSHALL AND JEFFREY
NAMES YOU'LL WANT TO REMEMBER. >> HE WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD
DAD. HE'D PLAY WITH THE BOYS.
HE WAS REALLY PROUD OF THEM. YOU KNOW, MARSHALL, EVERYTHING
HE DID, HE THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY. >> Reporter: LLOYD WAS A GOOD
PROVIDER, WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION
AND AT THE HEART OF THINGS, HE WAS A GOD-FEARING MAN.
HE'D BEEN A MISSIONARY, AFTER ALL.
AND HE MADE IT CLEAR, SAID TRACY, HE WAS THE SOLE ARBITER
OF RIGHT AND WRONG >> HE WANTED TO LET ME KNOW
RIGHT AWAY THAT I WAS HIS WIFE, AND WIVES ARE SUPPOSED TO SUBMIT
TO THEIR HUSBANDS. AND IF I EVEN SLIPPED UP AND
I -- I SAID "HELL" OR "DAMN," HE'D REACH ACROSS THE TABLE AND
SLAP ME ACROSS THE FACE. >> Reporter: BECAUSE SAYING
"HELL" OR "DAMN" IS A BIGGER SIN THAN SLAPPING YOUR SPOUSE ACROSS
THE FACE >> CLEARLY
YES. >> Reporter: BUT SHE HAD EARS.
THEY HADN'T BEEN MARRIED LONG WHEN SHE COULD TELL, SHE SAID,
LLOYD BEGAN TO GET MIXED UP IN SOMETHING SECRET
THE PHONE CALLS BEGAN, FROM PEOPLE SHE DIDN'T KNOW
>> AND THEY'D TALK IN CODE IF I ANSWERED THE PHONE, THEY'D
SAY, "THIS IS THE PASSWORD TELL HIM 7:00.
HE'LL KNOW WHAT IT MEANS." >> Reporter: HE WOULDN'T TELL
HER WHERE HE WAS GOING, SHE SAID
BUT WHEN HE RETURNED, HE'D RANT LIKE SOME 19th CENTURY
FUNDAMENTALIST PROPHET >> HE STARTED GOING ON AND ON
ABOUT HOW THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO RIGHT TO TAX US.
LIKE, IF HE'D GET A SPEEDING TICKET, HE'D GO TO COURT SO HE
COULD ARGUE WITH THE JUDGE OVER THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN OUR
LIVES AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TRYING TO CONTROL US.
>> Reporter: AND ALL THE WHILE, SHE SAID, SHE LIVED IN FEAR OF
HIS MOODS, HIS SUDDEN FLASHES OF ANGER, HIS VIOLENCE.
>> BACK THEN, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT ABUSE.
AND IF YOU DID, WHAT YOU WERE TOLD IS YOU NEED TO QUIT
PROVOKING HIM. >> Reporter: UNTIL TRACY GREW SO
DESPERATE SHE WENT, ON HER OWN, TO TALK TO HER LDS BISHOP.
WHAT HAPPENED? >> HE CALLED LLOYD IN, AND LLOYD
MADE IT JUST SEEM LIKE I WAS JUST HAVIN' A HORMONAL MOOD
SWING AND THAT HE'D NEVER DONE ANYTHING BAD
>> Reporter: MARRIAGE IS SACRED, THE BISHOP REMINDED THEM
THEY SHOULD KEEP TRYING. HOW TRAPPED DID YOU FEEL
>> YOU'D LIKE TO LEAVE, BUT YOU'VE BEEN SEALED IN THE
TEMPLE >> Reporter: BUT IT DID NOT GET
BETTER, SHE SAID FAR FROM IT.
>> IF I DIDN'T DO EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TOLD, MY PUNISHMENT WAS
MARITAL RAPE AND THERE WAS A TIME WHEN HE
TOOK A GUN AND PUT IT TO THE TEMPLE OF MY HEAD AND -- AND
FIRED IT AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I HEARD THE
CLICK THAT I REALIZED IT WASN'T LOADED
>> Reporter: GOOD GOD. >> THE THING THAT WAS THE MOST
SCARY WAS WHEN HE PUT THE BULLETS BACK IN THE GUN AND
HANDED IT TO ME AND SAID, "IF YOU HATE ME SO BAD, KILL ME."
THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED I HAD TO GET OUT OF THERE BECAUSE ONE OF
US WAS GOING TO DIE. >> Reporter: BUT HOW
SHE HAD THOSE BOYS, MARSHALL AND JEFFREY.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM -- TO ALL OF THEM?
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK -- TRACY ESCAPES FROM ONE NIGHTMARE
INTO ANOTHER LLOYD HAD SNATCHED THEIR BOYS.
>> MY DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR CALLED ME, AND SHE SAID, "I THINK HE
TOOK 'EM." >> Reporter: WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> CRYING AND CRYING >> AND IT WOULDN'T BE EASY TO
GET THEM BACK. >> WOULD I END UP IN A BAG IN
STILL WHEN TRACY FINALLY HAD HER FILL OF LLOYD BARRUS
35 YEARS TO GO BEFORE THE GUNFIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY THAT LED
US TO THIS TALE AND TO THIS MAN. BACK THEN, LLOYD WAS CONVINCED
HE WAS RIGHT TRACY COULDN'T TAKE HIM ANYMORE.
HE'D BEEN ABOUT TO TAKE A TRIP TO ALASKA TO WORK ON A
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SEEMED LIKE NOW OR NEVER, SO SHE
SAID IT. >> HE WAS VERY UPSET WHEN I TOLD
HIM I WANTED A DIVORCE AND HE ASKED ME, "WOULD YOU MIND
IF I AT LEAST TOOK MARSHALL WITH ME FOR A FEW WEEKS AND I'LL
BRING HIM BACK?" I THOUGHT HE'D BE BACK VERY
SHORTLY, AND I WAS WRONG HE DIDN'T COME BACK FOR A LONG
TIME >> Reporter: A LONG TIME
SIX MONTHS DIDN'T RETURN WITH SON MARSHALL
UNTIL THE DIVORCE WAS FINAL. IT WAS A QUICK 20-DAY DIVORCE
WITH SHARED CUSTODY OF THE BOYS. TRACY SAYS LLOYD ASKED TO
RECONCILE. SHE SAID NO.
AND LLOYD? RANSACKED HER APARTMENT,
THREATENED HER >> MY BOSS AT WORK WAS VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY. >> Reporter: I'M NOT SURPRISED
>> SHE SAID, "JUST GET OUT OF TOWN FOR THE WEEKEND
GET AWAY FROM HIM SO YOU'RE SAFE."
>> Reporter: SO TRACY DID JUST THAT AND ALSO MADE A DECISION
SHE WOULD FOREVER REGRET SHE ASKED A NEIGHBOR TO WATCH
MARSHALL, NOT QUITE 4, AND JEFFREY, WHO WAS 2, WHILE SHE
WAS AWAY >> SHE CALLED ME, AND SHE SAID,
"I THINK I'VE MADE A MISTAKE LLOYD SHOWED UP, AND HE ASKED IF
I COULD LET HIM INTO YOUR APARTMENT TO JUST GET A JACKET
FOR THE BOYS." AND SHE SAID, "BUT TRACY, HE
CAME OUT WITH BAGS AND BAGS OF THEIR STUFF.
I -- I THINK HE TOOK 'EM." >> Reporter: WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> CRYING AND CRYING AND NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO OR WHERE TO
TURN >> Reporter: NOR DID SHE KNOW
WHERE HE HAD TAKEN THEM. DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS NOW MORE THAN
700 MILES AWAY IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON
OR THAT HE'D JOINED AN LDS WARD THERE WHERE HE'D CAUGHT THE EYES
OF SOME LADIES WHO HAD A FRIEND NAMED DEBRA, A NEWLY DIVORCED
MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS. >> THEY SAID, "THERE'S A YOUNG
MAN AT CHURCH THAT IS SINGLE AND LOOKING.
THEY GAVE HIM MY PHONE NUMBER. >> Reporter: HE HAD A COUPLE OF
KIDS TOO, RIGHT? >> YEAH, UH-HUH.
HE HAD TWO LITTLE BOYS AND THEN WE STARTED DATING
>> Reporter: WHO CALLED WHOM >> HE CALLED ME.
THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD CHEMISTRY BETWEEN US
>> Reporter: AND HE SEEMED LIKE A NICE GUY
>> YES, HE WAS A NICE GUY, AND HE WAS A GREAT PROVIDER.
>> Reporter: SHE KNEW ONLY THE STORY HE TOLD HER, AND SHE LIKED
THAT STORY >> I PRAYED TO KNOW IF HE WAS
THE ONE FOR ME AND THE ANSWER WAS YES, SO WE
GOT MARRIED. >> Reporter: ANOTHER TEMPLE
SEALING FOR TIME AND ALL ETERNITY, JUST FIVE YEARS AFTER
LLOYD'S FIRST ETERNAL SEALING TO TRACY, WHO HAD NO IDEA DEBRA
EVEN EXISTED >> I WAS ELATED, AND I TOOK ON
THOSE TWO LITTLE BOYS AND LOVED THEM AND CARED FOR THEM AS
THOUGH THEY WERE MY OWN. >> Reporter: THEY WEREN'T, OF
COURSE HER OWN BOYS, THAT IS.
IN FACT, MARSHALL AND JEFFREY'S MOM, TRACY BACK IN IDAHO, WAS
FRANTICALLY LOOKING FOR THEM UNTIL SHE FINALLY LEARNED WHERE
THEY WERE. DID YOU ASK FOR ADVICE FROM A
LAWYER OR ANYTHING ABOUT GETTING THEM BACK?
>> YES I WENT TO SEE AN ATTORNEY, AND
WE WERE TRYING TO AT LEAST MAKE HIM BRING THEM BACK FOR MY
50% CUSTODY. >> Reporter: TRACY DIDN'T CALL
THE POLICE SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO CALL.
BACK THEN THERE WERE NO AMBER ALERTS
STATES DIDN'T COOPERATE LIKE THEY DO TODAY.
THE FBI RARELY GOT INVOLVED IN CHILD CUSTODY CASES.
SO TRACY'S ATTORNEY TOLD HER THIS
>> HE SAID, "WE BRING THEM BACK, AND ALL HE HAS TO DO IS KIDNAP
'EM AGAIN AND TAKE 'EM TO ANOTHER STATE AND WE HAVE TO
START ALL OVER AND YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT'S
WHAT HE'LL DO. >> Reporter: OH, MY.
>> AND I SAID, "I THINK I NEED TO GO KIDNAP 'EM BACK.
AND HE SAID, "DON'T DO THAT. HE SAID, "IF YOU DO THAT, YOU
DON'T HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON LEGALLY, AND I CAN'T PROTECT
YOU. >> Reporter: BY THAT TIME, IT
WAS TOO LATE LLOYD HAD MOVED HIS NEW FAMILY A
WORLD AWAY >> THEY'D MOVED TO THE ALEUTIAN
ISLANDS IN DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA. >> Reporter: NEARLY 4,000 MILES
FROM TRACY IN IDAHO. >> AND THERE ARE NO COMMERCIAL
FLIGHTS. >> Reporter: NO.
>> I'M A WAITRESS MAKING $2.50 AN HOUR PLUS TIPS.
NOW WHAT DO I DO >> Reporter: YEAH.
>> AND THE TERROR ALSO OF -- WOULD I END UP LEAVING OR END UP
IN A BAG IN THE OCEAN? >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, DEBRA,
WITH NO IDEA AT ALL OF LLOYD'S PAST OR THAT HE HAD KIDNAPPED
MARSHALL AND JEFFREY FROM THEIR MOTHER, GAVE LLOYD ANOTHER SON A
YEAR LATER THEY CALLED HIM ALMA
>> THERE IS A CHARACTER IN THE BOOK OF MORMON WHO IS A VERY
VALIANT CHARACTER, AND THAT'S WHY ALMA IS ALMA
>> Reporter: ALMA WOULD SOON HAVE TWO MORE SISTERS, BRINGING
THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN -- HIS, HERS, AND THEIRS -- TO SEVEN
LLOYD DECIDED TO BUILD A HOUSE FOR HIS GROWING FAMILY
AND HE BOUGHT LAND IN ANCHORAGE WHERE HE BEGAN GETTING ALL
SECRETIVE AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH ONE OF HIS NEIGHBORS
AND PRETTY SOON, THE TWO OF THEM STARTING THUMBING THEIR NOSES AT
LOCAL ORDINANCES AND REFUSING TO PAY TAXES, THAT SORT OF THING.
TWO OUTLAWS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT
>> ONCE HE MET THIS GUY, IT WAS AS THOUGH THEY HAD A MARRIAGE
INSTEAD OF US. >> Reporter: NEARLY ALL HIS
LIFE, LLOYD HAD BEEN, OR CLAIMED TO BE, A FAITHFUL MORMON
BUT NOW THAT WAS CHANGING TOO. THE CHURCH WASN'T ENOUGH FOR HIM
ANYMORE. HE STOPPED GOING TO HIS LDS WARD
AND BEGAN ATTENDING A DIFFERENT SORT OF MEETING ALTOGETHER
>> SOUNDS LIKE YOU DISCOVERED A BETTER LIFE.
>> OH, WITH AMWAY. SO CAN YOU
>> Reporter: AMWAY ADS LIKE THIS SPOKE TO LLOYD
HE WANTED A BETTER LIFE. HE WANTED HIS OWN BUSINESS
HE EMBRACED THE BOOMING MULTILEVEL MARKETING COMPANY
WITH THE SAME ALL-IN FAITH HE'D ONCE GIVEN TO HIS CHURCH, AN
ALLEGIANCE THAT SEEMED ALMOST FANATICAL TO DEBRA
CALLED HIMSELF "DIAMOND" LLOYD BARRUS
BUT WHEN LLOYD'S AMWAY DISTRIBUTORSHIP DIDN'T TAKE OFF?
>> HE WAS SO ANGRY AT ME BECAUSE HE WASN'T GETTING ANY PEOPLE TO
JOIN HIM IN HIS AMWAY BUSINESS AND IT WAS ALL MY FAULT BECAUSE
OF THE SADNESS THAT WAS ON MY FACE
AND HE GAVE ME THE HAND MIRROR AND MADE ME FAKE A SMILE WITH IT
IN FRONT OF MY FACE. HE SAID, "YOU WILL HOLD THAT
SMILE ALL NIGHT LONG JUST SO THAT YOU CAN KNOW THAT THIS IS
HOW IT HAS TO BE." AND, OF COURSE, I WAS ABSOLUTELY
TERRIFIED. AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, THERE
WASN'T A LOT OF SLEEP THAT HAPPENED ON MY END THAT NIGHT.
>> Reporter: SURELY IT COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE.
BUT, OF COURSE, IT DID >>> COMING UP --
>> HE SAID, "IF YOU TRY TO LEAVE, I WILL TAKE YOU OUT BACK
AND SHOOT YOU IN THE HEAD. >> IT WAS TIME TO ESCAPE
BUT HOW? >> THAT'S WHEN I STARTED
DEVISING A PLAN. >> Reporter: THERE WAS A MOMENT
THAT MIGHT HAVE SAVED THEM THE BOYS, THAT IS -- THE TWO
SONS OF LLOYD BARRUS AND HIS FIRST WIFE TRACY
LLOYD HAD SNATCHED MARSHALL AND JEFFREY, HAD TAKEN THEM FAR AWAY
TO ALASKA WHERE, EVENTUALLY, LLOYD TOLD DEBRA THE TRUTH
AND WHEN THE BOYS WERE AROUND 5 AND 3, DEBRA SECRETLY ARRANGED
FOR THEM TO CONTACT THEIR MOTHER
>> DEBRA WOULD SNEAK AWAY FROM TIME TO TIME AND LET THEM CALL
ME FROM A PAYPHONE BUT SHE WASN'T ALLOWED TO SAY
WHERE THEY WERE. >> Reporter: THEN A COUPLE YEARS
LATER, LLOYD AGREED TO LET THE BOYS VISIT TRACY IN THE
LOWER 48 BUT WITH A WARNING
>> "I'LL COME DOWN THERE WITH A GUN, AND YOU GUYS WILL BE SORRY
IF YOU PULL ANY FUNNY BUSINESS." AND I WANTED TO JUST KEEP THEM
>> Reporter: SHE CONSULTED A CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST WHO SAID,
"DON'T DO IT." >> WELL, WHAT SHE TOLD ME IS THE
WORST THING I COULD DO IS KIDNAP 'EM BACK
>> Reporter: SHE SENT THE BOYS BACK TO LLOYD, NO IDEA WHAT SHE
WAS SENDING THEM TO. DID HE HAVE MANY WEAPONS IN THE
HOUSE? >> HE HAD A CLOSET FULL OF
WEAPONS AND CONSTANTLY HAD HIS EYE ON THE NEXT ONE.
IN THE EVENINGS AFTER WE'D PUT THE CHILDREN TO BED, HE WOULD
PRACTICE FIGHT MOVES IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR AND, YOU KNOW, TELL
ME HE WANTED TO BECOME A MERCENARY.
>> Reporter: HE BEGAN ACTING LIKE THE STAR OF HIS OWN ACTION
MOVIE. HE DISAPPEARED FOR DAYS AT A
TIME "CIA MISSIONS," HE CALLED THEM
WHEN A NEIGHBOR REPORTED LLOYD FOR BREAKING COUNTY
ENVIRONMENTAL CODES, A NEIGHBOR WHO HAPPENED TO HAVE A BLACK LAB
PUPPY? >> HE CAME IN THE HOUSE AND GOT
A PISTOL OUT OF THE CLOSET SO I PEERED THROUGH THE DOOR AND
WITNESSED HIM PUT THAT PISTOL BEHIND THAT PUPPY'S EAR AND
SHOOT IT IN THE HEAD AND THEN HE PICKED IT UP BY THE
TAIL AND FLUNG IT AROUND AND TOSSED IT INTO THE WOODS
>> Reporter: DEBRA WANTED OUT, AND LLOYD SEEMED TO SENSE IT
>> HE SAID, "IF YOU TRY TO LEAVE, I WILL TAKE YOU OUT BACK
AND SHOOT YOU IN THE HEAD. AND IN GOD'S WORD, IT SAYS I CAN
DO THAT. >> Reporter: WHAT'D IT FEEL LIKE
TO BE YOU LISTENING TO THESE THINGS
>> THAT'S WHEN I STARTED DEVISING A PLAN.
>> Reporter: AND THEN ONE EVENING AT SUPPERTIME, LLOYD
ANNOUNCED HE HAD TO WORK ALL NIGHT ON A LOCAL CONSTRUCTION
JOB. >> HE SAID, "I'M GONNA TAKE
MARSHALL WITH ME BECAUSE I NEED EXTRA HANDS.
MARSHALL WAS 12 AT THE TIME. AND AFTER HE LEFT, I STARTED
LOADING UP ALL THE THINGS. AND THEN ONE BY ONE, I TOOK A
CHILD OUT OF THEIR BED AND PUT THEM IN THE SUBURBAN, AND OFF WE
WENT ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS OF
LEAVING WAS THAT I COULDN'T TAKE THOSE TWO LITTLE BOYS THAT I HAD
MOTHERED FOR EIGHT YEARS >> Reporter: YEAH.
THEY WERE HIS BOYS >> AND MARSHALL, OF COURSE,
WASN'T THERE JEFFREY, I HAD TO LEAVE SLEEPING
IN HIS BED >> Reporter: THERE WAS ONE BOY
WHO LEFT THE HOUSE THAT NIGHT ALONG WITH HIS FOUR SISTERS.
REMEMBER ALMA? HE WAS NOW 6 YEARS OLD
>> I REMEMBER ASKING MY MOM, "CAN WE TAKE JEFFREY?"
AND SHE WAS NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO
IT WOULD HAVE ENDANGERED US TAKING HIM
I KNOW HOW MUCH MY BROTHERS LOVED ME, AND IT WAS SO
DIFFICULT THAT WE HAD TO LEAVE THEM
>> Reporter: DEBRA WENT STRAIGHT TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER
IN ANCHORAGE AND CALLED HER LDS BISHOP
>> AND HE WENT TO THE AIRPORT IN A DISGUISE TO PURCHASE AIRPLANE
TICKETS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY 'CAUSE HE KNEW THE DANGER THAT
WAS -- >> Reporter: IN DISGUISE
>> -- INVOLVED >> Reporter: HE HAD TO -- HE HAD
TO ACTUALLY NOT LOOK LIKE HIMSELF FOR FEAR OF WHAT LLOYD
MIGHT DO >> YEAH.
AS SOON AS WE LEFT THE WOMEN'S SHELTER -- THIS IS HOW AFRAID WE
WERE WHEN WE GOT IN THE TAXI, I SAID,
"EVERYBODY LAY DOWN," 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO RECOGNIZE US.
SO WE RODE TO THE AIRPORT WITH EVERYBODY LAYING DOWN.
>> Reporter: DID YOU HAVE A SENSE OF SAFETY OR FREEDOM AS
YOU TOOK OFF AND FLEW AWAY >> YES
I KNEW THAT -- THAT WE WERE FINALLY SAFE FOR A WHILE, UNTIL
HE FIGURED OUT THAT WE WERE NO LONGER IN THE STATE.
>> Reporter: LLOYD BARRUS WAS NOT A MAN TO LET SOMETHING LIKE
THIS GO. EVEN AFTER DEBRA FILED FOR
DIVORCE. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER,
THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM ALASKA, THERE WAS A KNOCK AT DEBRA'S
DOOR >>> COMING UP --
>> HE HAD A KNIFE IN HIS BOOT AND A GUN IN THE SMALL OF HIS
BACK HE PULLED ME OFF INTO THE TREES.
>> AND WHILE IN ALASKA, LLOYD HAD BEEN TRAINING SOLDIERS FOR
HIS OWN MILITIA. >> HE HAD THE BOYS CONVINCED
THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A WAR WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
HE'D HAVE 'EM RUN DRILLS AND SHOOT LIVE AMMUNITION OVER THEIR
>> Reporter: CURIOUS THING ABOUT LLOYD BARRUS -
TO SOME HE HAD NOT CHANGED AT ALL, STILL A FINE MAN, DEDICATED
AND HARD WORKING TO HIS WIFE DEBRA, HE HAD BECOME
FRIGHTENING. AND 28 YEARS NOW BEFORE THAT
TERRIFYING NIGHT IN MONTANA, IT WAS TERROR SHE FELT AS SHE RAN
FROM HIM ONLY MARSHALL AND JEFFREY WERE
LEFT BEHIND WITH LLOYD WHO, JUST LIKE YOU'D EXPECT, WAS DOING ALL
HE COULD TO TRACK DOWN HIS MISSING FAMILY
>> AFTER I LEFT, HE HAD THREATENED ALL OF MY FRIENDS
FROM CHURCH THAT IF ANYBODY HELPED ME IN ANY WAY, THAT HE
WOULD KILL THEIR PETS AND THEIR CHILDREN
>> Reporter: DEBRA KNEW SHE HAD TO BE EVASIVE.
SHE WENT TO ARIZONA FIRST. THEN SHE MOVED AGAIN TO A CITY
ON WASHINGTON'S PUGET SOUND. IT WAS WHERE HER PARENTS LIVED
SO NOT EVASIVE ENOUGH. BECAUSE A YEAR LATER, WHO WAS
STANDING ON HER DOORSTEP >> LLOYD WENT INTO A CAR
DEALERSHIP AND PRETENDED AS THOUGH HE WANTED TO PURCHASE A
VEHICLE. HE ASKED THE PERSON THAT WAS
HELPING HIM TO -- HE GAVE HIM MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND ASKED
HIM TO RUN IT AND FIND OUT WHERE THE PERSON WAS
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HE CAME KNOCKING AT THE DOOR
>> Reporter: YUP >> I IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO
HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS MODE AND STARTED TELLING HIM HOW SORRY I
WAS THAT I HAD LEFT AND HOW I COULDN'T WAIT FOR US TO GET BACK
TOGETHER, ALL OF THIS JUST SO THAT I COULD KEEP MY PARENTS AND
MY CHILDREN SAFE >> Reporter: HOW DID HE REACT TO
THIS >> HE BELIEVED IT.
HE HAD A KNIFE IN HIS BOOT AND A GUN IN THE SMALL OF HIS BACK
SO I ASKED HIM TO PLEASE TAKE A WALK WITH ME
SO WE WALKED, YOU KNOW, A MILE OR SO DOWN THE ROAD.
AND HE PULLED ME OFF INTO THE TREES AND PROCEEDED TO TRY TO
UNDRESS ME AND I BEGAN TO CRY, SO HE
STOPPED. AND WE GOT BACK TO THE HOUSE
WITH MY PARENTS AND THE KIDS >> Reporter: AND THEN, AS IF BY
PROVIDENCE, A VISITOR STOPPED BY
>> THE BISHOP OF OUR CHURCH AT THE TIME NOTICED A STRANGE
VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY. AND HE STOPPED TO SEE IF
EVERYTHING WAS OKAY, WHICH PUT A LITTLE BIT OF EXCITEMENT IN THE
MOMENT AND HE REACHED FOR HIS KNIFE
AND -- >> Reporter: LLOYD DID
REACHED FOR HIS KNIFE WHEN THE BISHOP IS THERE?
>> YEAH. 'CAUSE HE FELT THREATENED BY
SOMEONE THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW. AND I SAID, "LISTEN, THIS IS THE
BISHOP HE'S JUST CHECKIN' ON US."
>> Reporter: WITH FALSE PROMISES OF A REUNION SOON IN ALASKA,
DEBRA TALKED LLOYD INTO LEAVING. >> AS SOON AS HE LEFT THE
DRIVEWAY, I STARTED TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO
NEXT BECAUSE NOW HE HAD ENTERED OUR
SAFE PLACE >> Reporter: AND THUS BEGAN AN
ODYSSEY ALL TOO FAMILIAR TO THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
A HAZE OF HOTELS, FRIENDS' HOMES, COUCH SURFING, ALWAYS
ACCOMPANYING FEAR. >> I WOULD BE NOT SITTING HERE
DOING THIS INTERVIEW WITH YOU IF I HADN'T HAD THE PRESENCE OF
MIND TO GET AWAY WHEN WE GOT AWAY
>> Reporter: WERE YOU AFRAID OF HIM IN THE YEARS AFTER YOU LEFT
ALASKA WITH YOUR FAMILY AND LIVED IN VARIOUS PLACES?
>> NO. I WAS NOT SO ACUTELY AWARE OF
THE DANGER THAT MY MOM WAS IN. HE CALLED US ONE TIME.
I SAID, "THIS IS YOUR SON, ALMA."
AND HE SAID, "I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU, BUT I CAN'T."
IT CRUSHES YOUR HEART. IT WAS DIFFICULT GROWING UP
WITHOUT A DAD. >> Reporter: OR MAYBE LUCKY.
LLOYD WENT BACK TO ALASKA, FOUND A THIRD WIFE THROUGH AMWAY,
FATHERED FIVE MORE CHILDREN. LATER, TRACY'S BOYS, MARSHALL
AND JEFFREY, TOLD THEIR MOM ABOUT LIFE WITH LLOYD.
>> THE BOYS TOLD ME THAT THEIR DAD WOULD BE GONE ON BINGES AND
NOT COME HOME FOR DAYS, SO THEY'D ROB HOMES TO GET MONEY
FOR FOOD >> Reporter: THE BOYS SHOULD BE
SOLDIERS, LLOYD DECREED. THEY HAD TO BE MADE READY.
>> LLOYD FELT HE WAS IN A RIGHTEOUS MILITIA.
HE HAD THE BOYS CONVINCED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A WAR WITH
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. BUT HE'D HAVE 'EM RUN DRILLS AND
SHOOT LIVE AMMUNITION OVER THEIR HEADS.
>> Reporter: THESE ARE THE LITTLE BOYS YOU GAVE BIRTH TO.
>> YEAH. >> Reporter: WHAT WERE THEY
TURNING INTO LIVING WITH HIM >> MONSTERS.
THEY WERE CONDITIONED TO HAVE SUCH ABERRANT BELIEFS AND
ABERRANT BEHAVIORS JEFFREY SCARES ME TO DEATH
JEFFREY'S EYES GLAZE OVER AND HE LOOKS AT YOU LIKE THERE'S NO
SOUL >> Reporter: WHEN THE BOYS
BECAME YOUNG ADULTS, THEY SCATTERED.
BUT BEFORE LONG, LLOYD AND JEFFREY MET AGAIN.
A LONG, SLOW, AND VIOLENT ENDGAME HAD BEGUN.
>>> COMING UP -- A SHOWDOWN IN THE DESERT
>> MY PHONE RANG, AND AN INVESTIGATOR TOLD ME THERE WAS
SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENING IN
IN THE SUMMER OF 1999, 18 YEARS TO GO UNTIL THE NIGHT IT ALL
CAME DOWN IN MONTANA, LLOYD WAS IN LIVING IN IDAHO WITH A NEW
GIRLFRIEND BY THEN LLOYD HAD GONE THROUGH
THREE WIVES AND HAD TEN CHILDREN AND TOLD HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND
MICHAEL COBIA IT WAS ALL THE GOVERNMENT'S FAULT
>> HE PROCEEDED TO TELL ME HOW HE'D TRIED TO BUILD A HOME IN
ALASKA AND THEY WOULDN'T LET HIM, AND HE DID IT ANYWAY, AND
THAT HIS WIFE GOT SCARED AND TOOK OFF WITH THE KIDS
>> Reporter: LLOYD OPENED UP, VENTED TO HIS OLD FRIEND
AFTER THAT WOMAN LEFT HIM, HE SAID, EVERYTHING JUST WENT
WRONG. >> HE HAD REFUSED TO PAY CHILD
SUPPORT AND LOST EVERY ONE OF HIS PROFESSIONAL LICENSES.
THERE WAS A LOT MORE TO THE CONVERSATION
>> Reporter: OH, YES, THERE WAS. LLOYD WASN'T JUST ANGRY AT THE
GOVERNMENT >> HE WAS TALKING ABOUT POLICE
OFFICERS THE GIST AT THE END WAS THAT,
"IF ANY COP EVER GOT IN MY FACE, I'LL KILL HIM.
>> Reporter: BUT JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT CONVERSATION,
LLOYD WAS ON THE RUN SO HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO FACE THE LAW.
IN MARCH OF 2000, HE HAD BEEN SUMMONED TO AN IDAHO COURT ON
DUI AND OTHER CHARGES. BUT INSTEAD OF SHOWING UP, HE
AND THE GIRLFRIEND SKIPPED TOWN. AND AT THE WHEEL OF THE GETAWAY
CAR? LLOYD'S SON JEFFREY, THEN
20 YEARS OLD THEY DROVE THROUGH THE NIGHT,
AND AS MORNING APPROACHED WERE HEADING NORTH ON I-95, 60 MILES
FROM LAS VEGAS, WHERE JOHN CUNAG, A FRESHLY MINTED
HIGHWAY PATROLMAN, WAS ON HIS WAY TO AN OVERTIME ASSIGNMENT.
>> I WAS PROBABLY DOING ABOUT 75, AND I SAW A CAR COMING
UP FROM BEHIND ME. ALL I SEE WAS HEADLIGHTS
>> Reporter: YEAH. >> THEY JUST KEPT ACCELERATING
MY THOUGHTS WERE, "THIS GUY IS CRAZY.
I NEED TO STOP HIM." >> Reporter: THAT WAS JUST KIND
OF A KNEE-JERK RESPONSE. >> I WAS OUT HERE, NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THIS AREA, DIDN'T KNOW I DIDN'T HAVE RADIO COVERAGE ON
MY -- TO TALK TO DISPATCH. >> Reporter: OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. NO WAY TO CALL FOR BACKUP.
STILL, ALL ALONE, IN THE DARK, JOHN THREW HIS LIGHTS AND SIRENS
ON AND PULLED THE CAR OVER AND THEN HE GOT OUT TO ASK THE
DRIVER FOR HIS LICENSE AND REGISTRATION
>> THERE WAS A FEMALE IN THE BACK SEAT BEHIND THE DRIVER.
>> Reporter: TWO MEN IN THE FRONT.
>> TWO MEN IN THE FRONT. JEFFREY WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL
LLOYD WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. AND NEXT TO HIS LEG WAS A
SHOTGUN. >> SO I ASKED THE DRIVER HOW
MANY MORE WEAPONS HE HAD IN THE VEHICLE.
AND HE LOOKED RIGHT AT ME, WHAT WE CALL A THOUSAND YARDS STARE,
JUST LOOKING RIGHT THROUGH YOU AND HE SAID, "AS MANY AS I
WANT." >> Reporter: SO THIS WAS
TROUBLE. JOHN WENT BACK TO HIS CAR AND
TRIED AGAIN TO CALL BACKUP AND THIS TIME HE GOT THROUGH
EXCEPT THE NEAREST OFFICER WAS 18 MILES AWAY.
AS JOHN TOOK THAT IN, JEFFREY, STILL IN HIS OWN CAR, DID
SOMETHING STRANGE. >> HE WAS CALLING ME, "YES, COME
BACK UP HERE." AND AFTER I KEPT TELLING HIM I
WASN'T COMING BACK UP, THE FEMALE IN THE LEFT REAR SEAT,
SHE GOT OUT AND SAID SHE NEEDED TO TALK TO ME.
>> Reporter: BY THEN IT SEEMED OBVIOUS THEY WANTED TO LURE HIM
BACK TO SHOOT HIM. SO JOHN STAYED OUT OF SIGHT,
KEPT ALL HIS SPOTLIGHTS POINTED AT THE BARRUS' CAR
WHEN BACKUP ARRIVED, WHAT HAPPENED THEN?
>> WE WENT TO MAKE A -- WHAT WE CALL A HIGH-RISK STOP, WHICH IS
WHERE WE HAVE OUR WEAPONS OUT. GET ON THE LOUDSPEAKER AND CALL
THE DRIVER BACK TO YOU AND WHEN WE DID THAT, THEY TOOK
OFF. >> Reporter: HIT THE GAS
>> CORRECT >> Reporter: BY THE TIME JOHN
GOT BACK TO HIS CAR, LLOYD AND JEFFREY AND THE WOMAN WERE
ALREADY OUT OF SIGHT BUT HE KNEW THE ROAD WOULD LEAD
THEM TO A TOWN CALLED BEATTY >> IF THEY HAD TURNED RIGHT IN
THE TOWN OF BEATTY INSTEAD OF TURNING LEFT, IT WOULD'VE STAYED
A NEVADA PROBLEM AND NOT BECOME A CALIFORNIA PROBLEM
>> Reporter: BUT LLOYD AND JEFFREY TURNED LEFT.
AND THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED SHOOTING AT THE COPS WHO WERE
CHASING THEM AS THEY HEADED STRAIGHT INTO CALIFORNIA'S INYO
COUNTY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY TOM HARDY'S JURISDICTION
>> MY PHONE RANG, AND AN INVESTIGATOR TOLD ME THERE WAS
SOMETHIN' WEIRD HAPPENIN' IN DEATH VALLEY
>> Reporter: DEATH VALLEY. >> IT'S SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES OF
VERY REMOTE, VERY RUGGED TERRITORY.
AND A LOT OF VERY ODD THINGS HAPPEN OUT THERE
>> Reporter: WASN'T CHARLIE MANSON PICKED UP IN INYO COUNTY?
>> HE WAS. >> Reporter: SO IT CAME AS NO
SURPRISE TO THE PROSECUTOR THAT THREE PEOPLE WITH A CARLOAD OF
GUNS FLEEING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT ENDED UP IN DEATH
VALLEY >> WELL, I DON'T THINK THEY HAD
ANY IDEA THEY KNEW WHERE THEY WERE GOING AT THIS POINT
JEFF DRIVES THE BMW OFF INTO THE DESERT AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
BECOMES STUCK. THEY BAILED OUT OF THE CAR AND
THEY GRABBED THREE RIFLES AND THREE HANDGUNS
>> Reporter: WAS IT ARMED FOR ARMAGEDDON OR WHAT
>> MR. BARRUS SEEMED TO BE VERY FOND OF FIREARMS
>> Reporter: UH-HUH. THOUGH IT WAS SPRINGTIME, IT WAS
HOT. AND WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT NOT FAR
BEHIND, JEFFREY, LLOYD, AND HIS GIRLFRIEND LUGGED THEIR ARSENAL
FOR MILES ACROSS THE DESERT, AND THEN DUG A MAKESHIFT BUNKER.
BUT THEY COULD NOT HIDE FROM THE UNFORGIVING DEATH VALLEY SUN
>> THEY HAD LOTS OF FIREARMS, BUT THEY HAD NO WATER.
>> Reporter: AS THE STANDOFF WENT ON, SOME OF THE COPS SAID
THEY COULD HEAR MOANING COMING FROM THE PARCHED HOLDOUTS IN THE
BUNKER AND THEY COULDN'T HELP BUT HEAR
THE GUNFIRE. >> AND THEN CHP HAD A HELICOPTER
ABOUT 11:30 THAT MORNING -- ENDED UP BEING SHOT DOWN BY
JEFF HE FIRED A RIFLE AND WAS ABLE TO
PUT A ROUND THROUGH THE -- THE OIL COOLER IN THE HELICOPTER AND
BASICALLY DISABLED IT. >> Reporter: HE BROUGHT IT DOWN.
>> YEAH. YEAH, THEY BASICALLY HAD TO DO A
EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE DESERT. >> Reporter: BY SOME MIRACLE,
ALL FOUR ON BOARD SURVIVED BUT ALL WAS NOT WELL IN THE
BUNKER 18 HOURS AFTER THE HIGH SPEED
CHASE BEGAN IN NEVADA, THEY GAVE UP, WALKED OUT OF THEIR BUNKER
AND STRAIGHT INTO THE LINES OF LAW OFFICERS WHO HAD THEM
SURROUNDED LLOYD AND HIS SONS HAD HAD
BRUSHES WITH THE LAW BEFORE. BUT THIS TIME THERE'D BE
CONSEQUENCES BIG CONSEQUENCES
>>> COMING UP -- LLOYD HAS A STRANGE WISH
>> I JUST WANT TO BE DEAD. THAT'S IT.
>> AND TURNS ON HIS OWN SON. >> "JEFF WAS THE PERSON WHO WAS
LLOYD AND JEFFREY BARRUS LLOYD HAD OPENED FIRE ON POLICE
DURING THAT HIGH-SPEED CHASE FROM NEVADA TO CALIFORNIA.
IN DEATH VALLEY, SON JEFFREY HAD SHOT DOWN A CHP CHOPPER, THE
ONLY TIME IN HISTORY THAT'S HAPPENED
TO ANYBODY HEARING THIS STORY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WERE
DESPERADOES OUT TO KILL AS MANY PEOPLE AS THEY COULD AND GO DOWN
IN -- IN A BLAZE OF GLORY. YOU DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY?
>> I GUESS AT THE TIME, NO IN JEFF'S INITIAL INTERVIEWS, HE
WAS ALMOST APOLOGETIC. EVERY TIME THEY ASKED, "WELL,
DID YOU SHOOT AT THIS PERSON" -- "YEAH, BUT I HOPE I DIDN'T HURT
ANYBODY. I MEAN, IT WAS BIZARRE BECAUSE
YOU'RE RIGHT IT DOES -- IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE
DESPERADOES OUT TO GET SOMEBODY. >> Reporter: BUT THAT'S NOT HOW
IT WAS, SAID LLOYD NO
THE REAL STORY SOMEONE, SAID LLOYD, WAS OUT TO
GET HIM. >> I JUST THOUGHT YOU'D SHOOT
US, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU DIDN'T FOR ME, I WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE.
I JUST WANT TO BE DEAD THAT'S IT.
>> Reporter: HOURS AFTER LLOYD WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN
DEATH VALLEY, TAPES WERE ROLLING AS LLOYD WENT ON A HOT RANT.
>> WAS THAT WHAT THIS WAS ALL ABOUT?
YOU WERE TRYING TO COMMIT SUICIDE?
>> I WAS TOTALLY STRESSED TO THE MAX.
I'VE RUN IN TO TOO MANY BAD COPS OVER TOO MANY YEARS.
WHEN YOU'RE READY TO DIE AND YOU CAN'T GET THEM TO ENGAGE -
HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET THESE SON OF A -- TO ENGAGE, RIGHT
>> Reporter: MUCH OF LLOYD'S INTERVIEW JUST DIDN'T MAKE
SENSE. >> ONE TIME I WROTE A LETTER TO
PRESIDENT BUSH >> DID YOU
>> IT WORKED OUT GREAT >> UH-HUH.
>> I HAD GREEN BERETS AFTER ME AND EVERYTHING
>> SOME OF THE STATEMENTS I CERTAINLY THOUGHT WERE
DELUSIONAL >> Reporter: DOCTORS GAVE LLOYD
PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS AND DIAGNOSED HIM WITH PARANOID
PERSONALITY DISORDER SO BEFORE HE COULD GO ON TRIAL,
HE WAS SENT TO A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT
JEFF TOOK A PLEA DEAL AND WAS SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON
FOR CRIMES HE SAID HE WAS FORCED TO COMMIT.
>> JEFFREY TOLD ME WHEN THE SHOOTOUT TOOK PLACE THAT HE
HESITATED. AND HIS DAD SAID, "YOU'RE EITHER
WITH ME OR AGAINST ME. AND THOSE THAT ARE AGAINST ME
DIE. AND HE HELD THE GUN ON HIM
WELL, THAT WAS ENOUGH TO TRIGGER JEFFREY'S WILD ANIMAL RESPONSE,
AND HE JUST WENT CRAZY >> Reporter: WHEN LLOYD WAS WELL
ENOUGH TO TELL HIS PART OF THE STORY, HE HAD A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT VERSION. >> LLOYD WAS ALWAYS VERY COY
ABOUT WHETHER HE FIRED ANY SHOTS OR NOT
IT WAS LIKE, "YEAH, JEFF WAS THE PERSON WHO WAS REALLY SHOOTING,
NOT ME." >> Reporter: DID IT STRIKE YOU
AS A BETRAYAL OF HIS OWN SON THAT HE WOULD, FIRST OF ALL,
ORDER HIM AROUND, GET HIM INVOLVED IN THIS PICKLE, AND
THEN WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR HIM TO MAKE A DEAL SAY, "WELL,
REALLY, YOU KNOW, HE DID MOST OF THE SHOOTING -- I DIDN'T"?
>> WELL, I MEAN, SHORT ANSWER, YEAH
>> Reporter: SO IT WAS FATHER AGAINST SON.
LLOYD AGREED TO PLEA NO CONTEST AND WAS SENT TO PRISON FOR
15 YEARS A DECADE LESS THAN JEFFREY
FROM PRISON, LLOYD WROTE TO HIS OTHER SON, ALMA, AND INVITED HIM
TO VISIT >> HE KINDA MADE IT SEEM LIKE IT
WAS ALL JEFFREY'S FAULT. >> Reporter: I JUST WAS
WONDERING WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN YOU -- YOU REALIZED THAT HE WAS
BS-ING YOU >> IT'S DISAPPOINTING.
I WAS HOPING THAT HE WOULD APOLOGIZE.
>> Reporter: TO ALMA, THAT IS, FOR NOT BEING THERE FOR HIM.
FOR EVERYTHING THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN
LLOYD QUIETLY SERVED 13 OF THE 15 YEARS TO WHICH HE'D BEEN
SENTENCED. AND THEN, ON JANUARY 3rd, 2013,
HE WAS RELEASED, WALKED OUT OF PRISON A FREE MAN.
MOVED TO BAKERSFIELD FOUND HIMSELF ANOTHER
GIRLFRIEND >> SOME ATTORNEYS JOKE ABOUT
HAVING LIFE-LONG CASES, AND THIS IS ONE WHERE IT NEVER GOES AWAY.
>> Reporter: NO, NOT THIS ONE. BECAUSE ONCE HE WAS OUT OF
PRISON, THE OLD LLOYD BEGAN TO RE-EMERGE.
AND THAT OLD LLOYD DISCOVERED SOMETHING NEW.
FOR HIM, AT LEAST. SOCIAL MEDIA, WHERE HE
DOCUMENTED HIS LIFE AND BELIEFS. >> I WAS WATCHING HIS FACEBOOK,
SEEING THE STUFF THAT HE -- HE WOULD POST
>> Reporter: PREDICTIONS OF AN IMMINENT MILITARY COUP, FEVERED
ALLEGATIONS OF GOVERNMENT GENOCIDE CAMPAIGNS, PHOTOS OF
LYNCHINGS. ALMA WAS ALARMED
>> I GOT A BAD VIBE FROM IT. AND I CALLED HIS PAROLE OFFICER,
AND THEY SAID, "HE'S GRADUATED FROM PAROLE.
I SAID, "WELL, CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE HE IS?
AND THEY SAID, "SORRY, WE CAN'T TELL YOU THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW. I WANTED TO TRY AND STOP HIM
SOMEHOW. I WAS HOPING THERE WAS, LIKE,
LAW ENFORCEMENT OR SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP ME
>> Reporter: BUT NO ONE DID. MAYBE NO ONE COULD
AND LLOYD BARRUS, AMPED UP ON DARK FANTASIES, GOT INTO HIS CAR
AND POINTED IT NORTH, TOWARD MONTANA.
>>> COMING UP -- A SPEEDING CAR
>> SPEEDS NEAR 100 MILES AN HOUR
>> AND GUNFIRE AS LLOYD'S ANTIGOVERNMENT OBSESSION COMES
TO A DEADLY CLIMAX >> Reporter: WHAT WOULD LLOYD DO
NOW THAT HE WAS FREE WAS THERE EVER ANY DOUBT
IN MAY 2017, LLOYD BARRUS, FRESH OFF PAROLE IN CALIFORNIA,
TRAVELED TO MONTANA TO SEE HIS FIRST-BORN SON, MARSHALL, NOW
38 YEARS OLD REMEMBER HIM
AFTER GROWING UP WITH LLOYD, HE'D MADE A MESS OF LIFE
HIS FIVE KIDS HAD GROWN UP WITHOUT HIM.
HE'D STRUGGLED WITH BOOZE, HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH BURGLARY
HE WAS WEARING AN ANKLE BRACELET FOR THAT
BUT HAD TOLD HIS MOM, TRACY, HE WAS DETERMINED TO FINALLY TURN
HIS LIFE AROUND. >> MARSH AND I WERE SITTING ON
THE COUCH TOGETHER AND HE GOES, "MOM, I'VE DONE
SOME REALLY BAD THINGS IN MY LIFE
BUT I NEED YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING.
I'VE NEVER KILLED ANYONE AND I DON'T EVER INTEND TO."
>> Reporter: YES HE'D REJOINED HIS FAMILY, TOO.
THAT WEEKEND, THEY'D ALL GONE CAMPING TOGETHER, SOBER AND
HAPPY. AND THEN, LLOYD JOINED THEM.
THE CAMPGROUND WAS NEAR CANYON FERRY LAKE IN MONTANA'S
BROADWATER COUNTY. THE COUNTY IS HUGE, THE SIZE OF
MORE THAN 50 MANHATTAN ISLANDS BUT ONLY 7,000 SOULS ACTUALLY
LIVE HERE, INCLUDING NOW FORMER SHERIFF WYNN MEEHAN, AND JUST
10 SWORN OFFICERS. THIS IS A HECK OF A PLACE TO BE
A SHERIFF. >> BEST PLACE TO BE.
THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE THAN MONTANA.
I ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, MONTANA'S THE LAST BEST
PLACE TO HIDE. TED KACZYNSKI USED IT.
>> Reporter: YEAH, TRUE. ONE OF MEEHAN'S OFFICERS WAS
DEPUTY MASON MOORE THE ONE WITH SOUTH CAROLINA IN
HIS VOICE AND THE COLLEGE SWEETHEART, NOW WIFE, WHO'D
STOLEN HIS HEART THE VERY FIRST TIME HE SAW HER, JODI.
>> I WAS AT THIS PARTY AND HE WALKED UP.
AND MY FIRST REACTION WAS, "WHO IS THAT?
AND "I NEED TO FIND OUT WHO HE IS."
AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH HOW THAT STARTED
>> Reporter: SO, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KIND OF STOLE HIM, AS
OPPOSED TO - >> PRETTY MUCH
YEAH >> Reporter: YEAH.
THE OTHER WAY AROUND, YEAH >> MY MAMA DIDN'T RAISE ANY
FOOLS, SO -- >> Reporter: THEY HAD A YEN TO
LIVE IN MONTANA, MOVED HERE IN 2011
AT FIRST, MASON WAS A STAY AT HOME DAD TO THEIR THREE KIDS AND
A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN. BUT IN HIS HEART, HE WAS A COP
HAD ALWAYS BEEN A COP. IF YOU ASKED HIM WHY HE WANTED
TO BE A COP, WHAT WOULD HE TELL YOU?
>> HE WOULD SAY THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE, THAT IT WAS WHAT
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. >> Reporter: MASON MOORE FIT IN
WELL AT THE BROADWATER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
HE WAS A BIG BROTHER OF SORTS TO DISPATCHER, KYLIE HOWARD
>> MASON WAS HARD TO UNDERSTAND AT FIRST OVER THE RADIO WITH HIS
SOUTHERN ACCENT, BUT ONCE I GOT PAST THAT WE WERE A GREAT TEAM
>> Reporter: ON MONDAY, MAY 15th, WHILE THE BARRUSES
WERE CAMPING IN BROADWATER COUNTY, DEPUTY MOORE BEGAN HIS
SHIFT IN THE AFTERNOON >> HE WAS SLEEPING DURING THE
DAY, AND I WAS A CONSULTANT SO I WORKED AT HOME
AND THEN I WENT TO PICK MY DAUGHTER UP AT SCHOOL, AND HE
WAS JUST KIND OF WAKING UP WHEN I WAS LEAVING THE HOUSE.
AND I KISSED HIM GOODBYE >> Reporter: JUST A NORMAL BUSY
DAY IN A BUSY COUPLE'S LIFE. >> NORMAL DAY.
>> Reporter: THAT EVENING, AT THE BROADWATER COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE, THE PHONES WERE DEAD >> IT WAS A WORD WE DON'T SAY IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT IT WAS A VERY QUIET NIGHT
>> Reporter: UNUSUAL >> VERY UNUSUAL.
YES. >> Reporter: AT 2:00 A.M.,
DEPUTY MOORE MADE HIS FINAL ROUNDS
>> HE ALWAYS CHECKED THE MAIN BUSINESSES BEFORE HE LEFT.
>> Reporter: BY THAT TIME, THE BARRUSES' CAMPING TRIP BY THE
LAKE HAD TAKEN A TURN. IT HAD SEEMED INNOCENT ENOUGH,
LLOYD CATCHING UP WITH HIS NEWLY SOBER SON MARSHALL
THEY SPENT TIME ALONE IN LLOYD'S SUBURBAN
THEY TURNED ON THE RADIO, TUNED INTO SOME TALK SHOWS
AND THEY STARTED DRINKING. THEY DRANK A LOT
THEY GOT AGITATED. MARSHALL PULLED OUT HIS
SEMI-AUTOMATIC, BEGAN FIRING IT INTO THE GROUND.
AND THEN HE CUT OFF HIS ANKLE BRACELET
AND BY 2:13 A.M., AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SECURITY VIDEO, A WHITE
SUBURBAN WAS PARKED AT A GAS STATION CALLED THE TOWN PUMP,
JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM WHERE DEPUTY MOORE WAS CHECKING
BUSINESSES LESS THAN 10 MINUTES LATER,
AROUND 2:22 A.M, THE DEPUTY PASSED THE TOWN PUMP AND TURNED
ONTO HIGHWAY 287 CAUGHT ON CAMERA HERE DRIVING
PAST ANOTHER BUSINESS, HEADING HOME
THEN, SIX MINUTES LATER, AT 2:28, THE SUBURBAN PASSED THE
SAME CAMERA. SAME BUSINESS.
SAME DIRECTION AS THE DEPUTY AND ON THIS DARK STRETCH OF
HIGHWAY ABOUT 25 MILES DOWN THE ROAD, DEPUTY MOORE'S DASHCAM
SHOWS THE SUBURBAN ROARED PAST HIS PATROL CAR
FAST TOO FAST
DEPUTY MOORE RADIOED IN. >> CONTROL 4-3-8
SOUTHBOUND 287 MILE MARKER 101, WHITE TRUCK
>> Reporter: DISPATCHER KYLIE HOWARD ANSWERED.
>> 10-4. >> SPEED NEAR 100 MILES AN HOUR.
>> Reporter: DEPUTY MOORE READ OFF THE LICENSE PLATE.
>> IT CAME BACK TO A SUBURBAN REGISTERED TO LLOYD BARRUS
HE HAD INSURANCE NO WARRANTS, NOTHING LIKE THAT
>> Reporter: OF COURSE, IT WAS LLOYD AT THE WHEEL
AND FIVE MILES INTO THE CHASE, HE WASN'T STOPPING AT ALL.
INSTEAD, HE HIT THE GAS. >> COMING UP ON THE INTERSTATE
NOW. >> COMING UP ON THE INTERSTATE
>> SPEEDS ARE 99 MILES AN HOUR >> 99 MILES PER HOUR
>> 97. >> Reporter: IN ANY PURSUIT,
KYLIE KNEW SHE WAS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY A SUPERIOR OFFICER.
>> WHEN THEY CALLED ME, I WAS LITERALLY, "LET ME KNOW WHEN
MASON GETS HIM IN CUSTODY. >> Reporter: BUT JUST MINUTES
AFTER THAT CALL, OUT OF NOWHERE --
GUNFIRE! >> 438, WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT
LOCATION 438, CONTROL
>> Reporter: YOU KEPT CALLING OUT.
>> 438 >> Reporter: WHICH MEANS
>> THAT'S HIS BADGE NUMBER >> 438 CONTROL
I HATE WHEN THEY DON'T ANSWER ME
I'M LIKE -- IT JUST MAKES MY HEART SINK
I HAD THOUGHT THAT MASON HAD CRASHED BECAUSE, TYPICALLY IN
PURSUITS, THAT'S HOW THEY CAN END.
>> Reporter: WHAT WAS GOING ON IN YOUR MIND
>> PANIC I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME HELP
HERE I'VE GOT MASON IN A PURSUIT.
>> WHAT? >> YEAH AND HE'S NOT ANSWERING
ME WHEN A DEPUTY DOESN'T RESPOND TO
YOUR STATUS CHECKS, THAT'S THE WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD
>> Reporter: NO. IT WASN'T THE WORST FEELING IN
THE WORLD. TURNED OUT IT WAS NOT EVEN
CLOSE. >>> COMING UP --
>> I NEED MEDICAL. SEND BACK UP UNITS
>> A DEPUTY DOWN, AND A WILD WEST GUNFIGHT.
>> I PROPPED UP MY GUN AND I STARTED SHOOTING THROUGH MY
MASON MOORE HAD SUDDENLY GONE SILENT
FEAR RISING IN HER THROAT, DISPATCHER KYLIE HOWARD KEPT
CALLING, "WHERE ARE YOU? NO ANSWER.
>> HAVE YOU MADE CONTACT WITH 438 YET?
>> NEGATIVE. THEY HAD A TROOPER HEADED
POSSIBLY TOWARDS THEM. >> Reporter: WHEN THE TROOPER
ARRIVED, HE SAW THIS >> OH --
BOZEMAN 3-20, I NEED MEDICAL SEND BACKUP UNITS.
UH, DEPUTY DOWN. >> Reporter: THAT WORD REACHED
DISPATCHER KYLIE HOWARD. >> 3-20 JUST CHECKED IN WITH ME.
>> 10-4. >> THEY SAID TO SEND BACKUP
UNITS. THE DEPUTY'S DOWN.
THEY THINK HE'S BEEN SHOT. >> OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY GOD, HE'S DOWN. HE'S DOWN.
>> Reporter: KYLIE CALLED THE SHERIFF.
>> WYNN? >> UH-HUH?
>> UM, HE'S POSSIBLY BEEN SHOT AT MILE MARKER 109
>> OH -- I'M ON MY WAY >> Reporter: SHERIFF WYNN MEEHAN
GOT OUT OF BED AND ROARED TOWARD THE SCENE SOME 25 MINUTES DOWN
THE ROAD AND AS HE DROVE --
>> OUR TROOPER ADVISES THAT HE HAS CALLED FOR A CORONER
>> WHEN THEY ASKED FOR A CORONER FOR MASON, IT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY
HIT ME WITH A TRUCK. WHEN I LOOKED INSIDE OF THE CAR
IN -- IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, THERE WAS MASON.
AND A TROOPER, A FRIEND OF MINE SHOWED UP AND I SAID, "DO YOU
HAVE A BLANKET?" AND HE'S LIKE, "YES.
AND SO HE GAVE IT TO ME, AND I COVERED HIM UP AND REALIZED WHAT
HAD TRANSPIRED BY THE BULLET HOLES THAT WERE ALL OVER THE
THING. >> Reporter: BROADWATER COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPUTY MASON MOORE WAS DEAD AT AGE 42
>> IT'S MY BIGGEST FEAR. I NEVER WANT TO LOSE AN OFFICER.
>> I MEAN, YOU KNOW GOING INTO THIS JOB IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN
HAPPEN BUT I GUESS YOU JUST DON'T THINK
THAT IT'S GONNA ACTUALLY HAPPEN, I GUESS.
>> Reporter: BUT IT WASN'T OVER. THE WHITE SUBURBAN AND THE
KILLER INSIDE WERE LONG GONE, VANISHED IN THE NIGHT.
AND 50 MILES WEST IN THE CITY OF BUTTE, OFFICER RICH O'BRIEN WAS
ON THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT >> WE WERE JUST KINDA -- JUST
CRUISIN' AROUND, MAKIN' SURE NOBODY WAS UP TO NO GOOD
>> Reporter: AND WHAT HAPPENED THEN
>> DISPATCH TOLD US THAT THERE WAS A DEPUTY IN BROADWATER
COUNTY THAT HAD BEEN SHOT AND THEY WERE UNSURE OF THE
DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE VEHICLE.
>> Reporter: O'BRIEN WAS ONE OF JUST FIVE OFFICERS ON DUTY IN
THE COUNTY THAT NIGHT, UNDER THE COMMAND OF HIS COUSIN,
LIEUTENANT JOHN O'BRIEN. WHAT'D YOU SAY TO THEM
>> TO MENTALLY PREPARE THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE NIGHT THAT THEY
HAVE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. >> Reporter: AND THEN THERE IT
WAS -- THE WHITE SUBURBAN. >> THEY WERE DOIN' 110 MILES AN
HOUR, COMIN' OFF OF HOMESTAKE PASS
AND SO I HAD TO EXCEED THAT IN ORDER TO CATCH THEM UP
>> Reporter: HOW FAST WERE YOU GOING?
>> I THINK MY CAR HIT ABOUT 146 MILES AN HOUR.
>> Reporter: 146 MILES AN HOUR >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: WHAT KIND OF CAR WAS THIS
>> IT WAS A CHEVY IMPALA IT WAS NOT THE PRIDE OF THE
FLEET, SO I JUST -- I JUST WAS JUST HOPIN' IT STAYED ON FOUR
WHEELS SO I COULD GET UP THERE >> Reporter: THE ODOMETER SPINS
QUICKLY AT THOSE SPEEDS. 50, 60, 70 MILES
AND THEY JUST WEREN'T STOPPIN' >> NO.
THEY HAD NO INTENTION OF STOPPIN'
>> Reporter: LLOYD, CHASED ALL THE WAY, SPED INTO A FIFTH
COUNTY -- CAPTAIN AUSTIN MICU'S COUNTY
>> I HEARD MY DISPATCHER SCREAM MY NAME.
AND I JUST SAID, "GOD, COME RIDE WITH ME.
THOSE WERE MY EXACT WORDS. >> Reporter: HIGHWAY PATROLMAN
TIM WYCKOFF JOINED IN TOO. >> THEY HAD TO BE STOPPED.
I MEAN, THEY HAD NO REGARD FOR ANYBODY'S LIFE, MINE OR ANYBODY
ELSE'S >> Reporter: AND THEN, NEARLY
90 MILES FROM THE SHOOTING OF DEPUTY MASON MOORE, LIKE
SOMETHING STRAIGHT OUT OF A MOVIE, LAW OFFICERS DROPPED A
SPIKE STRIP ACROSS THE INTERSTATE
THE SUBURBAN HIT THE STRIP AT 100 MILES AN HOUR, PUNCTURED
THREE TIRES. WHAT HAPPENED THEN
>> THERE WAS, LIKE, A ROOSTER TAIL OF SPARKS COMING FROM --
FROM THE VEHICLE >> Reporter: BUT IT KEPT
GOING -- 60, 70 MILES AN HOUR ON RIMS
AND A DEPUTY CHASING BEHIND RADIOED A WARNING.
>> HE JUST SAW A MALE TAKE A SNIPER POSITION IN THE BACK OF
THE VEHICLE. >> Reporter: WHO WAS THAT?
WITH LLOYD APPARENTLY AT THE WHEEL, POLICE HAD NO IDEA.
BUT WHOEVER THE SHOOTER WAS -- HAD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A
SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE. >> I REMEMBER GOIN' AROUND A BIG
SWEEPIN' CORNER. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT'S JUST
POPS AND MUZZLE FLASHES COMIN' OUT THE BACK WINDOW.
>> IT WAS THE SCARIEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: WERE THEY COMIN' CLOSE?
>> OH, YEAH. I PROPPED UP MY GUN, AND I
STARTED SHOOTIN' THROUGH MY WINDSHIELD
THAT'S WHEN MY FRONT TIRE GOT SHOT OUT
>> Reporter: THREE LAW OFFICERS WERE NOW LEADING THE PURSUIT AND
TAKING FIRE. JOHN O'BRIEN, TIM WYCKOFF, AND
AUSTIN MICU. THEN MORE MINUTES LATER,
LLOYD BARRUS FINALLY HIT THE BRAKES
THE SUBURBAN JOLTED TO A STOP BY THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, AND A
PASSENGER JUMPED OUT, RIFLE IN HAND, FIRING
>> YOU COULD START FEELING THE IMPACTS FROM THE ROUNDS HITTING
MY VEHICLE >> AS I WAS GETTIN' OUT OF THE
CAR, A ROUND WENT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD WHERE I WAS SITTIN'
AND -- >> Reporter: RIGHT WHERE YOU HAD
BEEN >> RIGHT WHERE I'D BEEN SITTIN',
YES, SIR I THREW MY A.R. UP OVER THE
STEERING WHEEL AND STARTED TO EXCHANGE GUNFIRE
>> Reporter: THROUGH YOUR WINDSHIELD
>> YES >> Reporter: WHAT WERE YOU
FIRING AT? >> MUZZLE FLASH.
>> Reporter: COULD YOU SEE THE ACTUAL PERSON THERE?
>> NO. I COULD SEE THE STAR-SHAPED
MUZZLE FLASH, INDICATING THAT IT WAS A RIFLE.
>> Reporter: AND THEN SUDDENLY IT STOPPED
>> HE'S HIT. >> Reporter: YOU UNDERSTOOD
YOU -- YOU HIT YOUR TARGET >> I UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS
NO LONGER MUZZLE FLASH COMIN' FROM THERE
>> Reporter: THE PASSENGER WAS DOWN
BUT LLOYD WAS STILL FIRING WITH A 9 MILLIMETER HANDGUN
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT WENT ON
>> SOMETIMES THE MEMORY FEELS LIKE IT WAS AN ETERNITY, AND
OTHER TIMES IT'S JUST GONE IN A SECOND
>> Reporter: THEN, AS IF IN SOME OLD WEST GUNFIGHT, THE PISTOL
WAS SHOT FROM LLOYD'S HAND AND EVENTUALLY HE COMPLIED WITH
POLICE COMMANDS. LLOYD BARRUS WAS FINALLY IN
CUSTODY. BUT WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
WELL, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FIND THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
>>> COMING UP -- >> I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE
SUPPOSED TO, LIKE, BLAST ME TO PIECES OR SOMETHING.
>> LLOYD'S DEATH WISH. >> I DON'T BELIEVE IN GETTING
>> ARE YOU HURT? >> I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES
I'VE BEEN HIT! >> Reporter: LLOYD BARRUS, HIS
PISTOL SHOT FROM HIS HAND, HAD BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON THAT
WESTERN MONTANA HIGHWAY. AND HIS PASSENGER?
THE ONE WOUNDED WHILE FIRING A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE AT POLICE
>> GO CHECK ON MY SON, PLEASE! >> THAT'S YOUR SON
>> YEAH. IT'S MARSHALL.
>> MARSHALL, HE GOT HIT? >> YEAH. HE'S -- PROBABLY DEAD
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. IT WAS LLOYD'S SON MARSHALL, WHO'D
SHOT AND KILLED DEPUTY MOORE. AND WAS NOW FIGHTING FOR HIS OWN
LIFE BUT EVEN THEN, AS THE SUN WAS
RISING, 145 MILES DOWN THE ROAD IN THREE FORKS, MONTANA.
A DOORBELL RANG AT THE HOME THAT DEPUTY MASON MOORE SHARED WITH
HIS THREE CHILDREN AND HIS WIFE JODI
>> IN MY SLEEP KIND OF FOG I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IT WAS THAT
MASON HAD FORGOTTEN HIS KEYS AND OUR WINDOW BY THE FRONT
DOOR, THE BLINDS WERE HALFWAY UP
AND WHEN I WALKED UP TO THE FRONT DOOR I SAW FEET, MULTIPLE
FEET AND I KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
AND I HURRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR 'CAUSE I THOUGHT, "MAYBE HE'S
JUST HURT. AND WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR, THE
SHERIFF WAS RIGHT THERE. AND I SAW HIS FACE
>> SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SLAMMED IT SHUT.
>> BECAUSE I JUST WAS IMMEDIATELY ANGRY AND THEY CAME
INTO MY LIVING ROOM, AND SAT ME DOWN, AND TOLD ME THAT MASON WAS
GONE AND I ASKED, "WHAT HAPPENED?
AND THEY TOLD ME THAT HE WAS SHOT
AND I WAS JUST VERY ANGRY, -- JUST FELT LIKE I HAD LET HIM
DOWN AND THAT -- THAT WE HAD ALL LET HIM DOWN
I JUST WAS VERY ANGRY. >> HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY HAVE
LET HIM DOWN >> I THINK WHEN YOU LOVE
SOMEBODY, YOU WANT TO PROTECT THEM AND KEEP THEM SAFE.
AND I FELT LIKE I HADN'T DONE THAT
I REMEMBER WALKING INTO THE FUNERAL HOME AND THE FUNERAL
DIRECTOR WAS THERE, AND SHE WAS ASKIN' ME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I
WANTED AND PICKIN' OUT A CASKET. AND I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, AND
THIS IS MAY, AND IT'S SNOWING BIG, FAT SNOWFLAKES.
AND I REMEMBER THINKING, "WHERE AM I? THIS IS JUST-- CAN'T BE
REALITY. AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE
POINT WHERE I WAS DONE WITH THAT MEETING.
>> DID YOU GO SEE HIM? >> I SAW HIM IN THE CASKET, BUT
HIS SHOULDERS AND HEAD WERE COVERED UP AT MY REQUEST
SO I WAS ABLE TO PUT MY HAND ON HIS HAND, BUT THAT WAS ALL I
COULD DO >> Reporter: WHAT FOLLOWED OVER
THE NEXT WEEK WAS A HAZE A FUNERAL AT THE MOORE'S HOME
CHURCH A PROCESSION TO THE AIRPORT,
FOLLOWED BY FLIGHTS TO TAKE THE CASKET BEARING MASON'S BODY HOME
TO SOUTH CAROLINA TO BE BURIED IN THE FAMILY PLOT
A PLOT WHERE, WITHIN NINE MONTHS, MASON'S FATHER AND
MOTHER WOULD JOIN HIM. >> DID HIS DEATH, DO YOU THINK,
CONTRIBUTE TO THEIRS >> ABSOLUTELY I AM REALLY AMAZED
THAT HIS DAD SURVIVED THE FUNERAL SERVICE.
>> Reporter: AND WHAT HAPPENED TO MARSHALL BARRUS, THE MAN
WHO'D KILLED MASON MOORE, AND TRIED TO KILL MORE COPS?
HE DID NOT SURVIVE HIS WOUNDS. HIS MOM TRACY WAS ABLE TO SAY
GOODBYE TO HIM IN THE HOSPITAL, WHERE MARSHALL WAS UNDER POLICE
GUARD. >> THE CAPTAIN WAS SO VERY KIND
TO ME. HE TOOK MY HAND AND HE SAID, "I
WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AFTER MARSHALL WAS DOWN EVERY ONE OF
MY OFFICERS RAN TO YOUR SON TO RENDER AID."
I DON'T HOLD ANYTHING AGAINST THOSE POLICE OFFICERS.
THEY HAD TO ELIMINATE THAT THREAT
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THOSE -- THOSE TWO COULD HAVE DONE THAT
NIGHT. >> Reporter: AND AS FOR
LLOYD BARRUS THIS WAS HIS SELF-INTRODUCTION
TO THE COPS WHO SET ABOUT ARRESTING HIM.
>> YEAH, I'M JUST EVIL MILITIA YOU KNOW
>> Reporter: THE WORST FEARS OF LLOYD'S EX-WIVES HAD BEEN
REALIZED ONE SON DEAD IN A GUNFIGHT
ANOTHER IN PRISON FOR SHOOTING DOWN A HIGHWAY PATROL
HELICOPTER >> I DON'T BELIEVE IN GETTING
LOCKED UP. >> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO
THAT >> I HOPE THEY COULD HANG ME
LIKE THEM OLD VIGILANTES DO. >> Reporter: LLOYD BARRUS NEVER
STOPPED TALKING. >> I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE
SUPPOSED TO LIKE -- BLAST ME TO PIECES OR SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: ALL THE WAY TO JAIL
>> THIS IS VERY DISGUSTING NOW I GOT TO GO HANG AROUND A
BUNCH OF CRIMINALS THEY'RE PROBABLY DOPERS AND --
>> Reporter: AND IN JAIL, HE CALLED REPORTERS
RANTED ON AS LONG AS ANYBODY WOULD LISTEN
>> RIGHT NOW YOU'RE MESSING WITH THE OATH KEEPERS
I'M AN OATH KEEPER I'M A CUTOUT
WHEN I'M GONE THERE'LL BE SOMEBODY ELSE LIKE ME TO DEAL
WITH OUT THERE NEXT. >> WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOUR
POLITICAL VIEWS ARE EXTREME? >> OH, I'M EXTREME, YEAH
I'M EXTREME IN THAT I LITERALLY BELIEVE EVERY WORD THE
CONSTITUTION SAYS. >> DO YOU FEEL ANY REMORSE FOR
DEPUTY MOORE >> I DON'T KNOW DEPUTY MOORE
I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HIM YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST SOME GUY
THAT WAS ACTING LIKE SOME MANIAC
>> Reporter: LLOYD EVEN PHONED HIS ELDERLY MOTHER WHO'D NEVER
STOPPED COMMUNICATING WITH HIM AND HE BRAGGED ABOUT WHAT HE'D
DONE >> THIS IS WHAT MARSHALL AND I
HAVE LIVED FOR IT'S WHAT --
>> WELL, DEAR -- >> -- HE DIED FOR, MOTHER.
I WAS BORN TO DO THIS, MOTHER, WHAT I'M DOING
>> Reporter: BY THE TIME LLOYD BARRUS WAS SET TO GO TO
TRIAL, HE WAS AMONG THE MOST HATED HUMANS IN THE STATE.
THE QUESTION WAS -- WOULD HE EVER BE PUNISHED
AND THE ANSWER WAS NOT OBVIOUS, NOT AT ALL
>>> COMING UP -- >> YOU HEAR THESE MEN COME BACK.
>> ANOTHER TAPE WOULD REVEAL THE TRUE HORROR OF THAT NIGHT.
>> THEY LODGED 20 ROUNDS INTO THE SIDE OF DEPUTY MASON MOORE'S
THE OLD WEST, FEW STATES HAVE HAD SUCH A LONG AND FABLED
HISTORY WITH THE HANGMAN'S NOOSE AS MONTANA
BUT IT MAY SURPRISE YOU TO KNOW THAT NO JUDGE HERE HAS HANDED
DOWN A DEATH SENTENCE IN THE 21st CENTURY
STILL, MANY WHO'D HEARD BARRUS BEG TO BE EXECUTED AFTER HIS
ARREST - >> I HOPE THEY COULD HANG ME
LIKE THEM OLD VIGILANTES DO! >> Reporter: -- THOUGHT WHY NOT
GRANT HIS WISH >> I SAID, "IF WE DON'T FILE THE
INTENT TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY, THEN WHAT ACTUALLY
JUSTIFIES IT THIS IS AN AMBUSH OF A LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO WAS JUST TRYING TO GO HOME.
AND THESE GUYS KILLED HIM BECAUSE OF THE UNIFORM THAT HE
WORE AND A CAR THAT HE DROVE AND A JOB THAT HE DID.
>> Reporter: SO, THE BROADWATER COUNTY ATTORNEY FILED THE
INTENT, TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY AGAINST LLOYD BARRUS
A DECISION APPLAUDED BY DEPUTY MASON MOORE'S WIDOW, JODI.
>> THE CRIME, KILLING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN AN
AMBUSH, LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT WAS, AN EXECUTION.
I BELIEVE THAT WARRANTS DEATH. >> Reporter: BUT
A SNAG REMEMBER, IN CALIFORNIA 17 YEARS
EARLIER, AFTER THAT HIGH SPEED CHASE THAT ENDED IN
JEFFREY BARRUS SHOOTING DOWN A HIGHWAY PATROL HELICOPTER.
LLOYD BARRUS WAS EXAMINED BY MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND
DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER
NOW, DOCTORS IN MONTANA FOUND BARRUS SUFFERED FROM MULTIPLE
MENTAL ILLNESSES, INCLUDING DELUSIONAL DISORDER.
STEPHANIE ROBLES AND DAN GUZYNSKI FROM THE MONTANA
ATTORNEY GENERALS' OFFICE. >> ONCE WE OBTAINED INFORMATION
THAT HE HAD A MENTAL ILLNESS, WE DID NOT THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE
TO GO FORWARD WITH THE DEATH PENALTY CASE
>> Reporter: THEN, BECAUSE OF LLOYD'S DIAGNOSED MENTAL
ILLNESS, A JUDGE FOUND HIM INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL
HE WAS SENT TO A STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY UNDER
DOCTOR'S CARE. >> WHEN I ASKED WHY THEY FOUND
THAT HE WAS INCOMPETENT TO PROCEED, THEY JUST SAID HE WAS
TOO TANGENTIAL IN HIS THINKING, TOO TANGENTIAL IN THE WAY HE
CONDUCTED CONVERSATIONS. >> Reporter: WHAT THE HECK DOES
THAT MEAN? TOO TANGENTIAL
>> YEAH, THEY WERE SAYING THAT HE COULDN'T COMMUNICATE
EFFECTIVELY WITH HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEYS BECAUSE HE WAS SO
FIXATED ON THIS IDEA OF CONSPIRATORIAL THINKING OF THE
GOVERNMENT >> Reporter: AT THE STATE
HOSPITAL, LLOYD BARRUS REFUSED TO TAKE THE DRUGS THAT MIGHT
RESTORE HIM TO COMPETENCY. SO, THE STATE ASKED FOR
PERMISSION TO FORCE MEDICATION >> AND REALLY, THE WHOLE CASE
HINGED ON THIS IF WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO
FORCIBLY MEDICATE HIM WITH ANTI-PSYCHOTIC MEDICATION, THEN
THE CASE WOULD'VE BEEN OVER WITH
>> Reporter: FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS, THEY ARGUED
UNTIL, IN 2020, MONTANA'S SUPREME COURT FINALLY RULED IN
FAVOR OF THE STATE FORCIBLY MEDICATING LLOYD BARRUS.
AND HE WAS SOON DEEMED COMPETENT.
AND IN SEPTEMBER 2021, HIS TRIAL BEGAN, WITH PROSECUTORS QUOTING
LLOYD'S OWN WORDS. >> I WOULD ACCEPT DEATH.
I WISH YOU'D TAKE ME OUT AND HANG ME.
I'D ACCEPT IT. A FULL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE
CONSEQUENCES HE DESERVES >> Reporter: BUT EVEN THEN,
LLOYD'S STORY, HIS LONG, OFTEN VIOLENT STORY --
SO, YOU'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT SAYS,
"LOOK AT THIS GUY. FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFE HE'S BEEN
INCULCATING HIS CHILDREN HE'S BEEN TRYING TO MAKE THEM
INTO EXTREMISTS. HE HAS MADE THEM AS EXTREME AS
HE IS. BUT YOU COULDN'T MAKE THAT
ARGUMENT >> WE COULDN'T MAKE THAT
ARGUMENT THE JUDGE EXCLUDED THAT FROM
TRIAL. AND WE HAD TO JUST GO ON WHAT WE
HAD. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMAN --
>> Reporter: PROSECUTORS COULDN'T BRING UP THE CALIFORNIA
SHOOTOUT, OR MOST OF LLOYD'S PAST
SO THEY FOCUSED ON WHAT HAD HAPPENED JUST BEFORE THE DEATH
OF DEPUTY MOORE. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CALL
LLOYD'S GRANDDAUGHTER, WHO WAS IN THE CAMPGROUND WITH LLOYD AND
MARSHALL BEFORE THEY LEFT. >> HE MADE STATEMENTS THAT I WAS
BORN INTO THE MILITIA AND THAT THERE WAS NO WAY OUT OF IT
THAT I'D MAKE A GREAT LADY SNIPER
AND HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT ALL POLICE SHOULD BE HUNG.
>> Reporter: AND THEN, SAID PROSECUTORS, BEFORE HE SET OUT
TO ATTACK A FEW RURAL DEPUTIES, HE PRESENTED HIS GIFT TO THE
MOTHER OF MARSHALL'S CHILDREN. >> HE WROTE A DOCUMENT THAT WE
REFERRED TO AT TRIAL AS HIS MANIFESTO, JUST TALKING ABOUT
ANTI-GOVERNMENT RHETORIC THE NIGHT BEFORE, HE KILLED
MASON MOORE WITH HIS SON HE CEREMONIOUSLY SIGNED IT AND
DATED IT AND IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST ACTS
HE DID BEFORE HE LEFT WITH MARSHALL AND KILLED DEPUTY
MASON MOORE. >> Reporter: OF COURSE, THEY
PLAYED THE TAPES YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN
MARSHALL AND LLOYD AT THE TOWN PUMP GAS STATION, WAITING,
PROSECUTORS SAID, FOR A DEPUTY TO DRIVE BY.
THEN FOLLOWING MASON MOORE DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND SHOOTING HIM
BUT THEN THEY SHOWED THE JURY SOMETHING YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
SOMETHING HARD TO LISTEN TO. IT WAS THIS, DEPUTY MOORE,
GRIEVOUSLY WOUNDED, SITTING IN HIS CAR BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,
STRUGGLING FOR BREATH, KEYING THE RADIO BUT UNABLE TO SPEAK.
>> FOUR MINUTES GO BY WHERE YOU HEAR MASON JUST AGONIZING IN THE
CAR. >> Reporter: THE BARRUSES HAD
DRIVEN AWAY. AND THEN, THEY CAME BACK
>> AND AFTER FOUR MINUTES, YOU HEAR THESE MEN COME BACK AND
DECIDE THAT THEY WERE GONNA DO WHAT THEY SET OUT TO DO.
AND THAT WAS TO FINISH KILLING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
THEY LODGED 20 ROUNDS INTO THE SIDE OF DEPUTY MASON MOORE'S
VEHICLE. >> GO, GO, GO, GO, GO!
>> Reporter: TO PROSECUTORS AND LAW OFFICERS, THE REASON WAS
SIMPLE THE BARRUSES WAITED TO RETURN,
HOPING MORE LAW OFFICERS WOULD SHOW UP.
>> THEY WERE GONNA GET AS MANY COPS AS THEY COULD
AND THE LORD BLESSED US, YOU KNOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT
MORE >> SO WILL THE STATE RULE OUT
ALL THE OTHER INNOCENT REASONS FOR THE TRIP THAN TO KILL THE
OFFICER? >> Reporter: LLOYD'S DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS DECLINED "DATELINE'S" REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW BUT IN
COURT SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE MARSHALL WAS THE GUILTY ONE.
MAYBE IT WASN'T LLOYD. >> MAYBE IT WAS HIS SON WHO WAS
SOLELY RESPONSIBLE, THAT HE WAS JUST THE PERSON DRIVING THE
VEHICLE. >> WHAT WAS SOMEWHAT SHAMEFUL
ABOUT LLOYD BARRUS' DEFENSE THAT HE AGREED TO WAS THEY MALIGNED
MARSHALL IN AN ATTEMPT FOR THE JURY TO SHIFT BLAME TOWARDS
MARSHALL AND THAT LLOYD WOULD BE SET FREE
BUT HERE'S A MAN THAT HIS OTHER SON IS IN PRISON IN CALIFORNIA
BASED ON THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF LLOYD.
AND SO, NOW WHEN HE'S CAUGHT, HE TURNS AGAINST HIS SON THAT IS
DEAD AND TRIES TO MALIGN HIM AS A PERSON AND MAKE HIM SEEM A FAR
MORE DANGEROUS PERSON THAN HE WAS IN ORDER TO SET HIMSELF
FREE >> ALL RISE.
>> Reporter: THE TRIAL TOOK THREE WEEKS.
THE VERDICT? LESS THAN THREE HOURS.
>> ON THE CHARGE OF COUNT ONE DELIBERATE HOMICIDE BY
ACCOUNTABILITY, WE THE JURY FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY
>> Reporter: GUILTY OF MURDER. AND YET?
LLOYD BARRUS STILL MIGHT NEVER SERVE A DAY BEHIND BARS.
>>> COMING UP -- >> THERE'D BE A POTENTIAL FOR
HIM TO BE RELEASED AND A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE IS
HEARD IN COURT >> I HAD HOPED TO GROW OLD WITH
YOU AND SEE OUR GRANDKIDS. THAT IS NOT TO BE.
THIS IS THE MAN YOU TOOK FROM BEEN CONVICTED OF MULTIPLE
FELONIES FOR HIS PART IN THE MURDER OF DEPUTY MASON MOORE
>> I THINK HE'S ONE OF THE MOST EVIL PEOPLE WE'VE EVER DEALT
WITH >> Reporter: STILL, THERE WAS NO
GUARANTEE THAT BARRUS WOULD SPEND EVEN A DAY BEHIND BARS
MONTANA LAW GAVE BARRUS ANOTHER SHOT AT AVOIDING PRISON.
THAT IS, IF HE COULD CONVINCE A JUDGE THAT HE COULD NEITHER
APPRECIATE THE CRIMINALITY OF HIS OFFENSE, NOR COMPORT HIS
BEHAVIOR TO THE LAW, IN THAT CASE, HE'D SPEND HIS DAYS IN A
STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, INSTEAD OF PRISON.
AND THEN >> SO, IF HE WERE TO EVER
CONVINCE THE DOCTORS AT THE STATE HOSPITAL THAT HE WAS NOT A
DANGER TO SOCIETY, THERE'D BE A POTENTIAL FOR HIM TO BE
RELEASED AND, OF COURSE THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE THOUGHT THAT HE SHOULD GO TO PRISON WITH NOT
EVER HAVING EVEN THE REMOTEST POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
>> Reporter: FOUR MORE MONTHS, THE BATTLE WENT ON
THE SYSTEM LLOYD HATED GIVING HIM ONE CHANCE AFTER ANOTHER
AFTER ANOTHER. UNTIL APRIL 2022, THE BROADWATER
COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN TOWNSEND, MONTANA.
NEARLY FIVE YEARS AFTER THE MURDER OF DEPUTY MASON MOORE
>> ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY MR. BARRUS
>> SAY IT AGAIN? >> ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY?
TO ANYBODY >> NO.
>> Reporter: IT WAS SENTENCING DAY.
LLOYD BARRUS ENTERED THE TINY COURTROOM AND WALKED RIGHT PAST
JODI MOORE AND HER TWIN SONS THEY'D GONE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
THROUGH THIS PROCESS, RIGHT? >> THEY WERE 12, I BELIEVE, WHEN
MASON WAS KILLED AND THEY WERE SENIORS IN HIGH
SCHOOL WHEN THE TRIAL WAS FINISHED UP.
>> Reporter: IN THE OTHER HALF OF THE COURTROOM
MASON MOORE'S BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
EXCEPT EXCEPT FOR ONE, WHO WAS MORE
THAN A THOUSAND MILES AWAY IN CALIFORNIA
>> Reporter: YOU WEREN'T IN THE COURTROOM FOR THE SENTENCING,
WERE YOU >> NO, I WASN'T.
>> Reporter: WHERE WERE YOU? >> I WAS SITTING IN TREATMENT TO
DEAL WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND DEPRESSION AND
ANXIETY AND -- AND THINGS OF THAT AND COEXISTING SUBSTANCE
ABUSE. >> Reporter: AND YOU HAVE PTSD
>> YES, I DO SEVERE, AND CHRONIC DEPRESSION
>> Reporter: YEAH. >> I STOOD IN THAT -- THAT
BUILDING GOING, "I SHOULDN'T BE HERE."
AND -- BUT I WAS LIKE, "I'M -- I'M GOING TO DO IT
I'M GOING TO DO IT," 'CAUSE MY LIFE WAS A WRECK
>> Reporter: DID IT HELP >> ABSOLUTELY.
BEST DECISION I EVER MADE. >> Reporter: SAVED YOUR LIFE,
HUH? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: AND OTHERS WHO WERE THERE TO ARGUE THAT LLOYD BARRUS
NEVER BE RELEASED FROM PRISON ALSO STILL CARRIED SCARS FROM
THAT NIGHT LIKE CAPTAIN AUSTIN MICU, WHO
FIRED THE SHOTS THAT KILLED BARRUS'S SON MARSHALL.
>> YOUR HONOR, THIS MAN WAS ONCE GIVEN A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY
BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO CHANGE AND LEAVE EVIL BEHIND HIM.
HE CHOSE OTHERWISE >> Reporter: MASON MOORE'S
COLLEAGUES IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SPOKE AS WELL
>> PLEASE USE ALL OF YOUR AUTHORITY TO HELP JODI MOORE,
HER CHILDREN AND THE MOORE FAMILY FIND PEACE BY KNOWING
THAT THE EVIL THAT TOOK MASON AWAY FROM THEM WILL BE LOCKED
AWAY FROM SOCIETY FOREVER. >> Reporter: FINALLY, WHAT
LITTLE AIR WAS LEFT IN THE ROOM RUSHED OUT AS JODI MOORE STEPPED
TO THE PODIUM. LLOYD BARRUS
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE >> WELL, I DIDN'T LIKE IT.
IT WAS REALLY HARD I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.
WHAT I WOULD SAY AND HOW I WOULD SAY IT FOR A WHILE, ALMOST FIVE
YEARS NOW. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SLEEPLESS
NIGHTS PUT INTO THIS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF TEARS.
>> Reporter: DID YOU LOOK AT HIM?
>> DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHOICE BUT TO LOOK AT HIM.
AND, YEAH, I LOOKED AT HIM WHEN I WAS SPEAKING
I LOOKED AT HIM AND TALKED TO HIM.
>> Reporter: DID YOU SEE ANYTHING IN HIS EYES
>> I NEVER SAW ANY REMORSE DIDN'T SEE ANY EMOTION, ANY
CARING IN HIS EYES SO, I DIDN'T REALLY HOLD BACK
WITH MY COMMENTS OUR DAUGHTER IS NOW IN MIDDLE
SCHOOL OUR BOYS DID NOT HAVE THEIR DAD
FOR THEIR FIRST ELK HUNT MR. BARRUS IS PURE EVIL.
>> Reporter: THE WORLD SEEMED TO STOP SPINNING WHEN JODI GOT TO
THE FINAL PART OF HER STATEMENT. IT WAS A LETTER FROM MASON
>> WHAT CAN I SAY? I HOPED TO GROW OLD WITH YOU AND
SEE OUR GRANDKIDS. THAT IS NOT TO BE.
>> Reporter: LIKE MANY LAW OFFICERS, MASON HAD TUCKED AWAY
A NOTE FOR JODI. A JUST-IN-CASE NOTE.
>> DON'T DWELL ON THE MANNER OF MY DEATH
YOU MARRIED A COP, AND COPS TEND TO DIE VIOLENT DEATHS.
IF IT IS A PERSON THAT GOT ME, AND HE OR SHE IS BROUGHT TO
TRIAL AND THEY ARE CONVICTED OR OTHERWISE, DON'T LET IT RUIN
YOUR LIFE. MAKE SURE YOU ENJOY LIFE
I ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT WITH YOU. I LOVE YOU NOW AND ALWAYS.
YOUR LOVING HUSBAND. THIS IS THE MAN YOU TOOK FROM
US YOU ROBBED ME OF BEING ABLE TO
SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH HIM.
>> Reporter: AND WITH THAT, IT WAS LLOYD BARRUS' TURN TO SAY
SOMETHING. BUT WOULD HE
WHAT COULD HE SAY TO THAT? >>> COMING UP --
HIS SON ALMA HAD SOMETHING TO SAY.
>> HE THINKS HE'S A PATRIOT, BUT HE'S JUST DOING STUFF STORE
HIMSELF. HE'S A COWARD.(MUSICA)
>> Reporter: ONE MORE TIME, IN A MONTANA COURTROOM, LLOYD BARRUS'
GOVERNMENT-PAID ATTORNEYS FOUGHT TO KEEP HIM OUT OF PRISON.
THIS IS GREG JACKSON >> WE'VE HEARD TALK ABOUT HIM
BEING EVIL MR. BARRUS IS SERIOUSLY MENTALLY
ILL. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, HE
SHOULD BE -- IN SPITE OF WHAT HE HAS DONE, BE TREATED HUMANELY.
WE STRONGLY URGE THAT YOU CONSIDER SENDING HIM TO THE
CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
>> Reporter: AND ANYONE LISTENING TO LLOYD'S FINAL
STATEMENT COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR BEING A LITTLE UNCERTAIN OF WHAT
HE WAS TRYING TO SAY >> YES, YOUR HONOR, I'VE SAID
THROUGHOUT THE NEARLY FIVE YEARS OF DIFFERENT COURT HEARINGS I'M
TRULY SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF -- FOR THE MOORE FAMILY'S LOSS.
MY SON, I DON'T SEE HOW ANYBODY COULD BE MORE UPSET THAN I AM
FOR THIS, WHAT HAPPENED TOO. IT'S JUST LIKE OFFICER MOORE
WHAT DID HE DO TO DESERVE WHAT HE GOT
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW I DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM.
SO I HAVE NO IDEA. I MEAN, IS IT JUST, LIKE,
SOMEBODY THAT GETS CANCER OR - THIS LIFE HAS A LOT OF THINGS
THAT ARE UNEXPLAINABLE HAPPEN TO US
I GUESS THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. >> Reporter: MINUTES LATER, THE
JUDGE PRONOUNCED HER SENTENCE. >> MR. BARRUS, I'M SENTENCING
YOU TO LIFE IN PRISON. YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR
PAROLE I THINK THE PROTECTION OF
SOCIETY REQUIRES THAT YOU NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A SENTENCE THAT ECHOED ACROSS MONTANA, A
RELIEF FOR THOSE OFFICERS WHO CAPTURED LLOYD AND LATER
RECEIVED THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLICE
ORGANIZATIONS TOP COP AWARD. IT WAS ALSO A SENTENCE THAT
ECHOED ACROSS TIME TO LLOYD'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND, MIKE
>> I MEAN, I LOVED THE GUY HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
AND TO SEE HIM GO FROM A HAPPY, ACTIVE, RELIGIOUS, WANTING THE
BEST IN THE WORLD GUY TO A NUT, CRAZY, WHITE SUPREMACIST THAT
WANTED TO KILL PEOPLE, UM, IT WAS DEEPLY UPSETTING
>> Reporter: BUT LLOYD'S SECOND WIFE DEBRA, THE ONE WHO ALL
THOSE YEARS BEFORE HAD TO FLEE HIS ABUSE AND SPIRIT AWAY HER
CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, HEARD THE NEWS AND
RELAXED A LITTLE >> LET'S JUST SAY THAT LLOYD
BEING IN PRISON IS THE BEST PLACE.
A LOT MORE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE. >> Reporter: LLOYD'S SON ALMA
WROTE AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA, APOLOGIZING
FOR HIS FATHER'S CRIMES. ALMA HAD GROWN UP TO BECOME THE
ANTITHESIS OF HIS FATHER -- THE SON OF AN ANTIGOVERNMENT
ACTIVIST WHO JOINED THE U.S. ARMY, SERVED A YEAR IN IRAQ, AND
NOW WORKS FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HE CALLED LLOYD A FALSE PATRIOT. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT
>> HE LIKES TO USE THE GOVERNMENT CONVENIENTLY, QUOTING
THE CONSTITUTION TO -- LIKE IT'S SCRIPTURE.
BUT PART OF BUILDING A GOOD SOCIETY IS WORKING TOGETHER.
AND IF IT'S YOUR WAY OR THE HIGHWAY, YOU'RE NOT -- YOU'RE
NOT DOING ANY GOOD FOR YOUR COUNTRY.
HE THINKS HE'S A PATRIOT, BUT HE -- HE'S JUST DOING STUFF FOR
HIMSELF. HE'S A COWARD.
>> Reporter: A SENTIMENT SHARED BY LLOYD'S FIRST WIFE TRACY, THE
MOTHER OF A DEAD SON AND OF ANOTHER STILL IN A CALIFORNIA
PRISON >> I HAVE THOUGHT SO MANY TIMES,
"MAYBE IF I HAD DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
MAYBE IF I'D GONE BACK 40 YEARS AND MADE A DIFFERENT CHOICE, YOU
KNOW, OFFICER MOORE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE
MARSHALL WOULD STILL BE ALIVE. JEFFREY WOULDN'T BE IN PRISON.
YOU CAN'T NOT FEEL GUILTY. >> Reporter: SHERIFF WYNN MEEHAN
HAS ESCAPED THE DEMONS THAT HAUNTED HIM BEFORE AND AFTER
DEPUTY MOORE'S MURDER THANKS TO TREATMENT.
THERAPY. HE EVEN LEARNED TO DO YOGA
>> LIKE I SAID, BEST DECISION I EVER MADE IN MY LIFE WAS TO GO
GET HELP, YOU KNOW, AND ACCEPT THE --
YOU KNOW, JUST SEE AND UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE,
YOU HAVE TO BE VULNERABLE 'CAUSE, I MEAN, YOU GOTTA COME
CLEAN AND -- >> Reporter: AND YOU'RE A BIG,
TOUGH COP. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
VULNERABLE >> NO.
AND YOU'RE NOT BUT IT'S -- IN ORDER TO GET
WHERE YOU NEED TO BE, IT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
>> Reporter: AND THEN THERE'S JODI MOORE WHO DID NOT, AS MANY
MIGHT HAVE, RETURN TO THE CAROLINAS WHERE SHE GREW UP.
WHY'D YOU DECIDE TO STAY HERE IN MONTANA?
>> BECAUSE MY KIDS ARE MY TOP PRIORITY, AND THEY ARE -
>> Reporter: IT'S HOME FOR THEM NOW, HUH
>> -- DOING GREAT. AND ALSO MASON LOST HIS LIFE
HERE YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HIS BLOOD WAS
SPILLED HERE AND I JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I
COULD OR SHOULD LEAVE. >> Reporter: SHE'S OPENED A
BOOKSTORE. IT'S CALLED BOOK THERAPY AND
MOORE. IT'S THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE
MASON MOORE FOUNDATION, A CHARITY JODI FOUNDED TO RAISE
MONEY FOR SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR COPS WHO NEED IT
THE GROUP'S MOTTO? IT'S SOMETHING MASON SAID TO HER
A LONG TIME AGO. "LOVE WINS."
>> HE LOVED ME, AND ALL HE WANTED TO DO WAS TO TRY TO MAKE
THIS A BETTER PLACE AND LEAVE HIS MARK
AND I THINK HE DID >>> THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EDITION
OF "DATELINE." WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT FRIDAY
AT 9:00, 8:00 CENTRAL. AND, OF COURSE, I'LL SEE YOU
EACH WEEKNIGHT FOR "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS."