>>> I HAVE VISIBLE HOLES IN MY
MEMORY FROM WHEN I WAS A KID.
YOU KNOW, TRAUMA.
AND IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF
TRAUMA BECAUSE THERE IS A
MONSTER INVOLVED.
IT'S 30 YEARS LATER.
I CAN'T IMAGINE MANY THINGS THAT
ARE AS TERRIBLY LIFE CHANGING.
I WAS TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM MY
17th BIRTHDAY.
WHAT COULD I HAVE DONE?
>> COMMAND IS ON THE PHONE.
THEY WILL EXPECT YOU DOWN THERE.
>> A WEEK AGO TODAY, SARA WOOD,
A 12-YEAR-OLD, LEFT THIS CHURCH
AND WAS TRAVELING A SHORT
DISTANCE, ABOUT A MILE TO HER
HOME.
SHE MADE IT ABOUT HALFWAY.
AND WE FOUND HER BICYCLE AT
AROUND 4:30 THAT AFTERNOON.
>> I AM DUSTY WOOD.
I AM SARA'S OLDER BROTHER.
I WAS 16 WHEN SHE WAS ABDUCTED
IN 1993.
>> WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE SARA
IS.
PLEASE HELP US FIND HER.
>> WHEN I GOT A CALL FROM MY
SERGEANT THAT THERE WAS A
MISSING GIRL.
THEY DIDN'T SAY RUN-AWAY, HE
SAID MISSING CHILD, WHICH WAS
UNUSUAL.
SO I IMMEDIATELY DROVE UP THERE.
THIS IS A CHURCH THAT SARA'S
FATHER WAS PASTOR AT THE TIME.
SHE WAS HERE DURING SCHOOL WORK.
SHE WOULD HAVE GONE RIGHT OUT
HERE AND RIGHT DOWN THIS ROAD.
>> SO THIS IS WHERE SHE TOOK A
TURN.
>> YEP, HER HOUSE IS NOT TOO FAR
UP HERE ON THE LEFT.
THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THE
BICYCLE WAS FOUND.
>> I REMEMBER THAT MOMENT.
I'M STANDING NEXT TO MY MOTHER,
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW.
IT'S ALL OVER.
>> WE SET UP A STATION THERE.
WE COULD DO EVERYTHING OUT OF
THAT CHURCH.
>> THERE WERE TROOPERS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE THERE.
>> ALL OVER THE STATE THERE.
>> DAYS WENT BY, WEEKS, MONTHS?
>> RIGHT.
>> WOULD EITHER ONE OF YOU HAVE
EVER GUESSED THE TURN THIS CASE
WOULD TAKE ON JANUARY 7th, 1994?
>> NO.
>> THIS IS STILL BACK IN THE DAY
WHERE TELETYPES WOULD COME
ACROSS.
ONE CAME OUT ABOUT AN ATTEMPTED
ABDUCTION IN MASSACHUSETTS.
>> A 12-YEAR-OLD IS SIMPLY
WALKING TO SCHOOL.
SHE'S APPROACHED BY A STRANGER
WHO PUTS A GUN TO HER, AND THAT
BROKE THE ENTIRE CASE.
>> SHE'S THE KEY.
SHE'S THE LYNNINCHPIN.
>> LOUIS CAME ACROSS AS JUST AN
ORDINARY GUY.
HE WAS A HANDYMAN.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD HAVE
EVER CONCEIVED THAT HE WAS DOING
WHAT HE WAS DOING.
I'M JULIA COWLEY, RETIRED FBI
AGENT AND PROFILER.
HE WAS PREPARED WITH DUCT TAPE.
HE HAD A GUN WITH HIM.
HE HAD A KNIFE WITH HIM.
HE HAD ROPE WITH HIM.
SO HE'S ALWAYS READY.
HE ENJOYED GOING OUT AND DRIVING
AROUND AND IN HIS WORDS HUNTING
FOR CHILDREN.
>> HE KILLED SARA WOOD.
HE DID CONFESS TO IT.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE SARA'S BODY.
>> FINDING THE BODY IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THEN MY MOTHER COULD
KNOW WHERE SHE IS.
>> DO YOU THINK LOUIS BLUNT WILL
GIVE THAT UP?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
IF HE DOES, IT WON'T BE OUT OF
THE GOODNESS OF HIS HEART.
HE DOES HAVE A LOT TO HIDE.
♪
>> MY SISTER'S LIFE ENDED, AND I
COULDN'T STOP THAT.
SOMEONE HURT HER AND TOOK HER
LIFE.
I KNOW AT THE TIME I FELT LIKE I
COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING, BUT I
COULDN'T.
SHE WAS AN EXUBERANT PERSON.
SHE WAS EXCITED TO BE ALIVE.
>> IT'S BEEN A LITTLE OVER THREE
DECADES SINCE HIS 12-YEAR-OLD
LITTLE SISTER DISAPPEARED.
BUT FOR DUSTY WOOD, MEMORIES OF
SARA HAVE NOT FADED WITH TIME.
>> GOOD MORNING, SARA.
>> WHAT?
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING!
>> READY?
>> NO.
I WANT TO STAY HERE FOR A VIDEO
GAME.
>> EVERY PICTURE YOU SEE OF HER,
IT'S LIKE A BIG, BEAMING SMILE.
THOSE BRIGHT BLUE EYES.
>> DUSTY SAYS THE TWO OF THEM
HAD A LOT IN COMMON.
>> I'M AN EXTROVERT.
SHE'S PRETTY EXTROVERTED.
SHE'S NOT A PERSON IN THE
BACKGROUND.
SHE STUCK OUT.
>> HEY, DAD!
DAD, OVER HERE.
>> SHE WAS FUNNY.
I IMAGINE SHE WOULD BE FUNNY
NOW.
>> ON AUGUST 18th, 1993, DUSTY,
THEN JUST 16 YEARS OLD, WAS
ENJOYING A LAZY SUMMER DAY WITH
HIS FAMILY IN SEQUIOT.
>> WE JUST HUNG AROUND THE
HOUSE.
WE LIVED IN THE COUNTRY, SO
THERE WASN'T A LOT OF STUFF TO
DO.
>> SARA HAD MADE PLANS TO RIDE
HER BIKE TO VACATION BIBLE
SCHOOL AT THE CHURCH WHERE HER
FATHER WAS A PASTOR.
IT WAS JUST ABOUT A MILE DOWN
THE ROAD.
>> THE LAST TIME I SAW HER, SHE
WAS SINGING DOLLY PARTON.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT SONG SHE
WAS SINGING?
>> "WORKING 9:00 TO 5:00."
SHE AND I WERE AT THE FRONT
DOOR, SO I WAS LISTENING TO HER
AS SHE'S --
♪ WORKING 9:00 TO 5:00.
>> THEN SHE GOT ON HER BIKE, AND
SHE WAS LIKE, SEE YOU LATER.
>> WHEN SARA DIDN'T RETURN HOME
LATER THAT AFTERNOON, DUSTY AND
SARA'S PARENTS BEGAN TO WORRY.
>> I REMEMBER GETTING A PHONE
CALL FROM MY PARENTS AT MY
FRIEND'S HOUSE.
HEY, DID YOU SEE SARA?
AND ME BEING LIKE NO.
SO AT THAT POINT, WE RODE OUR
BIKES AND CAME HOME, DIDN'T SEE
HER.
>> SOON AFTER, THAT'S WHEN A
NEIGHBOR CAME ACROSS SARA'S BIKE
HIDDEN IN THE BUSHES ON THE SIDE
OF THE ROAD, LESS THAN A HALF
MILE FROM THE FAMILY'S HOME.
POLICE WERE CALLED.
AROUND 6:00 P.M., NEW YORK STATE
POLICE TROOPER, TIMMY BLAISE,
WHO IS NOW RETIRED, ARRIVED AT
THE SCENE.
>> SO, TIM, WHERE WAS HER
BICYCLE FOUND?
>> IT WAS OFF THE GRASSY AREA.
IT WAS IN WHERE THE SHRUBS ARE.
AND THERE WAS ALSO SOME SCHOOL
PAPERWORK THAT WAS AROUND.
SOME PAPERS WERE BLOWING AROUND.
>> AT THE TIME, DID ANYONE
REMEMBER SEEING A TRUCK OR A
CHILD BEING GRABBED OR ANYTHING?
>> NO, NO.
>> SHE JUST VANISHED.
>> THERE IS NOBODY HERE TO
REALLY SEE ANYTHING.
>> BY EARLY EVENING, THE MASSIVE
SEARCH FOR SARA BEGAN.
>> WE'D BE OUT IN THE WOODS
SEARCHING FOR HER AT MIDNIGHT,
1:00 IN THE MORNING, HOPING THAT
WE FIND HER IN MAYBE A HOLE OR
IF SHE FELL DOWN IN SOMETHING.
>> "48 HOURS" WAS INVITED BY
SARA'S PARENTS, BOB AND FRANCIS
WOOD, TO WITNESS THOSE EARLY
DAYS OF THE INVESTIGATION IN THE
HOPES THAT THE MEDIA ATTENTION
WOULD HELP FIND SARA.
>> CALL FOR AN OFFICER, AND I'LL
BE RIGHT WITH YOU.
>> IT WOULD BECOME ONE OF THE
LARGEST SEARCHES FOR A MISSING
CHILD DURING THAT TIME.
>> THE FIRST DAY WAS THE WORST.
THE FIRST NIGHT.
>> WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF YOU
HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE SARA
WOOD CASE.
>> THE FIRST NIGHT, OF COURSE, I
WAS ON THE ROAD ALL NIGHT, OUT
IN THE WOODS ALL NIGHT.
THE SECOND DAY I WAS ON THE ROAD
ALL NIGHT WATCHING.
>> TO FEDERATION COMMAND POST.
>> BOB WOODS' TINY CHURCH WAS
TURNED INTO A STATE POLICE
COMMAND POST.
>> THE MORE PEOPLE WE CAN REACH
EARLY ON WHILE THE THING IS
STILL FRESH IN THEIR MIND, THE
BETTER CHANCE WE STAND OF
TURNING UP SOMETHING THAT WILL
HELP US.
THE BIG THING AS FAR AS THE
UNIFORMED TROOPERS ARE CONCERNED
IS THE DOOR TO DOOR.
>> ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY
IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO?
>> NO.
>> CAN THAT BECOME THE CHOPPER?
>> THE THING THAT KEEPS
EVERYBODY GOING IS THE
UNCERTAINTY, NOT KNOWING WHETHER
SHE'S DEAD, WHETHER SHE'S ALIVE,
WHETHER SHE'S A MILE AWAY OR 120
MILES AWAY.
>> SO ALL I'M DOING IS PRAYING
AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE BECAUSE
THEY'RE DOING ALL THE WORK.
>> WE HAVE EXPANDED THE SEARCH
OPERATION PROBABLY IN THE AREA
OF 600 SQUARE MILES.
>> I'VE GOT MORE CREWS COMING IN
FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
STATE.
>> YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE CRAWLING
ON OUR HANDS AND KNEES.
IT IS REALLY THICK ONCE WE GET
DOWN THERE.
>> WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH A
CHILD, IF IT HITS YOU
PERSONALLY, IT HITS ME
PERSONALLY, YOU TEND TO GO 110%.
>> I HOPE WE FIND THIS GIRL.
>> THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THIS
DAY.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD
FOOD WE HAVE.
WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH SARA AND
NOURISH HERE, PROTECT HER.
PLEASE BRING US HOME TONIGHT.
>> HOW IS IT GOING, GUYS?
IT'S LIKE I'M ON A PRECIPICE AND
THERE IS A DEEP, DARK CLIFF
THERE.
HI.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, HUN?
I'M GLAD YOU ARE HERE.
I REALLY AM.
>> IF I GO DOWN IN SELF-PITY AND
START TO GO DOWN THERE, I DON'
THINK I WILL GO BACK UP.
>> FRANCES IS STRENGTHING DAILY.
SHE'S IN THE BIBLE A LOT.
SHE'S STRONG.
REAL STRONG.
MYSELF?
I DON'T KNOW.
>> WHAT WE NEED IS A BREAK, A
GOOD SOLID LEAD THAT WE CAN TAKE
THIS UP WITH.
>> AND BOB BELIEVED POLICE WERE
GOING TO GET THAT BREAK.
>> WE'RE DOING THE STATE OF
TEXAS.
>> IF ENOUGH PEOPLE COULD SEE
HIS DAUGHTER'S FACE.
>> SOMEBODY STOPS AT ONE OF
THESE STORES AND GASES UP, YOU
CAN SEE MY DAUGHTER AND THEY
COULD MAKE THE PHONE CALL WE
NEED TO GET.
>> THIS IS MY BABY.
WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO I'M GOING
TO DO TO FIND THIS LITTLE GIRL
HERE.
>> SARA'S MOTHER MADE A PUBLIC
PLEA.
>> I DON'T HATE YOU.
I JUST WANT MY DAUGHTER BACK.
THAT'S ALL.
WE JUST WANT HER HERE, RIGHT
HERE WITH US.
>> INVESTIGATORS WERE DETERMINED
TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO
SARA.
AND THEY DID NOT SHY AWAY FROM
LOOKING ANYWHERE OR AT ANYONE.
>> OUR ENTIRE FAMILY WAS FOCUSED
ON GETTING SARA BACK.
SO YOU WANT TO INVESTIGATE ME?
I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
SARA HAS GOT TO COME HOME.
WE'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES,
>>> WHEN THIS HAPPENED, PEOPLE
REALIZED THIS COULD HAPPEN TO
ANYBODY.
THIS COULD BE THEIR CHILDREN.
>> RETIRED NEW YORK STATE POLICE
DETECTIVES REESE TRAIN AND JOHN
FALAND WERE STATE TROOPERS WHEN
SARA WOOD DISAPPEARED IN 1993.
>> MY DAUGHTER WAS ONLY FIVE
MILES FROM THERE WHEN THIS
HAPPENED AT HER GRANDPARENTS'
HOUSE, THREE YEARS OLD.
IT'S HOME.
>> THEY WERE PART OF THE ARMY OF
INVESTIGATORS FROM AROUND THE
STATE ASSIGNED TO SEARCH FOR
SARA.
>> WE HAD NO VEHICLE.
SHE DIDN'T JUST GO INTO THIN
AIR.
>> THEY WOULD JOIN FRANK
LAWRENCE, ONE OF THE LEAD
DETECTIVES.
>> SOMETHING OR SOMEONE HAD TO
HAVE TAKEN HER.
>> THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.
SARA, CHANNEL 2.
>> YET, DESPITE THE WEEKS OF
MEDIA ATTENTION THAT SARA'S CASE
RECEIVED, LAWRENCE, NOW RETIRED
FROM THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE,
SAYS LAW ENFORCEMENT STILL HAD
VERY LITTLE TO GO ON.
>> SOMEBODY TOOK HER.
WE DIDN'T KNOW.
SO WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU HAVE
TO ELIMINATE EVERYTHING, EVERY
POSSIBILITY.
AND YOU START LOCAL.
>> AND THAT INCLUDED QUESTIONING
THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO SARA, HER
BROTHER AND HER PARENTS.
>> YOU HAD TO LOOK AT THE WOODS.
>> THE WOODS WERE LOOKED AT.
>> WASN'T THAT TOUGH, THOUGH?
>> IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO DO
THAT.
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THIS
CASE BECAUSE THEY'RE SUCH GOOD
PARENTS.
BOB WOOD WAS THERE EVERY DAY.
>> I'M GLAD YOU ARE HERE.
YOU'RE HELPING OUT A LOT.
>> EVERY DAY.
>> THE INVESTIGATION ISN'T OVER.
>> I HAD A HARD TIME GOING THERE
EVERY DAY.
>> ONCE THE WOODS WERE
ELIMINATED, LAWRENCE SAYS THEY
TURNED THEIR ATTENTION TO
INVESTIGATING KNOWN AND
SUSPECTED SEX OFFENDERS.
>> EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM
HAD TO BE SPOKEN WITH AND
ELIMINATED.
AND WE DID.
WE DID.
>> AND THEY STILL HAD NOTHING.
>> WE GOT THIS SECTION DONE.
>> DESPITE THE LONG HOURS AND
HEAVY MANPOWER.
UNTIL A BIT EARLY COLD DAY IN
JANUARY 1994, FIVE MONTHS AFTER
SARA DISAPPEARED, OFFICER
TIMOTHY BLAISE WAS WORKING IN
THE COMMAND CENTER WHEN A
MESSAGE CAME IN VIA TELETYPE, A
DEVICE THAT POLICE DEPARTMENTS
USED AT THE TIME TO SHARE
INFORMATION.
>> ONE CAME OVER ABOUT AN
ABDUCTION OR ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION
IN MASSACHUSETTS THAT I HANDED
OFF TO FRANK.
>> ANOTHER 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL
NAMED BECKY SAVARESE WAS ALMOST
ABDUCTED AS SHE WALKED TO SCHOOL
IN MASSACHUSETTS, 100 MILES
AWAY.
BECKY DIDN'T RESPOND TO "48
HOURS" MOST RECENT REQUEST FOR
AN INTERVIEW.
BUT BACK IN 1994, SHE DID SPEAK
WITH ME AND TOLD ME HER
REMARKABLE STORY.
>> I WAS COMING UP HERE.
>> IT WAS 7:10 IN THE MORNING ON
JANUARY 7th AT ONE OF THE
BUSIEST INTERSECTIONS IN TOWN.
>> HE WAS ON THE SIDE OF ME.
>> LIKE WHERE I AM?
>> YEAH.
HE WAS SAYING STUFF BEFORE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS
SAYING, SO I TOOK MY EAR PHONES
OUT TO HEAR WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
AND THEN HE SAID, DO YOU SEE THE
GUN I HAVE?
I WAS LIKE, YES, I SEE THE GUN
YOU HAVE.
HE'S LIKE JUST DO EVERYTHING I
SAY.
EVERYTHING WILL BE PERFECTLY
OKAY.
I WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT.
>> HE HAD IT UP AGAINST YOU.
>> HE HAD IT PROBABLY AN INCH
AWAY FROM ME.
>> WERE YOU SCARED?
>> NO, I WASN'T SCARED.
WE TURNED DOWN HERE TO WHERE HIS
TRUCK IS PARKED.
>> NOW, HE WANTS YOU TO GO IN
THE TRUCK THAT'S OVER THERE.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> YOU'RE NOT INTENDING TO GO
INTO THAT TRUCK.
>> NO.
IF I GOT AWAY, I DIDN'T CARE IF
SHE SHOT ME.
I JUST KNEW I WAS NOT GOING TO
GET INTO THAT TRUCK.
>> WHY DID YOU KNOW THAT?
WAS THAT SOMETHING SOMEONE HAD
TOLD YOU OR --
>> I JUST FELT IT INSIDE ME.
I KNEW I WAS NOT GOING TO GET
INTO THAT TRUCK.
>> THAT'S WHEN BECKY CAME UP
WITH AN IDEA THAT SAVED HER
LIFE.
SHE FAKED AN ASTHMA ATTACK.
>> WHEN I WAS TRYING TO TAKE MY
BACKPACK OFF, HE TRIED TO GRAB
FOR ME, AND HE GOT MY BACKPACK
AND I JUST RAN.
>> BECKY RAN INTO A MAN CLEARING
SNOW OFF A SIDEWALK, WHO CALLED
THE POLICE.
AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, A
WITNESS CALLED IN WITH THREE
DIGITS FROM THE TRUCK'S LICENSE
PLATE.
INVESTIGATORS BEGAN SEARCHING
FOR THE VEHICLE.
>> I REMEMBER IT WELL BECAUSE IT
WAS A BLIZZARD.
>> DESPITE THE SNOWSTORM, AN
OFFICER SPOTTED A TRUCK WITH
THOSE THREE DIGITS AND ITS
LICENSE PLATE SITTING IN A
DRIVEWAY IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THE OFFICER QUICKLY CALLED FOR
BACKUP.
>> AND THEY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR
AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS
DRIVING THIS TRUCK EARLIER.
>> THE HOMEOWNER TOLD THE
OFFICERS A FRIEND NAMED LOUIS
HAD BORROWED THE TRUCK, AND HE
JUST HAPPENED TO BE SITTING IN
THE KITCHEN.
WHEN POLICE ENTERED THE HOUSE TO
QUESTION LENT, HE DENIED KNOWING
ABOUT BECKY, BUT WILLINGLY
AGREED TO COME DOWN TO THE
POLICE STATION.
>> HAD LOUIS LENT, THAT NAME,
LOUIS LENT, EVER COME UP BEFORE?
>> NO, NOT IN OUR INVESTIGATION.
>> HAD HE EVER BEEN CONNECTED TO
A DISAPPEARANCE OF A CHILD?
>> NO.
>> BUT HE HAD A CRIMINAL
HISTORY.
>> SOME MINOR THINGS LIKE BAD
CHECKS, FORGED CHECKS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT, BUT NOTHING THAT
APPROACHES THIS.
>> AND WHEN INVESTIGATORS
SEARCHED HIS VEHICLE, THEY KNEW
THEY HAD THE RIGHT MAN.
>> THEY FOUND REBECCA'S
BACKPACK.
THEY FOUND THE GUN.
THEY FOUND DUCT TAPE AND
CLOTHESLINE ROPE.
BASICALLY HIS KIDNAPPING,
ABDUCTION KIT.
>> ALTHOUGH THE ATTEMPTED
ABDUCTION WAS 100 MILES AWAY
FROM PITSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS,
EVERYONE WONDERED IF LENT COULD
HAVE ALSO TAKEN SARA.
>> GOT A CALL FROM THE
LIEUTENANT.
HE SAYS, WELL, GO HOME AND PACK
A BAG AND YOU ARE GOING TO
PITSFIELD.
>>> ALMOST 12 HOURS AFTER THE
ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION OF
12-YEAR-OLD BECKY SAVARESE, NEW
YORK STATE DETECTIVE FRANK
LAWRENCE STRUGGLED THROUGH A
SNOWSTORM AND FINALLY ARRIVED AT
PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, EAGER
TO SPEAK TO LOUIS LENT, BUT HE
WOULD HAVE TO WAIT HIS TURN.
>> THERE'S SIMILARITIES, BUT IT
IS A PITTSFIELD CASE.
THEY WOULD TALK TO HIM AND WE
WOULD WALK TO HIM IN BETWEEN.
>> DURING THEIR CONVERSATIONS,
LAWRENCE SAYS HE AND TWO OTHER
NEW YORK INVESTIGATORS MADE SURE
LOUIS LENT UNDERSTOOD WHY THEY
WERE THERE.
>> I ACTUALLY SHOWED HIM THIS
POSTER, AND I SAID TO HIM, LOU,
THIS IS WHO I'M HERE TO TALK TO
YOU ABOUT SO HE KNEW EVENTUALLY
WE WALK TALKING ABOUT THIS.
OKAY.
>> HOW DID HE REACT?
>> HE WAS FLAT.
>> FLAT?
>> YEAH.
HE WAS FLAT THROUGH THE WHOLE
THING.
>> DID THAT MAKE YOU THINK HE
HAD NO IDEA WHO SHE WAS.
>> I DIDN'T CARE.
I WAS GOING TO FIND OUT.
>> GETTING LOUIS LENT TO ADMIT
ANYTHING WAS NOT GOING TO BE
EASY.
ALTHOUGH
ALTHOUGH BECKY SAVARESE AND A
WITNESS PICKED HIM OUT OF A
LINEUP, IT TOOK LENT UNTIL THE
NEXT MORNING TO ADMIT HE HAD
TRIED TO TAKE HER.
LOUIS LENT WAS ARRESTED AND
CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON,
BUT NEW YORK INVESTIGATORS WERE
NOT DONE WITH LENT.
THEY STARTED TO ASK HIM
QUESTIONS ABOUT OTHER MISSING
KIDS.
>> WE TALKED TO HIM.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HIM.
>> AND THAT'S WHEN LAWRENCE SAYS
HE AND NEW YORK INVESTIGATORS
CAME UP WITH A STRATEGY.
>> WE FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS
RELIGIOUS.
>> SO HE SAYS THEY BROUGHT A
BIBLE INTO THE INTERVIEW ROOM.
>> THAT BIBLE SAT ON THE TABLE
IN FRONT OF HIM.
ANY TIME HE WOULD WANDER, OKAY,
WE WOULD USE THE BIBLE, AND WE'D
GO, LOU, YOU HAVE TO TELL THE
TRUTH.
IT COMES FROM THE HEART.
YOU HAVE TO TELL US THE TRUTH.
WE WOULD GO BACK TO THE BIBLE.
>> AND LAWRENCE SAYS THE
STRATEGY APPEARED TO BE WORKING
BECAUSE AS THE HOURS WENT BY
LENT STARTED TO REVEAL THINGS
ABOUT HIMSELF AND SOME VERY
DISTURBING PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
THAT INVOLVED KIDNAPPING YOUNG
VICTIMS.
>> HE TOLD US ABOUT HIS MASTER
PLAN ONCE HE FOUND THE
ACCEPTABLE, VULNERABLE
INDIVIDUALS.
HE WAS GOING TO BRING THEM BACK
TO HIS HOUSE AND PUT THEM IN
WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS A
COFFIN, BUT KEEP THEM ALIVE SO
HE COULD USE THEM AND HAVE THEM
WHENEVER HE WANTED THEM.
>> INVESTIGATORS WOULD LATER
FIND THE BEGINNING OF HIS
HORRIFYING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
WHEN THEY SEARCHED LENT'S
BEDROOM AND FOUND THIS WOODEN
PARTITION WALL AND THINGS ONLY
GOT WORSE.
>> HE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT JIMMY
BERNARDO.
>> JIMMY BERNARDO WAS A
12-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO HAD GONE
MISSING THREE YEARS EARLIER IN
PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.
A MONTH LATER HUNTERS WOULD FIND
HIS BODY.
THE CASE WOULD STUMP LOCAL
INVESTIGATORS FOR YEARS.
BUT NOW LENT WAS ABOUT TO TELL
EVERYONE WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO
JIMMY.
>> HE WAS RIDING HIS BIKE
THROUGH A STRIP MALL IN
PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.
LOUIS LENT WAS A JANITOR AT THE
CINEMA CENTER THERE IN
PITTSFIELD.
>> WHEN JIMMY STOPPED IN FRONT
OF THE CINEMA TO WAIT FOR A
FRIEND, THAT'S WHEN LENT SAID HE
OFFERED HIM MONEY TO HELP HIM
CLEAN THE MOVIE THEATER.
JIMMY AGREED.
>> ONCE LENT GOT HIM INSIDE, HE
OVERPOWERED HIM AND KIDNAPPED
HIM.
>> LENT TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE
TOLD JIMMY 200 MILES TO A RURAL
AND ISOLATED AREA NEAR HIS HOME
DOWN OF NEW YORK.
THEN HE SAID HE STRANGLED JIMMY
TO DEATH AND LEFT HIM THERE.
>> HE HAD DETAILS ON ONLY THE
KILLER THE POLICE KNEW.
>> AS HORRIFIC AS THAT
REVELATION WAS, INVESTIGATORS
KEPT PRESSING HIM ABOUT SARA
WOOD.
>> THE MOMENT WE TALKED ABOUT
SARA, WE'RE PROBING.
HE'S RESPONDING.
>> AND THEN FIVE MONTHS AFTER
SHE WENT MISSING, LOUIS LENT
FINALLY CONFESSED.
LENT ADMITTED THAT HE HAD
KIDNAPPED, RAPED AND THEN
MURDERED SARA M. WOOD.
>> SHE WAS VULNERABLE.
HE WAS HUNTING.
AND HE FOUND A VICTIM.
>> AND JUST LIKE JIMMY BERNARDO,
DETECTIVE LAWRENCE SAYS LENT'S
ACCOUNT MATCHED DETAILS ONLY
KNOWN TO INVESTIGATORS.
LENT KNEW SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT
SARA HAD BEEN WEARING AND
DETAILS ABOUT HER BIKE THAT HAD
NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC.
>> HE KNEW THAT THE CHAIN ON THE
BIKE WAS BROKEN.
AND HE ALSO SAID THAT THE BIKE
WAS A LITTLE BIT BIG FOR HER.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
I FOUND OUT LATER THAT IT WAS.
>> THEN LAWRENCE SAYS LENT DREW
THEM A MAP SHOWING WHERE HE SAID
HE BURIED SARA'S BODY.
>> THIS IS JUST A COPY,
OBVIOUSLY.
>> RIGHT.
BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT LOUIS
LENT DID.
>> HE DREW THAT.
I HANDED HIM A PIECE OF PAPER,
AND THIS IS WHAT HE DREW.
>> AND WHERE DID HE SAY HE PUT
HER?
>> UP BY BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE.
>> BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE IS LOCATED
IN A REMOTE AREA IN NEW YORK'S
MOUNTAINS.
WITHIN HOURS, POLICE FROM ALL
OVER NEW YORK STATE WERE
DISPATCHED AND SEARCHED THE
AREA.
BOB WOOD WAS THERE ALONG WITH
DUSTY, WHO WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
>> IT WAS VERY COOL.
IT WAS RIDICULOUS.
AND IT WAS TONS OF SNOW.
MEMBER A LOT OF HELP.
A LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> WAS THAT A TIME WHEN YOU
THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO
BRING SARA HOME?
>> YEAH.
>> FOR OVER 50 DAYS THEY
SEARCHED FOR SARA.
>> IT WAS 30 BELOW ZERO.
WE COULD ONLY STAY OUTSIDE FOR
20 MINUTES AT A TIME.
WE WERE IN WAIST-HIGH SNOW.
WE HAD SHOVELS.
WE'RE DIGGING.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANY EVIDENCE
AT ALL HAVING TO DO WITH SARA.
THEN SOMEBODY WOULD COME UP WITH
SOMETHING THAT HAD SOMETHING TO
DO WITH HERE.
IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.
>> AS INVESTIGATORS CONTINUED TO
LOOK FOR SARA'S BODY, LENT WOULD
FACE MURDER CHARGES IN BOTH
MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW YORK.
>> IT WAS A RARE OCCASION WHERE
EVERYONE WAS LASER FOCUSED ON
ONE EVENT, WHICH WAS FIND SARA,
BRING HIM TO
>>> BEFORE LOUIS LENT COULD BE
TRIED FOR SARA WOOD'S MURDER IN
NEW YORK, HE FIRST HAD TO FACE
CHARGES IN MASSACHUSETTS.
IN 1995 LOUIS LENT WENT ON TRIAL
AND WAS ULTIMATELY CONVICTED FOR
SAVARESE' ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING
AND WAS SENTENCED TO 17 TO 20
YEARS.
ALMOST ONE-AND-A-HALF YEARS
LATER AFTER TAKING A PLEA, HE
WAS GIVEN A LIFE SENTENCE FOR
MURDERING JIMMY BERNARDO.
>> TELEVISION, RADIO AND
NEWSPAPER OUTLETS --
>> AND THEN ON JUNE 6th, 1996,
LOUIS LENT ARRIVED IN NEW YORK
TO A MEDIA FRENZY.
>> AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
WANTED JUSTICE FOR SARA M. WOOD
AND HER FAMILY.
>> JEFFREY CARPENTER IS THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
HE WASN'T IN THE OFFICE WHEN
SARA WOOD WAS MURDERED, BUT HE
HAS STUDIED LOUIS LENT'S CASE
FILES.
HE SAYS THE D.A. OFFICE THOUGHT
LOUIS LENT WAS GOING TO PLEAD
GUILTY TO KILLING SARA.
BUT WITHOUT WARNING, LENT
CHANGED HIS MIND.
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
WHEN HE ENTERED THE COURTROOM
AND HE SAW CERTAIN MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY, I
THINK, HER FAMILY, HE DECIDED ON
THAT DAY HE DID NOT WANT TO
ENTER A PLEA.
>> DAYS LATER LENT WOULD CHANGE
HIS MIND AGAIN AND FINALLY
ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA.
>> WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER OF HIM
SITTING THERE?
>> I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW SMALL
A MAN.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
NOT IMPOSING.
>> ALMOST FOUR YEARS AFTER SARA
WOOD WAS ABDUCTED AND MURDERED,
LOUIS LENT WAS SENTENCED TO 25
YEARS TO LIFE.
HE WAS SENT BACK TO
MASSACHUSETTS TO SERVE THE REST
>> HE WILL NEVER CAUSE HARM TO
ANYONE ELSE.
>> BUT IT WAS NOT OVER FOR THE
WOOD FAMILY AND NEW YORK STATE
POLICE INVESTIGATORS.
THEY STILL NEEDED TO FIND SARA.
>> HE CHANGES HIS STORY SO
OFTEN, IT IS HARD TO -- HARD TO
TELL WHAT'S THE TRUTH AND WHAT'S
FICTION.
>> HAVE IN FACT, DETECTIVE SAYS
LENT'S ORIGINAL STORY THAT HE
BURIED HER IN THE LAKE AREA
TURNED OUT TO BE A LIE.
>> HE CASHED A CHECK ON AUGUST
18th IN PITTSFIELD AT 6:18 P.M.
SO HE DID NOT PHYSICALLY HAVE
TIME TO ABDUCT SARA AT AROUND
2:30 P.M. AND THEN DRIVE TO THE
ADD RON DAMAGES, DIG A GRAVE,
BURY HERE AND DRIVE BACK AND
CASH A CHECK.
>> INVESTIGATORS CONTINUED TO
VISIT HIM IN PRISON HOPING THAT
OVER TIME HE WOULD REVEAL WHERE
HE BURIED SARA AND PERHAPS EVEN
DISCLOSE THE MURDERED OF OTHER
VICTIMS.
DETECTIVES FALLON AND TRENE SAY
THEY VISITED LENT IN PRISON
ABOUT 20 TIMES.
>> ISN'T IT DIFFICULT FOR YOU
TWO TO NOT JUST JUMP ACROSS THE
TABLE AND GRAB HIM?
>> NO.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO
IS YOU HAVE TO LEAVE HATE
OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM WHEN YOU GO
IN.
>> THEY DIDN'T PUSH HIM, BUT
DURING THEIR CONVERSATIONS, LENT
REVEALED THAT HE OFTEN SUFFERED
FROM BLACKOUTS AND CLAIMED HE
HAD AN EVIL ALTER EGO THAT HE
CALLED STEVEN.
>> HE HAS THIS DICHOTOMY.
THAT'S THE WORD HE USED.
HE HAS A REALLY GOOD SIDE THAT
STUDIES THE BIBLE AND ACTUALLY
WAS A TRAVELING MINISTER.
THEN HE HAS THIS EVIL SIDE, AND
HE HAS THESE UNCONTROLLABLE
COMPULSIONS, THAT'S THE WAY HE
PUTS IT, THAT HE COULDN'T STOP.
>> HE MANAGED TO HIDE THAT EVIL
SIDE FROM NEARLY EVERYONE HE
KNEW.
BACK IN 1994, "48 HOURS"
CORRESPONDENT RICHARD
INTERVIEWED HIS FRIENDS.
>> THIS SIDE WALL HERE WAS
CAVING RIGHT IN.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND HE HELPED YOU WITH THAT,
TOO.
>> OH, YES.
>> TO PHIL, LENT WAS A GOOD
SAMARITAN.
>> HE CAME OVER AND SAID, I'D BE
GLAD TO GIVE YOU A HAND.
I HEARD YOU ARE DOING WORK ON
YOUR FOUNDATION.
I WOULD BE GLAD TO HELP YOU OUT.
WE PUT IN PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF
HOURS WORKING TOGETHER IN THAT
CELLAR.
IT WAS HARD WORK.
>> HE DID THAT ALL OUT OF THE
GOODNESS OF HIS HEART?
>> YES, HE DID.
>> THE DEAN OF STUDENTS AT A
BIBLE SCHOOL THAT LENT ATTENDED,
HE WAS A GENTLEMAN.
>> HE WAS INTELLIGENT.
HE WAS UNASSUMING.
HE WAS QUIET.
ONE THING ABOUT LOUIE THAT
EVERYONE REMEMBERED WAS HE
ALWAYS HAD HIS HAND OUT TO SHAKE
YOUR HAND WHEN YOU WERE MEETING
LENT.
IF YOU DIDN'T WATCH OUT, HE'D
GIVE YOU A BIG BEAR HUG.
>> HE HAD A LOT OF CHILDREN.
THEY WOULD PLAY VIDEO GAMES, GO
TO THE MOVIES, AND HE WOULD
BRING THEM HOME.
>> LENT SEEMED LIKE A MENTOR TO
CHILDREN.
>> THEY CALLED HIM A BIG
BROTHER.
>> THEY DID?
>> YES.
>> THE KIDS?
>> OH, YES.
>> HE OWNED THE MOVIE THEATER
WHERE LENT WORKED AS A JANITOR
FOR SIX YEARS, AND HE THOUGHT HE
KNEW LENT VERY WELL.
>> I HIRED HIM.
I WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIM.
WHAT'S -- WHAT'S -- TELL ME
WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> IT JUST FEELS LIKE I MAY HAVE
MISSED SOMETHING, THAT HE MIGHT
HAVE SAID OR DONE THAT WOULD
HAVE GIVEN ME A CLUE THAT THERE
WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS
GUY.
>> PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE
UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CAN HAVE
THIS VERY RELIGIOUS GOD-FEARING,
NICE, POLITE MAN IN CONTRAST TO
HIS OTHER SIDE, WHERE HE IS
HUNTING AND PREYING ON AND
KILLING CHILDREN.
THOSE CAN EXIST IN ONE PERSON.
>> JULIA COWLY IS A RETIRED FBI
AGENT AND PROFILER THAT WORKED
ON CASES LIKE THE GOLDEN STATE
KILLER.
SHE NOW HOSTS A TRUE CRIME
PODCAST CALLED "THE CONSULT."
REAL FBI PROFILERS.
>> THIS PODCAST IS ABOUT
CRIMINAL PROFILING.
>> KELLY HAS NEVER MET LOUIS
LENT, BUT AT OUR REQUEST SHE
REVIEWED HIS BACKGROUND AND
STUDIED HIS CONFESSIONS.
SHE SAYS THAT WHAT APPEARED TO
BE LENT'S DESIRE TO HELP PEOPLE
COULD ACTUALLY HAVE SERVED A
SELFISH PURPOSE.
>> BY HELPING ALL THESE PEOPLE,
THIS IS A WAY TO MAYBE HIDE WHO
HE REALLY IS, TO GAIN PEOPLE'S
TRUST.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU CAN
MANIPULATE THEM.
YOU CAN CONTROL THEM.
IT'S STRATEGICALLY MOTIVATED, AS
OPPOSED TO BEING MOTIVATED BY
TRUE EMOTION.
>> JUST LIKE OTHER SERIAL
KILLERS SHE HAS STUDIED, COWLEY
SAYS LENT IS COMPLETELY
SELF-CENTERED.
>> HIS NEEDS COME BEFORE ANYBODY
ELSE'S OBVIOUSLY.
HE HAD NO REGARD FOR HIS
VICTIMS.
HE HAS NO REGARD FOR VICTIM'S
FAMILIES.
>> SOMETHING HE HAS SEEN
FIRSTHAND.
>> HE KNOWS WHAT EMOTIONS ARE,
THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE, BUT HE
DOESN'T FEEL THEM HIMSELF.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE SAID
IN THE PAST THAT IS THAT THE
MURDERS RUINED HIS LIFE.
HE'S REMORSEFUL THAT HE GOT
CAUGHT.
BUT HE DOESN'T THINK IN TERMS OF
IT RUINING ANYBODY ELSE'S LIFE.
>> LOUIS LENT SO QUICKLY ADMITS
TO KIDNAPPING AND KILLING SARA
WOOD.
WHY NOT TELL IT ALL?
WHY NOT GIVE ALL THE DETAILS?
>> IT IS JUST A SECRET HE WANTS
TO HOLD ON TO.
IT'S HIS.
IT IS THE ONLY THING HE HAS THAT
IS HIS OWN.
KNOWING THAT FAMILY MEMBERS WANT
ANSWERS, CONTINUING TO HURT THEM
IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT HE
FEEDS OFF OF.
THERE IS SOME ENJOYMENT IN
THERE.
MOST KILLERS DON'T TELL US
EVERYTHING.
THEY RARELY GIVE THE FULL STORY.
>> INSTEAD, LENT REVEALS WHAT HE
WANTS WHEN HE WANTS ON HIS OWN
TIMETABLE.
AND IN 2013, HE REVEALED
SOMETHING NEW.
>> I DESCRIBED IT SPEAKING
DIRECTLY TO THE DEVIL.
HE REALLY IS THE DEVIL.
>> HOW DO YOU WARN YOUR LOVED
>>> AS DETECTIVES FALLON AND
TREIN CONTINUED TO QUESTION
LOUIS LENT ABOUT SARA WOOD AND
OTHER POSSIBLE VICTIMS, IN 2013,
HE MADE YET ANOTHER CONFESSION.
>> HE ENDED UP ADMITTING TO
KILLING JAIME WASHER.
> NINE MONTHS BEFORE SARA WAS
ABDUCTED, JAIME, A 16-YEAR-OLD
TEEN WITH DISABILITIES,
DISAPPEARED IN WESTFIELD,
MASSACHUSETTS, JUST 40 MILES
FROM THE PITTSFIELD AREA.
>> AGAIN, HE WAS RIDING HIS BIKE
THROUGH A PARKING LOT OF A
FRIENDLY'S RESTAURANT.
>> HIS BICYCLE WAS LATER FOUND
IN A WOODED AREA CLOSE BY.
LENT TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT
AFTER HE KIDNAPPED AND MURDERED
JAIME, HE DISCARDED THE
TEENAGER'S REMAINS IN GREENWATER
POND IN MASSACHUSETTS.
>> WE HAD DIVERS GO WITH THE
MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE
DIVERS, AND THEY ALL DOVE UPON
AND NOTHING WAS FOUND.
>> AS HE HAS DONE MANY TIMES
BEFORE, LENT WOULD LATER RECANT
HIS CONFESSION.
AUTHORITIES DECIDED NOT TO
CHARGE LOUIS LENT WITH JAIME'S
MURDER, HOPING THAT ONE DAY HE
WILL LEAD THEM TO HIS BODY.
>> AT THIS POINT, WE'RE NOT
INTERESTED IN FURTHER
PROSECUTION.
HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
>> AT A PRESS CONFERENCE SHORTLY
AFTER THE CONFESSION, JAIME'S
SISTER TALKED ABOUT THE GRIEF
SHE ENDURED SINCE HER BROTHER
WENT MISSING.
>> ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS I
TALK ABOUT THIS.
I THINK ABOUT THIS EVERY DAY.
>> IT'S THE SEARING HEARTACHE
THAT KEEPS AUTHORITIES MOTIVATED
TO FIND THE MISSING.
SOON AFTER LENT CONFESSED TO
KILLING JAIME, D.A. JEFFREY
CARPENTER GOT PERMISSION TO TAKE
LENT, WHO WAS SERVING HIS LIFE
SENTENCE IN MASSACHUSETTS OUT OF
PRISON AND BACK TO NEW YORK.
THIS TIME THEY DROVE HIM AROUND,
HOPING HE WOULD REVEAL ANYTHING
THAT WOULD HELP THEM FIND SARA.
>> SO REALLY WHAT DID WE HAVE TO
LOSE?
WE HAD TO DO IT?
WE DROVE TO THE MASSACHUSETTS
BORDER.
WE DROVE TO THE VERMONT BORDER.
HE TOOK US TO WHERE SHE WAS
ABDUCTED.
HE TOOK US TO WHERE HE CLAIMED
HE MURDERED HER.
>> AFTER THREE LONG DAYS AND
OVER 600 MILES OF DRIVING,
CARPENTER SAYS NEW YORK
AUTHORITIES ENDED THE OPERATION.
>> THE CONSENSUS WAS HE
ABSOLUTELY KNEW WHERE SHE WAS.
HE JUST WAS NOT GOING TO TELL
US.
>> BEFORE CAR CENTER SENT LENT
BACK TO MASSACHUSETTS, HE
RECORDED THIS CONVERSATION WITH
HIM.
>> WE SPENT SOME TIME HERE THE
LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
HOPE YOU FEEL YOU WERE TREATED
WITH RESPECT.
>> YES.
>> TREATED WELL?
>> YES.
>> THAT WAS OUR END OF THE
BARGAIN, RIGHT?
>> YEP.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR END OF THE
BARGAIN.
>> DO THE VERY BEST I CAN TO
FIND SARA.
>> YEAH?
IS THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE?
>> THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, THAT
I'VE TRIED.
I WAS ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT I
KNEW THE ROUTE.
BUT WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT, I
COULD ONLY GET PARTIAL OF WHAT
I -- WHAT ACTUALLY WHERE I WENT.
>> WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR
HEAD WHEN YOU WERE TALKING TO
HIM?
>> ANGER.
HE DOES NOT FORGET DETAILS.
HE RECALLS DETAILS.
HE RECALLS MANY THINGS UNTIL HE
WANTS TO PRETEND HE DOESN'T
REMEMBER.
>> A DECADE AFTER THAT GROUP WAS
SEARCHED, IN NOVEMBER OF 2023,
INVESTIGATORS WERE BACK OUT
LOOKING AGAIN.
THIS TIME AT THE GREEN MOUNTAIN
NATIONAL FOREST IN VERMONT AFTER
DETECTIVE TRINE IDENTIFIED AN
AREA WITH LANDMARKS THAT LENT
HAD TALKED ABOUT DURING THEIR
MANY CONVERSATIONS.
>> JUST TOO MANY THINGS MATCHED
UP.
A LOT OF BOXES WERE CHECKED.
>> WHAT'S MORE, SEARCH AND
RESCUE DOGS TAKEN TO THE AREA
HAD ALERTED TO A POSSIBLE BODY
THERE.
>> SO WE WERE HOPEFUL, OPTIMIST
OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WOULD FIND
SOMETHING THERE, AND WE NEVER
FOUND ANYTHING.
>> BUT AUTHORITIES KEPT LOOKING.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, DETECTIVES
WENT BACK TO THE CELLAR THAT
LENT WORKED IN WITH PHIL TO SEE
IF THEY MISSED SOMETHING IN
1994.
THE SEARCH TURNED UP NO NEW
EVIDENCE.
>> DO YOU FEEL IN A WAY THAT YOU
MIGHT BE RUNNING OUT OF TIME?
LOUIS LENT IS IN HIS 70s.
>> IT IS A CONCERN, BUT THAT'S
ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN'T
CONTROL.
>> REGARDLESS OF THE CHALLENGES,
AUTHORITIES SAY THEY WILL NEVER
STOP LOOKING FOR SARA WOOD AND
JAIME LUSHER.
DUSTY WOOD SAYS HE CHOOSES NOT
TO THINK ABOUT LOUIS LENT.
>> AND EVERY DAY I'M LESS ANGRY
BECAUSE I DEVOTE MY ENERGY TO
POSITIVE THINGS.
>> EVERY YEAR DUSTY AND SOME
FAMILY MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN
THE RIDE FOR MISSING CHILDREN.
>> READY?
>> ROLLING!
>> A 78-MILE BIKE RIDE THAT WAS
CREATED IN SARA'S HONOR BY BOB
WOOD.
THE RIDERS WORE JERSEYS THAT
WERE TURQUOISE AND PINK, THE
COLORS THAT SARA WORE WHEN SHE
WAS ABDUCTED.
RIDERS STOP AT SCHOOLS ALONG THE
WAY TO TALK ABOUT ABDUCTION
PREVENTION.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR
US AS A FAMILY IS TO PROTECT
KIDS AND MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE
IS ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO
PROTECT THEM FROM MONSTERS LIKE
LOUIS LENT THAT IT BE DONE.
>> RIDERS PAY SILENT TRIBUTE TO
THOSE CHILDREN WHOSE FAMILIES
HOLD OUT HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE
FOUND ALIVE.
AND TO CHILDREN WHO WENT MISSING
AND ARE NEVER COMING HOME, LIKE
SARA M. WOOD.
DUSTY SAYS HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE
GRATEFUL TO THEIR COMMUNITY, WHO
HAVE SUPPORTED THEM SINCE THE
BEGINNING.
>> THERE WILL BE NEVER WAY TO
REPAY THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS
THAT OPENED UP THE POSSIBILITY
OF GIVING THE BEST CHANCE TO MY
SISTER.
>> HE'S NOT SURE IF THEY WILL
EVER FIND HIS SISTER'S BODY.
BUT HE IS AT PEACE.
>> I'M WAITING FOR THE DAY I
CAESAR -- SEE SARA IN HEAVEN.
AND I KNOW THAT DAY IS COMING,
AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.