♪ >>> AUBURN, ALABAMA, IS HOME TO AUBURN UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS A MAJOR FOOTBALL SCHOOL.
IN A COLLEGE TOWN IT HAPPENS THAT STUDENTS SOMETIMES MAY GO OFF AND MAY BE MISSING FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
BUT THEY COME BACK. LORI WAS A STUDENT AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY AND SHE RECENTLY GRADUATED.
>> JUNE 10, 2006, WHICH IS THE FATEFUL DAY IN LORI'S LIFE. >> WE WERE GOING TO HAVE DRINKS AT MY HOUSE.
WE WERE GOING HAVE RUM RUNNERS I BELIEVE AND WATCH A MOVIE AND DO GIRL TIME. SHE CALLED ME AROUND 6:30 AND
SAID I AM GOING TO STOP BY THE STORE, PICK UP THE DRINK MIXES, AND THEN I WILL BE HEADED TO YOUR HOUSE.
THEN THE PHONE RANG ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER. IT RANG ONCE OR TWICE. I ANSWERED.
NO ONE WAS THERE. >> HOW MANY TIMES HAD SHE SIMPLY NOT SHOWED UP AND NOT CALLED YOU?
>> NEVER. >> MY DAUGHTER WAS A VERY GOOD PERSON. A KIND PERSON.
A LOVING GIRL. VERY STUDIOS STUDENT. SHE LOVED SPORTS. LOVED HER DOG.
SHE HAD A LITTLE YORKIE NAMED PEANUT THAT WAS HER BABY. >> WHEN DID YOU REALIZE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG?
>> I WAS AT WORK. A LADY CALLED. I BELIEVE IT WAS HER BOSS. SHE SAID YOUR DAUGHTER LORI HAS
NOT SHOWN UP AND BELLS AND WHISTLES WEPT OFF. I CALLED AND SHE DIDN'T ANSWER HER PHONE.
I >> I CALLED, LEFT VOICEMAILS ON HER HOME ANSWERING MACHINE. >> YOU GO OVER TO HER MOBILE
HOME. >> THE DOOR WAS UNLOCKED, WHICH WAS NOT LIKE HER. THE AIR CONDITION WAS RUNNING.
HER DOG PEANUT WAS IN THE CRATE. WE WALKED THROUGH THE HOUSE. SHE WASN'T THERE. >> WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
>> SOMETHING'S TERRIBLY WRONG. THERE IS NO WAY SHE WOULD HAVE LEFT PEANUT. >> THIS IS IT.
IT'S ABOUT 4:40 A.M. FOUR DAYS AFTER LORI IS MISSING. THE CAR WAS RIGHT HERE DEAD IN THE CENTER.
ENGULFED IN FLAMES. >> WAS LORI IN THIS CAR? >> LORI WAS NOT IN THE VEHICLE. >> THERE WAS NO TRACE OF HER
WHATSOEVER. I MEAN, NONE. >> JUST VANISHED SNRNLTS JUST VANISHED.
>> AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO LORI SLESINSKI? >> I KNOW SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS. >> RICK ENNIS.
>> YOUR DAUGHTER HAD NO IDEA ABOUT HIS PAST? >> NO. >> I MET RICK ENNIS WHEN HE WAS
12 YEARS OLD. HE IS SITTING BACK THERE IN THAT SEAT BEHIND YOU AND I SAID, WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS?
HE LOOKS RIGHT BACK AT ME AND HE SAYS, I KILLED THEM BOTH.
♪
>>> I CAN STILL SEE HER SMILE. HER SMILE IS JUST ETCHED IN MY MEMORY. >> TO THIS DAY, LINDSAY BRAUN IS
HAUNTED BY THE FINAL CALL FROM LORI SLESINSKI ON JUNE 10, 2006, WHEN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET TOGETHER FOR DRINKS AND A MOVIE.
THAT LAST CALL, DID IT INDICATE IT WAS HER PHONE? >> YES GUILTY CALLS AND IT HANGS UP?
>> YES. >> NO ONE WAS THERE. >> YES. >> DID YOU CALL HER BACK?
>> I DID. NO ANSWER. >> LORI AND LINDSAY WERE FAST FRIENDS WHEN THEY MET JUNIOR
YEAR AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY IN 2002. >> I REMEMBER THE DAY I MET HER. WE JUST KIND OF IMMEDIATELY
CLICKED. BUT I COULD JUST TELL THAT SHE WAS A WARM PERSON, VERY FRIENDLY, JUST OUTGOING, LOVING,
ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS. >> LORI'S FAMILY, HER OLDER BROTHER PAUL AND THEIR PARENTS ARLENE AND CASEY WERE ACTUALLY
FROM NEW YORK STATE. THEY HEADED SOUTH TO RURAL ALABAMA FARM COUNTRY WHEN LORI WAS 13 YEARS OLD.
>> SHE LOVED ANIMALS. WE ALWAYS HAD ANIMALS IN OUR HOUSE. >> LORI'S MOTHER, ARLENE.
>> VERY STUDIOS STUDENT. SHE WAS A GOOD GIRL. >> WHEN SHE ENROLLED IN NEARBY AUBURN UNIVERSITY HER PARENTS
BOUGHT LORI A MOBILE HOME TO LIVE OFF CAMPUS IN A MANICURED TRAILER PARK POPULAR WITH STUDENTS.
>> FROM VALEDICTORIAN OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS, WAS IT TOUGH TO SEE YOUR BABY GIRL LEAVE THE HOUSE AND HEAD OFF TO
UNIVERSITY? >> OH, YEAH, IT WAS VERY TOUGH. I CALLED HER EVERY DAY. MOM, THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.
YOU ARE MY BABY AND I WORRY ABOUT YOU. DON'T WORRY, I'M FINE. >> LORI MANLED IN PSYCHOLOGY AND
MINORED IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. SHE GRADUATED WITH HONORS. >> SHE LOOKED SO HAPPY. >> SHE WAS OVER THE MOON HAPPY.
>> AFTER GRADUATION LORI AN LINDSAY STARTED WORKING TOGETHER AT A LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY.
DID YOU SENSE THAT SHE HAD ANY ENEMY IN THIS WORLD? >> NO. >> THE DAY THAT LORI
DISAPPEARED, JUNE 10, 2006, WAS ANYONE WITH LORI THAT DAY? >> RICK WAS AT HER HOUSE. >> RICK WAS DARRELL RICHARD
ENNIS. >> WHEN I SPOKE TO HER HE WAS IN THE BACKGROUND. >> LORI GOT TO KNOW RICK BACK
WHETHER SHE WAS STILL A STUDENT. SHE HUNG OUT AT THE LOCAL BOWLING ALLEY WHERE HE WORKED. >> I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM
AT ALL EXCEPT HE WAS HER FRIEND. >> ARLENE SAYS JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN 2005 LORI ASKED IF RICK COULD JOIN THEM.
>> SHE ASKED ME, MOM, HE HAS HE HAS NO FAMILY, CAN I INVITE HIM? SHE FELT BAD HE WAS GOING TO SPEND CHRISTMAS ALONE.
HE WAS FRIENDLY. VERY POLITE. >> LINDSAY SAYS LORI OFTEN SPENT TIME WITH RICK, SO SHE WASN'T
SURPRISED HE HAD BEEN AT LORI'S HOME THE DAY SHE DECIISAPPEARED >> THEY WERE FRIENDS. I WASN'T CONCERNED.
>> NOW YOU ARE AT HOME. >> YES. >> WAITING FOR LORI TO COME HOME?
>> YES. >> AND YOU WENT TO BED THAT NIGHT THINKING? >> YOU KNOW, I HOPE SHE'S OKAY.
>> BUT THE NEXT MORNING LINDSAY START TODAY WORRY. >> I CALLED HER HOUSE SEVERAL TIMES.
LEFT VOICEMAILS ON HER HOME ANSWERING MACHINE, HEY, LORI, CHECKING ON YOU, ARE YOU OKAY, WHERE ARE YOU?
>> YOU WENT TO WORK MONDAY, RIGHT? >> YEAH. SHE WASN'T THERE.
THEN MY MIND SOMETHING IS WRONG. I HAD RICK'S NUMBER. SO I DID TEXT HIM AND ASKED, HAVE YOU SEEN LORI?
WHERE IS SHE? I'M WORRIED ABOUT HER. HIS CONVERSATION BACK WAS NO, I HAVEN'T, I'M WORRIED, TOO.
>> WHEN LORI DIDN'T SHOW UP AT WORK A SECOND DAY, THAT'S WHEN LINDSAY HEADED TO LORI'S HOME. >> NO ONE ANSWERED.
>> AND FOUND HER DOG PEANUT IN HIS CRATE. I AM AN ANIMAL LOVER. THE FIRST THING I DID WAS LET
THE DOING G DOG OUT. >> SHE NOTICED SOMETHING ELSE STRANGE. LORI WAS MISSING THREE DAYS, BUT
THE CRATE WAS SPOTLESS. AND PEANUT SEEMED HAPPY AND APPEARED TO BE WELL FED AS THOUGH SOMEONE HAD TAKEN CARE OF
HIM. AND THERE WAS MORE. >> ONE THING I REMEMBER ABOUT 15 IS HE WOULDN'T WALK ON TILE.
SO SHE HAD THESE RUGS IN HER KITCHEN AND HE WOULD HOP ON THE RUGS AND THE RUGS WERE GONE. I NOTICED THAT IMMEDIATELY.
HER OUTSIDE TRASH CAN WAS MISSING. SHE HAD ONE THAT SHE HAD YARD TOOLS IN.
AND THE ANSWERING MACHINE HAD BEEN UNPLUGGED, SO THE MESSAGES WERE NOT THERE. >> BY THIS TIME LORI'S MOTHER
HEARD THAT SHE HADN'T BEEN SHOWING UP AT WORK. >> I HAVE GOT TO GO TO AUBURN AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, WHERE
SHE IS, BECAUSE I CALLED AND SHE DIDN'T ANSWER HER PHONE. >> SHE HEADED OFF ON AN AGONIZING DRIVE, CALLING HER
HUSBAND AND ALERTING THE POLICE. FINALLY ARRIVING AT HER DAUGHTER'S HOME. >> AND WHEN THE POLICE GOT THERE
WHAT WAS THEIR ATTITUDE? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, LIKE SHE HAS TO BE MISSING 48 HOURS. THEY DIDN'T REALLY MAKE A BIG
DEAL OUT OF IT. THEY WANTED TO JUST THINK SHE RAN AWAY. >> LORI'S PARENTS COULD ONLY
WAIT FOR LORI TO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR OR CALL. AND FINALLY THE PHONE RANG LATE THAT AFTERNOON.
BUT ARLENE SAYS IT WASN'T LORI. IT WAS HER FRIEND, RICK ENNIS. >> HE SAID THAT LORI HAD GONE TO MAKE A BIG DRUG DEAL.
>> WHAT? >> YES. AND I WAS, LIKE, THERE AIN'T NO WAY.
MY DAUGHTER WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> DID YOU TELL THE POLICE WHAT HE TOLD YOU?
>> I DIDN'T. RICK TOLD THEM. THE POLICE CAME TO THE TRAILER, BANGING ON THE DOOR AND THEY
RAIDED THE MOBILE HOME AND THEY FOUND NOTHING. >> THEN JUST BEFORE DAWN THAT'S WHEN LORI GILBERT KAYE'S MISSING
CAR SUDDENLY EXPLODED. INTO A FIREBALL ON A DESOLATE DEAD END OUTSIDE A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
>> THE FEELINGS WERE UNBELIEVABLE OF FEAR AND KNOWING SOMETHING REALLY BAD HAS HAPPENED.
>> WHO WOULD SET HER CAR ON FIRE? >> EXACTLY. >> AND WHY?
. >> THE INVESTIGATION SHIFTED FROM A MISSING PERSON TO A POSSIBLE HOMICIDE.
INVESTIGATORS DUG INTO RICK'S TIP ABOUT LORI DEALING DRUGS BUT FOUND IN EVIDENCE, NONE THAT HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.
NOW INVESTIGATORS STARTED DIGGING DEEPER INTO RICK ENNIS. THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF HE WAS HIDING SOMETHING FROM THEM.
DID YOU HAVE ANY SENSE AS TO WHY RICK ENNIS DIDN'T HAVE A FAMILY? >> NO, I HAD NO IDEA WHY AT ALL. >> EVENTUALLY YOU LEARNED?
>> I DID. IT'S BEYOND SHOCKING.
♪ >>> THIS IS MY DAUGHTER LORI'S TRAILER. >> DO YOU GO INTO THAT TRAILER
FROM TIME TO TIME TO CONNECT WITH HER? >> I DO. JUST GO IN THERE AND THINK ABOUT
THE HAPPIER TIMES. >> THIS ROOM BESIDES THE MEMORIES IS ALSO A SOLEMN PLACE BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE SOME HORRORS
WENT ON IN THIS ROOM, CORRECT? >> YES. >> IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE INVESTIGATION BACK IN 2006
ARLENE SAYS SHE BECAME SUSPICIOUS OF RICK ENNIS WHEN HE TOLD HER THAT THE NIGHT LORI DISAPPEARED SHE HAD GONE OUT TO
MAKE A DRUG DEAL. WHY WOULD HE BE DOING THAT, DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK TO TAKE THE HEAT OFF
OF HIM. I WAS THINKING, THIS GUY IS LYING THROUGH HIS TEETH. >> POLICE SUSPECTED THE SAME,
BUT WITHOUT DIRECT EVIDENCE LINKING RICK ENNIS TO LORI'S DISAPPEARANCE, POLICE COULD NOT MAKE AN ARREST AND THE CASE
QUICKLY WENT COLD. DID RICK ENNIS STICK AROUND TOWN? >> HE WAS THERE FOR A COUPLE OF
DAYS, BUT WITHIN A WEEK AFTER HIS THIRD INTERVIEW HE LEFT TOWN. HE NEVER CAME BACK TO AUBURN
AGAIN. >> IN 2016, TEN YEARS AFTER LORI DISAPPEARED, MARK WHITAKER, A SPECIAL AGENT WITH THE ALABAMA
STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, STARTED A COLD CASE UNIT. HE CHOSE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LORI SLESINSKI AS HIS FIRST
CASE. ANY ESTIMATE HOW MANY MURDER CASES YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IN YOUR CAREER?
>> PROBABLY ABOUT 100. >> WHERE DOES THIS RANK IN TERM OF FASCINATION FOR YOU AS AN INVESTIGATOR?
>> NUMBER ONE. IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT CASE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BODY. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS. >> BUT IT DIDN'T STAKE LONG FOR RICK ENNIS TO BECOME WHITAKER'S
PRIME SUSPECT. >> WE COUNTY ELIMINATE HIM. HIS INCONSISTENCIES IN HIS STATEMENTS MADE NO SENSE
WHATSOEVER. WE KNEW LORI WAS NOT A DRUG DEALER. SHE VANISHED OFF THE FACE OF THE
EARTH WHEN HE IS THE LAST ONE TO EVER SEE HER. >> WHEN POLICE SPOKE TO RICK HOURS AFTER LORI WAS REPORTED
MISSING THEY NOTICED THESE SCRATCHES ON HIS HANDS AND ARMS. >> RIGHT HERE, THAT IS A THUMBPRINT WHERE SOMEBODY IS
DIGGING, FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AND DOING EVERYTHING SHE CAN TO GET AWAY FROM HIM. >> IN RICK'S CAR WERE HANDCUFFS.
THIS KNIFE, AND CLEANING SUPPLIES. AND THEY SOON LEARNED SOMETHING STARTLING ABOUT RICK'S PAST.
>> TURN INTO ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE CASES I HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH. >> FORMER ALABAMA STATE TROOPER
JOHN CLARK. >> I WAS PATROLLING THIS COUNTY WHEN I GOT A CALL. >> IT WAS MARCH 5, 1993.
THE CALL FROM DISPATCH SAID A CAR HAD GONE OFF THIS VERY HIGHWAY AND STRUCK A FENCE. >> AND AS MY HEADLIGHTS TAKE IN
THE CURVE, I SEE IT LOOKS LIKE A YOUNG BOY WITH A BACKPACK. >> IT'S A 1-YEAR-O2-YEAR-OLD, R ENNIS, AND HE ADMITS HE HAD BEEN
DRIVING THE CAR. CLARK SERVES HIS BACKPACK. >> I PULL OUT A KITCHEN KNIFE ABOUT THAT LONG.
THERE IS SOME 12 GAUGE AND 22-CALIBER LOOSE AMMUNITION IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG. HE IS SITTING BACK THERE IN THAT
SEAT BEHIND YOU AND I SAID, WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS? HE LOOKS RIGHT BACK AT ME AND HE SAYS, I KILLED THEM BOTH.
>> I KILLED THEM BOTH? >> I KILLED THEM BOTH. NO TEARS. NO EMOTION.
NOTHING. >> CLARK THEN RADIOED FOR LOCAL POLICE TO GET OVER TO ENNIS' HOME.
>> WORKING A WRECK -- >> AT THE TIME A SHOW CALLED MBD, THE TELEVISION SERIES, WAS FOLLOWING THE OFFICERS.
>> CAMERAS ENTERED THE HOME OF RICK'S MOTHER AND STEPFATHER. >> POLICE! >> ON THE FLOOR OF A BEDROOM ARE
TWO DEAD BODIES. >> THERE IS PIECES OF A BASEBALL BAT IN THE BEDROOM THAT HAS QUITE PATE OF BLOOD ON IT.
>> RICK'S OWN MOTHER, DOLLY ENNIS, WAS SHOT IN THE FACE AND THEN BEATEN TO DEATH WITH THIS BASEBALL BAT.
RICK TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE COVERED HER FACE WITH A VELVET BLANKET AND PLACED A ROSE ON HER CHEST.
>> BLOOD SPLATTERS ON THE WALL, ON THE DOOR. >> RICK'S STEPFATHER, EDDIE JOE FLOWERS, WAS KNOWN AS ELVIS FOR
HIS SIDEBURNS AND COLORFUL PERSONALITY. RICK SHOT HIM IN THE FACE USING THIS SHOTGUN.
RICK TOLD COPS HE WAS MAD THAT HIS PARENTS PLANNED TO MOVE. HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE HIS SCHOOL.
FOR TWO DAYS INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HE LIVED WITH THEIR BODIES WHILE CONTINUING TO GO TO SCHOOL.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS ENNIS' TO-DO LIST THAT INCLUDED KILLING HIS THREE STEPSISTERS.
SO HE WANTED TO KILL ALL THREE OF YOU? >> OH, YEAH. I FEEL VERY BLESSED TO BE HERE
AND NOT BE ONE OF HIS VICTIMS. >> DONNA, ANGELA, AND TINA ARE ALL EDDIE'S DAUGHTERS. TINA WAS 20 WHEN HER DAD WAS
MURDERED. >> IT CHANGED EVERYTHING. MY DAD WAS MY WORLD. AND THEY WERE
I WILL NEVER GET TO SEE HIM AGAIN. >> THE SISTERS SAY DOLLY WAS A SWEET, OUTGOING WOMAN WHO MET
THEIR FATHER IN CHURCH. RICK WAS THE POLAR OPPOSITE. >> EVERY TIME I WOULD VISIT MY DAD AND DOLLY, HE WOULD GO INTO
HIS BEDROOM AND CLOSE HIMSELF OFF. >> EAT AND GO BACK IN HIS ROOM. >> WHAT IS THE LONGEST
CONVERSATION YOU EVER HAD WITH HIM? >> FIVE SECONDS MAYBE. >> HE DIDN'T TALK TO NOBODY.
>> WHAT DID YOUR FATHER THINK OF RICK? >> HE SAID, HE'S JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN Y'ALL WERE WHEN
Y'ALL WERE COMING UP. HE THOUGHT THEY WERE IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP AND, YOU KNOW, THAT HE WOULD OUTGLROW IT AND THINGS
WOULD GET BETTER. >> BUT TEN MONTHS AFTER THEY MARRIED, THE HAPPY COUPLE WERE DEAD.
>> HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD. AND HAD MURDERED TWO PEOPLE BRUTALLY, MURDERED THEM. >> AT AGE 12, RICK ENNIS
COULDN'T BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. HE SPENT NINE YEARS IN JUVENILE DETENTION IN ALABAMA AND WAS RELEASED AFTER HE TURNED 21.
IT WAS NOW UP TO AGENT WHITAKER AND HIS TEAM TO DETERMINE WHETHER RICK ENNIS HAD MURDERED AGAIN.
SHOULD JUVENILES CONVICTED ♪ >>> AGENT MARK WHITAKER KNEW WHAT RICK ENNIS DID TO HIS
PARENTS AND HIS INSTINCTS TOLD HIM ENNIS HAD DONE SOMETHING HORRIBLE TO LORI SLESINSKI, TOO. BUT NOW HE HAD TO PROVE IT.
>> THE BURN SITE IS FOUND ON THE 14th. THE CAR WAS RIGHT HERE FACING OUT BACK TOWARDS THE BOWLING
ALLEY. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE AROUND HERE AT THE TIME. THERE IS NOT APARTMENTS.
IT'S JUST A PAVED ROAD. >> THE BLAZE DESTROYED WHATEVER EVIDENCE THERE WAS IN THE CAR. AN INVESTIGATOR REPORTED FINDING
A TINY ITEM ON THE GROUND NEARBY. >> HE FOUND A HAND-ROLLED CIGANDA BUTT RIGHT HERE AND HE
COLLECTED THAT. IT WAS NOT TESTED. KINDA GOT LOST IN THE SHUFFLE. THE CASE AGENT RETIRED.
>> Reporter: WHITAKER'S TEAM NOW SUBMITTED IT FOR TESTING. AND THERE WAS THIS GAS CAN THAT HAD BEEN FOUND NEARBY.
>> IT WAS RIGHT IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE. >> IT LOOKED LIKE ONE THAT HAD BEEN MISSING FROM THE BOWLING
ALLEY WHERE RICK HAD WORKED. >> IT'S RIGHT HERE, 1,000 YARDS FROM THE BOWLING ALLEY, 30 YARDS FROM HER CAR.
>> WHITAKER'S PARTNER, J.B. BARNES, SHOWED THESE RAILROAD TRACKS. >> THESE ARE THE TRACKS THAT GO
BY THE BOWLING ALLEY. THEY RUN RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE LORI WEIGHS CAR WAS FOUND BURNING.
>> I ALWAYS THOUGHT OOPGS THAT'S WHAT ENNIS USED FOR TRANSPORTATION WAS WALKING DOWN THE RAILROAD TRACKS BECAUSE IT'S
A STRAIGHT SHOT. YOU WILL NOT BE SEEN UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SEEN. THOSE RAILROAD TRACKS RUN BY
RANGERS LORI'S HOUSE. >> IN THAT HOUSE WERE SIGNS OF A VIOLENT STRUGGLE.
>> THESE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN CUT OUT, THAT'S WHERE THE SCUFFLE MARKS WERE. THEY WERE BLACK LIKE THE BOTTOM
OF HER SHOES. IT WAS EVEN SOME UP AS HIGH HERE. SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A
STRUGGLE WITH SOMEBODY KICKING THEIR LEGS PROBABLY UP IN THE AIR. >> REMEMBER LORI'S DOG PEANUT
SEEMED HAPPY AND TAKEN CARE OF. >> MY THEORY IS THAT RICK ENNIS STAYED IN THE HOUSE. >> AFTER HE HAD MURDERED LORI?
>> I BELIEVE SO. IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO EXPLAIN IT. >> WE DON'T HAVE A CAUSE OF DEATH.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT HE STRANGLED HER. THE SCRATCHES THAT HE HAD ALL OVER HIS ARMS WERE INDICATIVE OF
DEFENSE WOUNDS WHEN YOU ARE INTENSIFY FIGHTING SOMEBODY. >> HE SAYS THE PHONE IN THE CORNER OF THE BEDROOM WAS
MISSING A CORD. >> THERE WAS A LONG CORD AND IT RAN THROUGH THE ROOM. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT CORD
WAS USED FOR? >> I THINK IT WAS USED TO BOUND HER. >> TIE HER UP?
>> YES, SIR. >> COULD IT HAVE BEEN USED TO STRANGLE HER? >> SURE.
THAT PHONE CORD WAS MISSING. >> THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT WAS MISSING. THERE WERE THREE RUGS IN THE
KITCHEN. >> THEY WERE STRATEGICALLY PUT OUT SO PEANUT, LORI'S DOG, COULD HOP THROUGH THE LINOLEUM, BE
BACK ON CARPET. >> THE RUGS TURNED UP, HE SAYS, A FEW YEARS LATER. >> ENNIS HAD A FORMER ROOMMATE
WHO REACHED OUT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TOLD THEM, HEY, THERE IS THIS GUY LEFT BEHIND THREE RUGS.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING ELSE. LORI HAD A TABLE UP ABOUT HERE AND ON THIS TABLE DAYS BEFORE
LORI WENT MISSING A LOVE LETTER WAS LEFT HERE FOR HER FROM RICK. >> PEOPLE WHO KNEW LORI SAYS ENNIS WANTED IT BE MORE THAN
JUST A FRIEND. POLICE SAY ENNIS TOLD A BUDDY THAT LORI REJECTED HIM. >> AND HE WAS DEVASTATED BY
THAT. >> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS REJECTION MAY HAVE BEEN A MOTIVE FOR MURDER?
>> I THINK THAT'S WHAT SENT HIM OVER THE EDGE. I ABSOLUTELY DO. >> DESPITE THE MOUNTING
EVIDENCE, AGENT WHITAKER STILL NEEDED SOMETHING MORE THAT TIED ENNIS DIRECTLY TO THE CRIME SCENE.
>> AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED HE IS INVESTIGATING THIS CASE LIKE LORI IS HIS OWN DAUGHTER. I MEAN, HE HAS A PICTURE OF LORI
HAD IN HIS HOUSE. >> I HAVE HAD IT IN MY CLOSET. IT MAKES ME THINK ABOUT HER EVERY DAY WHEN I PUT MY TIES ON.
I WOULD REMEMBER WHEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING EVERYTHING SINGLE DAY. >> AND THEN --
>> IT'S LIKE 1:00 IN THE MORNING AND JW CALLS ME. >> JW BARNES FOUND WHAT THEY NEEDED.
IN THE CASE FILES COLLECTING DUST FOR TEN YEARS. >> HE GOES, I JUST FOUND A REPORT THAT WAS IN AN ENVELOPE
THAT HADN'T BEEN OPENED. >> WHITAKER COULD HARDLY BELIEVE IT WHEN LORI DISAPPEARED IN 2006 POLICE COLLECTED EVIDENCE FROM
HER TRAILER. BY THE TIME THE RESULTS CAME IN, NO ONE FOLLOWED UP. THE REPORT CONTAINED CRITICAL
EVIDENCE. RICK'S DNA WAS IDENTIFIED IN SEMEN FOUND ON LORI'S BEDSHEET AND IN BLOOD ON THE INTERIOR OF
THE FRONT DOOR AND IT TURNED OUT HIS BLOOD WAS ALSO FOUND ON ONE OF THE RUGS INVESTIGATORS SAY WERE IN LORI'S KITCHEN.
>> YOU GOT HIS BLOOND A RUG. HIS SEMEN BACK THERE. YOU HAVE HIS BLOOD ON A DOOR. MOST PEOPLE'S BLOOD IS NOT
INSIDE SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOME UNLESS SOMETHING REALLY BAD HAPPENED. >> 12 YEARS AFTER LORI
DISAPPEARED THERE WAS NOW ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CHARGE RICK ENNIS WITH HER MURDER. BUT BY THIS TIME RICK ENNIS WAS
HAPPILY ENGAGED TO SCHOOL LIBRARIAN 'ALAINA ATKINSON AND LIVING 500 MILES AWAY IN VIRGINIA.
HE WAS DESIGNING AND BUILDING PORTABLE LIVING STRUCTURES CALLED YURTS FOR SHARON MORLEY'S COMPANY.
MORLEY LIKED ENNIS FROM THE MOMENT THEY MET. >> HE WAS JUST SO OPEN AND FRIENDLY AND HAD A GREAT SENSE
OF HUMOR. >> BUT ON AUGUST 6th, 2018, RICK'S BIRTHDAY, MORLEY SAW A TASK FORCE OF LAW MEN ARRIVING.
>> WALKING OUT OF THE WOODS, HIDING BEHIND TREES, THEY HAD THE PLACE SURROUNDED. >> IT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY
CAREER TO MAKE THE PHONE CALL TO ARLENE AND CASEY SLESINSKI THAT MORNING TO TELL THEM WE JUST TOOK RICK ENNIS INTO CUSTODY FOR
LORI'S MURDER. >> WAS THIS KIND OF A BITTERSWEET MOMENT FOR YOU? >> MOST DEFINITELY, YES.
I GUESS PSYCHOLOGICALLY I NEVER ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT SHE REALLY WAS GONE, AND I CRIED BIG TIME.
YEAH. >> LATER THAT MONTH, ENNIS APPEARED BEFORE AN ALABAMA JUDGE WITH LORI'S PARENTS FACING HIM.
>> I GUESS HE SEEMED SURPRISED THAT WE WERE THERE. >> WHAT DID YOU WANT HIM TO KNOW?
>> THAT WE FINALLY GOT YOU. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET AWAY WITH THIS. >> NEWS OF ENNIS' ARREST QUICKLY
SPREAD. >> I READ IT AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, IT'S RICK. >> TERRY BOOTH SAYS HE WAS
FRIENDS WITH RICK AND SUDDENLY REMEMBERED A CONVERSATION HE HAD WITH HIM YEARS EARLIER AT A BAR. WHEN HE ASKED HIM WHY HE LEFT
ALABAMA. >> WHAT DID HE SAY? >> HE JUST MAINLY SAID I HAD TO GET RID OF [ BLEEP ].
AND I'M THINKING, THIS FY IS JUST MESSING AROUND WITH ME. >> BUT THAT CHANGED WHEN LEARNED OF RICK'S ARREST.
>> AND IT WAS REAL. HE WASN'T JOKING. I COULDN'T SLEEP THE WHOLE NIGHT.
>> HE CALLED WHITAKER'S TASK FORCE. >> AND IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE WHAT ENNIS HAD TOLD HIM.
>> BUT THE MOST EXPLOSIVE NEWS OF ALL CAME LATER. CREDIBLY, WHILE WHITAKER WAS WITH ENNIS AT ANOTHER COURT
HEARING. >> INVESTIGATORS COMES UP AND TELLS ME, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS.
THE HAND-ROLLED CIGANDA BUTT NEXT TO THE CAR HAS HIS DNA ON IT. I WANTED TO DO A SOMERSAULT IN
THE COURTROOM BUT I COULDN'T. >> EVERYONE NOW WAS PREPARED TO GO TO TRIAL. BUT THE COURTS GROUND TO THE
HALT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. AND ARLENE SLESINSKI SUFFERED MORE LOSSES. FIRST HER SON TO CANCER AND THEN
HER HUSBAND, CASEY, TO COVID. >> I THINK YOU BETTER COME. WHEN I GOT THERE, HE WAS GONE. >> YOU LOSE YOUR DAUGHTER.
YOU LOSE YOUR SON. AND THEN YOU LOSE YOUR HUSBAND. HOW DO YOU GO ON WITH ALL OF THIS?
>> I GUESS MY FAITH, MY FRIENDS, FAMILY. AND I JUST DID NOT WANT TO DIE NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO MY
DAUGHTER OR SEEING JUSTICE BEING DONE. >> BUT RICK ENNIS WAS DETERMINED TO PROVE POLICE HAD IT ALL
WRONG. AND HE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE FIGHTING TO PROVE HIS INNOCENCE. >> THEY HAVE THE WRONG PERSON.
THERE IS NO WAY. >> HIS FIANCE, ALAINA ATKINSON. >> DO YOU BELIEVE RICK HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH LORI'S
DISAPPEARANCE? >> NO, I TO NOT. NOT ONLY DO I BELIEVE RICK IS INTERIOR, I BELIEVE THAT HE
WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIS LIFE FOR LORI IF HE HAD BEEN THERE. THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON HE IS. >> AND SHE BELIEVES THAT DESPITE
THE FACT THAT SHE KNOWS RICK MURDERED HIS MOTHER AND STEPFATHER WHEN HE WAS 12. PEOPLE WOULD WONDER WHY IS IT
HARD FOR YOU TO BELIEVE HE COULD KILL AGAIN? >> SHE SAYS RICK TOLD HER SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
WITH HIS MOTHER, SOMETHING THAT CONVINCED HER HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO LORI.
>>> RICK ENNIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPASSIONATE, GENEROUS, KIND PEOPLE THAT I HAVE EVER KNOWN.
>> ALANA ATKINSON HAS BEEN IN LOVE WITH RICK ENNIS FOR FOUR YEARS. >> I LOVE HIS INTELLIGENCE.
ALWAYS JOKE WITH HIM AND TELL HIM I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS BRAIN FIRST. >> BUT JUST TWO MONTHS INTO
THEIR ROMANCE ALANA, AN AMATEUR JEANOLOGIST, WAS RESEARCHING RICK'S ANCESTRY WHEN SHE STUMBLED ON NEWS HE KILLED HIS
MOTHER AND STEPFATHER. >> WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED IN HIS HOME LIFE THAT PUSHED HIM TO THAT POINT?
>> RICK WOULD TELL HER SOMETHING SHE DIDN'T SEE IN ANY ARTICLE. >> RICK, IT'S PETER VAN SANT WITH "48 HOURS."
>> REACHED BY PHONE, RICK TOLD US WHAT HE INSISTS HAPPENED. >> I WAS MOLESTED BY MY MOTHER. >> RICK SAYS HIS MOTHER SEXUALLY
ABUSED HIM AND HE SNAPPED. >> I EXPLODED AND AS THE RESULT I TOOK MY MOTHER'S LIFE AND MY STEPFATHER'S LIFE.
>> REMEMBER, BACK THEN HE TOLD AUTHORITIES HE KILLED HIS PARENTS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE.
>> I WAS DEEPLY ASHAMED ABOUT MY MOTHER MOLESTING ME AND I HAD A REALLY HARD TIME TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> STILL WE COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE TO CORROBORATE RICK'S ABUSE ALLEGATION. >> YOU KNOW, RICK, I HAVE TO
TELL YOU, OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED. A SKEPTIC WOULD SAY THAT YOU HAVE CONVENIENTLY ACCUSED THE
MOTHER THAT YOU MURDERED OF MOLESTING YOU AND SHE CAN'T DEFEND HERSELF. YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S
DIFFICULT FOR SOME TO BELIEVE? >> WELL, I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WORKED THROUGH WITH A PSYCHIATRIST.
THE WHAT I DID WHEN WAYS 12 IS THE GREATEST REGRET OF MY LIFE. >> RICK INSISTS HE IS NO LONGER
THAT ANGRY 12-YEAR-OLD. NOW 41, RICK ENNIS WOULD STAND TRIAL FOR YET ANOTHER MURDER. >> I NEVER MURDERED LORI
SLESINSKI. SHE WAS A VERY CLOSE, DEAR FRIEND OF MINE. I NEVER WOULD HAVE HURT HER.
>> PROSECUTOR JESSICA VENTIERE IS SURE THAT IS A LIE, BUT AT TRIAL SHE WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO TELL THE JURY ANYTHING ABOUT
RICK'S PAST. >> THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST COMPLICATED CASE OF MY CAREER. >> HER FIRST HURDLE WAS
CONVINCING THE JURY THAT LORI WAS DEAD. SHE CALLED LORI'S MOTHER, ARLENE, TO THE STAND.
DID SHE MAKE CONTACT WITH YOU? >> NO. >> HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED A BIRTHDAY CARD?
>> NO. >> A MOTHER'S DAY CARD? >> NO. >> HAVE YOU EVER HEARD FROM YOUR
DAUGHTER IN ANY WAY SINCE THAT THURSDAY BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED? >> NO, MA'AM. >> LINDSAY BRAUN WAS NEXT,
SEEMINGLY SETTING UP A MOTIVE, TELLING THE JURY THAT LORI REJECTED RICK. >> SHE TOLD ME ABOUT A LETTER
THAT HE HAD WRITTEN HER. >> WAS IT A LOVE LETTER? >> YES. >> SHE TOLD ME SHE WASN'T
INTERESTED IN HIM THAT WAY. AND TERRY BOOTH TOOK THE STAND TO RECOUNT THAT TROUBLING REMARK HE SAID RICK MADE.
>> [ BLEEP ] SHE WAS A WHITE PIECE OF TRAILER PARK TRASH. >> THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY BUILT HER CASE WITH TESTIMONY ABOUT
THE SCUFF MARKS ON THE WALL AND THE BLOOD IN LORI'S TRAILER. RICK'S SEMEN ON HER BED AND THE CIGARETTE BUTT WITH RICK'S DNA
FOUND NEAR LORI'S SCORCHED CAR. >> THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THIS EVIDENCE. >> DEFENSE ATTORNEY WILLIAM
WHATLEY CLAIMED THAT HAND-ROLLED CIGARETTE WAS PLANTED, ARGUING POLICE COULD HAVE TAKEN FROM RICK'S HOME.
>> THAT CIGARETTE BUTT DIDN'T COME FROM THERE. >> THE DEFENSE SUGGESTED LORI WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HER OWN
DISAPPEARANCE. THEY PORTRAYED HER AS A DRUG DEALER. >> YOU KNEW THAT LORI HAD GROWN
MARIJUANA? >> YES. >> LINDSAY INSISTED, HOWEVER, IT WAS ONLY FOR LORI'S PERSONAL
USE. >> SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO PURCHASE ANY. >> BUT TO DRIVE HOME THEIR
POINTS, WHATLEY CALLED RICK ENNIS HIMSELF TO THE STAND. RICK INSISTED HE HAD NO REASON TO HURT LORI.
>> DID YOU WRITE LETTER TO LORI? >> YES, SIR, I DID. I ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED TO DATE.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MONTH OR TWO BEFORE SHE WENT MISSING. I AM NOT CERTAIN. >> BUT EVEN THOUGH SHE TURNED
HIM DOWN, RICK SAYS THEY WERE STILL INTIMATE. >> DID YOU EVER HAVE SEX WITH LORI?
>> YES, SIR. >> SO WHAT ABOUT WHAT SAID TO TERRY BOOTH? ENNIS SAYS IT NEVER HAPPENED.
>> DID YOU EVER GO OUT DRINKING WITH TERRY BOOTH? >> YES, SIR. >> IS YOU TELL TERRY BOOTH THAT
YOU STRANGLED SOMEONE? >> NO, SIR. >> RICK, I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME PHOTOGRAPHS --
>> THOSE RUGS GIVEN TO POLICE BY HIS FORMER ROOMMATE, RICK CLAIMS THEY WERE NOT FROM LORI'S TRAILER.
>> WHERE DID YOU GET THESE RUGS FROM? >> TARGET. >> DID YOU GET ANY OF THOSE FROM
LORI? >> NO, SIR. >> RICK SAYS LORI WAS FINE WHEN HE LEFT HER THAT SATURDAY.
HE SAYS HE HEADED OFF TO SELL SOME WEED AND HE CLAIMS SHE WAS OFF TO DO THE SAME. >> THE LAST TIME YOU SAW LORI
DID YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF AN ARGUMENT WITH HER? >> NO, SIR RNG DID YOU BREAK INTO LORI'S TRAILER THAT
SATURDAY? >> I DID NOT. >> DID YOU KIDNAP LORI? >> NO, SIR.
>> DID YOU KILL LORI? >> I DID NOT. >> DID YOU BURN LORI'S CAR? >> NO, SIR.
>> SO WHAT ABOUT THE KNIFE, HANDCUFFS AND CLEANING ITEMS IN HIS CAR? RICK SAYS IT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH LORI. HE WAS MOVING THINGS FROM HIS APARTMENT. AND THOSE SCRATCHES ON HIM, BACK
IN 2006 POLICE SAY HE HAD NO EXPLANATION, BUT AT THE TRIAL HE HAD AN ANSWER. >> I GOT THEM FROM PLAYING WITH
MY DOG. >> JESSICA VENTIERE BARELY MADE TO THE PODIUM TO START HER CROSS-EXAMINATION.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE -- >> SHE QUESTIONED RICK ABOUT THAT BLOOD ON LORI'S DOOR. >> BLOOD IN LORI'S TRAILER HAS
YOUR DNA IN IT. HOW DID THAT GET THERE? >> I HAVE NO IDEA. >> AND THE QUESTION VSHE WANTED
AN ANSWER FOR, SHE NEVER GOT. >> WHERE DID YOU DROP LORI OFF? >> I DIDN'T DUMP LORI'S BODY ANYWHERE.
>> WHO DID? >> I HAVE NO IDEA. >> BOTH SIDES HAD THEIR FINAL CHANCE TO PERSUADE THE JURY.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY WHATLEY TOLD THE JURORS THERE WASN'T ANY EVIDENCE THAT A CRIME HAD EVEN BEEN COMMITTED.
>> THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT LORI WAS KIDNAPPED. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT SHE WAS FORCIBLY TAKEN AGAINST HER
WILL. >> VENT EERIE ATTACKED RICK'S DEFENSE. >> THE FACT THAT THEY CAN'T SIT
THERE AND SAY THAT THEIR CLIENT TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT ANYTHING IS LAUGHABLE. THIS IS ABOUT A MAN WHO WAS
OBSESSED WITH LORI. >> JESSICA VENTIERE INSISTED THAT THE VOLUME OF EVIDENCE AGAINST RICK ENNIS WAS
OVERWHELMING, EVEN IF POLICE STILL COULDN'T FIND LORI'S REMAINS. AND SHE REMINDED THE JURY THAT
LORI WOULD NEVER JUST TAKE OFF. >> SHE WOULD NEVER, EVER, EVER LEAVE PEANUT BEHIND. NEVER.
>> AFTER SEVEN DAYS OF TESTIMONY, IT WAS NOW UP TO THE JURY TO DECIDE. >> I'M TERRIFIED.
I ONLY GET ONE SHOT AT THIS. BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT A JURY IS GOING TO DO. >> DO YOU BELIEVE RICK ENNIS IS
A CHANGED MAN? SEE MORE OF THE INVESTIGATION
>>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN -- >> WHEN THE JURY CAME BACK INTO THE COURTROOM, DID YOU LOOK AT THEIR FACES?
>> YES, I DID. IT WAS VERY HARD TO READ THEIR FACES. I STILL WASN'T SURE WHAT THE
VERDICT WAS GOING TO BE. >> NEARLY 16 YEARS AFTER LORI SLESINSKI VANISHED, THE JURY REACHED A VERDICT DURING THEIR
SECOND DAY OF DELIBERATIONS. >> WE, THE JURY, FIND THE DEFENDANT, DAROLD RICHARD ENNIS, GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE OF CAPITAL
MURDER. >> GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF LORI SLESINSKI. >> GIVE ME A SENSE OF WHAT THAT
MEANT TO YOU. >> SHEER RELIEF, JOY THAT HE WAS FINALLY CONVICTED AND WOULD NEVER GET TO DO THIS TO ANYONE
ELSE AGAIN. >> I'M THRILLED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING JUSTICE FOR LORI AFTER SUCH A LONG TIME.
>> IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE JURY'S VERDICT, D.A. VENTIERE WENT TO ARLENE WITH A PROPOSAL. RICK WAS NOW FACING A POSSIBLE
DEATH SENTENCE, BUT THAT WOULD TRIGGER YEARS OF APPEALS AND LEGAL WRANGLING. TO SPARE ARLENE ALL THAT
VENTIERE SUGGESTED OFFERING RICK LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. ARLENE AGREED. >> ALANA ATKINSON WAS STUNNED.
>> IT'S COMPLETE SHOCK. DISBELIEF. I WAS DEVASTATED. >> SHE WAS SO CERTAIN RICK WOULD
BE EXONERATED SHE MADE PLANS TO CELEBRATE. A CELEBRATION, RICK TOLD US, THAT HE WOULD BE PART OF.
>> I FELT THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO AND HAVE A NICE DINNER AND THAT I WAS GOING TO GET TO START MY LIFE OVER.
>> ARLENE HEADED HOME TO SAVOR THE BITTERSWEET VICTORY. AFTER THIS VERDICT DID YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH LORI?
>> I DID. I JUST SAID, LORI, JUSTICE HAS FINALLY COME. WE HAVE WAITED FOR THIS FOR A
LONG TIME AND I HOPE YOU ARE ALL CELEBRATING IN HEAVEN WITH THE ENTIRE FAMILY. AND I WISH YOU WERE YOU ALL HERE
TO SEE THIS DAY. >> THIS TRAGIC MURDER, THE RIPPLE EFFECTS ACROSS YOUR FAMILY IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
>> IT HAS LEFT A VERY LARGE VOID IN MY LIFE. I WAS GETTING READY TO RETIRE. -I MEAN I COULD HAVE BEEN
ENJOYING MY GRANDCHILDREN POSSIBLY, JUST SPENDING TIME WITH MY DAUGHTER, WHO I LOVED. THIS IS LORI AT HER TRAILER AND
PEANUT, WHO SHE ABSOLUTELY ADORED, AND VICE VERSA. WE BROUGHT PEANUT HOME WITH US AND HE STAYED WITH US UNTIL HE
WAS, I GUESS, ABOUT 16 YEARS OLD AND HE DIED. EVERY TIME WE MENTIONED LORI'S NAME, I DON'T CARE WHERE HE WAS
IN THE HOUSE, IT WAS LIKE HE JUST HEARD HER NAME AND HE'D RUN IN THERE AND LIKE, WHERE IS SHE? IT TOTALLY AMAZED ME THAT HE
NEVER FORGOT HER. NEVER. DID YOU EVER THINK SIX YEARS AGO WE WOULD BE HERE TODAY?
>> WITH HER HUSBAND AND BOTH HER CHILDREN GONE, THIS TRAGIC STORY HAS BROUGHT NEW FRIENDSHIPS INTO ARLENE'S LIFE.
>> MARK WHITAKER IS MY HERO. HIM AND HIS WIFE ARE LIKE FAMILY TO ME NOW. THIS WAS ON HER GRADUATION DAY,
CASEY, HER AND ME. >> A GREAT PHOTO. >> AND THIS WAS HER A MONTH BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED AT HER
COUSIN JENNIFER'S WE HAD BEING HER YOU WE ARE COUSIN THOMAS. >> WOW.
NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD. >> NO. >> SHE IS ONE THE BRIGHTEST WOMEN I HAVE EVER MET.
YOU SHOWING THESE TO ME MAKES IT EVEN MORE REAL FOR ME. BEAUTIFUL GIRL. THANKS FOR SHARING THOSE WITH
ME. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> I COULD TELL SHE SEEMS TO BE HAPPIER NOW.
>> I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR IT. >> I LOVE YOU. >> I LOVE YOU, TOO.
>> YOU ARE ONE TOUGH LADY.