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[female narrator]
for one young man
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Searching for love,
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A bucolic farm in new hampshire
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Offers the promise of romance
and a fresh start.
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It was everything
that he had hoped for.
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He wanted to have a girlfriend.
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[michael] she owns the farm,
all 115 acres.
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She is the richest woman
in town.
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[narrator]
but when he suddenly disappears
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It becomes clear
this idyllic life
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Is not what it seems.
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At first, it didn't seem
like it was going to turn
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Into such a big case.
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But as it went along,
it became huge.
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[narrator] investigators uncover
a twisted world
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Of sexual seduction,
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Vengeance and control.
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It was one of the largest
homicide scenes
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In the state
of new hampshire ever.
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You've got a predator going
after the same type of prey.
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We started getting
real concerned
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That we were gonna have
other victims.
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[narrator] a quiet rural town
with a monster in its midst.
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It was almost
immediately apparent
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From the first time I met her,
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She was absolutely
stark-raving mad.
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[ominous music]
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[opening theme song]
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[narrator] February 24, 2006.
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Temperatures are hovering
just below freezing in epping,
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New hampshire.
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It's been four days
since caroline lodge,
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Who lives about 45 miles south
in massachusetts,
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Has heard from her son,
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And she's starting to worry.
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[sean] I was working a patrol
shift as a patrol sergeant,
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And we received a 911 call
from caroline lodge,
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Who was the mother
of an individual in his 20's
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Named kenneth countie.
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[kirsten] she had concerns
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Because kenny had
some mental limitations.
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His mother would check in on him
sort of on very frequent basis
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To make sure all the normal
things were being taken care of.
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[michael] he had a job
working in a car wash.
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Caroline talks to his boss,
he hasn't showed up for work.
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[kirsten]
caroline had historically had
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Fairly continuous contact
with her son,
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So it was alarming to her.
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[narrator]
caroline tells police kenny had
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Only recently moved to epping,
new hampshire
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To live with his girlfriend,
47-year-old sheila labarre.
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[kirsten] kenny wanted to be
a normal guy.
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He wanted to have connections
with friendships,
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And he wanted to be
in a romantic relationship
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And have a girlfriend.
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[narrator]
however, kenny's sudden move
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Has his mother worried.
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She says sheila
has taken him away
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From the setup that he had,
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And isn't returning him
to his regular life,
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And she considers sheila
being kenny's abductor.
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Caroline was somewhat worried
about kenneth's ability
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To take care of himself,
stand up for himself.
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She was a mom who was worried
about her son.
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[narrator] epping police agree
to pay a visit to sheila's farm
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On February 24, 2006,
sergeant gallagher and I
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Did go to the labarre farm,
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And we banged on the rear door
of the home.
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We asked sheila,
"where's kenny?"
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A few minutes later,
kenny came down,
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Wrapped in a towel,
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And we asked him
if he wanted to be there.
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He said, "oh, heck yeah."
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He looked happy to be there.
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He told us he wanted
to be there.
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We don't have that type of powe
to forcibly remove an adult
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From a location
that they wanna be in,
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And we shouldn't.
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That was that, and we left.
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[narrator] police confirm
that kenny seems fine.
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However, a month later,
on March 23, 2006,
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Caroline lodge calls
epping police again.
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Before sheila invited kenny
to come up and live with her,
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He had an apartment with
a friend in massachusetts.
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[michael] caroline had spoken
to his roommate,
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Found out that kenny hadn't been
around in more than a month.
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And she spoke to sheila,
and sheila said that, uh,
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Kenny wasn't around anymore.
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So, now he really is missing.
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[narrator]
born in tewksbury, massachusett
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On July 18, 1981,
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Kenneth countie jr. Struggled
most of his adult life.
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Kenny countie was
a mentally disabled man.
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His childhood had been
relatively carefree.
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He was well cared for,
but he became an adult,
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And he wanted to get away
and be independent.
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[kirsten] he finally was able
to get an apartment,
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Live with a friend.
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His mother certainly helped
set him up to have the life
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Of a normal twenty-year-old,
despite some of his limitations.
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[narrator] kenny moved
15 minutes away from his mother
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To the nearby town
of wilmington, massachusetts
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With his roommate, who helped
kenny get a job at a carwash.
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Kenny wanted to be
an independent adult man.
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He was desperately lonely,
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Which is why he joined
a telephone dating service.
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This is before the age of apps
and people meeting in that way,
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And so,
there were phone chat lines,
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And people would call
these phone lines
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In an effort to meet somebody
to go out on dates with.
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[narrator] it was on a chat line
that kenneth first met
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47-year-old sheila labarre.
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[kirsten]
beyond simply being attractive
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And having a great
southern accent,
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Sheila was very adept
at reading people
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And giving them what she felt
they wanted.
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[narrator]
the youngest of six children,
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Sheila labarre grew up
in fort payne, alabama.
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[richard] from what I hear,
it is not a very affluent area.
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She had a really rough
childhood.
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[narrator] as a teenager,
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Sheila loved to sing
and dreamed of becoming a model
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Or country music singer
when she grew up.
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This was someone who was once
a beauty contestant.
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She really was an extremely
stunning young lady.
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[narrator] in 1987,
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Sheila was in her late 20's
when she first met
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Dr. Wilfred labarre
of epping, new hampshire
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Through a singles ad.
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[sean] everybody in town
knew wilfred labarre.
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He was a chiropractor by trade,
and I think that's, you know,
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Where he made his money
for his-his horse farm,
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Which is a very beautiful
piece of property.
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[narrator] widowed at 57,
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The chiropractor lived alone on
the sprawling 115-acre property
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He was at a point in his life
where he was lonely.
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He was looking
for female companionship.
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[michael]
so, he puts an ad in a newspape
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And sheila answers the ad.
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There's a tremendous
age difference.
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She is in her late 20's,
maybe 30 years old.
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He's 61,
but it doesn't seem to matter.
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[sean]
sheila was boisterous and free,
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And she easily drew bill in.
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[narrator]
after a few visits in alabama,
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Bill was smitten with sheila,
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And she returned with him
to epping.
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[michael] sheila stuck out
in epping, new hampshire
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Like fire engine red lips
in a black-and-white movie.
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She was flamboyant.
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She drove a mercedes.
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She was in town
for maybe 48 hours
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Before everyone knew
she was there.
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[narrator]
but sheila had no trouble
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Settling in to life on the farm
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Shelia was an animal lover
and especially loved her rabbits
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And was doting on them.
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[narrator] though bill
and sheila never married,
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She took his last name.
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However, 13 years after
she arrived in new hampshire,
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Tragedy struck.
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Bill labarre died at
a somewhat early age in 2000
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Because of heart problems.
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And when he passed away,
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Despite having family
and children,
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The entire estate
went to sheila.
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[michele]
she inherited everything,
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The farm, the acres of land,
the mercedes, the cadillac.
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I think there was
a couple of trucks.
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[michael] the family is
shocked to find out
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That in his last years,
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He had changed his will,
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Giving the family only scraps
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And leaving everything
to sheila.
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She is the richest woman
in town.
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[narrator] sheila worked hard
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To keep the massive farm
running,
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But she was lonely.
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After bill's death,
she turned to phone dating.
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Sheila loved going
on these chat lines,
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And she would call people
and talk all night.
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[narrator]
and in February of 2006,
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After sheila first spoke
with kenneth countie
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Through the chat line,
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Their relationship
moved quickly.
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They went out on their
first date on valentine's day.
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[james] he was a young guy
that was sort of struggling
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To find his way in the world.
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Life wasn't always easy for him.
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[kirsten] sheila invited kenny
in to come up
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And live at the farm.
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There were expectations
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That he would help maintain
the enormous property
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And that he would have a home.
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[narrator] just days
after their first date,
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Kenny moved an hour north
to epping, new hampshire.
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Kenny moves in with sheila.
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This is really his dream.
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He's independent of his mother.
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He's out in the real world.
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He's through the moon
for sheila labarre,
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Crazy in love.
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[narrator]
the promising new life
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Seemed the answer
to both of their prayers.
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But just a month after the move
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Kenny's mother caroline contact
authorities for a second time.
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[sean] on March 23, 2006 ,
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Caroline lodge had called
sheila labarre
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To check on her son
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And found out that kenneth
was no longer at the house.
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Sheila, she believed
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That kenneth had gone back
to massachusetts.
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Caroline called
the police demanding
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That something was wrong
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And they needed to go
find her son.
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[narrator] coming up...
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Investigators return
to sheila's farm.
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We decided we were gonna go out
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To check for kenneth countie
one more time.
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As soon as I kicked the door,
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Very eerily somebody yelled,
"what are you doing?
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[narrator]
and what they find is haunting.
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[theme music]
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[narrator] March 24, 2006.
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Investigators in epping,
new hampshire, are en route
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To sheila labarre's farm
for the second time in a month
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In search of missing 24-year-ol
kenny countie.
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[richard]
I had gotten on duty at 5:00 pm
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And right around 6:00 pm,
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We decided we were gonna go out
to sheila labarre's house
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To check for kenneth countie
one more time.
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[sean] as we drove out there
that night to sheila's house,
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It was dark.
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Somebody was burning something.
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There was a barrel,
a fifty-five-gallon
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Rusted out barrell,
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A burned pile on the ground.
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There were no lights on
in the house,
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No lights on outside.
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[kirsten] here in new hampshire,
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Burning debris isn't something
that's uncommon.
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When people burn, though,
they get a burn permit.
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It has to be during
certain hours.
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This was at night,
and it is dark out,
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And there are burning piles
right next to the house.
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[sean] all sheila's vehicles
were at the property.
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We had every reason to believe
at that point in time
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That possibly both sheila and
kenny were still in the home.
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Ultimately,
we knocked on the door
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And tried to get ahold
of somebody.
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Nobody came to the door,
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And we walked back out
to take a closer look
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At the burn pit that was
in the middle of the front yard
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I was extremely happy
not to be alone,
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Because this was getting
spookier and more eerie
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By the second.
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[narrator]
investigators are looking aroun
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When they spot something unusua
jutting from the burn pile.
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[richard] I put my gloves on,
I bent down.
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I'll never forget it,
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I picked it up
and I looked at it,
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And I showed sergeant gallagher.
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In the fire pit there
was what appeared to be,
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Um, a bone.
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As a police officer,
the sense really kicks in
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That something is very
seriously wrong at that home,
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And the concern
for kenny and sheila
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Had gone through the roof.
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Is it plausible that
that could be an animal bone?
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Absolutely, but we wanted
to enter that residence
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To make sure that there wasn't
anything happening to sheila,
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Wasn't anything happening
to kenny.
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We said, oh,
we gotta get into the home now.
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[sean]
as soon as I kicked the door,
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Very eerily somebody yelled,
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"what are you doing?",
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And it actually made me jump.
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[narrator] the officers suddenly
find they are not alone.
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[richard]
sheila comes down the road
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And kinda starts screaming
immediately,
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"what are you doing?"
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Sheila had been
grocery shopping.
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This is just perfect timing.
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We explained that we were there,
uh, to check on kenneth.
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She said, "yeah, he left.
He left on his own."
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[narrator] sheila says
kenny left a few days earlier,
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And she has not
heard from him since.
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[sean] that's when I asked her
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What the bone in the fire pit
was from.
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She immediately stated, "well,
that's a rabbit or a pedophile.
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I asked her, "why would you say
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That it's a rabbit
or a pedophile?"
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And she claimed
that she did not say
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It was a pedophile,
that she never said that.
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Our concerns were really,
really high at that point
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That something terrible happene
to kenneth.
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And we asked her if we could
take the bone that we found
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On the burn pile,
and she said, "no."
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[narrator] sheila demands
the officers leave her property
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[richard]
she said, don't come back
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Without a search warrant,
or something to that effect.
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So, we got in the car, you know
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I was not happy
that we were leaving,
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But that's what we had to do.
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There was a whole lot of red
flags that I had just observed,
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And I just didn't like
driving away from it,
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But we did.
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When we leave,
we still have a missing person.
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So that starts a clock.
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[narrator] the next day,
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A judge signs the search
warrant, and at 8:50 am,
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Authorities return
to sheila's farm.
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We found sheila labarre kneeling
in her front yard
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By the fire pit.
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She was covered in ashes,
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And sitting on this chair, there
was a plain plastic walmart bag.
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[narrator] noticeably absent
is the bone officers saw
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The day prior.
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With their suspicions
heightened,
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Police ask sheila
if she is armed,
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And she proceeds to hand over
a .38-caliber handgun.
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[sean] we had asked her
if she had any other weapons.
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She said, "no."
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She exposed her breasts
to show us she had no weapons.
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It was very, very strange.
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Two of the officers
talk with her,
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And the rest of us began
a search on the outside
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Of the home.
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[narrator]
an officer asks sheila outright
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"where is kenny?"
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When we looked in the bag,
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It appeared to be full
of bone fragments.
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I felt like that was
the worst possible scenario
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That could have happened.
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I obviously suspected
that he was deceased
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And couldn't comprehend
what would have happened to him
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To reduce him to be in a bag.
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[narrator] coming up...
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Sheila exhibits more
bizarre behavior.
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She stated that
she would only go
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To the police department if she
could bring one of her rabbits.
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[narrator]
and sheila accuses kenny counti
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Of the unthinkable.
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[theme music]
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[narrator] in March 2006,
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Authorities investigating
the disappearance
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Of 24-year-old kenny countie
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Are searching a farm
in epping, new hampshire
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Owned by kenny's girlfriend,
47-year-old sheila labarre.
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[sean] it was filthy.
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There were rabbits
all over the place,
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Probably, you know, a hundred
plus rabbits at this home.
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[narrator] officers are pressing
sheila for more information
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After she made a terrifying
comment concerning kenny.
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She said, "he's right there
in the walmart bag,"
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And she pointed to the bag
that was on the chair.
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[narrator]
investigators collect the bag
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Full of bone fragments
for testing
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00:21:40,566 --> 00:21:43,133
And send sheila down
to the police station
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For a formal interview.
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She stated that she would
only go to the police department
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If she could bring
one of her rabbits.
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[narrator] she says that their
relationship started strong,
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But ended abruptly
on March 21st or 22nd
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When she discovered that "adam"
was hiding a dark secret.
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[narrator] however,
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Authorities find the accusation
against kenny
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Are simply not true.
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There is no evidence
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And not even a sliver
of an investigation
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Against kenneth countie
for ever being a pedophile.
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There's no evidence of that.
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There's no reports of that.
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[narrator] sheila says
after kenny left her farm,
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She burned everything
he touched,
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Including the mattress
that he had been sleeping on
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In her living room.
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00:23:49,795 --> 00:23:51,728
[narrator] detectives
try moving the focus
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Back to kennie's whereabouts.
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[narrator] after a few hours,
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Sheila has worked herself
into near hysterics
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And asks to end the interview.
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[kirsten]
we still did not have enough
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To make the arrest
of sheila labarre.
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00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:46,250
So, it was determined
she would be released that night
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00:24:46,252 --> 00:24:50,387
But that police would tail her
and follow her.
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00:24:50,456 --> 00:24:51,989
After she left
the police department,
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00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:58,028
She did go back to manchester
and stayed in a hotel.
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[narrator]
investigators ask sheila
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Not return to her residence
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00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:08,606
Until they have finished
processing the scene.
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00:25:10,209 --> 00:25:14,011
We had sixty-plus officers
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00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:17,214
Do the large exterior search
of sheila's farm.
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00:25:18,951 --> 00:25:22,619
The exterior of the home
comprised two burn pits.
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[narrator]
the property is over 100 acres,
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And the search efforts
are extensive.
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[sean]
we had found hedge clippers,
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A knife handle,
a saw handle.
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00:25:33,632 --> 00:25:37,234
There were bone fragments found
in that fire pit.
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00:25:37,303 --> 00:25:41,171
We collected as much evidence
from the outside as we could.
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00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,675
Those bone fragments went off
to the university of maine.
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00:25:48,847 --> 00:25:51,348
[narrator] investigators
hear back from the lab
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With chilling results.
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00:25:54,186 --> 00:25:57,788
[sean]
within a matter of four hours
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00:25:57,856 --> 00:26:01,860
That came back that those bone
fragments were indeed human.
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00:26:03,929 --> 00:26:07,397
The property was
blocked off by police.
407
00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:11,001
We had shut down the scene
as an active crime scene.
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00:26:15,241 --> 00:26:17,874
[narrator] when the search team
enters the farmhouse,
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No one is prepared
for what they find.
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00:26:21,947 --> 00:26:24,114
I walk into the home
and I'm looking around,
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00:26:24,183 --> 00:26:26,950
And I remember
the state trooper in charge.
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00:26:27,019 --> 00:26:29,419
He walks in,
he says "what do you see?"
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00:26:29,488 --> 00:26:30,622
And I'm colorblind,
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00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:32,956
So I have a tough time
seeing some colors.
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00:26:33,025 --> 00:26:35,894
He said
"it's a bloodbath in here."
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00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:37,961
And I looked at him,
and I said, "what do you mean?"
417
00:26:38,030 --> 00:26:40,998
And this trooper started
pointing out blood everywhere.
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00:26:43,302 --> 00:26:45,135
There's blood here,
there's blood here,
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00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:46,770
There's blood here.
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00:26:46,772 --> 00:26:49,908
Literally there was blood
everywhere inside this home.
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00:26:54,079 --> 00:26:56,246
[narrator] in the living room
where kenny slept,
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00:26:56,315 --> 00:26:57,782
They find an empty area
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Where they believe
his mattress used to be.
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00:27:01,387 --> 00:27:04,989
[sean] there was blood cast-off
found on the wall
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00:27:05,057 --> 00:27:08,258
Consistent with the swinging
of a blunt force trauma
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00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:09,993
Instrument or a knife.
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00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:14,898
So obviously that kicks off
an exhaustive search.
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00:27:16,935 --> 00:27:19,069
[narrator]
investigators find nearly
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00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:23,408
1,000 hours of audio recordings
of sheila's conversations
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00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:26,009
With her husband, bill labarre,
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00:27:26,011 --> 00:27:29,946
Kenny countie, and other men.
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00:27:30,015 --> 00:27:31,815
And detectives
are quick to notice
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00:27:31,884 --> 00:27:34,151
Another disturbing detail.
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00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:39,256
The crime scene investigators
noticed that the blood splatters
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00:27:39,325 --> 00:27:40,959
Were not all the same age.
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00:27:41,026 --> 00:27:42,659
Some was fresh,
some was old,
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00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:44,895
Some was dust covered.
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00:27:44,964 --> 00:27:47,565
[sean] I've seen my fair share
of death.
439
00:27:47,633 --> 00:27:49,733
There was a creepy feeling
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00:27:49,803 --> 00:27:51,434
Something horrific
happened there.
441
00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:55,172
[narrator] coming up...
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00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:59,776
Is this farm a place
of refuge...Or revenge?
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00:27:59,845 --> 00:28:03,448
Neighbors had called
about odd behavior.
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00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:05,515
[james]
neighbors would see men
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00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:07,151
Running away from the farm.
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00:28:10,322 --> 00:28:13,758
[theme music]
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[narrator] March 27, 2006.
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00:28:26,071 --> 00:28:28,606
New hampshire state
investigators are searching
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00:28:28,674 --> 00:28:30,674
Sheila labarre's farmhouse
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00:28:30,743 --> 00:28:33,677
For missing 24-year-old
kenneth countie
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00:28:33,745 --> 00:28:37,347
When they come across
an appalling scene.
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00:28:37,416 --> 00:28:40,151
[michael] they find blood
splatter all over the house
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00:28:40,219 --> 00:28:42,954
And blood splatter
from different ages.
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00:28:43,021 --> 00:28:45,656
So it didn't all happen
at the same time.
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00:28:45,725 --> 00:28:47,357
[narrator]
blood samples are collected
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00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:49,326
And sent out for analysis.
457
00:28:51,897 --> 00:28:53,964
While awaiting lab results,
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00:28:53,966 --> 00:28:58,036
Authorities dig deeper
into sheila's background.
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00:28:58,103 --> 00:29:01,239
[kirsten] sheila was quite
a character in town.
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00:29:01,306 --> 00:29:06,177
The police were familiar
with the labarre farm.
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00:29:06,245 --> 00:29:08,980
[sean] I think sheila and
wilfred labarre's relationship
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00:29:09,047 --> 00:29:13,384
Was more tumultuous
than anything else.
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00:29:13,452 --> 00:29:15,787
The police department
would be involved several times
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00:29:15,854 --> 00:29:17,755
With domestic disputes.
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00:29:21,059 --> 00:29:23,059
[narrator] according to friends
and neighbors,
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00:29:23,128 --> 00:29:25,061
After her husband's death,
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00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:29,667
There was a revolving door
of men in sheila's life.
468
00:29:29,735 --> 00:29:33,404
I knew that shelia
was pretty promiscuous.
469
00:29:33,472 --> 00:29:36,340
She didn't hide it,
I'll tell you that.
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00:29:36,408 --> 00:29:39,409
She was picking up her men
from the homeless shelter.
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00:29:40,879 --> 00:29:43,713
Neighbors had called
about odd behavior,
472
00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:46,883
Seeing men go down to the farm,
473
00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:48,486
And then they would see them
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00:29:48,554 --> 00:29:51,388
Being dropped off by sheila
at the end of the driveway,
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00:29:51,390 --> 00:29:56,159
Sometimes with bruises
and markings on their body.
476
00:29:57,229 --> 00:29:59,629
Neighbors would see men,
you know,
477
00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:01,331
Running away from the farm.
478
00:30:04,903 --> 00:30:06,570
[narrator]
neighbors tell investigators
479
00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:08,939
That before kenny countie
showed up,
480
00:30:09,008 --> 00:30:11,409
There was another man
living with sheila
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00:30:11,476 --> 00:30:13,411
Named michael deloge.
482
00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:19,382
Sheila's neighbors said
he was a man who she picked up
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00:30:19,451 --> 00:30:21,952
At a local homeless shelter
in portsmouth.
484
00:30:25,224 --> 00:30:26,590
[narrator] however,
485
00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:29,526
When detectives track down
michael deloge's family,
486
00:30:29,595 --> 00:30:34,464
They learn that no one
has seen him since July of 2005
487
00:30:34,466 --> 00:30:38,268
About 7 months before
kenny moved in.
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00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:40,871
[michael]
michael deloge is 38 years old,
489
00:30:40,939 --> 00:30:43,807
And he has been out
on his own for a while.
490
00:30:43,809 --> 00:30:46,010
His family's used to him
not being around,
491
00:30:46,078 --> 00:30:48,279
From not hearing from him.
492
00:30:48,347 --> 00:30:51,948
They say he has
a drinking problem.
493
00:30:52,017 --> 00:30:53,683
He's been known to take drugs,
494
00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:56,353
Which is why he's
in the halfway house.
495
00:30:56,421 --> 00:30:58,022
[james]
she brought him to the farm.
496
00:30:58,090 --> 00:31:01,291
She gave him a place to live
and food.
497
00:31:01,293 --> 00:31:03,895
He was working
at the farm for her.
498
00:31:03,962 --> 00:31:07,297
They engage in a very intense
sexual relationship.
499
00:31:07,366 --> 00:31:10,166
I think he saw sheila
as providing
500
00:31:10,235 --> 00:31:11,903
Some sense of security.
501
00:31:14,373 --> 00:31:17,375
[michael] at first, michael
deloge's family is thrilled.
502
00:31:20,045 --> 00:31:23,046
But one day, they get a letter
503
00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:27,050
From sheila accusing them
of abusing mikey,
504
00:31:27,052 --> 00:31:30,654
And this is all confusing
and frightening to them,
505
00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:32,456
And of course,
none of it was true.
506
00:31:37,596 --> 00:31:40,664
[narrator] investigators also
find audio and video
507
00:31:40,666 --> 00:31:43,968
Of michael in sheila's batch
of recordings.
508
00:32:06,191 --> 00:32:10,160
[narrator] in February of 2005,
michael's family received
509
00:32:10,228 --> 00:32:12,496
Another letter
from sheila's address
510
00:32:12,564 --> 00:32:15,432
Asking them to leave him
and sheila alone.
511
00:32:17,236 --> 00:32:20,437
The family of mikey deloge
has been extorted
512
00:32:20,505 --> 00:32:22,839
Into leaving them alone.
513
00:32:22,908 --> 00:32:25,342
The next time they try
to get in touch,
514
00:32:25,410 --> 00:32:27,577
Sheila said
he's not here anymore.
515
00:32:27,646 --> 00:32:30,381
You know, he left, he, uh,
didn't say where he was going.
516
00:32:32,184 --> 00:32:34,584
Family members had actually
assumed that he had left there
517
00:32:34,653 --> 00:32:37,421
And, and just went traveling.
518
00:32:41,693 --> 00:32:45,696
The search kind of turned into
what happened to michael?
519
00:32:45,764 --> 00:32:48,398
Where is he?
And does any of the evidence
520
00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:50,867
That was already located
in the home,
521
00:32:50,936 --> 00:32:53,737
Such as blood spatter
or blood stains,
522
00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:56,407
Did any of it possibly belong
to him?
523
00:33:00,345 --> 00:33:01,679
[narrator]
while investigators sift
524
00:33:01,746 --> 00:33:03,913
Through the evidence collected
on the farm,
525
00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:07,750
They get word that that sheila
may be looking to skip town.
526
00:33:09,154 --> 00:33:13,224
[kirsten] a woman came by the
police department in epping.
527
00:33:13,291 --> 00:33:15,358
She explained
that she and her daughter
528
00:33:15,427 --> 00:33:18,027
Were at a pet store
the day before,
529
00:33:18,097 --> 00:33:23,366
And they'd met shelia, who had
one of her rabbits with her.
530
00:33:23,435 --> 00:33:27,371
She offered them money
in order to care for her rabbit
531
00:33:27,439 --> 00:33:30,306
The three women ended up
having a conversation,
532
00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:35,445
Which led to shelia
going back home with them.
533
00:33:35,514 --> 00:33:37,681
They were watching
the evening news,
534
00:33:37,683 --> 00:33:40,318
And the news was reporting
535
00:33:40,385 --> 00:33:42,786
The missing person's
investigation
536
00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:45,288
Regarding kenny countie.
537
00:33:45,357 --> 00:33:47,524
Shelia labarre, at that time,
538
00:33:47,593 --> 00:33:51,327
Started explaining that
kenny countie was her boyfriend.
539
00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:55,865
[narrator]
the woman says sheila then aske
540
00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:58,668
For a ride to a local bank.
541
00:33:58,670 --> 00:34:02,138
[kirsten] sheila, she was
concerned she was being framed
542
00:34:02,207 --> 00:34:07,210
And that she needed to get
bail money.
543
00:34:07,212 --> 00:34:09,813
The woman described
driving sheila labarre
544
00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:13,883
To a branch of td bank
and observing sheila labarre
545
00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:17,487
Withdraw $85,000 from the bank.
546
00:34:19,091 --> 00:34:21,891
After that,
she dropped sheila labarre off
547
00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:25,628
On the side of the road and had
no further contact with her.
548
00:34:27,566 --> 00:34:30,834
I had been fearful the whole
time that she would leave.
549
00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:32,836
I know that she had access
to funds.
550
00:34:34,439 --> 00:34:35,839
[kirsten]
we are trying to figure out
551
00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:37,373
What our next moves are,
552
00:34:37,442 --> 00:34:39,376
While we're continuing
to build the case.
553
00:34:40,779 --> 00:34:43,246
We are still sorting
through all the stuff
554
00:34:43,315 --> 00:34:44,748
That's in the house.
555
00:34:49,254 --> 00:34:50,854
[narrator]
investigators dig deeper
556
00:34:50,922 --> 00:34:54,457
Into the hundreds of hours
of audio recordings.
557
00:34:55,661 --> 00:34:59,929
I haven't seen another cache
of recordings like that
558
00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:00,531
In the rest of my career.
559
00:35:02,067 --> 00:35:03,533
[narrator] in these recordings,
560
00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:06,202
Sheila seems to coerce
her male visitors
561
00:35:06,271 --> 00:35:08,738
Into making alleged
"confessions".
562
00:35:29,561 --> 00:35:33,497
I could hear her questioning
kenneth about being a pedophile,
563
00:35:33,565 --> 00:35:36,432
And asking him over
and over again,
564
00:35:36,501 --> 00:35:39,569
"you are a pedophile,
aren't you?",
565
00:35:39,638 --> 00:35:42,906
And at some point
he did say yes.
566
00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:44,440
And then she said,
567
00:35:44,509 --> 00:35:48,711
"kenneth countie
is now pretending to throw up."
568
00:35:48,780 --> 00:35:54,185
And then she said,
"why are you passing out?
569
00:35:54,252 --> 00:35:58,789
Kenneth countie is now
faking that he passed out."
570
00:36:00,392 --> 00:36:02,191
[narrator]
the recordings suggest kenny
571
00:36:02,261 --> 00:36:06,462
Was under duress
when he made these statements.
572
00:36:06,531 --> 00:36:09,332
There was no evidence
that he was a pedophile
573
00:36:09,401 --> 00:36:12,936
And no indication that
he ever did anything like that.
574
00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:19,609
[narrator] investigators sorting
through photos in the house
575
00:36:19,611 --> 00:36:23,414
Make another
disturbing discovery.
576
00:36:23,481 --> 00:36:25,282
[james] the most eerie picture
577
00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:27,784
Was this picture
that she took herself
578
00:36:27,852 --> 00:36:32,021
Of kenneth countie
at the walmart in epping,
579
00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:35,625
And he has a gas can
in the front of his cart.
580
00:36:35,627 --> 00:36:38,361
And that was within a day or so
581
00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:40,364
Of her killing him
and burning him.
582
00:36:44,002 --> 00:36:47,303
[narrator] when the state lab
finally issues its report,
583
00:36:47,372 --> 00:36:50,206
The findings are damning.
584
00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:52,376
There was actually blood spatter
585
00:36:52,444 --> 00:36:56,045
That was matched
to kenneth countie and his dna.
586
00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:58,982
They used dna
technology to determine
587
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:03,987
That both kenneth countie's
and michael deloge's blood
588
00:37:03,989 --> 00:37:06,656
Were all over the walls
at sheila's house.
589
00:37:07,926 --> 00:37:11,528
[narrator] on March 31st,
authorities are finally able
590
00:37:11,530 --> 00:37:14,331
To issue an arrest warrant
for sheila.
591
00:37:14,399 --> 00:37:16,733
There's only one problem.
592
00:37:16,735 --> 00:37:18,367
[sean]
nobody knew where she was.
593
00:37:18,437 --> 00:37:21,271
I had some fears
that something may happen
594
00:37:21,339 --> 00:37:24,340
Where she would never
face trial for this.
595
00:37:28,213 --> 00:37:29,547
[narrator] coming up...
596
00:37:29,614 --> 00:37:33,484
The manhunt
for sheila intensifies.
597
00:37:33,551 --> 00:37:36,886
There was a bolo put out
for shelia labarre,
598
00:37:36,888 --> 00:37:39,022
Be on the lookout.
599
00:37:39,024 --> 00:37:43,559
[narrator] and investigators'
worst fears are realized.
600
00:37:43,628 --> 00:37:47,498
It starts to become clear
that we may have more victims.
601
00:37:50,769 --> 00:37:53,370
[theme music]
602
00:38:02,514 --> 00:38:04,247
[narrator] sheila labarre,
603
00:38:04,249 --> 00:38:06,449
The prime suspect
in the disappearance
604
00:38:06,518 --> 00:38:09,319
Of 24-year-old kenny countie,
605
00:38:09,321 --> 00:38:14,991
Has just withdrawn over $85,000
and fled town.
606
00:38:15,060 --> 00:38:18,461
[richard] so, there was a bolo
put out for shelia labarre,
607
00:38:18,530 --> 00:38:21,665
Be on the lookout,
and that gets broadcast
608
00:38:21,733 --> 00:38:24,201
Through massachusetts
and new hampshire.
609
00:38:28,006 --> 00:38:29,539
It was on the news that, uh,
610
00:38:29,608 --> 00:38:31,942
That police had issued a warrant
for sheila's arrest,
611
00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:33,543
Which caused a witness
612
00:38:33,612 --> 00:38:36,612
To phone in that she'd been
in revere, massachusetts.
613
00:38:38,417 --> 00:38:42,285
He told us she was hitchhiking
614
00:38:42,353 --> 00:38:44,554
And looking for a ride down
to massachusetts,
615
00:38:44,556 --> 00:38:47,223
And so he picked her up.
616
00:38:47,292 --> 00:38:50,626
And so, police were sent
to their location
617
00:38:50,695 --> 00:38:52,829
And they found who they believed
618
00:38:52,831 --> 00:38:56,566
To be sheila labarre
in a parking lot.
619
00:38:56,568 --> 00:38:59,936
However, her hair was now
dyed red.
620
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,240
She denied that she was
sheila labarre
621
00:39:04,309 --> 00:39:07,844
For quite some time,
but it was apparent
622
00:39:07,913 --> 00:39:09,980
Based on the photographs
police had of her
623
00:39:10,048 --> 00:39:11,748
And she was finally arrested.
624
00:39:16,321 --> 00:39:18,721
[narrator] on April 2, 2006,
625
00:39:18,723 --> 00:39:21,457
Sheila is finally behind bars,
626
00:39:21,526 --> 00:39:24,894
But investigators still have
questions.
627
00:39:26,731 --> 00:39:30,668
[kirsten] we come across
some of the blood smears,
628
00:39:30,735 --> 00:39:32,869
Spatter, that were in the home
629
00:39:32,937 --> 00:39:38,308
That did not match mike deloge
or kenny countie's dna.
630
00:39:40,011 --> 00:39:41,544
[richard]
as we're investigating this,
631
00:39:41,613 --> 00:39:44,914
It starts to become clear
that we may have more victims.
632
00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:50,721
[narrator] with evidence piling
up against her,
633
00:39:50,789 --> 00:39:55,825
Sheila finally comes clean...
But there's a catch.
634
00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:59,495
[sean] after she was arrested,
she had obtained legal counsel.
635
00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:01,497
She wanted to plead insanity,
636
00:40:01,566 --> 00:40:04,168
But understanding
in order to do so
637
00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:07,303
That she had to provide
a confession.
638
00:40:07,305 --> 00:40:10,907
[james] she confessed to
the state's psychiatric expert
639
00:40:10,909 --> 00:40:14,343
About her version exactly how
she killed both of these men.
640
00:40:14,412 --> 00:40:17,113
Now, do I believe those versions
are true?
641
00:40:17,182 --> 00:40:18,781
No, I don't.
642
00:40:18,783 --> 00:40:22,919
But then she said, I was not,
uh, sane when I did it.
643
00:40:26,725 --> 00:40:29,025
[narrator] in April of 2006,
644
00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:31,761
Sheila labarre is charged
with the murders
645
00:40:31,831 --> 00:40:34,931
Of kenneth countie
and michael deloge.
646
00:40:36,134 --> 00:40:38,068
Ultimately, she killed kenneth.
647
00:40:38,136 --> 00:40:42,405
I think she probably stabbed him
over and over again,
648
00:40:42,474 --> 00:40:44,340
Which created
all that blood cast,
649
00:40:44,409 --> 00:40:46,943
While he lied in bed.
650
00:40:47,011 --> 00:40:49,479
When she realized
that she had killed him,
651
00:40:49,547 --> 00:40:54,016
She decided to dismember him
and burn him
652
00:40:54,085 --> 00:40:57,887
In an attempt to hide.
653
00:40:57,889 --> 00:41:01,124
I think michael deloge
suffered much the same fate.
654
00:41:04,963 --> 00:41:07,764
[narrator]
at her trial in may of 2008,
655
00:41:07,766 --> 00:41:12,902
Sheila pleads not guilty
by reason of insanity.
656
00:41:12,971 --> 00:41:16,573
It was almost
immediately apparent
657
00:41:16,575 --> 00:41:18,642
From the first time I met her,
658
00:41:18,710 --> 00:41:22,646
She was absolutely
stark raving mad.
659
00:41:22,714 --> 00:41:27,049
That's basically
the heart of any insanity,
660
00:41:27,118 --> 00:41:31,988
The client did it, but should
not be held responsible for it.
661
00:41:34,859 --> 00:41:38,327
There's a big difference between
mental illness and insanity.
662
00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:41,598
Insanity's a legal distinction,
663
00:41:41,666 --> 00:41:46,135
The perp did not understand
the difference and quality
664
00:41:46,204 --> 00:41:47,437
Between right and wrong.
665
00:41:48,873 --> 00:41:50,873
[kirsten] sheila purposely,
666
00:41:50,875 --> 00:41:54,010
After finding out
she could be held accountable,
667
00:41:54,079 --> 00:41:57,547
Went to lengths
to take out money,
668
00:41:57,549 --> 00:42:00,083
Escape the jurisdiction,
669
00:42:00,085 --> 00:42:01,985
Hide her appearance,
670
00:42:02,053 --> 00:42:07,758
And these are all things that
show she knows what she's doing
671
00:42:11,863 --> 00:42:14,497
[narrator] on June 20, 2008,
672
00:42:14,499 --> 00:42:17,166
After 13 hours of deliberation,
673
00:42:17,168 --> 00:42:22,205
Jurors return with a verdict:
Guilty on all counts.
674
00:42:23,975 --> 00:42:26,442
[james]
it was a very emotional verdict
675
00:42:26,511 --> 00:42:28,178
Both kenneth countie's family
676
00:42:28,246 --> 00:42:32,515
And michael deloge's mother
were in the courtroom.
677
00:42:32,517 --> 00:42:36,252
There was a lot
of just plain relief and tears
678
00:42:36,254 --> 00:42:40,123
By those family members
that this woman met justice.
679
00:42:41,526 --> 00:42:46,463
There is no evidence
against kenneth countie
680
00:42:46,531 --> 00:42:50,133
Or michael deloge
for ever being a pedophile,
681
00:42:50,135 --> 00:42:53,803
Ever committing such an act
or being sex offenders.
682
00:42:57,875 --> 00:43:00,276
[narrator]
even now, detectives wonder...
683
00:43:00,278 --> 00:43:03,413
Are there more victims?
684
00:43:03,481 --> 00:43:05,615
[richard] I think it was more
towards the end of the search,
685
00:43:05,683 --> 00:43:08,886
Toes that were found
at sheila's home
686
00:43:08,953 --> 00:43:12,855
And sent off
for a dna comparison.
687
00:43:12,857 --> 00:43:16,158
And it did not match
michael deloge
688
00:43:16,227 --> 00:43:18,761
Or kenneth countie.
689
00:43:18,830 --> 00:43:22,298
To this day, sheila has never
mentioned a third victim.
690
00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:23,766
She will not talk about it
691
00:43:23,768 --> 00:43:28,505
And that section of this case
remains open.
692
00:43:33,944 --> 00:43:43,486
[music]