1 00:00:08,634 --> 00:00:12,867 [Alicia] This story has been at the forefront of everyone's minds 2 00:00:12,867 --> 00:00:14,533 for over 40 years. 3 00:00:15,867 --> 00:00:19,500 Not only because it is one of the worst acts of evil 4 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:21,700 we've ever encountered at People Magazine, 5 00:00:21,700 --> 00:00:25,734 but also because there's been an endless cycle of conspiracies 6 00:00:25,734 --> 00:00:29,433 that have haunted the victims' families for decades. 7 00:00:31,266 --> 00:00:35,000 In that moment, the carefree nature that we had before 8 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,367 was stripped away. 9 00:00:36,367 --> 00:00:39,600 Residents believe it was an outsider, and that worries them. 10 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,634 I'm just hoping they'll find who did this. 11 00:00:41,634 --> 00:00:43,700 [Mike] There's an animal living among us, 12 00:00:43,700 --> 00:00:46,166 and that animal preyed on the innocent. 13 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,433 And left us with carnage. 14 00:00:50,066 --> 00:00:51,700 I was fearful. 15 00:00:51,700 --> 00:00:53,600 Scared it could happen to us. 16 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,500 It has been the lifelong journey for justice. 17 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:00,000 There have been conspiracy theories, rabbit holes to go down. 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,500 There have been conspiracy theories, rabbit holes to go down. 19 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:05,367 Did the sheriff plant the evidence? 20 00:01:05,367 --> 00:01:08,266 [Sheri] What were her last moments like? 21 00:01:08,266 --> 00:01:09,900 We needed the truth, 22 00:01:10,467 --> 00:01:12,634 however horrific it was. 23 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,100 [theme music playing] 24 00:01:38,634 --> 00:01:40,066 [crow caws] 25 00:01:43,266 --> 00:01:46,066 Where we're standing, out in this... 26 00:01:49,266 --> 00:01:50,367 wooded area. 27 00:01:52,166 --> 00:01:53,467 I don't wanna be here. 28 00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:56,734 But, on the other hand... 29 00:01:57,467 --> 00:01:59,100 It's where we need to be. 30 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:00,000 -It's where we need to be. -Yeah. 31 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:00,467 -It's where we need to be. -Yeah. 32 00:02:02,166 --> 00:02:06,000 Part of it is thinking about what happened that night, 33 00:02:06,634 --> 00:02:08,166 and then, what might've been. 34 00:02:10,867 --> 00:02:12,533 And all of that is... 35 00:02:13,467 --> 00:02:17,166 a nightmare, and yet, the reality, 36 00:02:17,166 --> 00:02:20,233 of our life now, after 45 years, it's... 37 00:02:20,467 --> 00:02:21,533 our reality. 38 00:02:22,367 --> 00:02:24,800 Every single day. 39 00:02:32,166 --> 00:02:35,000 [Christine] In June of 1977, 40 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,734 school's out, it's the summertime, 41 00:02:36,734 --> 00:02:39,634 and many young girls from all over the state of Oklahoma 42 00:02:39,634 --> 00:02:42,367 are looking forward to going to Camp Scott, 43 00:02:42,367 --> 00:02:43,734 Girl Scout camp, 44 00:02:43,734 --> 00:02:46,700 located about and hour or so outside of Tulsa, 45 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:49,000 near the small town of Locust Grove, 46 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,734 a really tiny community right in the middle of God's country. 47 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:57,467 The camp was situated on the top of a, of a bluff, 48 00:02:57,467 --> 00:03:00,000 which then spread out in a dense woodland 49 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,066 which then spread out in a dense woodland 50 00:03:01,066 --> 00:03:04,233 bounded by farms and a creek. 51 00:03:06,967 --> 00:03:09,967 [Alicia] On the afternoon of June 12th, 1977, 52 00:03:09,967 --> 00:03:14,066 hundreds of girls from all over Oklahoma arrive at Camp Scott 53 00:03:14,066 --> 00:03:19,000 for what promises to be an exciting two weeks of sleep-away camp. 54 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,166 Among them is eight-year-old Lori Farmer. 55 00:03:27,166 --> 00:03:30,000 I'm Sheri Farmer and I'm Lori's mother. 56 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:30,166 I'm Sheri Farmer and I'm Lori's mother. 57 00:03:30,166 --> 00:03:33,433 I'm Bo Farmer and I'm Lori's dad. 58 00:03:35,166 --> 00:03:37,867 [Sheri] Through all of my life, I wanted to be a mom. 59 00:03:37,867 --> 00:03:40,533 So, when we found out we were expecting, 60 00:03:40,533 --> 00:03:42,100 we were excited 61 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:43,634 and happy. 62 00:03:44,734 --> 00:03:47,000 Lori was a dream. 63 00:03:48,533 --> 00:03:50,367 She was so pretty. 64 00:03:50,367 --> 00:03:53,800 I just couldn't get over how beautiful she was. 65 00:03:54,867 --> 00:03:59,533 From very early, Lori was well beyond her age. 66 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:03,467 - She read a lot. -[Sheri] Read a lot. 67 00:04:03,467 --> 00:04:05,000 [Bo] Less than two-years-old, 68 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,533 Lori repeated the Pledge of Allegiance perfectly. 69 00:04:09,533 --> 00:04:11,266 - We were astonished. -[Sheri] Yeah. 70 00:04:11,266 --> 00:04:14,533 I would put something on and Lori would say, 71 00:04:14,533 --> 00:04:19,266 "Oh, you wore that on Easter", or a specific time, 72 00:04:19,266 --> 00:04:23,166 and I would look back at pictures, and she would be right. 73 00:04:23,166 --> 00:04:25,533 So, she had an unbelievable memory. 74 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:29,467 I loved being her mom. 75 00:04:29,467 --> 00:04:30,000 It was everything that I thought it would be. 76 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,467 It was everything that I thought it would be. 77 00:04:32,467 --> 00:04:37,533 And because of that, Lori wasn't by herself for very long. 78 00:04:39,166 --> 00:04:40,800 [Bo] We had five children. 79 00:04:41,166 --> 00:04:42,266 [chuckles] 80 00:04:43,066 --> 00:04:44,734 We had five and seven years. 81 00:04:45,467 --> 00:04:47,800 Lori, of course, was our first child. 82 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,333 And Misti, and Joli, and Chad and Kali. 83 00:04:53,700 --> 00:04:57,734 All of the other children looked up to Lori as the leader, 84 00:04:57,734 --> 00:05:00,000 and she did fulfill that role. 85 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:00,166 and she did fulfill that role. 86 00:05:04,166 --> 00:05:09,900 [Misti] I am Misti Shannon, and Lori Farmer is my older sister. 87 00:05:11,700 --> 00:05:15,166 Lori and I were 18 months apart. 88 00:05:15,166 --> 00:05:18,066 So we did everything together. [chuckles] 89 00:05:19,066 --> 00:05:22,166 We shared a room together, friends. 90 00:05:23,166 --> 00:05:27,166 I have wonderful memories of us playing tag, 91 00:05:27,166 --> 00:05:28,600 running around. 92 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,000 She loved climbing trees in our backyard. 93 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,967 She loved climbing trees in our backyard. 94 00:05:31,967 --> 00:05:35,000 She was always adventurous. [chuckles] 95 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,233 [Kali] I'm Kali Cole, and I was Lori Farmer's youngest sister. 96 00:05:43,467 --> 00:05:47,700 As parents, I can only imagine how busy life was, [chuckles] 97 00:05:47,700 --> 00:05:49,600 with all those little kids. 98 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,166 And Lori became so involved 99 00:05:52,166 --> 00:05:55,233 with helping take care of everybody. 100 00:05:58,166 --> 00:06:00,000 [Joli] I'm Joli Beasley, and I'm Lori's younger sister. 101 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,166 [Joli] I'm Joli Beasley, and I'm Lori's younger sister. 102 00:06:02,467 --> 00:06:05,000 Lori was very nurturing, 103 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,066 and she had a tender way. 104 00:06:09,734 --> 00:06:14,066 She was the best big sis anybody could ever ask for. 105 00:06:19,166 --> 00:06:22,467 [Sheri] That day when we took her to the bus, 106 00:06:22,467 --> 00:06:24,500 she was real excited 107 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:26,967 about the prospect of taking pictures 108 00:06:26,967 --> 00:06:30,000 because she had read in the girl scout handbook 109 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:30,967 because she had read in the girl scout handbook 110 00:06:30,967 --> 00:06:35,233 that were would be a photo lab and could develop your own film. 111 00:06:36,367 --> 00:06:37,867 [Bo] We got Lori on the bus, 112 00:06:37,867 --> 00:06:41,500 and I was pressured because I was leaving there 113 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:44,600 to go to the hospital for a night shift. 114 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,533 She found a seat and we could see her in the window. 115 00:06:47,533 --> 00:06:50,367 You know, and so we waved and said I love you. 116 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,734 When the girls arrive at Camp Scott, 117 00:06:56,734 --> 00:06:59,000 they are assigned different units 118 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 which are named Native American tribes. 119 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,700 which are named Native American tribes. 120 00:07:02,700 --> 00:07:06,066 Camp Scott was divided into units 121 00:07:06,066 --> 00:07:08,600 consisting of seven tents. 122 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,900 Lori Farmer was assigned to the Kiowa unit. 123 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:14,634 [Leigh] My name is Leigh Miller. 124 00:07:14,634 --> 00:07:18,634 I was a camper at Girl Scout camp in 1977. 125 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:21,967 I met Lori Farmer on the bus. 126 00:07:21,967 --> 00:07:24,600 We were both from the same area in Tulsa. 127 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,500 She was a little nervous and a little scared. 128 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:28,333 I was assigned to tent six. 129 00:07:28,734 --> 00:07:30,000 Lori was in tent seven 130 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:30,967 Lori was in tent seven 131 00:07:30,967 --> 00:07:34,000 with two girls named Denise and Michele. 132 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,800 They were both very sweet. 133 00:07:37,367 --> 00:07:38,634 [thunder rumbling] 134 00:07:38,634 --> 00:07:41,533 [Alicia] That night, the girls to to dinner int he great hall, 135 00:07:41,533 --> 00:07:43,467 and while they're having dinner, 136 00:07:43,467 --> 00:07:45,533 a huge thunderstorm strikes. 137 00:07:49,533 --> 00:07:53,166 [Leigh] If it weren't raining, we could've gone out and had a camp fire, 138 00:07:53,166 --> 00:07:55,500 and that would've been fun. 139 00:07:55,500 --> 00:07:58,333 But, we played games and we just talked in the tents. 140 00:07:59,266 --> 00:08:00,000 Some of the girls wrote letters. 141 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:00,900 Some of the girls wrote letters. 142 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,734 You know, I mean, it was our first night and we were excited. 143 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:11,867 Around 10:00 p.m., the counselors end up doing a head count. 144 00:08:11,867 --> 00:08:13,700 [Leigh] It was ten o'clock, lights out. 145 00:08:13,700 --> 00:08:16,367 And, as we went to bed, 146 00:08:16,367 --> 00:08:18,166 I thought it was gonna be a lot of fun 147 00:08:18,166 --> 00:08:19,800 at Girl Scout camp. 148 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:27,000 [Alicia] There's no way anyone could've known 149 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,000 the horror that would be awaiting Camp Scott day daybreak. 150 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,433 the horror that would be awaiting Camp Scott day daybreak. 151 00:08:37,867 --> 00:08:39,367 At around six in the morning, 152 00:08:39,367 --> 00:08:44,266 there's a frantic knock on the door of camp director, Barbara Day. 153 00:08:44,266 --> 00:08:48,467 My husband Richard, who was staying with me that very first weekend, 154 00:08:48,467 --> 00:08:50,266 went to the door. 155 00:08:50,266 --> 00:08:52,166 [Alicia] It's one of the Kiowa camp counselors, 156 00:08:52,166 --> 00:08:54,734 and she's absolutely terrified. 157 00:08:54,734 --> 00:08:57,467 [Barbara] The counselor explained she was trying 158 00:08:57,467 --> 00:09:00,000 the first one to the staff showers that morning, 159 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:00,166 the first one to the staff showers that morning, 160 00:09:00,166 --> 00:09:02,066 and so, she'd gotten up early 161 00:09:02,066 --> 00:09:04,266 and was walking out of the camp 162 00:09:04,266 --> 00:09:09,066 when she saw a girl, partially clad, 163 00:09:09,066 --> 00:09:12,900 lying upon a few sleeping bags on the side of the trail. 164 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,734 We had a camp nurse, and we got her and drove to the location. 165 00:09:20,266 --> 00:09:23,867 When they arrive, the camp nurse rushes to the little girl's side 166 00:09:23,867 --> 00:09:25,166 and checks her vitals, 167 00:09:25,166 --> 00:09:30,000 but is shocked to discover that it's too late. 168 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:30,166 but is shocked to discover that it's too late. 169 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:32,533 The little girl was dead. 170 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:36,266 I was pretty horrified. 171 00:09:36,266 --> 00:09:39,000 You know, it was an extremely traumatic sight. 172 00:09:40,367 --> 00:09:42,266 No one had any idea 173 00:09:42,266 --> 00:09:45,867 who she was and what unit she belonged in. 174 00:09:45,867 --> 00:09:50,500 Barbara Day's husband Richard then touches these two sleeping bags 175 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:52,533 beside this girl's body. 176 00:09:54,734 --> 00:09:58,500 [Barbara] There was something in each sleeping bag 177 00:09:58,500 --> 00:10:00,000 that felt to be human. 178 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:00,266 that felt to be human. 179 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:12,600 [Barbara] No one had any idea what had happened to them 180 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,266 or who these campers were. 181 00:10:15,266 --> 00:10:17,467 People were beginning to cry, 182 00:10:17,467 --> 00:10:21,867 and we had no explanation that we could offer, 183 00:10:21,867 --> 00:10:24,367 but we needed to take a head count 184 00:10:24,367 --> 00:10:26,266 in the Kiowa unit, 185 00:10:26,266 --> 00:10:30,433 and try to determine if these girls were, in fact, from that unit. 186 00:10:32,467 --> 00:10:35,700 [Alicia] Camp Scott counselors check inside each tent 187 00:10:35,700 --> 00:10:37,166 and see if anyone is missing. 188 00:10:39,734 --> 00:10:42,367 The staff realized at that point in time 189 00:10:42,367 --> 00:10:44,500 that Lori Farmer, 190 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:46,000 Michele Guse, 191 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,066 and Denise Milner are missing. 192 00:10:49,467 --> 00:10:52,734 At that point, I went immediately back to my office 193 00:10:52,734 --> 00:10:54,433 to summon law enforcement. 194 00:10:58,734 --> 00:11:00,166 [Marty] My name is Marty Wilson. 195 00:11:00,166 --> 00:11:02,433 I am an agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. 196 00:11:04,634 --> 00:11:08,232 Once the sheriff and the medical examiner arrived, 197 00:11:08,232 --> 00:11:09,100 Once the sheriff and the medical examiner arrived, 198 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:11,800 the girl's body laying on the sleeping bags 199 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,734 was identified at ten-year-old Denise Milner. 200 00:11:16,266 --> 00:11:17,734 [Mike] My name is Mike Reed. 201 00:11:17,734 --> 00:11:19,433 I'm the current Mayes County sheriff. 202 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,900 Denise was found with her hands taped and bound behind her 203 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:26,467 and she has this gag in her mouth. 204 00:11:26,467 --> 00:11:28,533 She's got a little bruising on her face, 205 00:11:28,533 --> 00:11:32,266 and she's also choked down with this thin rope around her neck, 206 00:11:32,266 --> 00:11:35,100 and it's dug in to her so much, 207 00:11:35,100 --> 00:11:38,066 the M.E. talks about, he barely can get his finger 208 00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:40,634 underneath it, it's so tight. 209 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,900 [Marty] There were two strips of two inch wide black tape 210 00:11:44,900 --> 00:11:46,634 across her chest. 211 00:11:46,634 --> 00:11:51,000 And given the fact that Denise was nude from the waist down, 212 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,367 it was thought that she had been sexually assaulted. 213 00:11:54,367 --> 00:11:57,867 [Alicia] The medical examiner then unzips the sleeping bags. 214 00:11:58,500 --> 00:12:00,734 He sadly reveals the bodies 215 00:12:00,734 --> 00:12:03,233 of the other two tent seven campers, 216 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,000 nine-year-old Michele Guse, 217 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,066 and eight-year-old Lori Farmer. 218 00:12:10,266 --> 00:12:14,367 Lori and Michele were in the bottom of their sleeping bags 219 00:12:14,367 --> 00:12:16,367 with bedding soaked in blood. 220 00:12:16,367 --> 00:12:18,634 Both had suffered blunt force trauma to the head 221 00:12:18,634 --> 00:12:21,467 caused by some type of instrument. 222 00:12:21,467 --> 00:12:24,700 But there was no indication of who might've done it 223 00:12:24,700 --> 00:12:26,467 or why this was done. 224 00:12:26,467 --> 00:12:27,634 [police radio chatter] 225 00:12:27,634 --> 00:12:29,600 [Marty] And at that point, the Sheriff's office called in 226 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,266 the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. 227 00:12:32,266 --> 00:12:37,100 By 10:00 am, the OSBI as well as multiple law enforcement agencies 228 00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:38,232 are on the grounds of Camp Scott. 229 00:12:38,232 --> 00:12:40,100 are on the grounds of Camp Scott. 230 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:42,800 [Barbara] Helicopters were beginning to circle over 231 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:47,367 and I did not want any camper to know what had just occurred, 232 00:12:47,367 --> 00:12:51,867 and so, we needed to take these hundreds of girls home. 233 00:12:51,867 --> 00:12:55,367 [Leigh] I remember the counselors told us that "You have to go home." 234 00:12:55,367 --> 00:12:58,333 I mean, of course, as a 19-year-old, I thinking, 235 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,100 "Why?" You know? 236 00:13:00,100 --> 00:13:01,166 "Why are we going home?" 237 00:13:03,166 --> 00:13:05,500 [Christine] As the buses are going to the front gate, 238 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:08,232 they encounter swarms of reporters 239 00:13:08,232 --> 00:13:08,467 they encounter swarms of reporters 240 00:13:08,467 --> 00:13:13,333 that had gotten word that something terrible has happened at Camp Scott. 241 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:18,533 [Marty] When the OSBI crime scene technicians arrived 242 00:13:18,533 --> 00:13:20,800 and began processing the entire scene, 243 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:26,367 other items were found, such as a pair of prescription glasses, 244 00:13:26,367 --> 00:13:30,367 a roll of black duct tape, 245 00:13:30,367 --> 00:13:34,634 that appeared to be the same tape that was on Denise Milner's body. 246 00:13:34,634 --> 00:13:38,232 They also found a red plastic flashlight 247 00:13:38,232 --> 00:13:39,100 They also found a red plastic flashlight 248 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:40,533 near the sleeping bags. 249 00:13:45,533 --> 00:13:47,066 [Andrea] My name is Andrea Fielding, 250 00:13:47,066 --> 00:13:50,533 and I'm the Deputy Director for Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. 251 00:13:51,900 --> 00:13:55,467 So this is, um, a photograph of, 252 00:13:55,467 --> 00:13:57,867 the flashlight that was found next to the bodies. 253 00:13:57,867 --> 00:14:00,467 You can kinda see, there's a piece of a plastic trash bag 254 00:14:00,467 --> 00:14:03,100 that had been torn, um placed over the front 255 00:14:03,100 --> 00:14:06,100 and then it was secured on there with some masking tape. 256 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:08,232 And this absolutely would've limited the amount of light 257 00:14:08,232 --> 00:14:09,266 And this absolutely would've limited the amount of light 258 00:14:09,266 --> 00:14:12,533 that could be seen by another individual. 259 00:14:13,734 --> 00:14:16,467 When the flashlight was taken apart, 260 00:14:16,467 --> 00:14:20,533 it was discovered that someone had stuffed newspaper inside, 261 00:14:20,533 --> 00:14:23,533 we assume, to keep the battery from rattling and making noise. 262 00:14:25,367 --> 00:14:27,734 [Mike] At this point, investigators understand 263 00:14:27,734 --> 00:14:31,433 that the person that committed these crimes 264 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,433 premeditated this plan. 265 00:14:35,367 --> 00:14:38,232 [Alicia] Roughly a 150 yards away from the bodies, 266 00:14:38,232 --> 00:14:38,266 [Alicia] Roughly a 150 yards away from the bodies, 267 00:14:38,266 --> 00:14:41,900 law enforcement turns to look at tent number seven 268 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:43,533 where the girls were sleeping. 269 00:14:45,367 --> 00:14:46,734 [Mike] Inside of the tent, 270 00:14:46,734 --> 00:14:50,266 there's a front cot where Lori Farmer was at, 271 00:14:50,266 --> 00:14:54,600 and then the next cot beside Lori would've been Michele Guse. 272 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,100 The other cot on the opposite of Michele was empty, 273 00:14:57,100 --> 00:15:00,800 and then straight across from Lori was Denise Milner's cot. 274 00:15:01,900 --> 00:15:03,867 All the sheets were taken off. 275 00:15:03,867 --> 00:15:06,000 The bed covering, pillow cases, 276 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,232 all that stuff was crammed into the sleeping bags. 277 00:15:08,232 --> 00:15:08,433 all that stuff was crammed into the sleeping bags. 278 00:15:09,734 --> 00:15:11,734 [Andrea] There was blood throughout. 279 00:15:11,734 --> 00:15:14,100 Blood on the floor, blood on the mattresses. 280 00:15:14,100 --> 00:15:18,000 There was some blood staining on the outside flap of the tent. 281 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:22,800 All three girls were very violently attacked in the tent. 282 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,800 [Marty] Although they couldn't determine sizes, 283 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,734 multiple different shoe prints 284 00:15:26,734 --> 00:15:29,467 were found in blood on the tent floor. 285 00:15:29,467 --> 00:15:32,734 And another shoe print that was found just outside the tent 286 00:15:32,734 --> 00:15:36,967 appeared to be a wafflestomper type pattern on the sole. 287 00:15:38,266 --> 00:15:41,266 The campers' personal items from inside the tent 288 00:15:41,266 --> 00:15:44,900 were collected and taken to our laboratory for examination. 289 00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:46,634 And the girls' bodies were taken 290 00:15:46,634 --> 00:15:48,800 to the medical examiner's office in Tulsa. 291 00:15:50,634 --> 00:15:52,166 Then, the Girl Scout Council 292 00:15:52,166 --> 00:15:57,367 and law enforcement reach out to the three girls' families. 293 00:15:57,367 --> 00:16:01,433 [Bettye] That morning, I was told that they found three girls dead. 294 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,634 And my daughter was one of 'em. 295 00:16:05,367 --> 00:16:06,900 I couldn't understand. 296 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:08,232 I saw her alive, you know, 297 00:16:08,232 --> 00:16:09,100 I saw her alive, you know, 298 00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:11,734 and then the next day, they were here, telling me she's dead. 299 00:16:12,634 --> 00:16:13,800 I couldn't believe it. 300 00:16:14,700 --> 00:16:17,367 Denise was very eager to learn 301 00:16:17,367 --> 00:16:19,367 and she loved people. 302 00:16:19,367 --> 00:16:22,533 She had taught herself to read and write and do math 303 00:16:22,533 --> 00:16:23,967 when she was four years old. 304 00:16:24,533 --> 00:16:26,734 She was exceptional. 305 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:32,333 She joined Girl Scouts and that was her first year at the camp. 306 00:16:34,467 --> 00:16:36,000 [Alicia] As with Bettye Milner, 307 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,867 Michele Guse's family was notified 308 00:16:37,867 --> 00:16:38,232 and they were completely blindsided. 309 00:16:38,232 --> 00:16:41,166 and they were completely blindsided. 310 00:16:42,867 --> 00:16:44,867 [Christine] Michele Guse was nine-years-old. 311 00:16:44,867 --> 00:16:46,367 She was really athletic. 312 00:16:46,367 --> 00:16:50,266 She played on all her sports teams at school. 313 00:16:50,266 --> 00:16:51,900 Michele had a lot of unique interests. 314 00:16:51,900 --> 00:16:53,634 She was into horticulture. 315 00:16:53,634 --> 00:16:56,233 And she had African violets that she tended to. 316 00:16:57,367 --> 00:16:59,100 [Marty] When she left to go to the camp, 317 00:16:59,100 --> 00:17:01,000 she hugged her father and asked him if, 318 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,533 he could take care of her plants while she was gone. 319 00:17:04,734 --> 00:17:07,800 Her father said that she hugged him in such a manner 320 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:08,232 and said goodbye like she wasn't gonna see him again. 321 00:17:08,232 --> 00:17:10,867 and said goodbye like she wasn't gonna see him again. 322 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,634 Across town, Bo Farmer is wrapping up 323 00:17:16,634 --> 00:17:18,900 his overnight shift at the hospital 324 00:17:18,900 --> 00:17:22,000 when he gets a phone call. 325 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:27,166 [Bo] I got a call from the Executive Director of the Girl Scout Council 326 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,900 and she just said, 327 00:17:29,900 --> 00:17:32,800 "I hate to tell you this, but your daughter, 328 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:36,800 was found dead outside back behind her tent this morning." 329 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,066 That was it. 330 00:17:42,467 --> 00:17:44,533 I was devastated, 331 00:17:45,634 --> 00:17:48,266 and I was not very functional. 332 00:17:48,266 --> 00:17:53,333 And I just laid down until my partner... 333 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:57,867 walked in the room and says, uh... 334 00:17:59,266 --> 00:18:00,800 "I'm gonna take you home." 335 00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:06,467 [Sheri] Bo usually comes home and pulls into the garage, 336 00:18:06,467 --> 00:18:08,232 but he was not in his car and he came to the back door. 337 00:18:08,232 --> 00:18:12,467 but he was not in his car and he came to the back door. 338 00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:15,967 I thought something terrible has happened. 339 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,967 And Bo said that Lori had died in the night. 340 00:18:22,266 --> 00:18:26,266 I can't even explain how horrific it was 341 00:18:26,266 --> 00:18:28,333 to try to process that. 342 00:18:29,533 --> 00:18:34,533 And we had no more information for many hours. 343 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,232 We cried, but having four other children, 344 00:18:38,232 --> 00:18:39,900 We cried, but having four other children, 345 00:18:39,900 --> 00:18:41,800 we just tried to get through the day. 346 00:18:44,533 --> 00:18:47,000 [Misti] I remember, my mum and dad told me 347 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,066 that Lori was not coming home. 348 00:18:51,634 --> 00:18:54,967 I think I pretty much shut down after that. [chuckles tearfully] 349 00:18:56,266 --> 00:18:59,066 I had lost my roommate. 350 00:18:59,900 --> 00:19:01,066 My best friend. 351 00:19:01,533 --> 00:19:02,734 My big sis. 352 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:05,166 I just remember, like, 353 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:07,900 the wind taken out of me. 354 00:19:09,533 --> 00:19:10,867 In that moment, 355 00:19:10,867 --> 00:19:15,467 the carefree nature that we had was stripped away. 356 00:19:15,467 --> 00:19:18,066 There's a sorrow in our lives. 357 00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:24,266 [Sheri] As it to got to be afternoon, 358 00:19:24,266 --> 00:19:26,533 we still don't know what happened. 359 00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,800 We tried to reach out to the Girl Scouts 360 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,367 to find out more things, 361 00:19:31,367 --> 00:19:34,100 and we could not ever talk to anybody. 362 00:19:34,100 --> 00:19:35,734 We couldn't get through. 363 00:19:35,734 --> 00:19:37,734 Of course, we weren't watching TV. 364 00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:42,900 But, people are hearing things on TV. 365 00:19:42,900 --> 00:19:44,100 -[doorbell rings] -[knock on door] 366 00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:47,000 [Sheri] And finally, actually, a neighbor came over... 367 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:47,967 [door opens] 368 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,066 [Sheri] ...and told us... 369 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,433 "I think there was some violence involved." 370 00:19:56,533 --> 00:20:01,266 Well, we have no idea what he means by "violence". 371 00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:05,100 Three girls, eight, nine and ten were beaten to death earlier today 372 00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:08,232 while spending the first night at a week-long stay at a Girl Scout camp 373 00:20:08,232 --> 00:20:08,600 while spending the first night at a week-long stay at a Girl Scout camp 374 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:10,166 in northeastern Oklahoma. 375 00:20:13,734 --> 00:20:15,333 When we realized... 376 00:20:17,166 --> 00:20:20,433 that someone had murdered Lori... 377 00:20:21,266 --> 00:20:26,166 It was a feeling different from grief. 378 00:20:26,734 --> 00:20:28,166 It was anger. 379 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,367 [Marty] There was no murder weapon or fingerprints 380 00:20:41,367 --> 00:20:44,467 found at the immediate crime scene. 381 00:20:44,467 --> 00:20:48,634 So, it became time to, uh, expand the search area. 382 00:20:50,467 --> 00:20:51,800 Very shortly after that, 383 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,367 a call was received to the Mayes County Sheriff's Office 384 00:20:55,367 --> 00:20:58,000 from a man named Jack Shroff, who'd reported that 385 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,867 his farmhouse had been broken into. 386 00:21:02,467 --> 00:21:05,700 [Christine] The Shroff farmhouse is located less than three quarters a mile 387 00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:06,318 from where the girls were killed. 388 00:21:06,318 --> 00:21:08,166 from where the girls were killed. 389 00:21:08,166 --> 00:21:11,166 [Marty] When officers arrived at Jack Shroff's house, 390 00:21:11,166 --> 00:21:13,967 he reported he was missing, among other things, 391 00:21:13,967 --> 00:21:16,166 a roll of black duct tape, 392 00:21:16,166 --> 00:21:19,533 and a length of nylon sash rope. 393 00:21:20,367 --> 00:21:22,166 During the processing of the scene, 394 00:21:22,166 --> 00:21:24,533 a boot print was observed 395 00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:27,867 on a piece of carpet in mud 396 00:21:27,867 --> 00:21:33,367 and it appeared to be a waffle stomper type pattern on the sole. 397 00:21:33,367 --> 00:21:35,700 [Christine] Because the footprint is very similar 398 00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:36,318 to a footprint they found at the scene 399 00:21:36,318 --> 00:21:38,266 to a footprint they found at the scene 400 00:21:38,266 --> 00:21:41,066 and because the items that were stolen 401 00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:42,867 were eerily similar 402 00:21:42,867 --> 00:21:47,467 to items found near where the girls were killed. 403 00:21:47,467 --> 00:21:48,800 Investigators suspect 404 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,467 that the killer burglarized Jack's home 405 00:21:51,467 --> 00:21:54,533 and took the items to the crime scene. 406 00:21:57,367 --> 00:21:59,266 [Alicia] The following morning 407 00:21:59,266 --> 00:22:01,500 autopsies are performed 408 00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:03,100 on the three girls. 409 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:06,318 [Marty] Once the girls were transported 410 00:22:06,318 --> 00:22:06,367 [Marty] Once the girls were transported 411 00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:07,800 to the medical examiner's office, 412 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,700 it was determined that the cause of death for Lori Farmer 413 00:22:11,700 --> 00:22:15,467 was a single blow to the head with a blunt instrument. 414 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,600 The cause of death for Michele Guse 415 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,166 was also blunt force trauma 416 00:22:21,166 --> 00:22:24,166 with six blows to the head. 417 00:22:24,166 --> 00:22:29,367 Denise Milner's cause of death was asphyxiation plus strangulation. 418 00:22:29,367 --> 00:22:32,634 But she also suffered three blows to the head. 419 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,867 Looking at the, uh, report 420 00:22:35,867 --> 00:22:36,318 there appears a face value 421 00:22:36,318 --> 00:22:37,533 there appears a face value 422 00:22:37,533 --> 00:22:39,600 to the all kinds of different patterns 423 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,333 of wounds on the children. 424 00:22:42,100 --> 00:22:43,467 Looks like something that's curved, 425 00:22:43,467 --> 00:22:44,700 there's something that's not. 426 00:22:44,700 --> 00:22:46,467 There's something that's rectangular 427 00:22:46,467 --> 00:22:49,600 which suggest multiple weapons 428 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,166 could have been used to kill these girls. 429 00:22:53,166 --> 00:22:56,700 [Marty] During the examinations at the medical examiner's office, 430 00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:59,166 there were hairs that were found 431 00:22:59,166 --> 00:23:01,266 in each of the girls' sleeping bags 432 00:23:01,266 --> 00:23:03,367 and attached to the tape 433 00:23:03,367 --> 00:23:05,734 that Denise Milner's hands were bound with. 434 00:23:07,266 --> 00:23:10,000 And the hair did not belong to these three girls. 435 00:23:11,367 --> 00:23:12,700 During the autopsy, 436 00:23:12,700 --> 00:23:14,800 it's revealed that not only had 437 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,000 these children been bound and beaten 438 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,166 but each one of them had been sexually assaulted. 439 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,066 I almost think that was worse 440 00:23:27,066 --> 00:23:29,467 to hear than that she'd died. 441 00:23:31,634 --> 00:23:33,533 You know, she was just a little girl. 442 00:23:34,266 --> 00:23:35,634 I couldn't even imagine 443 00:23:36,166 --> 00:23:36,318 that happening to her. 444 00:23:36,318 --> 00:23:37,533 that happening to her. 445 00:23:39,166 --> 00:23:42,367 And I started to wonder 446 00:23:42,367 --> 00:23:45,000 how frightened Lori might have been 447 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,367 with somebody entering the tent. 448 00:23:47,367 --> 00:23:50,734 What were her last moments like? 449 00:23:51,867 --> 00:23:55,367 Did she cry out for mommy and daddy? 450 00:23:57,166 --> 00:23:59,634 And I wish that I... 451 00:24:01,066 --> 00:24:02,734 have been there to protect her. 452 00:24:09,533 --> 00:24:12,367 [Marty] During the autopsy sperm cells were found 453 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,700 in some of the swabs 454 00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:15,867 from each of the girls. 455 00:24:17,166 --> 00:24:19,266 [Andrea] Unfortunately, back in the '70s, 456 00:24:19,266 --> 00:24:23,266 DNA was nowhere on the map for forensic testing. 457 00:24:23,266 --> 00:24:27,734 But the sperm content was biologically analyzed. 458 00:24:29,467 --> 00:24:31,734 [Marty] It was noted that all the sperm cells 459 00:24:31,734 --> 00:24:34,867 were decomposed or deformed in some manner. 460 00:24:34,867 --> 00:24:36,318 That appeared to be a unique characteristic. 461 00:24:36,318 --> 00:24:36,867 That appeared to be a unique characteristic. 462 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,166 [Alicia] Back at Camp Scott, 463 00:24:43,166 --> 00:24:46,700 investigators take statements from each of the counselors 464 00:24:46,700 --> 00:24:49,967 looking for some kind of lead. 465 00:24:49,967 --> 00:24:52,166 [children giggling] 466 00:24:52,166 --> 00:24:54,700 [Marty] A counselor in the Kiowa camp 467 00:24:54,700 --> 00:24:58,533 reported that she was awoken by girls giggling in a tent 468 00:24:58,533 --> 00:25:00,634 at about 1:30 that morning. 469 00:25:01,734 --> 00:25:04,000 When she went out to check on that tent, 470 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,000 she heard... 471 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,318 -[voice growling] - [Marty] ...a sound. 472 00:25:06,318 --> 00:25:06,533 -[voice growling] - [Marty] ...a sound. 473 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,634 -[voice growling] -She described like a growl. 474 00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:13,000 Like a moaning. 475 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,600 She said she had shown her flashlight around 476 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:16,900 but didn't see anything... 477 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,233 and it scared her to death. 478 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,800 [Marty] By that time the girls in the tent number four 479 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,467 weren't making any noise so she just went back into her tent. 480 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,266 She remembers that as she was falling asleep 481 00:25:29,266 --> 00:25:30,533 she could still hear that sound. 482 00:25:30,533 --> 00:25:32,066 [voice growling] 483 00:25:33,867 --> 00:25:36,318 [Marty] After interviewing, counselors were asked 484 00:25:36,318 --> 00:25:36,467 [Marty] After interviewing, counselors were asked 485 00:25:36,467 --> 00:25:38,634 to check their belongings to see if anything was missing. 486 00:25:39,533 --> 00:25:43,100 One reported missing aviator style glasses. 487 00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:45,600 Another counselor reported the purse that was missing 488 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,967 along with all of its contents. 489 00:25:47,967 --> 00:25:50,533 A Kiowa camp counselor also reported 490 00:25:50,533 --> 00:25:55,066 that she had a pair of prescription glasses that were missing. 491 00:25:56,533 --> 00:25:57,734 [Christine] And it was later determined 492 00:25:57,734 --> 00:25:59,533 that the glasses... 493 00:25:59,533 --> 00:26:01,734 found close to the bodies 494 00:26:01,734 --> 00:26:05,533 belong to the counselor from the Kiowa unit. 495 00:26:07,367 --> 00:26:09,166 [Marty] In addition, many other counselors 496 00:26:09,166 --> 00:26:11,700 reported that on several of the tents 497 00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:14,233 the back tent flap was taken loose. 498 00:26:14,734 --> 00:26:16,166 So it was determined 499 00:26:16,166 --> 00:26:17,800 that whoever did this 500 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,533 was slipping in the tents from behind 501 00:26:19,533 --> 00:26:20,533 and taking stuff. 502 00:26:21,967 --> 00:26:24,066 You really have to think about that. 503 00:26:24,066 --> 00:26:27,166 That night somebody was sneaking into... 504 00:26:27,166 --> 00:26:28,800 tents all over the camp 505 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,500 getting one of the thing from... 506 00:26:30,500 --> 00:26:32,266 like, glasses and purses 507 00:26:32,266 --> 00:26:33,233 and not wake nobody up. 508 00:26:34,066 --> 00:26:35,600 And then find a tent 509 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:36,318 where eight, nine, ten year old little girls are asleep... 510 00:26:36,318 --> 00:26:39,066 where eight, nine, ten year old little girls are asleep... 511 00:26:39,066 --> 00:26:41,166 and then they turn into some sort of an animal... 512 00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:43,066 for lack of a better work. 513 00:26:43,734 --> 00:26:45,600 But that animal was loose... 514 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:47,634 and that animal preyed on the innocent. 515 00:26:49,266 --> 00:26:50,900 And left us with carnage. 516 00:26:59,166 --> 00:27:02,500 [Sheri] The OSBI came with Lori's belongings. 517 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:04,800 Of course, I had looked at everything 518 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,318 and gone through it and they brought them to us. 519 00:27:06,318 --> 00:27:07,066 and gone through it and they brought them to us. 520 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:08,533 [Bo] They had told us 521 00:27:08,533 --> 00:27:11,467 that there was property stolen... 522 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:12,900 missing... 523 00:27:13,700 --> 00:27:15,233 uh, throughout the camp. 524 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,800 And they've asked us 525 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:19,734 to see if there was anything 526 00:27:19,734 --> 00:27:21,266 that we could recognize 527 00:27:21,266 --> 00:27:24,433 as missing from Lori's personal belongings. 528 00:27:25,734 --> 00:27:27,166 [Sheri] Nothing was missing 529 00:27:27,166 --> 00:27:29,266 but in the hat 530 00:27:29,266 --> 00:27:31,000 she had written us a letter 531 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,166 in her Father's Day card for Bo. 532 00:27:34,967 --> 00:27:36,318 "Mommy, Daddy, Misti, Joli, Chad and Haley. 533 00:27:36,318 --> 00:27:38,166 "Mommy, Daddy, Misti, Joli, Chad and Haley. 534 00:27:40,066 --> 00:27:43,166 I'm getting ready to go to bed at 7:45. 535 00:27:43,166 --> 00:27:45,000 We're at the beginning of a storm 536 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:46,967 and having lots of fun. 537 00:27:46,967 --> 00:27:48,467 I've made two new friends, 538 00:27:48,467 --> 00:27:51,367 Michele Guse, Denise Milner. 539 00:27:51,367 --> 00:27:53,533 I just couldn't wait to write. 540 00:27:54,166 --> 00:27:55,166 Love, Lori." 541 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,066 I just, you know, I just... 542 00:28:00,066 --> 00:28:02,867 treasure this when they brought it to us. 543 00:28:04,367 --> 00:28:05,734 And then finding... 544 00:28:06,266 --> 00:28:06,318 her Father's Day card to Bo. 545 00:28:06,318 --> 00:28:08,533 her Father's Day card to Bo. 546 00:28:10,867 --> 00:28:12,634 It says, "From your daughter." [clears throat] 547 00:28:13,467 --> 00:28:15,900 "I looked at lots of card for dads. 548 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,367 But I got this one because it says... 549 00:28:20,100 --> 00:28:21,900 "You're all that and more to me." 550 00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:25,066 Happy Father's Day 551 00:28:25,066 --> 00:28:26,800 to the best father in the world. 552 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,166 With love, Lori." 553 00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:31,634 [Sheri] That was pretty special what she wrote on it. 554 00:28:32,734 --> 00:28:34,467 And for a smudge she was there. 555 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,634 [Christine] On the morning of June 16th, 556 00:28:40,634 --> 00:28:42,500 three days after the murder, 557 00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:44,867 investigators get a potential lead in the case. 558 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:51,066 Approximately three miles south-west of the crime scene, 559 00:28:51,266 --> 00:28:52,800 near a creek 560 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,066 two squirrel hunters found some items inside a cave. 561 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,800 [Marty] They saw a sack of flour 562 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,100 along with several other items 563 00:29:01,100 --> 00:29:02,467 and they could tell 564 00:29:02,467 --> 00:29:04,266 that somebody had been staying 565 00:29:04,266 --> 00:29:06,318 out in this location. 566 00:29:06,318 --> 00:29:06,367 out in this location. 567 00:29:06,367 --> 00:29:08,867 So they've notified authorities about this. 568 00:29:10,367 --> 00:29:12,967 [Mike] When law enforcement drove down there to it, 569 00:29:12,967 --> 00:29:15,166 they could see the... this cave 570 00:29:15,166 --> 00:29:16,266 and went back in there pretty good ways. 571 00:29:16,266 --> 00:29:18,266 And there were some things 572 00:29:18,266 --> 00:29:20,467 that immediately got their attention. 573 00:29:20,467 --> 00:29:22,100 [Marty] The investigators found 574 00:29:22,100 --> 00:29:23,634 a roll of masking tape, 575 00:29:23,634 --> 00:29:26,634 a piece of dark, heavy trash bag... 576 00:29:27,266 --> 00:29:29,000 a piece of newspaper 577 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,734 and a broken pair of aviator style sunglasses. 578 00:29:33,533 --> 00:29:36,066 Investigators were bagging the items 579 00:29:36,066 --> 00:29:36,318 believing they could possibly be connected to the murders. 580 00:29:36,318 --> 00:29:39,900 believing they could possibly be connected to the murders. 581 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,000 [Mike] Through that process 582 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,634 investigators come across two pictures. 583 00:29:46,166 --> 00:29:48,600 [Marty] One photograph had two women in it 584 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,600 and another one had one woman by herself. 585 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,600 [Christine] They are all wearing formal dresses 586 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,166 and the photos look like 587 00:29:55,166 --> 00:29:57,867 they were all taken at the same event. 588 00:29:57,867 --> 00:30:00,734 [Alicia] All of the potential evidence is collected 589 00:30:01,266 --> 00:30:02,867 including the photos 590 00:30:02,867 --> 00:30:05,600 and it's transported to the OSBI headquarters 591 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:06,318 in Oklahoma City for further evaluation. 592 00:30:06,318 --> 00:30:08,066 in Oklahoma City for further evaluation. 593 00:30:09,100 --> 00:30:10,800 [Mike] Experts in Oklahoma City 594 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:15,000 examined the roll of the masking tape and that newspaper 595 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,600 and both 'em fracture match perfectly 596 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:22,533 with evidence that's on the flashlight found at the crime scene. 597 00:30:23,634 --> 00:30:25,734 So the masking tape 598 00:30:25,734 --> 00:30:28,367 that's holding the black plastic on the flashlight 599 00:30:28,367 --> 00:30:29,634 found at the same 600 00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:32,867 fracture matches exactly 601 00:30:32,867 --> 00:30:35,100 to the roll of the masking tape 602 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:36,318 as you can see... right here 603 00:30:36,318 --> 00:30:38,066 as you can see... right here 604 00:30:38,533 --> 00:30:40,800 and inside the flashlight, 605 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:42,634 holding the battery in place, 606 00:30:42,634 --> 00:30:45,700 is newspaper which also 607 00:30:45,700 --> 00:30:49,634 perfectly matches newspaper found at the cave. 608 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:53,800 So, basically, whoever was at the cave 609 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:54,800 was at the scene. 610 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,634 Whoever was at the scene was at the cave. 611 00:30:57,634 --> 00:30:59,533 [Alicia] Establishing this connection 612 00:30:59,533 --> 00:31:01,533 is a major break in the case 613 00:31:01,533 --> 00:31:03,467 and investigators believe 614 00:31:03,467 --> 00:31:05,634 that identifying the women in the photographs 615 00:31:05,634 --> 00:31:06,318 may be the key to finding a suspect. 616 00:31:06,318 --> 00:31:08,233 may be the key to finding a suspect. 617 00:31:14,367 --> 00:31:15,367 In Tulsa, Oklahoma today 618 00:31:15,367 --> 00:31:16,800 a funeral service was held. 619 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,100 There will be three services this week, 620 00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:21,166 one for each of the young Girl Scouts 621 00:31:21,166 --> 00:31:24,233 murdered on Monday in a camping trip in Locust Grove. 622 00:31:25,734 --> 00:31:28,066 [Sheri] Lori's birthday was the 18th. 623 00:31:29,066 --> 00:31:30,533 It would have been the next Sunday... 624 00:31:32,867 --> 00:31:35,900 and she was gonna be at Camp Scott for two weeks. 625 00:31:35,900 --> 00:31:37,467 So our plans were, 626 00:31:37,467 --> 00:31:39,100 we'd gather all the family up, 627 00:31:39,100 --> 00:31:41,600 go up there, celebrate her birth... 628 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,900 -her birthday and Father's Day. -Uh, and Father's Day. 629 00:31:45,467 --> 00:31:48,700 [Sheri] So instead of having Lori's birthday 630 00:31:48,700 --> 00:31:49,967 and Father's Day, 631 00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:51,734 we had her funeral. 632 00:31:53,066 --> 00:31:53,967 Lori... 633 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,233 is in heaven with God. 634 00:31:57,166 --> 00:31:58,634 [Misti] Even at seven, 635 00:31:58,634 --> 00:32:00,867 I knew that Lori was gonna be... 636 00:32:01,634 --> 00:32:03,433 gone forever. 637 00:32:04,867 --> 00:32:08,000 I remember at such a young age 638 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,634 being fearful... 639 00:32:10,467 --> 00:32:13,955 more scared, more aware of my surroundings. 640 00:32:13,955 --> 00:32:14,734 more scared, more aware of my surroundings. 641 00:32:14,734 --> 00:32:18,333 Concerned that anything could happen to us. 642 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,166 [Joli] I did not go to the funeral. 643 00:32:22,066 --> 00:32:24,533 Now, of course, I look back and I wish I had. 644 00:32:25,100 --> 00:32:25,967 Um... 645 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,533 But I can understand my five year old self 646 00:32:29,533 --> 00:32:30,634 not wanting to... 647 00:32:31,367 --> 00:32:32,533 to do that at that time. 648 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,266 [Alicia] Due to the extent of the injuries 649 00:32:38,266 --> 00:32:40,467 her daughter sustained, 650 00:32:40,467 --> 00:32:42,800 Bettye Milner is advised to proceed 651 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:43,955 with a close casket service. 652 00:32:43,955 --> 00:32:45,634 with a close casket service. 653 00:32:45,634 --> 00:32:46,967 for ten year old Denise. 654 00:32:49,367 --> 00:32:52,100 I could never accept that she was dead 655 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:53,734 if I didn't actually see her. 656 00:32:56,467 --> 00:32:58,367 My family and I did go to see her 657 00:32:58,367 --> 00:33:00,333 but we were the only one to... 658 00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:02,066 saw the body. 659 00:33:04,634 --> 00:33:05,700 Uh, her body was... 660 00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:07,800 I mean, you could see the bruises, you know, 661 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,433 but other than that she looked perfect. 662 00:33:11,166 --> 00:33:12,100 And she was asleep. 663 00:33:13,900 --> 00:33:13,955 And... 664 00:33:13,955 --> 00:33:14,867 And... 665 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:16,533 [speaking indistinctly] 666 00:33:20,367 --> 00:33:22,367 [Christine] Back in the Locust Grove area, 667 00:33:22,367 --> 00:33:24,600 law enforcement wanted to get the monster 668 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:26,500 that killed those three girls 669 00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:28,867 but it was this huge murder mystery. 670 00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:30,600 And so, of course, 671 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,266 that scared the community. 672 00:33:33,266 --> 00:33:34,700 Residents around Locust Grove 673 00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:36,266 believe it was an outsider 674 00:33:36,266 --> 00:33:37,533 and that worries them. 675 00:33:37,533 --> 00:33:39,800 It also scares them the police aren't talking 676 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:41,900 about a motive or a suspect. 677 00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:43,166 Oh, I'm horrified, naturally, 678 00:33:43,166 --> 00:33:43,955 -like everyone else. -[woman] Uh-huh. 679 00:33:43,955 --> 00:33:45,266 -like everyone else. -[woman] Uh-huh. 680 00:33:45,266 --> 00:33:46,967 I'm just hoping they'll find who did it. 681 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:51,266 [Christine] Following their one good lead, 682 00:33:51,266 --> 00:33:53,867 OSBI does everything in their power 683 00:33:53,867 --> 00:33:55,266 to figure out where the photos 684 00:33:55,266 --> 00:33:57,333 that they found in the cave came from... 685 00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:58,900 and who these women are. 686 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,233 The investigation to identify those... 687 00:34:04,166 --> 00:34:06,900 uh, pictures... 688 00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:10,266 took incredible man hours and work. 689 00:34:10,266 --> 00:34:12,166 And once we had exhausted 690 00:34:12,166 --> 00:34:13,955 all of our avenues, 691 00:34:13,955 --> 00:34:14,233 all of our avenues, 692 00:34:15,367 --> 00:34:18,367 we decided to release 'em to the press 693 00:34:18,367 --> 00:34:19,634 on the 10 o'clock news. 694 00:34:21,266 --> 00:34:23,634 [Marty] Almost immediately, an individual came forward 695 00:34:24,166 --> 00:34:26,100 and said that he knew... 696 00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:27,367 who those women were 697 00:34:27,367 --> 00:34:28,734 and where those pictures were taken. 698 00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:32,634 It was determined that the photographer 699 00:34:32,634 --> 00:34:35,900 who took those pictures was a part time photographer. 700 00:34:35,900 --> 00:34:38,634 His full time job was working 701 00:34:38,634 --> 00:34:41,634 at the prison in Grant, Oklahoma. 702 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:43,955 This individual said that those pictures 703 00:34:43,955 --> 00:34:44,367 This individual said that those pictures 704 00:34:44,367 --> 00:34:45,900 where taken at a wedding 705 00:34:45,900 --> 00:34:47,467 and he didn't know how anybody 706 00:34:47,467 --> 00:34:48,700 could have gotten those pictures 707 00:34:48,700 --> 00:34:50,967 because he had the original pictures 708 00:34:51,367 --> 00:34:52,800 and the proofs. 709 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:56,066 [Mike] Came to find out this photographer 710 00:34:56,066 --> 00:34:57,800 had his stuff developed 711 00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:58,967 at Grant prison. 712 00:35:00,266 --> 00:35:02,800 [Marty] According to him, as a work program, 713 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,533 prisoners were assigned to work 714 00:35:04,533 --> 00:35:05,800 in the records division 715 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,166 and sometimes process photographs for him 716 00:35:08,166 --> 00:35:10,700 that he would take at events. 717 00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:13,500 [Dick] This records officer said, for felony, 718 00:35:13,500 --> 00:35:13,955 Gene Leroy Hart 719 00:35:13,955 --> 00:35:15,066 Gene Leroy Hart 720 00:35:15,066 --> 00:35:16,634 was his dark room technician 721 00:35:16,634 --> 00:35:19,800 at the time those pictures were taken 722 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:21,634 and was the guy who developed them. 723 00:35:23,367 --> 00:35:26,800 [Christine] Gene Leroy Hart had been a prisoner in the '60s 724 00:35:27,266 --> 00:35:28,900 and lo and behold, 725 00:35:28,900 --> 00:35:32,266 Locust Grove was Hart's hometown. 726 00:35:32,266 --> 00:35:35,066 [Dick] And in fact, Gene Hart's mother lived 727 00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:37,800 about a quarter to half a mile away 728 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,333 from the crime scene. 729 00:35:41,734 --> 00:35:43,955 [Christine] Investigators looked into Gene Leroy Hart 730 00:35:43,955 --> 00:35:44,433 [Christine] Investigators looked into Gene Leroy Hart 731 00:35:45,367 --> 00:35:48,367 and they noticed that his previous crimes 732 00:35:48,367 --> 00:35:50,100 were eerily similar 733 00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:52,900 to the three Camp Scott murders. 734 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,066 [Marty] In 1966, Gene Leroy Hart 735 00:35:56,066 --> 00:35:58,533 abducted two women coming out of a night club 736 00:35:58,533 --> 00:35:59,533 at gunpoint. 737 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,734 Loaded them in his vehicle... 738 00:36:05,266 --> 00:36:07,734 and took them to a secluded area. 739 00:36:11,634 --> 00:36:13,367 He bound both of these women 740 00:36:13,367 --> 00:36:13,955 in such a manner where 741 00:36:13,955 --> 00:36:14,634 in such a manner where 742 00:36:14,634 --> 00:36:16,433 they each got a noose around their neck... 743 00:36:17,266 --> 00:36:19,734 connected to their hands and their feet. 744 00:36:20,533 --> 00:36:22,800 [Mike] Gene Hart ended up duct taping them 745 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:26,367 and binding them with cord 746 00:36:26,367 --> 00:36:28,100 to... if they moved they would choke themselves out. 747 00:36:28,100 --> 00:36:29,166 Duct taped their eyes, nose 748 00:36:29,166 --> 00:36:31,266 and a pile brush upon top of 'em, 749 00:36:31,266 --> 00:36:33,166 while he was taking turns raping 'em. 750 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,867 [voice growling] 751 00:36:36,867 --> 00:36:39,100 [Marty] It was reported that during the rapes 752 00:36:39,100 --> 00:36:41,734 he made a low guttural sound 753 00:36:42,367 --> 00:36:43,955 that almost didn't sound human. 754 00:36:43,955 --> 00:36:44,433 that almost didn't sound human. 755 00:36:45,634 --> 00:36:48,467 After Hart finished raping each of them, 756 00:36:48,467 --> 00:36:50,166 he simply left them for dead. 757 00:36:51,533 --> 00:36:54,000 By the grace of God, both of these women survived, 758 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,634 ultimately identifying Gene Leroy Hart, 759 00:36:56,634 --> 00:36:58,166 leading to his conviction. 760 00:36:59,467 --> 00:37:02,000 [Christine] On October 14th, 1966, 761 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,634 Gene Leroy Hart is sentenced to 30 years in prison. 762 00:37:06,367 --> 00:37:07,900 But he doesn't stay long. 763 00:37:09,700 --> 00:37:12,166 Hart was paroled after serving 28 months 764 00:37:12,533 --> 00:37:13,634 for good behavior. 765 00:37:14,367 --> 00:37:15,900 And very shortly after that 766 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:18,467 he committed several burglaries. 767 00:37:18,467 --> 00:37:21,367 Hart would sneak into people houses while they was asleep 768 00:37:21,367 --> 00:37:24,000 and walk up beside their bed 769 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,100 and take items from beside their head... 770 00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:28,066 and leave. 771 00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:31,467 [Marty] Hart was ultimately apprehended 772 00:37:31,467 --> 00:37:32,533 for the burglaries 773 00:37:32,533 --> 00:37:34,367 and convicted to serve 774 00:37:34,367 --> 00:37:35,867 an excess of 300 years. 775 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:41,266 In 1973, he was transferred to Mayes County Jail 776 00:37:41,266 --> 00:37:43,800 for a post-conviction relief hearing. 777 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:43,955 And he escaped by sawing through the bars 778 00:37:43,955 --> 00:37:47,266 And he escaped by sawing through the bars 779 00:37:47,266 --> 00:37:48,800 in one of the cells. 780 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,634 Eventually he was apprehended... 781 00:37:51,266 --> 00:37:53,166 but several months later 782 00:37:53,166 --> 00:37:54,100 he escaped again. 783 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,100 And this time, 784 00:37:56,100 --> 00:37:57,533 much to the frustration 785 00:37:57,533 --> 00:38:00,066 of the Mayes Country Sheriff Pete Weaver, 786 00:38:00,066 --> 00:38:01,734 Gene Leroy Hard was never apprehended. 787 00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:05,367 This man had been a fugitive for four years 788 00:38:05,367 --> 00:38:07,066 at the time of the murders. 789 00:38:08,367 --> 00:38:09,467 [Marty] Given his history, 790 00:38:09,467 --> 00:38:11,500 his familiarity with the area, 791 00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:13,533 his connection to the photographs 792 00:38:13,533 --> 00:38:13,955 and the fact that 793 00:38:13,955 --> 00:38:15,500 and the fact that 794 00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:17,100 the masking tape, 795 00:38:17,100 --> 00:38:19,266 the black plastic trash bag 796 00:38:19,266 --> 00:38:21,734 and newspaper found in the cave, 797 00:38:21,734 --> 00:38:23,900 it'll be linked to the flashlight 798 00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:26,166 that was found at the crime scene. 799 00:38:26,166 --> 00:38:28,367 Investigators believe Gene Leroy Hart 800 00:38:28,367 --> 00:38:29,800 was a viable suspect 801 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,634 so the focus became on finding him. 802 00:38:33,467 --> 00:38:34,634 [reporter] It was a passe. 803 00:38:34,634 --> 00:38:36,166 More than 200 townspeople 804 00:38:36,166 --> 00:38:38,500 at Locust Grove at sunrise today 805 00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:40,800 to help find the man charged with the killings. 806 00:38:42,867 --> 00:38:43,955 [Alicia] The level of evil of these heinous crimes 807 00:38:43,955 --> 00:38:46,800 [Alicia] The level of evil of these heinous crimes 808 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,900 had never been seen before. 809 00:38:48,900 --> 00:38:53,166 And Hart becomes the most wanted man in Oklahoma. 810 00:38:53,166 --> 00:38:54,800 [dogs barking] 811 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:58,233 It was the largest man hunt in Oklahoma history. 812 00:38:59,467 --> 00:39:02,367 Bo and I were very optimistic 813 00:39:02,367 --> 00:39:07,367 that Gene Leroy Hart would be captured quickly. 814 00:39:07,367 --> 00:39:10,634 [Marty] Multiple agencies got involved in the search 815 00:39:11,266 --> 00:39:12,800 but I don't think there's any way 816 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:13,955 that they could have been prepared for what happened. 817 00:39:13,955 --> 00:39:14,900 that they could have been prepared for what happened. 818 00:39:28,166 --> 00:39:29,467 [reporter] This is Locust Grove, 819 00:39:29,467 --> 00:39:30,533 where the killings took place 820 00:39:30,533 --> 00:39:32,467 and where Gene Leroy Hart grew up. 821 00:39:32,467 --> 00:39:34,533 Many people here don't believe Hart did it. 822 00:39:34,533 --> 00:39:36,100 Know Gene like I know me. 823 00:39:36,100 --> 00:39:38,266 And I'm not capable of that kind of crime 824 00:39:38,266 --> 00:39:39,533 and Gene's not either. 825 00:39:39,533 --> 00:39:41,700 -[reporter] Do you know the man they're looking for? -Yes. 826 00:39:41,700 --> 00:39:42,634 [reporter] How well do you know him? 827 00:39:42,634 --> 00:39:44,967 [man] He was our student at school. 828 00:39:44,967 --> 00:39:46,000 Played football. 829 00:39:47,166 --> 00:39:48,967 [Dick] Gene Hart was a football star. 830 00:39:48,967 --> 00:39:51,166 His coach said he was the finest young man 831 00:39:51,166 --> 00:39:51,484 he ever coached. 832 00:39:51,484 --> 00:39:52,166 he ever coached. 833 00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:55,367 The people that knew him said 834 00:39:55,367 --> 00:39:56,467 that he was a likeable guy. 835 00:39:56,467 --> 00:39:57,634 He was a good looking guy. 836 00:39:57,634 --> 00:39:59,700 He was an articulate guy. 837 00:39:59,700 --> 00:40:01,634 [Christine] Despite his previous crimes 838 00:40:01,634 --> 00:40:04,000 he was like a hometown hero. 839 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,634 But this case also came out at a time 840 00:40:06,634 --> 00:40:08,634 when there was so much anger 841 00:40:08,634 --> 00:40:10,634 and so much dissident going on. 842 00:40:11,467 --> 00:40:13,266 There was Wounded Knee and Red Power, 843 00:40:13,266 --> 00:40:16,166 and I think that Hart who was Cherokee 844 00:40:16,166 --> 00:40:17,533 was sort of looked at 845 00:40:17,533 --> 00:40:19,266 as part of this movement. 846 00:40:19,266 --> 00:40:21,484 There was a lot of animosity going on 847 00:40:21,484 --> 00:40:21,634 There was a lot of animosity going on 848 00:40:21,634 --> 00:40:24,166 between, like, the local police department 849 00:40:24,166 --> 00:40:26,000 as well as the community 850 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,734 which was heavily Cherokee. 851 00:40:31,734 --> 00:40:33,166 I'm Gary Pitchlynn. 852 00:40:33,166 --> 00:40:34,634 I'm a criminal defense lawyer. 853 00:40:36,533 --> 00:40:37,467 Gene had escaped 854 00:40:37,467 --> 00:40:40,800 from the Mayes County Jail twice in 1973 855 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,867 and had been evading County Sherriff Pete Weaver 856 00:40:43,867 --> 00:40:45,734 for at least four years. 857 00:40:46,367 --> 00:40:47,867 And Pete have been embarrassed 858 00:40:47,867 --> 00:40:51,000 at not being able to find this fugitive. 859 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:51,484 So there was a general sense in the community 860 00:40:51,484 --> 00:40:53,467 So there was a general sense in the community 861 00:40:53,467 --> 00:40:55,100 that sheriff's got it up for Gene Hart 862 00:40:55,100 --> 00:40:57,634 and any chance he gets, yeah, he'll burn him. 863 00:41:00,100 --> 00:41:01,467 My name is Kim Baker 864 00:41:01,467 --> 00:41:04,000 and I am Gene Leroy Hart's niece. 865 00:41:06,100 --> 00:41:09,467 My family spoke of the case 866 00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:12,166 as being a railroaded situation. 867 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,533 They believed that there was 868 00:41:15,533 --> 00:41:18,266 a decision made by the sheriff at the time 869 00:41:18,734 --> 00:41:21,266 that Gene had been 870 00:41:21,266 --> 00:41:21,484 the perpetrator based on the fact 871 00:41:21,484 --> 00:41:23,100 the perpetrator based on the fact 872 00:41:23,100 --> 00:41:25,000 that Gene had been on the run for so long. 873 00:41:25,467 --> 00:41:27,467 That Gene had escaped. 874 00:41:27,467 --> 00:41:31,700 [Gary] Once sheriff Weaver named Gene Hart a suspect, 875 00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:33,367 a great deal of the community 876 00:41:33,367 --> 00:41:35,533 did not think that he had committed these crimes 877 00:41:35,533 --> 00:41:38,166 and a lot of people, particularly Cherokee people 878 00:41:38,166 --> 00:41:40,266 were concerned for his welfare 879 00:41:40,266 --> 00:41:41,867 and so there were people in the community 880 00:41:41,867 --> 00:41:44,734 that refused to cooperate in his apprehension. 881 00:41:45,967 --> 00:41:48,266 [Mike] The people in Locust Grove thought, 882 00:41:48,266 --> 00:41:49,800 you know, he's just a good old boy 883 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,367 and there's no way that good old boy did it. 884 00:41:51,367 --> 00:41:51,484 But what people don't understand, 885 00:41:51,484 --> 00:41:52,533 But what people don't understand, 886 00:41:52,533 --> 00:41:55,066 let's just take away the Girl Scout stuff. 887 00:41:56,467 --> 00:41:58,266 How can a man be such a good old boy 888 00:41:58,266 --> 00:42:00,634 with everything he's done leading up to that? 889 00:42:00,634 --> 00:42:02,066 They've seem to forget about that. 890 00:42:03,100 --> 00:42:04,166 And that's sad because they're not 891 00:42:04,166 --> 00:42:05,467 looking at the true problem. 892 00:42:05,467 --> 00:42:07,533 The problem is you got potential suspect