1 00:00:06,655 --> 00:00:09,165 OUR FAMILY AND THEIR FAMILY 2 00:00:09,172 --> 00:00:12,972 HAD BEEN IN EACH OTHER'S LIVES 3 00:00:12,965 --> 00:00:17,205 GOING ON PROBABLY CLOSE TO 10 YEARS. 4 00:00:17,206 --> 00:00:20,926 YOU KNOW, THE BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES AND HOLIDAYS 5 00:00:20,931 --> 00:00:23,411 AND COUNTLESS CHURCH FUNCTIONS 6 00:00:23,413 --> 00:00:26,973 AND OVERNIGHT, 7 00:00:26,965 --> 00:00:31,785 WE LOST THEM ALL. 8 00:00:31,793 --> 00:00:34,933 WE BURIED FOUR, 9 00:00:34,931 --> 00:00:37,861 BUT WE LOST THEM ALL. 10 00:00:44,586 --> 00:00:49,336 THE BIBLE TELLS US THERE ARE DEMONS THAT WALK AMONG US. 11 00:00:49,344 --> 00:00:53,214 I REALLY BELIEVE THAT. 12 00:00:53,206 --> 00:00:56,546 I SIT SOMETIMES LOOKING AT CHRISTMAS TREES AT HOME 13 00:00:56,551 --> 00:00:58,621 DURING THE HOLIDAYS, 14 00:00:58,620 --> 00:01:03,660 AND MY MIND GOES BACK TO 1997. 15 00:01:03,655 --> 00:01:05,965 NOTHING'S EVER THE SAME AGAIN, 16 00:01:05,965 --> 00:01:07,825 AND YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING DIFFERENTLY. 17 00:01:13,103 --> 00:01:16,073 ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING TIMES THAT MY MOM ENJOYED 18 00:01:16,068 --> 00:01:18,308 WAS CHRISTMAS, 19 00:01:18,310 --> 00:01:21,900 SO GETTING TO OPEN THOSE PRESENTS WAS FUN, 20 00:01:21,896 --> 00:01:25,096 BUT WE CRIED THE WHOLE TIME. 21 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:29,310 WE KNEW WHERE THEY'D COME FROM. 22 00:01:29,310 --> 00:01:34,660 THEY SAID, "LOVE MAMA AND DADDY," 23 00:01:34,655 --> 00:01:40,095 BUT THEY WEREN'T WITH US TO OPEN THEM. 24 00:01:40,103 --> 00:01:45,103 NOBODY'S EVER ASKED ABOUT MY MOTHER. 25 00:01:45,103 --> 00:01:48,863 THEY ALL JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT, 26 00:01:48,862 --> 00:01:51,242 NOT GET TO KNOW THE STORY. 27 00:02:02,103 --> 00:02:05,103 Captions by VITAC... www.vitac.com 28 00:02:05,103 --> 00:02:08,073 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 29 00:02:27,206 --> 00:02:30,996 I THINK IT AFFECTED THE CITY OF SANTA CLAUS 30 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,210 IN A WAY THAT WAS JUST BRUTALLY HARSH. 31 00:02:35,206 --> 00:02:38,716 SANTA CLAUS IS SMALL, BUT QUAINT. 32 00:02:38,724 --> 00:02:40,034 THEY'RE FRIENDLY. 33 00:02:40,034 --> 00:02:43,834 EVERYBODY KNEW THEIR NEIGHBORS. 34 00:02:43,827 --> 00:02:45,617 I LOVED LIVING IN SANTA CLAUS. 35 00:02:50,241 --> 00:02:53,551 I GOT TO WORK ON DECEMBER 4, 1997, 36 00:02:53,551 --> 00:02:59,411 AND A COWORKER COME TO ME AND SAYS, 37 00:02:59,413 --> 00:03:03,003 "RACHAEL, HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT DANNY DANIELS?" 38 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,210 AND I SAID "NO, WHAT'S GOING ON?" 39 00:03:05,206 --> 00:03:09,786 AND HE SAID, "WELL, HE KILLED HIS FAMILY LAST NIGHT 40 00:03:09,793 --> 00:03:12,243 AND THEN SHOT AND KILLED HIMSELF." 41 00:03:19,310 --> 00:03:22,030 IMMEDIATELY, I KNEW THAT WAS NOT TRUE. 42 00:03:22,034 --> 00:03:25,004 I WAS VERY UPSET AND ANGRY ABOUT THAT AND THAT'S NOT TRUE. 43 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,380 MATTER OF FACT, I EVEN SAID, "I WAS JUST THERE LAST NIGHT. 44 00:03:28,379 --> 00:03:31,479 THERE IS NO WAY THAT IS POSSIBLE." 45 00:03:31,482 --> 00:03:33,172 AND HE SAID, "WELL, THERE'S LAW EVERYWHERE. 46 00:03:33,172 --> 00:03:35,972 SOMETHING'S HAPPENED." 47 00:03:35,965 --> 00:03:38,965 SO I WAS CONCERNED, I TRIED CALLING THEIR HOME. 48 00:03:38,965 --> 00:03:40,685 HEY, Y'ALL, IT'S RACHAEL. 49 00:03:40,689 --> 00:03:42,409 JUST GIVE ME A CALL BACK WHEN YOU GET THIS, OKAY? 50 00:03:42,413 --> 00:03:43,553 DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER. 51 00:03:43,551 --> 00:03:45,311 OKAY, BYE. 52 00:03:45,310 --> 00:03:46,760 AT THAT POINT, I DID HAVE A FEELING 53 00:03:46,758 --> 00:03:48,278 THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED 54 00:03:48,275 --> 00:03:51,235 SO I CALLED MY MOM AND DADDY AND SAID, 55 00:03:51,241 --> 00:03:52,931 "LISTEN, I'VE HEARD THAT SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED 56 00:03:52,931 --> 00:03:57,241 AT KIM AND DANNY'S, AND CAN Y'ALL GO CHECK ON THEM?" 57 00:03:59,241 --> 00:04:02,931 WHEN THEY GOT TO THEIR HOME THERE WAS LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE. 58 00:04:02,931 --> 00:04:05,591 THERE WAS SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY GOING ON, 59 00:04:05,586 --> 00:04:09,516 AND MAMA AND DADDY COULDN'T GET ANY INFORMATION, 60 00:04:09,517 --> 00:04:11,477 AT WHICH POINT THEY CAME BACK TO CALL 61 00:04:11,482 --> 00:04:16,592 TO LET ME KNOW THAT YES, SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED. 62 00:04:16,586 --> 00:04:19,686 STILL NOT FOR SURE WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT'S BAD. 63 00:04:23,586 --> 00:04:27,166 SO WHEN I HUNG UP, I WAS EVEN MORE CONFUSED 64 00:04:27,172 --> 00:04:28,762 AND EVEN MORE CONCERNED. 65 00:04:37,103 --> 00:04:39,723 WHEN MY PARENTS FIRST BECAME A FOSTER FAMILY, 66 00:04:39,724 --> 00:04:42,344 WE KNEW THAT AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY, 67 00:04:42,344 --> 00:04:43,904 ANY TIME OF THE NIGHT, 68 00:04:43,896 --> 00:04:47,686 WE COULD GET NEW CHILDREN IN OUR HOME OF ANY AGE. 69 00:04:51,724 --> 00:04:54,484 IT WAS JUST SO MUCH FUN. 70 00:04:54,482 --> 00:04:57,212 IT WAS SO EXCITING TO HAVE KIDS TO PLAY WITH. 71 00:05:07,068 --> 00:05:09,718 THE FIRST CHILD THAT WE HAD IN OUR HOME 72 00:05:09,724 --> 00:05:13,074 WAS A YOUNG, RED-HEADED GIRL, 73 00:05:13,068 --> 00:05:15,828 AND I JUST KNEW THAT SHE WAS GONNA BE MY BEST FRIEND. 74 00:05:15,827 --> 00:05:19,587 SHE WAS THE SAME AGE AS I WAS, SHE WAS SO NICE, 75 00:05:19,586 --> 00:05:22,066 AND I JUST LOVED HER RED HAIR. 76 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,590 HER MOTHER WOULD COME AND VISIT 77 00:05:27,586 --> 00:05:30,066 AND SOMETIMES HER OLDER BROTHER WOULD COME. 78 00:05:30,068 --> 00:05:31,718 HIS NAME WAS JERRY HEIDLER. 79 00:05:35,310 --> 00:05:40,100 JERRY WAS ALWAYS VERY FRIENDLY WITH THE KIDS. 80 00:05:40,103 --> 00:05:41,903 HE'D FISH WITH THE KIDS. 81 00:05:41,896 --> 00:05:45,756 HE'D JUMP ON THE TRAMPOLINE WITH US KIDS. 82 00:05:45,758 --> 00:05:47,928 I CAN REMEMBER HIM GIVING ME PIGGYBACK RIDES 83 00:05:47,931 --> 00:05:51,141 AND PUTTING ME ON HIS SHOULDERS. 84 00:05:51,137 --> 00:05:53,587 JERRY WAS SO MUCH FUN. 85 00:05:53,586 --> 00:05:55,096 HE WOULD ALWAYS PLAY WITH US, 86 00:05:55,103 --> 00:05:59,903 AND HE SEEMED TO BE VERY LOVING AND KIND TO THE CHILDREN. 87 00:05:59,896 --> 00:06:02,166 HE SEEMED VERY DISTANT WITH ADULTS. 88 00:06:02,172 --> 00:06:04,902 HE KIND OF STUCK OUT A LITTLE BIT, 89 00:06:04,896 --> 00:06:07,376 BUT AS CHILDREN, YOU DON'T SEE THOSE THINGS. 90 00:06:18,793 --> 00:06:21,903 IN DECEMBER OF 1997, 91 00:06:21,896 --> 00:06:24,546 MY MOM AND MY DAD, 92 00:06:24,551 --> 00:06:28,971 WE HAD FOSTER CHILDREN, AMANDA AND COREY AND GABE, 93 00:06:28,965 --> 00:06:31,445 MY STEPSISTER, JESSIE, 94 00:06:31,448 --> 00:06:34,898 AND THEN ME AND BROOKE AND BRYANT. 95 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:44,138 THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 3rd, 96 00:06:44,137 --> 00:06:46,927 I REMEMBER BEING WOKEN UP, 97 00:06:46,931 --> 00:06:49,931 SHOOKEN, BY JERRY. 98 00:06:52,448 --> 00:06:54,068 AMBER, AMBER! 99 00:06:54,068 --> 00:06:55,688 WAKE UP, WAKE UP! WE NEED TO LEAVE! 100 00:06:55,689 --> 00:06:56,899 AND HE'S YELLING AT ME TO, 101 00:06:56,896 --> 00:06:58,276 "WAKE UP. WAKE UP. YOU'VE GOT TO WAKE UP." 102 00:06:58,275 --> 00:06:59,895 - JERRY? - WE NEED TO GO. LET'S GO. 103 00:06:59,896 --> 00:07:01,336 - COME ON, COME ON, COME ON! - WHAT'S HAPPENING? 104 00:07:01,344 --> 00:07:02,834 COME ON! WE NEED TO GO! 105 00:07:02,827 --> 00:07:06,547 AND WHEN I FINALLY WAKE UP, I CAN HEAR KIDS CRYING. 106 00:07:06,551 --> 00:07:09,791 AND HE'S JUST YELLING AT ME. 107 00:07:09,793 --> 00:07:11,033 "WE'VE GOT TO GO! 108 00:07:11,034 --> 00:07:12,454 "WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE! 109 00:07:12,448 --> 00:07:15,788 WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE RIGHT NOW!" 110 00:07:15,793 --> 00:07:19,693 I WAS FRIGHTENED AND SCARED AND HEARING THE GIRLS CRYING. 111 00:07:19,689 --> 00:07:22,169 I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. 112 00:07:22,172 --> 00:07:23,452 AS WE'RE WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY, 113 00:07:23,448 --> 00:07:25,588 HE'S GOT ME BY THE HAND AND I SAID, 114 00:07:25,586 --> 00:07:26,896 "WELL, LET ME GO GET MAMA," 115 00:07:26,896 --> 00:07:28,516 AND HE SAID, "MAMA AND DADDY IS NOT HERE. 116 00:07:28,517 --> 00:07:30,277 "THEY'VE ALREADY LEFT WITH THE OTHER KIDS 117 00:07:30,275 --> 00:07:33,095 "AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS TO COME GET YOU 118 00:07:33,103 --> 00:07:36,003 AND THE GIRLS TO GET Y'ALL OUT OF THE HOUSE." 119 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:40,000 AND ALL I HAVE IS AMANDA AND BROOKE, 120 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,790 AND COREY AND GABE ARE HIDING UNDER THE KITCHEN TABLE. 121 00:07:43,793 --> 00:07:45,723 AND WE'RE WALKING OUT THE FRONT DOOR AND I'M LIKE, 122 00:07:45,724 --> 00:07:48,764 "WHY ARE WE LEAVING THEM? WHY ARE WE LEAVING THEM?" 123 00:07:48,758 --> 00:07:49,858 HE SAID, "YOUR MOM AND DAD'S GOING TO COME BACK 124 00:07:49,862 --> 00:07:52,242 AND GET THEM." 125 00:07:52,241 --> 00:07:54,311 I WAS JUST CONFUSED, AND I WAS LOST, 126 00:07:54,310 --> 00:07:57,860 AND JERRY WAS ALWAYS GOOD TO US 127 00:07:57,862 --> 00:07:59,932 THE DAYS THAT HE WAS AROUND, 128 00:07:59,931 --> 00:08:03,381 SO IT FELT OKAY TO LEAVE WITH HIM, 129 00:08:03,379 --> 00:08:06,279 SO WE GOT IN THE VAN WITH HIM, AND WE LEFT. 130 00:08:13,068 --> 00:08:16,138 I WAS NINE MONTHS OUT OF THE POLICE ACADEMY 131 00:08:16,137 --> 00:08:18,277 WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED IN SANTA CLAUS. 132 00:08:22,586 --> 00:08:25,656 3:30 IN THE MORNING, THEY GAVE ME A CALL 133 00:08:25,655 --> 00:08:28,335 TO A WELFARE CHECK OUT ON 134 00:08:28,344 --> 00:08:32,104 DASHER STREET IN SANTA CLAUS. 135 00:08:32,103 --> 00:08:34,453 WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION 136 00:08:34,448 --> 00:08:37,408 A LOT OF INTERIOR LIGHTS WERE ON, 137 00:08:37,413 --> 00:08:40,143 BUT WHEN I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, THE DOOR WAS ALREADY OPEN. 138 00:08:43,448 --> 00:08:46,518 SO I PUSHED IT ON OPEN... 139 00:08:46,517 --> 00:08:47,787 HELLO? 140 00:08:47,793 --> 00:08:51,623 ...ANNOUNCED SHERIFF'S OFFICE SEVERAL TIMES 141 00:08:51,620 --> 00:08:54,030 AND GOT NO RESPONSE. 142 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:55,834 ANYBODY HERE? 143 00:08:55,827 --> 00:08:58,587 I'M HEARING A MUSIC... IT SOUNDED LIKE MUSIC 144 00:08:58,586 --> 00:09:01,966 COMING FROM A CLOCK RADIO AND A BABY CRYING. 145 00:09:05,344 --> 00:09:07,284 SO I COME ON INTO THE HOUSE, 146 00:09:07,275 --> 00:09:10,095 AGAIN ANNOUNCING SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 147 00:09:10,103 --> 00:09:13,623 IMMEDIATELY TO MY RIGHT WAS A CHRISTMAS TREE, 148 00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:15,380 A LOT OF PRESENTS UNDER IT. 149 00:09:15,379 --> 00:09:17,659 I WALKED ON IN, STILL ANNOUNCING... 150 00:09:17,655 --> 00:09:19,025 HELLO? 151 00:09:19,034 --> 00:09:21,794 ...NOT HEARING ANYTHING BUT THIS BABY CRYING 152 00:09:21,793 --> 00:09:24,143 AND A CLOCK RADIO. 153 00:09:34,827 --> 00:09:36,967 I WALKED INTO THE ROOM, 154 00:09:36,965 --> 00:09:39,785 AND I JUST STOOD THERE AT THE DOORWAY 155 00:09:39,793 --> 00:09:44,553 AND HAVING A HARD TIME BELIEVING WHAT I'M SEEING 156 00:09:44,551 --> 00:09:45,591 AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 157 00:09:51,275 --> 00:09:55,025 IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT YOUR BRAIN 158 00:09:55,034 --> 00:09:59,694 WILL CONNECT UP FOR YOU THAT QUICKLY. 159 00:09:59,689 --> 00:10:04,859 I'M SEEING WHAT'S LEFT OF A SMALL MALE CHILD 160 00:10:04,862 --> 00:10:07,662 AND WHAT'S LEFT OF HIS HEAD LAYING IN THE BED. 161 00:10:20,068 --> 00:10:23,168 MY MOM GREW UP LIVING ON THE STREETS, 162 00:10:23,172 --> 00:10:26,792 CHASING ONE MAN AFTER THE OTHER TO FIND LOVE 163 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:31,343 BECAUSE HER BIOLOGICAL MOTHER THREW HER OUT TO THE WOLVES 164 00:10:31,344 --> 00:10:35,344 AND DIDN'T WANT THEM, ANY OF HER CHILDREN. 165 00:10:35,344 --> 00:10:37,934 AND ONE DAY, 166 00:10:37,931 --> 00:10:41,451 MY MOM HAD ALL HER CHILDREN TAKEN AWAY FROM HER 167 00:10:41,448 --> 00:10:44,658 BECAUSE SHE HAD NEVER HAD A STABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR US... 168 00:10:44,655 --> 00:10:50,135 ME, MY YOUNGER SISTER, BROOKE, AND HER TWIN, BRYANT. 169 00:10:50,137 --> 00:10:56,097 SHE BROKE DOWN AND DECIDED SHE WOULD CHANGE HER LIFE. 170 00:10:56,103 --> 00:10:59,973 THROUGH A.A., MY MOTHER MET DANNY DANIELS. 171 00:10:59,965 --> 00:11:03,305 IT WAS LIKE HER KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR. 172 00:11:03,310 --> 00:11:06,550 BUT SHE WOULD TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHY HE CHOSE HER. 173 00:11:06,551 --> 00:11:10,141 SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER HIM, BUT HE DID. 174 00:11:10,137 --> 00:11:12,207 HE FELL IN LOVE WITH HER FROM THE DAY HE MET HER. 175 00:11:16,931 --> 00:11:19,281 THEY HAD QUIT DRINKING. 176 00:11:19,275 --> 00:11:22,755 THEY HAD CHANGED EVERYTHING ABOUT THEIR LIVES. 177 00:11:26,413 --> 00:11:28,793 THE DAY THAT CHILD SERVICES LET ME RETURN BACK HOME 178 00:11:28,793 --> 00:11:33,523 TO MY MOTHER WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE. 179 00:11:34,862 --> 00:11:38,592 I RAN TO HER ARMS IN A NEW HOME, 180 00:11:38,586 --> 00:11:43,546 A BIG, BEAUTIFUL HOUSE WITH A YARD THAT WE COULD PLAY IN, 181 00:11:43,551 --> 00:11:46,721 AND THERE WAS A MAN JUST STANDING THERE, OPEN ARMS, 182 00:11:46,724 --> 00:11:50,144 AND WELCOMED ME INTO HIS HOUSE, 183 00:11:50,137 --> 00:11:52,307 AND WANTED TO LOVE ME JUST AS MUCH AS MY MOM. 184 00:11:57,482 --> 00:11:59,342 I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME 185 00:11:59,344 --> 00:12:02,104 WITH HER LEFT. 186 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,480 WHILE WE'RE DRIVING DOWN DASHER STREET, 187 00:12:23,482 --> 00:12:25,792 THE OTHER TWO GIRLS ARE JUST TERRIFIED, 188 00:12:25,793 --> 00:12:28,383 AND THEY WOULDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING, 189 00:12:28,379 --> 00:12:31,409 AND I KEPT ASKING THEM IF THEY WERE OKAY. 190 00:12:31,413 --> 00:12:36,343 THEY WERE JUST CRYING, YOU KNOW, JUST A SOB CRY. 191 00:12:36,344 --> 00:12:37,974 WE'RE ALL CONFUSED. 192 00:12:37,965 --> 00:12:39,895 WE'RE ALL JUST TERRIFIED AT THIS POINT 193 00:12:39,896 --> 00:12:41,786 BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING. 194 00:12:47,827 --> 00:12:49,967 WE GOT DOWN TO THE END OF DASHER STREET, 195 00:12:49,965 --> 00:12:52,995 AND THEN WE TURNED LEFT ON U.S. 1, 196 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,140 AND WE JUST STARTED DRIVING. 197 00:13:13,724 --> 00:13:17,314 I'M STILL STANDING THERE IN DISBELIEF, REALLY, 198 00:13:17,310 --> 00:13:19,100 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, 199 00:13:19,103 --> 00:13:21,103 THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK'S STANDING UP, 200 00:13:21,103 --> 00:13:23,243 AND YOU'RE WONDERING ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 201 00:13:23,241 --> 00:13:25,241 YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE STILL GOT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER 202 00:13:25,241 --> 00:13:28,451 ON SITE OR WHAT THE DEAL IS. 203 00:13:28,448 --> 00:13:32,168 I IMMEDIATELY DREW MY WEAPON 204 00:13:32,172 --> 00:13:35,722 AND DID A QUICK PEEK TO THE OTHER ROOM. 205 00:13:37,793 --> 00:13:39,973 THE WHOLE TIME I'M HEARING WHAT SOUNDS LIKE MUSIC 206 00:13:39,965 --> 00:13:43,715 COMING FROM A CLOCK RADIO AND A BABY CRYING. 207 00:13:45,827 --> 00:13:48,097 AND ABOUT THE TIME I GOT BACK INTO 208 00:13:48,103 --> 00:13:53,383 THE LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM AREA, 209 00:13:53,379 --> 00:13:57,339 A SMALL CHILD JUST POPS UP FROM UNDER THE DINING ROOM TABLE. 210 00:14:06,689 --> 00:14:10,339 I WENT FULL-ON READY TO SHOOT. 211 00:14:13,793 --> 00:14:15,793 AS MY DADDY USED TO SAY, IT'S A THOUSAND WONDERS 212 00:14:15,793 --> 00:14:17,413 THAT I DIDN'T SHOOT HIM, 213 00:14:17,413 --> 00:14:23,033 AND I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. 214 00:14:23,034 --> 00:14:26,724 HE REALLY DIDN'T SAY MUCH OF ANYTHING. 215 00:14:26,724 --> 00:14:31,414 HE KIND OF POINTED INTO THE... TOWARDS THE BEDROOM, 216 00:14:31,413 --> 00:14:36,343 AND THERE APPEARED TO BE BLOOD AROUND THE KNOB 217 00:14:36,344 --> 00:14:41,454 AND ON THE FRAME OF THE BEDROOM DOOR. 218 00:14:41,448 --> 00:14:45,998 I VERY GENTLY JUST KIND OF GRABBED THE DOORKNOB 219 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:51,760 WITH A COUPLE FINGERS AND OPENED IT ENOUGH 220 00:14:51,758 --> 00:14:55,518 TO SEE WHAT APPEARED TO BE A MALE BODY IN A BED. 221 00:15:06,655 --> 00:15:08,685 AND WHEN I OPENED THAT DOOR, 222 00:15:08,689 --> 00:15:11,969 I DISCOVERED WHERE THE BABY CRYING 223 00:15:11,965 --> 00:15:15,475 AND THE ALARM CLOCK WAS COMING FROM. 224 00:15:20,448 --> 00:15:24,068 THE BABY WAS STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE BED, 225 00:15:24,068 --> 00:15:26,588 STANDING HOLDING ONTO THE SHEETS, 226 00:15:26,586 --> 00:15:31,656 CRYING, TRYING TO WAKE HIS MOTHER UP, 227 00:15:31,655 --> 00:15:35,275 AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW THE BODY OF THE LADY 228 00:15:35,275 --> 00:15:36,925 THAT HAD BEEN KILLED. 229 00:15:40,275 --> 00:15:42,305 I LOOKED ACROSS THE ROOM, 230 00:15:42,310 --> 00:15:46,620 AND I DISCOVERED THE BODY OF A TEENAGER 231 00:15:46,620 --> 00:15:49,830 THAT WAS LAYING CRUMPLED ON THE STEPS 232 00:15:49,827 --> 00:15:54,277 COMING DOWN FROM THAT DOOR. 233 00:15:54,275 --> 00:15:58,515 YOU GOT ONE BODY ON ONE END OF THE HOUSE 234 00:15:58,517 --> 00:16:01,097 AND THREE BODIES ON THE OTHER END OF THE HOUSE, 235 00:16:01,103 --> 00:16:02,553 IT'S JUST HARD TO IMAGINE 236 00:16:02,551 --> 00:16:05,411 THAT ANYBODY COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 237 00:16:20,413 --> 00:16:22,973 THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE PARENTS, 238 00:16:22,965 --> 00:16:26,895 MR. AND MRS. DANIELS. 239 00:16:26,896 --> 00:16:31,096 THAT'S JUST THE WAY I FOUND THEM. 240 00:16:31,103 --> 00:16:34,213 THE BABY WAS STANDING RIGHT IN HERE, 241 00:16:34,206 --> 00:16:39,376 HANGING ONTO THE BEDSHEET THERE, STANDING UP. 242 00:16:45,172 --> 00:16:47,212 THIS PHOTO IS OF, UH, 243 00:16:47,206 --> 00:16:51,406 PRIMARILY OF THE TEENAGE DAUGHTER. 244 00:16:55,724 --> 00:17:00,384 YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT PROBABLY HOW THAT HAPPENED. 245 00:17:00,379 --> 00:17:04,379 I MEAN, SHE RUN TOWARDS WHERE SHE FIGURED SAFETY WAS AT, 246 00:17:04,379 --> 00:17:07,479 AND, UH, 247 00:17:07,482 --> 00:17:10,862 TO HER DADDY. 248 00:17:10,862 --> 00:17:14,452 I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW HELPLESS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON HIS PART 249 00:17:14,448 --> 00:17:17,788 TO KNOW THAT HE REALLY COULDN'T HELP. 250 00:17:37,310 --> 00:17:41,240 WE DROVE ALL THE WAY TO THE BAXLEY BRIDGE ON U.S. 1, 251 00:17:41,241 --> 00:17:45,591 AND HE PULLED OFF TO GO UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE. 252 00:17:45,586 --> 00:17:46,786 THERE'S NO HOUSES. 253 00:17:46,793 --> 00:17:48,483 IT'S JUST A SECLUDED AREA, 254 00:17:48,482 --> 00:17:52,142 JUST BUSHES AND A DIRT PATH AND THE RIVER. 255 00:17:58,896 --> 00:18:00,586 MY MIND STARTED RACING. 256 00:18:00,586 --> 00:18:02,716 YOU KNOW, "WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW? WHAT ARE WE DOING? 257 00:18:02,724 --> 00:18:04,454 OH, MY GOD. IS HE GOING TO KILL US?" 258 00:18:08,379 --> 00:18:10,759 AMANDA AND BROOKE WERE STILL SITTING VERY CLOSE, 259 00:18:10,758 --> 00:18:12,718 HOLDING EACH OTHER. 260 00:18:12,724 --> 00:18:16,594 HE MADE THEM GET INTO THE FRONT SEAT, 261 00:18:16,586 --> 00:18:21,306 AND THEN I KNEW HE WAS ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING VERY BAD TO ME. 262 00:18:34,758 --> 00:18:38,788 HE GOT IN THE BACK SEAT, AND I STARTED CRYING 263 00:18:38,793 --> 00:18:40,593 AND ASK HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING, 264 00:18:40,586 --> 00:18:43,826 AND I CAN REMEMBER MY HANDS SHAKING. 265 00:18:43,827 --> 00:18:48,757 AND THEN HE STARTED TELLING ME TO TAKE MY CLOTHES OFF, 266 00:18:48,758 --> 00:18:52,238 SO THEN I KNEW WHAT HE WAS ABOUT TO DO. 267 00:18:52,241 --> 00:18:56,481 I CAN REMEMBER SEEING AMANDA'S FACE LOOKING AT ME AND CRYING, 268 00:18:56,482 --> 00:19:01,482 AND HER AND BROOKE WERE STILL HOLDING EACH OTHER 269 00:19:01,482 --> 00:19:03,722 WHILE I LAID THERE NAKED, 270 00:19:03,724 --> 00:19:06,454 WATCHING HIM DO WHAT HE WAS DOING TO ME. 271 00:19:06,448 --> 00:19:11,068 I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING TO SURVIVE THAT PART OF THAT NIGHT. 272 00:19:12,689 --> 00:19:14,589 I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE. 273 00:19:20,620 --> 00:19:23,000 BUT HE TOLD ME IF I DIDN'T STOP CRYING 274 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:28,280 THAT HE WOULD DO IT TO THEM, SO I SUCKED IT UP, 275 00:19:28,275 --> 00:19:31,375 AND I TOOK IT ALL SO HE WOULDN'T DO IT TO THEM. 276 00:19:36,206 --> 00:19:41,546 NOBODY DESERVES THAT. 277 00:19:41,551 --> 00:19:43,101 IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO FIGURE OUT THERE 278 00:19:43,103 --> 00:19:46,033 WAS NOTHING I HAD DONE TO MAKE HIM DO THAT. 279 00:19:46,034 --> 00:19:49,794 HE WAS JUST A HORRIBLE PERSON. 280 00:19:54,137 --> 00:19:56,657 BUT THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO TO STOP HIM. 281 00:20:10,620 --> 00:20:15,240 AT THAT POINT, NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE HOUSE, 282 00:20:15,241 --> 00:20:17,661 IF THERE'S STILL A SHOOTER ON SITE, 283 00:20:17,655 --> 00:20:18,925 I GRABBED THE BABY UP, 284 00:20:18,931 --> 00:20:22,001 GRABBED THE OTHER LITTLE BOY UP IN MY ARMS, 285 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,760 AND WE WENT BACK OUT THE DOOR. 286 00:20:25,758 --> 00:20:29,548 I HAD RADIOED MY DISPATCHERS, 287 00:20:29,551 --> 00:20:32,721 ADVISING THEM THAT I NEEDED HELP, 288 00:20:32,724 --> 00:20:36,664 IN OUR JARGON, 10-18, WHICH MEANS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, 289 00:20:36,655 --> 00:20:39,235 THAT I HAD A QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE. 290 00:20:50,448 --> 00:20:53,478 GOSH, I HADN'T SEEN THIS IN A LONG TIME. 291 00:20:57,103 --> 00:20:59,523 THAT WAS A SWEET DAY. 292 00:20:59,517 --> 00:21:01,207 KIDS WERE HAPPY. THEY WERE HAPPY. 293 00:21:01,206 --> 00:21:03,616 WE WERE HAPPY. 294 00:21:03,620 --> 00:21:09,450 SHE WAS GIDDY, NERVOUS, 295 00:21:09,448 --> 00:21:11,968 AND DANNY WAS JUST DANNY. 296 00:21:11,965 --> 00:21:13,715 HE WAS HOPING THEY WOULD HURRY UP IN CASE 297 00:21:13,724 --> 00:21:15,624 SHE CHANGED HER MIND, I THINK. 298 00:21:15,620 --> 00:21:20,030 BUT IT WAS VERY SWEET. 299 00:21:20,034 --> 00:21:23,624 SMALL LITTLE CEREMONY, NOTHING GRAND, 300 00:21:23,620 --> 00:21:26,310 BUT FOR HER, 301 00:21:26,310 --> 00:21:29,830 I MEAN, YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT IT WAS THE ROYAL WEDDING. 302 00:21:29,827 --> 00:21:31,517 THAT WAS A GOOD DAY. 303 00:21:48,896 --> 00:21:52,166 I LEFT WORK, WENT STRAIGHT TO MAMA AND DADDY'S. 304 00:21:52,172 --> 00:21:53,722 HERE YOU GO, HONEY. 305 00:21:53,724 --> 00:21:56,554 - THANKS, MOM. - HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP? 306 00:21:56,551 --> 00:21:58,691 WE WERE ALL JUST IN SHOCK, 307 00:21:58,689 --> 00:22:02,029 COULDN'T WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND IT. 308 00:22:02,034 --> 00:22:07,794 I WOULD GO FROM EVERY EMOTION IMAGINABLE, YOU KNOW, PANIC. 309 00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:11,863 I WAS CONFUSED, DISTRAUGHT, 310 00:22:11,862 --> 00:22:15,662 AND I FELT HELPLESS, 311 00:22:15,655 --> 00:22:17,925 LIKE YOU COULDN'T... 312 00:22:17,931 --> 00:22:19,931 YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 313 00:22:19,931 --> 00:22:21,101 NO, YOU NEED TO BE PATIENT. 314 00:22:21,103 --> 00:22:22,793 - YEAH. - STAY CALM. 315 00:22:22,793 --> 00:22:25,213 THERE WAS A LOT OF PRAYER AT THAT TIME. 316 00:22:42,482 --> 00:22:48,282 THERE WAS FOUR BODIES IS WHAT WE HAD HEARD, FOUR BODIES. 317 00:22:48,275 --> 00:22:53,655 THAT WAS WHEN HE WAS ABLE TO TELL US THAT KIM AND DANNY, 318 00:22:53,655 --> 00:22:57,235 JESSIE, AND BRYANT WERE GONE. 319 00:23:05,965 --> 00:23:07,995 THEY WERE GOOD PEOPLE, 320 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,970 AND NOTHING THEY DID... 321 00:23:12,965 --> 00:23:14,135 CAUSED IT. 322 00:23:19,068 --> 00:23:24,828 THEY WERE LIVING THEIR LIFE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 323 00:23:24,827 --> 00:23:28,897 IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE'S POOR CHOICES, BAD DECISIONS, 324 00:23:28,896 --> 00:23:31,376 THAT BROUGHT THIS OUTCOME. 325 00:23:38,586 --> 00:23:41,136 THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE GIRLS ARE. 326 00:23:41,137 --> 00:23:43,137 WHAT? 327 00:23:43,137 --> 00:23:47,617 WE WERE STILL NOT SURE WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THE GIRLS. 328 00:23:47,620 --> 00:23:49,660 WHERE WERE THE GIRLS? 329 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,410 ARE THEY SOMEWHERE DEAD? 330 00:24:15,344 --> 00:24:18,524 SO WHENEVER HE WAS FINISHED WITH ME, 331 00:24:18,517 --> 00:24:21,447 HE LET ME PUT MY CLOTHES BACK ON, 332 00:24:21,448 --> 00:24:24,788 AND HE GOT OUT AND GOT BACK IN THE FRONT SEAT 333 00:24:24,793 --> 00:24:27,793 AND JUST STARTED DRIVING AGAIN, 334 00:24:27,793 --> 00:24:31,933 AND IT JUST GOT REALLY QUIET. 335 00:24:31,931 --> 00:24:33,621 WAS OUR LIVES GONNA END? 336 00:24:33,620 --> 00:24:36,860 WERE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM HIM? 337 00:24:36,862 --> 00:24:40,072 WAS SOMEBODY GONNA EVENTUALLY FIND US AND HELP US, 338 00:24:40,068 --> 00:24:45,028 OR WERE THEY GONNA FIND US DEAD? 339 00:24:45,034 --> 00:24:47,764 JERRY STOPPED ON TOP OF THE BRIDGE. 340 00:24:47,758 --> 00:24:49,688 MOVE, MOVE! 341 00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:51,719 HE MADE US GET OUT OF THE VAN, 342 00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:54,764 AND HE PULLED THE GUN OUT 343 00:24:54,758 --> 00:24:58,688 AND TOLD US TO STAND THERE, 344 00:24:58,689 --> 00:25:01,099 AND HE GOT UP ON THE EDGE OF THE BRIDGE 345 00:25:01,103 --> 00:25:07,033 AND THREW THE GUN OVER. 346 00:25:07,034 --> 00:25:10,284 AND MY MIND JUST SAID, "THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. 347 00:25:10,275 --> 00:25:12,335 "YOU'RE OUT OF THAT VAN. 348 00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:16,664 "RUN, RUN LIKE HELL AND GET AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN. 349 00:25:16,655 --> 00:25:21,545 WE CAN HIDE IN THE WOODS, JUST RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN." 350 00:25:21,551 --> 00:25:23,141 RUN! 351 00:25:23,137 --> 00:25:27,547 WE WERE BAREFOOT AND RUNNING WITH NO SHOES, JUST PAJAMAS. 352 00:25:30,275 --> 00:25:31,445 NO! 353 00:25:31,448 --> 00:25:34,828 JERRY STARTED SCREAMING AT US TO STOP, 354 00:25:34,827 --> 00:25:38,207 STOP RUNNING, GET BACK IN THE VAN. 355 00:25:38,206 --> 00:25:41,516 AND HE GRABBED BROOKE, AND HE SHOOK HER, 356 00:25:41,517 --> 00:25:43,787 AND HE TOLD ME IF I DIDN'T GET BACK IN THE VAN 357 00:25:43,793 --> 00:25:46,073 THAT HE WAS GONNA THROW HER OVER THE BRIDGE, 358 00:25:46,068 --> 00:25:48,168 AND I'D NEVER SEE HER AGAIN. 359 00:25:52,758 --> 00:25:54,338 SO WE GOT BACK IN. 360 00:25:59,068 --> 00:26:02,788 HE STARTED DRIVING SOUTH ON U.S. 1 TOWARDS BAXLEY, 361 00:26:02,793 --> 00:26:05,593 AND WE WERE REALLY QUIET. 362 00:26:05,586 --> 00:26:10,276 WHEN WE GOT TO ALMA, HE STARTED ACTING WEIRD. 363 00:26:10,275 --> 00:26:12,895 HE'D TURN DOWN THIS ROAD AND SO I ASKED HIM AGAIN, 364 00:26:12,896 --> 00:26:15,716 "WHERE ARE YOU TAKING US? WHAT ARE WE DOING?" 365 00:26:15,724 --> 00:26:17,384 HE GOT AGITATED AND STARTED YELLING. 366 00:26:17,379 --> 00:26:20,029 SHUT UP! SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP! 367 00:26:20,034 --> 00:26:23,554 AND THEN HE PULLED UP IN A LITTLE DEAD-END SPOT 368 00:26:23,551 --> 00:26:27,001 AND PUT US OUT AND TOLD US 369 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,690 THAT WE WERE TO WAIT THERE FOR FIVE MINUTES 370 00:26:28,689 --> 00:26:31,279 - UNTIL HE CAME BACK. - YOU ALL STAY HERE. 371 00:26:31,275 --> 00:26:33,855 HE JUST KEPT SAYING, "I'll BE BACK IN FIVE MINUTES. 372 00:26:33,862 --> 00:26:36,592 "I'll BE BACK IN FIVE MINUTES, AND YOU'D BETTER BE HERE. 373 00:26:36,586 --> 00:26:38,856 I'll BE BACK IN FIVE MINUTES." 374 00:26:38,862 --> 00:26:43,002 IT'S ALL I CAN REMEMBER HEARING. 375 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,030 AS SOON AS WE COULDN'T SEE HIS LIGHTS ANYMORE, 376 00:26:45,034 --> 00:26:48,344 I COUNTED TO 60 FIVE TIMES AS FAST AS I COULD 377 00:26:48,344 --> 00:26:50,974 SO I KNEW THAT HE WAS GONE. 378 00:26:50,965 --> 00:26:52,545 I TOLD THE GIRLS THAT, "WE'VE GOT TO FIND HELP. 379 00:26:52,551 --> 00:26:54,281 "WE'VE GOT TO TELL THEM WHAT'S HAPPENED. 380 00:26:54,275 --> 00:26:56,515 WE'VE GOT TO FIND OUR PARENTS. WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK HOME." 381 00:26:56,517 --> 00:27:00,547 LET'S GO, LET'S GO. COME ON, LET'S GO, LET'S GO! 382 00:27:00,551 --> 00:27:02,591 AND WE STARTED WALKING. 383 00:27:13,724 --> 00:27:15,524 WE SAW LIGHTS COMING DOWN THE ROAD, 384 00:27:15,517 --> 00:27:18,237 AND WE KNEW THAT HE WAS COMING BACK TO GET US. 385 00:27:18,241 --> 00:27:20,521 GO HIDE. GO HIDE! 386 00:27:20,517 --> 00:27:23,587 SO I MADE THE TWO GIRLS JUMP DOWN IN THE DITCH 387 00:27:23,586 --> 00:27:25,446 TO TRY TO KEEP FROM BEING SEEN. 388 00:27:29,206 --> 00:27:30,616 AND THE CAR SLOWED DOWN, 389 00:27:30,620 --> 00:27:33,000 AND I KNEW THAT WE HAD JUST BEEN CAUGHT. 390 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,660 OUR LIVES WERE OVER. 391 00:27:47,620 --> 00:27:49,860 WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT DO WE DO? 392 00:27:49,862 --> 00:27:51,622 GO, GO HIDE! 393 00:27:58,413 --> 00:27:59,723 THE CAR SLOWED DOWN, 394 00:27:59,724 --> 00:28:01,414 AND I KNEW THAT WE HAD JUST BEEN CAUGHT. 395 00:28:05,379 --> 00:28:06,829 OUR LIVES WERE OVER. 396 00:28:13,758 --> 00:28:16,138 IT WOUND UP BEING A COP CAR, 397 00:28:16,137 --> 00:28:20,277 AND HE STOPPED, AND HE GOT OUT. 398 00:28:20,275 --> 00:28:22,305 I SAID, "WE'VE BEEN KIDNAPPED." 399 00:28:22,310 --> 00:28:24,930 "THIS IS OUR ADDRESS ON DASHER STREET. 400 00:28:24,931 --> 00:28:26,411 YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUR PARENTS." 401 00:28:26,413 --> 00:28:31,623 HE COULD TELL THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. 402 00:28:31,620 --> 00:28:35,410 SO HE DROVE US TO THE POLICE STATION. 403 00:28:35,413 --> 00:28:40,313 IT FELT LIKE HOURS HAD JUST PASSED IN MINUTES, 404 00:28:40,310 --> 00:28:43,280 AND THEN THERE WAS A LADY THAT CAME IN. 405 00:28:50,586 --> 00:28:52,656 SHE SAT ME DOWN IN A ROOM BY MYSELF 406 00:28:52,655 --> 00:28:54,715 AND ASKED ME DID HE HURT ME? 407 00:28:58,655 --> 00:29:02,405 AND I JUST STARTED CRYING 408 00:29:02,413 --> 00:29:07,243 AND TOLD HER, "YES, HE DID." 409 00:30:06,275 --> 00:30:08,965 HIS NAME WAS FAMILIAR TO A LOT OF PEOPLE 410 00:30:08,965 --> 00:30:12,715 IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A LOT OF FOLKS KNEW OF HIM. 411 00:30:12,724 --> 00:30:18,314 I DON'T THINK ANYBODY MAYBE REALIZED WHAT HE WAS CAPABLE OF. 412 00:30:18,310 --> 00:30:21,520 HE WENT FROM BEING AN AVERAGE CROOK, 413 00:30:21,517 --> 00:30:25,657 SO TO SPEAK, TO BEING ON THE FBI'S MOST WANTED LIST 414 00:30:25,655 --> 00:30:27,405 IN, LIKE, A COUPLE HOURS' TIME. 415 00:30:41,068 --> 00:30:42,968 WHEN THEY CAUGHT HIM, IT WAS BEFORE DARK, 416 00:30:42,965 --> 00:30:44,445 BUT IT WAS GETTING LATE IN THE EVENING. 417 00:30:44,448 --> 00:30:47,548 I WOULD SAY PROBABLY FROM 3 TO 5, SOMEWHERE IN THERE, 418 00:30:47,551 --> 00:30:53,241 IS WHEN HE GOT CAUGHT HIDING UP UNDER HIS MOTHER'S HOUSE. 419 00:30:53,241 --> 00:30:55,971 WE HAD A GOOD TEAM, 420 00:30:55,965 --> 00:30:58,445 TACTICAL TEAM, THAT WENT AND GOT HIM, 421 00:30:58,448 --> 00:31:00,138 AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HANDLED. 422 00:31:05,896 --> 00:31:08,136 INVESTIGATORS HAVE ALREADY MADE AN ARREST... 423 00:31:08,137 --> 00:31:10,827 20-YEAR-OLD JERRY SCOTT HEIDLER. 424 00:31:10,827 --> 00:31:12,447 MR. HEIDLER IS FROM ALMA 425 00:31:12,448 --> 00:31:14,028 AND PUTTING THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, 426 00:31:14,034 --> 00:31:16,904 THEY WENT TO HIS HOME, THE HOME OF A RELATIVE, 427 00:31:16,896 --> 00:31:22,376 HIS MOTHER, AND THAT'S WHERE HE WAS LOCATED. 428 00:31:22,379 --> 00:31:26,759 THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS JUST SUCH A... 429 00:31:26,758 --> 00:31:30,858 I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER A LOT ABOUT IT, 'CAUSE YOU WAS... 430 00:31:30,862 --> 00:31:35,032 I WAS STILL IN A DAZE, ALMOST. 431 00:31:35,034 --> 00:31:38,694 I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE NAME JERRY HEIDLER. 432 00:31:38,689 --> 00:31:43,099 I SAW SOMETHING THAT HAD HIS PICTURE ON IT. 433 00:31:43,103 --> 00:31:44,383 WHEN I SAW THE PICTURE, 434 00:31:44,379 --> 00:31:48,899 THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED I KNEW HIM. 435 00:31:48,896 --> 00:31:54,136 I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I SAW IT AND THAT'S WHO IT WAS. 436 00:31:54,137 --> 00:31:56,757 POLICE SAY HE APPARENTLY KNEW THE FAMILY, 437 00:31:56,758 --> 00:31:59,858 BUT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HIS MOTIVE WAS FOR MURDER. 438 00:32:08,517 --> 00:32:11,517 JERRY WAS ALLOWED VISITATIONS 439 00:32:11,517 --> 00:32:16,277 UP UNTIL THE POINT THAT KIM AND DANNY 440 00:32:16,275 --> 00:32:19,405 DECIDED HE WAS MAKING SOME OF THE OTHER YOUNGER GIRLS 441 00:32:19,413 --> 00:32:23,073 UNCOMFORTABLE JUST BY STARING. 442 00:32:23,068 --> 00:32:26,028 THEY JUST FELT UNCOMFORTABLE. 443 00:32:26,034 --> 00:32:29,074 AND WITH THAT, DANNY SAID, "YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED BACK." 444 00:32:31,965 --> 00:32:35,715 AND HE DID COME BACK ONE TIME. 445 00:32:35,724 --> 00:32:37,594 HEY, DANNY! 446 00:32:37,586 --> 00:32:43,096 DANNY CAME HOME, AND HE TOLD HIM VERY PLAINLY. 447 00:32:43,103 --> 00:32:44,863 I DON'T WANT YOU AROUND HERE ANYMORE! 448 00:32:44,862 --> 00:32:46,412 SORRY, SORRY! 449 00:32:46,413 --> 00:32:50,863 "I'VE ASKED YOU NICELY NOT TO COME BACK TO MY HOME. 450 00:32:50,862 --> 00:32:54,972 "I'M TELLING YOU. DON'T COME BACK TO MY HOME. 451 00:32:54,965 --> 00:32:57,335 YOU ARE NO LONGER WELCOME HERE." 452 00:33:01,896 --> 00:33:03,826 POLICE SAY AFTER HIS KILLING SPREE, 453 00:33:03,827 --> 00:33:05,997 HE KIDNAPPED THREE OTHER YOUNG CHILDREN, 454 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,340 ONE OF THEM A FOSTER CHILD IN THE DANIELS' CARE. 455 00:33:19,275 --> 00:33:21,855 FINALLY, WE GOT SOMEBODY TO TELL US, 456 00:33:21,862 --> 00:33:24,622 SOMEBODY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, 457 00:33:24,620 --> 00:33:30,340 JUST TO GIVE US THAT ASSURANCE THAT THEY WERE OKAY, 458 00:33:30,344 --> 00:33:36,034 THAT "THEY WERE ALL RIGHT," WAS HIS WORDS TO ME. 459 00:33:36,034 --> 00:33:39,144 "THEY MAY NOT BE OKAY, 460 00:33:39,137 --> 00:33:41,997 BUT THEY'RE ALL RIGHT." 461 00:34:02,137 --> 00:34:04,857 WE JUST KEPT ASKING WHERE OUR MAMA AND DADDY WERE. 462 00:34:08,206 --> 00:34:12,336 THEY TOOK US TO A ROOM, AND EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY, 463 00:34:12,344 --> 00:34:14,864 FAMILY MEMBERS THAT I HADN'T SEEN IN YEARS, 464 00:34:14,862 --> 00:34:17,142 THE FOSTER FAMILY THAT I HAD BEEN IN BEFORE, 465 00:34:17,137 --> 00:34:21,547 WHENEVER MAMA WAS NOT DOING WELL, THEY WERE THERE. 466 00:34:21,551 --> 00:34:23,861 AND I SAID, "WELL, WHERE'S MAMA AND DADDY?" 467 00:34:23,862 --> 00:34:28,902 AND CORY WALKED UP TO ME AND SAID, "THEY'RE DEAD." 468 00:34:28,896 --> 00:34:33,096 AND I SAID, "STOP LYING." I SAID, "THAT'S NOT TRUE." 469 00:34:33,103 --> 00:34:35,213 AND MY FOSTER MOTHER CAME UP TO ME, 470 00:34:35,206 --> 00:34:38,136 AND SHE JUST GRABBED ME AND HUGGED ME. 471 00:34:43,862 --> 00:34:46,242 SO I KNEW IT WAS TRUE. 472 00:35:06,172 --> 00:35:08,342 I CRIED FOR DAYS. 473 00:35:08,344 --> 00:35:11,284 I CRIED THROUGH THE FUNERAL. 474 00:35:11,275 --> 00:35:13,205 I FELL ASLEEP THROUGH THE FUNERAL 475 00:35:13,206 --> 00:35:14,926 BECAUSE I WAS CRYING SO MUCH. 476 00:35:22,137 --> 00:35:24,857 THEY WOULDN'T LET US SEE THE BODIES. 477 00:35:24,862 --> 00:35:29,142 I JUST... I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING LIED TO 478 00:35:29,137 --> 00:35:32,967 'CAUSE I NEVER GOT ANY CLOSURE OF WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE. 479 00:35:32,965 --> 00:35:34,305 WERE THEY REALLY GONE? 480 00:35:40,137 --> 00:35:43,587 AT ONE POINT, I JUST THOUGHT, 481 00:35:43,586 --> 00:35:46,546 MAYBE MY MOM COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF US AGAIN, 482 00:35:46,551 --> 00:35:51,381 AND SHE JUST LET US GO 483 00:35:51,379 --> 00:35:53,859 AND WAS TRYING TO GIVE US A BETTER LIFE 484 00:35:53,862 --> 00:35:59,172 WITHOUT HER BEING AROUND. 485 00:35:59,172 --> 00:36:03,692 I CRIED, AND I PITCHED A FIT, 486 00:36:03,689 --> 00:36:05,309 BUT EVERYBODY JUST KEPT TELLING ME, 487 00:36:05,310 --> 00:36:08,690 "IT WAS TOO BAD. IT WAS TOO BAD. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT. 488 00:36:08,689 --> 00:36:10,719 "YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM LIKE THAT. 489 00:36:10,724 --> 00:36:13,244 WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BE YOUR LAST MEMORY OF THEM." 490 00:36:23,034 --> 00:36:25,904 NEVER. 491 00:36:25,896 --> 00:36:28,066 I DO. 492 00:36:28,068 --> 00:36:32,208 I REALLY DO. 493 00:36:44,310 --> 00:36:47,720 YES, PLEASE. 494 00:36:47,724 --> 00:36:51,834 I KNOW. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. 495 00:37:07,172 --> 00:37:09,692 THAT'S MY DAD AND THAT'S MY MOM. 496 00:37:09,689 --> 00:37:14,239 IT'S HARD TO TELL HER, BUT I HAVE HER FEET. 497 00:37:28,482 --> 00:37:32,002 THAT DADDY HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE STOMACH. 498 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:33,590 IT'S NOT. 499 00:37:33,586 --> 00:37:39,136 IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MORE UP TOWARD HIS CHEST OR SHOULDER. 500 00:37:39,137 --> 00:37:42,377 I CAN'T REALLY TELL. I CAN'T REALLY SEE ON MAMA. 501 00:37:42,379 --> 00:37:47,519 SHE'S COVERED UP NICELY. 502 00:37:47,517 --> 00:37:50,657 IT'S REALLY GOOD RELIEF TO ACTUALLY SEE THIS. 503 00:38:01,862 --> 00:38:05,972 I JUST MISS THEM SO MUCH. 504 00:38:11,310 --> 00:38:16,900 I WANT TO HUG THEM, TELL MY MOM I LOVE HER. 505 00:38:43,379 --> 00:38:45,999 I'M THE ONE THAT TOOK HIM TO DEATH ROW. 506 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,720 THAT WAS MY FINAL CONTACT WITH HIM. 507 00:38:49,724 --> 00:38:54,934 I HAVE ALWAYS LET IT BE KNOWN IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 508 00:38:54,931 --> 00:38:59,661 THAT I WANT A FRONT ROW SEAT WHEN IT HAPPENS. 509 00:38:59,655 --> 00:39:03,375 I THINK I DESERVE THAT. 510 00:39:03,379 --> 00:39:08,069 THAT'S GONNA BE MY FINAL CLOSURE TO THIS THING. 511 00:39:08,068 --> 00:39:10,308 SOMETIMES, LOOKING AT CHRISTMAS TREES 512 00:39:10,310 --> 00:39:16,760 AT HOME DURING THE HOLIDAYS, MY MIND GOES BACK TO 1997. 513 00:39:19,724 --> 00:39:22,414 IT'S SOMETHING I WON'T EVER GET OVER. 514 00:39:22,413 --> 00:39:24,973 I HOPE I NEVER GET OVER IT, QUITE FRANKLY, 515 00:39:24,965 --> 00:39:29,895 BECAUSE IT HAS CAUSED ME TO, IN CERTAIN WAYS, 516 00:39:29,896 --> 00:39:32,896 RELISH CHRISTMAS THAT MUCH MORE, 517 00:39:32,896 --> 00:39:35,476 BUT IT'S ALSO A CONSTANT REMINDER 518 00:39:35,482 --> 00:39:37,902 OF HOW SAD A CHRISTMAS CAN BE. 519 00:39:48,551 --> 00:39:53,411 I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY GOD WOULD ALLOW IT. 520 00:39:53,413 --> 00:39:57,173 I WAS HATEFUL. I WAS MEAN. 521 00:39:57,172 --> 00:39:59,692 I HURT, AND I WANTED EVERYBODY ELSE TO HURT. 522 00:40:03,310 --> 00:40:05,340 AND THEN I HAD TO REALIZE, 523 00:40:05,344 --> 00:40:09,594 IF I STAY THAT WAY, 524 00:40:09,586 --> 00:40:11,476 I'M NO BETTER THAN HE IS. 525 00:40:11,482 --> 00:40:17,002 I'M NO BETTER THAN JERRY SCOTT HEIDLER. 526 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,590 THAT'LL WAKE YOU UP. 527 00:40:24,896 --> 00:40:30,586 THERE IS A RELEASE AND A FREEDOM THAT COMES WITH FORGIVENESS. 528 00:40:30,586 --> 00:40:35,166 I HELD ONTO ANGER AND BITTERNESS FAR TOO LONG, 529 00:40:35,172 --> 00:40:37,902 AND IT WAS LIKE A CANCER. IT WAS DESTROYING ME. 530 00:40:37,896 --> 00:40:43,206 IT WAS KILLING ME ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN, 531 00:40:43,206 --> 00:40:47,406 BUT NO MORE, NO MORE. 532 00:41:01,586 --> 00:41:04,826 I'M AT A POINT IN MY LIFE THAT IF I COULD GO TELL HIM 533 00:41:04,827 --> 00:41:08,517 THAT I FORGIVE HIM FOR WHAT HE DID, I WOULD. 534 00:41:08,517 --> 00:41:11,967 I CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST, BUT I CAN MAKE MY FUTURE 535 00:41:11,965 --> 00:41:17,275 BETTER FOR MYSELF, FOR MY FAMILY. 536 00:41:17,275 --> 00:41:19,065 IF I'M GONNA HATE HIM FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, 537 00:41:19,068 --> 00:41:21,478 WHAT'S THE POINT? 538 00:41:21,482 --> 00:41:24,032 I WILL ALWAYS BE THE BETTER PERSON. 539 00:41:36,758 --> 00:41:40,408 PICK YOUR FEET UP! 540 00:41:40,413 --> 00:41:42,343 HE IS MY FUTURE. 541 00:41:42,344 --> 00:41:45,554 VADYN IS THE FUTURE FOR ME, 542 00:41:45,551 --> 00:41:49,521 KNOWING THAT I GET TO SEE HIM GROW UP. 543 00:41:49,517 --> 00:41:51,477 I MISSED THAT WITH MY MOM. 544 00:41:56,965 --> 00:41:59,615 I DON'T WANT HIM TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE THINGS. 545 00:42:03,344 --> 00:42:08,664 I PRAY EVERY DAY THAT HE'LL NEVER HAVE THE LIFE THAT I HAD. 546 00:42:08,655 --> 00:42:10,515 I PRAY THAT HE NEVER HAS TO GO THROUGH ANYTHING 547 00:42:10,517 --> 00:42:13,617 THAT I EVER WENT THROUGH AS A CHILD. 548 00:42:13,620 --> 00:42:16,310 I PRAY THAT HE HAS THE GOOD DAYS THAT I HAD. 549 00:42:16,310 --> 00:42:18,380 ARE YOU JUST GONNA KEEP RUNNING? 550 00:42:18,379 --> 00:42:24,169 I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR HIM. 551 00:42:24,172 --> 00:42:27,172 OTHER THAN JUST SURVIVING, 552 00:42:27,172 --> 00:42:30,032 THAT IS WHAT I LIVE FOR EVERY DAY.