[♪♪♪]
narrator: A night of folk dancing
ends with a mystery.
Lizz: Peggy would never just disappear.
Terry: We knew that something was wrong.
Narrator: Police discover a strange and troubling clue.
There was two bowls sitting on the table.
Rebecca: Peggy king had had ice cream
with someone right before she disappeared.
Narrator: The investigation leads to unexpected suspects.
Capt. Dustin: Ms. King had just received
an inheritance of a good sum.
Someone may have been paid to kill peggy.
Narrator: Can a shocking discovery in the kentucky woods
be the key to finding justice?
Capt. Dustin: They observed some bloodstains
that was on the seat and the door.
Lizz: It was an assault on all of us to have someone
that we knew found like that.
Capt. Dustin: The body was wrongfully just thrown out
and buried in the woods.
[♪♪♪]
rebecca: Sometimes, especially in the fall,
there will be the smell of the distillery going.
And that smell has always made me feel like I was home.
Narrator: In the heart of america's bourbon country,
frankfort, kentucky is a tranquil town
dripping with southern charm.
The river, it comes right through town.
Lizz: It's beautifully landscaped
with gorgeous maple trees, oak trees.
Terry: That makes it a real unique place.
Narrator: On a chilly day in February, 1992,
tree trimmer robert harlow heads to a wooded city park
to begin the winter pruning.
Lizz: Early February, they come through
and trim the trees while the trees are dormant.
Capt. Dustin: Mr. Harlow, uh, is pushing through,
uh, an area that's heavily covered,
doing some tree trimming.
And buried underneath some bushes...
[♪♪♪]
capt. Dustin: ...He finds a body.
Capt. Dustin: Mr. Harlow ran off trying
to find the first person, first phone
he could get a hold of
to notify police of what he's discovered.
Narrator: Homicide investigators
and a forensic team quickly descend
on the scene.
Larry: This body had been attempted to be hidden
under some leaves and branches.
Capt. Dustin: There were some decomposition,
as well as nature and rodents
eating into the body, uh,
as they will do with open wounds.
Narrator: Although they can find no identification,
by the looks of the clothing,
the investigators believe
the victim is female.
Capt. Dustin: She had blunt force traumas to her head...
As well as a bullet hole that appeared to be made
in the back of her neck, just below the skull.
So the body is sent for an autopsy
to determine the identity of this female.
Larry: The manner in which she was killed,
beaten, shot,
left in the wooded area for animals to feed on,
that's terrible.
Capt. Dustin: Someone has committed a horrible crime.
The community is looking for justice.
[♪♪♪]
narrator: Frankfort is one of the nation's
smallest capital cities,
dominated by its domed capital building.
Lizz: Our state capital is kind of a campus
on to its own, right in the middle
of a neighborhood.
Narrator: Kentucky's lawmakers don't have the internet
for research in 1992 but they don't need it
because they have peggy king.
[♪♪♪]
lizz: Peggy was in charge of the operations
in the state law library,
and helping all the legislators
gain the information that they needed.
Narrator: Outside of the office,
peggy is extremely active in the community.
She especially loves being part of frankfort's
local folk dancing group.
[♪♪♪]
lizz: I first met peggy at a folk dancing group
in frankfort.
The folk dancers would perform
at different events around town.
It was a very close community.
Terry: Sally wiley, lizz taylor, peggy, and me.
We were all in this dance group together
and we became, uh, friends in that manner.
And peggy, she was one of the best
dancers in the group.
She was always smiling.
Uh, she just liked people and liked life.
[♪♪♪]
narrator: On a chilly winter night,
peggy joins her dance partners at the south frankfort
presbyterian church for their weekly get-together.
Lizz: Folk dancing was every Tuesday evening.
Terry: It's live music, you know, string band music.
Narrator: The dancing ends around 10:00 pm
and peggy helps her friend,
sally wiley lock up
before she heads for home.
[♪♪♪]
narrator: The next morning, the always punctual peggy
doesn't show up for work.
Bill wiley had worked at the legislative
research commission with peggy,
so he and his wife sally were very close to peggy.
He knew that she was too responsible to just disappear.
So, when she did not come to work,
he became more concerned.
Narrator: When phone calls to peggy
go unanswered, bill starts
calling peggy's family.
But no one, including her two sons,
20-year-old troy and 22-year-old stacey
has heard from her.
Terry: Right away, people had some concerns
that something was wrong.
Lizz: Peggy would never just disappear.
She would have mentioned to somebody what she was doing.
The next day, word was that nobody
still knew where peggy was.
We were all very concerned,
so bill wiley and his wife sally
contacted the police.
[♪♪♪]
my father was detective jack hazelwood.
He was the lead detective of peggy king's case.
He worked for the police department
in frankfort, kentucky for quite a few years.
When he had talked to sally wiley,
he knew something wasn't right.
Narrator: Sally tells the detective
everything she remembers from the time dance class
ended on Tuesday night.
Capt. Dustin: She described how they were exiting
the building.
Peggy and sally wiley locked up
the church around 10:00 pm.
She left first and peggy was still there.
Ms. Wiley was the last person to see peggy.
Narrator: The search for clues leads
detective hazelwood to peggy's home.
Lizz: Peggy lived alone in a more rural area
on a little two-lane country road.
Capt. Dustin: Her car was not there
and it didn't appear anyone was home.
Detectives discover that peggy's bed had not been slept in.
Rebecca: Her purse was missing.
Capt. Dustin: And they found peggy's dancing shoes.
Narrator: When detective hazelwood and his team
entered the kitchen of peggy's tidy home,
they noticed something that seems odd.
Capt. Dustin: In the kitchen, we discovered
that there was two bowls, uh, sitting
on the table with spoons.
Rebecca: My father noticed both bowls had
some sort of sticky residue.
That was probably ice cream.
Narrator: The dirty dishes left on the table seem out of place
to the detectives and raise suspicions.
It suggests peggy might have had company
before she vanished.
Capt. Dustin: The first question you have to ask
yourself is, is there, uh, unknown suspect
that is involved?
Larry: There were not any fingerprints
that were collected off either in the bowl of ice cream.
Capt. Dustin: So the investigators needed
to talk to people closest to peggy.
[♪♪♪]
capt. Dustin: Detectives contacted her son, troy
who lived in lexington.
Rebecca: He was very worried about her
but he didn't know where she was.
Narrator: Peggy's older son, stacey is also easy
to track down.
Rebecca: Detectives find out stacey was in jail
on a dui charge.
Detectives went to the jail to talk to him.
Stacey said his mother had been to visit him two days
before she went missing.
And they had a really good visit.
Everything was fine.
He was worried.
Stacey had no idea where his mom was.
Narrator: Peggy's home, social, and work life
appear to be going well.
So why did she suddenly vanish?
Before they can even ponder that question,
police receive a call that sets off a major alarm.
Capt. Dustin: Frankfort police department detectives
are contacted by the woman named marcia clark
who states on the night that peggy king went missing,
someone had tried to abduct her while she was
at the east side shopping center.
When she got into her car, the individual
was waiting in the vehicle and he grabbed her.
She was able to escape, uh, his clutches
and ran off screaming and the suspect fled.
It opens up a concern that there--
there's someone out in the community
preying on females.
Maybe peggy was one of the victims.
[♪♪♪]
rebecca: My father once told me that there were five
or so reasons to kill someone,
sex, money, jealousy,
secrets, and love.
Larry: We know who committed this crime.
Rebecca: They seemed like two of the people
who would benefit the most from peggy's death.
Narrator: Frankfort, kentucky investigators
have learned about an attempted abduction
at a local shopping mall, and feared the same attacker
could be responsible for peggy king's disappearance.
Police appeal to the public for tips,
and soon have a potential suspect in their sights.
Capt. Dustin: Detectives receive information
regarding a homeless gentleman.
He had a history of scamming people
using a knife to try to obtain money
from people,
as well as having to go to court
over a shooting he was involved in.
So now, frankfort police detectives
have to take a look at the individual.
And they were never able to make any connection
between this individual and ms. King
or to the possible attempted abduction
of marcia clark from east side shopping center.
We were unable to connect the two crimes.
Narrator: The lead appears to be a dead-end,
so the investigators turn their focus
back to those around peggy.
Lizz: Word passed around town
that peggy was allowing someone
to stay with her the week
before she disappeared.
Narrator: Peggy's friends in the dance group
are able to provide the detectives
with more information about the mystery houseguest.
[♪♪♪]
lizz: Emily was the teenage daughter of don,
another dance partner in the--in the group.
Her parents were going through divorce and emily
was staying with peggy for a while.
Rebecca: So police went to talk to her father, don.
Capt. Dustin: He explained that emily
had been in a bad relationship with a man named carlos.
Peggy was concerned for emily.
And eventually to help separate her from carlos,
she puts her on a bus to get out of town.
Within a few days, peggy went missing.
[♪♪♪]
rebecca: Don didn't know where emily was.
He couldn't contact her because she didn't leave,
um, a forwarding address.
She didn't leave a new phone number.
She moved around.
But he said that when emily checked in with him,
he would have her talk to the police.
Narrator: As investigators wait to hear from emily,
they continue interviewing those closest to peggy,
and learn that her home life might not have been
as perfect as it seemed.
Lizz: Peggy never talked about problems that she was having.
Um, she was a very private person.
Narrator: While peggy's two sons have been cooperative,
the investigators discover
they've had their share of struggles.
Rebecca: Troy and stacey had really fallen apart
after peggy king's husband had died
of cancer and peggy had kicked them out of the house.
Narrator: But the detectives discover something
that could be even greater cause for a family rift.
Capt. Dustin: Detectives were able to find out
after speaking to family members that ms. King
had just received an inheritance of a good sum.
Not only that, but peggy had made changes to her will.
Rebecca: Troy and stacey had trust funds.
Peggy king had changed the terms
of their trust fund, so that they wouldn't get
their money at 22 and instead it would be at 30.
Narrator: The detectives had previously confirmed
that troy was in another town
when peggy went missing and stacey was in jail.
[♪♪♪]
capt. Dustin: But in our line of work,
we do realize that money sometimes is a big motive.
So we still considered them possible persons of interest.
Narrator: With no physical evidence connecting them
to the disappearance, police move troy
and stacey down on their suspect list.
Meanwhile, those closest to peggy
do whatever they can to help find her.
Capt. Dustin: Friends and family start passing around
the missing person flyers for ms. King.
The local newspapers got involved trying to, uh,
get the news out there that we were looking
for ms. King.
Narrator: The publicity pays off.
On February 10th, a week after peggy disappeared,
police receive a call from someone claiming to have seen
peggy's car which was described in the news stories.
Capt. Dustin: Investigators followed up
and was able to determine that yes, that was ms. King's,
uh, vehicle.
The location where the car was found
is not near peggy's home or where she worked.
It was on the other side of the river.
We started to lose hope that peggy would be found alive.
Narrator: When peggy's car is towed to the state police
crime lab for processing, forensic texts
quickly discovers something that adds to those fears.
Capt. Dustin: They observed some bloodstains
that was on the seat and the door,
kind of puts the investigation in overdrive.
The concern was definitely heightened
for ms. King's well-being.
[♪♪♪]
narrator: A week after peggy king disappeared
from frankfort, kentucky,
her car has been discovered abandoned on a remote road.
[♪♪♪]
capt. Dustin: The vehicle was found close
to the kentucky river in south frankfort.
Officers observed some bloodstains
that was on the seat.
Rebecca: There was blood on the console,
there was blood on the running board.
Capt. Dustin: The vehicle was processed for fingerprints
and they've collected hair fibers.
All items were sent to the kentucky state
police crime lab for analysis.
Narrator: As investigators
wait to hear from the crime lab,
they take another look at some key evidence
found in peggy's home.
Rebecca: My father, the lead detective thought
that peggy king seems like a very tidy person
and she would put the ice cream bowls away.
Peggy king had had a bowl of ice cream
with someone right before she disappeared.
Narrator: But through their interviews,
detectives still haven't been able to identify
who had ice cream with peggy.
They catch a break after receiving a phone call
from peggy's close friend and coworker, bill wiley.
He has some disturbing new information
about peggy's former houseguest, emily.
Capt. Dustin: On February 14th, mr. Wiley contacted us
with some more information
about emily's ex-boyfriend, carlos.
Lizz: Carlos was extremely possessive
and kept contacting her even though she asked him not to.
Rebecca: Well, everywhere where emily was,
she couldn't seem to get rid of him.
Capt. Dustin: And there was an instance
when carlos threatened emily with a gun.
Lizz: Emily was fearful for her life.
Capt. Dustin: Detectives wanted to speak to emily,
would confirm if carlos had violent tendencies
in the relationship. Detectives reached out
to emily's father again but emily still
wasn't communicating with family.
Narrator: To the detectives, carlos sounds like a stalker.
They wonder if he came to peggy's home looking
for emily but found peggy instead.
When police tracked down 21-year-old,
carlos thurman, he's adamant that he knows
nothing about peggy's disappearance.
Capt. Dustin: He provided an alibi.
Carlos was with friends that night
and even discussed his relationship with emily
and how that went.
Narrator: But before investigators can follow up
on carlos' alibi, there's a major
and tragic development.
[♪♪♪]
capt. Dustin: On February 13th, robert harlow,
he was doing some tree trimming
in one of the local parks in frankfort
when he discovered a body of a female
buried in the woods.
[siren wailing]
rebecca: The body was decomposed.
It was not in great shape.
They had to take the body to the medical examiner
to be autopsied.
[♪♪♪]
narrator: Knowing peggy king is missing,
the medical examiner compares dental records
and confirms the victim is peggy.
Rebecca: The cause of death was a. 22 caliber bullet
to her neck.
[♪♪♪]
lizz: This was a great loss.
The dance group was family.
It really was almost an assault on all of us
to have a body
of someone that we knew buried
so close to us, almost right in our backyard.
Terry: After we found out that she was murdered,
it just took the wind out of the local dance group.
She was such an integral part of it that it just
wouldn't be the same.
And in a month, we disbanded.
That was, uh, a very upsetting time.
[♪♪♪]
narrator: Lab results confirmed that the blood found
in peggy's car is hers.
But the examination of the vehicle leads
to a new mystery.
Capt. Dustin: The hair samples they received came back
to an unknown male hair sample.
So this now, uh, doesn't allow us
to rule out the sons.
But it does let us know that there may be
an unknown suspect that is involved.
Narrator: With no obvious answers,
the detectives turn to the public for help.
News reports about peggy's murder lead
to a flood of tips from a worried community.
Capt. Dustin: Frankfort police department detectives
received a phone call from a female
who refused to identify herself.
She stated that they needed to speak with a gentleman
by the name of demond bush...
Regarding the peggy king murder.
And detectives at this point had yet to hear
the name demond bush.
She tells detectives that demond
was there with her on the night that peggy was murdered.
But only until 9:00 pm.
We know that was before peggy went missing.
Rebecca: Peggy left the church that night at 10:00.
That matches the timeline of the victim's last hours.
And that's when the caller placed demond
went off to kill peggy king.
[♪♪♪]
capt. Dustin: As we're starting to piece it all together
with the individuals involved and we received another tip.
So just when you think you're about to close it,
you now have to ask yourself,
"was there someone else involved?"
narrator: Detectives investigating the murder
of peggy king have received a tip
that a man named demond bush could be the killer.
The caller doesn't offer a motive.
But when investigators begin digging,
they find a troubling connection
to the violent crime.
Capt. Dustin: So detectives checked phone records
and identified that demond and carlos were friends.
[♪♪♪]
capt. Dustin: Carlos is the abusive boyfriend
of emily who have been staying at peggy's house
just before she went missing.
Rebecca: My father once told me that there were five
or so, uh, reasons to kill someone.
There was sex, money,
jealousy, secrets,
and love.
Could carlos thurman actually have killed peggy king
while he was trying to find out where his girlfriend emily was?
Narrator: Police had previously questioned carlos
about peggy's disappearance
and he provided an alibi for the night she vanished.
But this new information puts the spotlight back on him.
Capt. Dustin: Both carlos and demond
had criminal histories.
And this turns into a red flag.
They were able to track down carlos and demond
and get them in for interviews.
Demond bush was being very evasive
and really uncooperative with answering the questions.
Narrator: But when detective hazelwood gets carlos thurman
back in the interrogation box,
he's surprised by how willing he is to talk.
Rebecca: Carlos admitted to my dad that he knew
a lot about peggy king's murder, um, because it was
in all the papers.
But he said again that he had an alibi
for the night of the murder.
Capt. Dustin: Carlos explains
that he was first at his friend,
hope tillman's house earlier in the evening.
He then went and played cards with friends.
And then he said that he was staying
the night at a female friend's house.
Narrator: There's nothing to hold the two men on
so they're released.
While detectives work on confirming the timeline
in carlos' detailed alibi...
They start with the first person
carlos claims to have been with the evening peggy vanished.
Capt. Dustin: Detectives received information
from a confidential informant
that hope tillman,
uh, was demond's girlfriend.
We now have even more clear link between demond and carlos.
Narrator: As they canvass the apartment complex
where both men claimed to have stayed the night
of the murder, officers are approached by a neighbor.
There's something about demond bush
he thinks they should know.
Rebecca: According to the neighbor,
demond bush had left with his gun
with a man named sean hunter.
Capt. Dustin: So detectives follow up
and found out that sean is a close associate
with demond and carlos.
And he's been involved with them for a while.
Narrator: Police locate sean hunter nearby
and he immediately hands over a firearm.
Detectives send it in for analysis
but it's not the break they're hoping for.
Capt. Dustin: When the analysis is received back
for the weapon,
it can't be linked to this murder.
Rebecca: But the gun that was seized
from demond was stolen.
[♪♪♪]
narrator: The detectives arrest demond for possession
of stolen property.
Now they can keep an eye on him in jail
while they gather more evidence.
Capt. Dustin: And as we're starting
to piece it all together
with the individuals involved, we received another tip.
Narrator: The tip forces detectives to question
whether they are actually close to solving the case.
The caller makes a breathtaking claim.
Capt. Dustin: The person who called tells detectives
that demond may have been paid, uh, by stacey
and troy to kill peggy.
Narrator: The detectives know that stacey and troy
stood to receive peggy's inheritance when they turn 30.
The tip suggests they may have believed
they'd get it sooner in the event of her death.
But were they capable of murdering their own mother?
Capt. Dustin: So focus falls back on peggy's sons,
troy and stacey.
Rebecca: Troy and stacey seemed like two of the people
who would benefit the most from peggy's death.
Capt. Dustin: And a lot of people would look and go,
well, stacey's in jail.
But we still have to investigate it
whether maybe he's working with someone.
Maybe he's talking to troy from inside the jail
or having others communicate with troy.
You got to look at both sons again.
Detectives start looking into the tip and realized
that demond and carlos,
they actually grew up with stacey and troy.
[♪♪♪]
capt. Dustin: So now frankfort police detectives
have to determine is all of this just some coincidence
that carlos and demond have this criminal history,
that they grew up with stacey and with troy,
or is there something deeper here
and that stacey or troy or both may have put,
uh, these individuals up to, uh, getting rid of their mother.
Narrator: Kentucky investigators are focusing
on two suspects in the murder of peggy king,
demond bush and carlos thurman.
There's no apparent motive.
But a new tip may provide one.
An anonymous caller claims that peggy's sons,
stacey and troy are behind a plot
to kill their mother for her inheritance money.
Lizz: People couldn't believe that peggy's children
would be involved in anything like this.
Capt. Dustin: But you have to correctly follow the evidence.
And the sons have the money motive,
we can start trying to rule them out
or connect them to the murder of peggy king.
Narrator: Detectives visit the brothers
and ask them to take a polygraph test.
Capt. Dustin: When stacey is requested to take the test,
it's determined because of his substance abuse
and being incarcerated,
he isn't eligible as a candidate for the polygraph.
[♪♪♪]
capt. Dustin: Troy agrees to the polygraph test.
When questioned about his involvement in this case,
troy said that he had nothing to do with her murder.
And then he passes the polygraph.
Narrator: But could his brother stacey
have orchestrated the murder from behind bars?
Capt. Dustin: There was review of stacey's
call logs and visitor logs there at the jail.
There was nothing out of the ordinary.
And with troy's alibis and polygraph results,
detectives at that point determined
that realistically, "we don't believe
that these two had anything to do
with the peggy king murder."
narrator: With peggy's sons exonerated,
the focus turns back to demond bush and carlos thurman.
Capt. Dustin: So we took hair samples
from demond and carlos
to compare to the hairs that were found in the car.
Narrator: As they wait for results,
the investigators build the best
circumstantial case they can.
Capt. Dustin: We know from their alibis
that on the night of the murder,
demond and carlos had been
to the prince hall village apartments.
Larry: We went back to canvass prince hall apartment complex.
Capt. Dustin: Someone saw peggy king's car
being driven by a male
with two other males in the backseat.
So just when you think you're about to close it,
you now have to ask yourself,
"was there someone else involved?"
rebecca: During the canvass police talked
to a woman named essie hunter.
And she said that her brother, sean was actually
with demond bush and carlos thurman
earlier in the night.
Narrator: The name sean hunter is familiar to the detectives.
He's the friend of demond
who had possession of the stolen gun.
Capt. Dustin: And when you run a criminal history check,
find that sean also has, uh, extensive criminal history.
[♪♪♪]
capt. Dustin: Sean hunter,
is he our third person in the car?
Narrator: Police search for sean hunter
while detectives turn up the heat on their suspects.
As part of the cat and mouse game they're playing with them,
the investigators bring carlos thurman in
for another round of questioning.
Capt. Dustin: It seemed like carlos thought
he was gonna be smarter than detective hazelwood.
Rebecca: Carlos thurman admitted that he knew
someone had eaten some ice cream with peggy king.
Capt. Dustin: There was never any information
provided to the media about the ice cream bowls.
Detectives know they had the right guy.
Rebecca: So, my father, the lead detective,
pressed him on it.
Really, um, going in for the kill.
Capt. Dustin: And then carlos mentioned
information about the bullet hole
and location, uh, on ms. King.
He says it came from the media.
But we didn't provide that information to the media.
Larry: We know he's committed this crime.
But we don't have all the evidence we need to, uh,
make that showing of guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
[♪♪♪]
narrator: Then, a call from the crime lab
changes the game for everyone.
The crime lab determined that the hair in ms. King's car
belong to demond bush.
We also received news that carlos
had been arrested on a burglary charge.
Narrator: With carlos in jail,
the investigators can now watch his every move.
It's not long before he makes
the mistake they're waiting for.
While incarcerated,
he has several conversations with another inmate.
Police detectives interview this inmate
who states that carlos explained his jealousy
and his anger and his desire
to find his ex-girlfriend emily.
And carlos had also bragged about murdering a librarian.
[♪♪♪]
capt. Dustin: We know that demond was the one
that had access to the guns.
Carlos had the motive in trying to locate emily.
Larry: We believe that carlos thurman
wanted to find where she was.
And thought peggy king knew where she was.
Ms. King said she did not.
Rebecca: And then carlos really got upset.
Capt. Dustin: And we think sean hunter
was present during the time of the murder.
They've all had a part of her death.
[♪♪♪]
rebecca: Carlos thurman, demond bush,
and sean hunter were indicted
on February 24th, 1993
for kidnapping, robbery,
and for the murder of peggy king.
Narrator: Prosecutors prepare for trial
but are blindsided by a shocking event
that puts those plans on hold.
Rebecca: Carlos thurman was behind bars
and he escaped.
Now there was a murderer out on the loose.
-[helicopter blades whirring] -[sirens blaring]
narrator: A desperate manhunt is underway
in frankfort, kentucky
for one of the accused killers of peggy king.
Carlos thurman escaped from the franklin county jail
as prosecutors were preparing to put him on trial.
Capt. Dustin: There was a search
near the franklin county regional jail.
But detectives were not able to find carlos.
Obviously, it's really concerning
if y■ñou have a killer out on the loose
in the community.
Larry: I was concerned for my own safety.
I mean, this had happened to peggy king
and this could happen to anybody.
Narrator: But within a few hours,
police spot carlos hiding out
just a few miles from the county jail.
Rebecca: They put him behind bars
in a maximum security prison.
Narrator: With preparations for the trial back on,
the prosecutors know they're missing a key witness.
Larry: It's not what you know, it's what you can prove
to a jury of 12 people beyond reasonable doubt.
Capt. Dustin: Knowing that carlos had been involved
with emily in a bad relationship,
we needed to make contact with her
but no one in the area knew
where she actually was living.
Narrator: But as news of carlos' arrest spreads,
emily finally gets in touch with the detectives
and agrees to meet with them.
Rebecca: Emily had been somewhere in west virginia.
Capt. Dustin: She is highly scared of carlos
but she's willing to talk.
Narrator: The trial begins in June 1994.
Rebecca: Emily testified that she had tried
to break it off with him several times.
But he had shown up everywhere where she was.
He wouldn't leave her alone.
So peggy put emily on a bus out of town.
Larry: On the night that ms. King disappeared
and was killed,
she went directly home after dancing.
I think carlos thurman came to her house,
peggy king knew carlos,
she invited him in.
They shared a bowl of ice cream.
Lizz: Carlos started to ask questions
about what happened to emily
because he knew that emily
was staying with peggy for a while.
Capt. Dustin: Peggy being that friend
and having that big of a heart probably refused.
Narrator: The prosecutors surmised peggy was well aware
that carlos was a violent man.
Desperate to get him out of her house,
when he asked for a ride, she agreed.
Larry: Peggy probably drove to a location
directed by carlos thurman where bush and hunter were.
At that point, she was severely beaten.
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larry: Carlos believed that he could force her
with physical force to tell where this young lady was.
Lizz: But still peggy never said anything
about emily or where she was.
Rebecca: And then they shot her in the back of the neck.
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narrator: The killers buried her body
in the wooded city park.
Then, they escaped in peggy's car
before dumping the vehicle in a remote area by the river.
Larry: Police couldn't find the murder weapon.
It probably went directly into the kentucky river.
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narrator: The jury deliberates for just three hours,
then finds carlos thurman guilty of murder and robbery.
He is sentenced to a hundred and nine years in prison.
Demond bush's trial was in 1995,
a year after carlos'.
Narrator: Jurors convict demond bush
of first degree robbery, kidnapping,
and second degree manslaughter.
He is sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Sean hunter accepts a plea agreement
and is sentenced to 10 years
for second degree manslaughter.
Rebecca: My father wanted to make sure that
the right people went to prison
for peggy king's murder.
It was a relief for the community.
Especially for bill and sally wiley
who were her best friends.
Capt. Dustin: Peggy king, uh, saved emily's life.
If she hadn't tried to help at all,
I have no doubt of what would happen to emily.
So that's an amazing statement about who she is
and what kind of friend she was for emily.
Lizz: Peggy was a remarkable individual.
She was driven for life.
And I'm privileged to have had her as a friend.
The lrc did rename
the law library after peggy's death.
So there is a tribute there in her work community.
And there's also a scholarship that's out there now
in her name.
I think peggy would like to be remembered
as just a good, cheerful person
with a kind soul.
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