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[announcer]
And here's the kick.
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[man] Going to a Friday night
football game
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is all there was
to do around town.
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Basically the whole city
participates.
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[announcer] Here's a snap.
Pitch out left side.
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You can miss church,
but you can't miss
the football game.
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I was there more
for the social aspect
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and watching
the cheerleaders.
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The cheerleaders
were the cool kids,
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so it was always fun watching
Natasha do her thing.
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[woman] Natasha had
a lot of eyes on her.
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And when you're popular,
you're gonna have haters.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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The last time anybody
saw Natasha alive
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was at that party
with the football players.
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This case
was a unsolved murder
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of a young 19-year-old
cheerleader.
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It was a big deal.
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There was a murder
and there was a cover-up.
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Pretty cheerleader taken
from the Friday night lights
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by the rich and powerful.
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That story has legs.
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[woman] There were
so many stories.
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No one really knew
what to believe.
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Someone out there
does know the truth.
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I just wanted to know
what happened to my sister.
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[upbeat music playing]
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[indistinct voice
on the radio]
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[siren wailing]
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[dog barking]
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[light music playing]
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[bell ringing]
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May, 1992,
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my senior class
was on the cusp
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of becoming adults,
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leaving for college
and having the world
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at our fingertips.
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[Keisha] We didn't
have a whole lot
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to hold us accountable.
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We were doing a lot of things
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that we should not
have been doing.
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We were reckless.
We were invincible.
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We did what we wanted.
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[Todd] Most of us who grew up
in the country,
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we were doing one
of two things.
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We were either ranching
or playing football
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when we weren't in school.
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There was no TikTok,
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no cell phones,
no social media.
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People had
to make their own fun.
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[Darla] Parties spread word
of mouth.
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And within a few hours,
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you have a house
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or a pasture
full of teenagers
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drinking and partying up
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and having
the time of their lives.
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[rock music playing]
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Everybody had
their own versions
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of what happened that night.
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You've got the kids clearing
out a place in the pasture
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and starting a fire.
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A lot of my classmates
had been in attendance
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of that party.
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[Valerie] You've got
the football players
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and their Lions t-shirts.
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And where you have
football players,
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the cheerleaders
are gonna follow.
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All the cheerleaders
hang out together,
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so do the football players,
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that popular group
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that everybody wants to be.
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[Keisha] Natasha was there
that night.
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Everyone knew Natasha.
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She was the wild one.
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[Darla] Natasha attended
Livingston High School
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with all of us.
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She was a cheerleader.
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[Keisha] Natasha was
a very pretty girl.
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Of course, all
of the cheerleaders
were pretty girls,
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but Natasha
just kind of stood out
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because of her charisma.
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[Darla] Natasha had
a lot of eyes on her.
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Some were jealous
and some were in love.
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And when you're popular,
you're gonna have haters.
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And, you know, some say
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that Natasha
was in a fight that night.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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Natasha jumped in her car
and she sped off,
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just being pissed off about,
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you know, everything
that was happening.
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That was the last time
anybody saw Natasha alive.
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[Chad] Livingston's a small,
typical East Texas town.
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Everything is owned
by local people.
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So you visit your friends,
stop for dinner.
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Part of the population
is rich and powerful people
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that are descendants
of railroad barons
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and the big lumber companies.
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But for most people
in Livingston,
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it's just about getting
through life day to day,
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paying the bills,
raising your kids.
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So that's why
in the early '90s
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when the economy took a hit,
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it was pretty devastating
to the whole community.
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So you kinda looked for your
joy where you could find it,
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like at Lion Stadium.
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You still got together
and had a heck of a time.
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[announcer]
And here's the kick.
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[Keisha] The recession hit
my family pretty hard.
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So that made the football
games even more special,
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because they were able
to come together
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and forget about that
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and just celebrate.
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Friday night lights
in small town Texas
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really means the community
comes together.
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There's a sense of pride
in winning a game,
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a team being together.
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You can miss church, but you
can't miss the football game.
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[announcer] Here's the snap.
Pitch out left side.
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[Todd] Livingston
is the county seat
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in Polk County.
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That's where
the courthouse is.
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That's where
sheriff's office is.
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Going to those football games
on Friday nights,
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it's not uncommon
to see the high profile
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like a judge, like a sheriff,
like a state rep.
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But when you sit down there,
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they're not Representative
Bailes, they're Ernest.
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They're people that
you've known your entire life.
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People that usually wouldn't,
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would sit side by side
in the stands
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and cheer on,
you know, their team together.
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[announcer]
Nobody's gonna catch him.
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Touchdown, Livingston.
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That was the social event
of the week.
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End of story.
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[dog barking]
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[Todd] At approximately
8:00 a.m. on May 3rd,
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a father and son were coming
back from a fishing trip.
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They saw smoke
and at that point,
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make a call
into the sheriff's office.
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So the sheriff's office sent
a deputy out to investigate.
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And the deputy saw
a burnt-out car
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that was on a hunting trail.
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The car vaguely looked
to be a late '80s,
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early '90s Chevrolet Camaro,
two-door coupe.
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Since the car
was still smoldering,
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they just put it on a hook
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and dragged it
to a storage yard
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to try to let it cool down
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before they started trying
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to identify the owner
or anything.
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They run the VIN numbers
and determine
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that the car belongs
to Natasha Atchley,
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a young girl from Livingston.
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And coincidentally,
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Natasha Atchley
has been reported missing
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by her mother.
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When we wake up
Sunday morning,
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I could tell
something wasn't right.
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Uh, mom was in a panic,
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'cause Natasha
had not shown up.
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Mom knew that Natasha
was gonna stop by
a friend's house
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for a birthday party,
Saturday night.
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She would
at least always call,
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you know, "Hey, Mom,
I'm not gonna make it."
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So she started calling
the friends,
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you know,
"Hey, have you seen Natasha?"
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Call the hospitals,
you know, "Is she there?"
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Was there a reported wreck?
Was there an accident?
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By the time Sunday night
rolled around,
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she started to realize,
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"Hey, something
really wrong here,"
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and called to make
the missing person's report.
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[Todd] The next day, May 4th,
there has been contact made
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with Natasha Atchley's
mother.
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And she meets
sheriff's deputies
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at a George Lindsay's Tow Yard
in Shepherd.
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[Chad]
So upon arrival, mom started
to investigate the car.
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She first started looking
in the front of the vehicle,
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and she saw
in the cup holder section
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some of Natasha's rings.
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She's like,
"Well, that's weird.
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Natasha wouldn't leave
her rings behind."
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And then next,
mom was looking in the back
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and she saw some small bones.
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She said to herself,
"Oh, my God,
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there was a animal back here."
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And then she looked up
and saw the skull.
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And she realized
at that point that,
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that's her...
That's her daughter.
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She basically, you know,
lost a part of herself
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'cause her worst nightmare
had come true.
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[Todd] Natasha's remains
were identified
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by her dentist.
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[police radio]
78 to 95, code six.
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It was difficult
to ascertain exactly
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what had happened
to the vehicle,
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just from the amount of damage
that was done.
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There appear to be nothing
that had struck the vehicle.
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The windows appeared
to be rolled up
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at the time of the fire.
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It did not appear
that the gas tank
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on the vehicle
had been ruptured.
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It was a very puzzling scene.
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I mean, this fire had
to be extremely intense.
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I've seen a lot of car fires
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where people are killed
in them,
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and they were not
burned anywhere
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to the degree
that Natasha was.
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When they do a forensic
examination of the Camaro,
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they'd find traces
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of this really intense
petroleum product.
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[Todd] There was some debris
on the ground,
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debris from
the front driver seat,
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and the front passenger seat,
and the floorboard
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that were consistent
with drip gas.
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Drip gas is basically
a petroleum byproduct.
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So this comes off
of the top of a oil well.
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It's not something
that's refined.
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Where did the drip gas
come from?
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At that point, the case
was looked at as a homicide.
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[Valerie] Now, the word races
through town
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that a 19-year-old
former cheerleader
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has been murdered.
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It sends the county
into a tailspin.
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[birds chirping]
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[bell ringing]
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It was a Monday
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and we returned back
to school
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from the weekend,
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and almost instantly,
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there were rumors
about Natasha
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and her death.
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And no one knows
what happened.
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I thought, "Oh, my God,
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I've just lost my girlfriend.
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I'm not gonna see her again."
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It was a pretty bad time.
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[Valerie] News crossed my desk
that a burned body
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had been found in Shepherd.
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And it was just bizarre
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because that almost
sounds like a,
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you know,
organized crime thing.
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And that didn't happen
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in our little corner
of East Texas.
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So how does
that beautiful young girl
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find herself in a situation
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where her remains are found
in a burned-out car?
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[dramatic music playing]
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[Keisha] I first met Natasha
in first grade,
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Livingston Elementary.
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Even at a young age,
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Natasha's spirit, just...
It was evident.
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She was just always a light.
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Natasha was eight years older
than I am.
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Some of my fondest memories
of my sister
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was how brave
and how strong she was.
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We lived
in a small community.
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And some of the neighbors
had like a zip line.
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And she was just fearless.
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Climb up,
go down that zip line.
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Me, on the other hand,
petrified of heights.
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So I climb up to go down
that zip line,
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and then I get petrified
at the top
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and unable to zip line down.
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So here comes the big sister
to the rescue
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to help me get down that tree.
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It was that
"go get 'em" attitude
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that even as a kid I admired.
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[Darla]
She was in the drama club.
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She was cheerleader.
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She was loud,
and she was fun.
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Natasha loved being
a Livingston Lion cheerleader
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because of the attention
it brought.
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The cheerleaders
were the cool kids.
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So it was always fun watching
them do their thing
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on the track.
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[Darla]
Natasha loved attention.
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And Natasha was known
to have a very wild streak.
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[Chad] Well, as soon she got
her driver's license,
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that's when the wild streak
really kicked in
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because she was able
to go whenever she wanted
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and wherever she wanted.
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[Keisha] She was all
about her cars,
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and she liked to drive fast.
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She got into a lot of trouble.
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She got a lot of tickets,
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a few DWIs,
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but she made no apologies
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for who she was.
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To be a cheerleader, you have
to uphold certain values
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and present yourself
in such a way
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that you don't bring any kind
of negativity
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to your school
or to your community.
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She was a party girl.
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She didn't keep
her mouth shut.
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She wasn't the girl next door.
298
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Natasha was too big
for this town.
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Her personality was definitely
busting the seams
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of this small community.
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I think Natasha
was the way she was
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because she had suffered
such a loss at an early age.
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Natasha's mom and dad
had divorced
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when she was very young.
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By third grade,
they had both remarried,
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and that's when
her father died.
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[dramatic music playing]
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Natasha struggled
with that a lot.
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I think the loss
of her father
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kind of left a hole
in Natasha,
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and that led
to a lot of anger,
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and frustration,
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and just acting out.
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Well, there finally
reached a point
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after Natasha got
her third DWI,
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wrecked her third car,
that mom realized
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that she's gonna have to get
Natasha out of this area
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in hopes that she would get
on that right track
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without the distraction
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of fitting in here
in Livingston.
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By Natasha's senior year,
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she had moved to Odessa
to live with her uncle
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and go to school
at Permian High School.
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00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,266
But by the spring of '92,
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Natasha had come back
to Livingston.
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And on May 2nd, ended up
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00:14:57,734 --> 00:14:59,567
at the birthday party
in Shepherd
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at a girl named
Debra Fowler's house.
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She wanted to meet up
with some old friends
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from high school.
331
00:15:07,300 --> 00:15:10,166
The Fowler residence
was a mobile home
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that was on the main road
333
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on the Trails End Subdivision
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which is on the northern end
of San Jacinto County.
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It is just a few miles
off of the border
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with Polk County
in Livingston.
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Natasha's vehicle was found
338
00:15:25,133 --> 00:15:28,166
just under a mile
from the Fowler residence.
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00:15:29,300 --> 00:15:30,867
[Valerie]
So when investigators go
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00:15:30,934 --> 00:15:32,567
and talk to Debra Fowler
341
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who's the birthday girl,
342
00:15:34,066 --> 00:15:36,367
she says
that Natasha left the party
343
00:15:36,433 --> 00:15:38,066
at about 3:00 or 3:30.
344
00:15:38,133 --> 00:15:40,567
So now that finally
puts a time peg
345
00:15:40,634 --> 00:15:44,567
on when Natasha
was last seen alive.
346
00:15:44,634 --> 00:15:48,166
And the witnesses were all
fairly consistent about this,
347
00:15:48,233 --> 00:15:50,967
that Natasha was seen
leaving the party
348
00:15:50,967 --> 00:15:52,867
at a high rate of speed
349
00:15:52,867 --> 00:15:54,667
at 3:30 in the morning,
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in her car by herself.
351
00:15:57,867 --> 00:15:59,667
[Valerie] But beyond that,
when you start looking
352
00:15:59,667 --> 00:16:01,467
through everybody's
statements
353
00:16:01,533 --> 00:16:02,867
and the different accounts,
354
00:16:02,867 --> 00:16:05,467
there are too many
missing pieces,
355
00:16:05,467 --> 00:16:09,066
and it was just all
over the place, you know.
356
00:16:09,133 --> 00:16:12,266
People either had no recall
at all of what they had done,
357
00:16:12,266 --> 00:16:14,867
or they had completely
opposite stories.
358
00:16:14,867 --> 00:16:17,367
[Todd] These are kids
who have been out partying.
359
00:16:17,433 --> 00:16:19,367
There's been drinking.
There's been drugs.
360
00:16:19,367 --> 00:16:22,266
There's, you know,
sexual relations going on.
361
00:16:22,333 --> 00:16:23,967
So you've got a bunch of kids
362
00:16:24,033 --> 00:16:25,967
who are fresh out
of high school
363
00:16:25,967 --> 00:16:27,567
who don't wanna tell
that they've been doing
364
00:16:27,567 --> 00:16:29,467
all of this stuff.
365
00:16:29,467 --> 00:16:33,066
[Keisha] There's multiple
stories that I've heard.
366
00:16:33,066 --> 00:16:35,667
Some say that Natasha
was in a fight
367
00:16:35,667 --> 00:16:39,767
with her former schoolmate
Cindy Hennings.
368
00:16:39,834 --> 00:16:42,000
[Darla] Cindy Hennings
was in my math class.
369
00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,266
And she would come
in on Monday mornings
370
00:16:44,266 --> 00:16:47,667
and talk about
which guy she was dating.
371
00:16:47,667 --> 00:16:51,000
And the problems
that she had with Natasha,
372
00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,567
and there was a lot
of animosity
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00:16:53,567 --> 00:16:55,667
between the two girls,
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00:16:55,734 --> 00:16:57,467
boy-related.
375
00:16:57,467 --> 00:16:59,467
And Cindy had been
at the party
376
00:16:59,533 --> 00:17:02,567
with a guy she had
been dating, Jim Morton.
377
00:17:02,567 --> 00:17:05,166
[Darla] Jim Morton attended
Livingston High School
378
00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:06,667
with all of us.
379
00:17:06,667 --> 00:17:08,634
He played JV football.
380
00:17:09,266 --> 00:17:11,066
And he was a popular kid
381
00:17:11,133 --> 00:17:13,567
that ran
in that popular crowd.
382
00:17:13,567 --> 00:17:15,567
Several of Natasha's
friends have told me
383
00:17:15,634 --> 00:17:18,867
that she came to that party
kind of itching for a fight,
384
00:17:18,934 --> 00:17:21,467
that Cindy had gotten
really close
385
00:17:21,467 --> 00:17:24,667
to one
of Natasha's old flames.
386
00:17:25,266 --> 00:17:26,967
I can only imagine
387
00:17:26,967 --> 00:17:29,567
that if Cindy Hennings
was standing
388
00:17:29,634 --> 00:17:30,867
in that front yard
389
00:17:30,867 --> 00:17:33,467
when Natasha showed up,
390
00:17:33,533 --> 00:17:36,166
there were probably
almost instant words.
391
00:17:36,166 --> 00:17:39,266
So when Cindy and Natasha
392
00:17:39,266 --> 00:17:41,867
began fighting allegedly,
393
00:17:41,934 --> 00:17:44,367
Jim Morton came
to Cindy's aid.
394
00:17:44,433 --> 00:17:47,266
[Todd] Some people make it
sound like it was fight club.
395
00:17:47,333 --> 00:17:48,367
Some people make it sound
396
00:17:48,367 --> 00:17:49,867
like this was
just like some yelling,
397
00:17:49,867 --> 00:17:51,367
screaming, maybe pushing.
398
00:17:51,367 --> 00:17:53,667
But it is clear
all the witnesses did say
399
00:17:53,667 --> 00:17:56,433
that they had some type
of confrontation.
400
00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,100
And that Natasha left
in a hurry
401
00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:04,667
in her Camaro alone
402
00:18:04,667 --> 00:18:06,467
at 3:30 in the morning.
403
00:18:08,266 --> 00:18:10,834
No one saw her after that.
404
00:18:14,867 --> 00:18:17,367
[Todd] Both Ms. Henning
and Mr. Morton
405
00:18:17,367 --> 00:18:21,066
downplayed the confrontation
that they had.
406
00:18:21,133 --> 00:18:22,767
Ms. Henning said
that it wasn't,
407
00:18:22,767 --> 00:18:24,467
you know, a complete fight,
408
00:18:24,467 --> 00:18:26,767
that it wasn't,
you know, throwing knuckles
409
00:18:26,767 --> 00:18:28,367
and stuff like that
at each other.
410
00:18:28,433 --> 00:18:30,367
And Mr. Morton tended to say
411
00:18:30,367 --> 00:18:32,266
that he was simply
just trying
412
00:18:32,266 --> 00:18:35,233
to break up the fight
between Cindy and Natasha.
413
00:18:37,767 --> 00:18:39,967
Even Cindy's denial
to law enforcement
414
00:18:39,967 --> 00:18:42,467
that they had anything to do
with any kind of assault
415
00:18:42,467 --> 00:18:43,867
that night,
416
00:18:43,867 --> 00:18:45,333
I don't buy it.
417
00:18:46,266 --> 00:18:48,166
[Darla] There were
so many rumors
418
00:18:48,233 --> 00:18:50,066
that it was hard to decipher
419
00:18:50,133 --> 00:18:51,867
what's true
and what's not true.
420
00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:55,000
[Valerie] Investigators
had a theory
421
00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,166
that after Natasha left,
422
00:18:57,233 --> 00:19:00,166
Jim and Cindy followed her,
and beat her to death,
423
00:19:00,166 --> 00:19:02,367
and they tried
to set her body on fire
424
00:19:02,433 --> 00:19:03,467
using gasoline
425
00:19:03,467 --> 00:19:05,367
but that was unsuccessful.
426
00:19:05,367 --> 00:19:07,266
So they went and sought help,
427
00:19:07,333 --> 00:19:08,867
and they found an adult
428
00:19:08,934 --> 00:19:12,233
who knew how to get drip gas.
429
00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:22,567
[suspenseful music playing]
430
00:19:22,567 --> 00:19:25,667
[Valerie] My thoughts after
talking to investigators,
431
00:19:25,667 --> 00:19:27,867
it seemed possible
432
00:19:27,867 --> 00:19:31,567
that whoever caused
Natasha's death
433
00:19:31,634 --> 00:19:33,266
may not be the same people
434
00:19:33,266 --> 00:19:36,066
who destroyed her car
and her body.
435
00:19:37,166 --> 00:19:39,100
That destruction
was done by somebody
436
00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:42,166
who thought they were
protecting a loved one
437
00:19:42,166 --> 00:19:44,166
or themselves.
438
00:19:47,567 --> 00:19:49,967
One of the rumors
was that the father
439
00:19:50,033 --> 00:19:51,767
of where the party
was taking place
440
00:19:51,767 --> 00:19:53,634
did help get rid
of the evidence.
441
00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000
This was
Clarence Fowler's home,
442
00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,667
where Debra Fowler
443
00:19:59,734 --> 00:20:01,667
who was celebrating
her 18th birthday lived.
444
00:20:02,867 --> 00:20:04,667
[indistinct radio chatter]
445
00:20:04,667 --> 00:20:06,367
[Todd] Something that
concerned investigators
446
00:20:06,367 --> 00:20:08,767
was that Mr. Fowler
had also worked
447
00:20:08,834 --> 00:20:11,166
in the oil and gas industry.
448
00:20:11,233 --> 00:20:12,667
But on the other side
of where the party was,
449
00:20:12,734 --> 00:20:14,367
there's a oil well
450
00:20:14,367 --> 00:20:18,000
that has a capability
to produce drip gas.
451
00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,233
[dramatic music playing]
452
00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:29,066
So Ms. Fowler is absolutely
high on the suspect list.
453
00:20:29,133 --> 00:20:32,066
[indistinct radio chatter]
454
00:20:32,066 --> 00:20:34,100
They found several gas cans
455
00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:35,867
that were at the Fowler home.
456
00:20:35,934 --> 00:20:37,934
They found a burn barrel.
457
00:20:40,166 --> 00:20:42,467
They also executed
a search warrant on the house
458
00:20:42,467 --> 00:20:45,066
to see if there was any fiber
or hair samples
459
00:20:45,133 --> 00:20:46,967
that they could connect up
to the scene
460
00:20:47,033 --> 00:20:48,367
or anything like that.
461
00:20:48,367 --> 00:20:51,533
[indistinct radio chatter]
462
00:20:52,166 --> 00:20:54,000
Mr. Fowler did say
463
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,533
that he had been at the house
all night initially.
464
00:20:57,667 --> 00:21:00,767
Mr. Fowler then amended
what he had said afterwards
465
00:21:00,767 --> 00:21:02,367
and said that,
"I'd gone to the gas station
466
00:21:02,367 --> 00:21:03,667
for cigarettes."
467
00:21:03,667 --> 00:21:05,767
Couldn't remember
what time it was.
468
00:21:05,834 --> 00:21:07,934
Later on, he said
that it was about 11:00.
469
00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,667
So Mr. Fowler
absolutely acted
470
00:21:11,667 --> 00:21:13,834
very, very fishy
to begin with.
471
00:21:14,667 --> 00:21:17,166
[Valerie]
What was Fowler's motive
for lying,
472
00:21:17,166 --> 00:21:19,100
for the lack of consistency?
473
00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:22,533
He didn't really come across
as an innocent man.
474
00:21:24,166 --> 00:21:26,467
[Todd] But the search
of Mr. Fowler's home
475
00:21:26,467 --> 00:21:28,066
showed no evidence
476
00:21:28,066 --> 00:21:30,367
that linked him
back to Natasha's car.
477
00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,567
All of the gas cans
were searched
478
00:21:34,567 --> 00:21:36,967
to see if they contained
drip gas.
479
00:21:37,033 --> 00:21:38,567
None of them contained
drip gas.
480
00:21:38,567 --> 00:21:40,266
They were all gasoline
or diesel.
481
00:21:40,333 --> 00:21:41,967
There were scrapings done
482
00:21:42,033 --> 00:21:43,767
from the burn barrel
in his backyard
483
00:21:43,767 --> 00:21:46,000
to see if there was any
human tissue,
484
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,667
burnt blood,
or anything like that.
485
00:21:48,667 --> 00:21:50,333
None of that
was found in there.
486
00:21:52,166 --> 00:21:54,667
They just never had
enough evidence
487
00:21:54,667 --> 00:21:56,433
to actually arrest him.
488
00:22:02,767 --> 00:22:05,867
[Darla] May was a very dark
time for us.
489
00:22:05,867 --> 00:22:09,967
The summer was almost like
the Natasha case
490
00:22:10,033 --> 00:22:11,266
would be solved
491
00:22:11,333 --> 00:22:13,467
and that the new school year
492
00:22:13,467 --> 00:22:15,166
would be something fresh.
493
00:22:15,166 --> 00:22:18,367
And it will be
a new football season.
494
00:22:18,367 --> 00:22:20,367
Some happiness
in our community
495
00:22:20,433 --> 00:22:22,467
could be renewed,
496
00:22:22,467 --> 00:22:25,367
but as the days went forward,
497
00:22:25,367 --> 00:22:27,667
there was no resolution
in this case.
498
00:22:27,734 --> 00:22:31,433
And the rumor mill
still continued.
499
00:22:32,767 --> 00:22:34,567
[Valerie]
Everybody was discussing it
500
00:22:34,567 --> 00:22:37,867
at the grocery store,
church, school.
501
00:22:37,867 --> 00:22:40,166
Everybody has their theories
all summer long.
502
00:22:40,233 --> 00:22:43,367
And then, football season
comes back around,
503
00:22:43,367 --> 00:22:45,367
and for just a minute,
504
00:22:45,433 --> 00:22:48,100
everybody's back focused
on the new game.
505
00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:50,066
But as soon
as we get out there,
506
00:22:50,133 --> 00:22:51,967
your memories
of what happened to Natasha
507
00:22:51,967 --> 00:22:53,266
are right back.
508
00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:55,767
So by the fall,
509
00:22:55,767 --> 00:22:58,100
the two biggest topics in town
510
00:22:58,100 --> 00:22:59,834
are football and murder.
511
00:23:05,767 --> 00:23:07,567
Natasha was never
acknowledged
512
00:23:07,634 --> 00:23:09,667
or honored after her murder,
513
00:23:09,734 --> 00:23:11,066
to my knowledge,
514
00:23:11,066 --> 00:23:13,233
by the community
or the high school.
515
00:23:15,667 --> 00:23:18,233
I think it would've been nice
if they had done that.
516
00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,867
Honored her in some way,
517
00:23:20,867 --> 00:23:21,867
balloon release,
518
00:23:21,934 --> 00:23:22,967
a picture in the case,
519
00:23:22,967 --> 00:23:24,967
you know, whatever.
520
00:23:27,700 --> 00:23:32,567
We attempted
to have a homecoming
521
00:23:32,567 --> 00:23:35,266
where it was in her memory.
522
00:23:35,266 --> 00:23:38,166
We made like special ribbons,
523
00:23:38,166 --> 00:23:40,166
and we invited her class,
524
00:23:40,233 --> 00:23:41,667
the class before her,
525
00:23:41,667 --> 00:23:43,767
several classes below her.
526
00:23:43,834 --> 00:23:47,533
And there were probably about
five people in attendance.
527
00:23:49,266 --> 00:23:51,100
I feel that people
turned their backs
528
00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:53,367
on Natasha after her death,
529
00:23:53,367 --> 00:23:56,867
because she was
the wild child, you know,
530
00:23:56,867 --> 00:23:58,967
she was in trouble
frequently.
531
00:23:59,767 --> 00:24:02,567
There was a lot
of behind the scenes things
532
00:24:02,567 --> 00:24:05,967
that went on
at that time in Livingston.
533
00:24:08,166 --> 00:24:11,100
In my opinion,
I feel that a lot of the kids
534
00:24:11,100 --> 00:24:12,767
that were at the party
were told
535
00:24:13,967 --> 00:24:15,734
not to talk about it.
536
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,667
Because some of these kids
were sons and daughters
537
00:24:20,667 --> 00:24:22,367
of elected officials,
538
00:24:22,433 --> 00:24:26,333
all the way up to state
representative status.
539
00:24:29,667 --> 00:24:31,367
There was a rumor
540
00:24:31,367 --> 00:24:33,467
that no one wanted those kids
541
00:24:33,467 --> 00:24:35,333
to be investigated.
542
00:24:37,300 --> 00:24:39,767
The rumor mill started that
543
00:24:39,767 --> 00:24:42,767
the good ol' boy system
is alive and well
544
00:24:42,834 --> 00:24:44,333
and that people
are covering for them.
545
00:24:45,967 --> 00:24:48,333
[Valerie] Someone out there
does know something.
546
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,634
But they're not telling.
547
00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,166
Months and months
and months went by
548
00:24:57,233 --> 00:24:58,767
without the investigation
549
00:24:58,767 --> 00:25:01,767
seeming to make
any forward progress.
550
00:25:01,767 --> 00:25:03,266
Detectives are just left
551
00:25:03,333 --> 00:25:04,867
with take a statement
after statement
552
00:25:04,867 --> 00:25:07,100
and doing witness interview
after witness interview
553
00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:09,767
with people
who can't be consistent
554
00:25:09,834 --> 00:25:11,767
or have no memory at all.
555
00:25:11,834 --> 00:25:14,533
They never seem to tell
the same story twice.
556
00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:20,166
But just when we thought
the case was getting cold,
557
00:25:20,166 --> 00:25:23,233
investigators come through
with a break they needed.
558
00:25:25,166 --> 00:25:27,266
On early 1993,
559
00:25:27,333 --> 00:25:28,767
a gentleman comes forward
560
00:25:28,767 --> 00:25:30,467
and said unequivocally
561
00:25:30,467 --> 00:25:33,634
that he saw
who killed Natasha Atchley.
562
00:25:38,467 --> 00:25:40,333
[birds chirping]
563
00:25:46,467 --> 00:25:47,867
[phone rings]
564
00:25:47,867 --> 00:25:49,867
We were made aware that
somebody had come forward
565
00:25:49,867 --> 00:25:51,266
and testified
566
00:25:51,266 --> 00:25:52,867
that they witnessed
what had happened,
567
00:25:52,934 --> 00:25:54,266
and so there was like,
"Oh, gosh,
568
00:25:54,333 --> 00:25:56,066
here's that break we needed."
569
00:25:57,100 --> 00:25:58,667
[Keisha] I was elated.
570
00:25:58,734 --> 00:26:00,467
I was like,
"Thank God, finally
571
00:26:00,533 --> 00:26:02,166
someone is gonna be held
accountable."
572
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,667
A gentleman comes forward
573
00:26:05,734 --> 00:26:08,266
by the name
of Anthony Cornelius.
574
00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:12,567
Anthony Cornelius
was a Livingston fixture.
575
00:26:12,567 --> 00:26:15,467
He played JV football
in Livingston,
576
00:26:15,467 --> 00:26:18,000
same place where Natasha
had been a cheerleader.
577
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,767
He ran in the same crowd
578
00:26:19,767 --> 00:26:21,734
as Cindy Henning
and Jim Morton.
579
00:26:22,900 --> 00:26:24,667
And Mr. Cornelius' story
580
00:26:24,667 --> 00:26:26,567
to the sheriff's deputy
is this,
581
00:26:26,634 --> 00:26:28,867
that while he wasn't
necessarily at the party,
582
00:26:28,867 --> 00:26:30,467
he was driving by.
583
00:26:30,467 --> 00:26:32,767
And when he saw
who he believed
584
00:26:32,834 --> 00:26:34,266
to be Natasha Atchley
585
00:26:34,266 --> 00:26:36,166
on the edge of the woodline
586
00:26:36,166 --> 00:26:38,967
with Cindy Henning
and Jim Morton.
587
00:26:38,967 --> 00:26:42,166
And he stated
that he saw Cindy Henning
588
00:26:42,166 --> 00:26:44,467
fighting Natasha Atchley.
589
00:26:44,467 --> 00:26:46,367
Natasha winning that fight,
590
00:26:46,433 --> 00:26:48,667
then he saw Jim Morton
591
00:26:48,667 --> 00:26:50,767
strike Natasha,
knock her down,
592
00:26:50,767 --> 00:26:53,166
and then proceed
to stomp her head
593
00:26:53,166 --> 00:26:54,467
with a steel-toed boot.
594
00:26:54,467 --> 00:26:57,867
[eerie music playing]
595
00:26:57,934 --> 00:27:00,467
[Todd] And Mr. Cornelius said,
unequivocally,
596
00:27:00,533 --> 00:27:02,533
"That's what killed
Natasha Atchley."
597
00:27:03,667 --> 00:27:05,567
Anthony's statement
gave investigators
598
00:27:05,567 --> 00:27:09,066
enough evidence to arrest
Jim and Cindy
599
00:27:09,133 --> 00:27:10,433
for aggravated assault.
600
00:27:11,667 --> 00:27:15,000
They denied having any part
in what happened to Natasha.
601
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,066
They said they left the party
602
00:27:17,066 --> 00:27:18,967
and took a friend home.
603
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,100
When I found out
Jim and Cindy
604
00:27:21,100 --> 00:27:22,667
had been arrested
for assault,
605
00:27:22,734 --> 00:27:24,367
I was relieved
606
00:27:24,367 --> 00:27:27,166
because we were finally
gonna have an explanation
607
00:27:27,233 --> 00:27:28,734
as to what happened.
608
00:27:29,567 --> 00:27:31,967
[Darla]
There was a sense of relief
609
00:27:31,967 --> 00:27:34,934
that someone was brave enough
to come forward.
610
00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:37,233
There was a sense of sadness,
611
00:27:38,066 --> 00:27:39,467
because nobody wanted
to believe
612
00:27:39,533 --> 00:27:41,033
Cindy and Jim did that.
613
00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:45,166
And then there was, like,
that anger.
614
00:27:45,166 --> 00:27:47,867
Like, "What the heck?"
615
00:27:47,934 --> 00:27:49,967
You know, like,
"What were they thinking?"
616
00:27:49,967 --> 00:27:52,467
[eerie music playing]
617
00:27:52,467 --> 00:27:55,634
[Darla] I'm not really sure
why he waited seven months
618
00:27:56,100 --> 00:27:57,367
to come forward.
619
00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,867
[Valerie] Was it guilt?
620
00:27:59,934 --> 00:28:02,467
Had he been thinking
about this for seven months,
621
00:28:02,533 --> 00:28:05,867
and it finally drove him
to tell the story,
622
00:28:05,867 --> 00:28:08,266
or was he trading to get out
623
00:28:08,266 --> 00:28:10,967
of some sort
of other problem?
624
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,567
In my opinion, I think
Anthony probably waited
625
00:28:14,567 --> 00:28:17,066
to come forward
because he was fearful.
626
00:28:19,667 --> 00:28:23,066
Fearful of the people
that were involved.
627
00:28:23,066 --> 00:28:25,333
I think he was fearful
of retaliation.
628
00:28:26,300 --> 00:28:28,000
[Valerie] And then
we get to the next piece
629
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,667
of the puzzle.
630
00:28:29,667 --> 00:28:31,867
These two teenagers
didn't seem to have
631
00:28:31,867 --> 00:28:34,967
the knowledge to be able
to get the drip gas
632
00:28:34,967 --> 00:28:37,767
from the well
near that property.
633
00:28:37,767 --> 00:28:41,433
So who stepped in
and started the fire?
634
00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:50,567
Before we can get
the answers,
635
00:28:50,567 --> 00:28:53,166
a few months later,
the case hits another snag.
636
00:28:54,066 --> 00:28:59,767
While Cindy and Jim
are sitting in jail in 1993,
637
00:28:59,834 --> 00:29:03,000
suddenly Anthony Cornelius
recants his story.
638
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,367
He says that
none of this was true.
639
00:29:05,367 --> 00:29:08,967
[eerie music playing]
640
00:29:08,967 --> 00:29:11,367
When I found out,
I thought, "Oh, my God.
641
00:29:11,367 --> 00:29:12,734
How did this happen?
642
00:29:13,567 --> 00:29:15,433
Why would he recant that?"
643
00:29:16,266 --> 00:29:17,667
[Darla] It shocks everyone.
644
00:29:17,734 --> 00:29:19,266
It shocks the community
645
00:29:19,333 --> 00:29:24,667
because we had what we thought
was a done deal.
646
00:29:24,667 --> 00:29:27,667
Jim and Cindy were in jail.
647
00:29:27,667 --> 00:29:31,066
We had what we thought
was a credible witness,
648
00:29:31,066 --> 00:29:33,066
and he passed
the polygraph test.
649
00:29:34,166 --> 00:29:36,066
With no witness,
650
00:29:36,066 --> 00:29:38,867
they have to drop the charges
against Jim and Cindy.
651
00:29:39,867 --> 00:29:41,767
[Chad] My mom was floored
when she found out
652
00:29:41,767 --> 00:29:43,834
that they were released.
653
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:45,767
You think
you're moving forward,
654
00:29:45,834 --> 00:29:47,533
and then you're just
right back to peg one.
655
00:29:48,767 --> 00:29:50,867
[Valerie] Anthony never really
gave an explanation
656
00:29:50,934 --> 00:29:52,367
for why he recanted.
657
00:29:52,367 --> 00:29:54,667
So we really don't know why.
658
00:29:54,667 --> 00:29:56,667
But after all that time,
coming forward
659
00:29:56,667 --> 00:29:58,367
and giving a statement
660
00:29:58,367 --> 00:30:00,667
and then a few months
later taking it back,
661
00:30:00,667 --> 00:30:02,634
makes it very suspicious.
662
00:30:04,767 --> 00:30:08,000
The word could have gotten
out to him
663
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,233
that he needed
to keep his mouth shut.
664
00:30:11,667 --> 00:30:13,000
[Keisha] In my opinion,
665
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,367
he was probably threatened
666
00:30:14,433 --> 00:30:16,667
by a person of authority.
667
00:30:16,667 --> 00:30:19,066
You know, "The same thing
that happened to Natasha
668
00:30:19,133 --> 00:30:21,967
can happen to you
or someone in your family."
669
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,367
To me,
they would have to have had
some kind of power
670
00:30:26,367 --> 00:30:29,967
for that threat
to be taken seriously.
671
00:30:30,867 --> 00:30:33,000
[Keisha] Jim nor Cindy
came from money.
672
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,166
They would not have had
anybody in higher places
673
00:30:36,900 --> 00:30:38,533
to protect them.
674
00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:42,166
But there were kids
of powerful people,
675
00:30:42,233 --> 00:30:45,066
influential members
of our community
676
00:30:45,066 --> 00:30:47,667
at that party that were told
677
00:30:47,667 --> 00:30:49,266
not to talk about it.
678
00:30:49,266 --> 00:30:51,467
You know, "If you have to say
you were there,
679
00:30:51,467 --> 00:30:53,166
say you left
before it happened,
680
00:30:53,166 --> 00:30:56,533
because my career
could be destroyed."
681
00:30:57,567 --> 00:31:00,767
The allegations
of this pressure on Anthony
682
00:31:00,834 --> 00:31:04,266
kind of drives a lot
of theories into overdrive.
683
00:31:06,066 --> 00:31:09,133
[upbeat music playing]
684
00:31:09,567 --> 00:31:11,967
[indistinct chatter]
685
00:31:12,033 --> 00:31:14,367
There was a girl
that came to us
686
00:31:14,367 --> 00:31:17,567
and told us that
they were inside the house,
687
00:31:17,567 --> 00:31:20,467
and she said
she went to the bathroom.
688
00:31:20,467 --> 00:31:23,033
She heard a ruckus
in one of the bedrooms,
689
00:31:24,266 --> 00:31:28,533
looked in and saw Natasha
being sexually assaulted.
690
00:31:29,867 --> 00:31:32,467
And that Natasha went outside
691
00:31:32,467 --> 00:31:34,266
to go get in her car,
talking about,
692
00:31:34,333 --> 00:31:36,333
"I'm gonna squeal on all you,
mfers."
693
00:31:37,367 --> 00:31:41,066
And the kids that were outside
were told to stop her.
694
00:31:42,266 --> 00:31:45,467
Natasha is physically stopped
695
00:31:45,467 --> 00:31:48,367
and then at some point
ends up on the ground,
696
00:31:48,367 --> 00:31:50,367
and that's where allegedly
697
00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:52,533
Jim Morton kicked her
in the head.
698
00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:55,567
[intense music playing]
699
00:31:55,567 --> 00:31:57,667
And then after that,
700
00:31:57,734 --> 00:31:59,166
that's when
the cover-up began.
701
00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:03,767
There were allegations
702
00:32:03,767 --> 00:32:06,533
that possibly Natasha
was sexually assaulted.
703
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,667
That Natasha
was ultimately killed,
704
00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:14,066
because she had been raped
by a family member
705
00:32:14,066 --> 00:32:15,467
of a high official
in Polk County.
706
00:32:15,467 --> 00:32:18,000
[indistinct cheering]
707
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,867
I believe
that some higher power
708
00:32:20,867 --> 00:32:24,467
wanted Jim and Cindy
to be out,
709
00:32:24,467 --> 00:32:27,567
because if you're looking at
a life sentence yourself,
710
00:32:27,634 --> 00:32:30,266
what's most likely
you're gonna do?
711
00:32:30,266 --> 00:32:32,667
You're gonna tell
the whole story.
712
00:32:32,667 --> 00:32:35,634
So if I'm gonna go down,
you're gonna go down too.
713
00:32:36,367 --> 00:32:37,967
It's important to understand
714
00:32:38,033 --> 00:32:40,100
that for several years
715
00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:42,266
prior to this
in San Jacinto County,
716
00:32:42,266 --> 00:32:46,166
there were several cases
involving public corruption.
717
00:32:46,233 --> 00:32:48,967
So when the Natasha Atchley
case happens
718
00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:51,166
just several years
afterwards,
719
00:32:51,166 --> 00:32:54,100
and that there are
family members
720
00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:56,467
of public officials
involved in this,
721
00:32:56,467 --> 00:32:58,066
the first thing
that comes to people's mind
722
00:32:58,133 --> 00:32:59,333
is corruption.
723
00:33:03,066 --> 00:33:04,667
So months go by
724
00:33:04,667 --> 00:33:07,367
and nobody seems to be held
accountable
725
00:33:07,367 --> 00:33:09,133
for Natasha's death.
726
00:33:10,467 --> 00:33:12,667
[Valerie] Investigators
say they're re-interviewing
727
00:33:12,667 --> 00:33:14,367
the same suspects,
728
00:33:14,367 --> 00:33:17,467
were just circling
back through the same folks,
729
00:33:17,467 --> 00:33:18,934
and nothing is changing.
730
00:33:19,467 --> 00:33:21,934
Natasha's case has gone cold.
731
00:33:22,567 --> 00:33:25,634
[melancholy music playing]
732
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,567
[Chad]
After about the first decade,
733
00:33:29,567 --> 00:33:31,467
you start to come
to the realization
734
00:33:31,467 --> 00:33:34,467
that you may never know
what happened for real.
735
00:33:35,266 --> 00:33:36,867
At the 20 to 30-year mark,
736
00:33:36,934 --> 00:33:39,333
you've pretty much
given up all hope.
737
00:33:41,367 --> 00:33:43,467
There may have
never be justice.
738
00:33:43,467 --> 00:33:47,367
I just want to know
what happened to my sister.
739
00:33:53,567 --> 00:33:55,967
In 2022,
San Jacinto County decided
740
00:33:56,033 --> 00:33:58,100
to take another look
at some cold cases,
741
00:33:58,100 --> 00:34:00,934
and they went back through
Natasha's case.
742
00:34:01,667 --> 00:34:04,567
I was appointed
district attorney
743
00:34:04,567 --> 00:34:07,000
in May of 2022,
744
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,166
and this case
was an unsolved murder
745
00:34:09,166 --> 00:34:11,367
of a young 19-year-old
cheerleader.
746
00:34:11,367 --> 00:34:13,166
It was a big deal,
747
00:34:13,233 --> 00:34:17,066
so I believe that we needed
to bring out people
748
00:34:17,133 --> 00:34:19,066
who were not involved
in the case whatsoever
749
00:34:19,133 --> 00:34:21,166
to have a completely
fresh set of eyes
750
00:34:21,233 --> 00:34:22,634
looked at this case.
751
00:34:23,567 --> 00:34:25,166
I was so excited
752
00:34:25,233 --> 00:34:26,867
because I thought,
"Oh, fantastic.
753
00:34:26,867 --> 00:34:29,967
You know, something is finally
gonna come of this."
754
00:34:30,033 --> 00:34:33,467
Then the San Jacinto County
District Attorney's Office
755
00:34:33,467 --> 00:34:37,066
made a statement
that was just unbelievable.
756
00:34:37,133 --> 00:34:40,166
[Todd] So I grew up in,
we call it Shepherd America.
757
00:34:40,166 --> 00:34:44,066
We're about 15 minutes
just across Lake Livingston
758
00:34:44,133 --> 00:34:46,100
from the city of Livingston.
759
00:34:46,100 --> 00:34:48,266
I grew up
hearing all these rumors
760
00:34:48,266 --> 00:34:49,767
about Natasha Atchley.
761
00:34:49,767 --> 00:34:51,467
And so, when I actually
came to work
762
00:34:51,467 --> 00:34:52,867
for San Jacinto County,
763
00:34:52,867 --> 00:34:54,567
and when I looked at the case,
764
00:34:54,567 --> 00:34:56,467
I was very surprised
765
00:34:56,533 --> 00:34:58,667
to see a very,
very different story
766
00:34:58,667 --> 00:35:01,266
in the physical evidence
and the interviews.
767
00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:03,767
[suspenseful music playing]
768
00:35:03,834 --> 00:35:05,567
The reason
that we never found
769
00:35:05,634 --> 00:35:07,066
the murderer of Natasha
770
00:35:07,867 --> 00:35:09,634
is because she was
never murdered.
771
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,133
[birds chirping]
772
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:19,767
After all these years
773
00:35:19,767 --> 00:35:22,266
of listening
to the rumor mill,
774
00:35:22,266 --> 00:35:24,767
after hearing
that this was a politically
775
00:35:24,834 --> 00:35:27,867
motivated cover-up murder,
776
00:35:27,867 --> 00:35:30,367
we actually started
to unpack the evidence
777
00:35:30,367 --> 00:35:32,266
and look at this in the light
778
00:35:32,266 --> 00:35:34,533
of, was this really
a homicide?
779
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:42,100
We looked at where
are all the witnesses today,
780
00:35:42,100 --> 00:35:44,166
and we went all across
the country
781
00:35:44,166 --> 00:35:45,967
interviewing these people.
782
00:35:46,033 --> 00:35:48,967
And the remarkable thing
is they still tell us
783
00:35:48,967 --> 00:35:52,066
a story that's consistent
with what they said in 1992.
784
00:35:53,667 --> 00:35:58,367
Going back to the very first
deputies responding report
785
00:35:58,367 --> 00:36:00,166
and the photographs
that he took
786
00:36:00,166 --> 00:36:01,967
show that Natasha's vehicle,
787
00:36:01,967 --> 00:36:04,233
the rear wheels
were stuck in a mud hole.
788
00:36:04,900 --> 00:36:06,867
We think it's very possible
789
00:36:06,867 --> 00:36:10,867
Natasha may have traveled out
to that spot in error.
790
00:36:10,867 --> 00:36:12,867
She leaves a place after
she's been taking drugs,
791
00:36:12,934 --> 00:36:15,166
after she's been drinking
at 3:30 in the morning
792
00:36:15,233 --> 00:36:18,367
in a very dark neighborhood,
793
00:36:18,433 --> 00:36:19,967
makes a wrong turn
794
00:36:19,967 --> 00:36:21,867
in a Camaro
with low ground clearance
795
00:36:21,934 --> 00:36:23,266
on a muddy hunting track
796
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,567
and gets stuck.
797
00:36:26,634 --> 00:36:30,166
We went as far as to bringing
the same year model vehicle
798
00:36:30,233 --> 00:36:32,266
and placing it
in the same spot,
799
00:36:32,266 --> 00:36:34,166
and based
on the weather conditions,
800
00:36:34,233 --> 00:36:35,667
even the tow truck driver said
801
00:36:35,734 --> 00:36:37,233
that he had a hard time
getting traction.
802
00:36:38,367 --> 00:36:40,667
Those Camaros,
that year model,
803
00:36:40,667 --> 00:36:42,767
had a very,
very low door height.
804
00:36:42,767 --> 00:36:44,967
The door was so low
805
00:36:45,033 --> 00:36:49,567
in fact that if you did get
the car bogged down or buried,
806
00:36:49,567 --> 00:36:51,967
you may have been prevented
from opening the door.
807
00:36:52,033 --> 00:36:54,066
At that point,
Natasha could have
808
00:36:54,066 --> 00:36:56,667
basically sank her car down
to the frame
809
00:36:57,266 --> 00:36:58,867
where the exhaust was crushed
810
00:36:58,867 --> 00:37:01,967
and started a fire
underneath her car.
811
00:37:03,266 --> 00:37:05,533
So based on all the evidence,
812
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,000
we believe that
this was an accident.
813
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,967
We believe that
this was a horrible,
814
00:37:09,967 --> 00:37:12,367
sad, tragic accident.
815
00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:18,233
[Keisha] No.
816
00:37:18,900 --> 00:37:20,567
No, that's bull [bleep].
817
00:37:22,367 --> 00:37:25,567
This was clearly
not an accident.
818
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,867
The only part of this that
could have been accidental
819
00:37:30,867 --> 00:37:32,567
was they got into a fight,
820
00:37:32,567 --> 00:37:34,867
and they didn't really mean
to kill her.
821
00:37:34,867 --> 00:37:38,867
If it's so wet and so muddy
that she's stuck,
822
00:37:38,867 --> 00:37:41,266
how did it catch on fire?
823
00:37:41,333 --> 00:37:44,100
Why didn't she kick
on that door
824
00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:47,467
until the mud moved out
of the way?
825
00:37:47,533 --> 00:37:49,667
If she couldn't open
the door,
826
00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:52,567
could she not roll down
the window?
827
00:37:52,634 --> 00:37:54,467
If she couldn't roll
down the window,
828
00:37:54,467 --> 00:37:57,533
could she not bust out
or kick out the window?
829
00:37:58,467 --> 00:38:00,767
[Chad] Why was she crawled
in the back?
830
00:38:00,834 --> 00:38:03,166
She knew it's a Camaro.
There's no release.
831
00:38:03,166 --> 00:38:05,967
I mean,
there's too many things there
832
00:38:05,967 --> 00:38:08,367
that won't allow me
to accept that.
833
00:38:09,967 --> 00:38:12,166
[Valerie] In 30 years
of being a journalist,
834
00:38:12,233 --> 00:38:15,266
I've seen a lot of people
trapped in vehicles
835
00:38:15,333 --> 00:38:17,467
and burned intensely,
836
00:38:17,467 --> 00:38:20,367
but they are still
a recognizable human form
837
00:38:20,367 --> 00:38:22,066
and Natasha wasn't.
838
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,100
If they're trying to say
that the fire was caused
839
00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:28,867
by Natasha
spinning her wheels
840
00:38:28,867 --> 00:38:32,166
or some other ignition point
841
00:38:32,233 --> 00:38:34,467
that was fueled
by the gas in her car,
842
00:38:34,467 --> 00:38:36,634
where did the drip gas
come from?
843
00:38:42,767 --> 00:38:43,767
Mmm-hmm.
844
00:38:43,767 --> 00:38:45,367
I still cannot account
845
00:38:45,433 --> 00:38:47,367
for the presence of drip gas
846
00:38:47,433 --> 00:38:48,734
inside the vehicle.
847
00:38:49,300 --> 00:38:51,000
What we do know
848
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,867
is that we don't have
any evidence
849
00:38:52,934 --> 00:38:55,934
at this point to say
that this was a homicide.
850
00:38:58,100 --> 00:38:59,967
I believe that
it's completely rational
851
00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:01,867
for Natasha's friends
and families
852
00:39:01,867 --> 00:39:03,567
to feel that she's murdered,
853
00:39:03,634 --> 00:39:05,967
that somebody did something
to take Natasha from them,
854
00:39:05,967 --> 00:39:08,467
because it's difficult
to accept
855
00:39:08,533 --> 00:39:12,867
that this was a tragic,
horrible accident,
856
00:39:12,867 --> 00:39:15,333
and I just don't have
any evidence to support it.
857
00:39:18,066 --> 00:39:21,767
[Keisha] There was a murder
and there was a cover-up.
858
00:39:21,834 --> 00:39:23,667
It's been said that
this will never be solved,
859
00:39:23,667 --> 00:39:26,634
because too many people
will lose their retirements.
860
00:39:27,166 --> 00:39:28,867
Thirty years later,
861
00:39:28,934 --> 00:39:30,367
there was a message
that came through
862
00:39:30,367 --> 00:39:32,266
our Justice for Natasha
Facebook page.
863
00:39:32,333 --> 00:39:35,834
This was on September
the 12th, 2022,
864
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:37,967
and it said,
865
00:39:37,967 --> 00:39:40,634
"The investigators had
it wrong from the beginning.
866
00:39:41,767 --> 00:39:43,367
We all know who did this,
867
00:39:43,367 --> 00:39:45,834
and their money is still
paying off the system."
868
00:39:48,700 --> 00:39:50,967
All it's gonna take
is one person
869
00:39:51,033 --> 00:39:53,367
with enough gumption
and courage
870
00:39:53,367 --> 00:39:55,967
to stand up
against all the others
871
00:39:56,033 --> 00:39:59,767
and say, "Look, I was there.
872
00:39:59,767 --> 00:40:01,433
I can tell you what happened."
873
00:40:03,166 --> 00:40:05,066
As her friend,
874
00:40:05,066 --> 00:40:07,967
I can't let people forget
what happened to her.
875
00:40:08,033 --> 00:40:11,667
I just don't want people
to quit talking about her
876
00:40:11,667 --> 00:40:16,066
in hopes that maybe one day
it will happen.
877
00:40:16,133 --> 00:40:17,967
[Darla] By keeping
Natasha's story alive,
878
00:40:17,967 --> 00:40:20,567
I hope that those people
879
00:40:20,567 --> 00:40:23,867
that hold those things
deep down inside
880
00:40:23,867 --> 00:40:25,667
can have a moment to say,
881
00:40:25,667 --> 00:40:27,967
"Hey, I know
what really happened,
882
00:40:28,033 --> 00:40:31,266
and I know that my community
will eventually back me,"
883
00:40:31,266 --> 00:40:34,066
and more people
will be able to come forward,
884
00:40:34,133 --> 00:40:36,934
and we can all finally
have closure.
885
00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:41,066
I will fight for justice
for my sister
886
00:40:41,066 --> 00:40:42,367
as long as I'm here,
887
00:40:42,367 --> 00:40:45,467
not until I get a...
An answer.
888
00:40:45,467 --> 00:40:48,367
It's just important for me
that people remember Natasha
889
00:40:48,367 --> 00:40:51,667
for the bubbling personality
that she was.
890
00:40:51,734 --> 00:40:55,367
The no fear,
"go get 'em" cheerleader.
891
00:40:55,367 --> 00:40:58,467
I mean, that's what
she was in life
892
00:40:58,467 --> 00:41:00,467
and what she was
in high school.
893
00:41:00,533 --> 00:41:01,567
[dramatic music playing]
894
00:41:11,066 --> 00:41:13,266
♪
895
00:41:13,266 --> 00:41:16,467
Once kick off happens
you hear that first pop,
896
00:41:16,467 --> 00:41:19,266
you know it's game time.
897
00:41:19,333 --> 00:41:21,000
Friday night football
is everything.
898
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,266
Announcer:
Touchdown Lakeland Patriots!
899
00:41:23,266 --> 00:41:26,467
That's the great part of
high school football...
900
00:41:26,533 --> 00:41:27,667
[sirens]
901
00:41:27,734 --> 00:41:31,934
...but it can lead to
very ugly moments in time.
902
00:41:34,667 --> 00:41:37,367
Friday night lights could put
a target on your back.
903
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,066
A lot of people come back
for the homecoming game.
904
00:41:40,066 --> 00:41:41,767
We did wonder
if there was somebody
905
00:41:41,767 --> 00:41:44,266
targeting the cheerleaders.
906
00:41:44,266 --> 00:41:46,233
He was intensely competetive.
907
00:41:49,300 --> 00:41:50,467
♪
908
00:41:50,533 --> 00:41:51,867
I didn't think that it could
have been anybody
909
00:41:51,934 --> 00:41:53,767
I knew that would have
stabbed me.
910
00:41:56,867 --> 00:42:00,934
It was a cover up. The school
knew the violence was going on.
911
00:42:02,467 --> 00:42:04,266
By the fall,
the two biggest topics in town
912
00:42:04,266 --> 00:42:05,934
are football and murder.
913
00:42:07,100 --> 00:42:09,066
This is football
and people are crazy.