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-[man] Now here come
your Great Bend Panthers.
-[all cheering]
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[Destiny] Friday Night Lights
for Great Bend High School...
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Everyone was at the game.
Everyone's excited.
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[Tina] On Friday night,
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to be under the lights
and be at a football game
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is just the greatest feeling.
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It's a community wide event.
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[audience cheering]
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Alicia was 14,
going into freshman year.
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She really wanted
to be a cheerleader
for Great Bend High School.
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Here we are at cheer practice
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and we have
a game to prepare for.
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We're getting
closer and closer
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to cheering
for the first time.
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[Destiny] But Alicia
wasn't there.
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Everyone was confused, like,
"Why isn't she here?"
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That's when
we started to worry.
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[newscaster] 14 year old
Alicia DeBolt
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was last seen Saturday night.
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Her family convinced
she didn't run away,
went to police.
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You look at everyone
potentially as a suspect.
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Members of the cheer squad.
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Members of the football team.
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[police shouts] Drop the keys
outside the vehicle.
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Maybe this guy wants
to kidnap cheerleaders.
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This is not like Alicia.
This is not a runaway.
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Somebody has my child,
my baby girl.
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Somebody has her.
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[police] Turn around.
Do not put you hands
in your pocket.
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[Alana] And a senseless loss
to Great Bend.
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It's never been the same.
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It's never been the same.
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[theme music playing]
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[police over radio]
Perimeter 66.
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[students cheering
indistinctly]
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[commentator] Jimmy goes,
drops the ball.
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[students cheering
indistinctly]
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[commentator] Jimmy goes
for the touchdown.
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[audience cheering]
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[Erin] Great Bend is named
after the Great Bend
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in the Arkansas river
that runs up from Arkansas
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right through the middle
of Kansas then back down.
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Around here, outdoors,
is kind of a way of life.
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Hunting, fishing,
boating in the summers.
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It's something that a lot
of people around this area,
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spend their pastime doing.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Erin] But once fall
rolls around,
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there's only one thing
that everybody is buying.
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And we're
selling it right here
at Great Bend High School
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under the Friday Night Lights.
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-[man] Now here come
your Great Bend Panthers.
-[all cheering]
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[students cheering]
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[Destiny] Friday Night Lights,
you have the band,
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and you have
the light shining down
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and you can smell
the concession stand going
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and everyone was at the game.
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And so it kind of felt like
town would shut down,
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like, if you weren't
at the game? You know,
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"What... What're you doing?"
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The football game is so much
more than just football.
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It's a community wide event.
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[all cheering indistinctly]
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It's great to be
a Great Bend High Panther!
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You only do that cheer
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if you know you got...
That they've won. [chuckles]
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So whenever
you hear that cheer,
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you know that it's
a victory for the night.
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[Destiny] To be a cheerleader
for the Great Bend
High School Panthers,
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you take a lot of pride in it
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and it's just something that,
kind of, everyone wants to do.
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-[all cheering]
-[woman] Good job, girls!
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[Destiny] I met Alicia
in middle school.
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She had her own style.
She was pretty spunky.
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She was just so sweet
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and I really
gravitated towards her
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because I was kind of
shy and timid
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and so, like, she was really
welcoming and loving.
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And, so, I was just, like,
I wanna be friends with her.
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2010 was kind of
the transition
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to move to high school.
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A few of us decided
to try out for cheer,
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and that was a little scary.
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You were set at
a high standard.
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We had to go and try out
during the summer.
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Alicia was a little nervous
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but she wasn't as nervous
as all of us were.
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Alicia tried out
for cheerleading
at sixth grade
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and made the team.
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She cheerlead
seventh grade football.
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She loved it.
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And she couldn't wait
to be a Panthers cheerleader.
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[Natasha] I knew Alicia
was, you know,
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tryout for high school
cheerleading...
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and she had really
been preparing for it.
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'Cause it was a big thing.
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It was a lot bigger
than, just,
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being a middle school
cheerleader.
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[Destiny] We had to wait
about a week or so
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to find out who made
the cheer team.
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And that was just
the longest week ever.
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But I remember the morning
that they were posted
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and Alicia and I both made it.
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And I just remember, like,
hugging and, like,
just being so excited
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and just, like,
"Wow", like, "We did it."
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Like, "We're
on the cheer team."
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[Tammy] She was ecstatic.
She made it.
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Ran home and told me.
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I mean, this is high school
we're talking about.
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[Dawn] Alicia had a lot
of exciting things coming
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the start of the school year.
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Just 14,
going into freshman year.
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She was so pumped
to start high school.
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She was excited
to meet new people.
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She was so excited.
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So excited to cheer.
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She would come home
and work on her flips
in the front yard.
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She was ready.
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It couldn't come fast enough.
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[Tammy] August, 2010.
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We drove up to her show.
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We go shopping all day
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because we're starting school
on Monday.
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We hadn't done
cloth shopping yet.
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[Dawn] It was just
myself, Alicia, mom
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and my wife,
um, Holly that went
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and it was awesome to spend
a day with her and just...
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It was always fun with Alicia.
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On the way home,
Alicia started mentioning
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that she was gonna go out
for the evening
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after we got home.
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She was texting
and making plans,
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and asking if that's okay.
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I told her,
"Gotta be home by 12."
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"Yes, Mom. I know
I've gotta be home by 12."
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Asked her if she's gonna
need a ride home.
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"No, this person
will make sure I get home."
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I didn't know who they were.
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[Dawn] I was sitting
in the backseat with Alicia
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and she told me
that a friend had texted her
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about a party, um,
later that evening.
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It was just like
a back to school party.
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Like the end
of the summer party
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where people
were getting together.
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[Destiny] I didn't know
about the party.
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We hung out
for cheer and stuff
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but Alicia, you know,
she had lots of friends
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and so she kinda had
to deviate her time
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with her other
group of friends.
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A few of them were
a little bit older.
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[Tammy] Alicia was not
a typical teenager.
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Alicia was older in her years.
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[Dawn] She did say
her friend Ivan
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was supposed to pick her up.
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He was older.
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I think Ivan and her dated
before they were friends.
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Alicia told me,
"I'm not gonna stay out late.
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I really...
I'm tired from today."
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That she was just gonna
make an appearance
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and then she would come home.
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It was definitely...
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There was a lot of pressure
on the other end to go.
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Like, it's about 9.45, ten,
when we got back
here in Great Bend.
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And I can see it vividly...
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the last conversation
I had with my sister.
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She had pocket doors
in the house.
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So I just pulled them apart
a little bit
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and she was getting dressed,
getting ready.
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I would say it's not
a normal Alicia night
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where she, like,
spent two or three hours
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puttin' makeup on
and gettin' the right outfit.
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It was...
Literally she put, you know,
what she had got that day.
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A couple pieces of jewelry
that she had bought that day.
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And it was just a quick thing
that she was gonna go
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and she was gonna
be back in, like, an hour.
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And I said, "Hey, have fun,
be careful and I love you.
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I'll see you tomorrow."
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[Tammy] She came
into the bedroom.
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Gave me a kiss. "Goodbye.
I love you. See you later."
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Those were her last words.
"I love you, Mom.
I'll see you later."
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It was two o'clock.
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Danny, my husband,
went and checked.
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'Cause she would always
come in and say, "I'm home."
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I was tired. I was out.
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He told me,
I think at two o'clock,
she wasn't home.
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I said,
"Well, she'll be home."
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When I woke up...
she wasn't home.
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I remember checking my phone,
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making sure
it was fully charged.
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Messages, no calls, no mess--
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Tried to call her phone,
I don't know how many times.
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-[phone line ringing]
-[Tammy] Always went
to voicemail.
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[automated voice] Your call
has been forwarded
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to an automatic voice message.
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[Tammy] I don't know
how many messages I left.
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I just knew
something was wrong.
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When she didn't come home,
something was wrong.
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[phone ringing]
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[Dawn] I'd slept in
that morning.
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[phone ringing]
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I think it was probably
around 11.30...
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my wife got a call.
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And I was sleeping
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but I woke up
out of the dead sleep
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with the panic in her voice.
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She said, "What do you mean
she didn't come home?"
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[wedding music playing]
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[Tammy] Danny
and I was married...
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June 12, 2010.
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We had met in August of 2009.
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He asked me to marry him
in October 2009.
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And I told him
I couldn't answer him
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till I talked to my girls,
Dawn and Alicia.
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I said, "They have to approve
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or, you know,
I can't marry you."
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Dawn said yes.
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Alicia was
a little bit hesitant.
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But she ended up walkin' me
down the aisle...
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which was special.
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I was told I was
to never have any children.
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Richard,
my husband at the time,
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he had two children,
Dawn and Chris.
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And they'll call me "mom".
I am mom.
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But May 1st, 1996,
Alicia came along.
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I just loved on her
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and couldn't believe that
I finally had my baby girl.
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That God granted
my wish. [chuckles]
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She got
her hair done that day.
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She had it done up.
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She was there for me.
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So it was special to have
Alicia on my arm.
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I didn't have any idea
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that my life
would change forever...
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two months later.
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[Dawn] That Sunday,
as soon as I got to my mom's,
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we were obviously
on the phone with the police.
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They were
pretty much telling us
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there's nothing we can do.
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You know,
she was just a runaway.
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They were calling people
on her phone list.
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Callin' everybody...
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and asking, "Hey,
have you seen Alicia?
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Can you tell us anything?"
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[Natasha] I told Dawn
that I hadn't heard from her
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but I would try
to get ahold of her.
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Alicia would definitely,
kind of,
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push her curfew a little bit.
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I just kinda thought,
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"Oh, she's out with friends
and didn't wanna go home yet
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and didn't wanna answer
to her mom
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'cause she knew she'd be
in a bit of trouble
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once she got home."
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[phone ringing]
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[Alana] I get a call
from Alicia's sister Dawn.
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Dawn says, "Hey, Alana,
have you heard from Alicia?"
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I said, "Well, no.
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But we have
our banquet this evening."
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It was always the fall banquet
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to kick off
the football season.
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The banquet was held
the night before
our first day of school.
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That was something she was
really looking forward to,
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is that banquet on the 22nd.
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She was so excited.
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She had everything set out.
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Her bow, everything.
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Talked to my wife
about how her hair
was gonna be done.
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Like, there was a whole thing.
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There was, like, a whole day
planned out for that Sunday
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for when she had her banquet.
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She was not gonna
miss that banquet.
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[Destiny] Sunday, the day of
the sports banquet,
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Alicia wasn't there
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and everyone was confused.
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Like, why isn't she here.
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Not everybody had
a cellphone back then,
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so the word was not out.
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So this was kinda
the first time
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a lot of us heard, you know,
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"Hey, Alicia's not here."
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We thought that she would
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walk in the door
at any moment.
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We did. We thought,
"You know what?
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This banquet meant
so much to her.
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I know she's gonna be here.
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She'll have her bow on.
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I know she's gonna have
her uniform on.
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I know she'll be running in,
apologizing for being late."
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After the end of that banquet,
and she didn't show...
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that's when
we started to worry.
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[Dawn] By Sunday night,
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my wife Holly and I got on
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to Missing and Exploited
and did a report.
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We wanted to get that poster
out there to the world.
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I still had hope
that she'd come home.
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Dawn and Holly came over
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00:13:40,634 --> 00:13:43,467
and Holly got her...
Hold of her friend Heather.
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00:13:43,467 --> 00:13:44,634
Holly went
to school with her...
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00:13:45,166 --> 00:13:46,767
and knew she was a detective.
299
00:13:46,767 --> 00:13:48,233
Heather started
the ball rolling.
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[Lt. Heather] Holly DeBolt...
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she called requesting my help.
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And so at that point,
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I'm going to do
whatever I can to help
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this family figure out
what's going on.
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00:14:06,166 --> 00:14:11,066
When you first walk in
to Alicia's room,
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you definitely get a sense of
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this is just
a 14 year old girl.
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You've got pom poms
for cheerleading.
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You've got, uh,
cheerleading squad.
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Memorabilia,
posters on the wall, jewelry.
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When you put
all those things together,
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00:14:29,367 --> 00:14:32,867
it didn't seem like that
someone that is a runaway.
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00:14:35,066 --> 00:14:36,667
[newscaster] 14 year old
Alicia DeBolt
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00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:38,367
was last seen Saturday night.
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00:14:38,433 --> 00:14:40,567
Her family convinced
she didn't run away,
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00:14:40,567 --> 00:14:41,533
went to police.
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00:14:41,967 --> 00:14:42,867
This is not like Alicia.
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00:14:42,934 --> 00:14:44,266
This is not a runaway.
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00:14:44,266 --> 00:14:45,467
She did not run away.
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00:14:45,467 --> 00:14:47,000
Somebody has my child.
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00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,867
My baby girl.
Somebody has her.
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00:14:49,867 --> 00:14:51,166
[Natasha] I text her
and I was just like,
323
00:14:51,233 --> 00:14:53,967
"Hey, your family
is worried about you.
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00:14:53,967 --> 00:14:56,166
If you don't wanna go home
just text me and...
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00:14:56,166 --> 00:14:59,667
and let me know
and I'll just let them know
that you're okay.
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00:14:59,667 --> 00:15:01,567
I understand if you don't
wanna talk to 'em.
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00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:02,834
We're teenagers." [chuckles]
328
00:15:03,567 --> 00:15:05,567
She wasn't responding to me.
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00:15:07,667 --> 00:15:10,467
[Lt. Heather] In talking
to Alicia's family,
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I learned of several people
in the circle
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00:15:13,934 --> 00:15:15,667
that she was gonna
meet that night
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00:15:15,667 --> 00:15:16,634
at the party.
333
00:15:20,867 --> 00:15:22,634
[Dawn] We gave her
a couple names.
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00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:24,133
Ivan.
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00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,000
She said she was going
with Ivan
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00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,834
and I do believe one of
her friend's brothers.
337
00:15:31,867 --> 00:15:33,100
[Lt. Heather] We did establish
338
00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:37,266
that one of the older guys
that Alicia hung out with
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00:15:37,266 --> 00:15:40,667
was 19 year old Ivan Ramirez.
340
00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,967
Ivan had graduated
Great Bend high school.
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00:15:46,033 --> 00:15:49,367
[Dawn] Alicia
was very mature,
very mature for her age.
342
00:15:49,367 --> 00:15:52,367
And boys her age,
they annoyed her.
343
00:15:52,367 --> 00:15:55,567
They were nerds
or they just weren't mature.
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00:15:56,500 --> 00:16:00,066
Mom and I had some
really heated conversations
345
00:16:00,066 --> 00:16:02,367
'cause I had concerns, um,
346
00:16:02,367 --> 00:16:04,567
about some of the people
she was hanging out with,
347
00:16:04,567 --> 00:16:06,367
some of the decisions
she was making.
348
00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:16,000
[Lt. Heather] Investigators
caught up to Ivan Ramirez
349
00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,867
and were able
to speak with him.
350
00:16:19,300 --> 00:16:21,033
[indistinct chatter]
351
00:16:21,967 --> 00:16:25,066
[Lt. Heather] Ivan Ramirez
denied being involved
352
00:16:25,066 --> 00:16:28,467
in ever picking her up
at her residence.
353
00:16:28,467 --> 00:16:29,567
He denied ever being
354
00:16:29,567 --> 00:16:32,567
in the area with her
or even having knowledge
355
00:16:32,567 --> 00:16:35,133
of a party on the night
that she disappeared.
356
00:16:37,100 --> 00:16:39,367
He had indicated
that he was at
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00:16:39,367 --> 00:16:42,567
a local bar with some friends.
358
00:16:42,567 --> 00:16:46,567
It isn't uncommon
for an 18 or 19 year old
359
00:16:46,634 --> 00:16:48,567
to end up at a bar.
360
00:16:48,567 --> 00:16:51,100
That's just something
that happens
361
00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:53,634
in our small communities.
362
00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,567
So at this point,
363
00:16:56,634 --> 00:16:59,367
like, Kansas Bureau
of Investigations came in,
364
00:16:59,367 --> 00:17:02,734
and conducted
polygraph examinations.
365
00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,867
During further questioning
and interview
366
00:17:06,867 --> 00:17:08,634
with Ivan Ramirez...
367
00:17:09,567 --> 00:17:12,467
and after the polygraph,
368
00:17:12,533 --> 00:17:13,667
we were able to say
369
00:17:13,667 --> 00:17:16,967
that Ivan Ramirez
was in the clear
370
00:17:16,967 --> 00:17:21,266
and was not involved
in Alicia DeBolt's
disappearance.
371
00:17:27,367 --> 00:17:30,567
Tammy indicated
that Alicia was supposed to,
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00:17:30,634 --> 00:17:34,100
as soon as she got picked up,
head over to the party.
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00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:36,867
She gave me the address
of where I was supposed to be.
374
00:17:36,867 --> 00:17:41,333
We went to the house
and we learned that there
was no party there.
375
00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:47,467
We went to multiple locations
in that area of town.
376
00:17:47,467 --> 00:17:51,467
It was almost as if
this party never happened.
377
00:17:52,467 --> 00:17:53,467
At this point,
378
00:17:53,467 --> 00:17:56,967
we have no idea
who picked her up
379
00:17:57,033 --> 00:17:58,333
or where they ended up.
380
00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,567
So as we are waiting
381
00:18:07,567 --> 00:18:09,667
for cellphone records
to come in,
382
00:18:09,667 --> 00:18:12,166
we received a very good tip
383
00:18:12,166 --> 00:18:16,367
on the night that
Alicia DeBolt disappeared.
384
00:18:16,433 --> 00:18:20,166
That evening, the neighbors
just happened to be outside
385
00:18:20,233 --> 00:18:23,066
in their yard
for a barbeque...
386
00:18:25,266 --> 00:18:31,834
and had seen
a dark colored SUV,
smaller size.
387
00:18:34,667 --> 00:18:37,000
And were able to confirm
388
00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:41,667
that Alicia
had exited her home,
389
00:18:41,667 --> 00:18:44,567
walked outside,
was on her cellphone
390
00:18:44,567 --> 00:18:47,066
because they could see
the light on her phone.
391
00:18:48,066 --> 00:18:50,166
And then as she's walking,
392
00:18:50,166 --> 00:18:51,934
the light disappears.
393
00:18:52,767 --> 00:18:55,333
And then she goes over
to the vehicle,
394
00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:57,233
opens the door...
395
00:18:59,367 --> 00:19:02,166
and the description
396
00:19:02,233 --> 00:19:04,867
was that there was time
that lapsed
397
00:19:04,934 --> 00:19:05,967
before she got in.
398
00:19:08,166 --> 00:19:10,166
[Tammy] Said she hesitated.
399
00:19:10,166 --> 00:19:12,834
It probably was a person
who thought she thought
was pickin' her up.
400
00:19:15,166 --> 00:19:17,567
[Lt. Heather] When this person
showed up at her home,
401
00:19:17,567 --> 00:19:21,266
Alicia had, for an instant,
a hesitation.
402
00:19:21,266 --> 00:19:22,667
She had reservation
403
00:19:22,667 --> 00:19:24,533
of whether she was gonna
get in that car.
404
00:19:25,767 --> 00:19:29,567
That was the last time
someone saw her that evening.
405
00:19:29,567 --> 00:19:31,834
It was like she got
inside the vehicle...
406
00:19:33,567 --> 00:19:35,934
and then just vanished
into thin air.
407
00:19:44,667 --> 00:19:46,166
[Alana] The year 2010,
408
00:19:46,166 --> 00:19:48,734
that was just a year
that we had a lot of talent.
409
00:19:49,900 --> 00:19:51,767
My first impression
with Alicia
410
00:19:51,767 --> 00:19:54,834
was just very...
very simple, very kind,
411
00:19:55,166 --> 00:19:56,667
very quiet.
412
00:19:56,734 --> 00:19:59,266
And I remember thinking,
"She's so quiet.
413
00:19:59,266 --> 00:20:01,333
How is she going to be loud?"
414
00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:04,467
[Alana] But she jumped in
with her group
415
00:20:04,533 --> 00:20:07,634
and I could see
she was very strong.
416
00:20:08,266 --> 00:20:10,867
What I saw in her
was someone who...
417
00:20:10,867 --> 00:20:13,667
She had the road
already painted
in front of her.
418
00:20:13,734 --> 00:20:18,066
And I just can't help but
think what it could've been.
419
00:20:28,367 --> 00:20:32,000
[newscaster] Tammy Conrad says
her 14 year old daughter
left their house in Great Bend
420
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,066
around 11 'o clock
Saturday night
421
00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:38,567
[Vickie] This isn't just
Alicia, like you know
being out and not coming home
422
00:20:38,567 --> 00:20:40,767
Because she would
have been home by now.
423
00:20:40,767 --> 00:20:44,767
She hasn't messaged
anybody, she hasn't called
anybody back,
424
00:20:44,834 --> 00:20:46,667
I just want her to get home.
425
00:20:46,667 --> 00:20:51,266
[newscaster] Alicia DeBolt was
seen getting into a small
black SUV the night before.
426
00:20:51,266 --> 00:20:55,166
Alicia's story went quick.
I mean it was everywhere.
It was this cheerleader
427
00:20:55,233 --> 00:20:57,667
went missing, I mean out
of the blue she
just disappeared.
428
00:21:03,300 --> 00:21:06,000
[Alana]
Here we are,
at cheer practice.
429
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:10,367
And we have a game to prepare
for and we just couldn't.
430
00:21:10,433 --> 00:21:14,066
I didn't know Alicia,
but I knew that we had
a member of our
431
00:21:14,133 --> 00:21:16,533
junior varsity cheerleading
team that was missing.
432
00:21:17,767 --> 00:21:19,233
[Alana] We were so worried,
433
00:21:20,367 --> 00:21:22,867
and then the rumors,
our small town rumors
434
00:21:22,867 --> 00:21:24,767
were starting to float.
435
00:21:24,767 --> 00:21:28,367
Some people would say,
"Oh, she just ran off."
Some people would say
436
00:21:28,433 --> 00:21:30,867
something happened to her,
they saw her with
437
00:21:31,266 --> 00:21:32,433
so and so.
438
00:21:33,367 --> 00:21:36,667
And I just remember
being so afraid,
439
00:21:36,667 --> 00:21:39,467
[woman] We didn't really know
if this was someone here
in our town, just
440
00:21:39,467 --> 00:21:41,867
decided to you know,
pick up a girl.
441
00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:46,066
Maybe this guy is into
cheerleader and you know,
wants to kidnap cheerleaders.
442
00:21:47,667 --> 00:21:49,867
This person could be
walking around like,
443
00:21:49,867 --> 00:21:53,767
we could be bumping into
them in Walmart, they
could be in the stands,
444
00:21:53,834 --> 00:21:56,066
watching us cheers,
they could be anywhere.
445
00:21:56,133 --> 00:21:59,333
And so there was a lot
of fear in the community.
446
00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:10,867
So, as an investigator
you look at
447
00:22:10,934 --> 00:22:14,266
everyone potentially
as a suspect.
448
00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:19,033
Members of the cheer squad,
members of the football team,
449
00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:23,000
I heard about the black SUV
450
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,667
when news was getting out
and people were starting to
look forward
451
00:22:26,734 --> 00:22:29,066
everybody was kind of
on the lookout.
452
00:22:29,066 --> 00:22:32,967
And if they knew
somebody that drove
that or if they seen that
453
00:22:33,033 --> 00:22:34,367
car driving around town...
454
00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:47,734
Sometime Monday,
someone came
to Mom's door.
455
00:22:49,700 --> 00:22:51,467
[knock at door]
456
00:22:51,467 --> 00:22:55,333
We answered it and there was a
guy standing there saying,
he was a friend of Alicia's.
457
00:22:56,767 --> 00:23:00,133
He said, I'm Adam Longoria,
and I'm like, who in the heck
is Adam Longoria?
458
00:23:01,967 --> 00:23:03,867
[Tammy] I never met him.
459
00:23:03,934 --> 00:23:07,066
He told me who he was.
He goes, "I heard your
daughter is missing."
460
00:23:07,066 --> 00:23:10,066
I think he said he read
it on Facebook that
she was missing.
461
00:23:10,133 --> 00:23:12,467
Is there anything I can do
to help find her?
462
00:23:12,467 --> 00:23:15,667
So my wife called
Heather while he
was standing at the door.
463
00:23:15,734 --> 00:23:18,867
[Heather] I had no idea
who he was.
464
00:23:18,934 --> 00:23:21,567
But, I spoke to my lieutenant.
465
00:23:21,634 --> 00:23:23,567
And told them get somebody
over there.
466
00:23:26,467 --> 00:23:29,100
So, we learned
that Adam Longoria
467
00:23:29,100 --> 00:23:35,166
was a 36 year old man,
from Texas and he came
to Great Bend
468
00:23:35,233 --> 00:23:39,066
in a relationship
with Eva Brown.
469
00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:43,867
She's a local resident
here in Great Bend.
470
00:23:43,867 --> 00:23:48,000
Adam Longoria had mentioned
that he did know Alicia.
471
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:53,667
He had met her at a party
that he had had for his
girlfriend, Eva.
472
00:23:53,667 --> 00:23:56,567
He didn't know Alicia
very well,
473
00:23:56,567 --> 00:23:59,767
that he had seen her
a couple of times,
474
00:23:59,834 --> 00:24:02,867
he inserted himself in
the investigation.
475
00:24:02,867 --> 00:24:06,433
As an investigator
that's very
suspicious behavior.
476
00:24:07,567 --> 00:24:11,667
He denied ever picking
Alicia up,
477
00:24:11,667 --> 00:24:14,767
the night of her
disappearance.
478
00:24:14,767 --> 00:24:21,266
Adam Longoria had indicated
to us that he was with his
girlfriend Eva that evening.
479
00:24:21,266 --> 00:24:22,867
That they went out
to dinner.
480
00:24:22,867 --> 00:24:27,033
And then went to the bar
later that evening.
481
00:24:28,166 --> 00:24:31,467
We would need to bring
Eva in for questioning.
482
00:24:31,467 --> 00:24:36,567
We need to know more
information to try to put the
pieces of the puzzle together.
483
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,100
We had set up an interview
with Eva Brown.
484
00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:43,767
[phone ringing]
485
00:24:43,767 --> 00:24:46,967
-And then I receive a call.
-[phone ringing]
486
00:24:46,967 --> 00:24:51,100
A body has been found
out at the Venture plant.
487
00:24:51,100 --> 00:24:53,233
It's located out West of town.
488
00:24:56,266 --> 00:24:59,567
One of the employees
at this company,
489
00:24:59,567 --> 00:25:02,567
had discovered human remains
490
00:25:02,634 --> 00:25:04,433
and called it into dispatch.
491
00:25:07,266 --> 00:25:11,266
That was probably one of the
most difficult drives
492
00:25:11,333 --> 00:25:14,166
as an investigator
that you'll ever take.
493
00:25:16,300 --> 00:25:19,166
[indistinct radio chatter]
494
00:25:19,166 --> 00:25:24,467
Alicia's mom described her
leaving the home that night
495
00:25:24,533 --> 00:25:27,000
on the 21st wearing,
496
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:31,000
a pendant, it's a heart
pendant and it's a necklace
that she wore.
497
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,367
And I saw the pendant.
498
00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:38,266
Looking at that
little girl and,
499
00:25:38,333 --> 00:25:42,367
you know that, in that
moment it's her.
500
00:25:46,567 --> 00:25:49,066
I mean, we knew,
I knew it was coming.
501
00:25:50,066 --> 00:25:53,734
We knew on Sunday that
she wasn't coming home.
502
00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:58,667
It was hard
for my Mom, though.
503
00:25:59,567 --> 00:26:03,166
Because, she thought
it was gonna be a miracle.
504
00:26:03,166 --> 00:26:06,233
I kept telling Heather, that's
not mine, I don't know.
505
00:26:06,867 --> 00:26:08,667
It can't be her.
How do you know?
506
00:26:10,967 --> 00:26:14,066
[Heather] We have an autopsy
that is normal,
507
00:26:14,066 --> 00:26:18,166
Part of the investigation
for any death investigation,
508
00:26:18,233 --> 00:26:22,967
Alicia's cause of death
was determined to be homicide.
509
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,767
She was strangled and
sexually assaulted,
510
00:26:27,834 --> 00:26:30,266
and then her
body was set on fire.
511
00:26:36,667 --> 00:26:38,266
[Dawn] It shatters you.
512
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:44,066
You think that, you... you
already have your mind
wrapped around it.
513
00:26:45,367 --> 00:26:48,734
That something
bad happened but
514
00:26:49,667 --> 00:26:51,233
to hear the details,
515
00:26:53,367 --> 00:26:54,934
about someone getting hurt,
516
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,367
somebody like that,
517
00:26:57,367 --> 00:27:01,033
um, you just... you
can't fathom it.
518
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:10,667
[in distance]
Come on, come on...
519
00:27:10,667 --> 00:27:14,634
We get the breaking news
that they found Alicia's body
520
00:27:15,767 --> 00:27:19,734
and it was devastating.
It was devastating that
521
00:27:20,166 --> 00:27:22,000
she was actually gone.
522
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,533
It was scary, that she
was murdered.
That was just so sad,
523
00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:28,266
That was just so sad.
524
00:27:28,767 --> 00:27:30,567
What happened to her was
525
00:27:30,634 --> 00:27:32,467
absolutely horrific.
526
00:27:32,467 --> 00:27:36,533
We walked together
in pairs like we weren't
ever by ourselves.
527
00:27:37,367 --> 00:27:40,000
It just was mind blowing that
528
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,634
someone like that evil
was a part of our community.
529
00:27:45,567 --> 00:27:50,767
[Heather] Investigating the
area around were the
body was discovered,
530
00:27:50,834 --> 00:27:53,567
it was determined that
an accelerant was used,
531
00:27:53,567 --> 00:27:55,567
which was that of gasoline.
532
00:27:57,467 --> 00:28:01,166
We made a decision to
go out and start looking at
533
00:28:01,233 --> 00:28:03,266
video footage in the areas
534
00:28:03,266 --> 00:28:07,166
so gasoline places, uh,
quick shops
535
00:28:07,233 --> 00:28:11,433
things like that
were fuel pumps
would be located.
536
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,567
You just never know.
537
00:28:13,567 --> 00:28:18,367
It could be one of the key
pieces of information that
could solve the case.
538
00:28:29,467 --> 00:28:34,567
Within a day or two
of locating the body
of Alicia DeBolt
539
00:28:34,634 --> 00:28:37,467
we started receiving Alicia's
cell phone records.
540
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,266
In looking through
the cell phone logs
541
00:28:42,266 --> 00:28:44,000
one number stood out
542
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:48,934
in between, I would say
July and August of 2010.
543
00:28:49,900 --> 00:28:55,000
That same number was also
the same phone number that
544
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,467
was texting Alicia DeBolt,
545
00:28:57,467 --> 00:29:00,667
on the night that
she disappeared.
546
00:29:00,734 --> 00:29:04,934
And that cellphone
number came up
as Adam Longoria.
547
00:29:07,967 --> 00:29:13,467
This was the same guy,
Adam Longoria that was
inserting himself into
548
00:29:13,467 --> 00:29:16,367
the investigation earlier on
549
00:29:16,367 --> 00:29:19,467
when he showed up
at Alicia DeBolt's house
550
00:29:19,467 --> 00:29:21,567
trying to put together
a search party.
551
00:29:22,900 --> 00:29:28,266
We kind of just thought,
where did this guy come from,
how did she meet him?
552
00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:33,867
Alicia went to a party with...
On July 10th and had met Adam
553
00:29:33,934 --> 00:29:38,567
at that, it was his girlfriend
Eva's birthday party.
554
00:29:38,567 --> 00:29:42,333
So, Alicia had went with...
and had met him that day.
555
00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:47,767
After that birthday party
he started sending
556
00:29:47,767 --> 00:29:49,867
inappropriate messages
and stuff.
557
00:29:49,867 --> 00:29:52,967
I had already come across
these texts,
558
00:29:53,033 --> 00:29:58,667
this guy was calling
and texting Alicia, before
but we didn't know him
559
00:29:58,667 --> 00:30:00,066
he is Adam Longoria.
560
00:30:00,133 --> 00:30:01,867
I knew him by Rocco,
that's all I knew,
561
00:30:01,867 --> 00:30:03,567
because that was
his slang name.
562
00:30:03,567 --> 00:30:05,734
And that's what Alicia
used as well.
563
00:30:05,867 --> 00:30:06,834
Rocco.
564
00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:10,266
Do you wanna meet up?
Do you wanna hang out?
565
00:30:10,266 --> 00:30:11,867
Why don't you like me?
566
00:30:11,867 --> 00:30:17,066
Just things that a 36
year old shouldn't be saying
to a 14 year old kid.
567
00:30:17,066 --> 00:30:20,066
I thought that was really
weird and I got involved
with that
568
00:30:20,133 --> 00:30:23,767
and told him, "She's 14
years old, you need to
leave her alone."
569
00:30:23,834 --> 00:30:26,467
And I totally should
block the phone number.
570
00:30:28,767 --> 00:30:33,567
Alicia didn't tell us
that Adam was continuing
to text her.
571
00:30:33,567 --> 00:30:36,066
[Natasha] I didn't even know
that he was bothering her.
572
00:30:36,133 --> 00:30:38,166
She didn't really speak
to me about it, but
573
00:30:38,233 --> 00:30:42,567
I'm sure that really just
wanted to kind of sweep
it under the rug and
574
00:30:42,567 --> 00:30:46,533
him to leave her alone and
not keep harassing
her basically.
575
00:30:47,867 --> 00:30:51,467
We also learned that
Adam Longoria had just
576
00:30:51,467 --> 00:30:56,266
completed a seven year
sentence in May of 2010,
577
00:30:56,333 --> 00:31:03,467
for aggravated assault,
burglary, evading and he was
also in for larceny.
578
00:31:03,467 --> 00:31:09,834
Then we learned that
Adam Longoria drove a
Ford smaller black SUV.
579
00:31:12,266 --> 00:31:17,133
So at this point in time
we wanna bring him in
and talk to him some more.
580
00:31:20,367 --> 00:31:24,166
Initially, Adam Longoria
did admit that he texted
581
00:31:24,166 --> 00:31:28,667
Alicia about a party
on the night that
she disappeared.
582
00:31:28,667 --> 00:31:33,166
And we were able to
look through the cell phone
records and confirm
583
00:31:33,166 --> 00:31:36,266
that Adam Longoria
did send a text
584
00:31:36,266 --> 00:31:38,867
later to Alicia DeBolt
saying that
585
00:31:38,867 --> 00:31:41,533
there wasn't gonna be a party,
never mind.
586
00:31:43,567 --> 00:31:46,867
But he wasn't in the clear.
587
00:31:46,867 --> 00:31:50,934
There were some things
that we still needed
answers to.
588
00:31:52,266 --> 00:31:56,100
Then in looking further
at the text messages,
589
00:31:56,100 --> 00:32:01,166
we learned that approximately
two weeks before
Alicia disappeared,
590
00:32:01,166 --> 00:32:04,767
Alicia was receiving
threatening text messages...
591
00:32:04,767 --> 00:32:06,467
[cell phone vibrating]
592
00:32:06,467 --> 00:32:10,166
[Heather] ...those text
messages where coming from
Adam Longoria's girlfriend,
593
00:32:10,233 --> 00:32:11,634
Eva Brown's number.
594
00:32:13,867 --> 00:32:17,667
July 23rd, she had texted
Alicia saying that
595
00:32:17,667 --> 00:32:20,767
she have been talking to her
husband and that she
needs to leave her alone.
596
00:32:21,467 --> 00:32:23,367
So, Alicia handed
the phone to me
597
00:32:23,367 --> 00:32:27,166
I said, I don't know
who you are and who your
husband is but
598
00:32:27,166 --> 00:32:30,867
you know, you need to stop,
calling and texting my
14 year old sister.
599
00:32:30,867 --> 00:32:33,133
She doesn't wanna talk
to you guys, just leave
her alone.
600
00:32:35,066 --> 00:32:36,734
We thought we controlled it.
601
00:32:38,767 --> 00:32:43,266
Eva Brown could've looked
at Alicia as competition.
602
00:32:43,266 --> 00:32:48,567
Was there a triangle?
Was there jealousy?
Was there rage?
603
00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:50,367
We wanted to know more.
604
00:32:57,367 --> 00:33:00,967
At the same time
as part of investigation,
605
00:33:01,033 --> 00:33:04,166
we were looking through
video surveillance
606
00:33:04,166 --> 00:33:08,000
around where the body
was discovered
of Alicia DeBolt.
607
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:12,467
And Loves was one of those
convenient stores that was
608
00:33:12,467 --> 00:33:15,867
located on tenth street
were they had fuel pumps.
609
00:33:15,934 --> 00:33:19,767
In looking through
hours and hours
of surveillance
610
00:33:19,767 --> 00:33:22,066
at the Loves
convenience store,
611
00:33:23,066 --> 00:33:26,467
shortly after midnight
12:07 a.m.
612
00:33:26,533 --> 00:33:29,233
A black SUV pulls up
at the gas pumps,
613
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,133
I'm thinking this is
definitely them.
614
00:33:48,567 --> 00:33:53,767
We were able to get
video surveillance of the
Loves convenience store.
615
00:33:53,767 --> 00:33:56,667
A black SUV pulls up
at the gas pumps,
616
00:33:56,667 --> 00:34:00,567
The driver and the only
occupant exits the vehicle.
617
00:34:00,567 --> 00:34:03,567
And, walks around
a little bit.
618
00:34:03,567 --> 00:34:08,567
Goes inside the Loves
convenience store
asks for a container
619
00:34:08,567 --> 00:34:10,967
searches around the area
for one,
620
00:34:10,967 --> 00:34:15,667
and then ends up purchasing
a dollar and 37 in gasoline.
621
00:34:16,567 --> 00:34:20,934
The driver was identified
as Adam Longoria.
622
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:27,567
We went out to the
new residence were,
623
00:34:27,567 --> 00:34:31,000
Adam Longoria was living with
Eva his girlfriend,
624
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,266
and Eva told us that,
625
00:34:33,266 --> 00:34:35,767
Adam Longoria was gone.
626
00:34:35,767 --> 00:34:40,266
We learned that there's
been a white SUV that
was stolen,
627
00:34:40,266 --> 00:34:43,567
from Venture Corporation and
628
00:34:43,567 --> 00:34:48,533
looking further we learned
that Adam Longoria works
for this company.
629
00:34:49,266 --> 00:34:51,166
[siren wailing]
630
00:34:51,166 --> 00:34:55,166
The highway patrol
is called in for assistance.
631
00:34:55,767 --> 00:34:58,133
[indistinct radio chatter]
632
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:01,934
[Heather] They were
able to make a traffic stop.
633
00:35:05,767 --> 00:35:07,767
[Officer] Back to the vehicle.
634
00:35:07,834 --> 00:35:10,266
[Heather] At this point
it is a very tense moment.
635
00:35:10,266 --> 00:35:12,834
[officer] Drop the keys
outside the vehicle.
636
00:35:14,166 --> 00:35:17,734
Slowly exit the vehicle.
Are there any weapons
in the vehicle?
637
00:35:18,367 --> 00:35:20,333
... and turn around.
638
00:35:20,667 --> 00:35:21,734
Turn around.
639
00:35:22,467 --> 00:35:24,233
Do not put your hands
in your pocket.
640
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,467
[Heather] But, they get him
handcuffed and
641
00:35:34,533 --> 00:35:36,967
restrained, put inside
the patrol car.
642
00:35:37,033 --> 00:35:40,967
And he's finally taken
into custody and brought
back to Great Bend.
643
00:35:46,066 --> 00:35:49,166
When we brought Eva
in for questioning,
644
00:35:49,166 --> 00:35:52,667
she came clean
about Adam Longoria
645
00:35:52,667 --> 00:35:58,266
not being with her
on the night that
Alicia disappeared.
646
00:35:58,333 --> 00:36:02,934
And from that point
Eva was no longer
a person of interest.
647
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:11,867
In further investigation,
it was discovered that
648
00:36:11,867 --> 00:36:14,166
inside of the vehicle
649
00:36:14,166 --> 00:36:18,967
that Adam Longoria
was driving, there were
samples that were,
650
00:36:19,033 --> 00:36:23,734
confirmed to be that of
the DNA of Alicia DeBolt.
651
00:36:32,066 --> 00:36:34,967
When Alicia was murdered
it kind of had that feel to
652
00:36:34,967 --> 00:36:37,667
uh, the entire community
not just within the
school that
653
00:36:37,667 --> 00:36:40,266
something like this just
doesn't happen in Great Bend.
654
00:36:40,266 --> 00:36:43,467
It just made everybody
hug their kids
a little tighter.
655
00:36:43,467 --> 00:36:48,266
She died young, she wasn't
even get to go to
the high school yet
656
00:36:48,333 --> 00:36:50,266
...cheerleader
657
00:36:50,333 --> 00:36:54,367
I would like her to be
remembered for the beautiful
person that she was.
658
00:36:54,367 --> 00:36:58,567
She was really just like this
shining light in the room.
659
00:36:58,567 --> 00:37:02,767
She was always happy
and like energetic and
always like
660
00:37:02,767 --> 00:37:04,033
there for you.
661
00:37:15,567 --> 00:37:19,166
For a month he had been
texting hundreds of texts,
662
00:37:20,767 --> 00:37:22,834
to try to get with
this little girl.
663
00:37:23,467 --> 00:37:25,867
The party that,
664
00:37:25,867 --> 00:37:30,266
Adam Longoria set the stage
for just a ploy.
665
00:37:30,266 --> 00:37:33,867
His ultimate goal
was just to get Alicia
in that car.
666
00:37:37,266 --> 00:37:40,967
Adam Longoria's girl friend
testified that the day after
DeBolt went missing
667
00:37:41,033 --> 00:37:45,266
he bleached his shoe laces
and he also came home that
night smelling like gasoline.
668
00:37:46,967 --> 00:37:50,767
During the trial,
all dressed up in
these fancy suits
669
00:37:50,767 --> 00:37:53,467
smirking, laughing,
glaring us down,
670
00:37:55,767 --> 00:37:58,367
I remember looking
down a lot. I didn't
wanna look at him.
671
00:37:58,433 --> 00:38:00,767
But I could feel
his eyes on ya.
672
00:38:04,767 --> 00:38:07,467
In, June the jury
came back with a verdict.
673
00:38:07,533 --> 00:38:11,667
[woman] We the jury,
unanimously find Adam Longoria
674
00:38:11,734 --> 00:38:14,567
guilty of capital murder,
criminal sodomy.
675
00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:23,066
Soon after, Adam Longoria
was sentenced to
life without parole.
676
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:28,166
I'm glad it's over.
I was tired of seeing that
man long time ago.
677
00:38:28,166 --> 00:38:30,467
And I hope I don't
ever have to face him again.
678
00:38:30,533 --> 00:38:33,166
[Heather] Adam Longoria was
a 36 year old man
679
00:38:33,233 --> 00:38:36,100
that took advantage
of a young girl.
680
00:38:36,100 --> 00:38:41,433
And tried to gain her trust,
on so many levels.
681
00:38:42,567 --> 00:38:45,266
Adam Longoria killed
Alicia 'cause he was
obsessed with her.
682
00:38:45,266 --> 00:38:46,667
And he couldn't have her.
683
00:38:57,100 --> 00:39:01,100
To honor Alicia, we made
shirts, we got together and
we made shirts
684
00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:02,967
with her picture on it.
685
00:39:02,967 --> 00:39:08,266
And we all wore them.
But the first game of the
season was gut wrenching.
686
00:39:08,333 --> 00:39:11,266
It was really hard to be
out on the field
687
00:39:11,333 --> 00:39:14,166
being happy and cheerful
and smiley.
688
00:39:14,233 --> 00:39:18,567
But we really had to
remind ourselves,
we're doing this for Alicia.
689
00:39:18,567 --> 00:39:23,133
This is what she wanted
to do so bad, we have
to do it for her.
690
00:39:24,567 --> 00:39:25,667
That was a rough night.
691
00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:27,467
But, it just seem like,
692
00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:31,333
that whole year,
there was a loss,
693
00:39:32,367 --> 00:39:35,266
without having Alicia with us.
694
00:39:35,266 --> 00:39:39,867
Things like this just don't
happen to people around here.
If you just made everybody
695
00:39:39,934 --> 00:39:44,166
just keep a little closer eye
on their children and know
what's happening.
696
00:39:44,166 --> 00:39:47,233
[woman] After her
murder an essence was
lost in Great Bend.
697
00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:49,233
It's never been the same.
698
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,066
It's never been the same.
699
00:39:56,100 --> 00:39:58,266
I want Alicia to
be remembered as
700
00:39:58,767 --> 00:40:02,367
the spunky, fun loving,
701
00:40:02,367 --> 00:40:04,867
kid she was. I mean,
she was a kid.
702
00:40:04,867 --> 00:40:07,667
She was an amazing friend,
703
00:40:07,734 --> 00:40:10,066
an amazing... amazing sister.
704
00:40:10,066 --> 00:40:11,867
She went above and beyond
for everybody.
705
00:40:11,867 --> 00:40:15,166
That was just Alicia,
she wanted everybody
to be happy.
706
00:40:15,166 --> 00:40:19,166
People tell me that,
when I speak
of Alicia I light up.
707
00:40:19,166 --> 00:40:22,467
I always think when
I speak of Alicia
I usually cry.
708
00:40:22,467 --> 00:40:27,066
I want to remember
Alicia as a vibrant,
young bubbly teenager,
709
00:40:27,867 --> 00:40:31,767
that loved her family.
She loved her friends.
710
00:40:31,834 --> 00:40:36,767
She loved being a cheerleader,
because she loved people,
she trusted people.
711
00:40:36,834 --> 00:40:39,934
Everybody was good
to her. Why would they
do anything bad?
712
00:40:41,467 --> 00:40:45,367
I just want parents
to be more aware of where
your children are.
713
00:40:45,367 --> 00:40:48,266
Just talking to
your kids early on
714
00:40:48,266 --> 00:40:49,934
about the dangers
715
00:40:50,500 --> 00:40:51,867
of this world.
716
00:40:51,867 --> 00:40:53,333
The dangers of people.
717
00:40:54,266 --> 00:40:56,266
That not everybody is nice.
718
00:40:56,266 --> 00:40:58,066
Not everybody has
good intentions.
719
00:40:59,100 --> 00:41:01,133
And even in
Great Bend Kansas
720
00:41:02,300 --> 00:41:03,834
it can happen.
721
00:41:10,567 --> 00:41:12,266
♪
722
00:41:12,266 --> 00:41:13,967
The boys were both shot
multiple times.
723
00:41:14,033 --> 00:41:15,867
It was very personal.
724
00:41:15,867 --> 00:41:17,166
I felt like there was
725
00:41:17,166 --> 00:41:21,567
some type of jealousy in their
relationship with all of them.
726
00:41:21,567 --> 00:41:23,867
He was gonna be the person
727
00:41:23,934 --> 00:41:25,767
in the family that made it
to the NFL.
728
00:41:25,767 --> 00:41:28,967
People were saying, like,
"Wait til the truth comes out."