1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:04,166 -[man] Now here come your Great Bend Panthers. -[all cheering] 2 00:00:04,166 --> 00:00:06,166 [Destiny] Friday Night Lights for Great Bend High School... 3 00:00:06,233 --> 00:00:08,233 Everyone was at the game. Everyone's excited. 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,166 [Tina] On Friday night, 5 00:00:10,166 --> 00:00:12,367 to be under the lights and be at a football game 6 00:00:12,433 --> 00:00:13,667 is just the greatest feeling. 7 00:00:13,667 --> 00:00:15,367 It's a community wide event. 8 00:00:15,367 --> 00:00:17,667 [audience cheering] 9 00:00:17,667 --> 00:00:20,166 Alicia was 14, going into freshman year. 10 00:00:20,166 --> 00:00:23,266 She really wanted to be a cheerleader for Great Bend High School. 11 00:00:23,333 --> 00:00:24,967 Here we are at cheer practice 12 00:00:24,967 --> 00:00:26,767 and we have a game to prepare for. 13 00:00:26,767 --> 00:00:28,000 We're getting closer and closer 14 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,166 to cheering for the first time. 15 00:00:30,867 --> 00:00:32,166 [Destiny] But Alicia wasn't there. 16 00:00:32,166 --> 00:00:34,867 Everyone was confused, like, "Why isn't she here?" 17 00:00:35,867 --> 00:00:37,767 That's when we started to worry. 18 00:00:37,767 --> 00:00:39,467 [newscaster] 14 year old Alicia DeBolt 19 00:00:39,467 --> 00:00:41,166 was last seen Saturday night. 20 00:00:41,233 --> 00:00:44,767 Her family convinced she didn't run away, went to police. 21 00:00:44,767 --> 00:00:48,567 You look at everyone potentially as a suspect. 22 00:00:48,567 --> 00:00:50,467 Members of the cheer squad. 23 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:52,567 Members of the football team. 24 00:00:52,634 --> 00:00:54,967 [police shouts] Drop the keys outside the vehicle. 25 00:00:55,033 --> 00:00:57,867 Maybe this guy wants to kidnap cheerleaders. 26 00:00:57,867 --> 00:00:59,967 This is not like Alicia. This is not a runaway. 27 00:00:59,967 --> 00:01:02,667 Somebody has my child, my baby girl. 28 00:01:02,667 --> 00:01:03,967 Somebody has her. 29 00:01:04,033 --> 00:01:07,066 [police] Turn around. Do not put you hands in your pocket. 30 00:01:07,133 --> 00:01:09,266 [Alana] And a senseless loss to Great Bend. 31 00:01:09,333 --> 00:01:10,467 It's never been the same. 32 00:01:11,100 --> 00:01:12,433 It's never been the same. 33 00:01:16,066 --> 00:01:17,467 [theme music playing] 34 00:01:17,467 --> 00:01:18,567 [police over radio] Perimeter 66. 35 00:01:18,634 --> 00:01:19,934 [students cheering indistinctly] 36 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:23,467 [commentator] Jimmy goes, drops the ball. 37 00:01:23,467 --> 00:01:24,867 [students cheering indistinctly] 38 00:01:24,867 --> 00:01:27,100 [commentator] Jimmy goes for the touchdown. 39 00:01:27,100 --> 00:01:29,467 [audience cheering] 40 00:01:40,667 --> 00:01:43,066 [Erin] Great Bend is named after the Great Bend 41 00:01:43,066 --> 00:01:45,567 in the Arkansas river that runs up from Arkansas 42 00:01:45,567 --> 00:01:47,533 right through the middle of Kansas then back down. 43 00:01:48,667 --> 00:01:51,667 Around here, outdoors, is kind of a way of life. 44 00:01:51,667 --> 00:01:55,467 Hunting, fishing, boating in the summers. 45 00:01:55,533 --> 00:01:57,667 It's something that a lot of people around this area, 46 00:01:57,667 --> 00:01:59,233 spend their pastime doing. 47 00:01:59,667 --> 00:02:03,467 [indistinct chatter] 48 00:02:03,467 --> 00:02:05,667 [Erin] But once fall rolls around, 49 00:02:05,667 --> 00:02:08,100 there's only one thing that everybody is buying. 50 00:02:08,100 --> 00:02:10,166 And we're selling it right here at Great Bend High School 51 00:02:10,166 --> 00:02:11,867 under the Friday Night Lights. 52 00:02:11,867 --> 00:02:15,634 -[man] Now here come your Great Bend Panthers. -[all cheering] 53 00:02:17,667 --> 00:02:18,934 [students cheering] 54 00:02:20,767 --> 00:02:22,767 [Destiny] Friday Night Lights, you have the band, 55 00:02:22,767 --> 00:02:25,166 and you have the light shining down 56 00:02:25,233 --> 00:02:27,867 and you can smell the concession stand going 57 00:02:27,934 --> 00:02:29,166 and everyone was at the game. 58 00:02:29,166 --> 00:02:31,166 And so it kind of felt like town would shut down, 59 00:02:31,166 --> 00:02:32,567 like, if you weren't at the game? You know, 60 00:02:32,634 --> 00:02:33,934 "What... What're you doing?" 61 00:02:35,667 --> 00:02:38,266 The football game is so much more than just football. 62 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:39,867 It's a community wide event. 63 00:02:39,934 --> 00:02:41,567 [all cheering indistinctly] 64 00:02:41,567 --> 00:02:45,867 It's great to be a Great Bend High Panther! 65 00:02:45,867 --> 00:02:47,467 You only do that cheer 66 00:02:47,467 --> 00:02:49,967 if you know you got... That they've won. [chuckles] 67 00:02:50,033 --> 00:02:51,467 So whenever you hear that cheer, 68 00:02:51,533 --> 00:02:54,467 you know that it's a victory for the night. 69 00:02:54,533 --> 00:02:57,367 [Destiny] To be a cheerleader for the Great Bend High School Panthers, 70 00:02:57,433 --> 00:02:58,667 you take a lot of pride in it 71 00:02:58,667 --> 00:03:02,367 and it's just something that, kind of, everyone wants to do. 72 00:03:02,367 --> 00:03:04,634 -[all cheering] -[woman] Good job, girls! 73 00:03:07,900 --> 00:03:10,166 [Destiny] I met Alicia in middle school. 74 00:03:10,166 --> 00:03:12,266 She had her own style. She was pretty spunky. 75 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:13,967 She was just so sweet 76 00:03:14,033 --> 00:03:15,967 and I really gravitated towards her 77 00:03:15,967 --> 00:03:18,567 because I was kind of shy and timid 78 00:03:18,567 --> 00:03:21,767 and so, like, she was really welcoming and loving. 79 00:03:21,834 --> 00:03:24,467 And, so, I was just, like, I wanna be friends with her. 80 00:03:25,767 --> 00:03:27,867 2010 was kind of the transition 81 00:03:27,934 --> 00:03:29,567 to move to high school. 82 00:03:29,567 --> 00:03:31,967 A few of us decided to try out for cheer, 83 00:03:31,967 --> 00:03:33,767 and that was a little scary. 84 00:03:33,767 --> 00:03:35,367 You were set at a high standard. 85 00:03:36,266 --> 00:03:38,433 We had to go and try out during the summer. 86 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,767 Alicia was a little nervous 87 00:03:40,834 --> 00:03:44,266 but she wasn't as nervous as all of us were. 88 00:03:51,100 --> 00:03:53,266 Alicia tried out for cheerleading at sixth grade 89 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:54,166 and made the team. 90 00:03:55,567 --> 00:03:57,967 She cheerlead seventh grade football. 91 00:03:57,967 --> 00:03:59,767 She loved it. 92 00:03:59,834 --> 00:04:02,233 And she couldn't wait to be a Panthers cheerleader. 93 00:04:03,166 --> 00:04:04,467 [Natasha] I knew Alicia was, you know, 94 00:04:04,533 --> 00:04:07,066 tryout for high school cheerleading... 95 00:04:07,066 --> 00:04:09,367 and she had really been preparing for it. 96 00:04:09,367 --> 00:04:10,667 'Cause it was a big thing. 97 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:12,066 It was a lot bigger than, just, 98 00:04:12,133 --> 00:04:13,433 being a middle school cheerleader. 99 00:04:17,667 --> 00:04:19,767 [Destiny] We had to wait about a week or so 100 00:04:19,767 --> 00:04:21,867 to find out who made the cheer team. 101 00:04:21,867 --> 00:04:24,667 And that was just the longest week ever. 102 00:04:25,567 --> 00:04:28,667 But I remember the morning that they were posted 103 00:04:28,734 --> 00:04:30,867 and Alicia and I both made it. 104 00:04:30,934 --> 00:04:34,367 And I just remember, like, hugging and, like, just being so excited 105 00:04:34,433 --> 00:04:36,967 and just, like, "Wow", like, "We did it." 106 00:04:37,033 --> 00:04:38,533 Like, "We're on the cheer team." 107 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:41,467 [Tammy] She was ecstatic. She made it. 108 00:04:41,467 --> 00:04:43,667 Ran home and told me. 109 00:04:43,667 --> 00:04:46,166 I mean, this is high school we're talking about. 110 00:04:46,166 --> 00:04:48,567 [Dawn] Alicia had a lot of exciting things coming 111 00:04:48,634 --> 00:04:49,834 the start of the school year. 112 00:04:50,567 --> 00:04:52,634 Just 14, going into freshman year. 113 00:04:53,567 --> 00:04:55,934 She was so pumped to start high school. 114 00:04:56,667 --> 00:04:58,567 She was excited to meet new people. 115 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,166 She was so excited. 116 00:05:01,233 --> 00:05:03,767 So excited to cheer. 117 00:05:03,767 --> 00:05:06,533 She would come home and work on her flips in the front yard. 118 00:05:07,166 --> 00:05:08,166 She was ready. 119 00:05:08,667 --> 00:05:10,066 It couldn't come fast enough. 120 00:05:17,867 --> 00:05:19,033 [Tammy] August, 2010. 121 00:05:19,467 --> 00:05:21,433 We drove up to her show. 122 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,066 We go shopping all day 123 00:05:23,133 --> 00:05:25,266 because we're starting school on Monday. 124 00:05:25,333 --> 00:05:27,467 We hadn't done cloth shopping yet. 125 00:05:27,533 --> 00:05:30,367 [Dawn] It was just myself, Alicia, mom 126 00:05:30,433 --> 00:05:32,967 and my wife, um, Holly that went 127 00:05:33,033 --> 00:05:36,934 and it was awesome to spend a day with her and just... 128 00:05:38,066 --> 00:05:39,266 It was always fun with Alicia. 129 00:05:48,367 --> 00:05:50,266 On the way home, Alicia started mentioning 130 00:05:50,266 --> 00:05:51,667 that she was gonna go out for the evening 131 00:05:51,667 --> 00:05:52,634 after we got home. 132 00:05:53,967 --> 00:05:55,266 She was texting and making plans, 133 00:05:55,266 --> 00:05:57,667 and asking if that's okay. 134 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,166 I told her, "Gotta be home by 12." 135 00:06:01,233 --> 00:06:03,433 "Yes, Mom. I know I've gotta be home by 12." 136 00:06:04,266 --> 00:06:05,467 Asked her if she's gonna need a ride home. 137 00:06:05,467 --> 00:06:07,233 "No, this person will make sure I get home." 138 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:09,634 I didn't know who they were. 139 00:06:11,100 --> 00:06:13,767 [Dawn] I was sitting in the backseat with Alicia 140 00:06:13,767 --> 00:06:16,767 and she told me that a friend had texted her 141 00:06:16,767 --> 00:06:20,467 about a party, um, later that evening. 142 00:06:20,467 --> 00:06:22,266 It was just like a back to school party. 143 00:06:22,266 --> 00:06:24,066 Like the end of the summer party 144 00:06:24,066 --> 00:06:25,367 where people were getting together. 145 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,367 [Destiny] I didn't know about the party. 146 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:33,667 We hung out for cheer and stuff 147 00:06:33,667 --> 00:06:36,467 but Alicia, you know, she had lots of friends 148 00:06:36,467 --> 00:06:39,000 and so she kinda had to deviate her time 149 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,867 with her other group of friends. 150 00:06:40,867 --> 00:06:43,567 A few of them were a little bit older. 151 00:06:43,634 --> 00:06:45,333 [Tammy] Alicia was not a typical teenager. 152 00:06:45,867 --> 00:06:47,467 Alicia was older in her years. 153 00:06:48,500 --> 00:06:50,266 [Dawn] She did say her friend Ivan 154 00:06:50,266 --> 00:06:51,533 was supposed to pick her up. 155 00:06:52,367 --> 00:06:54,467 He was older. 156 00:06:54,533 --> 00:06:58,934 I think Ivan and her dated before they were friends. 157 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:02,667 Alicia told me, "I'm not gonna stay out late. 158 00:07:02,667 --> 00:07:04,467 I really... I'm tired from today." 159 00:07:04,467 --> 00:07:05,767 That she was just gonna make an appearance 160 00:07:05,767 --> 00:07:06,734 and then she would come home. 161 00:07:07,266 --> 00:07:08,367 It was definitely... 162 00:07:08,367 --> 00:07:10,934 There was a lot of pressure on the other end to go. 163 00:07:15,700 --> 00:07:19,867 Like, it's about 9.45, ten, when we got back here in Great Bend. 164 00:07:24,767 --> 00:07:28,266 And I can see it vividly... 165 00:07:28,333 --> 00:07:30,867 the last conversation I had with my sister. 166 00:07:30,867 --> 00:07:33,467 She had pocket doors in the house. 167 00:07:33,467 --> 00:07:36,266 So I just pulled them apart a little bit 168 00:07:36,266 --> 00:07:38,567 and she was getting dressed, getting ready. 169 00:07:38,567 --> 00:07:41,066 I would say it's not a normal Alicia night 170 00:07:41,133 --> 00:07:43,367 where she, like, spent two or three hours 171 00:07:43,367 --> 00:07:45,433 puttin' makeup on and gettin' the right outfit. 172 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:52,467 It was... Literally she put, you know, what she had got that day. 173 00:07:52,467 --> 00:07:55,867 A couple pieces of jewelry that she had bought that day. 174 00:07:55,867 --> 00:07:58,767 And it was just a quick thing that she was gonna go 175 00:07:58,767 --> 00:08:00,467 and she was gonna be back in, like, an hour. 176 00:08:00,533 --> 00:08:04,066 And I said, "Hey, have fun, be careful and I love you. 177 00:08:04,066 --> 00:08:05,066 I'll see you tomorrow." 178 00:08:08,166 --> 00:08:09,433 [Tammy] She came into the bedroom. 179 00:08:12,667 --> 00:08:16,066 Gave me a kiss. "Goodbye. I love you. See you later." 180 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,867 Those were her last words. "I love you, Mom. I'll see you later." 181 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:32,100 It was two o'clock. 182 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:34,367 Danny, my husband, went and checked. 183 00:08:34,367 --> 00:08:36,033 'Cause she would always come in and say, "I'm home." 184 00:08:36,867 --> 00:08:38,867 I was tired. I was out. 185 00:08:38,867 --> 00:08:40,567 He told me, I think at two o'clock, she wasn't home. 186 00:08:40,567 --> 00:08:41,667 I said, "Well, she'll be home." 187 00:08:43,567 --> 00:08:46,433 When I woke up... she wasn't home. 188 00:08:48,967 --> 00:08:50,266 I remember checking my phone, 189 00:08:50,266 --> 00:08:51,967 making sure it was fully charged. 190 00:08:51,967 --> 00:08:53,734 Messages, no calls, no mess-- 191 00:08:54,667 --> 00:08:57,367 Tried to call her phone, I don't know how many times. 192 00:08:57,367 --> 00:09:00,367 -[phone line ringing] -[Tammy] Always went to voicemail. 193 00:09:00,433 --> 00:09:01,467 [automated voice] Your call has been forwarded 194 00:09:01,467 --> 00:09:03,066 to an automatic voice message. 195 00:09:03,066 --> 00:09:04,834 [Tammy] I don't know how many messages I left. 196 00:09:05,500 --> 00:09:08,166 I just knew something was wrong. 197 00:09:08,166 --> 00:09:10,533 When she didn't come home, something was wrong. 198 00:09:14,166 --> 00:09:16,467 [phone ringing] 199 00:09:16,533 --> 00:09:18,166 [Dawn] I'd slept in that morning. 200 00:09:18,567 --> 00:09:19,767 [phone ringing] 201 00:09:19,767 --> 00:09:21,467 I think it was probably around 11.30... 202 00:09:21,967 --> 00:09:23,233 my wife got a call. 203 00:09:24,867 --> 00:09:27,100 And I was sleeping 204 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:28,667 but I woke up out of the dead sleep 205 00:09:28,667 --> 00:09:32,100 with the panic in her voice. 206 00:09:32,100 --> 00:09:34,967 She said, "What do you mean she didn't come home?" 207 00:09:43,767 --> 00:09:46,834 [wedding music playing] 208 00:09:51,266 --> 00:09:52,433 [Tammy] Danny and I was married... 209 00:09:53,367 --> 00:09:55,967 June 12, 2010. 210 00:09:56,033 --> 00:09:59,166 We had met in August of 2009. 211 00:09:59,233 --> 00:10:01,767 He asked me to marry him in October 2009. 212 00:10:01,834 --> 00:10:02,967 And I told him I couldn't answer him 213 00:10:02,967 --> 00:10:05,367 till I talked to my girls, Dawn and Alicia. 214 00:10:05,967 --> 00:10:07,367 I said, "They have to approve 215 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:09,634 or, you know, I can't marry you." 216 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:11,433 Dawn said yes. 217 00:10:12,567 --> 00:10:14,467 Alicia was a little bit hesitant. 218 00:10:14,467 --> 00:10:16,166 But she ended up walkin' me down the aisle... 219 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:17,834 which was special. 220 00:10:22,767 --> 00:10:25,000 I was told I was to never have any children. 221 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,467 Richard, my husband at the time, 222 00:10:26,533 --> 00:10:28,467 he had two children, Dawn and Chris. 223 00:10:28,467 --> 00:10:30,266 And they'll call me "mom". I am mom. 224 00:10:31,266 --> 00:10:34,667 But May 1st, 1996, Alicia came along. 225 00:10:34,667 --> 00:10:35,967 I just loved on her 226 00:10:36,033 --> 00:10:38,333 and couldn't believe that I finally had my baby girl. 227 00:10:39,266 --> 00:10:41,033 That God granted my wish. [chuckles] 228 00:10:42,567 --> 00:10:44,166 She got her hair done that day. 229 00:10:44,166 --> 00:10:45,233 She had it done up. 230 00:10:46,867 --> 00:10:47,834 She was there for me. 231 00:10:49,166 --> 00:10:51,533 So it was special to have Alicia on my arm. 232 00:10:54,066 --> 00:10:54,967 I didn't have any idea 233 00:10:54,967 --> 00:10:56,166 that my life would change forever... 234 00:10:56,667 --> 00:10:57,767 two months later. 235 00:11:06,567 --> 00:11:08,667 [Dawn] That Sunday, as soon as I got to my mom's, 236 00:11:08,734 --> 00:11:11,567 we were obviously on the phone with the police. 237 00:11:11,567 --> 00:11:12,967 They were pretty much telling us 238 00:11:13,033 --> 00:11:14,367 there's nothing we can do. 239 00:11:14,433 --> 00:11:15,634 You know, she was just a runaway. 240 00:11:17,467 --> 00:11:19,467 They were calling people on her phone list. 241 00:11:19,533 --> 00:11:20,433 Callin' everybody... 242 00:11:21,166 --> 00:11:23,734 and asking, "Hey, have you seen Alicia? 243 00:11:24,266 --> 00:11:26,066 Can you tell us anything?" 244 00:11:26,066 --> 00:11:28,567 [Natasha] I told Dawn that I hadn't heard from her 245 00:11:28,567 --> 00:11:30,033 but I would try to get ahold of her. 246 00:11:30,667 --> 00:11:32,767 Alicia would definitely, kind of, 247 00:11:32,834 --> 00:11:34,367 push her curfew a little bit. 248 00:11:34,367 --> 00:11:35,667 I just kinda thought, 249 00:11:35,667 --> 00:11:39,166 "Oh, she's out with friends and didn't wanna go home yet 250 00:11:39,166 --> 00:11:41,567 and didn't wanna answer to her mom 251 00:11:41,634 --> 00:11:43,467 'cause she knew she'd be in a bit of trouble 252 00:11:43,533 --> 00:11:44,634 once she got home." 253 00:11:45,467 --> 00:11:46,567 [phone ringing] 254 00:11:46,567 --> 00:11:49,100 [Alana] I get a call from Alicia's sister Dawn. 255 00:11:49,100 --> 00:11:53,066 Dawn says, "Hey, Alana, have you heard from Alicia?" 256 00:11:53,066 --> 00:11:55,266 I said, "Well, no. 257 00:11:55,266 --> 00:11:58,266 But we have our banquet this evening." 258 00:11:59,967 --> 00:12:01,967 It was always the fall banquet 259 00:12:01,967 --> 00:12:04,567 to kick off the football season. 260 00:12:04,567 --> 00:12:07,333 The banquet was held the night before our first day of school. 261 00:12:08,567 --> 00:12:10,967 That was something she was really looking forward to, 262 00:12:11,033 --> 00:12:12,767 is that banquet on the 22nd. 263 00:12:13,667 --> 00:12:15,767 She was so excited. 264 00:12:15,834 --> 00:12:17,767 She had everything set out. 265 00:12:17,767 --> 00:12:19,967 Her bow, everything. 266 00:12:19,967 --> 00:12:22,367 Talked to my wife about how her hair was gonna be done. 267 00:12:22,367 --> 00:12:23,567 Like, there was a whole thing. 268 00:12:23,567 --> 00:12:26,266 There was, like, a whole day planned out for that Sunday 269 00:12:26,266 --> 00:12:28,066 for when she had her banquet. 270 00:12:30,066 --> 00:12:31,867 She was not gonna miss that banquet. 271 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:40,266 [Destiny] Sunday, the day of the sports banquet, 272 00:12:40,266 --> 00:12:41,367 Alicia wasn't there 273 00:12:41,367 --> 00:12:43,166 and everyone was confused. 274 00:12:43,166 --> 00:12:44,834 Like, why isn't she here. 275 00:12:45,667 --> 00:12:47,867 Not everybody had a cellphone back then, 276 00:12:47,934 --> 00:12:50,166 so the word was not out. 277 00:12:50,166 --> 00:12:51,767 So this was kinda the first time 278 00:12:51,767 --> 00:12:53,166 a lot of us heard, you know, 279 00:12:53,166 --> 00:12:54,533 "Hey, Alicia's not here." 280 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,166 We thought that she would 281 00:12:57,233 --> 00:12:58,767 walk in the door at any moment. 282 00:12:58,834 --> 00:13:00,567 We did. We thought, "You know what? 283 00:13:00,634 --> 00:13:02,567 This banquet meant so much to her. 284 00:13:02,567 --> 00:13:03,967 I know she's gonna be here. 285 00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:05,667 She'll have her bow on. 286 00:13:05,734 --> 00:13:07,667 I know she's gonna have her uniform on. 287 00:13:07,734 --> 00:13:10,667 I know she'll be running in, apologizing for being late." 288 00:13:12,767 --> 00:13:15,734 After the end of that banquet, and she didn't show... 289 00:13:17,367 --> 00:13:18,934 that's when we started to worry. 290 00:13:26,266 --> 00:13:27,233 [Dawn] By Sunday night, 291 00:13:27,767 --> 00:13:29,567 my wife Holly and I got on 292 00:13:29,567 --> 00:13:31,867 to Missing and Exploited and did a report. 293 00:13:31,867 --> 00:13:35,934 We wanted to get that poster out there to the world. 294 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:38,467 I still had hope that she'd come home. 295 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:40,567 Dawn and Holly came over 296 00:13:40,634 --> 00:13:43,467 and Holly got her... Hold of her friend Heather. 297 00:13:43,467 --> 00:13:44,634 Holly went to school with her... 298 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. 300 00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:50,433 [Lt. Heather] Holly DeBolt... 301 00:13:50,967 --> 00:13:53,367 she called requesting my help. 302 00:13:53,367 --> 00:13:55,266 And so at that point, 303 00:13:55,333 --> 00:13:57,567 I'm going to do whatever I can to help 304 00:13:57,567 --> 00:14:00,367 this family figure out what's going on. 305 00:14:06,166 --> 00:14:11,066 When you first walk in to Alicia's room, 306 00:14:11,066 --> 00:14:13,867 you definitely get a sense of 307 00:14:13,867 --> 00:14:16,567 this is just a 14 year old girl. 308 00:14:16,634 --> 00:14:19,667 You've got pom poms for cheerleading. 309 00:14:19,734 --> 00:14:22,667 You've got, uh, cheerleading squad. 310 00:14:22,667 --> 00:14:26,834 Memorabilia, posters on the wall, jewelry. 311 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:29,367 When you put all those things together, 312 00:14:29,367 --> 00:14:32,867 it didn't seem like that someone that is a runaway. 313 00:14:35,066 --> 00:14:36,667 [newscaster] 14 year old Alicia DeBolt 314 00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:38,367 was last seen Saturday night. 315 00:14:38,433 --> 00:14:40,567 Her family convinced she didn't run away, 316 00:14:40,567 --> 00:14:41,533 went to police. 317 00:14:41,967 --> 00:14:42,867 This is not like Alicia. 318 00:14:42,934 --> 00:14:44,266 This is not a runaway. 319 00:14:44,266 --> 00:14:45,467 She did not run away. 320 00:14:45,467 --> 00:14:47,000 Somebody has my child. 321 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,867 My baby girl. Somebody has her. 322 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. 324 00:14:53,967 --> 00:14:56,166 If you don't wanna go home just text me and... 325 00:14:56,166 --> 00:14:59,667 and let me know and I'll just let them know that you're okay. 326 00:14:59,667 --> 00:15:01,567 I understand if you don't wanna talk to 'em. 327 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. 329 00:15:07,667 --> 00:15:10,467 [Lt. Heather] In talking to Alicia's family, 330 00:15:10,467 --> 00:15:13,867 I learned of several people in the circle 331 00:15:13,934 --> 00:15:15,667 that she was gonna meet that night 332 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. 334 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:24,133 Ivan. 335 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,000 She said she was going with Ivan 336 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 339 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. 341 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. 344 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 357 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, 372 00:17:30,634 --> 00:17:34,100 as soon as she got picked up, head over to the party. 373 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."