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Narrator: THIS IS THE STORY
OF A SINGLE MOM
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WHO WOULD DO ANYTHING
FOR HER KIDS.
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Edie:
SANDY LOVED HER CHILDREN.
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THEY WERE A JOY TO WATCH
AS A FAMILY.
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Narrator:
BUT WHEN A BRUTAL MURDER...
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THE OFFICER JUST
SPUN AROUND AND SAID, "OUT!"
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...LEADS TO
A NATIONWIDE MANHUNT....
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Timothy: LAW ENFORCEMENT
PUT OUT A LOOKOUT,
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WHICH WENT TO EVERY AGENCY
IN THE UNITED STATES.
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...THE TRUTH OF HOW IT ENDS...
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Timothy: HOW COULD THIS
POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED?
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IT'S JUST INCOMPREHENSIBLE.
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...WILL DESTROY THIS FAMILY.
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Narrator:
IT'S MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND,
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1989, IN PALCO, KANSAS,
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AND SANDY MILES IS
CELEBRATING HER 40th BIRTHDAY.
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-OH, BOY.
-[ LAUGHTER ]
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BEHIND THE CAMERA IS
SANDY'S SISTER, EDIE.
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SANDY CAME TO OUR HOUSE
FOR HER 40th BIRTHDAY,
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AND I'D MADE HER
A BIRTHDAY CAKE.
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I ENJOYED DOING SOMETHING FOR
HER, MAKING HER DAY SPECIAL.
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WE HAD THE FAMILY THERE
FOR A MEAL.
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Narrator: NEXT TO SANDY
ARE HER TWO CHILDREN,
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13-YEAR-OLD CHAD
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AND 8-YEAR-OLD TRACIE.
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WAITING IN THE WINGS, READY TO
SERVE UP A BIRTHDAY FEAST
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IS ELDEST SISTER, PAT.
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IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT
WHEN WE ALL GOT TOGETHER
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AS A FAMILY
THAT WE'D KIND OF
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SPOIL SANDY A LITTLE BIT.
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SHE WAS THE BABY.
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Narrator: THE MILES KIDS
AREN'T THE ONLY ONES
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EAGER FOR A SLICE
OF BIRTHDAY CAKE.
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THEY'RE JOINED HERE
BY LITTLE COUSINS
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TIFFANY AND HER YOUNGER
BROTHER, TRAVIS.
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GRANDMA EDIE'S THING WAS
CAKES, OF ALL OCCASIONS.
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[ SINGING ]
TO YOU...
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SHE DEFINITELY WANTED
TO MAKE SANDY
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FEEL LOVED
ON HER BIRTHDAY.
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TRACIE MOVES IN
FOR A BIG HUG.
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SEE HOW HAPPY SANDY IS?
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Pat: WE WERE EXTREMELY
CLOSE AS A FAMILY.
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Narrator:
SISTERS SANDY, EDIE, AND PAT
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ARE COUNTRY GIRLS AT HEART.
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Edie: THE RURAL AREA
WHERE WE LIVE
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IS PRETTY
SPARSELY POPULATED.
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YOU COULD GO A WHOLE MILE
AND NOT SEE A HOUSE.
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Narrator: GROWING UP,
THEY QUICKLY LEARN
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TO MAKE THE MOST OF
THEIR RURAL LIFESTYLE.
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PAT WAS ALWAYS OLDER
AND MORE WITH HER FRIENDS
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AND SO FORTH.
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SANDY AND I WERE THE ONES
WHO PLAYED TOGETHER.
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WE WOULD GO UP TO
THE PLAYGROUND
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AND PLAY ON THE JUNGLE GYM,
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AND THE SWINGS --
WE PLAYED SCHOOL INSIDE.
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I ALWAYS WAS THE TEACHER,
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AND I WAS THE OLDER CHILD,
SO THEREFORE,
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I COULD MAKE SANDY
BE THE STUDENT.
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-[ SWING SET SQUEAKING ]
-[ INDISTINCT EXCLAMATIONS ]
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AS THE YEARS PASS,
PAT AND EDIE
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START FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN.
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BUT SANDY DECIDES
IT'S TIME TO FLY
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THE NEST AND MOVES
150 MILES AWAY
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TO THE LARGER TOWN
OF HUTCHINSON,
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WHERE SHE GETS A JOB IN
A LOCAL AVIATION FACTORY.
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SHE WAS A VERY
DEDICATED EMPLOYEE,
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RARELY DID NOT SHOW UP FOR
WORK, RARELY CALLED IN SICK.
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Narrator: DESPITE THE DISTANCE,
THE SISTERS MAKE SURE
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THE BONDS BETWEEN THEM
REMAIN AS TIGHT AS EVER.
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I WOULD COME TO HUTCHINSON,
AND WE WOULD GO
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OUT TO EAT AND TAKE
THE KIDS TO THE PARK.
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SANDY MAKES REGULAR TRIPS
TO EDIE'S RANCH
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IN PALCO TO VISIT
HER NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
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Man: PAPAW'S DRUNK.
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Narrator: AND WHILE SHE'S
THRILLED TO BE AN AUNT,
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SANDY CAN'T QUITE DISGUISE
THE FACT THAT SHE'S DESPERATE TO
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START A FAMILY OF HER OWN.
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SANDY REALLY,
REALLY WANTED CHILDREN.
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IT MAY HAVE BEEN
HARD FOR HER, SEEING
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THAT EDIE AND I
BOTH HAD CHILDREN.
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Narrator: BACK IN HUTCHINSON,
SANDY DECIDES TO MAKE A CHANGE.
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Edie: SHE STARTED GOING TO SOME
SINGLES CLUBS AND TRYING
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TO MEET SOMEONE SHE WANTED
TO SPEND HER LIFE WITH.
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Narrator: IN 1976, SANDY HAS
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SOME EXCITING NEWS
FOR HER SISTERS.
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SHE'S MET SOMEONE,
AND SHE'S GOING TO BE A MOM.
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SHE WAS VERY EXCITED
ABOUT BEING A MOTHER
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AND HAVING A CHILD
IN HER LIFE.
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Narrator:
IN MARCH OF 1976,
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CHAD IS BORN.
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BUT SANDY'S RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIS FATHER DOESN'T LAST.
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CHAD IS STILL YOUNG WHEN SANDY
TAKES A LEAP OF FAITH AGAIN
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AND STARTS A RELATIONSHIP
WITH A WORK COLLEAGUE,
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JERRY MILES.
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AND IT'S NOT LONG UNTIL
THERE'S THE SOUND OF
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WEDDING BELLS.
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Pat: I WAS REALLY HAPPY
FOR SANDY ON HER WEDDING DAY.
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SHE HAD ON
THIS PRETTY BLUE DRESS.
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CARRIED HER BOUQUET,
AND IT WAS A HAPPY DAY.
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I WAS MAID OF HONOR,
AND I REMEMBER TELLING JERRY
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IN A FUN WAY THAT HE BETTER
TAKE GOOD CARE OF SANDY.
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Narrator:
IN SEPTEMBER OF 1980
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SANDY AND JERRY WELCOME
A NEW BABY, TRACIE.
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SANDY ALWAYS DID WANT
A LITTLE GIRL TO PLAY WITH CHAD.
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AND THEY WERE BOTH
BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.
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SHE MADE GOOD-LOOKING BABIES.
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Narrator: BUT SANDY
AND JERRY ARE STRUGGLING,
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AND IN 1985, THEY DIVORCE,
LEAVING SANDY
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A SINGLE MOM AGAIN,
BUT NOW WITH TWO KIDS.
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Pat: I THINK SHE DID
A REAL GOOD JOB
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OF COPING WITH BEING
ON HER OWN.
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Narrator: WITH TWO FAILED
RELATIONSHIPS BEHIND HER,
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SANDY DECIDES TO FOCUS
COMPLETELY ON HER KIDS.
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Edie: THEY WERE A JOY
TO WATCH AS A FAMILY.
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SHE WOULD HUG AND KISS THEM,
AND THEY WOULD
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SIT ON HER LAP, AND SHE WOULD
PLAY WITH THEM.
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SHE HAD SOMEONE IN HER LIFE
THAT SHE REALLY CARED ABOUT,
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AND THEY CARED ABOUT HER.
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[ STATIC NOISES ]
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Narrator: AND EDIE'S RANCH
ALWAYS PROVIDES
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A LOVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM.
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[ ENGINE REVVING ]
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THE CHILDREN COULD GO OUTSIDE
AND PLAY AND RIDE BIKES
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AND RIDE HORSES AND JUST
MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
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SO WE ENJOYED IT,
THEY ENJOYED IT, AND...
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IT'S JUST REALLY A NICE PLACE
TO GET TOGETHER.
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[ SQUEAKING NOISES ]
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IT'S A PLACE OF
ADVENTURE AND ESCAPE.
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[ ENGINE RUMBLING ]
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Travis: GRANDMA AND GRANDPA'S
HOUSE WAS ALWAYS
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THE GATHERING PLACE
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
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BIG OPEN SPREAD WITH TONS
OF STUFF TO DO.
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[ LAUGHTER ]
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[ SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]
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TO BE ABLE TO BURN OFF ENERGY
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AND EXPLORE AND PLAY AND...
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Narrator:
FOR TRACIE AND CHAD,
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IT'S AN IDYLLIC WORLD FAR FROM
THEIR LIVES IN THE CITY.
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TRACIE AND CHAD WOULD
GO HORSEBACK RIDING
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ON A HORSE NAMED CAJUN.
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Child: OH! OH! OH!
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Edie: OUR HORSES WERE GENTLE
ENOUGH THAT THEY COULD RIDE
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A LITTLE BIT ON THEIR OWN.
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THEY ENJOYED THAT.
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EVERY EASTER TIME,
THE FAMILY GATHERED
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FOR GRANDMA EDIE'S
BELOVED EASTER EGG HUNT.
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FOR THE KIDS, IT'S
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR.
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ANY TIME CHAD AND TRACIE WERE
COMING, WE WERE ALWAYS
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REALLY EXCITED.
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[ INDISTINCT EXCLAMATION ]
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THE EASTER EGG HUNTS
WERE LEGENDARY.
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THEY WOULD PUT ALL SORTS OF
THINGS IN THESE PLASTIC EGGS.
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[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
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THERE'D BE CANDY IN THERE,
THERE'D BE CASH IN THERE.
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THERE'D BE ALL SORTS OF THINGS
YOU COULD FIND,
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AND IT WAS ALWAYS
A MAD SCRAMBLE AMONG
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THE COUSINS WHO COULD
FIND THE BEST EGG.
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REALLY GREAT MEMORY
FOR ALL OF US KIDS.
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Narrator: WHEN THE KIDS
AREN'T HUNTING EASTER EGGS,
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EDIE'S SERVING UP HUGE
COUNTRY FEASTS.
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WE WOULD HAVE THE, YOU KNOW,
THE FAMILY DINNER.
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I DID ALL THE COOKING.
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GRANDMA.
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Narrator: THE SUPPORT
THAT EDIE AND PAT PROVIDE
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GIVE SANDY, CHAD, AND TRACIE
MUCH-NEEDED SECURITY.
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THE DINNERS WERE
VERY IMPORTANT,
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AND WE WERE TOGETHER
AS A FAMILY.
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Narrator: WHILE CHAD HIDES
HIS FACE BEHIND HIS HAND,
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TRACIE IS NEVER ONE TO MISS
A MOMENT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
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[ INDISTINCT EXCLAMATIONS ]
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Narrator: NO ONE CAN IMAGINE
HOW BONDS THIS STRONG
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COULD EVER BE BROKEN.
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[ INDISTINCT EXCLAMATIONS ]
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Narrator:
SANDY MILES' 40th BIRTHDAY
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ALSO MARKS FOUR YEARS
SINCE SHE BECAME
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A SINGLE MOM WORKING TO
SUPPORT HER TWO KIDS,
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CHAD AND TRACIE.
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Narrator: IT'S A ROLE
THAT CARRIES GUILT.
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I THINK THAT SANDY
FELT BAD ABOUT HER CHILDREN
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NOT HAVING A FATHER
IN THE HOUSE.
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MAYBE SHE OVERCOMPENSATED
A LITTLE BIT
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BY BUYING THEM TOO MUCH.
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GRANDMA?
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Narrator: TRACIE'S BEST FRIEND
THROUGH SCHOOL, ERIKKA BUEFORD,
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SEES JUST HOW CLOSE
THE FAMILY IS.
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THEY ALL
LOVED EACH OTHER.
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EVERYTHING SANDY DID
WAS FOR THEM.
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Narrator: SUPPORTING THEM ALL
MEANS WORKING LONG HOURS
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AT HER FACTORY JOB.
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Edie: SANDY WORKED ON
AN ASSEMBLY LINE.
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SHE HAD TO WORK.
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SHE WAS A SINGLE MOTHER AND
HAD TO PROVIDE FOR THE FAMILY.
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Narrator: TRACIE RESPONSE
TO HER MOM'S ABSENCE
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WITH A NEED FOR
LOVING ATTENTION.
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Edie: TRACIE WAS VERY
AFFECTIONATE WITH HER MOTHER.
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YOU KNOW, AS ANY CHILD,
THEY WOULD WANT
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THEIR MOTHER TO SPEND
MORE TIME WITH THEM.
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Narrator: AS TRACIE GROWS UP,
THE TIES THAT BOND
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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
BECOME EVEN STRONGER.
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AND THEY'RE ONLY STRENGTHENED
WHEN 20-YEAR-OLD CHAD DECIDES
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IT'S TIME FOR HIM
TO FLY THE NEST
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AND EMBARK ON
A LIFE OF HIS OWN.
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Edie: AFTER HIGH SCHOOL,
CHAD MOVED TO NEW MEXICO,
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MARRIED A YOUNG LADY
FROM THERE.
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SANDY AND TRACIE'S RELATIONSHIP
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BECAME CLOSER AT THAT TIME.
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Narrator: FOR SANDY, LIFE IS
NOW ALL ABOUT TRACIE.
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♪
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TRACIE IS A KEEN ATHLETE
AND DANCER, AND SANDY
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MAKES SURE HER DAUGHTER
NEVER MISSES A PRACTICE.
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SANDY WAS VERY PROUD
OF TRACIE.
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TRACIE WAS GOOD AT GYMNASTICS.
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SHE'S THE MOST ACTIVE PERSON
I'VE EVER BEEN AROUND.
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SHE WAS IN DANCE AND FLIPPING,
CARTWHEELS,
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SHE COULD DO ALL THAT.
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SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE,
VERY ATHLETIC.
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Pat: I KNOW SHE WAS REALLY
INTO THE DANCING,
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AND -- AND SANDY LOVED
DANCING, TOO,
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AND HAD A REAL GOOD TIME
WITH IT.
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Narrator: IN THE FALL OF 1996,
TRACIE TURNS 16,
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AND SANDY IS DETERMINED
THAT HER DAUGHTER
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GETS EVERY CHANCE IN LIFE.
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SANDY ALWAYS WANTED
THE BEST FOR TRACIE.
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SHE SENT HER TO SCHOOLS
IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS
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TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS GETTING
THE BEST EDUCATION.
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Pat: IN HER MIND,
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I THINK SHE FELT LIKE, "WELL,
I DIDN'T GO TO COLLEGE.
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"I DIDN'T DO THIS.
I DIDN'T DO THAT.
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I WANT BETTER FOR MY KIDS."
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AND THAT WAS
SO IMPORTANT TO HER.
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Narrator: BUT TRACIE IS
DISCOVERING THERE'S MORE
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TO HIGH SCHOOL
THAN GYM CLASS.
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Erikka: TRACIE WAS 16 WHEN
SHE STARTED DATING MORE.
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WE'D ALL BE AT EACH OTHER'S
HOUSE, LIKE,
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JUST SITTING AROUND, TALKING,
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AND WE'D LISTEN TO MUSIC
MORE THAN ANYTHING.
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Narrator:
THERE'S ONE BOY IN PARTICULAR
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THAT CATCHES
TRACIE'S ATTENTION --
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PAUL NELSON.
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HE WAS THE NEW KID IN TOWN.
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PAUL WAS A CHARACTER.
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I JUST REMEMBER
HE JUST BROUGHT THE FUN.
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HIS ENERGY ATTRACTED HER
TO HIM.
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Narrator: AND PAUL IS
SWEPT AWAY BY TRACIE.
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WELL, HE THOUGHT
SHE WAS GORGEOUS.
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PAUL WAS, LIKE,
GOOGLY-EYED.
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Narrator: BUT AS MORE OF PAUL'S
FRIENDS START TO HANG OUT
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AT TRACIE'S HOUSE,
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ERIKKA BEGINS TO FEEL
INCREASINGLY UNCOMFORTABLE.
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THE DYNAMIC STARTED
TO CHANGE.
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MY GUT WAS TELLING ME,
"YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
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AROUND THESE PEOPLE."
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Narrator: AND IN EARLY 1997,
16-YEAR-OLD TRACIE
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CONFIRMS ERIKKA'S FEARS WHEN
SHE REVEALS SOME STUNNING NEWS.
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SHE'S PREGNANT,
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AND PAUL IS THE FATHER.
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Erikka: SANDY DID NOT FEEL
THAT TRACIE WAS
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OLD ENOUGH OR READY
FOR A BABY.
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I REMEMBER BEING SURPRISED
BY TRACIE AND SANDY ARGUING.
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I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM ARGUE.
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Narrator: SANDY'S OWN FAILED
RELATIONSHIPS AND STRUGGLES AS
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A SINGLE MOM MEANS SHE WANTS
SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR TRACIE.
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As Sandy: TRACIE,
YOU CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER!
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As Tracie:
I DON'T WANT BETTER!
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Edie: I'M SURE THAT SANDY
FELT THAT
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TRACIE NEEDED
TO FINISH HER EDUCATION.
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SHE NEEDED TO BE PREPARED
FOR LIFE MORE
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BEFORE SHE HAD A CHILD.
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I'M SURE THAT'S
WHY SHE ENCOURAGED HER
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TO HAVE AN ABORTION.
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Narrator:
TRACIE EVENTUALLY AGREES
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TO TERMINATE THE PREGNANCY.
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THAT WAS A TOUGH DAY --
IT WAS A VERY TOUGH DAY.
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Narrator: THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN MOM AND DAUGHTER
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IS AT BREAKING POINT,
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BUT SANDY HAS
A PEACE OFFERING --
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A BLACK FORD MUSTANG.
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I DON'T THINK SHE COULD
BELIEVE IT AT FIRST,
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BUT SHE WAS JUST CRAZY,
HAPPY, EXCITED,
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AS ANY KID WOULD BE.
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I CERTAINLY DIDN'T HAVE
A CAR AT THAT AGE.
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Narrator: IT'S A TRULY GRAND
GESTURE, BUT SECRETLY,
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IT'S ONE THAT SANDY
STRUGGLES TO AFFORD.
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I'M ASSUMING
SHE HAD TO HAVE WENT
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INTO DEBT FOR IT,
BECAUSE SINGLE MOTHER,
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I MEAN, SHE WASN'T WEALTHY.
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Narrator: DESPITE THE COST,
THE GIFT SEEMS TO PAY OFF.
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Erikka: TRACIE WAS VERY
PROUD OF THAT MUSTANG.
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TRACIE AND I SPENT A LOT OF
TIME JUST RIDING AROUND
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IN THAT CAR.
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SANDY WAS VERY PROUD OF
HERSELF FOR GIVING IT TO HER.
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Narrator: BUT THERE'S MORE
TO SANDY'S GENEROSITY
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THAN AN ACT OF KINDNESS.
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I THINK THE CAR MAY HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING TO TRY TO KEEP TRACIE
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ON THE RIGHT PATH
AND THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW,
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BUT IT MADE HER HAPPY
TO SEE HER HAPPY, TOO.
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Narrator: SANDY IS DETERMINED
TO SHOW THE WORLD
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SHE'S REBUILT THE BOND
BETWEEN HER AND TRACIE.
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SHE HAD RAISED A
GOOD, SWEET GIRL,
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AND SHE WANTED EVERYBODY
TO THINK
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THAT IT WAS STILL THAT WAY.
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[ MUSIC CLIMBING ]
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BUT THINGS WERE CHANGING,
AND IT WASN'T.
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Narrator:
MARCH 30, 1998.
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PAT DOUGLAS-BUTLER
RECEIVES A WORRYING CALL.
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Pat: I GOT A PHONE CALL
FROM SANDY'S WORK.
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THEY SAID SHE HADN'T BEEN
TO WORK IN SEVERAL DAYS,
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AND SHE HAD NOT CALLED IN
LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
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Edie:
THAT WAS VERY UNLIKE HER,
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AND SO PAT BECAME VERY
CONCERNED AND CALLED SANDY.
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Narrator:
BUT THERE'S NO ANSWER.
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PAT DECIDES TO GO
CHECK SANDY'S HOUSE.
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WE GOT IN THE CAR
AND WENT TO HER HOUSE.
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♪
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HER CAR WAS
UNDER THE CARPORT.
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THE CURTAINS WERE ALL
PULLED AND EVERYTHING.
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Narrator: THERE'S NO SIGN
OF SANDY ANYWHERE.
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PAT DECIDES TO CONTACT
TRACIE AT SCHOOL,
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SEE IF SHE CAN SHED LIGHT
ON THE MYSTERY.
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BUT THE SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICER TELLS THEM
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THAT TRACIE'S NOT THERE
AND HASN'T BEEN FOR DAYS.
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I WAS BEWILDERED
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AND COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT
COULD BE GOING ON, BUT...
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SOMETHING TOLD ME THERE JUST
WAS SOMETHING WRONG.
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Narrator: THEY FOLLOW
THE RESOURCE OFFICER
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BACK TO SANDY'S HOUSE.
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[ DOOR CREAKING ]
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THE RESOURCE OFFICER
WENT IN FIRST.
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♪
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[ MUSIC CLIMBING ]
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THE OFFICER JUST
SPUN AROUND AND SAID, "OUT!"
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WELL, WE KNEW RIGHT AWAY WHAT
HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE ODOR.
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YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT
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OR DESCRIBE IT,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS,
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AND I KNEW WHAT IT WAS.
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I KNEW IMMEDIATELY.
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Narrator: THE RESOURCE
OFFICER DIALS 911.
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[ SIRENS WAILING ]
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Ernie: WE GO INTO IT WITH
OUR WEAPONS IN A READY POSITION.
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ONCE WE OPENED THE DOOR,
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THERE WAS A VERY DISTINCT ODOR
OF DECOMPOSITION.
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WE IMMEDIATELY
LOOKED TO THE LEFT,
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WHICH WAS TRACIE'S BEDROOM.
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AND IN THAT HALLWAY
COMING OUT OF THE BEDROOM
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WAS WHERE THE BODY WAS.
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♪
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THE BODY WAS LAYING
HALFWAY IN THE ENTRANCEWAY
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AND HALFWAY IN THE HALLWAY,
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AND THERE WAS
A LARGE POOL OF BLOOD
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AROUND THE HEAD AREA.
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♪
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THERE WAS AN INDICATION
THERE WAS POSSIBLY
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A STRUGGLE THAT STARTED
MAYBE IN THE BEDROOM,
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AND IT CONTINUED
ON OUT TO THE HALLWAY.
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IT WAS CLEAR THAT
THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL
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BLOWS TO THE HEAD
WITH A BLUNT OBJECT.
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AROUND THE THROAT WAS
A TELEPHONE CORD.
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AT THAT POINT,
IT WAS NOT TIGHTLY TIED,
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BUT CLEARLY INDICATIONS
WERE AT THAT POINT THAT
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STRANGULATION HAD
OCCURRED ALSO.
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Narrator: LYING IN THE HALLWAY
IS SANDY MILES.
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IT SEEMS SHE'S BEEN DEAD
FOR SEVERAL DAYS,
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AND HER 17-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER, TRACIE,
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IS MISSING.
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
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INVESTIGATORS SCOUR THE HOME
FOR POTENTIAL CLUES.
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
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IN ADDITION TO SEARCHING
FOR THE MURDER WEAPON,
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THE OFFICERS WERE ALSO
SEARCHING FOR ANY ITEMS THAT
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MIGHT HAVE BEEN MISSING
FROM THE HOUSE.
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
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ONE ITEM MISSING FROM
THE HOUSE WAS A VCR.
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♪
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I REMEMBER BEING CALLED TO
THE OFFICE FOR A PHONE CALL,
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AND I ANSWERED
THE PHONE AND, UM,
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00:21:51,511 --> 00:21:55,579
THE MAN IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS
THE POLICE CHAPLAIN AND TOLD ME
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THAT MY SISTER, SANDY, HAD BEEN
FOUND MURDERED IN HER HOME.
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00:22:03,356 --> 00:22:05,289
YOU'RE TRYING TO COMPREHEND
WHAT THEY SAY,
390
00:22:05,391 --> 00:22:07,558
BUT YET AT THE SAME TIME,
YOU'RE DEALING WITH ALL THESE
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EMOTIONS ABOUT
YOUR SISTER BEING MURDERED.
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I HAD ABSOLUTELY
NO IDEA WHY
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AND WHAT REASON.
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00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:22,606
Narrator: NEWS OF
THE BRUTAL KILLING QUICKLY
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00:22:22,709 --> 00:22:24,742
REACHES TRACIE'S
BEST FRIEND, ERIKKA.
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MY MOM OPENED THE DOOR AND CAME
IN THE ROOM AND WAS LIKE,
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00:22:29,549 --> 00:22:31,148
"ERIKKA, I NEED
TO TALK TO YOU NOW."
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00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:36,921
SHE PUT ME OUTSIDE,
AND SHE'S LIKE, UM,
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00:22:37,023 --> 00:22:40,391
THEY JUST FOUND
SANDY'S BODY AT THE HOUSE.
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00:22:42,061 --> 00:22:43,327
I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?"
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00:22:43,429 --> 00:22:46,063
AND SHE WAS LIKE,
"THERE'S POLICE TAPE.
402
00:22:46,165 --> 00:22:47,898
"THERE'S POLICE EVERYWHERE.
403
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,534
"THE -- YOU CAN'T GET
ANYWHERE ON THE BLOCK.
404
00:22:50,636 --> 00:22:52,470
"ERIKKA, IT'S TRUE.
SANDY'S GONE,
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00:22:52,572 --> 00:22:55,639
AND NOBODY KNOWS
WHERE TRACIE IS EITHER."
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00:22:55,742 --> 00:22:59,377
Narrator: 17-YEAR-OLD TRACIE'S
DISAPPEARANCE FROM SCHOOL
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00:22:59,479 --> 00:23:02,246
APPEARS TO COINCIDE
WITH HER MOTHER'S MURDER.
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00:23:03,850 --> 00:23:06,617
Edie: WE WERE JUST VERY WORRIED
ABOUT TRACIE'S WHEREABOUTS
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00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:08,586
AND WHAT WAS
HAPPENING TO HER.
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00:23:08,688 --> 00:23:09,787
AT THE SAME TIME,
WE WERE
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00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:12,456
TRYING TO DEAL WITH
SANDY BEING MURDERED.
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00:23:14,327 --> 00:23:16,827
Erikka:
I WAS SCARED, LIKE,
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00:23:18,297 --> 00:23:23,134
CRYING UNCONTROLLABLY, LIKE, TO
THE POINT OF PHYSICAL ILLNESS,
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00:23:23,236 --> 00:23:25,970
FEVERISHLY PRAYING, LIKE,
JUST, PLEASE,
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00:23:26,072 --> 00:23:27,304
PLEASE, GOD,
DON'T LET NOTHING BE
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00:23:27,407 --> 00:23:30,408
WRONG WITH
MY BEST FRIEND, PLEASE.
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00:23:30,510 --> 00:23:33,177
Narrator: DETECTIVES NEED
TO FIND TRACIE.
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00:23:33,279 --> 00:23:36,881
THEY COULD HAVE A DOUBLE
HOMICIDE ON THEIR HANDS.
419
00:23:38,418 --> 00:23:42,853
DUE TO THE GRAPHIC NATURE OF
THIS CRIME, DUE TO THE BRUTALITY
420
00:23:42,955 --> 00:23:44,555
OF IT AND KNOWING NOW
421
00:23:44,657 --> 00:23:48,692
THAT WE HAVE A ANOTHER PERSON
MISSING IT WAS -- THERE WAS
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00:23:48,795 --> 00:23:50,561
A VERY HIGH SENSE OF URGENCY.
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00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:54,198
Timothy: MY FEAR
AND NIGHTMARE AT THAT POINT
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00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:56,500
WAS SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED TO TRACIE.
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00:23:59,071 --> 00:24:00,838
SHE HAD BEEN ABDUCTED
OR KILLED.
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00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:05,876
♪
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00:24:09,248 --> 00:24:12,650
♪
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00:24:12,752 --> 00:24:14,485
Narrator: SANDY MILES
HAS BEEN MURDERED,
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00:24:17,156 --> 00:24:19,757
AND HER 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER,
TRACIE, IS MISSING.
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00:24:22,195 --> 00:24:24,395
NEWS SOON SPREADS
THROUGHOUT THE FAMILY.
431
00:24:26,098 --> 00:24:28,799
CHAD WAS DEVASTATED
AT THE LOSS OF HIS MOTHER.
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00:24:30,436 --> 00:24:32,570
HE ASSUMED,
LIKE THE REST OF US,
433
00:24:32,672 --> 00:24:34,171
THAT TRACIE
HAD BEEN ABDUCTED.
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00:24:36,008 --> 00:24:37,408
Narrator: THE BRUTALITY
OF THE SCENE IS
435
00:24:37,510 --> 00:24:39,276
A SHOCK FOR
THE HARDENED DETECTIVES.
436
00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:45,449
IT TOOK US ALL BACK DUE TO
THE NATURE OF HOW VIOLENT
437
00:24:45,551 --> 00:24:47,051
IT WAS.
438
00:24:47,153 --> 00:24:50,821
WHY THIS HAPPENED
TO A WOMAN THAT WAS
439
00:24:50,923 --> 00:24:54,492
JUST A SINGLE PARENT
TRYING TO RAISE HER KID.
440
00:24:54,594 --> 00:24:57,361
WHAT -- I MEAN, WHAT WOULD
SHE HAVE DONE TO DESERVE THAT?
441
00:24:57,463 --> 00:24:58,629
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442
00:25:00,199 --> 00:25:01,499
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
443
00:25:01,601 --> 00:25:03,701
Narrator: THE CRIME SCENE
AT SANDY'S HOUSE
444
00:25:03,803 --> 00:25:06,070
REVEALS A VITAL CLUE.
445
00:25:06,172 --> 00:25:08,906
Larry: IT WAS DETERMINED
THERE HAD BEEN NO FORCED ENTRY.
446
00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:10,641
THEREFORE,
447
00:25:10,743 --> 00:25:14,311
SANDY PROBABLY
KNEW HER KILLER.
448
00:25:14,413 --> 00:25:16,914
Narrator:
POLICE IMMEDIATELY CALL TRACIE
449
00:25:17,016 --> 00:25:21,585
AND SANDY'S FRIENDS TO SEE IF
ANYONE HAD CONTACT WITH THEM.
450
00:25:21,687 --> 00:25:24,054
ONE NAME KEEPS COMING UP --
451
00:25:24,156 --> 00:25:26,857
AN OLD BOYFRIEND OF TRACIE'S,
JEREMY BELL.
452
00:25:30,196 --> 00:25:32,830
WHEN THE NAME
JEREMY BELL CAME UP,
453
00:25:32,932 --> 00:25:35,132
HUTCHINSON IS
A SMALL ENOUGH TOWN.
454
00:25:35,234 --> 00:25:38,335
ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT
IMMEDIATELY KNEW WHO HE WAS,
455
00:25:38,437 --> 00:25:39,904
IMMEDIATELY KNEW HE HAD
456
00:25:40,006 --> 00:25:44,208
BEEN IN JAIL THE WEEK BEFORE
AND THAT HE HAD BEEN RELEASED.
457
00:25:44,310 --> 00:25:47,778
JEREMY BELL WAS CONSIDERED
TO BE A VIOLENT INDIVIDUAL.
458
00:25:49,749 --> 00:25:53,317
CLEARLY, THAT BECAME A PRIMARY
FOCUS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
459
00:25:55,488 --> 00:25:58,589
Narrator: THE FACT THAT JEREMY
BELL IS FRESH OUT OF JAIL
460
00:25:58,691 --> 00:26:01,959
IS A HUGE RED FLAG
TO INVESTIGATORS.
461
00:26:02,061 --> 00:26:03,694
POLICE BRING HIM IN
FOR QUESTIONING.
462
00:26:05,197 --> 00:26:07,398
Timothy: WHEN JEREMY
WAS INTERVIEWED,
463
00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:10,534
HE INDICATED TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT THAT HE HAD
464
00:26:10,636 --> 00:26:14,204
WENT TO CARRY PARK AND PLAYED
BASKETBALL WITH A FRIEND.
465
00:26:14,307 --> 00:26:17,841
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS NEED
TO FIND OUT IF JEREMY IS LYING.
466
00:26:19,445 --> 00:26:22,913
LAW ENFORCEMENT IMMEDIATELY
CONTACTED JEREMY'S FRIENDS
467
00:26:23,015 --> 00:26:24,315
TO VERIFY THAT, IN FACT,
468
00:26:24,417 --> 00:26:26,483
HE HAD BEEN AT
THOSE LOCATIONS.
469
00:26:26,586 --> 00:26:28,852
Narrator:
JEREMY HAS A STRONG ALIBI,
470
00:26:28,955 --> 00:26:31,555
AND POLICE RULE HIM OUT
OF THE INVESTIGATION.
471
00:26:33,326 --> 00:26:36,460
BUT BEFORE HE LEAVES,
HE THROWS THE DETECTIVES
472
00:26:36,562 --> 00:26:38,028
A BONE.
473
00:26:38,163 --> 00:26:41,599
HE SAID THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING
AT TRACIE'S PRESENT BOYFRIEND,
474
00:26:41,701 --> 00:26:43,167
PAUL NELSON.
475
00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:47,805
HE CERTAINLY HAD NO FOND
FEELINGS TOWARDS PAUL.
476
00:26:47,907 --> 00:26:51,241
HE FELT PAUL WAS
RUINING TRACIE'S LIFE
477
00:26:52,778 --> 00:26:55,112
AND ONLY HAD VERY NEGATIVE
THINGS TO SAY ABOUT
478
00:26:55,214 --> 00:26:56,614
PAUL NELSON.
479
00:26:58,851 --> 00:27:00,784
Narrator:
AND FILES ON PAUL NELSON
480
00:27:00,886 --> 00:27:02,720
SEEM TO SUPPORT HIS CLAIMS.
481
00:27:06,158 --> 00:27:09,393
Timothy: WE KNEW ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY PAUL HAD
482
00:27:09,495 --> 00:27:13,030
HAD NUMEROUS CONTACTS WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND HAD PREVIOUS
483
00:27:13,132 --> 00:27:14,932
CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS.
484
00:27:15,034 --> 00:27:17,768
WE ALSO KNEW THROUGH
DISCUSSIONS WITH FRIENDS
485
00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:20,704
THAT DRUGS CERTAINLY WERE
INVOLVED IN HIS LIFESTYLE
486
00:27:20,806 --> 00:27:22,740
AND CERTAINLY
RAISED CONCERNS.
487
00:27:24,877 --> 00:27:27,378
Narrator: PAUL'S RELATIONSHIP
WITH TRACIE AND HER MOM
488
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,413
THROWS UP
YET ANOTHER RED FLAG.
489
00:27:30,750 --> 00:27:33,083
ABOUT A YEAR
BEFORE THE HOMICIDE,
490
00:27:33,185 --> 00:27:37,054
TRACIE BECAME PREGNANT, WITH
THE FATHER BEING PAUL NELSON.
491
00:27:38,357 --> 00:27:41,191
SANDY DID NOT WANT TRACIE
TO BE WITH PAUL.
492
00:27:42,762 --> 00:27:46,430
SANDY TOLD TRACIE
THAT IF SHE KEPT THE BABY,
493
00:27:46,532 --> 00:27:49,433
SHE WOULD BE FORCED
OUT OF THE HOME.
494
00:27:49,535 --> 00:27:51,902
SO AT THAT POINT,
TRACIE MADE THE DECISION
495
00:27:51,971 --> 00:27:53,237
TO HAVE THE ABORTION.
496
00:27:54,774 --> 00:27:57,374
Narrator: POLICE NOW HAVE
A POSSIBLE MOTIVE...
497
00:27:59,245 --> 00:28:01,111
...REVENGE.
498
00:28:01,213 --> 00:28:03,814
PAUL HAD STRONG FEELINGS
AGAINST SANDY,
499
00:28:03,916 --> 00:28:07,451
AND SANDY HAD EQUALLY
STRONG FEELINGS AGAINST PAUL.
500
00:28:07,553 --> 00:28:10,087
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
NEED TO FIND PAUL NELSON
501
00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:11,689
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
502
00:28:11,791 --> 00:28:13,824
THEY CONTACT HIS FRIENDS
AND FAMILY IN A BID
503
00:28:13,926 --> 00:28:15,159
TO TRACK HIM DOWN.
504
00:28:16,762 --> 00:28:19,029
PAUL'S PARENTS
HAD INDICATED HE HAD
505
00:28:19,131 --> 00:28:20,531
NOT BEEN STAYING
AT THE RESIDENCE.
506
00:28:20,599 --> 00:28:23,300
THEY HADN'T SEEN HIM
FOR APPROXIMATELY A WEEK.
507
00:28:24,670 --> 00:28:26,937
Narrator: INTERVIEWS
WITH PAUL'S FRIENDS SUGGEST
508
00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:29,506
HE ISN'T RETURNING
ANYTIME SOON.
509
00:28:31,811 --> 00:28:34,745
HE WAS LEAVING FOR MEXICO
AND ALSO INDICATED
510
00:28:34,847 --> 00:28:37,681
THAT HE DID HAVE
$2,000 IN CASH
511
00:28:37,783 --> 00:28:39,483
AND WAS DRIVING
A BLACK MUSTANG.
512
00:28:41,087 --> 00:28:42,453
ONE OF THESE FRIENDS
SAID HE HAD
513
00:28:42,555 --> 00:28:44,354
PAWNED A VCR
TO GET THE MONEY.
514
00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:50,227
THE VCR WAS MISSING
FROM SANDY'S RESIDENCE.
515
00:28:50,329 --> 00:28:53,464
PAUL NELSON IS NOW
THE PRIME SUSPECT.
516
00:28:53,566 --> 00:28:54,865
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
517
00:28:57,036 --> 00:29:00,704
OFFICERS CANVASS THE PAWNSHOPS
DOWNTOWN TO SEE IF THEY CAN
518
00:29:00,806 --> 00:29:04,341
FIND A VCR THAT MATCHES THE ONE
STOLEN FROM SANDY'S HOUSE.
519
00:29:05,945 --> 00:29:08,212
THEY QUICKLY CATCH
THEIR FIRST BREAK.
520
00:29:08,314 --> 00:29:10,280
IN THE SECOND STORE
THEY VISIT,
521
00:29:10,382 --> 00:29:12,116
THEY FIND SANDY'S VCR.
522
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,521
AND THE PAWNSHOP OWNER HAS
A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA.
523
00:29:19,625 --> 00:29:21,458
Timothy: THE PAWNSHOP HAD
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
524
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,794
THE POLICE TOOK CONTROL
OF THE VIDEO
525
00:29:23,896 --> 00:29:26,597
TO VERIFY WHO, IN FACT,
HAD PAWNED THE VCR.
526
00:29:27,666 --> 00:29:29,500
Narrator: DETECTIVES SPOOL
THROUGH THE FOOTAGE
527
00:29:29,602 --> 00:29:31,502
FROM THE DAYS BEFORE
SANDY'S MURDER,
528
00:29:32,872 --> 00:29:36,173
AND ON MARCH 26th,
THEY SPOT A FAMILIAR FACE.
529
00:29:38,611 --> 00:29:40,778
Timothy: THAT WAS PAUL NELSON
ON THE VIDEO.
530
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:47,684
♪
531
00:29:47,787 --> 00:29:50,554
THE OWNER SAID YES,
A YOUNG MALE CAME IN,
532
00:29:50,689 --> 00:29:52,923
ATTEMPTED TO PAWN THE VCR.
533
00:29:53,025 --> 00:29:53,991
HE TOLD HIM HE WOULD NOT
534
00:29:54,093 --> 00:29:56,527
PAWN THE VCR WITHOUT
THE REMOTE CONTROL.
535
00:29:59,265 --> 00:30:02,299
THE YOUNG MALE LEFT AND
RETURNED A SHORT TIME LATER
536
00:30:02,401 --> 00:30:03,567
WITH THE REMOTE CONTROL,
537
00:30:03,669 --> 00:30:06,904
AND THAT AT THAT POINT,
THE PAWNING TOOK PLACE.
538
00:30:08,641 --> 00:30:11,508
PAUL WAS VERIFIED
AS THE PERSON WHO HAD PAWNED
539
00:30:11,610 --> 00:30:14,044
THE VCR THAT HAD COME
FROM SANDY'S HOUSE.
540
00:30:17,449 --> 00:30:19,149
Narrator: THE SHOP OWNER
TELLS POLICE HE ONLY
541
00:30:19,251 --> 00:30:22,252
GAVE NELSON
$50 FOR THE VCR,
542
00:30:22,354 --> 00:30:25,389
FAR LESS THAN THE $2,000
HIS FRIEND TOLD POLICE
543
00:30:25,491 --> 00:30:26,590
HE'S CARRYING.
544
00:30:28,894 --> 00:30:31,228
BUT DETECTIVES
CAN NOW DIRECTLY LINK HIM
545
00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:33,630
TO THE MURDER OF SANDY MILES.
546
00:30:37,102 --> 00:30:40,904
THE FATE OF HER DAUGHTER,
TRACIE, IS STILL UNKNOWN.
547
00:30:41,006 --> 00:30:44,074
WHEN THE VIDEOTAPE WAS VIEWED,
IT CLEARLY VERIFIED PAUL
548
00:30:44,176 --> 00:30:45,576
WAS INVOLVED,
BUT IT STILL DID NOT
549
00:30:45,678 --> 00:30:48,846
INDICATE WHERE TRACIE WAS
AND WHAT HAD BECOME OF TRACIE,
550
00:30:48,948 --> 00:30:51,648
AND OBVIOUSLY, FINDING OUT
TRACIE'S WHEREABOUTS
551
00:30:51,750 --> 00:30:53,951
IS STILL OF
PRIMARY IMPORTANCE.
552
00:30:56,255 --> 00:30:57,888
Narrator:
BACK AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS,
553
00:30:58,023 --> 00:30:59,690
DETECTIVES ARE
TRYING TO ESTABLISH
554
00:30:59,792 --> 00:31:03,861
SANDY'S FINAL MOVEMENTS
LEADING UP TO HER DEATH.
555
00:31:03,963 --> 00:31:07,264
INVESTIGATORS EXAMINED
SANDY'S FINANCIAL RECORDS.
556
00:31:09,034 --> 00:31:11,268
IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE
THEY GET A BREAKTHROUGH.
557
00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:15,772
WE WERE ABLE TO VERIFY
$2,000 HAD BEEN TAKEN
558
00:31:15,875 --> 00:31:18,008
ON SANDY'S ACCOUNT.
559
00:31:18,110 --> 00:31:20,244
PAUL HAD $2,000.
560
00:31:20,346 --> 00:31:22,346
THAT FURTHER BUILT THE CASE
AGAINST PAUL.
561
00:31:24,950 --> 00:31:26,817
Narrator: POLICE NEED
TO VERIFY IF PAUL
562
00:31:26,919 --> 00:31:29,519
WAS SOMEHOW ABLE TO ACCESS
SANDY'S ACCOUNT.
563
00:31:31,557 --> 00:31:33,624
THAT BANK HAD INDICATED
THAT, IN FACT,
564
00:31:33,726 --> 00:31:37,594
IT WAS TRACIE MILES WHO CAME
IN TO CASH A $2,000 CHECK.
565
00:31:39,498 --> 00:31:40,664
Narrator:
POLICE HAVE TO CONSIDER
566
00:31:40,766 --> 00:31:44,334
THE POSSIBILITY THAT TRACIE
IS STILL ALIVE.
567
00:31:44,436 --> 00:31:49,573
♪
568
00:31:49,675 --> 00:31:52,509
PAUL NELSON, ACCORDING TO
HIS FRIENDS THAT MORNING,
569
00:31:52,611 --> 00:31:56,813
WAS DRIVING A BLACK MUSTANG
AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO MEXICO.
570
00:31:58,617 --> 00:32:00,317
Narrator: NELSON MAY NOT
HAVE HAD TIME TO
571
00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:03,387
CROSS THE BORDER --
WITH TIME RUNNING OUT,
572
00:32:03,489 --> 00:32:05,923
THE POLICE
NEED REINFORCEMENTS.
573
00:32:06,025 --> 00:32:09,092
IT BECAME NECESSARY
TO BRING IN
574
00:32:09,194 --> 00:32:12,396
AS MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES AS POSSIBLE.
575
00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:16,033
Narrator: TO KNOW IF THE PAIR
HAVE CROSSED INTO MEXICO,
576
00:32:16,135 --> 00:32:19,169
INVESTIGATORS MUST CHECK
HUNDREDS OF CAMERAS
577
00:32:19,271 --> 00:32:21,071
AND THOUSANDS
OF HOURS OF FOOTAGE,
578
00:32:21,173 --> 00:32:24,308
AND IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
579
00:32:31,250 --> 00:32:34,351
[ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ]
580
00:32:34,453 --> 00:32:37,020
Narrator:
MARCH 30, 1998,
581
00:32:37,122 --> 00:32:40,824
MEXICAN BORDER CROSSING,
EL PASO, TEXAS.
582
00:32:40,926 --> 00:32:44,027
LAW ENFORCEMENT PUT OUT
A LOOKOUT FOR PAUL NELSON
583
00:32:44,129 --> 00:32:45,696
AND TRACIE,
WHICH WOULD HAVE WENT
584
00:32:45,798 --> 00:32:48,532
TO EVERY AGENCY
IN THE UNITED STATES.
585
00:32:48,634 --> 00:32:51,969
THEY ISSUE A SPECIAL BULLETIN
OF MOST WANTED.
586
00:32:53,772 --> 00:32:55,806
Narrator: NELSON IS REPORTEDLY
HEADING TO MEXICO
587
00:32:55,908 --> 00:32:57,074
IN TRACIE'S BLACK MUSTANG.
588
00:32:59,511 --> 00:33:02,045
WITH DETECTIVES WORRIED
THAT HE HAS ALREADY CROSSED
589
00:33:02,147 --> 00:33:04,047
THE BORDER,
THEY CHECK HUNDREDS
590
00:33:04,149 --> 00:33:06,750
OF HOURS OF POOR QUALITY,
LOW-RESOLUTION
591
00:33:06,852 --> 00:33:09,519
SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE
AT THE EL PASO CHECKPOINT.
592
00:33:09,621 --> 00:33:14,624
♪
593
00:33:14,727 --> 00:33:16,193
THIS NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE
594
00:33:16,295 --> 00:33:19,262
HIGHLIGHTS THE IMMENSITY
OF THE TASK.
595
00:33:19,365 --> 00:33:23,266
160,000 PEOPLE MAKE
THIS CROSSING EVERY DAY.
596
00:33:23,369 --> 00:33:28,572
[ MUSIC CLIMBING ]
597
00:33:28,674 --> 00:33:32,709
BUT, ALMOST A WEEK AFTER PAUL
AND TRACIE'S DISAPPEARANCE,
598
00:33:32,811 --> 00:33:36,880
INVESTIGATORS CATCH A GLIMPSE
OF A FAMILIAR-LOOKING CAR.
599
00:33:38,851 --> 00:33:44,821
IT'S A BLACK FORD MUSTANG,
BUT IT'S COMING BACK TO THE U.S.
600
00:33:46,692 --> 00:33:49,559
THERE WAS A NATIONWIDE ALERT
FOR PAUL AND TRACIE,
601
00:33:49,661 --> 00:33:51,628
BUT APPARENTLY, IT HADN'T
REACHED BORDER PATROL
602
00:33:51,730 --> 00:33:55,132
BY THE TIME PAUL AND TRACIE
CAME THROUGH.
603
00:33:55,234 --> 00:33:57,734
BORDER PATROL ESTABLISHED,
IN FACT, PAUL AND TRACIE
604
00:33:57,836 --> 00:34:00,337
DID NOT HAVE A VISA
TO ALLOW THEM TO REMAIN
605
00:34:00,439 --> 00:34:01,638
INTO MEXICO
606
00:34:01,707 --> 00:34:05,008
OR TO TRAVEL ANYWHERE FURTHER
THAN JUST A FEW MILES
607
00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:06,343
FROM THE BORDER.
608
00:34:06,445 --> 00:34:09,713
Narrator: WITH NO VISAS,
THEY COULD NOT REMAIN IN MEXICO.
609
00:34:09,848 --> 00:34:14,251
♪
610
00:34:14,353 --> 00:34:19,156
THE SECURITY CAMERA PROVES
THEY RETURN TO THE U.S.
611
00:34:19,258 --> 00:34:21,591
Narrator:
BUT INVESTIGATORS STILL
612
00:34:21,693 --> 00:34:24,961
HAVE NO IDEA WHERE.
613
00:34:25,064 --> 00:34:26,530
ON APRIL 8th,
THEY RECEIVE
614
00:34:26,632 --> 00:34:30,467
A CALL FROM 17-YEAR-OLD
CANDACE KIENOW.
615
00:34:30,569 --> 00:34:32,669
SHE HAS JUST RECEIVED
A MISSED CALL FROM
616
00:34:32,771 --> 00:34:35,705
HER HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND,
TRACIE MILES.
617
00:34:38,177 --> 00:34:41,144
CANDACE KIENOW NOTIFIED
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SAID,
618
00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:44,014
"TRACIE HAS CALLED ME
ON CALLER I.D.
619
00:34:44,116 --> 00:34:47,084
THIS IS THE NUMBER
THAT SHE CALLED FOR."
620
00:34:47,186 --> 00:34:49,252
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS ARE
ABLE TO TRACE THIS NUMBER
621
00:34:49,354 --> 00:34:51,421
TO A MOTEL
IN DOWNTOWN EL PASO.
622
00:34:54,326 --> 00:34:56,259
LOCAL POLICE
QUICKLY MOVE IN
623
00:34:58,097 --> 00:35:01,331
AND FIND PAUL NELSON
AND TRACIE MILES
624
00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:03,133
HOLED UP TOGETHER.
625
00:35:05,871 --> 00:35:10,474
TRACIE AND PAUL WERE BOTH TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
626
00:35:10,576 --> 00:35:13,910
Narrator: AFTER A MANHUNT THAT
HAS SPANNED OVER 700 MILES
627
00:35:14,012 --> 00:35:17,514
ACROSS FOUR STATES,
THE SEARCH IS OVER.
628
00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:24,054
PAUL AND TRACIE ARE
BROUGHT BACK TO HUTCHINSON,
629
00:35:24,156 --> 00:35:25,722
KANSAS, SEPARATELY.
630
00:35:28,894 --> 00:35:30,760
PAUL IS QUESTIONED FIRST.
631
00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:35,699
BUT HE ONLY ADMITS TO
STEALING THE VCR
632
00:35:35,834 --> 00:35:37,100
FROM SANDY'S HOUSE.
633
00:35:39,705 --> 00:35:42,372
FINALLY, I SAID,
"OKAY, PAUL,
634
00:35:42,474 --> 00:35:46,109
"YOU DON'T THINK THAT WE FLEW
ALL THE WAY FROM HUTCHINSON,
635
00:35:46,211 --> 00:35:51,081
KANSAS TO EL PASO, TEXAS,
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A VCR."
636
00:35:55,621 --> 00:35:58,488
AND THAT'S WHEN
HE DROPPED HIS HEAD
637
00:35:58,590 --> 00:35:59,756
AND STARTED CRYING.
638
00:36:01,326 --> 00:36:02,926
AND I KNEW RIGHT THEN.
639
00:36:06,698 --> 00:36:09,399
Narrator: PAUL CRACKS
AND TELLS POLICE WHAT HAPPENED.
640
00:36:10,903 --> 00:36:15,172
TRACIE AND SANDY HAD BEEN
FIGHTING SINCE THE ABORTION
641
00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:20,076
OVER PAUL AND TRACIE
BEING WITH PAUL.
642
00:36:20,179 --> 00:36:22,479
Narrator:
ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25th,
643
00:36:22,581 --> 00:36:25,982
SANDY THREATENED TO TAKE AWAY
TRACIE'S MUSTANG.
644
00:36:26,084 --> 00:36:28,451
TRACIE WENT BALLISTIC,
HAD A FULL-OUT FIGHT
645
00:36:28,554 --> 00:36:31,621
WITH HER MOTHER, UH,
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.
646
00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:35,892
SO PAUL AND TRACIE CAME
TO THE CONCLUSION THAT
647
00:36:35,994 --> 00:36:38,762
THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THIS
SITUATION WAS TO KILL SANDY.
648
00:36:41,567 --> 00:36:42,365
Narrator:
PAUL EXPLAINS
649
00:36:42,467 --> 00:36:44,234
TRACIE LEFT FOR SCHOOL
THE NEXT DAY
650
00:36:44,336 --> 00:36:45,936
WHILE HE HID
INSIDE SANDY'S HOME,
651
00:36:47,372 --> 00:36:50,273
ARMED WITH A STATUE
OF A WOODEN BEAR.
652
00:36:51,977 --> 00:36:54,177
Timothy: PAUL HIT SANDY
ON THE HEAD.
653
00:36:56,481 --> 00:36:59,282
SHE WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR
IN THE LIVING ROOM.
654
00:37:01,019 --> 00:37:02,552
FIRST, HE SAID
HE HIT HER ONCE,
655
00:37:02,654 --> 00:37:05,388
AND THEN WE SAID,
"HOW MANY TIMES, PAUL?"
656
00:37:05,490 --> 00:37:07,490
HE SAID,
"I HIT HER THREE TIMES."
657
00:37:11,096 --> 00:37:12,596
Timothy: THEY CAME UP
WITH THE PLAN.
658
00:37:13,765 --> 00:37:17,367
PAUL WOULD KILL SANDY, AND THEN
TRACIE WOULD BE CALLED,
659
00:37:17,469 --> 00:37:19,102
SHE'D COME TO THE RESIDENCE,
660
00:37:19,204 --> 00:37:21,438
THEY WOULD MAKE IT,
IN THEIR VIEW,
661
00:37:21,540 --> 00:37:23,873
ATTEMPT TO LOOK
LIKE A ROBBERY.
662
00:37:23,976 --> 00:37:25,609
Narrator:
BUT THE PLAN GOES WRONG.
663
00:37:29,014 --> 00:37:33,116
HE INDICATED THAT AFTER HE HAD
STRUCK SANDY IN THE HEAD WITH
664
00:37:33,218 --> 00:37:34,884
THE BEAR STATUE
THAT HE HAD ACTUALLY
665
00:37:34,987 --> 00:37:36,987
WENT IN THE BATHROOM
AND BECAME ILL
666
00:37:37,089 --> 00:37:40,457
AND WAS HAVING TROUBLES
DEALING WITH THE SITUATION.
667
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:43,960
HE SAID THAT
SHE WAS STILL ALIVE
668
00:37:44,062 --> 00:37:46,730
OR MAKING GURGLING SOUNDS
WHEN TRACIE ARRIVED.
669
00:37:46,865 --> 00:37:53,837
♪
670
00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:56,006
Narrator: PAUL THEN
DROPS A BOMBSHELL.
671
00:37:58,243 --> 00:38:00,877
DESPITE BEATING SANDY
TO THE FLOOR,
672
00:38:00,979 --> 00:38:04,214
HE CLAIMS THAT TRACIE
IS THE REAL KILLER.
673
00:38:04,316 --> 00:38:11,054
♪
674
00:38:11,156 --> 00:38:12,555
Timothy: IT'S VERY HARD
FOR ME TO BELIEVE AT
675
00:38:12,658 --> 00:38:15,925
THAT TIME THAT SOMEONE WOULD
PREMEDITATEDLY KILL
676
00:38:16,028 --> 00:38:17,827
THEIR MOTHER.
677
00:38:17,929 --> 00:38:19,396
IT'S JUST INCOMPREHENSIBLE.
678
00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:23,366
Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS CHALLENGE TRACIE
679
00:38:23,468 --> 00:38:24,501
WITH PAUL'S ACCOUNT.
680
00:38:28,740 --> 00:38:31,007
THE AGENT TOLD TRACIE
THAT PAUL SAID,
681
00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:32,609
"YOU'RE THE ONE WHO DID IT."
682
00:38:34,146 --> 00:38:36,646
AT THAT POINT,
SHE GAVE A SLIGHT CHUCKLE.
683
00:38:38,784 --> 00:38:41,785
SAID YES,
I WENT AND GOT THE CORD
684
00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:46,389
AND WRAPPED IT AROUND
MY MOTHER'S THROAT.
685
00:38:50,429 --> 00:38:52,729
Narrator: TRACIE MILES ADMITS
THAT SHE STRANGLED
686
00:38:52,831 --> 00:38:55,699
HER OWN MOTHER TO DEATH
WITH A TELEPHONE CORD.
687
00:38:59,638 --> 00:39:02,072
PAUL AND TRACIE'S ACTIONS
AFTER THE KILLING
688
00:39:02,174 --> 00:39:04,174
LEAVE DETECTIVES
IN NO DOUBT
689
00:39:04,276 --> 00:39:06,743
THAT THIS WAS A CALLOUS,
COLD-BLOODED MURDER.
690
00:39:10,515 --> 00:39:12,782
THEY TOOK THE VCR,
THEY WENT BACK
691
00:39:12,918 --> 00:39:15,852
INTO THE HOUSE AND WALKED
AROUND SANDY'S BODY.
692
00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:24,527
SHE WAS ASKED SPECIFICALLY AS
TO WHY THIS MURDER OCCURRED.
693
00:39:24,629 --> 00:39:27,063
SHE SAID, ON THE 25th,
THERE HAVE BEEN
694
00:39:27,165 --> 00:39:29,766
A REALLY BAD ARGUMENT
695
00:39:29,868 --> 00:39:32,202
BETWEEN
TRACIE AND HER MOTHER.
696
00:39:32,304 --> 00:39:34,938
SANDY WAS GONNA TAKE TRACIE'S
CAR AWAY FROM HER
697
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:36,840
BECAUSE OF THE TICKET
SHE HAD GOTTEN,
698
00:39:36,942 --> 00:39:38,575
AND THE PRICE OF
THE CAR INSURANCE
699
00:39:38,677 --> 00:39:41,144
WAS BEING RAISED SO HIGH.
700
00:39:41,246 --> 00:39:44,881
AND TRACIE WAS EXTREMELY UPSET
ABOUT THAT FACT.
701
00:39:44,983 --> 00:39:47,484
SHE WAS NOT GOING TO HAVE
HER CAR TAKEN AWAY FROM HER.
702
00:39:51,923 --> 00:39:53,857
SHE WAS BASICALLY
703
00:39:53,925 --> 00:39:56,292
STONE-FACED ABOUT IT,
THAT IT HAPPENED,
704
00:39:56,395 --> 00:39:57,460
IT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
705
00:40:00,132 --> 00:40:03,833
SHE SHOWED NO REMORSE
AND ACTED AS IF
706
00:40:03,935 --> 00:40:08,037
SHE DIDN'T CARE ONE BIT,
AND THAT SHE WAS GLAD
707
00:40:08,140 --> 00:40:09,939
IT WAS DONE.
708
00:40:14,045 --> 00:40:16,079
THEY JUST CAME TO
THE CONCLUSION JOINTLY
709
00:40:16,181 --> 00:40:17,714
THAT THIS IS WHAT
WE NEED TO DO
710
00:40:17,816 --> 00:40:20,784
TO BE ABLE TO STAY TOGETHER
AND KEEP THE MUSTANG.
711
00:40:22,621 --> 00:40:24,220
Narrator:
TWO WEEKS AFTER THE KILLING,
712
00:40:24,322 --> 00:40:27,657
TRACIE MILES AND PAUL NELSON
ARE CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF
713
00:40:27,759 --> 00:40:28,825
SANDY MILES.
714
00:40:30,562 --> 00:40:33,463
17-YEAR-OLD TRACIE
IS CHARGED AS AN ADULT.
715
00:40:38,236 --> 00:40:41,037
I DON'T THINK IT WAS BAD THAT
SHE WAS CHARGED AS AN ADULT.
716
00:40:42,207 --> 00:40:43,740
SHE KNEW RIGHT FROM WRONG.
717
00:40:45,610 --> 00:40:50,280
FOR ME, SPECIFICALLY,
IN MY LITTLE COMMUNITY.
718
00:40:50,382 --> 00:40:52,749
IT WASN'T JUST SOMEONE
IN TOWN
719
00:40:52,851 --> 00:40:56,119
YOU KNEW OF --
YOU -- YOU KNEW HER.
720
00:40:56,221 --> 00:40:58,421
I THINK IT SHOCKED
THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
721
00:40:59,691 --> 00:41:03,293
Narrator: AT THE TRIAL ON
MARCH 1, 1999, BOTH TRACIE
722
00:41:03,395 --> 00:41:06,162
AND PAUL PLEAD NO CONTEST TO
THE CHARGES AGAINST THEM.
723
00:41:09,534 --> 00:41:11,468
THEY BOTH RECEIVE
LIFE SENTENCES.
724
00:41:13,338 --> 00:41:16,139
I SPOKE FOR THE FAMILY,
AND I ASKED THE JUDGE
725
00:41:16,241 --> 00:41:19,642
TO SENTENCE THEM TO
THE LONGEST TIME POSSIBLE
726
00:41:19,744 --> 00:41:22,645
AND HAVE THE SENTENCES
BE CONSECUTIVELY.
727
00:41:26,017 --> 00:41:29,752
THERE IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING
IN TRACIE THAT IS EVIL.
728
00:41:33,825 --> 00:41:36,125
SO WE ASKED
TO GO SEE HER,
729
00:41:36,261 --> 00:41:38,061
AND,
730
00:41:38,163 --> 00:41:42,098
YOU KNOW, SHE SHOWED
NO EMOTION.
731
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:43,399
SO WE ASK HER WHY,
732
00:41:44,936 --> 00:41:47,403
BUT SHE COULDN'T TELL US.
733
00:41:47,506 --> 00:41:50,340
THE ONLY THING I SAID WAS,
"YOUR MOM WANTED SO MUCH MORE
734
00:41:50,442 --> 00:41:51,808
"FOR YOU.
735
00:41:51,910 --> 00:41:54,110
"SHE WANTED YOU TO MAKE
SOMETHING OF YOURSELF.
736
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:56,913
AND THAT WON'T HAPPEN NOW."
737
00:41:58,717 --> 00:42:01,284
Narrator: DESPITE
THE SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION,
738
00:42:01,386 --> 00:42:04,554
SANDY'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY
STRUGGLED TO COME TO TERMS
739
00:42:04,656 --> 00:42:06,289
WITH WHAT HAPPENED.
740
00:42:06,391 --> 00:42:09,192
I NEVER THOUGHT
SHE'D BE CAPABLE
741
00:42:09,294 --> 00:42:11,160
OF BEING INVOLVED
IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
742
00:42:15,166 --> 00:42:17,233
NORMAL PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT.
743
00:42:18,436 --> 00:42:22,305
NO MATTER HOW MAD
OR UPSET OR ANGRY THEY GET.
744
00:42:22,407 --> 00:42:23,640
THAT'S NOT WHAT
NORMAL PEOPLE DO.
745
00:42:23,742 --> 00:42:25,808
THAT'S HOW MONSTERS BEHAVE,
SO...
746
00:42:25,911 --> 00:42:32,215
♪
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