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What would you do if you were in the middle of the woods

I can't hardly even wrap my mind around

hello? The sheer terror

that she must have felt.

With nowhere to run

the helplessness.

Where are you gonna run to?

Nowhere to hide

that's gotta be one of the scariest things

that a person can go through. One minute,

you're at peace; And the next minute,

your life is completely in danger.

And you're in the presence

of pure evil?

Bright, expansive, and lush,

California's Jedediah Smith state park

is over 10,000 acres of pure, undeveloped paradise.

The Jedediah Smith campground

is such a beautiful and scenic area

and part of the reason that it is so appealing to people

is that you really, you step back in time

and you're in a place that you don't see

all of the modern conveniences.

You're isolated, which is why people go there.

They go there to be isolated and to feel alone in the woods.

Year after year, its raw beauty and remoteness

attracts campers from all over the country.

And, yet, the park, and the county that claims it,

are no stranger to crime.

We do have homicides from time to time.

There have been some in the past that we've had

that are very gruesome,

where body parts have been removed,

and so we've had a few real bad ones, with that respect.

In 1988,

Jedediah was a serene a place a camper could hope for,

but for young, married couple Doug and rozina Anderson,

deciding on a long weekend in these peaceful woods

turns out to be a fateful mistake.

Married for almost 2 years,

Doug and rozina live in lake oswego,

a quaint suburb outside of Portland, Oregon.

So what are you paintin'?

Well, these are gonna be flowers.

And this -- what kinda flowers?

Daisies.

These are daisies.

Daisies.

Rozina's gorgeous.

She had beautiful, shoulder-length brown hair.

There wasn't a time when she wasn't enthusiastic

and really seeking knowledge

and educating herself and trying new things.

Doug was definitely the quieter one.

He was not --

he liked to have a good time, too,

but he wouldn't be like, " there's one that's trouble.

There's trouble comin' this way."

He was quiet, but he just adored rozina.

You could tell.

I think they were an awesome match,

totally the match made in heaven.

You know what? I really like

this red border you put on.

I'm glad you went with that.

Yeah, me too.

You know where that would look great, though?

Where?

Baby's room.

Well, I mean, you know what else we would need

in this baby room you speak of?

What's that?

A baby.

Well, maybe we'll just have to work that into

our vacation schedule.

Doug and rozina were definitely planning on having a family.

They would've been awesome parents

and rozina, you know, having been around

big families her whole life,

she was tremendously prepared to do that

and she would have made an awesome mom.

Speaking of which,

if we're gonna leave in the morning,

we should probably finish up packing.

I need to book

a boat tour reservation.

All right. Yeah, let me change out of this

and I'll get the rest of our gear.

This time tomorrow, it will be you,

me, and mother nature.

Well, that sounds like heaven to me.

Did you bring the fishing Poles?

Already packed.

So tomorrow's the big day?

-Hey, kip! -Yeah, leavin'

first thing in the morning. -What's the plan?

We're gonna drive down and visit

rozie's aunt down in medford. -Yeah.

Drive down the coast, and spend a couple days

in Jedediah. -That sounds great.

I hear it's beautiful down there.

Well, how long you guys goin'?

We'll probably only be there --

I was a neighbor of theirs for a couple of years.

I have to get back to work.

Across the street, on Tamara Avenue.

We knew they were gonna be on an elongated weekend,

so we kept care of each other.

We took care of each other.

We'll probably be there like 5 or 6 days,

at the most. I mean, we'd love

I'm sure you two will make the most of it.

Yeah, I think we'll think of something.

Hey, listen. Thank you so much for watching the house.

Yeah. Not a problem.

Listen, you two have fun and don't you worry.

I'll chase off any unwanted riffraff

that shows up while you're gone, okay?

-All right. -Promise.

-Thanks a lot.

Yeah. Enjoy the trip.

We'll see you when we get back, kip!

The next morning, the excited couple

makes their final preparations for their big adventure.

Hey, did you turn off the bedroom light?

Yep. Yeah, everything's turned off.

What do you have there?

Why are you bringing that?

Just in case.

No, you know that makes me nervous.

It won't leave this spot, okay?

I promise.

You can never be too careful.

Do you need a hand?

No.

Okay, let's not let this spoil our vacation.

After a stop in medford, Oregon, to see rozina's aunt,

they cross the Oregon-California border

and head toward their final destination:

Jedediah Smith state park.

Well, this was the first time they have ever really done

that long of a trip

because they were both working so much.

They did, you know,

a lot of outdoor things when they had time,

but it was never as extensive as this trip.

That afternoon, Doug and rozina arrive at stout grove,

a secluded, off-the-beaten-path hideaway in the park,

that's surrounded by majestic redwoods.

They kind of just found a place,

and it's somewhere I would've chose to park

if I was going through the same area on a trip with my family.

But they were not within

the Jedediah Smith state park camping area.

They'd gone off to an area that

was really more an informal one,

and I think there's a great risk there.

God, it's almost

unreal.

Pictures do not do it justice.

No cars, no other campers,

no noise,

no interruptions.

I thought I said no interruptions.

I'm gonna check out the camp.

Okay.

Now that they've found their perfect camping spot,

rozina and Doug set about turning it

into a private retreat for two.

Hello?

Doug?

Really, rozina?

Sometimes you just don't know

what danger is lurking around the bend.

You're back.

I was starting to get worried.

Sorry.

Everything all right?

Yeah, no, I'm fine. It's just --

I thought I heard something over there.

Well, I mean, there is a lot of wildlife out here.

Whatever it was probably wasn't dangerous.

Unless

what if it was bigfoot?

Shut up.

Don't worry, I'll protect you if it was.

I mean, of course, unless he gets me first.

You'll protect me?

-Yeah. -How about next time,

you just get the wood.

You wanna make a baby first?

Would you grab me a water?

Doug and rozina Anderson have just set up camp

in a remote area of Jedediah Smith state park,

outside of Crescent city, California.

With a few hours left before sunset,

the couple decides to head off on a short hike.

You ready?

Yeah.

So, if we head out now,

we should have time to catch dinner later.

Sounds like a plan.

Okay.

-You doin' the cookin'? -Catching.

Somebody's confident.

After they leave,

a stranger

enters their campsite.

All right. Well, it looks like

we're about half a mile away,

so we should be back in plenty of time

before it gets dark.

Well, let's just stay here for a little bit.

Okay.

Hey.

Hey.

Didn't mean to scare y'all.

That's okay.

It's so beautiful.

I mean the scenery,

not your wife, pal.-

I'm just kidding with you buddy.

She's a fox, too.

That's my brother.

He's the quiet one.

So, are you guys hunting anything in particular?

These things right here?

They're just for protection.

Is that y'all camped over there by the Van?

-Yeah.

Y'all be careful out here.

Don't be scared, lady.

Grab this for me.

Brr!

Yeah, you guys stay safe, too.

Bye! -Yeah, we will.

Okay, that was weird.

I think they were just having some fun at our expense.

-Let's -- let's go. -Okay.

Back at camp, Doug and rozina settle in

for a romantic evening by the fire.

I am so full.

Agh.

Full and happy.

Well, hold on.

You still have another course coming.

What are you talking about?

You'll see in a minute.

Keep your eyes closed, okay?

What are you doing over there?

Just trust me.

You're really, truly out in the forest

and in the beautiful woods,

but that is also what makes it such a bad place

because, if someone approaches you in a place like that,

there's literally no Avenue for escape

or no means for getting any sort of help.

Promise they're closed?

Promise. -Okay.

Now, you can open them.

Happy birthday.

My.

Thank you.

I love it.

Make a wish.

When you go out camping in the redwoods

most times, you don't think

you're taking your life in your hands.

After an idyllic day,

Doug and rozina decide to call it a night.

Sweet dreams.-

I can't imagine that anybody that would go

to Jedediah Smith park would in any way feel unsafe.

I think it's one of the safest places of our county,

and probably the whole state.

To be putting myself in their shoes,

the last thing I would expect, if I decided to camp

in the location where they were,

would be that anybody would even come by.

It's them by themselves, very remote,

nobody else probably nearby them at all.

What's going on?

Doug and rozina Anderson are camping in a remote area

inside California's Jedediah Smith state park.

But it turns out

they're not alone.

What's going on?

I don't know.

You in there?!

Le-le-Lea- leave US alone?!

Get outta there!

Griffin: I think they didn't know what the person wanted at all.

They didn't wanna come out of the Van.

That was their safe place.

They may have been hoping that the person would just go away,

leave them alone.

-Shh. -Get outta there, now!

No, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no. -Shh.

Or I'm coming in!

They realized that they were dealing with somebody

that was in just almost a lunatic rage.

He couldn't be calmed down.

He couldn't be persuaded to go away.

Shh.

Out!

No, no.

Shh. It's okay, shh.

It's okay. I'll talk to 'im.

I'll talk to 'im.

All of a sudden, there's a man with a firearm, threatening you,

and that's gotta be one of the scariest things

that a person can go through.

One minute, you're at peace;

and the next minute, your life is completely in danger.

Get out of the Van.

I-I'm coming. I'm coming.

-Look at me! -O-Okay.

There were not campsites

that were immediately adjacent to them.

There was nobody close enough

that they could've called for help.

Look, you can have whatever you want, just,

just leave US alone, please.

Rozie.

Honey, can you hand me my wallet?

Okay.

Hey.

Okay.

Here, it's yours.

Take it.

I don't want none of that!

Take 'em off.

What?

Please. -I said take 'em off!

Your pants!

The reason you have people strip down naked is

you're taking away

their chances of having weapons on them.

You're making them way more vulnerable.

Okay.

Okay.

It's really got to click there

that "something's going really bad here

'cause he doesn't want our money.

He doesn't want our stuff.

He's here for something else."

Take your shirt off, too.

Okay.

No.

Rozie

-i love you, sweetie. -No, no.

No! No, no, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no, no. No.

You're enjoying a nice vacation with your husband.

You're camping.

He is now gunned down

in cold blood.

Ican't hardly even

wrap my mind around

the sheer terror

that she must have felt, you know,

realizing that her husband has just been killed

and she's on her own.

No.

And rozina's nightmare

is far from over.

Now, take it off.

Please.

Take it off.

Take it off.

All of it.

All of it.

That was unbelievable,

unbelievable, what he did to them.

It wasn't like she was going to just give in and,

you know, just let him-

slaughter her.

Hey!

What do you think you're doing?!

Hey!

She fought and, you know, tried to save her own life.

Hey!

What do you think you're doing?! Hey!

Alone in the dark, in the middle of the woods,

rozina Anderson is face-to-face

with the man who just murdered her husband.

For whatever reason, the guy hasn't killed her yet.

He's still got the rifle, so, now it's just fear,

trying to figure out what he's gonna do to you,

and you go into the mode of survival

and doing what you can to survive at that point.

Give me that!

Hey.

You wanna kill me?!

Come on, now.

Don't be a sore loser.

Heh.

Here.

You can have that back now.

She's in the worst place that a person could ever be.

It's got to be absolutely horrible and awful.

Rozina has no choice but to beg for her life.

Please,

don't do this.

I have a family.

The helplessness. You know, you can't do anything.

They need me.

Even to try and run away.

I won't say anything.

Where are you gonna run to?

There's the one road.

If anyone asks, I'll tell them it was an accident.

It was a misunderstanding.

So, just to do what you can to survive,

but there's not a lot to do.

Just hoping he doesn't kill you.

Let me go.

Let me go home.

Please.

You want me to let you go?

Here's my answer.

It takes several days

before anyone begins to realize

that Doug and rozina's trip has not gone according to plan.

That's weird.

My son was asking me,

because he was feeding their cats,

when were they gonna get home?

Doug!

Rozina?!

And I said, "I don't know. I don't know."

I assumed they'd be home Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday,

but, they didn't get home.

Her employer called and said that rozie hadn't returned

and it was not like her to not show up for work

and we thought for sure that,

well, maybe they took an extra day.

More than a week

after Doug and rozina set off on their dream vacation,

a couple of hikers come across their Van.

Try the door.

-Get outta there!

Okay.

My god!

We have to get help. -Yeah.

Detective, deputy bill Steven.

How can I help?

Doug and rozina Anderson.

Oregon driver's licenses.

It looks like he was --

deputy.

You know, a small community, the homicide rate is extremely low,

and now we've got two travelers from another state

that have both been gunned down in one of our parks.

It was kind of a hard thing

for the entire community of del norte to absorb

and it was the first time that I had been involved

in any type of a homicide investigation.

Trying to track down the families now.

My mom, she

had it so tough because of, you know,

here, her one daughter, that she'd kept trying

to have kids until she'd have a daughter,

had been taken from her.

And it was just really, really difficult

to break the news to her

that there was no happy news about rozina and Doug ended up.

The impact was just almost physical,

and as you feel, you think, "my gosh.

I'm here because my best friend is gone.

And her husband, too."

This makes no sense.

While their families mourn the loss of Doug and rozina,

investigators are determined to find their killer.

There was a lot of people that came forward with information

and detectives sought out a lot of people.

They went to the local stores and tried to get

any information they could, any leads, about people that,

you know, didn't belong there, that were acting strange.

Yeah, um,

around the 16th,

I noticed there was a Van parked out there.

I didn't think anything of it at the time.

Griffin: There were hikers that came forward

that were in the area, that saw things.

So you're askin' me what happened that day?

Well, we were hiking

for a few hours.

We got back to the car.

My purse was snatched out of my car

when my husband and I were hiking.

There was even, at one point, a psychic that came forward

and said she had a vision of the main suspects

that the detectives thought it was.

I see them.

The men that did this.

One of them has

blue eyes

and blond hair.

They're bad.

Bad men.

Okay, well, thanks again for coming in.

The deputy will show you out.

We had a couple of people that we thought

could possibly have done it.

We looked at them as suspects.

We talked to them.

We talked to people that they knew

and some of that dragged out

over the course of several years.

You start to feel a little bit desperate,

like maybe this is one of those ones

that isn't going to get solved.

27 years pass without any solid leads.

And, as the decades go by, you know,

there's quite a few times

or just discussed by the deputies over the years

and other ideas thrown out and other possibilities discussed

and it's something that we don't forget.

And then, suddenly, a huge break.

I know I was vague over the phone,

.-but I thought this might be

easier to explain in person.

Remember a case back in '88,

the victims' names were Doug and rozina Anderson?

Yeah, of course, up in stout grove. Why?

We got a guy wants to cop to it.

You got a name?

Well, that's one of the reasons we called you.

Guy says he knows you.

-Knows me? -Yeah.

The name's John kelley.

-Kelley? -Wants to speak to you

personally.

I'll be damned.

It's been 27 years since Doug and rozina Anderson

were murdered in Jedediah Smith state park.

Now, a man named John kelley wants to confess to the crime

and, it turns out, he may know the detective

who originally worked the case.

He

was an old friend of mine.

I hung out with a group of pretty good kids

in high school and he was part of that group.

And so, at the time of my junior and senior year in high school,

I was pretty good friends with him.

It was veryodd.

John kelley has already been convicted of another murder,

but, in a bid to escape the death penalty,

he decides there's one more crime

he'd like to get off his chest.

Get outta there!--

This was my first major case to interview a killer

and I expected, going in, to see pure evil

sittin' across the table from me,

seeing that Charles manson, you know, Jeffrey dahmer,

whatever, whoever that pure evil is.

And then you walk into the interview

and sit down with Mr. Kelley and I was totally surprised.

It was more like sitting down with a friend from high school

that you haven't seen for a couple decades,

and it was just, it was amazing and scary at the same time

that a person like that could do what he did

'cause he didn't seem like a person that would.

No! No, no, no, no, no, no.

It was --

it was awful to process the information that he was giving.

I've, you know, listened

to a lot of awful things from people

in a lot of interviews over the course of my career.

This bothered me more than any of them,

in that it was an old friend of mine

admitting to just absolutely awful and heinous things.

I was trying to get him to explain to me

why he was doing that.

I'm glad he will never come out and never hurt anybody again,

but, you know, it would be really nice to

edit that chapter in our life

and just erase his name completely

from all of our memory

and anything that had to do with our family

'cause people think, "well, something like that's

never gonna happen to my family."

Well, then it does.

In December 2015,

John kelley is sentenced to two consecutive life terms

without the possibility of parole

for the murders of Doug and rozina Anderson.

John kelley absolutely belongs in state prison

and he needs to be there for the rest of his natural life.

There's a lot of bad things that happen to good people

and we have to remember that, that we're not

in a protective bubble where nothing can happen to US.

I think the thing to be learned is

all the beauty of nature

that we're put here to enjoy

and looking forward to the day when we'll see rozina again.

It won't be in this lifetime, but,

you're supposed to take a more

long-range view of things when you're a Christian

and that's what we try to keep in mind.