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MR. AND MRS. HAROLD HENTHORN.

THIS IS THE STORY OF A HAPPY AMERICAN COUPLE.

THEY'RE WELL-OFF, AND THEY'VE JUST HAD A BABY.

- WE LOVE YOU. - WE LOVE YOU.

THEY WERE JUST A GREAT TEAM. THEY WERE A GREAT COUPLE.

BUT EVERY MARRIAGE HAS ITS SECRETS,

SOME DEADLIER THAN OTHERS.

HELP!

THERE WAS NEVER ANY RED FLAG AT ALL.

BEHIND A FACADE OF SUMMER VACATIONS,

WEDDINGS AND FAMILY GATHERINGS,

LURKS A MONSTER CAUGHT ON VIDEO.

JEEPERS CREEPERS.

I JUST CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE HEINOUS.

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IT'S THE LAST WEEKEND OF SUMMER 1994

ON NORTH CAROLINA'S OUTER BANKS.

THIS IS THE EXTENDED FAMILY OF LYNN RISHELL

SAYING FAREWELL TO SUMMER--

TWO BROTHERS, A SISTER AND COUNTLESS CHILDREN,

ALL ANCHORED BY LYNN'S PARENTS,

LYLE AND MARILYN.

PAPA AND MAMA RISH, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM

TO GATHER OUR FAMILY BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING SO BIG.

BEHIND THE CAMERA IS LYNN'S BROTHER, KEVIN RISHELL,

FILMING HIS FOUR DAUGHTERS AND WIFE, GRACE.

IT WAS WONDERFUL.

WE JUST LOOKED FORWARD TO THOSE TIMES,

AND THEY WERE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, SUCH A BLESSING.

AND THERE'S LYNN HERSELF

WITH HER HUSBAND OF 12 YEARS, HAROLD HENTHORN.

- BYE. BYE. - SAY BYE.

HAROLD AND LYNN LIVE 1,000 MILES AWAY IN COLORADO.

FAMILY GET-TOGETHERS LIKE THIS ONE ARE RARE.

HE WORKS FOR AN OIL COMPANY.

HAROLD WAS VERY WELL-SPOKEN, VERY ARTICULATE.

KNEW A LOT ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.

HE'D ALMOST BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA,

YOU KNOW, SORT OF,

"WELL, ASK HAROLD, YOU KNOW.

HE'LL KNOW OR HE'LL FIND OUT."

THE OUTGOING LYNN

HAS FOUND HER OWN CALLING IN COLORADO

AS A SOCIAL WORKER.

LYNN WAS FUN AND BUBBLY AND VIVACIOUS, VERY PLAYFUL.

AND YOU JUST KNEW SHE KNEW WHO SHE WAS.

THE COUPLES HAVE BEEN CLOSE

SINCE THEY ALL MET AT JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY.

KEVIN AND I WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT PLANNING TRIPS

WHERE WE COULD INCLUDE AND BE WITH LYNN AND HAROLD.

JUST A DELIGHT, AN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT TO BE WITH.

IN THESE NEVER-BEFORE-BROADCAST HOME MOVIES,

IT'S CLEAR THAT AFTER 12 YEARS OF MARRIAGE,

LYNN AND HAROLD ARE STILL FIERCELY IN LOVE.

SHE JUST LOOKED LIKE SHE ABSOLUTELY ADORED THIS MAN.

SHE BUBBLED OVER, YOU KNOW, AROUND HIM.

AND YET THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING

IN THEIR LIVES.

DOES THIS BELONG TO SOMEBODY?

SUMMER 1994 HAS TURNED TO CHRISTMAS, AND ONCE AGAIN,

HAROLD AND LYNN COME EAST TO VISIT

THE EVER-GROWING RISHELL CLAN.

THERE WERE JUST SO MANY GRANDCHILDREN COMING EACH YEAR.

AND LYNN AND HAROLD WOULD COME BACK FOR THOSE

AND BE THE BEST AUNT AND UNCLE EVER.

BUT THE CHILDREN SURROUNDING LYNN AND HAROLD

ARE NEVER THEIR OWN.

LYNN WANTED TO BE A MOM SO BAD.

I KNEW HAROLD WANTED TO BE A DAD.

THEY WERE JUST SO FUN AND PLAYFUL WITH THE KIDS,

AND MY KIDS WANTED TO BE ON THEIR LAPS.

THEY WANTED TO COME WRESTLE THEM.

THEY WANTED TO JUMP ON UNCLE HAROLD,

AND IT WAS A VERY EASY BOND.

I JUST KEPT PRAYING AND HOPING

THAT I WOULD HEAR THE NEWS FROM THEM

THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A CHILD.

THIS HEARTWARMING FOOTAGE

HAS NEVER BEFORE BEEN SEEN

BY ANYONE OUTSIDE THE RISHELL FAMILY.

IT'S NOW TOO HARD FOR THEM TO WATCH

BECAUSE THIS TURNS OUT TO BE THE LAST CHRISTMAS

THEY WILL ALL BE TOGETHER.

SPRING ARRIVES WITH TERRIBLE NEWS ON MAY 6, 1995.

KEVIN WAS IN THE GARAGE REFINISHING FURNITURE

AND I WAS JUST BUSY WITH THE GIRLS.

HELLO.

SORRY, WHO?

WE GOT A PHONE CALL JUST SAYING THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN ACCIDENT

AND THAT LYNN WAS BEING RUSHED TO EMERGENCY CARE.

AND THEY TOLD US THAT, UH, THAT SHE WAS GONE.

WE WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THAT.

I REMEMBER JUST STARTING TO WAIL.

I DOUBLED OVER, AND I'M JUST CRYING.

LYNN HENTHORN HAS BEEN KILLED IN A TRAGIC CAR ACCIDENT

OUT IN COLORADO.

CRYING, WE WERE UPSET. WE WERE MISSING LYNN.

WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

BUT THIS MUST HAVE BEEN HER TIME TO GO.

I JUST REMEMBER PAPA BEING SO BROKEN UP AND SO...SAD

THAT HE COULDN'T SAY GOODBYE.

WE WERE HEARTBROKEN FOR HAROLD.

WE JUST FELT WHAT A TERRIBLE THING

TO HAPPEN TO SUCH A LOVING GUY.

I SAID HE COULD COME AND BE WITH OUR FAMILY ANY TIME, ANY TIME.

IT'S 7 MONTHS LATER,

AND THIS FOOTAGE CAPTURES THE RISHELL FAMILY

AT THEIR FIRST CHRISTMAS WITHOUT LYNN.

WIDOWER HAROLD HAS TAKEN UP GRACE'S OFFER TO JOIN THEM,

STILL TRYING TO PICK UP THE PIECES OF HIS BROKEN LIFE.

HAROLD HAD BROUGHT SOME GIFTS THAT HE HAD TOLD US THAT LYNN

HAD PICKED OUT AHEAD OF TIME.

MAMA AND PAPA RISH WERE HANGING IN THERE,

BUT THEY WERE SO HAPPY WE WERE ALL TOGETHER.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

YOU LIKE IT?

AND I JUST REMEMBER SOME MOMENTS

THAT WERE JUST HEART-WRENCHING FOR ME.

HAROLD HAD HIS ARMS AROUND MAMA AND PAPA RISH

AS THEY OPENED UP THIS GIFT FROM LYNN.

JUST REMEMBER WANTING SO MUCH TO BE THERE TO ENCOURAGE HIM

AND TO HELP HIM SEE THAT LIFE IS GOING TO BE OKAY.

AS TIME GOES BY,

HAROLD WILL EVENTUALLY START TO REBUILD HIS LIFE.

FIVE YEARS LATER, CHRISTMAS DAY 2000 IN MISSISSIPPI.

AND HAROLD HAS MET SOMEONE NEW THROUGH A CHRISTIAN DATING SITE.

HER NAME IS DR. TONI BERTOLET.

SHE'S A SUCCESSFUL EYE SURGEON

AND BUSINESSWOMAN IN HER HOMETOWN OF JACKSON.

WHOO-HOO. WHOO-HOO.

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG AT ALL FOR ME

TO SEE THAT TONI WAS A VERY GENUINE, LOVING WOMAN.

WE BEGAN TO, LIKE, YOU KNOW,

"MAYBE THIS IS THE ONE!"

AND IT TURNS OUT, TONI IS THE ONE.

IT'S THE FALL OF 2000 IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.

AFTER A WHIRLWIND 9-MONTH ROMANCE,

HAROLD AND TONI ARE MAKING IT OFFICIAL.

AND KEVIN AND GRACE RISHELL ARE THERE WITH THEIR GIRLS.

AS ALWAYS, IT'S KEVIN FILMING.

IT WAS VERY QUICK.

BUT, AGAIN, I'M JUST LIKE, "THIS IS AWESOME!"

HAROLD IS WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS

BY HIS NEW BRIDE'S FAMILY.

THE WEDDING WAS A GRAND SOUTHERN WEDDING,

REALLY ONE OF THOSE STORYBOOK WEDDINGS.

TONI WAS GORGEOUS, SO CALM,

AND HER DADDY WAS WALKING HER DOWN THE AISLE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I WAS BLESSED WITH A DAUGHTER

THAT WAS SO INTELLIGENT, SO CREATIVE.

SHE HAD IT ALL.

IT'S A WEDDING THAT EMBODIES HEALING AFTER TRAGEDY.

FOR ONCE IN HAROLD'S LIFE, EVERYTHING IS PERFECT.

IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE HAROLD HENTHORN

LOST HIS FIRST WIFE TO A TRAGIC ACCIDENT.

NOW HE'S FOUND LOVE AGAIN WITH SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMAN

AND EYE SURGEON, TONI BERTOLET.

WE WERE EXCITED FOR HER THAT SHE FOUND THAT PIECE OF HER LIFE

THAT SHE NEEDED TO FILL IN TO MAKE HER LIFE COMPLETE.

HAROLD'S FIRST WIFE, LYNN,

WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

BUT HER FAMILY, THE RISHELLS, ARE PLEASED HE'S MOVING ON.

EVERYBODY JUST SEEMED SO HAPPY FOR THEM.

AND MY GIRLS ALL PILED INTO THE LIMOUSINE AFTERWARDS,

AND THEY ACTED LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO GO AWAY WITH THEM.

HAROLD IS EMBRACED BY HIS NEW WIFE'S FAMILY.

THE NEWLYWEDS ARE ON CLOUD NINE,

AND EVERYTHING IS PERFECT.

IT'S NOW BEEN FIVE YEARS

SINCE DR. TONI BERTOLET BECAME MRS. HAROLD HENTHORN.

THE COUPLE HAS SETTLED IN TO A BEAUTIFUL MANSION

IN THE AFFLUENT HIGHLAND PARK IN COLORADO.

VISITING FRIENDS FILM THEIR NEW HOME.

AND THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT

IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

TONI HAS GIVEN HAROLD A JOY

THAT ELUDED HIM IN HIS FIRST MARRIAGE.

HER NAME IS HAYLEY.

HAROLD WAS SO EXCITED AND SO HAPPY TO FINALLY BE A DAD

THAT HE WANTED EVERY SECOND HE COULD WITH HIS DAUGHTER.

AND HE BECAME MR. DAD.

HAROLD WAS SORT OF LIKE THE PERFECT DAD.

HE HAD A BACKPACK FULL OF ANYTHING

THAT YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE THAT A BABY WOULD NEED.

IF YOU THINK A BABY NEEDS A PACIFIER, HE HAD THREE.

EXTRA DIAPERS, WHATEVER IT WAS,

HE WAS LIKE THE PREPARED DAD.

AND IT SEEMS

THE FAMILY IS DOING WELL FINANCIALLY.

HAROLD HAS A NEW BUSINESS,

AND HE IS PLEASED WITH ITS SUCCESS.

WHILE TONI CONTINUES TO WORK AS AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST, HAROLD,

BASED FROM HOME, CAN PLAN HIS DAY AROUND DAUGHTER, HAYLEY.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S FINALLY FOUND A GUY

WHO SEEMS TO HAVE THE FINANCIAL STABILITY

TO WHERE HE IS TAKING CARE OF HER

INSTEAD OF MY SISTER TAKING CARE OF HER PARTNER.

LIFE APPEARS TO BE PERFECT IN COLORADO.

BUT TONI IS NOW 1,200 MILES AWAY FROM HER FAMILY IN MISSISSIPPI.

IT WOULD BE ROUGHLY ABOUT TWICE A YEAR

THAT WE WOULD CONNECT AFTER SHE MOVED OUT THERE,

WHICH WAS A BIG CHANGE FOR US AND OUR FAMILY.

TONI AND HAROLD DO GO BACK TO HER HOMETOWN

FOR BIG FAMILY GATHERINGS.

AND TONI'S FAMILY VISIT HER, TOO, WHEN THEY CAN.

IT WAS PRETTY COOL HAVING A SISTER LIVING IN DENVER.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST

IN GOING TO COLORADO TO GO SKIING.

WITH DAUGHTER, HAYLEY, THE AMERICAN DREAM IS COMPLETE.

THEY EVEN HAVE A CABIN IN THE MOUNTAINS,

WHICH FRIENDS OFTEN COME TO VISIT.

THIS HOME VIDEO CAPTURES THE IDYLLIC SCENERY.

BUT THE BROTHERS WORRY

THAT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FAMILIES IS GROWING.

MY MOTHER AND MY SISTER USED TO TALK EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SO IT GOES FROM TWO, THREE TIMES A DAY

TO MAYBE FOUR, FIVE TIMES A YEAR.

AND WHEN THEY DO VISIT,

THE PICTURE-PERFECT MARRIAGE SEEMS TO BE BEGINNING TO CRACK.

THEY SEEMED STANDOFFISH FROM EACH OTHER.

YOU NEVER SAW THEM HUG, NEVER SAW THEM HOLD HANDS.

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THEY WERE ROOMMATES.

BUT NEW BABIES AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

CAN PUT EVEN THE MOST PERFECT MARRIAGE UNDER STRAIN.

THESE VIDEOS CERTAINLY SEEM TO CAPTURE GOOD TIMES.

IT'S ON THE CORNER.

THIS IS A LOVELY HOME.

WIDOWER HAROLD HENTHORN

HAS FOUND HAPPINESS WITH NEW WIFE, TONI,

AND DAUGHTER, HAYLEY.

IT'S NOW 2007.

HAYLEY IS 2.

THE HENTHORNS LOOK HAPPY AS CAN BE.

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN HOME MOVIES SHOW THEM

ENJOYING FAMILY SUMMER VACATIONS WITH FRIENDS.

ANY SUGGESTION OF TROUBLE IN THIS MARRIAGE IS BELIED

BY THESE SCENES.

BYE-BYE.

- BYE-BYE. - GOODBYE.

FIVE YEARS LATER,

IT'S THE FALL OF 2012

AND THE COUPLE'S 12th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

AND HAROLD WANTS TO SURPRISE TONI.

HE'S THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING,

EVEN GETTING HER CO-WORKER TAMMI TO HELP.

IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY SPECIAL.

THIS IS EXCITING.

ANY WOMAN WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A ROMANTIC RENDEZVOUS,

WHISKED OFF YOUR FEET AND TAKEN AWAY.

SO WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO IS JUST BLOCK OUT

ALL APPOINTMENTS NEXT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

I KIND OF DUMMIED UP HER SCHEDULE,

PUT IN FAKE PATIENTS ON HER SCHEDULE,

SO IT LOOKED LIKE SHE COULD LEAVE AT ABOUT 3:00

IN THE AFTERNOON.

AFTER DROPPING HAYLEY OFF WITH FRIENDS,

HAROLD HIDES IN TONI'S OFFICE

WHILE TAMMI FILMS HIS SURPRISE.

HI!

WHAT IS GOING ON?

HAROLD HAS PLANNED THE PERFECT ROMANTIC GETAWAY.

HE'S TAKING TONI FOR A WEEKEND UP IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

IN ESTES PARK.

I TEXTED HER AND SAID, "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.

CONGRATULATIONS. I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT TRIP."

THREE, TWO, ONE.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

HAROLD HAD TOLD ME THAT THEY WENT FOR A HIKE

AND THAT THEY HAD HAD A PICNIC.

AND THEN AFTER THE PICNIC,

THEN THEY WERE WALKING DOWN THE TRAIL.

TONI WAS LAGGING BEHIND.

HE HAD NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION,

SORT OF LOOKED AROUND.

TONI?

SHE WAS NOT THERE.

HE COULD NOT FIND HER ON THE TRAIL.

AND THEN HE SAID HE WENT OFF-TRAIL

JUST A SHORT DISTANCE...

TONI!

...CALLING HER NAME.

AND THEN HE LOOKED OVER A CLIFF.

HAROLD HAD TEXTED ME THAT TONI HAD FALLEN.

I GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

I KEPT PRESSING THEM,

"HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET THERE?"

HELP!

DOWN HERE! HURRY UP!

IT TAKES TWO HOURS FOR RANGERS TO REACH THEM.

TONI'S MANGLED BODY LIES AT THE BOTTOM OF A SHEER CLIFF.

THERE IS LITTLE THEY CAN DO.

SHE'S LONG PAST HELPING.

AUTHORITIES SAY THAT THE VICTIM WAS FROM LITTLETON,

THAT SHE WAS IN HER 50s.

SHE HAD BEEN HIKING IN THE AREA WITH A FAMILY MEMBER

WHEN SHE FELL ABOUT 40 TO 50 FEET.

PARK RANGERS FOUND HER BODY LAST NIGHT ABOUT 3 MILES

FROM THE DEER MOUNTAIN TRAILHEAD.

THAT'S JUST WEST OF ESTES PARK.

AT THAT POINT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,

IT WAS ALMOST SURREAL,

JUST FOR THAT TO SINK IN, THAT MY SISTER'S DEAD.

FOUR DAYS LATER, TONI'S BODY HAS BEEN CREMATED,

AND HER STUNNED AND GRIEVING FAMILY

FIND THEMSELVES IN COLORADO ATTENDING A SLICK

AND WELL-ORGANIZED MEMORIAL SERVICE.

THE LADY WITH THE HEADSET STARTS TELLING US THEN,

"OKAY, THIS IS THE ORDER THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WALK IN.

THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE SITTING."

MY MOM WANTED TO SIT NEXT TO HAYLEY.

"NO, IT CAN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY."

YOU KNOW, STRANGE THAT IT WAS BEING REGIMENTED THAT WAY.

FOR THE SERVICE,

HAROLD HAS A MEMORIAL PHOTO MONTAGE.

BUT THE FAMILY NOTICED SOMETHING STRANGE.

IT WAS MAINLY THE HAROLD HENTHORN SHOW.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE PHOTOS BEING SHOWN UP ON THE SCREEN

AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE OF MY SISTER

BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY THE PERSON WHO'S DIED HERE.

WE EXPECTED TO FIND A GRIEVING HUSBAND.

WE FOUND SOMETHING QUITE THE OPPOSITE.

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HE HAD

ALREADY PLANNED THIS FUNERAL IN ADVANCE.

BUT HAROLD HAS NOW LOST TWO WIVES.

EVERYONE GRIEVES IN THEIR OWN WAY.

TONI'S FAMILY RETURN TO MISSISSIPPI

TO GRIEVE THEMSELVES.

A FEW DAYS AFTER TONI'S FUNERAL,

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER BRIAN MAASS,

A DENVER CBS AFFILIATE,

IS COMBING THROUGH THE WEEKEND STORIES...

...WHEN HIS INBOX PINGS WITH AN UNUSUAL MESSAGE.

I SAW THIS E-MAIL, WHICH WAS AN ANONYMOUS E-MAIL,

AND IT JUST SAID,

"YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO THE DEATH

OF THIS MAN'S FIRST WIFE AS WELL."

WHEN SOMEBODY IS SUGGESTING THAT A GUY WHO'S HAD TWO WIVES

WHO HAVE DIED UNDER PERHAPS SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES,

MY ANTENNA WENT UP RIGHT AWAY.

I WANTED TO KNOW MORE.

THE JOURNALIST CHECKS WITH PARK POLICE,

AND LEARNS THAT INVESTIGATORS CONDUCTING A ROUTINE INQUIRY

TO TONI'S ACCIDENT HAVE DISCOVERED A MAP

IN HAROLD'S CAR WITH A DISTURBING MARK.

ON THIS MAP, THEY FOUND AN "X"

IN THE EXACT PLACE WHERE TONI HAD FALLEN.

THEY WERE WAY OFF THE BEATEN PATH.

THAT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE JUST TO EVEN GET TO,

A VERY UNUSUAL PLACE TO BE.

INVESTIGATORS LEARNED HENTHORN HAS LOST WIVES

IN TWO SEPARATE TRAGEDIES,

A MAN WHO HAS UNDERGONE UNIMAGINABLE JOYS...

AND GRIEF.

DO THEY DARE SUSPECT THAT THEY WEREN'T ACCIDENTS AFTER ALL?

HERE THEY COME AGAIN.

OKAY. GIVE THEM THE LARGE WELCOME...

IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS SINCE THE FAIRY-TALE WEDDING

OF TONI AND HAROLD HENTHORN.

ON AN ANNIVERSARY HIKE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS,

TONI HAS FALLEN TO HER DEATH.

NOW SOME PEOPLE CLOSE TO THE HENTHORNS

ARE STARTING TO ASK QUESTIONS...

...PEOPLE LIKE DOUGLAS COUNTY CORONER LORA THOMAS.

THERE WAS ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, AND HE SAID,

"WELL, THERE WAS A LADY AT MY CHURCH

WHO DIED OVER THE WEEKEND,

AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

BUT THERE'S MORE TO THAT STORY.

THE HUSBAND'S FIRST WIFE DIED RIGHT HERE IN THIS COUNTY

ABOUT 17 OR 20 YEARS AGO,

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT EITHER."

AND MY NEIGHBOR SAID, "YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS."

LORA THOMAS PULLS THE FILE

ON HAROLD'S FIRST WIFE, LYNN.

IN THE REPORT IS HAROLD'S ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED

ON THAT REMOTE STRETCH OF ROAD 17 YEARS EARLIER,

AN ACCOUNT THAT HAD GONE UNQUESTIONED FOR YEARS.

HAROLD'S STORY IS THAT HE AND HIS WIFE, LYNN,

HAD GONE FOR A RIDE TO THE MOUNTAINS.

ON THE WAY BACK FROM DINNER,

HE THOUGHT THAT THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS SPONGY.

AND SO HE DECIDED TO PULL OVER AND CHANGE THE TIRE.

ACCORDING TO HIS STATEMENT,

HAROLD JACKED UP THE CAR

AND THEN HANDED LYNN THE LUG NUTS

AS HE REMOVED THEM.

BUT WHEN HE WENT TO PUT THE BLOWN TIRE IN THE TRUNK...

...LYNN DROPPED ONE OF THE NUTS AND WENT TO RETRIEVE IT.

OH, MY GOD!

SOMEHOW THE VEHICLE FELL,

AND HE HEARD HIS WIFE SCREAMING FOR HELP.

HELP!

MY WIFE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT PRETTY BAD.

YOU'VE GOT TO CALL 911, PLEASE. HURRY, MAN.

COME ON, LYNN.

37-YEAR-OLD LYNN

WAS AIRLIFTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.

WITHIN HOURS, SHE DIED FROM HER INJURIES.

EVERYONE ASSUMED IT WAS JUST A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

IN FIVE SHORT DAYS, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE

HAD DETERMINED THAT THE DEATH OF LYNN HENTHORN

WAS AN ACCIDENT.

BUT NOW, AS CORONER LORA THOMAS

GOES THROUGH THE ORIGINAL REPORTS,

SHE DISCOVERS SOME GLARING INACCURACIES.

THERE WERE JUST SEVERAL THINGS

THAT JUST DID NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME.

HENTHORN GAVE THE DETECTIVES FOUR DIFFERENT STORIES.

I MEAN, MY GOSH.

EITHER HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO DINNER

OR THEY HAD ALREADY EATEN DINNER.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU FORGET.

AND THERE WAS MORE.

THERE WAS AN IMPRINT OF A FOOTPRINT ON THE WHEEL WELL

JUST ABOVE WHERE THE CAR HAD FALLEN ON LYNN.

AND I KEPT EXPECTING THERE TO BE SOME INFORMATION

ABOUT THE COLLECTION

OF MR. HENTHORN'S BOOTS

TO COMPARE HIS BOOTS WITH THE MARK ON THE VEHICLE.

NEVER HAPPENED.

AND THEN THERE'S THE NATURE

OF THE MOUNTAIN ROAD ITSELF.

HAROLD CLAIMED THAT THE LUG NUTS MUST HAVE DROPPED

AND ROLLED UNDER THE VEHICLE.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS POPPYCOCK

BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ROUND LIKE A MARBLE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS SEVERAL FLAT SURFACES,

AND IT WOULD NOT ROLL ON GRAVEL.

LORA THOMAS NOW SUSPECTS

THAT LYNN'S DEATH WAS NO ACCIDENT.

AND SHE REACHES OUT TO HER COLLEAGUES

INVESTIGATING TONI'S DEATH TO TELL THEM OF HER CONCERNS.

Larimer County coroner's office.

AND WHEN I CALL THE CORONER'S OFFICE,

THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE ALREADY FOLLOWING SUSPICIONS.

I FELT THAT THERE VERY EASILY COULD BE A CONNECTION

BETWEEN THE TWO INCIDENTS.

MEANWHILE, REPORTER BRIAN MAASS

HAS BEEN FOLLOWING UP THE ANONYMOUS E-MAIL

ABOUT TONI HENTHORN'S RECENT DEATH,

STARTING WITH HER AUTOPSY REPORT.

THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE IN HER AUTOPSY REPORT

THAT SAID THEY COULDN'T DETERMINE

IF IT WAS A HOMICIDE OR IF IT WAS AN ACCIDENT,

THAT SHE EITHER FELL OR WAS PUSHED.

THAT WAS TANTALIZING, THE WAY THAT THEY WROTE

THAT AUTOPSY REPORT.

THE REPORTER TRIES TO TRACK DOWN THE ONLY PERSON

WHO REALLY KNOWS THE ANSWER--

HAROLD HENTHORN.

I CALLED. I LEFT MESSAGES.

I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM HIM.

SO I DID TAKE THE NEXT STEP OF GOING DOWN

TO HIS HOUSE IN HIGHLANDS RANCH.

MR. HENTHORN?

BUT HE DIDN'T RESPONSE TO ANYTHING.

I WANTED TO FIND OUT FROM THE NEIGHBORS WHAT WERE THEY LIKE.

AND THE RESPONSES I GOT WERE FASCINATING

BUT DISTURBING AT THE SAME TIME.

HE WAS EXCESSIVELY CONTROLLING OF HIS WIFE

AND HIS DAUGHTER, MANIPULATIVE.

THEY THOUGHT HE WAS KIND OF STRANGE.

SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS SAID,

"IF TONI HENTHORN EVER ENDS UP DEAD,

HAROLD HENTHORN SHOULD BE THE SUSPECT."

STILL, SUSPICIOUS NEIGHBORS

ARE HARDLY PROOF OF ANY WRONGDOING.

BUT WHEN BRIAN MAASS DOES A BACKGROUND CHECK

ON HAROLD HENTHORN'S SUCCESSFUL CAREER,

HE MAKES A STUNNING DISCOVERY.

I LOOKED EVERYWHERE AT EVERYTHING,

AND I COULD NOT FIND ANY TRACE OF HIM

EVER HAVING DONE ANY WORK FOR ANYBODY.

IS THERE MORE TO HAROLD HENTHORN

THAN MEETS THE EYE?

IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE TONI HENTHORN

FELL TO HER DEATH IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

WHILE ON A HIKE WITH HER HUSBAND,

BUSINESSMAN HAROLD HENTHORN.

BUT NOW INVESTIGATORS HAVE DISCOVERED

THAT HAROLD HAS BEEN LIVING A LIE.

I COULD FIND VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT HISTORY.

HE SEEMS TO HAVE NO FOOTPRINT AT ALL.

HE SEEMS TO HAVE LEFT VERY LITTLE TRACE OF WHO HE WAS.

I MEAN, THIS WAS A GROWN MAN.

HE WAS KIND OF A SHADOW.

DESPITE HIS CLAIMS TO OTHERS,

HAROLD HASN'T HELD A JOB IN 20 YEARS.

THIS WAS A COMPLETE IMAGE THAT HE HAD CONJURED UP.

HE WANTED PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT HE WORKED

AND THAT HE WAS HELPING OUT CHURCHES

AND NONPROFITS AND RAISING MONEY,

BUT IT WAS ALL FABRICATION.

I THINK THAT HE TRULY LIVES HIS LIE.

IF YOU ASK HIM, "ARE YOU A FUNDRAISER?"

I THINK THAT HE'LL TELL YOU, "YES."

HE PROJECTED AN IMAGE OF A WEALTHY,

SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN FOR DECADES.

IN REALITY, HE HADN'T EARNED A DIME.

INSTEAD, HE LIVED OFF HIS DEAD WIVES' INSURANCE POLICIES.

BACK IN 1995, JUST DAYS AFTER LYNN'S DEATH,

HAROLD RECEIVED A $500,000 PAYOUT.

AS FOR TONI, THE AMOUNTS ARE EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE.

THERE WERE MULTIPLE LIFE-INSURANCE POLICIES ON TONI

ADDING UP INTO THE MULTI-MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

IT WOULD GET STRANGER.

IT SEEMS HAROLD HAD TAKEN OUT

LIFE-INSURANCE POLICIES ON OTHERS, TOO,

LIKE THE SISTER-IN-LAW OF HIS FIRST DEAD WIFE.

THE FBI AGENT, HE SAYS,

"DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A POLICY

FOR $400,000 ON YOU

AND HAROLD IS THE SOLE BENEFICIARY?"

AND THAT WAS A COMPLETE SHOCK TO ME.

15 YEARS AFTER THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN

OF HAROLD GRIEVING,

GRACE DISCOVERS THAT THE LIFE-INSURANCE POLICY

SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD CANCELED IS IN FACT STILL VALID.

HAROLD HAS BEEN FORGING GRACE'S SIGNATURE

AND PAYING THE PREMIUMS HIMSELF.

NOW I WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT I POSSIBLY

COULD HAVE BEEN THE THIRD VICTIM.

IT TAKES TWO YEARS, BUT EVENTUALLY INVESTIGATORS

GATHER ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO ARREST HAROLD.

THEY ACTUALLY CAUGHT HIM OFF GUARD.

HAROLD HAD SETTLED INTO THIS MODE,

"WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS.

NOTHING HAS HAPPENED."

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN...

WHAT'S GOING ON?

...THERE'S FBI ALL GATHERED AROUND HIM,

PUTTING HANDCUFFS ON HIM.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? TELL ME RIGHT NOW!

HAROLD KEPT SAYING, "I'M HAROLD HENTHORN!

I'M HAROLD HENTHORN!"

I'M HAROLD HENTHORN! I'M HAROLD HENTHORN!

THE FBI AGENT SAID, "WE REALIZE THAT.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUTTING HANDCUFFS ON YOU."

IN SEPTEMBER 2015, HAROLD HENTHORN STANDS TRIAL

FOR THE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER OF TONI BERTOLET.

PROSECUTORS REVEAL HOW HAROLD HAD CAREFULLY PLANNED

HIS ANNIVERSARY HIKE TO BE TONI'S LAST.

- HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

HE MADE SURE THEY TOOK PHOTOS DURING THE TREK...

...SO HE COULD LATER PROVE

HOW HAPPY THEY WERE TOGETHER,

AND PURPOSELY LED HER TO A PRECARIOUS CLIFFSIDE,

THE SAME PLACE THAT WAS PREMARKED ON THE MAP

AND THAT, ACCORDING TO CELL TOWER PINGS,

HE HAD SCOUTED OUT NUMEROUS TIMES.

ONCE THERE, IT WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN MUCH

TO CATCH TONI OFF GUARD.

THERE WAS NO MURDER WEAPON,

NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT FINGERPRINTS OR DNA.

IT WAS THE PERFECT CRIME.

ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS,

HE DIDN'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO REVIVE HER.

HER LIPSTICK APPEARED TO BE INTACT,

AND IT WASN'T SMUDGED AT ALL.

IT APPEARED TO BE JUST PERFECT.

SO THEY INFERRED FROM THAT THAT HE HAD NEVER ACTUALLY DONE

THE MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION AS PART OF THE CPR.

DOWN HERE! HURRY UP!

THEN ALL HAROLD HAD TO DO

WAS WAIT FOR INVESTIGATORS TO ARRIVE

AND ACT THE PART OF THE STUNNED, GRIEF-STRICKEN HUSBAND...

HELP!

...A ROLE HE MAY HAVE ALREADY PLAYED

ONCE BEFORE IN 1996.

THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL, HAROLD PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE.

AND ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2015, HAROLD IS SENTENCED

TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.

THIS WAS A GUILTY VERDICT THAT WOULD HAVE MEANT MORE TO US

THAN JUST GETTING JUSTICE FOR TONI.

OF COURSE, WE WANTED JUSTICE DONE,

BUT I SAW NO JOY IN IT.

THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BRING BACK TONI.

NOW, LOOKING BACK AT THESE HOME MOVIES,

TONI'S BROTHER BARRY CAN REMEMBER THE SISTER HE LOST.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE HER.

IT'S GOOD TO HEAR HER VOICE,

AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THESE NICE MEMORIES.

OBVIOUSLY, THE TONI THAT WE WANT TO REMEMBER,

THE PERSON WHO WAS FUN, LOVING, LAUGHING.

WHILE TONI'S FAMILY HAVE CLOSURE,

FOR THE RISHELLS,

THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF LYNN

REMAINS OFFICIALLY OPEN.

HE HAD DUPED US ALL.

AND HAVING TWO WOMEN THAT GAVE THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR LIVES

TO HIM IN MARRIAGE

AND FOR HIM TO NEVER TRULY LOVE THEM,

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DESCRIBE HIM ANYTHING OTHER THAN EVIL.

HE WAS A MONSTER.