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was more like the Old West.
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There was a culture of violence
in the area.
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(Kirby Goslee) That's
the history of our country.
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You get enough people riled up
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and they're gonna go
do vigilante stuff.
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People were afraid
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of Ken Rex.
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(Steve Booher)
There's an old saying:
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"He needed killin'."
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When he got killed,
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and they got away with it,
at that point,
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they felt protected.
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(man) The people
who were involved in this,
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and the people
who covered it up,
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they didn't realize
that their children
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are gonna be negatively effected
by this.
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It perpetuates itself.
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(Toni Goben) They still think
that it's okay what took place.
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The mentality is still there.
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It's exactly the same.
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(Mark Reinig) Since Ken's death,
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we've had a lot of tragedies
in the town
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that is unusual
for a rural American town.
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(Diane Fanning)
Wendy Gillenwater,
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who was brutally murdered,
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Branson Perry disappeared
and is presumed dead?
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(Booher) And then you have
the most horrific case--
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Bobbie Jo Stinnett.
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(female reporter 1)
A bizarre case of murder
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and fetal abduction.
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(Ben Espey)
Nobody here could ever perceive
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this ever taking place.
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(female reporter 2)
Multiple tips led investigators
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to suspected murderer
Lisa Montgomery.
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(Fanning)
Everything was closing in.
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This child is in danger.
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(♪)
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(Booher)
If you believe in karma,
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you believe that
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some of Skidmore's struggles
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are a legacy from the murder
of Ken Rex McElroy.
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What's done can't be undone,
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and there is
a price to pay for it.
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Is Skidmore guilty
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of murdering Ken Rex McElroy?
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Absolutely, they are.
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They've stayed silent now
for decades.
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But silence has a cost.
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Sometimes, that cost is
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that other horrific things
happen in your town.
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(Fanning)
Lisa Montgomery desperately
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wanted another child.
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Well, she pretended
to be pregnant.
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And she found Bobbie Jo,
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another breeder
of rat terriers.
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She drove from her home
in Melvern, Kansas...
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out to Skidmore, Missouri...
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not a short drive...
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pulled up in front
of the little bungalow
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where Bobbie Jo Stinnett lived,
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and knocked on the front door.
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Bobbie Jo let her in,
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brought her into the room
where she kept
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all her puppies and dogs...
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and Lisa throttled
that poor woman
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to unconsciousness...
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knelt beside her
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and cut her stomach open...
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pulled out that little child,
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who was eight months
in the womb,
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wrapped that baby up,
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took it out and got
into her little red car
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and sped off down the road.
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(female reporter)
Less than a day after
Bobbie Jo Stinnett
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was found strangled,
her unborn baby kidnapped,
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law enforcement had a suspect--
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Lisa Montgomery
of Melvern, Kansas.
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(male reporter)
Here's what we have learned.
Lots of little bits
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of information from
this latest press conference.
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We're told it will be
the last press conference
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from the sheriff department--
they're turning things over
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-to the feds right now.
-We anticipate, in a short time,
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that we'll have some information
that may be related to charges
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being filed in the case.
If we can have your indulgence
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until those charges are filed,
then you might have
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a lot more information
at that point in time.
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(reporters clamoring)
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(Booher)
They had Lisa Montgomery
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identified within a day.
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There was an urgency to this.
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(Espey) That's when I sent
Randy Strong and Don Fritz--
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two of my people,
investigators--
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to Melvern, Kansas
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to try to find
Lisa Montgomery,
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in hope that
the baby would survive.
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It's the first time
I had ever heard of
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a baby being
cut out of her mother
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for someone to steal a baby.
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I mean, wouldn't it have been
a lot easier
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to go to a hospital
or to go to someone's house
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and steal a baby
that was two or three days old.
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(Fanning)
Lisa Montgomery,
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she had this obsession.
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She wanted that baby
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to look at her
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and for her face
to be the first one
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that baby ever saw.
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The fact that the mother
would probably die
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in the process
did not trouble Lisa at all.
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(Randy Strong)
It's usually women that murder
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a pregnant woman
and steal the child.
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Sometimes the child lives,
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but sometimes the child
does not live.
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(Fanning)
Detective Strong turned down
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that highway in Kansas.
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The road started out paved
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and then it turned to dirt.
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And they're going down there,
raising a cloud of dust...
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...as they turn
into this farmhouse.
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(Espey)
Don and I are walking up
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to the driveway
of Lisa Montgomery's house.
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I look down and I had
rat terrier dogs
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running around my feet.
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Yeah, I knew
that was the place.
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We were at the monster's house,
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and it just sent chills
down my spine.
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(knocking on door)
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(Fanning)
They knock on the door,
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and when the door opens,
they see
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the TV is tuned to a story
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about this abducted baby.
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(clock ticking)
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(Espey) I quickly did
a scan around the room.
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To my right, sat a sofa,
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and Lisa Montgomery is sitting
there holding a newborn baby.
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It didn't look right.
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Does she possess a firearm?
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Am I gonna have
to take a shot at her?
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(police siren blaring
in distance)
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(Fanning) Detective Strong
lifts that baby
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from Lisa's arms
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and he walks outside
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of the Montgomery home.
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(♪)
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(Espey)
I get a phone call and says,
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"We have a little female baby
in our hands."
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There was probably
17 investigators
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that had been working
through the night on this case.
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There wasn't a dry eye in there
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and it was dead silence.
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I want to thank the people
that helped me on this.
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I mean, this department
couldn't have done it alone.
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The major case squad,
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these people
are very well trained
and they were very good.
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They helped us out
at the crime scene
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over in Skidmore.
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And so with that,
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we're very happy
the fact that
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we're gonna be able
to get this baby back
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to the family.
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(male reporter)
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Her mother had her name
before she was born.
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Victoria.
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Little Victoria Jo.
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And it was victory from God
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that helped us find
that little baby.
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(female reporter)
Lisa Montgomery faces
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federal charges
of kidnapping
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resulting in death.
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(Rick Stanton) And that gal
was just plum deranged.
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I don't know that she acted
like she was pregnant,
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and told everybody she was,
and then come up here.
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I don't know
that she had any help
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or whether
she acted alone, but...
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(male reporter)
They had met before,
they had even gone
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to the same dog shows,
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according
to some new witnesses.
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Handcuffed and dressed
in a prison jumpsuit,
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Lisa Montgomery
testified in federal court
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in connection
with the brutal murder
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of mother-to-be
Bobbie Jo Stinnett.
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(man) This is a case
where its going to be
almost impossible
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to try to come up
with any defense,
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other than some form
of mental disease...
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-(female host) Right.
-...some species of insanity.
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People do not want to believe
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that another human being
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is capable
of this kind of violence.
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(male reporter)
There are questions
about why Montgomery's husband
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accepted her story,
that she had suddenly
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given birth last Thursday
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and was ready
to be picked up with the baby
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not at a hospital,
but outside a restaurant.
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(Fanning)
How did Kevin Montgomery
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believe
that his wife was pregnant
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and that that possibly
could be his child?
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She took that baby
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and showed him off
at the local diner,
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the preacher's house.
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Everybody believed it.
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(female reporter)
Pastor Wheatley says for months
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Lisa had everyone,
including her own husband,
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convinced she was pregnant.
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She was pretty small, and
I commented to her about it.
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I asked her if...
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if she was due,
when she was due,
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and she said
she was due in December.
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And I said, "Well, you're
kind of small to be having
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a baby that soon,"
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and she said,
"I always had small babies."
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And so
I just let it go at that.
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But the fact of the matter is,
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it was all a scam for her
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to get what she wanted.
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She is a sociopath,
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not an insane person.
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(female news anchor)
Good evening, everyone.
Montgomery will die
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for killing a pregnant woman
and kidnapping her baby.
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(female reporter)
Lisa Montgomery becomes
just the third woman
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scheduled for execution
in the federal system.
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(Booher)
This case is closed.
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The case was solved
by a couple of things,
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which didn't happen
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in Ken Rex
and Branson Perry's case:
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Quick, decisive action
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by law enforcement,
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information
from townspeople,
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and in this case,
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there wasn't a conspiracy
of silence in the town.
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This was different
in its nature.
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Unfortunately,
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it's not different
in its effects,
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because it was still Skidmore,
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it was still horrific,
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and it added another chapter
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to that town's legacy.
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for Bobbie Jo Stinnett,
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the pregnant woman
who was strangled
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in her Skidmore home
before her unborn infant
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was kidnapped.
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(female reporter)
The people of Skidmore poured
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into this tiny funeral home,
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many still struggling
to come to terms
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with their friend's
sudden and brutal death.
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(man) I've known her since
she was a little baby.
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She grew into
a beautiful swan and...
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She didn't deserve this.
Yeah, it's just unbelievable.
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(Becky Harper) This case
has finally come to a close,
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but we will never stop
missing Bobbie Jo.
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She was a sweet...
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(camera shutters clicking)
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...and loving wife,
daughter and sister
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and would have been
a wonderful mother.
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(female reporter)
Bobbie Jo Stinnett was buried
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in the same town
she grew up in,
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the same town
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where she will
always be remembered.
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(Espey) When you have
one bad thing happen,
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and another year or two,
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something else
really bad happens,
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that town develops a reputation.
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(Fanning)
It is very, very bizarre
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that in a town of
three hundred and some people,
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within five years,
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there's three brutal murders.
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It just can't be coincidence.
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To me,
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there's a higher power
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than any of us,
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and I wouldn't be
sittin' here tellin' you,
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if I didn't know
it was the truth.
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Did it all connect
or something?
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I don't know,
but I've thought about that.
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I have thought about that.
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'Cause this town
was so full of sin.
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(Booher)
At some point in time,
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they were a thriving
little community, full of pride.
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And then
Ken Rex McElroy was shot.
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(Espey)
The last murder there
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was a freak deal.
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That had nothing to do
with Ken Rex McElroy.
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00:14:44,270 --> 00:14:47,400
That had nothing to do
with any of the Skidmore people.
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That was just--
Bobbie Jo Stinnett was
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on a website that
somebody in Kansas saw.
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(thunder rumbling)
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I know
a lot of people in Skidmore,
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and they're
not at all proud of the fact
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that this got blown up so big.
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And it keeps makin' stories.
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(Goslee)
All these things are
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little black marks
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because it happened
in our community.
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Our community didn't cause it.
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I don't believe all that
(bleep).
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The things that happen
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to the people in Skidmore...
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I won't use
the word coincidence.
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I'm just gonna say they happened
because they happened.
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(♪)
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Since we've had these violent
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situations in Skidmore,
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you don't see
many people on the street.
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You don't see
a lot of cars on the street.
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There's very little activity.
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The older people
started dyin' off,
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00:16:05,310 --> 00:16:08,860
and the younger people started
moving away.
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There's nothing
to keep people in Skidmore,
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unless you just love it here
like I do.
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(Fanning) Skidmore is slowly
but surely dying.
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When that happens,
all the resources in a town
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start disappearing.
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And that's when the town
collapses on itself.
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Someday, we'll just be
a spot on the map.
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(Booher)
It's already tough enough
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to be a small town
in the middle of the country
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where there's nothing
noteworthy in--
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your town doesn't have
a lot going for it.
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That's tough
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to have these things happen,
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00:16:52,270 --> 00:16:54,900
and to be tagged
with that legacy,
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that makes it even tougher.
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Some might say, impossible.
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(Cathy Palmer) Life hasn't been
fair to the town of Skidmore.
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I mean, there's just been
so many negative things happen
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in that area.
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00:17:12,630 --> 00:17:15,550
How much can a town take,
heh, you know?
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Can they ever
get past their history?
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There used to be an X
chiseled in this sidewalk
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right here where McElroy's
pick-up was sittin'.
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I don't know why people
latch onto something.
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I don't know why
they keep onto it.
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Right through here.
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There used to be an X
carved in there,
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I guess that's 40 years ago.
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I don't do much on websites,
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'cause I'm-- well, I just don't
know how to run a computer,
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for the most part.
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00:18:12,940 --> 00:18:17,480
But I do know when something,
and you punch up "Skidmore,"
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the first thing that comes up
about Skidmore
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is the McElroy thing,
Bobby Jo Stinnett,
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00:18:21,490 --> 00:18:23,450
and then the Brandon Perry.
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00:18:23,490 --> 00:18:25,160
People are still comin'.
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00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,790
People are still
askin' questions.
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00:18:27,830 --> 00:18:29,200
Everybody wants to know
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00:18:29,250 --> 00:18:31,870
why it happened?
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00:18:31,910 --> 00:18:33,580
But in another 10 years,
you know, the McElroy thing
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00:18:33,620 --> 00:18:36,500
will be 50 years old,
there will be nobody living
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00:18:36,540 --> 00:18:40,510
that can actually say,
"I was there."
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00:18:40,550 --> 00:18:42,720
We'll be hearing people say,
"Well, you know,
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00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,090
my grandpa talked about that,
or maybe my dad."
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00:18:45,140 --> 00:18:46,430
But there will be
nobody left alive
353
00:18:46,470 --> 00:18:49,430
that can say, "I was there."
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(♪)
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(Goslee) There's one truth
in what happened,
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and only the people that
were there know what it was.
357
00:19:01,940 --> 00:19:03,360
Some of the people
were really glad
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00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,950
he got shot.
359
00:19:05,990 --> 00:19:07,910
Some of the people
didn't process it
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00:19:07,950 --> 00:19:09,240
for weeks or months
or years later.
361
00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,540
But all of 'em kept quiet.
362
00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,210
I think a lot
of the people in town
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00:19:18,250 --> 00:19:21,420
want to come clean
on who did it, who done it.
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00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:26,720
To come clean,
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00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,600
clean the town,
clean the memory,
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00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:31,350
clean your hearts,
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00:19:31,390 --> 00:19:34,940
make peace with the Lord...
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00:19:34,980 --> 00:19:37,610
That would be a wonderful thing
for this community,
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00:19:37,650 --> 00:19:40,530
that we knew the actual truth.
370
00:19:42,900 --> 00:19:45,450
But it's not gonna happen.
371
00:19:47,450 --> 00:19:49,330
And people
that are still living today
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00:19:49,370 --> 00:19:51,540
that know what happened,
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they probably made peace
with their god,
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00:19:54,910 --> 00:19:57,540
and that's all they need.
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00:19:59,710 --> 00:20:01,920
And every day, every week,
every month,
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00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,130
we lose more of those people.
377
00:20:05,170 --> 00:20:07,550
If you want to see
the history of Skidmore,
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00:20:07,590 --> 00:20:09,140
all you go to do
is go though the cemetery,
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00:20:09,180 --> 00:20:10,680
south of town,
'cause that's pretty much
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00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,390
where everybody is.
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00:20:13,390 --> 00:20:16,770
The Bowenkamps, he died.
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00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,980
Roman Henry, he died.
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00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:25,400
Benny Estes,
he's dead too, you know.
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00:20:25,450 --> 00:20:27,570
Trina moved somewhere down south
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00:20:27,610 --> 00:20:30,910
and she passed away...
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00:20:30,950 --> 00:20:33,120
four of five years ago.
387
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,410
I guarantee you,
the men who did the shooting--
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00:20:36,460 --> 00:20:39,250
there's more than one--
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they're all dead.
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00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,210
(Marty Small)
It is a great testament
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00:20:43,250 --> 00:20:45,510
to the strength
of the community
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to protect the identity
of those men
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00:20:49,390 --> 00:20:50,930
until their death.
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00:20:51,930 --> 00:20:53,810
And they're all dead.
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00:20:53,850 --> 00:20:56,270
I've been tellin' ya--
dead, dead, dead, dead.
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00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,850
They've got their revenge.
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00:21:03,110 --> 00:21:05,150
Del Clement...
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00:21:05,190 --> 00:21:07,530
after the shooting,
he drank himself to death.
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00:21:09,860 --> 00:21:12,450
He was a mess after that.
400
00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:16,370
I never talked to him about it.
401
00:21:16,410 --> 00:21:18,960
I talked to him-- I never
talked to him about it.
402
00:21:20,670 --> 00:21:22,170
I didn't care to know.
403
00:21:25,210 --> 00:21:27,800
(Charlie Young)
Maybe that's God's way of...
404
00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,800
allowing things to happen
405
00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,140
because of what they did,
I don't know.
406
00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:39,100
I know it is a spiritual battle.
407
00:21:39,140 --> 00:21:40,520
I know that.
408
00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,610
I don't know how Ken's murder
409
00:21:43,650 --> 00:21:44,440
affected everything.
410
00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,320
I can't see into that realm.
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00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:50,610
(Stanton) Bobbie Jo's husband,
they moved
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00:21:50,660 --> 00:21:52,240
up to a small town here
south of town.
413
00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,080
Him and the little girls,
probably,
414
00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:57,370
10, 12 years old,
out doin' good.
415
00:21:57,410 --> 00:22:01,330
And to this day,
Lisa Montgomery is not dead.
416
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,630
She's still in prison.
417
00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,670
(James Klino) We hope that
answers will come up
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00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:13,090
with Branson Perry's case.
419
00:22:13,140 --> 00:22:16,810
I hope and pray to God
that they come up soon,
420
00:22:16,850 --> 00:22:20,560
so we can see justice
for Branson and the family,
421
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,310
so we can put 'em to rest
the right way,
422
00:22:23,350 --> 00:22:24,110
next to his mother.
423
00:22:24,150 --> 00:22:25,650
This has gone on too long.
424
00:22:25,690 --> 00:22:26,900
It's been 18 years.
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00:22:33,660 --> 00:22:34,950
(Goben)
That town will never grow
426
00:22:34,990 --> 00:22:37,370
into absolutely anything,
427
00:22:37,410 --> 00:22:39,000
till someday...
428
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:40,290
There's nothing there
but empty buildings,
429
00:22:40,330 --> 00:22:42,250
if they haven't
all been burnt down.
430
00:22:44,170 --> 00:22:46,130
I think the town
is kind of cursed,
431
00:22:46,170 --> 00:22:48,710
so in its own way,
they're punishing themselves.
432
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:53,090
The ones who pulled
the triggers, killed my dad.
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00:22:53,130 --> 00:22:54,930
Whether they go
to prison or not,
434
00:22:54,970 --> 00:22:57,100
at this point in time,
it really doesn't matter.
435
00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,890
It's just closure to the case.
436
00:23:01,810 --> 00:23:02,730
And in a way,
maybe free that town
437
00:23:02,770 --> 00:23:05,230
from the curse that its under.
438
00:23:09,900 --> 00:23:12,450
(Goslee) Murder's wrong,
vigilantism is...
439
00:23:12,610 --> 00:23:14,570
most cases, wrong.
440
00:23:14,610 --> 00:23:16,950
Not always, but most cases.
441
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,120
Hopefully, we won't be put
442
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,870
in any of
those situations again.
443
00:23:23,910 --> 00:23:27,130
But should it happen,
444
00:23:27,170 --> 00:23:28,790
people are gonna
make a decision,
445
00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,460
it's gonna be a split decision,
446
00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:34,090
and it's gonna be
an instant decision:
447
00:23:34,130 --> 00:23:35,590
I'm gonna grab a gun and shoot
448
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:37,720
or I'm gonna run.
449
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,310
(♪)
450
00:23:40,350 --> 00:23:41,930
(Small) As a society,
we've gotten soft.
451
00:23:41,970 --> 00:23:45,810
There's several countries where,
you know, everybody is trained,
452
00:23:45,850 --> 00:23:47,020
everybody spends
their time in the military,
453
00:23:47,060 --> 00:23:50,650
and everybody is expected
to defend their home
454
00:23:50,690 --> 00:23:52,690
and their country.
455
00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:57,780
And ending McElroy's life
was one of those things.
456
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,910
The men that
took it upon themselves
457
00:24:01,950 --> 00:24:04,250
to protect their town
458
00:24:04,290 --> 00:24:04,500
did their job.
459
00:24:07,170 --> 00:24:08,960
And in turn,
the town did its job
460
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,380
by protecting those men.
461
00:24:10,590 --> 00:24:13,840
Nobody saw a thing.
462
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,680
In the old days,
that's just how it was.
463
00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,140
And as Americans,
if we don't have people
that are willing to do that,
464
00:24:21,180 --> 00:24:23,140
well, who's gonna defend
their community?
465
00:24:23,180 --> 00:24:24,640
You have to have those people.
466
00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:28,310
It took courage to shoot at all.
467
00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:36,240
I'd have done it.
468
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,660
You can call it violence
if you want to.
469
00:24:38,700 --> 00:24:40,780
What are you gonna do?
470
00:24:40,830 --> 00:24:42,330
You gonna walk away?
471
00:24:43,790 --> 00:24:46,330
Give me a break.
472
00:24:46,370 --> 00:24:47,870
Do we need violence?
473
00:24:49,210 --> 00:24:51,170
You bet your sweet ass we do.
474
00:25:03,890 --> 00:25:06,560
that wasn't the first
incident of violence
475
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,020
in this community.
476
00:25:08,060 --> 00:25:10,860
All these little communities,
all these little towns,
477
00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:12,820
have had killings and shootings
478
00:25:12,860 --> 00:25:14,820
from when
they were first founded.
479
00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:18,900
There was no law
480
00:25:18,950 --> 00:25:20,610
out past a certain point
in this country,
481
00:25:20,660 --> 00:25:23,080
at one time in our history.
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00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:24,490
Everybody had to be vigilantes
483
00:25:24,540 --> 00:25:27,460
to make society function
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00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:29,670
without being destroyed.
485
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,710
(Reinig) We live
on the edge of the prairie...
486
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,470
which has so much romanticism
487
00:25:38,510 --> 00:25:41,340
of the wagon trains
and cowboys and Indians,
488
00:25:41,390 --> 00:25:42,850
and train robberies.
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00:25:42,890 --> 00:25:45,560
And we're in the heart
of Jesse James area.
490
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,640
(Gary Chilcote)
This is the house
where Jesse James
491
00:25:49,690 --> 00:25:53,230
was killed
on April 3rd, 1882,
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00:25:53,270 --> 00:25:56,070
by Bob Ford and Charlie Ford.
493
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,700
Since 1882,
the house has been on display,
494
00:26:02,740 --> 00:26:06,200
and I don't understand
why people,
495
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:10,250
quite frankly, want to pay $4
to come and see Jesse James,
496
00:26:10,290 --> 00:26:11,710
where he died.
497
00:26:13,790 --> 00:26:16,050
We have the jail exhibit
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00:26:16,090 --> 00:26:18,630
with a lot
of different murder weapons
499
00:26:18,670 --> 00:26:20,420
that were used
over the last century
500
00:26:20,470 --> 00:26:23,140
to kill people.
501
00:26:23,180 --> 00:26:25,930
I don't know why people
like those kinds of things.
502
00:26:28,350 --> 00:26:31,350
(Booher) Keep in mind
that in northwest Missouri,
503
00:26:31,390 --> 00:26:35,020
outlaws are...
they're kind of admired.
504
00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:38,570
Jesse James was an outlaw,
but he was kind of a hero.
505
00:26:38,610 --> 00:26:40,900
Every farmer, every rancher
506
00:26:40,950 --> 00:26:42,530
in about four states
507
00:26:42,570 --> 00:26:45,910
let Jesse James and his gang
508
00:26:45,950 --> 00:26:47,830
sleep in their barns.
509
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,330
He was a regular cowboy killer.
510
00:26:51,830 --> 00:26:54,460
He was good to my grandparents--
511
00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:56,420
great-great-great,
I think it would be.
512
00:26:56,460 --> 00:26:58,210
It's down the line.
513
00:26:58,250 --> 00:27:00,130
That's how they got
the first money
514
00:27:00,170 --> 00:27:01,920
to buy a little farm.
515
00:27:01,970 --> 00:27:04,800
They handed 'em out
and he left money in there
516
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,300
underneath the mattress for 'em.
517
00:27:07,350 --> 00:27:10,980
Jesse James gave money
to poor farmers
518
00:27:11,020 --> 00:27:15,440
in northern Missouri,
central Missouri.
519
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:16,980
But on the other hand,
520
00:27:17,020 --> 00:27:20,320
Jesse James also rode around
terrorizing people.
521
00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:21,900
(man over speaker)
In the next room,
you'll learn about
522
00:27:21,940 --> 00:27:25,200
the 1995 exhumation
of Jesse James.
523
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:26,950
(Booher)
So we in this area,
524
00:27:26,990 --> 00:27:29,490
we kind of have a legacy
525
00:27:29,540 --> 00:27:32,000
of admiring outlaws
and outlaw actions.
526
00:27:34,370 --> 00:27:35,670
(Small) What is one of
our biggest superheroes
in this country?
527
00:27:35,710 --> 00:27:38,500
Batman, right?
528
00:27:38,540 --> 00:27:39,630
Batman. What's he do?
What's his superpower?
529
00:27:39,670 --> 00:27:42,300
He's rich, right?
530
00:27:42,340 --> 00:27:44,760
But what does he do?
531
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,720
He goes out
and crushes criminals
532
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:51,220
and does what
law enforcement can't do.
533
00:27:51,270 --> 00:27:52,980
Well, that's what
vigilantism is.
534
00:27:53,020 --> 00:27:55,480
Well, look at all of our movies.
535
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,560
Ah, the bad guy
gets it in the end
536
00:27:58,610 --> 00:28:00,900
from the good guy.
537
00:28:00,940 --> 00:28:03,820
But it's not through
the legal system.
538
00:28:03,860 --> 00:28:05,530
It's through a street brawl.
539
00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:09,240
But that's the history
of our country.
540
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:15,000
(Devon Linder)
I was in school. It was
eighth grade history class.
541
00:28:15,710 --> 00:28:18,880
We were having a discussion
542
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,000
over Jesse James
and the vigilantes,
543
00:28:21,050 --> 00:28:22,800
and things like that,
544
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:29,090
and my teacher, he had
brought up Skidmore, Missouri,
545
00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:30,850
and then he said
Ken Rex McElroy,
546
00:28:30,890 --> 00:28:32,810
and wait a minute, I was like,
547
00:28:32,850 --> 00:28:34,020
"You're talking
about my grandpa."
548
00:28:37,060 --> 00:28:40,560
You know, that's my family.
549
00:28:40,610 --> 00:28:42,610
They didn't know that
that was one of his grandkids
550
00:28:42,650 --> 00:28:43,690
that was sitting in there.
551
00:28:45,740 --> 00:28:48,200
As part of their curriculum,
552
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,280
they was gonna use the movie
553
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,030
that was made about my dad
gettin' killed.
554
00:28:54,870 --> 00:28:56,460
He had to sit there
and watch it.
555
00:28:58,870 --> 00:29:00,380
(screaming)
556
00:29:04,460 --> 00:29:06,260
He didn't know if
he should say something, or...
557
00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:09,090
You know, it kind of put him
in a bad spot.
558
00:29:10,010 --> 00:29:11,850
(Linder)
It was-- It hurts,
559
00:29:11,890 --> 00:29:15,930
'cause, I mean, I don't look
at my grandpa like that.
560
00:29:15,980 --> 00:29:19,850
It's something that bothers me
561
00:29:19,900 --> 00:29:23,320
that people say
that had to be done,
562
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:27,740
and not have anything said
or done about it afterwards.
563
00:29:27,780 --> 00:29:30,530
(man) Burn in hell!
564
00:29:30,570 --> 00:29:32,740
(Fanning)
Vigilantism has been idealized
565
00:29:32,780 --> 00:29:35,240
in this country,
566
00:29:35,290 --> 00:29:38,250
and people make heroes
567
00:29:38,290 --> 00:29:41,000
out of those who do that,
568
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:46,090
and that really perpetuates
the vicious cycle of violence.
569
00:29:54,430 --> 00:29:56,060
that's been out there,
and one day, I looked
570
00:29:56,100 --> 00:29:57,470
at myself in the mirror
and I was thinkin',
571
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,230
"Wow, I look just like him."
572
00:30:01,230 --> 00:30:03,480
My name's Tony Surritte.
573
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,610
My father was Ken McElroy.
574
00:30:05,650 --> 00:30:08,400
I didn't get harassed
575
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,660
as maybe my, my siblings,
you know, did.
576
00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:13,200
Because they carried
the McElroy name,
577
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,910
and I didn't--
my mother hid me from that.
578
00:30:16,950 --> 00:30:19,000
And I think that was due
to the fact she didn't want me
579
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,710
to have to have that stigma
of a McElroy.
580
00:30:22,750 --> 00:30:25,040
(McElroy Jr.)
Carrying the McElroy name,
581
00:30:25,090 --> 00:30:28,260
whether it be, you know,
your teachers,
582
00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:30,550
or law enforcement,
whatever it was,
583
00:30:30,590 --> 00:30:33,140
anything you got into,
or we got into as kids,
584
00:30:33,180 --> 00:30:35,220
that's the first thing that
they brought up, was our name.
585
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:40,980
(Goben) My brothers
got it worse than me.
586
00:30:41,020 --> 00:30:43,810
you know, they got told,
"You're no different than him,"
587
00:30:43,850 --> 00:30:46,820
they started fighting,
and someone saying something
588
00:30:46,860 --> 00:30:48,900
to get them riled up,
and then fighting.
589
00:30:49,190 --> 00:30:50,360
So there was quite a few
590
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,150
different violent altercations
591
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,320
that caused a lot of problems
592
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:55,780
in their life later.
593
00:30:55,820 --> 00:30:57,330
Do you ever think
about revenging
594
00:30:57,370 --> 00:30:59,620
your father's death?
595
00:30:59,660 --> 00:31:01,410
-Yes.
-I've thought about it
a lot of times.
596
00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:02,660
(Oprah) Mm-hmm.
597
00:31:02,710 --> 00:31:04,630
(Juarez McElroy)
You feel that hurt and pain
598
00:31:04,670 --> 00:31:07,290
and understand,
at that point, that
599
00:31:07,340 --> 00:31:10,630
that it's over,
it's-- it's-- he's dead.
600
00:31:10,670 --> 00:31:12,380
There's nothing
you're ever gonna do
601
00:31:12,420 --> 00:31:14,300
that's gonna bring him back.
602
00:31:14,340 --> 00:31:16,600
And at that point,
there's that sense
603
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,810
of just overwhelming loss.
604
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,310
You're just, you're lost.
605
00:31:24,350 --> 00:31:26,940
That was my introduction
to violence.
606
00:31:26,980 --> 00:31:28,190
If I'd have never,
ever experienced it,
607
00:31:28,230 --> 00:31:30,320
I would've never, ever known
608
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:31,940
what that type of violence
was like.
609
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,450
So I got caught up in it.
610
00:31:35,490 --> 00:31:38,780
And the next thing you know,
you fall on that roll again.
611
00:31:38,830 --> 00:31:41,500
And I went from using
to selling,
612
00:31:41,540 --> 00:31:44,160
to you name it,
I was doing it.
613
00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:46,290
Eventually, something gives.
614
00:31:49,670 --> 00:31:51,840
Back in '89, a friend of mine
615
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:53,630
was in the Hickory Tavern,
616
00:31:53,670 --> 00:31:55,630
and he got in a fight
in there with somebody
617
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:59,640
and I went
to get the guy off of him...
618
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,770
It was a pretty brutal fight.
619
00:32:02,810 --> 00:32:04,690
The guy ended up
gettin' stabbed in there.
620
00:32:04,730 --> 00:32:08,060
They arrested me,
took me to jail.
621
00:32:08,110 --> 00:32:10,570
(Goben) The boys didn't have
their dad anymore,
622
00:32:10,610 --> 00:32:14,070
and the family kind of
got ripped apart.
623
00:32:14,110 --> 00:32:16,160
I mean, I've been in
my share of violence--
624
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:17,700
you know, violent stuff,
you know, getting caught
625
00:32:17,740 --> 00:32:20,660
in different situations,
and then life just,
626
00:32:20,700 --> 00:32:22,700
you know, got out of control.
627
00:32:23,540 --> 00:32:28,670
The boys, a good chunk
of their life was struggle.
628
00:32:28,710 --> 00:32:29,290
And a lot of that had to do
with the stigma
629
00:32:29,330 --> 00:32:31,460
from Dad's death.
630
00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:35,970
(Juarez McElroy) My philosophy
to how I coped with it was,
631
00:32:36,010 --> 00:32:37,800
you know, I kinda viewed
going to prison
632
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,470
as goin' in the military,
633
00:32:40,510 --> 00:32:42,220
and I'm gonna have
to experience things
634
00:32:42,260 --> 00:32:43,810
that I probably
never wanted to experience,
635
00:32:43,850 --> 00:32:46,810
but I got to learn how
to deal with those.
636
00:32:46,850 --> 00:32:48,850
And during that process,
637
00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:51,360
I chose, at that time,
for me to...
638
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,480
refocus what is it
I'm doing with my life.
639
00:32:54,530 --> 00:32:57,650
-Good morning.
-Morning. How you doing?
640
00:32:57,700 --> 00:33:00,030
-All right. Yourself?
-Ah, not bad.
641
00:33:00,070 --> 00:33:01,660
-Morning, Pastor John.
-(John) Hey, how's it going?
642
00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:03,540
(Juarez chuckles)
643
00:33:03,580 --> 00:33:04,330
(Pastor John)
Over half of our congregation
644
00:33:04,370 --> 00:33:07,120
are ex-convicts--
645
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:08,790
from our ministry,
to the prisons.
646
00:33:08,830 --> 00:33:10,710
That's how Juarez came in.
647
00:33:10,750 --> 00:33:12,460
I said, "I've got 13 years
in the penitentiary,
648
00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:13,670
I've got tattoos all over me,"
and I said, "I probably won't be
649
00:33:13,710 --> 00:33:15,880
the most likely guy
to be in your church,"
650
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:17,220
and you just looked at me
and laughed, you said,
651
00:33:17,260 --> 00:33:18,840
"You might be surprised."
652
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:20,760
I was like, "All right then!"
653
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:22,680
I said, "Don't be surprised
if I don't show up."
654
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:23,890
Two weeks later, I show up,
655
00:33:23,930 --> 00:33:26,180
now three years later,
I'm still here.
656
00:33:28,770 --> 00:33:31,770
Early on, I carried
so much anger and so much hate.
657
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,400
I wanted my father's death
to be vindicated.
658
00:33:39,610 --> 00:33:42,530
Today, I put
that past behind me.
659
00:33:44,950 --> 00:33:46,750
I don't carry
that burden no more.
660
00:33:47,870 --> 00:33:49,750
(children laughing)
661
00:33:49,790 --> 00:33:51,460
-All right, little ones...
-(woman) That's good.
662
00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:53,460
-Grandpa's leavin'.
-(girl giggles)
663
00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:55,420
When I was younger,
I used to think about revenge.
664
00:33:55,460 --> 00:33:58,260
Yes. Yeah, I did.
665
00:33:58,300 --> 00:34:01,050
Now I don't, I don't think
about it so much no more.
666
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,300
When I look at my own kids now,
667
00:34:03,350 --> 00:34:06,850
that's my life now.
668
00:34:06,890 --> 00:34:08,810
I try to be forgiving.
669
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,900
As far as us, I mean,
670
00:34:12,940 --> 00:34:15,980
are our lives perfect?
671
00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:20,240
No. I mean, we're not rich
or anything like that,
672
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,200
but we're okay.
673
00:34:22,240 --> 00:34:23,410
It didn't break us,
674
00:34:23,450 --> 00:34:24,780
you know, which is exactly
675
00:34:24,830 --> 00:34:25,410
what the town
wanted it to do.
676
00:34:27,490 --> 00:34:29,410
But that didn't happen.
We're still here.
677
00:34:29,450 --> 00:34:32,250
And we're okay.
678
00:34:32,290 --> 00:34:33,960
Struggle, yes.
679
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,170
The town, I don't think
it'll ever be okay,
680
00:34:36,210 --> 00:34:38,420
because of the secrets
that they keep keeping.
681
00:34:38,460 --> 00:34:40,470
I just don't see how
682
00:34:40,510 --> 00:34:43,890
60, 70 people can sit around
and watch a person
683
00:34:43,930 --> 00:34:46,140
get shot and killed
and nobody says nothing?
684
00:34:46,180 --> 00:34:49,270
Everybody kept that a secret.
685
00:34:49,310 --> 00:34:51,520
And there's a lot of things
my dad probably got accused of
686
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,600
he didn't even do,
I'm imagining.
687
00:34:54,650 --> 00:34:56,440
And there's stories of things
that he did
688
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,940
that, you know, he did.
689
00:35:00,650 --> 00:35:02,360
But you know, you're...
690
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,530
People are not gonna
want to talk about
691
00:35:04,570 --> 00:35:07,280
the good things
when you're talking about
692
00:35:07,330 --> 00:35:08,580
somebody being shot and killed
in the middle of town
693
00:35:08,620 --> 00:35:12,040
of a hundred people, watching.
694
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:13,920
They just swept it
under the rug
695
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:15,380
because they didn't want
to face it no more.
696
00:35:15,420 --> 00:35:17,340
It's over now.
697
00:35:17,380 --> 00:35:18,750
The town ain't got to deal
with him no more,
698
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,300
the courts ain't got to deal
with him no more,
699
00:35:20,340 --> 00:35:22,170
the law's not got to deal
with him no more.
700
00:35:22,220 --> 00:35:25,090
He's gone, so now
let's just forget about it.
701
00:35:25,140 --> 00:35:27,050
(♪)
702
00:35:45,110 --> 00:35:46,160
(Reinig)
When I think about Skidmore,
703
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:47,740
I think of home.
704
00:35:49,410 --> 00:35:51,410
That's where
I learned how to record.
705
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:56,580
We had a barn.
706
00:35:56,630 --> 00:35:59,540
I would put microphones up,
707
00:35:59,590 --> 00:36:02,340
we would hear the sound
of the wind,
708
00:36:02,380 --> 00:36:03,380
and it would get this sound
of a...
709
00:36:03,420 --> 00:36:06,130
(making wind howling sound)
710
00:36:06,180 --> 00:36:07,930
(wind howling)
711
00:36:09,430 --> 00:36:11,640
The panes of tin
712
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,390
that would just start
to rattle a little bit,
713
00:36:14,430 --> 00:36:15,230
give this little shaking sound.
714
00:36:19,860 --> 00:36:22,400
I probably recorded four hours.
715
00:36:29,370 --> 00:36:31,240
Whenever Festival would play,
716
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,040
we'd take a long trip,
717
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:34,160
we would stay
in one big room...
718
00:36:37,750 --> 00:36:40,380
and at night,
we would turn that tape on...
719
00:36:44,420 --> 00:36:46,630
It would take us back
to Skidmore.
720
00:36:47,550 --> 00:36:51,470
It didn't matter where we were,
721
00:36:51,510 --> 00:36:52,560
it would take us back
722
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,640
to the times
before Ken's murder
723
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,440
affected everything,
724
00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,860
being in a small town
where you don't have to worry
725
00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:02,440
about your door being locked,
726
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:06,320
you didn't have to worry about
someone stealing you car,
727
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:07,610
you didn't have to worry
about any of that.
728
00:37:09,950 --> 00:37:11,450
We've gone through
a lot of things.
729
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,370
People still work hard,
730
00:37:14,410 --> 00:37:16,460
people still struggle,
731
00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:20,210
people are still people,
732
00:37:20,250 --> 00:37:21,540
just like any other town.
733
00:37:21,590 --> 00:37:23,460
There's just 280 of us,
734
00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:25,380
instead of 280,000,
735
00:37:25,420 --> 00:37:26,920
or 2.8 million.
736
00:37:30,890 --> 00:37:32,680
(Hayes) I hope and pray that
737
00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:34,560
they can work things out
here in town,
738
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:39,520
because I'd hate to see
something like that again.
739
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:41,650
It's the curse of our town.
740
00:37:43,690 --> 00:37:46,740
And I have told you folks
741
00:37:46,780 --> 00:37:49,110
that gospel truth
of everything that I know.
742
00:37:53,330 --> 00:37:57,250
(Fanning) Small towns
embody the American dream.
743
00:37:57,290 --> 00:38:01,250
Nice little clabbered houses
and picket fences,
744
00:38:01,290 --> 00:38:04,670
where nothing horrible
would ever, ever happen.
745
00:38:04,710 --> 00:38:09,670
Skidmore started out as
a kind of typical small town,
746
00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:13,090
but when the McElroy thing
came down,
747
00:38:13,140 --> 00:38:15,510
that is when they got infected.
748
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:19,730
They had cut themselves off
from the rest of the world.
749
00:38:21,190 --> 00:38:23,480
-(crew chattering)
-(sensor beeps)
750
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:26,270
Aren't you afraid
of vigilante law?
751
00:38:30,030 --> 00:38:32,700
One person decided to take
the law into his own hands once,
752
00:38:32,740 --> 00:38:35,660
someone else could again.
753
00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:37,580
Aren't you concerned
that someone,
754
00:38:37,620 --> 00:38:40,000
perhaps one of your friends,
755
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,370
has taken the law
into his own hands
756
00:38:42,420 --> 00:38:43,500
and killed a man?
757
00:38:43,540 --> 00:38:45,750
-No.
-No.
758
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,130
No.
759
00:38:49,170 --> 00:38:51,510
(Safer) Reverend,
you got a very bitter
760
00:38:51,550 --> 00:38:53,840
and almost angry look
on your face
761
00:38:53,890 --> 00:38:56,430
when I mentioned
the word vigilante.
762
00:38:56,470 --> 00:38:59,720
Yes. Um, in the past,
763
00:38:59,770 --> 00:39:00,520
the people had
to protect people, and now
764
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:03,690
we're at that point again.
765
00:39:03,730 --> 00:39:06,480
As a Christian,
and as an American,
766
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,940
I say, "Who so ever sheddeth
man's blood by man,
767
00:39:09,990 --> 00:39:11,570
so shall his blood be shed."
768
00:39:13,780 --> 00:39:15,870
Look, McElroy cast a cloud
769
00:39:15,910 --> 00:39:18,410
over this town,
there's no question.
770
00:39:18,450 --> 00:39:20,120
There was fear here.
771
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,710
(gun cocks; gunfire)
772
00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:27,960
But aren't you now concerned
773
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:32,010
that you've taken the law
into your own hands here?
774
00:39:32,050 --> 00:39:35,010
Aren't you afraid of
a kind of vigilante law?
775
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:38,600
If it happens once,
it can happen again.
776
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:45,520
(Marty Small)
As a town, as a community,
777
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,360
they've paid every day since.
778
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:49,610
They paid.
779
00:39:49,650 --> 00:39:53,190
They're still payin', okay,
780
00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:56,700
and depending
on your religious background,
781
00:39:56,740 --> 00:39:58,780
they might pay later too.
782
00:40:01,830 --> 00:40:03,870
(Juarez McElroy) Sorry to hear
that it destroyed their town,
783
00:40:03,910 --> 00:40:04,660
or this and that and the other,
784
00:40:04,710 --> 00:40:07,250
but you know what, I mean,
785
00:40:07,290 --> 00:40:09,670
you made a choice.
786
00:40:09,710 --> 00:40:10,880
You know, you're
supposedly supposed to be
787
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:15,630
these self-righteous
goody-two-shoe people,
788
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,720
now you've got to go
all throughout your life
789
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:19,930
knowing that you
790
00:40:19,970 --> 00:40:22,720
took the father away
from, you know,
791
00:40:22,770 --> 00:40:24,680
13 children.
792
00:40:27,350 --> 00:40:31,070
But I don't believe that
you got off on it Scot free.
793
00:40:31,110 --> 00:40:32,400
You carry that with you
all of your life.
794
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,410
(Goslee) This incident
has cast a dark shadow
795
00:40:42,450 --> 00:40:46,290
for many, many years
over the community.
796
00:40:49,670 --> 00:40:54,130
You murder a guy
in broad daylight,
797
00:40:54,170 --> 00:40:56,880
gotta weigh heavy
on your heart and your soul
798
00:40:56,930 --> 00:41:00,600
to keep that information in,
799
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:02,680
and not tell somebody about it.
800
00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:07,230
That's the one big story
801
00:41:07,270 --> 00:41:08,900
within this story.
802
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,940
Now, it's a sad deal.
803
00:41:13,980 --> 00:41:17,950
I know people
who are still bothered by it,
804
00:41:17,990 --> 00:41:20,030
they think about it every day.
805
00:41:21,830 --> 00:41:26,120
A man was murdered in Skidmore,
806
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:27,540
and there were young people
and children
807
00:41:27,580 --> 00:41:31,580
and relatives and loved ones
808
00:41:31,630 --> 00:41:33,800
on both sides of the murder.
809
00:41:36,170 --> 00:41:37,550
There were long term effects.
810
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:42,680
A lot of
innocent people were hurt.
811
00:41:44,100 --> 00:41:44,930
We've had our share,
812
00:41:44,970 --> 00:41:47,430
over our share of tragedies.
813
00:41:48,850 --> 00:41:50,770
It could've went another way.
814
00:41:51,690 --> 00:41:54,770
But it didn't happen that way.
815
00:41:56,990 --> 00:42:00,860
Murder was a horrible thing,
816
00:42:00,910 --> 00:42:03,870
but it was necessary
at the time.
817
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:09,750
But knowing what we know now,
818
00:42:09,790 --> 00:42:11,250
I just don't know.
819
00:42:13,170 --> 00:42:15,210
In a situation like that...
820
00:42:17,630 --> 00:42:18,880
what would you do?
821
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:20,550
(wind howling)
822
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:28,430
(thunder crashes)
822
00:42:29,305 --> 00:43:29,464
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