Still A Mystery (2018–2019): Season 1, Episode 2 - Down the hill - full transcript

Narrator: TWO TEENAGE GIRLS
GO FOR A HIKE...

THEY WERE ONLY GONNA BE GONE
AN HOUR.

...AND NEVER RETURN.

EITHER THEY GOT LOST,

MAYBE THEY HIKED OFF
THE COMMON TRAIL.

Narrator: CELLPHONE EVIDENCE
YIELDS ALARMING CLUES.

Anna: AND I DON'T BELIEVE
THERE IS ANY RUNNING

WHEN IT COMES
TO A BRIDGE LIKE THAT.

Narrator:
AND COMING UP LATER,

A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY
VANISHES WITHOUT A TRACE.

Matt: THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN
IN RURAL SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO.



IT'S KNOWN FOR RAFTING
AND FLY FISHING,

NOT FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
TO GO MISSING.

WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW
WHERE HE WAS,

AND THAT WAS HORRIFYING.

Narrator: THE RUGGED TERRAIN
IS UNLIKELY TO BLAME.

Mark: FOR ANYBODY TO TELL ME
THAT A 13-YEAR-OLD CHILD

COULDN'T NAVIGATE
THE TERRAIN WAS ABSURD.

Narrator: TWO DISTURBING CASES
WITH MULTIPLE THEORIES.

THE KILLER MAY BE IN THIS ROOM.

I'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT
UNTIL I'M NO LONGER ABLE TO.

Narrator: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
TO ABBY, LIBBY, AND DYLAN?

14-YEAR-OLD LIBBY GERMAN
AND 13-YEAR-OLD ABBY WILLIAMS

ARE BEST FRIENDS.

LIKE MOST TEENS, THEY LOVE
TO POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA.



ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017,

LIBBY POSTS THIS PHOTO OF ABBY
ON SNAPCHAT

WHILE THEY'RE OUT HIKING.

IT'S ACTUALLY
A REALLY GOOD PICTURE.

LIBBY DID A GOOD JOB.

THAT'S THE LAST TIME I SAW THEM.

Narrator:
IT'S A MYSTERY THAT HAS ROCKED

THE TOWN OF DELPHI, INDIANA,

AND THE GIRLS' FAMILIES
SINCE 2017.

THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN TOWNS
LIKE DELPHI.

THIS HAPPENS IN THE CITY.

THIS HAPPENS IN OTHER PLACES,
BUT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE.

Narrator: ABBY IS
A KIND AND JOYFUL 13-YEAR-OLD

WITH A PASSION

FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

LOVED PEOPLE, LOVED PETS,
LOVED ART, LOVED MUSIC.

TRIED EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN
AT LEAST ONCE.

Narrator: 14-YEAR-OLD LIBBY IS
ADVENTUROUS AND FULL OF LIFE.

SHE LOVES SPORTS
AND EXCELS AT MATH AND SCIENCE.

LIBBY WAS
A VERY INVESTIGATIVE PERSON.

SHE ALWAYS HAD TO ASK QUESTIONS

AND FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT SOMETHING.

Narrator: THE TWO TEENS ARE
EIGHTH GRADERS

AT DELPHI COMMUNITY
MIDDLE SCHOOL

IN DELPHI, INDIANA.

ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 13th,

THE BEST FRIENDS WAKE UP
AT LIBBY'S GRANDPARENTS HOUSE

AFTER A SLEEPOVER.

LIBBY HAS LIVED WITH
HER GRANDPARENTS

SINCE SHE WAS 3 YEARS OLD.

THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT
A RARE DAY OFF FROM SCHOOL.

IT WAS UNSEASONABLY WARM
THAT DAY,

AND THEY LIKED TO BE OUTSIDE.

SO THEY SAID, "HEY, LET'S GO OUT
TO THE TRAILS AND WALK AROUND."

DID WHAT I WOULD HOPED
THEY WOULD DO... GO OUTSIDE.

GO FIND SOMETHING TO DO.
DON'T STARE AT A SCREEN ALL DAY.

IT WAS KIND OF
A SPUR OF THE MOMENT

THAT THEY WANTED
TO GO OUT TO THE TRAILS.

Narrator:
LIBBY'S OLDER SISTER, KELSI,

DRIVES THE GIRLS TO A POPULAR
HIKING PATH NOT FAR AWAY,

DROPPING THEM OFF AROUND
1:30 P.M.

THEY WERE NOT WEARING
SWEATSHIRTS

LIKE MY GRANDMA
TOLD THEM TO,

SO I MADE SURE THEY GOT
THE SWEATSHIRTS

THEY HAD PUT IN THE CAR,

AND THEN I TOLD LIBBY
I LOVED HER.

Narrator:
LIBBY'S DAD DERRICK,

WHO ALSO LIVES
WITH HER GRANDPARENTS,

IS SET TO PICK THEM UP
AT 3:00 P.M.,

SO THEY GIRLS HAVE ABOUT
AN HOUR AND A HALF

TO WALK THE TRAILS.

GO OUT THERE,
SPEND A COUPLE HOURS OUT THERE,

TAKING PICTURES AND GOOFING OFF
AND BEING KIDS.

SO... [ SIGHS ]

THAT WAS THEIR...
THAT WAS THEIR GOAL.

THEY WENT TO TAKE SOME PICTURES
AND BE OUTDOORS.

Narrator: AT 2:07 P.M.,

32 MINUTES AFTER BEING
DROPPED OFF,

LIBBY POSTS THIS PICTURE
ON SNAPCHAT

OF ABBY CROSSING
THE OLD RAILROAD BRIDGE.

IT'S KIND OF NICE TO KNOW
THAT AT LEAST IN THOSE...

BEFORE, THEY HAD
A PRETTY GOOD AFTERNOON.

Narrator: JUST OVER
AN HOUR LATER, AT 3:11 P.M.,

LIBBY'S DAD CALLS HER PHONE

TO SAY HE'S ABOUT TO ARRIVE
AT THE PICKUP POINT.

THERE'S NO ANSWER,

SO HE WALKS OUT ON THE TRAIL
AND TRIES LIBBY AGAIN.

WHEN HE STILL DOESN'T GET
AN ANSWER,

HE CALLS LIBBY'S GRANDMOTHER,
BECKY,

TO TELL HER THAT HE'S HAVING
TROUBLE LOCATING THE GIRLS.

SO BECKY CALLED ME, I THINK,
JUST A LITTLE BIT BEFORE 4:00.

I WAS AT WORK.

I SAID, ALL RIGHT,
I'M GONNA HEAD THAT WAY,

'CAUSE THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE
GONNA HEAD OUT TO THE TRAILS,

AND START TO LOOK.

Narrator: AT FIRST,
THEY THINK THE GIRLS

PROBABLY JUST
LOST TRACK OF TIME,

BUT THEY QUICKLY BECOME WORRIED.

IT GOT TO BE, I DON'T KNOW,

CLOSE TO 5:00 AT THIS TIME,
AND THE WIFE SAYS,

"HEY, I'M GONNA NEED
TO CALL THE POLICE.

IT'S GONNA BE GETTING DARK HERE
'FORE TOO LONG."

Narrator:
AT AROUND 5:30 P.M.,

MIKE DIALS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

THEY WERE QUICK ON THE SCENE,
COME OUT THERE,

AND THEY WERE
WALKING TRAILS WITH US.

Narrator:
ABBY'S MOM GETS A CALL AT WORK

FROM LIBBY'S GRANDMOTHER.

I COULD HEAR IN BECKY'S VOICE
SHE WAS STRESSED.

SHE WAS WORRIED.
SOMETHING WAS UP.

AND I WAS, LIKE,
"ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

I'M ON MY WAY."
I CALLED A FRIEND OF MINE.

I WAS, LIKE, "HEY, CAN YOU
HEAD OVER TO THE PARK

"AND JUST HOLLER FOR EITHER
ONE OF THOSE GIRLS?

'CAUSE THEY'RE IN BIG TROUBLE."

Narrator:
IT COULD JUST BE NOTHING.

WE'RE JUST HOPING
SOMEBODY GET A PHONE CALL

AND SAY, "OH, HEY, YOU KNOW,
WE GOT LOST,

"AND FINALLY GOT,
YOU KNOW, MY PHONE,

WE GOT A SIGNAL," WHATEVER.

Narrator: AND IT DOESN'T SEEM
LIKELY THEY WOULD JUST TAKE OFF.

Kelsi: LIBBY WASN'T REALLY
ONE TO RUN AWAY.

I KNOW HER PRETTY WELL.
AND ABBY WAS THE SAME WAY.

Narrator: OR MAYBE THEY'VE MADE
SECRET PLANS.

POLICE SCAN
THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

WERE THEY MEETING SOMEBODY THAT
WASN'T WHO THEY SAID THEY WERE?

WHEN WE DIDN'T FIND ANY OF THOSE
THINGS, THEN IT WAS, LIKE,

"WELL, NOW WHAT?"

Narrator:
IN THE SMALL TOWN OF DELPHI,

WHICH HAS A POPULATION
OF LESS THAN 3,000,

WORD OF THE MISSING GIRLS
SPREADS QUICKLY.

SOCIAL MEDIA GOT AHOLD OF IT,

AND PEOPLE POST OUT THERE
THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR 'EM,

AND THE WHOLE TOWN
KINDA CAME OUT.

FLASHLIGHTS WERE ALL OVER
THE PLACE AS IT GOT DARK.

I WAS AMAZED BY THE AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY

THAT WERE HELPING US
LOOK FOR THE GIRLS.

THEY WERE SENT OUT IN GROUPS
WITH SOMEBODY

EITHER FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
OR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Narrator: BUT THE LATER IT GETS,
PANIC SETS IN.

LIBBY HATES THE DARK.

THAT WORRIED ME

BECAUSE I KNEW THEN
THE ODDS OF THEM BEING OUT,

SCREWING AROUND WERE NOT
PROBABLY... THAT WASN'T IT.

EITHER THEY GOT LOST,
MAYBE THEY HIKED OFF,

YOU KNOW, THE COMMON TRAIL,
THEY FELL DOWN A RAVINE,

OR, YOU KNOW,
FELL OFF THE BRIDGE

JUST, YOU KNOW, COME TO MIND.

Narrator: BY MIDNIGHT, THERE'S
STILL NO SIGN OF THE GIRLS,

BUT POLICE SUSPEND THEIR SEARCH
UNTIL THE MORNING,

SAYING THERE'S PROBABLY
NO REASON TO WORRY.

Anna:
I REMEMBER THE OFFICER SAYING,

"LOOK, LATE MOVIE GETS OUT
IN, LIKE, A HALF-HOUR.

"I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA
BE GROUNDED

"FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
FOR TAKING OFF WITH SOME BOYS

OR TAKING OFF WITH YOUR FRIENDS,
YOU MIGHT AS WELL..."

AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT
OF COMFORT COMING FROM THAT.

Narrator: STILL, THE GIRLS'
FAMILIES ARE FAR TOO ANXIOUS

TO JUST SIT AND WAIT.

LOCALS AND A LOT
OF OUR FRIENDS SAID,

"NO, WE'RE HERE ALL NIGHT LONG.
LET'S GO BACK OUT."

OUT THERE 'ROUND 2:00 IN
THE MORNING MYSELF TO THE CANAL.

IT WAS DARK AND IT WAS COLD
AND USING FLASHLIGHTS.

AND THEY KEPT SCANNING THE WATER
AND THE GRASS.

AND I WAS, LIKE, "NO,
I AM NOT LOOKING FOR A BODY.

"I'M NOT DOING THIS. I'M NOT.

THOSE GIRLS ARE JUST
REALLY GROUNDED."

AND I MARCHED MYSELF
RIGHT BACK TO THE TRUCK,

AND I SAID, "I CANNOT DO THIS."

Narrator:
BY THE TIME LIBBY'S GRANDFATHER

FINALLY GETS INTO HIS CAR,
SOME TIME AFTER 3:00 A.M.,

HE KNOWS SOMETHING ISN'T
ADDING UP.

SHE WOULD HAVE WALKED...

YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE
WALKED IN TOWN AND CALLED.

LIBBY WAS RESILIENT ENOUGH
TO DO, YOU KNOW,

SHE WOULDN'T HAVE
JUST WAITED OUT THERE

TILL SOMEBODY SHOWED UP.

THAT JUST WASN'T HER.

THE WHOLE THING
WAS SUCH A WHIRLWIND.

[ BLOWS AIR ]
THAT WAS A LONG NIGHT.

[ EXHALES SLOWLY ]

Narrator:
WHEREVER THE TEENS ARE,

THEIR FAMILIES ARE CERTAIN

THAT THE BEST FRIENDS
ARE TOGETHER.

THEY WERE SO CLOSE.

NEITHER OF THEM WOULD HAVE
LEFT THE OTHER ONE.

Narrator: BY THE NEXT MORNING,
THE SEARCH FOR ABBY AND LIBBY

TAKES ON ADDED URGENCY.

IT'S ORGANIZED
AND WELL-COORDINATED.

POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS,
AND VOLUNTEERS

ARE ALL HUNTING FOR THE GIRLS.

YOU GOTTA REMAIN HOPEFUL.

BUT EVERYBODY, I'M SURE,
IN THE BACK OF THEIR MIND

HAD SOME FEAR THAT, YOU KNOW,
IT HAD BEEN OVERNIGHT.

AND AS THE HOURS WANED ON,
YOU KNOW, THE WORRY GOT MORE.

Narrator: AT AROUND NOON,

KELSI IS OUT WITH
A SMALL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS

WHO'VE BEEN SEARCHING
UNDER THE RAILROAD BRIDGE

WHEN SHE HEARS SOMEONE YELL OUT.

WE HEARD SOMEBODY YELL
A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING

THAT THE GIRLS WERE
WEARING.

THEY HAD FOUND
ONE OF THE SHOES.

Narrator: FOR A MOMENT,
IT FEELS LIKE A SIGN OF HOPE.

BUT WITHIN MINUTES,
THERE'S ANOTHER DISCOVERY.

ABBY'S MOTHER IS IN TOWN
AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

WHEN HER FORMER PASTOR
APPROACHES.

HE SAYS, "HAS ANYBODY
TALKED TO YOU OR ANYTHING?"

AND I SAID, "NO."

HE GOES, "OKAY, WE NEED YOU
TO COME UPSTAIRS."

HE TOLD ME THAT THE GIRLS
HAD BEEN FOUND

AND THAT THEY WERE DECEASED.

#

THE FIRST THING I REMEMBER...

SAYING

AFTER HE TOLD ME THAT,

I SAID,
"SHE DIDN'T GET BAPTIZED."

HE PUT HIS HANDS
ON HIS SHOULDERS AND HE SAID,

"YOUR DAUGHTER
GAVE HER HEART TO THE LORD,

AND I PROMISE YOU,
SHE IS WITH HIM TODAY."

#

[ Voice breaks ]
AND IMMEDIATELY,

AS BAD AS EVERYTHING WAS,
IT WAS BETTER.

Narrator: THE GIRLS' BODIES
ARE DISCOVERED LESS THAN A MILE

FROM WHERE THEY BEGAN THEIR HIKE
24 HOURS EARLIER.

AND IN THIS TIGHT-KNIT TOWN,
THIS FEELS PERSONAL.

WHY LIBBY?

WHY ABBY?

AS THE LEADER OF
THE INDIANA STATE POLICE, I SAY,

"I AM SO VERY SORRY."

Narrator: CHILLING CLUES
ARE ABOUT TO PAINT

A TERRIFYING PICTURE

OF THE GIRLS'
LAST MOMENTS ALIVE.

THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING,
NOT TODAY'S WORLD.

WHO DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

Narrator: BEST FRIENDS
ABBY WILLIAMS AND LIBBY GERMAN

GO FOR A HIKE ON A BEAUTIFUL
FEBRUARY AFTERNOON

AND NEVER COME BACK.

THEY'RE FOUND MURDERED.

AUTOPSIES ARE CONDUCTED
AND DNA IS COLLECTED,

BUT THE POLICE RELEASE
VERY LITTLE INFORMATION.

THEY DIDN'T SHARE WITH US
A WHOLE LOT,

INCLUDING THEIR INJURIES

OR ANY OF THAT
FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE CASE.

I LET THE DETECTIVES
DO THEIR JOB, AND I DON'T...

I DON'T LIKE THINKING ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE.

Narrator: INSTANTLY, THE TRAGEDY
MAKES NATIONAL NEWS...

THEY'RE STILL PROCESSING
THE CRIME SCENE.

...AND MEDIA FLOODS INTO DELPHI.

THEN ON FEBRUARY 15th,

ONE DAY AFTER THE GIRLS' BODIES
ARE FOUND,

POLICE RELEASE THEIR FIRST PIECE
OF INFORMATION...

A GRAINY PHOTO
OF AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN

WALKING ON THE BRIDGE.

THE IMAGE WAS CAPTURED BY LIBBY
ON HER CELLPHONE.

I BELIEVED THAT SHE JUST
SENSED SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.

WHAT WAS THIS GUY DOING,
YOU KNOW, OUT THERE,

COMING TOWARDS THEM?

Narrator:
WHO IS THE STRANGE MAN?

THE IMAGE IS TAKEN

FROM THE FAR END
OF THE RAILROAD BRIDGE,

AND THE MAN IS ABOUT
40 FEET AWAY.

THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO THE SPOT
WHERE LIBBY'S DAD

WAS SUPPOSED TO PICK THEM UP
IS TO CROSS THE NARROW BRIDGE,

SO THERE'S NO WAY
TO AVOID THIS MAN.

THEY COULDN'T PASS EACH OTHER.

THEY WERE GONNA HAVE TO
WAIT FOR HIM

TO COME TO THE SIDE
BEFORE THEY COULD GO.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE
THERE IS ANY RUNNING

WHEN IT COMES
TO A BRIDGE LIKE THAT.

Narrator: THEN, A WEEK LATER,

POLICE REVEAL
ANOTHER TROUBLING CLUE.

IT'S AN EERIE, MUFFLED
AUDIO RECORDING

OF A MAN'S VOICE
DELIVERING A 3-WORD COMMAND.

COULD IT BE THE VOICE
OF THE SAME MAN

WHO IS IN LIBBY'S PHOTO?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

GOING "DOWN THE HILL" WOULD HAVE
TAKEN THE TEENS

AWAY FROM THE BRIDGE
AND TOWARDS THE CREEK,

WHICH IS EXACTLY WHERE
THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND.

FOR THEIR FAMILIES,
THE HAUNTING AUDIO

AND THE HAUNTING PHOTO
ARE TORMENTING.

GOD, I HOPE WE KNOW WHO THIS IS.

ON THE OTHER HAND,
I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW.

I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW THAT THIS
WOULD BE SOMEBODY THAT WE KNEW.

THAT'S A TERRIFYING THOUGHT.

Narrator: THE PHOTO AND
RECORDING ARE CRUCIAL EVIDENCE

CAPTURED BY A QUICK-THINKING

AND EXTREMELY BRAVE
14-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

THERE'S NO DOUBT IN OUR MINDS
THAT THAT YOUNG LADY IS A HERO.

Anna:
WHAT SHE DID IS MIRACULOUS

BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
THAT WE EVEN KNEW...

I MEAN, OUTSIDE OF FINDING THEM
DECEASED...

THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY
OUT THERE

OR WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE
LOOKED LIKE.

Narrator: BUT THE IDENTITY
OF THE STRANGE MAN

REMAINS A MYSTERY.

AND AFTER A MONTH GOES BY,
LIBBY'S HEARTBROKEN GRANDFATHER

SPEAKS PUBLICLY
FOR THE FIRST TIME.

I IMAGINE THERE WAS PROBABLY
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE OR BOTH

TO SEPARATE AND TRY TO
MAKE A BREAK DIFFERENT WAYS.

THOSE GIRLS LOVED EACH OTHER.
THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS.

NEITHER ONE OF THEM
LEFT EACH OTHER'S SIDE.

BOTH THOSE GIRLS ARE HEROES
IN MY BOOK.

Narrator: HE PLEADS FOR ANYONE
WHO KNOWS SOMETHING

TO COME FORWARD.

Mike:
WE REALLY NEED THE HELP.

ONE SMALL TIP, YOU KNOW,

AS INSIGNIFICANT AS IT
MAY SEEM,

MAY BE THE ONE THAT THEY NEED
TO TIE THIS THING UP

AND GET IT DONE.

Narrator: LOCAL, STATE,
AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS

SET UP A COMMAND CENTER
IN DELPHI.

THEY ARE DESPERATE TO FIND
THE MYSTERY MAN,

AND THEY ALERT THE PUBLIC
WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR.

DID THIS INDIVIDUAL TRAVEL
UNEXPECTEDLY?

DID THEY CHANGE
THEIR APPEARANCE?

DID THEY SHAVE THEIR BEARD,
CUT THEIR HAIR?

Narrator: POLICE CONFIRMED
THAT LIBBY MANAGED TO RECORD

ADDITIONAL AUDIO AND VIDEO,

BUT THEY DON'T RELEASE IT
TO THE PUBLIC

BECAUSE IT CONTAINS INFORMATION

THAT WOULD ONLY BE KNOWN
TO THEIR KILLER.

ABBY'S MOTHER IS ALLOWED
TO SEE SOME OF THEM,

BUT SAYS THEY DON'T REVEAL MUCH.

LIBBY SAYS SOMETHING, LIKE,

"WELL, THE PATH ENDS HERE,
SO WE CAN'T GO ANY FARTHER."

YOU'RE JUST KIND OF GOING BY,
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEIR...

WHAT THEIR ACTUAL FEELINGS ARE

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T REALLY
HEAR ANYTHING OR SEE ANYTHING.

Narrator:
A $200,000 REWARD IS OFFERED,

BUT MONTHS PASS WITH NO LEADS.

THEN, FIVE MONTHS AFTER
ABBY AND LIBBY ARE MURDERED,

POLICE RELEASE THIS SKETCH.

IT'S BASED ON ACCOUNTS
FROM OTHER WITNESSES

WHO SAW THE MAN
LIBBY PHOTOGRAPHED

ON THE TRAIL THAT DAY.

THE POLICE THOUGHT,
WITHIN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS

WITH THE SKETCH AND THE PICTURE,
THIS WAS GONNA BE A DONE DEAL.

THIS WAS NOT GONNA TAKE LONG
AFTER THAT,

THAT THIS WHOLE THING
WAS GONNA UNFOLD FAST,

AND IT DIDN'T.

THE ENTIRE TOWN OF DELPHI
IS DEVASTATED AND WANTS ANSWERS.

SOMEBODY TOOK OUR GIRLS,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN,

AND MURDERED 'EM,
AND IT WAS PART

OF THIS COMMUNITY'S FAMILY
AS WELL.

WE'VE BEEN... WE'VE BEEN,
YOU KNOW, VIOLATED.

IT'S MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE ANGRY,
A LOT OF PEOPLE MAD A LITTLE.

WE WANT TO CATCH THIS GUY.

Narrator: TWO MONTHS LATER,
IN SEPTEMBER 2017,

INVESTIGATORS SEEM TO CATCH
THEIR FIRST BREAK.

INDIANA STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING
INTO A POSSIBLE CONNECTION

BETWEEN AN INDIANA MAN
ARRESTED IN COLORADO

AND THE MURDERS OF ABBY WILLIAMS
AND LIBBY GERMAN IN DELPHI

SEVEN MONTHS AGO.

Narrator: THE MAN IS ARRESTED
AFTER THREATENING PEOPLE

WITH A HATCHET
NEAR A HIKING TRAIL.

HIS MUG SHOT GEARS
A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE

TO THE SKETCH
THE POLICE RELEASED,

AND HE HAS FAILED TO REGISTER
IN INDIANA AS A SEX OFFENDER.

I TELL MY MOM, "SO THEY THINK
THEY HAVE A GUY."

AND SHE BOLTS.
I WAS, LIKE, "CALM DOWN.

NOW WE HAVE TO WAIT."

Narrator: THERE ARE ENOUGH
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE CASES

THAT THE INDIANA POLICE
CONSIDER THE MAN

TO BE A PERSON OF INTEREST.

THEY TRAVEL TO COLORADO
TO TALK TO HIM.

IT'S THE FIRST
REAL GLIMMER OF HOPE

ABBY AND LIBBY'S FAMILIES HAVE.

I WANT JUSTICE FOR THE GIRLS.
I WANT...

I WANT JUSTICE FOR OUR FAMILY
AND OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I REALLY WANT
THIS GUY CAUGHT

BEFORE HE DOES IT
TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAMILY.

Narrator: BUT DO THE POLICE HAVE
THE RIGHT PERSON?

Narrator: SEVEN MONTHS AFTER
13-YEAR-OLD ABBY WILLIAMS

AND HER BEST FRIEND,
14-YEAR-OLD LIBBY GERMAN,

ARE FOUND MURDERED
ON A HIKING TRAIL,

INDIANA AUTHORITIES THINK
THEY FINALLY HAVE A SOLID LEAD.

Man: INVESTIGATORS FROM INDIANA
ARE MORE THAN 1,000 MILES AWAY

TONIGHT,
TALKING TO THIS MAN.

YOU CAN PUT THE PICTURE
AND LOOK AT IT AND SAY,

"OKAY, THAT DEFINITELY
COULD BE THE GUY."

Narrator: BUT THAT HOPE
IS QUICKLY CRUSHED.

Man:
WE WENT OUT TO COLORADO

AND WE SPENT A LITTLE BIT
OF TIME WITH HIM,

AND HE'S NOT A PERSON
THAT WE CARE A WHOLE LOT ABOUT

AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME.

THAT ENDED UP BEING THE FIRST
ON THIS ROLLER COASTER RIDE

OF SOMEBODY'S MENTIONED,
AND EVERYBODY CALLS,

AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW,
AND THEN NOPE.

SO YOU JUST TRY TO STAY
RIGHT ABOUT LEVEL.

Narrator: ONE YEAR GOES BY AND
THE POLICE ARE STILL STUMPED.

THEN IN JANUARY 2019,
THE CASE HEATS UP AGAIN.

ANOTHER SEX OFFENDER
IS ARRESTED IN A TOWN 100 MILES

FROM WHERE THE GIRLS'
BODIES WERE FOUND.

Woman: NOW INVESTIGATORS SAY
THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THIS MAN.

Narrator:
THE NEWS SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE.

Man: LOOK, HIS POLICE MUG SHOT
BEARS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE

TO THIS FBI SKETCH
OF THE KILLER.

Narrator: BIZARRELY, THIS MAN'S
SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS

ARE FULL OF POSTS RELATING TO
SEX CRIMES AND MISSING CHILDREN,

INCLUDING THE MURDERS
OF ABBY AND LIBBY.

HE HAS EVEN POSTED THE SKETCH

THE POLICE CIRCULATED
OF THEIR POSSIBLE KILLER

WITH THE TAG LINE "PASS
IT AROUND. COULD BE ANYWHERE."

BUT THREE MONTHS LATER,
POLICE ANNOUNCE THAT

THEIR INVESTIGATION IS HEADED
IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

THEY HAVE NEW INFORMATION
ABOUT THE KILLER.

WE BELIEVE THIS PERSON
IS CURRENTLY

BETWEEN THE AGE RANGE
OF 18 AND 40.

WE ALSO BELIEVE THIS PERSON
IS FROM DELPHI.

Narrator:
THEY RELEASE A NEW SKETCH,

ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL PORTIONS
OF THE AUDIO AND VIDEO

CAPTURED ON LIBBY'S PHONE.

AFTER 26 MONTHS
OF TIRELESS INVESTIGATING,

WITH MORE THAN
1,000 INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED

AND 40,000 TIPS LOOKED INTO,

THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT
CAN'T HIDE HIS ANGER

AS HE SPEAKS
DIRECTLY TO THE KILLER.

TO THE MURDERER,
WHO MAY BE IN THIS ROOM,

WHAT WILL THOSE
CLOSEST TO YOU THINK OF

WHEN THEY FIND OUT
THAT YOU BRUTALLY MURDERED

TWO LITTLE GIRLS?

GOSH, I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

Anna: IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE
THAT IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS,

BUT THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR
THE GUY THAT KILLED OUR GIRLS.

I CAN BE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

Narrator: FOR KELSI,
LOSING HER LITTLE SISTER

IS HARD TO ACCEPT.

I WOULD COME UP THE DRIVEWAY
AND STILL CHECK HER ROOM...

[ Voice breaks ]
TO SEE IF HER LIGHT WAS ON.

UM... I JUST DIDN'T WANT HER
TO BE GONE.

[ Crying ]

Narrator: FOR ABBY'S MOTHER,
EMOTIONS REMAIN RAW.

[ Voice breaks ]
IT'S NOT EVEN SO MUCH ABOUT...

WHAT I'M MISSING RIGHT NOW.

IT'S WHAT I'M GONNA MISS
THE REST OF HER LIFE.

Narrator: THE AGONY IS THE SAME
FOR BOTH FAMILIES.

ABBY AND LIBBY WERE MURDERED.

THE KILLER IS STILL OUT THERE,
AND THEY WANT JUSTICE.

I'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT
UNTIL I'M NO LONGER ABLE TO,

WHICH MEANS
I'M NO LONGER ON THIS EARTH.

MY MOTHER SAID IT BEST.

IT'S LIKE FINDING OUT
THAT YOU'RE GOING

TO HAVE OPEN-HEART SURGERY,
BUT THERE WILL BE NO ANESTHETIC.

WE CAN'T FIX THIS, AND YOU'RE
JUST GOING TO LIVE THIS WAY

THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

Narrator: WILL WE EVER KNOW WHO
KILLED ABBY AND LIBBY?

#

IN COLORADO, THE MYSTERY
OF WHAT HAPPENED

TO A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY

HAS BEEN HAUNTING HIS FAMILY
SINCE 2012.

DYLAN REDWINE'S STORY BEGINS
DYLAN REDWINE'S STORY

BEGINS ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18th,

WHEN HIS MOM DRIVES HIM
TO THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT.

HE'S GOING TO VISIT HIS DAD.

I SAID, "OH, YOU'RE NOT TOO BIG
TO GIVE YOUR MOM A HUG."

AND SO HE GAVE ME A HUG, AND...

[ INHALES SHARPLY ]
I TOLD HIM I LOVED HIM.

Narrator:
DYLAN'S DAD LIVES IN VALLECITO,

A SMALL TOWN NESTLED
IN THE FOOTHILLS

OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS,
JUST OUTSIDE DURANGO.

HIS MOM HAS RECENTLY BEEN
AWARDED FULL CUSTODY OF DYLAN,

BUT HIS DAD RETAINS
VISITATION RIGHTS.

Mark: DYLAN WAS, IN MANY WAYS,
MY BEST FRIEND

FROM THE TIME THAT HE WAS BORN.

YOU KNOW, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME
WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS A BABY.

HE WAS A JOY TO BE AROUND.

HE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY.

Narrator: DYLAN'S DAD PICKS HIM
UP JUST BEFORE 6:00 P.M.

SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS
CAPTURE THIS IMAGE OF HIM

SHORTLY AFTER HE LANDS,

AND THIS ONE AT 7:05 P.M.
AT A WALMART,

WHERE THEY STOP ON THE WAY HOME.

THAT NIGHT, THEY GRAB DINNER
AND WATCH A MOVIE.

THERE WAS NOTHING OUT OF
THE ORDINARY ABOUT THAT NIGHT.

Narrator: THE NEXT DAY,

DYLAN HAS PLANS
TO MEET UP WITH A FRIEND.

MARK GETS UP AT AROUND 7:00 A.M.
AND TRIES TO WAKE HIM.

I THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GONNA
GET UP WITH ME

WHEN I LEFT TO GO INTO TOWN
THAT MORNING,

BUT HE WASN'T HAVING
NO PART OF THAT.

SO WHEN I LEFT THE HOUSE, HE WAS
STILL ON THE COUCH, SLEEPING.

Narrator:
AFTER RUNNING SOME ERRANDS,

MARK RETURNS HOME AROUND
FOUR HOURS LATER,

AROUND 11:30 A.M.

HE FINDS THE DOOR OPEN,
THE TV ON,

AND A CEREAL BOWL ON THE TABLE.

SO I'M THINKING,
WELL, GREAT, HE'S UP.

HE'S EATING BREAKFAST.

Narrator:
THERE'S NO SIGN OF DYLAN,

BUT MARK THINKS NOTHING OF IT.

I JUST ASSUMED THAT HE WAS OFF
WITH ONE OF HIS FRIENDS

AND HAD LOST TRACK OF TIME
AND WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.

IT'S NOT LIKE HE WORE A WATCH.

Elaine: WHEN HE WOULD
GO VISIT HIS DAD,

HE REALLY ENJOYED THAT TIME
TO SPEND WITH HIS FRIENDS,

AND HE DID SPEND
A LOT OF TIME WITH THEM.

IT WASN'T UNTIL A FEW HOURS
HAD PASSED,

AND HE HADN'T POKED HIS HEAD
IN THE DOOR TO SAY HI

OR ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW,
I STARTED TO BECOME CONCERNED.

Narrator:
MARK JUMPS INTO HIS CAR

AND STARTS KNOCKING ON THE DOORS
OF DYLAN'S FRIENDS.

THEY IMMEDIATELY SAID, "NO,
WE HAVEN'T SEEN DYLAN ALL DAY

AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM."

Narrator:
NOW MARK IS ALARMED.

IT'S BEEN MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS
SINCE HE'S SEEN DYLAN,

AND NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW
WHERE HE IS.

HIS BACKPACK AND CELLPHONE
ARE GONE

AND HE'S NOT RESPONDING
TO CALLS.

Elaine: MARK HAD CONTACTED ME
VIA TEXT

AT ABOUT 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON,

ASKING ME IF
I'D HEARD FROM DYLAN,

BECAUSE DYLAN WAS MISSING.

THAT WAS HORRIFYING.

Narrator:
JUST WHERE COULD DYLAN BE?

Narrator:
AFTER MAKING THE TRIP OUT

TO VISIT HIS DAD IN COLORADO,

13-YEAR-OLD DYLAN REDWINE
HAS VANISHED.

LATE ON THE AFTERNOON
OF MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19th,

HIS DAD REPORTS HIS SON MISSING.

IT'S HARD FOR ME TO COMPREHEND
WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I MEAN, I THINK I WAS IN
A STATE OF SHOCK OF SOME KIND.

Narrator:
MARK ALSO TEXTS DYLAN'S MOM,

WHO LIVES 300 MILES AWAY.

SHE HASN'T HEARD FROM DYLAN
SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT.

SHE IMMEDIATELY TELLS
HIS OLDER BROTHER

THAT SHE HAS A BAD FEELING.

Cory: AT FIRST, I DIDN'T
TAKE HER SERIOUSLY.

AND SHE WAS, LIKE, "WELL,
I'M GOING DOWN TO DURANGO."

SOON AS SHE SAID THAT, I KNEW
IT WAS A LOT MORE SERIOUS.

Narrator: ON MONDAY NIGHT,
DYLAN'S MOTHER AND BROTHER

MAKE THE 6-HOUR DRIVE
FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO DURANGO

AND GO STRAIGHT
TO THE POLICE STATION.

ALL YOU HAVE IS HOPE.

YOU HAVE NOTHING ELSE.

Narrator:
NOBODY KNOWS WHERE DYLAN IS.

THE LAST TIME HE USES HIS PHONE
IS AT 9:37 SUNDAY NIGHT.

HE MAKES PLANS TO MEET A FRIEND

BRIGHT AND EARLY
AT 6:30 MONDAY MORNING.

BUT DYLAN DOESN'T SHOW UP,
AND AT 6:46 A.M.,

HIS FRIEND SENDS A TEXT SAYING,
"WHERE ARE YOU?"

DYLAN NEVER RESPONDS,

AND NOW HE ISN'T REPLYING
TO HIS FAMILY EITHER,

WHICH ISN'T LIKE HIM.

HE JUST CARED DEEPLY
FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S FEELINGS.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO HURT ANYBODY.

Narrator: AT FIRST,
POLICE SUSPECT DYLAN RAN AWAY.

THEY WERE HOPING THAT HE WAS
JUST HIDING AWAY

IN A HOUSE OF A FRIEND.

Narrator:
THE THEORY MAKES SENSE

BECAUSE AFTER
HIS PARENTS' BITTER DIVORCE,

TENSIONS ARE HIGH,
AND DYLAN WASN'T THRILLED ABOUT

SPENDING THANKSGIVING
WITH HIS DAD.

"DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH FUN,"
KIND OF SAYING IT SARCASTICALLY.

AND HE LOOKS AT ME AND GOES,
"OH, I NEVER DO."

Narrator:
BUT ELAINE IS WORRIED.

SHE SAYS DYLAN WOULD NEVER
RUN OFF WITHOUT CONTACTING HER.

HE WOULD HAVE CALLED ME WITHIN
THE FIRST TWO HOURS IF HE DID.

Narrator: BY THE TIME
DYLAN'S MOM ARRIVES IN DURANGO,

A DESPERATE HUNT TO FIND DYLAN
IS UNDERWAY.

SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS COMB
THE AREA NEAR HIS DAD'S HOUSE,

LOOKING FOR ANY SIGN
OF THE 13-YEAR-OLD.

THEY HAD CANINES.
THEY HAD SEARCH CREWS.

THEY HAD ATVs,

MOBILE COMMAND CENTERS ON
THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, MAPS.

THEY WERE USING DRONES.

Narrator: IT QUICKLY TURNS INTO
ONE OF THE LARGEST SEARCHES

ANYONE IN THE AREA
HAS EVER SEEN.

THE CASE OF DYLAN REDWINE,
A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO VANISHED.

THERE WASN'T AN ABANDONED SHED,
A CREEK, A CULVERT.

THERE WASN'T ANYTHING
THAT WE HADN'T LOOKED THROUGH.

WE WENT SO FAR AS, YOU KNOW,
BRINGING IN PSYCHICS.

Narrator: COULD DYLAN JUST HAVE
WANDERED OFF SOMEWHERE

AND THEN GOT LOST
OR DISORIENTED?

Elaine: YOU JUST KEEP
PLUGGING AWAY DAY AFTER DAY

AND HOPING LIKE HELL
YOU WILL FIND HIM.

IT'S MY LITTLE BROTHER.

IF ANYBODY COULD MAKE IT OUT,
IT'D BE HIM.

Narrator: THERE'S GOOD REASON
TO STAY POSITIVE.

A LOCAL LETTER CARRIER
THINKS SHE SAW DYLAN

THE AFTERNOON HE DISAPPEARED,

WALKING DOWN A ROAD NEAR
HIS DAD'S HOUSE.

THERE WAS NO REASON FOR
ANYONE TO SUSPECT

THAT SOMETHING AWFUL
HAD HAPPENED TO DYLAN.

Narrator: BUT FOUR DAYS LATER,
THINGS TAKE AN OMINOUS TURN.

DOGS PICK UP THE SCENT OF
HUMAN REMAINS IN VALLECITO LAKE,

WHICH IS ABOUT 20 MILES
FROM MARK'S HOUSE.

DIVE TEAMS ARE SENT IN,
BUT THERE'S NO TRACE OF DYLAN.

IT WAS TRULY A MYSTERY.

All: WHERE IS DYLAN?
WHERE IS DYLAN?

Narrator: FOR DYLAN'S FAMILY,
IT'S THEIR WORST NIGHTMARE,

BUT THEY REFUSE TO LOSE FAITH.

NOT ONE DAY DID I EVER
QUESTION OR DOUBT

THAT DYLAN WAS ALIVE.

YOU NEVER WANT TO THINK
ABOUT YOUR CHILD GOING MISSING.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU NEVER
WANT TO THINK ABOUT THEM

NEVER COMING BACK.

Narrator: IN THE TIGHT-KNIT
COMMUNITY IN VALLECITO,

NO ONE CAN BELIEVE
SUCH A HORRIFYING EVENT

IS PLAYING OUT
IN THEIR MOUNTAIN PARADISE.

Matt: THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN
IN RURAL SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO.

IT'S KNOWN FOR RAFTING
AND FLY FISHING,

NOT FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
TO GO MISSING

WITHOUT ANY IDEA
OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.

Narrator:
THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEORIES.

WAS DYLAN INVOLVED
IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT?

WHAT IF HE WAS ABDUCTED?

THIS WAS NOT JUST
ONE OR TWO INVESTIGATORS.

THIS WAS AN ENTIRE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT,

THE STATE CRIME LAB,

ALL OF THOSE ENTITIES
WORKING TOGETHER

TO TRY TO FIND ANSWERS.

Narrator: HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS
JOIN THE SEARCH,

BUT A WEEK INTO IT,

THE STRESS BEGINS TO WEAR
ON DYLAN'S FAMILY.

ELAINE AND CORY
ACCUSE HIS FATHER

OF NOT DOING ENOUGH
TO HELP FIND HIM.

HE ISN'T GETTING OUT
AND LOOKING.

HE'S JUST PLAYING IT COOL.

MARK WAS SITTING IN HIS LA-Z-BOY
RECLINER, WATCHING TV.

HE DID NOTHING.

Narrator:
BUT IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

WITH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY,

MARK SAYS HE WANTS DYLAN HOME
AS MUCH AS EVERYONE ELSE DOES.

Mark: AS A PARENT,
CAN YOU EVER DO ENOUGH

TO FIND A MISSING CHILD?

AND UNTIL THAT CHILD IS FOUND,

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY
HAS DONE ENOUGH.

Narrator: THEN NINE DAYS AFTER
DYLAN GOES MISSING,

INVESTIGATORS MAKE
A SOBERING ANNOUNCEMENT.

GIVE THE LENGTH OF TIME
THAT HAS PASSED,

THEY RULE OUT ONE THEORY.

INVESTIGATORS NO LONGER BELIEVE
DYLAN REDWINE IS A RUNAWAY.

Narrator: AND THEN POLICE OBTAIN
A SEARCH WARRANT

FOR MARK REDWINE'S HOUSE.

THEY SAY DYLAN'S FATHER
IS NOT A SUSPECT

AND CALL THE SEARCH
STANDARD PROCEDURE,

BUT HE'S TAKEN IN
FOR QUESTIONING.

I BELIEVE THEY THOUGHT
THAT I WAS INVOLVED

WITH KIDNAPPING MY SON.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS TAKE
PART OF AN AREA RUG

FROM MARK'S LIVING ROOM
FOR PROCESSING,

AND THEY SEIZE HIS TRUCK.

LAW ENFORCEMENT
DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT

10 DAYS TO SEARCH MY HOUSE.

I WOULD HAVE GLADLY ALLOWED THEM
TO SEARCH MY HOUSE

WITHOUT THE SEARCH WARRANT.

MEANWHILE, THE SEARCH FOR DYLAN
CONTINUES,

BUT THE TERRAIN
SURROUNDING HIS DAD'S HOUSE

IS DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE,
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SLOPES

OF A 10,000-FOOT PEAK
CALLED MIDDLE MOUNTAIN,

WHICH IS ABOUT A MILE AWAY.

IT'S RUGGED, ROCKY, AND REMOTE.

Matt: NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK IS
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR

IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MOUNTAIN.

YOU CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
HOW MANY HOURS

THEY WERE OUT THERE LOOKING,

TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING
IN AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THAT.

Narrator: WITH NO SIGN OF DYLAN
ANYWHERE, POLICE ARE STUMPED.

AND TWO WEEKS AFTER
HE DISAPPEARS,

THEY BRING HIS PARENTS IN
FOR POLYGRAPH TESTS.

I PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS.

ALL I HAVE IS LAW ENFORCEMENT'S
WORD THAT I FAILED IT MISERABLY.

Narrator: COULD DYLAN'S DAD
BE HIDING SOMETHING?

EVEN THOUGH THE COURT

DOESN'T PUT A LOT OF WEIGHT
BEHIND POLYGRAPHS...

YOU CAN'T USE THOSE IN COURT...
INVESTIGATORS DO.

THAT HELPS THEM FOCUS
THEIR ENERGY

TOWARDS THE PERSON
THEY BELIEVE TO BE DECEPTIVE.

Narrator: DOES DYLAN'S FATHER
KNOW MORE THAN HE IS REVEALING?

OR ARE POLICE LOOKING
IN THE WRONG PLACE?

Narrator:
13-YEAR-OLD DYLAN REDWINE

DISAPPEARS WITHOUT A TRACE.

AND AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE HUNT
FOR THE TEEN TURNS UP NOTHING,

AND HIS DAD MARK
FAILS A POLYGRAPH TEST,

RUMORS QUICKLY CIRCULATE.

THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT SAID

BECAUSE MARK WAS THE LAST PERSON
KNOWN TO SEE DYLAN,

HE MUST HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN THIS, WHATEVER HAS HAPPENED.

PRETTY MUCH WITHIN THE FIRST
WEEK OF DYLAN WENT MISSING,

I THOUGHT MARK HAD
SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

Narrator: THEN DYLAN'S MOTHER
MAKES AN ALARMING CLAIM

ABOUT HER EX-HUSBAND.

A FEW MONTHS BEFORE DYLAN
DISAPPEARED,

SHE SAYS HE FOUND DISTURBING
PHOTOS ON HIS DAD'S CAMERA.

THEY SHOW MARK WEARING
WOMEN'S CLOTHING

WITH A SOILED DIAPER
IN HIS MOUTH.

WHEN DYLAN FOUND THOSE,
IT DEVASTATED DYLAN.

Narrator: DYLAN'S OLDER BROTHER
CORY SAYS HE WAS WITH HIM

WHEN HE DISCOVERED
THE GRAPHIC PHOTOS.

DYLAN'S SITTING ON THE BED,
AND HE'S LIKE,

"CORY, CORY,
LOOK AT THESE PICTURES."

AND IT HORRIFIED ME AND DYLAN.

Narrator: MARK CALLS THE PHOTOS
FAKES AND DENIES THAT IT'S HIM,

THEN ACCUSES HIS EX-WIFE
OF FABRICATING THEM

TO HUMILIATE HIM.

THE IMAGES THAT I HAVE SEEN
HAVE BEEN PHOTOSHOPPED.

NO, IT'S NOT ME IN THE PHOTOS.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

Narrator: FOUR MONTHS AFTER
DYLAN'S DISAPPEARANCE,

IN FEBRUARY 2013,

HIS FEUDING PARENTS ATTEMPT
TO PUT ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES

TO APPEAR TOGETHER
ON A TALK SHOW.

BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG
BEFORE THEY TURN ON EACH OTHER.

DID YOU HURT HIM?

NO, ELAINE,
I WOULDN'T HURT HIM.

WHAT WAS
A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD

MISSING PERSONS CASE
THEN TURNED INTO

A MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE...

[ SNAPS FINGERS ]
IN AN INSTANT.

HOW DO YOU FIND THE TRUTH
IN TWO PEOPLE

WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
POINTS,

ONE PLACING BLAME ON THE OTHER
FOR THE DEATH OF A CHILD?

Narrator: IN JUNE OF 2013,

WHEN THE LONG, COLORADO WINTER
IS FINALLY OVER,

INVESTIGATORS RESUME
THEIR SEARCH FOR DYLAN

ON MIDDLE MOUNTAIN.

Elaine: THE MINUTE
THE MOUNTAIN OPENED,

THAT'S REALLY WHERE
THE BIG SEARCH STARTED,

IS UP ON THAT MOUNTAIN.

Narrator:
FIVE DAYS INTO THE SEARCH,

THERE IS A TRIM DISCOVERY.

A 6-MONTH-LONG SEARCH HAS
ENDED IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY.

Narrator: HUMAN REMAINS ARE
FOUND JUST OFF THE MAIN ROAD

THAT WINDS UP MIDDLE MOUNTAIN...

SOME BONE FRAGMENTS
AND PART OF A SHIRT AND A SOCK.

THE LOCATION IS ABOUT
AN 8-MILE DRIVE

FROM DYLAN'S DAD'S HOUSE,

AND DNA TESTS CONFIRM
HIS FAMILY'S WORST FEAR.

THE REMAINS BELONGED TO DYLAN.

I LOST A PIECE OF MYSELF.

I WAS ANGRY.
I WAS CONFUSED. I WAS UPSET.

MY HEART BROKE.

I POUNDED MY FIST ON THE DESK

AND I SCREAMED AT THE TOP
OF MY LUNGS AT 'EM.

AND I STILL HAVE A HARD TIME
WRAPPING MY HEAD AROUND IT.

Narrator:
IT'S A DEVASTATING DISCOVERY,

BUT IT MEANS INVESTIGATORS
NOW HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK WITH.

THAT WAS A TURNING POINT.
NOW WE HAVE HUMAN REMAINS.

EITHER HE WAS MURDERED,
OR, YOU KNOW,

SOMETHING ELSE HAS
HAPPENED HERE.

AS HARD AS IT IS TO COME
TO THE UNDERSTANDING

THAT THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND,
WE STILL FOUND HIM.

Narrator:
IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW DYLAN DIED.

BEARS AND MOUNTAIN LIONS
ROAM THE WILDERNESS HERE.

IS IT POSSIBLE THERE WAS
SOME KIND OF TRAGIC ENCOUNTER

WITH A DANGEROUS ANIMAL?

INVESTIGATORS DON'T REVEAL
ANY THEORIES,

BUT THEY DO CONDUCT ANOTHER
SEARCH OF MARK REDWINE'S HOUSE.

THEN, IN AUGUST OF 2015,

TWO LONG YEARS AFTER
DYLAN'S REMAINS ARE FOUND,

THEY MAKE
A SHOCKING ANNOUNCEMENT.

INVESTIGATORS SAYING
THE 13-YEAR-OLD WAS MURDERED.

Narrator: IT'S CRUSHING NEWS
FOR DYLAN'S FAMILY.

WE WERE NOT GONNA STOP
UNTIL WE FOUND THE SICK BASTARD

THAT DID THAT
TO MY LITTLE BROTHER.

Narrator:
BUT THERE'S A TWIST.

ON THE SAME DAY POLICE ANNOUNCE
DYLAN WAS MURDERED,

THEY ALSO IDENTIFY
A PERSON OF INTEREST...

DYLAN'S FATHER.

POLICE SAY HIS BEHAVIOR
AND INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS

RAISE RED FLAGS.

WHAT EXACTLY IS
A PERSON OF INTEREST?

NOBODY CAN GIVE ME THAT ANSWER.

BUT DYLAN'S MOTHER SAYS
SHE WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED

IF HER EX-HUSBAND IS LYING.

EVERY TIME I PIECE
EVERYTHING TOGETHER,

IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO MARK.

ALWAYS.

Narrator: THEN COMES ANOTHER
SHOCKING REVEAL.

IN ADDITION TO DYLAN'S MOM,
MARK HAS ANOTHER EX-WIFE

WHO HE ALSO HAD CHILDREN WITH.

SHE SAYS THAT DURING
THEIR DIVORCE, MARK TOLD HER

HE WOULD KILL THEIR KIDS
BEFORE HE LET HER HAVE THEM.

AND DYLAN'S MOM ADDS THAT MARK
USED TO MAKE STRANGE COMMENTS

ABOUT DISPOSING OF BODIES.

HE USED TO SAY, WHEN WE LIVED
IN NORTH CAROLINA...

AND NORTH CAROLINA'S
A VERY GREEN, WOODY AREA...

"IF I EVER KILLED ANYBODY,
I WOULD NEVER LET ANYBODY KNOW,

"AND I WOULD DUMP 'EM HERE,

BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD EVER FIND
THE BODY HERE."

DYLAN'S OLDER BROTHER CORY
ALSO CLAIMS THAT HIS FATHER

IS CAPABLE OF BOTH ABUSE
AND VIOLENCE.

HE USED FEAR, AND THEN AS SOON
AS YOU BACKTALKED

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
IT'D BE VIOLENCE.

BUT MARK FORCEFULLY DENIES
THE ACCUSATIONS.

I'VE NEVER BEEN ABUSIVE
OR VIOLENT TO ANYBODY.

Narrator: HE INSISTS HE HAD
NOTHING TO DO

WITH HIS SON'S DEATH.

I DID NOT MURDER MY SON,
ABSOLUTELY NOT.

Narrator: MARK SAYS FINDING
A FEW BONES PROVES NOTHING.

THEY TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
AND THEY TWIST IT AROUND,

AND THEY TRY TO MAKE IT
SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT.

IT DOESN'T CONFIRM THE HOMICIDE
THAT'S TAKEN PLACE.

IT CERTAIN DOESN'T CONFIRM
THAT DYLAN IS A MURDER VICTIM.

AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T
PROVE THAT I MURDERED HIM.

Narrator: HE ALSO SUGGESTS
THAT HE'S BEING SET UP.

EITHER DYLAN
WAS ON THAT MOUNTAIN

AND IS STILL ON THAT MOUNTAIN,

OR DYLAN WAS NEVER
ON THAT MOUNTAIN,

AND THE PARTS OF HIM
THAT WERE FOUND

WERE PUT THERE TO INCRIMINATE ME
OR TO MAKE ME LOOK GUILTY.

MARK PRESENTS ANOTHER THEORY.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IF HE WAS,

GETTING AWAY FROM THINGS
OR WHATEVER,

AND WANDERED OFF
INTO THE WOODS FAR ENOUGH

THAT SOMEBODY MISTAKED HIM
FOR AN ANIMAL AND SHOT HIM?

Narrator: TO SUPPORT HIS THEORY,
MARK POSTS FACEBOOK VIDEOS

DEMONSTRATING HOW EASY IT IS
TO CLIMB UP THE MOUNTAIN

TO THE SPOT
WHERE DYLAN WAS FOUND.

Mark: I CAN BARELY MAKE OUT
THE ROOF ON MY HOUSE.

FOR ANYBODY TO TELL ME
THAT A 13-YEAR-OLD CHILD

COULDN'T NAVIGATE
THE TERRAIN WAS ABSURD.

IT WAS VERY EASILY NAVIGATED
BY A 13-YEAR-OLD.

A 6-YEAR-OLD COULD HAVE
NAVIGATED THE TERRAIN.

WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS
BECAUSE AT THAT TIME,

MIDDLE MOUNTAIN
WAS GETTING READY TO CLOSE.

SO YOU COULDN'T EVEN REALLY
GO UP THAT MOUNTAIN.

Narrator:
THEN, IN NOVEMBER 2015,

THERE'S ANOTHER
HEARTBREAKING DISCOVERY.

HIKERS FIND DYLAN'S SKULL
A MILE AND A HALF AWAY

FROM WHERE THE REST
OF HIS REMAINS WERE FOUND.

HIS SKULL HAS INJURIES

THAT ARE CONSISTENT
WITH BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.

DYLAN'S MOTHER BECOMES CONVINCED
THAT MARK HURT HIS OWN SON.

I THINK THAT HE HARMED DYLAN
IN THAT HOUSE

AND DROVE DYLAN UP
THE MOUNTAIN THAT NIGHT.

#

Narrator: FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS,
NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS

UNTIL JULY 2017,

WHEN THERE'S
A STUNNING DEVELOPMENT.

A GRAND JURY HANDS DOWN
AN INDICTMENT

AGAINST MARK REDWINE.

POLICE HUNT HIM DOWN
IN WASHINGTON STATE

WHERE HE'S ON THE ROAD
FOR HIS JOB AS A TRUCK DRIVER.

Narrator: MARK IS CHARGED
WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER,

AND CHILD ABUSE
RESULTING IN DEATH.

THE INDICTMENT REVEALS
THAT DYLAN'S BLOOD

WAS FOUND IN HIS DAD'S HOUSE.

THEY FIND BLOOD ON A COUCH,
UNDER A RUG IN THE LIVING ROOM,

AND ON A COFFEE TABLE,
SO IT LEADS THEM TO BELIEVE

THAT THEY HAVE
UNCOVERED A GRISLY SCENE.

Narrator: DOGS ALSO PICKED UP
A CADAVER SCENT IN THE HOUSE,

IN THE BED OF MARK'S
PICKUP TRUCK,

AND ON HIS CLOTHES.

BUT IN THE INTERVIEW MARK
DID WITH INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

PRIOR TO HIS ARREST, HE INSISTS
THAT HE WOULD NEVER HURT DYLAN.

I CHERISHED EVERY MINUTE
THAT I SPENT WITH THAT CHILD.

HE WAS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.

THERE'S NOT ONE WORD THAT COMES
FROM THAT MAN'S MOUTH

THAT I BELIEVE.

DYLAN'S MOM BELIEVES HIS DAD
WENT AFTER DYLAN

AS A WAY OF HURTING HER.

I THINK HE HURT DYLAN
BECAUSE IF HE COULDN'T HAVE HIM,

NO ONE ELSE WAS GOING TO.

HE WAS ALL ABOUT
ULTIMATE REVENGE.

THAT'S HIS MANTRA.

THAT'S HOW HE LIVES HIS LIFE.

IF I WANTED TO HURT HER,
I WOULDN'T HURT DYLAN TO DO IT.

I WOULD HURT HER.

Narrator: MARK REDWINE HAS
PLEADED NOT GUILTY

ON ALL CHARGES

AND REMAINS BEHIND BARS
IN COLORADO.

HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED
FOR LATE SUMMER 2019.

DYLAN'S MOTHER HOPES IT FINALLY
BRINGS HER SON JUSTICE.

Elaine:
MY BABY WAS SILENCED THAT NIGHT.

I WANT THE RIGHT PERSON TO PAY
FOR MURDERING MY CHILD.

Narrator: WILL DYLAN'S FATHER
GO TO JAIL FOR HIS SON'S MURDER?

WILL HIS MOTHER EVER GET
THE ANSWERS SHE NEEDS?