ADAM:
ADAM: MARCH, 1976, 1 OF
MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S MOST INFAMOUS CRIMES, LAW ENFORCEMENT
SAYS HE MURDERED HIS WIFE,
MOTHER, AND THREE YOUNG SONS IN
THEIR HOUSE.
THEIR HOUSE. THEN HE ALLEGEDLY DROVE THEIR
BODIES TO NORTH CAROLINA, SET
THEM ON FIRE AND THEN HE
DISAPPEARED.
DISAPPEARED. THERE IS A NEW TWIST TO THE
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. A
STORY. A WOMAN WHO BELIEVES SHE IS HIS
BIRTH DAUGHTER.
BIRTH DAUGHTER. >> GROWING UP IN THE NORTHEAST,
KATHY GILCHRIST HAD AN AMAZING
ADOPTIVE PARENTS.
ADOPTIVE PARENTS. SHE NEVER CARED TO KNOW WHO HER
REAL PARENTS WERE.
>> I DID NOT SEE THAT IT WAS
SOMETHING WORTH JEOPARDIZING THE
RELATIONSHIP I HAD WITH MY
PARENTS.
PARENTS.
PARENTS. I ALWAYS HAD THIS FEELING MAYBE
I WOULD FIND OUT SOMETHING.
REPORTER: THE NEWLY RETIRED
TEACHER HAD TIME TO START
DIGGING, SO SHE TOOK A DNA TEST
AND FOUND THREE MATCHES.
>> WITHIN HOURS I HAD THREE
COUSINS, AND I CONTACTED ALL
THREE OF THEM.
ONE WAS SUSAN.
REPORTER: SUSAN GILMORE IS HER
THIRD COUSIN, AND GILMORE LIVES
FOR GENEALOGY.
FOR GENEALOGY. >> IT STARTED OUT WITH 200
PEOPLE WHEN I JOINED ANCESTRY,
AND I NOW HAVE 20,000 ON MY
TREE.
TREE.
TREE. REPORTER: SHE WAS UP FOR THE
TASK TO FIND HER NEWFOUND
RELATIVE'S PARENTS, FOR SHE
FOUND HER MOTHER AND HALF
SIBLINGS.
SIBLINGS.
SIBLINGS. IT TOOK TWO YEARS BUT SHE WAS
ABLE TO FIND HER FATHER.
>> I SAID, IS IT SOMEBODY FAMOUS
, AND I SAID YES, BUT I WILL LET
YOU GOOGLE HIM YOURSELF.
WHAT CAME UP WAS A MOST WANTED
POSTER.
POSTER.
POSTER. REPORTER: HER FATHER IS TO
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WANTED BY
THE FBI FOR MURDERING HIS
WIFE, MOTHER, AND THREE KIDS AND
DUMPING THEIR BODIES IN THE
WOODS.
WOODS.
WOODS. >>
WOODS. >> THE ANGER HE SHOWED WHEN HE
COMMITTED THESE MURDERS IS
BEYOND EVEN COMPREHENSION.
REPORTER: HE ABANDONED HIS CAR
AT THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS
NATIONAL PARK, AND HAS BEEN
WANTED BY POLICE EVER SINCE.
>> HERE I AM DOING THE MOST
WHOLESOME THING I CAN DO, AND MY
FATHER IS MURDERING HIS FAMILY.
REPORTER: GILMORE BELIEVES SHE
WAS CONCEIVED IN COLLEGE BEFORE
HE STARTED THE FAMILY HE LATER
KILLED, AND HE NEVER KNEW ABOUT
HER.
HER.
HER. >>
HER. >> HE HAD THEM ALL ON ONE SIDE,
I HAVE ONE ON THE OTHERS.
I LOOKED INTO HIS QUALITIES, HIS
ANXIETY ISSUES.
ANXIETY ISSUES. I STRUGGLED WITH THE SAME ONES.
REPORTER: HER DNA HAS NOT BEEN
MATCHED AGAINST BISHOP'S, BUT
SHE HAS CONTACTED THE POLICE.
>> WE CANNOT BE SURE WITHOUT
ANOTHER DNA TEST FROM SOMEBODY
CLOSER, BUT I AM 99% SURE WE
HAVE THE RIGHT FATHER.
REPORTER: BISHOP IS STILL WANTED
BY THE FBI 45 YEARS AFTER
DISAPPEARING INTO THE SMOKY
MOUNTAINS.
MOUNTAINS. IF HE IS ALIVE, HE WOULD BE 84
YEARS OLD.
YEARS OLD. >> I WAS ALWAYS SEEKING FAME,
AND MEANWHILE MY FATHER ACHIEVED
EVERYTHING I WANTED BUT IN A
NEGATIVE WAY.
NEGATIVE WAY. REPORTER: SHE THINKS HE IS STILL
OUT THERE MAY BE LIVING IN THE