>> >>PEGGY: THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF THE PUBLISHING OF A NEW BOOK THAT FOCUSES
ON THE TROUBLED BACKGROUND OFFED MURDERER JOHN GARDNER, THE MAN CONVICT OFFED KILLING
CHELSEA KING AND AMBER DUE BU WAW.
>> >>: IT IS THE JUDGMENT AND THE SENTENCE OF THE COURT THAT FOR THE CRIME OF MURDER
IN THE FIRST DEGREE CHELSEA KING UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF PAROLE.
FOR THE CRIME OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DAY OF AMBER DUBOIS UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES,
LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
>> >>PEGGY: JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT HER CONTROVERSIAL BOOK, AUTHOR AND FORMER JOURNALIST CAITLIN
ROTHER.
TAKE US BACK AND REFRESH OUR MEMORIES TO THIS CASE WHAT HAPPENED?
>> >>: AMBER WENT MISSING AS SHE WAS WALKING TO SCHOOL IN FEBRUARY TEN 2009, AND TWO WEEK
UZ LATER CHELSEA KING WENT FOR A RUN IN RANCHOÊ PARK.
TWO DAZE LATER, THEY FOUND HER PANTIES AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MATCH DNA WITH SEXUAL PREDATOR
JOHN GARDNER, AND THEN ABOUT FOUR DAYS AFTER THAT, SIX DAYS AFTER THAT THEY FOUND AMBER
DUBOIS'S REMAINS AND IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY ON A TIP.
WE KNOW JOHN GARDNER LEAD AUTHORITIES TO AMBER'S BODY.
>> >>PEGGY: THIS BOOK, THOUGH, THAT YOU'VE WRITTEN IS NOT REALLY ABOUT THE TWO GIRLS
AND ABOUT THE MURDER.
IT'S MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF JOHN.
TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S IN YOUR BOOK.
>> >>: WHAT I'VE TRIED TO DO WITH THE TRUE CRIME BOOK IS GO INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE CASE.
I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THE SEXUAL PREDATOR IS ALL ABOUT.
IN THIS CASE, JOHN GARDNER BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT SEXUAL PREDATORS.
IT'S A REPULSIVE IDEA.
I FELT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO AN ISSUE LIKE THIS THAT REALLY COULD G DO
SOME GOOD TO PREVENT THINGS LIKE THAT FRAME HAPPENING AGAIN.
IT GOES THROUGH THE INVESTIGATION, HIS FAMILY BACKGROUND AND SOME A LITTLE BITS ABOUT THE
GIRLS BECAUSE I LIKE TO PAY A TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS.
>> >>PEGGY: UNFORTUNATELYÊ BOTH FAMILIES STRONGLY OPPOSE YOUR BOOK.
I WANT TO PUT A STATEMENT THEY PUT ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE HERE, AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS:
WITH THE PUBLICATION OF AN UNAUTHORIZED NEW BOOK, OUR FAMILIES ARE BEING DRIVEN BACKWARDS
AT A TIME WHEN WE WERE ALL WORKING SO HARD TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE MOST DEVASTATING STORM OF OUR LIFE LIVES SO WHILE WEATHERING
THIS NEW ONE PAILS, WE ARE DEEM DEEPLY HURT.
>> >>: I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, AND I'M VERY SEAR FOR THIS LOSS, AND SEAR THEY'RE HURT
BY THIS BOOK, BECAUSE THAT WAS CERTAINLY NOT MY INTENTION.
I WAS TRYING TO PREVENT OTHER VICTIMS FROM FALLING TO THE SAME FATE.
I UNDERSTAND IF THEY DON'T WANT TO READ THE BOOK, BUT I DO FEEL THERE REALLY IS A PURPOSE
TO REVEALING THE FLAWS IN THE SI SYSTEM THAT WE CAN FIX, I HOPE, AND TO SORT OF TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE EMOTION THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS SO THAT MAYBE PEOPLE WILL BE ANGRY ENOUGH OF
WHAT THEY READ IN THIS BOOK, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOBILIZE AND GET SOME CHANGE.
>> >>PEGGY: YOU HAD A 5 HOUR INTERVIEW WITH JOHN GARDNER, AND YOU POINT OUT IN YOUR BOOK,
SOME VERY CLEAR MARKERS, HE TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE AT AGE 9.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THESE KEY MARKERSÊ WHAT DO WE NEED TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE KEY MARKERS
YOU THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
>> >>: HE WAS BORN INTO A VERY DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY, THERE WAS MENTAL ILLNESS, ADDICTION,
INCEST AND MOLESTATION, GEOGRAPHICAL INSTABILITY, FINANCIAL INSTABILITY.
BY THE TIME HE WAS SIX YEARS OLD, HE HATED HIMSELF.
HE NEEDED COUNSELING.
HE TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF SEVERAL TIMES AT 9 AND 10, AND ADDICTION LATER ON.
>> >>PEGGY: YOU'RE NOT DEFENDING HIM, YOU'RE SAYING THESE COULD BE MARKERS OTHER PEOPLE
COULD LOOK AT IF A SIMILAR CASE CAME UP.
>> >>: IF SOMEBODY LIKE THIS STARTS DATING YOUR DAUGHTER T MIGHT BE GOOD TO NOTICE THESE
THINGS AND LOOK OUT.
>> >>PEGGY: ARE THEREÊ YOU SAY THIS IS REALLY KIND OF EXCLUSIVE CASE IN SAN DIEGO, THAT
THERE'S REALLY NONE OTHER LIKE HIM.
HOW KM?
>> >>: I FELT WITH THIS CASE WAS BREAKING Y SAW A FLYER IN MY GYM FOR CHELSEA KING AND
THOUGHT THIS MUST BE A REALLY SPECIAL.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A FLYER FOR A MISSING TEENAGER BEFORE.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT CHELSEA THING KING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE BLUE EYES, THE
MORE WE LEARNED ABOUT HER, EVERYBODY WANTED HER TO BE FOUND ALIVE.
>> >>PEGGY: CAITLIN ROTH, AUTHOR OF LOST GIRLS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> >>: THANK YOU.