EARLIER
EARLIER TODAY OUR NINE WANTS TO KNOW TEAM REVEALED THAT THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HAS
OPENED AN INVESTIGATION TO
THE 1958 DEATH OF BOBBY BIZUP.
HE'S THE 10 YEAR OLD WHO
VANISHED FROM A CATHOLIC SUMMER
CAMP NEAR ALLENSPARK, A CASE
THAT OUR INVESTIGATOR
KEVIN VAUGHN HAS BEEN REPORTING
ON ALL WEEK.
HERE'S THE FINAL INSTALLMENT
OF KEVIN NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED GAZING UP AT
THE EAST FACE OF MOUNT MEEKER.
LARRY COLLINS CAN POINT TO
THE PLACE RIGHT UP THAT
DRAINAGE AT ABOUT 11000 FEET,
THE PLACE WHERE HE HELPED
RECOVER BOBBY BIZUP REMAINS AND
1959, A YEAR AFTER THE 10 YEAR
OLD DEAF BOY VANISHED FROM
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S CAMPSITE.
THE LOCATION IS CLEARLY VISIBLE
EVEN FROM SEVERAL MILES AWAY
RIGHT ALONG CAVIN CREEK WHERE
TREES GIVE WAY TO ROCK.
HE STRUNG IT ALL OFF WITH
STRINGS 35 YEARS SEASONAL
WORKER AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN
NATIONAL PARK AND THEN WE RANCH
STRINGS ACROSS.
COLLINS LED THE RECOVERY CREW.
THEN WE WOULD SEARCH BACK AND
FORTH BETWEEN THE STRINGS.
BUT NOW IT'S THAT LOCATION THAT
CALLS INTO QUESTION
THE ORIGINAL STORY OF BOBBY
BIZUP DISAPPEARANCE AND DEATH.
THAT HE WANDERED AWAY FROM
THE CAMP AND GOT LOST.
NOBODY'S QUITE KNEW WHAT
HAPPENED.
DUDE, IT WAS BOBBY'S COUSIN.
WE JUST THOUGHT THAT SINCE HE
WAS HE COULDN'T SPEAK AND HE
COULDN'T HEAR THAT HE GOT LOST
IN THE WOODS.
IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, WOULD YOU
SEE SOMEBODY GET LOST THAT
WOULD GO UP, UP, UP, UP, UP
LIKE THAT?
NO.
AS YOU LOOK UP AT THAT
MOUNTAIN, HE COULD LOOK BACK
AND SEE THE CAMP.
HE COULD ALWAYS TELL WHERE HE
WAS.
I DOUBT SERIOUSLY THAT HE WAS
LOST.
THE WHOLE LOCATION AND
THE SETTING AND EVERYTHING.
AN OPINION SHARED BY ROGER
CONTER.
THEY WENT OUT AND HE WANTED TO
STAY OUT.
A HIGH RANKING RANGER ALSO ON
THE RECOVERY EFFORT.
IT WASN'T A PLEASURE TRIP AT
ALL.
IT'S NOT THE ONLY THING RAISING
NEW SUSPICIONS ABOUT
THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF BOBBY
BIZUP A CASE NEVER INVESTIGATED
AS A POSSIBLE CRIME.
IT WAS THIS MAN NEIL HEWITT WHO
LED US TO BEGIN LOOKING INTO
BOBBY BIZUP STF.
HE WAS A COUNSELOR AT THE CAMP
AND BOBBY VANISHED.
AND THE ONE WHO DISCOVERED HIS
REMAINS AND HE MOLESTED AT
LEAST EIGHT BOYS WHILE ORDAINED
AS A CATHOLIC PRIEST.
I DID TWO THINGS THAT WERE
WRONG.
I REALIZED THAT I'VE BEEN
AROUND A LONG TIME FACTS THAT
BOTHER RICHARD KEESTER WHO WAS
A CAMP SEAT MODEL WITH BOBBY
BIZUP THE DAY HE DISAPPEARED
AND IS THE NEPHEW OF THE PRIEST
WHO RAN THE CAMP BACK THEN.
AND I NOW FAMILIAR WITH CHURCH
HISTORY AND WHAT HAS TAKEN
PLACE AND SO THERE'S LITTLE
I HATE TO SAY THAT WOULD
SURPRISE BOBBY HAD FUN AT CAMP.
HIS PARENTS SENT HIM FIVE TIMES
AND SHARED A LETTER WITH
REPORTERS HE WROTE THE DAY
BEFORE HE VANISHED.
I CAUGHT A CHIPMUNK.
ITS MISSING LOVED BOBBY GOOD
LUCK AND LOTS OF KISSES MAKING
IT CLEAR THE BOY WAS HAPPY AT
CAMP ST MALO.
BUT IT'S EQUALLY CLEAR THAT
SOMETHING UPSET HIM OR SCARED
HIM BEFORE HE PUSHED HIS WAY
THROUGH A GROUP OF BOYS YELLING
UNINTELLIGIBLY AND RAN OFF.
I REMEMBER I THINK I REMEMBER
ASKING WELL WHO'S THAT?
WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?
SO HE SAYING THAT WAS IT THAT
YOU THINK THAT THAT WAS
IMMEDIATELY BEFORE HE
DISAPPEARED?
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WHAT
HAPPENED THAT LEFT BOBBY SO
UPSET.
WAS HE UPSET?
WAS ANGRY.
WAS HE EMBARRASSED?
WAS HE HURT?
AND THE ANSWER IS ALL OF THE
ABOVE.
CAMP STAFF RELATED THE SEARCH
CREWS HELPED SET BOBBY WAS THAT
DAY.
I WAS STRUCK BY THE I'D SAY
UNANIMITY OF ALL THE PEOPLE WE
TALKED TO.
HE WAS VERY UPSET AND TROUBLED
PERSON.
THERE'S NO PROOF OF ANYTHING.
THERE'S A LOT OF REASON TO BE
SUSPICIOUS OF THINGS.
WE ASKED RICHARD HERMAN, A
CRIMINAL PROSECUTOR IN COLORADO
FROM WITHIN 20 YEARS TO LOOK AT
WHAT WE'D FOUND.
HE WAS BOTHERED BY NEIL
HEWITT'S INTERACTIONS WITH
BOBBY.
HE WAS CONCERNED THAT HEWITT
WAS AMONG THE LAST TO SEE
THE BOY AND THE ONE WHO
DISCOVERED HIS REMAINS.
BUT HE WAS TROUBLED BY ONE
THING MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
NEIL, YOU DISCOVERED BOBBY'S
REMAINS ON JULY 3RD, 1959, A
FRIDAY.
BUT FATHER RICHARD KEESTER,
THE CAMP DIRECTOR DIDN'T REPORT
IT TO AUTHORITIES UNTIL
THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, JULY 6TH.
YOU HAVE THIS DELAY OF REPORT A
THREE DAY DELAY COMBINED WITH A
LARGE ORGANIZATION WITH A
HISTORY OF OF SOME MEMBERS
ABUSING CHILDREN AND
THE ORGANIZATION ATTEMPTING TO
COVER IT UP.
YOU CAN'T LOOK AT THAT DELAY
AND THINK THAT THERE WASN'T A
REASON FOR IT.
IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN ON ITS
OWN.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT DELAY
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S
INCRIMINATING PER SAY BUT IT'S
EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS.
LOBBY BIZUP APPEARANCE NEVER
BLAMED FOR WHAT HAPPENED SAYING
THE BOY LOVED THE PLACE.
THE COUNSELORS WERE WONDERFUL
AND NO ONE WAS NEGLIGENT.
THEY WENT TO THEIR GRAVES
BELIEVING THEY LOST THEIR ONLY
CHILD IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT.
NOBODY EVER KNEW REALLY.
AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT
EXACTLY HAPPENED TO BOBBY.
TO ME THAT THE EVIDENCE IS THAT
SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THIS BOY
THAT HE RAN AWAY, RAN UP INTO
THE MOUNTAINS AND SOMEHOW
SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIM.
I HOPE THE TRUTH DOES COME OUT.
WHATEVER IT IS, I WOULD BE VERY
INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT
JUSTICE IS DONE AND CONDUCTING
A FRESH INVESTIGATION AS A COLD
CASE.
I HOPE THAT THEY FIND, YOU
KNOW, WHATEVER HAPPENED SO
THE TRUTH CAN BE TOLD.
AND THE MYSTERY BOBBY SOLVED
FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL.
WAS KEVIN VAUGHN REPORTING?
BOBBY'S COUSIN TOLD US TODAY
SHE'S HAPPY ABOUT THE OFFICIAL
INVESTIGATION AND OPTIMISTIC
THEY'LL GET ANSWERS.
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE