MAN
MAN ACCUSED IN THE COLORADO COLD CASES.
COLD CASES. HE FOUND A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO
WILL NEVER FORGET THEIR RUN
WINS WITH THE INS WITH THE
ACCUSED KILLER.
ACCUSED KILLER. >> Reporter: ALL TIED TO FOUR
COLORADO MURDERS.
COLORADO MURDERS. COLD FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
>> IT WAS PRETTY WIDELY
PUBLICIZED.
PUBLICIZED. >> Reporter: EARLY ON A FRIDAY
MORNING IN JANUARY 1994 IN
KINGMAN, ARIZONA, A ROCK
SMASHED INTO HIM.
TEARING OPEN HIS HEAD.
>> I THOUGHT SOMEBODY PUNCHED
ME.
ME.
ME. >>
ME. >> Reporter: SEVEN HOURS LATER
A COP STOPPED A HITCHHIKER AND
STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS.
HE BOLDED AND WAS BOLTED AND
LATER CAPTURED.
LATER CAPTURED. HE FACED A TRIAL, MAYBE YEARS
IN PRISON AND THAT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN THE END OF THE STORY.
>> I WAS WORKING GRAVE YARD.
>> Reporter: EIGHT MONTHS LATER
A ROOKIE POLICE OFFICER.
>> WE WERE TOLD THAT EARLIER
THAT DAY THERE WAS AN ESCAPE.
>> Reporter: HE WAS RIDING IN A
SHERIFF'S VAN ON THE WAY TO
COURT WHEN DEPUTIES STOPPED FOR
A BATHROOM BREAK.
>> WE GOT A CALL SOMEBODY WAS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> WE SAW A MAN RUNNING.
>> WE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING.
>> JUST GETTING TO TURN OFF THE
LIGHT.
LIGHT.
LIGHT. HEARD THE BABY.
I DON'T THINK HE SAW ME.
HE WAS LOOKING DOWN THE STAIRS
AND I WAS LOOKING AT HIM FOR A
MINUTE BEFORE HE SAW ME.
I SAW THE CLUB IN HIS HAND AND
I JUST FREAKED OUT.
>> Reporter: SHE RAN TO HER
BEDROOM.
BEDROOM.
BEDROOM. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN HE IS BEING
-- YOU KNOW, POUNDED IN THE
HEAD.
HEAD.
HEAD. >>
HEAD. >> NEXT THING I REMEMBER I HAVE
THE PHONE IN MY HEAD DIALING
ZERO.
ZERO.
ZERO. >>
ZERO. >> I HAD A CALL WITH A WOMAN
SCREAMING JUST -- SOUNDED LIKE
SOMEONE WAS BEATING HER.
>> MADE EYE CONTACT.
COMES AROUND.
COMES AROUND. PUT THE PHONE DOWN AND I -- I
AM TELLING MYSELF, BE QUIET.
PLAY DEAD.
PLAY DEAD. YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW? >> Reporter: SHE SUFFERED A
HEAD WOUND.
HEAD WOUND. HER HANDS BROKEN PROTECTING HER
HEAD.
HEAD.
HEAD. HER
HEAD. HER HUSBAND ALMOST DIED.
>> WE SEARCHED THE HOUSE AND
FOUND THEIR BABY IN THE CRIB IN
THE NEXT ROOM.
AND THANK GOD NOTHING HAPPENED
TO THE BABY.
>> Reporter: THEY FOUND THE
COUPLE'S OTHER SON SAFE AND A
BROKEN AX HANDLE.
>> WE WERE SITTING UP AT THE
RANGER STATION.
RANGER STATION. >> Reporter: EVERYBODY WAS
LOOKING FOR THE ESCAPEE ON THE
RUN.
RUN.
RUN. HE
RUN. HE MADE A COLLECT CALL FROM A
MARINA.
MARINA.
MARINA. >> SO CAME DOWN AND AS WE
ARRIVED --
ARRIVED -- >> Reporter: 35 YEARS LATER.
>> HE MADE IT OVER THE TOP
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> Reporter: THE RANGER RECALLS
--
--
-- >>
-- >> DRAWN MY WEAPON.
>> THE MOMENT HE CAPTURED HIM.
>> 75 FEET AWAY.
THERE HE IS.
>> Reporter: HE WENT ON TRIAL
IN 1985.
IN 1985.
IN 1985. >> THERE WASN'T A DRY EYE IN
THE COURTROOM.
THE COURTROOM. >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR
REMEMBERS EVERYONE MOVED BY THE
TESTIMONY.
TESTIMONY. >> THERE WASN'T A SINGLE PERSON
WHO WASN'T SCARED OF THE GUY
SITTING NEXT TO ME.
IT WAS CLEAR THIS GUY WAS A
KILLER.
KILLER.
KILLER. AND HE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH
KILLING.
KILLING.
KILLING. >> Reporter: CONVICTED OF
ATTEMPTED MURDER, BURGLARY AND
ESCAPE.
ESCAPE.
ESCAPE. HE WAS SENTENCED TO 110 YEARS.
>> I MEAN, IT WAS ALWAYS THERE.
EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY. ALWAYS LOOKING OVER MY
SHOULDER.
SHOULDER.
SHOULDER. YOU KNOW, HAVING MY BACK UP
AGAINST THE WALL.
BEING UNCOMFORTABLE.
BEING UNCOMFORTABLE. >> Reporter: SHE WROTE A LETTER
WHEN HE WAS ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE
BUT LEFT THE ATTACK IN THE PAST
IN THE 2018.
A DNA TEST LIPPINGED HIM TO THE
LINKED HIM TO COLORADO MURDERS.
DAYS BEFORE THE ATTACK IN
ARIZONA.
ARIZONA.
ARIZONA. >> WHAT THEY MUST HAVE GONE
THROUGH.
THROUGH.
THROUGH. I CAN'T IMAGINE.
>> Reporter: DIFFICULT FOR FIVE
PEOPLE TO COMPREHEND.
WHAT KIND OF PERSON COULD DO
SUCH A THING.
>> WHEN PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS
THAT CRAZY, THEY ARE CAPABLE OF
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. >> I THINK THE GUY IS MESSED
UP.
UP.
UP. >>
UP. >> I
UP. >> I THINK HE IS THE FIRST
PERSON THAT I PERSONALLY
BELIEVED, JUST TO BE EVIL.
>> LOOKING BACK ON 30 YEARS OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT, I NEVER SEEN
ANYBODY HAVE A FLATTER EMOTION.
>> THIS GUY WAS DIFFERENT.
TO ME.
TO ME.
TO ME. HE
TO ME. HE WAS A SOCIOPATH.
HE WAS A SERIAL KILLER.
>> I KIND OF FEEL GRATEFUL IN A
LOT OF WAYS, WE ARE ALIVE.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN US.
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW? WE SURVIVED.
WE SURVIVED. >> HERE IS SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT, WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED
ELEVEN DAYS AFTER THE MURDERS,
HE TOLD THE POLICE HE JUST
HITCH HICKED IN TO TOWN FROM
COLORADO.
COLORADO.
COLORADO. A NEAR MISS IN THIS CASE.
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