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[man] For five,
five-and-a-half days,
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we searched the residence,
the barn, the buildings.
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[newscaster] All week long,
crews have searched
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the 312 acres of this
Oakfield home.
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Looking for any sign
of Oakley Carlson.
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I think it was that moment
that we realized
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how serious of a situation
this actually was.
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[woman] And she looked at me,
and she said,
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"There is no Oakley."
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Andrew Jordan
didn't report her missing.
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When asked, "Where is Oakley?"
Her mother said,
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When asked, "Where is Oakley?"
Her mother said,
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She went out to the woods
and was eaten by wolves.
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There's just so many
unanswered questions
with this particular case,
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[woman 2] We wanted to know
what else he was lying about.
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Investigators remain on scene
in Grays Harbor County,
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looking for a missing
five-year-old girl.
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looking for a missing
five-year-old girl.
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But so far,
all they have
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they, are parents
who are uncooperative
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and they still don't have
an exact timeframe
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of when Oakley went missing.
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This hit the area
like a bombshell.
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How do you not know
where your child is?
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I'm waiting
to wake up from this,
all the time.
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There isn't a theory
that someone hasn't brought up
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that we haven't investigated.
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[narrator reading]
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Grays Harbor County,
Washington.
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Oakley Carlson
is seven months old
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Oakley Carlson
is seven months old
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when she's placed
in foster care
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with Erik and Jamie Jo Hiles.
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Erik and Jamie Jo
are high school sweethearts
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who now teach
at the same school
where they fell in love.
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One of my former students
texts me, and she says that,
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"Hey, I know that
you and your husband
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have struggles
with infertility,
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and you really want a baby.
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And my hairdresser's
granddaughter
needs a home.
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And she'll probably
be up for adoption
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if you're interested
in fostering her."
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I looked at Erik
and I just said,
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I looked at Erik
and I just said,
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"I just feel
really right about this."
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And he said, "Okay,
let's do it."
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-[Erik growls]
-[Jamie Jo laughs]
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As she grew up,
she just loved
to make people smile.
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Uh, she would
just do funny things
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and just be silly.
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It always made us chuckle.
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[laughing]
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She could tell that I was
having, like, a day
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or that I was sad
about something, you know,
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She was the first one
to be a little empath.
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And rub her little hand
on my shoulder
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and say, "It's okay, Mama."
Like, "Everything's okay."
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and say, "It's okay, Mama."
Like, "Everything's okay."
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She loved to dance.
So we had her
in a dance class.
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[Jamie Jo] She would go
to my dance team practices
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and she would do
the moves that
the girls would do.
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No, I'll read it to you.
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[Jamie Jo] You are
reading to me.
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Oakley loved
reading stories.
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[babbling]
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[Erik] She can
memorize books very well.
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It was not uncommon to read
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three, four, or five
books before bedtime.
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[Jamie Jo] She was
just all around--
Just a pleasant kid
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[Jamie Jo] She was
just all around--
Just a pleasant kid
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And funny and jovial.
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Go on. Smile.
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[laughs]
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[narrator reading]
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Jamie Jo and Erik learnt
that the State of Washington
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now plans to return Oakley
to her birth parents.
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Andrew Carlson
and Jordan Bowers.
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The State also intends
to re-unite
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Oakley's two older siblings
with Andrew and Jordan.
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We tried to be
open with Oakley
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in letting her know
that we were not
her biological parents.
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in letting her know
that we were not
her biological parents.
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Like, we would always say
that she didn't come
from Jamie's tummy
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she came from her heart.
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[Paul] Andre and Jordan
grew up in
Grays Harbor County.
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And have lived here
for most of
their entire lives.
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Andrew was a police office
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with the Aberdeen
Police Department,
for a couple of years
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And he was later terminated
for dishonesty.
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[Erik] When she was
first placed with us,
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we know it was because,
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uh, Oakley's older sister has
a medical condition
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uh, Oakley's older sister has
a medical condition
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and that the parents were
not providing the care
necessary for her.
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And then we also heard
there was drugs involved.
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[narrator]
In the fall of 2019,
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Oakley visits more frequently
with her biological parents.
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In October, um,
Oakley came home from a visit
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that was unsupervised.
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And she said that...
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She saw Jordan hit Andrew.
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And it was alarming to me
because I knew
there was domestic violence
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And it was alarming to me
because I knew
there was domestic violence
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in the past,
from both of them.
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I sent a message
to the social worker
and her supervisor.
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And the message
that I got back was,
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"I'll talk to them, but it's
not a concern of mine.
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Oakley loves her parents."
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[narrator] A few weeks later,
Jamie Jo and Erik are told
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that Oakley will be returned
to Andrew and Jordan
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in January of 2020.
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The State then moves this date
up to November 29th, 2019,
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The State then moves this date
up to November 29th, 2019,
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the day after Thanksgiving.
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She literally
spent the night three times,
at her parents' house
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before she went back,
permanently.
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I feel like everything
was incredibly rushed,
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Her last day with us
was a Friday.
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And the driver came,
picked her up at 10:00 am.
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We knew it was final.
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And we knew that we
wouldn't get to talk to her
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after she returned
to her biological parents.
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We gave her a big hug.
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We put her in the car.
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We put her in the car.
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I buckled her in,
gave her another hug
and kiss goodbye.
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[voice breaking] This...
This really great show
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called Daniel Tiger's
Neighborhood...
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And there is
a really great lesson
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where they sing a song
about grown-ups coming back.
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She looked at me
and she told me that,
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"It's okay,
grown-ups come back."
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And she tried to console me.
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Later that day,
we were walking upstairs,
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past her bedroom,
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and I just closed the door.
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Um, and that-- We--
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We closed that door
for six, eight months.
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We closed that door
for six, eight months.
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That's hard to
even explain to somebody
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because it really did
feel like a death.
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[narrator]
Nearly two years later,
on November 6th, 1991.
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There's a fire
at Andrew and Jordan's home
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in Oakfield Washington.
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The fire was
in the second story.
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And it was significant damage.
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Andrew called
to report the fire.
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He said he was just
calling to let them know
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but did not need
any fire response at the time
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but did not need
any fire response at the time
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as the fires had already
been put out, hours before.
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He had said
that his daughter
has started the fire,
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on the couch,
with a lighter.
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[narrator] Jamie Jo and Erik
learn about the fire
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when a friend
shares the screenshot
of a GoFundMe page.
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that had been set up
for Andrew and Jordan.
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In the GoFundMe, it said--
started-- the fire was started
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by their four-year-old
daughter
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That would have been the age
that Oakley was at the time.
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If they were unsupervised
for long enough
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If they were unsupervised
for long enough
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to start a fire
that got out of control,
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Like, how long
were they left unsupervised
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on a regular basis?
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A four-year-old just
doesn't light up a lighter.
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Like, I'm 35 and I can
barely strike a lighter.
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[narrator] Worried that
the family of six is living
in a fire-damaged house,
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Jamie Jo
and two of her friends
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contact the Department
of Children,
Youth and Families
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to share their concerns.
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to share their concerns.
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It wasn't just,
"Oh, there was a fire."
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It was, "Why are they
still living in that?"
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You're breathing in
those fumes.
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You're living in a place
that you don't know
the structural integrity.
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Is it gonna collapse on them?
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As far as we could tell,
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there was
nothing done with that.
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We were never heard back.
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[narrator] On November 10th,
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Oakville Elementary School
Principal Jessica Swift
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drops off donated supplies
to Andrew and Jordan's house.
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Jordan answered the door,
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and two of their children
were inside the door,
downstairs.
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and two of their children
were inside the door,
downstairs.
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I looked around
and I didn't see Oakley.
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So, I was like...
[in excited voice]
"Where is Oakley?"
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[in normal voice] Because I
kinda expected her to run out.
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Jordan told me
that Oakley was
in time-out in her room
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'cause she was being naughty
and I wouldn't wanna
see her anyways.
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[narrator] Ms. Swift
returns to their house
two weeks later.
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And sees Oakley's
three siblings.
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But again, not Oakley.
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I mentioned it
to my co-worker,
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and she was like, "Yeah,
this is getting weird."
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and she was like, "Yeah,
this is getting weird."
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And she was actually going out
to the house the next day
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to drop off a meal
that had been donated to them.
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And i was like, "You got to
get eyes on Oakley."
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She goes out the next day,
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and immediately
calls me after,
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and says,
"I saw all the other kids,
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and I didn't see Oakley."
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[narrator] A few days later,
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some other teachers
at Oakville Elementary
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share concerns
about Oakley's household.
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Ms. Swift comes up
with a plan
to get more information.
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My daughter
is around the same age,
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as one of Oakley's siblings
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and so I texted Jordan
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to see if the next day
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if Oakley's sibling
wanted to come over
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for a playdate
with my daughter.
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[narrator] The playdate
between Oakley's sister
and Ms. Swift's daughter
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turns into a sleepover.
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Oakley's sibling
had told me
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about their younger brother
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and how he followed her
around the house
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and always wanted
to hold her hand.
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and always wanted
to hold her hand.
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And I was like, "Oh, my gosh,
that is so sweet.
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Does he do that
with Oakley, too?"
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And she looked at me
and she said,
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There is no Oakley.
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[narrator] The next morning
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Oakley's sister
tells Ms. Swift
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that Oakley has actually
gone back to live
with her former foster parents
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Jamie Jo and Erik Hiles.
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A co-worker of mine
got ahold
of Gray Harbor Sheriff
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that morning,
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and see if they can confirm
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if Oakley really was
in foster care.
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We received confirmation
that Oakley was not living
with Jamie Jo and Erik.
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And...
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So, I texted Jordan again.
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And I said that,
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"Is it okay,
if she stays another night?
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And I will take the girls
to school, in the morning."
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[narrator reading]
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Ms. Swift contacts a detective
from Grays Harbor
Sheriff's Office
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to request a welfare check
on Oakley.
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At the time,
Oakley's birth parents,
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Andrew Carlson
and Jordan Bowers,
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are staying in a motel
in the nearby town
of Tumwater.
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Since the initial location
that she wanted checked
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Since the initial location
that she wanted checked
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was not in our county,
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we coordinated with
the Tumwater Police Department
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and gave her instructions
on how to report to them.
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[narrator] Tumwater police
conduct the welfare check
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at the motel, the next day.
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Which happens to be
Oakley's fifth birthday.
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There is no sign of Oakley.
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[Paul] Andrew and Jordan
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each advised that the other
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had taken Oakley
to Andrew's parents' house.
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had taken Oakley
to Andrew's parents' house.
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Tumwater Police Department
tried to confirm that
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but Andrew said
he did not know the address
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and phone number
of his parents.
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Turns out, they are neighbors.
They live kind of
right next to each other.
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[narrator]
Investigators determine
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that the last time
Andrew's parents saw Oakley
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was December 25th, 2020.
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Almost a year earlier.
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Jordan and Andrew
continue to say
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they last saw Oakley
on November 30th, 2021.
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they last saw Oakley
on November 30th, 2021.
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But investigators discover,
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that the last
verified sighting
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was much earlier in the year.
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We established
at February 10th.
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So now we are looking at
between February 10th
and November 30th
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that we don't have anyone
outside the mother and father
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that has had
any interaction with Oakley.
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[narrator] A social worker
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from the Department of
Children, Youth and Families
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contacts Oakley's
former foster mom,
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Jamie Jo, that day.
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I was in a meeting
with my Principal.
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I was in a meeting
with my Principal.
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And I just burst into tears.
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I explained, "I'm crying
because I had
a foster daughter
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and, you know,
today is her birthday.
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and I just miss her so much."
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I noticed that I'd gotten
a couple of phone calls
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I listened to the voicemails.
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And one voicemail was from
Washington City DCYF.
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They were like, "Hey, um...
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Can you take Oakley
when we find her?
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And can you take
her little brother
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as an emergency
placement foster care.
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And I ran to my husband,
because his classroom
was right next door to mine,
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and I said, "You're never
gonna believe this."
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and I said, "You're never
gonna believe this."
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My students were all, like,
in the room, cheering.
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'Cause they all knew Oakley.
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And it was just very exciting.
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The feeling we got
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was... that...
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one of the parents, um,
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Jordan or Andrew,
or somebody else,
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just had Oakley, and then...
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The authorities just weren't
able to locate her yet.
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[narrator] Later that day,
Andrew and Jordan
are arrested.
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Based on what we
discovered at the scene,
interviews, um...
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along with the complete
absence of life of Oakley,
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along with the complete
absence of life of Oakley,
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on the property...
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The timeframe
that she'd been gone.
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I made the decision
to request charges
of manslaughter
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for both of them,
and asked that they
be held on those charges.
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[narrator] The hold
on these charges
last 72 hours.
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Jamie got a phone call
from a friend.
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Said, "Did you hear
that Jordan and Andrew
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are being held
on manslaughter charges?"
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It was that moment
that we realized
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how serious of a situation
this actually was.
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"Well, what do you mean
manslaughter charges?"
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And then , when I, like,
did talk to the detective,
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he's like,
"It's a holding procedure,
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um, but...
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I do not believe
that she is alive."
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I had just felt
the highest high.
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24 hours before, I was like,
"She's coming home to me.
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And I need to get her
a birthday present."
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My family was so overjoyed
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at the thought of Oakley
coming home to us.
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at the thought of Oakley
coming home to us.
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And so now I had to call them
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And explain this to them.
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[narrator] While
Andrew and Jordan
are being held in jail,
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Grays Harbor Sheriff's
County investigators,
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Washington State Patrol,
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the FBI,
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and several other
law enforcement agencies
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search Andrew
and Jordan's property.
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[newscaster] All week long,
crews have searched
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the 312 acres
of this Oakfield home.
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Looking for any sign
of Oakley Carlson.
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For five,
five-and-a-half days,
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we maintained control
of the property.
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we maintained control
of the property.
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With evidence teams,
we searched the residence,
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the barn, the buildings.
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Um, Search and Rescue
searched the remainder
of the property
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using drones,
multiple K9 teams,
helicopters.
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We had dive teams
that we called in
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to search the areas
that were flooded.
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[narrator] Oakley's two older
siblings are interviewed.
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And her sister shares
some shocking information.
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When asked, "Where is Oakley?"
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Her mother said that she
went out into the woods
and was eaten by wolves.
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Her mother said that she
went out into the woods
and was eaten by wolves.
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When I heard the comment
about being eaten by a wolf,
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I was upset.
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Because why did you
brainwash her into thinking
that this is what happened?
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How scary for her
to think that.
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There aren't any wolves
in Grays Harbor County.
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As far as an active theory
that we investigated,
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I never thought
that, that was the case.
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[Keith] Is there potential
that perhaps she took
a stroll out the back door?
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Perhaps she wandered
into the woods?
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Is there the potential
that something bad
could have happened
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Is there the potential
that something bad
could have happened
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to Oakley, on her own,
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and she just disappeared
into the night.
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[Jamie Jo] I've heard
different stories.
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"Oh, Oakley was gone
from a grocery store."
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Or, "Oakley wandered off
into the woods."
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Regardless, Andrew and Jordan
didn't report
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her missing.
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[Paul] We searched the woods,
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to see if we find any remains
anywhere on the property,
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and to this point, we haven't.
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Unfortunately,
in Grays Harbor County,
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looking in the woods here
is kind of like looking for
a needle in a haystack.
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looking in the woods here
is kind of like looking for
a needle in a haystack.
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And you can come up
with a high degree
of probability,
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what you're looking for
is not there,
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but it's never
a hundred per cent.
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[narrator] On December 9th,
with the 72-hour arrest hold
about to expire,
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the community gathers
for a candlelight vigil
for Oakley.
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[newscaster] Group of over
a hundred strong in Oakfield
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marched for the little girl.
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The Sheriff's office
released new developments
in the case.
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The parents now face
a charge of abandonment
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for Oakley's sister,
who is six.
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for Oakley's sister,
who is six.
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We found out that when
the children were returned
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to Andrew and Jordan,
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there was a court order
advising that
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one of their children
needed a medication.
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They hadn't renewed
the prescription
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that she needs
for 15 months.
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[narrator] The new charges
keep Andrew and Jordan
behind bars
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after the expiration
of the three-day hold
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on the manslaughter charges.
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The following day,
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the Department of
Children, Youth and Families
take hair samples
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00:17:15,751 --> 00:17:17,767
the Department of
Children, Youth and Families
take hair samples
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00:17:17,767 --> 00:17:19,467
from Oakley's siblings.
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The results come back
in January 2022.
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[Paul] The hair follicle test
came back
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with incredibly high levels
of methamphetamine,
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in the one child's hair.
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The other children
were then tested.
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00:17:32,567 --> 00:17:35,100
And the two-year-old,
his levels
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was at user levels.
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00:17:42,967 --> 00:17:45,066
[narrator] News of Oakley's
siblings' drug test results
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send shockwaves
throughout the community.
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[Erik] It was...
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...beyond infuriating.
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Because that-- that means
that they weren't
just around it,
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they were ingesting it
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to get those levels.
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00:18:00,066 --> 00:18:02,100
And we don't know
if that was accidental,
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or if it was intentional.
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I don't know how a parent
could put their kid
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in so much danger.
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00:18:09,467 --> 00:18:10,967
Your mind starts
thinking, "Whoa!
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They were close to, like,
overdose ranges.
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So, is that what happened
to Oakley?"
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[narrator reading]
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Andrew Carlson
and Jordan Bowers are charged
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with two counts
of endangerment
with a controlled substance.
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00:18:30,066 --> 00:18:33,166
Andrew enters his plea
on March 14th.
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How do you plead
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in this case, to count two
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endangerment
with a controlled substance?
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00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:42,000
endangerment
with a controlled substance?
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Guilty.
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[narrator] He is sentenced
to 12 months in jail.
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Three weeks later,
Jordan enters her plea
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00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,467
on the same charges.
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00:18:52,567 --> 00:18:54,567
[newscaster] Bowers
also pleaded guilty.
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Since she has
prior convictions,
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she got the maximum
of 20 months
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-She chose not to
speak to the court.
-No, Your Honor.
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00:19:02,367 --> 00:19:04,400
[narrator reading]
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Andrew is released from jail.
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00:19:07,166 --> 00:19:10,200
No new charges
relating to Oakley's
disappearance
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have been filed against him
or Jordan.
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00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:13,100
have been filed against him
or Jordan.
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00:19:14,166 --> 00:19:16,000
As the couple remains
tight-lipped
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00:19:16,066 --> 00:19:18,700
about what they may know
of Oakley's fate,
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00:19:18,767 --> 00:19:23,567
investigators
continue to explore
all possible scenarios.
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00:19:23,567 --> 00:19:25,200
The theory that
Oakley was trafficked
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00:19:25,266 --> 00:19:28,467
came up very early
in this case.
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So, we've put
a lot of resources into
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tracking the movements
of both, Jordan and Andrew
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for up to a year prior.
453
00:19:39,166 --> 00:19:41,560
If we found that she was
sold or trafficked...
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00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,066
If we found that she was
sold or trafficked...
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00:19:43,066 --> 00:19:44,700
I think that would be
the best case scenario,
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00:19:44,767 --> 00:19:46,166
because then she'd
still be alive.
457
00:19:46,166 --> 00:19:50,867
And hopefully, we would
be able to bring her back
into our care.
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00:19:50,867 --> 00:19:54,100
To this point,
I've found zero evidence
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00:19:54,100 --> 00:19:58,400
that would point
to the direction
that Oakley was trafficked.
460
00:19:58,467 --> 00:20:04,567
Is there potential that Oakley
was somehow given
to another couple?
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00:20:04,567 --> 00:20:05,567
Or kidnapped?
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00:20:05,567 --> 00:20:07,300
Could there have been
an accident?
463
00:20:07,367 --> 00:20:10,367
Could she have tripped
and fallen and hit her head?
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00:20:10,367 --> 00:20:11,560
And died in that fashion?
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00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:12,000
And died in that fashion?
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00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,567
Did she starve to death??
467
00:20:14,567 --> 00:20:16,100
Did they
just hit her too hard?
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00:20:16,100 --> 00:20:17,667
[Keith] We don't know
what happened yet,
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00:20:17,667 --> 00:20:20,200
so you're innocent
until proven guilty
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00:20:20,266 --> 00:20:22,567
But the fact that
neither parent
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has come up
with any explanation,
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00:20:24,867 --> 00:20:26,867
as to where
their little Oakley is,
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00:20:26,867 --> 00:20:29,367
is just baffling.
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00:20:29,367 --> 00:20:32,800
Why the heck
are you not telling us?
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[Jessica] I find
my mind wandering
to the what-ifs.
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00:20:36,767 --> 00:20:38,467
What if we hadn't spoken up?
477
00:20:38,467 --> 00:20:41,560
How long would have
this gone on for?
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00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:41,767
How long would have
this gone on for?
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It's one of those things
that keeps me up at night.
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[Paul] I think
there's two people
that have the answers.
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That's Oakley's
biological parents.
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00:20:50,567 --> 00:20:53,967
Neither one of them
have decided to be honest
483
00:20:53,967 --> 00:20:56,266
about what happened to Oakley.
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00:20:56,266 --> 00:20:59,800
It's still my hope
that one of them
is gonna decide
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that she deserves
better than this
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and they're gonna call me.
487
00:21:04,767 --> 00:21:08,667
[narrator] Jamie Jo and Erik
continue to hold out hope
488
00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:10,100
that Oakley is alive.
489
00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:11,560
And that one day,
490
00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:12,367
And that one day,
491
00:21:12,367 --> 00:21:15,967
they'll be able to make
what was her temporary home,
492
00:21:15,967 --> 00:21:17,500
a permanent one.
493
00:21:18,166 --> 00:21:20,467
[Erik] I'm not naive
494
00:21:20,467 --> 00:21:24,100
that the longer time goes on,
the less likely that is.
495
00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:27,266
But there's just
enough stories
496
00:21:27,266 --> 00:21:28,667
where you hear
someone who was missing
497
00:21:28,667 --> 00:21:31,400
for years,
and then they come back.
498
00:21:31,467 --> 00:21:32,900
So there is a sliver of hope.
499
00:21:33,667 --> 00:21:36,467
I still get waves
of sadness.
500
00:21:36,467 --> 00:21:39,867
Like, the other day,
we repainted
our spare bathroom,
501
00:21:39,867 --> 00:21:41,560
and behind the door
was Oakley's,
like, measurements.
502
00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,900
and behind the door
was Oakley's,
like, measurements.
503
00:21:43,967 --> 00:21:47,767
And we always told her
that when she had 41 inches
we'd take her to Disneyland.
504
00:21:47,767 --> 00:21:49,400
And, um...
505
00:21:49,467 --> 00:21:52,900
She would stretch.
She wanted to go
to Disneyland so bad.
506
00:21:53,567 --> 00:21:57,300
And we measured her,
507
00:21:57,367 --> 00:22:00,367
three days before
she returned
to Jordan and Andrew,
508
00:22:00,367 --> 00:22:01,667
and she was so close.
509
00:22:01,667 --> 00:22:04,367
She was, like, an inch.
510
00:22:04,367 --> 00:22:07,300
And I had a hard time
painting over it.
511
00:22:08,667 --> 00:22:10,767
Because I don't
really have, um,
512
00:22:10,767 --> 00:22:11,560
a lot of remnants of Oakley
in my house, anymore,
besides pictures.
513
00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,467
a lot of remnants of Oakley
in my house, anymore,
besides pictures.
514
00:22:14,467 --> 00:22:18,300
We don't have a lot of proof
that she was actually here.
515
00:22:21,700 --> 00:22:23,300
[Jamie Jo] Oakley,
can you show me
your art?
516
00:22:24,266 --> 00:22:25,467
Book.
517
00:22:26,100 --> 00:22:27,467
Book. Uh-huh.
518
00:22:27,467 --> 00:22:29,567
-I love it.
-[Oakley] Thank you.
519
00:22:31,567 --> 00:22:34,200
Is a Wheat Ridge man
getting away with murder?
520
00:22:34,266 --> 00:22:37,867
Or is his bizarre story
of a young mother's
suicide, the truth?
521
00:22:46,567 --> 00:22:49,467
The phone fell on my hand,
I just kept crying.
522
00:22:49,467 --> 00:22:51,867
I told them it's not true.
523
00:22:51,867 --> 00:22:53,767
Oh, there's no way
in a million years
524
00:22:53,767 --> 00:22:57,266
that Jen could have
committed suicide.
525
00:22:57,266 --> 00:22:59,367
There's just so many
unanswered questions
526
00:22:59,367 --> 00:23:01,000
with this particular case.
527
00:23:03,567 --> 00:23:05,867
[narrator] Born in 1986,
528
00:23:05,867 --> 00:23:09,166
Jennifer Myers grows up
in Los Angeles county.
529
00:23:09,166 --> 00:23:11,560
With her mom Nenette
and older sister Jacquelyn.
530
00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:11,967
With her mom Nenette
and older sister Jacquelyn.
531
00:23:14,467 --> 00:23:17,567
The mother Nenette
is originally
from the Philippines.
532
00:23:17,567 --> 00:23:20,367
And moved to the US
in the late '70s.
533
00:23:21,767 --> 00:23:25,100
[Jacquelyn] We're
exactly four years
and four days apart.
534
00:23:25,100 --> 00:23:29,700
She was always
in the mix of everything
that I was doing.
535
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,400
Typical little sister.
536
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,467
She just wanted
to be around me.
537
00:23:36,467 --> 00:23:41,560
She is a very loving
and happy person.
538
00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:41,867
She is a very loving
and happy person.
539
00:23:41,867 --> 00:23:46,367
She'll do everything
if she is your friend.
540
00:23:46,367 --> 00:23:49,967
[Khit] Jen was bubbly.
She was very friendly
541
00:23:49,967 --> 00:23:51,867
and helpful, humble.
542
00:23:51,867 --> 00:23:55,266
She would help anybody out.
543
00:23:57,166 --> 00:24:02,000
[narrator] In 2007,
Jen moves to Las Vegas
and gets married
544
00:24:02,066 --> 00:24:04,266
She and her husband
have two kids.
545
00:24:04,266 --> 00:24:06,400
A boy and a girl.
546
00:24:06,467 --> 00:24:08,800
Jen was such an awesome mom.
547
00:24:08,867 --> 00:24:11,560
She loves her kids
more than anything.
548
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:12,166
She loves her kids
more than anything.
549
00:24:13,767 --> 00:24:16,567
[narrator] The familial bliss
is short-lived
550
00:24:16,567 --> 00:24:20,000
as she makes
a heart-breaking discovery.
551
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:24,500
[Khit] We found out
that her husband
was cheating on her.
552
00:24:24,567 --> 00:24:27,100
And got a girl pregnant.
553
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,166
So, that devastated her.
554
00:24:31,166 --> 00:24:33,667
[narrator] Jen struggles
in the aftermath
555
00:24:33,667 --> 00:24:35,767
of this epic betrayal.
556
00:24:35,767 --> 00:24:38,166
[Khit] Her world just,
kinda, crumpled, you know?
557
00:24:38,166 --> 00:24:41,560
And she couldn't believe it
because she thought
he loved her.
558
00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,767
And she couldn't believe it
because she thought
he loved her.
559
00:24:43,767 --> 00:24:48,900
[narrator] The 2010 divorce
levied such a damaging
psychological toll on Jen,
560
00:24:48,967 --> 00:24:51,867
that her husband is given
custody of the children.
561
00:24:51,867 --> 00:24:55,700
[Khit] She trusted her babies
with their father
562
00:24:55,767 --> 00:24:58,066
while she was getting better.
563
00:24:58,066 --> 00:25:01,367
She was working on
getting her kids back.
564
00:25:01,367 --> 00:25:05,300
[narrator] After the divorce,
Jen moves back
to California.
565
00:25:05,367 --> 00:25:08,367
Her ex husband
and their kids
remain in Nevada.
566
00:25:08,367 --> 00:25:10,867
But Jen talks to her kids
every day.
567
00:25:10,867 --> 00:25:11,560
And visits as often
as she can.
568
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:12,967
And visits as often
as she can.
569
00:25:14,166 --> 00:25:17,467
In 2014, Jen find love again.
570
00:25:17,467 --> 00:25:20,867
After reconnecting with her
high school sweetheart, Jimmy.
571
00:25:20,867 --> 00:25:22,467
[Jacquelyn] They were
together for a little bit.
572
00:25:22,467 --> 00:25:25,667
But then went
their separate ways,
they lived their lives.
573
00:25:25,667 --> 00:25:28,000
And then they reunited.
574
00:25:28,066 --> 00:25:31,166
And then
she fell in love with him
all over again.
575
00:25:31,166 --> 00:25:35,266
[narrator] In 2016,
the couple moves
to Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
576
00:25:35,266 --> 00:25:36,467
Near Denver.
577
00:25:36,467 --> 00:25:37,800
And Jen finds work
578
00:25:37,867 --> 00:25:40,266
as an overnight stalker
at a wholesale club.
579
00:25:41,367 --> 00:25:41,560
Then, in November 2017,
580
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,800
Then, in November 2017,
581
00:25:43,867 --> 00:25:45,500
Jimmy pops the question.
582
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,300
[Khit] Besides having
her babies,
583
00:25:49,367 --> 00:25:53,667
being engaged was
the happiest day of her life.
584
00:25:54,867 --> 00:25:58,867
[narrator] Four months later,
on March 31st, 2018,
585
00:25:58,867 --> 00:26:02,867
this happiness grinds
to a screeching halt.
586
00:26:02,867 --> 00:26:06,100
We were in Vegas,
celebrating my dad's birthday.
587
00:26:06,166 --> 00:26:08,667
And my phone kept ringing.
588
00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:10,166
-And I wasn't answering it.
-[phone ringing]
589
00:26:10,166 --> 00:26:11,560
But then, I get tired
of it ringing, and so I did.
590
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,467
But then, I get tired
of it ringing, and so I did.
591
00:26:14,367 --> 00:26:16,400
And it was Jennifer's friend
592
00:26:16,467 --> 00:26:19,467
telling me that
something happened.
593
00:26:19,467 --> 00:26:25,400
And she thinks that Jennifer
is gone.
594
00:26:25,467 --> 00:26:29,200
The phone fell on my hand
and I just kept crying.
595
00:26:29,266 --> 00:26:32,100
I told them it's not true.
596
00:26:32,166 --> 00:26:37,200
[narrator] nenette's
brother-in-law speaks to
a wheat ridge pd detective.
597
00:26:37,266 --> 00:26:39,600
Who says
that Jen has been shot.
598
00:26:39,667 --> 00:26:41,560
And they need Nenette
to identify her body.
599
00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:42,667
And they need Nenette
to identify her body.
600
00:26:43,667 --> 00:26:46,600
The next day,
in shock and disbelief
601
00:26:46,667 --> 00:26:49,867
Nenette and his sister,
Khit, fly to Colorado.
602
00:26:50,867 --> 00:26:52,500
[Khit] We were in denial.
603
00:26:52,567 --> 00:26:54,567
My sister was crying.
604
00:26:54,567 --> 00:26:57,700
And I had to stay strong
for both of us.
605
00:27:01,867 --> 00:27:03,300
[narrator]
Wheat Ridge detectives
606
00:27:03,367 --> 00:27:06,367
have started piecing together
a timeline of events
607
00:27:06,367 --> 00:27:08,800
leading up to Jen's death
on March 30th.
608
00:27:10,166 --> 00:27:11,560
Jen arrives at the T-Bird Bar
around 3:00 p.m.,
609
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,500
Jen arrives at the T-Bird Bar
around 3:00 p.m.,
610
00:27:13,567 --> 00:27:17,667
where one of her co-workers
bartends part time.
611
00:27:17,667 --> 00:27:21,100
The bar manager
stopped serving Jen
around 6:00 pm.
612
00:27:21,166 --> 00:27:22,800
And asked her to leave.
613
00:27:24,367 --> 00:27:26,767
[Jacquelyn] Some of the people
at the bar was saying that
614
00:27:26,767 --> 00:27:28,367
Jen was really drunk
615
00:27:28,367 --> 00:27:32,000
and all over the place.
616
00:27:32,066 --> 00:27:36,600
But one of the waitresses
said that she only had
two beers.
617
00:27:36,667 --> 00:27:39,367
Which, I don't understand.
618
00:27:39,367 --> 00:27:41,166
My sister was a drinker.
619
00:27:41,166 --> 00:27:41,560
So, two beers
wouldn't be anything for her.
620
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,867
So, two beers
wouldn't be anything for her.
621
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:47,767
[narrator] According
to witnesses,
622
00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:50,700
Jen insists on driving
herself home.
623
00:27:50,767 --> 00:27:53,100
But the bar manager
intervenes.
624
00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:56,600
Calling the police,
and ordering her a cab.
625
00:27:56,667 --> 00:27:59,867
But the manager cancels
the police callout
and the cab
626
00:27:59,867 --> 00:28:04,600
when a man named
Randy William volunteers
to drive Jen home.
627
00:28:04,667 --> 00:28:07,367
[Khit] He was friends
with the owner of the bar.
628
00:28:07,367 --> 00:28:09,767
And he was a regular there.
629
00:28:09,767 --> 00:28:11,560
People from the bar said that
it's not unusual
630
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:13,767
People from the bar said that
it's not unusual
631
00:28:13,767 --> 00:28:15,767
for Randy to take people home.
632
00:28:15,767 --> 00:28:18,266
That he does it all the time.
633
00:28:18,266 --> 00:28:19,767
I don't see
how that's a thing.
634
00:28:19,767 --> 00:28:22,867
Especially with girls
he doesn't know.
635
00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:27,467
[Nenette] Randy
blocker her car
with his truck.
636
00:28:27,467 --> 00:28:30,767
Of course,
she couldn't do
anything with her car.
637
00:28:30,767 --> 00:28:36,000
She just gave up
and went with Randy.
638
00:28:36,066 --> 00:28:39,000
'Cause he said that
he's gonna take her home.
639
00:28:40,867 --> 00:28:41,560
[Matt] Instead,
he takes her to his house.
640
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,567
[Matt] Instead,
he takes her to his house.
641
00:28:44,567 --> 00:28:48,166
Randy tells investigators
that the two were
having a couple drinks,
642
00:28:48,166 --> 00:28:50,066
had consensual sex,
643
00:28:50,066 --> 00:28:51,867
and then she
wanted cigarettes.
644
00:28:53,367 --> 00:28:57,166
[Nanette] Randy offered
to get her cigarettes.
645
00:28:57,166 --> 00:28:59,867
And when he got back,
646
00:28:59,867 --> 00:29:04,300
my daughter was
laying there, bleeding.
647
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,767
[narrator] When
paramedics arrive
at Randy Williams' house,
648
00:29:46,767 --> 00:29:50,100
they discover that Jen
didn't fall and hit herself.
649
00:29:50,967 --> 00:29:53,100
She was shot in the head.
650
00:29:54,266 --> 00:29:58,266
Jen is nude and is
pronounced dead at the scene.
651
00:29:58,266 --> 00:30:00,967
First responders
don't find a gun
near her body.
652
00:30:00,967 --> 00:30:04,200
But they do come across
this shell casing.
653
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,621
[Matt] When Randy
talk to the 911 operator,
654
00:30:08,621 --> 00:30:08,767
[Matt] When Randy
talk to the 911 operator,
655
00:30:08,767 --> 00:30:10,667
he doesn't mention
that she has been shot.
656
00:30:10,667 --> 00:30:12,500
He just says
that she's bleeding.
657
00:30:12,567 --> 00:30:13,867
It's very strange.
658
00:30:15,867 --> 00:30:18,700
[Khit] When
the EMT guys arrived...
659
00:30:18,767 --> 00:30:23,100
Without even entering,
uh, into the bedroom,
660
00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:27,266
they could see that half
of her face was gone.
661
00:30:30,367 --> 00:30:33,367
[narrator] March 31st,
in the early morning hours
662
00:30:33,367 --> 00:30:35,867
Randy is taken
into police custody.
663
00:30:35,867 --> 00:30:38,166
Meanwhile,
detective review footage
664
00:30:38,166 --> 00:30:38,621
from the adjoining home's
security camera.
665
00:30:38,621 --> 00:30:40,567
from the adjoining home's
security camera.
666
00:30:42,567 --> 00:30:46,900
When Randy got back
from the gas station,
to buy cigarettes,
667
00:30:46,967 --> 00:30:50,767
it shows him
walking into the house.
668
00:30:50,767 --> 00:30:54,000
And few seconds later,
669
00:30:54,066 --> 00:30:56,300
-the gunshot goes off.
-[gunshots]
670
00:30:57,300 --> 00:30:58,800
[narrator]
Randy tells detectives
671
00:30:58,867 --> 00:31:01,367
that he didn't hear
a gunshot.
672
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,667
[Jacquelyn] To be
in the house,
673
00:31:25,667 --> 00:31:27,600
when it happened,
674
00:31:27,667 --> 00:31:29,867
how can you not
hear a gunshot
675
00:31:29,867 --> 00:31:31,300
in that close range?
676
00:31:32,767 --> 00:31:35,300
[narrator] Randy
double down on his story.
677
00:31:35,367 --> 00:31:37,500
That he thought
Jen suffered a head injury
678
00:31:37,567 --> 00:31:38,621
as the result of a fall.
679
00:31:38,621 --> 00:31:39,300
as the result of a fall.
680
00:32:47,467 --> 00:32:51,867
[narrator] Another aspect
of the timeline sticks out
to the investigators.
681
00:32:51,867 --> 00:32:53,900
After Randy returns home,
682
00:32:53,967 --> 00:32:56,300
he waits a full 12 minutes
683
00:32:56,367 --> 00:32:58,767
before calling 911.
684
00:32:58,767 --> 00:33:00,100
For that 12 minutes,
685
00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:04,100
he is shown on video
686
00:33:04,100 --> 00:33:05,767
going in and out of the house
687
00:33:05,767 --> 00:33:07,667
with rifle cases.
688
00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:08,621
And during that time,
689
00:33:08,621 --> 00:33:10,700
And during that time,
690
00:33:10,767 --> 00:33:12,300
he could have been
helping her.
691
00:33:13,967 --> 00:33:17,700
[narrator]
This 12-minute delay
compounds the family's grief,
692
00:33:17,767 --> 00:33:21,166
when they learn that Randy is
an experienced paramedic.
693
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,567
I was very, very upset
about that.
694
00:33:33,567 --> 00:33:36,066
And just in shock.
695
00:33:36,066 --> 00:33:38,621
He could help Jen
and he chose not to.
696
00:33:38,621 --> 00:33:39,867
He could help Jen
and he chose not to.
697
00:33:41,367 --> 00:33:45,500
[narrator] Randy repeatedly
denies removing rifles
from his house.
698
00:33:45,567 --> 00:33:49,567
Even when detectives show him
footage of doing just that.
699
00:34:26,066 --> 00:34:28,266
[narrator] During
their initial interview
with Randy,
700
00:34:28,266 --> 00:34:30,367
detectives
receive confirmation
701
00:34:30,367 --> 00:34:32,667
that the rifle with which
Jen was shot
702
00:34:32,667 --> 00:34:35,367
has been found by a fence
on Randy's property.
703
00:34:54,367 --> 00:34:55,900
[Jacquelyn]
With video evidence,
704
00:34:55,967 --> 00:34:58,700
I don't see
how he can deny it.
705
00:34:58,767 --> 00:34:59,867
And yet he did.
706
00:34:59,867 --> 00:35:02,000
He denied every single thing.
707
00:35:03,467 --> 00:35:05,767
[narrator] Police
later find the rile cases
708
00:35:05,767 --> 00:35:07,767
that Randy was seen on camera
709
00:35:07,767 --> 00:35:08,621
moving into a workshop shed
on the property.
710
00:35:08,621 --> 00:35:10,567
moving into a workshop shed
on the property.
711
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,367
Near the end
of their interview with Randy,
712
00:35:16,367 --> 00:35:19,900
detective present him
with a series of scenarios
713
00:35:19,967 --> 00:35:22,266
that could have led
to Jen being shot.
714
00:35:45,700 --> 00:35:48,300
[narrator] On the morning
of March 31st,
715
00:35:48,367 --> 00:35:52,467
Randy is arrested
on suspicion
of first degree murder,
716
00:35:52,467 --> 00:35:56,266
second degree murder,
and tampering with evidence.
717
00:35:56,266 --> 00:35:59,500
But the next day,
Jen's family is shocked
718
00:35:59,567 --> 00:36:02,266
to learn that detectives
are starting to suspect
719
00:36:02,266 --> 00:36:06,467
that Jennifer isn't the victim
of a homicide, after all.
720
00:36:06,467 --> 00:36:08,621
Family members were told
that this was a suicide.
721
00:36:08,621 --> 00:36:08,667
Family members were told
that this was a suicide.
722
00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:11,667
That she pulled the trigger
of the rifle, with her toe.
723
00:36:16,066 --> 00:36:17,367
[Khit] The lead detective
724
00:36:17,367 --> 00:36:19,767
said that Jen sat on the bed,
725
00:36:19,767 --> 00:36:21,767
and shot herself.
726
00:36:21,767 --> 00:36:25,667
When he looked at
all the photos and stuff
that they took,
727
00:36:25,667 --> 00:36:28,600
there's hardly any blood.
728
00:36:28,667 --> 00:36:32,367
I don't understand
how my daughter is gonna
729
00:36:32,367 --> 00:36:36,100
shoot herself on the face,
730
00:36:36,166 --> 00:36:37,367
with a rifle.
731
00:36:38,467 --> 00:36:41,667
And the detective said
she used her toes.
732
00:36:41,667 --> 00:36:44,200
And she was wearing socks.
733
00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:45,423
How can you do that?
734
00:36:45,423 --> 00:36:46,200
How can you do that?
735
00:36:47,767 --> 00:36:49,800
[narrator] Jen's
history of depression,
736
00:36:49,867 --> 00:36:51,767
and a previous suicide attempt
737
00:36:51,767 --> 00:36:54,567
are used by detectives
as an indication
738
00:36:54,567 --> 00:36:57,900
that she may have died
by suicide.
739
00:36:57,967 --> 00:37:00,867
Her depression
was made known to them
740
00:37:00,867 --> 00:37:02,367
by her ex-husband.
741
00:37:02,367 --> 00:37:07,266
My sister hadn't been
in that state of mind
in a while.
742
00:37:07,266 --> 00:37:10,266
He failed to tell
the lead detective
743
00:37:10,266 --> 00:37:14,000
that he was cheating on Jen
744
00:37:14,066 --> 00:37:15,423
and got the girl pregnant
745
00:37:15,423 --> 00:37:15,867
and got the girl pregnant
746
00:37:15,867 --> 00:37:17,800
when they were married.
747
00:37:17,867 --> 00:37:20,367
That's why she was depressed.
748
00:37:21,867 --> 00:37:23,900
She was supposed
to be promoted.
749
00:37:23,967 --> 00:37:26,867
She did just get engaged.
750
00:37:26,867 --> 00:37:31,000
She was gonna get her kids
to Colorado, with her.
751
00:37:31,066 --> 00:37:35,367
And then have her family
that she'd always dreamed of.
752
00:37:35,367 --> 00:37:37,066
Why would that person...
753
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:40,000
...shoot themselves?
754
00:37:41,867 --> 00:37:44,567
[narrator] An autopsy
in performed on April 2nd.
755
00:37:44,567 --> 00:37:45,423
And Jen's manner of death
is officially ruled suicide.
756
00:37:45,423 --> 00:37:49,667
And Jen's manner of death
is officially ruled suicide.
757
00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:54,367
A police recreation
of the scene, arrives
at the same conclusion.
758
00:37:54,367 --> 00:37:57,500
Based on
the location of the body,
according to investigators,
759
00:37:57,567 --> 00:37:59,500
from the time
the gunshot went off
760
00:37:59,567 --> 00:38:01,266
and when Randy
was entering the home,
761
00:38:01,266 --> 00:38:04,467
there wasn't enough time
for him to get to her
to have done it.
762
00:38:05,667 --> 00:38:08,066
[narrator] The Wheat Ridge
Police Department says,
763
00:38:08,066 --> 00:38:10,066
that forensic evidence
from the scene
764
00:38:10,066 --> 00:38:14,300
also shows that Jen
likely died by suicide.
765
00:38:14,367 --> 00:38:15,423
[Matt] According
to forensic investigators,
766
00:38:15,423 --> 00:38:16,700
[Matt] According
to forensic investigators,
767
00:38:16,767 --> 00:38:20,000
the DNA profile
on the gun, and the trigger,
768
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,900
matched Jen.
769
00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:26,100
On the gun case,
there were three DNA profiles
on the latches.
770
00:38:26,767 --> 00:38:28,467
One of them was Jen.
771
00:38:28,467 --> 00:38:30,266
[narrator] Her family ponders
772
00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:32,700
whether Jen's DNA
could have gotten
on the rifle,
773
00:38:32,767 --> 00:38:35,500
and rifle case, another way.
774
00:38:35,567 --> 00:38:38,300
I believe that
whoever did this to her,
775
00:38:38,367 --> 00:38:42,100
made sure that her DNA
was everywhere
776
00:38:42,100 --> 00:38:45,423
and put her
fingerprints everywhere.
777
00:38:45,423 --> 00:38:46,100
and put her
fingerprints everywhere.
778
00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:49,767
I believe that,
in any situation,
779
00:38:49,767 --> 00:38:52,266
my sister would have
put up a fight.
780
00:38:52,266 --> 00:38:56,700
And would have gotten her DNA
all over everything.
781
00:38:56,767 --> 00:38:59,367
[Khit] Usually, when someone
shoots themselves,
782
00:38:59,367 --> 00:39:02,967
the gun would be
right by them,
783
00:39:02,967 --> 00:39:06,066
and investigators
can figure out, you know,
784
00:39:06,066 --> 00:39:07,800
if they've done it,
785
00:39:07,867 --> 00:39:09,600
but not in this case.
786
00:39:09,667 --> 00:39:13,767
because Randy hid the gun.
787
00:39:13,767 --> 00:39:15,423
If Jen shot herself,
788
00:39:15,423 --> 00:39:16,467
If Jen shot herself,
789
00:39:16,467 --> 00:39:19,800
why hide the gun?
790
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:22,667
[narrator] Randy William
is released
791
00:39:22,667 --> 00:39:26,266
from Jefferson County Jail,
on April 6th.
792
00:39:26,266 --> 00:39:30,467
And the district attorney
declines
to file murder charges.
793
00:39:30,467 --> 00:39:33,467
This surprising 180
by law enforcement
794
00:39:33,467 --> 00:39:36,266
deeply upsets Jen's family.
795
00:39:36,266 --> 00:39:40,266
My heart dropped
when I heard that
the charges dropped.
796
00:39:41,300 --> 00:39:43,567
[narrator] Randy
later takes a pea deal
797
00:39:43,567 --> 00:39:45,423
for charges
of tampering with evidence
798
00:39:45,423 --> 00:39:45,567
for charges
of tampering with evidence
799
00:39:45,567 --> 00:39:48,667
He's sentenced
to one year in prison.
800
00:39:48,667 --> 00:39:51,800
He's there
not even three months.
801
00:39:51,867 --> 00:39:54,667
And then he moved
to another state,
802
00:39:54,667 --> 00:39:57,700
when he was released.
803
00:39:57,767 --> 00:40:01,100
[narrator] Jen's family
has been
exploring the possibility
804
00:40:01,166 --> 00:40:04,867
that someone other than Randy
may have been present
when Jen was shot.
805
00:40:04,867 --> 00:40:08,567
They speculate
that the owner
of the adjoining house
806
00:40:08,567 --> 00:40:11,467
didn't share
all the surveillance footage.
807
00:40:11,467 --> 00:40:14,600
When the owner of the house
showed the video,
808
00:40:16,567 --> 00:40:19,767
the police said,
"E-mail us what you have."
809
00:40:19,767 --> 00:40:23,166
So they could have been
in there, going through
every single video
810
00:40:23,166 --> 00:40:27,600
to make sure that they
only sent the ones
that didn't show anything.
811
00:40:27,667 --> 00:40:32,000
[narrator] The family also
questions why a rape kit
wasn't administered.
812
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,900
And why Randy wasn't asked
to take a polygraph.
813
00:40:35,967 --> 00:40:41,200
If she was so drunk,
how could she have
consented to sex?
814
00:40:41,266 --> 00:40:45,166
Regardless, she wouldn't have
cheated on her fiance.
815
00:40:45,166 --> 00:40:45,423
Especially with
a 64-year-old man.
816
00:40:45,423 --> 00:40:48,600
Especially with
a 64-year-old man.
817
00:40:48,667 --> 00:40:52,000
After being cheated on
by her ex-husband,
818
00:40:52,066 --> 00:40:54,166
she knows how it feels.
819
00:40:54,166 --> 00:40:58,667
When I asked Detective Johnson
if they were
gonna do a rape kit,
820
00:40:58,667 --> 00:41:01,367
she said, "It was irrelevant."
821
00:41:01,367 --> 00:41:05,800
Because Jennifer wasn't here
to claim rape.
822
00:41:05,867 --> 00:41:08,166
And he said it was consensual.
823
00:41:08,166 --> 00:41:11,166
I don't understand
how anybody can say that.
824
00:41:11,166 --> 00:41:13,667
[Khit] We asked for him
to take a lie-detector.
825
00:41:13,667 --> 00:41:15,423
But the lead detective said
that it wasn't required.
826
00:41:15,423 --> 00:41:17,467
But the lead detective said
that it wasn't required.
827
00:41:17,467 --> 00:41:20,667
He's lied so many times
828
00:41:20,667 --> 00:41:23,667
that we wanted to know
what else he was lying about.
829
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,066
[narrator] Wheat Ridge PD
declined an interview.
830
00:41:28,066 --> 00:41:33,000
And Randy William
did not respond
to our interview request.
831
00:41:33,066 --> 00:41:39,300
For Jen's loved ones,
the pain remains as raw
as it was the day she died.
832
00:41:39,367 --> 00:41:42,567
They hold out hope
that her case
will be re-opened.
833
00:41:43,266 --> 00:41:44,767
[Nenette] I cry every night.
834
00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:45,423
It-- It's very hard.
835
00:41:45,423 --> 00:41:47,200
It-- It's very hard.
836
00:41:49,867 --> 00:41:51,567
When all this happened,
837
00:41:51,567 --> 00:41:53,667
we were in
one of our arguments.
838
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:56,667
But this time...
839
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,266
I didn't get a chance
to make up with her.
840
00:42:01,166 --> 00:42:02,700
She was taken away,
841
00:42:02,767 --> 00:42:05,500
thinking that I was
still mad at her.
842
00:42:05,567 --> 00:42:07,767
I hate that I was
robbed of that.