1 00:00:04,485 --> 00:00:06,848 [bear roars] 2 00:00:06,848 --> 00:00:09,370 NARRATOR: Wild places. 3 00:00:09,370 --> 00:00:11,492 Wilder crimes. 4 00:00:11,492 --> 00:00:14,856 These are the stories of the elite team that solves them 5 00:00:14,856 --> 00:00:18,700 in the most dangerous crime scenes in the world ‐‐ 6 00:00:18,700 --> 00:00:21,222 our national parks. 7 00:00:21,222 --> 00:00:23,144 ♪♪ 8 00:00:23,144 --> 00:00:24,706 DISPATCHER: Go ahead, sir. 9 00:00:26,668 --> 00:00:28,990 ‐ He was frantic, saying, you know, 10 00:00:28,990 --> 00:00:30,872 "My wife just fell from a cliff. 11 00:00:30,872 --> 00:00:32,794 She's unconscious. I need help." 12 00:00:36,958 --> 00:00:38,960 [bird screeches] 13 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,603 Why were you there? Why is the "X" on this map? 14 00:00:41,603 --> 00:00:43,565 ♪♪ 15 00:00:43,565 --> 00:00:47,448 The only reason to be where you are is to commit murder. 16 00:00:47,448 --> 00:00:49,771 ♪♪ 17 00:00:49,771 --> 00:00:52,493 BURR: Oh, my gosh, you know, this is two wives for Harold 18 00:00:52,493 --> 00:00:54,015 that have died now. 19 00:00:55,456 --> 00:00:57,899 ‐ There's no way that that was an accident. 20 00:00:57,899 --> 00:00:59,540 ♪♪ 21 00:00:59,540 --> 00:01:00,862 ‐ That's it. That's it. 22 00:01:00,862 --> 00:01:04,105 [animal howls] 23 00:01:04,105 --> 00:01:07,508 ♪♪ 24 00:01:07,508 --> 00:01:10,912 ♪♪ 25 00:01:16,958 --> 00:01:20,962 [wind rushing, birds chirping] 26 00:01:28,890 --> 00:01:31,332 HETTICK: Every year on their anniversary, 27 00:01:31,332 --> 00:01:33,775 Harold would plan a trip with Toni. 28 00:01:33,775 --> 00:01:36,017 ♪♪ 29 00:01:36,017 --> 00:01:39,220 Typically, the phone would ring, "Hey, Leigh, this is Harold. 30 00:01:39,220 --> 00:01:41,743 Toni and I are going to go on this little honeymoon trip. 31 00:01:41,743 --> 00:01:43,224 Could you take care of Haley for the weekend?" 32 00:01:43,224 --> 00:01:45,426 "Sure." 33 00:01:45,426 --> 00:01:47,669 ‐ They were about to have their 12th anniversary, 34 00:01:47,669 --> 00:01:49,310 and he was going to surprise her. 35 00:01:49,310 --> 00:01:50,391 She was just going to be overwhelmed, 36 00:01:50,391 --> 00:01:52,714 she was going to love it. 37 00:01:52,714 --> 00:01:56,317 COBBLE: Harold projected a successful businessman 38 00:01:56,317 --> 00:01:59,440 who was very well‐off 39 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,244 and had wooed this beautiful young lady from Mississippi. 40 00:02:04,525 --> 00:02:06,928 WHITENER: Toni Bertolet from Mississippi. 41 00:02:06,928 --> 00:02:09,611 She was an eye doctor ‐‐ ophthalmologist ‐‐ 42 00:02:09,611 --> 00:02:13,575 and very successful and a great mom. 43 00:02:13,575 --> 00:02:15,617 ♪♪ 44 00:02:15,617 --> 00:02:18,219 COBBLE: Harold called me and said, 45 00:02:18,219 --> 00:02:20,461 "Hey, I'm taking my bride, 46 00:02:20,461 --> 00:02:22,463 and we're going to Rocky Mountain National Park." 47 00:02:22,463 --> 00:02:25,386 And I went, "Great. Have a great time." 48 00:02:25,386 --> 00:02:28,630 ‐ Harold had asked if I could clear Toni's schedule, 49 00:02:28,630 --> 00:02:31,633 and he said, "I really want to surprise her with a trip." 50 00:02:31,633 --> 00:02:35,917 And so I said, "Sure. I'll take care of that for you." 51 00:02:35,917 --> 00:02:39,641 I ended up texting Dr. Henthorn just to say, "Congratulations. 52 00:02:39,641 --> 00:02:42,764 Have a great weekend. Be safe. Have a great time. 53 00:02:42,764 --> 00:02:44,325 See you Monday." 54 00:02:46,968 --> 00:02:49,490 And I never heard back from her. 55 00:02:49,490 --> 00:02:53,735 ♪♪ 56 00:02:53,735 --> 00:02:57,979 ♪♪ 57 00:03:12,153 --> 00:03:15,156 ♪♪ 58 00:03:15,156 --> 00:03:16,558 FAHERTY: My name is Mark Faherty. 59 00:03:16,558 --> 00:03:17,719 I was a Park Ranger 60 00:03:17,719 --> 00:03:19,721 in Rocky Mountain National Park. 61 00:03:22,844 --> 00:03:27,288 My job was to be the first to locate the patient. 62 00:03:29,450 --> 00:03:32,133 I was told to go to Deer Ridge Trailhead. 63 00:03:42,143 --> 00:03:44,505 PITA: My name is Mark Pita. 64 00:03:44,505 --> 00:03:45,947 When that call came in, 65 00:03:45,947 --> 00:03:48,029 I took the role of incident commander. 66 00:03:53,795 --> 00:03:55,837 There's steep wooded terrain, 67 00:03:55,837 --> 00:03:57,919 and there's no place in that immediate vicinity 68 00:03:57,919 --> 00:03:59,160 to land a helicopter, 69 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,202 and it was already getting dark. 70 00:04:01,202 --> 00:04:02,403 We were going to have to go in by ground 71 00:04:02,403 --> 00:04:03,885 and make an assessment. 72 00:04:03,885 --> 00:04:07,168 FAHERTY: I got to the trailhead about 6:15. 73 00:04:07,168 --> 00:04:11,853 My primary concern was finding where the patient was quickly. 74 00:04:11,853 --> 00:04:13,895 ♪♪ 75 00:04:13,895 --> 00:04:15,937 ‐ It wasn't an easy place to get to. 76 00:04:25,026 --> 00:04:27,188 FAHERTY: I'd never been in that area. 77 00:04:27,188 --> 00:04:31,593 I couldn't see because it was dark. 78 00:04:31,593 --> 00:04:35,156 I'd only been hiking 30 minutes when I heard radio traffic. 79 00:04:41,723 --> 00:04:43,805 Henthorn was performing CPR. 80 00:04:45,727 --> 00:04:47,689 It made me realize that this was 81 00:04:47,689 --> 00:04:51,252 probably not going to have a good ending. 82 00:04:51,252 --> 00:04:54,015 I was very thankful when the moon came out, 83 00:04:54,015 --> 00:04:55,617 silhouetted the ridge, 84 00:04:55,617 --> 00:04:58,740 so I was able to vector in on their location. 85 00:04:58,740 --> 00:05:00,541 [whistle blows] 86 00:05:00,541 --> 00:05:03,104 As I got closer, I started blowing my whistle, 87 00:05:03,104 --> 00:05:06,868 and Henthorn also had a whistle, and he responded. 88 00:05:06,868 --> 00:05:10,431 [whistling continues] 89 00:05:10,431 --> 00:05:12,714 As I approached him, Henthorn went over 90 00:05:12,714 --> 00:05:16,437 and started performing CPR on Toni. 91 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,963 She was laying on her back, and her head was wrapped. 92 00:05:21,963 --> 00:05:24,165 It was obvious she had a head wound. 93 00:05:24,165 --> 00:05:26,207 Her eyes were partially open, 94 00:05:26,207 --> 00:05:30,091 and I evaluated her for a pulse and respirations. 95 00:05:32,133 --> 00:05:36,698 I told Harold, "I'm sorry, but she's gone." 96 00:05:36,698 --> 00:05:38,740 And Harold said, "I think so, too." 97 00:05:38,740 --> 00:05:41,382 And he seemed emotional to me. 98 00:05:43,545 --> 00:05:46,147 I told him that he would hike down with me 99 00:05:46,147 --> 00:05:49,991 and a couple people would spend the night with Toni's body, 100 00:05:49,991 --> 00:05:52,554 and he agreed. 101 00:05:52,554 --> 00:05:56,157 I thought at that time, it was just what 99% of them are, 102 00:05:56,157 --> 00:05:58,279 is just a tragic accident. 103 00:05:58,279 --> 00:05:59,961 ‐ Park Rangers recovering the body 104 00:05:59,961 --> 00:06:01,563 of a woman who fell to her death 105 00:06:01,563 --> 00:06:03,885 while hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park. 106 00:06:03,885 --> 00:06:05,567 Authorities say the victim was from Littleton, 107 00:06:05,567 --> 00:06:07,208 that she was in her 50s. 108 00:06:07,208 --> 00:06:10,011 She'd been hiking in the area with a family member. 109 00:06:10,011 --> 00:06:13,014 ♪♪ 110 00:06:13,014 --> 00:06:15,176 ‐ Now we have a fatality investigation 111 00:06:15,176 --> 00:06:17,458 we have to conduct. 112 00:06:17,458 --> 00:06:20,141 And the first thing I want to do is document the scene. 113 00:06:20,141 --> 00:06:21,743 [birds chirping] 114 00:06:26,507 --> 00:06:28,269 ♪♪ 115 00:06:28,269 --> 00:06:29,751 LARSON: My name is Paul Larson. 116 00:06:29,751 --> 00:06:31,873 I was the lead field investigator 117 00:06:31,873 --> 00:06:34,195 for that Henthorn fatality, 118 00:06:34,195 --> 00:06:37,679 which means I document the scene, you know, 119 00:06:37,679 --> 00:06:40,842 take a lot of pictures, maybe take some measurements. 120 00:06:40,842 --> 00:06:44,886 ♪♪ 121 00:06:44,886 --> 00:06:46,648 There's a tree that, on one side, 122 00:06:46,648 --> 00:06:50,091 the branches had been kind of knocked off or broken off. 123 00:06:50,091 --> 00:06:51,893 I call it the impact tree. 124 00:06:51,893 --> 00:06:54,055 You can see that was in a place where I imagine 125 00:06:54,055 --> 00:06:57,218 Toni probably impacted as she fell to the ground. 126 00:06:57,218 --> 00:07:00,461 There were small things that didn't totally add up. 127 00:07:00,461 --> 00:07:02,103 It was an obscure area ‐‐ 128 00:07:02,103 --> 00:07:04,986 it's not a place where I would expect your average hiker 129 00:07:04,986 --> 00:07:06,908 to just happen across, 130 00:07:06,908 --> 00:07:08,870 because it was just so steep. 131 00:07:11,152 --> 00:07:14,636 I noticed there's a shoe that was there, an untied boot. 132 00:07:14,636 --> 00:07:16,357 Usually, in the course of a fall, 133 00:07:16,357 --> 00:07:19,641 shoes tend not to untie themselves. 134 00:07:19,641 --> 00:07:22,403 Her backpack was very close to her body, 135 00:07:22,403 --> 00:07:25,086 and also her camera. 136 00:07:25,086 --> 00:07:28,089 I would think either it would be up at the impact area 137 00:07:28,089 --> 00:07:31,092 or off somewhere else, you know, after falling down a cliff, 138 00:07:31,092 --> 00:07:34,976 just not necessarily right where she was. 139 00:07:34,976 --> 00:07:37,058 So I knew that the camera was important, 140 00:07:37,058 --> 00:07:38,780 and it was something that I decided 141 00:07:38,780 --> 00:07:41,783 to take to pass off to Ranger Faherty. 142 00:07:41,783 --> 00:07:43,865 ♪♪ 143 00:07:43,865 --> 00:07:47,308 [birds chirping] 144 00:07:47,308 --> 00:07:49,831 ♪♪ 145 00:07:49,831 --> 00:07:51,913 FAHERTY: That day, I tied in with a Ranger 146 00:07:51,913 --> 00:07:55,637 who was inventorying Harold Henthorn's vehicle, 147 00:07:55,637 --> 00:07:57,959 and she found a map in the vehicle, 148 00:07:57,959 --> 00:08:00,802 thought the map was strange. 149 00:08:00,802 --> 00:08:05,126 It was a park map, and it had curious drawings on it. 150 00:08:05,126 --> 00:08:07,528 Deer Ridge Trail was highlighted. 151 00:08:07,528 --> 00:08:10,531 Below Deer Ridge Trail was written the word "hike" 152 00:08:10,531 --> 00:08:12,013 with an "X" circled, 153 00:08:12,013 --> 00:08:15,296 and then above the Deer Ridge highlighted trail 154 00:08:15,296 --> 00:08:17,979 was a highlighted "X." 155 00:08:17,979 --> 00:08:19,340 And that was really curious 156 00:08:19,340 --> 00:08:20,942 because it was right about the location 157 00:08:20,942 --> 00:08:22,784 where Toni had died, 158 00:08:22,784 --> 00:08:25,827 so I seized it as evidence. 159 00:08:25,827 --> 00:08:27,669 It was pretty obvious 160 00:08:27,669 --> 00:08:30,111 something that's going to require this much investigation 161 00:08:30,111 --> 00:08:32,834 is probably going to go over to ISB. 162 00:08:32,834 --> 00:08:36,277 ♪♪ 163 00:08:36,277 --> 00:08:39,240 SMITH: The Investigative Services Branch, known as ISB, 164 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,083 investigates complicated felony crimes. 165 00:08:42,083 --> 00:08:43,685 [siren wails] 166 00:08:43,685 --> 00:08:45,607 If it happens in a national park, 167 00:08:45,607 --> 00:08:47,488 we can investigate it. 168 00:08:47,488 --> 00:08:48,970 The National Park Service 169 00:08:48,970 --> 00:08:51,092 has over 400 units across the country, 170 00:08:51,092 --> 00:08:56,137 and, by and large, they are incredibly safe places. 171 00:08:56,137 --> 00:08:58,860 But when you have millions and millions of visitors 172 00:08:58,860 --> 00:09:00,902 coming through every year, 173 00:09:00,902 --> 00:09:03,464 crime will happen. 174 00:09:03,464 --> 00:09:05,266 And in national parks, there are certain crimes 175 00:09:05,266 --> 00:09:06,708 that, if they're committed, 176 00:09:06,708 --> 00:09:09,430 become federal offenses no matter what. 177 00:09:09,430 --> 00:09:13,234 And these agents need to be able to do it all. 178 00:09:13,234 --> 00:09:16,918 MAYESKI: Wildlife crime, crimes against people ‐‐ 179 00:09:16,918 --> 00:09:18,519 just amazing where we can wind up 180 00:09:18,519 --> 00:09:20,201 and what we can wind up doing. 181 00:09:20,201 --> 00:09:23,084 So you truly never know. 182 00:09:23,084 --> 00:09:24,405 McGEE: And a lot of times, 183 00:09:24,405 --> 00:09:27,689 we are physically scrambling over rocks 184 00:09:27,689 --> 00:09:30,772 and climbing to get to certain areas. 185 00:09:30,772 --> 00:09:34,656 I don't think everybody else in the special agent world 186 00:09:34,656 --> 00:09:36,057 is doing that. 187 00:09:36,057 --> 00:09:38,379 SHOTT: We have huge areas to cover, 188 00:09:38,379 --> 00:09:41,182 and there's only about 34 agents. 189 00:09:42,984 --> 00:09:44,786 My name's Beth Shott. 190 00:09:44,786 --> 00:09:47,549 I'm a special agent with the Investigative Services Branch. 191 00:09:47,549 --> 00:09:50,311 We're the detectives of the National Park Service. 192 00:09:50,311 --> 00:09:53,555 Because ISB agents are so far and few between, 193 00:09:53,555 --> 00:09:56,638 I was an office of one agent. 194 00:09:56,638 --> 00:09:58,359 So, Ranger Faherty called me 195 00:09:58,359 --> 00:10:02,403 when he had some suspicion about Toni's death. 196 00:10:02,403 --> 00:10:05,406 He presented his information that he had, 197 00:10:05,406 --> 00:10:08,249 and I said, "I think we've got a case." 198 00:10:08,249 --> 00:10:11,733 ♪♪ 199 00:10:11,733 --> 00:10:15,176 ♪♪ 200 00:10:15,176 --> 00:10:17,058 Ranger Faherty had made arrangements 201 00:10:17,058 --> 00:10:20,702 to go to Harold Henthorn's house and interview him, 202 00:10:20,702 --> 00:10:22,704 'cause there's still a lot of questions we need to ask. 203 00:10:22,704 --> 00:10:27,388 [wind rushing, birds chirping] 204 00:10:27,388 --> 00:10:28,830 [doorbell rings] FAHERTY: When I got there, 205 00:10:28,830 --> 00:10:30,672 he introduced me to his daughter, Haley, 206 00:10:30,672 --> 00:10:32,233 and then he took me to the basement 207 00:10:32,233 --> 00:10:35,436 and sat me down at what I guess was his office. 208 00:10:35,436 --> 00:10:37,078 One of the things I had brought with me 209 00:10:37,078 --> 00:10:40,241 was a memory card from Toni's camera, 210 00:10:40,241 --> 00:10:43,605 and I showed him some of the pictures off the camera, 211 00:10:43,605 --> 00:10:46,247 and he acted upset. 212 00:10:46,247 --> 00:10:49,370 He said, "That's my wife, Mark. That's my wife," 213 00:10:49,370 --> 00:10:51,693 as he looked at pictures of Toni. 214 00:10:51,693 --> 00:10:56,898 ♪♪ 215 00:10:56,898 --> 00:10:59,220 Harold told me that when the fall happened, 216 00:10:59,220 --> 00:11:03,304 she was walking rapidly toward the edge of the cliff. 217 00:11:03,304 --> 00:11:05,627 He said he didn't witness it. 218 00:11:05,627 --> 00:11:09,831 He was preoccupied with his phone and receiving a text 219 00:11:09,831 --> 00:11:12,554 that said Haley had won a soccer game. 220 00:11:12,554 --> 00:11:15,316 When I asked to see the text, he showed me, 221 00:11:15,316 --> 00:11:19,601 and it said that the text had been received at 5:54. 222 00:11:19,601 --> 00:11:23,004 SHOTT: He noted the time ‐‐ he said, "Oh, that's 5:54." 223 00:11:24,886 --> 00:11:28,249 And we realized that the text message came in 224 00:11:28,249 --> 00:11:30,531 at the same time that he called 911. 225 00:11:32,373 --> 00:11:34,576 And he told Mark it took him about 45 minutes 226 00:11:34,576 --> 00:11:38,499 to get down to the bottom of the cliff where Toni's body was, 227 00:11:38,499 --> 00:11:40,501 and then he called 911. 228 00:11:40,501 --> 00:11:42,624 We know that when he called 911 229 00:11:42,624 --> 00:11:44,986 and when that text message came in, 230 00:11:44,986 --> 00:11:47,468 and those don't match up to his story. 231 00:11:48,590 --> 00:11:50,271 FAHERTY: And then I got the map 232 00:11:50,271 --> 00:11:52,834 that a Ranger had found in his vehicle 233 00:11:52,834 --> 00:11:55,356 and said, "Well, what about this?" 234 00:11:55,356 --> 00:11:58,159 And that was like the first time in the interview 235 00:11:58,159 --> 00:12:00,882 Henthorn didn't seem to have any words. 236 00:12:02,684 --> 00:12:05,647 ‐ This is a copy of the map found in the car. 237 00:12:05,647 --> 00:12:08,570 That's the "X," and it's ‐‐ it's eerily near 238 00:12:08,570 --> 00:12:11,372 where Toni's body was discovered. 239 00:12:11,372 --> 00:12:13,334 "Why were you there? Why is the 'X' on this map?" 240 00:12:13,334 --> 00:12:16,097 And he didn't have an answer for it. He seemed taken aback. 241 00:12:16,097 --> 00:12:17,378 FAHERTY: I think, at that point, 242 00:12:17,378 --> 00:12:19,340 he pretty much just wanted me gone. 243 00:12:19,340 --> 00:12:22,423 He never returned any of my calls after that. 244 00:12:22,423 --> 00:12:25,667 SHOTT: So all of those things, which we call the Spidey Sense 245 00:12:25,667 --> 00:12:27,508 [laughs] so to speak, 246 00:12:27,508 --> 00:12:30,431 all these red flags are what triggered Mark to ‐‐ to believe 247 00:12:30,431 --> 00:12:35,076 that there was something more to this story. 248 00:12:35,076 --> 00:12:37,238 We didn't really know what we had. 249 00:12:37,238 --> 00:12:41,122 We just knew that everything didn't sound right. 250 00:12:41,122 --> 00:12:44,245 And there was a really key piece of evidence. 251 00:12:44,245 --> 00:12:45,847 Toni's camera was destroyed, 252 00:12:45,847 --> 00:12:48,249 but the SD card was still intact. 253 00:12:48,249 --> 00:12:50,411 We were able to look at the photos, 254 00:12:50,411 --> 00:12:53,374 and these pictures are very important to us 255 00:12:53,374 --> 00:12:56,257 'cause these are the last moments of Toni Henthorn's life. 256 00:12:56,257 --> 00:12:59,901 ♪♪ 257 00:13:03,104 --> 00:13:08,670 ♪♪ 258 00:13:08,670 --> 00:13:11,673 SHOTT: Within days of getting involved in this case, 259 00:13:11,673 --> 00:13:14,956 I talked to Toni's family, the Bertolets, 260 00:13:14,956 --> 00:13:18,640 and they gave me insight into Toni. 261 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:22,764 We discussed how they learned about Toni's death 262 00:13:22,764 --> 00:13:25,767 and what they heard that night. 263 00:13:25,767 --> 00:13:30,051 ♪♪ 264 00:13:30,051 --> 00:13:33,094 TODD: I had just sat down, it was around 7:00, 265 00:13:33,094 --> 00:13:35,577 and I look over, 266 00:13:35,577 --> 00:13:37,659 the phone's ringing, and it's my brother. 267 00:13:37,659 --> 00:13:43,224 And my brother said, you know, "Toni's been in an accident. 268 00:13:43,224 --> 00:13:46,788 There's an ongoing rescue, but, you know, 269 00:13:46,788 --> 00:13:49,190 from what I'm hearing," he said, 270 00:13:49,190 --> 00:13:51,873 "I don't think she's going to make it." 271 00:13:51,873 --> 00:13:53,555 My wife, Rhonda, heard me talking 272 00:13:53,555 --> 00:13:54,916 and she knew it was serious. 273 00:13:54,916 --> 00:13:56,437 "Oh, what's going on? What's going on?" 274 00:13:56,437 --> 00:13:59,120 And I told her, I said, "Well, Barry wants us 275 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,643 to go down and prepare Mom and Daddy." 276 00:14:09,530 --> 00:14:14,455 ‐ The first call we got from Barry, 277 00:14:14,455 --> 00:14:18,059 he said that Toni had an accident 278 00:14:18,059 --> 00:14:23,384 and she was in serious condition and it didn't look good. 279 00:14:23,384 --> 00:14:29,150 Of course, we prayed that God would intervene and save Toni. 280 00:14:29,150 --> 00:14:31,232 And then he called back 281 00:14:31,232 --> 00:14:36,357 and said that she ‐‐ she was gone. 282 00:14:36,357 --> 00:14:38,239 Three horrible words. 283 00:14:38,239 --> 00:14:42,003 ♪♪ 284 00:14:42,003 --> 00:14:45,727 ♪♪ 285 00:14:45,727 --> 00:14:51,252 ‐ We're on my childhood street in Vidalia, Louisiana. 286 00:14:51,252 --> 00:14:53,815 This is the old homestead. 287 00:14:53,815 --> 00:14:56,698 My mom and dad and Toni and my brother Barry, 288 00:14:56,698 --> 00:14:59,540 we moved here in 1965. 289 00:14:59,540 --> 00:15:01,983 My dad was a geologist in the oil business 290 00:15:01,983 --> 00:15:04,305 and had several discoveries, 291 00:15:04,305 --> 00:15:08,710 and we got to the point where we were a whole lot better off 292 00:15:08,710 --> 00:15:11,793 towards the end than at the beginning. 293 00:15:11,793 --> 00:15:14,515 ♪♪ 294 00:15:14,515 --> 00:15:16,157 HANNAN: My name is Caleb Hannan. 295 00:15:16,157 --> 00:15:18,960 I'm an investigative reporter in Denver, Colorado. 296 00:15:20,642 --> 00:15:22,884 Toni Henthorn came from a lot of money. 297 00:15:22,884 --> 00:15:26,327 Her family's done very well in the oil and gas business. 298 00:15:26,327 --> 00:15:28,049 Her family wasn't old money, 299 00:15:28,049 --> 00:15:31,893 but they very quickly became part of the money crowd, 300 00:15:31,893 --> 00:15:35,416 but, to their credit, kind of never lost the work ethic 301 00:15:35,416 --> 00:15:38,900 and the ability to see the other side. 302 00:15:38,900 --> 00:15:41,262 ♪♪ 303 00:15:41,262 --> 00:15:45,026 TODD: Toni could make the most of just about anything. 304 00:15:45,026 --> 00:15:46,868 If she wanted to be a great musician, 305 00:15:46,868 --> 00:15:48,389 she could be a great musician. 306 00:15:48,389 --> 00:15:49,831 If she wanted to be a great student, 307 00:15:49,831 --> 00:15:51,192 she could be a great student. 308 00:15:51,192 --> 00:15:52,273 If she wanted to be a good athlete, 309 00:15:52,273 --> 00:15:54,115 she could be a great athlete. 310 00:15:56,077 --> 00:15:59,721 Toni always wanted to be a medical doctor. 311 00:15:59,721 --> 00:16:02,924 She felt like ophthalmology would basically allow her 312 00:16:02,924 --> 00:16:05,086 to do what she loved 313 00:16:05,086 --> 00:16:09,490 and give her some downtime and some family time. 314 00:16:09,490 --> 00:16:11,172 HANNAN: She was married pretty young ‐‐ 315 00:16:11,172 --> 00:16:12,533 someone she had met in medical school. 316 00:16:12,533 --> 00:16:14,535 He was a dentist. 317 00:16:14,535 --> 00:16:18,019 ‐ But ultimately, it ended up in a divorce, 318 00:16:18,019 --> 00:16:23,144 and to have a failed marriage and have that disappointment, 319 00:16:23,144 --> 00:16:25,627 I don't think she ever really accepted that. 320 00:16:26,868 --> 00:16:29,270 HANNAN: She clearly viewed giving up on the marriage 321 00:16:29,270 --> 00:16:30,672 as something shameful. 322 00:16:30,672 --> 00:16:32,033 MAN: Toni. 323 00:16:32,033 --> 00:16:34,195 HANNAN: So I think after Toni's divorce, 324 00:16:34,195 --> 00:16:36,798 she kept herself extremely busy. 325 00:16:36,798 --> 00:16:38,039 She was always working. 326 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,242 TODD: She had a practice in Jackson 327 00:16:41,242 --> 00:16:43,965 and one in Vicksburg, Mississippi. 328 00:16:43,965 --> 00:16:46,808 She had built that practice up to a point 329 00:16:46,808 --> 00:16:49,250 that it was ‐‐ finally had turned the corner 330 00:16:49,250 --> 00:16:50,612 and it was profitable. 331 00:16:50,612 --> 00:16:53,655 [organ music plays in church] 332 00:16:53,655 --> 00:16:58,259 HANNAN: Toni was driven, smart, compassionate. 333 00:16:58,259 --> 00:17:01,222 She threw herself into her church, First Baptist, 334 00:17:01,222 --> 00:17:03,825 where she sang soprano in the choir, 335 00:17:03,825 --> 00:17:07,388 but also where she counseled young professionals 336 00:17:07,388 --> 00:17:10,952 in kind of a Sunday school for adults. 337 00:17:13,915 --> 00:17:15,557 TALLEY: My name is Allison Talley, 338 00:17:15,557 --> 00:17:19,000 and Toni Bertolet was one of my very closest friends. 339 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,523 Although Toni never outright told everybody, 340 00:17:22,523 --> 00:17:24,245 "I want to get married, and I want to get married 341 00:17:24,245 --> 00:17:28,169 as soon as possible," we all knew that she wanted to. 342 00:17:28,169 --> 00:17:29,370 HANNAN: The clock, unfortunately, 343 00:17:29,370 --> 00:17:30,812 was ticking for her. 344 00:17:30,812 --> 00:17:32,253 The divorce had set her back, 345 00:17:32,253 --> 00:17:34,616 and she wasn't meeting the kind of people 346 00:17:34,616 --> 00:17:38,019 she apparently wanted to meet in Mississippi. 347 00:17:38,019 --> 00:17:39,781 TALLEY: I was pretty shocked one day 348 00:17:39,781 --> 00:17:41,903 when Toni and I were having a conversation 349 00:17:41,903 --> 00:17:46,147 and she just outright said, "I met a guy online, 350 00:17:46,147 --> 00:17:48,910 this guy named Harold." 351 00:17:48,910 --> 00:17:50,952 SHOTT: When he was wooing her online, 352 00:17:50,952 --> 00:17:52,594 some of the things that they talked about 353 00:17:52,594 --> 00:17:54,395 was that they both wanted children. 354 00:17:54,395 --> 00:17:56,918 It's a Christian dating site, so they were both Christian. 355 00:17:56,918 --> 00:18:00,521 He said all the right things to her, I believe. 356 00:18:00,521 --> 00:18:02,964 TALLEY: I think he knew he was in for an interview with us, 357 00:18:02,964 --> 00:18:04,485 so he made the most of that. 358 00:18:04,485 --> 00:18:06,207 First impressions are his thing, 359 00:18:06,207 --> 00:18:10,011 and he makes good first impressions. 360 00:18:10,011 --> 00:18:12,413 HANNAN: Harold presents himself at this point in his life 361 00:18:12,413 --> 00:18:15,456 as an independent fundraiser for nonprofits, 362 00:18:15,456 --> 00:18:18,499 specifically churches and hospitals 363 00:18:18,499 --> 00:18:21,983 which have a religious bearing. 364 00:18:21,983 --> 00:18:25,266 And if you'd just met him, you already know 365 00:18:25,266 --> 00:18:28,429 that he has made himself a fortune doing this. 366 00:18:28,429 --> 00:18:30,592 ♪♪ 367 00:18:30,592 --> 00:18:32,153 RHONDA: I'm Rhonda Bertolet, 368 00:18:32,153 --> 00:18:34,435 and I'm married to Todd Bertolet, 369 00:18:34,435 --> 00:18:36,998 and Toni is my sister‐in‐law. 370 00:18:36,998 --> 00:18:40,361 My first impression of Harold was 371 00:18:40,361 --> 00:18:43,284 he seemed very excited 372 00:18:43,284 --> 00:18:47,569 and always very kind of exuberant in his mannerisms. 373 00:18:47,569 --> 00:18:49,731 ‐ Wow! Beautiful artwork. 374 00:18:49,731 --> 00:18:52,093 RHONDA: Talked very loud, talked very fast. 375 00:18:52,093 --> 00:18:56,537 Always felt like he was trying to impress me. 376 00:18:56,537 --> 00:18:59,300 TODD: He's almost kind of like a used car salesman. 377 00:18:59,300 --> 00:19:01,302 Harold is great 378 00:19:01,302 --> 00:19:03,985 because Harold's told us how great he is. 379 00:19:03,985 --> 00:19:05,707 But you go along with it 380 00:19:05,707 --> 00:19:09,110 because you want something good to happen to your sister. 381 00:19:10,431 --> 00:19:13,635 TALLEY: And shortly after that, they told us they were engaged, 382 00:19:13,635 --> 00:19:15,036 and we couldn't have been happier for her 383 00:19:15,036 --> 00:19:16,558 for finding someone, 384 00:19:16,558 --> 00:19:20,121 even though it was Harold and he was different. 385 00:19:20,121 --> 00:19:22,243 ‐ What was concerning is how quickly 386 00:19:22,243 --> 00:19:24,125 everything kind of progressed. 387 00:19:24,125 --> 00:19:25,366 TALLEY: They got engaged in February, 388 00:19:25,366 --> 00:19:26,928 they got married in September. 389 00:19:26,928 --> 00:19:28,650 They didn't see each other but six or seven times 390 00:19:28,650 --> 00:19:29,851 during that whole period. 391 00:19:29,851 --> 00:19:33,094 ‐ Merry Christmas, everybody. 392 00:19:33,094 --> 00:19:34,696 ♪♪ 393 00:19:34,696 --> 00:19:36,377 MAN: And there's the groom. 394 00:19:36,377 --> 00:19:38,099 PHOTOGRAPHER: Here we go. One, two, right here. 395 00:19:38,099 --> 00:19:39,100 [camera shutter clicks] Bingo. Alright. 396 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:40,141 ‐ Alright. 397 00:19:40,141 --> 00:19:42,584 [organ music plays] 398 00:19:42,584 --> 00:19:47,348 ‐ The wedding day for Toni and Harold was just beautiful. 399 00:19:47,348 --> 00:19:50,231 ♪♪ 400 00:19:50,231 --> 00:19:52,674 Toni was just stunning. 401 00:19:52,674 --> 00:19:54,756 Yeah, it was a very happy event. 402 00:19:55,917 --> 00:19:59,561 TALLEY: Huge church wedding, beautiful decor, 403 00:19:59,561 --> 00:20:01,763 the flowers, the food, the dresses. 404 00:20:01,763 --> 00:20:03,404 It was a class act. 405 00:20:03,404 --> 00:20:05,807 MAN: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Henthorn. 406 00:20:05,807 --> 00:20:08,369 [applause, organ music plays] 407 00:20:08,369 --> 00:20:11,052 TODD: So, at that point, there's a little comfort 408 00:20:11,052 --> 00:20:13,655 setting in with myself and Rhonda 409 00:20:13,655 --> 00:20:18,339 that maybe this is the right thing to happen. 410 00:20:18,339 --> 00:20:22,784 ♪♪ 411 00:20:22,784 --> 00:20:26,548 ‐ So, Harold and Toni, two years after they get married, 412 00:20:26,548 --> 00:20:28,670 are leaving Mississippi. 413 00:20:28,670 --> 00:20:30,431 TONI: It's so pretty, isn't it? 414 00:20:30,431 --> 00:20:32,554 HANNAN: Apparently, he always wanted to go to Colorado. 415 00:20:32,554 --> 00:20:34,515 He always wanted to bring Toni there 416 00:20:34,515 --> 00:20:36,477 and away from her family and her friends 417 00:20:36,477 --> 00:20:38,560 and her practice and her church. 418 00:20:40,441 --> 00:20:42,924 So she sold her practice in Mississippi, 419 00:20:42,924 --> 00:20:45,526 and they both relocate to Colorado 420 00:20:45,526 --> 00:20:49,170 and an upscale neighborhood called Highlands Ranch. 421 00:20:52,093 --> 00:20:56,057 TALLEY: They wanted children right away, both of them did. 422 00:20:56,057 --> 00:20:59,460 She was in her mid‐40s when she got pregnant with Haley, 423 00:20:59,460 --> 00:21:02,664 so she got her dream. 424 00:21:02,664 --> 00:21:05,747 ‐ That's right. We will. We promised. 425 00:21:05,747 --> 00:21:08,349 HANNAN: From the outside looking in, Toni and Harold's marriage 426 00:21:08,349 --> 00:21:10,712 looked ideal. 427 00:21:10,712 --> 00:21:12,674 It certainly looks like the perfect life. 428 00:21:12,674 --> 00:21:13,915 ‐ We love you. ‐ We love you. 429 00:21:13,995 --> 00:21:15,757 ‐ We love you. 430 00:21:15,757 --> 00:21:18,039 ‐ [laughs] WOMAN: We love you. 431 00:21:18,039 --> 00:21:21,923 ♪♪ 432 00:21:21,923 --> 00:21:25,807 ♪♪ 433 00:21:25,807 --> 00:21:28,369 SHOTT: We're at where Toni worked. 434 00:21:28,369 --> 00:21:30,171 She was a partner in this business. 435 00:21:31,613 --> 00:21:33,615 Ranger Mark Faherty and I made an arrangement 436 00:21:33,615 --> 00:21:37,739 to come down and interview the staff. 437 00:21:37,739 --> 00:21:40,421 What Harold had told Mark Faherty 438 00:21:40,421 --> 00:21:43,464 was that it was their 12th wedding anniversary 439 00:21:43,464 --> 00:21:45,707 and he had planned the surprise trip for Toni 440 00:21:45,707 --> 00:21:48,189 with her coworkers. 441 00:21:48,189 --> 00:21:51,432 ♪♪ 442 00:21:51,432 --> 00:21:54,115 DREWS: Then we made a dummy schedule for the afternoon. 443 00:21:54,115 --> 00:21:55,957 We thought this was, "Oh, what a nice guy 444 00:21:55,957 --> 00:21:58,239 to do this for her. She deserves it." 445 00:21:58,239 --> 00:22:00,081 And so he showed up at the office, 446 00:22:00,081 --> 00:22:02,003 and so then we made him look like a patient 447 00:22:02,003 --> 00:22:04,005 and put him in one of the rooms. 448 00:22:04,005 --> 00:22:06,287 And we took my phone to videotape it, 449 00:22:06,287 --> 00:22:09,771 because we thought this was going to be a neat thing. 450 00:22:09,771 --> 00:22:11,973 She went into the room and was shocked, 451 00:22:11,973 --> 00:22:13,695 like, "What are you doing here?" 452 00:22:14,776 --> 00:22:15,977 [laughter] 453 00:22:15,977 --> 00:22:17,378 SHOTT: When I saw the video, 454 00:22:17,378 --> 00:22:19,500 Toni just looked more bewildered 455 00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:23,064 than, like, happy and ecstatic. 456 00:22:23,064 --> 00:22:24,626 DREWS: I think she was probably like, 457 00:22:24,626 --> 00:22:26,427 "I don't want that surprise." 458 00:22:26,427 --> 00:22:28,590 When you see the video today, 459 00:22:28,590 --> 00:22:33,154 you don't see that happy person that's, like, excited to go. 460 00:22:34,475 --> 00:22:35,757 SHOTT: Toni, of course, was surprised. 461 00:22:35,757 --> 00:22:37,398 She was taken aback, 462 00:22:37,398 --> 00:22:39,480 and Harold had a little go bag for her, 463 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:41,122 and he said, "Come on." 464 00:22:41,122 --> 00:22:43,885 He had a nanny come and take care of Haley, 465 00:22:43,885 --> 00:22:48,650 and they left from here up to Estes Park. 466 00:22:48,650 --> 00:22:52,333 We have some photos from his cellphone and her camera 467 00:22:52,333 --> 00:22:56,457 that re‐creates their trip up there. 468 00:22:56,457 --> 00:22:58,299 And photographs that we recovered 469 00:22:58,299 --> 00:23:00,782 showed us exactly where they were. 470 00:23:02,624 --> 00:23:05,026 And this photo is one of the last photos 471 00:23:05,026 --> 00:23:08,630 that we have prior to Toni's death. 472 00:23:08,630 --> 00:23:10,872 You can see that Harold's standing right on a ledge here, 473 00:23:10,872 --> 00:23:14,155 and his hand is gripped tightly to this tree. 474 00:23:14,155 --> 00:23:18,239 We have another photo from her camera about 15 minutes later. 475 00:23:18,239 --> 00:23:22,724 It's the exact same photo, but he's wearing a blue denim shirt. 476 00:23:22,724 --> 00:23:24,686 And then there were two deleted photos 477 00:23:24,686 --> 00:23:26,768 that we were able to recover 478 00:23:26,768 --> 00:23:30,772 that were pictures of him standing up there. 479 00:23:30,772 --> 00:23:32,253 Why are there so many of them, 480 00:23:32,253 --> 00:23:34,535 and why are they 15 minutes apart? 481 00:23:34,535 --> 00:23:37,178 ♪♪ 482 00:23:40,461 --> 00:23:43,705 ♪♪ 483 00:23:43,705 --> 00:23:46,507 ‐ So, Harold's story to Mark was that they were coming up 484 00:23:46,507 --> 00:23:48,309 on their 12th‐year anniversary, 485 00:23:48,309 --> 00:23:51,152 and it was going to be a romantic weekend. 486 00:23:51,152 --> 00:23:54,836 They went to Estes Park, stayed at the Stanley, 487 00:23:54,836 --> 00:23:57,358 which is a beautiful old hotel. 488 00:23:57,358 --> 00:24:00,521 So we had pictures from the night before, 489 00:24:00,521 --> 00:24:03,324 and then the next day, they have breakfast, 490 00:24:03,324 --> 00:24:05,086 they pick up a couple sandwiches, 491 00:24:05,086 --> 00:24:07,488 and then they go on the hike. 492 00:24:07,488 --> 00:24:10,051 ♪♪ 493 00:24:10,051 --> 00:24:15,056 This is where Harold and Toni went on September 29th. 494 00:24:17,258 --> 00:24:19,300 We're at Rocky Mountain National Park 495 00:24:19,300 --> 00:24:23,384 in the hike called Deer Mountain. 496 00:24:23,384 --> 00:24:25,867 Deer Mountain goes from about 8,700 feet 497 00:24:25,867 --> 00:24:28,910 to up around 10,000 feet. 498 00:24:28,910 --> 00:24:33,074 It's about three miles up to the peak. 499 00:24:33,074 --> 00:24:36,277 Most of Rocky Mountain National Park is wilderness, 500 00:24:36,277 --> 00:24:38,880 and so these remote locations 501 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,082 can be incredibly difficult to get to. 502 00:24:41,082 --> 00:24:43,845 You have to have a certain level of fitness. 503 00:24:43,845 --> 00:24:47,769 ♪♪ 504 00:24:47,769 --> 00:24:50,451 My background is not in law enforcement. 505 00:24:50,451 --> 00:24:55,617 I grew up on the East Coast wanting to be an artist. 506 00:24:55,617 --> 00:24:59,300 My dad had taken us hiking and camping when we were younger. 507 00:24:59,300 --> 00:25:01,583 I used to go rock climbing with my brother. 508 00:25:01,583 --> 00:25:03,745 I remember distinctly having a conversation 509 00:25:03,745 --> 00:25:05,466 with someone at one point ‐‐ "You know, I'd just love to 510 00:25:05,466 --> 00:25:07,749 get a job where I work outside." [laughs] 511 00:25:09,390 --> 00:25:13,595 So I started applying for jobs with the National Park Service, 512 00:25:13,595 --> 00:25:15,156 and my first job was working on 513 00:25:15,156 --> 00:25:17,599 the north rim of the Grand Canyon. 514 00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:19,400 And 27 years later, 515 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,123 I'm still working for the National Park Service. 516 00:25:22,123 --> 00:25:26,127 ♪♪ 517 00:25:26,127 --> 00:25:29,731 When Mark Faherty interviewed Harold Henthorn, 518 00:25:29,731 --> 00:25:34,375 Harold told him that they got a late start that day. 519 00:25:35,777 --> 00:25:40,181 They probably started their hike sometime after 2:00. 520 00:25:40,181 --> 00:25:41,903 It's not a super long hike, 521 00:25:41,903 --> 00:25:44,225 but that's a little bit late to be starting a hike 522 00:25:44,225 --> 00:25:46,588 when sun sets around 6:00. 523 00:25:46,588 --> 00:25:49,791 ♪♪ 524 00:25:49,791 --> 00:25:51,673 They took pictures, 525 00:25:51,673 --> 00:25:54,275 and we were able to look at the photos 526 00:25:54,275 --> 00:25:58,239 and re‐create from that photo exactly where they were. 527 00:26:00,281 --> 00:26:05,767 This spot is where we actually have a photo of Toni. 528 00:26:05,767 --> 00:26:08,249 She's standing in this aspen grove. She's very pretty. 529 00:26:08,249 --> 00:26:12,453 She's wearing makeup and looking quite happy. 530 00:26:12,453 --> 00:26:14,215 What Harold had told Mark 531 00:26:14,215 --> 00:26:18,299 was they hiked up 'til the trail plateaued. 532 00:26:18,299 --> 00:26:21,302 They wanted to get off the trail for some privacy, 533 00:26:21,302 --> 00:26:23,384 and if you look around you, 534 00:26:23,384 --> 00:26:25,627 you can walk 100 yards off the trail 535 00:26:25,627 --> 00:26:28,309 and nobody would know you were there. 536 00:26:28,309 --> 00:26:32,233 They wouldn't have had to have gone very far. 537 00:26:32,233 --> 00:26:34,355 When we re‐created their steps, 538 00:26:34,355 --> 00:26:38,439 there's no trail where Toni and Harold had lunch. 539 00:26:38,439 --> 00:26:39,841 It's not cleared in any way, 540 00:26:39,841 --> 00:26:42,403 and it's pretty difficult hiking. 541 00:26:42,403 --> 00:26:45,006 There's absolutely no reason that you would think 542 00:26:45,006 --> 00:26:46,327 there's a scenic view 543 00:26:46,327 --> 00:26:49,370 just a quarter mile off the trail 544 00:26:49,370 --> 00:26:53,895 unless you had scouted it before. 545 00:26:53,895 --> 00:26:56,537 We were actually able to determine that this is indeed 546 00:26:56,537 --> 00:26:58,940 where they did have lunch. 547 00:26:58,940 --> 00:27:01,342 That was a very distinct rock feature 548 00:27:01,342 --> 00:27:05,346 with a very distinct dead tree in the photos. 549 00:27:05,346 --> 00:27:07,428 And there's a photo of Toni and Harold 550 00:27:07,428 --> 00:27:10,511 sitting right where I'm standing. 551 00:27:10,511 --> 00:27:14,996 So we were able to actually put them in this place exactly. 552 00:27:14,996 --> 00:27:17,518 The lunch spot is a very beautiful spot, 553 00:27:17,518 --> 00:27:21,442 and there's really no reason to go any further. 554 00:27:21,442 --> 00:27:23,284 However, they go further. 555 00:27:24,445 --> 00:27:26,047 What's incongruous to us 556 00:27:26,047 --> 00:27:29,290 is why they ended up where Toni fell from. 557 00:27:29,290 --> 00:27:31,973 ♪♪ 558 00:27:31,973 --> 00:27:34,095 FAHERTY: I asked him, "Well, why did you down to that spot 559 00:27:34,095 --> 00:27:35,577 where Toni fell?" 560 00:27:35,577 --> 00:27:38,259 And he said, "Well, Toni had seen turkeys," 561 00:27:38,259 --> 00:27:41,262 gone down to investigate. 562 00:27:41,262 --> 00:27:44,225 I was like, "Turkeys? Really?" 563 00:27:44,225 --> 00:27:48,069 Wasn't even aware turkeys would be in that kind of environment. 564 00:27:48,069 --> 00:27:49,751 When I questioned that, he said, 565 00:27:49,751 --> 00:27:52,874 "Well, I don't know about turkeys, but definitely deer." 566 00:27:52,874 --> 00:27:57,438 And then it was, "Well, we went down there for a romantic time." 567 00:27:57,438 --> 00:27:59,320 SHOTT: In order to get down to that cliff, 568 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,565 you have to go down this 60‐degree boulder field. 569 00:28:03,565 --> 00:28:07,008 It's an incredibly hard‐to‐get‐to spot. 570 00:28:07,008 --> 00:28:09,410 You'd have to know this spot was here. 571 00:28:09,410 --> 00:28:13,094 It's a dangerous place to be, especially for somebody 572 00:28:13,094 --> 00:28:17,579 who is not a major hiker, who has knee issues. 573 00:28:17,579 --> 00:28:21,182 She was going to have to hike back up. 574 00:28:21,182 --> 00:28:23,464 TODD: Toni had played sports in high school. 575 00:28:23,464 --> 00:28:26,027 She had two knee surgeries. 576 00:28:26,027 --> 00:28:27,869 And so, it's not something 577 00:28:27,869 --> 00:28:29,831 that you would want to do 578 00:28:29,831 --> 00:28:31,593 on, supposedly, your anniversary ‐‐ 579 00:28:31,593 --> 00:28:36,958 go on this extreme hike to these very rocky, very steep areas. 580 00:28:36,958 --> 00:28:39,961 That didn't make sense to us. 581 00:28:39,961 --> 00:28:42,283 SHOTT: There's no reason for anybody to go down there 582 00:28:42,283 --> 00:28:45,567 unless you want to push someone from a cliff. 583 00:28:45,567 --> 00:28:48,770 We know that this is the spot that they stopped 584 00:28:48,770 --> 00:28:52,854 because there are several photos of Harold Henthorn 585 00:28:52,854 --> 00:28:54,656 standing right on that ledge 586 00:28:54,656 --> 00:28:56,978 with this death grip on this tree, 587 00:28:56,978 --> 00:29:00,341 because it's a sheer drop on the other side of him. 588 00:29:00,341 --> 00:29:03,625 15 minutes later, there is another picture of him, 589 00:29:03,625 --> 00:29:07,268 identical, but he's wearing a blue denim shirt. 590 00:29:07,268 --> 00:29:11,032 Why did they take the same photo 15 minutes apart? 591 00:29:11,032 --> 00:29:12,513 And why is he standing on this ledge 592 00:29:12,513 --> 00:29:13,915 when the view is identical 593 00:29:13,915 --> 00:29:15,957 if he wasn't standing on the ledge? 594 00:29:15,957 --> 00:29:17,478 One of our working theories 595 00:29:17,478 --> 00:29:20,441 was that he was trying to lure Toni up there. 596 00:29:20,441 --> 00:29:22,323 "Look, it's safe. Come on, step up, 597 00:29:22,323 --> 00:29:24,085 and I'll take a picture of you up here." 598 00:29:24,085 --> 00:29:29,851 And right below this tree is where Toni's body was recovered. 599 00:29:29,851 --> 00:29:33,575 This is 160 feet. This is where Toni fell. 600 00:29:33,575 --> 00:29:38,900 ♪♪ 601 00:29:38,900 --> 00:29:43,905 So, we're almost halfway down the cliff where Toni fell from, 602 00:29:43,905 --> 00:29:49,510 and right behind me is sort of an outcrop on that cliff 603 00:29:49,510 --> 00:29:52,473 where one of Toni's boots was recovered. 604 00:29:52,473 --> 00:29:54,756 ♪♪ 605 00:29:54,756 --> 00:29:57,719 And then over there is the tree 606 00:29:57,719 --> 00:30:00,842 that she fell into. 607 00:30:00,842 --> 00:30:02,924 And we know that she fell into that tree 608 00:30:02,924 --> 00:30:06,888 because we were able to see a freshly broken branch, 609 00:30:06,888 --> 00:30:12,253 but also some evidence, some hair and some blood. 610 00:30:12,253 --> 00:30:14,936 As you look up, you can see the tree 611 00:30:14,936 --> 00:30:17,538 that Harold was hanging onto in the photo. 612 00:30:19,180 --> 00:30:24,065 Her body was recovered almost directly below that. 613 00:30:24,065 --> 00:30:26,507 We know that Harold did drag her from this spot 614 00:30:26,507 --> 00:30:28,710 because there was a pool of blood 615 00:30:28,710 --> 00:30:32,554 about 8 feet away in the dirt over there, 616 00:30:32,554 --> 00:30:35,557 and then over the rocks, there was a trail of blood 617 00:30:35,557 --> 00:30:38,119 leading down to where Toni was located. 618 00:30:38,119 --> 00:30:41,763 ♪♪ 619 00:30:41,763 --> 00:30:44,886 I talked to the coroner as an investigator, 620 00:30:44,886 --> 00:30:46,808 so he provided me with the photos 621 00:30:46,808 --> 00:30:50,051 that he took from the scene, also from the autopsy. 622 00:30:51,573 --> 00:30:55,216 WILKERSON: This is the case file on Toni. 623 00:30:55,216 --> 00:30:57,258 It has the autopsy report in it. 624 00:30:57,258 --> 00:31:01,102 It has my notes and drawings in it. 625 00:31:01,102 --> 00:31:05,346 She had what we call multiple blunt‐force injuries. 626 00:31:05,346 --> 00:31:08,269 She kind of tumbled down the rock face. 627 00:31:09,951 --> 00:31:12,554 And you see injuries to the extremities 628 00:31:12,554 --> 00:31:14,996 and to the head because it's tumbling. 629 00:31:14,996 --> 00:31:17,759 She had abrasions of her forehead, 630 00:31:17,759 --> 00:31:22,523 and she had a large laceration, 631 00:31:22,523 --> 00:31:25,246 or tearing injury, to the top of her head, 632 00:31:25,246 --> 00:31:26,568 to the scalp, 633 00:31:26,568 --> 00:31:29,370 so it was almost a scalping‐type injury 634 00:31:29,370 --> 00:31:30,972 on the top of her head. 635 00:31:32,814 --> 00:31:37,298 ‐ My initial reaction when I saw the autopsy photos 636 00:31:37,298 --> 00:31:39,460 was how big her head wound was. 637 00:31:39,460 --> 00:31:41,703 I was shocked. 638 00:31:47,348 --> 00:31:48,990 She would have bled a lot, 639 00:31:48,990 --> 00:31:52,594 and for Harold not to say "She's bleeding profusely," 640 00:31:52,594 --> 00:31:55,156 there's something wrong with that. 641 00:31:55,156 --> 00:31:57,518 The other thing that struck me, though, 642 00:31:57,518 --> 00:31:59,200 is one of her impacts was enough 643 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,724 that it actually crushed her ribs and crushed her lungs. 644 00:32:02,724 --> 00:32:06,648 It's a hard way to think of a loved one dying. 645 00:32:06,648 --> 00:32:11,613 My only hope was that she wasn't conscious very long. 646 00:32:11,613 --> 00:32:15,216 ♪♪ 647 00:32:15,216 --> 00:32:17,779 So, Toni's body is lying here ‐‐ 648 00:32:17,779 --> 00:32:20,461 her head's here, her feet are here. 649 00:32:20,461 --> 00:32:22,624 ♪♪ 650 00:32:22,624 --> 00:32:25,547 Over here, and you can almost see some remains of, 651 00:32:25,547 --> 00:32:28,429 he built a fire. 652 00:32:28,429 --> 00:32:30,071 He said it was a signal fire, 653 00:32:30,071 --> 00:32:33,755 but that's not really going to signal to anybody. 654 00:32:33,755 --> 00:32:37,078 There's a lot of things here that don't add up. 655 00:32:37,078 --> 00:32:39,801 ‐ He said he was doing CPR the whole time. 656 00:32:39,801 --> 00:32:41,803 If he had been doing mouth to mouth, 657 00:32:41,803 --> 00:32:45,326 that lipstick would have been smeared more around her face. 658 00:32:45,326 --> 00:32:46,848 ♪♪ 659 00:32:46,848 --> 00:32:48,890 ‐ And that was very suspicious. 660 00:32:48,890 --> 00:32:51,893 ♪♪ 661 00:32:55,176 --> 00:33:00,742 ♪♪ 662 00:33:00,742 --> 00:33:04,826 SHOTT: Ranger Faherty came down and met with me at my office, 663 00:33:04,826 --> 00:33:08,029 and our first step was to go over what he had 664 00:33:08,029 --> 00:33:12,193 and then start making a plan of, what do we want? 665 00:33:12,193 --> 00:33:14,035 We want his cellphone records. 666 00:33:15,677 --> 00:33:18,159 One of the things that really triggered Mark 667 00:33:18,159 --> 00:33:21,723 was Harold's story that they stopped at this cliff ledge 668 00:33:21,723 --> 00:33:24,846 and that he received a text message from his nanny 669 00:33:24,846 --> 00:33:27,769 saying that his daughter had just won a soccer game 670 00:33:27,769 --> 00:33:29,210 and that, out of the corner of his eye, 671 00:33:29,210 --> 00:33:31,292 he looked up, and Toni was gone. 672 00:33:31,292 --> 00:33:33,334 Very specific moment in time. 673 00:33:33,334 --> 00:33:35,937 And Mark said, "Can I see all of the text messages 674 00:33:35,937 --> 00:33:37,378 that you received that day?" 675 00:33:37,378 --> 00:33:39,621 And Harold's like, "No, I can't do that." 676 00:33:39,621 --> 00:33:43,424 Mark and I recognize we need that information. 677 00:33:43,424 --> 00:33:45,787 We need to know what was on his phone. 678 00:33:45,787 --> 00:33:47,829 We need to see those text messages, 679 00:33:47,829 --> 00:33:51,753 especially because he had gotten rid of that phone. 680 00:33:51,753 --> 00:33:53,555 He knew he was under suspicion 681 00:33:53,555 --> 00:33:56,237 and that there was an investigation against him. 682 00:34:00,481 --> 00:34:04,686 So, around 5:55, Harold dials 911, 683 00:34:04,686 --> 00:34:07,168 and the dispatchers start working with him 684 00:34:07,168 --> 00:34:09,691 to try to get him help. 685 00:34:09,691 --> 00:34:12,413 And he keeps hanging up on them. 686 00:34:12,413 --> 00:34:14,415 He says, "My battery ‐‐ my cell battery is low. 687 00:34:14,415 --> 00:34:15,697 I'm going to hang up on you." 688 00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:21,342 [dialing, ringing] 689 00:34:21,342 --> 00:34:25,346 He then subsequently starts making more phone calls. 690 00:34:25,346 --> 00:34:28,710 He calls Barry Bertolet, Toni Henthorn's brother. 691 00:34:28,710 --> 00:34:32,433 He is a surgeon, so he texts back and forth with Harold 692 00:34:32,433 --> 00:34:34,475 during the whole incident. 693 00:34:36,357 --> 00:34:39,561 And his text is that Toni has fallen from a cliff, 694 00:34:39,561 --> 00:34:42,844 it's critical, Rangers are on their way. 695 00:34:42,844 --> 00:34:45,607 Here's her respirations, and here's her pulse. 696 00:34:45,607 --> 00:34:47,528 Harold never says she's got a massive head wound, 697 00:34:47,528 --> 00:34:49,731 never says that she's bleeding out ‐‐ none of that ‐‐ 698 00:34:49,731 --> 00:34:52,053 just that she fell and is unconscious. 699 00:34:56,698 --> 00:34:59,020 ‐ Harold said he did CPR from the whole time 700 00:34:59,020 --> 00:35:01,462 that the 911 call came in 701 00:35:01,462 --> 00:35:03,985 to when the Park Service got there. 702 00:35:03,985 --> 00:35:06,147 ‐ I personally have done CPR, 703 00:35:06,147 --> 00:35:09,510 and I know that it's a very messy process. 704 00:35:09,510 --> 00:35:12,233 When I saw the photos of Toni, 705 00:35:12,233 --> 00:35:14,676 her lipstick was very much intact 706 00:35:14,676 --> 00:35:17,999 and not smudged, and that was very suspicious. 707 00:35:17,999 --> 00:35:21,883 ‐ In addition, while he was doing the CPR, 708 00:35:21,883 --> 00:35:24,205 he started a fire ‐‐ 709 00:35:24,205 --> 00:35:25,847 not a big, significant fire, 710 00:35:25,847 --> 00:35:27,969 but to start a fire, it takes a little bit of time. 711 00:35:27,969 --> 00:35:29,771 You got to gather a little bit firewood. 712 00:35:29,771 --> 00:35:32,453 You're not doing CPR while that's happening. 713 00:35:32,453 --> 00:35:34,856 ‐ So, Harold's texting with Barry 714 00:35:34,856 --> 00:35:37,098 while he's allegedly helping his wife, 715 00:35:37,098 --> 00:35:38,700 while he's building a fire, 716 00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:42,543 and telling people that Toni has fallen from a cliff. 717 00:35:42,543 --> 00:35:44,465 Harold told a lot of different stories, 718 00:35:44,465 --> 00:35:47,388 and it appeared that he lied a lot. 719 00:35:47,388 --> 00:35:50,672 ♪♪ 720 00:35:50,672 --> 00:35:52,594 HETTICK: I guess it was about 10:00 at night. 721 00:35:52,594 --> 00:35:55,036 We got a text from Harold ‐‐ 722 00:35:55,036 --> 00:35:58,199 "Toni's been hurt. She's critical." Uh... 723 00:35:58,199 --> 00:35:59,961 ♪♪ 724 00:35:59,961 --> 00:36:01,963 "Please pray." 725 00:36:01,963 --> 00:36:03,765 There was one more text that followed, and it said, 726 00:36:03,765 --> 00:36:06,447 "My bride is gone." 727 00:36:06,447 --> 00:36:09,410 Just was inconceivable. 728 00:36:09,410 --> 00:36:12,013 We just couldn't ‐‐ We just couldn't believe it. 729 00:36:12,013 --> 00:36:13,615 RANKIN: And Harold took us 730 00:36:13,615 --> 00:36:15,857 down the long stairs to the basement 731 00:36:15,857 --> 00:36:17,098 and shut the door, 732 00:36:17,098 --> 00:36:18,580 so we were down in the basement, 733 00:36:18,580 --> 00:36:20,902 just the three of us, alone. 734 00:36:20,902 --> 00:36:22,463 And I thought, "Wow." 735 00:36:22,463 --> 00:36:24,505 He just seemed kind of together 736 00:36:24,505 --> 00:36:28,830 for having gone through what he went through. 737 00:36:28,830 --> 00:36:31,793 ‐ No tears, no sign that he had been crying. 738 00:36:31,793 --> 00:36:36,798 No, you know, struggling with his voice to get the words out. 739 00:36:36,798 --> 00:36:42,043 This is not a normal grieving husband. 740 00:36:42,043 --> 00:36:47,769 That's when I felt like something's not right here. 741 00:36:47,769 --> 00:36:51,653 ‐ Harold called me and asked me to officiate 742 00:36:51,653 --> 00:36:54,135 the memorial service for Toni, 743 00:36:54,135 --> 00:36:56,818 and I agreed to do that. 744 00:36:56,818 --> 00:37:01,062 He had this service entirely planned. 745 00:37:01,062 --> 00:37:06,027 He'd already put together a video montage of Toni. 746 00:37:06,027 --> 00:37:08,750 ‐ Somehow, in the 36 hours 747 00:37:08,750 --> 00:37:11,633 since he was in this cold, dark place 748 00:37:11,633 --> 00:37:14,115 next to his dead wife, 749 00:37:14,115 --> 00:37:16,197 he's put this together. 750 00:37:18,039 --> 00:37:20,481 COBBLE: It felt like, to me, 751 00:37:20,481 --> 00:37:22,363 that he had been planning this for a while. 752 00:37:22,363 --> 00:37:25,607 ♪♪ 753 00:37:28,810 --> 00:37:32,293 ♪♪ 754 00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:34,455 HANNAN: In the hours and days after Toni's death, 755 00:37:34,455 --> 00:37:36,377 everyone's watching Harold. 756 00:37:36,377 --> 00:37:37,779 Everyone trying to figure out how he's behaving, 757 00:37:37,779 --> 00:37:39,701 and he is, for the most part, 758 00:37:39,701 --> 00:37:42,423 showing no signs of what you would expect. 759 00:37:42,423 --> 00:37:45,987 How can it not put your antenna up? 760 00:37:45,987 --> 00:37:47,468 TODD: We arrive in Denver, 761 00:37:47,468 --> 00:37:50,792 and the whole time, you never saw him cry. 762 00:37:50,792 --> 00:37:54,235 He never said, you know, "I loved your sister," you know, 763 00:37:54,235 --> 00:37:57,118 that ‐‐ never heard any of that kind of thing 764 00:37:57,118 --> 00:38:00,882 out of him the entire time that we were there. 765 00:38:00,882 --> 00:38:05,687 ♪♪ 766 00:38:05,687 --> 00:38:07,889 HANNAN: I think of all the things that the Bertolets 767 00:38:07,889 --> 00:38:09,170 were sort of shocked by 768 00:38:09,170 --> 00:38:10,211 when they came out to Colorado 769 00:38:10,211 --> 00:38:11,613 on a moment's notice, 770 00:38:11,613 --> 00:38:14,576 the first was that Harold was adamant 771 00:38:14,576 --> 00:38:17,378 that Toni wanted to be cremated. 772 00:38:17,378 --> 00:38:21,262 TODD: That was the first time we had heard anything like that. 773 00:38:21,262 --> 00:38:24,866 He goes, "Well, you know Toni wanted to be cremated." 774 00:38:24,866 --> 00:38:26,588 No, we didn't know that. 775 00:38:26,588 --> 00:38:29,070 This is the first time I've ever heard it. 776 00:38:29,070 --> 00:38:33,194 ♪♪ 777 00:38:33,194 --> 00:38:34,876 HANNAN: Toni's funeral is the ultimate chance 778 00:38:34,876 --> 00:38:37,919 for Harold to kind of control the narrative. 779 00:38:37,919 --> 00:38:40,562 ♪♪ 780 00:38:40,562 --> 00:38:44,405 And what Harold chooses to do that moment is pretty telling. 781 00:38:44,405 --> 00:38:47,088 Everybody notices, the Bertolets especially, 782 00:38:47,088 --> 00:38:50,051 where everyone's sitting at the funeral. 783 00:38:50,051 --> 00:38:51,893 They're brought in, they're seated 784 00:38:51,893 --> 00:38:53,815 away from the rest of the family. 785 00:38:53,815 --> 00:38:57,098 Harold is one of the last people escorted in. 786 00:38:57,098 --> 00:39:00,181 TODD: You know, I'm all the way positioned at the back, 787 00:39:00,181 --> 00:39:01,703 because everything was planned out, 788 00:39:01,703 --> 00:39:05,587 just like Harold always does. 789 00:39:05,587 --> 00:39:09,831 HANNAN: Everyone experiences some feeling of deep discomfort, 790 00:39:09,831 --> 00:39:12,153 that this isn't right. 791 00:39:12,153 --> 00:39:14,556 And that extends to the slide show, too, 792 00:39:14,556 --> 00:39:16,838 because one of the first people Harold contacted 793 00:39:16,838 --> 00:39:18,519 the day after Toni died 794 00:39:18,519 --> 00:39:19,761 was the photographer 795 00:39:19,761 --> 00:39:22,644 to create the slide show for her funeral. 796 00:39:22,644 --> 00:39:24,606 And she's expecting some loose collection 797 00:39:24,606 --> 00:39:26,247 of photos over the years. 798 00:39:26,247 --> 00:39:27,929 And that's not what she gets. 799 00:39:27,929 --> 00:39:32,133 What she gets are 70 carefully selected photos. 800 00:39:32,133 --> 00:39:35,216 Somehow, in the 36 hours 801 00:39:35,216 --> 00:39:38,179 since he was in this cold, dark place 802 00:39:38,179 --> 00:39:40,461 next to his dead wife, 803 00:39:40,461 --> 00:39:42,303 he's put this together. 804 00:39:42,303 --> 00:39:45,707 ♪♪ 805 00:39:45,707 --> 00:39:49,751 ‐ Harold had created a video story of her life in pictures, 806 00:39:49,751 --> 00:39:51,472 and he was in all of them. 807 00:39:51,472 --> 00:39:56,317 ♪♪ 808 00:39:56,317 --> 00:39:57,839 BURR: It was like Toni's life started 809 00:39:57,839 --> 00:39:59,681 when she got married to Harold, 810 00:39:59,681 --> 00:40:05,006 and I thought, "How insulting and hurtful to Toni's family." 811 00:40:05,006 --> 00:40:08,209 ♪♪ 812 00:40:08,209 --> 00:40:11,452 ♪♪ 813 00:40:11,452 --> 00:40:13,855 SHOTT: We talked to other people who were at the service, 814 00:40:13,855 --> 00:40:17,458 and other people remarked on sort of how bizarre it was, 815 00:40:17,458 --> 00:40:22,383 and Harold didn't appear really to cry or to be mourning 816 00:40:22,383 --> 00:40:25,266 and he didn't say any nice things about Toni, 817 00:40:25,266 --> 00:40:29,350 that he was more angry that there was an investigation. 818 00:40:29,350 --> 00:40:31,593 And, in fact, at one point, he said to somebody, 819 00:40:31,593 --> 00:40:35,356 "Toni had to go and get herself killed on federal lands." 820 00:40:35,356 --> 00:40:39,200 ♪♪ 821 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:43,204 And then the park received a letter about his first wife. 822 00:40:45,126 --> 00:40:48,089 Harold's first wife tragically died in an accident ‐‐ 823 00:40:48,089 --> 00:40:51,292 deemed an accident at that time ‐‐ in 1995. 824 00:40:51,292 --> 00:40:52,814 There were so many similarities 825 00:40:52,814 --> 00:40:55,056 between the death of these two women. 826 00:40:55,056 --> 00:40:59,300 The similarities are too eerie to ignore. 827 00:40:59,300 --> 00:41:02,744 ♪♪ 828 00:41:03,665 --> 00:41:08,550 ♪♪ 829 00:41:08,550 --> 00:41:13,394 ♪♪ 830 00:41:13,394 --> 00:41:18,279 ♪♪ 831 00:41:18,279 --> 00:41:23,204 ♪♪ 832 00:41:23,204 --> 00:41:28,089 ♪♪ 833 00:41:28,089 --> 00:41:32,974 ♪♪ 834 00:41:32,974 --> 00:41:37,859 ♪♪