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NARRATOR: Wild places.
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Wilder crimes.
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These are the stories of
the elite team that solves them
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in the most dangerous
crime scenes in the world ‐‐
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our national parks.
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HAZRA: He's a danger.
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This man has killed,
supposedly, two wives.
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‐ And he believes he's not
going to be arrested.
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[police radio chatter]
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SPENCER:
If she started moving the money
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he was living on,
the gig was up.
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‐ Everybody's gonna find out
that he's a fraud.
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‐ I was in a state of shock
that somebody could be so evil.
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GRACE:
And the last thing that Toni
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ever had going through her mind
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was him pushing her off.
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‐ This is a murder motivated
by money and malice.
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‐ Can you prove the difference
between a push and a fall?
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SHOTT:
A woman was killed.
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And it took a toll on me.
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Just the stress level
was really high.
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And I did bring it home.
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My husband got tired
of hearing about it.
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And I would wake up
in the middle of the night
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obsessing about it.
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"What do I need to do next?
What's the next thing?"
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Since 1992,
Harold has not been employed.
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He has not had an income.
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We were still trying
to build a snapshot
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of Harold's lack of income
for 18 years
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leading up to
Toni Henthorn's death
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and $4.7 million.
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He had insurance.
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GRUSING: But to prove it
in court's gonna be difficult.
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‐ That's a lot of reasons
to kill someone.
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All through this is,
in the back of my mind,
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that I don't want
to lose this case
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because of something
that I missed.
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That's always there.
That's always hanging.
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That's why it took us
a long time
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to actually arrest him.
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‐ To build a solid case,
it's like making a solid table.
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You can't build a table
with one leg or two legs.
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You have to have four legs.
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This one, he calls the Stanley
on his way up.
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So, there's a lot of witnesses
that need reinterviewed.
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There's more data
that comes in,
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that we want to make sure
we're filling up all the holes
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in our case.
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HAZRA: I think it's relevant
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because he's not telling
the truth. Right?
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It's back to
that same thing of ‐‐
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we're not trying to prove
he didn't have a job.
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‐ And at the same time,
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we were very concerned
about Haley's safety.
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BURR: Our daughters
went to school together
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since they were about
2 years old.
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I remember going to their house
for Haley's birthday.
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Scripted, it seemed.
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It just seemed
a little exaggerated.
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‐ He had control over everything
that Haley ate or drank.
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Haley even still had
a baby monitor in her room.
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He wanted total control.
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And there's no one you can
control more than your child.
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FOX: In my opinion, the reason
that he wanted to form
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the bonds that he had
with Haley
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was for her to be raised
in his exact likeness.
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‐ Can you wave?
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See you.
WOMAN: See you later, alligator.
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‐ See you later, alligator.
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‐ We knew that,
if we didn't support Harold
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while this investigation's
going on,
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then we would be
cut off from Haley.
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SHOTT: The Bertolets, they would
go on vacation with Harold,
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or go visit Harold.
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And then,
they would call me.
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And they were providing
our investigation
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with as much information
as they could.
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TODD: This is my brother,
the spouses, my parents,
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very, very close friends ‐‐
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we're all playing this game.
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SHOTT:
I mean, to be honest,
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I don't know how they lasted
as long as they did.
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‐ Everybody involved is,
in their own ways,
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hopeful on one day
and despondent on the next,
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because it's taking
a lot of time.
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And in that time,
Harold's attitude changes
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really dramatically.
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TALLEY: We started noticing
a change in Harold.
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He started calling,
overconfident, cocky ‐‐
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"They can't do
anything to me."
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Just really bizarre
kind of talk.
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HANNAN: Harold is back to his
old, ultra‐confident self again.
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He believes he's back
in control.
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He's not going to be arrested.
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‐ Who's this guy here?
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TODD: It was very difficult
on my parents,
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knowing that this man
has killed their daughter.
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We had run the course
of our value
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to the investigation.
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And after a visit to Denver,
it became very clear
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that Harold was using our family
as a tool to say,
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"Hey, look, they are supporting
me, therefore, I'm innocent."
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And we said,
you know, "Enough."
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So, with that, it's time
to finally go out in public.
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‐ We did not want Toni cremated,
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and Harold insisted.
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We wanted to
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bring her home
and bury her.
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‐ I think he was trying
to hide evidence.
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‐ I think that Harold Henthorn
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pushed my sister
off the mountain.
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‐ Harold Henthorn immediately
cut off all communication
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and all contact
with Haley.
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If we sent gifts out
to Haley
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for her birthday or anything,
she never received them.
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He wanted Haley to believe
that we didn't care about her.
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SHOTT: I can only imagine
what the Bertolets
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were going through.
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It was a long time coming,
but there was a point
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where we said,
"We have enough
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to get an arrest warrant,
finally, in hand for Harold."
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GRUSING:
We had our surveillance team
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watching him
for a couple days,
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because we did not want
to arrest Harold
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with his young daughter there
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and create some sort of
hostage situation.
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SHOTT: A lot's going on,
a lot of moving parts,
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all merging
towards this moment
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where we're gonna, hopefully,
arrest Harold Henthorn.
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[siren wailing]
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[police radio chatter]
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SHOTT: So, Harold knew that
we were investigating him,
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and he had told people
that he had a bag packed
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for when he got arrested.
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TODD:
We knew that arrest was coming.
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We just didn't know when.
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But it occurred on my parents'
wedding anniversary.
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And so they got a nice little
wedding anniversary,
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having Harold Henthorn arrested.
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SHOTT: We transported him to
the United States Marshals.
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‐ He's in the backseat of my car
with another FBI agent.
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Beth's in the passenger seat.
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And you have to fill out
a questionnaire
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as you're going to
the U. S. Marshals Office.
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"What's your name?
What's your date of birth?
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What's your occupation?"
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So, when it came to "What's
your occupation?" Harold paused.
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Harold knew that we knew
he didn't have a job.
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And I said, "Mr. Henthorn,
you don't have to answer."
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And he said, "Okay. I choose not
to answer that question."
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We get there
to the Marshals Office,
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and an attractive young female
marshal is booking him in.
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And she goes through
the exact same questions ‐‐
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name, date of birth,
occupation.
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And for occupation,
he goes,
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"I'm a fundraiser
for hospitals and churches."
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He just told her
the whole story
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right in front of us.
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SHOTT: Even under arrest,
with handcuffs on,
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he can't help but lie
about who he is.
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‐ It was surreal for Beth and I
to watch that happen.
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FOX: Even when things
didn't go his way,
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he would create a reality
to support what he wanted
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and would relentlessly
just ensure that
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that was the reality
portrayed to people.
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‐ A fear of ours
was that Harold Henthorn
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would flee the country
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and nobody would have access
to Haley.
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‐ We thought, really,
he's a danger.
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This man has killed,
supposedly, two wives,
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and the last thing
we wanted him
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was him going home
to his child.
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SPENCER: We needed to indict him
pretty quickly.
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HAZRA: We charged him
with first‐degree murder.
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SPENCER:
We did ask for no bail.
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Our forensic accountant,
who was fabulous,
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was able to determine
that Harold
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was starting
to move money ‐‐
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hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
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So, that elevated
our concern.
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REPORTER: He's a flight risk and
poses a risk to the community.
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Those are the reasons
a federal judge has given
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for denying bond
to Harold Henthorn.
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‐ He had to spend all his time
in jail prior to his trial.
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SHOTT: Harold had
a couple friends that,
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if anything happened to him
or Toni,
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were legal guardians
to Haley.
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‐ HETTICK: I think she was
with us for about 14 months.
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We certainly felt that Haley
more rightfully deserved
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to be with the Bertolets
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and back with
her natural family,
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rather than with us.
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It was obvious that, with all
the control that Harold had,
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she hadn't had the ability
to mature like kids her age had.
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She had it tough.
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SHOTT:
We saw a lot of similarities
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between Lynn Henthorn's death
and Toni's murder.
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HANNAN: After Harold's arrest,
the Rishells and Bertolets
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began to share information.
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TODD: We started talking
with the Rishells,
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and we started
comparing notes.
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Both his wives die
directly in front of him,
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yet he doesn't see anything.
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It occurred around
anniversaries.
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Both of them were supposed to be
going to dinner reservations.
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You could just
go on down the line,
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and they were
exactly the same.
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KEVIN: One of the good things
that came out of this
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was that I started communicating
with Grace again
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and supporting her
as she develops this list
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between what happened
with Lynn
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and what happened with Toni,
that we gave to the detectives.
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GRUSING:
Once Harold gets arrested,
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the clock starts ticking
on trial.
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‐ We have
a certain amount of time
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in which to bring him to trial.
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‐ We need to prove that he was
very key to Lynn's death.
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So, we had to strategize on
what circumstantial evidence
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would be key
to our investigation.
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HANNAN: Circumstantial evidence
is not what we think it is.
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It doesn't mean evidence that
should be discounted by a jury.
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It just means evidence
that doesn't point directly
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to someone's involvement
in a crime.
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SPENCER:
You go to bed at night,
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and there's no snow
on the ground.
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And you wake up
the next morning,
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there's snow
on the ground.
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You have not seen it,
so there's no direct evidence.
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It is circumstantial.
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You see footprints
in the snow.
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How do you know that somebody
walked across that snow?
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You don't have
the direct evidence
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that somebody walked
across your yard,
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but you have
circumstantial evidence
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because the footprints
are left behind.
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So, our job is to find
the footprints
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that are left behind,
and who put them there.
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HAZRA: Building the case against
Harold was a monumental effort.
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We didn't always
agree on that.
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Like, we would fight,
as a team, about,
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"No, we've got to do this,"
or "How do we do that?"
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How do you take, like,
just tons of evidence
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and distill it down
to what matters?
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GRUSING:
A lot was up in the air.
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My superiors were wondering
if we should strike
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some sort of deal
with Harold ahead of time,
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just because everybody's
primary concern was Haley.
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‐ Harold hires an attorney
named Craig Truman.
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‐ He's a very well‐respected
criminal defense attorney
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in town,
who has decades of experience.
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HAZRA: I think
Harold's lawyer's strategy
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is to figure out
what our case is
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and where
he can poke holes in it.
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SHOTT: Potentially, two women
died because of this man.
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We are the voice of Toni
when it comes to the trial.
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We have to tell her story,
her side of it.
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SPENCER: Always
in the back of our mind was,
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how were we gonna do this?
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GRUSING: There are
a lot of variables,
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so this is gonna be
very critical.
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SPENCER: So,
as we do the investigation,
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Harold turns out to be
a not very nice person.
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But that doesn't make you
a killer.
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You know,
you could be a jerk,
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but that doesn't mean
you murdered your wife.
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HANNAN: Toni was set to inherit
a lot of money.
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She was set for life.
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She knew it, they knew it,
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and certainly, Harold knew it.
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If Harold and Toni had
had a great marriage,
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then, Toni is worth
far more alive
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than she ever would be dead.
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‐ In December of 2011,
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we made our last trip to
Colorado, to see the Henthorns.
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So, Toni,
she looked exhausted ‐‐
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more than just exhausted ‐‐
she looked worn out.
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And she looked like
she was ready to come home.
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I just saw something
in her eyes that,
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"This is not
what I signed up for."
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I know for sure that finances
drove Harold's decision‐making.
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He was obsessed
with finances.
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There was rarely
a conversation
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when the subject of money
didn't come up.
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‐ So I asked Dana Chamberlin,
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who was a financial analyst
in my office,
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if she would start digging into
the financial records,
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which meant
getting bank records.
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She went through
and demonstrated that
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all the income that came in
was Toni's,
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but that Henthorn
controlled every account ‐‐
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the signatory
on the bank accounts
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and where all the mail went ‐‐
it all went to him,
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so that, even though
Toni made the money,
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she had no idea
what was happening with it.
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TALLEY:
Money didn't impress Toni.
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It wasn't important
to her.
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She let him take care
of everything.
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HAZRA: Toni Henthorn got regular
royalty checks from her family
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'cause they're
in the oil industry.
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SHOTT: These checks that Toni
would get for oil and gas,
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Harold would deposit them.
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And at one point,
Toni's father found out
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that all
of the oil and gas checks
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went into Harold's account,
and he confronted Toni with it.
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He's like, "Why don't you have
your own account?
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Why don't you separate
your finances from Harold?"
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And that spurred Toni
to open up her own bank account.
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And she actually took the next
checks, and she deposited them.
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Harold was not on
that account.
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‐ She got another phone.
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And so, she gave another
one of my friends
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a different number,
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because I think Harold
controlled her phone.
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‐ I thought to myself,
"She's about to leave him."
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HANNAN: If Toni keeps going
on the trajectory
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that she's going on,
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there's probably
gonna be a divorce.
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SHOTT:
And I don't think that Harold
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would have allowed that
to happen.
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TODD: Divorce really wasn't
an option for Harold Henthorn.
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Everybody's gonna find out
that he has no career,
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that he has no income,
that he's a fraud.
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SPENCER: Harold took care of
the money down to the penny,
347
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so the loss
of an oil and gas royalty check
348
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was significant enough
that he realized
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this is gonna be a problem.
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Toni was taking steps
to be independent.
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If she started moving the money
he was living on,
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the gig was up.
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‐ Motive started solidifying
pretty quickly.
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SPENCER:
Beth Shott and Jonny Grusing
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were insistent, then,
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on finding out
where Harold was traveling to.
357
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'Cause they hired a nanny
so that he could travel
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every Thursday and Friday.
359
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We know he's not flying
out of state.
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We can't find any hotels.
361
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There weren't any cash
withdrawals coming out.
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So, we couldn't figure out
what he was doing.
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‐ So, Jonny, what do you know
about Harold's movements?
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I had a big pile
of cell tower information,
365
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as well as
call information.
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And I gave that pile
to Jonny.
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I said,
"Try to figure out
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where Harold was going
on these business trips."
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SPENCER: So, when you're
using your cellphone,
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it is pinging off
a local tower.
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So, we can find
where your phone has been
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on given dates and times.
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GRUSING: It probably took me
a week or two
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to plot all his goings.
375
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And I see this as a pattern,
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through the first couple
of Thursdays,
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that he's over
in Southwest Littleton,
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which is about 10 miles
from his house.
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And I'm wondering,
"What's he doing over there?
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And why was he having to hire
a babysitter to get there?"
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He's going through
a lot of effort
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to go to Southwest Littleton.
383
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The two cell towers
kind of look like little pies.
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And they ‐‐
they intersected at this mall
385
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we call "Aspen Grove Mall."
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And there's probably
30 stores there.
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♪♪
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I call Beth and say,
"Can you meet me down here
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at Southwest Plaza?"
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00:18:51,712 --> 00:18:53,674
She's there probably
within half an hour.
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So, we hit up the Panera.
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And I had a picture of Harold
to show to the manager.
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And she said, "Oh, yeah.
I know him.
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He was in all the time."
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And he would spend
probably three,
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sometimes four hours back there,
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either on his cellphone
or on a computer,
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just surfing the Internet.
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Both Beth and I were thrilled.
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And for me, it also validated
the cellphone technology,
401
00:19:21,542 --> 00:19:24,104
in that I'm looking at
these two towers.
402
00:19:24,104 --> 00:19:25,546
I know he's somewhere
in the middle.
403
00:19:25,546 --> 00:19:28,549
And boom, he's right there.
404
00:19:28,549 --> 00:19:31,872
SHOTT: Along with the Panera
hits on the cell tower,
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00:19:31,872 --> 00:19:34,875
Jonny also started
seeing a pattern of movement
406
00:19:34,875 --> 00:19:36,917
up to Estes Park.
407
00:19:36,917 --> 00:19:40,841
‐ So, I first saw
on August 16th ‐‐
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I saw him hit
an Estes Park Tower.
409
00:19:43,804 --> 00:19:45,766
It's the first time
that I could see him
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00:19:45,766 --> 00:19:47,528
hit the tower in Estes Park,
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where he was actually
reaching out to 911,
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saying,
"My wife, my bride is gone,"
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00:19:52,733 --> 00:19:53,974
all that sort of stuff.
414
00:20:02,743 --> 00:20:05,426
And then, I saw gaps
in communication.
415
00:20:05,426 --> 00:20:08,909
And Harold was always
on his cellphone,
416
00:20:08,909 --> 00:20:10,991
and so, to see a gap
of eight hours,
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I'm like,
"What's he doing?"
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And so, I started looking
more, then, for gaps,
419
00:20:18,278 --> 00:20:19,680
instead of
who he's calling of,
420
00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,202
when is he not calling
or texting?
421
00:20:22,202 --> 00:20:25,165
And I found six
of those gaps.
422
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And each of those,
it's almost like breadcrumbs,
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where you could see him go
from his house up north of town.
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Then, his cellphone goes off.
425
00:20:33,574 --> 00:20:35,295
[engine starts]
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♪♪
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And then, you wait
about six or eight hours,
428
00:20:43,063 --> 00:20:44,425
and then, you can see
the breadcrumbs
429
00:20:44,425 --> 00:20:46,467
coming back down to his house.
430
00:20:46,467 --> 00:20:50,390
Each time,
it points towards Estes Park.
431
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On August 16th and August 24th,
he does the same thing.
432
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So, he keeps on doing this.
433
00:20:57,357 --> 00:21:01,602
I think his most significant
trip was on September 9th.
434
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And he goes up north.
435
00:21:03,604 --> 00:21:06,406
You know,
the cellphone's off.
436
00:21:06,406 --> 00:21:07,688
He comes back down.
437
00:21:07,688 --> 00:21:09,209
But it's
the next morning,
438
00:21:09,209 --> 00:21:11,171
when he calls
Cherry Creek Eye Surgeons,
439
00:21:11,171 --> 00:21:14,334
and says, "Hey, I need you to
block off September 28th.
440
00:21:14,334 --> 00:21:16,056
I'm gonna take her
for this hike
441
00:21:16,056 --> 00:21:19,339
up in Estes Park."
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So, I believe, on September 9th,
he finds a spot.
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SHOTT:
And what Jonny figured out
444
00:21:24,585 --> 00:21:27,107
is Harold leaving his home
in Highlands Ranch,
445
00:21:27,107 --> 00:21:30,110
and driving up into
Rocky Mountain National Park,
446
00:21:30,110 --> 00:21:32,793
eight or nine times
every weekend
447
00:21:32,793 --> 00:21:34,435
leading up to Toni's death.
448
00:21:34,435 --> 00:21:36,917
And it started
once Harold figured out
449
00:21:36,917 --> 00:21:39,880
Toni had opened up
her own bank account.
450
00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,604
‐ 11 days after her death,
he drives up to a FirstBank
451
00:21:43,604 --> 00:21:46,487
with an obviously forged
signature of Toni
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00:21:46,487 --> 00:21:48,248
for the exact amount
that cleaned out
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00:21:48,248 --> 00:21:51,371
that account
she opened on her own.
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SPENCER: We felt that we had
enough to present as evidence.
455
00:21:55,055 --> 00:21:57,017
We all said,
"Are we ready?"
456
00:21:57,017 --> 00:21:59,580
Did we have enough
to prove it to the jury?
457
00:21:59,580 --> 00:22:02,463
♪♪
458
00:22:05,746 --> 00:22:08,429
♪♪
459
00:22:08,429 --> 00:22:11,712
SPENCER: We knew we had
one last major hurdle.
460
00:22:11,712 --> 00:22:14,555
One of the things that we did,
legally, was to make a decision
461
00:22:14,555 --> 00:22:17,918
that we were going to try
and use the 1995 death
462
00:22:17,918 --> 00:22:20,521
of Lynn Henthorn
in the case.
463
00:22:20,521 --> 00:22:23,964
And in our case, it was to show
that this was not an accident...
464
00:22:26,166 --> 00:22:31,171
...and to show the intent
and planning that Harold had.
465
00:22:31,171 --> 00:22:35,456
‐ Harold's the only witness.
Harold's not injured in any way.
466
00:22:35,456 --> 00:22:38,298
GRUSING: So, to tie Lynn's death
to Toni's death,
467
00:22:38,298 --> 00:22:43,063
we needed to show that they were
similar in a variety of ways.
468
00:22:43,063 --> 00:22:45,265
Harold had a lot to gain,
financially,
469
00:22:45,265 --> 00:22:47,708
because of
the insurance money.
470
00:22:47,708 --> 00:22:50,991
One is under a car
in the middle of the night.
471
00:22:53,434 --> 00:22:56,236
Toni was under a deck
in the middle of the night
472
00:22:56,236 --> 00:22:59,640
when the beam
fell on her head.
473
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,803
Then, Toni was on the edge
of a dangerous cliff.
474
00:23:02,803 --> 00:23:04,765
♪♪
475
00:23:04,765 --> 00:23:07,888
The more similarities
we can show a judge,
476
00:23:07,888 --> 00:23:10,010
the better chance
that Valeria and Suneeta
477
00:23:10,010 --> 00:23:12,573
could bring these
into the courtroom.
478
00:23:12,573 --> 00:23:14,254
SPENCER:
This was everything.
479
00:23:14,254 --> 00:23:16,457
There was nothing
more important than this.
480
00:23:18,619 --> 00:23:21,542
‐ Judge Jackson asked both sides
to brief it,
481
00:23:21,542 --> 00:23:23,904
which means submit
legal pleadings
482
00:23:23,904 --> 00:23:26,106
that lay out
why it should be admissible.
483
00:23:26,106 --> 00:23:30,831
♪♪
484
00:23:30,831 --> 00:23:33,954
SPENCER: We had
a several‐day hearing on it.
485
00:23:33,954 --> 00:23:36,837
We knew it was absolutely key
and important.
486
00:23:36,837 --> 00:23:38,559
So did the defense,
and so did the judge.
487
00:23:38,559 --> 00:23:41,081
So, we really hammered it.
488
00:23:41,081 --> 00:23:44,645
KEVIN:
We went to the pre‐trial
489
00:23:44,645 --> 00:23:49,490
very concerned that the evidence
was not going to be allowed in.
490
00:23:49,490 --> 00:23:53,293
GRACE: This was gonna be
a very difficult case to prove,
491
00:23:53,293 --> 00:23:54,895
so this was crucial,
492
00:23:54,895 --> 00:23:57,938
to see what we could
get in there ahead of time,
493
00:23:57,938 --> 00:24:00,340
so that we could have
a much better chance
494
00:24:00,340 --> 00:24:02,142
when the trial came
in September.
495
00:24:02,142 --> 00:24:06,947
♪♪
496
00:24:06,947 --> 00:24:09,670
‐ Valeria and I put on
the various witnesses
497
00:24:09,670 --> 00:24:11,992
during the evidentiary hearing.
498
00:24:11,992 --> 00:24:13,954
‐ It's difficult
to take on a cold case
499
00:24:13,954 --> 00:24:16,717
because so many years
have gone by.
500
00:24:16,717 --> 00:24:20,040
But people who witness
a traumatic event
501
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:24,044
really do retain very clear
502
00:24:24,044 --> 00:24:28,328
"take them back to the moment"
kind of memories.
503
00:24:28,328 --> 00:24:31,732
They turn out to be almost
a mini‐trial within the trial.
504
00:24:31,732 --> 00:24:36,136
We were not proving
that Lynn was murdered.
505
00:24:36,136 --> 00:24:38,378
They could only use it
for the limited purpose
506
00:24:38,378 --> 00:24:40,020
to show that
it was not likely
507
00:24:40,020 --> 00:24:42,022
that Toni's death
was an accident,
508
00:24:42,022 --> 00:24:44,064
based on the similarities
of Lynn's death.
509
00:24:46,427 --> 00:24:48,348
HAZRA:
Harold's lawyer's strategy was
510
00:24:48,348 --> 00:24:51,592
to keep Lynn Henthorn's death
out of evidence.
511
00:24:51,592 --> 00:24:53,914
You know, he definitely
was pushing hard
512
00:24:53,914 --> 00:24:57,357
and arguing hard that
that shouldn't come in.
513
00:24:57,357 --> 00:24:59,039
SPENCER: The judge called us
to the bench and said,
514
00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:03,444
"Are you sure that you
want to get into this?
515
00:25:03,444 --> 00:25:05,405
Do you really want
to use this?
516
00:25:05,405 --> 00:25:07,087
Because if you're
gambling now ‐‐
517
00:25:07,087 --> 00:25:08,969
and you are ‐‐
and you're wrong,
518
00:25:08,969 --> 00:25:10,971
you retry this case."
519
00:25:10,971 --> 00:25:12,653
♪♪
520
00:25:12,653 --> 00:25:15,976
Everyone knew
how important it was.
521
00:25:15,976 --> 00:25:17,498
Suneeta and I
looked at each other
522
00:25:17,498 --> 00:25:19,740
and said, "Yes.
523
00:25:19,740 --> 00:25:22,623
We're gonna use
all the cards on the table.
524
00:25:22,623 --> 00:25:24,625
We're not gonna
leave anything."
525
00:25:24,625 --> 00:25:26,707
GRUSING: We did not want
to lose this trial.
526
00:25:26,707 --> 00:25:30,591
When you're playing with,
you know, a young girl's life,
527
00:25:30,591 --> 00:25:32,352
I'd rather be safe
than sorry.
528
00:25:32,352 --> 00:25:38,038
♪♪
529
00:25:38,038 --> 00:25:40,681
REPORTER: New information today
about what will be allowed
530
00:25:40,681 --> 00:25:43,163
in court during
the Harold Henthorn trial.
531
00:25:43,163 --> 00:25:45,966
Well, the judge ruling today
that jurors will be allowed
532
00:25:45,966 --> 00:25:47,928
to learn that his first wife
533
00:25:47,928 --> 00:25:52,292
also died
under mysterious circumstances.
534
00:25:52,292 --> 00:25:54,535
‐ The judge agreed that, yes,
535
00:25:54,535 --> 00:25:57,097
Lynn's death
and the beam incident,
536
00:25:57,097 --> 00:25:59,780
the similarities are too ‐‐
too strong to be ignored.
537
00:26:02,543 --> 00:26:04,745
‐ The judge has said, "Yes.
538
00:26:04,745 --> 00:26:06,867
We are gonna allow that
into the trial."
539
00:26:06,867 --> 00:26:11,111
So, I was elated ‐‐
very, very grateful.
540
00:26:11,111 --> 00:26:14,394
SPENCER: And it really was
an incredible feeling of relief,
541
00:26:14,394 --> 00:26:17,558
as well as knowing what
our marching orders were.
542
00:26:17,558 --> 00:26:20,721
♪♪
543
00:26:20,721 --> 00:26:25,205
♪♪
544
00:26:25,205 --> 00:26:26,847
REPORTER:
This morning, the trial begins
545
00:26:26,847 --> 00:26:29,450
for a Highlands Ranch man
accused of killing his wife.
546
00:26:29,450 --> 00:26:31,732
The federal judge in the case
told prospective jurors
547
00:26:31,732 --> 00:26:34,174
this trial, quote,
"will be a doozy."
548
00:26:34,174 --> 00:26:36,697
‐ And we are tracking breaking
news just in to our newsroom.
549
00:26:36,697 --> 00:26:38,459
‐ Harold Henthorn...
WOMAN: Happening today.
550
00:26:38,459 --> 00:26:39,580
WOMAN #2:
Disturbing new details.
551
00:26:39,580 --> 00:26:40,941
MAN:
New information in the...
552
00:26:40,941 --> 00:26:42,222
SHOTT: It's very rare
that we do a case
553
00:26:42,222 --> 00:26:44,064
that has such strong
media attention.
554
00:26:44,064 --> 00:26:47,267
There were cameras outside
the courthouse every day.
555
00:26:47,267 --> 00:26:50,150
‐ You just don't get a case like
this but once in a lifetime.
556
00:26:50,150 --> 00:26:51,992
HAZRA: There was a cover story
in People magazine,
557
00:26:51,992 --> 00:26:54,515
and I'm actually mentioned
in the story.
558
00:26:54,515 --> 00:26:57,277
So, I've never had
a case like this.
559
00:26:57,277 --> 00:26:59,440
‐ Prosecutors feel
this is a murder
560
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,723
motivated by money and malice.
561
00:27:02,723 --> 00:27:04,004
‐ You know, this is it.
562
00:27:04,004 --> 00:27:05,886
There's no go‐backs.
[chuckles]
563
00:27:05,886 --> 00:27:09,570
‐ A sinister plot by a husband
determined to control his wife
564
00:27:09,570 --> 00:27:11,331
and her fortune.
565
00:27:11,331 --> 00:27:13,293
‐ It's a lot tougher
than you think
566
00:27:13,293 --> 00:27:15,215
to get a jury to agree.
567
00:27:15,215 --> 00:27:17,177
I don't know how 12 people agree
on a pizza topping,
568
00:27:17,177 --> 00:27:20,380
let alone on the guilt
or innocence of somebody.
569
00:27:20,380 --> 00:27:23,103
♪♪
570
00:27:26,386 --> 00:27:27,868
‐ Expect opening statements
today
571
00:27:27,868 --> 00:27:29,750
in the trial against
a Highlands Ranch man
572
00:27:29,750 --> 00:27:32,232
accused of pushing his wife
off of a cliff
573
00:27:32,232 --> 00:27:34,034
in Rocky Mountain
National Park.
574
00:27:36,276 --> 00:27:39,239
TODD: When they brought
Harold Henthorn in,
575
00:27:39,239 --> 00:27:40,641
he was in shackles,
576
00:27:40,641 --> 00:27:44,364
and he looked like
he had aged quite a bit.
577
00:27:44,364 --> 00:27:45,886
♪♪
578
00:27:45,886 --> 00:27:48,529
‐ This is opening day
of the trial.
579
00:27:48,529 --> 00:27:50,491
It's laying out the foundation
of the case,
580
00:27:50,491 --> 00:27:52,453
but also giving
that first impression.
581
00:27:52,453 --> 00:27:55,496
SPENCER: We knew we needed
to start strong.
582
00:27:55,496 --> 00:27:57,337
HAZRA:
He intended to kill her.
583
00:27:57,337 --> 00:27:58,539
The fall broke her neck.
584
00:27:58,539 --> 00:28:00,100
HAZRA:
We started emotionally.
585
00:28:00,100 --> 00:28:01,181
HAZRA: Bled out so much...
586
00:28:01,181 --> 00:28:02,382
It scalped her.
587
00:28:02,382 --> 00:28:04,144
$4.5 million...
588
00:28:04,144 --> 00:28:05,986
So, you're trying to build
the story
589
00:28:05,986 --> 00:28:07,668
of what happened
that night,
590
00:28:07,668 --> 00:28:10,310
but you also want to start
introducing evidence.
591
00:28:10,310 --> 00:28:13,033
So, Harold's lawyer,
he recognized that
592
00:28:13,033 --> 00:28:16,957
you couldn't explain away
all of Henthorn's quirks.
593
00:28:16,957 --> 00:28:18,999
He sort of embraced them
and said,
594
00:28:18,999 --> 00:28:20,481
"Sure, he might be quirky,
595
00:28:20,481 --> 00:28:23,283
but that doesn't make him
a murderer,"
596
00:28:23,283 --> 00:28:25,245
and to really, you know,
challenge us,
597
00:28:25,245 --> 00:28:28,969
because it was
a circumstantial case.
598
00:28:28,969 --> 00:28:31,572
TODD: We're hearing things
that we didn't know,
599
00:28:31,572 --> 00:28:33,934
such as, you know,
how in the world
600
00:28:33,934 --> 00:28:36,857
did Harold Henthorn
get $4.5 million
601
00:28:36,857 --> 00:28:40,020
of life insurance policies
on my sister?
602
00:28:43,584 --> 00:28:46,427
SHOTT: We showed
the autopsy photos of Toni
603
00:28:46,427 --> 00:28:51,191
because he never mentions that
she's got a massive head wound
604
00:28:51,191 --> 00:28:53,073
and that she's bleeding out
profusely.
605
00:28:55,275 --> 00:28:58,999
And so, we wanted to ensure
that the jury understood
606
00:28:58,999 --> 00:29:02,923
that there's no way
he could mistake the injuries.
607
00:29:05,205 --> 00:29:08,649
‐ We were staying in a hotel,
and we were on the 15th floor.
608
00:29:08,649 --> 00:29:10,410
And I looked down.
I was like, "Wow.
609
00:29:10,410 --> 00:29:15,375
That's the amount of distance
my sister fell."
610
00:29:15,375 --> 00:29:19,820
What a terrible way
to die.
611
00:29:19,820 --> 00:29:21,101
RHONDA:
That was very hard.
612
00:29:21,101 --> 00:29:22,823
It was very hard
on Mrs. Bertolet.
613
00:29:22,823 --> 00:29:24,985
It broke my heart to see her.
614
00:29:24,985 --> 00:29:29,269
♪♪
615
00:29:29,269 --> 00:29:33,514
♪♪
616
00:29:33,514 --> 00:29:37,878
SPENCER: Because Lynn's death
had never been litigated,
617
00:29:37,878 --> 00:29:40,721
there had never been
any justice for the family,
618
00:29:40,721 --> 00:29:42,162
it was really important
to them
619
00:29:42,162 --> 00:29:46,366
to see somebody
doing something about it.
620
00:29:46,366 --> 00:29:48,168
HAZRA:
Truman's strategy in general
621
00:29:48,168 --> 00:29:51,411
was to try to make Lynn's death
seem very innocent.
622
00:29:51,411 --> 00:29:53,333
Law enforcement
closed the case within a week,
623
00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:57,137
so this is a big nothing.
624
00:29:57,137 --> 00:30:00,140
SPENCER: We presented
so much of who Lynn was
625
00:30:00,140 --> 00:30:02,222
and what happened to her
626
00:30:02,222 --> 00:30:04,465
that she almost had
her day in court.
627
00:30:04,465 --> 00:30:07,387
HAZRA: So, we put on pictures
taken at the original scene,
628
00:30:07,387 --> 00:30:11,031
of the jack
and the changing of the tire.
629
00:30:15,355 --> 00:30:18,078
KEVIN: We didn't know that
other people had stopped by
630
00:30:18,078 --> 00:30:20,160
and pulled her out,
631
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:25,486
that he was very agitated at
the accident scene with people,
632
00:30:25,486 --> 00:30:27,768
that he didn't want them
to touch her.
633
00:30:27,768 --> 00:30:30,691
‐ I was angry,
but I was more almost
634
00:30:30,691 --> 00:30:34,535
in a state of shock
and disbelief
635
00:30:34,535 --> 00:30:40,220
that somebody could be so evil,
and have penetrated our family.
636
00:30:40,220 --> 00:30:41,822
♪♪
637
00:30:41,822 --> 00:30:44,785
ERIC:
God bless Barry Bertolet.
638
00:30:44,785 --> 00:30:47,708
I remember
talking with him once
639
00:30:47,708 --> 00:30:50,831
and just saying
how sorry I was.
640
00:30:50,831 --> 00:30:53,033
And he very graciously
just said,
641
00:30:53,033 --> 00:30:55,516
"Eric, Harold fooled us all."
642
00:30:58,158 --> 00:31:01,562
♪♪
643
00:31:01,562 --> 00:31:03,924
‐ Harold, he's smiling
at his friends,
644
00:31:03,924 --> 00:31:06,927
and he ‐‐ enough
of a narcissist
645
00:31:06,927 --> 00:31:08,208
that it's all about him.
646
00:31:11,251 --> 00:31:12,773
Beth was our case agent,
and so,
647
00:31:12,773 --> 00:31:14,735
we were going to be
putting her on the stand.
648
00:31:14,735 --> 00:31:17,177
She was a key witness.
649
00:31:17,177 --> 00:31:18,779
SHOTT:
I was very nervous.
650
00:31:18,779 --> 00:31:22,022
It's incredibly nerve‐racking
to testify,
651
00:31:22,022 --> 00:31:23,704
especially in a homicide.
652
00:31:23,704 --> 00:31:27,227
One of the challenges
of doing a case like this is,
653
00:31:27,227 --> 00:31:28,869
did I miss something ‐‐
654
00:31:28,869 --> 00:31:33,313
something that will cause
the jury to say "not guilty"?
655
00:31:35,315 --> 00:31:36,637
‐ Beth was outstanding.
656
00:31:36,637 --> 00:31:38,198
Like a race of a marathon,
657
00:31:38,198 --> 00:31:41,962
this was finally
her finish line.
658
00:31:41,962 --> 00:31:45,005
SHOTT: I talked about
the forensic stuff ‐‐
659
00:31:45,005 --> 00:31:49,049
the time stamp on the camera,
it helped build our timeline ‐‐
660
00:31:49,049 --> 00:31:51,452
and then, also, the scene,
661
00:31:51,452 --> 00:31:53,494
because I had been there
several times.
662
00:31:56,296 --> 00:31:59,980
‐ Beth being able to guide us
up and down there multiple times
663
00:31:59,980 --> 00:32:03,464
was fascinating
to the jury.
664
00:32:03,464 --> 00:32:05,786
SPENCER: Because we couldn't
bring the jury to the scene,
665
00:32:05,786 --> 00:32:08,629
we instead brought
the scene to them.
666
00:32:08,629 --> 00:32:11,391
GRUSING: What I think had
a big impact on the jurors
667
00:32:11,391 --> 00:32:14,435
was having about two or three
rangers ‐‐ park rangers ‐‐
668
00:32:14,435 --> 00:32:16,997
talk them through
how difficult it was
669
00:32:16,997 --> 00:32:18,479
to get up there,
670
00:32:18,479 --> 00:32:20,521
and then, how dangerous
it was to be there.
671
00:32:23,283 --> 00:32:26,807
And their testimony was able
to almost take the jurors
672
00:32:26,807 --> 00:32:28,288
up there to that site.
673
00:32:30,691 --> 00:32:35,656
SHOTT: We would play the exhibit
of that scene.
674
00:32:35,656 --> 00:32:37,818
We're looking at
the jurors' faces,
675
00:32:37,818 --> 00:32:39,700
and they have
the "aha" moment.
676
00:32:39,700 --> 00:32:42,903
♪♪
677
00:32:42,903 --> 00:32:46,186
♪♪
678
00:32:46,186 --> 00:32:50,350
‐ Harold did not get up and
speak at all in the trial.
679
00:32:50,350 --> 00:32:52,473
♪♪
680
00:32:52,473 --> 00:32:55,436
SHOTT: Craig Truman didn't
bring in any witnesses.
681
00:32:55,436 --> 00:32:57,317
He just cross‐examined.
682
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,443
HAZRA: The prosecution
gets two closes.
683
00:33:02,443 --> 00:33:04,204
I did the first close,
and Valeria did
684
00:33:04,204 --> 00:33:05,646
what's called
the "rebuttal."
685
00:33:05,646 --> 00:33:07,287
SPENCER: The defense spent
a lot of time
686
00:33:07,287 --> 00:33:08,889
on pushing back on Lynn's case.
687
00:33:08,889 --> 00:33:10,891
MAN: This case has
been investigated,
688
00:33:10,891 --> 00:33:12,372
and it has been determined
689
00:33:12,372 --> 00:33:14,334
that this death
was an accident.
690
00:33:14,334 --> 00:33:15,656
No criminal charges.
691
00:33:15,656 --> 00:33:17,337
SPENCER:
Then, he kept saying,
692
00:33:17,337 --> 00:33:19,179
"No need to look at this again.
It was an accident.
693
00:33:19,179 --> 00:33:20,621
MAN: Well, let's look at
the evidence.
694
00:33:20,621 --> 00:33:22,703
SPENCER: This poor man
has lost two wives.
695
00:33:22,703 --> 00:33:25,145
How heartbreaking
could that be?"
696
00:33:25,145 --> 00:33:26,667
HAZRA:
Truman really hammered home
697
00:33:26,667 --> 00:33:28,228
that you can't tell
the difference
698
00:33:28,228 --> 00:33:29,550
between a fall
from a push.
699
00:33:29,550 --> 00:33:31,111
MAN: ...out of evidence.
700
00:33:31,111 --> 00:33:32,553
What has been proven?
701
00:33:32,553 --> 00:33:34,314
There's no way
on God's Earth
702
00:33:34,314 --> 00:33:38,479
to tell whether someone
was pushed or has fallen.
703
00:33:38,479 --> 00:33:42,923
♪♪
704
00:33:42,923 --> 00:33:45,205
HAZRA:
He did a good job.
705
00:33:45,205 --> 00:33:46,807
He also has
a different job, right?
706
00:33:46,807 --> 00:33:48,649
We have to convince
12 people,
707
00:33:48,649 --> 00:33:51,972
and he just has to have one
get some doubt.
708
00:33:55,896 --> 00:33:58,178
‐ I remember
sitting there thinking,
709
00:33:58,178 --> 00:34:02,222
"I'm so proud
of the prosecution."
710
00:34:02,222 --> 00:34:03,944
These women took control.
711
00:34:03,944 --> 00:34:05,706
SPENCER:
...down on the 7th floor today,
712
00:34:05,706 --> 00:34:08,268
was I was trying to imagine
how Toni walked over...
713
00:34:08,268 --> 00:34:10,671
HAZRA: ...last human touch
Toni Henthorn ever felt...
714
00:34:10,671 --> 00:34:12,473
The defendant tells nonsense.
715
00:34:12,473 --> 00:34:14,234
SPENCER: There's no way to tell
a push from a fall.
716
00:34:14,234 --> 00:34:16,156
HAZRA: ...was not a loving
caress from her husband,
717
00:34:16,156 --> 00:34:19,239
but a push ‐‐ a push that
deprived Haley of her mother...
718
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:22,042
SPENCER: It was a lie
the whole way through.
719
00:34:22,042 --> 00:34:24,965
‐ Valeria,
she brought you almost
720
00:34:24,965 --> 00:34:26,967
to the ‐‐
to the top of that cliff.
721
00:34:26,967 --> 00:34:30,531
SPENCER: Toni fell over 128 feet
to her death.
722
00:34:30,531 --> 00:34:33,814
‐ I will never forget
Suneeta saying,
723
00:34:33,814 --> 00:34:36,336
"This is the man
that is supposed to
724
00:34:36,336 --> 00:34:39,580
guard and protect his wife,
725
00:34:39,580 --> 00:34:44,264
and the last thing that Toni
ever had going through her mind
726
00:34:44,264 --> 00:34:46,026
was him pushing her off."
727
00:34:49,309 --> 00:34:50,711
HAZRA:
So, after closing arguments,
728
00:34:50,711 --> 00:34:52,392
the case goes to the jury.
729
00:34:54,995 --> 00:34:59,239
SPENCER: You sit down, and you
think, "I hope we did it."
730
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:05,045
It's a lot tougher than you
think to get a jury to agree.
731
00:35:05,045 --> 00:35:07,367
KEVIN:
I felt like we made the case,
732
00:35:07,367 --> 00:35:10,410
but there's still a lot
of anticipation, a lot of...
733
00:35:10,410 --> 00:35:11,812
[breathes sharply]
734
00:35:11,812 --> 00:35:13,574
"Oh, my gosh.
I don't know."
735
00:35:13,574 --> 00:35:17,858
♪♪
736
00:35:22,583 --> 00:35:26,386
♪♪
737
00:35:26,386 --> 00:35:30,190
♪♪
738
00:35:30,190 --> 00:35:31,472
SPENCER:
You're always nervous
739
00:35:31,472 --> 00:35:33,674
about what 12 people
are thinking.
740
00:35:33,674 --> 00:35:35,596
And they have to
unanimously decide
741
00:35:35,596 --> 00:35:37,357
that we have met our burden.
742
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,322
I remember Suneeta and I
looking at other, going,
743
00:35:42,322 --> 00:35:43,924
"It's got to be guilty, right?
It's gonna be guilty?"
744
00:35:43,924 --> 00:35:46,527
And I was just like,
"I don't know. I don't know."
745
00:35:46,527 --> 00:35:49,970
You just don't know.
746
00:35:49,970 --> 00:35:52,613
‐ The judge reads the verdict.
747
00:35:52,613 --> 00:35:54,134
"In the matter
of the United States
748
00:35:54,134 --> 00:35:56,136
versus Harold Henthorn...
749
00:35:56,136 --> 00:35:59,580
we, the jury,
find the defendant...
750
00:35:59,580 --> 00:36:00,861
guilty."
751
00:36:00,861 --> 00:36:02,262
[cheers and applause]
752
00:36:02,262 --> 00:36:04,945
There was, like,
audible whoops of joy
753
00:36:04,945 --> 00:36:06,707
that came out of
the courtroom.
754
00:36:06,707 --> 00:36:12,272
♪♪
755
00:36:12,272 --> 00:36:17,357
‐ I was just so, so happy.
756
00:36:17,357 --> 00:36:21,281
‐ We were all very thankful,
very relieved.
757
00:36:21,281 --> 00:36:24,284
TODD: Just elation.
758
00:36:24,284 --> 00:36:28,849
I don't think anybody
understands how nervous you are
759
00:36:28,849 --> 00:36:33,694
and how stressful it is,
going through that trial.
760
00:36:33,694 --> 00:36:35,135
SHOTT:
We all look at each other,
761
00:36:35,135 --> 00:36:39,900
and it's an overwhelming emotion
that hits you.
762
00:36:39,900 --> 00:36:44,184
And you look back
at the Bertolets.
763
00:36:44,184 --> 00:36:45,506
And they're crying.
764
00:36:48,749 --> 00:36:52,833
And all of this is
to get justice for Toni,
765
00:36:52,833 --> 00:36:56,677
justice for Haley,
justice for the Bertolets.
766
00:36:56,677 --> 00:36:59,480
And we did it.
767
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,443
It's a really,
really satisfying moment.
768
00:37:05,726 --> 00:37:07,728
ERIC:
When they did convict him,
769
00:37:07,728 --> 00:37:09,730
I was able to say,
"Goodbye, Harold,"
770
00:37:09,730 --> 00:37:12,453
[chuckling]
as they were walking him out.
771
00:37:12,453 --> 00:37:18,138
♪♪
772
00:37:18,138 --> 00:37:19,580
‐ The sentence
was life in prison
773
00:37:19,580 --> 00:37:22,583
without the possibility
of parole.
774
00:37:22,583 --> 00:37:24,745
SPENCER: Harold appealed
to the 10th Circuit,
775
00:37:24,745 --> 00:37:26,747
specifically
the Lynn Henthorn piece,
776
00:37:26,747 --> 00:37:28,348
and he lost.
777
00:37:28,348 --> 00:37:30,310
He appealed that to
the United States Supreme Court,
778
00:37:30,310 --> 00:37:31,792
and they denied it.
779
00:37:31,792 --> 00:37:35,436
And so, his appeal
on the trial is over.
780
00:37:35,436 --> 00:37:39,520
♪♪
781
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:43,644
♪♪
782
00:37:43,644 --> 00:37:46,166
♪♪
783
00:37:46,166 --> 00:37:48,969
‐ There was a time
when I wanted to get out
784
00:37:48,969 --> 00:37:50,931
more information on Lynn,
785
00:37:50,931 --> 00:37:53,814
but at the end of the day,
Lynn received justice.
786
00:37:53,814 --> 00:37:57,538
‐ Hi, Grace! Hi!
Hi, Eric!
787
00:37:57,538 --> 00:37:59,980
ERIC: If it had not been
for Lynn's case,
788
00:37:59,980 --> 00:38:02,703
he very well
would have walked.
789
00:38:02,703 --> 00:38:08,028
There wouldn't have been enough,
even the circumstantial.
790
00:38:08,028 --> 00:38:12,392
KEVIN: Lynn was a lover.
My sister was a giver.
791
00:38:12,392 --> 00:38:14,755
And he took advantage
of that.
792
00:38:17,077 --> 00:38:19,199
The world lost a lover.
793
00:38:19,199 --> 00:38:21,041
[voice breaking] We need
more of that in this world.
794
00:38:23,203 --> 00:38:25,245
‐ Here's to celebrating life,
since we all have it.
795
00:38:25,245 --> 00:38:27,568
‐ Family.
‐ Whoo!
796
00:38:27,568 --> 00:38:31,051
GRACE: We're healing.
And this was part of it.
797
00:38:31,051 --> 00:38:32,573
♪♪
798
00:38:32,573 --> 00:38:34,495
BOB: If Toni was here,
799
00:38:34,495 --> 00:38:38,739
I would tell her
how much I loved her
800
00:38:38,739 --> 00:38:41,221
and how much I missed her.
801
00:38:41,221 --> 00:38:44,865
TONI: Okay, Daddy, being the
elder statesman of the group,
802
00:38:44,865 --> 00:38:47,387
do you want to say
some closing words?
803
00:38:47,387 --> 00:38:52,152
‐ I wish everybody had a life
as nice as mine has been,
804
00:38:52,152 --> 00:38:54,194
and that's enough.
805
00:38:54,194 --> 00:38:57,317
TODD: These type of interviews
are therapeutic for us,
806
00:38:57,317 --> 00:39:00,561
and it's good for other people
807
00:39:00,561 --> 00:39:02,963
to know the experiences
that we had,
808
00:39:02,963 --> 00:39:07,728
to recognize those red flags
that we saw,
809
00:39:07,728 --> 00:39:11,131
but we didn't act on.
810
00:39:11,131 --> 00:39:14,975
SHOTT: I believe that
putting Harold in a position
811
00:39:14,975 --> 00:39:17,057
where he cannot
control anything
812
00:39:17,057 --> 00:39:19,339
is great punishment
for Harold.
813
00:39:19,339 --> 00:39:21,301
I do think the punishment
fits the crime.
814
00:39:21,301 --> 00:39:24,304
He robbed Haley
of a mother.
815
00:39:24,304 --> 00:39:26,507
‐ And, remember,
the "C" is cold.
816
00:39:26,507 --> 00:39:28,709
♪♪
817
00:39:28,709 --> 00:39:31,151
TODD: Through everything
that we've gone through,
818
00:39:31,151 --> 00:39:33,313
that's one of the biggest
rewards that ‐‐
819
00:39:33,313 --> 00:39:35,676
that we have received.
820
00:39:35,676 --> 00:39:40,441
My brother and sister‐in‐law
adopted Haley.
821
00:39:40,441 --> 00:39:45,486
She is just a thriving,
dynamic young lady now ‐‐
822
00:39:45,486 --> 00:39:48,809
brilliant and allowed to do
all the things
823
00:39:48,809 --> 00:39:53,173
that she wasn't allowed to do
early on in her life.
824
00:39:53,173 --> 00:39:55,976
♪♪
825
00:39:59,460 --> 00:40:01,341
[bird calling]
826
00:40:01,341 --> 00:40:06,106
SPENCER: This crime happened
on National Park land,
827
00:40:06,106 --> 00:40:08,869
and that's sort of sacred
to citizens of this country.
828
00:40:08,869 --> 00:40:13,874
It's where we get to go
and see nature unspoiled,
829
00:40:13,874 --> 00:40:15,636
to see the wildlife.
830
00:40:15,636 --> 00:40:17,518
♪♪
831
00:40:17,518 --> 00:40:19,199
Rocky Mountain National Park
is one
832
00:40:19,199 --> 00:40:21,241
of the most visited
national parks in the country.
833
00:40:21,241 --> 00:40:22,883
And I know that
the park rangers
834
00:40:22,883 --> 00:40:27,087
who work there
are really proud of that.
835
00:40:27,087 --> 00:40:28,849
SHOTT: Working for
the National Park Service,
836
00:40:28,849 --> 00:40:33,734
you get paid in sunrises
and sunsets and awesome beauty.
837
00:40:33,734 --> 00:40:36,376
We care about
all the resources,
838
00:40:36,376 --> 00:40:38,899
but the utmost we care about
is human life.
839
00:40:41,221 --> 00:40:44,865
GRACE: There's an honor
to the federal land.
840
00:40:44,865 --> 00:40:47,988
Thinking you can get by
because it's so remote?
841
00:40:47,988 --> 00:40:49,670
Think again.
842
00:40:49,750 --> 00:40:52,152
Think again.
843
00:40:52,152 --> 00:40:55,596
♪♪
844
00:40:55,596 --> 00:40:59,359
♪♪
845
00:40:59,359 --> 00:41:04,525
♪♪
846
00:41:04,525 --> 00:41:09,650
♪♪
847
00:41:09,650 --> 00:41:14,775
♪♪
848
00:41:14,775 --> 00:41:19,900
♪♪
849
00:41:19,900 --> 00:41:25,025
♪♪
850
00:41:25,025 --> 00:41:30,150
♪♪
851
00:41:30,150 --> 00:41:35,275
♪♪