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[ CREAKING ]

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Mogle: HAWKINS, TEXAS,
IS 100 MILES EAST OF DALLAS.

Harris: HIGH SCHOOL IS
THE HEART OF THE TOWN.

ONCE YOU'RE A HAWK,
YOU'RE ALWAYS A HAWK.

Beggs:
LAKE HAWKINS IS A BEAUTIFUL
LAKE -- IT WAS THE HANGOUT.

Barber: THAT'S KIND OF WHERE
THIS ALL STARTED WAS OUT

ON LAKE HOPKINS.

WE HAD A LOT OF OUTSIDERS

THAT WERE, FROM TIME TO TIME,
CAUSING PROBLEMS.

I MEAN, IT JUST KNOCKED
THE BREATH OUT OF ME.

I'M FROM TEXAS --
TEXAS GIRLS KNOW ABOUT GUNS.

THIS WAS THE MOST FEARED MAN,

THE MOST HATED MAN
IN EAST TEXAS.

Stevenson: IT'S JUST A DAZE.
IT'S LIKE A BLUR.

FROM THAT POINT ON,
IT WAS JUST A SUMMER OF DREAD.

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[ GIRL LAUGHING ]

OH, MY GOODNESS --
SO EXCITED FOR THE LAKE.

-OH, YEAH.
-YOU BETTER NOT PUSH ME

IN AGAIN, THOUGH.
-THAT WAS ONE TIME!

[ TALKING AND LAUGHING ]

MAY 4, 1986,
IT WAS A SUNDAY,

AND BRYAN AND GENA AND SUZANNE
HAD GONE OUT TO THE LAKE.

Narrator: THE THREE FRIENDS ARE
19-YEAR-OLD BRYAN BOONE,

20-YEAR-OLD GENA TURNER,

AND 18-YEAR-OLD
SUZANNE HARRISON.

IN TEXAS,
IT'S SUMMER IN MAY,

AND THAT'S WHERE WE HUNG OUT
IN THE SUMMERTIME.

YOU WENT TO LAKE HAWKINS.

IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL
FOR THESE THREE FRIENDS

TO BE AT LAKE HAWKINS,

BUT IT WAS UNUSUAL FOR THEM
TO NOT COME HOME --

AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
AT HOME AT 10 O'CLOCK.

HERE IN TEXAS,

IN A SMALL TOWN LIKE THAT,
SOMEBODY ALWAYS KNOWS

WHERE YOU ARE.

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE LIFE
BEFORE CELL PHONES,

WHEN YOU JUST -- YOU WERE NOT
CONNECTED TO PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

SO WHAT YOU RELIED ON
IS BEING AT THE RIGHT PLACE

WHEN YOU SAID
YOU WERE GONNA BE.

[ KETTLE WHISTLING ]

-[ PHONE RINGS ]
-I'LL GET THAT.

Narrator: SUZANNE'S MOM
CALLS GENA'S PARENTS.

HELLO?

LIKE, HEY, THEY'RE NOT HOME YET.
WHERE ARE THEY?

WELL, I'M GETTING
A LITTLE BIT WORRIED.

I HAVEN'T HEARD
FROM SUZANNE.

WE'RE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED,
TOO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT

LIKE GENA TO BE
OUT THIS LATE.

SUZANNE AND HER MOM
WERE VERY CLOSE.

SUZANNE WAS HER ONLY CHILD,
AND SHE LOVED THAT GIRL.

SUZANNE WAS HER LIFE.

SO HER MOM WAS VERY CONCERNED.

VERY UPSET.

SUZANNE WAS A RAY OF SUNSHINE.

WE HAD FUN AT SCHOOL.

SHE WENT TO CHURCH WITH US
AT FIRST BAPTIST.

SHE WAS ALWAYS VERY POSITIVE,

VERY UPBEAT -- SHE HAD
A BOUNCE IN HER STEP.

Stevenson: SHE WAS JUST KIND OF
EVERYBODY'S LITTLE SISTER.

EVERYBODY LOOKED OUT FOR HER.

YOU JUST -- YOU JUST
LOOKED OUT FOR SUZANNE.

Harris:
SHE WANTED TO BE A TEACHER.

ALL OF OUR GROUP OF FRIENDS,

WE WERE ALL GONNA GRADUATE
AND GO OFF TO COLLEGE.

Narrator: HER BEST FRIEND

IS GENA TURNER.

GENA WAS A REALLY
GOOD STUDENT.

SHE STUDIED HARD.

I WAS VERY PROUD OF GENA.

Narrator: GENA HAD GRADUATED
HAWKINS HIGH TWO YEARS EARLIER.

Beggs: SHE WAS VALEDICTORIAN,
WHICH SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF,

AND THE DAY THAT
SHE GAVE HER SPEECH,

IT JUST TOUCHED EVERYONE.

-HEY, SUZANNE?
-YEAH!

COULD I BORROW
YOUR PINK TOP?

Beggs: GENA AND SUZANNE
WERE JUST SUPER FRIENDS,

ALWAYS HUNG OUT TOGETHER.

THAT WAS BACK IN THE DAY WHEN
A LOT OF TIMES YOU WORE

THE SAME CLOTHES, THEY WOULD,
YOU KNOW, HAVE THE SAME SHOES

OR THE SAME SHIRT.

THEY WERE JUST SUPER GOOD
EAST TEXAS GIRLS.

Narrator: BRYAN BOONE IS ALSO
A RECENT HAWKINS HIGH GRADUATE.

BRYAN HAD
THE CRAZIEST SENSE OF HUMOR.

HE'D JUST CRACK ME UP --
BRYAN WAS JUST CRAZY,

UH, BUT HE WAS TOUGH.

HAWKINS WAS, YOU KNOW,

EVERY SMALL TOWN IN TEXAS
KIND OF REVOLVES AROUND

ITS FOOTBALL,
AND BRYAN PLAYED FOOTBALL,

AND HE WAS CERTAINLY
GOOD ON DEFENSE,

AND YEAH, YOU WEREN'T GONNA
JUST RUN OVER HIM.

YOU KNEW HE WAS THERE.
HE WAS HANDSOME,

SO THE GIRLS LIKED BRYAN.

BRYAN WAS A GOOD FRIEND.

HE NEVER LET ME DOWN.

HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME.
HE HAD MY BACK.

Narrator: BUT NOW, ALL THREE
SEEM TO HAVE VANISHED.

THESE WEREN'T THE KIDS
THAT WOULD BE OUT

LOOKING FOR TROUBLE, YOU KNOW,
THESE WERE KIND OF

ALL-AMERICAN KIDS,
YOU KNOW?

SUZANNE WAS A RULE FOLLOWER
AND SHE KNEW WHAT TIME

SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HOME.

Beggs: GENA WOULD HAVE CALLED.

WE WERE TAUGHT,

MY MOM AND DAD TAUGHT US,

YOU CALL.

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GENA DID NOT COME HOME
THE NEXT DAY,

SO ON MONDAY,

MY DAD GOT ON HIS HORSE
AND WENT TO LAKE HAWKINS.

WE WEREN'T FAR
FROM LAKE HAWKINS,

AND HE TOOK OFF ON HORSEBACK
TO LOOK FOR GENA,

SUZANNE, AND BRYAN.

Stevenson:
AND BRYAN'S OLDER BROTHER,
KENDALL, WENT LOOKING FOR HIM

OUT AT LAKE HAWKINS,
AND THAT'S WHEN

HE FOUND THE TRUCK.

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[ CAR DOOR OPENING ]

[ QUIETLY ] WHAT?

Stevenson: AND THAT'S WHEN
HE FOUND THE PURSES

AND THE KEYS IN THE CAR.

THERE'S NOTHING
YOU CAN THINK ABOUT

THAT'S GONNA MAKE THAT
BE GOOD.

Narrator:
THE FAMILIES IMMEDIATELY

CONTACT WOOD
COUNTY AUTHORITIES.

IT WAS VERY URGENT
AT THE TIME, BECAUSE WE KNEW

THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

EVERYBODY WAS IN KIND OF
A STATE OF PANIC.

ALL THE COUNTY LAKES
HAVE A COUNTY ROAD,

THAT GOES COMPLETELY
AROUND THE LAKE,

AND SO LAW ENFORCEMENT
PATROLLED AROUND THE LAKE.

WE HAVE SMALL ROADS
THAT GO EVERYWHERE,

BECAUSE THERE'S
OLD DRILLING WELLS,

WHICH MAKES IT
A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT

WHEN YOU HAVE A LIMITED
NUMBER OF PERSONNEL

TO LOOK FOR THOSE PEOPLE.

Narrator:
AS THE SEARCH BEGINS,

WORD SPREADS THROUGH TOWN.

[ SCHOOL BELL RINGS ]

Moore:
MY FATHER WAS THE PRINCIPAL
HERE AT HAWKINS FOR 30 YEARS.

THAT MONDAY, MY DAD CAME TO ME
SECOND PERIOD AND ASKED ME

WHERE SUZANNE WAS,
AND I SAID,

"I DON'T KNOW."

AND HE SAID,
"WELL, SHE'S MISSING."

Harris: AND, UH, WOOD COUNTY
DEPUTIES SHOWED UP AT SCHOOL,

AND THEY WERE ASKING US
IF WE HAD SEEN SUZANNE

OR HEARD FROM
BRYAN AND GENA.

AND THEN THEY SAID,
"WELL,

"WE FOUND BRYAN'S CAR
AT THE LAKE,

AND SUZANNE'S PURSE
WAS IN THE CAR."

Stevenson: AT THE TIME, I WAS
IN ARKANSAS IN COLLEGE

THAT MONDAY MORNING,

AND THE GUY SAYS,
"YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS,

"DUDE -- YOUR TOWN
IS ON CNN.

THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE MISSING
FROM YOUR TOWN."

I WASN'T REPAIRED THAT IT WAS
GONNA BE MY BEST FRIEND

AND GENA AND SUZANNE.

Mogle: EACH PASSING HOUR,
IT'S BECOMING MORE

ANXIETY-RIDDEN --
WHAT IS GOING ON?

THIS IS NOT NATURAL.

THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN
IN HAWKINS, TEXAS

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Narrator: THEN,
AT 12:45 P.M.

MONDAY AFTERNOON,

A DISCOVERY
NO ONE WANTED TO MAKE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN,
ABOUT 20 MILES OR SO AWAY

IN A REALLY REMOTE AREA
CALLED BARNWELL MOUNTAIN,

A ROAD CREW
WORKING IN THIS AREA

COMES ACROSS A BODY
IN A DITCH.

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Mogle: WE FIND HAWKINS, TEXAS,
IN A GROWING STATE OF PANIC.

THREE OF THEIR BRIGHTEST
YOUNG PEOPLE,

18-YEAR-OLD SUZANNE HARRISON,

19-YEAR-OLD BRYAN BOONE,
20-YEAR-OLD GENA TURNER

ARE MISSING.

AND THEN THIS ROAD CREW
SORT OF RANDOMLY COMES BY,

AND THEY FIND THE BODY
IN THE DITCH.

AND, OF COURSE,
THEY CALLED

LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN UPSHUR COUNTY.

6-3 TO DISPATCH,
I FOUND A BODY.

GO AHEAD AND START
THE CRIME SCENE UNIT.

SHE HAD SUFFERED
A HORRENDOUS BEATING.

SHE WAS PARTIALLY NAKED,
AND HER PANTIES,

WERE LEFT AROUND HER THROAT,

WHICH AT LEAST SEEMED
TO SUGGEST FROM THE BEGINNING

THAT SHE HAD BEEN
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.

Narrator: AUTHORITIES
PROCESS THE SCENE,

A PARK AREA AT
BARNWELL MOUNTAIN,

15 MILES NORTHEAST
OF LAKE HAWKINS.

THE CLOTHING MATCHES
THAT WORN

BY SUZANNE HARRISON.

YOU CORDON
THAT AREA OFF,

AND THEN WE SEARCHED THAT AREA
JUST GRID BY GRID.

THE QUICKER YOU CAN GET TO IT,

THE MORE EVIDENCE YOU'RE GONNA
BE ABLE TO FIND.

Narrator:
ONE UNSETTLING DETAIL --

A SECOND SET OF WOMEN'S SHORTS
AND UNDERWEAR,

PRESUMED TO BE GENA TURNER'S
FOUND NEAR THE BODY.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE
THIS BODY IS SUZANNE'S,

BUT THEY NEED TO BE SURE.

SUZANNE HARRISON
WAS WEARING A WATCH,

AND THEY HAD ASKED AN AUNT,

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY
THIS WATCH THAT WE HAVE FOUND

ON THIS BODY?
AND THE AUNT

KNEW IMMEDIATELY,
THAT WAS SUZANNE HARRIS,

BECAUSE THE AUNT
HAD THE SAME WATCH,

THE EXACT SAME WATCH.

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Harris: IT WAS MONDAY EVENING,

AND MY MOM AND I HAD GONE TO
PICK UP MY SHOES FOR THE PROM.

WE HAD GOTTEN SHOES BACK THEN
TO MATCH OUR DRESS,

AND WE WALKED IN, AND MY BROTHER
SAID, "DAD CALLED.

THEY FOUND SUZANNE."

I SAID,
"WHERE? WHERE IS SHE?

HOW IS SHE?
WHAT SHE'S DOING?"

AND DON,
MY BROTHER SAID,

"SHE'S DEAD."

AND I COULDN'T
COMPREHEND IT

OR UNDERSTAND IT.

I MEAN, IT...

IT JUST KNOCKED
THE BREATH OUT OF ME.

IT IS FULL-FLEDGED
PANIC MODE NOW.

THEY SET UP A PERIMETER,
AND THEY TRY TO CHECK ALL ROADS

GOING OUT OF THE COMMUNITY,

FIND OUT IF ANYBODY
THEY STOP

ON THAT VEHICLE HAD SEEN

ANYTHING THAT WAS
OUT OF PLACE.

I DID. I DID SEE A FORD BRONCO
DRIVING PRETTY CRAZY

AROUND HERE THE OTHER NIGHT.

Narrator: ONE MOTORIST REPORTS
THAT ON THE NIGHT THE TRIO

WENT MISSING,

HE SAW A LIGHT BLUE BRONCO
SPEEDING ERRATICALLY AWAY

FROM THE PARK,

BUT HE DID NOT GET
THE LICENSE PLATE.

THAT WAS IT.

Stevenson: I JUST REMEMBER
DRIVING IN THAT FIRST NIGHT,

AND IT WAS TWO OR THREE
IN THE MORNING.

THE FIRST THING THAT MADE ME
REALIZE THIS WAS NOT GONNA BE

MY NORMAL VISIT
TO THIS TOWN

WAS THAT THE POPULATION SIGNS
HAD BLACK RIBBONS

TIED AROUND 'EM.

Moore: HAWKINS LOST

ITS INNOCENCE THAT DAY --
WE'RE COMMUNITY THAT FELT LIKE

THAT WE WERE IN A BUBBLE

AND THAT NOTHING
COULD EVER HAPPEN

LIKE THAT HERE.

AND WE HAD TO FACE
THE FACT THAT IT DID.

Narrator: SINCE GENA AND BRYAN
ARE STILL MISSING,

AUTHORITIES HAVE TO ASK,

COULD THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN SUZANNE'S MURDER?

THERE WAS NEVER
AN ISSUE THAT THEY WERE

SOMEHOW ROMANTICALLY
INVOLVED WITH EACH OTHER.

THERE WAS NEVER,
EVEN FROM THE BEGINNING,

THIS IDEA THAT THIS WAS SOME
ROMANTIC TRIO THAT HAD GONE

TERRIBLY WRONG OR SOMETHING.

Narrator: IT MEANS IT COULD
HAVE BEEN AN OUTSIDER.

Taylor: IN THE OIL BUSINESS,

THERE WERE LITERALLY THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF

OIL FIELD WORKERS, AND THEY CAME
INTO THE EAST TEXAS AREA.

SOME ARE TRANSIENTS.

Narrator:
AS DEPUTIES REVIEW FILES

OF ANYTHING
THAT MIGHT BE RELATED,

THEY LEARN ABOUT ANOTHER
INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED

AT LAKE HAWKINS
THE SAME NIGHT SUZANNE,

GENA, AND BRYAN DISAPPEARED.

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MY BOYFRIEND, MY WOULD-BE
HUSBAND, CLIFTON,

WE WERE JUST LISTENING
TO MUSIC,

JUST HANGING OUT AT THE LAKE
LIKE PEOPLE DO.

[ KISSING NOISES ]

AS IT GOT LATER,

THERE'S SOMEBODY
WHO DROVE BY REALLY SLOW,

MADE EYE CONTACT.

I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT,
BUT I FELT UNCOMFORTABLE.

HE OBVIOUSLY WAS INTERESTED
IN WHAT WE WERE DOING.

I WAS FRIGHTENED.

I WAS SCARED.

AND MY INSTINCTS TOLD ME
THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE.

HE'S COMING BACK.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
IT'S GONNA BE FINE, OKAY?

I VIVIDLY REMEMBER
THINKING I'M NOT --

I'M JUST NOT GONNA
LOOK AT HIM.

SO I WAS LOOKING AT CLIFF,

AND...

[ VEHICLE DOOR SLAMS ]

WHEN I TURNED TO LOOK,
IT WAS IN MY FACE.

Man: GET OUT OF THE CAR!

I KNEW IT WAS
A .38 STEEL REVOLVER.

I'M A SOUTHERN GIRL.
I'M FROM TEXAS.

TEXAS GIRLS KNOW ABOUT GUNS.

AND THEN I THOUGHT,
I'M GONNA DIE.

TODAY'S THE LAST DAY
OF MY LIFE.

-GET OUT!
-OKAY, OKAY.

IT'S HARD TO GET
PAST THINKING YOU'RE GONNA DIE.

GIVE ME YOUR DAMN MONEY
RIGHT NOW, BOY.

-I DON'T HAVE ANY, DUDE.
-GIVE ME YOUR MONEY,

OR I'M GONNA TAKE
YOUR DAMN WOMAN RIGHT NOW.

Cliff: YOU'RE NOT
TAKING MY WOMAN.

THEN CLIFF OPENS THE TRUNK,
AND THAT'S WHEN HE GETS

A BEER OUT.

HAVE A BEER, ALL RIGHT?
LET'S JUST CALM DOWN.

[ BOTTLES CLINKING ]

HERE YOU GO.

I THINK THAT HE WAS
TAKEN BY SURPRISE

THAT CLIFF WAS JUST --

DID NOT APPEAR TO BE SCARED
OF HIM.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH
TIME PASSED.

FELT LIKE FOREVER.

AT SOME POINT,

THE GUY PUT THE GUN
IN HIS WAISTBAND.

AND CLIFF MENTIONS
THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE.

LOOK,

HER DAD'S GONNA COME
LOOKING FOR HER,

SO WE'RE GONNA
CRUISE, DUDE.

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[ CAR DOOR SLAMS SHUT ]

[ ENGINE STARTS ]

JUST DIDN'T SEEM POSSIBLE
TO ME THAT WE WERE LEAVING,

BECAUSE I KNEW THAT
I WAS GONNA DIE.

-PLATE.
-YEAH.

CLIFF TOLD ME, HE SAID,
"GET THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.

THAT GUY'S GONNA
KILL SOMEBODY TONIGHT."

♪

Taylor: THEY GOT 5 TO 6 NUMBERS,
I THINK,

OFF OF THE LICENSE PLATE,

AND THEY COULD DESCRIBE
IN DETAIL THE VEHICLE.

IT WAS SORT OF THIS
LIGHT BLUE FORD BRONCO.

REALLY CREEPY-LOOKING
DUDE, TATTOOS.

THERE'S A LOT OF OIL FIELD
WORKERS IN HAWKINS,

AND THERE'S
HARD-WORKING PEOPLE,

BUT HE JUST LOOKED MORE WILD.

Taylor: THEY OBSERVED
MANY DETAILS

ABOUT ALL HIS
DIFFERENT TATTOOS,

AND HIS TATTOOS WERE VERY
IMPORTANT IN IDENTIFICATION,

ESPECIALLY THE TATTOO ON
HIS CHEST THAT SAID, YOU KNOW,

"DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR
FOR THE LONESOME LOSER."

CLIFF HAD TOLD THIS GUY THAT
HIS NAME WAS CLIFF AND ASKED

WHAT HIS NAME WAS,
AND HE SAID,

"THEY CALL ME ANIMAL."

HE NEVER GAVE US HIS NAME.

HE JUST SAID,
"THEY CALL ME ANIMAL."

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Narrator: IT HAS BEEN ONE DAY
SINCE SUZANNE HARRISON

WAS FOUND SLAIN.

GENA TURNER

AND BRYAN BOONE
ARE STILL MISSING.

NOW, POLICE HAVE A DESCRIPTION
AND A PARTIAL

LICENSE PLATE FOR A MAN
WHO MIGHT BE CONNECTED.

Taylor: THEY WERE ABLE TO RUN
THE LICENSE PLATE

AND VEHICLE DESCRIPTION,
AND THEY FOUND THAT

THE LICENSE PLATE

WITH THOSE FIVE NUMBERS

WAS REGISTERED TO A FORD
BRONCO REGISTERED TO

A MRS. McFADDEN IN
ORE CITY, TEXAS.

THEY SENT SOMEBODY
TO THE ADDRESS,

BUT THEY DID NOT
FIND ANYONE THERE.

THEY HAD AN APB OUT,

AND EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER IN THIS PART

OF THE WORLD WAS LOOKING
FOR THAT VEHICLE.

[ POLICE SIRENS WAIL ]

THEN, ON MAY 6,
THEY SEE THIS VEHICLE.

THEY STOP THE DRIVER.

Officer:
DRIVER, LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS!

PUT YOUR HANDS UP!

STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE.

KEEP YOUR HANDS
WHERE I CAN SEE THEM.

LIFT THE FRONT OF
YOUR SHIRT UP

AND TURN AROUND!

Taylor:
AND WHEN THEY GOT HIM OUT,

THEY SAW THE TATTOO THAT SAID,
"DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR

FOR THE LONESOME LOSER."

HIS NICKNAME WAS ANIMAL.
HIS NAME WAS JERRY McFADDEN.

HELP YOU UP -- STAND UP.

Taylor: AT THAT POINT IN TIME,

THEY WEREN'T SURE THIS WAS
A MURDER SUSPECT,

BUT THEY SURE KNEW THEY HAD
HIM FOR A ROBBERY CASE.

I AIN'T DONE
NOTHIN' WRONG, BOY!

NOTHING!

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[ EXHALES HEAVILY ]

WE RAN
HIS CRIMINAL HISTORY,

AND WE FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD
BEEN CONVICTED OF RAPE

IN DENTON COUNTY IN, LIKE,

1971 AND WENT TO PRISON
FOR THAT.

BUT THEN WHEN HE GOT OUT OF
PRISON FOR THAT CASE,

HE WORKED IN THE OIL FIELD.

HE ACTUALLY GAVE A STATEMENT

IN REFERENCE TO THE ROBBERY

WHERE HE CLAIMED
THAT HE SAW CLIFTON,

AND HE THOUGHT
THAT HE WAS A GUY

THAT HE HAD SEEN
AT SOME BAR RECENTLY.

AND SO HE JUST STOPPED
TO CHITCHAT

AND SAY HELLO,

AND WHEN HE SAID, "THIS IS
A ROBBERY," HE WAS JUST KIDDING.

AND THAT, UH,
THE GUN WAS A TOY.

Narrator: WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT
SUZANNE, GENA, AND BRYAN,

McFADDEN REFUSES TO TALK.

HE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED
WITH THE AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.

WHEN THEY PROCESSED
THE VEHICLE, THEY VACUUMED IT.

THEY CHECKED IT
FOR FINGERPRINTS

AND EVERYTHING ELSE,

BUT THEY DID NOT FIND
ANY HAIRS OR FLUIDS

OR ANYTHING FROM ANY
OF OUR THREE VICTIMS.

Mogle:
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO BRYAN,

AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO GENA?

WHERE ARE THEY?

Beggs: EVERY TIME
THE PHONE RANG,

EVERY TIME
SOMEBODY DROVE UP...

SORRY.

YOU'RE HOPING THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO TELL YOU

SOMETHING GOOD,

BUT THEY DIDN'T.

IN THE MEANTIME,

SUZANNE'S FAMILY
IS PLANNING A FUNERAL,

AND WE STILL DIDN'T KNOW
ABOUT GENA AND BRYAN.

Narrator: FOUR DAYS AFTER
SUZANNE'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED,

HER FUNERAL WAS HELD
AT HAWKINS HIGH.

SUZANNE'S FUNERAL WAS
IN THE AUDITORIUM,

BECAUSE THERE WERE
NO BUILDINGS

OR CHURCHES THAT
WERE LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD

THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT
WERE GONNA BE IN ATTENDANCE.

Harris: THE AUDITORIUM WAS
PACKED, ABSOLUTELY PACKED.

MEMBERS OF THE FOOTBALL
TEAM WERE, UM,

HONORARY PALLBEARERS.

I JUST REMEMBER WE JUST
HUGGED, AND WE CRIED.

IT'S HIGH SCHOOL PRIDE,
AND WE WERE PROUD TO BE TEXANS.

WE WERE HAWKINS HAWKS.
WE WERE FAMILY.

WHETHER YOU WERE --

GRADUATED IN 1935
OR YOU WERE ABOUT

TO GRADUATE IN 1986,
WE WERE A FAMILY,

AND THAT AUDITORIUM WAS
FILLED WITH OUR FAMILY.

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Narrator: AFTER THE FUNERAL,

EVERYONE GETS RIGHT BACK
TO WORK LOOKING

FOR GENA AND BRYAN.

LAW ENFORCEMENT
ORGANIZED SEARCHES,

AND PEOPLE WERE INVITED
TO PARTICIPATE.

Harris: THEY WERE SEARCHING
AT THE LAKE,

PLACES ALL OVER
WOOD COUNTY.

IT WAS ON THE NEWS
EVERY NIGHT.

MEN WOULD FINISH
THEIR JOBS FOR THE DAY,

AND THEY WOULD GO OUT
AND JOIN SEARCH TEAMS.

Mogle: YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT THIS IS

A VERY RURAL AREA OF
EAST TEXAS.

TONS OF FORESTS
ARE ALL AROUND,

SO WHEN YOU'RE SEARCHING
THIS AREA,

YOU'RE THRASHING THROUGH BRUSH,
YOU'RE SOMETIMES WALKING

IN SWAMPY AREAS, SNAKY AREAS.

Beggs: THE WHOLE TOWN
HELPED IN SOME WAY.

IF THEY JUST SAID, "WE'RE GONNA
PRAY FOR YOU ALL TODAY,"

THEY DID THAT.

WE WERE JUST A LITTLE HAWKINS,
IT'S A LITTLE EAST TEXAS TOWN,

AND WHEN YOUR NEIGHBOR'S
IN TROUBLE,

NEIGHBORS COME AND HELP.

WE WERE HORRIFIED
ABOUT SUZANNE,

BUT WE WERE HOPING MAYBE BRYAN
AND GENA WERE STILL ALIVE.

THAT WAS THE HOPE THE WHOLE
WEEK THAT THEY WERE MISSING.

THEY'RE STILL ALIVE.
THEY'RE STILL ALIVE.

♪

Mogle: BUT SIX DAYS LATER,
THEY FIND THOSE TWO.

THEIR BODIES HAVE BEEN
DUMPED IN A DITCH.

THEY HAVE BEEN
SHOT TO DEATH.

ANY HOPE, ANY SMALL,
LINGERING HOPE THAT

SOMEHOW THEY HAVE EVADED
HARM, IS GONE.

EVERYBODY HAS TO ACCEPT
THE FACT NOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN

A TRIPLE MURDER, AND THINGS
WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.

THEY WERE FOUND TOGETHER
IN A DITCH

ALONG THE ROAD
FROM BARNWELL MOUNTAIN.

AND IT'S A DITCH
THAT LEADS TO ORE CITY,

AND, IN FACT,
IT'S VERY CLOSE TO ORE CITY,

AND THIS IS A TOWN THAT
JERRY McFADDEN WAS LIVING IN.

THE ROUTE WAS DIRECTLY
ON THE PATH BETWEEN

BARNWELL MOUNTAIN
AND HIS HOUSE.

Narrator: DESPITE THE PROXIMITY
TO McFADDEN'S HOME,

AUTHORITIES DISCOVER
NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

LINKING HIM TO THE SCENE.

Moore: I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH
A GAMUT OF EMOTIONS

AFTER THEY FOUND 'EM,

AFTER WE KNEW
THAT THEY HAD BEEN KILLED.

YOU GO THROUGH
EVERYTHING FROM, UH,

DENIAL TO BEING ANGRY

TO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING.

Beggs:
MY DAD IS A FARMER AND HE'S
ALWAYS HAD HORSES, ALWAYS.

AND HE CAME HOME ON THAT HORSE
THAT DAY AND PUT THAT HORSE UP,

AND HE DID NOT RIDE A HORSE
FOR 8 AND 1/2 YEARS.

Harris: GENA'S FUNERAL
WAS AT THE CHURCH.

BY THE TIME

THAT ROLLED AROUND,
WE WERE ALL SO TIRED,

JUST HEART-WRENCHING.

Stevenson: I CERTAINLY REMEMBER
BRYAN'S FUNERAL,

AND I REMEMBER
BEING A PALLBEARER.

ME AND HIS CLOSE FRIENDS

TAKING OUR FRIEND
THE FINAL...

STEP OF THE WAY.

COULDN'T STOP CRYING,

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK
I HAD CRIED UP TILL THEN,

BECAUSE I HAD REALLY
HELD OUT HOPE.

Beggs: YOU GET
THROUGH THE FUNERALS,

AND YOU TRY TO GET ON
WITH LIFE,

BUT THEN YOU WANT

THE MAN WHO DID THIS
TO BE PUNISHED.

Narrator: FORENSICS EXAMINERS
COMPARE DNA FOUND

ON SUZANNE HARRISON'S BODY

TO THAT EXTRACTED FROM
McFADDEN'S HAIR SAMPLE.

THEY WERE ABLE TO GET DNA

FROM McFADDEN OFF OF THE SAMPLES
FROM SUZANNE HARRISON.

Narrator:
THAT DNA CONNECTS McFADDEN
TO SUZANNE'S MURDER.

BUT DUE TO DECOMPOSITION

AND THE BODIES BEING OUTSIDE
FOR SIX DAYS,

NO EVIDENCE LINKS HIM TO
GENA TURNER OR BRYAN BOONE.

PROSECUTORS DECIDE TO CHARGE
JERRY McFADDEN WITH

CAPITAL MURDER IN THE DEATH
OF SUZANNE HARRISON

AND KEEP HIM IN CUSTODY
UNTIL TRIAL.

♪

Harris: WE WERE SLOWLY HEALING,

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THE FEAR'S BACK,

BECAUSE HE HAD ESCAPED.

♪

Narrator:
CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF
SUZANNE HARRISON AND SUSPECTED

IN THE DEATHS OF GENA TURNER
AND BRYAN BOONE,

JERRY McFADDEN IS HELD IN
THE UPSHUR COUNTY JAIL

AWAITING TRIAL.

♪

Turner:
IT WAS JULY 9, 1986.

I WAS WORKING THE SHIFT
OF 3 TILL 11 AT

THE UPSHUR COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT IN GILMER, TEXAS.

[ BANGING NOISE ]
HEY!

[ SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]

YOU HEAR ME?!

I COULD SEE HIS CELL STRAIGHT
DOWN THE HALL FROM WHERE

I WAS SITTING,
AND HIS DOOR

WAS JUST RATTLING --
HE WANTED OUT.

OPEN THIS UP!
I NEED A PHONE CALL!

YOU HEAR ME?!
YOU! YOU!

SO THEY CALLED A DEPUTY
TO LET HIM

COME OUT INTO THE HALL
AND TO USE THE TELEPHONE.

[ POUNDING ]

McFadden:
I NEED ANOTHER PHONE CALL!

NO WEAPONS WERE ALLOWED
INSIDE THE JAIL AREA,

SO WHEN THE DEPUTY CAME UP,
HE, UM,

HE LOCKED HIS --
HIS GUN.

IT'S ABOUT TIME
YOU OPENED THIS, BOY.

I GET A PHONE CALL!

IT'S ABOUT TIME.

Turner: AND AS THEY WERE
WALKING TOWARDS ME,

HE HAD A METAL OBJECT.

McFADDEN LIFTED UP
HIS RIGHT HAND.

♪

I JUST SAID, "OH, MY GOD."
I WAS TERRIFIED.

I WAS REALLY TERRIFIED.

YOU! YOU'RE GONNA HELP ME
DRAG HIM IN THAT CELL RIGHT NOW.

COME ON.

♪

GET THE GUN --
GO, OPEN THE SAFE.

-OPEN IT.
-OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

AND THAT'S WHEN
HE TOOK ME HOSTAGE,

AND HE TOLD ME
TO WALK TOWARDS MY CAR.

I STARTED WORKING ON
MYSELF MENTALLY

TO BE PREPARED
FOR WHATEVER WAS TO COME.

[ TIRES SQUEALING ]

HE WAS DRIVING VERY ERRATIC,
VERY RECKLESS.

I WAS TRYING TO MAKE HIM
JUST CALM DOWN,

SO I STARTED CALLING
HIM JERRY, I SAID,

"JERRY, I UNDERSTAND.
I UNDERSTAND."

JUST TAKE IT EASY,
OKAY, JERRY?

EVERYTHING'S GONNA
BE OKAY.

-I DID NOT DO THIS!
-I UNDERSTAND.

♪

Narrator: WHEN AUTHORITIES
DISCOVER THE ESCAPE,

THEY SET UP ROADBLOCKS
THROUGHOUT UPSHUR COUNTY

AND BEGIN
AN INTENSIVE MANHUNT.

IT MADE
ALL THE NATIONAL NEWS

AS THE LARGEST MANHUNT
IN THE HISTORY

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Man: 5,000 TOWNSPEOPLE,
A TEAM OF BLOODHOUNDS,

AND AN ARMY OF STATE
AND FEDERAL POLICE ARE

LOOKING FOR A MAN THAT BUSTED
OUT OF THE UPSHUR COUNTY JAIL,

TAKING 24-YEAR-OLD
ROSALIE WILLIAMS HOSTAGE.

WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS OF
THE -- I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.

THIS WAS THE MOST FEARED MAN,

THE MOST HATED MAN
IN EAST TEXAS.

HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY
HAVE HAPPENED?

Narrator: SCORES OF ANGRY
ARMED TEXANS JOIN THE MANHUNT.

Stevenson: THIS IS TEXAS --
YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND

THE HISTORY OF TEXAS, YOU KNOW,
TEXAS, WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN.

WE DO OUR OWN THING.
YOU GROW UP WITH THAT.

AND TO COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY
AND DO THIS TO US --

YEAH, THERE WERE PLENTY OF
PEOPLE WHO WAS LOOKING FOR HIM.

Mogle: IN EAST TEXAS,

YOU GET A BUNCH OF MEN
TOGETHER, AND THEY FEEL LIKE

IT'S THEIR DUTY
TO AVENGE A DEATH,

TO PROTECT PEOPLE.

THEY'RE GONNA LOAD UP
THEIR GUNS,

AND THEY WOULD NOT
HESITATE TO USE IT.

[ CRASHING NOISE ]

Turner: AS HE WAS DRIVING,

HE RAN OFF THE ROAD
AND STRAIGHT INTO A TREE.

♪

AND WE JUST RUN THROUGH THE
WOODS, SEEMED LIKE FOR HOURS.

AND THEN WE WALKED
UPON AN EMPTY BOXCAR

THAT WAS PARKED ON
THE RAILROAD TRACK.

HE SAID WE WAS GOING
TO GO INSIDE.

I SWEAR
I'M NOT A BAD PERSON.

HE KEPT SAYING HE DOESN'T

DESERVE TO BE TREATED
LIKE A MONSTER

OR AN ANIMAL.

HE SAID,
"MY NICKNAME IS ANIMAL,

BUT I'M -- I'M NOT AN ANIMAL."

IT'S GONNA BE OKAY.

WE'RE GONNA GET
THROUGH WITH THIS.

I -- I SAID, "I UNDERSTAND.
I UNDERSTAND."

I'M GONNA GO FIND SOME WATER.
STAY RIGHT THERE.

Narrator: ROSALIE'S LEVEL-HEADED
APPROACH WORKS,

AND McFADDEN EVENTUALLY
TRUSTS HER ENOUGH

TO LEAVE HER ALONE.

♪

THAT'S WHEN I HEARD THIS VOICE,

THE LORD'S SAYING, "RUN, IT'S
YOUR TIME TO MAKE AN ESCAPE."

AND I JUST STARTED
RUNNING AND RUNNING,

AND IT SEEMED LIKE
I JUST RAN FOR MILES.

♪

AND I RAN UP ON THIS HOUSE,

AND I JUST PUSHED MYSELF
ONTO THE DOOR,

AND I JUST FELL.

I CAN REMEMBER HIM

SO CLEARLY, HE SAID, UM,
"DON'T CRY.

"DON'T CRY, I JUST SAW YOU.

"I JUST SAW YOU ON TV.
I JUST SAW YOU ON TV.

DON'T CRY, DON'T CRY."

Lingle: THIS WAS ABOUT 6:30,

AND I PICKED THE PHONE UP,
ONE OF OUR LOCAL CITIZENS,

AND HE SAID,
"WE GOT HER."

I SAID,
"WE GOT WHAT?"

AND HE SAID, "THAT LADY THAT
WAS ON TV, THE JAILER.

WE'VE GOT HER AT OUR HOUSE."

I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU...

THE THANKFULNESS
THAT CAME OVER ME

AND FOR HER, I MEAN, IT'S --
EVEN TO THIS DAY.

Narrator:
ROSALIE WILLIAMS IS SAFE,

BUT JERRY MCFADDEN

IS STILL OUT THERE.

HE COULDN'T GET OUT OF THERE
BECAUSE ALL THE ROAD BLOCKS,

ALL THE RADIO TRAFFIC,
ALL THE HELICOPTER TRAFFIC.

DIFFERENT SWAT TEAMS
THAT WERE LOOKING

REAL CLOSE AROUND
THAT AREA TO FIND HIM.

THEY LOOK

AT ANY KIND OF
PROPERTY WHATSOEVER

THAT HE MIGHT HAVE
TAKEN SHELTER IN.

Narrator: THEN THE SEARCH TEAM
APPROACHES ONE HOUSE

THAT'S MOSTLY DARK.

IT IS AN ABANDONED HOUSE,

AND SOMEBODY SORT OF NOTICES
THIS SHADOW MOVE.

THERE'S SOMEBODY
IN THIS HOUSE.

♪

♪

Narrator: AFTER ROSALIE WILLIAMS
ESCAPES BEING HELD HOSTAGE,

♪

AUTHORITIES DESCEND UPON
AN ABANDONED HOUSE

WHERE JERRY McFADDEN
MIGHT BE HIDING.

I HAD ASKED COLLIN COUNTY,

SAID I WANT TO GET A COUPLE
OF THESE SWAT TEAMS

OUT HERE TO GO BACK NORTH
AND BREAK INTO THE BUILDING.

♪

♪

SHERIFF'S OFFICE!

STEP OUT --
STEP OUT NOW.

STEP OUT!

PUT THE GUN DOWN.

DROP THE GUN.

-PUT THE GUN DOWN.
-DROP THE GUN NOW!

-PUT THE GUN DOWN.
-DROP IT!

DROP THE GUN!

[ GUN CLATTERS ]

Lingle: THEY TOLD HIM,
"THROW THE GUN DOWN."

HE DID,
AND HE LOOKED

PRETTY BEAT UP, TOO,

SO HE WAS PROBABLY READY
TO GO BACK TO JAIL,

AND WE WERE HAPPY TO HELP
HIM GET THERE.

Woman: ABOUT 50 LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES ASSISTED IN

THE INTENSIVE SEARCH
IN AND AROUND

BIG SANDY --
IT WAS SIX MEMBERS OF

THE COLLIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE THAT MADE THE ARREST,

AND A BIG CROWD
OF LOCAL TOWNSPEOPLE

APPLAUDED THEIR EFFORTS.

[ CROWD CHEERING ]

Mogle: ONCE JERRY McFADDEN
IS BACK IN

THE UPSHUR COUNTY JAIL,

PROSECUTORS HAVE TO BEGIN
BUILDING THIS CASE.

THEY ARE DETERMINED
THEY'RE GONNA DO THIS RIGHT,

EVEN IF IT TAKES SOME TIME,

SO THEY SPEND MONTHS
AND MONTHS AND MONTHS.

Narrator:
BECAUSE THE DNA EVIDENCE ONLY

CONNECTS HIM TO SUZANNE'S BODY,

PROSECUTORS
AND THE FAMILIES AGREE TO

GO AFTER HIM FOR HER MURDER,

ALTHOUGH GENA AND BRYAN'S
DEATHS WILL BE PART OF

THE TESTIMONY.

THE STATE APPOINTED A REALLY
GOOD MAN TO BE THE ATTORNEY,

AND HE TALKED TO MY PARENTS
AND TOLD THEM

THAT HE WAS DOING THIS
FOR THE KIDS.

HE WAS GOING TO GET
JUSTICE DONE,

AND HE WAS GOING
FOR THE DEATH PENALTY.

Narrator: THE TRIAL BEGINS
ON MARCH 30, 1987.

Mogle: THE PROSECUTORS
PRESENT THIS CASE

THAT JERRY McFADDEN SAW

GENA TURNER,
SUZANNE HARRISON,

AND BRYAN BOONE
HAVING A GOOD TIME.

THERE APPEARS TO BE
NOBODY ELSE AROUND.

PROSECUTORS SAY
HE THINKS TO HIMSELF,

THIS IS LIKELY GOING TO BE

AN EASY SCORE.

HE'S A BIG MAN.
HE'S GOT A GUN.

THE SEQUENCE OF WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT IS A LITTLE SKETCHY.

Narrator: SOMEHOW,
HE GETS THEM TO THE PARK

BY BARNWELL MOUNTAIN,

WHERE HE RAPES
AND STRANGLES SUZANNE.

HE TAKES HER TO THIS REALLY
REMOTE KIND OF ROADSIDE PLACE.

AND EVEN IF
SUZANNE HARRISON

HAD SCREAMED
AS LOUD AS SHE COULD,

NOBODY'S GOING TO HEAR HER.

Narrator: PERHAPS GENA AND BRYAN
ARE BOUND AND HELD NEARBY.

♪

ALTHOUGH McFADDEN IS
NEVER PROSECUTED

FOR BRYAN AND GENA'S MURDERS,

AUTHORITIES BELIEVE
HE IS RESPONSIBLE.

HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING,
NEVER TALKED,

NEVER OPENED HIS MOUTH,
HIS ATTORNEY EVEN TOLD ME,

HE NEVER OPENED HIS MOUTH
THE WHOLE TIME HE DEFENDED HIM.

♪

Mogle: JERRY McFADDEN
IS FOUND GUILTY

OF THE DEATH OF
SUZANNE HARRISON,

AND HE'S PLACED
IN THE TEXAS PRISON SYSTEM.

Beggs: I WAS PREGNANT
WITH MY THIRD CHILD

AND BATTLING CANCER
WHEN HE GOT EXECUTED,

AND I DID NOT GO.

I DID NOT WANT TO GO.

MY MOM AND DAD WENT.

♪

IT WAS OCTOBER THE 14th 1999,
6 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.

ALL THAT WAS OVER -- HE'LL
NEVER HURT ANYBODY ELSE.

♪

♪

Stevenson: MOST PEOPLE IN TEXAS
WILL TELL YOU

YOU MARK TIME
IN A SMALL TOWN

BY THE SPORTS,
BY THE SEASONS.

NOW WE MARK TIME
IN THIS TOWN,

WAS THIS BEFORE
OR AFTER THE KIDS?

AND THAT'S HOW

IT'S KIND OF MARKED
IN THIS TOWN.

WERE YOU HERE BEFORE OR AFTER
THE KIDS GOT MURDERED?

Beggs: EVERYBODY DID
SOMETHING TO HELP

IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER
AS A FAMILY.

THIS LITTLE TOWN

WASN'T ON THE MAP,
BUT WE CAME TOGETHER.

ITS NEIGHBORS HELP NEIGHBORS,
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.

SO NOW THIS LITTLE TOWN
GOES ON.