1 00:00:02,836 --> 00:00:07,150 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:07,174 --> 00:00:11,362 HEATHER: Rockville is a maximum security facility. 3 00:00:11,386 --> 00:00:14,240 You got a very tall fence with razor wire, 4 00:00:14,264 --> 00:00:18,411 rows and rows of razor wire. 5 00:00:18,435 --> 00:00:21,915 There are towers, and there's a guard that's armed 6 00:00:21,939 --> 00:00:23,875 that drives around the perimeter. 7 00:00:23,899 --> 00:00:28,171 ♪♪ 8 00:00:28,195 --> 00:00:31,466 WILLARD: There's around about 1,200 inmates there. 9 00:00:31,490 --> 00:00:34,886 Whether it was because it was all women, 10 00:00:34,910 --> 00:00:38,556 they just didn't cause any problems. 11 00:00:38,580 --> 00:00:41,291 [heavy breathing, indistinct chatter] 12 00:00:44,962 --> 00:00:49,442 HEATHER: August the 4th, 2008, 13 00:00:49,466 --> 00:00:50,443 an ordinary day. 14 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:51,527 You just kind of wake up. 15 00:00:51,551 --> 00:00:53,321 And everybody has their own routine. 16 00:00:53,345 --> 00:00:56,032 [faint shouting] 17 00:00:56,056 --> 00:00:59,535 WILLARD: They run at least three visual body counts 18 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:01,788 a day. 19 00:01:01,812 --> 00:01:08,294 You had to be on your bunk and show skin for the count. 20 00:01:08,318 --> 00:01:11,089 [indistinct chatter] 21 00:01:11,113 --> 00:01:15,260 We got counted, and then the count ran over... 22 00:01:15,284 --> 00:01:16,743 not abnormal. 23 00:01:19,496 --> 00:01:22,767 And they counted us again. 24 00:01:22,791 --> 00:01:26,312 And that's when you, you know... you really start to think 25 00:01:26,336 --> 00:01:28,439 what is going on that they can't count, 26 00:01:28,463 --> 00:01:30,942 or where would somebody be? 27 00:01:30,966 --> 00:01:32,819 OFFICER [over radio]: The count was bad. 28 00:01:32,843 --> 00:01:36,489 We had two bad counts to verify all the empty beds. 29 00:01:36,513 --> 00:01:40,743 WILLARD: At 4:00, they had one missing. 30 00:01:40,767 --> 00:01:42,996 Very, very unusual. 31 00:01:43,020 --> 00:01:44,289 OFFICER [over radio]: Try to verify 32 00:01:44,313 --> 00:01:47,667 where the offenders are, where they should be. 33 00:01:47,691 --> 00:01:50,253 The sergeants, the... the bigwigs, 34 00:01:50,277 --> 00:01:52,422 they come in, start counting, 35 00:01:52,446 --> 00:01:54,757 stomping around, huffy, puffy. 36 00:01:54,781 --> 00:01:57,093 Um, they were... they were mad. 37 00:01:57,117 --> 00:01:58,428 OFFICER [over radio]: Go up to room I. 38 00:01:58,452 --> 00:02:00,430 Check around Pender's bed area 39 00:02:00,454 --> 00:02:03,707 and see if perhaps she might be hiding in a locker. 40 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,104 Then about a half an hour goes by. 41 00:02:08,128 --> 00:02:12,859 And you can just, like, hear the whispers across the dorm. 42 00:02:12,883 --> 00:02:16,029 PERSON: Thank you. We're out of here. 43 00:02:16,053 --> 00:02:17,697 OFFICER [over radio]: We're unable to locate her 44 00:02:17,721 --> 00:02:20,283 on the facility grounds. 45 00:02:20,307 --> 00:02:24,287 Somebody said, Sarah's not in her bed. 46 00:02:24,311 --> 00:02:29,917 And I just... [chuckles, sighs] 47 00:02:29,941 --> 00:02:32,670 Got a little twinge of excitement in my stomach. 48 00:02:32,694 --> 00:02:35,048 And I said, she did it. 49 00:02:35,072 --> 00:02:38,009 She got out of here. 50 00:02:38,033 --> 00:02:40,970 WILLARD: Sarah Pender just vanished. 51 00:02:40,994 --> 00:02:42,597 You know, we gotta get her back. 52 00:02:42,621 --> 00:02:43,973 She's already killed two people. 53 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:45,808 Who knows what she's gonna do next? 54 00:02:45,832 --> 00:02:48,686 Tonight a convicted killer is on the loose. 55 00:02:48,710 --> 00:02:49,979 REPORTER 1: A woman escaped 56 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:51,814 from the Rockville Correctional Facility. 57 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:53,650 REPORTER 2: A Marion County jury 58 00:02:53,674 --> 00:02:55,610 convicted Sarah Pender in the year 2000 59 00:02:55,634 --> 00:02:57,111 in a double murder. 60 00:02:57,135 --> 00:02:59,197 REPORTER 1: Along with her then boyfriend Richard Hull, 61 00:02:59,221 --> 00:03:01,074 she helped kill a man and a woman 62 00:03:01,098 --> 00:03:03,785 and then stashed their bodies in a dumpster. 63 00:03:03,809 --> 00:03:07,872 She has a Charles Manson-like ability to manipulate people 64 00:03:07,896 --> 00:03:09,832 in committing crimes. 65 00:03:09,856 --> 00:03:13,002 PERSON: She looks like a sweet little innocent girl. 66 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:18,115 But within, there's a deep, evil demon. 67 00:03:28,542 --> 00:03:29,519 Hi. 68 00:03:29,543 --> 00:03:33,106 My name is Sarah Pender. 69 00:03:33,130 --> 00:03:35,775 [laughs] 70 00:03:35,799 --> 00:03:36,776 -INTERVIEWER: Hang on. -OK. Wait a minute. 71 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:37,819 My name is Sarah Pender. 72 00:03:37,843 --> 00:03:39,946 People have called me a manip... 73 00:03:39,970 --> 00:03:42,740 people have called me all sorts of names. 74 00:03:42,764 --> 00:03:45,076 They've said that I'm a manipulator, 75 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:47,703 that I'm psychologically... 76 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:49,539 I'm a psychopath. 77 00:03:49,563 --> 00:03:52,166 [somber music] 78 00:03:52,190 --> 00:03:53,709 Stop looking at me. 79 00:03:53,733 --> 00:03:55,586 This is gonna be it. People call me a... 80 00:03:55,610 --> 00:03:59,424 [whispering] Manipulator, pathological. 81 00:03:59,448 --> 00:04:06,431 ♪♪ 82 00:04:06,455 --> 00:04:09,434 [dramatic music] 83 00:04:09,458 --> 00:04:11,144 ♪♪ 84 00:04:11,168 --> 00:04:14,689 Every inmate thinks about escaping prison, 85 00:04:14,713 --> 00:04:16,941 especially when you have a lot of time. 86 00:04:16,965 --> 00:04:19,318 ♪♪ 87 00:04:19,342 --> 00:04:21,946 I was sent to prison for 110 years 88 00:04:21,970 --> 00:04:23,948 for two murders that I did not commit. 89 00:04:23,972 --> 00:04:25,700 ♪♪ 90 00:04:25,724 --> 00:04:29,537 I knew that I was going to die in prison. 91 00:04:29,561 --> 00:04:33,791 ♪♪ 92 00:04:33,815 --> 00:04:39,547 And then one day, I thought, 93 00:04:39,571 --> 00:04:42,508 I bet I can get out of here. 94 00:04:42,532 --> 00:04:45,344 [tense music] 95 00:04:45,368 --> 00:04:49,015 I knew that I would need help. 96 00:04:49,039 --> 00:04:53,269 Even if I made it past the guards or through the fence, 97 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:55,688 I would need someone there to pick me up. 98 00:04:55,712 --> 00:04:57,899 ♪♪ 99 00:04:57,923 --> 00:05:02,862 So I definitely needed, um, a partner to help me out. 100 00:05:02,886 --> 00:05:05,948 And then I found one. 101 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:10,453 Once the gate was open, I remember 102 00:05:10,477 --> 00:05:16,167 walking across the pavement and it being so hot. 103 00:05:16,191 --> 00:05:18,961 I was so excited. 104 00:05:18,985 --> 00:05:20,796 I was never going back. 105 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:23,424 ♪♪ 106 00:05:23,448 --> 00:05:25,384 This is what I've been waiting for, 107 00:05:25,408 --> 00:05:28,095 so don't flake out now. 108 00:05:28,119 --> 00:05:33,434 ♪♪ 109 00:05:33,458 --> 00:05:38,189 I remember looking and seeing cows in the pasture, 110 00:05:38,213 --> 00:05:42,360 driving through small towns, looking at all the buildings 111 00:05:42,384 --> 00:05:45,363 and small structures, 112 00:05:45,387 --> 00:05:47,156 wondering what all those little people 113 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:48,866 were doing in their little lives 114 00:05:48,890 --> 00:05:52,662 and how they had no idea what was happening. 115 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:54,914 I felt completely refreshed. 116 00:05:54,938 --> 00:05:59,585 And I remember hitting the dashboard and just... 117 00:05:59,609 --> 00:06:05,448 [imitates banging] And I was like, I'm free! 118 00:06:09,536 --> 00:06:11,097 [phone ringing] 119 00:06:11,121 --> 00:06:13,307 BONNIE: I was down in Florida. 120 00:06:13,331 --> 00:06:18,563 And I get a phone call. 121 00:06:18,587 --> 00:06:20,898 And it was Sarah. 122 00:06:20,922 --> 00:06:24,777 And then it dawned on me, well, normally when she 123 00:06:24,801 --> 00:06:28,155 would call me from prison, the operator comes on, 124 00:06:28,179 --> 00:06:29,198 and that didn't come on. 125 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:30,783 And it was Sarah's voice. 126 00:06:30,807 --> 00:06:35,663 And I was like, well, where are you calling me from? 127 00:06:35,687 --> 00:06:39,983 I'm on a cell phone, and I'm on the road. 128 00:06:41,109 --> 00:06:46,924 And that just threw me for a total loop. 129 00:06:46,948 --> 00:06:50,886 I was standing there with my mouth open like, 130 00:06:50,910 --> 00:06:53,806 did she just tell me she walked out of prison? 131 00:06:53,830 --> 00:06:58,394 ♪♪ 132 00:06:58,418 --> 00:07:00,146 ROLAND: I'm living out on the West Coast. 133 00:07:00,170 --> 00:07:01,314 [phone rings] 134 00:07:01,338 --> 00:07:05,192 The phone rings, and it's Bonnie, uh, Sarah's mom. 135 00:07:05,216 --> 00:07:10,847 And Sarah had, um... had escaped, and she was gone. 136 00:07:12,599 --> 00:07:18,039 110 years, that's what the... the judge sentenced Sarah to. 137 00:07:18,063 --> 00:07:22,835 Sarah was... was 21 when she was arrested. 138 00:07:22,859 --> 00:07:26,505 She had, uh, her whole life in front of her. 139 00:07:26,529 --> 00:07:28,382 ♪♪ 140 00:07:28,406 --> 00:07:31,260 Growing up, she's a joyful child, 141 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:33,012 her and her sister, Jennifer. 142 00:07:33,036 --> 00:07:36,390 We were living in, uh, Greenfield. 143 00:07:36,414 --> 00:07:40,436 It's a small town east of Indianapolis. 144 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:45,441 She was, uh, kind and considerate, 145 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:47,276 intelligent. 146 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,028 ♪♪ 147 00:07:49,052 --> 00:07:52,198 BONNIE: She just amazed me in... in how quickly 148 00:07:52,222 --> 00:07:53,991 that she'd just learn. 149 00:07:54,015 --> 00:07:59,872 It was like she was two grades higher than what she was. 150 00:07:59,896 --> 00:08:02,249 ♪♪ 151 00:08:02,273 --> 00:08:04,919 ROLAND: Years later, and, uh, you know, now 152 00:08:04,943 --> 00:08:06,837 Sarah graduated from high school. 153 00:08:06,861 --> 00:08:10,758 And we got the news we'd been accepted at Purdue. 154 00:08:10,782 --> 00:08:12,968 It was a joyous time. 155 00:08:12,992 --> 00:08:16,055 [people cheering] 156 00:08:16,079 --> 00:08:18,891 She went straight into biophysics, 157 00:08:18,915 --> 00:08:23,229 biochemistry, trigonometry, and calculus. 158 00:08:23,253 --> 00:08:25,439 ♪♪ 159 00:08:25,463 --> 00:08:28,150 SARAH: I was lucky that my father was very interested 160 00:08:28,174 --> 00:08:33,364 in my education, because he knew that education was one 161 00:08:33,388 --> 00:08:35,241 of the number one things that would 162 00:08:35,265 --> 00:08:38,577 help create success in life. 163 00:08:38,601 --> 00:08:43,290 ♪♪ 164 00:08:43,314 --> 00:08:45,543 ROLAND: She hadn't even really got started on her life. 165 00:08:45,567 --> 00:08:47,837 ♪♪ 166 00:08:47,861 --> 00:08:53,634 And now your daughter's on the run from the law. 167 00:08:53,658 --> 00:08:56,554 Yeah, well, how can this be? 168 00:08:56,578 --> 00:08:59,306 It just doesn't make any sense. 169 00:08:59,330 --> 00:09:05,730 ♪♪ 170 00:09:05,754 --> 00:09:07,815 JAMIE: I can't believe she's sitting next to me 171 00:09:07,839 --> 00:09:10,776 in this vehicle and we're driving away. 172 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,529 ♪♪ 173 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:18,659 Things were just right, from movements 174 00:09:18,683 --> 00:09:20,870 that particular day 175 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:23,855 to who was on the gate that day. 176 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:29,420 SARAH: I met Jamie in county jail. 177 00:09:29,444 --> 00:09:32,339 What started as a sexual relationship became 178 00:09:32,363 --> 00:09:35,217 a deep friendship between us. 179 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:39,013 And now Jamie had already been out of jail 180 00:09:39,037 --> 00:09:41,098 for quite some time. 181 00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:45,102 She already had this free life that she was risking for me. 182 00:09:45,126 --> 00:09:48,856 But I trusted that... that she would be there 183 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,483 whenever I got out. 184 00:09:50,507 --> 00:09:52,359 [engine rumbling] 185 00:09:52,383 --> 00:09:56,322 One of the things that made me fall in love with Jamie 186 00:09:56,346 --> 00:09:59,033 was, she was very defiant. 187 00:09:59,057 --> 00:10:04,121 And I admired her guts. 188 00:10:04,145 --> 00:10:07,333 Jamie was down for anything. 189 00:10:07,357 --> 00:10:10,985 She liked risks, and she liked me. 190 00:10:12,612 --> 00:10:14,173 JAMIE: You know what? 191 00:10:14,197 --> 00:10:15,216 I'm gonna be perfectly honest with you. 192 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,384 I told her, don't look back. 193 00:10:17,408 --> 00:10:20,387 I loved her enough to let her go. 194 00:10:20,411 --> 00:10:21,972 INTERVIEWER: You want her to stay out, free. 195 00:10:21,996 --> 00:10:24,016 Yeah. [bleep] yeah, I do. 196 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:25,518 INTERVIEWER: You want her to be free forever. 197 00:10:25,542 --> 00:10:27,019 [bleep] yeah, I do. 198 00:10:27,043 --> 00:10:30,421 [chuckles] Run, Sarah, run. 199 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,779 [tense music] 200 00:10:36,803 --> 00:10:42,576 ♪♪ 201 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,036 REPORTER 1: Now, Sarah Pender is described 202 00:10:44,060 --> 00:10:46,497 as a white female, 5'8", 203 00:10:46,521 --> 00:10:48,207 weighing about 200 pounds, 204 00:10:48,231 --> 00:10:50,376 with brown hair and blue eyes. 205 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,128 REPORTER 2: Police say they are tracking Pender, 206 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:55,256 and she should be considered dangerous. 207 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,717 Jamie dropped me off at the safe house 208 00:10:58,741 --> 00:11:05,057 and left to get me clean clothes and hair dye, 209 00:11:05,081 --> 00:11:08,477 a new cell phone, my money. 210 00:11:08,501 --> 00:11:10,437 EDWIN: We are gonna use every resource 211 00:11:10,461 --> 00:11:13,148 to hunt her down and find her. 212 00:11:13,172 --> 00:11:15,109 There were a lot out physically looking, 213 00:11:15,133 --> 00:11:18,028 the entire Department of Corrections, 214 00:11:18,052 --> 00:11:20,281 Homeland Security. 215 00:11:20,305 --> 00:11:21,949 We didn't know what she was gonna do. 216 00:11:21,973 --> 00:11:25,744 It's concerning because we don't know where this woman is. 217 00:11:25,768 --> 00:11:28,330 You know, we don't know what she's capable of. 218 00:11:28,354 --> 00:11:31,208 PERSON: I live about seven miles south, 219 00:11:31,232 --> 00:11:33,168 and there's woods all around there, 220 00:11:33,192 --> 00:11:36,547 so that's... that's always been a concern. 221 00:11:36,571 --> 00:11:40,426 WILLARD: We didn't have any evidence of how she got out. 222 00:11:40,450 --> 00:11:42,887 She didn't breach the perimeter. 223 00:11:42,911 --> 00:11:47,057 She didn't go over the fence or anything. 224 00:11:47,081 --> 00:11:48,851 There's only one conclusion... 225 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:51,312 that she went out through a gate. 226 00:11:51,336 --> 00:11:54,273 To do that, she had to have an accomplice, 227 00:11:54,297 --> 00:11:56,275 a correctional officer. 228 00:11:56,299 --> 00:11:58,944 They reviewed a lot of tapes, and they come up 229 00:11:58,968 --> 00:12:02,740 with a primary suspect, Scott Spitler, 230 00:12:02,764 --> 00:12:05,784 the correctional officer, because he 231 00:12:05,808 --> 00:12:09,705 went out about the time that she had gotten out. 232 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:15,210 I know this Spitler guy has to be the one that did it. 233 00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:18,214 Said, I want to see him. 234 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:20,674 I got him in an interview room. 235 00:12:20,698 --> 00:12:23,844 I asked him if he would take a voice stress test. 236 00:12:23,868 --> 00:12:25,679 And he said yes. 237 00:12:25,703 --> 00:12:28,641 It's a lie detector of sorts. 238 00:12:28,665 --> 00:12:31,477 I mean, he was nervous, he's stuttering, 239 00:12:31,501 --> 00:12:34,813 and guilt was pouring out of him. 240 00:12:34,837 --> 00:12:39,360 And he failed it badly, real bad. 241 00:12:39,384 --> 00:12:42,196 And, uh, finally he confessed. 242 00:12:42,220 --> 00:12:46,700 He told us everything about how he helped her get out. 243 00:12:46,724 --> 00:12:50,371 ♪♪ 244 00:12:50,395 --> 00:12:54,708 SARAH: Planning my escape took several months. 245 00:12:54,732 --> 00:12:57,419 I knew that I would need money once I got out, 246 00:12:57,443 --> 00:13:03,926 so I began to watch and pay attention, 247 00:13:03,950 --> 00:13:07,680 consider, and look for opportunities. 248 00:13:07,704 --> 00:13:09,640 ♪♪ 249 00:13:09,664 --> 00:13:15,771 I identified Scott Spitler, and I befriended him. 250 00:13:15,795 --> 00:13:19,608 I would pay him to bring in contraband... 251 00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:23,988 cell phones, tobacco, Benadryl. 252 00:13:24,012 --> 00:13:29,994 I sent the money that I made to my friend Jamie. 253 00:13:30,018 --> 00:13:32,705 Jamie held the money aside so that I would have it 254 00:13:32,729 --> 00:13:35,833 whenever I got out. 255 00:13:35,857 --> 00:13:39,795 And at this point, Scott saw an opportunity 256 00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:43,257 to make even more money, um, 257 00:13:43,281 --> 00:13:45,384 because he knew how to get me out. 258 00:13:45,408 --> 00:13:49,847 He asked me for $15,000 in order for him 259 00:13:49,871 --> 00:13:52,474 to drive me to the parking lot. 260 00:13:52,498 --> 00:13:54,226 And I agreed. 261 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:55,811 [dog barking] 262 00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:59,398 But as time went on, Scott wanted to have sex with me. 263 00:13:59,422 --> 00:14:01,567 ♪♪ 264 00:14:01,591 --> 00:14:05,654 It's not like I have a choice. 265 00:14:05,678 --> 00:14:08,574 And so I did what I had to do. 266 00:14:08,598 --> 00:14:12,161 ♪♪ 267 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:16,123 WILLARD: Scott Spitler told me about utilizing a van 268 00:14:16,147 --> 00:14:18,083 and went through the back gates 269 00:14:18,107 --> 00:14:20,878 and let her out in the front parking lot, 270 00:14:20,902 --> 00:14:25,531 where Jamie, a longtime friend of Sarah's, picked her up. 271 00:14:27,075 --> 00:14:30,429 SARAH: I saw Scott as a means to an end. 272 00:14:30,453 --> 00:14:35,517 Before I got out of the van, I said, Scott, I love you, 273 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:37,144 and I will text you later. 274 00:14:37,168 --> 00:14:38,812 And Scott said, you better. 275 00:14:38,836 --> 00:14:41,607 ♪♪ 276 00:14:41,631 --> 00:14:44,359 WILLARD: She never called. 277 00:14:44,383 --> 00:14:46,236 And I told him, I said, it looks pretty obvious 278 00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:49,364 that you... you got took. 279 00:14:49,388 --> 00:14:53,786 She had the ability to bring people in to her. 280 00:14:53,810 --> 00:14:58,749 Uh, I've... I've never seen an inmate like that before. 281 00:14:58,773 --> 00:15:00,709 REPORTER: 41-year-old Scott Spitler... 282 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:03,003 he is now in jail, facing seven charges, 283 00:15:03,027 --> 00:15:04,630 including assisting a criminal, 284 00:15:04,654 --> 00:15:07,633 official misconduct, and sexual misconduct. 285 00:15:07,657 --> 00:15:09,176 EDWIN: I have no idea what he was thinking, 286 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,385 if he was manipulated. 287 00:15:10,409 --> 00:15:12,221 She should be considered dangerous. 288 00:15:12,245 --> 00:15:15,224 [helicopter rotors whirring] 289 00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:17,351 ♪♪ 290 00:15:17,375 --> 00:15:20,145 WILLARD: When we got Jamie's name out of Spitler, 291 00:15:20,169 --> 00:15:23,440 immediately we go to the visitation records. 292 00:15:23,464 --> 00:15:26,777 We saw Jamie Long's name everywhere. 293 00:15:26,801 --> 00:15:29,029 ♪♪ 294 00:15:29,053 --> 00:15:31,323 We looked to see how many times she'd been there, 295 00:15:31,347 --> 00:15:36,703 what her last visit was, what her address was. 296 00:15:36,727 --> 00:15:37,913 [siren wailing] 297 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:40,791 So we got an emergency response team 298 00:15:40,815 --> 00:15:41,959 to Jamie's house. 299 00:15:41,983 --> 00:15:44,711 [indistinct police radio chatter] 300 00:15:44,735 --> 00:15:48,757 So we had a very brief, uh, interview with Jamie, 301 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:51,218 and she didn't give up any information. 302 00:15:51,242 --> 00:15:52,845 [phone beeping] 303 00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:55,389 SARAH: I looked at my phone. 304 00:15:55,413 --> 00:15:57,391 Jamie texted me. 305 00:15:57,415 --> 00:16:01,603 An officer had talked to her. 306 00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:04,565 She was afraid to come to the house 307 00:16:04,589 --> 00:16:09,319 because she didn't want to lead them to me. 308 00:16:09,343 --> 00:16:14,158 I needed my money to move on. 309 00:16:14,182 --> 00:16:16,243 I don't know what to do. What do I do? What do I do? 310 00:16:16,267 --> 00:16:18,370 [siren wailing] 311 00:16:18,394 --> 00:16:21,957 WILLARD: Yeah, and, you know, we didn't waste any time. 312 00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:26,170 And the commissioner called US Marshals task force. 313 00:16:26,194 --> 00:16:28,797 ♪♪ 314 00:16:28,821 --> 00:16:30,591 She was gonna get caught. 315 00:16:30,615 --> 00:16:32,384 You're gonna come back. 316 00:16:32,408 --> 00:16:36,054 And nobody's gonna care about you anymore. 317 00:16:36,078 --> 00:16:40,726 ♪♪ 318 00:16:40,750 --> 00:16:42,019 REPORTER: Sarah Pender was the first inmate 319 00:16:42,043 --> 00:16:44,062 to ever escape from this prison, 320 00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:45,939 and they hope she's the last. 321 00:16:45,963 --> 00:16:48,734 RYAN: Over my three years working with US Marshals, 322 00:16:48,758 --> 00:16:51,278 I caught hundreds of murderers... 323 00:16:51,302 --> 00:16:53,822 not dozens, hundreds. 324 00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:55,824 We're professionals. 325 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:57,868 ♪♪ 326 00:16:57,892 --> 00:17:00,704 Every 24 hours, I'd get a phone call. 327 00:17:00,728 --> 00:17:04,458 I was accustomed to getting the next bad guy 328 00:17:04,482 --> 00:17:07,961 or the next bad girl. 329 00:17:07,985 --> 00:17:10,839 Typically we catch them pretty quick. 330 00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:12,382 Department of Corrections, they said 331 00:17:12,406 --> 00:17:15,719 that we had a female break out. 332 00:17:15,743 --> 00:17:19,181 It wasn't like, oh, this is an interesting case. 333 00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:21,058 I mean, she escaped from prison. 334 00:17:21,082 --> 00:17:23,560 I don't get that, like, emotional towards it. 335 00:17:23,584 --> 00:17:24,811 It's just another fucking fugitive. 336 00:17:24,835 --> 00:17:26,688 REPORTER: She was driven outside the gates 337 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:28,690 by correctional officer Scott Spitler. 338 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:31,985 But also, it wasn't that she robbed a bank. 339 00:17:32,009 --> 00:17:34,738 She killed two people and put them in a dumpster. 340 00:17:34,762 --> 00:17:38,033 She's a risk to the public. 341 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:39,952 Would she kill again? 342 00:17:39,976 --> 00:17:40,953 Probably. 343 00:17:40,977 --> 00:17:42,079 Would she want to go back? 344 00:17:42,103 --> 00:17:43,580 Probably not. 345 00:17:43,604 --> 00:17:46,458 It's... it's a pretty high-level, dangerous situation. 346 00:17:46,482 --> 00:17:48,877 ♪♪ 347 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:51,797 There's no better thrill than the hunting of mankind, 348 00:17:51,821 --> 00:17:54,466 you know, the intellectual being who can think, 349 00:17:54,490 --> 00:17:56,093 who's trying to out think you. 350 00:17:56,117 --> 00:17:57,552 Now, is that thrilling? 351 00:17:57,576 --> 00:17:59,054 You better fucking believe it's thrilling. 352 00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:03,457 ♪♪ 353 00:18:07,003 --> 00:18:08,730 REPORTER: 29-year-old Sarah Pender is still 354 00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:10,190 on the run after breaking out 355 00:18:10,214 --> 00:18:12,109 of the Rockville Correctional Facility. 356 00:18:12,133 --> 00:18:13,860 She's certainly a dangerous individual, 357 00:18:13,884 --> 00:18:17,281 uh, has the ability and the capability of killing. 358 00:18:17,305 --> 00:18:19,283 The news came on, and they said 359 00:18:19,307 --> 00:18:21,785 that Sarah Pender had escaped. 360 00:18:21,809 --> 00:18:24,454 My heart sank. 361 00:18:24,478 --> 00:18:25,747 REPORTER: In nearly eight years... 362 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:27,249 PEGGY: The first time I met Sarah 363 00:18:27,273 --> 00:18:29,126 was in the Marion County jail. 364 00:18:29,150 --> 00:18:33,964 She was coming in there for a double murder. 365 00:18:33,988 --> 00:18:35,674 So I'm thinking some crazy-looking lady 366 00:18:35,698 --> 00:18:37,217 is gonna come in. 367 00:18:37,241 --> 00:18:40,887 And she came in, and she was just a normal person. 368 00:18:40,911 --> 00:18:42,306 She was young. 369 00:18:42,330 --> 00:18:43,640 She was really nervous. 370 00:18:43,664 --> 00:18:47,102 And I helped her, you know, get settled in. 371 00:18:47,126 --> 00:18:48,461 She was like a daughter. 372 00:18:51,047 --> 00:18:53,525 She's a good person that... she didn't do anything 373 00:18:53,549 --> 00:18:54,818 that she's accused of. 374 00:18:54,842 --> 00:18:58,405 [dramatic music] 375 00:18:58,429 --> 00:19:00,365 She wouldn't hurt anybody. 376 00:19:00,389 --> 00:19:03,410 ♪♪ 377 00:19:03,434 --> 00:19:05,454 Oh, Lord. 378 00:19:05,478 --> 00:19:08,165 She wouldn't hurt a fly. 379 00:19:08,189 --> 00:19:09,458 No. 380 00:19:09,482 --> 00:19:12,711 ♪♪ 381 00:19:12,735 --> 00:19:15,005 She called me. 382 00:19:15,029 --> 00:19:18,925 I just knew in my heart that I had to help her. 383 00:19:18,949 --> 00:19:21,887 Whatever I could do, I had to help her. 384 00:19:21,911 --> 00:19:23,930 ♪♪ 385 00:19:23,954 --> 00:19:26,224 SARAH: When I got into Peggy's car, 386 00:19:26,248 --> 00:19:29,061 I think that the first thing that she said to me was... 387 00:19:29,085 --> 00:19:34,358 Oh, my God, I can't believe you're out. 388 00:19:34,382 --> 00:19:36,526 SARAH: I knew that she would help me 389 00:19:36,550 --> 00:19:41,097 get the money from Jamie to do whatever I needed to do. 390 00:19:43,265 --> 00:19:49,748 ♪♪ 391 00:19:49,772 --> 00:19:51,208 RYAN: When the Department of Corrections 392 00:19:51,232 --> 00:19:53,668 shared with me that Jamie Long had helped her, 393 00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:57,130 you know that's a hell of a lead. 394 00:19:57,154 --> 00:20:00,550 Grab your gear or radios or tac vest. 395 00:20:00,574 --> 00:20:02,761 I need to talk to her. 396 00:20:02,785 --> 00:20:07,391 ♪♪ 397 00:20:07,415 --> 00:20:10,894 Jamie was more scared than I was. 398 00:20:10,918 --> 00:20:14,356 So she decided to deliver the money 399 00:20:14,380 --> 00:20:16,942 undercover at a McDonald's. 400 00:20:16,966 --> 00:20:19,069 ♪♪ 401 00:20:19,093 --> 00:20:21,196 It was a risk. 402 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:25,450 But without that, I knew that I was in trouble. 403 00:20:25,474 --> 00:20:28,745 ♪♪ 404 00:20:28,769 --> 00:20:32,207 Even though the police were on Jamie's tail, 405 00:20:32,231 --> 00:20:35,252 we had already committed that far. 406 00:20:35,276 --> 00:20:39,214 So what's one more step? 407 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:44,386 ♪♪ 408 00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:47,514 I was hoping that the police had not connected Peggy 409 00:20:47,538 --> 00:20:52,310 to me yet, even if they were following Jamie. 410 00:20:52,334 --> 00:20:54,855 However, I can't just be sitting 411 00:20:54,879 --> 00:20:57,566 in the back of Peggy's car. 412 00:20:57,590 --> 00:21:00,944 [chuckles] And so I climbed into her trunk. 413 00:21:00,968 --> 00:21:04,406 [trunk door slams, engine revs] 414 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:06,158 ♪♪ 415 00:21:06,182 --> 00:21:10,245 I remember feeling jumper cables digging into my back. 416 00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:14,499 And it was so hot and stuffy, 417 00:21:14,523 --> 00:21:18,545 but it was what I had to do. 418 00:21:18,569 --> 00:21:23,383 Having that money is essential to the rest of the plan. 419 00:21:23,407 --> 00:21:25,135 I'm driving, and I'm just look... you know, 420 00:21:25,159 --> 00:21:28,180 checking all my mirrors, thinking, oh, my God, 421 00:21:28,204 --> 00:21:30,182 you know, are the police following me? 422 00:21:30,206 --> 00:21:33,101 I could have went back to prison. 423 00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:36,730 I was nervous. 424 00:21:36,754 --> 00:21:38,982 Told Jamie that I'd meet her in the bathroom 425 00:21:39,006 --> 00:21:42,819 at a certain time. 426 00:21:42,843 --> 00:21:47,491 SARAH: I felt the car stop, the engine shut off, 427 00:21:47,515 --> 00:21:50,100 the door open and close. 428 00:21:52,645 --> 00:21:54,706 I walked in, and I looked all around, 429 00:21:54,730 --> 00:21:57,375 you know, scoping out the people 430 00:21:57,399 --> 00:21:58,585 that was in the restaurant. 431 00:21:58,609 --> 00:22:00,504 [baby crying] 432 00:22:00,528 --> 00:22:02,130 I got to the bathroom. 433 00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:04,508 I seen some feet underneath the stall. 434 00:22:04,532 --> 00:22:07,093 ♪♪ 435 00:22:07,117 --> 00:22:08,386 And I said, Jamie? 436 00:22:08,410 --> 00:22:11,056 ♪♪ 437 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,974 She said, yeah. 438 00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:15,435 I said, OK, I'm Peggy, you know. 439 00:22:15,459 --> 00:22:17,229 So I went in the next stall beside her. 440 00:22:17,253 --> 00:22:20,315 And she handed me the money underneath the little 441 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:24,027 partition wall there. 442 00:22:24,051 --> 00:22:26,655 And then when I came out of the bathroom, 443 00:22:26,679 --> 00:22:28,949 went up to the counter. 444 00:22:28,973 --> 00:22:31,952 And then that's when I seen Jamie come out of the bathroom 445 00:22:31,976 --> 00:22:33,370 and leave the McDonald's. 446 00:22:33,394 --> 00:22:40,418 ♪♪ 447 00:22:40,442 --> 00:22:44,339 SARAH: Jamie went home. 448 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:46,591 Peggy got in the car, 449 00:22:46,615 --> 00:22:50,554 and we backed out of the parking space. 450 00:22:50,578 --> 00:22:52,997 [engine revs] 451 00:22:54,915 --> 00:22:59,545 PEGGY: So I took her to the Motel 8 on Shadeland. 452 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:06,570 When I gave Sarah the money, 453 00:23:06,594 --> 00:23:08,905 I think she was a little bit disappointed. 454 00:23:08,929 --> 00:23:13,451 ♪♪ 455 00:23:13,475 --> 00:23:17,539 Jamie only gave me $350. 456 00:23:17,563 --> 00:23:22,669 I was expecting about $3,500. 457 00:23:22,693 --> 00:23:27,007 Jamie was afraid to bring the full amount. 458 00:23:27,031 --> 00:23:30,427 She was really worried about, you know, getting caught. 459 00:23:30,451 --> 00:23:32,262 ♪♪ 460 00:23:32,286 --> 00:23:37,267 And now I just had to wait, hoping that she would 461 00:23:37,291 --> 00:23:41,104 give me the rest of the money at a later date. 462 00:23:41,128 --> 00:23:42,439 ♪♪ 463 00:23:42,463 --> 00:23:46,359 But my gut emotion was fear. 464 00:23:46,383 --> 00:23:51,948 I knew that the possibility was there for her to be arrested. 465 00:23:51,972 --> 00:23:54,934 ♪♪ 466 00:23:57,019 --> 00:24:00,040 [tense music] 467 00:24:00,064 --> 00:24:07,071 ♪♪ 468 00:24:08,238 --> 00:24:12,093 RYAN: I went straight to Jamie's house. 469 00:24:12,117 --> 00:24:14,638 And when she came to the door, 470 00:24:14,662 --> 00:24:18,183 you could see that she was concerned. 471 00:24:18,207 --> 00:24:21,519 [door creaks] 472 00:24:21,543 --> 00:24:24,439 I identify myself with the US Marshals. 473 00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:27,484 She was, um, I have nothing to say, 474 00:24:27,508 --> 00:24:28,902 basically, out of the box. 475 00:24:28,926 --> 00:24:30,028 She wasn't cooperative. 476 00:24:30,052 --> 00:24:31,905 I was very open and honest with Jamie. 477 00:24:31,929 --> 00:24:33,573 Hey, Jamie, you know you're in trouble. 478 00:24:33,597 --> 00:24:35,033 And you know you're gonna... you know, 479 00:24:35,057 --> 00:24:37,160 Spitler is already arrested, but it's gonna happen. 480 00:24:37,184 --> 00:24:39,829 You know it's gonna happen. 481 00:24:39,853 --> 00:24:44,125 But she told me... she goes, I don't know where she's at. 482 00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:46,461 She's somewhere on the east side of Indianapolis. 483 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,421 I can call her for you. 484 00:24:48,445 --> 00:24:51,049 Did that surprise me? 485 00:24:51,073 --> 00:24:53,093 It did. But I was rolling with it. 486 00:24:53,117 --> 00:24:57,097 ♪♪ 487 00:24:57,121 --> 00:24:58,890 [phone ringing] 488 00:24:58,914 --> 00:25:03,937 SARAH: The phone rang, and it was Jamie. 489 00:25:03,961 --> 00:25:06,731 She answered. 490 00:25:06,755 --> 00:25:10,860 I knew something was off immediately. 491 00:25:10,884 --> 00:25:13,488 ♪♪ 492 00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:18,618 Jamie sounded panicked. 493 00:25:18,642 --> 00:25:22,622 She had a lot more to lose than I did. 494 00:25:22,646 --> 00:25:25,667 RYAN: Now, the conversation was not free-flowing. 495 00:25:25,691 --> 00:25:28,044 Jamie was like, what's up, Sarah? 496 00:25:28,068 --> 00:25:30,880 How you doing? 497 00:25:30,904 --> 00:25:33,800 She said that she needed to meet me in the parking lot 498 00:25:33,824 --> 00:25:35,510 where she dropped me off. 499 00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:37,846 I knew that she hadn't dropped me off in the parking lot, 500 00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:42,392 so I told her, OK, well, I'm already out at the farm. 501 00:25:42,416 --> 00:25:43,727 RYAN: And Sarah was like, 502 00:25:43,751 --> 00:25:45,562 well, I'm waking up at the farmhouse, 503 00:25:45,586 --> 00:25:47,647 and it's nice to have breakfast with the farmer 504 00:25:47,671 --> 00:25:49,190 out in the country. 505 00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:50,984 It was weird stuff. 506 00:25:51,008 --> 00:25:53,319 Right away, I thought, they're playing games. 507 00:25:53,343 --> 00:25:55,447 ♪♪ 508 00:25:55,471 --> 00:25:57,866 I knew that either the police were there 509 00:25:57,890 --> 00:26:01,244 or they were listening in. 510 00:26:01,268 --> 00:26:02,746 RYAN: But then Sarah hung up. 511 00:26:02,770 --> 00:26:05,540 [phone beeps] 512 00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:07,792 It was very quick. 513 00:26:07,816 --> 00:26:09,461 My profile of her started to form, like, 514 00:26:09,485 --> 00:26:11,880 that she's not stupid; she's very smart 515 00:26:11,904 --> 00:26:14,174 and that she's controlling her communications now 516 00:26:14,198 --> 00:26:15,675 and she's not sloppy with it. 517 00:26:15,699 --> 00:26:16,801 This is gonna be a challenge. 518 00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:19,763 ♪♪ 519 00:26:19,787 --> 00:26:21,848 It was frustrating because, you know, Jamie here 520 00:26:21,872 --> 00:26:24,851 was still not cooperative. 521 00:26:24,875 --> 00:26:27,604 So how do I get her to cooperate with me? 522 00:26:27,628 --> 00:26:32,066 I want her to really grasp on to, you know, I'm fucked. 523 00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:35,820 She had a husband with her inside, a very old, frail man. 524 00:26:35,844 --> 00:26:38,740 His name was Larry. 525 00:26:38,764 --> 00:26:42,285 You could tell that he was on his last weeks of life. 526 00:26:42,309 --> 00:26:43,995 And she was caring for him. 527 00:26:44,019 --> 00:26:45,789 He had oxygen and medicines everywhere. 528 00:26:45,813 --> 00:26:50,627 But that was good, because I knew 529 00:26:50,651 --> 00:26:52,504 that she was his caregiver. 530 00:26:52,528 --> 00:26:54,631 [respirator hissing] 531 00:26:54,655 --> 00:26:57,300 And I told him, I said, Jamie will get charged. 532 00:26:57,324 --> 00:26:58,968 Understand that. 533 00:26:58,992 --> 00:27:00,845 But I won't lock her up right now 534 00:27:00,869 --> 00:27:02,454 if you can get her to help me. 535 00:27:04,122 --> 00:27:05,558 And he was nervous. 536 00:27:05,582 --> 00:27:08,061 He was like, yeah, 537 00:27:08,085 --> 00:27:09,354 but she's not gonna cooperate with you. 538 00:27:09,378 --> 00:27:10,522 I was like, well, you need to talk 539 00:27:10,546 --> 00:27:11,689 some fucking sense into her. 540 00:27:11,713 --> 00:27:13,566 I mean, she's your caregiver. 541 00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:16,569 I mean, you don't want to lose your caregiver, do you? 542 00:27:16,593 --> 00:27:20,657 He goes, no, and he cried. 543 00:27:20,681 --> 00:27:22,700 And then Jamie had a different tone with me. 544 00:27:22,724 --> 00:27:24,577 ♪♪ 545 00:27:24,601 --> 00:27:27,330 She was very, very scared. 546 00:27:27,354 --> 00:27:30,500 She's like, follow me upstairs. 547 00:27:30,524 --> 00:27:32,126 I went upstairs in her room. 548 00:27:32,150 --> 00:27:34,838 And she gave me a shoe box. 549 00:27:34,862 --> 00:27:37,757 And the shoe box had all the money in there 550 00:27:37,781 --> 00:27:41,344 that Sarah wanted to get. 551 00:27:41,368 --> 00:27:42,971 That was a huge thing to give to me 552 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:45,056 because right away, that took... you know, 553 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:46,474 we took off her means. 554 00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:48,935 We got something that she really needed. 555 00:27:48,959 --> 00:27:51,396 ♪♪ 556 00:27:51,420 --> 00:27:53,356 I mean, she was choked. 557 00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:54,983 Who was she gonna turn to? 558 00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:56,717 I mean, now what? 559 00:28:00,429 --> 00:28:02,448 REPORTER: Deputy Prosecutor Larry Sells 560 00:28:02,472 --> 00:28:06,744 once called Sarah Jo Pender the female Charles Manson. 561 00:28:06,768 --> 00:28:08,955 SARAH: When I was in the hotel, 562 00:28:08,979 --> 00:28:10,456 I changed phones. 563 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:14,627 I broke the old phone and, uh, started up the new. 564 00:28:14,651 --> 00:28:16,629 PERSON: I don't know what happened in that house. 565 00:28:16,653 --> 00:28:18,590 Like you said, only two people knew. 566 00:28:18,614 --> 00:28:20,091 [scissors snipping] 567 00:28:20,115 --> 00:28:26,306 SARAH: I cut my hair significantly shorter 568 00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:32,020 and dyed it a darker color. 569 00:28:32,044 --> 00:28:33,521 And that's when I started thinking 570 00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:35,356 about all the things that I wish 571 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:37,108 I had done differently... 572 00:28:37,132 --> 00:28:40,945 [somber music] 573 00:28:40,969 --> 00:28:43,948 All the choices that I made that I regret. 574 00:28:43,972 --> 00:28:45,617 ♪♪ 575 00:28:45,641 --> 00:28:48,620 [tense music] 576 00:28:48,644 --> 00:28:49,787 ♪♪ 577 00:28:49,811 --> 00:28:52,415 Once I went off to college, 578 00:28:52,439 --> 00:28:56,210 I did not spend enough time on my studies, 579 00:28:56,234 --> 00:28:59,839 and, um... and so my grades suffered. 580 00:28:59,863 --> 00:29:01,925 Um, 581 00:29:01,949 --> 00:29:07,555 I had... I had failed enough to where I decided not to go back. 582 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:09,849 ♪♪ 583 00:29:09,873 --> 00:29:15,229 I felt ashamed that I could not complete college. 584 00:29:15,253 --> 00:29:17,649 I did not have an excuse, because I knew 585 00:29:17,673 --> 00:29:20,109 that I was smart enough. 586 00:29:20,133 --> 00:29:25,239 But despite the fact I was academically talented, 587 00:29:25,263 --> 00:29:29,744 I did not feel a great sense of self-worth from it. 588 00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:35,792 My self-worth really came from making other people happy. 589 00:29:35,816 --> 00:29:39,337 I think that started after my mom left. 590 00:29:39,361 --> 00:29:43,591 ♪♪ 591 00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:46,761 When Sarah was six, Roland and I 592 00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:49,222 sat there and tried to explain 593 00:29:49,246 --> 00:29:51,182 that I wasn't going to be there. 594 00:29:51,206 --> 00:29:54,310 We were going to divorce. 595 00:29:54,334 --> 00:29:56,312 ♪♪ 596 00:29:56,336 --> 00:29:59,524 I didn't have anything to offer him at the time. 597 00:29:59,548 --> 00:30:04,862 And so I let him have the children 598 00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:08,116 until I could better myself. 599 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:10,660 ♪♪ 600 00:30:10,684 --> 00:30:13,913 ROLAND: Sarah never got in trouble growing up. 601 00:30:13,937 --> 00:30:16,040 But, um, I think it was difficult... 602 00:30:16,064 --> 00:30:18,001 it was very difficult on her. 603 00:30:18,025 --> 00:30:20,795 Um, and there wasn't much of anything 604 00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:24,590 available in the way of any kind of support. 605 00:30:24,614 --> 00:30:27,927 They didn't understand why I wasn't there. 606 00:30:27,951 --> 00:30:29,762 ♪♪ 607 00:30:29,786 --> 00:30:34,392 My mother leaving created a sense of abandonment. 608 00:30:34,416 --> 00:30:36,269 ♪♪ 609 00:30:36,293 --> 00:30:43,109 And so by the time I was 20, I was afraid of being alone. 610 00:30:43,133 --> 00:30:47,572 I wanted someone to be there to help me navigate life 611 00:30:47,596 --> 00:30:49,073 and also to love me. 612 00:30:49,097 --> 00:30:51,743 ♪♪ 613 00:30:51,767 --> 00:30:55,913 That was certainly the case at the time that I met Rick. 614 00:30:55,937 --> 00:30:58,374 ♪♪ 615 00:30:58,398 --> 00:31:00,501 REPORTER 1: Pender was serving time for a double murder 616 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:02,462 in Marion County back in 2000. 617 00:31:02,486 --> 00:31:03,921 REPORTER 2: Police came to believe 618 00:31:03,945 --> 00:31:07,258 that 22-year-old Richard Hull was the likely murderer. 619 00:31:07,282 --> 00:31:08,551 REPORTER 3: Hull eventually was sentenced 620 00:31:08,575 --> 00:31:10,303 to 90 years in prison. 621 00:31:10,327 --> 00:31:13,890 Investigators thought she was the brains behind the killing. 622 00:31:13,914 --> 00:31:20,772 ♪♪ 623 00:31:20,796 --> 00:31:23,107 If I could go back from the very first time 624 00:31:23,131 --> 00:31:25,568 that I met Sarah, I would just leave. 625 00:31:25,592 --> 00:31:28,988 ♪♪ 626 00:31:29,012 --> 00:31:32,784 I mean, it cost me my family, being with her. 627 00:31:32,808 --> 00:31:35,161 ♪♪ 628 00:31:35,185 --> 00:31:38,706 So no, yeah, there's... yeah, I would definitely leave. 629 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:41,667 ♪♪ 630 00:31:41,691 --> 00:31:44,837 We could always play the what-if game. 631 00:31:44,861 --> 00:31:47,548 What if I would have turned left instead of turning right? 632 00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:50,927 You know, I... I... I could do that all day 633 00:31:50,951 --> 00:31:52,970 and beat myself up all day. 634 00:31:52,994 --> 00:31:57,016 ♪♪ 635 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,895 But I actually... at one point in time, 636 00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:02,730 I could say that I did love her. 637 00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:05,733 [gentle music] 638 00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:07,318 ♪♪ 639 00:32:07,342 --> 00:32:10,655 What attracted me to Sarah was her personality that she had. 640 00:32:10,679 --> 00:32:11,781 She was fun. 641 00:32:11,805 --> 00:32:13,157 She... she had a good heart then. 642 00:32:13,181 --> 00:32:16,994 I mean, we... we had a good relationship, I guess. 643 00:32:17,018 --> 00:32:18,621 I mean, it was... 644 00:32:18,645 --> 00:32:24,710 things kind of was a blur and happened so fast. 645 00:32:24,734 --> 00:32:31,092 SARAH: When I met Rick, he was both manly and sensitive. 646 00:32:31,116 --> 00:32:34,053 Rick put his arm around me, and he said, 647 00:32:34,077 --> 00:32:36,931 stick with me, kid, and I'll take care of you. 648 00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:40,268 And it felt so good. 649 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:43,229 [somber music] 650 00:32:43,253 --> 00:32:45,857 ♪♪ 651 00:32:45,881 --> 00:32:51,112 Sarah told me, well, I have a boyfriend. 652 00:32:51,136 --> 00:32:53,489 And I said, oh? 653 00:32:53,513 --> 00:32:56,367 I said, where'd the boyfriend come from? 654 00:32:56,391 --> 00:32:58,411 Is he from Purdue, too, and that? 655 00:32:58,435 --> 00:32:59,745 And she goes, no. 656 00:32:59,769 --> 00:33:02,748 She told me his name was Richard Hull. 657 00:33:02,772 --> 00:33:05,793 [tense music] 658 00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:08,546 I said, is he good to you? 659 00:33:08,570 --> 00:33:12,633 She said, yes, Mom, and he loves me, 660 00:33:12,657 --> 00:33:14,010 and he's my protector. 661 00:33:14,034 --> 00:33:17,138 ♪♪ 662 00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:20,433 SARAH: In the beginning, Rick told me that he 663 00:33:20,457 --> 00:33:24,520 worked at a carpet-cleaning business. 664 00:33:24,544 --> 00:33:28,149 ♪♪ 665 00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:31,819 It wasn't long after that that I found out that his real job 666 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:34,697 was dealing drugs. 667 00:33:34,721 --> 00:33:37,450 When she first met me, she knew I was into the, 668 00:33:37,474 --> 00:33:40,036 you know, business, in the drug business. 669 00:33:40,060 --> 00:33:43,456 So it wasn't, like, a huge surprise to her, you know. 670 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,167 I mean, that's what we were out there doing 671 00:33:46,191 --> 00:33:48,127 was having a big old party. 672 00:33:48,151 --> 00:33:51,547 ♪♪ 673 00:33:51,571 --> 00:33:52,965 SARAH: I was very smitten. 674 00:33:52,989 --> 00:33:59,138 And I felt like it was an adventure. 675 00:33:59,162 --> 00:34:05,311 ♪♪ 676 00:34:05,335 --> 00:34:07,647 After a few weeks together, 677 00:34:07,671 --> 00:34:10,733 Rick told me that his friend Drew 678 00:34:10,757 --> 00:34:12,944 and Drew's girlfriend, Trish, 679 00:34:12,968 --> 00:34:17,323 were traveling from Nevada 680 00:34:17,347 --> 00:34:22,745 and needed a place to stay for a little while. 681 00:34:22,769 --> 00:34:25,831 Rick made it clear that the less that I knew, 682 00:34:25,855 --> 00:34:28,501 the better off that I was. 683 00:34:28,525 --> 00:34:33,130 They looked like any two normal hippie couple. 684 00:34:33,154 --> 00:34:35,800 ♪♪ 685 00:34:35,824 --> 00:34:38,844 We found a house on South Maple Street. 686 00:34:38,868 --> 00:34:41,681 We all moved in together. 687 00:34:41,705 --> 00:34:48,020 I had no frame of reference for what might happen. 688 00:34:48,044 --> 00:34:53,526 All I knew is that I wanted to be loved and to stay in that... 689 00:34:53,550 --> 00:34:57,488 that loving relationship. 690 00:34:57,512 --> 00:35:01,075 I really had this vision that we would move to the suburbs 691 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:06,163 and get a small house, a picket fence, a dog, 692 00:35:06,187 --> 00:35:08,666 you know, start living the American dream 693 00:35:08,690 --> 00:35:10,960 just like anyone else. 694 00:35:10,984 --> 00:35:12,712 ♪♪ 695 00:35:12,736 --> 00:35:16,173 But it was like two different worlds. 696 00:35:16,197 --> 00:35:18,759 I would party with Rick on the weekends 697 00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:24,348 and then sober up on Sunday and go to work on Monday. 698 00:35:24,372 --> 00:35:28,894 While I went to work at a construction company, 699 00:35:28,918 --> 00:35:32,315 Drew and Rick would deal drugs. 700 00:35:32,339 --> 00:35:36,027 ♪♪ 701 00:35:36,051 --> 00:35:39,780 RICHARD: We actually used to drive around 702 00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:42,783 Indianapolis and throughout Noblesville. 703 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:44,452 And if you've ever seen that movie. 704 00:35:44,476 --> 00:35:46,996 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas with Johnny Depp, 705 00:35:47,020 --> 00:35:49,248 when they're carrying around 706 00:35:49,272 --> 00:35:51,083 a... a little suitcase full of drug... 707 00:35:51,107 --> 00:35:54,128 you know, a briefcase full of drugs, that was us. 708 00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:56,130 You know, I used to tell people, man, 709 00:35:56,154 --> 00:35:58,632 we got uppers, downers, inners, outers, and all-arounders. 710 00:35:58,656 --> 00:36:01,510 Whatever you want, it's there, you know. 711 00:36:01,534 --> 00:36:04,597 ♪♪ 712 00:36:04,621 --> 00:36:07,808 BONNIE: I didn't get good vibes. 713 00:36:07,832 --> 00:36:12,021 I thought, OK, they're... they're dealing drugs. 714 00:36:12,045 --> 00:36:15,149 It frightened me a little. 715 00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:21,906 I just had this tremendous urge to... 716 00:36:21,930 --> 00:36:24,283 put her in the car, take off. 717 00:36:24,307 --> 00:36:26,660 ♪♪ 718 00:36:26,684 --> 00:36:30,414 And you have that overwhelming feeling... 719 00:36:30,438 --> 00:36:33,250 I need to get her out of here. 720 00:36:33,274 --> 00:36:36,337 But it didn't turn out that way. 721 00:36:36,361 --> 00:36:39,048 ♪♪ 722 00:36:39,072 --> 00:36:40,549 [siren wails] 723 00:36:40,573 --> 00:36:42,635 REPORTER: The victims, a white man and a woman, 724 00:36:42,659 --> 00:36:44,637 were discovered last night in a dumpster 725 00:36:44,661 --> 00:36:46,097 behind the Teamsters Hall 726 00:36:46,121 --> 00:36:48,349 in the 800 block of South Meridian. 727 00:36:48,373 --> 00:36:50,851 25-year-old Andrew Cataldi... 728 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:53,896 he and his girlfriend, 26-year-old Tricia Nordman, 729 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,107 had been shot to death. 730 00:36:56,131 --> 00:36:58,776 Investigators knew to search their house 731 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,778 on South Michael street. 732 00:37:00,802 --> 00:37:03,888 Police think that's where the couple died. 733 00:37:07,183 --> 00:37:08,160 REPORTER: Two hours ago, 734 00:37:08,184 --> 00:37:09,578 a US Marshal-led task force 735 00:37:09,602 --> 00:37:12,748 apprehended Indiana's second-most-wanted suspect, 736 00:37:12,772 --> 00:37:15,042 the alleged person who drove the getaway car 737 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:17,002 for a twice-convicted killer. 738 00:37:17,026 --> 00:37:20,506 Ma'am, anything you want to say about your situation? 739 00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:23,300 Did you drive Sarah Pender from prison? 740 00:37:23,324 --> 00:37:26,011 The marshals arrested 42-year-old Jamie Long 741 00:37:26,035 --> 00:37:27,972 on a charge of aiding an escape. 742 00:37:27,996 --> 00:37:29,598 [tense music] 743 00:37:29,622 --> 00:37:31,600 RYAN: Jamie knew the consequences. 744 00:37:31,624 --> 00:37:34,437 ♪♪ 745 00:37:34,461 --> 00:37:37,815 That loyalty and obedience is... is... is mind-blowing, 746 00:37:37,839 --> 00:37:39,692 is bizarre. 747 00:37:39,716 --> 00:37:44,363 But she was that madly in love with her. 748 00:37:44,387 --> 00:37:46,157 ♪♪ 749 00:37:46,181 --> 00:37:48,325 I'm not the first person to say that Sarah Pender 750 00:37:48,349 --> 00:37:50,911 is a manipulator. 751 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:52,246 There's a common theme. 752 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:56,417 She gets people to do things that aren't normal. 753 00:37:56,441 --> 00:38:00,629 She gets people to do things that land them in prison. 754 00:38:00,653 --> 00:38:07,511 ♪♪ 755 00:38:07,535 --> 00:38:10,055 I needed intelligence. 756 00:38:10,079 --> 00:38:12,099 There was one piece of evidence that was given to me 757 00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:14,518 very early on, is, they gave me the phone number 758 00:38:14,542 --> 00:38:17,104 of the phone that she had while she was in prison. 759 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:19,023 ♪♪ 760 00:38:19,047 --> 00:38:21,984 I got the cell phone records. 761 00:38:22,008 --> 00:38:24,862 I saw the name Peggy. 762 00:38:24,886 --> 00:38:28,324 She was up there in the top 10. 763 00:38:28,348 --> 00:38:31,577 Peggy's address came back to the house in Indianapolis. 764 00:38:31,601 --> 00:38:36,832 ♪♪ 765 00:38:36,856 --> 00:38:39,001 You know, you live in a neighborhood all your life, 766 00:38:39,025 --> 00:38:42,546 you know your neighbors. 767 00:38:42,570 --> 00:38:47,843 There was a strange truck parked down the street. 768 00:38:47,867 --> 00:38:49,970 [engine turning over] 769 00:38:49,994 --> 00:38:53,015 And then me and my daughter left. 770 00:38:53,039 --> 00:38:55,100 [dog barking] 771 00:38:55,124 --> 00:38:58,145 And I noticed that truck was following us. 772 00:38:58,169 --> 00:39:03,150 ♪♪ 773 00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:06,695 Me and my daughter pulled up at my sister's house. 774 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:10,032 The truck pulled up behind us in the driveway. 775 00:39:10,056 --> 00:39:13,494 And then when I actually got out of the car, 776 00:39:13,518 --> 00:39:18,290 I looked and I seen the street was full of cop cars. 777 00:39:18,314 --> 00:39:19,959 [siren wails] OFFICER: Freeze! 778 00:39:19,983 --> 00:39:23,504 And then the Marshal... 779 00:39:23,528 --> 00:39:25,506 they all had their guns out. 780 00:39:25,530 --> 00:39:27,299 OFFICER: Put your hands up! 781 00:39:27,323 --> 00:39:30,219 PEGGY: I was frightened. 782 00:39:30,243 --> 00:39:33,013 I told my daughter to get in the house. 783 00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:34,473 Don't stop. 784 00:39:34,497 --> 00:39:36,517 And they tried... they yelled at her, told her to stop. 785 00:39:36,541 --> 00:39:39,687 And I told her, no, you get in the house. 786 00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:42,815 -You know what? -That's what they pay me to do. 787 00:39:42,839 --> 00:39:44,608 You can't be a pussy and do this... 788 00:39:44,632 --> 00:39:46,735 OFFICER: Get on the ground! 789 00:39:46,759 --> 00:39:48,404 RYAN: Because you can't handle these people 790 00:39:48,428 --> 00:39:49,572 with soft kid gloves. 791 00:39:49,596 --> 00:39:51,907 You can't. 792 00:39:51,931 --> 00:39:56,996 US Marshal Ryan Harmon, 793 00:39:57,020 --> 00:40:00,291 he just portrayed hisself 794 00:40:00,315 --> 00:40:06,714 to be just, like, a big, bad guy, like, you know, 795 00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:09,258 I'm gonna get your friend no matter what. 796 00:40:09,282 --> 00:40:11,176 ♪♪ 797 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:15,681 They went in and searched upstairs and downstairs 798 00:40:15,705 --> 00:40:18,892 looking for Sarah. 799 00:40:18,916 --> 00:40:21,520 They didn't look like they were too happy that they 800 00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:23,355 couldn't find her there. 801 00:40:23,379 --> 00:40:25,941 ♪♪ 802 00:40:25,965 --> 00:40:29,278 They asked me if I knew where Sarah Pender was. 803 00:40:29,302 --> 00:40:32,072 [indistinct police radio chatter] 804 00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:39,038 I was a nervous wreck 'cause I didn't know... 805 00:40:39,062 --> 00:40:41,373 I didn't know what to say or really do. 806 00:40:41,397 --> 00:40:43,918 ♪♪ 807 00:40:43,942 --> 00:40:47,171 Peggy was a... 808 00:40:47,195 --> 00:40:53,010 a very wiry, nervous, "oh, shit" kind of a person. 809 00:40:53,034 --> 00:40:54,803 [sighs] 810 00:40:54,827 --> 00:40:56,722 ♪♪ 811 00:40:56,746 --> 00:40:59,475 RYAN: Which was good. Just do what's right. 812 00:40:59,499 --> 00:41:03,062 ♪♪ 813 00:41:03,086 --> 00:41:04,188 Wow. 814 00:41:04,212 --> 00:41:06,148 This brings up a lot of memories. 815 00:41:06,172 --> 00:41:07,149 And she did. 816 00:41:07,173 --> 00:41:11,236 ♪♪ 817 00:41:11,260 --> 00:41:13,572 SARAH: I was laying on the bed, 818 00:41:13,596 --> 00:41:16,241 and I was thinking that I had 819 00:41:16,265 --> 00:41:20,537 to get out of that motel room. 820 00:41:20,561 --> 00:41:22,706 Suddenly there was a knock on the door. 821 00:41:22,730 --> 00:41:24,375 [knock at door] 822 00:41:24,399 --> 00:41:27,211 My heart dropped to the floor. 823 00:41:27,235 --> 00:41:29,546 Nobody would be knocking on the door. 824 00:41:29,570 --> 00:41:31,215 I don't want to go back to prison. 825 00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:33,425 ♪♪ 826 00:41:33,449 --> 00:41:36,470 I thought, holy shit. 827 00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:39,473 [dramatic music] 828 00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:46,462 ♪♪