1 00:00:01,668 --> 00:00:04,898 REPORTER 1: Sarah Pender was doing 110 years for a pair 2 00:00:04,922 --> 00:00:08,067 of Indianapolis murders in October of 2000 3 00:00:08,091 --> 00:00:11,404 before escaping from a maximum security prison. 4 00:00:11,428 --> 00:00:13,406 Investigators say Pender had help 5 00:00:13,430 --> 00:00:16,492 and is being passed around from friend to friend. 6 00:00:16,516 --> 00:00:19,454 The Department of Corrections, Indiana State Police, 7 00:00:19,478 --> 00:00:22,373 and a US Marshals task force have worked nonstop 8 00:00:22,397 --> 00:00:24,375 in trying to apprehend Pender. 9 00:00:24,399 --> 00:00:26,669 REPORTER 2: Also tonight, a convicted killer 10 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:29,714 is on the loose and a prison guard is now under arrest. 11 00:00:29,738 --> 00:00:31,424 Suddenly there was a knock on the door. 12 00:00:31,448 --> 00:00:33,009 REPORTER: Sarah Pender was serving 13 00:00:33,033 --> 00:00:35,178 a 110-year sentence at Rockville. 14 00:00:35,202 --> 00:00:36,846 Prison officials say that Spitler 15 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:39,724 drove a prison van inside the gates and then hit... 16 00:00:39,748 --> 00:00:41,351 [person panting] 17 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:42,602 My heart dropped. 18 00:00:42,626 --> 00:00:44,854 I did not know what to do. 19 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:46,439 [knock at door] 20 00:00:46,463 --> 00:00:48,483 REPORTER: It was a shock to Steve Stolz... 21 00:00:48,507 --> 00:00:50,443 SARAH: I was absolutely scared. 22 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:53,112 And I was afraid to look out the little peephole 23 00:00:53,136 --> 00:00:55,448 because I thought, I'm gonna get shot in the face. 24 00:00:55,472 --> 00:00:58,076 PERSON: Side, facing that way. 25 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:00,870 And I thought, this is it. 26 00:01:00,894 --> 00:01:05,458 [latches clicking] 27 00:01:05,482 --> 00:01:08,503 [door creaking] 28 00:01:08,527 --> 00:01:10,004 [tense music] 29 00:01:10,028 --> 00:01:12,757 And when I opened up the door, it was my friend Thea. 30 00:01:12,781 --> 00:01:14,884 [chuckles] 31 00:01:14,908 --> 00:01:16,886 [somber music] 32 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:20,807 Thea and I spent time in prison together. 33 00:01:20,831 --> 00:01:24,644 And Peggy had told Thea where to find me. 34 00:01:24,668 --> 00:01:30,191 And so Thea showed up, and she said, 35 00:01:30,215 --> 00:01:32,235 bitch, what are you doing? 36 00:01:32,259 --> 00:01:34,529 I said, well, I did it. 37 00:01:34,553 --> 00:01:36,072 She said, yes, you did. 38 00:01:36,096 --> 00:01:37,448 Oh, my God, yes, you did. 39 00:01:37,472 --> 00:01:39,117 She said, we gotta get the fuck out of here. 40 00:01:39,141 --> 00:01:40,827 So I said, well, let's go. 41 00:01:40,851 --> 00:01:43,079 ♪♪ 42 00:01:43,103 --> 00:01:45,731 [engine rumbling] 43 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:49,919 [dramatic music] 44 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:51,212 ♪♪ 45 00:01:51,236 --> 00:01:54,924 Thea and I drive to her house. 46 00:01:54,948 --> 00:01:57,468 [laughter] 47 00:01:57,492 --> 00:02:01,472 That night, Thea fixed me pork chops, 48 00:02:01,496 --> 00:02:05,560 potatoes, green beans. 49 00:02:05,584 --> 00:02:07,520 It was delicious. 50 00:02:07,544 --> 00:02:11,232 It was the best thing I'd had in eight years. 51 00:02:11,256 --> 00:02:15,653 I remember just poking at my food with this real fork 52 00:02:15,677 --> 00:02:17,572 and feeling, you know, the... 53 00:02:17,596 --> 00:02:19,449 the metal on my teeth and thinking, 54 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:21,492 oh, my gosh, this is real. 55 00:02:21,516 --> 00:02:23,328 REPORTER: Sarah Pender is still on the run. 56 00:02:23,352 --> 00:02:26,789 SARAH: These were the most normal things, 57 00:02:26,813 --> 00:02:28,041 like I was at home. 58 00:02:28,065 --> 00:02:29,500 REPORTER: Pender was serving time 59 00:02:29,524 --> 00:02:31,836 for a double murder in Marion County back in 2000. 60 00:02:31,860 --> 00:02:34,881 SARAH: I remember, I was sitting in a... 61 00:02:34,905 --> 00:02:36,883 like, a La-Z-Boy chair 62 00:02:36,907 --> 00:02:41,012 and feeling the cushion and just knowing that 63 00:02:41,036 --> 00:02:44,724 the harshness of prison was behind me. 64 00:02:44,748 --> 00:02:47,685 [tense music] 65 00:02:47,709 --> 00:02:51,314 [sirens wailing] 66 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:54,400 RYAN: In a fugitive investigation such as Pender, 67 00:02:54,424 --> 00:02:55,777 you can't sit. 68 00:02:55,801 --> 00:02:58,988 Every lead, I went and checked out. 69 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:03,660 My visit to her friend Peggy maybe didn't bear fruit, 70 00:03:03,684 --> 00:03:06,621 but, um, I left my business card. 71 00:03:06,645 --> 00:03:10,750 And she said she would call me if she heard from Sarah. 72 00:03:10,774 --> 00:03:12,919 I said, if I find out that you're helping her, 73 00:03:12,943 --> 00:03:15,088 it's gonna be a bad situation for you. 74 00:03:15,112 --> 00:03:17,924 ♪♪ 75 00:03:17,948 --> 00:03:19,926 That's how I rolled. 76 00:03:19,950 --> 00:03:23,346 Show a presence and then get them to work with you. 77 00:03:23,370 --> 00:03:25,723 Like setting a bird trap, I was setting... 78 00:03:25,747 --> 00:03:27,392 I was setting areas out there for me 79 00:03:27,416 --> 00:03:30,228 that would hopefully spring and would generate a capture. 80 00:03:30,252 --> 00:03:34,440 [siren wailing] 81 00:03:34,464 --> 00:03:38,111 I was chasing down these lines and meeting these offenders, 82 00:03:38,135 --> 00:03:41,072 but I'm also profiling her. 83 00:03:41,096 --> 00:03:43,366 ♪♪ 84 00:03:43,390 --> 00:03:45,743 She got someone to give her a phone 85 00:03:45,767 --> 00:03:48,079 and help her on the run. 86 00:03:48,103 --> 00:03:50,498 She's good at getting people to do things 87 00:03:50,522 --> 00:03:53,376 that are outside the normal human behavior. 88 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:58,089 Does she get people to do things up and to including 89 00:03:58,113 --> 00:04:01,551 putting two bodies in a trash dumpster? 90 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:04,011 REPORTER: Pender was convicted in 2002 91 00:04:04,035 --> 00:04:06,222 for the murder of her two roommates. 92 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:07,849 Police say she helped her codefendant 93 00:04:07,873 --> 00:04:11,227 dispose of the bodies in a south-side dumpster. 94 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:14,897 I thought, would Rick Hull play ball with me? 95 00:04:14,921 --> 00:04:16,607 Richard Hull was the codefendant. 96 00:04:16,631 --> 00:04:19,402 That was her boyfriend at the time these murders happened. 97 00:04:19,426 --> 00:04:21,237 He was in Pendleton Prison 98 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:24,282 doing his own 100-plus years for the murders. 99 00:04:24,306 --> 00:04:27,326 GUARD 1 [over radio]: Unit 1, industrial bridge. 100 00:04:27,350 --> 00:04:28,911 GUARD 2 [over radio]: 1. 101 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:31,456 GUARD 3 [over radio]: Checkpoint 6, copy. 102 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:32,665 RYAN: I thought Richard would know her 103 00:04:32,689 --> 00:04:35,668 better than anybody else. 104 00:04:35,692 --> 00:04:39,088 I also thought he may know where she would probably go. 105 00:04:39,112 --> 00:04:41,299 ♪♪ 106 00:04:41,323 --> 00:04:43,217 So I introduced myself. 107 00:04:43,241 --> 00:04:44,886 I told him I was with the US Marshals 108 00:04:44,910 --> 00:04:46,053 and I was looking for Sarah. 109 00:04:46,077 --> 00:04:47,305 He got a smile on his face. 110 00:04:47,329 --> 00:04:50,099 He goes, oh, yeah? 111 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:54,061 I had mixed emotions about her escape. 112 00:04:54,085 --> 00:04:55,480 I was happy for her. 113 00:04:55,504 --> 00:04:58,900 Yeah, good, go, enjoy it while you can, you know? 114 00:04:58,924 --> 00:05:03,529 But I was really hurting and... and... 115 00:05:03,553 --> 00:05:09,535 and frustrated because I looked at my life as being over. 116 00:05:09,559 --> 00:05:15,666 I mean, I'm at a maximum prison because of Sarah. 117 00:05:15,690 --> 00:05:21,130 And, um, they tell me that I will probably 118 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:23,007 end up dying in this place. 119 00:05:23,031 --> 00:05:26,344 ♪♪ 120 00:05:26,368 --> 00:05:29,597 Ryan asked me to help, but it was just like, 121 00:05:29,621 --> 00:05:33,810 how can I help him when I don't know anything? 122 00:05:33,834 --> 00:05:37,605 I don't know where she is. 123 00:05:37,629 --> 00:05:40,233 RYAN: I mean, Rick knows her so well. 124 00:05:40,257 --> 00:05:42,693 So I said, where could she go? 125 00:05:42,717 --> 00:05:46,322 Do you have any theories about where she may run to? 126 00:05:46,346 --> 00:05:48,658 He thought about it. 127 00:05:48,682 --> 00:05:53,246 Rick told me the name Thea and that she did time with her 128 00:05:53,270 --> 00:05:56,707 and that'd be someone she would turn to on the run. 129 00:05:56,731 --> 00:06:02,588 ♪♪ 130 00:06:02,612 --> 00:06:04,340 It was a hell of a lead. 131 00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:10,954 ♪♪ 132 00:06:13,999 --> 00:06:16,269 SARAH: At this point, my money's cut off. 133 00:06:16,293 --> 00:06:18,688 I don't know how I'm going to support myself. 134 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:22,650 And Thea gives me a suggestion. 135 00:06:22,674 --> 00:06:25,486 ♪♪ 136 00:06:25,510 --> 00:06:27,780 Thea was a stripper, and she had been 137 00:06:27,804 --> 00:06:30,241 spending time with one of the clients, 138 00:06:30,265 --> 00:06:32,076 uh, outside the strip club. 139 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:35,413 And she knew that he wanted to have a threesome. 140 00:06:35,437 --> 00:06:38,833 She suggested that we have sex with him 141 00:06:38,857 --> 00:06:43,087 and that he would probably give us money. 142 00:06:43,111 --> 00:06:46,257 At the time, I was willing to give up my body, 143 00:06:46,281 --> 00:06:48,801 absolutely... my body, my attention, 144 00:06:48,825 --> 00:06:50,761 my affection... for freedom. 145 00:06:50,785 --> 00:06:54,015 ♪♪ 146 00:06:54,039 --> 00:06:55,933 [knocking] 147 00:06:55,957 --> 00:06:57,351 [door creaks] 148 00:06:57,375 --> 00:07:00,813 That night, Thea arranged for us to meet 149 00:07:00,837 --> 00:07:04,775 at this motel room and introduced me to Tom. 150 00:07:04,799 --> 00:07:06,986 He was a businessman. 151 00:07:07,010 --> 00:07:10,698 He was clearly in his late 50s, 152 00:07:10,722 --> 00:07:12,658 but he was well built. 153 00:07:12,682 --> 00:07:15,661 He was dressed nice, smelled wonderful, 154 00:07:15,685 --> 00:07:18,331 so I didn't have any worries about him 155 00:07:18,355 --> 00:07:20,082 being this dirty old man. 156 00:07:20,106 --> 00:07:22,585 [door creaks] 157 00:07:22,609 --> 00:07:26,130 Thea told him that my name was Brandy 158 00:07:26,154 --> 00:07:28,924 and that I had just been released from prison 159 00:07:28,948 --> 00:07:31,326 and that I needed to make some money. 160 00:08:07,696 --> 00:08:12,617 ♪♪ 161 00:08:27,549 --> 00:08:29,527 [heavy exhale] 162 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:32,530 [faint laughter] 163 00:08:32,554 --> 00:08:37,434 ♪♪ 164 00:08:39,102 --> 00:08:42,832 After the threesome, Tom asked me 165 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:44,417 what I was gonna do for the rest of the evening. 166 00:08:44,441 --> 00:08:45,751 And I told him that I didn't know. 167 00:08:45,775 --> 00:08:47,253 I didn't really have anywhere to go. 168 00:08:47,277 --> 00:08:49,004 And so he said that I could stay in the room 169 00:08:49,028 --> 00:08:50,822 because it was already paid for. 170 00:09:00,582 --> 00:09:07,523 ♪♪ 171 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:10,484 RYAN: I feel like I'm on the scent. 172 00:09:10,508 --> 00:09:14,697 Thea was working in the strip club industry. 173 00:09:14,721 --> 00:09:17,491 And Rick had told me that if she really 174 00:09:17,515 --> 00:09:19,952 needed to get means or help, she would go to Thea 175 00:09:19,976 --> 00:09:23,497 or go to there and start hustling. 176 00:09:23,521 --> 00:09:26,959 I didn't know specifically where Thea was working, 177 00:09:26,983 --> 00:09:30,046 but there was various strip clubs here in Indianapolis. 178 00:09:30,070 --> 00:09:32,673 And I went out there and spent some time in these places 179 00:09:32,697 --> 00:09:34,675 to see if Sarah was there. 180 00:09:34,699 --> 00:09:37,219 ♪♪ 181 00:09:37,243 --> 00:09:38,971 At this point, you don't want them to think 182 00:09:38,995 --> 00:09:40,681 you're law enforcement at all. 183 00:09:40,705 --> 00:09:42,683 So you go in there like a baller and a shot caller, 184 00:09:42,707 --> 00:09:44,435 you know, and what I mean by that is, 185 00:09:44,459 --> 00:09:46,312 you better have your money with you. 186 00:09:46,336 --> 00:09:48,189 The more money you spread, the more they're gonna see 187 00:09:48,213 --> 00:09:49,774 you're just a normal guy. 188 00:09:49,798 --> 00:09:52,777 ♪♪ 189 00:09:52,801 --> 00:09:54,904 One of the distinguishing marks on Sarah was, um, 190 00:09:54,928 --> 00:09:56,489 she had a tattoo of a bull's-eye 191 00:09:56,513 --> 00:09:57,865 on her... on her butt cheek. 192 00:09:57,889 --> 00:09:59,825 And I went out there looking for tattoos, 193 00:09:59,849 --> 00:10:02,369 looking for anybody that looked like Sarah. 194 00:10:02,393 --> 00:10:07,082 I stayed out until I couldn't stay up anymore. 195 00:10:07,106 --> 00:10:10,336 I saw a lot of ass, but I didn't see bull's-eyes. 196 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,630 [bills fluttering] 197 00:10:12,654 --> 00:10:16,884 ♪♪ 198 00:10:16,908 --> 00:10:21,597 I was frustrated, but I didn't feel defeated, by any means, 199 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:23,557 because I will find out who's helping her. 200 00:10:23,581 --> 00:10:28,419 ♪♪ 201 00:10:36,553 --> 00:10:38,781 ♪♪ 202 00:10:38,805 --> 00:10:40,866 SARAH: The next morning, Tom came again, 203 00:10:40,890 --> 00:10:43,494 brought me McDonald's for breakfast. 204 00:10:43,518 --> 00:10:47,122 And he offered to pay for another night 205 00:10:47,146 --> 00:10:50,042 at the motel room so I had somewhere to go 206 00:10:50,066 --> 00:10:55,548 and that he would keep me company. 207 00:10:55,572 --> 00:10:57,049 So I said yes. 208 00:10:57,073 --> 00:11:00,928 ♪♪ 209 00:11:00,952 --> 00:11:06,267 Tom and I were laying in bed, and he turned on the TV 210 00:11:06,291 --> 00:11:10,146 and was flipping through the channels. 211 00:11:10,170 --> 00:11:12,148 REPORTER: Investigators say Sarah Pender 212 00:11:12,172 --> 00:11:14,692 is on the loose and dangerous. 213 00:11:14,716 --> 00:11:17,778 A Marion County jury convicted her in the year 2000 214 00:11:17,802 --> 00:11:19,113 in a double murder. 215 00:11:19,137 --> 00:11:20,364 Pender escaped 216 00:11:20,388 --> 00:11:22,032 from the Rockville Correctional Facility, 217 00:11:22,056 --> 00:11:24,827 allegedly with the help of a correctional officer. 218 00:11:24,851 --> 00:11:27,186 ♪♪ 219 00:11:41,409 --> 00:11:43,036 [indistinct police radio chatter] 220 00:11:45,747 --> 00:11:49,059 I was like, damn. 221 00:11:49,083 --> 00:11:51,794 [sighs] 222 00:11:54,505 --> 00:11:57,610 [tense music] 223 00:11:57,634 --> 00:11:59,445 REPORTER: Pender was convicted in 2002 224 00:11:59,469 --> 00:12:01,447 for the murder of her two roommates. 225 00:12:01,471 --> 00:12:04,241 SARAH: I didn't want to tell Tom the truth, 226 00:12:04,265 --> 00:12:06,452 but I didn't know what to say. 227 00:12:06,476 --> 00:12:08,037 And I'm a terrible liar. 228 00:12:08,061 --> 00:12:10,831 So I told him the story. 229 00:12:10,855 --> 00:12:17,862 ♪♪ 230 00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:23,260 The evening that Drew and Trish were murdered, 231 00:12:23,284 --> 00:12:29,058 Rick and I were out with my dad and stepmom. 232 00:12:29,082 --> 00:12:33,562 When Rick and I came home, Drew and Rick immediately 233 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:36,190 started arguing about money that. 234 00:12:36,214 --> 00:12:40,903 Rick's sister owed to Drew for drugs. 235 00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:44,114 Rick's talking about, you know, fuck this motherfucker. 236 00:12:44,138 --> 00:12:47,743 And, you know, he said, you probably want to leave. 237 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:50,829 And I told him, I have nowhere to go. 238 00:12:50,853 --> 00:12:52,289 Where am I supposed to go? 239 00:12:52,313 --> 00:12:55,626 [crickets chirping] 240 00:12:55,650 --> 00:13:00,839 And so I walked around the neighborhood. 241 00:13:00,863 --> 00:13:07,304 When I came home, everything seemed really quiet, 242 00:13:07,328 --> 00:13:08,722 like, extra quiet. 243 00:13:08,746 --> 00:13:12,142 ♪♪ 244 00:13:12,166 --> 00:13:13,936 And the house was dark. 245 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:18,065 ♪♪ 246 00:13:18,089 --> 00:13:20,276 And it felt wrong. 247 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:27,199 ♪♪ 248 00:13:27,223 --> 00:13:30,703 I heard a noise. 249 00:13:30,727 --> 00:13:34,707 I didn't understand what the noise was. 250 00:13:34,731 --> 00:13:37,626 And I called out for Rick. 251 00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:39,628 And there was no response. 252 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:42,256 ♪♪ 253 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,133 And I looked. 254 00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:46,844 I didn't see Drew or Trish or Rick. 255 00:13:46,868 --> 00:13:49,972 ♪♪ 256 00:13:49,996 --> 00:13:53,183 There was blood on the floor. 257 00:13:53,207 --> 00:13:58,939 ♪♪ 258 00:13:58,963 --> 00:14:02,609 And when I got to the living room, 259 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:04,319 I saw Rick. 260 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:08,282 ♪♪ 261 00:14:08,306 --> 00:14:11,577 Rick was bent over. 262 00:14:11,601 --> 00:14:16,331 He was... 263 00:14:16,355 --> 00:14:21,587 putting Trish's body into a blanket. 264 00:14:21,611 --> 00:14:27,718 I do remember being very afraid 265 00:14:27,742 --> 00:14:31,346 and thinking that, what do I do now? 266 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:33,223 What do I do? What do I do? 267 00:14:33,247 --> 00:14:35,851 Because I didn't know. 268 00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:37,603 I said, Ricky. 269 00:14:37,627 --> 00:14:40,939 ♪♪ 270 00:14:40,963 --> 00:14:43,859 And when he stood up, he turned around, 271 00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:47,446 and he just looked at me. 272 00:14:47,470 --> 00:14:52,076 ♪♪ 273 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:55,245 For a moment, we just stared at each other. 274 00:14:55,269 --> 00:14:59,500 And I clearly thought to myself, I'm about to die. 275 00:14:59,524 --> 00:15:02,461 ♪♪ 276 00:15:02,485 --> 00:15:04,171 And so I just froze. 277 00:15:04,195 --> 00:15:07,466 I just froze there, and I waited. 278 00:15:07,490 --> 00:15:12,930 ♪♪ 279 00:15:12,954 --> 00:15:14,890 And then I put my hands up, and I just said, 280 00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:17,142 what do you want me to do? 281 00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:19,520 ♪♪ 282 00:15:19,544 --> 00:15:22,022 Rick told me to get another blanket. 283 00:15:22,046 --> 00:15:23,899 And so I did. 284 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:30,429 ♪♪ 285 00:15:31,430 --> 00:15:36,245 I remember Rick dragging Trish's body across the floor 286 00:15:36,269 --> 00:15:38,372 to take her out. 287 00:15:38,396 --> 00:15:44,503 And when he put her body in the back of the truck... 288 00:15:44,527 --> 00:15:47,381 ♪♪ 289 00:15:47,405 --> 00:15:51,760 I saw that Drew was already in there. 290 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:58,058 ♪♪ 291 00:15:58,082 --> 00:16:02,187 But I didn't know what to do, 292 00:16:02,211 --> 00:16:04,148 except stand there. 293 00:16:04,172 --> 00:16:08,861 ♪♪ 294 00:16:08,885 --> 00:16:11,113 I just felt so helpless. 295 00:16:11,137 --> 00:16:16,118 ♪♪ 296 00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:19,913 Rick told me to get into the truck, 297 00:16:19,937 --> 00:16:23,584 and I did. 298 00:16:23,608 --> 00:16:26,712 [engine humming] 299 00:16:26,736 --> 00:16:30,549 I remember very clearly thinking, this is not real, 300 00:16:30,573 --> 00:16:33,719 and making up that everything was fine. 301 00:16:33,743 --> 00:16:36,054 ♪♪ 302 00:16:36,078 --> 00:16:39,933 Rick drove only a handful of blocks away 303 00:16:39,957 --> 00:16:42,269 to a dumpster behind a building. 304 00:16:42,293 --> 00:16:45,814 ♪♪ 305 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:48,817 [car door clicks open, dull thudding] 306 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:50,652 ♪♪ 307 00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:54,907 I only saw when I looked in the rearview mirror. 308 00:16:54,931 --> 00:16:58,493 ♪♪ 309 00:16:58,517 --> 00:17:00,329 And then I didn't want to see anything else. 310 00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:06,168 And so I just looked forward, and I pretended not to see. 311 00:17:06,192 --> 00:17:13,199 ♪♪ 312 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:18,680 [siren wailing] 313 00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:23,727 ♪♪ 314 00:17:23,751 --> 00:17:26,521 RICHARD: Sarah says she had nothing to do with this, 315 00:17:26,545 --> 00:17:29,274 that I was the one that did it all. 316 00:17:29,298 --> 00:17:31,735 And that's not the truth. 317 00:17:31,759 --> 00:17:34,988 That's not what happened whatsoever. 318 00:17:35,012 --> 00:17:38,200 ♪♪ 319 00:17:38,224 --> 00:17:41,286 Drew was my friend. 320 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:42,704 He was my brother. 321 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:44,623 ♪♪ 322 00:17:44,647 --> 00:17:49,753 As far as the night that this all took place, um, 323 00:17:49,777 --> 00:17:52,589 I'm still in the middle of some of my appeals, 324 00:17:52,613 --> 00:17:56,593 so I can't get into the full details 325 00:17:56,617 --> 00:18:00,305 of everything that... that took place. 326 00:18:00,329 --> 00:18:03,600 But I did not... I did not, uh... 327 00:18:03,624 --> 00:18:06,311 I did not murder Drew and Trish. 328 00:18:06,335 --> 00:18:12,967 ♪♪ 329 00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:16,113 RYAN: When I was talking to Rick, 330 00:18:16,137 --> 00:18:21,743 he openly said he walked in and returned home 331 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,412 and Sarah was rocking back and forth 332 00:18:23,436 --> 00:18:25,622 holding a shotgun while two dead bodies were there. 333 00:18:25,646 --> 00:18:28,875 That's what... that's what he claims. 334 00:18:28,899 --> 00:18:31,878 ♪♪ 335 00:18:31,902 --> 00:18:34,798 RICHARD: Who are you gonna believe: 336 00:18:34,822 --> 00:18:37,092 me with my background, knowing that, uh... 337 00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:38,969 he already knows I'm a drug dude 338 00:18:38,993 --> 00:18:41,096 and have been in the business, 339 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:45,517 6'3 1/2 ", 6'4", 325 pounds, bald head, 340 00:18:45,541 --> 00:18:47,686 goatee, looking like this, 341 00:18:47,710 --> 00:18:50,230 or some girl that's kind of innocent-looking, 342 00:18:50,254 --> 00:18:54,318 just working her way through being a young adult. 343 00:18:54,342 --> 00:18:56,194 Who you gonna believe? 344 00:18:56,218 --> 00:18:59,323 ♪♪ 345 00:18:59,347 --> 00:19:00,616 'Cause females won't lie. 346 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,701 They're not gonna be deceiving. 347 00:19:02,725 --> 00:19:06,747 [laughs] 348 00:19:06,771 --> 00:19:09,690 ♪♪ 349 00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:15,154 [tense music] 350 00:19:44,308 --> 00:19:50,898 ♪♪ 351 00:19:51,899 --> 00:19:54,503 Rick just asked me to buy a gun. 352 00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:57,464 And I said yes. 353 00:19:57,488 --> 00:20:04,304 I didn't... I didn't question why he would want it. 354 00:20:04,328 --> 00:20:08,725 Um, there wasn't a lot of discussion about it, um. 355 00:20:08,749 --> 00:20:10,352 Rick couldn't buy a gun 356 00:20:10,376 --> 00:20:13,105 because he had a previous felony. 357 00:20:13,129 --> 00:20:18,485 So at 7:30 in the morning, he drove us to Walmart. 358 00:20:18,509 --> 00:20:19,820 And we walked in. 359 00:20:19,844 --> 00:20:22,989 He picked out the gun and ammunition that he wanted. 360 00:20:23,013 --> 00:20:27,953 And I bought it, paid with a check and my ID, 361 00:20:27,977 --> 00:20:33,083 thinking that this was what I was supposed to be doing. 362 00:20:33,107 --> 00:20:37,129 ♪♪ 363 00:20:37,153 --> 00:20:40,632 [water sloshing] 364 00:20:40,656 --> 00:20:43,927 [gunshots] 365 00:20:43,951 --> 00:20:47,180 [camera shutter snapping] 366 00:20:47,204 --> 00:20:50,016 [gunshot] 367 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,394 RICHARD: Did I know if Drew or Trish 368 00:20:52,418 --> 00:20:55,105 was gonna get killed with that shotgun? 369 00:20:55,129 --> 00:20:57,816 ♪♪ 370 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,609 No. 371 00:20:59,633 --> 00:21:03,113 Sarah was playing her game, was... was pointing everything 372 00:21:03,137 --> 00:21:05,657 at me at the very beginning. 373 00:21:05,681 --> 00:21:09,411 I just don't know what really happened. 374 00:21:09,435 --> 00:21:16,042 What I can say is that Sarah wanted the... that shotgun. 375 00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:17,752 It was Sarah's idea to get the... 376 00:21:17,776 --> 00:21:19,463 to go for the protection. 377 00:21:19,487 --> 00:21:22,382 I mean, uh, I was in the drug business. 378 00:21:22,406 --> 00:21:24,634 If I wanted a gun, I could have one, OK? 379 00:21:24,658 --> 00:21:27,387 I mean, getting a gun was not a problem, 380 00:21:27,411 --> 00:21:31,725 would not have been a problem, um. 381 00:21:31,749 --> 00:21:38,440 ♪♪ 382 00:21:38,464 --> 00:21:39,983 [indistinct police radio chatter] 383 00:21:40,007 --> 00:21:41,818 REPORTER: The victims, a white man and a woman, 384 00:21:41,842 --> 00:21:43,862 were discovered last night in a dumpster 385 00:21:43,886 --> 00:21:45,405 behind the Teamsters Hall 386 00:21:45,429 --> 00:21:47,491 in the 800 block of South Meridian. 387 00:21:47,515 --> 00:21:49,576 The two had been shot to death. 388 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,912 ♪♪ 389 00:21:51,936 --> 00:21:53,663 Well, it's not an everyday occurrence 390 00:21:53,687 --> 00:21:58,919 to have, uh, bodies in a dumpster in Indianapolis, 391 00:21:58,943 --> 00:22:02,506 let alone two bodies in a dumpster. 392 00:22:02,530 --> 00:22:04,883 ♪♪ 393 00:22:04,907 --> 00:22:08,762 Once we identified our victims, 394 00:22:08,786 --> 00:22:12,682 Andrew Cataldi and Tricia Nordman, 395 00:22:12,706 --> 00:22:15,143 we were able to connect the location 396 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:17,229 of where they had lived. 397 00:22:17,253 --> 00:22:21,733 And we knew that the home was being rented 398 00:22:21,757 --> 00:22:24,319 by Rick Hall and Sarah Pender. 399 00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:26,655 ♪♪ 400 00:22:26,679 --> 00:22:29,616 Rick clearly was a suspect. 401 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,285 We knew Rick had been dealing drugs. 402 00:22:32,309 --> 00:22:34,496 REPORTER: Police came to believe that this man, 403 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:36,540 22-year-old Richard Hull, 404 00:22:36,564 --> 00:22:38,291 who lived with Cataldi and Nordman, 405 00:22:38,315 --> 00:22:40,627 was the likely murderer. 406 00:22:40,651 --> 00:22:44,089 He was placed under arrest and charged with, uh, 407 00:22:44,113 --> 00:22:47,384 Andrew and Tricia's murders. 408 00:22:47,408 --> 00:22:52,138 We just didn't know if Sarah was involved. 409 00:22:52,162 --> 00:22:57,227 ♪♪ 410 00:22:57,251 --> 00:22:59,771 [tape recorder clicks] 411 00:22:59,795 --> 00:23:03,799 ♪♪ 412 00:23:52,139 --> 00:23:54,284 ANTHONY: She was flipping her hair 413 00:23:54,308 --> 00:23:57,871 and fixing her blouse, fixing her shirt. 414 00:23:57,895 --> 00:24:01,082 I thought she was the type of woman 415 00:24:01,106 --> 00:24:06,504 that maybe thought she could talk her way out of this. 416 00:24:06,528 --> 00:24:09,799 But we knew that Sarah had purchased a weapon. 417 00:24:09,823 --> 00:24:13,219 She helped conceal the evidence. 418 00:24:13,243 --> 00:24:15,913 I felt like she was more involved than she let on. 419 00:24:51,407 --> 00:24:52,842 I stand firm in my convictions 420 00:24:52,866 --> 00:24:56,805 that she is a very, very dangerous person. 421 00:24:56,829 --> 00:25:01,518 Uh, she's capable of doing about anything. 422 00:25:01,542 --> 00:25:05,563 After Sarah escaped from prison in 2008, 423 00:25:05,587 --> 00:25:09,484 my daughter said, well, Dad, aren't you a little 424 00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:13,321 worried about what she might do? 425 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:16,324 I mean, you're the one that convicted her. 426 00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:18,660 Don't you think we ought to be concerned 427 00:25:18,684 --> 00:25:21,454 about her coming here? 428 00:25:21,478 --> 00:25:24,332 I said that I think Sarah 429 00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:28,920 had a dark, evil demon within. 430 00:25:28,944 --> 00:25:31,881 And I think it's a good thing for Indianapolis 431 00:25:31,905 --> 00:25:36,678 and everybody else that she's found as soon as possible 432 00:25:36,702 --> 00:25:38,888 because I don't know what she's capable of doing. 433 00:25:38,912 --> 00:25:42,726 [dramatic music] 434 00:25:42,750 --> 00:25:47,147 When I was a youngster, I was an actor. 435 00:25:47,171 --> 00:25:49,941 And then I realized a little later on, 436 00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:52,902 you need to be gainfully employed. 437 00:25:52,926 --> 00:25:55,572 So I fooled around and I practiced the law 438 00:25:55,596 --> 00:25:59,200 and eventually ended up working as a deputy prosecutor 439 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:02,495 in Marion County Prosecutor's Office. 440 00:26:02,519 --> 00:26:05,957 Sarah Pender had been charged with two murders. 441 00:26:05,981 --> 00:26:08,376 I was getting to prosecute. 442 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,044 And I loved that. 443 00:26:10,068 --> 00:26:11,296 You know, I felt pretty good 444 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,590 about the evidence in the case. 445 00:26:13,614 --> 00:26:20,621 ♪♪ 446 00:26:23,499 --> 00:26:27,520 BONNIE: I tried to feel optimistic about the trial 447 00:26:27,544 --> 00:26:32,942 the best I could, because I had no idea what the evidence was. 448 00:26:32,966 --> 00:26:37,864 And I just didn't know what to expect. 449 00:26:37,888 --> 00:26:41,659 SARAH: Before the trial, I thought that they just 450 00:26:41,683 --> 00:26:44,579 made a mistake and everything would be OK, 451 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:47,082 that it would be fixed. 452 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:50,210 I remember sitting there thinking, 453 00:26:50,234 --> 00:26:55,924 I couldn't wait to get home, lay in my bed, 454 00:26:55,948 --> 00:27:01,054 eat lasagne, and figure out 455 00:27:01,078 --> 00:27:03,431 how I was gonna move forward with my life. 456 00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:09,920 ♪♪ 457 00:27:10,921 --> 00:27:13,191 LARRY: When the trial started, 458 00:27:13,215 --> 00:27:15,944 Sarah was trying to convince a jury 459 00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:19,197 that although Rick did all these horrible things 460 00:27:19,221 --> 00:27:20,824 and committed these murders 461 00:27:20,848 --> 00:27:22,534 and that she was with him 462 00:27:22,558 --> 00:27:26,454 that she didn't actually participate. 463 00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:29,707 She said she was scared. 464 00:27:29,731 --> 00:27:32,001 She thought Rick Hull might shoot her 465 00:27:32,025 --> 00:27:35,338 if she didn't help him. 466 00:27:35,362 --> 00:27:39,133 And I argued to the jury, she had that opportunity 467 00:27:39,157 --> 00:27:42,428 to leave the day after the shootings 468 00:27:42,452 --> 00:27:44,389 to go to law enforcement. 469 00:27:44,413 --> 00:27:46,975 Just why in the hell didn't you get out of there, 470 00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:48,893 leave, go? 471 00:27:48,917 --> 00:27:50,603 [gunshot] 472 00:27:50,627 --> 00:27:51,980 But she didn't. 473 00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:58,444 ♪♪ 474 00:27:58,468 --> 00:28:00,864 I've covered lots of murder cases. 475 00:28:00,888 --> 00:28:02,115 I'm a journalist. 476 00:28:02,139 --> 00:28:04,117 I look for evidence. I look for facts. 477 00:28:04,141 --> 00:28:07,120 And in Sarah's case, the facts Larry put forward 478 00:28:07,144 --> 00:28:10,123 were really compelling. 479 00:28:10,147 --> 00:28:13,126 Larry introduced a witness named Floyd Pennington. 480 00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:15,295 ♪♪ 481 00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:20,466 Floyd had been, uh, locked up in jail on a robbery charge. 482 00:28:20,490 --> 00:28:25,263 She had some sort of steamy pen-pal relationship with him 483 00:28:25,287 --> 00:28:29,100 while they were both locked up in jail. 484 00:28:29,124 --> 00:28:30,643 SARAH: When Floyd entered the courtroom 485 00:28:30,667 --> 00:28:32,645 from the opposite side, 486 00:28:32,669 --> 00:28:35,690 I wanted to yell out, like, why are you doing this? 487 00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:38,067 ♪♪ 488 00:28:38,091 --> 00:28:39,736 Floyd was charming, and he used 489 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,363 proper spelling and grammar, 490 00:28:42,387 --> 00:28:47,243 and that's unusual for a lot of people in jail. 491 00:28:47,267 --> 00:28:51,998 After seven months of writing, Floyd and I decided to organize 492 00:28:52,022 --> 00:28:54,375 a trip to the hospital. 493 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:57,712 ♪♪ 494 00:28:57,736 --> 00:29:00,298 LARRY: They, uh, feign some sort of illnesses 495 00:29:00,322 --> 00:29:02,050 so they could talk in person. 496 00:29:02,074 --> 00:29:08,264 ♪♪ 497 00:29:08,288 --> 00:29:10,642 He told her that he wanted to have 498 00:29:10,666 --> 00:29:14,479 a better... stronger relationship, 499 00:29:14,503 --> 00:29:16,731 and she did too. 500 00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:19,567 But he needed her to confide in him, 501 00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:22,487 tell him the truth about the murders 502 00:29:22,511 --> 00:29:25,657 of Andrew Cataldi and Trish Nordman. 503 00:29:25,681 --> 00:29:27,367 ♪♪ 504 00:29:27,391 --> 00:29:31,663 VIC: So Floyd said that Sarah had told him that she wanted 505 00:29:31,687 --> 00:29:36,167 to get rid of the roommates to... you know, for money 506 00:29:36,191 --> 00:29:38,169 or drug dealing or whatever it is 507 00:29:38,193 --> 00:29:39,712 they were into at the time... 508 00:29:39,736 --> 00:29:41,923 [water sloshing] 509 00:29:41,947 --> 00:29:43,925 And that she bought the shotgun. 510 00:29:43,949 --> 00:29:47,261 She got Rick angry enough 511 00:29:47,285 --> 00:29:49,639 and convinced him to commit these murders. 512 00:29:49,663 --> 00:29:51,683 ♪♪ 513 00:29:51,707 --> 00:29:55,103 I wanted to scream out, like, this is not happening. 514 00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:56,270 He is lying. 515 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:59,607 How could anyone believe this man? 516 00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:00,984 How could anybody believe him? 517 00:30:01,008 --> 00:30:03,778 ♪♪ 518 00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:06,239 LARRY: And I said she had a Charles Manson-like ability 519 00:30:06,263 --> 00:30:10,868 to convince people to do bad things. 520 00:30:10,892 --> 00:30:14,789 VIC: During the trial, Larry came out and told the jury 521 00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:17,834 how there's also this one letter. 522 00:30:17,858 --> 00:30:19,085 [paper rustling] 523 00:30:19,109 --> 00:30:21,629 ♪♪ 524 00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:24,090 It painted a picture of Sarah, 525 00:30:24,114 --> 00:30:29,387 uh, and... and not as a, you know, innocent victim. 526 00:30:29,411 --> 00:30:30,722 ♪♪ 527 00:30:30,746 --> 00:30:33,766 It was something that was certainly shocking. 528 00:30:33,790 --> 00:30:37,520 LARRY: "My dearest Richard, I just snapped. 529 00:30:37,544 --> 00:30:42,942 I didn't mean to kill them, it must have been the acid." 530 00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:46,237 SARAH: There was nothing I could do to defend myself. 531 00:30:46,261 --> 00:30:48,239 And all I could think about was, I didn't write this. 532 00:30:48,263 --> 00:30:50,575 I didn't write this. I didn't do this. 533 00:30:50,599 --> 00:30:52,160 LARRY: "I'll never forget you. 534 00:30:52,184 --> 00:30:55,413 "I love you and I miss you so much. 535 00:30:55,437 --> 00:30:56,831 Love always." 536 00:30:56,855 --> 00:31:00,835 ♪♪ 537 00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:02,420 VIC: Larry, in his closing argument, 538 00:31:02,444 --> 00:31:05,256 sort of gave two possibilities 539 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,717 of ways of proving Sarah's guilt. 540 00:31:07,741 --> 00:31:12,764 In one, it was that, like that letter said, 541 00:31:12,788 --> 00:31:15,975 Sarah was the one who had actually pulled the trigger 542 00:31:15,999 --> 00:31:18,144 and shot the victims. 543 00:31:18,168 --> 00:31:21,147 And the other scenario Larry put forward 544 00:31:21,171 --> 00:31:23,191 was Floyd Pennington's statement, 545 00:31:23,215 --> 00:31:28,988 that Sarah had manipulated Rick into doing these crimes. 546 00:31:29,012 --> 00:31:30,281 It doesn't matter. 547 00:31:30,305 --> 00:31:32,867 If the jury believes one or the other, 548 00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:35,119 um, she's still guilty of murder. 549 00:31:35,143 --> 00:31:37,413 ♪♪ 550 00:31:37,437 --> 00:31:40,333 LARRY: And I said, you have a responsibility 551 00:31:40,357 --> 00:31:42,418 to convict her. 552 00:31:42,442 --> 00:31:43,920 And they did. 553 00:31:43,944 --> 00:31:47,048 The jury came back in, and the judge ruled 554 00:31:47,072 --> 00:31:50,718 that she was guilty of both murders. 555 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:52,136 [gavel bangs] 556 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:56,057 [water sloshing] 557 00:31:56,081 --> 00:32:00,645 Sarah Pender was sentenced to 110 years. 558 00:32:00,669 --> 00:32:07,026 ♪♪ 559 00:32:07,050 --> 00:32:09,695 All I remember is crying. 560 00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:13,866 ♪♪ 561 00:32:13,890 --> 00:32:19,997 Oh, I cried, you know, because what do you do? 562 00:32:20,021 --> 00:32:22,291 I felt like my heart was ripped out. 563 00:32:22,315 --> 00:32:26,546 ♪♪ 564 00:32:26,570 --> 00:32:30,299 I was lost, because there was no way 565 00:32:30,323 --> 00:32:33,636 that I could sit in prison for 110 years 566 00:32:33,660 --> 00:32:35,245 for something I didn't do. 567 00:32:37,581 --> 00:32:39,350 [siren wailing] 568 00:32:39,374 --> 00:32:41,310 REPORTER: Investigators say Sarah Pender 569 00:32:41,334 --> 00:32:43,604 is on the loose and dangerous. 570 00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:46,941 A Marion County jury convicted her in the year 2000 571 00:32:46,965 --> 00:32:49,569 in a double murder. 572 00:32:49,593 --> 00:32:52,905 SARAH: Tom stayed with me for a few days. 573 00:32:52,929 --> 00:32:56,868 Our relationship deepened, and I just trusted 574 00:32:56,892 --> 00:32:59,787 that Tom was not gonna go home and call the police. 575 00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:01,539 [dramatic music] 576 00:33:01,563 --> 00:33:04,876 He was all these things that, from the outside looking in, 577 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:07,503 was a very normal, upstanding citizen. 578 00:33:07,527 --> 00:33:10,756 But in his private life, Tom was a sex addict, 579 00:33:10,780 --> 00:33:13,759 and he saw an opportunity for me to be his sex pet. 580 00:33:13,783 --> 00:33:16,971 ♪♪ 581 00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:21,517 Clear as day, I remember he asked me if... 582 00:33:21,541 --> 00:33:22,852 it was the oddest thing. 583 00:33:22,876 --> 00:33:26,856 He asked me, do you love me? 584 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,441 I said, no. 585 00:33:28,465 --> 00:33:31,652 He said, do you think you could love me? 586 00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:36,032 I said, yeah, I think I could love you. 587 00:33:36,056 --> 00:33:38,451 He said, OK. 588 00:33:38,475 --> 00:33:40,828 He said, do you want me to take care of you? 589 00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:42,371 Said, yeah. 590 00:33:42,395 --> 00:33:45,041 And so I began to look at the relationship as, 591 00:33:45,065 --> 00:33:46,775 I need to play a role. 592 00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:00,848 SARAH: You know, he was my sugar daddy. 593 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:03,935 And I never got greedy. 594 00:34:03,959 --> 00:34:08,898 I never wanted him to think that I was using him. 595 00:34:08,922 --> 00:34:11,734 I always wanted him to know that he was using me. 596 00:34:11,758 --> 00:34:13,927 ♪♪ 597 00:34:21,434 --> 00:34:24,038 ♪♪ 598 00:34:24,062 --> 00:34:26,415 SARAH: Tom wanted to go to a casino. 599 00:34:26,439 --> 00:34:30,878 He enjoyed gambling and wanted to show me off 600 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:34,840 as something like a prize. 601 00:34:34,864 --> 00:34:38,177 I was worried that someone would recognize me, 602 00:34:38,201 --> 00:34:39,971 but I had cut my hair, dyed it. 603 00:34:39,995 --> 00:34:44,267 I was made up in this little black dress and a necklace. 604 00:34:44,291 --> 00:34:46,185 ♪♪ 605 00:34:46,209 --> 00:34:49,063 It was a very reckless thing to go to the casino, 606 00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:50,606 but it made him happy. 607 00:34:50,630 --> 00:34:52,358 It made him want to keep me. 608 00:34:52,382 --> 00:34:54,694 ♪♪ 609 00:34:54,718 --> 00:34:56,946 One of the things that made me valuable to Tom 610 00:34:56,970 --> 00:35:00,074 is that I would do whatever he wanted me to do. 611 00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:02,952 And so when Tom wanted to go out, 612 00:35:02,976 --> 00:35:05,830 I said yes, because I would have said yes if he asked me 613 00:35:05,854 --> 00:35:09,333 to turn the sky purple. 614 00:35:09,357 --> 00:35:11,586 [indistinct chatter] 615 00:35:11,610 --> 00:35:17,842 But every moment was tainted with knowing 616 00:35:17,866 --> 00:35:21,846 that someone that had seen me on the news could spot me. 617 00:35:21,870 --> 00:35:23,347 REPORTER: Others have talked to police, 618 00:35:23,371 --> 00:35:25,433 saying they think they've spotted Pender. 619 00:35:25,457 --> 00:35:26,976 I became more paranoid. 620 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,352 REPORTER 1: Sarah Pender. REPORTER 2: Sarah Pender. 621 00:35:28,376 --> 00:35:29,437 REPORTER 3: Sarah Pender. REPORTER 4: Pender. 622 00:35:29,461 --> 00:35:30,771 REPORTER 5: Sarah Pender. 623 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:34,066 ♪♪ 624 00:35:34,090 --> 00:35:37,320 I realized it was important for me to keep moving 625 00:35:37,344 --> 00:35:39,530 and get out of Indianapolis. 626 00:35:39,554 --> 00:35:40,906 ♪♪ 627 00:35:40,930 --> 00:35:43,200 So I asked Tom to help me. 628 00:35:43,224 --> 00:35:45,477 [siren wailing] 629 00:35:46,895 --> 00:35:49,915 [tense music] 630 00:35:49,939 --> 00:35:52,501 ♪♪ 631 00:35:52,525 --> 00:35:53,878 Tom fixed me up with a job 632 00:35:53,902 --> 00:35:57,089 down in Cincinnati working with a friend of his, uh, 633 00:35:57,113 --> 00:35:59,300 that was a general contractor. 634 00:35:59,324 --> 00:36:02,803 It was really hard to be away from my friends 635 00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:05,514 because they had become such a support system. 636 00:36:05,538 --> 00:36:11,395 And so that sort of solitude 637 00:36:11,419 --> 00:36:12,897 was difficult. 638 00:36:12,921 --> 00:36:17,818 ♪♪ 639 00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:19,487 PEGGY: One day at home... 640 00:36:19,511 --> 00:36:21,614 [doorbell rings] The FedEx guy came, 641 00:36:21,638 --> 00:36:23,532 and I thought Mom might have ordered something. 642 00:36:23,556 --> 00:36:26,035 She said she didn't order anything. 643 00:36:26,059 --> 00:36:28,871 And then I got to looking at it, and it had my name on it. 644 00:36:28,895 --> 00:36:31,666 [paper rustling] 645 00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:35,211 Then I opened it up and I seen it was a little Tracfone, 646 00:36:35,235 --> 00:36:37,088 one that can't be traced. 647 00:36:37,112 --> 00:36:39,131 And then I looked in there again 648 00:36:39,155 --> 00:36:41,467 and seen there was a little note in there from Sarah. 649 00:36:41,491 --> 00:36:46,222 ♪♪ 650 00:36:46,246 --> 00:36:49,975 RYAN: It was roadblock after roadblock after roadblock, 651 00:36:49,999 --> 00:36:53,020 but you can't give up. 652 00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:56,440 I've got certain things in place, and then, boom. 653 00:36:56,464 --> 00:36:58,067 [phone buzzing] 654 00:36:58,091 --> 00:37:01,529 I get notified by Peggy. 655 00:37:01,553 --> 00:37:03,572 She was nervous, and she goes, Sarah mailed me a phone, 656 00:37:03,596 --> 00:37:04,990 and she's gonna call me this Thursday. 657 00:37:05,014 --> 00:37:06,367 What do I do? 658 00:37:06,391 --> 00:37:09,286 I was like, don't do anything. I'll be there Thursday. 659 00:37:09,310 --> 00:37:11,539 So when Peggy reported that to me, 660 00:37:11,563 --> 00:37:13,207 that took me from cloud one to cloud nine. 661 00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:15,668 I was excited. 662 00:37:15,692 --> 00:37:17,586 It gives you that other shot of adrenaline 663 00:37:17,610 --> 00:37:19,004 to keep on going 'cause I'm getting closer. 664 00:37:19,028 --> 00:37:22,407 ♪♪ 665 00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:29,056 [tense music] 666 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:34,186 ♪♪ 667 00:37:34,210 --> 00:37:36,063 RYAN: When Peggy got her phone mailed to her, 668 00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:41,235 I called down our tactical operations truck from Detroit. 669 00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:44,363 He came down for this because once the phone came up live, 670 00:37:44,387 --> 00:37:47,074 we needed to track where she's bedded down at. 671 00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:49,076 ♪♪ 672 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:50,911 When we got to Peggy, 673 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:54,039 you could see Peggy was nervous. 674 00:37:54,063 --> 00:37:57,501 And God love her, you know, here we are, federal agents, 675 00:37:57,525 --> 00:37:59,211 and... and... and... and this is a big deal. 676 00:37:59,235 --> 00:38:01,589 ♪♪ 677 00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:03,549 We're all waiting for this thing to start ringing. 678 00:38:03,573 --> 00:38:08,304 And all I told Peggy was, when she calls, be normal. 679 00:38:08,328 --> 00:38:11,682 [phone ringing] 680 00:38:11,706 --> 00:38:13,476 When the phone rang, it scared me. 681 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:14,518 I jumped. 682 00:38:14,542 --> 00:38:15,811 I didn't know what to expect. 683 00:38:15,835 --> 00:38:19,648 [ringing continues] 684 00:38:19,672 --> 00:38:22,860 SARAH: Eventually Peggy answered, 685 00:38:22,884 --> 00:38:26,989 and I immediately felt relief, 686 00:38:27,013 --> 00:38:29,950 uh, from this tension that I had. 687 00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:31,911 ♪♪ 688 00:38:31,935 --> 00:38:33,829 I mean, she was talking really, kind of, 689 00:38:33,853 --> 00:38:35,998 like, quiet, you know? 690 00:38:36,022 --> 00:38:38,709 So I don't know where she was at. 691 00:38:38,733 --> 00:38:41,337 SARAH: Peggy was crying, and she's like, 692 00:38:41,361 --> 00:38:42,755 they know that I helped you. 693 00:38:42,779 --> 00:38:44,215 I don't want to go back to prison. 694 00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:45,466 Please, just turn yourself in. 695 00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:50,387 That was so hard to hear her be scared. 696 00:38:50,411 --> 00:38:51,931 [device beeps] 697 00:38:51,955 --> 00:38:53,724 RYAN: My colleague was out in the truck, 698 00:38:53,748 --> 00:38:55,976 and he was trying to locate which tower 699 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,395 and which antenna, where she was at. 700 00:38:58,419 --> 00:38:59,814 [device beeping] 701 00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:01,607 I'm trying to keep Peggy on the phone, 702 00:39:01,631 --> 00:39:03,943 'cause the longer I have the conversation going, 703 00:39:03,967 --> 00:39:05,736 the better it was for us to get where she was at. 704 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:11,200 ♪♪ 705 00:39:11,224 --> 00:39:12,952 I begged her to turn herself in 706 00:39:12,976 --> 00:39:15,996 because they had orders to shoot to kill. 707 00:39:16,020 --> 00:39:19,583 ♪♪ 708 00:39:19,607 --> 00:39:21,544 SARAH: I told her, I can't turn myself in. 709 00:39:21,568 --> 00:39:24,129 This is what I chose to do. 710 00:39:24,153 --> 00:39:26,966 And if I go back, I'm just going to kill myself. 711 00:39:26,990 --> 00:39:29,969 And I told her, if they find me and they shoot me, 712 00:39:29,993 --> 00:39:32,263 they're only gonna do me a favor. 713 00:39:32,287 --> 00:39:35,224 ♪♪ 714 00:39:35,248 --> 00:39:37,434 RYAN: Those are words I'm sure Peggy didn't want to hear. 715 00:39:37,458 --> 00:39:40,896 And it was the first indicator that Sarah 716 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,941 didn't want to go back alive. 717 00:39:43,965 --> 00:39:46,026 That goes beyond me speculating. 718 00:39:46,050 --> 00:39:48,237 I heard it from the horse's mouth 719 00:39:48,261 --> 00:39:50,864 that she's... she's accepted violence as opposed 720 00:39:50,888 --> 00:39:54,201 to sort of a peaceful surrender. 721 00:39:54,225 --> 00:39:56,495 I remember apologizing to her and saying, 722 00:39:56,519 --> 00:39:58,831 Peggy, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. 723 00:39:58,855 --> 00:40:00,583 ♪♪ 724 00:40:00,607 --> 00:40:03,210 And then she hung up. 725 00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:07,006 And I believe that was the last time I talked to her. 726 00:40:07,030 --> 00:40:08,674 RYAN: After the phone call, I literally took 727 00:40:08,698 --> 00:40:10,634 a beeline out to the truck. 728 00:40:10,658 --> 00:40:12,303 The, uh, technical guy finds out 729 00:40:12,327 --> 00:40:16,557 it's on a tower outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, 730 00:40:16,581 --> 00:40:19,351 near several motels. 731 00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:21,437 So we'd have to only conclude 732 00:40:21,461 --> 00:40:23,272 she's bedded down somewhere in one of these rooms. 733 00:40:23,296 --> 00:40:25,316 I mean, God, that made perfect sense. 734 00:40:25,340 --> 00:40:27,318 ♪♪ 735 00:40:27,342 --> 00:40:28,902 We had the nest. 736 00:40:28,926 --> 00:40:30,863 [tires squealing] 737 00:40:30,887 --> 00:40:33,282 [guns cocking] 738 00:40:33,306 --> 00:40:35,743 I felt that urge, that excitement. 739 00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:37,369 It's like the dog on the scent of a trail. 740 00:40:37,393 --> 00:40:39,997 [indistinct police radio chatter] 741 00:40:40,021 --> 00:40:41,790 So US Marshals from Cincinnati went out 742 00:40:41,814 --> 00:40:43,000 and canvassed the area where Sarah 743 00:40:43,024 --> 00:40:45,252 was making this phone call. 744 00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:47,546 I was confident I'd get her. 745 00:40:47,570 --> 00:40:52,343 ♪♪ 746 00:40:52,367 --> 00:40:55,930 [phone buzzing] 747 00:40:55,954 --> 00:40:57,848 But the marshals called back from Cincinnati 748 00:40:57,872 --> 00:40:59,350 and basically said, hey, we've canvassed 749 00:40:59,374 --> 00:41:00,809 all these places... nothing. 750 00:41:00,833 --> 00:41:03,646 No one's seen her at all. 751 00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:05,672 [phone snaps] 752 00:41:07,173 --> 00:41:08,692 [phone clatters] 753 00:41:08,716 --> 00:41:11,153 ♪♪ 754 00:41:11,177 --> 00:41:13,322 Looking back, I was goddamn close to her. 755 00:41:13,346 --> 00:41:15,908 ♪♪ 756 00:41:15,932 --> 00:41:17,409 [grunts] 757 00:41:17,433 --> 00:41:20,496 But a good hunter will never give up. 758 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:23,582 I've never had to shoot anybody, never have. 759 00:41:23,606 --> 00:41:25,751 But I can assure you, as I'm sitting here, 760 00:41:25,775 --> 00:41:28,420 the magazine that I carried in my gun, 761 00:41:28,444 --> 00:41:30,714 that first bullet had her name on it. 762 00:41:30,738 --> 00:41:35,469 ♪♪ 763 00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:38,472 [dramatic music] 764 00:41:38,496 --> 00:41:45,461 ♪♪