downtown baggs, wyoming. ake got drunk, started slapping ginger around. she d had enough, and at her first opportunity spilled her guts to the barkeep. the bar owner alerted the police. by then ake and hatch had escaped in colorado. jeff coreville was a detective sergeant in colorado back then. our deputies found out that the car was associated with ake and hatch and that they were wanted on a number of different murders in oklahoma and texas. they tried to pursue the car but what we had then was just kind of old pickup trucks for pa terrell vehicles. and of course these guys got away real quick. ake and hatch floored the 280z, lost the lawmen. aware of how dangerous the two were, the searchers scoured the county. our guys gave chase, and the car just got away, disappeared 25 miles north of town. they d given the cops the slip. low on money and freezing in the colorado winter, ake and hatch were as desperate as cornered animals.
payne didn t know then about the douglass case, didn t connect the two right away, but he did have something to go. the homeowner s new datsun 280z was missing. we were able to put out a national bulletin for the vehicle. hatch, ake, and ginger keefe squeezed into the stolen car with marilyn douglass visa. the three went to california, then doubled back east to wyoming. hatch and ake looking for work. but the murderous roadtrip was about to end in a bar in downtown baggs, wyoming. ake got drunk, started slapping ginger around. she d had enough, and at her first opportunity spilled her guts to the barkeep. the bar owner alerted the police. by then ake and hatch had escaped in colorado. jeff coreville was a detective sergeant in colorado back then. our deputies found out that the car was associated with ake and hatch and that they were