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>> the rancher met with the sheriff. >> we showed him the pictures of ake and hatch, he instantly identified them as the two people that had taken him hostage the night before. >> the rancher warned the lawmen that ake and hatch had access to an arsenal. >> between the firearms and the ammunition that he had and the firearms and the ammunition that they brought, they were very, very well armed. i want to say close to 30 different firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition. >> early the next ...

Harrowing stories of the eyewitnesses and survivors brooks and leslie douglass. and then ake and hatchs thanksgiving confessions. the state had ballistic evidence linking them to the murders and the testimony of ginger keep, the traveling companion while they were on the run. keefe, who was never charged with any crime, testified that ake and hatch told her about killing the douglasses and shooting brooks and leslie. >> we had two surviving witnesses. we were able to identify who the people were...

And remember. so it was like, i dont know what got in my head, i just have to remove all emotional attachment. >> the jury needed just two hours to make up its mind. ake was convicted. he was sentenced to 1,000 years for shooting the douglass children, and as for the murder of brooks and leslies parents -- >> we the jury empaneled and squorn by -- to try the issues in the above entitled cause do upon our oaths having heretofore found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree fix punishm...

Downtown baggs, wyoming. ake got drunk, started slapping ginger around. shed 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 ...

They had a couple of thousands dollars, a car, guns, why go into yet another house? >> i think it was so easy, they had somewhat of a high from doing it the first time so they wanted to do it again. >> the county sheriff, the state police, the oklahoma bureau of investigations, the fbi, were all looking for ake and hatch. but the fugitives had at least a six-hour start. >> they were here, they were gone, yeah. >> meanwhile, back in an oklahoma city hospital, brooks and leslie douglass clung to l...

My jaw is on the floor. >> the thing that really purged his soul was this forgiveness that washed forward, that he -- he really couldnt explain. and i think he surprised himself that he actually would affirmatively forgive his parents murderer. i think because of the teachings of his father and his mother was able to find that forgiveness inside. somehow. and i think it has been a tremendous, tremendous load off of his shoulders. >> leslies reaction was more muted. >> he had told me about meetin...

Beloved pastor, richard douglass, and his beloved wife, marilyn. even the mayor was there. it was three days after the home invasion and murder. the children couldnt be there. brooks and leslie remained in intensive care. brooks took a turn for the worse. >> the morning of the funeral, my temperature shot way up, and they thought at that point they were going to lose me. but they caught it early, and they treated it. and so it was pretty miraculous. >> as the mourners listened to eulogies and th...

>> payne didnt know then about the douglass case, didnt connect the two right away, but he did have something to go. the homeowners 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 ...

Harrowing stories of the eyewitnesses brooks and leslie douglass. then the confessions. the state had ballistic evidence linking them to the murders and the testimony of ginger keep, the traveling companion while they were on the run. keefe, who was never charged with any crime, testified that ake and hatch told her about killing the douglasses and shooting brooks and leslie. >> we had two surviving witnesses. we were able to identify who the people were. we were able to put the bullet in. we so...

>> the morning of the funeral, my temperature shot way up, and they thought at that point they were going to lose me. but they caught it early, and they treated it. and so it was pretty miraculous. >> as the mourners listened to eulogies and the couples favorite hymns, investigators were searching for hatch and ake. leslie and brooks were kept together in the same room under 24-hour police guard. were you frightened, terrified that they would come back and try to kill you? >> absolutely. it obvi...