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how he had angels protected him and people who had crossed him in the past had gotten really sick, or their family had died. he would get this terrible grin that just looked evil. >> they were sisters, whose mom brought them here to live with others in this tight-knit commune. >> we were all having meals together and there were lots of parties. >> a swimming pool, a fleet of cool cars. it seemed like a kids fantasy. you are the little girl who got the horse for your birthday? >> i got ...

Really sick or their family had died. He would get this terrible grin that just looked evil. Reporter they were sisters whose mom let them come here to live in this tight knit commune. We had meals and there were a lot of parties. Reporter a Swimming Pool. A fleet of cool cars. It seemed like a kids fantasy. You were the little girl who got a horse for your birthday. I got three horses. Reporter it was called Angels Landing. A special place for a chosen few. A community of free spirits. But also...

I had the offices school and get photographs, political rest records. we checked every lou castro that we could find in the u.s.. and then matched the lou castro that we had living in wichita. >> how unusual is that? that the fbi cannot, through all its resources, come up with a name and i. d. on the guy. >> its extremely unusual. especially in this day and age, because usually everybody has a trail. there should have been credit records. there shouldve been drivers license records. there should...

Commune members. based on the numbers information daniel supplied, the members were now bird-dogging the members. >> you were not happy about leaving your life in wichita, but wereyou pleased with the prospects in tennessee? >> i really was focusing on going to college. >> emily recalls a lot of changes. one in particular. lous name. lou wanted to be called joe. >> how did he explain that to you? dont call me lou anymore? >> because he didnt have the proper identification to be established as lo...

Castro. but now we, of course, knew he was daniel perez. >> reporter: we got our guy here? >> yes. >> reporter: lou castro was daniel perez born in aransas pass, texas in 1959. the records showed daniel perez had pleaded no contest to two sex crimes in the mid 1990s. but the cases had been dismissed because he was believed to be dead. and the person believed in south texas to have been dead for many years wasnt dead because you saw him in wichita. youd seen him driving his corvettes. >> thats ri...

Sisters and her brother, lou. were like, where did we pick up a brother? >> later, as emily recalled the awful story of the plane crash, she, to, remembered lou telling her what he told cody. >> he said that lindsey was a supposed. i >> whatever that meant in 2003 after trish ins the swimming pool, emily and her sister sara were the only ones trying to make sense of it all. a local detective in wichita was also taking an interest in the plane crash and the death of trish hughes. and in whatever ...

Especially in this day and age, because usually everybody has a trail. there should have been credit records. there shouldve been drivers license records. there should have been all sorts of records that we could find. and we could find. none >> none of the car purchases, the property deeds, even the utility bills in angels landing were under the name lou castro. they were all under the names of commune members. but just as goodwyn was feeling stumped, another extraordinary tragedy was about to ...

>> and it lists myself, my two sisters, and her brother lou. were like "where did we pick up a brother?" >> reporter: later, as emily recalled the awful story of the plane crash, she too remembered lou telling her what hed told cody. >> he said that lindsey wasnt supposed to die. >> reporter: whatever that meant, in 2003, after trishs death in the swimming pool, emily and her sister sara werent the only ones trying to make sense of it all. a local detective in wichita was also taking an interest...

And all sorts of records and we could find none. >> reporter: none of the car purchases, property deeds and utility bills at angels landing were under the name lou castro. they were all under the names of commune members. just as goodwyn was feeling stuck, another tragedy was about to shake angels landing. in happened in 2008 when sara was 24 and emily 17. >> i called mom after school to have dinner with her. she didnt answer her phone. i was so angry with her. because she ignored my phone call....

Get that? it was obvious it was the person we knew as lou castro and now as daniel pers. >> lou castro was daniel perez. born in texas. he pleaded no contest to two sex crimes. but he was believed to be dead. >> and the person believed to be dead for many years but you saw him in wichita. so he was on the lam. >> he was on the lam. sglrs interviews with the angels landing commune helped goodwin connect the dots between six states and more than a dozen commune members. and something else happened...