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He had nothing to do with her disappearance and presumed death. >> sandy brown is his longtime pastor, friend. >> this person was portrayed as such a monster isnt. he is a man who has worked hard in the church, he is a good father. >> as their son prepared to face financial charges, daves parents took over custody of chelsa and savannah, not the way they expected to spend their eighties, anymore that they expected to defend their son. >> well, hes made some mistakes but nothing of the scope that...

Arrived at the house, said the investigator, somebody killed debbie. >> we kept up hopes, obviously for the familys sake, but it was clear that she was not alive based on the crime scene. >> investigators poked around debbies life history, looking for clues. >> she was very talkative, friendly, likable. always was the life of the party. >> this is debbie sister, diane, who were called how friends set her up on that blind date years ago. >> firecracker. >> he was the date. dave hawk. >> she was s...

>> which is why, just hours after the kits discovered that debris was missing, it was 2 am by them, police called dave, woke him up and asked him to drive to the police headquarters for a top. the phone call was curious. because dave didnt ask why. >> ive received calls in the middle of the night, my first thought is family. whats going on, especially if its the police department. he didnt. >> and when he arrived at the interview room? >> whats going on? >> dave didnt seem to have much of a reac...

Used a ladder to get out from the window and got someone to give him a ride to debbies house and entered her bedroom. >> i think he tried to surprise her and she screamed very loudly and he struck her with something. more than once. at that point, i assume that he suffocated her. >> then, said the prosecutor, he must of dragged his body to the garage. put her into her own van, disposed of her somewhere, then, drove the van to fresno and left it in a high crime zone. how did he get back home? tha...

Now. >> but chelsa has been and is her fathers starches defender. why do you think your siblings have chosen the other path? >> i think there are very upset by what happened and their relationship was not as close to my dad. they were either not home or not awake when i was awake, and they were not around him the next day like i was around him. >> she says that dave was acting normal the day after whatever happened happened, no odd behavior, nothing to suggest that he had been up all night commi...

Stalking her? >> stalking her? >> this is somebody who was reported to the police and the police swept it under the rug, apparently. it was an ex-boyfriend. >> of course investigators said that they did look into that and other leads to. they all came back to dave. and one primary motive. so, some cross-examination. prosecutors say that you killed your ex-wife because she was gonna exposure embezzlement in the childrens trust funds. are you afraid that your father was going to find out what you ...

Father does. >> youre reading from a script that the prosecutor gave you, because none of that is true. >> a guilty man or not. the jury did not take very long to decide. >> we the jury find the defendant, david martin hawk, guilty of the murder of debbie hawk. >> guilty of murder and nine financial crimes. dave hawk was sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars. but was that the end of the story? none in the least. his defense attorney appeal the case as high as he could, even trying ...

Dave, once people have in their head that you did something double misinterpret everything to make you look guilty. >> i was home with my children, in another town all night. but im being accused of being in another place, committing a terrible crime, based on financial shenanigans that did not exist in the first place. >> shenanigans like for example that trust funds for his kids. his father made the terms very broad, said dave, so he could spend the money as he saw fit. anyway that would benef...

ONTARIO On Saturday, February 13th, 2021, Ray Hartley, loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away after a long battle with cancer at the age of 77. Ray was born on March 5th, 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Ralph and June Hartley. Ray was the oldest of four children. He was the big brother of three sisters, Nancy, Penny, and Kris. He spent his childhood in Brogan and later in Vale, Oregon. He attended schools in Vale and graduated in 1961. After graduating from high school Ra...

Killed debbie. >> we kept up hopes obviously but it was clear that she was not alive based on the crime scene. >> reporter: investigators poked around debbies history looking for clues. >> she was talkative and friendly and likable. always the life of the party. >> reporter: this was debbie easter who recalls how friends set her up on a blind date years ago. he was the date, dave hawk. >> she was short and attractive and a lot of fun. a pretty good sense of humor, you would say something and she...