June 2003 News Today

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...

Rapid city to make a new start with their moms free living, free spending friends in their wichita, kansas, the two sisters emily, 11 and sara, 17, were still living in the family commune called angels landing. lou who had money and lots of spare time, was the patriarch. and trish, who is married to brian and had a baby daughter, took care of the home. >> trish was the one that would be there before you went to school and after we went to school. because my mom had to work. >> did you like her? ...

I loved trish. >> so what happened in june, 2003, angels landing, came as a sudden, life altering shock. the day began normally enough for the sisters. >> we all had gone to lunch. trish and her daughter, a friend of mine and her baby, and then lou and my sister. and then we came back to the house after lunch and trish and emily and the baby were going to clean the pool. >> that was the plan for the afternoon? >> right. and lou and i were going to go to davis more. >> carter? ship >> right. so >...

Didnt always sit well with sister sara. so the other young mom in the family, brians wife trish, sometimes stepped into referee their sibling rivalry. >> she was the disciplinarian? >> kind of. there was a specific way to do things and you did it her way. and thats just what was expected. >> what did you think of trish? did you like her? >> she was wonderful. i left her just like a another mom. >> so she really was a substitute mom in a lot of big things. >> she was. >> so, the sisters will neve...

Family brians wife trish sometimes stepped in to referee their sibling rivalry. she was the disciplinarian? >> kind of. there was a specific way to do things. and you did it her way. and thats just what was expected. >> reporter: what did you think of trish? did you like her? >> she was wonderful. i loved her just like another mom. >> reporter: so she really was substitute mom in a lot of things, huh? >> she was. >> reporter: so the sisters will never forget that awful day in june 2003. emily ju...

June 2003 at angels landing came as a sudden life-altering shock. the day began normally enough for the sisters. >> we all had gone to lunch, trish and her daughter -- a friend of mine and her baby and then lou and my sister. and then we came back to the house after lunch. and trish and emily and the baby were going to clean the pool. >> that was the plan for the afternoon? >> right. and lou and i were gonna go to davis moore. >> car dealer? >> correct. >> so you go off to the car dealership wit...

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Dirt. >> right. i was hoping it could be salvaged. >> then came the day in june 2003 when her husbands affair could no longer be denied. jim moved out, telling her he needed a change of scenery for his music. >> i knew he was going back to see peggy. i told him to get out and never come out again. he didnt want to hear that. he wanted me to be holding on while he had peggy as well. >> that moment of clarity, it turned out, was short-lifrved. all that summer while jim set up house with peggy and ...

Her husbands black moods, but she remained determined to pull him through. >> i loved that man more than life itself at the time. i was so in love with him. i thought he was the one. >> even though he was in the process of treating you like dirt. >> right. i was hoping everything could be salvaged. >> and then came june 2003 when the cold, hard facts of her husbands affair could no longer be denied. jim moved out telling jean he needed a change of scenery for his music. jean knew better. i was, ...