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>> a couple of deputies went over to the lease house, walked through it and really didnt see anything suspicious. a day or two later, other deputies were asked to go search the lease house again. by then, they knew the hatchet had been used in the murders and they found a sheathe to a hand axe laying right out in the middle of the floor in a position that the first deputying walking through the house could not have missed it. they would have been blind to miss that sheathe. >> cooper also said t...

Boyfriend, a man named lee furrow, drive up to their house in the wee hours of the morning. lee furrow comes rushing into the house wearing cover alls splattered with what looks to be spots of blood. he changes clothes and turns around and leaves. there were other people in the house and someone looked out the window and saw a white station wagon matching the ryans parked in the driveway with other individuals in the car. diana roper called the sheriffs department and she gave them the cover all...

But heils biggest question involved motive and the prosecutions game that cooper killed the ryans in order to steal their station wagon. >> the problem with this theory is that if somebody such as kevin cooper had wanted to make an escape, they missed the fact that there was cash, credit cards, and other valuables left at the scene of the crimes. none of that was taken. if mr. cooper walked away from the prison with no money, all of it was right there for him to take and it was not touched. >> h...

Cooper at the crime scene. and we have other evidence that gives us cause to believe that kevin cooper was responsible for the murders. >> police patrolled on both sides of the california mexico border today seeking the escaped convict, kevin cooper. >> tidwell launched one of the largest manhunts in state history. circulating photos of cooper and the ryan station wagon. >> there is growing fear in the california community of chino. >> i want to know what the state officials are going to do. >> ...