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Sandy had apparently told them that on the day of the homicide, sandy was going to tell shane that she wanted to get a place of her own for her and the kids. >> miller has an extensive criminal history. hes a felon. >> he served four years in a california prison and was released in 2007. >> convicted of growing marijuana in 1996. >> felony hit-and-run charge. >> dui and a drunk in public. >> mendocino county. miller was charged with child neglect in 1994. >> they believe he is armed and extremel...

♪ sorry. >> you know, when i think about sandy, something happens inside me. its just like this huge weight. im not sure if its a sense of failure. its such a tragedy, because hes still out there. anybody that gets in his way is not safe. on august 1st, 2014, the dead body of an adult mail was found in a riverbed in petrolia, california. an autopsy revealed that the dead man was shane franklin miller. he had died of a single gunshot wound to the head. medical examiners office ruled

>> sandy was a stay-at-home mom. she was very much into the environment. planting trees and flowers at her home. she had two daughters. one, shelby. she was 8 years old. and shasta was 4. >> where? its a rock. >> i was so struck by how she was with her little girls. how she was with the kids. she was just very earthy and very real and easy to talk to. she was really a nice person. >> when she would be taking the kids to the school bus stop, it would be a wave, you know, through the car windows. ...

Crime-laden community. it was hometown. it was beautiful. it was tall trees. it was flowers in the spring. it was fishing. it was camping. it was tourists. how on earth could somebody be that evil? and to take and think about your own children, what it would take potentially to have that kind of rage in order to look your own child in the eye and shoot them multiple times? it was a very, very dark day for us here. >> i was told by a co-worker what had happened and i was just stunned. i probably ...

>> sandy miller ended up going to a local womens refuge to seek safe harbor, and she took her children with her. we took a domestic violence report. our detectives learned mr. miller did have an extensive arrest record and had also had a federal arrest record in which he was sentenced to federal prison. >> when sandy came into our office, she appeared very tired. the girls were very tearful. red eyed. exhausted. theyd had a long morning trying to get down the mountain to come here. she said shan...

Would be a wave, you know, through the car windows. if shane was with her, there was no eye contact, no waving. so it makes me wonder if there was something going on. ♪ >> if i had known anything about the domestic violence, you know, i definitely would have tried to help her, and i know the community would have rallied around her to help, too. i would have done anything to save her. [ gunshot ] >> you never know when a person can snap. >> sandy was scared.

Us here. >> i was told by a co-worker what had happened and i was just stunned. i probably shouldnt have been, but i was. >> mike, i got my hands on this summary drafted by the shasta county sheriffs office. it says deputies interviewed a handful of shane and sandy millers family members. sandy had apparently told them that on the day of the homicide, sandy was going to tell shane that she wanted to get a place of her own for her and the kids. >> miller has an extensive criminal history. hes a f...

Off the land and how to track down escapees especially in really rough terrain. he shows rosa flores exactly what they are looking for. watch. >> immediately things are already popping out to me. >> like what? >> i know theres a track right here. this has been pushed down. this group right here and this group has been pushed forward. look at the color. and as the foot left it lifted this stick and it pushed this into its place, because this is clearly not natural behavior. this was not how this ...

Its an absolute desperate place. hes not thinking about the prudent steps of survival. whatever is driving him at this point and keeping him a little bit ahead of the game, maybe hes aware that his partner has been shot and killed and that at this point theres no gray area. >> and so is the likelihood of his being taken alive? >> i hope it happens that way for the sake of an investigation. >> whats going on in his head? >> i think that at this point he might just go out in a hail of bullets. >> ...

I mean, in other words, did they cut it? its one thing to cut it from the inside of the prison wall. >> how did they know where? >> where to come out. now, experts on saw blades could tell withdrew you if the pipe w from the outside in or inside out. thats a significant game changer. possibly another staff member might be involved. sweat can certainly cue in law enforcement on the goings on. >> well, my guess is that heads are going to roll as well they should given what ive been hearing and wha...