To be absolutely not. Its mystery with a mind boggling twist. This wife and mom taken hostage. Was she really a hostage at all . Their relationship was not one of kidnapper and victim. It was one of husband and wife. His prisoner or his lover . I really do love you. Sounds like a pretty heartfelt love letter. In this hour, she shares her side of the story. Will you believe her . I was fighting for my life. The devil and bobbi parker. Hello and welcome to dateline extra. Im craig melvin. For craig and bobbi parker, life changed in an instant. In one minute, they were living a quiet life in oklahoma. The next, bobbi was missing. Along with a dangerous inmate who had escaped. Bobbis family held on to hope that she would be rescued. But not everyone believed she was a victim. When bobbi was found more than a decade later, it was not the end of the story. In fact, it was just the start of a mystery. On april 4, 2005, a texas county sheriff near the louisiana border heard there might be a fugitive in his area. I received a telephone call from a local texas ranger. The call led sheriff Newton Johnson and his deputies 65 miles from the nearest big city to a rundown mobile home on a chicken farm. The home of a couple calling themselves richard and samantha deal. If you wanted to hide, is this a good place to do it . Well, if a person keeps a very low profile, a person could stay out of circulation for a while, yes. But the deals had been farmhands here for years until the law descended on their home. What did he say . I knew you were coming, i just didnt know when. Agents found mrs. Deal working on another farm just down the road. What shape was she in . She seemed to be fine. The men were placed in handcuffs, a routine arrest. It turned out the rest of the story was anything but. Thats because richard and samantha deal were not husband and wife at all but instead the oddest of odd couples. His real name was randolph dial, an escaped convict and selfconfessed hitman, claimed to have mob connections, and who also happened to be a talented artist and a relentless schemer. The whole idea after you get it is one way or another do your best to get out. The woman, her real name was bobbi parker, a schoolteacher. The wife of the deputy warden at the prison where he had escaped. That was more than ten years earlier. Bobbis friend, Brenda Hickerson she was amazing person. She had her life with her family. She volunteered everywhere, at school. What brought these two together and kept them together for more than a decade was a sensational mystery back in 2005. Now a bizarre twist in an 11yearold story. Randolph dial was recaptured. A woman missing for more than a decade suddenly discovered everyone was talking. Was it a prison break and kidnapping . Was bobbi parker a hostage . There was no doubt in my mind that she had been kidnapped by this man. Or was she a partner in crime and maybe much more than that . I said, are you all right . She said, yes, im fine, im happy. Nothing made sense. Nothing. If you had to pick a woman to star in a sensational true crime story, you probably wouldnt pick bobbi parker. I grew up on a farm in North Central kansas. I had a good childhood. For me, it was just a very normal upbringing. Bobbi went to college just over the border in oklahoma. Thats where she caught the eye of randy parker. She had a way about her, the way she carried herself. There was just something really special about her. He had a balance in his life. He was good for me. He gave me confidence. He added to my life. It just worked. They married in 1982, and within four years, had two little girls. Bobbi was a teacher, and randy worked in corrections. At one point, they both worked at the same prison. Randy in administration, and bobbi teaching inmates with special needs. We walked in together and at the end of the day we walked out together. Bobbi was named teacher of the year and randy moved up the ranks quickly. In 1992, he was named deputy warden at the Oklahoma State retomorrow tor reformato reformatory. They lived on prison grounds, just outside the wall. What was life like in granite . It slowed down for me and my family a little bit, but it was good. If there wasnt much happening in granite, inside the prison it was the opposite. There was a new warden, determined to shake things up. His name, jack. I didnt sit behind my desk a lot. I was out in the yard with the guys. I let inmates call me jack. And one inmate that got his attention, randolph dial. He was an unforgettable character. Intelligent, manipulative. A quick study. Meaning that i wasnt going to have any trouble with him. So we hit it off. Dial of one of the most illustrious and infamous inmates in oklahoma back then. A murderer who confessed to killing a karate instructor for money. Told me to get off of his property. And i pulled a piece out and fired once. Yet dial was also an accomplished artist, one of his pieces was featured on the set of the old series dallas. He had all these plans wanting to do something with his art. I wanted to promote the institution and inmates. The warden decided to start an art program where inmates would make pottery to sell. Dial would run it from the parkers garage. In order to do this, he would have to be allowed outside the wall. In order to do that, he had to have his security clear an lowered to minimum Security Status. Right. What did you know about him . I knew that he was a murderer. He made that clear to everybody. He was said to be very charming, charismatic. Im not sure who put that out. You didnt find him charming or charismatic . No. With time on her hands, bobbi offered to help sell the inmates pottery, and dial was eager to teach her the art of making ceramics. He started in the garage. I told him i would prefer it out front. Why did you not want to learn it in the garage . I wasnt comfortable. With him . Yes. Its never good to be one on one with an inmate. It never is. Nevertheless, she once drove dial into town by herself to meet shopkeepers. A trip she says was okd by warden cowley. Did it strike you as odd that you were given permission to take a convicted murderer off the prison grounds . Yes, yes. Not long after that, one hot august morning, bobbi parkers life turned upside down. I just remember being woozy not feeling good. Thinking i was going to be sick. Then it was shortly later then dial was in front of me. Dial, the convicted murderer, was in her home. I remember thinking what are you doing in here, but then it happened so quickly. He was there holding me up, then my legs went out from under me. The next thing bobbi says she remembers is waking up and well, it doesnt make a lot of sense. She was somehow driving somewhere in texas. She says dial was crouched on the floor, pointing a knife at her. I had blood on my arm and on my leg. By that evening, bobbis husband randy and the whole prison began to realize bobbi was missing, along with convicted killer randolph dial. What did you imagine had happened . Everything from her being kidnapped to her being killed. Everything that was bad. Her family was in the rearview mirror, and the road ahead was filled with uncertainty. Now, bobbi parker takes us inside her life on the road. Coming up it degrades you, it embarrasses you. And it messes with youmentally. When the devil and bobbi parker continues. [ soft piano music playing ] mm, uh, what do you do for fun . Not this. Oh, what am i into . Mostly progressives name your price tool. Helps people find Coverage Options based on their budget. 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August 30, 1994, bobbi parker, wife of the deputy warden at a prison in oklahoma, said she found herself in texas with a convicted killer. Randolph dial, serving a life sentence, had broken out of prison and escaped in the parker van. And he took bobbi with him. She says shes not sure how it happened. That he may have drugged her. And he had a knife. I just respect remember i just remember at some point there was blood on me. Blood on my arm, on my leg. And dial wanted to get those covered. He took me to a store, bought a few items, and i was able to make a phone call. Later, some would find it odd bobbi called her mother, not her husband at the prison. She says she was happy to be calling anyone. Making a phone call to me was a good thing, because i was hoping it could be traced. Back in granite, bobbis husband randy was coming to terms with the fact that his wife was missing and so was a convicted murderer. Its just mindnumbing, just to get through the day. You know, make sure the girls are doing okay. The parker girls were 8 and 11. I just told them the truth. Shes missing. Shes gone. They were devastated. The community was devastated. Yellow ribbons, prayer vigils, and a huge manhunt ensued. Dial was on the fbis most wanted list. Bobbi said she was in a texas motel at the mercy of randolph dial. He bound my wrist. He bound my ankles. And he beat me with a his belt. It was a very severe beating. Very severe. What i remember him saying is, this is nothing compared to what the people i know can and will do to you. What did he say he would do if you tried to get away . He would find me or my family and he would harm them, kill them. By this time they ditched her van. She says dial, who claimed to have mob connections, managed to get hold of some cash and a gun. He put it to my head, and he said, this is what happens if you dont cooperate. And i just i nodded. I wanted to get home. Instead, they boarded a bus for houston where she says dial locked her in an abandoned apartment, tied her up, and forced alcohol and drugs on her. He has complete control over everything, everything. Hes feeding you . Uhhuh. Bathing you . Yeah. Cleaning me. Having his way with you sexually when he wants . By instrumentation, yes. Meaning . By objects. Rape by instrumentation. It is a violent act. It degrades you. It embarrasses you. Humiliates you. It messes with you mentally. Days passed, then weeks, then months. Time just ran together. I didnt know always what day of the week it was. It didnt matter. Eight months after bobbis disappearance, in april, 1995, the Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed. The fbi focused its resources on that case. The hunt for randolph dial and bobbi parker long since cold was quietly back burnered. Every time id hear of a body being found, you know, id hold my breath and wait. But i just wouldnt accept she was dead. By now, bobbi and dial were working on a small farm in east texas. Dial calling himself richard deal and introducing bobbi as his wife samantha. To survive i became samantha. Who was samantha deal . She was lonely, hurt. And trying to make it day by day, minute to minute. When you would approach another human being, did you want to just shout out, im being held against my will, get me out of here . I became fearful if i did something that was not approved. The revenge of dial was great. Dial seemed ever more confident. In 1997 after three years on the lam, he started a Pottery Company called terra cotta gardens. Dial advertised it on the radio, did an interview on the radio. Unbelievably, the attention led to an invitation for the fugitive killer to speak at a womens luncheon at a local country club. Where were you while he was out front entertaining the ladies who lunch . I was back at the trailer tied up. From there, dial and bobbi went to work on an industrial chicken farm owned by debra grace. She never doubted they were married, but she could see dial was abusive. He was like, i can beat her. Shes my wife, i can beat her. I said, no, not on my farm, you cant. I tried to get her to come to the house. She kept saying no, he wouldnt like that. In 2000, they moved again to another, bigger chicken farm. Bobbis daughters were teenagers now. Shed missed five anniversaries with randy. There were times that the loneliness was so great that my body would physically ache. And she says dial never ceased his campaign of terror, killing two of her dogs to punish her. One right before her eyes. He shot the dog. Then he blamed me for it. It was maybe just a dog, but to me it was family. Only once, says bobbi, did she openly defy him. Dial, artistturnedkillerturned fugitive, had already been the subject of a true crime book. One night he decided to phone the author, an excop named Charles Sasser. He said for the past nine years were making an honest living, living a happy country living. We, sasser figured, included bobbi parker. He wanted proof that she was alive. He said, of course shes alive. Do you want to talk to her . I was in bed sleeping. He told me he would put me on the phone. I said, im tired, im really tired. And reached back here for his gun. I said i put my hand up, i said he told me, just stick to the questions that he asks you. But even with dial right next to her, bobbi says she dared to go off script. After all, sasser was a former detective. This might be her chance. I said, have you seen my children . I knew id probably be beat for it, but sometimes its worth it. I thought he would say would you like me to make a phone call to them, and he didnt. Still, she says the conversation filled her with hope. I thought the fbi will be here, surely Charles Sasser will call them and theyll be here. Sasser did call the fbi, but he didnt know where bobbi and dial were. No one came. Bobbi says she was broken, resigned to her fate, and the years dragged on until one day in spring, 2005, when her life took another wild turn. Coming up, a rescue is in the works, or was it a rescue at all . Deputies are about to discover something odd. They picked up a lot of cards, like valentine cards, christmas cards. Letters. Valentines . Uhhuh. When the devil and bobbi parker continues. Parker continues. Ttle. Slather it all over, dont hold back. Well, the squirrels followed me all the way out to california and theres a very strange badger staring at me. No, i cant believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my Car Insurance with geico. Uhhuh, wheres the camel . Mr. Big shots got his own trailer. Wheeeeeee believe it geico could save you 15 or more on Car Insurance. Before she puts them in the dishwasher. So what does the dishwasher do . vo cascade platinum does the work for you. 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Best opportunities of success is to hit hard and fast. It was april 4, 2005. Bobbi parker and randolph dial had been missing for ten years, seven months, and five days. Bobbi was just finishing up work at a chicken farm near her home. She had no idea the place was surrounded by cops. I was greeted with three Law Enforcement officers in assault gear. Whats the first thing you told them . My name. I actually said my name for the first time in so long. It was a a good feeling, but it was the oddest feeling because i had not used bobbi parker for so long. An anonymous tipster had called authorities after seeing the long cold case on americans most wanted. And just like that, bobbi parker was free. It was a wonderful feeling. It was this is over. This is over. Randy parker still worki