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And since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future. children of murderers, they wonder if there is something wrong with them, how could their parent do this? are they going to end up like their parent? >> jen has spent much of her life holding on to secrets and shame, but today, she's letting go. as a trained counselor with nearly 20 ...

Hurt a bunch of people. then i looked up and i said, are the hurt people dead? she said, yes, and that's when she started crying. >> that's the day your life changed forever? >> yeah. >> during the years jen and her mom were in hiding, jen's father married susan and embarked on a very dark path. in 1983, along california's highway 101, a man named john hellier picked up two hitchhikers. 24 hours later he was dead. his passengers, meek call and susan carson had killed him, and it wasn't their only murder. after authorities arrested the car sons for john's murder, michael wrote a letter from jai...

>> i couldn't put together how a loving father can also be capable of such terrible things. ♪ ♪ you want it touched up a little bit? >> this is jen carson. at 43 years old, jen has returned home to care for her mother, with whom she share as close bond and a dark history.

Or he would harm someone else, yeah. when my father was give an parole hearing, it just spun me out. i was 48enned, you know, i felt unsafe. >> to keep the carsons behind bars, jen has connected online with each of the victims' families, to fight their parole. today, she's meeting the family of the carsons' last victim in person for the very first time. >> john offered a ride to my father and susan and susan stabbed him repeatedly, and then my father shot him. >> why do you want to meet the family members of the people your father killed. i want to tell them that i'm so deeply sorry for the lo...

Think, three murders. it did not surprise me. i knew he did it. >> before he killed those people, i felt a pure unconditional love. now, it's hard to feel and find that love under the grief i feel for his victims. >> as a little girl just 8 years old, jen was blind-sided by the father she thought she knew. >> it completely changed who i was, how i thought about myself. i remember thinking i have monster dna, that eventually i would hurt someone, maybe i would kill someone. i became very frightened. i started sleeping with knives and scissors under my pillow. i would barricade my door at night....