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Grieving mothers and fathers gathered outside Busch's Florist and Greenhouse again Monday for the annual Parents' Day of Hope event.

JEFFERSON CITY - When all you have left are pictures, those moments mean more.  "One thing I love talking about is how awesome my little boy is," Jason Harrington said while looking through photos of his family.  For Jason and his wife, Misty, these prized possessions capture their son, Alex's smile, his laugh and his love for the violin.  "He got into orchestra, and it was absolutely love at first sight. I mean, he loved it. He loved the people. He loved his teachers," Jason said. But, this couple learned in 2019 that life can change in a flash.  "And, they got him looked at and ...

Didn't figure dial would let her. >> maybe randy wasn't suspicious, but plenty of others were including charles sasser, the former detective who'd written a book on randolph dial. >> dial started off tending the warden's garden. he tended the warden's ceramics shop, and then apparently ended up tending the warden's wife. >> sasser recalled that night in 2001, seven years after the escape, when dial called him and offered to put bobbi on the telephone. >> i said, are you all right? and she says, yes, i'm fine. i'm happy. >> did she sound at all like she was saying she's happy because a kidnappe...

Dial had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital, and bobbi stayed by his side. >> there was just tons of evidence to show that their relationship was more than someone living in fear every day of her life. it was a loving relationship. it was one of husband and wife. i mean, that's basically how they were living down there. >> or so it seemed to investigators who searched their mobile home. >> the trailer house had two bedrooms. but only one of the bedrooms was obviously being used. there were condoms and a vibrator found in one of her drawers. >> and d.a. wampler said he found evidence...

>> remember how bobbi said she couldn't recall how she and dial left the prison that day? well, an inmate came forward to say he did remember, and bobbi was driving. >> he didn't notice that she was drugged or acting funny. didn't see anything in randolph dial's hand, no big knifes or anything like that. he saw bobbi driving. he saw her look over at him and -- >> some funny look in her eye? >> yeah. you know, kind of a startled look. she looked at him for several seconds, you know, and then drove off. >> why was she in the van at all, the d.a. wondered. dial, he said, didn't need her. >> he ha...