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She's gone. they were devastated. >> the community was devastated. yellow ribbons, prayer vigils, and a huge manhunt ensued. dial was on the fbi's most wanted list. meanwhile, bobbi says 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 either find me or my family, and he would harm them, kill them...

Today and move forward. >> but he could see that bobbi was different. >> she would say, i'm going to get a coke, can i have one? i'm going to go to the bathroom, is that okay? >> she was still acting like a prisoner? >> yes, she was. >> it certainly seemed like a triumph of survival and love, except for something the sheriff remembered. >> the only thing that i heard her say to mr. dial was, i'm not cooperating, i'm not cooperating. >> not cooperating with the authorities? why would bobbi say that after being kidnapped, raped, and tortured by randolph dial for years? tell dial i'm not cooperat...

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...

I was the hostage-taker. and i -- i'll probably live to regret it. >> then the defense tried to put someone else on trial -- warden jack cowley. >> jack cowley's an incompetent warden. >> defense attorney isaacs showed the jury a psychological report written about dial three years before the escape. it described dial as dangerous with an extreme talent for manipulation. the report warned against letting dial do his art around women as he would inevitably begin to scheme. >> the head of security told jack cowley you need to read the psychological report, and cowley said to him, you mind your bu...

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. she's my wife, i can beat her. i said, no, not on my farm, you can't. i tried to get her to come to the house. she wouldn't go. she kept saying, no, no, no, he wouldn't like that. >> in 2000, bobbi and dial moved again to another bigger chicken farm. bobbi's daughters were teenagers now. she'd missed five anniversaries with randy. >> there were times that the loneliness was so great that ...