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The year, and randy moved up the ranks quickly. in 1992 he was named deputy warden at the oklahoma state reformatory. in a tiny town called granite. bobbi and randy 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 -- it was good. >> if there wasn't much happening in granite, inside the prison it was the opposite. there was a new warden determined to shake things up. his name, jack cowley. >> i didn't set behind my desk a lot. i was out in the yard with the guys. i let inmates call me jack. >> and one ...

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...

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...

Contact them? never make an attempt to get away? >> and now as deputies searched the trailer where dial and bobbi had lived, they were finding evidence suggesting that maybe it took so long to find bobbi because she didn't want to be found. >> there were cards, valentine's day cards and thing like that that she had given randolph dial. >> they also developed a roll of film which showed photos of bobbi smiling. hardly the picture of an abused woman being held against her will. and they found this letter to dial in bobbi's handwriting. >> she talked about her love for randolph dial, how much the...

Visibility and heavy snow. it's expected to continue into rush hour this morning as it moves east and south. now back to "dateline." welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. randy parker had reason to celebrate. his wife was back home. she claimed she'd been kidnapped. but new details were beginning to emerge. had she been a prisoner as he told police or did bobbi willingly go on the run? >> randolph dial, the convicted killer who busted out of prison, was back behind bars. his hostage, bobbi parker, was reunited with her family after more than ten years as dial's captive. it seemed lik...