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>> i never questioned that because it sounded like pretty reasonable thing that would have happened to him. how do you know these things? they don't wear it on their sleeve or it's not written on their forehead. i'm a molester. >> mr. sawhell was charged with two counts of sodomy in the first degree. he was released on $50,000 bond and a court date was set for his appearance. caitlyn griffin had decided that she would testify in court. >> going to court can be a very intimidating thing for a healthy, confident adult where are for a little 10-year-old, 11-year-old little girl to get on the stand and testify, it's a pretty gutsy move. you know? >> katie told me that she wanted everybody to know what bruce
kenny joe were good friends, did a lot of things together. saw each other quite frequently. had dinner at each other's houses. >> bruce was always really funny, you know? he would laugh at everything. he just thought everything was funny. especially what he said was really funny. he was just -- he would do anything for you. just, you know, the kind of friend you would want to have. >> it's always the most charming guy. it's always the guy that's the most fun. it's always the guy that everybody loves that hides that one big dangerous dark secret. >> janet and i ended up having two little girls. tarn the first and katie the second. >> katie was a wonderful child. she was fun.
just can't go there anymore. so when janet called me and told me about this, my immediate reaction was fury. i drove over there, banged on the front door, and when he answered the door, i just decked him. kenny joe stood there with me and we were both questioning him, and he admitted what he had done. >> kenny joe knew that it was going on because she said, bruce, i told you katie was off limits. you were never to touch katie. >> i will never be able to figure out how a woman can stay involved with a sexual predator and in many, many ways be a co-conspirator and to say something so ludicrous and painful that i told you katie
whatever. the right thing to do would have been to turn him in. the right thing would have said, you know what, you did the crime multiple times, now you're going to do the time. ♪ >> katie was very upset that bruce left, that he wasn't going to have to pay for what he did. we were going to be moving soon from where we lived and we just decided that kate could go to colorado and stay with her sister for a while. her older sister, pam, lived in colorado. >> katie wanted to come live with me, to fwet away, to hide, to run away from missouri. mom worked nights. she wasn't home. i didn't have anything to do at night, you know, just be with our family and my daughters and katie were extremely los. >> pam said she's doing good. we would call her almost every
did. she wasn't ashamed of it. she just thought everybody should know what he was like, what he did to her. she was so worried that he may do it to another child. katie was going to counseling. she went there for quite a while. she really dent seem like it was bothering her. you know, i just think she was covering it up pretty well. >> when i went out to court, i walked into the courtroom, the courtroom is empty. i thought, well, this is strange. court can't be over. i heard voices coming from back over in like in the corner of the courtroom, and i said i'm here for the trial. he said there's not going to be a trial. mr. sawhill failed to appear.
i'm walking home. katie was home alone, and she made herself some raviolis. then she called me and she goes i'm here. you know, i made it okay. i ate. my daughter is walked in first, and i walked in right behind them, and i could smell the smell. it was so they can and so strong. it was horrible, and i still didn't know what it was. i'm opening the windows while the girls are all looking in all the rooms. they were looking all over for katie. they had combed the upstairs first. finally somebody went down in the basement and said she's down
she was bright. you know, all the kids would be outside playing, and you could hear katie over all of them laugh and having fun. she was just a beautiful little girl. >> she was a character. i mean, very independent, strong-willed. did not want to do what she was told. and she went through a phase where she called me ken. it was funny and cute kind of, but at the same time i was like, no, kate, i'm your dad. call me dad or father. okay, ken. >> ken and i had a divorce when she was 5. i took custody of the kids, but any time he wanted to see them, it was fine. they could go out there, and they normally went out there like every other weekend. they would go to ken's house.
1-866-the hunt or go on-line to cnn.com/the hunt. we'll pass your tip on to the proper authorities and if requested, we'll not reveal your naem. name. >> i blame bruce for taking her innocence away, for making her grow up faster than she had to. just not letting her be a little girl. >> i think he set into motion event that is led up to katie's death. i have no mind -- >> he shouldn't be breathing the same air we're breathing. he has been out will for a dozen years, and i tl you what, he is still out there doing it. i would bet my life on it. >> bruce sawhill, he is a predator. he is the guy that is next door that we think is our friend, and all along i think he is just trying to get los to your child. he is the guy that,
♪ >> katie got to the point where she didn't really want to go to her dad's house anymore, and i wasn't sure if it was because she just wanted stay home and do her own thing or, you know, if she was having problems and, you know, would still encourage her to go to her dad's, but then one night she called me. she goes, mom, you got to come. you fwot to come right now. you have to come and pick me up. i can't stay here wraen more. so i drove out there and picked her up and i could tell she was just really upset. i don't know why, but i just knew. i said has somebody hurt you? has anybody done anything to you? she goes, yes. i said who was it? she said it was bruce. she said he has been touching me and making me touch him and i