the enormity of the crime transfixed oklahomans. kjrh it tulsa anchor russ remembers. this terrible thing happened. there s a manhunt that s going on. there s a lot of tension. people don t know where these two guys are. they could be anywhere. there was word that they had made it down to texas, there was word that they had gone to colorado. they may be coming back. brooks and his sister can t even go to their parents funeral because these guys may be coming back to get them. the stories were abundant. reports of sightings came in. some of them disturbingly close. what were they up to? bill james was assistant district attorney. were you worried that they d come back and try to get those two other kids once they learned that they were alive? correct. somebody thought they had seen them in the okarche area, and we had a manhunt up there. but of course brooks and leslie douglass were more than just victims, more than survivors even, they were
the morning of the funeral, my temperature shot way up, and they thought at that point they were going to lose me. but they caught it early, and they treated it. and so it was pretty miraculous. as the mourners listened to eulogies and the couple s favorite hymns, investigators were searching for hatch and ake. leslie and brooks were kept together in the same room under 24-hour police guard. were you frightened, terrified that they would come back and try to kill you? absolutely. it obviously caused some angst. you know, among the police and the family. it wasn t just the douglass children who were frightened, the enormity of the crime transfixed oklahomans. kjrh tulsa anchors remember. this terrible thing happened. there s a manhunt that s going on. there s a lot of tension. people don t know where these two guys are.
the family. it wasn t just the douglas children who were frightened, the enormity of the crime transfixed oklahomans. kjrh tulsa anchors remember. this terrible thing happened. there s a manhunt that s going on. there s a lot of tension. people don t know where these two guys are. they could be anywhere. there was word that they had made it down to texas, there was word that they had gone to colorado. they may be coming back. brooks and his sister can t even go to their parents funeral because these guys may be coming back to get them. the stories were abundant. reports of sightings came in. some of them disturbingly close. what were they up to? bill james was assistant district attorney. were you worried that they d come back and try to yet those two other kids once they learned that they were alive? correct. somebody thought they had seen them in the okarche area, and we had a manhunt up there.
were you terrified that they would come back. absolutely. obviously caused some angst. you know, among the police and the family. reporter: it wasn t just the still-healing douglass children who were frightened. the enormity of the crime transfixed oklahomans. kjrh tulsa anchor russ mccasty remembers. this terrible thing has happened. there s a man hunt that s going on. you know, there s a lot of tension. people don t know where these two guys are. they could be anywhere. there was word they had made it down to texas. there was word they had gone to colorado. they may be coming back. brooks and his sister can t even go to their parents funeral because these guys may be coming back to get them. the stories were just abundant. reporter: reports of sightings came in. some of them disturbingly close. what were they up to? bill james was assistant district attorney. were you worried that they d come back and try to get those other two kids once they learned that they were alive?