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came down here,

they actually backed up to that

and tried to slam

on their brakes,

hoping to eject the body

in the water,

and that didn't work,

so, again,

that was just something that...

that we heard.

I don't know that that's

actually what happened,

but you could tell from...

there wasn't any distinct

tire wear in the ground.

You could just tell

that a tire...

tires had been

spinning there, so...

So it seemed to fit the story,

but they ended up

getting the body

and... and carrying it out here,

and it was just dropped

in the water.

We didn't know when we

processed the scene here

and when we processed

Sandra Stotler's residence,

we still did not know

that we had any other victims

other than her.

This is the gated community

of Highland Ranch.

Inside those gates is the house

where Sandra Stotler

was murdered.

When Michael Perry

and Jason Burkett came back here

to get the Camaro

that they were after,

these gates were...

were shut and locked,

so they didn't have access

to it,

so they waited around

and parked

until Adam Stotler and

Jeremy Richardson returned home,

and that's when they got them to

come out in the woods with them

and... and murdered them

so that they could get

basically the clicker

to come back and get access in...

you know, into this gate

so that they could go back

to the house

and take the Camaro.

- So only because they

didn't have the code here

and it was closed at night,

two more young people

had to die.

- Yes, sir.

That's correct.

- Lieutenant, Jason Burkett

and Michael Perry

bragged about

what they had done.

How clear evidence was that?

- Well, because it came

from multiple people.

It wasn't just one.

We got reports

from several people

from the different hangouts

that they had said

that they had killed people.

That's how they got

the vehicles.

It was pretty convincing.

I mean, we believed it.

Although, again, we...

we didn't have evidence

that we had other bodies

at the time.

- Only after Perry confessed,

he pointed you to the location

of the two young boys.

- Yes, sir.

- As soon as I found out

my mother...

her body had been found,

that whole week is just a blur.

I was watching the news.

It was Monday morning,

and I saw helicopters flying

over Ronny's truck stop here.

Well, we live a mile,

and I had a glimmer of hope.

I said, "Adam got away.

He's found his way home."

Because that's the exit you'd

get off to come to my house.

So I told my husband.

I said, "Get in the car.

We're going down there."

'Cause they showed

the crime scene,

the helicopters.

My brother's car

was there on the news.

So we went up

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