things were finally looking up for barbara leonard. hadn't been easy, she said, after her husband left her. to raise three girls alone. but here, in tacoma, barbara had, at last, found a good job, a home, and prospects. >> i was working in a real estate office, and had just bought a house in the north end of tacoma. scraped and saved money. >> even a little extra, to sign up her daughters for piano lessons. her youngest was nicole. there was angela, in the middle. and the eldest was michella. >> she was almost 13. she wasn't a rebellious child but kids that age want to be a little more independent. >> and it was spring break so michella begged her mom. >> she wanted to go to the park with her sisters, and be there for the piano lesson. >> puget park, a patch of green on the north end of tacoma. just across the street from their lessons. a couple of miles from home. michella's sisters will never forget that day. >> we were -- >> for like half an hour or so. >> but we went, like, two and a half hours. >> freedom. they rode their bikes to