bill bradford would be released. >> i was furious. to my family, the blood is on your hands and you will own this. >> reporter: when bradford's children got the news, those old fears about their father suddenly returned. >> i was stunned. i couldn't believe they would turn around and say he's not a risk. >> would i be a fool to say we are perfectly safe? no. my father killed once. >> reporter: the commissioner timed bradford's release for february 2019. by then he would be in his mid 80s, more than 30 years removed from when he pulled that trigger. would he really do it again? this is a very bright man. he has resources, motivation. takes very lit toll find out where my family is. all he needs is a gun and a uber. >>s the an 85-year-old who is on a mission. if he's able to still command his wits, we have a problem still. if he's able to command his wits -- here we are now, we have not done something that's lessened his anger. >> reporter: there was one more step before he is release. california's then governor jerry brown would review

bradford was the true rock upon which plymouth colony would be billed. without his leadership the settlement would never have been a success and the pilgrims never referred to themselves as the pilgrims. this comes from a phrase he uses of plymouth plantation and it's a good term as any to refer to them, i think, given the complexity of what was beneath that label. for 65 days, the mayflower had blundered her way through storms and headwinds. i bought him a shaggy pelt of seaweed and barnacles. her leaky decks spewing saltwater on top of the passengers devoted heads. there were 100 to have them. 104 if you count the two dogs, a spaniel and a jacket mastiff. i was recently contacted by a reader who was a massive owner who said they had to bring a towel wherever they take the dog when she read the opening of the mayflower she felt a vital connection with the pilgrims of plymouth colony. most of their provisions and equipment were beneath them in a hold. it was the primary storage area of the vessel. the passengers were in the between. a dank airless space