we >> got report of a drowning at cottonwood creek. >> by then, a group of medical responders who made creek to help. but still, no heartbeat. not a breath from leslie. and it was clear she was gone. >> we were not going to be able to bring this mueller back. at >> the cabin, alex was wondering why his parents were back yet. their hike was only supposed to last an hour or so. but they had been gone more than three hours. were you worried? >> not really worried as if something happened to them. it was more like it was where they would stay out past dark. >> it was passed 8 pm when his dad got home. without his mom. >> it's my dad and the deputy. they come in. it's kind of a shock to see. when you're expecting somebody, to see strangers coming in instead. >> what did you think when you see that? >> not a whole lot at the time honestly. you kind of going to shut down. will >> alex recalled his dad seemed like he was in shock. >> he was very disheveled. had been crying a lot. he gave me a big hug and broke. i >> can't even imagine getting that news. when you just start fought your parents

some believe the secrets of cottonwood creek will remain a mystery, forever. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> this, the state line >> we, the jury, find the defendant guilty. >> i actually think they gave the wrong verdict >> you feel so wrong, and helpless >> despair, to hope. darkness, to light. a fight for freedom. >> what happened to this teenager [inaudible] >> we would talk, here and there she was a really nice person. >> and then something good ann 's two daughters, katie and wendy escaped. but, that left ann and little thomas, just three years old unaccounted for, somewhere upstairs >> we put the fire out, and then started to check the bedroom for occupants >> nothing good after that. upstairs, firemen found little thomas, on the floor, beneath the window, died of smoke inhalation. the chief felt his way through debris, lingering smoke and ruin. >> a crawled over to the bunk bed, that is where we found a victim, in the bunk bed. that person was secured in the bunk bed. both hands and legs were secured. >> tied up? >> yes, tied up. >> now, that put a differe