there, peggy ryen, a horse trainer and her husband doug lived on a ranch with their children, 10-year-oldessica and 8-year-old josh. on the night of june 4th, 1983, josh ryan's friend chris hughes was invited to spend the night. >> on a hill overlooking chino, the scene of a multiple homicide. we have four fatal victims. one victim approximately 8 years of age. the eyes are open, however, there's no response. >> the next morning, chris hughes' father discovered the lifeless bodies of his son chris as well as doug and peggy ryen and their daughter jessica. among the carnage, first responders also found 8-year-old josh ryen. he was still breathing but barely. he was immediately airlifted to a nearby hospital. >> i first arrived with sheriff floyd tidwell. each of the victims had a combination of hatchet and knife wounds. this was such a brutal crime. >> the severity of the crime puts it on another level. i think we'd be lying if we didn't say that. >> we were trying to figure out a motive for these killings and couldn't come up with anything. nothing made sense. >> we heard there had been a