sheriff steadman escorted ake to mcalester penitentiary and death row. >> when i took glen burton ake to mcalester, oklahoma, to be processed in to the department of corrections, when we got out of the car, i told him, glen, this is the last time i will see you until i come back to see you die. >> reporter: with this monstrous chapter of their lives apparently over, leslie and brooks began to thrive. leslie, living in that new town with her mother's family, became a star high school student, a cheerleader, college bound. how did you go on to do all the things that you did, like any regular teen aged person? >> i think it's because my mom saying one night, if anything ever happened to them, she wanted me to be strong and move on with my life. and i remember crying, going, mom, why are you saying that? nothing's ever going to happen to you. but i think it is one of those things that i just had in the back of my mind and it helped me push through things. >> the first couple of years, but even now, especially in that first few years, i could hear their voices as, you know, having to make

every day. >>> steven hatch and glen ake were on the run. he day after the murders, ake called family in oklahoma and learned that lawmen were on their trail for killing pastor and mrs. douglass and shooting leslie and brooks. sheriff lynn steadman led the investigation. what happened during the next period of days and weeks? >> well, they left and a lot of this is according to their statement, they left through oklahoma city and bought beer in oklahoma city. they asked directions to interstate 40 east and they ended up that next morning in fort smith, arkansas. >> reporter: still in the yellow malibu? >> yes, sir. still in the yellow malibu with primer spots on it. they ended up there about 2:00 in the morning, spent the rest of the morning up until about 10:00 or 10:30 at the sheraton in fort smith, arkansas, on rogers street. they spent the night, and they walked to the bus station. >> reporter: eventually police managed to track down their yellow getaway car, abandoned now. but by then, they were long gone, had hopped a bus to memphis. >>