>> the match, if that is the right word to use, was struck on the night of november 14th, 1997, a clear and beautiful night by all accounts. a full moon shone on the wide waterway that meanders through town. an ocean inlet called the gorge. a group of teenagers also in can des scent in the way only 14-year-olds can be gathered on the grounds of shoreline community school to party. missy pleech was there. what would usually happen at parties like that outside at night? >> we'd drink and be loud and cause trouble and go home. >> but that particular night did not turn out like all the others. what happened then changed everything. but first a little information about the people who were there. this is missy pleech, she came from a very large family. she has 12 siblings.