standing orders from her dad never to walk home, but she did. and a single dad raising a teenager needed his rules followed. >> and so i had grounded her -- >> which meant what? come home right after school? >> right after school and to stay at the house. >> grounded. no mall, no scott. they went to different schools. >> i think she was probably frustrated like any 13-year-old would be when grounded, but then at that time, the most important thing on her mind was scott, you know. how am i going to talk to scott? how am i going to see scott? >> after school friday, april 18th, 1986, cindy said good-bye to her friends cathy and theresa and reported directly home as per her father's punishment. but the next evening, saturday, cindy bolted from house arrest. >> well, she called me and wanted to come over, and she escaped her house, came over to my house between 6:00 and 6:30. >> she wasn't supposed to be there? >> no. >> the two girls talked about, what else, scott.