children? i knew i d probably be beat for it, but sometimes it s worth it. i thought he would say would you like me to make a phone call to them, and he didn t. still, she says the conversation filled her with hope. i thought the fbi will be here, surely charles sasser will call them and they ll be here. sasser did call the fbi, but he didn t know where bobbi and dial were. no one came. bobbi says she was broken, resigned to her fate, and the years dragged on until one day in spring, 2005, when her life took another wild turn. coming up, a rescue is in the works, or was it a rescue at all? picked up valentine cards. valentines? uh-huh.
artist-turned-killer-turned fugitive was the subject of a true crime book. he decided to phone the investigator, an ex-cop named charles sasser. he said for the past seven years we re making an honest living, living a happy country living. he thought it included bobbi parker. he wanted proof that she was alive. he said, of course she s alive. do you want to talk to her? i was in bed sleeping. he told me he would put me on the phone. i said, i m tired, i m really tired. and reached back here for his gun. i said i put my hand up, i said he told me, just stick to the questions that he asks you. but even with dial right next to her, bobbi says she dared to go off script. after all, sasser was a former detective. this might be her chance. i said, have you seen my
maybe randy wasn t suspicious, but plenty of others were including charles sasser, the former detective who d written a book on randolph dial. dial started off tending the warden s garden. he tended the warden s ceramics shop, and then apparently ended up tending the warden s wife. sasser recalled that night in 2001, seven years after the escape, when dial called him and offered to put bobbi on the telephone. i said, are you all right? and she says, yes, i m fine. i m happy. did she sound like she was saying she s happy because a kidnapper was next to her? she did not sound stressed at all. according to an oklahoma district attorney, john wampler, that conversation fit a pattern. there were just multiple opportunities that she had to make some effort to contact the authorities or to tell somebody that she needed help. how could you be gone from your children for 11 years and never contact them? never make an attempt to get
he thought it included bobbi parker. he wanted proof that she was alive. he said, of course she s alive. do you want to talk to her? i was in bed sleeping. he told me he would put me on the phone. i said, i m tired, i m really tired. and reached back here for his gun. i said i put my hand up, i said he told me, just stick to the questions that he asks you. but even with dial right next to her, bobbi says she dared to go off script. after all, sasser was a former detective. this might be her chance. i said, have you seen my children? i knew i d probably be beat for it, but sometimes it s worth it. i thought he would say would you like me to make a phone call to them, and he didn t. still, she says the conversation filled her with hope. i thought the fbi will be here, surely charles sasser will call them and they ll be here. sasser did call the fbi, but he didn t know where bobbi and dial were. no one came. bobbi says she was broken, resigned to her fate, and the year
there were times that the loneliness was so great that my body would physically ache. and she says dial never ceased his campaign of terror, killing two of her dog to punish her. one right before her eyes. he shot the dog. then he blamed me for it. it was maybe just a dog, but to me it was family. only once, says bobbi, did she openly defy him. dial, artist-turned-killer-turned fugitive was the subject of a true crime book. he decided to phone the investigator, an ex-cop named charles sasser. he said for the past nine years we re making an honest living, living a happy country living.