and kim spoke less and less frequently. but then in the fall of 1994 there was a reunion of sorts when the henthorns went back to the east coast for a visit. lynn and harold got to meet kim s children. and as true friends do, the two women picked up right where they left off. we talked and we laughed. and it was a good time. but we were always all together. i mean, even when it was time to go to bed, harold didn t go to bed until lynn was in bed. in other words, harold hadn t changed. but kim thought lynn seemed happy. did you think harold was good for her? i did, yes. what kim didn t know, it was the last time she would ever see lynn alive. may 6th, 1995. it was a cool spring evening in the colorado countryside.
county coroner s office, which had originally ruled lynn s death an accident, hired private investigator and former denver homicide detective charlie mccormick to review the case file. he noticed something about harold right away. on face value, he s inconsistent. and that s never a good sign. for starters, harold told multiple stories about why he and lynn were on that back road in the first place. this guy was all over the map from the get-go. you know, we were going to dinner. we had been at dinner. we left the house at 3:00. we left the house at 6:00. in the police reports written in the hours and days after lynn died, harold is quoted giving different reasons as to why exactly they pulled over. he contradicted himself on what the tire problem was. was it a flat? was it spongy? was it soft? what caused this to happen? whatever shape the tire was in, the henthorns apparently tried to change it using jacks they normally used for a boat
mccormick believes the original investigation was incomplete. there s a lot of things that could have been looked at that would have been easier to look at than now. for example, what caused the jeep to fall? harold said he thought it happened when he tossed the tire into the trunk. but this photograph shows a shoe print on the front right fender. i would ve jumped all over that footprint. that should have been analyzed, compared to the shoes that everybody had on at the scene, whether it be harold henthorn or his wife or fire department or anybody. but no one did. and no one ever checked the jack harold said wasn t working to see if it was really broken. no one ever checked with the restaurant that the henthorns were either heading to or coming from, depending on which version of harold s story, if any, was true. i interviewed the restaurant employees to see if they actually did have dinner there that night. did they have a fight? were they getting along all right? or were t
toni in mississippi, harold in colorado. and when toni was finally able to move west to be with harold they suffered a lot of fertility issues and had miscarriages. it was a sadness to her. reporter: back in mississippi, toni s brother todd and sister-in-law rhonda were also struggling to have a baby. but then after years of disappointment for both couples, all their prayers were answered. we both ended up pregnant at the same time. reporter: that must have been a really happy time given what you went through to get there. absolutely. all of a sudden, you know, good news here, good news here, and, you know, get ready because, you know, you re going to have a houseful. reporter: in june of 2005, toni and harold welcomed their baby girl, haley. by then, todd and rhonda already had anna kate. when the girls were a little over a year old, the henthorns came to mississippi and the who
barry, urgent. toni is injured in estes park. fall from rock. critical. requested flight for life. emt rangers on way. will be dark when arrive. pray. todd got a call from his brother barry. barry said that toni had been in an accident and that he was being texted the vital signs, and it didn t look good. you know, he said, i don t think she s going to make it. reporter: back on the mountain, the rescuers were having trouble finding the henthorns. they re asking you to put as many bright items out as possible to see if they can see you. anybody near you, sir? no. reporter: the henthorns were all alone and time was running out. the sun was setting. so harold lit a fire. i ve started a small fire in a completely enclosed rock enclosure with wet moss on it thinking you can see the smoke. reporter: now in the dark, the henthorns were off the grid. and still waiting.