and she d go for a walk. she had to work it out? she was mad, and you know, she would go for a walk. and that wasn t unusual behavior. anyway, cam and kaylee lived in a crime free neighborhood, right across the street from the local college. but cam didn t sound so sure of his story. so, where did she go? why didn t she come back? why didn t she call anyone? julie encouraged cam to call police. which he did, sunday afternoon. dispatch, how can i help you? hi, last night i got home for the bars with my girlfriend. she got upset at me and ran off. and i still haven t heard from her, her phone s off. okay. did she pick up walking or something, she was mad? yeah she walked. she was mad at me. so i walked inside and told or to come and meet me in there she was like, calmed down. and then i went back out in ten minutes, she was gone. and i called a few times, and
it seemed really obvious that she just walked out on the road and probably called a friend to pick her up because she was mad. and that was it. i literally thought, nothing more to it than that. but cam, clearly did. he spent that sunday calling the entire family. cam called and said, grandma sharon, have you heard from kaylee? i said no i haven t. grandma sharon called and said, have you talked to kaylee? everything is okay, what s going on? i don t even know how many times her phone was going straight to voice mail. i figure she was out with friends, maybe she s ended up staying with them. but the bride to be who said goodnight to that happy young woman was alarmed. instantly, i had this sickening feeling in my gut. because that s not kayleigh, she would ve contacted someone. or went to someone s house. or whatever. julie, still driving, trying to comprehend, got a call from cam. who told her that after the
why would cam be asking her about kaylee? julie s phone tripped over and over. had asked all day. you re getting multiple messages. yeah. each getting a little more worried? and i called her first. and her phone went to voice mail. which kaylee let herself phone battery go really low. so that wasn t surprising. by then, cameron already tested texted kaylee s dad, jamie, as they sat in church. his phone in his pocket kept buzzing. elbowing him. what s going on? so, he kind of said, cam doesn t know where kaylee is. okay. so kaylee s dad questioned cam. what did cameron tell you? she went to a bachelorette party and they had an argument going home. an argument?
she said she was walking down the street. haven t heard from her since. as julie neared bend, she worried, would police take it seriously? after all, a grown woman, lovers spat? so julie s added a little urgency. and called 9-1-1 herself. dispatch, how can i help you? yes, i need to have an officer call me. i m, my daughter is missing. and she is over 23. but she has epilepsy and some medical issues. i exaggerated her seizure conditions. when she was younger, she had had seizures. but she hadn t had seizures for a while. but i told them, i was worried about her. how did they react to that? they were concerned about that. they knew that she had been out the night before and she had been drinking, could that have triggered a medical incident? julie drove straight to the apartment, where she questioned cam. i was frustrated that his story just didn t make sense. and so, i walked out of the
chance that she would have gone back to that guy she had met at the bachelorette party? initially, i thought maybe there is a chance. did you talk to him? i called him on the telephone. didn t get kaylee s phone number. didn t give his phone number. it was just kind of, hanging out that night, that was the last he knew or saw of her. and that seemed to make sense to you? it did. so, nothing to disprove anything cam had told them. what was your take on cameron s story of what happened? did it make sense? the story made sense, it made absolute sense. officer denny took julie aside to address concerns about cam. he was able to come and tell me, it s not that his story has changed, his story is evolving, he s remembering things. i think that he, very early on, took on the guilt and the responsibility that if something did happen to her, that maybe it was his fault. i think it was hard for him to re-tell that story.