the next day, he and his son alex flew home to texas. varied by a friend in a private plane. you never think that it could have been to you. there, fred and alex were reunited with amanda an aerial. alex s older sisters. you hear horrible stories and you feel for these people. it s surreal that we were now that family and now trying to get through it. so many came to pay their respects. but morning took its toll. i would hold myself together in front of people who would visit and i would go into the other room to cry and breakdown. and it s kind of a saving face a little bit. leslie, the horse lover, was buried on the texas ranch where she grew up riding. when the blur was over and you finally had time to process what had happened, what did you think about with the mom and future i was angry.
they said the vibes were all wrong from him, here they became very uncomfortable. did they kind of like, in hindsight, think back or was it right then? they were immediately concerned that something was amiss. it was the husband, justin, who found leslie s body in the creek. but he told the sheriff that initially had sent him off to search too far downstream. he drove up on the short waves he said that he was sure that his wife s body was somewhere in that area. just thought that was odd. was it possible that fred was just disoriented and it s kind of a tougher to navigate? it s possible. yet, sheriff said that he also got a stream five from fred the night leslie died. and again, the next day when they went back up to cottonwood creek. his emotions and his response to everything seemed to be extremely flat. and i felt, almost rehearsed. is that fair though? with everyone being different in this world. everyone reacting differently to tragedy. is it fair for you to j
it s a pretty close community. and inside that community, none of leslie s friends or family doubted fred. and couldn t understand why folks something colorado were asking questions. yeah, people loved that. that s why he had immense amount of support. and then, ten months after leslie s death, ted mueller got an invitation from the cbi. the agent wanted fred to come back up to colorado for a top. you know, he casually mentioned that he s going up to colorado and they wanted me back up there. and he s just saying, i don t know what they re doing. but it s just that we have to cooperate, they re doing their jobs, let s just get past it so we can move on. i just wanted to first, fred, thank you for coming. you re welcome. again, he shared his recollections that they at the vacation home. it was a beautiful day there s so many things that i wish i had done differently. and again, described what happened to leslie after she post for that last photo. she was flare li
lake city, colorado. those photos of their parents were taken nearby. they both love the cabin and going up to colorado. it was so pretty. it was in a valley and you would look and see the postcard mountains. there was a river running right near there. their rockies getaway was a family place to relax and escape their busy lives back home. what was life like up at the cabin? we would usually go in the summer s. we would just hike together. horseback riding. hang out as a family. did you feel like there was a lot of family bonding? yes. definitely. we ended up having a lot of fun. board games, going out hiking. doing all these different activities together. in texas, leslie had an ob/gyn practice and worked long hours or delivering babies. she was the areas first ob/gyn? female ob/gyn? she was. she was very much a pioneer in that sense. i think the more people told her you can t do this, she
they said they would keep me advise. by then, a group of medical responders made their way up to the creek to help. but still, no heartbeat. not a breath from leslie. and it was clear she was gone. we were not going to be able to bring mrs. mueller back. at the cabin, alex was wondering why his parents weren t back yet. their hike was only supposed to last an hour or so. but they had been gone more than three hours. were you worried? not really worried as in something happened to them. it was more like it was weird they would stay out past dark. it was passed 8 pm when his dad got home. without his mom. it s my dad and the deputy. they come in. it s kind of a shock to see. when you re expecting somebody, to see strangers coming in instead. what did you think when you see that? not a whole lot at the time to think honestly. you kind of going to shut down mode. alex recalled his dad seemed