she was amazing. i just can t talk about th feeling that went through my mind i can think of anybody tha would ever want to do what the did to her amyjane was an angel, traveling the world with her church to help children. they loved amyjane, the loved amy so much. back home, somethin sinister lay waiting it was a pretty horrific a white young lives snuffed out. it doesn t make any sense a all. months later, a mother ou for a walk vanishes. karen is gone i don t know where she is. it just, i just cry. one murder, one disappearance in the same smal town, but soon, police wit discover a connection. one of the tactics, amyjane brandhagen and karen wer together but that teenager and the missing mom, all in all. that moment, most of us kne that that was a coincidence. wassomeone stalking the woman of this tight-knit church? this sounds more like a zodiac type color. definitely. a race to connect the dot revealing a truth darker tha anyone im
feeling that went through my mind yes, almost like she wa your kid in a way? very much lieutenant caldera took i upon himself to notify amyjane s parents. and that was probably the toughest thing that i ever had to do in my career and i can tell you the feeling that we all had, we broke down in tears but why would anyone want t kill amyjane of all people i was just crushed. like, how is this even possible i was speechless and then, i just sat crying in the bathroom for probably th next hour, like, not understanding, like, the craziness. as word spread throug amyjane s church family, so di the questions. high school pastor quiz statur early on, was there any indication of who may be responsible? i don t think anybody had any idea and i think that what makes this so hard wa
that so many of us, we kno each other, we are family here but there was the disma work to do lieutenant caldera returned to the motel where amy wa working. it s hard for you to take part in an accurat investigation? no, i would not not with my relationship lieutenant caldera turned the case over to detective sergeant rick jackson. it was a pretty, pretty horrific crime scene it was obvious amyjan fought for her life. her glasses lay in the buffe up, blood splattered on th wall dna, presumably her attacker would be found under her fingernails. but the medical examiner sai it was not a sex attack and it was not robbery either amyjane s personal send phon was still right there at the bedside table, and nobody saw thing. even though this was during broad daylight with a motel room door, with motel room doors open the only potential witness, if he was a witness at all, wa a painter working at the motel
if god had a plan for pendleton, oregon, on the afternoon of august 14th, 2012, one could hardly have imagined it would be this. 911, what is your emergency? there s a girl dead in the bathroom. lieutenant bill caldera prepared himself as he drove over to the travelodge and then climbed the stairs to room 231. all the preparation in the world could not have been enough. lying on the bathroom floor, her lifeless body punctured by the startling scarlet of a dozen stab wounds, was the sweet free spirit he d known since she was a baby, 19-year-old amyjane brandhagen. it just felt like somebody kicked me in the pit of my stomach. i just can t tell you the feeling that went through my mind. almost like she was your kid in a way? very much. lieutenant caldera took it upon himself to notify amyjane s parents. and that was probably the toughest thing that i ve ever
had to do in my career. and i can t tell you the feeling that we all had. we broke down in tears. but why would anyone want to kill amyjane of all people? i was crushed. like how is this even possible? i was speechless. and then i just sat crying in the bathroom for probably the next hour like not understanding, like craziness. as word spread through amyjane s church family, so did the questions. high school youth pastor chris thatcher. early on was there any indication of who may have been responsible? i don t think anybody had any idea. i think that s what made this so hard is that so many of us, we know each other. we re family here. but there was the dismal work to do. lieutenant caldera returned to the motel where amy was murdered. it would be pretty hard for you to take part in an active investigation. no, i wouldn t have. i couldn t have.