what if you were ripped away from your family? you live in fear, it changes you. kidnapped by a killer? i came out of the back, just really messed up. held for years as a prisoner. and what if prosecutors never believed you? bobbi parker was not the woman she was betraying as yourself. absolutely. it was a mystery, with a mind-boggling twist. this wife and mom, taken hostage. was she really a hostage at all? their relationship was not one of kidnap or and victim, it was one of husband and wife. his prisoner, or his lover? i really do love you. sounds like a pretty heartfelt love letter. in this hour, she shares her side of the story. will you believe her? i was fighting for my life. hello, and welcome to you dateline . i m craig melvin. bobbi parker was a prison officials wife, a teacher, living a quiet life with her beautiful family in granite, oklahoma. until the day she went missing. for more than ten years, her family waited and hoped. a
dial, he said, didn t need her. he had the freedom to roam the president grounds without anyone checking on him. so, all he had to do was walk away. if dial didn t need bobbi, maybe da wampler said, it was the reverse. your feeling was that bobbi parker was not the woman that she was prepared portraying herself? absolutely not. and april, 2008, on the third anniversary of bobbi parker s liberation from a texas chicken farm, the district attorney filed felony charges against her, for assisting randolph dial s escape from prison. what was your reaction? oh, my gosh. this cannot be happening. coming up from abducted to accused. did you fall in love with randolph dial? when dateline continues. is strong enamel- nothing beats it.
and da wampler says he found evidence of this was not the first time bobbi had been involved with an intimate. one prisoner told investigators he d had an affair with bobbi at the same prison where she was named teacher of the year. in her previous roles at the other institutions, she probably was closer to many of the prisoners than she should have been. remember how bobbi says she couldn t recall how she and dial left the prison that day? well, an inmate came forward to say he did remember. and bobbi was driving. he did notice that she was drugged or acting funny. didn t see anything in randolph dial s hand. no big knives or anything like that. he saw bobbi driving. he saw her look over at him and some funny look in her eyes? yes. it was kind of a startled look. she looked at him for several seconds and then drove off. why was she in the van at all, the da wondered?
day of her life. it was a loving relationship. it was one of husband and wife. i mean, that s basically how they were living down there. or so it seemed to investigators who searched their mobile home. the trailer house had two bedrooms but only one of the bedrooms was obviously being used. there were condoms and vibrator found in one of her drawers. and da wampler says he found evidence of this was not the first time bobbi had been involved with an intimate. one prisoner told investigators he d had an affair with bobbi at the same prison where she was named teacher of the year. in her previous roles at the other institutions, she probably was closer to many of the prisoners than she should have been. remember how bobbi says she couldn t recall how she and dial left the prison that day? well, an inmate came forward to say he did remember. and bobbi was driving. he did notice that she was
drugged or acting funny. didn t see anything in randolph dial s hand. no big knives or anything like that. he saw bobbi driving. he saw her look over at him and some funny look in her? i yes. it was kind of a startled look. she looked at him for several seconds and then drove off. why was she in the van at all, the da wondered? dial, he said, didn t need her. he had the freedom to roam the president grounds without anyone checking on him. so, all he had to do was walk away. if dial didn t need bobbi, maybe da wampler said, it was the reverse. your feeling was that bobbi parker was not the woman that she was prepared portraying herself? absolutely not. and april, 2008, on the third anniversary of bobbi parker s liberation from a texas chicken farm, the district attorney filed felony charges against her, for assisting randolph dial s