i heard the first shot go off. i said i love you mom, i love you dad. they were the only ones who survived. and no one knew then how long justice would take. i felt the bullet hit me. i screamed, then he shot me again. or what it would cost. were you frightened, terrified they would come back and kill you? absolutely. a chilling manhunt. a young survivor driven to become a state senator. he was very, very passionate. would they ever come out of the dark? i always get a little emotional. i can t believe it s been this long. 30 years later, an answer. forgiveness and mercy. this is what my dad and my mom taught me. tonight, their powerful journey, to hell and back. the haunting. thanks for joining us. i m ann curry. it s the story of a teenaged boy and his little sister whose lives were changed forever one night by a stranger at the door. though they suffered a terrible crime and unfathomable loss, they show us it is possible to heal, even to f
leslie were the star witnesses for the prosecution. they both calmly identified glen ake as the man who shot them and murdered their parents. did you watch the children s testimony? yes. brooks was very strong in his testimony. leslie was, too. but it bothered her more than it did brooks to testify. it was like i had to pretend like i was somebody else just telling a story of what happened. and it s kind of like the night that it happened and i had to remember all this, i have to remember all this. reporter: that promise that leslie douglass made to herself the night her parents were killed not to forget anything, that s what carried her through, she said. i didn t know why. i just knew that i had to remember every detail. and so whenever it was time to be on the stand, i knew that everything that i said was important. and that i had to be specific and remember. so it s like, i don t know what got in my head, i just have to remove all emotional attachment. reporter: