sergeant eric of the utah county sheriff s office got a briefing from the first officer on the scene. turned on his audio recorder when he met kay s son roger, and roger s wife. pam roger had found the body was already suggesting possible killers. he told me he had appointment for lunch at noon with a guy named mike kit, discussing $25,000 worth of guns. mike kit? mike was kay s former student. roger and pam identified him real quick, saying he s involved. he owes my dad money. he s the one that did this. roger told detectives that kay was holding a connection of mics weapons. about 30 of them, mostly pistols and rifles. and some shotguns. kay put the guns in his bunker. roger thought there might be a grudge involved. when detectives went to look for the guns they were gone. so we pile in michael cape and we interview him and we can
for one thing, he suffered a brain injury in an accident years ago. so, unlike kay he couldn t work much. lived on disability. but he liked to hang out with his dad. we lived at less than a mile apart because we did enjoy spending so much time together. if i ever needed needed help, he would be there in a minute to help me. although, said roger s wife pam, it wasn t always easy. that s just the way kay was wired. roger s dad was a very strong willed person. it was his way or the highway. so, roger learned early to shy away from confrontation with his father. not at all how it was with his new love, darla,. when she was around they said kay tough hide melted. we knew then that he really loved her and that he was willing to compromise. and do something so that he could make her happy, also. did it seem to kind of soften him up a little bit? it did. a lot.
then roger began playing a allowed. he was midsentence when he said when the men walked back in, and something quite amazing happen. what my wife looks back at me and she says the quiet, they re back. and one of them says it s okay, keep praying. and they both folded their arms and bowed their heads and listen to me as i continue this entire prayer. howard is? that when i got done with the prayer we both sat down and third demeanor changed at that point. one of them looks at us and says, well we ve decided we will not kill you. we ve decided we are going to tell you a story you need to relate to the police. but was that? story that the introduced told him to say? the three black men with ski masks, three, not two as they actually were. what black, not white as they actually were. and then said roger they took his drivers license and said they would know if they ever
time, pull out your hands. the intruders sip tied their wrists, force them down on the living room floor. then zip down their ankles. while we were down they said, we re sorry, you ve seen our faces, will have to kill you now. pam, quaking of terror, she said, looked at a picture of jesus hanging on the living room wall. i kept thinking, heavenly father if you really love me and care for me, please make us get through this. and it calmed me to keep looking at that picture of christ and to be able to help roger stay calm. that really had an impact on you when it did. why? it brought me comfort, it brought me peace to know that. even if they killed. you to know that, my heavenly father loves me and he would do the right thing for me worth. man left the room, they said,
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