died in a way that was not quick and certainly was painful. the autopsy concluded after the 3,000-pound suv fell on her, lynn hemorrhaged into her lungs and died from asphyxiation the only marks on her body, imprints from the brake rotor. the local douglas county sheriff s department opened an investigation, but a few days later the coroner ruled lynn s death an accident. the case was closed. did you have any reason to believe this wasn t an accident? no. we all believed him and took him at his word. any thoughts that i might have had i just dismissed reporter: harold had his wife cremated, spread her ashes on a mountain he said she loved, and then went on with his life he even kept driving the same jeep for a while eventually he married toni, and lynn s death became a distant memory for some people, anyway, but not all. nearly 18 years later after toni fell off that cliff, the
when you re doing cpr, they re actually dead at that point and, you know, so you re trying to pump their heart we had called for a helicopter because sometimes when you do cpr you can actually, you know, revive somebody. reporter: and miraculously, it seemed, they did manage to revive lynn. we actually had a paramedic show up also on the scene, gave her a shot of epinephrine. her heart started beating again, so we were all real hopeful at that point that she was going to survive and got her on a helicopter and flew her. reporter: but lynn didn t make it. she died at the hospital she was just 37 years old. i remember the day as if it was yesterday. i received a call from a friend who said that, i m sorry to inform you, but there s been a bad accident and lin died yesterday reporter: it was heartbreaking for kim that her friend was dead and that she
an investigator i said, that sounds worse than my sister s case reporter: and especially in light of toni s death, they wished lynn s case had been investigated more thoroughly the douglas county sheriff s office declined to speak with us but michael fleeman who has written a book about the henthorn cases says sheriff s detectives did investigate, at least initially. everything was progressing as if this was suspicious, and then all of a sudden the brakes were put on the investigation it was declared an accident and forgotten for nearly 20 years. reporter: detective charlie mccormick thinks the reason for that was the coroner s quick ruling that lynn s death was accidental if you re a policeman and you re trying to investigate a crime and all of a sudden the coroner, who really has jurisdiction over all, says it s an accident, you re a little bit cut off at the pass. two days after a death like this, to call it an accident, it s unfortunate
nuplazid can cause changes in heart rhythm and should not be taken if you have certain abnormal heart rhythms or take other drugs that are known to cause changes in heart rhythm. tell your doctor about any changes in medicines you re taking. the most common side effects are swelling of the arms and legs and confusion. we spoke up and it made all the difference. ask your parkinson s specialist about nuplazid. it started as a romantic anniversary weekend. but that s not how it ended. toni henthorn has died after a fall from a cliff in the rocky mountain national park her husband harold s first wife also died in a terrible accident such an awful coincidence, or was it reporter: may 6th, 1995 it was a cool spring evening in the colorado countryside
sheriff s office called patricia montoya. i don t understand why it took so long reporter: emt roxanne burns got a similar call and had a similar reaction when you got the call, was it, sort of like i was expecting this call? yeah. i did say that to him. is this about the car accident up on 67 and he said, yeah, it is and i go, is it about that woman that the car fell on her and he goes, yep i go, oh, thank god. coming up was there reason to be suspicious of this accident, too? it made the hair on my neck stand up straight. this guy was all over the map from the get-go. heyo, lena, it s chad! did you hear, my app just got massive funding. oh wow really? tell me more. ok! i call it the cat-culato it s a calculator, but for your cat. meow. i just got the idea when my cat stepped on my calculator.