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Of a struggle, but otherwise the crime scene was a carbon copy of the douglass murders. they had been tied with the ropes, their feet and hands were bound behind their back. they had hoods over their head and both of them had been shot execution style. payne didn t know then about the douglass case, didn t connect the two right away, but he did have something to go on. the homeowner s new datsun 280z was missing. we were able to put out a national bulletin for the vehicle. hatch, ake, and ginger keefe squeezed into the stolen car and headed west. they had a little cash, a gasoline credit card stolen in the texas murders, and marilyn douglass visa. the trio went to california, then doubled back east to wyoming. hatch and ake looking for work. but the murderous roadtrip was about to end in a bar in ....
payne didn t know then about the douglass case, didn t connect the two right away, but he did have something to go. the homeowner s new datsun 280z was missing. we were able to put out a national bulletin for the vehicle. hatch, ake, and ginger keefe squeezed into the stolen car with marilyn douglass visa. the three went to california, then doubled back east to wyoming. hatch and ake looking for work. but the murderous roadtrip was about to end in a bar in downtown baggs, wyoming. ake got drunk, started slapping ginger around. she d had enough, and at her first opportunity spilled her guts to the barkeep. the bar owner alerted the police. by then ake and hatch had escaped in colorado. jeff coreville was a detective sergeant in colorado back then. our deputies found out that the car was associated with ake and hatch and that they were ....
Harrowing stories of the eyewitnesses brooks and leslie douglass. then the confessions. the state had ballistic evidence linking them to the murders and the testimony of ginger keep, the traveling companion while they were on the run. keefe, who was never charged with any crime, testified that ake and hatch told her about killing the douglasses and shooting brooks and leslie. we had two surviving witnesses. we were able to identify who the people were. we were able to put the bullet in. we somewhat kept it simple. simple? to the judge hearing the case maybe, but certainly not for the surviving witnesses. brooks had already testified once in the preliminary hearing. but both he and his sister would have to relive it all for hatch s trial. 13-year-old leslie douglass appeared in court for the first time since the shooting that left her and her brother critically wounded and her ....