Kate Snow Voiceover a College Student vanishes. I had this Chill Go through my whole body. They asked us, well, do you have a Crime Scene . No, we dont, other than flipflops in a Parking Lot. We had a community that was scared whos going to be the next victim. Kate Snow Voiceover 1,000 Miles Away, another student in danger. She said hes got a knife. Hes trying to kill me. There were guns, and there was a girl there, and there was blood. This is not the first time hes done this. Kate Snow Voiceover one case would help solve the other, one man behind two mysteries. This was dynamite to us. Thats the smoking gun. Youre not going to believe what we found. Wed gotten so close. I want to know where she is. Kate Snow Voiceover some images are eternal, timeless. Happy day Kate Snow voiceover one moment, the future seems immeasurable, the possibilities endless. But in an instant, you can be left with only memories to hold till the end of time. Brooke wilberger lived as if she had all the time i
Narrator Joel Patrick Courtney was sitting in jail in albuquerque. It was december 2004. The married father of three was facing decades in prison if convicted of kidnapping, sexual assault, and battery charges. As investigators began checking out the possible link to Brooke Wilbergers case, a call went out to her family. They had waited more than six months for news, any news, about their daughters disappearance. Now, there was a man in custody who they thought might be able to reunite them with their daughter, just as Elizabeth Smart had been returned to her family. What are you thinking in that when you hear this . Actually, i had prayed so faithfully all fall that whoever had done this would make a mistake. And when i heard the news, i thought, they made a mistake. They tried it again. And No One Else knew what id prayed, because i hadnt told anyone else, because it was always, Find Brooke. You know, help us to Find Brooke. I guess that was a selfish prayer, you know, to help whoeve
She said hes got a knife. Hes trying to kill me. There was blood. This is not the first time hes done this. One case would help solve the other. One man behind two mysteries. This was dynamite to us. That was the smoking gun. Youre not going to believe what we found. Weve gotten so close. I want to know where she is. Some images are eternal. Timeless. One moment the future seems immeasurable, the possibilities endless, but in an instant you can be left with only memories to hold until the end of time. Brooke willberger lived as if she had all the time in the world to grow up, to marry, to create a closeknit family like her own parents had. We have six children and brooke was number five. Always wanted a big family. Cami and her husband greg raised their children near beautiful eugene, oregon. She was kind of our little toy, if you will. I know. Lets dress up brooke, right . Yeah. Little brooke didnt speak until she was 4 and then even then could be a bit hard to understand. But as broo
She said hes got a knife. Hes trying to kill me. There was blood. This is not the first time hes done this. One case would help solve the other. One man behind two mysteries. This was dynamite to us. That was the smoking gun. Youre not going to believe what we found. Weve gotten so close. I want to know where she is. Some images are eternal. Timeless. One moment the future seems immeasurable, the possibilities endless, but in an instant you can be left with only memories to hold until the end of time. Brooke willberger lived as if she had all the time in the world to grow up, to marry, to create a closeknit family like her own parents had. We have six children and brooke was number five. Always wanted a big family. Cami and her husband greg raised their children near beautiful eugene, oregon. She was kind of our little toy, if you will. I know. Lets dress up brooke, right . Yeah. Little brooke didnt speak until she was 4 and then even then could be a bit hard to understand. But as broo
People wanted to be with her. And she was nice. She was intelligent and beautiful, but she was also really nice. When she turned 16, she knew she wanted her childhood friend justin to be her boyfriend. Brooke decided to follow him to Brigham Young university in utah utah. She just really wanted to experience life outside of our community and just kind of branch out. The girl decided to study speech pathology. Brooke loved her new friends at byu, but returned home on thanksgiving break. She had really liked this watch, and it was kind of a dressy watch and she was pretty classy in the things that she chose to wear. She ees it in the case and mentions it to you. Sy christmas present. It was. Brooke returned home to oregon. She had a summer job in corvallis, about 30 miles from home working at the oak Park Apartments managed by her sister stephanie and stephanies husband. And on monday, may 24, 2004, she left the house where her sister jessica was getting ready for another day of seventh