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  • In 1997 four families are shattered when their daughters go missing. As they grieve, one man claims to have answers. Can he be trusted? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports on the final chapter of a case she started covering more than two decades ago.
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  • @cherrylee1103
    @cherrylee1103 6 месяцев назад +1529

    yet another example of why sexual predators should NEVER be released. four young women would still be alive.

    • @lichiehrb
      @lichiehrb 6 месяцев назад +109

      you'd think after this many years, the law would get it by now

    • @zxy78267
      @zxy78267 6 месяцев назад +66

      ​@@lichiehrbThey still don't. The sentence for s. assault is way too short, and they almost always reoffend. If we're lucky, they don't graduate to become serial killers.

    • @AP12360
      @AP12360 6 месяцев назад +64

      I agree. They need to stop letting sexual predators out of prison. Sexual predators always repeat when they are released. Sometimes their crimes escalate like this predator who killed them.

    • @IllHandleThis
      @IllHandleThis 6 месяцев назад +28

      @@zxy78267This. And so few of them even serve time for SA. Only 25 out of 1,000 perpetrators will do any jail time if I remember right. It’s disgusting. The world has basically normalized SA.

    • @zxy78267
      @zxy78267 6 месяцев назад +22

      @@IllHandleThis There's a video I saw on TikTok where a woman is in a conference room with well over 100 people. She asks everyone who knows someone, or has been a victim of SA to stand up. Then she asks everyone whose case was prosecuted to stay standing. All but a very small few stay standing. Then she asks everyone whose case was prosecuted to stay standing. Only one person stays standing. Her voice breaks at the end. It's really sad. I'll post the link below. Hopefully, it won't be removed.

  • @6kat103
    @6kat103 6 месяцев назад +1151

    In a self defense class we were told NO SECOND LOCATION. If he stabs you in the parking lot for not getting in the car, you have a better chance of survival than if you get in that truck.

    • @daniellle4270
      @daniellle4270 6 месяцев назад +72

      And hopefully a far better chance of having the offender caught, because there will be trace evidence in a public place

    • @missk8tie
      @missk8tie 6 месяцев назад +140

      Yes! I'm not blaming these poor girls at all - the monster/monsters that killed them has all the blame. But it's important to educate young people (boys too) about basic situational awareness, not letting yourself be moved to a secondary location, and what to do if you think something is wrong. Also, when I was in grade school I remember my mom letting me and my brother each choose a "code name" that she said her or my dad would give to anyone that they sent to pick us up (like from school), so if a random person or even neighbor told us "your parents told me to pick you up" we could ask for the code name. Looking back, I'm impressed how she was able to do it in a way that made us understand it was important without making us really scared.

    • @VictoriaMarch13
      @VictoriaMarch13 6 месяцев назад +71

      ​@@missk8tiethat is such a good idea! I literally just had a talk with my 7 yr old about that. I told him I will never send anyone you don't know to get you. Now I'm going to talk to him again and let him choose a code name. ❤ Your Mom is very intelligent woman.

    • @tebelshaw9486
      @tebelshaw9486 6 месяцев назад +63

      The movies perpetuate the myth that if you get in the car, your life will somehow be spared. Remember, he's not taking you to an ice cream social.

    • @jimwerther
      @jimwerther 6 месяцев назад +32

      @6kat103
      Wonderful comment. Keep writing it on these types of videos - you are saving lives.

  • @sueepple6945
    @sueepple6945 6 месяцев назад +439

    Why does society give these child molesters a second chance!!

    • @mypillowguy445
      @mypillowguy445 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@JustForFun-bh7lnTexas is a red state run by Republicans for decades.

    • @starsparklemonkey3390
      @starsparklemonkey3390 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@JustForFun-bh7lnboth of those states mentioned are not liberal. 🤡

    • @CH-vm6cq
      @CH-vm6cq 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@JustForFun-bh7lnOklahoma and Texas are not liberal states

    • @Marky831
      @Marky831 6 месяцев назад +38

      A predator will aways be a predator so I'll never understand why they get released

    • @septembersapphire347
      @septembersapphire347 6 месяцев назад +21

      The scary thing is for all the child predators who are locked up, there's probably that many more out roaming free.

  • @Nadia-bf7kn
    @Nadia-bf7kn 6 месяцев назад +465

    I find it so ironic that these people have no problem killing others but yet don't want the death penalty for themselves

    • @BlankCanvas88
      @BlankCanvas88 6 месяцев назад +31

      It's bc they know what's waiting for them on the other side. "It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." Hebrews 10:31

    • @stfuplsok
      @stfuplsok 6 месяцев назад

      the irony of hypocrisy 🤦‍♀😁

    • @TheRetroWoman80
      @TheRetroWoman80 6 месяцев назад +22

      They know how the system works and they will do anything, to avoid what they deserve.
      I'm telling you these criminals know how much the legal system looks out for their welfare vs. the victims of their crime. Just insane.

    • @deborahcooper9085
      @deborahcooper9085 6 месяцев назад +14

      I agree. Its like being pro abortion yet the pro abortionist is alive and living their life!!

    • @quantumnature514
      @quantumnature514 6 месяцев назад +5

      Such cowardice, and they would even have time to prepare to meet their makers.

  • @samanthaeduardamoreira1630
    @samanthaeduardamoreira1630 6 месяцев назад +810

    Offenders like Reece should never be let out of prison.

    • @lauratrujillo583
      @lauratrujillo583 6 месяцев назад +9

      Too late for that 😢

    • @flowerchild89
      @flowerchild89 6 месяцев назад +51

      Agreed!!! I don't understand how he was out in our society!! I also think that sexual offenders should have their privates removed!!!

    • @ceilconstante640
      @ceilconstante640 6 месяцев назад +8

      Didn't we learn since Jessica Lundsford's case?

    • @tebelshaw9486
      @tebelshaw9486 6 месяцев назад +42

      The words "paroled" and "molester" or "killer: should never be combined.

    • @Klara-Hvar
      @Klara-Hvar 6 месяцев назад +12

      Absolutely not! And typical of these psychopaths, the only thing they value most is their own life. Obviously, the capital punishment will not be carried out... I hope he has a long agony in prison.

  • @jimwerther
    @jimwerther 6 месяцев назад +1198

    That girl who jumped out of a car on the highway did something courageous and amazing! She not only saved her own life, but also so many others!

    • @jessebradshaw9993
      @jessebradshaw9993 6 месяцев назад +46

      Don’t ever get in to a car with anyone you don’t know no matter what !!!

    • @jaysmith9933
      @jaysmith9933 6 месяцев назад +63

      ​@@jessebradshaw9993he forced her into his car at knife point.

    • @jamiew.6606
      @jamiew.6606 6 месяцев назад +78

      @@jaysmith9933 Whether at knife point or gun point, don't get into the perpetrators car! Better to stay in a public place and fight for your life, then in a second location that is likely secluded where no one can hear you scream.

    • @ThanaBrunges-mx7ji
      @ThanaBrunges-mx7ji 6 месяцев назад +13

      I had to do that once or twice back in the 60’s

    • @PetloverTN
      @PetloverTN 6 месяцев назад

      @@jamiew.6606exactly!! Look at the Dru Sjodin case as textbook “don’t go to the second location, no matter what” 🥺

  • @bettyechols6405
    @bettyechols6405 6 месяцев назад +776

    "Why would you want your daughter's killer caught?" Erin, that's about the most asinine, dumbest, most insensitive, horrible, ridiculous question you've ever ask a mother

    • @lmiller1413
      @lmiller1413 6 месяцев назад +9

      I wonder if he was referring to the fact that since they had no viable leads, they had no authority? I don't know. That comment seems cruel, and I can't fathom a callous response.

    • @jaysmith9933
      @jaysmith9933 6 месяцев назад +67

      I literally yelled out "what the F*CK kind of dumba** question was that!!!?" at my phone.

    • @Tuturial464
      @Tuturial464 6 месяцев назад +24

      Erin. That fool.

    • @silenc3x
      @silenc3x 6 месяцев назад +49

      Sounds like they were just setting her up for the next line that was said. A soundbite. I wouldn't think it's as malicious as you're implying it is. Erin has children herself.... You'd be surprised how many times they ask you to repeat something, or feed you questions worded a specific way to elicit a certain answer, during TV interviews like this.

    • @shelliedavis
      @shelliedavis 6 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @irishgurl3078
    @irishgurl3078 6 месяцев назад +1079

    The fact that police say things like “you should consider yourself lucky we’re even working on this case.” Is disgusting! If a family member says it’s suspicious that the person they are looking for is missing, believe them and look for them! Even if it turns out they left on their own, you should still care about them!

    • @cathyprosser1050
      @cathyprosser1050 6 месяцев назад +19

      Exactly ‼️

    • @crystalclearsun
      @crystalclearsun 6 месяцев назад +11

      💯

    • @Trustkillx
      @Trustkillx 6 месяцев назад +5

      They should consider themselves lucky

    • @Trustkillx
      @Trustkillx 6 месяцев назад +3

      Hey Irish girl. You in Cork ?????

    • @UCONN_HUSKIES
      @UCONN_HUSKIES 6 месяцев назад +14

      And with all of the we support the police signs I see nowadays on people's front lawns. 😩

  • @mimimonster
    @mimimonster 6 месяцев назад +428

    I don’t believe for a minute those girl ever yelled at him or came at him. He was a predator and probably in every instance HE initiated contact with them to force them into his car. What a disgusting excuse for a human being. Even though he wove ridiculous lies around what happened to them, it was a gift that he was convicted and will rot in jail until he meets his maker.

    • @always_b_natural703
      @always_b_natural703 6 месяцев назад +29

      I was thinking that exact thing. Women, particularly those alone, are especially wary of men.

    • @traceyg2703
      @traceyg2703 6 месяцев назад +30

      It's so bizarre that he thinks he can "justify" his horrific actions by blaming the victims. He thinks it lessens what he did because ALL of these young women supposedly argued with him? It's just a profound shame he was ever released from prison the first time.

    • @aimeerebecca1
      @aimeerebecca1 6 месяцев назад +32

      I just made the same comment!! There is NO WAY they instigated anything. I’m a strong willed and strong in general woman and I would never mouth off to a man I didn’t know. This evil evil monster was definitely utterly demented.

    • @sunshine3914
      @sunshine3914 6 месяцев назад +13

      He was hoping that other males would side with him… especially the male cops.

    • @stevenfarrington2361
      @stevenfarrington2361 6 месяцев назад +10

      @@sunshine3914I think he was getting off on faking the confessions, thinking he’s the smartest guy in the room. The truth is that when charged due to the victims who survived, his MO was clear and he never confessed.

  • @tobydean7097
    @tobydean7097 6 месяцев назад +280

    The saddest part of the story is the fact that he never should have been released from prison in 1996?!!!! 😢😢😢

    • @lizhjelmeseth5485
      @lizhjelmeseth5485 5 месяцев назад +1

      We release monsters and our USA justice system knows it. That's the sad part of it.

  • @rainbowbrite9780
    @rainbowbrite9780 6 месяцев назад +549

    The fact that Reeces mom knew her son was convicted for harming women, then asks Tiffany’s mom to help him is disgusting. These families need to stop cloaking criminal family members!!!

    • @aparnarajesh
      @aparnarajesh 6 месяцев назад +17

      she should sent to jail

    • @lennarthagen3638
      @lennarthagen3638 6 месяцев назад +1

      Lol

    • @oldhickory4686
      @oldhickory4686 6 месяцев назад +25

      I agree, and that's how these men turn into criminals. Never faced any consequences, and I'm sure baby daddy wasn't in the picture either.

    • @dubaiedge
      @dubaiedge 6 месяцев назад +17

      Apples rarely fall far from their trees.

    • @hello0040
      @hello0040 6 месяцев назад +3

      💯

  • @Sigma2HisAlpha
    @Sigma2HisAlpha 6 месяцев назад +303

    Alexis looks just like her mother. Replica. You can tell the grandmother talks about her and keeps her memory alive because Alexis knew immediately how her mother maintained straight A’s and took finals a week after delivering her. May God ease their sorrow❤
    And Sandra: you go girl ❤

    • @Trustkillx
      @Trustkillx 6 месяцев назад

      I'm not impressed

    • @Sigma2HisAlpha
      @Sigma2HisAlpha 6 месяцев назад +30

      @@Trustkillx nor do you look it.

    • @elizabethmenegon8057
      @elizabethmenegon8057 6 месяцев назад +6

      I think she survived because of her niece. Beautiful ladies 💖

    • @ElaAusDemTal
      @ElaAusDemTal 6 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@elizabethmenegon8057niece? You mean granddaughter.

    • @ElaAusDemTal
      @ElaAusDemTal 6 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@Trustkillxso, where is your "beautiful music"?

  • @gladysmakasi6230
    @gladysmakasi6230 6 месяцев назад +373

    A significant part of the reason why people are sent to prison is because they are a danger to society. Someone sexually assaults two women and they think he won't do it again? This is absurd.

    • @203_Boy
      @203_Boy 6 месяцев назад +22

      Yep , plus there's no women in prison. He did 10 years.
      He was probably thinking about reoffending the whole time.

    • @dubaiedge
      @dubaiedge 6 месяцев назад +21

      @@203_Boy plus all they learn is how to become better predators in prison. It's like a long stint at Rapists Are Us Boot Camp

    • @countrygirl366
      @countrygirl366 6 месяцев назад +4

      I agree 💯😢

    • @thimashiangel3026
      @thimashiangel3026 6 месяцев назад +9

      You have to put the judge who released him into jail as well! Go back to law school

    • @ninedaysjane2466
      @ninedaysjane2466 3 месяца назад

      Sex offenders have the highest recidivism rates. It makes no sense.

  • @Janadu
    @Janadu 6 месяцев назад +252

    The mother who said "I forgive" is just as valid as the mother who said "I will never forgive". The grief these families endured is unimaginable. May they find peace, knowing their daughters finally received justice.

    • @jessebradshaw9993
      @jessebradshaw9993 6 месяцев назад +10

      What kind of justice if that garbage bag gets to live in prison off of tax money that keeps them in there

    • @MamaJLW
      @MamaJLW 6 месяцев назад +8

      I pray that I never have to choose between forgiveness and inability to forgive. Heaven help me if I’m in that position and there isn’t a body. The not knowing would just be so much worse, I think.

    • @kristinebailey6554
      @kristinebailey6554 5 месяцев назад +4

      You cannot forgive anyone that doesn't ask for it. You can walk through life without focusing on anger though.

  • @ceilconstante640
    @ceilconstante640 6 месяцев назад +176

    Why hasn't our system changed since the Jessica Lundsford case? Sociopaths & Kiddie diddlers can't change. We need harsher laws.

    • @Ipleadthefifth
      @Ipleadthefifth 6 месяцев назад +15

      💯💯💯 I 100% agree with this our laws need to be harsher not more lenient

    • @dubaiedge
      @dubaiedge 6 месяцев назад +1

      On ALL of these crime stories, people feel the same about lenient laws. We pretty much all think the same way about not letting predators out. So what's going wrong??
      My theory is there are just so many operating under the radar in official positions that they don't take it seriously. It's so common, there's just SO MANY males out there hurting women, that the denial levels are skyhigh across the board, from law enforcement to judges to all throughout the CJS system. Sure, they might pretend to give a life sentence, but in reality, these males get out on so-called good behavior. They get out of life sentences simply to take another's life.

    • @ceilconstante640
      @ceilconstante640 6 месяцев назад

      @@dubaiedge a LOT of said people are in the Masonic brotherhood.

    • @anonimus8375
      @anonimus8375 3 месяца назад +4

      There needs to a be a "No third chances" rule. Once is a mistake, twice is a pattern. If you can't or won't change after being found guilty and convicted you need to stay in jail or isolated indefinitely.

    • @foxywhitetip7387
      @foxywhitetip7387 Месяц назад +3

      It’s not a “mistake”

  • @princessbuttercup8954
    @princessbuttercup8954 6 месяцев назад +131

    My dad always stressed to me and my siblings that if someone tries to take you, you fight and scream and never let them take you to a second location. He said if they're gonna threaten to stab or shoot you its better to have it done where people can help. When I was 11 this guy tried to get me and my cousin in his van but we ran back towards my stepmom who told my dad but by the time he went looking for the guy he was gone. I always think about that night when i see stories like this.

    • @TheRetroWoman80
      @TheRetroWoman80 6 месяцев назад +7

      I'm glad you had refuge to run to. I'm sure that experience was horrifying.

    • @Yomamahouseyo
      @Yomamahouseyo 3 месяца назад +2

      Amazing dad so happy yall listened

  • @rameshrolla1574
    @rameshrolla1574 6 месяцев назад +221

    Laura's mother spoke very well.. her empathy towards other victims made me emotional..and that line "forgiveness for me is not to live in a cage of rage"

    • @brianmeen2158
      @brianmeen2158 6 месяцев назад +16

      So true. Although I understand the rage parents would have for the murderer of their children - holding that rage over decades would destroy them

    • @ConstellationCommunication
      @ConstellationCommunication 6 месяцев назад +19

      Laura’s mother just is the epitome of grace and sorrow.❤😢

    • @chrissieroxba2949
      @chrissieroxba2949 3 месяца назад +2

      @@ConstellationCommunicationYES! 🙏🏼

  • @peternolan4107
    @peternolan4107 6 месяцев назад +109

    Why are these sex offenders EVER allowed to get out?

    • @ittybitty7702
      @ittybitty7702 2 месяца назад +3

      Because of LIBERALISM!!!! FIND A CURE !!!

    • @marshapieroni6677
      @marshapieroni6677 15 дней назад +1

      Wish we knew why and could stop it. Judges, parole boards.....

  • @mommad9863
    @mommad9863 6 месяцев назад +558

    OF COURSE he wanted the death penalty option pulled before talking. You take multiple lives but can't face it yourself. Coward.

    • @tebelshaw9486
      @tebelshaw9486 6 месяцев назад +24

      Because he knows where he's going when he dies.

    • @6Haunted-Days
      @6Haunted-Days 6 месяцев назад +1

      You do know …..we ALL DIE……right? 🙄😂

    • @eXHackeR
      @eXHackeR 6 месяцев назад +19

      @@6Haunted-DaysYour point? He wanted to prolong it obviously.

    • @MiracleFound
      @MiracleFound 6 месяцев назад +6

      I would rather get the death penalty than go to prison. Then again, I would never willingly harm another person except to protect someone.

    • @kristi4113
      @kristi4113 6 месяцев назад +4

      He DID get the DP…in Oklahoma. He had cards to play in TX with Kelli, Laura and Jessica; there were none to play about Tiffany.

  • @jamesmaguire9518
    @jamesmaguire9518 6 месяцев назад +200

    I can't imagine my sister going on a run, trying to stay healthy, and and she just disappears. I would lose my mind. I feel for these families. Parents shouldn't have to go through this

    • @retiredkidbuck
      @retiredkidbuck 6 месяцев назад +3

      No parents shouldn't have to go through this. And if they didn't let their daughter go out alone they wouldn't have to. Predators are a fact of life. Acting otherwise is risky and foolish.

    • @sunshine3914
      @sunshine3914 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@retiredkidbuckActually, her dad had gone with her, when he was called in to take a call that took less than 5 minutes. There were no other houses nor businesses around except for a horse stable up the road. I had worked just a couple miles up the road for years, & the city of Friendswood would lead everyone to believe that there city was completely crime-free.

    • @sunshine3914
      @sunshine3914 6 месяцев назад

      @@retiredkidbuckAlso, in the US, there are over 3 women/girls murdered, every day, at the hands of men who claim to love them. So, keep your daughters under lockdown.

    • @ZeeJuque
      @ZeeJuque 6 месяцев назад +1

      I would go nuts i love my sisters

  • @tracyshaffer4510
    @tracyshaffer4510 6 месяцев назад +67

    When I think my life is hard I watch the true crime documentary and realize how good I have it.

  • @MN-br5nb
    @MN-br5nb 6 месяцев назад +86

    To think the daughter is now same age or older than her mom is sad. I wish her the best.

    • @sharnagrayson9649
      @sharnagrayson9649 6 месяцев назад +13

      The mom was 20 I think now she’s 27 🥹

    • @NotMeNow848
      @NotMeNow848 3 месяца назад +3

      She looks like her mum a lot

  • @koisneurotypical
    @koisneurotypical 6 месяцев назад +131

    All these young girls picked fights with this guy, eh? So in his mind he’s the victim? That is mind blowing. I can’t imagine what their parents went through and continue to go through. I just can’t. 💔

    • @1515cando
      @1515cando 6 месяцев назад +3

      Yup just like DJT is a victim 🙄

    • @Verawnique
      @Verawnique 6 месяцев назад +13

      All narcissists play the victim. They don't take responsibility, always someone else's fault. True cowards.

    • @breda042
      @breda042 6 месяцев назад +6

      He's victim blaming, but that is what society does, especially with sexually motivated crimes.

    • @rocioaguilera3555
      @rocioaguilera3555 6 месяцев назад +7

      Sociopaths always blame others for their own deeds 😢

  • @supriseimblack
    @supriseimblack 6 месяцев назад +86

    A girl is really going to follow you 30miles in her car just to win an argument? Yeah, right..

    • @TheWritingsonthewalls
      @TheWritingsonthewalls 6 месяцев назад +12

      His asinine story of each encounter was always the same exact bs. So these young girls going about their business picked fights with you a grown man and somehow each fight escalated to you killing them right then and there. Psychotic. Prayers to all the families.

    • @stephaniek1076
      @stephaniek1076 6 месяцев назад +14

      He probably followed HER those 30 miles (i.e., stalked her, as his intended prey).

    • @sharoncruzen1942
      @sharoncruzen1942 3 месяца назад

      Oh he “accidentally” killed her! 🙄

  • @kathryncumberland
    @kathryncumberland 6 месяцев назад +58

    This is why people convicted to sexual assault should NEVER be released from prison! They cannot be reformed and going to prison just teaches then not to leave a witness.

  • @katwil89
    @katwil89 6 месяцев назад +102

    “Forgiveness was for me to not live in a cage of rage.” I admire her strength and wisdom. I don’t think I could ever handle it the way she has.

  • @Panwere36
    @Panwere36 6 месяцев назад +69

    No matter what William Reece may claim, he got an additional thrill over the fact that he could continue torturing the families all those years. The fact he was already a convicted sex offender was proof he was always destined to be a serial killer.

    • @stephaniek1076
      @stephaniek1076 6 месяцев назад +9

      And, he also got many thrills "helping" LE locate his victims...and getting to relive his murders by telling (and rewriting) his version.

  • @dantanna3161
    @dantanna3161 6 месяцев назад +47

    Sex offenders can never be rehabilitated! Never!
    These poor girls blood is on the hands of the idiots that let this monster out of his cage😡

  • @palehorse6250
    @palehorse6250 6 месяцев назад +67

    omg, that poor little darling girl looking everywhere for her mother. that's the saddest thing:(

  • @CocoAvalon
    @CocoAvalon 6 месяцев назад +82

    All those moms and dads seemed like lovely people. They didn't just care about their own daughters, but also about the other murdered girls. I can't stop crying.

    • @summer6787
      @summer6787 6 месяцев назад

      But why allow a 12 yr old to run alone though, crazy

    • @pinkdonut26
      @pinkdonut26 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@summer6787different times in small town Texas. I grew up in Houston and always rode my bike all over in the 90s. Nowadays I’m timid walking only half a block to check the mail. Lost sense of security.

  • @bestrealredhed
    @bestrealredhed 6 месяцев назад +66

    '97 is also the year my mother was murdered, losing a loved one to homicidal violence is a pain that never leaves you. I hope the families have moments of peace and can enjoy their memories.

    • @francisulbrich9159
      @francisulbrich9159 6 месяцев назад +4

      Sorry😮

    • @203_Boy
      @203_Boy 6 месяцев назад +4

      Did they find the perp❓

    • @marygarrett9776
      @marygarrett9776 6 месяцев назад +2

      I am very very sorry about your mom. I hope you have many good memories of her. ❤️

    • @TheRetroWoman80
      @TheRetroWoman80 6 месяцев назад +2

      Hugs💚

    • @countrygirl366
      @countrygirl366 6 месяцев назад +2

      I'm very sorry for your loss 🙏🏼 sending prayers.

  • @NokulungaMahlati
    @NokulungaMahlati 6 месяцев назад +49

    "You should consider yourself lucky we are even working on this case" what an evil person 😢

    • @missmicheleeexo2269
      @missmicheleeexo2269 6 месяцев назад +7

      No kidding.. as if solving crimes and serving the public isn't part of their job? Like their main duty actually..

  • @MJ-ji6mv
    @MJ-ji6mv 6 месяцев назад +65

    "Why was it so important to find who killed her?" Did that interviewer really just ask that ridiculous question?! 🤦‍♀️

    • @Janettoi
      @Janettoi 6 месяцев назад +6

      So cringy!

    • @Lennybird91
      @Lennybird91 6 месяцев назад +11

      I honestly cannot stand this 48 Hours host. She is terrible. I've seen so many poor out of touch questions over her episodes...

    • @vjhreeves
      @vjhreeves 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Lennybird91 Agree! And she was there 30 years ago when the poor girl first went missing.

    • @elsie6828
      @elsie6828 6 месяцев назад +9

      She was just feeding her a question for the soundbite; it's an entertainment show, not a police interrogation. So much uproar over nothing.

    • @MJ-ji6mv
      @MJ-ji6mv 6 месяцев назад +1

      @elsie6828 I understand that. I love Paula Zahn, and she always receives negative feedback for her questions, which are for the sole purpose of making it a show.. But this question here was just odd and ignorant.

  • @kat0726
    @kat0726 6 месяцев назад +78

    Kelly’s daughter is gorgeous & looks just like her mama ❤️ This is such a heartbreaking case 😞

    • @kathysmotherman2515
      @kathysmotherman2515 6 месяцев назад +6

      They're twins & I'm willing to bet she loves that !!
      💜✌️

  • @Leo19rash
    @Leo19rash 6 месяцев назад +66

    I feel so bad for Alexis who lost her dear mom at such a young age looking for her under beds 😢😢

  • @madeleinereed6460
    @madeleinereed6460 6 месяцев назад +23

    I was 6 in 1997 living in Houston...i now understand why my mom was SO protective of me and adiment about me being aware about my surroundings, teaching me that not all people are good....and to never leave her side in public.

  • @Itwontfitn
    @Itwontfitn 6 месяцев назад +37

    The lady talking about the true meaning of forgiveness is sooo brave.. Hearing that is so humbling.

  • @parsleysue11
    @parsleysue11 6 месяцев назад +116

    I can’t imagine what these parents are feeling.

  • @M4G1.
    @M4G1. 6 месяцев назад +28

    I don't really understand why the system allows sex offenders and child molesters to walk the streets free again after what they've done

  • @jenniferhill9924
    @jenniferhill9924 6 месяцев назад +100

    Laura is so missed. She was such a sweet child. Our friend group has never been the same. Gaye is truly an angel from heaven.

    • @sandgrownun66
      @sandgrownun66 6 месяцев назад +2

      Angels aren't real.

    • @amandak800
      @amandak800 6 месяцев назад +26

      @@sandgrownun66not today satan

    • @MrGrumpyGills
      @MrGrumpyGills 6 месяцев назад +6

      @@amandak800 Satan isn't real either. It's very sad that so many people are mentally stuck in the dark ages.

    • @amandak800
      @amandak800 6 месяцев назад +15

      @@MrGrumpyGills it’s very sad that you are so ignorant 😭😭😭😭

    • @sandgrownun66
      @sandgrownun66 6 месяцев назад

      @@MrGrumpyGills Correct, Grumpy.

  • @gr8fuldeb699
    @gr8fuldeb699 6 месяцев назад +43

    I lost my son and time is not making it better or easier. I cannot imagine if he went missing and was murdered. Thats got to be a whole new level of pain. God bless these parents and may their children rest in peace.

    • @moirahill6397
      @moirahill6397 6 месяцев назад +2

      I too lost my son and the grief is crippling and excruciating and it has changed me completely 💔 Now when I saw this video I realised my gosh! I thought it couldn't be any worse but it could. I can't imagine what those parents are going through. They are so brave. Sending hugs and may your son rest in peace 🙏

    • @paulzammataro7185
      @paulzammataro7185 6 месяцев назад +1

      Very Sorry

    • @paulzammataro7185
      @paulzammataro7185 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@moirahill6397
      Deepest Condolences

    • @moirahill6397
      @moirahill6397 6 месяцев назад

      @@paulzammataro7185 That means a lot. Thank you so much 💓 😘

    • @outfield1988
      @outfield1988 6 месяцев назад

      Sorry

  • @SuperZytoon
    @SuperZytoon 6 месяцев назад +57

    This story of the tragic, vicious murders of four innocent young women is overwhelmingly heartbreaking. The strength of their parents and of the young lady who saved herself by jumping out of the murder’s speeding vehicle is incredible. Bless them all.

  • @Alexandra_Wolf
    @Alexandra_Wolf 6 месяцев назад +99

    It’s ten times grosser that she had helped him get a license and he took so much from someone who acted kindly to him.

    • @supriseimblack
      @supriseimblack 6 месяцев назад +16

      He couldn't commit those crimes without a license

    • @howieziegler3110
      @howieziegler3110 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@supriseimblack WOW😮

    • @brookewray59
      @brookewray59 6 месяцев назад +6

      I didn't even think of that. 😢

  • @abccoy
    @abccoy 6 месяцев назад +47

    As a father, I would not wait around hoping for justice.

    • @jessebradshaw9993
      @jessebradshaw9993 6 месяцев назад +4

      I agree with you “

    • @sunshine3914
      @sunshine3914 6 месяцев назад +7

      These cases were made even more complicated because there had been 23 bodies recovered from the infamous “killing field” just off Hwy 45. One of those had been abducted from the same pay phone as Sandra. I honestly don’t think Reese always acted alone.

    • @Mr60minor
      @Mr60minor 5 месяцев назад

      Understand totally.

  • @tanyajane1975
    @tanyajane1975 6 месяцев назад +52

    One day all tears will be wiped away. My heart goes out to all these parents. 😢

  • @robinrios4715
    @robinrios4715 6 месяцев назад +29

    Infuriating that that monster was let out of prison!!!!

  • @nerd26373
    @nerd26373 6 месяцев назад +125

    This is a devastating case. My condolences to those affected.

    • @CaliCarolyn
      @CaliCarolyn 6 месяцев назад +6

      It really is. Just horrific. My heart aches for these girls and their families.😢😢💔

  • @amyshew1151
    @amyshew1151 6 месяцев назад +22

    Here’s to the mom explaining what forgiveness is . If only everyone had a mom like that growing up , the world would be such a smarter, kinder , equitable place . I’m sorry for all of their losses : Our losses .

  • @amityislandchum
    @amityislandchum 6 месяцев назад +14

    Michael Reece's stories about what happened between the women/girls and him are completely implausible. You can tell he's never actually had a real conversation or friendship with an actual woman, because he seems to think young women would actually start physical fights with a strange man or follow him for 30 miles. He has no idea that we have to spend our entire lives with our guard up.

  • @stephaniec3759
    @stephaniec3759 6 месяцев назад +27

    This is what a lot of people do not understand about forgiveness. It is not for the perp, its for the victims and their families. It frees you from the hate and guilt that will consume your life and the lives around you which can completely destroy lives sometimes more than the crime itself. You will never forget, but forgiveness will lift off some of the weight from your life.

    • @tebelshaw9486
      @tebelshaw9486 6 месяцев назад +4

      Yes. I think people assume if you forgive someone, you're letting them off the hook. What forgiveness implies is that you will not seek personal vengance, but leave it in the hands of the Judge of all the earth. They aren't "getting away" with anything. Payday someday.

  • @rowan2u380
    @rowan2u380 6 месяцев назад +55

    Can't even imagine the horror of having your son or daughter go missing 😔💙💯

    • @mischapiru9514
      @mischapiru9514 6 месяцев назад

      Yup! And it is for 95% a daughter.

  • @lulaboo4393
    @lulaboo4393 6 месяцев назад +27

    I know Kelly’s daughter Alexis. She’s a beautiful girl and I’m glad she had closure for her mom.

  • @Janettoi
    @Janettoi 6 месяцев назад +32

    This fool is lying, I don't see the girl driving behind him down the highway for 30 miles or the other getting into it with him for bumping into each other at the gas station. My heart goes out to the families affected by these senseless killings, may they be comforted 🕊

  • @AP12360
    @AP12360 6 месяцев назад +15

    They need to stop letting sexual predators out of prison. Sexual predators always repeat when they are released. Sometimes their crimes escalate like this case and he killed them.

  • @Jhhgftghjjj
    @Jhhgftghjjj 6 месяцев назад +40

    Just horrible and heartbreaking stories...a 12 year old girl....a daughter not with her mom ...what's this world people...😢

  • @kmo3811
    @kmo3811 6 месяцев назад +37

    Those poor mothers and family members...I cannot imagine the pain of not knowing where your child is. My heart goes out to them.

  • @QAsession
    @QAsession 6 месяцев назад +29

    They didn't connect the dots?
    So many senseless deaths.
    Heartbreaking.

  • @happytrails699
    @happytrails699 6 месяцев назад +45

    these guys cannot be rehabed, just throw away the keys and leave them in prison

    • @dianawatton7570
      @dianawatton7570 6 месяцев назад +7

      True, You cannot rehabilitate evil.

    • @stfuplsok
      @stfuplsok 6 месяцев назад

      *rehabbed

    • @elsie6828
      @elsie6828 6 месяцев назад +4

      Why do they have to live?

  • @puritymukiri9786
    @puritymukiri9786 6 месяцев назад +62

    My heart goes out to all the loved ones. This is terrible

  • @TheStar798
    @TheStar798 6 месяцев назад +18

    For one man to cause so much misery.... this world can just break your heart 😢

  • @dove861
    @dove861 6 месяцев назад +24

    It’s almost haunting how identical Alexis is to her mother.

    • @kathysmotherman2515
      @kathysmotherman2515 6 месяцев назад +2

      TWINS & I'm willing to bet that she loves that !!
      💜✌️

  • @aimeerebecca1
    @aimeerebecca1 6 месяцев назад +13

    Each of these rapes/murders started with the girls mouthing off to him? Bull! I’ve never mouthed off to a creepy stranger. And you know his presence was extremely creepy. We know those types of men.

    • @sunshine3914
      @sunshine3914 6 месяцев назад

      Actually, I mouthed off at him. He was meek, I bet every one of his victims were no taller than 5’.

  • @sunflowerz54
    @sunflowerz54 6 месяцев назад +14

    They called a distraught Mother over the phone to tell her they found her dead daughter? How very sad

  • @SaltyPug
    @SaltyPug 6 месяцев назад +10

    This man should’ve never been let out of prison. Accountability is needed for those who are predator sympathizers.

  • @JazySazy6464
    @JazySazy6464 6 месяцев назад +23

    We need to change these laws that let these violent offense back out on the street. We need to start suing law enforcement for putting citizens in harms way by releasing these folks

  • @patriciacunningham5472
    @patriciacunningham5472 6 месяцев назад +12

    Why is he still breathing? An eye for an eye! A tooth for a tooth! The women of our country are not throw aways! This includes indigenous women as well! The killings have to stop! Please no more repeat offenders? Our hearts go out to all the families who have lost their loved ones!

  • @marcelokodama238
    @marcelokodama238 6 месяцев назад +19

    "Forgiveness was for me to not live in a cage of rage..." wise words...
    May God bless all these families this monster Reece destroyed.

  • @BlankCanvas88
    @BlankCanvas88 6 месяцев назад +21

    It never ceases to amaze me the destruction that comes from such abject selfishness. Those poor, poor families. The hatred and evil in the heart of someone who could do that is unfathomable.

  • @madeinussr7551
    @madeinussr7551 5 месяцев назад +7

    Its ironic how the most vile creatures want the death penalty off the table.

  • @shidah2017
    @shidah2017 6 месяцев назад +23

    If they hadn't put him on death row, he wouldn't have stopped. RIP to all the innocent victims. May their inspiring mothers find solace in getting justice.

  • @deealex1402
    @deealex1402 6 месяцев назад +23

    poor families, cannot even imagine... when this brutality againts girls and women will stop. its everyday something :( its just always amazes me that these sex offenders get back living their life and let out of the prison, and innocent people will always pay because these kind of sick minds do not change. who ever let him out,should feel sorry for these victims.

    • @tebelshaw9486
      @tebelshaw9486 6 месяцев назад

      It's fed by pornography as Ted Bundy freely admitted.

    • @sunshine3914
      @sunshine3914 6 месяцев назад

      In the US there are 3.1 girls/women who are murdered every day at the hands of men who claim to love them.

  • @tinylichau1529
    @tinylichau1529 6 месяцев назад +20

    Prayers for all the people who have lost their love ones 🙏

  • @diannaperry8116
    @diannaperry8116 6 месяцев назад +17

    I can’t imagine the pain the parents of these young women went through and still feel today. I pray I never experience that level of pain . Rip precious girls❤

  • @annagarza7299
    @annagarza7299 6 месяцев назад +10

    We lost our 10 yr old son to Cancer 😭😩💔 he was 7 yrs old when he was diagnosed with cancer osteosarcoma we were devastated and the next 3 yrs was torture I never knew I could cry so much 😭 but at least we knew what was happening to our child I tell my husband all the time that having a child disappear is worse then what we went through the I DONT KNOW would be harder 😩 the mind plays games with you I had nightmares all the time but I knew where my child was ! The Nightmare of every parent 😩

  • @KatSut1978
    @KatSut1978 6 месяцев назад +22

    Bless those families dealing with so much pain but who never gave up on finding their daughters. What Gaye said about forgiveness hit me hard. He doesn’t deserve forgiveness but I know it’s more for her than him.

  • @LindaBarham
    @LindaBarham 6 месяцев назад +8

    Sexual predators should never be let out of prison, especially child molesters. They never change their strips. Their crimes always escalate. It's sad because their behavior always escalates. Shame on our judicial system. It fails the victims and families.

  • @bostonsandatot4948
    @bostonsandatot4948 6 месяцев назад +18

    I hope that Bob and Gaye Smither have found justice and peace in their memories of Laura. I volunteered with Bob in the early 2000s and had been to their home several times and saw Laura's photos there yet I didn't know of her unmeasurably awful case until afterwards.

    • @kathysmotherman2515
      @kathysmotherman2515 6 месяцев назад

      Does the man ever speak ?? 😅
      They seem like lovely people & I just can't imagine their pain 😓
      Blessed Be 💜✌️

  • @beverlywhite5438
    @beverlywhite5438 6 месяцев назад +19

    Rest In Peace to all these victims. 😢🙏 Hell can't come soon enough for this monster.

  • @TheRetroWoman80
    @TheRetroWoman80 6 месяцев назад +15

    I knew about that Tiffany Johnston case and how they still hadn't solved it.
    Thank you 48 hours for further updates and showing the connections with the other victims.'
    I hope Reece had a horrible exit from earth after what he did to these young ladies.

  • @krissalouvae7513
    @krissalouvae7513 6 месяцев назад +10

    Sandra, if you ever see this comment.... You are an incredibly brave, amazing woman! I am so glad you survived. You will be in my prayers to have a beautiful life. 🙏❤🙏

  • @finefelinegirl
    @finefelinegirl 6 месяцев назад +11

    That statue is so powerful! My heart goes out to all of this vile creature’s victims and their loved ones!

  • @johnnymarine554
    @johnnymarine554 6 месяцев назад +10

    Its been rightly said that holding on to bitterness and unforgiveness is the same as drinking poison and hoping that it hurts the offending party

  • @Explorer24904
    @Explorer24904 6 месяцев назад +9

    The people who let off those THINGS back into society should pay....This is a man who had brutally raped two women and was jailed for it...His release means his NEXT victims won't live to tell...SHAME on the system..

  • @Shakespearelover1717
    @Shakespearelover1717 6 месяцев назад +10

    All the young ladies had similar characteristics: all were attractive, all were young, all were brunette. The woman who escaped by jumping from the car used amazing judgment. Hindsight is always 20/20, but if someone tries to abduct you from a public place and tells you to keep quiet, SCREAM and make a huge fuss. Likely the abductor will run rather than hurt you. If you let them take you to a private site, the odds are much worse of your surviving the encounter.

  • @Mamaosa63
    @Mamaosa63 6 месяцев назад +8

    You parents don’t allow a 12 year old jog out there alone.

  • @FourHuskyHomestead
    @FourHuskyHomestead 5 месяцев назад +6

    Thank goodness Kelly’s daughter had her grandmother to comfort her and to raise her. So sorry for their loss. And for all the people who lost a precious loved one.

  • @laurahoward5426
    @laurahoward5426 6 месяцев назад +10

    Kudos to Sandra for jumping out of a moving vehicle.....😪I hope her life has been good

  • @yvonnesmith8245
    @yvonnesmith8245 6 месяцев назад +13

    I feel so bad for these kids. May they rest in peace for all eternity.🙏

  • @marshareed1438
    @marshareed1438 6 месяцев назад +14

    Sandra saved her own life, she’s incredible!

  • @RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS
    @RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS 6 месяцев назад +14

    Don’t JOG ALONE!!! Ever.

    • @moondancerose7930
      @moondancerose7930 6 месяцев назад

      Unless yr trained and ready for combat. I've been attacked before whilst running in the woods. I wouldn't be here if I had not taken classes. A sad world indeed.

    • @TammyGresham-pq8fz
      @TammyGresham-pq8fz 3 месяца назад

      That's right it's better to be safe than sorry.

  • @Joanla1954
    @Joanla1954 6 месяцев назад +10

    So sorry for the parents. Nobody should expect them to EVER get "over it" because they will not until they take their last breaths. My best friend of 52 years lost 2 sons, one drowned in 2010 on her birthday, the other to a heart attack in 2020. She is now "over it" as she took her last breath the 12th of July here in 2023.
    God bless and comfort these parents as one day their pain will be over and one day very soon evil like what happened to their babies will never happen again.

    • @annacarter4879
      @annacarter4879 5 месяцев назад

      🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😔

  • @user-zs3wr3zy7c
    @user-zs3wr3zy7c 6 месяцев назад +8

    Heartbreaking so many people suffering because of this evil monster! Laura's mom is truly an angel to find forgiveness something I could not do.

  • @dickfitswell3437
    @dickfitswell3437 6 месяцев назад +16

    I am from FRIENDSWOOD and was 17 when this happened and it was a shock. RIP Laura and the other women. Thankfully that monster is dead

    • @TheRetroWoman80
      @TheRetroWoman80 6 месяцев назад +1

      Good

    • @kathysmotherman2515
      @kathysmotherman2515 6 месяцев назад

      Did he die in an Oklahoma or Texas prison ?? I should know this because I'm from/in Oklahoma
      TYIA 💜✌️

  • @orangewarm1
    @orangewarm1 6 месяцев назад +12

    Why are the journalists questions so stupid? Why was it important to find your daughters killer? Was it frustrating the guy wasn't convicted?

    • @vjhreeves
      @vjhreeves 6 месяцев назад +3

      Without these inane questions there is no interview, no show, no ratings and nowhere for companies to advertise. So, ultimately, it's all about money.

    • @xhiddenkittenx
      @xhiddenkittenx 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@vjhreevesthey could at least choose the words they use to ask the questions. Like instead of why was it important to find your daughters killer… maybe what did it mean or what did it feel like when you would imagine finding her killer? Or something like that. I agree with others comments that these questions are insensitive and stupid.

  • @jessica6harry21
    @jessica6harry21 6 месяцев назад +10

    This evil is already old and still a liar and no conscience at all, may he rot in hell.

  • @tish5492
    @tish5492 6 месяцев назад +16

    I can't even begin to imagine how hard it'd be to forgive someone for murdering my child. However, showing the murderer mercy does set you free from the hold they may have over your long journey of healing. I commend anyone that is able to do that. RIP beautiful ladies.

  • @adelefortuin428
    @adelefortuin428 6 месяцев назад +7

    If I was in that case, God forbid, I would've paid an inmate to take Reece out of this world anyway.

  • @zedsodead
    @zedsodead 6 месяцев назад +8

    To call William Reece the slime of humanity is an insult to slime.

  • @user-hv2kj6so4t
    @user-hv2kj6so4t 6 месяцев назад +9

    He was released after 10 years for 2 counts of r, but got 60 years for 1 count of k-ing? Can someone please explain the logic to me. He should have been locked up for life the first time around. Id like to take a look at that judge

  • @carolc6795
    @carolc6795 6 месяцев назад +8

    As a woman and mother my heart breaks for these people