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But it was her daughter and what they would discover that had been hidden from that mother for years when we come back.
It is Saturday morning in Waukesha, Wisconsin, just outside Milwaukee, and a horrific scene is playing out. A birthday sleepover with three 12-year-olds the night before, and now two of those girls are missing. The third, Peyton Lightner, has somehow crawled out of the woods, covered in stab wounds. 19 of them.
It is Saturday morning in Waukesha, Wisconsin, just outside Milwaukee, and a horrific scene is playing out. A birthday sleepover with three 12-year-olds the night before, and now two of those girls are missing. The third, Peyton Lightner, has somehow crawled out of the woods, covered in stab wounds. 19 of them.
These are the woods where the stabbing actually. Police are still on the scene here. Morgan Geiser and Anissa Weier were missing. And Anissa's mother was recruiting anyone she could to join the search.
These are the woods where the stabbing actually. Police are still on the scene here. Morgan Geiser and Anissa Weier were missing. And Anissa's mother was recruiting anyone she could to join the search.
Christy had her daughter's cell phone. She scours it, searching for any clues. Instead, discovering something else.
Christy had her daughter's cell phone. She scours it, searching for any clues. Instead, discovering something else.
On that cell phone, this note, drafted by Anissa. She writes, I still had no idea. But as soon as I found that, I called the detective right away and showed him that information. While at that hospital, surgeon John Kellerman tells us he will never forget the wounds. He tells me about one of the stab wounds to Peyton's heart. The knife cut through the tissue, but not the artery itself. Exactly.
On that cell phone, this note, drafted by Anissa. She writes, I still had no idea. But as soon as I found that, I called the detective right away and showed him that information. While at that hospital, surgeon John Kellerman tells us he will never forget the wounds. He tells me about one of the stab wounds to Peyton's heart. The knife cut through the tissue, but not the artery itself. Exactly.
But they would save her life as the hunt for the two other girls intensified. Nearly five hours after Peyton crawled out of the woods, her two friends are suddenly found on the side of Interstate 94, walking out of Waukesha. They have found those two girls, I'm told, around 12 years old. A knife with a five-inch blade was found in one of the girls' bags, Lieutenant Tom Moorman confronting them.
But they would save her life as the hunt for the two other girls intensified. Nearly five hours after Peyton crawled out of the woods, her two friends are suddenly found on the side of Interstate 94, walking out of Waukesha. They have found those two girls, I'm told, around 12 years old. A knife with a five-inch blade was found in one of the girls' bags, Lieutenant Tom Moorman confronting them.
Morgan's parents raced to the police station, but they have not been told the severity of Peyton's injuries.
Morgan's parents raced to the police station, but they have not been told the severity of Peyton's injuries.
And listen to what their daughter, Anissa, says to the investigator.
And listen to what their daughter, Anissa, says to the investigator.
Both girls in separate rooms beginning to explain their plot to kill, referring to Peyton by her nickname, Bella.