Betsy Shepard

Endless horizons.

I can see why Ajay likes to come out here.

Yeah, it's pretty epic.

Here we are.

Hi.

One thing that impresses us so much about this area is that you have a desert landscape on one side, you have mountains and forests on the other, and then in between it's these really cool rock formations.

Oh, wow.

Kind of looks like George Washington.

And he would run from here to that mountain all the way over there and then run up it?

As June 11th, 1998 nears its end, Debbie Ajay becomes increasingly panicked because her husband, Deputy John Ajay, told her he'd be home around dark.

And by now, he's several hours late.

So she dials up one of the sheriff's stations where Ajay worked.

The call comes into the desk and it's from Debbie.

And it says, hey, my husband, who's the deputy, he went for a run and he didn't come home.

Vince Burton was a sergeant in the Antelope Valley.

He was also Ajay's colleague and friend.

So he gets on the phone with Debbie.

She was just upset.

She was crying.

She was obviously very concerned.