Mike Boettcher

Oklahoma Citians consider themselves halfway from anywhere. This morning, they were right in the middle of hell.

Oklahoma Citians consider themselves halfway from anywhere. This morning, they were right in the middle of hell.

Because it didn't feel like any of the many investigations in the 70s and 80s had gotten it right. None of them were able to, once and for all, disprove the Highway Patrol's official narrative of a single car crash.

Because it didn't feel like any of the many investigations in the 70s and 80s had gotten it right. None of them were able to, once and for all, disprove the Highway Patrol's official narrative of a single car crash.

We just can't seem to shake the idea that justice hasn't come for Karen yet. But maybe it will.

We just can't seem to shake the idea that justice hasn't come for Karen yet. But maybe it will.

Plus, even 50 years later, some people are still reluctant to talk about what happened.

Plus, even 50 years later, some people are still reluctant to talk about what happened.

But we've got some new leads, like something Bobby's been holding onto for decades.

But we've got some new leads, like something Bobby's been holding onto for decades.

And we found people brave enough to talk. People who can shed light on who Karen was and what she was learning about the place where she worked.

And we found people brave enough to talk. People who can shed light on who Karen was and what she was learning about the place where she worked.

So 9-0-8. And this is where your mother, Karen Silkwood, lived. Wow. You've been here before? Not since I was four years old. Michael Meadows was just five years old when his mother, Karen Silkwood, died. We met outside the apartment where Karen spent her final months.

So 9-0-8. And this is where your mother, Karen Silkwood, lived. Wow. You've been here before? Not since I was four years old. Michael Meadows was just five years old when his mother, Karen Silkwood, died. We met outside the apartment where Karen spent her final months.

It's a plain red brick one-story building broken up into a few apartments, each with a front door opening onto a small shared lawn. So what do you, do you remember anything about when you came here when you were a kid?

It's a plain red brick one-story building broken up into a few apartments, each with a front door opening onto a small shared lawn. So what do you, do you remember anything about when you came here when you were a kid?

Instead of memories of his mom, Michael's got black and white photos, newspaper clippings, police reports. If he tries to picture his mom or imagine what she was like... The image in his head is actually Meryl Streep's portrayal of Karen in the 1983 movie Silkwood.

Instead of memories of his mom, Michael's got black and white photos, newspaper clippings, police reports. If he tries to picture his mom or imagine what she was like... The image in his head is actually Meryl Streep's portrayal of Karen in the 1983 movie Silkwood.

You know, in my mind, just thinking about you, you're a former Marine, and it sounds like you're a Marine on a mission.

You know, in my mind, just thinking about you, you're a former Marine, and it sounds like you're a Marine on a mission.