Becky Patty
Appearances
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
I'm sure, yeah. It was supposed to end, and there still wasn't an end to the line. And I remember somebody asking us, what do you want to do? And we said, these people came. We can't stop now. So we stood there long.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
I'm hoping that there's going to be people that haven't heard about the girls see this.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
Both families were equally committed to doing whatever they could to catch this killer.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
Could be something here. I was in shock, first off, that she was even doing that, because I kept thinking she would never do that. So it was hard to accept that she had.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
Yes. And they were really investigating the Santhony shots. They were investigating him hard.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
At that point in time, I'm thinking, oh, my gosh, this guy was talking to him. Oh, my gosh, they were going to kidnap and traffic them.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
Libby came out, and she was sitting on the floor in my office. Just then, Libby's older sister announced she'd be taking the car out. Kelsey popped her head in and said, hey, I'm going to go to my boyfriend's house. And Libby jumped right up and said, hey, can you take us to the trails?
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
It would ring and then go to voicemail. You're not really thinking anything bad, you know?
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
And said, hey, Libby went to the trails. It's been about an hour. She's not answering her phone.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
And it was going to start getting dark. Yeah, because it's February. And I said, we're going to have to call the police. And Libby's afraid of the dark.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
And we asked him, do you have enough evidence to convict? Are you sure? Are you positive? Are you, you know? They were sure.
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A Walk Through the Woods
That was the first thing my daughter thought of when they showed his picture and said he worked at CVS. She said, oh, Mom. Mom, he's the one that developed those pictures.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
Somebody said, I've got some pictures I want you to see, you need to see.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
The photos, the things that we learned, only confirmed our most horrible imaginations.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
There would have never been another option. We walked through this thing from the beginning together.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
At some point, Libby's sister checked social media. We saw a Snapchat photo of Abby that Libby had taken. So we knew that they had been on the bridge.
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A Walk Through the Woods
about Libby. I wanted them to know that those girls mattered, and they need to think of that throughout this whole trial.
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A Walk Through the Woods
And she said, no, you didn't. They're messing with your mind. And he said, why would I tell you I did it if I didn't?
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
We were brought together by an event. Even though we are totally two different types of families, we are basically family and we are bonded forever.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
We got our verdict. but that didn't bring the girls back. You know, it doesn't give us closure. It gives us a little bit of peace to know that he can never hurt another person again and that he's where he should be. Libby's cousin, Sadie, was overwhelmed.
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A Walk Through the Woods
People in the beginning didn't know what to do, so they started sending us money. And we didn't want that money. So we decided we would do something in honor of Libby.
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A Walk Through the Woods
We decided we were going to buy bleachers for the girls' softball field because their bleachers are horrible. But the money kept coming in and coming in.
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A Walk Through the Woods
She just kept saying, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, and she was crying. She just kept saying I couldn't go back to them. I said, well, tell me where they are so I can go. Even then, it didn't sink in. Until... And I'm waiting. I'm waiting. And the coroner's van come driving by. That's when I realized this isn't good.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
And I thought at that time that they were there to help us. They were asking questions and I was answering and, you know, trying to, let's figure out what's going on. I didn't even realize until years later, oh my God, they were interrogating us.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
They were upstairs watching movies. They were painting and silly little videos and stuff, just having a good time. It was a normal night. They were being kids, you know?
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
It was softball, then volleyball, swimming, soccer. She had soccer in the fall. There was about three weeks out of the year she was not in a sport. So you must have been doing a lot of driving. Lots. Abby was the shyer of the two. She was quiet and reserved. I think her and Libby complimented each other because Libby was a little more loud and boisterous and she was quiet.
Dateline NBC
A Walk Through the Woods
We were gone, and she was daring him to jump and do a handstand on the handrail and end up in the pool. And you could hear her saying, you won't do it, you're scared. And he'd say, why are you pushing me? She said, because Grandma's going to be home, so you've got to do it. Did he do it? Yeah, he did do it.