Karen Pipkin Guerrero

Thank you, Steve, for reexamining everything. Hopefully we can get something more concrete in the future.

Thank you, Steve, for reexamining everything. Hopefully we can get something more concrete in the future.

I mean, we could have flown, but I do hate flying.

I mean, we could have flown, but I do hate flying.

At the end of this road trip, there was a crucial piece of evidence we wanted to see. Evidence that had been passed down in a family from one generation to the next. Our journey to uncover that piece of evidence had finally brought us here.

At the end of this road trip, there was a crucial piece of evidence we wanted to see. Evidence that had been passed down in a family from one generation to the next. Our journey to uncover that piece of evidence had finally brought us here.

Welcome to Albuquerque.

Welcome to Albuquerque.

I first talked to Karen Pipkin Guerrero on the phone about a year ago when I heard that she might have this piece of evidence. It took some convincing, but she agreed to let us come see it. Go ahead. You go first.

I first talked to Karen Pipkin Guerrero on the phone about a year ago when I heard that she might have this piece of evidence. It took some convincing, but she agreed to let us come see it. Go ahead. You go first.

Oh, you want me to go first? Okay.

Oh, you want me to go first? Okay.

I feel like it should have gloves on to touch it. What we were looking for was perched on top of a refrigerator underneath some fishing rods next to a jug of windshield wiper fluid. Can I take it down?

I feel like it should have gloves on to touch it. What we were looking for was perched on top of a refrigerator underneath some fishing rods next to a jug of windshield wiper fluid. Can I take it down?

Sure. Oh, yes. Please take it down.

Sure. Oh, yes. Please take it down.

Is that good? Yes.

Is that good? Yes.

His name was A.O. Pipkin. He ran an accident reconstruction business out of Dallas, Texas. Pipkin was a big guy who wore bright orange jumpsuits no matter the occasion, even when he was eating in a five-star restaurant. A reporter once described him as looking a little like an orange balloon.

His name was A.O. Pipkin. He ran an accident reconstruction business out of Dallas, Texas. Pipkin was a big guy who wore bright orange jumpsuits no matter the occasion, even when he was eating in a five-star restaurant. A reporter once described him as looking a little like an orange balloon.