Scott Bird

Something very brutal happened out there. You don't just walk and lose your hair and your bracelets and your jewelry. Traumatic events were happening. Just the brutality of it is what sticks out. You could tell the person thought this would be a great place to hide a body.

Something very brutal happened out there. You don't just walk and lose your hair and your bracelets and your jewelry. Traumatic events were happening. Just the brutality of it is what sticks out. You could tell the person thought this would be a great place to hide a body.

We didn't know what it came from. It was kind of jagged lines, almost like triangles. We even took a picture of that and sent that to FBI headquarters.

We didn't know what it came from. It was kind of jagged lines, almost like triangles. We even took a picture of that and sent that to FBI headquarters.

We didn't know if somebody had hit her with a car or a blunt object. Was it a shoe print?

We didn't know if somebody had hit her with a car or a blunt object. Was it a shoe print?

Not only did we have a murder, we had a rapist as well.

Not only did we have a murder, we had a rapist as well.

I thought we already found who did this because you're five miles away from where everybody else is looking. You're in the middle of nowhere. She can't be seen from the road. You have to get out of your truck, climb a fence, walk through 100 yards of tall grass to get to where she was.

I thought we already found who did this because you're five miles away from where everybody else is looking. You're in the middle of nowhere. She can't be seen from the road. You have to get out of your truck, climb a fence, walk through 100 yards of tall grass to get to where she was.

Yes, people will come back to see what we have found or to downplay what they've done or to hide in plain sight.

Yes, people will come back to see what we have found or to downplay what they've done or to hide in plain sight.

Just to see if somebody was acting strangely or causing issues with the family.

Just to see if somebody was acting strangely or causing issues with the family.

They weren't the Ozzie and Harriet. They weren't perfect. Shantae liked to wave at boys, and boys would wave back, and it made her feel good. That made him a little jealous. Now, she didn't mean anything by it, but John was a little bit jealous, so it upset him some.

They weren't the Ozzie and Harriet. They weren't perfect. Shantae liked to wave at boys, and boys would wave back, and it made her feel good. That made him a little jealous. Now, she didn't mean anything by it, but John was a little bit jealous, so it upset him some.

Sure. Would tell her what to eat, what not to eat, where she could go, where she couldn't go.

Sure. Would tell her what to eat, what not to eat, where she could go, where she couldn't go.

They searched everything. He was, come in my house, search my vehicle, look anywhere you want.

They searched everything. He was, come in my house, search my vehicle, look anywhere you want.