:45:03
...and drive her to Baton Rouge
for induction.
:45:06
The day before I took her shoppin'
for things she'd need.
:45:09
You know, just practical things.
:45:13
That evening about five, she dressed
and headed off to work at Coreys...
:45:17
...where she waitressed.
:45:19
After work she had a date with Walter.
:45:23
As she was about to leave, the hem
of her skirt was comin' out and I...
:45:29
She was in such a hurry, so...
:45:32
I pinned it for her with one
of those tiny safety pins and...
:45:35
...she was gone, out the door.
:45:39
You don't know, when
you see your child leave...
:45:41
...that you're never gonna
see them alive again.
:45:46
If I'd known that...
:45:49
...I would have told her
how much I love her.
:45:53
You know, my last words to her...
:45:56
...the last that she ever heard from me...
:45:59
...were about the hem of her skirt.
:46:04
Next morning we waited for her
to come out of that door.
:46:08
This was Hope's big day.
:46:11
Our baby was leavin' home.
:46:14
(Mrs Percy) Her room was empty
and the bed was still neatly made.
:46:20
So I telephoned the Delacroixs.
:46:23
Our hearts sank when they told us that
Walter hadn't come home that night too.
:46:28
And then for one brief moment
we thought, well...
:46:33
...maybe they'd run off
and gotten married or somethin'.
:46:37
(Mrs Percy) But we knew that she was
just too sensible a girl to do that.
:46:41
I went down to the police
and filled out a missing person's form.
:46:46
Three days later,
the sheriff formed a search party.
:46:51
- I went along with 'em.
- They were gone all day.
:46:54
They just walked for miles and nothin'.
:46:57
On Thursday, June 20th...