On the 29th of January, 1999, best friends Laura Bible and Ashley Freeman had to sleep

over at Ashley's house to celebrate her 16th birthday.

Ashley's parents, Danny and Kathy Freeman were also at the house, located in Craig County,

Oklahoma.

About 6am the next morning, a neighbour reported that the Freeman house was on fire.

Emergency services rushed to the scene and found the bodies of Kathy and Danny Freeman.

However Laura and Ashley were nowhere to be found.

We covered this story very early on, way back in case 3.

All sorts of theories have emerged over the years.

There was speculation Ashley and Laura might have murdered Danny and Kathy themselves.

There were rumors that Danny was involved in drugs.

Two different convicted murderers confessed to killing Laura and Ashley only to later

recant their confessions.

The cases remained unsolved for all of these eaves.

Until now.

Good afternoon.

I'm Craig County District Attorney Matt Ballard.

For 18 years, the community in Craig County, including many members of the media, have

followed the case of the deaths of Danny and Kathy Freeman, the mysterious disappearance

of their 16-year-old daughter, Ashley Freeman, and Ashley's friend, 16-year-old Laura Bible,

and the arson of the Freeman family home.

Yesterday there was an arrest in the case.

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