Summary
In 2001, Christian Longo murdered his wife and their three children in Oregon and then fled to Mexico using a false identity. At trial, prosecutors argued Longo killed his family to escape financial troubles and Longo portrayed himself as a misunderstood family man. "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 3/28/2015.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm |
| 0:02.0 | BORI-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D. |
| 0:04.0 | ... There was nothing to her as much as those kids. |
| 0:32.6 | Those kids were her world. |
| 0:35.6 | But the last time we got together, I noticed |
| 0:39.3 | she wasn't the sister I knew. |
| 0:42.3 | You thought she was in danger? |
| 0:48.3 | I knew she was. |
| 0:53.3 | It started on December 19th, 2001. |
| 0:58.0 | We got a report of a child in the bay. |
| 1:02.0 | My name is Trish Miller and I'm the lead investigator. |
| 1:06.0 | We did a neighborhood canvas of that area. |
| 1:09.0 | We knocked on every door. |
| 1:12.0 | Every child in the 2,000-person town of Waldport |
| 1:14.9 | was checked upon. |
| 1:16.4 | No one was found missing. |
| 1:18.0 | It was a complete mystery. |
| 1:20.3 | We thought that maybe there was a car accident |
| 1:22.4 | and that a vehicle had gone in the water. |
| 1:30.3 | And we would find the rest of the family. |
| 1:38.3 | A sheriff's office dive team was sent to investigate the waters where the body was found. |
| 1:42.3 | And they discovered a second child. This was a little girl and she was waded down in the water with the rock. |
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