what was that like when they took him? the few deputies on patrol are scattered over a vast wilderness. >> why? and he watched vigilant, didn't rest easy, especially because one of those break-ins had been just that very year. the call, of course, was recorded. >> implying that what he did in that meadow he had first done under enemy fire overseas. >> yes. >> no. >> a young dad, engaged to be married, dead on the ground. he has a good, clean military record. the charge? >> the liar, said hollister, who shot those young men out of anger, pure and simple. and now he faces 50 years to life. staley head been taping with a game warden since daybreak and was ready to pack it in. i switched to some weird bargain detergent instead of tide but no matter how much i poured, our clothes were missing that tide clean we were used to. Linda Watson's mother alerted authorities of her disappearance - and it took them nearly 15 years to fully untangle the truth. In this Dateline classic, an airplane mechanic goes missing. >> fuming is possibly all chad might have done except a prominent defense attorney named john olson heard about chad's predicament and sought the way to sort of set him free. i think it was just some sort of random act of vandalism that i guess young kids would do. they found a lone vehicle, its windows blown out. >> you think they were firing on you? >> it is. to which david hollister replied, nonsense. and i think i killed one of them. >> carrie didn't pry. >> some of the young men decided the car was more target than refuge and hid in the tall grass of the meadow. they were mad and, anyway, everybody kind of got a kick out of that. hiding the only remnants of what happened here. rory mcguire died. get out of the meadow. >> it's fun. i think the majority of people have a negative opinion about me. With one man dead and two others injured, authorities wonder if this was self-defense or something else. i could hear sounds. >> and everyone was like, whoa. >> it was very chaotic. a young father with a house nearby says he shot them in self-defense after they terrorized his family. >> it was the 4th of july weekend, late on a saturday night. we're on our way. >> i remember asking my dad and mom, what are you going to do if they come back and what would happen if somebody got hurt? and then we took off from there. >> i know i've been out for ten years. because you've got a passion for taste. >> he drove the seven and a half miles back to his cabin. Keith Morrison reports. >> it was scary. i mean, you've got louis smythe with a leg propped up and the turniquet there and you've got rory mcguire in the back seat with a horrible head injury. because an empty pan is a blank canvas. just complete chaos. McGuire was shot in the head and died two days later. >> he was. he's my best buddy. guarantee you. it was louis, of course, and his very best friend, the 20-year-old junior college student named rory mcguire. Deadly Intent. >> ramped it up some more. >> his ar 15 bush master. the more you know, the better you can plan for what's ahead. >> they took me back down to the booking area. Miles From Nowhere, Part 6 06:18. >> no, no. it's like you can't believe it. he survived. >> the whole case would boil down to whether chad was fired upon and shot back in self-defense. >> yes. then you'll know how uncomfortable it can be. >> here's how olson presented his stand your ground defense in his opening to the jury. >> his zone. >> i remember him yelling, i have a 3-month-old daughter. no address. yes, i guess to a point as far as the problem being that my husband's not at home, but we would still be in fear that these people would come back to our -- to terrorize us more. >> later that morning, detectives went out to the meadow and discovered some fascinating evidence. i was a ranger. [ slimsoft ] my floss-tip bristles are up to 17x slimmer than other toothbrushes. >> when the car finally came to a stop, those who could ran. >> where detective hendrickson is standing is about where they traveled past and then he started shooting at their car. Attempts Assassination on Ronald Reagan. is it possible you were wrong? >> somebody makes their way over toward the car and says, -- >> seen in the footage here, shot in the right leg, bleeding profusely. she's happy i was a front row seat to rory's life and i'm able to tell her about it. get around the truck. he was a lot worse off. >> out on the edge of chad's property out near the road the detectives found that unusual no trespassing sign. i find it much easier to use. i mean, it was just blinding. >> okay. now it's easier than ever to experience deep, restful sleep with the sleep number bed's dualair technology. >> but on a summer night deep in the california sierra the terror came out of the dark, came after them, to take everything. uh huh well i trained em squirrels cutting coupons, fun i love your brain bob me too enough! >> he starts to circle around the car. >> no. and, save 25% on all bearded dragons! this is sears. that's banking for how you live your life. it's back. i think the trial will be a rather awakening. >> all of a sudden i heard all this yelling and commotion and sounded like somebody was fighting. what if you didn't know that kitty litter can help you out of a slippery situation? >> that will send chills down your spine. now earn 2x the points on dining out and entertainment, with no annual fee.to apply, go to citi.com/thankyoucards [ whines ] [ barks ] [ barking ] [ male announcer ] it's easy to find the perfect carpet for your family. >> his anxiety was not hard to understand, but what didn't make sense, how his account differed on some very key points from that of chad wallin reed, the man who confronted them. >> when "dateline" continues. two of them volunteered to run. about yoplait's fall favorites. now here they were a second time. the question was, would their friends still be alive when and if they got back? hot pockets, $9.98 on rollback. i got kids or something like that. Miles From Nowhere Fri, Oct 18, 2013 120 mins A shoot-out in the California mountains between a young father and strangers in a car is investigated. >> and then the noisy car full of young men rolled back home and they all went to bed. ram him? >> rory was air lifted out to a hospital in reno. and now the question, what really happened out there in the dark? >> i knew something was wrong, something was wrong. >> he kind of starts to circle around the car. >> the other car kept coming. In this Dateline classic, a young father in the California mountains calls 911 to report that he had been in a shoot-out with a car full of strangers. >> he was concerned, he said, about getting help to the wounded. >> rory was shot in his head. mostly they lived in reno, nevada, but this at the end of a two-hour drive into the woods was the applies they lived. he was angry. so slim! >> you can't get it out of your head. telling the story was not easy for louis. uh huh. her valuable assets were staying. they would always say, no, no. >> how important was that video? >> those sweet, sad, innocent little kids. three men, badly wounded, one of them critically. "Dateline NBC: (True Belivers)" Miles from Nowhere (TV Episode 2013) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. >> something had happened. First published on November 22, 2013 / 6:00 AM. >> when the trial began this, past summer, olson seemed satisfied with the jury he could that it could go either way but -- >> my desire is to walk him out of that courtroom, take him by the elbow and lead him out of the courtroom, turn him over to his family. tylenol provides strong pain relief and won't irritate your stomach the way aleve or even advil can. still, why did he take the solar light? they don't deserve the right to do that to people. at the very same time, still july 3rd, the driver of the shot up car, rory mcguire, was in a reno hospital. some do their chores at the crack of dawn. we'll never be the same. >> anyway, that friday night, july 1st, rory and louis were joined by four other young men in search of a party they heard about. our new italian masterpiece. >> gaining on you. Please enter valid email address to continue. let me talk hi bon jour priviet woohoo this is dr. flamenco. determined to protect her husband, just as she believed he protected her that night. Peacock is spreading its wings worldwide. the whole while he is pointing the gun at us. attempted murder. that's the new windows: one experience for everything in your life. she reached for the gun chad had taught her how to use. Aired: 11/16/2022. >> i said, i'm going to go call the sheriff. there's only one man who can get us out of here in time. instead, they found shooting victims, three of them, severely wounded. get more for your money at the october savings event, going on right now at your local walmart. his right calf shredded by a. bullet. once an army ranger. >> i picked up the pistol. where are you? i've made my success happen. they were alone in the dark and their friend, the driver, rory, was clearly in bad shape. there was also a closet inside the cabinet that contained a large amount of ammunition for various guns -- shot guns. meadow. the prosecutor. with limited availability in select markets. >> with the car still moving at that point? it was the sound of, you know, gun fire. [ girl ] roses are red. 's office all too accustomed to the limited funding of a small town. >> the next thing i know, glass is exploding. >> terrorized our family, our friends. because what you don't know, can hhurt you.urance.o. it's rollbacktober! >> and we get about half way up the grade and we approach the property again. >> reporter: well, b.a.r.t. coming up -- grief and shock as a mother finally finds out what happened to her son. talk to us today. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. 'kay, i'm here. The United Nations estimates the earthquakes affected roughly 20 million people across 200 miles of devastation. >> we'd fish. you need this more than me. >> and there was another truly stunning clue collected on the night of the shooting, said olson. in a remote mountain meadow police are investigating a chaotic and confusing scene. >> we the jury in the above entitled cause find the defendant gregory chad wallin reed guilty of a felony, to wit, murder, first degree, of rory, mcguire. but out there in the wider world a new issue was emerging called. he was very smart and, thoughtful. chad wallin reed said attorney olson is just the sort of person, for whom that defense was intended. What Happened to the Young Girl Found on the Side of the Road? >> coming up -- wounded, traps, they could only wait. >> they didn't know, in other words, they were responding to the 911 call from chad reed, after his armed confrontation with six men on a dark road, running through a meadow. With one man dead and two others injured, authorities wonder if this was self-defense or something else. >> well, the police asked these people if they had guns and they said no. >> i'm lester holt and this is "dateline." >> suddenly, relief. wardens find everything from bear poachers and pot farmers and it attracted a reality show which sent a photographer named ben staley to the little town here in plymouth county. and it doesn't make you feel very good to have somebody pleading and begging for their life. and he never set out to hurt anyone. mama ni hao ma hello mama namaste wrong number? >> deadly force. right. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] so good, they'll think it's homemade. tried, not successfully, to hold back his soaring rage. and he's been fired on already, coming back toward him, he thinks they're firing on him again. except for the plate that they placed over his head where the bullet went in, i just remember him as looking like he was asleep. >> but would the warning be enough? This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. >> stand up. >> she was like, what happened? he admitted he fired the ar-15 just before he got to the meadow. >> adding to the confusion, the remote location. and there they could plainly see that other officers had already marked several shell casings in the meadow. >> not that i could tell, no. before they would always remember the day they spent together, before her granddaughter. >> out here, that was no idle worry. fuzzy rollbacks, chunky rollbacks, and pretty rollbacks. >> right. >> a solar light, one of several attached to metal poles marking the edge of the property, a cheap item, but, still. Did Someone Try to Make Gregg Smarts Murder Look Like a Robbery? impressive! here. i now am cut short of all of that with my son. #dateline #dateline2023 #datelinefullepisodesDateline 2023 Miles From Nowhere Dateline Full Episodes Tags: Craig Melvin, Crime, dateline, oxygen, reality, Secrets Uncovered, True Crime, Linda Watson's Mother Found Shot to Death, Linda Watsons DNA and Blood Found in Her Home, Model Beverly Johnson Tells the Story of Gianni Versace, Warren Jeffs Found After Months of Hiding from Authorities, Investigators Track Down Samira Fraschs Husband, Listen to 911 Call Reporting Samira Fraschs Death, A First Look at the Mysterious Death of Samira Frasch, Shirlene Wakisakas Daughters Determined to Find the Truth, A First Look at the Shirlene Wakisaka Case. you're being charged with first-degree murder. >> have you ever seen him that way before? are you going to be acquitted? and then just as the trial came to its end a long sought bit of information finally landed in d.a. this is not a battle zone. try campbell's homestyle soup. would you ever think about that? in a remote forest meadow in the dark a tiny green dot probed the interior of rory mcguire's immobilized chrysler sebring. i couldn't make any words out, you know. people shouldn't have guns and they shouldn't shoot guns. so when they drove past you coming back this way you were shooting with the ar then. they scared your family. Clark Atlanta University students mourn loss of athlete fatally shot near campus, Iranian government to investigate series of poisonings, Pennsylvania man accused of trying to bring explosive on plane, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle asked to leave Frogmore Cottage, Viral TikTok filter leaves some concerned over long-term mental health impacts. out of the camera's reach in the gallery rory's mom began sobbing. Keith Morrison reports. darylin and georgia and little gregory. At least 10 killed in 7.8 magnitude . daddy won't let anything bad happen to you. we said, we didn't shoot at your house. >> there are just some things i'd rather not talk about and things that i've tried to get over. Keith Morrison reports. >> i was trying to catch up to these guys, you know, get them, catch them, get their license plate or get their information or something, you know, because it was apparent that this was more than just we're here to play and joke around with you. louis, a little freaked out, looked out the back window. >> they must have had a gun that night, said olson, because on the route of the chase investigators found three shell casings, casings that did not match any of chad's guns. >> they tried shining him with their spotlight. jean, the question, what now? you really do call the shots. hours of driving along back country roads alone. couldn't have been from the young men, said the prosecutor. >> louis has been a nervous wreck since all this happened he told me. and now there's no good memories to be had but we can hold on to the ones that we have. beats choosing a great ride or great gas mileage. >> but defense attorneys stuck to the heart of their case. ow yolo! how can i help you? >> hello. >> coming up -- the twist no one saw coming. as it turned out, it was a messy and public display of the deep rooted problem between bro.a.r. couldn't just take somebody's word for it. 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