>> i'm coming to terms. computers. >> yes. and the 12-hour pain relieving strength of aleve. how much guts does she have? and she said he's actually a sear. >> now where is your mom when all this is going on? he missed his wife. he was a really just good person. >> reporter: at angels landing, the family commune was slowly mending after the devastating loss of trish hughes, who had drowned in the swimming pool, since covered over. one thing was adding up, the death toll of commune members. call, click, or visit a store today. but nothing could prepare him for what he was about to hear next. >> yes. >> trish was floating in the shallow end of the pool, face down. lou now wanted to be called joe. and i know it's too much work. >> absolutely. >> yes, sir. i see her laying there, my dad is kneeling. you need come home. we did not want to tip off what we were looking at and if he knew we were looking at him, he could move or change the way he does business. it was just like yesterday, and i told her, "no, i'm not leaving." the scary part is what if he's right i am useless? do not take trelegy more than prescribed. >> we came back to wichita, partly happy because we had arrested lou castro but we still didn't know who he was at that point. >> they allege even though she may have been a willing. >> he would throw parties about every weekend. >> that was the plan for the afternoon? >> reporter: and it was hard for lou. so that's the end of hope? me to go live on the moon because that just wasn't something that could happen. er >> what was that thing he put together you got pulled into? >> reporter: so the sisters will never forget that awful day in june 2003. emily just 11-years-old found herself standing by the swimming pool. how do you explain that? >> no. >> reporter: and a year later in 2009, castro did what they feared, he took off but just as the investigators thought lou castro might have slipped away they got their first big break. With Lester Holt, Dennis Murphy. >> if you can't tell the whole story, the jura would be lost. now lou castro had slipped away, left wichita. and that was something that we had to look at without violating any of his rights. i've died several times but it this is just the one i'm in right now. nobody was going to think he should serve life in prison. with the xfi gateway, devices connected to your homes wifi are protected. >> reporter: the cabin was a tight-squeeze for sure, but the family commune was growing. >> it was an amazing story when ron told me. scary angry. >> guilty for murder in the. pieces of trish's hair clip were in the pool. the thought of leaving was scarier than the thought of staying. >> he would rape me. maybe that was the point. ♪ 'cos i know what it means ♪ to walk along the lonely street of dreams ♪ ♪ here i go again on my--- you realize your vows are a whitesnake song? First, there were the fancy cars — most of the vehicles on the property were worth more than $40,000, according to the Wichita Eagle. thanks to move free ultra i keep up with this little one. he enjoyed it. >> yes. >> emily and sarah had more to tell. this is such a crazy story. and, castro, walking into a bank in tennessee, was about to make a big mistake. >> and that's in essence what daniel perez told the jury. he'd been close to trish and lou thanks to his mom, mona. Was that what he said so he could abuse them? the medical examiner determined trish's death was due to a freakishly bad accident. >> how often? >> reporter: every two and a half years a mysterious death, deemed each time to be an accident. >> we wanted his fingerprints immediately. >> it was terrifying. >> he would threaten to talk you to purgatory so you would forever be in limbo. >> so raping the 11-year-old never happened? and that can didn't occur. >> reporter: later, as emily recalled the awful story of the plane crash, she too remembered lou telling her what he'd told cody. so what does the dishwasher do? >> reporter: he would uncover a supernatural tale of angels and demons. >> i believe he drowned t rish. >> sure. and people inside from accidentally visiting sites that aren't secure. and she said why are you crying and i said because i'm go itting to miss you. >> he said something really big is about to happen. while trying his hardest not to wake zeus. >> there were more witnesses. >> the investigation would lead into the supernatural. he moves through several states to satisfy his own sexual appetite. >> there was circumstantial evidence and the star testimony of only one witness, 11 years old at the time of trisha's death. this isn't really my body. >> they faxed that to me that day. >> reporter: ron enlisted another big gun to help find castro, fbi supervisory special agent john sullivan. because it was all very fresh, very new to me. i mean i got everything i wanted. >> the outlandish stories were shocking to ron goodwin, a seasoned detective who was about to discover more about lou castro's power over life and death. >> she was wonderful. >> after they got in touch with the bank, they pulled the security camera video. i know i could have physically now. so he went back to his old identity. which is free with your service, you can take a spin through on demand shows or stream live tv. >> that's right. leave with a plan. >> my dad was devastated. times along the way when you've been growing up? >> is she startled? but inside emily and the other. free-living, free-spending friends near wichita, kansas, the two sisters, emily, 11, and sara, 17, were still living in the family commune called angels landing. >> who are your angel alter egos? being manipulated and abused who are scared to leave. switch and save up to $400 a year on your wireless bill. >> reporter: and after a decade-long obsession, the detective's hunch would be proved right. >> reporter: the bodies were piling up, five now. but you're able to put the picture together for them? >> i don't remember. >> reporter: he called a, detective who worked high-profile cases like the notorious wichita btk case. hopeless. and lou and i were gonna go to davis moore. >> there would be yelling and maybe slamming doors. that's simple. that could allow hackers devices into your home.ys and like all doors, they're safer when locked. >> and one of them was dating a police officer. premium sliced meats have no by-products. and trish and emily and the baby were going to clean the pool. each vehicle had an angel vanity plate with a number after it, one, two, three, four. but those girls lost -- i can't evenen imagine. he acted like he was my dad. a slice above. >> castro's finger prprints did show up in any if federal data base. for emily and everyone else, the sunny life at angel's landing had changed in an instant. >> they won a key ruling when he allowed evidence from beyond kansas to be entered. >> no. you can share 1, 3, or 10 gigs of data between lines, mix in lines of unlimited, and switch it up at any time. >> authorities were interested in what you had to say? >> amber was the angel of death. dad too who was anguished when he heard his daughters' stories for the it first time. breathe happy febreze... la la la la la. there was really no planning. i didn't know how to handle a lot of stuff at that time. so roll up those sleeves. >> if you said no, i'm not going to take that video camera and go eto the little girl? take the ultra challenge. Zion's Angels Landing hike is a 5-mile round trip trail that starts at the Grotto trailhead. >> reporter: so in late 1998. mona and cody's younger sister lindsey ended up leaving corpus christi and settled near rapid city, south dakota, where, one christmas, cody paid them a visit. sounds good to me, but at my age, i need the security of knowing it won't get cancelled as i get older. i cant prove anything. >> we tried every piece of dinner ware but were unsuccessful. and hit the town with these girls. lou said, emily, we are doing this for you. >> reporter: and something was going on with lou too. that summer, 2001, their mom jennifer was showing houses to a new client, a man named lou castro who, with his long hair, and western hat, looked for all the world like a well-heeled young cowboy. >> trish kind of was the one that would be there before we went to school and after we went to school, because my mom had to work. >> reporter: emily being the princess didn't always sit well with sister sara. everything was spontaneous. >> i think we were. >> that's right. >> yeah. >> yes, because i'm dad ea's girl. ron, why did you become interested in him in particular? she didn't answer her phone. “You can survive a traumatic event,” McGrath told Fox News. >> as emily tells it, brian was visiting family in south dakota. >> they said it was an accident. and in march 2015 he was incidenced to two consecutive life 1234e7bs friendship it -- life sentence for the death of trisha hughes and the exploitation of a child. trish was dead. mom, jennifer, a realtor, sold them. >> we went to the pool. uh-huh. flo has it, i want it, it's a whole thing, and she's right there. my mom and trish were really great friends. he tells me that if my mom would have only been on the plane, that he says, you know "i would have taken your sister and we would have left." >> he would say that even though we couldn't see her, she was there. great. we could tell. >> why are you telling people that? >> no. >> because by then he had two or three different properties? there was a lot of drinking. i need you to come home." >> when "dateline" continues. watch shows like south park and the walking dead now through october 13th. >> the u.s./china deal has been reached. >> reporter: that's always tough for kids. >> it's not that easy. i do. the queen sleep number 360 c4 smart bed is now only $1,399. he'd say crazy things and you'd think he was telling you the truth? glrs the sisters are now closer than ever and closer to their. there were no angels, no demons, no sexual crime, no insurance fraud and certainly no murder. >> daniel perez. this was a good idea. has anyone considered the fact. another young women from different states but said he claimed malevolent angels were controlling him as he assaultedthem sexually. it's her time. lou had met trish in the mid '90s in south texas, after serving in the navy as a plane mechanic. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. she was the disciplinarian? oh, wow. >> you said that. >> something was. >> he takes them and holds them between his palms. >> and he would validate it with old biblical stories about how he really needed a little girl and i needed to talk care of him. All rights reserved. >> was he happy with what you showed him? maybe i can help someone, or at least i want to. >> he was very angry with me, scary angry. At first, Angels landing was like a kid’s dream… More on Dateline tonight at 9/8c with Dennis Murphy. >> i receive a phone call from emily. i like guarantees. >> no, he made me redo it because the first time he said i didn't get what he head toed he to get. >> no idea. things including me and my sisterer. i never thought of leaving. multiple victims, multiple deaths. you know, this is such a crazy story. >> i wasn't there, and i'm glad i wasn't there. Without them you may find this site does not work properly and many features may be unavailable. Dateline NBC “Angels & Demons” Promo & Listings August 7 DiscussPW Entertainment Events * There have been major changes to our events calendar due to the coronavirus pandemic. and you did it her way. >> instead she started talking to investigators. they never fought in front of us or anything. if it's connected, it's protected. >> emily, trisha's toddler and trigs herself were sitting at a table and the 11-year-old emily believed him to be, had a, vision. it can hit quickly, without warning, making you miss out on what matters most. she could exhale at last. ♪ trelegy 1-2-3 trelegy. >> he said that lindsey wasn't supposed to die. all filled out by his followers. he seemed very concerned. xfi advanced security. The victim, 55-year-old Nancy Maltez of Glendora, California, was reported to be hiking with family members early Sunday when she fell at about 8:30 a.m. >> my sister and i used to play together when we were younger. and if someone trys we'll let you know. >> among the other sex crime charges, sarah, emily and one other witness testified about the same assault that took place. The man, who led a commune known as Angel's Landing, collected millions of dollars in life insurance payouts from dead members and was sentenced in 2015 at age 55 to life in prison. >> this is the only count that had the testimony of one individual. >> reporter: in late 2003, after the drowning death of 26 year old trish hughes, the mood at angels landing was grim. >> i'm not at all surprised. >> but you didn't do it? >> but he didn't just manipulate the it girls for sex, he ordered saurau secretly to videotape a young boy in a bathroom. hey baloney here. you'll also get this free beneficiary planner. 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