1 00:00:15,066 --> 00:00:15,526 Speaker 1: Pushkin. 2 00:00:36,746 --> 00:00:42,446 Speaker 2: I still haven't stopped trembling. I can hold my fingers 3 00:00:42,526 --> 00:00:47,216 Speaker 2: up right now and they are slightly shaking. I am stalling. 4 00:00:47,236 --> 00:00:52,816 Speaker 2: I don't want to type about June 22nd. But I 5 00:00:52,856 --> 00:00:53,576 Speaker 2: know I need to. 6 00:00:56,896 --> 00:00:59,076 Speaker 1: A week or two after the first season of Lost 7 00:00:59,116 --> 00:01:02,416 Speaker 1: Hills wrapped up, I met a woman named Stacey Seaborn. 8 00:01:03,566 --> 00:01:05,846 Speaker 1: This is her, reading from her journal. 9 00:01:07,826 --> 00:01:12,326 Speaker 2: My dreams are starting to interfere with my memory. My 10 00:01:12,406 --> 00:01:17,156 Speaker 2: days are mixing up, colliding with one another. I'm in 11 00:01:17,196 --> 00:01:20,146 Speaker 2: a state of haze. It's hard to see what I'm 12 00:01:20,186 --> 00:01:25,126 Speaker 2: looking at. It is literally hard to hear clearly. 13 00:01:26,786 --> 00:01:29,446 Speaker 1: Stacey wanted to give me a firsthand account of the 14 00:01:29,546 --> 00:01:32,276 Speaker 1: fear and chaos that erupted in the campground at Malibu 15 00:01:32,286 --> 00:01:35,616 Speaker 1: Creek State Park on the morning that Tristan Beaudet was killed, 16 00:01:36,016 --> 00:01:37,596 Speaker 1: sleeping beside his two little girls. 17 00:01:38,896 --> 00:01:43,596 Speaker 2: Friday, 4.33 a.m., awoke to four to five gunshots all 18 00:01:43,636 --> 00:01:44,096 Speaker 2: in a row. 19 00:01:44,896 --> 00:01:45,306 Speaker 1: Panic. 20 00:01:47,926 --> 00:01:54,636 Speaker 2: My brain. Oh my God. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. 21 00:01:58,736 --> 00:02:03,616 Speaker 1: Stacy was right there. Just across the road from Beaudet's campsite. 22 00:02:04,536 --> 00:02:07,456 Speaker 1: In a tent with her eight-year-old daughter Amelia and Amelia's 23 00:02:07,516 --> 00:02:08,926 Speaker 1: best friend, Sophia. 24 00:02:10,236 --> 00:02:12,846 Speaker 2: I grabbed my cell phone and turned it on. The 25 00:02:12,906 --> 00:02:16,646 Speaker 2: light turned on. Shit. I pressed it into the blanket. 26 00:02:17,456 --> 00:02:19,856 Speaker 2: The sound of it turning on startled me. 27 00:02:20,216 --> 00:02:20,476 Speaker 3: Fuck. 28 00:02:21,176 --> 00:02:23,816 Speaker 2: I covered it hard with my hands. I knew I 29 00:02:23,856 --> 00:02:27,756 Speaker 2: needed to be quiet. I'm waiting to hear the crackling 30 00:02:27,796 --> 00:02:32,436 Speaker 2: of twigs, footsteps up to our tent. We are going 31 00:02:32,476 --> 00:02:36,296 Speaker 2: to be shot next. Oh my god, help us. I 32 00:02:36,336 --> 00:02:42,096 Speaker 2: can hear the baby crying. Daddy, daddy, daddy. Over and over. 33 00:02:42,736 --> 00:02:48,586 Speaker 2: And the most mournful, slow crying. My heart sinks. I 34 00:02:48,626 --> 00:02:52,896 Speaker 2: want to help the baby. Amelia, my daughter, speaks up 35 00:02:52,936 --> 00:02:58,316 Speaker 2: for the first time. And in a whisper, she says, Mommy, 36 00:02:58,696 --> 00:03:02,396 Speaker 2: what was that? I answered back in a whisper. It 37 00:03:02,436 --> 00:03:10,056 Speaker 2: was firecrackers, baby. Go back to sleep. Oh my God. Fuck, fuck, fuck. 38 00:03:12,716 --> 00:03:16,596 Speaker 2: I'm on full alert and listening. Did the father kill 39 00:03:16,636 --> 00:03:21,536 Speaker 2: his family and then himself? Is that baby hurt? Is 40 00:03:21,556 --> 00:03:28,456 Speaker 2: someone consoling that baby? Is that baby alone? Is he 41 00:03:28,576 --> 00:03:31,636 Speaker 2: out there waiting to shoot someone else? Is there a 42 00:03:31,676 --> 00:03:40,656 Speaker 2: random shooter out there? Sophia is still sleeping. Oh my god, fuck, fuck, fuck. 43 00:03:42,256 --> 00:03:47,166 Speaker 2: I'm listening and waiting for footsteps. We need to be quiet. 44 00:03:49,226 --> 00:03:50,506 Speaker 2: I fight the urge to run. 45 00:03:57,376 --> 00:04:01,916 Speaker 1: I'm Dana Goodyear, and this is a Lost Hills bonus episode. 46 00:04:15,476 --> 00:04:24,726 Speaker 1: the eyewitness. It's early on a Saturday morning, and I'm 47 00:04:24,766 --> 00:04:28,526 Speaker 1: at Stacey's house in a quiet suburban neighborhood in Orange County. 48 00:04:29,566 --> 00:04:31,366 Speaker 1: We sit down in her TV room, and the first 49 00:04:31,416 --> 00:04:34,876 Speaker 1: thing Stacey does is grab her laptop. She starts flipping 50 00:04:34,896 --> 00:04:37,856 Speaker 1: through pictures of the camping trip, starting with the drive 51 00:04:38,136 --> 00:04:41,216 Speaker 1: out to Malibu Creek State Park. The girls were goofing 52 00:04:41,256 --> 00:04:44,526 Speaker 1: around in the car. They have smiles plastered on their faces. 53 00:04:46,086 --> 00:04:49,086 Speaker 2: This is the very beginning. We loaded up the car 54 00:04:50,566 --> 00:04:53,426 Speaker 2: and those are my, that's my daughter, Amelia and her 55 00:04:53,496 --> 00:04:58,376 Speaker 2: best friend, Sophia, who, um, they've been best friends since 56 00:04:58,416 --> 00:05:02,076 Speaker 2: first grade. So that's five plus years now. They're just 57 00:05:02,096 --> 00:05:07,876 Speaker 2: like sisters. So we're very excited. This was our first 58 00:05:07,956 --> 00:05:13,076 Speaker 2: time out camping alone. Uh, my daughter and I decided, um, 59 00:05:14,186 --> 00:05:16,606 Speaker 2: we're going to give it a try. We loved camping, 60 00:05:17,606 --> 00:05:21,866 Speaker 2: nature and hiking and just being out there. So we thought, well, 61 00:05:22,126 --> 00:05:26,106 Speaker 2: Malibu is pretty close. I did my research. I looked online. 62 00:05:26,146 --> 00:05:29,946 Speaker 2: I looked through the state parks. It looked very safe. 63 00:05:30,766 --> 00:05:34,506 Speaker 2: And I was very excited because they offered a lot 64 00:05:34,546 --> 00:05:37,526 Speaker 2: of things to campers. They have the mash site there 65 00:05:37,546 --> 00:05:41,046 Speaker 2: that I was very intrigued about. They had a rock pool, 66 00:05:41,086 --> 00:05:43,836 Speaker 2: which I had no idea what that was. And you know, 67 00:05:43,856 --> 00:05:45,556 Speaker 2: if the girls could get wet and have fun and 68 00:05:45,816 --> 00:05:47,856 Speaker 2: it was hot, that was, you know, a great alternative. 69 00:05:47,936 --> 00:05:50,356 Speaker 2: Plus the beach was right there. So we had a 70 00:05:50,396 --> 00:05:52,856 Speaker 2: lot planned, you know, and had a lot of fun 71 00:05:52,916 --> 00:05:55,196 Speaker 2: expectations going into this park. 72 00:05:56,326 --> 00:05:59,166 Speaker 1: They were assigned to site 50. 73 00:05:59,166 --> 00:06:01,046 Speaker 2: I pulled in and my first thing is to always 74 00:06:01,066 --> 00:06:05,306 Speaker 2: just observe what are my surroundings. And you do that 75 00:06:05,366 --> 00:06:07,266 Speaker 2: naturally when you camp because you want to know where 76 00:06:07,286 --> 00:06:09,156 Speaker 2: to set up your tent, where is the table going 77 00:06:09,176 --> 00:06:13,786 Speaker 2: to go. But being alone with little girls, I also 78 00:06:13,816 --> 00:06:17,146 Speaker 2: was keeping an eye on my neighbors and who was 79 00:06:17,186 --> 00:06:21,626 Speaker 2: around me. So we got out of the car, we stretched, 80 00:06:21,666 --> 00:06:25,086 Speaker 2: we looked around at our spot, and I said, okay, girls, 81 00:06:25,126 --> 00:06:27,146 Speaker 2: where are we gonna put the tent? And there's an 82 00:06:27,286 --> 00:06:32,446 Speaker 2: obvious flat place next to where our parking was, and 83 00:06:32,486 --> 00:06:36,326 Speaker 2: there's a picnic table. But the girls wanted to go 84 00:06:37,466 --> 00:06:41,586 Speaker 2: up the hill a little bit, up the embankment between 85 00:06:41,646 --> 00:06:45,396 Speaker 2: some trees. There was this tiny little area. It had 86 00:06:45,436 --> 00:06:50,596 Speaker 2: lots of twigs and rocks. I said, okay. I was 87 00:06:50,676 --> 00:06:53,376 Speaker 2: a little reluctant, but that's what they wanted to do. 88 00:06:53,396 --> 00:06:57,296 Speaker 2: I felt like, okay, this is their trip. Let's do 89 00:06:57,316 --> 00:07:00,736 Speaker 2: whatever they want. We went up there. We swept out 90 00:07:00,796 --> 00:07:03,616 Speaker 2: our area. We propped up the tent, loaded it up, 91 00:07:04,226 --> 00:07:10,886 Speaker 2: and then began our fun adventure. The bodettes pulled in 92 00:07:10,946 --> 00:07:13,586 Speaker 2: and And then I ended up walking over and talking 93 00:07:13,806 --> 00:07:16,826 Speaker 2: to them a little bit because I saw they had 94 00:07:16,866 --> 00:07:19,686 Speaker 2: their kids and they had a bunch of equipment that 95 00:07:19,706 --> 00:07:21,566 Speaker 2: they kept taking out of the cars, you know, for 96 00:07:21,606 --> 00:07:24,526 Speaker 2: the kids' bicycles and stuff. They were very kind. And 97 00:07:24,546 --> 00:07:27,506 Speaker 2: so I felt even more comfortable being there with my 98 00:07:27,526 --> 00:07:29,846 Speaker 2: little girls. And that was another reason why I wanted 99 00:07:29,886 --> 00:07:34,526 Speaker 2: to talk to them too. Since they were my viewpoint, 100 00:07:34,806 --> 00:07:37,126 Speaker 2: you know, the other campers to the sides of me 101 00:07:37,486 --> 00:07:43,456 Speaker 2: were behind trees and stuff. Okay, this is behind our tent. 102 00:07:43,656 --> 00:07:45,496 Speaker 2: The sun was going down and it was the golden 103 00:07:45,556 --> 00:07:47,576 Speaker 2: magic hour. I'm like, girls, get up there. I want 104 00:07:47,596 --> 00:07:50,116 Speaker 2: to get your picture. So this is the little incline 105 00:07:50,156 --> 00:07:54,056 Speaker 2: that I was telling you about. And this was dinner. 106 00:07:54,096 --> 00:07:57,996 Speaker 2: They made us dinner. They cut vegetables and brought out 107 00:07:58,076 --> 00:07:59,406 Speaker 2: soup and heated it up. 108 00:08:00,206 --> 00:08:00,656 Speaker 1: The girls did? 109 00:08:00,666 --> 00:08:04,286 Speaker 2: The girls did, mm-hmm. This was their trip, so I 110 00:08:04,326 --> 00:08:07,926 Speaker 2: let them do it. That was actually my first fire 111 00:08:07,966 --> 00:08:10,886 Speaker 2: that I made all by myself. I was very proud 112 00:08:10,946 --> 00:08:14,756 Speaker 2: of it. Okay, this is bedtime. This is cute. Yeah. 113 00:08:15,556 --> 00:08:19,456 Speaker 2: This was... Okay, girls, lights out. Go to sleep. 114 00:08:21,096 --> 00:08:23,796 Speaker 1: The next thing Stacy knew, she was being startled awake 115 00:08:24,536 --> 00:08:25,376 Speaker 1: by gunfire. 116 00:08:25,396 --> 00:08:30,386 Speaker 2: I knew there were gunshots, and I didn't know where 117 00:08:30,426 --> 00:08:36,266 Speaker 2: the gunman was. And there was someone out there shooting. So, um... 118 00:08:36,716 --> 00:08:39,896 Speaker 2: We just held tight. We laid low. We were real quiet. 119 00:08:40,286 --> 00:08:44,746 Speaker 2: And I was listening. I was listening for any movement. 120 00:08:45,826 --> 00:08:51,746 Speaker 2: That was the scariest thing. Thinking that, you know, we 121 00:08:51,786 --> 00:08:56,186 Speaker 2: were sitting ducks and no defense. And I had my 122 00:08:56,226 --> 00:09:00,406 Speaker 2: little girls with me. We just listened. I had my 123 00:09:00,446 --> 00:09:05,616 Speaker 2: phone on. And in the meantime... I'm listening to what's 124 00:09:05,636 --> 00:09:10,616 Speaker 2: happening around us. And this man yelled for help a 125 00:09:10,656 --> 00:09:11,276 Speaker 2: few times. 126 00:09:13,016 --> 00:09:17,326 Speaker 1: The man was Scott McCurdy, Tristan's brother-in-law. But in the confusion, 127 00:09:17,706 --> 00:09:20,666 Speaker 1: Stacey was afraid it was a ruse. Maybe the shooter 128 00:09:20,686 --> 00:09:22,346 Speaker 1: was luring victims from their tents. 129 00:09:24,766 --> 00:09:30,006 Speaker 2: I heard a baby crying. And she was crying in 130 00:09:30,026 --> 00:09:38,126 Speaker 2: the most mournful sound, calling for daddy. over and over again, Daddy, Daddy. 131 00:09:39,946 --> 00:09:43,306 Speaker 2: And I still hear the baby crying in my head. 132 00:09:47,826 --> 00:09:51,316 Speaker 2: It was the worst. And not being able to help. 133 00:09:57,076 --> 00:10:02,356 Speaker 2: The family next to me, they hollered back to the 134 00:10:02,396 --> 00:10:06,016 Speaker 2: man yelling and and said, we have extra chairs up here. 135 00:10:06,056 --> 00:10:10,906 Speaker 2: Bring the baby up here. He said his kids are 136 00:10:10,946 --> 00:10:19,096 Speaker 2: sleeping in the tent and someone shot his friend. And 137 00:10:19,116 --> 00:10:23,536 Speaker 2: I believe he said, I didn't hear what the family 138 00:10:23,576 --> 00:10:26,996 Speaker 2: was asking, but he said, my friend's no longer here. 139 00:10:28,826 --> 00:10:33,186 Speaker 1: Trembling in her tent, listening for footsteps, braced for more gunfire, 140 00:10:33,826 --> 00:10:35,846 Speaker 1: Stacy knew she had to do something. 141 00:10:37,806 --> 00:10:40,666 Speaker 2: And as soon as I heard a man yelling for help, 142 00:10:41,686 --> 00:10:45,356 Speaker 2: I dialed 911, because then I knew something was definitely wrong. 143 00:10:46,696 --> 00:10:50,076 Speaker 2: And I whispered in my phone as quiet as I could, 144 00:10:50,156 --> 00:10:52,856 Speaker 2: but I was articulating so that they could hear me. 145 00:10:54,696 --> 00:10:59,516 Speaker 2: There have been gunshots at It's a campsite, Malibu Creek 146 00:10:59,536 --> 00:11:05,296 Speaker 2: State Park, and there's a man yelling for help. Come fast, 147 00:11:05,416 --> 00:11:05,796 Speaker 2: come now. 148 00:11:26,536 --> 00:11:31,416 Speaker 1: Inside the tent, Stacy was trying to stay calm. Amelia's friend, mercifully, 149 00:11:31,486 --> 00:11:35,526 Speaker 1: was still asleep. But Amelia was wide awake, and she 150 00:11:35,566 --> 00:11:36,306 Speaker 1: was scared. 151 00:11:37,766 --> 00:11:41,366 Speaker 2: She asked me, Mommy, are we going to get shot too? 152 00:11:43,786 --> 00:11:46,266 Speaker 2: And I told her, no, baby, we're fine, we're fine, 153 00:11:46,326 --> 00:11:51,266 Speaker 2: just go back to sleep. But my heart, I'm terrified, 154 00:11:51,546 --> 00:11:56,896 Speaker 2: thinking that we are going to get shot next. it 155 00:11:57,216 --> 00:12:00,756 Speaker 2: seemed like it took forever to get the police there. 156 00:12:01,476 --> 00:12:04,276 Speaker 2: But when they did come in, they filled this entire 157 00:12:04,796 --> 00:12:09,506 Speaker 2: street up with their police cars, and I watched them 158 00:12:09,526 --> 00:12:13,366 Speaker 2: through my tent. It was a very dark night. It 159 00:12:13,406 --> 00:12:18,986 Speaker 2: was extremely black. When the police pulled in, they had 160 00:12:19,026 --> 00:12:21,926 Speaker 2: their flashlights out, and two of them came up into 161 00:12:21,946 --> 00:12:27,056 Speaker 2: my camp spot, and I was still so terrified. Petrified 162 00:12:27,256 --> 00:12:30,256 Speaker 2: and frozen. I was trying to get their attention. I 163 00:12:31,516 --> 00:12:38,376 Speaker 2: wanted to leave so bad. And one officer, I told 164 00:12:38,416 --> 00:12:44,286 Speaker 2: him this. I'm really confused. This place seemed like such 165 00:12:44,306 --> 00:12:48,886 Speaker 2: a safe place to be. And he said, I would 166 00:12:49,006 --> 00:12:54,596 Speaker 2: never take my family here. And I remember feeling taken aback. 167 00:12:55,396 --> 00:12:58,176 Speaker 2: And I told him, how am I supposed to know that? 168 00:13:00,036 --> 00:13:02,736 Speaker 2: Knowing now what I know, if I knew that then 169 00:13:02,776 --> 00:13:05,326 Speaker 2: that there were shootings in that area, I would not 170 00:13:05,406 --> 00:13:07,186 Speaker 2: have been there with my little girls. 171 00:13:10,706 --> 00:13:14,246 Speaker 3: At what point did you realize that the victim and 172 00:13:14,266 --> 00:13:18,096 Speaker 3: the person asking for help were the dads that you 173 00:13:18,146 --> 00:13:19,716 Speaker 3: had been talking with earlier? 174 00:13:21,096 --> 00:13:23,796 Speaker 2: I knew it was them when the son came up. 175 00:13:23,816 --> 00:13:27,496 Speaker 2: I couldn't Didn't know who was who, but I knew 176 00:13:27,536 --> 00:13:31,616 Speaker 2: there were two fathers and kids. And then there was 177 00:13:31,656 --> 00:13:34,986 Speaker 2: just the one father and the kids. So I knew 178 00:13:35,006 --> 00:13:37,186 Speaker 2: at that time it was one father that had passed. 179 00:13:38,826 --> 00:13:41,746 Speaker 3: Can you describe what the campground looked like as the 180 00:13:41,786 --> 00:13:45,406 Speaker 3: sun came up and you had some vision back? 181 00:13:46,966 --> 00:13:52,176 Speaker 2: It was misty. It was not a clear morning. I 182 00:13:52,236 --> 00:13:54,156 Speaker 2: don't remember it being cold, but I know I was 183 00:13:54,256 --> 00:13:58,936 Speaker 2: shaking all over. I think I shook for days. I 184 00:13:59,056 --> 00:14:02,926 Speaker 2: think holding in all that fear of not knowing what 185 00:14:02,966 --> 00:14:07,146 Speaker 2: was gonna happen and trying to protect my girls by 186 00:14:07,206 --> 00:14:10,026 Speaker 2: not moving, by holding still when all I wanted to 187 00:14:10,046 --> 00:14:13,786 Speaker 2: do was run. It's a hard thing to do. I 188 00:14:17,346 --> 00:14:23,056 Speaker 2: remember watching the paramedics pull up. It was starting to 189 00:14:23,076 --> 00:14:27,206 Speaker 2: get light out and the officer Hollered at him, we 190 00:14:27,246 --> 00:14:27,766 Speaker 2: don't need you. 191 00:14:32,506 --> 00:14:35,326 Speaker 1: Stacey says she was desperate to get the kids to safety. 192 00:14:35,906 --> 00:14:39,146 Speaker 1: She'd never seen the shooter. No one had. Was he 193 00:14:39,226 --> 00:14:42,206 Speaker 1: hidden somewhere in the campground? Would he shoot again? 194 00:14:43,616 --> 00:14:48,536 Speaker 2: After I gave my statement to the officer, um, and 195 00:14:48,596 --> 00:14:53,616 Speaker 2: I started to leave, I got up to the front, um, 196 00:14:55,066 --> 00:14:58,896 Speaker 2: of the entrance and I'm like, yes, I made it, 197 00:14:58,946 --> 00:15:06,626 Speaker 2: we're leaving. And there's an officer who's taking caution tape 198 00:15:06,786 --> 00:15:12,466 Speaker 2: and stretching it across my exit right in front of me. 199 00:15:13,526 --> 00:15:18,376 Speaker 2: And okay, so I told myself, calm down. A lady 200 00:15:18,416 --> 00:15:21,416 Speaker 2: officer came up to the window and I said, I 201 00:15:21,616 --> 00:15:25,886 Speaker 2: gave my statement, I've been cleared to go. And She 202 00:15:25,946 --> 00:15:31,046 Speaker 2: radioed back, Stacy Seaborn gave a statement. Is she free 203 00:15:31,106 --> 00:15:33,626 Speaker 2: to go? And it took a while to get an answer. 204 00:15:34,366 --> 00:15:36,886 Speaker 2: And when the answer came back, it was no one 205 00:15:37,166 --> 00:15:40,656 Speaker 2: is allowed to leave. My heart sank and I'm ready 206 00:15:40,716 --> 00:15:43,516 Speaker 2: to just bust through that little strip of caution tape. 207 00:15:43,736 --> 00:15:47,896 Speaker 2: But I realized I had reception. I put the car 208 00:15:47,936 --> 00:15:51,016 Speaker 2: in park and I called my husband who of course 209 00:15:51,056 --> 00:15:55,276 Speaker 2: didn't answer because he's sleeping. What time was I leaving? 210 00:15:55,626 --> 00:15:59,776 Speaker 2: It was five or six in the morning. I called 211 00:15:59,876 --> 00:16:00,356 Speaker 2: my son. 212 00:16:00,376 --> 00:16:02,016 Speaker 3: No answer. 213 00:16:02,476 --> 00:16:07,456 Speaker 2: Called the house phone. No answer. And as I was 214 00:16:09,256 --> 00:16:14,546 Speaker 2: sitting at the exit trying to leave, desperately trying to leave, 215 00:16:15,326 --> 00:16:17,706 Speaker 2: I saw a woman desperately trying to come in. 216 00:16:23,936 --> 00:16:25,596 Speaker 1: I think that might have been Scott's wife. 217 00:16:28,556 --> 00:16:36,366 Speaker 2: Yeah. If I remember correctly, she left and then came back. 218 00:16:37,686 --> 00:16:39,846 Speaker 2: I was still sitting there trying to get out. She 219 00:16:39,886 --> 00:16:40,906 Speaker 2: was still trying to get in. 220 00:16:43,406 --> 00:16:45,526 Speaker 1: Stacey and the girls eventually made it out of Malibu 221 00:16:45,546 --> 00:16:48,206 Speaker 1: Creek State Park, and she started the drive home to 222 00:16:48,266 --> 00:16:48,866 Speaker 1: Orange County. 223 00:16:51,176 --> 00:16:55,216 Speaker 2: It was a long drive home. When I finally got home, 224 00:16:56,876 --> 00:17:00,176 Speaker 2: actually sitting at the red light turning near our street, 225 00:17:00,256 --> 00:17:03,986 Speaker 2: I texted my older daughter and I said, come get 226 00:17:04,016 --> 00:17:06,566 Speaker 2: the girls and take them in the house because I 227 00:17:06,606 --> 00:17:10,086 Speaker 2: knew I was just going to, it was all coming out. 228 00:17:10,126 --> 00:17:13,726 Speaker 2: So as soon as the girls got into the car, 229 00:17:14,346 --> 00:17:16,586 Speaker 2: my husband came out and I just crumbled. 230 00:17:18,876 --> 00:17:21,396 Speaker 1: In the days that followed, there were no clear answers, 231 00:17:22,036 --> 00:17:27,046 Speaker 1: just rumors. and a creeping feeling that Stacey had. A 232 00:17:27,106 --> 00:17:32,386 Speaker 1: feeling that still haunts her. Tristan was in Site 51. 233 00:17:32,386 --> 00:17:35,506 Speaker 1: Stacey and the girls were in Site 50. The shooter 234 00:17:35,546 --> 00:17:38,166 Speaker 1: could just as easily have fired on their tent. 235 00:17:40,326 --> 00:17:43,046 Speaker 2: I felt like it could have been us. I do 236 00:17:43,106 --> 00:17:49,016 Speaker 2: believe there were certain things that had happened to keep 237 00:17:49,096 --> 00:17:52,856 Speaker 2: us out of that spot. For instance, when the girls 238 00:17:52,896 --> 00:17:54,886 Speaker 2: wanted to tuck the tent up in the trees and 239 00:17:54,926 --> 00:17:58,466 Speaker 2: not in the open area. It was just a little whisper, 240 00:17:58,546 --> 00:18:00,926 Speaker 2: little angels whispering in my ear to let them do 241 00:18:00,946 --> 00:18:03,486 Speaker 2: what they wanted to do. It's going to be okay. 242 00:18:03,586 --> 00:18:06,906 Speaker 2: It's not the ideal spot, but this is their trip. 243 00:18:06,966 --> 00:18:09,006 Speaker 2: Let them do it. And I look back at it 244 00:18:09,506 --> 00:18:16,236 Speaker 2: thinking that it was a savings grace for us. I 245 00:18:16,656 --> 00:18:20,636 Speaker 2: was a single parent in a tent with two young kids, 246 00:18:21,456 --> 00:18:24,906 Speaker 2: and so was Tristan, a single parent with two young kids, 247 00:18:25,386 --> 00:18:27,936 Speaker 2: and I just, it's terrible. 248 00:18:48,826 --> 00:18:50,786 Speaker 1: Stacey tells me she was able to find out the 249 00:18:50,826 --> 00:18:54,196 Speaker 1: information for Tristan's memorial service. and she worked up the 250 00:18:54,246 --> 00:18:54,976 Speaker 1: courage to go. 251 00:18:54,996 --> 00:18:58,816 Speaker 2: I was very reluctant to go up to them at 252 00:18:58,856 --> 00:19:02,996 Speaker 2: the service because I wasn't technically invited, and I didn't 253 00:19:03,096 --> 00:19:07,896 Speaker 2: want to intrude on the family's mourning. But there was 254 00:19:07,936 --> 00:19:12,776 Speaker 2: an opportunity where I think Scott recognized me, so I 255 00:19:12,816 --> 00:19:14,536 Speaker 2: felt like it was okay to come up to him, 256 00:19:14,596 --> 00:19:18,246 Speaker 2: and I was able to apologize to him for not 257 00:19:18,326 --> 00:19:22,226 Speaker 2: helping him when he needed it. And he's so gracious, 258 00:19:22,306 --> 00:19:25,396 Speaker 2: and he did acknowledge that I didn't have anything to 259 00:19:25,436 --> 00:19:28,376 Speaker 2: be sorry for, but I was able to give him 260 00:19:28,416 --> 00:19:30,716 Speaker 2: a hug and tell him that I'm praying for his family, 261 00:19:30,776 --> 00:19:34,676 Speaker 2: and I was just so sorry for the situation. 262 00:19:36,476 --> 00:19:39,586 Speaker 1: The trip to Malibu Creek State Park, Stacy says, was 263 00:19:39,606 --> 00:19:43,026 Speaker 1: supposed to be the beginning of something, a lifetime of 264 00:19:43,086 --> 00:19:47,506 Speaker 1: mother-daughter adventures. Instead, it marked an ending. 265 00:19:49,206 --> 00:19:51,826 Speaker 2: I did keep thinking, you know, I'm so sorry, I'm 266 00:19:51,906 --> 00:19:56,696 Speaker 2: so sorry to you know, was I being so stupid 267 00:19:56,746 --> 00:20:01,096 Speaker 2: thinking it was okay to do this? Unfortunately, it took 268 00:20:01,176 --> 00:20:10,236 Speaker 2: away my, this incident took away my right to be 269 00:20:10,296 --> 00:20:16,566 Speaker 2: able to enjoy nature in a peaceful way, a soul-filling way. 270 00:20:17,956 --> 00:20:22,016 Speaker 2: And I loved it so much prior to that because 271 00:20:22,056 --> 00:20:24,896 Speaker 2: it did fill my soul. You know, hearing the wind 272 00:20:24,946 --> 00:20:29,306 Speaker 2: in the trees and watching the birds and, you know, 273 00:20:29,346 --> 00:20:36,006 Speaker 2: just joyful. So I'm relearning. I'm, you know, relearning that. 274 00:20:38,116 --> 00:20:39,376 Speaker 3: Stacey, thank you so much. 275 00:20:45,536 --> 00:20:49,236 Speaker 1: Leaving Stacey's house, I'm thinking about what Pastor Phil told me. 276 00:20:49,976 --> 00:20:55,306 Speaker 1: That violence reverberates in all kinds of unexpected ways. Through generations. 277 00:20:56,166 --> 00:21:00,286 Speaker 1: It tears people apart. But a shared trauma can also 278 00:21:00,406 --> 00:21:06,786 Speaker 1: glue people together in unexpected ways. Stacey. Alone in her 279 00:21:06,826 --> 00:21:10,716 Speaker 1: tent with two little girls. One campsite away from Tristan. 280 00:21:11,956 --> 00:21:14,286 Speaker 1: Alone in a tent. with his.