Twenty-year-old Anna Hlavka (l.) was slain in her Portland, Ore., apartment on July 24, 1979. On May 4, 1986, McFadden kidnapped 20-year-old Gena Turner, 19-year-old Bryan Boone, and 18-year-old Suzanne Harrison as they took a trip to Lake Hawkins north of Tyler. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, "My wife was worried.". Local woman shares harrowing kidnapping | Monday TV program will air . And so the Falwells called the best person they could think of to take care of this, and Michael Cohen intervened and made some phone calls and this dispute and those photos magically disappear. Labeled as the biggest manhunt in Texas history, 1200 officers assisted in apprehending McFadden. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Billy Corben, director of "God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty." The suspect's mother and sister worked at a local gasoline filling station, and the escapee, himself, had also lived there at one time, the chief said. Her day started like any other. ', 'A little boy about the age of 10 said, 'Ma'am, I know who you are. Charles Michael McDonald said everyone seemed to act on instinct. More than 150 beverages delivered to woman's home without explanation. And in another instant, he had the key to the jail cell. Texas True Crime | iHeart As she watched the two men approach, she sensed something peculiar. McFadden was hiding somewhere out there, armed and desperate. DNA evidence has now identified her killer as Jerry "Animal" McFadden, who was executed in Texas in 1999. All rights reserved. And the wrecked getaway car found not far out of town only seemed to confirm his theory. As the hours ticked by, authorities decided to try out a new strategy. So when he landed in the Upshur County Jail in May 1986 on a capital murder charge related to the death of one of three young people kidnapped from Lake Hawkins, he decided to start off playing nice.