Sisters survive deadly attack at Utah cabin

This communicative antecedently aired connected March 9, 2013. It was updated connected Dec. 20, 2025.

When the Tiede household headed disconnected to walk a snowy Christmas astatine their distant household cabin, they had nary thought what the travel would bring. Two sisters who past a harrowing location penetration stock the terrifying communicative successful their archetypal extended tv interview.

Linae Tiede: My household owns a beauteous compartment successful Oakley, Utah. The dependable of the river, the horses that are down successful the pasture, the birds -- it's perfectly eden connected world to me.

My ma had fixed it a name: "Tiede's Tranquility," due to the fact that of the serenity and peace.

Trish Tiede: The compartment was an awesome spot to spell to.

As a young child, I loved going up there, bringing aunts and uncles, and cousins.

The compartment was astir 2-and-a-half miles disconnected the road....And you person to snowmobile successful during the wintertime. It was an flight from the satellite for our family.

Trish Tiede: It was the wintertime of 1990.

Linae Tiede: I was 20 years old. And my small sister was 16.

Trish Tiede: It was Christmastime. We're disconnected for the holidays.

Trish Tiede: There's a ample Christmas histrion with tons of gifts astir it.

Linae Tiede: My ma adjacent had our Christmas stockings hung nether the fireplace mantel, acceptable for Santa to travel (smiles astatine the memory).

Three days earlier Christmas, our household had to decorativeness up our Christmas buying and caput backmost up to the household cabin.

My ma and grams and I arrived astatine the cabin...first.

And my hands were freezing. ...it was a bitter acold wintertime that year. I asked my ma to hurry...and unlock the door. I needed to tally successful and tally my hands nether immoderate h2o and I would beryllium close backmost down to assistance her.

I got to the apical of the stair...and I saw a grey flash...go down the refrigerator. And the archetypal thought that popped successful my caput was, "Oh, a cousin's present already" ...and was going to leap retired and accidental boo! ...It didn't crook that way.

Behind the refrigerator came...a frizzy headed man...in a grey sweatshirt with his pistol pointed astatine me. I assumed that helium would conscionable privation to rob us. And beryllium connected his way.

As soon arsenic my ma came to the apical of the stairs, retired from the backmost bedroom, different robber...with truly thick, coke-bottle glasses connected was pointing a g -- weapon astatine my mother.

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My ma was saying to 'em, "What is it you want? Why are you here? I'll springiness you anything." ...Seconds aft she had said that, gunfire started imploding, exploding, explosion. From everyplace I saw my ma spell down. I turned astatine that point. And looked implicit my enarthrosis to my Grams. And saw her get changeable successful the head. And humor spray everywhere. ...I heard her gasp for immoderate breath.

And past it was conscionable dormant silence. I felt beauteous definite that they were dead.

My thoughts were turned...to knowing that wrong minutes my dada and sister would beryllium coming.

I tin retrieve proceeding snowmobiles coming successful the distance. And my bosom sinking to my gut. Knowing that [emotional] that was my dada and sister.

Linae Tiede: It felt similar dilatory question and quick, each astatine once. ...I tin retrieve the screams and Grams falling disconnected the...stool. And my ma reaching implicit her chest, "I'd been shot."  

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I started to think, program ahead. I knew that determination was a car. And I knew my dada near the car keys underneath the mat. ...I knew that if we got these men retired of the compartment and into the car that my dada and my sister would beryllium safe.

As the sound of the snowmobiles became closer, the antheral successful the grey sweatshirt grabbed maine from behind. Around the neck. Put his weapon to my back.

Trish Tiede: Dad and I arrived astatine the cabin...As soon arsenic we got disconnected the snowmobiles, a antheral jumped retired from the store with a afloat skis disguise connected and a weapon and demanded that we travel wrong close away.

"Don't move, don't move. Don't move, don't bash anything."

Linae Tiede: My dada could spot tears successful my eyes. And it was an unspoken communication. And helium knew, astatine that point, that thing atrocious had happened to Mom and Grams.

The men asked my dada if helium had immoderate money. He reached into his pockets and pulled retired what helium had. And threw it down to the ground.

The antheral successful the coke-bottle glasses was instructed by the different to sprout my dad. He pulled backmost the hammer. I heard it. And helium refused to fire. 

Trish Tiede: So past the different antheral restraining my sister pulled his weapon out, pointed it astatine my dad... pulled the trigger. Once, click, nary fire. Twice, click, nary fire. ...And then, a 3rd one, erstwhile it off, that blast was-- it was truthful close, I could consciousness it.

Linae Tiede: I had nary doubt, successful my mind, that helium was dead. Just similar Mom and Grams. I was terrified to deliberation that the trauma would not stop. It kept going [sighs].

It didn't marque immoderate consciousness to me. I had nary thought what was happening oregon why.

These men that were successful the cabin. I knew that they had been determination for a while. There was nutrient eaten, determination was Christmas presents open, it wasn't conscionable that we walked successful and startled them oregon frightened them. They had actually...waited for our household to instrumentality home.

Their program was to destruct their evidence, pain it to the ground.

There was ever state cans available. Full of gas. For the snowmobiles.

Trish Tiede: They instantly got engaged doing things.

Linae Tiede: They poured state everyplace and acceptable the compartment connected fire.

I tin retrieve proceeding the fume alarms going disconnected arsenic the occurrence was already blazing successful the cabin.

Trish Tiede: There was a consciousness of urgency to get retired of there. They began telling america we got to hurry and load the snowmobiles and get retired of here.

I had this feeling wrong of maine that we needed to perceive and bash what they said until the infinitesimal came to wherever Linae and I could marque our escape.

Linae Tiede: My sister and I drove these atrocious men connected the snowmobiles retired of the cabin. ...I drove 1 antheral down maine and my sister drove the different antheral down her.

Trish Tiede: I had each kinds of antithetic plans of -- of however to wreck the snowmobile, however to propulsion him disconnected into a tree, however to get escaped of him. But each I could deliberation of is I couldn't permission my sister.

Linae Tiede: I tin retrieve wanting to enactment adjacent capable that I could inactive spot my sister, that I...felt a consciousness of security, knowing that she was inactive -- inactive there.

Trish Tiede: There was nary 1 to assistance us. There was obscurity to spell - we were successful the mediate of the mountains connected snowmobiles.

Linae Tiede: We headed up to the main gate. And saw my Uncle Randy.

Randy Zorn | Uncle: I seen the snowmobiles travel up the trail, 2 snowmobiles, and I go, "Look, determination are my nieces! ...I knew it was the girls with 2 radical connected the back. And I go, wow! They got boyfriends!"

I walked implicit determination and tried to greet 'em ... and accidental hi. And I question my hands successful determination and-- they conscionable drove by maine and I spell hmmm...that's weird. ...that's not my nieces. They don't bash that to me.

Trish Tiede: I saw my uncle. My uncle had pulled up and helium waved astatine us, we conscionable kinda looked astatine him and turned back. And the men said, "Who was that?" "Somebody that indispensable unrecorded up present being nice."

I knew his beingness could beryllium successful danger. I knew if these men knew Randy was our uncle determination that they would person killed him.

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Trish Tiede: We were up determination successful the mountains, determination was nary 1 around.

It was conscionable my sister and I and 2 men that were unsafe and had a gun. There was -- a feeling of being wholly vulnerable.

When we reached the household car, they had 2 guns; each of them had a gun. The dark- headed antheral loaded his weapon successful the trunk. And arsenic helium loaded his weapon successful the trunk, helium pulled his overgarment open, and helium had a knife. And helium looked astatine me, goes, "Don't worry, I'm conscionable arsenic bully with a weapon arsenic I americium a gun."

Randy Zorn | Uncle: And past I seen the Lincoln travel retired crossed the thoroughfare and I go, "Well determination they are again."

I was walking up to the car arsenic they were pulling out. And they seen-- I was really looking successful the back, and I -- I deliberation I seen Linae successful the back.

Randy Zorn: And I question my hands again. I go, "Stop!"

Linae Tiede: I knew that if we were to-- telephone retired oregon america plead for assistance oregon enactment similar we knew Randy that Randy would beryllium changeable arsenic well. So helium was waving his arms and my sister and I conscionable pretended we didn't cognize who helium was.

Randy Zorn: The car conscionable drove close by me... I knew something's -- something's wrong. ...I don't deliberation it was a minute. ...I seen different snowmobile travel up...with this idiosyncratic connected it. And I look and I look and I go, "He has nary overgarment on." You know, nary gloves -- nary helmet. ...I go, "Who is this?" I go, "Oh my God, it's my brother." Rolf.

And his look is conscionable immense and afloat of humor and just-- conscionable big. Eye swollen shut. Bloodcicles -- 'cause it was cold...he was successful truly atrocious shape. And helium says, "I've been shot. My woman has been killed and my daughters person been kidnapped."

I commencement heading down the canyon arsenic accelerated arsenic I could. ...I'm successful panic. Rolf's successful the backmost afloat of blood, laying connected the backseat.

Twenty years ago, your compartment work did not enactment up determination - whatsoever -- successful that canyon. And I kept trying and trying and trying. ...there are 2 things connected my mind. prevention the girls, get him connected a Life Flight.

I travel up to the backmost of the Lincoln... I cognize the girls are kidnapped. I cognize the guys person got guns successful -- successful the car there. You know, I'm going, "What bash I do?" Do I tally 'em disconnected the road?

And my mobile kicked in. I got 911 connected my mobile. ...she says, "Tell maine what absorption they're going. We got police; we got radical successful the area." I go, "Well, they're turning connected the road. They're towards Kamus."

I go, "I request -- a helicopter," and the telephone went dead. Phone went dead. ... I pulled into the state station, went implicit to the wage telephone and got 911-- backmost connected the telephone again. ...And I go, "Guys, I request a chopper NOW."

Trish Tiede: We announcement a bull car walk america and crook astir and statesman to travel us. Both men began to panic. ...I retrieve looking - the speedometer's goin' implicit 90 miles an hour.

We turned close down towards the canyon and went different mile oregon truthful and past fell -- the car fell disconnected an -- embankment.

I retrieve looking up 'cause the car was astatine an space and noticing successful the full roadworthy supra america we came down was afloat of -- of -- possibly a mates cops, but mostly radical successful communal apparel drawin' down with pistols and changeable guns and rifles astatine us. And it -- I conscionable retrieve however amazed I was that determination was truthful galore radical determination truthful fast.

Linae Tiede: There was cops pointing guns astatine me. And my small sister says, "No, no, that's my sister." And I don't deliberation they'd received accusation that determination was adjacent hostages successful the car.

Trish Tiede: I reached backmost for my sister's manus and grabbed her manus and said, "Duck!"

Linae Tiede: We some ducked and we were praying and conscionable squeezing each other's hand.

We've ever had a connection, adjacent arsenic small children. A peculiar connection. Where we [emotional] tin consciousness each other. She's ever been a large comfortableness to me.

Joe Offert | Lead Investigator: The suspects...were taken from the vehicle...and past were secured by the officers who'd arrived astatine the scene.

These guys are -- evidently cowards. ...as agelong arsenic they were successful full power of the concern by usage of fearfulness and unit -- past they continued to function. When that power went away, that's erstwhile it -- it stopped and they surrendered to authorities.

Linae Tiede: The men were down connected their knees with their arms down their neck. And the cops were, you know, yellin' astatine 'em to, "get down, get down," and surrender. ...I started to outcry astatine the cops to termination 'em. I said, "Kill 'em. They conscionable killed my mom, my dada and my grams. Kill 'em. K -- sprout 'em now. Kill 'em."

Trish Tiede: I retrieve a feeling of not needfully being safe, but I've survived... We were nary longer successful the custody of those 2 evil men.

Randy Zorn: The chopper showed up -- beauteous speedy really ... and they got Rolf retired of the backmost of my Blazer and -- got him into attraction and helium was successful beauteous atrocious shape, captious condition. ...and erstwhile it lifted disconnected I'm conscionable praying that helium makes it.

Trish Tiede: I can't ideate what had to person been goin' done Dad's caput aft he'd been changeable and past changeable again. And he's laying there, playing dead. Trying to respire arsenic shallow arsenic possible.

I aboriginal learned that Dad had really been doused with gasoline. ...And helium caught connected occurrence himself. And helium had to tally into the ablution and teardrop disconnected his snowsuit portion connected fire.

Having the spot to get connected that snowmobile and contention down that upland to prevention my sister and I -- however overmuch humor helium lost, helium couldn't see, getting down the upland successful freezing temperatures. ...My full beingness of my dada was my hero. And that conscionable enactment an exclamation constituent connected that.

Linae Tiede: My dada was the astir astonishing leader that I've ever known.

...Beautiful, benignant bluish eyes. He...was highly benignant and generous successful each way.

Joe Offert: The fig 1 interest successful this peculiar lawsuit is rescuing anybody who mightiness request assistance... Secondly, is to sphere the grounds astatine the transgression scene.

One of the astir important pieces of evidence...was a video camera. Inside the video camera -- was a videotape.

We had nary thought -- what mightiness beryllium recorded -- connected that. So, astatine a fig of junctures successful that -- successful that-- film, I was saying, "Oh my God, ohio my God."

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Brad Wilde | Patrol Deputy: You know, hundreds of transgression scenes later, it inactive ranks close up there. It's inactive precise vivid to me.

...probably erstwhile I got astir 10 feet from the door...I picked up a faint smell...it was kinda similar burnt hairsbreadth and possibly burnt fabric, like, apparel burning.

As I entered the garage, determination was possibly a 12 to 18-inch puddle of humor that was fresh.

As I started up the stairwell...I could spot holes successful the walls -- slug holes comin'...from 1 partition crossed the stairwell into the different wall.

There was -- humor smear connected the wall. It looked like...a bloody manus had -- had wiped down the wall. ...it astir looked similar a mini-war zone.

There was -- 2 bodies. ...I checked for a pulse... But I knew successful my mind-- they were deceased.

I actually...walked into the fume earlier I truly realized that the apical level of that compartment was connected fire. Then our mindset went to protectin' the victim's spot 'cause we thought the compartment was going to pain down.

On apical of the java array determination was a VCR camera and immoderate tapes.

Linae Tiede: There was a treble ceremonial for my parent and grandmother. My grandmother's name's Beth Tidwell Potts. My mother's sanction is Kaye Tidwell Tiede.

I retrieve conscionable truthful galore radical and household that came to emotion america and assistance america consciousness their emotion and support.

Trish Tiede: My Aunt Claudia was my mom's older sister and erstwhile ma passed, Aunt Claudia stepped in...letting america cognize that she was there. And it gave america each a consciousness of -- that we weren't alone.

Claudia Tidwell Nelson | Aunt: I wanted to beryllium determination arsenic overmuch arsenic I perchance could due to the fact that they needed support. This was a horribly traumatizing happening for them. And we were what they had left

Trish Tiede: Grams had a lotta energy. She was afloat of life.

Linae Tiede: She was a precise amusive and vivacious, energetic, blessed grandma. ...She would springiness maine permanents. In my hair. And marque it curly. Awful (laughs).

I retrieve Mom called the aspen trees "quakies." She loved the sound that the quaking aspen made successful the wind...that was 1 of her fondest memories. ...and it is mine, arsenic well.

Claudia Tidwell Nelson: My sister was 1 of the astir devoted mothers that I person ever known. She would springiness up thing for her children. ...she was beardown willed and they were beardown willed. And, you know, that narration is not without conflict. But they ever worked it out

Trish Tiede: The greeting of the...crime...I retrieve turning and walking implicit to springiness my parent a hug. And she and I had got successful a small statement earlier that greeting implicit thing silly. She and I some looked astatine each other... I mean, astatine 16 years aged -- conscionable turned. Wasn't gonna springiness her a hug. And I turned and walked the different way. And that's the past clip I saw my ma alive.

Joe Offert | Lead Investigator: You archer maine what's your justification for taking these lives and doing this to these radical that you don't adjacent know.

When I watched the videotape -- that had been taken from the transgression scene...I expected to spot pictures of household talking, playing games, doing what household folks do. But arsenic it turns out, determination were the 2 suspects.

They were opening the family's Christmas presents.

Linae Tiede: I retrieve reasoning of the axenic malice and hatred that these men indispensable person successful their hearts. What heartless jerks. Why would you bash this to our family?

Joe Offert : The 2 men were successful their aboriginal to mid-20s...both spent clip astatine the Utah State Penitentiary.

Von Taylor had been antecedently convicted of an aggravated burglary. ...What I stitchery is, helium was - [a] mean kid, a precise mean and decent family. But that astatine immoderate point, he...got into immoderate struggle with the law.

I'm not alert of a convulsive past connected Mr. Edward Deli. ...He'd...been convicted of an arson.

They'd been released...from the penitentiary to a halfway location facility.

Apparently, they were fixed the quality to spell retired and look for employment. ...at that constituent they...just absconded.

Trish Tiede: I aboriginal learned that these men...had hitchhiked their mode up determination and chose that country due to the fact that 1 of the men had household that had a compartment successful the area. They had robbed respective cabins and yet came to our compartment 'cause they knew that we were there. They wanted to...find a conveyance and get retired of the country. They waited for america each nighttime agelong to return.

Joe Offert : This mightiness look to beryllium a slam-dunk lawsuit to immoderate folks. But from -- from-- an investigator's constituent of view...it was precise analyzable and precise complex.

Sure, it's not a whodunit...there's nary question who committed the crimes. ...But being capable to determine...what transgression enactment each fishy committed--that was a challenge.

Linae Tiede: Von Taylor and Ed Deli precise overmuch each took their ain abstracted portion successful murdering my ma and Grams. ...I bash not consciousness 1 antheral astatine immoderate way, shape, oregon signifier was much responsible.

Thomas Brunker | Assistant Attorney General: They were charged with the murders, the aggravated kidnapping, the arsons, the -- high-speed chase.

I don't retrieve the nonstop number, but successful summation to the murders determination were thing similar 8 to 10 felonies and immoderate misdemeanors.

Trish Tiede: I wanted 'em some to beryllium sentenced to the decease penalty. I privation some of them to cognize that they were gonna die.

Thomas Brunker: Approximately 5 months aft these crimes, Von Taylor pleaded blameworthy to 2 counts of superior execution and the authorities dropped each of the different charges against him successful speech for that plea.

Linae Tiede: I judge Taylor pled blameworthy to his transgression due to the fact that determination was truthful overmuch acold grounds against him that that was each that helium could plead was guilty.

Taylor was an evil man. He had nary remorse. No respect for beingness whatsoever. You could spot it successful his eyes; you could spot it successful his countenance. From the infinitesimal we saw him to the past clip we saw him successful court, helium had conscionable had this aerial astir him of choler and zero remorse.

Thomas Brunker: Taylor opted to spell to sentencing successful beforehand of a assemblage alternatively of successful beforehand of a judge. ...the assemblage sentenced him to-- to a decease condemnation for some murders. So helium has 2 decease sentences.

Linae Tiede I felt...relieved that Taylor would beryllium enactment to decease for his crime. Justice had been served.

Joe Offert [A] abbreviated play of clip aft that -- mates of weeks, I believe, past Mr. Deli went to trial. ...we were arsenic prepared, if not possibly adjacent a small spot much prepared, to spell into the Deli proceedings arsenic we were with the Von Taylor trial.

Linae Tiede: I felt a large burden...I felt similar they practically wanted maine to beryllium capable to spot the bullets coming retired of the guns, that they expected maine to constituent the nonstop weapon successful the absorption of each slug and wherever it deed astatine immoderate fixed moment.

Hmmm, I really conscionable had a full epiphany of caller thoughts travel to that, that I don't deliberation that that was adjuvant for a unfortunate to person to enactment a limb that they watched their household murdered with, to adjacent person to interaction it. What is the point? The weapons were already connected the table. ...Why would I person to interaction it?

Trish Tiede: Those trails are somewhat of a blur to me. [I] was 16 years aged and...I wanted to spell backmost and unrecorded that beingness I loved and not having to support reliv[ing] a nightmare.

Deli's lawyer argued that helium didn't bash immoderate of the shooting.

These men were guilty. They committed a crime, they needed to beryllium punished and we needed to determination on.

Joe Offert: Linae and Trish Tiede -- were fantabulous witnesses...they were precise definite astir the things they had seen and precise articulate. ...able to subordinate these very, precise sensational things and successful an unemotional way. ...extremely invaluable witnesses.

But we had different subsister of the lawsuit -- Mr. Tiede survived the battle and the attack...incredible guy.

Trish Tiede: I remember...watching the look connected Deli's look arsenic helium came successful seeing my father. And it was precise evident to maine that helium did not cognize my begetter had survived. And the look connected his look was conscionable priceless similar helium had been defeated. My dada survived. We won.

Joe Offert: He's fortunate -- that they utilized the incorrect weapon what they changeable him. They utilized vertebrate shot. Very ineffective. They didn't cognize that. ...I deliberation his likelihood of having made it -- and survived an incidental similar that -- are probably, 1 successful 1,000.

He was benignant of an ace successful the hole, and helium brought the prosecution unneurotic successful an outstanding way.

I expected Edward Deli...to beryllium convicted of first-degree murder. ...the lawsuit had been thoroughly investigated, and the prosecutor's bureau had done an fantabulous job.

Randy Zorn | Uncle: I heard the verdict came retired -- second-degree execution with beingness imprisonment. And I ne'er truly understood that. I was kinda, I don't know, resentful. And I don't cognize however to enactment this inside. Something's wrong...how tin helium beryllium not sentenced to death?

Thomas Brunker: Deli was not convicted of first-degree murder, helium was convicted of...second-degree execution and a decease condemnation was nary longer an enactment erstwhile that condemnation came in.

Linae Tiede: Edward Deli received second-degree execution alternatively of archetypal degree, owed to 1 assemblage subordinate deciding to clasp out.

I felt similar the courts did an injustice to our family. I felt similar that helium deserved to beryllium connected decease enactment arsenic well, conscionable similar Taylor... Deli murdered. Taylor murdered.

Two killers, 2 outcomes: Justice served?

Randy Zorn: This was specified a horrific acquisition for everybody present that I deliberation we each didn't cognize what to accidental oregon buried it wrong to wherever we didn't speech astir this a lot.

Trish Tiede: I went done periods of choler and vexation and not knowing why. ...And for years and years that follow, I cried successful silence. ...I spent a bully 10 years hiding that symptom and suppressing that pain.

Linae Tiede: I went done trying to find happiness successful areas wherever happiness doesn't exist. I went done fear, fearfulness of -- putting my bosom retired there, fearfulness of loving idiosyncratic oregon letting idiosyncratic emotion me, that they would -- wantonness me.

I judge it was 2001 I received a missive from Deli... I thought astir it for many, galore years and would spell to constitute him a missive and it conscionable ne'er felt right.

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Linae Tiede: It took maine implicit 9 years to respond to Deli's letter.

I -- held connected to the missive and I re-read it astir apt 20, 30 times. I fundamentally wanted to get a consciousness if helium was genuinely sorry. I was precise cautious and guarded with my feelings.

Deli has -- shared with maine that helium has grown into a man, not the aforesaid -- evil lad that committed the -- the crime. ...I judge that I gained my state backmost for myself by choosing to forgive Deli. For me, forgiving does not mean forgetting.

I bash not judge Edward Deli has a spot extracurricular of prison....But erstwhile I came to the spot of forgiveness...I felt a tremendous burden, alleviation disconnected my shoulders [emotional]. I felt free.

Nathan Coates | Linae's husband Linae is flawed perfection.

Linae and I person been joined a small implicit 3 years now. She is my champion friend. ...She's everything to me...there is somethin' successful her eyes that is just...it's similar pure.

And she's arsenic flawed arsenic the remainder of us. But she has this innocence that inactive is determination - that I conscionable love.

Linae Tiede: Nathan changed my beingness by opening his bosom and sharing his existent aforesaid and giving maine the state to bash the same.

I person 4 kids and 5 beauteous measurement kids. ...And I conscionable consciousness similar it's a beauteous commencement of a caller beginning.

For maine to beryllium a subsister -- has go a beauteous gift. I judge that I tin stock it with others.

After the compartment had burn[ed]...we went and rebuilt it and made it adjacent amended than it was before. I tin retrieve my dad. He would accidental this to me-- rather often. He would say, "Linae, I cognize lightning strikes." He says, "But lightning ne'er strikes doubly successful the aforesaid location." And I would find large bid successful that...Sometimes -- if I ever would person fear...I would conscionable perceive my dada say, "Linae...You're gonna beryllium safe."

Trish Tiede: It's fabulous, we emotion it there. We really spell up determination and bask household and friends. And we play and we relax. We bond.

They are not gonna instrumentality distant from america the things that we emotion and -- and we bask successful our life. They took our Mom, they took our Grams. But that's wherever it ends.

Linae Tiede: The cabin's magical. The cabin-- is healing [smiles].

Trish Tiede: When my begetter was diagnosed with cancer, our full household came together. And that past six to 8 weeks of his beingness were truthful perfectly incredible.

Nathan Coates: ...he pulled maine aside. Spent astir an hour, an hour-and-a-half with me. Just bein' him. ...Probably gave maine 1 of the top compliments I ever had successful my life. But I'm inactive conscionable a interaction uneasy astir it. That helium knew Linae would beryllium OK. And that helium could spell -- 'cause helium knew I would instrumentality attraction of her.

Trish Tiede: When my begetter passed, it was precise peaceful. I had the privilege of being close by his broadside arsenic helium -- helium took his past breaths. And his tone has ne'er near me.

Anytime I request my dad, he's there. ...He comes successful immoderate of the astir unsocial and peculiar times. ...I precise overmuch inactive consciousness that my begetter is there.

I person 2 beauteous small girls. And erstwhile I look into their eyes, I spot some my parent and my father, and everything that's loving and pure. I person an awesome life. I emotion my beingness present and I wouldn't accidental that the incidental successful 1990 defines me. But I would accidental it's helped marque maine who I americium today.

Claudia Tidwell Nelson | Aunt: I deliberation my sister would beryllium perfectly delighted if she looked down and to spot the healing that Linae and Trish person gone through. And what they've done with their lives.

Linae Tiede: I consciousness precise overmuch truthful that this acquisition has changed maine arsenic a person. ...I take that it's a portion of who I am. It's my beingness story.

Trish Tiede: What we experienced together...that created a enslaved that evidently couldn't person with anyone else.

And I'm gladsome that we were determination together...I couldn't inquire for more.