“He escaped.”
“When?”
“2006.”
A violent storm damaged part of the camp.
Colby disappeared into the canyon during heavy rain.
Travis said he never saw him again.
Bennett and Vanessa claimed both young men had simply walked away unharmed.
Police needed proof.
Search teams returned to Pine Valley Canyon.
For days, they found nothing.
Then a cadaver dog alerted near a shaded rock crevice roughly a mile and a half from the hidden camp.
Investigators climbed down.
Beneath brush and layers of sand were human bones.
Nearby:
Fragments of hiking boots.
A metal buckle.
Plastic cable ties.
And rope attached to a rusted ring.
The remains were sent for DNA testing.
Two days later, Travis was brought into an interview room.
A detective sat across from him.
“We identified him.”
Travis stopped breathing.
“It’s Corbin.”
He lowered his head.
Then the detective continued.
