Two young girls vanish into thin air along the boundary of Glacier National Park in Montana. Their disappearance plagues a small Montana community for years, until a ruthless predator strikes again, leading authorities to the doorstep of a sadistic man who claimed to have no memory of his horrific deeds.
Karen Tyler and Jessica Westphal & mysterious pickup truck
Karen and Jessica
Karl Randall Bachman Offender Profile Montana Bureau of Prisons
Glacier National Park and Marion, Montana Map
Glacier National Park
Episode Source Material
- GIS Map/Parcel Viewer of Flathead County, MT
- inmate search – Montana State Prison
- Susie Jaeger Article
- The Independent Record (Helena, MT): Possible abduction of Kalispell girls, by Associated Press.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Hunt Two Missing Girls At Marion, by Larry Stem.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Officers suspect abduction in disappearance of girls, by Joann Speelman.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): FBI joins search, by Larry Stem.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Limbo surrounds fate of two girls, by Larry Stem.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Marion girls still missing; search efforts spread out, by Joann Speelman.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Numerous leads fail in search for 2 girls, by Joann Speelman.
- The Montana Standard (Butte, MT): Search for two girls turns up no new leads, by Associated Press.
- The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT): Pickup sought, by UPI.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Concern grows for missing girls.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): $5,000 reward offered in search for 2 girls.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Girls’ Hunt Stalemated.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Possemen comb area on foot.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Guaranteed reward posted for data on two girls.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Prayer is birthday gift for Jessica Westphal.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Search still on for missing girls.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Two Marion girls missing one month.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Hunters, keep a watch.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Ask hunters to watch for girls.
- The Independent-Record (Helena, MT): Judge asks governors to help, by Associated Press.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Flathead authorities quash rumors about missing girls.
- Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, MT): Clue-less search for 2 Flathead girls continues, by Associated Press.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Psychic offers search suggestions.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Make the call again, please.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Mounds Checkout proves negative.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT)” Women forming searching unit.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): New emphasis put on search for missing Marion girls.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Reward still out for Marion girls.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Two Marion girls missing one year, by Joann Speelman.
- Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, MT): Confessed slayer in Flathead near time 2 girls disappeared, by M. Thomas Beam.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Meierhofer not suspect in girls’ disappearance, by Missoulian Flathead Bureau.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Attempt made to determine if Meirhofer linked to Marion girls.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Marion families still have no word on missing girls, by Joann Speelman.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, Mt): Marion girls still missing.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Clues to lost Marion girls to be sought, by Missoulian Flathead Bureau.
- The daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Marion girls dead, by Kyle Johnson.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Bodies of Marion girls found; deaths believed by shooting, by Len Derby.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Searchers look today for evidence at Marion, by Missoulian Flathead Bureau.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): New evidence found in search near Marion.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Memorial services set for two Marion girls.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Coroner’s jury empaneled.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Jury issues ruling on girls’ death.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Man arrested for murder of Marion girls, by Joann Speelman.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Mental exam finished.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Bachman due arraignment.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Bachman to be arraigned.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Bachman arraignment continued.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Bachman charges changed, by Joann Speelman.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Girls’ slayer pleads guilty, by Joann Speelman.
- The Missoulian (Missoula, MT): Bachman gets two life terms for murder, by Joann Speelman.
- Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, MT): Parole to be considered for girls’ murderer, by Associated Press.
- The Independent-Record (Helena, MT): Convicted killer denied parole, by Associated Press.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Killer up for parole again, by Cheryl Sabol.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Parole denied for notorious killer, by Cheryl Sabol.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Slayings of two young girls shocked the Flathead 32 years ago, by Cheryl Sabol.
- Flathead Beacon (Kalispell, MT): Convicted Double Murderer Up for Parole Hearing, by Beacon Staff.
- Montana Right Now: Westphal Family Speaks Out Against Parole.
- Hungry Horse News (Columbia Falls, MT): Marion murderer’s parole denied, by Hungry Horse News.
- The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT): Flathead child killer denied parole again, by Scott Shindledecker.
- Karl Randall Bachman Prisoner Profile