Scott Kimball manipulated the trust of his victims — and the system itself — to conceal his cold-blooded killing spree. His sons spoke exclusively to "20/20."
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Nearly two decades after authorities began connecting the dots to uncover the grisly truth behind four missing people linked to Scott Kimball, a Colorado FBI informant and serial killer, his sons are breaking their silence.
Kimball’s sons, Justin and Cody Kimball, who were just children at the time of the killing spree, are discussing for the first time details around what they claim is their father’s attempt to kill Justin when he was just 10 years old.
“I just remember thinking, ‘This guy is going to kill me, and he's obviously making it look like an accident. No one's going to know because I'm going to be dead,’” Justin, now age 29, said in an exclusive interview with “20/20's" John Quiñones.
One evening in July 2004, Scott Kimball and his two boys were out in the backyard digging holes and chasing mice. Justin said that when Cody went inside the house, his father told Justin to dig a hole in a specific spot while keeping his eyes on the horizon.
"[It] felt like I saw a bunch of stars, flashes in front of my face, and then came the big wham," Justin said. "I heard it hitting me."
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Investigators already knew that Scott Kimball said he had been hunting on the day Kaysi McLeod disappeared. While executing a search warrant of Kimball’s belongings, Grusing had found a receipt for a grocery store in Walden, Colorado, which is surrounded by National Forest land.
Grusing called the Forest Service and learned that a hunter had recently found a skull on the ground in the area.
“Based upon what Scott had said, based upon the receipt, based upon the godforsaken place this hiker was recovered, I had a really good notion it was Kaysi,” Grusing said.
Grusing was right, and the confirmation was a turning point in the investigation.