Her family and those who worked to get justice for Wilberger greeted the sad milestone anniversary with somber reflection. The saga of one of the most publicized murder investigations in Oregon history personally affected people close to the case and revealed the incredible strength of a family in an unimaginable nightmare.
While it has been a decade now since their daughter disappeared, the trauma came flooding back to Cammy and Greg Wilberger nearly five years ago when Joel Courtney, 43, finally admitted to abducting, raping and killing Brooke.
That was a huge hit to us all over again because we had gotten to that point (of healing), and then it just reopened the wound, Cammy Wilberger said in a phone interview.
