This month marks 12 years since two men escaped from a Kentucky prison, then went on a crime spree spanning several states.
During that spree, they brutally murdered two women, including a college student. To this day, the body of Samantha Burns has never been found.
“It’s like you’re stuck in time. Sometimes you’re thinking she’s still going to come home. You’re still waiting, and then you realize…It’s been 12 years,” says Kandi Burns, Samantha’s mother.
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A decade after her daughter’s brutal murder, Kandi Burns still waits for a sense of closure. Tips in the case have all but stopped and her daughter’s body is still missing.
“Samantha was just a loving, caring girl. I mean she was a teenager. She didn’t cause us any problems. She was going to school, trying to fulfill her future. We just miss her,” remembers Kandi.
Chad Fulks and Brandon Basham escaped from the Hopkins County Jail. The pair carjacked a good samaritan in the town of Hanson, drove him to Southern Indiana, tied him to a tree and left him. That was just the beginning of their 17 days, multi-state crime spree. The men were eventually convicted of killing a 44-year-old woman in South Carolina. They also pleaded guilty to abducting Samantha in Huntington, West Virginia and then killing her.
There have been multiple searches for the body of the 19-year-old Marshall University student. One of the convicted killers was even brought out to show where he buried her, with no results. Both men are on death row, and Samantha’s family is worried that time is running out.
But, they are not giving up.
“A lot of people think well it’s been 12 years, why do you put yourself through this? I just can’t stand the thought that my daughter is out there somewhere. And I’m not going to stop looking for her until we do bring her home,” says Kandi.
