Three Days Before Christmas
In December 1990, sisters Linae and Tricia Tiede were held hostage by two men -- Von Lester Taylor and Edward Steven Deli. The Tiede family had gone to spend Christmas at the family cabin in Oakley, Utah. Taylor and Deli shot their mother, father, and grandmother and planned to burn down the home. The sisters owe their survival to their heroic father, Rolf, who, though wounded, was able to get on a snowmobile and alert his brother, Randy, to call 911. The police caught Taylor and Deli and rescued the girls. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 3/9/2013. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.
- Duration
- 40m
- Broadcast on
- 21 Dec 2023
- Audio Format
- other
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[Music] My family owns a beautiful cabin in Oakley, Utah. [Music] The sound of the river, the horses that are down in the pasture, the birds. [Music] It's absolutely heaven on earth to me. [Music] My mom had given it a name, tedious tranquility, because of the serenity and peace. [Music] The cabin was an awesome place to go to. As a young child, I love going up there, bringing ants and uncles and cousins. [Music] The cabin was about two and a half miles off the road. [Music] You have to snowball in during the winter time. It was an escape from the world for our family. [Music] It was winter of 1990. I was 20 years old and my little sister was 16. [Music] It was Christmas time. We're off for the holidays. [Music] There's a large Christmas tree with lots of gifts around it. I have great memories of spending Christmas with my mom and dad. My mom even had our Christmas stockings hung under the fireplace mantle. Ready for Santa to come. [Music] Three days before Christmas, our family had to finish up our Christmas shopping and head back up to our family cabin. [Music] My mom and grams and I arrived at the cabin first, and my hands were freezing. [Music] It was a bitter cold winter that year. [Music] I asked my mom to hurry and unlock the door. I needed to run in and run my hands under some water and I would be right back down to helper. [Music] I got to the top of the stairs and saw a gray flash go behind the refrigerator. And the first thought that popped in my mind was, "Oh, a cousin's here already." And was going to jump out and say, "Boo!" [Music] It didn't turn out that way. [Music] Behind the refrigerator came a frizzy-headed man in a gray sweatshirt with his pistol pointed at me. [Music] I assumed that he would want to just rob us and be on his way. [Music] As soon as my mom came to the top of the stairs out from the back bedroom, another robber with thick coke bottle glasses on was pointing a gun at my mother. [Music]
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In December 1990, sisters Linae and Tricia Tiede were held hostage by two men -- Von Lester Taylor and Edward Steven Deli. The Tiede family had gone to spend Christmas at the family cabin in Oakley, Utah. Taylor and Deli shot their mother, father, and grandmother and planned to burn down the home. The sisters owe their survival to their heroic father, Rolf, who, though wounded, was able to get on a snowmobile and alert his brother, Randy, to call 911. The police caught Taylor and Deli and rescued the girls. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 3/9/2013. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.