“It won’t bring Molly back…”

Pennsylvania authorities were the first to capture Crews. He was tried for the murders of Geoff and Molly. Perry County prosecutor, R. Scott Cramer, sought the death penalty, but it didn’t provide any comfort to the victims’ family. Jim LaRue, Molly’s father, who was a former Baptist minister, said that the death penalty wouldn’t bring his daughter back. “We have a lot of anger about our loss. But putting someone else to death doesn’t even come close to dealing with that pain,” he said.

A sigh of relief

The news of Crews’ capture provided relief to more than 200 hikers who were in attendance at a ceremony celebrating the opening of a new trail near Boiling Springs. For a while, trail officials put up a warning for hikers to avoid the Pennsylvania section of the trail until authorities had a suspect in their custody.