OUT THERE IN THE WOODS recounts the events
surrounding the 36-day manhunt for Mendocino County resident Aaron Bassler,
suspected murderer of two local men.
The two shootings sparked an unprecedented 36-day manhunt in
the vast forested area east of Fort Bragg. Local, state, and federal officers
from over a dozen law enforcement agencies were involved, including several
SWAT teams and the U.S. Marshals Service, an agency experienced in searching
for fugitives. The searchers were under constant threat of becoming victims
themselves in hostile, unfamiliar terrain, while Bassler had virtually grown up
in this environment.
