An 11-year-old witness points a finger at her father’s suspected killer: Her sister’s forbidden boyfriend

Sierra Friar, 18 years old at the time of her exclusive interview with “48 Hours,” talks about the morning of Oct. 2, 2017, when her father, Aaron, and 15-year-old sister, Ellie, vanished.

Sierra Friar wakes up to yelling

11-year-old Sierra Friar wakes up to her father Aaron Friar yelling and the sound of glass breaking around 5:30 a.m. Terrified, she stayed in her room until she felt safe enough to come out. 

Family gone; blood everywhere

Around 6:15 a.m., when the house is quiet, Sierra exits her room to find her father and her older sister Ellie have disappeared. She sees the living room walls covered in blood and shattered glass from an overhead light fixture on the floor. She then calls for help.

Sierra is brought to her mother Maggie Friar’s home a couple of blocks away. 

A mother’s frantic 911 call

Maggie Friar calls 911 at 6:42 a.m. “Something happened and nobody can find my ex-husband or my oldest daughter … there’s blood everywhere.”

The search is on for Aaron and Ellie Friar

At 6:43 a.m., Medford, Oregon, police officers are dispatched to Aaron Friar’s home for a welfare check and a missing persons case is declared. 

A trail of blood to nowhere