the answer to that was immediate and horrifying as brokaw said , `` the hostage theory was exploded late this afternoon when pete golash , a truck driver , reported that he saw a couple matching benedict 's and mathison 's descriptions at a colorado rest stop near dawn this morning ... '' pete golash 's cheerful face filled the screen next , only it was on videotape and what he was saying made julie feel sick with fury and shame : `` the pair of them were havin ' a snowball fight like a couple of kids .