Frenemies (2013–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Lion's Den - full transcript
Narrator:
A LONELY YOUNG WOMAN
FINDS THE BEST FRIEND
SHE'S ALWAYS DREAMED OF...
ALL SHE WANTED WAS TO BE LOVED.
Narrator: ...UNTIL A HORRIFYING
BETRAYAL CHANGES EVERYTHING.
I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE SOMEBODY
BEING THAT CRUEL AND UGLY.
THAT GIRL HAD NO IDEA
WHAT WAS COMING DOWN TO HER.
Narrator: KEEP YOUR FRIENDS
CLOSE AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.
Narrator: KEEP YOUR FRIENDS
CLOSE AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
DARLENE HAYNES IS SHY BUT KIND.
SHE GOES OUT OF HER WAY
TO HELP PEOPLE.
SHE WAS SWEET, LOVING, CARING.
IF YOU ASKED FOR HER SHIRT ON
HER BACK, SHE'D GIVE IT TO YOU.
Narrator: DARLENE LIVES WITH
HER BOYFRIEND, PAUL GONZALEZ.
TO HELP PAY RENT, PAUL
INVITES HIS FRIEND, ALEX DION,
AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, JULIE COREY,
TO MOVE IN WITH THEM.
JULIE IS OUTGOING, CONFIDENT,
AND FUN TO BE AROUND.
Joanne: DARLENE THOUGHT
JULIE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON.
[ SQUEALS ]
THANKS.
Narrator:
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
DARLENE AND JULIE HIT IT OFF.
THE ROOMMATES
QUICKLY BECOME BEST FRIENDS.
THE FRIENDSHIP IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT TO DARLENE.
Grandmaison: DARLENE DIDN'T HAVE
TOO MANY FRIENDS.
SHE LOOKED UP TO JULIE
AS A COMPANION --
"SOMEBODY I CAN TALK TO."
YOU HAVE
THIS AWESOME HOUSE NOW.
THAT'S EXCITING.
Narrator: GROWING UP,
DARLENE HAD LITTLE CONTACT
WITH HER MOTHER AND WAS RAISED
BY HER GRANDMOTHER.
SHE HAS ALWAYS LONGED
FOR A CLOSE FEMALE FRIEND
AND A SENSE OF FAMILY.
Grandmaison: ALL DARLENE WANTED
WAS TO BE LOVED.
Narrator:
BUT LITTLE DOES ANYONE KNOW
THAT DARLENE'S DESPERATE NEED
FOR JULIE'S FRIENDSHIP
WOULD LEAD THEM DOWN
A DISTURBING AND DANGEROUS ROAD.
IN EARLY 2009,
DARLENE AND HER BOYFRIEND, PAUL,
FIND OUT THEY'RE EXPECTING A
CHILD, DUE AT THE END OF AUGUST.
SHE WAS VERY EXCITED.
SO, LIKE, LITTLE SHOES
AND, LIKE, LITTLE, LIKE...
Joanne:
DARLENE LOVED BEING PREGNANT.
THIS IS WHAT SHE WANTED.
SHE FELT HAPPY.
Narrator: DARLENE BELIEVES
SHE WILL FINALLY HAVE
WHAT SHE'S ALWAYS LONGED FOR.
FELT LIKE
SHE WAS HAVING A FAMILY
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE.
Narrator: BUT ONE DAY,
DARLENE'S NEWFOUND HAPPINESS
IS SUDDENLY DESTROYED
BY THE PEOPLE SHE THINKS CARE
ABOUT HER THE MOST.
ACCORDING TO DARLENE'S FAMILY,
SHE FINDS JULIE IN BED
WITH HER BOYFRIEND, PAUL.
Grandmaison:
SHE WAS SHOCKED.
"WHY?
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?"
IT WAS VERY DEVASTATING FOR HER.
Joanne:
SHE THOUGHT PAUL LOVED HER,
BUT YOU DON'T BRING OTHER WOMEN
IN AND SLEEP WITH THEM.
THAT IS NOT LOVE.
Narrator:
DARLENE IS SHATTERED
THAT HER BEST FRIEND, JULIE,
HAS STABBED HER IN THE BACK.
Joanne: A FRIEND
IS SOMEONE YOU CAN TRUST.
WHAT KIND OF FRIEND ARE YOU?
HEY.
Narrator: DARLENE
IMMEDIATELY CONFRONTS PAUL
ABOUT HIS AFFAIR WITH JULIE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT.
BUT TO HER SURPRISE,
PAUL ISN'T
THE LEAST BIT APOLOGETIC.
I DON'T CARE
WHAT YOU THINK.
INSTEAD, HE BECOMES ANGRY
AND TELLS HER
TO MIND HER OWN BUSINESS.
DARLENE IS DEVASTATED.
Grandmaison:
SHE SAT AND CRIED,
AND I TOLD HER, "DARLENE,
YOU NEED TO FACE REALITY.
PAUL IS NOT WORKING OUT."
Narrator: BUT PAUL IS THE FATHER
OF HER UNBORN CHILD,
AND DARLENE DESPERATELY WANTS
TO MAKE THE RELATIONSHIP WORK.
Grandmaison:
DARLENE SAID, "I LOVE HIM.
"I CAN'T LEAVE HIM.
I'M STAYING."
Narrator:
DARLENE ULTIMATELY DECIDES
TO GIVE PAUL ANOTHER CHANCE,
BUT SHE'S NOT SO FORGIVING
OF JULIE.
IT'S HARD FOR DARLENE
TO ACCEPT THAT HER BEST FRIEND
HAS COMMITTED
THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL --
SLEEPING WITH HER BOYFRIEND
WHILE SHE'S PREGNANT
WITH HIS BABY.
THIS WAS BEYOND DEVASTATION.
SLEEP WITH HIM?
Narrator: FURIOUS THAT JULIE
WOULD DO SOMETHING SO HORRIFIC,
DARLENE FINALLY DEMANDS
AN EXPLANATION.
DARLENE SAID, "WHY?
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?"
Narrator: JULIE ULTIMATELY BEGS
FOR FORGIVENESS,
TELLING DARLENE THAT
IT WAS ALL A TERRIBLE MISTAKE
AND THAT SHE NEVER MEANT
TO HURT HER.
JULIE APOLOGIZED TO HER
AND SAID,
"HEY, LOOK, DARLENE, I'M SORRY.
IT WAS WRONG WHAT I DID."
Narrator: ALTHOUGH
DARLENE'S TRUST IS BROKEN,
SHE CAN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT
OF LOSING JULIE'S FRIENDSHIP.
SO SHE DECIDES
TO ACCEPT HER APOLOGY.
DARLENE COULD NEVER HOLD
A GRUDGE.
SHE'LL FORGIVE ANYBODY.
THAT'S THE TYPE OF PERSON
SHE WAS.
Narrator:
BUT DARLENE WILL SOON DISCOVER
THAT THIS IS JUST THE FIRST
OF MANY BETRAYALS BY JULIE...
ALL LEADING TO ONE TERRIFYING
AND VIOLENT END.
Frederick: I WOULDN'T EXPECT HER
TO DO WHAT SHE DID.
DARLENE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE
TO WHAT WAS COMING DOWN.
THAT GIRL HAD NO IDEA.
Narrator: DEEP CRACKS FORM IN
DARLENE AND JULIE'S FRIENDSHIP
AFTER A PREGNANT DARLENE
CATCHES JULIE SLEEPING
WITH HER BOYFRIEND, PAUL.
BUT AFTER JULIE PROMISES NEVER
TO BREAK DARLENE'S TRUST AGAIN,
DARLENE FORGIVES HER.
DARLENE AND JULIE
STILL REMAINED GOOD FRIENDS.
Narrator: AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP
GETS EVEN STRONGER
WHEN, A MONTH LATER,
IN APRIL 2009,
JULIE ANNOUNCES
SOME INCREDIBLE NEWS.
I AM PREGNANT.
[ GASPS ]
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
SHE, TOO, IS EXPECTING A BABY.
THIS WAS
ALL VERY EXCITING TO DARLENE.
VERY EXCITING.
Narrator: JULIE IS THRILLED
THAT THEY'LL BOTH BE NEW MOMS
AROUND THE SAME TIME.
BUT JUST WHEN THINGS
FINALLY SEEM TO BE
GETTING BACK ON TRACK,
THERE'S ANOTHER PROBLEM.
PAUL INSISTS THAT JULIE AND
HER BOYFRIEND, ALEX, MOVE OUT
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN
PAYING RENT.
PAUL SAID, "IF YOU'RE
NOT GIVING ME ANY MONEY,
YOU'LL HAVE TO LEAVE."
Narrator:
BOTH DARLENE AND JULIE
ARE UPSET THEY'LL NO LONGER
BE LIVING TOGETHER
BUT PROMISE
THEY'LL STILL BE BEST FRIENDS.
BUT AS SOON AS PAUL AND DARLENE
ARE ALONE IN THE HOUSE,
THEIR RELATIONSHIP
SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL.
MORE AND MORE, THE FIGHTING
WOULD START CONSTANTLY.
Narrator: DARLENE AND PAUL'S
PETTY ARGUMENTS
QUICKLY TURN INTO
FULL-BLOWN SHOUTING MATCHES.
THE FIGHTING BECOMES
MORE FREQUENT AND VIOLENT,
EVEN THOUGH DARLENE
IS NOW SEVEN MONTHS' PREGNANT.
THE ABUSE GOT VERY HEAVY
ONCE JULIE WAS GONE FROM THERE.
I COULD SEE THE BLACK AND BLUES
ON HER.
SQUEEZE MARKS, HAND GRIPS.
SHE WAS AFRAID OF HIM.
Narrator:
A BATTERED DARLENE
REACHES OUT TO JULIE
TO TELL HER ABOUT THE ABUSE.
JULIE SEEMS CONCERNED
FOR DARLENE
AND BEGS HER TO LEAVE PAUL.
BUT EVERYONE'S PLEAS
FALL ON DEAF EARS.
Grandmaison:
DARLENE SAID, "I LOVE HIM.
I CAN'T LEAVE HIM."
SHE WANTED THAT LOVE.
AND IF IT MEANT
SHE HAD TO TAKE THE BEATINGS,
SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE IT.
Narrator: BUT ONE NIGHT,
ACCORDING TO WHAT FAMILY MEMBERS
LATER LEARN,
PAUL'S ABUSE GOES TOO FAR.
DARLENE AND PAUL WERE ARGUING
AND YELLING AND FIGHTING.
Grandmaison: HE WAS KICKING HER
IN THE STOMACH,
PUNCHING HER IN THE STOMACH.
HE PULLED HER BY HER HAIR.
Joanne:
HE JUST TOOK AND SHOVED HER,
AND SHE LANDED
THROUGH THE GLASS COFFEE TABLE.
[ DARLENE SCREAMS ]
Narrator: DARLENE HAS THE WIND
KNOCKED OUT OF HER,
AND HER BODY IS COVERED
WITH CUTS AND BRUISES.
SHE WAS CRYING HYSTERICALLY.
"AUNTIE, MY LEGS ARE ACHING.
MY STOMACH'S HURTING."
YOU DON'T HIT A PREGNANT MOTHER.
Narrator: FORTUNATELY,
DARLENE AND HER UNBORN BABY
SURVIVE THE ATTACK.
IT WAS LUCKY THAT DARLENE
DIDN'T LOSE THE BABY.
Narrator: AFTER RECOVERING
FROM HER INJURIES,
DARLENE MAKES
A BRAVE DECISION --
SHE KICKS PAUL OUT OF THE HOUSE
AND BEGINS THE PROCESS
OF FILING FOR A RESTRAINING
ORDER AGAINST HIM.
Grandmaison:
IT TOOK A LOT OF COURAGE
FOR HER TO STAND UP AND SAY,
"HEY, I'M NOT
YOUR PUNCHING BAG."
SHE DIDN'T WANT NO HARM
TO THAT BABY.
Narrator:
DARLENE'S FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHTER,
BUT LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW,
A DARK CLOUD IS CLOSING IN.
ALONE AT HOME,
DARLENE GRAPPLES WITH THE FACT
THAT SHE IS EIGHT MONTHS'
PREGNANT AND SINGLE.
SHE WAS LONELY.
DARLENE NEEDED A LOT OF SUPPORT.
Narrator: AND JULIE IS RIGHT
THERE FOR HER BEST FRIEND,
OFFERING COMPANIONSHIP
AND BOOSTING HER SPIRITS.
SHE REALLY NEEDED A FRIEND.
JULIE WAS THERE.
Narrator:
NOW MORE THAN EVER,
DARLENE FINDS COMFORT
IN JULIE'S FRIENDSHIP,
AND THEY BOTH LOOK FORWARD TO
RAISING THEIR CHILDREN TOGETHER.
DARLENE SAID, "I'VE GOT A
FRIEND, AND IT'S A MAMA FRIEND.
SHE'LL LOVE ME.
SHE'LL HELP ME."
Narrator:
JULIE AND DARLENE
SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME
TOGETHER.
BUT ONE DAY
WHEN JULIE IS NOT AROUND,
DARLENE IS OUT WALKING
AND NOTICES A DARK-COLORED CAR
THAT SEEMS TO BE FOLLOWING HER.
SHE'D SAY, "SOMEBODY'S FOLLOWING
ME, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO.
I JUST SEE THIS CAR."
Narrator:
INITIALLY, DARLENE
JUST THINKS HER MIND
IS PLAYING TRICKS ON HER.
BUT SOON,
EVERY TIME SHE IS ALONE,
SHE SEES THE MYSTERIOUS CAR.
DARLENE GROWS ALARMED.
Joanne:
SHE WAS SCARED STIFF.
SHE WAS REALLY AFRAID.
Narrator:
DARLENE IS DESPERATE
TO KNOW WHO IS STALKING HER
AND WHY.
SHE WONDERS
IF IT'S PAUL, OUT FOR REVENGE.
SHE THOUGHT
PAUL HAD SOMEBODY FOLLOWING HER.
Narrator: BUT WHILE DARLENE
EXPECTS THE WORST,
SHE HAS NO IDEA OF THE NIGHTMARE
THAT'S IN STORE FOR HER.
IT NEVER ENTERED
ANY OF OUR MINDS
THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT
WOULD HAPPEN.
Narrator: A TERRIFIED DARLENE,
NOW EIGHT MONTHS' PREGNANT,
HAS NOTICED A STRANGE CAR
FOLLOWING HER
FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS.
SHE THINKS IT MIGHT BE
HER VIOLENT EX-BOYFRIEND, PAUL.
I TOLD HER TO GO TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY.
Narrator: BUT WHEN DARLENE
FINALLY MANAGES
TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE DRIVER,
IT'S NOT PAUL.
AND SHE'S STUNNED
TO SEE WHO IT IS.
IT WAS JULIE.
WHY WAS SHE FOLLOWING HER?
DARLENE WOULD NOT THINK HER BEST
FRIEND WOULD BE FOLLOWING HER.
Grandmaison:
IT WAS A LITTLE STRANGE.
SHE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY.
Narrator:
DARLENE CONFRONTS JULIE,
DEMANDING TO KNOW
WHY SHE'S BEEN STALKING HER.
BUT JULIE SEEMS SURPRISED
BY THE ACCUSATION
AND TELLS DARLENE
THAT SHE'S BEING PARANOID.
JULIE SAID SHE JUST WAS RIDING
AROUND AND HAPPENED TO SEE HER.
Narrator: ALTHOUGH
JULIE'S EXPLANATION SEEMS ODD,
AS USUAL,
DARLENE WANTS TO BELIEVE HER.
GET IN.
COME ON, I'LL TAKE YOU.
THEN, UNEXPECTEDLY,
JULIE SUGGESTS
THEY SPEND THE DAY TOGETHER.
SHE WAS GOING OUT THAT DAY
WITH JULIE,
AND THEY WERE GONNA HANG OUT.
Narrator: NO ONE COULD HAVE
IMAGINED THAT THEIR DAY OF FUN
WOULD BECOME
A HORRIFYING NIGHTMARE.
THEY DECIDE TO GO
TO DARLENE'S APARTMENT.
WHEN THEY ARRIVE,
ACCORDING TO POLICE,
EVENTS TAKE A SINISTER TURN.
Grandmaison:
DARLENE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE
TO WHAT WAS COMING DOWN.
Narrator:
OUT OF THE BLUE, POLICE SAY,
THE WOMAN DARLENE THOUGHT
WAS HER BEST FRIEND
SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING,
TURNS ON DARLENE.
THERE'S A NEIGHBOR THAT SAID
SHE HEARD DARLENE SCREAMING
AND YELLING, "LET ME GO.
STOP IT."
Narrator: TO DARLENE'S HORROR,
JULIE BEGINS ATTACKING HER.
DARLENE DESPERATELY TRIES
TO GET AWAY.
Grandmaison:
DARLENE WAS A FIGHTER.
PREGNANT OR NOT PREGNANT,
DARLENE WAS A FIGHTER.
Narrator: BUT EVENTUALLY,
JULIE SMASHES HER OVER THE HEAD
WITH A HAMMER
AND DRAGS HER
TO THE BACK BEDROOM.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
WHAT WENT THROUGH DARLENE'S MIND
DURING THIS TRAGIC ATTACK
ON HER.
Narrator: THEN JULIE
COLDHEARTEDLY STRANGLES HER
WITH AN EXTENSION CORD.
DARLENE IS ONLY 23 YEARS OLD
AND DIES ON THE FLOOR
OF HER OWN APARTMENT.
NOBODY DESERVED WHAT SHE GOT.
NOBODY.
Narrator:
BUT ACCORDING TO POLICE,
JULIE ISN'T FINISHED
WITH HER FRIEND YET.
SHOCKINGLY, MURDER
IS NOT HER END GAME.
I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE SOMEBODY
BEING THAT CRUEL AND UGLY.
NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS.
IT NEVER ENTERED
ANY OF OUR MINDS
THAT SHE WOULD DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
Narrator:
DARLENE AND JULIE'S FRIENDSHIP
HAS ALWAYS BEEN TUMULTUOUS.
BUT ONE NIGHT,
ACCORDING TO POLICE,
JULIE VIOLENTLY MURDERS HER
PREGNANT BEST FRIEND, DARLENE.
I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE SOMEBODY
BEING THAT CRUEL AND UGLY.
Narrator: DARLENE LIES DEAD ON
THE FLOOR OF HER OWN APARTMENT.
BUT JULIE ISN'T DONE YET.
SHE HAS ONE MORE STEP
TO TAKE IN HER TWISTED PLAN.
NEXT, JULIE TAKES A KNIFE
AND DOES THE UNTHINKABLE.
SHE CUTS ACROSS
DARLENE'S STOMACH
AND PULLS THE BABY
OUT OF HER WOMB.
I WOULD NEVER THINK SOMETHING
LIKE THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
Narrator:
MIRACULOUSLY, THE BABY GIRL
SURVIVES THE BRUTAL PROCEDURE.
JULIE HURRIEDLY WRAPS DARLENE'S
LIFELESS BODY IN A BLANKET
AND STUFFS HER IN A CLOSET.
THEN JULIE TAKES THE BABY
AND FLEES.
SHE TOOK IT
BECAUSE SHE WAS NEVER PREGNANT.
Narrator:
POLICE AND PROSECUTORS
SAY JULIE'S PREGNANCY
WAS A TOTAL FRAUD.
ONCE SHE FOUND OUT THAT HER BEST
FRIEND, DARLENE, WAS EXPECTING,
JULIE CAME UP
WITH A SICK AND VICIOUS PLAN.
SHE FAKED HER OWN PREGNANCY
AND KEPT DARLENE CLOSE,
ALL THE WHILE
PLOTTING TO STEAL HER BABY.
Frederick:
SHE FOOLED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
Joanne:
I BELIEVE SHE WAS STALKING HER
AND PLANNING ALL THIS
ALL RIGHT ALONG.
Narrator: FOUR DAYS LATER,
AFTER NEIGHBORS
COMPLAIN OF A FOUL SMELL
COMING FROM DARLENE'S APARTMENT,
THE LANDLORD NOTIFIES POLICE.
[ SIREN WAILS ]
WHEN I FIRST HEARD, I FROZE.
I THOUGHT I DIED.
Narrator:
FAMILY MEMBERS ARE HORRIFIED
TO LEARN THAT NOT ONLY
IS DARLENE DEAD,
BUT HER BABY HAS BEEN CUT
OUT OF HER WOMB AND KIDNAPPED.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S GONE?
"WHERE IS THE BABY?
IS THE BABY ALL RIGHT?"
Narrator: AUTHORITIES BEGIN
A LARGE-SCALE MANHUNT
TO FIND DARLENE'S BABY GIRL.
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
THEY DID PUT OUT AN ALERT --
POSSIBLE BABY MISSING --
WITHOUT KNOWING IF DARLENE'S
BABY WAS ALIVE OR DEAD.
Narrator: LITTLE DO THEY KNOW
THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN,
JULIE HAS JUST ANNOUNCED
TO HER BOYFRIEND, ALEX,
THAT SHE'S GIVEN BIRTH
AND IS BRINGING THE NEWBORN
HOME EARLY FROM THE HOSPITAL.
STRANGELY,
ALEX DOESN'T QUESTION JULIE
ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING THE BABY'S BIRTH.
SHE MADE ALEX THINK
SHE HAD JUST HAD HER BABY.
HER BABY.
Narrator: EVERYTHING IS GOING
ACCORDING TO PLAN,
AND IT WOULD SEEM THAT JULIE
HAS GOTTEN AWAY
WITH HER HEINOUS CRIME.
BUT THEN, AS JULIE
IS SHOWING OFF THE BABY
TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
SOMEONE NOTICES
SOMETHING UNUSUAL
ABOUT THE UMBILICAL CORD.
IT WAS TIED OFF IN A STRING
INSTEAD OF BEING CLIPPED OFF,
AND THERE WAS BLOOD
AROUND THE EARS.
Grandmaison: WHY DOES THE BABY
STILL GOT BLOOD ON IT?
Narrator: THE CONDITION
OF THE NEWBORN RAISES RED FLAGS.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
AND SOON AFTER,
POLICE GET AN ANONYMOUS CALL...
Woman: STAND BY.
Narrator:
...ABOUT JULIE'S SUPPOSED CHILD.
RIGHT AWAY, THEY WONDER
IF IT COULD BE
DARLENE'S KIDNAPPED BABY.
INVESTIGATORS QUICKLY TRACK DOWN
JULIE FOR QUESTIONING.
JULIE SEEMED VERY ERRATIC,
VERY NERVOUS.
SHE DIDN'T WANT NOBODY
TO TOUCH THE BABY.
THEY THOUGHT
IT WAS VERY SUSPICIOUS.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
Narrator: JULIE IS TAKEN
INTO POLICE CUSTODY
WHILE AUTHORITIES
EXAMINE THE NEWBORN.
AND THROUGH DNA TESTING,
THEY ARE ABLE TO POSITIVELY I.D.
THE BABY AS DARLENE'S.
HER FAMILY MEMBERS ARE OVERJOYED
THAT THE LITTLE GIRL
IS ALIVE AND UNHARMED.
I WAS SO OVERWHELMED
AND GLAD THE BABY WAS ALL RIGHT.
SHE IS A MIRACLE.
WHEN I FIRST SAW HER,
I PICKED HER UP AND HELD HER
AND THANKED GOD SHE WAS ALIVE.
Narrator: ALTHOUGH
DARLENE'S BABY IS NOW SAFE,
RELATIVES ARE HEARTBROKEN
THAT THE LITTLE GIRL
WILL NEVER HAVE HER REAL MOTHER
TO RAISE HER.
Grandmaison:
HER BABY'S GONNA GROW UP
WITHOUT SEEING HER MOTHER
FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES,
GRADUATIONS,
WEDDINGS, CHRISTMAS.
SHE CAN'T SAY,
"GOOD NIGHT, MOMMY.
I LOVE YOU."
Narrator:
BOTH DARLENE'S FAMILY AND PAUL
FIGHT FOR CUSTODY
OF THE BABY GIRL,
BUT IT IS ULTIMATELY DECIDED
BY THE COURTS
THAT DARLENE'S BABY
SHOULD BE RAISED IN FOSTER CARE.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
TODAY, JULIE COREY IS IN JAIL
AND HAS BEEN CHARGED
WITH MURDER AND KIDNAPPING.
I FEEL THEY OUGHT TO GIVE HER
LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.
Narrator: JULIE HAS PLED NOT
GUILTY AND IS AWAITING TRIAL.
SHE IS INNOCENT
UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
HER BOYFRIEND, ALEX DION, HAS
NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME.
NOR HAS ANYONE ELSE.
BUT DARLENE'S FAMILY
STILL WANTS TO KNOW
HOW SOMEONE DARLENE CONSIDERED
TO BE HER BEST FRIEND
COULD DO SOMETHING
SO CRUEL AND VICIOUS.
I'D WANT TO ASK HER, "WHY?
"WHY DID YOU TAKE
DARLENE'S LIFE?
WHY?"
THE LOVE DARLENE WANTED
IS WHAT GOT HER KILLED.
Grandmaison: I JUST STILL
TILL TODAY CAN'T BELIEVE,
IF JULIE WAS HER FRIEND,
HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?
A LONELY YOUNG WOMAN
FINDS THE BEST FRIEND
SHE'S ALWAYS DREAMED OF...
ALL SHE WANTED WAS TO BE LOVED.
Narrator: ...UNTIL A HORRIFYING
BETRAYAL CHANGES EVERYTHING.
I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE SOMEBODY
BEING THAT CRUEL AND UGLY.
THAT GIRL HAD NO IDEA
WHAT WAS COMING DOWN TO HER.
Narrator: KEEP YOUR FRIENDS
CLOSE AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.
Narrator: KEEP YOUR FRIENDS
CLOSE AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
DARLENE HAYNES IS SHY BUT KIND.
SHE GOES OUT OF HER WAY
TO HELP PEOPLE.
SHE WAS SWEET, LOVING, CARING.
IF YOU ASKED FOR HER SHIRT ON
HER BACK, SHE'D GIVE IT TO YOU.
Narrator: DARLENE LIVES WITH
HER BOYFRIEND, PAUL GONZALEZ.
TO HELP PAY RENT, PAUL
INVITES HIS FRIEND, ALEX DION,
AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, JULIE COREY,
TO MOVE IN WITH THEM.
JULIE IS OUTGOING, CONFIDENT,
AND FUN TO BE AROUND.
Joanne: DARLENE THOUGHT
JULIE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON.
[ SQUEALS ]
THANKS.
Narrator:
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
DARLENE AND JULIE HIT IT OFF.
THE ROOMMATES
QUICKLY BECOME BEST FRIENDS.
THE FRIENDSHIP IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT TO DARLENE.
Grandmaison: DARLENE DIDN'T HAVE
TOO MANY FRIENDS.
SHE LOOKED UP TO JULIE
AS A COMPANION --
"SOMEBODY I CAN TALK TO."
YOU HAVE
THIS AWESOME HOUSE NOW.
THAT'S EXCITING.
Narrator: GROWING UP,
DARLENE HAD LITTLE CONTACT
WITH HER MOTHER AND WAS RAISED
BY HER GRANDMOTHER.
SHE HAS ALWAYS LONGED
FOR A CLOSE FEMALE FRIEND
AND A SENSE OF FAMILY.
Grandmaison: ALL DARLENE WANTED
WAS TO BE LOVED.
Narrator:
BUT LITTLE DOES ANYONE KNOW
THAT DARLENE'S DESPERATE NEED
FOR JULIE'S FRIENDSHIP
WOULD LEAD THEM DOWN
A DISTURBING AND DANGEROUS ROAD.
IN EARLY 2009,
DARLENE AND HER BOYFRIEND, PAUL,
FIND OUT THEY'RE EXPECTING A
CHILD, DUE AT THE END OF AUGUST.
SHE WAS VERY EXCITED.
SO, LIKE, LITTLE SHOES
AND, LIKE, LITTLE, LIKE...
Joanne:
DARLENE LOVED BEING PREGNANT.
THIS IS WHAT SHE WANTED.
SHE FELT HAPPY.
Narrator: DARLENE BELIEVES
SHE WILL FINALLY HAVE
WHAT SHE'S ALWAYS LONGED FOR.
FELT LIKE
SHE WAS HAVING A FAMILY
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE.
Narrator: BUT ONE DAY,
DARLENE'S NEWFOUND HAPPINESS
IS SUDDENLY DESTROYED
BY THE PEOPLE SHE THINKS CARE
ABOUT HER THE MOST.
ACCORDING TO DARLENE'S FAMILY,
SHE FINDS JULIE IN BED
WITH HER BOYFRIEND, PAUL.
Grandmaison:
SHE WAS SHOCKED.
"WHY?
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?"
IT WAS VERY DEVASTATING FOR HER.
Joanne:
SHE THOUGHT PAUL LOVED HER,
BUT YOU DON'T BRING OTHER WOMEN
IN AND SLEEP WITH THEM.
THAT IS NOT LOVE.
Narrator:
DARLENE IS SHATTERED
THAT HER BEST FRIEND, JULIE,
HAS STABBED HER IN THE BACK.
Joanne: A FRIEND
IS SOMEONE YOU CAN TRUST.
WHAT KIND OF FRIEND ARE YOU?
HEY.
Narrator: DARLENE
IMMEDIATELY CONFRONTS PAUL
ABOUT HIS AFFAIR WITH JULIE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT.
BUT TO HER SURPRISE,
PAUL ISN'T
THE LEAST BIT APOLOGETIC.
I DON'T CARE
WHAT YOU THINK.
INSTEAD, HE BECOMES ANGRY
AND TELLS HER
TO MIND HER OWN BUSINESS.
DARLENE IS DEVASTATED.
Grandmaison:
SHE SAT AND CRIED,
AND I TOLD HER, "DARLENE,
YOU NEED TO FACE REALITY.
PAUL IS NOT WORKING OUT."
Narrator: BUT PAUL IS THE FATHER
OF HER UNBORN CHILD,
AND DARLENE DESPERATELY WANTS
TO MAKE THE RELATIONSHIP WORK.
Grandmaison:
DARLENE SAID, "I LOVE HIM.
"I CAN'T LEAVE HIM.
I'M STAYING."
Narrator:
DARLENE ULTIMATELY DECIDES
TO GIVE PAUL ANOTHER CHANCE,
BUT SHE'S NOT SO FORGIVING
OF JULIE.
IT'S HARD FOR DARLENE
TO ACCEPT THAT HER BEST FRIEND
HAS COMMITTED
THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL --
SLEEPING WITH HER BOYFRIEND
WHILE SHE'S PREGNANT
WITH HIS BABY.
THIS WAS BEYOND DEVASTATION.
SLEEP WITH HIM?
Narrator: FURIOUS THAT JULIE
WOULD DO SOMETHING SO HORRIFIC,
DARLENE FINALLY DEMANDS
AN EXPLANATION.
DARLENE SAID, "WHY?
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?"
Narrator: JULIE ULTIMATELY BEGS
FOR FORGIVENESS,
TELLING DARLENE THAT
IT WAS ALL A TERRIBLE MISTAKE
AND THAT SHE NEVER MEANT
TO HURT HER.
JULIE APOLOGIZED TO HER
AND SAID,
"HEY, LOOK, DARLENE, I'M SORRY.
IT WAS WRONG WHAT I DID."
Narrator: ALTHOUGH
DARLENE'S TRUST IS BROKEN,
SHE CAN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT
OF LOSING JULIE'S FRIENDSHIP.
SO SHE DECIDES
TO ACCEPT HER APOLOGY.
DARLENE COULD NEVER HOLD
A GRUDGE.
SHE'LL FORGIVE ANYBODY.
THAT'S THE TYPE OF PERSON
SHE WAS.
Narrator:
BUT DARLENE WILL SOON DISCOVER
THAT THIS IS JUST THE FIRST
OF MANY BETRAYALS BY JULIE...
ALL LEADING TO ONE TERRIFYING
AND VIOLENT END.
Frederick: I WOULDN'T EXPECT HER
TO DO WHAT SHE DID.
DARLENE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE
TO WHAT WAS COMING DOWN.
THAT GIRL HAD NO IDEA.
Narrator: DEEP CRACKS FORM IN
DARLENE AND JULIE'S FRIENDSHIP
AFTER A PREGNANT DARLENE
CATCHES JULIE SLEEPING
WITH HER BOYFRIEND, PAUL.
BUT AFTER JULIE PROMISES NEVER
TO BREAK DARLENE'S TRUST AGAIN,
DARLENE FORGIVES HER.
DARLENE AND JULIE
STILL REMAINED GOOD FRIENDS.
Narrator: AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP
GETS EVEN STRONGER
WHEN, A MONTH LATER,
IN APRIL 2009,
JULIE ANNOUNCES
SOME INCREDIBLE NEWS.
I AM PREGNANT.
[ GASPS ]
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
SHE, TOO, IS EXPECTING A BABY.
THIS WAS
ALL VERY EXCITING TO DARLENE.
VERY EXCITING.
Narrator: JULIE IS THRILLED
THAT THEY'LL BOTH BE NEW MOMS
AROUND THE SAME TIME.
BUT JUST WHEN THINGS
FINALLY SEEM TO BE
GETTING BACK ON TRACK,
THERE'S ANOTHER PROBLEM.
PAUL INSISTS THAT JULIE AND
HER BOYFRIEND, ALEX, MOVE OUT
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN
PAYING RENT.
PAUL SAID, "IF YOU'RE
NOT GIVING ME ANY MONEY,
YOU'LL HAVE TO LEAVE."
Narrator:
BOTH DARLENE AND JULIE
ARE UPSET THEY'LL NO LONGER
BE LIVING TOGETHER
BUT PROMISE
THEY'LL STILL BE BEST FRIENDS.
BUT AS SOON AS PAUL AND DARLENE
ARE ALONE IN THE HOUSE,
THEIR RELATIONSHIP
SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL.
MORE AND MORE, THE FIGHTING
WOULD START CONSTANTLY.
Narrator: DARLENE AND PAUL'S
PETTY ARGUMENTS
QUICKLY TURN INTO
FULL-BLOWN SHOUTING MATCHES.
THE FIGHTING BECOMES
MORE FREQUENT AND VIOLENT,
EVEN THOUGH DARLENE
IS NOW SEVEN MONTHS' PREGNANT.
THE ABUSE GOT VERY HEAVY
ONCE JULIE WAS GONE FROM THERE.
I COULD SEE THE BLACK AND BLUES
ON HER.
SQUEEZE MARKS, HAND GRIPS.
SHE WAS AFRAID OF HIM.
Narrator:
A BATTERED DARLENE
REACHES OUT TO JULIE
TO TELL HER ABOUT THE ABUSE.
JULIE SEEMS CONCERNED
FOR DARLENE
AND BEGS HER TO LEAVE PAUL.
BUT EVERYONE'S PLEAS
FALL ON DEAF EARS.
Grandmaison:
DARLENE SAID, "I LOVE HIM.
I CAN'T LEAVE HIM."
SHE WANTED THAT LOVE.
AND IF IT MEANT
SHE HAD TO TAKE THE BEATINGS,
SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE IT.
Narrator: BUT ONE NIGHT,
ACCORDING TO WHAT FAMILY MEMBERS
LATER LEARN,
PAUL'S ABUSE GOES TOO FAR.
DARLENE AND PAUL WERE ARGUING
AND YELLING AND FIGHTING.
Grandmaison: HE WAS KICKING HER
IN THE STOMACH,
PUNCHING HER IN THE STOMACH.
HE PULLED HER BY HER HAIR.
Joanne:
HE JUST TOOK AND SHOVED HER,
AND SHE LANDED
THROUGH THE GLASS COFFEE TABLE.
[ DARLENE SCREAMS ]
Narrator: DARLENE HAS THE WIND
KNOCKED OUT OF HER,
AND HER BODY IS COVERED
WITH CUTS AND BRUISES.
SHE WAS CRYING HYSTERICALLY.
"AUNTIE, MY LEGS ARE ACHING.
MY STOMACH'S HURTING."
YOU DON'T HIT A PREGNANT MOTHER.
Narrator: FORTUNATELY,
DARLENE AND HER UNBORN BABY
SURVIVE THE ATTACK.
IT WAS LUCKY THAT DARLENE
DIDN'T LOSE THE BABY.
Narrator: AFTER RECOVERING
FROM HER INJURIES,
DARLENE MAKES
A BRAVE DECISION --
SHE KICKS PAUL OUT OF THE HOUSE
AND BEGINS THE PROCESS
OF FILING FOR A RESTRAINING
ORDER AGAINST HIM.
Grandmaison:
IT TOOK A LOT OF COURAGE
FOR HER TO STAND UP AND SAY,
"HEY, I'M NOT
YOUR PUNCHING BAG."
SHE DIDN'T WANT NO HARM
TO THAT BABY.
Narrator:
DARLENE'S FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHTER,
BUT LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW,
A DARK CLOUD IS CLOSING IN.
ALONE AT HOME,
DARLENE GRAPPLES WITH THE FACT
THAT SHE IS EIGHT MONTHS'
PREGNANT AND SINGLE.
SHE WAS LONELY.
DARLENE NEEDED A LOT OF SUPPORT.
Narrator: AND JULIE IS RIGHT
THERE FOR HER BEST FRIEND,
OFFERING COMPANIONSHIP
AND BOOSTING HER SPIRITS.
SHE REALLY NEEDED A FRIEND.
JULIE WAS THERE.
Narrator:
NOW MORE THAN EVER,
DARLENE FINDS COMFORT
IN JULIE'S FRIENDSHIP,
AND THEY BOTH LOOK FORWARD TO
RAISING THEIR CHILDREN TOGETHER.
DARLENE SAID, "I'VE GOT A
FRIEND, AND IT'S A MAMA FRIEND.
SHE'LL LOVE ME.
SHE'LL HELP ME."
Narrator:
JULIE AND DARLENE
SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME
TOGETHER.
BUT ONE DAY
WHEN JULIE IS NOT AROUND,
DARLENE IS OUT WALKING
AND NOTICES A DARK-COLORED CAR
THAT SEEMS TO BE FOLLOWING HER.
SHE'D SAY, "SOMEBODY'S FOLLOWING
ME, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO.
I JUST SEE THIS CAR."
Narrator:
INITIALLY, DARLENE
JUST THINKS HER MIND
IS PLAYING TRICKS ON HER.
BUT SOON,
EVERY TIME SHE IS ALONE,
SHE SEES THE MYSTERIOUS CAR.
DARLENE GROWS ALARMED.
Joanne:
SHE WAS SCARED STIFF.
SHE WAS REALLY AFRAID.
Narrator:
DARLENE IS DESPERATE
TO KNOW WHO IS STALKING HER
AND WHY.
SHE WONDERS
IF IT'S PAUL, OUT FOR REVENGE.
SHE THOUGHT
PAUL HAD SOMEBODY FOLLOWING HER.
Narrator: BUT WHILE DARLENE
EXPECTS THE WORST,
SHE HAS NO IDEA OF THE NIGHTMARE
THAT'S IN STORE FOR HER.
IT NEVER ENTERED
ANY OF OUR MINDS
THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT
WOULD HAPPEN.
Narrator: A TERRIFIED DARLENE,
NOW EIGHT MONTHS' PREGNANT,
HAS NOTICED A STRANGE CAR
FOLLOWING HER
FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS.
SHE THINKS IT MIGHT BE
HER VIOLENT EX-BOYFRIEND, PAUL.
I TOLD HER TO GO TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY.
Narrator: BUT WHEN DARLENE
FINALLY MANAGES
TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE DRIVER,
IT'S NOT PAUL.
AND SHE'S STUNNED
TO SEE WHO IT IS.
IT WAS JULIE.
WHY WAS SHE FOLLOWING HER?
DARLENE WOULD NOT THINK HER BEST
FRIEND WOULD BE FOLLOWING HER.
Grandmaison:
IT WAS A LITTLE STRANGE.
SHE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY.
Narrator:
DARLENE CONFRONTS JULIE,
DEMANDING TO KNOW
WHY SHE'S BEEN STALKING HER.
BUT JULIE SEEMS SURPRISED
BY THE ACCUSATION
AND TELLS DARLENE
THAT SHE'S BEING PARANOID.
JULIE SAID SHE JUST WAS RIDING
AROUND AND HAPPENED TO SEE HER.
Narrator: ALTHOUGH
JULIE'S EXPLANATION SEEMS ODD,
AS USUAL,
DARLENE WANTS TO BELIEVE HER.
GET IN.
COME ON, I'LL TAKE YOU.
THEN, UNEXPECTEDLY,
JULIE SUGGESTS
THEY SPEND THE DAY TOGETHER.
SHE WAS GOING OUT THAT DAY
WITH JULIE,
AND THEY WERE GONNA HANG OUT.
Narrator: NO ONE COULD HAVE
IMAGINED THAT THEIR DAY OF FUN
WOULD BECOME
A HORRIFYING NIGHTMARE.
THEY DECIDE TO GO
TO DARLENE'S APARTMENT.
WHEN THEY ARRIVE,
ACCORDING TO POLICE,
EVENTS TAKE A SINISTER TURN.
Grandmaison:
DARLENE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE
TO WHAT WAS COMING DOWN.
Narrator:
OUT OF THE BLUE, POLICE SAY,
THE WOMAN DARLENE THOUGHT
WAS HER BEST FRIEND
SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING,
TURNS ON DARLENE.
THERE'S A NEIGHBOR THAT SAID
SHE HEARD DARLENE SCREAMING
AND YELLING, "LET ME GO.
STOP IT."
Narrator: TO DARLENE'S HORROR,
JULIE BEGINS ATTACKING HER.
DARLENE DESPERATELY TRIES
TO GET AWAY.
Grandmaison:
DARLENE WAS A FIGHTER.
PREGNANT OR NOT PREGNANT,
DARLENE WAS A FIGHTER.
Narrator: BUT EVENTUALLY,
JULIE SMASHES HER OVER THE HEAD
WITH A HAMMER
AND DRAGS HER
TO THE BACK BEDROOM.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
WHAT WENT THROUGH DARLENE'S MIND
DURING THIS TRAGIC ATTACK
ON HER.
Narrator: THEN JULIE
COLDHEARTEDLY STRANGLES HER
WITH AN EXTENSION CORD.
DARLENE IS ONLY 23 YEARS OLD
AND DIES ON THE FLOOR
OF HER OWN APARTMENT.
NOBODY DESERVED WHAT SHE GOT.
NOBODY.
Narrator:
BUT ACCORDING TO POLICE,
JULIE ISN'T FINISHED
WITH HER FRIEND YET.
SHOCKINGLY, MURDER
IS NOT HER END GAME.
I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE SOMEBODY
BEING THAT CRUEL AND UGLY.
NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS.
IT NEVER ENTERED
ANY OF OUR MINDS
THAT SHE WOULD DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
Narrator:
DARLENE AND JULIE'S FRIENDSHIP
HAS ALWAYS BEEN TUMULTUOUS.
BUT ONE NIGHT,
ACCORDING TO POLICE,
JULIE VIOLENTLY MURDERS HER
PREGNANT BEST FRIEND, DARLENE.
I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE SOMEBODY
BEING THAT CRUEL AND UGLY.
Narrator: DARLENE LIES DEAD ON
THE FLOOR OF HER OWN APARTMENT.
BUT JULIE ISN'T DONE YET.
SHE HAS ONE MORE STEP
TO TAKE IN HER TWISTED PLAN.
NEXT, JULIE TAKES A KNIFE
AND DOES THE UNTHINKABLE.
SHE CUTS ACROSS
DARLENE'S STOMACH
AND PULLS THE BABY
OUT OF HER WOMB.
I WOULD NEVER THINK SOMETHING
LIKE THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
Narrator:
MIRACULOUSLY, THE BABY GIRL
SURVIVES THE BRUTAL PROCEDURE.
JULIE HURRIEDLY WRAPS DARLENE'S
LIFELESS BODY IN A BLANKET
AND STUFFS HER IN A CLOSET.
THEN JULIE TAKES THE BABY
AND FLEES.
SHE TOOK IT
BECAUSE SHE WAS NEVER PREGNANT.
Narrator:
POLICE AND PROSECUTORS
SAY JULIE'S PREGNANCY
WAS A TOTAL FRAUD.
ONCE SHE FOUND OUT THAT HER BEST
FRIEND, DARLENE, WAS EXPECTING,
JULIE CAME UP
WITH A SICK AND VICIOUS PLAN.
SHE FAKED HER OWN PREGNANCY
AND KEPT DARLENE CLOSE,
ALL THE WHILE
PLOTTING TO STEAL HER BABY.
Frederick:
SHE FOOLED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
Joanne:
I BELIEVE SHE WAS STALKING HER
AND PLANNING ALL THIS
ALL RIGHT ALONG.
Narrator: FOUR DAYS LATER,
AFTER NEIGHBORS
COMPLAIN OF A FOUL SMELL
COMING FROM DARLENE'S APARTMENT,
THE LANDLORD NOTIFIES POLICE.
[ SIREN WAILS ]
WHEN I FIRST HEARD, I FROZE.
I THOUGHT I DIED.
Narrator:
FAMILY MEMBERS ARE HORRIFIED
TO LEARN THAT NOT ONLY
IS DARLENE DEAD,
BUT HER BABY HAS BEEN CUT
OUT OF HER WOMB AND KIDNAPPED.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S GONE?
"WHERE IS THE BABY?
IS THE BABY ALL RIGHT?"
Narrator: AUTHORITIES BEGIN
A LARGE-SCALE MANHUNT
TO FIND DARLENE'S BABY GIRL.
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
THEY DID PUT OUT AN ALERT --
POSSIBLE BABY MISSING --
WITHOUT KNOWING IF DARLENE'S
BABY WAS ALIVE OR DEAD.
Narrator: LITTLE DO THEY KNOW
THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN,
JULIE HAS JUST ANNOUNCED
TO HER BOYFRIEND, ALEX,
THAT SHE'S GIVEN BIRTH
AND IS BRINGING THE NEWBORN
HOME EARLY FROM THE HOSPITAL.
STRANGELY,
ALEX DOESN'T QUESTION JULIE
ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING THE BABY'S BIRTH.
SHE MADE ALEX THINK
SHE HAD JUST HAD HER BABY.
HER BABY.
Narrator: EVERYTHING IS GOING
ACCORDING TO PLAN,
AND IT WOULD SEEM THAT JULIE
HAS GOTTEN AWAY
WITH HER HEINOUS CRIME.
BUT THEN, AS JULIE
IS SHOWING OFF THE BABY
TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
SOMEONE NOTICES
SOMETHING UNUSUAL
ABOUT THE UMBILICAL CORD.
IT WAS TIED OFF IN A STRING
INSTEAD OF BEING CLIPPED OFF,
AND THERE WAS BLOOD
AROUND THE EARS.
Grandmaison: WHY DOES THE BABY
STILL GOT BLOOD ON IT?
Narrator: THE CONDITION
OF THE NEWBORN RAISES RED FLAGS.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
AND SOON AFTER,
POLICE GET AN ANONYMOUS CALL...
Woman: STAND BY.
Narrator:
...ABOUT JULIE'S SUPPOSED CHILD.
RIGHT AWAY, THEY WONDER
IF IT COULD BE
DARLENE'S KIDNAPPED BABY.
INVESTIGATORS QUICKLY TRACK DOWN
JULIE FOR QUESTIONING.
JULIE SEEMED VERY ERRATIC,
VERY NERVOUS.
SHE DIDN'T WANT NOBODY
TO TOUCH THE BABY.
THEY THOUGHT
IT WAS VERY SUSPICIOUS.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
Narrator: JULIE IS TAKEN
INTO POLICE CUSTODY
WHILE AUTHORITIES
EXAMINE THE NEWBORN.
AND THROUGH DNA TESTING,
THEY ARE ABLE TO POSITIVELY I.D.
THE BABY AS DARLENE'S.
HER FAMILY MEMBERS ARE OVERJOYED
THAT THE LITTLE GIRL
IS ALIVE AND UNHARMED.
I WAS SO OVERWHELMED
AND GLAD THE BABY WAS ALL RIGHT.
SHE IS A MIRACLE.
WHEN I FIRST SAW HER,
I PICKED HER UP AND HELD HER
AND THANKED GOD SHE WAS ALIVE.
Narrator: ALTHOUGH
DARLENE'S BABY IS NOW SAFE,
RELATIVES ARE HEARTBROKEN
THAT THE LITTLE GIRL
WILL NEVER HAVE HER REAL MOTHER
TO RAISE HER.
Grandmaison:
HER BABY'S GONNA GROW UP
WITHOUT SEEING HER MOTHER
FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES,
GRADUATIONS,
WEDDINGS, CHRISTMAS.
SHE CAN'T SAY,
"GOOD NIGHT, MOMMY.
I LOVE YOU."
Narrator:
BOTH DARLENE'S FAMILY AND PAUL
FIGHT FOR CUSTODY
OF THE BABY GIRL,
BUT IT IS ULTIMATELY DECIDED
BY THE COURTS
THAT DARLENE'S BABY
SHOULD BE RAISED IN FOSTER CARE.
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
TODAY, JULIE COREY IS IN JAIL
AND HAS BEEN CHARGED
WITH MURDER AND KIDNAPPING.
I FEEL THEY OUGHT TO GIVE HER
LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.
Narrator: JULIE HAS PLED NOT
GUILTY AND IS AWAITING TRIAL.
SHE IS INNOCENT
UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
HER BOYFRIEND, ALEX DION, HAS
NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME.
NOR HAS ANYONE ELSE.
BUT DARLENE'S FAMILY
STILL WANTS TO KNOW
HOW SOMEONE DARLENE CONSIDERED
TO BE HER BEST FRIEND
COULD DO SOMETHING
SO CRUEL AND VICIOUS.
I'D WANT TO ASK HER, "WHY?
"WHY DID YOU TAKE
DARLENE'S LIFE?
WHY?"
THE LOVE DARLENE WANTED
IS WHAT GOT HER KILLED.
Grandmaison: I JUST STILL
TILL TODAY CAN'T BELIEVE,
IF JULIE WAS HER FRIEND,
HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?