Frenemies (2013–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - Bitter Betrayal - full transcript

Narrator:
TWO NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDS

BECOME LIKE BROTHER
AND SISTER...

THEY DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

Narrator: ...UNTIL DARK SECRETS

LEAD TO DEADLY CONSEQUENCES.

THIS WAS JUST PURE ANGER
AND HATRED.

SOMETHING
THAT I WON'T SOON FORGET.

Narrator:
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE

AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

CRYSTAL TODD IS A POPULAR
AND SPIRITED TEEN,



BELOVED IN HER HOMETOWN.

VERY DEPENDABLE YOUNG LADY,
VERY GREGARIOUS,

HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.

Alsdorf: CRYSTAL WAS
A REAL FUN, LOVING PERSON.

PEOPLE ENJOYED BEING AROUND HER.

SHE WOULD BRIGHTEN UP A ROOM
WHENEVER SHE WALKED IN.

SHE HAD A PRETTY SMILE,
SHE HAD PRETTY BLUE EYES,

AND EVERYBODY WHO MET HER
LOVED HER.

[ LAUGHTER ]

Narrator:
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, SHE MEETS
AND IMMEDIATELY DEVELOPS A BOND

WITH 14-YEAR-OLD KEN REGISTER.

CRYSTAL AND KEN
SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.

THEY KNEW EACH OTHER
FROM GOING TO THE SAME SCHOOL

AND RIDING IN THE SAME BUS.



THEIR HOUSES WERE ABOUT A MILE
DOWN THE ROAD FROM EACH OTHER.

Narrator:
LIKE CRYSTAL, KEN IS WELL-KNOWN
AND LIKED IN THEIR SMALL TOWN.

JUST A GOOD OL' REDNECK
SOUTHERN BOY

WHO LIKED TO HANG OUT
ON THE WEEKENDS WITH HIS FRIENDS

AND BE OUT IN THE WOODS

AND LIKED
TO GO HUNTING AND FISHING.

HE WAS AT CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY --

PLAYED HIS GUITAR
IN THE CHURCH CHOIR.

IF YOU EVER NEEDED ANYTHING,

HE WOULD GO OUT OF HIS WAY
TO TAKE CARE OF YOU OR HELP YOU.

A LOT OF TIMES,
HE WOULD COME OVER

JUST TO SAY "HEY," TO HANG OUT.

SHE ENJOYED BEING AROUND HIM
BECAUSE HE WAS FUN.

Narrator:
THE TWO NEVER DATE,

BUT BY THE TIME
THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL,

CRYSTAL AND KEN ARE INSEPARABLE.

HE WOULD PICK HER UP
AND TAKE HER TO SCHOOL

BEFORE SHE GOT HER CAR.

THEY WOULD HANG OUT
AND GO OUT TO EAT.

THEY WOULD GO OVER
TO A FRIEND'S POOL,

AND THEY WOULD PLAY CHICKEN
AND WRESTLE AROUND

AND DUNK EACH OTHER IN THE WATER
AND JUST HAVE A GOOD TIME.

Narrator:
QUICKLY, KEN BECOMES A REGULAR
AT SUNDAY DINNERS,

AND SOON, IT'S LIKE HE'S
ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.

Alsdorf: WE WOULD HAVE DINNERS
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON,

AND HE WOULD JUST WALK RIGHT IN,

WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO
KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

James:
KEN WAS CONSIDERED FAMILY.

EVERYBODY JUST THOUGHT
HE WAS A GREAT GUY.

Narrator:
BUT LITTLE DOES ANYONE KNOW

THAT KEN AND CRYSTAL'S
CLOSE BOND

WILL LEAD
TO A SHOCKING SERIES OF EVENTS.

THREE YEARS GO BY
AND THE TWO FRIENDS REMAIN CLOSE

BUT BEGIN LEADING
VERY DIFFERENT LIVES.

KEN GRADUATES FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

HE WORKS DURING THE DAY

AND TAKES COLLEGE COURSES
AT NIGHT.

James: HE WAS WORKING
WITH AN ELECTRICAL COMPANY.

HE WAS READY FOR THE REAL WORLD,
TO START A LIFE OF HIS OWN.

Narrator: CRYSTAL, NOW A SENIOR,
IS THINKING ABOUT HER FUTURE.

CRYSTAL WANTED
TO GO AWAY TO SCHOOL.

I THINK SHE WANTED
TO MEET NEW PEOPLE.

SHE WANTED
TO BE A LAB TECHNICIAN.

SHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

Narrator:
BUT FOR NOW, CRYSTAL IS ENJOYING
HER LAST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.

Alsdorf:
SHE WOULD LOVE TO GO OUT
WITH HER FRIENDS

AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.

Narrator:
ONE SATURDAY NIGHT IN NOVEMBER,

CRYSTAL GOES TO A PARTY...

SHE DECIDED
TO GO MEET HER FRIENDS.

CRYSTAL WAS IN A VERY GOOD MOOD
THAT AFTERNOON.

Narrator: ...BUT NO ONE
COULD HAVE FORESEEN

HOW THE SEEMINGLY
INNOCENT NIGHT OUT

WILL CHANGE
EVERYONE'S LIVES FOREVER.

YOU KNOW, SHE'D HAD A GOOD TIME,
AND SHE WAS THEN GOING HOME.

Narrator: CRYSTAL
HAD A CURFEW AT MIDNIGHT.

AUNT BONNIE FAYE TRUSTED HER,

AND SHE KNEW
THAT IF SHE TOLD HER

TO BE HOME AT A CERTAIN TIME,

SHE WOULD DO IT.

Narrator:
BUT HER MIDNIGHT CURFEW
COMES AND GOES,

AND CRYSTAL DOESN'T ARRIVE.

HER MOTHER IS WORRIED SICK.

SOMETHING JUST TOLD ME THERE WAS
SOMETHING WRONG WITH CRYSTAL.

CRYSTAL'S MOM IMMEDIATELY
CALLS HER BEST FRIEND, KEN.

Knowles: KEN WAS WORRIED.

HE MADE SOME PHONE CALLS TRYING
TO FIND CRYSTAL'S WHEREABOUTS.

HE WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE IN TRYING
TO FIND OUT WHERE SHE WAS.

Narrator: WHEN CRYSTAL
STILL ISN'T HOME BY 8:00 A.M.,

EVERYONE'S AT THEIR WITS' END.

HER MOTHER CALLS THE POLICE,

WHO IMMEDIATELY
BEGIN A FULL-SCALE SEARCH.

Knowles:
SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY FRANTIC.

YOU COULD HEAR THE PANIC
IN HER VOICE

AND THE FEAR THAT SOMETHING
HAD HAPPENED TO HER DAUGHTER.

[ SIRENS WAILING ]

Narrator: WHEN POLICE
FIND CRYSTAL'S ABANDONED CAR

IN A SCHOOL PARKING LOT,

THEY'RE RELIEVED...

WE REALLY, TRULY THOUGHT
SHE WOULD BE FINE.

THERE WAS HOPE.

Narrator:
...BUT NO ONE COULD IMAGINE
THE NIGHTMARE TO COME.

THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE
TO SUGGEST ANY FOUL PLAY.

PEOPLE WANTED ANSWERS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO ONE
TO GIVE THEM ANY ANSWERS.

WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED?

I NEVER SAW IT COMING.

I MEAN, IT WAS A TOTAL SHOCK.

Narrator:
WHEN POLICE FIND CRYSTAL'S CAR
ABANDONED IN A PARKING LOT,

THEY HOPE THEY'LL BE ABLE
TO FIND HER SOON.

THE VEHICLE WAS LOCKED.

HER POCKETBOOK WAS FOUND
IN THE REAR OF THE CAR.

THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER
OF ANY STRUGGLE.

WE JUST THOUGHT THAT SHE MAYBE
HAD HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK

OR WAS STAYING WITH A FRIEND.

Narrator: BY SUNRISE,
CRYSTAL IS STILL MISSING.

INVESTIGATORS
BECOME MORE CONCERNED

AND STEP UP THEIR SEARCH.

THE POLICE WERE VERY TIGHTLIPPED
ABOUT IT AND RIGHTFULLY SO

BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT
TO PLAY THEIR HAND

AND GIVE UP ANY INFORMATION

THAT WAS GOING TO
HINDER THE INVESTIGATION.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

Narrator: BUT EVERYONE'S HOPES
OF FINDING CRYSTAL

ARE DASHED BY 10:00 A.M.

WHEN INVESTIGATORS
RECEIVE A CALL FROM TWO HUNTERS

WHO FOUND THE BODY
OF A YOUNG WOMAN

IN THE WOODS
SEVERAL MILES OUTSIDE OF TOWN.

THE CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN
REMOVED A RING FROM THE VICTIM,

AND INSIDE WAS THE INSCRIPTION,
"CRYSTAL FAYE TODD."

Narrator: THERE IS NO DOUBT
CRYSTAL HAS BEEN MURDERED.

CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS

ALSO FIND EVIDENCE
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

Knowles: HER SHIRT WAS OPEN,
HER BRA WAS PUSHED UP,

HER PANTS WERE UNBUTTONED
AND PARTIALLY DOWN IN THE BACK.

IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS
THAT HER CLOTHING HAD BEEN TORN.

Narrator:
EVEN POLICE ARE SHOCKED
AT THE VIOLENT MANNER

IN WHICH CRYSTAL
HAD BEEN KILLED.

IT WAS CLEAR THAT HER THROAT
WAS CUT IN SUCH A MANNER

THAT HER HEAD
WAS ALMOST DECAPITATED.

[ Voice breaking ]
SHE HAD HER THROAT SLIT

FROM ONE EAR TO THE OTHER.

THE ONLY THING
HOLDING ON HER HEAD

WAS HER SPINAL COLUMN.

SHE WAS SLASHED
FROM HER PELVIC BONE

UP TO HER BREAST BONE.

Knowles:
IT WAS A SLOW, AGONIZING DEATH.

THE WAY HER BODY
WAS DISCARDED --

IT WAS JUST LIKE
IT WAS TRASH THROWN OUT.

Narrator:
CRYSTAL HAD BEEN STABBED
OVER 30 TIMES.

IT WAS JUST A GRUESOME,
GRUESOME PICTURE.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Knowles: IT WAS CERTAINLY
ONE OF THE WORST CRIME SCENES --

NOT A SIGHT I'LL FORGET.

Narrator: POLICE RELUCTANTLY
DELIVER THE TRAGIC NEWS

TO CRYSTAL'S FAMILY.

[ Crying ]
I REMEMBER THE PHONE RINGING

AND MY MOM ANSWERED THE PHONE,

AND THE NEXT THING SHE SAID,
"OH, NO, CRYSTAL'S DEAD.

SHE'S BEEN MURDERED."

I REMEMBER AUNT BONNIE FAYE
LYING ON THE FLOOR, CRYING...

...SAYING, YOU KNOW,
"THAT'S MY BABY.

WHO COULD KILL MY BABY?"

Bonnie Faye: THE NIGHT
I FOUND OUT ABOUT CRYSTAL

WAS THE WORST NIGHT OF MY LIFE.

I WANTED TO DIE, TOO.

Narrator:
CRYSTAL'S BEST FRIEND, KEN,
IS DEVASTATED, TOO.

Drews: KEN BECAME ILL.

HE BECAME VIOLENTLY,
PHYSICALLY ILL.

HOW COULD SOMEBODY
DO SUCH A THING?

WHAT KIND OF COLD
AND CALLOUS INDIVIDUAL

COULD DO
WHAT THEY DID TO CRYSTAL?

Narrator: POLICE ARE HELL-BENT
ON CATCHING HER KILLER

AND IMMEDIATELY
LAUNCH A MASSIVE INVESTIGATION.

THERE WAS A HUGE CLOUD OF FEAR
AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

Narrator: A DISTRAUGHT KEN

ALSO HELPS POLICE
IN THEIR SEARCH.

KEN VOLUNTEERED
TO HELP ON THE CASE

IN ANY WAY THAT HE COULD.

Narrator: AS THE FAMILY
MOURNS THEIR LOSS,

THEY HAVE NO IDEA
THERE'S MORE AGONY YET TO COME

AND THAT THE GRIEF
THEY'RE FEELING NOW

IS JUST THE BEGINNING
OF UNIMAGINABLE HEARTBREAK.

EVERYBODY WAS IN SHOCK.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.

NOBODY WOULD EVER THINK
THAT SOMETHING --

THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN CONWAY.

James:
IT'S THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL.

YOU CAN'T GET ANY WORSE
THAN THAT.

Narrator:
CRYSTAL'S FAMILY IS DEVASTATED

WHEN THEY LEARN
ABOUT HER SAVAGE MURDER.

[ Voice breaking ]
MY AUNT BONNIE FAYE --

SHE WAS AN EMOTIONAL WRECK.

SHE --

SHE COULDN'T STAND,
SHE COULDN'T WALK.

James: IT WAS JUST
TOTAL, TOTAL DISBELIEF.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE
SOMEBODY SWEEPING THE RUG

OUT FROM UNDER YOUR FEET

AND THERE IS NOTHING
TO FALL ON.

IT'S JUST VERY HARD
TO DEAL WITH.

Narrator:
AT CRYSTAL'S FUNERAL,

NEARLY EVERYONE
IN THE SMALL TOWN

COMES TO SAY
THEIR HEARTFELT GOODBYES.

James:
IT WAS THE BIGGEST FUNERAL
I'VE SEEN.

I MEAN, YOU HAD
HALF THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE.

SO PEOPLE FELT SO BAD.

YOU KNOW, THEY JUST WANTED
TO GO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.

Alsdorf:
EVERYBODY WAS IN SHOCK.

AUNT BONNIE FAYE JUST
CONSTANTLY CRIED IN DISBELIEF.

CRYSTAL'S BEST FRIEND, KEN,
IS ONE OF THE PALLBEARERS.

HE WAS VISIBLY UPSET
AT THE FUNERAL.

Alsdorf: KEN WAS
HANGING HIS HEAD DOWN A LOT,

LIKE HE WAS THINKING A LOT
IN PAIN AND ANGER.

HE PUT HER CASKET
ON TOP OF THE GRAVE,

AND I REMEMBER HIM
JUST STANDING THERE

AND KIND OF PAUSING FOR A MINUTE

AND PLACING A FLOWER
ON HER CASKET,

JUST SLOWLY WALKING AWAY.

Narrator:
AND AFTER THE FUNERAL,

KEN STAYS IN CLOSE TOUCH
WITH CRYSTAL'S FAMILY.

KEN JUST STARTED COMING BY,

STOPPING BY
BONNIE FAYE'S HOUSE EVERY DAY,

PRETTY MUCH ASKING BONNIE FAYE,
"HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING?"

HE WAS SHOWING CONCERN,
YOU KNOW,

TRYING TO CONSOLE PEOPLE.

Narrator:
IN THE DAYS AFTER THE FUNERAL,

THE SEARCH FOR CRYSTAL'S KILLER
CONTINUES.

Alsdorf:
THE FIRST THING WE THOUGHT WAS,

"SOME STRANGER HAS COME
INTO TOWN AND HAS DONE THIS."

THE FEAR THAT PERMEATED
WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY

WAS VERY PALPABLE.

Narrator:
WITH NO SOLID LEADS,

POLICE RAMP UP EFFORTS
TO FIND CRYSTAL'S KILLER.

Alsdorf:
THEY WERE MORE DETERMINED

TO FIND WHO COULD BRUTALLY
KILL SOMEONE IN THIS WAY,

TO GET THIS PERSON

OFF THE STREETS
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Drews:
THEY WENT AT IT NONSTOP

BECAUSE AS FAR AS THEY KNEW,

THIS HAD THE EVIDENCE
OF A SERIAL KILLER.

[ SIREN WAILS ]

Knowles:
DNA EVIDENCE WAS RECOVERED,

BLOOD SPATTER EVIDENCE
WAS ALSO TAKEN.

THEY WERE TAKING
SEVERAL DIFFERENT BLOOD SAMPLES

AND HAIR SAMPLES FROM GUYS

WHO THEY THOUGHT
COULD BE SUSPECTS.

Narrator: POLICE INTERVIEW
MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE,

INCLUDING CRYSTAL'S CLASSMATES
AND HER GOOD FRIEND, KEN.

HE WAS VERY FORTHRIGHT
TO THE INVESTIGATORS.

HE VOLUNTEERED INFORMATION.

Narrator:
THEN ON FEBRUARY 15, 1992,
3 MONTHS AFTER CRYSTAL'S MURDER,

DETECTIVES
GET THE DNA RESULTS BACK

AND FINALLY DISCOVER

WHO COMMITTED
THE HORRIFIC CRIME.

IT WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED.

Narrator: WHEN POLICE DISCOVER
THE KILLER'S IDENTITY,

IT SHOCKS EVERYONE
TO THEIR CORE.

I MEAN, YOUR MIND'S RACING,
"WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING?"

IT PUT COLD CHILLS OVER MY BODY.

I DON'T THINK WORDS CAN DESCRIBE

WHAT TYPE EVIL
THAT REALLY IS.

James:
I WAS IN TOTAL SHOCK.

I WOULD HAVE NEVER --
NEVER DREAMED IT.

Narrator: AFTER
A THREE-MONTH INVESTIGATION,

DNA EVIDENCE COMES BACK

AND POLICE FINALLY FIND OUT
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE HORRIFIC RAPE AND MURDER
OF 17-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL TODD.

UNBELIEVABLY, IT'S KEN REGISTER,
CRYSTAL'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND.

I NEVER SAW IT COMING.

I MEAN, IT WAS A TOTAL SHOCK.

HE WAS SO CLOSE TO OUR FAMILY.

I WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT
IN A MILLION YEARS

THAT KEN REGISTER WOULD HAVE
DONE THE THINGS TO HER

THAT HE DID.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

Narrator:
KEN IS IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED

AND TAKEN IN FOR QUESTIONING.

5 HOURS AND 20 MINUTES
AFTER WE STARTED, HE CONFESSED.

KEN SAID THAT
HE HAD FLAGGED DOWN CRYSTAL

AT A RED LIGHT.

SHE WOULDN'T HAVE HESITATED
AT ALL

TO STOP AND TO GET IN THE CAR
WITH HIM.

HE GOT HER TO GET IN THE CAR
WITH HIM TO GO FOR A RIDE,

AND SHE WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

NOT MUCH.

I REMEMBER HIM SAYING
THAT THEY WENT AND PARKED

AT CONWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
FOR A LITTLE BIT.

Narrator: KEN TELLS POLICE

THAT AFTER BEING JUST FRIENDS
FOR SO MANY YEARS

THAT HE AND CRYSTAL BOTH DECIDED

TO TAKE THEIR RELATIONSHIP
TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

Alsdorf: KEN SAID THAT HE FORGOT
TO USE A CONDOM

AND DID NOT TELL HER.

HE SAID THAT SHE FREAKED OUT
AND STARTED SAYING THAT,

YOU KNOW, "YOU'RE GONNA
BE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE,

YOU KNOW, IF I GET PREGNANT."

AS A RESULT OF THAT,
KEN BECAME SCARED...

[ SCREAMING ]

...PULLED A KNIFE
FROM THE CENTER CONSOLE

OF HIS AUTOMOBILE

AND BEGAN STABBING HER.

[ SCREAMING ]

Narrator:
BUT POLICE HAVE REASON

TO QUESTION
KEN'S VERSION OF EVENTS.

PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
COLLECTED AT THE SCENE

CONTRADICTS HIS STORY.

IN THE PATHOLOGY REPORT,
THE KNIFE WAS WITHDRAWN

AND ENTERED BACK INTO
THE SAME WOUND TO TORTURE HER.

THE MAGNITUDE
OF ANGER AND VIOLENCE

THAT WAS PERPETRATED ON CRYSTAL

WAS NOT SOMETHING
OF A NORMAL NATURE.

SHE HAD BEEN SODOMIZED.

WHAT REALLY DISTURBS ME

IS THE FACT
THAT THE FORENSIC EVIDENCE

SHOWED THAT THE SODOMIZING
TOOK PLACE POSTMORTEM.

Narrator:
THROUGH THEIR INVESTIGATION,
POLICE FIND OUT

KEN IS HIDING A TWISTED
AND DEVIANT PAST.

THERE WAS A DARK SIDE TO KEN.

KEN'S FRIENDS TOLD ME ABOUT
SOME OF THE HUNTING TRIPS

THAT THEY WOULD HAVE.

THEY'D CAMP OUT
AND THEY'D HUNT AND FISH,

AND KEN WOULD TRAP SMALL ANIMALS
AND BASICALLY TORTURE THEM --

EITHER SKIN THEM ALIVE
OR SET THEM ON FIRE.

Narrator: UNBEKNOWNST
TO HIS FRIEND CRYSTAL,

KEN WAS ADDICTED TO PORNOGRAPHY.

James: AND IT WAS
SOME VERY SADISTIC PORN,

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

Knowles:
HE WOULD STOP EVERY DAY

TO BUY SOME TYPE
OF PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL

ON HIS WAY TO WORK.

Narrator: BUT PORN
ISN'T HIS ONLY SINISTER SECRET.

DURING THE SUMMER OF 1988,

KEN'S SEXUAL DEVIANCY
BECOMES MORE AGGRESSIVE.

KEN WAS RESPONSIBLE

FOR SEVERAL PHONE CALLS
TO GIRLS...

THE CALLS WERE RATHER SEXUAL
IN NATURE, VERY THREATENING...

Alsdorf:
...AND A LOT OF THE PHONE CALLS

WERE DESCRIBING WAYS
HE WAS GONNA KILL THESE GIRLS.

Drew: ...AND IRONICALLY,
SOME OF THE THINGS

WERE EERILY SIMILAR
TO WHAT HAPPENED TO CRYSTAL.

THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING
THAT WAS JUST HAPPENSTANCE.

HE HAD BEEN THINKING

OF DOING THIS TO SOMEONE
ALL ALONG.

UNFORTUNATELY,
IT JUST HAPPENED TO CRYSTAL

AT THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT.

HE JUST HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
RIGHT THEN AND THERE

TO FULFILL HIS SEXUAL FANTASY,

AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID.

Knowles:
ACCORDING TO THE PROFILERS,

KEN REGISTER WAS DEFINITELY
A SEXUAL DEVIANT,

AND I BASE THAT

ON HIS PROGRESSION
OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY

UP UNTIL THE POINT

WHERE HE COMMITTED
THIS HOMICIDE.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
BREAK THE STUNNING NEWS

TO CRYSTAL'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

EVERYBODY WAS IN SHOCK.

HE WAS SO CLOSE TO OUR FAMILY.

WE JUST --
WE COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.

James:
TOTALLY UNEXPECTED,

AND SOMEBODY
WE TRUSTED SO MUCH --

I MEAN...

IT WAS AN AWFUL THING TO WATCH.

I NEVER HAD ANY SUSPICIONS
ON KEN BEING THE GUILTY PARTY.

Narrator: FINDING OUT
ABOUT KEN'S SEXUAL DEVIANCY

ONLY ADDS TO THE FAMILY'S PAIN.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND
HOW ANY HUMAN BEING

COULD HAVE SO MUCH ANGER
AND RAGE AND JUST PURE EVIL

IN THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

James:
CRYSTAL HAD NO IDEA AT ALL

THAT HE WAS INTO
ANY OF THIS STUFF.

NOBODY IN THE FAMILY
WAS EVER SUSPICIOUS.

NOBODY KNEW
THAT KEN HAD THIS HISTORY.

Drews:
HE LIED TO EVERYONE.

IF THEY COULD GIVE

AN ACADEMY AWARD
TO KEN REGISTER,

HE WOULD WIN IT HANDS DOWN

BECAUSE HE HAD EVERYONE FOOLED
ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THIS.

James: HE JUST SNAPPED...

[ CRYSTAL SCREAMING ]

NO!

...AND THEN THAT'S WHEN
THE SADISTIC SIDE

OF KEN CAME OUT.

Alsdorf: I BELIEVE
KEN GREW INTO A MONSTER.

HE TOOK THESE SICK,
TWISTED FANTASIES

THAT HE HAD ABOUT SEX

AND TURNED IT INTO A REALITY.

I AM FIRMLY CONVINCED
THAT HAD IT NOT BEEN CRYSTAL,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEONE ELSE.

HE WAS A TICKING TIME BOMB.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT EXPLODED
THAT NIGHT IN NOVEMBER.

Narrator: 11 MONTHS LATER,
KEN GOES ON TRIAL

FOR THE MURDER
OF HIS LONGTIME FRIEND.

HE IS FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS

OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT,
KIDNAPPING, AND MURDER,

AND HE'S SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON.

HE IS JUST 19 YEARS OLD.

James: HAVING TO SIT THERE
AND LOOK AT HIM,

ESPECIALLY
WHEN I WAS ON THE STAND --

HE WOULDN'T LOOK AT ME.

HE JUST HAS NO REACTION AT ALL.

I MEAN, HE'S JUST COLDHEARTED.

Narrator: CRYSTAL'S FAMILY
AND FRIENDS STILL WONDER

HOW SOMEONE THEY LOVED
AND TRUSTED SO MUCH

COULD HAVE BEEN SO DANGEROUS.

Alsdorf:
I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW

HOW SOMEONE WHO IS SUPPOSED TO
BE SUCH A GOOD FRIEND

COULD TURN AND DO THE THINGS
THAT KEN DID TO CRYSTAL.

I MEAN, WHEN YOU TRUST SOMEONE,
THE WAY WE TRUSTED HIM,

AND THEN HE GOES

AND TAKES
THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON

OUT OF YOUR LIFE,

THAT'S THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL.

YOU CAN'T GET ANY WORSE
THAN THAT.