Frenemies (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 1 - Roommate's Revenge - full transcript
After 40 years of friendship, roommates John Sulzbach and David Laws believe they know everything there is to know about one another. While one friend goes above and beyond to prove his loyalty, the other keeps dark secrets and has deadly intentions.
[ LAUGHS ]Narrator: TWO GAY TEENS
BROUGHT TOGETHER
BY THEIR COMING-OUT STRUGGLES.
THERE WAS A MAGNETIC
OR MYSTERIOUS FORCE
THAT BROUGHT THE TWO OF THEM
TOGETHER.
Narrator:
BUT WHEN LIES AND JEALOUSY
COME BETWEEN THE GIRLS,
ONE IS PUSHED TO THE BRINK.
SHE REALLY WAS
KIND OF AT THE END OF HER ROPE.
Narrator:
AND AN UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE
UNLEASHES
INCONCEIVABLE VIOLENCE.
Vaughn:
IT'S DEFINITELY EVIL.
THIS IS THE WORST
THAT A PERSON COULD BE.
IT WAS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE PLOT.
Narrator:
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE
AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
BRANDY STEVENS-ROSINE
IS AN 18-YEAR-OLD FRESHMAN
AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY.
Cartwright-Jones:
BRANDY WAS A YOUNG, BRIGHT
SOCIOLOGY STUDENT
COMING FROM
A MIDDLE-CLASS BACKGROUND.
SUPER SMART.
SHE WAS CRAZY SMART.
SHE JUST DIDN'T
GO ALONG THE NORMAL BEATEN PATH.
AND SHE ALWAYS HAD
THESE CRAZY DARK-RIMMED GLASSES.
Narrator:
FIERCELY INDEPENDENT,
BRANDY IS KNOWN TO BE
A LOYAL AND LOVING FRIEND.
SHE WAS THE MODERN-DAY
EQUIVALENT OF A SAINT.
HER GOAL IN LIFE
WAS TO HELP PEOPLE.
Narrator:
BRANDY IS ALSO OPENLY GAY
AND HAS BEEN
SINCE SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL.
SHE WANTED TO
WORK WITH GAY RIGHTS.
ANY KIND OF PROBLEM THAT SOCIETY
HAS, SHE WANTED TO FIX IT.
Narrator: ALWAYS
EAGER TO MEET NEW FRIENDS,
BRANDY OFTEN SURFS THE WEB
TO FIND LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE.
ONE DAY, SHE CONNECTS ONLINE
WITH A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL
NAMED JADE OLMSTEAD.
Hall:
THEY WERE BOTH THE SAME AGE.
THEY LISTENED TO THE SAME MUSIC.
Narrator: BRANDY AND JADE SHARE
STORIES ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES
AND THE TROUBLE EACH
GIRL IS HAVING DEALING
WITH HER SEXUALITY.
BRANDY HAD SOME ISSUES
GROWING UP WITH HER PARENTS.
Narrator: SO MUCH
THAT BRANDY SPENDS MORE TIME
AT HER GRANDPARENTS' PLACE
NEARBY.
BRANDY SAW HER GRANDMA'S HOUSE
AS A SAFE PLACE TO STAY.
Narrator: JADE ALSO
HAS HER SHARE OF PROBLEMS.
SHE IS SO UNCOMFORTABLE
IN GROUP SETTINGS
THAT SHE DROPS OUT OF
HIGH SCHOOL IN HER SENIOR YEAR
AND IS HOMESCHOOLED.
JADE WAS
A LITTLE BIT MORE RECLUSIVE
AND MORE OF A WALLFLOWER.
Narrator: BUT HOME PROVES TO BE
NO SAFE HAVEN FOR THE TEEN.
JADE WAS OPENLY GAY
TO HER FRIENDS,
BUT NOT TO HER FAMILY.
Narrator: SHE'S SO AFRAID
OF HER PARENTS' REACTION
THAT SHE HASN'T EVEN
ATTEMPTED TO TELL THEM
ABOUT HER SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
JADE AND BRANDY QUICKLY BOND,
AND SOON,
THEY DECIDE TO MEET IN PERSON.
HEY, BRANDY?
JADE?
Nicks:
THEY BECAME FAST FRIENDS
AND THEY SEEMED TO BE
VERY CLOSE.
THEY SPENT TIME
HANGING OUT TOGETHER,
LISTENING TO MUSIC,
AND PLAYING CARDS,
AND DISCUSSING THEIR RESPECTIVE
DIFFICULT HOME LIVES.
MY NANA
TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY CARDS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
TEACH ME. [ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS,
THE GIRLS' FRIENDSHIP GROWS
AND TURNS ROMANTIC.
BRANDY WAS CONSIDERED TO BE FUN
AND WELL-ROUNDED.
JADE WAS THE INTROVERT.
SOMETIMES OPPOSITES ATTRACT.
Narrator:
AS THE GIRLS GET CLOSER,
BRANDY TAKES ON
A NURTURING ROLE.
SHE HELPS JADE
WITH HER HOMESCHOOLING
AND PROVIDES COMFORT
AS JADE DEALS WITH
HER INCREASINGLY MISERABLE
HOME LIFE.
BRANDY WAS
LIVING WITH HER GRANDPARENTS,
AND, EVENTUALLY,
JADE MOVED IN WITH BRANDY.
HI.
HEY.
[ SMOOCHES ]
HOW ARE YOU?
Narrator:
BUT THEIRS IS A POWERFUL
YET COMPLICATED CONNECTION
THAT WILL LEAD TO EVENTS
THAT SHOCK
EVEN THEIR CLOSEST FRIENDS.
TWO MONTHS PASS
AND IN EARLY 2011,
BRANDY AND JADE'S RELATIONSHIP
GETS ROCKY.
I'M ON TOP OF YOU
BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT YOU!
THEY ARGUE ABOUT EVERYTHING,
FROM WHAT THEY WANT TO DO
AND WHAT TO EAT
TO FIGHTS
ABOUT THEIR FRIENDS.
...LIKE TO ENJOY MYSELF,
GOD FORBID.
THEY HAD DEFINITELY HAD
THEIR ROUGH PATCHES.
LEAVE YOU ALONE?YOU NEED TO BACK OFF.
FINE!
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
SIX MONTHS LATER,
THEY BREAK UP
AND DECIDE THEY WILL BE
BETTER OFF AS FRIENDS.
THE RELATIONSHIP CAN
BE CHARACTERIZED AS
PARTING AMICABLY.
WE'RE STILL FRIENDS,
RIGHT?
Narrator: DESPITE
THE HOT-AND-COLD FRIENDSHIP,
THE GIRLS MANAGE TO
SETTLE THEIR DISAGREEMENTS
AND ENJOY
SPENDING TIME TOGETHER.
THEY DID SEEM TO
UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER
AND FORGIVE A LOT OF THINGS.
Narrator:
BUT SEVERAL MONTHS LATER,
BRANDY AND JADE GO TO
THE LAUNDROMAT WITH FRIENDS.
WHILE THERE,
THEY GET INTO A PETTY ARGUMENT
ABOUT THEIR PLAN FOR THE DAY.
WE ALWAYS DO
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
OR I END UP GIVING UP.
JUST TELL ME --
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?
YOU KEEP DOING THIS.
IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE OVER
ANYTHING REALLY SIGNIFICANT,
JUST MAYBE THAT
BRANDY WAS IRRITATED WITH JADE.
Narrator:
SO IRRITATED THAT BRANDY SNAPS.
BRANDY TURNED ON JADE
AND PUNCHED HER.
Narrator:
FURIOUS AND EMBARRASSED,
JADE
STORMS OUT OF THE LAUNDROMAT
AND TELLS THEIR FRIENDS OUTSIDE
WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD
EVER SEE HER, LIKE,
BEING ANGRY ENOUGH
TO HIT SOMEBODY.
JUST PUNCHED ME
RIGHT IN THE FACE.
Narrator: EVEN MORE STUNNING,
JADE TELLS THEIR FRIENDS
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME
BRANDY'S HIT HER.
ACCORDING TO JADE,
BRANDY WOULD ASSAULT HER
OR HIT HER QUITE OFTEN.
Narrator: BUT THAT REVELATION
IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
NOBODY COULD KEEP THEM
FROM DOING WHAT THEY DID.
IT WAS DEFINITELY
PART OF THE MASTER PLAN.
Narrator: BRANDY AND JADE,
WHO ARE NOW JUST FRIENDS,
STILL HANG OUT, BUT HAVE
THEIR SHARE OF UPS AND DOWNS.
THEY SEEM TO BE VERY CLOSE,
BUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP
ALSO SEEMED TO BE
VERY VOLATILE AT TIMES.
Narrator: WHEN JADE
TELLS THEIR OTHER FRIENDS
THAT BRANDY OFTEN HITS HER,
THE ACCUSATIONS
GET BACK TO BRANDY.
Vaughn: BRANDY WAS HEARTBROKEN
TO FIND OUT THAT HER FRIENDS
TALKING BEHIND HER BACK
AND SAYING THAT SHE BEATS HER
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT
HER PERSONALITY AT ALL.
WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?!
Narrator: BRANDY
IS SO OUTRAGED BY JADE'S CLAIMS
THAT SHE DECIDES
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
SHE ENDS THE FRIENDSHIP.I'M DONE! I'M LEAVING!
SHE REALLY WAS
AT THE END OF HER ROPE.
HEY.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
Narrator:
BUT JUST TWO WEEKS LATER,
JADE IS
BACK AT BRANDY'S DOORSTEP.
THINGS ARE ROUGH AT HOME,
AND SHE NEEDS A PLACE TO STAY.
BRANDY VALUES RELATIONSHIPS
MORE THAN HOLDING A GRUDGE.
"OKAY, WELL WE GOT IN A FIGHT.
IT'S OVER NOW. LET'S MOVE ON."
Narrator: BRANDY DECIDES TO
HELP HER FRIEND
AND SNEAKS JADE INTO
THE BASEMENT OF HER
GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE.
BUT WHILE SHE'S THERE,
$200 IN CASH,
A VIDEO GAME, AND A CAMERA
GO MISSING.
BRANDY CONFRONTED JADE
ABOUT THESE MISSING ITEMS.
JADE DENIED EVERYTHING.
MY BAG?
IN YOUR BAG.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW THEY ENDED UP THERE.
WELL, YOU PUT THEM THERE.
HOW ELSE WOULD THEY GET THERE?
BUT, AS FAR AS BRANDY
WAS CONCERNED, JADE WAS
THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WHO WAS
THERE WHO COULD'VE TAKEN THEM.
Narrator:
ANGRY AND BETRAYED,
BRANDY DECIDES TO
FILE A POLICE REPORT
AND KICKS JADE OUT.
NO, SCREW IT.
I'M CALLING THE COPS.
THAT WAS HER WAY OF SAYING,
"WE'RE DONE."
I DON'T THINK THAT
THERE WAS MUCH SAVING
ANY KIND OF RELATIONSHIP
AT THAT POINT.
HELLO, POLICE?
GOT AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
Narrator: THE FORMER FRIENDS
GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS,
BUT NOT FOR LONG.
SOMEHOW,
THE PAIR GETS PAST THE DRAMA
AND STARTS
SPENDING TIME TOGETHER AGAIN.
Nicks: IT WAS LIKE
A HUGE ROLLER COASTER RIDE --
A RELATIONSHIP THAT
MANY PEOPLE SAW AS UNHEALTHY
FROM THE BEGINNING.
BRANDY STILL HAD A NEED
TO WANT TO BE WITH JADE.
Hall:
JADE HAD STARTED TO BE NICER.
MAYBE SHE WAS SICK OF THEM
FIGHTING ALL THE TIME.
Narrator:
NOW WHEN THE GIRLS HANG OUT,
THEIR TURBULENT RELATIONSHIP
SEEMS TO BE A THING OF THE PAST.
CHEERS!
BUT THEIR FRIENDSHIP
IS PUT TO THE TEST ONCE AGAIN
A SHORT TIME LATER
WHEN IN DECEMBER OF 2011,
JADE TELLS BRANDY
SHE NEEDS A CHANGE
AND MOVES FIVE HOURS AWAY
TO BALTIMORE.
THERE'S NOT MUCH FOR ME
HERE ANYMORE.
I MEAN, WE BROKE UP.
Vaughn:
BRANDY WAS DEVASTATED.
WHEN YOU'RE STARTING TO
GET CLOSE TO SOMEBODY AGAIN
AND YOU'RE DEVELOPING
A HEALTHIER RELATIONSHIP,
AND THEN, SURPRISE,
YOU'RE MOVING
SOME BAJILLION MILES AWAY.
Narrator:
IN BALTIMORE, JADE QUICKLY
GETS A NEW GIRLFRIEND
WHEN SHE RECONNECTS
WITH AN OLD HIGH-SCHOOL FRIEND,
19-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY BARBER.
BUT EVEN THOUGH JADE HAS MOVED
AND IS IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP,
SHE STILL
KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH BRANDY.
HI, JADE.AND IN APRIL 2012,
JADE CALLS BRANDY AND
TELLS HER SHE WANTS TO SEE HER.
EVEN WITH ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS
AND EVEN WITH ALL THE HURT THAT
HAD HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TWO,
JADE WANTED TO
SPEND TIME WITH HER AGAIN.
Narrator:
SO BRANDY DRIVES TO BALTIMORE
TO PICK JADE UP.
HEY.
HEY!
AND IT SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES.
ON THE RIDE BACK,
JADE TELLS BRANDY
ALL ABOUT
HER NEW GIRLFRIEND ASHLEY.
ON THE OUTSIDE,
BRANDY SEEMS HAPPY
HER FRIEND
HAS FOUND SOMEONE NEW,
BUT INSIDE,
SHE'S EXTREMELY JEALOUS.
YOU KNOW,
I WAS THINKING...
AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,
LATER THAT DAY,
AFTER SPENDING LESS THAN AN HOUR
AT BRANDY'S HOME,
JADE SUDDENLY SAYS
SHE WANTS TO LEAVE
TO GO VISIT HER NEW GIRLFRIEND
AND ASKS BRANDY
TO DRIVE HER THERE.
BUT YOU CAME TO VISIT ME.
LIKE, I DROVE FOUR HOURS.
Vaughn: BRANDY WAS LIVID.
BRANDY WOULD TAKE SO MUCH
AND PUT UP WITH SO MUCH,
BUT SHE DEFINITELY
GOT TO THE POINT WHERE,
"ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE USING ME."
YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND.
I'M YOUR BEST FRIEND?
YEAH.
Narrator: DESPITE
FEELING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF,
BRANDY DRIVES JADE
TO HER NEW GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE
ABOUT AN HOUR
NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN.
THANKS FOR THE RIDE.
SEE YOU.
BYE.
BUT SOON, JEALOUSY
AND RESENTMENT WILL BOIL OVER
AND UNLEASH AN UNIMAGINABLE EVIL
THAT WILL SHATTER THEIR BOND
FOREVER.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY
COULD'VE IMAGINED THIS
GOING AS FAR AS IT DID.
IT JUST SEEMS SO HORRIFIC.
ASHLEY LIVES
LIKE AN HOUR AWAY.
Narrator: BRANDY IS UPSET
THAT JADE HAS MOVED AWAY
AND FOUND A NEW GIRLFRIEND.
BUT YOU CAME TO VISIT ME.
HER FEELINGS WERE REALLY HURT
THAT JADE WAS MOVING ON
AND SPENDING TIME
WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
Narrator: EVEN SO,
THE GIRLS STAY IN TOUCH
THROUGH TEXTS AND PHONE CALLS.
BUT JADE'S NEW GIRLFRIEND ASHLEY
IS NOT HAPPY
THAT JADE IS STILL
IN CONTACT WITH BRANDY.
SHE WAS VERY ANGRY ABOUT THAT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN
"JUST BRANDY"?
WHAT?
WE'RE STILL FRIENDS.
ASHLEY WAS VERY JEALOUS,
AND SHE DIDN'T WANT JADE
TO BE FRIENDS
WITH AN OLD GIRLFRIEND.
WE'RE NOT ABOUT THIS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN,
I WILL TELL HER.
CALL HER UP.YOU CAN ASK HER.
Narrator:
ASHLEY BECOMES SO INSECURE
THAT SHE BOLDLY CALLS BRANDY
AND WARNS HER TO BACK OFF...
GIVE ME THE PHONE.
ASHLEY!
...AND STOP
CONTACTING HER GIRLFRIEND.
STOP CALLING
MY GIRLFRIEND.
SHE WAS AFRAID THAT SOMEONE
WAS GONNA BE BETTER THAN HER
AND JADE WAS GONNA DROP HER.
YOU DON'T STOP,
YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ME,
YOU'LL BE SORRY.
ASHLEY WAS
VERY ARGUMENTATIVE AND MEAN.
Narrator: ABOUT A MONTH LATER,
JADE CALLS BRANDY
APOLOGIZING
FOR HER GIRLFRIEND'S BEHAVIOR.
SHE TELLS BRANDY SHE'D LIKE FOR
THE TWO GIRLS TO MEET SOON
AND THINKS THEY'LL HIT IT OFF.
SHE CARES FOR HER OLD FRIEND
AND THINKS
MAYBE THINGS WILL BE PLEASANT.
Narrator:
ON MAY 17, 2012,
JADE INVITES BRANDY
TO VISIT HER AND ASHLEY.
JADE TEXTS
A LOCATION FOR THEM TO MEET,
AND, DESPITE
THE TURBULENT HISTORY,
BRANDY JUMPS AT THE CHANCE
TO VISIT THEM.
BRANDY DIDN'T STAY MAD
AT ANYBODY FOR VERY LONG.
I THINK BRANDY REALLY JUST
WANTED TO BE FRIENDS WITH JADE,
EVEN IF SHE COULDN'T
BE MORE THAN FRIENDS WITH HER.
Narrator:
AS SHE HEADS OUT, SHE TEXTS
ANOTHER FRIEND NAMED RHIANNON
TO TELL HER
ABOUT THE GET-TOGETHER.
AND AT 11:00 A.M., BRANDY
ARRIVES AT THE MEETING PLACE.
IT WAS BASICALLY
A LOCATION THAT WAS
KIND OF
OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
Narrator:
WHEN SHE DOESN'T SEE HER FRIEND,
BRANDY
SENDS A SECOND TEXT TO RHIANNON.
THAT MESSAGE INDICATED THAT
SHE HAD A FUNNY FEELING
ABOUT WHERE SHE WAS.
Vaughn: YOU KNOW,
"THIS DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.
THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT SPOT OR
SHE GAVE ME THE WRONG ADDRESS."
AND I REMEMBER BEING REALLY MAD
THAT, "OH, WELL, IT WOULD FIGURE
"THAT THIS GIRL'S
PLAYED YOU SO MANY TIMES,
"AND HERE'S A WRONG ADDRESS.
DRIVE ALL THE WAY OUT HERE
AND WASTE YOUR TIME."
Narrator:
A SHORT TIME LATER,
RHIANNON GETS ONE MORE TEXT
FROM BRANDY'S PHONE.
IT'S A THIRD TEXT
SAYING JADE NEVER SHOWED UP.
Narrator:
THE NEXT DAY, FRIDAY, MAY 18th,
BRANDY'S MOM
DOESN'T HEAR FROM HER DAUGHTER.
AND SINCE THEY TALK
ON A REGULAR BASIS,
SHE STARTS TO GET CONCERNED.
AFTER ANOTHER DAY PASSES
WITH STILL NO WORD FROM BRANDY,
HER MOM IS WORRIED SICK.
IT WAS THE SECOND DAY
THAT SHE FINALLY THOUGHT,
"OKAY,
SOMETHING DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT."
HER MOTHER STARTED
CONTACTING HER CLOSEST FRIENDS,
TRYING TO FIND OUT
IF ANYONE HAD HEARD FROM BRANDY.
Narrator: WHEN BRANDY'S MOM
CALLS RHIANNON,
SHE LEARNS ABOUT
THE STRANGE TEXTS BRANDY SENT.
RHIANNON:
She said that she had,
like, a strange feeling.
BRANDY'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND,
AND HER FAMILY'S CONCERNED.
Narrator:
BRANDY'S MOM IMMEDIATELY
REPORTS HER DAUGHTER'S
DISAPPEARANCE TO THE POLICE.
THEN HER MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER,
AND TWO OF BRANDY'S FRIENDS
DRIVE ABOUT AN HOUR
NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN TO THE AREA
WHERE BRANDY WAS SUPPOSED TO
MEET JADE AND ASHLEY.
THE SEARCH PARTY
KNOCKS ON DOORS.
THEY ARE SURPRISED WHEN,
AT ONE OF THE HOMES,
THEY FIND
JADE AND HER GIRLFRIEND ASHLEY.
JADE AND ASHLEY
DENY KNOWING ANYTHING.
THEY INDICATE THAT
THEY HAD NOT SEEN BRANDY.
I HAVEN'T REALLY
TALKED TO HER MUCH LATELY.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN HER.
Narrator: BRANDY'S MOM
AND FRIENDS ARE SUSPICIOUS
AND URGE POLICE
TO QUESTION THE GIRLS.
Nicks:
WHY WAS SHE OUT IN THAT AREA
IF SHE WASN'T OUT THERE
TO SEE JADE?
Narrator:
POLICE QUESTION THEM,
BUT DON'T FIND ANY EVIDENCE
OF FOUL PLAY.
PLEASE KEEP US INFORMED.
SURE.
AFTER THREE DAYS
AND STILL NO SIGN OF BRANDY,
EVERYONE
STARTS TO FEAR THE WORST.
BUT NOTHING
COULD EVER PREPARE THEM
FOR WHAT THEY LEARN WHEN
THE SHOCKING TRUTH IS REVEALED.
I'M STARTING TO FREAK OUT,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WE WOKE THEM UP CRYING,
SCREAMING.
IT WAS DEVASTATING.
Narrator: 20-YEAR-OLD
BRANDY STEVENS-ROSINE
HAS BEEN MISSING FOR THREE DAYS.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
POLICE QUESTION
JADE AND HER GIRLFRIEND ASHLEY
ABOUT BRANDY'S DISAPPEARANCE.
THE GIRLS CLAIM
THEY HAVEN'T SEEN HER.
JADE JUST BLEW IT OFF LIKE,
"OH, YEAH,
SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT HERE."
Narrator: FRUSTRATED, POLICE
STEP UP THEIR INVESTIGATION,
AND SOON, THEY GET A BIG LEAD.
Nicks: THEY ACTUALLY LOCATED
BRANDY'S VEHICLE
IN THE GARAGE
WHERE JADE AND ASHLEY
WERE RESIDING AT THE TIME.
Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS FIND MORE EVIDENCE
WHEN THEY START
CHECKING AT LOCAL HOSPITALS.
THEY FOUND MEDICAL RECORDS
SHOWING THAT
ASHLEY HAD ACTUALLY
BEEN TREATED FOR AN INJURY
ON THE VERY DAY
BRANDY DISAPPEARED.
THAT GAVE THE INVESTIGATORS
ENOUGH OF A CONNECTION
TO GO BACK AND TALK TO
JADE AND ASHLEY A SECOND TIME.
HI.
REMEMBER DETECTIVE LIONEL?YEAH. HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
WE GOT
SOME MORE INFORMATION
THAT BRANDY
MAY HAVE BEEN AROUND.
Narrator: BUT THIS TIME, THE
GIRLS TELL A DIFFERENT STORY.
SHE STOPPED BY HERE...
AT THIS POINT, THEY SAID THAT
BRANDY HAD BEEN OVER
FOR A LITTLE BIT,
BUT SHE DIDN'T STAY LONG.
IT WAS ONLY
ABOUT FOR FIVE MINUTES.
IT JUST DOESN'T ADD UP.
YOU CAN'T JUST SAY,
"OH, WELL, SHE JUST LEFT."
Narrator: JADE AND ASHLEY
ARE NOW PRIME SUSPECTS...
THANK YOU VERY MUCH....BUT POLICE NEED PROOF.
THAT PROOF FINALLY COMES
ON MAY 23, 2012,
WHEN, SIX DAYS AFTER
BRANDY'S DISAPPEARANCE,
AUTHORITIES
MAKE A GRUESOME DISCOVERY
IN THE WOODS
BEHIND JADE AND ASHLEY'S HOUSE.
THEY FIND THIS SHALLOW GRAVE,
AND THEY BEGIN DIGGING.
Cartwright-Jones:
AND IN THAT SHALLOW GRAVE
WAS BRANDY'S
PARTIALLY DECOMPOSED BODY.
THIS IS SERGEANT SMITH.
Narrator: POLICE IMMEDIATELY
ARREST JADE AND ASHLEY.
DURING A SIX-HOUR INTERROGATION,
THE GIRLS EVENTUALLY CONFESS
THAT THEY CAME UP WITH
AN EVIL AND SHOCKING PLAN
TO KILL
JADE'S EX-GIRLFRIEND BRANDY.
THE GIRLS TELL POLICE
JADE BROUGHT BRANDY
BACK TO THEIR HOUSE.
THEN, JADE AND ASHLEY
SHOWED HER AROUND THE PROPERTY.
BUT BRANDY HAS NO IDEA
WHAT'S IN STORE FOR HER.
[ GRUNTING ]
JADE AND ASHLEY ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY ATTACK BRANDY.
Nicks: THIS WAS
PART OF THEIR MASTER PLAN
TO LURE BRANDY TO THIS LOCATION
WHERE NO ONE COULD SEE HER,
NO ONE COULD HEAR THE SCREAMS.
SHE WAS CHOKED.
SHE WAS RESTRAINED WITH A ROPE.
Narrator: THEY ALSO
BEAT HER WITH A SHOVEL.
DURING THE STRUGGLE,
ASHLEY IS INJURED.
THAT WAS BRANDY FIGHTING BACK.
SHE FOUGHT THE WHOLE TIME.
SHE WANTED TO LIVE,
AND SHE WAS BEGGING FOR HER LIFE
AND ASKED THEM TO LET HER GO.
[ GRUNTS ]
PLEASE!
SHUT UP! SHUT UP!
SHUT UP!
[ GRUNTS ]
Narrator: BUT THE GIRLS IGNORE
BRANDY'S DESPERATE PLEAS.
[ CLANGING ]
SAVAGELY BEATEN
AND CLINGING TO LIFE,
BRANDY LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS.
Nicks: AND THEN THEY DUMP HER
INTO THIS SHALLOW GRAVE.
SHE'S STILL ALIVE.
THEY TOOK A HUGE ROCK,
DROPPED IT ON HER HEAD,
AND THEN THEY ALSO
TOOK A BOTTLE OF WATER
AND TRIED TO POUR WATER
DOWN HER THROAT AND MOUTH
TO BASICALLY DROWN HER.
IN THAT SHALLOW GRAVE,
SHE SUFFOCATED.
IN EFFECT, SHE WAS BURIED ALIVE.
Narrator:
AFTER LEAVING BRANDY FOR DEAD,
JADE AND ASHLEY
USE HER CELLPHONE
TO COMPLETE THEIR TWISTED PLAN.
THEY SEND A TEXT MESSAGE
TO HER FRIENDS
TO KEEP EVERYBODY OFF THE TRAIL.
THAT TEXT MESSAGE READ,
"JADE NEVER SHOWED UP."
Nicks: THIS WAS JUST ALL A PLAN
TO THROW THE FAMILY OFF
SO THAT THEY WOULD
GO LOOKING FOR BRANDY ELSEWHERE.
Narrator: POLICE CONCLUDE THAT
THE VICIOUS MURDER IS THE RESULT
OF ASHLEY'S RESENTMENT
TOWARD JADE'S OLD GIRLFRIEND.
ASHLEY DIDN'T LIKE
BRANDY BEING AROUND JADE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM
PURE JEALOUSY TO THE Nth DEGREE.
Narrator:
AFTER THE GRUESOME CONFESSION,
BOTH ARE CHARGED
WITH MURDER AND CONSPIRACY.
POLICE BREAK THE HORRIFYING NEWS
TO BRANDY'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
Vaughn: WE CRIED AND CRIED
AND CRIED AND CRIED.
I THINK THAT IT'S MALICIOUS.
THEY'D ALREADY
HAD IT ALL PLANNED OUT.
Narrator:
IN THE FALL OF 2013,
BOTH JADE OLMSTEAD
AND ASHLEY BARBER
PLEAD GUILTY
TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
AND ARE SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON
WITHOUT
THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
LOVED ONES CAN'T BEGIN
TO FATHOM HOW BRANDY'S FRIEND --
SOMEONE SHE TRUSTED AND LOVED --
WOULD TAKE HER LIFE.
JADE AND BRANDY
IS THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE
THAT ANY PERSON
COULD HAVE IT IN THEM
TO BETRAY BRANDY.
IT IS EVIL.
IT'S DEFINITELY EVIL.
THIS IS THE WORST
THAT A PERSON COULD BE.
IT'S JUST THE LOWEST OF LOW.
BROUGHT TOGETHER
BY THEIR COMING-OUT STRUGGLES.
THERE WAS A MAGNETIC
OR MYSTERIOUS FORCE
THAT BROUGHT THE TWO OF THEM
TOGETHER.
Narrator:
BUT WHEN LIES AND JEALOUSY
COME BETWEEN THE GIRLS,
ONE IS PUSHED TO THE BRINK.
SHE REALLY WAS
KIND OF AT THE END OF HER ROPE.
Narrator:
AND AN UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE
UNLEASHES
INCONCEIVABLE VIOLENCE.
Vaughn:
IT'S DEFINITELY EVIL.
THIS IS THE WORST
THAT A PERSON COULD BE.
IT WAS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE PLOT.
Narrator:
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE
AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
BRANDY STEVENS-ROSINE
IS AN 18-YEAR-OLD FRESHMAN
AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY.
Cartwright-Jones:
BRANDY WAS A YOUNG, BRIGHT
SOCIOLOGY STUDENT
COMING FROM
A MIDDLE-CLASS BACKGROUND.
SUPER SMART.
SHE WAS CRAZY SMART.
SHE JUST DIDN'T
GO ALONG THE NORMAL BEATEN PATH.
AND SHE ALWAYS HAD
THESE CRAZY DARK-RIMMED GLASSES.
Narrator:
FIERCELY INDEPENDENT,
BRANDY IS KNOWN TO BE
A LOYAL AND LOVING FRIEND.
SHE WAS THE MODERN-DAY
EQUIVALENT OF A SAINT.
HER GOAL IN LIFE
WAS TO HELP PEOPLE.
Narrator:
BRANDY IS ALSO OPENLY GAY
AND HAS BEEN
SINCE SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL.
SHE WANTED TO
WORK WITH GAY RIGHTS.
ANY KIND OF PROBLEM THAT SOCIETY
HAS, SHE WANTED TO FIX IT.
Narrator: ALWAYS
EAGER TO MEET NEW FRIENDS,
BRANDY OFTEN SURFS THE WEB
TO FIND LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE.
ONE DAY, SHE CONNECTS ONLINE
WITH A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL
NAMED JADE OLMSTEAD.
Hall:
THEY WERE BOTH THE SAME AGE.
THEY LISTENED TO THE SAME MUSIC.
Narrator: BRANDY AND JADE SHARE
STORIES ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES
AND THE TROUBLE EACH
GIRL IS HAVING DEALING
WITH HER SEXUALITY.
BRANDY HAD SOME ISSUES
GROWING UP WITH HER PARENTS.
Narrator: SO MUCH
THAT BRANDY SPENDS MORE TIME
AT HER GRANDPARENTS' PLACE
NEARBY.
BRANDY SAW HER GRANDMA'S HOUSE
AS A SAFE PLACE TO STAY.
Narrator: JADE ALSO
HAS HER SHARE OF PROBLEMS.
SHE IS SO UNCOMFORTABLE
IN GROUP SETTINGS
THAT SHE DROPS OUT OF
HIGH SCHOOL IN HER SENIOR YEAR
AND IS HOMESCHOOLED.
JADE WAS
A LITTLE BIT MORE RECLUSIVE
AND MORE OF A WALLFLOWER.
Narrator: BUT HOME PROVES TO BE
NO SAFE HAVEN FOR THE TEEN.
JADE WAS OPENLY GAY
TO HER FRIENDS,
BUT NOT TO HER FAMILY.
Narrator: SHE'S SO AFRAID
OF HER PARENTS' REACTION
THAT SHE HASN'T EVEN
ATTEMPTED TO TELL THEM
ABOUT HER SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
JADE AND BRANDY QUICKLY BOND,
AND SOON,
THEY DECIDE TO MEET IN PERSON.
HEY, BRANDY?
JADE?
Nicks:
THEY BECAME FAST FRIENDS
AND THEY SEEMED TO BE
VERY CLOSE.
THEY SPENT TIME
HANGING OUT TOGETHER,
LISTENING TO MUSIC,
AND PLAYING CARDS,
AND DISCUSSING THEIR RESPECTIVE
DIFFICULT HOME LIVES.
MY NANA
TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY CARDS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
TEACH ME. [ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS,
THE GIRLS' FRIENDSHIP GROWS
AND TURNS ROMANTIC.
BRANDY WAS CONSIDERED TO BE FUN
AND WELL-ROUNDED.
JADE WAS THE INTROVERT.
SOMETIMES OPPOSITES ATTRACT.
Narrator:
AS THE GIRLS GET CLOSER,
BRANDY TAKES ON
A NURTURING ROLE.
SHE HELPS JADE
WITH HER HOMESCHOOLING
AND PROVIDES COMFORT
AS JADE DEALS WITH
HER INCREASINGLY MISERABLE
HOME LIFE.
BRANDY WAS
LIVING WITH HER GRANDPARENTS,
AND, EVENTUALLY,
JADE MOVED IN WITH BRANDY.
HI.
HEY.
[ SMOOCHES ]
HOW ARE YOU?
Narrator:
BUT THEIRS IS A POWERFUL
YET COMPLICATED CONNECTION
THAT WILL LEAD TO EVENTS
THAT SHOCK
EVEN THEIR CLOSEST FRIENDS.
TWO MONTHS PASS
AND IN EARLY 2011,
BRANDY AND JADE'S RELATIONSHIP
GETS ROCKY.
I'M ON TOP OF YOU
BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT YOU!
THEY ARGUE ABOUT EVERYTHING,
FROM WHAT THEY WANT TO DO
AND WHAT TO EAT
TO FIGHTS
ABOUT THEIR FRIENDS.
...LIKE TO ENJOY MYSELF,
GOD FORBID.
THEY HAD DEFINITELY HAD
THEIR ROUGH PATCHES.
LEAVE YOU ALONE?YOU NEED TO BACK OFF.
FINE!
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
SIX MONTHS LATER,
THEY BREAK UP
AND DECIDE THEY WILL BE
BETTER OFF AS FRIENDS.
THE RELATIONSHIP CAN
BE CHARACTERIZED AS
PARTING AMICABLY.
WE'RE STILL FRIENDS,
RIGHT?
Narrator: DESPITE
THE HOT-AND-COLD FRIENDSHIP,
THE GIRLS MANAGE TO
SETTLE THEIR DISAGREEMENTS
AND ENJOY
SPENDING TIME TOGETHER.
THEY DID SEEM TO
UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER
AND FORGIVE A LOT OF THINGS.
Narrator:
BUT SEVERAL MONTHS LATER,
BRANDY AND JADE GO TO
THE LAUNDROMAT WITH FRIENDS.
WHILE THERE,
THEY GET INTO A PETTY ARGUMENT
ABOUT THEIR PLAN FOR THE DAY.
WE ALWAYS DO
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
OR I END UP GIVING UP.
JUST TELL ME --
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?
YOU KEEP DOING THIS.
IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE OVER
ANYTHING REALLY SIGNIFICANT,
JUST MAYBE THAT
BRANDY WAS IRRITATED WITH JADE.
Narrator:
SO IRRITATED THAT BRANDY SNAPS.
BRANDY TURNED ON JADE
AND PUNCHED HER.
Narrator:
FURIOUS AND EMBARRASSED,
JADE
STORMS OUT OF THE LAUNDROMAT
AND TELLS THEIR FRIENDS OUTSIDE
WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD
EVER SEE HER, LIKE,
BEING ANGRY ENOUGH
TO HIT SOMEBODY.
JUST PUNCHED ME
RIGHT IN THE FACE.
Narrator: EVEN MORE STUNNING,
JADE TELLS THEIR FRIENDS
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME
BRANDY'S HIT HER.
ACCORDING TO JADE,
BRANDY WOULD ASSAULT HER
OR HIT HER QUITE OFTEN.
Narrator: BUT THAT REVELATION
IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
NOBODY COULD KEEP THEM
FROM DOING WHAT THEY DID.
IT WAS DEFINITELY
PART OF THE MASTER PLAN.
Narrator: BRANDY AND JADE,
WHO ARE NOW JUST FRIENDS,
STILL HANG OUT, BUT HAVE
THEIR SHARE OF UPS AND DOWNS.
THEY SEEM TO BE VERY CLOSE,
BUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP
ALSO SEEMED TO BE
VERY VOLATILE AT TIMES.
Narrator: WHEN JADE
TELLS THEIR OTHER FRIENDS
THAT BRANDY OFTEN HITS HER,
THE ACCUSATIONS
GET BACK TO BRANDY.
Vaughn: BRANDY WAS HEARTBROKEN
TO FIND OUT THAT HER FRIENDS
TALKING BEHIND HER BACK
AND SAYING THAT SHE BEATS HER
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT
HER PERSONALITY AT ALL.
WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?!
Narrator: BRANDY
IS SO OUTRAGED BY JADE'S CLAIMS
THAT SHE DECIDES
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
SHE ENDS THE FRIENDSHIP.I'M DONE! I'M LEAVING!
SHE REALLY WAS
AT THE END OF HER ROPE.
HEY.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
Narrator:
BUT JUST TWO WEEKS LATER,
JADE IS
BACK AT BRANDY'S DOORSTEP.
THINGS ARE ROUGH AT HOME,
AND SHE NEEDS A PLACE TO STAY.
BRANDY VALUES RELATIONSHIPS
MORE THAN HOLDING A GRUDGE.
"OKAY, WELL WE GOT IN A FIGHT.
IT'S OVER NOW. LET'S MOVE ON."
Narrator: BRANDY DECIDES TO
HELP HER FRIEND
AND SNEAKS JADE INTO
THE BASEMENT OF HER
GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE.
BUT WHILE SHE'S THERE,
$200 IN CASH,
A VIDEO GAME, AND A CAMERA
GO MISSING.
BRANDY CONFRONTED JADE
ABOUT THESE MISSING ITEMS.
JADE DENIED EVERYTHING.
MY BAG?
IN YOUR BAG.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW THEY ENDED UP THERE.
WELL, YOU PUT THEM THERE.
HOW ELSE WOULD THEY GET THERE?
BUT, AS FAR AS BRANDY
WAS CONCERNED, JADE WAS
THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WHO WAS
THERE WHO COULD'VE TAKEN THEM.
Narrator:
ANGRY AND BETRAYED,
BRANDY DECIDES TO
FILE A POLICE REPORT
AND KICKS JADE OUT.
NO, SCREW IT.
I'M CALLING THE COPS.
THAT WAS HER WAY OF SAYING,
"WE'RE DONE."
I DON'T THINK THAT
THERE WAS MUCH SAVING
ANY KIND OF RELATIONSHIP
AT THAT POINT.
HELLO, POLICE?
GOT AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
Narrator: THE FORMER FRIENDS
GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS,
BUT NOT FOR LONG.
SOMEHOW,
THE PAIR GETS PAST THE DRAMA
AND STARTS
SPENDING TIME TOGETHER AGAIN.
Nicks: IT WAS LIKE
A HUGE ROLLER COASTER RIDE --
A RELATIONSHIP THAT
MANY PEOPLE SAW AS UNHEALTHY
FROM THE BEGINNING.
BRANDY STILL HAD A NEED
TO WANT TO BE WITH JADE.
Hall:
JADE HAD STARTED TO BE NICER.
MAYBE SHE WAS SICK OF THEM
FIGHTING ALL THE TIME.
Narrator:
NOW WHEN THE GIRLS HANG OUT,
THEIR TURBULENT RELATIONSHIP
SEEMS TO BE A THING OF THE PAST.
CHEERS!
BUT THEIR FRIENDSHIP
IS PUT TO THE TEST ONCE AGAIN
A SHORT TIME LATER
WHEN IN DECEMBER OF 2011,
JADE TELLS BRANDY
SHE NEEDS A CHANGE
AND MOVES FIVE HOURS AWAY
TO BALTIMORE.
THERE'S NOT MUCH FOR ME
HERE ANYMORE.
I MEAN, WE BROKE UP.
Vaughn:
BRANDY WAS DEVASTATED.
WHEN YOU'RE STARTING TO
GET CLOSE TO SOMEBODY AGAIN
AND YOU'RE DEVELOPING
A HEALTHIER RELATIONSHIP,
AND THEN, SURPRISE,
YOU'RE MOVING
SOME BAJILLION MILES AWAY.
Narrator:
IN BALTIMORE, JADE QUICKLY
GETS A NEW GIRLFRIEND
WHEN SHE RECONNECTS
WITH AN OLD HIGH-SCHOOL FRIEND,
19-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY BARBER.
BUT EVEN THOUGH JADE HAS MOVED
AND IS IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP,
SHE STILL
KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH BRANDY.
HI, JADE.AND IN APRIL 2012,
JADE CALLS BRANDY AND
TELLS HER SHE WANTS TO SEE HER.
EVEN WITH ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS
AND EVEN WITH ALL THE HURT THAT
HAD HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TWO,
JADE WANTED TO
SPEND TIME WITH HER AGAIN.
Narrator:
SO BRANDY DRIVES TO BALTIMORE
TO PICK JADE UP.
HEY.
HEY!
AND IT SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES.
ON THE RIDE BACK,
JADE TELLS BRANDY
ALL ABOUT
HER NEW GIRLFRIEND ASHLEY.
ON THE OUTSIDE,
BRANDY SEEMS HAPPY
HER FRIEND
HAS FOUND SOMEONE NEW,
BUT INSIDE,
SHE'S EXTREMELY JEALOUS.
YOU KNOW,
I WAS THINKING...
AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,
LATER THAT DAY,
AFTER SPENDING LESS THAN AN HOUR
AT BRANDY'S HOME,
JADE SUDDENLY SAYS
SHE WANTS TO LEAVE
TO GO VISIT HER NEW GIRLFRIEND
AND ASKS BRANDY
TO DRIVE HER THERE.
BUT YOU CAME TO VISIT ME.
LIKE, I DROVE FOUR HOURS.
Vaughn: BRANDY WAS LIVID.
BRANDY WOULD TAKE SO MUCH
AND PUT UP WITH SO MUCH,
BUT SHE DEFINITELY
GOT TO THE POINT WHERE,
"ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE USING ME."
YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND.
I'M YOUR BEST FRIEND?
YEAH.
Narrator: DESPITE
FEELING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF,
BRANDY DRIVES JADE
TO HER NEW GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE
ABOUT AN HOUR
NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN.
THANKS FOR THE RIDE.
SEE YOU.
BYE.
BUT SOON, JEALOUSY
AND RESENTMENT WILL BOIL OVER
AND UNLEASH AN UNIMAGINABLE EVIL
THAT WILL SHATTER THEIR BOND
FOREVER.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY
COULD'VE IMAGINED THIS
GOING AS FAR AS IT DID.
IT JUST SEEMS SO HORRIFIC.
ASHLEY LIVES
LIKE AN HOUR AWAY.
Narrator: BRANDY IS UPSET
THAT JADE HAS MOVED AWAY
AND FOUND A NEW GIRLFRIEND.
BUT YOU CAME TO VISIT ME.
HER FEELINGS WERE REALLY HURT
THAT JADE WAS MOVING ON
AND SPENDING TIME
WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
Narrator: EVEN SO,
THE GIRLS STAY IN TOUCH
THROUGH TEXTS AND PHONE CALLS.
BUT JADE'S NEW GIRLFRIEND ASHLEY
IS NOT HAPPY
THAT JADE IS STILL
IN CONTACT WITH BRANDY.
SHE WAS VERY ANGRY ABOUT THAT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN
"JUST BRANDY"?
WHAT?
WE'RE STILL FRIENDS.
ASHLEY WAS VERY JEALOUS,
AND SHE DIDN'T WANT JADE
TO BE FRIENDS
WITH AN OLD GIRLFRIEND.
WE'RE NOT ABOUT THIS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN,
I WILL TELL HER.
CALL HER UP.YOU CAN ASK HER.
Narrator:
ASHLEY BECOMES SO INSECURE
THAT SHE BOLDLY CALLS BRANDY
AND WARNS HER TO BACK OFF...
GIVE ME THE PHONE.
ASHLEY!
...AND STOP
CONTACTING HER GIRLFRIEND.
STOP CALLING
MY GIRLFRIEND.
SHE WAS AFRAID THAT SOMEONE
WAS GONNA BE BETTER THAN HER
AND JADE WAS GONNA DROP HER.
YOU DON'T STOP,
YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ME,
YOU'LL BE SORRY.
ASHLEY WAS
VERY ARGUMENTATIVE AND MEAN.
Narrator: ABOUT A MONTH LATER,
JADE CALLS BRANDY
APOLOGIZING
FOR HER GIRLFRIEND'S BEHAVIOR.
SHE TELLS BRANDY SHE'D LIKE FOR
THE TWO GIRLS TO MEET SOON
AND THINKS THEY'LL HIT IT OFF.
SHE CARES FOR HER OLD FRIEND
AND THINKS
MAYBE THINGS WILL BE PLEASANT.
Narrator:
ON MAY 17, 2012,
JADE INVITES BRANDY
TO VISIT HER AND ASHLEY.
JADE TEXTS
A LOCATION FOR THEM TO MEET,
AND, DESPITE
THE TURBULENT HISTORY,
BRANDY JUMPS AT THE CHANCE
TO VISIT THEM.
BRANDY DIDN'T STAY MAD
AT ANYBODY FOR VERY LONG.
I THINK BRANDY REALLY JUST
WANTED TO BE FRIENDS WITH JADE,
EVEN IF SHE COULDN'T
BE MORE THAN FRIENDS WITH HER.
Narrator:
AS SHE HEADS OUT, SHE TEXTS
ANOTHER FRIEND NAMED RHIANNON
TO TELL HER
ABOUT THE GET-TOGETHER.
AND AT 11:00 A.M., BRANDY
ARRIVES AT THE MEETING PLACE.
IT WAS BASICALLY
A LOCATION THAT WAS
KIND OF
OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
Narrator:
WHEN SHE DOESN'T SEE HER FRIEND,
BRANDY
SENDS A SECOND TEXT TO RHIANNON.
THAT MESSAGE INDICATED THAT
SHE HAD A FUNNY FEELING
ABOUT WHERE SHE WAS.
Vaughn: YOU KNOW,
"THIS DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.
THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT SPOT OR
SHE GAVE ME THE WRONG ADDRESS."
AND I REMEMBER BEING REALLY MAD
THAT, "OH, WELL, IT WOULD FIGURE
"THAT THIS GIRL'S
PLAYED YOU SO MANY TIMES,
"AND HERE'S A WRONG ADDRESS.
DRIVE ALL THE WAY OUT HERE
AND WASTE YOUR TIME."
Narrator:
A SHORT TIME LATER,
RHIANNON GETS ONE MORE TEXT
FROM BRANDY'S PHONE.
IT'S A THIRD TEXT
SAYING JADE NEVER SHOWED UP.
Narrator:
THE NEXT DAY, FRIDAY, MAY 18th,
BRANDY'S MOM
DOESN'T HEAR FROM HER DAUGHTER.
AND SINCE THEY TALK
ON A REGULAR BASIS,
SHE STARTS TO GET CONCERNED.
AFTER ANOTHER DAY PASSES
WITH STILL NO WORD FROM BRANDY,
HER MOM IS WORRIED SICK.
IT WAS THE SECOND DAY
THAT SHE FINALLY THOUGHT,
"OKAY,
SOMETHING DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT."
HER MOTHER STARTED
CONTACTING HER CLOSEST FRIENDS,
TRYING TO FIND OUT
IF ANYONE HAD HEARD FROM BRANDY.
Narrator: WHEN BRANDY'S MOM
CALLS RHIANNON,
SHE LEARNS ABOUT
THE STRANGE TEXTS BRANDY SENT.
RHIANNON:
She said that she had,
like, a strange feeling.
BRANDY'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND,
AND HER FAMILY'S CONCERNED.
Narrator:
BRANDY'S MOM IMMEDIATELY
REPORTS HER DAUGHTER'S
DISAPPEARANCE TO THE POLICE.
THEN HER MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER,
AND TWO OF BRANDY'S FRIENDS
DRIVE ABOUT AN HOUR
NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN TO THE AREA
WHERE BRANDY WAS SUPPOSED TO
MEET JADE AND ASHLEY.
THE SEARCH PARTY
KNOCKS ON DOORS.
THEY ARE SURPRISED WHEN,
AT ONE OF THE HOMES,
THEY FIND
JADE AND HER GIRLFRIEND ASHLEY.
JADE AND ASHLEY
DENY KNOWING ANYTHING.
THEY INDICATE THAT
THEY HAD NOT SEEN BRANDY.
I HAVEN'T REALLY
TALKED TO HER MUCH LATELY.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN HER.
Narrator: BRANDY'S MOM
AND FRIENDS ARE SUSPICIOUS
AND URGE POLICE
TO QUESTION THE GIRLS.
Nicks:
WHY WAS SHE OUT IN THAT AREA
IF SHE WASN'T OUT THERE
TO SEE JADE?
Narrator:
POLICE QUESTION THEM,
BUT DON'T FIND ANY EVIDENCE
OF FOUL PLAY.
PLEASE KEEP US INFORMED.
SURE.
AFTER THREE DAYS
AND STILL NO SIGN OF BRANDY,
EVERYONE
STARTS TO FEAR THE WORST.
BUT NOTHING
COULD EVER PREPARE THEM
FOR WHAT THEY LEARN WHEN
THE SHOCKING TRUTH IS REVEALED.
I'M STARTING TO FREAK OUT,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WE WOKE THEM UP CRYING,
SCREAMING.
IT WAS DEVASTATING.
Narrator: 20-YEAR-OLD
BRANDY STEVENS-ROSINE
HAS BEEN MISSING FOR THREE DAYS.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
POLICE QUESTION
JADE AND HER GIRLFRIEND ASHLEY
ABOUT BRANDY'S DISAPPEARANCE.
THE GIRLS CLAIM
THEY HAVEN'T SEEN HER.
JADE JUST BLEW IT OFF LIKE,
"OH, YEAH,
SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT HERE."
Narrator: FRUSTRATED, POLICE
STEP UP THEIR INVESTIGATION,
AND SOON, THEY GET A BIG LEAD.
Nicks: THEY ACTUALLY LOCATED
BRANDY'S VEHICLE
IN THE GARAGE
WHERE JADE AND ASHLEY
WERE RESIDING AT THE TIME.
Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS FIND MORE EVIDENCE
WHEN THEY START
CHECKING AT LOCAL HOSPITALS.
THEY FOUND MEDICAL RECORDS
SHOWING THAT
ASHLEY HAD ACTUALLY
BEEN TREATED FOR AN INJURY
ON THE VERY DAY
BRANDY DISAPPEARED.
THAT GAVE THE INVESTIGATORS
ENOUGH OF A CONNECTION
TO GO BACK AND TALK TO
JADE AND ASHLEY A SECOND TIME.
HI.
REMEMBER DETECTIVE LIONEL?YEAH. HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
WE GOT
SOME MORE INFORMATION
THAT BRANDY
MAY HAVE BEEN AROUND.
Narrator: BUT THIS TIME, THE
GIRLS TELL A DIFFERENT STORY.
SHE STOPPED BY HERE...
AT THIS POINT, THEY SAID THAT
BRANDY HAD BEEN OVER
FOR A LITTLE BIT,
BUT SHE DIDN'T STAY LONG.
IT WAS ONLY
ABOUT FOR FIVE MINUTES.
IT JUST DOESN'T ADD UP.
YOU CAN'T JUST SAY,
"OH, WELL, SHE JUST LEFT."
Narrator: JADE AND ASHLEY
ARE NOW PRIME SUSPECTS...
THANK YOU VERY MUCH....BUT POLICE NEED PROOF.
THAT PROOF FINALLY COMES
ON MAY 23, 2012,
WHEN, SIX DAYS AFTER
BRANDY'S DISAPPEARANCE,
AUTHORITIES
MAKE A GRUESOME DISCOVERY
IN THE WOODS
BEHIND JADE AND ASHLEY'S HOUSE.
THEY FIND THIS SHALLOW GRAVE,
AND THEY BEGIN DIGGING.
Cartwright-Jones:
AND IN THAT SHALLOW GRAVE
WAS BRANDY'S
PARTIALLY DECOMPOSED BODY.
THIS IS SERGEANT SMITH.
Narrator: POLICE IMMEDIATELY
ARREST JADE AND ASHLEY.
DURING A SIX-HOUR INTERROGATION,
THE GIRLS EVENTUALLY CONFESS
THAT THEY CAME UP WITH
AN EVIL AND SHOCKING PLAN
TO KILL
JADE'S EX-GIRLFRIEND BRANDY.
THE GIRLS TELL POLICE
JADE BROUGHT BRANDY
BACK TO THEIR HOUSE.
THEN, JADE AND ASHLEY
SHOWED HER AROUND THE PROPERTY.
BUT BRANDY HAS NO IDEA
WHAT'S IN STORE FOR HER.
[ GRUNTING ]
JADE AND ASHLEY ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY ATTACK BRANDY.
Nicks: THIS WAS
PART OF THEIR MASTER PLAN
TO LURE BRANDY TO THIS LOCATION
WHERE NO ONE COULD SEE HER,
NO ONE COULD HEAR THE SCREAMS.
SHE WAS CHOKED.
SHE WAS RESTRAINED WITH A ROPE.
Narrator: THEY ALSO
BEAT HER WITH A SHOVEL.
DURING THE STRUGGLE,
ASHLEY IS INJURED.
THAT WAS BRANDY FIGHTING BACK.
SHE FOUGHT THE WHOLE TIME.
SHE WANTED TO LIVE,
AND SHE WAS BEGGING FOR HER LIFE
AND ASKED THEM TO LET HER GO.
[ GRUNTS ]
PLEASE!
SHUT UP! SHUT UP!
SHUT UP!
[ GRUNTS ]
Narrator: BUT THE GIRLS IGNORE
BRANDY'S DESPERATE PLEAS.
[ CLANGING ]
SAVAGELY BEATEN
AND CLINGING TO LIFE,
BRANDY LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS.
Nicks: AND THEN THEY DUMP HER
INTO THIS SHALLOW GRAVE.
SHE'S STILL ALIVE.
THEY TOOK A HUGE ROCK,
DROPPED IT ON HER HEAD,
AND THEN THEY ALSO
TOOK A BOTTLE OF WATER
AND TRIED TO POUR WATER
DOWN HER THROAT AND MOUTH
TO BASICALLY DROWN HER.
IN THAT SHALLOW GRAVE,
SHE SUFFOCATED.
IN EFFECT, SHE WAS BURIED ALIVE.
Narrator:
AFTER LEAVING BRANDY FOR DEAD,
JADE AND ASHLEY
USE HER CELLPHONE
TO COMPLETE THEIR TWISTED PLAN.
THEY SEND A TEXT MESSAGE
TO HER FRIENDS
TO KEEP EVERYBODY OFF THE TRAIL.
THAT TEXT MESSAGE READ,
"JADE NEVER SHOWED UP."
Nicks: THIS WAS JUST ALL A PLAN
TO THROW THE FAMILY OFF
SO THAT THEY WOULD
GO LOOKING FOR BRANDY ELSEWHERE.
Narrator: POLICE CONCLUDE THAT
THE VICIOUS MURDER IS THE RESULT
OF ASHLEY'S RESENTMENT
TOWARD JADE'S OLD GIRLFRIEND.
ASHLEY DIDN'T LIKE
BRANDY BEING AROUND JADE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM
PURE JEALOUSY TO THE Nth DEGREE.
Narrator:
AFTER THE GRUESOME CONFESSION,
BOTH ARE CHARGED
WITH MURDER AND CONSPIRACY.
POLICE BREAK THE HORRIFYING NEWS
TO BRANDY'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
Vaughn: WE CRIED AND CRIED
AND CRIED AND CRIED.
I THINK THAT IT'S MALICIOUS.
THEY'D ALREADY
HAD IT ALL PLANNED OUT.
Narrator:
IN THE FALL OF 2013,
BOTH JADE OLMSTEAD
AND ASHLEY BARBER
PLEAD GUILTY
TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
AND ARE SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON
WITHOUT
THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
LOVED ONES CAN'T BEGIN
TO FATHOM HOW BRANDY'S FRIEND --
SOMEONE SHE TRUSTED AND LOVED --
WOULD TAKE HER LIFE.
JADE AND BRANDY
IS THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE
THAT ANY PERSON
COULD HAVE IT IN THEM
TO BETRAY BRANDY.
IT IS EVIL.
IT'S DEFINITELY EVIL.
THIS IS THE WORST
THAT A PERSON COULD BE.
IT'S JUST THE LOWEST OF LOW.