Frenemies (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 10 - Maid of Dishonor - full transcript

Narrator:
THE POPULAR KID AND THE LONER

FIND COMMON GROUND
ON THE BALL FIELD.

WHAT BONDED THEM TOGETHER
WAS BASEBALL.

Narrator:
BUT WHEN ONE FALLS IN LOVE,

THEIR FRIENDSHIP
TAKES AN UNEXPECTED TURN.

HE WAS VERY POSSESSIVE
OF HIS GIRLFRIEND.

Narrator:
JEALOUSY AND RESENTMENT
LEAD THE FRIENDS

TO THE BREAKING POINT
AND BEYOND.

HE ELIMINATED THAT RISK,
AND HE DID IT IN A HORRIFIC WAY.

ARE YOU STUPID?!

Narrator:
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE
AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.



CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLDS
CHRIS DAIGLE AND RICKY MENDOZA

ARE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL STARS

WITH THEIR SIGHTS SET
ON THE MAJOR LEAGUES.

NICE!

THAT WAS BOTH OF THEIR DREAMS.

THESE TWO WERE GOOD.

Narrator: TEAMMATES AND FRIENDS
SINCE THEY WERE 5 YEARS OLD,

THE BOYS ARE INSEPARABLE.

THEY WENT TO SCHOOL
ALL THROUGH

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
AND ELEMENTARY.

THEY WERE JUST ALWAYS TOGETHER.

Narrator:
BUT THEIR CONNECTION RUNS
MUCH DEEPER THAN THE DIAMOND.

THEY BOTH
HAVE TROUBLED HOME LIVES.



SHOW ME JUST A LITTLE MODICUM
OF RESPECT.

Venable:
CHRIS, HIS MOTHER AND HIM
DID NOT GET ALONG

AND HE WOULD COMPLAIN EVERY DAY
THAT THEY HAD PROBLEMS,

AND RICKY WAS NOT CLOSE
WITH HIS MOTHER AT ALL

AND FELT NEGLECTED.

Narrator:
NEITHER BOY HAS GUIDANCE
FROM THEIR FATHERS, EITHER.

CHRIS'S DAD LEFT
WHEN HE WAS YOUNG

AND RICKY'S FATHER DIED
IN AN ACCIDENT.

BOTH OF THEM HAVING DADS
ABSENT IN THEIR LIFE.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING ELSE
THAT THEY KIND OF BONDED OVER.

Narrator: IN 2001,
CHRIS AND RICKY ARE JUNIORS

AT HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL
IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS,

A SUBURB NEAR HOUSTON.

CHRIS, TALL AND BLOND, IS ONE OF
THE MOST POPULAR KIDS AT SCHOOL.

HE WAS THE LEADER, YOU KNOW?

HE WAS A LITTLE DAREDEVIL.
[ CHUCKLES ]

WILD AND CRAZY.
KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE REBEL.

Talley:
CHRIS WAS FULL OF LIFE -- FUN.

IF HE DID HIS HAIR ONE WAY,

THEY'D START DOING THEIR HAIR
THAT WAY.

Venable:
THE GIRLS LOVED HIM. HE FLIRTED.
HE WAS THAT POPULAR GUY.

EVERYBODY LOVED CHRIS.

Narrator: RICKY COULDN'T BE
MORE DIFFERENT.

SHY AND QUIET, HE IS RARELY
THE CENTER OF ATTENTION

AND HAS A HARD TIME
MEETING GIRLS.

RICKY IS DEFINITELY
A LITTLE AWKWARD.

KIND OF AN ODDBALL.

HE DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF FRIENDS.

CHRIS IS REALLY HIS ONLY FRIEND
IN HIGH SCHOOL.

Narrator: THOUGH RICKY AND CHRIS
ARE POLAR OPPOSITES,

THEY ARE DRAWN TOGETHER BY THEIR
LOVE OF BASEBALL AND ADVENTURE.

CHRIS WOULD GO TO HIS HOUSE

AND THEY'D PLAY CATCH
IN THE BACKYARD.

THEY WOULD SKIP SCHOOL
AND GO MUDDING.

[ Chuckling ]
YEAH!

[ LAUGHS ]

THE MORE MUD, THE BETTER.

Venable: THEY WERE TWO DIFFERENT
KINDS OF PEOPLE,

BUT YET THEY WERE STILL FRIENDS
AT THE END OF THE DAY.

Narrator:
BUT THE BOYS HAD NO IDEA

THAT THEIR BOND
WOULD SOON BE RIPPED APART.

IN THE SPRING
OF THEIR JUNIOR YEAR,

CHRIS AND RICKY
SPEND EVEN MORE TIME TOGETHER

DURING BASEBALL SEASON.

ONE AFTERNOON, WHEN THE BOYS ARE
RIDING THE BUS HOME FROM A GAME,

CHRIS AND A TEAMMATE
GET INTO AN ARGUMENT.

DID YOU REALLY
JUST THROW THIS AT ME?

I DIDN'T THROW THAT
AT YOU.

ONE OF THE BOYS
THREW A BOTTLE OF URINE,

AND HE, OF COURSE, WAS UPSET

AND HE THREW IT BACK...

...AND SOME OF IT HIT THE COACH
AND THE COACH BECAME VERY UPSET.

DID YOU THROW THAT AT ME?
YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

GET OUT OF THE VAN
RIGHT NOW.

LET'S GO! GET OUT.

Narrator:
CHRIS IS IMMEDIATELY
KICKED OFF THE TEAM.

AND I WENT AND BEGGED THE COACH
TO LET HIM PLAY

AND HE SAYS, "NO."

Talley:
HE LIVED BASEBALL.

EAT, SLEEP, DRINK,
BREATHE BASEBALL.

THAT WAS ALL THERE WAS
TO HIS WORLD.

Narrator:
BUT CHRIS ISN'T THE ONLY ONE
WHOSE BASEBALL DREAMS

COME TO AN UNEXPECTED END.

IRONICALLY, A FEW WEEKS LATER,

RICKY SUFFERS A CAREER-ENDING
INJURY ON A ROUTINE THROW.

AH!

Venable:
RICKY TORE A LIGAMENT IN HIS ARM

AND HE WAS
REALLY, REALLY UPSET

THAT HE COULDN'T PLAY BASEBALL
ANYMORE.

Narrator: IT'S A STUNNING BLOW
FOR BOTH OF THEM.

NOT PLAYING THE GAME THEY LOVE

LEAVES A GAPING VOID
IN THEIR LIVES,

BUT CHRIS TAKES IT HARDER
THAN RICKY.

HE'S ANGRY AND BLOWS OFF STEAM
AT RICKY'S EXPENSE.

Zavala: CHRIS WOULD
KIND OF POKE FUN AT HIM.

I THINK IT WAS JUST TEENAGERS
KIND OF MESSING AROUND.

AND RICKY THOUGHT,

"YEAH, I'M GONNA GO ALONG WITH
THIS BECAUSE I'M YOUR FRIEND."

BUT AS THE WEEKS GO BY,

CHRIS STEPS UP THE TAUNTING
AND TEASING,

LEAVING RICKY FEELING HURT
AND HUMILIATED.

HEY, RICKY.

[ CHUCKLES ]

HE WAS PRETTY UPSET.

RICKY TRUSTED CHRIS.

CHRIS DIDN'T KNOW
HOW MUCH RICKY LOVED HIM.

AND SOON, RESENTMENT
AND BACKSTABBING

WILL LEAD THESE LIFELONG FRIENDS
DOWN A DARK AND TWISTED PATH.

THEY DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO DO
WHAT HE DID.

AND IT TURNED INTO BLOOD
AND MURDER.

Narrator:
AFTER CHRIS AND RICKY'S BASEBALL
DREAMS COME TO A CRASHING HALT,

CHRIS TAKES HIS ANGER OUT
ON HIS BEST FRIEND

BY BULLYING RICKY
IN FRONT OF THEIR CLASSMATES,

BUT RICKY REFUSES
TO LET IT COME BETWEEN THEM.

[ LAUGHS ]

RICKY WASN'T THAT OUTGOING,

SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHY
HE WAS MORE FIXATED, YOU KNOW,

IN HOLDING ONTO
THAT RELATIONSHIP.

Narrator:
BUT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS,

TENSION MOUNTS
AS RICKY'S TOLERANCE WEARS THIN.

HIGH SCHOOL WAS WHERE THAT WEDGE
CAME IN BETWEEN THEM.

Narrator: THEN SOMETHING
UNEXPECTED HAPPENS

THAT TURNS RICKY'S LIFE AROUND.

RICKY FINALLY GOT A GIRLFRIEND.

SHE'S 14-YEAR-OLD
MEAGAN VENABLE.

Owen: MEAGAN WAS
A VERY ATTRACTIVE GIRL

AND HE HAD STARTED DATING HER

WHILE SHE WAS STILL
IN JUNIOR HIGH,

AND HE WAS ALREADY
IN HIGH SCHOOL.

DESPITE THE THREE-YEAR
AGE DIFFERENCE,

RICKY AND MEAGAN
QUICKLY GET SERIOUS.

I LOVED HIM TO DEATH.

HE CARED ABOUT ME.

WE WOULD TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING.

WE JUST CONNECTED
ON THAT DEEPER LEVEL.

Narrator:
WHEN MEAGAN ENTERS THE PICTURE,

RICKY'S FRIENDSHIP WITH CHRIS
TAKES A BACK SEAT,

AND FOR CHRIS, IT'S
AN UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE TO BE.

SIX MONTHS LATER, WHEN
THE 2002 SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS,

RICKY AND CHRIS ARE SENIORS

AND MEAGAN IS JUST STARTING
HIGH SCHOOL.

RICKY WAS REALLY PROUD OF THE
FACT THAT HE HAD A GIRLFRIEND.

Narrator:
MEAGAN IS A HEAD-TURNER.

FOR RICKY,
IT'S A BLESSING AND A CURSE.

WE STARTED OFF HIGH SCHOOL AND
ALL THE GUYS STARTED LIKING ME.

AND RICKY'S BEST FRIEND
IS NO EXCEPTION.

CHRIS, WHO'S ALWAYS BEEN
THE LADIES' MAN,

THINKS MEAGAN IS OUT OF RICKY'S
LEAGUE AND MORE IN HIS.

CHRIS AND MEAGAN ARE IN THE SAME
FOURTH-PERIOD STUDY HALL,

AND SOON, CHRIS MAKES A MOVE
ON HIS BEST FRIEND'S GIRL.

CHRIS WAS GETTING A LITTLE
FRIENDLY WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND.

Narrator:
MUCH TO CHRIS' SURPRISE,
MEAGAN REJECTS HIS ADVANCES.

Venable: I WAS THAT ONE GIRL
HE COULDN'T GET.

HE'S LOOKING AT RICKY GOING,
"YOU'RE NOT EVEN ATTRACTIVE.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE
THAT I DON'T HAVE?"

IT WAS ALMOST A COMPETITION
BETWEEN THEM BOTH.

Narrator: CHRIS IS DETERMINED
TO STEAL MEAGAN AWAY FROM RICKY

AND TAKES EVERY OPPORTUNITY
TO FLIRT RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.

INSIDE, RICKY IS FURIOUS,
BUT HE KEEPS IT TO HIMSELF.

[ LOCKER DOOR SLAMS ]

RICKY TOOK THAT TO HEART
AND DIDN'T LIKE IT.

HOWEVER,
HE DID VALUE HIS FRIENDSHIP

AND HE NEVER REALLY
CONFRONTED CHRIS,

ESPECIALLY IN FRONT
OF OTHER PEOPLE.

Narrator:
BUT RICKY HAS MORE TO WORRY
ABOUT THAN JUST CHRIS.

MEAGAN'S PARENTS DON'T APPROVE
OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

WHEN OUR PARENTS HAD LEARNED

THAT WE LOST OUR VIRGINITIES
TO EACH OTHER,

MY PARENTS WERE NOT VERY HAPPY.

UNDAUNTED,
RICKY SURPRISES MEAGAN

AND STOPS BY FOR A VISIT
LATE ONE NIGHT.

Venable: HE SHOWED UP
AT MY BEDROOM WINDOW

AND KNOCKED ON THE WINDOW.

DAD, STOP!

Narrator:
MEAGAN'S FATHER IS FURIOUS.

MY DAD BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF HIM.

HELLO, POLICE?

HE CALLED THE COPS ON HIM.

IT WAS A PRETTY BIG ORDEAL,

SO WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DATE
AT ALL.

Narrator: BUT RICKY AND MEAGAN
CONTINUED TO DEFY HER PARENTS.

WE HAD A VERY, YOU KNOW,
SNEAKY RELATIONSHIP.

AS THE WEEKS GO BY,

RICKY BECOMES MORE CONTROLLING
OVER MEAGAN.

HE FEARS CHRIS
WILL STEAL HER AWAY,

SO HE WALKS HER TO AND FROM
ALL HER CLASSES.

RICKY WAS VERY POSSESSIVE
OF HIS GIRLFRIEND AT THAT TIME.

Narrator:
BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP CHRIS
FROM FLIRTING WITH HER.

TO HIM, IT'S NOTHING BUT A GAME.

WHEN CHRIS WAS KIND OF FLIRTING
OR EVEN JUST TALKING TO HER,

THAT SET HIM OFF.

THE JEALOUSY, THE RAGE,
AND POSSESSIVENESS

GOT A LITTLE OUT OF CONTROL.

DESPITE THE INCREASING FRICTION,

THE BOND BETWEEN THE BOYS
STAYS INTACT.

EVEN IF THERE WAS
A LITTLE BAD BLOOD,

A LITTLE TENSION,
A LITTLE TEASING,

CHRIS STILL VALUED HIS
FRIENDSHIP WITH HIS BEST BUDDY.

Narrator: BUT SOON,
THEIR FRIENDSHIP WILL BE TESTED

IN WAYS NO ONE
COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED.

HIS LIFE IS COMPLETELY
SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL.

I DON'T THINK
THAT ANYBODY ELSE KNEW

WHAT HIS INTENT WAS
THAT DAY.

Narrator:
IN OCTOBER OF SENIOR YEAR,

CHRIS CONTINUES FLIRTING
WITH HIS BEST FRIEND'S GIRL

AND ENJOYS GETTING A RISE
OUT OF RICKY.

AS A RESULT, RICKY BECOMES
OVERLY POSSESSIVE OF MEAGAN.

Venable: HE ALWAYS WAS WORRIED
ABOUT CHRIS.

"WHO'S SHE WITH?
IS SHE WITH CHRIS?

WHAT IS SHE DOING WITH CHRIS?"

BUT ONE AFTERNOON, MEAGAN TAKES
OFF WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS

AND DOESN'T TELL RICKY WHERE
SHE'S GOING OR WHO SHE'S WITH.

I SKIPPED SCHOOL, AND WE
ALL WENT MUDDING WITH CHRIS.

READY.

[ LAUGHTER ]

WHEN THEY CAME BACK TO SCHOOL,
RICKY WAS WAITING.

MEAGAN,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHEN WE PULL UP
AND I SEE HIM STANDING OUTSIDE

AND I WAS TERRIFIED.

I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,
"OH, MY GOD.

HE IS ABOUT TO BEAT MY ASS."

Narrator:
RICKY ANGRILY CONFRONTS MEAGAN
IN FRONT OF THEIR FRIENDS.

RICKY,
YOU'RE BEING RIDICULOUS.

MEAGAN,
GET OUT OF THE CAR.

LET'S GO.RICKY --

SHUT UP.

Owen:
HE WAS VERY UPSET.

HE WAS VERY ROUGH

AND VERY, YOU KNOW, HARSH
IN HOW HE DEALT WITH MEAGAN.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BOTHER
YOU SO MUCH.

ARE YOU STUPID?!

HE HITS ME IN THE FACE
AND EVERYBODY GETS PISSED.

I'M TALKING PISSED.

I TOLD YOU TO STOP [BLEEP]

I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.

MEAGAN, NO.

Venable:
CHRIS, THE WHOLE CREW,
ALL RAN UP ON HIM

AND WERE LIKE,
"GET OFF OF HER NOW."

YOU STAY RIGHT THERE.

Mendoza: BACK UP! BACK UP!Man: WHAT IS WRONG?

GET OFF OF ME.

YO, BACK UP.
BACK UP.

I'M CRYING. I'M SCARED.
I'M, LIKE, FREAKED OUT.

HE WAS VERY MAD,
AND AT THAT POINT,

HE WAS PRETTY MUCH DONE
WITH CHRIS.

LIKE, HE HAD HAD ENOUGH.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

GET IN.

Narrator:
CHRIS IS ALSO FURIOUS

AS RICKY STORMS OFF WITH MEAGAN
IN HIS TRUCK.

THAT JEALOUSY, THAT TENSION,
IT BUILT UP -- BIG TIME.

Narrator: WITH THEIR FRIENDSHIP
AT THE BREAKING POINT,

RICKY TIGHTENS HIS GRIP
ON MEAGAN.

MEANWHILE, CHRIS TAKES HIS
BAD-BOY ACT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

Zavala: BUT CHRIS WAS SORT OF
SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL.

HE WAS USING A LOT OF DRUGS,
TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS.

Narrator:
CHRIS IS REBELLIOUS IN SCHOOL,
ESPECIALLY DURING STUDY HALL.

CHRIS AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT KIDS
WOULD TAKE DRUGS IN SCHOOL,

AND NOBODY DID ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.

THEY WOULD BRING IN XANAX AND
THEY WOULD CUT IT UP ON THE DESK

AND SNORT IT
RIGHT IN THE CLASSROOM.

Narrator: AND IN THAT SAME
FOURTH-PERIOD STUDY HALL,

TENSION BETWEEN RICKY AND CHRIS
BOILS OVER WHEN RICKY WALKS BY

AND DOESN'T LIKE WHAT HE SEES.

CHRIS WAS KIND OF
HANGING ON MEAGAN

AND KIND OF FLIRTING WITH HER.

Narrator: OUTRAGED,
RICKY BURSTS INTO THE CLASSROOM.

YO, GET YOUR HANDS
OFF MY GIRL.

THAT'S MY GIRL.
BACK UP.

Narrator:
THE OLD FRIENDS FACE OFF
AND ARE ABOUT TO COME TO BLOWS.

Venable:
RICKY!

GET OUT.

CHRIS WAS DISSING RICKY,
LIKE, YOU KNOW, "SCREW YOU."

I'M GONNA DO
WHAT I'M GONNA DO,"

AND RICKY WAS LIKE, "SCREW YOU.

I'M GONNA TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS,
WHETHER YOU THINK SO OR NOT."

BACK IT UP.Venable: GUYS, GUYS!

YOU GONNA TRY SOMETHING?

Narrator: NO BLOOD IS SHED,
BUT ONCE AGAIN,

RICKY FEELS BETRAYED
BY HIS BEST FRIEND.

YOU MOVE BACK.

Venable: HE KEPT THINKING,
"CHRIS IS GONNA TAKE MY GIRL,"

AND HE WAS NOT COOL WITH THAT.

HE SAID NO. LIKE, "NO.
THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL."

Narrator:
CHRIS HAS ALSO HAD ENOUGH,
AND, WITH THE FRIENDS AT ODDS,

RESENTMENT BUILDS

AND THEIR LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP
IS HEADED TOWARDS A VIOLENT END.

HE COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE,
AND HE WAS GOING TO GET REVENGE.

HE HAD A LOT OF ENEMIES,

BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST ENEMIES
OF ALL WAS HIS BEST FRIEND.

CHILDHOOD FRIENDS,
RICKY AND CHRIS,

NEARLY COME TO BLOWS
AFTER RICKY CATCHES CHRIS

COMING ON TO HIS GIRLFRIEND.

GET OUT! GET OUT!GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME!

HE WAS JEALOUS.
COULDN'T STAND IT ANYMORE.

Narrator:
CHRIS SEEMS TO OVERLOOK IT, BUT
MEAGAN KNOWS TROUBLE IS BREWING.

I LOVED CHRIS.
AS A FRIEND, HE WAS FABULOUS.

BUT I KNOW HOW RICKY
THOUGHT OF HIM,

AND HE FELT
THAT HE WAS A THREAT.

Narrator: IT'S A THREAT
RICKY WILL NO LONGER TOLERATE.

A FEW DAYS AFTER
THE CLASSROOM INCIDENT,

RICKY APPEARS TO HAVE PUT
THEIR CONFRONTATION BEHIND HIM.

HEY.
WHAT'S GOING ON?

AND ON NOVEMBER 7, 2002,

RICKY INVITES CHRIS
TO HANG OUT AFTER SCHOOL

WITH RICKY'S 15-YEAR-OLD COUSIN,
DANIEL RODRIGUEZ,

AND HIS 14-YEAR-OLD FRIEND,
JOSH FRETZ.

THEY WERE GOING TO GO
AND PICK PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOMS.

THAT WAS THEIR THING.

AND RICKY TOLD HIS FRIENDS
THAT THEY WERE GONNA SHOOT BIRDS

WHILE THEY WERE THERE.

THAT WASN'T UNCOMMON FOR
THE KIDS TO GO SQUIRREL HUNTING

OR GO SHOOT DOVE OR WHATEVER
OUT IN THOSE FIELDS.

THE TEENS DRIVE OUT TO A
DESERTED AREA A MILE FROM TOWN,

AND AS THEY GET OUT
OF THE TRUCK,

RICKY GRABS
HIS 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN.

AS THEY'RE WALKING,
RICKY SAID SOMETHING

AND CHRIS TURNED AND LOOKED AWAY
FROM RICKY.

[ GUN COCKS ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

AT THAT POINT, RICKY SHOT CHRIS
IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

[ GUN COCKS, GUNSHOT ]

HE WAS DEAD
BEFORE HE HIT THE GROUND.

Zavala: RICKY MURDERED
HIS FRIEND IN COLD BLOOD.

IT ALL BOILED DOWN TO JEALOUSY,

AND THIS WAS SOMEBODY
THAT CHRIS TRUSTED.

GO! GO! GO! GO!

Narrator:
JOSH AND DANIEL ARE SHOCKED
AND TAKE OFF RUNNING.

RICKY FOLLOWS, SHOTGUN IN HAND.

GET IN THE [BLEEP] CAR.

THE OTHER FRIENDS PANICKED...

[BLEEP]

...AND AT THAT MOMENT, THEY
DID EXACTLY WHAT RICKY SAID --

GET IN THE CAR
AND DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.

DO NOT EVER SPEAK ABOUT THIS.
YOU HEAR ME?

RICKY THREATENED THEM

AND THEY WERE AFRAID THAT
HE MIGHT DO THE SAME TO THEM.

Narrator:
THE DAY AFTER THE MURDER,

RICKY FORCES JOSH AND DANIEL
TO RETURN TO BURY CHRIS,

BUT NOT BEFORE RICKY KNOCKS OUT
CHRIS'S TEETH WITH A HAMMER

AND CUTS OFF HIS FINGERS,

IN AN ATTEMPT
TO MAKE HIS BODY UNIDENTIFIABLE.

WHEN CHRIS DOESN'T SHOW UP
AT HOME FOR A FEW DAYS,

AT FIRST, NO ONE IS WORRIED.

EVERYBODY THAT KNEW HIM

WAS KIND OF CONSIDERING
HIS LIFESTYLE AT THE TIME --

A DRUG USER,
KIND OF BEING A REBEL --

AND THEN THEY THOUGHT
HE DID RUN AWAY.

Narrator:
BUT AFTER A WEEK GOES BY
WITH NO WORD FROM CHRIS,

HIS FAMILY CALLS POLICE
AND A MASSIVE SEARCH BEGINS.

I TOOK OFF WORK AND I WENT
AROUND ALL THE DITCHES

AND LITTLE LAKES AROUND HERE,

AND I WAS LOOKING FOR HIM.

Narrator:
WHEN POLICE LEARN ABOUT THE BAD
BLOOD BETWEEN CHRIS AND RICKY,

THEY QUESTION THE TEENAGER.

WHICH MALL?

Owen:
RICKY SAID, "YEAH, I PICKED HIM
UP AND WE WENT TO THE MALL.

THEN WE RAN INTO SOME GIRLS

AND THEN MY MOM CALLED
TO TELL ME TO COME HOME

AND HE SAID HE WASN'T READY.

SO I LEFT HIM THERE AND THAT'S
THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM."

Narrator: AUTHORITIES BELIEVE
RICKY'S STORY.

THE INVESTIGATORS SPENT A WHOLE
LOT OF TIME BASICALLY CHASING,

YOU KNOW, RABBIT TRAILS WHERE
THERE WAS NO REAL EVIDENCE

EVER FOUND
OF WHAT HAPPENED TO CHRIS.

Narrator:
AFTER AN AGONIZING YEAR GOES BY,
THERE'S STILL NO SIGN OF CHRIS.

HIS CASE GOES COLD.

Wanda: IT TORE ME UP.

THEN I BEGAN TO ACCEPT

THAT SOMETHING
REALLY DRASTIC HAPPENED.

Zavala: WHEN THAT CASE WAS COLD,
CHRIS' FAMILY LIVED IN HELL.

Narrator:
ALTHOUGH NO ONE KNOWS
WHAT RICKY HAS DONE,

IT'S OBVIOUS HE HAS CHANGED.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHO YOU ARE ANYMORE.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU.

Narrator:
MEAGAN SOON BREAKS UP WITH HIM,

AND NOW THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT
PEOPLE IN HIS LIFE ARE GONE.

WE WEREN'T TOGETHER AFTER THIS.

ME AND RICKY WERE DONE.

Venable: AFTER HIGH SCHOOL,
RICKY'S LIFE SPIRALS DOWNWARD.

AFTER THE MURDER, IT'S SAID THAT
RICKY REALLY WAS GUILT-RIDDEN.

HE GOT HEAVY INTO DRUGS,
COULDN'T KEEP A JOB.

Narrator:
AS THE YEARS GO BY,

IT APPEARS RICKY
WILL GET AWAY WITH MURDER...

EXCUSE ME.

...UNTIL ALMOST
A DECADE LATER...

DID YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW MY SON
CHRIS DAIGLE?

Narrator:
REFUSING TO GIVE UP ON HER SON,

CHRIS'S MOTHER
HAS A CHANCE ENCOUNTER

WITH ONE OF RICKY'S OLD FRIENDS.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANY PIECE
OF INFORMATION WE CAN GET.

UNBELIEVABLY,
THE FRIEND TELLS HER

THAT SEVERAL MONTHS
AFTER CHRIS WENT MISSING,

RICKY ADMITTED HE KILLED HIM.

WHY DIDN'T YOU
TELL ANYBODY?

I THOUGHT
HE WAS MAKING IT UP.

SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT
HE WAS LYING,

THAT SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE
SOMEBODY SHE KNEW WOULD DO THAT,

SO SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

SHE JUST GAVE ME THE WHOLE STORY
OF WHAT HAPPENED.

SHE WAS FRIENDS WITH ALL THREE
OF THE BOYS THAT WERE INVOLVED,

AND THEN I GOT HER
TO TALK TO THE DETECTIVES

AND THEY STARTED
INVESTIGATING MORE.

Narrator:
ARMED WITH NEW INFORMATION,

POLICE HAUL JOSH AND DANIEL
IN FOR QUESTIONING.

TAKE ME THROUGH THAT DAY
WHEN RICKY KILLED CHRIS.

NOW IN THEIR 20s,

JOSH AND DANIEL ARE EAGER TO
FINALLY CLEAR THEIR CONSCIENCES.

THEY TOLD THE TWO INVESTIGATORS

EXACTLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED
IN THE FIELD THAT DAY,

AND IT WAS VERY, VERY HARD
TO KNOW THIS SECRET

AND NOT TELL ANYBODY.

Narrator: ON AUGUST 11, 2011,

ALMOST NINE YEARS AFTER
RICKY MURDERED HIS BEST FRIEND,

DETECTIVES UNEARTH
CHRIS DAIGLE'S REMAINS.

THE NEXT DAY,
RICKY MENDOZA, NOW 26,

IS ARRESTED AND CHARGED
WITH CHRIS'S MURDER.

Venable:
I THINK THAT'S WHY HE DIDN'T
EVER DO ANYTHING WITH HIS LIFE.

HE KNEW THIS WAS GONNA
CATCH UP TO HIM ONE DAY.

ON FEBRUARY 11, 2013,

RICKY IS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED
TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON.

[ CELL DOOR LOCKS ]

CHRIS'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS
ARE DISTRAUGHT

KNOWING THAT SOMEONE
THEY ALL KNEW AND TRUSTED

COMMITTED SUCH A HEINOUS CRIME

AND MADE THEIR LIVES
A LIVING HELL,

WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED
FOR NEARLY A DECADE.

Wanda:
WHAT WAS RICKY THINKING?

WHY WOULD HE DO SUCH A THING?

THAT REALLY HURTS.

Talley: YOU DON'T EVER WANT
TO THINK THAT SOMEBODY YOU KNEW,

SOMEBODY THAT YOU
WERE FRIENDS WITH,

THAT YOU ATE LUNCH
WITH EVERY DAY,

WOULD DO SOMETHING THAT COWARDLY

OVER SOMETHING
AS DUMB AS A GIRL.

Tracie: FRIENDS ARE SUPPOSED
TO HAVE YOUR BACK.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE
FOR YOU THROUGH THICK AND THIN.

YOU WOULD NEVER THINK THAT
SOMEBODY WOULD TURN ON YOU.

IT'S NOT RIGHT.