Frenemies (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 11 - Gang of Misfits - full transcript

Narrator:
THE WEIGHTLIFTER AND THE LONER

FORM AN UNLIKELY BROMANCE.

BOTH OF THEM DIDN'T
WANT TO LISTEN TO ANYBODY.

Narrator:
BUT SOON JEALOUSY AND RESENTMENT

DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN THEM...

HE THOUGHT HE WAS
A THREAT TO HIS AUTHORITY.

Narrator:
...LEADING TO A TWISTED PLOT

OF IMMEASURABLE EVIL.

Grigoriadis:
THIS IS LIKE A GHOST STORY
THAT YOU TELL AT A CAMPFIRE.

IT'S SCARY.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY, VERY SICK



TO WANT TO
DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

[ GRUNTING ]

Narrator:
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE
AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

JARED WHALEY
IS A FUN-LOVING JUNIOR

AT SILVERADO HIGH SCHOOL
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF LAS VEGAS.

HE WAS REALLY LOVABLE,
REALLY FUNNY, PRACTICAL JOKER.

HE WAS A PRETTY DOWN-TO-EARTH
GUY AND VERY NICE TO PEOPLE.

HE WAS TESTED AS A YOUNG CHILD
WITH THE IQ OF A GENIUS.

Narrator: INTELLIGENCE ASIDE,

THE 16-YEAR-OLD SOMETIMES
HAS ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY.

STOP, MOM!

GET OUT OF MY ROOM!
JUST LEAVE!

HE WAS JUST ONE OF THESE PEOPLE



WHO DIDN'T WANT TO
BE TOLD WHAT TO DO.

Narrator: TO LET OFF STEAM,
JARED GETS INTO WEIGHTLIFTING,

BUILDING MUSCLE AND CONFIDENCE.

Kevin:
HE WAS REALLY INTO IT.

HE WAS ALWAYS
TALKING ABOUT HIS PROGRESS

AND HOW MUCH HE WAS BENCHING.

[ BELL RINGS ]

Narrator: THAT YEAR,

JARED MEETS
CLASSMATE MATT BAKER.

[ HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYS ]

THE YOUNG MEN ARE DRAWN TOGETHER
BY A LOVE OF HEAVY METAL BANDS

AND INSTANTLY HIT IT OFF.

Grigoriadis: THEY LISTENED TO
A LOT OF HARD-CORE MUSIC.

Narrator: UNLIKE JARED,

MATT IS NOT CONSIDERED
ONE OF THE COOL KIDS.

HE WAS DEFINITELY
A PENSIVE AND THOUGHTFUL PERSON,

ONE OF THE SMARTER GUYS
IN SCHOOL.

Narrator:
MATT IS MORE INTERESTED
IN WATCHING MOVIES

THAN LIFTING WEIGHTS
LIKE HIS BUDDY JARED.

BUT MATT DOES HAVE
A QUIET CONFIDENCE

AND POWERFUL EDGE
TO HIS PERSONALITY.

MATT BAKER
IS A MASTER MANIPULATOR,

AND HE COULD LITERALLY
SELL YOU A BOX OF SAND.

Narrator:
DESPITE THEIR DIFFERENCES,

MATT AND JARED
QUICKLY BECOME INSEPARABLE.

Patricia: MATT -- HE LOVED TO
BE AROUND JARED.

THEY GOT ALONG REALLY WELL,
YOU KNOW?

THEY NEVER ARGUED.

MAYBE BECAUSE
HE WAS SHY AND JARED WAS CRAZY,

THEIR PERSONALITIES
JUST WERE GOOD TOGETHER.

Narrator: BUT NEITHER YOUNG MAN
COULD PREDICT

THAT THEIR TIGHT-KNIT BOND
WOULD SOON LEAD TO

ONE OF THE WORST CRIMES
IMAGINABLE.

THAT SPRING, JARED AND MATT,
ALONG WITH

THEIR GROUP OF FRIENDS
WHO CALL THEMSELVES "THE CREW,"

START HANGING OUT A SPOT
KNOWN AS "THE DRINKING HILL."

Patricia:
IT'S JUST AN OPEN DIRT FIELD,

AND THE KIDS WOULD HANG OUT
THERE AND GET BEER AND DRINK.

Narrator: BUT THE DRINKING HILL
HABIT IS EXPENSIVE.

YOU'RE TELLING ME
NO ONE HAS CASH?

AND WITHOUT THE FUNDS
TO FUEL THEIR FAVORITE ACTIVITY,

MATT COMES UP WITH A RISKY PLAN
TO GET THEM WHAT THEY WANT.

JUST STEAL IT.

STEAL IT?STEAL IT.

Narrator: MATT CONVINCES
JARED AND THE CREW

TO COMMIT A SERIES
OF LIQUOR-STORE HEISTS.

WHOO!
[ LAUGHS ]

THEY LITERALLY RUSH IN AS A MOB,

GRAB ONE, TWO CASES EACH.

OUT THEY'D GO.
THEY'D DARE ANYONE TO STOP THEM.

COME ON.
GO, GO, GO!

Narrator: MATT'S PLAN WORKS,
AND OVER THE SUMMER,

THE LIQUOR-STORE ROBBERIES
SUPPLY THEIR DRINKING HABITS.

BUT THE TEENS HAVE ANOTHER VICE
THEY NEED MONEY FOR --

SMOKING WEED.

ONCE AGAIN,
MATT HAS A SHADY PROPOSAL

FOR JARED AND THE CREW.

HE SUGGESTS THEY SELL POT.

Baker:
I WAS THINKING EACH OF YOU GUYS

TAKE TWO OR THREE
OF THESE BAD BOYS.

Grigoriadis: MATT WAS
TELLING ALL THE OTHER BOYS

THAT HE COULD CREATE, LIKE,

A KIND OF
DRUG-LORD THING FOR HIMSELF,

AND THEY COULD BE HIS GANG.

IT WASN'T
A VERY PROFESSIONAL OPERATION.

THEY WERE JUST
SELLING DIME BAGS AND 20 BAGS.

Narrator:
WITH ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS UNDER HIS BELT,

BY AUGUST 2003,

MATT IS OBSESSED WITH
BEING THE LEADER OF THE CREW.

HE WAS THE PLANNER, AND HE GOT

THE OTHER GUYS
TO DO WHAT HE WANTED DONE.

Narrator:
MATT GETS HIS INSPIRATION

FROM LAS-VEGAS-BASED MOB MOVIES
LIKE "CASINO,"

AND WATCHES THEM
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

Grigoriadis:
IN MATT'S MIND, SELLING DRUGS

WAS GOING TO BECOME GARGANTUAN

AND HE WOULD BE THE DON.

Narrator: HE EVEN
STARTS DRESSING THE PART,

WEARING DARK CLOTHING
AND A BLACK TRENCH COAT.

Patricia:
HE WANTED TO BE MR. MAFIA.

HE WANTED CONTROL.

Lomprey:
HE ACTUALLY STARTED BELIEVING

THE MOVIES HE WAS WATCHING ABOUT

BEING THIS ALL-EMPOWERING,

ALL-ENCOMPASSING
LEADER OF A MAFIA SECT.

Narrator:
SOON, MATT UPS THE ANTE

AND TELLS THE CREW
THAT HE WANTS THEM TO

START SELLING METHAMPHETAMINES

IN HOPES OF
TURNING EVEN BIGGER PROFITS.

ALL RIGHT, IF WE MOVE THIS,
WE ONLY HAVE TO WORK

MAYBE TWO OR THREE DAYS A WEEK.

Narrator:
BUT JARED IS CONCERNED THAT MATT

IS TAKING THEIR DRUG SELLING
TO A DANGEROUS LEVEL

AND BEGINS TO DISTANCE HIMSELF
FROM HIS FRIEND.

I DON'T THINK HE REALLY
WANTED TO START SELLING METH.

Narrator: JARED HAS
A DIFFERENT GOAL IN MIND --

TO JOIN THE MARINES.

HE KNOWS HE CAN'T AFFORD
TO GET INTO TROUBLE,

SO HE STEPS UP
HIS BODY-BUILDING REGIMEN.

JARED WORKED OUT A LOT.

IT HELPED HIM
FEEL BETTER ABOUT HIMSELF.

Narrator:
THE HARD WORK PAYS OFF.

JARED'S BUFFER THAN EVER,

AND EVERYONE IS TAKING NOTICE.

A LOT OF THE GIRLS
REALLY LIKED HIM.

Kevin:
HE WAS GETTING A LITTLE COCKIER,
AND, LIKE, "I'M HOT. I'M BUILT."

AND LIKE,
"I'LL BEAT ANYBODY UP."

Narrator:
AS JARED GETS HEALTHIER,

MATT SPIRALS DOWNWARD.

HE PUTS ALL HIS ENERGY
INTO RUNNING HIS DRUG BUSINESS,

AND MATT
IS HIS OWN BEST CUSTOMER.

MATT HAD BEEN STRUNG OUT ON METH
FOR A LONG TIME.

Narrator: DRUG USE SOON
BEGINS TO TAKE ITS TOLL ON MATT.

HE BECOMES
PARANOID AND DELUSIONAL.

AND BY THE START
OF THE BOYS' SENIOR YEAR,

MATT SUSPECTS THAT
HIS BEST FRIEND, JARED,

IS STEALING THEIR DRUGS.

HE'S ALSO CONVINCED THAT JARED

IS THREATENING HIS ROLE
AS BOSS OF THE CREW.

Kevin:
JARED HAD THE KIND OF QUALITIES

THAT OTHER PEOPLE LOOK UP TO.

Lomprey:
MATT WANTED TO BE EVERYTHING

THAT JARED WHALEY WAS.

Narrator:
BUT LITTLE DOES JARED KNOW

MATT'S GROWING PARANOIA

IS A REAL THREAT
TO THEIR FRIENDSHIP

AND WILL LEAD TO
UNIMAGINABLE CONSEQUENCES.

THE LOOK IN HIS EYE
JUST WENT FROM

NORMAL LOOK TO RAGE.

THE WHOLE THING
JUST BLEW MY MIND.

Narrator: MATT RESENTS
HIS BEST FRIEND JARED'S

GROWING POPULARITY IN SCHOOL.

HIS INCREASING DRUG USE

ALSO MAKES MATT
INSECURE AND PARANOID,

SO MUCH SO THAT HE BELIEVES

JARED IS STEALING THEIR DRUGS

AND HAS PLANS
TO TAKE OVER THE CREW.

HE SAW JARED AS COMPETITION --
A THREAT TO HIS POWER.

[ BELL RINGS ]

Narrator:
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,

MATT THINKS JARED IS HOOKING UP
WITH A GIRL HE LIKES.

MATT A GREAT CRUSH ON KRISTIN,

BUT KRISTIN WAS NOT INTERESTED.

I JUST THINK
SHE LIKED TO BE AROUND JARED

'CAUSE HE WAS FUNNY.

Narrator: MATT IS DEVASTATED,
AND HE'S ANGRY.

HE FEELS THAT JARED
"TOOK" HIS GIRLFRIEND.

MATT WAS HUMILIATED.
HE HAD HAD IT.

Narrator: A FEW DAYS LATER,

MATT AND THE CREW
ARE AT THE DRINKING HILL.

BUT JARED'S NOT THERE.

BEHIND JARED'S BACK,
MATT TELLS EVERYONE

THAT HIS FRIEND
CAN NO LONGER BE TRUSTED.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW JARED?

A COUPLE DAYS AGO.YEAH, EXACTLY.

HE CONCOCTED IN HIS HEAD
THAT JARED WAS THREATENING HIM

AND JEOPARDIZING
HIS DRUG OPERATION.

I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM RUIN
WHAT WE STARTED.

MATT SAID, "WE NEED TO GET HIM."

HE BECAME CONSUMED,

AND HE DREW EVERYONE ELSE
IN TO THIS.

Narrator: LATER THAT NIGHT,
MATT SEARCHES THE INTERNET

FOR WAYS TO POISON SOMEONE
WITHOUT BEING DETECTED.

HE READS ABOUT
PUTTING EYE DROPS IN A DRINK.

HERE YOU GO, BRO.
THANKS.

MATT TRIED TO GIVE JARED A BEER,

AND THEY'D PUT
SEVERAL BOTTLES OF VISINE IN IT.

HE JUST
HAD HORRIBLE STOMACH CRAMPS.

Narrator: WHEN EYE DROPS
DON'T DO MUCH HARM,

A FEW DAYS LATER, MATT CONCOCTS
ANOTHER POISON FOR JARED --

THIS TIME, COLLECTING
THE NICOTINE OUT OF TOBACCO

WHICH, WHEN INGESTED,
CAN BE DEADLY.

THEN THE FLAKES
IS PURE NICOTINE.

AND THEY PUT THAT IN HIS BEER.[ SIGHS ]

NOTHING.

Narrator:
MEANWHILE, JARED HAS NO CLUE

THAT HIS BEST FRIEND
IS PLOTTING AGAINST HIM.

THIS WAS NOT EVEN ON HIS RADAR.

JARED WOULDN'T KNOW
THAT HE WAS A TARGET.

Narrator:
IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE FEEBLE
ATTEMPTS TO POISON JARED,

MATT STARTS TO
SECOND GUESS HIS PLAN.

Kevin: MATT WAS A LITTLE
INTROSPECTIVE, AND THOUGHT,

"MAYBE I'M NOT THIS, YOU KNOW,
BAD MOBSTER THAT I THINK I AM."

Narrator:
MATT IS ALSO AFRAID THAT
IF JARED FIGURES THINGS OUT,

HE'LL COME AFTER HIM.

JARED WAS STRONG.
HE WAS A BIG BOY.

HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
PUNCHED HIM IN THE FACE.

Narrator:
THEN IN EARLY SEPTEMBER,

MATT MEETS SHANE JOHNSON,

A TRANSFER STUDENT
FROM CALIFORNIA.

SHANE'S A TOUGH GUY
WHO CARRIES A TASER.

HE WOULD TASE HIMSELF
JUST AS A SHOW OF BRAVADO.

Narrator:
THE TWO BAD BOYS QUICKLY BOND,

AND RIGHT AWAY, MATT TELLS SHANE

THAT JARED STOLE HIS GIRL

AND IS A THREAT TO
HIS POWER OVER THE CREW.

YOU'RE THE LEADER.
HE'S TRYING TO TAKE OVER.

YOU'RE GONNA LET HIM DO THIS?
HE'S NOT YOUR FRIEND.

SHANE WAS GUNG HO FROM THE START

TO TAKE JARED OUT.

SHANE JOHNSON TELLING MATT BAKER

THAT HE NEEDED TO
LIVE UP TO HIS WORD --

THAT HAD A PRETTY BIG EFFECT
ON HIM.

Narrator: INFLUENCED BY SHANE

AND INSPIRED
BY HIS FAVORITE MOB MOVIE,

MATT COMES UP WITH
AN ELABORATE AND GRUESOME PLAN,

ONE THAT WILL ROCK THE COMMUNITY
TO ITS CORE.

THE PROPS AND THE LOCATION --

IT WAS LIKE A MOVIE
THAT THEY ACTUALLY ENACTED.

THIS SHOCKS THE CONSCIENCE.

Narrator:
AFTER TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS

TO POISON HIS FRIEND
JARED WHALEY,

17-YEAR-OLD MATT BAKER DECIDES

IT'S TIME
TO STEP THINGS UP A NOTCH.

MATT DECIDED
THAT HE WAS GONNA KILL JARED.

Narrator: AROUND OCTOBER 7th,
LATE ONE NIGHT,

MATT PUTS THE FIRST PART
OF HIS PLOT IN MOTION.

WHILE JARED IS HOME SLEEPING,
MATT DRIVES THE CREW

TO A REMOTE LOCATION
OUTSIDE OF VEGAS.

GRAB THE SHOVELS.

Grigoriadis: MATT DEVELOPED
THIS PLAN BASED ON "CASINO."

IN "CASINO,"

JOE PESCI'S CHARACTER
DIGS A HOLE IN THE DESERT.

YOU GUYS,
THIS IS GONNA BE PERFECT.

Kyle:
MATT SAID TO THE OTHER KIDS THAT
YOU WANT TO DIG THE HOLE FIRST,

'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND
A BUNCH OF TIME

AFTER YOU KILL SOMEBODY
TRYING TO DIG A HOLE.

Narrator:
SEEMINGLY UNDER MATT'S SPELL,

THE CREW DIGS THE NIGHT AWAY,
FOLLOWING THEIR LEADER'S ORDERS.

ALL RIGHT.
IT'S LOOKING GOOD.

THE HOLE WAS FOUR-FOOT
BY SIX-FOOT BY SIX-FOOT-DEEP.

Narrator: WITH THE HUGE
GRAVE SITE IN PLACE,

THE GUYS DRIVE BACK INTO TOWN

WHILE MATT FIGURES OUT
THEIR NEXT MOVE.

MEANWHILE, JARED CONTINUES
TO KEEP HIS DISTANCE FROM MATT

AND FOCUSES ON HIS FUTURE.

HE SAID, "I'LL BE 18 NEXT WEEK.
I NEED TO GET THINGS TOGETHER."

Lomprey: HE HAD GOALS
THAT HE WANTED TO REACH,

AND HE KNEW
THAT HANGING AROUND THE CREW

IS NOT WHERE HE WANTED TO GO.

Narrator:
WITH JARED'S GRAVE READY,

IT SEEMS LIKE THE MOMENT
OF TRUTH HAS FINALLY COME.

BUT AFTER A WEEK GOES BY,
MATT ISN'T SURE

HE CAN ACTUALLY GO THROUGH
WITH HIS TWISTED PLAN.

HE STARTED SLOWLY BACKING OFF
FROM WANTING TO KILL JARED.

IT'S A LOT HARDER TO PUT
SOMEBODY IN THAT HOLE

THAN IT IS TO JUST GO OUT THERE
AND HAVE FUN

AND DIG A BIG HOLE
IN THE DESERT.

Narrator: BUT MATT INTENDS
TO FINISH THE JOB HE STARTED.

HEY, WHAT'S UP, DUDE?

SO, ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14th,
MATT SETS THE WHEELS IN MOTION.

MATT GAVE THE "GO" SIGNAL --
"TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTE
OUR PLAN."

Narrator: HE INVITES JARED TO GO
PARTYING OUT IN THE DESERT.

YEAH, WELL,
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO TONIGHT?

Kevin: MATT TOLD JARED,
"HEY, WE'RE GONNA DRINK,

AND, YOU KNOW,
YOU GOT TO COME WITH US."

Narrator:
AT MIDNIGHT, MATT AND THE OTHERS
ARRIVE AT JARED'S HOUSE.

HE GOT IN A CAR AND WENT OUT
TO THE DESERT WITH THEM

AND THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT.

JARED.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

Narrator:
ONCE THEY ARE OUT IN THE DESERT,
MATT ASKS JARED TO BUILD A FIRE.

BUT THE SEEMINGLY TYPICAL NIGHT
QUICKLY TAKES A SHOCKING TURN.

[ ELECTRICITY BUZZES ]

[ GROANS ]

SHANE JOHNSON TOOK OUT HIS TASER

AND TASERED JARED
NEAR HIS HEART.

[ EXCLAIMS ]

WHAT THE HELL
DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!

DIDN'T DO NOTHING
BUT AGGRAVATE JARED.

[ LAUGHTER ]

JUST MESSING WITH YOU, MAN.WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?!

JARED THOUGHT
THAT WAS THE END OF IT.

"NO HARM, NO FOUL. HA, HA, HA."

Narrator: BUT A FEW MINUTES
LATER, WITHOUT A WORD,

ANOTHER GUY, SHANE MEYERS,
GRABS A TIRE IRON...

...AND SMASHES JARED
IN THE HEAD.

YOU MESSED UP, MAN.

JARED IS DAZED BUT REALIZES

THESE GUYS
ARE NOT FOOLING AROUND.

WHEN HE GOT HIT,
THAT CHANGED IT.

Narrator:
A BLOODY JARED TRIES TO GET AWAY
FROM HIS SO-CALLED FRIENDS.

BUT THE CREW'S MOB MENTALITY
KICKS IN TO HIGH GEAR.

THEY FED OFF OF EACH OTHER'S
EMOTIONS AND EGOS.

Narrator: AS MATT AND THE OTHERS
CLOSE IN, IT'S FOUR AGAINST ONE.

BUT JARED IS NOT ABOUT
TO GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT.

[ GRUNTS ]

THIS IS THE TALE THAT THEY SPUN
THAT GOT WAY OUT OF CONTROL.

[ GRUNTING ]

IT MAKES THE HAIR
ON THE BACK OF MY NECK

STAND UP EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT.

Narrator:
JARED HAS BEEN ATTACKED
BY HIS BEST FRIEND, MATT,

AND THREE OTHER GUYS
HE THOUGHT WERE HIS FRIENDS.

THAT PACK MENTALITY
STARTED RIGHT UP.

AND THAT'S WHEN THEY BECAME
DANGEROUS.

Narrator:
THOUGH JARED IS OUTNUMBERED,

HE'S GIVING THE CREW
THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE.

HE WAS SCARED TO DEATH,
BUT HE WAS A TOUGH MAN.

[ GRUNTS ]

HOW DOES THAT FEEL,
HUH?

BLEED!

HE WAS BEGGING FOR HIS LIFE,

BEGGING HIS FRIENDS
NOT TO KILL HIM.

[ EXCLAIMING ]

THEY HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES
TO STOP WHAT THEY WERE DOING,

BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE
THE ONE TO CHICKEN OUT.

Kyle:
THEY FEARED MATT AT THAT POINT.

THEY THOUGHT, "IF WE BACK OUT,

WHAT'S GONNA STOP HIM
FROM COMING AND KILLING ME?"

Narrator: UNBELIEVABLY,
JARED GETS TO HIS FEET

AND STAGGERS
AROUND THE BACK OF THE JEEP.

THERE, HE COMES FACE TO FACE
WITH HIS BEST FRIEND, MATT,

WHO IS HOLDING A SHOTGUN.

[ GUN COCKS ]

AFTER AN AWKWARD MOMENT
OF SILENCE

AND WITH THE CREW LOOKING ON...

MATT SHOT JARED IN THE TORSO.

Narrator: BUT MUCH TO MATT'S
SURPRISE, HE'S NOT DEAD.

Patricia: MATT BAKER PUT
A BULLET IN HIS STOMACH,

AND MY SON
STILL GOT UP TO FIGHT.

Narrator:
WORN DOWN BY THE VICIOUS ATTACK,

JARED HAS LITTLE FIGHT LEFT.

Lomprey: MATT POINT-BLANKED
TO THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD...

...AND SQUEEZED THE TRIGGER,
KILLING JARED.

FIND THE HOLE. LET'S GO.

Narrator:
MATT THEN ORDERS THE CREW

TO LOCATE THE GRAVE
THEY DUG THE WEEK BEFORE.

THEY PANICKED.

THEY SEARCHED AND SEARCHED
AND SEARCHED.

DUDE,
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.

THEY COULDN'T FIND IT, AND THEY
WERE ONLY 10 FEET AWAY FROM IT.

START DIGGING.
LET'S GO!

Narrator:
THEY QUICKLY DIG A NEW GRAVE

WHILE MATT STRIPS JARED
OF HIS CLOTHES,

WRAPS HIS BODY IN A PLASTIC BAG,

AND POURS TEQUILA INSIDE
TO SPEED UP DECOMPOSITION.

THEN MATT REMEMBERS.

"WE GOT TO GET HIS TEETH."

AND MATT TOOK
A PAIR OF PLIERS,

TRYING TO PULL SOME OUT.

[ GRUNTS ]

HOW CRUEL.

THERE IS NO EXPLANATION FOR ANY

OF THE HORRID THINGS
THAT THEY WERE DOING.

Narrator:
ONCE THEY COMPLETE THE JOB,
THEY HEAD BACK TO VEGAS.

MATT WENT HOME
AND WATCHED "CASINO."

Narrator:
THE NEXT DAY, WHEN JARED
DOESN'T COME DOWN FOR BREAKFAST,

HIS MOM IS WORRIED SICK.

SO, WE STARTED CALLING
HIS FRIENDS.

CODY, HI.
IT'S JARED'S MOM.

I DON'T SUPPOSE
HE'S WITH YOU.

"ANYBODY SEEN JARED?"

"NOPE. NOBODY'S SEEN JARED."

[ BELL RINGS ]

Narrator:
MEANWHILE, MATT AND THE OTHERS

GO TO SCHOOL
AS IF ALL IS NORMAL.

LOOK AT ME.

AFTER A FEW DAYS,
MATT VISITS JARED'S MOM

AND PRETENDS TO CONSOLE HER.

Kevin: MATT WAS HUGGING HER
AND TELLING HER LIKE,

"WE'RE GONNA FIND HIM.
DON'T WORRY."

SHE CALLS POLICE,
WHO INVESTIGATE,

BUT THERE'S NO SIGN OF JARED.

UNTIL DAYS LATER,
ON OCTOBER 26th,

WHEN A FAMILY
DRIVING THROUGH THE DESERT

STUMBLES UPON THE GRUESOME
REMAINS OF A YOUNG MAN.

COYOTES DUG THE PART
OF THE HEAD UP AT FIRST,

AND THEN THE FEET
WERE STICKING UP.

Narrator:
JARED'S FAMILY FEARS THE WORST,

BUT IT'S NOT
UNTIL FOUR MONTHS LATER,

IN FEBRUARY 2004,

THAT JARED
IS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED

BY HIS FEW REMAINING TEETH.

IT IS THE WORST NIGHTMARE
YOU COULD EVER GO THROUGH.

Narrator: DURING AN INTENSE
THREE-WEEK INVESTIGATION,

POLICE INTERVIEW DOZENS
OF JARED'S CLASSMATES.

ONE OF THE THEM,
STEVEN STRINGFIELD,

REVEALS STUNNING INFORMATION.

WHILE STEVEN WAS NOT PRESENT
THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER,

HE ADMITS TO HELPING MATT GET
RID OF JARED'S BLOODY CLOTHES.

HE WAS A CHINK IN THE ARMOR.

Narrator: STRINGFIELD ALSO NAMES
MATT BAKER

AND THE THREE OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE CREW AS JARED'S KILLERS.

OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,

MATT'S ACCOMPLICES
ARE ALL TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS MATT,

THE SELF-PROCLAIMED MOB BOSS
AND MASTERMIND.

I HAVE TO SAY HOW THEY FOUND HIM
IS JUST CLASSIC.

GET UP. COME ON.I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

COWERING IN A BATHTUB.

Narrator: IN 2006, THREE YEARS
AFTER KILLING HIS BEST FRIEND,

MATT BAKER IS FOUND GUILTY
OF KIDNAPPING AND MURDER

AND SENTENCED
TO 35 YEARS IN PRISON.

AS FOR THE REST OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE CREW,

SHANE MEYERS IS SENTENCED
TO 25 YEARS FOR THE SAME CRIMES.

SHANE JOHNSON RECEIVES
A 20-YEAR SENTENCE.

CODY MEYERS GETS FIVE YEARS
FOR VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.

JARED'S FAMILY STILL GRIEVES

OVER THE SENSELESS
AND SAVAGE KILLING.

JARED OBVIOUSLY TRUSTED MATT,

AND WHAT THEY DID
WAS A HEINOUS CRIME.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SOMEBODY
WHO YOU SEE AS YOUR BEST FRIEND

COULD TURN ON YOU,
AND IT BLEW MY MIND.

Patricia:
HOW COULD YOU MURDER SOMEBODY
THAT'S LIKE A BROTHER TO YOU?

THERE'S NOTHING WORSE
THAN LOSING A CHILD.