Frenemies (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 7 - Fame and Misfortune - full transcript
Rapper Remy Smith and Makeda Barnes-Joseph spark a friendship on the NYC social scene. Their friendship and trust in one another grows until a devilish turn of events brings out the worst in one friend while leaving the other fighting for her life.
Narrator:
TWO FRIENDS ARE LINKED
BY AN UNBREAKABLE BOND
OF TRUST...
CISCO AND CHLOE WERE LIKE
BROTHER AND SISTER.
Narrator:
...UNTIL A TERRIFYING BETRAYAL
LEADS THEM
TO UNSPEAKABLE VIOLENCE.
THE SITUATION IS,
LIKE, HAUNTING --
VERY GRUESOME, UNREAL.
I WAS HORRIFIED.
IT'S EVERY MOTHER'S
WORST NIGHTMARE.
IT IS SHOCKING
THAT SOMEONE COULD DO THIS
TO ANY HUMAN BEING.
Narrator:
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE...
...AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
CHLOE OTTMAN IS
AN OUTGOING TEENAGER
WITH A SPECIAL KNACK
FOR MAKING FRIENDS.
EVERYONE WANTED TO BE FRIENDS
WITH CHLOE.
CHLOE WAS JUST
THAT KIND OF PERSON.
YOU'RE LIKE,
"I NEED HER AS MY FRIEND.
SHE'S AMAZING.
SHE'S AWESOME."
CHLOE WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
SHE WAS JUST FULL OF JOY,
FULL OF ENERGY.
Narrator: ONE OF CHLOE'S ADORING
QUALITIES IS HER SENSE OF HUMOR.
I WAS JUST LIKE, "UH..."
[ LAUGHTER ]IT WAS SO AWKWARD!
LaBracque:
CHLOE WAS REALLY FUNNY.
SHE'D COME UP WITH THE STUPIDEST
THINGS JUST TO GET YOU TO LAUGH.
Narrator: THIS SOCIAL BUTTERFLY
SEEMS TO HAVE IT ALL,
BUT HER WIDE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
IS ABOUT TO GET EVEN BIGGER.
EXCUSE ME,
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
IN THE SUMMER OF 2008,
14-YEAR-OLD CHLOE MEETS
17-YEAR-OLD FRANCISCO CRUZ,
ALSO KNOWN AS CISCO,
WHILE HANGING OUT AT THE MALL.
CISCO IS WITHDRAWN
AND SOCIALLY AWKWARD --
THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF CHLOE.
LaBracque:
HE WAS VERY SHY AND QUIET.
HE LIKED BEING BY HIMSELF.
Copes: HE DIDN'T REALLY GO OUT
OF HIS WAY TO TALK
UNLESS HE WAS SPOKEN TO.
YOU COME HERE A LOT?
YEAH.
Narrator: BUT DESPITE
THEIR THREE-YEAR AGE DIFFERENCE,
CHLOE QUICKLY BEFRIENDS
THE OUTSIDER.
SHE NEVER JUDGED ANYONE FOR HOW
THEY LOOKED OR HOW THEY ACTED.
SHE ALWAYS SAW THE BRIGHT SIDE
ABOUT EVERYBODY.
Narrator: BOTH CHLOE AND CISCO
WERE RAISED IN WATERBURY.
CISCO LIVES WITH HIS MOTHER
AND YOUNGER BROTHER.
HIS FATHER IS OUT
OF THE PICTURE.
HIS DAD WAS IN PUERTO RICO.
HIS MOM WAS WORKING ALL HOURS
OF THE DAY OR THE NIGHT
AT McDONALD'S.
HE WAS HOME ALONE
WATCHING HIS BROTHER.
Narrator:
BUT DESPITE BEING LEFT TO CARE
FOR HIMSELF AND HIS SIBLING,
CISCO KEEPS A POSITIVE OUTLOOK.
LaBracque:
CISCO WAS FUNNY.
HE KNEW HOW TO MAKE YOU HAPPY
AND MAKE YOU SMILE.
Narrator: FROM THE BEGINNING,
CISCO AND CHLOE HIT IT OFF
AND QUICKLY DISCOVER
THEY HAVE COMMON INTERESTS.
SHE LISTENED TO GENERALLY
THE SAME MUSIC AS HIM,
THE SAME KIND OF TV SHOWS.
SHE LIKED EVERYTHING
THAT HE LIKED.
Narrator:
ALTHOUGH THEY NEVER DATE,
BY THE SUMMER OF 2009,
THEY SPEND MUCH
OF THEIR FREE TIME TOGETHER.
Copes: FRANCISCO WANTED TO BE
FRIENDS WITH HER
BECAUSE SHE WAS
JUST A POSITIVE PERSON.
Narrator: AND AROUND HER,
CISCO COMES OUT OF HIS SHELL
AND SHOWS ANOTHER SIDE.
HIS SENSE OF ADVENTURE,
REALLY --
THAT'S WHAT CHLOE LIKED
ABOUT CISCO.
IT'S, LIKE, NEVER A DULL MOMENT.
HE'D LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST.
HE'D HOP ON HIS SKATEBOARD,
AND SHE'D JUST RUN AFTER HIM.
THESE ARE MY FRIENDS.
EVERYONE, THIS IS CISCO.
Narrator:
CHLOE'S FRIENDS IMMEDIATELY
WELCOME HIM INTO THE GROUP.
CHLOE'S CREW WAS ALWAYS THERE
WITH HER.
WE ALWAYS JUST HUNG OUT,
HAD A GOOD TIME,
WENT TO THE MALL.
Narrator: ANOTHER POPULAR
HANGOUT FOR CHLOE AND CISCO
IS AN ABANDONED THEME PARK
CALLED HOLY LAND.
Corbe
HOLY LAND IS AN ATTRACTION,
AND IT DREW AS MANY
AS 40,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR.
THERE'S VILLAGES THAT REPLICATE
JERUSALEM AND BETHLEHEM.
AND IN THE CENTER OF HOLY LAND
IS THE GIANT HOLY LAND CROSS.
Corbe IN RECENT YEARS,
IT DID CLOSE DOWN,
AND IT BECAME MORE OF AN AREA
FOR KIDS TO HANG OUT,
LOITER, AND DRINK,
AND DO WHATEVER.
AND YOU CAN HAVE PRETTY MUCH
A 360-DEGREE VIEW OF THE CITY
FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT.
Narrator: A SHARED SENSE OF
ADVENTURE AND A POSITIVE OUTLOOK
CEMENTS CHLOE AND CISCO'S
UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP.
BUT LITTLE
DO THESE FRIENDS KNOW,
AN UNIMAGINABLE ACT OF CRUELTY
WILL SOON SHATTER THEIR LIVES.
ANOTHER YEAR GOES BY,
AND CHLOE AND CISCO
REMAIN CLOSE,
EVEN THOUGH THEIR LIVES
ARE CHANGING.
16-YEAR-OLD CHLOE IS ENJOYING
HER SOPHOMORE YEAR
OF HIGH SCHOOL
AND IS DEVOTED
TO HER NEW BOYFRIEND,
17-YEAR-OLD JEREMY REYES.
HE'S THE SWEETEST GUY I COULD
HAVE THOUGHT OF WITH HER.
IT WAS HAPPINESS.
LIKE, YOU COULD SEE THEM
THINKING, LIKE,
"OH, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD,
LET'S GET MARRIED."
IT WAS ADORABLE.
Narrator: 19-YEAR-OLD CISCO,
ON THE OTHER HAND,
IS A HIGH-SCHOOL DROPOUT
STRUGGLING TO FIND HIS WAY.
LaBracque: CISCO JUST STAYED
HOME, PLAYED VIDEO GAMES.
JUST DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AMBITION
TO BETTER HIMSELF.
Narrator: BUT DESPITE
HIS LACK OF DIRECTION,
CISCO'S FRIENDSHIP WITH CHLOE
REMAINS HIS SILVER LINING.
Copes:
CHLOE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU
WHENEVER YOU NEEDED HER.
SHE ALWAYS LISTENED TO YOU WHEN
YOU NEEDED SOMEONE TO TALK TO.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE LONG,
IT'S CHLOE'S TURN
TO LEAN ON CISCO FOR SUPPORT.
IN JULY OF 2010,
CHLOE'S BOYFRIEND, JEREMY,
IS HEADING OFF TO COLLEGE.
LaBracque:
CHLOE FELT, LIKE, SAD.
SHE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO LEAVE,
BUT SHE KNEW IN THE END,
HE'S DOING SOMETHING
HE WANTED TO DO.
AND SHE WAS LIKE,
"OKAY, AS LONG AS YOU'RE HAPPY
AND YOU'RE STILL TOGETHER
WITH ME, IT'S FINE."
Narrator: AS JEREMY SAYS
HIS GOODBYES TO CHLOE,
CISCO TELLS HIM THAT HE'LL WATCH
OVER HER WHILE HE'S AT SCHOOL.
I'M GONNA TAKE CARE OF HER,
ALL RIGHT?
LaBracque:
HE MADE A VOW OF, LIKE,
"I'LL MAKE SURE NOTHING HAPPENS
TO HER.
I'LL MAKE SURE SHE'S SAFE."
ALL RIGHT?
YEAH.
Narrator: BUT CISCO'S PROMISE
TO PROTECT CHLOE
WILL BE SHORT-LIVED
AND WILL SEND THESE FRIENDS
DOWN AN INCREDIBLY DARK
AND DEADLY PATH.
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
THAT WAY.
SHE WAS BLINDSIDED,
AND IT MADE HER ANGRY.
Narrator:
WHEN CHLOE'S BOYFRIEND, JEREMY,
LEAVES FOR COLLEGE,
HER FRIEND CISCO VOWS TO TAKE
CARE OF HER WHILE HE IS GONE.
FRANCISCO SEEMED TO BE THAT,
LIKE, TRUSTWORTHY FRIEND
THAT WAS THERE FOR CHLOE.
LaBracque: CISCO BECAME A LITTLE
MORE...PROTECTIVE AROUND CHLOE.
HE WAS MORE LIKE, "NO, YOU
TOUCH HER, I'M GONNA HURT YOU."
Narrator: AND BEFORE LONG,
CISCO GETS A CHANCE
TO MAKE GOOD ON HIS PROMISE
TO KEEP CHLOE SAFE.
JUST DAYS
AFTER JEREMY'S DEPARTURE,
THEY GO TO A PARTY
AND CHLOE GETS DRUNK.
DURING THE WEEKENDS,
SHE DEFINITELY LIKED TO HAVE
A GOOD TIME.
YOU OKAY?
[ CHUCKLES ]
CHLOE WAS JUST WASTED,
WOBBLING LEFT AND RIGHT,
DIDN'T KNOW
WHERE SHE WAS WALKING.
Cruz: WHOA!
YOU OKAY?
Narrator:
LUCKY FOR CHLOE,
CISCO IMMEDIATELY
COMES TO HER RESCUE.
CISCO SAID,
"OH, I'LL TAKE CHLOE HOME.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, YOU GUYS."
EVERYONE THOUGHT,
"OKAY, HE'S JUST KEEPING
HIS PROMISE TO JEREMY --
'MAKE SURE SHE'S SAFE
AND NOTHING GETS HARMED.'"
Narrator: CISCO SEES CHLOE BACK
TO HER HOUSE SAFE AND SOUND,
EARNING THE TEEN'S GRATITUDE.
CHLOE TRUSTED FRANCISCO
MORE AFTER THAT PARTY
BECAUSE SHE WAS DRUNK,
16 YEARS OLD,
AND FRANCISCO WAS THERE
TO HELP HER.
Narrator: BUT SOON,
THEIR FRIENDS SUSPECT
CISCO IS BEING OVERPROTECTIVE
BECAUSE HE REALLY HAS FEELINGS
FOR HER.
I THINK
HE REALLY LIKES HER.
HEY!
Copes: PEOPLE THOUGHT CISCO
WAS INFATUATED BY CHLOE.
WHO WOULDN'T GET A CRUSH
ON CHLOE?
SHE WAS EVERYBODY'S CUP OF TEA.
OH, MY GOD,
EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
TALKING ABOUT WHAT?
ABOUT YOU AND CISCO.
Narrator:
CHLOE IS STUNNED BY THE GOSSIP.
SHE PLANS TO MAKE SURE CISCO
KNOWS THEY'RE JUST FRIENDS.
JEREMY LOVED CHLOE WITH,
LIKE, EVERYTHING --
HIS WHOLE HEART, HIS SOUL.
SHE WAS COMMITTED.
SHE'S NOT THE ONE TO CHEAT.
RUMORS ARE SPREADING
THAT YOU AND I ARE DATING.
Narrator: BUT WHEN CHLOE TALKS
TO HIM ABOUT THE RUMORS,
SHE IS STUNNED
BY HIS SHOCKING REVELATION.
LOOK, I'M -- I'M GAY.
HE OPENED UP TO CHLOE
THAT HE WAS GAY.
HAVE YOU TOLD ANYONE?
NO, YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON
I'VE TOLD.
Narrator:
CHLOE IS DEEPLY TOUCHED
THAT CISCO TRUSTS HER ENOUGH
TO CONFIDE IN HER.
YOU'RE ALWAYS TOLD THAT YOUR GAY
FRIEND CAN BE YOUR BEST FRIEND.
YOU CAN TELL THEM ANYTHING.
Narrator:
NOW, WITH THIS SHARED SECRET,
SHE'S RELIEVED, AND THE FRIENDS
BECOME EVEN CLOSER.
CISCO AND CHLOE WERE LIKE
BROTHER AND SISTER.
Narrator:
BUT NEITHER ONE KNOWS
THAT THEIR BOND OF TRUST
IS ABOUT TO BE BREACHED,
ALTERING THE COURSE
OF THEIR LIVES FOREVER.
ON THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010,
CHLOE AND CISCO ARE
WITH THEIR GROUP OF FRIENDS.
THEY ALL MET UP AT THE MALL.
YEAH,
I'M REALLY HAPPY...
JUST SEEING EACH OTHER AND
TALKING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.
Narrator:
LATER THAT AFTERNOON,
CISCO AND CHLOE LEAVE THE GROUP
TO MEET UP WITH CISCO'S MOTHER.
FRANCISCO'S MOTHER WORKED
AT THE MALL AT THE TIME.
THEY ACTUALLY WALKED HIS MOTHER
BACK HOME,
BUT THEY HAD PARTED WAYS
LATER IN THE EVENING.
BYE.
BYE.
Narrator:
THE NEXT MORNING,
CHLOE FAILS TO SHOW UP
AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
AT FIRST,
HER MOTHER ISN'T TOO CONCERNED.
Corbe CHLOE CALLED HER MOM
THE NIGHT BEFORE
AND ASKED IF SHE COULD STAY OVER
AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE.
HER MOTHER SAID YES.
Narrator: BUT AS THE HOURS GO BY
WITH NO WORD FROM CHLOE,
PANIC BEGINS TO SET IN.
USUALLY, CHLOE WOULD CALL
SOMEBODY TO SAY SHE WAS OKAY.
FOR SOMEONE NOT TO HEAR
FROM CHLOE WAS VERY ODD.
Narrator: AND CALLS TO CHLOE'S
CELLPHONE GO UNANSWERED.
HEY, IT'S CHLOE'S MOM.
WORRIED SICK,
CHLOE'S PARENTS IMMEDIATELY
START CONTACTING HER FRIENDS.
UH,
HAVE YOU SEEN CHLOE?
WHEN WORD GETS TO CISCO,
HE IS SHOCKED TO HEAR ABOUT
CHLOE'S DISAPPEARANCE.
Corbe HE IS CONCERNED
ABOUT HIS FRIEND,
CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
Cruz: THE LAST I SAW HER,
LAST NIGHT, I WALKED HER HOME...
Narrator:
HE TELLS EVERYONE
THAT WHEN THE TWO PARTED WAYS
THE PREVIOUS EVENING,
CHLOE HEADED OFF
TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE.
BUT WHEN HER PARENTS
CALL AROUND,
NONE OF CHLOE'S FRIENDS HAVE
SEEN OR HEARD FROM HER EITHER.
LaBracque:
I'M LIKE, "WAIT, WHAT?"
LIKE, COMPLETELY DUMBFOUNDED.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
'CHLOE'S MISSING'?"
WE GOT TO DO IT.
Narrator: WHEN CHLOE STILL ISN'T
HOME BY 8:00 p.m. THAT NIGHT,
HER FRANTIC PARENTS CALL 911.
I'D LIKE TO REPORT
A MISSING PERSON, PLEASE.
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, CHLOE
HAD BEEN GONE FOR 24 HOURS.
Narrator: POLICE IMMEDIATELY
LAUNCH A MASSIVE SEARCH
TO FIND THE MISSING TEENAGER,
BUT NO ONE COULD EVER IMAGINE
WHAT THE SEARCH WOULD LEAD TO.
NO ONE COULD HAVE SEEN THIS
COMING.
THIS WASN'T JUST BETRAYAL.
IT WAS MUCH MORE.
Narrator:
IN WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT,
POLICE HAVE LAUNCHED
A FULL-SCALE SEARCH
FOR 16-YEAR-OLD CHLOE OTTMAN.
CHLOE HAD BEEN GONE
FOR 24 HOURS.
WE PUT FLIERS OUT
TO ALL ON-DUTY OFFICERS,
BEGAN SEARCHING FOR HER.
Narrator: HER FAMILY IS FRANTIC,
BUT EQUALLY WORRIED IS HER GOOD
FRIEND, 19-YEAR-OLD CISCO CRUZ.
IT WAS MORE LIKE, "OKAY,
YOU PROMISED TO PROTECT HER.
WHERE IS SHE?"
HE WAS DETERMINED TO FIND HER,
GET CHLOE HOME.
Narrator: AS CHLOE'S FRIENDS
MOBILIZE TO FIND THE TEENAGER,
THE USUALLY QUIET CISCO
IS FRONT AND CENTER
DURING THE SEARCH PARTY.
HE WAS LIKE, "OKAY, WELL,
LET'S FIGURE OUT
WHERE WE COULD FIND HER."
THEY WENT LOOKING EVERYWHERE,
RUNNING DOWN THE STREETS,
SCREAMING HER NAME,
TRYING TO GET HER BACK.
Narrator: AND WHEN POLICE
INTERVIEW CHLOE'S FRIENDS,
CISCO IS EAGER TO SHARE
WHAT HE KNOWS.
HE WAS THE LAST PERSON WE KNEW
OF THAT HAD CONTACT WITH CHLOE.
HE TOLD US
THAT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
THEY HAD GONE
TO THE LOCAL MALL TOGETHER
AND HE HAD NOT SEEN
OR HEARD FROM HER SINCE.
Narrator: BUT THAT NIGHT,
AFTER MORE THAN 24 HOURS,
THE SEARCH FAILS
TO TURN UP ANY LEADS.
NO ONE HAD SEEN CHLOE.
NO ONE HAD HEARD FROM HER.
Narrator: CHLOE'S FRIENDS HOPE
SHE SNUCK OFF
TO BE WITH
HER COLLEGE BOYFRIEND, JEREMY.
SOME OF US THOUGHT SHE JUST
WANTED TO BE WITH JEREMY.
"I MISS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
I WANT TO GO SEE HIM,
EVEN IF IT MEANS
I'M RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME."
Narrator: BUT WHEN JEREMY SHOWS
UP IN WATERBURY FOR THE WEEKEND,
THEIR HOPES ARE DASHED.
LaBracque: JEREMY CAME BACK
TO HELP FIND CHLOE,
SO IT'S LIKE,
"OKAY, WELL, WAIT...
IF CHLOE WENT TO NEW YORK,
JEREMY WOULDN'T BE HERE,
SO WHERE IS SHE?"
CHLOE!Narrator: CISCO AND JEREMY
BEGIN TO WALK THE STREETS
OF WATERBURY TOGETHER
TO FIND THEIR GIRL...Cruz: CHLOE!
...BUT TO NO AVAIL.
AS THE HOURS GO BY AND
THERE'S STILL NO SIGN OF CHLOE,
HER LOVED ONES BEGIN TO FEAR
THE WORST.
Corbe
THE FAMILY WAS OBVIOUSLY
EXTREMELY CONCERNED
FOR HER WELL-BEING,
JUST PRAYING AND HOPING
FOR THE BEST
THAT WE FOUND HER
SAFE AND SOUND.
Narrator: THINGS LOOK BLEAK
UNTIL INVESTIGATORS QUESTION
CHLOE'S BOYFRIEND, JEREMY.
THERE'S A GLIMMER OF HOPE
WHEN THE INFORMATION HE SHARES
GIVES THEM
THEIR FIRST SOLID LEAD.
WE INTERVIEWED HIM.
HE WAS VERY COOPERATIVE.
Narrator: BUT NOTHING
WILL PREPARE POLICE
FOR THE TERRIFYING TRUTH BEHIND
16-YEAR-OLD CHLOE'S
DISAPPEARANCE...
CHLOE!...AND THE SHOCKING DISCOVERY
WILL ROCK THIS TIGHT-KNIT
COMMUNITY TO ITS CORE.
IT WAS SICK, VIOLENT,
AND JUST GRUESOME.
HOW COULD A FRIEND DO SOMETHING
LIKE THIS?
[ SCREAMS ]
Narrator:
16-YEAR-OLD CHLOE OTTMAN
HAS BEEN MISSING
FOR NEARLY TWO DAYS.
INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEW
CHLOE'S BOYFRIEND, JEREMY,
WHO SHEDS LIGHT ON THE TEENAGE
GIRL'S DISAPPEARANCE.
THE LAST TIME YOU HAD CONTACT
WITH HER
WAS VIA TEXT, RIGHT?
YEAH, I MEAN,
WE TEXTED THE SAME NIGHT
THAT SHE TOLD ME
THAT SHE WAS GONNA MEET CISCO.
AND THEY HAVE
THEIR FIRST SOLID LEAD.
HE ALLOWED US
TO LOOK AT HIS CELLPHONE.
HE WAS VERY COOPERATIVE.
OBVIOUSLY,
HE WANTED TO FIND HER.
Narrator: AS POLICE SCROLL
THROUGH HIS TEXT MESSAGES,
THEY LEARN THAT JEREMY HAD
EXCHANGED SEVERAL TEXTS
WITH CHLOE
THE NIGHT SHE WENT MISSING.
ONE OF THEM CONTAINS
NEW AND SURPRISING INFORMATION.
SHE HAD TALKED ABOUT THINGS
LIKE HER AND CISCO BEING
IN HOLY LAND.
Narrator:
THE HOLY LAND CROSS
IS ONE OF CHLOE AND CISCO'S
KNOWN HANGOUTS...
...BUT CISCO MADE NO MENTION
OF GOING TO HOLY LAND.
HE HAD ALREADY TOLD POLICE
THAT ON THE EVENING
OF CHLOE'S DISAPPEARANCE,
THEY WALKED HIS MOTHER HOME
FROM THE MALL
AND THEN WENT
THEIR SEPARATE WAYS.
Corbe WE STARTED TO FIND
INCONSISTENCIES IN HIS STORY --
THINGS THAT HE HAD LEFT OUT.
WE BEGAN TO FOCUS MORE
ON FRANCISCO,
FEELING THAT HE KNEW MORE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
Narrator: CISCO IS IMMEDIATELY
BROUGHT BACK IN FOR QUESTIONING,
AND POLICE CONFRONT HIM
ABOUT JEREMY'S TEXTS WITH CHLOE.
AT FIRST, CISCO REFUSES TO BUDGE
ON HIS STORY,
BUT WHEN POLICE KEEP
PRESSURING HIM,
THE NERVOUS TEEN
EVENTUALLY CRUMBLES
AND GIVES
A MIND-BOGGLING CONFESSION.
I KNOW WHERE CHLOE IS.
IT WAS THAT POINT IN TIME
THAT FRANCISCO FINALLY
TOLD THE TRUTH --
THAT HE KNEW WHERE CHLOE WAS.
Narrator: POLICE ARE STUNNED
AS A GUILT-RIDDEN CISCO
REVEALS THE GRIM TRUTH
BEHIND THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF HIS DEAR FRIEND, CHLOE.
PICKED UP MY MOTHER
AT THE MALL...
ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON,
CHLOE AND FRANCISCO DECIDED
TO MEET AT OUR LOCAL MALL.
AND AT ONE POINT IN TIME, THEY
WALKED HIS MOTHER BACK HOME.
Narrator: BUT THEIR EVENING IS
JUST GETTING STARTED.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
THEN THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO
A BODEGA TO PICK UP SOME BOOZE.
Corbe FRANCISCO BOUGHT
ALCOHOL FOR THE TWO OF THEM.
AS THE EVENING PROGRESSED,
THEY WENT UP TO HOLY LAND
TO DRINK AND HANG OUT.
IT WAS JUST FRANCISCO AND CHLOE,
BY THEMSELVES,
AT THE HOLY LAND CROSS.
SUCH A NICE NIGHT OUT
TONIGHT.
Cruz: YEAH.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE A CONCERN
IN THE WORLD, GOING WITH HIM,
'CAUSE SHE TRUSTED HIM
AS A FRIEND.
Narrator:
BUT UNBEKNOWNST TO CHLOE,
CISCO HAS BECOME
DANGEROUSLY FIXATED ON HER.
THAT NIGHT, CISCO DECIDES
TO FINALLY COME CLEAN
AND MAKE HIS MOVE.
Corbe
THEY'D BEEN DRINKING.
CHLOE'S BOYFRIEND WAS AWAY,
OUT AT COLLEGE.
HE FELT IT WAS
THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY.
LOOK, I'M...
I'M NOT GAY.
UH, I LIKE YOU A LOT.
I BELIEVE FRANCISCO TOLD CHLOE
HE WAS GAY
TO MASK UP THE FACT
THAT HE WAS INFATUATED BY HER.
Narrator: THEN, HE SUDDENLY
MAKES A PASS AT HER.
CHLOE WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD,
BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T IMAGINE
HER FRIEND DOING THIS TO HER.
NO, NO. COME ON.
I WANT TO GO HOME.
CHLOE PROBABLY FELT BETRAYED,
AND SHE JUST KEPT PUSHING AWAY,
AND SHE WAS LIKE,
"NO, GET ME HOME.
"I'M NOT DOING THIS.
I'M NOT CHEATING
ON MY BOYFRIEND."
BUT I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU, TOO,
BUT AS A FRIEND!
JUST LET ME GO!COME ON. PLEASE.
HE TRIED AGAIN.
SHE CONTINUED TO REJECT HIM.
AND IT PROGRESSED.
HE BECAME ANGRIER AND ANGRIER.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!CISCO, LET GO OF ME!
SHE SAID NO.
PISSED HIM OFF.
HE DIDN'T LIKE IT WHATSOEVER.
[ BOTH GRUNTING ]
AT THIS POINT, CHLOE IS SCARED.
SHE'S TERRIFIED.
SHE TRIED TO FIGHT BACK
AS BEST AS SHE COULD.
[ SCREAMING ]Narrator: DURING THE STRUGGLE...
CHLOE STRIKES CISCO.
SHE KNOCKED HIS GLASSES
OFF HIS FACE.
Narrator: AT THAT MOMENT,
SOMETHING DEEP INSIDE CISCO
SNAPS.
ENRAGED,
HE LASHES OUT AT HIS FRIEND.
[ SCREAMS ]
AND HE CHOKED HER...
[ GAGGING ]
[ GAGGING STOPS ]
[ PANTING ]
...AND SHE WENT UNCONSCIOUS...
...AND HE RAPED HER.
Narrator: AFTER THE RAPE,
THE GRIM REALIZATION
OF WHAT HE'S DONE SINKS IN.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT,
AND HE DIDN'T WANT
TO GO TO JAIL,
SO HE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT
SHE COULDN'T TELL THE POLICE.
Narrator: CISCO SEES
SHE'S STILL BREATHING,
THEN TAKES A FOLDING KNIFE
FROM HIS POCKET
AND DOES THE UNTHINKABLE.
HE STABS CHLOE,
THE GIRL HE'S BEEN IN LOVE WITH
ALL ALONG,
REPEATEDLY, IN THE NECK.
I DO THINK HE WAS THINKING THAT,
LIKE, "IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU,
NO ONE CAN."
THEN HE JUST DUMPED HER BODY
INTO THE WOODS,
NOT TOO FAR
FROM WHERE THE CROSS STANDS.
FRANCISCO LEFT HER THERE,
BLEEDING AND BRUISED AND DEAD,
AND WALKED AWAY
LIKE NOTHING EVEN HAPPENED.
THE SHEER HORROR OF IT
WAS OVERWHELMING.
[ BIRD CAWS ]
Narrator: AFTER CISCO'S
SHOCKING CONFESSION,
HE THEN LEADS POLICE
TO THE WOODS
CLOSE TO THE HOLY LAND CROSS.
THERE, THEY FIND
THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL'S DEAD BODY,
HER THROAT VICIOUSLY SLASHED.
STAB MARKS THROUGH THE WHOLE,
ENTIRE THROAT.
IT WAS JUST HORRIFIC.
Narrator:
CISCO IS IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED
AND CHARGED WITH CHLOE'S
RAPE AND COLD-BLOODED MURDER.
Copes:
SHE DIDN'T DESERVE IT.
NOBODY DESERVES
SOMETHING AS VICIOUS AS THIS.
Corbe IT IS SHOCKING
THAT SOMEONE COULD DO THIS
TO ANY HUMAN BEING.
Narrator: AS CHLOE'S FAMILY AND
FRIENDS HEAR THE TRAGIC NEWS
THAT HER GOOD FRIEND
MURDERED HER,
THEY LEARN EVEN MORE
DISTURBING NEWS --
THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN
WARNING SIGNS ABOUT CISCO.
THROUGH HIS FACEBOOK PAGE,
POLICE LEARN THAT CISCO
WAS INTO VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES
AND FANTASIZED
ABOUT KILLING PEOPLE.
THERE WAS JUST LISTS
OF PEOPLE HE WANTED TO KILL
BECAUSE OF HOW THEY
DID HIM WRONG OR SOMETHING.
Narrator:
IN AN IRONIC TWIST,
THREE MONTHS
BEFORE CHLOE'S MURDER,
CISCO POSTED ON FACEBOOK
THAT HE HAD JUST ADDED SOMEONE
TO HIS KILL LIST.
WITH EERIE FORESIGHT,
CHLOE REPLIED, "IS IT ME?"
IN JUNE, 2011,
20-YEAR-OLD FRANCISCO CRUZ
PLEADS GUILTY
TO THE BRUTAL RAPE AND MURDER
OF CHLOE OTTMAN.
HE IS SENTENCED TO 55 YEARS
IN PRISON.
I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT HE WAS REMORSEFUL AT ALL.
Narrator:
CHLOE'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS
STILL STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND
HOW HER CLOSE FRIEND
COULD HAVE COMMITTED
SUCH A HEINOUS AND SAVAGE CRIME.
CISCO WAS NEVER CHLOE'S FRIEND,
BECAUSE FRIENDS DON'T DO
WHAT HE DID.
LaBracque:
IF YOU CARED SOMEONE SO MUCH
THAT YOU THOUGHT OF THEM
AS YOUR BEST FRIEND,
WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE HER
FROM US?
HOW CAN ANYONE BE SO CRUEL?
IT'S...NOT RIGHT.
TWO FRIENDS ARE LINKED
BY AN UNBREAKABLE BOND
OF TRUST...
CISCO AND CHLOE WERE LIKE
BROTHER AND SISTER.
Narrator:
...UNTIL A TERRIFYING BETRAYAL
LEADS THEM
TO UNSPEAKABLE VIOLENCE.
THE SITUATION IS,
LIKE, HAUNTING --
VERY GRUESOME, UNREAL.
I WAS HORRIFIED.
IT'S EVERY MOTHER'S
WORST NIGHTMARE.
IT IS SHOCKING
THAT SOMEONE COULD DO THIS
TO ANY HUMAN BEING.
Narrator:
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE...
...AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
CHLOE OTTMAN IS
AN OUTGOING TEENAGER
WITH A SPECIAL KNACK
FOR MAKING FRIENDS.
EVERYONE WANTED TO BE FRIENDS
WITH CHLOE.
CHLOE WAS JUST
THAT KIND OF PERSON.
YOU'RE LIKE,
"I NEED HER AS MY FRIEND.
SHE'S AMAZING.
SHE'S AWESOME."
CHLOE WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
SHE WAS JUST FULL OF JOY,
FULL OF ENERGY.
Narrator: ONE OF CHLOE'S ADORING
QUALITIES IS HER SENSE OF HUMOR.
I WAS JUST LIKE, "UH..."
[ LAUGHTER ]IT WAS SO AWKWARD!
LaBracque:
CHLOE WAS REALLY FUNNY.
SHE'D COME UP WITH THE STUPIDEST
THINGS JUST TO GET YOU TO LAUGH.
Narrator: THIS SOCIAL BUTTERFLY
SEEMS TO HAVE IT ALL,
BUT HER WIDE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
IS ABOUT TO GET EVEN BIGGER.
EXCUSE ME,
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
IN THE SUMMER OF 2008,
14-YEAR-OLD CHLOE MEETS
17-YEAR-OLD FRANCISCO CRUZ,
ALSO KNOWN AS CISCO,
WHILE HANGING OUT AT THE MALL.
CISCO IS WITHDRAWN
AND SOCIALLY AWKWARD --
THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF CHLOE.
LaBracque:
HE WAS VERY SHY AND QUIET.
HE LIKED BEING BY HIMSELF.
Copes: HE DIDN'T REALLY GO OUT
OF HIS WAY TO TALK
UNLESS HE WAS SPOKEN TO.
YOU COME HERE A LOT?
YEAH.
Narrator: BUT DESPITE
THEIR THREE-YEAR AGE DIFFERENCE,
CHLOE QUICKLY BEFRIENDS
THE OUTSIDER.
SHE NEVER JUDGED ANYONE FOR HOW
THEY LOOKED OR HOW THEY ACTED.
SHE ALWAYS SAW THE BRIGHT SIDE
ABOUT EVERYBODY.
Narrator: BOTH CHLOE AND CISCO
WERE RAISED IN WATERBURY.
CISCO LIVES WITH HIS MOTHER
AND YOUNGER BROTHER.
HIS FATHER IS OUT
OF THE PICTURE.
HIS DAD WAS IN PUERTO RICO.
HIS MOM WAS WORKING ALL HOURS
OF THE DAY OR THE NIGHT
AT McDONALD'S.
HE WAS HOME ALONE
WATCHING HIS BROTHER.
Narrator:
BUT DESPITE BEING LEFT TO CARE
FOR HIMSELF AND HIS SIBLING,
CISCO KEEPS A POSITIVE OUTLOOK.
LaBracque:
CISCO WAS FUNNY.
HE KNEW HOW TO MAKE YOU HAPPY
AND MAKE YOU SMILE.
Narrator: FROM THE BEGINNING,
CISCO AND CHLOE HIT IT OFF
AND QUICKLY DISCOVER
THEY HAVE COMMON INTERESTS.
SHE LISTENED TO GENERALLY
THE SAME MUSIC AS HIM,
THE SAME KIND OF TV SHOWS.
SHE LIKED EVERYTHING
THAT HE LIKED.
Narrator:
ALTHOUGH THEY NEVER DATE,
BY THE SUMMER OF 2009,
THEY SPEND MUCH
OF THEIR FREE TIME TOGETHER.
Copes: FRANCISCO WANTED TO BE
FRIENDS WITH HER
BECAUSE SHE WAS
JUST A POSITIVE PERSON.
Narrator: AND AROUND HER,
CISCO COMES OUT OF HIS SHELL
AND SHOWS ANOTHER SIDE.
HIS SENSE OF ADVENTURE,
REALLY --
THAT'S WHAT CHLOE LIKED
ABOUT CISCO.
IT'S, LIKE, NEVER A DULL MOMENT.
HE'D LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST.
HE'D HOP ON HIS SKATEBOARD,
AND SHE'D JUST RUN AFTER HIM.
THESE ARE MY FRIENDS.
EVERYONE, THIS IS CISCO.
Narrator:
CHLOE'S FRIENDS IMMEDIATELY
WELCOME HIM INTO THE GROUP.
CHLOE'S CREW WAS ALWAYS THERE
WITH HER.
WE ALWAYS JUST HUNG OUT,
HAD A GOOD TIME,
WENT TO THE MALL.
Narrator: ANOTHER POPULAR
HANGOUT FOR CHLOE AND CISCO
IS AN ABANDONED THEME PARK
CALLED HOLY LAND.
Corbe
HOLY LAND IS AN ATTRACTION,
AND IT DREW AS MANY
AS 40,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR.
THERE'S VILLAGES THAT REPLICATE
JERUSALEM AND BETHLEHEM.
AND IN THE CENTER OF HOLY LAND
IS THE GIANT HOLY LAND CROSS.
Corbe IN RECENT YEARS,
IT DID CLOSE DOWN,
AND IT BECAME MORE OF AN AREA
FOR KIDS TO HANG OUT,
LOITER, AND DRINK,
AND DO WHATEVER.
AND YOU CAN HAVE PRETTY MUCH
A 360-DEGREE VIEW OF THE CITY
FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT.
Narrator: A SHARED SENSE OF
ADVENTURE AND A POSITIVE OUTLOOK
CEMENTS CHLOE AND CISCO'S
UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP.
BUT LITTLE
DO THESE FRIENDS KNOW,
AN UNIMAGINABLE ACT OF CRUELTY
WILL SOON SHATTER THEIR LIVES.
ANOTHER YEAR GOES BY,
AND CHLOE AND CISCO
REMAIN CLOSE,
EVEN THOUGH THEIR LIVES
ARE CHANGING.
16-YEAR-OLD CHLOE IS ENJOYING
HER SOPHOMORE YEAR
OF HIGH SCHOOL
AND IS DEVOTED
TO HER NEW BOYFRIEND,
17-YEAR-OLD JEREMY REYES.
HE'S THE SWEETEST GUY I COULD
HAVE THOUGHT OF WITH HER.
IT WAS HAPPINESS.
LIKE, YOU COULD SEE THEM
THINKING, LIKE,
"OH, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD,
LET'S GET MARRIED."
IT WAS ADORABLE.
Narrator: 19-YEAR-OLD CISCO,
ON THE OTHER HAND,
IS A HIGH-SCHOOL DROPOUT
STRUGGLING TO FIND HIS WAY.
LaBracque: CISCO JUST STAYED
HOME, PLAYED VIDEO GAMES.
JUST DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AMBITION
TO BETTER HIMSELF.
Narrator: BUT DESPITE
HIS LACK OF DIRECTION,
CISCO'S FRIENDSHIP WITH CHLOE
REMAINS HIS SILVER LINING.
Copes:
CHLOE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU
WHENEVER YOU NEEDED HER.
SHE ALWAYS LISTENED TO YOU WHEN
YOU NEEDED SOMEONE TO TALK TO.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE LONG,
IT'S CHLOE'S TURN
TO LEAN ON CISCO FOR SUPPORT.
IN JULY OF 2010,
CHLOE'S BOYFRIEND, JEREMY,
IS HEADING OFF TO COLLEGE.
LaBracque:
CHLOE FELT, LIKE, SAD.
SHE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO LEAVE,
BUT SHE KNEW IN THE END,
HE'S DOING SOMETHING
HE WANTED TO DO.
AND SHE WAS LIKE,
"OKAY, AS LONG AS YOU'RE HAPPY
AND YOU'RE STILL TOGETHER
WITH ME, IT'S FINE."
Narrator: AS JEREMY SAYS
HIS GOODBYES TO CHLOE,
CISCO TELLS HIM THAT HE'LL WATCH
OVER HER WHILE HE'S AT SCHOOL.
I'M GONNA TAKE CARE OF HER,
ALL RIGHT?
LaBracque:
HE MADE A VOW OF, LIKE,
"I'LL MAKE SURE NOTHING HAPPENS
TO HER.
I'LL MAKE SURE SHE'S SAFE."
ALL RIGHT?
YEAH.
Narrator: BUT CISCO'S PROMISE
TO PROTECT CHLOE
WILL BE SHORT-LIVED
AND WILL SEND THESE FRIENDS
DOWN AN INCREDIBLY DARK
AND DEADLY PATH.
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
THAT WAY.
SHE WAS BLINDSIDED,
AND IT MADE HER ANGRY.
Narrator:
WHEN CHLOE'S BOYFRIEND, JEREMY,
LEAVES FOR COLLEGE,
HER FRIEND CISCO VOWS TO TAKE
CARE OF HER WHILE HE IS GONE.
FRANCISCO SEEMED TO BE THAT,
LIKE, TRUSTWORTHY FRIEND
THAT WAS THERE FOR CHLOE.
LaBracque: CISCO BECAME A LITTLE
MORE...PROTECTIVE AROUND CHLOE.
HE WAS MORE LIKE, "NO, YOU
TOUCH HER, I'M GONNA HURT YOU."
Narrator: AND BEFORE LONG,
CISCO GETS A CHANCE
TO MAKE GOOD ON HIS PROMISE
TO KEEP CHLOE SAFE.
JUST DAYS
AFTER JEREMY'S DEPARTURE,
THEY GO TO A PARTY
AND CHLOE GETS DRUNK.
DURING THE WEEKENDS,
SHE DEFINITELY LIKED TO HAVE
A GOOD TIME.
YOU OKAY?
[ CHUCKLES ]
CHLOE WAS JUST WASTED,
WOBBLING LEFT AND RIGHT,
DIDN'T KNOW
WHERE SHE WAS WALKING.
Cruz: WHOA!
YOU OKAY?
Narrator:
LUCKY FOR CHLOE,
CISCO IMMEDIATELY
COMES TO HER RESCUE.
CISCO SAID,
"OH, I'LL TAKE CHLOE HOME.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, YOU GUYS."
EVERYONE THOUGHT,
"OKAY, HE'S JUST KEEPING
HIS PROMISE TO JEREMY --
'MAKE SURE SHE'S SAFE
AND NOTHING GETS HARMED.'"
Narrator: CISCO SEES CHLOE BACK
TO HER HOUSE SAFE AND SOUND,
EARNING THE TEEN'S GRATITUDE.
CHLOE TRUSTED FRANCISCO
MORE AFTER THAT PARTY
BECAUSE SHE WAS DRUNK,
16 YEARS OLD,
AND FRANCISCO WAS THERE
TO HELP HER.
Narrator: BUT SOON,
THEIR FRIENDS SUSPECT
CISCO IS BEING OVERPROTECTIVE
BECAUSE HE REALLY HAS FEELINGS
FOR HER.
I THINK
HE REALLY LIKES HER.
HEY!
Copes: PEOPLE THOUGHT CISCO
WAS INFATUATED BY CHLOE.
WHO WOULDN'T GET A CRUSH
ON CHLOE?
SHE WAS EVERYBODY'S CUP OF TEA.
OH, MY GOD,
EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
TALKING ABOUT WHAT?
ABOUT YOU AND CISCO.
Narrator:
CHLOE IS STUNNED BY THE GOSSIP.
SHE PLANS TO MAKE SURE CISCO
KNOWS THEY'RE JUST FRIENDS.
JEREMY LOVED CHLOE WITH,
LIKE, EVERYTHING --
HIS WHOLE HEART, HIS SOUL.
SHE WAS COMMITTED.
SHE'S NOT THE ONE TO CHEAT.
RUMORS ARE SPREADING
THAT YOU AND I ARE DATING.
Narrator: BUT WHEN CHLOE TALKS
TO HIM ABOUT THE RUMORS,
SHE IS STUNNED
BY HIS SHOCKING REVELATION.
LOOK, I'M -- I'M GAY.
HE OPENED UP TO CHLOE
THAT HE WAS GAY.
HAVE YOU TOLD ANYONE?
NO, YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON
I'VE TOLD.
Narrator:
CHLOE IS DEEPLY TOUCHED
THAT CISCO TRUSTS HER ENOUGH
TO CONFIDE IN HER.
YOU'RE ALWAYS TOLD THAT YOUR GAY
FRIEND CAN BE YOUR BEST FRIEND.
YOU CAN TELL THEM ANYTHING.
Narrator:
NOW, WITH THIS SHARED SECRET,
SHE'S RELIEVED, AND THE FRIENDS
BECOME EVEN CLOSER.
CISCO AND CHLOE WERE LIKE
BROTHER AND SISTER.
Narrator:
BUT NEITHER ONE KNOWS
THAT THEIR BOND OF TRUST
IS ABOUT TO BE BREACHED,
ALTERING THE COURSE
OF THEIR LIVES FOREVER.
ON THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010,
CHLOE AND CISCO ARE
WITH THEIR GROUP OF FRIENDS.
THEY ALL MET UP AT THE MALL.
YEAH,
I'M REALLY HAPPY...
JUST SEEING EACH OTHER AND
TALKING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.
Narrator:
LATER THAT AFTERNOON,
CISCO AND CHLOE LEAVE THE GROUP
TO MEET UP WITH CISCO'S MOTHER.
FRANCISCO'S MOTHER WORKED
AT THE MALL AT THE TIME.
THEY ACTUALLY WALKED HIS MOTHER
BACK HOME,
BUT THEY HAD PARTED WAYS
LATER IN THE EVENING.
BYE.
BYE.
Narrator:
THE NEXT MORNING,
CHLOE FAILS TO SHOW UP
AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
AT FIRST,
HER MOTHER ISN'T TOO CONCERNED.
Corbe CHLOE CALLED HER MOM
THE NIGHT BEFORE
AND ASKED IF SHE COULD STAY OVER
AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE.
HER MOTHER SAID YES.
Narrator: BUT AS THE HOURS GO BY
WITH NO WORD FROM CHLOE,
PANIC BEGINS TO SET IN.
USUALLY, CHLOE WOULD CALL
SOMEBODY TO SAY SHE WAS OKAY.
FOR SOMEONE NOT TO HEAR
FROM CHLOE WAS VERY ODD.
Narrator: AND CALLS TO CHLOE'S
CELLPHONE GO UNANSWERED.
HEY, IT'S CHLOE'S MOM.
WORRIED SICK,
CHLOE'S PARENTS IMMEDIATELY
START CONTACTING HER FRIENDS.
UH,
HAVE YOU SEEN CHLOE?
WHEN WORD GETS TO CISCO,
HE IS SHOCKED TO HEAR ABOUT
CHLOE'S DISAPPEARANCE.
Corbe HE IS CONCERNED
ABOUT HIS FRIEND,
CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
Cruz: THE LAST I SAW HER,
LAST NIGHT, I WALKED HER HOME...
Narrator:
HE TELLS EVERYONE
THAT WHEN THE TWO PARTED WAYS
THE PREVIOUS EVENING,
CHLOE HEADED OFF
TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE.
BUT WHEN HER PARENTS
CALL AROUND,
NONE OF CHLOE'S FRIENDS HAVE
SEEN OR HEARD FROM HER EITHER.
LaBracque:
I'M LIKE, "WAIT, WHAT?"
LIKE, COMPLETELY DUMBFOUNDED.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
'CHLOE'S MISSING'?"
WE GOT TO DO IT.
Narrator: WHEN CHLOE STILL ISN'T
HOME BY 8:00 p.m. THAT NIGHT,
HER FRANTIC PARENTS CALL 911.
I'D LIKE TO REPORT
A MISSING PERSON, PLEASE.
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, CHLOE
HAD BEEN GONE FOR 24 HOURS.
Narrator: POLICE IMMEDIATELY
LAUNCH A MASSIVE SEARCH
TO FIND THE MISSING TEENAGER,
BUT NO ONE COULD EVER IMAGINE
WHAT THE SEARCH WOULD LEAD TO.
NO ONE COULD HAVE SEEN THIS
COMING.
THIS WASN'T JUST BETRAYAL.
IT WAS MUCH MORE.
Narrator:
IN WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT,
POLICE HAVE LAUNCHED
A FULL-SCALE SEARCH
FOR 16-YEAR-OLD CHLOE OTTMAN.
CHLOE HAD BEEN GONE
FOR 24 HOURS.
WE PUT FLIERS OUT
TO ALL ON-DUTY OFFICERS,
BEGAN SEARCHING FOR HER.
Narrator: HER FAMILY IS FRANTIC,
BUT EQUALLY WORRIED IS HER GOOD
FRIEND, 19-YEAR-OLD CISCO CRUZ.
IT WAS MORE LIKE, "OKAY,
YOU PROMISED TO PROTECT HER.
WHERE IS SHE?"
HE WAS DETERMINED TO FIND HER,
GET CHLOE HOME.
Narrator: AS CHLOE'S FRIENDS
MOBILIZE TO FIND THE TEENAGER,
THE USUALLY QUIET CISCO
IS FRONT AND CENTER
DURING THE SEARCH PARTY.
HE WAS LIKE, "OKAY, WELL,
LET'S FIGURE OUT
WHERE WE COULD FIND HER."
THEY WENT LOOKING EVERYWHERE,
RUNNING DOWN THE STREETS,
SCREAMING HER NAME,
TRYING TO GET HER BACK.
Narrator: AND WHEN POLICE
INTERVIEW CHLOE'S FRIENDS,
CISCO IS EAGER TO SHARE
WHAT HE KNOWS.
HE WAS THE LAST PERSON WE KNEW
OF THAT HAD CONTACT WITH CHLOE.
HE TOLD US
THAT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
THEY HAD GONE
TO THE LOCAL MALL TOGETHER
AND HE HAD NOT SEEN
OR HEARD FROM HER SINCE.
Narrator: BUT THAT NIGHT,
AFTER MORE THAN 24 HOURS,
THE SEARCH FAILS
TO TURN UP ANY LEADS.
NO ONE HAD SEEN CHLOE.
NO ONE HAD HEARD FROM HER.
Narrator: CHLOE'S FRIENDS HOPE
SHE SNUCK OFF
TO BE WITH
HER COLLEGE BOYFRIEND, JEREMY.
SOME OF US THOUGHT SHE JUST
WANTED TO BE WITH JEREMY.
"I MISS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
I WANT TO GO SEE HIM,
EVEN IF IT MEANS
I'M RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME."
Narrator: BUT WHEN JEREMY SHOWS
UP IN WATERBURY FOR THE WEEKEND,
THEIR HOPES ARE DASHED.
LaBracque: JEREMY CAME BACK
TO HELP FIND CHLOE,
SO IT'S LIKE,
"OKAY, WELL, WAIT...
IF CHLOE WENT TO NEW YORK,
JEREMY WOULDN'T BE HERE,
SO WHERE IS SHE?"
CHLOE!Narrator: CISCO AND JEREMY
BEGIN TO WALK THE STREETS
OF WATERBURY TOGETHER
TO FIND THEIR GIRL...Cruz: CHLOE!
...BUT TO NO AVAIL.
AS THE HOURS GO BY AND
THERE'S STILL NO SIGN OF CHLOE,
HER LOVED ONES BEGIN TO FEAR
THE WORST.
Corbe
THE FAMILY WAS OBVIOUSLY
EXTREMELY CONCERNED
FOR HER WELL-BEING,
JUST PRAYING AND HOPING
FOR THE BEST
THAT WE FOUND HER
SAFE AND SOUND.
Narrator: THINGS LOOK BLEAK
UNTIL INVESTIGATORS QUESTION
CHLOE'S BOYFRIEND, JEREMY.
THERE'S A GLIMMER OF HOPE
WHEN THE INFORMATION HE SHARES
GIVES THEM
THEIR FIRST SOLID LEAD.
WE INTERVIEWED HIM.
HE WAS VERY COOPERATIVE.
Narrator: BUT NOTHING
WILL PREPARE POLICE
FOR THE TERRIFYING TRUTH BEHIND
16-YEAR-OLD CHLOE'S
DISAPPEARANCE...
CHLOE!...AND THE SHOCKING DISCOVERY
WILL ROCK THIS TIGHT-KNIT
COMMUNITY TO ITS CORE.
IT WAS SICK, VIOLENT,
AND JUST GRUESOME.
HOW COULD A FRIEND DO SOMETHING
LIKE THIS?
[ SCREAMS ]
Narrator:
16-YEAR-OLD CHLOE OTTMAN
HAS BEEN MISSING
FOR NEARLY TWO DAYS.
INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEW
CHLOE'S BOYFRIEND, JEREMY,
WHO SHEDS LIGHT ON THE TEENAGE
GIRL'S DISAPPEARANCE.
THE LAST TIME YOU HAD CONTACT
WITH HER
WAS VIA TEXT, RIGHT?
YEAH, I MEAN,
WE TEXTED THE SAME NIGHT
THAT SHE TOLD ME
THAT SHE WAS GONNA MEET CISCO.
AND THEY HAVE
THEIR FIRST SOLID LEAD.
HE ALLOWED US
TO LOOK AT HIS CELLPHONE.
HE WAS VERY COOPERATIVE.
OBVIOUSLY,
HE WANTED TO FIND HER.
Narrator: AS POLICE SCROLL
THROUGH HIS TEXT MESSAGES,
THEY LEARN THAT JEREMY HAD
EXCHANGED SEVERAL TEXTS
WITH CHLOE
THE NIGHT SHE WENT MISSING.
ONE OF THEM CONTAINS
NEW AND SURPRISING INFORMATION.
SHE HAD TALKED ABOUT THINGS
LIKE HER AND CISCO BEING
IN HOLY LAND.
Narrator:
THE HOLY LAND CROSS
IS ONE OF CHLOE AND CISCO'S
KNOWN HANGOUTS...
...BUT CISCO MADE NO MENTION
OF GOING TO HOLY LAND.
HE HAD ALREADY TOLD POLICE
THAT ON THE EVENING
OF CHLOE'S DISAPPEARANCE,
THEY WALKED HIS MOTHER HOME
FROM THE MALL
AND THEN WENT
THEIR SEPARATE WAYS.
Corbe WE STARTED TO FIND
INCONSISTENCIES IN HIS STORY --
THINGS THAT HE HAD LEFT OUT.
WE BEGAN TO FOCUS MORE
ON FRANCISCO,
FEELING THAT HE KNEW MORE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
Narrator: CISCO IS IMMEDIATELY
BROUGHT BACK IN FOR QUESTIONING,
AND POLICE CONFRONT HIM
ABOUT JEREMY'S TEXTS WITH CHLOE.
AT FIRST, CISCO REFUSES TO BUDGE
ON HIS STORY,
BUT WHEN POLICE KEEP
PRESSURING HIM,
THE NERVOUS TEEN
EVENTUALLY CRUMBLES
AND GIVES
A MIND-BOGGLING CONFESSION.
I KNOW WHERE CHLOE IS.
IT WAS THAT POINT IN TIME
THAT FRANCISCO FINALLY
TOLD THE TRUTH --
THAT HE KNEW WHERE CHLOE WAS.
Narrator: POLICE ARE STUNNED
AS A GUILT-RIDDEN CISCO
REVEALS THE GRIM TRUTH
BEHIND THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF HIS DEAR FRIEND, CHLOE.
PICKED UP MY MOTHER
AT THE MALL...
ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON,
CHLOE AND FRANCISCO DECIDED
TO MEET AT OUR LOCAL MALL.
AND AT ONE POINT IN TIME, THEY
WALKED HIS MOTHER BACK HOME.
Narrator: BUT THEIR EVENING IS
JUST GETTING STARTED.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
THEN THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO
A BODEGA TO PICK UP SOME BOOZE.
Corbe FRANCISCO BOUGHT
ALCOHOL FOR THE TWO OF THEM.
AS THE EVENING PROGRESSED,
THEY WENT UP TO HOLY LAND
TO DRINK AND HANG OUT.
IT WAS JUST FRANCISCO AND CHLOE,
BY THEMSELVES,
AT THE HOLY LAND CROSS.
SUCH A NICE NIGHT OUT
TONIGHT.
Cruz: YEAH.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE A CONCERN
IN THE WORLD, GOING WITH HIM,
'CAUSE SHE TRUSTED HIM
AS A FRIEND.
Narrator:
BUT UNBEKNOWNST TO CHLOE,
CISCO HAS BECOME
DANGEROUSLY FIXATED ON HER.
THAT NIGHT, CISCO DECIDES
TO FINALLY COME CLEAN
AND MAKE HIS MOVE.
Corbe
THEY'D BEEN DRINKING.
CHLOE'S BOYFRIEND WAS AWAY,
OUT AT COLLEGE.
HE FELT IT WAS
THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY.
LOOK, I'M...
I'M NOT GAY.
UH, I LIKE YOU A LOT.
I BELIEVE FRANCISCO TOLD CHLOE
HE WAS GAY
TO MASK UP THE FACT
THAT HE WAS INFATUATED BY HER.
Narrator: THEN, HE SUDDENLY
MAKES A PASS AT HER.
CHLOE WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD,
BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T IMAGINE
HER FRIEND DOING THIS TO HER.
NO, NO. COME ON.
I WANT TO GO HOME.
CHLOE PROBABLY FELT BETRAYED,
AND SHE JUST KEPT PUSHING AWAY,
AND SHE WAS LIKE,
"NO, GET ME HOME.
"I'M NOT DOING THIS.
I'M NOT CHEATING
ON MY BOYFRIEND."
BUT I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU, TOO,
BUT AS A FRIEND!
JUST LET ME GO!COME ON. PLEASE.
HE TRIED AGAIN.
SHE CONTINUED TO REJECT HIM.
AND IT PROGRESSED.
HE BECAME ANGRIER AND ANGRIER.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!CISCO, LET GO OF ME!
SHE SAID NO.
PISSED HIM OFF.
HE DIDN'T LIKE IT WHATSOEVER.
[ BOTH GRUNTING ]
AT THIS POINT, CHLOE IS SCARED.
SHE'S TERRIFIED.
SHE TRIED TO FIGHT BACK
AS BEST AS SHE COULD.
[ SCREAMING ]Narrator: DURING THE STRUGGLE...
CHLOE STRIKES CISCO.
SHE KNOCKED HIS GLASSES
OFF HIS FACE.
Narrator: AT THAT MOMENT,
SOMETHING DEEP INSIDE CISCO
SNAPS.
ENRAGED,
HE LASHES OUT AT HIS FRIEND.
[ SCREAMS ]
AND HE CHOKED HER...
[ GAGGING ]
[ GAGGING STOPS ]
[ PANTING ]
...AND SHE WENT UNCONSCIOUS...
...AND HE RAPED HER.
Narrator: AFTER THE RAPE,
THE GRIM REALIZATION
OF WHAT HE'S DONE SINKS IN.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT,
AND HE DIDN'T WANT
TO GO TO JAIL,
SO HE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT
SHE COULDN'T TELL THE POLICE.
Narrator: CISCO SEES
SHE'S STILL BREATHING,
THEN TAKES A FOLDING KNIFE
FROM HIS POCKET
AND DOES THE UNTHINKABLE.
HE STABS CHLOE,
THE GIRL HE'S BEEN IN LOVE WITH
ALL ALONG,
REPEATEDLY, IN THE NECK.
I DO THINK HE WAS THINKING THAT,
LIKE, "IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU,
NO ONE CAN."
THEN HE JUST DUMPED HER BODY
INTO THE WOODS,
NOT TOO FAR
FROM WHERE THE CROSS STANDS.
FRANCISCO LEFT HER THERE,
BLEEDING AND BRUISED AND DEAD,
AND WALKED AWAY
LIKE NOTHING EVEN HAPPENED.
THE SHEER HORROR OF IT
WAS OVERWHELMING.
[ BIRD CAWS ]
Narrator: AFTER CISCO'S
SHOCKING CONFESSION,
HE THEN LEADS POLICE
TO THE WOODS
CLOSE TO THE HOLY LAND CROSS.
THERE, THEY FIND
THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL'S DEAD BODY,
HER THROAT VICIOUSLY SLASHED.
STAB MARKS THROUGH THE WHOLE,
ENTIRE THROAT.
IT WAS JUST HORRIFIC.
Narrator:
CISCO IS IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED
AND CHARGED WITH CHLOE'S
RAPE AND COLD-BLOODED MURDER.
Copes:
SHE DIDN'T DESERVE IT.
NOBODY DESERVES
SOMETHING AS VICIOUS AS THIS.
Corbe IT IS SHOCKING
THAT SOMEONE COULD DO THIS
TO ANY HUMAN BEING.
Narrator: AS CHLOE'S FAMILY AND
FRIENDS HEAR THE TRAGIC NEWS
THAT HER GOOD FRIEND
MURDERED HER,
THEY LEARN EVEN MORE
DISTURBING NEWS --
THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN
WARNING SIGNS ABOUT CISCO.
THROUGH HIS FACEBOOK PAGE,
POLICE LEARN THAT CISCO
WAS INTO VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES
AND FANTASIZED
ABOUT KILLING PEOPLE.
THERE WAS JUST LISTS
OF PEOPLE HE WANTED TO KILL
BECAUSE OF HOW THEY
DID HIM WRONG OR SOMETHING.
Narrator:
IN AN IRONIC TWIST,
THREE MONTHS
BEFORE CHLOE'S MURDER,
CISCO POSTED ON FACEBOOK
THAT HE HAD JUST ADDED SOMEONE
TO HIS KILL LIST.
WITH EERIE FORESIGHT,
CHLOE REPLIED, "IS IT ME?"
IN JUNE, 2011,
20-YEAR-OLD FRANCISCO CRUZ
PLEADS GUILTY
TO THE BRUTAL RAPE AND MURDER
OF CHLOE OTTMAN.
HE IS SENTENCED TO 55 YEARS
IN PRISON.
I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT HE WAS REMORSEFUL AT ALL.
Narrator:
CHLOE'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS
STILL STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND
HOW HER CLOSE FRIEND
COULD HAVE COMMITTED
SUCH A HEINOUS AND SAVAGE CRIME.
CISCO WAS NEVER CHLOE'S FRIEND,
BECAUSE FRIENDS DON'T DO
WHAT HE DID.
LaBracque:
IF YOU CARED SOMEONE SO MUCH
THAT YOU THOUGHT OF THEM
AS YOUR BEST FRIEND,
WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE HER
FROM US?
HOW CAN ANYONE BE SO CRUEL?
IT'S...NOT RIGHT.