Village of the Damned (2017): Season 1, Episode 5 - The Final Fall - Part 2 - full transcript

ASK PEOPLE WHY THEY LIVE
IN SMALL TOWNS

AND ALMOST INVARIABLY
THEY'LL SAY,

"WELL, I FEEL SAFE HERE.
I KNOW MY NEIGHBORS".

BUT THE PEOPLE OF A SMALL
TOWN IN UPSTATE NEW YORK,

THEY'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT
REACTION THESE DAYS.

NBC's PAT DAWSON TONIGHT
IN DRYDEN, NEW YORK.

DRYDEN HAS SEEN IT, AGAIN
AND AGAIN -- VIOLENCE, MURDER.

IN 1989, THE ENTIRE
HARRIS FAMILY

WAS EXECUTED IN THEIR HOME.

...TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE KIND
OF FEAR THAT THEY EXPERIENCED.

JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE TRUE.



1993-- SCOTT HUME STABBED
TO DEATH OVER A ROMANTIC GRUDGE.

AND THEN AFTER WE GAVE
OUR STATEMENTS,

THEY TOLD US
THAT SCOTT HAD DIED.

1994-- THE LOCAL
FOOTBALL COACH SHOT TO DEATH

BY HIS DAUGHTER'S EX-BOYFRIEND.

PEOPLE WOULD SAY
STEVE DIED A HERO.

HE DIED A DAD.

AND THIS SUMMER,
A WORKPLACE ARGUMENT HERE

ENDED IN A DEADLY SHOOTING.

IT WAS -- IT WAS REAL.

I JUST -- I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

THIS TIME, IT IS TWO
HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADERS,

JENNIFER BOLDUC
AND SARAH HAJNEY,

BOTH 16, BEST FRIENDS.



HAVE YOU SEEN
SARAH AND JEN?

NO, I THOUGHT YOU
THREE WERE TOGETHER. WHY?

NOBODY'S SEEN THEM.

FIRST THING I DID
WAS CHECK THE RESIDENCE.

I FOUND SOME DAMAGE
IN THE BATHROOM.

AT THAT POINT, WE KNEW
THERE'D BEEN FOUL PLAY

AND SOMETHING HAD
HAPPENED TO THE GIRLS.

I WAS -- I DON'T WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ONES

OF THAT PARTICULAR PERIOD.

FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ROOTED HERE,
THIS IS A SORE SUBJECT.

IT'S AN UGLY STAIN THAT PEOPLE
WOULD PRETTY MUCH PREFER

TO COVER UP AND FORGET.

IT'S BEEN 21 YEARS, AND
IT'S PRETTY FRESH IN OUR MINDS,

STILL, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT.

AND IT SOUNDS STRANGE TO SAY IT,

BUT I FEEL
OUR COMMUNITY IS STRONGER

BECAUSE OF THE THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE.

WE ARE STRONGER, AND IT'S COME
AT A TREMENDOUSLY HIGH PRICE.

THIS HOME IN DRYDEN IS BELIEVED
TO BE WHERE THE STORY BEGINS.

JENNIFER BOLDUC WENT TO
SARAH HAJNEY'S HOME

TO HELP HER HOUSE-SIT.

THEY WERE DUE TO BE
IN SCHOOL FRIDAY MORNING

BUT NEVER SHOWED UP.

BOTH GIRLS WERE CHEERLEADERS --
WENT TO DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL.

WELL-KNOWN, GOOD FAMILIES.

MY SONS KNEW WHO THEY WERE
THROUGH THE SPORTS

FROM DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL.

BOTH OF THE GIRLS,
SARAH AND JENNIFER,

WENT TO THE SAME CHURCH
THAT I WENT TO.

THE COMMUNITY WAS
PRETTY UNNERVED.

ONE OF THE GIRLS
THAT WAS MISSING

HAD BEEN A STUDENT OF MY WIFE'S
WHEN SHE WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.

AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY
WAS JUST SAYING TO THEMSELVES,

"THIS IS A DREAM, AND I'M
GOING TO WAKE UP FROM IT,

AND IT'S ALL GOING
TO BE BETTER,"

BUT EACH DAY THAT MOVES ON,
THAT HOPE FADES.

I CALLED THE S. P. ITHACA STATION
AND HAD THE DISPATCHER

SEND OUT WHAT WE CALL A FILE ONE

ON A MISSING CAR,
LOST OR STOLEN.

OKAY, DO YOU KNOW THAT
WE'RE MISSING TWO GIRLS HERE?

YES.
YES, SIR, I DO.

PERPETRATORS WILL COME BACK
TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME,

AND SO THEY -- YOU KNOW,
THEY GET A LOT OF INFORMATION

FROM HAVING ROAD
STOPS IN THE CRIME AREA.

I MEAN, IF THERE'S SOME GUY
FROM TEXAS COMING THROUGH

AND THERE'S NO REASON
FOR HIM TO BE ON THAT ROAD,

WHY IS HE THERE?

YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST --

EVERYBODY WAS ON
PINS AND NEEDLES.

AND IT WAS LIKE,
WHEN WE LISTENED TO THE NEWS,

IT WAS LIKE,
"IS THIS AN ORSON WELLES?

IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING?"

BUT IT REALLY WAS HAPPENING.

WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT
THE CHEERLEADERS WERE MISSING,

I HAD A FRIEND WHO
WAS A FAMILY MEMBER,

AND TO NOT KNOW
WHERE YOUR FAMILY MEMBER IS

IS HORRIBLE.

IT'S SCARY, YOU KNOW?

I'M AFRAID TO LEAVE
MY DOORS UNLOCKED.

I'M AFRAID TO BE OUT ALONE
AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW?

I NEVER WAS BEFORE.

SO, THE TOWN IS --

I THINK THE TOWN IS IN SHOCK.

IN LOCAL NEWS,
DRYDEN IS STILL ON EDGE

AFTER THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF TWO GIRLS.

POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING
FOR ANY LEADS

TO THE WHEREABOUTS AND RETURN
Mother: TIFF?

OF THESE TWO YOUNG GIRLS.

KATIE'S HERE
TO SEE YOU.

KATIE.

HAVE YOU
HEARD ANYTHING?

THEY SAID IT LOOKED
LIKE SOMEBODY BROKE IN,

MAYBE KIDNAPPED THEM.

MY GOD.

I DON'T KNOW.

DO YOU...

DO YOU THINK
THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO

WITH WHAT HAPPENED
WITH YOUR DAD?

IS DAD OKAY? WHERE IS HE?

WHAT?

NO.

I'M SORRY.

I JUST --

YOU KNOW, I WAS SUPPOSED
TO SLEEP OVER THAT NIGHT,

AND I KEEP THINKING
THAT MAYBE

I COULD HAVE HELPED
THEM OR SOMETHING.

KATIE, DON'T.

IF YOU HAD GONE
OVER THERE,

SOMETHING COULD HAVE
HAPPENED TO YOU.

YEAH, I GUESS.

I GOT A REPORT THEY FOUND
THE CAR IN CORTLAND COUNTY,

WHICH IS JUST
THE NEXT COUNTY OVER,

AND EVIDENCE IN THE
CAR INDICATED

THAT IT WAS VERY BAD.

EMPLOYEES AT
CORTLAND LINE COMPANY

SAY THEY SAW A SUSPICIOUS MAN
IN THEIR PARKING LOT FRIDAY

PUTTING SOMETHING
IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR.

WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND
SMEARED WITH BLOOD.

WITNESSES SAW A MAN WEARING
LONG, YELLOW GLOVES

NEAR THE CAR.

EVIDENTLY, THEY WERE IN
THE TRUNK OF THE CAR

BECAUSE THE TRUNK OF THE CAR
SHOWED EVIDENCE OF BLOOD,

AND AT THAT POINT,

WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY
WERE STILL ALIVE OR NOT.

MY HEART'S RACING RIGHT NOW

EVEN THINKING ABOUT
SOMETHING SO...HORRIFIC.

BRILLIANT REDS
AND BRIGHT YELLOWS

ARE POPPING OUT ACROSS
THE HILLS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK,

BUT IN THE SMALL TOWN OF DRYDEN,

THE COLORS SEEM
SWALLOWED IN GLOOM.

ALL THIS BUZZ
IS GOING AROUND,

AND HELICOPTERS
ARE FLYING AROUND.

THAT SENT A CHILL, TO KNOW
THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT

IS GOING ON IN OUR TOWN.

IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE
BECAUSE WHERE IT HAPPENED

WAS IN THE VILLAGE OF McLEAN...

...WHICH IS IN
THE TOWN OF DRYDEN,

AND WE'RE TALKING
A VERY SMALL COMMUNITY --

250, MAYBE, MOST.

I HAVE CHILDREN.

I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD LET
MY CHILDREN OUTSIDE TO PLAY.

THAT'S THE MOST
FRIGHTENING PART.

THE NEXT MORNING,
I COME BACK TO THE HOUSE,

AND I TALKED TO A COUPLE
OF THE TROOPERS ON THE ROAD.

- ATTENTION, ALL UNITS.
- PLEASE BE ADVISED.

ROADBLOCKS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED
TO NORTH MAIN AND LAKE STREET.

TURNER, BENSON,
HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING?

NOT BAD.

WHERE'D YOU
GET THE COFFEE?

NEIGHBORS BROUGHT IT.

PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE'S
STOPPED OVER BY NOW.

EXCEPT THAT GUY --
ANDREWS.

CAUGHT HIM STARING AT US
A FEW TIMES.

THAT WAS VERY UNUSUAL,
SO IMMEDIATELY MY HAIR

WENT UP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR.

WHY WAS HE ACTING DIFFERENT
THAN EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE ROAD?

HOW DO YOU WANT
TO HANDLE THIS?

LET'S PUSH HIM A LITTLE
AND SEE WHAT HE GIVES US.

HELLO, SIR.

CAN WE CHAT WITH YOU
ABOUT SOMETHING?

ABOUT WHAT?

ABOUT THE GIRLS
THAT WENT MISSING.

OKAY.

CAN WE COME IN?

THIS IS ABOUT
THEM GIRLS?

SARAH HAJNEY
AND JENNIFER BOLDUC, YES.

A COUPLE OF YOU GUYS
ALREADY STOPPED BY.

YEAH, WE KNOW.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT SARAH?

NOTHING.

SHE LIVED NEXT DOOR,
IS ALL.

YOU GUYS HAVE ANY SUSPECTS?

WE CAN'T DISCUSS THAT
WITH YOU.

WHAT ELSE DID YOU
KNOW ABOUT HER?

LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T
KNOW HER THAT WELL.

I DIDN'T TALK TO HER
OR NOTHING.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING
THE NIGHT THEY DISAPPEARED?

I WAS HOME WITH MY WIFE.

SHE LEFT FOR
A FEW HOURS.

I STAYED.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR
KNUCKLE, JOHN?

I...SKINNED IT WORKING
ON MY TRUCK.

DO YOU OWN A PAIR
OF YELLOW GLOVES, MR. ANDREWS?

WHAT?

WORK GLOVES,
LEATHER WORK GLOVES.

I'M A MACHINIST.
EVERYONE'S GOT WORK GLOVES.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GET OUT
OF YOUR HAIR.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

LOOK, LET ME CALL YOU BACK.
OKAY. I'LL LOOK OUT FOR IT.

THANK YOU AGAIN, SIR.

THANK YOU.

THAT WAS THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

AND?

ANDREWS WAS DISHONORABLY
DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY,

SERVED TIME.

OUR ANDREWS?
OUR ANDREWS.

THEY HAD GOTTEN SOME INFORMATION
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

IN REFERENCE TO AN INCIDENT
THAT HAD HAPPENED

WHEN HE WAS IN THE ARMY.

HE BROKE INTO A FRIEND'S HOUSE
AND ATTACKED THE WIFE.

AND DURING THE ATTACK,
THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO REMOVE

A MASK THAT HE HAD ON,

A SKI MASK, SORT OF LIKE, SO --

AND HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED.

HE'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
HE'S A NEIGHBOR.

THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR
NUMBER-ONE SUSPECT AT THAT TIME.

HELLO?

HI.
LET ME PUT YOU ON SPEAKERPHONE.

HOW DO YOU LIKE THE CABIN?

KATHERINE, YOU NEED
TO GET UP HERE.

WHAT?

SOMETHING HORRIBLE
HAS HAPPENED.

WHAT HAPPENED?

THE CABIN WAS
JUST A SMALL, RUSTIC CABIN

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS.

IT WAS A VERY REMOTE AREA.

IT WAS JUST A FAMILY CABIN,

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF EVIDENCE
OF BLOOD ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND THERE WAS A SMALL POND
OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR CABIN,

AND WE WERE CALLED IN
TO JUST CHECK TO SEE

IF THERE WERE ANY KNIVES

OR ANY EVIDENCE OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT IN THE POND.

AND WE DID A GRID SEARCH
ON THAT AND DETERMINED

THAT THERE WAS NOTHING
INSIDE THE POND.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS
ARE DEVASTATED BY THE NEWS

THAT TWO CHEERLEADERS
DISAPPEARED

AND THEN, SOMEHOW, WERE KILLED.

POLICE CONFIRMED
THAT IN CORTLAND TODAY.

THEY WERE
FOUND DEAD THIS MORNING.

MY GOD.

THAT'S TERRIBLE.

IT'S SUCH A SAD THING.

I MEAN, ONE OF THE GIRLS,
I THINK, WORKED OVER HERE,

BUT I JUST COULDN'T
BELIEVE IT.

WELL, ONCE, OVER THE P. A. SYSTEM
IN THE SCHOOL,

THEY WERE TELLING ABOUT --

THEY CAME UP AND SAID THEY FOUND
THE TWO BODIES OF THE GIRLS,

AND EVERYONE JUST STARTED
CRYING IMMEDIATELY.

IT WAS TERRIBLE.

AND THEN, TO KNOW THE VICTIMS,
TO KNOW THE FAMILY MEMBERS --

THE PEOPLE IN DRYDEN -- 'CAUSE
EVERYBODY KNEW EVERYBODY --

IT WAS JUST DEVASTATING
ON THE COMMUNITY.

IN DRYDEN, I WOULD THINK
THAT SARAH AND JENNIFER

WOULD BE THE HARDEST THING
TO TALK ABOUT

BECAUSE OF THE FACT
OF HOW HORRIFIC IT WAS

AND WHAT NICE GIRLS THEY WERE.

YOU MAKE SURE
YOU GET EVERY DETAIL.

YOU DO EVERYTHING
THAT YOU NEED TO DO

TO BRING THE PERSON
TO JUSTICE THAT DID THIS.

MA'AM?

IS THIS YOUR PROPERTY?

IT'S -- IT'S BEEN IN
THE FAMILY FOR YEARS.

AND WHO ELSE HAS
ACCESS TO IT?

MY BROTHER.

AND WHAT'S YOUR
BROTHER'S NAME?

JOHN.

JOHN ANDREWS.

THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE SUSPECT
HAD BEEN THERE

AND KNEW ABOUT THIS CABIN.

IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

AT THIS POINT, I'M SURE
THERE WAS NO DOUBT

THAT JOHN WAS INVOLVED.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO LOCK THIS GUY UP

AND HE'S NOT GOING
TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT.

- HANDS UP! HANDS UP!
- DON'T MOVE!

OFFICIALS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
SAY THEY ARE CERTAIN

TWO MISSING 16-YEAR-OLD GIRLS,

SARAH HAJNEY
AND JENNIFER BOLDUC,

HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADERS,
WERE MURDERED.

IT MAKES A CHANGE IN THE WAY
THAT YOU LIVE

AND THE WAY THAT YOU THINK.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT, LIKE,
THE HARRIS MURDERS...

OR THE CHEERLEADER MURDERS...

AND YOU GO, "THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT WE SEE ON THE NEWS,"

BUT THEN YOU LEARN
THAT IT CAN HAPPEN HERE,

IT JUST CHANGES THE WAY YOU ARE.

I DON'T THINK IT'LL
EVER BE THE SAME TOWN IT WAS

BEFORE EVERYTHING HAPPENED.

I THINK BEING
THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR

IN A COMMUNITY THIS SIZE,

IF YOU HAVE THIS MUCH EXPOSURE
TO THE BAD THINGS

THAT HAVE HAPPENED
TO GOOD PEOPLE,

YOU EVENTUALLY ASK YOURSELF,
"HOW MUCH OF THIS CAN I TAKE?

WHERE IS THE BREAKING POINT?"

AT DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL,
SHE AND SARAH HAJNEY

ARE WELL-KNOWN JUNIORS.

AFTER NEWS OF THEIR DEATHS,
THE SCHOOL CANCELED CLASSES.

ESPECIALLY MY TWO BOYS
THAT WERE INVOLVED

AND THAT WHO KNEW WHO THE GIRLS
WERE JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE,

LIKE, SOMETHING
LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN.

THEIR KIDS ALL WENT
TO DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL

WITH THE PACE BOYS
AND COACH STARR.

THEY WERE ALL FROM
DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONE BIG GROUP.

THEY WERE BOTH CHEERLEADERS,
GREAT KIDS,

GOOD GIRLS, VERY NICE.

EVERYBODY'S A MESS.

I KNOW OFFICERS WHO WERE
ON THAT CASE, AND, YOU KNOW,

GUYS WERE BREAKING DOWN
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

YOU TRY TO PUT THIS BRAVADO
ON, YOU KNOW,

THAT YOU'RE A TOUGH GUY.

AND, YOU KNOW, HEY,
WE ARE TOUGH.

WE TRY TO BE.
WE HAVE A JOB TO DO.

BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE

TO LOCK THIS GUY UP

AND HE'S NOT GOING
TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT.

- ATTENTION, ALL UNITS.
- ALL-POINTS BULLETIN.

SUSPECT IS IDENTIFIED AS
31-YEAR-OLD JOHN ANDREWS.

ALL UNITS PROCEED
TO CHURCH STREET IN DRYDEN.

- HANDS UP! HANDS UP!
- DON'T MOVE!

- DO NOT MOVE!
- HANDS UP!

- KEEP THEM UP!
- DO NOT MOVE!

DO NOT MOVE!

AT A PRESS CONFERENCE,
POLICE ANNOUNCED

THE ARREST OF A SUSPECT --

A MAN WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR
TO THE HAJNEY GIRL.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESS
BRIEFING TODAY

IS TO ANNOUNCE THAT
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE.

THE INDIVIDUAL ARRESTED
IS IDENTIFIED

AS JOHN BENJAMIN ANDREWS,
AGE 31, OF McLEAN, NEW YORK.

POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT

IS NOT COOPERATING
IN THE INVESTIGATION.

"JOHN BENJAMIN ANDREWS JR.,
EX-CONVICT,

LED A QUIET LIFE IN McLEAN
UNTIL HIS ARREST FOR KIDNAPPING.

HIS ARREST SURPRISED NEIGHBORS
ON CHURCH STREET,

WHERE ANDREWS HAD
MOVED WITH HIS WIFE

AND THEIR YOUNG SON
MORE THAN A YEAR AGO".

IT'S JUST STRANGE. YOU JUST
NEVER KNOW WHO YOU LIVE NEXT TO.

I DON'T KNOW HOW
A PARENT RECOVERS

FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

YOU KNOW, LOSING A CHILD
BY AN ACCIDENT IS ONE THING,

BUT TO LOSE A CHILD
FROM SOME HEINOUS ACT LIKE THIS

IS JUST...

I DON'T KNOW HOW PARENTS
GET THROUGH THIS.

IT'S GOT TO BE DIFFICULT.

MY HEART'S RACING RIGHT NOW

EVEN THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING
SO...HORRIFIC.

MY HEART...BLEEDS
FOR THOSE PARENTS.

THAT'S A MOTHER'S CRY.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?

I'M SORRY.

YOU GOT NOTHING
TO SAY?

I THINK YOU WANTED
TO GET CAUGHT.

WHY THE HELL ELSE YOU PICK
YOUR NEIGHBORS, LEAVE THE CAR?

YOU WANTED US
TO FIND YOU.

HE WAS JUST A MAN
THAT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS...

UM...

ALMOST LIKE THERE WAS
NO LOOK TO HIM, THAT JUST --

NO FEELINGS.

BLANK -- IT LOOKED BLANK.
THERE WAS JUST NOTHING THERE.

YOU HEAR THAT WHEN HE GOT
PUT IN JAIL,

HE WAS PLAYING CARDS
WITH THE INMATES.

NO REMORSE.

THIS GUY -- THIS GUY JUST NEEDS
TO BE DONE AWAY WITH.

JUST LET EVERYBODY AROUND
THIS AREA HAVE AT HIM

AND LET HIM DIE
A TORTURED DEATH.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S EVIL.

THE PAIN, THE DARKNESS,
THE HORROR --

HOW DO YOU RECOVER FROM THAT?

I ACTUALLY HAD A BROTHER
THAT LIVED IN McLEAN AREA,

WHERE ANDREWS LIVED.

THEY KNEW WHO HE WAS.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW
A LOT ABOUT HIM.

HE HAD GROWN UP THERE.

HE GRADUATED
FROM DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL.

HOW DID THIS PERSON LIVE
AMONG US AND WE NOT KNOW?

HOW CAN SOMEBODY FROM
OUR COMMUNITY BE LIKE THAT?

HE LIVED DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR,
PROBABLY WITHIN 50 FEET.

THEIR HOUSES WERE THAT CLOSE.

FROM HIS HOUSE, YOU COULD LOOK
DOWN INTO HER HOUSE WINDOWS.

AND SO HE KNEW THAT
THE PARENTS WEREN'T HOME,

KNEW THAT THE GIRLS
WERE THERE ALONE.

I DON'T THINK HE WAS AWARE
THERE WAS A SECOND GIRL THERE,

AND I THINK THINGS
JUST GOT OUT OF HAND,

AND THEN -- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT WENT ON IN HIS MIND

THAT HE DID WHAT HE DID.

I'M SURE THE GIRL THAT WAS IN
THE SHOWER GAVE HIM A FIGHT.

OTHERWISE, THAT SOAP DISH
WOULDN'T HAVE GOT BROKE

AND THE SHOWER CURTAIN SMASHED.

I'M SURE THAT SHE PUT UP
A HECK OF A FIGHT,

AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS
AT WHAT POINT THE GIRLS DIED.

AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW.

YOU NEVER GET TO SEE THEM
COMBING THEIR HAIR.

YOU NEVER GET
TO SEE THEM DRESSED

IN THEIR CHEERLEADING UNIFORM.

YOU DON'T GET TO SEE THEM
GOING OFF TO THE PROM.

AS THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR
INVOLVED IN IT,

IT WAS QUITE A SENSATION

TO SEE THE PEOPLE FILE
INTO THE GYMNASIUM

AND SEE THE SEATS
QUIETLY FILL UP.

I ESPECIALLY REMEMBER --

I'M SUPPOSED TO BE STRONG.

AND IT REALLY BECAME SO REAL

WHEN SCHOOL BUSES
FROM OTHER SCHOOLS SHOWED UP...

...AND THEIR CHEERLEADERS
SHOWED UP IN A CAMARADERIE.

I HAVE, UNDER MY BLOTTER,

THE PRAYER CARD FROM
SARAH AND JEN'S SERVICE,

AND I ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS ONE.

I'VE TAKEN IT OUT
TO SHOW IT TO YOU NOW,

BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN
OUT OF THERE IN 20 YEARS.

BUT I'LL READ IT.

"DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE
AND WEEP.

I AM NOT THERE.
I DO NOT SLEEP.

I AM A THOUSAND WINDS THAT BLOW.

I AM THE DIAMOND'S
GLINT ON SNOW.

DO NOT STAND
AT MY GRAVE AND CRY.

I AM NOT THERE.
I DID NOT DIE".

AT ABOUT 1:15,
1:30 IN THE MORNING,

I GOT A CALL FROM THE JAIL.

I WENT IN TO WHERE
HE WAS -- HIS CELL.

JOHN ANDREWS HAD
HUNG HIMSELF IN THE JAIL.

MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS,
"JUSTICE," YOU KNOW,

"GOT WHAT HE DESERVED".

I WAS ACTUALLY THE LEAD
INVESTIGATOR ON HIS SUICIDE.

HE WASN'T ON A SUICIDE
WATCH OR ANYTHING.

HE HADN'T THREATENED SUICIDE.

WE DID FIND SOME LETTERS IN HIS
CELL THAT HE WANTED TO SEND.

THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE NOTES
OF THE CRIME AT ALL,

ABOUT WHAT HE HAD DONE
OR WHY HE HAD DONE IT.

IT JUST SAID HE WAS SORRY
FOR WHAT WAS GOING ON --

AGAIN, FROM WHAT
I CAN REMEMBER --

SORRY THAT HE PUT
HIS FAMILY THROUGH THIS.

IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS
WHERE THAT SAVED THE COMMUNITY

SO MUCH PAIN AND ANGUISH --

GOING THROUGH THAT, GOING
THROUGH A TRIAL LIKE THAT.

WE HAD GONE OUT TO HIS
WIFE'S PARENTS' HOUSE,

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS
STAYING WITH HER SON,

TO MAKE THE NOTIFICATION.

I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.

HER FATHER ANSWERED THE DOOR.

I DIDN'T TELL HIM
WHAT HAD HAPPENED,

JUST THAT WE NEEDED TO SEE HER.

SAT HER DOWN, TOLD HER WHAT
HAD HAPPENED TO JOHN ANDREWS.

SHE STARTED TO CRY,

AND THE FATHER SAID,
"GOOD. I'M GLAD IT HAPPENED".

IF NORMAN ROCKWELL
HAD PAINTED DRYDEN,

IT MIGHT WELL HAVE BEEN A PLACE

WHERE PEOPLE TALKED OVER
THE BACK FENCE TO EACH OTHER,

A TOWN WHERE EVERYONE KNEW
AND TRUSTED THEIR NEIGHBOR.

OUR LITTLE TOWNS
ARE PREDICTABLE.

AND THEN WHEN THE
UNPREDICTABLE COMES UP,

YOU DON'T KNOW WHO TO TRUST.

HER DEATH WAS UNEXPECTED.

NONE OF IT MAKES SENSE.

IT WAS STARTLING,

WHAT THE VILLAGE OF DRYDEN
HAD GONE THROUGH --

FROM THE HARRIS MURDERS

TO THE MURDER
OF THEIR FOOTBALL COACH

TO THE MURDER OF THE COWORKER
AT THE AUTO DEALERSHIP

TO THE CHEERLEADERS FROM McLEAN.

WHEN IS THIS GOING TO STOP?
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

ONE OF THE WORST THINGS
WAS THAT THEY STARTED

PUTTING IT IN THE PAPER
AND TALKING ABOUT IT,

CALLING DRYDEN
"THE VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED".

AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE,
THAT REALLY UPSET THEM

BECAUSE THEY WERE NICE
PEOPLE, HARDWORKING PEOPLE.

ARE PEOPLE FEELING
A LITTLE CURSED, AT THIS POINT,

BY THE STRING OF EVENTS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED

OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS?

I CAN'T SAY CURSED, NO.

AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THOSE
PEOPLE HAVE NEVER LIVED

AND WORKED HERE.

THEY'VE NEVER GONE
TO SCHOOL HERE.

THEY'VE NEVER RAISED
THEIR FAMILY HERE.

IF YOU GOOGLE "DRYDEN",
YOU SEE COMMENTS, LIKE,

THAT IT'S
"THE VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED",

AND IT'S JUST NOT TRUE.

IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE.

AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT,

FOR A RELATIVELY BRIEF
PERIOD IN ITS HISTORY,

A LOT OF BAD THINGS HAPPENED.

I FEEL HONORED TO BE ABLE
TO SPEAK ABOUT KATIE.

THAT'S AN HONOR FOR ME.

LIKE A DYNAMO, JUST...

HER POSITIVE ENERGY
WOULD JUST FILL A ROOM.

SHE NEVER WOULD LEAVE WITHOUT A
HUG GOODBYE OR AN "I LOVE YOU".

IT'S KATIE.

AND...

ALL RIGHT,
SO THAT'S THE LOOK.

THAT.

I MEAN, LIKE A MEGAWATT, THAT
SMILE AND JOYFUL EXUBERANCE.

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
THAT'S AWESOME.

KATIE WAS KILLED
IN A CAR ACCIDENT,

I THINK ON A FRIDAY MORNING.

HER DEATH WAS UNEXPECTED.

SHE'D GRADUATED AND GONE
ON TO COLLEGE AND WAS BACK.

BUT, YEAH, IT WAS UNEXPECTED.

I THINK THERE WERE OVER 1,000
PEOPLE AT HER MEMORIAL.

SHE TOUCHED A LOT OF LIVES
IN A VERY SHORT TIME.

WHEN I VISIT THE CEMETERY,
I USUALLY JUST SIT QUIETLY.

I FEEL AT PEACE.

SOMETIMES IT'S JUST
CHECKING IN, YOU KNOW?

A LOT OF YEARS HAVE PASSED,

AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST
A MATTER OF FEELING LIKE

I SHOULD CHECK IN
AND CATCH EVERYBODY UP.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,
IN THE SUMMERTIME,

I'LL TAKE A RIDE UP THERE
AND JUST STOP

AND SAY A LITTLE QUICK
PRAYER FOR THE GIRLS.

AND, HOPEFULLY, THEY'RE
ALL TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.

THEY MIGHT BE UP THERE
WATCHING US RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

PEOPLE KEPT TALKING ABOUT HOW,
"I CAN'T BELIEVE

HOW STRONG YOU ARE AND HOW
YOU'RE GETTING THROUGH ALL THIS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT".

WELL, THE TRUTH WAS,
I WASN'T STRONG, YOU KNOW?

AND THE TRUTH WAS, I HAD ALWAYS
BEEN PUTTING UP A GREAT FRONT

OF BEING STRONG,

WHILE INSIDE,
THERE WAS SO MUCH PAIN.

I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW,
VISITING A CHURCH AT THE TIME,

AND THE WOMEN'S MINISTRY LEADER
WAS THE ONE GIVING THE MESSAGE,

AND HER FOCUS WAS ON
THE POWER OF PRAYER,

AND THAT'S WHEN
THAT WEIGHT LIFTED.

IT WAS SUCH A CHANGE FOR ME,
AND I BURST INTO TEARS,

AND EVERYBODY'S RUNNING OVER
TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S WRONG.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN MANY, MANY YEARS,

SOMETHING WAS RIGHT AGAIN.

BUT TO FORGIVE
IS WHAT UNBURDENS YOU.

I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO
FORGIVE MICHAEL KINGE.

FOR YEARS, EVERY TIME
I WAS HEADED TO WORK,

I WOULD DRIVE BY THE HOUSE,
AND AS I DROVE BY THE HOUSE,

I'D JUST SAY
A LITTLE PRAYER.

MAY I ASK YOU
WHAT THAT PRAYER WAS?

JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT
THEY DIDN'T SUFFER TOO MUCH.

IF YOU WERE TO BE
DROPPED OUT OF THE SKY

AND HAD TO LAND IN A PLACE,

I'D HOPE YOU'LL LAND
IN A PLACE LIKE DRYDEN.

EVIL'S NOT GOING TO WIN
IN THE TOWN OF DRYDEN.

IT CAN'T, BECAUSE WHEN
GOD SHINES HIS LIGHT,

DARKNESS CAN NEVER STAY DARK.

IT WAS A HARD TIME.
THERE'S NO QUESTION.

BUT IF YOU TALLY UP ALL THE LOVE
THAT STILL IS HELD

WITHIN PEOPLE'S HEARTS
IN THIS COMMUNITY,

YOU WOULD FIND THAT THE LOVE,
SO FAR,

SO GREATLY OUTWEIGHED
THE NEGATIVE.

I'M PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE...

WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE.

WE'RE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE.

IT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF GOOD
PEOPLE THAT HAD SOME BAD LUCK

FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME

AND, HOPEFULLY, IT'S OVER.