Web of Lies (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 12 - Sender: Unknown - full transcript

Narrator: IN A WORLD OF INSTANT,
INFINITE CONNECTIONS...

HE WAS AVERAGING
ABOUT 2,000 TEXTS A MONTH.

Narrator:...THOSE OUT TO DO
HARM CAN EASILY FIND A WAY IN...

WE FOUND KNOWN
CHILD PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES.

HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW.

NOTHING BAD'S GONNA HAPPEN
TO HIM. HE'S JUST A KID.

Narrator:...AND VIOLATE
EVEN THE PLACES

THAT APPEAR ULTIMATELY SAFE.

Amy: IT WAS LIKE A KNIFE

JUST BEIN' STUCK INTO YOU
AND JUST TWISTED AND TWISTED,

AND YOU CAN'T STOP THIS PAIN.



THIS CASE JUST WENT FROM ZERO
TO A HUNDRED IN NO TIME FLAT.

Narrator:
11-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN BLOXOM

IS THE SECOND OF FOUR BROTHERS.

HE'S AN AVID SKATEBOARDER

AND PLAYS
ON THE SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM.

Amy: JUSTIN WANTED EVERYBODY
TO HAVE A GREAT TIME.

IF YOU WERE HAVIN' A BAD DAY,

JUSTIN WAS GONNA MAKE SURE
HE TURNED YOUR DAY

INTO A GREAT DAY.

JUSTIN WOULD MAKE
FOLDING CLOTHES FUN.

Narrator: BUT HE'S ALSO
A SIXTH-GRADER WITH A SECRET.

HEY, HON. WHAT YOU DOIN'?

I'M JUST FINISHING
MY MATH HOMEWORK.

- OH, YOU WANT SOME HELP?
- NO.



IT'S FINE, MAMA.
I'M ALMOST DONE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, HURRY UP.
IT'S ALMOST LIGHTS OUT.

OKAY. I'LL TELL YOU WHEN
I'M FINISHED.

OKAY.

Narrator: ALTHOUGH HIS PARENTS
ARE SEPARATED,

AMY AND JUSTIN'S FATHER, KEVIN,
BOTH WANT TO MAKE SURE

THEIR SONS DON'T GROW UP
TOO QUICKLY.

THEY TELL JUSTIN
TO STAY OFF SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.

WE TOLD HIM
THAT HE WAS TOO YOUNG,

UM, TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE SITES.

HE DIDN'T NEED ONE.

Narrator: BUT WITH MYSPACE
ALL THE RAGE AT SCHOOL,

JUSTIN CAN'T RESIST
SETTING UP HIS OWN ACCOUNT.

MYSPACE WAS A WAY
FOR US TO TALK TO EACH OTHER

AND, YOU KNOW, SAY WHAT'S GOIN'
ON IN OUR LIVES.

AND WE COULD CREATE IT
AND MAKE IT OUR OWN.

Narrator:
AMONG HIS TOP EIGHT CONNECTIONS

IS JUSTIN'S BEST FRIEND
DUSTIN ROSEGRANT.

ME AND JUSTIN,
WE JUST HUNG OUT A LOT.

WE WOULD TALK AND THEN, I GUESS,

THE MORE WE HUNG OUT,

THE CLOSER WE GOT
AND JUST BUILT UP A BOND.

Narrator: OBLIVIOUS
TO HIS MOTHER'S CONCERNS,

JUSTIN SOON STARTS TO EXPLORE
WHAT THE ONLINE WORLD OFFERS.

BUT HIS SOCIAL NETWORKING DAYS
ARE SHORT-LIVED.

[ DING ]

JUSTIN'S SITE
HAD NOT BEEN UP VERY LONG

BECAUSE JUSTIN'S FATHER
CAME ACROSS THE ACCOUNT.

AND WHEN JUSTIN'S FATHER
CAME ACROSS THE ACCOUNT

AND MADE ME MORE AWARE OF IT,
THEN, YES,

I PULLED IT UP THEN,
THE ACCOUNT, AND LOOKED AT IT.

AND THE ONE THING
THAT I ZOOMED IN ON

WAS WHAT JUSTIN HAD
NAMED HIMSELF,

AND IT WAS "YOUR FRIENDLY
NEIGHBORHOOD SUPER PIMP."

JUSTIN!

JUSTIN!

♪♪

JUSTIN!

JUSTIN!

WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU?

YOU ARE MUCH TOO YOUNG
TO BE ON MYSPACE.

AND I ASKED JUSTIN, I SAID,

"SO TELL ME ABOUT
THIS MYSPACE ACCOUNT."

HE KNEW THEN HE'D BEEN BUSTED.

AND WHAT IS THIS YOU
CALLIN' YOURSELF A SUPER PIMP?

IT'S LIKE A SUPERHERO,
KINDA LIKE SPIDER-MAN.

OH, HONEY.

NO, IT'S NOT.

A- A PIMP IS LIKE...

A REALLY BAD MAN

THAT MAKES MONEY
OFF OF WOMEN.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND, HON?

YES, MAMA.

I EXPLAINED TO HIM
WHAT THAT TYPE OF, I GUESS,

JOB TITLE REALLY IS,

AND IT UPSET HIM.

THE TEARS WELLED UP IN THE EYES
BECAUSE IT... HE WAS...

I GUESS HE WAS A LITTLE BIT
DISAPPOINTED IN HIMSELF AS WELL.

PROMISE ME.
PROMISE ME NO MORE MYSPACE.

JUSTIN,
IT'S FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY.

I PROMISE, MAMA.

I EXPLAINED TO JUSTIN

THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT
PUTTING THINGS OUT THERE

THAT YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT MEANS.

YOU KNOW, I SAID,
"THINGS GET MISCONSTRUED."

AND I SAID, "AND YOU...

"PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT YOU
AS A DIFFERENT PERSON

JUST BASED ON WHAT YOU PUT OUT
THERE IN THE WORLD WIDE WEB."

Narrator: JUSTIN NEVER GOES
ON MYSPACE AGAIN,

ALTHOUGH HIS ABANDONED ACCOUNT,

INCLUDING PICTURES OF HIM,
REMAINS ONLINE.

A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LATER,

JUSTIN IS WEEKS AWAY
FROM HIS 13th BIRTHDAY.

- HERE YOU GO.
- OH, YOU'RE JUST FIRED UP TODAY.

THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA
TAKE IT.

LOOK AT YOU. GIVE IT.

Amy: JUSTIN WOULD TEXT

FROM WHEN HE GOT HOME
FROM SCHOOL

OFF AND ON
TILL HE WOULD GO TO BED.

IT WAS LOTS OF PEOPLE,
HIS FRIENDS, FAMILY.

DUSTIN'S COMIN' OVER.

HE WAS AVERAGIN'
ABOUT 2,000 TEXTS A MONTH.

Y'ALL GOTTA
FINISH YOU LUNCH FIRST.

AW, MAMA.

NO, "AW, MAMA" ME.

FINE.

FINE? ALL OF IT.

FINISHED!

[ Whispers ] THAT LITTLE SCAMP.

Dustin: LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK AT THAT.

LOOK AT THAT FISH.
I THINK YOU GOT SOMETHING.

DUSTIN, LOOK AT THAT.
DOWN THERE. DO YOU SEE IT?

AW, WAY TO GO, JUSTIN!

DUDE, IT'S HUGE.

[ CELL PHONE ALERT CHIMES ]

IS THAT KAITLYN?

NO, TYLER.

TYLER YOUR BROTHER?
WHAT'S HE SAYING?

IT'S NOT HIM.
IT'S TYLER CUMMINGS.

SHE'S FROM OUT OF TOWN.

SO LET ME GET THIS RIGHT.

TYLER'S NOW YOUR GIRLFRIEND,
BUT NOT KAITLYN?

I SUPPOSE.

[ SIGHS ]
JUSTIN, JUSTIN, JUSTIN.

I THINK I GOT SOMETHING.

Narrator:
WITH THE START OF SPRING BREAK,

DUSTIN HAS ASKED JUSTIN
TO COME OVER TO HIS HOUSE

FOR A SLEEPOVER.

I ASKED MY MOM,
AND SHE SAID, "OKAY.

CLEAN YOUR ROOM,
AND JUSTIN CAN COME OVER."

Narrator: AT AROUND 6:00 P.M.,

AMY DRIVES JUSTIN
OVER TO HIS FRIEND'S HOUSE.

I REMEMBER DRIVIN'
DOWN OUR DRIVEWAY,

AND THE MOON WAS SO BIG
AND FULL.

IT WAS COMIN' UP.

[ DOG BARKING ]

THE ROSEGRANTS LIVED MAYBE SIX,
SEVEN MINUTES FROM US.

[ MAKES KISS SOUND ]

MWAH.

ALL RIGHT.
I LOVE YOU, SON.

I LOVE YOU TOO, MAMA.

Narrator: IT'S ARRANGED
THAT JUSTIN WILL BE PICKED UP

BY HIS OLDER BROTHER TYLER
IN THE MORNING.

Dustin: WELL, WHENEVER WE
AND JUSTIN WERE INSIDE,

I KNOW HE LIKED TO TEXT A LOT.

YOU KNOW, HE WOULD TEXT AND TALK
AT THE SAME TIME.

AND SO HE WAS SENDIN' A LOT,
PROBABLY 100 MESSAGES AN HOUR.

SO HOW'S TYLER?

GOOD. WE'RE GONNA MEET UP.

WHEN?

I DON'T KNOW.

- SOON.
- COOL.

HERE, HAVE SOME CHIPS.

ARE YOU GONNA PLAY OR NOT?

[ SIGHS ]

YOU'RE BUTT-WHIPPED.

Dustin:
PROBABLY ABOUT 9:30 TO 10:00,

I TOLD JUSTIN, I SAID,
"HEY, I'M GETTIN' REAL TIRED.

YOU WANT TO COME IN MY ROOM
AND LAY DOWN?"

JUSTIN WAS LIKE, "OKAY, SURE.

I'LL COME IN THERE
AND WATCH TV WITH YOU."

AND THEN I STARTED WATCHING TV,

AND HE WAS JUST
SITTING DOWN THERE ON HIS PHONE.

I STARTED GETTIN'
A LITTLE TIRED.

I LEANED OVER AND TOLD JUSTIN,

"HERE, YOU CAN HAVE THE REMOTE.
I'M ABOUT TO GO TO SLEEP."

JUSTIN. JUSTIN.

TURN OFF THE TV
WHEN YOU'RE DONE.

YEAH, WHATEVER.

AND THEN I WENT TO BED.

[ TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY ]

[ TURNS OFF TV ]

[ DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE ]

[ CELL PHONE ALERT CHIMES ]

Dustin: AND THE NEXT MORNING,
I WOKE UP

PROBABLY ABOUT 8:30,
9:00 IN THE MORNING.

AND I REMEMBER LEANING
OVER THE BUNK BED AGAIN,

LIKE I DID THE NIGHT BEFORE...

AND JUSTIN WASN'T THERE.

SO I GOT OFF THE BUNK BED,

AND I-I WALKED IN
THE LIVING ROOM TO THE COUCHES

AND DIDN'T SEE NOBODY.

JUSTIN?

AND THAT'S WHEN I STARTED
GETTIN' A LITTLE WORRIED.

I WAS LIKE, "OKAY.
WHERE COULD HE BE?

BECAUSE THIS AIN'T NORMAL."

SO I WALKED OUTSIDE TO SEE
IF, YOU KNOW,

HE WAS UP ON THE PHONE
OR SOMETHING

AND WANTED SOME PRIVACY.

JUSTIN, IF YOU'RE HIDING,
IT'S NOT FUNNY.

JUSTIN!

SO I WALKED OUTSIDE AND LOOKED
AROUND AND DIDN'T SEE HIM,

AND THAT'S WHEN I STARTED
REALLY, YOU KNOW, PANICKING.

JUSTIN!

WE CALLED MY MOM,

AND SAID, "HEY,
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?

BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND JUSTIN."

AND SHE TOLD US TO GO CHECK
AT JUSTIN'S HOUSE

AND SEE IF MISS AMY MIGHT HAVE

COME AND GOT HIM THAT MORNIN'
OR SOMETHIN'.

Narrator:
HOPES OF FINDING JUSTIN

NOW REST WITH HIM HAVING MADE

THE 10-MINUTE JOURNEY
BACK TO HIS OWN HOUSE.

HEY. HERE IS JUSTIN'S STUFF.

AND TYLER WAS A LITTLE
CAUGHT OFF GUARD

AND SAID, "WELL,
WHERE'S JUSTIN AT?"

AND I WAS,
"I THOUGHT HE WAS AT HOME."

HE'S HERE, RIGHT?

TYLER GOES,
"NO, HE'S NOT AT HOME.

- ARE YOU PLAYIN' A TRICK?"
- REALLY?

"'CAUSE IT'S NOT FUNNY."

AMY, A MEDIA SALES MANAGER,

IS ON HER WAY
TO HER FIRST APPOINTMENT.

Amy: TYLER CALLS AND SAYS,

"MOM, DID... DID YOU GO
PICK UP JUSTIN?"

I SAID, "NO."

I SAID, "JUSTIN STAYED THE NIGHT
AT DUSTIN'S HOUSE."

AND HE SAID,

"WELL, HE'S NOT THERE."

I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
HE'S NOT THERE?"

THEY WOKE UP,
AND JUSTIN WASN'T THERE.

I SAID, "YOU NEED TO CALL 9-1-1,
AND I'M ON MY WAY."

Narrator:
AFTER A SLEEPOVER AT HIS HOUSE,

DUSTIN ROSEGRANT
WAKES UP EXPECTING TO SEE

HIS BEST FRIEND,
12-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN BLOXOM,

IN THE BUNK BELOW HIM.

WHERE ARE YOU, JUSTIN?

BUT JUSTIN ISN'T THERE.

JUSTIN?

Narrator: AT 10:30 A.M.,

JUSTIN'S FAMILY
REPORTS HIM MISSING TO POLICE.

DETECTIVE ADAM EWING
TAKES CHARGE OF THE CASE.

I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

Ewing: BUT WHEN IT'S A CHILD,
WE'RE GONNA RESPOND.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT
OR WAIT FOR TIME TO PASS

'CAUSE EVERY SECOND COUNTS

UNTIL WE CAN FIND OUT
EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND.

Narrator: POLICE ASK THE BLOXOMS
TO MEET AT THE LAST PLACE

JUSTIN HAD BEEN SEEN,
THE ROSEGRANT HOUSE.

INITIALLY, WE FIGURED
THAT JUSTIN HAD

SNUCK OUT OF HIS HOUSE
OR HIS FRIEND'S HOUSE AND HAD...

WAS GONNA BE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE
WITH HIS MOM.

JUSTIN, IT'S MAMA.

NO ONE'S GONNA GET MAD AT YOU.

PLEASE CALL AND LET
US KNOW YOU'RE OKAY.

WAS I SCARED YET? NO.

I WAS NOT SCARED YET

THAT SOMETHING BAD HAD HAPPENED
TO JUSTIN.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF JUSTIN HAD
GOTTEN UP AND GONE SOMEWHERE.

WHY HASN'T HE CALLED?

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Ewing: WE WERE IN THE DRIVEWAY
WITHIN THE FIRST 20 MINUTES,

AND I REALLY STARTED
TO NOTICE THE ENTIRE...

THE FAMILY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
THE PEOPLE, THE FRIENDS.

YOU COULD TELL
THAT NO ONE THERE HAD ANY IDEA.

THEY WERE, YOU KNOW,
JUST IN SHOCK.

AND YOU COULD TELL
JUST THE ATMOSPHERE OF IT

THAT THIS WAS NOT GOING
TO BE JUST A CASE

WHERE HE HAD SNUCK OFF
WITH FRIENDS.

GOOD AFTERNOON,
I'M DETECTIVE EWING.

DO YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU
A COUPLE QUESTIONS?

MISS AMY WAS
REALLY, REALLY UPSET.

HE'S ONLY 12.

JUST...

JUST FIND HIM.

PLEASE.

- RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND.
- JUST FIND HIM!

I UNDERSTAND.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EXCUSE
ME FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE.

I CAN'T PUT MYSELF
IN HER SHOES.

I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THOSE SHOES.

BUT IN MY OPINION, IT...

IT WOULD BE ALMOST LIKE
A ROLLER COASTER RIDE

THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ON.

WHENEVER THE COPS ASKED ME
WHERE JUSTIN MIGHT HAVE BEEN,

I TOLD THEM, "WELL,
I KNOW JUSTIN HAS A GIRLFRIEND

THAT GOES TO
YOUREE MIDDLE SCHOOL."

Narrator: JUSTIN'S
NEW GIRLFRIEND, TYLER CUMMINGS,

LIVES OVER 20 MILES
FROM STONEWALL.

TO GET THERE,
JUSTIN WOULD HAVE NEEDED A RIDE.

POLICE CHECK IF ANY CARS
WERE SEEN IN THE AREA

NEAR DUSTIN'S HOUSE
LATE THE NIGHT BEFORE.

Ewing: WHILE WE WERE AT
THE ROSEGRANT HOME,

A COUPLE NEIGHBORHOOD BOYS

TOLD US THAT A NEIGHBOR,
CHARLEY PATE,

HAD SEEN A TAXICAB THAT MORNING
APPROXIMATELY 2:00.

Narrator: THE NEIGHBOR IS

A TEACHER
AT THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL.

Ewing: HE'D BEEN UP LATE THAT
NIGHT WORKING ON A TERM PAPER.

AND BECAUSE IT WAS
A FULL MOON NIGHT,

AND IT WAS NOT RAINING,
NO CLOUDS,

HE WAS ABLE TO SEE

A TAXICAB GOIN'
UP AND DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

Narrator: WITH NO OTHER MEANS OF
TRANSPORTATION AT HIS DISPOSAL,

THE ONLY WAY JUSTIN
COULD HAVE TRAVELED ANY DISTANCE

IS BY TAXI.

THE SIGHTING OF A LATE-NIGHT CAB
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

SEEMS TO BACK UP THIS THEORY.

ALTHOUGH THE TEACHER
COULDN'T SEE WHO WAS IN THE CAR,

HE COULD SEE THE NAME OF THE CAB
COMPANY... ACTION TAXIS.

I WAS GEARED
TOWARD FINDING A MISSING BOY

WHO HAD, FOR WHATEVER REASON,

GOTTEN INTO A TAXICAB
AND LEFT THE RESIDENCE,

MAYBE TO GO MEET A FRIEND,

OR MAYBE HE WAS DOIN' SOMETHING
JUST COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED.

BUT I WAS STILL IN THE MIND-SET

THAT WE WERE GOING
TO FIND HIM SAFE AND SOUND.

Narrator:
AN OFFICER IS DISPATCHED

TO CHECK WHETHER JUSTIN HAS BEEN
TO VISIT TYLER CUMMINGS.

I WAS IN CLASS, AND, UH,

THE POLICE OFFICER,

HE CAME IN
AND ASKED TO SPEAK TO ME.

WHEN A POLICE OFFICER
COMES AND SPEAKS TO YOU,

YOU KIND OF GET FREAKED OUT.

AND HE TOLD ME HOW JUSTIN
WAS MISSING,

AND THEY COULDN'T FIND HIM,

AND THEY WERE WONDERING
IF I KNEW ANYTHING.

Narrator:
THE POLICE SOON CONFIRM

JUSTIN DIDN'T GO
TO TYLER'S LAST NIGHT.

WHERE WOULD HE HANG OUT?
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?

I TOLD HIM,
NO, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS.

I HADN'T HEARD FROM HIM.
THE ONLY THING I KNEW

WAS THAT HE WAS AT
HIS FRIEND DUSTIN'S HOUSE.

Amy: THERE WERE
SO MANY DIFFERENT THOUGHTS

GOIN' THROUGH MY HEAD.

ALL I COULD DO
WAS JUST PRAY AND JUST...

I MEAN, I JUST NEEDED TO
FIND HIM, FIND WHERE HE WAS AT.

Narrator: IT'S BEEN THREE HOURS

SINCE HIS FAMILY CALLED
IN 12-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN BLOXOM

AS A MISSING PERSON.

POLICE BELIEVE
THE MOST LIKELY EXPLANATION

IS THAT JUSTIN SNUCK OUT
TO MEET A FRIEND.

BUT THE QUESTION OF WHO THAT
FRIEND IS REMAINS UNANSWERED.

THEY HOPE JUSTIN'S PHONE RECORDS
MIGHT PROVIDE A LEAD.

THE LOGS SHOW
AFTER TYLER CUMMINGS

STOPPED TEXTING AT 9:30 P.M.,

A NEW ROUND OF MESSAGES
START AT 11:00.

I WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN
A- A PRINTOUT,

WHICH CAN BE DIFFICULT
TO UNDERSTAND TO MOST PEOPLE

IF THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ONE.

WHEN I LOOKED
AT JUSTIN'S TEXT MESSAGES,

WHAT I COULD SEE WAS JUSTIN
HAD BEEN GETTING TEXT MESSAGES

FROM A CERTAIN NUMBER REPEATEDLY

FROM 11:00
ON TO 3:00 IN THE MORNING.

Narrator: NOW POLICE HAVE
TWO PRIORITIES...

IDENTIFYING THE PERSON
JUSTIN WAS TEXTING

AND LOCATING THE DRIVER
OF THE ACTION TAXI.

THEN SUDDENLY,

NEWS OF A CHANCE SIGHTING
EARLIER THAT SAME MORNING

GIVES THEM AN UNEXPECTED LEAD.

IT'S COMMON PRACTICE

FOR PATROLMEN IN OUR PARISH

THAT, IF WE SEE A VEHICLE
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

THAT APPEARS TO HAVE PROBLEMS,

WE STOP AND CHECK ON IT
TO SEE IF THEY NEED ANY HELP.

AND DEPUTY BUTLER HAD JUST
STARTED HIS SHIFT THAT MORNING,

AND HE NOTICED THE VEHICLE,
AND HE PULLED UP BEHIND IT.

AND AS HE PULLED UP TO IT,

HE NOTICED A WHITE MALE
WITH A FLASHLIGHT

STANDING IN THE DITCH.

SIR, YOU ALL RIGHT?

EVENIN', OFFICER.

I... YEAH,
I- I JUST RAN OUT OF GAS.

WHAT YOU DOIN', UH,
CRAWLIN' AROUND DOWN THERE?

I GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO CALL
FOR HELP AND DROPPED MY KEYS,

- TRYIN' TO FIND 'EM.
- YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU HOP IN?

I'LL GIVE YOU A LIFT BACK.

THAT'S OKAY.

I, UH, I GOT SOMEONE COMING,
BRINGING MORE GAS, KEYS.

IF IT'S ALL THE SAME TO YOU,
I'D JUST AS SOON WAIT HERE.

ALL RIGHT.
STAY OFF THE ROAD.

Narrator: WHAT'S MORE...
WHEN A DESCRIPTION OF THE TAXI

IS CIRCULATED
ACROSS LAW ENFORCEMENT,

SERGEANT KEITH BANTA
ALSO RECOGNIZES IT.

AND I REMEMBERED THAT I HAD
SEEN A TAXICAB THAT MORNING

ON MY WAY TO WORK SITTIN'
ON THE SIDE OF, UH,

YOU KNOW, U.S. HIGHWAY 171.

Narrator: SERGEANT BANTA RECALLS
THE DRIVER'S STRANGE BEHAVIOR.

Banta: AND HE HAD
THE STEERING WHEEL IN HIS HANDS,

AND HE WAS ROCKING
BACK AND FORTH VIOLENTLY,

MAKING THE CAR SHAKE.

AND AS I PROCEEDED SOUTH,

UH, SOMETHING KEPT TELLING ME,
"TURN AROUND AND GO BACK.

TURN AROUND AND GO BACK."

BUT I WAS KIND OF LATE FOR WORK
THAT DAY, SO, UH,

I DIDN'T TURN AROUND
AND GO BACK.

AND THE NEXT CALL THAT I GOT
WAS, "WE NEED SOME HELP

UP IN STONEWALL
LOOKING FOR A JUVENILE."

I WANTED TO SEE IF THE TAXI
WAS STILL THERE.

THAT WAS THE MAIN GOAL,
WAS TO CHECK AND SEE,

WAS IT STILL PARKED
AT THAT SCENE?

Banta: WHEN THE TAXI WAS
MENTIONED, I TOLD MY PARTNER,

I SAID, "LET'S... LET'S GO UP
HERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS."

I GOT... I GOT VERY INTRIGUED.

Banta: PULL OVER HERE.

AND JUST WALK AHEAD.

Narrator: BUT WHEN BANTA RETURNS
NEARLY SIX HOURS LATER,

THE TAXI IS GONE.

Banta: THERE WAS A PILE
OF CIGARETTES

LAYING ON THE SHOULDER
OF THE ROAD

JUST LIKE THEY THEY'D BEEN...
SOMEBODY JUST STOOD THERE

AND SMOKED THEM, SMOKED THEM,
SMOKED THEM.

I STARTED SEEING GRASS THAT WAS
LAID DOWN ONE DIRECTION,

AND THEN I'D SEE GRASS
THAT WAS LAID DOWN ANOTHER.

AND ON CLOSER INSPECTION,
IT WAS, UH, FOOTPRINTS.

IT HAD BEEN TRAVELED SO MUCH,

IT LOOKED LIKE A WHOLE HERD
OF HOGS HAD BEEN THROUGH THERE.

Narrator: BANTA MOVES
DEEPER INTO THE WOODS.

[ CROW CAWING ]

[ CROW CAWING ]

I COULD SEE WHAT I THOUGHT
WAS A PIECE OF TRASH,

STYROFOAM,
SOMETHING IN THE WATER.

AND WHEN I FOCUSED IN ON IT,
IT, UH...

STARTED OPENING UP
TO WHERE I COULD SEE

THAT IT WAS BLUE JEANS.

I WAS HOPING
WHAT I SAW WASN'T WHAT I SAW,

BUT I KNEW THAT IT WAS.

DEEP DOWN,
IT JUST MADE ME SICK.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Narrator:
POLICE IN STONEWALL, LOUISIANA,

HAVE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS

SEARCHING FOR MISSING
12-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN BLOXOM.

PHONE RECORDS SHOW
HE WAS TEXTING SOMEONE

AS LATE AS 3:00 A.M.,

AND THE SIGHTING OF A TAXI
CLOSE TO WHERE HE WAS LAST SEEN

SUGGESTS HE SNUCK OUT
TO MEET SOMEONE.

BUT THEN, IN THE WOODS

NOT FAR FROM WHERE JUSTIN WAS
STAYING AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE,

SERGEANT KEITH BANTA
MAKES A GRIM DISCOVERY.

I'VE BEEN POLICING 26 YEARS,
AND I THOUGHT I'D SEEN IT ALL.

UH, WHEN IT COMES TO KIDS, UH...

THAT ONE WAS TOUGH.

THAT WAS TOUGH.

YEAH, IT'S ME.

YOU NEED TO GET DOWN HERE
RIGHT AWAY.

THAT'S RIGHT. I FOUND HIM.

WHEN I SAW JUSTIN,
UH, INSTANTLY,

I REVERTED TO A FATHER

AND I BECAME... UPSET.

AND I HAD TO
TURN THAT SWITCH BACK ON

TO BEING THE PUBLIC SERVANT,
BEING THE...

THE PEACE OFFICER THAT...
THAT I AM.

Narrator: LESS THAN FOUR HOURS
AFTER THE HUNT FOR JUSTIN BEGAN,

DETECTIVE ADAM EWING GETS
THE CALL HE'S BEEN DREADING.

Ewing: WHEN THAT CALL CAME OUT

FOR US TO ALL STOP
WHAT WE WERE DOIN'

- AND COME TO THEIR LOCATION...
- [ CELL PHONE RINGS ]

WE KNEW... WE PRETTY MUCH KNEW
WHATEVER WAS THERE WAS SERIOUS.

THE AUTOPSY REPORT,
WHEN IT WAS RECEIVED BACK, UH,

FOR THE CAUSE OF DEATH OF, UH,
JUSTIN, UH, BLOXOM,

UH, RESULTS CAME BACK
AS ASPHYXIATION.

Narrator: IT'S NOW CLEAR

THAT JUSTIN DIDN'T MEET WITH
AN ACCIDENT.

SOMEBODY MURDERED HIM.

AT THIS POINT,
WHEN WE FIND JUSTIN DECEASED,

THE INVESTIGATION

IMMEDIATELY TOOK ON
THAT OF A MANHUNT.

Narrator:
FOR JUSTIN'S MOTHER AMY,

WHO WAITED AT HOME

WHILE HER FATHER AND BROTHER
FORMALLY IDENTIFIED THE BODY,

THE NEWS IS SOUL-CRUSHING.

[ Voice breaking ] I KIND OF
ZOOMED PAST MY DAD'S FACE

AND WENT STRAIGHT TO
MY BROTHER'S FACE...

JOHN... [ SOBS ]

THE BIG BROTHER...

[ SNIFFLES ]
AND HE WAS CRYING.

[ CRYING ]

AND YOU... YOU'VE NEVER
SEEN YOUR BROTHER CRY.

YOU KNEW SOMETHING BAD
HAD HAPPENED.

IT WAS LIKE A KNIFE
JUST BEIN'...

[ SOBBING ]

...STUCK INTO YOU

AND JUST TWISTED AND TWISTED,
AND YOU CAN'T STOP THIS PAIN,

AND YOU JUST WANT IT TO GO AWAY.

I MEAN, IT'S... IT'S A PAIN

I HAVE NEVER, EVER FELT
IN MY LIFE.

IT'S WHAT...
LOSIN' A CHILD IS JUST...

IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN.
IT REALLY IS.

[ CONTINUES SOBBING ]

NO! NO!

Narrator:
NOW POLICE MUST FOCUS

ON FINDING THE MYSTERY GIRL,
AMBER,

WHO JUSTIN WAS TEXTING
LATE AT NIGHT,

AS WELL AS THE TAXI DRIVER.

WE HAD NARROWED DOWN
THROUGH CALLING THE COMPANY

WHO THE DRIVER
OF THAT TAXICAB WAS...

...TO BRIAN DOUGLAS HORN.

Narrator:
A BACKGROUND CHECK REVEALS

HORN HAS PRIOR CONVICTIONS
FOR SEX OFFENSES.

DETECTIVE EWING
RECEIVES MORE INFORMATION

FROM THE TAXI COMPANY.

DURING THE INVESTIGATION
THAT DAY,

WE HAD RECEIVED A CALL
FROM THE CAB COMPANY

THAT LET US KNOW THAT BRIAN HORN
HAD RETURNED THE CAB

AND HAD WALKED OFF THE LOT,

THAT HE HAD QUIT
AND JUST WALKED OFF THE LOT.

WHEN THE OFFICERS FROM BOSSIER
GOT THERE,

THEY PROCESSED THE CAR
JUST LIKE A TYPICAL CRIME SCENE.

THEY TOOK SWABS FOR D.N.A.
THEY DUSTED FOR FINGERPRINTS.

THEY DUSTED THE INSIDE.
THEY DUSTED THE OUTSIDE.

LATENT PRINTS WERE LOCATED
ON THE CAR.

AT THIS TIME,

WE WERE UNABLE TO MATCH THEM
TO EITHER THE VICTIM

OR THE SUSPECT.

Narrator: POLICE DESCEND
ON HORN'S PROPERTY.

- HELLO?
- MRS. HORN?

YEAH. UM...

YEAH, I GUESS.

WHEN THE OFFICERS
WENT TO BRIAN HORN'S RESIDENCE,

THEY ENCOUNTERED HIS WIFE,
AMANDA HORN.

AND SHE INFORMED THEM
THAT HER AND BRIAN,

THEY HAD HAD A SEVERE FIGHT.

AND THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS
OF BEING SPLIT UP,

AND SHE HADN'T SEEN HIM
IN A FEW DAYS.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Narrator:
POLICE RELEASE A PRESS STATEMENT

NAMING BRIAN HORN
AS A PERSON OF INTEREST

IN THE HOMICIDE
OF JUSTIN BLOXOM.

IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG
TO FIND HIM.

ESCORTED BY HIS BROTHER KEVIN,

BRIAN HORN TURNS UP VOLUNTARILY
AT A LOCAL POLICE STATION.

MY FIRST IMPRESSION
OF BRIAN HORN WAS THAT

HE... HE DIDN'T COME OFF
AS MENACING.

IF YOU WERE TO SEE HIM
ON THE STREET,

YOU WOULDN'T AUTOMATICALLY
ASSUME THAT HE WAS TROUBLE.

FOR A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN,
HE LOOKED MORE LIKE

A SCARED CHILD
THAT HAD BEEN CAUGHT STEALING.

WHY WERE YOU STOPPED
ON HIGHWAY 171 LAST NIGHT?

IT'S LIKE I TOLD THE OFFICER
AT THE TIME.

I'D RUN OUT OF GAS
AND I'D DROPPED MY KEYS.

DID YOU PICK ANYONE UP
LAST NIGHT?

NO, SIR.

DID YOU GO INTO THE WOODS

ANYWHERE NEAR
WHERE YOUR CAR WAS PARKED?

NO. I DROPPED MY KEYS
RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CAR.

I HAD NO REASON
TO GO INTO THOSE WOODS.

Narrator: KNOWING BRIAN HORN WAS

DRIVEN TO THE STATION
BY HIS BROTHER KEVIN,

DETECTIVE EWING ASKS TO SEE
HIS VEHICLE.

Ewing: IN THE PROCESS OF THAT,

KEVIN HAD POINTED OUT
WHAT ITEMS IN THE VEHICLE

BRIAN HAD REMOVED
FROM THE TAXICAB.

AND AS WE WERE GOIN'
THROUGH THOSE ITEMS,

ON THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SEAT,

WE FOUND AN AT&T S.I.M. CARD.

THAT PARTICULAR CARD,
I ASKED KEVIN,

I SAID, "WHO IS THIS FOR?"

AND HE SAID, "THAT'S GONNA BE
FOR BRIAN. IT'S NOT FOR ME."

WHERE IS YOUR PHONE?

MY WIFE TOOK IT.

AND THEN WE HAD A BUST UP,

AND SHE SMASHED IT UP
REAL GOOD, TOO.

I AIN'T USED IT SINCE.

SO YOU'RE TELLIN' ME
YOU HAVE NO PHONE?

THAT IS WHAT I AM TELLING YOU,
OFFICER.

Narrator: TO TRY AND LOCATE
BRIAN HORN'S MISSING PHONE,

THE POLICE SEARCH HIS HOUSE.

THEY ALSO CHECK OUT
THE HOME COMPUTER.

IT APPEARS BRIAN'S WIFE AMANDA
IS AN INTENSE ONLINE USER.

THE HARD DRIVE
IS PACKED WITH FILES.

Ewing: IN THE SEARCH
OF THE COMPUTER,

WE FOUND A FOLDER
CALLED "MANDYBUG."

AND IN SEARCHING THAT FOLDER,

WE FOUND KNOWN
CHILD PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES.

Narrator: MEANWHILE BRIAN HORN WAS STILL
BEING QUESTIONED AT THE LOCAL POLICE STATION.

SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.

EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GOT WITNESSES,
YOU SAY YOU WERE NOT THERE?

I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS TIRED, LOST.

I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER
WHERE I WAS.

I AIN'T DONE NOTHIN' WRONG.

HE WAS CRYING A LOT,

AND I SAT DOWN
AND ASKED HIM TO TELL ME...

[ SNIFFLES ]

YOU KNOW, WHAT... WHAT HAPPENED?

AND HE WOULDN'T...
HE WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

HE WOULD JUST SHAKE HIS HEAD
BACK AND FORTH LIKE,

"NOTHING. NOTHING."

Narrator: THERE'S
NO HARD FORENSIC EVIDENCE

LINKING HORN TO THE MURDER,

BUT IMAGES OF CHILD ABUSE
AND PEOPLE BEING SMOTHERED

HAVE BEEN FOUND ON A LAPTOP
IN HIS HOME.

HOWEVER, THE COMPUTER BELONG
TO HIS WIFE AMANDA,

AND POLICE STILL HAVEN'T FOUND

ANOTHER KEY PIECE
OF THE PUZZLE... AMBER,

WHO JUSTIN WAS TEXTING
THE NIGHT HE WAS MURDERED.

POLICE USE THE CONTENT
OF JUSTIN'S TEXT MESSAGES TO

PUT TOGETHER THE LAST FEW HOURS
OF THE BOY'S LIFE.

THE TEXT MESSAGES
THAT WE SAW FROM JUSTIN'S PHONE

WAS THAT THE CONVERSATION
STARTED OUT VERY BASIC.

JUST, "HOW ARE YOU DOING?

WHO ARE YOU?
HOW'D YOU GET MY NUMBER?"

Narrator: ALTHOUGH JUSTIN
DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THE NUMBER,

HE STILL REPLIES.

Ewing: THE... THE PERSON
SENDING THE TEXT WAS

SOMEONE REFERRING
TO THEMSELVES AS AMBER.

FROM 11:00
ON TO 3:00 IN THE MORNING,

JUSTIN'S PHONE
AND THIS OTHER PHONE NUMBER

WAS JUST EXCHANGING TEXTS
AND IMAGES CONSTANTLY, NONSTOP.

Narrator: AT FIRST,

THE CONVERSATION
IS INNOCENT ENOUGH,

BUT IT ISN'T LONG
BEFORE AMBER STARTS SENDING

INCREASINGLY EXPLICIT MESSAGES.

WHAT I COULD SEE FROM
THE MESSAGES ON JUSTIN'S PHONE

WAS THAT THE PERSON TEXTING HIM,

IT STARTED OUT REALLY SLOW
AND NORMAL CONVERSATION,

AND THEN GEARED
TOWARD SEXUAL NATURE,

SEX, HAVING SEX

AND EVEN DOWN TO THE STRUGGLE
IT WAS TO GET JUSTIN

TO ACTUALLY COMMIT TO COMING
AND MEETING THIS PERSON.

Narrator: AMBER TELLS JUSTIN
SHE'S BORROWED A CAR

AND WILL DRIVE OVER
TO HIS HOUSE.

AMBER TEXTS TO SAY
SHE'S WAITING FOR HIM NEARBY.

Ewing: IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
A TUG-OF-WAR

TO GET HIM TO DO THIS.

AT SOME POINTS,
JUSTIN WOULD GIVE UP.

HE WOULD QUIT.

AND OTHER POINTS, THIS PERSON

WOULD JUST KEEP PUSHING
AND KEEP PUSHING.

Narrator: FINALLY,
CLAIMING SHE CAN'T FIND JUSTIN,

AMBER SAYS SHE'LL SEND A TAXI
TO PICK HIM UP.

TO REASSURE HIM,
AMBER TELLS JUSTIN

THE NAME OF THE CAB DRIVER
IS CHAD.

THIS PERSON SENDS IMAGES
TO JUSTIN,

AND IT'S IMAGES THAT WE FOUND
OUT WERE SEXUAL IN NATURE.

AND JUSTIN HAS TO
REMIND THIS PERSON,

"YOU KNOW
I'M ONLY 12 YEARS OLD."

THERE WAS A LOT
OF INAPPROPRIATE THINGS...

...BEING SENT TO JUSTIN
IN THOSE TEXT MESSAGES.

UM...

THERE WERE PARTS OF ME
THAT WERE ANGRY AT JUSTIN

FOR NOT SEEING THROUGH

SOME OF THE STUFF
THAT WAS BEING SENT TO HIM.

THE DEPUTY TOLD ME,
"AMY, HE'S 12.

"WHERE YOU AND I AS ADULTS
CAN SEE

"THAT SOMEONE'S BEING
MANIPULATED,

"A 12-YEAR-OLD'S
NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO...

"TO SEE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

THEY'RE MORE TRUSTING
THAN WE ARE."

Narrator: JUST BEFORE 3:00 A.M.,

JUSTIN SNEAKS OUT OF THE HOUSE
AGAIN TO WAIT FOR CHAD'S TAXI.

Amy: THERE'S THIS PART
WHERE IT'S LIKE,

"SON, WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST
REALLY THINK?"

YOU KNOW?

"COULDN'T YOU JUST THINK?"

HE DIDN'T FEEL THE DANGER.

HE WAS GOING TO MEET
THIS YOUNG GIRL,

AND A TAXI WAS COMIN'
TO PICK HIM UP.

CHAD?

Narrator:
FOUR HOURS AFTER RECEIVING

THE FIRST TEXT MESSAGE
FROM AMBER,

JUSTIN IS PICKED UP BY THE TAXI.

BACK AT THE CRIME SCENE
OFF HIGHWAY 171,

A FORENSICS TEAM CONTINUES
SEARCHING FOR EVIDENCE.

Banta: ONE OF
THE STONEWALL OFFICERS

HAD A METAL DETECTOR
IN THE WORKING AREA,

AND HE GOT
A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL HIT.

GOT A KEY.

AND WHEN WE LOOKED DOWN,
WE MOVED A LEAF.

AND THERE WAS THE KEY,

VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A SHOE
THAT BELONGED TO JUSTIN.

SO, UH, THAT VISION OF THE CASE
WAS JUST BUILDING AT THAT POINT.

WHEN WE FOUND THAT KEY,
I KNEW IT.

I KNEW THAT IT BELONGED
TO THAT CAB,

AND IT WAS AN ELATION.

THIS CASE JUST WENT FROM ZERO
TO A HUNDRED IN NO TIME FLAT.

Narrator:
POLICE IN STONEWALL, LOUISIANA,

ARE HOLDING TAXI DRIVER
BRIAN HORN

IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER
OF JUSTIN BLOXOM.

AT THE CRIME SCENE,
A CAR KEY IS FOUND.

THEY TRY THE KEY IN HORN'S CAB.

AND IT WAS THE EXACT MATCH
TO THE CAB

- THAT BRIAN HORN WAS OPERATING.
- [ ENGINE STARTS ]

Narrator:
WITH THE KEY LINKING HORN

DIRECTLY TO THE CRIME SCENE,

IT MAY EXPLAIN
HIS VIOLENT BEHAVIOR

WITNESSED BY SERGEANT BANTA
THAT MORNING.

WHEN DETECTIVE EWING
REVEALS THE KEY'S BEEN FOUND,

HORN REFUSES TO COOPERATE
ANY LONGER.

I'D LIKE TO SPEAK
WITH MY ATTORNEY.

Narrator:
THERE'S STILL ONE MORE PERSON

POLICE NEED TO TRACK DOWN...

AMBER.

THE LAST KNOWN TIME FRAME

OF WHEN JUSTIN WAS PHYSICALLY
ALIVE AT THAT POINT, UM,

THAT WE WOULD KNOW OF
OR LAST HEARD OF, UH,

WAS BASED ON
THAT TEXT MESSAGE TO AMBER.

SO, OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA
GO AND GRAB AMBER AND FIND OUT,

"DID YOU SEE JUSTIN THAT NIGHT?

DID YOU TALK TO JUSTIN,
PERSON TO PERSON?"

Narrator: TURNS OUT
THE KEY TO AMBER'S IDENTITY

IS ALREADY
IN THE HANDS OF POLICE.

THE NUMBER THAT SUPPOSEDLY
BELONGED TO AMBER

MATCHED THE S.I.M. CARD

THAT WE HAD RECOVERED
THAT WAS IN POSSESSION OF BRIAN.

GOTCHA, YOU LYIN' SCUMBAG.

Ewing: BRIAN WAS AMBER.

THERE WAS NEVER A SECOND PARTY.

Narrator: ON MARCH 31, 2010,

BRIAN HORN IS CHARGED
WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

LOOKING AT HIM AND WONDERING
HOW A HUMAN BEING COULD...

COULD TAKE THE LIFE
OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING,

ESPECIALLY A CHILD.

I NEEDED TO KNOW MORE.

Narrator: BRIAN HORN HAS BEEN
USING HIS WIFE'S ONLINE IDENTITY

AS BAIT FOR SEX WITH STRANGERS,

AND IT WAS HORN WHO DOWNLOADED
THE IMAGES OF CHILD ABUSE.

IT'S THE SAME THING, IN ESSENCE,
THAT HE DID TO JUSTIN,

WAS POSING AS A WOMAN
OR A GIRL TO LURE JUSTIN IN.

IT JUST SHOWS HE HAD
A PAST HISTORY OF DOING THAT,

POSING AS HIS WIFE TO MEET UP
WITH COUPLES ON CRAIGSLIST.

Narrator: WITH HORN IN JAIL,

DETECTIVE EWING CONTINUES
TO HUNT FOR SOLID EVIDENCE

TO PROVE JUSTIN WAS IN HIS TAXI.

Ewing: I TOOK THEM
TO A SECOND EXAMINER.

I TOOK THE PRINTS
THAT WERE LIFTED AT THE SCENE,

THE FINGERPRINT CARD,

AND ALSO THE AUTOPSY PRINTS.

AND THAT EXAMINER
WAS ABLE TO MATCH THE PRINTS

FROM THE WINDOW
OF THE TAXICAB TO JUSTIN.

IT TOLD US THAT JUSTIN
WAS IN THAT TAXICAB

OR AT THE TAXICAB

BECAUSE THE PRINTS WERE LIFTED

FROM THE OUTSIDE
PASSENGER WINDOW.

Narrator:
WITH PROOF OF KIDNAPPING,

THE CHARGE AGAINST HORN IS
ELEVATED TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

DURING HIS TRIAL,

IT'S REVEALED THAT HORN
OBTAINED JUSTIN'S NUMBER

AFTER HE DOWNLOADED
A CONTACT LIST

FROM A FRIEND OF
HIS STEPDAUGHTER'S CELL PHONE.

THE TEXT RECORDS SHOW

THAT HE KNEW
EXACTLY HOW OLD JUSTIN WAS.

THE JURY TAKES LESS THAN AN HOUR
TO FIND HORN GUILTY.

HE IS SENTENCED TO DEATH.

I REALLY DIDN'T TAKE ANY SENSE
OF VICTORY

AWAY FROM IT FOR MYSELF
BECAUSE...

JUSTIN WAS DECEASED,

AND I COULDN'T BRING HIM BACK.

Narrator:
BRIAN HORN HAS NEVER REVEALED

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE CAB
THAT NIGHT.

POLICE CAN ONLY SPECULATE.

THE LAST TEXT THAT JUSTIN...

THAT WE BELIEVE JUSTIN SENT
WITH THE PHONE

WAS AT 3:15.

"THE CAR JUST DIED."

THIS IS A TEXT THAT HE SENT
TO WHO HE THOUGHT WAS AMBER.

AT THAT POINT, IF THE PHONE
WENT OFF IN BRIAN'S POCKET...

[ CELL PHONE CHIMES
AND VIBRATES ]

...WOULD JUSTIN HAVE BEEN
QUICK ENOUGH OR SMART ENOUGH

TO REALIZE THAT
BRIAN HORN WAS INDEED AMBER?

I CAN ONLY WONDER
WHAT THAT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE.

YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT YOURSELF
IN YOUR CHILD'S PLACE...

[ Voice breaking ]
...TO WHAT HAPPENED

BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T THERE
TO PROTECT HIM.

AND YOU'RE CONSTANT... YOU'VE GOT
THIS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND.

WAS YOUR CHILD SCREAMING FOR YOU
LIKE THEY DO

WHEN THEY CUT THEMSELVES
OR THEY HURT THEMSELVES?

AND THEY'RE CRYING OUT FOR MOM
TO COME HELP.

AND YOU...
SO YOU'RE TRYING TO GO,

"HOW LONG

DID JUSTIN HAVE TO FEAR..."

"...BEFORE HE LOST HIS LIFE?

"AND WAS HE SCREAMING FOR ME,

AND I COULDN'T BE THERE
TO HELP HIM?"

THE PROSECUTION OF BRIAN HORN

RESULTS IN THE PASSING
OF THE BLOXOM BILL,

BANNING CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS
FROM DRIVING TAXIS,

LIMOUSINES, AND BUSES.

IT'S NOW LAW IN LOUISIANA,
OKLAHOMA, AND TEXAS.

EVERY DAY,
I WANT JUSTIN STILL...

I STILL WANT HIM HOME WITH ME.

I MISS THAT SMILE.

I MISS THAT LAUGH.

I MISS THAT GOOFINESS IN HIM.

I MISS HIM DANCING.

[ Voice breaks ]
I- I MISS ALL THE FOOTBALL GAMES.

I MISS IT ALL.

I MISS MY LIFE THAT I HAD.