Web of Lies (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 9 - Pipe Nightmare - full transcript

Narrator:
A FAMILY UNDER ATTACK.

I WAS TERRIFIED.

WHO'S NEXT?

BARRY.

MONEY DOES MAKE PEOPLE CRAZY.

Narrator: THE VICTIMS
OF AN ONLINE TERROR CAMPAIGN...

MOM!

...LAUNCHED BY AN UNKNOWN ENEMY.

IT'S HARD TO THINK THAT
THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT A SUSPECT.

Narrator:
BUT WHERE IS HE OR SHE HIDING?

REAL DAMAGING EVIDENCE
WAS ON THE COMPUTER.



Narrator: ON THE DARK SIDE
OF CYBERSPACE...

YOU HAVE TO STOP.

...OR MUCH CLOSER TO HOME?

HELP ME!

Narrator: THE QUIET,
UPSCALE SUBURB OF LAURELHURST.

WITH ITS LEAFY STREETS
AND SPACIOUS HOUSES,

IT'S ONE OF PORTLAND'S
MOST DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.

59-YEAR-OLD BARRY HORNSTEIN

IS STILL GETTING USED TO LIFE
WITHOUT HIS WIFE, KATHY.

THEY'VE RECENTLY SEPARATED
AFTER NEARLY 20 YEARS

OF MOSTLY HAPPY MARRIAGE.

Barry: I DID NOT WANT TO
BE SEPARATED FROM KATHY,

BUT I HAD DONE
SOME THINGS IN MY LIFE...

THEY WEREN'T ILLEGAL...



BUT THEY WEREN'T POSITIVE
FOR THE FAMILY.

[ METAL MUSIC PLAYS,
KNOCK ON DOOR ]

Barry:
JACK! TIME TO GET UP.

WAY AHEAD OF YA, POP.

Narrator: 17-YEAR-OLD JACK SPENDS
MOST OF HIS TIME AT BARRY'S.

Jack: I DIDN'T REALLY CHOOSE
TO STAY AT MY DAD'S.

I THINK MY SISTER
WAS LIVING MORE WITH MY MOM,

SO I WOULD PROBABLY TEND
TO STAY MORE AT MY DAD'S.

Narrator:
LIKE MILLIONS OF TEENAGERS,

JACK SPENDS ALL HIS SPARE TIME
ONLINE, MAINLY CHATTING

WITH HIS LONG-DISTANCE
GIRLFRIEND, CINDY.

Jack: I HAD MET CINDY
AT THE BEACH THAT SUMMER.

WE HAD NORMAL CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT TYPICAL TEENAGE STUFF.

Barry: JACK WAS GOOD.

I MEAN,
HE WASN'T INTO THE DRUGS.

I THINK HE WAS
WHAT I CALL AVERAGE.

Jack: MY RELATIONSHIP
WITH MY FATHER IS NORMAL.

YOU KNOW, HE'D COME SUPPORT
MY FOOTBALL GAME.

DAD, NO MILK... AGAIN.

LIVED A DECENT LIFE AND WHATNOT.

HAVE A GOOD DAY.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

Narrator:
LIKE MANY FATHERS AND SONS,

BARRY ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT HE AND JACK HAVE

THEIR UPS AND DOWNS.

HE WASN'T PERFECT,
BUT NO ONE IS.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

BUT FOR THE MOST PART,
NO PROBLEMS THAT I COULD SEE.

Narrator: THAT WEDNESDAY,
JUST AFTER 8:00 A.M.,

JACK HEADS TO SCHOOL.

AT ROUGHLY 10:00 IN THE MORNING,

I LEFT THE HOUSE TO GO WORK.

AND I OPENED THE DOOR,
PUT MY BRIEFCASE IN.

I LOOKED BEHIND MY CAR,

AND I SAW SOMETHING
IN THE DRIVEWAY.

"THAT'S ODD.

THE HECK IS THAT?"

IT WAS, LIKE, A CYLINDER
WRAPPED WITH BLACK TAPE.

I WAS GOING TO PICK IT UP.

BUT I DID NOT.

I JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT IT WAS,

SO I DECIDED TO KICK IT.

[ HIGH-PITCHED RINGING ]

ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT SEEMED
LIKE THE WORLD STOPPED.

[ COUGHS ]

HELP.

- [ CAR ALARM BLARING ]
- HELP ME!

[ DOG BARKS ]

HELP ME!

WHILE I WAS LAYING
ON THE GROUND...

[ CAR ALARM,
DOG BARKING CONTINUES ]

...I LOOK AT MY LEG.

THERE WAS LOTS OF BLOOD.

MY PANTS ARE SHREDDED.

I REALIZE I'VE BEEN BOMBED.

Narrator:
BARRY NEEDS URGENT TREATMENT.

HELP ME. HURRY.

AN AMBULANCE.

BOY, YOU... YOU THINK,
"IS THIS THE END OF IT ALL?"

HURRY.

[ SIGHS ]

[ SIREN WAILS ]

[ MONITOR BEEPING ]

MORE PRESSURE.
PUT PRESSURE.

TOURNIQUET.

Narrator: DOCTORS WORK FURIOUSLY
TO STEM THE BLEEDING.

FEEL THIS, SIR?

I WAS HAVING... I WAS NOT
REALLY FEELING ANYTHING.

Narrator: THE BONES IN BARRY'S
LOWER RIGHT LEG

HAVE BEEN SHATTERED,

AND THE MUSCULAR TISSUE
BLOWN AWAY.

MORE PRESSURE.
MORE PRESSURE.

HI.
I'M LOOKING FOR THE E.R.

DETECTIVE BILL LAW IS DISPATCHED
TO INVESTIGATE THE EXPLOSION.

Law: WE NEEDED TO ESTABLISH
INFORMATION QUICKLY

BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY,
I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT

HE WAS GOING TO SURVIVE THIS.

MR. HORNSTEIN,
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

OF WHO WOULD WANT TO
DO THIS TO YOU?

I HAD NO IDEA
WHY ANYONE WOULD PUT A BOMB

IN MY DRIVEWAY OR ANYONE ELSE'S.

OKAY.
WE'LL BE BACK.

Law: INITIALLY, I WAS WONDERING
WHETHER MR. HORNSTEIN

HAD DONE SOMETHING TO SOMEONE
AND THIS WAS A RETALIATION

OR THIS WAS SOME KIND OF A PRANK
THAT HAD GONE SERIOUSLY WRONG.

MORE GAUZE, PLEASE.
MORE GAUZE.

SIR, THERE'S TOO MUCH
SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE.

THE DOCTOR SAID
HOW MUCH DAMAGE I HAD TO MY LEG,

AND THEY FEEL THAT
I SHOULD HAVE IT AMPUTATED.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS,
SIR?

SIR.

I...

SIR.
YOU UNDERSTAND THIS?

I WAS ABSOLUTELY STUNNED.

TOOK ME FOR A LOOP.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, GUYS,
LET'S PREP HIM FOR SURGERY.

Narrator:
BARRY'S ESTRANGED WIFE, KATHY,

RACES TO THE HOSPITAL.

Kathy: I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL
FROM EMANUEL HOSPITAL,

AND THE PERSON
ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE

SAID,
"I DON'T WANT TO ALARM YOU,

BUT YOUR HUSBAND IS BEING
BROUGHT IN BY GROUND...

[ Voice breaking ] OH, MY GOD.

[ GASPS ] BARRY.

OH, MY GOD. BARRY.

I WENT OVER TO HIM.

OH, MY GOD.

AND HE ACTED LIKE EVERYTHING
WAS JUST FINE,

BUT WE ALL KNEW DIFFERENTLY.

I ABSOLUTELY WAS SO NUMB.

[ SOBS ]

I COULDN'T BREATHE.

Anchorman: AT 10:19 A.M.,
FOLKS WHO LIVE IN LAURELHURST

HEARD THE BOOM.

Narrator: THREE HOURS AFTER
THE BOMB BLAST,

THE HORNSTEINS' DRIVEWAY IS NOW
A MAJOR CRIME SCENE.

Officer: IT DOES APPEAR
TO BE FAIRLY POWERFUL.

WE DO HAVE BLAST MATERIAL

SPREAD OUT
OVER HUNDREDS OF FEET.

THIS SEEMED LIKE
IT WAS DIRECTED AT SOMEONE

AND THAT THEY INTENDED
SOME SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES

AS A RESULT.

[ BELL RINGS ]

Narrator:
WITH BARRY IN SURGERY,

DETECTIVE LAW QUESTIONS HIS
TEENAGE SON, JACK, AT SCHOOL.

HE THINKS HE MAY HAVE
VITAL INFORMATION.

Law: HE WOULD'VE BEEN THE LAST
PERSON THAT WOULD'VE SEEN,

HIS FATHER PRIOR
TO THE DETONATION OF THE DEVICE.

WHEN YOU LEFT FOR SCHOOL
THIS MORNING,

DID YOU SEE ANYTHING AT ALL
IN THE DRIVEWAY?

NO, NOTHING.

Jack:
I WAS COMPLETELY CLUELESS

AND WANTED [CHUCKLES]
WANTED TO KNOW WHY

SOMEBODY WOULD PUT A BOMB
AT MY PARENT'S HOUSE.

SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW,
I WASN'T REALLY MUCH HELP.

AND YOU'RE SURE
ABOUT THAT?

YES, I'M SURE.

Narrator: THE NEXT DAY,
DETECTIVE LAW RETURNS TO THE HOSPITAL.

MR. HORNSTEIN, IS THERE ANYONE
THAT YOU CAN THINK OF

THAT WOULD WANT TO
HURT YOU?

NO. NO.
NO, NO.

I DON'T FEEL
I HAD ANY REAL ENEMIES

WHO WOULD TRY TO KILL ME.

Narrator:
BARRY IS AN INSURANCE AGENT

WORKING WITH
THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY,

SOMETIMES HANDLING
SUBSTANTIAL CLAIMS.

AND THERE IS NOBODY AT WORK
THAT HAS AN ISSUE WITH YOU

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

NO.

ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS,
MR. HORNSTEIN?

I'M SURE.

EVERYTHING,
AS FAR AS MY BUSINESS LIFE,

WAS STRAIGHT UP-AND-UP.

THERE WOULD BE NO REASON
TO HAVE VENGEANCE ON ME.

Woman: DR. JEFFERIES,
PLEASE DIAL 212.

DR. JEFFERIES,
DIAL 212.

I HAD TO ELIMINATE PEOPLE FROM
BEING A SUSPECT WITH THIS CRIME.

MRS. HORNSTEIN,
MAY WE SPEAK SOMEWHERE, PLEASE?

MONEY DOES MAKE PEOPLE CRAZY.

RIGHT THIS WAY.

YOU KNOW,
YOU HEAR ABOUT SPOUSES

TRYIN' TO BUMP OFF
THE OTHER ONE.

FIRST QUESTION THAT CAME
OUT OF HIS MOUTH WAS...

DOES YOUR HUSBAND
HAVE ANY LIFE INSURANCE?

WHAT?

I IMMEDIATELY ASSUMED THEN
THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT ME.

I HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH THIS.

I FELT THAT I HAD TO STAND UP
FOR MYSELF AND FIGHT BACK.

IT'S BARRY.

HE HAS A GAMBLING PROBLEM.

Narrator: AFTER KICKING A BOMB
IN HIS OWN DRIVEWAY,

INSURANCE AGENT
BARRY HORNSTEIN...

BARRY.

...UNDERGOES
LIFE-SAVING SURGERY.

HIS RIGHT LEG IS AMPUTATED
BELOW THE KNEE.

AT LEAST I WAS ALIVE.
AND SO YOU TAKE A TRADE-OFF.

IF I WOULD'VE PICKED UP
THE BOMB, I WOULDN'T BE HERE.

Narrator: WHEN BARRY'S
ESTRANGED WIFE, KATHY,

REALIZES THE POLICE ARE LOOKING
AT HER AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT,

SHE DELIVERS
A SHOCKING REVELATION.

IT'S BARRY.

HE HAS A GAMBLING PROBLEM.

IT'S BARRY'S GAMBLING ADDICTION

THAT EXPLAINS
THE COUPLE'S RECENT SEPARATION.

DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO US, BARRY?

I... I DIDN'T KNOW
THE TRUE SERIOUSNESS OF IT,

BUT I KNEW IT WAS SERIOUS.

YOU HAVE TO STOP.

I CAN STOP.

AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT PROOF
THAT HE IS DOING IT

AND HE'S STILL LYING
TO YOUR FACE, IT'S A PROBLEM.

YOU'RE STILL GAMBLING.

- YOU'RE LYING TO ME.
- I'M NOT.

I'M GETTING HELP.
I'M...

YOU'RE LYING TO YOURSELF.

WE HAD BEEN IN THERAPY
FOR ABOUT A YEAR,

AND HE WAS STILL IN DENIAL
ABOUT IT ALL.

IT'S GONNA STOP.

NOT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION
WITH YOU AGAIN, BARRY.

YOU GET HELP...
SERIOUSLY...

OR I'M LEAVING.

Narrator: NOW, KATHY WONDERS

IF BARRY'S GAMBLING
MIGHT BE BEHIND THE BOMB.

ARE YOU STILL GAMBLING?

Barry:
I WAS EMBARRASSED 'CAUSE

THIS WAS AN EMBARRASSING POINT
OF MY LIFE.

I WAS SNEAKIN' AROUND, GAMBLING.

AND I BECAME OBSESSED WITH IT
AND TO A POINT

WHERE IT TOOK A LOT
OUT OF OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

Narrator: BARRY ADMITS TO LOSING
OVER $200,000 ON VIDEO POKER,

BLEEDING THE FAMILY SAVINGS DRY.

DETECTIVE LAW THOUGHT MAYBE
IT WAS SORT OF VENDETTA

FOR A GAMBLING DEBT.

DO YOU OWE ANYONE MONEY
FROM THE GAMBLING?

YOU NEVER WENT TO ANY LOAN
SHARKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

NO.

I NEVER BORROWED MONEY
FROM OTHER PEOPLE.

I THOUGHT OF IT,
BUT I NEVER DID.

I'D HURT NO ONE
BUT MYSELF AND MY FAMILY.

Law: I TOOK, BASICALLY,
BARRY AT HIS WORD.

THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY AVENUES,

ANY INVESTIGATIVE LEADS
REGARDING THE GAMBLING

TO FOLLOW.

Narrator: POLICE HOPE
THAT FORENSIC ANALYSIS

OF THE CRIME SCENE
WILL PROVIDE FRESH LEADS.

IT'S ALREADY CLEAR THE BOMB
CONSISTING OF SIX INCHES

OF STEEL PIPE PACKED
WITH POWERFUL EXPLOSIVES

IS NO ORDINARY
IMPROVISED DEVICE.

THE DEVICE
WAS MORE SOPHISTICATED

THAN A TYPICAL PIPE BOMB.

IT HAD ELECTRONIC BATTERY
TO ASSIST IN DETONATION.

Narrator:
SMALL MAGNETS WERE DESIGNED

TO ATTACH THE BOMB TO A CAR.

THERE'S NO DOUBT
THAT WHOEVER BUILT IT

INTENDED TO KILL
HIS OR HER VICTIM.

IT HAD BALL BEARINGS
INSIDE THE PIPE

THAT WOULD CREATE
MORE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY.

THIS WAS NOT JUST A SIMPLE
PIPE BOMB.

BUT SO FAR, POLICE FIND
NO EVIDENCE OR CLUES

TO HELP IDENTIFY THE BOMBER.

WE DIDN'T GET
ANY FORENSIC EVIDENCE

OFF OF THE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE.

THERE WAS NO FINGERPRINTS
OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

Narrator:
THREE DAYS AFTER THE BOMBING,

THE INVESTIGATION HAS STALLED.

THE DIFFICULTY I WAS HAVING
IN THIS INVESTIGATION

IS, "WHO WOULD WANT TO GO
TO THESE METHOD AND MEANS

TO KILL BARRY HORNSTEIN?"

Narrator: BILL LAW DECIDES
TO QUESTION KATHY HORNSTEIN

FURTHER AT HOME.

SHE'S BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE
SHE LEFT BARRY TWO MONTHS AGO.

LAW WANTS TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT THE HORNSTEIN FAMILY.

HOW'S JACK BEEN LATELY?

HOW DO YOU MEAN?

WELL, LIKE, IS HE...

IS HE HAPPY?

HAS THERE BEEN ANY CHANGE
IN HIS BEHAVIOR?

I SAID, "I'M LOSING JACK."

HE WAS BARELY SPEAKING,

AND THAT WAS QUITE DISTURBING.

Narrator: JACK IS SPENDING MORE
AND MORE TIME ALONE IN HIS ROOM.

HIS ONE CONFIDANTE IS HIS
LONG-DISTANCE GIRLFRIEND, CINDY.

THE 15-YEAR-OLD LIVES
A THREE-HOUR DRIVE AWAY

IN KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON STATE.

JACK ONLY GETS TO SEE HER
EVERY OTHER MONTH.

I WOULD SAY
HIS RELATIONSHIP WAS TYPICAL.

YOU KNOW, THEY...

BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T
SEE EACH OTHER THAT MUCH,

THEY E-MAILED AND TALKED
ON THE PHONE EVERY NIGHT.

HOW IS IT WITH BARRY?

Law:
I WAS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME

UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE MOTIVE
BEHIND THIS WAS.

YEAH, I KNEW MY PARENTS
WERE SEPARATED MOSTLY DUE

TO 'CAUSE MY DAD HAD
SOME GAMBLING ISSUES.

YOU... YOU DON'T WANT
THEM TO SEPARATE,

BUT I'M GONNA SUPPORT MY MOM.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT HER
TO GET DRAGGED DOWN, YOU KNOW...

BY MY DAD'S ISSUE OF, YOU KNOW,
PISSIN' AWAY MONEY.

DO YOU THINK JACK BLAMES BARRY
FOR THE SEPARATION?

YOU THINK
JACK DID THIS?

THEY WANTED TO KNOW
WHY HE DID IT.

NO. NO.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

NO WAY ON GOD'S EARTH.

THERE ISN'T A MEAN BONE
IN HIS BODY.

HE'S JUST NOT LIKE THAT,
ABSOLUTELY NOT LIKE THAT.

Narrator: DESPITE KATHY'S
DEFENSE OF HER SON,

LAW SUSPECTS JACK KNOWS MORE
THAN HE'S LETTING ON.

THE NEXT DAY,
WHEN LAW INTERVIEWS JACK,

THE TEENAGER
ADMITS SOMETHING DISTURBING.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
SAYING THINGS ABOUT ME.

LIKE WHAT?

LIKE, BAD THINGS, LIKE,
REALLY BAD THINGS ABOUT ME.

TURNS OUT SIX WEEKS
BEFORE THE BOMB BLAST,

SOMEONE STARTED SENDING E-MAILS
TO STUDENTS

AT JACK'S HIGH SCHOOL,

ENCOURAGING THEM
TO PRINT OFF FLYERS

AND POST THEM
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHAT IS THIS CRAP?

Jack: THE FLYERS ARE BASICALLY
DEFAMING MY CHARACTER

AND WHATNOT, JUST BASICALLY
MAKIN' UP A BUNCH OF RANDOM,

CRAZY STUFF.

Narrator: THE ANONYMOUS E-MAILS
KEEP COMING,

AMOUNTING TO AN ONLINE SMEAR
CAMPAIGN AGAINST JACK.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
OF WHO WOULD WANT TO

DO THIS TO YOU?

I DIDN'T... I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE
ANY IDEA WHO IT WAS.

MAYBE SOMEBODY I PISSED OFF
IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I... I DON'T KNOW.

Narrator: AS POLICE INVESTIGATE
WHETHER THE SMEAR CAMPAIGN

IS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO
THE BOMB ATTACK ON JACK'S DAD,

THERE'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT.

SIX DAYS AFTER THE BLAST,

JACK HORNSTEIN GETS AN ANONYMOUS
LETTER IN THE MAIL.

IT'S FROM SOMEONE CLAIMING
TO BE THE BOMBER.

IT WAS A TOTAL SHOCK TO FIND OUT
I WAS THE TARGET OF THE BOMB.

Narrator: A BOMB BLAST LEAVES
PORTLAND INSURANCE AGENT

BARRY HORNSTEIN
WITH HORRIFIC INJURIES.

SIX DAYS LATER,
IN A LETTER ADDRESSED

TO HIS TEENAGE SON, JACK,

SOMEONE CLAIMING
TO BE THE BOMBER

SAYS THEY GOT THE WRONG PERSON.

I WAS THE TARGET OF THE BOMB.

Narrator: AS SOON
AS HE RECEIVES THE LETTER,

JACK CALLS THE POLICE.

UH, HELLO.

THIS IS JACK HORNSTEIN
CALLING FOR,

UH, DE...
UH, DETECTIVE LAW.

THE LETTER'S IMMEDIATELY
SENT FOR FORENSIC ANALYSIS

TO CHECK
FOR FINGERPRINTS AND DNA.

THE RESULTS ARE FRUSTRATING.

WE WERE UNABLE TO COME UP WITH
ANYTHING OF EVIDENTIARY VALUE.

Narrator: UP UNTIL NOW,
17-YEAR-OLD JACK

HAS BEEN A POTENTIAL SUSPECT.

BUT IF THE LETTER
REALLY WAS SENT BY THE BOMBER,

IT LOOKS LIKE JACK
WAS INSTEAD THE INTENDED VICTIM.

THE BOMB WAS FOUND BY JACK'S DAD

IN THE SPOT WHERE JACK'S CAR
WAS PREVIOUSLY PARKED.

AND SIX WEEKS
BEFORE THE BOMBING...

WHAT IS THIS CRAP?

...SOMEONE HAD LAUNCHED
AN ONLINE ATTACK

ON JACK'S CHARACTER.

Jack: AND SO YOU'RE STILL
PRETTY NERVOUS.

IT'S HARD TO THINK THAT THEY
CAN'T FIGURE OUT A SUSPECT.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

Narrator: FEARING HIS LIFE
IS STILL IN DANGER,

JACK HEADS TO
HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE

IN KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON.

AT 15, CINDY IS
TWO YEARS YOUNGER THAN JACK.

JACK'S MOM HAS MET HER TWICE
BEFORE IN PORTLAND.

HEY.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?

Kathy: I THOUGHT
SHE WAS TOO YOUNG FOR HIM,

BUT HE TOLD ME TO MIND
MY OWN BUSINESS, BASICALLY,

AND THAT HE WAS GONNA SEE HER,

AND HE REALLY LIKED HER.

Narrator: CINDY'S SINGLE MOM,
NANCY, WORKS THREE JOBS

TO PROVIDE FOR HER DAUGHTER
AND HER SON, CLINT.

I THINK THAT CINDY,

BECAUSE HER PARENTS
WERE DIVORCED

AND HER MOTHER
WORKING ALL THOSE OTHER JOBS,

SHE REALLY NEEDED
TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE.

SHE MISSED THAT PART
OF FAMILY LIFE.

AND SO TO HAVE A NICE BOY
AROUND, I MEAN, SHE JUST...

SHE REALLY DID LOVE HIM,
REALLY CHERISHED HIM.

I... I REALLY THINK SO.

Narrator: JACK AND CINDY'S PEACE
IS ABOUT TO BE SHATTERED.

CINDY'S BROTHER
MAKES AN ALARMING DISCOVERY.

JACK!
JACK!

QUICK!
COME OUT HERE!

LOOK AT THIS!

ONE SECOND.

Kathy: WELL, I THOUGHT
JACK WOULD BE SAFE

BECAUSE HE WAS COMPLETELY
ISOLATED FROM FRIENDS,

FAMILY, FROM SCHOOL,

FROM EVERYTHING IN HIS LIFE
THAT HE KNEW.

Narrator: LYING IN THE GRASS
IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE

A 6-INCH PIPE BOMB.

CINDY!
CALL 911.

ATTACHED
TO THE SUSPICIOUS DEVICE

IS A NOTE IN BROKEN SPANISH.

NOTE WAS DIRECTED TO ME.

I'M ASSUMING
THAT SOMEBODY FOLLOWED ME THERE.

Narrator:
POLICE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.

THE EXPLOSIVE DISPOSAL UNIT
CHECKED THE DEVICE

AND FOUND OUT
THAT IT WAS A HOAX.

IT WASN'T AN ACTUAL DEVICE.

Kathy: I FOUND OUT
ABOUT THE FAKE BOMB ON THE NEWS.

I CALLED JACK IMMEDIATELY,

AND I TOLD HIM THAT
HE NEEDED TO GET HOME, PERIOD.

WHOEVER WAS... WAS TRYING
TO KILL ME, YOU KNOW,

THE THOUGHT WAS THEY WERE
GETTIN' MORE AND MORE DESPERATE.

I WAS TERRIFIED.

MAYBE A PIPE BOMB
WOULD BE ATTACHED TO MY CAR.

WHO KNOWS?

WHO'S NEXT?

BUT I WAS REALLY WORRIED
ABOUT JACK.

I THOUGHT SOMETHING
WAS GONNA HAPPEN TO HIM.

MAYBE HE WAS GONNA DIE.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

[ SIGHS ]

Narrator: TWO DAYS LATER,

THE STAKES ARE RAISED
EVEN HIGHER.

CINDY'S MOM RECEIVES A LETTER
IN THE MAIL.

IT WARNS HER TO KEEP CINDY
AWAY FROM JACK HORNSTEIN

OR SHE WILL GET HURT.

Law: THEY WERE TERRORIZED,

AND AS INVESTIGATORS,
WE FELT TERRIBLE FOR 'EM.

WE WANTED TO BE ABLE
TO BRING THIS TO A CONCLUSION.

Narrator:
DESPITE GROWING EVIDENCE

THAT JACK HORNSTEIN WAS
THE TARGET OF THE ORIGINAL BOMB,

BILL LAW STILL HAS
NAGGING SUSPICIONS

ABOUT JACK'S INVOLVEMENT
IN THE ATTACK.

THE ONLY WAY TO DISPEL THEM

IS TO HAVE JACK
TAKE A POLYGRAPH TEST.

SO JUST BREATHE NORMALLY
AND RELAX AND SIT STILL.

OKAY, JACK?

I WANTED TO CLEAR HIM
OF ANY POTENTIAL INVOLVEMENT

IN PLANTING THE DEVICE.

OKAY, JACK?

Jack:
THEY SENT ME IN THIS ROOM.

IT'S YOU AND TWO DETECTIVES.

WERE YOU DELIBERATELY
FALSIFYING INFORMATION

ABOUT THE EXPLOSION
THAT INJURED YOUR DAD?

I MEAN, THAT... THAT'S A
POSSIBILITY YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT.

NO, SIR.

THERE'S A LOT OF URGENCY FOR US

TO FIND OUT WHAT THE MOTIVATION
BEHIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS.

Jack: WASN'T FUN.

I THINK ALL DOORS ARE KIND
OF KEPT OPEN AT THAT POINT

TO SEE WHAT THE DEAL IS.

HAVE YOU WRITTEN LETTERS
AND E-MAILS TO DELIBERATELY

CONCEAL YOUR INVOLVEMENT
IN THE EXPLOSION?

NO, SIR.

Narrator: THE RESULT OF THE TEST
IS SHOCKING.

MY ATTORNEY SAID, "YOUR SON
FLUNKED THE POLYGRAPH TEST,

AND THEY THINK
HE PUT THE BOMB THERE."

Narrator: POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING THE ATTEMPTED MURDER

OF PORTLAND, OREGON,
INSURANCE AGENT BARRY HORNSTEIN.

HIS TEENAGE SON, JACK, HAS JUST
FAILED A POLYGRAPH TEST.

AND NOW POLICE SUSPECT
HE'S THE BOMBER.

Kathy: I PROBABLY
SHOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED IT,

BUT I WAS THAT CERTAIN THAT THEY
WOULD NOT LEARN ANYTHING

ABOUT JACK THAT WOULD POINT HIM
TOWARDS THE ATTEMPTED MURDER

OF HIS FATHER.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

Narrator: DETECTIVES THINK
JACK'S MOTIVE IS REVENGE.

HE BLAMES HIS DAD'S GAMBLING

FOR COSTING HIS FAMILY
THEIR LIFE SAVINGS

AND HIS PARENTS THEIR MARRIAGE.

JACK BEING A SUSPECT

WAS ABSOLUTELY THE MOST HORRIBLE
THING FOR A MOTHER TO EVER HEAR.

Narrator: WHEN HE'S BROUGHT IN
FOR QUESTIONING,

JACK WAIVES HIS LEGAL RIGHT
TO AN ATTORNEY.

OKAY, JACK.

I GOT A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS
FOR YA.

YOU EVER SEARCH THE INTERNET
FOR INFORMATION

ON HOW TO BUILD
EXPLOSIVE DEVICES?

YEAH, WITH FRIENDS.

I WAS SOMEWHAT SURPRISED
WHEN I HEARD THAT.

WELL, TELL ME MORE.

Narrator: JACK SAYS
THIS IS JUST COINCIDENCE.

AT THE TIME, I WAS STILL INTO,
LIKE, MILITARY-TYPE STUFF, TOO,

AND PLANES AND TANKS AND BOMBS,

AND ALL THAT STUFF
WAS ALL FASCINATING TO ME. SO.

IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF GUYS
HAVING FUN.

YOU'RE SURE ABOUT THAT?

THEY STARTED
TO HAMMER QUESTIONS AT ME.

DID YOU SEE ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS
THE MORNING OF THE BLAST?

DO YOU BLAME YOUR FATHER FOR
YOUR PARENTS GETTING SEPARATED?

IT WAS PRETTY UNRELENTLESS
FOR SIX OR SEVEN HOURS.

SO, AGAIN, YOU DIDN'T SEE
ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS

THE MORNING OF THE BLAST?

NO, SIR.

NOTHING AT ALL
AROUND YOUR DAD'S CAR?

ARE YOU MAD AT HIM?

DO YOU BLAME HIM FOR
YOUR PARENTS BEING SEPARATED?

NO.
I LOVE HIM.

Narrator: JACK SWEARS HE PLAYED
NO PART IN THE BOMBING,

NOR IS HE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE THREATENING LETTERS

AND E-MAILS SUGGESTING
HE'S THE REAL TARGET.

A FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF JACK'S
COMPUTER BACKS UP HIS CLAIMS.

WE WERE ABLE TO TELL
PRETTY QUICKLY THAT HIS COMPUTER

WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY OF THIS.

THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT
HE SENT ANY OF THESE LETTERS.

Narrator: JACK PASSES
A SECOND POLYGRAPH TEST.

POLICE DECIDE HIS FAILURE
THE FIRST TIME AROUND

MUST HAVE BEEN DUE
TO EXTREME NERVES.

THEY RULE HIM OUT AS THE BOMBER.

Jack: DEFINITELY RELIEVED.

YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHT WAS,

"YOU GUYS ARE A BUNCH
BUNCH OF ****

AND I TOLD YOU THIS,
AND, YOU KNOW, TOLD YOU

I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT."

Narrator: STILL, AS FAR
AS HIS FAMILY KNOWS,

JACK'S LIFE REMAINS
UNDER THREAT,

AND THEY HAVE NO CLUE
AS TO WHO HIS ENEMY IS.

Kathy: BARRY AND I DECIDED
THAT THE BEST THING

TO DO WOULD BE TO MOVE HIM
OUT OF PORTLAND

UNTIL THIS THING WAS RESOLVED.

Narrator: JACK TELLS
HIS GIRLFRIEND, CINDY,

THAT HIS PARENTS ARE GOING TO
TAKE HIM OUT OF SCHOOL

AND SEND HIM TO STAY
WITH HIS UNCLE IN SEATTLE.

TWO DAYS LATER,
JACK RECEIVES AN E-MAIL

FROM AN UNKNOWN ADDRESS.

THE SENDER TELLS JACK
THAT HE KNOWS WHERE HE'S GOING.

MOM.

MOM!

HEY, YOU OKAY?

LOOK AT THIS.

AND NOWHERE IS SAFE.

IT WAS TERRIBLE.

IT WAS WORSE THAN TERRIBLE...

IT WAS HORRENDOUS.

HOW DO THEY KNOW
YOU'RE GOING AWAY?

NOW, NO ONE KNEW ABOUT THAT...
NO ONE...

EXCEPT CINDY.

HE WAS JUST APART.

HE WAS SO UPSET.

THE THOUGHT THAT SHE MIGHT
HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

[ MONITOR BEEPING ]

[ SOBS ]

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Narrator:
JACK'S MOTHER CALLS THE POLICE.

THEY DISCOVER
THAT THE THREATENING E-MAIL

COMES FROM ONE
OF THE AOL ADDRESSES

USED IN THE SMEAR CAMPAIGN
AGAINST JACK TWO MONTHS EARLIER.

WHOEVER IS USING
THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS

APPEARS TO KNOW
JACK'S GIRLFRIEND, CINDY.

WE BEGAN TO WONDER WHO SHE MIGHT
HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH

PRIOR TO JACK.

TO IDENTIFY WHO SENT THE E-MAIL,

DETECTIVE LAW ASKS THE
FORENSIC UNIT TO INVESTIGATE.

CREDIT-CARD RECORDS REVEAL
THE AOL ACCOUNT, SHAN1HERE,

IS REGISTERED TO AN ADDRESS
IN PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON,

A SMALL TOWN NEAR SEATTLE.

[ DOORBELL RINGS ]

Law:
WE DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED TO GO

AND CONTACT THAT INDIVIDUAL
IMMEDIATELY.

Narrator:
THREE WEEKS AFTER THE BOMBING,

THE POLICE GET
THEIR BREAKTHROUGH... A NAME.

MR. GOFF?

SURE.

COME ON IN.

TIMOTHY GOFF ISN'T KNOWN
TO POLICE

AND HAS NO PRIOR CONVICTIONS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY I.D.
ON YOU?

SURE.

41-YEAR-OLD GOFF REVEALS
HE HAS A 22-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER,

AND HE AND HIS WIFE
ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DIVORCING.

SO WE'RE HERE INVESTIGATING
A BOMBING IN PORTLAND.

VICTIM'S NAME
WAS A BARRY HORNSTEIN.

DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY
BY THAT NAME?

NO.
UM, MAYBE ON THE NEWS.

THE UNUSUAL THING IN MY MIND
IS THAT HE NEVER ASKED,

"WELL, WHY ARE YOU HERE
TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT?"

Narrator:
LAW WANTS TO KNOW IF GOFF

HAS EVER USED THE SCREEN NAME
SHAN1HERE.

I HAVE A COUPLE NAMES,
BUT NOT THAT ONE, NO.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN
WHY IT'S REGISTERED TO YOU?

HE SAID IF THAT SCREEN NAME WAS
ASSOCIATED WITH HIS COMPUTER,

THAT SOMEONE MUST HAVE
HACKED INTO HIS ACCOUNT.

DO YOU KNOW
A CINDY WILLIAMS?

I MIGHT'VE TALKED TO HER
ONCE OR TWICE IN A CHAT ROOM,

BUT NO, NO.

DO YOU MIND IF WE TAKE A LOOK
AT YOUR COMPUTER?

HEY, I'M PRETTY SURE
YOU NEED A WARRANT FOR THAT.

OKAY.
THAT'S FINE.

Narrator: WITHIN AN HOUR,

LAW HAS A WARRANT
TO SEARCH GOFF'S HOME.

I LOOKED INTO HIS WALLET
THAT WAS ON THE COUNTER,

AND I NOTICED
THAT THERE WAS INFORMATION

REGARDING THE HORNSTEINS.

EXCUSE ME, SIR.

WHERE'D YOU GET
THIS ADDRESS?

Narrator: SUDDENLY,
GOFF CHANGES HIS STORY.

HE SAID THAT HE HAD GOT
THAT INFORMATION FROM CINDY,

AND HE ADMITTED
THAT HE HADN'T BEEN

COMPLETELY TRUTHFUL WITH ME
ABOUT HER.

HE SAID THAT HE KNEW HER
BETTER THAN WHAT HE SAID.

MR. GOFF?

MR. GOFF.

WHAT IS ON THESE?

Narrator: LAW INSISTS ON LOOKING
AT THE TAPES IMMEDIATELY.

WHAT HE SEES STUNS HIM.

IT DEPICTED HIM HAVING SEX
WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL.

IS THAT CINDY?

Narrator:
WHEN A PIPE BOMB EXPLODES,

MAIMING INSURANCE AGENT
BARRY HORNSTEIN,

PORTLAND, OREGON P.D.s
HUNT FOR THE BOMBER

TAKES THEM ACROSS STATE LINES
TO WASHINGTON.

THREE WEEKS AFTER THE BLAST,

THEIR PRIME SUSPECT
IS 41-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY GOFF.

DETECTIVE BILL LAW
IS IN THE MIDST

OF SCREENING A VIDEOTAPE
FOUND UNDER GOFF'S BED.

IT DEPICTED HIM HAVING SEX
WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL.

Narrator: THE GIRL IS CINDY,

THE GIRLFRIEND OF BOMBING VICTIM
BARRY HORNSTEIN'S SON.

AND AT THE TIME
THE VIDEO WAS SHOT,

CINDY WAS ONLY 14.

Law: SHE TOLD HIM SHE WAS 16,

AND HE TOLD HER THAT HE WAS 31.

Narrator:
BEFORE MEETING IN PERSON,

THE PAIR CHATTED FOR WEEKS
ONLINE.

GOFF SAYS CINDY
WAS DESPERATE FOR COMPANY.

Law: HE KEPT EXPRESSING INTEREST
IN SEEING HER.

SO, AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS,

SHE AGREED TO HAVE GOFF MEET HER
AT HER HOUSE.

HE GAVE HER SOME JEWELRY,

AND THEY TALKED ON THE PHONE
FREQUENTLY,

SOMETIMES ALMOST DAILY.

Narrator:
GOFF TOOK CINDY TO LOCAL MOTELS,

WHERE THEY HAD SEX,
SOMETIMES INVOLVING BONDAGE,

WHICH GOFF VIDEOTAPED.

BUT AFTER FOUR MONTHS,
CINDY STOPPED SEEING HIM.

HE SAID THAT HE WAS GLAD
THAT SHE HAD BROKEN UP WITH HIM,

THAT NOW, SHE COULD FIND
SOMEONE HER OWN AGE.

I THEN TALKED TO HIM
ABOUT THE BOMBING, AND HE...

HE DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT.

HE SAID THAT HE WAS TOLD
ABOUT THE BOMBING

THE DAY IT HAPPENED BY CINDY.

Narrator: IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG
FOR POLICE TO FIND MATERIALS

THEY SUSPECT WERE USED
TO CONSTRUCT THE PIPE BOMB...

...WHICH NEARLY
KILLED BARRY HORNSTEIN.

HE TOLD US THAT HE WAS
A PIPE FITTER,

THAT HE INSTALLED
COMMERCIAL SPRINKLER SYSTEMS.

Narrator:
BILL LAW SEIZES GOFF'S COMPUTER,

BELIEVING HIS ONLINE LIFE
IS NOW KEY TO THE CASE.

I THINK THAT HE KNEW
THAT THE REAL DAMAGING EVIDENCE

WAS ON THE COMPUTER.

Narrator: A FORENSIC SEARCH
OF GOFF'S HARD DRIVE SHOWS

HE'D USED THE INTERNET TO LEARN
HOW TO MAKE A PIPE BOMB.

THE COMPUTER WAS FULL
OF DELETED INFORMATION

OF HIS INTERNET ACTIVITY,

THAT HE'D SEARCHED SPECIFICALLY
FOR THE WORDS, TOGETHER,

"MURDER" AND "BOMB."

THERE WAS MULTIPLE SITES,

YOU KNOW, HOW TO BUILD BOMBS

AND HOW TO KILL
WITH BOMBS SPECIFICALLY.

Narrator:
GOFF HAD CLEARLY INTENDED

THE BOMB TO BLOW UP
JACK HORNSTEIN'S CAR.

Nelson: HE SPECIFICALLY SEARCHED
FOR THE WIRING DIAGRAMS

ON HONDA CIVICS SO THAT HE COULD
FIGURE OUT A WAY

TO WIRE THAT BOMB INTO THE
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE CAR.

Narrator:
THE SEARCH ALSO UNCOVERS

THE E-MAILS GOFF SENT
TO JACK'S FELLOW STUDENTS

AS PART OF HIS HATE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST HIM,

WHICH STARTED SOON AFTER GOFF
FOUND OUT CINDY WAS DATING HIM.

THE E-MAILS SUGGEST HE WAS
BEHAVING LIKE A JILTED LOVER,

TRYING TO END
CINDY AND JACK'S RELATIONSHIP

BY DEFAMING
HER BOYFRIEND'S CHARACTER.

WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK,
HE PLANTED A BOMB.

HE WAS WILLING TO KILL ANYBODY

THAT WOULD WANT
ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER

THAT PREVENT HIM
FROM BEING WITH HER.

Narrator:
AFTER CINDY SPLIT WITH GOFF,

THEY STAYED IN TOUCH.

AND DURING THEIR PHONE CALLS
AND E-MAIL EXCHANGES,

CINDY UNWITTINGLY FED GOFF
INFORMATION ABOUT THE HORNSTEINS

THAT HE THEN USED
TO TERRORIZE THE FAMILY.

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004,

GOFF PLEADS GUILTY
TO ATTEMPTED MURDER.

HE IS SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS.

IT WAS THE EVIDENCE
ON THE COMPUTER

THAT CONVICTED TIMOTHY GOFF.

BEFORE STARTING THAT SENTENCE,
GOFF ALSO SPENDS 26 MONTHS

IN BENTON COUNTY JAIL
IN KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON,

FOR SEX CRIMES AGAINST A MINOR.

GOFF SERVED HIS TIME
AND IS NOW A FREE MAN.

Kathy: YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE...
HOW TO START OVER AGAIN.

I JUST WANTED OUR FAMILY
TO BE RESTORED

TO AS NORMAL AS WE COULD GET.

Narrator: JACK HORNSTEIN
AND HIS YOUNGER SISTER, BETSY,

ARE NOW OFFICERS
WITH THE PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU,

AND BARRY AND KATHY HORNSTEIN
ARE BACK TOGETHER.

Barry: MY FAMILY'S INTACT.

MY SON WASN'T KILLED.

IT COULD'VE BEEN HIM.

I'VE ONLY LOST A LEG.

IT'S PRETTY CHEAP PRICE
TO PAY...

A LEG TO GET BACK YOUR LIFE
AGAIN WITH YOUR WIFE.