Web of Lies (2014–…): Season 3, Episode 12 - Catfished - full transcript

WHEN AN ONLINE LOVE TURNS BAD...

TWO YEARS I'VE WASTED
ON... ON NOTHING!

I'VE BEEN PLAYED
FOR SUCH A FOOL!

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
WHAT HAVE I EVER DONE TO YOU?

...VICTIMS CAN TURN VIGILANTE...

IT MADE ME REALLY MAD

THAT SOMEBODY WAS TRYING
TO PRETEND TO BE ME.

HEY, BRITTNEY?

NO, THAT'S NOT ME.
YOU HAVE ME CONFUSED.

LEAVE ME ALONE!
- THAT'S YOU!

GO AWAY!



SHOW ME YOUR HANDS.

THIS COULD BE SOMEBODY THAT,
IN 2 SECONDS FROM NOW,

I'M GONNA HAVE TO SHOOT.

...RIPPING LIVES APART...

What are you wearing?
What are you wearing?

...IN A DEADLY,
HIGH-STAKES GAME...

I'LL EVEN PICK YOU OUT
THE RIGHT KNIFE FOR THE JOB.

...OF LOSER TAKES ALL.

HE HAD ZIP TIES.
HE HAD DUCT TAPE.

HE HAD A PLAN
THAT HE WAS GOING TO KILL HER.

18-YEAR-OLD
HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR

TIFFANY WATKINS
LIVES WITH HER PARENTS

IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

SHE'S JUST BOUGHT HERSELF
SOME LINGERIE



FOR THE FIRST TIME,

AND SHE WANTS TO SEE
WHAT HER GIRLFRIENDS THINK.

IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU'RE --

YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE WAY
YOU LOOK AND STUFF,

SO YOU WANNA GET
A FRIEND'S APPROVAL

BEFORE YOU WEAR SOMETHING.

SOME OF THE PICTURES
WERE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW,

LINGERIE PICTURES.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME
I WAS EVER GONNA WEAR LINGERIE,

SO I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT IT

AND I WANTED TO GET
AN OPINION OF A FRIEND.

TIFFANY ALSO TAKES
SOME PICTURES FOR HER BOYFRIEND.

THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST
KIND OF WHAT YOU DID THEN.

TO KEEP HER INTIMATE
PICTURES SAFE FROM PRYING EYES,

TIFFANY STORES THEM
IN A CLOUD ACCOUNT.

TIFFANY, ARE YOU IN THERE?

I HAD PUT THEM ONTO A PRIVATE
PHOTOBUCKET ACCOUNT

WHERE I HAD, HAD PUT
ALL OF MY OTHER PICTURES.

AND I DIDN'T THINK
ANYTHING OF IT.

IT WAS PASSWORD PROTECTED.

FOUR YEARS LATER,
IN THE FALL OF 2010,

TIFFANY
AND HER BOYFRIEND DAVID

DECIDE TO TAKE
THEIR RELATIONSHIP

TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I GUESS IT WOULD BE
KIND OF COOL TO LIVE TOGETHER.

YEAH?

THAT'S GREAT.

WE CAN LOOK FOR AN APARTMENT
THIS WEEKEND.

I STARTED DATING
DAVID CRANFORD IN 2008.

WE HAD BEEN FRIENDS FOR A WHILE.

WE KNEW EACH OTHER
THROUGH FAMILY.

OKAY, LET'S NOT RUSH
INTO ANYTHING.

JUST THOUGHT
AFTER ALL THIS TIME...

THE QUALITIES
I LIKED IN TIFFANY, UM,

SHE WAS FUNNY,
EASY TO GET ALONG WITH, SMART.

DURING THE TIME
TIFFANY'S BEEN WITH DAVID,

29-YEAR-OLD HANDYMAN BRIAN HILE,
WHO LIVES IN MICHIGAN,

HAS ALSO BEEN IN AN ONLINE
RELATIONSHIP WITH TIFFANY,

RECEIVING
DOZENS OF SEXY PICTURES

OF HER IN HER LINGERIE.

BUT HILE THINKS
HER NAME IS STEPHANIE.

BRIAN WAS VERY PASSIONATE

ABOUT THIS RELATIONSHIP.

HE BELIEVED
THAT THIS WAS SOMEONE

WHOM HE COULD CONFIDE IN

AND WHO RECIPROCALLY
CONFIDED IN HIM.

BRIAN,
WHO HAS ALWAYS STRUGGLED

TO MEET WOMEN IN REAL LIFE,

IS HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE WITH
THE GIRL IN THE PICTURES ONLINE.

BUT THERE IS SOMETHING
BRIAN DOESN'T KNOW.

TIFFANY HAS
NO IDEA WHO HE IS.

AND SHE HAS NEVER PERSONALLY
SENT BRIAN

ONE SINGLE PICTURE OF HERSELF.

HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?

WHOA. JUST SLOW DOWN. WHAT?

MY BEST FRIEND, SHE CALLED ME
AND SHE TOLD ME, UM,

THAT HER BROTHER-IN-LAW HAD COME
ACROSS MY PICTURES ON A WEBSITE.

UM, SHE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW,

OBVIOUSLY HE DIDN'T THINK THAT
I HAD PUT THEM THERE ON PURPOSE,

SO THAT I SHOULD KNOW.

HE SAW WHAT?!

THE TRUTH IS THAT
TIFFANY HAS BEEN HACKED...

WHAT'S THE WEBSITE?

...AND HER MOST INTIMATE
PICTURES HAVE MADE IT

TO THE DARKEST CORNERS
OF THE INTERNET.

MY GOD.

IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW,
I REMEMBERED THE PICTURES

THAT I HAD PUT
ON MY PHOTOBUCKET.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

THE MORE TIFFANY LOOKS
INTO IT, THE WORSE IT GETS.

I- I USED A PASSWORD.
HOW COULD THEY GET THESE PHOTOS?

THE PICTURES
ENDED UP EVERYWHERE.

THEY WERE ON, YOU KNOW,
DIFFERENT PORN SITES.

THEY WERE ON DIFFERENT FORUMS

WHERE PEOPLE WERE
TALKING ABOUT THEM.

I'M SO SORRY.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SEE THESE.

THEY'RE SAYING
SUCH MEAN THINGS.

THERE WAS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
SAYING THAT I WAS A PORN STAR.

UM, THERE WAS PEOPLE
SAYING, YOU KNOW,

THAT I HAD PUT MY PICTURES
OUT THERE ON PURPOSE.

AND THERE WAS PEOPLE
CALLING ME A WHORE,

CALLING ME A SLUT.

IN MICHIGAN,

BRIAN HILE
HAS BECOME SUSPICIOUS

OF HIS ONLINE RELATIONSHIP
WITH STEPHANIE.

IN THE TWO YEARS
THEY'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING,

HE'S NEVER ONCE SPOKEN
TO HIS GIRLFRIEND

OVER THE PHONE.

HE DECIDES TO GIVE HER
A SIMPLE CHALLENGE

TO SEE IF SHE'S REAL.

A SALUTE,

IN THE ONLINE WORLD,
IS A WAY PARTIES PROVE

THAT THEY ARE, IN FACT,
WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE.

WHEN HILE GETS A RESPONSE...

HE'S HORRIFIED.

BRIAN USES HIS COMPUTER SKILLS
TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

HE DRAGS A PHOTOGRAPH
OF THE GIRL

INTO AN IMAGE SEARCH ENGINE.

YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN' ME.

HILE DISCOVERS IMAGES
OF HIS SO-CALLED GIRLFRIEND

ALL OVER THE INTERNET.

THE TRUTH HITS HIM HARD.

HE'S BEEN CATFISHED,

LURED INTO AN ONLINE ROMANCE

BY SOMEONE USING STOLEN PICTURES
OF A PRETTY GIRL.

HEY, BRETT, IT'S ALL BEEN A LIE.

I'VE BEEN MADE TO LOOK
LIKE A DUMBASS!

SOMEBODY IS GOING TO PAY.

BRIAN'S ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP

WITH THE BEAUTIFUL STEPHANIE
IS NOTHING BUT A LIE.

BRETT HILE...
- BRIAN!

...IS WORRIED ABOUT

HIS EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE
YOUNGER BROTHER.

HE'S NEVER SEEN HIM
LIKE THIS BEFORE.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!

I SENT PICTURES OF MY JUNK
TO... GOD KNOWS WHO!

TWO YEARS I'VE WASTED
ON... ON NOTHING!

I'VE BEEN PLAYED
FOR SUCH A FOOL!

AND I TELL YOU SOMETHING,
BRETT, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO PAY!

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHO'S BEHIND IT.

I MEAN, IT COULD HAVE BEEN
ANYBODY, ANYWHERE.

HE WAS QUITE HORRIFIED
BY THE THOUGHT

THAT HE HAD BEEN ENGAGED
IN INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS...

JUST LET IT GO, MAN!

...AND HORRIFIED BY THE THOUGHT

THAT HE HAD BEEN SENDING
INTIMATE PHOTOGRAPHS.

I KNOW WHO IS INVOLVED --
THE GIRL IN THE PICTURES.

SHE'S GOTTA BE IN ON IT!

BRIAN, IN HIS MIND,
WAS CONVINCED THAT TIFFANY,

HAVING TAKEN THE PICTURES,

THE FACT THAT THEY EVEN EXISTED,
PROVED TO HIM

THAT SHE WAS PART
OF THIS CONSPIRACY

TO MAKE HIM LOOK A FOOL ONLINE.

THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE'S

PROBABLY GOT NO IDEA
WHAT'S GOING ON!

FOR ALL WE KNOW,
SHE'S BEEN SCAMMED, TOO!

SHE RUINED MY LIFE!

AND NOW I'M GONNA MAKE HERS
A LIVING HELL!

TRUST ME, SHE'S GONNA SUFFER
LIKE HOW SHE MADE ME SUFFER!

TIFFANY HAS NO IDEA
THAT HER HACKED PICTURES

HAVE CREATED AN ENEMY
THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY.

SHE JUST WANTS TO REMOVE
EVERY TRACE OF HERSELF

FROM THE WEB.

I CONTACTED THE FIRST PAGE
THAT HAD MY PICTURES UP

AND TOLD THEM, YOU KNOW,

THAT THEY WERE USING MY PICTURES
WITHOUT MY CONSENT,

TOLD THEM
TO REMOVE THEM, PLEASE.

AND THE PERSON RESPONDED TO ME

SAYING THAT
HE WOULD ONLY REMOVE THEM

IF I WOULD
DO SOMETHING WITH HIM.

YOU DISGUSTING PIG.

TIFFANY'S PANIC RISES.

SHE'S GOT TO FIND SOME WAY

OF WRESTING BACK CONTROL
OF HER ONLINE LIFE.

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- I'M SICK OF THE INTERNET!

I'M DELETING EVERYTHING!
- NO, STOP, STOP.

AT THAT POINT, IT WAS --
IT WAS TOO LATE.

THEY WERE ALREADY OUT,

AND THERE WAS NOTHING
I COULD DO.

I KNOW, HONEY.

BRIAN HILE'S IRRATIONAL RAGE

AT THE GIRL IN THE INTIMATE
PICTURES IS GROWING.

AS A COMPUTER GEEK,

HE IS DETERMINED TO TRACK DOWN
HER REAL IDENTITY AND LOCATION.

THIS WAS NOT A -- ONE WEEKEND
WHERE HE SAT DOWN

AND DETERMINED TO FIND OUT
WHO THIS FEMALE WAS.

IT TOOK HIM A-A LARGE AMOUNT
OF TIME AND EFFORT

INTO ULTIMATELY
PINPOINTING THE TRUE FEMALE

IN THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS.

BRIAN HASN'T DECIDED
WHAT HE'LL DO

ONCE HE FINDS THE GIRL
IN THE PICTURES,

BUT HE IS DETERMINED
TO FIND HER.

OVER 2,000 MILES AWAY
IN SAN DIEGO,

TIFFANY WATKINS IS STILL UNAWARE
OF BRIAN'S FURY.

SHE'S JUST TRYING TO GET ON
WITH HER LIFE.

IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE OUT.

I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN COOPED UP
FOR SO LONG.

THANKS FOR COMING OUT
WITH ME, LADIES!

CHEERS.

WATCH.

HEY, BRITTNEY. BRITTNEY.

YEAH, YOU, BLONDIE.

UM, I'M SORRY.
THAT'S NOT MY NAME.

ONE TIME WHEN TIFFANY
AND I WERE OUT,

THERE WAS A GUY ACROSS THE WAY.

HE STARTED YELLING,
"BRITTNEY, BRITTNEY!" TO HER.

UM, WE, OF COURSE, FIGURED
IT WAS PROBABLY TOWARDS HER

BUT WERE HOPING
THAT THERE WAS A GIRL

NEXT TO US NAMED BRITTNEY,
AND WE KIND OF JUST IGNORED IT.

BRITTNEY?

BRITTNEY CAVALLARI?

NO. THAT'S NOT ME.
YOU HAVE ME CONFUSED.

AND THIS GUY CAME
OVER TO ME, UM,

SAYING THAT HE RECOGNIZED ME
FROM MY PICTURES.

UM, I TRIED TO DENY IT.

AND, YOU KNOW,
HE WAS PERSISTING...

YOU KNOW, INSISTING
THAT IT WAS ME.

THAT'S YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE,
ISN'T IT?

BRITTNEY CAVALLARI?
- I'M NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM.

THAT'S YOU, BRITTNEY CAVA--

- LEAVE ME ALONE!
- THAT'S YOU!

GO AWAY!

IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE I HAD
TO BE PRETTY RUDE BACK TO THEM,

JUST SAYING, "LEAVE ME ALONE."

YOU KNOW, LIKE, THEY JUST KEEP
PERSISTING AND KEEP PUSHING,

AND IT'S REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE.

- THAT'S YOU!
- GO AWAY! LEAVE!

OKAY, I'M SORRY.

WHO IS
THIS BRITTNEY GIRL?

WHY DOES THAT DRUNKEN IDIOT
THINK I'M HER?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S VERY SCARY
TO BE RECOGNIZED AS SOMEBODY

THAT YOU'RE NOT
AND TO NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT

AND WHEN IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

WHAT DID THAT GUY
SAY THAT GIRL'S NAME WAS?

BRITTNEY. BRITTNEY...

I'M SURE HE SAID
"BRITTNEY CAVALLARI."

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

YEAH.
HERE'S HER FACEBOOK PAGE.

MY FIRST REACTION

WHEN I SAW
THE BRITTNEY CAVALLARI FACEBOOK,

UM, I WAS REALLY SHOCKED
TO FIND A PAGE

THAT HAD PICTURES
OF ME AND MY FAMILY.

UM, THEY HAD PICTURES
OF ME AND MY FRIENDS.

IT MADE ME REALLY MAD

THAT SOMEBODY WAS TRYING
TO PRETEND TO BE ME.

LOOK AT ALL THE HORRIBLE THINGS
SHE'S SAYING.

THAT IS SO, SO REVOLTING.

WHAT KIND OF PERSON WOULD
WRITE SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

BUT THE CAVALLARI FACEBOOK PAGE

HAS GONE FAR BEYOND JUST
RIPPING OFF TIFFANY'S PICTURES.

BRITTNEY WAS POSTING
ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE,

UM, VERY HATEFUL MESSAGES,

THAT SHE HATED CHILDREN
AND WAS A VERY RACIST PERSON.

AND TIFFANY IS NOT
LIKE THAT WHATSOEVER.

SO IT WAS VERY CONCERNING
THAT THE BRITTNEY PERSON

WAS PORTRAYING TIFFANY
ON HER PAGE TO BE LIKE THAT.

CAVALLARI'S VENOMOUS POSTS

RECEIVE A VIOLENT BACKLASH,

WITH THE UNWITTING TIFFANY
CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

THERE WAS ONE PICTURE

WHERE THERE WAS A BLOODY BODY
IN A BATHTUB.

AND THEY HAD MY FACE
PHOTOSHOPPED ON IT.

AND THE PERSON HAD A KNIFE
THROUGH A BABY'S HEAD.

AND THEN I REMEMBER SEEING
A COMMENT ON THAT PAGE

WHERE SOMEBODY HAD SAID

THAT THEY WERE GONNA FIND ME
AND THAT THEY WANTED

TO STAB A MEAT CLEAVER
THROUGH MY BREASTS.

WHY IS SHE DOING THIS TO ME?
WHAT DID I EVER DO TO HER?

TIFFANY, YOU CAN'T LET
THOSE CREEPS GET TO YOU.

CLEARLY, I FELT THREATENED.

UM, YOU KNOW,
IF SOMEBODY SEES ME SOMEWHERE,

AND THEY THINK THAT
I'M BRITTNEY CAVALLARI,

WHO HAS TRIED SO HARD
TO MAKE PEOPLE HATE ME,

WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO TO ME?

WHOEVER'S BEHIND
THE BRITTNEY CAVALLARI

FACEBOOK PAGE APPEARS DETERMINED
TO HARM TIFFANY

FAR BEYOND JUST
TARNISHING HER REPUTATION.

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IN MICHIGAN,

BRIAN HILE'S
ONLINE INVESTIGATION

HAS ALSO BROUGHT HIM
TO BRITTNEY CAVALLARI.

BUT HE SMELLS A RAT.

BRIAN DID NOT BELIEVE
THAT BRITTNEY WAS, IN FACT,

THE FEMALE DEPICTED
IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS.

SHE APPARENTLY WAS QUITE VULGAR
AND VERY CONDESCENDING

IN HER COMMENTS TO BRIAN.

HILE LOGS ON TO A MESSAGE BOARD

TO DISCUSS BRITTNEY'S CLAIM

OF BEING THE GIRL
IN THE PICTURES.

ONE USER GIVES HIM THE ANSWER
HE'S BEEN LOOKING FOR.

BRIAN WAS ABLE TO LEARN

THAT THE TRUE OWNER
OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS WAS, IN FACT,

A GIRL NAMED TIFFANY WATKINS
FROM SAN DIEGO.

HILE HAS HIT UPON
THE TRUE IDENTITY OF THE GIRL

HE BLAMES FOR RUINING
HIS LIFE -- TIFFANY WATKINS.

AND NOW HE IS GOING
TO MAKE HER PAY.

BRIAN DEVELOPED
A DOCUMENTED PLAN

TO KILL TIFFANY WATKINS.

22-YEAR-OLD
TIFFANY WATKINS

HAS HAD HER MOST INTIMATE
PHOTOGRAPHS HACKED.

AN UNWITTING WEB SENSATION,

TIFFANY FINDS HER LIFE
HAS BECOME UNBEARABLE.

- THIS IS YOU!
- GO AWAY!

BUT SHE HAS NO IDEA
OF THE DEADLY TURN

THE SITUATION HAS TAKEN.

IN MICHIGAN, MENTALLY UNHINGED
HANDYMAN BRIAN HILE

HAS BEEN CATFISHED
WITH PICTURES OF TIFFANY.

YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN' ME.

AND NOW
HE'S HATCHED A TWISTED PLAN

TO TAKE REVENGE
ON THE REAL GIRL.

SHE'S GONNA SUFFER
LIKE HOW SHE MADE ME SUFFER!

BUT TIFFANY IS UNAWARE
OF HILE'S EXISTENCE.

SHE IS CONCERNED
ABOUT A FACEBOOK PAGE

USING HER PICTURES,

CALCULATED TO MAKE HER
A TARGET FOR HATE.

IN HER DESPERATION, TIFFANY
TURNS TO THE POLICE FOR HELP.

I WENT TO THE POLICE

ABOUT THE BRITTNEY CAVALLARI
FACEBOOK PAGE.

UM, YOU KNOW,
I SAW IT AS A THREAT.

OBVIOUSLY,
THEY HAD THREATENED ME,

TELLING ME THAT THEY KNEW
WHERE I LIVED.

THE PERSON BEHIND THE PAGE

HAS USED PICTURES
STOLEN FROM TIFFANY

TO CREATE A NEW IDENTITY,

A GIRL NAMED BRITTNEY CAVALLARI.

THERE'S A PICTURE OF ME.
AND THERE'S ONE, TOO.

AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF DAVID.

LOOK AT ALL OF THE HORRIBLE
THINGS THEY'VE BEEN SAYING.

PEOPLE THINK
I'M SAYING THESE THINGS.

I'M BEING ABUSED OUT
IN THE STREET.

I'M SCARED TO LEAVE MY HOUSE.

I'M SORRY, TIFFANY.

WHOEVER'S DONE THIS
HASN'T BROKEN ANY LAWS.

THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.

THE POLICE, WHO, YOU KNOW,

THEY'RE THE ONES YOU GO
TO IF YOU'RE IN -- IN DANGER,

THEY WERE TELLING ME
THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.

SO I FELT LIKE...
I FELT HELPLESS.

I FELT LIKE I HAD NO CONTROL
OVER WHAT WAS BEING DONE.

AND I FELT LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN TO ME.

AND THERE WAS -- THERE WAS
NOTHING I COULD DO ABOUT IT.

YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT?

LOOK!

THERE'S A PICTURE OF ME IN
A BLOOD-FILLED BATH.

WHOEVER'S DOING THIS
IS CLEARLY SICK IN THE HEAD.

SINCE TIFFANY'S PICTURES

WERE LEAKED ONLINE ANONYMOUSLY,

THEY CAN BE USED BY ANYONE.

AND BECAUSE BRITTNEY ISN'T
DIRECTLY THREATENING TIFFANY,

NO LAWS HAVE BEEN BROKEN.

POLICE ARE POWERLESS TO ACT.

I WAS BLOWN AWAY THAT --

THAT THE POLICE
COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN OFFER TO DO
ONE LITTLE THING TO HELP US.

THEY JUST BASICALLY TOLD US,
"IT'S -- IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS."

I MEAN, THEY -- THEY...
AND I LOOKED AT THEM.

AND I WENT...

"OKAY.

I MEAN, WHAT WAS THE POINT
OF YOU GUYS EVEN BEING COPS?"

TIFFANY IS SHATTERED
BY THE AUTHORITY'S INABILITY

TO PUT AN END TO CAVALLARI'S
NASTY FACEBOOK PAGE.

I HAD TO QUIT MY JOB.

YOU KNOW,
I JUST DIDN'T FEEL SAFE ANYMORE.

I WOULD TRY TO AVOID
GOING PLACES.

I DEFINITELY DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE
BY MYSELF.

UM, I DIDN'T FEEL SAFE EVEN
BEING HOME ALONE.

I PRETTY MUCH DIDN'T FEEL SAFE
ANYWHERE I WENT.

COME ON, HONEY.

THERE'S NOTHING
YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

YOU HAVE TO TRY
AND IGNORE IT.

IGNORE IT?

HOW I CAN DO THAT?
PEOPLE HATE ME.

AND WHAT IF THIS
CAVALLARI PERSON COMES AFTER ME?

WHAT THEN? I CAN'T HIDE
IN THIS HOUSE FOREVER.

TIFFANY, COME SIT.

TIFFANY'S BOYFRIEND DAVID

IS LEFT TO PICK UP THE PIECES.

I FELT MAD, UPSET INSIDE, LIKE,
PISSED OFF THAT I COULDN'T --

I COULDN'T PROTECT HER.
I COULDN'T...

I COULDN'T...

I COULDN'T JUST
GRAB THE GUY OUT,

YOU KNOW, AND STRANGLE HIM.

THAT'S HOW I FELT INSIDE,
LIKE I WANTED TO DO THAT.

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS.

I DIDN'T KNOW
WHO WAS DOIN' THIS.

IT JUST MADE ME UPSET
'CAUSE I WAS THERE TO PR--

I- I'M THERE
TO PROTECT TIFFANY, YOU KNOW?

AND I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.

IT WAS JUST FRUSTRATING,
REALLY, REALLY FRUSTRATING.

THEY WON'T COME AFTER YOU.

IT'S PROBABLY
JUST SOME PATHETIC CREEP

ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE WORLD

IN A SAD, LITTLE ROOM,
FOR ALL WE KNOW.

WHAT IF YOU'RE WRONG?

WHAT THEN?

LITTLE DOES TIFFANY REALIZE

SHE HAS AN ENEMY
FAR MORE DANGEROUS

THAN WHOEVER IS RUNNING

THE BRITTNEY CAVALLARI
FACEBOOK PAGE.

ARMED WITH TIFFANY'S NAME,

BRIAN HILE USES A TOOL KIT
OF CYBER LOCKPICKS

TO BREAK INTO ALL OF
HER SUPPOSEDLY SECURE ACCOUNTS.

BRIAN WAS ABLE TO,

TO HACK INTO TIFFANY'S
FACEBOOK ACCOUNT

AND INTO TIFFANY'S
GMAIL ACCOUNT.

HE WAS ABLE TO UNCOVER
WHERE SHE LIVED,

WHERE SHE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL,

HER CLOSE RELATIVES,

AND THE IDENTITIES
OF HER CLOSE FRIENDS.

HE WAS ABLE TO DOWNLOAD
HER ENTIRE CONTACT LIST.

HELLO, TIFFANY.

THOUGHT IT'D BE FUNNY
TO MAKE A FOOL OF ME, DID YOU?

I BET YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS
HAD A REAL GOOD LAUGH.

WELL, NOW, LET'S SEE
HOW YOU LIKE IT

WHEN YOU'RE THE ONE
THAT'S SUFFERING.

WITH EACH SCRAP OF INFORMATION

HE LEARNS ABOUT TIFFANY,

HILE PIECES TOGETHER
A TWISTED PLAN OF REVENGE.

BRIAN KEPT A NOTEBOOK
THAT DOCUMENTED THE THINGS

THAT HE WOULD NEED
TO CARRY OUT HIS INTENTION.

HE LISTED DUCT TAPE, ZIP TIES,

CHLOROFORM, KNIFE.

BRIAN?

UNAWARE OF BRIAN'S
ULTIMATE GOAL,

HIS FAMILY IS CONCERNED

BY HIS INCREASINGLY ERRATIC
BEHAVIOR.

WHAT THE HELL?!

DON'T TOUCH MY STUFF, MAN!
GET OUT!

WHAT IS THIS, MAN?

RELAX, BRIAN!

- DON'T TOUCH MY STUFF!
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

- GET THE HELL OUT, MAN!
- JUST DON'T DO ANYTHING STUPID!

THEIR WORRIES ARE JUSTIFIED

WHEN THE DISCOVERY
OF HILE'S NOTEBOOK

REVEALS THAT HE'S FOUND NOT ONLY
TIFFANY'S CONTACT DETAILS

BUT THOSE OF HER CLOSE FAMILY
AND FRIENDS.

WITH EACH PASSING DAY,
HILE'S DREAM OF VENGEANCE

COMES CLOSER
TO BECOMING A REALITY.

THIS WAS NOT JUST A PLAN
THAT HE CONCOCTED IN HIS HEAD.

THIS WAS A PLAN
THAT HE WAS READY TO FULFILL.

IN LATE SUMMER 2011,

BRIAN HILE
PUTS HIS SICK PLAN INTO ACTION.

HEY, WHERE YOU GOIN', BRO?

- TEXAS.
- TEXAS?

HE TOLD HIS FAMILY THAT HE WAS,
INDEED, TAKING A TRIP,

THOUGH HE TOLD THEM
THAT HE WAS TRAVELING TO TEXAS,

NOT, IN FACT, TO SAN DIEGO.

I JUST HAVE TO GET AWAY
FROM EVERYTHING.

CLEAR MY HEAD, YOU KNOW?

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
WHEN YOU GET THERE?

I GOT FRIENDS THERE.

THEY SAID THAT THEY CAN GET ME
SOME WORK ON A RANCH.

LISTEN, I JUST NEED TO GET
AWAY FROM EVERYTHING HERE.

UNDERSTAND?

OKAY, LOOK, I GOTTA GO.
I'M GONNA MISS MY BUS.

YEAH, TAKE IT EASY.

BRETT IS SUSPICIOUS,

AND A SEARCH OF BRIAN'S ROOM
CONFIRMS HIS WORST FEARS.

THE CLUE OF
THE NOTEBOOK MADE THEM BELIEVE

THAT BRIAN WAS NOT, IN FACT,
TRAVELING TO TEXAS,

THAT HIS INTENTIONS
FOR THIS TRIP

WERE NOT, IN FACT, INNOCENT,

BUT THAT HIS INTENT
WAS TO TRAVEL TO SAN DIEGO

TO HARM TIFFANY WATKINS.

BRIAN HILE IS CONSUMED
WITH HATRED FOR A WOMAN

WHOSE PICTURES WERE USED
TO LURE HIM INTO A CATFISH SCAM.

I KNOW WHO IS INVOLVED --
THE GIRL IN THE PICTURES.

SHE RUINED MY LIFE!

AND NOW I'M GONNA
MAKE HERS A LIVING HELL!

AFTER MONTHS OF OBSESSIVELY

SCOURING THE INTERNET,
HE'S FINALLY TRACKED HER DOWN --

22-YEAR-OLD TIFFANY WATKINS.

NOW, HILE'S SETTING OFF
TO MAKE THE 2,400-MILE JOURNEY

TO TIFFANY'S HOME IN SAN DIEGO.

BRETT HILE HAS JUST DISCOVERED

THAT HIS DISTURBED
YOUNGER BROTHER

HAS LIED TO HIM ABOUT HIS PLANS
TO TRAVEL TO TEXAS.

BRIAN'S REALLY HEADING
TO SAN DIEGO.

BUT WITHOUT AN EXACT ADDRESS,
BRETT'S CHANCES

OF FINDING AND STOPPING HIM
ARE SLIM TO NONE.

IN CALIFORNIA, AFTER THE TRAUMA

OF HAVING HER MOST INTIMATE
PICTURES STOLEN,

LIFE FOR TIFFANY WATKINS

IS BEGINNING
TO RETURN TO NORMAL.

YOU KNOW, INITIALLY,

WHEN THE PICTURES HAD SPREAD
ACROSS THE INTERNET,

I WAS CONSTANTLY HEARING STUFF,
CONSTANTLY SEEING STUFF.

AND THEN I FELT
LIKE THAT STARTED TO DISSIPATE

FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

BUT ANY HOPE
OF THE PEACE LASTING

IS ABOUT TO BE SHATTERED.

HELLO?

HELLO?

I WAS IN A BAR,
WITH SOME FRIENDS.

AND MY PHONE RANG.
IT WAS A BLOCKED NUMBER.

I ANSWERED IT.
UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE,

THERE WAS, UM, HEAVY BREATHING.

WHO IS THIS?

I WAS UPSET BY IT.

YOU KNOW, I WONDERED
WHO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT

WAS CALLING ME WITH THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I WONDER IF IT'S
THE BRITTNEY CAVALLARI PERSON.

OR I WONDER IF IT'S, YOU KNOW,

SOMEBODY ELSE ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT OR...

YOU KNOW, AND HOW THEY GOT
MY PHONE NUMBER.

TIFFANY HAS NO IDEA
THAT A STRANGER NAMED BRIAN HILE

IS TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
TO DO HER HARM.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
WHAT HAVE I EVER DONE TO YOU?

WHEN TIFFANY
RECEIVED THESE CALLS,

IT DID MAKE HER VERY TERRIFIED,
VERY SCARED.

SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS.

IF IT WAS JUST A RANDOM PERSON,

HOW DID THEY GET
HER PHONE NUMBER?

AND WHY WERE THEY DOING IT?

WHOEVER YOU ARE, PLEASE,
PLEASE STOP.

IN HIS REMORSELESS
QUEST FOR REVENGE,

BRIAN HILE
IS CLOSING IN ON HIS TARGET.

AFTER TRAVELING BY BUS
FOR THREE DAYS,

BRIAN HILE COMPLETES
HIS CROSS-COUNTRY JOURNEY

AND ARRIVES
IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

BUT HIS SADISTIC MISSION
HITS A SNAG.

WHERE'S MY BAG, SIR?

COME ON. LOOK AGAIN.

LOOK AGAIN.
IT'S GOTTA BE IN THERE.

I NEED THAT BAG RIGHT THERE.

COME ON!
THAT ONE, RIGHT NOW!

BRIAN'S ANXIETY RUNS HIGH.

NO, NOT THAT ONE. THAT ONE.

OKAY, LOOK,
I REALLY NEED MY BAG.

HIS BAG CONTAINS
THE GEAR HE NEEDS

TO COMPLETE HIS PLAN.

COME ON!

I DIDN'T THINK THAT,
NECESSARILY,

THE REALITY AS BRIAN HILE
SAW IT, WAS NECESSARILY REALITY.

UM, BUT FROM MY EXPERIENCE,

I KNOW THAT, TO HIM,
IT'S VERY REAL.

AND TO THINGS
THAT HE WAS SEEING,

WHILE THEY MIGHT NOT MAKE SENSE
TO ME OR TO MOST OTHER PEOPLE,

I KNEW THAT, TO HIM, THEY DID.

UNAWARE OF BRIAN'S
ARRIVAL IN HER HOMETOWN,

TIFFANY'S INCREASINGLY DISTURBED
BY THE UNWANTED CALLS

SHE'S RECEIVING.

TIFFANY WAS UPSET.

SOMEONE'S INTERFERING
IN HER LIFE, YOU KNOW, SH--

GROSSED OUT FROM HEAVY BREATHING
FROM A GUY ON A PHONE.

DON'T ANSWER IT.

DAVID AND I WERE
IN BED ONE NIGHT.

WE WERE ABOUT TO GO TO SLEEP.

AND, UM, HE GOT A PHONE CALL
ON HIS PHONE.

IT COULD BE FROM WORK.
GOTTA GET IT.

HELLO?

WHO IS IT?

WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?

What are you wearing?

What are you wearing?
What are you wearing?

I FELT SCARED,
MORE SCARED THAN ANYTHING.

THEY FOUND OUR NUMBER,
MINE AND TIFFANY'S NUMBER.

HOW DID THEY GET MY NUMBER?

AND THEY'RE CALLING US.
AND I FELT SCARED,

LIKE SOMEONE'S
IN OUR PERSONAL LIFE.

TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF!

WHEN YOU GET CALLS LIKE THAT,

YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S
AN INVASION OF YOUR PRIVACY.

IT'S ALSO A SCARY FEELING

BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S
WHERE THEY'RE GONNA STOP.

YOU KNOW, ARE THEY JUST
GONNA CALL YOU AND HARASS YOU?

OR ARE THEY GONNA TAKE IT
A STEP FURTHER NEXT TIME?

I TOLD YOU
I WASN'T MAKING THIS UP!

NOW DO YOU BELIEVE ME?
DO YOU?

- I...
- FORGET IT.

YOU CAN'T HELP ANYWAYS.
I JUST WANNA BE ALONE.

THE PICTURES,
THE FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS,

ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT WEBSITES

WHERE I'M READING STUFF
SAID ABOUT ME, UM,

IT MADE ME STRESSED OUT,

WHICH, OBVIOUSLY, HAD A --
A BIG EFFECT ON --

ON DAVID AND I,
OUR RELATIONSHIP.

WELL,
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT,

I GUESS...

I'LL GO SLEEP
IN THE OTHER ROOM.

IT AFFECTED MY AND TIFFANY'S
RELATIONSHIP VERY BADLY.

STRESS, WE WERE UPSET
WITH EACH OTHER.

IT KIND OF JUST PUSHED US
AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.

WITH HILE NOW IN THE SAME CITY,

TIFFANY NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED.

BUT WITH HER RELATIONSHIP
ON THE ROCKS,

SHE IS MORE VULNERABLE
NOW THAN EVER.

BRETT HILE FOLLOWS HIS BROTHER
TO SAN DIEGO.

BUT FINDING HIM IN A CITY
OF OVER 1 MILLION

IS LIKE LOOKING
FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK.

WHEN BRETT ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO,

HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE BRIAN WAS

AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A WAY
TO CONTACT HIM.

KNOWING HIS BROTHER
DIDN'T BRING HIS CELLPHONE,

BRETT RESORTS
TO OLD-SCHOOL METHODS.

BRETT CREATED SOME FLIERS

WITH WITH BRIAN'S PHOTOGRAPH
ON IT AND SHOWED IT TO --

TO VARIOUS EMPLOYEES
AT THE BUS STATION.

EXCUSE ME, SIR?

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GUY?

HE GETS LUCKY.

ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES
RECOGNIZED BRIAN, UM,

AND DIRECTED BRETT
TO DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO,

WHERE HE BELIEVED
HE HAD SEEN BRIAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BUT BRETT IS TOO LATE.

BRIAN HILE IS ALREADY
AT THE HOUSE

OF HIS INTENDED VICTIM.

THE DAY AFTER BRIAN
ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO,

HE TRAVELED TO TIFFANY'S HOME.

THE MOMENT HAS FINALLY
ARRIVED FOR HILE

TO COME FACE-TO-FACE
WITH THE WOMAN

HE'S PURSUED FOR SO LONG.

BRIAN REACHED OUT
TO TURN THE DOORKNOB

OF TIFFANY'S FRONT DOOR.

AND HE LEARNED
THAT IT WAS UNLOCKED.

CATFISH VICTIM BRIAN HILE

HAS ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE
OF TIFFANY WATKINS,

THE WOMAN HE BLAMES
FOR RUINING HIS LIFE.

ARMED WITH ZIP TIES
AND DUCT TAPE,

HE'S READY TO FOLLOW THROUGH

WITH HIS GRUESOME PLAN
OF VENGEANCE.

BRIAN DESIRED SOME FORM
OF RETRIBUTION.

AND SO THAT IS
WHY HE PERSISTED IN THIS PLAN

TO KILL TIFFANY WATKINS

EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH HIM.

HILE HAS REACHED
THE POINT OF NO RETURN.

BUT HILE IS DENIED THE CHANCE

TO EXACT HIS REVENGE THAT NIGHT.

- HELLO?
- TIFFANY'S HOUSE IS EMPTY.

IS, ANYBODY IN?

SHE'S TAKING A BREAK FROM DAVID

AND IS STAYING AT HER SISTER'S.

DAVID AND I HAD BEEN FIGHTING.

WE DECIDED WE NEEDED SOME SPACE,

SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST
IF I WASN'T AT HOME.

UM, SO I WENT AND STAYED
WITH MY SISTER.

DAVID AND I GOT IN A HUGE FIGHT,
AND HE STORMED OUT,

AND I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE
IN THE HOUSE BY MYSELF.

SO I CAME HERE. I'M SORRY.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE
TO SEE ME LIKE THIS.

HELLO?

TIFFANY'S DECISION
TO LEAVE HER HOME THAT NIGHT

PROVES A FATEFUL ONE.

IF TIFFANY WOULD HAVE BEEN HOME

WHEN BRIAN SHOWED UP
AT HER HOUSE, UM,

I FEEL LIKE THINGS COULD HAVE
GONE VERY DIFFERENTLY.

HE HAD ZIP TIES.
HE HAD DUCT TAPE.

HE HAD A PLAN
THAT HE WAS GOING TO KILL HER

AND TO HURT HER.

AND I FEEL LIKE IF SHE WAS HOME,

HE WOULD HAVE
GONE THROUGH WITH IT.

THE FOLLOWING DAY,

BRETT HILE SEARCHES THE STREETS
OF SAN DIEGO,

UNAWARE OF JUST HOW CLOSE
HIS BROTHER BRIAN

HAS ALREADY COME
TO KILLING TIFFANY.

INCREDIBLY, IN A CITY
OF OVER A MILLION PEOPLE,

BRETT SPOTS THE ONE PERSON
HE'S LOOKING FOR.

BRIAN?

WHEN BRETT DID FIND BRIAN

ON THE STREETS
IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO,

BRIAN WASN'T PARTICULARLY HAPPY
THAT BRETT WAS THERE.

- HOW'D YOU KNOW WHERE I WAS?
- FOUND YOUR NOTES.

WHAT'S GOIN' ON HERE, MAN?

WHY YOU HERE?

I WAS WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
HEADED TO TEXAS.

AT FIRST, BRIAN ATTEMPTED
TO REASSURE BRETT

THAT HIS INTENTIONS
IN COMING HERE WERE INNOCENT

AND THAT HE WAS MERELY HERE
TO SORT OF START OVER,

START A NEW LIFE.

- WHAT'S GOIN' ON HERE, MAN?
- I WANTED A CHANGE.

I WANTED TO DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT,

TO SEE IF I COULD GET WORK.

IS THAT REALLY WHY
YOU'RE HERE?

YOU WANT TO GET A JOB
IN THE SUN?

JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, MAN.
I MEAN IT.

I JUST WANT
TO BE LEFT ALONE.

BRIAN,
JUST BE STRAIGHT WITH ME.

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

I'VE COME HERE
TO KILL THEM!

THE SPECIFIC STATEMENT
THAT HE TOLD TO BRETT,

THAT HE WANTED
TO CUT THE VICTIMS

AND WATCH THEM DIE SLOWLY.

WHO?

THAT SLUT AND HER BOYFRIEND.

I WANT TO STAB THEM.

I WANT TO SEE THEM SUFFER
A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH.

AND THE VICTIMS
THAT HE WAS REFERRING TO

WERE TIFFANY WATKINS
AND DAVID CRANFORD.

BRETT REALIZES

HE'S NOT GETTING THROUGH
TO HIS BROTHER.

HE TRIES A DIFFERENT TACTIC.

DO YOU EVEN GOT A KNIFE?

NO, NOT YET.

COME ON.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
LET'S GO AND GET ONE.

I'LL EVEN PICK YOU OUT
THE RIGHT KNIFE FOR THE JOB.

BY PRETENDING
TO BE AN ACCOMPLICE,

BRETT BUYS TIME
WITH HIS BROTHER...

YOU'D DO THAT?
YOU'D HELP ME?

ENOUGH TIME, HE HOPES
TO DIFFUSE THE SITUATION.

LET'S GO.

BRIAN INSISTS
ON BUYING THE KNIFE

FROM A STORE LESS THAN A MILE
AWAY FROM TIFFANY'S HOUSE.

BRETT IS QUICKLY
RUNNING OUT OF TIME

TO TALK HIS BROTHER
OUT OF THE PLAN.

WHAT'S IN THE BAG?

NOTHING.

SHOW ME.

DO YOU WANT ME TO BUY YOU
A KNIFE OR NOT?

YES, I DO.
I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.

WELL, I'M NOT GOIN' NOWHERE

UNTIL YOU SHOW ME
WHAT'S IN THE BAG.

WHAT ELSE YOU GOT IN THERE?

DUCT TAPE, ZIP TIES.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS!

THE GIRL'S PROBABLY GOT NO IDEA

HER PICTURES
WERE EVEN BEING USED!

MAYBE. MAYBE NOT.

BUT IT DON'T CHANGE THE FACT

THAT I'M STILL
GONNA MAKE HER PAY.

NOW WE GONNA BUY THIS KNIFE?

JUST WAIT THERE.

LET ME THROW THE BAG
IN THE BACK.

BRIAN?

AFTER ENTERING THE STORE,

BRETT LOOKED ABOUT TO SEE
WHERE BRIAN WAS.

AND HE HAD NOT ENTERED
THE STORE.

BRIAN HAD SOMEHOW DISAPPEARED.

BRIAN!

COME ON, WHERE ARE YOU?
THIS ISN'T FUNNY!

WITH BRIAN NOWHERE
TO BE SEEN, BRETT CALLS 9-1-1.

YEAH, HI.
MY BROTHER'S DISAPPEARED.

I THINK HE'S GONNA
KILL SOMEBODY.

ALL RIGHT.
GO AHEAD, DISPATCH.

OFFICER JOSH McDANIEL IS ALERTED

TO BRIAN HILE'S INSANE MISSION.

ROGER THAT.

THE FACT THAT BRIAN
HAD TRAVELED SO FAR

TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE PLAN
HE HAD TOLD BRETT ABOUT,

I BELIEVE THAT BRIAN
WASN'T GONNA

COME THIS FAR AND THEN STOP.

MY BROTHER BRIAN'S RUN OFF
AND HE'S NOT THINKIN' STRAIGHT.

I'M AFRAID
OF WHAT HE'S GONNA DO.

CALM DOWN, OKAY?

WHY DO YOU THINK
HE'S GONNA HURT SOMEONE?

I'LL SHOW YOU.

BRETT SHOWED ME SOME ITEMS
THAT WERE IN THE CAR,

THAT BRIAN HAD BROUGHT WITH HIM.

AND, THEY INCLUDED DUCT TAPE
AND ZIP TIES.

McDANIEL
THEN EXAMINES BRIAN'S NOTEBOOK.

HE KNOWS WHERE THEY LIVE.

HE SWEARS HE'S GOING
TO KILL THEM.

IT TELLS HIM
JUST HOW DISTURBED HILE IS

AND HOW COMMITTED
HE IS TO HURTING TIFFANY

AND HER BOYFRIEND.

BRIAN HAD TIFFANY AND DAVID'S
ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS.

OFFICER McDANIEL
IS IN A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK

TO FIND BRIAN HILE BEFORE HE CAN
CARRY OUT HIS PLAN.

SUBJECT'S NAME IS BRIAN HILE.

I HAD DISPATCH CONTACT
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT

FOR THAT AREA TO VERIFY THAT
BRIAN WAS NOT THERE

AND THAT TIFFANY AND DAVID
WERE, IN FACT, SAFE.

WHILE A B.O.L.O. ALERT
IS PUT OUT FOR BRIAN HILE,

POLICE HURRY TO TIFFANY'S HOUSE.

BUT SHE'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

ALTHOUGH HILE
DISAPPEARED EMPTY-HANDED,

OFFICER McDANIEL
CAN'T RULE OUT THE WORST.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF, IN THE TIME
HE HAD BEEN GONE,

HE HAD SOMEHOW LOCATED A WEAPON.

HILE'S NOW BEEN
MISSING FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS.

TIFFANY'S WHEREABOUTS
ARE ALSO STILL A MYSTERY.

CONCERNS FOR HER SAFETY
ESCALATE.

WITH EVERY PASSING
MINUTE HILE'S ON THE LOOSE,

HE'S FREE TO BRING
HIS DERANGED SCHEME

TO A DEADLY CONCLUSION.

BASED ON THE LENGTHS
THAT HE HAD GONE TO,

THE GREATEST DANGER

WAS THAT HE WAS GOING
TO GO THAT LAST LITTLE STEP

AND KILL TIFFANY.

SHE'S GONNA SUFFER
LIKE HOW SHE MADE ME SUFFER!

POLICE ARE HUNTING
FOR INTERNET STALKER BRIAN HILE,

WHO HAS TRAVELED
OVER 2,000 MILES TO KILL.

BRIAN?

ALARMINGLY, THE FOCUS
OF HIS DEADLY OBSESSION,

TIFFANY WATKINS,
IS ALSO MISSING.

THIS PLAN OF BRIAN'S
WAS NOT SOME PASSING FANCY.

THIS WAS A DOCUMENTED PLAN

TO KILL A PERSON
HE HAD NEVER MET,

A PERSON WHO HE HAD NO REASON
TO SHOW ANGER TOWARDS.

UNABLE TO LOCATE
TIFFANY OR TRACE HER BY PHONE,

POLICE LEAVE A NOTE,
ASKING HER TO CALL.

IN THE PARKING LOT
WHERE BRIAN WAS LAST SEEN,

PATROLMAN JOSH McDANIEL

CONTINUES TO QUESTION
BRETT HILE.

THE MORE HE HEARS,

THE MORE CONCERNED
THE OFFICER BECOMES.

BRIAN HAD SPECIFICALLY TOLD HIM

THAT HE WAS COMING
TO KILL TIFFANY.

THEN, WITHOUT WARNING,
McDANIEL'S ATTENTION

IS DRAWN TO A SINISTER SHAPE
IN THE SHADOWS.

THERE HE --
THERE HE IS, RIGHT THERE.

OFFICER, THAT'S MY BROTHER
RIGHT THERE.

BRIAN!

THAT'S YOUR BROTHER
FOR SURE, 100%?

THAT'S HIM.

COMING THROUGH THE EDGE
OF THE LIGHTING,

I COULD SEE
A MALE WALKING TOWARDS US.

IF HE HAD NOT BEEN
POINTED OUT BY BRETT,

I WOULD THINK HE WAS
JUST ANOTHER SHOPPER

WALKING TOWARDS THE MALL
TO SHOP.

SHOW ME YOUR HANDS.

IT CONCERNED ME

THAT IF BRIAN
WAS STILL GOING TO APPROACH,

KNOWING THAT I WAS THERE,

I WAS NOT SURE WHAT
HIS INTENTIONS WERE GOING TO BE.

THIS IS BRIAN HILE, CORRECT?

I TRIED TO ENGAGE HIM...

STAY WHERE YOU ARE.

...VERBALLY TO GET A SENSE
OF HIS STATE OF MIND

BEFORE I GOT TOO CLOSE.

YOU KIND OF JUST HAVE
TO BE PREPARED FOR,

"ARE THEY GONNA BE NICE?
ARE THEY NOT GONNA BE NICE?

ARE YOU GONNA HAVE
TO USE FORCE?"

THIS COULD BE SOMEBODY
THAT IN, YOU KNOW,

TWO SECONDS FROM NOW,
I'M GONNA HAVE TO SHOOT.

THE OFFICER WAITS
FOR HILE TO MAKE THE NEXT MOVE.

I WANT TO GO
TO THE POLICE STATION.

GIVEN THE ODDNESS
OF THAT STATEMENT

IN BEING THE ONLY THING
THAT HE SAID,

I KIND OF TOOK IT AS HE WAS
GOING TO BE MORE COMPLIANT

AS OPPOSED
TO AGGRESSIVE OR VIOLENT.

AND I TRIED TO PLAY ON THAT...

AS FAR AS, "OKAY, IF THAT'S WHAT
YOU WANT, I'M HERE TO HELP.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT."

WHERE'VE YOU BEEN?

PLEASE, TELL ME
YOU DIDN'T HURT ANYBODY.

McDANIEL WILL HAVE
TO TREAD CAREFULLY

TO GET THE TRUTH
OUT OF THIS DISTURBED YOUNG MAN.

COME ON, BRIAN, TELL ME.

BRIAN WAS CONFLICTED
BECAUSE HE WOULD MAKE STATEMENTS

THAT HE FELT THAT TIFFANY
AND, TO SOME DEGREE, DAVID

WERE PART OF THIS CONSPIRACY
TO HUMILIATE HIM...

THEY PLAYED ME FOR A FOOL.

...AND THAT THEY NEEDED TO DIE.

BRIAN WON'T GIVE AWAY
ANY DETAILS

ABOUT WHERE TIFFANY IS
OR WHAT HE'S DONE TO HER.

WHILE OFFICERS DETAIN BRIAN,
THE HUNT FOR TIFFANY CONTINUES.

BY MORNING, POLICE STILL HAVE
NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE TIFFANY.

THE FIRST TIME
I HEARD THE NAME BRIAN HILE,

IT WAS THE DAY AFTER
I STAYED WITH MY SISTER.

HI, THIS IS TIFFANY WATKINS.

I CAME HOME TO A SHERIFF'S CARD
ON MY DOOR THAT SAID,

"REGARDING BRIAN HILE,"
ON THE BACKSIDE OF IT.

LUCKILY FOR TIFFANY,

THE ENTIRE TIME
BRIAN HILE WAS AT LARGE,

SHE WAS SAFE WITH HER FAMILY.

HE -- HE CAME HERE
TO KILL ME AND DAVID?

ARE -- ARE YOU SERIOUS?

WHEN I CALLED THE SHERIFF BACK,

UM, HE HAD NOTIFIED ME

THAT BRIAN HILE

HAD, UM...

COME...

TO SAN DIEGO.

HE CAME HERE, TO MY HOME?

HE HAD COME HERE, YOU KNOW,
WITH INTENT TO KILL US.

AND HE HAD WITH HIM...

HE HAD DUCT TAPE.

UM, HE HAD ZIP TIES.

I DON'T REALLY
RECALL ANYTHING ELSE

THAT HE SAID TO ME.

I JUST STARTED SHAKING.

I WAS IN MY ROOM
AND I REMEMBER JUST, LIKE,

GRABBING ONTO MY DRESSER
RIGHT THERE.

LIKE, AND I JUST STARTED,
LIKE, SHAKING.

AND, UM, LIKE, I FELT LIKE
I WAS IN SHOCK.

THE SHERIFF SAID
HE CAME HERE TO KILL US.

WHAT DID I --
WHAT DID WE EVER DO TO HIM?!

WE HAVE TO GO.
WE HAVE TO LEAVE NOW.

IT WAS HARD TO THINK
THAT SOMEBODY

WHO DOESN'T KNOW YOU AT ALL
WANTS TO NOT ONLY HURT YOU

BUT ACTUALLY TAKE YOUR LIFE
AND TO SEE YOU -- I MEAN,

HE SPECIFICALLY SAID
THAT HE WANTED

TO SEE US DIE
A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH.

IN MICHIGAN,

WHEN THE F.B.I.
EXAMINES HILE'S COMPUTER,

THEY DISCOVER HE'D FOUND OUT

THAT THE PERSON
BEHIND THE CATFISH SCAM

WAS, IN FACT, A MAN WHO LIVED
IN SOUTH AFRICA,

YET HE STILL PERSISTED WITH
HIS MISSION TO HUNT TIFFANY.

BRIAN DESIRED
SOME FORM OF RETRIBUTION.

BUT THE TRUE OBJECT
OF THAT RETRIBUTION

WAS TOO FAR AWAY,
IN SOUTH AFRICA.

AND SO THAT IS
WHY HE PERSISTED IN THIS PLAN

TO KILL TIFFANY WATKINS,

EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM.

DESPITE MANY LEADS,

THE CREATOR
OF BRITTNEY CAVALLARI'S SITE

REMAINS UNIDENTIFIED.

BRIAN HILE IS FOUND GUILTY
OF TRAVELING ACROSS STATE LINES

WITH THE INTENT TO KILL.

HE'S GIVEN THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE
FOR THE CRIME -- FIVE YEARS.

THE STRESS CAUSED BY
HILE'S ACTION

PROVES TOO MUCH
FOR TIFFANY AND DAVID,

AND THEY BREAK UP.

ON JANUARY 13, 2016,

HILE IS RELEASED
UNDER SUPERVISION.

TIFFANY WILL NEVER
FEEL SAFE AGAIN.

THE EXPERIENCE WITH BRIAN HILE

HAS AFFECTED MY LIFE A LOT.

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE
TO FIND OUT WHERE I'M LIVING.

I DON'T LIKE TO GO PLACES
BY MYSELF.

I DON'T LIKE TO BE
AT HOME ALONE.

SCARY ENOUGH THAT SOMEBODY
WANTS TO KILL YOU,

BUT TO THINK THAT SOMEBODY WANTS
TO SEE YOU IN THAT MUCH PAIN

IS THE WORST THING
THAT I CAN THINK OF.

IT'S THE SCARIEST THING
I CAN THINK OF.