Web of Lies (2014–…): Season 3, Episode 13 - Flirting with the Enemy - full transcript

WHEN BLIND RAGE EXPLODES

FROM THE DEADLY SHADOWS
OF THE WEB...

IT'S A SCARY PLACE

TO BE WHEN YOU'RE FACE-TO-FACE
WITH YOUR DEEPEST, DARKEST SELF.

...YOUNG LOVERS TURN
INTO MORTAL ENEMIES...

WE'RE DONE WITH THIS,
SO LET ME GO!

YOU JUST DON'T BELIEVE IT.

IT'S LIKE A REALLY BAD DREAM.

...AND INNOCENCE DIES...

THIS IS THE HARD PART
FOR ME TO REMEMBER.

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN,
I GIVE YOU OUR OWN MR. EAST BAY.



18-YEAR-OLD HIGH
SCHOOL SENIOR JASON RODRIGUEZ

HAS JUST WON FIRST PLACE

IN A LOCAL BODYBUILDING
COMPETITION.

JASON'S FATHER, JUAN,
IS PROUD OF HIS SON'S VICTORY.

I EXCITED WHEN THE JUDGES SAY,

"THE GUY WHO WIN
THE BODYBUILDING COMPETITION

IS JASON RODRIGUEZ!"

MY GOD!
I JUMP.

AND I SAID TO MY WIFE,
"MY GOD!

MY SON MADE IT.
HE MADE IT.

HE SAY HE GONNA DO IT."

AND SO EXCITED.

THAT MOMENT IS ONE OF THE BEST
MOMENTS EVER IN MY LIFE.

EQUALLY HAPPY
FOR JASON'S SUCCESS IS



HIS SWEETHEART, ERIKA MIRANDA.

JASON WAS A GUY
THAT NEVER GAVE UP.

HE WAS EXTREMELY DETERMINED,
EXTREMELY PERSONABLE,

WAS BEYOND LOVABLE,

BUT HONEST, ALL IN ONE.

AND IT'S REALLY HARD
TO FIND SOMEBODY

WHO CAN BE ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND STILL, AT THE END
OF THE DAY, YOU'RE LIKE,

"YOU KNOW, I --
I REALLY COULD TRUST THAT GUY."

PICTURE OF ME AND ERIKA
WITH THE TROPHY?

WE WERE THE BIGGEST
DORKS TOGETHER.

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING
TO BE SAID

WHEN YOU JUST
FEEL INSTANT CHEMISTRY

WITH SOMEBODY
THAT UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING.

ME AND JASON JUST HAD IT.

LET'S SEE THE PICTURES, DAD.

DAD, DO YOU SEE THIS GIRL?
SHE'S THE ONE.

- BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE.
- I'M PROUD OF YOU, SON.

THANKS, DAD.

THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL,
THE COUPLE IS INSEPARABLE.

HOWEVER, WHEN IT'S TIME
FOR JASON AND ERIKA

TO GO TO DIFFERENT COLLEGES,

THEY AGREED TO SPLIT UP
BUT REMAIN CLOSE FRIENDS.

WE TOOK A BREAK
TO FIND OURSELVES.

BUT THERE WAS NO DOUBT
IN MY MIND

THAT, AT THE END
OF THE DAY,

HE WE WOULD BE THE GUY
THAT I WAS GOING TO MARRY.

IN THE SUMMER OF 2010,

JASON MOVED TO ORLANDO, FLORIDA,
TO ATTEND VALENCIA COLLEGE.

WE JUST HAVE THE ONE BOX
LEFT, RIGHT?

THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS
FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,

JASON IS THE FIRST OF HIS FAMILY

TO ATTEND COLLEGE IN THE U.S.

JASON IS AMAZING,
AMAZING PERSON.

WHEN HE SAY
HE WANNA DO SOMETHING, HE DO IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE --
FROM WHERE HE GOT THAT POWER,

BUT HE GOT IT.

YES!
THANKS, DAD.

JASON'S ROOMING
WITH HIS BEST FRIEND

FROM HOME, RANDALL JEAN.

- THAT'S MY BOX.
- NO, THIS IS MINE.

NO, NO.
I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S MINE.

NO, IT SMELLS LIKE MINE.

NO.

JASON'S VERY EXCITED
GOING TO COLLEGE.

HE SAY, "FIRST TIME
I'M GOING TO BE ALONE,

ALONE WITH MY FRIEND
IN ONE HOUSE."

IT'S AN EMOTIONAL TIME
FOR JASON'S DAD, JUAN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR EVERYTHING.

I DON'T WANT JASON TO GO
BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY FRIENDS.

WE'RE REALLY CLOSE IN FAMILY.

IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

YO, THE ROOM
ON THE LEFT!

YEAH, YEAH.
SURE, WHATEVER.

HE TOLD ME, "DAD,
I'M A GROWN-UP PERSON ALREADY.

I NO BABY ANYMORE."

AND I SAY, "YEAH, BUT I FEEL
LIKE YOU'RE STILL MY BABY."

LIVING AWAY FROM HOME
FOR THE FIRST TIME,

JASON EMBRACES COLLEGE LIFE.

YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET BEAT
LIKE THE MIAMI DOLPHINS, BRO.

JASON'S JUST, LIKE,
A REALLY EASY GUY TO TALK TO.

HE WASN'T LIKE ONE
OF THE SLIMEBALL GUYS

THAT ARE LIKE,"
LET ME GET YOUR NUMBER."

HE WOULD, LIKE, GO UP TO YOU

AND SAY, LIKE, A CORNY JOKE
OR SOMETHING

AND THEN START TALKING
TO YOU THAT WAY.

HE WASN'T TRYING TO GO
FROM GIRL TO GIRL.

HE GENUINELY JUST WANTED TO,
LIKE, MEET NEW PEOPLE.

AS WELL AS MEETING
NEW PEOPLE IN THE FLESH,

THE EXPLODING POPULARITY
OF FACEBOOK

INTRODUCES JASON TO A VAST,
UNREGULATED WORLD

OF VIRTUAL FRIENDS.

JASON HAD A LOT
OF FACEBOOK FRIENDS.

I DOUBT HE KNEW ALL OF THEM.

BUT JASON HAD A LOT
OF FACEBOOK FRIENDS.

THE PEOPLE THAT ADDED JASON
WERE GIRLS FROM CLASS,

GIRLS HE HAD MET
THE NIGHT BEFORE.

A LOT OF GIRLS.

ONE FRIEND REQUEST COMES
FROM 20-YEAR-OLD GRACE GONZALEZ...

A JUNIOR WHO WORKS
IN THE COLLEGE LIBRARY.

I'M SO SORRY.

HEY, DON'T I KNOW YOU?

HI, I'M GRACE.
GRACE GONZALEZ.

HI, I'M CLUMSY.
MY FRIENDS CALL ME JASON.

JASON RODRIGUEZ.
YEAH, I KNOW YOU.

WHEN JASON FIRST MET GRACE,
HE LIKED HOW SHE LOOKED.

SHE WAS A CUTE GIRL.
SHE HAD A REALLY NICE BODY.

AND SHE JUST SEEMED,
LIKE, REALLY ATTRACTIVE.

YEAH, I KNEW
I RECOGNIZED YOU.

WE'RE
FACEBOOK FRIENDS, RIGHT?

YEAH, I GUESS
I KINDA STALKED YOU.

YEAH, I GUESS
YOU KIND OF DID.

HEY, I, I REALLY
GOT TO BE SOMEWHERE.

BUT, DO YOU WANNA
HANG OUT SOMETIME?

YEAH, I'D LIKE THAT.
I'D LIKE THAT A LOT.

COOL.

MESSAGE ME.

SEE YA.

I WON'T BE LONG.

JASON HAD FACEBOOK
ON HIS PHONE AND ON HIS LAPTOP.

I'M SURE HE CHECKED IT
EVERY 10 MINUTES.

JUST FACEBOOK, FACEBOOK.

IT WAS THE NEW THING.

IT'S WHAT EVERYBODY WAS DOING.

IT'S ONLY BEEN A FEW
DAYS SINCE JASON MET GRACE.

BUT SHE'S ALREADY
A FREQUENT VISITOR TO HIS HOUSE.

JASON'S FRIENDS...

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS.

UM...

WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?

THEY DIDN'T REALLY CARE
FOR HER.

THEY THOUGHT, LIKE,
SHE WAS JUST A GIRL

THAT JASON HAD OVER A FEW TIMES.

SHE BROUGHT FOOD, MAN.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

TELL HER TO LEAVE!

HE LIKED
THAT SHE WOULD COME OVER

AND, YOU KNOW, HANG OUT
WITH HIM AT HIS HOUSE.

SO --.

IT WASN'T TILL LATER ON

THAT HE FOUND OUT
THAT SHE WAS LITTLE TOO CLINGY.

I THINK SHE FIGURED THE MORE
THAT SHE HUNG OUT WITH HIM,

IT WOULD EVENTUALLY TURN
INTO SOMETHING MORE FOR HER.

LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

WHO IS THAT? CAN'T YOU JUST
TELL THEM WE'RE EATING?

I'M SORRY.
IT'S MY FRIEND ERIKA.

WE WERE KIND OF TOGETHER
IN HIGH SCHOOL.

OKAY, WHATEVER.

JASON WAS NEVER A RUDE GUY.

HE WOULDN'T BE LIKE, "YOU NEED
TO LEAVE MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW."

HEY, I'M GONNA
CALL IT A NIGHT.

I'M GETTING
KIND OF TIRED.

HE DIDN'T WANT
TO HURT HER FEELINGS.

GRACE JUST SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS
TRYING TO GET SOMETHING

THAT SHE WASN'T GOING
TO GET OUT OF JASON.

I'M SORRY.
IT'S NOT COOL.

I'VE JUST HAD REALLY BAD LUCK
WITH MEN.

MY LAST BOYFRIEND
WAS A TOTAL JERK.

DON'T TRY TO CALM ME DOWN.

I TRIED TO MAKE HIM HAPPY.

BUT NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED,
IT'D ALWAYS END UP IN A FIGHT.

I'M SICK OF YOU!

IT COULD GET REALLY BAD.

- CHILL OUT!
- I'M DONE WITH THIS!

I'M DONE WITH YOU.

YOU WOULDN'T HURT ME,
WOULD YOU?

NO.

I'M JUST GONNA TIDY UP
A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S SO MESSY.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I'M SORRY. I'M --

I'M SORRY.

YOU KNOW WHAT?
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD TIME
TO CALL IT A NIGHT.

HERE, I'LL WALK YOU
TO YOUR CAR.

GRACE WOULD GET UPSET
OVER THINGS

THAT SHE HAD NO AUTHORITY
TO GET UPSET ABOUT.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

THANKS.

SHE WAS JUST ACTING

AS IF SHE WAS KIND
OF HIS GIRLFRIEND,

BUT SHE WASN'T.

CHICA LOCA.

A FEW WEEKS INTO 2011,

JASON'S FAMILY
MAKES A SURPRISE VISIT

TO CELEBRATE HIS 19th BIRTHDAY.

- SURPRISE!
- DAD! THANK YOU!

- MY GOD!
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WOW!

I SEE JASON AS A GROWN MAN.

AND I SAID TO MYSELF,

"WOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT JASON
WAS ALREADY THAT OLD."

MY GOD.
HE'S A REAL, REAL MAN."

THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT JASON.

YO, RANDY,
WE GOT A CAKE.

AFTER ENJOYING A BIRTHDAY DINNER

WITH HIS FAMILY...

JASON AND HIS FRIENDS FIND A BAR
WHERE THEY WON'T GET CARDED.

THE PLAN WAS TO HAVE EVERYONE GO

TO WHATEVER CLUB
BY THE UNIVERSITY WAS,

LIKE, GOING TO BE
REALLY BIG THAT NIGHT.

BUT THERE'S ONE PERSON
JASON HASN'T INVITED TO JOIN THEM.

WHOO!
WHO'S THAT?

GRACE WOULD TEXT HIM A LOT.

OR SHE WOULD GET MAD IF HE HAD,
LIKE, OTHER GIRLS OVER.

GRACE'S MOOD SWINGS
HAVE GIVEN JASON SECOND THOUGHTS

ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER
WITH HER, MAN.

KINDA IS,
KINDA ISN'T, MAN.

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.

HE'S DECIDED TO CALL THINGS OFF.

YO, HOW'D SHE GET
MY NUMBER?

I DON'T KNOW, MAN.

THIS GIRL'S LOCO, HOMES.

SHE'S CRAZY, PERIOD.

BRO, THIS GOTS TO STOP.

JUST TAKE YOUR SHOT, MAN.

ALL RIGHT, MAN.
WHOO!

ORLANDO, BABY!

YO, I LOVE YOU, BRO.

I LOVE YOU, TOO, MAN.

PICTURES OF THE NIGHT

INSTANTLY MAKE THEIR WAY
ONTO FACEBOOK.

THEY SHOW A YOUNG MAN

AND HIS FRIENDS
HAVING A GREAT TIME.

THE PICTURES,
ALL OF THEM, ALL 200,

HOW EVER MANY PICTURES
THEY TOOK THAT NIGHT,

ALL ENDED UP ON FACEBOOK.

PROBABLY WITHIN LIKE 5 MINUTES
OF TAKING THEM,

THEY WERE ALREADY UPLOADED.

ALREADY UPSET
BY JASON'S REJECTION,

THE SIGHT OF HIM WITH OTHER GIRLS
ONLY FUELS GRACE'S FURY.

GRACE WOULD TEXT HIM
A LOT BEING ANGRY, LIKE,

"WHO'S LIKE THAT GIRL?"
LIKE, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

JUST A LITTLE OVERBEARING.

SURROUNDED BY HIS FRIENDS,

JASON SOON FORGETS
ALL ABOUT GRACE,

UNAWARE HIS ILL-FATED
RELATIONSHIP

HAS UNLEASHED
A DEADLY OBSESSION.

FOUR MONTHS
INTO HIS FRESHMAN YEAR

AT VALENCIA COLLEGE,

JASON RODRIGUEZ
IS MEETING NEW PEOPLE

AND GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

HE HAD BEEN SEEING
20-YEAR-OLD GRACE GONZALEZ,

BUT HER JEALOUS OUTBURSTS
AND VIOLENT MOOD SWINGS

PUSHED JASON
TO END THE RELATIONSHIP.

BUT GRACE REFUSES TO ACCEPT
IT'S OVER.

WITH HIS RECENT
19th BIRTHDAY BEHIND HIM,

THE NEWLY SINGLE JASON
TRIES TO FOCUS ON HIS STUDIES.

BUT AFTER HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY,
HE'S MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.

JASON WAS ON HIS CELLPHONE
ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.

WAKE UP, GO TO SLEEP,
CHECK FACEBOOK,

CHECK TEXT MESSAGES,
LIKE, CHECK SOCIAL MEDIA.

HE WAS ALWAYS ON HIS PHONE.

PROBABLY MESSAGING GIRLS
HE JUST MET.

DESPITE GRACE'S
RELENTLESS MESSAGING...

JASON WANTS TO DATE OTHER GIRLS.

AND IT'S NOT LONG

BEFORE A PRETTY NEW FACE
CATCHES HIS EYE.

JASON DOESN'T RECOGNIZE
TY-ANN'S NAME OR PICTURE.

HER PROFILE SAYS
SHE'S JUST MOVED TO ORLANDO

AND WANTS TO MEET NEW PEOPLE.

AND TY-ANN'S VERY INTERESTED
IN MEETING JASON.

OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,

JASON AND TY-ANN EXCHANGE DOZENS
OF MESSAGES.

WARY IT MIGHT BE GRACE TRYING
TO GET BACK INTO HIS LIFE,

JASON WANTS TO MAKE SURE
TY-ANN IS THE REAL DEAL.

JASON DOESN'T HAVE TO WAIT LONG.

WATCH THIS.
BOOM! DUNK!

OOH, BABY!
WATCH OUT.

OOH.

- HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
- DON'T ANSWER IT.

HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

HELLO?

HEY, JAY.
IT'S TY-ANN.

HI, TY-ANN.

SO NICE TO FINALLY
HEAR YOUR VOICE.

YOU KNOW,
I WAS STARTING TO WORRY.

I THOUGHT
YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DUDE

TRYING TO PLAY A PRANK
ON ME OR SOMETHING.

I CAN ASSURE YOU
I'M NOT A DUDE.

I AM 100 PERCENT FEMALE.

WELL YOU NEVER KNOW,
YOU COULD HAVE BEEN A DUDE

WITH A HIGH-PITCHED VOICE.

JUST KIDDING.

SO WHEN AM I GOING TO MEET
THE FAMOUS JASON RODRIGUEZ?

FAMOUS?

JUDGING BY ALL YOUR FACEBOOK
FRIENDS, YOU ARE.

WHY DON'T YOU COME
BY MY HOUSE?

IT'S CLOSE TO YOUR COLLEGE.

WE COULD HANG OUT,
GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

TY-ANN'S CLEARLY BEEN
STUDYING UP ON JASON.

I REALLY WANT TO.

UM, BUT, UM, ALREADY
MADE PLANS TONIGHT.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN
MOVE THINGS AROUND

AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

THE PHONE CALL IS ENOUGH
TO CONVINCE JASON

TY-ANN IS WHO SHE SAYS SHE IS.

You'd rather hang out with
your friends over seeing me?

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.

UM, I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED,
OKAY?

THE ONLY THING THAT
I GOT FROM JASON ABOUT TY-ANN

WAS THAT IT WAS JUST ANOTHER --
ANOTHER GIRL.

JUST SOMEBODY
HE HAD JUST MET,

AND HE WAS JUST TRYING
TO GET TO KNOW THEM.

COOL IF I BAIL TONIGHT?

NO, I'M NOT COOL
IF YOU BAIL TONIGHT.

I GOTTA BEAT YOU IN THIS.

AND THEN I GOTTA BEAT YOU
IN BALL.

SO MAKE UP YOUR MIND, JAY.

JASON ARRANGES TO MEET
TY-ANN ANOTHER TIME.

YOU DON'T JUST HAVE
TO SIT THERE, YOU KNOW.

YOU CAN TRY AND DO SOME WORKOUTS
OR SOMETHING.

I WORKED OUT YESTERDAY.

I'M ONLY HERE BECAUSE I SAID
I'D GIVE YOU A RIDE HOME.

OKAY, OKAY.
I CAN TAKE A HINT.

I'M ALMOST FINISHED UP HERE.

JASON AND I WERE AT THE GYM.

AND HE WAS DOING ONE
OF THOSE BICEP CURLS.

SO I WAS HOLDING HIS PHONE.

CAN YOU CHECK TO SEE
WHO THAT IS?

IT'S A GIRL
CALLED TY-ANN.

YOU'VE NEVER
MENTIONED HER BEFORE.

I SEE THE NAME
POP UP ON HIS PHONE.

IT'S TY-ANN.
AND I WAS LIKE, "WHO'S THIS?"

HE'S LIKE,"
SOME GIRL I MET OFF FACEBOOK."

IT'S A NEW THING.

WE'RE,
WE'RE FACEBOOK FRIENDS.

I'M JUST TRYING
TO GET TO KNOW HER.

ANYWAY,
WHAT IS SHE SAYING?

SHE'S ASKING,
"WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?"

CAN YOU WRITE BACK,
"RED OR BLUE.

ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT."

LET'S SEE
WHAT SHE SAYS TO THAT.

SMOOTH.

JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES,

ARE YOU GOOD
FOR A RIDE HOME?

MESSAGE ME
WHEN YOU'RE DONE.

I THOUGHT THE EXCHANGE
WAS FINE.

YOU'D MEET PEOPLE
OFF FACEBOOK THEN.

LIKE, IT WAS A BRAND-NEW THING.

YOU TRUSTED THE PERSON
TELLING YOU

WHO THEY WERE
THROUGH THEIR PICTURES

AND THEIR PROFILE.

SO IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL
WHEN HE SAID

THAT HE MET HER OFF FACEBOOK.

WHEN JASON GETS BACK
THAT NIGHT, HIS HOUSE IS EMPTY.

JASON GOT HOME,
AND HE SAW

THAT NONE OF THE GUYS
WERE THERE.

SO HE WAS PROBABLY, LIKE,
JUST TRYING TO FIND PLANS

TO DO FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

JASON GOES ONLINE TO
SEE IF ANYONE WANTS TO HANG OUT.

HE GETS A MESSAGE FROM TY-ANN.

AN HOUR LATER,

JASON DRIVES TO THE ADDRESS
HE'S BEEN GIVEN BY TY-ANN.

BUT THE HOUSE IS DARK AND EMPTY.

VALENCIA COLLEGE
FRESHMAN JASON RODRIGUEZ

HAS DRIVEN TO MEET
A FACEBOOK FRIEND, TY-ANN.

HE'S TALKED TO HER ON THE PHONE.

BUT HE HAS NEVER
SEEN HER IN PERSON.

AS JASON WAITS FOR TY-ANN
OUTSIDE HER HOUSE...

...AN ASSAILANT
SHOOTS HIM POINT-BLANK.

WHEN ANOTHER CAR APPEARS,
THE SHOOTER

REALIZES HE'S BEEN SPOTTED

AND TRIES
TO ELIMINATE THE WITNESS.

THE SUSPECT TURNED
AND FIRED AT THE WITNESS

AS HE SAT IN HIS VEHICLE.

HE IMMEDIATELY PUT HIS CAR
IN REVERSE AND,

BACKED OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION
AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

IN HIS PANIC TO ESCAPE,

THE WITNESS ONLY
GETS A GLIMPSE OF THE ASSAILANT.

THIS INDIVIDUAL
DESCRIBED THE SHOOTER

AS WEARING A SCARF
AROUND HIS FACE

TO CONCEAL HIS IDENTITY.

NEIGHBORS WHO HEARD
THE SHOTS CALL 911,

AND AN OFFICER IS QUICKLY
DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE.

THE INITIAL DEPUTY
DESCRIBED SEEING THE VICTIM

SEATED IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT,
SLUMPED OVER.

THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT
OF BLOOD INSIDE THE VEHICLE.

JASON HAS SUFFERED
A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD

AND A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE NECK.

I KNEW DUE TO THE LOCATION
OF THE INJURIES

THAT IT WAS VERY SERIOUS.

JASON IS ALIVE
BUT BARELY HANGING ON.

HE IS RUSHED TO ORLANDO
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT.

CLEAR!

CLEAR!

POLICE CALL JASON'S NEXT OF KIN.

AROUND MIDNIGHT, JEREMY,
MY OTHER SON,

CALLED ME ON MY CELL.

AND HE TOLD, "DAD,
COMING HOME BECAUSE,

SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
CAME TO OUR HOME

AND TOLD US JASON
HAD AN ACCIDENT IN ORLANDO."

RIGHT AWAY, IT COMES TO MY MIND,

HE DRIVING HIS CAR
AND GOT IN A CRASH.

AND THAT'S ALL.

I GO TO SEE HIM
IN THE HOSPITAL

WITH SOME KIND OF BRUISE
AND THINGS LIKE THIS,

NOTHING ELSE.

JASON'S FAMILY IMMEDIATELY
MAKES THE 80-MILE JOURNEY

FROM THEIR HOME IN TAMPA
TO ORLANDO.

AT THE CRIME SCENE,
INVESTIGATORS

START TO PIECE TOGETHER
WHAT HAPPENED.

BASED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS

AND THE MEASUREMENTS,
WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE

THAT THE SHOOTER
WAS STANDING

RIGHT OUTSIDE
OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR

WHEN HE FIRED
THE SECOND SHOT INTO JASON.

THE PROXIMITY
OF THE SHOOTER

SUGGESTS A COLD, CALCULATED HIT.

THIS IS NOT AN AREA
THAT YOU WOULD SEE CRIMES

OF SUCH VIOLENCE.

SO IT WAS VERY SURPRISING

TO HAVE SUCH A BRUTAL ACT
OCCUR THERE.

AN EARLY PIECE OF
EVIDENCE COULD PROVE CRITICAL.

AS JASON'S VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED,

WE NOTICED AND iPHONE 4
COVERED WITH BLOOD.

THE LAST PERSON
THAT HE COMMUNICATED WITH

WAS A PERSON
BY THE NAME OF TY-ANN.

TEXT MESSAGES INDICATE
THAT TY-ANN HAD ARRANGED

TO MEET JASON
AT A SPECIFIC ADDRESS.

POLICE VISIT THE HOUSE,

BUT THE PROPERTY IS EMPTY.

BASED ON THE ADDRESS
BEING VACANT,

IT CLEARLY APPEARED TO ME

THAT JASON WAS LURED
TO THAT LOCATION

FOR THE PURPOSE
OF BEING MURDERED.

JUST HOURS
INTO THE INVESTIGATION, POLICE

HAS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN
THE SHOOTING OF JASON RODRIGUEZ.

AT THIS POINT,
TY-ANN BECAME A PERSON

THAT WE NEEDED TO FIND
AND INTERVIEW.

A DOCTOR BREAKS
THE HORRIFIC NEWS

TO JASON'S FATHER, JUAN.

MINUTE HE SAID,
"WELL, JASON BEEN SHOT TWICE."

WHAT?

MY SON IS SHOT?

I LOOK TO HER AND SAY,
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"

SAY, "YES.
HE HAD BEEN SHOT TWICE."

I ASK HIM, "IS HE STILL ALIVE?"

AND HE SAY, "YES,
HE'S STILL ALIVE.

HE'S A STRONG BOY."

AND CLEAR!

ALTHOUGH IN A COMA,
JASON IS STABLE ENOUGH

FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
TO SEE HIM.

WE SAW HIM IN ONE
OF THE BED THERE

WITH HIS HEAD BANDAGED UP,
FULL OF BLOOD.

AND I SAID TO MY WIFE,

"I DON'T KNOW
IF HE'S GONNA MAKE IT OR NOT."

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!

THE FIRST TIME I SAW JASON,
TIME STOPPED, I GUESS.

TIME STOPPED.

I DON'T...

I TALKED TO HIM.

PLEASE DON'T DIE.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'LL DO WITHOUT YOU.

PLEASE.

HIS BLOOD PRESSURE
STARTED GOING UP.

PLEASE.

THEY DID KNOW WHAT PART
OF HIS BRAIN

WAS AFFECTED AND WHAT WASN'T.

BUT THEY THOUGHT
THAT HE COULD HEAR,

AND HE KNEW WHO I WAS.

I DON'T KNOW.

I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT,
BUT I DON'T KNOW.

WHILE JASON FIGHTS
FOR HIS LIFE,

DETECTIVES ATTEMPT
TO TRACK TY-ANN

THROUGH CELLPHONE RECORDS.

WE GETTING ANYTHING
OFF THAT PHONE?

WE TRACED
THE CELLPHONE NUMBER BACK

TO AN APPLICATION
CALLED TEXTFREE

THAT WOULD ALLOW

YOU TO TEXT DIFFERENT PEOPLE
THROUGH THEIR APPLICATION

AS IF IT WAS GOING TO A PHONE.

THIS DISCOVERY PROVES
CRUCIAL TO THE INVESTIGATION.

THIS TURNED OUT TO BE PROBABLY
THE FASTEST BREAK IN THE CASE

BECAUSE THE APPLICATION
WAS SOLD THROUGH iTUNES.

THE INVESTIGATORS
PUSH FOR A SUBPOENA

TO RELEASE DETAILS
ABOUT THE iTUNES ACCOUNT HOLDER.

WE WERE TRYING
TO FIND THE PERSON

WHO OPENED THE ACCOUNT

TO IDENTIFY
WHO THIS TY-ANN PERSON WAS.

AS NEWS OF THE INCIDENT SPREADS,

JASON GETS AN UNINVITED VISITOR,

HIS FORMER FRIEND
GRACE GONZALEZ.

MR. AND MRS. RODRIGUEZ?

- Sí?
- HI.

I'M GRACE,
ONE OF JASON'S FRIENDS.

I'M SO SORRY.

THIS GRACE GONZALEZ,
SHE LOOKED LIKE A SWEET PERSON.

I SAY, "YOU'RE ONE
OF JASON'S FRIENDS."

SHE SAY, "YES."

HI, ERIKA.
I'M GRACE.

I FIRST MET GRACE
WHEN WE WERE IN THE HOSPITAL.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING
I CAN DO...

THANK YOU.

SHE PUT A SHOULDER OUT THERE
FOR ME TO LEAN ON.

IS IT OKAY IF I CALL TO SEE
HOW JASON'S DOING?

GRACE PRESENTS HERSELF
AS A CLOSE FRIEND.

BUT THE FAMILY HAS NO IDEA
OF HER TROUBLED HISTORY

WITH JASON.

MEANTIME, INVESTIGATORS
RECEIVE THE INFORMATION

ABOUT TY-ANN'S ITUNES ACCOUNT.

WE WERE ABLE TO FIND OUT
WHO OPENED UP THAT ACCOUNT

AND THAT A PERSON
BY THE NAME OF ISRAEL NIEVES.

A BACKGROUND CHECK
IDENTIFIES NIEVES

AS A GANGBANGER
WITH A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE.

I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT
THAT ISRAEL NIEVES

LIVED VERY CLOSE TO THE LOCATION
WHERE JASON WAS MURDERED.

FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING
OF 19-YEAR-OLD JASON RODRIGUEZ,

DETECTIVES
ANALYZE THE ONLINE RECORDS

OF A GIRL NAMED TY-ANN

WHO JASON HAD GONE TO MEET
THE NIGHT HE WAS SHOT.

THE DIGITAL CLUES
HAVE REVEALED A NEW NAME

IN THE CASE --

ISRAEL NIEVES.

HIS CRIMINAL PAST IMMEDIATELY
MAKES HIM A PERSON OF INTEREST.

OFFICERS ARE SENT
TO DETAIN NIEVES...

AND SEARCH HIS HOME.

SEVERAL ELECTRONIC
DEVICES WERE RECOVERED --

CELLPHONES, LAPTOP COMPUTERS.

THOSE ITEMS WERE SEIZED

BY OUR COMPUTER FORENSICS
EXAMINERS.

INVESTIGATORS CAN NOW
START DIGGING

INTO HOW NIEVES
IS CONNECTED TO TY-ANN.

JUST OVER A WEEK AFTER HIS SON
WAS SHOT IN COLD BLOOD...

JUAN RODRIGUEZ

RECEIVES THE NEWS
HE'S BEEN DREADING.

DOCTOR, PLEASE.

NO!

NO ES POSIBLE.

NO!

THIS IS THE HARD PART
FOR ME TO REMEMBER.

WHEN HE DIED, I DO THIS.

EVEN THE DOCTOR
CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

HE TOLD ME THAT,
"WHAT HE'S GOING THROUGH,

HE SHOULD BE DEAD FROM DAY ONE."

AND HE SURVIVED FOR NINE DAYS.

NINE DAYS.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHY.

MAYBE HE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY

OR SOMETHING
TO PROVE TO EVERYBODY,

BUT I REMEMBER THE NURSE
AND PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL

SAY THEY NEVER SEEN
SOMEBODY SO STRONG.

HE WAS A REAL STRONG PERSON.

I GOTTA HEAL EVERY SINGLE DAY.

NOT BECAUSE HE'S NOT WITH ME,

BUT HE'S WITH ME
EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE.

JASON HAS FINALLY
SUCCUMBED TO HIS HORRENDOUS INJURIES.

WE ALL CRUMBLED.
EVERYBODY CRUMBLED.

YOU'RE AT YOUR DEEPEST,
DARKEST SELF.

AND IT'S...

IT'S A SCARY PLACE TO BE

WHEN YOU'RE FACE-TO-FACE
WITH YOUR DEEPEST, DARKEST SELF.

AND THE PEOPLE
ALL AROUND YOU

THAT TYPICALLY WOULD BE THERE
TO GET YOU HELP

AND THAT YOU WOULD LOOK
TO FOR GUIDANCE

WERE ALL GOING THROUGH IT.

NOW DEALING
WITH A HOMICIDE, DETECTIVES

ANALYZE THE DEVICES SEIZED
FROM THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL NIEVES.

A DECISIVE CONNECTION
IS REVEALED.

FROM THE INFORMATION WE
OBTAINED FROM ISRAEL'S LAPTOP,

WE DETERMINED THAT ISRAEL
WAS PRETENDING TO BE TY-ANN

DURING THESE TEXT-MESSAGE
CONVERSATIONS,

THAT HE HAD CREATED
THE TY-ANN FACEBOOK PROFILE,

THAT HE ACTUALLY HAD PICTURES

ON HIS COMPUTER
THAT WERE THE SAME

AS ON THE TY-ANN PROFILE.

BRIAN CROSS
PRESENTS THE FINDINGS

OF THE COMPUTER FORENSICS TEAM
TO NIEVES.

ISRAEL, DID YOU CREATE
THE TY-ANN ACCOUNT?

UM, YEAH,
I CREATED THAT ACCOUNT.

THE PERSON
THAT WAS ACTING AS TY-ANN

LURED JASON TO THE LOCATION
WHERE HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED.

SO ONCE ISRAEL ADMITTED
TO CREATING THE TY-ANN ACCOUNT,

I KNEW THAT HE WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR JASON'S DEATH.

WITH NIEVES'S LINK
TO TY-ANN CORROBORATED,

CROSS PUSHES THE GANG MEMBER
TO CONFESS TO THE KILLING.

ISRAEL, WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
THE NIGHT THAT JASON WAS SHOT?

I DON'T KNOW!

I'M BEING STRAIGHT
WITH YOU.

ISRAEL DENIED REPEATEDLY

THAT HE HAD ANYTHING TO DO
WITH JASON'S RODRIGUEZ'S DEATH.

ALTHOUGH THE EVIDENCE
IS COMPELLING,

WITHOUT A DIRECT LINK
TO THE SHOOTING

OR A CONFESSION,
POLICE CAN'T ARREST NIEVES.

PRESSURE MOUNTS
ON THE FORENSICS TEAM

TO UNCOVER MORE PROOF.

WHILE EXAMINING
ISRAEL'S COMPUTER,

WE FOUND PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIMSELF

HOLDING VARIOUS FIREARMS.

BALLISTIC EXPERTS
COMPARE THE RARE.38-CALIBER PISTOL

NIEVES WAS POSING
WITH TO TELLTALE SCRATCHES

ON THE BULLETS
FOUND IN JASON'S BODY.

AGAINST ALL THE ODDS,
THE FIND A MATCH.

THERE WERE ONLY TWO HANDGUNS
IN THE WORLD

THAT PRODUCE THE SAME KINDS
OF MARKINGS.

ISRAEL WAS PHOTOGRAPHED HOLDING
ONE OF THOSE TWO TYPES.

SO NOW, WE HAVE EVIDENCE
THAT HE WAS IN POSSESSION

OF THE GUN USED
TO COMMIT THE CRIME.

THE CASE AGAINST
NIEVES SEEMS OVERWHELMING.

BUT POLICE STILL DON'T KNOW

WHY THIS LOCAL GANGBANGER
KILLED JASON.

ANOTHER SEARCH
OF NIEVES' COMPUTER

SEEMS TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER.

WHEN I SAW THE NAME
GRACE GONZALEZ

LINKED TO THE ACCOUNT
WITH ISRAEL NIEVES,

I REMEMBERED THAT THERE WAS
A GRACE GONZALEZ

IN JASON RODRIGUEZ'S PHONE BOOK.

AT THIS POINT
IN THE INVESTIGATION,

GRACE GONZALEZ
BECAME A PERSON OF INTEREST.

COME IN.

GRACE IS BROUGHT IN
FOR QUESTIONING.

SO WHAT'S GOING ON,
GRACE?

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

JASON...

IT'S JUST SO HORRIBLE.

IT'S JUST SO, SO SAD
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.

HE WAS SUCH A GOOD GUY.

GRACE WAS VERY COOPERATIVE.

SHE WAS VERY INTELLIGENT,
ARTICULATE

AND SHE SEEMED
TO BE VERY TROUBLED

BY JASON'S DEATH.

SEARCHING FOR A MOTIVE
FOR THE SLAYING,

THE DETECTIVE ASKS GRACE

ABOUT HER CONNECTION
TO JASON AND NIEVES.

WELL, I DATED JASON
FOR A FEW WEEKS.

AND BEFORE JASON,
I WAS WITH ISRAEL.

I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT
THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED

IN A RELATIONSHIP
WITH ISRAEL NIEVES.

AND SHE ALSO INFORMED ME
THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED

WITH RELATIONSHIP
WITH JASON RODRIGUEZ.

THIS LEAD ME TO BELIEVE
THAT GRACE

COULD POSSIBLY BE MORE INVOLVED
THAN SHE ACTUALLY LET ON.

A SEARCH OF COURT RECORDS

PROVIDES
A DISTURBING REVELATION.

LEAVE ME ALONE.
OKAY?

I'VE JUST COME HERE
TO GET MY STUFF.

AND THEN I'M OUT OF HERE.
NO.

RELAX.
SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN.

DON'T TRY TO CALM ME DOWN.

I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT
THAT ISRAEL NIEVES

AND GRACE GONZALEZ WERE INVOLVED
IN A VERY ROCKY

AND, TROUBLING
RELATIONSHIP.

- WHAT DID I DO?
- I'M DONE WITH THIS.

I'M DONE WITH YOU.
I'M OUT OF HERE.

SO LET ME GO!

WHEN CROSS DELVES
DEEPER INTO THE ELECTRONIC LIVES

OF GRACE AND ISRAEL,

THE PICTURE
BECOMES EVEN MORE DAMNING.

WE WERE ABLE TO DISCOVER
THAT THERE WERE

ALMOST 14,000 TEXT MESSAGES

BETWEEN GRACE GONZALEZ
AND ISRAEL NIEVES

OVER LESS THAN
A TWO-MONTH PERIOD.

BUT THERE WAS
ONE SUSPICIOUS BREAK

IN THE ALMOST-CONSTANT FLOW
OF MESSAGES.

AROUND THE TIME
THAT JASON WAS MURDERED...

...THERE SEEMED TO BE A PAUSE
IN THOSE TEXT MESSAGES

BETWEEN GRACE GONZALEZ
AND ISRAEL NIEVES.

THIS BREAK
HEIGHTENED THE SUSPICION

AROUND GRACE GONZALEZ

AS POSSIBLY EVEN BEING INVOLVED
WITH JASON'S DEATH.

IN THE HOMICIDE CASE
OF 19-YEAR-OLD JASON RODRIGUEZ...

...ALL THE EVIDENCE POINTS
TO GANG MEMBER ISRAEL NIEVES

PULLING THE TRIGGER.

BUT WHAT'S NOT SO CLEAR

IS THE ROLE HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND,

GRACE GONZALEZ,
PLAYED IN THE MURDER.

LEAD DETECTIVE BRIAN CROSS

GIVES GRACE THE CHANCE
TO COME CLEAN.

SO WHAT'S GOING ON, GRACE?

HE DOESN'T GET THE CONFESSION
HE'S EXPECTING.

ONCE I INFORMED GRACE

THAT I KNEW ISRAEL NIEVES
WAS INVOLVED WITH JASON'S DEATH

SHE BECAME EMOTIONALLY
OVERWHELMED.

YES, AFTER I HEARD
THAT JASON HAD BEEN SHOT,

I KIND OF FIGURED
THAT IT WAS ISRAEL WHO DID IT.

I NEVER THOUGHT
THAT HE WOULD GO THAT FAR.

I DON'T GET IT, GRACE.

WHY DIDN'T YOU
SAY SOMETHING SOONER?

I WAS AFRAID THAT IF ISRAEL
HAD FOUND OUT I SAID ANYTHING,

HE'D COME AFTER ME.

HE'S HURT ME BEFORE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

BY OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR,

ISRAEL AND I WERE BASICALLY
AS GOOD AS OVER.

BUT HE WOULDN'T LET GO.

HE BEGGED ME TO COME OVER
TO HIS HOUSE.

THIS ONE DAY, I DID.

GET OUT OF MY WAY,
ISRAEL!

AND THEN HE...

DON'T TALK!
I'LL BREAK YOUR FACE!

HE GRABBED ME.

- YOU'RE AN ANIMAL.
- I'M AN ANIMAL?

YOU'RE AN ANIMAL.
LET GO!

AND I TRIED
TO PUSH HIM AWAY.

YOU'RE AN ANIMAL.

BUT HE WAS...

HE WAS STRONGER THAN ME.

WHAT? WHAT?

AND...

AND THEN HE TOOK OUT
HIS HUNTING KNIFE.

AND HE RUBBED IT
ALONG MY NECK

AND MY LIPS AND MY FACE.

AND HE SAID HE WAS
ADMIRING MY FEATURES.

LET GO!

THE INFORMATION WAS SUFFICIENT
TO CHARGE ISRAEL NIEVES

WITH SEXUAL BATTERY.

THIS SHOWED THAT GRACE WAS ALSO
A VICTIM OF ISRAEL NIEVES

AND UNDER HIS CONTROL
AND VERY AFRAID OF HIM.

WHICH LEAD THE REASON
WHY SHE DID NOT REPORT IT.

FAR FROM ORDERING A HIT,

GRACE IS JUST ANOTHER ONE
OF NIEVES' VICTIMS.

THE QUESTION REMAINS --

WHY DID NIEVES LURE
THEN KILL JASON RODRIGUEZ?

ISRAEL, LOOK AT ME.

WHY'D YOU CREATE
THE TY-ANN ACCOUNT?

I DON'T KNOW.
JEALOUSY, I GUESS.

I WANTED TO SHOW GRACE
THAT JASON WAS CHEATING ON HER.

I WANTED TO SHOW GRACE
WHAT HE WAS UP TO.

AND SHE'D COME BACK TO ME.

ISRAEL CREATED
THE TY-ANN ACCOUNT,

IN HIS WORDS,
TO SHOW GRACE

THAT JASON WOULD NOT
BE FAITHFUL TO HER

IF SHE WAS INVOLVED
IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

THE MOTIVE FOR THIS
CRIME BORN IN CYBERSPACE BOILS

DOWN TO THE MOST BASIC INSTINCT
OF ALL -- JEALOUSY.

ONCE WE HAD DETERMINED

THAT ISRAEL
AND GRACE WERE ESTRANGED

AND THAT JASON HAD, AT LEAST
FOR AWHILE, BEEN DATING HER,

IT'S JUST AN OLD-FASHIONED
LOVE TRIANGLE.

A JILTERED BOYFRIEND
WANTING TO GET REVENGE

AGAINST SOMEBODY THAT IS NOW
DATING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND.

STILL ONE ASPECT
OF THE CASE REMAINS UNSOLVED --

WHO WAS THE GIRL JASON SPOKE
TO BELIEVING SHE WAS TY-ANN?

HELLO?

WHY DON'T YOU COME
BY MY HOUSE ONE NIGHT?

IT'S CLOSE TO YOUR COLLEGE.

WE COULD HANG OUT,
GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

A FRAGMENTED TEXT CONVERSATION

FOUND ON NIEVES COMPUTER
PROVIDES THE ANSWER.

ISRAEL HAD SET UP
A FORMER CLASSMATE

OF HIS, ARMANDA,

TO PORTRAY TY-ANN,

TELLING HER THAT HE WANTED
TO PLAY A JOKE ON A FRIEND.

Hello?

HEY, JAY.
IT'S TY-ANN.

Hi, Ty-Ann.

So nice to finally hear
your voice.

ARMANDA AGREED
TO ISRAEL'S REQUEST

AND, PHONED JASON,
PRETENDING TO BE TY-ANN.

I was starting to worry.

I thought you might have been
a dude

Trying to play a prank
on me or something.

I CAN ASSURE YOU,
I AM NOT A DUDE.

I'M 100 PERCENT FEMALE.

WHILE SHE IS ON THE PHONE,

ISRAEL IS LISTENING
TO THE CONVERSATION

AND INSTRUCTING HER
ON WHAT TO TELL JASON.

Famous?

WHY DON'T YOU COME BY MY HOUSE
ONE NIGHT?

IT'S CLOSE
TO YOUR COLLEGE.

WE COULD HANG OUT,
GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

ON SEPTEMBER 20th,
2013, ISRAEL NIEVES

IS FOUND GUILTY
OF THE SECOND-DEGREE MURDER

OF JASON RODRIGUEZ.

HE'S SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON.

JASON'S LOVED ONES
MAY HAVE JUSTICE.

BUT THEY WILL NEVER
GET OVER HIS LOSS.

IT'S A REALLY DEVASTATING THING

BECAUSE HE WAS
A GREAT GUY AND A GUY

THAT I LOVED VERY, VERY MUCH.

YOU FEELING LIKE YOU WANT
TO GO TO A BIG HOLE

AND YOU DON'T WANNA COME BACK.

IT'S SOMETHING --
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE, THE PAIN.

EVERY DAY --
EVERY SINGLE DAY.

EVEN THOUGH FATHER TIME GO ON,

BUT THE PAIN'S STILL THERE.

EVERY DAY.