Web of Lies (2014–…): Season 3, Episode 2 - The Sick Boy - full transcript
WHEN A DANGEROUSLY
NAIVE TEENAGER...
HER FAVORITE KIND OF MOVIES ARE,
LIKE, PRINCE CHARMING
AND, YOU KNOW,
IT'S JUST EVERYTHING
FALLS TOGETHER AND HAPPY ENDING.
...GETS HER FIRST
TASTE OF CYBER FREEDOM...
I DID NOT REALLY REALIZE
HOW MUCH THESE PHONES COULD DO.
...IT'S LIKE JUMPING
INTO THE DEEP END...
WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?
GIVE ME MY PHONE BACK.
YO, WHO
IS THIS CHARLES GUY?
SHE HAD BEEN TELLING HIM
THAT SHE WAS 21.
LIKE, THEY WERE GONNA MEET.
WITH A PACK
OF ONLINE PREDATORS...
SHE'S KIND-HEARTED, AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE COULD USE HER.
THERE WAS ONE GUY THAT WAS
A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.
I TOLD MY MOM, I WAS LIKE,
"I DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEELING
ABOUT THIS."
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
BECAUSE WE GOT A LITTLE LAX.
THINGS JUST
SNOWBALLED FROM THERE.
ANGIE ALLEN IS ONLY 15,
BUT SHE'S GROWING UP FAST.
ALREADY, SHE'S FANTASIZING
ABOUT HAVING A REAL BOYFRIEND,
HER FIRST.
IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT
GROWING UP IN VAN BUREN
WHEN YOU'RE 14 OR 15.
ANGIE WAS MY ONLY FRIEND
I REALLY, YOU KNOW, CARED ABOUT.
SHOW ME THAT PICTURE
OF JOSH AGAIN.
OKAY.
ANGIE MET CHEYENNE A YEAR AGO.
NOW THEY'RE INSEPARABLE
AND SPEND HOURS LOOKING
AT PHOTOS OF BOYS.
I KNOW.
ME AND ANGIE
CLICKED RIGHT THERE.
WE JUST KNEW AUTOMATICALLY
WE WERE BEST FRIENDS.
THINK YOUR MOM'S GONNA
GET YOU A PHONE SOON?
I'M WORKING ON IT.
ANGIE SHOWED NOTHING
BUT HAPPINESS AND JOY.
I HONESTLY WISHED
I COULD'VE BEEN LIKE HER.
ANGIE AND HER BROTHER, SETH,
LIVE IN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING
IN VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS.
HEY, ANGE.
HEY, CHEY.
HOW'S IT GOING, SETH?
NOT TOO BAD.
WE GET ALONG PRETTY GOOD.
IT'S NORMAL
BROTHER-SISTER THING.
LIKE, WE'LL ARGUE A LOT,
BUT, I MEAN, THAT'S NORMAL.
I'LL CATCH YOU LATER.
BYE.
HEY, SETH.
TELL MOM I'LL BE IN
IN A MINUTE, OKAY?
SHE'S ALWAYS LOVED HER BROTHER.
THEY'RE LIKE PEAS IN A POD.
SHE IS A HUGE ROMANTIC.
HER FAVORITE KIND OF MOVIES ARE,
LIKE, PRINCE CHARMING
AND, YOU KNOW,
IT'S JUST EVERYTHING
FALLS TOGETHER AND HAPPY ENDING.
SHE'S JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE SHE IS IN THIS WORLD
AND, LIKE, WHAT SHE'S GONNA
DO WITH HER LIFE.
ANGIE AND SETH
ARE BEING RAISED
BY THEIR GRANDMOTHER, COLLEEN.
COLLEEN'S POOR HEALTH
HAS FORCED HER TO RELY
ON GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
SHE HAS NO MONEY FOR LUXURIES
LIKE A COMPUTER OR A CELLPHONE
FOR EITHER CHILD.
WHEN I WAS SIX MONTHS, MY DAD
WALKED OUT ON ME AND MY SISTER.
AND MY BIOLOGICAL MOM
IS UNFIT AS A PARENT.
I'VE ALWAYS GREW UP
CALLING MY GRANDMA MOM.
ANGELA.
FAMILIES TAKE CARE OF FAMILIES.
AND, YES, IT IS A...
A HARD, DIFFICULT
DECISION TO MAKE,
BUT THAT'S HOW YOU KEEP
YOUR FAMILIES TOGETHER,
IS BY STEPPING UP
AND TAKING CARE
OF YOUR LOVED ONES.
HEY, MOM. I'M, I'M GOING
TO THE LIBRARY
AFTER SCHOOL TOMORROW
JUST TO USE THE COMPUTER.
I DID NOT WANT
TO SEE ANYTHING HAPPEN
TO EITHER ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN.
SO THEY BECAME MY LIFE.
IS THAT NICE BOY JAMIE
STILL WALKING YOU TO SCHOOL?
I'M NOT TALKING WITH YOU
ABOUT BOYS, MOM.
I WAS JUST ASKING.
I TOOK ON THESE TWO,
AND I THOUGHT, "MY GOSH."
THERE'S A LITTLE MORE
THAN WHAT I BIT OFF,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S WORTH IT.
IN THE END, IT'S WORTH IT.
THEY'D HAVE TIMES
WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH MONEY,
BUT HER GRANDMA WOULD ALWAYS PUT
HER AND SETH FIRST.
NO MATTER HOW THINGS WENT,
SHE ALWAYS MADE SURE
THEY HAD FOOD ON THE TABLE.
TODAY IS
ANGIE'S SWEET 16 BIRTHDAY.
COLLEEN HAS SCRAPED TOGETHER
ENOUGH MONEY
TO BUY HER
A VERY SPECIAL PRESENT.
SHE WAS SO EXCITED TO TURN 16.
SHE HAD THIS 16 BALLOON
MADE AND EVERYTHING.
IT WAS PRETTY MUCH ALL PINK.
SHE GOT
HER DREAM BIRTHDAY PARTY.
ANGELA HAD BEEN, "MOM,
I GOT A BIRTHDAY COMING UP.
HEY, MOM, YOU SEE THIS?
I NEED A NEW PHONE."
JUST FOR YOU.
HAPPY SWEET 16.
STOP.
I LOVE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HONEY.
I'VE NEVER SEEN
SOMEONE THAT HAPPY.
LIKE, SHE WAS JUST ECSTATIC.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
- THANK YOU, SETH.
ANGIE HAS BEEN LONGING
FOR THIS MOMENT.
NOW SHE CAN BE JUST LIKE
THE POPULAR GIRLS.
EXCITED, SHE JOINS GAMING
SITE MOCOSPACE AND FACEBOOK
WITH PUBLIC ACCESS
TO HER ACCOUNTS.
I WASN'T REALLY WORRIED ABOUT
HER GETTING ON THE INTERNET
BECAUSE I KNEW THAT ALL
OF HER FRIENDS
HAD, FACEBOOK AND,
THINGS LIKE THAT,
AND THAT'S HOW THEY STAYED
IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER.
SHE'S FALLING IN WITH
THE REST OF HER FRIENDS.
SHE'S CONSTANTLY TEXTING.
SHE LOVED TAKING
PICTURES OF HERSELF EVERY DAY,
AND SHE'D POST 'EM ALL
ON FACEBOOK
BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT OF IT AS,
"I'M BEAUTIFUL,
SO I'M GONNA SHOW IT."
YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
- OKAY.
WITH NO EXPERIENCE
ON THE INTERNET,
COLLEEN CAN'T TEACH ANGIE
HOW TO STAY SAFE ONLINE.
I DID NOT REALLY REALIZE
HOW MUCH THESE PHONES COULD DO.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT
AT THE TIME.
BUT SETH SEES HOW QUICKLY
HIS SISTER GETS OBSESSED
WITH HER NEW LIFE ONLINE.
IT WAS AROUND 2:00,
3:00 IN THE MORNING.
I CONSTANTLY KEPT HEARING
A RINGTONE
COMING FROM MY SISTER'S ROOM.
HE KNOWS THAT
IF ANGIE'S ENTERING CHAT ROOMS,
THEY ARE SOMETIMES POPULATED
BY ADULTS WHO PREY ON CHILDREN.
NO, WHO IS THIS?
HE, TOLD ME
HIS NAME WAS CHARLES.
NO, WHY ARE YOU CALLING
A 16-YEAR-OLD
AT 2:00
IN THE MORNING?
AT THE TIME, I BELIEVED
HE WAS, ABOUT 30.
SHE HAD BEEN TELLING HIM
THAT SHE WAS 21,
GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY
OF ARKANSAS.
NO.
SHE'S NOT IN COLLEGE.
LIKE, THEY WERE GONNA MEET
IN ABOUT A WEEK.
NO, JUST DON'T CALL
THIS NUMBER BACK, OKAY?
WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?
GIVE ME MY PHONE BACK.
YO,
WHO IS THIS CHARLES?
AND, THAT'S
WHEN I FINALLY FOUND OUT
THAT SHE WAS GETTING
ON CHAT ROOMS.
TALK TO YOU.
- YOU'RE NOT MY DAD.
STOP TELLING ME
WHAT TO DO.
WHEN SHE FOUND OUT THAT...
WHAT I HAD DONE,
SHE CAME AT ME,
LIKE, FURIOUS, AND,
LIKE, CUSSED ME OUT.
- GET OUT. I HATE YOU.
- DOING THIS FOR YOU, OKAY.
COLLEEN IS AWOKEN
BY THE SCREAMING ARGUMENT...
WHY ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT IT LIKE...
NO, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, ANGELA.
- WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE?
- DON'T TELL HER.
...AND SHOCKED
TO LEARN THAT THE FIGHT
IS ABOUT A MAN
CALLING 16-YEAR-OLD ANGELA
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
THE LOOK ON MY MOM'S FACE
WHEN SHE HEARD ABOUT THAT
WAS JUST SHOCK.
ARE YOU TALKING
TO OLDER GUYS ONLINE?
NO. JUST...
IT'S...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, ANGELA?
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.
ANGIE, YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS
TALKING TO OLDER GUYS.
MOM, LIKE, YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M SERIOUS, ANGELA.
YOU HAVE NO CLUE
OF WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO,
WHOM YOU ARE DEALING WITH.
IT'S GOT TO STOP.
...BUSINESS
TALKING TO OLDER GUYS.
COLLEEN AND SETH FINALLY
TALK SOME SENSE INTO ANGIE.
SHE PROMISES NOT TO LOG IN
TO ANY MORE CHAT ROOMS.
SHE'S,
MORE NAIVE THAN ANYTHING.
SHE JUST GOES TO A SITE,
YOU KNOW, EXPECTS IT TO BE OKAY,
YOU KNOW, NOTHING
BAD'S GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT ANGIE IS ABOUT TO FIND OUT
JUST HOW BAD THINGS CAN GET
IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL ONLINE.
ANGIE'S FRIEND, LORRAINE,
HAS GOTTEN INVOLVED
WITH A MIDDLE-AGED MAN
FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
EARL DELMAR PIGG.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
JUST OUT FOR A DRIVE.
WITH HIM?
YEAH.
BUT HE'S SO CREEPY.
IT'LL BE FUN.
HI.
MR. PIGG WAS AN OLDER GENTLEMAN
THAT WOULD...
HE WOULD BEFRIEND TEENAGE GIRLS,
BUY 'EM THINGS,
TAKE 'EM PLACES, YOU KNOW,
AND HE WOULD REALLY
FOCUS ON GIRLS
THAT WERE
THE LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES.
ANGIE'S UNNERVED BY
LORRAINE'S CHOICE OF BOYFRIEND.
SHE BEGINS TO THINK COLLEEN
AND HER BROTHER ARE RIGHT.
SHE SHOULD STICK
TO BOYS HER OWN AGE.
SOON, SHE GETS A FRIEND REQUEST
FROM A BOY NAMED JOHN.
HE'S 17, REALLY CUTE,
AND GOES TO ANOTHER
HIGH SCHOOL NEARBY.
ANGIE WAS BEING
A NORMAL TEENAGE GIRL,
LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT
OF ROMANCE.
IN A MATTER OF DAYS,
JOHN BECOMES ANGIE'S
ONLINE BOYFRIEND.
THEY CONSTANTLY TEXT EACH OTHER.
GO AHEAD.
I JUST GOT A TEXT.
SHE DID TELL ME
THAT SHE WAS INTO A GUY,
AND I ASKED HER IF SHE KNEW HIM.
AND SHE WAS LIKE, "YEAH."
JOHN ASKS TO SEE
A PICTURE OF ANGIE
DRESSED UP FOR CHURCH.
SHE'S HAPPY TO OBLIGE.
SHE NEVER TOLD ME
HIS NAME OR ANYTHING.
SHE JUST SAID, "YOU KNOW,
I REALLY CARE ABOUT HIM.
I KNOW HE'S THE ONE.
YOU KNOW, HE'S
MY PRINCE CHARMING."
AND SHE TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW,
HE'S BASICALLY THE ONE
SHE WANTS TO BE WITH
FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.
HE'S SO CUTE.
OKAY, LET'S GO.
- YEAH.
- EVERYTHING GOOD?
YEAH.
ANGIE'S ROMANCE
WITH 17-YEAR-OLD JOHN
HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR TWO WEEKS NOW.
SHE HASN'T MET HIM
IN PERSON YET,
BUT HE'S ALWAYS WITH HER.
HE MAKES HER FEEL SAFE.
I'M SORRY.
TONIGHT, ANGIE IS BABYSITTING
FOR SOME KIDS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BYE, ANGIE.
WE WON'T BE LATE.
BYE, HAVE A NICE TIME.
ONCE THE PARENTS LEAVE,
SHE GOES RIGHT BACK
TO TEXTING WITH JOHN.
AS THEY ARE TEXTING,
JOHN MAKES A NEW REQUEST
FOR A SPECIAL KIND
OF SELFIE, A SEXY ONE.
ANGIE HESITATES.
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO.
BUT HE IS HER BOYFRIEND.
SHE CAN TRUST HIM, RIGHT?
WITH HER FEELING
HOW SHE WAS TOWARDS HIM,
LIKE SHE WAS ACTUALLY GONNA
BE WITH HIM FOREVER,
"HE DON'T WANT JUST MY BODY.
HE WANTS ME."
SO GOTTA GIVE HIM SOMETHING
THAT SHE WANTS TO SHOW HIM
THAT SHE'S ACTUALLY
VERY HAPPY WITH HIM.
AND THAT HE CAN BE
HAPPY WITH HER.
ANGIE CAVES UNDER PRESSURE,
UNAWARE THAT SHE'S CHANGING
THE COURSE OF HER LIFE FOREVER.
IT CONCERNS ME
THAT MY SISTER'S
NOT LISTENING TO ANYONE,
AND, "I'M JUST
GONNA DO MY OWN THING.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING
YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME."
16-YEAR-OLD ANGIE ALLEN'S
NEW 17-YEAR-OLD
ONLINE BOYFRIEND JOHN
HAS PERSUADED HER TO TEXT HIM
SOME TOPLESS SELFIES.
NOW SHE WONDERS IF SHE HAS MADE
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
SHE'S KIND-HEARTED AND LOVABLE
TO AN EXTENT OF THE FACT
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
CAN USE HER IF THEY WANTED TO.
BUT JOHN ISN'T
SATISFIED WITH WHAT ANGIE SENT.
AS SOON AS SHE GETS HOME
FROM BABYSITTING,
HE PUSHES HER FOR MORE.
FELT LIKE I COULD TRUST HER.
I FELT LIKE I HAD
GOTTEN THROUGH TO HER
THAT THE INTERNET
WAS NOT A SAFE PLACE.
COLLEEN HAS NO IDEA
WHAT HER TEENAGE GRANDDAUGHTER
IS DEALING WITH.
SHE'S NEVER EVEN HEARD
OF A SELFIE.
I'VE GOT
YOUR FRESH CLOTHES.
JUST LEAVE IT.
I'M... I'M STUDYING.
WELL, I'LL JUST LEAVE 'EM HERE
ON YOUR BED.
NO, MOM.
NO.
WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT,
"WELL, I'M STUDYING, MOM."
OKAY, I BELIEVED HER.
AND, YOU KNOW,
IF A CHILD'S STUDYING,
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT 'EM TO PASS,
YOU DON'T GO BARGING IN AND SAY,
"AHA, GOTCHA."
YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE 'EM
AT THEIR WORD.
A FEW DAYS AFTER
ANGIE SHARES
HER EXPLICIT PHOTOS WITH JOHN,
SHE FEELS SILLY ABOUT WORRYING
WHAT JOHN MIGHT DO WITH THEM.
ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012,
ANGIE WAS JUST AS HAPPY
AS SHE COULD BE.
HER EYES WERE SPARKLING
BECAUSE SHE WAS...
SHE WAS JUST THAT HAPPY.
GOING FOR A WALK.
BE BACK BY 10:00,
MOM.
COLLEEN HAS NO IDEA
THAT HER TEENAGE GRANDDAUGHTER
IS HEADING TO A DARK,
HALF-EMPTY PARKING LOT
TO MEET A STRANGER.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
BECAUSE WE GOT A LITTLE LAX
OR IF WE JUST KIND OF BACKED
OFF A LITTLE BIT,
AND IT... THINGS JUST
SNOWBALLED FROM THERE.
I... I... I DON'T KNOW.
THE DAY AFTER
HER RENDEZVOUS
WITH HER ONLINE BOYFRIEND,
ANGIE IS ON EDGE.
ANGELA,
HOW WAS YOUR DAY?
HOW DO YOU THINK
MY DAY WAS, YOU MORON?
- LIKE, WHY DO YOU ASK ME SUCH STUPID
QUESTIONS? - ANGELA, CALM DOWN.
ON FRIDAY,
AFTER WE GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL,
IT KIND OF SEEMED
LIKE ANGELA'S TRYING
TO START AN ARGUMENT WITH ME.
SHE JUST CAME IN AND STARTED,
LIKE, NAGGING ME, YOU KNOW,
JUST, LIKE,
INSULTING ME LEFT AND RIGHT.
- CALM DOWN?
- YO, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS...
SETH AND ANGIE DID GET
INTO AN ARGUMENT.
DID I DO ANYTHING
TO YOU?
YOU TWO NEED TO KNOCK IT OFF
AND KNOCK IT OFF NOW.
THAT'S ALL YOU GOT
IN THIS WORLD IS EACH OTHER.
JUST BE NICE
TO EACH OTHER, OKAY?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M JUST GONNA GO TO JAKE'S.
FINALLY.
BACK IN THE MORNING.
I'M GOING FOR A WALK.
I WAS WATCHING TV
TO SEE WHAT THE WEATHER
WAS GONNA DO, AND...
AND, THEN I WENT TO BED.
THE NEXT MORNING,
COLLEEN GOES TO WAKE UP ANGIE
AS USUAL.
ANGIE?
I LOOKED IN ANGIE'S ROOM,
AND HER BED
HAD NOT BEEN SLEPT IN.
I HAD NO CLUE
WHERE ANGELA WAS AT.
I EVEN TRIED CALLING HER PHONE.
I NEVER GOT ANY RESPONSE.
I CALLED SETH AND TOLD SETH
THAT HE NEEDED TO GET HOME
AND THAT WE HAD
A FAMILY CRISIS GOING ON.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHAT'S ALL THE PANIC ABOUT?
ANGIE NEVER CAME HOME
LAST NIGHT.
CAN YOU THINK OF WHERE SHE'S AT?
- I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE SHE'S AT A FRIEND'S.
DID YOU TRY LAURA?
MAYBE SHE'S JUST STILL ASLEEP
AND SHE'LL BE HOME
IN A LITTLE BIT.
AND I GUESS...
I GUESS, JUST, ME...
ME AND MY MOM WERE JUST, LIKE,
REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE THAT WAS JUST OUT
OF THE ORDINARY FOR HER.
WE CALLED THE POLICE.
AND I TOLD 'EM
WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
AND HE SAID,"
SHE JUST RUN AWAY."
THE PATROL OFFICERS
THAT RESPONDED SATURDAY MORNING,
THEY INITIALLY THOUGHT,
YOU KNOW,
IT WAS JUST
A ROUTINE RUNAWAY REPORT.
SINCE RUNAWAY CASES
DON'T IMMEDIATELY
TRIGGER POLICE ACTION,
COLLEEN AND SETH
HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO WAIT
FOR ANGIE TO TURN UP
OF HER OWN VOLITION.
BUT A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER,
A FRIEND OF ANGIE'S
ARRIVES WITH GOOD NEWS.
HI.
I JUST GOT THIS TEXT
FROM ANGIE.
COLLEEN READS ANGIE'S TEXT.
SHE SAYS SHE'S
WITH SOMEONE NAMED JASON.
SHE WAS IN A CAMARO
HEADED TOWARDS LITTLE ROCK.
I KNEW THAT DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT.
THAT'S NOT ANGIE.
I DON'T KNOW
ANY OF THESE PEOPLE.
AND SHE WOULDN'T BE GOING
TO LITTLE ROCK
WITHOUT TALKING TO US
ABOUT IT.
I TOLD THE POLICE
ABOUT THE TEXT MESSAGES.
COLLEEN IS SUSPICIOUS
ABOUT THE MESSAGE.
BUT, TO THE POLICE,
IT DOESN'T CHANGE THEIR VIEW
THAT SHE'S PROBABLY
JUST A RUNAWAY.
MEANWHILE,
IN THEIR SEARCH FOR ANGIE,
SETH AND CHEYENNE PASS
BY EARL DELMAR PIGG'S HOUSE
UNAWARE HE HAS A RECORD.
AT THAT TIME, HE WAS OUT ON
BOND, FOR ONE COUNT.
I BELIEVE IT WAS RAPE, UM,
OF A YOUNGER GIRL.
AND I BELIEVE SHE WAS 15, 16,
WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN
THE SAME AGE OF ANGELA ALLEN.
I WAS JUST WONDERING
IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS GIRL.
IF I HEAR ANYTHING,
I'LL TOUCH BASE RIGHT AWAY.
IT'S NOW MONDAY.
ANGIE WAS LAST SEEN
THREE DAYS AGO
LEAVING FOR A WALK
ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
SETH COMBS THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
DESPERATE TO FIND HIS SISTER.
PATROL OFFICERS CHECKED
WITH THE FAMILY, FRIENDS
AND PRETTY MUCH
RULED OUT ANYBODY
THAT SHE WAS CLOSE TO.
THAT'S AT THE POINT
THAT WE DECIDED, "OKAY.
WELL, MAYBE THIS IS MORE
THAN JUST A RUNAWAY.
LET'S START LOOKING INTO IT
A LITTLE BIT MORE."
FIVE DAYS
AFTER ANGIE DISAPPEARED,
COLLEEN AND ANGIE'S BROTHER,
SETH, ARE BESIDE THEMSELVES,
AND THE POLICE CAN'T FIND
A SINGLE LEAD ON ANGIE
AS A RUNAWAY.
THE VAN BUREN POLICE
DECIDE THAT THEY NEED
TO REACH OUT TO THE FBI.
IT WAS FEBRUARY 15th,
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL
THAT, ADVISED
THAT THERE WAS
AN ENDANGERED RUNAWAY
FROM VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS.
THE CONCERN AT THE TIME WAS
THAT THEY HAD RUN
OUT OF LEADS AS TO...
TO WHERE SHE WAS.
SINCE THE FBI HAD GOTTEN
INVOLVED IN IT, YOU KNOW,
I FELT THAT WE WERE GONNA
ACTUALLY MAKE SOME PROGRESS.
ME AND MY MOM
WERE THINKING, YOU KNOW,
"SHE'S GONNA BE HOME
SOON," YOU KNOW,
"WE'RE GONNA
HAVE OUR ANGELA BACK."
PATTI?
IT'S JIM.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
INVESTIGATOR PATTI STROUD
KNOWS SHE HAS HER WORK
CUT OUT FOR HER.
ANGIE ALREADY HAS
A 5-DAY HEAD START.
I LOOKED FOR INFORMATION
THROUGH THE INTERNET
TO LOCATE PEOPLE,
AND THE FIRST THING
I WANTED TO DO,
WHAT I FELT WAS IMPORTANT
IN THIS CASE,
WAS TRACKING
HER CELLPHONE RECORD.
ANALYZING ANGIE'S
CELLPHONE ACTIVITY MEANS SORTING
THROUGH HUNDREDS OF PAGES
OF MESSAGES, ALL RANDOM,
WITHOUT CORRESPONDING DATES
OR TIMES.
AT THIS POINT,
EVERYBODY WAS ON MY RADAR.
SHE'S VERY ACTIVE IN...
ON THE INTERNET.
WE FOUND WHERE SHE'D BEEN
IN CONTACT WITH SEVERAL
OUT-OF-STATE PHONE NUMBERS
AS WELL AS LOCAL.
INVESTIGATOR STROUD
STARTS TO MATCH EACH TEXT
WITH ITS REPLY.
SOON, A FEW NUMBERS LEAP OUT.
ONE IN PARTICULAR
IS VERY WORRYING.
THERE WAS ONE GUY,
MR. WILKINSON,
THAT WAS FROM CABOT THAT WAS
A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.
RIGHT NOW, HE POTENTIALLY
IS A SUSPECT.
YEP.
WE HAVE TO PICK UP WILKINSON
RIGHT AWAY.
16-YEAR-OLD ANGIE ALLEN
HAS BEEN MISSING FOR 5 DAYS.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE ZEROED IN
ON A POSSIBLE SUSPECT,
A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER
WHOSE PHONE NUMBER SHOWS UP
IN ANGIE'S CELL RECORDS.
INVESTIGATOR PATTI STROUD KNOWS
THEY NEED TO FIND
ANGIE'S CELLPHONE FAST.
EVERY TEENAGE GIRL,
THEY LOVE THEIR CELLPHONE,
SO THEY'RE GONNA
KEEP THOSE CLOSE,
ESPECIALLY IF THEY'VE RAN AWAY.
SO I REALLY FELT THAT WE NEEDED
TO DO AN EMERGENCY PHONE PING
AND, SEE IF WE COULD TRACK
HER LOCATION ON HER CELLPHONE.
ACCORDING TO HER PHONE RECORDS,
THE LAST TIME ANGIE USED
HER CELLPHONE
WAS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11th,
TO TEXT HER FRIEND
THAT SHE WAS IN A CAMARO HEADING
FOR LITTLE ROCK.
DETECTIVES GO TO THE EXACT PLACE
INDICATED BY ANGIE'S PHONE PING,
ON HIGHWAY 22
NEAR LAVACA, ARKANSAS.
BUT IT'S THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,
AND THE LOCATION YIELDS NOTHING.
I SENT A DETECTIVE
DOWN TO THAT AREA
TO TRACK WHERE THAT PHONE WAS,
BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE
THE PHONE OR ANGELA.
MORE DISAPPOINTING
NEWS COMES NEXT.
CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER
MR. WILKINSON
HAS AN ALIBI FOR THE NIGHT
OF ANGIE'S DISAPPEARANCE.
HE'S CLEARED OF SUSPICION.
THEN, JUST AS INVESTIGATORS SEEM
TO BE HITTING A DEAD-END,
COLLEEN GETS
A SURPRISE OFFER OF HELP.
EARL PIGG.
HE DID COME AROUND.
HE, HE TRIED
TO HELP FIND ANGIE.
HE EVEN GAVE ME HIS NUMBER.
UNCOMFORTABLE,
COLLEEN CALLS THE POLICE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY
HE WOULD KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT ANGELA.
AND THEY KNOW WHO I WAS
TALKING ABOUT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
THAT POPPED DELMAR
UP ON THE RADAR
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
AS SOMEBODY TO BE INTERESTED IN.
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR SUSPECTS
TO INSERT THEMSELVES
INTO THE INVESTIGATION.
KNOWING HIM,
KNOWING WHAT HE HAD BEEN,
DOING IN THE PAST,
IF HE'S COME FORWARD
AND INJECTED HIMSELF
IN THE INVESTIGATION,
THEN THERE'S A REASON
BEHIND THAT.
THE AUTHORITIES HAVE
BEEN SEARCHING FOR ANGIE
FOR SIX DAYS,
AND NOW INVESTIGATOR STROUD
FINALLY IDENTIFIES
WHOM ANGIE LAST TEXTED
ON THE NIGHT SHE VANISHED.
IT'S NOT HER ONLINE BOYFRIEND
OF A FEW WEEKS,
JOHN, OR JASON,
THE GUY WITH THE CAMARO.
I'VE GOT A NAME.
I'VE GOT A NUMBER.
THE NUMBER BELONGS TO A MAN
NAMED LLOYD COLLINS JONES.
ONCE WE SEE THE NAME
LLOYD COLLINS JONES,
THEN THINGS
KICKED INTO OVERDRIVE.
HE IS SOMEBODY THAT CAN TELL US,
IF HE'S INCLINED TO TALK TO US,
"I MET WITH HER.
I LEFT.
THIS HAPPENED AFTER I LEFT."
LLOYD COULD'VE BEEN
A WEALTH OF INFORMATION,
HAD HE BEEN JUST AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO HAPPENED TO HAVE
THE LAST PHONE CONTACT WITH HER,
LEFT AND HAD NO INVOLVEMENT.
SPECIAL AGENT CAUDLE
TRACES 36-YEAR-OLD
LLOYD COLLINS JONES
TO A FARM
WHERE HE WORKS IN LAVACA.
AND IT'S CLOSE TO WHERE ANGIE
SENT HER LAST TEXT
ABOUT BEING IN A BLACK CAMARO.
HE AGREED TO COME IN,
SO THEY TRANSPORTED HIM
INTO THE...
THE CRAWFORD COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
MEANWHILE, INVESTIGATOR STROUD
PORES OVER ANGIE'S
CELLPHONE RECORDS.
SHE NEEDS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
HER RELATIONSHIP WITH JONES.
WE ESSENTIALLY ARE TRYING
TO... TO LEARN,
FROM... FROM LLOYD,
HOW HE CAME TO KNOW ANGELA,
HOW THEY MET,
WHEN THEY MET,
HOW LONG THEY HAD
KNOWN EACH OTHER,
IF HE COULD JUST EXPLAIN
THE RELATIONSHIP TO US.
ANGELA ALLEN,
DO YOU KNOW HER?
I KNOW HER.
HE WAS VERY FORTHCOMING.
I'M A LEVEL-3
SEX OFFENDER,
AND I ENJOY MEETING
YOUNG WOMEN ONLINE.
BUT HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY WERE 18 YEARS
OLD OR OLDER.
THEY HAD MET
APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS
PRIOR TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10th.
THEY HAD MET ONLINE
OVER A WEBSITE CALLED MBUZZY.
THAT WAS A NEW ONE TO ME.
INVESTIGATOR STROUD
IS TRYING TO PLOW
THROUGH ANGIE'S
CELLPHONE RECORDS
BEFORE JONES WALKS OUT THE DOOR.
WHEN LLOYD WAS BEING QUESTIONED,
I HAD PROBABLY 200 OR 300 PAGES
OF TEXT
THAT I'M TRYING TO GO THROUGH
TO TRY TO SORT OUT
THEIR CONVERSATION
AND TRY TO GIVE THEM
MORE INFORMATION
TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
IN THE RACE TO FIND
ANGIE, INVESTIGATOR STROUD
KNOWS SHE'S PROBABLY
HOLDING THE ONLY CLUES
THAT MIGHT SAVE HER,
AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
WE'RE TREADING VERY LIGHTLY
BECAUSE, AT THIS POINT,
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY,
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YET
TO REFUTE WHAT HE'S SAYING,
AND, QUITE FRANKLY, HIS...
HIS STORY IS VERY PLAUSIBLE.
WE MET ON A FRIDAY
ABOUT 6:00, 6:30.
IT WAS IN A PARKING LOT
IN A HOSPITAL.
VAN BUREN HOSPITAL IS,
WITHIN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD
AS ANGELA ALLEN'S HOME.
SHE SHOWED UP.
SHE GETS IN THE TRUCK,
AND THEY HAVE A CONVERSATION.
HOW'S IT GOING?
GOOD. SO IT'S REALLY NICE
TO MEET YOU.
SHE THEN DECIDES TO TELL HIM
THAT SHE'S ONLY 16.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY 16.
SHE SAID 16,
AND I FLIPPED OUT.
I MEAN, I CAN GET CLIPPED JUST
FOR HAVING HER IN MY TRUCK.
DEFINE "FLIPPED OUT."
GET OUT.
HE SAID HE PANICKED BECAUSE
HE'S A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.
HE KNEW HER BEING
IN HIS TRUCK WITH HIM,
THAT WAS ENOUGH TO GET
HIM SENT BACK TO... TO JAIL.
I KICKED HER
OUT OF THE TRUCK.
GET OUT!
THEN JONES DROPS A BOMBSHELL.
HE TELLS US
THAT A BLACK CAMARO
PULLS IN BEHIND HIM,
AND SHE JUMPS OUT AND HEADS
BACK TO THE BLACK CAMARO.
ANGIE HAD TEXTED HER FRIEND
ABOUT BEING IN A BLACK CAMARO
THE DAY SHE WAS
REPORTED MISSING.
SOME BLACK CAMARO
PULLED UP BEHIND ME.
SHE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK.
SHE GOT INTO THE CAR.
THAT'S THE LAST I SAW OF HER.
THAT'S IT.
SHE JUST DROVE OFF
INTO THE NIGHT?
THAT'S IT.
WHEN LLOYD PROVIDED
THIS TEXT-MESSAGE ALIBI
ABOUT THE BLACK CAMARO,
CONCERN WENT UP.
WE WEREN'T REALLY
BUYING THAT STORY.
MIND IF I TAKE
A SMOKE BREAK?
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
LET'S TAKE A BREAK.
THAT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GO OUT,
MEET WITH SOME
OF THE INVESTIGATORS
WHO WERE WAITING TO SEE
IF WE CAN GET ANYTHING
THAT EITHER CORROBORATES
THE STORY
THROUGH THE TEXT MESSAGES,
THROUGH THE CELLULAR DATA
THAT... THAT...
THAT PATTI'S WORKING ON,
OR IF IT SHOWS US THAT...
THAT HE'S BEING LESS
THAN TRUTHFUL TO US.
I KEPT THINKING,
"SHE'S GONNA WALK
THROUGH THAT DOOR.
I'M GONNA HUG HER,
AND I'M GONNA LOVE HER,
AND THEN I'M GONNA YELL AT HER
AND I'M GONNA GROUND HER.
I'M GONNA TAKE THAT PHONE.
I'M GONNA BREAK IT.
BUT I'M GONNA HUG HER AGAIN."
I KEPT ON TELLING MYSELF,
"IT'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY."
ANGIE.
16-YEAR-OLD ANGIE ALLEN
HAS BEEN MISSING FOR 6 DAYS,
BUT HER GRANDMOTHER, COLLEEN,
IS STILL EXPECTING HER TO WALK
THROUGH THE DOOR.
ANGIE.
I THOUGHT
THAT MIGHT BE ANGIE.
I... I TOLD MY MOM,
I WAS LIKE,
"I DON'T HAVE
A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THIS."
NO, DON'T YOU DARE
BE NEGATIVE.
AND MY MOM LOOKED AT ME,
AND SHE SAID, "DON'T YOU EVER
SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN."
IT WAS JUST REALLY
STARTING TO GET TO ME.
FOLLOWING HIS INTERROGATION
WITH KNOWN SEX OFFENDER
LLOYD COLLINS JONES,
SPECIAL AGENT CAUDLE FINDS
SOME TROUBLING DISCREPANCIES
IN JONES' ACCOUNT
OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ANGIE.
WHY DON'T YOU LOSE
THAT HAT?
I HAD RECEIVED SOME DOCUMENTS
FROM PATTI STROUD
REGARDING TEXT MESSAGES.
SO NOW I HAVE SOME INFORMATION
THAT I CAN ATTACK HIM WITH.
LLOYD, IT SEEMS
LIKE YOU HAVEN'T
BEEN COMPLETELY UP FRONT
WITH US.
LLOYD'S STANDING
HAS REALLY CHANGED NOW
FROM WITNESS TO SUSPECT.
WITH EVIDENCE
POINTING HARDER AT JONES,
QUESTIONS ABOUT SUSPECTED RAPIST
EARL DELMAR PIGG START TO FADE.
ONCE WE, UM,
GOT THE TEXT MESSAGES WITH,
LLOYD JONES, WE...
WE PRETTY MUCH PUT
MR. PIGG ASIDE.
STILL, MR. PIGG
ISN'T OFF THE HOOK.
A SECOND VICTIM COMES FORWARD
IN HIS RAPE CASE,
AND SOON HE'S SERVING TIME
FOR 11 COUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
SPECIAL AGENT CAUDLE NOW
BELIEVES THAT LLOYD JONES
ABDUCTED ANGIE
THAT FRIDAY NIGHT IN FEBRUARY.
BUT INVESTIGATOR STROUD
IS STILL PORING
OVER ANGIE'S PHONE RECORDS,
TRYING TO FIND DIRECT EVIDENCE
OF JONES' CONNECTION
TO ANGIE'S DISAPPEARANCE.
I TOLD YOU
EVERYTHING I KNOW.
I'M TELLING YOU
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.
AT LAST, STROUD ORGANIZES
ALL OF ANGIE'S RANDOM
CELLPHONE DATA
INTO A TIMELINE,
AND THE TRUE STORY EMERGES.
GO AHEAD.
I JUST GOT A TEXT.
WHEN I GOT TO PUT 'EM
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
AND VIEW THE TEXT MESSAGES,
IT REALLY APPEARED TO ME
THAT HE KNEW
THAT SHE WAS YOUNG.
HE KNEW THAT SHE WAS NOT 18.
LLOYD JONES HAD USED JOHN
AS A FAKE NAME FOR A BOYFRIEND.
KID THOUGHT SHE WAS
MEETING A GUY NAMED JOHN.
WE DETERMINED THAT SHE'D BEEN
TALKING TO LLOYD JONES.
HE'S 36 YEARS OLD,
TELLING HER HE'S 17.
THE FIRST TIME SHE MET HIM,
I BELIEVE THEY MET
AT THE HOSPITAL PARKING LOT,
AND SHE CAME OVER TO HIS TRUCK.
THE WAY THE TEXT MESSAGES READ
IS THAT SHE WENT TO THE TRUCK,
BUT SHE WOULDN'T GET
INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE.
HEY, GIRL.
WHY DON'T YOU HOP ON IN?
ANGIE RUNS BACK HOME
AFTER HER FIRST ENCOUNTER
WITH JOHN THAT THURSDAY NIGHT.
SHE REALIZES,
FOR THE FIRST TIME,
HE'S NOT WHO HE SAYS HE IS,
AND HE'S NOT 17.
INVESTIGATOR STROUD
SEARCHES FOR TEXTS
TO EXPLAIN WHY ANGIE WENT BACK
FOR THAT SECOND MEETING
THE NEXT NIGHT.
HE WAS BASICALLY
BLACKMAILING HER
TO GET HER TO MEET HIM AGAIN.
AFTER JONES PRESSURED ANGIE
INTO SENDING HIM
TOPLESS SELFIES,
HE KNEW SHE WAS HIS PRISONER.
HE COULD MAKE HER DO ANYTHING
HE WANTED AT ANY TIME.
HE TOLD HER
THAT HE WOULD SHOW
EVERYBODY AT HER SCHOOL.
SO HE... HE BLACKMAILED HER
WITH THE PICTURES TO MEET HIM.
AT THE END, THAT SHE DIDN'T
WANT TO MEET HIM.
THEY HAD ARRANGED TO MEET AGAIN
IN THE PARKING LOT.
THE LAST MESSAGE, THAT HE...
HE SEES HER,
HE SENDS HER A TEXT THAT SAYS,
"HEY, BABY."
HEY, BABY GIRL.
HI.
WHY DON'T YOU COME ON IN?
YOU DON'T WANT ME TO SHOW
THOSE PRETTY PICTURES
TO YOUR FRIENDS,
DO YOU?
A LOT OF TIMES, TEENAGERS
FEEL THAT THEY'RE INVINCIBLE.
I WANT A LAWYER.
THE INTERVIEW ENDS.
HE ASKS TO SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY.
EVEN IN THE FACE
OF SO MUCH EVIDENCE,
JONES REFUSES TO CONFESS.
IT'S NEARLY A WEEK
AFTER ANGIE VANISHED,
AND SPECIAL AGENT CAUDLE
IS NO CLOSER
TO KNOWING WHERE SHE IS.
CAUDLE'S COLLEAGUE,
SPECIAL AGENT TIM ATKINS,
PAYS A VISIT
TO JONES' GIRLFRIEND.
IT COULDN'T
HAVE BEEN LLOYD.
SHE WAS TELLING TIM
THAT THERE'S NO WAY
THAT LLOYD COULD'VE DONE THIS.
HE WAS WORKING ON THEIR HOUSE.
THEY WERE BUILDING,
FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM,
A SHACK ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY
THAT A FAMILY MEMBER OWNED
THAT WAS NOT FAR FROM...
FROM WHERE THEY WERE LIVING.
AND HE CAME HOME
THAT EVENING ALL MUDDY.
AMANDA'S STORY WAS THAT HE HAD
BEEN WORKING THAT EVENING
ON THE SHACK, AND...
AND SHE KNEW THAT FOR A FACT
BECAUSE HE CAME HOME MUDDY.
UM, HE WAS WORKING
UNDER THE FOUNDATION.
SHE THINKS
SHE'S GIVEN JONES AN ALIBI.
INSTEAD, SHE'S GIVEN DETECTIVES
THEIR BIGGEST CLUE YET,
AND IT'S OMINOUS.
OUR FEAR IS BEING
REALIZED THAT WE'RE...
WE'RE PROBABLY
LOOKING FOR A BODY.
BUT NOW WE'RE STARTING
TO THINK BURIAL.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY
A DEFINING MOMENT FOR US.
WE'RE ALREADY THINKING
WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
OUR DECISION WAS,
"LET'S START WITH THE SHACK."
INVESTIGATORS ARRIVE
AT A BLEAK, HALF-BUILT SHACK
IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE ARKANSAS WOODS.
A, LADY THAT HAD A DOG
ARRIVED AT THE, THE SITE.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AROUND,
SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND.
BE AS THOROUGH
AS POSSIBLE, OKAY?
AND YOU AND YOU, COME WITH ME.
I'M GONNA CHECK OUT THIS SHACK.
THE DOG STARTED HIS SEARCHING
AND INITIALLY HITS ON...
ON THE INSIDE.
AND THEN WENT AROUND
TO THE BACK SIDE...
...AND HIT.
GUYS, WE GOT A HIT.
GET IN THERE, GUYS.
SAW AN AREA THAT,
YOU COULD TELL
HAD RECENTLY BEEN DUG UP AND...
AND... AND DIRT HAD BEEN...
BEEN PILED OVER.
THE INVESTIGATORS STARTED JUST
USING THEIR HANDS...
THROW IT AWAY.
...BECAUSE
IT WAS LOOSE-ENOUGH DIRT
AND STARTED SCRAPING AWAY.
THEY CAME ACROSS A BLUE BARREL.
IN THEIR SEARCH FOR
MISSING TEENAGER ANGIE ALLEN,
INVESTIGATORS HAVE DESCENDED
ON A REMOTE SHACK
OWNED BY PRIME SUSPECT
LLOYD COLLINS JONES.
THEY'VE JUST DISCOVERED
A RECENTLY BURIED BARREL.
THEY UNCOVERED
ENOUGH OF THE BARREL
TO FIND AN OPENING
THAT WAS STRAPPED SHUT.
AND,
THIS WAS A PLASTIC BARREL,
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO...
TO PRY THE OPENING APART ENOUGH
TO WHERE ONE OF THE OFFICERS
WAS ABLE TO REACH HIS HAND IN.
JESUS.
SHE WAS STRANGLED.
UM, IN ORDER TO PLACE HER BODY
IN THE BARREL,
APPARENTLY,
ONE OF HER KNEES,
HAD BEEN SAWED
TO A DEGREE
THAT HER BODY COULD BE...
BE PLACED IN...
IN THIS BARREL.
WE DID EXPECT, COMING IN, TO...
TO THIS ASPECT
OF THE INVESTIGATION,
THIS IS WHERE IT WAS GOING.
SO THERE WAS A SENSE OF RELIEF
THAT WE'RE ABLE
TO GIVE SOME CLOSURE
TO... TO ANGELA'S FAMILY.
LLOYD JONES IS CHARGED
WITH THE HOMICIDE
OF 16-YEAR-OLD ANGIE ALLEN.
SETH.
SETH..
WHEN ANGIE'S FAMILY
RECEIVES THE NEWS
THEY'VE BEEN DREADING
FOR SIX DAYS, IT'S UNBEARABLE.
I REMEMBER COMING OUT THAT DOOR
AND JUST HUGGING HIM
AND JUST CRYING.
LIKE, IT WAS JUST,
LIKE, DEVA... DEV...
DIDN'T WANT TO... WANT TO
BELIEVE THAT IT HAPPENED TO HER.
BUT IT WAS JUST, LIKE... LIKE...
LIKE, ALMOST FELT LIKE I JUST
LOST, LIKE, MY BEST FRIEND.
LIKE, HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT
TO SOMEONE SO YOUNG
AND SO INNOCENT?
LIKE... LIKE,
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
LIKE, THERE'S
NO REASON FOR THAT.
LIKE, THAT'S... LIKE,
THAT'S SOMEBODY'S, LIKE,
SISTER, DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW,
LIKE, AUNT OR MOM, YOU KNOW.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.
IT... IT WAS SICKENING.
I THINK LLOYD'S A COWARD.
HE TOOK AWAY HER DREAMS.
HE TOOK AWAY HER FAMILY BEING
ABLE TO SEE HER GROW UP.
IT'S SO SENSELESS.
IT'S JUST SENSELESS.
SHE HAD DIED RIGHT THERE AT...
AT LLOYD JONES' PROPERTY.
WE HAD A, OPEN CASKET,
AND WE COULD SEE WHERE, LIKE,
EVEN THROUGH ALL THE MAKEUP,
LIKE, WHERE HE HAD BEATEN HER
AND BRUISED HER AND EVERYTHING.
AND IT'S...
IT... IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANGIE.
LIKE, I KNEW IT WAS, BUT,
LIKE, IT WAS JUST...
AT... AT THAT POINT,
IT WAS JUST LIKE I HAD...
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY
IT JUST HIT,
LIKE, ROCK BOTTOM.
LIKE, THAT WAS, LIKE,
THE LOWEST I COULD GET.
LLOYD JONES PLEADED
GUILTY TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
AND WAS SENTENCED
TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON.
ANGIE'S GRANDMOTHER
IS NOW PETITIONING TO CHANGE
THE TREATMENT
OF CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS.
SHE CALLS IT ANGELA'S LAW.
LLOYD COLLINS JONES
WAS A LEVEL-3 SEX OFFENDER.
HE GOT OUT ON GOOD BEHAVIOR.
HE SHOULD'VE NEVER BEEN LET OUT.
HE SHOULD'VE BEEN MADE
TO SERVE HIS FULL TIME.
OUR LAWS HAVE TO CHANGE
TO FIT TODAY'S SOCIETY.
AND THEY'RE NOT.
I'M HOPING THAT ANGELA'S LAW
DOES GET PASSED.
IF YOU ARE A SEX OFFENDER,
YOU DON'T GET OUT
FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR.
YOU HAVE TO SERVE
ALL OF YOUR TIME,
EVERY BIT OF IT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT ANOTHER CHILD
DOES NOT GO THROUGH
WHAT ANGELA WENT THROUGH
OR WHAT MY FAMILY
AND I WENT THROUGH.
NAIVE TEENAGER...
HER FAVORITE KIND OF MOVIES ARE,
LIKE, PRINCE CHARMING
AND, YOU KNOW,
IT'S JUST EVERYTHING
FALLS TOGETHER AND HAPPY ENDING.
...GETS HER FIRST
TASTE OF CYBER FREEDOM...
I DID NOT REALLY REALIZE
HOW MUCH THESE PHONES COULD DO.
...IT'S LIKE JUMPING
INTO THE DEEP END...
WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?
GIVE ME MY PHONE BACK.
YO, WHO
IS THIS CHARLES GUY?
SHE HAD BEEN TELLING HIM
THAT SHE WAS 21.
LIKE, THEY WERE GONNA MEET.
WITH A PACK
OF ONLINE PREDATORS...
SHE'S KIND-HEARTED, AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE COULD USE HER.
THERE WAS ONE GUY THAT WAS
A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.
I TOLD MY MOM, I WAS LIKE,
"I DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEELING
ABOUT THIS."
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
BECAUSE WE GOT A LITTLE LAX.
THINGS JUST
SNOWBALLED FROM THERE.
ANGIE ALLEN IS ONLY 15,
BUT SHE'S GROWING UP FAST.
ALREADY, SHE'S FANTASIZING
ABOUT HAVING A REAL BOYFRIEND,
HER FIRST.
IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT
GROWING UP IN VAN BUREN
WHEN YOU'RE 14 OR 15.
ANGIE WAS MY ONLY FRIEND
I REALLY, YOU KNOW, CARED ABOUT.
SHOW ME THAT PICTURE
OF JOSH AGAIN.
OKAY.
ANGIE MET CHEYENNE A YEAR AGO.
NOW THEY'RE INSEPARABLE
AND SPEND HOURS LOOKING
AT PHOTOS OF BOYS.
I KNOW.
ME AND ANGIE
CLICKED RIGHT THERE.
WE JUST KNEW AUTOMATICALLY
WE WERE BEST FRIENDS.
THINK YOUR MOM'S GONNA
GET YOU A PHONE SOON?
I'M WORKING ON IT.
ANGIE SHOWED NOTHING
BUT HAPPINESS AND JOY.
I HONESTLY WISHED
I COULD'VE BEEN LIKE HER.
ANGIE AND HER BROTHER, SETH,
LIVE IN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING
IN VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS.
HEY, ANGE.
HEY, CHEY.
HOW'S IT GOING, SETH?
NOT TOO BAD.
WE GET ALONG PRETTY GOOD.
IT'S NORMAL
BROTHER-SISTER THING.
LIKE, WE'LL ARGUE A LOT,
BUT, I MEAN, THAT'S NORMAL.
I'LL CATCH YOU LATER.
BYE.
HEY, SETH.
TELL MOM I'LL BE IN
IN A MINUTE, OKAY?
SHE'S ALWAYS LOVED HER BROTHER.
THEY'RE LIKE PEAS IN A POD.
SHE IS A HUGE ROMANTIC.
HER FAVORITE KIND OF MOVIES ARE,
LIKE, PRINCE CHARMING
AND, YOU KNOW,
IT'S JUST EVERYTHING
FALLS TOGETHER AND HAPPY ENDING.
SHE'S JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE SHE IS IN THIS WORLD
AND, LIKE, WHAT SHE'S GONNA
DO WITH HER LIFE.
ANGIE AND SETH
ARE BEING RAISED
BY THEIR GRANDMOTHER, COLLEEN.
COLLEEN'S POOR HEALTH
HAS FORCED HER TO RELY
ON GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
SHE HAS NO MONEY FOR LUXURIES
LIKE A COMPUTER OR A CELLPHONE
FOR EITHER CHILD.
WHEN I WAS SIX MONTHS, MY DAD
WALKED OUT ON ME AND MY SISTER.
AND MY BIOLOGICAL MOM
IS UNFIT AS A PARENT.
I'VE ALWAYS GREW UP
CALLING MY GRANDMA MOM.
ANGELA.
FAMILIES TAKE CARE OF FAMILIES.
AND, YES, IT IS A...
A HARD, DIFFICULT
DECISION TO MAKE,
BUT THAT'S HOW YOU KEEP
YOUR FAMILIES TOGETHER,
IS BY STEPPING UP
AND TAKING CARE
OF YOUR LOVED ONES.
HEY, MOM. I'M, I'M GOING
TO THE LIBRARY
AFTER SCHOOL TOMORROW
JUST TO USE THE COMPUTER.
I DID NOT WANT
TO SEE ANYTHING HAPPEN
TO EITHER ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN.
SO THEY BECAME MY LIFE.
IS THAT NICE BOY JAMIE
STILL WALKING YOU TO SCHOOL?
I'M NOT TALKING WITH YOU
ABOUT BOYS, MOM.
I WAS JUST ASKING.
I TOOK ON THESE TWO,
AND I THOUGHT, "MY GOSH."
THERE'S A LITTLE MORE
THAN WHAT I BIT OFF,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S WORTH IT.
IN THE END, IT'S WORTH IT.
THEY'D HAVE TIMES
WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH MONEY,
BUT HER GRANDMA WOULD ALWAYS PUT
HER AND SETH FIRST.
NO MATTER HOW THINGS WENT,
SHE ALWAYS MADE SURE
THEY HAD FOOD ON THE TABLE.
TODAY IS
ANGIE'S SWEET 16 BIRTHDAY.
COLLEEN HAS SCRAPED TOGETHER
ENOUGH MONEY
TO BUY HER
A VERY SPECIAL PRESENT.
SHE WAS SO EXCITED TO TURN 16.
SHE HAD THIS 16 BALLOON
MADE AND EVERYTHING.
IT WAS PRETTY MUCH ALL PINK.
SHE GOT
HER DREAM BIRTHDAY PARTY.
ANGELA HAD BEEN, "MOM,
I GOT A BIRTHDAY COMING UP.
HEY, MOM, YOU SEE THIS?
I NEED A NEW PHONE."
JUST FOR YOU.
HAPPY SWEET 16.
STOP.
I LOVE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HONEY.
I'VE NEVER SEEN
SOMEONE THAT HAPPY.
LIKE, SHE WAS JUST ECSTATIC.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
- THANK YOU, SETH.
ANGIE HAS BEEN LONGING
FOR THIS MOMENT.
NOW SHE CAN BE JUST LIKE
THE POPULAR GIRLS.
EXCITED, SHE JOINS GAMING
SITE MOCOSPACE AND FACEBOOK
WITH PUBLIC ACCESS
TO HER ACCOUNTS.
I WASN'T REALLY WORRIED ABOUT
HER GETTING ON THE INTERNET
BECAUSE I KNEW THAT ALL
OF HER FRIENDS
HAD, FACEBOOK AND,
THINGS LIKE THAT,
AND THAT'S HOW THEY STAYED
IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER.
SHE'S FALLING IN WITH
THE REST OF HER FRIENDS.
SHE'S CONSTANTLY TEXTING.
SHE LOVED TAKING
PICTURES OF HERSELF EVERY DAY,
AND SHE'D POST 'EM ALL
ON FACEBOOK
BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT OF IT AS,
"I'M BEAUTIFUL,
SO I'M GONNA SHOW IT."
YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
- OKAY.
WITH NO EXPERIENCE
ON THE INTERNET,
COLLEEN CAN'T TEACH ANGIE
HOW TO STAY SAFE ONLINE.
I DID NOT REALLY REALIZE
HOW MUCH THESE PHONES COULD DO.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT
AT THE TIME.
BUT SETH SEES HOW QUICKLY
HIS SISTER GETS OBSESSED
WITH HER NEW LIFE ONLINE.
IT WAS AROUND 2:00,
3:00 IN THE MORNING.
I CONSTANTLY KEPT HEARING
A RINGTONE
COMING FROM MY SISTER'S ROOM.
HE KNOWS THAT
IF ANGIE'S ENTERING CHAT ROOMS,
THEY ARE SOMETIMES POPULATED
BY ADULTS WHO PREY ON CHILDREN.
NO, WHO IS THIS?
HE, TOLD ME
HIS NAME WAS CHARLES.
NO, WHY ARE YOU CALLING
A 16-YEAR-OLD
AT 2:00
IN THE MORNING?
AT THE TIME, I BELIEVED
HE WAS, ABOUT 30.
SHE HAD BEEN TELLING HIM
THAT SHE WAS 21,
GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY
OF ARKANSAS.
NO.
SHE'S NOT IN COLLEGE.
LIKE, THEY WERE GONNA MEET
IN ABOUT A WEEK.
NO, JUST DON'T CALL
THIS NUMBER BACK, OKAY?
WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?
GIVE ME MY PHONE BACK.
YO,
WHO IS THIS CHARLES?
AND, THAT'S
WHEN I FINALLY FOUND OUT
THAT SHE WAS GETTING
ON CHAT ROOMS.
TALK TO YOU.
- YOU'RE NOT MY DAD.
STOP TELLING ME
WHAT TO DO.
WHEN SHE FOUND OUT THAT...
WHAT I HAD DONE,
SHE CAME AT ME,
LIKE, FURIOUS, AND,
LIKE, CUSSED ME OUT.
- GET OUT. I HATE YOU.
- DOING THIS FOR YOU, OKAY.
COLLEEN IS AWOKEN
BY THE SCREAMING ARGUMENT...
WHY ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT IT LIKE...
NO, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, ANGELA.
- WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE?
- DON'T TELL HER.
...AND SHOCKED
TO LEARN THAT THE FIGHT
IS ABOUT A MAN
CALLING 16-YEAR-OLD ANGELA
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
THE LOOK ON MY MOM'S FACE
WHEN SHE HEARD ABOUT THAT
WAS JUST SHOCK.
ARE YOU TALKING
TO OLDER GUYS ONLINE?
NO. JUST...
IT'S...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, ANGELA?
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.
ANGIE, YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS
TALKING TO OLDER GUYS.
MOM, LIKE, YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M SERIOUS, ANGELA.
YOU HAVE NO CLUE
OF WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO,
WHOM YOU ARE DEALING WITH.
IT'S GOT TO STOP.
...BUSINESS
TALKING TO OLDER GUYS.
COLLEEN AND SETH FINALLY
TALK SOME SENSE INTO ANGIE.
SHE PROMISES NOT TO LOG IN
TO ANY MORE CHAT ROOMS.
SHE'S,
MORE NAIVE THAN ANYTHING.
SHE JUST GOES TO A SITE,
YOU KNOW, EXPECTS IT TO BE OKAY,
YOU KNOW, NOTHING
BAD'S GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT ANGIE IS ABOUT TO FIND OUT
JUST HOW BAD THINGS CAN GET
IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL ONLINE.
ANGIE'S FRIEND, LORRAINE,
HAS GOTTEN INVOLVED
WITH A MIDDLE-AGED MAN
FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
EARL DELMAR PIGG.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
JUST OUT FOR A DRIVE.
WITH HIM?
YEAH.
BUT HE'S SO CREEPY.
IT'LL BE FUN.
HI.
MR. PIGG WAS AN OLDER GENTLEMAN
THAT WOULD...
HE WOULD BEFRIEND TEENAGE GIRLS,
BUY 'EM THINGS,
TAKE 'EM PLACES, YOU KNOW,
AND HE WOULD REALLY
FOCUS ON GIRLS
THAT WERE
THE LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES.
ANGIE'S UNNERVED BY
LORRAINE'S CHOICE OF BOYFRIEND.
SHE BEGINS TO THINK COLLEEN
AND HER BROTHER ARE RIGHT.
SHE SHOULD STICK
TO BOYS HER OWN AGE.
SOON, SHE GETS A FRIEND REQUEST
FROM A BOY NAMED JOHN.
HE'S 17, REALLY CUTE,
AND GOES TO ANOTHER
HIGH SCHOOL NEARBY.
ANGIE WAS BEING
A NORMAL TEENAGE GIRL,
LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT
OF ROMANCE.
IN A MATTER OF DAYS,
JOHN BECOMES ANGIE'S
ONLINE BOYFRIEND.
THEY CONSTANTLY TEXT EACH OTHER.
GO AHEAD.
I JUST GOT A TEXT.
SHE DID TELL ME
THAT SHE WAS INTO A GUY,
AND I ASKED HER IF SHE KNEW HIM.
AND SHE WAS LIKE, "YEAH."
JOHN ASKS TO SEE
A PICTURE OF ANGIE
DRESSED UP FOR CHURCH.
SHE'S HAPPY TO OBLIGE.
SHE NEVER TOLD ME
HIS NAME OR ANYTHING.
SHE JUST SAID, "YOU KNOW,
I REALLY CARE ABOUT HIM.
I KNOW HE'S THE ONE.
YOU KNOW, HE'S
MY PRINCE CHARMING."
AND SHE TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW,
HE'S BASICALLY THE ONE
SHE WANTS TO BE WITH
FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.
HE'S SO CUTE.
OKAY, LET'S GO.
- YEAH.
- EVERYTHING GOOD?
YEAH.
ANGIE'S ROMANCE
WITH 17-YEAR-OLD JOHN
HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR TWO WEEKS NOW.
SHE HASN'T MET HIM
IN PERSON YET,
BUT HE'S ALWAYS WITH HER.
HE MAKES HER FEEL SAFE.
I'M SORRY.
TONIGHT, ANGIE IS BABYSITTING
FOR SOME KIDS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BYE, ANGIE.
WE WON'T BE LATE.
BYE, HAVE A NICE TIME.
ONCE THE PARENTS LEAVE,
SHE GOES RIGHT BACK
TO TEXTING WITH JOHN.
AS THEY ARE TEXTING,
JOHN MAKES A NEW REQUEST
FOR A SPECIAL KIND
OF SELFIE, A SEXY ONE.
ANGIE HESITATES.
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO.
BUT HE IS HER BOYFRIEND.
SHE CAN TRUST HIM, RIGHT?
WITH HER FEELING
HOW SHE WAS TOWARDS HIM,
LIKE SHE WAS ACTUALLY GONNA
BE WITH HIM FOREVER,
"HE DON'T WANT JUST MY BODY.
HE WANTS ME."
SO GOTTA GIVE HIM SOMETHING
THAT SHE WANTS TO SHOW HIM
THAT SHE'S ACTUALLY
VERY HAPPY WITH HIM.
AND THAT HE CAN BE
HAPPY WITH HER.
ANGIE CAVES UNDER PRESSURE,
UNAWARE THAT SHE'S CHANGING
THE COURSE OF HER LIFE FOREVER.
IT CONCERNS ME
THAT MY SISTER'S
NOT LISTENING TO ANYONE,
AND, "I'M JUST
GONNA DO MY OWN THING.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING
YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME."
16-YEAR-OLD ANGIE ALLEN'S
NEW 17-YEAR-OLD
ONLINE BOYFRIEND JOHN
HAS PERSUADED HER TO TEXT HIM
SOME TOPLESS SELFIES.
NOW SHE WONDERS IF SHE HAS MADE
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
SHE'S KIND-HEARTED AND LOVABLE
TO AN EXTENT OF THE FACT
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
CAN USE HER IF THEY WANTED TO.
BUT JOHN ISN'T
SATISFIED WITH WHAT ANGIE SENT.
AS SOON AS SHE GETS HOME
FROM BABYSITTING,
HE PUSHES HER FOR MORE.
FELT LIKE I COULD TRUST HER.
I FELT LIKE I HAD
GOTTEN THROUGH TO HER
THAT THE INTERNET
WAS NOT A SAFE PLACE.
COLLEEN HAS NO IDEA
WHAT HER TEENAGE GRANDDAUGHTER
IS DEALING WITH.
SHE'S NEVER EVEN HEARD
OF A SELFIE.
I'VE GOT
YOUR FRESH CLOTHES.
JUST LEAVE IT.
I'M... I'M STUDYING.
WELL, I'LL JUST LEAVE 'EM HERE
ON YOUR BED.
NO, MOM.
NO.
WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT,
"WELL, I'M STUDYING, MOM."
OKAY, I BELIEVED HER.
AND, YOU KNOW,
IF A CHILD'S STUDYING,
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT 'EM TO PASS,
YOU DON'T GO BARGING IN AND SAY,
"AHA, GOTCHA."
YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE 'EM
AT THEIR WORD.
A FEW DAYS AFTER
ANGIE SHARES
HER EXPLICIT PHOTOS WITH JOHN,
SHE FEELS SILLY ABOUT WORRYING
WHAT JOHN MIGHT DO WITH THEM.
ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012,
ANGIE WAS JUST AS HAPPY
AS SHE COULD BE.
HER EYES WERE SPARKLING
BECAUSE SHE WAS...
SHE WAS JUST THAT HAPPY.
GOING FOR A WALK.
BE BACK BY 10:00,
MOM.
COLLEEN HAS NO IDEA
THAT HER TEENAGE GRANDDAUGHTER
IS HEADING TO A DARK,
HALF-EMPTY PARKING LOT
TO MEET A STRANGER.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
BECAUSE WE GOT A LITTLE LAX
OR IF WE JUST KIND OF BACKED
OFF A LITTLE BIT,
AND IT... THINGS JUST
SNOWBALLED FROM THERE.
I... I... I DON'T KNOW.
THE DAY AFTER
HER RENDEZVOUS
WITH HER ONLINE BOYFRIEND,
ANGIE IS ON EDGE.
ANGELA,
HOW WAS YOUR DAY?
HOW DO YOU THINK
MY DAY WAS, YOU MORON?
- LIKE, WHY DO YOU ASK ME SUCH STUPID
QUESTIONS? - ANGELA, CALM DOWN.
ON FRIDAY,
AFTER WE GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL,
IT KIND OF SEEMED
LIKE ANGELA'S TRYING
TO START AN ARGUMENT WITH ME.
SHE JUST CAME IN AND STARTED,
LIKE, NAGGING ME, YOU KNOW,
JUST, LIKE,
INSULTING ME LEFT AND RIGHT.
- CALM DOWN?
- YO, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS...
SETH AND ANGIE DID GET
INTO AN ARGUMENT.
DID I DO ANYTHING
TO YOU?
YOU TWO NEED TO KNOCK IT OFF
AND KNOCK IT OFF NOW.
THAT'S ALL YOU GOT
IN THIS WORLD IS EACH OTHER.
JUST BE NICE
TO EACH OTHER, OKAY?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M JUST GONNA GO TO JAKE'S.
FINALLY.
BACK IN THE MORNING.
I'M GOING FOR A WALK.
I WAS WATCHING TV
TO SEE WHAT THE WEATHER
WAS GONNA DO, AND...
AND, THEN I WENT TO BED.
THE NEXT MORNING,
COLLEEN GOES TO WAKE UP ANGIE
AS USUAL.
ANGIE?
I LOOKED IN ANGIE'S ROOM,
AND HER BED
HAD NOT BEEN SLEPT IN.
I HAD NO CLUE
WHERE ANGELA WAS AT.
I EVEN TRIED CALLING HER PHONE.
I NEVER GOT ANY RESPONSE.
I CALLED SETH AND TOLD SETH
THAT HE NEEDED TO GET HOME
AND THAT WE HAD
A FAMILY CRISIS GOING ON.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHAT'S ALL THE PANIC ABOUT?
ANGIE NEVER CAME HOME
LAST NIGHT.
CAN YOU THINK OF WHERE SHE'S AT?
- I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE SHE'S AT A FRIEND'S.
DID YOU TRY LAURA?
MAYBE SHE'S JUST STILL ASLEEP
AND SHE'LL BE HOME
IN A LITTLE BIT.
AND I GUESS...
I GUESS, JUST, ME...
ME AND MY MOM WERE JUST, LIKE,
REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE THAT WAS JUST OUT
OF THE ORDINARY FOR HER.
WE CALLED THE POLICE.
AND I TOLD 'EM
WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
AND HE SAID,"
SHE JUST RUN AWAY."
THE PATROL OFFICERS
THAT RESPONDED SATURDAY MORNING,
THEY INITIALLY THOUGHT,
YOU KNOW,
IT WAS JUST
A ROUTINE RUNAWAY REPORT.
SINCE RUNAWAY CASES
DON'T IMMEDIATELY
TRIGGER POLICE ACTION,
COLLEEN AND SETH
HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO WAIT
FOR ANGIE TO TURN UP
OF HER OWN VOLITION.
BUT A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER,
A FRIEND OF ANGIE'S
ARRIVES WITH GOOD NEWS.
HI.
I JUST GOT THIS TEXT
FROM ANGIE.
COLLEEN READS ANGIE'S TEXT.
SHE SAYS SHE'S
WITH SOMEONE NAMED JASON.
SHE WAS IN A CAMARO
HEADED TOWARDS LITTLE ROCK.
I KNEW THAT DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT.
THAT'S NOT ANGIE.
I DON'T KNOW
ANY OF THESE PEOPLE.
AND SHE WOULDN'T BE GOING
TO LITTLE ROCK
WITHOUT TALKING TO US
ABOUT IT.
I TOLD THE POLICE
ABOUT THE TEXT MESSAGES.
COLLEEN IS SUSPICIOUS
ABOUT THE MESSAGE.
BUT, TO THE POLICE,
IT DOESN'T CHANGE THEIR VIEW
THAT SHE'S PROBABLY
JUST A RUNAWAY.
MEANWHILE,
IN THEIR SEARCH FOR ANGIE,
SETH AND CHEYENNE PASS
BY EARL DELMAR PIGG'S HOUSE
UNAWARE HE HAS A RECORD.
AT THAT TIME, HE WAS OUT ON
BOND, FOR ONE COUNT.
I BELIEVE IT WAS RAPE, UM,
OF A YOUNGER GIRL.
AND I BELIEVE SHE WAS 15, 16,
WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN
THE SAME AGE OF ANGELA ALLEN.
I WAS JUST WONDERING
IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS GIRL.
IF I HEAR ANYTHING,
I'LL TOUCH BASE RIGHT AWAY.
IT'S NOW MONDAY.
ANGIE WAS LAST SEEN
THREE DAYS AGO
LEAVING FOR A WALK
ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
SETH COMBS THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
DESPERATE TO FIND HIS SISTER.
PATROL OFFICERS CHECKED
WITH THE FAMILY, FRIENDS
AND PRETTY MUCH
RULED OUT ANYBODY
THAT SHE WAS CLOSE TO.
THAT'S AT THE POINT
THAT WE DECIDED, "OKAY.
WELL, MAYBE THIS IS MORE
THAN JUST A RUNAWAY.
LET'S START LOOKING INTO IT
A LITTLE BIT MORE."
FIVE DAYS
AFTER ANGIE DISAPPEARED,
COLLEEN AND ANGIE'S BROTHER,
SETH, ARE BESIDE THEMSELVES,
AND THE POLICE CAN'T FIND
A SINGLE LEAD ON ANGIE
AS A RUNAWAY.
THE VAN BUREN POLICE
DECIDE THAT THEY NEED
TO REACH OUT TO THE FBI.
IT WAS FEBRUARY 15th,
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL
THAT, ADVISED
THAT THERE WAS
AN ENDANGERED RUNAWAY
FROM VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS.
THE CONCERN AT THE TIME WAS
THAT THEY HAD RUN
OUT OF LEADS AS TO...
TO WHERE SHE WAS.
SINCE THE FBI HAD GOTTEN
INVOLVED IN IT, YOU KNOW,
I FELT THAT WE WERE GONNA
ACTUALLY MAKE SOME PROGRESS.
ME AND MY MOM
WERE THINKING, YOU KNOW,
"SHE'S GONNA BE HOME
SOON," YOU KNOW,
"WE'RE GONNA
HAVE OUR ANGELA BACK."
PATTI?
IT'S JIM.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
INVESTIGATOR PATTI STROUD
KNOWS SHE HAS HER WORK
CUT OUT FOR HER.
ANGIE ALREADY HAS
A 5-DAY HEAD START.
I LOOKED FOR INFORMATION
THROUGH THE INTERNET
TO LOCATE PEOPLE,
AND THE FIRST THING
I WANTED TO DO,
WHAT I FELT WAS IMPORTANT
IN THIS CASE,
WAS TRACKING
HER CELLPHONE RECORD.
ANALYZING ANGIE'S
CELLPHONE ACTIVITY MEANS SORTING
THROUGH HUNDREDS OF PAGES
OF MESSAGES, ALL RANDOM,
WITHOUT CORRESPONDING DATES
OR TIMES.
AT THIS POINT,
EVERYBODY WAS ON MY RADAR.
SHE'S VERY ACTIVE IN...
ON THE INTERNET.
WE FOUND WHERE SHE'D BEEN
IN CONTACT WITH SEVERAL
OUT-OF-STATE PHONE NUMBERS
AS WELL AS LOCAL.
INVESTIGATOR STROUD
STARTS TO MATCH EACH TEXT
WITH ITS REPLY.
SOON, A FEW NUMBERS LEAP OUT.
ONE IN PARTICULAR
IS VERY WORRYING.
THERE WAS ONE GUY,
MR. WILKINSON,
THAT WAS FROM CABOT THAT WAS
A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.
RIGHT NOW, HE POTENTIALLY
IS A SUSPECT.
YEP.
WE HAVE TO PICK UP WILKINSON
RIGHT AWAY.
16-YEAR-OLD ANGIE ALLEN
HAS BEEN MISSING FOR 5 DAYS.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE ZEROED IN
ON A POSSIBLE SUSPECT,
A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER
WHOSE PHONE NUMBER SHOWS UP
IN ANGIE'S CELL RECORDS.
INVESTIGATOR PATTI STROUD KNOWS
THEY NEED TO FIND
ANGIE'S CELLPHONE FAST.
EVERY TEENAGE GIRL,
THEY LOVE THEIR CELLPHONE,
SO THEY'RE GONNA
KEEP THOSE CLOSE,
ESPECIALLY IF THEY'VE RAN AWAY.
SO I REALLY FELT THAT WE NEEDED
TO DO AN EMERGENCY PHONE PING
AND, SEE IF WE COULD TRACK
HER LOCATION ON HER CELLPHONE.
ACCORDING TO HER PHONE RECORDS,
THE LAST TIME ANGIE USED
HER CELLPHONE
WAS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11th,
TO TEXT HER FRIEND
THAT SHE WAS IN A CAMARO HEADING
FOR LITTLE ROCK.
DETECTIVES GO TO THE EXACT PLACE
INDICATED BY ANGIE'S PHONE PING,
ON HIGHWAY 22
NEAR LAVACA, ARKANSAS.
BUT IT'S THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,
AND THE LOCATION YIELDS NOTHING.
I SENT A DETECTIVE
DOWN TO THAT AREA
TO TRACK WHERE THAT PHONE WAS,
BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE
THE PHONE OR ANGELA.
MORE DISAPPOINTING
NEWS COMES NEXT.
CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER
MR. WILKINSON
HAS AN ALIBI FOR THE NIGHT
OF ANGIE'S DISAPPEARANCE.
HE'S CLEARED OF SUSPICION.
THEN, JUST AS INVESTIGATORS SEEM
TO BE HITTING A DEAD-END,
COLLEEN GETS
A SURPRISE OFFER OF HELP.
EARL PIGG.
HE DID COME AROUND.
HE, HE TRIED
TO HELP FIND ANGIE.
HE EVEN GAVE ME HIS NUMBER.
UNCOMFORTABLE,
COLLEEN CALLS THE POLICE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY
HE WOULD KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT ANGELA.
AND THEY KNOW WHO I WAS
TALKING ABOUT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
THAT POPPED DELMAR
UP ON THE RADAR
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
AS SOMEBODY TO BE INTERESTED IN.
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR SUSPECTS
TO INSERT THEMSELVES
INTO THE INVESTIGATION.
KNOWING HIM,
KNOWING WHAT HE HAD BEEN,
DOING IN THE PAST,
IF HE'S COME FORWARD
AND INJECTED HIMSELF
IN THE INVESTIGATION,
THEN THERE'S A REASON
BEHIND THAT.
THE AUTHORITIES HAVE
BEEN SEARCHING FOR ANGIE
FOR SIX DAYS,
AND NOW INVESTIGATOR STROUD
FINALLY IDENTIFIES
WHOM ANGIE LAST TEXTED
ON THE NIGHT SHE VANISHED.
IT'S NOT HER ONLINE BOYFRIEND
OF A FEW WEEKS,
JOHN, OR JASON,
THE GUY WITH THE CAMARO.
I'VE GOT A NAME.
I'VE GOT A NUMBER.
THE NUMBER BELONGS TO A MAN
NAMED LLOYD COLLINS JONES.
ONCE WE SEE THE NAME
LLOYD COLLINS JONES,
THEN THINGS
KICKED INTO OVERDRIVE.
HE IS SOMEBODY THAT CAN TELL US,
IF HE'S INCLINED TO TALK TO US,
"I MET WITH HER.
I LEFT.
THIS HAPPENED AFTER I LEFT."
LLOYD COULD'VE BEEN
A WEALTH OF INFORMATION,
HAD HE BEEN JUST AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO HAPPENED TO HAVE
THE LAST PHONE CONTACT WITH HER,
LEFT AND HAD NO INVOLVEMENT.
SPECIAL AGENT CAUDLE
TRACES 36-YEAR-OLD
LLOYD COLLINS JONES
TO A FARM
WHERE HE WORKS IN LAVACA.
AND IT'S CLOSE TO WHERE ANGIE
SENT HER LAST TEXT
ABOUT BEING IN A BLACK CAMARO.
HE AGREED TO COME IN,
SO THEY TRANSPORTED HIM
INTO THE...
THE CRAWFORD COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
MEANWHILE, INVESTIGATOR STROUD
PORES OVER ANGIE'S
CELLPHONE RECORDS.
SHE NEEDS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
HER RELATIONSHIP WITH JONES.
WE ESSENTIALLY ARE TRYING
TO... TO LEARN,
FROM... FROM LLOYD,
HOW HE CAME TO KNOW ANGELA,
HOW THEY MET,
WHEN THEY MET,
HOW LONG THEY HAD
KNOWN EACH OTHER,
IF HE COULD JUST EXPLAIN
THE RELATIONSHIP TO US.
ANGELA ALLEN,
DO YOU KNOW HER?
I KNOW HER.
HE WAS VERY FORTHCOMING.
I'M A LEVEL-3
SEX OFFENDER,
AND I ENJOY MEETING
YOUNG WOMEN ONLINE.
BUT HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY WERE 18 YEARS
OLD OR OLDER.
THEY HAD MET
APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS
PRIOR TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10th.
THEY HAD MET ONLINE
OVER A WEBSITE CALLED MBUZZY.
THAT WAS A NEW ONE TO ME.
INVESTIGATOR STROUD
IS TRYING TO PLOW
THROUGH ANGIE'S
CELLPHONE RECORDS
BEFORE JONES WALKS OUT THE DOOR.
WHEN LLOYD WAS BEING QUESTIONED,
I HAD PROBABLY 200 OR 300 PAGES
OF TEXT
THAT I'M TRYING TO GO THROUGH
TO TRY TO SORT OUT
THEIR CONVERSATION
AND TRY TO GIVE THEM
MORE INFORMATION
TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
IN THE RACE TO FIND
ANGIE, INVESTIGATOR STROUD
KNOWS SHE'S PROBABLY
HOLDING THE ONLY CLUES
THAT MIGHT SAVE HER,
AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
WE'RE TREADING VERY LIGHTLY
BECAUSE, AT THIS POINT,
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY,
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YET
TO REFUTE WHAT HE'S SAYING,
AND, QUITE FRANKLY, HIS...
HIS STORY IS VERY PLAUSIBLE.
WE MET ON A FRIDAY
ABOUT 6:00, 6:30.
IT WAS IN A PARKING LOT
IN A HOSPITAL.
VAN BUREN HOSPITAL IS,
WITHIN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD
AS ANGELA ALLEN'S HOME.
SHE SHOWED UP.
SHE GETS IN THE TRUCK,
AND THEY HAVE A CONVERSATION.
HOW'S IT GOING?
GOOD. SO IT'S REALLY NICE
TO MEET YOU.
SHE THEN DECIDES TO TELL HIM
THAT SHE'S ONLY 16.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY 16.
SHE SAID 16,
AND I FLIPPED OUT.
I MEAN, I CAN GET CLIPPED JUST
FOR HAVING HER IN MY TRUCK.
DEFINE "FLIPPED OUT."
GET OUT.
HE SAID HE PANICKED BECAUSE
HE'S A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.
HE KNEW HER BEING
IN HIS TRUCK WITH HIM,
THAT WAS ENOUGH TO GET
HIM SENT BACK TO... TO JAIL.
I KICKED HER
OUT OF THE TRUCK.
GET OUT!
THEN JONES DROPS A BOMBSHELL.
HE TELLS US
THAT A BLACK CAMARO
PULLS IN BEHIND HIM,
AND SHE JUMPS OUT AND HEADS
BACK TO THE BLACK CAMARO.
ANGIE HAD TEXTED HER FRIEND
ABOUT BEING IN A BLACK CAMARO
THE DAY SHE WAS
REPORTED MISSING.
SOME BLACK CAMARO
PULLED UP BEHIND ME.
SHE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK.
SHE GOT INTO THE CAR.
THAT'S THE LAST I SAW OF HER.
THAT'S IT.
SHE JUST DROVE OFF
INTO THE NIGHT?
THAT'S IT.
WHEN LLOYD PROVIDED
THIS TEXT-MESSAGE ALIBI
ABOUT THE BLACK CAMARO,
CONCERN WENT UP.
WE WEREN'T REALLY
BUYING THAT STORY.
MIND IF I TAKE
A SMOKE BREAK?
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
LET'S TAKE A BREAK.
THAT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GO OUT,
MEET WITH SOME
OF THE INVESTIGATORS
WHO WERE WAITING TO SEE
IF WE CAN GET ANYTHING
THAT EITHER CORROBORATES
THE STORY
THROUGH THE TEXT MESSAGES,
THROUGH THE CELLULAR DATA
THAT... THAT...
THAT PATTI'S WORKING ON,
OR IF IT SHOWS US THAT...
THAT HE'S BEING LESS
THAN TRUTHFUL TO US.
I KEPT THINKING,
"SHE'S GONNA WALK
THROUGH THAT DOOR.
I'M GONNA HUG HER,
AND I'M GONNA LOVE HER,
AND THEN I'M GONNA YELL AT HER
AND I'M GONNA GROUND HER.
I'M GONNA TAKE THAT PHONE.
I'M GONNA BREAK IT.
BUT I'M GONNA HUG HER AGAIN."
I KEPT ON TELLING MYSELF,
"IT'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY."
ANGIE.
16-YEAR-OLD ANGIE ALLEN
HAS BEEN MISSING FOR 6 DAYS,
BUT HER GRANDMOTHER, COLLEEN,
IS STILL EXPECTING HER TO WALK
THROUGH THE DOOR.
ANGIE.
I THOUGHT
THAT MIGHT BE ANGIE.
I... I TOLD MY MOM,
I WAS LIKE,
"I DON'T HAVE
A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THIS."
NO, DON'T YOU DARE
BE NEGATIVE.
AND MY MOM LOOKED AT ME,
AND SHE SAID, "DON'T YOU EVER
SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN."
IT WAS JUST REALLY
STARTING TO GET TO ME.
FOLLOWING HIS INTERROGATION
WITH KNOWN SEX OFFENDER
LLOYD COLLINS JONES,
SPECIAL AGENT CAUDLE FINDS
SOME TROUBLING DISCREPANCIES
IN JONES' ACCOUNT
OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ANGIE.
WHY DON'T YOU LOSE
THAT HAT?
I HAD RECEIVED SOME DOCUMENTS
FROM PATTI STROUD
REGARDING TEXT MESSAGES.
SO NOW I HAVE SOME INFORMATION
THAT I CAN ATTACK HIM WITH.
LLOYD, IT SEEMS
LIKE YOU HAVEN'T
BEEN COMPLETELY UP FRONT
WITH US.
LLOYD'S STANDING
HAS REALLY CHANGED NOW
FROM WITNESS TO SUSPECT.
WITH EVIDENCE
POINTING HARDER AT JONES,
QUESTIONS ABOUT SUSPECTED RAPIST
EARL DELMAR PIGG START TO FADE.
ONCE WE, UM,
GOT THE TEXT MESSAGES WITH,
LLOYD JONES, WE...
WE PRETTY MUCH PUT
MR. PIGG ASIDE.
STILL, MR. PIGG
ISN'T OFF THE HOOK.
A SECOND VICTIM COMES FORWARD
IN HIS RAPE CASE,
AND SOON HE'S SERVING TIME
FOR 11 COUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
SPECIAL AGENT CAUDLE NOW
BELIEVES THAT LLOYD JONES
ABDUCTED ANGIE
THAT FRIDAY NIGHT IN FEBRUARY.
BUT INVESTIGATOR STROUD
IS STILL PORING
OVER ANGIE'S PHONE RECORDS,
TRYING TO FIND DIRECT EVIDENCE
OF JONES' CONNECTION
TO ANGIE'S DISAPPEARANCE.
I TOLD YOU
EVERYTHING I KNOW.
I'M TELLING YOU
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.
AT LAST, STROUD ORGANIZES
ALL OF ANGIE'S RANDOM
CELLPHONE DATA
INTO A TIMELINE,
AND THE TRUE STORY EMERGES.
GO AHEAD.
I JUST GOT A TEXT.
WHEN I GOT TO PUT 'EM
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
AND VIEW THE TEXT MESSAGES,
IT REALLY APPEARED TO ME
THAT HE KNEW
THAT SHE WAS YOUNG.
HE KNEW THAT SHE WAS NOT 18.
LLOYD JONES HAD USED JOHN
AS A FAKE NAME FOR A BOYFRIEND.
KID THOUGHT SHE WAS
MEETING A GUY NAMED JOHN.
WE DETERMINED THAT SHE'D BEEN
TALKING TO LLOYD JONES.
HE'S 36 YEARS OLD,
TELLING HER HE'S 17.
THE FIRST TIME SHE MET HIM,
I BELIEVE THEY MET
AT THE HOSPITAL PARKING LOT,
AND SHE CAME OVER TO HIS TRUCK.
THE WAY THE TEXT MESSAGES READ
IS THAT SHE WENT TO THE TRUCK,
BUT SHE WOULDN'T GET
INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE.
HEY, GIRL.
WHY DON'T YOU HOP ON IN?
ANGIE RUNS BACK HOME
AFTER HER FIRST ENCOUNTER
WITH JOHN THAT THURSDAY NIGHT.
SHE REALIZES,
FOR THE FIRST TIME,
HE'S NOT WHO HE SAYS HE IS,
AND HE'S NOT 17.
INVESTIGATOR STROUD
SEARCHES FOR TEXTS
TO EXPLAIN WHY ANGIE WENT BACK
FOR THAT SECOND MEETING
THE NEXT NIGHT.
HE WAS BASICALLY
BLACKMAILING HER
TO GET HER TO MEET HIM AGAIN.
AFTER JONES PRESSURED ANGIE
INTO SENDING HIM
TOPLESS SELFIES,
HE KNEW SHE WAS HIS PRISONER.
HE COULD MAKE HER DO ANYTHING
HE WANTED AT ANY TIME.
HE TOLD HER
THAT HE WOULD SHOW
EVERYBODY AT HER SCHOOL.
SO HE... HE BLACKMAILED HER
WITH THE PICTURES TO MEET HIM.
AT THE END, THAT SHE DIDN'T
WANT TO MEET HIM.
THEY HAD ARRANGED TO MEET AGAIN
IN THE PARKING LOT.
THE LAST MESSAGE, THAT HE...
HE SEES HER,
HE SENDS HER A TEXT THAT SAYS,
"HEY, BABY."
HEY, BABY GIRL.
HI.
WHY DON'T YOU COME ON IN?
YOU DON'T WANT ME TO SHOW
THOSE PRETTY PICTURES
TO YOUR FRIENDS,
DO YOU?
A LOT OF TIMES, TEENAGERS
FEEL THAT THEY'RE INVINCIBLE.
I WANT A LAWYER.
THE INTERVIEW ENDS.
HE ASKS TO SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY.
EVEN IN THE FACE
OF SO MUCH EVIDENCE,
JONES REFUSES TO CONFESS.
IT'S NEARLY A WEEK
AFTER ANGIE VANISHED,
AND SPECIAL AGENT CAUDLE
IS NO CLOSER
TO KNOWING WHERE SHE IS.
CAUDLE'S COLLEAGUE,
SPECIAL AGENT TIM ATKINS,
PAYS A VISIT
TO JONES' GIRLFRIEND.
IT COULDN'T
HAVE BEEN LLOYD.
SHE WAS TELLING TIM
THAT THERE'S NO WAY
THAT LLOYD COULD'VE DONE THIS.
HE WAS WORKING ON THEIR HOUSE.
THEY WERE BUILDING,
FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM,
A SHACK ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY
THAT A FAMILY MEMBER OWNED
THAT WAS NOT FAR FROM...
FROM WHERE THEY WERE LIVING.
AND HE CAME HOME
THAT EVENING ALL MUDDY.
AMANDA'S STORY WAS THAT HE HAD
BEEN WORKING THAT EVENING
ON THE SHACK, AND...
AND SHE KNEW THAT FOR A FACT
BECAUSE HE CAME HOME MUDDY.
UM, HE WAS WORKING
UNDER THE FOUNDATION.
SHE THINKS
SHE'S GIVEN JONES AN ALIBI.
INSTEAD, SHE'S GIVEN DETECTIVES
THEIR BIGGEST CLUE YET,
AND IT'S OMINOUS.
OUR FEAR IS BEING
REALIZED THAT WE'RE...
WE'RE PROBABLY
LOOKING FOR A BODY.
BUT NOW WE'RE STARTING
TO THINK BURIAL.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY
A DEFINING MOMENT FOR US.
WE'RE ALREADY THINKING
WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
OUR DECISION WAS,
"LET'S START WITH THE SHACK."
INVESTIGATORS ARRIVE
AT A BLEAK, HALF-BUILT SHACK
IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE ARKANSAS WOODS.
A, LADY THAT HAD A DOG
ARRIVED AT THE, THE SITE.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AROUND,
SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND.
BE AS THOROUGH
AS POSSIBLE, OKAY?
AND YOU AND YOU, COME WITH ME.
I'M GONNA CHECK OUT THIS SHACK.
THE DOG STARTED HIS SEARCHING
AND INITIALLY HITS ON...
ON THE INSIDE.
AND THEN WENT AROUND
TO THE BACK SIDE...
...AND HIT.
GUYS, WE GOT A HIT.
GET IN THERE, GUYS.
SAW AN AREA THAT,
YOU COULD TELL
HAD RECENTLY BEEN DUG UP AND...
AND... AND DIRT HAD BEEN...
BEEN PILED OVER.
THE INVESTIGATORS STARTED JUST
USING THEIR HANDS...
THROW IT AWAY.
...BECAUSE
IT WAS LOOSE-ENOUGH DIRT
AND STARTED SCRAPING AWAY.
THEY CAME ACROSS A BLUE BARREL.
IN THEIR SEARCH FOR
MISSING TEENAGER ANGIE ALLEN,
INVESTIGATORS HAVE DESCENDED
ON A REMOTE SHACK
OWNED BY PRIME SUSPECT
LLOYD COLLINS JONES.
THEY'VE JUST DISCOVERED
A RECENTLY BURIED BARREL.
THEY UNCOVERED
ENOUGH OF THE BARREL
TO FIND AN OPENING
THAT WAS STRAPPED SHUT.
AND,
THIS WAS A PLASTIC BARREL,
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO...
TO PRY THE OPENING APART ENOUGH
TO WHERE ONE OF THE OFFICERS
WAS ABLE TO REACH HIS HAND IN.
JESUS.
SHE WAS STRANGLED.
UM, IN ORDER TO PLACE HER BODY
IN THE BARREL,
APPARENTLY,
ONE OF HER KNEES,
HAD BEEN SAWED
TO A DEGREE
THAT HER BODY COULD BE...
BE PLACED IN...
IN THIS BARREL.
WE DID EXPECT, COMING IN, TO...
TO THIS ASPECT
OF THE INVESTIGATION,
THIS IS WHERE IT WAS GOING.
SO THERE WAS A SENSE OF RELIEF
THAT WE'RE ABLE
TO GIVE SOME CLOSURE
TO... TO ANGELA'S FAMILY.
LLOYD JONES IS CHARGED
WITH THE HOMICIDE
OF 16-YEAR-OLD ANGIE ALLEN.
SETH.
SETH..
WHEN ANGIE'S FAMILY
RECEIVES THE NEWS
THEY'VE BEEN DREADING
FOR SIX DAYS, IT'S UNBEARABLE.
I REMEMBER COMING OUT THAT DOOR
AND JUST HUGGING HIM
AND JUST CRYING.
LIKE, IT WAS JUST,
LIKE, DEVA... DEV...
DIDN'T WANT TO... WANT TO
BELIEVE THAT IT HAPPENED TO HER.
BUT IT WAS JUST, LIKE... LIKE...
LIKE, ALMOST FELT LIKE I JUST
LOST, LIKE, MY BEST FRIEND.
LIKE, HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT
TO SOMEONE SO YOUNG
AND SO INNOCENT?
LIKE... LIKE,
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
LIKE, THERE'S
NO REASON FOR THAT.
LIKE, THAT'S... LIKE,
THAT'S SOMEBODY'S, LIKE,
SISTER, DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW,
LIKE, AUNT OR MOM, YOU KNOW.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.
IT... IT WAS SICKENING.
I THINK LLOYD'S A COWARD.
HE TOOK AWAY HER DREAMS.
HE TOOK AWAY HER FAMILY BEING
ABLE TO SEE HER GROW UP.
IT'S SO SENSELESS.
IT'S JUST SENSELESS.
SHE HAD DIED RIGHT THERE AT...
AT LLOYD JONES' PROPERTY.
WE HAD A, OPEN CASKET,
AND WE COULD SEE WHERE, LIKE,
EVEN THROUGH ALL THE MAKEUP,
LIKE, WHERE HE HAD BEATEN HER
AND BRUISED HER AND EVERYTHING.
AND IT'S...
IT... IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANGIE.
LIKE, I KNEW IT WAS, BUT,
LIKE, IT WAS JUST...
AT... AT THAT POINT,
IT WAS JUST LIKE I HAD...
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY
IT JUST HIT,
LIKE, ROCK BOTTOM.
LIKE, THAT WAS, LIKE,
THE LOWEST I COULD GET.
LLOYD JONES PLEADED
GUILTY TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
AND WAS SENTENCED
TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON.
ANGIE'S GRANDMOTHER
IS NOW PETITIONING TO CHANGE
THE TREATMENT
OF CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS.
SHE CALLS IT ANGELA'S LAW.
LLOYD COLLINS JONES
WAS A LEVEL-3 SEX OFFENDER.
HE GOT OUT ON GOOD BEHAVIOR.
HE SHOULD'VE NEVER BEEN LET OUT.
HE SHOULD'VE BEEN MADE
TO SERVE HIS FULL TIME.
OUR LAWS HAVE TO CHANGE
TO FIT TODAY'S SOCIETY.
AND THEY'RE NOT.
I'M HOPING THAT ANGELA'S LAW
DOES GET PASSED.
IF YOU ARE A SEX OFFENDER,
YOU DON'T GET OUT
FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR.
YOU HAVE TO SERVE
ALL OF YOUR TIME,
EVERY BIT OF IT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT ANOTHER CHILD
DOES NOT GO THROUGH
WHAT ANGELA WENT THROUGH
OR WHAT MY FAMILY
AND I WENT THROUGH.