Web of Lies (2014–…): Season 3, Episode 5 - False Hope - full transcript
A GIRL
OBSESSED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA...
HONESTLY,
SHE TOOK THE MOST
SELFIES OUT OF ANYONE
I'VE EVER KNOWN.
MEETS
HER DREAM GUY ONLINE.
HE WAS HOT.
HE WAS HOT.
BUT IN
A WORLD OF DECEPTION...
YEAH, HE'S REALLY CUTE.
THAT WHOLE THING
WHERE YOUR PARENTS SAY,
"STRANGER DANGER,"
IT'S REAL.
WE DO HAVE TO WORRY.
THAT'S WHY I KNEW
THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG.
WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?
IDENTITIES COLLIDE...
SHE WAS
A JEALOUS YOUNG GIRL.
AND THE PAST
CRASHES INTO THE PRESENT.
NICHOLE?
I SAID, "WHAT DO I DO,
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?"
HELLO?
MY STOMACH JUST TURNED.
NO!
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD
NICHOLE CABLE
IS A HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE
IN OLD TOWN, MAINE.
I'M SO
GLAD SCHOOL'S OVER.
HEY, TY.
AFTER SCHOOL
SHE SPENDS MOST OF HER TIME
HANGING OUT
WITH BEST FRIENDS HALEIGH
AND TYLER-ANN.
NICHOLE
WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
SHE WAS ONE OF
THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE I EVER MET.
SHE JUST MADE ME CRACK UP
ALL THE TIME.
SHE WAS FRIENDS
WITH EVERYBODY.
KIDS THAT NOBODY
WAS REALLY FRIENDS WITH,
SHE WOULD GO OUT OF HER WAY
TO BE NICE TO THEM.
LIKE MOST TEENS
IN TOWN, NICHOLE
IS ADDICTED TO FACEBOOK.
SHE KEEPS UP
WITH THE GOSSIP AND SHARES
SELFIES WITH HER FRIENDS.
HONESTLY, SHE
TOOK THE MOST
SELFIES OUT OF ANYONE
I'VE EVER KNOWN.
AND, I MEAN, I DID YELL AT HER
A COUPLE OF TIMES.
I WAS LIKE,
"PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY!"
SCHOOL'S OVER,
OH MY GOODNESS.
NICHOLE'S PUBLIC POSTS
AND PRETTY PROFILE PICTURE
ATTRACT LOTS OF FRIEND REQUESTS.
EVERY DAY
SHE HAD SOMEONE
NEW ADDING HER ON FACEBOOK.
A LOCAL GUY
NAMED KYLE DUBE
ASKS TO FRIEND NICHOLE.
SHE'S NEVER HEARD OF HIM.
BUT HE LOOKS COOL.
HE'S GOT A JOB
AND HIS OWN TRUCK.
HE MUST BE A COUPLE
OF YEARS OLDER.
NO, NO.
I THINK I'LL
ACCEPT THAT FRIEND REQUEST.
HE'S NOT MY TYPE.
DEFINITELY ALL FOR YOU.
OH, HE MESSAGED ME.
EXCUSE ME.
NICHOLE'S MOM KRISTINE
PICKS HER UP FROM SCHOOL
EVERY DAY...
- HI, MOM.
- HEY.
I'M GOING
TO RIDE IN THE BACK TODAY.
FOR THE 15-MINUTE
DRIVE HOME TO GLENBURN,
WHERE SHE LIVES WITH
HER SISTERS AND STEP-DAD.
SO HOW'S SCHOOL?
IT WAS ALL RIGHT.
SITTING IN
THE BACK SEAT,
SHE'D BE GIGGLING, LAUGHING.
WE'D -- TALKING BACK AND FORTH.
ARE ANY OF THE SUBJECTS
EASIER THAN OTHERS?
UH, YEAH, MATH IS
ACTUALLY GOING REALLY WELL.
GOOD.
AND OF COURSE SHE'S,
YOU KNOW, ON HER PHONE
AND TEXTING AT THE SAME TIME.
IT WAS LIKE
YOU COULDN'T EVEN TELL
SHE WAS TEXTING
BECAUSE SHE WAS
CARRYING A CONVERSATION RIGHT
ALONG WITH YOU.
ARE YOU GETTING READY FOR EXAMS?
YEAH,
THEY'RE COMING UP.
IT'S BEEN 2 WEEKS
SINCE NICHOLE
STARTED TALKING
TO KYLE DUBE ONLINE.
AND NOW HE WANTS TO MEET UP.
BUT NICHOLE'S MOM HAS STRICT
RULES ABOUT INTERNET FRIENDS.
HEY.
HEY,
JUST SEEING WHAT'S UP.
OH,
JUST DOING SOME HOMEWORK.
GOT SOME JUICE,
YOU WANT SOME?
COOL.
OKAY.
NICHOLE ISN'T ALLOWED
TO GO OUT WITH SOMEONE
SHE ONLY KNOWS
FROM THE INTERNET.
I THINK SHE JUST
THOUGHT I WAS BEING MEAN.
AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD
WHERE SHE WAS COMING FROM.
I REMEMBER BEING A KID,
BUT SHE'S MY KID.
BUT NICHOLE
IS DETERMINED TO MEET KYLE,
EVEN IF IT MEANS
LYING TO HER MOM.
MOM!
SHE WOULD GET
VERY DEFENSIVE
IF I TRIED TO LOOK
OVER HER SHOULDER.
I'M JUST CHECKING THE TIME.
THAT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING.
I'M GOING TO MEET
HALEIGH TOMORROW AFTER SCHOOL.
OKAY.
JUST LET ME KNOW
IF YOU NEED A RIDE HOME.
- COOL.
- OKAY.
TEENAGERS -- OH MY GOODNESS --
THEY REBEL.
AND THE MORE YOU PUSH,
THE MORE THEY REBEL.
NICHOLE FILLS HALEIGH
IN ON THE PLAN
AND GETS READY TO MEET KYLE
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
NICHOLE AND I --
WE WERE LIKE SISTERS,
SO WE ALWAYS TOOK CARE
OF EACH OTHER.
SHE HAD MY BACK AND I HAD
HER BACK THROUGH EVERYTHING.
- YOU'RE SURE?
- YEAH,
AND HE SEEMS REALLY NICE.
SO WHEN SHE MET KYLE,
SHE TOLD ME ABOUT IT.
BEAUTIFUL.
GO, I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
HAVE FUN, BYE.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST
TIME SHE'S MET UP
WITH SOMEONE
SHE'S ONLY MESSAGED ONLINE,
BUT KYLE SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE
SHE CAN TRUST.
THAT WHOLE THERE
WHERE, LIKE, YOUR PARENTS SAY,
"STRANGER DANGER," IT'S REAL.
BUT WE THOUGHT
WE WERE INVINCIBLE.
- HEY.
- HEY.
- NICHOLE?
- KYLE?
- HEY.
- NICE TO FINALLY MEET YOU.
HEY, NICE
TO MEET YOU TOO.
- HOW YOU DOING?
- GOOD.
- GOOD.
- NICE TRUCK.
THANKS, YEAH.
IT'S COOL.
YOU WANT TO GO FOR A WALK?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT.
THIS WAY.
NICHOLE THINKS KYLE'S
EVEN BETTER LOOKING IN PERSON,
BUT OLDER
THAN SHE WAS EXPECTING.
SO HOW OLD ARE YOU?
I'M 19, ALMOST 20.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
YEAH...
I'M A DAD TOO.
I HAVE A FOUR-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER AT HOME.
WOW.
YEAH.
IS HER MOM THERE?
UH, NO,
WE, UH, WE BROKE UP.
UH, MY DAUGHTER
LIVES AT HOME WITH ME.
THE MOM HELPS TO BABYSIT
BECAUSE I'M OUT OF THE HOUSE
A LOT, I WORK MOST NIGHTS.
BUT, UH, I'M KIND OF
LIKE A CARE WORKER
FOR OLD PEOPLE.
- THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
- YEAH.
NICHOLE LOVES
THAT KYLE IS SO MATURE
AND IS TAKING
FATHERHOOD SERIOUSLY.
SHE WANTS TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT HIM,
BUT SHE'LL HAVE TO WAIT.
UH, MY MOM
WANTS TO KNOW WHAT TIME
SHE SHOULD PICK ME UP.
UM, I COULD PROBABLY
GIVE YOU A RIDE IF YOU LIKE?
- COOL.
- ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE THEN.
KYLE
MAKES THE SHORT DRIVE
TO NICHOLE'S HOUSE.
HE PARKS ON THE MAIN ROAD
SO THEY DON'T GET CAUGHT
AND WAITS UNTIL NICHOLE
IS SAFELY INSIDE.
HEY, TY.
NICHOLE HAS
A HUGE CRUSH ON KYLE ALREADY...
AND CAN'T WAIT
TO TELL HER FRIENDS.
HE LOOKS
LIKE A GROWN-UP.
NICHOLE TOLD ME THAT
SHE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS FUNNY.
HE WAS MATURE, LIKE, HE WASN'T
LIKE THOSE KIDS IN OUR CLASS.
AND HE HAS A TRUCK.
HE HAD A CAR,
HE HAD A JOB.
SO HE WAS ALMOST LIKE
A FULL-GROWN MAN AT THIS POINT
AND THAT'S
WHAT SHE REALLY WANTED.
OKAY,
I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE.
KYLE
SEEMS SERIOUS ABOUT NICHOLE.
MOM?
MEETING KYLE'S
DAUGHTER IS A HUGE DEAL
AND NICHOLE CAN'T KEEP HIM
A SECRET ANY LONGER.
CAN I GO
FOR A RIDE WITH A FRIEND,
HE'S GOING TO PICK ME UP.
NICHOLE HAD ASKED
IF SHE COULD GO
FOR A RIDE WITH THIS BOY.
- BOYFRIEND?
- NO.
HE'S JUST -- HE'S 17,
SO HE CAN DRIVE.
SHE HAD SAID
HE WAS 17 AND HIS NAME
WAS KYLE AND THEY
WERE JUST FRIENDS.
OKAY, BUT YOU KNOW
THE HOUSE RULES.
- YUP, YUP.
- HE'S GOT TO COME IN.
I KNOW.
AND WE SAID,
"WELL, HE'S GOT TO COME IN,
WE HAVE TO MEET HIM BEFORE,
YOU KNOW,
YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE WITH HIM."
AS NICHOLE
CONFIRMS THE DATE,
AN UNEXPECTED MESSAGE
COMES THROUGH.
SOMEONE WANTS TO KNOW
WHAT'S UP BETWEEN HER AND KYLE.
BUT IT ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
SOMEONE'S BEEN JEALOUS OF HER.
SORRY ABOUT THIS,
BUT DO YOU MIND COMING INSIDE
AND MEETING MY MOM?
NO, I DON'T MIND.
AWESOME.
NICHOLE THINKS HER MOM
WILL BUY HER STORY
ABOUT KYLE'S AGE,
BUT HER STEP-DAD
MIGHT BE HARDER TO CONVINCE.
NICHOLE'S MOM, KRISTINE,
MARRIED JASON WILEY FOUR YEARS
AFTER SPLITTING
FROM NICHOLE'S DAD IN 2002,
WHEN NICHOLE WAS JUST FIVE.
WHEN HE CAME IN,
I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE
OF CLEANING MY 9 MILLIMETER GUN.
AND I SAID, "HEY, KYLE.
COME HERE, I WANT
TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING."
YOU EVER SEEN
ONE OF THESE THINGS?
AND I SHOWED HIM THE GUN...
YEAH, IT'S A 9 MIL.
AND I SAID TO HIM,
"JUST SO YOU KNOW,
IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS
OF DOING ANYTHING
OTHER THAN FRIENDS
THAT THIS IS HERE ON THE TABLE."
UNDERSTOOD?
UNDERSTOOD.
JUST TO LET HIM KNOW
THAT I'M A CARING STEP-FATHER.
ALL RIGHT.
HEY, SO KYLE,
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
HE LOOKED AT ME
AND HE'S LIKE, "UM"...
UM, 18.
IT WAS MORE LIKE
A QUESTION, NOT A STATEMENT.
KRISTINE
ISN'T CONVINCED,
SHE KNOWS KYLE
IS HIDING SOMETHING...
- LET'S GO IN HERE.
- ALL RIGHT.
BUT DECIDES TO PUT
HER DAUGHTER'S HAPPINESS FIRST.
MY WIFE SAID, "WELL,
GEEZ, WE NEED TO TRUST HER,
WE NEED TO GIVE HER
A LITTLE BIT OF FREEDOM."
SO WE MADE THE DECISION
TO LET HER GO.
IT'S A 20-MINUTE DRIVE
TO KYLE'S HOUSE IN ORONO,
AND NICHOLE CANNOT WAIT TO MEET
HIS DAUGHTER.
SHE WENT AND HUNG OUT
WITH KYLE AT HIS HOUSE.
JUST, UH, CHILL OUT HERE,
UH, I'LL GO GET HER.
AND HE HAD
A DAUGHTER NAMED SAVANNAH
AND SHE WAS LIKE FOUR
AT THE TIME.
- AND THIS IS NICHOLE.
- HI THERE.
THIS IS MY FRIEND.
IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
THIS IS SAVANNAH.
SHE'S SO CUTE.
SHE ABSOLUTELY
ADORED SAVANNAH.
PRETTY HAIR.
AND SAVANNAH
WAS RIGHT IN LOVE WITH NICHOLE.
- LET'S GO ON THE SWING.
- THAT SOUNDS FUN.
NICHOLE IS HAVING
A WONDERFUL TIME
WITH KYLE AND HIS DAUGHTER,
WHEN SUDDENLY...
HEY, UH,
MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET GOING?
- WHY?
- UM, YOU'RE JUST GOING
TO GET --
UH, THAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND.
- WHO THE HELL IS SHE?
- WHAT?
IT'S COOL SARAH.
SARAH.
YEAH, THE HELL IT'S COOL.
I THOUGHT
KYLE DUBE WAS THE ONE
I HAD TO WORRY ABOUT HER SEEING,
HOW WRONG WAS I?
JUST A WEEK
AFTER MEETING 19-YEAR-OLD
KYLE DUBE ONLINE,
NICHOLE IS EXCITED
ABOUT BECOMING HIS GIRLFRIEND.
THIS IS SAVANNAH.
BUT SHE'S SHOCKED
TO DISCOVER HE ALREADY HAS ONE.
UM, NO, YOU'RE JUST GOING
TO GET -- THAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND.
- WHO THE HELL IS SHE?
- WHAT?
IT'S COOL, SARAH.
SARAH.
- YEAH, THE HELL IT'S COOL.
- I KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT,
DON'T -- DON'T SWEAR
IN FRONT OF SAVANNAH, OKAY,
I TOLD YOU A MILLION TIMES.
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD
SARAH MASON
HAS BEEN DATING KYLE
ON AND OFF FOR ALMOST A YEAR
AND SHE HAS A FIERCE REPUTATION.
NICHOLE IS DEVASTATED
THAT KYLE LED HER
ON AND IT GETS WORSE.
NEWS OF WHAT HAPPENED SPREADS
ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
NOTHING.
NICHOLE
WAS SITTING ON THE COUCH
AND SHE WAS TEXTING
ON HER CELL PHONE.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE NOTHING.
I JUST SAID, "WHAT -- YOU KNOW,
WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S WRONG?"
SHE LOOKED UPSET.
I'M JUST MAD AT KYLE.
AND I SAID, "WHY?"
HE JUST LIED TO ME,
HE TOLD ME HE DIDN'T
HAVE A GIRLFRIEND
AND THEN HE DOES.
KYLE'S GIRLFRIEND,
SARAH, IS SEETHING WITH ANGER
AND WANTS TO KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
KYLE'S GIRLFRIEND
WAS MESSAGING NICHOLE
AND ASKING TO SEE TEXT MESSAGES
AND PRIVATE MESSAGES
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.
ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH, I'M FINE.
SARAH'S MAD
BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT
THAT KYLE WAS CHEATING ON HER.
AND NICHOLE WAS UPSET WITH KYLE
BECAUSE KYLE LIED TO HER.
NICHOLE
STOPS TEXTING KYLE
AND HOPES SARAH WILL CALM DOWN
WHEN SHE FIGURES
OUT NOTHING HAPPENED.
SHE NEEDS A DISTRACTION...
AND SOMEONE NEW TO TALK TO.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF OFFERS,
BUT ONE WHICH STANDS OUT.
BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
RECENTLY GRADUATED
FROM NICHOLE'S HIGH SCHOOL
AND THEY HAVE LOTS
OF FRIENDS IN COMMON.
HE IS ALSO SERIOUSLY CUTE.
IT IS EXACTLY WHAT NICHOLE
NEEDS AFTER EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENED WITH KYLE.
UH, EVERYONE
CAN SLEEP OVER.
- SOME S'MORES.
- WORKING ON MY MOM
TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE
THAT I CAN INVITE.
OH, BY THE WAY,
DID I TELL YOU
THIS CUTIE ADDED ME ON FACEBOOK.
NICHOLE
SHOWED ME HIS PICTURE
AND WE WERE BOTH THINKING
ABOUT HOW IT WAS REALLY STRANGE
THAT IT WAS LIKE A SURFER
WITH A SURFBOARD,
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
WE LIVE IN MAINE.
BUT HE WAS PRETTY CUTE,
TO BE HONEST.
HE HAD, LIKE, LONG,
BLONDE, CURLY SURFER HAIR.
- HE'S HOT.
- YEAH, MORE YOUR TYPE?
HE WAS HOT.
HE WAS HOT.
HE'S VERY HOT.
ARE YOU GOING TO MESSAGE HIM?
YEAH,
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN CHATTING.
- I HAVE TO GO, LADIES.
- ALL RIGHT.
- HAVE A GOOD ONE.
- BYE. BYE.
WITH NEW GUY, BRYAN,
ON THE SCENE,
NICHOLE FORGETS ALL ABOUT KYLE.
BUT NOT EVERYONE
IS MOVING ON SO FAST.
SARAH'S HATE
FOR NICHOLE RUNS DEEP.
ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH, I'M FINE.
IT'S
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
SENDS AN INVITATION.
FINALLY, SHE'LL GET
TO MEET HER MYSTERY MAN.
MOM.
YEAH?
CAN I GO
TO A PARTY TONIGHT?
MY FRIEND CAN GIVE ME A RIDE.
NICHOLE HAD ASKED
IF SHE COULD GO TO A PARTY
WITH A FRIEND.
DO I KNOW THEM?
UM, NO,
DO YOU HAVE TO MEET HIM?
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU CAN KIND OF JUDGE PEOPLE
BETTER THAT WAY.
OKAY,
I'LL LET HIM KNOW.
NICHOLE IS DETERMINED
TO MAKE THIS DATE A SUCCESS --
A PARTY IN A FANCY PART
OF TOWN CALLS FOR EXTRA EFFORT.
SHE WAS
PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT GOING.
I THINK SHE CHANGED HER HAIR
LIKE THREE OR FOUR TIMES
THAT NIGHT.
SHE'S A KID, SHE'S A TEENAGER,
THEY WANT TO GO AND HAVE FUN.
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
BRYAN'S LOST AND RUNNING LATE
FOR THE PARTY.
NICHOLE CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
IT'S TOO EMBARRASSING
FOR HER PARENTS
TO TAKE HER TO THE PARTY,
BUT THERE IS ONE ALTERNATIVE,
KYLE DUBE.
NOW THAT NICHOLE
IS MORE INTERESTED IN BRYAN,
SHE LETS KYLE
OFF THE HOOK
FOR LYING HER
ABOUT HAVING A GIRLFRIEND
IN RETURN FOR A SMALL FAVOR.
THINGS ARE FINALLY
FALLING INTO PLACE.
NICHOLE HAS A REALLY
GOOD FEELING ABOUT BRYAN.
KYLE PICKS NICHOLE UP AT 9 P.M.
THANKS
FOR PICKING ME UP.
YEAH, SURE.
BUT IT'S NOT LONG
BEFORE THEY RUN INTO TROUBLE.
AS THEY DROVE
DOWN THE ROAD, THIS LAKE ROAD,
THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO FIND BRYAN.
AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE
TO FIND THE PARTY.
NICHOLE REACHED
OUT VIA TEXT MESSAGE
ASKING, "WHERE ARE YOU?"
AND HE DIDN'T RESPOND.
LET'S FORGET IT.
NO WAY.
JUST PULL OVER.
DETERMINED
TO FIND BRYAN,
NICHOLE HEADS TOWARDS THE LAKE
ALONE TO LOOK FOR THE PARTY.
MEANWHILE, KYLE'S GIRLFRIEND,
SARAH, SEEMS TO KNOW
THAT KYLE ISN'T JUST
OUT ON HIS OWN.
HEY, BABY.
NO, NOBODY.
HELLO?
HELLO?
NICHOLE CABLE
IS LOOKING FORWARD
TO MEETING HER NEW FACEBOOK
FRIEND, BRYAN BUTTERFIELD,
AT AN EXCLUSIVE PARTY
ON PUSHAW LAKE
IN OLD TOWN, MAINE.
BUT AFTER GETTING LOST
ALONG THE WAY,
SHE FINDS HERSELF IN THE DARK,
DEEP INTO THE WOODS.
HELLO?
AH!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
YOU SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME.
I JUST THOUGHT
YOU GOT LOST.
COME ON, LET'S GO.
WITH NO SIGN
OF THE PARTY,
THERE'S NO OPTION
BUT TO TURN BACK.
MEETING BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
WILL HAVE TO WAIT.
THE NEXT MORNING,
IT'S MOTHER'S DAY.
NICHOLE REFUSES TO LET
SARAH'S HOSTILITY
SPOIL THE OCCASION.
MOM?
I HAD WOKE UP TO
NICHOLE COMING INTO MY ROOM...
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.
AND SHE HAD MADE ME
A CARD WITH CONSTRUCTION PAPER
THAT SAID,
"HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY"
AND WITH A HEART
AND A FLOWER ON THE FRONT.
THIS IS SO SWEET.
I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
NICHOLE MADE ME A CARD.
THANK YOU.
- I LOVE YOU, MOM.
- I LOVE YOU, TOO.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY A --
A SPECIAL GIFT.
NICHOLE
CAN'T GET BRYAN
OUT OF HER MIND.
SHE HOPES HE DIDN'T
DITCH HER ON PURPOSE.
NICHOLE'S RELIEVED THAT
BRYAN STILL WANTS TO MET UP.
AND SINCE BRYAN'S COMING TO HER,
THERE'S NO CHANCE OF THINGS
GOING WRONG THIS TIME.
ANOTHER MESSAGE COMES THROUGH.
IT'S KYLE.
AS NICHOLE IS MEETING
BRYAN ALONE,
THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY
ABOUT ANY RETRIBUTION
FROM KYLE'S GIRLFRIEND, SARAH.
ALL SHE NEEDS TO DO NOW...
- HEY, HON.
- IS GET PAST HER MOM.
I'M EXHAUSTED,
I'LL BE IN MY ROOM, OKAY?
- OKAY, GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT.
WITH HER MOM IN BED,
IT'S EASY FOR NICHOLE
TO SNEAK OUT.
EVERYTHING IS READY,
SHE IS FINALLY GOING
TO MEET BRYAN FACE TO FACE.
THE DRIVEWAY IS PITCH BLACK,
SO NICHOLE MAKES SURE TO STAND
WHERE SHE CAN BE SEEN.
NO!
WE WOKE UP
AT LIKE QUARTER AFTER SEVEN,
WHICH IS REALLY LATE,
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT TIME NICHOLE
AND I NEED TO BE
LEAVING THE HOUSE.
I WENT OUT INTO THE LIVING ROOM,
NO TV ON.
NICHOLE?
IT WAS SO QUIET.
NICHOLE?
NICHOLE?
AND I SAID, "JASON,
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG,
NICHOLE'S NOT HERE,
NICHOLE'S GONE."
MAYBE SHE'S OUT FRONT.
DID YOU EVEN LOOK OUTSIDE?
NO.
WHILE HE'S LOOKING OUTSIDE,
I'M CALLING HER CELL PHONE.
AND IT'S JUST
GOING RIGHT TO VOICEMAIL.
I CALLED
HER BEST FRIEND, HALEIGH.
HALEIGH! HALEIGH, DID YOU TALK
TO NICHOLE LAST NIGHT?
NICHOLE WOULD TEXT ME
WHETHER SHE WAS STAYING
AT SOMEONE'S HOUSE
OR IF SHE GOT HOME.
BUT THAT'S WHY I KNEW
THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG,
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T CALL ME
AND TELL ME TO COVER FOR HER.
AND THAT WAS THE FIRST
I KNEW OF BRYAN BUTTERFIELD.
HALEIGH WANTS TO KNOW
IF THE MEETING
BETWEEN BRYAN AND NICHOLE
FINALLY HAPPENED.
I WENT ON FACEBOOK
TO ASK HIM WHERE NICHOLE WAS...
AND IT WAS JUST DELETED, LIKE --
LIKE IT WAS NEVER EVER
EVEN THERE.
THE CUTE SURFER GUY
DIDN'T EXIST.
I CALLED HALEIGH BACK
AND I SAID, "HAVE
YOU GOTTEN AHOLD OF HIM?
NO,
HIS FACEBOOK IS GONE.
AND I SAID,
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S GONE?"
SHE GOES, "HIS FACEBOOK
IS GONE."
WE DO HAVE TO WORRY.
MY STOMACH JUST TURNED.
KRISTINE
HAS HEARD ENOUGH.
SHE PICKS UP THE PHONE
AND DIALS 911.
MY DAUGHTER
WENT OUT LAST NIGHT
AND SHE MET SOMEBODY
AND SHE DIDN'T COME HOME.
WHEN WE FIRST
REPORTED THIS, THE POLICE
SAID, "THIS KIND OF STUFF
DOESN'T HAPPEN IN MAINE.
UH, JUST WAIT
AND SHE'LL BE HOME."
NO,
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND WE ARGUED
WITH THE OFFICER SAYING,
"LISTEN, THIS IS NOT LIKE HER.
THIS KID DOES NOT TURN
HER PHONE OFF.
SHE WOULD ANSWER US EVEN IF IT
WAS TO TELL US TO GO TO HELL."
I SAID, "WHAT DO I DO?
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?"
OFFICERS TELL KRISTINE
TO SIT TIGHT
AND WAIT FOR NICHOLE TO SHOW UP.
BUT KRISTINE KNOWS
THERE'S NO WAY
HER DAUGHTER WOULD BE
OFF HER CELL PHONE
FOR ALMOST 12 HOURS.
I GOT OFF THE PHONE
AND I IMMEDIATELY TOOK
SOME PHOTOS OF PHOTOS
THAT I HAD OF NICHOLE
AND I MADE A POSTER.
WE TRIED GETTING THEM
OUT THERE EVERYWHERE WE COULD.
WE WANTED NICHOLE TO COME HOME.
IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG
FOR KRISTINE'S POSTERS
TO SPREAD ACROSS TOWN,
INSPIRING THE WHOLE COMMUNITY
TO JOIN THE SEARCH.
EVERYWHERE YOU WENT
YOU COULD SEE
WHERE THEIR FLYERS WERE.
THEY WERE JUST --
FLOODED THE TOWN.
WITH NICHOLE NOW
MISSING FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS
AND THE TOWN UP IN ARMS,
THE POLICE TAKE ACTION.
WE HAD THE POLICE
COME OUT AND SPEAK WITH US.
AND THEY SAID,
"THIS IS SERIOUS."
HI, HALEIGH.
HALEIGH TELLS THE
DETECTIVES EVERYTHING SHE KNOWS.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME
ABOUT THE GUY THAT SHE ARRANGED
TO MEET LAST NIGHT.
UM, I KNOW THAT
HIS NAME IS BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
AND THAT THEY MET ON--
ONLINE ON FACEBOOK.
THE DEPUTY
AT THAT TIME ALSO
SPOKE AT LENGTH WITH HALEIGH
TO DETERMINE
WHO BRYAN BUTTERFIELD WAS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE,
WHERE HE MIGHT LIVE?
UM,
SHE SENT ME HIS PHOTO.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
TO POLICE, EVERYTHING
SUGGESTS THE BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
FACEBOOK ACCOUNT IS A FAKE.
BUT THEY NEED TO BE SURE.
SO THEY RUN A SEARCH
FOR ANYONE BY THAT NAME.
WE'RE GOING TO CHECK OUT
THESE RECORDS HERE, OKAY?
THE DEPUTY THEN
CHECKS SOME RECORDS
AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS
SOMEONE NAMED BRYAN BUTTERFIELD.
CAN YOU GET ME AN
ADDRESS FOR BRYAN BUTTERFIELD?
AND HE LIVES
15 MINUTES AWAY,
JUST OUTSIDE BANGOR, MAINE.
DETECTIVES HEAD
TO BRYAN BUTTERFIELD'S HOUSE.
THEY HOPE THEY'RE NOT TOO LATE.
I'M LOOKING
FOR BRYAN BUTTERFIELD.
NO ONE
HAS SEEN NICHOLE CABLE
SINCE SHE LEFT HER HOUSE
ON MOTHER'S DAY
TO MEET HER ONLINE SURFER
BOYFRIEND, BRYAN BUTTERFIELD.
DETECTIVES RACE TO BUTTERFIELD'S
DOORSTEP IN DOWNTOWN BANGOR.
I'M LOOKING
FOR BRYAN BUTTERFIELD.
THAT'S ME,
CAN I HELP?
THE BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
THAT THE DEPUTY
WAS SPEAKING
TO LOOKED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
LIKE THE BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
THAT NICHOLE HAD BEEN
COMMUNICATING WITH.
MIND IF I ASK YOU
A FEW QUESTIONS?
NO, COME IN.
THERE WAS
NO RESEMBLANCE WHATSOEVER.
YOU MIND IF
I TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR COMPUTER?
NO, GO AHEAD.
YOU CAN TELL SOMETIMES
WHEN SOMEONE HAS NO IDEA
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
KNEW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
ABOUT WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO
AND ABOUT HIS COMMUNICATION
WITH NICHOLE.
BUT DESPITE
LOOKING DIFFERENT,
A LOT OF HIS DETAILS
MATCHED THE ONLINE PROFILE
THAT NICHOLE HAD SHOWN
HER FRIEND HALEIGH.
BOTH LIVE IN BANGOR, BOTH WENT
TO OLD TOWN HIGH SCHOOL
AND BOTH ARE 18.
WHOEVER SET UP THE FAKE PROFILE
MUST HAVE KNOWN THE REAL BRYAN.
CAN YOU THINK OF ANYBODY
THAT WOULD WANT
TO GET YOU IN TROUBLE?
YEAH, ACTUALLY.
THERE'S AN EX-GIRLFRIEND.
SHE'S BEEN MAKING
LIFE HELL RECENTLY.
YEAH?
WHAT'S HER NAME?
SARAH.
SARAH MASON.
BRYAN TOLD THE DEPUTY
THAT HE AND SARAH
HAD DATED FOR A WHILE.
DO YOU KNOW
WHERE WE CAN FIND HER?
SHE LIVES IN ORONO
WITH HER NEW BOYFRIEND,
SOME GUY NAMED KYLE DUBE.
DETECTIVES HEAD
STRAIGHT
OVER TO KYLE DUBE'S HOUSE
IN NEARBY ORONO.
THEY WANT TO KNOW IF SARAH
IS BEHIND
THE FAKE FACEBOOK
ACCOUNT.
EXCUSE ME, SIR.
HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
LOOKING TO SPEAK
TO SARAH MASON, IS SHE IN?
UH, NO.
I'M NOT EXPECTING HER BACK
UNTIL THIS EVENING.
WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO TALK TO HER FOR?
HERE'S MY CARD.
CAN YOU ASK HER
TO CALL ME
WHEN SHE GETS BACK?
YEAH, SURE.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
TAKE CARE.
AS INVESTIGATORS
WAIT FOR SARAH,
NICHOLE'S COMPUTER
IS ANALYZED TO SEE
IF HER ONLINE ACTIVITY
CAN HELP EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
IF
YOU HAVE COMPUTER ISSUES
IN PART OF YOUR INVESTIGATION,
BRENT BOLEO
AT COMPUTER CRIMES TASK FORCE,
HE'S THE ONE
YOU WANT TO TALK TO.
DETECTIVE BOLEO CONTACTED
FACEBOOK AND U.S. CELLULAR.
AND THROUGH SUBPOENAS
AND SEARCH WARRANTS
WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN
THE TEXT MESSAGES
THAT HAD BEEN EXCHANGED BETWEEN
NICHOLE AND BRYAN BUTTERFIELD.
AND REALIZED THAT NICHOLE
HAD NOT SENT ANY MESSAGES
OR MADE ANY CALLS
SINCE THE 12th.
IT'S BEEN THREE DAYS
SINCE NICHOLE HAS USED
HER CELL PHONE.
FEARING FOUL PLAY,
POLICE LAUNCH A GROUND SEARCH
FOR THE 15 YEAR OLD.
OUR ROAD
WAS COMPLETELY BLOCKED OFF.
THE POLICE HAD CRIME SCENE TAPE
ON THE ROAD
THAT ADJOINS TO OURS.
THEY HAD CAMERAS,
THEY WERE TAKING PICTURES.
THERE WAS A WOOD LINE
THAT RAN ALONG THE DRIVEWAY
AND THEY FIND ARTICLES
THAT SEEMED OUT OF PLACE.
I LOOK UP AND I SEE
ONE OF NICHOLE'S SOCKS.
AND HER SHOES.
MY HUSBAND'S TRYING
TO TELL ME,
"WELL, WE JUST THREW A BUNCH
OF CLOTHES OUT LAST WEEK,
IT COULD'VE BEEN
BIRDS TAKING IT AWAY."
THEN OFFICERS
FIND SOMETHING HALF-HIDDEN
IN THE UNDERGROWTH.
THERE WAS A SKI MASK
THAT WAS FOUND
IN THAT WOODED AREA.
UNLIKE
THE OTHER ITEMS,
THE SKI MASK
DOESN'T BELONG TO NICHOLE.
IN THE WARM MONTH OF MAY,
THERE'S ONLY ONE REASON
TO WEAR A MASK,
TO HIDE HIS OR HER IDENTITY.
THEY BAG IT FOR DNA ANALYSIS.
DETECTIVES NOW FEAR
NICHOLE'S BEEN ABDUCTED.
IF THERE'S ANY CHANCE
THAT THEY'RE GOING
TO FIND HER ALIVE,
THEY HAVE TO FIND HER QUICKLY.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
THROWS EVERYTHING
THEY'VE GOT INTO A SEARCH
AND RESCUE OPERATION.
THERE WERE
MULTIPLE AGENCIES INVOLVED.
DOGS FROM
THE MAINE STATE POLICE.
AND A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO WILL ASSIST WITH THE SEARCH.
THEY DO IT GRID BY GRID.
THEY HAD PLANES
UP TRYING TO LOOK
THROUGH THE WOODS.
EVERYONE IN THE STATE
WAS TOGETHER LOOKING FOR HER.
THOUSANDS
OF VOLUNTEERS
SCOUR THE VAST WOODLAND AREA
FOR ANY SIGN OF NICHOLE...
WE WERE JUST
WAITING, WAITING
FOR SOMEONE TO FIND
SOMETHING TO TELL US,
LIKE, SHE'S OKAY.
UNTIL FINALLY
THEY MAKE A DISCOVERY.
THEY WENT UP SO FAR
AS ABOUT 10 MILES...
AND FOUND NICHOLE'S SWEATSHIRT.
TATTERED,
RIPPED DOWN THE CENTER,
AND WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS
QUITE A STRUGGLE.
I WAS --
I WAS SCARED
OUT OF MY MIND.
AS HOPES OF FINDING
NICHOLE ALIVE START TO FADE,
SARAH MASON COMES FORWARD.
THANKS
FOR COMING IN, SARAH.
I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
FOR YOU, OKAY?
WORD HAS SPREAD ABOUT
HOW MUCH SARAH DISLIKES NICHOLE.
SHE'S DISGUSTING.
SHE HAS BEEN HEARD
MAKING THREATS AGAINST HER.
IF I SEE HER AROUND,
SHE'S DEAD.
BUT DID SHE EVER
ACT ON THEM?
WHERE WERE YOU
ON SUNDAY NIGHT?
I WAS AT MY MOM'S HOUSE,
YOU CAN CHECK.
DO YOU OFTEN
USE THE COMPUTER AT KYLE'S?
YEAH, SOMETIMES.
SARAH IS ICE COLD,
BUT CAN SHE KEEP HER COMPOSURE?
KYLE LIKES NICHOLE,
DOESN'T HE?
I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUS
BY THE WAY HE BEHAVES,
THAT THEY'RE AN ITEM.
IT'S NOT TRUE,
IF IT WAS, I WOULD KILL HIM.
THE OUTBURST
EXPOSES SARAH'S SINISTER SIDE.
BUT INVESTIGATORS
NEED HARD EVIDENCE
BEFORE THEY CAN MAKE THEIR MOVE.
AS THEY CHECK OUT HER ALIBI,
ANALYSIS OF THE FAKE
BRYAN PROFILE HITS THEIR DESK.
THEY WERE ABLE
TO TRACE THE IP ADDRESS.
IS THIS THE ADDRESS
THE BRYAN BUTTERFIELD ACCOUNT
TRACES BACK TO?
GOOD WORK MAN, GOOD WORK.
THE ACCOUNT ORIGINATES
FROM KYLE DUBE'S HOUSE,
WHERE SARAH HAS ACCESS
TO THE COMPUTER.
DETECTIVES ARE CLOSING IN UNTIL
NEWS OF HER ALIBI COMES THROUGH.
SARAH WAS ABLE
TO BE RULED OUT
BECAUSE SHE WAS WITH
HER MOTHER ON MOTHER'S DAY.
BUT THE RESULTS
ARE CLEAR --
THE BRYAN BUTTERFIELD ACCOUNT
WAS CREATED AT KYLE'S HOUSE.
AND AT THAT POINT
THE INVESTIGATION TOOK
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TURN.
ALMOST A WEEK
AFTER NICHOLE CABLE
DISAPPEARED FROM HER HOME
IN GLENBURN, MAINE.
INVESTIGATORS
DISCOVER THE CREATOR
OF THE FAKE FACEBOOK PROFILE
SHE WAS COMMUNICATING
WITH JUST BEFORE SHE VANISHED.
DETECTIVE BOLEO TRACED
THE BRYAN BUTTERFIELD ACCOUNT
TO KYLE DUBE.
DETECTIVES HAVE PROOF
THAT IT WAS KYLE'S SMART PHONE
THAT COMMUNICATED WITH NICHOLE
ON THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED.
EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT KYLE
HAS ABDUCTED NICHOLE,
BUT DETECTIVES
NEED A CONFESSION.
THE FOLLOWING MORNING, HE IS
BROUGHT IN FOR QUESTIONING.
DETECTIVES START BY SCRUTINIZING
HIS MOVEMENTS
THE NIGHT NICHOLE WENT MISSING.
KYLE SAID
THAT HE PICKED UP
HIS GIRLFRIEND SARAH
AT HER HOUSE
APPROXIMATELY 11:00
ON THE NIGHT OF THE 12th.
BUT CELL PHONE RECORDS
INDICATED THAT HE HAD LEFT WORK
SOMETIME BETWEEN 8:00 AND 9:00
AND WERE IN THE OLD TOWN AREA
BETWEEN 9:00 AND 11:00.
WHAT KYLE WAS TELLING THEM
WASN'T TRUE.
BUT KYLE
IS STEADFAST IN HIS DENIAL.
ONLY THEN DO THE DETECTIVES
PLAY THEIR TRUMP CARD.
AT THE VERY END
OF THE INTERVIEW
THEY SHOWED HIM THE MASK.
THE DNA ON THE MASK
MATCHES A SAMPLE POLICE ALREADY
HAVE ON RECORD FOR KYLE.
NOW DETECTIVES
DESPERATELY NEED HIM
TO LEAD THEM TO NICHOLE,
DEAD OR ALIVE.
THEY GET NOTHING FROM KYLE.
BUT AFTER HE IS RELEASED
TO HIS FAMILY,
HE MAKES A SHOCKING ADMISSION.
KYLE ADMITTED TO SARAH
THAT HE HAD KILLED NICHOLE.
AND HE TOLD HER WHAT HE HAD DONE
WITH NICHOLE'S BODY
AND WHERE THE BODY WAS LOCATED.
STUNNED
BY THE INFORMATION,
SARAH GIVES KYLE UP,
AND A SEARCH TEAM IS IMMEDIATELY
DISPATCHED TO FIND NICHOLE.
GAME WARDENS
AND DETECTIVES
WENT TO THAT LOCATION.
THEY FOUND
AN UNUSUAL-LOOKING MOUND
COVERED WITH LEAVES,
TWIGS AND BRANCHES.
AND THAT'S WHEN THEY KNEW THAT
THEY HAD FOUND NICHOLE CABLE
AT LAST.
NICHOLE'S BODY IS UNCOVERED
10 MILES FROM HER HOME,
BY THE RIVER IN OLD TOWN,
8 DAYS
AFTER SHE WENT MISSING.
NOW ALL THAT'S LEFT IS FOR
INVESTIGATORS TO BREAK THE NEWS
TO HER FAMILY.
JASON HAD GOT
A PHONE CALL FROM THE POLICE...
THE POLICE
ARE OUTSIDE, OKAY?
HE WENT OUT
AND TALKED WITH THEM.
THEY HAD COME UP
AND JASON HAD PUT
HIS ARM AROUND ME.
AND I LOOKED AT THEM.
AND I SAID, "DID YOU FIND HER?"
AND THEY JUST NODDED.
BUT THE WAY --
THE WAY THEY NODDED, I KNEW.
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING.
KYLE DUBE IS CHARGED
WITH KIDNAPPING
AND FIRST-DEGREE MURDER,
TO WHICH HE PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
DURING HIS TRIAL,
THE FULL STORY IS REVEALED.
AFTER NICHOLE
FOUND OUT ABOUT SARAH,
SHE ENDED ANY HOPE
OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH KYLE.
BUT KYLE COULDN'T LET NICHOLE GO
AND BECAME OBSESSED
WITH HAVING HER.
POSING AS BRYAN, HE LURES HER
OUT OF HER HOME.
HE WAS GOING
TO HIDE HER
AND THEN JOIN
THE SEARCH PARTY AS HIMSELF.
HE WAS GOING TO BE THE ONE
TO FIND HER
SO HE COULD BE THE HERO.
BUT HIS PLAN
GOES WRONG.
STOP! STOP!
HE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE
THAT NICHOLE WAS GOING
TO FIGHT FOR HER LIFE
AS MUCH AS SHE DID.
ONCE SHE RIPPED THE MASK OFF
AND SHE KNEW IT WAS HIM,
HE HAD TO ELIMINATE THE THREAT.
AND HE ENDED UP KILLING HER
WHEN HE PROBABLY JUST HAD
THE INTENT TO RAPE HER.
KYLE DUBE IS FOUND
GUILTY OF BOTH CHARGES
AND IS SENTENCED
TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON.
IT'S JUSTICE
FOR NICHOLE'S FAMILY.
BUT NOTHING WILL BRING HER BACK.
NICHOLE'S BEDROOM
IS A TYPICAL GIRL'S ROOM.
HER LITTLE SISTERS
WANT TO GO IN THERE.
I THINK IT MAKES
THEM FEEL CLOSE TO HER.
BUT I COULDN'T HAVE
THEM TOUCHING ALL HER STUFF
AND RUINING HER THINGS.
SO I ASKED MY HUSBAND
TO SCREW HER BEDROOM DOOR SHUT.
I BASICALLY LOST
EVERYTHING THE DAY SHE DIED.
I LAID IN BED IN CRIED.
I DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL.
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO HARD.
SHE WAS ON THE VERGE
OF A WONDERFUL LIFE
AND SHE HAD IT SNATCHED AWAY.
OBSESSED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA...
HONESTLY,
SHE TOOK THE MOST
SELFIES OUT OF ANYONE
I'VE EVER KNOWN.
MEETS
HER DREAM GUY ONLINE.
HE WAS HOT.
HE WAS HOT.
BUT IN
A WORLD OF DECEPTION...
YEAH, HE'S REALLY CUTE.
THAT WHOLE THING
WHERE YOUR PARENTS SAY,
"STRANGER DANGER,"
IT'S REAL.
WE DO HAVE TO WORRY.
THAT'S WHY I KNEW
THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG.
WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?
IDENTITIES COLLIDE...
SHE WAS
A JEALOUS YOUNG GIRL.
AND THE PAST
CRASHES INTO THE PRESENT.
NICHOLE?
I SAID, "WHAT DO I DO,
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?"
HELLO?
MY STOMACH JUST TURNED.
NO!
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD
NICHOLE CABLE
IS A HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE
IN OLD TOWN, MAINE.
I'M SO
GLAD SCHOOL'S OVER.
HEY, TY.
AFTER SCHOOL
SHE SPENDS MOST OF HER TIME
HANGING OUT
WITH BEST FRIENDS HALEIGH
AND TYLER-ANN.
NICHOLE
WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
SHE WAS ONE OF
THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE I EVER MET.
SHE JUST MADE ME CRACK UP
ALL THE TIME.
SHE WAS FRIENDS
WITH EVERYBODY.
KIDS THAT NOBODY
WAS REALLY FRIENDS WITH,
SHE WOULD GO OUT OF HER WAY
TO BE NICE TO THEM.
LIKE MOST TEENS
IN TOWN, NICHOLE
IS ADDICTED TO FACEBOOK.
SHE KEEPS UP
WITH THE GOSSIP AND SHARES
SELFIES WITH HER FRIENDS.
HONESTLY, SHE
TOOK THE MOST
SELFIES OUT OF ANYONE
I'VE EVER KNOWN.
AND, I MEAN, I DID YELL AT HER
A COUPLE OF TIMES.
I WAS LIKE,
"PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY!"
SCHOOL'S OVER,
OH MY GOODNESS.
NICHOLE'S PUBLIC POSTS
AND PRETTY PROFILE PICTURE
ATTRACT LOTS OF FRIEND REQUESTS.
EVERY DAY
SHE HAD SOMEONE
NEW ADDING HER ON FACEBOOK.
A LOCAL GUY
NAMED KYLE DUBE
ASKS TO FRIEND NICHOLE.
SHE'S NEVER HEARD OF HIM.
BUT HE LOOKS COOL.
HE'S GOT A JOB
AND HIS OWN TRUCK.
HE MUST BE A COUPLE
OF YEARS OLDER.
NO, NO.
I THINK I'LL
ACCEPT THAT FRIEND REQUEST.
HE'S NOT MY TYPE.
DEFINITELY ALL FOR YOU.
OH, HE MESSAGED ME.
EXCUSE ME.
NICHOLE'S MOM KRISTINE
PICKS HER UP FROM SCHOOL
EVERY DAY...
- HI, MOM.
- HEY.
I'M GOING
TO RIDE IN THE BACK TODAY.
FOR THE 15-MINUTE
DRIVE HOME TO GLENBURN,
WHERE SHE LIVES WITH
HER SISTERS AND STEP-DAD.
SO HOW'S SCHOOL?
IT WAS ALL RIGHT.
SITTING IN
THE BACK SEAT,
SHE'D BE GIGGLING, LAUGHING.
WE'D -- TALKING BACK AND FORTH.
ARE ANY OF THE SUBJECTS
EASIER THAN OTHERS?
UH, YEAH, MATH IS
ACTUALLY GOING REALLY WELL.
GOOD.
AND OF COURSE SHE'S,
YOU KNOW, ON HER PHONE
AND TEXTING AT THE SAME TIME.
IT WAS LIKE
YOU COULDN'T EVEN TELL
SHE WAS TEXTING
BECAUSE SHE WAS
CARRYING A CONVERSATION RIGHT
ALONG WITH YOU.
ARE YOU GETTING READY FOR EXAMS?
YEAH,
THEY'RE COMING UP.
IT'S BEEN 2 WEEKS
SINCE NICHOLE
STARTED TALKING
TO KYLE DUBE ONLINE.
AND NOW HE WANTS TO MEET UP.
BUT NICHOLE'S MOM HAS STRICT
RULES ABOUT INTERNET FRIENDS.
HEY.
HEY,
JUST SEEING WHAT'S UP.
OH,
JUST DOING SOME HOMEWORK.
GOT SOME JUICE,
YOU WANT SOME?
COOL.
OKAY.
NICHOLE ISN'T ALLOWED
TO GO OUT WITH SOMEONE
SHE ONLY KNOWS
FROM THE INTERNET.
I THINK SHE JUST
THOUGHT I WAS BEING MEAN.
AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD
WHERE SHE WAS COMING FROM.
I REMEMBER BEING A KID,
BUT SHE'S MY KID.
BUT NICHOLE
IS DETERMINED TO MEET KYLE,
EVEN IF IT MEANS
LYING TO HER MOM.
MOM!
SHE WOULD GET
VERY DEFENSIVE
IF I TRIED TO LOOK
OVER HER SHOULDER.
I'M JUST CHECKING THE TIME.
THAT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING.
I'M GOING TO MEET
HALEIGH TOMORROW AFTER SCHOOL.
OKAY.
JUST LET ME KNOW
IF YOU NEED A RIDE HOME.
- COOL.
- OKAY.
TEENAGERS -- OH MY GOODNESS --
THEY REBEL.
AND THE MORE YOU PUSH,
THE MORE THEY REBEL.
NICHOLE FILLS HALEIGH
IN ON THE PLAN
AND GETS READY TO MEET KYLE
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
NICHOLE AND I --
WE WERE LIKE SISTERS,
SO WE ALWAYS TOOK CARE
OF EACH OTHER.
SHE HAD MY BACK AND I HAD
HER BACK THROUGH EVERYTHING.
- YOU'RE SURE?
- YEAH,
AND HE SEEMS REALLY NICE.
SO WHEN SHE MET KYLE,
SHE TOLD ME ABOUT IT.
BEAUTIFUL.
GO, I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
HAVE FUN, BYE.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST
TIME SHE'S MET UP
WITH SOMEONE
SHE'S ONLY MESSAGED ONLINE,
BUT KYLE SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE
SHE CAN TRUST.
THAT WHOLE THERE
WHERE, LIKE, YOUR PARENTS SAY,
"STRANGER DANGER," IT'S REAL.
BUT WE THOUGHT
WE WERE INVINCIBLE.
- HEY.
- HEY.
- NICHOLE?
- KYLE?
- HEY.
- NICE TO FINALLY MEET YOU.
HEY, NICE
TO MEET YOU TOO.
- HOW YOU DOING?
- GOOD.
- GOOD.
- NICE TRUCK.
THANKS, YEAH.
IT'S COOL.
YOU WANT TO GO FOR A WALK?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT.
THIS WAY.
NICHOLE THINKS KYLE'S
EVEN BETTER LOOKING IN PERSON,
BUT OLDER
THAN SHE WAS EXPECTING.
SO HOW OLD ARE YOU?
I'M 19, ALMOST 20.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
YEAH...
I'M A DAD TOO.
I HAVE A FOUR-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER AT HOME.
WOW.
YEAH.
IS HER MOM THERE?
UH, NO,
WE, UH, WE BROKE UP.
UH, MY DAUGHTER
LIVES AT HOME WITH ME.
THE MOM HELPS TO BABYSIT
BECAUSE I'M OUT OF THE HOUSE
A LOT, I WORK MOST NIGHTS.
BUT, UH, I'M KIND OF
LIKE A CARE WORKER
FOR OLD PEOPLE.
- THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
- YEAH.
NICHOLE LOVES
THAT KYLE IS SO MATURE
AND IS TAKING
FATHERHOOD SERIOUSLY.
SHE WANTS TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT HIM,
BUT SHE'LL HAVE TO WAIT.
UH, MY MOM
WANTS TO KNOW WHAT TIME
SHE SHOULD PICK ME UP.
UM, I COULD PROBABLY
GIVE YOU A RIDE IF YOU LIKE?
- COOL.
- ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE THEN.
KYLE
MAKES THE SHORT DRIVE
TO NICHOLE'S HOUSE.
HE PARKS ON THE MAIN ROAD
SO THEY DON'T GET CAUGHT
AND WAITS UNTIL NICHOLE
IS SAFELY INSIDE.
HEY, TY.
NICHOLE HAS
A HUGE CRUSH ON KYLE ALREADY...
AND CAN'T WAIT
TO TELL HER FRIENDS.
HE LOOKS
LIKE A GROWN-UP.
NICHOLE TOLD ME THAT
SHE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS FUNNY.
HE WAS MATURE, LIKE, HE WASN'T
LIKE THOSE KIDS IN OUR CLASS.
AND HE HAS A TRUCK.
HE HAD A CAR,
HE HAD A JOB.
SO HE WAS ALMOST LIKE
A FULL-GROWN MAN AT THIS POINT
AND THAT'S
WHAT SHE REALLY WANTED.
OKAY,
I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE.
KYLE
SEEMS SERIOUS ABOUT NICHOLE.
MOM?
MEETING KYLE'S
DAUGHTER IS A HUGE DEAL
AND NICHOLE CAN'T KEEP HIM
A SECRET ANY LONGER.
CAN I GO
FOR A RIDE WITH A FRIEND,
HE'S GOING TO PICK ME UP.
NICHOLE HAD ASKED
IF SHE COULD GO
FOR A RIDE WITH THIS BOY.
- BOYFRIEND?
- NO.
HE'S JUST -- HE'S 17,
SO HE CAN DRIVE.
SHE HAD SAID
HE WAS 17 AND HIS NAME
WAS KYLE AND THEY
WERE JUST FRIENDS.
OKAY, BUT YOU KNOW
THE HOUSE RULES.
- YUP, YUP.
- HE'S GOT TO COME IN.
I KNOW.
AND WE SAID,
"WELL, HE'S GOT TO COME IN,
WE HAVE TO MEET HIM BEFORE,
YOU KNOW,
YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE WITH HIM."
AS NICHOLE
CONFIRMS THE DATE,
AN UNEXPECTED MESSAGE
COMES THROUGH.
SOMEONE WANTS TO KNOW
WHAT'S UP BETWEEN HER AND KYLE.
BUT IT ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
SOMEONE'S BEEN JEALOUS OF HER.
SORRY ABOUT THIS,
BUT DO YOU MIND COMING INSIDE
AND MEETING MY MOM?
NO, I DON'T MIND.
AWESOME.
NICHOLE THINKS HER MOM
WILL BUY HER STORY
ABOUT KYLE'S AGE,
BUT HER STEP-DAD
MIGHT BE HARDER TO CONVINCE.
NICHOLE'S MOM, KRISTINE,
MARRIED JASON WILEY FOUR YEARS
AFTER SPLITTING
FROM NICHOLE'S DAD IN 2002,
WHEN NICHOLE WAS JUST FIVE.
WHEN HE CAME IN,
I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE
OF CLEANING MY 9 MILLIMETER GUN.
AND I SAID, "HEY, KYLE.
COME HERE, I WANT
TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING."
YOU EVER SEEN
ONE OF THESE THINGS?
AND I SHOWED HIM THE GUN...
YEAH, IT'S A 9 MIL.
AND I SAID TO HIM,
"JUST SO YOU KNOW,
IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS
OF DOING ANYTHING
OTHER THAN FRIENDS
THAT THIS IS HERE ON THE TABLE."
UNDERSTOOD?
UNDERSTOOD.
JUST TO LET HIM KNOW
THAT I'M A CARING STEP-FATHER.
ALL RIGHT.
HEY, SO KYLE,
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
HE LOOKED AT ME
AND HE'S LIKE, "UM"...
UM, 18.
IT WAS MORE LIKE
A QUESTION, NOT A STATEMENT.
KRISTINE
ISN'T CONVINCED,
SHE KNOWS KYLE
IS HIDING SOMETHING...
- LET'S GO IN HERE.
- ALL RIGHT.
BUT DECIDES TO PUT
HER DAUGHTER'S HAPPINESS FIRST.
MY WIFE SAID, "WELL,
GEEZ, WE NEED TO TRUST HER,
WE NEED TO GIVE HER
A LITTLE BIT OF FREEDOM."
SO WE MADE THE DECISION
TO LET HER GO.
IT'S A 20-MINUTE DRIVE
TO KYLE'S HOUSE IN ORONO,
AND NICHOLE CANNOT WAIT TO MEET
HIS DAUGHTER.
SHE WENT AND HUNG OUT
WITH KYLE AT HIS HOUSE.
JUST, UH, CHILL OUT HERE,
UH, I'LL GO GET HER.
AND HE HAD
A DAUGHTER NAMED SAVANNAH
AND SHE WAS LIKE FOUR
AT THE TIME.
- AND THIS IS NICHOLE.
- HI THERE.
THIS IS MY FRIEND.
IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
THIS IS SAVANNAH.
SHE'S SO CUTE.
SHE ABSOLUTELY
ADORED SAVANNAH.
PRETTY HAIR.
AND SAVANNAH
WAS RIGHT IN LOVE WITH NICHOLE.
- LET'S GO ON THE SWING.
- THAT SOUNDS FUN.
NICHOLE IS HAVING
A WONDERFUL TIME
WITH KYLE AND HIS DAUGHTER,
WHEN SUDDENLY...
HEY, UH,
MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET GOING?
- WHY?
- UM, YOU'RE JUST GOING
TO GET --
UH, THAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND.
- WHO THE HELL IS SHE?
- WHAT?
IT'S COOL SARAH.
SARAH.
YEAH, THE HELL IT'S COOL.
I THOUGHT
KYLE DUBE WAS THE ONE
I HAD TO WORRY ABOUT HER SEEING,
HOW WRONG WAS I?
JUST A WEEK
AFTER MEETING 19-YEAR-OLD
KYLE DUBE ONLINE,
NICHOLE IS EXCITED
ABOUT BECOMING HIS GIRLFRIEND.
THIS IS SAVANNAH.
BUT SHE'S SHOCKED
TO DISCOVER HE ALREADY HAS ONE.
UM, NO, YOU'RE JUST GOING
TO GET -- THAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND.
- WHO THE HELL IS SHE?
- WHAT?
IT'S COOL, SARAH.
SARAH.
- YEAH, THE HELL IT'S COOL.
- I KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT,
DON'T -- DON'T SWEAR
IN FRONT OF SAVANNAH, OKAY,
I TOLD YOU A MILLION TIMES.
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD
SARAH MASON
HAS BEEN DATING KYLE
ON AND OFF FOR ALMOST A YEAR
AND SHE HAS A FIERCE REPUTATION.
NICHOLE IS DEVASTATED
THAT KYLE LED HER
ON AND IT GETS WORSE.
NEWS OF WHAT HAPPENED SPREADS
ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
NOTHING.
NICHOLE
WAS SITTING ON THE COUCH
AND SHE WAS TEXTING
ON HER CELL PHONE.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE NOTHING.
I JUST SAID, "WHAT -- YOU KNOW,
WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S WRONG?"
SHE LOOKED UPSET.
I'M JUST MAD AT KYLE.
AND I SAID, "WHY?"
HE JUST LIED TO ME,
HE TOLD ME HE DIDN'T
HAVE A GIRLFRIEND
AND THEN HE DOES.
KYLE'S GIRLFRIEND,
SARAH, IS SEETHING WITH ANGER
AND WANTS TO KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
KYLE'S GIRLFRIEND
WAS MESSAGING NICHOLE
AND ASKING TO SEE TEXT MESSAGES
AND PRIVATE MESSAGES
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.
ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH, I'M FINE.
SARAH'S MAD
BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT
THAT KYLE WAS CHEATING ON HER.
AND NICHOLE WAS UPSET WITH KYLE
BECAUSE KYLE LIED TO HER.
NICHOLE
STOPS TEXTING KYLE
AND HOPES SARAH WILL CALM DOWN
WHEN SHE FIGURES
OUT NOTHING HAPPENED.
SHE NEEDS A DISTRACTION...
AND SOMEONE NEW TO TALK TO.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF OFFERS,
BUT ONE WHICH STANDS OUT.
BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
RECENTLY GRADUATED
FROM NICHOLE'S HIGH SCHOOL
AND THEY HAVE LOTS
OF FRIENDS IN COMMON.
HE IS ALSO SERIOUSLY CUTE.
IT IS EXACTLY WHAT NICHOLE
NEEDS AFTER EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENED WITH KYLE.
UH, EVERYONE
CAN SLEEP OVER.
- SOME S'MORES.
- WORKING ON MY MOM
TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE
THAT I CAN INVITE.
OH, BY THE WAY,
DID I TELL YOU
THIS CUTIE ADDED ME ON FACEBOOK.
NICHOLE
SHOWED ME HIS PICTURE
AND WE WERE BOTH THINKING
ABOUT HOW IT WAS REALLY STRANGE
THAT IT WAS LIKE A SURFER
WITH A SURFBOARD,
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
WE LIVE IN MAINE.
BUT HE WAS PRETTY CUTE,
TO BE HONEST.
HE HAD, LIKE, LONG,
BLONDE, CURLY SURFER HAIR.
- HE'S HOT.
- YEAH, MORE YOUR TYPE?
HE WAS HOT.
HE WAS HOT.
HE'S VERY HOT.
ARE YOU GOING TO MESSAGE HIM?
YEAH,
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN CHATTING.
- I HAVE TO GO, LADIES.
- ALL RIGHT.
- HAVE A GOOD ONE.
- BYE. BYE.
WITH NEW GUY, BRYAN,
ON THE SCENE,
NICHOLE FORGETS ALL ABOUT KYLE.
BUT NOT EVERYONE
IS MOVING ON SO FAST.
SARAH'S HATE
FOR NICHOLE RUNS DEEP.
ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH, I'M FINE.
IT'S
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
SENDS AN INVITATION.
FINALLY, SHE'LL GET
TO MEET HER MYSTERY MAN.
MOM.
YEAH?
CAN I GO
TO A PARTY TONIGHT?
MY FRIEND CAN GIVE ME A RIDE.
NICHOLE HAD ASKED
IF SHE COULD GO TO A PARTY
WITH A FRIEND.
DO I KNOW THEM?
UM, NO,
DO YOU HAVE TO MEET HIM?
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU CAN KIND OF JUDGE PEOPLE
BETTER THAT WAY.
OKAY,
I'LL LET HIM KNOW.
NICHOLE IS DETERMINED
TO MAKE THIS DATE A SUCCESS --
A PARTY IN A FANCY PART
OF TOWN CALLS FOR EXTRA EFFORT.
SHE WAS
PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT GOING.
I THINK SHE CHANGED HER HAIR
LIKE THREE OR FOUR TIMES
THAT NIGHT.
SHE'S A KID, SHE'S A TEENAGER,
THEY WANT TO GO AND HAVE FUN.
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
BRYAN'S LOST AND RUNNING LATE
FOR THE PARTY.
NICHOLE CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
IT'S TOO EMBARRASSING
FOR HER PARENTS
TO TAKE HER TO THE PARTY,
BUT THERE IS ONE ALTERNATIVE,
KYLE DUBE.
NOW THAT NICHOLE
IS MORE INTERESTED IN BRYAN,
SHE LETS KYLE
OFF THE HOOK
FOR LYING HER
ABOUT HAVING A GIRLFRIEND
IN RETURN FOR A SMALL FAVOR.
THINGS ARE FINALLY
FALLING INTO PLACE.
NICHOLE HAS A REALLY
GOOD FEELING ABOUT BRYAN.
KYLE PICKS NICHOLE UP AT 9 P.M.
THANKS
FOR PICKING ME UP.
YEAH, SURE.
BUT IT'S NOT LONG
BEFORE THEY RUN INTO TROUBLE.
AS THEY DROVE
DOWN THE ROAD, THIS LAKE ROAD,
THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO FIND BRYAN.
AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE
TO FIND THE PARTY.
NICHOLE REACHED
OUT VIA TEXT MESSAGE
ASKING, "WHERE ARE YOU?"
AND HE DIDN'T RESPOND.
LET'S FORGET IT.
NO WAY.
JUST PULL OVER.
DETERMINED
TO FIND BRYAN,
NICHOLE HEADS TOWARDS THE LAKE
ALONE TO LOOK FOR THE PARTY.
MEANWHILE, KYLE'S GIRLFRIEND,
SARAH, SEEMS TO KNOW
THAT KYLE ISN'T JUST
OUT ON HIS OWN.
HEY, BABY.
NO, NOBODY.
HELLO?
HELLO?
NICHOLE CABLE
IS LOOKING FORWARD
TO MEETING HER NEW FACEBOOK
FRIEND, BRYAN BUTTERFIELD,
AT AN EXCLUSIVE PARTY
ON PUSHAW LAKE
IN OLD TOWN, MAINE.
BUT AFTER GETTING LOST
ALONG THE WAY,
SHE FINDS HERSELF IN THE DARK,
DEEP INTO THE WOODS.
HELLO?
AH!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
YOU SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME.
I JUST THOUGHT
YOU GOT LOST.
COME ON, LET'S GO.
WITH NO SIGN
OF THE PARTY,
THERE'S NO OPTION
BUT TO TURN BACK.
MEETING BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
WILL HAVE TO WAIT.
THE NEXT MORNING,
IT'S MOTHER'S DAY.
NICHOLE REFUSES TO LET
SARAH'S HOSTILITY
SPOIL THE OCCASION.
MOM?
I HAD WOKE UP TO
NICHOLE COMING INTO MY ROOM...
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.
AND SHE HAD MADE ME
A CARD WITH CONSTRUCTION PAPER
THAT SAID,
"HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY"
AND WITH A HEART
AND A FLOWER ON THE FRONT.
THIS IS SO SWEET.
I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
NICHOLE MADE ME A CARD.
THANK YOU.
- I LOVE YOU, MOM.
- I LOVE YOU, TOO.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY A --
A SPECIAL GIFT.
NICHOLE
CAN'T GET BRYAN
OUT OF HER MIND.
SHE HOPES HE DIDN'T
DITCH HER ON PURPOSE.
NICHOLE'S RELIEVED THAT
BRYAN STILL WANTS TO MET UP.
AND SINCE BRYAN'S COMING TO HER,
THERE'S NO CHANCE OF THINGS
GOING WRONG THIS TIME.
ANOTHER MESSAGE COMES THROUGH.
IT'S KYLE.
AS NICHOLE IS MEETING
BRYAN ALONE,
THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY
ABOUT ANY RETRIBUTION
FROM KYLE'S GIRLFRIEND, SARAH.
ALL SHE NEEDS TO DO NOW...
- HEY, HON.
- IS GET PAST HER MOM.
I'M EXHAUSTED,
I'LL BE IN MY ROOM, OKAY?
- OKAY, GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD NIGHT.
WITH HER MOM IN BED,
IT'S EASY FOR NICHOLE
TO SNEAK OUT.
EVERYTHING IS READY,
SHE IS FINALLY GOING
TO MEET BRYAN FACE TO FACE.
THE DRIVEWAY IS PITCH BLACK,
SO NICHOLE MAKES SURE TO STAND
WHERE SHE CAN BE SEEN.
NO!
WE WOKE UP
AT LIKE QUARTER AFTER SEVEN,
WHICH IS REALLY LATE,
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT TIME NICHOLE
AND I NEED TO BE
LEAVING THE HOUSE.
I WENT OUT INTO THE LIVING ROOM,
NO TV ON.
NICHOLE?
IT WAS SO QUIET.
NICHOLE?
NICHOLE?
AND I SAID, "JASON,
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG,
NICHOLE'S NOT HERE,
NICHOLE'S GONE."
MAYBE SHE'S OUT FRONT.
DID YOU EVEN LOOK OUTSIDE?
NO.
WHILE HE'S LOOKING OUTSIDE,
I'M CALLING HER CELL PHONE.
AND IT'S JUST
GOING RIGHT TO VOICEMAIL.
I CALLED
HER BEST FRIEND, HALEIGH.
HALEIGH! HALEIGH, DID YOU TALK
TO NICHOLE LAST NIGHT?
NICHOLE WOULD TEXT ME
WHETHER SHE WAS STAYING
AT SOMEONE'S HOUSE
OR IF SHE GOT HOME.
BUT THAT'S WHY I KNEW
THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG,
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T CALL ME
AND TELL ME TO COVER FOR HER.
AND THAT WAS THE FIRST
I KNEW OF BRYAN BUTTERFIELD.
HALEIGH WANTS TO KNOW
IF THE MEETING
BETWEEN BRYAN AND NICHOLE
FINALLY HAPPENED.
I WENT ON FACEBOOK
TO ASK HIM WHERE NICHOLE WAS...
AND IT WAS JUST DELETED, LIKE --
LIKE IT WAS NEVER EVER
EVEN THERE.
THE CUTE SURFER GUY
DIDN'T EXIST.
I CALLED HALEIGH BACK
AND I SAID, "HAVE
YOU GOTTEN AHOLD OF HIM?
NO,
HIS FACEBOOK IS GONE.
AND I SAID,
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S GONE?"
SHE GOES, "HIS FACEBOOK
IS GONE."
WE DO HAVE TO WORRY.
MY STOMACH JUST TURNED.
KRISTINE
HAS HEARD ENOUGH.
SHE PICKS UP THE PHONE
AND DIALS 911.
MY DAUGHTER
WENT OUT LAST NIGHT
AND SHE MET SOMEBODY
AND SHE DIDN'T COME HOME.
WHEN WE FIRST
REPORTED THIS, THE POLICE
SAID, "THIS KIND OF STUFF
DOESN'T HAPPEN IN MAINE.
UH, JUST WAIT
AND SHE'LL BE HOME."
NO,
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND WE ARGUED
WITH THE OFFICER SAYING,
"LISTEN, THIS IS NOT LIKE HER.
THIS KID DOES NOT TURN
HER PHONE OFF.
SHE WOULD ANSWER US EVEN IF IT
WAS TO TELL US TO GO TO HELL."
I SAID, "WHAT DO I DO?
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?"
OFFICERS TELL KRISTINE
TO SIT TIGHT
AND WAIT FOR NICHOLE TO SHOW UP.
BUT KRISTINE KNOWS
THERE'S NO WAY
HER DAUGHTER WOULD BE
OFF HER CELL PHONE
FOR ALMOST 12 HOURS.
I GOT OFF THE PHONE
AND I IMMEDIATELY TOOK
SOME PHOTOS OF PHOTOS
THAT I HAD OF NICHOLE
AND I MADE A POSTER.
WE TRIED GETTING THEM
OUT THERE EVERYWHERE WE COULD.
WE WANTED NICHOLE TO COME HOME.
IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG
FOR KRISTINE'S POSTERS
TO SPREAD ACROSS TOWN,
INSPIRING THE WHOLE COMMUNITY
TO JOIN THE SEARCH.
EVERYWHERE YOU WENT
YOU COULD SEE
WHERE THEIR FLYERS WERE.
THEY WERE JUST --
FLOODED THE TOWN.
WITH NICHOLE NOW
MISSING FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS
AND THE TOWN UP IN ARMS,
THE POLICE TAKE ACTION.
WE HAD THE POLICE
COME OUT AND SPEAK WITH US.
AND THEY SAID,
"THIS IS SERIOUS."
HI, HALEIGH.
HALEIGH TELLS THE
DETECTIVES EVERYTHING SHE KNOWS.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME
ABOUT THE GUY THAT SHE ARRANGED
TO MEET LAST NIGHT.
UM, I KNOW THAT
HIS NAME IS BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
AND THAT THEY MET ON--
ONLINE ON FACEBOOK.
THE DEPUTY
AT THAT TIME ALSO
SPOKE AT LENGTH WITH HALEIGH
TO DETERMINE
WHO BRYAN BUTTERFIELD WAS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE,
WHERE HE MIGHT LIVE?
UM,
SHE SENT ME HIS PHOTO.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
TO POLICE, EVERYTHING
SUGGESTS THE BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
FACEBOOK ACCOUNT IS A FAKE.
BUT THEY NEED TO BE SURE.
SO THEY RUN A SEARCH
FOR ANYONE BY THAT NAME.
WE'RE GOING TO CHECK OUT
THESE RECORDS HERE, OKAY?
THE DEPUTY THEN
CHECKS SOME RECORDS
AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS
SOMEONE NAMED BRYAN BUTTERFIELD.
CAN YOU GET ME AN
ADDRESS FOR BRYAN BUTTERFIELD?
AND HE LIVES
15 MINUTES AWAY,
JUST OUTSIDE BANGOR, MAINE.
DETECTIVES HEAD
TO BRYAN BUTTERFIELD'S HOUSE.
THEY HOPE THEY'RE NOT TOO LATE.
I'M LOOKING
FOR BRYAN BUTTERFIELD.
NO ONE
HAS SEEN NICHOLE CABLE
SINCE SHE LEFT HER HOUSE
ON MOTHER'S DAY
TO MEET HER ONLINE SURFER
BOYFRIEND, BRYAN BUTTERFIELD.
DETECTIVES RACE TO BUTTERFIELD'S
DOORSTEP IN DOWNTOWN BANGOR.
I'M LOOKING
FOR BRYAN BUTTERFIELD.
THAT'S ME,
CAN I HELP?
THE BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
THAT THE DEPUTY
WAS SPEAKING
TO LOOKED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
LIKE THE BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
THAT NICHOLE HAD BEEN
COMMUNICATING WITH.
MIND IF I ASK YOU
A FEW QUESTIONS?
NO, COME IN.
THERE WAS
NO RESEMBLANCE WHATSOEVER.
YOU MIND IF
I TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR COMPUTER?
NO, GO AHEAD.
YOU CAN TELL SOMETIMES
WHEN SOMEONE HAS NO IDEA
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BRYAN BUTTERFIELD
KNEW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
ABOUT WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO
AND ABOUT HIS COMMUNICATION
WITH NICHOLE.
BUT DESPITE
LOOKING DIFFERENT,
A LOT OF HIS DETAILS
MATCHED THE ONLINE PROFILE
THAT NICHOLE HAD SHOWN
HER FRIEND HALEIGH.
BOTH LIVE IN BANGOR, BOTH WENT
TO OLD TOWN HIGH SCHOOL
AND BOTH ARE 18.
WHOEVER SET UP THE FAKE PROFILE
MUST HAVE KNOWN THE REAL BRYAN.
CAN YOU THINK OF ANYBODY
THAT WOULD WANT
TO GET YOU IN TROUBLE?
YEAH, ACTUALLY.
THERE'S AN EX-GIRLFRIEND.
SHE'S BEEN MAKING
LIFE HELL RECENTLY.
YEAH?
WHAT'S HER NAME?
SARAH.
SARAH MASON.
BRYAN TOLD THE DEPUTY
THAT HE AND SARAH
HAD DATED FOR A WHILE.
DO YOU KNOW
WHERE WE CAN FIND HER?
SHE LIVES IN ORONO
WITH HER NEW BOYFRIEND,
SOME GUY NAMED KYLE DUBE.
DETECTIVES HEAD
STRAIGHT
OVER TO KYLE DUBE'S HOUSE
IN NEARBY ORONO.
THEY WANT TO KNOW IF SARAH
IS BEHIND
THE FAKE FACEBOOK
ACCOUNT.
EXCUSE ME, SIR.
HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
LOOKING TO SPEAK
TO SARAH MASON, IS SHE IN?
UH, NO.
I'M NOT EXPECTING HER BACK
UNTIL THIS EVENING.
WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO TALK TO HER FOR?
HERE'S MY CARD.
CAN YOU ASK HER
TO CALL ME
WHEN SHE GETS BACK?
YEAH, SURE.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
TAKE CARE.
AS INVESTIGATORS
WAIT FOR SARAH,
NICHOLE'S COMPUTER
IS ANALYZED TO SEE
IF HER ONLINE ACTIVITY
CAN HELP EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
IF
YOU HAVE COMPUTER ISSUES
IN PART OF YOUR INVESTIGATION,
BRENT BOLEO
AT COMPUTER CRIMES TASK FORCE,
HE'S THE ONE
YOU WANT TO TALK TO.
DETECTIVE BOLEO CONTACTED
FACEBOOK AND U.S. CELLULAR.
AND THROUGH SUBPOENAS
AND SEARCH WARRANTS
WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN
THE TEXT MESSAGES
THAT HAD BEEN EXCHANGED BETWEEN
NICHOLE AND BRYAN BUTTERFIELD.
AND REALIZED THAT NICHOLE
HAD NOT SENT ANY MESSAGES
OR MADE ANY CALLS
SINCE THE 12th.
IT'S BEEN THREE DAYS
SINCE NICHOLE HAS USED
HER CELL PHONE.
FEARING FOUL PLAY,
POLICE LAUNCH A GROUND SEARCH
FOR THE 15 YEAR OLD.
OUR ROAD
WAS COMPLETELY BLOCKED OFF.
THE POLICE HAD CRIME SCENE TAPE
ON THE ROAD
THAT ADJOINS TO OURS.
THEY HAD CAMERAS,
THEY WERE TAKING PICTURES.
THERE WAS A WOOD LINE
THAT RAN ALONG THE DRIVEWAY
AND THEY FIND ARTICLES
THAT SEEMED OUT OF PLACE.
I LOOK UP AND I SEE
ONE OF NICHOLE'S SOCKS.
AND HER SHOES.
MY HUSBAND'S TRYING
TO TELL ME,
"WELL, WE JUST THREW A BUNCH
OF CLOTHES OUT LAST WEEK,
IT COULD'VE BEEN
BIRDS TAKING IT AWAY."
THEN OFFICERS
FIND SOMETHING HALF-HIDDEN
IN THE UNDERGROWTH.
THERE WAS A SKI MASK
THAT WAS FOUND
IN THAT WOODED AREA.
UNLIKE
THE OTHER ITEMS,
THE SKI MASK
DOESN'T BELONG TO NICHOLE.
IN THE WARM MONTH OF MAY,
THERE'S ONLY ONE REASON
TO WEAR A MASK,
TO HIDE HIS OR HER IDENTITY.
THEY BAG IT FOR DNA ANALYSIS.
DETECTIVES NOW FEAR
NICHOLE'S BEEN ABDUCTED.
IF THERE'S ANY CHANCE
THAT THEY'RE GOING
TO FIND HER ALIVE,
THEY HAVE TO FIND HER QUICKLY.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
THROWS EVERYTHING
THEY'VE GOT INTO A SEARCH
AND RESCUE OPERATION.
THERE WERE
MULTIPLE AGENCIES INVOLVED.
DOGS FROM
THE MAINE STATE POLICE.
AND A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO WILL ASSIST WITH THE SEARCH.
THEY DO IT GRID BY GRID.
THEY HAD PLANES
UP TRYING TO LOOK
THROUGH THE WOODS.
EVERYONE IN THE STATE
WAS TOGETHER LOOKING FOR HER.
THOUSANDS
OF VOLUNTEERS
SCOUR THE VAST WOODLAND AREA
FOR ANY SIGN OF NICHOLE...
WE WERE JUST
WAITING, WAITING
FOR SOMEONE TO FIND
SOMETHING TO TELL US,
LIKE, SHE'S OKAY.
UNTIL FINALLY
THEY MAKE A DISCOVERY.
THEY WENT UP SO FAR
AS ABOUT 10 MILES...
AND FOUND NICHOLE'S SWEATSHIRT.
TATTERED,
RIPPED DOWN THE CENTER,
AND WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS
QUITE A STRUGGLE.
I WAS --
I WAS SCARED
OUT OF MY MIND.
AS HOPES OF FINDING
NICHOLE ALIVE START TO FADE,
SARAH MASON COMES FORWARD.
THANKS
FOR COMING IN, SARAH.
I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
FOR YOU, OKAY?
WORD HAS SPREAD ABOUT
HOW MUCH SARAH DISLIKES NICHOLE.
SHE'S DISGUSTING.
SHE HAS BEEN HEARD
MAKING THREATS AGAINST HER.
IF I SEE HER AROUND,
SHE'S DEAD.
BUT DID SHE EVER
ACT ON THEM?
WHERE WERE YOU
ON SUNDAY NIGHT?
I WAS AT MY MOM'S HOUSE,
YOU CAN CHECK.
DO YOU OFTEN
USE THE COMPUTER AT KYLE'S?
YEAH, SOMETIMES.
SARAH IS ICE COLD,
BUT CAN SHE KEEP HER COMPOSURE?
KYLE LIKES NICHOLE,
DOESN'T HE?
I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUS
BY THE WAY HE BEHAVES,
THAT THEY'RE AN ITEM.
IT'S NOT TRUE,
IF IT WAS, I WOULD KILL HIM.
THE OUTBURST
EXPOSES SARAH'S SINISTER SIDE.
BUT INVESTIGATORS
NEED HARD EVIDENCE
BEFORE THEY CAN MAKE THEIR MOVE.
AS THEY CHECK OUT HER ALIBI,
ANALYSIS OF THE FAKE
BRYAN PROFILE HITS THEIR DESK.
THEY WERE ABLE
TO TRACE THE IP ADDRESS.
IS THIS THE ADDRESS
THE BRYAN BUTTERFIELD ACCOUNT
TRACES BACK TO?
GOOD WORK MAN, GOOD WORK.
THE ACCOUNT ORIGINATES
FROM KYLE DUBE'S HOUSE,
WHERE SARAH HAS ACCESS
TO THE COMPUTER.
DETECTIVES ARE CLOSING IN UNTIL
NEWS OF HER ALIBI COMES THROUGH.
SARAH WAS ABLE
TO BE RULED OUT
BECAUSE SHE WAS WITH
HER MOTHER ON MOTHER'S DAY.
BUT THE RESULTS
ARE CLEAR --
THE BRYAN BUTTERFIELD ACCOUNT
WAS CREATED AT KYLE'S HOUSE.
AND AT THAT POINT
THE INVESTIGATION TOOK
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TURN.
ALMOST A WEEK
AFTER NICHOLE CABLE
DISAPPEARED FROM HER HOME
IN GLENBURN, MAINE.
INVESTIGATORS
DISCOVER THE CREATOR
OF THE FAKE FACEBOOK PROFILE
SHE WAS COMMUNICATING
WITH JUST BEFORE SHE VANISHED.
DETECTIVE BOLEO TRACED
THE BRYAN BUTTERFIELD ACCOUNT
TO KYLE DUBE.
DETECTIVES HAVE PROOF
THAT IT WAS KYLE'S SMART PHONE
THAT COMMUNICATED WITH NICHOLE
ON THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED.
EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT KYLE
HAS ABDUCTED NICHOLE,
BUT DETECTIVES
NEED A CONFESSION.
THE FOLLOWING MORNING, HE IS
BROUGHT IN FOR QUESTIONING.
DETECTIVES START BY SCRUTINIZING
HIS MOVEMENTS
THE NIGHT NICHOLE WENT MISSING.
KYLE SAID
THAT HE PICKED UP
HIS GIRLFRIEND SARAH
AT HER HOUSE
APPROXIMATELY 11:00
ON THE NIGHT OF THE 12th.
BUT CELL PHONE RECORDS
INDICATED THAT HE HAD LEFT WORK
SOMETIME BETWEEN 8:00 AND 9:00
AND WERE IN THE OLD TOWN AREA
BETWEEN 9:00 AND 11:00.
WHAT KYLE WAS TELLING THEM
WASN'T TRUE.
BUT KYLE
IS STEADFAST IN HIS DENIAL.
ONLY THEN DO THE DETECTIVES
PLAY THEIR TRUMP CARD.
AT THE VERY END
OF THE INTERVIEW
THEY SHOWED HIM THE MASK.
THE DNA ON THE MASK
MATCHES A SAMPLE POLICE ALREADY
HAVE ON RECORD FOR KYLE.
NOW DETECTIVES
DESPERATELY NEED HIM
TO LEAD THEM TO NICHOLE,
DEAD OR ALIVE.
THEY GET NOTHING FROM KYLE.
BUT AFTER HE IS RELEASED
TO HIS FAMILY,
HE MAKES A SHOCKING ADMISSION.
KYLE ADMITTED TO SARAH
THAT HE HAD KILLED NICHOLE.
AND HE TOLD HER WHAT HE HAD DONE
WITH NICHOLE'S BODY
AND WHERE THE BODY WAS LOCATED.
STUNNED
BY THE INFORMATION,
SARAH GIVES KYLE UP,
AND A SEARCH TEAM IS IMMEDIATELY
DISPATCHED TO FIND NICHOLE.
GAME WARDENS
AND DETECTIVES
WENT TO THAT LOCATION.
THEY FOUND
AN UNUSUAL-LOOKING MOUND
COVERED WITH LEAVES,
TWIGS AND BRANCHES.
AND THAT'S WHEN THEY KNEW THAT
THEY HAD FOUND NICHOLE CABLE
AT LAST.
NICHOLE'S BODY IS UNCOVERED
10 MILES FROM HER HOME,
BY THE RIVER IN OLD TOWN,
8 DAYS
AFTER SHE WENT MISSING.
NOW ALL THAT'S LEFT IS FOR
INVESTIGATORS TO BREAK THE NEWS
TO HER FAMILY.
JASON HAD GOT
A PHONE CALL FROM THE POLICE...
THE POLICE
ARE OUTSIDE, OKAY?
HE WENT OUT
AND TALKED WITH THEM.
THEY HAD COME UP
AND JASON HAD PUT
HIS ARM AROUND ME.
AND I LOOKED AT THEM.
AND I SAID, "DID YOU FIND HER?"
AND THEY JUST NODDED.
BUT THE WAY --
THE WAY THEY NODDED, I KNEW.
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING.
KYLE DUBE IS CHARGED
WITH KIDNAPPING
AND FIRST-DEGREE MURDER,
TO WHICH HE PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
DURING HIS TRIAL,
THE FULL STORY IS REVEALED.
AFTER NICHOLE
FOUND OUT ABOUT SARAH,
SHE ENDED ANY HOPE
OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH KYLE.
BUT KYLE COULDN'T LET NICHOLE GO
AND BECAME OBSESSED
WITH HAVING HER.
POSING AS BRYAN, HE LURES HER
OUT OF HER HOME.
HE WAS GOING
TO HIDE HER
AND THEN JOIN
THE SEARCH PARTY AS HIMSELF.
HE WAS GOING TO BE THE ONE
TO FIND HER
SO HE COULD BE THE HERO.
BUT HIS PLAN
GOES WRONG.
STOP! STOP!
HE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE
THAT NICHOLE WAS GOING
TO FIGHT FOR HER LIFE
AS MUCH AS SHE DID.
ONCE SHE RIPPED THE MASK OFF
AND SHE KNEW IT WAS HIM,
HE HAD TO ELIMINATE THE THREAT.
AND HE ENDED UP KILLING HER
WHEN HE PROBABLY JUST HAD
THE INTENT TO RAPE HER.
KYLE DUBE IS FOUND
GUILTY OF BOTH CHARGES
AND IS SENTENCED
TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON.
IT'S JUSTICE
FOR NICHOLE'S FAMILY.
BUT NOTHING WILL BRING HER BACK.
NICHOLE'S BEDROOM
IS A TYPICAL GIRL'S ROOM.
HER LITTLE SISTERS
WANT TO GO IN THERE.
I THINK IT MAKES
THEM FEEL CLOSE TO HER.
BUT I COULDN'T HAVE
THEM TOUCHING ALL HER STUFF
AND RUINING HER THINGS.
SO I ASKED MY HUSBAND
TO SCREW HER BEDROOM DOOR SHUT.
I BASICALLY LOST
EVERYTHING THE DAY SHE DIED.
I LAID IN BED IN CRIED.
I DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL.
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO HARD.
SHE WAS ON THE VERGE
OF A WONDERFUL LIFE
AND SHE HAD IT SNATCHED AWAY.