Web of Lies (2014–…): Season 3, Episode 8 - Loved to Death - full transcript

WHEN THE END OF HER
SEEMINGLY IDEAL MARRIAGE...

I'VE DECIDED
TO LEAVE CHRIS.

AND SHE'S LIKE,
"I'M STARTING OVER,

AND I'M GONNA BE HAPPY."

...LAUNCHES
SINGLE MOM HEATHER JONES...

THIS IS OUR NEW HOME.

...OUT ON HER OWN...

DID YOU KNOW
THAT WINDOW WAS OPEN?

...AN OLD FLAME
CREEPS BACK INTO HER LIFE.

THEY WERE BOYFRIEND
AND GIRLFRIEND AT SCHOOL.

GUESS WHERE YOU ARE?



GO AWAY!

HEATHER HASN'T
SHOWN UP FOR WORK?

BUT ONLINE,
IT'S HARD TO KNOW

IF ANYONE IS
WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE E-MAIL MEANS.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO MAKE OF IT.

AND UNCOVERING THE TRUTH...

IT IS SCARY TO BE ON
A SEARCH PARTY FOR YOUR FRIEND.

...CAN BECOME
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.

WE WERE ALL PRAYING FOR HER.

IT'S NEW YEAR'S EVE,

AND THE JONES FAMILY
IS HOSTING A POTLUCK

FOR THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

- HEY, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
- HAPPY NEW YEAR!



IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

EVERYBODY BROUGHT A DISH,
AND WE JUST ATE AND DRANK.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.
NO PROBLEM.

CHRIS, A STAY-AT-HOME
DAD, HIS WIFE, HEATHER,

AND THEIR TWO KIDS,
6-YEAR-OLD AVA,

AND CONNER, WHO'S 8,
APPEAR TO HAVE THE PERFECT LIFE.

THEY WERE THE QUINTESSENTIAL
AMERICAN HAPPY FAMILY.

CHRIS CAME ACROSS
AS A VERY NICE GUY.

HE WAS KIND OF QUIET.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
HE WAS AN ATTENTIVE DAD.

CHEERS.

FLORIDA NATIVE
HEATHER JONES MARRIED CHRIS

WHEN SHE WAS JUST 19

AFTER MEETING HIM
AT A FRIEND'S PARTY.

NOW 32,
HEATHER HAS FOUND HER CALLING

AS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER.

HEATHER WAS VIVACIOUS.

SHE LOVED LIFE.
SHE LOVED HER CHILDREN.

SHE WAS A GREAT TEACHER
AND JUST A GREAT PERSON.

HI.

YOU KNOW, NOTHING SEEMED
TO REALLY RUFFLE HER FEATHERS.

SHE WAS VERY IN THE MOMENT.

WHATEVER SHE WAS DOING,

SHE WAS DOING IT, YOU KNOW,
WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

BUT THE PATH TO THIS
HAPPY PLACE HASN'T BEEN EASY.

FOR YEARS, HEATHER BATTLED
A SERIOUS WEIGHT PROBLEM.

GOD.

WHILE HER HUSBAND,
CHRIS, LOVED HER BIG FRAME,

AT 375 POUNDS,
HEATHER WAS DEPRESSED.

SHE CONFIDED IN ME AND TOLD ME
SHE FELT VERY DEPRESSED.

AND SHE QUIT SEEING PEOPLE.

SHE QUIT SEEING FRIENDS.
SHE QUIT SOCIALIZING.

THE WEIGHT WAS SOMETHING
THAT KEPT HER ISOLATED.

HEY.

SO HEATHER
CHANGED HER EATING HABITS

AND LOST WEIGHT
WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF CHRIS.

I GOT ALL YOUR FAVORITES --
EVERY KIND OF CHIP, DOUGHNUTS.

CHRIS, I'M NOT EATING
THAT STUFF ANYMORE.

BUT I PREFER YOU HEAVIER.

WELL, I DON'T.

I'VE MOVED ON.
THIS IS THE NEW ME.

I DON'T LIKE IT.

HEATHER WONDERS, IF CHRIS
DOESN'T LIKE HER NEW BODY,

MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE WILL.

ED SMITHSON, A FORMER CLASSMATE
OF HEATHER'S FROM SEVENTH GRADE,

HAS RECENTLY
FOUND HER AGAIN ONLINE.

SO...

HI. SO...

AS THE CLOCK
APPROACHES MIDNIGHT,

HEATHER DROPS A BOMBSHELL
ON HER FRIENDS.

HOW'S EVERYTHING?
HOW'S YOUR HOLIDAYS BEEN?

- UM, GOOD.
- YEAH..

SO, I'VE, UM,
DECIDED TO LEAVE CHRIS.

- WHAT?
- YEAH.

SHE WAS LEAVING HIM.
I WAS SHOCKED.

HE HAS... NO IDEA.

YOU KNOW,
REALLY JUST SHOCKED.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

DO YOU HAVE
SOMEWHERE TO STAY?

I HAVE A HOUSE.

- OKAY, OKAY.
- YEAH.

IF YOU NEED, MY PLACE IS
TOTALLY OPEN FOR YOU, OKAY?

- THANK YOU.
- MY GOD, HEATHER.

- NEW STARTS.
- NEW STARTS, OKAY.

HERE'S TO NEW BEGINNINGS.
- YEAH.

CHEERS.
- CHEERS.

WHEN SHE WOKE UP
THE NEXT MORNING,

SHE WANTED
TO LEAVE NINJA-STYLE.

SHE WANTED
TO DO IT UNDERCOVER.

SHE WANTED TO DO IT QUIETLY
AND WITHOUT ANY KIND OF FANFARE.

UM, CHRIS?

YEAH?

I'M JUST GOING OUT WITH THE KIDS
FOR A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY.

SO, THAT'S WHEN SHE PICKED UP
HER THINGS,

AND SHE NEVER CAME BACK.

OKAY.
LET'S GO.

HEATHER MAY HAVE
TAKEN OFF SUDDENLY,

BUT UNBEKNOWNST TO CHRIS...

HURRY UP!

OKAY.
WAIT FOR US AT THE DOOR.

...SHE'S BEEN PLANNING HER MOVE
FOR SOME TIME.

COOL.
LET'S GET YOUR BROTHER.

COME ON, COME ON!

AS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER,
SHE CAN'T AFFORD MUCH.

BUT SHE'S FOUND
A FULLY FURNISHED CABIN

TO RENT
IN A SECLUDED BACKWATER,

10 MILES OUTSIDE GERMANTOWN.

WHEN I FOUND OUT
WHERE HER HOUSE WAS,

I WAS SURPRISED
THAT SHE WAS GOING

TO MOVE THERE WITH THE KIDS.

I WOULD BE VERY SPOOKED

IF I LIVED THERE BY MYSELF
WITH MY KIDS.

I WOULD ALWAYS FIND MYSELF
ON GUARD AND ON EDGE.

AS FAR AS IT BEING IN THE WOODS
AND AN OLD HOME

AND BEING BY YOURSELF,
AS A SINGLE WOMAN,

I WOULD BE AFRAID.

COME ON.
COME ON.

WOW.

WELL, I THINK
IT'S KIND OF A MESS.

SHE TOLD ME THAT
SHE WAS VERY EXCITED

TO BE OUT ON HER OWN

FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN PROBABLY FOREVER

AND LIVE IN THIS NEW LIFE

WITH NEWFOUND ENERGY
AND OPPORTUNITIES.

IT WAS GREAT.
SHE WAS ECSTATIC.

GUYS,
THIS IS OUR NEW HOME.

LET'S TAKE SOME PICTURES.

NOW THAT
HEATHER'S FREE TO BE

THE WOMAN SHE WANTS TO BE
ON HER OWN TERMS,

SHE CAN'T WAIT
TO SHARE THE MOMENT

WITH HER FRIENDS ONLINE.

BACK IN GERMANTOWN,
CHRIS, WHO HAS NO IDEA

HIS WIFE HAS LEFT HIM,
IS CONCERNED.

HE HASN'T SEEN OR HEARD
FROM HIS FAMILY IN HOURS.

HEATHER, CAN YOU PLEASE
CALL ME BACK WHEN YOU GET THIS?

I -- I'VE CALLED,
LIKE, THREE TIMES NOW.

UM, I'M JUST REALLY WORRIED
ABOUT YOU.

JUST PLEASE CALL ME BACK.

OKAY?

LOVE YOU.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,

CHRIS WAS DEVASTATED
THAT SHE HAD LEFT.

HE WAS LOSING EVERYTHING THAT
HE KNEW -- HEATHER, HIS CHILDREN.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT TO COME
TO AN END FOR HIM.

TWO WEEKS LATER,
HEATHER FILES FOR DIVORCE.

OKAY.

IT'S A BITTER PILL
FOR CHRIS TO SWALLOW.

BUT FOR THE SAKE
OF THEIR CHILDREN,

HE'S DECIDED TO STAY FRIENDS.

THE AGREEMENT WAS
THAT THEIR SON LIVED WITH CHRIS

AND THEIR DAUGHTER
LIVED WITH HEATHER.

COME ON,
LADIES, LOTS OF ENERGY!

WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM HER FRIENDS,

HEATHER IS DETERMINED
TO STAY FIT AND HAPPY.

ONE MORE TIME!

HEATHER HAD JOINED A GYM,

AND SHE WAS DOING
A LOT OF GROUP WORKOUTS.

COME ON, LADIES!
GIVE IT UP!

LOTS OF ENERGY!

HEATHER WAS ONE
OF MY MOST ENTHUSIASTIC DANCERS.

AND SHE LOVED IT --
REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED IT.

AND IF HER OLD CLASSMATE ED

HAPPENS TO NOTICE
HOW GOOD SHE'S LOOKING,

SO MUCH THE BETTER.

HEATHER WOULD POST PICTURES
OF HER FITNESS JOURNEY ONLINE.

AND OF COURSE, SHE WOULD GET
LOTS OF COMMENTS AND LIKES

AND A LOT OF SUPPORT
FROM US GIRLFRIENDS.

WHOO-HOO.

HEY, YOU GUYS AREN'T
THE ONLY ONES WHO LIKE ME.

WHOO!

YES, MEN, TOO!

AS HEATHER SETTLES
INTO HER NEW LIFE AND HOME,

SHE GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER
TO HER ONLINE FRIEND ED.

EVEN THOUGH SHE HASN'T SEEN HIM
SINCE SEVENTH GRADE,

HE QUICKLY BECOMES
HER CONFIDANT.

SHE TELLS HIM ALL ABOUT
HER NEW HOUSE

AND ITS ISOLATED LOCATION.

SHE FEELS A LITTLE BIT SAFER
WITH ED KNOWING WHERE SHE LIVES.

BUT ONLY THREE WEEKS

AFTER MOVING INTO
HER CABIN IN THE WOODS,

HEATHER'S LIFE
BEGINS TO UNRAVEL.

HELLO?

IS ANYBODY THERE?

HEATHER SAID THAT
SHE HEARD A NOISE AT THE DOOR.

AND SHE GOT
THE DISTINCT IMPRESSION

THAT SOMEONE
WAS STALKING HER...

GO AWAY!
I'LL CALL THE POLICE!

...AND TRYING
TO GET IN THE HOUSE.

IT WAS VERY CREEPY.

GO AWAY!

THAT REALLY FRIGHTENED HER.

I SAID, GO AWAY!

THREE WEEKS AFTER
LEAVING HER HUSBAND, CHRIS,

KINDERGARTEN TEACHER
HEATHER JONES' DREAM

OF A NEW, PEACEFUL LIFE

IS SHATTERED WHEN AN INTRUDER
TRIES TO BREAK INTO HER HOME

BEFORE VANISHING INTO THE NIGHT.

HONEY.

I'VE BEEN AROUND
THIS WHOLE THING.

YOU'RE GONNA NEED
A SECURITY SYSTEM

IF YOU'RE GONNA
BE HERE ON YOUR OWN.

AS WELL AS BEING HEATHER'S
FRIEND AND DANCE-CLASS TEACHER,

I'M A POLICE OFFICER
WITH MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I'VE BEEN AN OFFICER
FOR 12 YEARS.

LOOK.

LOOK HOW EASY IT IS
TO BREAK A WINDOW IN HERE.

WHEN HEATHER HAD TOLD ME
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED,

WE WERE VERY, VERY WORRIED,
AND SO WE WENT OVER THERE.

THAT'S JUST GLASS.
THAT -- THAT CAN BE FIXED.

NO, NO, NO.
YOU NEED 24/7 SURVEILLANCE.

THAT SOUNDS
REALLY EXPENSIVE.

YOU KNOW WHAT?
I CAN PAY FOR IT.

ALL RIGHT?

I WAS SO CONCERNED
FOR HER SAFETY...

HEATHER,
WE JUST WANT YOU SAFE.

...I TOLD HER THAT I WOULD PAY
FOR A MONITORED ALARM SYSTEM

INSTALLED INTO HER HOME.

YES.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

WHEN HEATHER POSTS
NEWS OF HER ORDEAL ON FACEBOOK,

ED, AN OLD CLASSMATE

SHE'S RECENTLY
RECONNECTED WITH ONLINE,

IS QUICK TO OFFER SUPPORT.

THE NEXT DAY,
HEATHER'S NEW HOME

IS FITTED
WITH AN ALARM SYSTEM.

NOW SHE'S PROTECTED,
SHE CAN BREATHE EASY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE SHE LEFT CHRIS,

HEATHER BEGINS
TO LET HER HAIR DOWN

AND DECIDES TO GO PARTY
WITH HER GIRLFRIENDS.

THEY MAKE THE HALF-HOUR TRIP
TO MEMPHIS

TO DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY.

I THINK HEATHER WAS REALLY
ENJOYING FINDING HERSELF

AND EXPLORING HER NEW LIFE.

SHE'S LIKE, "I'M STARTING OVER,
AND I'M GONNA BE HAPPY."

AND WE JUST REALLY LOVED
SEEING THE CHANGES IN HER.

AS HEATHER'S CONFIDENCE GROWS,

HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER
ONLINE ADMIRER, ED, INTENSIFIES.

I THINK THE CONVERSATIONS
BETWEEN HEATHER AND ED

GREW FROM MORE,
LIKE, A PLATONIC THING

TO SOMETHING
THAT WAS MORE FLIRTATIOUS.

SO, WHAT'S THIS ED GUY LIKE,
ANYWAY?

I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S PRETTY CUTE, RIGHT?

HE'S DIFFERENT THAN CHRIS.

ED'S GOT THE LONG HAIR,
AND HE RIDES THE MOTORCYCLES,

AND HE'S KIND OF EDGY.

I KNOW SHE WAS REALLY KIND OF
BLOWN AWAY BY THAT.

HE LOOKS LIKE
HE'S PART OF A GANG.

- HE DOES NOT!
- HE DOES!

HIS HAIR'S LONGER
THAN YOURS.

NO, IT ISN'T!

A MONTH AFTER
SHE AND CHRIS SEPARATED,

ED TELLS HEATHER
HE'S FINALLY GOT TIME OFF WORK

TO COME VISIT HER IN TENNESSEE.

SHE'S EXCITED.

IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE
SHE'S SEEN ED IN THE FLESH.

DOES HE KNOW
WHERE YOU LIVE?

OF COURSE HE DOES.
WE'RE FRIENDS.

JUST BE CAREFUL
WHEN YOU GO HOME, OKAY?

DON'T BE SILLY.

LET'S GO DANCING.
- OKAY.

LATER, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT
WHEN HEATHER WAS ASLEEP.

HONEY?
ARE YOU UP?

SHE HEARD
THE WOOD FLOORS CREAKING,

AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
HER DAUGHTER, AVA.

IT SOUNDED AS IF SOMEBODY WAS
WALKING AROUND IN THE HOUSE.

6-YEAR-OLD AVA OFTEN
WAKES UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

SO WHEN HEATHER CHECKS ON HER
AND SEES HER FAST ASLEEP,

SHE GUESSES THE NOISE WAS JUST

HER DAUGHTER GOING
TO THE BATHROOM.

SHE JUST KIND OF ASSUMED
IT WAS HER DAUGHTER,

AND WENT BACK TO SLEEP.

HEATHER SLEEPS
THROUGH THE PRESENCE

OF AN INTRUDER IN HER NEW HOME.

BUT THIS TIME, SHE'S LUCKY.

ALL THAT'S TAKEN
IS HER CELLPHONE.

THE INCIDENT
GOES COMPLETELY UNDETECTED

BY THE RECENTLY INSTALLED
SECURITY SYSTEM.

AT NIGHT, HEATHER
WAS NOT SETTING THE ALARM

WHEN THEY WERE IN THE HOUSE

BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT
THE CHILDREN

TO ACCIDENTALLY TRIGGER
THE ALARM.

THE NEXT MORNING,

HEATHER CARRIES ON WITH HER
NORMAL BREAKFAST-TIME ROUTINE

- HER DAUGHTER, AVA...
- YEAH.

...WHEN SHE NOTICES
SOMETHING ODD.

DID YOU KNOW
THAT WINDOW WAS OPEN?

I COULD'VE SWORN
I LOCKED IT.

HAVE YOU SEEN
MY CELLPHONE?

I'M GONNA TRY
CALLING IT.

I DON'T HEAR
ANYTHING RINGING.

OKAY,
WE HAVE TO GET TO SCHOOL.

I'LL HAVE TO LOOK LATER.

HEATHER DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO
DWELL ON HER MISSING CELLPHONE

AND OPEN WINDOW.

SHE HAS TO GET
TO HER KINDERGARTEN CLASS.

SHE WAS IN A HURRY
TO GET TO WORK THAT MORNING

AND LEFT WITHOUT GIVING IT
MUCH MORE THOUGHT.

DO YOU MIND IF I BORROW
YOUR PHONE FOR A SECOND?

THANK YOU.

LATER THAT DAY,

HEATHER REACHES OUT TO ED
ON FACEBOOK

USING A CO-WORKER'S CELLPHONE.

SHE LETS HIM KNOW
THAT SHE'S LOST HER PHONE

AND WILL TOUCH BASE WITH HIM
THE MINUTE SHE'S FOUND IT.

AFTER WORK,
HEATHER HEADS OVER

TO HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND
CHRIS' PLACE

TO DROP AVA OFF FOR A FEW HOURS.

HI.

THIS IS MY NEW FRIEND.

- WOW.
- THAT'S SO SOON.

CHRIS MAY HAVE BEEN HEARTBROKEN
TO LOSE HEATHER,

BUT IT SEEMS
HE'S MOVED ON QUICKLY.

A FEW WEEKS AFTER HEATHER
HAD LEFT CHRIS,

HE STARTED WORKING
DELIVERING PIZZAS

FOR A NATIONAL PIZZA CHAIN.

AND HE HAD
A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP

WITH ONE OF HIS CO-WORKERS.

SAY BYE TO YOUR MOM.

- BYE.
- BYE, BUDDY.

YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY.

TAKE THAT FOR YOU SISTER,
OKAY?

THANKS
FOR DROPPING HER OFF.

YEAH.

LATER THAT NIGHT,

JUST AFTER SHE'S PUT
HER DAUGHTER TO BED,

HEATHER RECEIVES A CALL
ON THE LAND LINE.

HI, ED.

GUESS WHERE YOU ARE?

SECONDS AFTER SHE PICKS UP
THE CALL FROM ED,

HEATHER HEARS A CAR PULL
INTO THE DRIVEWAY.

WAIT.
HANG ON A SECOND.

GO AWAY!
GO AWAY!

HEATHER'S INSTINCT,

AS A MOM WHO WANTS TO PROTECT
HER DAUGHTER,

IS TO CONFRONT
WHOEVER IS OUT THERE.

SHE REALLY, TRULY
LOVED HER CHILDREN.

AND SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING
TO PROTECT THE KIDS.

THE MORNING AFTER
HEATHER GETS A SURPRISE VISIT

AT HER CABIN IN THE WOODS,

HER COUSIN DIANE,
WHO IS ALSO A TEACHER,

GETS A PHONE CALL
IN THE MIDDLE OF CLASS.

SO,
1/2 TIMES 1/4 EQUALS 1/8.

JUST A SECOND.
I DO HAVE TO TAKE THIS.

HELLO?

HEATHER HASN'T
SHOWN UP FOR WORK?

ARE YOU SURE?

ON TUESDAY MORNING,
AT ABOUT 8:30 IN THE MORNING,

I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL

THAT SHE HAD NOT ARRIVED
AT HER JOB THAT MORNING.

AND I IMMEDIATELY WAS SICK
TO MY STOMACH AND WORRIED.

WELL, THAT'S STRANGE.
IT'S REALLY NOT LIKE HER.

I FEARED THAT
SHE HAD BEEN HARMED

AND KEPT FROM GOING TO WORK
THAT DAY.

KNOWING THAT SOMEBODY
HAS RECENTLY ATTEMPTED

TO BREAK INTO
HER COUSIN'S CABIN,

DIANE CONTACTS THE POLICE

AND ACCOMPANIES AN OFFICER
TO HEATHER'S PLACE.

HER CAR'S HERE.
SHE MUST BE HOME.

SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG,

SINCE SHE HAD NOT
SHOWN UP FOR WORK.

SHE WAS SO COMMITTED TO
HER STUDENTS AND HER CLASSROOM.

HELLO?
ANYONE HOME?

BLANKETS WERE THROWN BACK,
AND THE PILLOW

HAD JUST AN IMPRESSION
OF HER HEAD IN IT.

AND IT LOOKED LIKE SHE HAD JUST
BEEN SLEEPING AND WOKEN UP.

THEY ALSO JUST LOOKED
IF THERE WAS

ANY SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE
OR ANYTHING MIGHT BE WRONG.

AND THERE WAS NOTHING
THAT THEY COULD SEE.

SO THEY FOUND IT TO BE
VERY UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR.

WHEN HEATHER'S
DANCE TEACHER, CARI,

WHO'S ALSO A COP WITH
THE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT,

FINDS OUT HER FRIEND'S
GONE MISSING...

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW
WHERE THAT'S...

...SHE RUSHES OVER TO HELP.

MIND IF I TAKE A LOOK?

AND SO, I WENT OVER THERE.

AND I LOOKED
ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE

THAT HEATHER COULD BE.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA COMB
EVERY INCH OF HER PROPERTY.

CARI CALLS IN A FAVOR
FROM A FELLOW DETECTIVE.

TOGETHER, THEY SWEEP
THE IMMEDIATE AREA,

500 YARDS AROUND HEATHER'S HOME.

AND I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING.

SIX HOURS AFTER
HEATHER FAILS TO SHOW UP AT WORK,

THE POLICE REALIZE
THEY MIGHT BE LOOKING

AT A MISSING-PERSONS CASE.

AND WHEN DIANE TELLS THEM ABOUT
HER COUSIN'S RECENT BREAK-UP,

THEY HEAD OVER TO QUESTION

HEATHER'S ESTRANGED
HUSBAND, CHRIS.

HAVE YOU FOUND HER?

SHE SENT ME AN E-MAIL
LAST NIGHT.

COME IN.

AND THEN, HE SAID,

"I'VE GOT THIS E-MAIL
I WANT TO SHOW YOU."

AND HE PULLED IT UP
ON HIS BIG TV SCREEN,

AND SHOWED AN E-MAIL
THAT HAD BEEN SENT TO HIM

FROM HEATHER'S E-MAIL
AROUND 1:00 IN THE MORNING.

"COME GET AVA.

I CANNOT FACE EVERYONE
WITH THIS.

PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
IT IS TOO MUCH.

PLEASE RAISE THEM TO REMEMBER ME
AS THEIR LOVING MOMMY."

WHEN PRESSED FURTHER,

CHRIS EXPLAINS THAT
HEATHER IS IMPULSIVE

AND HAS TAKEN OFF NINJA-STYLE,

AS HE CALLS IT,
IN THE PAST.

HE ALSO TELLS POLICE THAT,

WHEN HE RECEIVED THE E-MAIL
LAST NIGHT,

HE RUSHED OVER
TO HEATHER'S CABIN.

SHE WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN.

AND HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER,
AVA, WAS ALL ALONE.

Shh. It's Daddy.

I'm gonna take you home, okay?

SHE'S
REALLY TEMPERAMENTAL.

I MEAN, IN JANUARY,
SHE JUST WALKED OUT.

AND THE WAY SHE LEFT ME,
SHE JUST PICKED UP EVERYTHING

AND THEN -- AND LEFT,

PICKED UP THE KIDS
AND DISAPPEARED.

UM, I DON'T KNOW -- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE E-MAIL MEANS.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO MAKE OF IT.

BUT, ANYTHING
I CAN DO TO HELP...

CHRIS AGREES TO COME DOWN
TO THE STATION

FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING.

HE CAME VOLUNTARILY.
HE WAS NOT UNDER ARREST.

DETECTIVE TOM KEMP
WANTS TO BUILD A PICTURE

OF CHRIS AND HEATHER'S
RELATIONSHIP.

TELL ME
ABOUT YOUR MARRIAGE.

I -- I LOVE HEATHER DEEPLY,
YOU KNOW, ALWAYS HAVE.

WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER
FOR 13 YEARS --

HAPPIEST YEARS
OF MY LIFE.

WE HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN,
AVA AND CONNER.

AND, YOU KNOW,
WE JUST REALLY --

WE'VE WORKED HARD TO TRY
TO CREATE A FAMILY, YOU KNOW?

BRING OUR FAMILY UP.

LET ME ASK YOU --

WHAT DO -- WHAT DO YOU
THINK HAPPENED?

WHERE DO YOU THINK
SHE WENT?

I THINK
SHE'S HAVING AN AFFAIR.

I, SUSPECT THAT
IT STARTED

BEFORE SHE, -
BEFORE SHE LEFT ME.

DO YOU KNOW WHO SHE'S
HAVING THIS AFFAIR WITH?

I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM.

BUT, HIS NAME'S ED.

CHRIS GAVE THEM
THE NAME OF ED

AS SOMEONE THAT HEATHER
HAD BEEN CONTACTING.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE?
COULD YOU DESCRIBE HIM TO ME?

NO, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.

YOU KNOW,
DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY MET,

ANY OF THAT STUFF.

I JUST, UM -- I SAW A TEXT
ON HER PHONE.

AND DO YOU KNOW
HOW I COULD REACH ED?

DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY
THAT I CAN FIND HIM, REACH HIM?

BASED ON WHAT
CHRIS TOLD DETECTIVE KEMP,

HE NEEDS TO LOCATE ED.

IF HEATHER IS HAVING
A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM,

HE COULD BE
A PERSON OF INTEREST.

BUT WITH ONLY A FIRST NAME,

DETECTIVE KEMP STRUGGLES
TO TRACK HIM DOWN.

HEATHER HAS NOW BEEN MISSING
FOR EIGHT HOURS.

AT THAT POINT,

WE ALL FELT REALLY, REALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT HEATHER.

AND WE WERE ALL PRAYING FOR HER.

GERMANTOWN P.D. ALERT
ALL UNITS TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT

FOR THE MOTHER OF TWO.

I REMEMBER WE CALLED HER PHONE
ALL THE TIME.

"HEATHER, WHERE ARE YOU?
WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU."

YOU KNOW?
NO ANSWER.

HEATHER'S TWO
CHILDREN, AVA AND CONNER,

HAVE NO IDEA
THEIR MOTHER IS MISSING.

ALL THEY KNOW IS THAT THEIR DAD
DROPPED THEM OFF AT SCHOOL,

BUT, FOR SOME REASON,
THEIR COUSIN DIANE

HAS COME TO PICK THEM UP.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU GUYS ARE STAYING WITH ME
UNTIL YOUR MOM COMES HOME.

I WENT AND GOT THE KIDS,
AND THEN CAME BACK HOME.

AND WE TALKED TO THE KIDS
ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.

24 HOURS AFTER HEATHER
JONES WAS FIRST REPORTED MISSING,

POLICE ARE NO CLOSER
TO FINDING HER.

BUT HEATHER'S COP FRIEND, CARI,

ISN'T THE TYPE TO JUST
SIT AROUND WAITING FOR NEWS.

WHILE THE CHILDREN
WERE AT SCHOOL,

WE USED THAT TIME
TO SEARCH FOR HEATHER.

NOPE, JUST DIRT.

DIRT AND LEAVES.

IT IS VERY SCARY
TO BE ON A SEARCH PARTY

FOR YOUR FRIEND.

YOU CAN HEAR THE CRUNCHING
AND RUSTLING OF THE LEAVES

AS YOU WALK.

AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY FOOT
WOULD HIT SOMETHING HARD.

AND YOUR MIND INSTANTLY GOES TO,
"IS THAT HER?"

IT WAS VERY...

IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

MEANWHILE,
BACK IN GERMANTOWN...

...DETECTIVE KEMP
FINDS AN ED SMITHSON

IN HEATHER'S
FACEBOOK FRIENDS LIST.

HE LIVES
IN JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE.

COULD THIS BE THE ED WHO CHRIS
CLAIMED HEATHER'S INVOLVED WITH?

IN THIS CASE, THE POLICE
HAD FIGURED OUT WHO ED WAS.

THEY FOUND OUT THAT HE LIVED
ABOUT EIGHT HOURS FROM MEMPHIS.

- HELLO?
- Is that Edward Smithson?

- YEP.
- IT'S GERMANTOWN POLICE.

WE'RE LOOKING
FOR YOUR GIRLFRIEND.

OKAY...

CAN WE SPEAK TO HER?

YEAH, SURE.

HEATHER'S THERE?

HEATHER?
MY GIRLFRIEND'S NOT HEATHER.

IT'S JANICE.

DETECTIVE KEMP LEARNS
THAT ED LIVES WITH ANOTHER WOMAN.

BUT HE DOES ADMIT
TO BEING IN CLOSE CONTACT

WITH THE RECENTLY SEPARATED MOM.

THEY TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW,
"HEATHER'S MISSING,"

AND, "WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME IN
AND LET'S, YOU KNOW,

TALK ABOUT
MAYBE WHAT YOU KNOW

OR WHAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS
OR HELP US?"

OVER THE PHONE,
HE SEEMS GENUINELY CONCERNED.

BUT POLICE WANT TO GRILL ED
FACE TO FACE.

HE AGREES TO DRIVE
THE EIGHT HOURS TO GERMANTOWN.

HEATHER HAS NOW BEEN MISSING
FOR 40 HOURS,

AND POLICE STILL HAVE
NO FIRM LEADS.

OKAY, ED.
JUST COME ON.

SIT DOWN OVER HERE.

BUT WHEN ED ARRIVES
FOR QUESTIONING,

HE REVEALS IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE FATEFUL NIGHT

HE LAST SPOKE WITH HEATHER.

HE REMEMBERS KIDDING HER
THAT HE WAS NEARBY

WHEN THINGS TURNED SERIOUS.

ON MONDAY, APRIL 15th,
HE WAS ON THE PHONE

WITH HEATHER,
ABOUT 9:00 OR 9:30 P.M.

IT WAS BEFORE SHE WENT TO BED.

AND WHILE THEY WERE
ON THE PHONE, SHE SAYS...

ED, SOMEBODY'S PULLED UP
AT THE FRONT.

SHOULD I -- SHOULD I PRESS
THE PANIC BUTTON?

WHAT?
WH-WHO IS IT?

TELL ME.
WHO'S THERE?

DO YOU KNOW
WHAT TIME IT IS?

I JUST NEED
TO TALK TO YOU.

I just need two minutes.
Give me two minutes.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT?

IT'S IMPORTANT.

ED, CAN YOU CALL ME BACK
IN TWO MINUTES?

I WILL.
YOU BETTER PICK UP.

AND, 'CAUSE OF ALL THE STALKING
THAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING,

ED WAS NERVOUS FOR HEATHER.

- I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
- CHRIS!

YOU CAN'T DO THIS.
YOU CAN'T COME HERE.

JUST GIVE ME
ONE MORE CHANCE.

OKAY? ONE MORE.
- NO!

- I SWEAR, I...
- THERE ARE NO MORE CHANCES!

THERE'S NOTHING LEFT!

SO, HE SAYS, "SOON AS
THAT CLOCK HIT TWO MINUTES,

I CALLED HER RIGHT BACK."

CHRIS,
THAT'S MY FRIEND ED.

YOU'VE GOT TO LEAVE NOW.

AND SHE ANSWERED.

- ED.
- HEATHER?

AND AT THAT POINT,

CHRIS SAID SOMETHING
THAT WAS EXTREMELY STRANGE.

I JUST NEED TO TALK TO YOU.
IT'S A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
IT'S A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH?

ED, I'M GONNA
HAVE TO CALL YOU BACK.

HEATHER!
HEATHER!

AND I RECALL THE WORDS

"IT'S A MATTER
OF LIFE AND DEATH."

AND SHE HANGS UP.

AND THAT'S THE LAST TIME
HE HEARD FROM HER.

IT'S BEEN 44 HOURS

SINCE 33-YEAR-OLD HEATHER JONES
DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR.

BUT IN HIS HUNT
FOR THE MISSING MOM,

DETECTIVE KEMP
NOW HAS A KEY WITNESS,

ED SMITHSON, THE LAST
KNOWN PERSON TO SPEAK WITH HER.

NOW, YOU, -
YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING

ABOUT A FACEBOOK MESSAGE?

YES.

JUST TWO HOURS AFTER
ED OVERHEARD HEATHER

AND HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND,
CHRIS, ARGUING,

HE EXPLAINS THAT HE RECEIVED
A CRYPTIC GOOD-BYE MESSAGE

FROM HER.

SHE SAID,
"HE KNOWS EVERYTHING.

I CAN'T BELIEVE
I WAS SUCH A FOOL.

I'M SO SORRY
I DIDN'T SEE YOU.

I HAVE TO SAY GOOD-BYE,

AND I WISH YOU
NOTHING BUT THE BEST.

GOOD-BYE."

AND HE WAS REALLY SURPRISED
AT THAT E-MAIL

BECAUSE IT DIDN'T REALLY
SOUND LIKE HER.

DO YOU HAVE ANY THEORIES

ON WHAT YOU THINK,
COULD HAVE HAPPENED?

IT DOESN'T ADD UP.

AND THAT WASN'T
THE ONLY STRANGE COMMUNICATION

ED RECEIVED FROM HEATHER.

AFTER HEATHER'S CELLPHONE
WENT MISSING FOUR DAYS AGO,

ED STARTED RECEIVING
EXPLICIT MESSAGES FROM HER.

BUT HE THINKS SOMEBODY ELSE
WAS SENDING THEM.

ED SAID HE STARTED GETTING
THESE SEXUAL MESSAGES

FROM HEATHER,
AND WAS VERY SURPRISED

BECAUSE THEY WERE
KIND OF UNLIKE HER.

OFFICER, COULD YOU
SHOW HIM OUT, PLEASE?

IF WHAT ED IS SAYING IS TRUE,

CHRIS SAW HEATHER
ON THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED.

DEFINITELY, BY THIS POINT,

THE GERMANTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT
IS LOOKING AT HIM PRETTY HARD.

I'M GONNA NEED A SEARCH WARRANT
FOR CHRIS JONES' HOUSE.

AFTER ED'S INTERVIEW, POLICE
DID A SEARCH OF CHRIS' HOUSE.

WHEN DETECTIVES
ENTER CHRIS' HOME,

HE'S NOWHERE TO BE SEEN.

AND HIS CAR IS GONE.

AND THEY ALSO
HAD GOTTEN A WARRANT

TO PUT A TRACKER,
A GPS TRACKER, ON HIS CAR.

THE SEARCH OF
CHRIS' HOUSE TURNS UP NOTHING.

BUT AN HOUR LATER,

POLICE FIND HIS CAR
IN DOWNTOWN GERMANTOWN.

THE POLICE PUT
A TRACKER ON CHRIS' CAR

BECAUSE THEY WERE WONDERING

IF PERHAPS HE MIGHT GO BACK
TO WHEREVER HEATHER WAS.

SIX DAYS SINCE HEATHER VANISHED,

POLICE ARE HOPING THAT
CHRIS MAY LEAD THEM TO HER.

MAYBE HE'LL LEAD US
TO HEATHER.

CHRIS HEADS TOWARD MEMPHIS,

WHERE HEATHER OFTEN WENT
ON GIRLS' NIGHTS OUT.

OFFICERS ON THE GROUND
IN MEMPHIS

KEEP HIM
UNDER CLOSE SURVEILLANCE.

HE WENT TO A NIGHT CLUB.
HE WENT TO BARS.

HE WAS GALLIVANTING,
JUST HAVING FUN,

WHILE HIS WIFE WAS MISSING.

HE'S JUST
OUT HAVING FUN.

I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

FRUSTRATED THAT
THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY CLOSER

TO FINDING HEATHER
USING THE GPS TRACKER

ON CHRIS' CAR...

THEY FOLLOWED HIM
FOR A LITTLE BIT,

BUT THAT TURNED UP
REALLY NOTHING.

...DETECTIVES DECIDE
TO CALL CHRIS IN

FOR A SECOND INTERVIEW.

SO, WHERE IS HE NOW?

WHAT'S HE DOING?

AND WHEN HE COMES
BACK IN FOR HIS INTERVIEW,

HE PARKS HIS CAR WAY FAR AWAY

FROM WHERE THE GERMANTOWN
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS.

WHAT,
IS HE GOING SHOPPING?

HE PARKS HIS CAR
BEHIND THIS SHOPPING MALL.

AND THERE'S NO REASON
WHY ANYONE WOULD PARK

WHERE THAT MALL IS
IF THEY'VE GOT TO MEET SOMEBODY

AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND HE WALKS TO
THE GERMANTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT

TO GIVE HIS INTERVIEW.

- MORNING, OFFICER.
- HEY, HOW YOU DOING, CHRIS?

GREAT.

HAVE YOU FOUND HER YET?
- NO, WE HAVEN'T. NO.

LISTEN, I'VE GOT
A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

YEAH,
RIGHT OVER THIS WAY.

SUSPICIOUS THAT HE'S
GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE...

HAVE A SEAT, CHRIS.

...DETECTIVE KEMP DISPATCHES
A UNIT WITH CADAVER DOGS

TO SEARCH CHRIS' CAR
WHILE HE'S BEING INTERVIEWED.

I'M GONNA RECORD EVERYTHING,
LIKE I DID LAST TIME,

AND I'M GONNA
MAKE SOME MORE NOTES.

OKAY.

THEY WERE USING THE CADAVER DOGS

TO DETECT THE SCENT
OF HUMAN REMAINS.

I BROUGHT YOU IN HERE
BECAUSE I WANT TO GO OVER

SOME OF THE INFORMATION
YOU TOLD ME LAST TIME.

AND THAT'S WHAT
THEY PICKED UP ON.

2-9-5. WE HAVE A HIT
ON SUSPECT VEHICLE

FOR HUMAN REMAINS.

A WEEK AFTER HEATHER JONES

SEEMINGLY VANISHED
INTO THIN AIR,

GERMANTOWN P.D. CADAVER DOGS

PICK UP THE SCENT
OF HUMAN REMAINS

IN THE CAR
OF HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND, CHRIS.

ED SMITHSON IS OFF THE HOOK.

DETECTIVES NOW HAVE PROOF THAT
CHRIS HAS SOMETHING TO HIDE.

ONCE THEY RECEIVED A HIT

THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING ON
IN THE CAR...

...THEY COMMUNICATED
THAT INFORMATION

TO THE OFFICERS
THAT WERE INTERVIEWING CHRIS.

AND THOSE OFFICERS
THEN CONFRONTED CHRIS

WITH THE INFORMATION

THAT CADAVER DOGS
HAD JUST HIT ON HIS CAR.

OKAY, CHRIS.

WHY DON'T YOU CUT THE CRAP
AND TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED?

THEY STARTED
PUTTING PRESSURE ON HIM.

"LOOK, CHRIS,
WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID.

WE KNOW -- YOU KNOW,
IF YOU JUST TELL US."

COME ON, CHRIS.
TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

WHAT HAPPENED
TO HEATHER?

CHRIS STARTED TO BREAK DOWN.

HE GOES INTO A STORY WHERE
SHE WAS DRUNK OUT OF HER MIND.

UM,
SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING.

AND, SHE SLIPPED,
AND SHE HIT HER HEAD.

AND HE SAID THAT
HE HEARD SOMETHING CRACK.

HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
HE TRIED TO PICK HER UP.

TRIED TO TAKE
HER INSIDE OF THE HOUSE

AND RESUSCITATE HER.

AND THAT'S WHEN HE SAID
SHE WAS DEAD.

SO, THAT'S WHEN
WE FIRST FIND OUT

THAT SHE IS ACTUALLY DECEASED
AT THIS POINT.

NO, UM -- NO, NO, NO.
UM, SHE...

UM, SHE HUNG HERSELF.

THEN HE STARTS
TO GIVE ANOTHER STORY.

"WELL SHE HUNG HERSELF,
AND, I TOOK HER AWAY

BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT
THE KIDS TO SEE

THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW,
WHAT THEIR MOTHER DID."

NEVER REALLY SAID THAT
HE ACTUALLY KILLED HER

OR THAT HE DID ANYTHING TO HER.

- AND I DIDN'T WANT THE KIDS...
- CHRIS, CUT THE CRAP.

WHY DON'T YOU MAN UP
AND TELL ME?

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID.

I'LL DRAW YOU A MAP.

AND HE GRABBED THAT PIECE
OF PAPER AND A PEN...

MAP OF WHAT?

WHERE YOU CAN FIND
HER BODY.

HE SAID, "I'LL DRAW YOU A MAP.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE SHE IS."

CHRIS TAKES INVESTIGATORS
DUE NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 64,

15 MILES OUTSIDE OF GERMANTOWN.

WE HAD NO IDEA THAT
HEATHER WOULD BE WHERE SHE WAS.

IT WAS NOWHERE NEAR GERMANTOWN.

AND IT WAS NOWHERE NEAR

WHERE ANY OF US HAD
FANNED OUT TO SEARCH.

IT WAS, IN FACT,
ON THE EDGE OF THE COUNTY LINE,

OFF THE HIGHWAY, DOWN A PATH,
BY A CREEK IN THE WOODS.

CHRIS SAID THAT
HE PUT HER BODY IN THE CAR

AND TOOK HER OUT INTO THIS,

WHAT HE DESCRIBED
AS A VERY SERENE PLACE,

VERY BEAUTIFUL, VERY NATURAL.

HE TOOK HER BODY OUT THERE,

AND HE PLACED STICKS UNDER HER
AND SET HER ON FIRE.

HE'D SAID HE GAVE HER
A VIKING FUNERAL.

SO FAR, CHRIS' ONLY
STATEMENT IS THAT HE'S BURNED THE BODY.

HE HASN'T CONFESSED
TO KILLING HEATHER.

BUT BASED ON WHAT ED TOLD POLICE

ABOUT CHRIS' FINAL CONVERSATION
WITH HER...

I SAID IT'S A MATTER
OF LIFE AND DEATH.

THEY'RE CONVINCED THAT CHRIS

FIRST STALKED AND THEN KILLED
HIS ESTRANGED WIFE.

AND IT'S IN HEATHER'S
CHARRED REMAINS

THEY FIND VITAL EVIDENCE
THAT HER DEATH WAS NO ACCIDENT.

SHE WAS MURDERED.

THERE ARE PORTIONS OF THE THROAT
CALLED THE SUPERIOR HORNS

THAT WERE STILL INTACT.

AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
WAS ABLE TO ANALYZE

AND WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE
THAT SHE HAD BEEN STRANGLED.

INVESTIGATORS HAVE PROOF
OF FOUL PLAY.

BUT IT'S THE EVIDENCE FOUND
ONLINE THAT POINTS THE FINGER

DIRECTLY AT CHRIS.

THE LAST FACEBOOK POST
FROM HEATHER'S PHONE

WAS SENT TWO HOURS
AFTER SHE WAS DEAD.

AND THAT PHONE WAS
IN CHRIS' POSSESSION,

ACCORDING TO A KEY WITNESS,
6-YEAR-OLD AVA.

CHRIS TOLD HIS DAUGHTER
THAT HE HAD HER MOMMY'S PHONE

AND NOT TO TELL.

THAT'S WHERE WE LEARNED
THAT HE ACTUALLY DID HAVE

HEATHER'S PHONE
DURING THE TIME

THESE TEXT MESSAGES
AND FACEBOOK POSTS WERE MADE.

SHE SENT ME AN E-MAIL
LAST NIGHT.

COME IN.

CHRIS HAS BEEN
MASQUERADING AS HEATHER ONLINE,

FAKING MESSAGES TO ED SMITHSON
AND TO HIMSELF

TO COVER HIS TRACKS.

CHRIS JONES WAS ARRESTED

AND CHARGED
WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INDICTED
BY THE GRAND JURY,

AND THEY RETURNED AN INDICTMENT
FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER,

WHICH IS
A PRE-MEDITATED KILLING,

WHICH IS HOW THE CASE CAME TO US
TO PROVE AT THE TRIAL.

22 MONTHS AFTER
HIS ARREST, CHRIS STANDS TRIAL.

AND THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
AGAINST HIM

IS ENOUGH TO CONVINCE THE JURY

THAT HE PLOTTED
THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE

BEFORE SHE COULD GO TO COURT
AND DIVORCE HIM.

I BELIEVE THAT
HE LOST CONTROL OF HER,

AND HE WAS FURIOUS.

HE IS A SOCIOPATH.

IN FEBRUARY 2015,

CHRIS JONES IS CONVICTED
OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER

AND ABUSE OF A CORPSE

AND SENTENCED
TO 51 YEARS IN PRISON.

THERE WAS MANY TEARS SHED.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
WE COULD FINALLY LET OURSELVES

GRIEVE OVER THE LOSS.

I JUST STOOD STILL
AND CRIED FOR HER TWO KIDS.

THEY LOVED HEATHER,
AND SHE'S GONE.

THIS TYPE OF EVIL,
IT'S JUST NOT THE TYPE OF THING

THAT YOU EVER EXPECT TO HAPPEN.

BUT IT ROCKED EVERY ONE OF US
TO OUR CORE.

AND I DON'T THINK

ANY ONE OF US ARE EVER
GONNA BE THE SAME AGAIN.