Web of Lies (2014–…): Season 4, Episode 6 - Love You to Death - full transcript

THE PICTURE-PERFECT
AMERICAN FAMILY...

CHELSEA, I THINK, WAS JUST
LOOKING FOR ACCEPTANCE.

...IS NOT AT ALL AS IT APPEARS.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!

AND WHEN SOCIAL MEDIA BRINGS
TWO WORLDS CRASHING TOGETHER...

SLIDE OVER, RICH GIRL.

I LIED TO YOU.

...THE CONSEQUENCES
ARE CATASTROPHIC...

...TEARING LIVES APART.

IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST SCENES
I'VE SEEN.

AH!



OH, GOD, THAT JUST
HURT ME SO BAD.

SOMEONE HAD PULLED THE BOTTOM
OUT OF THE WORLD.

PORTAGE LAKES IS
A SMALL UPSCALE COMMUNITY

NEAR AKRON, OHIO.

IT'S HOME TO 56-YEAR-OLD
JEFF SCHOBERT

AND HIS 58-YEAR-OLD WIFE, PEG.

THEY WERE JUST
VERY OPEN PEOPLE,

JUST VERY LOVING.

I NEVER HEARD ANYBODY
SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT 'EM.

THEY HAD A HOUSE
ON THE LAKE, YOU KNOW.

I'D SAY, YOU KNOW,
VERY FINANCIALLY, UH, WELL-OFF.

THEY LIVE WITH
THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS.

THEIR ELDEST IS
22-YEAR-OLD JESSICA.

JESSICA WAS SOMEWHAT SHY.
SHE WASN'T ATHLETIC.



SHE WAS MORE BOOK SMART,

JUST, UM, REAL INTELLIGENT.

SHARING HER PARENTS'
PASSION FOR THE LAW,

JESSICA IS STUDYING
CRIMINAL JUSTICE

AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF MOUNT UNION

IN ALLIANCE, OHIO.

ALL WORK, NO PLAY?

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I SHOULD TAKE A BREAK.

IT WAS ONLY ABOUT
40 MINUTES FROM HOME.

SO I WOULD COME HOME
ON THE WEEKENDS.

THE SCHOBERTS ADOPTED
JESSICA AT BIRTH.

SHE HAS A LOVING RELATIONSHIP
WITH HER PARENTS.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAD
THESE TEXTBOOKS

WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE.

I THINK THEY'RE ANTIQUES.

OH, MY GOD, DAD.

MY DAD HAD A LOT OF IDEAS
AND A LOT OF ENERGY.

MY MOTHER WAS
THE PRACTICAL ONE

WHO WOULD TAKE HIS IDEAS
AND MAKE THEM HAPPEN.

THE TWO OF THEM WERE
OPPOSITES IN A GOOD WAY.

FIVE YEARS AFTER THEY
BROUGHT JESSICA HOME,

THE SCHOBERTS ADOPTED
ANOTHER DAUGHTER --

CHELSEA.

IT DIDN'T MATTER TO
THEM ABOUT THE RACE,

THE SEX OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THEY JUST KNEW
IT WAS A CHILD,

AND THEY WANTED ANOTHER CHILD.

CHELSEA WAS COMPLETELY
OPPOSITE OF JESSICA.

CHELSEA WAS VERY OUTGOING,
VERY ACTIVE.

CHELSEA IS NOW 17 YEARS OLD.

SHE LOVES BASKETBALL AND PLAYS
FOR HER HIGH-SCHOOL TEAM.

GOOD DAY FIGHTING CRIME?

I'D RATHER BE HELPING YOU
PREPARE FOR SATURDAY'S GAME.

- SEE WHAT YOU GOT, THEN, DAD.
- OKAY.

BUT GROWING UP,

CHELSEA STRUGGLED
WITH HER IDENTITY.

I THINK THAT CHELSEA FELT
DISCONNECTED BEING

THE ONLY PERSON OF COLOR
IN A CAUCASIAN FAMILY.

HOW WAS YOUR DAY?

OH, YOU KNOW.

- YOU ALL RIGHT, SWEETIE?
- YEAH.

JUST SOME BOY
WAS BEHAVING LIKE A JERK.

CHELSEA, I THINK,
WAS JUST LOOKING FOR ACCEPTANCE.

SHE WANTED TO BE
WITH PEOPLE OF OTHER COLOR.

SHE FELT ISOLATED
SOMETIMES, I THINK.

SOCIAL MEDIA IS
A GOOD WAY FOR CHELSEA

TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE

FROM A SIMILAR
ETHNIC BACKGROUND.

BUT THERE'S A DOWNSIDE, TOO.

SHE'S JUST BEEN DUMPED
BY HER BOYFRIEND, ERNEST.

THE WAY THAT SHE HANDLED
MOST BREAKUPS IS

SHE WOULD GET FAIRLY UPSET.

AND USUALLY, SHE WOULD
EXPRESS THAT ON FACEBOOK.

SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE
ON FACEBOOK.

CHELSEA SHARES EVERY
ASPECT OF HER LIFE

WITH HER FACEBOOK FRIENDS,

ALL 4,000 OF THEM.

THEY GIVE HER
THE REASSURANCE

AND ATTENTION SHE CRAVES.

CHELSEA, ARE YOU OKAY?

I THINK I'M JUST FINE.

MY MOTHER WOULD ASK ME

TO KEEP AN EYE
ON CHELSEA'S FACEBOOK ACCOUNT.

SHE HAD HER PHONE
WITH HER CONSTANTLY,

SO SHE WAS PRETTY MUCH
ALWAYS CONNECTED TO SOMETHING.

IS CHELSEA ALL RIGHT
UP THERE?

YEAH. SHE'S JUST ON FACEBOOK.

JUST MAKE SURE
SHE'S SAFE ONLINE.

JUST 2 WEEKS
AFTER CHELSEA'S BREAKUP,

SHE'S BEGINNING TO FEEL
A LOT MORE UPBEAT.

SHAWN FORD JR.
IS A FRIEND OF ERNEST'S.

FLATTERED BY HIS SUPPORT,
SHE MESSAGES BACK.

CHELSEA LIKED
AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUYS

WHO WERE TALLER THAN HER.

AND SHE LIKED
THE HIP-HOP STYLE OF CLOTHING.

♪ AND YOU WON'T EVEN
PICK UP THE PHONE ♪

THE FOLLOWING DAY,

CHELSEA IS GETTING READY
TO MEET SHAWN.

BUT BEFORE SHE LEAVES,

HER PARENTS WANT SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT HER DATE.

YOUR MOM TELLS ME
YOU'RE MEETING A BOY?

WE'RE JUST GOING FOR
A WALK AROUND THE LAKE.

WHY DON'T YOU INVITE HIM OVER,
SO WE CAN MEET HIM?

DON'T WORRY, DAD.
YOU'LL LIKE HIM.

SHAWN IS TALL,
ATHLETIC,

AND EFFORTLESSLY COOL.

HE WANTS TO KNOW
ALL ABOUT CHELSEA.

AND SHE'S IMMEDIATELY SMITTEN.

SO HOW OLD WERE YOU
WHEN YOUR PARENTS TOLD YOU

YOU WAS ADOPTED?

I GUESS I ALWAYS KNEW
I WAS DIFFERENT.

SHAWN IS A YEAR
OLDER THAN CHELSEA.

HE WAS RAISED BY
SINGLE MOTHER KELLY

AND LEFT SCHOOL
BEFORE HE COULD GRADUATE.

SHAWN WAS ADVENTUROUS.

OH, GOD. THAT BOY PUT ME
THROUGH SO MUCH STUFF.

HE WAS ALWAYS DOING
SOMETHING, YOU KNOW.

I GUESS BEING
A TYPICAL BOY, FIGHTING,

YOU KNOW, GETTIN' INTO TROUBLE.

CHELSEA GREW UP
TOTALLY DIFFERENT

FROM THE REST OF THE KIDS

THAT, YOU KNOW,
HE WAS FRIENDS WITH.

SHAWN WAS RAISED IN
THE INNER CITY OF AKRON,

NOT A WHOLE LOTTA MONEY
IN THE FAMILY.

CHELSEA AND SHAWN WERE
THE OPPOSITE, NIGHT AND DAY.

BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING
THEY SAW IN EACH OTHER

THAT PULLED THEM TOGETHER.

IF THEIR RELATIONSHIP
HAS ANY FUTURE,

CHELSEA KNOWS THAT SHAWN NEEDS

TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION
ON HER PARENTS.

THIS IS WHERE YOU LIVE?

LOOK, I DON'T KNOW, MAN.

- HI, DAD.
- HEY, HONEY. HI, THERE.

- SHAWN?
- YEAH.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

COME IN.

PEG AND JEFF
WERE OPEN TO EVERYBODY.

I NEVER SAW THEM
LOOK DOWN ON ANYBODY

BECAUSE OF THEIR CLASS,
THEIR RACE.

CAN I GET YOU A DRINK?
SODA, ANYTHING?

SURE, THANKS.

YOU HAVE AN AMAZING PLACE, SIR.

"SIR"?
PLEASE, CALL ME JEFF.

SO WHAT DO YOU DO, SHAWN?

- STUDY, OR...
- NO, SIR -- JEFF.

UM, I JUST FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL,

- SO I'M LOOKING FOR A JOB NOW.
- HMM.

EXCUSE ME FOR ONE MOMENT.
I'M GONNA GET YOUR MOM.

I'M SURE SHE'D LOVE
TO MEET SHAWN.

JEFF AND PEG OPENED UP
THEIR HOME TO SHAWN FOR CHELSEA.

THEY WANTED CHELSEA
TO FEEL ACCEPTED

AND KNOW THAT THEY LOVED HER.

SHE WAS A BLACK CHILD
RAISED IN A WHITE FAMILY.

SO THEY WANTED HER TO KNOW
HER HERITAGE AND HER CULTURE.

SHAWN WANTS TO SHOW
CHELSEA HIS NEIGHBORHOOD, TOO.

ESPECIALLY WHERE HE SPENDS
MOST OF HIS TIME

HANGING OUT PLAYING BASKETBALL.

HE LOVED SPORTS EVER
SINCE HE WAS LITTLE.

BASKETBALL,
FOOTBALL AND BOXING.

BUT BASKETBALL WAS
HIS FAVORITE SPORT.

COME THROUGH, I'M-A SHOW
YOU HOW TO POST UP.

YOU AIN'T GOTTA
TEACH ME NOTHIN'.

THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAMAL VAUGHN
AND SHAWN

LIVE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.

YO, J. YOU OKAY?

YEAH, IT'S FINE.

JUST DIDN'T THINK THERE
WOULD BE COMPANY, THAT'S ALL.

BUT SHAWN WON'T LET
ANYONE MESS WITH HIS GIRL.

EASY.

WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR, MAN?

SHAWN DIDN'T TAKE ANYTHING
FROM NOBODY, YOU KNOW?

SOMEBODY SAID ANYTHING
ABOUT HIM OR ANYTHING,

HE WAS READY TO FIGHT.

JEFF AND PEG SCHOBERT'S

17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, CHELSEA,

HAS BEEN DATING 18-YEAR-OLD
SHAWN FORD JR.

FOR NEARLY 2 MONTHS
AFTER MEETING ON FACEBOOK.

BUT SHAWN'S FRIEND,
JAMAL VAUGHN,

IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT
THE RELATIONSHIP.

EASY.

SHAWN FOUGHT OVER
SOME OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS,

I WOULD SAY.

WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?

IT'S ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
LET'S JUST PLAY.

DESPITE THEIR
DIFFERENT UPBRINGING

AND THE 9 MILES
THAT SEPARATE THEIR HOMES,

CHELSEA AND SHAWN ARE
CONSTANTLY CONNECTED.

SHAWN WOULD DO THINGS LIKE
SEND HER TEXT MESSAGES

AT 3 IN THE MORNING
WHEN SHE WAS TRYING

TO SLEEP FOR SCHOOL.

HE WOULD BE UPSET
IF SHE DIDN'T ANSWER HIM.

EVEN WHEN THEY
WASN'T TOGETHER,

THEY WERE STILL
TOGETHER, YOU KNOW?

THEY WOULD BE TEXTING.

WHAT COULD BE SO IMPORTANT THAT
YOU NEED TO BE ON YOUR PHONE

AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT?

MY MOM WOULD HEAR
THE PHONE GO OFF

BECAUSE HER BEDROOM WAS RIGHT
ACROSS THE HALL FROM CHELSEA.

CHELSEA DIDN'T LIKE HAVING
HER PHONE TAKEN AWAY.

SHE FELT LIKE MOM
WAS INTERFERING IN HER LIFE

AND KIND OF BEING THE BAD GUY.

IT'S BEEN ALMOST 10 WEEKS

SINCE CHELSEA STARTED
DATING SHAWN,

AND SHE'S BEEN SPENDING
NEARLY EVERY DAY WITH HIM.

THE EFFECT OF THE RELATIONSHIP
ON CHELSEA IS OBVIOUS.

SHE STARTED DRESSING
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY,

MORE JEWELRY, FAKE NAILS,
THINGS LIKE THAT,

TRYING TO BE A BIT
MORE TOUGH OR STREET,

TRYING TO TALK LIKE SHAWN DID.

SO, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

MEET A GIRLFRIEND.

NEED ANY MONEY FOR GAS?

NOPE. GOT A FULL TANK.

I'M ONLY GOING
TO FIRESTONE PARK.

OKAY.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE BACK BY 10.

OKAY. BYE.

THE NEXT MORNING,
JEFF SEES THAT CHELSEA

GOT HOME OKAY, AS HER CAR
IS IN THE DRIVEWAY.

HE WANTS TO BORROW IT
TO DRIVE TO WORK.

MY FATHER WOULD LEASE
HIS CARS FOR WORK.

HE WOULD DRIVE OUR CARS
SO THAT HE WOULDN'T

GO OVER THE MILEAGE
AND GET CHARGED.

HURRY UP, CHELSEA.

HE'LL DROP CHELSEA OFF
AT SCHOOL ON THE WAY.

HE REALIZED THAT MORE
GAS WAS GONE FROM THE TANK

THAN SHOULD'VE BEEN GONE HAD
SHE ONLY GONE TO FIRESTONE PARK.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

WHERE DID YOU GO LAST NIGHT?

FIRESTONE PARK,
A FRIEND'S PLACE.

YOU TOLD ME YOU HAD
A FULL TANK.

YEAH, SO?

FIRESTONE'S ONLY A COUPLE
OF MILES AWAY.

WHERE DID YOU REALLY GO?

HOUSE PARTY IN SILVER LAKE
WITH SHAWN.

I THINK SHAWN INFLUENCED HER
TO GO TO A LOT OF THOSE PARTIES

BECAUSE SHE WAS HIS RIDE.

A PARTY? HONEY, YOU'RE TOO YOUNG
TO BE GOING TO PARTIES.

I AM ALMOST 18.

DID YOU KNOW SHE WENT
TO A PARTY LAST NIGHT?

WHO KNOWS WHAT TYPE OF PEOPLE
SHE'S HANGIN' AROUND WITH.

LET ME TALK TO HER.
SHE MIGHT LISTEN TO ME.

A FRIEND OF MY FATHER'S WHO WAS

A MEMBER OF THE AKRON POLICE,

WHO KNEW THAT CHELSEA
AND SHAWN WERE DATING,

WOULD SOMETIMES MENTION

THAT GANG ACTIVITY HAD
HAPPENED SOMEWHERE CLOSE BY,

UH, WHERE SHAWN LIVED.

DETERMINED TO KEEP
THEIR DAUGHTER OUT OF HARM'S WAY,

THE SCHOBERTS TAKE ACTION.

EVERYTHING OKAY?

WE'VE PUT A GPS
TRACKER ON YOUR CAR.

YOU DID WHAT? WHY?

SO WE CAN MONITOR YOU
AND KEEP YOU SAFE.

GPS STAYS,
OR YOU DON'T DRIVE.

THEY WERE FIRM.

THEY JUST WANTED THE BEST FOR
HER AND WANTED HER TO BE SAFE.

SHE THOUGHT THAT MY PARENTS
WERE TRYING TO RUIN HER LIFE.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!

LOOK, OKAY, AT LEAST
YOU NEVER HAVE TO WORRY

ABOUT LOSING YOUR CAR AGAIN.

SHAWN WAS ABLE
TO CALM HER DOWN

WHEN SHE WAS ARGUING
WITH HER PARENTS.

COME HERE.
I LOVE YOU TO DEATH.

THREE MONTHS INTO
THEIR RELATIONSHIP,

IT'S TIME FOR CHELSEA
TO MEET SHAWN'S MOM, KELLY.

- HEY, MAMA.
- HEY, BABY.

- HEY.
- OOH, YOU MUST BE CHELSEA.

HI!

YOU KNOW YOU'RE THE FIRST GIRL
HE'S INTRODUCED TO HIS MAMA.

SO YOU KNOW YOU MUST BE SPECIAL.

I LIKED HER AS SOON
AS I MET HER.

AND, UH, SH --
WAS -- SHE WAS DIFFERENT.

SHE WAS --
SHE WAS REAL SWEET.

I DID, I LOVED HER FROM DAY ONE.

HAVE A SEAT.

SHE WAS HIS FIRST LOVE.

I MEAN, HE WOULD --

THAT'S ALL HE WOULD TALK ABOUT

WHEN, YOU KNOW,
SHE WASN'T THERE.

- MAMA.
- JAMAL!

HEY.

THE FORDS HAVE
AN OPEN-DOOR POLICY,

AND SHAWN'S FRIENDS
AND NEIGHBORS

DROP BY CONSTANTLY.

TAKE A SEAT.

BUT NOT EVERYONE
IS FRIENDLY.

SLIDE OVER, RICH GIRL.

A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER,

PEG AND JEFF ARE BUSY
WITH A SPECIAL EVENT.

THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER, JESSICA,

HAS JUST GRADUATED
FROM COLLEGE,

AND THEY'RE HOSTING A PARTY
FOR HER TO CELEBRATE.

MY FATHER LOVED
TO THROW A PARTY.

I THINK MY GRADUATION PARTY
MEANT A LOT TO THEM

BECAUSE I HAD WORKED HARD
TO GET THROUGH SCHOOL.

AND THEY WERE HAPPY
TO SEE ME SUCCEED.

HEY, HOW ARE YOU?

THIS IS MY BOYFRIEND, SHAWN.

HEY. HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD.

CHELSEA INTRODUCED US TO SHAWN.

AND HE WAS VERY POLITE,
VERY NICE YOUNG MAN.

HE SEEMED LIKE HE JUST
FIT RIGHT IN THERE,

LIKE HE BELONGED THERE.

DESPITE JEFF'S WORRIES

ABOUT CHELSEA PARTYING
WITH SHAWN,

HE IS TAKING A SHINE
TO HIS DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND.

- HEY.
- HEY.

HOW'S IT GOING?

JEFF WAS LIKE
A FATHER FIGURE TO SHAWN.

HE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT LIFE.

HOW'S THE JOB HUNTING GOING?

I MIGHT BE ABLE
TO HELP WITH THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

GOOD MAN.

JEFF TRIED TO GET SHAWN
A JOB, HELP HIM --

TRY TO TEACH HIM
HOW TO WRITE A RéSUMé

AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SEEING HOW HAPPY SHAWN
HAS MADE THEIR DAUGHTER

OVER THE LAST 4 MONTHS,

PEG AND JEFF INVITE HIM

TO SPEND CHRISTMAS
WITH THE FAMILY.

MM-HMM.

THAT'S QUITE THE LOOK
YOU GOT OVER THERE.

TAKES TIME TO LOOK THIS GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. I SEE YOU.

PEG AND JEFF DO
WHATEVER THEY CAN

TO MAKE SHAWN FEEL AT EASE
AND INCLUDED.

THIS ONE'S FROM MOM AND DAD.

AT CHRISTMAS,
IT SEEMED LIKE CHELSEA

AND SHAWN WERE HAPPY.

I THINK THAT CHELSEA
AND SHAWN WERE IN LOVE.

I THINK, FOR THEM,
IT WAS VERY SERIOUS.

AW, MAN.
THANK -- THANK YOU.

THIS IS -- THIS IS COOL.
THIS IS COOL.

IT DID MEAN A LOT TO CHELSEA,

BECAUSE SHE OBVIOUSLY
CARED A LOT ABOUT SHAWN,

AND HE BECAME A PART
OF THE FAMILY.

THANK YOU.

SEVEN MONTHS AFTER
THEIR RELATIONSHIP BEGAN...

CHELSEA HAS JUST TURNED 18.

HER BIRTHDAY WAS
THE EXACT SAME DAY AS MINE.

THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY HE
REALLY REMEMBERED MY BIRTHDAY.

SHAWN IS TAKING HER
TO A HOUSE PARTY

IN HIS PART OF TOWN.

SO YOU EXCITED
FOR THIS PARTY?

YES.

GONNA TELL ME ABOUT
WHAT YOU'VE BEEN PLANNING?

HE WAS VERY EXCITED
ABOUT THE PARTY.

THAT'S ALL HE
TALKED ABOUT.

HE WANTED TO SPEND TIME
WITH HER AND HAVE FUN.

DON'T WORRY.
WE WON'T BE OUT ALL NIGHT.

I PROMISE.
COME ON, LET'S GO.

THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT
MORE RELAXED ABOUT HER

GOING OUT THAT NIGHT
BECAUSE EVERYONE HAD BEEN

GETTING ALONG FOR A FEW MONTHS.

UM, THERE HADN'T BEEN
ANY MAJOR FIGHTS.

AND SO I THINK
THEY WERE WILLING TO OVERLOOK

THE NIGHT A LITTLE BIT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE OUR DAUGHTER'S
ALL GROWN UP.

MY PARENTS FIGURED,

"HOW MUCH TROUBLE
COULD TEENAGERS GET INTO?"

CHELSEA SCHOBERT
HAS BEEN OUT CELEBRATING

HER 18th BIRTHDAY
WITH HER BOYFRIEND, SHAWN.

BUT AS DAWN BREAKS
THE NEXT MORNING,

HER FAMILY RECEIVED
DEVASTATING NEWS.

CHELSEA IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION

AT AKRON'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

PEG, JEFF AND JESSICA
HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

I WAS SCARED.
I HAD EXPECTED A CAR ACCIDENT.

AND I KNEW THAT
THOSE COULD BE SERIOUS.

MY BEST FRIEND
WAS PARALYZED IN ONE,

SO I KNEW WHAT COULD HAPPEN.

CHELSEA'S INJURIES
ARE HORRIFIC,

BUT THEY WEREN'T CAUSED
BY A CAR ACCIDENT.

SHE'S BEEN STABBED 10 TIMES
IN THE FACE AND BODY.

SHE HAS A FRACTURED SKULL,
SEVERED NERVES IN HER NECK,

AND SHE'S LOST MOST
OF HER SPINAL FLUID.

DOCTORS SAY
SHE'S UNLIKELY TO SURVIVE.

MY PARENTS WERE SCARED

THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO LOSE HER.

I JUST HOPED THAT
SHE WOULD BE OKAY

AND THAT WE WOULD FIND OUT
WHO HAD HURT HER.

DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS,

JEFF AND PEG TURN TO CHELSEA'S
BOYFRIEND, SHAWN.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT HAPPENED TO
OUR LITTLE GIRL?

A MAN BROKE INTO THE PARTY
AND SAID THAT I OWED HIM MONEY.

AND CHELSEA STEPPED UP
TO HIM, MAN.

AND HE WENT CRAZY. HE STARTED
STABBIN' HER OVER AND OVER,

AND I GOT HIM OFF OF HER.

MY PARENTS WERE
ANGRY WITH SHAWN.

PEG AND JEFF HAD
ALWAYS SEEN THE BEST IN SHAWN.

BUT NOW, THEIR TRUST IS BROKEN.

YOU PUT HER IN THAT SITUATION!
YOU DID THAT!

STAY AWAY FROM HER, SHAWN.

OVER THE NEXT WEEK,

THE SCHOBERTS TAKE TURNS KEEPING
VIGIL AT CHELSEA'S BEDSIDE.

I WOULDN'T HAVE RECOGNIZED HER.

IT BROKE MY HEART, 'CAUSE
THAT WAS MY LITTLE SISTER.

AND SHE WAS BARELY ALIVE.

INCREDIBLY, 5 DAYS LATER,

CHELSEA IS ABLE
TO COME OFF THE VENTILATOR.

CHELSEA!

HI!

WHERE'S SHAWN?

SHAWN?

SHAWN'S WHY
YOU'RE LYING HERE.

CAN I TEXT HIM
AT LEAST, PLEASE?

- HERE YOU GO, SWEETIE.
- THANK YOU.

ONCE SHE WAS ABLE
TO BREATHE ON HER OWN,

SHE ASKED ABOUT SHAWN A LOT,

IF SHE COULD SEE HIM
OR TALK TO HIM.

THAT WAS 90 PERCENT
OF WHAT SHE SAID.

JUST DAYS AFTER NEARLY
LOSING HER LIFE,

CHELSEA IS DECLARED STABLE
AND OUT OF DANGER,

WELL ENOUGH TO TALK
TO THE POLICE.

THAT'S HIM.
THAT'S JAMAYNE.

CHELSEA IDENTIFIES
JAMAYNE RUIZ,

A MEMBER OF THE BLOODLINE GANG
FROM AKRON, AS HER ATTACKER.

THE POLICE WILL CATCH HIM.

THE GANG HAS A REPUTATION

FOR DRUG DEALING
AND VIOLENT ROBBERIES.

ACCORDING TO SHAWN'S
STORY, SHAWN OWED HIM MONEY.

AND HE HAD BROKEN
INTO THIS HOUSE PARTY

AND DEMANDED
THAT SHAWN PAY HIM.

AND CHELSEA HAD DEFENDED SHAWN

AND GOTTEN IN THE GUY'S FACE
AND MADE THE GUY ANGRY.

AND SO HE ATTACKED CHELSEA
FOR BEING MOUTHY.

CHELSEA IS PLACED
UNDER THE PROTECTION

OF AN ARMED GUARD.

SHE WAS MADE
A PRIVACY PATIENT,

WHICH MEANT THAT YOU
COULDN'T ACCESS HER

WITHOUT A PASSWORD.

THEY WERE AFRAID THAT
SOMEONE WOULD FINISH THE JOB.

POLICE ARREST JAMAYNE RUIZ

AND CHARGE HIM
WITH ASSAULTING CHELSEA.

I GOT WITNESSES TELLING ME
YOU STABBED CHELSEA.

AND YOU'RE DENYING IT?

BUT WHEN INVESTIGATORS
TRY TO INTERROGATE HIM,

RUIZ REFUSES TO TALK.

YOU'LL BE OUTTA HERE
IN NO TIME,

PLAYIN' BASKETBALL
WITH YOUR OLD MAN.

BE OKAY, SWEETIE.

JESSICA, I HAVE GREAT NEWS.

CHELSEA'S IMPROVING.

I CALLED HIM IN BETWEEN CLASSES

THAT EVENING TO GET AN UPDATE
ON HOW CHELSEA WAS DOING.

DOCTORS ARE TELLING ME
WITHIN 2 WEEKS,

SHE'LL BE OUT OF HERE.

IT'S GREAT.
I'M ON MY WAY HOME.

MOM'S GONNA STAY
WITH CHELSEA.

OKAY, BYE.

I WILL FOREVER REMEMBER
THAT I CALLED HIM AT ABOUT 7:35,

AND THE CALL LASTED
FOR 9 MINUTES AND 37 SECONDS.

IT'S 5 A.M.,
AND PEG IS STILL UP

AT THE HOSPITAL...

...KEEPING WATCH OVER CHELSEA.

JEFF IS AT HOME
AND HAS GONE TO BED.

HE HAS NO IDEA
THAT HE'S NOT ALONE.

LATER THAT DAY,

JESSICA IS BACK IN ALLIANCE
WRAPPING UP HER STUDIES.

SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO REACH
HER PARENTS ALL DAY,

BUT HER CALLS
JUST GO TO VOICEMAIL.

I WAS STARTING TO WONDER
WHAT WAS GOING ON,

IF CHELSEA HAD HAD
A MAJOR CRISIS

AND WHY NO ONE WOULD'VE
GOTTEN BACK TO ME YET.

YOU'VE REACHED THE
VOICEMAIL OF THE SCHOBERT FAMILY.

LEAVE YOUR NAME AND NUMBER,
AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.

LOOK, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME
I'VE TRIED CALLING.

CAN SOMEONE JUST LET ME KNOW
THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY?

A LITTLE VOICE
IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD

SAID THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

ELEVEN DAYS
AFTER CHELSEA SCHOBERT

WAS BRUTALLY STABBED
AT A PARTY,

HER OLDER SISTER, JESSICA,

IS UNABLE TO REACH
THEIR PARENTS, PEG AND JEFF.

MEANTIME, AT THE SCHOBERT HOME,

A FRIEND WHO WAS DOING
SOME BUILDING WORK

HAS JUST ARRIVED

AND MAKES A GRUESOME DISCOVERY.

DETECTIVE HITCHINGS
FROM NEW FRANKLIN P.D.

IS CALLED TO THE HOUSE.

UH, IT WAS JUST --

IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST
SCENES I'VE SEEN.

I MEAN, IT WAS BRUTAL.

WE LOCATED A SLEDGEHAMMER
THAT WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR.

JEFF AND PEG SCHOBERT HAD

BOTH BEEN STRUCK
BY THE SLEDGEHAMMER,

JEFF 15 TIMES, PEG 19.

LOCAL JOURNALIST PHIL TREXLER
COVERED THE BARBARIC CRIME.

THIS IS THE TYPE OF
NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE MURDERS

JUST DON'T HAPPEN.

THIS IS THE FIRST ONE
THEY HAD IN SEVERAL YEARS.

THIS WAS NOT JUST SOME
RANDOM BURGLARY GONE BAD.

THIS WAS A COLD,
CALCULATED MURDER.

IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE
DETECTIVE HITCHINGS

MAKES AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY.

I WAS GOING THROUGH
THE PERSONAL BELONGINGS

AND LOCATED A BUSINESS CARD
FOR AN AKRON POLICE DETECTIVE.

THIS IS DETECTIVE HITCHINGS
FROM THE CITY OF NEW FRANKLIN.

I FOUND YOUR BUSINESS CARD

AT THE SCENE
OF A DOUBLE HOMICIDE.

I DECIDED TO GIVE HIM A CALL.

AND HE SAID, UH,
HE WOULD BE RIGHT OUT,

THAT HE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO HELP US OUT.

DETECTIVE MORRISON
IS LEADING

THE INVESTIGATION
INTO CHELSEA'S ATTACK

DAYS EARLIER
AT THE PARTY IN AKRON.

WHILE DETECTIVE HITCHINGS
WAITS FOR HIM TO ARRIVE,

HE STARTS ASSESSING
THE SCENE IN MORE DETAIL.

THERE'S SIGNS
IN THE LIVING ROOM

THAT SHOWED SOMEBODY
WAS IN THERE.

THERE WAS POP CANS IN THERE.

UH, THERE'S A VIDEO GAMING
SYSTEM THAT WAS BEING USED.

AN SUV WAS STOLEN FROM THE HOME.

I APPRECIATE YOU COMING
OVER SO QUICK.

SO YOU THINK THE STABBING
AND THE HOMICIDES ARE CONNECTED?

WELL, IT'S POSSIBLE
THESE HOMICIDES

ARE SOME KINDA RETALIATION.

YOU KNOW,
I'D TALK TO SHAWN FORD.

HE WAS AT THE PARTY THAT NIGHT.

HE MIGHT KNOW
IF RUIZ PUT OUT A HIT.

YOU RECKON THAT THE SCHOBERTS
HAD ANY IDEA

WHAT KINDA PEOPLE
SHAWN WAS MESSED UP WITH?

THERE WAS THIS CONCERN
THAT, YOU KNOW,

ARE THERE SOME GANG
AFFILIATIONS HERE?

THAT RUIZ'S PEOPLE, HIS FRIENDS,

HIS FELLOW GANGBANGERS,

UH, TOOK UP HIS CAUSE,
SO TO SPEAK,

AND COMMITTED THIS, UH, MURDER.

THIRTY MILES AWAY
IN ALLIANCE,

JESSICA HAS JUST BEEN
TOLD THE DEVASTATING NEWS

THAT HER PARENTS
HAVE BEEN MURDERED.

HER UNCLE HAS
COME TO GET HER.

SOMEONE HAD PULLED
THE BOTTOM OUTTA THE WORLD.

I... YOU KNOW, YOUR WHOLE
LIFE CHANGES IMMEDIATELY.

AND YOU THINK ABOUT
SO MANY THINGS.

I'VE BEEN
IN THEIR HOUSE 100 TIMES.

I JUST COULDN'T IMAGINE SOMEBODY

DOING THAT TO SOMEBODY ELSE...

ESPECIALLY THEM.

OH, GOD.
THAT JUST HURT ME SO BAD.

CHELSEA'S PARENTS WERE KILLED.

YOU KNOW...

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

I DIDN'T.

AKRON
AND NEW FRANKLIN POLICE

COORDINATE THEIR INVESTIGATIONS.

IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR THEM

TO LOCATE
THE SCHOBERTS' STOLEN SUV

IN NORTH AKRON, 9 MILES AWAY.

THERE WAS BLOOD SMEAR MARKS
INSIDE THE VEHICLE,

CENTER CONSOLE AS WELL
AS THE, UH, PASSENGER SEAT.

STARTED LOOKING THROUGH SOME,
UH, DRAINAGE DITCHES

AND, UH, LOCATED SOME GLOVES...

STOCKING HAT...

AND KNIFE.

WE'RE HOPIN' THAT WE CAN
GET DNA OFF OF THOSE TO LINK 'EM

TO THE CRIME SCENE ITSELF.

POLICE SEND OFF
THE EVIDENCE FOR ANALYSIS.

AND THOUGH SUSPECT
JAMAYNE RUIZ REMAINS SILENT...

...SURPRISING INFORMATION
REACHES DETECTIVE HITCHINGS.

I LEARNED THAT SHAWN
WAS OUT ON BOND,

UH, FOR AN ARMED ROBBERY.

HE WAS ALSO OUT ON
SOME OTHER CHARGES

THAT HE HAD BEEN IN TROUBLE FOR.

SO DOIN' A CRIME, HE --

HE'S OBVIOUSLY
DONE STUFF BEFORE.

DETECTIVE HITCHINGS
IMMEDIATELY BRINGS

SHAWN IN FOR QUESTIONING.

I KNOW THAT
MR. AND MRS. SCHOBERT

FORBID YOU FROM SEEING CHELSEA.

THEY GOT IT ALL WRONG.

OKAY?
I LOVE HER TO DEATH.

SHAWN APPEARED
TO BE PRETTY RELAXED

AND WANTIN' TO HELP US.

BUT, UM, THERE WAS, UH,
NO REAL EMOTIONS OUT OF HIM.

I WOULDN'T EVEN SAY
HE WAS UPSET.

BEEN IN TROUBLE
IN THE PAST.

NOW, WE HAVE CHELSEA STABBED

BY SOME GANG MEMBER
AND HER PARENTS KILLED.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

I SWEAR, I WOULD
TELL YOU IF I KNEW.

MAYBE JAMAYNE'S PEOPLE
THOUGHT CHELSEA TALKED

AND WANTED PAYBACK, YOU KNOW?

I DIDN'T BELIEVE JAMAYNE HAD

ANYTHING
TO DO WITH THE STABBING.

I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS TWO
SEPARATE INCIDENCES.

HITCHINGS TRIES A NEW
LINE OF QUESTIONING.

WHERE WERE YOU THE NIGHT
OF THE MURDERS?

I WAS AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE
ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

SHAWN HAD NO REASON
TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND I THOUGHT
THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE

LOOKING INTO THE PERSON

WHO CHELSEA HAD NAMED
AS HAVING ATTACKED HER.

HEY, I NEED YOU TO CHECK
ON SHAWN FORD'S ALIBI FOR ME.

DETECTIVES LOOK INTO

THE SCHOBERTS'
CELL PHONE RECORDS

AND FIND A SERIES
OF TEXT MESSAGES JEFF

SENT TO PEG THE NIGHT
OF THE MURDERS.

THERE'S SOME VERY STRANGE
TEXT MESSAGES TAKING PLACE.

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER ESTIMATES

THAT JEFF DIED AT 11:30 P.M.,

6 HOURS BEFORE
THE TEXTS WERE SENT,

WHICH MEANS THAT JEFF COULDN'T
HAVE SENT THOSE MESSAGES.

STRANGELY WORDED,
POORLY SPELLED WORDS.

IT SEEMED TO THE POLICE

THAT SOMEBODY WAS TRYING
TO LURE PEG HOME.

PEG'S CELL PHONE
HOLDS ANOTHER CLUE --

A SERIES OF MESSAGES
SENT FROM HER PHONE

TO CHELSEA AT 9:14 A.M.,

2 HOURS AFTER HER
ESTIMATED TIME OF DEATH.

ONE OF THE TEXT MESSAGES,
IT SAYS, "I LOVE YOU TO DEATH."

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING
VERY COMMON THAT SHAWN FORD

USED TO TELL CHELSEA,
THAT "I LOVE YOU TO DEATH."

AS POLICE WAIT TO HEAR
ABOUT SHAWN'S ALIBI,

ONE CALL TURNS
THE INVESTIGATION ON ITS HEAD.

DETECTIVE HITCHINGS?

DETECTIVE RICH MORRISON SAID

THAT AN INDIVIDUAL
WANTS TO COME IN

AND TALK TO US, UH,
ABOUT THE HOMICIDE.

I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

SHAWN'S FRIEND,
JAMAL VAUGHN,

HAS SOMETHING TO CONFESS.

FOLLOWING THE BRUTAL

STABBING OF CHELSEA SCHOBERT,

AND THEN THE MURDER
OF HER PARENTS,

PEG AND JEFF,
11 DAYS LATER...

JAMAL VAUGHN,

SHAWN FORD JR.'S FRIEND,
GOES TO THE POLICE.

SO YOU WANNA
TELL US SOMETHING?

AFTER THE HOMICIDE,

HE WAS STRUGGLING BY THE VISIONS

THAT HE WAS SEEING IN HIS HEAD.

HE APPEARED TO BE
VERY NERVOUS.

BUT, UM, HE WAS PRETTY FORWARD.

HE SAID IT WOULD
JUST BE A LICK.

JAMAL WENT TO DO
A LICK AT THE RESIDENCE THERE.

AND THAT'S SLANG
FOR A BURGLARY.

HE SAID NO ONE WAS
SUPPOSED TO GET KILLED.

HE SAID?

WHO WAS WITH YOU, JAMAL?

SHAWN.

YOU KNOW, JAMAL SAID
HE LEARNED WHILE

WALKING OUT TO THE RESIDENCE,

THAT SHAWN WAS TALKIN' ABOUT

WANTING TO KILL
THE FAMILY MEMBERS.

SHAWN KILLED THOSE PEOPLE.

IT JUST HAPPENED SO FAST.

JAMAL TELLS POLICE
THAT HE USED THE KNIFE

DETECTIVE HITCHINGS FOUND
IN THE DRAIN TO STAB JEFF.

SHAWN THEN BLUDGEONED PEG

AND JEFF TO DEATH
WITH THE SLEDGEHAMMER.

JAMAL IS ARRESTED,

AND SHAWN IS BROUGHT IN
FOR QUESTIONING.

JAMAL TOLD US EVERYTHING.

YOU DID THIS BECAUSE
THE SCHOBERTS

WOULDN'T LET YOU SEE CHELSEA?

THAT IT?

SHAWN NEVER GAVE US A REASON

WHY HE KILLED CHELSEA'S PARENTS.

WE WOULD ALMOST HAVE
TO SAY THAT IT WAS

BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING
TO KEEP THE TWO SEPARATED.

YOU KNOW, I THINK
HE WANTED TO BE WITH HER.

YOU NEED TO BE
IN CONTROL, SHAWN?

YOU FEEL IN CONTROL NOW?!

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED
TO HAPPEN LIKE THIS.

SHAWN CONFESSES
THAT AFTER MURDERING JEFF,

HE THEN USED HIS PHONE
TO TEXT PEG.

JEFF'S PHONE WAS TAKEN OVER
BY SHAWN TO LURE PEG HOME.

AND THAT LURE WAS --
WAS A TRAP, BASICALLY,

FOR HER KILLING.

SHAWN FINALLY
ADMITTED TO EVERYTHING.

I DID IT.

THAT HE WAS THE ONE WHO COMMITTED
THESE HOMICIDES WITH THE SLEDGEHAMMER.

AT FIRST, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT,
THAT HE HAD --

THAT HE HAD DONE IT.

WHEN I HEARD THAT
HE HAD CONFESSED,

UM, IT WAS A LOT TO PROCESS.

DON'T TELL CHELSEA.

HIS MAIN WORRY AT THE END
OF IT WAS, "IS CHELSEA OKAY?"

AND DID SHE KNOW ABOUT THIS?

I DON'T THINK HE WAS GRASPING
THAT IT WAS GONNA BE OVER

BETWEEN HIM AND CHELSEA
NO MATTER WHAT.

AFTER SHAWN IS CHARGED
WITH THE MURDERS

OF JEFF AND PEG SCHOBERT,

CHELSEA MAKES A SHOCKING
CONFESSION OF HER OWN.

I LIED TO YOU.

IT WASN'T JAMAYNE
WHO STABBED ME.

AND I WISH I HAD TOLD YOU
AND MOM AND DAD.

BUT IT WAS SHAWN.

IT WAS SHAWN WHO STABBED ME.

I WAS IN A LITTLE BIT
OF DISBELIEF

THAT SHE HADN'T TOLD
ANYONE BEFORE THEN.

WHY DIDN'T YOU
SAY ANYTHING?

SHAWN HAD BEEN
MANIPULATING CHELSEA...

CAN I TEXT HIM AT LEAST?

...EVEN WHEN HE HAD BEEN BANNED
FROM SEEING HER IN THE HOSPITAL.

THE NIGHT OF THE PARTY, CHELSEA
REFUSED TO HAVE SEX WITH SHAWN,

AND HE ATTACKED HER
IN A FIT OF RAGE.

NO... NO...

SHE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN AFRAID OF HIM

BECAUSE OF WHAT
HE'D DONE TO HER.

I THINK...

THE VICTIMS
OF ABUSE NEED TO KNOW

THAT IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT.

AND THEY NEED TO GET HELP.

THEY NEED TO TELL
SOMEBODY RIGHT AWAY.

ON FEBRUARY 6, 2015,

JAMAL VAUGHN PLEADS GUILTY
TO AGGRAVATED MURDER.

HE IS SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON.

SHAWN FORD JR.

IS FOUND GUILTY
AND SENTENCED TO DEATH.

ONE NIGHT DESTROYED
SO MANY LIVES.

THERE'S ALWAYS
CONSEQUENCES, ALWAYS.

THIS WAS A RELATIONSHIP
THAT STARTED ON FACEBOOK,

BUT ENDED UP
IN THE CRIME BOOKS.

THOUGH
CHELSEA SCHOBERT IS LUCKY

TO HAVE ESCAPED WITH HER LIFE,

SHE HAS PERMANENT
DAMAGE TO HER SPINE

AND WILL BE EMOTIONALLY
SCARRED FOREVER.

SHAWN HURT HER BADLY,
TOO, AND ALMOST KILLED HER.

BUT IF SHE TOLD THE TRUTH, THEN
SHAWN WOULD'VE BEEN ARRESTED

AND MOM AND DAD
MIGHT STILL BE HERE.

SHE WAS A BATTERED GIRLFRIEND,

AND SHE WAS AFRAID
OF SHAWN FORD.

EVERYDAY THINGS THAT MOST
PEOPLE DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT,

THINGS THAT PARENTS
ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR,

SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE GO
SOMEWHERE, FRIENDS AND I,

THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO, UH,
CHECK IN WHEN THEY GET THERE.

AND, UH, I DON'T HAVE
TO MAKE THOSE CALLS ANYMORE.

AND I WISH I DID BECAUSE, UH,

THAT WOULD MEAN
THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE

WAITING TO KNOW
THAT I GOT THERE.

YOU KNOW, I WAS ONLY
23 AT THE TIME.

SO ANY MILESTONES THAT
COME ALONG AFTER THAT POINT,

UH, THEY WON'T --
THEY WON'T SEE.

I JUST MISS HAVING THEM HERE.