Web of Lies (2014–…): Season 4, Episode 8 - Crime Scene Selfie - full transcript

THERE WE GO.

A LOVING FAMILY SHARES
THEIR LIVES ON THE INTERNET.

SHE POSTED SO MANY
PICTURES OF THEM ONLINE.

BUT THEIR JOY

SOON GIVES WAY TO A DARK SIDE.

IT WAS A DOWNWARD
SPIRAL FROM THERE.

SHE GOT LOST ONLINE.

LET'S GO GET HIM.

A TWISTED WORLD

OF BROKEN PROMISES AND LIES.

YOU PROMISED ME YOU
WERE GONNA DO BETTER.



I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA END
IN MORE BLOODSHED.

- NO!
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

- NO! STOP!
- I WAS SO SCARED.

I DIDN'T WANT HER TO DIE.

WILL ANYONE

GET OUT ALIVE?

SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T
VALUE HUMAN LIFE

IS CAPABLE OF ANYTHING.

THIS IS
THE STATE POLICE!

23-YEAR-OLD AMANDA TAYLOR LIVES
IN CHRISTIANSBURG, VIRGINIA.

SHE IS MARRIED
TO 25-YEAR-OLD REX.

EVER SINCE AMANDA
AND REX GOT TOGETHER,

UH, THEY WERE INSEPARABLE.

THEY WERE TOGETHER
ALL THE TIME.



THEY LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH.

THE COUPLE'S BEEN
TOGETHER FOR MORE THAN 9 YEARS

AND HAVE TWO CHILDREN:

17-MONTH-OLD DAYLA
AND 6-YEAR-OLD DAMIEN.

- ALMOST DONE?
- MM-HMM.

SHOULD I ASK YOUR MOM
IF YOU'RE ALL DONE?

AMANDA, IS HE?
- MOM, AM I ALL DONE?

AFTER A COUPLE
MORE BITES.

One more bite.

DAMIEN AND DAYLA WERE
AMANDA AND REX'S HOLE WORLD.

THEY WERE THEIR EVERYTHING.

THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN SO HAPPY
AND WELL TAKEN CARE OF

AND HAD EVERYTHING THAT
THEY COULD EVER WANT AND NEED.

GOOD JOB, BIG GUY.

MOM, SHE'S GOT IT
ALL OVER HER.

OHH.

SHE WAS A VERY LOVING MOTHER.

- I KNOW.
- HAVE A BEARD LIKE DADDY.

SHE LOVED TAKING PICTURES.

SHE POSTED SO MANY
PICTURES OF THEM ONLINE.

AMANDA HAS ALWAYS
CRAVED A LOVING FAMILY

FOLLOWING HER OWN
TROUBLED CHILDHOOD.

SHE HAS NEVER MET HER FATHER.

UNTIL THE AGE OF 11,

SHE WAS RAISED
IN FLORIDA BY HER MOM,

WHO STRUGGLED TO COPE
ON HER OWN.

YOU'RE NO GOOD
FOR HER RIGHT NOW.

YOU CAN'T EVEN
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

HOW ARE YOU GONNA
TAKE CARE OF HER?

MY SISTER WAS HAVING
SOME PROBLEMS WITH,

YOU KNOW, THE DRINKING.

IT IS AMANDA'S UNCLE,
MATTHEW, WHO COMES TO THE RESCUE.

IT'S TIME.
SHE'S GOTTA LEAVE.

I CAN GIVE HER SUPPORT,

I CAN GIVE HER
THE LOVE SHE NEEDS,

AND I CAN HELP HER
THROUGH THIS.

WHEN AMANDA WAS
AT A CERTAIN AGE,

SHE WAS ABLE TO SEE IT
AND SOMEWHAT UNDERSTAND,

YOU KNOW, "WHERE'S MAMA?"
OR, YOU KNOW, "WHAT'S GOIN' ON?"

I'M GONNA TAKE HER.

YOU CAN STILL
KEEP CONTACT.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA
LOSE HER, BUT,

SHE'S GOTTA COME BACK
TO VIRGINIA WITH ME.

AMANDA MOVES TO VIRGINIA
TO LIVE WITH HER UNCLE MATTHEW

AND START A NEW LIFE.

I WAS THE PRIMARY
FATHER FIGURE OF AMANDA

THROUGHOUT HER TEENAGE YEARS.

SHE SETTLES IN QUICKLY
AND, AFTER STARTING HIGH SCHOOL,

MEETS FUTURE HUSBAND REX TAYLOR.

STOP, REX!

- I'M GONNA GETCHA.
- STOP. REX.

I'M GONNA GETCHA.
I'M GONNA GETCHA.

I'M GONNA GETCHA.
- REX IS REALLY COOL.

I INTRODUCED THEM
TO EACH OTHER.

REX!

REX WAS CRAZY ABOUT AMANDA.

THEY JUST FELL IN LOVE RIGHT --
RIGHT THEN, PRETTY MUCH.

AAAAAAAH!

THE COUPLE EVEN
SHARES THE SAME BIRTHDAY

AND THEY HAVE
A LOT MORE IN COMMON.

AMANDA AND REX WERE
REALLY OPEN ABOUT

THEIR LOVE FOR,
YOU KNOW, HORROR MOVIES.

AAH!

REX HAD A HUGE COLLECTION

AND IT WAS JUST
ALL HORROR STUFF.

25 MILES OF --

- AAAAAAH!
- AAH!

AND, WHENEVER
THEY AREN'T TOGETHER,

THE TWO WERE TALKING ONLINE.

REX'S FASCINATION WITH HORROR
EXTENDS TO THE INTERNET.

AMANDA AND REX GOT INTO
A HORROR COMMUNITY, I GUESS.

15-YEAR-OLD AMANDA'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH REX

SEEMS TO BE THE FIRST THING

THAT'S MADE HER HAPPY
IN A VERY LONG TIME.

BUT THEN, SHE RECEIVES
SOME UNEXPECTED NEWS.

YOU NEED TO THINK
ABOUT THIS.

I HAVE THOUGHT.
IT'S WHAT I WANT.

YOU'RE IN THE 10th GRADE!

YOU'LL HAVE TO
DROP OUT OF SCHOOL.

DID YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
- YEAH, I DID!

I'M KEEPING THIS BABY.
- HOW ARE YOU GONNA RAISE IT?

WHAT -- YOU DON'T
EVEN HAVE A JOB.

I'LL THINK
ABOUT THAT LATER.

LOOK, ALL I KNOW RIGHT NOW
IS I'M KEEPING THIS BABY.

I LOVE REX AND I'M
GONNA BE A GOOD MOTHER.

DESPITE
UNCLE MATTHEW'S CONCERNS,

AMANDA AND REX STAY TOGETHER.

BUT, OVER THE NEXT 8 YEARS,

THE HARDSHIPS OF PARENTHOOD
TAKE THEIR TOLL.

NOW THE FATHER
OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN,

REX'S LIFELONG STRUGGLE
WITH DEPRESSION

COMES BACK WITH A VENGEANCE.

HE WOULD BE HAPPY SOME DAYS,
BUT YOU COULD SEE THE HURT.

YOU COULD JUST SEE
THE HURT IN HIS EYES.

DESPERATE TO TURN
HIS LIFE AROUND FOR AMANDA,

REX LOOKS TO HIS FATHER,
CHARLES, FOR ADVICE.

CHARLES LOVED REX.

BUT TO SAY HE'S A GOOD
FATHER, UM, IS HARD.

AFTER INJURING
HIS BACK AT WORK,

CHARLES HAS BECOME ADDICTED
TO PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS.

CHARLES WAS ABUSING
HIS MEDICATION ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T THINK
I'VE EVER SEEN HIM SOBER.

SO WHEN HIS SON
COMES TO HIM FOR HELP,

CHARLES HAS ONLY
ONE REMEDY TO OFFER.

CHARLES, I THINK,
SAW THAT REX WASN'T HAPPY.

I CAN'T BEAR TO SEE
YOU LIKE THIS.

TELL YOU WHAT.

JUST TAKE ONE OF THESE.

No. No.

JUST TAKE ONE.
JUST ONE.

HE WOULD TELL REX, YOU KNOW,

"JUST THESE WILL
MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER."

AND, UH, YEAH.
I THINK IT WAS HIM

TRYING TO MAKE HIS SON HAPPY.

BUT IT WAS JUST
THE WRONG WAY.

GO AHEAD.

ATTABOY.
ALL RIGHT?

- THANK YOU.
- OKAY.

NOW YOU JUST SIT BACK
AND YOU RELAX, ALL RIGHT?

YOU JUST RELAX.

IT WAS A DOWNWARD
SPIRAL FROM THERE.

REX, YOU'RE NOT THERE
FOR US ANYMORE.

YOU'RE DRUNK ALL THE TIME
AND YOU'RE HIGH

AND WE CAN'T DO IT
ANYMORE, REX.

- YOU'RE ON MY BACK ALL THE TIME!
- IT'S NOT OKAY!

- AND YOU'RE NEVER AWARE, REX!
- YOU'RE ALWAYS ON MY BACK!

NO!
YOU NEED TO DO BETTER!

YOU NEED TO DO IT FOR US!
- I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN.

YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR US!
- WHY IS THAT NOT ENOUGH?!

YOU'RE NOT HERE
FOR OUR SON!

GOD!

REX PROMISES
TO QUIT THE PAINKILLERS

AND PUT HIS FAMILY FIRST.

BUT IT'S A PROMISE
HE CAN'T FULFILL.

HE KINDA GOT TO A POINT
WHERE HE WOULD JUST STAY MESSED UP.

IF IT WASN'T PILLS,
IT WAS ALCOHOL.

HIS DRINKING JUST ENDED UP
PRETTY OUTTA CONTROL.

THEIR RELATIONSHIP
WAS REALLY ROCKY

BECAUSE OF THE DRUG USE.

I MEAN, THAT WAS LIKE
THE ONLY PROBLEM,

REALLY, THAT THEY EVER HAD,

BUT IT WAS --
IT WAS A HUGE PROBLEM.

YOU PROMISED ME YOU
WERE GONNA DO BETTER, REX.

YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU
WERE GONNA DO THIS FOR US,

FOR OUR FAMILY, FOR ME,
AND YOU HAVEN'T!

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THAT
AND I NEED YOU TO

AND IF YOU CAN'T DO IT FOR ME,
THEN YOU NEED TO DO IT

FOR OUR CHILDREN
BECAUSE THEY LOVE YOU.

- AND I LOVE YOU.
- AND I --

YOU JUST NEED TO START
DOING THIS FOR ME.

AND -- OH!

AND THIS IS
BECAUSE OF THIS MAN!

YOU HAVE DONE THIS TO HIM!

FOR GOD'S SAKE, CHARLIE,
YOU'RE KILLING HIM!

YOU'RE KILLING HIM!

SHE REALIZED
SHE COULDN'T CHANGE HIM,

SO THEN SHE DECIDED TO FOCUS
ON THE KIDS -- RIGHTFULLY SO.

I CAN'T DO THIS
ANYMORE, REX.

- WAIT, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!
- NO.

WAIT, NO, NO.
NOT NOW.

JUST COME BACK INSIDE!
- NO.

- COME BACK INSIDE!
- I'M GOING TO MY MOM'S.

AMANDA, I'M SORRY.

- NO, REX!
- PLEASE.

- NO.
- I NEED YOU, OKAY?

JUST SAY HERE.
I'M SORRY! I'LL FIX THIS.

COME ON, DAE.

SHE WAS HEARTBROKEN.

I'M SORRY.
I LOVE YOU.

OKAY?
WE'LL FIX THIS.

GOD, REX, NO!

AMANDA TOLD HIM,
"YOU NEED TO GET SOBER.

YOU NEED TO GET CLEAN."

AFTER LEAVING REX,
AMANDA PUTS ON A BRAVE FACE

FOR HER SON, DAMIEN'S,
SEVENTH BIRTHDAY.

♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪

EVERYONE IS INVITED,
BUT THERE IS NO SIGN OF REX,

SO HIS MOM TRIES
TO CONTACT HIM.

♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR DAMIEN ♪

I KEPT CALLIN' AND CALLIN'.

NO ONE WOULD ANSWER.

♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪

♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR DAMIEN ♪

♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪

- THAT'S A BIG PIECE!
- OH, MY GOSH.

AFTER A STORMY FEW YEARS
TRYING TO GET HER HUSBAND, REX, CLEAN

AND DEAL WITH HIS DEPRESSION,
- ALL THAT?

23-YEAR-OLD AMANDA TAYLOR
LEAVES HIM

FOR THE SAKE
OF THEIR TWO CHILDREN.

MWAH!

ON HIS SON,
DAMIEN'S, SEVENTH BIRTHDAY,

REX'S MOM IS DESPERATE
TO KNOW THAT HE IS OKAY.

I JUST HAD SOMETHIN',

A FUNNY GUT FEELIN'
SOMETHIN' WASN'T RIGHT.

NO-O-O-O-O!

REX. NO, NO! NO.

HE WAS HANGIN' IN THAT FIELD.

HE HAD HUNG HISSELF
AND DROPPED TO HIS KNEES.

NO! NO!

I TRIED TO PICK HIM UP
TO GET THE CORD OFF HIS NECK.

I KNEW HE WAS GONE.

I WENT OVER THERE
AND AMANDA WAS A MESS.

SHE COULDN'T STOP CRYING.

AND I-I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.

I JUST --
I HELD HER FOR A LONG TIME.

I WAS DEVASTATED.

REX WAS PILL-SICK,

DRUNK OUT OF HIS MIND,
AND PROBABLY REALIZED

THAT HE COULD NEVER
GET OVER HIS ADDICTION,

THAT HE WOULD NEVER GET
TO SEE HIS KIDS

BECAUSE OF HIS ADDICTION,
SO HE ENDED HIS LIFE.

IT'S LIKE A PIECE
OF HER DIED WHEN HE DIED.

SHE WAS NEVER
THE SAME AFTER THAT.

OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
AMANDA TRIES TO UNDERSTAND WHY

REX TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
- AAH!

HEY, MARIAH.
COME TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

ONE DAY, I WENT OVER
AND SHE WAS LIKE,

"WATCH THESE VIDEOS
OF PEOPLE HANGING THEMSELF."

WH-- F--

EW! WHY ARE YOU
WATCHING THIS?

FOR REX.

WHAT ONE DO YOU THINK
IS LIKE HIM?

LIKE, "WHICH ONE OF THESE VIDEOS
IS MOST RELATABLE TO HIM?"

IT SCARED ME.
IT SCARED ME.

DESPITE MARIAH'S CONCERN,

AMANDA BECOMES
EVER MORE OBSESSED

WITH THE DARK SIDE OF THE WEB.

AAAAAAAH-AAH-AH!

MOM.

MOM!

SHE GOT TO A POINT
WHERE, I MEAN,

SHE TRIED TO TAKE CARE
OF THE KIDS, BUT SHE COULDN'T.

SHE JUST -- SHE COULDN'T DO IT.

SHE WAS JUST --
SHE GOT LOST ONLINE.

MOM, ARE YOU IN THERE?

AMANDA'S FAMILY WILL
HAVE TO LOOK AFTER THE CHILDREN

AS SHE FALLS DEEPER AND DEEPER

INTO A SINISTER, ONLINE WORLD
OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.

SHE STARTED POSTING MORE DARK
STUFF, DARKER THAN BEFORE.

IT WAS QUOTES
AND STUFF FROM MOVIES.

AMANDA'S ONLINE ACTIVITIES
SOON ATTRACTS OTHER TORTURED SOULS,

LIKE 32-YEAR-OLD SEAN BALL,
WHO LIVES NEARBY.

SEAN CONNECTED THROUGH
FACEBOOK AND STARTED TALKIN'

AND BECOMING FRIENDS
WITH AMANDA.

SEAN TELLS AMANDA
THAT HE USED TO BE IN THE NAVY.

AMANDA AND SEAN FORM
A CLOSE BOND

AND SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME
TALKING ON THE INTERNET.

AND, 6 MONTHS AFTER REX'S DEATH,

AMANDA INVITES HIM TO HANG OUT
AT HER FRIEND'S APARTMENT.

WE WERE LIKE, "YOU KNOW, I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD IDEA."

BUT MAYBE IT JUST
FILLED THE VOID

OF MAYBE NOT HAVING REX THERE.

AAAAAAAH!

- THIS IS SO FREAKIN' GROSS.
- GOD.

MESSED UP.

HE WAS INTO THE SAME MUSIC
THAT WE WERE, AND HORROR MOVIES.

SEAN WAS INFATUATED
WITH AMANDA.

- AAAAAAAH!
- OH!

OH! HE JUST RIPPED
HIS HEAD OFF!

- THAT'S SICK.
- SO GROSS.

LOOK, YOU KNOW, I CAN TEAR
A MAN'S HEAD OFF

WITH MY BARE HANDS,
RIGHT?

WHY ARE YOU LAUGHIN'?
I'M SERIOUS.

WHEN I WAS IN THE WAR,

I COULD TOTALLY DO IT.

SEAN WOULD ALWAYS TRY
TO IMPRESS AMANDA,

TELLIN' HER ABOUT HOW
HE HAD KILLED PEOPLE

IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.

MARCH 27th, IT WAS
AMANDA AND REX'S BIRTHDAY

AND, UM,

IT WAS HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY
AFTER HE DIED.

THE DAYS PRIOR TO THAT DAY,
YOU KNOW, SHE KEPT SAYING,

"I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA --
GONNA HANDLE HIS BIRTHDAY."

SHE WAS LIKE,
"I DON'T THINK I CAN MAKE IT."

SO I WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE
THAT SHE WAS GONNA BE OKAY.

AMANDA WANTED TO GO SEE
REX AND I WANTED TO GO SEE REX.

IT MAY HAVE NOT
BEEN A GOOD IDEA,

BUT WE -- WE WERE GONNA
GO REGARDLESS.

COME ON.

WE WENT TO HIS GRAVE AND, UM,

IT'S ALL KIND OF
A BLUR WHAT HAPPENED.

- I JUST MISS HIM.
- I KNOW. I KNOW YOU DO.

- I REALLY MISS HIM.
- I KNOW.

IT'S GONNA BE OKAY. WE'RE
GONNA BE WITH HIM, OKAY?

AND HE'S GONNA BE
WITH YOU, OKAY?

YEAH, HE'S GONNA --

WE'RE GONNA GO SEE HIM.

HE'D BE REALLY HAPPY.

OH, REX.

REX!

OH, REX,
YOU'RE JUST SO DIRTY.

LET ME CLEAN YOU.

OH, I MISS YOU!

I MISS YOU, REX.

I WANT TO WISH YOU
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

I LOVE YOU.

SHE JUST SNAPPED.

I HONESTLY
THINK SHE JUST SNAPPED.

AMANDA,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

NO!
WHAT ARE YOU...?!

SHE WENT LIKE SHE WAS
GONNA SLIT HER THROAT.

NO, LET ME DO IT!
JUST LET ME!

I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW,
STANDING THERE IN SHOCK.

- SERIOUSLY, STOP!
- NO, I WANNA BE WITH REX!

SHE WAS HYSTERICAL.

LET ME DO IT!

- SCREAMING AT MARIAH.
- LET ME BE WITH REX!

"I JUST WANNA BE WITH REX.
WHY CAN'T YOU JUST

LET ME BE WITH REX?"

AFTER AMANDA TAYLOR
TRIES TO TAKE HER OWN LIFE

FOLLOWING HER HUSBAND'S
OWN SUICIDE,

HER UNCLE MATTHEW
STEPS IN TO HELP.

HEY, SWEETIE.

GAVE US A BIT OF
A SCARE THERE, HUH?

IT'S OKAY.
THEY'RE REAL GOOD HERE.

YOU'RE GONNA GET
SOME HELP, I PROMISE.

JUST ONE SECOND,
SWEETIE.

I'M JUST GONNA
TALK TO THE DOCTOR.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

HELLO, DOCTOR.

AMANDA IS ADMITTED TO
A HOSPITAL IN RADFORD, VIRGINIA.

THEY HAD ADMITTED HER INTO THE
HOSPITAL UNDER A SUICIDE WATCH.

SHE WAS SUICIDAL.

I'LL BE HERE,
ALL RIGHT?

YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY.
I PROMISE.

AMANDA AGREES TO A
5-DAY PROGRAM TO HELP HER RECOVER.

BUT JUST 48 HOURS LATER,
AMANDA HAS HAD ENOUGH.

HEY, MARIAH.
IT'S AMANDA.

Hey, how's it goin'?

I CAN'T STAY HERE
ANY LONGER.

I NEED TO LEAVE.

SHE WAS LIKE,
"I'M -- I'M LEAVING.

BUT, UH, THEY WON'T LET ME GO
UNLESS I HAVE A RIDE."

DOCTORS WILL
ONLY RELEASE AMANDA EARLY

TO THE CUSTODY
OF A RESPONSIBLE ADULT.

UM, I -- CAN I JUST
COME STAY WITH YOU?

What? Why?

You're supposed to stay there.

NO. I-I NEED TO COME STAY
WITH YOU. CAN I?

I WANTED HER TO STAY
AND CONTINUE THE TREATMENT.

CAN I JUST COME TO YOUR
HOUSE? PLEASE.

You really need to stay put.

It's best for you.
I promise.

I WAS REALLY SCARED THAT SHE WAS
GONNA TRY TO KILL HERSELF AGAIN.

OKAY.
I'LL CALL YOU LATER.

AMANDA'S
FRIENDS AND FAMILY REFUSE

TO HELP HER TERMINATE
HER TREATMENT PREMATURELY.

BUT HER MIND IS MADE UP.

HEY, SEAN.

IT'S ME.

SHE KNEW THAT SEAN WOULD DO
WHATEVER SHE WANTED HIM TO DO.

AMANDA'S NEW
FRIEND, SEAN BALL,

IS THE ONLY PERSON WILLING TO
SIGN HER OUT FROM THE HOSPITAL.

It's okay.

SHE WAS NOT IN HER
RIGHT MIND AT ALL.

SHE WAS NOT MY BEST FRIEND.

SHE WAS NOT THE
AMANDA THAT I KNEW.

I KNEW SOMETHING BAD
WAS GONNA HAPPEN.

SHE TURNED HER GRIEF

AND HER LOSS INTO ANGER.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO HIM,

THAT MAN.

HE WAS NEVER
A REAL FATHER TO REX.

SHE REALLY BELIEVED
REX'S FATHER, CHARLIE,

TO BE THE CAUSE OF ALL
THE PROBLEMS IN HER LIFE.

IF IT WASN'T FOR CHARLIE,
REX WOULD STILL BE ALIVE.

TAKE ONE OF THESE.

NO, NO.
JUST TAKE ONE, JUST ONE.

I WANT HIM DEAD.

I WANT CHARLIE DEAD.

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
TO DO, ALL RIGHT?

YOU JUST RELAX.
I GOT THIS.

Okay.

SEAN REALLY
WANTED TO IMPRESS AMANDA.

IF IT MEANT BUYING AMMUNITION,
HE WOULD DO IT.

IF IT MEANT GOING TO HIS
PARENTS' AND STEALING GUNS,

YES, HE'S GONNA DO IT.

IF IT MEANT TALKING
ABOUT KILLING SOMEBODY,

HE WAS ALL ABOUT IT.

WHERE'D YOU GET 'EM?

I KNOW A PLACE.

LET'S GO GET HIM.

LET'S GO.

YOU MISS REX, HUH?

I DO.

I'VE EVEN BEEN THINKIN'
ABOUT HANGING MYSELF.

HE WAS A GOOD DADDY,
WASN'T HE?

YEAH. HE WAS.

I LOVED HIM SO MUCH.

I WANTED TO BE
A GOOD DADDY TO HIM.

I HOPE I WAS.

I CAN'T
BELIEVE HE'S GONE.

I DON'T WANNA
BE WITHOUT HIM.

MY BOY.

IN HER MIND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS
TO BLAME FOR EVERYTHING AND...

SO SHE JUST -- THEY JUST --

YEAH.

WE GOT A CALL FROM A NEIGHBOR.

SHE HAD FOUND THE BODY OF
CHARLES TAYLOR INSIDE THE HOME.

THAT IS A HELL
OF A MESS.

THIS WAS A VERY,
VERY BRUTAL ATTACK.

HE WAS STABBED OVER 30 TIMES.

AS CAPTAIN ROBERT
NEW SECURES THE CRIME SCENE,

HIS DEPUTIES START
SEARCHING FOR CLUES.

I BEGAN TO ORGANIZE
THE INVESTIGATION,

WHICH, IT TAKES -- MULTIPLE
THINGS HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.

HEY, GET FORENSICS
TO BAG THAT.

IT TURNS OUT CHARLES
HAD NOT BEEN HOME ALONE.

WE WENT INTO CHARLES TAYLOR'S
FATHER'S ROOM.

CHARLES HAD BEEN TAKING
CARE OF HIS DISABLED FATHER, ALAN,

WHO HEARD EVERYTHING.

AHHH!

AAAAAAAH!
UFF.

AND WAS THAT AFTER
ALL THE HOLLERIN'?

THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON

THAT HE COULD RECOGNIZE
INSIDE THE HOME

AND THAT WAS AMANDA TAYLOR.

AND WAS AMANDA
BY HERSELF?

THERE WAS ALSO
ANOTHER PERSON WITH HER.

BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW
WHO THAT PERSON WAS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

LET'S GO.

WE SHOULD HEAD
TOWARDS THE STATE LINE.

TENNESSEE'S RIGHT HERE.

HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU
GET FROM HIS WALLET?

COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS.

OKAY. LET'S STOP
AT A GAS STATION.

FILL UP.

AMANDA AND SEAN CHANGE
OUT THEIR CELLPHONE SIM CARDS

BEFORE CONTINUING
THEIR JOURNEY SOUTH.

UNABLE TO TRACE HER PHONE,

CAPTAIN NEW LOOKS INTO
AMANDA TAYLOR'S ONLINE ACTIVITY.

WE GET ACCESS TO HER
SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS:

FACEBOOK, TUMBLR, TWITTER.

AND, AS I START
LOOKING INTO THOSE,

AT ONE POINT, YOU'RE SEEIN' HER
WITH HER CHILDREN.

SHE'S DESCRIBING
BEING A LOVING MOTHER,

DOING ALL THESE FUN THINGS,

AS YOU WOULD THINK
A NORMAL MOTHER WOULD.

THIS VERY NEXT POST...

IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH,
SHE'S SMILING.

THE DEAD BODY OF CHARLES TAYLOR
IN THE BACKGROUND.

BLOOD IS DRIPPING
FROM THE KNIFE.

SHE HAD NO REMORSE.

SHE HAD NO VALUE
FOR HUMAN LIFE

AND SOMEONE THAT
DOESN'T VALUE HUMAN LIFE

IS CAPABLE OF ANYTHING.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA END
IN MORE BLOODSHED

AND AMANDA KILLING MORE PEOPLE.

AFTER AMANDA TAYLOR'S
SHOCKING ONLINE REVELATION

OF HER INVOLVEMENT IN HER
FATHER-IN-LAW'S MURDER,

CAPTAIN ROBERT NEW IS
DESPERATE TO TRACK HER DOWN.

IN OUR IDENTIFYING
WHO AMANDA TAYLOR WAS,

WE DISCOVERED CORRESPONDENCE
WITH MULTIPLE SERIAL KILLERS.

AMANDA WANTED TO BE PART OF
THE SERIAL-KILLING COMMUNITY,

TO BE FAMOUS, TO BE KNOWN,
AS ONE OF THESE SERIAL KILLERS.

AND THE NEWS ONLY GETS WORSE.

OFF OF HER SOCIAL
MEDIA ACCOUNTS,

WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY
WHO THE SECOND SUBJECT WAS:

THE GENTLEMAN NAMED SEAN BALL.

HE HAD CLAIMED
TO BE IN THE NAVY,

SOME TYPE OF SPECIAL-WARFARE-
TYPE PERSON IN THE NAVY.

MOST OF HIS POSTINGS
WERE VERY DARK IN NATURE,

PICTURES AND GRAPHIC IMAGES OF
PEOPLE BEING MURDERED, RAPED,

BLOOD-STREWN IMAGES,
DECAPITATIONS.

WE KNOW EXACTLY
WHO WE'RE GOIN' FOR NOW.

WE BEGAN DEVELOPIN'
A STRONG CONCERN

THAT THIS MAY NOT BE
A SINGULAR MURDER,

BUT MAY BE THE START
OF A KILLING SPREE.

THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT ISSUES WARRANTS

FOR THE ARREST OF AMANDA TAYLOR
AND SEAN BALL

AND LAUNCH A STATEWIDE MANHUNT.

BUT AMANDA AND SEAN
HAVE ALREADY CROSSED

FROM VIRGINIA INTO TENNESSEE.

HOW MANY ROUNDS WE GOT?

WE GOT PLENTY.

I WANNA KILL

ALL MEN
OVER THE AGE OF 60,

LIKE CHARLIE.

HOW YOU PLANNIN' THAT?

YOU GONNA ASK FOR I.D.
BEFORE YOU PULL THE TRIGGER?

I DON'T KNOW
AND I DON'T CARE.

I JUST WANNA KILL PEOPLE.

I WANNA KILL EVERYONE.

THE ONLY WAY I THOUGHT
THIS WAS GONNA END WAS

WITH AMANDA KILLING
AS MANY PEOPLE AS SHE COULD.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS,

AMANDA AND SEAN GO
IN SEARCH OF MORE VICTIMS.

I THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS
GONNA GO ON A SPREE.

BACK IN
CHRISTIANSBURG, VIRGINIA,

CAPTAIN NEW MAKES A DISCOVERY.

WE BEGAN TO DEVELOP,
THROUGH THIS INVESTIGATION,

THAT SEAN BALL HAD LIVED
A DOUBLE LIFE.

HE WAS NEVER IN THE MILITARY.
HE WAS NEVER IN THE NAVY.

HE HAD NEVER DONE
ALL THESE THINGS.

HE HAD MADE UP A LOT
OF THE MILITARY STORIES

TO WIN OVER
AMANDA TAYLOR'S HEART.

SEAN IS NOT THE
TOUGH GUY HE CLAIMS TO BE.

AMANDA,
WE NEED TO LAY LOW.

JUST CHILL OUT.

THERE'S A PLAN
AND WE'RE STICKING TO IT!

SEAN HAS STARTED
TO HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS

ABOUT THIS KILLING SPREE.

WE CAN LIVE ON THE STREETS.
IT'S LIKE NO ONE --

NO ONE WILL EVER
FIND US.

YEAH, THEY WILL, SEAN.

THEY WON'T.
I'VE DONE IT BEFORE!

SEAN! SHUT UP!

SHE WANTED SEAN TO PROVE THEY
WERE GONNA DO THIS TOGETHER.

SEE HER?

I WANT YOU TO SHOOT HER.

YOU'RE GONNA SHOW ME
THAT YOU CAN DO THIS.

I'M GONNA BRING HER BACK HERE

AND YOU'RE GONNA KILL HER.

- AMANDA.
- UM, WE'RE LOST. CAN YOU...?

HE HAD PROMISED HER

THAT THEY WERE GONNA GO
ON THIS KILLING SPREE.

AND NOW HE WAS BACKING OUT.

YEP.

THIS ANGERED AMANDA,
TREMENDOUSLY.

GET OUT.

I SAID, GET OUT.

GET OUT!

SHE ACTUALLY OPENED
THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR

AND PULLED SEAN OUT
ONTO THE GROUND.

- GET OUT!
- UGH.

WHILE HE'S ON HIS HANDS
AND KNEES,

SHE POINTS THE GUN
AT HIM AND TELLS HIM...

I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT I USED YOU FOR YOUR CAR

AND YOUR GUNS

AND I HOPE YOU DIE.

AFTER SHOOTING HER
CO-CONSPIRATOR, SEAN BALL,

AMANDA TAYLOR
GOES BACK ON THE RUN.

AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS
IN CHRISTIANSBURG, VIRGINIA,

CAPTAIN NEW STILL HAS NO IDEA
WHERE SHE IS.

UNTIL HE GETS
AN UNEXPECTED BREAK.

ABOUT, UH, MIDAFTERNOON,
ON THE 5th, WE GET A PHONE CALL.

ROBERT NEW SPEAKING.

THIS IS AMANDA TAYLOR.

I FELT THAT I HAD
ONE OPPORTUNITY

TO BRING THIS TO A PEACEFUL END,
TO SAVE HER LIFE,

AND TO SAVE THE LIFE
OF ANYBODY ELSE SHE RAN ACROSS.

DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYONE
COME TO FOLLOW ME.

DON'T YOU EVEN DARE.

I COULD SENSE A STRESS
IN HER VOICE,

AND AN ANGER,
ALMOST A CONFUSION.

AND SO I TRIED TO GIVE HER
A SENSE OF SECURITY,

A SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING.

ARE YOU OKAY?

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

I'M LOST.

I need to get back to Virginia,

BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHERE I AM.

SHE SAID, "I'M LOST.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM."

I SAID, "WELL, LET ME HELP YOU."

MY PLAN WAS TO CALM HER
AND, AT THE SAME TIME,

GET HER TO TRUST ME ENOUGH
TO HELP ME FIND HER.

YEAH, WE'RE -- WE'RE
GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP YOU.

YOU JUST NEED TO STAY CALM,
STAY ON THE PHONE WITH ME,

AND WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU GET
EN ROUTE AS SOON AS WE CAN.

What's the last thing
you remember,

gas station or a restroom?

YEAH, I THINK
I PASSED A GAS STATION.

DO YOU REMEMBER GOING
ACROSS ANY TRAIN TRACKS?

NO. I DON'T THINK SO.

NOW, WHAT ABOUT
A ROAD SIGN?

DO -- DO YOU REMEMBER
SEEING ANY ROAD SIGNS?

UH, IT WAS, UM,

BORO-SOMETHING.

SOUNDS LIKE THE LAST TOWN YOU
WENT THROUGH WAS GREENSBORO.

REALIZING THAT AMANDA
IS NOW IN NORTH CAROLINA,

CAPTAIN NEW COORDINATES

WITH THEIR STATE POLICE
AND GUIDES THEM TO HER LOCATION.

I'D SAW THE HORRIFIC THINGS
SHE COULD DO,

THAT SHE'S CAPABLE OF.

I KNEW THAT MY PRIORITY ONE WAS

TO GET HER INTO CUSTODY
BEFORE ANYONE ELSE GOT HURT.

AMANDA TAYLOR,
THIS IS THE STATE POLICE!

KEEP YOUR HANDS
ON YOUR STEERING WHEEL.

PUT YOUR HANDS ON
YOUR STEERING WHEEL!

I DIDN'T WANT HER TO DIE

AND I KNEW THAT SHE WOULD
GO TO JAIL FOREVER,

BUT I-I WOULD RATHER HER BE
IN JAIL THAN BE DEAD.

I WAS RELIEVED.
THEY GOT HER INTO CUSTODY

AND NOBODY LOST THEIR LIFE.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED
TO HER CO-CONSPIRATOR

AND, UNTIL WE KNEW WHERE HE WAS,
I WASN'T COMPLETELY RELIEVED.

ALL RIGHT,
COME WITH ME.

BUT THEY WERE ABLE
TO RETRACE HER STEPS

AND THEY WERE ABLE
TO FIND SEAN'S BODY.

THE BULLET ACTUALLY
WENT IN THROUGH SEAN'S JAW,

EXITED THROUGH HIS NECK,
AND LODGED IN HIS SHOULDER.

INCREDIBLY,
SEAN BALL IS STILL ALIVE

AND IS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL,

WHERE HE ULTIMATELY RECOVERS.

AMANDA TAYLOR IS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY.

I REMEMBER WATCHIN' HER ON THE
CAMERA, SITTING THERE,

AND SHE WAS JUST VERY STOIC,
NO REAL EMOTION,

JUST SITTING THERE.

OH, GOD.

REX, I MISS YOU.

I WANNA BE WITH REX.

AAH-AH-AH!

HELP ME! OW! OW!

UFF.

AHHH!

AND THERE IS ONE
MORE, GRUESOME DETAIL.

BOTH AMANDA AND REX WERE
BORN ON MARCH THE 27th

AND SHE WANTED THAT
TO BE THE TIME,

SYMBOLICALLY,
THAT CHARLES TAYLOR DIED.

ON NOVEMBER 12, 2015,

AMANDA TAYLOR IS SENTENCED

TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT
THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.

SEAN BALL PLEADS GUILTY
TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

HE GETS 41 YEARS IN PRISON.