Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 20 - Deadly Match - full transcript

Narrator:
WHEN SINGLE MOM YVETTE CADE

WAS WOOED BY SMOOTH,
SINGLE DAD ROGER HARGRAVE,

IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

BEFORE HER PASSION FOR HIM
WAS IGNITED.

I WAS IN LOVE WITH HIM.

HE WAS JUST, LIKE, EVERYTHING...
A TOTAL PACKAGE.

Shereen:
HE LOOKED AFTER HER.

SHE LOOKED AFTER HIM.
IT WAS A GOOD FIT.

Narrator:
BUT WHEN ROGER'S DARK DEMONS

REACHED A BOILING POINT...

Heggs: I COULD NOT BELIEVE
THAT SOMEONE WOULD DO THAT



TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.

Narrator: ...YVETTE
DISCOVERED AN EVIL INSIDE HIM

THAT WOULD DESTROY HER DREAMS

AND FORCE THEIR LOVE
DOWN IN FLAMES.

I WAS JUST SCREAMING
AND HOLLERING,

"CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME?!"

Narrator: WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE
AND MARRIAGE,

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS
AS THEY SEEM.

AS A STRONG, INDEPENDENT WOMAN,

YVETTE CADE NEVER BACKED DOWN
FROM LIFE'S CHALLENGES.

AT 19 YEARS OLD, I BECAME A
MOTHER OF A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER.

SHORTLY AFTER SHE WAS BORN,
I WENT TO COLLEGE

AND ACQUIRED
A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DEGREE.

I WAS FOCUSED ON SETTLING DOWN
WITH MY DAUGHTER.



Narrator: LOVE WAS THE LAST
THING ON YVETTE'S MIND.

BUT IN THE SPRING OF 1999,

THE 25-YEAR-OLD LEFT OHIO
TO VISIT RELATIVES IN MARYLAND

AND SOON MET A FRIEND
OF THE FAMILY... ROGER HARGRAVE.

Yvette: MY MOTHER THOUGHT
WE HAD A LOT IN COMMON,

AND SHE JUST
SAW SOMETHING IN HIM.

Narrator: 28-YEAR-OLD ROGER
WAS STUDYING COMPUTERS,

CAME FROM A GOOD FAMILY,

AND WAS A DOTING FATHER
TO HIS 4-YEAR-OLD SON.

ROGER WAS JUST
A WELL-PUT-TOGETHER INDIVIDUAL.

HE ALWAYS HAD DRESS SHOES,
AND HIS JEANS WERE PRESSED.

HE WAS A REAL GENTLEMAN.

WE TALKED ABOUT HIM
WORKING WITH COMPUTERS,

AND HE KNEW JUST AS MUCH
AS I DID.

SO I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED.

Narrator:
BEFORE YVETTE RETURNED TO OHIO,

THE TWO EXCHANGED PHONE NUMBERS,

AND IT WASN'T LONG
BEFORE ROGER STARTED CALLING.

Yvette: THERE WAS SOMETHING
ABOUT THE WAY HE TALKED TO ME.

I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

I GOT A LETTER AND CARD
IN THE MAIL,

AND I THOUGHT
THAT WAS VERY SWEET.

I ENJOYED THE FACT THAT
WE COULD BE FRIENDS FIRST.

Narrator: IN THE FALL OF 2000,
YVETTE MOVED TO MARYLAND

TO JUMP-START HER CAREER,

AND ROGER PURSUED HER
WITH LIGHTNING SPEED.

BEFORE LONG,
THEY MOVED IN TOGETHER,

AND YVETTE WAS THRILLED

TO SEE HOW GOOD ROGER WAS
WITH HER DAUGHTER.

Yvette:
ROGER MADE HER FEEL AT HOME.

IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT
MY DAUGHTER COULD RELATE TO HIM,

BECAUSE SHE GREW UP
WITHOUT A FATHER.

Champane: I THOUGHT HE WAS
AN ALL-AROUND GOOD GUY.

AND HE WAS FUN

AND TRIED TO DO A LOT OF THINGS
WITH ME AND MY MOM.

Narrator:
BUT AROUND THAT TIME,

YVETTE NOTICED
ROGER HAD A FEW BAD HABITS

SHE HOPED HE WAS WILLING
TO BREAK.

HE SMOKED CIGARETTES,

AND HE DRANK A LOT
DURING THE EVENING.

AND I TOLD HIM THAT
I CAN'T DEAL WITH SOMEBODY

THAT DRINKS EXCESSIVELY
AND THAT SMOKES.

SO HE QUIT SMOKING CIGARETTES,

AND HE PARED DOWN
ON THE DRINKING.

I FELT LIKE HE WAS SOMEONE
THAT I COULD BE WITH

BECAUSE HE WAS
WILLING TO CHANGE.

Narrator: OVER THE NEXT YEAR,
LIFE CARRIED ON FOR THE COUPLE.

ROGER WORKED AS A MAIL CLERK,

WHILE YVETTE FOUND A JOB
AT A FURNITURE STORE.

Yvette: I TOLD HIM,
"YOU KNOW, I REALLY ENJOY YOU,

"AND I THINK YOU ARE SOMEONE

THAT I COULD LIVE THE REST
OF MY LIFE WITH."

Narrator:
FINALLY, ON HALLOWEEN OF 2001,

THE COUPLE MADE IT OFFICIAL

BY TYING THE KNOT
IN A SMALL CEREMONY

IN FRONT OF
A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

WE DIDN'T PLAN A WEDDING.

ROGER JUST TOLD ME,
"LET'S GO GET MARRIED."

I WAS HAPPY THAT SHE
SETTLED DOWN IN THIS AREA

AND GOT MARRIED.

I FELT LIKE I LOVED ROGER, AND
HE JUST LOVED TO MAKE ME HAPPY.

Narrator: IT SEEMED YVETTE
NOW HAD THE LIFE

SHE HAD ALWAYS HOPED FOR.

BUT SHE WOULD SOON FIND OUT THAT
SHE HAD GOTTEN IT ALL WRONG,

AND FOUR YEARS LATER,

SHE WOULD SEE A SIDE
TO HER HUSBAND

THAT SHE NEVER KNEW EXISTED.

THE MORNING
OF OCTOBER 10, 2005,

STARTED OUT IN THE USUAL WAY.

Yvette:
I TOOK MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL,

AND I WENT TO WORK
AT THE CELLPHONE SHOP.

AND I WAS ONE
OF THE TOP EMPLOYEES THERE.

Narrator: BUT AROUND 9:30 A.M.,
EVERYTHING WOULD CHANGE.

Yvette:
ROGER ENTERED INTO THE STORE.

HE SAID, "HELLO,"
TO MY CO-WORKER,

AND THEN HE SAID,
"I LOVE YOU, YVETTE."

NEXT THING I KNOW,
ROGER CAME BEHIND THE COUNTER.

Narrator: WHAT ROGER DID NEXT
WAS SIMPLY UNTHINKABLE.

I HAD NO IDEA

THAT HE HAD THAT KIND OF ANGER
AND RAGE INSIDE OF HIM.

COULDN'T MOVE.
I WAS JUST BASICALLY FROZEN.

Narrator:
IN THE FALL OF 2001,

FOUR YEARS BEFORE YVETTE'S
HUSBAND, ROGER HARGRAVE,

WOULD CHANGE HER LIFE FOREVER,

THE NEWLYWEDS WERE ENJOYING
THE STABILITY OF FAMILY LIFE.

ROGER AND I AND THE KIDS...
WE REALLY ENJOYED GOING SKATING.

WE WOULD GO
BIKE RIDING TOGETHER.

IT WAS GREAT.

HE USED TO SHOWER US WITH GIFTS.

IT WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING
THAT MY MOM WOULD LIKE

OR ME, LOTS AND LOTS OF TOYS.

Narrator: BUT THE COUPLE'S HONEYMOON
STAGE WOULD BE SHORT-LIVED.

ONLY SIX MONTHS
INTO THE MARRIAGE,

YVETTE SAW SOME TROUBLING SIGNS
FROM ROGER.

Yvette:
HE WOULD CALL DAY AND NIGHT,

AND HE WOULD ASK
WHAT WAS I DOING

AND WHERE HAD I BEEN.

IT JUST MADE ME FEEL UNEASY,
LIKE HE DIDN'T TRUST ME.

Narrator: SOON,
ROGER'S CALLS BECAME INCESSANT,

AND ACCORDING TO YVETTE,

PETTY FIGHTS
WOULD QUICKLY ESCALATE

INTO A TIRADE AGAINST HER.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

Yvette: IT SEEMED LIKE
HE GOT UPSET AND ANGRY

AT ANY LITTLE THING
THAT I HAD DONE.

HE WOULD SAY THAT I DIDN'T
CLEAN THE HOUSE GOOD ENOUGH

OR I DIDN'T COOK GOOD ENOUGH.

Shereen: SHE WOULD TRY
AND KEEP A LOT FROM ME,

BUT WHEN SHE WOULD CALL,

I KNEW THERE WAS
SOMETHING WRONG

BECAUSE HE WOULD BE
IN THE BACKGROUND

SCREAMING AND YELLING.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

Narrator: AROUND THE SAME TIME,
ACCORDING TO YVETTE,

ROGER'S DRINKING
WAS DRAMATICALLY ON THE RISE.

ON THE WEEKENDS,
HE WOULD GET PISSY DRUNK.

I WAS LIKE,
"I THINK YOU ARE AN ALCOHOLIC."

HE WOULD SAY IT WAS HIS WEEKEND

AND HE COULD DO
WHAT HE WANTED TO DO,

AND I WOULD TELL HIM
HE NEEDED SOME HELP.

HE NEVER TOOK IT TO HEART.

Narrator:
THEN IN THE SPRING OF 2002,

ROGER'S BEHAVIOR ONLY ESCALATED.

Yvette:
ROGER CAME HOME LATE.

HE HAD BEEN OUT DRINKING.
I WAS SLEEPING.

NEXT THING I KNOW,
HE WAS JUST ASKING ME, "GET UP."

I TOLD HIM TO GO TO BED
BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN DRINKING

AND HE JUST NEEDED TO GET SOME
REST AND SLEEP OFF HIS ALCOHOL.

Narrator: BUT ACCORDING
TO YVETTE, ROGER REFUSED.

Yvette: I WAS SO UPSET

THAT I BEGAN SCREAMING AND
YELLING AND HOLLERING AT HIM,

AND IT JUST BECAME SO AGGRESSIVE

THAT OF COURSE
WE BEGAN FIGHTING.

I KNEW THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE
THE LAST DAY I SPENT WITH HIM.

Narrator: THE NEXT DAY,

YVETTE PROMPTLY
PACKED HER THINGS AND LEFT.

I WENT TO AN AGENCY THAT HELPS
BATTERED WOMEN FIND HOUSING.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE WOMEN'S
SHELTER WAS COMPLETELY FULL.

Narrator: SO YVETTE TURNED
TO HER IN-LAWS FOR HELP.

Yvette: THEY AGREED THAT
I COULD STAY IN THEIR BASEMENT

BECAUSE THERE WAS NOWHERE
FOR ME TO GO.

Narrator:
FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS,

SADDENED BY HER ABSENCE,

ROGER BEGGED YVETTE
TO FORGIVE HIM.

ROGER REPEATEDLY TOLD ME
THAT HE LOVED ME

AND THAT HE WOULD NEVER
HURT ME LIKE THAT AGAIN.

ROGER SOUNDED SINCERE,
BUT I STILL HAD RESERVES.

Narrator: YVETTE TOLD ROGER
SHE WOULD RETURN,

BUT ONLY UNDER A FEW CONDITIONS.

Yvette:
HE KNEW THE GROUND RULES.

HE JUST HAD TO STOP DRINKING,
PERIOD,

AND HE NEEDED
TO SEEK ANGER MANAGEMENT.

ROGER AGREED,
SO I MOVED BACK IN.

Narrator: ROGER VOWED
TO PLAY BY HER RULES,

AND BY MAY 2002,
THE FAMILY WAS BACK TOGETHER.

WHILE ROGER
WAS ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR,

YVETTE STARTED WORKING
AT A LOCAL CELLPHONE STORE,

WHERE SHE EARNED GOOD MONEY.

BUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 2003,

ACCORDING TO YVETTE,
ROGER'S QUICK TEMPER RETURNED.

Yvette:
HE WOULD YELL AND CALL ME NAMES,

LIKE I WAS A FAT BEACHED WHALE.

IT WAS JUST LIKE EVERY DAY,
AND I COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.

ROGER AGREED
TO GO SEE A THERAPIST,

BUT HE NEVER MADE IT.

Shereen: SHE THOUGHT SHE COULD
REALLY, REALLY SAVE HIM,

AND IT JUST WASN'T THE CASE.

I TOLD HER, "HE'S AN ADULT.

"IF YOU TOLD HIM A FEW TIMES,
'GO TO THERAPY, '

"HE'S NOT WILLING TO DO IT,
IT'S NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

SEND HIM PACKING
BACK TO HIS MOM."

Yvette: I TOLD ROGER
THAT I WAS GOING TO LEAVE

AND I WANTED A DIVORCE.

Narrator:
ON DECEMBER 16, 2004,

AFTER THREE YEARS OF TRYING
TO MEND A BROKEN MARRIAGE,

YVETTE CALLED IT QUITS FOR GOOD
AND ROGER MOVED OUT.

I WAS READY FOR THE MOVE.

I WAS FINANCIALLY STABLE.

I KNEW THAT I WASN'T
GOING TO BE HARASSED,

AND I WOULDN'T HAVE
TO SHIELD MY DAUGHTER.

SO IT WAS A WEIGHT LIFTED OFF
OF MY SHOULDER.

Narrator: YVETTE KNEW
SHE WANTED NOTHING MORE

TO DO WITH HER HUSBAND,

BUT ROGER WASN'T DONE
WITH YVETTE JUST YET.

I KNEW THAT HE WAS WATCHING ME.

I WAS AFRAID FOR MY LIFE.

Shereen:
I THINK HE HAD A MISSION.

HE LAID OUT HIS BATTLE PLANS.

IT WAS MY WORST NIGHTMARE.

Narrator:
BY THE END OF 2004,

YVETTE CADE WAS DONE WITH
HER MARRIAGE TO ROGER HARGRAVE.

HE MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSE

AND ASSUMED
SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SURVIVE

VERY LONG WITHOUT HIM.

Yvette:
HE WANTED ME TO FAIL.

I COULD TELL THAT
THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.

HE WANTED ME TO FALL FLAT
ON MY FACE.

Narrator: ACCORDING TO YVETTE,
ROGER CONTINUED TO CALL HER

AND PARKED HIS VAN
ACROSS THE STREET FROM HER HOME

ON A NIGHTLY BASIS.

I WAS CREEPED OUT,

AND I JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY HE WOULDN'T LEAVE ME ALONE.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE
THAT HE WAS STALKING ME.

Narrator:
BY MARCH OF 2005,

YVETTE MOVED AND
CHANGED HER CELLPHONE NUMBER.

BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH
TO STOP ROGER.

MY MOM ENDED UP GETTING AN ALARM
SYSTEM WHEN ROGER KEPT CALLING.

TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE!

Narrator:
YVETTE'S DECISION TO MOVE

SEEMED TO ONLY
FUEL ROGER'S RAGE,

AND AS SUMMER APPROACHED,
HIS STALKING INCREASED.

FINALLY, YVETTE REACHED
HER BREAKING POINT

WHEN ROGER
APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE

WHILE SHE WAS WITH A FRIEND
IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE.

Yvette:
WE GOT INTO THE CAR,

AND NEXT THING I KNOW,
ROGER WAS BEHIND US IN HIS VAN.

AND HE HOPPED OUT
AND HE CAME AROUND TO MY SIDE,

AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA
BUST THE WINDOW.

Narrator: YVETTE THREATENED
TO CALL THE POLICE,

BUT ROGER WOULDN'T BACK DOWN.

I GOT INTO MY CAR.

HE PULLED BESIDE ME,

AND HE WAS JUST TRYING
TO, LIKE, BLOCK ME OFF.

Narrator:
FEARING FOR HER SAFETY,

YVETTE APPROACHED THE FIRST
OFFICER SHE COULD FIND.

I TOLD THE OFFICER
I WAS AFRAID FOR MY LIFE,

SO HE TOLD ME
TO GO SEE A COMMISSIONER.

Narrator: ON JULY 21st, YVETTE
PLEADED HER CASE TO A JUDGE

AND WAS GRANTED
A ONE-YEAR PROTECTIVE ORDER.

Yvette:
HE STOPPED THE PHONE CALLS.

HE DIDN'T CALL MY JOB
OR ANYTHING,

SO I THOUGHT
THAT HE REALLY UNDERSTOOD

THAT I WAS VERY SERIOUS.

Narrator: BUT INSTEAD,
ROGER ONLY UPPED HIS GAME...

THIS TIME
BY FOLLOWING HER DAUGHTER

AS SHE WALKED TO THE
BABYSITTER'S HOUSE FROM SCHOOL.

Champane: ROGER CAME DOWN
THE STREET IN HIS BIG VAN,

AND HE SAID THAT HE WANTED US
TO KEEP OUR FAMILY TOGETHER.

WHEN HE TRIED TO GET OUT
THE CAR, THAT REALLY SCARED ME.

SO, I TRIED TO GET
INTO THE BABYSITTER'S HOUSE

AS FAST AS I COULD.

Yvette:
I WAS VERY UPSET,

AND I TOLD MY BABYSITTER
THAT HE WAS STALKING HER.

I WENT TO MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL
AND TALKED TO THE TEACHERS.

IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH
GOING THROUGH MY HEAD.

Narrator: MEANWHILE,
ROGER PETITIONED THE COURT

TO HAVE
THE PROTECTIVE ORDER LIFTED,

AND ON SEPTEMBER 19th,
YVETTE RETURNED TO COURT

AND BEGGED THE JUDGE
TO KEEP THE ORDER IN PLACE.

Yvette: I TOLD THE JUDGE

THAT I DIDN'T WANT THE
PROTECTIVE ORDER TO BE DROPPED.

THE JUDGE SAID IT WAS DISMISSED.

I THOUGHT DISMISSED
THAT I COULD GO HOME,

BUT IT MEANT THAT THE
PROTECTIVE ORDER WAS DISMISSED.

Narrator: AND WITH
THE PROTECTIVE ORDER LIFTED,

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE
ROGER RETURNED WITH A VENGEANCE.

I STARTED GETTING PHONE CALLS
ON THE JOB, PHONE CALLS AT HOME.

HE FOLLOWED ME SEVERAL TIMES
TO MY AUNT'S HOUSE.

IT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY GAVE HIM
AN INFUSION OF ADRENALINE.

HE MADE UP FOR LOST TIME.

[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]

Narrator: ON OCTOBER 10th,
AROUND 2:30 A.M.,

YVETTE CAME HOME
AFTER A NIGHT OUT WITH FRIENDS

WHEN SUDDENLY HER PHONE
STARTED RINGING OFF THE HOOK.

Yvette: IT WAS ROGER.

I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS GOING
TO CALL THE POLICE,

THAT I COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.

HE IMMEDIATELY GOT VERY UPSET.

Narrator:
AROUND 9:00 A.M. THAT MORNING,

YVETTE DROPPED HER DAUGHTER OFF
AT SCHOOL AND HEADED TO WORK

AT A CELLULAR PHONE STORE
IN CLINTON, MARYLAND.

Yvette:
WHILE I WAS AT THE FAX MACHINE,

ROGER ENTERED INTO THE STORE.

HE SAID, "HELLO,"
TO MY CO-WORKER,

AND THEN HE SAID,
"I LOVE YOU, YVETTE."

AND I WAS JUST SO IRRITATED.

NEXT THING I KNOW,
ROGER CAME BEHIND THE COUNTER.

Narrator: ROGER WAS HOLDING
A SODA BOTTLE IN HIS LEFT HAND,

AND BEFORE YVETTE KNEW IT,

HE DUMPED THE CONTENTS
OVER HER HEAD.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
AT THE TIME,

BUT I JUST GOT UP
AND RAN TO THE BACK BREAK ROOM

SO I COULD WASH MY HAIR OUT,
AND HE WAS STILL CHASING ME.

Narrator: AFRAID OF WHAT ROGER
PLANNED TO DO NEXT,

YVETTE RAN INTO THE PARKING LOT,

BUT ROGER QUICKLY
CAUGHT UP TO HER.

Yvette:
NEXT THING I KNOW,

HE CRUSHED MY FOOT
WITH HIS BOOT.

I FELL TO THE GROUND.

Narrator: AND THAT'S WHEN ROGER
LIT A MATCH.

I FELT THE FLAMES
RIPPING THROUGH MY BACK,

AND I IMMEDIATELY KNEW
THAT IT WAS GAS

AND I WAS ON FIRE.

I RAN TO THE BACK OF THE STORE.

I WAS JUST SCREAMING
AND HOLLERING,

"CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME?!"

MY FACE WAS JUST DRIPPING,

AND MY SKIN WAS JUST EVERYWHERE
IN THE STORE.

Narrator: AS CUSTOMERS
AND CO-WORKERS RUSH TO HER AID,

ROGER RETURNED FOR HIS KEYS.

AND THEN HE WAS GONE.

Shereen:
IT WAS A VERY DISTURBING SIGHT.

THERE'S NOTHING ON TV
THAT COULD PREPARE YOU FOR THAT.

Heggs: I WAS CONCERNED
ABOUT HIM FLEEING THE AREA.

OBVIOUSLY,
HE WAS VERY DANGEROUS.

Narrator: ON THE MORNING
OF OCTOBER 10, 2005,

YVETTE CADE'S CO-WORKERS
FRANTICALLY CALLED THE POLICE.

HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND, ROGER,
HAD DONE THE UNTHINKABLE.

HE HAD DOUSED HER WITH GASOLINE
AND SET HER ON FIRE.

Heggs: I WAS IN THE OFFICE
WHEN THE CALL WENT OUT

FOR A LADY SET ON FIRE.

I HAD SEEN PEOPLE SHOT.

I'VE SEEN PEOPLE STABBED.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE
SET ON FIRE, EVER.

Narrator: WITHIN MINUTES,
PARAMEDICS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.

Smedley:
WE WERE DIRECTED TO MS. CADE,

WHO WAS LYING ON THE GROUND
ON HER BACK IN THE BREAK ROOM.

HER CLOTHES WERE STILL KIND
OF SMOLDERING.

SHE HAD SIGNIFICANT BURNS
ON HER FACE, ON HER HEAD,

ON HER UPPER TORSO,
ON HER LOWER TORSO.

Narrator: YVETTE WAS IMMEDIATELY
AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL

WHILE POLICE BEGAN
TO HUNT FOR ROGER.

Heggs: HE HAD A HISTORY
OF SOME VIOLENCE.

THERE WAS AN ASSAULT,

THERE WAS A ROBBERY
AND SOME SUBSTANCE-ABUSE CRIMES.

OBVIOUSLY,
HE WAS VERY DANGEROUS.

Narrator:
UNBELIEVABLY, THAT AFTERNOON,

ROGER BEGAN TO HARASS
YVETTE'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

Champane: HE CALLED
AND WAS TALKING TO MY UNCLE

AND WAS SAYING THAT,
"OH, MY GOSH.

"I HEARD SOMEBODY
SET YVETTE ON FIRE.

"THAT'S SO CRAZY.

WHO WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT
TO HER?"

AND THAT REALLY FREAKED ME OUT.

Narrator: YVETTE'S FAMILY
INFORMED THE POLICE,

BUT WHEN THEY ARRIVED
AT HIS HOME, HE WAS GONE.

Heggs: WE FOUND THE ITEMS
THAT HE WORE...

THE SHIRT, THE HAT, THE BOOTS,
AND SOME MATCHES.

WHEN WE SEARCHED HIS VEHICLE,

SEVERAL BOTTLES
WERE FOUND INSIDE,

THE SAME TYPE OF SODA BOTTLE
THAT HE USED,

SOME MATCHES, LIGHTER,
AND GASOLINE.

Narrator: FINALLY,
AFTER 13 HOURS ON THE RUN,

OFFICERS WERE ABLE
TO TRACK DOWN ROGER.

Heggs:
WE FOUND ROGER IN A VACANT HOME

ABOUT 25 MINUTES AWAY FROM
WHERE THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE.

HE DIDN'T PUT UP A FIGHT.
HE KNEW HE WAS CAUGHT.

Narrator: BUT DURING
HIS INTERVIEW WITH POLICE,

ROGER DENIED
SETTING YVETTE ON FIRE.

MEANWHILE, WITH THIRD-DEGREE
BURNS COVERING 60% OF HER BODY,

YVETTE WOULD ENDURE
15 SURGERIES.

3 MONTHS LATER,
ON JANUARY 9, 2006,

YVETTE FINALLY
LEFT THE HOSPITAL.

Yvette:
WHEN I LEFT THE HOSPITAL,

I WAS AFRAID TO LEAVE

BECAUSE THE GASOLINE
WAS IN THE CAR,

BUT I LEFT SEVERAL MONTHS
EARLIER THAN THEY EXPECTED.

Narrator: THAT APRIL,
YVETTE'S DIVORCE WAS GRANTED

AND ROGER HARGRAVE'S TRIAL
BEGAN.

HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY.

YVETTE TESTIFIED,

BUT HER PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
ALONE TOLD THE COURTS HER STORY.

Shereen:
SHE DID A GREAT JOB.

SHE LOOKED HIM IN THE EYE,
AS IF TO SAY,

"YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY
WITH THIS.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE
A SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR YOU."

Narrator: ON APRIL 28th,

ROGER WAS CONVICTED OF
ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER,

ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER,
AND ASSAULT,

BUT HE STILL SHOWED
LITTLE REMORSE.

ROGER JUST DID NOT THINK ABOUT
HOW I FELT.

I THINK THAT HE WAS TRYING
TO BLAME THINGS

THAT WAS GOING WRONG
IN HIS LIFE ON ME.

Narrator: IN JUNE 2006,

ROGER HARGRAVE
WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON.

Narrator: TODAY, YVETTE LIVES
HER LIFE AS A BLESSING,

EVEN AS SHE'S ENDURED
MORE THAN 35 SURGERIES

TO REPAIR THE PHYSICAL TRAUMA
FROM THAT FATEFUL DAY.

I JUST WANT PEOPLE
TO LOOK AT ME AS NORMAL

AND FOR MYSELF TO FEEL
AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE.

Narrator: BUT THE
EMOTIONAL SCARS STILL LINGER.

IT JUST DOESN'T GO AWAY.

I HAVE
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.

IT'S AN EVERYDAY STRUGGLE
FOR ME TO EVEN GET UP,

GET OUT OF BED,
GO IN MY KITCHEN TO COOK DINNER

BECAUSE I'M NEAR THE FIRE.

Narrator:
DESPITE ALL THAT SHE'S ENDURED,

YVETTE SPEAKS PUBLICLY
ABOUT HER ORDEAL,

BRAVELY SHARING HER STORY.

Shereen: SHE'S STRONG.

SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.

IT'S SUCH AN AMAZING STORY
THAT I'M HAPPY FOR HER

TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO ALWAYS TELL IT.

Yvette: I FEEL THAT
THERE SHOULD BE A VOICE.

SEEKING HELP IS THE BEST THING
THAT YOU CAN DO

SO YOU CAN GO FORWARD
WITH YOUR LIFE.