Wives with Knives (2012–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - Lonely and Lethal - full transcript

A SOCIAL OUTCAST FALLS
FOR THE WORST MEN IMAGINABLE.

PEOPLE THAT I DATED WERE LOSERS.

BUT WHEN SHE MEETS
A SWEET NEW GUY,

SHE THINKS
HER CURSE HAS BEEN LIFTED.

THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS SHE'S
NOT A GREAT JUDGE OF CHARACTER.

WHO'S APRIL?

UNTIL HER JEALOUSY RUNS

HEAD-ON INTO HIS DARK SIDE.

SHE CLAIMED
THAT WHEN HE WAS DRUNK,

HE WAS ABUSIVE.

AND ALL AT ONCE,
EVERYTHING UNRAVELS.



IS SHE A HELPLESS VICTIM?

I TOLD MYSELF,

"WHEN THIS IS OVER,
I WILL KILL HIM."

OR A COLD-BLOODED KILLER?

HELP!

NOT ALL FAIRY TALES
HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS.

WHEN LOVE GOES WRONG,
A WOMAN CAN DO THE UNTHINKABLE.

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

IN THE LEAFY SUBURB
OF OLD BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY,

TEENAGER LORI McLUCKIE IS
A LONER,

AN OUTCAST
AT HER CLIQUEY HIGH SCHOOL.

AT SCHOOL, I WOULD GO FOR DAYS
OR WEEKS WITHOUT SAYING A WORD.

DIDN'T GO TO THE PROM.
DIDN'T HAVE A BOYFRIEND.

DIDN'T GO TO FOOTBALL GAMES,
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.



UNATHLETIC, UNCOORDINATED,
REALLY NO SOCIAL SKILLS -

THAT'S HOW I WOULD
DESCRIBE MYSELF.

HER HOME LIFE ISN'T MUCH BETTER.

I KNEW LORI
WHEN SHE WAS JUST A CHILD.

SHE WAS QUIET. SHE WAS SHY.

COULD SHE HAVE BEEN A TORTURED SOUL?
I SUPPOSE.

REALLY SAW NO EVIDENCE
OF REAL PROBLEMS WITH HER.

HER PARENTS ARE
WELL-OFF FINANCIALLY.

BUT WHEN IT COMES
TO NURTURING LORI,

THEY'RE EMOTIONALLY BANKRUPT.

HER FATHER WAS VOLATILE
AND, AT TIMES, VIOLENT.

SO SHE WAS SORT OF FADED
INTO THE WALL, YOU KNOW?

DO YOU REALLY WANT
A DRINK?

HER MOTHER WASN'T
PARTICULARLY NURTURING.

DIDN'T PAY A GREAT DEAL
OF ATTENTION TO HER.

LOOKING BACK ON IT,

I REMEMBER BEING HUGGED BY HER
ONE TIME.

I REMEMBER
NOT REALLY HAVING FRIENDS.

DR. CASEY JORDAN
STUDIES CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

THE ONE SO-CALLED WARNING SIGN

YOU MIGHT IDENTIFY
IN LORI'S UPBRINGING WOULD BE

HER DETACHMENT.

FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE

SOCIALLY AWKWARD
AND AWARE OF IT,

THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ALWAYS
OUTSIDE OF THE BUBBLE,

ALWAYS WATCHING
OTHER PEOPLE INTERACT,

ALMOST AS IF THEY ARE
A STUDENT OF SOCIETY

BUT NOT REALLY PART OF IT,

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A SETUP
FOR DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIPS.

LORI DREAMS OF
ESCAPING HER MISERABLE HOME LIFE.

I JUST FELT LIKE
I COULD START BEING MYSELF

IF I WAS FAR AWAY.

THAT'S AS FAR AS I ANALYZED IT.

SHE FINALLY GETS HER
WISH WHEN SHE GETS ACCEPTED

TO A SMALL LIBERAL-ARTS COLLEGE
IN OHIO, 600 MILES AWAY.

FOR LORI, THE WHOLE IDEA
OF GETTING AWAY FROM HER FAMILY

WAS THE ONLY HOPE SHE HAD.

IT'S NOT THAT SHE HAD GIVEN UP
ON LIVING A NORMAL LIFE.

IT'S JUST SHE KEPT WAITING
FOR THAT MOMENT TO ARRIVE.

ONCE LORI ENROLLS,
SHE INSTANTLY FEELS AT HOME.

I LOVED ANTIOCH.

EVERYBODY AT ANTIOCH WAS
AN OUTCAST.

THAT'S THE KIND OF SCHOOL
IT WAS.

IT WAS PEOPLE LIKE ME

THAT JUST DIDN'T FIT IN
ANYWHERE ELSE.

SHE THRIVES AS A STUDENT

AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN HER LIFE,

GETS A BOYFRIEND
NAMED DAVID WILSON.

EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE
FALLING INTO PLACE.

GOT A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE
IN LITERATURE.

I LOVED IT.

IT WAS THE BEST YEARS
OF MY LIFE.

I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.

AFTER GRADUATION,
IN THE SUMMER OF 1984,

A NEWLY CONFIDENT LORI HEADS
TO DENVER, COLORADO,

TO GET EVEN FURTHER AWAY
FROM HER FAMILY.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HAD

AN ARTICLE ABOUT DENVER
THAT YEAR.

IT WAS JULY OF 1984.

I JUST THOUGHT, "THIS LOOKS LIKE A GREAT
PLACE. I THINK I'M GONNA TRY THIS OUT."

THIS IS LORI.
HOW MAY I HELP YOU?

OKAY.

ALMOST IMMEDIATELY,

LORI SCORES A JOB
AT A PUBLISHING COMPANY.

SOON, SHE HAS AN APARTMENT,
A STEADY INCOME,

AND HOPE THAT HER LIFE IS
FINALLY ON TRACK.

I WAS SO EXCITED TO HAVE A JOB,

A REAL JOB WHERE I WAS MAKING
JUST ENOUGH TO SUPPORT MYSELF,

AND IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING.

BUT IN THIS STRANGE
NEW ENVIRONMENT,

LORI'S SELF-ESTEEM PROBLEM
SOMEHOW CREEPS BACK IN.

SHE HAS TROUBLE CONNECTING
WITH PEOPLE AROUND HER

AND ONCE AGAIN FEELS LIKE
AN OUTSIDER.

SO ROMANTIC
HOW HE PROPOSED.

DID YOU MAKE
SOME FRIENDS?

THE PEOPLE AT WORK,

I JUST FELT LIKE I WOULD
TALK TO PEOPLE AT WORK,

BUT THERE WAS NEVER -

I JUST COULDN'T FEEL
A CONNECTION.

HI.

I MADE ONE DECENT FRIEND
THAT LIVED IN MY BUILDING.

I'M FRANK,
AND WE LIVE RIGHT HERE

IF WE CAN EVER
HELP YOU OUT WITH ANYTHING.

UH, LORI.

HE WAS ACTUALLY AN EX-MARINE.

HE WAS 20 YEARS OLDER THAN ME,

AND HE WAS ACTUALLY
THE MORE SETTLED

OF MOST PEOPLE I KNEW.

DESPITE FEELING
SOCIALLY AWKWARD,

LORI'S DESPERATE FOR COMPANY.

AND SHE FINDS IT
IN THE STRANGEST OF PLACES.

I HAVE MONEY.
YOU GOT ONE DOLLAR.

THIS IS KIND OF EMBARRASSING,

BUT I JUST STARTED HANGING
AROUND WITH STREET PEOPLE.

ANYONE TELL YOU
YOU'RE REALLY PRETTY?

YEAH?

THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS

SHE'S NOT A GREAT JUDGE
OF CHARACTER.

THE STEPS
THAT PEOPLE WOULD GO THROUGH

IN THEIR EARLY ADOLESCENCE,

LEARNING HOW TO JUDGE
WHO THEIR FRIENDS ARE,

MAKE FRIENDS CAREFULLY,

GET OUT OF RELATIONSHIPS
THAT DON'T FEEL GOOD,

LORI SKIPPED ALL OF THAT.

SHE'S ALL RIGHT, MAN.

THEN HER NEED FOR COMPANIONSHIP

TAKES AN EVEN WEIRDER,
RISKIER TURN.

LORI STARTS DATING
THE MEN SHE MEETS ON THE STREET.

YOU CAN STAY
WHENEVER YOU WANT.

PEOPLE THAT I DATED WERE LOSERS,
LIKE THESE STREET PEOPLE.

THEY SEEMED EXOTIC TO ME.

I JUST FOUND THAT
REALLY INTERESTING.

THEN WE HITCHHIKED
DOWN TO MEXICO.

EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS
COLLEGE-EDUCATED

AND COULD HAVE LIVED
IN THE SUBURBS,

THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE CHOSE TO DO.

THAT WAS NOT WHY SHE CAME
TO COLORADO.

IT WAS A CULTURE OF PEOPLE
THAT SHE WAS DRAWN TO

THAT WERE MORE WHAT I DESCRIBED
AS BIKER TYPES.

ONE OF THE MEN SHE
BEGINS TO DATE IS ARTHUR JOHNSON.

HE HAD ALL THESE
STORIES ABOUT HIS TRAVELS,

AND I JUST FOUND THAT
REALLY EXOTIC.

HE DIDN'T SEEM MENTALLY ILL
TO ME AT THE TIME.

HE SEEMED VERY INTELLIGENT.

ARTHUR BECOMES A
REGULAR VISITOR AT HER APARTMENT.

HOW YOU DOING THERE,
BABE?

JUST SEEMED LIKE
THAT'S WHO I COULD RELATE TO.

BUT ACCORDING TO LORI,

ONE NIGHT HE COMES OVER DRUNK
AND GETS EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE.

LOOKING GOOD AS USUAL,
BABE.

NOW, LOOKING BACK, OBVIOUSLY,
HE WASN'T STABLE AT ALL.

NO, I THINK
MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST GO.

NO, HEY, LOOK!

ARTHUR?
LISTEN!

IT'S ME!

HE BECAME VERY DRUNK
AND STARTED BEATING ME UP.

LORI CLAIMS THAT
BY THE TIME SHE REALIZES

SHE'S IN SERIOUS DANGER,
IT'S TOO LATE.

HE BASICALLY HELD ME CAPTIVE
IN MY APARTMENT FOR,

IF I REMEMBER, OVER THREE HOURS.

KEPT ME FROM GOING TO WORK.

SHE SAYS
ARTHUR RAPED AND BRUTALIZED HER.

ONCE ARTHUR FINALLY TAKES OFF,
A BATTERED AND FRIGHTENED LORI

RUNS TO THE ONLY FRIEND
SHE HAS - HER NEIGHBOR FRANK.

LORI, WHAT -
WHAT HAPPENED?

I DIDN'T THINK OF IT AT FIRST
AS RAPE

BECAUSE I HAD HAD
CONSENSUAL RELATIONS WITH HIM

IN THE PAST.

HE WAS IN MY HOME.

KICKING ME...

LORI ENDS UP
TELLING FRANK THE WHOLE STORY.

HE MADE ME CALL THE POLICE.

THE NEXT THING I KNEW,
I'M AT THE HOSPITAL.

I'M GETTING POKED AND PRODDED
AND PHOTOGRAPHED.

DID YOU GET PUNCHED
IN THE MOUTH, LORI?

SHE DOESN'T HAVE CONTEXT
TO INTERPRET

WHAT EXACTLY HAS HAPPENED.

WHICH IS RIGHT -

THE MAN WHO SAYS
THAT THE SEX WAS CONSENSUAL,

OR THE FRIEND WHO SAYS,

"BASED ON THE STORY YOU TOLD ME,
YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY RAPED"?

PUT YOUR HANDS
BEHIND YOUR BACK.

WHAT FOR?
WHAT DID I DO, MAN?

A FEW DAYS LATER,
THE COPS PICK UP ARTHUR.

HE'S CHARGED
WITH ASSAULT AND RAPE.

SO BY THAT, YOU MEAN
YOU WERE HAVING CONSENSUAL SEX?

YES.

MONTHS LATER,
THE CASE GOES TO TRIAL.

AND A TERRIFIED LORI TAKES
THE STAND.

MISS McLUCKIE,
WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME

THAT YOU HAD SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
WITH MY CLIENT?

NO.

I FELT COMPLETELY HUMILIATED.

THEY ACCUSED ME OF LYING.

YOU'VE DONE THIS SORT OF THING
IN THE PAST, RIGHT?

YES.

THEY ASKED
VERY DETAILED QUESTIONS.

HOW FREQUENTLY?
YOU -

WASN'T THIS SOMETHING
THAT YOU ENJOYED?

NO.

IT WAS REALLY EMBARRASSING.

LORI SOMEHOW
HOLDS IT TOGETHER IN COURT

BY BURYING HER EMOTIONS.

HE THREW ME
ON THE GROUND.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING
WITH ALL OF THE EMOTIONS

ABOUT THIS MAN
WHO RAPED YOU?

I WAS JUST SO EMBARRASSED.

I WENT NUMB A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW,
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE

TELLING THESE THINGS
ON THE STAND.

ISN'T IT TRUE
THAT YOU'RE LYING HERE TODAY?

WHO WILL THE JURY BELIEVE?

COMING UP,
LORI FINALLY LANDS

THE BOYFRIEND
SHE'S ALWAYS WANTED,

BUT IS HE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?

I FELT AT THE TIME LIKE
I WAS IN LOVE WITH HIM.

23-YEAR-OLD LORI McLUCKIE
HAS ACCUSED A MAN SHE WAS DATING,

ARTHUR JOHNSON, OF RAPE.

SHE SHOWS LITTLE EMOTION WHILE
TESTIFYING AT HIS TRIAL.

NO.

ULTIMATELY, LORI'S
DETACHED MANNER BACKFIRES.

THEIR THEORY OF THE CASE WAS
THAT I MADE THIS UP

BECAUSE I NEEDED AN EXCUSE

FOR WHY I DIDN'T GO TO WORK
THAT DAY.

THE JURY ACQUITS
HER ALLEGED ATTACKER

OF ALL CHARGES.

HE HAD BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY

BECAUSE THE JURY DIDN'T
BELIEVE HER.

LORI HAD DONE THE BEST
TO TELL HER STORY,

BUT HER ABILITY
TO EFFUSIVELY SHOW EMOTION

HAD NEVER EXISTED.

IN LORI'S MIND,
HOW SHE EXPLAINED IT TO ME,

THAT SHE FELT
THAT THE SYSTEM FAILED HER

AND SHE DESERVED THAT.

FOR THIS LONELY

AND EMOTIONALLY FRAGILE
YOUNG WOMAN,

IT'S A DEVASTATING BLOW.

LORI DOES
WHAT SHE'S ALWAYS DONE.

SHE STUFFS IT DOWN

AND BASICALLY LEAVES IT
TO SMOLDER

UNTIL IT MAY FLARE UP AGAIN.

LORI STRUGGLES TO COPE
WITH THE JURY'S RULING.

I JUST REMEMBER
JUST GOING A LITTLE WILD

AND DATING
A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT MEN.

IT SEEMED LIKE DATING
MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE

HELPED ME FEEL BETTER
ABOUT MYSELF.

A YEAR AND A HALF
AFTER THE TRIAL,

LORI IS WALKING HOME FROM WORK

WHEN SHE'S APPROACHED
BY A YOUNG MAN.

EXCUSE ME.
DO YOU HAVE THE TIME?

HIS NAME IS ANDREW VIGIL.

I DON'T WEAR A WATCH.

HE STARTED A CONVERSATION.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID.

I'M NOT FROM AROUND HERE.

SURE.
COOL. THANKS.

LORI'S DRAWN TO ANDREW'S
APPARENTLY SWEET, SIMPLE NATURE.

THE TWO IMMEDIATELY HIT IT OFF.

AND WITHIN DAYS,
THEY'RE INSEPARABLE.

HE WAS VERY GOOD-LOOKING TO ME.
HE HAD A VERY GENTLE SIDE.

ANDREW IS EXCITED
TO INTRODUCE LORI

TO HIS FOSTER FAMILY.

ANDY CAME TO US
WHEN HE WAS 4 YEARS OLD.

HE WAS A CUTE LITTLE BOY.

HE TOLD ME HE MET A NICE GIRL
AND WANTED TO KNOW

IF HE COULD BRING LORI OVER
TO VISIT US,

AND I SAID SURE.

SHE MIGHT BE THE ONE.

BUT ANDREW AND LORI
HAVE LITTLE IN COMMON

AND, TO OUTSIDERS,
SEEM LIKE AN UNLIKELY PAIR.

HE WENT TO A SPECIAL SCHOOL

FOR PEOPLE
WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

PEOPLE REFERRED TO HIM
AS "SLOW."

IN FACT,
WE COULDN'T EVEN FIND THAT HE'D

EVER HAD A RELATIONSHIP
WITH A WOMAN BEFORE.

I JUST THINK LORI DOESN'T
BELIEVE SHE HAS ANY SELF-WORTH.

I THINK LORI BELIEVED
THAT THAT WAS

THE BEST RELATIONSHIP
SHE COULD HAVE.

AT FIRST GLANCE, YOU MIGHT THINK
THAT LORI SEES THIS,

ESPECIALLY AFTER THE TRAGEDY
OF THE RAPE TRIAL,

TO BE THE KIND OF MAN
SHE COULD HAVE POWER OVER.

SHE COULD
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD,

AND THIS MAN COULD NEVER
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HER.

WAS IT A POWER PLAY
ON LORI'S PART?

NOT REALLY.

LORI DIDN'T THINK
THAT AS THE UGLY DUCKLING,

SHE COULD EVER DO BETTER
THAN THIS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE,

LORI THINKS SHE HAS
A REAL AND LOVING RELATIONSHIP.

HEY, BABE,
LOOK WHAT I BROUGHT.

SOON, ANDREW IS BASICALLY LIVING
AT HER APARTMENT.

WE NEVER AGREED
TO LIVE TOGETHER.

I NEVER INVITED HIM
TO COME MOVE IN WITH ME.

HE JUST
KIND OF INSINUATED HIMSELF

INTO MY HOME.

EVERY TIME HE CAME OVER, HE'D BRING
A FEW MORE THINGS, A FEW MORE THINGS,

AND THEN HE JUST
BASICALLY NEVER LEFT.

YOU LOVED HIM, RIGHT?

MM...
LOOKING BACK,

I DON'T KNOW
IF THAT'S WHAT IT WAS,

BUT I FELT AT THE TIME

LIKE I WAS IN LOVE WITH HIM,
YEAH.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
IT'S TIME TO GO.

BUT ANDREW'S FAMILY SEES
ISSUES WITH THE RELATIONSHIP EARLY ON.

HIS FAMILY DESCRIBED IT
AS ABUSIVE.

SHE WOULD ABUSE HIM
ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS

AT FAMILY FUNCTIONS.

COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHEN I FIRST MET HER

WHY SHE WOULD WANT TO BE
WITH ANDY

BECAUSE HE WAS SO FAR BELOW HER.

BUT MAYBE IT WAS
THAT SHE COULD CONTROL HIM

BECAUSE HE WASN'T
AS SMART AS SHE WAS.

HE ADORED HER,

AND HE PUT UP
WITH A LOT OF ABUSE FROM HER

AS A RESULT.

FINE. I'LL GO TELL THEM
THAT WE'RE LEAVING.

HEY.

I'M OFF.

ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE
TO MAYBE FILL OUT

SOME MORE
JOB APPLICATIONS TODAY?

AS THE WEEKS PASS,

LORI REALIZES THAT ANDREW IS
CHRONICALLY UNEMPLOYED...

CAN YOU PICK UP SOME MORE SMOKES
BEFORE YOU COME BACK?

...AND NOT THAT MOTIVATED
TO LOOK FOR WORK.

HE DID LIVE ON THE STREETS
FOR ABOUT A YEAR

BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO WORK.

OH, HEY.

WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY?

OH, YOU KNOW,
THIS AND THAT.

LORI'S FORCED
TO SUPPORT THEM BOTH

ON HER MEAGER SALARY.

HOW DID THE JOB HUNT GO?

YOU KNOW,
I'LL GET TO IT TOMORROW.

STILL, EVEN THOUGH
ANDREW'S NOT PULLING HIS WEIGHT,

HE DOES GIVE LORI THE LOVE
AND ATTENTION SHE CRAVES.

WHEN I FIRST MET HIM,
HE DID NOT HAVE A JOB AT ALL.

OCCASIONALLY, HE'D GO OUT
ON DAY LABOR

AND MAKE A LITTLE MONEY.

LATER ON, HE STARTED WORKING
AT WOOLWORTH'S AS A DISHWASHER.

BUT TO THE OUTSIDE PERSON,
THEY'RE GONNA SAY,

"LORI, LOOK AT YOU.

"YOU'RE EMPLOYED.
YOU'RE COLLEGE EDUCATED.

"YOU'RE SUPER SMART.

"WHY WOULD YOU DATE
A DISHWASHER AT WOOLWORTH'S

THAT YOU MET ON THE STREET?"

I DIDN'T SEE IT LIKE THAT.

I FELT LIKE
I WAS VERY UGLY.

MY SELF-IMAGE WAS
NOT GOOD.

I DIDN'T SEE MYSELF AS,
"OH, HERE'S THIS PERSON

THAT'S MAKING
A SUCCESS OF THEIR LIFE."

I FELT JUST UGLY.

LORI'S IN A RELATIONSHIP
THAT'S BECOME EXPLOITATIVE,

AND YET SHE DOESN'T SEE IT
AS SUCH.

HE SLEEPS AT HER HOUSE.

THEY SEEM TO HAVE
A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.

MAYBE SHE'S PAYING
FOR EVERYTHING, BUT AGAIN,

SHE'S GETTING
SOMETHING OUT OF IT, TOO -

THE IDEA THAT FINALLY,
IN HER 20s,

SHE COULD HAVE A BOYFRIEND
AND MAKE A GO OF IT.

LORI!

BUT THINGS ARE ABOUT

TO TAKE AN UGLY TURN.

LORI,
GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE.

LORI CLAIMS THAT ONE NIGHT,

ANDREW SHOWS UP
AT HER APARTMENT, WASTED,

AND HE'S NOT A HAPPY DRUNK.

AM I OKAY?! DO YOU THINK
I'M **** OKAY?!

WHEN HE DID DRINK,
IT WAS ALWAYS OVER THE TOP.

COMING UP...

WHO IS APRIL?

ANDREW'S NOT THE ONLY ONE
WITH A TEMPER.

LORI, YOU'RE RIDICULOUS!
NO!

SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED
THAT ANDREW VIGIL WAS HAVING

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER WOMEN.

24-YEAR-OLD LORI McLUCKIE IS

TWO MONTHS INTO
WHAT SHE FEELS IS

THE ONLY REALLY LOVING
RELATIONSHIP SHE'S EVER KNOWN.

GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE!

BUT LORI'S JUST SEEN
A SIDE OF ANDREW

THAT CHANGES HER PERSPECTIVE.

WHEN HE WAS DRUNK,
HE WAS EXTREMELY VIOLENT.

I TAKE CARE
OF THE HOUSE!

ACCORDING TO LORI,

AFTER A DESTRUCTIVE,
DRUNKEN RANT IN HER APARTMENT,

ANDREW FINALLY PASSES OUT.

SHE'S RELIEVED.

THE NEXT MORNING,

SHE CONFRONTS HIM
ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOR.

YOU WERE REALLY SCARY.

I KNOW. I'M SORRY.

HE APOLOGIZES

AND SHIFTS THE BLAME
TO HIS TERRIBLE CHILDHOOD.

WHEN HE WAS 4 YEARS OLD,

HIS MOTHER WAS
BLUDGEONED TO DEATH

BY HER BOYFRIEND

IN FRONT OF ANDREW
AND HIS THREE SIBLINGS.

HE BELIEVED

THAT HIS MOTHER DESERVED
WHAT SHE GOT.

HE SAID THAT SHE WAS
VERY ABUSIVE TO HIM.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE
OR NOT. THIS IS WHAT HE TOLD ME.

LORI IS MOVED
BY ANDREW'S STARTLING ADMISSION.

SHE CAN RELATE
TO THE PAIN HE FELT GROWING UP

AND SEES
A COMMON BOND BETWEEN THEM.

I REALLY LOVE YOU.

WHILE THE TRAUMA OF THEIR YOUTH
MAY BE DIFFERENT

IN TERMS OF EXPERIENCE,

THIS GUY APPEARS TO BE
HER MIRROR IMAGE

IN TERMS OF HAVING
A DAMAGED SOUL.

AND LORI BELIEVED

THAT IF SHE COULD
JUST MAKE HIM GET A JOB,

PERHAPS THEY COULD
GET ON THE SAME LEVEL.

AND THE MAGIC
OF THAT RELATIONSHIP

COULD CONTINUE.

AFTER A YEAR OF DATING,

ANDREW FINALLY GETS A STEADY JOB
AS A DISHWASHER AT WOOLWORTH'S

AND RENTS HIS OWN PLACE.

THIS RELIEVES
SOME FINANCIAL PRESSURE,

BUT LORI IS
STILL UNHAPPY WITH ANDREW.

WHO IS APRIL?

SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED
THAT ANDREW VIGIL WAS HAVING

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER WOMEN.

I JUST TOLD YOU.

HE WAS THERE,
TRYING TO DO HIS JOB,

AND THEY GOT
INTO AN ALTERCATION THERE.

YOU NEED TO STOP.

THE ARGUMENT ESCALATES
TO THE POINT

WHERE ANDREW'S BOSS HAS
TO BREAK IT UP.

ANDY, TIME TO GO TO WORK.
BREAK TIME'S OVER.

DESPITE THE FIGHTING,
LORI HOLDS ONTO THE HOPE

THAT ANDREW WILL CHANGE

AND THEY CAN SAVE
THE RELATIONSHIP.

BUT AS THE WEEKS PASS,

LORI CLAIMS
ANDREW'S DRUNKEN TIRADES BECOME

MORE FREQUENT...

YOU ARE NOTHING!
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

...AND MORE AGGRESSIVE.

LORI, MY STUFF.

LORI, GET YOUR FAT ASS
OUT OF THE WAY.

I JUST NEED A BEER,
DAMN IT.

GET ME A BEER!

LORI'S TOLERANCE
OF ANDREW'S ABUSE

PUTS HER IN DANGER -

NOT SO MUCH PHYSICALLY
AS EMOTIONALLY.

GET BACK HERE!

HER FANTASY OF BEING

A NORMAL WOMAN
IN A NORMAL RELATIONSHIP

WAS EVERYTHING TO LORI.

SORRY I GOT YOU SO MAD.

ALL SHE EVER WANTED WAS
TO FEEL LOVED,

AND WHEN SHE STARTED TO EQUATE
ANDREW'S BEHAVIORS, HIS CONTROL,

HIS ANGER
FOLLOWED BY HIS MAKING UP

WITH LOVE,

THERE WAS NO WAY SHE WAS GOING TO
GET OUT OF THAT RELATIONSHIP EASILY.

AT LEAST WHEN I WAS WITH HIM,

I DIDN'T HAVE THAT SENSE

OF I WAS JUST GONNA
TOTALLY FALL PART.

ALTHOUGH SHE'S STILL
AFRAID OF BEING ALONE,

LORI FINALLY MAKES
A PAINFUL DECISION.

AND AT THIS POINT,
I WAS ACTUALLY STARTING

TO REALLY HATE HIM.

IT'S TIME
TO DROP ANDREW FOR GOOD.

I WAS THINKING
WE COULD TALK.

I THOUGHT, "OKAY, WELL,
MAYBE I CAN DO THIS," YOU KNOW?

ABOUT WHAT?

BUT WHEN THE MOMENT
COMES TO DROP THE BOMBSHELL...

SAY IT. WHAT?

...LORI CHICKENS OUT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT -
NOTHING IMPORTANT.

I WOULD START
TO FEEL MORE NORMAL

AND THEN HE WOULD KNOW
WHAT TO SAY

TO THROW ME OFF MY FEET AGAIN.

BUT ANDREW'S FOSTER
MOTHER TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY.

SHE SAYS ANDREW WAS THE ONE

WHO WANTED
TO END THE RELATIONSHIP.

HE'D TRY TO BREAK UP WITH HER,

BUT SHE WOULD
ALWAYS CALL HIM BACK.

THERE JUST WAS
A LOT OF ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THEM.

AND I DON'T KNOW
WHY ANDY STAYED WITH HER.

I TRIED TO TALK HIM OUT OF IT
ALL THE TIME,

BUT MOMS DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

I WANT TO TALK TO ANDY.

HE'D SAY, "OH, MOM,

"I DON'T WANT
TO BREAK UP WITH LORI.

SHE REALLY LOVES ME."

AND I'D SAY,
"YEAH, ANDY, I KNOW.

SHE'LL LOVE YOU TO DEATH."

EVEN AFTER LOSING THE
COURAGE TO CONFRONT AND DUMP ANDREW,

LORI CLAIMS SHE STILL WANTS OUT.

ONE DAY,
AFTER 18 MONTHS TOGETHER,

SHE PACKS UP
ANDREW'S REMAINING BELONGINGS

AND LEAVES THEM
OUTSIDE HER LOCKED FRONT DOOR.

LORI.

OPEN THE **** DOOR!

LORI STAYS STRONG AND
WAITS UNTIL ANDREW FINALLY LEAVES.

SHE'S HOPEFUL
THAT SHE CAN MAKE IT ON HER OWN.

HI, DAVID?

DESPERATE FOR ANY KIND
OF HUMAN CONTACT,

LORI DECIDES TO REACH OUT
TO HER OLD COLLEGE BOYFRIEND,

DAVID WILSON.

...IF YOU MIGHT WANT
TO COME AND SEE DENVER?

WERE YOU LOOKING FORWARD
TO THIS

BECAUSE YOU WERE BROKEN UP
WITH ANDY?

YEAH, HERE'S AN OLD FRIEND,
AN OLD BOYFRIEND,

AND SOMEBODY
FROM MY OLD DAYS.

DO YOU WANT
TO GRAB A COFFEE OR...?

YEAH, DEFINITELY.
OKAY.

WE DID SLEEP TOGETHER,
BUT WE HAD GROWN

IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS.

I WAS PROBABLY SO TENSE
AND SO MESSED UP

THAT I PROBABLY WASN'T AT ALL

THE PERSON
THAT HE KNEW FROM BEFORE.

IT WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF FUN.

IT WASN'T WHAT I THOUGHT
IT WAS GONNA BE.

AFTER DAVID HEADS BACK HOME,

LORI TRIES
TO MOVE ON INDEPENDENTLY.

HELLO?

BUT THEN SHE GETS
A SHOCKING PHONE CALL

THAT THREATENS
TO CHANGE EVERYTHING.

WHAT?

COMING UP, ANDREW'S BACK.

AND HE'S ANGRIER THAN EVER.

I TOLD MYSELF,

"WHEN THIS IS OVER,
I WILL KILL HIM."

LORI McLUCKIE'S JUST
HAD A DISAPPOINTING REUNION

WITH AN OLD COLLEGE FLAME,
DAVID WILSON.

NOW, HE'S LEFT DENVER
AND GONE BACK TO THE EAST COAST.

HELLO?

TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,

HER PHONE'S JUST RUNG
WITH LIFE-CHANGING NEWS.

WHAT?

WHAT HAPPENED WAS
I ACTUALLY HAD GONE

TO BE PUT ON
BIRTH-CONTROL PILLS.

AND AS A PRECURSOR FOR THAT,

THEY JUST ROUTINELY DO
A PREGNANCY TEST.

THE DOCTOR CALLED ME AT HOME
AND SAID,

"YOU CAN'T GO ON BIRTH CONTROL.
YOU'RE PREGNANT."

IT FLOORED ME.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

SINGLE, FRIENDLESS,
AND TWO MONTHS PREGNANT,

LORI IS DETERMINED
TO KEEP HER BABY.

HER UNBORN CHILD IS ALL SHE HAS.

DAVID, IT'S LORI.

SHE DECIDES TO CALL DAVID
TO BREAK THE NEWS.

YES,
I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.

OH, MY GOD. WOW.

I GUESS I KIND OF THOUGHT
THAT...

NOT THAT WE WOULD GET MARRIED
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT

BUT THAT HE WOULD HELP ME OUT
A LITTLE BIT.

I SPOKE TO THE DOCTOR,
YES.

ARE YOU SURE
IT'S EVEN MY KID?

WHAT HE DID WAS TELL ME,
"THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN."

I CAN PAY
FOR HALF THE ABORTION.

"IF YOU REFUSE
TO HAVE AN ABORTION,

I'M WASHING MY HANDS OF THIS."

AND I SAID...

I DON'T HAVE ANYONE.

LISTEN,
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THE KID,

THAT'S YOUR DECISION,
ALL RIGHT?

But that's not something
that I want in my life.

I REMEMBER HOW I FELT -

LIKE I'D JUST BEEN
KICKED IN THE GUT.

SO, YOU'RE PREGNANT,

BUT WHO COMES KNOCKING
ON YOUR DOOR?

ANDREW.

HI.

COME IN.

THREE DAYS LATER,

LORI'S EX-BOYFRIEND ANDREW
SHOWS UP AT HER APARTMENT,

BEGGING TO GET BACK TOGETHER.

SORRY ABOUT...

LORI IS
SHAKEN AND VULNERABLE.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING.

HOW DOES ANDY
FIND OUT THAT YOU'RE PREGNANT?

I TOLD HIM.

EVEN THOUGH LORI TELLS ANDREW
THE BABY'S NOT HIS,

HE TAKES THE NEWS
SURPRISINGLY WELL.

IT HAPPENED
WHILE WE WERE BROKEN UP, SO...

HE RECOGNIZES
THAT THIS BABY IS

HIS TICKET
BACK INTO LORI'S LIFE,

AND SHE AGREES
TO TAKE HIM BACK.

HE STARTED BEING
REALLY NICE FOR A WHILE.

AT THAT TIME, IT WAS ACTUALLY,
IRONICALLY ENOUGH,

GOOD
FOR JUST A SHORT MINUTE.

WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT SHE
WAS GONNA HAVE A BABY,

I SAID, "IS IT YOUR BABY?"

AND HE SAID,
"NO, IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S,

BUT THAT'S OKAY, MOM."

YOU KNOW,
HE REALLY LOVED HER.

EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH
SOMEBODY ELSE'S KID, HE STILL LOVED HER.

FOR THE BABY.

YOU GOT THIS FOR THE BABY?

HE WAS USING
HIS MINIMUM-WAGE SALARY

AS A DISHWASHER AT A WOOLWORTH'S

TO PURCHASE ITEMS
THAT SHE WOULD NEED

ONCE THE BABY WAS BORN.

HEY.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

BUT WITHIN A FEW WEEKS,

LORI CLAIMS
ANDREW'S OLD PATTERNS RETURN -

MOMENTS OF SWEETNESS FOLLOWED BY
OUTBURSTS OF DRUNKEN VIOLENCE.

YOU THINK I'M MAD THAT YOU SLEPT
WITH ANOTHER GUY?

HUH?

HE NEVER ACTUALLY HIT ME HERE

WHEN I WAS PREGNANT.

BUT HE WOULD OFTEN THREATEN TO.

HE'D SAY,
"I'M GONNA KILL THAT BABY."

SOMETIMES, HE'D LAUGH,
AND HE'D SAY, "DID I SCARE YOU?"

ANDY!

HE'D LAUGH.
HE WOULD THINK IT WAS FUNNY.

I THINK HE ENJOYED IT.

LORI HATES HERSELF
FOR LETTING ANDREW BACK IN,

AND SHE HAS NO ONE TO TURN TO.

I THINK
THAT IF SHE PACKED HER BAGS

AND LEFT COLORADO
AND WENT BACK HOME,

HER FAMILY WOULD HAVE
CAPITALIZED

ON THE FACT THAT SHE WAS
A FAILURE.

TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,
ACCORDING TO LORI,

SHE BEGINS FEARING FOR HER LIFE
AND THE LIFE OF HER CHILD.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE
I'M DOING?

BABE, YOU'RE DRUNK.
YOU'RE GONNA CUT YOURSELF.

ONE PARTICULAR
INCIDENT WILL HAUNT LORI FOREVER.

SHE CLAIMED
THAT WHEN HE WAS DRUNK,

HE WAS ABUSIVE.

WHEN HE WASN'T DRUNK,
HE WAS FINE.

I THINK
YOU'RE GONNA CUT YOUR FINGER.

DON'T PATRONIZE ME.
I GOT IT.

ONE DAY,
WHEN HE WAS REALLY DRUNK

AND HE ACTUALLY HAD ME CORNERED
WITH THIS KNIFE...

I GOT IT, I SAID!

FOR LORI,
BEING THREATENED WITH A WEAPON

CROSSES A FRIGHTENING NEW LINE.

SHE INDICATED THAT SHE WAS ABLE
TO FLEE THE APARTMENT,

GO DOWN TO A LAUNDRY ROOM
WHICH HAD A LOCK.

LORI STARTS
IMAGINING WAYS TO BREAK AWAY

FROM HER VIOLENT BOYFRIEND
PERMANENTLY.

I STARTED FANTASIZING

ABOUT HIM HAVING
A FATAL ACCIDENT.

I WOULD ACTUALLY THINK LIKE,

IF HE WAS LATE COMING OVER
OR WHATEVER,

I'D THINK,
"OH, MAYBE IT HAPPENED.

MAYBE HE GOT HIT BY A CAR
ON HIS BICYCLE."

SOMETIMES,
I WOULD ACTUALLY CONVINCE MYSELF

THAT IT REALLY HAD HAPPENED,
AND THEN HE'D SHOW UP AGAIN.

THEN I STARTED THINKING,
"WELL, MAYBE I CAN KILL HIM."

I STARTED FANTASIZING
ABOUT KILLING HIM.

THERE HAD TO BE
SOME KIND OF END TO THIS

IN SOME WAY.

THAT DAY WOULD COME
ON MAY 22, 1988.

THREE MONTHS HAVE PASSED

SINCE LORI AND ANDREW
GOT BACK TOGETHER.

CHANGE IT.
NEXT.

I'M WATCHING THIS.

SHE'S STILL CLINGING
TO THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

GIVE ME THE REMOTE, LORI.
OW.

ACCORDING TO LORI,

ANDREW'S BEEN DRINKING FOR HOURS
AND IS LOOKING FOR A FIGHT.

OW, ANDY.
THAT DOESN'T HURT.

SHE REACHES
HER BREAKING POINT.

HE HAD A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY,

AND HE KEPT DRINKING FROM THAT
AND GETTING DRUNKER

TO THE POINT WHERE HE WAS
COMPLETELY OUT OF IT.

OW!

LORI IS NOW FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT

AND CLAIMS SHE'S TERRIFIED
FOR HER AND HER BABY'S SAFETY.

SHE GATHERS UP ANDREW'S STUFF,
HOPING HE'LL LEAVE.

BUT INSTEAD, SHE CLAIMS,
ANDREW LASHES OUT.

SEE WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ME!

NO, NO, NO, NO.
THE BABY.

THAT BABY'S NOT MINE!

WHEN I TOLD HIM
THAT HE WAS HURTING THE BABY,

HE DIDN'T CARE.

PLEASE.

WHEN I LOOKED IN HIS FACE,
IT WAS LIKE HE WASN'T -

THERE WASN'T EVEN A PERSON
IN THERE.

IT WAS LIKE A MACHINE.

HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT HE WAS DOING OR WHO I WAS.

STAY STILL, LORI!

THEN, ACCORDING TO
LORI, ANDREW DOES THE UNTHINKABLE.

NO, NO.
HE RAPES HER.

WHAT WAS GOING
THROUGH YOUR MIND, LORI?

I TOLD MYSELF,

"WHEN THIS IS OVER,
I WILL KILL HIM.

I WILL FIND A WAY
TO KILL HIM."

LORI CLAIMS THE ATTACK LASTS
FOR OVER AN HOUR.

BUT AUTHORITIES SAY

THERE'S NO PROOF
THE ATTACK EVER HAPPENED.

SHE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRUISING.
SHE HAD NO BLACK EYES.

SHE HAD NO SCRATCH MARKS.

IF ANDREW VIGIL WAS
PHYSICALLY ATTACKING HER

LIKE SHE CLAIMED,
THEN HE WOULD HAVE HAD

SOME WOUNDS ON THE FRONT PART
OF HIS BODY.

BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE
A SINGLE WOUND

ON THE FRONT PART OF HIS BODY.

AFTER THE ALLEGED ATTACK,

LORI SAYS THAT ANDREW
FURIOUSLY PACES AROUND THE ROOM.

SHE EYES THE HANDCUFFS
HE ALWAYS CARRIES IN HIS POCKET.

HE DIDN'T DRIVE.
HE RODE A BIKE AROUND DENVER.

HE WOULD USE THE HANDCUFFS
TO LOCK HIS BIKE TO A BIKE RACK.

LORI SAYS SHE COMES UP
WITH A DESPERATE PLAN.

HE STARTED
PASSING OUT, WAKING UP,

PASSING OUT, WAKING UP,
AND I THOUGHT,

"WHEN HE PASSES OUT,
I'M GOING TO RESTRAIN HIM,

AND THEN I'M GONNA KILL HIM."

FINALLY, LORI SEES
HER CHANCE AND MAKES HER MOVE.

I DRAGGED HIM
OVER TO THE RADIATOR

AND HANDCUFFED HIM
TO THE RADIATOR.

WITH HIS OWN HANDCUFFS.
YEAH.

AND I'D LIKE
TO ASK HER THAT ONE QUESTION -

WHEN SHE HANDCUFFED HIM
TO THE RADIATOR,

HE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HER.

WHY DIDN'T SHE CALL THE POLICE
AND SAY HE WAS ABUSING HER?

WHAT SHE SHOULD
HAVE DONE IS DIAL 911

SO THEY COULD HAVE
TAKEN HIM INTO CUSTODY

FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER
AND FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

LORI SAYS
SHE DIDN'T CALL THE POLICE

BECAUSE NO ONE BELIEVED HER

THE LAST TIME SHE WAS
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.

AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME,

I ABSOLUTELY WANTED TO KILL HIM
RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THEN.

THIS TIME,
SHE TAKES MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS.

I GOT A CLOTH BELT,
AND I TRIED TO STRANGLE HIM.

HE WOKE UP,
AND HE STARTED SCREAMING.

I JUST WANTED HIM
TO STOP SCREAMING,

SO I WENT INTO MY KITCHEN.

HELP!

AFTER HER BOYFRIEND
ALLEGEDLY RAPES HER,

A FIVE-MONTH PREGNANT
LORI McLUCKIE

CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE.

SHE'S COMMITTED TO GETTING RID
OF HER BOYFRIEND, ANDREW,

ONCE AND FOR ALL.

HELP!

I THOUGHT, "I'LL KNOCK HIM
ON THE HEAD WITH THE HAMMER

"AND JUST KNOCK HIM UNCONSCIOUS,

AND THEN I'LL FIGURE OUT
WHAT TO DO FROM THERE."

AS ANDREW STRUGGLES
TO BREAK FREE,

SHE STEELS HERSELF.

HELP! HELP!

THERE'S NO TURNING BACK.

I HIT HIM IN THE HEAD,
AND HE JUST KEPT SCREAMING.

DID IT EVER
OCCUR TO YOU TO JUST FREE HIM

AND DRAG HIM OUTSIDE
AND LET HIM GO HOME ON HIS OWN?

NO, I FELT LIKE IF I FREED HIM,
HE WOULD KILL ME.

IT WAS A NIGHTMARE,
AND I JUST WANTED IT TO END,

AND SO I WENT
AND GOT THE KNIFE.

AS LORI STANDS OVER
HER SEMI-CONSCIOUS BOYFRIEND,

IMAGES PLAY LIKE A HOME MOVIE
IN HER MIND.

ALL THE BRUTALITY,
DEGRADATION AND ABUSE

SHE SAYS SHE SUFFERED
THROUGHOUT HER LIFE

COME FLOODING BACK.

AND SHE ERUPTS.

I JUST STARTED STABBING HIM.

IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS
STILL SCREAMING FOR A LONG TIME.

HOW MANY TIMES?

THEY SAID
IT WAS 26 STAB WOUNDS.

BUT I STILL FELT LIKE
HE WASN'T DEAD.

I GUESS - LATER, I FOUND OUT
MOST OF THEM WERE POSTMORTEM.

CAN YOU TELL ME
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN YOUR MIND?

I JUST WANTED QUIET.

MAYBE IT WAS ME SCREAMING.
I DON'T KNOW.

LORI IS DAZED AND SPLATTERED
WITH ANDREW'S BLOOD.

I DON'T REMEMBER PANIC,

BUT I REMEMBER THINKING,
"OH, MY GOD.

"WHAT DO I DO NOW?

OH, MY GOD.
I AM A MURDERER."

AFTER 20-ODD BLOWS
WITH THE HAMMER

AND MORE THAN 20 STABS
WITH THE KNIFE,

SHE COULD STILL HEAR
THE SCREAMING OF ANDREW.

IT REALLY SHOWS IN MY MIND

THAT SHE WAS
IN A PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE

WHERE IT WAS
REALLY DISSOCIATIVE,

BUT IT WAS SORT OF LIKE
AN OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE.

OTHERWISE, THE OVERKILL WOULDN'T
MAKE SENSE.

IT WASN'T THAT SHE WAS
RATCHETING UP WITH RAGE

SO MUCH AS DECOMPENSATING
WITH THE RESIGNATION

THAT WHAT SHE HAD STARTED,
SHE HAD TO FINISH.

LORI PASSES OUT ON HER
BED, EXHAUSTED.

HER DEAD BOYFRIEND LIES
IN THE NEXT ROOM,

CHAINED TO THE RADIATOR.

I WOKE UP.

AND I THOUGHT,
"DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?"

AND I WENT, AND I LOOKED,
AND HE WAS IN THERE.

THE GRUESOME SCENE
JOLTS LORI BACK TO REALITY.

SHE NEEDS
TO GET RID OF THE BODY.

SHE BEGINS RIFLING
THROUGH THE CLOSET

UNTIL SHE FINDS
ANDREW'S TOOLBOX.

RIGHT ON TOP IS
A RUSTY KEYHOLE SAW.

I PLANNED THAT I WOULD
JUST CUT UP THE BODY,

AND THEN HE'LL JUST BE GONE,

AND HIS FAMILY WILL THINK
THAT HE JUST TOOK OFF SOMEWHERE.

LORI SLOWLY AND METHODICALLY
STARTS CUTTING ANDREW TO PIECES.

I JUST KIND OF
BLOCKED OUT WHAT I WAS DOING.

I FELT
THE TURMOIL OF FEELINGS,

BUT I KEPT THEM DOWN HERE,
AND I THOUGHT,

"I JUST NEED
TO GET THIS DONE.

ONCE I GET THIS DONE,
IT WILL JUST DISAPPEAR."

SHE ENTERS
SOMETHING OF A FUGUE STATE,

ALMOST PLAYING THE ROLE
OF SOMEONE IN A BOOK OR A MOVIE.

SHE SEES HERSELF CUTTING UP
THE BODY,

BUT IS IT REALLY HER?

SHE SEES IT ALMOST AS SOMETHING
SHE JUST HAS TO DO.

IT'S A NECESSARY THING.

TWO DAYS AFTER
BLUDGEONING ANDREW TO DEATH,

LORI HAS ONLY MANAGED TO REMOVE
ONE OF HIS ARMS

AND HIS RIGHT LEG.

I'VE NEVER HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK SOMEBODY

HOW LONG IT TOOK
TO CUT SOMEBODY'S FOOT OFF

WITH A KEYHOLE SAW,

AND SHE JUST
MATTER-OF-FACTLY SAID,

"OH, IT TOOK ABOUT 20 MINUTES."

SHE'S PHYSICALLY
AND EMOTIONALLY DRAINED.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

THEN, ACCORDING TO LORI,

SHE RUNS IN TO HER NEIGHBOR
FRANK.

HE INVITES HER IN.

WHAT'S BUGGING YOU?

HE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

HE KEPT ASKING ME, AND AT FIRST,
I SAID, "NOTHING, NOTHING."

HE SAID,
"SOMETHING'S REALLY WRONG,"

AND I SAID,
"WELL, I'VE DONE SOMETHING."

HE GOES, "WHAT DID YOU DO?
WRITE A HOT CHECK OR SOMETHING?"

I SAID, "NO."

I'VE DONE
SOMETHING REALLY BAD.

PRISON-TIME BAD.

HE SAID,
"YOU KILLED ANDREW, DIDN'T YOU?"

LORI. OH, MY GOD.

FRANK TELLS LORI
TO CALL THE POLICE.

SHE REFUSES AND GOES HOME.

HER FIRST MISTAKE, OF COURSE,
WAS TO TELL HER FRIEND.

THIS IS, TO ME,
THE BIGGEST INDICATOR

THAT SHE WAS IN A FUGUE STATE.

AFTER SHE TOLD HER FRIEND,
IT DIDN'T EVEN OCCUR TO HER

THAT HER FRIEND MIGHT TELL
THE POLICE.

OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS,

LORI GOES TO WORK EACH MORNING,
THEN COMES HOME AT NIGHT

TO CONTINUE
CUTTING UP ANDREW'S BODY.

I WRAPPED THEM UP,

PUT THEM
IN PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS,

AND THREW THEM IN DUMPSTERS.

HOW LONG DID YOU THINK
YOU COULD DO THIS?

DID YOU HAVE A VISION
OF THE END GAME?

AT THIS POINT,
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GONNA DO.

I JUST KNEW THAT I COULDN'T
THINK ABOUT IT ANYMORE.

AT WORK,
NO ONE HAD REALLY SUSPECTED

ANYTHING WAS
WRONG WITH YOU.

NO, THEY VOTED ME
EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK.

TOOK MY PICTURE,
EVERYTHING.

IN THE MEANTIME,

LORI ALSO GOES LOOKING
FOR ANDREW.

HAVE YOU SEEN ANDY?

WHILE SHE WAS DISMEMBERING HIM,

SHE WENT OUT THROUGH
THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO PEOPLE,

ASKING IF THEY HAD SEEN HIM.

THE CHARADE GOES ON
UNTIL FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1988.

LORI IS ASLEEP IN HER APARTMENT

WHEN SHE'S AWAKENED
BY A LOUD POUNDING ON HER DOOR.

LORI McLUCKIE, THIS IS
THE POLICE. OPEN UP!

ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS

THAT IT WAS ANDREW'S FAMILY
COMING TO KILL ME.

AND THE DOOR CRASHED OPEN,
AND I SAW UNIFORMS.

AND I WAS RELIEVED.

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

BECAUSE I KNEW
THEY WOULDN'T KILL ME.

AND I REMEMBER I
HEARD A MAN IN THE LIVING ROOM, SAYING,

"**** JOHN,
COME LOOK AT THIS ****"

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID.

AND I REMEMBER
FEELING SO ASHAMED.

SHE HAD COMPLETELY
CUT OFF HIS ARMS AT THE ARMPITS.

SHE HAD COMPLETELY CUT OFF
HIS LEGS AT THE HIPS.

LORI IS LED OUT OF
THE APARTMENT IN HANDCUFFS.

HER NEIGHBOR FRANK
HAS TURNED HER IN.

FOUR MONTHS LATER,
WHILE AWAITING TRIAL,

LORI GIVES BIRTH TO A BABY BOY.

HE'S PUT UP FOR ADOPTION.

I SAW HIM IN THE
HOSPITAL FOR A FEW MINUTES.

I WAS HANDCUFFED WHEN I HELD HIM
IN THE HOSPITAL.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS
PUSHED TOO FAR,

OR WAS SHE A LIONESS PROTECTING
HER CUB?

I TRULY DON'T KNOW.

TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,

I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE
LORI KNOWS.

IN JANUARY 1989,
THE CASE GOES TO TRIAL.

THE STATE ARGUES
THE MURDER WAS PREMEDITATED.

THIS WAS
A WELL-PLANNED-OUT THING.

SHE WENT TO EXTREME EFFORTS
TO TRY TO COVER HER TRACKS.

LORI CLAIMS SHE ACTED
IN SELF-DEFENSE.

ONCE YOU'VE
HANDCUFFED SOMEBODY TO A RADIATOR

AND THEY'RE NO LONGER
ANY TYPE OF DANGER TO YOU,

IF YOU THEN KILL THEM,
THAT IS NOT SELF-DEFENSE.

WHAT IT WAS IS TORTURE.

LORI IS CONVICTED
OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER

AND ABUSE OF A CORPSE.

SHE'S SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON

WITH A MINIMUM OF 40 YEARS
BEHIND BARS.

SHE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE
IN 2028.

SHE'S GOT ICE WATER
FLOWING THROUGH HER VEINS.

I THINK SHE'S A SOCIOPATH.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD
FEEL SORRY FOR HER.

I THINK
SHE'S RIGHT WHERE SHE SHOULD BE.

I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE
LORI TO BE

THE BIG MONSTER
SHE'S PORTRAYED TO BE,

BUT I DO BELIEVE
THERE WERE TWO VICTIMS THAT DAY.

I BELIEVE IT WAS
LORI McLUCKIE AND ANDREW.

NO,
I DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR MYSELF.

I DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE
TO FEEL SORRY FOR ME, EITHER.

I DO HAVE HOPES AND DREAMS

THAT MAYBE I CAN SOMEDAY DO
SOMETHING ELSE WITH MY LIFE,

BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO BLAME
BUT MYSELF.

LORI IS
A VERY FASCINATING FIGURE.

YOU SEE HER FOR WHO SHE IS -

SOMEONE
WHO CAN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND

HOW IT HAPPENED HERSELF.

SHE FEELS LIKE SHE DESERVES
WHAT SHE GOT,

AND YET YOU CAN NEVER BE
100% CERTAIN

THAT SHE WOULDN'T POSE
A DANGER TO OTHERS

IF THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES
PUSHED HER TO THE WALL AGAIN.