Your Worst Nightmare (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - When the Lights Go Out - full transcript
WHAT'S UP?
WHAT ARE YOU FILMING?
WHERE ARE YOU,
MY LITTLE MOVIE STAR?
HEY.
NOT YOU, CATHERINE,
YOU WHORE.
THIS PART ISN'T FOR YOU.
SORRY. MAYBE NEXT TIME.
THERE YOU ARE, CASSIE.
SAY HI TO THE CAMERA,
CASSIE.
HI.
SAY HI TO THE CAMERA, CASSIE.
HI.
SAY HI TO THE CAMERA, CASSIE.
HI.
SAY HI TO THE CAMERA,
CASSIE.
HI.
YOU'RE GONNA BE A BIG STAR,
CASSIE.
SO AM I.
DID YOU BRING
YOUR ALGEBRA BOOK?
I GUESS IF YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH
TO HOUSE-SIT FOR YOUR AUNT,
YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER
TO BRING YOUR HOMEWORK.
CASSIE WAS A 16-YEAR-OLD
HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENT,
GREW UP IN POCATELLO.
AND AS FAR AS WHAT WE KNEW,
SHE WAS VERY WELL LIKED
AND WAS COMPLETELY ON TRACK
FOR HAVING A SUCCESSFUL
REST OF HER LIFE.
HOW IS ALGEBRA GOING,
ANYWAY?
AN "A" SO FAR.
ALL A's.
LIKE I SAY, HIGH-SCHOOL GRADES
LEAD TO COLLEGE GRADES,
WHICH LEADS TO LAW SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS YOUR --
MOM. I KNOW.
WHEN SHE GOT INTO
JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL,
SHE REALLY BLOSSOMED.
SHE WASN'T THE SHY LITTLE GIRL
SHE WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
SHE WAS VERY MOTIVATED.
SHE WAS VERY DRIVEN.
WHEN SHE GOT HER MIND SET
ON SOMETHING,
SHE WAS RIGHT ON IT, AND SHE WAS
GONNA GET WHAT SHE WANTED.
AND THERE'S NOTHING CASSIE
WANTS MORE THAN TO BUY HER OWN CAR.
ONE WAY
TO KEEP HER CAR FUND GROWING
IS TO HOUSE-SIT
FOR HER AUNT AND UNCLE
WHILE THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN
FOR THE WEEKEND.
CASSIE, YOU ALWAYS SAY
HOW THERE'S NOTHING TO DO
ON THE WEEKENDS.
WELL,
NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING.
NOW, YOUR AUNT ALLISON
WILL BE BACK ON SUNDAY
AT AROUND NOON.
YOU'LL JUST WANT ME
TO COME PICK YOU UP, RIGHT?
CASS, ARE YOU OKAY
OUT HERE ON YOUR OWN?
MOM, I'M 16 YEARS OLD.
WHY WOULDN'T I BE OKAY?
IT'S JUST FOR TWO NIGHTS.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I GUESS YOU CAN HOUSE-SIT
FOR ONE WEEKEND
WITHOUT YOUR MOM.
COME ON.
GIVE ME A HUG.
I'LL SEE YOU SUNDAY.
I LOVE YOU!
I'LL CALL YOU THIS WEEKEND!
NO PARTIES!
I LOVE YOU, TOO.
IT'S JUST A 15-MINUTE DRIVE
FROM CASSIE JO'S HOME
TO HER AUNT AND UNCLE'S.
IT'S ABOUT 5:30
ON FRIDAY EVENING
WHEN SHE ARRIVES,
AND THE BIG HOUSE
IN WHISPERING CLIFFS
FEELS AWFULLY QUIET.
IT'S A REMOTE PART
OF THE COUNTY,
AND ALTHOUGH CASSIE'S FAMILIAR
WITH THE HOUSE
AND SHE'S COMFORTABLE
IN HER ENVIRONMENT,
SHE PROBABLY HAD TO BE AT LEAST
A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED --
MAYBE NOT FILLED WITH FEAR,
BUT AT LEAST CONCERNED.
HELLO?
IT'S AN OLDER HOUSE.
IT CREAKS
AS YOU'RE WALKING UP STAIRS
AND WALKING ACROSS THE FLOOR.
THE BIGGEST THING
I COULD SAY ABOUT CASSIE IS,
ANYTHING SHE COULD DO
TO HELP ANYBODY,
WHETHER IT BE PEOPLE, ANIMALS,
ANYONE...
...SHE LOVED HELPING PEOPLE.
OKAY, BE RIGHT THERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
GOT A PACKAGE FOR YOU.
SIGN THERE ON THE "X."
THERE YOU GO.
YOU GOT IT?
YEAH.
NEED SOME HELP?
NO, NO, I GOT IT. THANKS.
CASSIE REALLY ENJOYED TAKING
ON THE CHALLENGE OF HOUSE-SITTING.
IT WAS A WAY FOR HER TO,
OF COURSE,
EARN SOME EXTRA MONEY,
BUT IT WAS ALSO A WAY
FOR HER TO DEMONSTRATE
THAT SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE.
WHO IS IT?
HEY.
AAH!
MATTHEW!
MY GOD!
YOU SCARED ME
HALF TO DEATH!
I'M -- I'M SORRY, CASSIE.
I'M SORRY.
I WAS JUST GOOFING AROUND,
IS ALL.
AND I CALLED YOU
LIKE FIVE TIMES.
WHY DIDN'T YOU PICK UP
YOUR PHONE?
MATT, CELLPHONES BARELY WORK
OUT HERE.
YOU KNOW THAT!
PLEASE JUST
DON'T DO THAT AGAIN.
MATT WAS CASSIE'S BOYFRIEND,
AND THEY'D KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR,
YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS
AND HAD BEEN SEEING EACH OTHER
ON A DAILY BASIS
FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
THEY ENJOYED, YOU KNOW,
WATCHING MOVIES TOGETHER
AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HANGING OUT
AND ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S TIME.
AND I THINK THAT CASSIE'S MOTHER
TRUSTED MATT, YOU KNOW,
TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS
WHILE IN THE COMPANY OF CASSIE.
HE TREATED HER REALLY WELL,
YOU KNOW,
MADE SURE TO TAKE HER OUT
AND BE A GENTLEMAN WITH HER.
AND SO HE SEEMED LIKE
A REALLY GOOD KID.
WHAT TIME IS YOUR MOM COMING
TO PICK YOU UP?
LIKE 11:00 OR SO?
KIND OF WISH YOU CAN STAY,
YOU KNOW?
WELL, YEAH, ME TOO,
BUT, YOU KNOW,
THAT DIDN'T GO OVER TOO WELL
WITH MOM.
DON'T ANSWER IT.
IT'S MY MOM.
HI, MOM.
YES, EVERYTHING'S FINE.
MATT'S HERE.
WE'RE JUST HANGING OUT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
IT'S JUST FOR TWO DAYS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHECK ON ME
EVERY FIVE SECONDS.
OKAY. I WILL.
LOVE YOU, TOO. BYE.
SO, WHERE WERE WE?
ARE YOU EXPECTING
SOMEONE?
MATT?
Y-YOU DIDN'T TELL ANYONE
I WAS HOUSE-SITTING, DID YOU?
MAYBE.
MATT!
HEY, MAN, WHAT'S UP?
THIS WHERE
THE PARTY'S AT?
AT 8:30, BRIAN DRAPER
AND TOREY ADAMCIK SHOW UP
EXPECTING TO FIND A PARTY.
CASSIE, MATT,
AND BRIAN AND TOREY
ALL WENT TO POCATELLO
HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER,
AND THEY WERE -- YOU KNOW, THEY
CONSIDERED EACH OTHER FRIENDS.
HEY, WHAT'S UP, BOYS?
TOREY IS THE QUIETER
OF THE TWO...
WHAT'S UP?
...WITH A PASSION FOR MOVIES
AND FILMMAKING.
MORE PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP,
RIGHT?
WHERE'S EVERYONE ELSE?
BRIAN IS MORE OUTGOING.
HE'S ON THE SOCCER TEAM
AND LOVES COMPUTERS.
BOTH WERE, FROM ALL INDICATIONS,
JUST AVERAGE KIDS.
NO, BUT MORE PEOPLE
ARE SHOWING UP, RIGHT?
DEFINITELY NOT.
TAKE IT EASY, CASS.
TROUBLE IN PARADISE.
WHERE'S THE LIQUOR CABINET?
THERE IS
NO LIQUOR CABINET.
MATT, NO WAY.
MY AUNT SAID
NO PARTIES
AND YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
ALLOWED OVER.
I PROMISED MY MOM.
I'M SORRY, CASS.
NO ONE ELSE. SWEAR.
BUT BRIAN AND TOREY CAN STAY,
RIGHT?
YEAH.
PLEASE CAN WE STAY?
OKAY.
CASSIE WAS NOT A PERSON
TO REBUKE FRIENDSHIP.
SHE WAS NOT
GONNA TURN THEM AWAY.
SHE WAS VERY FRIENDLY THAT WAY.
BUT WITH THE PARTY
OVER BEFORE IT EVEN BEGINS,
THE FOUR TEENAGERS DECIDE
TO WATCH A MOVIE INSTEAD.
OOH.
"GRAVEDIGGER'S REVENGE."
LET'S WATCH THIS.
THEY LIKED ESPECIALLY
HORROR MOVIES,
THOSE THRILLER-TYPE MOVIES.
"FRIDAY THE 13th," "HALLOWEEN,"
"NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET,"
"SCREAM," THOSE KIND OF MOVIES.
WOULD YOU
LOOK AT THAT?
HE'S GOT A SHOTGUN.
YEAH. SEE?
DON'T -- DON'T WORRY, GUYS.
HE'S -- HE GOT THE MONSTER
WITH -- WITH THE SHOTGUN.
MY GOD. LOOK,
AND NOW I THINK THAT'S --
BRIAN.
I THINK THAT'S CASSIE.
I'M TRYING TO WATCH THIS.
WELL, THEN CAN WE PLEASE
DO SOMETHING?
LIKE WHAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
SOMETHING.
LIKE, IF WE'RE GONNA WATCH
A MOVIE,
CAN WE GO TO THE THEATER
AND WATCH SOMETHING
THAT AT LEAST IS NOT,
WHAT, 25 YEARS OLD?
AND PLUS, I THINK CASSIE WANTS
SOME ALONE TIME.
AM I RIGHT, CASSIE?
AM I RIGHT
YOU WANT SOME ALONE TIME?
BRIAN, QUIT!
"SLAYER 4" IS PLAYING
AT THE TWIN THEATRE TONIGHT.
I'D SEE THAT.
AROUND 9:30,
TOREY AND BRIAN LEAVE THE HOUSE
IN WHISPERING CLIFFS,
HEADING FOR THE MOVIES.
I'M SURE THAT WHEN
THEY LEFT, SHE JUST THOUGHT,
"FINALLY, WE GET TO SPEND
SOME ONE-ON-ONE TIME TOGETHER."
CASSIE AND MATT HAVE NO IDEA
THAT THEIR ROMANTIC EVENING
IS ABOUT TO TURN SINISTER.
HOT!
HI.
THERE YOU ARE.
YOU WANT TO -- YOU WANT TO DO
THAT CUTESY THING,
YOU FEED IT TO ME?
FEED ME THE POPCORN?
OKAY, TRY IT AGAIN.
YOU MISSED MY MOUTH
THAT TIME.
ONE -- ONE MORE TIME.
WHY DO I HAVE TO FEED YOU?
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
I HAVE NO IDEA.
16-YEAR-OLD CASSIE JO STODDART
IS HOUSE-SITTING
FOR HER AUNT AND UNCLE.
SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND, MATTHEW,
HAVE THE HOUSE TO THEMSELVES
SINCE THEIR FRIENDS BRIAN AND
TOREY LEFT TO GO SEE A MOVIE.
CASSIE IS THRILLED TO BE ALONE
WITH HER BOYFRIEND.
ONCE THEY LEFT,
MATT AND CASSIE CONTINUE WATCHING A MOVIE.
A SHORT TIME LATER,
THE LIGHTS GO OUT.
AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
IN THIS BIG, DARK, LONELY HOUSE.
AND SO THEIR LEVEL OF FEAR
IS ESCALATING.
THE POWER'S STILL ON OUTSIDE.
MAYBE IT'S A BREAKER
IN THE HOUSE.
DO THEY HAVE
ANY FLASHLIGHTS HERE?
YEAH, I THINK SO.
HOLD ON.
YEAH. YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH, THAT'LL DO.
THERE'S PROBABLY A FUSE BOX
IN THE BASEMENT.
I'M GONNA CHECK IT OUT.
STAY UP HERE, OKAY?
OKAY. BUT HURRY.
I'M REALLY FREAKED OUT.
DON'T WORRY.
LET'S DO IT.
THAT WAS WEIRD,
WASN'T IT?
"WEIRD" IS ONE WORD
FOR IT.
MATT, WHAT WAS IT?
IT'S AN OLD HOUSE.
IT WAS PROBABLY
JUST OLD WIRING OR SOMETHING.
WHO KNOWS?
DO WE HAVE TO WATCH
SOMETHING SCARY?
MAN, THAT --
IT'S MY MOM.
SHE'S PROBABLY BEEN TRYING
TO CALL ME.
NOW?
SHE'S OUTSIDE.
I WISH
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO.
I'M STILL
KIND OF FREAKED OUT.
'CAUSE OF THE LIGHTS?
LOOK, CASS,
IT'S JUST MY MOM.
LOOK, I'VE GOT AN IDEA.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, OKAY?
MATT, DON'T LEAVE ME.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK,
CASS.
HEY, MOM.
HEY. WHAT'S UP?
OKAY, SO, LOOK,
THE THING IS, UM,
THE LIGHTS IN THE HOUSE
JUST KIND OF WENT OFF AND ON,
AND CASSIE'S REAL SCARED
TO STAY OUT HERE BY HERSELF.
UNH-UNH. UNH-UNH.
NO WAY.
DON'T EVEN TRY IT.
I TOLD YOU
AT LEAST FIVE TIMES
THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT READY
FOR THIS.
NO WAY, MISTER.
MOM, COME ON. IT'S...
OKAY, SO,
SHE WON'T LET ME STAY.
I KNEW IT.
BUT SHE SAID
THAT IF YOU WANT,
YOU CAN COME STAY
AT OUR HOUSE,
AND THEN WE'LL BRING YOU BACK
IN THE MORNING.
MATT, I CAN'T.
I TOLD MY AUNT I WOULD BE HERE,
AND I GAVE HER MY WORD.
AND THEY'RE PAYING ME
TO BE HERE.
WHAT IF
SOMETHING HAPPENED?
CASS, YOU'LL BE AWAY FOR,
WHAT, LIKE EIGHT HOURS?
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN?
I CAN'T JUST BAIL.
ANYWAY, THE LIGHTS WERE OUT
FOR LIKE THREE MINUTES.
WHAT WAS I SO SCARED OF?
PROBABLY
WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
RIGHT?
PROBABLY NOT,
BUT ARE YOU SURE?
MY MOM SAYS
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
GO.
YOUR MOM'S GONNA GET MAD.
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 P.M.,
MATT LEFT THE HOUSE
WITH HIS MOTHER.
NOW CASSIE IS, FOR WHAT
SHE KNOWS, ALONE IN THIS HOUSE.
PLEASE. NO.
PLEASE. STOP!
SUNDAY MORNING.
THE FAMILY
SHE WAS HOUSE-SITTING FOR
CAME BACK PRETTY MUCH ON TIME.
CASSIE'S COUSIN,
KELSEY, IS THE FIRST TO GO INSIDE.
KELSEY, CAN YOU ASK CASSIE TO
HELP US WITH THESE BAGS, PLEASE?
WHATEVER, MOM.
WATCH YOUR TONE,
PLEASE.
DOOR'S OPEN.
HEY, CASS, WE'RE BACK!
CASSIE?
WHERE ARE YOU?
COULD YOU HELP ME
ALREADY?
AAH!
AFTER A WEEKEND OF
HOUSE-SITTING FOR HER AUNT AND UNCLE,
CASSIE JO STODDART
SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD
TO THEIR RETURN HOME.
INSTEAD, THINGS HAD TAKEN
A TERRIFYING TURN.
AAH!
WHEN THE DAUGHTER
ARRIVED IN THE FRONT ROOM,
WHAT SHE DISCOVERED WAS CASSIE
LYING ON THE FLOOR.
I WAS WORKING, AND MY UNCLE
CAME IN HALFWAY THROUGH MY SHIFT
AND TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS
A FAMILY EMERGENCY.
I SAYS, "OKAY."
I SAYS, "WHAT HAPPENED."
AND HE GOES...
"SOMEONE STABBED CASSIE,
AND SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT."
I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO THINK.
IT WAS UNREAL --
'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, "NO."
YOU KNOW, I KEPT TELLING MYSELF,
"NO, NO, NO,
THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN."
MEANWHILE,
WHEN CASSIE JO'S MOTHER ARRIVES
TO PICK UP HER DAUGHTER,
SHE'S MET WITH THE KIND OF NEWS
NO PARENT CAN BEAR.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH
CASSIE'S MOM'S MIND
AT THAT POINT IN TIME,
HOW AFRAID,
HOW SCARED SHE COULD HAVE BEEN.
WHEN YOU TAKE A SITUATION
WHERE YOUR DAUGHTER,
THE PERSON THAT, YOU KNOW,
YOU GAVE BIRTH TO,
THE PERSON THAT YOU LOVE
MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE,
IS NO LONGER WITH YOU,
IT'S YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE.
DETECTIVE JOHN GANSKE
FROM THE IDAHO STATE POLICE
IS ASSIGNED TO THE CASE.
WHEN IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME
THAT, YOU KNOW,
A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL
HAD BEEN SAVAGELY MURDERED,
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT PUTS A SENSE OF URGENCY,
CLEARLY, IN YOUR MIND,
AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE --
YOU KNOW, GET AS MUCH ATTENTION
ON THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
HEY, BOZAK.
DID YOU GET THE CALL?
YEAH. COUSIN FOUND HER.
LOOKS LIKE SHE'S BEEN HERE
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
OKAY.
WHAT'S ALL THIS?
BLOOD TRAILS ALL OVER.
WE DON'T KNOW YET IF IT'S THE
PERPETRATOR'S OR THE VICTIM'S.
OKAY.
WHERE'S THE BODY?
SHE'S IN THE LIVING ROOM.
THE FAMILY HAD JUST COME BACK
FROM A TRIP.
WAS THERE ANY WITNESSES?
NO, SIR. NEAREST NEIGHBOR'S
ABOUT A HALF A MILE AWAY.
M.E. COUNTED 27 STAB WOUNDS,
ALL ABOVE THE WAIST,
NO SIGN OF SEXUAL ASSAULT --
WELL, NO VISUAL.
STILL HAVE TO DO
THE RAPE KIT.
IS ANYTHING MISSING
FROM THE HOUSE?
NEAREST WE CAN TELL,
NO.
THE TV AND THE DVD PLAYER
ARE STILL HERE,
AND THE HOMEOWNER SAYS
THERE'S SOME JEWELRY UPSTAIRS,
AND THAT'S
STILL THERE, TOO.
PROBABLY NOT A ROBBERY
GONE WRONG, THEN.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.
IT WAS A VERY VIOLENT,
YOU KNOW, SCENE.
YOU KNOW, ANYTIME, YOU KNOW,
SOMEONE IS STABBED
NUMEROUS TIMES,
WOULD INDICATE THAT MAYBE IT WAS
MORE OF A PERSONAL-TYPE CRIME.
AND SO WE TEND TO LOOK AT PEOPLE
WHO WAS MOST CLOSE
TO THE VICTIM.
AND THE LAST PERSON
TO SEE CASSIE ALIVE
WAS HER BOYFRIEND,
MATTHEW YOUNG.
MAY I HELP YOU?
MA'AM, I'M DETECTIVE JOHN GANSKE
OF THE IDAHO STATE POLICE.
I NEED TO SPEAK TO YOUR SON,
MATT.
ONCE WE'D LEARNED
THAT CASSIE HAD BEEN WITH MATT,
HER BOYFRIEND, WE WERE CERTAINLY
INTERESTED IN TALKING TO MATT
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?
WHEN YOU LEFT CASSIE, WAS THERE
ANYBODY HANGING AROUND,
MAYBE A CAR THAT DIDN'T BELONG
THERE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
NO. NO.
DID CASSIE SAY ANYTHING
AS YOU WERE LEAVING,
SOMETHING THAT STOOD OUT
TO YOU?
MATT?
JUST ABOUT THE LIGHTS GOING OUT,
THAT'S ALL.
SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS SCARED,
BUT THAT SHE'D BE ALL RIGHT.
MATT WAS A DIFFERENT --
WE GOT A DIFFERENT FEELING
FROM MATT.
EVERYTHING HE SAID APPEARED
TO BE, YOU KNOW, TRUTHFUL,
BUT HE LACKED ANY EMOTION.
WE REALLY WERE PUZZLED
ABOUT WHY HIS GIRLFRIEND
HAD JUST BEEN MURDERED
AND HE WASN'T REALLY EMOTIONAL
ABOUT IT.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE
THERE THAT NIGHT?
YEAH, TOREY AND BRIAN,
BUT THEY WERE ONLY THERE
FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR.
OKAY.
WHO ARE TOREY AND BRIAN?
CASSIE AND I --
CASSIE WENT...
I GO TO SCHOOL WITH THEM.
OKAY. MAYBE YOU CAN GET ME
THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION.
I'LL GET YOU A SCHOOL DIRECTORY
BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
OKAY.
MATT, HOW WERE
YOU AND CASSIE DOING?
EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WELL, I MEAN, DID YOU --
DID YOU HAVE A FIGHT,
HAVE AN ARGUMENT,
SOMETHING,
TROUBLE BETWEEN
THE TWO OF YOU?
NO, NOTHING LIKE THAT.
DETECTIVE,
WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT?
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET
A CLEAR PICTURE OF EVERYTHING,
ALL RIGHT?
LOOK, MATT'S BEEN THROUGH
A LOT.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH DAY.
I THINK WE NEED SOME TIME.
OKAY. SURE.
I'LL GET OUT OF YOUR HAIR.
INVESTIGATORS MOVE ON
TO BRIAN DRAPER
AND TOREY ADAMCIK,
THE TWO OTHER TEENAGERS
WHO WERE AT THE HOUSE
WITH CASSIE THAT NIGHT.
THEY TOLD US THAT THEY
WERE THERE TO ATTEND A PARTY
AND THAT NOBODY REALLY SHOWED UP
FOR THE PARTY.
THEY HUNG AROUND FOR A WHILE,
THEY WATCHED PART OF A MOVIE,
AND THEN THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE
AND GO TO ANOTHER MOVIE
AT A MOVIE THEATER.
BUT AFTER INITIAL CONVERSATIONS
WITH MATT, BRIAN, AND TOREY,
THEY'RE NO CLOSER TO FINDING OUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO CASSIE
AFTER THEY LEFT THE HOUSE.
IF ANYONE'S HERE,
PLEASE JUST LEAVE!
I'M BEGGING YOU! LEAVE!
I'M CALLING THE COPS,
SO YOU'D BETTER LEAVE NOW!
NO! NO! NO!
IT IS UPSETTING THAT
SOMEONE WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF HER MOST VULNERABLE MOMENT.
IT'S NOT JUST THE DARK
OR THE POWER OUTAGE,
BUT WHEN SHE ACTUALLY REALIZED
THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE
IN THE HOUSE OUT TO HURT HER,
I COULD IMAGINE
THAT THAT WOULD BE
WHERE THE FEAR
WOULD HAVE REALLY SET IN.
HELLO?
IS ANYONE HERE?
TWO DAYS
AFTER CASSIE'S BODY WAS FOUND,
DETECTIVES STILL DON'T HAVE
A SOLID SUSPECT.
THEY'VE CROSSED OFF ROBBERY
AS A MOTIVE
AND CHECKED
IF OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES
WERE REPORTED IN THE AREA
ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER,
BUT THEY WEREN'T.
SO THEY DECIDE
TO RE-APPROACH THE TEENAGE BOYS
WHO WERE WITH CASSIE THAT NIGHT.
SO, WE'VE INTERVIEWED MATT,
AND WE'VE INTERVIEWED TOREY
AND BRIAN.
AND I THINK INITIALLY
WE'RE THINKING AGAIN THAT,
"HEY, THEY'RE 16-YEAR-OLD BOYS
AND WERE REALLY NOT CAPABLE
OF THIS TYPE OF MURDER."
OKAY.
WE'RE READY TO PROCEED.
I NEED "YES" OR "NO" ANSWERS
ONLY, PLEASE.
MATT WAS -- YOU KNOW,
HIS STORY WAS ALWAYS CONSISTENT.
THE ONLY THING
THAT WE WERE CONCERNED WITH
IS HIS LACK OF EMOTION.
SO, THE NEXT STEP WAS
TO EITHER SOLIDIFY HIS STORY
OR TO POKE SOME HOLES IN IT
AND GET SOME INCONSISTENCIES.
AND SO WE OFFERED HIM
A POLYGRAPH.
IS YOUR NAME MATT YOUNG?
YES.
WERE YOU WITH
CASSIE JO STODDART
THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 22nd?
YES.
DID YOU KILL
CASSIE JO STODDART?
TWO DAYS AFTER DISCOVERING
THE BLUDGEONED BODY
OF CASSIE JO STODDART,
POLICE AMP UP THE PRESSURE
ON HER BOYFRIEND, MATT YOUNG,
BY ASKING HIM TO TAKE
A POLYGRAPH TEST.
WERE YOU WITH
CASSIE JO STODDART
THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 22nd?
YES.
DID YOU KILL
CASSIE JO STODDART?
NO.
DO YOU KNOW
WHO KILLED CASSIE JO STODDART?
NO.
WE FELT GOOD ABOUT
WHAT MATT WAS TELLING US.
AND HE COME OUT THROUGH
THE POLYGRAPH,
YOU KNOW, TRUTHFUL.
POLICE ARE NOW
CONVINCED MATT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE MURDER
OF HIS GIRLFRIEND
AND SEND HIM ON HIS WAY.
ONCE MATT IS ELIMINATED
AS A SUSPECT,
WE KNEW THAT WE STILL HAD
TOREY AND BRIAN,
AND WE KNEW
THAT WE HAD TO GET BACK AT THEM
AND START
INTERVIEWING THEM AGAIN.
SO, YOU GUYS LEFT AROUND 9:30,
WENT TO SEE A MOVIE.
WHAT MOVIE
DID YOU GUYS GO SEE?
WE SAW
"SLAYER 4."
"SLAYER 4."
I NEVER HEARD OF IT.
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
IT'S A HORROR MOVIE.
ALL RIGHT.
WHO'S, - WHO'S IN IT?
WHO'S IN IT?
I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE NAMES.
WHAT ABOUT THE PLOT?
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER
ABOUT THE PLOT, BRIAN,
YOU KNOW,
THE OVERALL STORY?
LIKE WHAT HAPPENS
IN THE MOVIE?
YEAH, BRIAN.
WHAT -- WHAT HAPPENS
IN THE MOVIE?
UM
I DON'T REMEMBER.
I-I DO REMEMBER
BEING REALLY BORED.
BRIAN AND TOREY --
THEY'RE BOTH SELF-PROCLAIMED
MOVIE ADDICTS.
SO, WHEN YOU ASK SOMEBODY
THAT HOLDS THEMSELF OUT
TO BE A MOVIE EXPERT,
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU
WHAT THAT MOVIE'S ABOUT...
UNLESS THEY JUST DIDN'T GO
TO THAT MOVIE.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHO WAS WORKING THE COUNTER
ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
THAT WOULD BE ME.
GOOD. GOOD.
I'M LOOKING TO SEE
IF A COUPLE OF GUYS WERE IN.
THAT'S TOREY AND BRIAN.
SO, YOU KNOW THEM.
WERE THEY HERE?
YEAH, I KNOW THEM.
I GO TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH THEM.
BUT THEY WEREN'T HERE
FRIDAY.
I'D HAVE KNOWN
IF THEY WERE.
I WAS TAKING THE TICKETS.
TOREY AND BRIAN
HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN A LIE,
BUT DOES THAT
MAKE THEM KILLERS?
WE'RE THINKING,
"OKAY, THEY'RE LYING TO US,
"BUT MAYBE THEY'RE LYING TO US
"BECAUSE THEY WERE UP TO
SOME OTHER KIND OF ACTIVITIES
"THAT THEY WOULD BE
IN TROUBLE FOR
IF THEIR PARENTS
WERE TO FIND OUT."
SO, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO
PRESS FORWARD AND FIND OUT,
"WHY ARE YOU LYING TO US
ABOUT GOING TO THIS MOVIE?"
AAH! AAH!
ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2006,
FIVE DAYS AFTER THE MURDER,
BRIAN DRAPER SHOWS UP
AT THE POLICE STATION
TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH EXAM.
RIGHT AWAY,
INVESTIGATORS CAN TELL
HE'S GOT SOMETHING ON HIS MIND.
WHEN HE SHOWED UP,
HE WAS CRYING,
AND USUALLY IN OUR LINE OF WORK
THAT'S A GOOD THING,
WHEN YOU GOT SOMEBODY
THAT'S READY TO TELL THE TRUTH.
BRIAN... DO YOU WANT TO TALK
ABOUT SOMETHING?
I, UM... I...
TAKE YOUR TIME.
OKAY, W-WE...
WE WENT BACK
TO CASSIE'S HOUSE.
WE -- WE LEFT,
BUT WE CAME BACK.
WHO'S "WE"?
ME AND TOREY.
JUST TELL ME
WHAT HAPPENED.
OKAY, WE -- WE WENT IN
THROUGH THE BACK
BECAUSE THE DOOR
WASN'T LOCKED,
AND
WE WERE JUST SUPPOSED TO --
WE WERE JUST SUPPOSED TO
SCARE HER.
I MEAN,
IT WAS JUST A PRANK.
WE WERE
TURNING OFF AND ON LIGHTS,
AND... IT WASN'T REAL.
ALL RIGHT.
THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
IS THAT
WHEN YOU WENT UPSTAIRS?
WE -- CASSIE WAS THERE,
AND, UM, TOREY --
HE WENT CRAZY.
BRIAN PROCEEDS TO TELL US
THAT HE WAS THERE
WHILE CASSIE WAS MURDERED.
HE WAS LIKE, "I HAVE TO DO IT.
I HAVE TO KILL HER."
AND I WAS LIKE,
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
THE NEXT THING HE SEES,
IS HE SEES TOREY'S ARM
GO UP IN A STABBING-TYPE MOTION
AND STABS CASSIE.
CASSIE LETS OUT
A BLOOD-CURDLING SCREAM.
THEN HE STATES
THAT TOREY TOLD HIM
THAT HE HAD TO COME OVER
AND HE HAD TO HELP
FINISH HER OFF.
NOT ONLY IS, YOU KNOW,
BRIAN CONFESSING
FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW,
THIS HORRIFIC CRIME,
BUT, TO OUR SURPRISE,
HE'S GOT MORE INFORMATION.
AFTER KILLING
THEIR FRIEND IN COLD BLOOD,
BRIAN AND TOREY GATHERED UP
ALL THE INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE.
NOW BRIAN IS WILLING
TO SHOW POLICE
EXACTLY
WHERE THEY BURIED IT.
BRIAN,
IS ANY OF THIS LOOKING FAMILIAR?
BRIAN?
IT SHOULD BE
JUST UP HERE.
HERE.
IT'S HERE.
WE PULL BACK THE DIRT
AND WE START LOOKING
AND WE START SEEING
SOME OF THE ITEMS
THAT BRIAN, YOU KNOW,
HAD TOLD US WOULD BE THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE SEE SOME KNIVES,
AND WE SEE MASKS.
AND WE FOUND SOMETHING
WE NEVER EXPECTED TO FIND.
GANSKE!
LET ME CALL YOU BACK.
BRIAN,
WHAT'S ON THIS TAPE?
BRIAN,
WHAT'S ON THIS TAPE?
TELL ME
WHAT'S ON THIS TAPE.
NOBODY EVER MENTIONED
A VIDEOTAPE,
AND SO, YOU KNOW,
WE ALL STEPPED BACK
AND TOOK A DEEP BREATH.
YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP
IN THE ROOM WHEN THE TAPE BEGAN.
WE FOUND OUR VICTIM
AND, SAD AS IT MAY BE,
SHE'S OUR FRIEND.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE SACRIFICES.
OUR FIRST VICTIM
IS GOING TO BE CASSIE STODDART
AND HER FRIENDS.
GOD, TURN YOUR BRIGHTS
OFF ****
WE'LL FIND OUT
IF SHE HAS FRIENDS OVER.
SHE'S GONNA BE ALONE
IN A BIG, DARK HOUSE
OUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF NOWHERE.
HOW PERFECT CAN YOU GET?
LIKE -- I MEAN, LIKE,
HOLY **** DUDE.
I'M HORNY
JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.
HELL, YEAH.
IN THE FOOTAGE
OF THE TAPE, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE SEEING
THAT TWO 16-YEAR-OLD BOYS
THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT
PLANNING THE MURDER OF CASSIE.
IT WAS SHOCK AND AWE.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS
WHERE YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND
HOW TWO PEOPLE
CAN BE AS EVIL AS THEY ARE.
BRIAN...
OUR PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO
BE HAPPEN TONIGHT.
SO HOPEFULLY
NOTHING WILL GO WRONG,
EVERYTHING
WILL GO SMOOTHLY,
AND WE CAN GET
OUR FIRST KILL DONE,
GET STARTED,
AND WE CAN KEEP GOING.
HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO
GO THROUGH
EIGHT OR NINE FAILURES
LIKE WE HAVE.
YEAH.
WE'VE PROBABLY TRIED
MAYBE 10 TIMES,
BUT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN
HOME ALONE, SO...
OR WHEN THEY HAVE,
THE PARENTS SHOW UP.
AS LONG AS WE'RE PATIENT,
YOU KNOW?
AND WE WERE PATIENT,
AND NOW WE'RE GETTING PAID OFF
'CAUSE OUR VICTIM'S
HOME ALONE.
SO WE GOT OUR -- OUR PLAN
ALL WORKED OUT NOW, SO...
I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY, CASSIE'S FAMILY,
BUT SHE HAD TO BE THE ONE.
WE WERE JUST --
YOU KNOW,
WE WERE BESIDE OURSELVES.
DO YOU REALLY THINK
THEY WOULD HAVE VIDEOTAPED
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
I'M NOT SURE WE'RE READY TO SEE
A MURDER ON TAPE.
IN THE MURDER INVESTIGATION
OF CASSIE JO STODDART...
IT'S HERE.
...ONE OF THE TEENAGE SUSPECTS
HAS LED INVESTIGATORS
STRAIGHT TO A TREASURE TROVE
OF EVIDENCE.
AND ONE ITEM
IS SHOCKING BEYOND MEASURE.
IT'S A VIDEOTAPE.
WHEN THE VIDEO
WAS ACTUALLY PLAYED FOR US,
IT LEFT YOU WITH A FEELING
IN YOUR GUT OF EMPTINESS
AND PURE FEAR OF,
"WHERE HAVE WE GONE AS A SOCIETY
"THAT TWO YOUNG PEOPLE
CAN THINK AND ACT
THE WAY THESE
TWO YOUNG INDIVIDUALS HAVE?"
WE'RE SICK PSYCHOPATHS
WHO GET THEIR PLEASURE
OFF KILLING OTHER PEOPLE!
THAT SOUNDS GOOD, BABY.
WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN
IN HISTORY --
TED BUNDY,
LIKE THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER.
THOSE PEOPLE
ARE MORE AMATEURS
COMPARED
TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE.
NOW WE KNOW IT'S NOT
AN ACCIDENT, IT'S NOT A PRANK.
IT'S PREMEDITATED MURDER,
WHICH THEY PLANNED
AND THEY EXECUTED.
ONCE THEY HEARD
THAT MATT WAS GONE
AND CASSIE'S
IN A HOUSE BY HERSELF,
BRIAN AND TOREY DECIDE
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AGAIN...
...AND TRY TO GET HER
TO COME DOWNSTAIRS.
IS ANYONE HERE?
BUT CASSIE
DOESN'T GO DOWNSTAIRS,
SO THEY DECIDE TO GO UPSTAIRS.
AND THAT'S WHEN THEY COMMITTED
THE ULTIMATE CRIME OF MURDER.
AAH! AAH!
AAH! AAH!
NO! AAH! NO, PLEASE!
PLEASE! HELP!
NO! PLEASE!
PLEASE! NO! NO!
NO! NO! NO!
AAAAAH!
EVEN THOUGH
THE MURDER WASN'T FILMED,
I THINK IT MAKES IT
MORE CHILLING
BECAUSE IT'S FILMED
RIGHT UP TO THE BRINK
AND RIGHT AFTER, YOU KNOW,
THE MURDER TAKES PLACE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR MIND,
YOU CAN ONLY PUT TOGETHER
THE FEAR,
THE AGONY THAT WE DIDN'T SEE
AND HOW SCARED
CASSIE MUST HAVE BEEN
DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
WE JUST KILLED CASSIE.
WE JUST LEFT HER HOUSE.
- THIS IS NOT A JOKE.
- I'M SHAKING.
I STABBED HER
IN THE THROAT,
AND I SAW HER LIFELESS BODY
JUST DISAPPEAR.
MY GOD.
DUDE, I JUST KILLED CASSIE.
IT WASN'T ONE-SIDED, AS BRIAN
WOULD HAVE US TO BELIEVE.
HERE'S TWO BOYS
ACTIVELY PLANNING
AND COLLABORATING A MURDER.
AND, YOU KNOW,
FOLLOWING THE MURDER,
YOU HAVE SOME ADMISSIONS
ON BEHALF OF BRIAN,
YOU KNOW, THAT HE HAD
ACTUALLY STABBED CASSIE.
DRAPER AND ADAMCIK WERE ARRESTED
ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2006,
AND CHARGED
WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
AT THE TRIALS,
THEIR STORIES WERE IDENTICAL,
EACH BOY SAYING,
"I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST GOING TO
MAKE A MOVIE
"AND GOING TO SCARE HER.
HE KILLED HER.
HE STABBED HER."
AND IN EITHER BOY'S CASE,
YOU COULD LOOK AT THEM AND SAY,
"YEAH,
HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A KILLER."
THE VIDEOTAPE DISPROVED
ANY OF THAT LOGIC.
IT PROVED THAT BOTH OF THESE
BOYS WERE EQUALLY CULPABLE.
AND ULTIMATELY, AS A RESULT
OF BOTH OF THOSE TRIALS,
BRIAN AND TOREY WERE CONVICTED
AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
THEY WANTED THE INFAMY
THAT WOULD COME
FROM COMMITTING CRIMES
SUCH AS THIS.
THEY WANTED TO KEEP
ALL OF THEIR VIDEOS
IN SOME TYPE OF A BOX
SO WHEN THEY WERE DISCOVERED
OR WHEN THEY WERE CAUGHT
OR WHEN THEY WERE DEAD,
THAT SOMEBODY COULD GO BACK
AND LOOK AT THIS BOX OF VIDEOS
AND GO, "LOOK AT WHAT
BRIAN AND TOREY DID."
THIS WAS THEIR HORROR MOVIE.
THEY PLANNED IT.
THEY UNFORTUNATELY ACHIEVED IT.
I THINK CASSIE WAS THE PERFECT
VICTIM IN THEIR EYES,
STRICTLY OUT OF OPPORTUNITY,
BECAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST
CLEAR, CLEAN OPPORTUNITY
THAT THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING
AND POTENTIALLY GET AWAY
WITH IT, NO ONE ELSE AROUND.
HEY, LOOK, IT'S CASSIE.
HEY, LOOK.
HELLO, CASSIE.
I'M GETTING YOU ON TAPE,
OKAY?
SAY HI, PLEASE.
HI.
OKAY, SEE YOU.
WAIT.
HAVE YOU SEEN TOREY?
UNH.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO MEET ME HERE
AT 7:30, AND IT'S 8:19.
HE'S AN HOUR LATE.
YOU DON'T EVEN CARE,
DO YOU?
NOT REALLY.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT
THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEONE
WHO WAS HER FRIEND THAT DID IT,
SOMEONE THAT SHE KNEW
OR THAT SHE TRUSTED,
THAT WOULD BE SOMEONE
TO HARM CASSIE.
AND I ALWAYS HAVE FEARS
ANYTIME I LET MY KIDS,
YOU KNOW, WALK OUT THE DOOR THAT
SOMETHING COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN.
I TELL MY CHILDREN,
"CASSIE'S OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL
AND LOOKS DOWN ON US
FROM HEAVEN,"
AND SO SHE'S NEVER
GONNA BE FORGOTTEN.
SHE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE LOVED,
YOU KNOW,
NOT ONLY BY OUR FAMILY, BUT
BY THE LIVES THAT SHE TOUCHED.
AND THAT WAY, SHE DOES,
YOU KNOW, LIVE ON,
EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU FILMING?
WHERE ARE YOU,
MY LITTLE MOVIE STAR?
HEY.
NOT YOU, CATHERINE,
YOU WHORE.
THIS PART ISN'T FOR YOU.
SORRY. MAYBE NEXT TIME.
THERE YOU ARE, CASSIE.
SAY HI TO THE CAMERA,
CASSIE.
HI.
SAY HI TO THE CAMERA, CASSIE.
HI.
SAY HI TO THE CAMERA, CASSIE.
HI.
SAY HI TO THE CAMERA,
CASSIE.
HI.
YOU'RE GONNA BE A BIG STAR,
CASSIE.
SO AM I.
DID YOU BRING
YOUR ALGEBRA BOOK?
I GUESS IF YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH
TO HOUSE-SIT FOR YOUR AUNT,
YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER
TO BRING YOUR HOMEWORK.
CASSIE WAS A 16-YEAR-OLD
HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENT,
GREW UP IN POCATELLO.
AND AS FAR AS WHAT WE KNEW,
SHE WAS VERY WELL LIKED
AND WAS COMPLETELY ON TRACK
FOR HAVING A SUCCESSFUL
REST OF HER LIFE.
HOW IS ALGEBRA GOING,
ANYWAY?
AN "A" SO FAR.
ALL A's.
LIKE I SAY, HIGH-SCHOOL GRADES
LEAD TO COLLEGE GRADES,
WHICH LEADS TO LAW SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS YOUR --
MOM. I KNOW.
WHEN SHE GOT INTO
JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL,
SHE REALLY BLOSSOMED.
SHE WASN'T THE SHY LITTLE GIRL
SHE WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
SHE WAS VERY MOTIVATED.
SHE WAS VERY DRIVEN.
WHEN SHE GOT HER MIND SET
ON SOMETHING,
SHE WAS RIGHT ON IT, AND SHE WAS
GONNA GET WHAT SHE WANTED.
AND THERE'S NOTHING CASSIE
WANTS MORE THAN TO BUY HER OWN CAR.
ONE WAY
TO KEEP HER CAR FUND GROWING
IS TO HOUSE-SIT
FOR HER AUNT AND UNCLE
WHILE THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN
FOR THE WEEKEND.
CASSIE, YOU ALWAYS SAY
HOW THERE'S NOTHING TO DO
ON THE WEEKENDS.
WELL,
NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING.
NOW, YOUR AUNT ALLISON
WILL BE BACK ON SUNDAY
AT AROUND NOON.
YOU'LL JUST WANT ME
TO COME PICK YOU UP, RIGHT?
CASS, ARE YOU OKAY
OUT HERE ON YOUR OWN?
MOM, I'M 16 YEARS OLD.
WHY WOULDN'T I BE OKAY?
IT'S JUST FOR TWO NIGHTS.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I GUESS YOU CAN HOUSE-SIT
FOR ONE WEEKEND
WITHOUT YOUR MOM.
COME ON.
GIVE ME A HUG.
I'LL SEE YOU SUNDAY.
I LOVE YOU!
I'LL CALL YOU THIS WEEKEND!
NO PARTIES!
I LOVE YOU, TOO.
IT'S JUST A 15-MINUTE DRIVE
FROM CASSIE JO'S HOME
TO HER AUNT AND UNCLE'S.
IT'S ABOUT 5:30
ON FRIDAY EVENING
WHEN SHE ARRIVES,
AND THE BIG HOUSE
IN WHISPERING CLIFFS
FEELS AWFULLY QUIET.
IT'S A REMOTE PART
OF THE COUNTY,
AND ALTHOUGH CASSIE'S FAMILIAR
WITH THE HOUSE
AND SHE'S COMFORTABLE
IN HER ENVIRONMENT,
SHE PROBABLY HAD TO BE AT LEAST
A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED --
MAYBE NOT FILLED WITH FEAR,
BUT AT LEAST CONCERNED.
HELLO?
IT'S AN OLDER HOUSE.
IT CREAKS
AS YOU'RE WALKING UP STAIRS
AND WALKING ACROSS THE FLOOR.
THE BIGGEST THING
I COULD SAY ABOUT CASSIE IS,
ANYTHING SHE COULD DO
TO HELP ANYBODY,
WHETHER IT BE PEOPLE, ANIMALS,
ANYONE...
...SHE LOVED HELPING PEOPLE.
OKAY, BE RIGHT THERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
GOT A PACKAGE FOR YOU.
SIGN THERE ON THE "X."
THERE YOU GO.
YOU GOT IT?
YEAH.
NEED SOME HELP?
NO, NO, I GOT IT. THANKS.
CASSIE REALLY ENJOYED TAKING
ON THE CHALLENGE OF HOUSE-SITTING.
IT WAS A WAY FOR HER TO,
OF COURSE,
EARN SOME EXTRA MONEY,
BUT IT WAS ALSO A WAY
FOR HER TO DEMONSTRATE
THAT SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE.
WHO IS IT?
HEY.
AAH!
MATTHEW!
MY GOD!
YOU SCARED ME
HALF TO DEATH!
I'M -- I'M SORRY, CASSIE.
I'M SORRY.
I WAS JUST GOOFING AROUND,
IS ALL.
AND I CALLED YOU
LIKE FIVE TIMES.
WHY DIDN'T YOU PICK UP
YOUR PHONE?
MATT, CELLPHONES BARELY WORK
OUT HERE.
YOU KNOW THAT!
PLEASE JUST
DON'T DO THAT AGAIN.
MATT WAS CASSIE'S BOYFRIEND,
AND THEY'D KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR,
YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS
AND HAD BEEN SEEING EACH OTHER
ON A DAILY BASIS
FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
THEY ENJOYED, YOU KNOW,
WATCHING MOVIES TOGETHER
AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HANGING OUT
AND ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S TIME.
AND I THINK THAT CASSIE'S MOTHER
TRUSTED MATT, YOU KNOW,
TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS
WHILE IN THE COMPANY OF CASSIE.
HE TREATED HER REALLY WELL,
YOU KNOW,
MADE SURE TO TAKE HER OUT
AND BE A GENTLEMAN WITH HER.
AND SO HE SEEMED LIKE
A REALLY GOOD KID.
WHAT TIME IS YOUR MOM COMING
TO PICK YOU UP?
LIKE 11:00 OR SO?
KIND OF WISH YOU CAN STAY,
YOU KNOW?
WELL, YEAH, ME TOO,
BUT, YOU KNOW,
THAT DIDN'T GO OVER TOO WELL
WITH MOM.
DON'T ANSWER IT.
IT'S MY MOM.
HI, MOM.
YES, EVERYTHING'S FINE.
MATT'S HERE.
WE'RE JUST HANGING OUT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
IT'S JUST FOR TWO DAYS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHECK ON ME
EVERY FIVE SECONDS.
OKAY. I WILL.
LOVE YOU, TOO. BYE.
SO, WHERE WERE WE?
ARE YOU EXPECTING
SOMEONE?
MATT?
Y-YOU DIDN'T TELL ANYONE
I WAS HOUSE-SITTING, DID YOU?
MAYBE.
MATT!
HEY, MAN, WHAT'S UP?
THIS WHERE
THE PARTY'S AT?
AT 8:30, BRIAN DRAPER
AND TOREY ADAMCIK SHOW UP
EXPECTING TO FIND A PARTY.
CASSIE, MATT,
AND BRIAN AND TOREY
ALL WENT TO POCATELLO
HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER,
AND THEY WERE -- YOU KNOW, THEY
CONSIDERED EACH OTHER FRIENDS.
HEY, WHAT'S UP, BOYS?
TOREY IS THE QUIETER
OF THE TWO...
WHAT'S UP?
...WITH A PASSION FOR MOVIES
AND FILMMAKING.
MORE PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP,
RIGHT?
WHERE'S EVERYONE ELSE?
BRIAN IS MORE OUTGOING.
HE'S ON THE SOCCER TEAM
AND LOVES COMPUTERS.
BOTH WERE, FROM ALL INDICATIONS,
JUST AVERAGE KIDS.
NO, BUT MORE PEOPLE
ARE SHOWING UP, RIGHT?
DEFINITELY NOT.
TAKE IT EASY, CASS.
TROUBLE IN PARADISE.
WHERE'S THE LIQUOR CABINET?
THERE IS
NO LIQUOR CABINET.
MATT, NO WAY.
MY AUNT SAID
NO PARTIES
AND YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
ALLOWED OVER.
I PROMISED MY MOM.
I'M SORRY, CASS.
NO ONE ELSE. SWEAR.
BUT BRIAN AND TOREY CAN STAY,
RIGHT?
YEAH.
PLEASE CAN WE STAY?
OKAY.
CASSIE WAS NOT A PERSON
TO REBUKE FRIENDSHIP.
SHE WAS NOT
GONNA TURN THEM AWAY.
SHE WAS VERY FRIENDLY THAT WAY.
BUT WITH THE PARTY
OVER BEFORE IT EVEN BEGINS,
THE FOUR TEENAGERS DECIDE
TO WATCH A MOVIE INSTEAD.
OOH.
"GRAVEDIGGER'S REVENGE."
LET'S WATCH THIS.
THEY LIKED ESPECIALLY
HORROR MOVIES,
THOSE THRILLER-TYPE MOVIES.
"FRIDAY THE 13th," "HALLOWEEN,"
"NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET,"
"SCREAM," THOSE KIND OF MOVIES.
WOULD YOU
LOOK AT THAT?
HE'S GOT A SHOTGUN.
YEAH. SEE?
DON'T -- DON'T WORRY, GUYS.
HE'S -- HE GOT THE MONSTER
WITH -- WITH THE SHOTGUN.
MY GOD. LOOK,
AND NOW I THINK THAT'S --
BRIAN.
I THINK THAT'S CASSIE.
I'M TRYING TO WATCH THIS.
WELL, THEN CAN WE PLEASE
DO SOMETHING?
LIKE WHAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
SOMETHING.
LIKE, IF WE'RE GONNA WATCH
A MOVIE,
CAN WE GO TO THE THEATER
AND WATCH SOMETHING
THAT AT LEAST IS NOT,
WHAT, 25 YEARS OLD?
AND PLUS, I THINK CASSIE WANTS
SOME ALONE TIME.
AM I RIGHT, CASSIE?
AM I RIGHT
YOU WANT SOME ALONE TIME?
BRIAN, QUIT!
"SLAYER 4" IS PLAYING
AT THE TWIN THEATRE TONIGHT.
I'D SEE THAT.
AROUND 9:30,
TOREY AND BRIAN LEAVE THE HOUSE
IN WHISPERING CLIFFS,
HEADING FOR THE MOVIES.
I'M SURE THAT WHEN
THEY LEFT, SHE JUST THOUGHT,
"FINALLY, WE GET TO SPEND
SOME ONE-ON-ONE TIME TOGETHER."
CASSIE AND MATT HAVE NO IDEA
THAT THEIR ROMANTIC EVENING
IS ABOUT TO TURN SINISTER.
HOT!
HI.
THERE YOU ARE.
YOU WANT TO -- YOU WANT TO DO
THAT CUTESY THING,
YOU FEED IT TO ME?
FEED ME THE POPCORN?
OKAY, TRY IT AGAIN.
YOU MISSED MY MOUTH
THAT TIME.
ONE -- ONE MORE TIME.
WHY DO I HAVE TO FEED YOU?
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
I HAVE NO IDEA.
16-YEAR-OLD CASSIE JO STODDART
IS HOUSE-SITTING
FOR HER AUNT AND UNCLE.
SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND, MATTHEW,
HAVE THE HOUSE TO THEMSELVES
SINCE THEIR FRIENDS BRIAN AND
TOREY LEFT TO GO SEE A MOVIE.
CASSIE IS THRILLED TO BE ALONE
WITH HER BOYFRIEND.
ONCE THEY LEFT,
MATT AND CASSIE CONTINUE WATCHING A MOVIE.
A SHORT TIME LATER,
THE LIGHTS GO OUT.
AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
IN THIS BIG, DARK, LONELY HOUSE.
AND SO THEIR LEVEL OF FEAR
IS ESCALATING.
THE POWER'S STILL ON OUTSIDE.
MAYBE IT'S A BREAKER
IN THE HOUSE.
DO THEY HAVE
ANY FLASHLIGHTS HERE?
YEAH, I THINK SO.
HOLD ON.
YEAH. YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH, THAT'LL DO.
THERE'S PROBABLY A FUSE BOX
IN THE BASEMENT.
I'M GONNA CHECK IT OUT.
STAY UP HERE, OKAY?
OKAY. BUT HURRY.
I'M REALLY FREAKED OUT.
DON'T WORRY.
LET'S DO IT.
THAT WAS WEIRD,
WASN'T IT?
"WEIRD" IS ONE WORD
FOR IT.
MATT, WHAT WAS IT?
IT'S AN OLD HOUSE.
IT WAS PROBABLY
JUST OLD WIRING OR SOMETHING.
WHO KNOWS?
DO WE HAVE TO WATCH
SOMETHING SCARY?
MAN, THAT --
IT'S MY MOM.
SHE'S PROBABLY BEEN TRYING
TO CALL ME.
NOW?
SHE'S OUTSIDE.
I WISH
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO.
I'M STILL
KIND OF FREAKED OUT.
'CAUSE OF THE LIGHTS?
LOOK, CASS,
IT'S JUST MY MOM.
LOOK, I'VE GOT AN IDEA.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, OKAY?
MATT, DON'T LEAVE ME.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK,
CASS.
HEY, MOM.
HEY. WHAT'S UP?
OKAY, SO, LOOK,
THE THING IS, UM,
THE LIGHTS IN THE HOUSE
JUST KIND OF WENT OFF AND ON,
AND CASSIE'S REAL SCARED
TO STAY OUT HERE BY HERSELF.
UNH-UNH. UNH-UNH.
NO WAY.
DON'T EVEN TRY IT.
I TOLD YOU
AT LEAST FIVE TIMES
THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT READY
FOR THIS.
NO WAY, MISTER.
MOM, COME ON. IT'S...
OKAY, SO,
SHE WON'T LET ME STAY.
I KNEW IT.
BUT SHE SAID
THAT IF YOU WANT,
YOU CAN COME STAY
AT OUR HOUSE,
AND THEN WE'LL BRING YOU BACK
IN THE MORNING.
MATT, I CAN'T.
I TOLD MY AUNT I WOULD BE HERE,
AND I GAVE HER MY WORD.
AND THEY'RE PAYING ME
TO BE HERE.
WHAT IF
SOMETHING HAPPENED?
CASS, YOU'LL BE AWAY FOR,
WHAT, LIKE EIGHT HOURS?
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN?
I CAN'T JUST BAIL.
ANYWAY, THE LIGHTS WERE OUT
FOR LIKE THREE MINUTES.
WHAT WAS I SO SCARED OF?
PROBABLY
WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
RIGHT?
PROBABLY NOT,
BUT ARE YOU SURE?
MY MOM SAYS
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
GO.
YOUR MOM'S GONNA GET MAD.
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 P.M.,
MATT LEFT THE HOUSE
WITH HIS MOTHER.
NOW CASSIE IS, FOR WHAT
SHE KNOWS, ALONE IN THIS HOUSE.
PLEASE. NO.
PLEASE. STOP!
SUNDAY MORNING.
THE FAMILY
SHE WAS HOUSE-SITTING FOR
CAME BACK PRETTY MUCH ON TIME.
CASSIE'S COUSIN,
KELSEY, IS THE FIRST TO GO INSIDE.
KELSEY, CAN YOU ASK CASSIE TO
HELP US WITH THESE BAGS, PLEASE?
WHATEVER, MOM.
WATCH YOUR TONE,
PLEASE.
DOOR'S OPEN.
HEY, CASS, WE'RE BACK!
CASSIE?
WHERE ARE YOU?
COULD YOU HELP ME
ALREADY?
AAH!
AFTER A WEEKEND OF
HOUSE-SITTING FOR HER AUNT AND UNCLE,
CASSIE JO STODDART
SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD
TO THEIR RETURN HOME.
INSTEAD, THINGS HAD TAKEN
A TERRIFYING TURN.
AAH!
WHEN THE DAUGHTER
ARRIVED IN THE FRONT ROOM,
WHAT SHE DISCOVERED WAS CASSIE
LYING ON THE FLOOR.
I WAS WORKING, AND MY UNCLE
CAME IN HALFWAY THROUGH MY SHIFT
AND TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS
A FAMILY EMERGENCY.
I SAYS, "OKAY."
I SAYS, "WHAT HAPPENED."
AND HE GOES...
"SOMEONE STABBED CASSIE,
AND SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT."
I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO THINK.
IT WAS UNREAL --
'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, "NO."
YOU KNOW, I KEPT TELLING MYSELF,
"NO, NO, NO,
THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN."
MEANWHILE,
WHEN CASSIE JO'S MOTHER ARRIVES
TO PICK UP HER DAUGHTER,
SHE'S MET WITH THE KIND OF NEWS
NO PARENT CAN BEAR.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH
CASSIE'S MOM'S MIND
AT THAT POINT IN TIME,
HOW AFRAID,
HOW SCARED SHE COULD HAVE BEEN.
WHEN YOU TAKE A SITUATION
WHERE YOUR DAUGHTER,
THE PERSON THAT, YOU KNOW,
YOU GAVE BIRTH TO,
THE PERSON THAT YOU LOVE
MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE,
IS NO LONGER WITH YOU,
IT'S YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE.
DETECTIVE JOHN GANSKE
FROM THE IDAHO STATE POLICE
IS ASSIGNED TO THE CASE.
WHEN IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME
THAT, YOU KNOW,
A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL
HAD BEEN SAVAGELY MURDERED,
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT PUTS A SENSE OF URGENCY,
CLEARLY, IN YOUR MIND,
AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE --
YOU KNOW, GET AS MUCH ATTENTION
ON THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
HEY, BOZAK.
DID YOU GET THE CALL?
YEAH. COUSIN FOUND HER.
LOOKS LIKE SHE'S BEEN HERE
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
OKAY.
WHAT'S ALL THIS?
BLOOD TRAILS ALL OVER.
WE DON'T KNOW YET IF IT'S THE
PERPETRATOR'S OR THE VICTIM'S.
OKAY.
WHERE'S THE BODY?
SHE'S IN THE LIVING ROOM.
THE FAMILY HAD JUST COME BACK
FROM A TRIP.
WAS THERE ANY WITNESSES?
NO, SIR. NEAREST NEIGHBOR'S
ABOUT A HALF A MILE AWAY.
M.E. COUNTED 27 STAB WOUNDS,
ALL ABOVE THE WAIST,
NO SIGN OF SEXUAL ASSAULT --
WELL, NO VISUAL.
STILL HAVE TO DO
THE RAPE KIT.
IS ANYTHING MISSING
FROM THE HOUSE?
NEAREST WE CAN TELL,
NO.
THE TV AND THE DVD PLAYER
ARE STILL HERE,
AND THE HOMEOWNER SAYS
THERE'S SOME JEWELRY UPSTAIRS,
AND THAT'S
STILL THERE, TOO.
PROBABLY NOT A ROBBERY
GONE WRONG, THEN.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.
IT WAS A VERY VIOLENT,
YOU KNOW, SCENE.
YOU KNOW, ANYTIME, YOU KNOW,
SOMEONE IS STABBED
NUMEROUS TIMES,
WOULD INDICATE THAT MAYBE IT WAS
MORE OF A PERSONAL-TYPE CRIME.
AND SO WE TEND TO LOOK AT PEOPLE
WHO WAS MOST CLOSE
TO THE VICTIM.
AND THE LAST PERSON
TO SEE CASSIE ALIVE
WAS HER BOYFRIEND,
MATTHEW YOUNG.
MAY I HELP YOU?
MA'AM, I'M DETECTIVE JOHN GANSKE
OF THE IDAHO STATE POLICE.
I NEED TO SPEAK TO YOUR SON,
MATT.
ONCE WE'D LEARNED
THAT CASSIE HAD BEEN WITH MATT,
HER BOYFRIEND, WE WERE CERTAINLY
INTERESTED IN TALKING TO MATT
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?
WHEN YOU LEFT CASSIE, WAS THERE
ANYBODY HANGING AROUND,
MAYBE A CAR THAT DIDN'T BELONG
THERE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
NO. NO.
DID CASSIE SAY ANYTHING
AS YOU WERE LEAVING,
SOMETHING THAT STOOD OUT
TO YOU?
MATT?
JUST ABOUT THE LIGHTS GOING OUT,
THAT'S ALL.
SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS SCARED,
BUT THAT SHE'D BE ALL RIGHT.
MATT WAS A DIFFERENT --
WE GOT A DIFFERENT FEELING
FROM MATT.
EVERYTHING HE SAID APPEARED
TO BE, YOU KNOW, TRUTHFUL,
BUT HE LACKED ANY EMOTION.
WE REALLY WERE PUZZLED
ABOUT WHY HIS GIRLFRIEND
HAD JUST BEEN MURDERED
AND HE WASN'T REALLY EMOTIONAL
ABOUT IT.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE
THERE THAT NIGHT?
YEAH, TOREY AND BRIAN,
BUT THEY WERE ONLY THERE
FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR.
OKAY.
WHO ARE TOREY AND BRIAN?
CASSIE AND I --
CASSIE WENT...
I GO TO SCHOOL WITH THEM.
OKAY. MAYBE YOU CAN GET ME
THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION.
I'LL GET YOU A SCHOOL DIRECTORY
BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
OKAY.
MATT, HOW WERE
YOU AND CASSIE DOING?
EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WELL, I MEAN, DID YOU --
DID YOU HAVE A FIGHT,
HAVE AN ARGUMENT,
SOMETHING,
TROUBLE BETWEEN
THE TWO OF YOU?
NO, NOTHING LIKE THAT.
DETECTIVE,
WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT?
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET
A CLEAR PICTURE OF EVERYTHING,
ALL RIGHT?
LOOK, MATT'S BEEN THROUGH
A LOT.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH DAY.
I THINK WE NEED SOME TIME.
OKAY. SURE.
I'LL GET OUT OF YOUR HAIR.
INVESTIGATORS MOVE ON
TO BRIAN DRAPER
AND TOREY ADAMCIK,
THE TWO OTHER TEENAGERS
WHO WERE AT THE HOUSE
WITH CASSIE THAT NIGHT.
THEY TOLD US THAT THEY
WERE THERE TO ATTEND A PARTY
AND THAT NOBODY REALLY SHOWED UP
FOR THE PARTY.
THEY HUNG AROUND FOR A WHILE,
THEY WATCHED PART OF A MOVIE,
AND THEN THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE
AND GO TO ANOTHER MOVIE
AT A MOVIE THEATER.
BUT AFTER INITIAL CONVERSATIONS
WITH MATT, BRIAN, AND TOREY,
THEY'RE NO CLOSER TO FINDING OUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO CASSIE
AFTER THEY LEFT THE HOUSE.
IF ANYONE'S HERE,
PLEASE JUST LEAVE!
I'M BEGGING YOU! LEAVE!
I'M CALLING THE COPS,
SO YOU'D BETTER LEAVE NOW!
NO! NO! NO!
IT IS UPSETTING THAT
SOMEONE WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF HER MOST VULNERABLE MOMENT.
IT'S NOT JUST THE DARK
OR THE POWER OUTAGE,
BUT WHEN SHE ACTUALLY REALIZED
THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE
IN THE HOUSE OUT TO HURT HER,
I COULD IMAGINE
THAT THAT WOULD BE
WHERE THE FEAR
WOULD HAVE REALLY SET IN.
HELLO?
IS ANYONE HERE?
TWO DAYS
AFTER CASSIE'S BODY WAS FOUND,
DETECTIVES STILL DON'T HAVE
A SOLID SUSPECT.
THEY'VE CROSSED OFF ROBBERY
AS A MOTIVE
AND CHECKED
IF OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES
WERE REPORTED IN THE AREA
ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER,
BUT THEY WEREN'T.
SO THEY DECIDE
TO RE-APPROACH THE TEENAGE BOYS
WHO WERE WITH CASSIE THAT NIGHT.
SO, WE'VE INTERVIEWED MATT,
AND WE'VE INTERVIEWED TOREY
AND BRIAN.
AND I THINK INITIALLY
WE'RE THINKING AGAIN THAT,
"HEY, THEY'RE 16-YEAR-OLD BOYS
AND WERE REALLY NOT CAPABLE
OF THIS TYPE OF MURDER."
OKAY.
WE'RE READY TO PROCEED.
I NEED "YES" OR "NO" ANSWERS
ONLY, PLEASE.
MATT WAS -- YOU KNOW,
HIS STORY WAS ALWAYS CONSISTENT.
THE ONLY THING
THAT WE WERE CONCERNED WITH
IS HIS LACK OF EMOTION.
SO, THE NEXT STEP WAS
TO EITHER SOLIDIFY HIS STORY
OR TO POKE SOME HOLES IN IT
AND GET SOME INCONSISTENCIES.
AND SO WE OFFERED HIM
A POLYGRAPH.
IS YOUR NAME MATT YOUNG?
YES.
WERE YOU WITH
CASSIE JO STODDART
THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 22nd?
YES.
DID YOU KILL
CASSIE JO STODDART?
TWO DAYS AFTER DISCOVERING
THE BLUDGEONED BODY
OF CASSIE JO STODDART,
POLICE AMP UP THE PRESSURE
ON HER BOYFRIEND, MATT YOUNG,
BY ASKING HIM TO TAKE
A POLYGRAPH TEST.
WERE YOU WITH
CASSIE JO STODDART
THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 22nd?
YES.
DID YOU KILL
CASSIE JO STODDART?
NO.
DO YOU KNOW
WHO KILLED CASSIE JO STODDART?
NO.
WE FELT GOOD ABOUT
WHAT MATT WAS TELLING US.
AND HE COME OUT THROUGH
THE POLYGRAPH,
YOU KNOW, TRUTHFUL.
POLICE ARE NOW
CONVINCED MATT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE MURDER
OF HIS GIRLFRIEND
AND SEND HIM ON HIS WAY.
ONCE MATT IS ELIMINATED
AS A SUSPECT,
WE KNEW THAT WE STILL HAD
TOREY AND BRIAN,
AND WE KNEW
THAT WE HAD TO GET BACK AT THEM
AND START
INTERVIEWING THEM AGAIN.
SO, YOU GUYS LEFT AROUND 9:30,
WENT TO SEE A MOVIE.
WHAT MOVIE
DID YOU GUYS GO SEE?
WE SAW
"SLAYER 4."
"SLAYER 4."
I NEVER HEARD OF IT.
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
IT'S A HORROR MOVIE.
ALL RIGHT.
WHO'S, - WHO'S IN IT?
WHO'S IN IT?
I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE NAMES.
WHAT ABOUT THE PLOT?
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER
ABOUT THE PLOT, BRIAN,
YOU KNOW,
THE OVERALL STORY?
LIKE WHAT HAPPENS
IN THE MOVIE?
YEAH, BRIAN.
WHAT -- WHAT HAPPENS
IN THE MOVIE?
UM
I DON'T REMEMBER.
I-I DO REMEMBER
BEING REALLY BORED.
BRIAN AND TOREY --
THEY'RE BOTH SELF-PROCLAIMED
MOVIE ADDICTS.
SO, WHEN YOU ASK SOMEBODY
THAT HOLDS THEMSELF OUT
TO BE A MOVIE EXPERT,
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU
WHAT THAT MOVIE'S ABOUT...
UNLESS THEY JUST DIDN'T GO
TO THAT MOVIE.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHO WAS WORKING THE COUNTER
ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
THAT WOULD BE ME.
GOOD. GOOD.
I'M LOOKING TO SEE
IF A COUPLE OF GUYS WERE IN.
THAT'S TOREY AND BRIAN.
SO, YOU KNOW THEM.
WERE THEY HERE?
YEAH, I KNOW THEM.
I GO TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH THEM.
BUT THEY WEREN'T HERE
FRIDAY.
I'D HAVE KNOWN
IF THEY WERE.
I WAS TAKING THE TICKETS.
TOREY AND BRIAN
HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN A LIE,
BUT DOES THAT
MAKE THEM KILLERS?
WE'RE THINKING,
"OKAY, THEY'RE LYING TO US,
"BUT MAYBE THEY'RE LYING TO US
"BECAUSE THEY WERE UP TO
SOME OTHER KIND OF ACTIVITIES
"THAT THEY WOULD BE
IN TROUBLE FOR
IF THEIR PARENTS
WERE TO FIND OUT."
SO, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO
PRESS FORWARD AND FIND OUT,
"WHY ARE YOU LYING TO US
ABOUT GOING TO THIS MOVIE?"
AAH! AAH!
ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2006,
FIVE DAYS AFTER THE MURDER,
BRIAN DRAPER SHOWS UP
AT THE POLICE STATION
TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH EXAM.
RIGHT AWAY,
INVESTIGATORS CAN TELL
HE'S GOT SOMETHING ON HIS MIND.
WHEN HE SHOWED UP,
HE WAS CRYING,
AND USUALLY IN OUR LINE OF WORK
THAT'S A GOOD THING,
WHEN YOU GOT SOMEBODY
THAT'S READY TO TELL THE TRUTH.
BRIAN... DO YOU WANT TO TALK
ABOUT SOMETHING?
I, UM... I...
TAKE YOUR TIME.
OKAY, W-WE...
WE WENT BACK
TO CASSIE'S HOUSE.
WE -- WE LEFT,
BUT WE CAME BACK.
WHO'S "WE"?
ME AND TOREY.
JUST TELL ME
WHAT HAPPENED.
OKAY, WE -- WE WENT IN
THROUGH THE BACK
BECAUSE THE DOOR
WASN'T LOCKED,
AND
WE WERE JUST SUPPOSED TO --
WE WERE JUST SUPPOSED TO
SCARE HER.
I MEAN,
IT WAS JUST A PRANK.
WE WERE
TURNING OFF AND ON LIGHTS,
AND... IT WASN'T REAL.
ALL RIGHT.
THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
IS THAT
WHEN YOU WENT UPSTAIRS?
WE -- CASSIE WAS THERE,
AND, UM, TOREY --
HE WENT CRAZY.
BRIAN PROCEEDS TO TELL US
THAT HE WAS THERE
WHILE CASSIE WAS MURDERED.
HE WAS LIKE, "I HAVE TO DO IT.
I HAVE TO KILL HER."
AND I WAS LIKE,
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
THE NEXT THING HE SEES,
IS HE SEES TOREY'S ARM
GO UP IN A STABBING-TYPE MOTION
AND STABS CASSIE.
CASSIE LETS OUT
A BLOOD-CURDLING SCREAM.
THEN HE STATES
THAT TOREY TOLD HIM
THAT HE HAD TO COME OVER
AND HE HAD TO HELP
FINISH HER OFF.
NOT ONLY IS, YOU KNOW,
BRIAN CONFESSING
FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW,
THIS HORRIFIC CRIME,
BUT, TO OUR SURPRISE,
HE'S GOT MORE INFORMATION.
AFTER KILLING
THEIR FRIEND IN COLD BLOOD,
BRIAN AND TOREY GATHERED UP
ALL THE INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE.
NOW BRIAN IS WILLING
TO SHOW POLICE
EXACTLY
WHERE THEY BURIED IT.
BRIAN,
IS ANY OF THIS LOOKING FAMILIAR?
BRIAN?
IT SHOULD BE
JUST UP HERE.
HERE.
IT'S HERE.
WE PULL BACK THE DIRT
AND WE START LOOKING
AND WE START SEEING
SOME OF THE ITEMS
THAT BRIAN, YOU KNOW,
HAD TOLD US WOULD BE THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE SEE SOME KNIVES,
AND WE SEE MASKS.
AND WE FOUND SOMETHING
WE NEVER EXPECTED TO FIND.
GANSKE!
LET ME CALL YOU BACK.
BRIAN,
WHAT'S ON THIS TAPE?
BRIAN,
WHAT'S ON THIS TAPE?
TELL ME
WHAT'S ON THIS TAPE.
NOBODY EVER MENTIONED
A VIDEOTAPE,
AND SO, YOU KNOW,
WE ALL STEPPED BACK
AND TOOK A DEEP BREATH.
YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP
IN THE ROOM WHEN THE TAPE BEGAN.
WE FOUND OUR VICTIM
AND, SAD AS IT MAY BE,
SHE'S OUR FRIEND.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE SACRIFICES.
OUR FIRST VICTIM
IS GOING TO BE CASSIE STODDART
AND HER FRIENDS.
GOD, TURN YOUR BRIGHTS
OFF ****
WE'LL FIND OUT
IF SHE HAS FRIENDS OVER.
SHE'S GONNA BE ALONE
IN A BIG, DARK HOUSE
OUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF NOWHERE.
HOW PERFECT CAN YOU GET?
LIKE -- I MEAN, LIKE,
HOLY **** DUDE.
I'M HORNY
JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.
HELL, YEAH.
IN THE FOOTAGE
OF THE TAPE, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE SEEING
THAT TWO 16-YEAR-OLD BOYS
THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT
PLANNING THE MURDER OF CASSIE.
IT WAS SHOCK AND AWE.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS
WHERE YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND
HOW TWO PEOPLE
CAN BE AS EVIL AS THEY ARE.
BRIAN...
OUR PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO
BE HAPPEN TONIGHT.
SO HOPEFULLY
NOTHING WILL GO WRONG,
EVERYTHING
WILL GO SMOOTHLY,
AND WE CAN GET
OUR FIRST KILL DONE,
GET STARTED,
AND WE CAN KEEP GOING.
HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO
GO THROUGH
EIGHT OR NINE FAILURES
LIKE WE HAVE.
YEAH.
WE'VE PROBABLY TRIED
MAYBE 10 TIMES,
BUT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN
HOME ALONE, SO...
OR WHEN THEY HAVE,
THE PARENTS SHOW UP.
AS LONG AS WE'RE PATIENT,
YOU KNOW?
AND WE WERE PATIENT,
AND NOW WE'RE GETTING PAID OFF
'CAUSE OUR VICTIM'S
HOME ALONE.
SO WE GOT OUR -- OUR PLAN
ALL WORKED OUT NOW, SO...
I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY, CASSIE'S FAMILY,
BUT SHE HAD TO BE THE ONE.
WE WERE JUST --
YOU KNOW,
WE WERE BESIDE OURSELVES.
DO YOU REALLY THINK
THEY WOULD HAVE VIDEOTAPED
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
I'M NOT SURE WE'RE READY TO SEE
A MURDER ON TAPE.
IN THE MURDER INVESTIGATION
OF CASSIE JO STODDART...
IT'S HERE.
...ONE OF THE TEENAGE SUSPECTS
HAS LED INVESTIGATORS
STRAIGHT TO A TREASURE TROVE
OF EVIDENCE.
AND ONE ITEM
IS SHOCKING BEYOND MEASURE.
IT'S A VIDEOTAPE.
WHEN THE VIDEO
WAS ACTUALLY PLAYED FOR US,
IT LEFT YOU WITH A FEELING
IN YOUR GUT OF EMPTINESS
AND PURE FEAR OF,
"WHERE HAVE WE GONE AS A SOCIETY
"THAT TWO YOUNG PEOPLE
CAN THINK AND ACT
THE WAY THESE
TWO YOUNG INDIVIDUALS HAVE?"
WE'RE SICK PSYCHOPATHS
WHO GET THEIR PLEASURE
OFF KILLING OTHER PEOPLE!
THAT SOUNDS GOOD, BABY.
WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN
IN HISTORY --
TED BUNDY,
LIKE THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER.
THOSE PEOPLE
ARE MORE AMATEURS
COMPARED
TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE.
NOW WE KNOW IT'S NOT
AN ACCIDENT, IT'S NOT A PRANK.
IT'S PREMEDITATED MURDER,
WHICH THEY PLANNED
AND THEY EXECUTED.
ONCE THEY HEARD
THAT MATT WAS GONE
AND CASSIE'S
IN A HOUSE BY HERSELF,
BRIAN AND TOREY DECIDE
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AGAIN...
...AND TRY TO GET HER
TO COME DOWNSTAIRS.
IS ANYONE HERE?
BUT CASSIE
DOESN'T GO DOWNSTAIRS,
SO THEY DECIDE TO GO UPSTAIRS.
AND THAT'S WHEN THEY COMMITTED
THE ULTIMATE CRIME OF MURDER.
AAH! AAH!
AAH! AAH!
NO! AAH! NO, PLEASE!
PLEASE! HELP!
NO! PLEASE!
PLEASE! NO! NO!
NO! NO! NO!
AAAAAH!
EVEN THOUGH
THE MURDER WASN'T FILMED,
I THINK IT MAKES IT
MORE CHILLING
BECAUSE IT'S FILMED
RIGHT UP TO THE BRINK
AND RIGHT AFTER, YOU KNOW,
THE MURDER TAKES PLACE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR MIND,
YOU CAN ONLY PUT TOGETHER
THE FEAR,
THE AGONY THAT WE DIDN'T SEE
AND HOW SCARED
CASSIE MUST HAVE BEEN
DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
WE JUST KILLED CASSIE.
WE JUST LEFT HER HOUSE.
- THIS IS NOT A JOKE.
- I'M SHAKING.
I STABBED HER
IN THE THROAT,
AND I SAW HER LIFELESS BODY
JUST DISAPPEAR.
MY GOD.
DUDE, I JUST KILLED CASSIE.
IT WASN'T ONE-SIDED, AS BRIAN
WOULD HAVE US TO BELIEVE.
HERE'S TWO BOYS
ACTIVELY PLANNING
AND COLLABORATING A MURDER.
AND, YOU KNOW,
FOLLOWING THE MURDER,
YOU HAVE SOME ADMISSIONS
ON BEHALF OF BRIAN,
YOU KNOW, THAT HE HAD
ACTUALLY STABBED CASSIE.
DRAPER AND ADAMCIK WERE ARRESTED
ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2006,
AND CHARGED
WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
AT THE TRIALS,
THEIR STORIES WERE IDENTICAL,
EACH BOY SAYING,
"I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST GOING TO
MAKE A MOVIE
"AND GOING TO SCARE HER.
HE KILLED HER.
HE STABBED HER."
AND IN EITHER BOY'S CASE,
YOU COULD LOOK AT THEM AND SAY,
"YEAH,
HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A KILLER."
THE VIDEOTAPE DISPROVED
ANY OF THAT LOGIC.
IT PROVED THAT BOTH OF THESE
BOYS WERE EQUALLY CULPABLE.
AND ULTIMATELY, AS A RESULT
OF BOTH OF THOSE TRIALS,
BRIAN AND TOREY WERE CONVICTED
AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
THEY WANTED THE INFAMY
THAT WOULD COME
FROM COMMITTING CRIMES
SUCH AS THIS.
THEY WANTED TO KEEP
ALL OF THEIR VIDEOS
IN SOME TYPE OF A BOX
SO WHEN THEY WERE DISCOVERED
OR WHEN THEY WERE CAUGHT
OR WHEN THEY WERE DEAD,
THAT SOMEBODY COULD GO BACK
AND LOOK AT THIS BOX OF VIDEOS
AND GO, "LOOK AT WHAT
BRIAN AND TOREY DID."
THIS WAS THEIR HORROR MOVIE.
THEY PLANNED IT.
THEY UNFORTUNATELY ACHIEVED IT.
I THINK CASSIE WAS THE PERFECT
VICTIM IN THEIR EYES,
STRICTLY OUT OF OPPORTUNITY,
BECAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST
CLEAR, CLEAN OPPORTUNITY
THAT THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING
AND POTENTIALLY GET AWAY
WITH IT, NO ONE ELSE AROUND.
HEY, LOOK, IT'S CASSIE.
HEY, LOOK.
HELLO, CASSIE.
I'M GETTING YOU ON TAPE,
OKAY?
SAY HI, PLEASE.
HI.
OKAY, SEE YOU.
WAIT.
HAVE YOU SEEN TOREY?
UNH.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO MEET ME HERE
AT 7:30, AND IT'S 8:19.
HE'S AN HOUR LATE.
YOU DON'T EVEN CARE,
DO YOU?
NOT REALLY.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT
THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEONE
WHO WAS HER FRIEND THAT DID IT,
SOMEONE THAT SHE KNEW
OR THAT SHE TRUSTED,
THAT WOULD BE SOMEONE
TO HARM CASSIE.
AND I ALWAYS HAVE FEARS
ANYTIME I LET MY KIDS,
YOU KNOW, WALK OUT THE DOOR THAT
SOMETHING COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN.
I TELL MY CHILDREN,
"CASSIE'S OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL
AND LOOKS DOWN ON US
FROM HEAVEN,"
AND SO SHE'S NEVER
GONNA BE FORGOTTEN.
SHE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE LOVED,
YOU KNOW,
NOT ONLY BY OUR FAMILY, BUT
BY THE LIVES THAT SHE TOUCHED.
AND THAT WAY, SHE DOES,
YOU KNOW, LIVE ON,
EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT HERE.