Your Worst Nightmare (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 3 - Unexpected Company - full transcript

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA,
IS A BIG CITY

STEEPED IN SMALL-TOWN CHARM.

WITH THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON ONE SIDE

AND THE ST. JOHNS RIVER
ON THE OTHER,

THIS THRIVING PORT CITY
ATTRACTS BIG BUSINESS

AND A TON OF TOURISTS EAGER
TO RELAX AND SOAK UP THE SUN.

BUT IN THE SUMMER OF 2005,
JACKSONVILLE ATTRACTS SUCH EVIL,

IT DRIVES A STAKE OF HORROR
THROUGH IT'S EASYGOING HEART.

YOU'RE NOT USED TO DEALING
WITH SOMETHING THIS HEINOUS.

THAT'S THE WORST POSSIBLE THING
YOU COULD IMAGINE.

IT WAS JUST TRAGIC,
A VERY TRAGIC CASE



THAT I'LL NEVER FORGET.

I'LL TAKE THE NINE,
PUT THE EIGHT AND THE SEVEN.

REGGIE AND CAROL SUMNER

HAVE THE KIND OF LOVE
THAT COMES AROUND

ONCE IN A LIFETIME.

BUT LUCKY FOR THEM,
IT CAME AROUND TWICE.

THEY HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER
SINCE HIGH SCHOOL,

BUT LIFE TOOK THEM
IN SEPARATE DIRECTIONS.

AND 40 YEARS LATER BY CHANCE,
THEY ACTUALLY RECONNECTED.

I'LL TAKE THAT.

CAROL WAS WORKING
AT A CALL CENTER

FOR A CABLE COMPANY AND REGGIE
JUST BY CHANCE CALLED IN.

AND IT WAS LIKE NOTHING
HAD EVER CHANGED.

THEY STILL HAD A LOVE
FOR EACH OTHER.



GIN.

ARE YOU
SURE YOU'RE NOT CHEATING?

THAT IS THREE GAMES IN A ROW.

WE KEEP PLAYING LIKE THAT,
WE'RE MOVING TO VEGAS.

NO, WE'RE NOT.
I'M NOT MOVING EVER AGAIN.

BESIDES, HAVE YOU SEEN
THAT SUNSHINE?

MARRIED FOR 4 YEARS,

THE SUMNERS
LIVE IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA,

WHERE THE 61-YEAR-OLD RETIREES

HAVE RECENTLY SETTLED
INTO A MORE RELAXED LIFESTYLE.

THEY CAME LOOKING TO ENJOY
EACH OTHER'S COMPANY AND - -

AND CERTAINLY HAD THE HOPES OF
HAVING MANY MORE YEARS TOGETHER.

IS IT MY LEAD?

ALL RIGHT.

HERE WE GO.

SOMETHING GOOD IS GONNA COME
OUT OF THIS HAND.

I JUST KNOW IT.

SURPRISE!

TIFFANY, THIS IS A SURPRISE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN TOWN?

UM, MY BOYFRIEND MIKE

AND I CAME DOWN TO VISIT
A FRIEND BUT PLANS FELL THROUGH.

AND I REMEMBERED Y'ALL LIVE
DOWN THIS WAY

SO I THOUGHT I'D STOP
BY AND SAY "HI."

I AM SO GLAD YOU DID.

COME ON IN, DEAR.

CAROL, YOU'LL NEVER GUESS
WHO IT IS.

TIFFANY COLE WAS A NEIGHBOR
OF REGGIE AND CAROL'S BACK

WHEN THEY LIVED IN CHARLESTON,
SOUTH CAROLINA.

IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THE SUMNERS CERTAINLY THOUGHT
OF TIFFANY AND HER FAMILY

AS NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS.

AND THEY - -
AND THEY TOLD TIFFANY

IF YOU'RE EVER IN JACKSONVILLE,
COME SEE US.

BACK IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, TIFFANY

WAS ALMOST LIKE A DAUGHTER
TO THE SUMNERS.

THEY SHARE A LOT
OF HAPPY MEMORIES.

I'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT A LOT
OF THESE OLD PICTURES.

THE THINGS
YOU FIND WHEN YOU MOVE.

IS THAT DAD?
YEAH.

THAT'S HIM, ALL RIGHT.
WOW.

HE LOOKS SO YOUNG HERE.

BACK WHEN HE STILL
HAD ALL THAT HAIR.

HERE WE GO.

FANCY.
YES.

IT WAS PART OF OUR WEDDING SET.

NOT MANY EXCUSES TO GET IT OUT
DOWN HERE IN FLORIDA.

EVERYTHING IS SO CASUAL.

BUT SINCE WE HAVE COMPANY...

HEY, SO HOW'S
THE CAR WORKING OUT?

IT'S GREAT.

CHANGES EVERYTHING REALLY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MIKE
AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE

TO MAKE THE DRIVE WITHOUT IT.

REGGIE AND CAROL
HELPED OUT TIFFANY'S FAMILY

WHEN HER FATHER
WAS DREADFULLY ILL.

THEY WERE THERE FOR HER.

THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN HER MONEY,
THEY WOULD - -

GAVE HER A PLACE TO STAY.

WHATEVER SHE WANTED,
THEY WOULD BE THERE FOR HER.

AND I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GAVE ME
SUCH A GREAT DEAL ON IT.

AND I'M GONNA PAY YOU THE REST
OF WHAT I OWE YOU AS SOON

AS I GET BACK AND START
WORKING AGAIN, I PROMISE.

YOU TAKE YOUR TIME, SWEETHEART.

WE'RE IN NO RUSH.

THE OFFER ON OUR HOUSE BACK
IN CHARLESTON JUST WENT THROUGH,

SO WE'RE DOING FINE.
YEAH.

IF I'D HAD KNOWN
WE WERE GONNA DO THAT WELL

ON THAT OLD HOUSE,
I WOULD HAVE RETIRED YEARS AGO.

TIFF, GIVE ME A DRINK,
WILL YOU?

SURE THING, HON.

BE RIGHT BACK.

AND HEY, NO ICE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU CAN
NEVER REMEMBER THAT.

MICHAEL JACKSON
IS DEFINITELY AN ODD CHARACTER,

BUT WHEN HE MET THE SUMNERS,
THEY KNEW TIFFANY.

THEY TRUSTED HER AND SAID
"THIS IS HER BOYFRIEND."

AND SO THEY WELCOMED HIM
INTO THEIR HOME, TOO.

YOU KNOW WE HAVE AN EXTRA ROOM.

WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY
FOR YOU TO STAY WITH US.

ARE YOU SURE?

WE WOULDN'T WANT
TO IMPOSE OR ANYTHING.

WE INSIST.

WHAT GOOD IS A GUEST BEDROOM

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY GUESTS
TO FILL IT?

THANK YOU.

THE SUMNERS HAD RECEIVED $90,000

FOR THE SALE
OF THEIR HOME IN CHARLESTON.

THERE WAS ALL THEIR PERSONAL
INFORMATION, BANK STATEMENTS

AND THINGS SITTING IN PILES
ON DESKS.

THE NEXT MORNING,
CAROL IS LOOKING FORWARD

TO SPENDING SOME QUALITY TIME
WITH TIFFANY AND HER BOYFRIEND.

BUT IT'S CLEAR THE YOUNG COUPLE
HAS OTHER PLANS.

YOU'RE LEAVING ALREADY?

YOU HAVEN'T EVEN
HAD YOUR COFFEE YET.

YOU SURE I CAN'T MAKE
YOU BREAKFAST BEFORE YOU GO?

NO, WE - - WE GOT
TO HIT THE ROAD.

WE WANNA BEAT THE TRAFFIC.

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.

LET ME GO GET REGGIE UP,

BECAUSE I KNOW HE'LL WANT
TO SAY GOOD-BYE.

NO, THAT'S OKAY.

LET HIM SLEEP.

UM, BESIDES,
THIS ISN'T GOOD-BYE.

IT'S SEE YOU LATER.
I HOPE SO.

YOU HAVE A ROOM HERE ANY TIME.
SO COME BACK SOON, OKAY?

I WILL.

I PROMISE.

TIFFANY AND MICHAEL WERE SORT
OF IN A RUSH TO GET BACK HOME.

THEY WANTED TO GET ON THE ROAD

SO THEY SAID GOOD-BYE
AND PARTED WAYS QUICKLY.

OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,

REGGIE AND CAROL FALL BACK
INTO THEIR FAMILIAR ROUTINE.

THE SUMNERS' LIFE
ON A DAILY BASIS WAS - -

WAS JUST TWO PEOPLE ENJOYING
THEIR MARRIAGE TOGETHER.

THEY WERE BOTH VERY CLOSE
TO THEIR FAMILIES.

THEY TALKED TO FAMILY EVERY DAY.

YEAH.

YOU BET.

HOPEFULLY.

I BETTER GET GOING.

YOUR MOM'S TRYING
TO BURN THE HOUSE DOWN AGAIN.

LOVE YOU TOO.

BYE.

THANKS. I GUESS I GOT
A LITTLE DISTRACTED.

YEAH.

ARE WE OUT OF PAPER TOWELS?

I COULD HAVE SWORN
WE JUST GOT SOME AT THE STORE.

LET ME GO CHECK.

WHERE WOULD THEY BE,
IN THE GARAGE?

YES.

CHECK THE SHELF ON THE RIGHT.

COMING.

CAN I HELP YOU?

YES, MA'AM. WE SEEM TO BE
HAVING SOME CAR TROUBLE.

STALLED OUT A FEW BLOCKS
DOWN THE ROAD.

WONDER IF MAYBE WE COULD COME IN
AND USE YOUR PHONE.

SURE.

OF COURSE.
COME ON IN.

PHONE'S OVER THERE.

REGGIE AND CAROL, THEY - - THEY
WERE JUST THE TYPE OF PEOPLE

THAT IF SOMEBODY WALKED UP
AND SAID THEY NEEDED SOMETHING,

THEY WERE GONNA TRY TO HELP 'EM.

MICHAEL.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WHERE'S TIFFANY?

SURPRISE.

WHEN THEIR FORMER
NEIGHBOR TIFFANY COLE

AND HER BOYFRIEND
MICHAEL JACKSON CAME

TO VISIT JUST 2 WEEKS AGO...

CAROL, YOU'LL NEVER GUESS
WHO IT IS.

REGGIE AND CAROL SUMNER
WERE THRILLED.

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

BUT NOW,
SUDDENLY MICHAEL IS BACK.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

AND IT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE HE AND HIS FRIENDS

CLAIMING CAR TROUBLE HAD DROPPED
BY TO EXCHANGE PLEASANTRIES.

YOU KNOW THESE GUYS?

WHERE'S TIFFANY?

NOW.

MICHAEL HAD JUST MET
REGGIE AND CAROL SUMNER.

TWO WEEKS LATER,
HE'S RECRUITING HIS FRIENDS

TO GO ROB THESE INNOCENT PEOPLE.

CAROL.

MICHAEL.

STEP BACK, OLD MAN.

OKAY, OKAY.

JUST, EVERYBODY
STAY CALM FOR A SECOND.

YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE
HOW SCARED THEY MUST HAVE BEEN.

STOP.
DON'T DO THIS.

PLEASE STOP.

I GOT HIM.

TAKE EVERYTHING YOU CAN FIND.

IT WAS JUST CHAOS AND SHOCK.

THEY WERE JUST HOPING
THAT THESE PEOPLE

TOOK WHATEVER THEY WANTED
TO TAKE FROM THEIR HOUSE

AND JUST LEFT.

DO YOU REALIZE HOW EASY THIS IS?

IT'S LIKE TAKING CANDY
FROM A BABY.

WE GOOD, MIKE?

LET'S MOVE.

THEY CAME FOR MONEY OR ANYTHING
THAT COULD LEAD TO MONEY,

BUT THEY CAME
FOR MORE THAN THAT.

THEY CAME FOR
REGGIE AND CAROL SUMNER.

IT'S JUST A HORRIFYING THING
TO THINK OF.

YOU'RE GRABBED,
THROWN IN THE TRUNK OF YOUR CAR

AND YOU'RE LEFT THERE.

TRAPPED INSIDE
THE TRUNK OF THEIR OWN CAR,

REGGIE AND CAROL HAVE NO WAY
OF KNOWING THAT THEIR NIGHTMARE

IS ABOUT TO GET
EVEN MORE HORRIFYING.

SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

HELLO. I NEED TO FILE
A MISSING PERSONS REPORT.

WELL, TWO I GUESS.

THE CALLER'S NAME
IS RHONDA BRANSON, A RESIDENT

OF SOUTH CAROLINA WHOSE PARENTS
LIVE IN JACKSONVILLE.

SHE HAD A VERY GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH HER MOTHER.

SHE CALLED HER ALMOST EVERY DAY,

EVEN SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONCE
A DAY.

SO WHEN SHE DIDN'T HEAR
FROM HER MOTHER

AND SHE WASN'T ANSWERING
HER CALLS,

RHONDA WAS VERY WORRIED

AND SHE KNEW INSTINCTIVELY
THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

NOW, WHAT DID YOU SAY
THE NAME WAS AGAIN, MA'AM?

SUMNER - -
REGGIE AND CAROL SUMNER.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL SEND AN OFFICER
BY TO CHECK THINGS OUT.

I'M SURE EVERYTHING'S FINE, BUT
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW EITHER WAY.

TALK TO YOU SOON.

MR. AND MRS. SUMNER.

JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT.

ANYBODY HOME?

MR. AND MRS. SUMNER?

HELLO?

ANYBODY HOME?

IT WAS KIND OF MESSY.

THERE'S PLATES OUT.
THERE'S FOOD OUT.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY JUST
PICKED UP

AND IN A MOMENT'S NOTICE LEFT.

THE HOUSE LOOKED
LIKE SOMEBODY HAD LEFT QUICKLY

AND THE SUMNERS' CAR WAS GONE.

SO AT THAT POINT
AN INVESTIGATION BEGAN.

ALL OF JACKSONVILLE
BECAME VERY AWARE OF THE SUMNERS

AND THE SEARCH
TO TRY TO FIND THEM.

OFFICERS SEND OUT
DETAILS OF THE MISSING VEHICLE

ACROSS THE STATE,
AND IT'S NOT LONG

BEFORE THEY GET A HIT.

DETECTIVES RECEIVED WORD
OF A CAR

THAT HAD BEEN ABANDONED
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

WE GOT THE INFORMATION
PRETTY QUICK.

WE WERE THERE, AND,

I WENT, TO THE SCENE
AND SAW THE CAR.

IT WAS A DISTANCE
AWAY FROM JACKSONVILLE,

PROBABLY 40 OR 50 MILES.

WE RAN THE TAG NUMBER

AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED
THE VEHICLE AS THE ONE THAT - -

THAT, BELONGED TO
THE SUMNERS.

NO KEYS.

THE CAR IS UNLOCKED.

MAYBE THEY HAD CAR TROUBLE
AND WENT TO FIND HELP.

HEY, MARV?

POP THE TRUNK.

FOUR DAYS AFTER REGGIE
AND CAROL SUMNER WENT MISSING

FROM THEIR JACKSONVILLE,
FLORIDA HOME,

DETECTIVES
HAVE FOUND THE COUPLE'S CAR

ABANDONED 38 MILES
OUTSIDE THE CITY.

HEY, MARV?

POP THE TRUNK.

YOU FIND ANYTHING?

NOPE.
NOTHING HERE.

INVESTIGATORS DON'T
YET REALIZE

THAT THE CAR WAS ONLY

WHERE THE SUMNERS' TERROR
STARTED 4 DAYS PRIOR.

YOU'VE GOT THESE TWO PEOPLE
THAT ARE BOUND.

THEY'VE GOT TAPE, YOU KNOW,

OBSTRUCTING THEIR ABILITY TO
FREELY MOVE AND FREELY BREATHE.

ONE CAN IMAGINE THE,
THE DISCOMFORT AND - -

AND THE HORROR
OF BEING IN THAT TRUNK.

GET UP.

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?!

DON'T MOVE.

LEAVE HER ALONE!

BOUND AND HELPLESS,

REGGIE SUMNER IS FORCED
TO WATCH HIS TERRIFIED WIFE

SUFFER AS HER CAPTORS
WRENCH OFF HER JEWELRY,

INCLUDING HER WEDDING RING.

JUST A HORRIFYING THING
TO THINK OF.

YOU'RE GRABBED,
CAN'T FIGHT BACK.

THEY WERE PROBABLY JUST
PRAYING FOR THE BEST.

BUT FINALLY,
REGGIE BREAKS FREE.

FIVE HOURS AFTER INVESTIGATORS
DISCOVER THE SUMNERS'

ABANDONED CAR,

JACKSONVILLE POLICE
RECEIVE A CONFUSING CALL.

- SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
- HOW YOU DOING?

I'M OUT OF TOWN
WITH MY WIFE RIGHT NOW

AND JUST GOT A CALL
FROM A NEIGHBOR OF OURS.

THEY'RE IN JACKSONVILLE.

SHE SAYS OUR GARAGE IS OPEN AND
LOOKS LIKE OUR CAR IS MISSING.

I UNDERSTAND, SIR.

I CAN FILE A REPORT FOR YOU.

NOW, CAN YOU TELL ME YOUR NAME?

YES.
THIS IS REGGIE SUMNER.

YOU SAID YOUR NAME
IS REGGIE SUMNER.

THAT'S RIGHT. WE'LL BE BACK
HOME IN A FEW DAYS

AND WE'LL CLEAR ALL THIS UP
IN PERSON.

MARV! MARV!
IT'S REGGIE SUMNER.

WELL, MR. SUMNER,

WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU
FOR A COUPLE DAYS NOW.

IS YOUR WIFE
THERE WITH YOU, SIR?

COURSE.
JUST A MINUTE.

THEY REALIZE THIS IS NOT
THE VOICE OF A MAN

WHO'S A LITTLE BIT OLDER.

IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY
IN THEIR 20s OR 30s.

HELLO, THIS IS CAROL.

YES, MA'AM.

SO YOU SAID YOUR CAR'S
GONE MISSING.

YES, SIR.

AND BOTH YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND
OUT OF TOWN RIGHT NOW, CORRECT?

THAT'S CORRECT.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO CHECK IN
WITH SOMEONE

JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING
ELSE AT YOUR HOUSE IS IN ORDER.

COULD I GET THE NUMBER
OR THE ADDRESS

OF THE NEIGHBOR THAT CALLED
IN ABOUT YOUR MISSING CAR?

HELLO?

HELLO, MA'AM.

THE ANTENNA GOES UP AND YOU
REALIZE THAT THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

THERE'S SOMETHING
SUSPICIOUS HERE.

YES, CAN I GET THE NAME
AND PHONE RECORDS

ASSOCIATED WITH THE NUMBER
THAT JUST CALLED LINE 6784?

SOON AS YOU CAN.
THANKS.

WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT TRYING
TO PLAY HERO?!

LET'S HAVE A TALK.

I KNOW ABOUT THE MONEY, REGGIE.

THE CASH YOU'VE GOT FROM SELLING
YOUR HOME BACK IN CHARLESTON.

AND YOU ARE GOING TO TELL ME
HOW TO GET MY HANDS ON IT.

YOU COULD HAVE
WHATEVER YOU WANT.

ANYTHING.
REALLY!

I'LL GIVE IT ALL TO YOU.

JUST DON'T HURT US.

IT'S A LITTLE LATE FOR THAT,
ISN'T IT?

NO WHERE'S IT AT?

THIS THE ONE?

THE ONE THAT LEADS TO
ALL THAT CASH?

YES, THAT'S IT.

NOW JUST LEAVE US ALONE.

HOW DO I KNOW
YOU'RE NOT LYING TO ME?

I AM NOT LYING.

I'M NOT LYING
TO YOU.

JUST TAKE THE CARD.

THE PIN NUMBER'S 2253.

I PROMISE.

JUST DON'T HURT MY - -

UNH!

AS INVESTIGATORS WAIT FOR

THE TRACE ON
THE STRANGE PHONE CALL

FROM PEOPLE
CLAIMING TO BE THE SUMNERS,

THEY TRY ANOTHER TACTIC.

I'VE GOT NO ACTIVITY
ON ANY CREDIT CARDS.

IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF
A MISSING PERSON INVESTIGATION,

POLICE WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOOK
AT CREDIT CARD STATEMENTS,

BANK STATEMENTS SO THEY CAN SEE,

WHAT STEPS THEY'VE TAKEN
AS FAR AS WHERE HAVE THEY GONE?

THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING
THAT MIGHT BE

OUT OF THE ORDINARY,
AND IN THIS CASE

IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

WELL, CHECK THIS OUT.

THESE ARE THE BANK WITHDRAWALS
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR

ALL THE WAY 'TIL JUNE.

ONLY TWO ATM TRANSACTIONS
THE WHOLE TIME.

THESE ARE THE WITHDRAWALS
JUST WITHIN THE LAST WEEK.

SEVENTEEN, 18, 19, 20.

THIRTEEN IN JACKSONVILLE

AND SEVEN IN CHARLESTON,
SOUTH CAROLINA.

SO EITHER THE SUMNERS
HAVE BECOME BIG SPENDERS

OR SOMEONE ELSE
IS USING THEIR CARD.

AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE SPOTS

WHERE THE ATM CARD WAS USED,

A PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN
OF THE PERSON USING THE CARD.

AND A YOUNG,
20-SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD MALE

WAS SEEN IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH.

IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS
THAT THAT WAS NOT REGGIE SUMNER.

FOUR DAYS AFTER
REGGIE AND CAROL SUMNER

WERE ABDUCTED FROM THEIR HOME,

JACKSONVILLE DEPUTIES
MAKE A STARTING DISCOVERY.

SO EITHER THE SUMNERS
HAVE BECOME BIG SPENDERS

OR SOMEONE ELSE
IS USING THEIR CARD.

HERE THEY ARE ON THE ATM
ON THE, SURVEILLANCE CAMERA

SEEING, A YOUNG MAN

WITHDRAWING MONEY USING REGGIE
AND CAROL SUMNER'S ATM CARD.

WHAT'S HAPPENING?!

I THINK THEY'RE TRYING
TO BURY US.

AT THE JACKSONVILLE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE,

DETECTIVES HAVE BEEN LOOKING
INTO A SUSPICIOUS PHONE CALL

THEY RECEIVED FROM SOMEONE
CLAIMING TO BE REGGIE SUMNER.

MARV, GOT THE PHONE
RECORDS BACK.

WHEN THE DETECTIVE
SPOKE TO THIS PERSON,

THEY HAD CLAIMED
TO BE REGGIE SUMNER.

I GAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT
A CELL PHONE NUMBER.

NAME ON THE ACCOUNT'S AN ALIAS.

TOTALLY BOGUS.

BUT, PHONE'S BEEN PRETTY ACTIVE
THE PAST FEW DAYS.

THEY REALIZE THAT

THE NUMBER HAD MADE A CALL
TO A RENTAL CAR COMPANY.

SO DETECTIVES REACHED OUT
TO THE RENTAL CAR COMPANY.

YES, HI. THIS IS,
DEPUTY OLSON

FROM THE JACKSONVILLE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

I'M TRYING TO TRACK DOWN
THE PERSON WHO MADE THE CAR

RESERVATION FROM
THE FOLLOWING TELEPHONE NUMBER.

THEY LEARNED THAT A VEHICLE
HAD BEEN LEASED

FROM A SOUTH CAROLINA
RENTAL CAR COMPANY

AND MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION

OF THE VEHICLE SEEN
IN SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN
AT THE ATM MACHINES

WHERE THE SUMNERS CARDS
WERE USED.

YOU DON'T SAY.

WELL IF YOU WOULD, I'M GONNA

NEED YOU TO GIVE ME THE NAME
ON THAT RESERVATION, PLEASE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THANKS.

DETECTIVES FIND OUT
THAT IT'S ACTUALLY A WOMAN

WHO MADE A RESERVATION
FOR A CAR.

SO, IT'S KIND OF STARTING
TO COME TOGETHER

THAT THERE'S MORE THAN
ONE PERSON INVOLVED.

AND THERE WAS SATELLITE
TRACKING INFORMATION

IN THE VEHICLE,
AND JACKSONVILLE AUTHORITIES

ULTIMATELY TRACKED THAT CAR
TO A HOTEL IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

ARMED WITH THE NAME
AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON

THEY BELIEVE IS CONNECTED
TO THE SUMNERS' DISAPPEARANCE,

JACKSONVILLE DETECTIVES
CALL ON NORTH CHARLESTON POLICE

TO MAKE THE ARREST.

SO WHEN I FIRST CHECKED,

THERE WAS ONLY ONE ROOM
REGISTERED UNDER THAT NAME.

BUT THEN I CHECKED AGAIN.
THERE'S TWO ROOMS - -

103 AND 104.

HERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.

MA'AM, YOU MAY WANT
TO STEP BACK A LITTLE BIT.

PUT YOUR HANDS UP.
WHAT IS THIS?

KEEP YOUR HANDS UP.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

WHAT IS THIS?

I'M HERE TO FIND OUT.

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

GET AGAINST THE WALL.

MICHAEL JACKSON HAD
GOTTEN AND OLD FRIEND OF HIS,

ALAN WADE INVOLVED.

AND IN MR. WADE'S ROOM

THEY ACTUALLY FOUND THE KEY
TO THE SUMNERS' CAR.

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

COME OVER HERE.
AGAINST THE WALL.

DO NOT MOVE.

THEY GO INTO THIS ROOM
AND THEY FIND MONEY,

STUFF THAT WAS JUST BOUGHT,

PROBABLY USING
THESE CREDIT CARDS,

THEY FIND A COIN COLLECTION - -
THE BASICALLY

FIND ALL THIS STUFF
THAT TIES TO THE SUMNERS.

CHECK THE BATHROOM.

YOU MUST BE TIFFANY COLE.

WHEN YOU FIND EVERYTHING

THAT THIS COUPLE
HAD IN THESE PEOPLE'S POSSESSION

AND YOU HAVE THEM ON TAPE
ON AN ATM SURVEILLANCE CAMERA

WITHDRAWING MONEY,
IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS

THEY HAVE SOMETHING
TO DO WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.

WHERE ARE REGGIE AND CAROL?

WHAT'S HAPPENING?!

STOP!

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THI--

TIFFANY HAD KNOWN THE SUMNERS,

KNEW HOW GENEROUS THEY WERE,

KNEW HOW LOVING THEY WERE
AND SHE STILL WAS THE ONE

WHO LED MICHAEL
AND THE OTHERS TO THEM.

SO THEY TAKE THE THREE SUSPECTS

AND THEY INTERVIEW
THEM SEPARATELY.

COME ON, MICHAEL.

YOU GOT TO LET ME KNOW.

WHERE ARE THEY?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHERE ARE THEY, MICHAEL?

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?!

MICHAEL JACKSON, OF COURSE,

TRYING TO BE SLICK
AS HE ALWAYS WAS,

DOESN'T ADMIT TO ANYTHING.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
ONE MORE CHANCE

BEFORE YOU SEND YOU UPSTATE.

EVEN AFTER MORE THAN
AN HOUR IN THE HOT SEAT,

MICHAEL NEVER CONFESSES TO
THE CRIME,

BUT DETECTIVES DO GET ONE DETAIL
OUT OF HIM.

HE WAS THE ONE
WHO WAS POSING AS REGGIE SUMNER

IN THE PHONE CALL.

CAN YOU TELL ME YOUR NAME?
YES.

THIS IS REGGIE SUMNER.

BUT HE DENIED
ANY INVOLVEMENT

IN THEIR DISAPPEARANCE.

GET HIM OUT OF HERE.

MICHAEL'S FRIEND
ALAN WADE

REFUSES TO TALK TO POLICE,

WHICH MEANS ANY HOPE
OF FINDING THE SUMNERS RIDES

ON INFORMATION FROM THEIR THIRD
AND FINAL SUSPECT,

TIFFANY COLE.

C'MERE.

HAVE A SEAT.

OKAY, TIFFANY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE SUMNERS.

GO ON, TELL ME.

I WASN'T THERE
WHEN IT HAPPENED.

I WAS OUTSIDE IN THE CAR.

MICHAEL WAS THE ONE WHO WENT
INSIDE THE HOUSE TO ROB THEM.

HIM AND OUR FRIEND, ALAN.

AND SOME GUY NAMED BRUCE.

BRUCE?

WHO'S BRUCE?

TIFFANY DOES GIVE THEM THE NAME
OF A FOURTH PERSON.

AND PROBABLY THE KEY TO SOLVING
THE MYSTERY WAS BRUCE NIXON.

OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, TIFFANY.

I NEED YOU
TO THINK REALLY HARD

WHERE ARE THE SUMNERS?

WHERE ARE THEY?

SIX DAYS AFTER

REGGIE AND CAROL
SUMNER WERE REPORTED MISSING,

JACKSONVILLE DETECTIVES KNOW
THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME

TO FIND THE COUPLE ALIVE.

WE KNOW THE SUMNERS
ARE MISSING.

WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE CONNECTED.

BUT NOW THEY GOT TO TRY
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED,

STEP BY STEP.

AND TIFFANY IS THE KEY
TO THIS CRIME.

ALL RIGHT, TIFFANY.

I NEED YOU
TO THINK REALLY HARD 'CAUSE

I NEED TO KNOW:

WHERE ARE THE SUMNERS NOW?

WHERE ARE THEY?
I DON'T KNOW.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY ARE.
I SWEAR.

I HAVE NO IDEA.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.
I - - I SWEAR.

I HAVE NO IDEA
WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.

TIFFANY COLE DOESN'T
ADMIT TO PLAYING ANY PART

IN THE SUMNERS' DISAPPEARANCE.

TIFFANY DOES TELL THEM
THAT SHE DOES KNOW THE SUMNERS,

THAT SHE DID KNOW THAT SHE PART
OF THIS ROBBERY BUT THAT'S IT.

INVESTIGATORS' FINAL
HOPE IS THAT

ONE OF THE ACCOMPLICES,
BRUCE NIXON,

WILL FINALLY
GIVE THEM THE ANSWERS THEY NEED.

BRUCE NIXON WAS
A FRIEND OF ALAN WADE'S.

POLICE FIND HIM
LIVING NOT FAR AWAY,

JUST A - -

A GUY IN BAKER COUNTY,

MACCLENNY,
30 MINUTES FROM JACKSONVILLE.

THEY HAD HIM INTERVIEWED
AND HE WAS WILLING TO - -

TO COME, AND - - AND HELP FIND,
THE SUMNERS.

AND WE SAID, "SURE,
WE'LL GO WITH YOU."

WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.

WE'RE MANEUVERING AROUND,

THIS - - THIS BRUSH
AND - - AND TREES.

AND FINALLY WE COME UP
ON A LITTLE BIT OF OPEN AREA.

THIS IS WHERE IT HAPPENED.

WHERE WHAT HAPPENED?

BRUCE?

THIS IS
WHERE WE BURIED THE SUMNERS.

STOP!

WE BURIED 'EM ALIVE.

AND YOU COULD TELL
THAT FRESH DIRT HAD BEEN REMOVED

AND - - AND THERE WAS JUST A AREA
THAT HAD BEEN COVERED BACK UP.

SO WE DIDN'T REALLY SEE
THE, SHOT

WHICH YOU WOULD NORMALLY SAY
OF A - - A CRIME SCENE.

BUT WE WERE GOING THROUGH A LOT
BY STANDING THERE.

IT'S,
IT'S EMOTIONAL FOR YOU.

WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS IN
THAT WE ARE NOT MADE OF STEEL.

BRUCE TELLS DETECTIVES
IT ALL STARTED

WHEN MICHAEL AND TIFFANY
LEARNED THE SUMNERS

WERE SITTING
ON A LARGE PILE OF CASH.

IT HAS TO BE HERE SOMEWHERE.

MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, TAX RETURNS,

VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS...

BANK STATEMENTS.

NEARLY $100,000
OFF OF THAT LITTLE OLD HOUSE.

THAT'S ALL IN ONE ACCOUNT?

BRUCE, WE ALREADY
KNOW ABOUT THE ROBBERY.

BUT WE NEED YOU TO TELL US
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER YOU LEFT.

AND HOW'D YOU WIND UP
IN THESE WOODS?

TIFFANY SAID SHE WASN'T THERE
FOR THAT PART

SO WE NEED YOU TO FILL
IN THE HOLES.

SHE WAS HERE.

SHE WAS WITH US THE WHOLE TIME.
WE PLANNED IT AND EVERYTHING.

HERE.

THIS SPOT LOOKS GOOD.

HOW DEEP DO YOU WANT IT?

THEY DON'T CALL IT 6 FEET
UNDER FOR NOTHING.

THEY DUG A HOLE THAT
WAS 6 FEET DEEP AND 4 FEET WIDE.

IT'S NOT A SMALL HOLE

AND THEY - - THEY LEFT THAT HOLE
THERE WITH THE SHOVEL

SO THAT IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE

WHEN THEY WERE READY
TO PUT REGGIE AND CAROL IN - -

IN THEIR GRAVE.

ON JULY 8, 2005,

THE FOURSOME
RETURNED TO THE WOODS

TO CARRY OUT THE FINAL STEP
IN THEIR HEINOUS PLAN.

THERE IS SO MUCH DIRT
IN THERE THAT THEY BEGAN TO HAVE

THEIR AIRWAY OBSTRUCTED

BECAUSE THE DIRT IS PRESSING
ON THEM AND THEY CAN'T BREATHE.

TRAGICALLY, THE - -
THEY WERE ALIVE UNTIL THEY

WERE ACTUALLY COMPLETELY COVERED
WITH THE DIRT.

WHEN POLICE DISCOVER
THE BODIES

AND DUG THEM OUT,

THEY FOUND THE SUMNERS
HUGGING EACH OTHER.

THEY WERE HOLDING HANDS

AND IT WAS JUST HEARTBREAKING
FOR THE DETECTIVES ON THE SCENE

TO SEE THESE TWO PEOPLE
WHO WERE VERY MUCH IN LOVE

DIE IN SUCH A HORRIFYING WAY.

WITH THIS
MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE,

IT DOESN'T TAKE A LONG TIME

TO CONVINCE A JURY
THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GUILTY.

BRUCE NIXON ONLY GOT 50 YEARS
ON HIS DEAL.

THE OTHER THREE SENTENCED
TO DEATH.

THERE IS NOT A PUNISHMENT

THAT IS HARSH ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE
LIKE THIS.

THEY DESERVE TO BE PUT TO DEATH
IF ANYBODY DOES.

SURPRISE!

THE REASON THAT REGGIE
AND CAROL SUMNER WERE KILLED

IS 100 PERCENT ABOUT GREED.

IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE CASES
THAT'S - -

THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN WITH ME,

IMAGINE WHAT THESE POOR PEOPLE
WENT THROUGH AND THEN

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHY ANYONE WOULD BE SO CRUEL.

I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE
TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.