Your Worst Nightmare (2014–…): Season 4, Episode 1 - Every Step You Take - full transcript

HELLO?

HELLO?

IN AMERICA'S HEARTLAND
SITS ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS,

A QUINTESSENTIAL MIDWEST TOWN
JUST AN HOUR SOUTH OF WICHITA.

ARKANSAS CITY IS ROUGHLY 12,000
TO 13,000 PEOPLE,

VERY NICE HOMETOWN,
BEAUTIFUL LAND TO BE AROUND,

GREAT COUNTRYSIDE RIGHT
IN THE HEART OF THE MIDWEST.

IT'S HERE THAT
JENNIFER SANDERHOLM GREW UP

AND RETURNS FOR HOLIDAYS

WITH HER PARENTS
AND TWO SIBLINGS.

MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, JENNIFER,



WAS PREGNANT WITH
OUR FIRST GRANDCHILD.

WE KNEW IT WAS A LITTLE GIRL,
SO WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD

TO THAT BIRTH IN JANUARY '07.

DID YOU FIND IT?

UM, MAYBE.

YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU?

I ACTUALLY FEEL GUILTY
LETTING YOU DO EVERYTHING.

NO OFFENSE, BUT I DON'T
THINK YOU'D FIT.

WELL, I WOULDN'T
ARGUE THERE.

WITH THE HOLIDAYS, OUR FAMILY
HAS ALWAYS GOT TOGETHER.

JENNIFER WOULD COME BACK
FROM KANSAS CITY.

JASON WAS IN WICHITA
GOING TO SCHOOL.

JODI STILL LIVED AT HOME.

FOUND IT.



JODI WAS OUR YOUNGEST.

SHE WAS A BROWN-EYED,
BROWN-HAIRED BEAUTY.

SHE WAS VERY SWEET.

SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE
TO HELP PEOPLE.

IT LOOKS PRETTY.

I THINK IT'S GREAT.

YOU KNOW,
I GOT YOU A PRESENT.

WAIT.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

IT'S NOT EVEN
CHRISTMAS YET.

YOU CANNOT
GIVE ME A PRESENT.

YES I CAN.

BESIDES,
IT'S NOT FOR YOU.

IT'S FOR YOU-KNOW-WHO.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY
GOT TO GET GOING.

I HAVE PRACTICE
IN AN HOUR.

SPEAKING OF
YOU-KNOW-WHO,

ANYTHING MORE ABOUT
THE BABY'S NAME,

OR ARE YOU JUST GOING TO
KEEP US ALL GUESSING?

I TOLD YOU 100 TIMES.

I JUST WANT TO
MEET HER FIRST.

OPEN IT.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.

SWEETIE,
IT'S ADORABLE.

SHE'S GOING TO BE A DANCER,
JUST LIKE ME.

I HOPE SHE IS JUST LIKE YOU
OR AT LEAST CAN DANCE LIKE YOU.

IN HIGH SCHOOL, JODI WAS ON
THE HIGH SCHOOL DANCE LINE.

SHE WAS THE CAPTAIN FOR 2 YEARS,
HER JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR.

WHEN SHE GRADUATED,
SHE WENT TO COWLEY COLLEGE,

WHERE SHE ALSO TRIED OUT
FOR THE DANCE LINE THERE.

I DON'T KNOW.
I'M REALLY...

ALSO ON THE DANCE TEAM
WITH JODI IS HER BEST FRIEND

SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL,
LORI LEGLEITER.

I KNOW.
I GOT HER THE CUTEST JACKET.

JODI WAS A VERY UPBEAT,
POSITIVE PERSON.

WE FIRST MET IN SIXTH GRADE.

WE TOOK DANCE TOGETHER,
AND THEN OUR FRIENDSHIP

JUST GREW FROM THAT POINT ON.

DANCE WAS JUST HER LIFE.

SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.

SHE WOULD DO IT 7 DAYS
A WEEK, IF SHE COULD.

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.

AND ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE...

THE COWLEY COLLEGE
DANCE LINE WAS MADE UP OF 10 TO 12 GIRLS.

JODI WAS CHOREOGRAPHING
THE DANCE.

IT WAS FUN TO ACTUALLY STAND OUT
AND BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION

FOR 3 MINUTES OR SO,

BUT I DO THINK THAT IT BROUGHT
SOME UNWANTED ATTENTION.

...SEVEN, EIGHT.

OKAY.
THAT WAS AWESOME.

LET'S DO IT AGAIN.

LORI, CAN YOU COUNT US IN?

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR...

ISN'T IT A LITTLE BIT
TOO COLD FOR YOU

TO BE WEARING FLIP-FLOPS?

I DON'T CARE.
MY FEET NEED TO BREATHE.

IT'S WAY TOO HOT IN THERE.

HEY.

YOU GUYS ROCKED
EVERY SECOND OUT THERE.

- THANK YOU.
- THANKS.

LOVED YOUR MOVES.

THANK YOU.

JODI, YOU GOT TO PLAY
IT UP SO MUCH?

YOU'RE DRAWING A CROWD.

COME ON.
DON'T START THIS AGAIN.

JUST REMEMBER.

YOU'RE MINE.

JODI AND OWEN
DATED ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

I KNOW THAT SHE WANTED
TO MARRY OWEN.

DO YOU WANT TO GO GRAB
SOME FOOD WITH US? I'M STARVING.

NAH.

ANYWAY, I'M SLAMMED
UNTIL I GET TO TEXAS.

THAT'S IF I GO.

MAYBE I SHOULD STAY HERE
AND KEEP AN EYE ON YOU.

NOW YOU SOUND CRAZY.

OWEN'S BROTHER
ACTUALLY LIVED IN TEXAS.

HE WOULD DRIVE BACK AND FORTH
TO GO VISIT THEM.

HE WANTED TO MOVE TO TEXAS,
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS

JODI WANTED TO GO THERE
TO FURTHER HER EDUCATION.

I ACTUALLY STARTED CRYING TO HER
AND BEGGED HER NOT TO LEAVE ME,

SO IT WAS A VERY SAD MOMENT.

OKAY, CRAZIES,
I GOT TO GET GOING.

JODI, YOU COMING?
YES.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

BYE.

AS OWEN PREPARES FOR
A HOLIDAY BREAK IN TEXAS,

JODI AND LORI LOOK FORWARD
TO SOME DOWNTIME OF THEIR OWN.

AFTER PRACTICE, JODI AND I
WALKED OUT TOGETHER.

WE WERE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND
THE REST OF THE GIRLS,

SO WE WERE THE LAST
TWO TO WALK OUT.

ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THIS IS ME.

OKAY. I HAD FUN TODAY.
LOVE YOU.

I DID, TOO.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

- OKAY.
- LOVE YOU.

- MWAH! DRIVE SAFE.
- YOU, TOO. TEXT ME.

AS I WAS GETTING IN MY CAR,

I NOTICED A CAR
DRIVING BY VERY SLOWLY,

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD.

BUT THINGS GET EVEN STRANGER

WHEN LORI PULLS OUT
OF THE PARKING LOT.

BACK OFF, CREEP.

I'M GOING TO LOSE THIS GUY.

DAMN IT.

I WENT DOWN A BACK COUNTRY ROAD,

AND I NOTICED THAT
THEY FOLLOWED ME AGAIN.

SO AT THAT POINT, I WENT
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,

AND I JUST SAT THERE
BECAUSE I WAS LIKE,

"THIS PERSON IS OBVIOUSLY
EITHER TRYING TO SCARE ME,

OR IT'S JUST A REALLY
BIG COINCIDENCE."

THERE, IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT PARKING LOT,

LORI DEBATES GOING IN
TO FILE A REPORT,

BUT THE CAR HAS DISAPPEARED,

SO THERE'S NO REAL EVIDENCE
SHE WAS EVEN BEING STALKED.

I SAT THERE
FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES.

I DIDN'T SEE THEM
DRIVING AROUND ANYMORE,

SO THEN I JUST SPED HOME.

MEANWHILE, JODI IS AT HOME,

WHERE SHE'S ALSO FEELING
A LITTLE ON EDGE.

HELLO?

HELLO?

JO-JO BUG.

- HEY.
- I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN
TO STARTLE YOU.

NO. IT'S OKAY.
SORRY.

I'M JUST A LITTLE JUMPY.
WHAT'S UP?

THE COWLEY
TIGERETTES WERE PERFORMING

AT A BASKETBALL GAME
THE NEXT NIGHT,

AND THEY WERE PERFORMING A DANCE
THAT SHE HAD CHOREOGRAPHED,

SO SHE WAS ALL NERVOUS
AND STRESSED.

- DON'T YOU LOOK GORGEOUS?
- THANKS.

I'M WORKING ON A GAME FACE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I LIKE IT.

JODI AND CINDY
HAD A VERY, VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP.

THEY DID A LOT TOGETHER.

THEY KNEW EVERYTHING
ABOUT EACH OTHER.

THEY HAD A VERY GOOD
MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP.

SAY, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU
WANTED TO HAVE LUNCH TOMORROW.

YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY HAVE
REHEARSALS EARLY TOMORROW.

WE HAVE THE GYM, THAT DAY.

ADRENALINE
IS GOING TO GO FAR.

WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT TOO TIRED,
MAYBE YOU WANT TO STOP

BY THE SHOP, HAVE COFFEE?

JEN WILL BE THERE
HELPING OUT.

IT KEEPS HER MIND
OFF THE WAITING.

YEAH.
I'LL TRY.

SHE WANTED TO CANCEL LUNCH.

I WAS...
APPARENTLY, I WAS REALLY NAIVE

BECAUSE I THOUGHT
EVERYTHING WAS JUST FINE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL,
GET SOME SLEEP, SWEETIE. OKAY?

AND TRY NOT TO LET THAT GLITTER
GET IN YOUR EYES.

- OKAY, MOM.
- LOVE YOU.

LOVE YOU.

HOURS BEFORE COWLEY
COLLEGE DANCE LINE'S BIG PERFORMANCE,

19-YEAR-OLD JODI SANDERHOLM
IS WORKING HARD

TO MAKE SURE THE CHOREOGRAPHY
IS JUST RIGHT...

UNAWARE THAT OUT
IN THE PARKING LOT,

SOMETHING FAR MORE
SINISTER IS HAPPENING.

WOO!

WOO!

EVEN OVER THE CHRISTMAS
BREAK, THEY HAD...

THEY TOOK, I THINK,
MAYBE LIKE A WEEK OFF,

BUT WHEN, AS SOON AS
THE GAMES STARTED UP AGAIN,

THEY STARTED HAVING PRACTICES
DURING THE NOON HOUR.

IN FACT, THAT WAS THEIR FIRST
PRACTICE DURING BREAK.

OKAY. OKAY.

BUT IS IT JUST ME,
OR DID THAT GO PERFECTLY?

IT WAS SO GOOD.

I ONLY WISH OWEN WAS THERE
TO SEE IT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

- HE'LL SEE IT IN PERSON.
- YEAH.

HE PROBABLY WANTS YOU TO DO IT
JUST FOR HIM, ANYWAYS.

DON'T LOOK NOW,
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE

A COUPLE FANS OF YOUR OWN.

THE GIRLS AND HOW THEY
DRESSED AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT,

THERE WAS ALWAYS
A FOLLOWING FOR THEM,

AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE
OF THEIR SKILLS

AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

JODI, THAT'S NOT FUNNY.

YOU KNOW HOW FREAKED OUT
I WAS THE OTHER DAY.

I KNOW SOMEONE
WAS FOLLOWING ME.

BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS, OF COURSE,
THE BACK SIDE OF THAT.

THERE'S ALWAYS A FOLLOWING
FOR THEM FOR THE WRONG REASON.

IT'S THEN THAT LORI
SEES THE SAME CAR

THAT WAS FOLLOWING
HER DAYS EARLIER.

I HAD MENTIONED TO HER,
"HEY, DID YOU SEE THAT CAR?

THAT CAR HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING ME ALL WEEK."

AND WHEN SHE GETS A
GOOD LOOK AT THE DRIVER'S FACE,

LORI REALIZES SHE KNOWS HIM.

I TOLD HER THAT
I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUSTIN THURBER.

HE WAS AROUND MY BROTHER'S AGE,

SO WHENEVER MY BROTHER WAS
HANGING AROUND WITH FRIENDS,

I HAD SEEN HIM COME AROUND
ONCE OR TWICE,

SO I KNEW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE.

HE HAD VERY DISTINCT
FACIAL FEATURES.

HE JUST ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME.

JESUS,
WHAT A FREAK.

COME ON.

THERE'S SOMETHING WEIRD
ABOUT THAT GUY.

DID YOU SEE HIS EYES?

HER RESPONSE WAS,
"THAT IS REALLY WEIRD.

YOU NEED TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THAT."

THEN WE KIND OF JUST SHOOK IT
OFF AND WENT ABOUT OUR DAY.

ANYWAYS, I REALLY HOPE
WE STAY THIS GOOD.

DOES LIGHTNING
STRIKE TWICE?

NOT USUALLY
IN THE SAME SPOT.

- YEAH. THAT'S TRUE.
- WELL, I'M GOING TO GO SHOWER.

OKAY.

- BYE.
- BYE.

SHE WAS GOING
TO GO TAKE A SHOWER.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO MEET
AT HER HOUSE LATER THAT DAY.

BUT THERE, IN THE PARKING LOT,

LORI'S PLANNED ARE INTERRUPTED
BY AN UNWELCOMED SIGHT.

NO.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

I NOTICED THAT MY TIRE,
IT WAS MY REAR PASSENGER TIRE,

WAS COMPLETELY FLAT.

WHAT DO I DO?

AT THE TIME, I WAS NOT SCARED.

I WAS ANGRY.

I DID NOT CALL THE POLICE.

I SPECIFICALLY WAS JUST ANGRY
THAT IT HAD HAPPENED.

I COULDN'T PROVE WHO DID IT.

I COULD HAVE SIMPLY
RAN OVER A NAIL.

WHOA. WHOA.
SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO
STARTLE YOU.

- WHO ARE YOU?
- MY NAME IS JAKE.

I FIGURED I'D COME SEE
IF YOU NEED ANY HELP.

ALL THOSE
EMOTIONS WENT THROUGH MY HEAD AND,

AS I WAS GETTING IT FIXED,
TRIED TO CALL JODI

TO TELL HER ABOUT THE TIRE.

I'M GOING TO CALL
MY FRIEND REALLY FAST.

SHE'S CLOSE BY,
SO I THINK SHE CAN HELP.

OKAY.

HEY, JODI.
IT'S ME.

SOMETHING WEIRD MIGHT
HAVE JUST HAPPENED,

ACTUALLY,
MIGHT STILL BE HAPPENING.

ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M OKAY.

WILL YOU JUST GIVE ME
A CALL BACK?

OKAY. BYE.

THE MAILBOX THAT SANDERHOLMS
HAD WAS ON A DEAD-END ROAD.

AS SHE PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY,
HE COME TO THE CAR,

FORCED HIS WAY INTO THE CAR,

SCARED HER ENOUGH THAT SHE FELT
THAT SHE HAD TO COMPLY

WITH HIS DEMANDS AT THAT TIME.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

TAKE YOUR JACKET OFF.

WHY ARE YOU...

TAKE OFF YOUR JACKET!

GIVE ME YOUR HANDS.
GIVE ME YOUR HANDS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?

SHUT UP.

LOOK AT ME.

DON'T MOVE.

DON'T.

WELL, I CALLED,
AND SHE NEVER ANSWERED,

AND THAT WAS UNLIKE HER
BECAUSE WE TALKED CONSTANTLY,

AND SHE ALWAYS
ANSWERED PHONE CALLS.

I CALLED HER BACK AGAIN,
AND SHE STILL DIDN'T ANSWER.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!

Shh.

SHUT UP!

BACK IN THE PARKING
LOT, A CLOSER LOOK AT LORI'S TIRE

BRINGS NEW CAUSE FOR CONCERN.

AND YOU DON'T THINK THAT I MIGHT
HAVE JUST HIT SOMETHING,

LIKE, SIDEWAYS?

I THINK SOMETHING HIT YOU.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT
TO SCARE YOU,

BUT A SLASH LIKE THIS USUALLY
DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.

NONE OF IT SEEMED TO BE
THREATENING UNTIL THAT MOMENT.

YOU KNOW,
I HAVE A DAUGHTER.

I'D LIKE TO THINK SOMEONE WOULD
HELP HER IF SHE HAD A FLAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HELPING ME.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

ALL THAT COULD
GO THROUGH MY HEAD WAS,

THAT HAD TO BE
JUSTIN THURBER.

IT ALL KIND OF CLICKED THROUGH

FROM ALL THE EVENTS
THROUGH THE WEEK,

AND I JUST HAD THIS GUT
FEELING THAT IT WAS

JUSTIN THURBER
WHO SLIT MY TIRE.

AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
IT WAS LIKE,

"MY GOSH.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED?"

BUT THINGS ARE FAR
WORSE THAN EVEN LORI REALIZES.

AFTER BEING TAKEN
HOSTAGE INSIDE HER OWN VEHICLE,

COLLEGE STUDENT
JODI SANDERHOLM HAS NO IDEA

WHAT HER CAPTOR
HAS PLANNED FOR HER NEXT.

WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?

THEY WENT SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA

AND THEN CIRCLED BACK
AROUND TO THE NORTH.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT JODI
PROBABLY THOUGHT THAT HE WAS

JUST GOING TO
TAKE HER OUT FOR A RIDE

AND WOULD THEN TAKE
HER BACK TO TOWN.

PLEASE.
PLEASE JUST LET ME GO HOME.

- Shh!
- PLEASE.

I WON'T TELL ANYONE.
I SWEAR.

JUST LET ME GO HOME.

- SHUT UP!
- PLEASE.

WHY WON'T YOU TALK TO ME?

PLEASE.
PLEASE JUST LET ME GO HOME.

I WON'T TELL ANYONE.
I SWEAR.

PLEASE.

BACK IN ARKANSAS CITY,
JODI'S BEST FRIEND, LORI,

IS LOOKING FOR JODI

AFTER AN UNSETTLING
ORDEAL OF HER OWN.

HELLO.

I GOT MY TIRE REPAIRED

AND WENT TO JODI'S HOUSE
RIGHT AFTER THAT.

WHEN I NOTICED SHE WASN'T THERE,

I JUST ASSUMED THAT SHE WENT
OUT TO EAT WITH HER MOM

BECAUSE THEY WERE SO CLOSE.

LOOK.
IT'S LORI.

HELLO, LORI.

- HEY, LORI.
- HI.

WE OWN A GLASS COMPANY
IN ARK CITY.

ON FRIDAY, JODI WAS ALL NERVOUS
AND STRESSED BECAUSE

JODI HAD GONE BACK
TO PRACTICE AGAIN

FOR DANCE LINE
FOR THE COWLEY TIGERETTES.

WE HAD MADE PLANS FOR HER
TO COME TO THE GLASS SHOP.

IS JODI WITH YOU?
SHE SAID SHE MIGHT COME BY.

SHE ISN'T.

I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE HERE.

I'VE TRIED TO REACH HER
A FEW TIMES, ACTUALLY.

YOU HAVE?

CINDY AND I BOTH HAD DETERMINED

THAT WE COULDN'T
GET A HOLD OF HER.

IT WASN'T LIKE HER TO GO
ANYWHERE WITHOUT CALLING HER MOM

AND TELLING HER WHERE SHE WAS,

SO THE FACT THAT
SHE WASN'T AT HOME,

AND CINDY HAD NO CLUE
WHERE SHE WAS,

JUST CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD.

MAYBE HER PHONE DIED, ALTHOUGH
THAT'S UNUSUAL FOR HER.

JENNIFER, HAVE YOU...

YEAH, MOM.
I'M TRYING HER NOW.

MY DAUGHTER, JENNIFER,
SHE WAS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT,

AND I KNOW SHE WOULD ANSWER
JENNIFER'S PHONE, THINKING,

"OKAY. YOU KNOW,
WE GOT TO DROP EVERYTHING

BECAUSE WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE A BABY."

BUT EVEN AFTER
MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS,

JENNIFER DOESN'T
GET AN ANSWER.

I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S GOING TO VOICE MAIL AGAIN.

IT CLICKED IN MY HEAD THAT HEY.

ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING
ALL WEEK THAT HAS BEEN ABNORMAL.

YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWED.

YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWED
TO DANCE PRACTICE.

IF JUSTIN THURBER KNOWS WHO YOU
ARE, HE KNOWS WHO SHE IS.

YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS TOGETHER.

AND SO FINALLY, I TOLD CINDY.

I WAS JUST A NERVOUS WRECK, AND
SO I FINALLY COULDN'T HANDLE IT.

I'M CALLING THE POLICE.

AND OF COURSE, YOU'RE WATCHING
ALL THESE POLICE SHOWS,

AND THEY SAY YOU HAVE
TO WAIT 48 HOURS.

WELL, WITH ARK CITY
BEING LITTLE,

THE POLICE OFFICERS
CAME STRAIGHT OVER.

THAT SAME NIGHT, ARKANSAS CITY

POLICE MEET WITH
THE SANDERHOLM FAMILY.

NOT REALLY KNOWING THE
SANDERHOLM FAMILY PRIOR TO THAT,

IT STILL BOTHERED ME

THAT THERE WAS A CHILD

OUT THERE THAT WAS MISSING.

IT SEEMED LIKE THEY REALLY KNEW
EACH OTHER'S SCHEDULES.

THE FAMILY KNEW WHERE
JODI WOULD DRIVE TO GO

FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

THEY WERE VERY TIGHT, VERY
CLOSE-KNIT, VERY GOOD PEOPLE.

LET'S JUST WALK THROUGH
THIS TOGETHER IN STAGES. OKAY?

WE FILED
A MISSING PERSONS REPORT,

AND HE STARTED
QUESTIONING, YOU KNOW,

ASKING US QUESTIONS
AND STUFF ABOUT

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
WE SAW HER.

SHE TOLD THEM WHAT I HAD TOLD
HER ABOUT BEING FOLLOWED

AND WHO I HAD FOUND OUT
HAD BEEN FOLLOWING ME.

FROM THAT MOMENT ON, THAT'S WHEN
THE REAL INVESTIGATION BEGAN.

IS JODI SEEING ANYBODY?

DOES SHE HAVE A BOYFRIEND?

YES, FOR SOME TIME NOW.

WE LIKE HIM VERY MUCH, OWEN.

WHEN WAS THE LAST
TIME YOU SAW HIM?

HAVE YOU SEEN HIM TODAY?

NO.

HE'S IN TEXAS RIGHT NOW.

WHAT ABOUT YOU, LORI?

WHEN WAS THE LAST
TIME YOU SAW HIM?

AFTER REHEARSAL,
JUST BEFORE BREAK.

JODI, YOU GOT TO PLAY
IT UP SO MUCH?

YOU'RE DRAWING A CROWD.

COME ON.
DON'T START THIS AGAIN.

JUST REMEMBER.

YOU'RE MINE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING
INTO ALL OF THIS.

TRUST ME.

BUT IF JODI'S
BOYFRIEND IS REALLY IN TEXAS,

IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME
TO REACH HIM,

SO IN THE MEANTIME,

DETECTIVES FOCUS THEIR
EFFORTS ON FINDING JODI.

WELL, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO FIND HER CAR,

SO BEING A CAR
IS BIGGER THAN A PERSON

AND A LOT HARDER TO HIDE,

THEY STARTED LOOKING
FOR THE CAR.

BUT JODI IS ALREADY
ACROSS THE STATE BORDER

BY NOW, MILES AWAY FROM
ANYONE WHO CAN HELP HER.

SOMEHOW,
HE KEPT HER IN HIS CAR,

WHETHER BY FORCE OR FEAR,
DROVE HER AROUND,

DETERMINING WHAT
HE WAS GOING TO DO,

AND THEN ULTIMATELY TOOK HER
INTO THE KAW WILDLIFE AREA,

WHICH IS A KIND
OF A WOODED AREA

JUST ON THE
OKLAHOMA-KANSAS BORDER.

PLEASE. PLEASE.
WHY ARE WE HERE?

PLEASE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS.

PLEASE.

PLEASE.
PLEASE JUST LET ME GO HOME.

PLEASE.

PLEASE LET ME GO HOME.

NO. NO.

GO!

GO!

GO!

WALK!

JODI WAS VERY SMALL,
VERY SMALL-FRAMED.

HE COULD OVERPOWER
JUST ABOUT ANYBODY.

NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD
JODI SANDERHOLM HAS BEEN RAPED

AND BEATEN FOR HOURS
BY HER ABDUCTOR,

BUT IT'S NOT OVER YET.

WALK.

OKAY.

WALK.

SOMETIMES, IN THESE CASES,
JUST THE SIZE DISPARITY

OR JUST PLAIN FEAR
OR THE PROMISE

THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO BE OKAY,

SOMETIMES PEOPLE
NOT NECESSARILY GO ALONG

WITH THE SUSPECT DOING THIS,

BUT THEY DO JUST
TO SAVE THEIR LIFE.

MY SISTER IS PREGNANT.

WALK!
OKAY.

I JUST WANT TO GO HOME.

DEEP IN THE WOODS
OF KAW WILDLIFE AREA,

JODI COMES TO REALIZE
HER ONLY ESCAPE

FROM THIS EVIL MAN IS DEATH.

BUT HE WON'T EVEN
GRANT HER THAT.

HE WOULD STRANGLE HER TO A POINT
TO WHERE SHE WOULD PASS OUT

AND ALLOW HER TO REGAIN
SOMEWHAT OF CONSCIOUS.

HE DID THAT SEVERAL TIMES.

LOOK AT ME.

DON'T FIGHT ME.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

IT'S NOW BEEN ALMOST 24
HOURS SINCE JODI FIRST WENT MISSING,

AND HER FAMILY
IS STARTING TO PANIC.

THE NOT KNOWING
WHAT THE HECK WAS GOING ON,

IT'S JUST ALL A BLUR,
AND IT WAS A SHOCK,

AND YOUR MIND JUST RACES.

I TRIED TO SLEEP,
BUT YOU DON'T SLEEP.

YOU TRY TO EAT.

YOU CAN'T EAT.

BUT WE WEREN'T ABLE
TO GET ANYTHING

WITH CELL-PHONE INFORMATION,

SO WE WERE FOCUSING A LOT
OF EFFORTS ON THE CAR ITSELF.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAD ALREADY DRIVEN

EVERY CITY STREET
AND ALLEYWAY IN ARKANSAS CITY

THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT
AND THROUGHOUT THE MORNING

IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE HER CAR.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY HAVING
THE DEPUTIES DRIVE

A LOT OF THE COUNTY ROADS.

THEY HAD CONTACTED THE
KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL

AND ASKED THEM
TO BRING A PLANE DOWN

TO START DOING FLYOVERS
AND SEARCHING FOR THE CAR.

ARKANSAS CITY POLICE
KNOW EVERY MINUTE

THAT JODI GOES MISSING
PUTS HER AT GREATER RISK,

SO THEY CALL UPON THE KANSAS
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

FOR HELP.

JODI SANDERHOLM HAD BEEN MISSING
SINCE THE EVENING OF THE FIFTH.

I GOT CONTACTED ON THE SIXTH.

THE ARKANSAS CITY POLICE
DEPARTMENT THOUGHTS

WERE THAT INSTEAD,
JODI MAY HAVE TRAVELED TO TEXAS

WITH HER BOYFRIEND, OWEN.

THEN YOU START WITH THE
BULLSEYE, THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY,

AND KIND OF WORK
YOUR WAY OUT.

OWEN.

OWEN!

I'M SITTING RIGHT HERE
IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK
AT ME IN THE EYE

AND TELL ME THE TRUTH.

ARE YOU SEEING ANYONE
ON THE SIDE?

WHAT? DUDE, NO.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

NO. I WOULD NEVER
DO THAT TO JODI.

OWEN HAD COME BACK
FROM TEXAS VOLUNTARILY.

HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING
ON WITH JODI AT THE TIME,

AND IT SEEMED LIKE
HE WAS CONCERNED FOR HER.

I AM TELLING YOU.

I HAVEN'T SEEN HER
IN A COUPLE DAYS.

IT'S NOT
THAT LONG A DRIVE.

YOU COULD HAVE COME BACK
FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A JOYRIDE.

- AM I RIGHT?
- YEAH, BUT I DIDN'T.

AND BESIDES, JODI NEVER
LET ME DRIVE HER CAR.

JODI REALLY WAS
PARTICULAR ABOUT HER CAR.

SHE DIDN'T ALLOW ANYBODY
TO DRIVE IT OTHER THAN HERSELF.

AT THAT POINT, SO WE BELIEVE
SOMEONE HAD GOT

INTO THE CAR WITH JODI
AND ABDUCTED HER.

OWEN, TELL ME
WHERE SHE IS.

I DON'T KNOW.

THROUGH THE INVESTIGATION,
THE CREDIT-CARD RECEIPTS

WHERE HE WAS LIVING AT IN TEXAS

AND ALONG
WITH CELL-PHONE RECORDS

AND EVERYTHING LIKE
THAT VERIFIED

THAT HE WAS IN TEXAS
THAT DAY AND NIGHT.

DETECTIVES NOW HAVE A
SOLID ALIBI FOR THE BOYFRIEND,

BUT THAT ONLY MEANS JODI
IS IN MUCH GRAVER DANGER

THAN DETECTIVES FIRST REALIZED.

I JUST FELT THAT THERE
WAS TRULY SOMETHING WRONG.

WE HAD ACTUALLY COME ACROSS
OUR FIRST TRUE ABDUCTION,

AND WE WERE HOPING.

I WAS HOPING, AT THAT TIME,

THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
GAIN ENOUGH INFORMATION

THAT WE WOULD BE DOING
A RESCUE FOR JODI.

USING JODI'S CELL PHONE,

DETECTIVES ARE SOON
ABLE TO PINPOINT

WHERE SHE TRAVELED
AFTER DISAPPEARING

FROM THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT.

USING THE CELLULAR
TELEPHONE TECHNOLOGY,

WE BELIEVED THAT IT TRAVELED
EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY

AND THEN WENT SOUTH
INTO OKLAHOMA

AND THEN WENT OUT
TO THE KAW WILDLIFE AREA.

AS ARKANSAS CITY OFFICERS
ARE SENT OUT TO INVESTIGATE

THE AREA FURTHER, KANSAS BUREAU
OF INVESTIGATIONS AGENTS

FOLLOW UP ON A TIP

PROVIDED BY JODI'S FRIEND, LORI.

SO THURBER IS IN THERE?

AFTER INTERVIEWING
LORI THAT DAY,

SHE HAD SEEN JUSTIN THURBER
DRIVE BY HER.

AS SHE WAS LEAVING THE COLLEGE.

JESUS,
WHAT A FREAK.

AND HE WAS ACTUALLY STOPPED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

THAT DAY FOR
RUNNING A STOP SIGN.

COULD THIS MAN BE THE
ONE DRIVING JODI'S CAR THAT DAY?

INVESTIGATORS AGREE.

IT'S ENOUGH TO WARRANT
A CLOSER LOOK,

SO THEY BRING JUSTIN IN
FOR A FORMAL INTERVIEW.

MR. THURBER,

YOU KNOW
JODI SANDERHOLM, RIGHT?

YEAH.
I KNOW WHO SHE IS.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW HER?

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE A FEW DAYS AGO.

HER FRIENDS SAID THAT
YOU HONKED AT HER

FROM YOUR TRUCK ON CAMPUS.

YEAH.
THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.

DURING THE INTERVIEW
WITH JUSTIN THURBER,

HIS DEMEANOR WAS SOMEWHAT
WANTING TO BE HELPFUL.

HE ADMITTED TO BEING OUT
BY THE STATE FISHING LAKE,

BUT HE HAD GONE NORTH INTO A
LITTLE SMALL TOWN CALLED DEXTER,

AND HE SAID HE HAD BEEN
WITH SOME FRIENDS,

AND THEY HAD GOTTEN STUCK.

I WAS OUT MUDDING
WITH SOME FRIENDS.

WE TAKE OUR ATVs
ON BACK ROADS, YOU KNOW,

AND WE GOT STUCK,
AND WE SPLIT UP.

YOU WEREN'T NEAR THE
KAW NATURE CENTER, WERE YOU?

NO.

WE WERE OUT NEAR
THE FISHING LAKE.

WELL, MY DAD PICKED ME
UP THAT EVENING.

JUSTIN'S FATHER BACKED UP
HIS ALIBI AS FAR AS GOING

AND PICKING HIM UP
NEAR THE STATE LAKE.

ALL RIGHT. JUSTIN,
THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR NOW.

WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER DEAD END.

MEANWHILE, A SEARCH
OF THE KAW WILDLIFE AREA

STRETCHES ON FOR MORE
THAN 72 HOURS

WITH LITTLE TO SHOW FOR IT...

THEY JUST SENT
TRACKERS OUT THERE

AND, YOU KNOW,
JUST STARTED WALKING AROUND.

THEY JUST WERE SEARCHING
AND SEARCHING.

...UNTIL FINALLY ON DAY 4,

SOMETHING CATCHES
A TRACKER'S EYE.

THE ONLY THING I HEARD
HIM SAY WAS, "I HAVE HER."

I IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO HIM
AND ASKED HIM WHAT HE MEANT.

HE STATES, "I HAVE A FEMALE'S
BODY COVERED IN WOOD."

HE POINTED TO THE DIRECTION
WHERE IT WAS AT.

AS I WALKED OVER TOWARDS
THE BODY, WE KNEW IT WAS JODI.

FOUR DAYS AFTER 19-YEAR-OLD
JODI SANDERHOLM DISAPPEARED,

ARKANSAS CITY POLICE
BELIEVED THEIR SEARCH

HAS COME TO A DEVASTATING END.

WHEN I SEEN THE BODY THERE,

PRETTY CERTAIN
THAT IT WAS JODI'S,

IT DIDN'T MATTER WHOSE IT WAS,
REALLY, THOUGH,

I WAS
OVERCOME WITH SO MUCH ANGER.

I INVESTIGATED A COUPLE
HOMICIDES PRIOR TO THAT,

BUT NOTHING LIKE WHAT IT
APPEARED HAD BEEN DONE.

IT WAS EVIDENT THAT SHE HAD
BEEN STRUCK WITH SOMETHING.

THERE WERE SIGNS
OF BLUNT-FORCE TRAUMA.

THERE WERE SIGNS THAT
SHE WAS STRANGULATED

AND BELIEVE THAT WAS THE CAUSE
OF DEATH, WAS STRANGULATION.

SHE WAS ALSO RAPED
AND SODOMIZED.

I WORKED THAT CRIME SCENE
WITH A COUPLE

OTHER DETECTIVES AND AGENTS
THROUGHOUT THAT NIGHT,

REMOVED THE EACH PIECE OF DEBRIS
AND LIMB ONE AT A TIME,

AND WE WERE ABLE
TO VERIFY THAT BODY

ENDED UP BEING THAT
OF JODI SANDERHOLM.

POSITION OF HER BODY WAS SIMILAR
TO WHAT I'VE STUDIED

BEFORE IN OTHER
SERIAL-MURDER-TYPE CASES

THAT INVOLVE SOME TYPE
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

WE TOOK SWABS, OF COURSE,
OFF OF JODI'S BODY

AND UNDER HER FINGERNAILS
AND DETERMINED

THAT WE HAD A VERY WEAK
DNA SAMPLE,

SO WE SENT IT TO OUR SPECIALIZED
LAB WITHIN THE KBI.

MEANWHILE, JODI'S
FAMILY AND FRIENDS

ARE FORCED TO FACE
THE HARSH REALITY

THAT HER YOUNG LIFE IS OVER.

MY HUSBAND AND I
WERE JUST ZOMBIES.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY IS THERE
TO HELP YOU AND TALK TO YOU

AND TRY TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER,
BUT I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S JUST A FEELING I WISH
NOBODY EVER HAD TO FEEL.

I JUST NEVER REALIZED
THAT ANYTHING THIS EVIL

COULD HAPPEN IN OUR SMALL TOWN.

THAT SAME DAY, 15 MINUTES
AWAY FROM WHERE JODI'S BODY IS FOUND,

A SECOND SEARCH TEAM
MAKES ANOTHER KEY DISCOVERY.

WE HAD A DIVE TEAM COME IN
AND DIVE THE FISHING LAKE

TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND
JODI'S CAR OR ANY OTHER REMNANTS

THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
THROWN OUT THERE.

IN SECONDS, WHEN THEY GOT
THEIR BOAT OUT THERE,

THEY, USING
THEIR SONAR DEVICE,

THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND
JODI'S CAR DOWN IN THE WATER.

THE CAR HAD BEEN
PULLED OUT OF THE STATE LAKE.

OF COURSE, IT HAD BEEN SUBMERGED
IN WATER FOR 3 1/2 TO 4 DAYS.

ONE OF THE OFFICERS THAT WAS
ASSISTING OUR OFFICER

WITH TAKING CARE OF THE CAR

HAD SUGGESTED

THAT THEY DO TAPE LIFTS
OFF OF THE CAR SEATS.

AND THAT ENTAILS TAKING
A PIECE OF ADHESIVE TAPE

AND LAYING IT ON THERE
AND RUBBING IT

AND TRYING TO PULL OFF
ANY FIBERS, HAIR

OR ANY EVIDENCE OFF THAT SEAT.

ONE OF THE TAPE LIFTS
REVEALED ONE HAIR

OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT.

THE HAIR IS A BIG CLUE
AND ONE THAT DETECTIVES HOPE

WILL PAY OFF
THROUGH DNA TESTING.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME,
THE LOCATION OF THE CAR

IS ENOUGH TO BRING PAUSE,

FOR DETECTIVES REALIZE
IT'S THE SAME PLACE

WHERE ONE SUSPECT CLAIMED TO BE
ON THE DAY JODI DISAPPEARED.

YOU WEREN'T NEAR THE
KAW NATURE CENTER, WERE YOU?

NO.

WE WERE OUT NEAR
THE FISHING LAKE.

SUDDENLY, EVERYTHING ABOUT
JUSTIN THURBER'S STORY

IS CALLED INTO QUESTION,

SO DETECTIVES REVISIT THAT
FATEFUL DAY IN THE PARKING LOT.

JESUS,
WHAT A FREAK.

WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN
VIDEO FOOTAGE

FROM ABOUT TEN DIFFERENT CAMERAS

FROM THE COLLEGE
THAT I HAD PULLED,

AND WATCHING THAT,
WE SEE JUSTIN THURBER,

NOT ONLY ON THAT DAY,
BUT OTHER DAYS,

FOLLOWING DIFFERENT
DANCERS TO THE COLLEGE.

IT WAS JUST EERIE TO WATCH.

I REMEMBER ONE INCIDENT WHERE HE
HAD PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT,

GOT OUT OF HIS CAR,
WALKED OVER TOWARDS THE EAST,

AND I BELIEVE IT COINCIDED
WITH THE SAME DAY

THAT LORI REPORTED THAT
HER TIRE HAD BEEN FLATTENED.

FINALLY,
INVESTIGATORS ARE CONVINCED

THEY ARE CLOSING
IN ON THEIR MAN,

THE SAME MAN THEY MET WITH
ONCE BEFORE, JUSTIN THURBER.

YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE
WITH YOUR FRIENDS

THE DAY JODI DISAPPEARED,

BUT YOUR FRIENDS SAID
THEY NEVER SAW YOU THAT DAY.

MAYBE THEY JUST GOT
THEIR DAYS MIXED UP.

ALL THREE OF THE INDIVIDUALS
THAT JUSTIN SAID

THAT HE WAS WITH ABSOLUTELY
DENIED BEING WITH HIM.

I BELIEVE THERE WAS
ONE STATEMENT MADE

THAT THEY WOULD NOT
BE SEEN DEAD WITH HIM.

I JUST GOT THIS BACK
FROM THE LAB.

WE FOUND YOUR DNA UNDER
JODI'S NAILS AND IN HER CAR.

I WANT TO
TALK TO A LAWYER.

ULTIMATELY, JUSTIN DECIDED
NOT TO TALK TO US ANYMORE,

SO WE WERE UNABLE
TO CONTINUE QUESTIONING

BECAUSE HE INVOKED
HIS RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY,

SO ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS
CEASED AT THAT POINT.

RIGHT.

STILL, DETECTIVES KNOW
THEY HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH

TO BRING THIS CASE TO TRIAL.

IN FEBRUARY 2009,
JUSTIN THURBER IS FOUND GUILTY

OF AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, RAPE,
SODOMY, AND CAPITAL MURDER

IN THE DEATH OF
JODI SANDERHOLM.

HE IS SENTENCED TO DEATH AND
CURRENTLY REMAINS ON DEATH ROW.

JUSTIN NEVER ADMITTED
HIS ROLE IN THE MURDER

OF JODI SANDERHOLM UP
UNTIL THE DAY HE WENT TO PRISON,

AND I RODE WITH HIM
ALL THE WAY TO PRISON,

AND I WAS THE LAST COP HE SAW
BEFORE HE WENT IN THAT CELL.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES,
IN THESE CASES,

WE TRY TO ANSWER THE WHY
OF SOMEONE'S ACTIONS.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING
ON IN JUSTIN THURBER'S BRAIN.

IT'S VERY RARE TO HAVE
A STRANGER ABDUCTION

LIKE WE DID IN THIS CASE,

BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT
THAT IF JUSTIN

WOULD HAVE GOTTEN
AWAY WITH THIS,

HE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY
KILLED AGAIN.

FOR ME, IT'S JUST SOMETHING
THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET.

I CAN STILL, TO THIS DAY,

FROM JANUARY 5TH

TO JANUARY 12TH OF 2007,

PRETTY MUCH TELL YOU WHAT
I DID EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY.

THE GOOD FROM IT WAS THE FACT

THAT IT BROUGHT
THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

I WOULDN'T PROBABLY KNOW
THE SANDERHOLMS, NOW,

AS WELL AS I DO

IF IT WEREN'T FOR
THAT ONE INCIDENT.

THEY ARE SOME OF
THE STRONGEST PEOPLE I KNOW.

THE NIGHT BEFORE
THE TRIAL WAS TO START, THE...

DAVE FALLETTI CAME OVER
TO OUR HOUSE

AND HAD A CONFESSION
LETTER FROM JUSTIN THURBER

SAYING THAT HE WOULD
CONFESS TO THE KILLING OF JODI

IF WE REMOVED THE DEATH
PENALTY FROM THE SENTENCING.

WE TOLD HIM "NO."

WE SAID, "YOU KNOW, YOU MADE US
SUFFER FOR 2 YEARS."

IN THE YEARS SINCE JODI'S DEATH,

HER FAMILY HAS WORKED
HARD WITH LEGISLATORS

TO STRENGTHEN THE LAWS
AGAINST STALKING IN HOPES

THAT SOMETHING LIKE WHAT
HAPPENED TO THEIR DAUGHTER

CAN NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

YOU HEAR ABOUT THEM ALL THE TIME
WITH THE ACTRESSES

AND, YOU KNOW,
ACTORS AND STUFF.

THEY GET STALKED AND PEOPLE
BREAKING INTO THEIR HOUSE.

WELL, IT'S REAL.

I MEAN, IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE,
SO IT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED.

JODI'S LAW WAS WRITTEN
TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE

THAT ARE BEING STALKED TO GET
POLICE PROTECTION AND HELP.

WE HAD TO TESTIFY RIGHT
IN FRONT OF THE SENATE

AND HOUSE TO GET IT
PUSHED THROUGH,

AND THEY SAID THAT WAS
ONE OF THE FASTEST LAWS

THAT EVER GO THROUGH
THAT STATE OF KANSAS.

JODI WAS MY ROCK.

I MISS THE FACT THAT SHE
ALWAYS TOOK CARE OF ME.

I MISS HAVING HER AS A GREAT
FRIEND, AS A...

LIKE, I'M SURE ALL OF
OUR GOOD FRIENDS MISS HER

FOR THE SAME REASONS.

SHE WAS A VERY UPBEAT SPIRIT
THAT ALWAYS KEPT YOU GOING.

THE WORLD LOST A VERY
BEAUTIFUL SOUL,

A REALLY CARING
AND GORGEOUS GIRL,

A PERSON THAT WOULD
DO ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY.

BUT IT MAKES YOU APPRECIATE
WHO YOU DO HAVE

STILL ALIVE IN YOUR LIFE.

IT MAKES YOU HOLD THEM CLOSER.

IT MAKES YOU COMMUNICATE
AND BE MORE OPEN AND HONEST.

YOU NEVER NOT GIVE A CHANCE
TO GIVE A HUG, TO SAY,

"I LOVE YOU."

JUST APPRECIATE
WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW.

NEVER TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.