Your Worst Nightmare (2014–…): Season 4, Episode 10 - Home Invasion - full transcript

After separating from her husband of 13 years, 36 year old Julie Boyd suddenly finds her life in danger and will stop at nothing to keep her three children safe.

MY BABY.

THERE YOU ARE.

PLEASE.

IT - - IT'S NOT TOO LATE.

YOU COULD STILL WALK AWAY.

STONEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA,

IS A SOUTHERN TOWN
OF LESS THAN 10,000 PEOPLE

NEARLY 40 MILES NORTH
OF WINSTON-SALEM.

STONEVILLE IS
SUCH A GREAT LITTLE TOWN.

SO SMALL THAT IF
YOU BLINK YOUR EYES,

YOU'RE GONNA MISS IT, TOO.



IT'S GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD,
GOOD PEOPLE,

VERY SAFE PLACE TO LIVE.

IT'S HERE THAT
36-YEAR-OLD JULIE CURRY BOYD

HAS RECENTLY MOVED WITH HER
THREE BOYS AND HUSBAND, KENNETH.

HEY, DID YOU GET
THE MOTOR WORKING?

SPAGHETTI AGAIN?

KENNETH WAS A TRUCK DRIVER,

SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL
WITH HIM MUCH BUT ON WEEKENDS.

I THINK THEY WERE MISERABLE.

AND IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT
IT WAS, THEY WERE GONNA ARGUE.

HAVEN'T YOU HAD ENOUGH?

KNOCK, KNOCK!

HEY, CRAIG!

LUCKILY, JULIE NOW HAS
FAMILY LIVING NEARBY,



INCLUDING HER BROTHER, CRAIG.

WHAT'S COOKIN', NEIGHBORS?
SMELLS GOOD IN HERE.

CRAIG AND I LIVED NEXT DOOR.

IT WAS THREE HOUSES.

HER DAD AND HER MOM
LIVE IN THE MIDDLE HOUSE,

I LIVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND
JULIE LIVED ON THE LEFT SIDE.

LIVING CLOSE BESIDE EACH OTHER,
IF I HAD A PROBLEM OR SOMETHING,

NEED EXTRA HELP MAYBE
WITH THE KIDS OR ANYTHING,

SHE WAS THERE WILLING TO HELP.

IT WAS VERY NICE.

DOING SOME YARD WORK?

CRAIG.

OKAY.

HEY, KEN, CAN YOU PUT...

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHY I TRY.

KENNETH WAS STRANGE.
HE WASN'T HOME A LOT.

WHEN HE WAS HOME,
HE WAS MORE SELF-CENTERED.

HE CARED MORE ABOUT
HIS SELF THEN ANYTHING ELSE.

MONTHS INTO LIVING
NEAR JULIE'S FAMILY,

THINGS AREN'T ANY BETTER
BETWEEN JULIE AND KENNETH.

IN FACT,
THEY'VE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED
TO BE AT WORK?

NO.

LOST IT.

LOST WHAT?

JOB.

JUST WASN'T WORKING OUT.

WHAT?

YOU JUST GOT THAT JOB.

I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T
EVEN LIVED HERE THAT LONG YET.

I UNPACKED
THE LAST BOX YESTERDAY.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

WE NEED THAT MONEY.

KENNETH HAD A LOT OF
TROUBLE HOLDING DOWN JOBS.

I THINK KENNETH'S DRINKING
PROBLEM AFFECTED HIS JOBS.

JULIE WAS FED UP
WITH HIS BEHAVIOR.

YOU PROMISED
TO CUT BACK ON THE BOOZE.

AND WHAT IS THAT,
YOUR THIRD DRINK SINCE DINNER?

NOT TO MENTION GOD KNOWS HOW
MANY YOU'VE BEEN SNEAKING

OUT THERE
IN THAT SHED OF YOURS.

YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

WELL, WE'LL JUST SEE
ABOUT THAT.

WHERE DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE GOING?

LET GO OF ME, YOU JERK!

YOU WANT TO REPEAT THAT?

YEAH,
I DIDN'T THINK SO.

FINALLY, JULIE DECIDES
SHE'S HAD ENOUGH.

THEY'RE SEPARATED SEVERAL TIMES.

SHE WOULD ALWAYS GO BACK TO
HIM BECAUSE SHE WAS AFRAID.

I SAID, "JULIE, HE IS
NOT GONNA HURT YOU.

HE LOVES HIS SELF TOO MUCH
TO JEOPARDIZE HIS OWN LIFE.

HE AIN'T GONNA HURT YOU."

I TRIED TO ENCOURAGE HER
NOT TO GO BACK TO HIM.

ON HER OWN FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN 13 YEARS,

JULIE DOES HER BEST TO
EMBRACE LIFE AS A SINGLE MOM.

JULIE LOVED BEING A MOM.

THEM KIDS LOVED HER.

THEY WERE ALWAYS
CLINGING TO HER.

THAT'S THE ONLY, I THINK, JOY
SHE EVER HAD, HAVING HER KIDS.

- HEY.
- HEY.

WHAT'LL IT BE TODAY?

I'LL HAVE VANILLA
IN A CUP PLEASE.

OKAY.

CAN I GET COOKIES
AND CREAM IN A CUP, PLEASE?

SURE.

HOW DARING.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR SHIRT?

COME HERE.

SO, YOU BOYS
JUST MOVED INTO

THAT BLUE HOUSE DOWN
THE STREET, RIGHT?

YES SIR.

WAS THAT YOUR DAD I SAW
MOVING OUT THE OTHER DAY?

BOYS, I'LL MEET YOU
AT THE CAR.

YOU KNOW,
IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING,

ANYTHING AT ALL,
JUST LET ME KNOW, OKAY?

I'VE GOT A SOFT SPOT
FOR SINGLE MOTHERS.

YOU KEEP THE CHANGE.

JULIE WAS ON EDGE A LOT.

THE LEAST LITTLE THING
WOULD SET HER OFF.

THOSE KIDS WERE HER LIFE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
SHE WOULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT 'EM.

WEEKS GO BY
AND JULIE STARTS TO SETTLE IN

TO HER NEW NORMAL.

LIVING CLOSE BESIDE EACH OTHER,
WE HELPED EACH OTHER OUT.

WE BECAME CLOSE.
IT WAS NICE.

YEP, THERE'S 52 OF 'EM THERE.

EVERYBODY IN?
- SHE'S IN.

OKAY.
MOM, YOU NEED SOME MONEY TOO.

OKAY, OKAY,
AND THAT I CAN TELL IS MAGIC.

DAD, YOU HAVE
A TERRIBLE POKER FACE.

THAT'S NOT A WAY
TO TALK TO YOUR DAD!

- HOLD THAT THOUGHT.
- I WANT ONE.

- OKAY, HERE'S ONE.
- THANK YOU.

HELLO?

Julie, it's me.
Don't hang up.

KENNETH.
I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW.

This will just take a second.

NO, I'M NOT READY,
I NEED MORE TIME.

We belong together, Julie.

NO.

You know it's true.

LISTEN--

Let me make it up to you.
I'll be different, I swear.

I THINK KENNETH FELT
LIKE SHE WAS HIS PROPERTY

AND IT WAS NOT A PARTNERSHIP,
IT WAS A OWNERSHIP.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN FIGURE

THAT HE WOULD KEPT COMING UP,
HARASSING HER LIKE THAT.

Just let me come home.

NO, YOU'RE NOT LISTENING.

I'm sorry.

STOP!

I won't stop,
till you give me a chance.

WHAT WAS ALL THAT?

JUST IGNORE IT.
COME ON, WE GOT A GAME TO PLAY.

YEAH, SO WHERE WERE WE?

SHE WOULDN'T LISTEN TO YOU

WHEN YOU TRIED
TO GIVE HER ADVICE.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN
YOU'RE GIVING PEOPLE ADVICE,

YOU KNOW WHEN TO SHUT UP?

WHAT DO YOU DO?

BUT SOON, EVEN JULIE MUST ADMIT

THAT THERE'S CAUSE FOR CONCERN.

AFTER SEPARATING
FROM HER HUSBAND OF 13 YEARS,

JULIE CURRY BOYD IS AWOKEN

BY A LOUD POUNDING IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

KENNETH?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!

IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
YOU SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH.

YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING HERE.

I'M A WRECK WITHOUT YOU,
CAN'T YOU SEE THAT?

ONCE KENNETH MOVED OUT, HE
STILL CAME AND HARASSED JULIE,

MAKE NOISES
AND STUFF TO SCARE HER

WHEN SHE WAS STAYING
BY HERSELF WITH THE KIDS.

I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS!

IT'S NOT RIGHT.

I SHOULD BE HERE.

WITH YOU.

THIS IS MY HOME!

KENNETH, PLEASE,
THE KIDS ARE IN BED.

YOU JUST GOT TO
KEEP IT DOWN, OKAY?

WELL, LET 'EM HEAR!

LET 'EM ALL HEAR IT!
I DON'T CARE!

ALL RIGHT, KENNETH,
IT'S TIME TO GO.

NO, I AIN'T GOING.

NOT TILL SHE GIVES ME
A CHANCE.

I SAID LEAVE, NOW!

COME ON.
BEFORE I CALL THE POLICE!

CRAIG WOULD HAVE
PROTECTED JULIE.

HE WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING
TO HAVE KEPT JULIE SAFE.

FINE.

I'LL GO.

FOR NOW.

BUT I'LL BE BACK.

THIS AIN'T OVER, JULIE!

HE WOULD SCARE THEM AT NIGHT,

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT
SHE CALLED THE POLICE OR NOT,

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WAS
ANYTHING THEY WOULD HAVE DONE,

UNLESS HE'D DONE
SOMETHING FIRST.

STILL, JULIE'S FAMILY
DOES CONVINCE HER

TO TAKE SOME ACTION.

THANKS, DAD.

I'M STILL NOT SURE
ALL THIS IS NECESSARY.

DON'T YOU THINK WE MAY BE
OVERREACTING JUST A BIT?

WELL, MAYBE, HONEY,
BUT BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY.

HARDWARE, PLEASE?

SHE CHANGED
THE LOCKS ON THE HOUSE.

EVEN THOUGH HE WAS
OUT OF THE HOUSE,

ALL THE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS,

THEY WERE THERE
TO PROTECT JULIE FROM HIM.

JULIE RESOLVES TO
NEVER GO BACK TO KENNETH AGAIN.

SHE'S COME TOO FAR.

ALL RIGHT,
GIVE ME ALL YOU GOT.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

IT'S NOT MINE.

YOU THINK I COULD
DRINK THAT STUFF?

THAT STUFF'S GROSS.

NO.

LET'S GO INSIDE, GRAB SOME
SWEET TEA OR SOMETHING.

COME ON.

OKAY.

EVERYONE WAS HOPING
THAT KENNETH WOULD GO AWAY

AFTER THE SEPARATION.

BUT SOMEBODY WOULD HIDE OUT
BEHIND HER HOME.

THERE WERE TIMES
WHEN YOU JUST SAY,

"THAT'S NOT RIGHT, YOU SHOULDN'T
HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS."

IT'S NOT LONG

BEFORE IT BEGINS FEELING
LIKE NOWHERE IS SAFE.

GET A GRIP, JULIE.

OKAY.

EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR
PJs, TOOTHBRUSH?

ALL THAT STUFF'S
AT DAD'S HOUSE.

OKAY, JUST CHECKING.

THOUGH JULIE WANTS TO STAY

FAR AWAY FROM KENNETH,

SHE'S NOT READY TO MAKE
THE SAME RULE FOR HER KIDS.

I DON'T THINK SHE CARED
FOR HIM GETTING THE KIDS,

BUT SHE DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT

KEEPING THEM AWAY
FROM THEIR DADDY.

- OKAY.
- OKAY, HAVE A GOOD TIME.

SEE YOU LATER TONIGHT.

I LOVE YOU.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR
DOING THIS, DAD.

YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T STOMACH
FACING HIM MYSELF THESE DAYS.

THINK THE BOYS WILL
BE OKAY?

THEY'RE GONNA BE FINE.

JUST TRY AND RELAX,
DO SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF?

YEAH.

THEY'LL BE BACK
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

JULIE'S BIGGEST PAIN WAS
PROBABLY GIVING UP HER BOYS

FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME
TO SPEND WITH KENNETH.

SHE WOULD STAY BUSY,

AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE SHE
WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT THE KIDS.

THANKS.

YEAH, IT'S MY PLEASURE.

YOU KNOW,
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

YOU GUYS MUST NOT BE EATING
MUCH ICE CREAM THESE DAYS?

EITHER THAT
OR YOU'RE AVOIDING ME.

YEAH, YOU KNOW HOW IT IS,
JUST BEEN BUSY.

THANKS AGAIN.

AS HARD AS IT IS ON JULIE

WHEN THE BOYS ARE AWAY,
THEY ARE NEVER GONE FOR LONG.

HI, MOM, WE'RE HOME!

IN HERE!

HEY, DID YOU HAVE
A GOOD TIME?

- YEAH.
- YEAH?

YEAH, IT WAS FINE.

DAD SAID
TO GIVE YOU THIS.

WHAT'S THAT?

DON'T KNOW, JUST SAID YOU
SHOULD OPEN IT RIGHT AWAY.

WELL, I'M GONNA NEED
A MINUTE.

CAN YOU STICK IT
OVER THERE

ON THE PILE OF MAIL
FOR ME, SWEETIE?

YEAH.
THANKS.

SO, YOU HUNGRY?

NAH, WE JUST ATE.

WELL, DID YOU AT LEAST
SAVE ROOM FOR A LITTLE DESSERT?

UM... YES.

OKAY, GOOD.

GO GET CHRISTOPHER,
I'LL GET THE CAKE READY.

A MAN THAT GIVES
A CHILD A BULLET

IS NOTHING BUT PURE EVIL.

JULIE CURRY BOYD
HAS JUST RECEIVED

A TERRIFYING GIFT
FROM HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND.

KENNETH SENT THE MIDDLE CHILD,
JAMIE, HOME WITH A BULLET

AND TOLD HIM TO,
"GIVE THIS TO YOUR MAMA

AND TELL HER THIS ONE
IS FOR HER."

MY THOUGHTS ABOUT ANY MAN
WHO WOULD GIVE A CHILD A BULLET

TO GIVE TO THEIR MOTHER
IS NOT A MAN.

HE IS NOT A MAN AT ALL.

FEARING FOR HER LIFE

AND THE LIVES OF HER CHILDREN,

JULIE DECIDES SHE CAN'T STAY
IN THIS HOUSE A SECOND LONGER.

I KNOW THAT SHE WAS ON EDGE.

SHE MOVED IN WITH MOM
AND DAD TO GET AWAY FROM THAT.

NOW, I DON'T WANT YOU
TO WORRY, OKAY?

EVERYTHING'S FINE.

WE JUST NEED TO GIVE
DADDY A FEW WEEKS.

WE'LL STAY HERE
FOR A LITTLE WHILE

AND GO BACK HOME
WHEN THING SETTLE DOWN, OKAY?

OKAY, MOM.

ALL RIGHT,
SWEET DREAMS, MY ANGELS.

SWEET DREAMS, MOM.

SHE KEPT EVERYTHING
TO HERSELF A LOT,

BUT I THINK
SHE WAS TOTALLY HORRIFIED.

WHILE JULIE MAY FEEL SAFER

INSIDE HER PARENTS' HOME,

THE REALITY IS THAT KENNETH'S
REIGN OF TERROR ONLY GROWS.

I'LL GET IT.

YEAH, HELLO?

KENNETH.

I'M NOT HERE.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
CALM DOWN, KENNETH.

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND
A WORD YOU'RE SAYING.

WHEN JULIE HAD MOVED
BACK IN WITH MOM AND DAD,

KENNETH CALLED MY FATHER
AND THREATENED HIM.

THAT'S ABOUT ENOUGH,
KENNETH.

WE'VE GOT NOTHING
TO DO WITH THIS.

THIS IS
BETWEEN YOU AND JULIE.

I'M GONNA HANG UP NOW.

GOODBYE!

I'M SO SORRY.

KENNETH TURNED AGAINST
THE REST OF THE FAMILY

BECAUSE HE FELT LIKE THEY
STOOD BETWEEN HIM AND JULIE.

HE FELT LIKE HE SHOULD COME
AND GO THERE AS HE PLEASED,

THAT THE KIDS WAS HIS
AND SHE WAS HIS, HIS PROPERTY.

OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS, THE THREATS CONTINUE,

UNTIL ONE DAY WHEN KENNETH
JUST CAN'T STAY AWAY ANY LONGER.

WHAT'S UP, DAD?

HEY!

HEY, KIDDOS!

I SURE HAVE MISSED YOU.

HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY
WE GO FOR A DRIVE,

MAYBE GET SOME PIZZA?

- YEAH.
- THAT'D BE FUN?

- YEAH!
- ALL RIGHT, JUMP IN.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I WANTED TO SEE MY KIDS.

THEY'RE MINE,
TOO, YOU KNOW.

YOU CAN'T
JUST KEEP 'EM FROM ME.

KENNETH WOULD TAKE
THE KIDS AWAY FROM JULIE.

HE'D USE THOSE KIDS TO HURT
HER SO MUCH, IT WAS UNREAL.

COME ON, MOM,
HE'S TAKING US OUT TO PIZZA.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK,
PLEASE?

YEAH, OKAY.

YOU CAN GO.

LUNCH, AND THEN
RIGHT BACK HERE, AGREED?

JULIE WAS VERY WORRIED
ABOUT HER KIDS

BECAUSE HER KIDS WAS HER LIFE.

THAT WAS HER JOY WAS HER KIDS.

AND I'M SURE UNTIL
HE BROUGHT 'EM BACK HOME,

SHE WAS VERY WORRIED ABOUT 'EM.

WHAT'S ALL THIS?

THE BOYS ARE WITH KENNETH
AND I CAN'T STOP WORRYING,

SO I'M KEEPING BUSY.

WELL, AT LEAST I GET
A CLEAN HOUSE OUT OF IT.

HEY, GIVE ME THE BROOM,
I'LL KEEP YOU COMPANY.

I THINK SHE FELT SAFER WITH
HER FATHER BEING IN THE HOUSE.

HE WAS A GOOD MAN.

THANKS.

I LOVE YOU.

SHOTGUN!

DON'T LET HIM BEAT US,
COME ON!

NO, NO, NO.

YOU LET HIM WHOOP YOU.

I HAD IT!

GOSH!
- YOU DIDN'T HAVE NOTHIN'.

I CAN'T TAKE
Y'ALL ANYWHERE.

THANKS
FOR THE PIZZA, DAD.

YOU KIDS ALWAYS
EAT THAT MUCH FOOD?

I THOUGHT I HAD THREE BOYS,
NOT THREE HORSES.

MOM CALLS US
VACUUM CLEANERS.

YOU THINK SHE MISSES US?

MAYBE I'LL GIVE HER
THE REST OF MY PIZZA.

I BET SHE'D LIKE THAT.

KENNETH, HE WAS JUST,
HE WAS STRANGE.

I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT MADE HIM SNAP THAT DAY.

YOU OKAY, DAD?

WHAT'S THAT FOR, DAD?

NEVER YOU MIND.

COME ON, DAD,
LET'S PUT THAT UP THEN.

I SAID NEVER MIND!

WHERE ARE WE GOING, DAD?

LET'S JUST SAY THAT
EVERYBODY LIVES IN THAT HOUSE

IS ABOUT TO GET
WHAT'S COMIN' TO 'EM.

A FAMILY OUTING HAS
JUST TAKEN AN UNEXPECTED TURN

FOR KENNETH BOYD
AND HIS THREE CHILDREN.

I'M SURE THE BOYS
WAS TERRIFIED IN THAT CAR

AND PROBABLY NOT WANTING
TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR DADDY

WAS EVEN THINKING DEATH.

AND YOU'RE SURE MOM ALLOWED
YOU TO USE HER STOVE?

I DON'T CARE
WHAT YOUR MOM SAYS,

I DO NOT BURN HOT WATER.

MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK.
HOT WATER.

THERE YOU GO.
WATCH IT, IT'S HOT.

SO, KENNETH BROUGHT
THE KIDS HOME.

THE KIDS GOT OUT OF THE CAR,

BEGGING HIM TO STOP
DOING WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO.

HELLO?

- MOM!
- CHRISTOPHER?

- MOM! MOM, MOM.
- CHRISTOPHER?

WHAT'S WRONG?

DAD, HE'S GOT A GUN AND HE
SAYS HE'S GONNA KILL EVERYBODY!

KENNETH HAD JUST DECIDED
THAT TODAY WAS THE DAY

THAT SHE WAS GOING TO DIE.

I'LL HANDLE THIS.

CALL 9-1-1.

COME ON.

CALM DOWN.

WHOA, KENNETH, PUT DOWN THE GUN.
LET'S JUST TALK.

NO!

SHH!
CHRISTOPHER, SHH.

HE PULLED OUT A GUN
AND SHOT DILLARD CURRY

AND KILLED HIM INSTANTLY.

DAD WASN'T ABLE
TO DEFEND HIS SELF.

HE HAD JUST GOT OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL WITH A HEART ATTACK.

AFTER KENNETH KILLED MY DADDY,
HE WENT IN THE HOUSE.

WE HAVE TO HIDE.

AND JULIE COULDN'T GET
OUT THE FRONT DOOR.

YOUR BROTHERS.
WHERE ARE YOUR BROTHERS?

THE OTHER TWO BOYS
CAME TO MY HOUSE

AND CRAIG WENT UPSTAIRS
TO GET HIS GUN.

IT'S OKAY, IT'S OKAY,
YOU'RE SAFE NOW!

NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

HE'S GOT A GUN
AND HE'S GONNA KILL EVERYONE.

WE ARE NOT GONNA LET
ANYTHING HAPPEN TO YOU, OKAY?

WE'VE GOT TO
GET OUT OF HERE!

I DON'T THINK I REALLY
HAD TIME TO GET SCARED.

MY THOUGHTS WAS GETTING THE KIDS
AND GETTING THEM OUT OF THERE.

BUT JULIE AND
CHRISTOPHER ARE STILL INSIDE

THE HOUSE WITH NO WAY OUT

AND LIMITED PLACES
THEY CAN HIDE.

KENNETH, STOP!

SHE WAS AFRAID FOR HER LIFE.

KENNETH DID NOT WANT HER

AND HE DIDN'T WANT
ANYBODY ELSE TO HAVE HER.

DAD, NO!

WHOA!

DAD, NO.

GOODBYE, JULIE.

NO!

DAMN IT!

WHEN THIS WAS ALL HAPPENING,
KENNETH WAS SHOOTING JULIE.

JULIE FELL ON TOP OF CHRIS.

HE WANTED TO PROTECT HIS MOTHER.

DAD, NO.

DAD.

PLEASE.

CHRIS LOVED HIS MOM
AND WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING.

HE TRIED EVERYTHING HE COULD
TO GET KENNETH TO STOP.

HE SHOT JULIE
AND THEN HE WENT OUT THE DOOR.

AND HE RELOADED
WHEN HE GOT BACK OUTSIDE.

BUT BEFORE HE CAN
GO BACK INSIDE,

SOMETHING STEALS
KENNETH'S ATTENTION.

WHERE DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE GOING?

HE HOLLERED BACK
AT CRAIG AND SAID,

"COME ON UP HERE, BIG BOY,
I GOT ONE FOR YOU, TOO."

RUN, NOW!

CRAIG TOLD US TO
GET OUT OF THE HOUSE

AND GO TO THE WOODS AND HIDE,
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

DON'T MAKE ME
SHOOT YOU, KENNETH.

NO!

WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT
HAPPENS, YOU DON'T THINK.

HIS GUN WAS ON SAFETY.

HE DIDN'T THINK TO TAKE IT OFF.

GET BACK HERE!

I GOT A BULLET FOR YOU,
BIG BOY!

CRAIG WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING
TO PROTECT JULIE.

THAT'S WHY KENNETH
WANTED TO KILL HIM.

KENNETH HAD EVERY
INTENTION OF KILLING

ANYBODY THAT GOT IN HIS
WAY OF GETTING TO JULIE.

COME ON, MOM.

MEANWHILE,
CHRISTOPHER DOES ALL HE CAN

TO KEEP HIS MOTHER
OUT OF HARM'S WAY.

911.
Please state your emergency.

I JUST SHOT MY WIFE
AND MY FATHER-IN-LAW.

YOU BETTER COME GET ME.

HE GAVE US THE LOCATION,

STATED THAT HE WOULD
GIVE UP ONCE WE ARRIVED,

AND COME AND GET HIM.

AS A 911 OPERATOR, THAT WOULD BE
AN ODD CALL TO GET.

OKAY, JULIE.
WHERE WERE WE?

JULIE!

WHERE ARE YOU?

JUST COME ON OUT.

YOU CAN'T HIDE FOREVER.

COME ON, MOM.
COME ON.

JULIE CURRY BOYD
AND HER SON CHRISTOPHER

ARE BEING HUNTED BY HER
ESTRANGED HUSBAND, KENNETH.

KENNETH BOYD
HAD SHOT JULIE'S FATHER

AND THEN ENTERED
THROUGH THE LIVING ROOM.

CHRISTOPHER WAS TRYING
TO HELP HIS MOTHER

AND RETREAT TO THE BEDROOM.

MOM.

MOM, ARE YOU OKAY?

JULIE!

WHERE ARE YOU?

JUST COME ON OUT.

GO.

YOU CAN'T HIDE FOREVER.

THERE YOU ARE.

PLEASE.

IT'S NOT TOO LATE.

YOU COULD STILL WALK AWAY.

- JULIE! - JULIE! - MOM!

RUN TO THE WOODS, NOW!

I HAD TWO OF JULIE
AND KENNETH'S BOYS.

ME AND ALL THEM
WENT TO THE WOODS

AND LAID DOWN IN A DITCH.

ONCE I GOT TO THE WOODS,
THE GUNSHOTS STOPPED,

BUT I DID NOT KNOW
WHERE KENNETH WAS.

AND I JUST TOLD THE KIDS,

"WHATEVER HAPPENS, Y'ALL
STAY RIGHT HERE AND LAY DOWN.

JUST BE QUIET."

I WAS HEARING SOME
NOISE IN THE WOODS.

SOUNDED LIKE SOMEBODY WALKING,
SOUNDED LIKE FOOTSTEPS.

IT'S THEN THAT BETTY CURRY

SEES A WELCOME SIGHT.

I SAW THE BLUE LIGHTS
OF THE POLICE CARS

PULLING IN MY DRIVEWAY.

BUT BETTY AND THE KIDS
AREN'T OUT OF DANGER YET.

WHEN WE ARRIVED, OUR
INFORMATION BEING GIVEN TO US

BY DISPATCH WAS THAT
WE STILL HAD AN ACTIVE SHOOTER.

AT THAT POINT,
HE RAN OUT IN FRONT OF US.

FREEZE!
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY POLICE!

DROP YOUR WEAPON!

DON'T SHOOT!

HERE I AM.

I SHOT 'EM.

SHOT MY WIFE
AND FATHER-IN-LAW.

HE HAD HIS HANDS ABOVE HIS HEAD,

TELLING US THAT HE WAS
THE ONE THAT HAD DONE IT,

HE WAS NOT GONNA
GIVE US ANY TROUBLE.

THEY'RE IN THE WOODS,
ALL OF 'EM,

A FEW YARDS THAT WAY.

CUFF HIM.

GO SEE WHO HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
I'M GOING INSIDE.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL
FIND IN THIS SITUATION.

OUR INITIAL ENTRY,

WE WANTED TO SEE IF EITHER
VICTIM WAS STILL ALIVE.

AND WE ALSO WANTED TO CHECK
THE REMAINDER OF THE HOUSE

TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS
NO ONE ELSE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE.

WE SEE MR. CURRY.

THERE WAS A POOL OF BLOOD
COMING OUT FROM UNDER HIS CHEST

AND HE WAS OBVIOUSLY DECEASED.

HELLO?

THERE WERE SHELL CASINGS

LITTERED THROUGHOUT
THE RESIDENCE.

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY POLICE,
ANYBODY DOWN THERE?

OUR NEXT THOUGHT
IS TO LOCATE JULIE,

AS WELL AS ANY OTHER VICTIMS
THAT MAY BE IN THE HOUSE.

COME ON OUT.
IT'S THE POLICE.

JULIE BOYD WAS FOUND
SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES

AND DECEASED.

IT'S OKAY.
COME ON OUT.

IT'S THE POLICE.
WE'LL GET YOU SOME HELP.

I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE
WHAT THE SON WENT THROUGH

SEEING HIS FATHER
SHOOT HIS GRANDFATHER FIRST

AND THEN SHOOTING
HIS MOTHER MULTIPLE TIMES.

JULIE'S MOTHER
ALSO LIVED IN THE HOME

AND SHE WORKED
A SECOND-SHIFT JOB

AND SHE WAS AT WORK THE NIGHT
THAT THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED.

AND I FULLY BELIEVE
IF SHE HAD BEEN HOME

THAT THIS WOULD'VE BEEN
A TRIPLE HOMICIDE

AND NOT A DOUBLE HOMICIDE.

KENNETH BOYD IS IMMEDIATELY

TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY, WHERE
HE MAKES A FULL CONFESSION.

I DON'T KNOW
WHY I DID IT.

JUST LIKE VIETNAM
ALL OVER AGAIN.

KENNETH, PUT DOWN THE GUN.
LET'S JUST TALK.

I JUST SAW MY TARGETS
AND I HAD TO SHOOT 'EM.

IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
YOU COULD STILL WALK AWAY.

KENNETH WAS IN THE MILITARY.

BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING,
HE NEVER SAW NO SHOOTING.

HE DROVE A BULLDOZER.

HE REALLY BELIEVED THAT
HE WAS GONNA GET BY WITH IT,

BY JUST SAYING
THAT HE HAD A FLASHBACK

AND ALL HE SAW WAS SILHOUETTES.

HE DID NOT HAVE NO FLASHBACK.

WHEN YOU GET ON
THE PHONE AND SAY,

"I JUST KILLED MY WIFE
AND MY FATHER-IN-LAW,"

YOU DIDN'T HAVE NO FLASHBACK.

YOU DIDN'T SEE SILHOUETTES.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WAS DOING.

KENNETH WAS JUST PURE EVIL.

ON JULY 14, 1994,
KENNETH BOYD IS CONVICTED

ON TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER AND SENTENCED TO DEATH.

11 YEARS LATER,
HE BECOMES THE 1,000 PRISONER

TO BE EXECUTED
IN THE UNITED STATES

SINCE THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BAN
WAS LIFTED IN 1976.

WHEN KENNETH WAS EXECUTED, NO,
I DID NOT WANT TO SEE THAT.

JUST KNOWING
THAT HE WAS WAS ENOUGH.

IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS SINCE KENNETH

KILLED MY DADDY AND MY SISTER.

I BLAMED GOD.

I BLAMED MYSELF BECAUSE
I DIDN'T SEE IT COMING.

IT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST
THINGS IN THE WORLD

ANYBODY CAN GO THROUGH,
AND NO ONE UNDERSTANDS IT.

NO ONE.

YOU CAN SAY, "I'M SO SORRY,
I'M SO SORRY, I UNDERSTAND."

NO, YOU DON'T.

YOU JUST DON'T.

MY MOM TOOK THE CHILDREN IN.

MAMA DID NOT WANT TO
SEPARATE THE CHILDREN,

AND THAT WAS
A BIG DEAL FOR HER,

SO SHE KEPT THEM.

MY HEART GOES OUT
TO THOSE THREE BOYS.

THEY LOST A MOTHER
AND FATHER THAT DAY.

THE BOYS DID NOT
WANT TO TALK ABOUT

ANYTHING THAT HAD HAPPENED.

AND AS FAR AS I KNOW,
ONE OF THE BOYS HAS SAID

THAT HE CANNOT REMEMBER
ANYTHING OF HIS CHILDHOOD.

HE CANNOT REMEMBER
HIS CHILDHOOD AT ALL.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN RECOVER
FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.