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I had nightmares last night.
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My husband told me this
morning that I was tossing
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and turning.
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I actually...
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had a nightmare that Cedric
was after us again,
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and I jumped so hard
that I woke myself up.
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I just feel like
he's watching me right now.
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It's nerve-racking.
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It's really hard.
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WOMAN: It's a scene that even
veteran cops say
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is one of the saddest
they've ever seen.
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It was sickening,
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and I couldn't escape
the thoughts of that could have
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been me, that could have
been my children.
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It could have been us.
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WOMAN: And now we know
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the suspect, according to
police, is Cedric Ricks.
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He is in custody in Oklahoma.
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If I hadn't let Cedric back in,
into my life, into my heart,
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I wouldn't be sitting
here today.
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Why'd I do it?
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I try not to beat myself up,
because I did,
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but I feel so helpless.
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I just feel helpless.
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♪♪
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I'm sorry.
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[The Paper Chase's "What's So
Amazing About Grace?" plays]
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[strings continue
playing sinister tune]
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[static crackling]
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[knock at door] [creaking]
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[banging on door]
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[creaking]
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[water dripping]
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[banging on door] [creaking]
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[sinister chord strikes]
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This is a picture of me
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when I was 15.
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[exhales]
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This is when...
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I really started to notice
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Cedric and take interest in him.
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Boy, if I could only go back
in time.
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♪♪
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So the Book of Acts
provides the bridge...
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The church played a very big
role in my life growing up,
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and the initial encounter
I had with Cedric
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was Bible study night.
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MAN: To whom also
he shewed himself alive
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after his passion...
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Cedric was my first love.
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He was cute.
I had this huge crush on him.
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He was very charming.
He always listened.
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But my parents didn't like him.
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...and speaking of
the things pertaining to
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the kingdom of God --
Ced -- Cedric,
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are you paying attention?
- Yes, sir.
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Okay. Thanks.
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Cedric ran with
a crowd that tend to get
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into trouble.
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My mom didn't want me to get
caught up in that.
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MAN: Being assembled together
with them,
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commanded them that
they should not depart...
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TESHANA: But Cedric was older
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and there was just something --
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Something cool about having
an older boyfriend.
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I wanted to see what
he was all about.
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Boy, was I about to find out.
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[sighs heavily]
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Cedric and I started talking,
and we started hanging out,
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which was nice.
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Prom is approaching.
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Every girl wants to go to prom.
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Well, my parents don't
approve of Cedric,
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so since I knew I couldn't go
to prom with Cedric,
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I asked a friend from church
that I knew my parents
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would not disapprove of.
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Then I tell Cedric --
At first, he was
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okay with me taking
someone else to prom,
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because he knew there was no
way my parents were gonna let
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me go, uh, with him.
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But then Cedric found out
I kissed my prom date.
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Teshana!
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[pounding noises]
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Teshana!
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TESHANA: Cedric got so upset.
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He was really, really angry.
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He accused me of cheating.
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I guess you got a new
boyfriend now, huh?
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TESHANA: I had never seen
that side.
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What do you mean?
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TESHANA:
It really took me off guard.
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In his anger,
Cedric tells me that
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he picked a fight with my date.
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Don't worry.
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I made sure he got the message.
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What message?
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That you're mine.
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It was surprising to see
Cedric react like that.
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I really didn't understand
why he was
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making such a big deal about it.
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Now I can say that was
a form of control.
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He couldn't control what I was
doing at my prom
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without him being present.
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Cedric, I think you
should leave.
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I don't want to see you anymore.
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After the incident with prom,
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I didn't want to see
Cedric anymore.
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We just stopped speaking.
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No wasn't in
Cedric's vocabulary.
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He saw me as something
to conquer.
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That whole, if I can't have you,
nobody else can type thing.
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I graduated high school,
and I went to live with my dad.
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After being there for, you know,
a little while,
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I met someone,
formed a relationship
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and, um, ended up
getting pregnant.
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I felt a sense of joy
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and this new endeavor
of starting my own family,
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and I was happy.
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[phone ringing]
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One day, the phone rang,
and I answered, and...
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it was Cedric.
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Cedric?
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I hadn't told him.
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Of course,
nobody in my family is
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gonna say anything,
but it's like he knew.
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Yeah, it's true.
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He was like, "I want
to see you," and I'm like...
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Why? You know,
did you not just hear
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that I have a family
that's starting?
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I've met someone else.
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He was very adamant.
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I don't think
that's a good idea.
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I didn't want to see him,
and I told him not --
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Not to come, but he said
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he wanted to see me,
and he was going to be
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on his way down.
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He just wouldn't take no
for an answer.
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Cedric came to the house
wanting to talk,
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and reluctantly, I went.
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Hopefully, he would say what
he had to say and just leave
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me be,
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but we get in the car,
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and he seemed more interested
in sex.
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Cedric. Stop.
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He was, like, real adamant
about it.
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I missed you.
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I felt a little pressure to
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the point where eventually
Cedric would wear me down.
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I can't stop thinking about you.
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And just gave in.
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♪♪
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Cedric and I slept together
that day.
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I thought if I did,
hopefully he would
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just leave me be
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and go on about his life,
and I could go on about mine.
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If I step back and look at it
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and be truly honest about
what happened that day,
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he set out to do that, to find
my moment of weakness.
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It's actually making me sick
to think about it.
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Um, having to talk about it,
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it -- it hurts all over again.
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Um...
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♪♪
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I just feel like if I hadn't
answered the phone,
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what would life have been like?
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Looking at it now,
no matter what I said
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or did, he was never
gonna go away.
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It was a Sunday at church,
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I was down in
the church nursery,
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changing my daughter,
and noticed that Cedric
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was coming in the door.
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Cedric.
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And my first response is,
"What are you doing in here?"
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I was just in town, and I, uh --
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I wanted to see how you've been.
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It was a shock for him to just
come in there like that,
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and...
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he proceeds to tell me, he's
like, "Oh, she's so pretty."
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Thanks.
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Cedric was very persistent.
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You know,
we should really catch up.
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TESHANA: And said he wanted me
to call him sometime.
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I don't think
that's a good idea.
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TESHANA:
It was very uncomfortable.
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I mean, there's no reason
we can't stay in touch.
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It's like, hey, I have a baby.
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I'm moving on.
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You would
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think a person would be like,
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okay, we're done.
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Let me leave her alone and let
her do what she's gonna do.
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I have a family now.
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We both have to move on.
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But he wanted me to call him,
he wanted me to talk to him.
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I was just trying to let him
know, hey, you know,
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I'm going on with my life,
go on with yours.
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I have to get her home.
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It was getting uncomfortable,
and so
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I grabbed her,
and I got upstairs.
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You take care of yourself.
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I thought that would be
the last time I saw Cedric,
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but he never --
Just never went away.
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At this point,
I wasn't afraid of Cedric.
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Knowing what I know now,
I really should have been.
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Cedric was acting crazy,
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and he wasn't gonna stop
until he got
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what he wanted, to get me
back at all costs.
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If he couldn't have me,
nobody could,
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and he would kill me.
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TESHANA: I tried to focus on
the baby and my fiance.
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We were supposed to get
married and do all that,
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but he decided to go
enlist in the Navy, and he has
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orders to go to Japan.
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I couldn't see myself in Japan,
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and we ended up going
our separate ways
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at that point.
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Once I was on my own,
Cedric and I reconnected.
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He was constantly sending
messages to my cousin.
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I was able to see a more
softer side of him.
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We moved in together,
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and things were okay at first.
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But one day, a woman called
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while Cedric was away at work.
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[phone ringing]
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After constantly asking
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who this lady was
and her evading the question,
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I wanted to find out
who she was, so...
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my next step is to
question Cedric.
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Some woman keeps calling for
you and won't say who it is.
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TESHANA: When Cedric got home,
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I asked him about it.
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How is that any of
your business?
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He got really angry and said he
didn't like being interrogated.
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He did not like it one bit.
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What do you care
who's calling me anyway?
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I got to the point
where I just was gonna leave,
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and I told him I was just
gonna go to my mom's
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and proceeded to
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head to the door,
and he grabbed me.
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And he choked me.
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[gasping]
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He was squeezing my neck.
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You're trying to fight
to breathe.
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You're trying to fight
to stay awake,
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but it goes dark.
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In those moments, it...
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it felt like the end.
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Oh, my God, Teshana.
Are you all right?
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- I'm so sorry.
- TESHANA: When I came to,
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Cedric was apologizing,
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saying that he was sorry,
he was sorry.
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He didn't mean it.
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I don't -- I don't know
what I was thinking.
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I don't -- you know
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I would never, ever hurt you.
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And that was the first incident
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of him putting his hands on me.
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♪♪
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[sighs]
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Please, just don't go.
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TESHANA: I still decided to go
to my mom's.
262
00:15:37,503 --> 00:15:39,270
Teshana, wait!
263
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Cedric being Cedric
264
00:15:44,276 --> 00:15:45,543
continued his apologies
265
00:15:45,611 --> 00:15:46,978
until he got his way,
266
00:15:47,012 --> 00:15:50,748
wearing me down to get
me to come back.
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00:15:51,483 --> 00:15:54,252
I went back, because I believed
268
00:15:54,286 --> 00:15:55,887
that he was truly sorry,
269
00:15:55,955 --> 00:16:02,293
and he promised and promised
that it would not happen again.
270
00:16:02,328 --> 00:16:05,229
And I just -- I believed him.
271
00:16:12,471 --> 00:16:17,308
I said yes,
because as time passed,
272
00:16:17,376 --> 00:16:21,179
um, things seemed to be
273
00:16:21,213 --> 00:16:23,414
going pretty good.
274
00:16:23,449 --> 00:16:27,529
The relationships
seemed to be stable,
275
00:16:27,553 --> 00:16:29,687
but what I thought was
276
00:16:29,755 --> 00:16:35,259
normal turned to be not so good.
277
00:16:40,032 --> 00:16:45,403
One evening, I went to bed,
and Cedric came home.
278
00:16:45,437 --> 00:16:47,972
He was intoxicated.
279
00:16:48,941 --> 00:16:53,911
And I thought I was just
gonna go back to sleep.
280
00:16:53,946 --> 00:16:58,583
Cedric then wants to engage
in sexual activity.
281
00:16:58,650 --> 00:17:01,619
I didn't want to,
and I told him no.
282
00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:04,188
You're drunk. Leave me alone.
283
00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:08,459
He's forcing himself up on me.
284
00:17:08,494 --> 00:17:11,262
My strength is no match for his.
285
00:17:11,296 --> 00:17:13,631
I mean it, stop it!
286
00:17:13,665 --> 00:17:18,403
I just couldn't fight him off,
and he raped me.
287
00:17:18,470 --> 00:17:23,541
- No!
- At the time, I didn't know
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00:17:23,609 --> 00:17:25,810
that even though you're married,
289
00:17:25,844 --> 00:17:30,481
if you say no, and they force
themselves upon you,
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that it is still
considered rape.
291
00:17:32,651 --> 00:17:36,354
[breathing heavily]
292
00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:38,356
Another reason
I didn't tell anyone
293
00:17:38,424 --> 00:17:42,260
because I felt like nobody would
294
00:17:42,294 --> 00:17:43,361
believe me.
295
00:17:45,831 --> 00:17:50,368
The next day,
it was like any other day,
296
00:17:51,537 --> 00:17:53,137
as if nothing happened.
297
00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:59,477
Shortly after, Cedric and I
were expecting a baby.
298
00:17:59,511 --> 00:18:02,780
It was just gonna
be tough to do it on my own,
299
00:18:02,848 --> 00:18:08,486
so I elected to stay --
The way I was
300
00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,788
raised and brought up is okay,
301
00:18:10,823 --> 00:18:15,426
you're married, and you're --
You know, this is
302
00:18:15,461 --> 00:18:17,595
till death do you part.
303
00:18:17,663 --> 00:18:19,464
There was some hope that
304
00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:26,037
maybe he could settle down
and be a father.
305
00:18:32,578 --> 00:18:35,613
This particular day,
I had been trying
306
00:18:35,681 --> 00:18:39,450
to reach Cedric
several times at work
307
00:18:39,518 --> 00:18:41,285
and couldn't get through.
308
00:18:42,454 --> 00:18:44,489
He hadn't called back
or anything,
309
00:18:44,523 --> 00:18:47,558
and I was sitting
at the table looking
310
00:18:47,626 --> 00:18:51,863
over some books I had,
and he came in,
311
00:18:51,897 --> 00:18:55,666
and he wanted to talk to me,
and I wasn't receptive.
312
00:18:55,701 --> 00:18:57,502
You know, in my mind, I'm like,
313
00:18:57,536 --> 00:18:59,737
I've been trying
to call you all day.
314
00:18:59,771 --> 00:19:00,738
AS CEDRIC:
What's wrong with you?
315
00:19:00,772 --> 00:19:02,840
AS TESHANA: Oh, now you want
to talk to me?
316
00:19:02,908 --> 00:19:06,244
So I just didn't --
Didn't want to talk to him,
317
00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:08,045
and he got upset.
318
00:19:09,381 --> 00:19:13,084
He knocked me out of the chair.
319
00:19:14,386 --> 00:19:16,154
He grabs me,
320
00:19:16,188 --> 00:19:20,391
he's yelling,
and he has my throat.
321
00:19:20,459 --> 00:19:23,261
I am picked up.
322
00:19:25,564 --> 00:19:30,034
My head is smashed
into -- into the wall.
323
00:19:31,503 --> 00:19:35,473
I remember biting his arm
as hard as I could,
324
00:19:35,507 --> 00:19:38,509
and he let me go.
325
00:19:38,577 --> 00:19:42,280
I remember running in our room,
grabbing the phone,
326
00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:47,018
and -- and dialing 911.
327
00:19:50,422 --> 00:19:53,224
And he comes in the room
328
00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:55,226
with a...
329
00:19:57,262 --> 00:19:58,763
the biggest knife we had.
330
00:19:58,797 --> 00:20:01,265
OPERATOR:
911. What's your emergency?
331
00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:06,404
OPERATOR: Ma'am.
Ma'am, are you still there?
332
00:20:06,438 --> 00:20:09,540
Phone is still on.
333
00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:12,977
They're -- they're talking.
334
00:20:13,011 --> 00:20:15,580
If you can hear me, stay on
the line, we're sending help.
335
00:20:15,614 --> 00:20:17,815
At this point,
I'm not saying anything,
336
00:20:17,849 --> 00:20:22,019
and he has this knife
pointed at me.
337
00:20:25,290 --> 00:20:26,757
I was scared.
338
00:20:26,792 --> 00:20:29,627
If I don't find the strength
to get this knife
339
00:20:29,695 --> 00:20:32,263
out of my face,
it's gonna be it.
340
00:20:32,297 --> 00:20:33,598
I'm gonna get stabbed.
341
00:20:33,665 --> 00:20:36,834
[loud banging]
Police officers! Open up!
342
00:20:36,868 --> 00:20:38,769
I just remember
banging on the door,
343
00:20:38,804 --> 00:20:41,606
the police announcing
who they are.
344
00:20:41,673 --> 00:20:44,275
OFFICER: Could you open up
this door, now?!
345
00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:47,411
The police had arrived, and...
346
00:20:47,446 --> 00:20:51,249
they, um, convinced him
to open the door,
347
00:20:51,283 --> 00:20:55,419
and [sighs heavily]
348
00:20:55,487 --> 00:20:59,156
um, they, uh, took him away.
349
00:21:02,661 --> 00:21:05,463
I remember seeing blood.
350
00:21:05,497 --> 00:21:09,133
I was... bleeding.
351
00:21:10,569 --> 00:21:13,170
Um,
352
00:21:13,205 --> 00:21:14,672
think it was here.
353
00:21:14,706 --> 00:21:19,310
Ended up having to get
stitches since I was cut,
354
00:21:19,344 --> 00:21:21,245
and, um,
355
00:21:21,747 --> 00:21:24,048
all because I didn't
356
00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:28,219
want to talk to him after
357
00:21:28,253 --> 00:21:32,456
he hadn't responded to me
358
00:21:32,524 --> 00:21:34,091
all day.
359
00:21:37,496 --> 00:21:40,364
The next day, Cedric, um,
360
00:21:40,399 --> 00:21:42,867
was to appear in court.
361
00:21:42,901 --> 00:21:47,371
No one told me, and so
I missed the opportunity
362
00:21:47,406 --> 00:21:50,608
to testify against him.
363
00:21:50,642 --> 00:21:53,311
By me not being there,
364
00:21:53,345 --> 00:21:56,447
the charges, um,
365
00:21:56,481 --> 00:21:58,382
were dropped.
366
00:21:58,416 --> 00:22:00,584
People asked,
why didn't she leave?
367
00:22:00,619 --> 00:22:01,652
Why didn't she leave?
368
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,821
You know, it's not just easy
to pick up and leave.
369
00:22:03,889 --> 00:22:05,690
I'm pregnant.
I got another daughter.
370
00:22:05,724 --> 00:22:09,994
I stayed, because I felt
like I had to.
371
00:22:20,672 --> 00:22:24,575
Cedric, I, and the two children,
372
00:22:24,609 --> 00:22:26,544
we're in the car on the way to
373
00:22:26,611 --> 00:22:30,348
the accountant's office
to get our taxes done.
374
00:22:31,850 --> 00:22:33,617
Cedric was making more
money than
375
00:22:33,685 --> 00:22:37,688
I was, and, um,
he wasn't contributing.
376
00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:40,725
And when we're in the car,
I asked
377
00:22:40,759 --> 00:22:43,961
if he could -- he could
contribute and do more.
378
00:22:43,995 --> 00:22:46,564
Can we talk about sharing
the bills?
379
00:22:46,598 --> 00:22:48,699
What is there to talk
about, Teshana?
380
00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:53,504
Pointing out the fact that
I needed him to do more
381
00:22:53,538 --> 00:22:55,306
than -- than he was doing.
382
00:22:56,441 --> 00:22:57,608
All I'm saying is
I don't see why
383
00:22:57,676 --> 00:23:01,612
we can't split the expenses
-TESHANA: It upset him.
384
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,115
He started driving crazy.
385
00:23:08,687 --> 00:23:09,720
Crossing into oncoming traffic.
386
00:23:09,788 --> 00:23:12,823
He said that he would --
He would kill all of us.
387
00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:15,626
- Slow down.
- Go ahead, keep talking.
388
00:23:15,694 --> 00:23:17,595
I'll run us right off the road.
389
00:23:17,662 --> 00:23:20,898
TESHANA: I was terrified,
because I believed
390
00:23:20,932 --> 00:23:23,367
he could, or he would, do it.
391
00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:27,338
There was nothing
that I could do.
392
00:23:32,477 --> 00:23:35,746
We make it there,
we get our taxes done,
393
00:23:35,781 --> 00:23:41,719
and I was trying to get
the accountant's attention to
394
00:23:41,787 --> 00:23:47,591
make him aware of the danger
that we were in.
395
00:23:47,659 --> 00:23:52,696
But with Cedric being in
the room, I was unable to do so.
396
00:23:52,764 --> 00:23:56,367
I felt completely trapped.
397
00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:09,713
I remember being in the kitchen.
398
00:24:09,748 --> 00:24:14,685
Cedric's helpin' my daughter
with something school-wise.
399
00:24:14,753 --> 00:24:18,289
No, no, you do it the way
I told you!
400
00:24:18,356 --> 00:24:19,590
Don't shout at her!
401
00:24:19,658 --> 00:24:22,493
TESHANA: He seems frustrated.
402
00:24:22,527 --> 00:24:25,362
I gave him my suggestion
on how to help.
403
00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:27,398
He's set off by it.
404
00:24:30,769 --> 00:24:32,970
Next thing I know,
I'm just on the floor.
405
00:24:37,242 --> 00:24:39,009
Cedric was
406
00:24:39,044 --> 00:24:42,947
on top of me, holding me down
on the floor.
407
00:24:42,981 --> 00:24:45,583
[sobbing] Cedric,
please don't do it!
408
00:24:45,617 --> 00:24:48,786
Cedric had a knife and
started stabbing the floor
409
00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:52,356
with the knife and telling me
that he would kill me.
410
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:55,159
I should just get rid of you!
411
00:24:55,227 --> 00:24:56,293
[sobbing]
412
00:24:56,361 --> 00:24:58,162
It's overwhelming right now.
413
00:24:59,564 --> 00:25:01,365
I feel like I'm right here.
414
00:25:03,134 --> 00:25:04,568
Hoo.
415
00:25:04,636 --> 00:25:06,937
This is tough.
416
00:25:08,373 --> 00:25:10,107
I need a moment.
417
00:25:13,645 --> 00:25:16,447
I just kind of need
to calm down a little bit.
418
00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:22,319
[breathing heavily]
419
00:25:22,387 --> 00:25:24,088
I am
420
00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:29,426
on the floor with a knife
at the side of my head,
421
00:25:29,494 --> 00:25:34,431
and it was as if some magical
wand was flicked,
422
00:25:34,466 --> 00:25:36,300
and he left.
423
00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:41,405
It was like -- no apology.
424
00:25:41,473 --> 00:25:44,708
Not knowing what
Cedric would do,
425
00:25:44,743 --> 00:25:50,414
I just wanted to get out,
ended up moving
426
00:25:50,448 --> 00:25:53,250
to my parents' house,
the kids and I,
427
00:25:53,285 --> 00:25:58,188
got the courage
428
00:25:58,223 --> 00:26:00,124
and the strength
429
00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:03,027
to file for divorce.
430
00:26:14,873 --> 00:26:19,209
I ended up filing for
a protection order,
431
00:26:19,277 --> 00:26:22,413
and every time
432
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,182
I went to court for anything,
433
00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:26,517
my dad was with me.
434
00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:30,721
So we go, and Cedric was there.
435
00:26:30,755 --> 00:26:34,391
The judge explained what
Cedric could do,
436
00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:35,559
what he couldn't do.
437
00:26:35,627 --> 00:26:36,727
You have to be
so many feet away.
438
00:26:36,795 --> 00:26:39,196
You can't be in the same store
type thing.
439
00:26:40,365 --> 00:26:43,567
No calling or texting,
440
00:26:43,635 --> 00:26:47,171
and Cedric looks at us...
441
00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:50,307
and, um...
442
00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:54,011
he does this motion.
443
00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:08,125
TESHANA: When Cedric made
that gesture in court...
444
00:27:09,894 --> 00:27:15,065
I definitely feel it was a way
to get inside of our heads,
445
00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:19,236
to scare us to drop charges.
446
00:27:20,505 --> 00:27:23,240
I got scared.
Hey, he just threatened us.
447
00:27:23,308 --> 00:27:27,311
Did you -- did you see that?
448
00:27:27,345 --> 00:27:29,413
Cedric does it again.
449
00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:31,582
Does that, and my dad, you know,
450
00:27:31,616 --> 00:27:34,318
tries to draw attention, like,
hey, did you see that?
451
00:27:34,352 --> 00:27:35,519
He just threatened us again.
452
00:27:35,553 --> 00:27:37,154
Excuse me, your honor.
453
00:27:39,524 --> 00:27:41,659
The judge granted me
the protective order.
454
00:27:41,693 --> 00:27:45,963
Cedric had to leave the home.
455
00:27:45,997 --> 00:27:49,600
But even though I had
a protective order,
456
00:27:49,634 --> 00:27:51,468
I still didn't feel safe.
457
00:27:51,536 --> 00:27:55,172
I felt he was capable of
killing me.
458
00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:09,386
Soon after I got my protection
order against Cedric,
459
00:28:09,454 --> 00:28:12,823
he started violating it by
texting me,
460
00:28:12,857 --> 00:28:14,925
saying that he was
going to end it all.
461
00:28:14,993 --> 00:28:20,364
There were times he would call
me, saying, "I've seen you"
462
00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:22,599
and your new boyfriend,"
and I'm like,
463
00:28:22,634 --> 00:28:24,601
"What are you talking about?"
464
00:28:24,636 --> 00:28:27,404
Sometimes me and one of the guys
465
00:28:27,472 --> 00:28:29,506
in my department would go
and have lunch,
466
00:28:29,574 --> 00:28:31,475
and how else would he know that
467
00:28:31,543 --> 00:28:35,312
unless he was stalking me
at my job?
468
00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:39,416
It causes you to constantly
469
00:28:39,484 --> 00:28:41,652
feel like he's there
470
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,388
in your presence even
though he's not there.
471
00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:51,962
♪♪
472
00:28:59,704 --> 00:29:02,306
One day, I was at work, working,
473
00:29:02,373 --> 00:29:05,609
and my dad, um, called me.
474
00:29:05,643 --> 00:29:09,113
He was like, "I think
Cedric tried to break in."
475
00:29:11,716 --> 00:29:13,450
The door jamb was messed up.
476
00:29:13,485 --> 00:29:14,885
My dad said
it looked like he used
477
00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:19,156
a crowbar or something to try
to pry the door open.
478
00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:22,526
Finding out Cedric tried
to break in,
479
00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:23,894
it was unnerving.
480
00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:27,464
Like there's no escape.
481
00:29:27,565 --> 00:29:32,536
I started staying up
night after night,
482
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:37,374
wondering if he's gonna try
to break in.
483
00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:38,709
The times that Cedric
484
00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:41,545
did disobey the protective order
485
00:29:41,579 --> 00:29:43,514
and the police were called,
486
00:29:43,548 --> 00:29:46,250
they pretty much just
told him to stop.
487
00:29:46,317 --> 00:29:48,352
Did Cedric stop?
488
00:29:48,386 --> 00:29:50,587
No, he did not.
489
00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:53,590
He continued to do
what he wanted to do.
490
00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:56,894
It's like being in a bad dream
491
00:29:56,928 --> 00:30:00,864
that you just can't
wake up from.
492
00:30:00,899 --> 00:30:04,234
I felt like there was nothing
that I could do.
493
00:30:13,545 --> 00:30:14,578
One night, I was on the phone
494
00:30:14,612 --> 00:30:18,715
talking to a friend
and I heard a vehicle.
495
00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:24,354
So I went to kind of go see,
because it was pretty late.
496
00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:26,990
Hold on a second.
497
00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:29,426
When I peeked
through the blinds,
498
00:30:29,460 --> 00:30:30,661
I recognized the vehicle.
499
00:30:30,695 --> 00:30:33,864
It was Cedric's cousin's truck.
500
00:30:33,898 --> 00:30:38,302
I'm like, what the heck
is he doing here?
501
00:30:38,369 --> 00:30:40,404
Or is he here?
502
00:30:40,471 --> 00:30:42,406
Or is Cedric driving his truck?
503
00:30:44,242 --> 00:30:45,442
I get off the phone...
504
00:30:45,476 --> 00:30:46,743
Sabina, I have to call you back.
505
00:30:46,811 --> 00:30:49,279
...in case I have to call 911.
506
00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:52,349
There was someone
approaching the house.
507
00:30:52,417 --> 00:30:55,352
[footsteps crunching]
508
00:30:55,386 --> 00:30:56,753
It's late at night.
509
00:30:56,788 --> 00:30:59,489
What is your purpose
for being here
510
00:30:59,524 --> 00:31:01,158
this late at night?
511
00:31:03,628 --> 00:31:04,695
[knocking noises]
512
00:31:04,729 --> 00:31:06,697
There is a knock at the door.
513
00:31:06,731 --> 00:31:09,666
I back away from the door.
514
00:31:09,701 --> 00:31:11,635
I had the phone in my hand
515
00:31:11,669 --> 00:31:15,706
and was ready to dial 911
if need be.
516
00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:16,907
[knocking continues]
517
00:31:16,941 --> 00:31:23,080
And he knocked, and I didn't
answer, and eventually, he left.
518
00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:28,785
It made me feel very unsafe,
519
00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:32,990
very uncomfortable
in my own home.
520
00:31:43,067 --> 00:31:46,503
Initial arrangements for
Cedric's visitation with
521
00:31:46,571 --> 00:31:50,474
our son was every other weekend
at his parents' house.
522
00:31:50,541 --> 00:31:53,477
But he was always angry.
523
00:31:53,511 --> 00:31:55,779
During one of the drop-offs,
524
00:31:55,813 --> 00:31:57,014
Cedric even threatened that
he would --
525
00:31:57,048 --> 00:32:02,486
He would kill us, and we had to
end up getting them moved to
526
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:03,687
the police station.
527
00:32:04,789 --> 00:32:09,693
Once we got visitation moved
to the police station,
528
00:32:09,727 --> 00:32:12,763
my feelings were,
it's gonna be safe now.
529
00:32:12,797 --> 00:32:17,301
I won't have to deal with
outbursts and fits of rage
530
00:32:17,368 --> 00:32:19,336
and the craziness.
531
00:32:19,370 --> 00:32:22,239
Law enforcement is here.
532
00:32:22,273 --> 00:32:23,440
I'm safe.
533
00:32:29,180 --> 00:32:30,347
Come here.
534
00:32:30,381 --> 00:32:33,517
One day, I was picking my son up
535
00:32:33,551 --> 00:32:36,820
from Cedric
at the police station.
536
00:32:36,854 --> 00:32:39,656
Next thing I know,
he's got me by the throat.
537
00:32:39,724 --> 00:32:42,292
Cedric grabbed me by the throat,
538
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:43,560
and he was choking me.
539
00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:46,463
I couldn't break free.
540
00:32:46,531 --> 00:32:48,865
Never
541
00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:52,903
would I ever have thought
for a second
542
00:32:52,937 --> 00:32:57,140
that I would have been
attacked at the police station.
543
00:32:57,175 --> 00:32:59,609
A place of safety,
a place of refuge
544
00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:01,778
that you could run to
when you're in trouble.
545
00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:07,150
But yet, he did what
he wanted, when he wanted.
546
00:33:11,422 --> 00:33:12,522
Next thing I know,
547
00:33:12,557 --> 00:33:15,258
I'm -- I'm out, it's black.
548
00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:29,272
TESHANA:
I felt myself being moved.
549
00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:31,341
OFFICER: Ma'am are you okay?
550
00:33:31,409 --> 00:33:36,013
I feel --
I feel warmth in my head,
551
00:33:37,181 --> 00:33:39,349
um, over here.
552
00:33:43,788 --> 00:33:46,356
I didn't even know
I was bleeding.
553
00:33:46,391 --> 00:33:48,258
Can you tell me what happened?
554
00:33:49,594 --> 00:33:51,962
And I see, um...
555
00:33:52,530 --> 00:33:53,830
cops.
556
00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:54,664
At that point,
557
00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:58,201
everything happened
like a whirlwind.
558
00:34:00,471 --> 00:34:03,707
I was swooped into
the ambulance,
559
00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:07,444
had to go to the hospital and...
560
00:34:07,512 --> 00:34:09,813
get stitches.
561
00:34:09,847 --> 00:34:13,216
I just remember constantly
crying out for my dad.
562
00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:30,033
After the attack, um,
Cedric was not allowed to
563
00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:32,469
see our son for
a period of two years.
564
00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:36,406
There was absolutely no contact.
565
00:34:37,775 --> 00:34:41,656
But Cedric only got a few
weeks in jail.
566
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,713
When the police let him go,
567
00:34:43,781 --> 00:34:46,583
I got a strange phone call.
568
00:34:46,617 --> 00:34:48,585
[phone ringing]
569
00:34:48,619 --> 00:34:52,522
It was an officer
on the other end.
570
00:34:52,590 --> 00:34:53,824
Hello?
571
00:34:53,858 --> 00:34:57,561
He seemed concerned,
and he proceeded to tell me
572
00:34:57,595 --> 00:34:59,062
that Cedric was bragging
573
00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:03,467
that he was gonna do something
and that I better move.
574
00:35:03,501 --> 00:35:04,935
What did he say?
575
00:35:05,870 --> 00:35:10,340
The police officer
was trying to warn me
576
00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:12,008
that Cedric
577
00:35:13,211 --> 00:35:14,344
was getting
578
00:35:15,613 --> 00:35:16,813
out of hand.
579
00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:19,249
Isn't there anything you can
do to keep him from
580
00:35:19,283 --> 00:35:20,484
getting out?
581
00:35:20,518 --> 00:35:23,353
TESHANA: I knew
the officer was serious,
582
00:35:23,387 --> 00:35:26,990
and I ended up deciding to
move away.
583
00:35:28,059 --> 00:35:34,431
I was now living in a constant
state of pins and needles,
584
00:35:34,465 --> 00:35:36,299
looking over my shoulder.
585
00:35:37,568 --> 00:35:41,171
Months turns to a year,
586
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,673
and year to two years,
587
00:35:43,708 --> 00:35:46,443
and Cedric doesn't resurface.
588
00:35:46,477 --> 00:35:50,547
More time passes,
and at some point,
589
00:35:50,615 --> 00:35:53,350
I felt like he
might leave me alone.
590
00:36:03,694 --> 00:36:08,165
I got a phone call
from my sister.
591
00:36:08,232 --> 00:36:09,299
I answer, and...
592
00:36:10,635 --> 00:36:14,404
she's asking me, "Are you okay?"
593
00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:16,273
"Yes, I'm okay."
594
00:36:16,340 --> 00:36:18,441
"Are the kids okay?"
595
00:36:18,509 --> 00:36:19,743
"Yes, the kids are fine."
596
00:36:19,777 --> 00:36:21,978
You know, what --
What's going on?
597
00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:24,714
WOMAN: When neighbors at this
Bedford apartment complex
598
00:36:24,749 --> 00:36:25,882
heard screams late
Wednesday night,
599
00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:29,653
they never imagined two
murders were taking place.
600
00:36:29,687 --> 00:36:33,356
Cedric killed someone,
and they weren't sure
601
00:36:33,391 --> 00:36:36,426
if it was me and --
And the kids.
602
00:36:36,460 --> 00:36:38,728
MAN:
It all started at around 8:45,
603
00:36:38,763 --> 00:36:39,963
when police found the woman
604
00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:44,434
and child dead inside of
a home on Park Place Boulevard.
605
00:36:44,468 --> 00:36:45,669
And then as
606
00:36:45,736 --> 00:36:49,239
details came in,
I learned that Cedric...
607
00:36:49,307 --> 00:36:52,342
[sighs heavily]
608
00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:53,877
Stabbed his girlfriend.
609
00:36:53,945 --> 00:36:56,713
WOMAN: Officers say they walked
into what they say
610
00:36:56,747 --> 00:36:59,549
was one of the worst
and saddest scenes ever.
611
00:36:59,617 --> 00:37:01,918
WOMAN: They found 30-year-old
Roxann Sanchez
612
00:37:01,953 --> 00:37:05,622
and her eight-year-old son,
Anthony Reyes Figueroa,
613
00:37:05,656 --> 00:37:06,556
dead with multiple stab wounds.
614
00:37:06,624 --> 00:37:08,925
Her other son,
a 12-year-old boy, was found
615
00:37:08,993 --> 00:37:12,462
with multiple wounds but
survived the attack and even
616
00:37:12,496 --> 00:37:14,064
called 911.
617
00:37:35,553 --> 00:37:37,721
[sighs]
618
00:37:37,788 --> 00:37:41,958
I've never heard this before,
um...
619
00:37:43,494 --> 00:37:46,263
I feel really sick. [sighs]
620
00:37:50,635 --> 00:37:53,536
Cedric had stabbed him, um,
621
00:37:53,571 --> 00:37:55,905
and he survived by
622
00:37:55,940 --> 00:38:01,077
making the same noise that, uh,
his brother Anthony made.
623
00:38:15,793 --> 00:38:19,663
WOMAN: Only an eight-month-old
infant was left unharmed,
624
00:38:19,697 --> 00:38:22,532
and that baby's father,
38-year-old Cedric Ricks,
625
00:38:22,566 --> 00:38:24,801
is in custody tonight,
charged with the murders.
626
00:38:24,869 --> 00:38:27,504
TESHANA: All I could do
at first was cry.
627
00:38:27,538 --> 00:38:29,139
It was sickening.
628
00:38:32,643 --> 00:38:36,246
And I couldn't escape
the thoughts of,
629
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:37,347
that could have been me,
630
00:38:37,415 --> 00:38:39,649
that could have been
my children.
631
00:38:39,684 --> 00:38:41,151
That could have been us.
632
00:38:50,294 --> 00:38:52,696
[sighs heavily]
633
00:38:52,730 --> 00:38:55,198
This is a picture of Roxann.
634
00:38:55,266 --> 00:39:01,204
♪♪
635
00:39:01,272 --> 00:39:02,305
Beautiful girl.
636
00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:09,479
[voice breaking]
This makes me sad.
637
00:39:09,513 --> 00:39:15,185
♪♪
638
00:39:15,252 --> 00:39:18,088
I'm sorry, I just...
639
00:39:19,557 --> 00:39:21,991
This makes me sad.
640
00:39:24,729 --> 00:39:26,129
I wish I could have told her.
641
00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:32,068
Roxann and Anthony...
642
00:39:33,504 --> 00:39:36,584
...their voices were
taken from them.
643
00:39:36,608 --> 00:39:37,807
They're no longer here with us.
644
00:39:37,875 --> 00:39:40,543
They can't speak,
and they can't tell their story,
645
00:39:40,578 --> 00:39:43,813
but I can be
their voice for them.
646
00:39:44,782 --> 00:39:48,351
That's why I testified.
I did it for them.
647
00:39:59,130 --> 00:40:00,363
[sighs]
648
00:40:00,431 --> 00:40:02,365
[groans]
649
00:40:02,433 --> 00:40:04,167
[sighs]
650
00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:07,303
[quietly] God.
651
00:40:10,641 --> 00:40:15,044
This is a picture of Cedric
at the time of his arrest.
652
00:40:19,550 --> 00:40:21,284
I don't like to look at him,
653
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,321
and it's not feelings of --
654
00:40:25,356 --> 00:40:29,225
Of hate or of bitterness.
655
00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:31,628
It's just...
656
00:40:31,662 --> 00:40:36,166
pain, it brings back
so much pain.
657
00:40:36,233 --> 00:40:38,001
[sighs]
658
00:40:40,104 --> 00:40:41,471
Cedric
659
00:40:41,539 --> 00:40:43,506
continues
660
00:40:43,574 --> 00:40:46,576
to haunt me at times.
661
00:40:46,610 --> 00:40:49,112
I'm left with scars.
662
00:40:50,915 --> 00:40:54,651
Physical scars I can see, um...
663
00:40:54,685 --> 00:40:59,522
I'm left with emotional,
mental scars.
664
00:40:59,590 --> 00:41:02,425
Those are things that have
affected me,
665
00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:04,294
even up until this day.
666
00:41:07,398 --> 00:41:10,333
He has left a mark.
667
00:41:18,008 --> 00:41:23,680
When I learned that Cedric
was given the death penalty,
668
00:41:23,714 --> 00:41:25,482
my thoughts and feelings were,
669
00:41:25,516 --> 00:41:27,016
that's too easy.
670
00:41:28,219 --> 00:41:29,752
It's just too easy.
671
00:41:30,721 --> 00:41:34,157
Not so much wanted him
to suffer, but just
672
00:41:34,225 --> 00:41:36,025
be responsible.
673
00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:37,760
Cedric needs to
take responsibility
674
00:41:37,828 --> 00:41:42,432
for his actions --
To this day, he has not.
675
00:41:43,934 --> 00:41:48,471
When the day finally arrives
for Cedric's sentence to be
676
00:41:48,539 --> 00:41:50,273
carried out,
677
00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:52,842
I don't think I will be upset.
678
00:41:52,910 --> 00:41:57,180
I'm affected by the things
that I've gone through
679
00:41:57,248 --> 00:41:58,515
and dealt with,
680
00:41:58,549 --> 00:42:00,517
but that's not the end.
681
00:42:00,551 --> 00:42:02,785
I'm gonna keep pushing forward.
682
00:42:02,820 --> 00:42:07,390
You fall down, get back up,
and try it again.
683
00:42:09,226 --> 00:42:13,029
I am a person that believes
there is evil in the world.
684
00:42:13,063 --> 00:42:17,834
My message is to know the signs,
um, see 'em,
685
00:42:17,868 --> 00:42:22,605
be honest with yourself, and
take action, because it could be
686
00:42:22,673 --> 00:42:24,974
the last chance you get.