1 00:00:00,827 --> 00:00:03,862 ♪♪ 2 00:00:10,724 --> 00:00:13,965 I HAD HOPED, I GUESS, THAT WE WOULD BE 3 00:00:13,965 --> 00:00:16,551 THE PERFECT FAMILY. 4 00:00:16,551 --> 00:00:21,241 BUT, SOMETIMES, I FEEL LIKE HE WAS TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 5 00:00:22,724 --> 00:00:26,517 WHEN HE WAS A NICE PERSON, HE WAS A VERY SWEET GUY. 6 00:00:26,517 --> 00:00:28,482 HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. 7 00:00:28,482 --> 00:00:33,482 WHEN HE WAS THE OTHER WAY, HE WAS JUST AWFUL. 8 00:00:34,517 --> 00:00:37,137 I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SCARED OF HIM. 9 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:39,655 I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SCARED THAN I WAS. 10 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,275 IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 11 00:00:53,793 --> 00:00:55,758 LIKE, HOW COULD YOU DO THAT? 12 00:01:01,551 --> 00:01:04,586 ♪♪ 13 00:01:12,275 --> 00:01:13,931 [ KNOCKING ON DOOR] 14 00:01:29,793 --> 00:01:32,793 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 15 00:01:32,793 --> 00:01:35,793 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 16 00:01:44,206 --> 00:01:49,068 THIS PICTURE WAS AFTER HE HAD GONE TO PRISON. 17 00:01:49,068 --> 00:01:51,517 PHYSICALLY, HE LOOKS LIKE A DIFFERENT MAN, BUT HE'S NOT. 18 00:01:51,517 --> 00:01:55,896 HE'S STILL THE EVIL PERSON THAT I REMEMBER HIM AS. 19 00:02:02,965 --> 00:02:06,172 THIS, TOO, IS JIM IN PRISON. 20 00:02:06,172 --> 00:02:09,517 HE STILL SAYS HE DIDN'T DO IT, 21 00:02:09,517 --> 00:02:11,586 STILL, TO THIS DAY. 22 00:02:18,689 --> 00:02:20,827 I THOUGHT THAT HE WAS THE PERFECT FAMILY MAN 23 00:02:20,827 --> 00:02:23,827 AND THAT EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY AND EVERYBODY WAS GETTING ALONG 24 00:02:23,827 --> 00:02:25,793 AND WE WERE A FAMILY. 25 00:02:32,586 --> 00:02:35,206 LOOKING AT THE PICTURE, YOU DON'T SEE HOW EVIL HE IS. 26 00:02:35,206 --> 00:02:38,793 HE'S SMILING. YOU KNOW, HE LOOKS NORMAL THERE, YOU KNOW. 27 00:02:38,793 --> 00:02:40,724 BUT I LIVED THROUGH IT. 28 00:02:45,482 --> 00:02:48,620 I MET JIM AT A COUNTRY BAR IN NORTH LIMA. 29 00:02:48,620 --> 00:02:50,482 I JUST REMEMBER LAUGHING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME 30 00:02:50,482 --> 00:02:51,551 AND DANCING. 31 00:02:51,551 --> 00:02:53,137 AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A FEW DRINKS, 32 00:02:53,137 --> 00:02:56,172 AND IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL TIME. 33 00:02:56,172 --> 00:02:57,551 HE WAS JUST THE NICEST GUY. 34 00:02:57,551 --> 00:03:00,793 HE TOOK MY NUMBER, AND WE WENT OUT. 35 00:03:00,793 --> 00:03:03,931 WE WENT TO MOVIES. WE WENT DANCING. 36 00:03:03,931 --> 00:03:07,206 AND HE WAS JUST GREAT. 37 00:03:07,206 --> 00:03:09,862 HE WAS A GENTLEMAN. I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM. 38 00:03:09,862 --> 00:03:11,620 HE TREATED ME LIKE A PRINCESS. 39 00:03:14,068 --> 00:03:15,655 HE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM. 40 00:03:17,758 --> 00:03:21,275 AND OF COURSE I SAID YES. 41 00:03:26,034 --> 00:03:28,689 I HAD CHILDREN FROM A FIRST MARRIAGE, 42 00:03:28,689 --> 00:03:30,103 AND I WAS VERY EAGER 43 00:03:30,103 --> 00:03:33,034 FOR THEM TO HAVE A FATHER FIGURE IN THEIR LIFE. 44 00:03:33,034 --> 00:03:35,034 I JUST FELT LIKE HE WAS GONNA BE THERE 45 00:03:35,034 --> 00:03:37,310 AND HE WAS GONNA TAKE CARE OF US ALL. 46 00:03:43,034 --> 00:03:46,379 CARRIE ANNA WAS BORN THE YEAR AFTER WE GOT MARRIED, 47 00:03:46,379 --> 00:03:49,413 AND THE TWINS WERE BORN TWO YEARS LATER. 48 00:03:49,413 --> 00:03:53,517 HE WAS A GREAT HUSBAND. HE WAS A GREAT FATHER. 49 00:03:53,517 --> 00:03:56,379 HE WAS VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH HIS CHILDREN. 50 00:03:56,379 --> 00:03:58,206 WE DID EVERYTHING AS A FAMILY. 51 00:03:58,206 --> 00:04:01,172 IT WAS A FUN TIME, HAPPY TIME. 52 00:04:13,275 --> 00:04:15,689 THANK YOU SO MUCH, MOM. 53 00:04:15,689 --> 00:04:17,344 KIDS ARE GONNA LOVE THEM. 54 00:04:17,344 --> 00:04:20,137 WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. 55 00:04:20,137 --> 00:04:23,931 JIM MADE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PART OUR INCOME 56 00:04:23,931 --> 00:04:25,551 BEING A TRUCK DRIVER. 57 00:04:25,551 --> 00:04:30,448 BUT MY MOTHER, SHE WOULD ALWAYS BUY THE KIDS STUFF. 58 00:04:30,448 --> 00:04:32,758 AND ONE DAY, HE JUST GOT, 59 00:04:32,758 --> 00:04:36,068 LIKE, REALLY, REALLY UPSET WITH MY PARENTS. 60 00:04:39,827 --> 00:04:41,275 NO. 61 00:04:41,275 --> 00:04:42,793 IT'S REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE WE'VE -- 62 00:04:42,793 --> 00:04:46,482 WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF MONEY THIS YEAR. 63 00:04:46,482 --> 00:04:47,965 MY MOM HAD GONE SHOPPING, 64 00:04:47,965 --> 00:04:51,000 AND SHE HAD BOUGHT THE KIDS CLOTHES, 65 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,103 AND HE JUST BECAME ANGRY. 66 00:04:53,103 --> 00:04:54,793 [ LAUGHS ] 67 00:04:54,793 --> 00:04:56,448 NO, BLUE IS HER FAVORITE COLOR. 68 00:04:56,448 --> 00:04:57,827 SHE'S GONNA ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. 69 00:04:57,827 --> 00:04:59,827 GIVE ME THE PHONE. 70 00:04:59,827 --> 00:05:02,413 HOLD ON, I'M TALKING TO MY MOM. 71 00:05:02,413 --> 00:05:03,586 NOW. 72 00:05:11,344 --> 00:05:13,310 AND HE TOLD HER, "I DON'T WANT YOU 73 00:05:13,310 --> 00:05:15,000 TO BUY THEM ANYTHING ANYMORE." 74 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,586 I CAN TAKE CARE OF MY OWN FAMILY. 75 00:05:17,586 --> 00:05:20,896 I WAS VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 76 00:05:20,896 --> 00:05:22,689 THOSE ARE MY MOM'S ONLY GRAND KIDS. 77 00:05:22,689 --> 00:05:24,931 IF SHE WANTS TO BUY THEM SOMETHING, 78 00:05:24,931 --> 00:05:27,655 WHO ARE WE TO SAY, "YOU CAN'T DO THAT." 79 00:05:27,655 --> 00:05:30,000 STAY AWAY FROM MY KIDS. 80 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,793 STAY AWAY FROM MY WIFE. 81 00:05:33,793 --> 00:05:35,862 AND STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME. 82 00:05:39,310 --> 00:05:41,965 HE JUST GOT VERY NASTY ABOUT IT. 83 00:05:41,965 --> 00:05:43,655 HE SAID, "THEY DON'T DESERVE ANYTHING, 84 00:05:43,655 --> 00:05:46,551 AND I DON'T WANT YOUR MOM BUYING ANYTHING MORE." 85 00:05:46,551 --> 00:05:48,862 IF I WANTED TO BUY THEM SOMETHING, I'LL BUY IT. 86 00:06:05,965 --> 00:06:07,793 JIM WORKED AS A TRUCK DRIVER, 87 00:06:07,793 --> 00:06:09,689 AND THE WAY THAT HIS WORK SCHEDULE WAS, 88 00:06:09,689 --> 00:06:11,620 HE WAS ONLY HOME, LIKE, ON WEDNESDAYS 89 00:06:11,620 --> 00:06:13,344 AND ON THE WEEKENDS. 90 00:06:13,344 --> 00:06:15,551 HE WAS GONE MOST OF THE TIME. 91 00:06:15,551 --> 00:06:17,931 SEE YOU LATER. SEE YOU. 92 00:06:17,931 --> 00:06:21,310 I MISSED HIM, BUT IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, 93 00:06:21,310 --> 00:06:23,413 LIKE SOMETHING THAT I COULDN'T HANDLE. 94 00:06:23,413 --> 00:06:24,827 I'LL CALL YOU IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, OKAY? 95 00:06:24,827 --> 00:06:26,000 YOU BETTER. 96 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,241 HE WOULD CALL AND CHECK 97 00:06:27,241 --> 00:06:29,758 AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALL OKAY. 98 00:06:29,758 --> 00:06:31,655 WE WOULD TALK FOR A FEW MINUTES, 99 00:06:31,655 --> 00:06:33,448 AND THEN HE WOULD HANG UP. 100 00:06:46,689 --> 00:06:50,000 WE CAME HOME, AND THE PHONE WAS SHUT OFF. 101 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,724 WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS THING? 102 00:06:51,724 --> 00:06:55,551 HE DIDN'T PAY THE PHONE BILLS, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A PHONE. 103 00:06:55,551 --> 00:06:56,620 SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PHONE? 104 00:06:56,620 --> 00:06:58,862 [ GASPS ] 105 00:06:58,862 --> 00:07:01,103 HE JUST DIDN'T PAY THE BILL FOR IT. 106 00:07:01,103 --> 00:07:03,137 AND I SAID, "WHY DID YOU NOT PAY THE PHONE BILL?" 107 00:07:03,137 --> 00:07:05,068 AND HE SAID, "WE DON'T NEED THAT ANYMORE." 108 00:07:05,068 --> 00:07:06,551 YOU DON'T NEED TO BE COMMUNICATING 109 00:07:06,551 --> 00:07:08,655 WITH ANYONE OTHER THAN ME. 110 00:07:18,655 --> 00:07:19,965 I THINK THAT THE REASON 111 00:07:19,965 --> 00:07:21,655 THAT HE DIDN'T PAY THE PHONE BILL 112 00:07:21,655 --> 00:07:25,379 WAS BECAUSE MY FRIENDS WOULD COME OVER 113 00:07:25,379 --> 00:07:27,103 WHEN HE WASN'T THERE OR WHATEVER, 114 00:07:27,103 --> 00:07:28,758 AND HE DIDN'T LIKE THAT. 115 00:07:28,758 --> 00:07:31,448 HE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY THERE. 116 00:07:31,448 --> 00:07:35,379 AND HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH ANYBODY ELSE. 117 00:07:35,379 --> 00:07:37,137 HE DIDN'T WANT ME TALKING TO MY PARENTS. 118 00:07:37,137 --> 00:07:40,724 HE DIDN'T WANT ME TALKING TO MY FRIENDS. 119 00:07:40,724 --> 00:07:44,137 AND HE DID NOT LET ME GO OUT AND MEET FRIENDS. 120 00:07:44,137 --> 00:07:46,586 SO PRETTY MUCH, I WAS ISOLATED. 121 00:07:46,586 --> 00:07:49,275 I DIDN'T -- I WASN'T ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE, 122 00:07:49,275 --> 00:07:52,137 AND I WASN'T ABLE TO TALK TO ANYBODY. 123 00:07:52,137 --> 00:07:54,137 HE WANTED US TO BE ALONE. 124 00:08:08,620 --> 00:08:10,103 WHEN HE WOULD COME HOME, 125 00:08:10,103 --> 00:08:13,034 A LOT OF TIMES, I WOULD WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, 126 00:08:13,034 --> 00:08:16,241 AND HE WOULD BE GONE. 127 00:08:16,241 --> 00:08:19,965 AND I LOOKED FOR HIS TRUCK, AND HIS TRUCK WAS GONE. 128 00:08:21,724 --> 00:08:26,241 HE NEVER REALLY TALKED ABOUT HIS LIFE ON THE ROAD, 129 00:08:26,241 --> 00:08:29,689 ONLY HE DROVE SO MANY MILES. 130 00:08:29,689 --> 00:08:33,586 SO I WAS SUSPICIOUS OF WHAT HE WAS DOING OUT THERE. 131 00:08:36,413 --> 00:08:40,517 AND HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH HIM. 132 00:08:40,517 --> 00:08:43,688 WHEN HE WAS OUT ON THE ROAD, HE WAS IN ANOTHER LIFE. 133 00:08:54,206 --> 00:08:57,206 ♪♪ 134 00:08:59,827 --> 00:09:02,931 [ THUNDER RUMBLES ] 135 00:09:04,137 --> 00:09:05,379 USUALLY, WHEN JIM WAS HOME, 136 00:09:05,379 --> 00:09:07,068 HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUT IN THE SHED. 137 00:09:07,068 --> 00:09:11,655 HE WAS ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING OUT THERE. 138 00:09:11,655 --> 00:09:13,620 I REALLY DIDN'T PAY A WHOLE LOT OF ATTENTION. 139 00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:16,793 IT WAS LIKE A MAN THING. 140 00:09:16,793 --> 00:09:18,379 I WAS USUALLY IN THE HOUSE CLEANING 141 00:09:18,379 --> 00:09:21,000 OR DOING WHATEVER I HAD TO DO, TAKING CARE OF KIDS. 142 00:09:22,137 --> 00:09:25,827 IT WAS, LIKE, HIS PLACE TO GO. 143 00:09:25,827 --> 00:09:28,241 I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS UP TO IN THE SHED. 144 00:09:43,379 --> 00:09:45,724 WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME A PLATE? 145 00:09:45,724 --> 00:09:49,000 I KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING ON, BUT I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT. 146 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,793 I'M YOUR WIFE. 147 00:09:50,793 --> 00:09:55,689 I GUESS I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD EVER HARM ANYBODY. 148 00:09:59,103 --> 00:10:02,034 [ SHEILA SCREAMS ] 149 00:10:13,517 --> 00:10:15,275 [ SHOWER RUNNING ] 150 00:10:15,275 --> 00:10:17,000 ONE DAY, HE CAME IN FROM WORK, 151 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,758 AND HE DROPPED HIS BAG ON THE FLOOR, 152 00:10:18,758 --> 00:10:21,137 AND HE WENT IN TO TAKE A SHOWER. 153 00:10:29,482 --> 00:10:31,827 AND I WENT IN TO TAKE THE DIRTY CLOTHES 154 00:10:31,827 --> 00:10:35,103 OUT OF HIS BAG, AND I FOUND CONDOMS. 155 00:10:42,172 --> 00:10:44,137 WHAT ARE THESE? 156 00:10:44,137 --> 00:10:45,724 AND I SAID TO HIM, 157 00:10:45,724 --> 00:10:47,655 "WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THESE IN THIS BAG?" 158 00:10:47,655 --> 00:10:49,413 AND HE GOES, "OH, I'M HOLDING THEM FOR A FRIEND." 159 00:10:49,413 --> 00:10:52,310 AND I'M THINKING, "YEAH, REALLY? 160 00:10:52,310 --> 00:10:55,862 THAT'S THE BEST STORY YOU COULD TELL ABOUT THAT?" 161 00:10:55,862 --> 00:10:58,862 I WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO YOU. I LOVE YOU. 162 00:10:58,862 --> 00:11:00,413 I KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING ON, 163 00:11:00,413 --> 00:11:02,137 BUT I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT. 164 00:11:02,137 --> 00:11:05,103 STOP BEING SO PARANOID. 165 00:11:05,103 --> 00:11:08,068 I THOUGHT THAT HE PROBABLY WAS SEEING SOMEBODY 166 00:11:08,068 --> 00:11:11,827 WHEN HE WAS OUT ON THE ROAD. 167 00:11:11,827 --> 00:11:14,275 BUT I GUESS I WANTED TO BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY 168 00:11:14,275 --> 00:11:20,551 AND THAT HE WAS HONEST IN THE THINGS THAT HE SAID. 169 00:11:35,724 --> 00:11:39,413 THIS TAPE WAS A TAPE THAT MY DAUGHTER, JENNIFER, 170 00:11:39,413 --> 00:11:43,344 FOUND ON TOP OF OUR BED. 171 00:11:43,344 --> 00:11:46,896 I RECEIVED A CALL AT WORK FROM JENNY, 172 00:11:46,896 --> 00:11:49,206 AND SHE SAID, "I CAN'T BELIEVE 173 00:11:49,206 --> 00:11:51,103 THAT YOU WOULD MAKE A TAPE LIKE THAT AND LEAVE IT 174 00:11:51,103 --> 00:11:53,379 WHERE SOMEONE COULD SEE IT." 175 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:55,655 I'M LIKE, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" 176 00:11:55,655 --> 00:11:59,068 AND SHE DESCRIBED WHAT WAS GOING ON ON THE TAPE, 177 00:11:59,068 --> 00:12:01,275 AND I SAID, "JENNY, YOU KNOW WHAT..." 178 00:12:01,275 --> 00:12:04,241 I SAID, "JUST PUT IT BACK WHERE YOU FOUND IT TILL I GET HOME." 179 00:12:08,068 --> 00:12:13,655 I WENT HOME THAT EVENING, AND I WATCHED THE VIDEO. 180 00:12:13,655 --> 00:12:18,275 AND I WAS JUST LIKE, "WOW. WHAT IS THIS?!" 181 00:12:24,551 --> 00:12:27,275 IT WAS MY GIRLFRIEND AND JIM HAVING SEX. 182 00:12:31,068 --> 00:12:33,172 I WAS DEVASTATED. 183 00:12:33,172 --> 00:12:34,827 I, LIKE, COULD NOT BELIEVE 184 00:12:34,827 --> 00:12:37,034 THAT HE WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 185 00:12:53,793 --> 00:12:56,551 I WAITED FOR JIM TO COME IN OFF OF THE ROAD. 186 00:12:56,551 --> 00:12:58,931 AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT. 187 00:12:58,931 --> 00:13:00,689 WHAT IS THIS? 188 00:13:03,103 --> 00:13:04,689 AND HE SAID IT WASN'T HIM. 189 00:13:06,137 --> 00:13:09,241 I SAID, "HOW COULD YOU SAY IT WASN'T YOU?" 190 00:13:09,241 --> 00:13:11,517 I SAID, "HOW STUPID DO YOU THINK THAT I AM?" 191 00:13:11,517 --> 00:13:13,620 DON'T LIE TO ME. 192 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,896 I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED THAT THIS WASN'T GONNA WORK, 193 00:13:19,896 --> 00:13:23,620 AND I SHOULD HAVE JUST CUT MY LOSSES. 194 00:13:23,620 --> 00:13:24,551 DON'T. 195 00:13:24,551 --> 00:13:26,000 BUT I DIDN'T. 196 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,758 YOU KEEP THINKING THAT THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE, 197 00:13:29,758 --> 00:13:31,344 OR THAT YOU CAN CHANGE A PERSON. 198 00:13:33,551 --> 00:13:37,827 I HAD HOPED THAT WE WOULD BE THE PERFECT FAMILY. 199 00:13:37,827 --> 00:13:41,862 AND THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF LIFE, WE DID GET ALONG AS A FAMILY. 200 00:13:41,862 --> 00:13:45,206 STOP TRYING TO CONVINCE ME THAT IT'S NOT YOU. 201 00:13:45,206 --> 00:13:49,758 BUT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT, IT WAS ALL DOWNHILL. 202 00:14:04,344 --> 00:14:06,517 Cruz: HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?! 203 00:14:06,517 --> 00:14:08,758 ALL I DO IS REPEAT MYSELF! I JUST WANT... 204 00:14:08,758 --> 00:14:10,896 WE GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT OVER SOMETHING. 205 00:14:10,896 --> 00:14:12,655 I'M NOT QUITE -- I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER, 206 00:14:12,655 --> 00:14:14,275 AT THIS POINT, WHAT IT WAS. 207 00:14:14,275 --> 00:14:16,758 BUT HE JUST -- 208 00:14:16,758 --> 00:14:21,620 HE JUST BECAME SOMEBODY THAT HE WASN'T. 209 00:14:21,620 --> 00:14:25,379 WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU? WHAT ARE YOU, STUPID? 210 00:14:25,379 --> 00:14:27,241 HE BELITTLED ME. 211 00:14:27,241 --> 00:14:28,620 I WAS FAT. 212 00:14:28,620 --> 00:14:31,034 I NEEDED TO LOSE WEIGHT. 213 00:14:31,034 --> 00:14:32,965 YOU KNOW, "YOU'RE A WHORE. AND YOU'RE --" 214 00:14:32,965 --> 00:14:34,862 YOU KNOW, WHATEVER COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH, 215 00:14:34,862 --> 00:14:37,517 YOU'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO TAKE. 216 00:14:37,517 --> 00:14:40,448 IT WAS SO BAD THAT IT'S, LIKE, 217 00:14:40,448 --> 00:14:42,344 YOU DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO BE IN THE SAME HOUSE 218 00:14:42,344 --> 00:14:43,379 THAT HE WAS IN. 219 00:14:43,379 --> 00:14:45,172 IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK? 220 00:14:45,172 --> 00:14:48,586 SOMETIMES, I FEEL LIKE HE WAS TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 221 00:14:48,586 --> 00:14:50,000 WHEN HE WAS THE NICE PERSON, 222 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,965 YOU COULDN'T WANT FOR ANYTHING MORE. 223 00:14:51,965 --> 00:14:54,413 HE WAS A VERY SWEET GUY. 224 00:14:54,413 --> 00:14:57,000 HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. 225 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:01,931 WHEN HE WAS THE OTHER WAY, HE WAS JUST AWFUL. 226 00:15:03,965 --> 00:15:05,310 A LOT OF THINGS GO THROUGH YOUR MIND, 227 00:15:05,310 --> 00:15:06,758 BUT YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING 228 00:15:06,758 --> 00:15:08,931 BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO AFRAID TO SAY ANYTHING. 229 00:15:24,379 --> 00:15:25,965 HE GOT MAD AT ME ONE DAY, 230 00:15:25,965 --> 00:15:29,862 AND I CAN'T REMEMBER EVEN WHAT HE WAS UPSET ABOUT. 231 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:31,241 AND WE GOT INTO IT, 232 00:15:31,241 --> 00:15:33,344 AND I PROBABLY YELLED BACK. 233 00:15:33,344 --> 00:15:35,344 [ SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ] 234 00:15:35,344 --> 00:15:37,379 AND HE SLAPPED ME... 235 00:15:37,379 --> 00:15:38,689 OH! 236 00:15:41,620 --> 00:15:45,137 ...AND KNOCKED ME OVER THE CHAIR. 237 00:15:45,137 --> 00:15:47,172 THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW 238 00:15:47,172 --> 00:15:49,896 THAT TYPE OF A TEMPER FROM HIM. 239 00:15:51,379 --> 00:15:54,931 I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT HE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 240 00:15:54,931 --> 00:15:56,896 I DID NOT FIGHT BACK. 241 00:15:58,344 --> 00:16:02,034 I FELT THAT IT WAS BETTER IF YOU JUST DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. 242 00:16:02,034 --> 00:16:05,103 I THOUGHT, "WELL, MAYBE IT WAS MY FAULT. 243 00:16:05,103 --> 00:16:07,137 MAYBE I DID SOMETHING." 244 00:16:07,137 --> 00:16:11,137 AND I WAS AFRAID OF HIM, SO I JUST -- 245 00:16:11,137 --> 00:16:12,793 I JUST PUT UP WITH IT. 246 00:16:13,965 --> 00:16:16,275 THEN HE WALKED OUT. 247 00:16:16,275 --> 00:16:19,241 HE LEFT. 248 00:16:19,241 --> 00:16:23,620 I BECAME SCARED OF HIM, KNOWING THAT HE COULD BECOME VIOLENT. 249 00:16:24,448 --> 00:16:27,137 I HAD NEVER REALLY SEEN THAT PART OF HIM, 250 00:16:27,137 --> 00:16:29,448 BUT HE GOT VERY VIOLENT OVER TIME. 251 00:16:41,172 --> 00:16:42,758 I WAS SCARED. 252 00:16:42,758 --> 00:16:46,344 I WAS SCARED OF HIM WHEN HE WAS HOME. 253 00:16:46,344 --> 00:16:51,448 AND HE JUST BECAME UNBEARABLE TO LIVE WITH. 254 00:16:51,448 --> 00:16:56,103 HE WOULD ALWAYS BE YELLING ABOUT SOMETHING. 255 00:16:56,103 --> 00:16:59,344 AND WHEN HE BECAME THAT KIND OF PERSON, 256 00:16:59,344 --> 00:17:01,758 NO ONE WANTED TO BE AROUND HIM. 257 00:17:01,758 --> 00:17:03,896 HE MADE MY LIFE A LIVING HELL. 258 00:17:11,205 --> 00:17:14,689 BUT WHAT WAS I GONNA DO? I HAD ALL THESE KIDS. 259 00:17:14,689 --> 00:17:18,896 I FIGURED, "I'M BETTER OFF STAYING WITH HIM. 260 00:17:18,896 --> 00:17:20,586 WHERE AM I GONNA GO?" 261 00:17:20,586 --> 00:17:23,344 THERE WAS NO WAY THAT I COULD JUST UP AND LEAVE. 262 00:17:25,275 --> 00:17:28,758 IF IT WAS JUST MYSELF OR MAYBE ONE OR TWO KIDS, YOU KNOW, 263 00:17:28,758 --> 00:17:30,241 YOU COULD GO SOMEWHERE. 264 00:17:30,241 --> 00:17:33,689 BUT WITH SIX KIDS, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA GO? 265 00:17:33,689 --> 00:17:36,862 SO IT WAS BETTER IF I JUST PUT UP WITH IT. 266 00:17:36,862 --> 00:17:42,724 I GUESS I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD EVER HARM ANYBODY. 267 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,172 "BOY," HE SAID, "THAT WOULD BE A REAL GOOD PLACE 268 00:17:58,172 --> 00:18:02,103 TO THROW A BODY IF YOU WANTED TO GET RID OF SOMETHING." 269 00:18:16,068 --> 00:18:17,793 Cruz: I'M STUPID, RIGHT?! 270 00:18:17,793 --> 00:18:20,379 I DON'T ASK YOU FOR MUCH! I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD! 271 00:18:20,379 --> 00:18:22,517 Janutolo: MOST OF THE TIME WHEN JIM LOST HIS TEMPER, 272 00:18:22,517 --> 00:18:24,517 EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COULD HEAR. 273 00:18:24,517 --> 00:18:26,724 STUPID! 274 00:18:27,793 --> 00:18:29,827 IT WAS VERY HURTFUL. 275 00:18:29,827 --> 00:18:32,034 AND IT WAS VERY HURTFUL TO WATCH HIM, 276 00:18:32,034 --> 00:18:34,000 THE WAY THAT HE TALKED TO MY KIDS. 277 00:18:42,758 --> 00:18:45,103 JIM HATED JENNY. 278 00:18:45,103 --> 00:18:51,896 SHE WAS KIND OF BOSSY, AND SHE WAS KIND OF REBELLIOUS. 279 00:18:51,896 --> 00:18:55,068 YOU KNOW, SHE WOULDN'T PUT UP WITH HIS CRAP. 280 00:18:55,068 --> 00:18:58,758 SHE WOULD JUST TELL HIM, "HEY, YOU'RE NOT MY DAD." 281 00:18:58,758 --> 00:19:01,068 [ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ] 282 00:19:11,344 --> 00:19:13,241 YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. 283 00:19:13,241 --> 00:19:14,310 WHAT? 284 00:19:14,310 --> 00:19:16,068 WHAT ARE YOU DOING JUST SITTING HERE? 285 00:19:16,068 --> 00:19:18,379 I REMEMBER THE TIME HE WAS YELLING AT HER 286 00:19:18,379 --> 00:19:20,344 OVER SOMETHING THAT SHE HAD DONE, 287 00:19:20,344 --> 00:19:23,241 AND SHE JUST STARTED YELLING BACK AT HIM. 288 00:19:23,241 --> 00:19:24,344 YOU'LL DO WHAT I SAY! 289 00:19:24,344 --> 00:19:26,068 GET UPSTAIRS AND CLEAN YOUR ROOM! 290 00:19:26,068 --> 00:19:27,275 I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU! 291 00:19:31,344 --> 00:19:33,137 HE STARTED TO THREATEN HER. 292 00:19:33,137 --> 00:19:36,620 [ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ] 293 00:19:36,620 --> 00:19:38,482 AND I WENT OUT THERE, AND I'M LIKE, 294 00:19:38,482 --> 00:19:42,379 "BOTH OF YOU, PLEASE JUST STOP." 295 00:19:42,379 --> 00:19:45,310 AND HE WALKED AWAY, AND JENNY WALKED AWAY. 296 00:19:53,275 --> 00:19:55,655 [ DOORBELL RINGS ] 297 00:19:55,655 --> 00:19:57,655 SHE WAS JUST SO FED UP WITH HIM 298 00:19:57,655 --> 00:20:00,551 THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. 299 00:20:00,551 --> 00:20:03,689 SO CHILDREN'S SERVICES CAME OUT TO THE HOUSE. 300 00:20:03,689 --> 00:20:06,586 [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] 301 00:20:17,655 --> 00:20:19,655 AND THAT WAS THE END OF THAT. 302 00:20:19,655 --> 00:20:21,344 THEY NEVER CAME BACK. 303 00:20:23,724 --> 00:20:25,034 JIM WAS FURIOUS. 304 00:20:25,034 --> 00:20:27,379 YOU LIVE IN MY HOUSE! UNDER MY ROOF! 305 00:20:27,379 --> 00:20:28,689 I PAY THE BILLS AROUND HERE! 306 00:20:28,689 --> 00:20:30,620 HE WAS REALLY MAD AT HER 307 00:20:30,620 --> 00:20:32,413 THAT SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 308 00:20:32,413 --> 00:20:33,965 [ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ] 309 00:20:41,172 --> 00:20:43,172 I GOT SOME STUFF FOR YOU GUYS. 310 00:20:43,172 --> 00:20:45,344 OOH. 311 00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:48,034 JIM SOMETIMES WOULD BRING BACK TRINKETS 312 00:20:48,034 --> 00:20:50,172 OR SOME KIND OF JEWELRY... 313 00:20:50,172 --> 00:20:51,620 LOOK AT YOU. 314 00:20:51,620 --> 00:20:55,413 CLOTHES, YOU KNOW, JUST ANYTHING THAT MAYBE HE FOUND SOMEWHERE 315 00:20:55,413 --> 00:20:57,551 AND HE THOUGHT THAT THEY MIGHT WANT. 316 00:21:06,551 --> 00:21:10,379 I CAN REMEMBER ONE DAY, WHEN JIM CAME IN OFF THE ROAD... 317 00:21:10,379 --> 00:21:12,103 I GOT YOU SOMETHING. 318 00:21:12,103 --> 00:21:12,896 OKAY. 319 00:21:12,896 --> 00:21:15,379 HE HAD A CASSETTE RECORDER, 320 00:21:15,379 --> 00:21:18,758 AND HE GAVE THIS CASSETTE RECORDER TO JENNY. 321 00:21:22,862 --> 00:21:26,517 AND IT HAD THIS YOUNG GIRL'S VOICE ON IT. 322 00:21:30,517 --> 00:21:34,103 HEY, EVERYBODY, THIS IS DAWN. 323 00:21:34,103 --> 00:21:37,344 AND THE GIRL SAID HER NAME WAS DAWN. 324 00:21:37,344 --> 00:21:42,241 Dawn: I MET A BOY AT THE TRUCK STOP WITH THE DREAMIEST EYES. 325 00:21:42,241 --> 00:21:45,896 AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PLACE WHERE SHE LIVED. 326 00:21:45,896 --> 00:21:49,551 SHE WAS IN A HOME FOR WAYWARD KIDS. 327 00:21:49,551 --> 00:21:53,068 Dawn: BUT I JUST HAD TO GET OUT OF THERE AND BE ON MY OWN. 328 00:21:53,068 --> 00:21:55,172 NOBODY UNDERSTANDS ME THERE. 329 00:21:55,172 --> 00:21:57,103 SHE WAS A RUNAWAY. 330 00:21:57,103 --> 00:22:00,482 Dawn: I'LL BE FINE ON MY OWN. I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. 331 00:22:04,551 --> 00:22:08,344 AND, YOU KNOW, I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ANYTHING OF IT. 332 00:22:08,344 --> 00:22:10,448 HE SAID HE FOUND IT LAYING OUT IN THE GROUND, 333 00:22:10,448 --> 00:22:13,172 AND HE PICKED IT UP AND BROUGHT IT HOME TO HER. 334 00:22:13,172 --> 00:22:15,310 HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY THAT HE FOUND IT. 335 00:22:18,344 --> 00:22:20,000 AND I JUST ACCEPTED THAT. 336 00:22:30,551 --> 00:22:34,931 ONE TIME, HE GAVE LISA A BOOK. 337 00:22:37,620 --> 00:22:42,344 IT WAS ABOUT MURDER AND HOW YOU GET AWAY WITH IT. 338 00:22:43,655 --> 00:22:47,827 AND SHE WAS VERY SCARED OF IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, 339 00:22:47,827 --> 00:22:49,620 "WHY WOULD HE GIVE ME SOMETHING LIKE THIS?" 340 00:22:51,689 --> 00:22:55,137 AND THEN SHE BECAME VERY AFRAID OF HIM. 341 00:22:55,137 --> 00:22:57,068 IT SENDS A CHILL UP YOUR SPINE. 342 00:22:57,068 --> 00:23:00,965 I MEAN, WHY WOULD YOU GIVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO A CHILD? 343 00:23:15,758 --> 00:23:17,172 I CAN REMEMBER, ONE TIME, 344 00:23:17,172 --> 00:23:19,827 THAT WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO LAKE ERIE, 345 00:23:19,827 --> 00:23:25,103 AND WE STOPPED BY A REST AREA TO GET A COFFEE OR SOMETHING, 346 00:23:25,103 --> 00:23:27,275 AND THERE WAS, LIKE, A LAKE AROUND THERE 347 00:23:27,275 --> 00:23:28,965 ON THE ONE SIDE. 348 00:23:28,965 --> 00:23:30,379 YOU KNOW WHAT? HM? 349 00:23:30,379 --> 00:23:32,137 AND HE SAID, "BOY..." 350 00:23:32,137 --> 00:23:33,862 HE SAID, "THAT WOULD BE A REAL GOOD PLACE 351 00:23:33,862 --> 00:23:36,448 TO THROW A BODY IF YOU WANTED TO GET RID OF SOMETHING." 352 00:23:40,689 --> 00:23:43,137 AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I LAUGHED, AND I'M LIKE, 353 00:23:43,137 --> 00:23:44,827 "WHAT?" 354 00:23:44,827 --> 00:23:46,034 I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT. 355 00:23:46,034 --> 00:23:49,000 I JUST FELT LIKE HE JUST SAID SOMETHING STUPID. 356 00:23:50,275 --> 00:23:52,241 I'M LIKE, 357 00:23:52,241 --> 00:23:54,827 "I'M SURE HE DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING BY THAT." 358 00:23:54,827 --> 00:23:56,482 YOU KNOW, AND WE JUST LEFT IT GO THEN. 359 00:24:16,379 --> 00:24:17,724 IS EVERYTHING OKAY? 360 00:24:17,724 --> 00:24:19,793 [ SIGHS ] NO. 361 00:24:19,793 --> 00:24:21,172 JIM HAD COME HOME, 362 00:24:21,172 --> 00:24:25,931 AND HE HAD TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD DNA TESTED HIM AT WORK. 363 00:24:25,931 --> 00:24:28,620 I ASK HIM WHY THEY HAD DNA TESTED HIM, 364 00:24:28,620 --> 00:24:30,620 AND HE SAID THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING 365 00:24:30,620 --> 00:24:32,551 THAT HAPPENED IN ONE OF THE TRUCKS, 366 00:24:32,551 --> 00:24:34,482 AND HE'S ONE OF THE DRIVERS ON THAT TRUCK. 367 00:24:38,724 --> 00:24:41,310 THEY'RE ACTUALLY HARASSING EVERYONE THAT USED THE TRUCK 368 00:24:41,310 --> 00:24:42,931 IN THE LAST WEEK. 369 00:24:42,931 --> 00:24:44,586 HE SAID THAT THERE WAS SEVERAL PEOPLE 370 00:24:44,586 --> 00:24:47,655 THAT THEY DNA TESTED THAT DROVE THE TRUCK. 371 00:24:47,655 --> 00:24:49,655 I DIDN'T KNOW WHY THEY WERE DOING THAT, 372 00:24:49,655 --> 00:24:51,310 AND HE DIDN'T TELL ME. 373 00:24:51,310 --> 00:24:52,931 IT WAS NO BIG DEAL. 374 00:24:52,931 --> 00:24:54,620 YOU KNOW, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. 375 00:24:54,620 --> 00:24:57,827 SO I DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 376 00:24:57,827 --> 00:24:59,655 EVERYTHING'S FINE. 377 00:24:59,655 --> 00:25:01,793 OKAY. 378 00:25:01,793 --> 00:25:03,689 WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. 379 00:25:03,689 --> 00:25:05,310 SO I JUST LEFT IT GO AT THAT. 380 00:25:05,310 --> 00:25:08,793 I WANT TO JUST RELAX AND HAVE A BEER. 381 00:25:09,793 --> 00:25:11,275 OKAY. 382 00:25:15,793 --> 00:25:17,103 [ EXHALES DEEPLY ] 383 00:25:25,965 --> 00:25:31,586 AFTER THE DNA TESTING, HE BECAME VERY VIOLENT AT HOME, 384 00:25:31,586 --> 00:25:33,965 MORE SO THAN HE HAD BEEN. 385 00:25:33,965 --> 00:25:36,344 AND I WAS REALLY AFRAID. 386 00:25:41,931 --> 00:25:43,172 [ GASPS ] 387 00:25:43,172 --> 00:25:46,344 JENNY IS BACK TALKING ME AGAIN. 388 00:25:46,344 --> 00:25:50,793 I DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE BY MYSELF WITH THE KIDS AND HIM. 389 00:25:50,793 --> 00:25:55,000 YOU BETTER STRAIGHTEN THEM OUT, OR I WILL. 390 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:55,931 DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME? 391 00:25:55,931 --> 00:25:57,241 YEAH. 392 00:25:57,241 --> 00:26:00,724 I WAS VERY SCARED OF WHAT HE WOULD DO TO MY CHILDREN. 393 00:26:00,724 --> 00:26:03,793 I WAS AFRAID THAT HE WOULD SNAP AT ONE POINT 394 00:26:03,793 --> 00:26:07,655 AND THAT HE WOULD HURT ONE OF MY KIDS. 395 00:26:07,655 --> 00:26:09,517 [ GASPS ] 396 00:26:14,137 --> 00:26:18,965 AND THEN, ONE DAY, I CAME HOME FROM WORK. 397 00:26:18,965 --> 00:26:21,344 JIM WAS OUT ON THE ROAD. 398 00:26:21,344 --> 00:26:25,103 AND I HAPPENED TO OPEN THE CASE WITH A CAMERA IN IT, 399 00:26:25,103 --> 00:26:27,379 LOOKING FOR SOMETHING. 400 00:26:27,379 --> 00:26:30,034 AND I FOUND THE KIDS' BIRTH CERTIFICATES 401 00:26:30,034 --> 00:26:32,931 AND THE KIDS' SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS. 402 00:26:35,172 --> 00:26:39,241 IT DID NOT CONTAIN ANY OF THE OLDER KIDS' INFORMATION. 403 00:26:39,241 --> 00:26:43,896 IT WAS JUST HIS KIDS, THE THREE LITTLE ONES. 404 00:26:43,896 --> 00:26:47,241 I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE WAS GONNA LEAVE, 405 00:26:47,241 --> 00:26:52,103 TAKE OFF AND TAKE THE LITTLE KIDS WITH HIM. 406 00:26:52,103 --> 00:26:55,551 I WAS AFRAID HE WAS GONNA TAKE MY CHILDREN. 407 00:26:55,551 --> 00:26:58,344 AND I JUST DECIDED THAT I HAD HAD ENOUGH. 408 00:26:58,344 --> 00:26:59,965 I NEEDED TO GET OUT OF THERE. 409 00:27:05,206 --> 00:27:08,965 SO I FELT THAT IT WAS BEST IF I ASKED FOR HELP. 410 00:27:11,448 --> 00:27:14,931 I LEFT ON A THURSDAY. 411 00:27:16,103 --> 00:27:18,827 WE WENT DOWN TO THE COURTHOUSE 412 00:27:18,827 --> 00:27:22,206 TO GET A PROTECTION ORDER AGAINST HIM. 413 00:27:22,206 --> 00:27:26,034 AND THAT'S WHEN THEY PUT ME INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. 414 00:27:27,241 --> 00:27:29,448 I FIGURED IF I TAKE THEM 415 00:27:29,448 --> 00:27:31,103 AND PUT THEM IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY, 416 00:27:31,103 --> 00:27:32,862 HE CAN'T GET THEM. 417 00:27:35,862 --> 00:27:37,068 [ SIGHS ] 418 00:27:37,068 --> 00:27:39,068 I KNEW, AT THAT POINT, 419 00:27:39,068 --> 00:27:41,137 THAT I WASN'T GONNA GO BACK THERE. 420 00:27:43,896 --> 00:27:46,379 THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WAS GONNA MAKE ME GO BACK THERE. 421 00:28:04,448 --> 00:28:07,758 I WAS JUST CALLING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M FINE, 422 00:28:07,758 --> 00:28:10,034 THE KIDS ARE FINE. 423 00:28:10,034 --> 00:28:12,586 I WANTED TO AT LEAST LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WERE SAFE 424 00:28:12,586 --> 00:28:16,172 AND THAT WE WERE OKAY BECAUSE WE WERE GOOD FRIENDS. 425 00:28:16,172 --> 00:28:17,586 I JUST... 426 00:28:17,586 --> 00:28:19,448 I HAD TO GO. I COULDN'T -- 427 00:28:19,448 --> 00:28:21,137 I COULDN'T STAY THERE ANYMORE. 428 00:28:21,137 --> 00:28:23,586 AND HE TOLD ME -- 429 00:28:23,586 --> 00:28:27,620 HE SAID, "SHEILA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT." 430 00:28:27,620 --> 00:28:29,862 AND I'M LIKE, "WHY IS THAT?" 431 00:28:29,862 --> 00:28:32,068 WHAT -- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 432 00:28:32,068 --> 00:28:35,931 HE GOES, "THEY ARRESTED JIM YESTERDAY." 433 00:28:35,931 --> 00:28:39,137 THAT'S WHEN I JUST LIKE, "WHAT?" 434 00:28:40,517 --> 00:28:42,896 I REALLY DID BELIEVE THAT THEY HAD THE WRONG PERSON. 435 00:28:42,896 --> 00:28:44,275 I COULDN'T EVEN -- I COULDN'T EVEN 436 00:28:44,275 --> 00:28:46,241 STAND TO LISTEN TO IT AT THAT POINT. 437 00:28:46,241 --> 00:28:49,586 IT'S LIKE... 438 00:28:49,586 --> 00:28:51,758 "HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? 439 00:28:51,758 --> 00:28:53,448 HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?" 440 00:29:07,862 --> 00:29:11,517 HE SAID, "SHEILA, THEY ARRESTED YOUR HUSBAND TODAY. 441 00:29:11,517 --> 00:29:13,103 THEY SENT A SWAT TEAM, 442 00:29:13,103 --> 00:29:14,896 AND THEY ARRESTED HIM WHEN HE PULLED IN." 443 00:29:16,862 --> 00:29:20,034 THAT'S WHEN I JUST LIKE, "WHAT?" 444 00:29:27,241 --> 00:29:28,620 A SWAT TEAM FOR WHAT? WHAT... 445 00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:31,620 HE SAID, "THEY SENT 54 POLICE THERE. 446 00:29:31,620 --> 00:29:34,517 THEY HAVE HIM IN CUSTODY." 447 00:29:34,517 --> 00:29:38,206 I'M LIKE, "WELL, WHAT DID THEY SAY HE DID?" 448 00:29:38,206 --> 00:29:40,034 "HE KILLED A YOUNG GIRL." 449 00:29:46,793 --> 00:29:48,862 I'M LIKE, "YOU'RE KIDDING ME." 450 00:29:48,862 --> 00:29:51,965 "NO, SHEILA, I'M NOT KIDDING YOU." 451 00:29:51,965 --> 00:29:54,379 AND I HUNG UP, AND I STARTED CRYING, 452 00:29:54,379 --> 00:29:56,379 AND I'M LIKE, "OH, MY GOSH." 453 00:30:00,586 --> 00:30:04,241 WE DIDN'T HAVE TV AT THIS PROTECTIVE PLACE, 454 00:30:04,241 --> 00:30:07,482 BUT I USED TO LISTEN TO K105. 455 00:30:07,482 --> 00:30:08,862 [ RADIO STATIC ] 456 00:30:08,862 --> 00:30:11,827 Man: AUTHORITIES BROUGHT IN CRUZ THIS MORNING. 457 00:30:11,827 --> 00:30:14,206 I TURNED IT ON, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT. 458 00:30:14,206 --> 00:30:17,448 THE GIRL'S HALF-NAKED BODY HAD BEEN FOUND IN A SNOW BANK 459 00:30:17,448 --> 00:30:19,172 BACK IN MARCH. 460 00:30:32,620 --> 00:30:34,517 Man: THE ROPE USED TO STRANGLE THE YOUNG WOMAN 461 00:30:34,517 --> 00:30:36,758 WAS STILL TIED AROUND HER NECK. 462 00:30:36,758 --> 00:30:39,413 Janutolo: I WAS SHOCKED. IT WAS VERY DISTURBING. 463 00:30:39,413 --> 00:30:42,310 Man: SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE AND RAPE WERE EVIDENT. 464 00:30:42,310 --> 00:30:47,275 Janutolo: LIKE, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR THIS. 465 00:30:47,275 --> 00:30:50,379 I TURNED IT OFF. 466 00:30:50,379 --> 00:30:51,758 I COULDN'T EVEN -- 467 00:30:51,758 --> 00:30:55,517 I COULDN'T EVEN STAND TO LISTEN TO IT AT THAT POINT. 468 00:30:55,517 --> 00:30:58,862 IT'S LIKE... 469 00:30:58,862 --> 00:31:01,206 "HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? 470 00:31:01,206 --> 00:31:02,758 HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?" 471 00:31:15,517 --> 00:31:18,896 Man: THE TRIAL OF JAMES ROBERT CRUZ BEGAN TODAY. 472 00:31:18,896 --> 00:31:20,344 THE COURTROOM IS FULL OF TENSION 473 00:31:20,344 --> 00:31:22,655 AS WITNESSES WERE CALLED TO THE STAND. 474 00:31:22,655 --> 00:31:25,206 AT THE TIME THIS WENT TO TRIAL, I WANTED TO PLEAD 475 00:31:25,206 --> 00:31:26,758 THAT HE WAS INNOCENT. 476 00:31:26,758 --> 00:31:29,586 Man: THE NEIGHBORS OF MR. CRUZ SAY HE WAS THE LAST PERSON 477 00:31:29,586 --> 00:31:31,344 THEY WOULD SUSPECT OF VIOLENCE. 478 00:31:31,344 --> 00:31:34,482 I REALLY DID BELIEVE THAT THEY HAD THE WRONG PERSON. 479 00:31:34,482 --> 00:31:36,758 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I KNEW THAT HE COULD BE VIOLENT, 480 00:31:36,758 --> 00:31:38,344 BUT I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD LEAD 481 00:31:38,344 --> 00:31:42,655 TO HIM DOING SOMETHING STUPID LIKE THAT. 482 00:31:42,655 --> 00:31:45,448 NEVER THOUGHT HE WAS CAPABLE OF MURDER. 483 00:31:45,448 --> 00:31:48,413 Woman: CRUZ DENIED EVER EVEN MEETING THE YOUNG GIRL. 484 00:31:48,413 --> 00:31:52,275 YOU WANT TO THINK THAT SOMEBODY THAT YOU LIVED WITH 485 00:31:52,275 --> 00:31:54,586 COULD NOT HAVE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 486 00:31:57,172 --> 00:32:01,310 BUT AFTER YOU HEAR THE EVIDENCE... 487 00:32:01,310 --> 00:32:04,275 Woman: THE PROSECUTION PRESENTED DAMNING EVIDENCE. 488 00:32:04,275 --> 00:32:08,275 ...THERE WAS A HAIR THAT MATCHED JIM'S IN THE ROPE 489 00:32:08,275 --> 00:32:10,482 THAT STRANGLED HER, 490 00:32:10,482 --> 00:32:15,448 AND THEY FOUND BLONDE HAIR THAT BELONGED TO HER 491 00:32:15,448 --> 00:32:17,413 ON THE DOOR OF THE TRUCK. 492 00:32:19,482 --> 00:32:22,655 THAT'S WHEN IT ALL CLICKED BACK IN MY MIND. 493 00:32:22,655 --> 00:32:28,103 COPS WERE CHECKING OUR TRUCKS FOR DNA OR SOMETHING AT WORK. 494 00:32:28,103 --> 00:32:30,172 WOW, THIS IS WHAT THE DNA TESTING 495 00:32:30,172 --> 00:32:31,896 WAS THAT HE HAD DONE? 496 00:32:31,896 --> 00:32:34,379 I'M LIKE, "THEY DIDN'T DNA TEST EVERYBODY. 497 00:32:34,379 --> 00:32:37,517 THEY DNA TESTED HIM." 498 00:32:37,517 --> 00:32:39,448 THAT'S HOW THEY GOT HIM. 499 00:32:47,206 --> 00:32:50,103 THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE YOUNG GIRL 500 00:32:50,103 --> 00:32:51,931 THAT HE HAD KILLED. 501 00:32:51,931 --> 00:32:54,517 HER NAME WAS DAWN. 502 00:32:54,517 --> 00:32:59,172 AND I REMEMBERED ABOUT THE CASSETTE PLAYER 503 00:32:59,172 --> 00:33:01,344 THAT HE HAD GIVEN TO JENNY. 504 00:33:01,344 --> 00:33:04,310 Dawn: I JUST HAD TO GET OUT OF THERE AND BE ON MY OWN. 505 00:33:04,310 --> 00:33:08,206 THE GIRL SAID HER NAME WAS DAWN ON THERE. 506 00:33:08,206 --> 00:33:10,896 Dawn: HEY, EVERYBODY, THIS IS DAWN. 507 00:33:10,896 --> 00:33:16,793 AND I REALIZED THAT WAS HER STUFF. 508 00:33:16,793 --> 00:33:20,206 HE GAVE THAT TO JENNY. 509 00:33:20,206 --> 00:33:23,413 AND I KNEW... 510 00:33:23,413 --> 00:33:25,551 I KNEW HE WAS GUILTY. 511 00:33:34,620 --> 00:33:38,482 AFTER I SAW THE PICTURE OF THE GIRL... 512 00:33:38,482 --> 00:33:41,965 Woman: TEEN RUNAWAY DAWN MARIE BIRNBAUM. 513 00:33:41,965 --> 00:33:45,517 Janutolo: ...I WAS, LIKE, DEVASTATED. 514 00:33:45,517 --> 00:33:47,793 IT REALLY REMINDED ME OF JENNY. 515 00:33:53,206 --> 00:33:54,586 THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, JENNY. 516 00:33:54,586 --> 00:33:58,068 SHE WAS PROBABLY AROUND 16 AT THE TIME OF THIS PHOTO. 517 00:33:59,517 --> 00:34:01,965 THIS IS DAWN. 518 00:34:01,965 --> 00:34:04,310 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE BESIDE JENNY, 519 00:34:04,310 --> 00:34:06,482 THEY LOOKED A LOT ALIKE -- 520 00:34:06,482 --> 00:34:09,000 THEIR EYES, THEIR FACE, 521 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,310 THEIR HAIR. 522 00:34:11,310 --> 00:34:12,931 WHY DID HE KILL THAT GIRL? 523 00:34:12,931 --> 00:34:16,103 DID HE KILL HER BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS JENNY? 524 00:34:16,103 --> 00:34:17,551 JIM HATED JENNY. 525 00:34:17,551 --> 00:34:19,379 I PAY THE BILLS AROUND HERE! 526 00:34:19,379 --> 00:34:20,793 GET UPSTAIRS. 527 00:34:20,793 --> 00:34:23,585 [ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ] 528 00:34:24,965 --> 00:34:27,965 I WAS AFRAID THAT HE WOULD SNAP AT ONE POINT 529 00:34:27,965 --> 00:34:31,034 AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT TO JENNY EVENTUALLY. 530 00:34:31,034 --> 00:34:32,896 SOMETHING HAD TO HAVE HAPPENED THERE 531 00:34:32,896 --> 00:34:35,103 THAT HE SNAPPED AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS JENNY 532 00:34:35,103 --> 00:34:37,585 AND HE CHOKED HER. 533 00:34:39,931 --> 00:34:41,724 HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS JENNY. 534 00:34:52,827 --> 00:34:54,862 I WAS SO RELIEVED, JUST KNOWING 535 00:34:54,862 --> 00:34:58,862 THAT HE WASN'T GONNA BE THERE ANYMORE. 536 00:34:59,827 --> 00:35:02,758 I FELT SAFE. 537 00:35:02,758 --> 00:35:06,413 I HADN'T FELT SAFE FOR A LONG TIME. 538 00:35:06,413 --> 00:35:11,413 BUT IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 539 00:35:12,413 --> 00:35:14,103 HOW COULD YOU DO THAT? 540 00:35:14,103 --> 00:35:16,068 HOW COULD YOU KILL SOMEBODY? 541 00:35:16,068 --> 00:35:23,103 I MEAN, I FELT VERY SAD BECAUSE SHE WAS SO YOUNG. 542 00:35:23,103 --> 00:35:25,344 [ Voice breaking ] LIKE, HOW COULD YOU DO THAT? 543 00:35:35,275 --> 00:35:38,517 I FELT GUILTY BECAUSE MAYBE 544 00:35:38,517 --> 00:35:42,586 IF I WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING EARLIER IN THAT MARRIAGE 545 00:35:42,586 --> 00:35:45,896 WHEN THINGS WERE GOING ON THAT WEREN'T RIGHT, 546 00:35:45,896 --> 00:35:47,827 I WOULD HAVE SPOKE UP AND SAID SOMETHING 547 00:35:47,827 --> 00:35:50,862 INSTEAD OF BEING SCARED, BEING AFRAID OF HIM, 548 00:35:50,862 --> 00:35:55,517 THAT MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE HELPED, AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN 549 00:35:55,517 --> 00:35:57,586 TO THE POINT WHERE HE KILLED PEOPLE. 550 00:36:16,689 --> 00:36:18,862 WE OPENED UP THE DOOR AND WENT IN. 551 00:36:23,137 --> 00:36:27,448 I WOULD HAVE NEVER, EVER, IN MY LIFETIME, 552 00:36:27,448 --> 00:36:32,448 THOUGHT THAT THAT KIND OF STUFF WOULD HAVE BEEN IN MY SHED. 553 00:36:48,862 --> 00:36:52,482 Janutolo: TO FIND OUT THAT HE ACTUALLY WAS GUILTY, 554 00:36:52,482 --> 00:36:54,103 THAT HE ACTUALLY WAS, YOU KNOW, 555 00:36:54,103 --> 00:37:01,275 THEY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF THAT WAS UPSETTING. 556 00:37:01,275 --> 00:37:03,517 HOW COULD YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING 557 00:37:03,517 --> 00:37:05,689 TO A 17-YEAR-OLD? 558 00:37:20,551 --> 00:37:22,758 AFTER JIM'S TRIAL, IT WAS SUGGESTED 559 00:37:22,758 --> 00:37:25,344 THAT HE MAY HAVE KILLED OTHER WOMEN 560 00:37:27,344 --> 00:37:30,793 ALL OVER THE PLACE, PLACES THAT HE HAD BEEN. 561 00:37:48,517 --> 00:37:54,689 JIM DROVE FROM THE EAST COAST TO THE WEST COAST, DOWN SOUTH, 562 00:37:54,689 --> 00:37:59,275 MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OUT IN IOWA. 563 00:37:59,275 --> 00:38:02,655 WHEREVER THEY NEEDED TO HAVE STUFF DELIVERED 564 00:38:02,655 --> 00:38:03,965 IS WHERE HE WENT. 565 00:38:09,103 --> 00:38:13,827 HE WOULD TALK ABOUT WHEN HE WAS PARKED AT THE TRUCK STOPS, 566 00:38:13,827 --> 00:38:17,275 THAT HOOKERS WOULD COME UP TO HIS DOOR 567 00:38:17,275 --> 00:38:19,517 AND THEY WOULD KNOCK ON THE DOOR. 568 00:38:19,517 --> 00:38:22,620 ALL OF THE OTHER WOMEN THAT HE WAS 569 00:38:22,620 --> 00:38:26,724 SUSPECTED OF MURDERING WERE HOOKERS AND PROSTITUTES. 570 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,965 AND THEY ALL DIED BY STRANGULATION. 571 00:38:44,137 --> 00:38:47,482 AND THE REASON THAT THEY FELT THAT HE HAD COMMITTED THESE WAS 572 00:38:47,482 --> 00:38:50,241 BECAUSE THE ROPE WAS THE SAME, 573 00:38:50,241 --> 00:38:52,448 TIED THE SAME WAY, 574 00:38:52,448 --> 00:38:58,068 AND THESE ALL STOPPED ONCE HE WAS ARRESTED. 575 00:39:13,275 --> 00:39:15,068 [ DOOR HINGES CREAK ] 576 00:39:18,310 --> 00:39:20,448 WE OPENED UP THE DOOR AND WENT IN. 577 00:39:27,965 --> 00:39:33,482 I KIND OF JUST LOOKED AT SHERRIE AND SAID, "OH, MY GOSH." 578 00:39:33,482 --> 00:39:36,206 THE WHOLE BACK OF THE SHED WAS FULL OF STUFF. 579 00:39:39,344 --> 00:39:40,689 [ SCREAMS ] 580 00:39:42,758 --> 00:39:45,275 THERE WAS SO MUCH IN THERE, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. 581 00:39:48,758 --> 00:39:54,137 I FOUND BOOKS ABOUT MURDERERS OF WOMEN, 582 00:39:54,137 --> 00:40:00,517 AND I FOUND ROPE THAT HAD BEEN CUT, 583 00:40:00,517 --> 00:40:06,310 BUT IT WAS THE SAME ROPE THAT HAD BEEN USED ON DAWN. 584 00:40:08,689 --> 00:40:12,241 LIKE, I WOULD HAVE NEVER, EVER IN MY LIFETIME, 585 00:40:12,241 --> 00:40:14,827 THOUGHT THAT THAT KIND OF STUFF WOULD HAVE BEEN IN MY SHED. 586 00:40:16,275 --> 00:40:19,344 THAT'S WHEN, ACTUALLY, REALITY HIT, 587 00:40:19,344 --> 00:40:23,000 AND I KNEW HE WAS PLOTTING MURDERS. 588 00:40:25,586 --> 00:40:29,827 WHY ELSE WOULD YOU KEEP THAT STUFF THERE? 589 00:40:29,827 --> 00:40:33,689 SO THEN IT BROUGHT ME BACK TO THE CONDOMS 590 00:40:33,689 --> 00:40:37,000 THAT I FOUND IN HIS BLACK BAG. 591 00:40:38,689 --> 00:40:40,620 THEN I REALIZED THAT MUST HAVE BEEN 592 00:40:40,620 --> 00:40:44,103 WHAT HE WAS DOING OUT THERE. 593 00:40:44,103 --> 00:40:46,344 HE MUST HAVE HAD SEX WITH ALL OF THESE WOMEN 594 00:40:46,344 --> 00:40:49,379 BEFORE HE KILLED THEM... 595 00:40:49,379 --> 00:40:51,137 OR AFTER HE KILLED THEM. 596 00:40:55,379 --> 00:40:59,379 AND THE GIFTS THAT HE BROUGHT HOME, 597 00:40:59,379 --> 00:41:02,310 THEY PROBABLY WERE FROM WOMEN 598 00:41:02,310 --> 00:41:05,827 THAT THEY THINK THAT HE MAY HAVE MURDERED. 599 00:41:08,827 --> 00:41:11,620 WHY WOULD YOU BRING THAT STUFF HOME? 600 00:41:13,793 --> 00:41:15,862 AND WHY WOULD YOU GIVE IT TO YOUR DAUGHTER? 601 00:41:25,551 --> 00:41:26,413 [ GASPS ] 602 00:41:26,413 --> 00:41:30,482 WE FOUND STUFF TO MAKE A BOMB. 603 00:41:33,965 --> 00:41:38,965 I THINK THAT HE WAS GONNA KILL MY THREE OLDER KIDS AND MYSELF. 604 00:41:41,379 --> 00:41:42,896 HE WAS GONNA TAKE THE LITTLE KIDS, 605 00:41:42,896 --> 00:41:45,862 AND HE WAS GONNA BLOW UP THE HOUSE 606 00:41:45,862 --> 00:41:49,000 WITH JENNY, JODY, LISA, AND I IN IT. 607 00:41:50,724 --> 00:41:55,034 AND AT THAT POINT, I KNEW THAT I WAS LUCKY 608 00:41:55,034 --> 00:41:56,724 THAT HE DIDN'T KILL US. 609 00:42:08,724 --> 00:42:11,517 HE HAD ALREADY GOTTEN LIFE WITH NO PAROLE EVER 610 00:42:11,517 --> 00:42:14,034 IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 611 00:42:14,034 --> 00:42:18,172 SO THERE WAS REALLY NO USE TO PROSECUTE HIM. 612 00:42:19,068 --> 00:42:22,827 BUT THEY ACTUALLY THINK THAT HE DID COMMIT THOSE CRIMES. 613 00:42:22,827 --> 00:42:24,793 HIS JOB MADE IT EASY FOR HIM TO DO THAT 614 00:42:24,793 --> 00:42:26,000 AND GET AWAY WITH IT. 615 00:42:28,310 --> 00:42:30,620 HE WOULD ALWAYS PICK A FIGHT BEFORE HE LEFT. 616 00:42:30,620 --> 00:42:32,862 YOU'RE USELESS! 617 00:42:34,517 --> 00:42:37,206 IN HINDSIGHT, IT ALL MADE SENSE TO ME. 618 00:42:37,206 --> 00:42:39,241 IF HE WAS MAD AT ME, HE COULD GO OUT THERE 619 00:42:39,241 --> 00:42:43,551 AND HE COULD UNLEASH HIS ANGER ON SOMEBODY ELSE. 620 00:42:46,586 --> 00:42:50,896 BUT A LOT OF THESE SIGNS, I DIDN'T SEE. 621 00:42:50,896 --> 00:42:54,034 HAD I, I'M SURE THAT I WOULD HAVE DONE THINGS 622 00:42:54,034 --> 00:42:55,103 A LOT DIFFERENTLY. 623 00:42:58,068 --> 00:43:01,344 I SHOULD HAVE LEFT MANY, MANY YEARS BEFORE THAT. 624 00:43:03,931 --> 00:43:06,206 IN THE VERY BEGINNING, I DIDN'T THINK THAT JIM 625 00:43:06,206 --> 00:43:07,689 WAS AN EVIL PERSON. 626 00:43:07,689 --> 00:43:10,482 I THOUGHT JIM WAS A LOVING PERSON. 627 00:43:10,482 --> 00:43:15,241 AFTER EVERYTHING HAPPENED THAT HAPPENED IN OUR LIFE, 628 00:43:15,241 --> 00:43:17,620 I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SCARED OF HIM. 629 00:43:17,620 --> 00:43:19,965 I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SCARED THAN I WAS. 630 00:43:22,482 --> 00:43:28,000 I FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT THE KIDS AND I ESCAPED WITH OUR LIVES 631 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,862 BECAUSE HE WAS A DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS PERSON. 632 00:43:31,862 --> 00:43:34,206 I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE ALIVE.