1 00:00:02,275 --> 00:00:06,305 IT STARTED THAT NIGHT WHEN I MET MARK, 2 00:00:06,310 --> 00:00:07,860 AND JESSICA WAS WITH ME. 3 00:00:07,862 --> 00:00:10,212 WE MET HIM AT THE SAME TIME. 4 00:00:10,206 --> 00:00:12,586 WE BOTH MET HIM. 5 00:00:12,586 --> 00:00:16,306 AND, UM... 6 00:00:16,310 --> 00:00:21,660 YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED 7 00:00:21,655 --> 00:00:26,995 THAT IT WOULD HAVE EVER TURNED OUT LIKE THAT DOWN THE ROAD. 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,030 I FEEL SO GUILTY. 9 00:00:29,034 --> 00:00:32,624 I MEAN, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ME. 10 00:00:36,413 --> 00:00:38,073 IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ME. 11 00:00:38,068 --> 00:00:40,688 I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. 12 00:00:46,758 --> 00:00:48,718 THIS WAS THE CONFESSION. 13 00:00:48,724 --> 00:00:50,794 "AT THAT POINT, SOMETHING CAME OVER ME. 14 00:00:50,793 --> 00:00:54,213 "I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT I JUST PHYSICALLY BOUND HER 15 00:00:54,206 --> 00:00:57,206 "AND TIED HER UP SO SHE COULDN'T MOVE. 16 00:00:57,206 --> 00:01:00,756 "I HIT HER. I HIT HER IN THE HEAD WITH A BAR 17 00:01:00,758 --> 00:01:03,068 "SO THAT SHE WAS STUNNED, 18 00:01:03,068 --> 00:01:06,068 "AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. 19 00:01:06,068 --> 00:01:07,758 "SHE ASKED ME TO LET HER GO 20 00:01:07,758 --> 00:01:11,068 AND I DIDN'T WANT TO LET HER GO." 21 00:01:11,068 --> 00:01:13,968 THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE STATEMENT OF THE TORTURE 22 00:01:13,965 --> 00:01:16,405 AND THE ABSOLUTE HORRIFIC ORDEAL 23 00:01:16,413 --> 00:01:17,723 THAT SHE WENT THROUGH THAT NIGHT. 24 00:01:23,034 --> 00:01:28,214 I TACKLED HIM IN THE STREET AND I DON'T KNOW. 25 00:01:28,206 --> 00:01:33,586 IN MY MIND, I WAS JUST SAYING, 26 00:01:33,586 --> 00:01:37,306 "HOW WOULD JESUS TREAT YOU IF YOU DID THIS?" 27 00:01:37,310 --> 00:01:41,000 "HOW WOULD YOU WANT SOMEONE TO TREAT YOU IF YOU DID THIS?" 28 00:01:43,586 --> 00:01:47,066 "WOULD YOU WANT THEM TO JUST KILL YOU WITH A GUN? 29 00:01:47,068 --> 00:01:48,588 "WOULD YOU WANT THEM TO JUST POUND YOUR HEAD 30 00:01:48,586 --> 00:01:51,026 "INTO THE PAVEMENT? 31 00:01:51,034 --> 00:01:54,974 OR WOULD YOU WANT TO BE HELD AND LOVED?" 32 00:01:54,965 --> 00:01:57,095 SO I HELD HIM AND I LOVED HIM. 33 00:02:09,482 --> 00:02:12,482 Captions by VITAC... www.vitac.com 34 00:02:12,482 --> 00:02:15,452 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 35 00:02:36,965 --> 00:02:39,755 MARCH THE 30th OF 1991, 36 00:02:39,758 --> 00:02:42,548 A PHONE CALL CAME IN TO THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT 37 00:02:42,551 --> 00:02:44,071 REPORTING THAT THIS YOUNG LADY 38 00:02:44,068 --> 00:02:45,658 HADN'T BEEN SEEN IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. 39 00:02:51,034 --> 00:02:54,284 THERE WAS NOTHING TO TELL ANYBODY WHAT HAPPENED TO HER, 40 00:02:54,275 --> 00:02:55,785 AND THAT WAS THE BIG MYSTERY. 41 00:03:07,793 --> 00:03:12,413 SHE LIVED IN ARIZONA AND DECIDED TO MOVE TO SAN DIEGO 42 00:03:12,413 --> 00:03:14,383 TO START A NEW LIFE. 43 00:03:14,379 --> 00:03:17,969 SHE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS IN THE AREA. 44 00:03:17,965 --> 00:03:21,715 THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS DOING EVERYTHING THEY COULD. 45 00:03:21,724 --> 00:03:23,414 THEY CHECKED HER TELEPHONE RECORDS. 46 00:03:23,413 --> 00:03:25,173 THEY CHECKED HER CREDIT CARDS. 47 00:03:25,172 --> 00:03:28,972 THEY CHECKED WITH EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN HER TELEPHONE BOOK, 48 00:03:28,965 --> 00:03:30,235 CALLING THEM ON THE PHONE, 49 00:03:30,241 --> 00:03:32,211 ASKING THEM THAT IF THEY HAD SEEN HER, 50 00:03:32,206 --> 00:03:36,136 IF THEY KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE SHE MIGHT'VE BEEN. 51 00:03:36,137 --> 00:03:38,447 THERE'S JUST NOTHING TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. 52 00:03:38,448 --> 00:03:40,858 WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THIS YOUNG GAL? 53 00:03:40,862 --> 00:03:43,902 HOW COULD SHE JUST DISAPPEAR? 54 00:03:43,896 --> 00:03:45,926 THIS IS A PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE. 55 00:03:53,413 --> 00:03:56,413 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN OUT OF CONTACT WITH JESSICA 56 00:03:56,413 --> 00:03:57,973 - FOR THIS LONG BEFORE? - NO. 57 00:03:57,965 --> 00:04:00,715 WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THE FATHER, 58 00:04:00,724 --> 00:04:04,484 THE FATHER IS ABSOLUTELY HOLDING OUT HOPE 59 00:04:04,482 --> 00:04:07,032 THAT HIS DAUGHTER IS JUST GONE SOMEWHERE 60 00:04:07,034 --> 00:04:09,004 AND HASN'T TOLD ANYBODY. 61 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,380 THEY WANT THEIR LOVED ONE BACK. 62 00:04:11,379 --> 00:04:13,899 I'M SURE IN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS SHE'LL CALL. 63 00:04:13,896 --> 00:04:17,136 THE PARENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE MADE UP FLIERS. 64 00:04:17,137 --> 00:04:20,617 THEY POSTED THEM ON CONVENIENCE STORE WINDOWS. 65 00:04:20,620 --> 00:04:24,380 THEY PLACED THEM IN PLACES THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD SEE. 66 00:04:24,379 --> 00:04:25,789 OBVIOUSLY, LIKE MOST PARENTS, 67 00:04:25,793 --> 00:04:28,383 THEY LOVE THEIR DAUGHTER VERY MUCH. 68 00:04:28,379 --> 00:04:31,209 SO WHEN THEY CAN'T FIND HER, 69 00:04:31,206 --> 00:04:34,516 I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THAT FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH. 70 00:04:45,413 --> 00:04:47,623 A NEIGHBOR HAD SEEN AN INDIVIDUAL 71 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:51,900 WITH JESSICA WALKING OUT OF THIS OCEAN BEACH HOUSE 72 00:04:51,896 --> 00:04:55,476 WITH HIS ARM AROUND HER, 73 00:04:55,482 --> 00:04:59,792 AND THEY WENT OUT AND GOT IN A CAR AND DROVE AWAY. 74 00:04:59,793 --> 00:05:05,623 AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT SHE HAD BEEN SEEN IN SAN DIEGO. 75 00:05:21,931 --> 00:05:26,481 MY MOTHER AND I MOVED TO TUCSON, ARIZONA, THE BIG CITY OF TUCSON. 76 00:05:26,482 --> 00:05:29,032 WELL, FROM YUMA, IT SEEMED LIKE A REALLY BIG CITY, 77 00:05:29,034 --> 00:05:31,594 AT THE END OF MY EIGHTH GRADE YEAR. 78 00:05:36,448 --> 00:05:38,788 OH, MY GOD. 79 00:05:38,793 --> 00:05:40,343 DID YOU SEE ERIC IN CLASS TODAY? 80 00:05:40,344 --> 00:05:43,344 I MET JESSICA THROUGH A MUTUAL FRIEND OF OURS. 81 00:05:43,344 --> 00:05:44,934 WAS TOTALLY CHECKING YOU OUT. 82 00:05:44,931 --> 00:05:46,141 NO, HE WASN'T. 83 00:05:46,137 --> 00:05:49,477 AND WE JUST IMMEDIATELY HIT IT OFF. 84 00:05:49,482 --> 00:05:52,282 WE WERE SUCH FAST FRIENDS. 85 00:05:52,275 --> 00:05:55,305 SHE WAS FUN AND EXCITING. 86 00:05:55,310 --> 00:05:59,790 WE LOVED THE SAME KIND OF MUSIC. 87 00:05:59,793 --> 00:06:04,593 SHE JUST REALLY HAD IT GOING ON. 88 00:06:04,586 --> 00:06:05,826 SHE WAS LIKE A SISTER TO ME 89 00:06:05,827 --> 00:06:08,967 AND HER PARENTS WERE SO KIND TO ME. 90 00:06:08,965 --> 00:06:10,655 MOM, CAN BRANDI STAY FOR DINNER? 91 00:06:10,655 --> 00:06:13,095 - YEAH, OF COURSE. - THANK YOU. 92 00:06:13,103 --> 00:06:15,453 OKAY, THANKS. 93 00:06:15,448 --> 00:06:17,518 THEY KNEW I WAS A CHILD OF DIVORCE 94 00:06:17,517 --> 00:06:19,027 AND THAT I LIVED WITH MY MOM. 95 00:06:19,034 --> 00:06:20,764 IT WAS JUST MY MOM AND I, 96 00:06:20,758 --> 00:06:25,168 SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE BERGSTENS. 97 00:06:25,172 --> 00:06:27,072 THEY KIND OF TOOK ME IN. 98 00:06:36,827 --> 00:06:38,167 JESSICA AND I, FOR A WHILE, 99 00:06:38,172 --> 00:06:40,552 WERE JOINED AT THE HIP. 100 00:06:40,551 --> 00:06:43,381 THERE WAS A PARTY, WE WERE THERE. 101 00:06:43,379 --> 00:06:45,859 I MEAN, WE WERE REALLY CUTE. 102 00:06:45,862 --> 00:06:51,102 SO THE GUYS WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE AT THE PARTY, 103 00:06:51,103 --> 00:06:53,933 AND THAT'S WHEN I MET MARK. 104 00:06:58,068 --> 00:06:59,478 WHAT'S UP, GIRLS? 105 00:06:59,482 --> 00:07:00,622 - HI. - HEY. 106 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:01,900 - HOW YOU DOING? - GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? 107 00:07:01,896 --> 00:07:03,826 I'M MARK. EVERYONE CALLS ME GATOR. 108 00:07:03,827 --> 00:07:08,377 MARK WAS REALLY CHARMING AND CHARISMATIC. 109 00:07:08,379 --> 00:07:10,929 COOL, LET'S GO. 110 00:07:10,931 --> 00:07:15,241 AND HE JUST KNEW ALL THE RIGHT STUFF TO SAY. 111 00:07:15,241 --> 00:07:17,341 HE JUST KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY. 112 00:07:17,344 --> 00:07:20,484 DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS, HANGING OUT BY A POOL, 113 00:07:20,482 --> 00:07:22,692 HANGING OUT WITH A BEAUTIFUL GIRL. 114 00:07:22,689 --> 00:07:28,169 AND HIM BEING SO CUTE DIDN'T HURT EITHER. 115 00:07:28,172 --> 00:07:31,212 THE NIGHT THAT WE MET WAS ABSOLUTELY A MAGICAL NIGHT. 116 00:07:41,206 --> 00:07:43,586 I KNEW THAT MARK WAS A SKATEBOARDER 117 00:07:43,586 --> 00:07:48,966 BECAUSE I HAD SEEN HIM ON THE RAMP EARLIER THAT DAY, 118 00:07:48,965 --> 00:07:51,615 AND I KNEW HE MUST BE A PRETTY FAMOUS ONE 119 00:07:51,620 --> 00:07:53,240 BECAUSE PEOPLE WANTED HIS AUTOGRAPH, 120 00:07:53,241 --> 00:07:57,791 AND LITTLE KIDS WERE COMING UP TO HIM. 121 00:07:57,793 --> 00:08:01,933 I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW BIG OF A DEAL IT WAS, NO. 122 00:08:01,931 --> 00:08:05,411 I NEVER HAD A CLUE THAT I WOULD END UP IN THE MIDDLE 123 00:08:05,413 --> 00:08:07,243 OF THAT WHOLE SKATEBOARDING SCENE. 124 00:08:07,241 --> 00:08:11,791 I MEAN, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS ON THE FOREFRONT. 125 00:08:13,344 --> 00:08:17,594 AND THAT MEETING SPARKED 126 00:08:17,586 --> 00:08:20,756 THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF MY LIFE. 127 00:08:30,137 --> 00:08:35,617 IT'S BEEN, LIKE, WHAT, 27 YEARS? 128 00:08:35,620 --> 00:08:40,930 AND I HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED TO ANYBODY CONNECTED 129 00:08:40,931 --> 00:08:42,931 WITH MY EXPERIENCES BACK THEN. 130 00:08:49,517 --> 00:08:51,927 REMEMBER, THE GOSPEL MEANS GOOD NEWS. 131 00:08:51,931 --> 00:08:53,621 THAT'S THE LITERAL TRANSLATION. 132 00:08:53,620 --> 00:08:58,140 SO IF IT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD, IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE GOSPEL. 133 00:08:58,137 --> 00:09:01,337 I WISH THE CHURCH KNEW THAT. 134 00:09:08,344 --> 00:09:10,414 I CAME IN FROM SURFING, 135 00:09:10,413 --> 00:09:14,553 AND MY WIFE HANDED ME A BUSINESS CARD 136 00:09:14,551 --> 00:09:18,591 SAYING THAT THIS NICE FELLOW TRIED TO ASK ME OUT 137 00:09:18,586 --> 00:09:20,476 AND FOUND OUT THAT I WAS ENGAGED, 138 00:09:20,482 --> 00:09:23,932 AND HE WAS VERY POLITE AND SAID HE KNEW YOU. 139 00:09:23,931 --> 00:09:26,241 AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS CARD THAT SAID, 140 00:09:26,241 --> 00:09:28,311 "'GATOR' MARK ANTHONY, SKATEBOARD EXTRAORDINAIRE," 141 00:09:28,310 --> 00:09:32,450 AND I'M LIKE, "IT'S GATOR." 142 00:09:32,448 --> 00:09:34,278 I'M THINKING, "OKAY, JESUS. 143 00:09:34,275 --> 00:09:37,165 WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO WITH GATOR?" 144 00:09:42,103 --> 00:09:44,213 DUDE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OVER. 145 00:09:44,206 --> 00:09:45,996 MAN, OUR FIRST CONVERSATION, 146 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,340 I DON'T BELIEVE WE TALKED MORE THAN 10 MINUTES 147 00:09:49,344 --> 00:09:53,144 BEFORE HE WAS INQUIRING ABOUT JESUS. 148 00:09:53,137 --> 00:09:56,687 SO, LIKE, YOU'RE REALLY INTO THIS BIBLE STUFF, HUH? 149 00:09:56,689 --> 00:09:59,759 IT SEEMED THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT 150 00:09:59,758 --> 00:10:02,928 HAD PUT IT ON BOTH OF OUR HEARTS 151 00:10:02,931 --> 00:10:06,621 WHY WE WERE IN EACH OTHER'S LIVES, RIGHT AWAY. 152 00:10:06,620 --> 00:10:10,860 YOU KNOW, I'M SITTING IN HIS CONDO, 153 00:10:10,862 --> 00:10:12,972 AND WE'RE GETTING ALONG GREAT, 154 00:10:12,965 --> 00:10:16,855 AND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE RICH SPIRITUAL THINGS, 155 00:10:16,862 --> 00:10:22,722 I'M LOOKING AT HIS BOOKSHELF AND HIS LIBRARY. 156 00:10:22,724 --> 00:10:25,004 AND I'M JUST SHOCKED AT HOW MUCH OCCULT 157 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,100 AND HOW MUCH EVIL STUFF THE GUY LIKED. 158 00:10:31,896 --> 00:10:34,336 DO YOU WANT ANOTHER DRINK? 159 00:10:44,172 --> 00:10:47,622 MARK LOVED DEATH. 160 00:10:47,620 --> 00:10:49,480 HE HAD AN INFATUATION WITH IT. 161 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:53,792 I MEAN, HE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLY ENTERTAINING. 162 00:10:56,206 --> 00:11:00,856 IT'S THE VIOLENCE AND... 163 00:11:00,862 --> 00:11:05,972 NONCONSENSUAL SEXUALITY 164 00:11:05,965 --> 00:11:09,165 THAT APPEALED TO MARK IN THOSE MOVIES. 165 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:25,790 I HAVE SO MANY MEMORIES OF JESSICA. 166 00:11:25,793 --> 00:11:27,343 IF JESSICA AND I GOT TOGETHER, 167 00:11:27,344 --> 00:11:32,104 SOMETHING WAS GONNA GO DOWN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FUN. 168 00:11:32,103 --> 00:11:34,723 OUR FRIENDSHIP REALLY TOOK PLACE WITHIN ABOUT A YEAR, 169 00:11:34,724 --> 00:11:39,454 MAYBE TWO, BEFORE I MOVED AWAY WITH MARK. 170 00:11:41,137 --> 00:11:43,657 JESSICA AND I STARTED GOING SEPARATE WAYS 171 00:11:43,655 --> 00:11:48,615 'CAUSE I HAD A BOYFRIEND NOW, AND I WAS LEAVING. 172 00:11:48,620 --> 00:11:50,860 WE DIDN'T STAY IN TOUCH THAT WELL. 173 00:11:59,413 --> 00:12:04,143 AT THIS POINT, MARK WAS AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS CAREER. 174 00:12:04,137 --> 00:12:06,827 ALL THE SKATEBOARDING GUYS CALLED HIM GATOR, 175 00:12:06,827 --> 00:12:09,337 BUT I CALLED HIM MARK. 176 00:12:09,344 --> 00:12:13,004 IT WAS GATOR, TONY HAWK, 177 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,790 STEVE CABALLERO, 178 00:12:15,793 --> 00:12:20,073 CHRISTIAN HOSOI, LIKE, ALL THE CLASSICS, YOU KNOW? 179 00:12:20,068 --> 00:12:23,928 HE WAS ONE OF THOSE GUYS. 180 00:12:23,931 --> 00:12:25,621 I GUESS, FROM THE OUTSIDE, 181 00:12:25,620 --> 00:12:28,790 IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE SOME KIND OF GOLDEN COUPLE, 182 00:12:28,793 --> 00:12:33,003 IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT, BUT IT NEVER FELT LIKE THAT. 183 00:12:37,655 --> 00:12:39,445 WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING? 184 00:12:39,448 --> 00:12:40,968 OUT TO THE MALL, WHY? 185 00:12:40,965 --> 00:12:43,615 WHEN WE STARTED LIVING TOGETHER, 186 00:12:43,620 --> 00:12:46,450 HE WAS VERY CONTROLLING. 187 00:12:46,448 --> 00:12:48,408 I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD... 188 00:12:48,413 --> 00:12:49,793 NOPE, NOPE. 189 00:12:49,793 --> 00:12:52,863 YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, OKAY? 190 00:12:52,862 --> 00:12:54,482 I SAID, "OKAY?" 191 00:12:54,482 --> 00:12:56,242 OKAY, YEAH. 192 00:12:56,241 --> 00:12:59,141 I THINK MARK DID HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES. 193 00:12:59,137 --> 00:13:02,477 I THINK HE HAD HIS SKATEBOARDING PERSONA, 194 00:13:02,482 --> 00:13:04,722 AND THEN HE HAD WHO HE REALLY WAS, 195 00:13:04,724 --> 00:13:08,594 AND WHO HE REALLY WAS WAS VERY DEEPLY TROUBLED. 196 00:13:08,586 --> 00:13:11,026 DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN! 197 00:13:11,034 --> 00:13:13,484 - OKAY. - I CAN'T DEAL WITH... 198 00:13:13,482 --> 00:13:14,972 - YOU'RE REALLY SCARING ME. - ...IT ANYMORE, BRANDI. 199 00:13:14,965 --> 00:13:16,965 I THINK THE ANGER WAS ALWAYS IN HIM. 200 00:13:16,965 --> 00:13:18,375 YOU'RE DRIVING ME INSANE. 201 00:13:18,379 --> 00:13:20,029 MAYBE HE WAS SO COMFORTABLE AROUND ME. 202 00:13:20,034 --> 00:13:21,934 THAT HE LET IT OUT. 203 00:13:21,931 --> 00:13:25,341 - I'M... - OH! 204 00:13:25,344 --> 00:13:28,724 WE WOULD GET INTO ARGUMENTS, AND HE WOULD GET EXTRAORDINARILY 205 00:13:28,724 --> 00:13:33,764 OUT-OF-CONTROL MAD FOR SOMETHING SO SMALL. 206 00:13:33,758 --> 00:13:38,658 WHEN MARK GOT ANGRY, HIS EYES WOULD CHANGE. 207 00:13:38,655 --> 00:13:40,135 I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. 208 00:13:40,137 --> 00:13:42,207 I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT. 209 00:13:42,206 --> 00:13:46,926 I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY GET MAD LIKE THAT BEFORE. 210 00:13:46,931 --> 00:13:50,241 IT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING REALLY DEEP INSIDE OF HIM. 211 00:13:50,241 --> 00:13:52,901 YOU COULD TELL IT WAS REALLY BOTTLED UP 212 00:13:52,896 --> 00:13:56,546 AND GONNA COME OUT LIKE A VOLCANO, 213 00:13:56,551 --> 00:13:58,831 AND I NEVER WANTED TO GET TO THAT VOLCANIC PLACE. 214 00:13:58,827 --> 00:14:03,617 I NEVER WANTED TO GET TO WHERE HE WOULD BLOW IT, YEAH. 215 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,970 MARK FLIPPED OUT AND WAS ON A RAMPAGE. 216 00:14:11,965 --> 00:14:15,965 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT FOR, SOME STUPID ARGUMENT, 217 00:14:15,965 --> 00:14:18,715 AND I FIND MYSELF LOCKED IN A CLOSET. 218 00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:21,524 I'M SORRY. PLEASE LET ME OUT. 219 00:14:25,172 --> 00:14:28,002 MARK! 220 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,280 THAT WAS THE POINT WHERE I THOUGHT, 221 00:14:30,275 --> 00:14:32,305 "I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE. LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO END UP 222 00:14:32,310 --> 00:14:34,450 LOCKED IN THIS CLOSET EVER AGAIN." 223 00:14:34,448 --> 00:14:38,098 PLEASE, MARK! 224 00:14:38,103 --> 00:14:39,763 I DIDN'T WANT TO SIT AROUND AND SEE WHAT ELSE. 225 00:14:39,758 --> 00:14:44,408 HE WAS CAPABLE OF. 226 00:14:44,413 --> 00:14:45,863 PLEASE. 227 00:14:45,862 --> 00:14:47,722 I'M SORRY. 228 00:14:59,103 --> 00:15:00,763 WE TALKED ABOUT OUR FAMILIES. 229 00:15:00,758 --> 00:15:04,238 AND OUR PARENTS AND LACK OF. 230 00:15:04,241 --> 00:15:06,761 WE TALKED ABOUT OUR STRUGGLES AND OUR ADDICTIONS 231 00:15:06,758 --> 00:15:08,898 AND HOW SIMILAR WE WERE. 232 00:15:08,896 --> 00:15:14,136 SO OUR FRIENDSHIP GOT REALLY HUGE AND OUR LOVE EACH OTHER. 233 00:15:17,379 --> 00:15:19,759 DO YOU EVER STRUGGLE WITH ANYTHING? 234 00:15:19,758 --> 00:15:20,968 OF COURSE. 235 00:15:20,965 --> 00:15:23,405 SO WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS, 236 00:15:23,413 --> 00:15:27,833 AND THE HYPOCRISY IN OUR LIVES CAME UP. 237 00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:31,477 I SHARED WITH HIM HOW I WAS OVERCOMING 238 00:15:31,482 --> 00:15:34,032 MY PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION. 239 00:15:34,034 --> 00:15:38,314 I STRUGGLE WITH THE TEMPTATION FROM PORN. 240 00:15:38,310 --> 00:15:40,690 MARK'S LIKE, "WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK? 241 00:15:40,689 --> 00:15:43,519 YOU THINK I SHOULD GET RID OF ALL MY VIDEOS AND STUFF?" 242 00:15:43,517 --> 00:15:45,657 AND I'M LIKE, "WELL, YOU KNOW, YEAH, 243 00:15:45,655 --> 00:15:47,065 YOU NEED TO GET RID OF STUFF." 244 00:15:47,068 --> 00:15:49,278 MARK, I THINK THAT'D BE A HUGE STEP. 245 00:15:49,275 --> 00:15:52,275 YEAH. 246 00:15:52,275 --> 00:15:55,065 SO I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS 247 00:15:55,068 --> 00:15:57,688 AFTER I HAD MET HIM THAT HE'S LIKE, 248 00:15:57,689 --> 00:16:00,139 "HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING IT TODAY." 249 00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:08,066 - MARK. - AUGGIE, HEY. 250 00:16:08,068 --> 00:16:10,758 - THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. - MY PLEASURE, BUDDY. 251 00:16:10,758 --> 00:16:12,278 I WENT TO HIS HOUSE. 252 00:16:12,275 --> 00:16:13,755 AND HE GOES, "I'll BE RIGHT BACK." 253 00:16:13,758 --> 00:16:16,448 HE GOES UPSTAIRS AND COMES BACK DOWN WITH A BIG LOAD, 254 00:16:16,448 --> 00:16:19,588 A BOX FULL OF PORN MAGAZINES AND LITTLE VIDEOS. 255 00:16:19,586 --> 00:16:22,136 HE'S ALL, "DON'T LOOK AT THEM!" YOU KNOW? 256 00:16:22,137 --> 00:16:24,377 BUT CONSEQUENTLY I DID, YOU KNOW? 257 00:16:29,793 --> 00:16:31,243 AND THEY WERE VERY HARDCORE. 258 00:16:31,241 --> 00:16:35,791 IT WASN'T, LIKE, "PENTHOUSE" AND "PLAYBOY" AND... 259 00:16:35,793 --> 00:16:38,173 IT WAS SOME PRETTY NASTY STUFF. 260 00:16:38,172 --> 00:16:41,592 I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE GOT IT. 261 00:16:41,586 --> 00:16:46,376 BUT THERE WAS CLEARLY AN OBVIOUS INFATUATION 262 00:16:46,379 --> 00:16:48,929 WITH THINGS BLOODY 263 00:16:48,931 --> 00:16:50,831 AND THINGS MURDER-Y. 264 00:17:06,275 --> 00:17:11,405 SO, IN APRIL, A FAMILY FROM SAN DIEGO IS OUT IN THE DESERT 265 00:17:11,413 --> 00:17:16,453 AND COMES UPON WHAT APPEARS TO BE A VERY MUMMIFIED, 266 00:17:16,448 --> 00:17:19,028 SKELETONIZED BODY. 267 00:17:26,310 --> 00:17:28,860 THEY COULD NOT TELL WHETHER IT WAS A MAN OR A WOMAN 268 00:17:28,862 --> 00:17:31,832 BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF DECOMPOSITION ON THE BODY. 269 00:17:37,965 --> 00:17:43,165 WHAT THEY TRY TO DO IS MATCH UP UNIDENTIFIED BODIES 270 00:17:43,172 --> 00:17:46,002 WITH MISSING PERSONS REPORTS. 271 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:50,550 THEY SENT A REQUEST OVER TO TRY TO MATCH WITH MISSING PERSONS, 272 00:17:50,551 --> 00:17:52,171 AND THEY CAME BACK WITH NO MATCH. 273 00:18:02,034 --> 00:18:04,694 THE INVESTIGATORS THERE AND THE EVIDENCE TECH 274 00:18:04,689 --> 00:18:06,549 ARE LOOKING AT THIS BODY. 275 00:18:06,551 --> 00:18:08,971 IS IT SOMEBODY THAT IS, PERHAPS, 276 00:18:08,965 --> 00:18:11,825 AN IMMIGRANT THAT HAS BEEN WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT 277 00:18:11,827 --> 00:18:15,477 AND HAS SUCCUMBED TO THE DESERT HEAT? 278 00:18:15,482 --> 00:18:17,832 THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS PERSON IS 279 00:18:17,827 --> 00:18:21,717 WHERE THEY ARE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. 280 00:18:21,724 --> 00:18:23,554 WAS THERE ACTUALLY A HOMICIDE? 281 00:18:39,586 --> 00:18:41,756 THAT WAS JESSICA. 282 00:18:41,758 --> 00:18:43,478 LOOK AT THAT SMILE. 283 00:18:51,034 --> 00:18:53,104 MM-HMM. 284 00:18:53,103 --> 00:18:55,453 I LOVE THIS PICTURE. 285 00:18:58,724 --> 00:19:01,794 I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AWAY FROM IT. 286 00:19:06,655 --> 00:19:11,755 IT STARTED THAT NIGHT WHEN I MET MARK AND JESSICA WAS WITH ME. 287 00:19:11,758 --> 00:19:14,098 WE MET HIM AT THE SAME TIME. 288 00:19:14,103 --> 00:19:16,003 WE BOTH MET HIM. 289 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,100 YOU'LL HAVE TO SHOW US A FEW TRICKS. 290 00:19:18,103 --> 00:19:20,483 AND I DON'T THINK 291 00:19:20,482 --> 00:19:25,072 WE COULD'VE EVER IMAGINED 292 00:19:25,068 --> 00:19:28,028 THAT IT WOULD'VE EVER TURNED OUT LIKE THAT DOWN THE ROAD. 293 00:19:42,413 --> 00:19:48,243 THIS SERIES OF EVENTS THAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT 294 00:19:48,241 --> 00:19:53,281 IS THE HARDEST BECAUSE 295 00:19:53,275 --> 00:19:55,825 IT WAS SO FORETELLING. 296 00:20:04,896 --> 00:20:09,206 I WAS LIVING OUT WITH MY PARENTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 297 00:20:09,206 --> 00:20:14,166 A TOWN CALLED CANYON LAKE, AND HE CAME OVER. 298 00:20:14,172 --> 00:20:15,902 MARK, WHY ARE YOU HERE? 299 00:20:15,896 --> 00:20:17,856 AND HE WANTED TO TALK. 300 00:20:17,862 --> 00:20:23,212 HE STARTED TELLING ME THINGS LIKE HE COULD REALLY HURT ME, 301 00:20:23,206 --> 00:20:26,306 AND HE COULD TAKE MY BODY OUT TO DESERT, 302 00:20:26,310 --> 00:20:29,280 AND NOBODY WOULD EVER MISS ME. 303 00:20:29,275 --> 00:20:32,515 NOBODY CARED ABOUT ME, 304 00:20:32,517 --> 00:20:34,477 THAT HE COULD DO IT AND GET AWAY WITH IT. 305 00:20:37,724 --> 00:20:39,384 AND THAT REALLY SCARED ME. 306 00:20:44,517 --> 00:20:48,927 MARK WANTED ME TO KNOW THAT HE WAS PISSED. 307 00:20:48,931 --> 00:20:51,721 MARK WAS MAD, AND HE DIDN'T LIKE ME ANYMORE. 308 00:20:51,724 --> 00:20:56,244 NOT ONLY DIDN'T LIKE ME, HE HATED ME. 309 00:20:56,241 --> 00:20:58,591 WHICH WAS ANOTHER REASON I WAS SO FEARFUL OF HIM 310 00:20:58,586 --> 00:21:01,236 BECAUSE HERE HE IS 311 00:21:01,241 --> 00:21:05,141 TALKING ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR THE LORD 312 00:21:05,137 --> 00:21:09,337 AND HIS LOVE FOR CHRIST AND FOR JUST BEING SO INTO GOD 313 00:21:09,344 --> 00:21:11,284 AND IN THE SAME BREATH, 314 00:21:11,275 --> 00:21:15,165 TELLING ME THAT HE WANTS TO HURT ME. 315 00:21:15,172 --> 00:21:17,412 GOD SAYS WE SHOULD FORGIVE. 316 00:21:17,413 --> 00:21:20,793 I DON'T THINK I COULD FORGIVE YOU! 317 00:21:20,793 --> 00:21:25,413 SO IT WAS VERY CONFLICTING, AND IT WAS, UM, 318 00:21:25,413 --> 00:21:28,343 HE JUST SEEMED VERY DANGEROUS TO ME. 319 00:21:28,344 --> 00:21:32,004 AND I THOUGHT, "OKAY. THIS IS NOT GOOD. YOU NEED TO GO." 320 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:36,000 - NO, I'M NOT GONNA GO. - MARK, GO. 321 00:21:48,413 --> 00:21:53,593 A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, I RODE MY BIKE HOME FROM WORK. 322 00:21:53,586 --> 00:21:57,026 AND SO I WENT BACK TO MY BEDROOM, 323 00:21:57,034 --> 00:22:03,004 WALKED INTO MY ROOM AND PICTURES WERE NOT IN THE FRAMES. 324 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,410 MOST OF MY CLOTHES WERE GONE. 325 00:22:05,413 --> 00:22:09,593 THERE WAS, LIKE, TWO THINGS HANGING IN MY CLOSET. 326 00:22:09,586 --> 00:22:11,686 THINGS WERE MISSING. 327 00:22:11,689 --> 00:22:13,409 LOTS OF THINGS WERE MISSING. 328 00:22:13,413 --> 00:22:18,973 SO I WENT BACK OUT, AND I OPENED THE GARAGE DOOR. 329 00:22:18,965 --> 00:22:20,275 MY CAR WAS GONE. 330 00:22:27,517 --> 00:22:29,027 IT JUST ALL STARTED TO CLICK. 331 00:22:29,034 --> 00:22:32,414 EVERYTHING THAT WAS GONE WERE THINGS THAT MARK HAD BOUGHT ME. 332 00:22:40,551 --> 00:22:42,761 ABOUT A WEEK LATER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CALLED 333 00:22:42,758 --> 00:22:45,588 AND SAID THAT THEY HAD FOUND MY VEHICLE 334 00:22:45,586 --> 00:22:46,856 ALONG WITH ALL OF MY THINGS, 335 00:22:46,862 --> 00:22:50,762 AND IT HAD BEEN TORCHED OUT IN A FIELD, 336 00:22:50,758 --> 00:22:54,788 OUT IN THE DESERT IN CALIFORNIA. 337 00:22:54,793 --> 00:22:57,103 YEAH, OKAY. 338 00:22:57,103 --> 00:22:58,523 THAT'S WHEN I REALLY STARTED 339 00:22:58,517 --> 00:23:03,967 KIND OF BEING VERY AFRAID OF HIM. 340 00:23:03,965 --> 00:23:05,685 I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE... AT THIS POINT, 341 00:23:05,689 --> 00:23:07,519 I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS CAPABLE OF. 342 00:23:21,206 --> 00:23:25,336 I WOULD WALK OR SKATEBOARD UP TO 7-ELEVEN 343 00:23:25,344 --> 00:23:29,314 AND HAND OUT THE YOUTH CRISIS HOTLINE CARDS. 344 00:23:29,310 --> 00:23:30,760 AUGGIE! 345 00:23:30,758 --> 00:23:32,138 OH, HI, MARK. 346 00:23:32,137 --> 00:23:35,477 AND ONE FRIDAY, I TOOK MARK, 347 00:23:35,482 --> 00:23:38,072 AND I TURNED MY HEAD, 348 00:23:38,068 --> 00:23:42,548 AND I LOOK ON THE GLASS WINDOW OF THIS 7-ELEVEN. 349 00:23:42,551 --> 00:23:46,311 MARK, LOOK AT THIS. 350 00:23:46,310 --> 00:23:50,030 AND THERE'S A JESSICA BERGSTEN MISSING POSTER. 351 00:23:53,965 --> 00:23:58,515 I REACH OVER AND PEEL THE SCOTCH TAPE OFF. 352 00:23:58,517 --> 00:24:00,337 WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR HER FAMILY, 353 00:24:00,344 --> 00:24:02,904 HER LOVED ONES, FOR HER. 354 00:24:02,896 --> 00:24:04,476 I FOLDED IT UP AND PUT IT IN MY BIBLE. 355 00:24:04,482 --> 00:24:07,282 SO I WOULD REMEMBER TO PRAY. 356 00:24:07,275 --> 00:24:11,065 MARK HAD TO GO. 357 00:24:11,068 --> 00:24:12,658 SUDDENLY, HE HAD TO LEAVE. 358 00:24:12,655 --> 00:24:15,995 AND HE LEFT, NO BIG DEAL. 359 00:24:30,344 --> 00:24:33,764 THE BIBLE STUDY THAT NIGHT WAS ABOUT 360 00:24:33,758 --> 00:24:37,518 JUDAS ISCARIOT, THE GREAT PRETENDER, 361 00:24:37,517 --> 00:24:41,407 THE ONE THAT BETRAYED JESUS FOR 30 PIECES OF SILVER. 362 00:24:41,413 --> 00:24:47,173 AND THEN, WHEN HE REALIZED WHAT HE HAD DONE, 363 00:24:47,172 --> 00:24:50,282 HE WENT OUT AND HUNG HIMSELF, COMMITTED SUICIDE. 364 00:24:54,620 --> 00:24:59,620 10:30, 11, I HEARD A KNOCK ON THE DOOR, PRETTY HARD KNOCK. 365 00:25:01,379 --> 00:25:04,069 AND THEN I GOT TO THE DOOR, OPENED IT... 366 00:25:04,068 --> 00:25:05,828 MARK. 367 00:25:05,827 --> 00:25:09,857 ...AND I SAW MARK THERE SOBBING AT THE DOOR. 368 00:25:13,689 --> 00:25:15,759 MARK, WHAT'S WRONG? 369 00:25:15,758 --> 00:25:20,338 AND WHEN HE CALMED DOWN, HE MANAGED TO GET IT OUT, 370 00:25:20,344 --> 00:25:22,764 AND HE JUST SAID, "I'M JUDAS." 371 00:25:22,758 --> 00:25:26,238 I'M JUDAS. 372 00:25:26,241 --> 00:25:30,211 "I'M JUDAS ISCARIOT 373 00:25:30,206 --> 00:25:34,996 AND I CAN NEVER BE A CHRISTIAN." 374 00:25:42,448 --> 00:25:45,618 I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID IT. 375 00:25:45,620 --> 00:25:48,280 I THINK I SAID, "WHO DID YOU HURT? 376 00:25:48,275 --> 00:25:50,755 "DID YOU KILL SOMEONE? DID YOU RAPE SOMEONE? 377 00:25:50,758 --> 00:25:52,478 YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON?" 378 00:25:52,482 --> 00:25:55,102 AND HE SAID, "WHERE'S YOUR BIBLE?" 379 00:25:55,103 --> 00:25:57,003 AND IT WAS RIGHT THERE ON THE TABLE. 380 00:26:01,103 --> 00:26:06,793 I GRABBED IT. HE GOES, "OPEN IT UP. JESSICA." 381 00:26:06,793 --> 00:26:10,413 AND IN MY MIND, I'M LIKE, "JESSICA?" 382 00:26:10,413 --> 00:26:13,973 "THE MISSING PERSON IN YOUR BIBLE." 383 00:26:13,965 --> 00:26:15,375 THAT GIRL. 384 00:26:20,689 --> 00:26:22,279 "AH, BERGSTEN?" 385 00:26:22,275 --> 00:26:27,135 HE SAID, "YEAH. I KNOW WHERE SHE'S AT. 386 00:26:27,137 --> 00:26:31,337 I KILLED HER, AND I BURIED HER IN THE DESERT." 387 00:26:31,344 --> 00:26:36,314 AND I'M JUST... 388 00:26:36,310 --> 00:26:41,340 "OKAY. 389 00:26:41,344 --> 00:26:45,554 "WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? 390 00:26:45,551 --> 00:26:48,141 "WHAT'D YOU COME HERE FOR? 391 00:26:48,137 --> 00:26:50,857 "WHY HAVE YOU WOKEN ME UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, 392 00:26:50,862 --> 00:26:52,142 "MY WIFE ASLEEP IN THE OTHER ROOM, 393 00:26:52,137 --> 00:26:56,207 "TO TELL ME YOU RAPED AND MURDERED A GIRL? 394 00:26:56,206 --> 00:26:59,756 "AM I SUPPOSED TO JUST GO BACK TO BED NOW, SUPPOSED TO SAY, 395 00:26:59,758 --> 00:27:01,858 "'SEE YOU TOMORROW, MARK'? 396 00:27:01,862 --> 00:27:06,862 "AM I SUPPOSED TO RUN TO MY PHONE AND CALL 911? 397 00:27:06,862 --> 00:27:09,212 "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 398 00:27:09,206 --> 00:27:12,756 "IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT GIRL IS, 399 00:27:12,758 --> 00:27:15,758 "AND IF YOU'RE TELLING ME THE TRUTH, 400 00:27:15,758 --> 00:27:21,028 THEN LET'S GO TELL THE POLICE." 401 00:27:21,034 --> 00:27:24,004 AND THEN YOU HEAR, "DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, 402 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,760 DING, DING, DING, DING, DING! BERP, BERP!" 403 00:27:27,758 --> 00:27:31,968 A TRAIN COMING, YOU KNOW? 404 00:27:31,965 --> 00:27:33,305 AND I'M LIVING RIGHT BY THE TRACKS. 405 00:27:39,103 --> 00:27:41,833 HE'S LIKE, "NO, I CAN'T DO THIS," 406 00:27:44,586 --> 00:27:48,276 JUST BOLTED OUT THE DOOR. 407 00:27:50,793 --> 00:27:53,693 AND I WAS IN MY UNDERWEAR, 408 00:27:53,689 --> 00:27:57,479 BAREFOOT, AND I SPRINTED AFTER HIM. 409 00:27:57,482 --> 00:28:02,142 MARK, COME BACK! COME BACK! 410 00:28:02,137 --> 00:28:03,787 AND I TACKLED HIM IN THE STREET... 411 00:28:03,793 --> 00:28:05,793 STOP. MARK, YOU GOT TO STOP. 412 00:28:05,793 --> 00:28:08,623 ...RIGHT BEHIND HIS CAR. 413 00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:10,210 I HAD HIM IN A STRONGHOLD, THOUGH, 414 00:28:10,206 --> 00:28:13,616 SO I'M, LIKE, VIOLENTLY HOLDING HIM SO HE CAN'T MOVE. 415 00:28:13,620 --> 00:28:14,930 - LET ME GO! - MARK, STOP. 416 00:28:14,931 --> 00:28:17,211 NO! I CAN'T. 417 00:28:17,206 --> 00:28:19,066 - MARK. - NO, GET OFF. 418 00:28:19,068 --> 00:28:20,098 IT'S OKAY. 419 00:28:20,103 --> 00:28:22,973 IT'S OKAY. 420 00:28:22,965 --> 00:28:26,515 - IT'S NOT OKAY. - IT'S OKAY. 421 00:28:26,517 --> 00:28:29,617 AFTER THE TRAIN PASSED, HIS BODY WENT LIMP. 422 00:28:29,620 --> 00:28:33,790 AND I JUST SAID, "MAN, YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS AHEAD OF YOU." 423 00:28:40,034 --> 00:28:43,974 WE ALL KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MURDER GOING ON IN THIS WORLD. 424 00:28:45,655 --> 00:28:47,715 AND EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW HOW DO YOU CHANGE A HEART, YOU KNOW? 425 00:28:50,793 --> 00:28:56,173 IN MY MIND, I WAS JUST SAYING, 426 00:28:56,172 --> 00:29:00,482 "HOW WOULD JESUS TREAT YOU IF YOU DID THIS? 427 00:29:00,482 --> 00:29:02,002 "HOW WOULD YOU WANT SOMEONE 428 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,860 "TO TREAT YOU IF YOU DID THIS? 429 00:29:06,862 --> 00:29:10,342 "WOULD YOU WANT THEM TO JUST KILL YOU WITH A GUN? 430 00:29:10,344 --> 00:29:11,864 "WOULD YOU WANT THEM TO JUST POUND YOUR HEAD 431 00:29:11,862 --> 00:29:14,312 "INTO THE PAVEMENT? 432 00:29:14,310 --> 00:29:18,280 OR WOULD YOU WANT TO BE HELD AND LOVED?" 433 00:29:18,275 --> 00:29:19,785 SO I HELD HIM AND I LOVED HIM. 434 00:29:35,793 --> 00:29:39,383 WE GOT A CALL FROM THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT. 435 00:29:39,379 --> 00:29:41,139 THEY TOLD US THAT IT WAS A SKATEBOARDER 436 00:29:41,137 --> 00:29:44,277 THAT WAS A WORLD CHAMPION SKATEBOARDER THAT WAS INVOLVED, 437 00:29:44,275 --> 00:29:48,515 AND THAT HE HAD SUPPOSEDLY KILLED SOMEBODY IN CARLSBAD. 438 00:29:48,517 --> 00:29:50,207 AND HE CONFESSED? 439 00:29:50,206 --> 00:29:54,686 YOU'RE IMMEDIATELY SKEPTICAL BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN 440 00:29:54,689 --> 00:29:58,899 VERY OFTEN THAT SOMEBODY JUST WALKS UP TO YOU AND SAYS, 441 00:29:58,896 --> 00:30:01,896 "I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT I KILLED." 442 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:21,100 WHEN I FIRST WALKED INTO THIS PARTICULAR CRIME SCENE, 443 00:30:21,103 --> 00:30:25,173 IT LOOKED LIKE NOTHING HAD EVER HAPPENED THERE. 444 00:30:25,172 --> 00:30:27,102 THE CARPETS WERE CLEAN. 445 00:30:27,103 --> 00:30:29,793 THE LIVING QUARTERS WERE CLEAN. 446 00:30:32,137 --> 00:30:35,167 IT LOOKED LIKE JUST ANYBODY ELSE'S HOUSE 447 00:30:35,172 --> 00:30:38,862 AND NOT A PLACE WHERE A MURDER OCCURRED. 448 00:30:38,862 --> 00:30:42,482 THEY THEN LUMINOLED THE CARPET, BOTH IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM 449 00:30:42,482 --> 00:30:47,142 AND IN THE MAIN LIVING AREA OF THE HOUSE. 450 00:30:47,137 --> 00:30:53,167 LUMINOL IS A LIQUID THAT REACTS WITH PROTEINS IN BLOOD. 451 00:30:53,172 --> 00:30:56,832 THE PROTEINS, EVEN THOUGH THE CARPET IS WASHED, 452 00:30:56,827 --> 00:30:58,097 DO NOT COME OUT. 453 00:30:58,103 --> 00:31:02,213 THEY REMAIN THERE. 454 00:31:02,206 --> 00:31:03,546 WHEN THEY TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS, 455 00:31:03,551 --> 00:31:05,141 AND THEY TURNED ON THE BLACK LIGHT 456 00:31:05,137 --> 00:31:07,137 AFTER SPRAYING THE LUMINOL, 457 00:31:07,137 --> 00:31:09,407 THE CARPET IN THE LIVING ROOM JUST GLOWED. 458 00:31:15,206 --> 00:31:18,616 IT WAS OBVIOUS THIS WAS A FAIRLY LARGE CRIME SCENE, 459 00:31:18,620 --> 00:31:22,970 AND THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF BODILY FLUID 460 00:31:22,965 --> 00:31:26,305 THAT HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED ONTO THIS CARPET. 461 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,280 YOU REALIZED THAT THIS PARTICULAR VICTIM 462 00:31:33,275 --> 00:31:37,515 WAS SUBJECTED TO QUITE A VIOLENT ORDEAL 463 00:31:37,517 --> 00:31:39,717 OVER A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME. 464 00:31:53,310 --> 00:31:57,930 IMPERIAL COUNTY NOW HAS A NAME TO PUT WITH WHAT WAS A JANE DOE. 465 00:31:57,931 --> 00:32:02,141 THEY HAVE THE NAME OF JESSICA BERGSTEN. 466 00:32:02,137 --> 00:32:04,857 I CAN'T POSSIBLY IMAGINE WHAT THAT PHONE CALL WAS LIKE, 467 00:32:04,862 --> 00:32:09,382 AS THAT WE HAVE A SKELETONIZED BODY FROM THE DESERT, 468 00:32:09,379 --> 00:32:11,379 AND WE NEED YOU TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION 469 00:32:11,379 --> 00:32:15,169 ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER. 470 00:32:15,172 --> 00:32:18,832 I DON'T THINK THAT A PARENT EVER LOSES HOPE 471 00:32:18,827 --> 00:32:24,857 UNTIL THAT TERRIBLE CALL COMES OR THAT CONTACT COMES. 472 00:32:24,862 --> 00:32:26,932 EXCUSE ME. 473 00:32:26,931 --> 00:32:30,661 I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT A LITTLE CHOKED UP OVER IT. 474 00:32:30,655 --> 00:32:33,475 BUT I KNEW THE BERGSTENS FROM TALKING TO THEM, 475 00:32:33,482 --> 00:32:34,902 AND I KNEW HOW MUCH THEY FELT 476 00:32:34,896 --> 00:32:36,756 AND HOW MUCH THEY LOVED THEIR DAUGHTER. 477 00:32:36,758 --> 00:32:40,278 AND THEY WANTED HER BACK. 478 00:32:40,275 --> 00:32:43,335 I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GONNA DO THAT. 479 00:32:43,344 --> 00:32:45,794 THAT'S OKAY. 480 00:32:55,724 --> 00:32:58,794 HELLO? HEY. 481 00:32:58,793 --> 00:33:02,523 I'll NEVER FORGET THE DAY THAT THE PHONE RANG, 482 00:33:02,517 --> 00:33:04,897 AND IT WAS MY FRIEND. 483 00:33:04,896 --> 00:33:06,996 SORRY FOR WHAT? 484 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:10,380 AND HE SAID TO ME, "I'M SO SORRY, BRANDI. 485 00:33:10,379 --> 00:33:15,339 I'M JUST SO SORRY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY." 486 00:33:15,344 --> 00:33:21,074 I SAID, "FOR WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU SORRY FOR?" 487 00:33:21,068 --> 00:33:23,168 I JUST REMEMBER HIM SAYING, 488 00:33:23,172 --> 00:33:25,482 "I'M NOT THE FIRST ONE TO TELL YOU, AM I? 489 00:33:25,482 --> 00:33:27,282 YOU DON'T KNOW?" 490 00:33:27,275 --> 00:33:31,785 AND I SAID, "KNOW WHAT?" 491 00:33:31,793 --> 00:33:36,173 AND WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT MARK HAD CONFESSED 492 00:33:36,172 --> 00:33:38,002 TO KILLING JESSICA... 493 00:33:43,793 --> 00:33:47,553 ...I JUST REMEMBER FEELING, LIKE, 494 00:33:47,551 --> 00:33:51,341 ALL THE BLOOD HAD GONE OUT OF MY BODY. 495 00:33:51,344 --> 00:33:53,864 I JUST REMEMBER STANDING AGAINST THE WALL 496 00:33:53,862 --> 00:33:58,412 WITH THE PHONE IN MY HAND AND JUST SLIDING DOWN THE WALL 497 00:33:58,413 --> 00:34:04,483 AND NOT WANTING TO BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS TRUE 498 00:34:04,482 --> 00:34:08,692 AND BEING REALLY ANGRY 499 00:34:08,689 --> 00:34:10,929 BECAUSE I WAS ANGRY. 500 00:34:10,931 --> 00:34:13,831 I WAS SO MAD AT MARK. 501 00:34:28,103 --> 00:34:30,033 I WISH THAT SHE WOULD'VE CALLED ME 502 00:34:30,034 --> 00:34:33,344 SO THAT I COULD'VE WARNED HER 503 00:34:33,344 --> 00:34:37,034 NOT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIM. 504 00:34:37,034 --> 00:34:39,524 AND IF SHE WOULD HAVE SAID THAT SHE WAS GONNA 505 00:34:39,517 --> 00:34:44,067 EVEN HAVE LUNCH, I WOULD'VE TOLD HER NO. 506 00:34:44,068 --> 00:34:47,588 I WOULD'VE TOLD HER TO RUN THE OTHER WAY. 507 00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:50,756 HE WAS SO DANGEROUS. 508 00:35:09,931 --> 00:35:12,761 TOUGHEST PHOTO TO LOOK AT. 509 00:35:12,758 --> 00:35:17,308 THIS IS THE HARDEST ONE TO LOOK AT. 510 00:35:17,310 --> 00:35:20,720 WE WERE READING OUR BIBLES 511 00:35:20,724 --> 00:35:24,284 AND WORSHIPPING, SINGING SONGS, 512 00:35:24,275 --> 00:35:29,925 AND WE WERE STANDING IN A STAIRWELL, 513 00:35:29,931 --> 00:35:35,791 AND I SAID, "LET'S JUST DOCUMENT THIS MOMENT, MAN." 514 00:35:35,793 --> 00:35:38,693 "I MEAN, THIS IS WHY WE BELIEVE, 515 00:35:38,689 --> 00:35:42,449 TO TAKE US FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT." 516 00:35:42,448 --> 00:35:46,998 BUT I KNEW THAT DARKNESS WANTED TO CONSUME HIM. 517 00:35:58,586 --> 00:36:00,406 MARK WAS SET ON A COLLISION. 518 00:36:00,413 --> 00:36:05,173 COURSE WITH HIS OWN FATE BY HIS CHOICES. 519 00:36:06,896 --> 00:36:11,136 HE WAS ANGRY AT HIS GIRLFRIEND, AND THE RESULT OF THAT ANGER 520 00:36:11,137 --> 00:36:15,307 HAD FINALLY GOT TO HIM WHEN HER FRIEND, 521 00:36:15,310 --> 00:36:18,970 JESSICA, HAD CALLED MARK ON THE PHONE AND SAID, 522 00:36:18,965 --> 00:36:23,655 "HEY, MARK. I'M IN TOWN." 523 00:36:23,655 --> 00:36:28,615 THEY BOUGHT SOME WINE, AND THEN THEY WENT TO HIS APARTMENT. 524 00:36:28,620 --> 00:36:32,860 ACCORDING TO HIM, THEY SMOKED SOME MARIJUANA 525 00:36:32,862 --> 00:36:36,792 AND THAT, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT, 526 00:36:36,793 --> 00:36:40,863 HE MADE THE DECISION THAT HE JUST WAS GONNA TAKE HER HOME, 527 00:36:40,862 --> 00:36:44,002 BUT ON THE WAY, SOMETHING CHANGED. 528 00:36:49,413 --> 00:36:52,173 I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS A WAY TO UNDERSTAND 529 00:36:52,172 --> 00:36:53,902 WHAT JESSICA WENT THROUGH. 530 00:36:57,827 --> 00:37:01,687 THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF MARK'S CONFESSION. 531 00:37:01,689 --> 00:37:04,479 "SOMETHING CAME OVER ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, 532 00:37:04,482 --> 00:37:06,722 "BUT I JUST PHYSICALLY BOUND HER 533 00:37:06,724 --> 00:37:10,074 "AND TIED HER UP SO SHE COULDN'T MOVE. 534 00:37:10,068 --> 00:37:13,618 "SHE ASKED ME TO LET HER GO, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO LET HER GO. 535 00:37:13,620 --> 00:37:19,170 I HIT HER IN THE HEAD WITH A BAR SO THAT SHE WAS STUNNED." 536 00:37:19,172 --> 00:37:21,792 HE THEN BEGAN, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, 537 00:37:21,793 --> 00:37:24,693 COMMITTING EVERY SEX ACT THAT HE COULD THINK WITH HER. 538 00:37:32,793 --> 00:37:35,283 SOME TIME DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, 539 00:37:35,275 --> 00:37:39,375 MARK DECIDED THAT SHE WAS MAKING WAY TOO MUCH NOISE. 540 00:37:39,379 --> 00:37:43,339 HE TOOK HIS SURFBOARD OUT OF THE SURFBOARD BAG 541 00:37:43,344 --> 00:37:46,694 AND PUT JESSICA IN IT AND ZIPPED IT UP. 542 00:37:49,655 --> 00:37:52,095 THE PROBLEM FOR JESSICA AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME 543 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:54,623 WAS THERE WAS NO AIR IN THERE, 544 00:37:54,620 --> 00:37:57,170 OR WHAT AIR WAS IN THERE WAS VERY LITTLE. 545 00:37:57,172 --> 00:37:59,172 SHE STARTED GASPING FOR AIR, 546 00:37:59,172 --> 00:38:02,032 AND SHE STARTED SCREAMING LOUDER. 547 00:38:02,034 --> 00:38:06,484 MARK BECAME MUCH MORE CONVINCED SOMEBODY WAS GONNA HEAR. 548 00:38:06,482 --> 00:38:09,312 SO HE PUT HIS HAND OVER HER MOUTH 549 00:38:09,310 --> 00:38:13,000 AND ESSENTIALLY SUFFOCATED HER TO DEATH. 550 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,930 I'M WONDERING IF THE TERM LONG AND TORTUROUS DEATH 551 00:38:25,931 --> 00:38:29,661 IS ADEQUATE TO DESCRIBE WHAT SHE HAD TO BE GOING THROUGH. 552 00:38:34,172 --> 00:38:36,312 MARK DEFINITELY WAS TAKING OUT HIS ANGER 553 00:38:36,310 --> 00:38:39,760 ON JESSICA VERSUS BRANDI. 554 00:38:39,758 --> 00:38:44,478 HIS NEXT BEST PERSON WAS JESSICA BECAUSE THEY WERE FRIENDS, 555 00:38:44,482 --> 00:38:48,832 AND MAYBE THAT WOULD THEN GET BACK AND CAUSE BRANDI PAIN. 556 00:38:50,931 --> 00:38:53,831 IT MADE NO SENSE. 557 00:38:53,827 --> 00:38:56,547 THERE IS NO LOGIC. 558 00:38:56,551 --> 00:39:02,411 MARK HAD ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO KILL JESSICA. 559 00:39:02,413 --> 00:39:05,003 JESSICA HAD DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO MARK. 560 00:39:10,862 --> 00:39:13,002 I STOPPED TO LOOK AT THIS CASE AND REALIZED 561 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,930 THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS ABOUT THE SAME AGE 562 00:39:14,931 --> 00:39:16,761 AS JESSICA AT THAT TIME. 563 00:39:16,758 --> 00:39:20,338 YOU KNOW, YOU TRY VERY HARD NOT TO INTERJECT YOUR FAMILY 564 00:39:20,344 --> 00:39:21,864 BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME HOME AT NIGHT, 565 00:39:21,862 --> 00:39:23,692 YOU HAVE TO SEE THAT FAMILY. 566 00:39:23,689 --> 00:39:26,659 BUT I WOULD BE A FOOL TO TELL YOU THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. 567 00:39:45,551 --> 00:39:48,971 I HAD NO ANGER TOWARD MARK, 568 00:39:48,965 --> 00:39:51,515 EVEN AFTER HE CONFESSED, 569 00:39:51,517 --> 00:39:54,097 BECAUSE I AM ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE 570 00:39:54,103 --> 00:39:57,863 THAT IT WASN'T HIM THAT DID IT. 571 00:39:57,862 --> 00:40:00,622 I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE OF THAT. 572 00:40:00,620 --> 00:40:05,450 IT MADE ME NOT AS ANGRY AT HIM, 573 00:40:05,448 --> 00:40:07,788 BUT MORE ANGRY AT THE DEVIL. 574 00:40:13,758 --> 00:40:17,658 I HATE WHEN PEOPLE LOSE SIGHT OF GOD. 575 00:40:17,655 --> 00:40:20,615 IT SADDENS ME, YOU KNOW? 576 00:40:26,379 --> 00:40:28,099 SOMEBODY ONCE ASKED ME, INTERESTED, 577 00:40:28,103 --> 00:40:30,553 HE SAID, "WELL, MARK'S GONNA BE PAROLED" 578 00:40:30,551 --> 00:40:34,031 "AND RELEASED FROM PRISON SOON. 579 00:40:34,034 --> 00:40:36,934 WILL YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS RECOVERY?" 580 00:40:36,931 --> 00:40:41,791 I SAID, "BE A DREAM COME TRUE. 581 00:40:41,793 --> 00:40:43,343 I'D LOVE TO." 582 00:40:49,758 --> 00:40:53,278 I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS BEYOND SAVING, NOBODY. 583 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:12,210 I CAN NEVER, EVER FORGIVE MARK. 584 00:41:12,206 --> 00:41:15,686 JESSICA DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO MARK. 585 00:41:15,689 --> 00:41:19,209 SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. 586 00:41:19,206 --> 00:41:21,896 SHE DIDN'T KNOW. 587 00:41:21,896 --> 00:41:24,716 SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE HAD TURNED INTO. 588 00:41:24,724 --> 00:41:28,174 HOW COULD SHE HAVE? 589 00:41:28,172 --> 00:41:31,452 I'VE NEVER, EVER FORGOTTEN HER. 590 00:41:31,448 --> 00:41:33,068 AND THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT 591 00:41:33,068 --> 00:41:37,828 I DON'T THINK ABOUT HER AND HER FAMILY, 592 00:41:37,827 --> 00:41:43,787 AND I FEEL, LIKE, 593 00:41:43,793 --> 00:41:47,313 MAYBE THEY DID BLAME ME, 594 00:41:47,310 --> 00:41:50,480 AND THAT'S OKAY, 595 00:41:50,482 --> 00:41:53,792 BUT I JUST REALLY WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT 596 00:41:53,793 --> 00:41:58,003 I'M SO SORRY THAT THIS HAPPENED TO THEIR DAUGHTER. 597 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:02,280 AND I'M SO SORRY THAT I KNEW THE PERSON WHO DID IT. 598 00:42:02,275 --> 00:42:07,375 I'M SO SORRY FOR ALL THOSE THINGS. 599 00:42:07,379 --> 00:42:11,519 AND I REALLY WISH THAT I COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 600 00:42:11,517 --> 00:42:15,997 TO TELL THEM THAT IN PERSON, AND I NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO. 601 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:22,030 AND I JUST WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT I NEVER, 602 00:42:22,034 --> 00:42:25,794 NEVER STOPPED THINKING ABOUT HER OR ABOUT THEM.