1 00:00:03,043 --> 00:00:05,673 [female reporter] There has been another arrest in the Mineola sex ring case. 2 00:00:05,673 --> 00:00:08,273 [male reporter] Today, a total of six men and women have now been arrested. 3 00:00:08,273 --> 00:00:09,673 [female reporter] Smith County police say 4 00:00:09,673 --> 00:00:13,313 they are accused of forcing four children, under the age of seven, 5 00:00:13,313 --> 00:00:15,043 to perform at a swingers' club. 6 00:00:23,043 --> 00:00:26,113 The brainwashing, that starts at a very young age. 7 00:00:26,113 --> 00:00:28,673 I wasn't just the only one that was scared to speak out. 8 00:00:28,673 --> 00:00:32,543 It felt like a cult. The fear that was instilled into us. 9 00:00:32,543 --> 00:00:36,213 Words cannot describe what these children have gone through. 10 00:00:36,943 --> 00:00:38,743 There is no case here. 11 00:00:38,743 --> 00:00:40,643 This is smoke and mirrors bull [bleep]. 12 00:00:40,643 --> 00:00:42,373 You know, the defense just don't like the fact 13 00:00:42,373 --> 00:00:44,213 that their client got convicted and got a life sentence. 14 00:00:44,213 --> 00:00:45,773 I mean, let's call it what it is. 15 00:00:45,773 --> 00:00:49,213 I've called it just a plain old Texas frame-up. 16 00:00:49,213 --> 00:00:51,773 They basically took my childhood from me. 17 00:00:51,773 --> 00:00:53,843 They destroyed me and my family. 18 00:00:54,773 --> 00:00:56,943 They were guilty. 100%. 19 00:00:58,273 --> 00:01:02,313 I was told keep your mouth shut in this town. 20 00:01:02,313 --> 00:01:03,373 Don't make any waves. 21 00:01:04,513 --> 00:01:05,573 I made waves. 22 00:02:06,473 --> 00:02:08,273 This is taken in our driveway 23 00:02:09,773 --> 00:02:10,943 at Christmas. 24 00:02:16,773 --> 00:02:18,773 'Cause I love them so much 25 00:02:20,513 --> 00:02:22,043 and they've been so hurt. 26 00:02:37,013 --> 00:02:40,143 My husband John and I moved from California 27 00:02:40,143 --> 00:02:43,843 to Mineola, Texas in 2004. 28 00:02:44,743 --> 00:02:48,213 That town was so adorable. 29 00:02:48,213 --> 00:02:51,143 It was fabulous. We just fell in love. 30 00:02:52,843 --> 00:02:55,313 Mineola is a great little Texas town. 31 00:02:58,313 --> 00:03:00,413 It's quiet, relaxed living. 32 00:03:03,573 --> 00:03:06,043 It's a conservative community. 33 00:03:08,773 --> 00:03:11,273 Most of the people in Mineola are God-fearing people. 34 00:03:11,273 --> 00:03:13,913 I don't go to church every Sunday, but I'm a God-fearing man. 35 00:03:15,943 --> 00:03:20,143 The people here are absolutely wonderful. 36 00:03:20,143 --> 00:03:22,413 Mineola people will do anything 37 00:03:22,413 --> 00:03:24,843 to help their neighbors here in a heartbeat. 38 00:03:30,013 --> 00:03:31,013 It's not. 39 00:03:33,573 --> 00:03:37,143 When we first went there, it was wonderful. 40 00:03:38,413 --> 00:03:40,743 But then I started hearing stories. 41 00:03:43,273 --> 00:03:45,943 Its nickname, by the way, is Sodom and Gomorrah. 42 00:03:47,773 --> 00:03:48,913 Always has been. 43 00:03:51,913 --> 00:03:55,143 One day, I saw an article in the paper. 44 00:03:55,143 --> 00:03:57,843 Oh my gosh, this is just unbelievable. 45 00:03:57,843 --> 00:04:01,143 I didn't know we had a swingers' club in town. 46 00:04:01,143 --> 00:04:03,773 When we heard about the swingers' club it was a shock. 47 00:04:03,773 --> 00:04:05,573 People said, not in our neighborhood. 48 00:04:06,673 --> 00:04:10,043 We just couldn't believe that a swingers' club was here, 49 00:04:10,043 --> 00:04:12,213 'cause that's not us. 50 00:04:13,573 --> 00:04:17,143 {\an8}There was probably maybe 10 couples, and we played movies on the TV 51 00:04:17,143 --> 00:04:19,843 {\an8}and they all sit down and got to talking to each other 52 00:04:19,843 --> 00:04:22,913 and then they divided up and whoever wanted to go with whoever, 53 00:04:22,913 --> 00:04:23,773 that's what they did. 54 00:04:26,573 --> 00:04:29,213 We could imagine what was going on in there, 55 00:04:29,213 --> 00:04:30,413 but we weren't part of it. 56 00:04:31,143 --> 00:04:32,773 And it wasn't illegal. 57 00:04:32,773 --> 00:04:35,543 But to put a swingers' club around here 58 00:04:35,543 --> 00:04:39,273 is like rolling a stink bomb into a Baptist church 59 00:04:39,273 --> 00:04:42,673 and expecting everybody to just say, "Oh, that's okay," 60 00:04:42,673 --> 00:04:44,143 and keep on praying. 61 00:04:44,143 --> 00:04:49,943 For them to put it here was just, ugh. Make you grind your teeth. 62 00:04:53,673 --> 00:04:56,573 [Margie] Because of the article in the newspaper, 63 00:04:56,573 --> 00:04:58,413 as a mom, I'm concerned, 64 00:04:58,413 --> 00:05:00,113 and I'm a praying woman, 65 00:05:00,113 --> 00:05:03,213 and so we drove up to the swingers' club. 66 00:05:03,213 --> 00:05:08,213 And we literally raised our hands toward that building 67 00:05:08,213 --> 00:05:12,473 and we prayed and we prayed and we prayed that it would get shut down. 68 00:05:14,043 --> 00:05:18,373 Right after that, it closed down. 69 00:05:19,673 --> 00:05:21,843 It was like it went boom. 70 00:05:21,843 --> 00:05:24,843 It was here one day and gone the next. 71 00:05:26,573 --> 00:05:30,143 [Margie] I was elated. They don't belong in this town. 72 00:05:33,643 --> 00:05:36,043 My husband, John, and I, we're Baptist. 73 00:05:37,373 --> 00:05:41,373 I accepted Christ when I was 12 years old as my savior. 74 00:05:42,473 --> 00:05:44,743 In California, I went to college. 75 00:05:44,743 --> 00:05:49,413 I got my administration in early childhood development. 76 00:05:49,413 --> 00:05:51,643 And I passed it with flying colors. 77 00:05:52,513 --> 00:05:55,213 And so I became a foster mom. 78 00:05:55,213 --> 00:05:58,473 When I started taking foster children, 79 00:05:58,473 --> 00:06:00,313 they were very troubled. 80 00:06:00,313 --> 00:06:03,643 And I had made a promise, don't give up on them. 81 00:06:03,643 --> 00:06:05,413 And that's what drove me. 82 00:06:05,413 --> 00:06:09,943 At one point, I was the mother of 15 teenagers at one time in the house. 83 00:06:10,843 --> 00:06:11,843 We loved it. 84 00:06:13,773 --> 00:06:16,643 But it was so hard. 85 00:06:16,643 --> 00:06:21,573 And so in 2004, we decided we could retire, 86 00:06:21,573 --> 00:06:24,673 pay off a house, and just start relaxing. 87 00:06:26,213 --> 00:06:30,313 And that's when we bought the house on Lake Brenda in Mineola. 88 00:06:31,673 --> 00:06:32,773 It was right on the lake. 89 00:06:33,943 --> 00:06:36,573 Just fish and retire, that was our goal. 90 00:06:38,773 --> 00:06:41,313 At the time, we had six children 91 00:06:41,313 --> 00:06:44,773 but then my son said, "You know, you're such a good mom." 92 00:06:44,773 --> 00:06:49,573 "Go help at least one or two more kids." And so I did. 93 00:06:49,573 --> 00:06:55,313 {\an8}And I was given Hunter, Shelby and Carly, to be my kids. 94 00:07:03,773 --> 00:07:07,413 Before Margie's, in the beginning, we were just kids. 95 00:07:07,413 --> 00:07:09,573 It was fun, we were happy. 96 00:07:09,573 --> 00:07:12,543 [singing] Happy birthday to you. 97 00:07:12,543 --> 00:07:13,743 I loved my cap guns. 98 00:07:13,743 --> 00:07:16,043 Used to play Cowboys and Indians with my older sister. 99 00:07:17,413 --> 00:07:19,843 We used to ride bikes with the kids down the street. 100 00:07:21,113 --> 00:07:24,773 There was nothing really that bad about being kids back then. 101 00:07:25,673 --> 00:07:28,013 But then things changed in our life. 102 00:07:28,943 --> 00:07:31,913 As a child, I don't remember my dad. 103 00:07:31,913 --> 00:07:36,373 I only remember my stepdad, Jamie, ever being around. 104 00:07:37,843 --> 00:07:41,513 Jamie and my mom would get into arguments. 105 00:07:41,513 --> 00:07:44,013 And sometimes, my mom would pass out. 106 00:07:46,143 --> 00:07:50,113 As kids, we didn't really understand the things between them. 107 00:07:51,413 --> 00:07:54,413 And then one day, I remember Child Services coming. 108 00:07:57,143 --> 00:08:00,743 [Margie] The reason that we were given by the social worker, 109 00:08:00,743 --> 00:08:04,413 why they were taken away, was that they were neglected. 110 00:08:04,413 --> 00:08:07,543 The parents were on crack cocaine. 111 00:08:07,543 --> 00:08:10,843 And so I took them in because I wanted to help. 112 00:08:13,643 --> 00:08:15,413 I remember the drive to their house. 113 00:08:15,413 --> 00:08:19,043 I was constantly asking, so y'all live on the lake? 114 00:08:19,043 --> 00:08:22,773 Thinking they live in the middle of this lake that we're going to. 115 00:08:22,773 --> 00:08:25,513 And when we got there, the house was nice. 116 00:08:26,513 --> 00:08:27,573 The door's still broke. 117 00:08:31,943 --> 00:08:32,843 Oh, wow. 118 00:08:35,643 --> 00:08:36,673 This is different. 119 00:08:37,013 --> 00:08:37,913 It is. 120 00:08:37,913 --> 00:08:39,913 Remember that table, there. Long table. 121 00:08:40,943 --> 00:08:42,643 Carly is my little sister. 122 00:08:42,643 --> 00:08:44,673 I have always been protective of her. 123 00:08:45,773 --> 00:08:49,113 When I was at the Cantrells', I was very hyperactive. 124 00:08:49,843 --> 00:08:51,013 I was, like, four. 125 00:08:52,013 --> 00:08:53,513 So I was the baby. 126 00:08:53,513 --> 00:08:56,843 Everyone protected me, including Shelby and Hunter. 127 00:08:56,843 --> 00:08:59,543 I never thought I'd be back in the house. 128 00:09:00,543 --> 00:09:03,413 Shelby and Carly lived in this room here. 129 00:09:06,373 --> 00:09:08,943 It actually looks the exact same. 130 00:09:12,043 --> 00:09:15,213 Margie was fun and bubbly, 131 00:09:15,213 --> 00:09:21,013 kind of the mother type of personality that a kid would want. 132 00:09:21,013 --> 00:09:26,773 John Cantrell's personality was calming and laid back, 133 00:09:26,773 --> 00:09:30,143 but not as bubbly and open like Margie was. 134 00:09:33,143 --> 00:09:35,273 John did teach us how to fish. 135 00:09:35,273 --> 00:09:37,143 We used to watch westerns with him. 136 00:09:38,413 --> 00:09:42,513 Well, I used to wake up about 4:30 in the morning before school 137 00:09:42,513 --> 00:09:44,413 and go out and fish, 138 00:09:44,413 --> 00:09:46,013 just 'cause I liked the peace, 139 00:09:46,013 --> 00:09:48,143 and fishing was also a passion of mine. 140 00:09:53,773 --> 00:09:56,143 [Margie] Well, at the time, life was okay. 141 00:09:57,413 --> 00:09:59,313 But they were very troubled. 142 00:10:00,213 --> 00:10:03,313 One day, Shelby was down in the bedroom 143 00:10:05,273 --> 00:10:09,643 and she had a pole on her bed and she was doing a pole dance. 144 00:10:12,013 --> 00:10:14,743 This is just a little seven-year-old girl. 145 00:10:14,743 --> 00:10:20,373 And she's swinging her hair around and she's doing... 146 00:10:20,373 --> 00:10:22,113 it looked like a rehearsed dance. 147 00:10:27,043 --> 00:10:28,473 Hunter was a handful. 148 00:10:30,213 --> 00:10:32,913 He was so angry and violent. 149 00:10:34,313 --> 00:10:39,913 They were extremely, extremely hard to handle children. 150 00:10:39,913 --> 00:10:43,843 Very young and very, very broken. 151 00:10:43,843 --> 00:10:46,143 But we had promised to stand by these kids. 152 00:10:48,273 --> 00:10:52,643 At that point, I had nine children in the home. 153 00:10:55,013 --> 00:10:58,113 And so, I thought, if we buy a facility, 154 00:10:58,113 --> 00:11:02,543 we can put the kids there and I can run it and have a good group home. 155 00:11:04,113 --> 00:11:06,843 So I called our real estate agent 156 00:11:06,843 --> 00:11:10,213 and told her that I was interested in a property in town. 157 00:11:11,913 --> 00:11:15,943 But this building was in fact the swingers' club. 158 00:11:17,413 --> 00:11:20,513 The lot was really large that it sat on. 159 00:11:21,313 --> 00:11:23,413 So we decided we were going to go up 160 00:11:23,413 --> 00:11:25,313 and see if we could see in the windows. 161 00:11:26,413 --> 00:11:28,573 [Hunter] When Margie took me to the swingers' club, 162 00:11:28,573 --> 00:11:31,643 she told us that she was thinking about buying the place. 163 00:11:34,913 --> 00:11:36,413 Last time I was in this building, 164 00:11:36,413 --> 00:11:39,543 I think I was, like, eight years old. 165 00:11:41,143 --> 00:11:42,573 My sisters were with me, 166 00:11:44,313 --> 00:11:46,013 John and Margie. 167 00:11:48,773 --> 00:11:51,773 It's pretty hard to be in here considering what happened. 168 00:12:00,213 --> 00:12:03,673 [Margie] It was wet and moldy and stunk. 169 00:12:03,673 --> 00:12:04,843 It was nasty. 170 00:12:05,943 --> 00:12:07,773 So I wouldn't let the kids go anywhere. 171 00:12:08,773 --> 00:12:13,043 And Hunter, Shelby and I stayed by the door. 172 00:12:13,043 --> 00:12:16,213 And then all of a sudden, Shelby said, "I know this place." 173 00:12:17,673 --> 00:12:21,543 "You know, if you could see in that room over there," 174 00:12:22,643 --> 00:12:25,143 "it has big white flowers with green leaves." 175 00:12:26,473 --> 00:12:28,043 So I said, "Hunter, open the door." 176 00:12:41,413 --> 00:12:44,273 She said, "Mom, that's where I had to dance." 177 00:12:44,273 --> 00:12:46,843 "And you see that part that goes like this?" 178 00:12:46,843 --> 00:12:49,313 "There was a curtain on it and Jamie was back there," 179 00:12:49,313 --> 00:12:52,743 "and I when I danced, I had to go back and give him the money." 180 00:12:58,413 --> 00:13:01,213 I just froze. I just froze. 181 00:13:02,543 --> 00:13:04,773 And then Hunter, when we were leaving, said, 182 00:13:04,773 --> 00:13:07,773 "If you look over by the big tree, my ball is there." 183 00:13:09,213 --> 00:13:10,843 And that baby's ball was there. 184 00:13:11,943 --> 00:13:13,143 I called the social worker. 185 00:13:14,743 --> 00:13:17,473 She said, "Get them to the police department immediately." 186 00:13:22,713 --> 00:13:24,813 When I got to the police department, 187 00:13:24,813 --> 00:13:27,243 I filled out what had just happened. 188 00:13:30,343 --> 00:13:34,073 After I wrote my report out, they talked to the kids. 189 00:13:37,213 --> 00:13:43,343 {\an8}They told the police that there was a room called Jamie Pittman's room, 190 00:13:44,513 --> 00:13:47,843 that they did dances and acts 191 00:13:47,843 --> 00:13:51,073 and their mother, Shauntel, would be there. 192 00:13:51,073 --> 00:13:56,713 And they said that they were trained in a kindergarten. 193 00:13:56,713 --> 00:14:01,073 My knowledge of a kindergarten is kindergarten, school. 194 00:14:02,443 --> 00:14:03,973 But it wasn't. 195 00:14:03,973 --> 00:14:07,043 It was a grooming place. 196 00:14:12,573 --> 00:14:14,443 I would think that a police department 197 00:14:14,443 --> 00:14:18,513 would go in with all barrels and investigate. 198 00:14:20,873 --> 00:14:24,343 And then I found out that within two days 199 00:14:25,243 --> 00:14:26,343 they closed the case. 200 00:14:29,713 --> 00:14:32,873 To just go to Shauntel and Jamie's trailer 201 00:14:32,873 --> 00:14:34,813 and say, "Well, didn't happen," 202 00:14:34,813 --> 00:14:36,973 it was like calling the children a liar. 203 00:14:38,043 --> 00:14:40,843 And they heard everything from the kids. 204 00:14:41,973 --> 00:14:43,613 The same outcries. 205 00:14:45,143 --> 00:14:47,143 But the Mineola Police closed it. 206 00:14:48,673 --> 00:14:50,813 How dare them? 207 00:14:50,813 --> 00:14:53,613 That put a million red flags in my mind. 208 00:15:01,343 --> 00:15:03,673 {\an8}The first time I heard about this case, 209 00:15:03,673 --> 00:15:05,343 {\an8}I thought, oh my God. This is going on. 210 00:15:05,343 --> 00:15:08,443 {\an8}This incredible child sex scandal. 211 00:15:08,443 --> 00:15:11,943 These parents had taken these kids to the swingers' club 212 00:15:11,943 --> 00:15:13,513 and they danced on stage for money. 213 00:15:14,673 --> 00:15:16,613 We need to really look into this. 214 00:15:18,343 --> 00:15:19,873 Mineola is in Wood County 215 00:15:21,143 --> 00:15:24,443 and Tyler, which is a large city, is very close, 216 00:15:24,443 --> 00:15:25,773 but it's in Smith County. 217 00:15:27,973 --> 00:15:31,613 There is a real difference in Smith County law enforcement 218 00:15:31,613 --> 00:15:33,873 as opposed to Wood County law enforcement. 219 00:15:33,873 --> 00:15:36,213 All counties in Texas are very conservative 220 00:15:36,213 --> 00:15:37,873 when it comes to law and order, 221 00:15:37,873 --> 00:15:41,573 but no county is more conservative than Smith County. 222 00:15:41,573 --> 00:15:43,313 It has a long-time reputation 223 00:15:43,313 --> 00:15:45,443 for throwing the book at criminals, 224 00:15:45,443 --> 00:15:48,673 for prosecuting hard, for investigating hard, 225 00:15:48,673 --> 00:15:51,073 for having a very high conviction rate. 226 00:15:51,073 --> 00:15:52,813 And so when the Mineola Police Department 227 00:15:52,813 --> 00:15:55,513 didn't pursue the investigation any further, 228 00:15:55,513 --> 00:15:57,413 Margie wanted something done about it. 229 00:15:57,413 --> 00:15:59,143 If the Mineola cops weren't going to listen to her, 230 00:15:59,143 --> 00:16:01,073 she was going to find somebody who would. 231 00:16:01,073 --> 00:16:04,143 So Margie decides to go to Smith County. 232 00:16:05,713 --> 00:16:09,213 And the Smith County DA's office had an assistant district attorney 233 00:16:09,213 --> 00:16:13,443 who handled nothing but child cases 234 00:16:13,443 --> 00:16:15,073 and her name was Tiffany Wickel. 235 00:16:15,073 --> 00:16:17,243 She had been part of the team 236 00:16:17,243 --> 00:16:21,073 that had taken Hunter and Shelby away from their mother. 237 00:16:21,073 --> 00:16:27,813 So when she heard about what Margie was saying, she became very alarmed. 238 00:16:27,813 --> 00:16:33,973 [Margie] She came to the Mineola police department and basically tore them up. 239 00:16:33,973 --> 00:16:37,443 Listen to these outcries of these children 240 00:16:37,443 --> 00:16:39,213 and what is going on. 241 00:16:40,813 --> 00:16:41,973 [Michael] And within two weeks, 242 00:16:41,973 --> 00:16:44,073 Tiffany Wickel had brought in Texas Ranger Phillip Kemp. 243 00:16:45,213 --> 00:16:46,873 [Margie] Tiffany called me and said, 244 00:16:46,873 --> 00:16:51,673 "You need to bring the children to Smith County" 245 00:16:51,673 --> 00:16:55,073 "because the Texas Ranger wants to come and meet the children." 246 00:17:23,443 --> 00:17:25,573 Ranger Kemp was very nice. 247 00:17:25,573 --> 00:17:27,873 He was very good with the children. 248 00:17:31,143 --> 00:17:33,843 And he said, "And all I want you to do is just be there," 249 00:17:33,843 --> 00:17:36,243 "comfort them, you know," 250 00:17:36,243 --> 00:17:39,873 "walk them through it, you know, it's okay." That's what mommies do. 251 00:17:47,143 --> 00:17:49,443 When I first met Ranger Kemp, 252 00:17:49,443 --> 00:17:52,213 he came in with a cowboy hat and a gun. 253 00:17:52,213 --> 00:17:56,313 Cowboy looking dude. Sheriff looking guy from a Western or something. 254 00:17:58,043 --> 00:18:02,143 It was a little more exciting than I'd probably like to admit. 255 00:19:39,213 --> 00:19:42,943 It's a bit confusing, the folks involved in this. 256 00:19:42,943 --> 00:19:46,943 And let me start at the top with the eldest of all the people involved, 257 00:19:46,943 --> 00:19:47,973 which is Shelia Sones. 258 00:19:50,443 --> 00:19:52,873 And Shelia is Carly's grandmother. 259 00:20:50,713 --> 00:20:55,443 {\an8}[Michael] Carly's grandmother, Shelia, was married to Jimmy. 260 00:21:21,713 --> 00:21:24,313 [Michael] Booger Red was the nickname of Patrick Kelly. 261 00:21:24,313 --> 00:21:26,143 He was friends with Shauntel and Jamie 262 00:21:26,143 --> 00:21:29,713 and they'd hang out together at his trailer in Tyler. 263 00:21:29,713 --> 00:21:32,243 And it was in this trailer where, apparently, 264 00:21:32,243 --> 00:21:34,143 the sex kindergarten had taken place. 265 00:22:09,013 --> 00:22:12,743 Ranger Kemp's investigation uncovered a sex kindergarten 266 00:22:12,743 --> 00:22:14,613 in Tyler 267 00:22:14,613 --> 00:22:20,013 run by Shelia, Jimmy, Jamie Pittman, Booger Red 268 00:22:20,013 --> 00:22:21,543 and Shauntel. 269 00:22:22,373 --> 00:22:24,243 These kids had been indoctrinated 270 00:22:24,243 --> 00:22:25,813 into this sex kindergarten 271 00:22:25,813 --> 00:22:28,373 and then they had come up to Mineola 272 00:22:28,373 --> 00:22:30,243 and they had danced onstage for money. 273 00:22:31,513 --> 00:22:32,613 In these interviews, 274 00:22:32,613 --> 00:22:36,013 these kids increasingly told more and more things 275 00:22:36,013 --> 00:22:37,273 about what happened. 276 00:23:07,443 --> 00:23:09,543 [Gabby] This was one of the last times 277 00:23:09,543 --> 00:23:12,513 I actually ever saw my parents 278 00:23:12,513 --> 00:23:14,543 before I went into foster care. 279 00:23:15,743 --> 00:23:18,513 {\an8}My parents were Shelia Sones and Jimmy Sones. 280 00:23:18,513 --> 00:23:20,813 {\an8}Shauntel is my sister. 281 00:23:20,813 --> 00:23:23,873 {\an8}And Jamie Pittman was Shauntel's boyfriend. 282 00:23:23,873 --> 00:23:27,073 {\an8}Shauntel has three children, the oldest being Shelby, 283 00:23:27,073 --> 00:23:28,543 {\an8}the middle being Hunter 284 00:23:28,543 --> 00:23:30,713 {\an8}and then the youngest is Carly. 285 00:23:30,713 --> 00:23:33,073 {\an8}I considered them my siblings. 286 00:23:33,073 --> 00:23:34,873 {\an8}We were the same age. 287 00:23:34,873 --> 00:23:37,113 {\an8}We didn't have the relationship of 288 00:23:37,113 --> 00:23:38,443 {\an8}"Oh, that's my niece." 289 00:23:38,443 --> 00:23:41,713 {\an8}It was more than that. We were raised together. 290 00:23:41,713 --> 00:23:45,113 And we called each other brother and sister all the time, 291 00:23:45,113 --> 00:23:46,513 but they got to live together 292 00:23:46,513 --> 00:23:47,813 and I didn't get to be with them. 293 00:23:47,813 --> 00:23:49,543 And I never understood that. 294 00:23:50,073 --> 00:23:52,813 [school bell ringing] 295 00:23:52,813 --> 00:23:54,913 I was seven years old. 296 00:23:55,373 --> 00:23:57,543 I was in gym class 297 00:23:57,543 --> 00:24:00,743 and I remember them calling me over the intercom 298 00:24:00,743 --> 00:24:02,813 to come to the principal's office. 299 00:24:02,813 --> 00:24:06,113 So, you know, I'm sittin' here thinking I did something wrong. 300 00:24:06,113 --> 00:24:08,273 So, I went to the principal's office 301 00:24:08,273 --> 00:24:12,173 and that's when a CPS worker came to pick me up. 302 00:24:13,813 --> 00:24:16,113 She took me to the Child Advocacy Center. 303 00:24:18,973 --> 00:24:22,173 That's when all of the questioning with Ranger Kemp started. 304 00:24:36,513 --> 00:24:38,543 [Gabby] My first impression of Ranger Kemp 305 00:24:38,543 --> 00:24:41,373 was a little intimidated. 306 00:24:41,373 --> 00:24:44,643 He was a big man with a gun and a badge. 307 00:24:44,643 --> 00:24:47,273 And he had a presence about him 308 00:24:47,273 --> 00:24:49,173 that, yeah, he was soft and easygoing, 309 00:24:49,173 --> 00:24:51,443 but it was also like... 310 00:24:51,813 --> 00:24:52,973 demanded respect. 311 00:26:26,443 --> 00:26:29,913 {\an8}Shortly thereafter, Kemp brings the first indictment 312 00:26:29,913 --> 00:26:33,443 {\an8}to a Smith County grand Jury on Shelia Sones. 313 00:26:35,013 --> 00:26:36,143 And in short order, 314 00:26:36,143 --> 00:26:37,913 Shelia is arrested, 315 00:26:37,913 --> 00:26:39,743 Gabby's put into foster care 316 00:26:39,743 --> 00:26:42,073 and then, not long after that, 317 00:26:42,973 --> 00:26:44,143 Jimmy, 318 00:26:44,143 --> 00:26:45,913 Booger Red, 319 00:26:45,913 --> 00:26:47,743 Jamie Pittman 320 00:26:47,743 --> 00:26:49,513 and Shauntel 321 00:26:49,513 --> 00:26:50,973 are also arrested. 322 00:26:52,143 --> 00:26:55,143 And the another man, Dennis Pittman. 323 00:26:55,143 --> 00:26:57,613 He wasn't related to Jamie Pittman, 324 00:26:57,613 --> 00:26:59,813 but he was friends with Shauntel and Jamie. 325 00:27:01,543 --> 00:27:04,173 This was huge news right away. 326 00:27:05,743 --> 00:27:08,643 {\an8}[Tamara] Mineola was such a big part of my childhood. 327 00:27:08,643 --> 00:27:10,643 {\an8}So I was assigned that case. 328 00:27:11,373 --> 00:27:12,913 {\an8}It was a huge story. 329 00:27:12,913 --> 00:27:15,373 You know, as a reporter, you try to remain impartial, 330 00:27:15,373 --> 00:27:16,873 but the personal side of me, 331 00:27:16,873 --> 00:27:18,913 I was really upset about it. 332 00:27:18,913 --> 00:27:20,273 It blew our minds. 333 00:27:20,273 --> 00:27:23,343 It was just insanity, the things that we heard. 334 00:27:26,113 --> 00:27:28,643 So I was very thankful that Smith County 335 00:27:28,643 --> 00:27:29,973 actually stepped up to the plate. 336 00:27:29,973 --> 00:27:31,813 They did something that Wood County wouldn't do. 337 00:27:34,173 --> 00:27:36,543 The public was outraged. 338 00:27:36,543 --> 00:27:38,973 People in the community thought these parents 339 00:27:38,973 --> 00:27:41,743 were the lowest-type people on the earth. 340 00:27:43,543 --> 00:27:45,343 What they did was unforgivable. 341 00:27:50,073 --> 00:27:52,713 We heard they were grooming the underage kids. 342 00:27:52,713 --> 00:27:54,173 We were really, really shocked 343 00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:55,713 about what was happening in that town. 344 00:27:55,713 --> 00:27:56,813 And they kept it such a secret 345 00:27:58,073 --> 00:28:00,513 that no one in town knew anything about it. 346 00:28:01,543 --> 00:28:03,913 I first learned about it in Iraq. 347 00:28:03,913 --> 00:28:06,413 It was published in the Stars and Stripes there. 348 00:28:07,343 --> 00:28:10,073 And in bold, "Mineola Swinger's Club" 349 00:28:10,073 --> 00:28:13,173 and described a big criminal case 350 00:28:13,173 --> 00:28:14,783 about people molesting children, 351 00:28:14,783 --> 00:28:18,373 having them perform on a pole 352 00:28:18,373 --> 00:28:19,643 and perform sex acts. 353 00:28:31,073 --> 00:28:33,813 [Michael] I had never been to Mineola before I worked on this story. 354 00:28:33,813 --> 00:28:36,073 You feel like you are going back in time. 355 00:28:37,513 --> 00:28:39,643 You see the two sides of the tracks 356 00:28:39,643 --> 00:28:41,373 where you literally cross the railroad tracks 357 00:28:41,373 --> 00:28:43,713 and you are on the poor side of town. 358 00:28:45,713 --> 00:28:48,883 Trailer parks are everywhere. They're communities. 359 00:28:48,883 --> 00:28:51,643 {\an8}They're like little villages, little hamlets 360 00:28:51,643 --> 00:28:52,883 {\an8}on the outskirts of town. 361 00:28:54,073 --> 00:28:57,013 However, John and Margie lived in a house 362 00:28:57,013 --> 00:29:00,343 on that little lake just north of town. 363 00:29:01,413 --> 00:29:02,813 From what I've seen, 364 00:29:02,813 --> 00:29:05,343 they were, at first, welcomed with open arms. 365 00:29:05,343 --> 00:29:07,543 They were conservative Christians. 366 00:29:07,543 --> 00:29:10,783 They were career foster parents back in California. 367 00:29:10,783 --> 00:29:13,913 They were career foster parents here in Texas. 368 00:29:13,913 --> 00:29:16,883 They had their hearts in the right place. 369 00:29:16,883 --> 00:29:19,883 {\an8}When I met Margie, the first ten seconds, 370 00:29:19,883 --> 00:29:22,343 {\an8}she comes across as very personable. 371 00:29:23,543 --> 00:29:27,713 And somewhere around the 15-minute mark, 372 00:29:27,713 --> 00:29:28,913 you begin to understand 373 00:29:28,913 --> 00:29:31,073 you're never gonna get a word in edgewise. 374 00:29:31,883 --> 00:29:34,713 And then, uh, at the 30-minute mark, 375 00:29:34,713 --> 00:29:36,713 you've heard about all you wanna hear. 376 00:29:36,713 --> 00:29:39,713 That was kind of my introduction to Margie. 377 00:29:42,973 --> 00:29:45,243 One day, my news director really pushed me 378 00:29:45,243 --> 00:29:47,443 {\an8}to go and talk to Margie Cantrell. 379 00:29:47,443 --> 00:29:48,783 {\an8}And I thought there's no way 380 00:29:48,783 --> 00:29:50,713 {\an8}that this woman is actually going to talk. 381 00:29:53,613 --> 00:29:55,973 But we went out to Lake Brenda. 382 00:29:59,643 --> 00:30:03,173 Lake Brenda is one of the nicest areas in East Texas. 383 00:30:05,813 --> 00:30:08,273 And I went up to Margie's door and knocked, 384 00:30:08,273 --> 00:30:09,613 and to my surprise, 385 00:30:09,613 --> 00:30:11,143 she opened the door 386 00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:13,443 and she welcomed us in. 387 00:30:13,443 --> 00:30:15,713 I remember their house was so beautiful. 388 00:30:15,713 --> 00:30:16,813 I mean, it was huge. 389 00:30:16,813 --> 00:30:18,613 These children had lived in a trailer 390 00:30:18,613 --> 00:30:20,643 and now they had this beautiful house. 391 00:30:20,643 --> 00:30:22,713 And it felt like it was just 392 00:30:22,713 --> 00:30:25,373 this perfect portrait of a home. 393 00:30:25,373 --> 00:30:28,273 I sit down on the couch and John was there, 394 00:30:28,273 --> 00:30:31,173 but he was just quietly in the background. 395 00:30:31,173 --> 00:30:32,543 He just didn't say a lot. 396 00:30:32,543 --> 00:30:34,173 I did try to talk to him a few times, 397 00:30:34,173 --> 00:30:35,913 but you just couldn't get anything out of him. 398 00:30:35,913 --> 00:30:38,143 He was pretty much like a wall in a lot of ways. 399 00:30:39,443 --> 00:30:43,143 Whereas Margie was so engaging and personable. 400 00:30:44,073 --> 00:30:45,973 All of times, in those kinds of situations, 401 00:30:45,973 --> 00:30:48,243 you do everything you can to pull something out 402 00:30:48,243 --> 00:30:49,343 and gain trust 403 00:30:49,343 --> 00:30:51,173 and want somebody to open up to you, 404 00:30:51,173 --> 00:30:53,273 but she was so open 405 00:30:53,273 --> 00:30:55,173 about everything the children had been through 406 00:30:55,173 --> 00:30:57,273 and how terrible this was. 407 00:30:57,883 --> 00:30:58,973 I became thankful 408 00:30:58,973 --> 00:31:01,073 that this woman was helping these children. 409 00:31:06,413 --> 00:31:08,013 And leading up to the trial, 410 00:31:08,013 --> 00:31:10,373 I remember it feeling almost like a Super Bowl 411 00:31:10,373 --> 00:31:12,883 because there was just so much tension. 412 00:31:14,013 --> 00:31:15,073 The heartbeat of the town 413 00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:16,913 was that finally these children 414 00:31:16,913 --> 00:31:18,173 were going to get justice, 415 00:31:18,173 --> 00:31:19,543 and finally these defendants 416 00:31:19,543 --> 00:31:21,813 were gonna be put away forever. 417 00:31:32,413 --> 00:31:33,783 The 36-year-old Pittman 418 00:31:33,783 --> 00:31:35,813 is accused of forcing young children 419 00:31:35,813 --> 00:31:37,643 under the age of seven 420 00:31:37,643 --> 00:31:40,543 to have sex with each other and adults. 421 00:31:41,913 --> 00:31:43,273 [Michael] Jack Skeen is the judge. 422 00:31:43,273 --> 00:31:47,073 You did not mess around with crime in Smith County 423 00:31:47,073 --> 00:31:49,813 because Jack Skeen would go after you. 424 00:31:51,173 --> 00:31:54,643 Matt Bingham is the elected district attorney of Smith County. 425 00:31:54,643 --> 00:31:58,173 Am I an aggressive prosecutor of crimes against children? 426 00:31:58,173 --> 00:31:59,443 You better believe it. 427 00:31:59,443 --> 00:32:02,273 [Michael] And he gave one of his trusted guys, Joe Murphy, 428 00:32:02,273 --> 00:32:03,713 the lead on this case. 429 00:32:03,713 --> 00:32:05,013 Words cannot describe 430 00:32:05,013 --> 00:32:07,913 what these children have gone through. 431 00:32:07,913 --> 00:32:09,543 Uh, words cannot describe 432 00:32:09,543 --> 00:32:12,813 the actions of not only Jamie Pittman, 433 00:32:12,813 --> 00:32:15,543 but all the other people that are involved in this case. 434 00:32:15,543 --> 00:32:17,543 I sat in the courtroom every single day 435 00:32:17,543 --> 00:32:20,173 and the mood was very tense. 436 00:32:21,443 --> 00:32:22,373 Margie was in the courtroom. 437 00:32:22,373 --> 00:32:24,073 You know, she was a big part of-- 438 00:32:24,073 --> 00:32:26,643 I say the word "spectacle" and I hate to even say that, 439 00:32:26,643 --> 00:32:28,143 but that's what it was in a lot of ways. 440 00:32:28,143 --> 00:32:29,813 Exhibit number 20. 441 00:32:29,813 --> 00:32:31,543 What is this? 442 00:32:31,543 --> 00:32:32,913 [Michael] During the trial, 443 00:32:32,913 --> 00:32:35,643 Ranger Kemp came in and testified. 444 00:32:37,073 --> 00:32:38,613 And do all these outcries match? 445 00:32:38,613 --> 00:32:39,543 Yes, they do. 446 00:32:39,543 --> 00:32:40,813 Not only do you have that, 447 00:32:40,813 --> 00:32:43,813 do you have the existence of a swingers club? 448 00:32:43,813 --> 00:32:44,713 Yes, you do. 449 00:32:44,713 --> 00:32:46,973 [Michael] He was entirely unflappable. 450 00:32:46,973 --> 00:32:50,013 He was very calm and very cool. 451 00:32:51,643 --> 00:32:54,273 And they showed the interviews with the children. 452 00:33:05,783 --> 00:33:09,173 [Michael] The prosecution's case was the testimony of the children. 453 00:33:09,643 --> 00:33:11,413 So they all testified. 454 00:33:16,173 --> 00:33:17,273 [Tamara] They would open the doors 455 00:33:17,273 --> 00:33:18,713 and the kids would just come out 456 00:33:18,713 --> 00:33:21,273 and they were just so adorable. 457 00:33:23,813 --> 00:33:26,373 You just couldn't imagine what they went through. 458 00:33:27,173 --> 00:33:29,443 The girl worked here. 459 00:33:29,443 --> 00:33:32,073 On the stand, she testified of what it looked like, 460 00:33:32,073 --> 00:33:34,243 describing the flowers on the wall, 461 00:33:34,243 --> 00:33:35,973 saying it's what she would look at 462 00:33:35,973 --> 00:33:38,543 while being raped night after night. 463 00:33:39,713 --> 00:33:44,073 They said, in return, they got to eat dinner. 464 00:33:47,243 --> 00:33:48,343 [Gabby] During the first trial, 465 00:33:48,343 --> 00:33:50,343 I was maybe seven, maybe eight. 466 00:33:50,343 --> 00:33:52,643 I was stressed out. 467 00:33:52,643 --> 00:33:54,173 I was full of anxiety. 468 00:33:57,883 --> 00:34:01,013 I'm looking around and I'm seeing all of these people, 469 00:34:01,013 --> 00:34:03,713 the man in the big black robe, 470 00:34:03,713 --> 00:34:06,713 the news media was there, there was cameras. 471 00:34:06,713 --> 00:34:09,073 It was just an overwhelming experience. 472 00:34:10,543 --> 00:34:13,343 When I saw Jamie Pittman sitting there, 473 00:34:13,343 --> 00:34:15,073 I remember he looked sad. 474 00:34:15,073 --> 00:34:18,813 And I remember testifying and I... 475 00:34:20,013 --> 00:34:21,643 had no remorse. 476 00:34:28,443 --> 00:34:31,543 [Michael] The trial of Jamie Pittman only lasted three days. 477 00:34:32,543 --> 00:34:35,643 And the jury came to its decision very quickly. 478 00:34:37,543 --> 00:34:39,413 When we went into the courtroom 479 00:34:39,413 --> 00:34:41,413 to hear the verdicts, 480 00:34:42,173 --> 00:34:43,243 the kids were saying, 481 00:34:43,243 --> 00:34:46,883 "It just has to be, it has to be, it has to be." 482 00:34:46,883 --> 00:34:50,373 They wanted this with all their heart and soul. 483 00:34:53,543 --> 00:34:55,273 [Tamara reporting] It took less than ten minutes 484 00:34:55,273 --> 00:34:59,813 for a Smith County jury to find Jamie Pittman guilty. 485 00:34:59,813 --> 00:35:01,713 And the kids went, "Yes!" 486 00:35:04,273 --> 00:35:06,813 They felt very vindicated. 487 00:35:17,883 --> 00:35:19,643 [reporter] On Monday, Pittman's girlfriend 488 00:35:19,643 --> 00:35:22,913 will be the second defendant to face a Smith County jury. 489 00:35:22,913 --> 00:35:25,443 29-year-old Shauntel Loraine Mayo 490 00:35:25,443 --> 00:35:28,243 is charged with child sexual abuse. 491 00:35:34,713 --> 00:35:36,783 [Tamara] Shauntel was gonna be the big case, 492 00:35:36,783 --> 00:35:39,413 because this was the mother. 493 00:35:39,413 --> 00:35:41,413 People wanted to understand how in the world 494 00:35:41,413 --> 00:35:44,073 this woman could have these precious children 495 00:35:44,073 --> 00:35:46,243 and do something like this. 496 00:35:48,443 --> 00:35:50,913 My name is Ellen Gayle Burress. 497 00:35:50,913 --> 00:35:52,813 I have a Bachelor of Arts, 498 00:35:52,813 --> 00:35:54,173 a Master's of Science 499 00:35:54,173 --> 00:35:55,643 and a PhD. 500 00:35:55,643 --> 00:35:58,443 And until I stopped practicing, 501 00:35:58,443 --> 00:36:00,713 I was a licensed professional counselor 502 00:36:01,813 --> 00:36:03,373 and expert witness. 503 00:36:06,143 --> 00:36:08,343 Everything I saw about those kids 504 00:36:08,343 --> 00:36:10,073 talked to me about damage, 505 00:36:10,513 --> 00:36:11,713 about fear, 506 00:36:11,713 --> 00:36:12,643 and a couple of 'em, 507 00:36:13,013 --> 00:36:14,613 there was real... 508 00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:16,443 shame. 509 00:36:16,443 --> 00:36:18,273 [prosecutor] Were you able to determine whether or not 510 00:36:18,273 --> 00:36:20,913 there was any type of grooming that was involved 511 00:36:20,913 --> 00:36:22,643 with these children? 512 00:36:22,643 --> 00:36:25,813 Well, obviously, kindergarten was the grooming spot, 513 00:36:25,813 --> 00:36:30,643 in terms of getting them ready to do in front of others 514 00:36:30,643 --> 00:36:32,543 what they wanted them to do. 515 00:36:32,543 --> 00:36:34,073 They had to teach them to dance. 516 00:36:34,073 --> 00:36:36,073 They had to teach them to touch each other 517 00:36:36,073 --> 00:36:37,343 and masturbate 518 00:36:37,343 --> 00:36:39,413 and take off their clothes 519 00:36:39,413 --> 00:36:41,173 and act sexy, 520 00:36:41,173 --> 00:36:44,443 because 5-year-olds don't act sexy. 521 00:36:46,543 --> 00:36:48,913 [Gabby] By the time that it had gotten to my sister 522 00:36:48,913 --> 00:36:49,973 Shauntel's trial, 523 00:36:49,973 --> 00:36:52,713 I had already been questioned a million times. 524 00:36:52,713 --> 00:36:55,543 I had already gone over the testimony a million times. 525 00:36:55,543 --> 00:36:57,073 I was tired of it. 526 00:36:57,073 --> 00:36:59,073 I was-- I was ready to quit. 527 00:36:59,073 --> 00:37:00,783 I didn't wanna do it anymore. 528 00:37:00,783 --> 00:37:04,543 But, you know, I still kept being hounded with 529 00:37:04,543 --> 00:37:06,413 "Well, you have to do this. You have to do this. 530 00:37:06,413 --> 00:37:08,173 You have to get justice for the others." 531 00:37:09,173 --> 00:37:10,443 [Tamara] When Gabby took the stand, 532 00:37:10,443 --> 00:37:11,783 she admitted that, yes, 533 00:37:11,783 --> 00:37:14,913 that she had been to the Mineola swingers club. 534 00:37:14,913 --> 00:37:17,173 And she said that she took "silly pills" there, 535 00:37:17,173 --> 00:37:19,443 she went to kindergarten, that she performed 536 00:37:19,443 --> 00:37:22,273 and she identified her own sister, Shauntel, 537 00:37:22,273 --> 00:37:23,883 as being someone that took her there. 538 00:37:27,243 --> 00:37:30,173 [Gabby] I remember my sister sitting there 539 00:37:30,173 --> 00:37:32,013 by her lawyer and she was just bawling. 540 00:37:32,013 --> 00:37:33,073 She was just-- 541 00:37:36,413 --> 00:37:37,783 [voice breaking] 542 00:37:37,783 --> 00:37:39,273 She was just crying. 543 00:37:40,143 --> 00:37:42,013 And I still remember... 544 00:37:42,713 --> 00:37:44,143 not caring. 545 00:37:56,373 --> 00:37:58,013 [Hunter] Seeing my mom in the courtroom, 546 00:37:58,013 --> 00:38:01,473 I'm not even sure I recognized her. 547 00:38:57,843 --> 00:39:00,943 I ask you to find her guilty of what she's guilty of, 548 00:39:00,943 --> 00:39:04,213 engaging in organized criminal activity for profit 549 00:39:04,213 --> 00:39:06,473 with her own children. 550 00:39:06,473 --> 00:39:09,013 The jury deliberated for two hours. 551 00:39:09,013 --> 00:39:10,373 [foreperson] We, the jury, 552 00:39:10,373 --> 00:39:12,573 find the defendant, Shauntel Mayo, 553 00:39:12,573 --> 00:39:14,213 guilty of the offence. 554 00:39:14,213 --> 00:39:16,013 It was guilty right away. 555 00:39:37,473 --> 00:39:39,313 [Hunter] When the verdicts were read out, 556 00:39:39,313 --> 00:39:42,013 we had absolutely no emotion, you know. 557 00:39:42,013 --> 00:39:47,373 It wasn't as if they were really a family to us anymore. 558 00:39:51,843 --> 00:39:54,013 [Tamara] When Shauntel Mayo was found guilty, 559 00:39:54,013 --> 00:39:55,643 it was a relief for a lot of people. 560 00:39:55,643 --> 00:39:58,013 I think a lot of people were thankful 561 00:39:58,013 --> 00:39:59,843 and that these bad people 562 00:39:59,843 --> 00:40:01,313 who did these horrible things to kids 563 00:40:01,313 --> 00:40:02,843 were gonna be locked away. 564 00:40:05,373 --> 00:40:08,273 [reporter] News from the Mineola Swingers Club case. 565 00:40:08,273 --> 00:40:11,473 Jury selection for the trial of Patrick "Booger Red" Kelly, 566 00:40:11,473 --> 00:40:13,943 a friend of Shauntel Mayo and Jamie Pittman, 567 00:40:13,943 --> 00:40:16,113 is due to begin early next week. 568 00:40:22,843 --> 00:40:25,113 [Michael] Booger Red, Patrick Kelly, 569 00:40:25,113 --> 00:40:27,713 was the one who had the trailer where, apparently, 570 00:40:27,713 --> 00:40:30,213 the sex kindergarten had taken place. 571 00:41:03,743 --> 00:41:06,543 So what they said is they would first go to kindergarten 572 00:41:06,543 --> 00:41:07,843 {\an8}and get these dolls 573 00:41:07,843 --> 00:41:11,213 {\an8}and learn how to touch themselves in different ways. 574 00:41:11,213 --> 00:41:13,443 They would put on costumes and doctor costumes 575 00:41:13,443 --> 00:41:14,673 and would go out and perform. 576 00:41:52,213 --> 00:41:54,643 [Tamara] The things that the kids had said about Patrick Kelly 577 00:41:54,643 --> 00:41:55,943 were sensational 578 00:41:55,943 --> 00:41:58,573 and dominated the headlines before the trial. 579 00:41:59,113 --> 00:42:00,843 But during jury selection, 580 00:42:00,843 --> 00:42:02,473 there was a massive bombshell. 581 00:42:04,083 --> 00:42:07,813 [Margie] The Wood County Sheriffs came in the front door 582 00:42:07,813 --> 00:42:10,273 and barraged on my husband John, 583 00:42:10,273 --> 00:42:11,713 grabbed him up, 584 00:42:11,713 --> 00:42:12,843 ran him out of the house. 585 00:42:12,843 --> 00:42:14,313 We're like, "What is going on? 586 00:42:14,313 --> 00:42:16,673 What is going on?" 587 00:42:16,673 --> 00:42:17,713 [Tamara reporting] John Cantrell, 588 00:42:17,713 --> 00:42:19,943 a man awarded custody of three young siblings 589 00:42:19,943 --> 00:42:22,313 who allegedly performed at the swingers club 590 00:42:22,313 --> 00:42:25,113 was arrested in Wood County. 591 00:42:25,113 --> 00:42:28,013 They were arresting him for molesting his daughter 592 00:42:28,013 --> 00:42:30,843 20 years ago back in California. 593 00:42:36,913 --> 00:42:40,743 [producer] How would you describe John Cantrell's personality? 594 00:42:42,573 --> 00:42:45,673 [Jenna] There's a phrase. "A wolf in sheep's clothing." 595 00:42:46,713 --> 00:42:50,213 He likes videos about people being raped, 596 00:42:50,213 --> 00:42:51,113 and stuff like that. 597 00:42:52,183 --> 00:42:53,313 He likes little girls. 598 00:42:54,843 --> 00:42:58,013 He would make me watch it with him. 599 00:42:58,013 --> 00:43:00,013 And when I would close my eyes, 600 00:43:00,013 --> 00:43:01,373 "No, you need to open your eyes. 601 00:43:01,373 --> 00:43:02,943 You need to see this." 602 00:43:02,943 --> 00:43:06,843 I would tell Margie what had happened 603 00:43:06,843 --> 00:43:09,373 and she would say I was a little slut. 604 00:43:09,373 --> 00:43:12,443 "It's all your fault. It's all your fault." 605 00:43:12,443 --> 00:43:15,013 This is not true. 606 00:43:15,013 --> 00:43:17,473 It didn't happen. 607 00:43:17,473 --> 00:43:20,213 [Jenna] Margie is a great manipulator. 608 00:43:20,213 --> 00:43:24,273 She can make herself and make you believe 609 00:43:24,273 --> 00:43:25,373 she's right. 610 00:43:27,213 --> 00:43:29,373 And you just get brainwashed. 611 00:43:30,743 --> 00:43:32,113 She's straight evil.