1 00:00:05,673 --> 00:00:07,808 (male announcer) In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:10,278 the people are represented by two separate 3 00:00:10,311 --> 00:00:12,113 yet equally important groups-- 4 00:00:12,146 --> 00:00:13,481 the police who investigate crime 5 00:00:13,514 --> 00:00:16,650 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 6 00:00:16,684 --> 00:00:18,452 These are their stories. 7 00:00:20,621 --> 00:00:22,490 But it's not even a school night. 8 00:00:22,523 --> 00:00:25,093 Which is why I didn't bring you up here an hour ago. 9 00:00:25,126 --> 00:00:27,061 Wash your face. 10 00:00:27,095 --> 00:00:28,596 Glen, time for bed. 11 00:00:28,629 --> 00:00:30,098 (Glen) In a minute. 12 00:00:30,131 --> 00:00:32,100 Mommy, I can't find Albie. 13 00:00:32,133 --> 00:00:33,634 15 more minutes? Please? 14 00:00:33,667 --> 00:00:35,103 I already said no. 15 00:00:35,136 --> 00:00:37,071 Yo. Toothbrush. Now. 16 00:00:37,105 --> 00:00:39,640 You better not be on the computer in there. 17 00:00:39,673 --> 00:00:41,475 No Internet with the door closed. 18 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:44,378 Albie! 19 00:00:44,412 --> 00:00:46,614 Bella gets to stay up till 11:00 on Saturdays. 20 00:00:46,647 --> 00:00:48,149 You're not in bed in five minutes, 21 00:00:48,182 --> 00:00:49,450 bedtime moves up to 6:00 PM. 22 00:00:49,483 --> 00:00:50,551 Come on. 23 00:00:50,584 --> 00:00:53,154 So help me, Glen, if you're looking at porn again, I-- 24 00:00:55,189 --> 00:00:56,424 What the hell was that? 25 00:00:58,659 --> 00:01:00,494 Oh, my God! 26 00:01:00,528 --> 00:01:03,131 It's not mine! This guy just posted it. 27 00:01:03,164 --> 00:01:04,098 Oh, my God. 28 00:01:04,132 --> 00:01:05,166 Oh, my God. 29 00:01:11,205 --> 00:01:13,141 The blogger who posted the photo's got a handle. 30 00:01:13,174 --> 00:01:15,276 Calls himself "REwind99". 31 00:01:15,309 --> 00:01:16,544 No real name listed. 32 00:01:16,577 --> 00:01:18,146 And ID pic doesn't show a face. 33 00:01:18,179 --> 00:01:19,247 Just a scar. 34 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,682 I put in a call to the company that runs the site. 35 00:01:21,715 --> 00:01:22,650 They're looking up his info. 36 00:01:22,683 --> 00:01:24,418 And that's B-Frendz.com. 37 00:01:24,452 --> 00:01:26,554 Yeah. My niece has a page on that thing. 38 00:01:26,587 --> 00:01:29,157 Tech said parents all over the country are calling it in. 39 00:01:29,190 --> 00:01:30,658 Hey, man, you got an ID? 40 00:01:30,691 --> 00:01:32,560 Not unless she's sitting on it. 41 00:01:32,593 --> 00:01:34,295 Outfits like this don't generally have pockets. 42 00:01:34,328 --> 00:01:35,563 Any shot at cause of death? 43 00:01:35,596 --> 00:01:38,166 This much perimortem trauma, could be anything. 44 00:01:38,199 --> 00:01:40,268 Larynx is shattered. My money'd be on asphyxia. 45 00:01:40,301 --> 00:01:41,669 But don't quote me till after the autopsy. 46 00:01:41,702 --> 00:01:43,471 What kind of weapon? 47 00:01:43,504 --> 00:01:44,672 Something blunt. A pipe maybe. 48 00:01:44,705 --> 00:01:46,240 Spatter on the walls and ceiling. 49 00:01:46,274 --> 00:01:48,476 She hasn't been moved. 50 00:01:48,509 --> 00:01:50,478 And there's stocking and glove lividity. 51 00:01:50,511 --> 00:01:51,279 Around when? 52 00:01:51,312 --> 00:01:53,181 Between 3:00 and 8:00 AM yesterday. 53 00:01:53,214 --> 00:01:54,748 Prime time for a prostitute. 54 00:01:54,782 --> 00:01:56,750 You sure that's what she is? 55 00:01:56,784 --> 00:01:59,387 How many streetwalkers wear heels that don't fit? 56 00:01:59,420 --> 00:02:01,655 Those shoes are at least two sizes too small. 57 00:02:01,689 --> 00:02:03,557 They'd hurt like hell. 58 00:02:03,591 --> 00:02:04,725 Manicured nails. 59 00:02:04,758 --> 00:02:06,760 No track marks. 60 00:02:06,794 --> 00:02:09,197 If she ain't a hooker, then what is she? 61 00:02:09,230 --> 00:02:10,331 I don't know, 62 00:02:10,364 --> 00:02:12,366 but she's an Internet celebrity now. 63 00:03:02,383 --> 00:03:04,818 The images were taken down as soon as we found out. 64 00:03:04,852 --> 00:03:06,554 Any idea who posted them? 65 00:03:06,587 --> 00:03:10,558 I designed B-Frendz as a safe haven for teens on-line. 66 00:03:10,591 --> 00:03:12,693 We're fully committed to working with law enforcement. 67 00:03:12,726 --> 00:03:15,429 Look, a woman was murdered and photos of her corpse 68 00:03:15,463 --> 00:03:16,564 were posted on your site. 69 00:03:16,597 --> 00:03:18,432 Do you know the dude's name or not? 70 00:03:18,466 --> 00:03:19,800 So far we've been unable 71 00:03:19,833 --> 00:03:22,303 to ascertain the user's real information. 72 00:03:22,336 --> 00:03:23,604 That's college for "no." 73 00:03:23,637 --> 00:03:27,575 The name and address REwind99 listed are bogus. 74 00:03:27,608 --> 00:03:28,809 But the e-mail address is real-- 75 00:03:28,842 --> 00:03:29,810 Can it be traced? 76 00:03:29,843 --> 00:03:31,545 It's a free account. 77 00:03:31,579 --> 00:03:33,714 You can sign up on-line with pretty much any name you want. 78 00:03:33,747 --> 00:03:35,449 "Barney Crotchmaggot." Nice. 79 00:03:35,483 --> 00:03:38,852 The anonymity encourages kids to share honestly with each other, 80 00:03:38,886 --> 00:03:40,588 to help each other. 81 00:03:40,621 --> 00:03:44,325 With basically no oversight or security whatsoever. 82 00:03:44,358 --> 00:03:45,593 Our Service Agreement specifically prohibits 83 00:03:45,626 --> 00:03:47,861 the posting of false information. 84 00:03:47,895 --> 00:03:51,332 We're not responsible for users who violate policy. 85 00:03:51,365 --> 00:03:52,866 Okay, we'll just leave it at "you're not responsible." 86 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:54,668 What about his Internet address? 87 00:03:54,702 --> 00:03:55,769 IP's different every time. 88 00:03:55,803 --> 00:03:58,606 Servers in Finland, China, Guam. 89 00:03:58,639 --> 00:04:00,674 He's probably using an anonymizer and proxy servers 90 00:04:00,708 --> 00:04:01,809 to hide his location. 91 00:04:01,842 --> 00:04:03,344 All right, look. [cell phone ringing] 92 00:04:03,377 --> 00:04:06,280 If he logs in again, give me a call. 93 00:04:06,314 --> 00:04:07,481 Our people can trace it. 94 00:04:07,515 --> 00:04:10,618 I need contact info for every name on that friend list. 95 00:04:10,651 --> 00:04:12,386 Real names. 96 00:04:14,388 --> 00:04:16,624 Our DOA "hooker" is Caroline Ann Preston. 97 00:04:16,657 --> 00:04:18,526 A housewife from Murray Hill. 98 00:04:21,662 --> 00:04:25,499 We were in Hartford at Molly's gymnastics meet. 99 00:04:25,533 --> 00:04:28,502 One of her friends had a cell phone with the Internet on it. 100 00:04:28,536 --> 00:04:30,504 She showed us-- 101 00:04:30,538 --> 00:04:32,473 Oh, God. 102 00:04:32,506 --> 00:04:34,542 Caroline-- 103 00:04:34,575 --> 00:04:37,411 Do you have any idea who would've done this to her? No. 104 00:04:37,445 --> 00:04:39,513 Dressing her up? 105 00:04:39,547 --> 00:04:41,415 Why would anyone do that? 106 00:04:41,449 --> 00:04:44,652 Did your wife ever go on B-Frendz.com? 107 00:04:44,685 --> 00:04:46,854 Not that I know of. 108 00:04:46,887 --> 00:04:48,722 Molly, do you have a B-Frendz page? 109 00:04:48,756 --> 00:04:50,491 Yeah. 110 00:04:50,524 --> 00:04:53,394 Any odd postings recently? 111 00:04:53,427 --> 00:04:55,929 Just my friends. 112 00:04:55,963 --> 00:04:57,431 We're still gonna need to examine 113 00:04:57,465 --> 00:04:58,632 all the computers in the house. 114 00:04:58,666 --> 00:05:01,402 With Caroline's car still here and no sign of a break-in, 115 00:05:01,435 --> 00:05:03,671 it's possible that she had previous contact 116 00:05:03,704 --> 00:05:05,406 with whoever did this to her. 117 00:05:05,439 --> 00:05:07,541 Molly, if you don't mind, 118 00:05:07,575 --> 00:05:10,711 we need to speak to your father alone for a minute. 119 00:05:10,744 --> 00:05:11,945 I'll be in my room. 120 00:05:11,979 --> 00:05:13,714 Okay. 121 00:05:17,785 --> 00:05:19,387 What? 122 00:05:19,420 --> 00:05:21,689 Can anyone else verify that you were in Hartford 123 00:05:21,722 --> 00:05:23,691 when your wife was attacked? 124 00:05:25,859 --> 00:05:27,828 I didn't kill my wife! 125 00:05:27,861 --> 00:05:29,830 Sir, we need to rule you out as a suspect. 126 00:05:29,863 --> 00:05:32,533 And we can't ignore what she was wearing when we found her. 127 00:05:32,566 --> 00:05:34,435 We aren't like that. 128 00:05:34,468 --> 00:05:35,936 Those aren't her clothes. 129 00:05:38,606 --> 00:05:40,841 Is it possible she was seeing someone else? 130 00:05:42,009 --> 00:05:44,712 Eh... 131 00:05:44,745 --> 00:05:47,147 She had been unfaithful in the past. 132 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:48,849 When? 133 00:05:48,882 --> 00:05:52,920 Five years ago, then again last year. 134 00:05:52,953 --> 00:05:54,788 But that was over. 135 00:05:54,822 --> 00:05:59,427 She was recommitting to me-- to us. 136 00:05:59,460 --> 00:06:01,729 All the same, we're gonna need to speak to these men. 137 00:06:01,762 --> 00:06:03,764 Happen to hear their names? 138 00:06:03,797 --> 00:06:06,434 The first one moved to Seattle. 139 00:06:06,467 --> 00:06:09,737 Uh... Don, maybe. 140 00:06:09,770 --> 00:06:11,772 And the one last year? 141 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:14,608 Bill Walker. 142 00:06:16,977 --> 00:06:19,480 She met him on-line. 143 00:06:22,483 --> 00:06:23,817 Whoa. 144 00:06:23,851 --> 00:06:26,454 No, I had nothing to do with this. 145 00:06:26,487 --> 00:06:28,856 Where were you yesterday between 3:00 and 8:00 AM, Bill? 146 00:06:28,889 --> 00:06:29,757 Asleep with my wife. 147 00:06:29,790 --> 00:06:33,527 Look, if we could do this without you guys 148 00:06:33,561 --> 00:06:34,528 talking to her-- 149 00:06:34,562 --> 00:06:35,596 He doesn't have a scar. 150 00:06:35,629 --> 00:06:36,897 Just means he didn't post the photos. 151 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:38,699 Still could've done the murder. 152 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:41,201 No, please, I haven't seen Caroline in months. 153 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:42,202 We broke it off. 154 00:06:42,235 --> 00:06:43,771 Why? 155 00:06:43,804 --> 00:06:45,773 Her husband walked in on us. 156 00:06:45,806 --> 00:06:46,974 Did he take a swing at you? 157 00:06:47,007 --> 00:06:48,609 Make any threats? 158 00:06:48,642 --> 00:06:50,711 No, he just asked me to leave. 159 00:06:50,744 --> 00:06:52,613 She said later all he wanted to talk about 160 00:06:52,646 --> 00:06:53,814 was couples counseling. 161 00:06:53,847 --> 00:06:55,516 What about the outfit? 162 00:06:55,549 --> 00:06:58,852 Caroline into bondage? Role-play? 163 00:06:58,886 --> 00:07:00,053 She didn't like anything too kinky. 164 00:07:00,087 --> 00:07:01,054 At least not with me. 165 00:07:01,088 --> 00:07:03,691 Maybe with a new-- (woman) Bill? 166 00:07:04,992 --> 00:07:06,527 Ma'am, could you tell us 167 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,929 where your husband was yesterday morning? 168 00:07:08,962 --> 00:07:10,964 Here, with me. 169 00:07:10,998 --> 00:07:12,700 Thank you. 170 00:07:17,037 --> 00:07:20,073 I don't know about kinky, but she definitely wasn't conscious. 171 00:07:20,107 --> 00:07:22,810 Cause of death is an acute overdose of Depaquel, 172 00:07:22,843 --> 00:07:26,079 an antipsychotic used to treat bipolar disorder, schizophrenia. 173 00:07:26,113 --> 00:07:28,081 Her husband didn't mention any mental health issues. 174 00:07:28,115 --> 00:07:30,083 Because these weren't her pills. 175 00:07:30,117 --> 00:07:33,887 Depaquel takes weeks to build up a blood level. 176 00:07:33,921 --> 00:07:34,988 There was no long term use. 177 00:07:35,022 --> 00:07:37,825 Meaning she got one big dose right before she died. 178 00:07:37,858 --> 00:07:40,694 Sublingual frenulum is torn. 179 00:07:40,728 --> 00:07:43,764 The tongue was pushed way back into her throat. 180 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:44,832 Like he shoved something down there 181 00:07:44,865 --> 00:07:46,834 to force-feed her the pills? 182 00:07:46,867 --> 00:07:48,702 Jaw was broken in five places. She didn't even struggle. 183 00:07:48,736 --> 00:07:50,971 He had to break most of her toes to make the shoes fit. 184 00:07:51,004 --> 00:07:53,974 And her bra was on inside out, too. 185 00:07:54,007 --> 00:07:55,709 Any DNA from the attacker? 186 00:07:55,743 --> 00:07:57,578 Fingernails were clean. 187 00:07:57,611 --> 00:08:00,981 No semen or saliva anywhere on the clothing or skin. 188 00:08:01,014 --> 00:08:01,982 The rape kit was negative. 189 00:08:02,015 --> 00:08:03,717 What is up with this dude? 190 00:08:03,751 --> 00:08:05,853 If it wasn't for the sex, why'd he dress her up? 191 00:08:05,886 --> 00:08:06,854 I recognize the logo on this bra. 192 00:08:06,887 --> 00:08:10,858 "Frisky Kitty"-- lingerie shop off Times Square. 193 00:08:10,891 --> 00:08:12,860 Really. 194 00:08:12,893 --> 00:08:14,695 I went there for my sister-in-law's 195 00:08:14,728 --> 00:08:15,896 bachelorette gift. 196 00:08:15,929 --> 00:08:21,001 But thanks for assuming I have crappy taste in lingerie. 197 00:08:21,034 --> 00:08:24,738 Sorry. We don't get a lot of soccer moms in here. 198 00:08:24,772 --> 00:08:26,874 What about this stuff? 199 00:08:26,907 --> 00:08:29,610 That's our signature bra. 200 00:08:29,643 --> 00:08:31,144 We're not exactly La Perla, but we try. 201 00:08:31,178 --> 00:08:32,680 And the rest? 202 00:08:33,914 --> 00:08:35,148 Yeah. 203 00:08:35,182 --> 00:08:36,416 You know what? 204 00:08:36,449 --> 00:08:41,154 I sold this exact outfit like, I don't know, three days ago. 205 00:08:41,188 --> 00:08:42,756 To who? 206 00:08:42,790 --> 00:08:44,625 Total freak. 207 00:08:44,658 --> 00:08:45,926 We get all kinds of weird in here, 208 00:08:45,959 --> 00:08:47,795 but this guy was off the map. 209 00:08:47,828 --> 00:08:49,029 Couldn't stop talking to himself. 210 00:08:49,062 --> 00:08:51,899 Was he black, white, old, young, what? 211 00:08:51,932 --> 00:08:55,569 White. My age. Fat. 212 00:08:55,603 --> 00:08:56,770 Did he use a credit card? 213 00:08:56,804 --> 00:08:57,971 We only take cash. 214 00:08:58,005 --> 00:09:00,641 But he was short. He had to pay twice. 215 00:09:00,674 --> 00:09:02,643 He left to go use an ATM. 216 00:09:02,676 --> 00:09:03,911 Between the first purchase and the second, 217 00:09:03,944 --> 00:09:05,679 how long was he gone? 218 00:09:06,847 --> 00:09:08,015 Twenty minutes? 219 00:09:09,617 --> 00:09:12,085 Bank of Lower Manhattan, 45th and 9th. 220 00:09:12,119 --> 00:09:13,954 That's every ATM within a ten-minute walk 221 00:09:13,987 --> 00:09:15,723 of the lingerie shop. 222 00:09:15,756 --> 00:09:17,991 And CITU finished with the family's computers. 223 00:09:18,025 --> 00:09:19,993 No off-key websites on the mother's laptop. 224 00:09:20,027 --> 00:09:21,729 And all of her latest e-mails are bland. 225 00:09:21,762 --> 00:09:22,863 So no new boyfriend. 226 00:09:22,896 --> 00:09:24,732 Or she learned how to cover her tracks. 227 00:09:24,765 --> 00:09:26,867 Never e-mail when you're screwing around 228 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:28,669 with somebody that's married. 229 00:09:30,403 --> 00:09:32,005 I'm speaking from experience. 230 00:09:32,039 --> 00:09:33,173 What about the husband's alibi? 231 00:09:33,206 --> 00:09:34,174 It checked out. 232 00:09:34,207 --> 00:09:35,175 And the daughter's computer? 233 00:09:35,208 --> 00:09:36,977 Her B-Frendz page. 234 00:09:37,010 --> 00:09:38,211 She has 61 friends listed. 235 00:09:38,245 --> 00:09:40,848 All in high school, none with a record. 236 00:09:40,881 --> 00:09:41,815 She has an IM account, too. 237 00:09:41,849 --> 00:09:42,883 Instant messages aren't stored in memory, 238 00:09:42,916 --> 00:09:45,953 but there was no one of interest on her buddy list. 239 00:09:45,986 --> 00:09:47,855 Any of these buddies in the city? 240 00:09:47,888 --> 00:09:48,789 23. 241 00:09:48,822 --> 00:09:50,691 Maybe you should have a sit-down with them. 242 00:09:50,724 --> 00:09:52,893 Kinda thought we ruled them out electronically. 243 00:09:52,926 --> 00:09:55,062 Well, computers aren't foolproof. 244 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:56,229 Absolutely. 245 00:09:56,263 --> 00:09:58,131 We'll do it old school. 246 00:10:00,033 --> 00:10:02,803 Old school? You mean like doing it right? 247 00:10:02,836 --> 00:10:05,873 It's exactly what I meant. 248 00:10:05,906 --> 00:10:07,140 Got him. Look at this. 249 00:10:07,174 --> 00:10:09,142 Fat white guy, in his twenties. 250 00:10:09,176 --> 00:10:10,410 Look at the profile. 251 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:12,012 The same scar. 252 00:10:12,045 --> 00:10:13,714 REwind99 is Richard Elam. 253 00:10:13,747 --> 00:10:16,183 6504 Central Park West. 254 00:10:18,251 --> 00:10:20,120 Richard Elam? Open up. 255 00:10:30,063 --> 00:10:32,032 Police. 256 00:10:32,065 --> 00:10:33,967 We have a search warrant. 257 00:10:44,144 --> 00:10:47,014 (Nina) Clear. 258 00:10:47,047 --> 00:10:48,148 It's Depaquel. 259 00:10:53,186 --> 00:10:54,888 Richard Elam? 260 00:10:54,922 --> 00:10:56,256 Police. 261 00:11:00,861 --> 00:11:04,297 (Nina) These are the pictures from Molly's B-Frendz page. 262 00:11:04,331 --> 00:11:06,199 He was after her. 263 00:11:06,233 --> 00:11:09,069 (Ed) I'm gonna have the UNIS meet us at her house. 264 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:12,172 She's gone? 265 00:11:12,205 --> 00:11:14,007 The door was wide open when we got here. 266 00:11:14,041 --> 00:11:15,042 Did the father show up? 267 00:11:15,075 --> 00:11:16,076 Neighbor says he's on his way 268 00:11:16,109 --> 00:11:17,077 from the funeral parlor. 269 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:18,912 All right. 270 00:11:20,814 --> 00:11:21,782 Oh. 271 00:11:21,815 --> 00:11:23,083 Looks like she put up a fight. 272 00:11:23,116 --> 00:11:24,785 She ain't gonna be able to fight forever. 273 00:11:24,818 --> 00:11:26,086 Nina, get started on an Amber Alert. 274 00:11:26,119 --> 00:11:27,254 I'm gonna get her photo and description 275 00:11:27,287 --> 00:11:28,288 to all the precincts. 276 00:11:33,861 --> 00:11:36,029 All precincts have been notified of the abduction. 277 00:11:36,063 --> 00:11:37,865 We've put out a tri-state Amber Alert. 278 00:11:37,898 --> 00:11:40,968 We have a witness who saw a man matching Elam's description 279 00:11:41,001 --> 00:11:45,105 parking out front in a tan SUV and got a partial plate. 280 00:11:45,138 --> 00:11:46,206 How could this happen? 281 00:11:46,239 --> 00:11:47,407 How could you let this happen? 282 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,910 I would never have left Molly alone. 283 00:11:49,943 --> 00:11:51,144 Sir, there was no indication 284 00:11:51,178 --> 00:11:53,881 that Molly was a factor in your wife's murder. 285 00:11:53,914 --> 00:11:57,851 Now, we need to know, do you know of any connection 286 00:11:57,885 --> 00:12:00,888 between your wife and Richard Elam? 287 00:12:00,921 --> 00:12:01,855 I've never heard his name before. 288 00:12:01,889 --> 00:12:04,024 I've never seen him before. He's a stranger. 289 00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:07,427 Did Molly ever mention a Richard, a Rick, or a Richie? 290 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:08,929 All her friends are in high school. 291 00:12:08,962 --> 00:12:10,063 This is a grown man. 292 00:12:10,097 --> 00:12:11,398 Did she ever talk about getting together 293 00:12:11,431 --> 00:12:13,867 with people that she met on-line? 294 00:12:13,901 --> 00:12:16,336 I don't know. 295 00:12:16,369 --> 00:12:18,205 I don't know who he is. 296 00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:23,911 I don't know why any of this is happening. 297 00:12:27,047 --> 00:12:28,248 Again, no forced entry. 298 00:12:28,281 --> 00:12:30,317 Anything from Elam's apartment? 299 00:12:30,350 --> 00:12:32,853 We've got guys sitting on it in case he comes back. 300 00:12:32,886 --> 00:12:35,255 We're monitoring the wireless networks if he uses his cell. 301 00:12:35,288 --> 00:12:38,125 What about the shrink that prescribed the Depaquel? 302 00:12:38,158 --> 00:12:39,827 Wouldn't discuss the case because of privilege, 303 00:12:39,860 --> 00:12:42,095 but did give us the contact info for Elam's mother. 304 00:12:42,129 --> 00:12:44,097 All right, I'll handle Mr. Preston. 305 00:12:44,131 --> 00:12:45,966 You go talk to the mother. 306 00:12:49,937 --> 00:12:51,104 (Victoria) Richard's a sweet boy. 307 00:12:51,138 --> 00:12:53,106 He wouldn't do something like this. 308 00:12:53,140 --> 00:12:55,843 Ma'am, we need to know where he is. Now. 309 00:12:55,876 --> 00:12:58,078 I haven't seen him since Tuesday. 310 00:12:58,111 --> 00:13:00,113 I've been trying to give him more privacy. 311 00:13:00,147 --> 00:13:03,116 He was doing so much better on the Depaquel. 312 00:13:03,150 --> 00:13:04,852 What were they prescribed for? 313 00:13:04,885 --> 00:13:07,955 Richard was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. 314 00:13:07,988 --> 00:13:11,224 And when he's not taking his meds, does he get violent? 315 00:13:11,258 --> 00:13:13,093 He just imagines things that aren't there. 316 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:14,461 He's never hurt anyone else. 317 00:13:14,494 --> 00:13:17,998 But has he hurt himself? 318 00:13:18,031 --> 00:13:21,001 The scar on his neck? 319 00:13:23,937 --> 00:13:26,173 He tried to cut his throat. 320 00:13:28,141 --> 00:13:31,078 I am so sorry for that woman and her daughter. 321 00:13:31,111 --> 00:13:32,980 Ma'am, we need to find your son. 322 00:13:33,013 --> 00:13:34,214 He's not answering his cell. 323 00:13:34,247 --> 00:13:36,950 Can you think of any friends he might've gone to for help? 324 00:13:36,984 --> 00:13:38,351 Richard's not social. 325 00:13:38,385 --> 00:13:41,388 Almost all his friends are on the computer. 326 00:13:41,421 --> 00:13:42,622 This list is from his website. 327 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:45,458 Can you tell me if any of these names are people he knows 328 00:13:45,492 --> 00:13:46,894 in the real world? 329 00:13:46,927 --> 00:13:48,896 That one. 330 00:13:48,929 --> 00:13:51,031 "DeathFerret"? 331 00:13:51,064 --> 00:13:52,232 They're a music group. 332 00:13:52,265 --> 00:13:55,168 He said he knew their singer. 333 00:13:55,202 --> 00:14:00,040 Richard was going to see them perform Thursday night. 334 00:14:00,073 --> 00:14:00,908 Yeah, Elam. 335 00:14:00,941 --> 00:14:01,909 Psychopath. 336 00:14:01,942 --> 00:14:02,910 Where is he? 337 00:14:02,943 --> 00:14:04,077 How the hell should I know? 338 00:14:04,111 --> 00:14:05,045 Isn't he one of your friends? 339 00:14:05,078 --> 00:14:07,080 No. I just use B-Frendz to promote the band. 340 00:14:07,114 --> 00:14:09,917 I never even met the dude until he came to the show last week 341 00:14:09,950 --> 00:14:10,984 and started a fight. 342 00:14:11,018 --> 00:14:12,953 Screaming about being the Messiah or something. 343 00:14:12,986 --> 00:14:14,487 You seen or talked to him since? 344 00:14:14,521 --> 00:14:16,023 I don't know him, all right? 345 00:14:16,056 --> 00:14:17,224 But because my name's "Rich" 346 00:14:17,257 --> 00:14:18,491 and my band has "Death" in its name, 347 00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:22,495 I'm gettin' hassled by you and flamed by like a million people 348 00:14:22,529 --> 00:14:24,031 who think I'm the killer! 349 00:14:24,064 --> 00:14:25,966 Get you ass back here. Hey! 350 00:14:25,999 --> 00:14:29,002 And a 16-year-old girl got kidnapped by a psychotic. 351 00:14:29,036 --> 00:14:31,104 Who do you think's having a worse day? 352 00:14:31,138 --> 00:14:33,106 Come here. 353 00:14:33,140 --> 00:14:35,375 You've got about ten seconds to give me the name of somebody 354 00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:37,210 who does know him otherwise you can forget 355 00:14:37,244 --> 00:14:38,545 about your little concert here tonight. 356 00:14:42,415 --> 00:14:44,051 Vic Vodka. 357 00:14:44,084 --> 00:14:45,352 He in a band, too? 358 00:14:45,385 --> 00:14:46,319 He's just a club kid. 359 00:14:46,353 --> 00:14:48,588 But on B-Frendz he's like some kind of god. 360 00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:51,258 He sends me names to put on the comp list for the shows. 361 00:14:51,291 --> 00:14:53,260 Normally just chicks that he wants to bone. 362 00:14:53,293 --> 00:14:55,395 But he's the one that told me to put Elam on the list. 363 00:14:55,428 --> 00:14:58,131 And he took Elam out of here after the fight. 364 00:14:59,032 --> 00:15:01,001 Look, I'd love to help, yo, 365 00:15:01,034 --> 00:15:05,405 but now ain't exactly a good time for Vic, you feel me? 366 00:15:05,438 --> 00:15:07,207 Feel this. 367 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,011 I said we're looking for Richard Elam! 368 00:15:11,044 --> 00:15:12,145 I hardly know the guy. 369 00:15:12,179 --> 00:15:13,981 I got him on the list for some bands 370 00:15:14,014 --> 00:15:15,315 when he gave me some free MP3s. 371 00:15:15,348 --> 00:15:17,017 That's it. 372 00:15:17,050 --> 00:15:19,119 Send him a message. Tell him you want to meet. 373 00:15:19,152 --> 00:15:21,021 He won't answer. He e-mailed from a new account. 374 00:15:21,054 --> 00:15:23,023 Said he's going off the grid and moving to Canada, 375 00:15:23,056 --> 00:15:24,124 like a sign-off. 376 00:15:24,157 --> 00:15:25,125 When was this? 377 00:15:25,158 --> 00:15:26,426 Like half an hour ago. 378 00:15:26,459 --> 00:15:28,161 I'll call CITU. 379 00:15:28,195 --> 00:15:30,063 Get me that new e-mail address. 380 00:15:30,097 --> 00:15:31,364 And you two, go home to your parents. 381 00:15:31,398 --> 00:15:32,465 Now! 382 00:15:35,102 --> 00:15:36,569 (Nina) Elam logged on 45 minutes ago 383 00:15:36,603 --> 00:15:38,438 from a coffee shop outside of New Paltz. 384 00:15:38,471 --> 00:15:40,107 Owner of the place said he was on-line 385 00:15:40,140 --> 00:15:41,441 about ten minutes and hit the road. 386 00:15:41,474 --> 00:15:43,076 The owner see anyone with him? 387 00:15:43,110 --> 00:15:44,244 There was someone in Elam's backseat, 388 00:15:44,277 --> 00:15:45,378 but he didn't see a face. 389 00:15:45,412 --> 00:15:47,047 But she was still alive? 390 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,048 He said there was movement. 391 00:15:48,081 --> 00:15:49,049 When he thought about it, 392 00:15:49,082 --> 00:15:50,050 it was like restricted movement. 393 00:15:50,083 --> 00:15:51,051 Like she was tied up or something. 394 00:15:51,084 --> 00:15:52,152 Well if Elam is in New Paltz, 395 00:15:52,185 --> 00:15:53,253 that means he's on the Thruway. 396 00:15:53,286 --> 00:15:55,088 Could be heading to the Catskills? 397 00:15:55,122 --> 00:15:56,156 (Anita) He could be anywhere. 398 00:15:56,189 --> 00:15:58,025 And with all those pictures of Molly, 399 00:15:58,058 --> 00:15:59,192 he's obviously obsessed. 400 00:15:59,226 --> 00:16:02,095 And the father knew nothing about it. 401 00:16:02,129 --> 00:16:03,130 He didn't seem hip enough 402 00:16:03,163 --> 00:16:05,098 to control a teenage girl's on-line activity. 403 00:16:05,132 --> 00:16:06,533 Yeah, well, I might not be either. 404 00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:07,767 We got a hit off the Amber Alert. 405 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,338 Elam's SUV was seen getting off the Thruway near Coxsackie. 406 00:16:11,371 --> 00:16:14,141 Go, I'll get the local PD up to speed. 407 00:16:14,174 --> 00:16:16,209 (officer) There were no plates, 408 00:16:16,243 --> 00:16:18,145 but it matches the description of your vehicle. 409 00:16:18,178 --> 00:16:20,480 And the clerk says the guy who checked in last night 410 00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:22,149 matches your perp. 411 00:16:22,182 --> 00:16:23,150 Room's empty. 412 00:16:23,183 --> 00:16:23,983 He must be on foot. 413 00:16:24,017 --> 00:16:25,152 Clerk say if a girl was with him? 414 00:16:25,185 --> 00:16:26,086 Didn't see one. 415 00:16:26,119 --> 00:16:28,088 But your guy could have got her in and out 416 00:16:28,121 --> 00:16:29,122 without anybody knowing. 417 00:16:29,156 --> 00:16:31,091 Detectives, just got a report of a carjacking. 418 00:16:31,124 --> 00:16:32,092 Two miles from here. 419 00:16:32,125 --> 00:16:33,226 Man and a teenage girl. 420 00:16:33,260 --> 00:16:34,161 Both matching your descriptions. 421 00:16:34,194 --> 00:16:36,496 Blue sedan, heading north on Highway 9. 422 00:16:36,529 --> 00:16:38,198 All right, we're following you. 423 00:16:38,231 --> 00:16:40,600 [sirens wailing] 424 00:16:57,684 --> 00:17:01,621 [Molly screaming] 425 00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:09,462 [Elam screaming] 426 00:17:12,499 --> 00:17:13,666 She needs me! 427 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:16,203 She needs me! Get him out of here. 428 00:17:16,236 --> 00:17:17,704 Molly, tell them we're friends. Tell them we're friends. 429 00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:19,672 Molly! Molly! 430 00:17:19,706 --> 00:17:22,109 I am the Savior! 431 00:17:22,142 --> 00:17:23,376 I am the Savior! 432 00:17:23,410 --> 00:17:24,377 I am the Savior. 433 00:17:24,411 --> 00:17:26,146 We're friends. 434 00:17:26,179 --> 00:17:28,215 We're friends. Are you all right? 435 00:17:28,248 --> 00:17:29,149 Did he hurt you? 436 00:17:30,517 --> 00:17:33,120 Molly, did he touch you? 437 00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:37,557 It's okay. 438 00:17:37,590 --> 00:17:39,759 Molly! 439 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:41,194 Molly! 440 00:17:41,228 --> 00:17:43,230 Molly! 441 00:17:46,799 --> 00:17:48,335 (bailiff) Docket number 51284. 442 00:17:48,368 --> 00:17:49,602 People v. Richard Elam 443 00:17:49,636 --> 00:17:50,803 on the charges of Murder in the First Degree, 444 00:17:50,837 --> 00:17:54,541 Kidnapping in the First Degree, Rape in the First Degree, 445 00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:57,177 Computer Trespass, Assault on a Police Officer, 446 00:17:57,210 --> 00:17:58,411 and Resisting Arrest. 447 00:17:58,445 --> 00:17:59,712 Quite a laundry list. 448 00:17:59,746 --> 00:18:01,481 How does the defendant plead? 449 00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:03,550 I had to save her. I had to save Molly. 450 00:18:03,583 --> 00:18:04,551 Mr. Gaines? 451 00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:05,652 Not guilty, Your Honor. 452 00:18:05,685 --> 00:18:06,719 People on bail? 453 00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:08,355 The defendant is violent 454 00:18:08,388 --> 00:18:09,489 and may target more victims 455 00:18:09,522 --> 00:18:11,558 if he gains access to a computer. 456 00:18:11,591 --> 00:18:12,492 Remand seems appropriate. 457 00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:13,460 (defense lawyer) No argument. 458 00:18:13,493 --> 00:18:16,496 We just ask that Mr. Elam be given a 730 exam 459 00:18:16,529 --> 00:18:18,398 to determine his competence to stand trial. 460 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:20,567 730 ordered. Remand to Bellevue. 461 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:21,601 [gavel bangs] 462 00:18:21,634 --> 00:18:22,735 Don't-- You don't understand... 463 00:18:22,769 --> 00:18:24,371 Get off me! 464 00:18:24,404 --> 00:18:26,506 You don't understand. You don't understand. 465 00:18:26,539 --> 00:18:27,640 Get off me! 466 00:18:31,778 --> 00:18:33,546 Cards on the table. 467 00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:35,482 You've got a mountain of evidence and four felonies 468 00:18:35,515 --> 00:18:36,783 for the jury to chose from. 469 00:18:36,816 --> 00:18:37,817 Sounds right. 470 00:18:37,850 --> 00:18:40,753 And I have a mental patient who's been manipulated 471 00:18:40,787 --> 00:18:42,355 into committing murder. 472 00:18:42,389 --> 00:18:44,457 Before this goes any further, 473 00:18:44,491 --> 00:18:46,726 there's something you need to hear. 474 00:18:46,759 --> 00:18:50,497 Molly asked me to do it. 475 00:18:50,530 --> 00:18:53,633 I had to do it. 476 00:18:53,666 --> 00:18:56,369 You're saying she asked you to murder her mother? 477 00:18:56,403 --> 00:18:57,604 When? 478 00:18:57,637 --> 00:18:58,738 [clearing his throat] 479 00:18:58,771 --> 00:19:00,673 On her website. 480 00:19:00,707 --> 00:19:05,712 She wrote about these horr-- These horrible beatings. 481 00:19:05,745 --> 00:19:07,614 (defense lawyer) Molly Preston maintained a web page 482 00:19:07,647 --> 00:19:12,385 on B-Frendz that outlined a number of abuses 483 00:19:12,419 --> 00:19:14,354 her mother committed against her. 484 00:19:14,387 --> 00:19:17,357 Horrible-- Horrible beatings. 485 00:19:17,390 --> 00:19:18,658 We've seen Molly's B-Frendz page. 486 00:19:18,691 --> 00:19:20,627 There was no mention of abuse anywhere. 487 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:22,729 She sanitized it. 488 00:19:22,762 --> 00:19:24,464 She was a whore. 489 00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:25,498 You're talking about Molly? 490 00:19:25,532 --> 00:19:26,699 No, her mother. 491 00:19:26,733 --> 00:19:28,735 Molly said she's a whore. 492 00:19:28,768 --> 00:19:29,869 Richard, 493 00:19:29,902 --> 00:19:33,640 if you were trying to save Molly, 494 00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:35,542 why did you rape her? 495 00:19:36,809 --> 00:19:38,611 (defense lawyer) It's not rape 496 00:19:38,645 --> 00:19:41,281 if it's payment for services rendered. 497 00:19:42,815 --> 00:19:44,784 Are you saying Molly Preston 498 00:19:44,817 --> 00:19:48,755 offered your client sex to kill her mother? 499 00:19:48,788 --> 00:19:49,722 The whore has to die. 500 00:19:49,756 --> 00:19:51,658 (defense lawyer) He responded to her web page. 501 00:19:51,691 --> 00:19:53,560 They spoke over instant message. 502 00:19:53,593 --> 00:19:55,662 They discussed details of the crime. 503 00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:57,397 Including how to get into the house 504 00:19:57,430 --> 00:19:58,465 and what he should do to the mother. 505 00:19:58,498 --> 00:20:01,568 Molly also met with him face to face. 506 00:20:01,601 --> 00:20:02,802 (Jack) Where? 507 00:20:04,337 --> 00:20:06,706 (defense lawyer) Richard. 508 00:20:06,739 --> 00:20:08,308 You said you went to lunch with Molly. 509 00:20:08,341 --> 00:20:10,577 Where was that? 510 00:20:10,610 --> 00:20:13,813 We met and she kissed me. 511 00:20:13,846 --> 00:20:15,815 We kissed. 512 00:20:15,848 --> 00:20:18,718 Your client has an obsession. 513 00:20:18,751 --> 00:20:21,688 All this sounds like a fantasy. 514 00:20:21,721 --> 00:20:22,855 But for meeting Molly Preston on-line, 515 00:20:22,889 --> 00:20:25,692 Richard Elam never would have committed these crimes. 516 00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:28,795 Add his illness to her web page, 517 00:20:28,828 --> 00:20:30,730 there's no way a jury's gonna find him responsible 518 00:20:30,763 --> 00:20:32,465 for his actions. 519 00:20:32,499 --> 00:20:35,435 Man One. Ten years. Psychiatric treatment. 520 00:20:35,468 --> 00:20:37,704 We won't discuss a plea until we've proved his allegations. 521 00:20:37,737 --> 00:20:40,607 Or will we just prove that you're trying to get your client 522 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:42,809 out from under 25 to life? 523 00:20:42,842 --> 00:20:45,645 I'm her savior. 524 00:20:47,947 --> 00:20:50,717 (Connie) B-Frendz sent me a link to Molly's old web page. 525 00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:52,752 Two days before Caroline Preston's death 526 00:20:52,785 --> 00:20:54,354 the page was changed. 527 00:20:54,387 --> 00:20:55,722 Listen to this. 528 00:20:55,755 --> 00:20:57,824 "She's a whore. She nearly broke my arm today. 529 00:20:57,857 --> 00:21:00,760 "What do I have to do to get rid of her? 530 00:21:00,793 --> 00:21:02,929 Someone please help. The whore has to die." 531 00:21:02,962 --> 00:21:05,665 Elam wasn't hallucinating. 532 00:21:05,698 --> 00:21:07,734 "If someone were to end my pain 533 00:21:07,767 --> 00:21:09,636 "and make that whore go away forever, 534 00:21:09,669 --> 00:21:13,506 I'd give anything-- even my body." 535 00:21:13,540 --> 00:21:16,809 She offered sex. Just like Elam said. 536 00:21:16,843 --> 00:21:18,911 Do you want to say it or should I? 537 00:21:18,945 --> 00:21:22,415 Solicitation. 538 00:21:22,449 --> 00:21:24,584 Sounds like the rantings of a teenage girl in her diary. 539 00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:26,519 A diary is locked with a key 540 00:21:26,553 --> 00:21:28,521 and hidden under your pillow. 541 00:21:28,555 --> 00:21:30,957 This was on-line where anyone could see it. 542 00:21:30,990 --> 00:21:32,759 Molly didn't post her last name. 543 00:21:32,792 --> 00:21:34,827 Any good defense lawyer is going to argue 544 00:21:34,861 --> 00:21:37,830 that there's a perceived expectation of privacy. 545 00:21:37,864 --> 00:21:38,898 On the World Wide Web? 546 00:21:38,931 --> 00:21:42,402 For better or worse, B-Frendz is the new town square. 547 00:21:42,435 --> 00:21:43,670 People go there to be seen. 548 00:21:43,703 --> 00:21:46,506 But do we really think she intended for somebody 549 00:21:46,539 --> 00:21:47,774 to see this and take action? 550 00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:48,808 Pretty 16-year-old girls 551 00:21:48,841 --> 00:21:51,444 are just as capable of mens rea as anybody else. 552 00:21:51,478 --> 00:21:52,712 Five minutes ago, 553 00:21:52,745 --> 00:21:54,914 she was the victim in this case. 554 00:21:54,947 --> 00:21:59,452 Do we even know if they had any contact before the kidnapping? 555 00:21:59,486 --> 00:22:00,920 There's no evidence of any e-mails or instant messaging 556 00:22:00,953 --> 00:22:02,455 on any computer in her house. 557 00:22:02,489 --> 00:22:03,790 But on this version of the web page, 558 00:22:03,823 --> 00:22:06,459 REwind99 is listed as a friend. 559 00:22:06,493 --> 00:22:07,794 It's proof of contact. 560 00:22:07,827 --> 00:22:09,462 See, Elam couldn't be listed 561 00:22:09,496 --> 00:22:11,564 unless Molly received a message from him 562 00:22:11,598 --> 00:22:13,833 and made the decision to friend him. 563 00:22:13,866 --> 00:22:16,436 She offers sex for murder, Arthur, 564 00:22:16,469 --> 00:22:20,973 in a forum where the rule of law has only a tenuous foothold. 565 00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:22,775 All right, sit down with Molly. 566 00:22:22,809 --> 00:22:24,944 But if it looks like you're barking up the wrong tree, 567 00:22:24,977 --> 00:22:26,646 back off of it. 568 00:22:26,679 --> 00:22:28,948 Because pointing a finger at a 16-year-old rape victim 569 00:22:28,981 --> 00:22:33,920 is the last thing this case or this office needs. 570 00:22:33,953 --> 00:22:37,957 My mom and I fought, but it was no big deal. 571 00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:39,826 Why did you change your web page? 572 00:22:39,859 --> 00:22:42,829 The fight blew over. 573 00:22:42,862 --> 00:22:44,497 Come on, you never fought with your mom 574 00:22:44,531 --> 00:22:45,832 and said things you didn't mean? 575 00:22:45,865 --> 00:22:48,601 Richard Elam says you asked him to do this. 576 00:22:48,635 --> 00:22:50,837 He said you told him where you lived 577 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:52,505 and how to get into your house. 578 00:22:52,539 --> 00:22:53,573 That's crazy. 579 00:22:53,606 --> 00:22:55,575 He also said you met him in person. 580 00:22:55,608 --> 00:22:57,977 I never met him until he kidnapped and raped me. 581 00:22:58,010 --> 00:22:59,879 I was venting. 582 00:22:59,912 --> 00:23:02,749 B-Frendz is like a place where I can talk to people 583 00:23:02,782 --> 00:23:04,851 and no one judges, you know? 584 00:23:04,884 --> 00:23:07,587 I just needed someone to open up to. 585 00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:08,988 You didn't try talking to your dad? 586 00:23:09,021 --> 00:23:10,857 He'd take her side. 587 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:13,626 I was just looking for someone to talk to. 588 00:23:13,660 --> 00:23:19,632 I can't help it if some lunatic took what I said seriously. 589 00:23:19,666 --> 00:23:21,067 Are you gonna answer that? 590 00:23:22,535 --> 00:23:23,803 What? 591 00:23:23,836 --> 00:23:25,905 Your cell phone. 592 00:23:25,938 --> 00:23:30,510 It's a Bumblebee ring tone-- ultra high frequency, right? 593 00:23:30,543 --> 00:23:32,912 Adults aren't supposed to be able to hear that. 594 00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:37,884 (Connie) It's he said, she said. 595 00:23:37,917 --> 00:23:41,788 But our he is a schizophrenic prone to hallucinations. 596 00:23:41,821 --> 00:23:45,792 Molly says her abuse was just typical mother-daughter stuff. 597 00:23:45,825 --> 00:23:48,661 Who did you go to when you fought with your parents? 598 00:23:48,695 --> 00:23:50,797 My brother. 599 00:23:50,830 --> 00:23:51,931 Molly doesn't have any siblings, 600 00:23:51,964 --> 00:23:53,666 but she's a 16-year-old girl. 601 00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:55,935 She must have a best friend. 602 00:23:55,968 --> 00:23:59,939 Have Cassady and Green canvass her school. 603 00:23:59,972 --> 00:24:02,942 (Clarissa) Mr. and Mrs. Preston had like... 604 00:24:02,975 --> 00:24:04,677 marital issues. 605 00:24:04,711 --> 00:24:06,946 So the only time Molly wasn't ignored 606 00:24:06,979 --> 00:24:09,916 was when her mom unloaded on her, which happened a lot. 607 00:24:09,949 --> 00:24:12,051 Don't all mothers and daughters fight? 608 00:24:12,084 --> 00:24:14,554 Yeah, but Mrs. Preston just wouldn't quit. 609 00:24:14,587 --> 00:24:15,955 Always putting Molly down-- 610 00:24:15,988 --> 00:24:18,758 Her hair, makeup, the way she walked. 611 00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:20,760 What did her father say about this? 612 00:24:20,793 --> 00:24:21,728 He's kind of a jellyfish. 613 00:24:21,761 --> 00:24:24,931 And her mom was hot, so he kept his mouth shut. 614 00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:26,566 Why do you need to know all this? 615 00:24:26,599 --> 00:24:29,569 Just tying up some loose ends. 616 00:24:29,602 --> 00:24:30,703 (Ed) Did Molly have a boyfriend? 617 00:24:30,737 --> 00:24:32,071 We heard she was seeing somebody on-line. 618 00:24:32,104 --> 00:24:34,140 Think you heard wrong. 619 00:24:34,173 --> 00:24:35,608 She never mentioned contacting a guy 620 00:24:35,642 --> 00:24:36,943 she met over the Internet? 621 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:39,912 If she's been cyber-flirting with somebody, I'd know. 622 00:24:39,946 --> 00:24:41,581 For argument's sake, this one time, 623 00:24:41,614 --> 00:24:42,849 Molly keeps something to herself. 624 00:24:42,882 --> 00:24:44,984 Where does she go to meet the guy? 625 00:24:46,185 --> 00:24:47,620 Flanigan's Cafe. 626 00:24:47,654 --> 00:24:48,855 We hang there sometimes-- 627 00:24:48,888 --> 00:24:51,824 but I'm telling you, there's no guy. 628 00:24:56,763 --> 00:24:57,964 (man) Nope, never seen him. 629 00:24:57,997 --> 00:24:59,866 How about this girl? Molly? 630 00:24:59,899 --> 00:25:00,667 Her I know. 631 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:01,968 One half of the giggle sisters. 632 00:25:02,001 --> 00:25:03,736 They're in two, three times a week. 633 00:25:03,770 --> 00:25:04,871 Cute girls... 634 00:25:04,904 --> 00:25:06,606 ...who are obviously under age. 635 00:25:06,639 --> 00:25:08,007 She ever use any of these terminals? 636 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,042 Let me check the log. 637 00:25:13,646 --> 00:25:15,047 What? 638 00:25:15,081 --> 00:25:18,685 Digging into a teenage rape victim? 639 00:25:18,718 --> 00:25:20,086 Due diligence. 640 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:21,754 Old school. 641 00:25:23,222 --> 00:25:25,758 Tuesdays and Thursdays. Number three. 642 00:25:25,792 --> 00:25:26,893 My fastest box. 643 00:25:26,926 --> 00:25:28,094 All right, our computer techs 644 00:25:28,127 --> 00:25:29,862 are going to need to take that terminal. 645 00:25:29,896 --> 00:25:31,698 Look, man, I'll get in a lot of trouble 646 00:25:31,731 --> 00:25:32,999 if you leave with that computer. 647 00:25:33,032 --> 00:25:34,000 Trust me. Your boss won't mind. 648 00:25:34,033 --> 00:25:37,036 We'll put it in the subpoena. 649 00:25:37,069 --> 00:25:39,639 These poor cybercafe computers. 650 00:25:39,672 --> 00:25:41,774 It's like those old horses in a community stable. 651 00:25:41,808 --> 00:25:44,043 After enough people ride them, they just go lame. 652 00:25:44,076 --> 00:25:45,144 You're saying you didn't find anything? 653 00:25:45,177 --> 00:25:47,013 I did not say that, Detective. 654 00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:50,917 IM exchanges are not stored in memory, 655 00:25:50,950 --> 00:25:52,919 but they're not necessarily deleted either. 656 00:25:52,952 --> 00:25:55,154 So I scanned through all the fragmentary data 657 00:25:55,187 --> 00:25:58,791 that wasn't allocated to any files and found... 658 00:25:58,825 --> 00:26:00,192 Excuse me. 659 00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:05,097 I found this. 660 00:26:05,131 --> 00:26:07,066 Two pieces of IMs that trace back 661 00:26:07,099 --> 00:26:08,735 to Molly's URL. 662 00:26:08,768 --> 00:26:11,203 That's teen lingo, so enjoy. 663 00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:14,941 "French homework. 664 00:26:14,974 --> 00:26:16,308 S-hall." 665 00:26:16,342 --> 00:26:17,309 Study hall. 666 00:26:17,343 --> 00:26:20,179 "ESPNZone-- WMIRL"? 667 00:26:20,212 --> 00:26:22,114 Let me see. 668 00:26:22,148 --> 00:26:28,788 W-M-I-R-L. "Wanna meet in real life." 669 00:26:34,794 --> 00:26:37,797 Can I help you? Excuse me a minute. 670 00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:40,800 Molly, you need to go with these detectives. 671 00:26:40,833 --> 00:26:42,068 I wanna talk to my dad. 672 00:26:42,101 --> 00:26:43,903 He's gonna meet you down at the station. 673 00:26:46,038 --> 00:26:48,074 We can do this here in front of all your friends 674 00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:50,176 or we can step outside and do it in private. 675 00:26:50,209 --> 00:26:53,179 I know my rights. I want my lawyer. 676 00:26:53,212 --> 00:26:55,081 You know that right? 677 00:26:55,114 --> 00:26:56,248 Here's the whole civics lesson. 678 00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:57,116 Molly Preston, you're under arrest. 679 00:26:57,149 --> 00:26:58,951 You have the right to remain silent. 680 00:26:58,985 --> 00:27:00,186 Wait, I didn't do anything wrong. 681 00:27:00,219 --> 00:27:01,988 You can't do this. Anything you say... 682 00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:06,392 A circumstantial case and your key witness 683 00:27:06,425 --> 00:27:07,559 is a schizophrenic killer. 684 00:27:07,593 --> 00:27:10,296 He's not perfect, but his story is supported by facts. 685 00:27:10,329 --> 00:27:13,299 Well, his delusions hands the defense reasonable doubt 686 00:27:13,332 --> 00:27:16,302 and it all falls apart if you can't prove Molly's intent. 687 00:27:16,335 --> 00:27:17,870 We have numerous witnesses 688 00:27:17,904 --> 00:27:20,306 to fights between Molly and her mother. 689 00:27:20,339 --> 00:27:21,741 And you've seen her website. 690 00:27:21,774 --> 00:27:23,676 You think she didn't mean what she wrote? 691 00:27:23,710 --> 00:27:26,312 I think we don't convict people for their thoughts. 692 00:27:26,345 --> 00:27:27,346 Thoughts are private. 693 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:28,881 Posting them on-line is more public 694 00:27:28,915 --> 00:27:31,450 than putting them on a billboard in Times Square. 695 00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:32,885 But is it a billboard, Jack? 696 00:27:32,919 --> 00:27:34,721 Or is it a private diary, 697 00:27:34,754 --> 00:27:37,423 or a newspaper or a shopping mall? 698 00:27:37,456 --> 00:27:40,026 Because it's being legislated as all those things right now. 699 00:27:40,059 --> 00:27:42,895 B-Frendz has more than a 100 million subscribers. 700 00:27:42,929 --> 00:27:45,331 It's a friend site, a sharing site. 701 00:27:45,364 --> 00:27:47,433 You can't yell "fire" in a crowded chat room. 702 00:27:51,503 --> 00:27:53,005 I recommend discussing a deal. 703 00:27:53,039 --> 00:27:55,441 This girl should do time. 704 00:27:55,474 --> 00:27:58,077 See what they'll take. 705 00:28:00,112 --> 00:28:02,982 Misdemeanor Obstruction with a year's probation. 706 00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:04,784 Murder Two, 15 years. 707 00:28:04,817 --> 00:28:05,785 The charges against your client 708 00:28:05,818 --> 00:28:07,253 are very serious. 709 00:28:07,286 --> 00:28:10,056 (defense lawyer) You'd have better luck charging a kid 710 00:28:10,089 --> 00:28:11,724 who stepped on a crack with attempted assault. 711 00:28:11,758 --> 00:28:12,725 You have no case. 712 00:28:12,759 --> 00:28:14,927 Her web page alone gives us ample proof of act, 713 00:28:14,961 --> 00:28:16,362 animus, and intent. 714 00:28:16,395 --> 00:28:19,966 She's practically written my closing arguments for me. 715 00:28:19,999 --> 00:28:21,367 B-Frendz is full of kids who write bad things 716 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,169 about their parents. 717 00:28:23,202 --> 00:28:25,071 Their web pages don't solicit murder. 718 00:28:25,104 --> 00:28:27,473 Yours says, "Please kill my mother." 719 00:28:27,506 --> 00:28:28,941 (defense lawyer) Any reasonable person 720 00:28:28,975 --> 00:28:31,077 can tell she wasn't being serious. 721 00:28:31,110 --> 00:28:32,211 (Douglas) This isn't Molly's fault. 722 00:28:32,244 --> 00:28:33,479 That website should have safeguards 723 00:28:33,512 --> 00:28:35,514 to prevent someone like Elam 724 00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:37,850 from looking at a 16-year-old's page. 725 00:28:37,884 --> 00:28:38,918 They do. 726 00:28:38,951 --> 00:28:41,120 Your daughter chose not to use them. 727 00:28:41,153 --> 00:28:43,155 And you can't blame B-Frendz for your daughter kissing Elam. 728 00:28:43,189 --> 00:28:44,423 (Molly) On the cheek. 729 00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:46,492 He had a big crush on me. 730 00:28:46,525 --> 00:28:48,727 I was just trying to let him down easy. 731 00:28:50,162 --> 00:28:52,464 He didn't say anything about hurting my mother. 732 00:28:52,498 --> 00:28:53,465 But you did. 733 00:28:53,499 --> 00:28:55,501 It's all over your web page until you changed it 734 00:28:55,534 --> 00:28:57,069 two days before your mother's death. 735 00:28:57,103 --> 00:28:58,971 Because I didn't mean it. 736 00:28:59,005 --> 00:29:00,539 We'd been arguing, but we made up. 737 00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:02,108 So I deleted what I wrote. 738 00:29:02,141 --> 00:29:04,510 And why didn't you tell us all this 739 00:29:04,543 --> 00:29:06,913 right after your mother was murdered? 740 00:29:06,946 --> 00:29:10,416 Because I was afraid this would happen. 741 00:29:10,449 --> 00:29:14,854 That people would blame me for what he did. 742 00:29:14,887 --> 00:29:16,122 Please. 743 00:29:16,155 --> 00:29:19,425 I feel so terrible about the things I wrote. 744 00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:21,994 I wish I could take it back and just see my mom again. 745 00:29:22,028 --> 00:29:25,497 But I never meant for her to get hurt. 746 00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:31,437 I was a girl like her once. 747 00:29:31,470 --> 00:29:32,872 My friends and I started a rumor 748 00:29:32,905 --> 00:29:35,007 that nearly got our vice-principal fired. 749 00:29:35,041 --> 00:29:36,142 When they traced it back to us, 750 00:29:36,175 --> 00:29:38,144 we cried, we said we didn't mean it, 751 00:29:38,177 --> 00:29:40,146 and we got off with a slap on the wrist. 752 00:29:40,179 --> 00:29:42,448 So you do have a checkered past. 753 00:29:42,481 --> 00:29:45,151 We knew exactly what we were doing. 754 00:29:45,184 --> 00:29:48,154 You may have no sympathy for her, but a jury may. 755 00:29:48,187 --> 00:29:54,160 Jack, Molly Preston knew exactly what she was doing. 756 00:29:54,193 --> 00:29:57,063 Get Clarissa Barnes ready to testify. 757 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,169 (Clarissa) When I saw her B-Frendz, 758 00:30:03,202 --> 00:30:05,471 I asked Molly if she was worried 759 00:30:05,504 --> 00:30:08,841 somebody might do something, come after her mom. 760 00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:10,576 (Jack) And how did she respond? 761 00:30:10,609 --> 00:30:12,144 She said, 762 00:30:12,178 --> 00:30:13,880 "I hope that they do. 763 00:30:13,913 --> 00:30:15,514 Then the bitch will finally get what she deserves." 764 00:30:20,953 --> 00:30:23,055 You're also mentioned on Molly's B-Frendz. 765 00:30:23,089 --> 00:30:24,623 Isn't that right, Clarissa? 766 00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:27,126 Of course. We were friends. 767 00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:28,861 Were. 768 00:30:28,895 --> 00:30:29,929 According to her web page, 769 00:30:29,962 --> 00:30:30,596 you two had a falling-out 770 00:30:30,629 --> 00:30:32,598 over a boy you both liked? 771 00:30:32,631 --> 00:30:35,868 Yeah. But we got past it. 772 00:30:35,902 --> 00:30:39,071 After you used your B-Frendz to start a rumor-- 773 00:30:39,105 --> 00:30:41,207 totally untrue-- 774 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,109 that Molly was having sex with a teacher? 775 00:30:43,142 --> 00:30:47,213 Only because she posted on her web site that I was bulimic. 776 00:30:47,246 --> 00:30:48,614 Also untrue. 777 00:30:48,647 --> 00:30:52,051 So why should anybody believe anything 778 00:30:52,084 --> 00:30:54,186 written on a B-Frendz page? 779 00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:56,255 Sounds like nothing but a bunch of lies. 780 00:31:03,662 --> 00:31:05,097 (Douglas) Excuse me. 781 00:31:05,131 --> 00:31:06,665 15 years? 782 00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:08,634 That's the best you can do? 783 00:31:08,667 --> 00:31:10,602 Offer is off the table. 784 00:31:11,637 --> 00:31:12,638 She didn't kill anyone. 785 00:31:12,671 --> 00:31:13,973 Richard Elam-- 786 00:31:14,006 --> 00:31:16,242 Is serving 15 years to pay for his crime. 787 00:31:16,275 --> 00:31:17,977 Your daughter has to pay for hers. 788 00:31:18,010 --> 00:31:19,311 She wouldn't have done any of this 789 00:31:19,345 --> 00:31:21,981 if it wasn't for that website. 790 00:31:22,014 --> 00:31:23,249 You can't put all the blame on her. 791 00:31:23,282 --> 00:31:24,550 I don't. 792 00:31:24,583 --> 00:31:27,686 Well, then go after B-Frendz. 793 00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:30,990 Molly can make a deal to testify. 794 00:31:31,023 --> 00:31:34,626 I wasn't talking about the web site, Mr. Preston. 795 00:31:36,595 --> 00:31:38,364 There was nothing I could've done. 796 00:31:38,397 --> 00:31:41,000 Paid a little more attention to your daughter. 797 00:31:41,033 --> 00:31:43,335 Kept a closer eye on what she was doing on-line. 798 00:31:43,369 --> 00:31:45,271 Seems like there are a lot of things 799 00:31:45,304 --> 00:31:47,673 you could've done to prevent this situation. 800 00:31:52,678 --> 00:31:55,147 (Mr. Rundberg) According to our records, this web page was created 801 00:31:55,181 --> 00:31:58,684 from an IP address assigned to Molly Preston's residence. 802 00:31:58,717 --> 00:32:01,587 And since then, she logged in to update the page 803 00:32:01,620 --> 00:32:03,956 on 814 occasions. 804 00:32:03,990 --> 00:32:06,592 Do your records show if Richard Elam 805 00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:07,459 ever used your site 806 00:32:07,493 --> 00:32:10,162 to send the defendant instant messages? 807 00:32:10,196 --> 00:32:11,630 Since November of last year, 808 00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:15,201 Richard Elam sent Molly Preston 278 IMs. 809 00:32:15,234 --> 00:32:18,737 And did Miss Preston ever respond? 810 00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:21,273 Yes. 216 times. 811 00:32:26,278 --> 00:32:30,616 Okay, I'm a bit technologically challenged. 812 00:32:30,649 --> 00:32:35,021 Could you explain to me exactly what B-Frendz is? 813 00:32:35,054 --> 00:32:36,722 B-Frendz.com is a social networking website. 814 00:32:36,755 --> 00:32:40,026 It's a virtual meeting place 815 00:32:40,059 --> 00:32:42,061 where people can post information about their lives, 816 00:32:42,094 --> 00:32:44,730 keep in touch with old friends, or make new ones. 817 00:32:44,763 --> 00:32:45,731 A meeting place? 818 00:32:45,764 --> 00:32:48,334 So like an on-line nightclub? 819 00:32:48,367 --> 00:32:51,203 Without the loud music and alcohol. 820 00:32:51,237 --> 00:32:52,338 And without any bouncers. 821 00:32:52,371 --> 00:32:54,740 As the owner of this "virtual nightclub," 822 00:32:54,773 --> 00:32:57,343 isn't it your responsibility to check IDs, 823 00:32:57,376 --> 00:32:59,345 make sure no one dangerous gets in? 824 00:32:59,378 --> 00:33:00,746 Our Service Agreement prohibits fraud 825 00:33:00,779 --> 00:33:04,416 as well as any offensive or illegal activities. 826 00:33:04,450 --> 00:33:07,219 Your Agreement has yet to be tested in court. 827 00:33:07,253 --> 00:33:11,657 If it's your website, and Molly Preston was merely a guest, 828 00:33:11,690 --> 00:33:13,759 aren't you responsible for her safety? 829 00:33:13,792 --> 00:33:16,228 For making sure that psychotics 830 00:33:16,262 --> 00:33:19,365 like Richard Elam don't get access to her page? 831 00:33:19,398 --> 00:33:21,333 Objection. Argumentative. 832 00:33:21,367 --> 00:33:23,335 Overruled. 833 00:33:24,803 --> 00:33:27,139 We had no indication that 834 00:33:27,173 --> 00:33:30,442 Elam was a threat, or that Molly was being harassed. 835 00:33:30,476 --> 00:33:33,779 But your company received several e-mails warning 836 00:33:33,812 --> 00:33:37,516 that dangerous material was posted on Molly's page, correct? 837 00:33:37,549 --> 00:33:39,718 I'd have to check with our Security Division. 838 00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:41,420 Don't bother. 839 00:33:41,453 --> 00:33:45,157 Defense 54 through 56, previously entered. 840 00:33:45,191 --> 00:33:48,194 Three e-mails complaining about the content on Molly's site. 841 00:33:48,227 --> 00:33:51,163 Mr. Rundberg, would you please read the highlighted 842 00:33:51,197 --> 00:33:53,165 portions from these three emails? 843 00:33:56,435 --> 00:33:58,804 "She's asking people to kill her mom. 844 00:33:58,837 --> 00:34:01,773 Isn't that illegal?" 845 00:34:01,807 --> 00:34:02,708 "This girl is nuts. 846 00:34:02,741 --> 00:34:04,810 You need to delete her site." 847 00:34:04,843 --> 00:34:10,182 Please take this down before something bad happens." 848 00:34:10,216 --> 00:34:11,517 You knew that Molly was at risk 849 00:34:11,550 --> 00:34:13,819 and you did nothing to protect her. 850 00:34:13,852 --> 00:34:16,722 This is not her fault, it's yours. 851 00:34:16,755 --> 00:34:18,190 Withdrawn. 852 00:34:23,862 --> 00:34:24,763 (Connie) That could've gone better. 853 00:34:24,796 --> 00:34:27,866 We knew she'd try to put B-Frendz on trial. 854 00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:30,436 I just didn't know she'd be so good at it. 855 00:34:30,469 --> 00:34:31,870 Who would the jury rather blame, 856 00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:34,440 a sweet little girl or greedy.com? 857 00:34:34,473 --> 00:34:35,874 Honestly, I kind of enjoyed 858 00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:37,876 watching her stick it to Rundberg. 859 00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:41,180 Besides, Stewart's cross may help us. 860 00:34:41,213 --> 00:34:42,881 Do you have Molly's account overview 861 00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:44,316 surrendered by B-Frendz? 862 00:34:44,350 --> 00:34:45,351 Yeah. 863 00:34:52,224 --> 00:34:53,192 There. 864 00:34:53,225 --> 00:34:54,460 They list four e-mails 865 00:34:54,493 --> 00:34:55,861 complaining about Molly's site, 866 00:34:55,894 --> 00:34:58,364 but Stewart only entered three into evidence. 867 00:34:58,397 --> 00:35:00,866 The forth was a Gregg Robinson. 868 00:35:00,899 --> 00:35:03,535 But we've seen it. It's completely generic. 869 00:35:05,237 --> 00:35:07,173 Why didn't they use it? 870 00:35:07,206 --> 00:35:10,176 Track down Mr. Robinson and ask him. 871 00:35:10,209 --> 00:35:11,042 Sorry. 872 00:35:11,076 --> 00:35:12,211 I barely remember sending that e-mail. 873 00:35:12,244 --> 00:35:13,345 Is this what you wrote? 874 00:35:13,379 --> 00:35:14,780 Yeah, I guess. 875 00:35:14,813 --> 00:35:17,216 The header information said there was 12K of data. 876 00:35:17,249 --> 00:35:18,550 There's like three lines here. 877 00:35:18,584 --> 00:35:19,551 What did the rest of it say? 878 00:35:19,585 --> 00:35:22,154 No idea. It must not have been that important. 879 00:35:22,188 --> 00:35:23,789 Right. That's why you're running away from me? 880 00:35:23,822 --> 00:35:24,856 I got a big game this weekend. 881 00:35:24,890 --> 00:35:26,024 If I'm not ready, I get benched. 882 00:35:26,057 --> 00:35:29,795 There's a reason they didn't read your e-mail at the trial. 883 00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:31,897 What was your relationship to Molly Preston? 884 00:35:31,930 --> 00:35:33,098 Never met her. 885 00:35:33,131 --> 00:35:35,534 There was something you saw on her web page that scared you. 886 00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:38,170 Or why write "Please take down this web page?" 887 00:35:38,204 --> 00:35:39,104 I don't remember, okay? 888 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:42,208 I can get a warrant to search your computer. 889 00:35:42,241 --> 00:35:43,342 Good luck. 890 00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:44,510 It's in a landfill somewhere. 891 00:35:44,543 --> 00:35:46,512 I just got a new laptop. 892 00:35:46,545 --> 00:35:49,515 Gregg. This is a murder case. 893 00:35:49,548 --> 00:35:51,417 Not my problem. 894 00:35:54,853 --> 00:35:58,924 We want the original e-mail from Gregg Robinson, Mr. Rundberg. 895 00:35:58,957 --> 00:36:01,960 The version we were given has been edited. 896 00:36:01,993 --> 00:36:03,529 I think you're mistaken. 897 00:36:03,562 --> 00:36:06,198 I mean, I'd show you the original file if we had it, 898 00:36:06,232 --> 00:36:07,966 but we didn't retain a copy. 899 00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:10,536 You retain copies of gum wrappers. 900 00:36:10,569 --> 00:36:13,272 We can subpoena your backup servers. 901 00:36:13,305 --> 00:36:14,973 You won't find anything. 902 00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:16,942 Because you deleted the original? 903 00:36:16,975 --> 00:36:18,377 The original is in your hand. 904 00:36:18,410 --> 00:36:20,512 We gave you everything that we had. 905 00:36:20,546 --> 00:36:23,282 Everyone seems to know something here, including the defense. 906 00:36:23,315 --> 00:36:25,284 Fill us in, or we'll charge you 907 00:36:25,317 --> 00:36:28,254 with obstructing our investigation. 908 00:36:28,287 --> 00:36:29,388 And I've got 20 very expensive lawyers 909 00:36:29,421 --> 00:36:33,292 who'll take you to the mat protecting our users' privacy. 910 00:36:33,325 --> 00:36:35,494 You may need them for something else. 911 00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:39,365 Due to graphic pictures posted by various users 912 00:36:39,398 --> 00:36:40,966 on B-Frendz web pages, 913 00:36:40,999 --> 00:36:44,870 we're charging your company with 66 counts 914 00:36:44,903 --> 00:36:47,005 of Disseminating Indecent Material to Minors. 915 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:48,674 And that's just from looking at 100 916 00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:51,443 of your 80 million pages. 917 00:36:51,477 --> 00:36:53,879 You'll destroy my business. 918 00:36:53,912 --> 00:36:55,247 Your business takes advantage of children 919 00:36:55,281 --> 00:36:56,982 and gives them no protection. 920 00:36:57,015 --> 00:36:57,783 At least we try. 921 00:36:57,816 --> 00:36:59,885 The porn sites are just as accessible 922 00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:01,453 and way more dangerous. 923 00:37:01,487 --> 00:37:03,955 All they'd have to do to keep the kids off the site 924 00:37:03,989 --> 00:37:06,325 is to create a new domain suffix: .XXX. 925 00:37:06,358 --> 00:37:07,993 But are you going after them? 926 00:37:08,026 --> 00:37:08,960 No. 927 00:37:08,994 --> 00:37:11,897 Because they're a 2.5-billion-a-year business. 928 00:37:11,930 --> 00:37:14,466 If they break the law, we'll prosecute them too. 929 00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:16,902 But today, we're talking about you. 930 00:37:16,935 --> 00:37:18,904 Now, we can fight over this, 931 00:37:18,937 --> 00:37:23,409 exposing you in the press as an opportunist and a panderer. 932 00:37:23,442 --> 00:37:27,279 Or we can work out an agreement on these charges, 933 00:37:27,313 --> 00:37:29,515 including that e-mail. 934 00:37:38,957 --> 00:37:40,959 This place have Wi-Fi? 935 00:37:44,530 --> 00:37:46,064 (Robinson) I didn't come forward before 936 00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:48,033 because I didn't want to get in trouble. 937 00:37:48,066 --> 00:37:51,503 I'm 21. Molly's 16. 938 00:37:51,537 --> 00:37:53,305 (Jack) And what were you concerned about? 939 00:37:53,339 --> 00:37:56,508 (Gregg) I had sex with her. 940 00:37:56,542 --> 00:37:59,044 And you've been granted immunity for the statutory rape charge? 941 00:37:59,077 --> 00:38:01,647 That's right. 942 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,049 How did you and the defendant meet? 943 00:38:04,082 --> 00:38:07,786 On-line. I saw her B-Frendz page. 944 00:38:07,819 --> 00:38:13,091 The stuff about having sex with any guy who'd kill her mom. 945 00:38:13,124 --> 00:38:15,394 I IM'd her and said I'd do it. 946 00:38:15,427 --> 00:38:17,663 You'd murder her mother for sex? 947 00:38:17,696 --> 00:38:20,532 I thought I was just going along with the game. 948 00:38:20,566 --> 00:38:22,401 I didn't think she meant it. 949 00:38:22,434 --> 00:38:27,373 I just figured she was, you know, a freak. 950 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,977 Where and when did the sex take place? 951 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:33,545 About three months before her mom was killed. 952 00:38:33,579 --> 00:38:35,547 She came to my dorm room. 953 00:38:35,581 --> 00:38:38,350 At that time, 954 00:38:38,384 --> 00:38:42,688 did she repeat her request that you murder Caroline Preston? 955 00:38:42,721 --> 00:38:44,022 Yeah. Afterwards. 956 00:38:44,055 --> 00:38:45,557 And that's when I realized she was serious. 957 00:38:45,591 --> 00:38:47,693 I told her I wouldn't do it. She flipped out. 958 00:38:47,726 --> 00:38:50,562 She started throwing stuff. She started swearing at me. 959 00:38:50,596 --> 00:38:52,130 Did she threaten you? 960 00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:54,500 She said she'd go to the police and accuse me of rape. 961 00:38:54,533 --> 00:38:56,702 And what did you say? 962 00:38:56,735 --> 00:38:58,837 I said that if she did that, 963 00:38:58,870 --> 00:39:02,408 then I would tell them she was trying to kill her mother. 964 00:39:04,776 --> 00:39:08,514 As soon as she left, I sent a long e-mail to B-Frendz, 965 00:39:08,547 --> 00:39:10,115 telling them exactly what she said, 966 00:39:10,148 --> 00:39:12,050 and that they should take down her site. 967 00:39:15,487 --> 00:39:18,356 We're offering Man One, ten years. 968 00:39:19,491 --> 00:39:21,159 What's going on? 969 00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:23,161 We're discussing a deal. 970 00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:25,397 That guy was lying. 971 00:39:25,431 --> 00:39:26,565 I wouldn't sleep with him 972 00:39:26,598 --> 00:39:28,834 and now he's doing this to get back at me. 973 00:39:28,867 --> 00:39:30,402 Gregg's roommate walked in on you. 974 00:39:30,436 --> 00:39:32,170 He saw you two having sex. 975 00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:35,140 At this point ten years is a gift. 976 00:39:35,173 --> 00:39:36,608 But I didn't mean any of it. 977 00:39:36,642 --> 00:39:38,444 I loved my mother. 978 00:39:39,645 --> 00:39:41,079 Dad, would you tell them? 979 00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:43,114 She wouldn't have done any of this 980 00:39:43,148 --> 00:39:45,050 if it wasn't for that website. 981 00:39:45,083 --> 00:39:48,687 Can't Molly testify against B-Frendz for a better deal? 982 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:50,489 We understand there were contributing factors, 983 00:39:50,522 --> 00:39:54,092 but if that computer was a gun, Molly pulled the trigger. 984 00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:57,496 No, I can't go to jail. 985 00:39:58,797 --> 00:40:01,433 Offer's good for 24 hours. 986 00:40:01,467 --> 00:40:02,768 She'll take it. No, I won't. 987 00:40:02,801 --> 00:40:05,437 You're going to listen to me for once in your life. 988 00:40:05,471 --> 00:40:07,105 So you can bury me in jail? 989 00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:08,474 They're going to find you guilty. 990 00:40:08,507 --> 00:40:10,075 You'll get 25 years. 991 00:40:10,108 --> 00:40:11,810 How could you do this to me? 992 00:40:11,843 --> 00:40:12,911 Because I am your father. 993 00:40:12,944 --> 00:40:14,580 I know this is what's best for you! 994 00:40:14,613 --> 00:40:15,914 The best thing for me would've been 995 00:40:15,947 --> 00:40:17,516 to have a father with some balls. 996 00:40:17,549 --> 00:40:19,685 Molly, be quiet. 997 00:40:19,718 --> 00:40:21,653 She wouldn't have screwed around and then I wouldn't 998 00:40:21,687 --> 00:40:23,121 have had to do something about it! 999 00:40:23,154 --> 00:40:24,690 She's gonna take the deal. It's decided. 1000 00:40:24,723 --> 00:40:25,924 I'm being tried as an adult. 1001 00:40:25,957 --> 00:40:27,058 You can't tell me what to do. 1002 00:40:27,092 --> 00:40:29,528 Just like you couldn't tell mom to stop screwing around 1003 00:40:29,561 --> 00:40:32,163 with those losers who were ruining our lives! 1004 00:40:33,799 --> 00:40:36,635 Maybe mom was a whore, but you drove her to it. 1005 00:40:44,242 --> 00:40:45,877 I think we're through here. 1006 00:40:45,911 --> 00:40:47,846 Damn right we are. 1007 00:40:49,715 --> 00:40:52,450 I'm not taking any deal and that's final. 1008 00:40:59,558 --> 00:41:02,494 In the matter of People V. Molly Preston, 1009 00:41:02,528 --> 00:41:05,263 on the count of murder in the second degree, 1010 00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:08,233 how do you find? 1011 00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:10,936 We find the defendant Molly Preston guilty. 1012 00:41:27,185 --> 00:41:30,155 Molly's father's suing B-Frendz for wrongful death. 1013 00:41:30,188 --> 00:41:32,257 He'll be lucky if he gets a dime. 1014 00:41:32,290 --> 00:41:35,260 Well, that's one way to take responsibility for your child. 1015 00:41:35,293 --> 00:41:37,729 It's always 10:00 PM somewhere. 1016 00:41:37,763 --> 00:41:39,765 Do you know where your children are?