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{\an8}Good evening, everyone.
I'm Marisa Burke,

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{\an8}[narrator] <i>For over 20 years,</i>

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{\an8}<i>Scranton, Pennsylvania,</i>
<i>welcomed local anchorwoman</i>
<i>Marisa Burke</i>

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{\an8}<i>into their living rooms.</i>

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{\an8}[Jacquelyn] <i>Everybody</i>
<i>knew Marisa Burke.</i>

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{\an8}[narrator] <i>Seasoned</i>
<i>professional,</i>

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{\an8}<i>she was always first</i>
to report the news of the day.

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{\an8}People around here

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{\an8}are talking about the delay in
Timothy McVeigh's execution.

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[narrator] <i>She also</i>
<i>shared her life</i>
<i>with her audience.</i>

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[Marisa] <i>The news</i>
<i>did cover my wedding,</i>

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{\an8}<i>and they are excited</i>
<i>to see the new baby.</i>

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[narrator] <i>But behind</i>
<i>the cameras, a dark story</i>
<i>was playing out.</i>

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[narrator] <i>But behind</i>
<i>the cameras, a dark story</i>
<i>was playing out.</i>

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[Justin] <i>I think</i>
<i>it was an easy cover to have</i>
<i>this normal family life</i>

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and a deep, dark secret.

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[narrator] <i>And this time,</i>
<i>she'd be the last to know.</i>

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[Marisa] <i>He said,</i>
<i>"Marisa, I see the FBI,</i>
<i>state police,</i>

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{\an8}and it looks like they have
your house surrounded."

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<i>It was like somebody</i>
<i>punched me in the gut.</i>

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<i>I was always giving the news</i>

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{\an8}and never did I think I would
actually become the news.

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{\an8}and never did I think I would
actually become the news.

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<i>It was the '80s.</i>

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<i>I had just graduated from</i>
<i>Ithaca College in New York</i>

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<i>with a degree</i>
<i>in broadcast journalism.</i>

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<i>with a degree</i>
<i>in broadcast journalism.</i>

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{\an8}And after a year and a half
in Southwestern Virginia, uh,

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{\an8}I'd landed my dream job
in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania.

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It was just so exciting for me

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<i>to work at a station</i>
<i>that was so reputable.</i>

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Marisa Burke,
Newswatch 16, Dunmore.

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{\an8}We're talking about
a top ABC affiliate
in the country

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{\an8}with an audience
of millions every day.

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{\an8}with an audience
of millions every day.

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{\an8}I would have to be
at the station by
five o'clock in the morning,

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so it didn't allow for
a lot of social time.

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{\an8}[announcer] This is
Newswatch 16 at eleven.

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{\an8}Good evening, everyone.
I'm Marisa Burke.

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{\an8}[Marisa] <i>In 1990,</i>
<i>all of a sudden,</i>

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I became the main anchorwoman

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{\an8}of the six
and eleven o'clock news.

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<i>I was only 29 years old,</i>

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<i>I was only 29 years old,</i>

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{\an8}and all of a sudden,

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I am the face
of those newscasts.

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Everybody knew Marisa Burke

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<i>because she was</i>
<i>always on camera,</i>

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<i>always on the news</i>
<i>every night.</i>

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{\an8}She was just very friendly.
People could relate to her.

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<i>And I think that's why</i>
<i>she was so popular.</i>

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[Marisa] <i>The career</i>
<i>was going so well,</i>

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but the thing that was missing
was finding somebody.

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[narrator] <i>That all changes</i>
<i>in August of 1992</i>

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<i>when close friends</i>
<i>host a barbeque</i>
<i>and play matchmaker.</i>

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<i>when close friends</i>
<i>host a barbeque</i>
<i>and play matchmaker.</i>

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There is this gentleman
who was impeccably dressed.

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Dark hair,
almond-colored eyes.

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<i>His name was Mark Kandel.</i>

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<i>He started cracking jokes</i>

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and his sense of humor
just mesmerized me.

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[Jacquelyn] <i>To me,</i>
<i>he was a magnificent person</i>

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and very charismatic.

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<i>He was an educator</i>

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<i>and kids</i>
<i>were important to him.</i>

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<i>and kids</i>
<i>were important to him.</i>

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He was, like, a great package.

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[Marisa] <i>He was</i>
<i>starting his doctoral work</i>
<i>at the University of Maryland</i>

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<i>in administrative studies</i>
<i>and special ed curriculum.</i>

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I was thinking,
"Wow, this guy is amazing."

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<i>And before we left</i>
<i>my friend's house that night,</i>

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<i>he turned to me</i>
<i>and he kissed me on the cheek</i>

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{\an8}and said, "I would like
to see you again."

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He was living
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<i>but he was being paid</i>
<i>for being an advisor</i>

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<i>and this was helping him</i>
<i>pay for his doctoral degree</i>

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at the University of Maryland.

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<i>It was kind of a weird time</i>
<i>visiting on the weekends</i>

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because sometimes
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<i>And we would try to seek that</i>
<i>privacy and that intimacy,</i>

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<i>And we would try to seek that</i>
<i>privacy and that intimacy,</i>

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<i>hearing the fraternity parties</i>
<i>in the background.</i>

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<i>It didn't matter because</i>
<i>I was focused on Mark.</i>

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<i>I couldn't find</i>
<i>anything wrong with him.</i>

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<i>And I'm thinking,</i>
<i>"He can't be so perfect."</i>

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He just almost seemed
too good to be true.

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[narrator] <i>Six months later,</i>

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<i>Mark invites Marisa</i>
<i>to his parents' vacation home</i>
<i>in Florida</i>

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<i>and pops the question.</i>

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<i>and pops the question.</i>

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<i>A year later, the couple marry</i>
<i>in Danville, Pennsylvania.</i>

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-[people applauding]
-[camera shutter clicking]

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[Marisa] <i>The news</i>
<i>did cover my wedding, yes,</i>

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at the Basilica
of Saints Cyril and Methodius

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<i>which was</i>
<i>just a beautiful landmark.</i>

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[people applauding]

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It was something out of
<i>The Sound of Music.</i>

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We spent our wedding night
in Bloomsburg

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We spent our wedding night
in Bloomsburg

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<i>at a very quaint,</i>
<i>intimate place.</i>

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And the emotional level for me
just got to a point where,

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all of a sudden,
I just started crying.

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<i>I thought, "Wow. It's over.</i>

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After all of this planning,
it's done in one day."

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<i>And he said,</i>
<i>"Honey, it's okay.</i>

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<i>I'm not gonna</i>
<i>push you to do anything</i>
<i>you don't wanna do tonight."</i>

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<i>I'm not gonna</i>
<i>push you to do anything</i>
<i>you don't wanna do tonight."</i>

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And he was so understanding.

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[narrator] <i>Despite</i>
<i>this awkward beginning,</i>

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<i>in the weeks and months</i>
<i>that follow,</i>

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<i>the newlyweds seemed destined</i>
<i>for a fairytale marriage.</i>

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[Marisa] <i>The sex life</i>
<i>was amazing.</i>

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<i>We were so compatible.</i>

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<i>I was gratified.</i>
<i>I felt satisfied.</i>

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I just thought
their marriage was perfect.

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{\an8}If perfect is a...
I mean, I know there's
no such thing as perfect.

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<i>Seeing them interact together</i>

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<i>Seeing them interact together</i>

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<i>and how he was</i>
<i>so attentive to her...</i>

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<i>When we would go anywhere,</i>
<i>they would hold hands.</i>

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<i>Always hold hands,</i>
<i>call each other "Hon."</i>

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{\an8}The way he would
make her laugh.

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{\an8}They just laughed
all the time.

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I envied her. I envied her.

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[Marisa] <i>On January 5th</i>
<i>of 1996,</i>

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{\an8}<i>I gave birth to Rachel.</i>

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[Mark] There she is.

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There's our big girl.
There's our big girl.

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[Mark] Rachel?

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I am not a big, showy person,

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{\an8}<i>but that night,</i>
<i>it was on the air.</i>

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[newsreader] <i>Our own</i>
<i>Marisa Burke</i>

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<i>gave birth to a daughter</i>
<i>this morning.</i>

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<i>We're happy to report</i>
<i>that mother, daughter</i>
<i>and father Mark Kandel</i>

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<i>are all doing</i>
<i>just fine tonight.</i>

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Pictures of me
holding my newborn,
and Mark right there,

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Pictures of me
holding my newborn,
and Mark right there,

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and we were just a new family.

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[Mark] Rachel,
open up your eyes, honey.

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Daddy's here.

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The world seems to be...

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[narrator] <i>Marisa continues</i>
<i>to be the main breadwinner</i>
<i>of the family</i>

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{\an8}<i>as her status at WNEP</i>
<i>steadily rises.</i>

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<i>Mark completes his PhD,</i>

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<i>starts teaching</i>
<i>at local colleges</i>

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<i>and wins a seat</i>
<i>on the Scranton School Board.</i>

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{\an8}<i>In 1997 they welcome</i>
<i>their second daughter, Sarah.</i>

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[Jacquelyn] <i>He really became</i>
<i>Mr. Mom.</i>

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[Jacquelyn] <i>He really became</i>
<i>Mr. Mom.</i>

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He started to cook,
he started to bake,
he cleaned the house.

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[Marisa] <i>In a marriage,</i>
<i>it's never 50/50.</i>

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<i>But with the two of us,</i>
<i>we knew that,</i>

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<i>"I'll be the prime breadwinner</i>

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if you can pick up
the work that is required
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<i>I was just so fortunate</i>
<i>because he was</i>
<i>such a great father.</i>

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[narrator] <i>The next year,</i>
<i>the family moves</i>
<i>to a bigger home with a pool.</i>

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[narrator] <i>The next year,</i>
<i>the family moves</i>
<i>to a bigger home with a pool.</i>

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<i>Mark takes charge</i>
<i>of renovations.</i>

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{\an8}Mark Kandel
converted the downstairs

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{\an8}into what can be described as
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<i>It had everything</i>
<i>that guys would like.</i>

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<i>It was filled with</i>
<i>sports memorabilia,</i>

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{\an8}workout equipment,
big-screen TV.

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<i>It had doors going</i>
<i>from the basement</i>

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<i>into the backyard</i>
<i>where the pool was.</i>

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[Marisa] <i>When you have a pool,</i>

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<i>neighbors and friends</i>
<i>seem to gravitate there</i>

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<i>neighbors and friends</i>
<i>seem to gravitate there</i>

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<i>and it was just</i>
<i>the perfect atmosphere</i>
<i>to entertain.</i>

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[Jacquelyn] <i>Mark would have</i>
<i>young men there</i>

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<i>that were supposedly</i>
<i>taking care of drinks,</i>
<i>or bartenders.</i>

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<i>One party,</i>
<i>a young man was walking around</i>
<i>in a bow tie with no shirt.</i>

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<i>My husband would say,</i>
<i>like, you know,</i>

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"Isn't that odd?"

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<i>And I always thought</i>
<i>everybody's kinda</i>
<i>let their guard down anyway.</i>

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<i>Everybody has a little bit</i>
<i>too much to drink.</i>

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We had a lot of parties

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<i>and sometimes</i>
<i>they actually got out of hand.</i>

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[narrator] <i>Marisa doesn't</i>
<i>begrudge Mark having fun,</i>

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<i>given the heavier load</i>
<i>he carries at home,</i>

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<i>but sometimes</i>
<i>he pushes the limits.</i>

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Every so often,
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<i>"They're having</i>
<i>a party this weekend</i>

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and I wanna go and see
some of the guys."

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At first, I thought,
"Wow," you know,
"you're a grown man.

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At first, I thought,
"Wow," you know,
"you're a grown man.

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Why would you want to go back
to a campus environment?"

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I... I'm not one to judge.
I would take girl trips.

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<i>But he did do it a lot.</i>

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<i>And I just found it odd</i>
<i>that he would go so much</i>

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<i>and drive all the way</i>
<i>to Maryland.</i>

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During one of these outings,

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<i>my niece came across</i>
<i>some pictures that...</i>

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<i>Her uncle</i>
<i>was at one of these</i>
<i>fraternity parties,</i>

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<i>and it was a toga party.</i>

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<i>and it was a toga party.</i>

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And even my niece,
at the time, had said,

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<i>"Don't you think that's odd?"</i>

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[narrator] <i>Before long,</i>

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<i>Marisa would discover</i>
<i>that this was just</i>
<i>the tip of the iceberg.</i>

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I think it was an easy cover
to have this normal
family life

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and a deep, dark secret.

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[Michelle] <i>He tried</i>
<i>to live a life</i>
<i>that was expected of him</i>

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<i>and he just couldn't do it</i>
<i>'cause he had these urges.</i>

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That's where all the lies
and the manipulation
and the stories come in.

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[narrator] <i>In 1997,</i>

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<i>three years after his marriage</i>
<i>to Marisa Burke,</i>

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<i>Mark Kandel is still</i>
<i>traveling back and forth</i>
<i>to the University of Maryland</i>

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<i>where he parties</i>
<i>like a single man.</i>

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[Marisa] <i>At one point,</i>
<i>I did ask him,</i>

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{\an8}"Why are you still going
to these fraternity parties?"

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{\an8}And did not blink an eye.

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His response was always,
"Honey, you've gotta realize

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I was the founding father
of these fraternities."

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<i>I actually dismissed it</i>

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because he had
such a valid explanation.

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[narrator] <i>In the early 2000s,</i>

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<i>Mark lands a prestigious new</i>
<i>job in Pennsylvania.</i>

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[Jacquelyn] <i>He worked at</i>
<i>the Northeast Educational</i>
<i>Intermediate Unit</i>

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<i>where I worked as well.</i>

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<i>He would perform</i>
<i>a lot of teacher in-services.</i>

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<i>When I was doing</i>
<i>my cooperating teaching</i>

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<i>in the local</i>
<i>Scranton districts,</i>

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{\an8}the teachers
would look forward to him
coming in to evaluate me

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{\an8}the teachers
would look forward to him
coming in to evaluate me

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{\an8}because, you know,
he was just funny,
good-looking, very popular.

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[narrator] <i>By 2004,</i>
<i>like many busy professionals,</i>

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<i>Mark and Marisa</i>
<i>have drifted apart.</i>

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[Jacquelyn] <i>She would say</i>
<i>once in a while,</i>

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<i>"Well, we're like two ships</i>
<i>passing in the night.</i>

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<i>I work one shift,</i>
<i>he works the other."</i>

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[Marisa] <i>In the beginning</i>
<i>of our marriage,</i>

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the sex life was amazing.

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<i>But it started diminishing</i>

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<i>But it started diminishing</i>

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in the few years leading up to
our 10-year anniversary.

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[narrator] <i>With this important</i>
<i>milestone approaching,</i>

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<i>the couple makes plans</i>
<i>for a romantic getaway.</i>

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[Marisa] <i>And I thought, "Wow.</i>

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It's just gonna be him and me
for an entire weekend.

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We can pay attention
to just the two of us.

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It's gonna be perfect."

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<i>I was preparing for days.</i>

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<i>And I had purchased</i>
<i>special lingerie.</i>

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<i>And I had purchased</i>
<i>special lingerie.</i>

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<i>I had bought perfume</i>
<i>and did my nails.</i>

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<i>And that evening,</i>
<i>I went into the bathroom</i>
<i>and got all ready,</i>

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and when
I came out of the room,

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Mark was asleep.

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When I started
touching him in bed,

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When I started
touching him in bed,

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<i>hoping that there would be</i>
<i>some sort of arousal,</i>

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<i>he just turned to me and said,</i>
<i>"Goodnight, honey bunny,"</i>

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<i>and then went over</i>
<i>on his other side.</i>

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And there I am, laying in bed,

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<i>thinking, "What in the world</i>
<i>is going on?"</i>

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Was it me? Did he not
find me attractive anymore?

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I was in shock.

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I was in shock.

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[narrator] <i>For the first time,</i>
<i>Marisa wonders if her</i>
<i>relationship is in trouble.</i>

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{\an8}<i>Things only get worse</i>
<i>when she receives</i>
<i>two anonymous emails</i>

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{\an8}<i>that come in on the newsroom's</i>
<i>public server.</i>

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[Marisa] <i>The emails</i>
<i>were telling me</i>

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<i>to go and get checked</i>
<i>for communicable diseases</i>

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<i>because my husband</i>
<i>was fooling around</i>
<i>with young guys,</i>

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<i>because my husband</i>
<i>was fooling around</i>
<i>with young guys,</i>

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and, "You don't know
who your husband is,"

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<i>and, "He is doing this</i>
<i>behind your back,"</i>

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and, "We care about you,"

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<i>and knowing full well that</i>
<i>everybody else in the newsroom</i>
<i>was reading them.</i>

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<i>The embarrassment I felt</i>
<i>was incredible.</i>

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I thought, "Who in the world
sent these emails

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<i>describing Mark in this way?</i>

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<i>describing Mark in this way?</i>

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Where is this coming from?"

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<i>I thought,</i>
<i>"This can't be true."</i>

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<i>And I dismissed it.</i>

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I never even
brought it up to Mark

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<i>because I did not want</i>
<i>to embarrass him.</i>

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<i>Mother's Day, 2008,</i>
<i>the girls and I decided</i>

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<i>to head to my mother's house</i>
<i>in the Danville area.</i>

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I said to Mark,
"Let me take the girls

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I said to Mark,
"Let me take the girls

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and we will be back Sunday."

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And Mark said,
"Terrific idea because

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I will spend the weekend
getting the property ready

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<i>and getting the swimming pool</i>
<i>ready for the summer season.</i>

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I will have
a nice dinner ready

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and we can open up
your Mother's Day gifts."

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<i>We returned back to Peckville</i>
<i>Sunday evening</i>

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and, as Mark promised,
he had the dinner
all planned out for us.

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<i>He had gifts already wrapped</i>
<i>for me to open</i>
<i>for Mother's Day.</i>

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<i>He had gifts already wrapped</i>
<i>for me to open</i>
<i>for Mother's Day.</i>

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And it was a terrific
Mother's Day for me.

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<i>Then a few weeks later...</i>

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[phone ringing]

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<i>...I received</i>
<i>a phone call at work</i>

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and it was Mark, and he said,

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<i>"Honey, I'm at</i>
<i>the district attorney's office</i>

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and I think I may be
in some trouble."

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[Michelle] <i>He had a plan.</i>

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He was a master manipulator.

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He was a master manipulator.

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<i>His public persona</i>
<i>was so honorable,</i>

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<i>no one ever suspected</i>
<i>any bad motives on his part.</i>

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[narrator] <i>14 years</i>
<i>into her marriage,</i>

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<i>Marisa Burke</i>
<i>receives an alarming call</i>
<i>from her husband.</i>

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{\an8}I was in such a state
of shock and disbelief.

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I said,
"What are you talking about?"

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And he went on to say,

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<i>"That weekend that you</i>
<i>went home for Mother's Day,</i>

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<i>I held a gathering</i>
<i>where some young guys</i>
<i>were at the house."</i>

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I didn't know about
the gathering at our house
on Mother's Day weekend.

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<i>He kept all of that quiet.</i>

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And I'm thinking,
"Why did he keep that from me?

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<i>Why didn't he tell me that</i>
<i>he had some guys over?"</i>

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{\an8}[Michelle] <i>I was the deputy</i>
<i>district attorney</i>

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{\an8}in charge of crimes
against children.

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<i>So that's how</i>
<i>I got involved at that point.</i>

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<i>The mother</i>
<i>that brought this to light</i>

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{\an8}had two sons
involved with Mark Kandel.

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{\an8}One was above the age of 18
and one was a minor.

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<i>And those two sons</i>
<i>were both at that party</i>
<i>in May of 2008</i>

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<i>and they came home drunk.</i>

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<i>And so we had enough</i>
<i>to launch an investigation.</i>

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[narrator] <i>Later that evening,</i>
<i>Marisa gets</i>
<i>Mark's side of the story.</i>

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[Marisa] <i>He said</i>
<i>that a 17-year-old boy</i>
<i>had snuck in</i>

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[Marisa] <i>He said</i>
<i>that a 17-year-old boy</i>
<i>had snuck in</i>

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<i>and he ended up</i>
<i>being out all night drinking.</i>

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But instead of
telling his mother

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{\an8}that he had been out
with other high schoolers
all night long...

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And said that he was
at our house drinking.

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<i>I believed him.</i>

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[newsreader] <i>The trouble</i>
<i>started when</i>
<i>Kandel was arrested</i>

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[newsreader] <i>The trouble</i>
<i>started when</i>
<i>Kandel was arrested</i>

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<i>after hosting</i>
<i>a party at their home</i>
<i>while Burke was out of town.</i>

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<i>Authorities accused him</i>
<i>of providing alcohol</i>
<i>to a 17-year-old.</i>

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{\an8}It was all over the news
and it was huge.

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Obviously, somebody leaked
something to the competition.

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<i>For them to do a story and</i>
<i>to make it the lead story...</i>

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It was like somebody
just punched me in the gut.

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And as part of the story,
they showed my house on TV,

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And as part of the story,
they showed my house on TV,

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and then
talking about my husband
as though he were a criminal.

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Neighbors are
turning on the news.

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They're hearing about Mark.

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I broke out in this sweat
and I remember just thinking,

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"Everything is
crashing in right now."

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You might say
it's an encore...

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[Jacquelyn] <i>She was</i>
<i>scared about it.</i>

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You know, she was worried that
this was gonna affect her job.

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It was really
tarnishing her name

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<i>and popularity</i>
<i>within the community</i>

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00:19:44,670 --> 00:19:45,000
<i>and popularity</i>
<i>within the community</i>

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{\an8}and that was
devastating to her.

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<i>I felt that he was being</i>
<i>wrongly accused as well.</i>

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00:19:52,834 --> 00:19:54,100
<i>For some strange reason,</i>

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00:19:54,100 --> 00:19:58,100
the assistant DA
really was trying
to hammer him on this.

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00:20:01,166 --> 00:20:04,867
{\an8}[narrator] <i>Mark is charged</i>
<i>with furnishing alcohol</i>
<i>to a minor</i>

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{\an8}<i>and is forced</i>
<i>to resign from his job.</i>

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00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:11,734
{\an8}<i>Soon after, Marisa is called</i>
<i>to the DA's office.</i>

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[Marisa] <i>I remember</i>
<i>walking into the assistant</i>
<i>district attorney's office</i>

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00:20:14,670 --> 00:20:15,000
[Marisa] <i>I remember</i>
<i>walking into the assistant</i>
<i>district attorney's office</i>

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<i>and I said,</i>
<i>"What is all of this about?"</i>

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00:20:22,266 --> 00:20:29,000
They were questioning
a photo that they found
on Mark's work laptop.

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It was a picture of the girls
with their rear ends exposed.

367
00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:41,767
They were fooling around
because they had
just seen the movie

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00:20:41,767 --> 00:20:44,670
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
<i>with Jim Carrey.</i>

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00:20:44,670 --> 00:20:45,000
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
<i>with Jim Carrey.</i>

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{\an8}And there is a scene
in that movie
where he shows his backside,

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{\an8}<i>and the girls</i>
<i>were trying to mimic that.</i>

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00:20:53,734 --> 00:20:56,667
{\an8}<i>Mark just happened</i>
<i>to take a picture.</i>

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I was there
and my mother was there.

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00:21:01,066 --> 00:21:04,567
But they were
turning this photo

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<i>into something</i>
<i>sordid and salacious.</i>

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They ordered Mark
from the home.

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00:21:14,266 --> 00:21:14,670
And I remember
the look on my girls' faces.

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00:21:14,670 --> 00:21:15,000
And I remember
the look on my girls' faces.

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00:21:23,066 --> 00:21:24,567
And...

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I was just feeling
all sorts of emotions

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00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:32,867
from anger to sorrow.

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00:21:34,767 --> 00:21:40,400
And my girls were crying
and not understanding
any of it.

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{\an8}So, we had to follow up
on everything

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00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:44,734
{\an8}So, we had to follow up
on everything

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00:21:44,734 --> 00:21:45,000
{\an8}just to make sure
that his daughters were safe.

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When you tell their mom
that they have to be
forensically interviewed

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00:21:50,467 --> 00:21:52,300
and examined
for sexual abuse...

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00:21:52,367 --> 00:21:53,767
<i>That didn't sit well.</i>

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00:21:55,834 --> 00:22:02,000
Finally, they cleared Mark
of any wrongdoing
in that respect.

390
00:22:05,667 --> 00:22:10,000
[narrator] <i>Mark ultimately</i>
<i>pleads guilty</i>
<i>to the alcohol charge.</i>

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<i>He's sentenced</i>
<i>to 90 days of house arrest</i>
<i>and nine months of probation.</i>

392
00:22:15,867 --> 00:22:20,100
It definitely ruined
his reputation as an educator.

393
00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:27,066
<i>We knew that</i>
<i>he would probably never</i>
<i>have another job in teaching.</i>

394
00:22:27,066 --> 00:22:32,867
{\an8}I was really, really
disappointed and upset

395
00:22:32,934 --> 00:22:35,266
{\an8}with the prosecutor's office

396
00:22:35,266 --> 00:22:39,200
that they would think
that my husband

397
00:22:39,266 --> 00:22:42,867
was such a monster.

398
00:22:42,934 --> 00:22:44,670
<i>And he wasn't.</i>

399
00:22:44,670 --> 00:22:44,934
<i>And he wasn't.</i>

400
00:22:47,867 --> 00:22:49,767
[narrator] <i>Over the next</i>
<i>four years,</i>

401
00:22:49,834 --> 00:22:52,834
<i>the family tries</i>
<i>to put the painful episode</i>
<i>behind them.</i>

402
00:22:54,567 --> 00:23:00,066
[Marisa] <i>Mark ended up</i>
<i>finding a job</i>
<i>with an insurance company.</i>

403
00:23:00,066 --> 00:23:04,000
{\an8}<i>Things were</i>
<i>still going well for me</i>
<i>at the television station.</i>

404
00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:08,467
{\an8}And for the first time
in a while,

405
00:23:08,467 --> 00:23:12,867
people were not talking about
what happened to Mark.

406
00:23:12,934 --> 00:23:14,670
We felt as though
we were finally getting beyond
that horrible ordeal.

407
00:23:14,670 --> 00:23:15,000
We felt as though
we were finally getting beyond
that horrible ordeal.

408
00:23:22,367 --> 00:23:23,834
[text alert pings]

409
00:23:23,834 --> 00:23:25,233
<i>Around this time,</i>

410
00:23:25,266 --> 00:23:30,567
{\an8}Mark was really starting
to pay a lot of attention
to his phone.

411
00:23:33,467 --> 00:23:37,567
<i>And every time</i>
<i>we looked at Mark,</i>
<i>he was looking at his phone.</i>

412
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,667
<i>I had enough and I said,</i>

413
00:23:41,734 --> 00:23:44,670
"Why are you on your phone
all the time? Why?"

414
00:23:44,670 --> 00:23:45,000
"Why are you on your phone
all the time? Why?"

415
00:23:46,266 --> 00:23:50,166
{\an8}And he looked at me
and he said,
"Just checking scores."

416
00:23:53,166 --> 00:23:55,166
<i>Then a couple of nights,</i>

417
00:23:55,166 --> 00:24:01,100
I noticed that Mark
was not coming to bed.

418
00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:05,867
And when I asked him about it,
his answer would always be,

419
00:24:05,934 --> 00:24:10,266
"I was watching television
in the basement
and I just fell asleep."

420
00:24:10,266 --> 00:24:12,567
<i>And that was that.</i>

421
00:24:18,967 --> 00:24:23,266
[narrator] <i>Rumors</i>
<i>about Mark's odd behavior</i>
<i>circulate amongst his friends.</i>

422
00:24:24,667 --> 00:24:26,600
[Jacquelyn] <i>We had a couple</i>
<i>that we were friends with,</i>

423
00:24:26,667 --> 00:24:30,066
<i>and the husband would</i>
<i>go to the same gym as Mark.</i>

424
00:24:31,266 --> 00:24:33,200
Once, he witnessed Mark

425
00:24:33,266 --> 00:24:39,200
<i>saying things</i>
<i>that were not appropriate</i>
<i>to a young male in the gym.</i>

426
00:24:39,266 --> 00:24:43,867
This is when
I started feeling,
"I think I made a mistake."

427
00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:47,000
[Marisa] <i>It was</i>
<i>the beginning of November</i>

428
00:24:48,066 --> 00:24:51,467
<i>and I had just finished</i>
<i>the noon newscast,</i>

429
00:24:51,467 --> 00:24:56,266
and I picked up my cell phone
and I saw that my neighbor
across the street

430
00:24:56,266 --> 00:24:59,500
<i>had called</i>
<i>and left a voicemail.</i>

431
00:24:59,567 --> 00:25:04,500
{\an8}And he said,
"Marisa, I don't know
whether you know this or not,

432
00:25:04,567 --> 00:25:11,934
but I'm looking out my window
and I see the FBI,
state police,

433
00:25:11,934 --> 00:25:14,670
<i>members of the</i>
<i>district attorney's office,</i>
<i>and the local police,</i>

434
00:25:14,670 --> 00:25:15,000
<i>members of the</i>
<i>district attorney's office,</i>
<i>and the local police,</i>

435
00:25:16,934 --> 00:25:20,967
and it looks like they
have your house surrounded.

436
00:25:20,967 --> 00:25:25,467
And it also looks like
they're trying to break down
your front door.

437
00:25:29,934 --> 00:25:32,200
[narrator] <i>Moments after</i>
<i>receiving a voicemail</i>
<i>from her neighbor,</i>

438
00:25:32,266 --> 00:25:34,867
<i>Marisa Burke</i>
<i>is in a full panic.</i>

439
00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:38,567
{\an8}[Marisa] <i>I felt as though</i>
<i>time had stopped.</i>

440
00:25:38,567 --> 00:25:42,934
<i>I didn't wanna reveal</i>
<i>what my neighbor had told me,</i>
<i>out of fear.</i>

441
00:25:44,934 --> 00:25:46,266
<i>So I left.</i>

442
00:25:46,266 --> 00:25:51,467
{\an8}And it had to have been
the longest ride home for me.

443
00:25:51,467 --> 00:25:57,266
<i>I was trying frantically</i>
<i>to call him</i>
<i>to find out what was going on</i>

444
00:25:57,266 --> 00:25:58,068
<i>and there was no answer.</i>

445
00:25:58,068 --> 00:25:58,567
<i>and there was no answer.</i>

446
00:25:58,567 --> 00:25:59,000
<i>I did have this feeling</i>
<i>in my gut again that,</i>

447
00:26:01,834 --> 00:26:05,667
"My God,
is Mark in trouble again?"

448
00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:10,967
[narrator] <i>In fact,</i>
<i>Mark is in deep trouble.</i>

449
00:26:10,967 --> 00:26:16,200
<i>The DA's office has received</i>
<i>several complaints about him</i>
<i>since his 2008 conviction.</i>

450
00:26:18,867 --> 00:26:22,033
{\an8}[Michelle] <i>We had</i>
<i>a lot of smoke,</i>
<i>a lot of suspicion.</i>

451
00:26:23,467 --> 00:26:25,567
<i>We probably could have</i>
<i>held him accountable</i>

452
00:26:25,567 --> 00:26:28,068
{\an8}for more serious crimes
in 2008

453
00:26:28,068 --> 00:26:28,667
{\an8}for more serious crimes
in 2008

454
00:26:28,667 --> 00:26:29,000
{\an8}had we had more cooperation.

455
00:26:30,567 --> 00:26:32,200
But we didn't.

456
00:26:33,367 --> 00:26:37,667
<i>Between 2008 and 2012,</i>
<i>reports kept coming forward.</i>

457
00:26:39,467 --> 00:26:43,300
Why are all these young men
congregating at his house?

458
00:26:43,367 --> 00:26:45,100
<i>Neighbors talked.</i>

459
00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:48,934
<i>They saw and they heard</i>
<i>the parties that were</i>
<i>going on in the backyard.</i>

460
00:26:48,934 --> 00:26:51,400
<i>But there's</i>
<i>nothing illegal about that.</i>

461
00:26:51,467 --> 00:26:53,834
<i>Some would say,</i>
<i>"You know, he's just</i>
<i>taking care of these boys.</i>

462
00:26:53,834 --> 00:26:55,100
<i>He's being good to them."</i>

463
00:26:56,367 --> 00:26:58,068
I started noticing young guys
showing up to the house

464
00:26:58,068 --> 00:26:59,000
I started noticing young guys
showing up to the house

465
00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:05,367
<i>looking for help</i>
<i>with their schoolwork.</i>

466
00:27:05,367 --> 00:27:08,367
{\an8}There was always...
Always an explanation.

467
00:27:08,367 --> 00:27:11,867
<i>"They're getting ready</i>
<i>for college entrance exams."</i>

468
00:27:11,867 --> 00:27:13,033
<i>That sort of thing.</i>

469
00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:16,767
[Michelle] <i>I think</i>
<i>he is a predator,</i>

470
00:27:16,767 --> 00:27:20,033
<i>and I think</i>
<i>every predator has a type,</i>

471
00:27:20,033 --> 00:27:23,834
<i>and his type was young boys,</i>
<i>maybe 13 and up.</i>

472
00:27:23,834 --> 00:27:27,567
Maybe he has
suppressed feelings
about his own sexuality.

473
00:27:28,567 --> 00:27:29,000
<i>And a lot of those feelings</i>
<i>were illegal</i>

474
00:27:30,467 --> 00:27:33,667
<i>because they were</i>
<i>directed towards minors.</i>

475
00:27:33,667 --> 00:27:36,667
[Justin] <i>And then there was</i>
<i>some other information</i>
<i>that came forward</i>

476
00:27:36,667 --> 00:27:42,567
{\an8}about him paying young boys
to cut his grass
or do yard work,

477
00:27:42,567 --> 00:27:44,000
<i>and then paying them</i>
<i>extra money</i>

478
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,000
<i>to take their shirts off</i>
<i>while doing it.</i>

479
00:27:49,266 --> 00:27:53,600
[narrator] <i>But if the boys</i>
<i>are being paid for doing more</i>
<i>than taking off their shirts,</i>

480
00:27:53,667 --> 00:27:55,166
<i>no one is telling the police.</i>

481
00:27:57,033 --> 00:27:58,068
{\an8}He was buying gifts.
He was giving money,

482
00:27:58,068 --> 00:27:59,000
{\an8}He was buying gifts.
He was giving money,

483
00:28:00,834 --> 00:28:03,934
sneakers and shoes,
video games...

484
00:28:03,934 --> 00:28:05,734
<i>A variety of different things.</i>

485
00:28:05,734 --> 00:28:09,266
Speedo bathing suits.
That was a hallmark.

486
00:28:09,266 --> 00:28:11,100
<i>When they came</i>
<i>to swim at his house,</i>

487
00:28:11,166 --> 00:28:13,266
<i>he would give them</i>
<i>Speedo bathing suits.</i>

488
00:28:16,166 --> 00:28:18,100
<i>Working out with them.</i>

489
00:28:18,166 --> 00:28:20,367
Telling them
how to build up those muscles,

490
00:28:21,867 --> 00:28:23,467
<i>how to show off those muscles.</i>

491
00:28:24,834 --> 00:28:27,867
{\an8}"Come over
and lift weights with me
and I'll give you $50.

492
00:28:27,934 --> 00:28:28,068
<i>$100 if you</i>
<i>take your shirt off."</i>

493
00:28:28,068 --> 00:28:29,000
<i>$100 if you</i>
<i>take your shirt off."</i>

494
00:28:30,166 --> 00:28:32,467
<i>Now you have high school boys</i>

495
00:28:32,467 --> 00:28:36,867
who are getting money
left and right from this guy
for different things.

496
00:28:38,367 --> 00:28:39,834
[Michelle] <i>It's a</i>
<i>grooming process</i>

497
00:28:39,834 --> 00:28:43,367
<i>when you're</i>
<i>trying to get close</i>
<i>to a child or a minor.</i>

498
00:28:43,367 --> 00:28:46,667
<i>People groom people to do</i>
<i>what they want them to do,</i>

499
00:28:46,667 --> 00:28:49,834
<i>and children are particularly</i>
<i>vulnerable to that.</i>

500
00:28:49,834 --> 00:28:54,467
<i>Depending upon their age,</i>
<i>whatever entices them</i>
<i>to come a little closer,</i>

501
00:28:54,467 --> 00:28:56,300
<i>that groomer knows.</i>

502
00:28:58,467 --> 00:28:59,000
Getting victims to talk
is one of the most
difficult things.

503
00:29:01,166 --> 00:29:04,767
<i>And young boys</i>
<i>are not gonna talk about</i>

504
00:29:04,834 --> 00:29:07,767
<i>any kind of sexual feelings</i>
<i>that they have.</i>

505
00:29:07,834 --> 00:29:09,867
You know, they're embarrassed.
They're ashamed.

506
00:29:09,867 --> 00:29:11,567
{\an8}They don't want
their peers to know.

507
00:29:11,567 --> 00:29:13,166
{\an8}They don't want
their mom and dad to know.

508
00:29:13,867 --> 00:29:16,033
[narrator] <i>Finally, in 2011,</i>

509
00:29:16,033 --> 00:29:19,734
<i>a boy comes forward</i>
<i>to share some texts</i>
<i>that Mark sent him.</i>

510
00:29:19,734 --> 00:29:24,467
<i>From these, it's obvious</i>
<i>that Mark has a thing for</i>
<i>a certain type of underwear.</i>

511
00:29:25,667 --> 00:29:27,266
Calvin Klein underwear.

512
00:29:27,266 --> 00:29:28,068
<i>The "CK" underwears,</i>
<i>he would call it.</i>

513
00:29:28,068 --> 00:29:29,000
<i>The "CK" underwears,</i>
<i>he would call it.</i>

514
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,100
<i>That's a huge red flag,</i>

515
00:29:32,166 --> 00:29:35,200
<i>that an adult man</i>
<i>is buying high school boys</i>

516
00:29:35,266 --> 00:29:39,500
these tight-fitting
Calvin Klein underwear.

517
00:29:39,567 --> 00:29:44,467
<i>So my partners and I</i>
<i>went to speak with all of them</i>
<i>and review the messages.</i>

518
00:29:44,467 --> 00:29:45,667
{\an8}[beeps]

519
00:29:46,867 --> 00:29:50,200
<i>It was like joking messages,</i>
<i>but joking sexually.</i>

520
00:29:51,033 --> 00:29:53,066
<i>"My little Speedo boy."</i>

521
00:29:53,066 --> 00:29:56,767
This victim wasn't very
close with Mark at the time.

522
00:29:56,834 --> 00:29:58,068
He was just starting
to try to chat with him.

523
00:29:58,068 --> 00:29:59,000
He was just starting
to try to chat with him.

524
00:30:00,166 --> 00:30:02,166
[narrator] <i>It's not enough</i>
<i>to press charges,</i>

525
00:30:02,166 --> 00:30:06,000
<i>but it is enough</i>
<i>for investigators to mount</i>
<i>an undercover investigation.</i>

526
00:30:07,567 --> 00:30:12,300
So, what we decided to do was
to assume his online identity.

527
00:30:12,367 --> 00:30:17,600
{\an8}<i>I began</i>
<i>communicating with Mark</i>
<i>as this juvenile male.</i>

528
00:30:17,667 --> 00:30:20,166
Now, the communication
was very late at night.

529
00:30:20,166 --> 00:30:22,467
<i>It was, perhaps, a week long.</i>

530
00:30:22,467 --> 00:30:24,967
<i>But he was cautious.</i>
<i>He would say things like,</i>

531
00:30:24,967 --> 00:30:26,266
"You're a good boy."

532
00:30:26,266 --> 00:30:27,667
"You're a good Christian boy."

533
00:30:27,667 --> 00:30:28,068
"You would never
try to set me up, right?"

534
00:30:28,068 --> 00:30:29,000
"You would never
try to set me up, right?"

535
00:30:29,967 --> 00:30:31,600
<i>"I need to be able</i>
<i>to trust you."</i>

536
00:30:31,667 --> 00:30:33,066
<i>"Can we meet up?"</i>

537
00:30:33,066 --> 00:30:36,467
<i>Why, again,</i>
<i>is a 40-something-year-old-man</i>

538
00:30:36,467 --> 00:30:39,200
chatting at two or three
in the morning

539
00:30:39,266 --> 00:30:42,467
with someone he believes to be
15 or 16 years old?

540
00:30:43,867 --> 00:30:47,100
<i>Based on my experience</i>
<i>conducting these types</i>
<i>of investigations,</i>

541
00:30:47,166 --> 00:30:51,100
<i>Mark had been at the border</i>
<i>of what we could look at</i>
<i>being criminal.</i>

542
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:58,068
[narrator] <i>One year later,</i>
<i>police finally get their</i>
<i>opportunity to snare Mark</i>

543
00:30:58,068 --> 00:30:58,367
[narrator] <i>One year later,</i>
<i>police finally get their</i>
<i>opportunity to snare Mark</i>

544
00:30:58,367 --> 00:30:59,000
<i>when the DA receives</i>
<i>an anonymous email.</i>

545
00:31:01,266 --> 00:31:02,667
[beeps]

546
00:31:02,734 --> 00:31:05,467
[Justin] <i>The email said,</i>
<i>"I don't know what to do.</i>

547
00:31:05,467 --> 00:31:08,667
I've been talking to this guy
named Mark Kandel.

548
00:31:08,734 --> 00:31:10,367
<i>I'm getting scared.</i>

549
00:31:10,367 --> 00:31:12,567
<i>He's coming to my work.</i>

550
00:31:12,567 --> 00:31:16,367
He's saying a lot of,
you know, strange
or inappropriate things."

551
00:31:16,367 --> 00:31:20,400
<i>And attached to that email</i>
<i>was a picture.</i>

552
00:31:20,467 --> 00:31:26,467
And that picture, ultimately,
was Mark Kandel's lower torso

553
00:31:26,467 --> 00:31:28,068
uh, with his
genital region bulging.

554
00:31:28,068 --> 00:31:29,000
uh, with his
genital region bulging.

555
00:31:30,166 --> 00:31:34,567
I mean,
it's not just saying, "Hello."

556
00:31:34,567 --> 00:31:36,333
{\an8}<i>As soon as I saw that,</i>
<i>I knew that,</i>

557
00:31:36,333 --> 00:31:41,266
{\an8}<i>"We need to figure out</i>
<i>who this email came from</i>
and talk to them immediately."

558
00:31:41,266 --> 00:31:44,033
<i>This is an emergency</i>
<i>at this point.</i>

559
00:31:44,033 --> 00:31:46,300
This minor came forward
with his parents,

560
00:31:46,367 --> 00:31:48,500
{\an8}was interviewed,
turned over his cell phone.

561
00:31:49,667 --> 00:31:51,300
[narrator] <i>This time,</i>

562
00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:54,934
<i>the photographic evidence</i>
<i>from Mark on the boy's phone</i>
<i>is explicit,</i>

563
00:31:54,934 --> 00:31:57,667
<i>enough for authorities</i>
<i>to take action.</i>

564
00:31:57,734 --> 00:31:58,068
For all these years,
we didn't have that exact
and that direct evidence.

565
00:31:58,068 --> 00:31:59,000
For all these years,
we didn't have that exact
and that direct evidence.

566
00:32:07,734 --> 00:32:10,600
[narrator] <i>The FBI</i>
<i>and Lackawanna</i>
<i>district attorney's office</i>

567
00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:13,867
<i>execute a search warrant</i>
<i>on Mark and Marisa's home.</i>

568
00:32:14,867 --> 00:32:17,000
[Justin] <i>We began</i>
<i>pounding on the front door,</i>

569
00:32:18,667 --> 00:32:23,266
and I see Mark
go across a balcony
on the second floor.

570
00:32:26,166 --> 00:32:28,068
<i>In my mind,</i>
<i>it's an officer safety issue.</i>

571
00:32:28,068 --> 00:32:28,467
<i>In my mind,</i>
<i>it's an officer safety issue.</i>

572
00:32:29,166 --> 00:32:30,767
Is he destroying evidence?

573
00:32:34,467 --> 00:32:37,300
<i>So at that point,</i>
<i>we decided that we were going</i>
<i>to breach the door</i>

574
00:32:37,367 --> 00:32:38,567
<i>and enter the residence.</i>

575
00:32:40,667 --> 00:32:42,400
I identified myself to Mark

576
00:32:42,467 --> 00:32:44,767
<i>and I said,</i>
<i>"We have a search warrant</i>
<i>for your home.</i>

577
00:32:47,567 --> 00:32:49,467
I'm here now
and I will listen to you,

578
00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:53,166
and now's the time for you
to finally talk to somebody

579
00:32:53,166 --> 00:32:56,367
<i>and go deep into</i>
<i>this sexual attraction</i>
<i>to young boys.</i>

580
00:32:58,767 --> 00:32:59,000
And we did.

581
00:33:04,667 --> 00:33:07,467
[narrator] <i>After years</i>
<i>of stonewalling police,</i>

582
00:33:07,467 --> 00:33:10,967
<i>Mark Kandel is ready</i>
<i>to talk to Agent Justin Leri.</i>

583
00:33:10,967 --> 00:33:14,967
<i>He provides a glimpse</i>
<i>into his twisted mind.</i>

584
00:33:14,967 --> 00:33:17,667
[Justin] <i>He would be overcome</i>
<i>with these sexual urges.</i>

585
00:33:17,734 --> 00:33:20,266
It's something
he really couldn't control.

586
00:33:20,266 --> 00:33:24,567
<i>And sometimes,</i>
<i>he would masturbate</i>
<i>to the communications.</i>

587
00:33:24,567 --> 00:33:28,867
{\an8}How he phrased it
was, "Overwhelming
sexual feelings."

588
00:33:28,867 --> 00:33:32,313
<i>But he denied any</i>
<i>physical sexual contact</i>
<i>with the young boys.</i>

589
00:33:32,313 --> 00:33:33,000
<i>But he denied any</i>
<i>physical sexual contact</i>
<i>with the young boys.</i>

590
00:33:38,967 --> 00:33:42,934
[narrator] <i>By the time</i>
<i>Marisa arrives home,</i>
<i>the police have already gone.</i>

591
00:33:44,266 --> 00:33:50,300
Mark was there,
and he was very
calm and collected.

592
00:33:50,367 --> 00:33:54,500
{\an8}And I kept on asking,
"Why would they do this?

593
00:33:54,567 --> 00:33:59,867
{\an8}Something motivated
the authorities
to raid our house again."

594
00:34:00,867 --> 00:34:02,313
<i>He finally said to me,</i>

595
00:34:02,313 --> 00:34:03,000
<i>He finally said to me,</i>

596
00:34:03,734 --> 00:34:08,667
"I think there were some
questionable text messages
on my phone.

597
00:34:08,734 --> 00:34:12,367
I think
some of those text messages
were sexual in nature."

598
00:34:13,367 --> 00:34:16,467
<i>And I looked at him</i>
<i>in disbelief and said,</i>

599
00:34:16,467 --> 00:34:22,767
<i>"So you were sending</i>
<i>these sexual messages</i>
<i>to high schoolers?"</i>

600
00:34:23,934 --> 00:34:28,367
And he finally looked at me
and said, "Yes."

601
00:34:31,567 --> 00:34:32,313
Nothing was ever the same
after that moment.

602
00:34:32,313 --> 00:34:33,000
Nothing was ever the same
after that moment.

603
00:34:35,867 --> 00:34:37,767
<i>I basically threw him</i>
<i>out of the house.</i>

604
00:34:43,300 --> 00:34:45,300
[narrator] <i>Mark's confession</i>
<i>is backed up</i>

605
00:34:45,367 --> 00:34:49,767
<i>by a motherlode</i>
<i>of digital evidence</i>
<i>from the boy who came forward.</i>

606
00:34:49,767 --> 00:34:54,467
[Michelle] <i>Nearly a thousand</i>
<i>text messages with that minor</i>
<i>in one month were recovered.</i>

607
00:34:55,367 --> 00:34:57,467
{\an8}And they were over the top,

608
00:34:57,467 --> 00:35:02,133
<i>and they were enticing,</i>
<i>encouraging, perverted.</i>

609
00:35:02,133 --> 00:35:02,313
<i>They were intended</i>
<i>to persuade and coerce</i>

610
00:35:02,313 --> 00:35:03,000
<i>They were intended</i>
<i>to persuade and coerce</i>

611
00:35:05,667 --> 00:35:08,400
<i>and to engage</i>
<i>in sexual conduct.</i>

612
00:35:10,934 --> 00:35:14,000
<i>He pretty much</i>
<i>found the wrong victim.</i>

613
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:20,867
<i>That young boy who</i>
<i>brought those text messages</i>
<i>into the light in 2012</i>

614
00:35:20,934 --> 00:35:25,000
<i>led to dozens of young boys</i>
<i>being interviewed,</i>

615
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,266
<i>which basically</i>
<i>opened the floodgates</i>

616
00:35:27,266 --> 00:35:32,266
{\an8}to thousands and thousands of
inappropriate communications
with Mark Kandel.

617
00:35:33,667 --> 00:35:39,166
[Justin] <i>Penis sizes</i>
<i>to shaving pubic hair</i>
<i>to masturbation.</i>

618
00:35:39,166 --> 00:35:41,567
<i>There would be</i>
<i>a lot of other innuendoes</i>

619
00:35:41,567 --> 00:35:43,166
<i>and sexually explicit</i>
<i>pictures.</i>

620
00:35:44,767 --> 00:35:46,233
[Michelle] <i>Part of</i>
<i>his pleasure</i>

621
00:35:46,233 --> 00:35:49,200
<i>was looking at</i>
<i>these young boys,</i>
<i>looking at their bodies.</i>

622
00:35:49,266 --> 00:35:51,867
<i>And what better environment</i>
<i>to get an opportunity</i>

623
00:35:51,867 --> 00:35:55,300
<i>to see these young boys</i>
<i>and their bodies</i>
<i>than in your backyard pool?</i>

624
00:35:55,367 --> 00:35:56,867
<i>And then give 'em alcohol.</i>

625
00:35:56,867 --> 00:35:59,000
And I believe his...
The word...

626
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,313
The phrase that
some of these young boys used
was "puff and rub"

627
00:36:02,313 --> 00:36:02,667
The phrase that
some of these young boys used
was "puff and rub"

628
00:36:02,734 --> 00:36:03,000
<i>because he would</i>
<i>give them money to go buy pot</i>

629
00:36:07,033 --> 00:36:09,767
{\an8}and then
whatever sexual would happen
would happen.

630
00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:11,600
[narrator] <i>In one month alone,</i>

631
00:36:11,667 --> 00:36:16,867
<i>Mark had sent 13,000 texts</i>
<i>to at least 17 underage males.</i>

632
00:36:17,567 --> 00:36:18,767
[Michelle] <i>We had him.</i>

633
00:36:18,834 --> 00:36:23,200
We had explicit talk,
explicit offerings,

634
00:36:23,266 --> 00:36:27,467
{\an8}and we had young men
who were willing
to come to court to testify.

635
00:36:28,867 --> 00:36:30,834
[narrator] <i>Within two days</i>
<i>of the raid,</i>

636
00:36:30,834 --> 00:36:32,313
<i>Mark is arrested and charged</i>
<i>with one count of</i>
<i>online enticement of a minor.</i>

637
00:36:32,313 --> 00:36:33,000
<i>Mark is arrested and charged</i>
<i>with one count of</i>
<i>online enticement of a minor.</i>

638
00:36:35,834 --> 00:36:39,133
<i>Marisa learns the full extent</i>
<i>of Mark's sex crimes</i>

639
00:36:39,133 --> 00:36:41,133
<i>when she reads</i>
<i>the arrest affidavit.</i>

640
00:36:42,567 --> 00:36:46,600
It was like pieces of a puzzle
all of a sudden
coming together.

641
00:36:47,567 --> 00:36:49,200
<i>These kids</i>
<i>coming to the house.</i>

642
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,266
<i>The obsession with the phone.</i>

643
00:36:53,266 --> 00:36:56,467
The constant,
non-stop texting.

644
00:36:58,767 --> 00:37:02,313
I read through the affidavit
thinking, "This guy's sick."

645
00:37:02,313 --> 00:37:03,000
I read through the affidavit
thinking, "This guy's sick."

646
00:37:05,934 --> 00:37:10,000
And I felt used and betrayed.

647
00:37:10,967 --> 00:37:12,233
It was just horrible.

648
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:17,767
{\an8}<i>The girls knew about the</i>
<i>seriousness of the charges.</i>

649
00:37:17,834 --> 00:37:22,367
{\an8}They looked
so sad and desperate.

650
00:37:22,367 --> 00:37:25,934
<i>And I think we all felt</i>
<i>that way that evening was,</i>

651
00:37:25,934 --> 00:37:28,400
"Where do we go from here?"

652
00:37:28,467 --> 00:37:32,133
[Scott] <i>This is</i>
<i>a very difficult night for us</i>
<i>here at the news station.</i>

653
00:37:32,133 --> 00:37:32,313
{\an8}We learned this afternoon
that Mark Kandel,

654
00:37:32,313 --> 00:37:33,000
{\an8}We learned this afternoon
that Mark Kandel,

655
00:37:34,266 --> 00:37:36,767
{\an8}the husband of
Newswatch 16's Marisa Burke,

656
00:37:36,767 --> 00:37:40,567
{\an8}was arrested on charges of
sex abuse involving a minor.

657
00:37:40,567 --> 00:37:43,300
{\an8}[newsreader] <i>Lackawanna</i>
<i>County detectives</i>
<i>brought Mark Kandel</i>

658
00:37:43,367 --> 00:37:46,767
{\an8}<i>to the district</i>
<i>attorney's office in Scranton</i>
<i>in handcuffs.</i>

659
00:37:46,767 --> 00:37:51,166
{\an8}<i>This concludes more than</i>
<i>three years of investigation.</i>

660
00:37:51,166 --> 00:37:56,667
{\an8}[Marisa] <i>I felt as though</i>
<i>none of our neighbors</i>
wanted anything to do with us.

661
00:37:57,767 --> 00:38:01,667
I was ostracized
by people in the community.

662
00:38:01,667 --> 00:38:02,313
{\an8}I experienced
that public humiliation

663
00:38:02,313 --> 00:38:03,000
{\an8}I experienced
that public humiliation

664
00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:06,266
{\an8}because I was still
very much a public figure.

665
00:38:06,266 --> 00:38:08,934
{\an8}Mailing bomb threats.
Cops say
he's a 17-year-old boy...

666
00:38:08,934 --> 00:38:12,000
{\an8}And I thought,
"This is trauma.
This is what trauma does.

667
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,367
<i>And this family is broken,</i>
<i>completely broken."</i>

668
00:38:17,166 --> 00:38:23,767
{\an8}[Marisa] <i>I look back and think</i>
<i>I didn't know about</i>
<i>what was going on with Mark</i>

669
00:38:23,767 --> 00:38:26,467
{\an8}<i>because, perhaps,</i>
<i>I did not want to know.</i>

670
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,000
<i>Two beautiful children...</i>

671
00:38:31,266 --> 00:38:32,313
I did not want anything
to ruin this

672
00:38:32,313 --> 00:38:33,000
I did not want anything
to ruin this

673
00:38:34,667 --> 00:38:40,567
or stand in the way
of my life crashing down.

674
00:38:46,367 --> 00:38:48,934
[narrator] <i>On</i>
<i>December 5th, 2012,</i>

675
00:38:48,934 --> 00:38:53,166
<i>Mark is charged</i>
<i>with four more counts</i>
<i>of online enticement.</i>

676
00:38:53,166 --> 00:38:56,567
<i>Marisa files for a divorce</i>
<i>and the hits keep coming.</i>

677
00:38:58,066 --> 00:39:02,313
He had forged my name
on some documents

678
00:39:02,313 --> 00:39:03,000
He had forged my name
on some documents

679
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:09,000
in order to withdraw
some retirement money.

680
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,066
It was actually
a lot of retirement money.

681
00:39:11,967 --> 00:39:14,166
<i>In the time</i>
<i>that he wasn't working,</i>

682
00:39:14,166 --> 00:39:18,734
<i>this is how he was</i>
<i>helping to pay for the bills</i>

683
00:39:18,734 --> 00:39:21,367
and for some of the
teenage boys' gifts.

684
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:27,100
[narrator] <i>In 2013,</i>
<i>Mark Kandel accepts</i>
<i>a plea deal</i>

685
00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:29,667
<i>for one count</i>
<i>of online enticement</i>
<i>of a minor.</i>

686
00:39:31,567 --> 00:39:32,313
<i>There's no trial</i>
<i>and Marisa does not</i>
<i>attend the sentencing.</i>

687
00:39:32,313 --> 00:39:33,000
<i>There's no trial</i>
<i>and Marisa does not</i>
<i>attend the sentencing.</i>

688
00:39:37,734 --> 00:39:39,867
<i>But her youngest daughter does</i>

689
00:39:39,934 --> 00:39:43,467
<i>and reads a victim impact</i>
<i>statement to the court.</i>

690
00:39:43,467 --> 00:39:47,000
[Michelle] <i>She wanted</i>
<i>her father to hear it</i>
<i>coming from her mouth.</i>

691
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:52,467
{\an8}She wanted him to know
what he had done to her
and her sister and her mother.

692
00:39:52,467 --> 00:39:55,266
<i>He was a primary caretaker</i>
<i>for those daughters.</i>

693
00:39:55,266 --> 00:39:58,300
<i>Their bond was tremendous.</i>

694
00:39:58,367 --> 00:40:00,934
So for her to come to court
and read the words
that she wrote,

695
00:40:00,934 --> 00:40:02,300
and to tell the judge

696
00:40:02,300 --> 00:40:02,313
that she wanted
her father to receive
the maximum sentence,

697
00:40:02,313 --> 00:40:03,000
that she wanted
her father to receive
the maximum sentence,

698
00:40:05,567 --> 00:40:07,567
<i>it was a "wow" moment.</i>

699
00:40:07,567 --> 00:40:10,500
And it was a moment that
really made you appreciate

700
00:40:10,567 --> 00:40:13,166
the harm that he did
to his family.

701
00:40:13,166 --> 00:40:15,467
{\an8}And I hope he felt that.
I really hope he felt that.

702
00:40:16,467 --> 00:40:18,166
A former educator
from Lackawanna County

703
00:40:18,166 --> 00:40:21,367
{\an8}has been sentenced to
14 and a half years in prison.

704
00:40:21,367 --> 00:40:23,867
{\an8}<i>He's a former member</i>
<i>of the Scranton School Board</i>

705
00:40:23,867 --> 00:40:27,200
{\an8}<i>and also worked for</i>
<i>the Northeastern Educational</i>
<i>Intermediate Unit.</i>

706
00:40:28,567 --> 00:40:31,033
{\an8}He will be
a registered sex offender
for the rest of his life.

707
00:40:42,667 --> 00:40:44,300
[Marisa] <i>I had to survive.</i>

708
00:40:44,367 --> 00:40:48,500
<i>I had to survive</i>
<i>for the sake of my career</i>
<i>that I worked so hard for</i>

709
00:40:49,767 --> 00:40:54,266
and I had to survive
for the sake of my girls.

710
00:40:54,266 --> 00:41:01,600
I couldn't allow
what Mark did to us
to ruin their lives.

711
00:41:01,667 --> 00:41:02,313
<i>I put them both through school</i>
<i>and through college.</i>

712
00:41:02,313 --> 00:41:03,000
<i>I put them both through school</i>
<i>and through college.</i>

713
00:41:05,367 --> 00:41:06,867
{\an8}But now it is time...

714
00:41:06,867 --> 00:41:09,266
{\an8}[narrator] <i>Marisa</i>
<i>remains the face</i>
<i>of the six o'clock news</i>

715
00:41:09,266 --> 00:41:11,967
{\an8}<i>until she retires in 2016.</i>

716
00:41:14,667 --> 00:41:17,133
[Marisa] <i>I wanted</i>
<i>to write my story</i>

717
00:41:17,133 --> 00:41:21,967
<i>so that, no matter</i>
<i>how horrible things may be,</i>

718
00:41:21,967 --> 00:41:26,767
{\an8}<i>no matter how much</i>
you were betrayed and lied to,

719
00:41:26,767 --> 00:41:28,166
{\an8}<i>that you can get past that.</i>

720
00:41:29,367 --> 00:41:31,467
{\an8}This nightmare was real.

721
00:41:31,467 --> 00:41:32,313
{\an8}I think once I
came to terms with that,

722
00:41:32,313 --> 00:41:33,000
{\an8}I think once I
came to terms with that,

723
00:41:34,133 --> 00:41:39,400
{\an8}<i>I was able</i>
<i>to be okay with myself</i>

724
00:41:39,467 --> 00:41:45,367
{\an8}and ditch the self-pity
and move on

725
00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:48,400
{\an8}<i>and be the better person</i>
<i>for it.</i>