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[narrator]
A quiet relationship
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with your neighbors
can be a gift...
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Hey, guys.
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You really should open
your own flower shop.
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They were lovely.
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It was very cordial.
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[narrator]
...but following calm
can come a storm.
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Mark had
a complete obsession with us.
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[screams]
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He was very creepy,
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very weird, very odd.
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[crying]
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[Cathy] It was sheer terror.
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[Paul] Mark!
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All hell broke loose
that night.
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I was going to rip them apart.
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[woman] Good to see you.
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[woman shouting indistinctly]
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[man] I know what you did.
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[woman] Stay out of
my neighborhood!
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[man] Stay away from my wife!
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On the ground, now!
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[woman screaming]
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[narrator] Located
in Hamilton, Ontario,
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the neighborhood
of West Mountain is a haven
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for many hardworking families.
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[Ash Kelly]
West Mountain in Hamilton
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is mostly
single family residence homes,
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big yards, big houses.
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[Dave Oleniuk]
The odd little
cluster of town homes
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close to the escarpment
in Hamilton
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which is quite a nice area.
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[narrator] West Mountain
is where Cathy Sienna
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and her daughter call home.
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My parents said
they were getting a divorce.
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My mom found
a house on the West Mountain,
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so I moved in with her.
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I moved into
my home on Magnolia
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and it was a duplex
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with open concept.
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-Garden's looking great, Mom.
-Thanks.
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The secret
is the TLC it gets from
my beautiful assistant.
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[both laugh]
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[Cathy] You know our house
was the social center,
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always something on the go.
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It was very, very busy.
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Very social.
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[narrator]
Also living with them
is Cathy's son Mitchell.
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How long you gonna tinker
with that thing for?
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Call a mechanic already.
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[both laugh]
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[Mitchell]
Where's the fun in that?
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[narrator] Cathy works
as an office manager
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and is a recent
paralegal graduate.
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Alex is a paralegal
at a traffic defense firm.
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[Alex] Mitchell worked
at a car body shop,
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so he was always
working on a car.
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Just don't
work on it all night
and be late for dinner.
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-I'm gonna
go inside and wash up.
-Okay.
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[narrator] Living next door
to the Sienna family
are the Ducketts...
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Hi, Cathy.
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[narrator]
...Annette and Paul...
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Hey, guys.
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[narrator] ...and their
adopted son, Mark.
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They were lovely.
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They were older than myself.
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Wow, look at this.
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You really should open
your own flower shop.
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[Cathy] So it was
very cordial.
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No issues.
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"Hi. Bye. How was your day?
Your flowers look nice."
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[narrator] Annette
and Paul Duckett are retired.
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Twenty-six-year-old Mark
works off and on
as an HVAC technician.
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[Ash] When he was born
Mark Duckett was immediately
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remanded into
child protective services.
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He spent two years in care
before he was adopted
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by Annette and Paul Duckett.
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Nice wheels, Mitchell.
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Thanks, man. How you been?
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Doing okay, uh...
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You got a smoke?
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[Cathy] Mark next door
would come over, you know,
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"Hey, bud, do you have smoke?
Do you have a smoke?"
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And of course Mitchell
would give it to him,
give it to him.
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We both should quit.
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Yeah, but... not today, right?
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Hey, Mark, can you give me
a hand in the kitchen?
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Thanks.
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Thanks again.
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[Alex] Definitely
not a friendship,
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but definitely, like,
a cordial, neighborly,
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you know, interactions.
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[narrator] For now
tranquility rules
in West Mountain.
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-Can I come in?
-No.
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[narrator] But things
will soon deteriorate.
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Bothering my family now?
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He was always very strange.
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Just a strange person.
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Can you give us a break, man?
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Mitchell would work late
and then he would be tinkering
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on whatever car
he had at that time.
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Hey, Mitchell.
[chuckles]
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Got any smokes?
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Mark would just appear
like out of nowhere.
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Look, man, I am not
your endless source
of free cigarettes.
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Of course not.
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My brother Mitchell
was just trying to be nice.
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One time I was home
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and I heard a knock
at the door.
I answered the door.
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I was the only one in there
at that time.
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Hey, is... is Mitchell home?
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Are you a friend of his?
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I just... I just wanted
to bum a smoke.
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I did not know his name
was Mark Duckett.
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I just knew
he was the neighbor,
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and he asked
if my brother was home.
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He's not home right now.
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Okay.
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Bye.
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I definitely had my guard up.
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The alarm bells,
they were dinging for sure.
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[Ash] You know, maybe Mark
was reaching out
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and trying to be friends.
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Maybe this was his way
of connecting with people.
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Certainly smoking
is a social activity.
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I mean it doesn't
seem completely abnormal,
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but what it demonstrates
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is a lack of
sort of boundaries.
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Hey, Mitchell.
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I was just knocking
on your door.
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Got a... got any smokes?
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Okay, Mark, this gotta stop.
Right now.
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What's gotta stop?
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Mitchell's kinda
shutting that down
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because, you know,
like, you know
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one here or there is okay,
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but not the knocking
on the door
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and asking
for cigarettes, specifically.
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Bothering my family now?
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We're done. Right.
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I don't have smokes
for you, okay.
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He kinda felt like
that was crossing the line.
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[Ash] It probably
wasn't a big deal for Mitch
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to just stop
interacting with Mark.
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What Mark felt
on the other side of that,
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it could have been
a massive blow,
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you know, to his self-esteem,
to his sense of self.
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[narrator] Eventually,
Mitchell moves out
of his mom's house.
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[Cathy] Mitchell moved in
with his girlfriend.
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Drive careful.
Please call me
when you get there.
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Okay, okay.
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-I'll miss you.
-I'll miss you, too.
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So he was starting
a new life.
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[Ash] I think
this relationship
between Mark and Mitchell,
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I believe the Sienna family
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perceived it
as very one-sided,
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so despite Mark's willingness
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to open up
and connect with Mitchell,
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it doesn't feel like
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that was necessarily
reciprocated.
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[narrator] With Mitchell
now out of the picture,
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Mark becomes reclusive.
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[Alex] For
an extended period of time
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I didn't even know
if he lived there any more
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because I didn't see him
for a long time,
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but when I did see him,
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he was strange,
kept to himself,
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quiet, almost
like withdrawn.
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[narrator]
The Sienna household
gains new additions
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when Cathy's elder son Nikko
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and his girlfriend Jennifer
move in.
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-Hi.
-Hi.
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[Cathy] Well, they were
renting an apartment,
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it was expensive,
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and it was hard
for kids to get ahead,
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and I just wanted them
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to be able to save
for their future.
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He was a manager
for CARSTAR, Canada.
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He would oversee
the operations
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of 25 different
collision centers.
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What the heck did
you pack in here,
like 20 bowling balls?
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Right around the time
Nikko and Jen moved in,
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um, Mark's behavior
became increasingly
weirder and weirder.
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Looks like we've got
some new neighbors.
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[narrator] Nikko
and Jen's arrival next door
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triggers something in
Mark's perception of reality.
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[Jennifer] Can you believe
we live next door
to a loser like Mark?
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Yeah, he should be
stuck in a zoo.
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-What a freak!
-Loser.
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[Jennifer] Pathetic.
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[Nikko] Freak!
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[mocking laughter]
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-Oh, man! We should go
bowling next weekend though.
-Okay. Yeah, yeah.
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[narrator] It's only
a matter of time
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before things turn
dark and dangerous.
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-Oh, hi.
-I wanna talk to you
about Mark.
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What about him?
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He went from
zero to 100 in minutes.
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This guy is weird.
This guy's creepy.
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I feel really uneasy
around him.
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[Ash] We know that
Mark's behavior
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seems to worsen
after Nikko moves in,
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but we don't know why.
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Is this still a fallout
from Mitch's departure?
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[Nikko] Hey, can you,
and you hold
the bag straight please?
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-Thank you.
-[grunts]
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[Nikko] You need help or?
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That's okay,
you need me
to do that too or...
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-[Jennifer] Oh...
-Yeah.
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...feeling a little sarcastic
this morning.
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[Nikko] We're
watching you, Mark.
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We're gonna get you.
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It seems that Mark
had developed a belief
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that he was being
watched by his neighbors.
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You can't hide from us, dummy.
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[Ash] The goings on
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in the yard
at the Sienna home,
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Mark was interpreting
that as a threat
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to his safety,
privacy and security.
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Here, why don't I finish this?
You go inside.
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-Are you sure?
-Yeah, yeah.
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Just go and check
on your mom, okay?
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Okay.
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[Ash] He's experiencing
the world
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as someone in
an early state of psychosis
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that's being projected
upon the Sienna family.
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[narrator] Nikko Sienna
decides to raise the issue
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of Mark's odd demeanor
with his mother, Cathy.
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-Hey, Mom.
-Hey.
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What's up with
that guy next door?
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I don't know.
He just seems a little off.
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Nikko was really concerned
with his behavior.
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Yeah, Mark, he's definitely
an odd duck.
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So I thought,
he's just anti-social,
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or he's awkward
or there's something
wrong with him.
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I didn't really know.
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Yeah, that's...
that's for sure.
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Hey, how about
you put the pot on?
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Help me cook dinner, okay?
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Okay, Mom.
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[narrator] Cathy likewise
becomes aware
of the abnormal conduct
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Mark directs
at the Sienna house.
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[Cathy]
I was waiting to get picked up
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by Hauser, my boyfriend
at the time.
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Mark is walking
between the houses
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and all of a sudden
he did just like,
summersault midair.
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And then
he would sit in the chair
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and then just
cross his arms... and stare.
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I felt really uneasy.
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I wasn't sure
what to make of him.
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[Ash] Mark was hearing voices
telling him to do things
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and he thought maybe
it was the Sienna family
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directing him
to do these things,
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like acrobatic summersaults
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or little flips.
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-You look nice.
-Thank you.
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Hauser picked me up.
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Mark just stared at us,
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you know,
with his arms crossed...
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Is everything all right?
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Yeah, yeah, let's just go.
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...and watched us drive away
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in a creepy way.
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Mark, what are
you doing there?
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Just taking it easy.
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I'll be in soon.
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[narrator] Mark believes
the people next door
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are constantly watching him.
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Mark had expressed
a lot of paranoia about
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the neighbors being after him.
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[narrator]
And the Sienna family
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finds his antics
increasingly unsettling.
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[Alex] We were starting
to feel super-uneasy
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and pretty unsafe
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just with the actions
that Mark was doing.
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We would, you know,
leave and go for groceries,
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Mark would be sitting
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and he would just
be staring at us.
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Nice day, huh?
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Just staring.
Just didn't wave.
Didn't say hello,
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or anything like that.
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Mark would just stare.
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Just ignore him.
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You have the grocery list?
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[Alex] We'd come back
and Mark would be
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in the exact same position
that he was.
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It's almost like
he was a statue.
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He did not move.
He would be just staring.
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Who cares.
Okay? Let's just go in.
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[Ash] It's clear
that Mark was experiencing
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hallucinations,
nonsensical illogical threats
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that don't exist.
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You're such a loser.
[laughing]
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What's wrong with this guy?
295
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[both laugh]
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Oh.
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You're such a freak!
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It would appear that Mark felt
a little threatened by Nikko.
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[narrator] These
new perceived dangers
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weigh heavily on Mark's mind.
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He sets out to document
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the harassment
from next door.
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[Ash] Mark purchased a camera
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and put it in the window
that faces the Sienna home.
305
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[narrator]
The Siennas are unaware
they are being recorded.
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Mark's camera would have faced
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my side of the house,
so my bedroom.
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I never saw a camera.
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I did not even know
there was a camera there.
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[Oleniuk] I don't know
what he was trying to prove.
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There is no evidence
that the Siennas
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had any intention
to harm him whatsoever.
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Lousy bastard.
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You better watch
your back, Mark. [laughs]
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[narrator]
It's a quiet afternoon
at the Duckett residence,
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but Mark's
mental deterioration
is getting worse.
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[Mark crying, screaming]
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-Oh, my God!
-Mark!
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-[Mark crying]
-[Paul] Mark!
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He would just
scream alone in his bedroom,
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and they could hear it
throughout the household.
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-Mark!
-Mark!
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-[Mark crying]
-Mark, I need you
to unlock this door.
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Mark? Mark! Mark!
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[Alex] I'm more on edge
when I'm seeing him
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because this behavior
is not normal.
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I don't think
anybody involved in this
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ever thought that
it would get to this point.
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From the Duckett perspective,
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they had repeatedly
witnessed Mark
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locking himself in his bedroom
and screaming.
332
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Mark!
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[crying]
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They... No. No.
335
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[Annette] Sweetheart,
what's wrong?
336
00:16:03,367 --> 00:16:04,734
What's wrong? What's wrong?
337
00:16:05,367 --> 00:16:06,567
Mark, what's wrong?
338
00:16:06,567 --> 00:16:10,367
[sputtering]
They're trying to get me.
339
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Who's trying to get you?
340
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-Freak!
-[mocking laughter]
341
00:16:19,367 --> 00:16:21,767
[softly] No.
Oh, no, no.
342
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He has a level of paranoia
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that is disproportionate
to any problem in reality.
344
00:16:29,867 --> 00:16:32,767
I really think
it would be a good idea
345
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for you to,
maybe talk to a doctor.
346
00:16:36,300 --> 00:16:38,567
No. What are they gonna do?
347
00:16:38,567 --> 00:16:40,066
[narrator]
Trying to compel an adult
348
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to get psychiatric help
can be a difficult process.
349
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Well, they might be able
to figure something out
that...
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[Ash] It's easy to imagine
he would've been overwhelmed
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by the prospect
of seeking help,
352
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or perhaps he actually
had no self-awareness.
353
00:16:54,834 --> 00:16:58,233
Perhaps he did not know
that he was spiraling.
354
00:17:00,467 --> 00:17:02,066
I'm okay now.
355
00:17:02,133 --> 00:17:05,066
You guys can go back
to what you're doing, please.
356
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[Ash] People develop a fear
of institutionalization,
357
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where we have seen,
you know, a number of abuses
358
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against
vulnerable people occur.
359
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So I think in general
there's a lack of trust.
360
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[narrator] With his
paranoia spiking,
361
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Mark Duckett has his own ideas
362
00:17:18,367 --> 00:17:20,634
about how best
to protect himself.
363
00:17:22,567 --> 00:17:25,767
So, the guys are gonna be
working the barbecue,
is that it?
364
00:17:25,767 --> 00:17:27,467
And we should bring
salad and dessert?
365
00:17:27,467 --> 00:17:29,467
Hey, Mom, can I grab
your signature?
366
00:17:29,467 --> 00:17:32,000
Oh, what's it for?
Just a second, Jill.
367
00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,233
Just something I'm working on.
368
00:17:33,867 --> 00:17:35,567
[narrator]
In a disturbing twist,
369
00:17:35,634 --> 00:17:37,767
his mother
has just unknowingly sponsored
370
00:17:37,767 --> 00:17:39,867
Mark's firearm
license application.
371
00:17:41,166 --> 00:17:44,166
-One more.
-Hmm. Hang on.
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[Oleniuk] Annette claims
that she remembers signing
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some forms, but weren't aware
what they were about.
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[Ash] If you're
first time applicant,
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you have to go through
16 hours of gun safety
and gun history training.
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Fill out a few forms.
377
00:17:58,567 --> 00:18:01,166
Have some sponsors
or witnesses sign those.
378
00:18:01,166 --> 00:18:03,567
[Oleniuk] You know, they're
a typical government form,
379
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several pages,
lots of fine print.
380
00:18:05,867 --> 00:18:08,266
There's a certain
plausibility there, uh,
381
00:18:08,266 --> 00:18:10,066
who knows if Mark
told her the truth.
382
00:18:10,066 --> 00:18:13,066
[Ash] Mark didn't
have any previous
interactions with police
383
00:18:13,133 --> 00:18:14,667
so there wouldn't have been
any red flags
384
00:18:14,667 --> 00:18:16,166
on that firearms license
385
00:18:16,166 --> 00:18:17,834
when they did
go to process it.
386
00:18:19,767 --> 00:18:21,467
Mark after
he gets his license,
387
00:18:21,467 --> 00:18:23,667
he obtains a Glock 9mm pistol.
388
00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:28,367
There was, you know,
either a fear there,
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00:18:28,433 --> 00:18:30,000
and a belief that he needed
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00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,266
a firearm to either
protect himself,
391
00:18:32,333 --> 00:18:35,233
or there was always
intent there in some way.
392
00:18:43,266 --> 00:18:44,266
[narrator] Mark's attention
393
00:18:44,266 --> 00:18:46,066
now shifts
back to the Siennas.
394
00:18:52,266 --> 00:18:55,166
CARSTAR had sent Nikko
for a weekend conference.
395
00:18:55,166 --> 00:18:56,467
It was in Chicago.
396
00:18:56,533 --> 00:18:58,433
You two behave
while I'm gone, okay?
397
00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,567
[chuckling] Are you kidding?
398
00:19:00,567 --> 00:19:02,166
Jen and I
are gonna hit the clubs.
399
00:19:02,166 --> 00:19:03,367
-Yeah, ravers.
-Yeah.
400
00:19:03,433 --> 00:19:05,166
-[laughs]
-Great.
401
00:19:05,233 --> 00:19:06,367
-[Cathy laughs]
-[Nikko] I don't have
any money.
402
00:19:06,367 --> 00:19:08,233
-[Jennifer] Love you.
-[Nikko] Love you.
403
00:19:11,500 --> 00:19:13,467
Everyone talks about you
behind your back.
404
00:19:13,533 --> 00:19:14,567
Everybody.
405
00:19:14,634 --> 00:19:15,967
You're actually a joke.
406
00:19:15,967 --> 00:19:17,767
Your life is a joke.
407
00:19:17,767 --> 00:19:19,266
-Loser.
-Freak.
408
00:19:19,333 --> 00:19:20,667
Pathetic.
409
00:19:20,667 --> 00:19:22,266
Oh, I hope he has a good trip.
410
00:19:22,266 --> 00:19:24,066
-Yeah, I always worry about
him when he's gone.
-Yeah. He'll be fine. Yeah.
411
00:19:27,467 --> 00:19:30,066
[narrator] With Nikko absent,
Mark waits for nightfall
412
00:19:30,133 --> 00:19:32,000
to confront his neighbors.
413
00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,166
My boyfriend, Hauser,
had went back home
for a visit.
414
00:19:35,233 --> 00:19:36,867
Alex was out for the evening,
415
00:19:36,867 --> 00:19:38,634
so it was just Jen
and myself at home.
416
00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,233
[knock at door]
417
00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,166
I opened it
and he was standing there.
418
00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:00,467
Yes.
419
00:20:00,767 --> 00:20:01,767
Can I come in?
420
00:20:01,767 --> 00:20:02,767
No, you can't.
421
00:20:02,767 --> 00:20:04,767
And I put my foot on the door,
422
00:20:04,767 --> 00:20:07,066
and I felt very uneasy.
423
00:20:07,133 --> 00:20:09,834
Um, what do you want?
424
00:20:11,367 --> 00:20:12,867
We have a lot to talk about.
425
00:20:12,867 --> 00:20:17,166
He was saying,
"Oh, there's just
so much to talk about.
426
00:20:17,166 --> 00:20:18,567
So much to discuss."
427
00:20:20,166 --> 00:20:21,567
What?
428
00:20:21,567 --> 00:20:24,533
And I thought
to myself, "Like what?"
429
00:20:26,300 --> 00:20:27,567
It's late.
430
00:20:32,066 --> 00:20:36,266
Then I'll address my concerns
another time.
431
00:20:36,266 --> 00:20:38,767
[Ash] You know that he did
have some perceptions that,
432
00:20:38,767 --> 00:20:40,467
you know, the world
was out to get him.
433
00:20:40,533 --> 00:20:42,567
Maybe he wanted to know,
"Why are you watching me?
434
00:20:42,567 --> 00:20:43,867
What do you have against me?
435
00:20:43,867 --> 00:20:47,100
What have I done to...
to frighten or hurt you?"
436
00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:48,867
[Cathy]
As soon as I shut the door,
437
00:20:48,934 --> 00:20:50,266
made sure
everything is locked,
438
00:20:50,266 --> 00:20:53,066
I just knew something is off.
439
00:20:53,066 --> 00:20:55,834
I was extremely uncomfortable
and I was afraid.
440
00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:02,133
[narrator] Mark believes
his privacy and safety
are under constant threat.
441
00:21:02,867 --> 00:21:04,367
[Ash] He didn't think
he needed help.
442
00:21:04,433 --> 00:21:07,166
He did not know that
there was anything abnormal
443
00:21:07,166 --> 00:21:08,967
about his personal demeanor
444
00:21:08,967 --> 00:21:11,667
or the thoughts
inside of his head.
445
00:21:11,734 --> 00:21:14,100
[narrator] The Sienna family
finds it difficult to ignore
446
00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:17,066
their neighbor's
increasingly bizarre behavior.
447
00:21:17,066 --> 00:21:20,166
[Alex] Jen basically had
the same opinion that I did
448
00:21:20,166 --> 00:21:21,467
that he was very creepy,
449
00:21:21,533 --> 00:21:23,767
very weird, very odd.
450
00:21:23,767 --> 00:21:25,467
She was very scared, too.
451
00:21:30,300 --> 00:21:35,166
So after this incident of him
arriving at my door at night,
452
00:21:35,166 --> 00:21:40,333
I contacted the parents
and expressed my concern.
453
00:21:41,567 --> 00:21:44,266
-Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Duckett.
-Oh, hi.
454
00:21:44,266 --> 00:21:45,567
Do you have a minute?
455
00:21:45,567 --> 00:21:47,567
Yeah, sure, what's up?
456
00:21:47,634 --> 00:21:49,667
Um, I wanna
talk to you about Mark.
457
00:21:50,867 --> 00:21:52,000
What about him?
458
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,667
Um... he's been...
459
00:21:54,667 --> 00:21:56,934
coming over to my place,
and uh...
460
00:21:57,467 --> 00:21:59,567
staring at us.
461
00:21:59,634 --> 00:22:02,433
He's been knocking on my door,
and trying to come in.
462
00:22:03,667 --> 00:22:06,934
It sounds like
he's just trying
to be friendly.
463
00:22:08,867 --> 00:22:11,734
I... I think something else
is going on with him.
464
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,266
Um, we actually
have a lot to do right now,
465
00:22:16,333 --> 00:22:18,166
so can we
talk about this later?
466
00:22:18,233 --> 00:22:20,166
Yeah, we'll catch you later.
467
00:22:20,233 --> 00:22:22,567
[Cathy] They just avoided.
Just avoided.
468
00:22:22,634 --> 00:22:24,367
There was no more,
469
00:22:24,367 --> 00:22:25,967
"Hi, how are you?"
470
00:22:26,033 --> 00:22:28,166
There was no more contact.
471
00:22:28,166 --> 00:22:30,367
I think she was in
complete denial
472
00:22:30,367 --> 00:22:32,266
and if you don't talk about it
473
00:22:32,333 --> 00:22:34,066
then it's not happening.
474
00:22:34,133 --> 00:22:35,934
Sweep it under the carpet.
475
00:22:37,367 --> 00:22:39,467
[narrator] The breach between
the heads of the households
476
00:22:39,467 --> 00:22:43,066
doesn't put an end
to Mark's alarming displays.
477
00:22:43,066 --> 00:22:45,433
Oh, it was...
it was ongoing for weeks.
478
00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,467
[narrator] One afternoon
Alex hears a noise
479
00:22:49,467 --> 00:22:52,567
in the space between
her house and the Ducketts.
480
00:22:52,634 --> 00:22:55,000
Sometimes Mark
would be singing to himself,
481
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,967
or what appeared
to be singing to himself.
482
00:22:57,967 --> 00:23:00,100
There were no headphones
that he was wearing
483
00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:01,967
or anything like that.
484
00:23:01,967 --> 00:23:05,567
Mark would do summersaults
and then land on his feet
485
00:23:05,567 --> 00:23:07,467
and then Mark would start
laughing to himself.
486
00:23:07,533 --> 00:23:08,467
[Mark laughing]
487
00:23:08,467 --> 00:23:09,967
I don't know why I felt
the need to document
488
00:23:10,033 --> 00:23:11,166
what was going on,
489
00:23:11,233 --> 00:23:13,567
but I just knew that
I needed to take out my phone
490
00:23:13,567 --> 00:23:16,066
and take pictures
and take videos.
491
00:23:16,066 --> 00:23:17,967
[Ash] He was having
intrusive thoughts about
492
00:23:18,033 --> 00:23:20,567
how he thought
he was receiving commands
493
00:23:20,567 --> 00:23:22,667
to perform stunts from them.
494
00:23:24,667 --> 00:23:28,166
[Alex] I took a video
because it was so bizarre.
495
00:23:28,233 --> 00:23:29,767
Mark just looking
into the window
496
00:23:29,767 --> 00:23:31,467
and giving me, dude,
like this
497
00:23:31,533 --> 00:23:33,066
crazy stare.
498
00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:36,867
-[Alex] Is he being weird?
-Yep.
499
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,567
Get the [bleep] back.
500
00:23:39,634 --> 00:23:42,467
I'm not even [bleep] kidding.
Get out.
501
00:23:42,467 --> 00:23:44,967
[Alex] Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
502
00:23:44,967 --> 00:23:46,233
[Alex whimpering]
503
00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:50,567
We just started noticing
this more increasingly
504
00:23:50,567 --> 00:23:53,467
bizarre behavior
more often than not.
505
00:23:53,533 --> 00:23:55,266
[narrator] Alex grows
more and more afraid
506
00:23:55,333 --> 00:23:57,467
of their neighbor's
eccentric conduct,
507
00:23:57,533 --> 00:23:59,767
and it's nowhere
near its peak.
508
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,367
[Alex] We were
starting to feel
509
00:24:02,367 --> 00:24:06,266
super uneasy
and pretty unsafe.
510
00:24:06,266 --> 00:24:08,467
There was also a lot of times
where I would just be
511
00:24:08,467 --> 00:24:10,166
looking out of my window
512
00:24:10,166 --> 00:24:12,433
and he would be just staring
into my window.
513
00:24:12,767 --> 00:24:13,867
[screams]
514
00:24:20,367 --> 00:24:21,367
[screams]
515
00:24:21,367 --> 00:24:22,667
[Alex] I was scared
because I didn't know
516
00:24:22,667 --> 00:24:24,266
why he was staring
at my window.
517
00:24:24,333 --> 00:24:25,500
He was staring at me.
518
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,367
My entire life
Nikko was always in
big brother mode.
519
00:24:30,367 --> 00:24:33,066
He was always,
always protecting me
520
00:24:33,066 --> 00:24:35,033
from when I was small.
521
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,867
[exhales] Hey, don't worry.
522
00:24:45,934 --> 00:24:47,467
He's not gonna
get in here, okay?
523
00:24:47,467 --> 00:24:48,767
Not on... Not on my watch.
524
00:24:49,700 --> 00:24:51,233
Thanks. You're the best.
525
00:24:54,100 --> 00:24:56,166
[narrator] Cathy Sienna
has her own suspicions
526
00:24:56,233 --> 00:24:58,166
about what's driving
Mark Duckett's behavior.
527
00:24:58,166 --> 00:25:03,066
[Cathy] I believed that
Mark has a complete obsession
with my daughter Alex,
528
00:25:03,066 --> 00:25:05,767
and when Nikko
started living home
529
00:25:05,834 --> 00:25:06,967
he became a wedge
530
00:25:06,967 --> 00:25:09,934
between Mark and his...
and this obsession.
531
00:25:11,066 --> 00:25:14,767
[narrator] And this obsession
is reaching a boiling point.
532
00:25:14,767 --> 00:25:16,867
[Ash] It's clear
that things were getting worse
533
00:25:16,867 --> 00:25:18,867
and tensions were increasing,
534
00:25:18,867 --> 00:25:20,367
at least in Mark's head.
535
00:25:20,433 --> 00:25:22,467
[Alex] Mark's behavior
had been building every day
536
00:25:22,467 --> 00:25:24,133
over the last two
to three weeks.
537
00:25:25,300 --> 00:25:28,367
July 29, 2019,
it was a Tuesday.
538
00:25:28,367 --> 00:25:31,967
I would say, maybe
8:30 to nine o'clock p.m.
539
00:25:32,033 --> 00:25:33,967
I was just
hanging out in my room
540
00:25:33,967 --> 00:25:37,634
and I heard a huge bang
on my window.
541
00:25:40,066 --> 00:25:41,100
Nikko!
542
00:25:41,100 --> 00:25:42,567
I had a connecting bathroom
543
00:25:42,567 --> 00:25:45,166
and then I heard a bang
on that window.
544
00:25:45,166 --> 00:25:47,367
-[banging on window]
-Nikko!
545
00:25:47,433 --> 00:25:48,967
I called for Nikko and Jen
and I said,
546
00:25:49,033 --> 00:25:52,367
"Mark's outside...
banging on the windows."
547
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,066
I've had enough
of this guy bothering you.
548
00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:58,333
Let's go.
549
00:26:02,767 --> 00:26:03,867
Hey!
550
00:26:03,867 --> 00:26:05,667
-[banging continues]
-Hey, could you cut that out?
551
00:26:05,667 --> 00:26:08,467
[Alex] Jen and I
peek through the blinds
552
00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:11,467
and all we see
is a light flashing
back at us.
553
00:26:11,533 --> 00:26:14,367
Nikko had opened
the front door
554
00:26:14,367 --> 00:26:17,266
and Mark was hiding
in the bushes.
555
00:26:17,266 --> 00:26:18,467
[Nikko] Hey, man.
556
00:26:18,867 --> 00:26:20,367
Can you cut it out?
557
00:26:20,367 --> 00:26:22,166
Okay, you're scaring
the women.
558
00:26:28,567 --> 00:26:29,667
[Jennifer] What's going on?
559
00:26:31,166 --> 00:26:32,667
I think he's still out there.
560
00:26:32,667 --> 00:26:34,266
[Nikko] What's wrong
with this guy?
561
00:26:34,266 --> 00:26:37,166
Hey! Can you give us
a break, man?
562
00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:39,400
Seriously.
563
00:26:45,767 --> 00:26:49,133
[narrator] Cathy
and her boyfriend Hauser,
are also home at the time.
564
00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:52,533
He's still
shining a light at us.
565
00:26:54,567 --> 00:26:56,867
You know what?
I've had enough of this.
566
00:26:56,867 --> 00:26:58,667
Like, we shouldn't
have to live like this,
567
00:26:58,667 --> 00:27:00,667
I said,
"We are calling the police."
568
00:27:00,667 --> 00:27:03,634
[dispatcher] 911,
police, fire or ambulance?
569
00:27:11,867 --> 00:27:13,667
We just wanna something
to be done about it
570
00:27:13,734 --> 00:27:16,567
because we were just being
bothered in our own home
571
00:27:16,567 --> 00:27:18,767
for seemingly no reason.
572
00:27:18,767 --> 00:27:23,667
The cops arrive between
9:45 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
573
00:27:23,734 --> 00:27:27,166
[Cathy] We told the police
what had been going on,
574
00:27:27,166 --> 00:27:29,266
with the peeping
in the window,
575
00:27:29,266 --> 00:27:30,767
with the lights.
576
00:27:30,834 --> 00:27:33,767
This guy's been spying
on my sister in her room
for weeks.
577
00:27:33,767 --> 00:27:35,433
Yeah, look,
I even have a video of it.
578
00:27:36,567 --> 00:27:39,233
[Cathy] The police
talked to all five of us,
579
00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:45,166
and we showed him
the video... of Mark.
580
00:27:45,233 --> 00:27:46,967
We gave a description,
581
00:27:47,033 --> 00:27:48,567
we said
it's the guy next door.
582
00:27:49,567 --> 00:27:50,767
You have any weapons here?
583
00:27:51,867 --> 00:27:54,767
No. Of course not.
584
00:27:54,834 --> 00:27:56,967
The police
asked me that night,
585
00:27:57,033 --> 00:27:58,367
"Do you have any
weapons in the house?"
586
00:27:58,367 --> 00:27:59,533
I said, "No."
587
00:28:00,100 --> 00:28:01,767
So, I am assuming
they would ask
588
00:28:01,767 --> 00:28:04,667
the same question
to the Ducketts.
589
00:28:04,667 --> 00:28:09,767
Sir, I need you to stay away
from the family next door
from now on.
590
00:28:09,767 --> 00:28:12,867
I don't understand,
I haven't done anything wrong.
591
00:28:12,934 --> 00:28:14,166
[Oleniuk] Couple of
uniformed officers
592
00:28:14,166 --> 00:28:16,266
went over and spoke
to the Ducketts as well,
593
00:28:16,867 --> 00:28:19,567
and uh, Mark denied,
594
00:28:19,567 --> 00:28:21,266
uh, what had happened.
595
00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:25,367
[officer] Just stay on
your property
from now on, okay?
596
00:28:25,367 --> 00:28:27,066
Harassment charges
will be filed
597
00:28:27,066 --> 00:28:28,367
if we get another complaint.
598
00:28:30,266 --> 00:28:31,500
Yes, sir.
599
00:28:33,066 --> 00:28:35,467
[narrator]
The responding officers
don't question Mark
600
00:28:35,467 --> 00:28:36,967
about having any firearms.
601
00:28:38,567 --> 00:28:40,100
If there's a concern
of violence
602
00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:41,667
you have to check for firearm.
603
00:28:41,667 --> 00:28:44,100
If there's
no overt threat of violence,
604
00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:46,967
it's not necessarily
something that's mandatory.
605
00:28:46,967 --> 00:28:50,367
That was the one opportunity
that police had, I think,
606
00:28:50,367 --> 00:28:52,667
to make a preventative call
607
00:28:52,667 --> 00:28:53,934
and it didn't happen.
608
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:01,734
Aren't you taking him in?
609
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,433
No, we gave him warning.
610
00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:06,467
That's it?
611
00:29:06,467 --> 00:29:08,467
He's been harassing my family.
612
00:29:08,533 --> 00:29:12,333
If anything happens again
just give us a call,
we'll come right back.
613
00:29:13,066 --> 00:29:15,066
-Okay?
-Wow...
614
00:29:16,667 --> 00:29:19,667
[Alex] We just wanted
them to do something.
615
00:29:19,734 --> 00:29:24,133
I didn't really get why
nothing further was done.
616
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:27,934
Come on.
617
00:29:31,767 --> 00:29:33,934
-[crying]
-You stupid idiot.
618
00:29:34,367 --> 00:29:35,734
We're sick of you.
619
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,367
I've had it.
620
00:29:37,433 --> 00:29:38,934
You know
you're a mistake, right.
621
00:29:40,567 --> 00:29:43,166
Calling the police
has major implications,
especially for people
622
00:29:43,166 --> 00:29:44,567
with mental unwellness.
623
00:29:44,634 --> 00:29:45,667
It could end in their death.
624
00:29:45,667 --> 00:29:47,467
It has many times
in this country.
625
00:29:47,467 --> 00:29:49,634
It was never harmless,
not for Mark.
626
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,166
How Mark perceived
the police arriving
627
00:30:02,233 --> 00:30:03,767
triggered him into
628
00:30:03,767 --> 00:30:06,567
such an incredible state
of defensiveness and confusion
629
00:30:06,567 --> 00:30:09,266
that he became
incredibly harmful.
630
00:30:09,266 --> 00:30:10,667
All hell broke loose
that night.
631
00:30:16,166 --> 00:30:17,767
[Ash] Nikko and Jen, Alex,
632
00:30:17,834 --> 00:30:19,367
they're all
sleeping downstairs.
633
00:30:19,433 --> 00:30:21,867
Cathy is upstairs
in her bedroom
with her partner.
634
00:30:21,934 --> 00:30:23,433
The doors are locked.
635
00:30:24,567 --> 00:30:26,367
[narrator]
In the dead of night
636
00:30:26,367 --> 00:30:29,066
Mark approaches
the Sienna residence again.
637
00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:34,533
Not much goes on
until about three hours
after police have left,
638
00:30:35,367 --> 00:30:38,367
when there's a brick
thrown through the window.
639
00:30:38,367 --> 00:30:42,667
I had just fallen asleep
and then I heard this
640
00:30:42,667 --> 00:30:44,567
massive bang,
641
00:30:44,567 --> 00:30:47,266
like the loudest bang
I have ever heard before,
642
00:30:47,266 --> 00:30:49,266
and I was like,
"What is going on?"
643
00:30:49,266 --> 00:30:50,634
[clicks]
644
00:31:00,867 --> 00:31:02,000
What was that?
645
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,166
I don't know.
646
00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:17,567
[Alex] Nikko
goes up the stairs,
647
00:31:17,567 --> 00:31:19,667
and then Jen and I
are right on his tail.
648
00:31:21,567 --> 00:31:23,967
-Move.
-Mark.
649
00:31:24,033 --> 00:31:25,467
It's... It's okay, man.
650
00:31:27,567 --> 00:31:28,667
We don't have to do this.
651
00:31:28,734 --> 00:31:30,767
We can... we can be friends.
652
00:31:30,834 --> 00:31:34,166
We... You know, if you...
Let's calm down.
653
00:31:34,166 --> 00:31:35,567
Please, please don't--
654
00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:43,667
The air smelt like blood.
655
00:31:43,734 --> 00:31:46,467
It smelt like
gun powder and blood,
656
00:31:46,467 --> 00:31:49,100
glass, and it was
just chaotic.
657
00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:50,667
I had never heard
a gunshot before
658
00:31:50,734 --> 00:31:51,767
other than on TV.
659
00:31:51,834 --> 00:31:53,567
What do I do, like,
where do I go?
660
00:31:53,634 --> 00:31:54,834
I have nowhere to go.
661
00:31:55,367 --> 00:31:56,667
Don't--
662
00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:03,266
I am hearing multiple shots
over and over
663
00:32:03,333 --> 00:32:06,166
and now I am, like,
I'm in a full panic.
664
00:32:06,166 --> 00:32:09,166
Oh, my God, that was...
that was gunshots.
665
00:32:09,767 --> 00:32:12,166
It was sheer terror.
666
00:32:12,233 --> 00:32:15,166
So we run down the stairs
and we had a backdoor exit.
667
00:32:15,166 --> 00:32:19,166
[Cathy] And I am whispering
in the phone to 911.
668
00:32:19,166 --> 00:32:20,834
[whispering] Shots fired.
669
00:32:29,300 --> 00:32:30,567
Send help.
670
00:32:30,567 --> 00:32:33,166
I was trying
to use my little voice
671
00:32:33,233 --> 00:32:35,000
and it sounded
so loud in my ear,
672
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,066
like, I thought,
"He's gonna hear.
He's gonna hear."
673
00:32:37,066 --> 00:32:38,533
Like, "I'm next."
674
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,166
[gun cocking]
675
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,266
[gunshot]
676
00:32:54,667 --> 00:32:56,634
[crying] He was shot 12 times.
677
00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:01,066
Nikko didn't have a chance.
678
00:33:02,367 --> 00:33:03,667
He was shot in cold blood
679
00:33:03,734 --> 00:33:05,367
and he was shot repeatedly.
680
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,867
[Alex] We get out.
We run out the doors,
681
00:33:12,867 --> 00:33:14,634
and we go up
the side of the house.
682
00:33:16,266 --> 00:33:18,734
You're okay, you're okay?
Yeah. You're okay?
683
00:33:20,867 --> 00:33:22,367
We have to cross the street.
684
00:33:22,433 --> 00:33:24,266
So I said to Jen,
"We are gonna run out.
685
00:33:24,266 --> 00:33:25,767
We're gonna go
to the neighbor's house."
686
00:33:25,834 --> 00:33:27,567
And I'm in front of Jen,
I kinda put my arm out
687
00:33:27,567 --> 00:33:29,266
and I stop her
and I peek over.
688
00:33:30,767 --> 00:33:34,467
And then I see Mark Duckett
run out of our front door
689
00:33:34,467 --> 00:33:36,767
and I see him
getting into his car
690
00:33:36,834 --> 00:33:38,066
and he drives away.
691
00:33:38,066 --> 00:33:41,066
-[engine starting]
-[wheels screeching]
692
00:33:41,066 --> 00:33:43,934
We go back into the house
and there's glass everywhere.
693
00:33:46,166 --> 00:33:48,033
[both gasping]
694
00:33:48,700 --> 00:33:50,767
[both screaming]
695
00:33:50,834 --> 00:33:53,066
And then
that's when I see Nikko
lying on the floor.
696
00:33:53,066 --> 00:33:55,867
No! Nikko!
[crying] Not my brother!
697
00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:57,834
[Cathy] And then
the next thing I heard was...
698
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,333
"Not my brother!
699
00:34:00,567 --> 00:34:02,066
Mom!
700
00:34:02,133 --> 00:34:04,100
Not my brother!"
701
00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:06,166
And as soon as I heard Alex...
702
00:34:07,467 --> 00:34:09,567
Oh, my God. Go! Go!
703
00:34:10,467 --> 00:34:12,166
I opened the door.
704
00:34:12,166 --> 00:34:14,266
Oh, my God! Nikko!
705
00:34:14,333 --> 00:34:16,166
[crying]
706
00:34:16,233 --> 00:34:19,567
And there was Nikko
laying on the floor face down,
707
00:34:19,634 --> 00:34:21,467
in a pile of blood.
708
00:34:21,467 --> 00:34:24,934
[all crying hysterically]
709
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,967
My brother's been shot.
What do I do?
710
00:34:28,033 --> 00:34:30,567
At some point I had
both Jen's phone
711
00:34:30,567 --> 00:34:32,467
and it was either my phone
and my mom's phone,
712
00:34:32,467 --> 00:34:34,533
but I had two phones
up to my ears.
713
00:34:40,867 --> 00:34:42,567
Okay, everybody listen...
714
00:34:42,634 --> 00:34:43,767
I had the
other people saying,
715
00:34:43,767 --> 00:34:45,567
"Okay, this is--
You need to do CPR."
716
00:34:45,634 --> 00:34:48,266
You have to turn him around
if we have to start CPR, okay?
717
00:34:48,266 --> 00:34:50,233
[Cathy voice-breaking] For CPR
we have to turn him over
718
00:34:50,767 --> 00:34:53,367
and I turned him over and...
719
00:34:53,367 --> 00:34:55,667
he was so heavy it took
720
00:34:55,667 --> 00:34:59,066
me and Jen so hard
to get him to turn over.
721
00:34:59,066 --> 00:35:01,634
Jen was like
out of her mind, distraught.
722
00:35:02,467 --> 00:35:05,467
I was doing
chest compressions.
723
00:35:05,467 --> 00:35:06,867
[Alex] Mouth-to-mouth.
Okay? Try it.
724
00:35:06,934 --> 00:35:07,800
[Cathy] And then
she was, like,
725
00:35:07,867 --> 00:35:09,567
"You have to blow
into his mouth now."
726
00:35:09,567 --> 00:35:10,667
Doing it right now.
727
00:35:11,266 --> 00:35:13,467
-[crying hysterically]
-Nikko!
728
00:35:13,467 --> 00:35:15,166
[Cathy] I was
covered in blood.
729
00:35:15,233 --> 00:35:17,567
And I kept trying
and I tried, and I tried
730
00:35:17,567 --> 00:35:19,233
and I kept trying.
731
00:35:20,300 --> 00:35:24,433
And I was praying to God,
"Don't take my son."
732
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,066
[sirens approaching]
733
00:35:32,300 --> 00:35:34,667
[Cathy] And then
the paramedic showed up.
734
00:35:34,667 --> 00:35:36,066
And they took over.
735
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:40,166
[all crying]
736
00:35:47,767 --> 00:35:49,734
[Cathy] And the ambulance
never moved.
737
00:35:52,767 --> 00:35:54,867
The ambulance never moved.
738
00:35:54,867 --> 00:35:57,233
I knew then my Nikko is gone.
739
00:35:59,100 --> 00:36:00,834
I knew he was gone.
740
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,166
[narrator] Nikko Sienna
741
00:36:09,233 --> 00:36:10,834
is pronounced
dead at the scene.
742
00:36:12,500 --> 00:36:13,867
The gunshots next door
743
00:36:13,867 --> 00:36:15,767
don't awaken
Annette and Paul Duckett,
744
00:36:15,767 --> 00:36:17,767
but their son's text do.
745
00:36:17,834 --> 00:36:21,266
[Ash] He texts his mother
a string of text messages
746
00:36:21,333 --> 00:36:22,867
about how being adopted
747
00:36:22,934 --> 00:36:26,266
has somehow led him
to repeat the failures
748
00:36:26,266 --> 00:36:27,767
of his biological parents
749
00:36:27,834 --> 00:36:29,533
in the... in the actions
he has taken.
750
00:36:31,667 --> 00:36:32,867
Paul.
751
00:36:32,934 --> 00:36:34,100
-Paul, wake up.
-What?
752
00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:36,266
-Something's wrong with Mark.
-What?
753
00:36:36,333 --> 00:36:38,166
[Ash] Then his mother
is texting him back
754
00:36:38,166 --> 00:36:40,767
at the time saying,
"What have you done?"
755
00:36:40,767 --> 00:36:42,967
His parents are aware
something awful has happened.
756
00:36:43,033 --> 00:36:45,767
But clearly not understanding
exactly what has happened,
757
00:36:45,767 --> 00:36:48,667
and the magnitude of...
of the crime that's occurred.
758
00:36:48,667 --> 00:36:50,467
[sirens wailing]
759
00:36:50,533 --> 00:36:52,166
I ran over to the neighbors
760
00:36:52,166 --> 00:36:55,367
and I was going to
rip them apart,
761
00:36:55,367 --> 00:36:57,066
because they did nothing.
762
00:36:57,066 --> 00:36:58,867
This is your fault!
763
00:36:58,934 --> 00:37:01,166
My son is dead!
764
00:37:01,166 --> 00:37:03,567
And the cop grabbed me
at the last second
765
00:37:03,634 --> 00:37:05,634
and I did not care
at that point...
766
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,867
'cause I knew
my son was gone.
767
00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:14,266
[narrator] With both houses
as potential crime scenes,
768
00:37:14,266 --> 00:37:15,667
the Sienna
and the Duckett families
769
00:37:15,667 --> 00:37:17,567
are each brought
to the police station.
770
00:37:17,567 --> 00:37:20,266
We also had the Ducketts
leave their home
771
00:37:20,266 --> 00:37:23,066
because we had to conduct
a search warrant,
772
00:37:23,133 --> 00:37:25,266
and examine
their home as well.
773
00:37:25,266 --> 00:37:27,567
[Alex] They drove us
to the police station
774
00:37:27,634 --> 00:37:30,333
and we were there for
what felt like an eternity.
775
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,266
[Oleniuk] Mark Duckett
drove to the Mountain station,
776
00:37:34,266 --> 00:37:36,367
which is about
15 minutes away.
777
00:37:36,367 --> 00:37:38,066
He then, uh, left the gun
778
00:37:38,133 --> 00:37:40,066
on the front seat of his car,
779
00:37:40,133 --> 00:37:41,667
walked in into
the Mountain Station
780
00:37:41,734 --> 00:37:45,166
and laid down on the ground
in the front, spreadeagled
781
00:37:45,166 --> 00:37:48,100
and surrendered and said,
"I just shot my neighbor
782
00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:49,667
and I am turning myself in."
783
00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:52,867
So the fact that
he acknowledged what he did
784
00:37:52,934 --> 00:37:54,567
was obviously a crime
785
00:37:54,567 --> 00:37:57,367
and necessitated
a response of the police,
786
00:37:57,367 --> 00:38:01,367
he received legal advice
and adhered to that advice,
787
00:38:01,367 --> 00:38:03,266
all made us believe
788
00:38:03,333 --> 00:38:08,000
that he was criminally
responsible for the act
of first-degree murder
789
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,066
and that's why
we arrested him.
790
00:38:10,133 --> 00:38:12,333
[narrator] Mark Duckett
is charged and arraigned.
791
00:38:15,567 --> 00:38:17,867
[Ash] After the charges
are first filed,
792
00:38:17,934 --> 00:38:21,066
that Mark's defense team
decided they're gonna go with
793
00:38:21,133 --> 00:38:24,867
and approach a defense
of not criminally responsible.
794
00:38:24,934 --> 00:38:29,166
We know he was later diagnosed
with paranoid schizophrenia.
795
00:38:29,166 --> 00:38:32,467
[narrator]
With this diagnosis,
the court ultimately finds
796
00:38:32,533 --> 00:38:34,867
Mark not criminally
responsible.
797
00:38:34,867 --> 00:38:37,000
[Alex] Do I think Mark Duckett
had something wrong with him?
798
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,467
Sure.
799
00:38:38,467 --> 00:38:42,266
Do I think that he was having
a schizophrenic episode
800
00:38:42,333 --> 00:38:44,066
the night that
he killed my brother?
801
00:38:44,066 --> 00:38:45,967
Absolutely not.
802
00:38:45,967 --> 00:38:48,266
I whole-heartedly believe
that he retaliated
803
00:38:48,333 --> 00:38:51,166
because we called
the police on him.
804
00:38:51,233 --> 00:38:54,066
[Ash] Mark is currently
at a psychiatric hospital.
805
00:38:54,066 --> 00:38:56,934
It's about an hour and half
away from Hamilton.
806
00:38:58,467 --> 00:39:01,467
[narrator] Annette
and Paul Duckett
still live in their home.
807
00:39:01,533 --> 00:39:03,867
They must now deal
with the consequences
808
00:39:03,934 --> 00:39:05,934
of their son's
brutal violence.
809
00:39:07,667 --> 00:39:10,166
Annette and Paul
remain in contact
810
00:39:10,166 --> 00:39:11,467
and in support of Mark
811
00:39:11,467 --> 00:39:13,467
and in hopes
of his rehabilitation.
812
00:39:13,533 --> 00:39:18,667
Will he get out again?
There is a possibility.
813
00:39:18,667 --> 00:39:19,967
If Mark is ever released
814
00:39:19,967 --> 00:39:21,367
he's coming after my family,
815
00:39:21,367 --> 00:39:23,533
the rest of us.
He's gonna finish the job.
816
00:39:24,166 --> 00:39:25,767
That's my fear.
817
00:39:26,367 --> 00:39:29,767
I'm very, very scared.
818
00:39:29,767 --> 00:39:33,367
[narrator] Cathy Sienna
has filed law suits
against the city, the police,
819
00:39:33,367 --> 00:39:35,567
and the Duckett family.
820
00:39:35,567 --> 00:39:39,066
The justice system has just
failed us on every level.
821
00:39:39,066 --> 00:39:41,266
I am advocating for
822
00:39:41,333 --> 00:39:43,066
stricter gun laws,
823
00:39:43,133 --> 00:39:44,467
more follow up,
824
00:39:44,467 --> 00:39:47,066
more background checks.
825
00:39:47,133 --> 00:39:52,667
A deeper delve into
the psyche of these people
that are getting guns.
826
00:39:52,734 --> 00:39:54,667
[narrator] The community
of West Mountain
827
00:39:54,734 --> 00:39:56,967
is left shattered
by Nikko Sienna's murder.
828
00:39:57,033 --> 00:39:58,567
[Cathy] You know
some people's lives
829
00:39:58,634 --> 00:40:00,066
will never be the same again.
830
00:40:00,500 --> 00:40:02,100
Jen moved out of the city.
831
00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:03,767
Hauser moved out of the city.
832
00:40:03,767 --> 00:40:05,266
[Ash] Hundreds
and hundreds of people
833
00:40:05,266 --> 00:40:07,000
showing up to
memorial services
834
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,467
that were held for Nikko.
835
00:40:08,467 --> 00:40:10,967
You know, people are naming
their children after him now.
836
00:40:11,033 --> 00:40:13,667
They really are wanting
to memorialize the joy
837
00:40:13,667 --> 00:40:15,467
that Nikko brought
into their lives.
838
00:40:16,667 --> 00:40:19,166
[narrator] Cathy sells
her home and moves away.
839
00:40:19,233 --> 00:40:22,000
She and her family have lost
a beloved son and brother,
840
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,867
but are determined
to keep his memory alive.
841
00:40:24,867 --> 00:40:27,100
[Alex] You know
Nikko's spirit, it lives on.
842
00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:29,567
It lives on with us
all the time,
843
00:40:29,634 --> 00:40:32,166
and I try to live life
the fullest like he did.
844
00:40:32,233 --> 00:40:35,133
[Cathy] He was
a beautiful soul, you know?
845
00:40:36,266 --> 00:40:38,533
And I have him right here.
846
00:40:39,567 --> 00:40:42,333
And this is how
I have to remember my son...
847
00:40:42,667 --> 00:40:44,967
in these ashes.
848
00:40:45,033 --> 00:40:47,000
It's devastated
this whole family.
849
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,033
We'll never be the same.
850
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:51,667
Never be the same.
851
00:40:51,667 --> 00:40:53,634
Broken heart forever.
852
00:41:09,667 --> 00:41:12,967
Next time on
Fear Thy Neighbor...
853
00:41:13,033 --> 00:41:14,367
Donna!
Anne!
854
00:41:14,433 --> 00:41:15,467
Great to see you.
855
00:41:15,533 --> 00:41:16,567
There's not a closed door there.
856
00:41:16,567 --> 00:41:17,967
Everyone was always invited.
857
00:41:17,967 --> 00:41:20,767
When Anne moved in,
it was a big change.
858
00:41:20,767 --> 00:41:21,767
She's crazy.
859
00:41:21,767 --> 00:41:23,266
It was a nightmare.
860
00:41:23,333 --> 00:41:25,100
She was out for blood.
861
00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:26,967
What does she have to do
kill somebody?
862
00:41:27,033 --> 00:41:28,166
[gun blast]