1 00:00:01,767 --> 00:00:04,533 [sniffles] Oh. 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,333 Yeah, you can keep that one. 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,233 I don't want to look at that picture. 4 00:00:14,667 --> 00:00:16,800 This picture just shows, 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,500 it's just a cold, 6 00:00:21,367 --> 00:00:22,634 blank... 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,000 stare with almost a smirk on his face. 8 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:30,533 I know this look. I've seen it. 9 00:00:31,767 --> 00:00:33,133 I know it. 10 00:00:34,266 --> 00:00:35,400 There's no emotion here. 11 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:40,233 There's no, it's almost like it's a shell of a person. 12 00:00:41,367 --> 00:00:43,600 This is, this is a very hateful, 13 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:45,433 cruel... 14 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:48,567 human being. 15 00:00:48,567 --> 00:00:51,500 I mean, if he even deserves that title. 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,867 This picture says a million words, and it says it all. 17 00:00:54,867 --> 00:00:57,800 So, no, I don't like to look at that one. 18 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,867 The amount of times I heard, "Oh, he's just a kid. 19 00:01:10,867 --> 00:01:13,433 Oh, that poor child." 20 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:16,100 It makes me sick. 21 00:01:16,100 --> 00:01:17,867 They don't know what the hell they're talking about. 22 00:01:17,867 --> 00:01:19,767 They don't know the story. 23 00:01:19,767 --> 00:01:23,667 They don't know what lies behind him. 24 00:01:23,667 --> 00:01:25,600 They don't know what he did. 25 00:01:27,867 --> 00:01:31,133 That's not a scared kid. It's a [bleep] demon. 26 00:01:37,867 --> 00:01:40,133 [The Paper Chase's "What's So Amazing About Grace?" plays] 27 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,433 [strings continue playing sinister tune] 28 00:01:44,767 --> 00:01:46,834 [static crackling] 29 00:01:47,967 --> 00:01:50,634 -[knock at door] -[creaking] 30 00:01:53,567 --> 00:01:55,700 -[banging on door] -[creaking] 31 00:01:57,166 --> 00:01:59,400 -[banging on door] -[creaking] 32 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:02,600 [water dripping] 33 00:02:02,900 --> 00:02:04,600 -[banging on door] -[creaking] 34 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:07,700 [sinister chord strikes] 35 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,433 This is a picture of Nita and Chance. 36 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:24,634 He was probably almost two years old in this picture. 37 00:02:26,667 --> 00:02:30,667 And you see how happy she was as a mom. 38 00:02:30,667 --> 00:02:34,266 And these were the good times when, you know, 39 00:02:34,266 --> 00:02:38,166 Chance was the love of her life, and her whole world just 40 00:02:38,166 --> 00:02:39,834 revolved around him. 41 00:02:39,900 --> 00:02:41,266 Nita was so young. 42 00:02:41,266 --> 00:02:44,066 She was 17 years old when she got pregnant with Chance. 43 00:02:44,066 --> 00:02:47,600 She was 18 when she gave birth to him. 44 00:02:48,967 --> 00:02:51,300 Chance did not get his name by mistake. 45 00:02:52,567 --> 00:02:55,567 You know, she was dealing with trauma from her past, 46 00:02:55,567 --> 00:02:58,100 trauma from our childhood, 47 00:02:58,100 --> 00:03:03,133 and she named him that because she said that 48 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,100 he was her second chance at life, and that she was gonna do 49 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:10,900 this right, because it meant something to her. 50 00:03:11,967 --> 00:03:15,400 But now looking back I don't think he deserves his name. 51 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,300 [sinister tone strikes] 52 00:03:32,166 --> 00:03:38,333 Nita battled demons for years due to the trauma of being 53 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:43,000 trafficked, of being abused. It was an ongoing, 54 00:03:44,367 --> 00:03:45,500 daily struggle. 55 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:51,767 During that time period, Nita was working and trying to 56 00:03:51,767 --> 00:03:52,867 better her life. 57 00:03:52,867 --> 00:03:55,767 As soon as she would start to pick herself back up, 58 00:03:55,767 --> 00:03:57,700 something would knock her back down. 59 00:03:59,467 --> 00:04:02,433 Chance was about two years old when Nita first 60 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:05,567 lost custody of him. She was not OK. 61 00:04:05,567 --> 00:04:07,300 She was devastated. 62 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,967 At that point, our mother and stepfather 63 00:04:11,967 --> 00:04:16,500 actually did end up with temporary custody of him. 64 00:04:17,900 --> 00:04:19,767 Nita used to always ask me, "Is he OK? 65 00:04:19,767 --> 00:04:21,533 "Promise me you'll take care of him. 66 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,133 Promise me you'll look out for him." 67 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,033 I mean, it was almost like a desperation for her. 68 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:30,934 And so I promised her that I was... 69 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,200 [breath catching] 70 00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:37,300 I promised her I'd always look out for him. 71 00:04:46,166 --> 00:04:48,800 [ominous tone playing] 72 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,266 I think the effect on Chance, living with my mother 73 00:05:02,266 --> 00:05:06,600 and my stepfather, was probably very significant. 74 00:05:07,967 --> 00:05:11,467 Nita saw chance every opportunity she could. 75 00:05:11,467 --> 00:05:14,300 She would call and want to see him and... 76 00:05:15,100 --> 00:05:16,767 "Oh we're out of town this week, you can't come," 77 00:05:16,767 --> 00:05:19,367 or, "We're busy this weekend, you can't come." 78 00:05:19,367 --> 00:05:23,133 And so I'm sure Chance felt that repercussion. 79 00:05:24,166 --> 00:05:26,367 Maybe he thought his mother abandoned him. 80 00:05:26,367 --> 00:05:29,000 I would have to explain to him, "It's not that your mom doesn't 81 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,233 "want to see you. 82 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:31,667 There's things going on." 83 00:05:31,667 --> 00:05:34,233 Luckily, I only lived like, two streets 84 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:39,367 over, and so I would go see him every day, you know. 85 00:05:39,367 --> 00:05:41,266 We used to do a lot together. 86 00:05:41,266 --> 00:05:45,367 We went, you know, to the movies, four-wheeling. 87 00:05:45,367 --> 00:05:48,467 We were just always together, and I could never fill the void 88 00:05:48,467 --> 00:05:52,800 of his mother, but the least I could do was at least be there. 89 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:02,934 So we had this family dog that grew up with Chance. 90 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,133 He would pet her and, you know, spend time with her 91 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,066 and she slept with him a lot when he was living there. 92 00:06:09,066 --> 00:06:12,233 She got old and she passed away. 93 00:06:12,300 --> 00:06:15,667 Chance was around nine at the time. 94 00:06:15,667 --> 00:06:18,333 I'm thinking, how do I say this to him? 95 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:19,333 How do I let it... 96 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:23,266 ...play out so that way, he'll understand, 97 00:06:23,266 --> 00:06:26,367 and let him know it's OK to cry. 98 00:06:26,367 --> 00:06:28,000 Have a seat, bud. 99 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,767 [Betty] So we sat him down, and I told him, you know, that she had 100 00:06:33,767 --> 00:06:38,667 passed away and it was strange because it was just like 101 00:06:38,667 --> 00:06:42,600 a blank, a blank stare. Just... 102 00:06:44,266 --> 00:06:45,500 ...nothing. 103 00:06:47,867 --> 00:06:50,400 I expected him to ask questions, 104 00:06:52,166 --> 00:06:54,867 "What happened?" or, "Where is she?" 105 00:06:54,867 --> 00:06:58,600 You know, I expected something. He didn't really care. 106 00:06:59,300 --> 00:07:01,533 Anything you want to ask me? 107 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,734 [Betty] And I think it's something that kind of took me by surprise. 108 00:07:06,700 --> 00:07:10,567 In that time, I thought, OK, well, maybe this is how 109 00:07:10,567 --> 00:07:11,634 he's going to deal with it. 110 00:07:11,634 --> 00:07:14,634 He's just going to put it in the back of his head, 111 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:16,133 and he'll deal with it on his own. 112 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,367 I look back and I'm like, what Chance did 113 00:07:21,367 --> 00:07:23,734 was just not normal. 114 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,600 It's a lack of emotion, a lack of empathy. 115 00:07:28,467 --> 00:07:31,033 And we saw that 116 00:07:31,100 --> 00:07:34,300 as Chance was growing up. We just didn't, 117 00:07:36,100 --> 00:07:39,166 we didn't think anything of it then. 118 00:07:39,166 --> 00:07:43,400 And now looking back, it was definitely a pattern. 119 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,233 [ominous tone] 120 00:07:54,300 --> 00:07:56,567 I always rooted to see them together. 121 00:07:56,567 --> 00:07:58,467 I always wanted to see them together. 122 00:07:58,467 --> 00:08:01,000 So, I mean, I was happy. 123 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:05,667 And at that point, she was in the early stages of pregnancy 124 00:08:05,667 --> 00:08:07,266 with her second son. 125 00:08:07,266 --> 00:08:12,233 And so, you know, she was excited that she would 126 00:08:12,300 --> 00:08:15,934 have both of her boys, and she would get to raise 127 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,300 them together. 128 00:08:18,166 --> 00:08:20,934 He was excited to show the books, and told me how 129 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,300 he was gonna read to the baby. 130 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,600 He was really excited to be a big brother. 131 00:08:26,700 --> 00:08:29,700 That was the most excited I'd ever seen him. 132 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:32,033 And of course, 133 00:08:32,567 --> 00:08:36,567 we were all excited, you know, to welcome this new 134 00:08:36,567 --> 00:08:38,300 little boy into the world. 135 00:08:42,567 --> 00:08:44,400 [ominous tone] 136 00:08:51,900 --> 00:08:56,100 I do know there was allegations of drug abuse, 137 00:08:56,100 --> 00:08:58,900 and so they stepped in, 138 00:09:00,166 --> 00:09:01,667 and they took the baby. 139 00:09:01,667 --> 00:09:05,867 Based on the allegations, very false allegations, 140 00:09:05,867 --> 00:09:09,567 they took him. But Nita still had Chance. 141 00:09:09,567 --> 00:09:12,333 They left Chance in place. 142 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,634 And Nita immediately hired an attorney, 143 00:09:15,700 --> 00:09:18,200 and she prepared for a fight. 144 00:09:22,767 --> 00:09:25,467 And I remember being in court. 145 00:09:25,467 --> 00:09:29,533 And one of the caseworkers had said to her, the best thing 146 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,967 you can do is just let them adopt this baby. 147 00:09:32,967 --> 00:09:35,767 Because if we have to keep coming to court, have to keep 148 00:09:35,767 --> 00:09:39,166 doing this, we're gonna come get your oldest, 149 00:09:39,166 --> 00:09:41,066 meaning Chance. 150 00:09:41,066 --> 00:09:43,700 You are in no condition to raise a newborn. 151 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:46,333 [Betty] I remember 152 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:49,700 seeing her, she slammed her hands down. 153 00:09:50,667 --> 00:09:53,400 These are false charges. 154 00:09:54,900 --> 00:09:56,133 Nita. 155 00:09:57,467 --> 00:09:59,400 She said, "How do I do this?" 156 00:10:01,066 --> 00:10:03,233 She was so devastated. 157 00:10:04,166 --> 00:10:05,533 I can't do this! 158 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:06,800 She was just crying. 159 00:10:08,166 --> 00:10:10,000 And I remember her taking that pen 160 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,100 [deep breath] 161 00:10:13,367 --> 00:10:15,400 and signing that paper and walking away. 162 00:10:17,266 --> 00:10:20,634 Signing those papers really broke Nita. 163 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:23,500 The papers were soaked in tears 164 00:10:25,066 --> 00:10:28,300 because she had just been told, "If you keep fighting, 165 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:30,600 we're going to take them both." 166 00:10:31,767 --> 00:10:34,166 She felt like she didn't have any choice. 167 00:10:34,166 --> 00:10:35,734 [sniffling] 168 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,133 I think... 169 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,033 ...she felt defeated, 170 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,567 and she felt that that's what she had to do to 171 00:10:44,567 --> 00:10:45,800 protect Chance. 172 00:10:54,467 --> 00:10:56,000 [sinister chord strikes] 173 00:10:57,100 --> 00:10:59,767 When Chance found out what happened, I know Chance 174 00:10:59,767 --> 00:11:02,400 was devastated, completely heartbroken. 175 00:11:03,667 --> 00:11:05,000 I'm sorry, honey. 176 00:11:06,266 --> 00:11:08,300 They're taking the baby away. 177 00:11:09,767 --> 00:11:13,000 [Betty] I think that's the most emotion, looking back, 178 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,333 that I had ever seen out of Chance. 179 00:11:16,700 --> 00:11:19,500 And I think it was the first time I ever saw him cry. 180 00:11:20,266 --> 00:11:24,100 Um, and I mean really cry, 181 00:11:25,100 --> 00:11:26,433 was with that baby. 182 00:11:29,367 --> 00:11:32,667 Chance knew that Nita had to make a choice that day. 183 00:11:32,667 --> 00:11:36,200 That's when you would see the flares of anger. 184 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,100 How could you let this happen?! 185 00:11:39,100 --> 00:11:42,667 It didn't take long for Chance to start throwing it in 186 00:11:42,667 --> 00:11:45,467 her face and telling her how she should have fought 187 00:11:45,467 --> 00:11:49,734 for the baby. He used it as almost a weapon. 188 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,867 That was his weapon against her. 189 00:11:52,867 --> 00:11:56,100 was saying, you know, "You lost, you lost my brother." 190 00:11:57,266 --> 00:11:59,900 And he knew. He knew what to say to hurt her. 191 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,867 Chance, the kid I used to know 192 00:12:09,867 --> 00:12:14,500 versus the kid that he became was so 193 00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:16,567 dramatically different. 194 00:12:16,567 --> 00:12:18,900 It's like something had switched in him. 195 00:12:20,166 --> 00:12:23,367 So one day, when I went to see them and when I got there, 196 00:12:23,367 --> 00:12:24,567 Nita was upset. 197 00:12:24,567 --> 00:12:25,967 What's going on? 198 00:12:25,967 --> 00:12:27,934 [Betty] She told me that that Chance had gotten 199 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,367 in trouble at school. 200 00:12:29,367 --> 00:12:31,967 "Chance told me that he stabbed somebody in the neck 201 00:12:31,967 --> 00:12:35,600 with a pencil." And I was like, "What?" 202 00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:37,233 Oh my god. 203 00:12:38,767 --> 00:12:43,266 And I asked her, you know, well, "Is he suspended? 204 00:12:43,266 --> 00:12:44,934 "Were the cops called? 205 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,900 Was this person seriously injured?" 206 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,634 I'm asking these questions. 207 00:12:49,700 --> 00:12:52,600 And even she was like, "No, the cops weren't called." 208 00:12:53,567 --> 00:12:54,634 And I mean, think about it. 209 00:12:54,634 --> 00:12:57,467 If somebody is stabbed in the neck with a pencil, 210 00:12:57,467 --> 00:12:59,500 there's absolutely gonna be cops called. 211 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,000 At this point, we came to the conclusion 212 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,500 this didn't really happen. 213 00:13:06,367 --> 00:13:09,867 But the most concerning part was that he had come up with 214 00:13:09,867 --> 00:13:13,467 this story, and in coming up with the story it means he was 215 00:13:13,467 --> 00:13:15,900 fantasizing about hurting somebody. 216 00:13:19,266 --> 00:13:20,700 I learned, you know, 217 00:13:21,266 --> 00:13:25,233 from his friends that he's saying he beat somebody 218 00:13:25,300 --> 00:13:28,867 with the butt of a gun, or he was in these, you know, 219 00:13:28,867 --> 00:13:32,100 altercations that never happened. 220 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:36,266 So he was most was definitely having fantasies of 221 00:13:36,266 --> 00:13:38,300 death and destruction. 222 00:13:48,767 --> 00:13:50,934 When I stopped by Nita's to check in, 223 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,166 they were in an argument. 224 00:13:52,166 --> 00:13:54,533 You can't treat people like that, Chance. 225 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,433 [Betty] She was upset with him because he was 226 00:13:56,500 --> 00:13:58,533 getting in trouble at school. 227 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,166 He was being disrespectful to teachers. 228 00:14:00,166 --> 00:14:03,667 I can't remember exactly what it was, but Nita, for the first 229 00:14:03,667 --> 00:14:07,033 time that I know of, finally stood her ground 230 00:14:07,100 --> 00:14:08,266 and actually grounded him. 231 00:14:08,266 --> 00:14:11,767 No video games, no internet, you're cut off. 232 00:14:11,767 --> 00:14:14,333 He started getting, like, really just disrespectful, 233 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:18,567 and Chance had a habit of yelling. -Do you think I respect you?! 234 00:14:18,567 --> 00:14:21,634 He said something like, "I don't give a [bleep] what you say." 235 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:22,867 She told him, she said, 236 00:14:22,867 --> 00:14:24,367 "You're not going to talk to me that way." 237 00:14:24,367 --> 00:14:25,767 -I hate you. -No! 238 00:14:25,767 --> 00:14:27,767 You cannot talk to your mother like that! 239 00:14:27,767 --> 00:14:29,934 Then he said, "You know, you're the reason that 240 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,500 I don't even have my brother." 241 00:14:35,667 --> 00:14:39,500 Chance was looking at her with, like, this cold, angry... 242 00:14:40,467 --> 00:14:41,700 ...stare. 243 00:14:44,767 --> 00:14:46,166 No emotion behind it. 244 00:14:46,166 --> 00:14:48,600 It was almost as if it was a warning. 245 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:53,266 She kind of looked back at him, and I remember 246 00:14:53,266 --> 00:14:54,700 her walking backwards. 247 00:14:55,967 --> 00:15:00,533 It was like he had this switch that he could just turn. 248 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:05,100 And I mean, just the look and the smirk, it's almost like 249 00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:08,600 he was so almost cocky, confident. 250 00:15:11,900 --> 00:15:14,433 In that moment, I was a little stunned. 251 00:15:15,867 --> 00:15:17,834 It was kind of shocking. 252 00:15:17,900 --> 00:15:20,900 I think that was one of those moments I went, 253 00:15:21,867 --> 00:15:23,133 "Is Nita safe with Chance?" 254 00:15:39,867 --> 00:15:42,533 [Betty] Around this time, Nita had began a relationship with 255 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,734 a great man who treated her right. 256 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:48,667 You know, Nita was really in love. 257 00:15:48,667 --> 00:15:52,767 He was just one of those men that, if I could handpick 258 00:15:52,767 --> 00:15:54,500 somebody, it would have been him. 259 00:15:56,467 --> 00:16:01,433 Nita was actually living with her boyfriend at the time. 260 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:03,867 When you see your sister go through so many bad 261 00:16:03,867 --> 00:16:07,600 relationships, and then you see this glow in her, 262 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:12,567 I think at that point, 263 00:16:12,567 --> 00:16:16,100 Nita had, um, [sniffles] 264 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:20,133 for once, found...her happiness. 265 00:16:21,667 --> 00:16:23,000 And she deserved that. 266 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,800 Everything just kind of 267 00:16:28,567 --> 00:16:32,000 changed the night that Nita called me. 268 00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:40,533 When I got there, she was a complete wreck. 269 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:42,767 She told me that the night before, her and Chance had 270 00:16:42,767 --> 00:16:44,000 gotten into an argument in the driveway. 271 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,266 I can't believe you! 272 00:16:45,266 --> 00:16:47,367 -I told you I was going to dinner with my friend -- -You lied! 273 00:16:47,367 --> 00:16:49,000 [Betty] And Chance was in her face 274 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 and was screaming at her, 275 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,233 and I think had pushed her. 276 00:16:53,300 --> 00:16:54,367 I hate you! 277 00:16:54,367 --> 00:16:58,567 Her boyfriend got in between them and told Chance, 278 00:16:58,567 --> 00:16:59,867 you know, you're not gonna disrespect 279 00:16:59,867 --> 00:17:01,500 your mother that way. 280 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:07,300 And Chance punched her boyfriend in the face. 281 00:17:10,367 --> 00:17:12,734 What?! What?! 282 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,333 [Betty] At this point, she's crying. 283 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,567 And he is, like, pumped and hopping around 284 00:17:18,567 --> 00:17:20,467 and just screaming. 285 00:17:20,467 --> 00:17:22,233 What are you gonna do about it, huh?! 286 00:17:22,300 --> 00:17:26,767 He had been enraged and out of control and cussing before, 287 00:17:26,767 --> 00:17:28,934 but this is the first time that he had actually 288 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,467 assaulted someone. 289 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:35,800 It just kind of goes to show just how out of control he was, 290 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:41,233 and how almost fearless he was. 291 00:17:42,367 --> 00:17:46,867 And then, you know, he was scared that the cops 292 00:17:46,867 --> 00:17:49,800 were going to show up, and so Chance took off. 293 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:57,667 I think as 294 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,934 a mother, I think it was just easier for her to think that 295 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,767 he was going through a phase, than to realize that he was 296 00:18:04,767 --> 00:18:06,600 actually becoming dangerous. 297 00:18:07,767 --> 00:18:11,233 She blamed herself a lot for how he was acting, 298 00:18:12,767 --> 00:18:16,600 but she also believed that with enough 299 00:18:17,867 --> 00:18:19,867 encouragement, he could straighten out, 300 00:18:19,867 --> 00:18:21,500 is how she put it. 301 00:18:22,300 --> 00:18:24,834 I mean, we're sitting here today, so things definitely 302 00:18:24,900 --> 00:18:26,300 didn't get better. 303 00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:37,033 With Chance being willing to actually hit somebody like 304 00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:38,967 Nita's boyfriend, 305 00:18:38,967 --> 00:18:43,467 it tells me that he had no fear of anybody. 306 00:18:43,467 --> 00:18:46,567 We knew that he was being a bad kid, 307 00:18:46,567 --> 00:18:49,467 but things were escalating. 308 00:18:49,467 --> 00:18:52,400 By the time we put it all together, it was just too late. 309 00:18:55,367 --> 00:18:59,266 When Chance ran away that night, we tracked his phone. 310 00:18:59,266 --> 00:19:02,667 We called all the friends that we knew of, and we eventually 311 00:19:02,667 --> 00:19:05,266 found out that Chance was at a friend's house. 312 00:19:05,266 --> 00:19:10,000 So I get him in the car, and Chance is like, he's quiet, 313 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,166 but the way he's just staring with his arms crossed, 314 00:19:14,166 --> 00:19:15,734 he wasn't happy. 315 00:19:16,867 --> 00:19:20,367 We stopped at the gas station to fill up and get some snacks. 316 00:19:20,367 --> 00:19:23,433 While we're at the gas station, Nita's boyfriend called her. 317 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:25,834 Hello? 318 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:28,300 Yeah, we found him. 319 00:19:29,367 --> 00:19:32,567 [Betty] So when Chance realizes who's on the phone, 320 00:19:32,567 --> 00:19:35,266 it's like he switched. 321 00:19:35,266 --> 00:19:37,567 You hear me?! I'm gonna kick your ass! 322 00:19:37,567 --> 00:19:39,033 If I find you, I'll kill you! 323 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,967 [Betty] He said, "I'll give you another effing black eye!" 324 00:19:41,967 --> 00:19:45,367 And so like, he was making threats to the boyfriend 325 00:19:45,367 --> 00:19:47,867 on the phone, and I mean, he was just really just kind of 326 00:19:47,867 --> 00:19:51,567 out of control, and in Nita's face and screaming. 327 00:19:51,567 --> 00:19:52,900 You hear me?! 328 00:19:53,667 --> 00:19:56,667 You hear me?! I'm gonna kick your ass! 329 00:19:56,667 --> 00:19:59,233 I'll find you! If I find you, I'll kill you! 330 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:01,867 Nita was crying and she was asking him you know, "Why would 331 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:04,133 you do this? I was worried about you." 332 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:05,967 And Chance was just, like, so angry. 333 00:20:05,967 --> 00:20:07,266 And he was screaming at her. 334 00:20:07,266 --> 00:20:11,033 He was in her face, telling her, "Why can't you let 335 00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:12,000 me live my [bleep] life?" 336 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,500 You're the worst mother ever! 337 00:20:15,266 --> 00:20:17,634 I mean, just right in her face. 338 00:20:17,700 --> 00:20:22,834 I mean, you're talking forehead to forehead, screaming at her. 339 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:23,800 He kind of pushes her. 340 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,700 And I grabbed him, and I pulled him back. 341 00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:35,467 I was honestly kind of in shock and disbelief on how 342 00:20:35,467 --> 00:20:41,200 he was reacting. And I remember telling him, 343 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,867 "You can't be disrespectful to your mom like that. 344 00:20:44,867 --> 00:20:48,834 This is not OK. She's doing everything she can." 345 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:52,433 Everything she does is for you! 346 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:53,667 And Nita's crying, 347 00:20:53,667 --> 00:20:57,100 and that's when she told me, Chance just doesn't want me 348 00:20:57,100 --> 00:20:58,567 with him. 349 00:20:58,900 --> 00:21:02,934 He didn't care about her and her happiness, or how she felt. 350 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,600 I think he felt like he had won. 351 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,266 And that's the first time I ever saw him be physical 352 00:21:10,266 --> 00:21:11,734 with his mother. 353 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,567 And there was something more going on. 354 00:21:14,567 --> 00:21:17,867 I just didn't want to push too hard. 355 00:21:17,867 --> 00:21:21,600 And now I look back, and I wish I would have. 356 00:21:27,367 --> 00:21:30,600 Chance doesn't want to go back to the boyfriend's house. 357 00:21:31,567 --> 00:21:34,200 Nita's not going to leave her son. 358 00:21:35,266 --> 00:21:39,800 And so I took them to a hotel, and I paid for it. 359 00:21:43,100 --> 00:21:45,433 She did what she always does. 360 00:21:46,667 --> 00:21:48,800 She kissed me on the forehead. 361 00:21:53,266 --> 00:21:55,600 She said, "I love you. I'll call you tomorrow." 362 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,233 And I drove off, and um... [voice breaking] 363 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,333 I remember seeing her, driving off, 364 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:19,667 and I look in my rear mirror, and she turned her head. 365 00:22:19,667 --> 00:22:21,500 And she looked back... [voice breaking] 366 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,967 it's almost like, we made eye contact 367 00:22:27,967 --> 00:22:29,600 in the mirror. 368 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,500 I think that moment is heavier now 369 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,033 because it was the last time I ever saw her. 370 00:22:40,166 --> 00:22:42,233 [sniffling] And I left him with her. 371 00:22:43,867 --> 00:22:46,867 And I knew things weren't good. 372 00:22:46,867 --> 00:22:50,533 I knew he was progressively getting worse. 373 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,567 I knew he was dangerous, I knew it. 374 00:22:52,567 --> 00:22:54,900 And I live with that, 375 00:22:57,066 --> 00:22:58,300 that I left him there. 376 00:22:59,767 --> 00:23:01,233 I could have changed, 377 00:23:02,367 --> 00:23:05,567 I could have changed the story that night. 378 00:23:05,567 --> 00:23:07,000 And I didn't. 379 00:23:08,266 --> 00:23:10,300 It's not my fault, what he did, 380 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,533 but I always wonder, if I had made 381 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,834 a different decision that night, 382 00:23:16,900 --> 00:23:20,200 if I had taken him back with me, 383 00:23:25,266 --> 00:23:28,333 just anything, anything, if I would have done anything 384 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,700 different, could it have prevented this? 385 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,667 It's like the last picture, I believe, 386 00:23:48,667 --> 00:23:50,300 of them two together. 387 00:23:51,467 --> 00:23:54,000 Even though there were issues going on in the home, 388 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,266 you clearly see how much she still loved him. 389 00:23:58,266 --> 00:24:01,734 And it's written all over her face. 390 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,834 But if you look at him, he's smiling, but it's not like 391 00:24:05,900 --> 00:24:07,133 a real smile. 392 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,500 Just knowing 393 00:24:11,066 --> 00:24:13,266 that this was one of the last pictures of them two together 394 00:24:13,266 --> 00:24:17,000 and knowing what followed it, it's tough. 395 00:24:30,100 --> 00:24:32,333 She wanted to have this baby. 396 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:36,567 She was genuinely excited to have this baby. 397 00:24:36,567 --> 00:24:39,967 But Nita definitely knew that Chance was possessive of her. 398 00:24:39,967 --> 00:24:45,367 And she knew that this could kind of complicate things. 399 00:24:45,367 --> 00:24:51,266 She did tell me that she had told him, that he wasn't happy. 400 00:24:51,266 --> 00:24:54,333 And there was a big, like, explosive argument. 401 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:55,867 [indistinct yelling] 402 00:24:55,867 --> 00:24:59,266 [Betty] He says that he didn't want any other siblings, 403 00:24:59,266 --> 00:25:00,934 and that he would, um... 404 00:25:02,266 --> 00:25:04,433 ...I think the words were... 405 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,533 "beat the [bleep] out of the baby." 406 00:25:09,867 --> 00:25:12,567 He had threatened her that he was going to kill 407 00:25:12,567 --> 00:25:13,634 her and the baby. 408 00:25:13,634 --> 00:25:18,166 And so, he had pretty evil intentions to hurt this 409 00:25:18,166 --> 00:25:19,533 unborn child. 410 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,667 That's most definitely the worst thing I'd ever heard 411 00:25:22,667 --> 00:25:25,033 him say up until that point. 412 00:25:27,066 --> 00:25:30,734 She openly expressed that she was genuinely scared 413 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,734 of Chance, and she was scared for her safety. 414 00:25:35,767 --> 00:25:39,000 I wish I would have put it all together sooner. 415 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,767 You know, I didn't realize, I guess, the escalation, 416 00:25:42,767 --> 00:25:46,934 and how things were, um, building. 417 00:25:51,266 --> 00:25:53,700 [ominous tone] 418 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:05,033 It was Sunday morning, and there's this knocking 419 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:06,200 on our door. 420 00:26:07,166 --> 00:26:08,767 And there was, uh. 421 00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:11,033 two cops standing there. 422 00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:15,467 And the one said, "I'm sorry, 423 00:26:15,467 --> 00:26:17,634 [voice breaking] your sister's been murdered." 424 00:26:25,767 --> 00:26:29,133 And I don't think at that time, I even had kind of a reaction. 425 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,667 I think I just kind of stared at him, because these words 426 00:26:32,667 --> 00:26:36,467 that are coming out of his mouth just are not making 427 00:26:36,467 --> 00:26:37,834 any sense at all. 428 00:26:40,166 --> 00:26:44,467 I think my knees got weak. I'm still kind of 429 00:26:44,467 --> 00:26:47,567 in and out of it. He starts asking me questions. 430 00:26:47,567 --> 00:26:50,000 "Who would want to do this to her?" 431 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,133 And, "When was the last time you saw your nephew?" 432 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:59,333 And, "Have you heard from him in the last couple of days?" 433 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,000 And then I remember him saying, you know, 434 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,800 "Would her son do this?" 435 00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:09,433 Then everything just kind of started slamming together on 436 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:11,667 me, you know, all the warning signs 437 00:27:11,667 --> 00:27:14,767 and all the red flags, the violence, the threats, 438 00:27:14,767 --> 00:27:18,233 the manipulation, the lack of empathy, all of it's just 439 00:27:18,300 --> 00:27:20,000 coming together at one time. 440 00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:24,767 Who's the person that can get that close to her? 441 00:27:24,767 --> 00:27:27,600 Who's the one person that she wouldn't hurt? 442 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,000 It was him. 443 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,900 It was -- it was Chance. 444 00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:47,867 And the detective called. 445 00:27:47,867 --> 00:27:51,033 [phone ringing] 446 00:27:51,100 --> 00:27:52,133 He said, 447 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,367 "Hey Betty, we found him." 448 00:27:55,367 --> 00:27:58,834 And he asked me, "Are you sitting down?" 449 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,033 And he said, 450 00:28:03,867 --> 00:28:07,033 "Chance confessed to the murder of your sister." 451 00:28:11,066 --> 00:28:13,200 And I said, "Oh God, OK." 452 00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:20,367 Um, and he said, "Do you want to know how?" 453 00:28:20,367 --> 00:28:22,734 And I said, "I need to know. I need to know. 454 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:23,934 I need to know what happened." 455 00:28:23,934 --> 00:28:28,100 And he said, "An autopsy is going to have to be done, 456 00:28:28,100 --> 00:28:29,800 "but we believe that 457 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:32,500 your sister was stabbed to death." 458 00:28:36,567 --> 00:28:37,800 I said, "OK." 459 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:40,300 And he said, "Are you OK?" 460 00:28:44,667 --> 00:28:46,800 I remember saying something like, 461 00:28:48,166 --> 00:28:49,533 "I'll never be OK." 462 00:28:54,066 --> 00:28:55,734 I knew that night 463 00:28:57,467 --> 00:28:58,834 we didn't just lose Nita. 464 00:29:00,767 --> 00:29:02,800 We didn't just lose the baby. 465 00:29:03,667 --> 00:29:05,133 We lost Chance. 466 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:09,133 We lost three people that day in one act. 467 00:29:10,667 --> 00:29:13,734 Three lives were, were gone. 468 00:29:15,066 --> 00:29:17,533 there was no relief and there was no peace in that. 469 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,700 The murderer is caught, and he's my nephew. 470 00:29:44,467 --> 00:29:45,700 [clears throat] 471 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,400 So that is, um... 472 00:29:51,667 --> 00:29:52,900 ...that's her autopsy, 473 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,200 and I don't want to see that. 474 00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:01,100 [emotional instrumental music] 475 00:30:05,166 --> 00:30:06,533 What he did to her, 476 00:30:07,467 --> 00:30:12,200 it's ten times worse than what you could ever imagine. 477 00:30:15,100 --> 00:30:16,834 After eight years you think you're ready 478 00:30:17,667 --> 00:30:20,367 to finally see it, and I wasn't. 479 00:30:20,367 --> 00:30:23,600 I don't think I'll ever be at that place. 480 00:30:24,700 --> 00:30:30,367 That drawing bothers me because it's depicting every injury, 481 00:30:30,367 --> 00:30:31,800 every stab wound. 482 00:30:33,467 --> 00:30:36,533 Nita had actually been stabbed 57 times. 483 00:30:41,867 --> 00:30:45,767 Think about that. Count 57 times. 484 00:30:45,767 --> 00:30:49,266 Count raising and lowering your hand 57 times. 485 00:30:49,266 --> 00:30:53,767 That's 56 times that you could have stopped. 486 00:30:53,767 --> 00:30:58,900 That's 56 times you consciously made a decision to keep going, 487 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,667 over, and over, 488 00:31:02,667 --> 00:31:06,000 just relentlessly, no mercy. 489 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:12,266 He had intentions of inflicting as much pain on 490 00:31:12,266 --> 00:31:13,700 her as he could. 491 00:31:14,567 --> 00:31:17,000 It's really hard to imagine 492 00:31:19,066 --> 00:31:21,333 what she went through in those final moments. 493 00:31:22,367 --> 00:31:24,834 The pain 494 00:31:24,900 --> 00:31:28,166 that she felt, and I don't mean that physically, I don't mean 495 00:31:28,166 --> 00:31:29,266 physical pain. 496 00:31:29,266 --> 00:31:33,266 I think the pain that she went through emotionally... 497 00:31:33,266 --> 00:31:36,367 The last face she saw was the person she loved the most 498 00:31:36,367 --> 00:31:37,367 in the world. 499 00:31:41,467 --> 00:31:44,133 There's not a single day I don't think about it. 500 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,266 And I will -- 501 00:31:46,266 --> 00:31:48,400 I will probably think about it for the rest of my life. 502 00:31:58,767 --> 00:32:00,300 [indistinct whispering] 503 00:32:10,100 --> 00:32:12,667 So that video was taken by 504 00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:15,433 a store surveillance camera. 505 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:23,133 It was probably taken 20 or 30 minutes before he killed her. 506 00:32:25,300 --> 00:32:27,600 It's really eerie knowing 507 00:32:30,567 --> 00:32:34,333 that was the last hour of her life. 508 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:38,600 The moment that he kind of dances and spins around, 509 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,533 I don't know why that part bothers me so much. 510 00:32:45,066 --> 00:32:49,333 Maybe for me, because I know what comes next. 511 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,934 He's just acting like nothing's wrong, but I believe he knew. 512 00:32:54,867 --> 00:32:56,834 I don't think this was a provoked attack. 513 00:32:56,900 --> 00:32:58,800 I don't even believe they had an argument. 514 00:33:00,066 --> 00:33:03,767 I actually believe this was meticulously planned out. 515 00:33:03,767 --> 00:33:06,367 I believe he knew what he was going to do. 516 00:33:06,367 --> 00:33:08,300 His plan was to 517 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:13,433 get home, get it done, take her money, take her car, 518 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:16,767 and go pick up his friends and go party. 519 00:33:16,767 --> 00:33:18,133 That was his plan. 520 00:33:26,467 --> 00:33:29,166 [Betty] They had gotten home, and she was putting 521 00:33:29,166 --> 00:33:30,166 up groceries. 522 00:33:30,166 --> 00:33:33,934 He went and changed clothes, got the knife from 523 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,166 his dresser drawer, where he says he kept it. 524 00:33:37,166 --> 00:33:43,166 He walked into the kitchen where she was, and he attacked 525 00:33:43,166 --> 00:33:44,700 her from behind. 526 00:33:47,367 --> 00:33:50,266 I absolutely believe he caught her unaware. 527 00:33:50,266 --> 00:33:52,800 The cabinets were still open 528 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,367 above her. 529 00:33:56,367 --> 00:34:01,200 The groceries, some of them were still in the bag. 530 00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:05,667 What he did was so violent. 531 00:34:05,667 --> 00:34:08,800 He could have done it quickly, and he didn't. 532 00:34:11,467 --> 00:34:14,200 But then we found out that's not what killed her. 533 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,767 She was still alive. 534 00:34:17,767 --> 00:34:21,634 And that he had wrapped a cord around her throat. 535 00:34:22,867 --> 00:34:27,500 And he strangled her until she did die. 536 00:34:34,467 --> 00:34:38,967 This is a woman 537 00:34:38,967 --> 00:34:41,700 that is lying on the ground. 538 00:34:42,867 --> 00:34:45,900 Her son had just stabbed her 57 times. 539 00:34:46,700 --> 00:34:50,233 She's clearly in a lot of pain. 540 00:34:51,266 --> 00:34:54,233 She's obviously scared. She's still awake. 541 00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:57,634 She's still very much conscious. 542 00:34:57,700 --> 00:34:59,867 And her one goal 543 00:34:59,867 --> 00:35:06,033 is to tell the person who did this to her that it's OK. 544 00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:10,200 She knew she was going to die. 545 00:35:11,667 --> 00:35:13,233 And, um... 546 00:35:16,667 --> 00:35:18,600 she still loved him so much. 547 00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:21,900 To try to comfort him, 548 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:27,233 him... in her dying moments. 549 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,300 It's just evil. 550 00:35:32,100 --> 00:35:33,333 That's just 551 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:36,500 almost satanic 552 00:35:38,166 --> 00:35:39,800 to do that to her. 553 00:35:41,266 --> 00:35:46,333 He stayed calm and got dressed and went and partied 554 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:47,800 with his friends. 555 00:35:49,700 --> 00:35:54,433 This was a life he wanted, and he killed her to get it. 556 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:57,700 But I never, never, ever 557 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,433 would I imagine that 558 00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:07,600 the person she gave life to would take hers, 559 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,900 just knowing how much she loved him. 560 00:36:20,867 --> 00:36:24,200 I'd always promised Nita that I would take care of him. 561 00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:30,500 I was so angry at him. I was so mad and so hurt, 562 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:36,300 but I still had to take care of him, and I did. 563 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,000 I felt like 564 00:36:39,667 --> 00:36:41,100 I had to. 565 00:36:43,867 --> 00:36:48,333 And at that point, it was more about the love for her 566 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:49,734 and the promise that I made her. 567 00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:53,734 It took four and a half years to get to trial. 568 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,634 So for four and a half years, I continued to put money on 569 00:36:57,700 --> 00:36:59,767 his books because it was the only way I knew how to take 570 00:36:59,767 --> 00:37:02,600 care of him when, you know, he's in jail. 571 00:37:06,867 --> 00:37:08,467 And that's when I finally said, "I'm gonna ask 572 00:37:08,467 --> 00:37:10,667 the hard questions. We're gonna dig into this." 573 00:37:10,667 --> 00:37:12,133 Like, I need to know 574 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:14,734 what the hell happened. 575 00:37:16,667 --> 00:37:18,166 And I said, "Why?" 576 00:37:18,166 --> 00:37:23,166 There was no really, answer to it, and I'd asked him why 577 00:37:23,166 --> 00:37:26,467 he just didn't stop after he had already stabbed her 57 578 00:37:26,467 --> 00:37:30,433 times, and she was still alive. He told me... 579 00:37:31,667 --> 00:37:33,233 "Because she wouldn't [bleep] die." 580 00:37:36,767 --> 00:37:38,000 He wanted her to die. 581 00:37:41,867 --> 00:37:42,900 [whispers] That little bastard. 582 00:37:46,166 --> 00:37:48,567 I can still hear his voice in my head saying it. 583 00:37:48,567 --> 00:37:54,433 I still remember him saying it and a fire was lit at that 584 00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:58,400 point, and I knew I couldn't stop until she had justice. 585 00:38:18,166 --> 00:38:20,500 Chance will never be a part of my life again. 586 00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:26,533 There's nothing he could say to me that would heal the pain 587 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:27,967 that he's caused. 588 00:38:29,667 --> 00:38:33,133 The moment he stuck that knife in her was the moment 589 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,166 I lost my nephew. 590 00:38:35,166 --> 00:38:38,767 It's weird because I still love him. 591 00:38:38,767 --> 00:38:42,333 I will never deny that I don't love him, but I love him 592 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:43,400 from a distance. 593 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,800 That last phone call that I took from him, um, 594 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:51,233 my last words to him were, 595 00:38:53,266 --> 00:38:55,333 "Chance, I want you to know I love you. 596 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,133 "I will always love you. 597 00:38:59,967 --> 00:39:01,600 "I'm hurt about what you did, 598 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:04,533 but I do love you." 599 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,500 I needed him to know 600 00:39:09,266 --> 00:39:12,300 that I loved him, and I just stopped taking his calls. 601 00:39:22,967 --> 00:39:26,667 Since Nita's murder, my life has been, honestly, just kind 602 00:39:26,667 --> 00:39:29,867 of split into the before and after. 603 00:39:29,867 --> 00:39:33,233 I was working in corporate America for a major oil 604 00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:34,767 and gas company. 605 00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:40,567 I was going to work nine to five every day, and coming home 606 00:39:40,567 --> 00:39:43,000 to my family. And when this happened, 607 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:49,333 Nita had just started her nonprofit, and she wanted to 608 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,533 help victims of human trafficking. 609 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:55,100 And that was her goal, and that was her dream. 610 00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:59,166 I knew that I couldn't let that die with her. 611 00:39:59,166 --> 00:40:03,667 She had a legacy, and she had a dream, and it was up to us to 612 00:40:03,667 --> 00:40:05,166 keep that going. 613 00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:12,033 I ended up leaving my corporate job and opening up, going back 614 00:40:12,100 --> 00:40:15,066 to school, and opening up 615 00:40:15,066 --> 00:40:17,100 my own private investigations firm. 616 00:40:19,166 --> 00:40:23,367 I've been able to bring home 48 missing and exploited kids 617 00:40:23,367 --> 00:40:24,600 to their families. 618 00:40:26,066 --> 00:40:27,400 And so... 619 00:40:28,300 --> 00:40:29,734 I see Nita 620 00:40:31,500 --> 00:40:33,000 in all of them. 621 00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:37,033 You see her while they're going through that healing process, 622 00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:41,500 and you see a part of her when you see how broken they are. 623 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:45,100 And then they start to heal, and you start to see 624 00:40:45,100 --> 00:40:46,800 her smile in them. 625 00:40:49,767 --> 00:40:53,934 So she might be gone, but she's still very 626 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,100 much alive. 627 00:40:58,266 --> 00:41:00,166 He only thought he killed her. 628 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,600 But he just made her legacy stronger. 629 00:41:10,567 --> 00:41:13,634 ♪♪ 630 00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:15,567 Her son just stabbed her 57 times 631 00:41:15,567 --> 00:41:18,433 and went and partied with his friends. 632 00:41:18,500 --> 00:41:19,934 That's not a scared kid... 633 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,900 that's a [bleep] demon. 634 00:41:27,266 --> 00:41:29,033 His eyelashes were missing 635 00:41:29,100 --> 00:41:30,467 because she rubbed hot sauce on his face. 636 00:41:30,467 --> 00:41:32,667 The field mentioned this is probably the worst 637 00:41:32,667 --> 00:41:34,266 child abuse case they've ever seen. 638 00:41:34,266 --> 00:41:36,700 My brother did horrible things. 639 00:41:37,567 --> 00:41:40,433 Hm. You're a sorry piece of [bleep]. 640 00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:42,500 You're nothing but a monster. 641 00:41:46,066 --> 00:41:48,233 He took a family that had so much hope 642 00:41:48,300 --> 00:41:51,634 and could have done so good and he just killed us all. 643 00:41:52,467 --> 00:41:54,767 Oh, my God! He looks like the devil. 644 00:41:54,767 --> 00:41:57,433 Look at him. That's not my dad! 645 00:41:57,500 --> 00:42:00,100 Oh, my God. 646 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:03,767 And my mom, she was screaming on the ground 647 00:42:03,767 --> 00:42:06,033 and blood was everywhere. 648 00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:09,767 He's gone! [sobbing]