1 00:00:05,106 --> 00:00:07,306 [Lauren speaking] 2 00:00:07,308 --> 00:00:09,742 [Dustin] We loved Halloween every yea 3 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:13,645 That was probably, as a family, one of our favorite holidays. 4 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:16,215 [Joe speaking] 5 00:00:16,217 --> 00:00:20,552 [Christa] Dustin's the Tigge and Lauren is Snow White. 6 00:00:20,654 --> 00:00:23,555 [Lauren speaking] 7 00:00:23,624 --> 00:00:26,225 [Joe speaking] 8 00:00:26,227 --> 00:00:29,128 She loved to dress up. 9 00:00:29,130 --> 00:00:33,399 But like all fairy tales, sometimes there's a ending 10 00:00:33,401 --> 00:00:34,633 that's not all that good. 11 00:00:34,702 --> 00:00:37,302 [siren blaring] 12 00:00:37,304 --> 00:00:40,105 [detective speaking] 13 00:00:46,213 --> 00:00:50,115 At that moment, time stopped. 14 00:00:52,386 --> 00:00:53,952 [Joe] I'll never forget how my heart felt. 15 00:00:55,523 --> 00:00:58,157 That's something we don't ever prepare for. 16 00:01:14,208 --> 00:01:16,208 [woman speaking] 17 00:01:16,210 --> 00:01:21,814 [narrator] It's Christmas Day, 1997 in Antlers, Oklahoma. 18 00:01:21,816 --> 00:01:23,115 [woman] Hey, Chris. 19 00:01:23,117 --> 00:01:24,750 Hey. 20 00:01:24,752 --> 00:01:29,388 [narrator] 28-year-old Chris Kidd and 27-year-old Joe Kidd... 21 00:01:29,390 --> 00:01:30,822 [woman speaking] 22 00:01:30,891 --> 00:01:34,460 [narrator] ...are celebrating the holidays with relatives 23 00:01:34,528 --> 00:01:36,962 and their one-year-old daughter Lauren. 24 00:01:40,901 --> 00:01:43,902 [baby cooing] 25 00:01:43,904 --> 00:01:46,505 [Christa] We were at my grandparents' house. 26 00:01:46,507 --> 00:01:52,044 We'd come to visit my grandparents, my mother, and my sister. 27 00:01:52,046 --> 00:01:56,715 Lauren had just turned one on the fifth before. 28 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:04,123 [woman speaking] 29 00:02:04,125 --> 00:02:07,726 [narrator] The Kidds live 150 miles away in Broken Arrow 30 00:02:10,498 --> 00:02:14,700 And this is the first time that baby Lauren meets some of her extended family 31 00:02:16,337 --> 00:02:18,904 [Christa] Everyone is so excited to meet Lauren. 32 00:02:18,906 --> 00:02:24,143 And Lauren was always happy and smiley and had a porcelain 33 00:02:24,244 --> 00:02:29,648 doll kind of look, that pretty painted on auburn hair. 34 00:02:31,318 --> 00:02:34,453 Lauren definitely was the center of attention. 35 00:02:34,555 --> 00:02:38,123 It was the first time that she could open presents, you know. 36 00:02:38,125 --> 00:02:39,925 It was, of course, all about 37 00:02:39,927 --> 00:02:42,628 the wrapping paper and the boxes. 38 00:02:42,630 --> 00:02:44,530 It was just a lot of fun. 39 00:02:44,532 --> 00:02:45,898 [woman 1 speaking] 40 00:02:45,900 --> 00:02:47,065 [woman 2] Okay, yes. 41 00:02:47,067 --> 00:02:48,400 [Christa] She loved being with her daddy. 42 00:02:48,402 --> 00:02:52,037 And really, he loved having her. 43 00:02:52,039 --> 00:02:53,105 Yes. 44 00:02:53,107 --> 00:02:55,140 There was a time she was a daddy's girl, 45 00:02:55,242 --> 00:02:56,842 and she'd tell you that too. 46 00:02:58,412 --> 00:03:01,313 [Christa] He would always te her she was not going to grow up. 47 00:03:01,315 --> 00:03:04,316 She was gonna be his baby girl forever. 48 00:03:07,721 --> 00:03:13,325 Four years earlier, Joe and I had met when I had moved to Tulsa. 49 00:03:13,327 --> 00:03:15,961 I was a single mother 50 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:20,032 of a three-year-old son named Joshua. 51 00:03:21,302 --> 00:03:26,104 I was working at an apartment complex as a leasing agent, 52 00:03:26,106 --> 00:03:31,643 and Joe was working in the fitness facility. 53 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:37,516 It was about three years after I met Joe that I was pregnant 54 00:03:37,518 --> 00:03:39,218 with Lauren. 55 00:03:39,220 --> 00:03:41,153 And so exciting. 56 00:03:41,255 --> 00:03:44,790 I was head over heels, you know? 57 00:03:44,792 --> 00:03:46,158 I mean, I was nervous. 58 00:03:46,227 --> 00:03:47,826 I was happy. I was scared. 59 00:03:47,828 --> 00:03:50,662 I was... "Wow. Am I ready?" 60 00:03:53,033 --> 00:03:57,603 [Christa] Lauren was born December 5th, 1996. 61 00:03:58,806 --> 00:04:00,806 Best birthday present I could have got. 62 00:04:00,808 --> 00:04:04,409 My birthday was on the 11th right after. 63 00:04:04,411 --> 00:04:09,915 She was a birthday present and a Christmas present, all in... combined. 64 00:04:09,917 --> 00:04:13,185 [Dusty] Lauren walked over, straddled Joshua's head. 65 00:04:13,187 --> 00:04:18,857 [narrator] The Kidds visit Joe's family in Munford, Tennessee, in April 1998. 66 00:04:20,628 --> 00:04:23,562 That was an exciting time to go. 67 00:04:23,631 --> 00:04:27,332 It's the first granddaughter on that side of the family. 68 00:04:30,070 --> 00:04:33,205 That's Dusty, Joe's dad. 69 00:04:33,207 --> 00:04:34,706 We call him Pa Pa. 70 00:04:36,010 --> 00:04:39,645 Pa Pa was the bean bag of children. 71 00:04:41,048 --> 00:04:42,714 [man] Joshua's wrestling. 72 00:04:42,716 --> 00:04:46,718 Everybody wanted to hang off of him and bounce off of him. 73 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,489 And, you know, he was so much fun with the kids. 74 00:04:50,491 --> 00:04:52,858 [Dusty groaning] Ow, he got me. 75 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:54,493 [Christa] She's gonna crawl on top of Pa Pa. 76 00:04:54,495 --> 00:04:56,028 Oh, my goodness. 77 00:04:56,030 --> 00:04:57,729 Now Pa Pa is in for it. 78 00:04:57,731 --> 00:04:59,431 Lauren's gonna spank him. 79 00:04:59,433 --> 00:05:00,699 He's in trouble. 80 00:05:02,803 --> 00:05:03,835 Oh, goodness. 81 00:05:03,904 --> 00:05:05,203 You know? 82 00:05:07,107 --> 00:05:10,709 [Lauren speaking] 83 00:05:10,711 --> 00:05:15,514 [Christa] 1999, the company that Joe and I were working 84 00:05:15,516 --> 00:05:20,452 for filed bankruptcy, and we had selected to go 85 00:05:20,554 --> 00:05:23,455 to a company in Phoenix, Arizona. 86 00:05:23,523 --> 00:05:26,758 We decided to call it our working vacation. 87 00:05:26,827 --> 00:05:29,561 It was living a glamorous life. 88 00:05:29,663 --> 00:05:33,098 We really wanted to just take in all of the things 89 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:35,901 as if we were tourists. 90 00:05:35,903 --> 00:05:37,836 [Joe speaking] 91 00:05:37,938 --> 00:05:39,137 -Yeah, it's chilly. -[Joe speaking] 92 00:05:39,206 --> 00:05:40,605 [Lauren speaking] 93 00:05:40,607 --> 00:05:42,107 Lauren was so little. I think she just enjoyed everything. 94 00:05:42,109 --> 00:05:43,608 Something new. 95 00:05:43,610 --> 00:05:45,344 She's like, "Wow, look how pretty this is." 96 00:05:45,412 --> 00:05:47,312 There were mountains everywhere. 97 00:05:47,314 --> 00:05:48,747 We had no mountains in Oklahoma. 98 00:05:48,849 --> 00:05:50,749 We had mountains all of a sudden. 99 00:05:50,851 --> 00:05:53,418 I don't like the sun to shine. 100 00:05:53,420 --> 00:05:58,924 [narrator] Fast forward to 2001, Lauren is developing a love for sports. 101 00:05:58,926 --> 00:06:00,425 [Joe] Stop it, goalie! 102 00:06:00,427 --> 00:06:03,628 [Christa] Lauren played soccer 103 00:06:03,630 --> 00:06:08,800 for the first time when she was four. 104 00:06:08,802 --> 00:06:11,236 She liked to play goalie. 105 00:06:11,305 --> 00:06:13,839 Strange because the ball comes at you. 106 00:06:13,940 --> 00:06:15,507 You have to stop the ball. 107 00:06:15,509 --> 00:06:17,242 She didn't care. 108 00:06:17,311 --> 00:06:21,713 She had good, strong legs, and she wasn't afraid. 109 00:06:21,715 --> 00:06:24,149 Lauren, what's your plan for the day of the game? 110 00:06:24,251 --> 00:06:26,118 What are you gonna do to get ready for this game today? 111 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:27,252 What's going on? 112 00:06:29,356 --> 00:06:30,455 [Christa] Talk to us, Lauren. 113 00:06:30,524 --> 00:06:32,157 -Tell the whole world. -Come on. 114 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:33,959 Talk to the mic, Lauren. What's going on today? 115 00:06:34,027 --> 00:06:36,528 I'm thrilled to see my daughter be excited about playing 116 00:06:36,530 --> 00:06:37,729 and her having fun. 117 00:06:37,731 --> 00:06:39,030 [woman] Josie, get it! 118 00:06:39,032 --> 00:06:40,599 Josie, run! 119 00:06:40,601 --> 00:06:42,401 [Christa] It was just very natural for her. 120 00:06:42,403 --> 00:06:44,770 She got out there on that field 121 00:06:44,772 --> 00:06:48,607 and controlled the spotlight 122 00:06:48,609 --> 00:06:50,909 She was very good at it. It was exciting. 123 00:06:55,816 --> 00:06:57,516 We left Phoenix 124 00:06:57,518 --> 00:07:02,254 in 2002 and moved to Tennessee. 125 00:07:02,322 --> 00:07:08,260 We spent time there to be closer to Joe's father. 126 00:07:08,328 --> 00:07:10,729 [Christa speaking] 127 00:07:12,533 --> 00:07:17,502 Lauren started school in August. 128 00:07:17,504 --> 00:07:23,508 She was so excited about starting school, having all of her 129 00:07:23,510 --> 00:07:26,745 school supplies in her Barbie backpack. 130 00:07:26,847 --> 00:07:28,814 [Christa speaking] 131 00:07:28,816 --> 00:07:30,048 [Lauren speaking] 132 00:07:30,050 --> 00:07:31,249 [Christa speaking] 133 00:07:31,351 --> 00:07:35,954 [Lauren speaking] 134 00:07:39,526 --> 00:07:40,625 [Christa speaking] 135 00:07:40,627 --> 00:07:41,827 [Joe speaking] 136 00:07:41,829 --> 00:07:43,328 [Lauren speaking] 137 00:07:43,330 --> 00:07:44,596 [Christa speaking] 138 00:07:44,598 --> 00:07:46,197 [Christa] So we were excited to 139 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:49,634 pick Lauren up from school that day to see how our day was 140 00:07:49,703 --> 00:07:53,638 and she just sees us and runs out and beaming 141 00:07:53,707 --> 00:07:57,709 and just on and on and on about everything that happened that day. 142 00:07:57,711 --> 00:07:58,910 [Joe speaking] 143 00:07:58,912 --> 00:08:00,111 [Christa speaking] 144 00:08:00,113 --> 00:08:01,680 [Joe] Hold on. Wait right there. 145 00:08:01,682 --> 00:08:04,816 [narrator] Christa's pregnan with her and Joe's second child. 146 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:08,920 We decided with the family expanding, we needed to 147 00:08:08,922 --> 00:08:12,123 move back closer to my family. 148 00:08:12,125 --> 00:08:17,629 And so we pack everything up and move back to Oklahoma. 149 00:08:19,199 --> 00:08:20,532 Lauren wasn't good with change. 150 00:08:20,634 --> 00:08:21,933 She didn't like change. 151 00:08:21,935 --> 00:08:24,102 But we had to move forward. 152 00:08:25,339 --> 00:08:26,938 [Joe] We made a decision to move there and hoped 153 00:08:27,007 --> 00:08:28,306 things will be better. 154 00:08:28,308 --> 00:08:31,409 We can plan things and set goals and start bettering 155 00:08:31,411 --> 00:08:35,647 ourselves for the next chapter in life at that time. 156 00:08:37,417 --> 00:08:38,917 Aw. 157 00:08:40,921 --> 00:08:45,423 [Christa] I went into labor October 25th. 158 00:08:45,425 --> 00:08:51,363 Dustin was born the next day about 2:00 p.m. 159 00:08:51,431 --> 00:08:54,399 [Joe] Lauren was thrilled when she found out it was a little boy. 160 00:08:54,401 --> 00:08:58,203 I've got pictures of them together and she loved her brothers. 161 00:08:58,205 --> 00:09:03,208 She was protective as she got older, but she loved her brothers. 162 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:07,112 [Lauren speaking] 163 00:09:12,052 --> 00:09:13,818 [Joe speaking] 164 00:09:13,820 --> 00:09:16,054 [Lauren speaking] 165 00:09:16,122 --> 00:09:17,956 [Joe speaking] 166 00:09:20,494 --> 00:09:24,062 [narrator] Fast forward to October 2003, 167 00:09:24,164 --> 00:09:27,699 the Kidd family prepares for two celebrations. 168 00:09:27,701 --> 00:09:30,302 [Dustin] I would have just turned one. 169 00:09:30,304 --> 00:09:32,137 [Joe speaking] 170 00:09:32,205 --> 00:09:34,039 Halloween being after my birthday, 171 00:09:34,041 --> 00:09:38,710 we usually tried to do a Halloween celebration for that anyways. 172 00:09:38,712 --> 00:09:41,313 Lauren probably had the ide of wanting to be Snow White 173 00:09:41,315 --> 00:09:42,547 'cause that's just how she was. 174 00:09:42,549 --> 00:09:44,149 She always wanted to be princess and dressing up, 175 00:09:44,217 --> 00:09:45,317 stuff like that. 176 00:09:45,319 --> 00:09:46,718 [Lauren speaking] 177 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:47,852 [woman speaking] 178 00:09:47,921 --> 00:09:49,120 [Joe speaking] 179 00:09:49,122 --> 00:09:51,523 [woman speaking] 180 00:09:51,525 --> 00:09:53,425 [Dustin] We loved Halloween every yea 181 00:09:53,427 --> 00:09:56,528 That was probably as a famil one of our favorite holidays 182 00:09:57,698 --> 00:09:59,164 [Lauren speaking] 183 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:01,299 [Dustin] As a big sister, she was great. 184 00:10:01,301 --> 00:10:04,302 She actually let me go hang out with her. 185 00:10:04,304 --> 00:10:06,438 It's like, your own brother, a lot of people don't do that. 186 00:10:06,506 --> 00:10:07,939 So that was always fun. 187 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:11,209 It was really good times for all of us. 188 00:10:11,211 --> 00:10:12,911 Just the fact that we were all there together. 189 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:18,049 At that time of our life, we just thought that everything 190 00:10:18,051 --> 00:10:19,217 was gonna be great. 191 00:10:24,858 --> 00:10:30,028 [Dusty speaking] 192 00:10:30,030 --> 00:10:31,596 [narrator] The Kidd family celebrates 193 00:10:31,598 --> 00:10:35,433 Thanksgiving 2004 with Joe's parents in Tennessee. 194 00:10:37,037 --> 00:10:41,406 [Christa] Lauren loved spending time with her Pa Pa. 195 00:10:41,408 --> 00:10:46,511 He was fun, and he would do just about anything. 196 00:10:46,513 --> 00:10:50,515 And she always wanted to hunt with Pa Pa. 197 00:10:50,517 --> 00:10:51,950 [Dusty speaking] 198 00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:55,320 [Dustin] Lauren was always very open to doing things. 199 00:10:55,322 --> 00:10:59,758 She was, "Hey, let's go randomly go shoot at a tree for no reason." 200 00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:02,761 So my Pa Pa, trying to, like, show Lauren to keep 201 00:11:02,829 --> 00:11:05,563 it up on your shoulder so it doesn't, like, hit you in the face. 202 00:11:05,632 --> 00:11:07,332 [Dusty] All right. Lauren. 203 00:11:07,434 --> 00:11:12,504 And then she almost hits herself in the face again. 204 00:11:15,342 --> 00:11:17,008 [Lauren speaking] 205 00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:18,743 [Dusty speaking] 206 00:11:21,548 --> 00:11:23,515 [Dustin] That was cute. Ah. 207 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:30,655 [narrator] In early 2005, Christa and Joe celebrate the arrival 208 00:11:30,724 --> 00:11:32,724 of their third child togethe 209 00:11:34,528 --> 00:11:37,962 [Dustin] Tyler was born in February of 2005. 210 00:11:37,964 --> 00:11:40,465 He may have been our last, but he definitely wasn't our least. 211 00:11:42,135 --> 00:11:46,604 [Christa] Tyler was the new play toy, obviously. 212 00:11:47,941 --> 00:11:51,609 Lauren's friends, they reall liked to dress Tyler up. 213 00:11:51,611 --> 00:11:54,312 Tyler had fantastic yellow curls. 214 00:11:55,549 --> 00:11:57,515 [Tyler] I saw one of her old friends one time 215 00:11:57,517 --> 00:11:59,651 and she was like, "Yo, I used to dress you up in a dress, 216 00:11:59,753 --> 00:12:00,852 put makeup on you." 217 00:12:00,954 --> 00:12:03,254 And I was like, "Oh, my God." 218 00:12:04,424 --> 00:12:05,990 It was a challenge sometimes 219 00:12:05,992 --> 00:12:08,960 But Lauren and him got along great 220 00:12:08,962 --> 00:12:10,929 because she was proud of her brother. 221 00:12:15,936 --> 00:12:21,706 [narrator] It's now 2009, and 12-year-old Lauren 222 00:12:21,708 --> 00:12:25,043 is struggling with her mental health. 223 00:12:25,045 --> 00:12:28,313 [Christa] Her doctor diagnosed her with ADHD, 224 00:12:28,315 --> 00:12:30,915 and the medicines affected her. 225 00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:34,486 It kind of took the essence of Lauren away. 226 00:12:34,488 --> 00:12:36,855 [Dustin] She just started being more shy and more bashful, 227 00:12:36,923 --> 00:12:40,959 not as outgoing and open on her own, if that makes sense. 228 00:12:40,961 --> 00:12:44,028 It was like her demeanor changed. 229 00:12:44,030 --> 00:12:47,932 So her group of friends shifted. 230 00:12:47,934 --> 00:12:49,834 It was a difficult year for Lauren. 231 00:12:52,806 --> 00:12:55,406 [narrator] Lauren's mental health takes another blow 232 00:12:55,408 --> 00:12:58,510 when the swine flu pandemic strikes the Kidd family. 233 00:13:00,013 --> 00:13:05,717 Her and her brother Dustin became sick with the H1N1 234 00:13:05,719 --> 00:13:08,052 at the same time with Pa Pa. 235 00:13:10,123 --> 00:13:11,488 Pa Pa didn't make it. 236 00:13:12,926 --> 00:13:16,427 [Dustin] I remember sitting in our driveway one day 237 00:13:16,429 --> 00:13:18,429 while my dad was on his way home. 238 00:13:18,431 --> 00:13:20,598 I remember him just like sitting down and telling us the news, 239 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,333 and I was, like, devastated. 240 00:13:22,402 --> 00:13:23,601 I know she was, too. 241 00:13:25,539 --> 00:13:29,040 He was a big part of our lif at that time, 242 00:13:29,109 --> 00:13:31,943 especially the kids, because they were... 243 00:13:31,945 --> 00:13:33,745 that's Pa Pa. 244 00:13:33,847 --> 00:13:37,348 So he loved his kids, his grandkids, all of them. 245 00:13:37,450 --> 00:13:40,051 So it hit us hard. 246 00:13:52,332 --> 00:13:57,936 [narrator] October 2010, the Kidd family celebrates 247 00:13:58,037 --> 00:14:01,406 Dustin's eighth birthday with a Halloween themed part 248 00:14:02,709 --> 00:14:07,745 [Christa speaking] 249 00:14:07,814 --> 00:14:11,115 [narrator] But behind the laughter, Lauren continues to struggle 250 00:14:12,953 --> 00:14:15,720 [Christa] She was doing self-harm. 251 00:14:15,722 --> 00:14:17,255 She would cover it up. 252 00:14:19,059 --> 00:14:20,725 [narrator] Christa begs Lauren to stop 253 00:14:23,330 --> 00:14:28,700 She records Lauren's arms every few days to check for new cuts. 254 00:14:28,702 --> 00:14:32,103 [Christa] We struggled with not knowing why would you 255 00:14:32,105 --> 00:14:33,838 cut yourself when you're so beautiful 256 00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:37,442 and what can we do to help fix it. 257 00:14:39,346 --> 00:14:43,047 Lauren learned to say, "I can handle this. 258 00:14:43,149 --> 00:14:44,949 It's not an issue. 259 00:14:45,018 --> 00:14:46,050 I've got this. 260 00:14:46,119 --> 00:14:47,919 Don't worry about me." 261 00:14:47,921 --> 00:14:50,722 And she would be very upset 262 00:14:51,858 --> 00:14:53,658 You know, you didn't want to make it worse. 263 00:14:55,161 --> 00:14:58,229 You start thinking as a father, "What is it that you missed? 264 00:14:58,231 --> 00:14:59,330 What did you do? 265 00:14:59,332 --> 00:15:01,132 Why is she doing this? What caused this?" 266 00:15:03,503 --> 00:15:08,139 [Christa] I didn't know until later about a time 267 00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:13,344 that Lauren and some friend were hanging out, 268 00:15:13,446 --> 00:15:18,016 one of the boys had stayed back with Lauren, I think he had 269 00:15:18,018 --> 00:15:21,586 pinned her against the wall and had forced himself on he 270 00:15:21,588 --> 00:15:25,223 And she didn't want anyone to know. 271 00:15:30,030 --> 00:15:34,532 We found a counselor that Lauren agreed to see. 272 00:15:36,303 --> 00:15:41,105 Lauren's next couple of year were pretty smooth. 273 00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:43,942 Lauren had a friend Dylan. 274 00:15:43,944 --> 00:15:47,946 Dylan introduced Lauren to his skater buddy Zach. 275 00:15:47,948 --> 00:15:49,647 That was it. That was it for her. 276 00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:52,917 There wasn't anybody else that she would even have 277 00:15:52,919 --> 00:15:55,219 considered once she met Zach. 278 00:15:56,823 --> 00:15:59,857 [Dustin] I believe they started dating in high schoo 279 00:16:02,829 --> 00:16:05,730 I loved Zach always just because he was pretty close to 280 00:16:05,732 --> 00:16:06,965 an older brother figure in that way. 281 00:16:07,033 --> 00:16:08,900 He loved to hang out with us. 282 00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:19,711 I was at work and her dad came home for lunch to find Lauren 283 00:16:19,713 --> 00:16:24,015 and her friends carrying box from her room to their cars 284 00:16:25,618 --> 00:16:29,220 She said, "I'm moving out and there's nothing you can do about it." 285 00:16:31,124 --> 00:16:33,825 [Joe] I said, "I understand you want to move. I figured you would." 286 00:16:33,827 --> 00:16:35,893 It's just high school was over 'cause 287 00:16:35,895 --> 00:16:37,061 we're in the middle of the year 288 00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:38,529 and she's in the middle of her senior year. 289 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,400 [Christa] She moved into an apartment with Zach, 290 00:16:42,402 --> 00:16:46,504 and they were gonna get married one day. 291 00:16:46,506 --> 00:16:49,941 And she would finish high school and get a job, 292 00:16:49,943 --> 00:16:51,943 and everything was gonna be great. 293 00:16:54,214 --> 00:16:58,016 I had already thought that she might have been pregnant 294 00:17:00,053 --> 00:17:06,657 February, I was able to get her to agree to a doctor's appointment 295 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:10,561 when she discovered that tru she was pregnant. 296 00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:16,434 March 22, 2015, she gave bir 297 00:17:16,503 --> 00:17:20,805 to the absolutely fantastic Addison Nicole Maine. 298 00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:24,942 [Joe] To watch your little girl bring another little girl 299 00:17:26,146 --> 00:17:27,612 into the world, it was... 300 00:17:27,614 --> 00:17:29,013 I'd say, it's just amazing. 301 00:17:29,015 --> 00:17:30,948 Wow. There's... 302 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:33,217 I can't describe the feeling 'cause it's just... 303 00:17:33,219 --> 00:17:35,153 we just don't get those feelings, you know? 304 00:17:36,656 --> 00:17:39,223 [Christa] A few months later she graduates from high school. 305 00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:40,558 She did it all. 306 00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:45,329 She took care, and she was a mom and all this stuff. 307 00:17:50,603 --> 00:17:54,172 In July of 2016, 308 00:17:54,174 --> 00:17:57,742 Lauren and Zach got married 309 00:17:57,844 --> 00:18:02,213 It was a very beautiful bed-and-breakfast 310 00:18:02,215 --> 00:18:03,748 wedding chapel. 311 00:18:05,151 --> 00:18:07,118 [Tyler] I remember seeing he in that dress 312 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:10,154 with the red hair and everything, like, "That's my sister." 313 00:18:10,223 --> 00:18:12,256 And looked at her like, "She's gorgeous. 314 00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:13,958 This day is gonna be amazing." 315 00:18:15,628 --> 00:18:17,028 [Joe] She was so beautiful. 316 00:18:18,098 --> 00:18:19,464 Zach had this grin on him. 317 00:18:19,532 --> 00:18:22,200 All day long, it was just, "I'm gonna get married." 318 00:18:22,202 --> 00:18:25,203 So it was wonderful to watch those two kids go through that. 319 00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:28,840 I thought they would be together forever. 320 00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:33,945 But like all fairytales, sometimes there's an ending that's not all that good, so. 321 00:18:38,651 --> 00:18:41,719 [Lauren singing] 322 00:18:47,193 --> 00:18:50,862 [narrator] March 2017, The Kidd family 323 00:18:50,930 --> 00:18:54,031 celebrates Addison's second birthday. 324 00:18:54,033 --> 00:18:56,300 [Christa] We were so excited to see Addison 325 00:18:56,302 --> 00:18:58,302 and how much she had grown. 326 00:18:58,304 --> 00:18:59,737 Uh-oh. 327 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,941 Watching the kids have thei first time really together, 328 00:19:03,943 --> 00:19:05,710 it was... it was a good time. 329 00:19:05,712 --> 00:19:07,512 That was a good party. I enjoyed that party. 330 00:19:09,816 --> 00:19:12,817 [narrator] Lauren and Zach decide they need more space 331 00:19:12,819 --> 00:19:14,819 raise their daughter. 332 00:19:14,821 --> 00:19:17,555 [Christa] What was it, around 2017? 333 00:19:17,657 --> 00:19:22,326 Zach and Lauren moved in with their friends at that time, 334 00:19:22,328 --> 00:19:26,831 Konner and his girlfriend Alex. 335 00:19:28,434 --> 00:19:33,237 I don't know how close Lauren and Konner were in high school. 336 00:19:33,306 --> 00:19:35,339 I knew they knew each other. 337 00:19:35,441 --> 00:19:40,111 But they would end up decidi to share a larger apartment 338 00:19:40,113 --> 00:19:43,948 with Konner and Alex. 339 00:19:43,950 --> 00:19:45,917 [Dustin] I knew Konner and Alex at the time. 340 00:19:45,919 --> 00:19:47,818 So I was like, "Okay, this is cool. 341 00:19:47,820 --> 00:19:49,820 Like, I like them." They were pretty cool. 342 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,261 [Christa] Lauren started working at Evolution. 343 00:19:57,330 --> 00:19:59,230 They would sell electronic cigarettes 344 00:19:59,232 --> 00:20:01,599 and different things like that. 345 00:20:01,601 --> 00:20:05,503 She really enjoyed it a lot She met a lot of people ther 346 00:20:05,505 --> 00:20:08,172 That's where she met Blake, was at Evolution. 347 00:20:08,174 --> 00:20:09,607 They became very close friends. 348 00:20:11,611 --> 00:20:16,214 We first met whenever I was trying to get a birthday present 349 00:20:16,216 --> 00:20:18,115 for one of my friends. 350 00:20:19,419 --> 00:20:22,820 Lauren was someone that you could always talk to. 351 00:20:22,822 --> 00:20:26,958 You were ever having trouble with anything, then she'd be happy to help. 352 00:20:28,328 --> 00:20:30,528 If there was anything that you ever wanted to do, 353 00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:32,530 then she was always down to do it. 354 00:20:36,803 --> 00:20:40,605 [narrator] Lauren is happy at work, but there are tensions at home. 355 00:20:42,508 --> 00:20:44,342 [Christa] Things started changing in the household 356 00:20:44,443 --> 00:20:46,010 dynamics, I'll say. 357 00:20:47,747 --> 00:20:51,115 Things started to get bumpy with the relationship between 358 00:20:51,117 --> 00:20:52,817 Lauren and Zach. 359 00:20:54,954 --> 00:20:58,623 And I think that once that things got shaky, 360 00:20:58,625 --> 00:21:01,626 it was hard to really get it back. 361 00:21:03,062 --> 00:21:05,363 [Dustin] They still loved each other 362 00:21:05,431 --> 00:21:09,700 It was just in that moment it wasn't good for them both to be together. 363 00:21:09,702 --> 00:21:12,603 [Christa] Alex had broken u with Konner by that time, 364 00:21:12,605 --> 00:21:15,740 and so she had moved out. 365 00:21:15,808 --> 00:21:19,610 [Dustin] Lauren needed someone else to be able to talk to, 366 00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:21,712 and Konner was kind of already there. 367 00:21:21,714 --> 00:21:24,315 And so they just kind of got closer and closer. 368 00:21:24,317 --> 00:21:27,318 So that's just kind of how that kind of came out. 369 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:28,953 I know that they were extremely happy, 370 00:21:29,022 --> 00:21:31,756 and he made her extremely happy. 371 00:21:31,824 --> 00:21:33,257 He took care of Addison very well, 372 00:21:33,326 --> 00:21:34,692 whenever they were around each other. 373 00:21:34,694 --> 00:21:36,427 He helped out very well. 374 00:21:37,430 --> 00:21:40,531 [narrator] Lauren tells Zac that she is in love with Konner. 375 00:21:42,101 --> 00:21:47,805 [Christa] Zach took Addison to his mom's. 376 00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:50,041 He filed for a divorce, 377 00:21:50,109 --> 00:21:54,445 and Lauren felt a obligation to stay 378 00:21:54,514 --> 00:21:58,416 in the apartment with Konner to help him pay the bills. 379 00:22:01,220 --> 00:22:04,922 [narrator] Lauren and Zach divorce in September 2017. 380 00:22:08,027 --> 00:22:10,828 They share the responsibilit for raising two-year-old 381 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,530 Addison after the split. 382 00:22:14,701 --> 00:22:17,301 [Dustin] One would have one week, one would have the oth 383 00:22:17,303 --> 00:22:19,603 'cause they always wanted t make sure Addison was happy 384 00:22:19,605 --> 00:22:21,505 That was always that main priority. 385 00:22:24,277 --> 00:22:26,310 [narrator] Lauren and Konner grow closer. 386 00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:32,316 And Lauren abuses drugs as the relationship develops 387 00:22:33,953 --> 00:22:38,422 I met Lauren early 2018 through somebody I was living with 388 00:22:38,424 --> 00:22:41,525 that introduced me to both of them at the same time. 389 00:22:41,527 --> 00:22:45,162 We would, I say, party, but it was more of a mess. 390 00:22:45,231 --> 00:22:48,599 We usually we're just kind of, like, getting by, hanging out 391 00:22:48,601 --> 00:22:52,036 with a lot of sketchy peopl but just kind of on the edge 392 00:22:52,138 --> 00:22:56,006 And I think that was what our thing was at the time. 393 00:22:56,008 --> 00:22:57,274 She did smoke weed. 394 00:22:57,276 --> 00:22:59,176 We both did. 395 00:22:59,178 --> 00:23:01,946 Us doing the drugs we did was part of the reason why we ended up meeting. 396 00:23:03,516 --> 00:23:07,952 I don't think we used drugs to let go as much as we did 397 00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:10,121 to hold on to that feeling. 398 00:23:10,123 --> 00:23:11,555 It was really negative. 399 00:23:14,026 --> 00:23:18,362 [narrator] Lauren and Konner drug abuse escalates 400 00:23:18,464 --> 00:23:22,500 and their relationship spirals when they start to abuse harder drugs 401 00:23:24,604 --> 00:23:26,203 [Tyler] She'd get in arguments with him 402 00:23:26,205 --> 00:23:27,805 and then be mad at him. 403 00:23:27,807 --> 00:23:32,109 And then he would make it where she's the bad guy. 404 00:23:32,111 --> 00:23:33,844 [Christa] The fights that they would have 405 00:23:33,846 --> 00:23:39,316 and the things that he would say to her, he was absolutely horrible for her. 406 00:23:41,053 --> 00:23:44,622 They had fought and refought, broke up, got back together, 407 00:23:44,624 --> 00:23:47,324 fought, broke up so many times that we reall 408 00:23:47,326 --> 00:23:51,862 thought that this was gonna be the case that would be the final breakup. 409 00:23:55,635 --> 00:23:59,303 On October 26, 2018, 410 00:23:59,305 --> 00:24:01,739 I was expecting Lauren to call me 411 00:24:01,841 --> 00:24:04,108 to come to pick her up from work. 412 00:24:05,445 --> 00:24:10,247 That's usually what happened and instead 413 00:24:10,316 --> 00:24:11,549 Konner drops her off. 414 00:24:13,419 --> 00:24:15,553 We didn't understand how that happened, 415 00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:17,455 how could that possibly be. 416 00:24:19,025 --> 00:24:22,226 It was horrifying to see him back 417 00:24:22,228 --> 00:24:27,064 at our house after everything that had happened. 418 00:24:28,601 --> 00:24:30,000 I wanted to talk to her about it. 419 00:24:31,737 --> 00:24:35,139 Lauren was very defensive. 420 00:24:35,208 --> 00:24:41,011 And so at a point, she just left, and I never saw her again. 421 00:24:49,622 --> 00:24:53,123 [Blake] Lauren was supposed to actually stay at my house that night. 422 00:24:53,125 --> 00:24:57,728 And I had dropped her off a the Shell station by my house. 423 00:24:59,432 --> 00:25:04,635 And she got picked up by this guy named Mike West. 424 00:25:04,704 --> 00:25:07,738 And she had gone to his house, and she was gonna get a tattoo over there. 425 00:25:09,308 --> 00:25:13,644 I was supposed to pick her up at around 6:00 p.m.-ish. 426 00:25:13,746 --> 00:25:17,214 I was texting her, trying to get updates. 427 00:25:17,216 --> 00:25:21,018 But after a little while, she just stopped texting back. 428 00:25:23,656 --> 00:25:29,226 Blake contacted me and he asked me where she was 429 00:25:29,228 --> 00:25:31,295 because he couldn't get ahold of her. 430 00:25:31,297 --> 00:25:33,964 She wasn't messaging me. 431 00:25:34,033 --> 00:25:36,800 She was pretty consistent with replying. 432 00:25:36,802 --> 00:25:42,706 So her not replying back, it definitely came off as, like, alarming. 433 00:25:45,444 --> 00:25:48,045 Once it got to about midnight of that night, 434 00:25:48,114 --> 00:25:52,850 that's whenever me and Shayna were both freaking out. 435 00:25:52,919 --> 00:25:56,120 So the only person I could think of left to call would be 436 00:25:56,122 --> 00:25:58,122 Christa to be able to try to figure out where she was. 437 00:26:00,459 --> 00:26:03,360 [Christa] Immediately, I sen a message to Konner 438 00:26:03,429 --> 00:26:05,362 asking if he had heard from her. 439 00:26:05,431 --> 00:26:08,299 I sent a message to Zachary. 440 00:26:08,301 --> 00:26:12,703 Zach messaged back that they were supposed to meet up 441 00:26:12,705 --> 00:26:17,007 in Maine for a trick or trea event 442 00:26:17,009 --> 00:26:20,244 with Addison, and Lauren didn't show up. 443 00:26:22,615 --> 00:26:26,850 When Zach told us that, it was a horrible gut feeling. 444 00:26:29,121 --> 00:26:34,325 We called Broken Arrow Police Department to file a missing persons. 445 00:26:38,531 --> 00:26:40,264 [Kenneth] 12:09 in the morning, 446 00:26:40,332 --> 00:26:44,001 the Broken Arrow Police Department received a call. 447 00:26:44,003 --> 00:26:47,037 Blake Beaman informed the Broken Arrow Police Department 448 00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:50,708 that Lauren was dropped off October 27th at a gas statio 449 00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:53,811 where she was supposed to get a ride to a person's house by 450 00:26:53,813 --> 00:26:57,414 the name of Mike West, who was supposed to help her get a tattoo. 451 00:26:59,118 --> 00:27:02,820 Mike West told police that that day when Lauren came over to the house, 452 00:27:02,822 --> 00:27:05,656 they had a discussion about what kind of tattoo to get. 453 00:27:05,758 --> 00:27:09,126 And he said that Konner Brunner showed up to the house 454 00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:10,761 kind of unannounced. 455 00:27:11,831 --> 00:27:13,697 Konner and Lauren leave. 456 00:27:13,699 --> 00:27:15,833 And she tells Mike West, "I'll be right back. 457 00:27:15,901 --> 00:27:19,403 I shouldn't be gone too long 458 00:27:19,405 --> 00:27:23,607 Detective Mark Williamson reaches out to Konner throug a phone call to try to see 459 00:27:23,609 --> 00:27:26,110 if he can figure out where Lauren may have gone. 460 00:27:29,382 --> 00:27:31,815 Konner Brunner tells Detective Williamson that 461 00:27:31,817 --> 00:27:34,318 he picked Lauren up somewher between 1:00 and 3:00 462 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,120 and took her to a nearby Walmart, 463 00:27:36,122 --> 00:27:39,256 where she got out and was supposed to have walked to a friend's house. 464 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:45,329 Now that Konner Brunner has given a specific time, date, and location, 465 00:27:45,398 --> 00:27:48,932 they now have the ability to see if they can gather additional evidence. 466 00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:53,504 Anything that can give them a lead on what direction Lauren may have traveled. 467 00:27:55,508 --> 00:27:58,475 [narrator] Investigators obtained surveillance footag 468 00:27:58,477 --> 00:28:01,311 of the Walmart parking lot. 469 00:28:01,313 --> 00:28:04,648 [Kenneth] The Broken Arrow police officers are combing through this footage 470 00:28:06,619 --> 00:28:10,421 But there's absolutely no evidence, no video, nothing 471 00:28:10,423 --> 00:28:11,622 that shows Lauren. 472 00:28:12,958 --> 00:28:15,192 So this becomes kind of a first indication 473 00:28:15,194 --> 00:28:17,227 that something's not right here. 474 00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:23,801 [narrator] A few days pass before Christa receives a tip. 475 00:28:25,604 --> 00:28:31,141 One evening, we received an anonymous message. 476 00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:34,211 [Joe] And it says, "I was with Konner last night. 477 00:28:34,213 --> 00:28:35,746 There's blood in his car. 478 00:28:35,848 --> 00:28:37,214 He's got new seats. 479 00:28:37,216 --> 00:28:38,782 Something's not right." 480 00:28:41,253 --> 00:28:44,021 This anonymous caller who gives them a pretty significant 481 00:28:44,023 --> 00:28:47,458 piece of information that inside of Konner's car, 482 00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:51,028 he saw a significant amount of blood. 483 00:28:51,030 --> 00:28:54,198 This is blood that was on the car seats, on the car seat cover, 484 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,600 all over the floorboards. 485 00:28:56,602 --> 00:28:59,103 The Broken Arrow Police Department got a search warrant 486 00:28:59,105 --> 00:29:04,842 not only for Konner Brunner's cell phone, for his DNA, but also for his car. 487 00:29:06,645 --> 00:29:09,246 Detectives made contact wit Konner Brunner 488 00:29:09,348 --> 00:29:10,881 and asked him whether or no 489 00:29:10,883 --> 00:29:14,451 he will come down to the police station and talk with them. 490 00:29:14,553 --> 00:29:16,954 He does ultimately agree to go down 491 00:29:17,055 --> 00:29:19,123 and provide a statement to police. 492 00:29:21,327 --> 00:29:26,430 [Konner speaking] 493 00:29:42,314 --> 00:29:44,014 [Ashley] He says he dropped her off at Walmart, 494 00:29:44,016 --> 00:29:46,116 which we know to be untrue. 495 00:29:46,118 --> 00:29:49,920 The story evolved into he took her somewhere to get drugs 496 00:29:49,922 --> 00:29:53,724 or that he kicked her out of the car because she wanted drugs. 497 00:29:53,726 --> 00:29:56,593 [narrator] Investigators pull the geolocation data 498 00:29:56,595 --> 00:29:59,129 for October 27th from Konner's phone. 499 00:30:02,034 --> 00:30:04,501 [Dustin] Konner's statement to police initially was that 500 00:30:04,503 --> 00:30:07,304 after he dropped Lauren off, that he drove around for a bit 501 00:30:07,306 --> 00:30:12,643 and then he went to work at the Family Video from 4:00 pm to 9:00 p.m. 502 00:30:12,711 --> 00:30:17,314 But his geo data tells an entirely different story. 503 00:30:17,316 --> 00:30:21,685 His geolocation shows a ten-minute point in time around 6:00 pm 504 00:30:21,687 --> 00:30:24,621 where he's at the 51st and Aspen area 505 00:30:24,623 --> 00:30:28,625 that has been completely removed from his version of events 506 00:30:28,627 --> 00:30:30,527 for what he did that day. 507 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,134 [narrator] Konner's telephon data also reveals that 508 00:30:37,203 --> 00:30:40,137 he visited Walmart at around 10:30 p.m. 509 00:30:40,239 --> 00:30:42,606 on the night Lauren disappeared. 510 00:30:45,711 --> 00:30:49,446 This is several hours after the time he told investigato 511 00:30:49,548 --> 00:30:51,315 that he went to the store. 512 00:30:52,651 --> 00:30:55,252 [Kenneth] The security footage shows Konner Brunner walking 513 00:30:55,321 --> 00:30:59,623 in with a white female shopping and buying various items to 514 00:30:59,625 --> 00:31:03,660 include some clothing but also various cleaning supplies. 515 00:31:06,699 --> 00:31:09,399 Detectives are later able t determine that the woman 516 00:31:09,401 --> 00:31:12,603 who was with Konner was his ex-girlfriend Alex. 517 00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:21,745 Alex tells police that when Konner came to her the evening of October 27th 518 00:31:21,847 --> 00:31:23,246 that the story he gave her 519 00:31:23,248 --> 00:31:26,483 was that a friend of his had been shot and he dropped him off 520 00:31:26,485 --> 00:31:29,219 and didn't know his condition, that he was upset. 521 00:31:31,190 --> 00:31:35,626 Alex, not knowing that Laure was missing, believed Konner's story, 522 00:31:35,628 --> 00:31:37,427 and she threw away his clothes, 523 00:31:37,429 --> 00:31:40,130 and she saw him start to clean the car out. 524 00:31:42,635 --> 00:31:47,037 We have no indication Alex had any idea of what Konner had 525 00:31:47,106 --> 00:31:49,940 actually done at that point. 526 00:31:50,042 --> 00:31:54,011 [narrator] Investigators received the forensic repor on Konner's car. 527 00:31:56,181 --> 00:31:59,449 [Ashley] When they first go into Konner's car and looked 528 00:31:59,518 --> 00:32:03,053 it was evident that there ha been a large volume of bloo 529 00:32:03,122 --> 00:32:05,355 that someone or something had lost. 530 00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:09,726 DNA was taken from both her father and her mother. 531 00:32:12,698 --> 00:32:16,300 And we were able to confirm that it was Lauren's blood in the vehicle. 532 00:32:19,405 --> 00:32:21,805 Then he changes the story a bit. 533 00:32:23,242 --> 00:32:26,343 He dropped her off to get drugs and she wants to be dropped off 534 00:32:26,445 --> 00:32:29,146 at a secondary location to get help. 535 00:32:29,214 --> 00:32:32,716 And that story was where it really kind of went off the rails a bit. 536 00:32:34,353 --> 00:32:36,987 [narrator] Konner claims tha a pair of local drug dealer 537 00:32:36,989 --> 00:32:38,655 were also inside the car. 538 00:32:40,359 --> 00:32:44,027 [Ashley] Lauren was yelling at people that were in Konner's car. 539 00:32:44,029 --> 00:32:45,395 She was buying drugs from them. 540 00:32:45,397 --> 00:32:47,664 And there was some dispute and that they hurt Lauren. 541 00:32:49,702 --> 00:32:52,302 [Konner speaking] 542 00:32:53,939 --> 00:32:55,105 [detective speaking] 543 00:32:56,942 --> 00:32:58,709 [Konner speaking] 544 00:33:03,716 --> 00:33:06,216 [narrator] Konner claims tha the dealers then told him t 545 00:33:06,218 --> 00:33:09,152 drive to the junction of 51st Street and Aspen 546 00:33:09,221 --> 00:33:11,421 to dispose of Lauren's body 547 00:33:14,293 --> 00:33:16,426 [detective speaking] 548 00:33:16,428 --> 00:33:18,462 [Konner speaking] 549 00:33:18,530 --> 00:33:19,963 [detective speaking] 550 00:33:19,965 --> 00:33:22,232 [Konner speaking] 551 00:33:22,301 --> 00:33:27,037 -[detective speaking] -[Konner speaking] 552 00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:29,806 -[detective speaking] -[Konner speaking] 553 00:33:29,808 --> 00:33:33,310 -[detective speaking] -[Konner speaking] 554 00:33:33,312 --> 00:33:35,145 -[detective speaking] -[Konner speaking] 555 00:33:44,056 --> 00:33:47,124 Konner tells detectives that Lauren's body was placed 556 00:33:47,126 --> 00:33:49,359 in a recycling bin behind a gas station. 557 00:33:50,863 --> 00:33:54,464 As they get closer to that recycling bin, exactly wher 558 00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:57,401 Konner described it, they find evidence of blood 559 00:34:00,005 --> 00:34:03,807 They also found a bracelet that we were later able to link up 560 00:34:03,809 --> 00:34:05,642 as belonging to Lauren. 561 00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:11,214 The blood that was found at the dumpster on both the outside 562 00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:16,153 and inside, the dumpster itself was confirmed to be Lauren's blood 563 00:34:16,221 --> 00:34:17,854 and matched with her DNA. 564 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:26,430 [Christa] At that moment, you know, our worst fears was confirmed 565 00:34:29,234 --> 00:34:31,401 and that she was never coming back again... 566 00:34:33,739 --> 00:34:37,741 and that all the things that we had talked about, 567 00:34:37,810 --> 00:34:41,411 that she wanted to do would never happen. 568 00:34:43,248 --> 00:34:44,748 [Dustin] I got up from the table. 569 00:34:44,850 --> 00:34:46,483 I hit the fricking wall. 570 00:34:46,485 --> 00:34:47,818 I went fricking stupid. 571 00:34:49,822 --> 00:34:52,322 I fell apart all over again. Ready to fricking kill. 572 00:34:54,259 --> 00:34:55,859 Pretty much everybody just left me alone. 573 00:34:55,961 --> 00:34:57,360 They all did their thing. 574 00:34:59,331 --> 00:35:03,033 Lauren was a wonderful individual, had a full life ahead of her. 575 00:35:03,135 --> 00:35:04,534 She didn't deserve that. 576 00:35:08,307 --> 00:35:10,907 [narrator] Investigators don't believe Konner's clai 577 00:35:10,909 --> 00:35:14,511 that dealers shot Lauren during an argument over drug 578 00:35:17,216 --> 00:35:20,183 They press Konner to come clean about what really happened 579 00:35:20,185 --> 00:35:22,819 in his car on October 27th. 580 00:35:24,656 --> 00:35:26,123 [detective speaking] 581 00:35:26,125 --> 00:35:27,324 [Konner speaking] 582 00:35:27,326 --> 00:35:29,826 [detective speaking] 583 00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:32,762 [Kenneth] Konner is still trying to do what he can to 584 00:35:32,831 --> 00:35:37,734 distance himself, and he is still attempting to put blame on others. 585 00:35:39,037 --> 00:35:40,837 [detective speaking] 586 00:35:42,341 --> 00:35:43,540 [Konner speaking] 587 00:35:43,609 --> 00:35:45,542 [detective speaking] 588 00:35:45,611 --> 00:35:47,711 [Konner speaking] 589 00:35:47,713 --> 00:35:49,412 [detective speaking] 590 00:35:49,414 --> 00:35:51,848 [Konner speaking] 591 00:35:51,917 --> 00:35:54,618 [Ashley] And then when it gets to him needing to explain something, 592 00:35:54,620 --> 00:35:58,021 he becomes quite cagey and dodges the question 593 00:35:58,023 --> 00:35:59,723 or just doesn't answer it at all. 594 00:36:01,026 --> 00:36:04,761 [detective speaking] 595 00:36:18,544 --> 00:36:21,211 [Konner speaking] 596 00:36:30,956 --> 00:36:32,222 [detective speaking] 597 00:36:32,224 --> 00:36:35,825 [Konner speaking] 598 00:36:35,827 --> 00:36:37,227 [detective speaking] 599 00:36:37,229 --> 00:36:38,962 [Konner speaking] 600 00:36:39,031 --> 00:36:42,499 [detective speaking] 601 00:36:42,501 --> 00:36:43,733 [Konner speaking] 602 00:36:46,205 --> 00:36:49,339 [Ashley] After we have Konner's confession 603 00:36:49,408 --> 00:36:54,444 and detectives respond to the dumpster and find the blood and Lauren's bracelet, 604 00:36:54,513 --> 00:36:58,348 it became evident she was no longer at that location. 605 00:36:58,450 --> 00:37:01,651 So detectives ultimately concluded that she'd been 606 00:37:01,687 --> 00:37:04,654 sent to a recycling facilit that packs recycling. 607 00:37:06,225 --> 00:37:09,226 We were first contacted by the Broken Arrow Police Department 608 00:37:09,228 --> 00:37:11,161 on November the third. 609 00:37:11,263 --> 00:37:17,033 They had explained to me that Lauren had been put into a recycling dumpster. 610 00:37:17,035 --> 00:37:20,904 They contacted us to see if we might be able to dispatch 611 00:37:20,906 --> 00:37:23,306 some cadaver dogs to come out there. 612 00:37:24,409 --> 00:37:26,743 We went with the Broken Arrow Police Department 613 00:37:26,812 --> 00:37:29,045 to the processing facility in Valliant. 614 00:37:30,549 --> 00:37:35,518 Our dogs are trained to alert on the odor of human decomposition. 615 00:37:37,456 --> 00:37:40,824 When they first arrived and started checking the bales, 616 00:37:40,826 --> 00:37:43,293 they weren't finding anythin 617 00:37:43,295 --> 00:37:47,797 And that's when we took the cadaver dogs inside the facility. 618 00:37:47,799 --> 00:37:50,600 It was a full down alert where the dog lays 619 00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:53,103 all the way down and says, "It's here. 620 00:37:53,105 --> 00:37:56,506 I smell my odor right here." 621 00:37:56,508 --> 00:38:01,144 We know that they only give those alerts to the presence of human remains. 622 00:38:03,749 --> 00:38:05,915 Police were able to ultimately recover what they believe 623 00:38:05,917 --> 00:38:09,619 may be portions of bone or from the skin of Lauren. 624 00:38:11,290 --> 00:38:13,657 This was confirmed through DNA testing. 625 00:38:16,762 --> 00:38:19,129 Konner was charged with murder in the first degree, 626 00:38:19,131 --> 00:38:23,033 which under Oklahoma law is the intentional taking of a human life. 627 00:38:26,305 --> 00:38:29,005 [narrator] Investigators piece together the events 628 00:38:29,007 --> 00:38:30,707 that led to Lauren's murder 629 00:38:32,044 --> 00:38:35,312 [Kenneth] As the investigation into Konner continued, 630 00:38:35,314 --> 00:38:37,514 there was additional evidence that came to light. 631 00:38:37,516 --> 00:38:41,518 Konner was dating another woman and still talking to and seeing Lauren. 632 00:38:42,954 --> 00:38:46,523 Investigators were able to find messages days before 633 00:38:46,525 --> 00:38:50,460 Lauren's murder, where his girlfriend was breaking up with him 634 00:38:50,562 --> 00:38:53,963 because of his relationship with Lauren. 635 00:38:55,600 --> 00:39:01,504 [narrator] After the breakup Konner texts another former girlfriend, Alex. 636 00:39:01,506 --> 00:39:06,943 In one message to her, he describes Lauren as a parasite. 637 00:39:06,945 --> 00:39:10,613 [Kenneth] We were able to find messages to where he talked about 638 00:39:10,615 --> 00:39:14,718 how Lauren had ruined his life because she would not go away 639 00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:16,552 as he's trying to be with this new woman. 640 00:39:18,223 --> 00:39:23,226 [Ashley] On October 27th, Lauren had an argument with her mother that day. 641 00:39:23,228 --> 00:39:26,363 She spent some time with Blake. 642 00:39:26,464 --> 00:39:29,799 She spent time at her friend Mike's house, who picked her up 643 00:39:29,801 --> 00:39:32,235 from a gas station after she was done seeing Blake. 644 00:39:34,373 --> 00:39:37,307 [Kenneth] Konner picked Lauren up from Mike West's house 645 00:39:37,309 --> 00:39:39,609 around 4:30 to 5:00 p.m... 646 00:39:42,114 --> 00:39:44,314 [Ashley] At some point, Lauren and Konner were drivi 647 00:39:44,316 --> 00:39:47,650 around, had an argument, and Konner took her life. 648 00:39:49,521 --> 00:39:54,090 He was seeking to remove her from his life in some form or fashion. 649 00:39:54,092 --> 00:39:57,260 Now, ultimately, what happened inside that car, 650 00:39:57,329 --> 00:40:00,663 the only person who truly knows is Konner Brunner. 651 00:40:02,300 --> 00:40:07,303 [Ashley] He discarded her in a dumpster at a Kum & Go gas station, 652 00:40:07,305 --> 00:40:08,905 and then he drove to an apartment complex 653 00:40:08,907 --> 00:40:10,840 and discarded her personal belongings. 654 00:40:12,511 --> 00:40:15,612 [Kenneth] From there, we know he goes to work around 7:30. 655 00:40:15,614 --> 00:40:18,648 He drives around for a bit and then we're able to find that he meets up 656 00:40:18,717 --> 00:40:22,085 with his ex-girlfriend Alex at her place of business 657 00:40:22,087 --> 00:40:24,254 and then goes to Walmart at 10:30 p.m... 658 00:40:26,458 --> 00:40:30,760 [Ashley] And then after that he did what he could to create a narrative 659 00:40:30,829 --> 00:40:33,663 and to get rid of what evidence he could 660 00:40:33,765 --> 00:40:34,964 to cover his tracks. 661 00:40:40,138 --> 00:40:41,938 [Kenneth] Konner pled not guilty. 662 00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:45,809 And after a preliminary hearing and lengthy motion arguments, 663 00:40:45,811 --> 00:40:49,512 our jury trial began in January of 2020. 664 00:40:50,816 --> 00:40:55,418 [Christa] We went to trial and think we believe that 665 00:40:55,420 --> 00:40:59,689 Konner, in his own head, didn't think that he would be 666 00:40:59,691 --> 00:41:02,659 convicted of her murder. 667 00:41:05,030 --> 00:41:08,231 [narrator] The jury finds Konner guilty of first degree murder. 668 00:41:10,802 --> 00:41:13,102 The judge sentences him to life in prison 669 00:41:13,104 --> 00:41:16,606 with the possibility of paro after 38 years. 670 00:41:23,715 --> 00:41:26,349 [Joe] I want my daughter to be happy. That's all. 671 00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:28,318 Nothing more, nothing less. 672 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:29,953 Like any other dad out there 673 00:41:32,290 --> 00:41:33,656 Konner took that from her. 674 00:41:33,725 --> 00:41:36,125 And he took that from a lot of other people too. 675 00:41:40,131 --> 00:41:43,099 [Christa] I would like Addis to know that her mommy reall 676 00:41:43,101 --> 00:41:46,803 was trying to be the mom that she wanted her to be... 677 00:41:49,941 --> 00:41:53,343 that this bad dude took her away 678 00:41:54,913 --> 00:42:00,016 and that that wasn't her fault 679 00:42:03,421 --> 00:42:08,224 and that her mom is watching over her. 680 00:42:11,763 --> 00:42:15,465 [Joe] When I think about my baby girl, my little Lauren, I call her Lala. 681 00:42:17,002 --> 00:42:18,400 I got so many memories. 682 00:42:20,705 --> 00:42:22,238 That's the only thing that keeps me going, is the memories. 683 00:42:25,243 --> 00:42:26,809 She was an awesome individual.