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[Lauren speaking]
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[Dustin]
We loved Halloween every yea
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That was probably,
as a family, one of our
favorite holidays.
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[Joe speaking]
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[Christa] Dustin's the Tigge
and Lauren is Snow White.
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[Lauren speaking]
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[Joe speaking]
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She loved to dress up.
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But like all fairy tales,
sometimes
there's a ending
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that's not all that good.
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[siren blaring]
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[detective speaking]
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At that moment, time stopped.
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[Joe] I'll never forget
how my heart felt.
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That's something
we don't ever prepare for.
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[woman speaking]
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[narrator]
It's Christmas Day,
1997 in Antlers, Oklahoma.
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[woman] Hey, Chris.
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Hey.
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[narrator] 28-year-old Chris
Kidd and 27-year-old
Joe Kidd...
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[woman speaking]
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[narrator]
...are celebrating
the holidays with relatives
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and their one-year-old
daughter Lauren.
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[baby cooing]
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[Christa] We were at
my grandparents' house.
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We'd come to visit
my grandparents,
my mother, and my sister.
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Lauren had just turned
one on the fifth before.
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[woman speaking]
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[narrator] The Kidds
live 150 miles away
in Broken Arrow
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And this is the first time
that baby Lauren meets
some of her extended family
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[Christa] Everyone is so
excited to meet Lauren.
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And Lauren was always happy
and smiley and had a porcelain
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doll kind of look, that pretty
painted on auburn hair.
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Lauren definitely was
the center of attention.
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It was the first time that
she could open presents,
you know.
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It was, of course, all about
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the wrapping paper
and the boxes.
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It was just a lot of fun.
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[woman 1 speaking]
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[woman 2] Okay, yes.
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[Christa] She loved
being with her daddy.
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And really,
he loved having her.
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Yes.
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There was a time
she was a daddy's girl,
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and she'd tell you that too.
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[Christa] He would always te
her she was not going
to grow up.
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She was gonna
be his baby girl forever.
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Four years earlier,
Joe and I had met
when I had moved to Tulsa.
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I was a single mother
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of a three-year-old son
named Joshua.
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I was working at an apartment
complex as a leasing agent,
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and Joe was working
in the fitness facility.
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It was about three years after
I met Joe that I was pregnant
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with Lauren.
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And so exciting.
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I was head over heels,
you know?
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I mean, I was nervous.
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I was happy.
I was scared.
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I was... "Wow. Am I ready?"
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[Christa]
Lauren was born
December 5th, 1996.
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Best birthday present
I could have got.
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My birthday was on
the 11th right after.
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She was a birthday present
and a Christmas present,
all in... combined.
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[Dusty] Lauren walked over,
straddled Joshua's head.
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[narrator] The Kidds visit
Joe's family in Munford,
Tennessee, in April 1998.
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That was
an exciting time to go.
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It's the first granddaughter
on that side of the family.
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That's Dusty, Joe's dad.
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We call him Pa Pa.
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Pa Pa was the bean bag
of children.
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[man] Joshua's wrestling.
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Everybody wanted to hang off
of him and bounce off of him.
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And, you know, he was
so much fun with the kids.
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[Dusty groaning]
Ow, he got me.
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[Christa] She's gonna
crawl on top of Pa Pa.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Now Pa Pa is in for it.
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Lauren's gonna spank him.
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He's in trouble.
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Oh, goodness.
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You know?
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[Lauren speaking]
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[Christa] 1999,
the company that Joe
and I were working
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for filed bankruptcy,
and we had selected to go
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to a company
in Phoenix, Arizona.
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We decided to call it
our working vacation.
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It was living
a glamorous life.
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We really wanted to just
take in all of the things
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as if we were tourists.
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[Joe speaking]
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-Yeah, it's chilly.
-[Joe speaking]
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[Lauren speaking]
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Lauren was so little.
I think she just enjoyed
everything.
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Something new.
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She's like, "Wow, look
how pretty this is."
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There were mountains
everywhere.
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We had no mountains
in Oklahoma.
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We had mountains
all of a sudden.
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I don't like
the sun to shine.
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[narrator] Fast forward to
2001, Lauren is developing
a love for sports.
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[Joe] Stop it, goalie!
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[Christa] Lauren played
soccer
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for the first time
when she was four.
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She liked to play goalie.
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Strange
because the ball comes at you.
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You have to stop the ball.
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She didn't care.
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She had good, strong legs,
and she wasn't afraid.
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Lauren, what's your plan
for the day of the game?
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What are you gonna do to
get ready for this game today?
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What's going on?
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[Christa]
Talk to us, Lauren.
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-Tell the whole world.
-Come on.
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Talk to the mic, Lauren.
What's going on today?
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I'm thrilled to see
my daughter be excited
about playing
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and her having fun.
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[woman] Josie, get it!
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Josie, run!
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[Christa] It was just
very natural for her.
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She got out there on
that field
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and controlled the spotlight
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She was very good at it.
It was exciting.
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We left Phoenix
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in 2002 and moved
to Tennessee.
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We spent time there
to be closer to Joe's father.
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[Christa speaking]
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Lauren started
school in August.
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She was so excited
about starting school,
having all of her
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school supplies
in her Barbie backpack.
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[Christa speaking]
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[Lauren speaking]
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[Christa speaking]
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[Lauren speaking]
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[Christa speaking]
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[Joe speaking]
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[Lauren speaking]
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[Christa speaking]
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[Christa]
So we were excited to
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pick Lauren up from
school that day
to see how our day was
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and she just sees us
and runs out and beaming
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and just on and on
and on about everything
that happened that day.
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[Joe speaking]
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[Christa speaking]
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[Joe] Hold on.
Wait right there.
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[narrator] Christa's pregnan
with her and Joe's second
child.
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We decided with the family
expanding, we needed to
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move back closer
to my family.
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And so we pack everything up
and move back to Oklahoma.
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Lauren wasn't
good with change.
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She didn't like change.
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But we had to move forward.
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[Joe] We made a decision
to move there and hoped
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things will be better.
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We can plan things
and set goals
and start bettering
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ourselves for the next
chapter in life at that time.
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Aw.
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[Christa] I went into
labor October 25th.
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Dustin was born
the next day about 2:00 p.m.
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[Joe] Lauren was thrilled
when she found out
it was a little boy.
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I've got pictures of them
together
and she loved her brothers.
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She was protective
as she got older,
but she loved her brothers.
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[Lauren speaking]
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[Joe speaking]
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[Lauren speaking]
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[Joe speaking]
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[narrator] Fast forward to
October 2003,
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the Kidd family prepares
for two celebrations.
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[Dustin] I would
have just turned one.
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[Joe speaking]
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Halloween being
after my birthday,
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we usually tried to do
a Halloween celebration
for that anyways.
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Lauren probably had the ide
of wanting to be Snow White
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'cause that's
just how she was.
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She always wanted to
be princess
and dressing up,
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stuff like that.
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[Lauren speaking]
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[woman speaking]
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[Joe speaking]
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[woman speaking]
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[Dustin]
We loved Halloween every yea
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That was probably as a famil
one of our favorite holidays
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[Lauren speaking]
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[Dustin] As a big sister,
she was great.
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She actually let me
go hang out with her.
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It's like, your own brother,
a lot of people don't do that.
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So that was always fun.
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It was really good
times for all of us.
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Just the fact that
we were all there together.
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At that time of our life, we
just thought that everything
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was gonna be great.
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[Dusty speaking]
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[narrator]
The Kidd family celebrates
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Thanksgiving 2004
with Joe's parents
in Tennessee.
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[Christa] Lauren loved
spending time with her Pa Pa.
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He was fun, and he would do
just about anything.
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And she always wanted
to hunt with Pa Pa.
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[Dusty speaking]
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[Dustin]
Lauren was always very open
to doing things.
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She was, "Hey, let's
go randomly go shoot
at a tree for no reason."
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So my Pa Pa, trying
to, like, show Lauren to keep
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it up on your shoulder so it
doesn't, like,
hit you in the face.
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[Dusty] All right. Lauren.
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And then she almost hits
herself in the face again.
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[Lauren speaking]
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[Dusty speaking]
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[Dustin] That was cute.
Ah.
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[narrator] In early 2005,
Christa and Joe celebrate
the arrival
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of their third child togethe
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[Dustin] Tyler was born
in February of 2005.
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He may have been our last,
but he definitely
wasn't our least.
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[Christa] Tyler was
the new play toy, obviously.
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Lauren's friends, they reall
liked to dress Tyler up.
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Tyler had fantastic
yellow curls.
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[Tyler] I saw one of her old
friends one time
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and she was like, "Yo,
I used to dress
you up in a dress,
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put makeup on you."
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And I was like,
"Oh, my God."
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It was a challenge sometimes
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But Lauren
and him got along great
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because she was proud
of her brother.
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[narrator] It's now 2009,
and 12-year-old Lauren
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is struggling with
her mental health.
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[Christa] Her doctor diagnosed
her with ADHD,
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and the medicines
affected her.
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It kind of took
the essence of Lauren away.
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[Dustin] She just
started being more
shy and more bashful,
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not as outgoing and open on
her own, if that makes sense.
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It was like
her demeanor changed.
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So her group of friends
shifted.
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It was a difficult year
for Lauren.
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[narrator] Lauren's mental
health takes another blow
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when the swine flu pandemic
strikes the Kidd family.
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Her and her brother
Dustin became sick
with the H1N1
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at the same time with Pa Pa.
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Pa Pa didn't make it.
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[Dustin] I remember sitting
in our driveway one day
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while my dad was
on his way home.
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I remember him just
like sitting down
and telling us the news,
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and I was, like, devastated.
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I know she was, too.
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He was a big part of our lif
at that time,
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especially the kids,
because they were...
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that's Pa Pa.
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So he loved his kids,
his grandkids, all of them.
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So it hit us hard.
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[narrator] October 2010,
the Kidd family celebrates
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Dustin's eighth birthday
with a Halloween themed part
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[Christa speaking]
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[narrator]
But behind the laughter,
Lauren continues to struggle
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[Christa]
She was doing self-harm.
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She would cover it up.
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[narrator]
Christa begs Lauren to stop
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She records Lauren's arms
every few days
to check for new cuts.
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[Christa] We struggled
with not knowing why would you
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cut yourself when
you're so beautiful
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and what can we do to
help fix it.
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Lauren learned
to say, "I can handle this.
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It's not an issue.
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I've got this.
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Don't worry about me."
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And she would be very upset
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You know, you didn't
want to make it worse.
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You start thinking
as a father, "What is it
that you missed?
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What did you do?
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Why is she doing this?
What caused this?"
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[Christa]
I didn't know until later
about a time
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that Lauren and some friend
were hanging out,
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one of the boys had stayed
back with Lauren,
I think he had
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pinned her against the wall
and had forced himself on he
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And she didn't want
anyone to know.
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We found a counselor
that Lauren agreed to see.
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Lauren's next couple of year
were pretty smooth.
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Lauren had a friend Dylan.
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Dylan introduced Lauren
to his skater buddy Zach.
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That was it.
That was it for her.
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There wasn't anybody else
that she would even have
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considered once she met Zach.
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[Dustin] I believe they
started dating in high schoo
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I loved Zach always
just because he was
pretty close to
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an older brother figure
in that way.
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He loved to hang out with us.
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I was at work and her dad came
home for lunch to find Lauren
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and her friends carrying box
from her room to their cars
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She said, "I'm moving out
and there's nothing
you can do about it."
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[Joe] I said, "I understand
you want to move.
I figured you would."
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It's just high school
was over 'cause
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we're in the middle
of the year
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and she's in the middle
of her senior year.
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[Christa] She moved into an
apartment with Zach,
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and they were gonna get
married one day.
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And she would finish
high school and get a job,
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and everything was
gonna be great.
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I had already thought that
she might have been pregnant
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February, I was able
to get her to agree
to a doctor's appointment
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when she discovered that tru
she was pregnant.
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March 22, 2015, she gave bir
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to the absolutely fantastic
Addison Nicole Maine.
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[Joe] To watch
your little girl
bring another little girl
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into the world, it was...
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I'd say, it's just amazing.
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Wow. There's...
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I can't describe the feeling
'cause it's just...
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we just don't get those
feelings, you know?
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[Christa] A few months later
she graduates
from high school.
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She did it all.
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She took care,
and she was a mom
and all this stuff.
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In July of 2016,
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Lauren and Zach got married
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It was a very beautiful
bed-and-breakfast
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wedding chapel.
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[Tyler] I remember seeing he
in that dress
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with the red hair
and everything, like,
"That's my sister."
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And looked at her like,
"She's gorgeous.
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This day is gonna be amazing."
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[Joe] She was so beautiful.
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Zach had this grin on him.
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All day long, it was just,
"I'm gonna get married."
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So it was wonderful
to watch those two kids
go through that.
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I thought they would be
together forever.
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But like all fairytales,
sometimes there's an ending
that's not all that good, so.
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[Lauren singing]
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[narrator] March 2017,
The Kidd family
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celebrates Addison's
second birthday.
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[Christa] We were so
excited to see Addison
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and how much she had grown.
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Uh-oh.
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Watching the kids have thei
first time really together,
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it was... it was a good time.
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That was a good party.
I enjoyed that party.
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[narrator] Lauren and Zach
decide they need more space
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raise their daughter.
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[Christa]
What was it, around 2017?
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Zach and Lauren moved in
with their friends
at that time,
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Konner and his girlfriend
Alex.
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I don't know how close
Lauren and Konner were
in high school.
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I knew they knew each other.
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But they would end up decidi
to share a larger apartment
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with Konner and Alex.
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[Dustin] I knew Konner
and Alex at the time.
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So I was like,
"Okay, this is cool.
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Like, I like them."
They were pretty cool.
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[Christa] Lauren started
working at Evolution.
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They would sell
electronic cigarettes
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and different things
like that.
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She really enjoyed it a lot
She met a lot of people ther
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That's where she met
Blake, was at Evolution.
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They became
very close friends.
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We first met whenever
I was trying to get
a birthday present
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for one of my friends.
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Lauren was someone that
you could always talk to.
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You were ever having trouble
with anything,
then she'd be happy to help.
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If there was anything
that you ever wanted to do,
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then she was always down
to do it.
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[narrator] Lauren is
happy at work, but there
are tensions at home.
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[Christa] Things started
changing in the household
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dynamics, I'll say.
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Things started to get bumpy
with the relationship between
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Lauren and Zach.
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And I think that
once that things got shaky,
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it was hard to really
get it back.
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[Dustin]
They still loved each other
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It was just in that moment it
wasn't good for them
both to be together.
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[Christa] Alex had broken u
with Konner by that time,
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and so she had moved out.
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[Dustin] Lauren needed someone
else to be able to talk to,
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and Konner was kind of
already there.
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And so they just kind
of got closer and closer.
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So that's just kind of
how that kind of came out.
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I know that they were
extremely happy,
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and he made her
extremely happy.
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He took care of Addison
very well,
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whenever they were around
each other.
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He helped out very well.
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[narrator] Lauren tells Zac
that she is in love
with Konner.
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[Christa] Zach took
Addison to his mom's.
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He filed for a divorce,
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and Lauren felt
a obligation to stay
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in the apartment with Konner
to help him pay the bills.
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[narrator] Lauren and Zach
divorce in September 2017.
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They share the responsibilit
for raising two-year-old
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Addison after the split.
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[Dustin] One would have one
week, one would have the oth
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'cause they always wanted t
make sure Addison was happy
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That was always
that main priority.
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[narrator] Lauren
and Konner grow closer.
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And Lauren abuses drugs
as the relationship develops
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I met Lauren early 2018
through somebody
I was living with
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that introduced me
to both of them
at the same time.
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We would, I say, party,
but it was more of a mess.
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We usually we're just kind of,
like, getting by, hanging out
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with a lot of sketchy peopl
but just kind of on the edge
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And I think that was what
our thing was at the time.
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She did smoke weed.
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We both did.
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Us doing the drugs we did
was part of the reason
why we ended up meeting.
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I don't think we used drugs
to let go as much as we did
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to hold on to that feeling.
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It was really negative.
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[narrator] Lauren and Konner
drug abuse escalates
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and their relationship
spirals when they
start to abuse harder drugs
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[Tyler] She'd get
in arguments with him
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and then be mad at him.
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And then he would make it
where she's the bad guy.
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[Christa] The fights that
they would have
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and the things that
he would say to her, he was
absolutely horrible for her.
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They had fought
and refought, broke up,
got back together,
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fought, broke up
so many times that we reall
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thought that this was gonna
be the case that would be
the final breakup.
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On October 26, 2018,
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I was expecting Lauren
to call me
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to come to pick her up
from work.
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That's usually what happened
and instead
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Konner drops her off.
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We didn't understand
how that happened,
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how could that possibly be.
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It was horrifying to see
him back
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at our house after
everything that had happened.
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I wanted to talk to her
about it.
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Lauren was very defensive.
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And so at a point,
she just left,
and I never saw her again.
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[Blake] Lauren was
supposed to actually stay
at my house that night.
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And I had dropped her off a
the Shell station by my house.
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And she got picked up by
this guy named Mike West.
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And she had gone to his house,
and she was gonna
get a tattoo over there.
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I was supposed to pick her
up at around 6:00 p.m.-ish.
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I was texting her,
trying to get updates.
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But after a little while,
she just stopped texting back.
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Blake contacted me
and he asked me
where she was
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because he couldn't get
ahold of her.
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She wasn't messaging me.
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She was pretty consistent
with replying.
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So her not replying back,
it definitely came off as,
like, alarming.
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Once it got to about
midnight of that night,
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that's whenever me and Shayna
were both freaking out.
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So the only person I could
think of left to call would be
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Christa to be able to try to
figure out where she was.
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[Christa] Immediately, I sen
a message to Konner
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asking if he had
heard from her.
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00:26:05,431 --> 00:26:08,299
I sent a message to Zachary.
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Zach messaged back that
they were supposed to meet up
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in Maine for a trick or trea
event
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00:26:17,009 --> 00:26:20,244
with Addison, and Lauren
didn't show up.
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00:26:22,615 --> 00:26:26,850
When Zach told us that,
it was a horrible gut feeling.
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We called Broken Arrow
Police Department to file
a missing persons.
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[Kenneth] 12:09 in
the morning,
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the Broken Arrow
Police Department
received a call.
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00:26:44,003 --> 00:26:47,037
Blake Beaman informed
the Broken Arrow
Police Department
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00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:50,708
that Lauren was dropped off
October 27th at a gas statio
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where she was supposed to get
a ride to a person's house by
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the name of Mike West,
who was supposed to help
her get a tattoo.
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Mike West told police that
that day when Lauren
came over to the house,
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they had a discussion about
what kind of tattoo to get.
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And he said that
Konner Brunner showed up
to the house
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kind of unannounced.
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00:27:11,831 --> 00:27:13,697
Konner and Lauren leave.
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00:27:13,699 --> 00:27:15,833
And she tells Mike West,
"I'll be right back.
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00:27:15,901 --> 00:27:19,403
I shouldn't be gone too long
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00:27:19,405 --> 00:27:23,607
Detective Mark Williamson
reaches out to Konner throug
a phone call to try to see
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if he can figure out where
Lauren may have gone.
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00:27:29,382 --> 00:27:31,815
Konner Brunner tells
Detective Williamson that
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he picked Lauren up somewher
between 1:00 and 3:00
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and took her
to a nearby Walmart,
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00:27:36,122 --> 00:27:39,256
where she got out
and was supposed to have
walked to a friend's house.
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Now that Konner Brunner
has given a specific time,
date, and location,
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they now have the ability
to see if they can
gather additional evidence.
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Anything that can give them
a lead on what direction
Lauren may have traveled.
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[narrator] Investigators
obtained surveillance footag
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of the Walmart parking lot.
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00:28:01,313 --> 00:28:04,648
[Kenneth] The Broken Arrow
police officers are
combing through this footage
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But there's absolutely
no evidence, no video,
nothing
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that shows Lauren.
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So this becomes kind
of a first indication
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that something's
not right here.
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[narrator] A few days pass
before Christa
receives a tip.
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One evening, we received
an anonymous message.
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[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.
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00:28:35,848 --> 00:28:37,214
He's got new seats.
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00:28:37,216 --> 00:28:38,782
Something's not right."
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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.