1 00:00:22,223 --> 00:00:24,123 [sirens wailing] 2 00:00:55,723 --> 00:00:58,424 [theme music playing] 3 00:01:06,033 --> 00:01:08,033 MAN: There's this thing inside of me, it's like... 4 00:01:08,102 --> 00:01:10,135 the appetite. 5 00:01:10,204 --> 00:01:11,804 It's like a wolf that's... 6 00:01:11,939 --> 00:01:15,808 filling...the hunger. 7 00:01:15,943 --> 00:01:21,346 ♪♪ 8 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:30,622 ♪♪ 9 00:01:30,757 --> 00:01:33,525 MAN: A deadly rampage that crisscrossed 10 00:01:33,594 --> 00:01:36,728 the picturesque Matanuska Valley in Eastern Ontario. 11 00:01:36,730 --> 00:01:39,531 Early in the morning, a gunman drove to three 12 00:01:39,533 --> 00:01:42,501 different communities, killing three women. 13 00:01:42,503 --> 00:01:48,140 ♪♪ 14 00:02:04,358 --> 00:02:11,964 ♪♪ 15 00:03:52,633 --> 00:03:57,169 This is a guy who likes to think that he is a good Christian 16 00:03:57,171 --> 00:04:00,105 and that he is a good person, and these people who wrong him 17 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,707 are bad people. 18 00:04:01,842 --> 00:04:04,009 It's a very, I think, unconvincing, 19 00:04:04,011 --> 00:04:07,112 "I'm a good guy, I'm the victim" presentation. 20 00:04:07,214 --> 00:04:09,248 One thing that approaches psychopathy with it is it's 21 00:04:09,316 --> 00:04:10,515 really lacking an awareness 22 00:04:10,517 --> 00:04:13,819 that no one's really gonna buy his sob story. 23 00:04:13,921 --> 00:04:16,321 He's just trying to rationalize and justify 24 00:04:16,323 --> 00:04:19,825 his actions in a way that make moral sense, 25 00:04:19,927 --> 00:04:22,327 but it's not at all believable. 26 00:05:04,805 --> 00:05:07,306 MUNDY: "It felt as if God was telling me." 27 00:05:07,308 --> 00:05:09,708 So it's -- it's kind of distancing language. 28 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:12,511 He's not really coming close to 29 00:05:12,513 --> 00:05:16,948 taking responsibility and certainly not feeling remorse. 30 00:05:17,017 --> 00:05:20,719 SAHNI: He believes he has a special relationship with God. 31 00:05:20,854 --> 00:05:23,388 It's his ego talking, that he is special, 32 00:05:23,390 --> 00:05:26,458 he's a chosen one, that he is above the rest of us 33 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,528 in his ability to decide who dies and who lives. 34 00:05:29,663 --> 00:05:37,402 ♪♪ 35 00:07:17,104 --> 00:07:19,504 SAHNI: He talks about watching himself on camera -- 36 00:07:19,639 --> 00:07:21,673 I think that's also part of his own narcissism. 37 00:07:21,675 --> 00:07:23,041 You know, "Look at what I did." 38 00:07:23,110 --> 00:07:25,644 Particularly the more psychopathic somebody is 39 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:27,512 and the more narcissistic somebody is, 40 00:07:27,647 --> 00:07:30,348 watching themselves is really an ultimate honor. 41 00:07:59,746 --> 00:08:09,421 ♪♪ 42 00:08:09,423 --> 00:08:15,527 ♪♪ 43 00:08:30,210 --> 00:08:33,645 Basil Borutski, when you pay attention to his crimes 44 00:08:33,747 --> 00:08:38,650 and what he's done, is very classically a chronic domestic 45 00:08:38,719 --> 00:08:39,851 violence perpetrator. 46 00:08:39,953 --> 00:08:42,654 He's a misogynist, and he's a psychopath. 47 00:08:42,723 --> 00:08:45,423 He has a difficult time not getting his way. 48 00:08:45,425 --> 00:08:47,759 He has a complete lack of respect 49 00:08:47,828 --> 00:08:50,161 for women and sees them as objects. 50 00:08:50,230 --> 00:08:51,963 He is devoid of typical emotion 51 00:08:52,065 --> 00:08:53,765 and attachment to people. 52 00:08:55,335 --> 00:08:59,204 He has a history of stalking Carol, of showing up 53 00:08:59,206 --> 00:09:00,639 at her home unannounced, 54 00:09:00,740 --> 00:09:02,607 showing up to do work on her property 55 00:09:02,609 --> 00:09:06,511 that she didn't ask for, and while she's not there. 56 00:09:06,513 --> 00:09:09,414 Here's an excerpt from a letter 57 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:11,616 that Borutski wrote Carol. 58 00:09:12,853 --> 00:09:14,119 "I'm a deep thinker. 59 00:09:14,221 --> 00:09:17,022 "I worry about the world, the planet, the people, 60 00:09:17,024 --> 00:09:18,623 "the pollution. 61 00:09:18,625 --> 00:09:20,825 "That's me. I can't change me. 62 00:09:20,827 --> 00:09:23,228 "I am a loving, caring human being. 63 00:09:23,330 --> 00:09:24,729 I am a good person." 64 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:27,432 He's trying to convince her 65 00:09:27,534 --> 00:09:30,335 that he's this horribly misunderstood person. 66 00:09:30,404 --> 00:09:33,538 And you see that time and time again with domestic violence. 67 00:09:33,607 --> 00:09:36,641 Perpetrators justify their own rage. 68 00:09:36,743 --> 00:09:38,209 If you would just behave, 69 00:09:38,211 --> 00:09:40,946 I wouldn't need to do this to you. 70 00:10:17,317 --> 00:10:20,518 MUNDY: Certainly, knowing that people are joking about him, 71 00:10:20,621 --> 00:10:22,621 it's very challenging to his ego. 72 00:10:22,723 --> 00:10:24,623 It's a challenge to his masculinity, 73 00:10:24,625 --> 00:10:27,525 his role as a provider, 74 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:29,728 his sexual potency. 75 00:10:29,830 --> 00:10:31,830 He's not a competitor anymore. 76 00:10:31,932 --> 00:10:33,131 He's not a romantic competitor. 77 00:10:33,233 --> 00:10:35,834 He's your old BF. He's your friend. 78 00:10:35,936 --> 00:10:37,636 He is not somebody to be threatened by. 79 00:10:37,737 --> 00:10:40,705 I can imagine that being intensely threatening to him. 80 00:10:40,707 --> 00:10:45,510 And so that's that kind of egotistical, self-centered 81 00:10:45,512 --> 00:10:48,813 component that you might see in psychopathy. 82 00:10:48,815 --> 00:10:51,616 My guess would be when he killed Carol, 83 00:10:51,685 --> 00:10:52,917 he actually felt good. 84 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:57,155 He felt a release of the rage, humiliation, shame. 85 00:10:57,257 --> 00:11:06,364 ♪♪ 86 00:11:33,427 --> 00:11:35,226 ♪♪ 87 00:11:35,328 --> 00:11:38,263 [music climbing] 88 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,201 MAN: Borutski was convicted back in 2014 89 00:12:16,203 --> 00:12:18,603 of assault and for attempting to choke, 90 00:12:18,605 --> 00:12:22,107 suffocate, or strangle Anastasia Kuzyk, along with 91 00:12:22,175 --> 00:12:25,410 a charge of mischief for burning her property. 92 00:12:25,412 --> 00:12:28,113 He spent nearly two years in prison. 93 00:13:32,078 --> 00:13:35,547 He believes every woman in his life is bipolar. 94 00:13:35,615 --> 00:13:37,615 That's what he's talking about with the three victims, 95 00:13:37,617 --> 00:13:40,351 and ultimately, what he's really doing is trying to 96 00:13:40,420 --> 00:13:41,385 discredit them. 97 00:13:41,487 --> 00:13:43,221 He's trying to say, "Don't believe them. 98 00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:44,422 They're irrational." 99 00:13:45,759 --> 00:13:47,759 Borutski's blaming the victim. 100 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:50,128 Things that he's responsible for, actions that 101 00:13:50,263 --> 00:13:53,798 he ultimately was proven in a court of law to have done, 102 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,600 he now assigns to her. 103 00:13:55,735 --> 00:13:58,603 His narrative of his history is that he was 104 00:13:58,605 --> 00:13:59,637 wrongfully convicted. 105 00:13:59,739 --> 00:14:02,006 He was wrongfully sent to jail. 106 00:14:02,008 --> 00:14:05,944 What we know in public record is that Borutski 107 00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:09,714 served two years in prison for seriously 108 00:14:09,816 --> 00:14:11,616 assaulting Anastasia. 109 00:15:07,307 --> 00:15:14,812 ♪♪ 110 00:15:29,562 --> 00:15:30,628 [gunshot blasts] 111 00:16:01,227 --> 00:16:08,433 ♪♪ 112 00:16:08,534 --> 00:16:09,934 [distant sirens] 113 00:16:39,733 --> 00:16:41,499 RAGHAVAN: One thing that abusers often do that 114 00:16:41,601 --> 00:16:43,701 terrifies women is they threaten their children. 115 00:16:43,803 --> 00:16:45,236 They try to figure out the best way to 116 00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:48,806 manipulate, control, and get obedience and submission 117 00:16:48,808 --> 00:16:50,408 from the women. 118 00:16:50,410 --> 00:16:52,410 So it's about control, 119 00:16:52,412 --> 00:16:55,046 and if he's not getting enough control, 120 00:16:55,148 --> 00:16:56,814 then you hit where it hurts the most. 121 00:16:56,916 --> 00:16:58,216 And for mothers, it's the child. 122 00:16:58,351 --> 00:17:00,718 So he threatens the safety of her son. 123 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:05,423 Ultimately, his narrative of this, once again, is that 124 00:17:05,425 --> 00:17:09,060 he's misunderstood and that Nathalie is actually to blame. 125 00:17:09,162 --> 00:17:12,130 She's the manipulative person. Nathalie made the decision that 126 00:17:12,231 --> 00:17:13,531 any protective parent would, 127 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:16,534 which was to pursue charges, to use the legal system 128 00:17:16,636 --> 00:17:17,602 to help protect her. 129 00:17:17,604 --> 00:17:23,841 ♪♪ 130 00:18:01,448 --> 00:18:06,317 He's full of self-pity and consistent deflection 131 00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:09,854 of responsibility and blaming everyone else for his actions. 132 00:18:09,956 --> 00:18:12,356 He's always the victim. 133 00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:15,827 This kind of manipulation 134 00:18:15,929 --> 00:18:19,130 and minimization and denial 135 00:18:19,232 --> 00:18:21,332 and twisting of reality is very, 136 00:18:21,401 --> 00:18:24,035 very common in domestic abusers. 137 00:18:24,137 --> 00:18:26,504 But it is also a psychopathic trait. 138 00:18:46,759 --> 00:18:48,226 SAHNI: Borutski is a psychopath, 139 00:18:48,328 --> 00:18:49,760 and that's what you expect to see 140 00:18:49,796 --> 00:18:52,330 in somebody who's a psychopath. 141 00:18:52,332 --> 00:18:54,632 He doesn't spend a lot of time taking responsibility 142 00:18:54,734 --> 00:18:58,035 for his own behavior, affect and emotions are shallow. 143 00:18:58,104 --> 00:19:00,304 He's impulsive, and he doesn't lose 144 00:19:00,406 --> 00:19:01,806 a whole lot of sleep over that. 145 00:19:34,707 --> 00:19:38,409 He likes to view himself, I think, as being a good person, 146 00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:41,312 even though all the evidence is to the contrary. 147 00:19:41,314 --> 00:19:45,016 And when that's questioned, he responds really angrily. 148 00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:48,252 He likes to kind of drink his own Kool-Aid. 149 00:19:48,354 --> 00:19:50,221 His Kool-Aid is, "I'm a good person, 150 00:19:50,223 --> 00:19:51,956 and I'm the victim here." 151 00:19:57,630 --> 00:20:00,398 WOMAN: A guilty verdict was handed down 152 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:01,599 in the brutal murders of 153 00:20:01,734 --> 00:20:04,135 Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, 154 00:20:04,237 --> 00:20:05,503 and Nathalie Warmerdam. 155 00:20:05,605 --> 00:20:07,405 that had so many warning signs. 156 00:20:07,507 --> 00:20:11,309 Borutski represented himself during the trial, refusing to 157 00:20:11,311 --> 00:20:12,944 utter a single word or ask 158 00:20:13,045 --> 00:20:16,948 a single question, despite being given multiple opportunities. 159 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:18,416 Then, on the final day, 160 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:22,320 with the jury absent, Borutski called the judge a liar. 161 00:20:22,422 --> 00:20:32,063 ♪♪ 162 00:20:32,164 --> 00:20:35,733 ♪♪