1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,712 [keypad clacking] 2 00:00:03,712 --> 00:00:04,671 [cell phone chimes] 3 00:00:04,671 --> 00:00:07,424 NARRATOR: Twenty-year-old Brandy Stevens-Rosine 4 00:00:07,424 --> 00:00:09,968 loved messaging her family and friends. 5 00:00:09,968 --> 00:00:12,429 She loved staying connected. 6 00:00:12,429 --> 00:00:14,056 SARA VAN ALLEN: We texted a lot. 7 00:00:14,056 --> 00:00:15,599 She was very glued to her phone. 8 00:00:15,599 --> 00:00:17,351 ♪ 9 00:00:17,351 --> 00:00:19,061 CARRIE ROSINE: It was all day, every day. 10 00:00:19,061 --> 00:00:20,229 NARRATOR: But then one day, 11 00:00:20,979 --> 00:00:22,773 the messages stop. 12 00:00:22,773 --> 00:00:23,982 [cell phone chimes] 13 00:00:25,234 --> 00:00:27,277 KRYSTI HORVAT: I'm thinking, "Holy shit, 14 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:29,905 something bad has happened here." 15 00:00:29,905 --> 00:00:31,156 ♪ 16 00:00:31,156 --> 00:00:32,950 NARRATOR: Hours turn into days, 17 00:00:32,950 --> 00:00:34,993 and Brandy's still missing. 18 00:00:34,993 --> 00:00:36,286 SGT. JOHN R. O'DAY JR.: At that point, 19 00:00:36,286 --> 00:00:38,580 we had reason to believe that this is something 20 00:00:38,580 --> 00:00:41,500 more than just a run-of-the-mill missing person. 21 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:43,544 NARRATOR: No one knows what happened 22 00:00:43,544 --> 00:00:45,420 or where she went, 23 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:49,341 until... a clue is discovered. 24 00:00:50,175 --> 00:00:51,844 A text from Brandy's phone, 25 00:00:52,678 --> 00:00:56,181 and it could mean the difference between life and death. 26 00:00:56,181 --> 00:01:00,060 - I truly believe that that was her way of telling us, 27 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:02,980 "If something happens to me, 28 00:01:03,772 --> 00:01:05,899 this is your way of finding me." 29 00:01:05,899 --> 00:01:10,070 ♪ 30 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:12,072 [cell phone chimes] 31 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:14,241 ♪ theme music playing ♪ 32 00:01:14,241 --> 00:01:16,243 MAN 1: She solved her own murder from beyond the grave. 33 00:01:16,243 --> 00:01:18,328 MAN 2: The fitness app on the phone, 34 00:01:18,328 --> 00:01:20,455 it was overwhelming evidence. 35 00:01:20,455 --> 00:01:23,083 ♪ I've been haunted by the visions ♪ 36 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:26,461 ♪ That I've seen with my own eyes ♪ 37 00:01:26,461 --> 00:01:29,423 ♪ And the only way to find you ♪ 38 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:33,510 ♪ Is to go beneath the lies ♪ 39 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:35,721 ♪ 40 00:01:35,721 --> 00:01:38,056 MAN: She did help catch this killer. 41 00:01:38,056 --> 00:01:41,643 ♪ 42 00:01:41,643 --> 00:01:44,646 ♪ 43 00:01:44,646 --> 00:01:46,857 NARRATOR: May 17th, 2012, 44 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:49,610 Youngstown, Ohio. 45 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:51,695 It's a blue collar town 46 00:01:52,571 --> 00:01:54,740 that's seen its fair share of hard times. 47 00:01:56,158 --> 00:02:00,662 For 20-year-old Brandy Stevens-Rosine, life in this town can be lonely, 48 00:02:00,662 --> 00:02:03,999 so she spends a lot of time on her phone 49 00:02:03,999 --> 00:02:05,667 and uses it nonstop. 50 00:02:06,543 --> 00:02:09,463 Texting every day to connect with her friends and family. 51 00:02:10,839 --> 00:02:13,467 So when the messages suddenly stop 52 00:02:13,467 --> 00:02:15,928 on a sunny spring day in May 2012, 53 00:02:17,679 --> 00:02:20,557 they quickly know something isn't right. 54 00:02:20,557 --> 00:02:23,644 ♪ 55 00:02:23,644 --> 00:02:27,022 KRYSTI: I am Brandy's friend, Krysti Horvat. 56 00:02:27,022 --> 00:02:28,148 ♪ 57 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:29,650 By the end of the day, 58 00:02:29,650 --> 00:02:32,110 nobody in our immediate circle have heard from her. 59 00:02:32,110 --> 00:02:34,029 ♪ 60 00:02:34,029 --> 00:02:34,947 [keypad beeps] 61 00:02:34,947 --> 00:02:36,782 [phone line ringing] 62 00:02:36,782 --> 00:02:38,909 I called Brandy's phone and no answer. 63 00:02:38,909 --> 00:02:40,327 I was calling, it was nothing. 64 00:02:40,327 --> 00:02:42,037 It was like her phone had been turned off, 65 00:02:42,037 --> 00:02:43,038 and that's odd. 66 00:02:43,038 --> 00:02:45,499 She never turned her phone off, never. 67 00:02:45,499 --> 00:02:46,917 ♪ 68 00:02:46,917 --> 00:02:48,335 NARRATOR: Small chance she would avoid 69 00:02:48,335 --> 00:02:49,795 talking to a friend. 70 00:02:49,795 --> 00:02:51,380 ♪ 71 00:02:51,380 --> 00:02:52,631 MAN: Carrie interview, take one, 72 00:02:52,631 --> 00:02:54,925 AB common marker, soft sticks. 73 00:02:54,925 --> 00:02:56,468 NARRATOR: And zero chance 74 00:02:56,468 --> 00:02:58,595 she would avoid talking to her mother. 75 00:02:59,847 --> 00:03:01,306 - Not being able to get ahold of your children, 76 00:03:02,224 --> 00:03:03,475 you don't wanna think the worst. 77 00:03:03,475 --> 00:03:05,519 ♪ 78 00:03:05,519 --> 00:03:07,604 I wanted to believe that my daughter was okay. 79 00:03:08,730 --> 00:03:09,731 How could she not be? 80 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:12,609 Brandy was a strong individual. 81 00:03:12,609 --> 00:03:14,862 ♪ 82 00:03:14,862 --> 00:03:16,864 But, yeah, something's not right here. 83 00:03:16,864 --> 00:03:18,991 ♪ 84 00:03:18,991 --> 00:03:22,578 ♪ 85 00:03:22,578 --> 00:03:23,829 NARRATOR: Like most teenagers, 86 00:03:23,829 --> 00:03:25,747 Brandy's still trying to figure life out, 87 00:03:26,790 --> 00:03:29,293 and leans on her friend Krysti for support. 88 00:03:29,293 --> 00:03:30,586 ♪ 89 00:03:30,586 --> 00:03:32,880 - She was nervous about being gay. 90 00:03:33,672 --> 00:03:37,134 She felt judged, and she would get upset about rumors 91 00:03:37,134 --> 00:03:39,386 that were forming as a result of it, 92 00:03:39,386 --> 00:03:41,638 so that sparked our friendship 93 00:03:41,638 --> 00:03:44,183 because I'm like, "Let's talk about it," 94 00:03:44,183 --> 00:03:46,435 and then our friendship evolved. 95 00:03:46,435 --> 00:03:47,936 ♪ Bitemarks by Paul Ressel feat. Jessica English playing ♪ 96 00:03:47,936 --> 00:03:50,981 ♪ I've become something else ♪ 97 00:03:50,981 --> 00:03:52,774 ♪ 98 00:03:52,774 --> 00:03:55,360 ♪ All out of pain and chaos ♪ 99 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,863 CARRIE: To be gay in Youngstown, 100 00:03:57,863 --> 00:04:00,574 you were kind of pushed to the back, 101 00:04:00,574 --> 00:04:01,783 you weren't accepted, 102 00:04:02,868 --> 00:04:05,954 and... it devastated Brandy. 103 00:04:05,954 --> 00:04:09,208 ♪ 104 00:04:10,209 --> 00:04:11,126 ♪ 105 00:04:11,126 --> 00:04:15,047 ♪ Do you ever feel like no one's ever listened to you? ♪ 106 00:04:15,047 --> 00:04:17,674 NARRATOR: But by the time Brandy's in college, 107 00:04:17,674 --> 00:04:20,093 she's living her best life. 108 00:04:20,928 --> 00:04:24,014 ♪ I promise I will, I'm here ♪ 109 00:04:24,014 --> 00:04:26,558 SARA: When I met her, she was blooming. 110 00:04:26,558 --> 00:04:30,103 She was very confident in herself and ready to date, 111 00:04:31,063 --> 00:04:33,815 and she was a hopeless romantic, 112 00:04:33,815 --> 00:04:38,195 so she wanted to find, you know, the great love of her life. 113 00:04:38,195 --> 00:04:39,696 ♪ The bright and the dark ♪ 114 00:04:39,696 --> 00:04:41,532 And she wanted somebody to be good to. 115 00:04:41,532 --> 00:04:42,783 She had a lot to give. 116 00:04:42,783 --> 00:04:44,201 ♪ Take your time ♪ 117 00:04:44,201 --> 00:04:46,411 ♪ 118 00:04:48,247 --> 00:04:49,665 [birds chirping] [dog barks] 119 00:04:49,665 --> 00:04:51,250 NARRATOR: Brandy uses her phone 120 00:04:51,250 --> 00:04:53,043 for more than just texting her friends. 121 00:04:53,043 --> 00:04:56,755 Like a lot of us, she uses it to find love. 122 00:04:56,755 --> 00:05:00,425 - She definitely was kind of exploratory in dating. 123 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:02,427 SARA: She was a free spirit. 124 00:05:02,427 --> 00:05:04,888 I wouldn't put it past her to go and meet new friends 125 00:05:04,888 --> 00:05:07,182 that she had met online, be it out of state, 126 00:05:07,182 --> 00:05:09,017 or a couple hours away from home. 127 00:05:09,017 --> 00:05:13,772 ♪ 128 00:05:13,772 --> 00:05:15,357 KRYSTI: Some of the girls, she would drive out 129 00:05:15,357 --> 00:05:16,483 by herself to meet. 130 00:05:16,483 --> 00:05:19,361 It was sort of a red flag. 131 00:05:19,361 --> 00:05:20,737 Why are you doing this? 132 00:05:20,737 --> 00:05:22,197 You don't know these people. 133 00:05:22,197 --> 00:05:24,324 Like, I wanted to warn her about potential dangers. 134 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:29,872 ♪ 135 00:05:29,872 --> 00:05:34,835 ♪ 136 00:05:34,835 --> 00:05:36,879 ♪ 137 00:05:36,879 --> 00:05:38,755 NARRATOR: So when Brandy stops communicating 138 00:05:38,755 --> 00:05:39,965 on May 17th... 139 00:05:39,965 --> 00:05:43,135 ♪ 140 00:05:43,135 --> 00:05:44,386 [line ringing] 141 00:05:44,386 --> 00:05:47,556 ...her family and friends naturally start to ask questions. 142 00:05:47,556 --> 00:05:48,932 [line ringing] 143 00:05:48,932 --> 00:05:49,933 Where did she go? 144 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:50,809 [keypad clacking] [cell phone chimes] 145 00:05:50,809 --> 00:05:52,186 [line ringing] 146 00:05:52,186 --> 00:05:53,645 Who did she meet? 147 00:05:53,645 --> 00:05:55,814 [line ringing] 148 00:05:55,814 --> 00:05:58,483 - I went into investigation mode. 149 00:05:58,483 --> 00:06:01,737 [line ringing] I called Brandy's best friend Reannon, 150 00:06:01,737 --> 00:06:04,239 because Brandy said she was going to Reannon's. 151 00:06:04,239 --> 00:06:08,785 She told us that Brandy never came over. 152 00:06:09,912 --> 00:06:11,663 Said she had talked to her, but she had never come over. 153 00:06:11,663 --> 00:06:12,748 [keypad beeping] 154 00:06:12,748 --> 00:06:13,832 I called everybody... 155 00:06:13,832 --> 00:06:14,917 [line ringing] 156 00:06:14,917 --> 00:06:16,877 ...and nobody had seen her. 157 00:06:18,170 --> 00:06:19,671 Went to her Facebook page, 158 00:06:19,671 --> 00:06:21,215 went to her Myspace page, 159 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:22,925 no activity. 160 00:06:23,967 --> 00:06:25,469 Something's not right here. 161 00:06:25,469 --> 00:06:27,137 ♪ 162 00:06:27,137 --> 00:06:28,847 NARRATOR: The day she disappears, 163 00:06:28,847 --> 00:06:31,350 Brandy is staying with her grandparents, 164 00:06:31,350 --> 00:06:35,687 so Carrie calls her mom, and she gets troubling news. 165 00:06:35,687 --> 00:06:37,105 ♪ 166 00:06:37,105 --> 00:06:39,775 CARRIE: She says, "Well, Brandy didn't come home last night," 167 00:06:39,775 --> 00:06:41,401 and she says, and when Brandy left the house, 168 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:43,070 she did not take her backpack 169 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:45,364 with her medical supplies in it with her insulin. 170 00:06:45,364 --> 00:06:46,698 ♪ 171 00:06:46,698 --> 00:06:48,909 That was strange... 172 00:06:48,909 --> 00:06:51,912 ♪ 173 00:06:51,912 --> 00:06:54,206 ...because she was type one diabetic. 174 00:06:54,206 --> 00:06:55,707 KRYSTI: Every time she'd go anywhere, 175 00:06:55,707 --> 00:06:57,626 she had to bring her insulin. 176 00:06:57,626 --> 00:07:00,879 If she would go without her insulin, she would not survive. 177 00:07:00,879 --> 00:07:04,007 ♪ 178 00:07:04,007 --> 00:07:07,177 So we knew that Brandy was in trouble because she didn't have that insulin. 179 00:07:07,177 --> 00:07:08,220 ♪ 180 00:07:08,220 --> 00:07:10,180 NARRATOR: A type one diabetic can't go 181 00:07:10,180 --> 00:07:12,516 more than a day without taking insulin. 182 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:16,478 Her mom Carrie contacts the Youngstown authorities. 183 00:07:16,478 --> 00:07:19,189 Now missing without her medication, 184 00:07:19,189 --> 00:07:22,192 Carrie files a missing person's report with police. 185 00:07:22,192 --> 00:07:24,069 ♪ 186 00:07:24,069 --> 00:07:25,988 MAN: Joe Streyle interview, take one. 187 00:07:26,738 --> 00:07:28,532 TROOPER JOSEPH STREYLE: I'm Trooper Joseph Streyle. 188 00:07:29,575 --> 00:07:31,577 When we get a missing person's case of an adult, 189 00:07:31,577 --> 00:07:34,037 it's not too big of an alarm for us initially, 190 00:07:34,037 --> 00:07:35,122 because they're an adult. 191 00:07:35,122 --> 00:07:37,416 They're allowed to move, come and go as they please, 192 00:07:37,416 --> 00:07:40,711 not tell anyone where they're going and it's totally legal, 193 00:07:40,711 --> 00:07:41,587 and they can do what they want. 194 00:07:41,587 --> 00:07:44,673 So there was no knee-jerk reaction of we have to find her, 195 00:07:44,673 --> 00:07:47,467 except the one issue was the fact that she was a diabetic, 196 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:50,387 and it was unknown if she had access to her medicine at the time, 197 00:07:50,387 --> 00:07:51,930 so something to be on the lookout for. 198 00:07:51,930 --> 00:07:53,056 ♪ 199 00:07:53,056 --> 00:07:54,349 [siren wails] 200 00:07:54,349 --> 00:07:55,225 ♪ 201 00:07:55,225 --> 00:07:57,102 NARRATOR: Even though a missing person's case 202 00:07:57,102 --> 00:07:58,562 has officially been opened, 203 00:07:58,562 --> 00:08:00,147 because she's an adult, 204 00:08:00,147 --> 00:08:03,609 local police don't actively search for Brandy. 205 00:08:04,276 --> 00:08:07,529 Brandy left her grandparents' residence in her own car, 206 00:08:07,529 --> 00:08:09,031 and could be anywhere. 207 00:08:09,656 --> 00:08:12,951 All her loved ones can do is wait for a break. 208 00:08:12,951 --> 00:08:16,371 - All these thoughts go through your mind, you know, did she go off a road? 209 00:08:16,371 --> 00:08:18,207 [siren wails] 210 00:08:18,207 --> 00:08:21,960 Did she go into a, you know, a ravine? 211 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:23,795 ♪ 212 00:08:23,795 --> 00:08:24,838 Did she go in a lake? 213 00:08:25,714 --> 00:08:27,758 Maybe no one's just seeing her car. 214 00:08:28,759 --> 00:08:31,678 Your mind does crazy tricks on you 215 00:08:32,471 --> 00:08:35,098 when something like this happens in your life. 216 00:08:35,098 --> 00:08:36,308 It-it was bad. 217 00:08:36,308 --> 00:08:40,229 ♪ 218 00:08:40,229 --> 00:08:41,313 NARRATOR: Three days pass 219 00:08:41,313 --> 00:08:43,148 from when Brandy goes missing. 220 00:08:43,148 --> 00:08:44,233 [line ringing] 221 00:08:44,233 --> 00:08:47,319 Calls and texts to Brandy still go unanswered. 222 00:08:47,319 --> 00:08:51,281 ♪ 223 00:08:51,281 --> 00:08:54,493 ♪ 224 00:08:54,493 --> 00:08:56,245 Then a break in the case. 225 00:08:56,245 --> 00:08:58,205 [cell phone chimes] 226 00:08:58,205 --> 00:09:02,543 On May 20th, an alarming text from Brandy is uncovered. 227 00:09:02,543 --> 00:09:05,045 - I got a text message from Brandy's friend Reannon. 228 00:09:05,045 --> 00:09:07,589 ♪ 229 00:09:07,589 --> 00:09:10,676 She says Brandy had texted me on Thursday and said 230 00:09:10,676 --> 00:09:13,470 that she had gone to Cochranton. 231 00:09:13,470 --> 00:09:14,680 ♪ 232 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:16,473 ♪ 233 00:09:16,473 --> 00:09:18,308 NARRATOR: Reannon received several texts 234 00:09:18,308 --> 00:09:20,894 and a request to not share the info with anyone, 235 00:09:21,687 --> 00:09:24,189 so she covered for her friend, 236 00:09:25,816 --> 00:09:28,819 but after it becomes clear something has happened to Brandy, 237 00:09:28,819 --> 00:09:32,197 she breaks her promise and shares the text with Krysti. 238 00:09:33,365 --> 00:09:34,783 - Reannon said here's the address... 239 00:09:34,783 --> 00:09:35,868 ♪ 240 00:09:35,868 --> 00:09:37,244 ...that she had texted me, 241 00:09:38,287 --> 00:09:41,748 and said that she had a funny feeling, 242 00:09:43,792 --> 00:09:47,504 and then later saying that she didn't get where she was going. 243 00:09:47,504 --> 00:09:50,090 ♪ 244 00:09:50,090 --> 00:09:51,258 [car engine starts] 245 00:09:51,258 --> 00:09:54,928 ♪ 246 00:09:54,928 --> 00:09:56,889 NARRATOR: Krysti decides to take action 247 00:09:56,889 --> 00:09:58,307 into her own hands 248 00:09:58,307 --> 00:09:59,850 since the police won't. 249 00:09:59,850 --> 00:10:02,227 ♪ 250 00:10:02,227 --> 00:10:03,937 KRYSTI: I knew at that point 251 00:10:03,937 --> 00:10:05,731 that she had gone to Pennsylvania, 252 00:10:05,731 --> 00:10:07,858 which was about an hour away from us, 253 00:10:09,026 --> 00:10:11,987 so I decided that I'm gonna go to that address 254 00:10:11,987 --> 00:10:13,447 that Reannon had texted me 255 00:10:14,072 --> 00:10:16,074 and try to see if I could find answers. 256 00:10:16,074 --> 00:10:18,118 AUTOMATED RESPONSE: In a half a mile, turn left. 257 00:10:18,118 --> 00:10:20,120 ♪ 258 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:21,705 NARRATOR: There's finally a trail 259 00:10:21,705 --> 00:10:23,790 pointing to where Brandy had intended to go 260 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:25,292 the day she disappeared, 261 00:10:25,292 --> 00:10:26,335 and now, 262 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:29,588 her friend is in pursuit. 263 00:10:29,588 --> 00:10:32,007 ♪ 264 00:10:32,007 --> 00:10:36,929 But is Krysti or anyone else prepared for what may happen next? 265 00:10:36,929 --> 00:10:40,599 ♪ 266 00:10:40,599 --> 00:10:43,769 ♪ 267 00:10:46,688 --> 00:10:49,316 ♪ 268 00:10:49,316 --> 00:10:53,737 May 20th, three days after Brandy Stevens-Rosine goes missing, 269 00:10:54,696 --> 00:10:58,492 her last text reveals a possible final destination. 270 00:10:58,492 --> 00:11:01,328 Local police are not looking for her, 271 00:11:02,246 --> 00:11:05,499 so Brandy's friend Krysti chases down the lead. 272 00:11:05,499 --> 00:11:06,667 ♪ 273 00:11:06,667 --> 00:11:10,003 ♪ Where we go ♪ 274 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:15,050 ♪ When darkness falls ♪ 275 00:11:15,050 --> 00:11:16,260 KRYSTI: When I got the last text 276 00:11:16,260 --> 00:11:18,178 that Brandy had sent to Reannon, 277 00:11:18,178 --> 00:11:19,847 that made me nervous. 278 00:11:19,847 --> 00:11:21,598 So, not only had anyone seen my friend, 279 00:11:21,598 --> 00:11:24,393 but she had a bad feeling before she left. 280 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:27,604 So I knew that I was gonna have to go out there 281 00:11:27,604 --> 00:11:29,857 to the address and search for Brandy 282 00:11:29,857 --> 00:11:32,025 and see if we could find where she was. 283 00:11:32,025 --> 00:11:34,319 ♪ 284 00:11:34,319 --> 00:11:36,572 NARRATOR: While Krysti drives towards the address, 285 00:11:37,322 --> 00:11:40,200 Brandy's mother keeps searching for anything 286 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,952 that will help her find her daughter. 287 00:11:42,995 --> 00:11:44,705 CARRIE: We knew that she went to Cochranton, 288 00:11:45,414 --> 00:11:48,458 but we're still trying to figure out why, why, why? 289 00:11:49,293 --> 00:11:51,336 You know, what's in Cochranton? 290 00:11:51,962 --> 00:11:56,383 The only thing that I can come up with was Jade lived in Cochranton. 291 00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:59,386 ♪ 292 00:11:59,386 --> 00:12:02,306 - One of the girls that Brandy said that she had met 293 00:12:02,306 --> 00:12:04,474 on the dating app was named Jade. 294 00:12:04,474 --> 00:12:05,559 ♪ 295 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:07,477 And what I first heard about Jade was, 296 00:12:07,477 --> 00:12:10,147 "I can't wait for you to meet this girl." 297 00:12:10,147 --> 00:12:11,523 It was butterflies for Brandy. 298 00:12:11,523 --> 00:12:12,482 ♪ 299 00:12:12,482 --> 00:12:13,734 CARRIE: There was a lot of emotion 300 00:12:13,734 --> 00:12:14,985 for Brandy with Jade. 301 00:12:15,944 --> 00:12:19,198 I saw the sparkle in her eye when she looked at Jade. 302 00:12:19,198 --> 00:12:20,532 ♪ 303 00:12:20,532 --> 00:12:21,783 KRYSTI: Brandy and Jade's relationship 304 00:12:21,783 --> 00:12:25,662 was on again and off again, hot and cold. 305 00:12:25,662 --> 00:12:26,788 They would fight. 306 00:12:26,788 --> 00:12:31,084 ♪ 307 00:12:31,084 --> 00:12:32,503 ♪ 308 00:12:32,503 --> 00:12:33,545 Then they would make up. 309 00:12:34,338 --> 00:12:36,673 Brandy, even against the advice of her friends saying, 310 00:12:36,673 --> 00:12:38,717 "Hey, it's time to stop," couldn't. 311 00:12:38,717 --> 00:12:42,012 ♪ 312 00:12:42,012 --> 00:12:44,139 NARRATOR: After about a year, 313 00:12:44,139 --> 00:12:47,226 despite Brandy's best efforts to hold onto Jade, 314 00:12:47,809 --> 00:12:52,397 the relationship comes to a cold and cruel end in 2011. 315 00:12:53,690 --> 00:12:57,236 ♪ 316 00:12:57,236 --> 00:12:58,946 CARRIE: Brandy comes home from work one morning 317 00:12:58,946 --> 00:12:59,905 and Jade was gone, 318 00:13:01,532 --> 00:13:04,535 so was $300 cash that was there, 319 00:13:05,577 --> 00:13:07,579 and her iPod. 320 00:13:09,081 --> 00:13:10,332 It devastated Brandy, 321 00:13:10,332 --> 00:13:11,667 it hurt Brandy, 322 00:13:11,667 --> 00:13:14,419 because Jade betrayed her. 323 00:13:14,419 --> 00:13:19,299 Brandy was so kind to her, and that was hard for Brandy. 324 00:13:19,299 --> 00:13:21,218 She struggled with that for a long time. 325 00:13:21,218 --> 00:13:24,263 You know, for a couple months, she was really, really, really sad. 326 00:13:24,263 --> 00:13:28,350 ♪ 327 00:13:28,350 --> 00:13:29,893 NARRATOR: While driving out to Cochranton 328 00:13:29,893 --> 00:13:31,812 to hopefully find her friend, 329 00:13:31,812 --> 00:13:33,647 Krysti reaches out to Jade. 330 00:13:33,647 --> 00:13:34,523 [cell phone chimes] 331 00:13:34,523 --> 00:13:35,941 Maybe she can help. 332 00:13:36,692 --> 00:13:37,985 KRYSTI: I texted Jade to ask her 333 00:13:37,985 --> 00:13:39,111 if she had seen Brandy, 334 00:13:40,028 --> 00:13:41,989 and Jade said no, she hadn't seen her. 335 00:13:41,989 --> 00:13:43,824 And I said, "Okay, I'm gonna head up to the address, 336 00:13:43,824 --> 00:13:47,578 see if I could see any car tracks or tires on my way there," 337 00:13:47,578 --> 00:13:49,788 and Jade's response was, 338 00:13:49,788 --> 00:13:53,208 "Be careful, people around here don't like gay people." 339 00:13:53,208 --> 00:13:57,087 ♪ 340 00:13:57,087 --> 00:13:59,715 NARRATOR: A fair warning from Brandy's ex-girlfriend Jade. 341 00:14:01,216 --> 00:14:04,136 Pennsylvania has seen a steady rise in violent crimes 342 00:14:04,136 --> 00:14:07,514 against LGBTQ individuals over the last decade. 343 00:14:08,807 --> 00:14:11,059 It can be rough out here if you're different. 344 00:14:11,059 --> 00:14:13,020 ♪ 345 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:17,733 - Philadelphia's Office of LGBTQ Affairs says this crisis of violence 346 00:14:17,733 --> 00:14:20,903 against trans people cannot be allowed to continue. 347 00:14:20,903 --> 00:14:22,487 ♪ 348 00:14:22,487 --> 00:14:23,864 KRYSTI: I guess it was a possibility 349 00:14:23,864 --> 00:14:25,574 that she ran into a stranger 350 00:14:25,574 --> 00:14:26,950 who maybe didn't like gay people. 351 00:14:26,950 --> 00:14:29,077 ♪ 352 00:14:29,077 --> 00:14:32,289 NARRATOR: So if she wasn't visiting her ex-girlfriend, 353 00:14:33,207 --> 00:14:35,083 could Brandy have been catfished, 354 00:14:36,043 --> 00:14:39,129 lured out to the country by someone she met online 355 00:14:39,129 --> 00:14:40,756 who wanted to hurt her? 356 00:14:40,756 --> 00:14:44,885 ♪ 357 00:14:44,885 --> 00:14:49,389 ♪ 358 00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:51,808 ♪ 359 00:14:51,808 --> 00:14:53,352 KRYSTI: When I got off of the exit 360 00:14:53,352 --> 00:14:55,521 and got closer to the address she had texted... 361 00:14:55,521 --> 00:14:56,939 ♪ 362 00:14:56,939 --> 00:14:59,274 ...it started to get a little more creepy. 363 00:14:59,274 --> 00:15:02,402 ♪ 364 00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:05,614 ♪ 365 00:15:05,614 --> 00:15:08,242 So now I know I'm out in the middle of nowhere. 366 00:15:08,242 --> 00:15:11,662 I can see the farms and sort of desolation, 367 00:15:11,662 --> 00:15:13,372 and still no sign of Brandy's car... 368 00:15:13,372 --> 00:15:14,665 ♪ 369 00:15:14,665 --> 00:15:16,542 ...so I felt, uh, 370 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,378 I don't know, just very nervous. 371 00:15:19,378 --> 00:15:24,550 ♪ 372 00:15:24,550 --> 00:15:26,134 I'm driving down these dirt roads. 373 00:15:26,134 --> 00:15:29,221 My GPS seems to be a little off. 374 00:15:29,221 --> 00:15:31,640 I can't even see the addresses on the houses. 375 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,058 ♪ 376 00:15:33,058 --> 00:15:35,519 It's just really starting to get extra eerie 377 00:15:35,519 --> 00:15:38,397 as I get closer to the address I'm supposed to be at. 378 00:15:38,397 --> 00:15:41,024 ♪ 379 00:15:41,024 --> 00:15:43,610 I'd seen no evidence, no clear evidence 380 00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:46,405 of an accident or her car. 381 00:15:46,405 --> 00:15:50,993 ♪ 382 00:15:50,993 --> 00:15:53,787 ♪ 383 00:15:53,787 --> 00:15:56,039 I finally get to the stop sign to turn onto Drake Hill Road. 384 00:15:56,039 --> 00:15:59,793 ♪ 385 00:15:59,793 --> 00:16:05,007 ♪ 386 00:16:05,007 --> 00:16:07,843 ♪ 387 00:16:07,843 --> 00:16:09,970 NARRATOR: In the middle of nowhere, 388 00:16:09,970 --> 00:16:11,513 a friend missing, 389 00:16:11,513 --> 00:16:14,016 not answering her phone, 390 00:16:14,016 --> 00:16:16,768 but hope rises when she hears-- 391 00:16:16,768 --> 00:16:19,229 AUTOMATED RESPONSE: You have arrived at your final destination. 392 00:16:19,229 --> 00:16:23,066 ♪ 393 00:16:23,066 --> 00:16:25,277 KRYSTI: I eventually got to 394 00:16:25,277 --> 00:16:26,570 what looked like a church... 395 00:16:26,570 --> 00:16:28,447 ♪ 396 00:16:28,447 --> 00:16:30,073 ...and it was, it was ominous, 397 00:16:31,116 --> 00:16:33,327 and there was nothing in that church. 398 00:16:33,327 --> 00:16:35,329 There was no lights on. 399 00:16:35,329 --> 00:16:38,999 I knew at that point something had gone wrong. 400 00:16:38,999 --> 00:16:40,792 ♪ 401 00:16:40,792 --> 00:16:41,877 I was lost. 402 00:16:41,877 --> 00:16:43,545 ♪ 403 00:16:43,545 --> 00:16:46,256 NARRATOR: Instead of taking her to the address Brandy texted, 404 00:16:46,256 --> 00:16:49,676 Krysti's GPS leads her to an old church 405 00:16:49,676 --> 00:16:51,261 in the middle of nowhere. 406 00:16:51,261 --> 00:16:55,140 ♪ 407 00:16:55,140 --> 00:16:57,226 - When I pulled into the church parking lot and realized 408 00:16:57,226 --> 00:17:01,230 I wasn't going to find the address I was headed towards, 409 00:17:01,230 --> 00:17:04,274 I... I felt frustrated, 410 00:17:04,274 --> 00:17:05,776 and I felt helpless, 411 00:17:05,776 --> 00:17:08,779 and I felt like maybe Brandy had the same sort of experience 412 00:17:08,779 --> 00:17:11,532 getting to where she was headed that day. 413 00:17:12,282 --> 00:17:14,785 Did something really bad happen 414 00:17:14,785 --> 00:17:16,745 before she even got to the residence? 415 00:17:16,745 --> 00:17:19,373 ♪ 416 00:17:19,373 --> 00:17:21,041 NARRATOR: Brandy's last text she sent 417 00:17:21,041 --> 00:17:22,334 said, "Bad address, 418 00:17:23,168 --> 00:17:24,086 heading home." 419 00:17:24,086 --> 00:17:25,462 ♪ 420 00:17:25,462 --> 00:17:28,340 Did her GPS send her to the wrong location as well? 421 00:17:28,340 --> 00:17:29,466 ♪ 422 00:17:29,466 --> 00:17:31,927 - And I thought about getting outta the car, walking around, 423 00:17:31,927 --> 00:17:33,595 going up to people's doors. 424 00:17:33,595 --> 00:17:37,015 I realized there's no way that I was gonna find the house. 425 00:17:37,015 --> 00:17:38,267 ♪ 426 00:17:38,267 --> 00:17:40,143 NARRATOR: Is it possible Brandy knocked 427 00:17:40,143 --> 00:17:41,186 on the wrong door? 428 00:17:41,186 --> 00:17:44,356 ♪ 429 00:17:44,356 --> 00:17:45,732 KRYSTI: The fact that I was lost, 430 00:17:45,732 --> 00:17:49,736 and that a good friend of mine was lost and missing and-- 431 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,782 I just felt like while I was at that church, 432 00:17:53,782 --> 00:17:56,326 that's when I lost hope and became really nervous 433 00:17:56,326 --> 00:17:57,953 about what actually happened. 434 00:17:57,953 --> 00:18:00,289 ♪ 435 00:18:00,289 --> 00:18:02,374 NARRATOR: Brandy's texts lead to more questions 436 00:18:02,374 --> 00:18:03,584 than answers, 437 00:18:03,584 --> 00:18:06,128 and the chances of finding her fade 438 00:18:06,128 --> 00:18:07,963 with each second the passes, 439 00:18:09,298 --> 00:18:11,383 until a phone call comes in... [cell phone ringing] 440 00:18:11,383 --> 00:18:14,261 ...that could lead her mother straight to her. 441 00:18:14,261 --> 00:18:18,390 ♪ 442 00:18:21,685 --> 00:18:25,981 ♪ I try to go without it ♪ 443 00:18:26,565 --> 00:18:30,277 ♪ My bones won't seem to listen ♪ 444 00:18:31,195 --> 00:18:32,946 NARRATOR: On May 21st, 445 00:18:32,946 --> 00:18:35,991 four days after Brandy sends out her last text, 446 00:18:35,991 --> 00:18:38,994 police pick up a signal from Brandy's phone 447 00:18:38,994 --> 00:18:42,122 in the small Pennsylvania town of Meadville, 448 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,333 nearly 70 miles north 449 00:18:44,333 --> 00:18:45,834 of Brandy's home in Youngstown. 450 00:18:45,834 --> 00:18:50,130 ♪ 451 00:18:50,130 --> 00:18:53,550 Still not committing resources to locating Brandy... 452 00:18:53,550 --> 00:18:55,010 [phone ringing] 453 00:18:55,010 --> 00:18:57,763 ...they pass along the information to Brandy's mother. 454 00:18:57,763 --> 00:19:02,476 - I couldn't grasp the concept of why they weren't searching for her. 455 00:19:02,476 --> 00:19:05,395 I had a hard time with it trying to understand, 456 00:19:05,395 --> 00:19:07,481 but yet we're ecstatic. 457 00:19:07,481 --> 00:19:09,149 You know, her phone got pinged. 458 00:19:09,149 --> 00:19:11,026 Okay, maybe she lost it, maybe it broke. 459 00:19:12,027 --> 00:19:14,071 NARRATOR: So Brandy's friends and family 460 00:19:14,071 --> 00:19:16,490 form a search party and go looking for her. 461 00:19:19,284 --> 00:19:20,953 KRYSTI: When Brandy's cell phone 462 00:19:20,953 --> 00:19:22,496 pinged in Meadville, 463 00:19:22,496 --> 00:19:24,540 you know, immediately we're both like, "Yeah, let's go, 464 00:19:24,540 --> 00:19:26,458 let's go there and look around." 465 00:19:26,458 --> 00:19:28,794 I was imagining that could have led to Brandy, 466 00:19:28,794 --> 00:19:30,671 and maybe, you know, there's still hope. 467 00:19:30,671 --> 00:19:32,881 ♪ 468 00:19:32,881 --> 00:19:34,216 CARRIE: We got into Meadville. 469 00:19:34,216 --> 00:19:37,427 We went straight to the street of where her phone pinged. 470 00:19:38,136 --> 00:19:42,099 The street dead-ended into a wastewater treatment plant. 471 00:19:42,099 --> 00:19:44,643 ♪ 472 00:19:44,643 --> 00:19:45,811 I called her phone... 473 00:19:45,811 --> 00:19:47,646 [line ringing] 474 00:19:47,646 --> 00:19:48,897 ...nothing. 475 00:19:48,897 --> 00:19:51,525 Things just weren't making sense. 476 00:19:51,525 --> 00:19:53,569 ♪ 477 00:19:53,569 --> 00:19:56,905 NARRATOR: The ping leads to a dead-end, literally, 478 00:19:58,448 --> 00:20:00,993 so they expand their search. 479 00:20:00,993 --> 00:20:03,328 ♪ 480 00:20:03,328 --> 00:20:05,831 - So we went to the hospitals, 481 00:20:05,831 --> 00:20:08,041 stores, restaurants. 482 00:20:08,041 --> 00:20:10,794 We went everywhere, passing flyers out. 483 00:20:11,795 --> 00:20:13,130 KRYSTI: We had all separated and kind of 484 00:20:13,130 --> 00:20:15,132 infiltrated the town of Meadville. 485 00:20:15,132 --> 00:20:17,342 We went door to door with these pictures of Brandy. 486 00:20:17,342 --> 00:20:19,720 ♪ 487 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,181 NARRATOR: But no one has any legitimate information 488 00:20:22,181 --> 00:20:23,140 about Brandy. 489 00:20:23,140 --> 00:20:24,766 ♪ 490 00:20:24,766 --> 00:20:27,936 Once again, she's nowhere to be found. 491 00:20:27,936 --> 00:20:29,229 ♪ 492 00:20:29,229 --> 00:20:30,772 CARRIE: It was a very hard day. 493 00:20:31,356 --> 00:20:33,275 It was hard, it was hard for all of us. 494 00:20:33,275 --> 00:20:37,196 ♪ 495 00:20:37,196 --> 00:20:39,823 NARRATOR: Their search party comes up empty-handed. 496 00:20:39,823 --> 00:20:42,451 With the police still not engaging in the hunt, 497 00:20:42,451 --> 00:20:43,994 it's back to square one. 498 00:20:43,994 --> 00:20:47,122 ♪ 499 00:20:47,122 --> 00:20:48,957 CARRIE: I felt like I was missing something. 500 00:20:50,042 --> 00:20:52,377 You get a lot of thoughts going through your head, 501 00:20:52,377 --> 00:20:54,922 but I was also very, very angry. 502 00:20:54,922 --> 00:20:56,632 I need to know what's going on. 503 00:20:56,632 --> 00:20:58,425 I need to know where my daughter's at. 504 00:20:58,425 --> 00:21:00,427 ♪ 505 00:21:00,427 --> 00:21:04,139 ♪ They call me ♪ 506 00:21:04,139 --> 00:21:05,432 NARRATOR: Five days after Brandy 507 00:21:05,432 --> 00:21:06,600 was last heard from, 508 00:21:07,476 --> 00:21:10,020 running out of time and patience, 509 00:21:10,020 --> 00:21:13,106 Brandy's mom turns to the one clue left behind... 510 00:21:13,106 --> 00:21:15,609 ♪ 511 00:21:15,609 --> 00:21:18,570 [cell phone chimes] ...Brandy's last text. 512 00:21:18,570 --> 00:21:21,240 - I couldn't give up. I absolutely could not give up. 513 00:21:21,823 --> 00:21:23,825 NARRATOR: She's determined to find the address 514 00:21:23,825 --> 00:21:26,620 that Krysti failed to find two days earlier, 515 00:21:26,620 --> 00:21:30,332 so Carrie and Krysti head to Cochranton, Pennsylvania. 516 00:21:30,332 --> 00:21:34,086 ♪ 517 00:21:34,086 --> 00:21:35,420 ♪ 518 00:21:35,420 --> 00:21:37,047 CARRIE: I was nervous going there, 519 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:39,925 but something is just pulling at my heart. 520 00:21:39,925 --> 00:21:44,054 I mean, there's something telling me that she's around here. 521 00:21:44,054 --> 00:21:46,306 ♪ 522 00:21:46,306 --> 00:21:48,600 NARRATOR: Whether by a mother's intuition 523 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,477 or a better GPS, 524 00:21:50,477 --> 00:21:55,607 a road that previously led to nowhere now leads to a house. 525 00:21:55,607 --> 00:22:00,612 ♪ 526 00:22:00,612 --> 00:22:02,614 ♪ 527 00:22:02,614 --> 00:22:03,866 KRYSTI: When we got there, 528 00:22:03,866 --> 00:22:05,826 we pulled into the driveway, 529 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,289 and there was an older gentleman sitting on the stoop, 530 00:22:11,331 --> 00:22:13,458 as well as Jade and Ashley Barber. 531 00:22:13,458 --> 00:22:15,961 Ashley was Jade's girlfriend at the time. 532 00:22:15,961 --> 00:22:17,337 ♪ 533 00:22:17,337 --> 00:22:21,383 My initial reaction to Ashley Barber was, 534 00:22:22,009 --> 00:22:23,260 she wants to be a badass. 535 00:22:23,260 --> 00:22:26,722 ♪ 536 00:22:26,722 --> 00:22:28,807 NARRATOR: Strange that Brandy's last text leads 537 00:22:28,807 --> 00:22:30,517 to where her ex is staying 538 00:22:30,517 --> 00:22:32,102 with her current girlfriend, Ashley. 539 00:22:32,102 --> 00:22:33,562 ♪ 540 00:22:33,562 --> 00:22:36,899 Stranger still, Jade failed to mention anything 541 00:22:36,899 --> 00:22:39,443 about Brandy heading there when Krysti called her. 542 00:22:39,443 --> 00:22:40,736 ♪ 543 00:22:40,736 --> 00:22:42,487 - I went and approached Jade... 544 00:22:42,487 --> 00:22:43,864 ♪ 545 00:22:43,864 --> 00:22:46,742 ...and I asked her, I said, "Where's Brandy? 546 00:22:46,742 --> 00:22:48,202 ♪ 547 00:22:48,202 --> 00:22:49,661 "She said she was coming here, 548 00:22:49,661 --> 00:22:51,038 where's she at?" 549 00:22:52,456 --> 00:22:55,459 Jade said, "Well, she never came here. 550 00:22:55,459 --> 00:22:56,376 We never saw her," 551 00:22:58,003 --> 00:22:59,338 and I looked at Jade and-- 552 00:23:00,881 --> 00:23:02,591 "I don't-- This is bullshit." 553 00:23:03,509 --> 00:23:06,512 I said, "I don't believe an effing word you're saying." 554 00:23:06,512 --> 00:23:10,307 ♪ 555 00:23:10,307 --> 00:23:13,101 - And then Ashley got defensive of Jade, 556 00:23:13,101 --> 00:23:15,312 put her arm in front of Jade, and told Carrie, 557 00:23:15,312 --> 00:23:17,523 basically, don't talk to her this way. 558 00:23:17,523 --> 00:23:18,941 ♪ 559 00:23:18,941 --> 00:23:21,443 I immediately had a bad taste in my mouth. 560 00:23:21,443 --> 00:23:23,779 I felt like it was really distasteful, 561 00:23:23,779 --> 00:23:27,074 acting like a tough guy to my missing friend's mother, 562 00:23:27,074 --> 00:23:31,161 and not just for the sake of being a tough guy or being cool, but, like, 563 00:23:31,161 --> 00:23:32,871 not a good person was 564 00:23:32,871 --> 00:23:35,457 my initial reaction to what I saw about Ashley Barber. 565 00:23:35,457 --> 00:23:39,711 ♪ 566 00:23:39,711 --> 00:23:41,505 CARRIE: I went up to Jade and I said, 567 00:23:41,505 --> 00:23:44,842 "Well, she sent a text saying she was coming here. 568 00:23:44,842 --> 00:23:48,595 "This is the last place that we know that she was supposed to be, 569 00:23:49,763 --> 00:23:52,099 "and you're telling me that she never made it here? 570 00:23:53,308 --> 00:23:54,685 I don't buy it!" 571 00:23:54,685 --> 00:23:57,688 ♪ 572 00:23:57,688 --> 00:23:59,064 Soon as I said that, 573 00:23:59,857 --> 00:24:02,025 Jade said she was supposed to come over there, 574 00:24:02,025 --> 00:24:04,194 but they never saw her. 575 00:24:04,194 --> 00:24:08,365 ♪ 576 00:24:08,365 --> 00:24:10,492 NARRATOR: After being confronted with Brandy's text, 577 00:24:10,492 --> 00:24:11,994 their story changes. 578 00:24:13,495 --> 00:24:16,164 But they have an alibi backing up their new account. 579 00:24:16,164 --> 00:24:17,457 ♪ 580 00:24:17,457 --> 00:24:19,293 - They said, "We were at the hospital on Thursday 581 00:24:19,293 --> 00:24:21,211 when she said she came here, that's why we didn't see her." 582 00:24:21,211 --> 00:24:22,963 ♪ 583 00:24:22,963 --> 00:24:24,423 Ashley held up her arms. 584 00:24:24,423 --> 00:24:27,384 One was covered in bandages and one was a solid bruise. 585 00:24:27,384 --> 00:24:29,970 ♪ 586 00:24:29,970 --> 00:24:31,889 - Her dad was sitting on the stoop, 587 00:24:31,889 --> 00:24:36,435 and he introduced himself as Mr. Barber, 588 00:24:36,435 --> 00:24:38,437 and he said, 589 00:24:38,437 --> 00:24:41,064 "I'm telling you, she didn't, she's not here. 590 00:24:42,024 --> 00:24:43,025 We haven't seen her." 591 00:24:43,025 --> 00:24:44,860 ♪ 592 00:24:44,860 --> 00:24:46,862 It didn't make sense. Nothing made sense. 593 00:24:46,862 --> 00:24:48,864 ♪ 594 00:24:48,864 --> 00:24:50,282 But we left. [sighs] 595 00:24:50,282 --> 00:24:52,492 ♪ 596 00:24:52,492 --> 00:24:53,619 NARRATOR: All seems lost... 597 00:24:53,619 --> 00:24:54,995 ♪ 598 00:24:54,995 --> 00:24:56,413 ...until a few hours later... 599 00:24:56,413 --> 00:24:57,998 ♪ 600 00:24:57,998 --> 00:25:00,584 when a call is made to law enforcement 601 00:25:00,584 --> 00:25:02,628 from inside that very house... 602 00:25:02,628 --> 00:25:04,630 [line ringing] 603 00:25:04,630 --> 00:25:07,633 ...and the caller provides shocking new information... 604 00:25:07,633 --> 00:25:09,218 ♪ 605 00:25:09,218 --> 00:25:12,721 ...and an unexpected turn in the Bermuda Triangle 606 00:25:12,721 --> 00:25:14,348 of Brandy's disappearance. 607 00:25:14,348 --> 00:25:16,350 ♪ 608 00:25:18,894 --> 00:25:20,979 ♪ 609 00:25:20,979 --> 00:25:23,649 On May 22nd, 2012, 610 00:25:23,649 --> 00:25:26,151 several hours after the confrontation, 611 00:25:27,277 --> 00:25:30,864 Ashley Barber's mother makes a call to the Pennsylvania State Police 612 00:25:31,615 --> 00:25:34,785 reporting a car in her garage she doesn't recognize. 613 00:25:34,785 --> 00:25:37,496 ♪ 614 00:25:37,496 --> 00:25:40,040 - By some stroke of humanity, 615 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:41,625 this woman called the police and said, 616 00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:43,210 "There's a car in my garage, 617 00:25:44,962 --> 00:25:46,797 and you guys should check this out." 618 00:25:47,422 --> 00:25:48,757 MAN: Sergeant O'Day interview, take one. 619 00:25:50,259 --> 00:25:52,261 NARRATOR: Sergeant John O'Day Jr. 620 00:25:52,261 --> 00:25:54,137 is the first to the scene. 621 00:25:54,137 --> 00:25:55,764 SERGEANT JOHN R. O'DAY JR.: With another trooper, 622 00:25:55,764 --> 00:25:57,641 I remember going down to look at it. 623 00:25:57,641 --> 00:26:00,435 It was inside an attached garage. 624 00:26:00,435 --> 00:26:02,604 It was a blue Kia Rio, 625 00:26:02,604 --> 00:26:06,400 and I could immediately tell that it was Brandy's car. 626 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,069 ♪ 627 00:26:09,069 --> 00:26:12,406 The garage was locked, so I couldn't look inside the car... 628 00:26:12,406 --> 00:26:14,366 ♪ 629 00:26:14,366 --> 00:26:17,953 ...but the exterior was very clean, and from what I could see of the interior, 630 00:26:17,953 --> 00:26:19,496 it was very clean as well. 631 00:26:19,496 --> 00:26:21,206 ♪ 632 00:26:21,206 --> 00:26:23,584 - Which was an immediate red flag, 633 00:26:23,584 --> 00:26:26,461 because Brandy would have her Diet Mountain Dew, 634 00:26:26,461 --> 00:26:30,424 and energy drink cans sprinkled out throughout her car, 635 00:26:30,424 --> 00:26:33,135 and, you know, papers and clothes, and certainly not clean. 636 00:26:33,135 --> 00:26:36,180 ♪ 637 00:26:36,180 --> 00:26:40,851 - After I located the car, I was able to interview Jade and Ashley. 638 00:26:41,894 --> 00:26:45,063 I asked them why her car was at the house. 639 00:26:45,772 --> 00:26:49,318 They related that she got a phone call 640 00:26:49,318 --> 00:26:52,029 after being at the residence for a very short time, 641 00:26:52,029 --> 00:26:54,198 approximately half an hour, 642 00:26:54,198 --> 00:26:56,074 and after receiving the phone call, 643 00:26:56,074 --> 00:26:57,576 she walked outside of the house 644 00:26:57,576 --> 00:27:00,037 and walked down Drake Hill Road 645 00:27:00,037 --> 00:27:03,457 to allegedly get picked up by an unknown actor. 646 00:27:03,457 --> 00:27:08,003 ♪ 647 00:27:08,003 --> 00:27:11,673 ♪ 648 00:27:11,673 --> 00:27:15,802 So at one point told them, "Listen, Brandy's not in trouble. 649 00:27:15,802 --> 00:27:17,221 "I just wanna know where she is. 650 00:27:17,221 --> 00:27:19,806 I wanna make sure that she's not dead in a ditch somewhere." 651 00:27:19,806 --> 00:27:22,851 ♪ 652 00:27:22,851 --> 00:27:26,939 They said that Brandy didn't want anyone to know where she was, 653 00:27:26,939 --> 00:27:30,943 so she asked them to cover for her while she was gone... 654 00:27:30,943 --> 00:27:33,362 ♪ 655 00:27:33,362 --> 00:27:36,907 ...and not to say anything about the vehicle at the residence as well. 656 00:27:36,907 --> 00:27:39,201 ♪ 657 00:27:39,201 --> 00:27:40,994 NARRATOR: Sergeant O'Day leaves the house, 658 00:27:40,994 --> 00:27:44,039 satisfied that someone came and picked Brandy up. 659 00:27:44,039 --> 00:27:46,542 ♪ 660 00:27:46,542 --> 00:27:49,086 Who is this mystery person that Brandy didn't want 661 00:27:49,086 --> 00:27:51,129 anyone to know she was with? 662 00:27:51,129 --> 00:27:54,842 ♪ Heart rate is creeping now ♪ 663 00:27:54,842 --> 00:27:59,680 - There is a level of fear in the LGBT community. 664 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,266 You make sure you don't go places alone, 665 00:28:02,266 --> 00:28:04,893 but I don't think any fear crossed Brandy's mind. 666 00:28:04,893 --> 00:28:07,980 ♪ I've been away for days ♪ 667 00:28:07,980 --> 00:28:09,356 NARRATOR: Did Brandy's fearlessness 668 00:28:09,356 --> 00:28:11,483 lead her down that desolate road? 669 00:28:12,276 --> 00:28:15,028 - It didn't strike me as odd at the time. 670 00:28:15,028 --> 00:28:16,905 NARRATOR: But it doesn't take long 671 00:28:16,905 --> 00:28:20,200 before the investigation takes a decisive turn. 672 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:21,702 [cell phone ringing] 673 00:28:22,452 --> 00:28:23,745 CARRIE: Next thing I know I get a phone call 674 00:28:23,745 --> 00:28:26,373 from the police officer that was at the scene, 675 00:28:26,373 --> 00:28:29,126 and stated that they found my daughter's car 676 00:28:29,126 --> 00:28:32,713 at the Barber residence, Ashley's house, 677 00:28:32,713 --> 00:28:36,675 and that it was in my best interest to come and pick it up. 678 00:28:36,675 --> 00:28:38,260 ♪ 679 00:28:38,260 --> 00:28:41,763 I said, "I'm not touching my daughter's car. 680 00:28:41,763 --> 00:28:45,100 My daughter's been missing for six days now." 681 00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:47,561 I said, "I was just at that house. 682 00:28:47,561 --> 00:28:50,355 "They never said anything about her car being there. 683 00:28:50,355 --> 00:28:51,607 ♪ 684 00:28:51,607 --> 00:28:53,859 They told me she never made it." 685 00:28:53,859 --> 00:28:56,820 I said, "Something is not right, something is wrong. 686 00:28:56,820 --> 00:29:01,241 You find her car and she's not there, doesn't that bring up questions?" 687 00:29:01,241 --> 00:29:04,077 - I could tell that she's very concerned, 688 00:29:04,077 --> 00:29:07,748 and I'm sure as any mother, she wanted more to be done, 689 00:29:07,748 --> 00:29:10,709 and there's only so many things we can do 690 00:29:10,709 --> 00:29:15,130 until we learn more out of the investigation. 691 00:29:15,130 --> 00:29:17,591 - After that, I wanted to put pressure on the police. 692 00:29:17,591 --> 00:29:19,760 [line ringing] I called the FBI in Cleveland. 693 00:29:21,011 --> 00:29:22,304 No one else would listen to me. 694 00:29:23,138 --> 00:29:25,140 ♪ 695 00:29:25,140 --> 00:29:26,975 NARRATOR: Within an hour of her call, 696 00:29:26,975 --> 00:29:29,269 state police officers returned to the house 697 00:29:29,269 --> 00:29:30,854 where Brandy's car was found 698 00:29:30,854 --> 00:29:33,190 to dig deeper into Jade and Ashley's story. 699 00:29:34,483 --> 00:29:36,235 There's just one small problem. 700 00:29:37,069 --> 00:29:41,615 - We returned on May 23rd to speak with Jade and Ashley, 701 00:29:41,615 --> 00:29:45,536 but when we went there, they were no longer at that residence. 702 00:29:45,536 --> 00:29:47,454 ♪ 703 00:29:47,454 --> 00:29:49,748 It started to add up that maybe there was something 704 00:29:49,748 --> 00:29:52,376 more than just a run-of-the-mill missing person. 705 00:29:53,001 --> 00:29:54,378 ♪ 706 00:29:54,378 --> 00:29:56,004 NARRATOR: The Pennsylvania State Police 707 00:29:56,004 --> 00:29:58,423 jumped into the case full force... 708 00:29:58,423 --> 00:30:00,801 ♪ 709 00:30:00,801 --> 00:30:03,929 ...but now they aren't just looking for one girl, 710 00:30:03,929 --> 00:30:05,681 they're looking for three. 711 00:30:07,641 --> 00:30:10,644 Were Ashley and Jade involved in Brandy's disappearance, 712 00:30:10,644 --> 00:30:12,938 or did they suffer the same fate? 713 00:30:12,938 --> 00:30:15,774 ♪ 714 00:30:15,774 --> 00:30:19,319 - At that point, it started to arise some suspicion. 715 00:30:19,319 --> 00:30:20,529 We didn't know what had happened. 716 00:30:20,529 --> 00:30:21,405 ♪ 717 00:30:21,405 --> 00:30:22,823 NARRATOR: To find answers, 718 00:30:22,823 --> 00:30:25,868 investigators send out their names and faces 719 00:30:25,868 --> 00:30:28,745 to every law enforcement agency in the state. 720 00:30:28,745 --> 00:30:31,582 ♪ 721 00:30:31,582 --> 00:30:33,667 - My shift ends, so I get in my personal clothes, 722 00:30:33,667 --> 00:30:34,710 get in my personal vehicle. 723 00:30:34,710 --> 00:30:36,003 ♪ 724 00:30:36,003 --> 00:30:37,796 On my way leaving the city of Meadville, 725 00:30:37,796 --> 00:30:41,341 I noticed two white females 726 00:30:41,341 --> 00:30:44,052 dressed in all black goth attire, 727 00:30:44,052 --> 00:30:46,430 uh, with plastic grocery bags in their hands... 728 00:30:46,430 --> 00:30:48,724 ♪ 729 00:30:48,724 --> 00:30:51,810 ...and they were just at that point crossing over the guardrail 730 00:30:51,810 --> 00:30:53,979 from the wooded area right next to French Creek. 731 00:30:53,979 --> 00:30:55,397 ♪ 732 00:30:55,397 --> 00:30:57,816 At that time they were having a conversation with 733 00:30:57,816 --> 00:31:01,111 a gentleman that was parked underneath the overpass. 734 00:31:01,111 --> 00:31:03,405 As I started to pass them in my vehicle, 735 00:31:03,405 --> 00:31:07,034 they bladed themselves away and almost turned away from me 736 00:31:07,034 --> 00:31:08,619 so I couldn't see their faces. 737 00:31:08,619 --> 00:31:09,703 ♪ 738 00:31:09,703 --> 00:31:10,829 NARRATOR: The two girls matched 739 00:31:10,829 --> 00:31:13,165 Jade and Ashley's description, 740 00:31:13,165 --> 00:31:14,583 prompting the off-duty officer 741 00:31:14,583 --> 00:31:17,085 to approach the parked car and speak with them. 742 00:31:17,753 --> 00:31:19,254 STREYLE: Went to the passenger in the rear, 743 00:31:20,464 --> 00:31:21,423 asked her name. 744 00:31:21,423 --> 00:31:23,342 She provided me the name of Jade Olmstead, 745 00:31:23,342 --> 00:31:27,262 and then I asked the front seat passenger what her name was. 746 00:31:27,262 --> 00:31:29,848 She provided a false ID without batting an eye, 747 00:31:29,848 --> 00:31:31,975 and I was like, "Are you Ashley Barber?" 748 00:31:31,975 --> 00:31:35,646 She once again continued to lie until eventually she said, 749 00:31:35,646 --> 00:31:36,647 "I'm Ashley Barber." 750 00:31:36,647 --> 00:31:39,566 ♪ 751 00:31:39,566 --> 00:31:41,443 My first impression of Jade, 752 00:31:41,443 --> 00:31:44,613 I could tell that she was nervous, she was scared, 753 00:31:44,613 --> 00:31:47,574 and she was definitely following Ashley's lead. 754 00:31:47,574 --> 00:31:49,493 ♪ 755 00:31:49,493 --> 00:31:52,454 Ashley just stared at me with these cold eyes, 756 00:31:52,454 --> 00:31:55,457 and continued to lie about her identification. 757 00:31:55,457 --> 00:31:57,918 ♪ 758 00:31:57,918 --> 00:31:59,545 I had asked them if they would be willing 759 00:31:59,545 --> 00:32:02,130 to come back to the Pennsylvania State Police barracks for an interview. 760 00:32:02,130 --> 00:32:03,423 ♪ 761 00:32:03,423 --> 00:32:05,551 They willingly came with their own free will, 762 00:32:05,551 --> 00:32:08,887 and they were escorted back to the barracks to be interviewed. 763 00:32:08,887 --> 00:32:12,432 ♪ 764 00:32:12,432 --> 00:32:14,601 NARRATOR: Detectives separate Ashley, Jade, 765 00:32:14,601 --> 00:32:16,019 and the driver for questioning. 766 00:32:16,019 --> 00:32:17,396 ♪ 767 00:32:17,396 --> 00:32:20,816 They determined the driver was only there to pick up the two girls, 768 00:32:20,816 --> 00:32:23,360 and had no connection with Brandy. 769 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,279 He's allowed to go free, 770 00:32:25,279 --> 00:32:28,073 while Jade and Ashley's interrogation continues. 771 00:32:28,073 --> 00:32:29,783 ♪ 772 00:32:29,783 --> 00:32:32,744 As detectives press Jade and Ashley at the station, 773 00:32:32,744 --> 00:32:36,039 officers search Ashley's home for any evidence 774 00:32:36,039 --> 00:32:38,208 that could tell them what really happened to Brandy. 775 00:32:38,208 --> 00:32:41,795 ♪ 776 00:32:41,795 --> 00:32:43,922 ♪ 777 00:32:43,922 --> 00:32:45,424 SGT. O'DAY JR.: About three to 400 yards 778 00:32:45,424 --> 00:32:46,800 away from the residence, 779 00:32:47,759 --> 00:32:50,304 I came across an area in the woods 780 00:32:50,304 --> 00:32:54,016 that was cleared of a lot of leaves and debris. 781 00:32:54,016 --> 00:32:55,601 There was some fresh dirt. 782 00:32:55,601 --> 00:32:58,437 ♪ 783 00:32:58,437 --> 00:33:01,106 There were some small saplings on the ground. 784 00:33:01,106 --> 00:33:02,900 ♪ 785 00:33:02,900 --> 00:33:06,737 The soil was loose, wasn't compacted, 786 00:33:06,737 --> 00:33:09,573 which would indicate maybe it was freshly dug. 787 00:33:11,074 --> 00:33:15,495 So at that point, we wanted to see 788 00:33:15,495 --> 00:33:16,955 what was under there 789 00:33:16,955 --> 00:33:19,499 and investigate that further. 790 00:33:19,499 --> 00:33:20,375 [camera shutter clicks] 791 00:33:21,335 --> 00:33:23,337 NARRATOR: Thinking they may have discovered 792 00:33:23,337 --> 00:33:26,465 something suspicious, they call in the medical examiner 793 00:33:26,465 --> 00:33:28,050 to aid in the excavation. 794 00:33:28,967 --> 00:33:31,261 MAN: Scott Schell interview. Soft sticks. 795 00:33:31,261 --> 00:33:32,596 ♪ 796 00:33:32,596 --> 00:33:35,224 SCOTT SCHELL: We removed the tree branches. 797 00:33:35,224 --> 00:33:38,852 We had about a ten-foot-by-ten-foot area that seemed to be all fresh dirt. 798 00:33:38,852 --> 00:33:41,271 ♪ 799 00:33:41,271 --> 00:33:43,607 And you can see a little bit of an indentation in it, 800 00:33:43,607 --> 00:33:45,442 ♪ 801 00:33:45,442 --> 00:33:46,735 but it's getting dark. 802 00:33:46,735 --> 00:33:49,446 Called the Cochranton Fire Department to bring me scene lighting. 803 00:33:49,446 --> 00:33:50,906 ♪ 804 00:33:50,906 --> 00:33:53,700 We just started digging a handful at a time. 805 00:33:53,700 --> 00:33:55,118 We were just scooping it out of the way. 806 00:33:55,118 --> 00:33:57,538 ♪ 807 00:33:57,538 --> 00:34:00,207 And less than ten inches into the dirt, 808 00:34:00,207 --> 00:34:02,835 I was finding like, green leaves, 809 00:34:02,835 --> 00:34:05,170 and stuff that shouldn't be buried. 810 00:34:05,170 --> 00:34:07,714 I mean, it was fresh, because the leaves were still green. 811 00:34:07,714 --> 00:34:09,258 ♪ 812 00:34:09,258 --> 00:34:12,803 And I'm like, "Well, someone purposely buried those items." 813 00:34:12,803 --> 00:34:15,389 ♪ 814 00:34:15,389 --> 00:34:18,308 As we kept on going, I got down to about 20 inches... 815 00:34:18,308 --> 00:34:20,602 ♪ 816 00:34:20,602 --> 00:34:23,564 ...and I found flesh. 817 00:34:23,564 --> 00:34:28,694 ♪ 818 00:34:28,694 --> 00:34:30,654 NARRATOR: As police continue to question 819 00:34:30,654 --> 00:34:31,989 Jade and Ashley... 820 00:34:33,574 --> 00:34:34,950 piece by piece, 821 00:34:34,950 --> 00:34:38,120 crime scene investigators dig up evidence 822 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,205 of an unspeakable crime, 823 00:34:41,582 --> 00:34:44,710 an act of violence so savage, 824 00:34:45,752 --> 00:34:48,630 it's impossible to comprehend. 825 00:34:48,630 --> 00:34:51,925 ♪ 826 00:34:56,597 --> 00:34:57,890 ♪ 827 00:34:57,890 --> 00:35:00,642 ♪ In the dark ♪ 828 00:35:01,643 --> 00:35:04,438 ♪ Far from home ♪ 829 00:35:04,438 --> 00:35:06,148 NARRATOR: A 20-year-old college student 830 00:35:06,148 --> 00:35:08,233 has been missing for nearly a week. 831 00:35:08,233 --> 00:35:11,737 ♪ I found you ♪ 832 00:35:11,737 --> 00:35:14,740 A text leads police to an address, 833 00:35:14,740 --> 00:35:18,243 and behind that address is a wooded area. 834 00:35:19,369 --> 00:35:21,914 ♪ Shine a light on me ♪ 835 00:35:21,914 --> 00:35:24,625 With something buried beneath the soil. 836 00:35:24,625 --> 00:35:25,459 [camera shutter clicks] 837 00:35:25,459 --> 00:35:28,003 ♪ 838 00:35:28,003 --> 00:35:28,879 SCHELL: We were 839 00:35:29,922 --> 00:35:33,258 approximately 20 inches into the earth, 840 00:35:33,258 --> 00:35:36,887 and that's when I actually discovered a chin and mouth. 841 00:35:36,887 --> 00:35:39,723 ♪ 842 00:35:39,723 --> 00:35:42,726 As you can see on these pictures right here, 843 00:35:42,726 --> 00:35:44,561 you can actually see teeth, 844 00:35:45,979 --> 00:35:49,816 and then from there, we uncovered the nose, the eyes, and the head. 845 00:35:50,692 --> 00:35:52,027 SGT. O'DAY JR.: And at that point you could tell 846 00:35:52,027 --> 00:35:53,153 that it was Brandy. 847 00:35:53,153 --> 00:35:55,489 ♪ 848 00:35:55,489 --> 00:35:58,325 There was also some signs of the struggle. 849 00:35:58,325 --> 00:36:00,327 ♪ 850 00:36:00,327 --> 00:36:04,289 Blood, and other things that you could tell it was, it was a battle. 851 00:36:04,289 --> 00:36:06,583 ♪ 852 00:36:06,583 --> 00:36:10,045 I've seen a lot of different homicides and death, 853 00:36:11,129 --> 00:36:14,675 but it was shocking to uncover someone in that manner. 854 00:36:14,675 --> 00:36:16,802 [indistinct police radio chatter] 855 00:36:18,095 --> 00:36:20,097 ♪ 856 00:36:20,097 --> 00:36:23,517 NARRATOR: Seven days after Brandy sent her last text, 857 00:36:23,517 --> 00:36:27,271 police finally discover why she wasn't returning calls. 858 00:36:27,271 --> 00:36:28,397 CARRIE: Well, about 2:00 in the morning, 859 00:36:28,397 --> 00:36:31,567 they told me that they found Brandy's body 860 00:36:32,442 --> 00:36:33,735 in a shallow grave. 861 00:36:33,735 --> 00:36:36,071 ♪ 862 00:36:36,071 --> 00:36:37,781 It was, it's your worst nightmare. 863 00:36:37,781 --> 00:36:39,950 It was horrifying. 864 00:36:39,950 --> 00:36:42,286 It was horrifying that day. 865 00:36:42,286 --> 00:36:45,706 ♪ 866 00:36:45,706 --> 00:36:46,832 Absolutely horrifying. 867 00:36:46,832 --> 00:36:49,042 ♪ 868 00:36:49,042 --> 00:36:52,004 KRYSTI: My phone rang after Carrie caught word 869 00:36:52,004 --> 00:36:55,507 that they had found Brandy's remains. 870 00:36:55,507 --> 00:36:57,634 I slid down the wall slowly 871 00:36:57,634 --> 00:36:59,595 as she was explaining that Brandy was dead. 872 00:36:59,595 --> 00:37:00,971 ♪ 873 00:37:00,971 --> 00:37:04,558 It's just unfathomable that this could have happened to 874 00:37:05,726 --> 00:37:09,062 someone so sweet, you know. 875 00:37:09,062 --> 00:37:11,398 So-so loving and so smart. 876 00:37:11,398 --> 00:37:17,237 ♪ 877 00:37:17,237 --> 00:37:19,948 NARRATOR: Detectives confront Jade and Ashley 878 00:37:19,948 --> 00:37:23,160 with the news that Brandy's body was discovered in the woods 879 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,454 behind Ashley's family home. 880 00:37:25,996 --> 00:37:29,583 Both girls agree to tell the truth about what happened to Brandy, 881 00:37:30,876 --> 00:37:34,087 and the truth is horrifying. 882 00:37:34,087 --> 00:37:36,715 CARRIE: We were told by the state police 883 00:37:36,715 --> 00:37:39,384 that when Brandy first got there, 884 00:37:39,384 --> 00:37:42,179 Jade met her by the edge of the woods, 885 00:37:43,388 --> 00:37:46,558 and that they had invited her to see a fort in the woods. 886 00:37:46,558 --> 00:37:48,185 ♪ 887 00:37:48,185 --> 00:37:51,647 Well, the minute Brandy starts going into the woods, 888 00:37:51,647 --> 00:37:53,232 Jade hits Brandy over the head with a shovel. 889 00:37:53,232 --> 00:37:55,359 ♪ 890 00:37:55,359 --> 00:37:58,612 And it was multiple, multiple hits. 891 00:37:58,612 --> 00:37:59,905 [woman screams, echoes] 892 00:37:59,905 --> 00:38:01,573 And if that wasn't enough, 893 00:38:01,573 --> 00:38:03,408 they tied a rope around her neck. 894 00:38:03,408 --> 00:38:05,661 [women giggle, echoing] 895 00:38:05,661 --> 00:38:08,121 They had already dug the grave, 896 00:38:08,121 --> 00:38:09,873 and they rolled her in the grave. 897 00:38:09,873 --> 00:38:12,417 ♪ 898 00:38:12,417 --> 00:38:14,545 [women giggle, echoing] 899 00:38:14,545 --> 00:38:18,090 [heavy breathing] 900 00:38:18,090 --> 00:38:20,175 And then they threw a rock on her face. 901 00:38:20,175 --> 00:38:23,303 ♪ 902 00:38:23,303 --> 00:38:24,263 And they buried her. 903 00:38:24,263 --> 00:38:27,266 ♪ 904 00:38:27,266 --> 00:38:28,350 [voice breaking] That's how they treated her. 905 00:38:28,350 --> 00:38:32,938 ♪ 906 00:38:32,938 --> 00:38:34,106 ♪ 907 00:38:34,106 --> 00:38:34,940 [sighs deeply] 908 00:38:34,940 --> 00:38:35,816 ♪ 909 00:38:36,692 --> 00:38:38,068 ♪ 910 00:38:38,068 --> 00:38:40,070 NARRATOR: Jade and Ashley admit to planning 911 00:38:40,070 --> 00:38:44,199 and carrying out a vicious and premeditated attack on Brandy. 912 00:38:44,199 --> 00:38:45,534 ♪ 913 00:38:45,534 --> 00:38:48,412 But only after the autopsy is performed 914 00:38:48,412 --> 00:38:50,497 do the police learn the extent 915 00:38:50,497 --> 00:38:52,875 of what she went through the night she died. 916 00:38:52,875 --> 00:38:54,668 ♪ 917 00:38:54,668 --> 00:38:59,923 - We discovered that Brandy had mud and dirt 918 00:38:59,923 --> 00:39:02,384 all the way down into her bronchial tubes. 919 00:39:02,384 --> 00:39:03,927 ♪ 920 00:39:03,927 --> 00:39:06,555 That indicated to us that Brandy was still alive 921 00:39:06,555 --> 00:39:07,639 when they buried her. 922 00:39:07,639 --> 00:39:11,101 ♪ 923 00:39:11,101 --> 00:39:13,645 ♪ 924 00:39:13,645 --> 00:39:15,689 [inhales deeply] 925 00:39:15,689 --> 00:39:17,065 [exhales deeply] 926 00:39:18,609 --> 00:39:19,985 CARRIE: She fought back. 927 00:39:19,985 --> 00:39:23,572 She had broken nails, scratches. 928 00:39:23,572 --> 00:39:25,365 ♪ 929 00:39:25,365 --> 00:39:27,159 She had three skull fractures. 930 00:39:27,159 --> 00:39:29,328 ♪ 931 00:39:30,037 --> 00:39:31,914 but Brandy wasn't dead when they buried her. 932 00:39:31,914 --> 00:39:35,167 ♪ 933 00:39:35,167 --> 00:39:36,460 Brandy was still alive. 934 00:39:36,460 --> 00:39:38,921 ♪ 935 00:39:38,921 --> 00:39:41,089 [voice breaking] I think that's the hardest part for-- 936 00:39:41,089 --> 00:39:43,467 ♪ 937 00:39:43,467 --> 00:39:46,637 She was still breathing and they buried her. 938 00:39:46,637 --> 00:39:52,184 ♪ 939 00:39:53,894 --> 00:39:55,395 ♪ 940 00:39:55,395 --> 00:39:56,647 - It was brutal, you know. 941 00:39:56,647 --> 00:40:00,150 It's, it was savage, and completely uncalled for. 942 00:40:00,984 --> 00:40:03,362 I just want to know, why did this happen? 943 00:40:03,362 --> 00:40:04,863 How did we get to this situation? 944 00:40:04,863 --> 00:40:10,369 ♪ 945 00:40:10,369 --> 00:40:12,079 NARRATOR: Brandy's family and friends 946 00:40:12,079 --> 00:40:14,289 never get an answer to that question. 947 00:40:14,289 --> 00:40:15,916 ♪ 948 00:40:15,916 --> 00:40:18,627 But after Jade and Ashley are arrested for murder, 949 00:40:19,628 --> 00:40:24,341 two journals are discovered that reveal horrifying insight 950 00:40:24,341 --> 00:40:27,010 into the minds of these young killers. 951 00:40:27,010 --> 00:40:28,470 ♪ 952 00:40:28,470 --> 00:40:31,932 - This is Ashley's journal entry 953 00:40:31,932 --> 00:40:36,144 that she dated May 21st, 2012. 954 00:40:36,144 --> 00:40:37,729 ♪ 955 00:40:37,729 --> 00:40:39,106 "Dear Miss Rosine... 956 00:40:39,106 --> 00:40:41,692 ♪ 957 00:40:41,692 --> 00:40:46,697 "...I fucking murdered your 20-year-old mistake. 958 00:40:46,697 --> 00:40:49,366 "I beat her head into the ground. 959 00:40:49,366 --> 00:40:50,617 ♪ 960 00:40:50,617 --> 00:40:52,661 "I've never been so alive. 961 00:40:52,661 --> 00:40:53,871 ♪ 962 00:40:53,871 --> 00:40:55,956 "I just wanna do it again and again. 963 00:40:55,956 --> 00:40:57,875 ♪ 964 00:40:57,875 --> 00:40:58,959 "Why lie? 965 00:40:58,959 --> 00:41:00,210 "I'm addicted. 966 00:41:00,210 --> 00:41:01,295 ♪ 967 00:41:01,295 --> 00:41:02,880 "I don't feel guilty. 968 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:03,839 ♪ 969 00:41:03,839 --> 00:41:05,174 I feel like I have a purpose." 970 00:41:05,174 --> 00:41:08,844 ♪ 971 00:41:08,844 --> 00:41:10,053 I'm gonna read Jade's for ya. 972 00:41:10,053 --> 00:41:14,349 ♪ 973 00:41:14,349 --> 00:41:18,687 "Yesterday was the beginning of a whole new life. 974 00:41:18,687 --> 00:41:22,191 "I found my calling, a new addiction. 975 00:41:22,191 --> 00:41:24,067 ♪ 976 00:41:24,067 --> 00:41:25,569 "Do I feel guilty? 977 00:41:25,569 --> 00:41:28,655 "No, not an ounce, 978 00:41:29,615 --> 00:41:30,532 I'm proud." 979 00:41:30,532 --> 00:41:33,410 ♪ 980 00:41:33,410 --> 00:41:37,456 ♪ 981 00:41:37,456 --> 00:41:41,293 ♪ 982 00:41:41,293 --> 00:41:43,587 NARRATOR: As details of the crime spread, 983 00:41:43,587 --> 00:41:46,298 Brandy Rosine's case stuns the nation, 984 00:41:47,132 --> 00:41:49,801 and rocks this community to its core. 985 00:41:51,011 --> 00:41:52,262 STREYLE: We're in a small town. 986 00:41:52,262 --> 00:41:54,640 You know, we have investigated some homicides in the past, 987 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:58,101 but nothing to the brutality of a case like this, 988 00:41:58,101 --> 00:42:00,729 such disregard for another human life. 989 00:42:00,729 --> 00:42:02,981 ♪ 990 00:42:02,981 --> 00:42:04,191 CARRIE: When the preliminary hearing 991 00:42:04,191 --> 00:42:05,859 and everything got out 992 00:42:05,859 --> 00:42:07,819 about what happened to her, of course, you know, 993 00:42:07,819 --> 00:42:08,904 everybody's going crazy. 994 00:42:08,904 --> 00:42:10,072 They need a death penalty. 995 00:42:10,072 --> 00:42:11,031 They need the death penalty. 996 00:42:11,031 --> 00:42:14,117 ♪ 997 00:42:14,117 --> 00:42:16,119 SARA: Prior to this situation, 998 00:42:16,119 --> 00:42:18,247 I had never believed in the death penalty, 999 00:42:18,247 --> 00:42:20,707 but after it happens to somebody that you love, 1000 00:42:20,707 --> 00:42:24,253 with the amount of premeditated information that they had, 1001 00:42:24,253 --> 00:42:26,129 it altered everything for me. 1002 00:42:26,129 --> 00:42:27,714 ♪ 1003 00:42:27,714 --> 00:42:29,758 NARRATOR: Although it is rarely carried out, 1004 00:42:29,758 --> 00:42:32,928 capital punishment is legal in Pennsylvania. 1005 00:42:32,928 --> 00:42:36,014 To avoid any chance of receiving the death penalty, 1006 00:42:36,014 --> 00:42:38,058 both girls accept a plea deal. 1007 00:42:38,058 --> 00:42:40,519 ♪ 1008 00:42:40,519 --> 00:42:43,480 NARRATOR: On October 31st, 2013, 1009 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,899 nearly a year and a half after Brandy's murder, 1010 00:42:46,984 --> 00:42:48,819 Jade Olmstead pleads guilty, 1011 00:42:48,819 --> 00:42:51,238 and is sentenced to life in prison without parole. 1012 00:42:51,238 --> 00:42:52,698 ♪ 1013 00:42:52,698 --> 00:42:56,034 Two weeks later, Ashley Barber pleads guilty, 1014 00:42:56,034 --> 00:42:58,620 and is sentenced to life in prison without parole. 1015 00:43:01,456 --> 00:43:05,711 ♪ 1016 00:43:05,711 --> 00:43:10,299 ♪ 1017 00:43:10,299 --> 00:43:13,010 CARRIE: Jade and Ashley got sentenced to life in prison. 1018 00:43:13,010 --> 00:43:14,386 ♪ 1019 00:43:14,386 --> 00:43:15,637 Everyone's like, "It's over." 1020 00:43:16,513 --> 00:43:17,389 It's not over. 1021 00:43:18,473 --> 00:43:19,516 It's never over. 1022 00:43:21,101 --> 00:43:24,855 I have no justice for my heart. 1023 00:43:25,898 --> 00:43:28,358 There's not a day that goes by that I don't think of my daughter. 1024 00:43:28,358 --> 00:43:30,027 ♪ 1025 00:43:30,027 --> 00:43:33,488 - As a father, I would've hoped for more if it was my child, 1026 00:43:33,488 --> 00:43:37,201 but that was the plea deal that they reached. 1027 00:43:38,619 --> 00:43:39,745 [cell phone chimes] 1028 00:43:39,745 --> 00:43:42,039 NARRATOR: What started with a text message to a friend 1029 00:43:42,039 --> 00:43:45,459 ended with two murderers in prison for the rest of their lives. 1030 00:43:45,459 --> 00:43:46,668 ♪ 1031 00:43:46,668 --> 00:43:48,212 Justice served for some, 1032 00:43:49,129 --> 00:43:50,714 but for those who knew Brandy, 1033 00:43:50,714 --> 00:43:52,591 there will always be an open wound. 1034 00:43:52,591 --> 00:43:54,718 ♪ 1035 00:43:54,718 --> 00:43:57,554 - There are evil people in this world... 1036 00:43:57,554 --> 00:43:59,890 ♪ 1037 00:43:59,890 --> 00:44:03,268 ...that hurt children every day. 1038 00:44:03,268 --> 00:44:06,438 ♪ 1039 00:44:06,438 --> 00:44:10,859 And I don't want any parent to ever feel what I've felt. 1040 00:44:10,859 --> 00:44:16,323 ♪ 1041 00:44:16,323 --> 00:44:18,158 KRYSTI: I guess this is the only thing 1042 00:44:18,158 --> 00:44:20,244 a person remaining can do 1043 00:44:20,244 --> 00:44:21,954 and keep her memory alive. 1044 00:44:21,954 --> 00:44:25,374 The best we can do is try to let her continue to have a voice. 1045 00:44:25,374 --> 00:44:28,043 Maybe someone can learn from this situation. 1046 00:44:28,043 --> 00:44:31,839 ♪ 1047 00:44:31,839 --> 00:44:33,549 NARRATOR: Brandy Stevens-Rosine 1048 00:44:33,549 --> 00:44:36,635 was a warm and kindhearted young woman. 1049 00:44:36,635 --> 00:44:39,179 She always had her phone in her hands, 1050 00:44:39,179 --> 00:44:41,640 texting, making plans with her friends, 1051 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:44,309 staying connected with the people she loved. 1052 00:44:44,309 --> 00:44:46,478 ♪ 1053 00:44:46,478 --> 00:44:49,648 Ultimately, that connection helped solve her murder. 1054 00:44:49,648 --> 00:44:51,900 ♪ 1055 00:44:51,900 --> 00:44:55,946 - The bottom line is Brandy had her own way of letting us know, 1056 00:44:55,946 --> 00:44:59,658 "This is where I'll be if something happens to me." 1057 00:44:59,658 --> 00:45:03,328 ♪ Stay strong, break free ♪ 1058 00:45:03,328 --> 00:45:04,955 And it was all from her text. 1059 00:45:04,955 --> 00:45:07,583 ♪ 1060 00:45:07,583 --> 00:45:11,295 The last text that she physically sent to anybody. 1061 00:45:11,295 --> 00:45:13,755 ♪ 1062 00:45:13,755 --> 00:45:15,048 We found my baby. 1063 00:45:16,133 --> 00:45:20,304 ♪ 1064 00:45:25,851 --> 00:45:29,146 ♪ I don't know where my head is lately ♪ 1065 00:45:29,146 --> 00:45:31,648 ♪ Have I lost my mind? ♪ 1066 00:45:31,648 --> 00:45:36,236 ♪ 1067 00:45:36,236 --> 00:45:39,364 ♪ 1068 00:45:39,364 --> 00:45:42,826 ♪ But I know that I have a secret ♪ 1069 00:45:42,826 --> 00:45:44,786 ♪ And it's only mine ♪ 1070 00:45:44,786 --> 00:45:49,208 ♪ 1071 00:45:49,208 --> 00:45:53,086 ♪ 1072 00:45:53,086 --> 00:45:56,465 ♪ And the only way to find me ♪ 1073 00:45:56,465 --> 00:46:00,469 ♪ Is to go beneath the lies ♪ 1074 00:46:00,469 --> 00:46:03,472 ♪