1 00:00:07,772 --> 00:00:12,105 There were definitely girls that made it a point to be mean. 2 00:00:13,171 --> 00:00:16,271 She would go through any lengths to get what she wanted. 3 00:00:17,271 --> 00:00:18,572 ANDI: When you're a teenage girl, 4 00:00:18,672 --> 00:00:21,572 and you have all these emotions, nothing matters. 5 00:00:29,105 --> 00:00:30,005 I don't think she was ever her friend at all. 6 00:00:30,005 --> 00:00:30,872 I don't think she was ever her friend at all. 7 00:00:32,071 --> 00:00:34,605 Betrayal isn't even a strong enough word. 8 00:00:36,005 --> 00:00:40,672 A dark, narcissistic murderer. 9 00:00:40,772 --> 00:00:44,505 She's just very deceitful. She's messed up and evil. 10 00:00:47,071 --> 00:00:50,372 [theme music playing] 11 00:01:04,472 --> 00:01:08,672 AMANDA: As a teenager growing up in Redlands, 12 00:01:08,672 --> 00:01:11,772 I would say it's pretty conservative. 13 00:01:11,872 --> 00:01:15,672 We're known for having a lot of churches in the area. 14 00:01:15,672 --> 00:01:20,105 It was super boring and not a lot going on. 15 00:01:20,171 --> 00:01:22,872 The high schools out there are very 16 00:01:22,872 --> 00:01:27,872 upperclass, very suburban, very preppy. 17 00:01:27,872 --> 00:01:30,005 AMANDA: Redlands East Valley, it was very cliquey. 18 00:01:30,005 --> 00:01:30,505 AMANDA: Redlands East Valley, it was very cliquey. 19 00:01:30,572 --> 00:01:35,472 A lot of girls had, like, blonde hair, blue eyes kind of thing. 20 00:01:35,472 --> 00:01:39,772 There was a -- definitely a big separation of, 21 00:01:39,772 --> 00:01:43,605 the jocks and maybe the stoner kids 22 00:01:43,672 --> 00:01:46,505 and the artsy kids and the nerdy kids. 23 00:01:53,805 --> 00:01:57,705 And then there was a separate crowd of the goth kids. 24 00:01:57,772 --> 00:01:59,872 That was their time to be different. 25 00:02:00,972 --> 00:02:02,972 A lot of us had a gothic look 26 00:02:02,972 --> 00:02:06,572 or, like, a punk look or a metalhead look. 27 00:02:06,572 --> 00:02:10,572 The whole purpose of our group was, you know, if you're lost, 28 00:02:10,572 --> 00:02:11,572 you know, come to us, 29 00:02:11,672 --> 00:02:13,271 you know, we'll look after you. 30 00:02:13,372 --> 00:02:14,505 We'll be your friends. 31 00:02:20,305 --> 00:02:21,905 NARRATOR: When Kelly Bullwinkle arrives 32 00:02:22,005 --> 00:02:23,772 at Redlands East Valley High, 33 00:02:23,772 --> 00:02:27,005 she's a bright, outgoing 14-year-old. 34 00:02:27,071 --> 00:02:30,005 She had her own personality, and she let it shine through, 35 00:02:30,005 --> 00:02:30,972 She had her own personality, and she let it shine through, 36 00:02:30,972 --> 00:02:35,672 but she didn't fit the preppy cheerleader type. 37 00:02:35,772 --> 00:02:39,672 Kelly was very soulful. She was a deep thinker. 38 00:02:39,772 --> 00:02:43,271 She loved to journal. She was an amazing writer. 39 00:02:44,372 --> 00:02:47,071 ROBB: Kelly was kind of alone a lot, because her mother, 40 00:02:47,071 --> 00:02:51,772 single mother, she was in the Coast Guard. 41 00:02:51,772 --> 00:02:54,872 Kelly lived with her mom and her mom's friend, Laura, 42 00:02:54,972 --> 00:02:57,905 but Kelly would often have the house to herself. 43 00:02:58,005 --> 00:03:00,005 I think she wanted to be anybody's friend. 44 00:03:00,005 --> 00:03:00,672 I think she wanted to be anybody's friend. 45 00:03:00,772 --> 00:03:03,005 ANDI: When she first came to the school, 46 00:03:03,071 --> 00:03:05,005 she was kind of lost. 47 00:03:05,105 --> 00:03:07,071 When you come into a high school and you don't know anybody, 48 00:03:07,071 --> 00:03:08,772 you're literally drowning. 49 00:03:08,872 --> 00:03:10,605 There's a lot of anxiety. 50 00:03:10,672 --> 00:03:16,405 There were definitely girls that were exclusionary. 51 00:03:16,472 --> 00:03:18,005 NARRATOR: But in her junior year, 52 00:03:18,071 --> 00:03:20,271 Kelly makes a new friend, 53 00:03:20,372 --> 00:03:23,572 senior Kinzie Noordman. 54 00:03:23,572 --> 00:03:24,872 Known as a leader, 55 00:03:24,972 --> 00:03:27,405 Kinzie launched the school's "Friends of Lesbians 56 00:03:27,472 --> 00:03:30,005 and Gays Club," also known as FLAG. 57 00:03:30,071 --> 00:03:33,672 She had a very, very good self-esteem. 58 00:03:33,672 --> 00:03:36,672 I am sure that there were probably a lot of 59 00:03:36,672 --> 00:03:41,105 kids that looked up to Kinzie, because she started that club. 60 00:03:41,171 --> 00:03:46,672 Kinzie and Kelly were both known to me to be bisexual. 61 00:03:46,772 --> 00:03:50,271 I do think that maybe Kelly was drawn to Kinzie, because 62 00:03:50,372 --> 00:03:56,105 it seemed as though Kinzie was more out about her sexuality. 63 00:03:59,905 --> 00:04:00,005 NARRATOR: Completing this cool 64 00:04:00,005 --> 00:04:01,171 NARRATOR: Completing this cool 65 00:04:01,171 --> 00:04:04,405 alterna-clique is junior Elody Romero. 66 00:04:04,472 --> 00:04:06,572 AMANDA: She was kind of more quiet and maybe 67 00:04:06,572 --> 00:04:11,372 standoffish, too -- kind of like maybe, uh, cocky. 68 00:04:11,372 --> 00:04:12,872 I could see 69 00:04:12,972 --> 00:04:16,305 maybe some people would have thought that 70 00:04:16,372 --> 00:04:18,405 Elody was maybe intimidating. 71 00:04:23,271 --> 00:04:25,472 NARRATOR: And there's one guy in this girl group, 72 00:04:25,572 --> 00:04:27,472 senior Damien Guerrero. 73 00:04:27,472 --> 00:04:30,005 Damien was very much the goth aesthetic, slicked back hair. 74 00:04:30,005 --> 00:04:32,205 Damien was very much the goth aesthetic, slicked back hair. 75 00:04:32,271 --> 00:04:35,572 He kind of seemed, like, unapproachable. 76 00:04:35,572 --> 00:04:39,305 He would wear black nail polish and, like, rings a lot, 77 00:04:39,372 --> 00:04:41,505 just black clothes a lot. 78 00:04:41,572 --> 00:04:44,772 AMY: People liked Damien because he's different. 79 00:04:44,872 --> 00:04:48,171 He's edgy. He's unlike everybody else. 80 00:04:49,271 --> 00:04:51,505 MATT: He was charismatic -- like, people were drawn to him. 81 00:04:53,372 --> 00:04:54,805 He would quote philosophy. 82 00:04:54,872 --> 00:04:58,305 He would make himself sound highly intelligent. 83 00:04:58,372 --> 00:05:00,005 ANDI: That was definitely Damien's personality. 84 00:05:00,005 --> 00:05:01,405 ANDI: That was definitely Damien's personality. 85 00:05:01,472 --> 00:05:06,772 He was very much into, like, the Quentin Tarantino movies 86 00:05:06,772 --> 00:05:08,905 and, you know, the "Natural Born Killers," 87 00:05:09,005 --> 00:05:12,372 and he had this smugness to him, like, 88 00:05:12,472 --> 00:05:15,405 you know, he was -- that humans were scum and, you know, 89 00:05:15,472 --> 00:05:17,805 maybe he was better than that. 90 00:05:17,872 --> 00:05:19,705 MATT: Damien was dating Elody. 91 00:05:19,772 --> 00:05:21,205 They were like -- I guess you 92 00:05:21,271 --> 00:05:23,271 could say the cute little goth couple. 93 00:05:23,372 --> 00:05:25,972 NARRATOR: The two are on again, off again. 94 00:05:25,972 --> 00:05:29,372 The relationship has its share of high school drama. 95 00:05:29,472 --> 00:05:30,005 I think anybody who was dating anybody at that time would be 96 00:05:30,005 --> 00:05:31,905 I think anybody who was dating anybody at that time would be 97 00:05:32,005 --> 00:05:35,271 possessive of their boyfriend or girlfriend. 98 00:05:35,271 --> 00:05:38,572 Damien and Elody were together for that year. 99 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:40,772 And I know that Damien and Kinzie were close. 100 00:05:40,772 --> 00:05:43,105 Kelly and Kinzie were really close. 101 00:05:43,171 --> 00:05:45,105 They were all close. 102 00:05:45,171 --> 00:05:48,505 NARRATOR: Throughout the 2001 to 2002 school year, 103 00:05:48,572 --> 00:05:50,872 the four are inseparable. 104 00:05:50,972 --> 00:05:52,772 Everybody has a period in their life when 105 00:05:52,872 --> 00:05:54,972 they felt that they were at their best. 106 00:05:54,972 --> 00:05:56,605 They felt they looked the best. 107 00:05:56,672 --> 00:05:59,705 They had the best social circle. 108 00:05:59,772 --> 00:06:00,005 Everything was good for them. 109 00:06:00,005 --> 00:06:02,472 Everything was good for them. 110 00:06:02,472 --> 00:06:05,205 AMANDA: Kelly was having a good time. 111 00:06:05,271 --> 00:06:07,005 She was happy, she was fun. 112 00:06:10,305 --> 00:06:14,105 NARRATOR: Even after Kinzie and Damien graduate in 2002 113 00:06:14,171 --> 00:06:16,972 and move on to local community colleges, 114 00:06:16,972 --> 00:06:20,972 the goth group remains tight, and when it comes time for 115 00:06:20,972 --> 00:06:22,171 Kelly's senior prom 116 00:06:22,171 --> 00:06:25,805 the following spring, she brings Kinzie as her date. 117 00:06:25,872 --> 00:06:28,405 Kelly did like to dress up a lot, you know, 118 00:06:28,472 --> 00:06:30,005 and that prom was a perfect occasion 119 00:06:30,005 --> 00:06:31,572 and that prom was a perfect occasion 120 00:06:31,572 --> 00:06:34,872 to wear something fun. 121 00:06:34,972 --> 00:06:37,905 Kelly and Kinzie went together, 122 00:06:38,005 --> 00:06:41,805 and they had a fun time making out on the dance floor, 123 00:06:41,872 --> 00:06:46,572 but it was probably just for shock value or to be different. 124 00:06:46,672 --> 00:06:49,472 Kelly and Kinzie, they weren't a couple, 125 00:06:49,572 --> 00:06:53,071 but I always knew them to be best friends, really close. 126 00:06:58,905 --> 00:07:00,005 NARRATOR: But after Kelly and Elody graduate 127 00:07:00,005 --> 00:07:00,805 NARRATOR: But after Kelly and Elody graduate 128 00:07:00,872 --> 00:07:03,005 in the spring of 2003, 129 00:07:03,071 --> 00:07:05,772 the group seems to drift apart. 130 00:07:05,772 --> 00:07:08,805 AMY: It was during the summer, and the people she used to hang 131 00:07:08,872 --> 00:07:12,305 out with, she wasn't really hanging out with them anymore. 132 00:07:12,372 --> 00:07:15,305 Kelly did seem like she was ready to move on, 133 00:07:15,372 --> 00:07:19,105 and I saw that in her, and I was happy for her. 134 00:07:19,171 --> 00:07:22,171 That fall, 18-year-old Kelly sets her sights 135 00:07:22,271 --> 00:07:25,071 on meeting new friends and begins attending 136 00:07:25,071 --> 00:07:27,271 community college. 137 00:07:27,372 --> 00:07:30,005 She also lands a job at a fast food joint called Baker's. 138 00:07:30,005 --> 00:07:31,405 She also lands a job at a fast food joint called Baker's. 139 00:07:31,472 --> 00:07:34,905 Baker's is actually pretty popular in town. 140 00:07:35,005 --> 00:07:38,705 It seemed like Kelly had a good group of friends or at 141 00:07:38,772 --> 00:07:43,372 least a few friends that she was really close to at work. 142 00:07:43,372 --> 00:07:45,171 NARRATOR: One of those new friends is 143 00:07:45,171 --> 00:07:47,572 19-year-old Cassandra Ontiveros. 144 00:07:53,205 --> 00:07:55,271 Kelly and Cassandra occasionally hang out 145 00:07:55,372 --> 00:07:56,472 after work. 146 00:07:56,472 --> 00:07:59,105 But tonight, Kelly has plans with her friend, Amy, 147 00:07:59,171 --> 00:08:00,005 who is bringing along a new guy to meet Kelly. 148 00:08:00,005 --> 00:08:01,672 who is bringing along a new guy to meet Kelly. 149 00:08:03,005 --> 00:08:04,772 She was going to meet a brand-new guy 150 00:08:04,872 --> 00:08:06,572 that she was kind of interested in. 151 00:08:06,672 --> 00:08:10,605 This new guy was punkish, but he was very sweet. 152 00:08:10,672 --> 00:08:12,405 He had a heart of gold, and he 153 00:08:12,472 --> 00:08:15,105 would have been a good match for Kelly. 154 00:08:16,772 --> 00:08:18,905 But I was late. 155 00:08:19,005 --> 00:08:22,772 And so when we went to go meet Kelly, 156 00:08:23,772 --> 00:08:26,372 her car was gone, and she wasn't there, 157 00:08:26,372 --> 00:08:28,605 but I didn't think too much about it. 158 00:08:32,572 --> 00:08:36,372 And so two days went by, I haven't heard from her. 159 00:08:36,372 --> 00:08:39,105 And then somebody reached out to me, 160 00:08:39,171 --> 00:08:41,171 a mutual friend saying, "Have you seen Kelly? 161 00:08:41,271 --> 00:08:44,872 She didn't show up to her shift at Baker's." 162 00:08:44,972 --> 00:08:47,472 And that made me start to wonder. 163 00:08:47,572 --> 00:08:51,872 And then I noticed that Kelly wasn't on AOL anymore, 164 00:08:51,872 --> 00:08:55,472 and that was pretty alarming, because she was always online. 165 00:08:55,472 --> 00:08:57,405 She's not showing up to work. 166 00:08:57,472 --> 00:09:00,005 I haven't seen her, and her other friends haven't seen her, 167 00:09:00,005 --> 00:09:00,872 I haven't seen her, and her other friends haven't seen her, 168 00:09:00,872 --> 00:09:05,105 and that was a big red flag that something is wrong. 169 00:09:14,572 --> 00:09:16,572 NARRATOR: When Kelly Bullwinkle's housemate, Laura, 170 00:09:16,672 --> 00:09:18,872 returns after five days out of town, 171 00:09:18,972 --> 00:09:21,171 she is rattled by what she finds. 172 00:09:24,105 --> 00:09:26,972 There's newspapers that haven't been picked 173 00:09:26,972 --> 00:09:29,005 up in the front of the house. 174 00:09:30,005 --> 00:09:35,105 BRENT: She noticed that the pets had not been fed or tended to. 175 00:09:35,171 --> 00:09:38,672 That was inconsistent with Kelly Bullwinkle. 176 00:09:38,772 --> 00:09:41,572 She took very good care of her pets. 177 00:09:41,672 --> 00:09:44,305 MICHAEL: And there were messages, quite a few, 178 00:09:44,372 --> 00:09:47,305 on the answering machine from Kelly's boss, because she 179 00:09:47,372 --> 00:09:49,505 was such a great worker, and she hadn't been to work in 180 00:09:49,572 --> 00:09:51,405 a couple of days, you know, where are you? 181 00:09:53,005 --> 00:09:56,672 So that was something else that really concerned Laura. 182 00:10:00,705 --> 00:10:02,372 NARRATOR: Laura contacts Kelly's mother, 183 00:10:02,372 --> 00:10:05,205 Diana, who is aboard a Coast Guard ship. 184 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:08,372 She makes plans to come home immediately. 185 00:10:08,372 --> 00:10:11,171 Laura also went to the Redlands Police Department. 186 00:10:12,472 --> 00:10:15,071 BRENT: When they searched Kelly's house, 187 00:10:15,071 --> 00:10:17,972 police located a pocket knife. 188 00:10:17,972 --> 00:10:20,105 There were some notes that 189 00:10:20,171 --> 00:10:23,605 suggested she may have been depressed that maybe, 190 00:10:23,672 --> 00:10:27,572 maybe, she may have hurt herself. 191 00:10:27,672 --> 00:10:29,705 MICHAEL: Could she have taken her life? 192 00:10:29,772 --> 00:10:30,005 That's one of the factors that you have to consider. 193 00:10:30,005 --> 00:10:32,772 That's one of the factors that you have to consider. 194 00:10:32,772 --> 00:10:36,405 And if so, when and how and where? 195 00:10:37,705 --> 00:10:41,472 But there was really no evidence to prove that. 196 00:10:42,905 --> 00:10:45,305 That was dispelled rather quickly. 197 00:10:45,372 --> 00:10:48,472 I thought, let's hope she just ran away. 198 00:10:50,105 --> 00:10:51,505 NARRATOR: That evening, police make 199 00:10:51,572 --> 00:10:54,405 a disturbing discovery about Kelly's whereabouts. 200 00:10:55,572 --> 00:10:58,772 They located her car at the Ontario Mills Mall. 201 00:11:00,472 --> 00:11:01,772 AMY: And that was pretty alarming. 202 00:11:01,872 --> 00:11:04,972 Why would her car be... abandoned? 203 00:11:09,872 --> 00:11:11,972 BRENT: When they found Kelly Bullwinkle's car there, 204 00:11:11,972 --> 00:11:14,672 that's when I think it really became a concern 205 00:11:14,672 --> 00:11:17,805 of everyone that something bad had happened to 206 00:11:17,872 --> 00:11:19,572 Miss Bullwinkle. 207 00:11:19,572 --> 00:11:21,572 NARRATOR: Investigators find no evidence of 208 00:11:21,572 --> 00:11:23,805 blood or prints in Kelly's car. 209 00:11:23,872 --> 00:11:26,472 But the hope that she ran away vanishes. 210 00:11:27,472 --> 00:11:31,405 In our minds, it looked like maybe Kelly was kidnapped. 211 00:11:32,605 --> 00:11:35,372 ROBB: I just knew when I started hearing about it, 212 00:11:35,472 --> 00:11:37,472 I remember thinking in my heart, man... 213 00:11:39,005 --> 00:11:40,472 she's not gonna be alive. 214 00:11:44,205 --> 00:11:45,705 BRENT: Immediately, the police started 215 00:11:45,772 --> 00:11:48,472 interviewing everybody that knew her. 216 00:11:48,472 --> 00:11:50,372 NARRATOR: Amy Locust tells detectives 217 00:11:50,472 --> 00:11:52,705 she had plans to see Kelly that night, 218 00:11:52,772 --> 00:11:55,505 but there was no sign of her when she got to the restaurant. 219 00:11:59,171 --> 00:12:02,105 Kelly's friends have no idea where she may have gone. 220 00:12:02,171 --> 00:12:04,505 But they suggest that police speak with Kelly's former 221 00:12:04,572 --> 00:12:06,772 best friend, Kinzie Noordman. 222 00:12:06,872 --> 00:12:07,546 AMANDA: Kelly and Kinzie had been really close. 223 00:12:07,546 --> 00:12:08,872 AMANDA: Kelly and Kinzie had been really close. 224 00:12:08,972 --> 00:12:11,205 So when Kelly went missing, 225 00:12:11,271 --> 00:12:14,672 Kinzie was the first person I thought to talk to. 226 00:12:14,672 --> 00:12:17,005 And they asked her, "When did you see her last?" 227 00:12:17,071 --> 00:12:19,972 NARRATOR: Kinzie says she hadn't seen Kelly in a while, 228 00:12:19,972 --> 00:12:21,772 but they had talked about getting together 229 00:12:21,772 --> 00:12:23,271 that same night. 230 00:12:23,372 --> 00:12:26,372 When Kelly never called her, she made other plans. 231 00:12:26,472 --> 00:12:29,171 MICHAEL: She said, "Damien and I then went to 232 00:12:29,271 --> 00:12:32,972 get something to eat and went to a movie." 233 00:12:32,972 --> 00:12:34,505 NARRATOR: A receipt from the restaurant 234 00:12:34,572 --> 00:12:37,546 and movie tickets confirmed Kinzie's story, 235 00:12:37,546 --> 00:12:37,772 and movie tickets confirmed Kinzie's story, 236 00:12:37,772 --> 00:12:40,472 and she's worried about her missing friend. 237 00:12:40,472 --> 00:12:46,105 Kinzie, she's upset, you know, sad with the police officers. 238 00:12:48,905 --> 00:12:52,205 Kinzie and I both were worried. 239 00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:56,205 After Kelly went missing, we kind of reached out to 240 00:12:56,271 --> 00:12:59,572 each other more, kind of supported each other. 241 00:12:59,672 --> 00:13:02,005 NARRATOR: A few days after Kelly disappears, 242 00:13:02,071 --> 00:13:04,672 her mother arrives back home. 243 00:13:04,672 --> 00:13:06,705 AMY: Kinzie just wanted to support Kelly's mom 244 00:13:06,772 --> 00:13:07,546 during the time she was missing. 245 00:13:07,546 --> 00:13:09,271 during the time she was missing. 246 00:13:09,271 --> 00:13:11,171 She went to go see 247 00:13:11,171 --> 00:13:14,605 Kelly's mom, Diana, and started a search party. 248 00:13:14,672 --> 00:13:17,772 Kinzie was very active in the search. 249 00:13:18,972 --> 00:13:20,772 Asking everybody, did they find her yet? 250 00:13:20,872 --> 00:13:21,972 Did they find her yet? 251 00:13:31,772 --> 00:13:34,171 NARRATOR: Three weeks after Kelly's disappearance, 252 00:13:34,271 --> 00:13:36,972 three teens are playing paintball in a wooded area 253 00:13:36,972 --> 00:13:37,546 called Ghost Town. 254 00:13:37,546 --> 00:13:39,205 called Ghost Town. 255 00:13:39,271 --> 00:13:42,271 It's where kids went to hang out, 256 00:13:42,372 --> 00:13:45,205 went to party, went to use drugs, 257 00:13:45,271 --> 00:13:47,805 to basically get away. 258 00:13:50,572 --> 00:13:54,372 AMANDA: It's very hidden and not very open. 259 00:13:54,472 --> 00:13:56,972 So it's a place where you could probably go 260 00:13:56,972 --> 00:14:01,372 and do whatever there, and it wouldn't be seen. 261 00:14:03,305 --> 00:14:06,972 They smelled something that smelled terrible, 262 00:14:06,972 --> 00:14:07,546 and they looked over and saw a human foot sticking out. 263 00:14:07,546 --> 00:14:10,972 and they looked over and saw a human foot sticking out. 264 00:14:13,472 --> 00:14:17,872 Apparently, there was a shallow grave. 265 00:14:17,972 --> 00:14:20,672 A piece of furniture was rolled over 266 00:14:20,672 --> 00:14:23,005 the body to kind of conceal it. 267 00:14:25,572 --> 00:14:27,572 NARRATOR: When police arrive, they determine that 268 00:14:27,572 --> 00:14:29,472 the victim is a young female. 269 00:14:32,005 --> 00:14:33,605 They discover a shovel 270 00:14:33,672 --> 00:14:37,546 and a 25-caliber bullet casing by her body. 271 00:14:37,546 --> 00:14:37,572 and a 25-caliber bullet casing by her body. 272 00:14:37,672 --> 00:14:40,305 MICHAEL: The Redlands police officers, they hadn't IDed it, 273 00:14:40,372 --> 00:14:41,572 but at the time, 274 00:14:41,672 --> 00:14:46,305 I had a deep sense that this might be Kelly. 275 00:14:49,372 --> 00:14:51,105 Sure enough, 276 00:14:51,171 --> 00:14:53,905 it ended up being Kelly Bullwinkle. 277 00:15:04,905 --> 00:15:07,546 They discovered also that the clothing that she was 278 00:15:07,546 --> 00:15:08,005 They discovered also that the clothing that she was 279 00:15:08,071 --> 00:15:09,672 wearing was the same clothing 280 00:15:09,772 --> 00:15:11,772 that she was wearing when she left Baker's 281 00:15:11,872 --> 00:15:13,472 and went missing. 282 00:15:13,572 --> 00:15:15,772 NARRATOR: Investigators determine Kelly died 283 00:15:15,772 --> 00:15:19,171 September 13th, the day she disappeared. 284 00:15:20,271 --> 00:15:22,305 An autopsy was conducted. 285 00:15:22,372 --> 00:15:24,171 They were able to determine that she 286 00:15:24,271 --> 00:15:28,572 had been the victim of two apparent gunshots. 287 00:15:28,672 --> 00:15:32,805 One was a kind of a grazing wound to her head. 288 00:15:32,872 --> 00:15:35,605 The other appeared to be a very close up... 289 00:15:36,672 --> 00:15:37,546 bullet wound that was fatal. 290 00:15:37,546 --> 00:15:39,772 bullet wound that was fatal. 291 00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:42,305 NARRATOR: There is no evidence of a sexual assault. 292 00:15:43,605 --> 00:15:46,171 AMY: When I found out that it was actually Kelly's body 293 00:15:46,271 --> 00:15:49,372 they found, I was very heartbroken. 294 00:15:51,805 --> 00:15:54,105 I, like -- I took a month off work. 295 00:15:55,305 --> 00:15:57,372 I just stayed in bed most of the time. 296 00:16:00,271 --> 00:16:04,271 AMANDA: Kelly's memorial service was pretty large. 297 00:16:04,372 --> 00:16:07,546 It was a big -- a big turnout. 298 00:16:07,546 --> 00:16:07,572 It was a big -- a big turnout. 299 00:16:07,672 --> 00:16:10,472 AMY: They had huge portraits of Kelly, 300 00:16:11,672 --> 00:16:13,672 a slide show, and it was really nice. 301 00:16:16,405 --> 00:16:19,405 I heard Kinzie crying. 302 00:16:19,472 --> 00:16:21,405 She was sobbing. 303 00:16:21,472 --> 00:16:23,772 They had that history, so I could see 304 00:16:23,772 --> 00:16:26,005 why Kinzie was so upset. 305 00:16:26,071 --> 00:16:28,405 I felt really bad for Kinzie. 306 00:16:28,472 --> 00:16:31,805 That's her best friend, and she's just hurt by this. 307 00:16:31,872 --> 00:16:34,372 And I can understand, because I'm hurt, too. 308 00:16:34,472 --> 00:16:36,372 NARRATOR: The other two members of Kelly's high school 309 00:16:36,472 --> 00:16:37,546 group also attend the funeral to pay their respects. 310 00:16:37,546 --> 00:16:40,005 group also attend the funeral to pay their respects. 311 00:16:40,105 --> 00:16:43,071 I saw Damien and Elody. 312 00:16:43,071 --> 00:16:44,905 I think they were sitting next to each other. 313 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:48,305 AMANDA: A friend of mine and Kinzie 314 00:16:48,372 --> 00:16:52,505 actually put together this rock memorial. 315 00:16:52,572 --> 00:16:56,005 It was on the side of the road, and it was painted all purple 316 00:16:56,071 --> 00:16:58,071 rocks, and it spelled out her name, 317 00:16:58,071 --> 00:17:01,372 and people would go there and kind of write stuff on 318 00:17:01,372 --> 00:17:05,105 these rocks as a memorial for Kelly. 319 00:17:10,071 --> 00:17:12,171 NARRATOR: Police double their efforts, 320 00:17:12,171 --> 00:17:14,872 now investigating a murder. 321 00:17:14,972 --> 00:17:17,105 ROBB: It could have just been some creep that killed her. 322 00:17:17,171 --> 00:17:18,672 Somebody could have carjacked her. 323 00:17:18,672 --> 00:17:21,405 But I do think that there was an ominous sense. 324 00:17:21,472 --> 00:17:24,405 I mean, I don't know if anybody thought it was a serial killer. 325 00:17:25,505 --> 00:17:28,872 MICHAEL: They looked under every stone and looked 326 00:17:28,972 --> 00:17:33,205 at every relationship that Kelly had, every contact. 327 00:17:33,271 --> 00:17:34,805 AMANDA: We were all questioned. 328 00:17:34,872 --> 00:17:37,546 I remember I was at work, and the police came to my work. 329 00:17:37,546 --> 00:17:39,472 I remember I was at work, and the police came to my work. 330 00:17:39,572 --> 00:17:42,105 NARRATOR: Investigators interview Kinzie again, 331 00:17:42,171 --> 00:17:44,205 and this time she has a lead for them. 332 00:17:45,472 --> 00:17:48,672 Kinzie told the Redlands police detectives about 333 00:17:48,772 --> 00:17:51,805 these two individuals that Kelly met at work. 334 00:17:52,872 --> 00:17:54,805 Their names are Eric McLoughlin 335 00:17:54,872 --> 00:17:56,572 and Michael McMillan. 336 00:17:56,672 --> 00:17:58,572 Kelly met the men through her co-worker, 337 00:17:58,672 --> 00:18:02,772 Cassandra, who is Michael's cousin and Eric's girlfriend. 338 00:18:02,772 --> 00:18:05,105 The two individuals involved had some priors. 339 00:18:06,271 --> 00:18:07,546 NARRATOR: Eric and Mike were arrested 340 00:18:07,546 --> 00:18:07,672 NARRATOR: Eric and Mike were arrested 341 00:18:07,672 --> 00:18:09,405 four days after Kelly went missing 342 00:18:09,472 --> 00:18:13,405 on suspicion of car theft and are still in jail. 343 00:18:13,472 --> 00:18:16,271 AMANDA: Mike went to school with us at some point. 344 00:18:16,372 --> 00:18:19,505 He was more tough, I guess, than the circle 345 00:18:19,572 --> 00:18:22,071 of people that maybe Kelly was hanging around with. 346 00:18:22,071 --> 00:18:25,905 NARRATOR: Kinzie says Mike and Eric gave Kelly the creeps. 347 00:18:26,005 --> 00:18:28,772 Following up on this lead, police make 348 00:18:28,772 --> 00:18:30,805 a stunning discovery. 349 00:18:30,872 --> 00:18:34,972 AMANDA: The story that I heard was that one of 350 00:18:34,972 --> 00:18:37,546 the guys said that they were responsible for Kelly's murder. 351 00:18:37,546 --> 00:18:39,872 the guys said that they were responsible for Kelly's murder. 352 00:18:46,271 --> 00:18:48,805 NARRATOR: Before speaking to Mike and Eric in jail, 353 00:18:48,872 --> 00:18:50,672 police search their apartment, 354 00:18:50,772 --> 00:18:52,472 where they make a shocking discovery. 355 00:18:54,405 --> 00:18:58,472 They found a T-shirt stained with blood, 356 00:18:58,472 --> 00:19:03,405 and they found newspaper articles regarding Kelly. 357 00:19:04,672 --> 00:19:07,546 Finally, they had a break in the case. 358 00:19:07,546 --> 00:19:07,905 Finally, they had a break in the case. 359 00:19:15,305 --> 00:19:17,405 NARRATOR: Police question Eric McLoughlin 360 00:19:17,472 --> 00:19:19,271 and Cassandra Ontiveros 361 00:19:19,372 --> 00:19:21,772 about the murder of Kelly Bullwinkle, 362 00:19:21,872 --> 00:19:25,171 while Cassandra's cousin, Mike McMillan waits in another room. 363 00:19:39,772 --> 00:19:42,772 NARRATOR: Cassandra then drops an even bigger bombshell. 364 00:20:48,271 --> 00:20:51,372 NARRATOR: But Mike, under questioning in another room, 365 00:20:51,472 --> 00:20:54,572 denies he has anything to do with Kelly's murder. 366 00:20:54,672 --> 00:20:57,572 He says he was just joking about killing her, and he 367 00:20:57,672 --> 00:20:59,472 has an alibi to back him up. 368 00:20:59,472 --> 00:21:01,205 MICHAEL: Like any good investigation, 369 00:21:01,271 --> 00:21:04,472 the Redlands police detectives checked their alibis. 370 00:21:24,605 --> 00:21:27,672 NARRATOR: Both Eric and Mike have witnesses confirming they 371 00:21:27,772 --> 00:21:29,872 were with them the night Kelly was killed. 372 00:21:34,005 --> 00:21:36,772 Then Kelly's friend Amanda tells police 373 00:21:36,839 --> 00:21:39,105 she just remembered a conversation she had with 374 00:21:39,171 --> 00:21:40,739 Kelly five months earlier. 375 00:21:43,505 --> 00:21:47,572 Kelly told me when she came to visit me at work 376 00:21:47,672 --> 00:21:50,005 that she had a boyfriend, 377 00:21:50,105 --> 00:21:53,372 and I had asked who her boyfriend was, 378 00:21:53,472 --> 00:21:55,305 and Kelly told me that it was Damien. 379 00:21:59,605 --> 00:22:02,872 I was kind of surprised, because I knew 380 00:22:02,972 --> 00:22:05,872 that Damien and Elody had been dating. 381 00:22:05,972 --> 00:22:09,205 So I felt kind of bad for Kelly in a sense, because I kind 382 00:22:09,271 --> 00:22:13,323 of knew that she was probably the side chick at the time. 383 00:22:13,323 --> 00:22:13,905 of knew that she was probably the side chick at the time. 384 00:22:14,005 --> 00:22:15,772 NARRATOR: Even though Damien and Elody 385 00:22:15,839 --> 00:22:18,739 have a rocky on-again, off-again relationship, 386 00:22:18,739 --> 00:22:20,872 Kelly still feels guilty. 387 00:22:20,872 --> 00:22:22,572 I do think that she had some angst 388 00:22:22,672 --> 00:22:26,372 over it, because she seemed like a conscientious person. 389 00:22:26,372 --> 00:22:30,772 ANDI: Damien continued to keep contact with Kelly, 390 00:22:30,839 --> 00:22:34,271 as long as it was one-on-one. 391 00:22:34,271 --> 00:22:37,472 But when they were in public or groups of friends, 392 00:22:37,572 --> 00:22:39,205 it was the opposite. 393 00:22:39,271 --> 00:22:41,605 He made it a point to be mean, 394 00:22:41,672 --> 00:22:43,323 to show that he had disdain for Kelly. 395 00:22:43,323 --> 00:22:45,972 to show that he had disdain for Kelly. 396 00:22:46,972 --> 00:22:49,572 AMY: It was kind of like an abusive relationship, 397 00:22:49,672 --> 00:22:51,105 where he would be mean 398 00:22:51,171 --> 00:22:53,772 and hurtful and abusive, verbally, 399 00:22:54,772 --> 00:22:58,405 and then he would send her a message back, and, 400 00:22:58,472 --> 00:23:01,171 in a second, she would think everything was fine. 401 00:23:02,171 --> 00:23:05,405 ANDI: But when you're a teenage girl, and you're in love and, 402 00:23:05,472 --> 00:23:06,872 and you have all these emotions 403 00:23:06,872 --> 00:23:10,672 and all these hormones, um, nothing matters. 404 00:23:11,772 --> 00:23:13,323 NARRATOR: Damien was the first boy Kelly 405 00:23:13,323 --> 00:23:13,772 NARRATOR: Damien was the first boy Kelly 406 00:23:13,839 --> 00:23:15,505 had ever been interested in, 407 00:23:15,572 --> 00:23:17,472 and she wrote in her diary about wanting 408 00:23:17,572 --> 00:23:19,005 to lose her virginity to him. 409 00:23:20,171 --> 00:23:22,905 Elody was suspicious that something was 410 00:23:23,005 --> 00:23:25,672 going on between Kelly and Damien. 411 00:23:26,772 --> 00:23:29,572 Elody was blaming Kelly for going after Damien, 412 00:23:29,572 --> 00:23:33,605 and she did not want Kelly around Damien anymore. 413 00:23:33,672 --> 00:23:36,605 NARRATOR: Police learn that it was this rivalry 414 00:23:36,672 --> 00:23:38,005 that set off the rift between 415 00:23:38,071 --> 00:23:40,305 Kelly and her high school goth friends 416 00:23:40,372 --> 00:23:42,672 the summer before she went missing. 417 00:23:42,739 --> 00:23:43,323 AMY: Elody was a big influence on their group, 418 00:23:43,323 --> 00:23:44,672 AMY: Elody was a big influence on their group, 419 00:23:44,772 --> 00:23:47,872 so it was easy for her to tell 420 00:23:47,872 --> 00:23:51,772 the other kids that Kelly needs to be gone. 421 00:23:51,839 --> 00:23:56,271 So Kinzie started to go along with what Elody was 422 00:23:56,271 --> 00:23:59,839 saying, that Kelly shouldn't be a part of the group. 423 00:24:05,672 --> 00:24:08,105 Kelly's 18th birthday, Kinzie, Damien, 424 00:24:08,171 --> 00:24:10,572 Kelly, and myself, we rode to 425 00:24:10,672 --> 00:24:13,323 a movie theater that was like 30 miles away. 426 00:24:13,323 --> 00:24:14,105 a movie theater that was like 30 miles away. 427 00:24:14,171 --> 00:24:17,271 The entire time, they were being really mean to Kelly. 428 00:24:18,271 --> 00:24:20,839 It was her birthday, and they were picking on her. 429 00:24:20,839 --> 00:24:23,505 They were calling her names. 430 00:24:23,572 --> 00:24:26,005 You've got your best friends, who you 431 00:24:26,071 --> 00:24:28,839 love more than anything else in the world, 432 00:24:28,839 --> 00:24:31,872 and they're being, 433 00:24:31,872 --> 00:24:34,171 you know, cruel to you. 434 00:24:34,171 --> 00:24:37,772 AMANDA: I think Kelly, in a sense, was like a... 435 00:24:37,839 --> 00:24:40,372 I guess, easy target, because she was so sweet, 436 00:24:40,472 --> 00:24:42,605 and people could maybe mistreat her, 437 00:24:42,672 --> 00:24:43,323 and it wouldn't necessarily make her 438 00:24:43,323 --> 00:24:44,872 and it wouldn't necessarily make her 439 00:24:44,972 --> 00:24:46,872 stop talking to them. 440 00:24:46,972 --> 00:24:49,672 AMY: She would call them all the time and try to hang 441 00:24:49,772 --> 00:24:53,472 out and show up where they're at and that kind of behavior. 442 00:24:53,572 --> 00:24:55,905 That whole group saw her as a nuisance now, 443 00:24:56,005 --> 00:24:58,839 and that really baffled her, and she kept reaching out 444 00:24:58,839 --> 00:25:00,605 and it -- it kind of drove her crazy. 445 00:25:01,905 --> 00:25:04,672 AMANDA: I think that because Kelly was younger, 446 00:25:04,739 --> 00:25:08,171 and she was maybe more naive and more, like, clingy 447 00:25:08,271 --> 00:25:12,105 that they maybe pushed her away. 448 00:25:12,171 --> 00:25:13,271 AMY: It's kind of like, okay, 449 00:25:13,271 --> 00:25:13,323 so they're outcasts, and now Kelly's an outcast to 450 00:25:13,323 --> 00:25:17,271 so they're outcasts, and now Kelly's an outcast to 451 00:25:17,372 --> 00:25:19,271 these outcasts. 452 00:25:19,271 --> 00:25:21,372 So they're kind of 453 00:25:21,472 --> 00:25:23,271 doing to her what 454 00:25:23,372 --> 00:25:25,372 other people are doing to them. It doesn't make sense. 455 00:25:26,572 --> 00:25:29,672 NARRATOR: The betrayal that stings the most is Kinzie's. 456 00:25:29,772 --> 00:25:33,105 AMANDA: Kinzie took Kelly under her wing. 457 00:25:33,171 --> 00:25:35,171 Kelly really did trust Kinzie. 458 00:25:41,672 --> 00:25:43,323 AMY: I remember they invited her to a party 459 00:25:43,323 --> 00:25:44,005 AMY: I remember they invited her to a party 460 00:25:44,105 --> 00:25:45,772 in a mountain house, and she drove there. 461 00:25:46,972 --> 00:25:48,905 They didn't open the door, 462 00:25:49,005 --> 00:25:51,972 but she can hear laughter behind the door. 463 00:25:51,972 --> 00:25:54,572 They were hiding and laughing. 464 00:25:54,572 --> 00:25:56,005 It really tore her up. 465 00:25:56,105 --> 00:25:59,372 She -- she was kind of in disbelief that they would do 466 00:25:59,372 --> 00:26:01,872 that to her, and she had no idea why they did that. 467 00:26:03,171 --> 00:26:05,905 ANDI: We all know teenage girls get jealous. 468 00:26:06,005 --> 00:26:08,772 Anybody that's been a teenager and in love, it's -- 469 00:26:08,872 --> 00:26:10,605 it's a rough ride. 470 00:26:10,672 --> 00:26:12,105 You're not gonna have the faculties. 471 00:26:12,171 --> 00:26:13,323 I mean, there's grown women that don't have 472 00:26:13,323 --> 00:26:13,472 I mean, there's grown women that don't have 473 00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:15,372 the faculties to be able to walk away. 474 00:26:20,271 --> 00:26:22,672 NARRATOR: Investigators dive into the online life 475 00:26:22,772 --> 00:26:24,672 of both girls in this love triangle 476 00:26:24,772 --> 00:26:27,739 and see that by the summer, the fight had 477 00:26:27,739 --> 00:26:29,672 become vicious. 478 00:26:29,772 --> 00:26:33,505 Elody would be hateful and hurtful to Kelly, and Kelly 479 00:26:33,572 --> 00:26:36,271 would send the emails bashing Elody and Damien's 480 00:26:36,372 --> 00:26:39,271 relationship -- Kelly could be a little catty. 481 00:26:40,505 --> 00:26:42,271 She wanted to prove that she 482 00:26:42,271 --> 00:26:43,323 was really the better match for Damien. 483 00:26:43,323 --> 00:26:45,005 was really the better match for Damien. 484 00:26:46,572 --> 00:26:49,071 NARRATOR: "Just stop living in your own little fantasy," 485 00:26:49,071 --> 00:26:50,905 Kelly writes on June 1st, 486 00:26:51,005 --> 00:26:53,572 posting the note on Kelly's LiveJournal. 487 00:26:54,872 --> 00:26:57,839 Elody wanted Kelly to come clean about the affair, 488 00:26:57,839 --> 00:27:00,205 what happened, and Kelly said, "Okay, fine. 489 00:27:00,271 --> 00:27:01,505 I will be honest." 490 00:27:03,572 --> 00:27:06,772 NARRATOR: Kelly tells Elody 10 days before she disappears 491 00:27:06,839 --> 00:27:09,372 that she and Damien have been seeing each other 492 00:27:09,472 --> 00:27:11,972 on and off since April. 493 00:27:11,972 --> 00:27:13,323 Elody's reply was, "This stops now. 494 00:27:13,323 --> 00:27:16,205 Elody's reply was, "This stops now. 495 00:27:17,572 --> 00:27:19,572 You know, you wouldn't want anything bad to happen." 496 00:27:29,271 --> 00:27:30,505 DETECTIVE: Have a seat please. 497 00:27:30,572 --> 00:27:33,739 NARRATOR: Police bring Elody Romero in for questioning after 498 00:27:33,739 --> 00:27:35,472 uncovering evidence of possible 499 00:27:35,472 --> 00:27:38,105 threats she made toward 18-year-old Kelly Bullwinkle 500 00:27:38,171 --> 00:27:40,138 days before her death. 501 00:28:26,772 --> 00:28:30,105 MICHAEL: The investigators then asked about conversations 502 00:28:30,171 --> 00:28:32,672 on Kelly's computer and statements 503 00:28:32,739 --> 00:28:36,005 back and forth about what Kelly 504 00:28:36,071 --> 00:28:38,472 had done with her boyfriend. 505 00:28:56,271 --> 00:28:58,138 But she indicated to the police that 506 00:28:58,138 --> 00:29:00,972 that was typically how she talked to anybody. 507 00:29:02,038 --> 00:29:05,372 And she had an alibi, a good alibi. 508 00:29:05,472 --> 00:29:06,839 She was with her mother. 509 00:29:24,271 --> 00:29:25,372 DETECTIVE: Okay. 510 00:29:27,939 --> 00:29:30,605 NARRATOR: Police rule out Elody as a suspect, 511 00:29:30,672 --> 00:29:33,405 and an even more promising lead emerges. 512 00:29:34,672 --> 00:29:37,472 AMANDA: Kinzie's cousin, Scott, was really 513 00:29:37,572 --> 00:29:39,505 hanging around us a lot 514 00:29:39,572 --> 00:29:42,572 and trying to, like, help in any way, 515 00:29:42,572 --> 00:29:46,972 figure out what was going on with Kelly's murder. 516 00:29:47,038 --> 00:29:49,472 NARRATOR: On October 15th, 517 00:29:49,472 --> 00:29:52,572 Scott Simonson is interviewed by police. 518 00:29:52,572 --> 00:29:55,482 They asked him if he had ever seen anyone 519 00:29:55,482 --> 00:29:55,939 They asked him if he had ever seen anyone 520 00:29:56,005 --> 00:29:59,271 in this group of people that had a gun. 521 00:29:59,271 --> 00:30:03,271 The police were thinking of that 25-caliber shell casing 522 00:30:03,372 --> 00:30:06,138 that had been found where Miss Bullwinkle's body 523 00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:08,171 had been located. 524 00:30:08,271 --> 00:30:11,138 And the cousin indicated that on one occasion, he had 525 00:30:11,138 --> 00:30:13,839 seen a silver, small-caliber handgun 526 00:30:13,839 --> 00:30:17,271 in Damien Guerrero's car. 527 00:30:17,271 --> 00:30:21,271 He said he and Damien were riding around in his car, 528 00:30:21,372 --> 00:30:23,972 and in his glove box, 529 00:30:24,038 --> 00:30:25,482 he saw a silver handgun. 530 00:30:25,482 --> 00:30:27,839 he saw a silver handgun. 531 00:30:27,839 --> 00:30:31,672 The investigators get Damien in, and they... 532 00:30:31,739 --> 00:30:33,672 ask him questions about the gun. 533 00:30:33,772 --> 00:30:35,739 He said he didn't own a gun, he... 534 00:30:35,739 --> 00:30:37,372 you know, nothing of that sort. 535 00:30:38,605 --> 00:30:41,071 MICHAEL: And then finally admitted that his brother 536 00:30:41,138 --> 00:30:42,372 had gotten him this gun, 537 00:30:43,472 --> 00:30:45,472 25-caliber handgun. 538 00:30:47,372 --> 00:30:49,939 ANDI: Investigators are zeroing in on Damien. 539 00:30:50,005 --> 00:30:51,472 You're a teenage boy. 540 00:30:51,572 --> 00:30:53,171 You know, obviously your anxiety is 541 00:30:53,171 --> 00:30:55,405 probably pretty high at this point. 542 00:30:55,472 --> 00:30:55,482 Damien said that he didn't like the gun. 543 00:30:55,482 --> 00:30:58,472 Damien said that he didn't like the gun. 544 00:30:58,572 --> 00:31:00,739 It creeped him out, and he had thrown it away 545 00:31:00,739 --> 00:31:02,138 in a storm drain. 546 00:31:03,372 --> 00:31:06,572 They asked Damien which storm drain, and they went 547 00:31:06,572 --> 00:31:09,972 and looked, and they did not find any weapon there. 548 00:31:11,271 --> 00:31:12,939 NARRATOR: Damien maintains he didn't have 549 00:31:13,005 --> 00:31:15,271 anything to do with Kelly's murder. 550 00:31:15,271 --> 00:31:18,171 And on the night she disappeared, he was with Kinzie. 551 00:31:19,472 --> 00:31:21,271 And they had the receipts to prove it. 552 00:31:24,472 --> 00:31:25,482 So the next step is you get a search warrant, 553 00:31:25,482 --> 00:31:27,005 So the next step is you get a search warrant, 554 00:31:27,071 --> 00:31:29,071 and they go to Damien's home and they do 555 00:31:29,138 --> 00:31:32,572 an extensive search there, lasted for hours. 556 00:31:32,572 --> 00:31:35,038 Which led them to discovering 557 00:31:35,105 --> 00:31:36,605 a bullet in his jewelry box. 558 00:31:40,038 --> 00:31:42,038 MICHAEL: And they take it over to ballistics, 559 00:31:42,105 --> 00:31:43,739 the crime lab. 560 00:31:43,739 --> 00:31:48,572 and it matches the shell casing, 561 00:31:50,271 --> 00:31:53,772 a 25-caliber bullet, 562 00:31:53,839 --> 00:31:55,482 the same bullet that was used to kill Kelly. 563 00:31:55,482 --> 00:31:56,271 the same bullet that was used to kill Kelly. 564 00:32:02,205 --> 00:32:04,572 Now that the police believe Damien may very 565 00:32:04,572 --> 00:32:09,505 well have been present because of the firearms evidence, 566 00:32:09,572 --> 00:32:12,305 they interview Kinzie again, 567 00:32:12,372 --> 00:32:15,939 because she said she had been with Damien that evening. 568 00:32:16,005 --> 00:32:20,105 They want to see if she will shed any further light. 569 00:32:58,505 --> 00:33:00,605 NARRATOR: Finally, Kinzie cracks. 570 00:33:00,672 --> 00:33:04,872 She tells investigators that she saw Damien shoot Kelly, 571 00:33:04,939 --> 00:33:07,271 but it was all a terrible mistake. 572 00:33:07,372 --> 00:33:10,772 She said it was a practical joke that went wrong. 573 00:33:10,839 --> 00:33:14,505 Kinzie explained to the police that Damien pulled out the gun 574 00:33:14,572 --> 00:33:17,672 as part of the plan to scare Miss Bullwinkle. 575 00:33:17,739 --> 00:33:20,672 Just to see the look on her face. 576 00:33:20,772 --> 00:33:22,005 NARRATOR: Kinzie tells police 577 00:33:22,071 --> 00:33:24,105 Kelly was funny when she was scared. 578 00:33:25,839 --> 00:33:29,038 There was never any intent to kill her. 579 00:33:29,105 --> 00:33:32,472 And unfortunately, according to Kinzie, 580 00:33:32,572 --> 00:33:36,572 the gun held by Damien accidentally discharged. 581 00:33:36,572 --> 00:33:37,939 [gunshot blasts] 582 00:33:41,372 --> 00:33:44,271 At that point in time, the police could have arrested 583 00:33:44,372 --> 00:33:46,672 Kinzie, but the police make 584 00:33:46,772 --> 00:33:52,605 a tactical decision at that time to allow Kinzie to remain free, 585 00:33:52,672 --> 00:33:55,482 hoping that she'll make a phone call to one or more of 586 00:33:55,482 --> 00:33:56,472 hoping that she'll make a phone call to one or more of 587 00:33:56,572 --> 00:34:00,271 her friends and perhaps gain some type of evidence. 588 00:34:01,672 --> 00:34:04,271 Kinzie, the next morning, does exactly 589 00:34:04,271 --> 00:34:05,972 what the police are hoping she'll do. 590 00:34:06,038 --> 00:34:09,005 [phone numbers dialing] 591 00:34:14,005 --> 00:34:15,739 NARRATOR: The morning after Kinzie's shocking 592 00:34:15,739 --> 00:34:17,338 admission to police, 593 00:34:17,338 --> 00:34:20,772 she calls a friend and makes another startling confession. 594 00:34:21,872 --> 00:34:26,138 She admits to her boyfriend that she was with 595 00:34:26,138 --> 00:34:29,872 Damien at the scene and that they both had killed 596 00:34:29,972 --> 00:34:31,605 Miss Bullwinkle. 597 00:34:31,672 --> 00:34:34,138 NARRATOR: The friend immediately goes to police 598 00:34:34,138 --> 00:34:35,872 and delivers the bombshell 599 00:34:35,939 --> 00:34:38,271 that Damien was not the lone shooter. 600 00:34:40,672 --> 00:34:41,929 MICHAEL: After they get the information, 601 00:34:41,929 --> 00:34:42,372 MICHAEL: After they get the information, 602 00:34:42,438 --> 00:34:45,372 uh, Kinzie's confession to her boyfriend, 603 00:34:45,472 --> 00:34:48,672 she's in the car with her parents on her way to 604 00:34:48,772 --> 00:34:50,372 an attorney's office, 605 00:34:50,438 --> 00:34:52,271 um, and that's when she's arrested. 606 00:34:53,605 --> 00:34:56,372 About an hour after Kinzie is arrested, 607 00:34:56,438 --> 00:34:59,772 police locate Damien exiting a movie theater, and he's 608 00:34:59,839 --> 00:35:02,939 arrested for the murder of Miss Bullwinkle also. 609 00:35:06,772 --> 00:35:09,605 NARRATOR: Kinzie and Damien plead not guilty to charges 610 00:35:09,672 --> 00:35:11,929 of first-degree murder and are each held on $5 million bond. 611 00:35:11,929 --> 00:35:13,772 of first-degree murder and are each held on $5 million bond. 612 00:35:15,171 --> 00:35:17,505 I was at work and, uh, 613 00:35:17,572 --> 00:35:23,772 I saw Scott in the parking lot, and he came running up to me 614 00:35:23,839 --> 00:35:26,672 and said, "It was my [bleep] cousin 615 00:35:26,772 --> 00:35:30,839 and Kinzie who was arrested for Kelly's murder." 616 00:35:30,839 --> 00:35:34,338 And I was like, oh, my gosh. 617 00:35:34,338 --> 00:35:37,171 AMY: I was in actual shock to where... 618 00:35:37,238 --> 00:35:40,271 I -- my body didn't move, 619 00:35:40,372 --> 00:35:41,929 and I couldn't talk. 620 00:35:41,929 --> 00:35:43,472 and I couldn't talk. 621 00:35:43,572 --> 00:35:45,839 BRENT: Once Kinzie was arrested, she once again 622 00:35:45,839 --> 00:35:47,672 talked to the police. 623 00:35:47,772 --> 00:35:50,472 She repeated, basically, 624 00:35:50,472 --> 00:35:56,271 the plan that they wanted to frighten Miss Bullwinkle. 625 00:35:56,338 --> 00:35:59,505 They concocted this plan about two weeks before, 626 00:35:59,572 --> 00:36:01,438 and then the evening before, 627 00:36:01,438 --> 00:36:04,572 they had gone up and actually dug the little shallow grave in 628 00:36:04,572 --> 00:36:06,238 Ghost Town. 629 00:36:06,238 --> 00:36:08,171 NARRATOR: They leave the shovel by the grave. 630 00:36:12,005 --> 00:36:13,839 BRENT: On the day of the murder, 631 00:36:13,839 --> 00:36:17,472 Kinzie invited Miss Bullwinkle to go hiking with her. 632 00:36:18,939 --> 00:36:24,105 After Miss Bullwinkle got off work, she met Kinzie. 633 00:36:24,171 --> 00:36:27,939 They drove in Miss Bullwinkle's car out to 634 00:36:28,005 --> 00:36:29,572 the Ghost Town area. 635 00:36:29,572 --> 00:36:33,572 Kinzie said they were going to meet Damien. 636 00:36:33,672 --> 00:36:37,271 They were about ready to leave when Damien does show up. 637 00:36:38,972 --> 00:36:41,929 BRENT: Damien led the three of them over to the location where 638 00:36:41,929 --> 00:36:42,939 BRENT: Damien led the three of them over to the location where 639 00:36:43,005 --> 00:36:45,572 the shallow grave had been previously dug, 640 00:36:45,572 --> 00:36:49,005 and they began laughing about this. 641 00:36:50,605 --> 00:36:53,338 Damien points the gun at the back of her head, 642 00:36:57,872 --> 00:36:59,038 pulls the trigger. 643 00:37:00,872 --> 00:37:04,605 Kinzie told the police that immediately after the gun 644 00:37:04,672 --> 00:37:06,105 going off, 645 00:37:06,171 --> 00:37:10,005 Damien blurted out that it was an accident, 646 00:37:11,472 --> 00:37:11,929 that he didn't mean to -- to fire the gun 647 00:37:11,929 --> 00:37:14,171 that he didn't mean to -- to fire the gun 648 00:37:15,872 --> 00:37:17,238 MATT: The first bullet isn't fatal. 649 00:37:18,572 --> 00:37:19,672 Kelly drops, 650 00:37:22,372 --> 00:37:24,038 and she's obviously hurt. 651 00:37:25,171 --> 00:37:27,839 These were her horrible last minutes. 652 00:37:27,839 --> 00:37:29,839 NARRATOR: Kinzie claimed she wanted to quickly 653 00:37:29,839 --> 00:37:31,672 end Kelly's suffering. 654 00:37:31,739 --> 00:37:34,839 She said that she went ahead and she -- 655 00:37:34,839 --> 00:37:37,772 she fired the kill shot, 656 00:37:37,872 --> 00:37:41,472 you know, to put her out of her misery. 657 00:37:41,572 --> 00:37:41,929 NARRATOR: Kinzie drops off Kelly's car 658 00:37:41,929 --> 00:37:43,672 NARRATOR: Kinzie drops off Kelly's car 659 00:37:43,739 --> 00:37:45,238 at the mall parking lot. 660 00:37:45,238 --> 00:37:47,872 Damien meets her there with a change of clothes. 661 00:37:49,972 --> 00:37:52,472 The two of them will then go 662 00:37:52,472 --> 00:37:55,071 to a restaurant and then to a movie. 663 00:37:55,138 --> 00:37:57,171 They'll keep the receipts 664 00:37:57,238 --> 00:37:59,171 so they have an alibi. 665 00:38:01,238 --> 00:38:03,472 They planned to kill her, plain and simple. 666 00:38:05,372 --> 00:38:08,672 I was horrified and disgusted when I heard 667 00:38:08,772 --> 00:38:10,672 that they claimed it was a joke gone wrong. 668 00:38:10,772 --> 00:38:11,929 A prank gone wrong. 669 00:38:11,929 --> 00:38:12,138 A prank gone wrong. 670 00:38:13,505 --> 00:38:17,739 It seems unlikely that that was a joke, because Kinzie 671 00:38:17,739 --> 00:38:21,772 wanted to be like the movie "Natural Born Killers." 672 00:38:21,872 --> 00:38:25,338 "Natural Born Killers," they kind of go off 673 00:38:25,338 --> 00:38:27,772 on this killing spree, like 674 00:38:27,872 --> 00:38:31,472 a Bonnie and Clyde kind of couple, and then they run off 675 00:38:31,572 --> 00:38:34,372 into the sunset basically. 676 00:38:34,472 --> 00:38:38,372 Damien and Kinzie were obsessed with "Natural Born Killers." 677 00:38:38,505 --> 00:38:41,929 It was her favorite movie, and she... 678 00:38:41,929 --> 00:38:42,438 It was her favorite movie, and she... 679 00:38:42,438 --> 00:38:45,939 really, I mean, really identified with the characters. 680 00:38:52,171 --> 00:38:55,572 In January 2005, Damien Guerrero 681 00:38:55,572 --> 00:39:00,071 and Kinzie Noordman go to trial for first-degree murder. 682 00:39:00,138 --> 00:39:04,038 MICHAEL: The motive that, uh, then Prosecutor Ferguson had 683 00:39:04,105 --> 00:39:09,171 was this kind of triangular relationship and jealousies. 684 00:39:09,271 --> 00:39:11,929 And they just wanted to find a way for Kelly to stop 685 00:39:11,929 --> 00:39:14,171 And they just wanted to find a way for Kelly to stop 686 00:39:14,238 --> 00:39:16,572 messengering Damien and -- 687 00:39:16,672 --> 00:39:18,739 and to just leave him alone. 688 00:39:18,739 --> 00:39:22,472 And then I think even deeper than that, Kinzie's motive, 689 00:39:22,472 --> 00:39:25,271 she wanted to kill a human being. 690 00:39:27,472 --> 00:39:29,338 BRENT: An additional piece of evidence which 691 00:39:29,338 --> 00:39:34,105 the prosecution discovered and used against Kinzie was her 692 00:39:34,171 --> 00:39:37,872 conversation with a -- a jail inmate, 693 00:39:37,939 --> 00:39:40,839 where she bragged about how tough she was and that she 694 00:39:40,839 --> 00:39:41,929 and Damien were "natural born killers." 695 00:39:41,929 --> 00:39:43,472 and Damien were "natural born killers." 696 00:39:46,472 --> 00:39:48,939 NARRATOR: Kinzie's chilling online diary entry 697 00:39:49,005 --> 00:39:51,105 confirms that dark side. 698 00:39:52,438 --> 00:39:54,605 "I am a very depressed person. 699 00:39:54,672 --> 00:39:57,672 "I have no respect whatsoever for human life 700 00:39:57,739 --> 00:40:00,071 "and believe I could be quite capable of taking 701 00:40:00,138 --> 00:40:01,138 someone's life." 702 00:40:04,071 --> 00:40:07,739 BRENT: Kinzie's jury came back with a verdict 703 00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:09,105 of first-degree murder. 704 00:40:09,171 --> 00:40:11,929 She was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison. 705 00:40:11,929 --> 00:40:13,171 She was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison. 706 00:40:13,271 --> 00:40:16,672 NARRATOR: Damien Guerrero's first trial is deadlocked. 707 00:40:16,772 --> 00:40:20,271 In 2008, he pleads guilty to one count of 708 00:40:20,372 --> 00:40:22,372 second-degree murder and is sentenced 709 00:40:22,472 --> 00:40:24,505 to 15 years to life. 710 00:40:24,572 --> 00:40:27,772 Damien is denied parole twice after he becomes eligible 711 00:40:27,839 --> 00:40:29,472 for it in 2018. 712 00:40:31,038 --> 00:40:35,071 Kinzie Noordman is up for parole in 2027. 713 00:40:35,138 --> 00:40:38,438 AMY: I think Kinzie started reaching out to other friends 714 00:40:38,572 --> 00:40:41,929 and Kelly's family to look less suspicious, 715 00:40:41,929 --> 00:40:42,105 and Kelly's family to look less suspicious, 716 00:40:42,171 --> 00:40:45,572 like she was mourning, as well. 717 00:40:45,572 --> 00:40:47,772 She's just very deceitful. 718 00:40:47,872 --> 00:40:49,472 She's messed up and evil. 719 00:40:53,238 --> 00:40:56,071 MATT: Betrayal isn't even a strong enough word. 720 00:40:56,138 --> 00:40:58,472 I -- I don't think there's a word to describe 721 00:40:58,572 --> 00:41:00,105 how disgusting, 722 00:41:00,171 --> 00:41:03,372 how horrific, how abhorrent. 723 00:41:04,772 --> 00:41:07,939 ANDI: For Kinzie to treat somebody that had 724 00:41:08,005 --> 00:41:11,071 just absolute trust and faith in them, 725 00:41:11,138 --> 00:41:11,929 to give that much of themselves to you, 726 00:41:11,929 --> 00:41:14,572 to give that much of themselves to you, 727 00:41:14,572 --> 00:41:16,772 and then you just... 728 00:41:16,839 --> 00:41:18,672 throw them away like, you know, 729 00:41:18,739 --> 00:41:21,972 a piece of garbage, and you treat them that way, 730 00:41:22,038 --> 00:41:23,472 um... 731 00:41:23,572 --> 00:41:25,372 that's -- that's a monster. 732 00:41:26,472 --> 00:41:27,572 AMY: Kelly was innocent. 733 00:41:27,572 --> 00:41:29,839 All she wanted to do was have friends, 734 00:41:31,438 --> 00:41:33,772 and she just wanted to be accepted. 735 00:41:34,772 --> 00:41:37,171 NARRATOR: Instead, she put her trust in the ultimate 736 00:41:37,271 --> 00:41:40,672 mean girl and paid the price with her life. 737 00:41:41,872 --> 00:41:41,929 AMY: They ruined, I'm sure, their parents' lives 738 00:41:41,929 --> 00:41:44,572 AMY: They ruined, I'm sure, their parents' lives 739 00:41:44,572 --> 00:41:46,338 and their own. 740 00:41:46,338 --> 00:41:49,872 But seeing Kelly's mom, after Kelly passed, 741 00:41:49,939 --> 00:41:52,138 just seeing her deteriorate, 742 00:41:52,138 --> 00:41:55,505 she never got past it, and it ultimately killed her, too. 743 00:41:56,772 --> 00:41:58,472 So they didn't take just Kelly's life. 744 00:41:58,572 --> 00:42:00,672 They took two lives -- they took her mom, too.