1 00:00:09,206 --> 00:00:10,896 SARAH W.: There was a lot of cattiness 2 00:00:10,896 --> 00:00:12,275 between women at the beach. 3 00:00:12,344 --> 00:00:13,896 We were flaunting our bodies more 4 00:00:13,896 --> 00:00:16,482 just to get that extra attention. 5 00:00:16,551 --> 00:00:19,379 Girls can be competitive. Body shaming. 6 00:00:19,379 --> 00:00:22,068 Who looks the best in that bathing suit? 7 00:00:23,517 --> 00:00:24,793 SARAH W. There was definitely a rating. 8 00:00:24,793 --> 00:00:27,586 Oh, she's a two, she's a three, she's a one. 9 00:00:27,655 --> 00:00:31,482 SARINA: That was the beginning of when the mean girls 10 00:00:31,551 --> 00:00:34,137 started coming out with the both of them. 11 00:00:38,482 --> 00:00:41,448 It is a holy [bleep] moment. 12 00:00:44,379 --> 00:00:46,689 Everybody was just in a state of shock. 13 00:00:46,758 --> 00:00:48,448 This only happens in movies. 14 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,793 [theme music playing] 15 00:01:02,172 --> 00:01:07,689 [distant sirens wailing] 16 00:01:07,689 --> 00:01:09,482 TAICHIANG: When I arrived on scene, I saw 17 00:01:09,482 --> 00:01:11,068 a crowd of people that seemed 18 00:01:11,137 --> 00:01:13,689 to be, like, on top of somebody in the roadway. 19 00:01:13,689 --> 00:01:14,793 I didn't know what was going on. 20 00:01:14,793 --> 00:01:17,241 It was dark, and I was by myself. 21 00:01:18,724 --> 00:01:21,172 As I approached them, I could see a group of people 22 00:01:21,172 --> 00:01:23,000 that were trying to render aid 23 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,068 to a female that was on the ground. 24 00:01:26,827 --> 00:01:29,586 At that time, I radioed to the rest of the officers 25 00:01:29,655 --> 00:01:32,172 responding on scene that I had a female on the ground that 26 00:01:32,172 --> 00:01:35,378 was stabbed, and I needed assistance. 27 00:01:35,448 --> 00:01:37,586 There's a saying in the state of Florida that you come here 28 00:01:37,655 --> 00:01:39,482 on vacation and leave on probation. 29 00:01:39,551 --> 00:01:42,172 And that happens, unfortunately, for some folks. 30 00:01:58,793 --> 00:02:02,689 Can you imagine growing up in Pinellas Park, Florida? 31 00:02:02,689 --> 00:02:06,586 It's like you're on vacation. It's the beach life. 32 00:02:06,586 --> 00:02:11,275 It is a number one destination for so many kids to come 33 00:02:11,275 --> 00:02:12,551 for Spring Break. 34 00:02:14,206 --> 00:02:16,551 [crowd noise] 35 00:02:19,103 --> 00:02:21,896 Spring Break could get very wild, and it was always 36 00:02:21,896 --> 00:02:23,275 such a high energy. 37 00:02:23,344 --> 00:02:25,586 There was always something to do, somewhere to go, 38 00:02:25,586 --> 00:02:27,689 always people to meet, it was very wild. 39 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,482 There is a girls gone wild aspect. 40 00:02:34,482 --> 00:02:37,793 And when you have hundreds of kids on the beach, 41 00:02:37,862 --> 00:02:39,482 there's something bound to happen. 42 00:02:42,689 --> 00:02:44,586 NARRATOR: And for the local teenage girls, 43 00:02:44,655 --> 00:02:47,275 it's Spring Break all year long, 44 00:02:47,275 --> 00:02:50,689 and the battle to be queen of the beach is fierce. 45 00:02:54,586 --> 00:02:57,379 SARAH W.: We were pressured a little more than others to 46 00:02:57,379 --> 00:03:00,379 look better because the beach culture was so high here. 47 00:03:00,448 --> 00:03:02,586 MICHAEL: They are showing their bodies off. 48 00:03:02,586 --> 00:03:05,793 It's almost a competition at times of who's wearing 49 00:03:05,862 --> 00:03:08,172 the smallest bathing suit or who's wearing 50 00:03:08,172 --> 00:03:09,896 the most fashionable one. 51 00:03:09,896 --> 00:03:12,689 And it certainly plays an important role in those 52 00:03:12,758 --> 00:03:14,482 young ladies' lives. 53 00:03:14,482 --> 00:03:16,586 SARINA: These young girls are gorgeous, 54 00:03:16,586 --> 00:03:19,379 blonde hair, very Barbie-esque. 55 00:03:19,448 --> 00:03:22,379 And they have everything at their fingertips. 56 00:03:22,379 --> 00:03:25,000 SARAH W.: There was a lot of cattiness between women. 57 00:03:25,034 --> 00:03:26,689 There was definitely a rating. 58 00:03:26,758 --> 00:03:28,379 Oh, she's a two, she's a three. 59 00:03:28,379 --> 00:03:31,172 Look at those shoes. Now she's a one. 60 00:03:31,241 --> 00:03:32,793 NARRATOR: And in the real-life world 61 00:03:32,793 --> 00:03:35,172 of who's hot and who's not, 62 00:03:35,172 --> 00:03:38,379 18-year-old Rachel Wade knows she's a ten. 63 00:03:38,379 --> 00:03:42,482 Rachel Wade was the picture of what you would see 64 00:03:42,551 --> 00:03:43,482 in and around the area. 65 00:03:43,482 --> 00:03:45,482 She was a young, attractive girl. 66 00:03:45,482 --> 00:03:47,586 LANE: I think Rachel knew from when she was a little girl 67 00:03:47,655 --> 00:03:48,586 that she was pretty. 68 00:03:48,586 --> 00:03:50,482 And I think that gave her attention, 69 00:03:50,482 --> 00:03:52,689 which then turned into confidence, 70 00:03:52,689 --> 00:03:55,067 which then turned into power. 71 00:03:55,067 --> 00:03:57,482 SARAH W. Rachel was fun, and everybody just liked 72 00:03:57,482 --> 00:04:01,275 hanging out with her, and she was a wild child. 73 00:04:01,275 --> 00:04:03,689 She was going to those parties that everybody wanted to go to, 74 00:04:03,758 --> 00:04:06,068 because we were all in such a rush to get older. 75 00:04:06,068 --> 00:04:09,689 Rachel did have a large group of friends, and Rachel had 76 00:04:09,758 --> 00:04:10,793 a lot of confidence about her. 77 00:04:10,793 --> 00:04:13,000 That's the vibe she definitely gave off. 78 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,068 Rachel was pretty much the leader of her little 79 00:04:15,137 --> 00:04:16,586 clique of friends. 80 00:04:16,586 --> 00:04:20,379 She had minions, and they were willing to do her bidding for 81 00:04:20,379 --> 00:04:22,482 whatever she was seeking. 82 00:04:22,551 --> 00:04:24,103 SARAH W. You didn't want to really cross her, 83 00:04:24,103 --> 00:04:25,896 because she could make you feel bad. 84 00:04:25,896 --> 00:04:27,793 That's the feeling I got from her. 85 00:04:29,379 --> 00:04:31,379 NARRATOR: At 16, Rachel decided 86 00:04:31,448 --> 00:04:33,586 she'd had enough of high school. 87 00:04:33,586 --> 00:04:37,275 She dropped out of school as a sophomore 88 00:04:37,275 --> 00:04:39,586 and wanted her own life. 89 00:04:39,586 --> 00:04:42,482 She wanted to prove to the world that she could 90 00:04:42,551 --> 00:04:44,068 do it on her own. 91 00:04:44,068 --> 00:04:46,000 So she went out there, she got 92 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,793 the job at the restaurant, she bought the car, 93 00:04:48,793 --> 00:04:50,689 and she was living her life. 94 00:04:50,758 --> 00:04:53,482 [distant laughter] 95 00:04:53,482 --> 00:04:54,896 NARRATOR: But there's someone else 96 00:04:54,896 --> 00:04:58,793 walking the sands who rules her own group of girls. 97 00:04:58,793 --> 00:05:03,000 And she couldn't be any more different from Rachel. 98 00:05:03,034 --> 00:05:05,000 MICHAEL: Within just a few blocks away, 99 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,482 we have Sarah Ludemann, 100 00:05:06,551 --> 00:05:10,586 an 18-year-old young lady who was the epitome of, 101 00:05:10,586 --> 00:05:13,482 you know, a good student. She was what a parent wanted. 102 00:05:13,551 --> 00:05:15,068 LANE: Her parents are from New York, 103 00:05:15,068 --> 00:05:17,586 and they'd always had this dream of moving to Florida. 104 00:05:17,586 --> 00:05:19,172 And they moved to Florida after they'd been married 105 00:05:19,241 --> 00:05:20,793 about 20 years, and that's 106 00:05:20,862 --> 00:05:21,896 when they had Sarah. 107 00:05:21,896 --> 00:05:23,172 She was their only child, and she was 108 00:05:23,172 --> 00:05:24,689 their whole entire world. 109 00:05:24,689 --> 00:05:26,896 MICHAEL: Sarah had a different vibe to her. 110 00:05:26,896 --> 00:05:28,379 She had a little bit of 111 00:05:28,379 --> 00:05:31,275 a different background with her family being from 112 00:05:31,275 --> 00:05:32,689 out of state. 113 00:05:32,689 --> 00:05:34,379 They had a little bit of a New York vibe to them, 114 00:05:34,448 --> 00:05:36,000 and she stood out. 115 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Sarah actually was going to a different high school. 116 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,000 She was going to Tarpon Springs High School, 117 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,689 and then she transferred to Pinellas Park High School 118 00:05:42,689 --> 00:05:44,034 her senior year. 119 00:05:50,103 --> 00:05:54,482 Sarah and I had economics class at Pinellas Park High, 120 00:05:54,551 --> 00:05:57,896 and she tried to always dress up and make herself look good. 121 00:05:57,896 --> 00:06:01,068 She was a thick, curvy girl, but it was really 122 00:06:01,137 --> 00:06:02,586 just mostly muscle. 123 00:06:02,586 --> 00:06:04,896 I mean, she wasn't a fat girl by any means, but people would 124 00:06:04,896 --> 00:06:06,896 put her down because she wasn't stick thin. 125 00:06:06,896 --> 00:06:08,379 Sarah didn't have her own car. 126 00:06:08,448 --> 00:06:09,896 If she wanted to go do stuff with her friends, 127 00:06:09,965 --> 00:06:12,068 she had to borrow her mom's minivan, get permission from 128 00:06:12,068 --> 00:06:14,586 them, and then she'd be back by 11 o'clock. 129 00:06:14,586 --> 00:06:18,586 And she was really wanting to make this commitment to pursue 130 00:06:18,586 --> 00:06:20,793 her dream of becoming a veterinarian. 131 00:06:20,862 --> 00:06:23,379 Sarah was the leader of her group. 132 00:06:23,448 --> 00:06:25,275 You could see that she wanted to be confident, 133 00:06:25,344 --> 00:06:27,689 but she wasn't truly that confident person. 134 00:06:27,689 --> 00:06:28,793 There was an underlying 135 00:06:28,793 --> 00:06:31,000 insecurity underneath her personality. 136 00:06:32,482 --> 00:06:36,379 NARRATOR: In this beach town, where everyone knows everyone, 137 00:06:37,517 --> 00:06:41,068 Rachel and Sarah definitely run in different circles. 138 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:43,172 Rachel's friends were more from Applebee's, 139 00:06:43,172 --> 00:06:45,103 waitresses, and other girls she'd gone to school with. 140 00:06:45,103 --> 00:06:47,689 And Sarah's friends were from when she was a kid, mostly. 141 00:06:47,689 --> 00:06:50,172 So I don't think they knew each other. 142 00:06:50,172 --> 00:06:52,000 But they did have one connection, 143 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,379 which was Myspace at the time. 144 00:06:54,448 --> 00:06:57,689 They were utilizing it to communicate to their friends 145 00:06:57,689 --> 00:06:59,172 and to the world of who they were 146 00:06:59,241 --> 00:07:01,379 and what they were about at the time. 147 00:07:02,827 --> 00:07:05,172 They would post pictures like, "This is me at the beach 148 00:07:05,172 --> 00:07:06,896 "with my friends. This is me in my bikini. 149 00:07:06,965 --> 00:07:09,379 This is me at the mall, at the movies, whatever." 150 00:07:09,379 --> 00:07:11,689 I don't know if anybody remembers, but you would 151 00:07:11,689 --> 00:07:13,000 rate your friends. 152 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,586 It was definitely a popularity contest outside of 153 00:07:15,655 --> 00:07:16,896 school, for sure. 154 00:07:16,965 --> 00:07:19,586 And it was another way of judging other people. 155 00:07:19,586 --> 00:07:22,275 SARINA: Girls could bully on Myspace. 156 00:07:22,344 --> 00:07:23,793 They could attack each other. 157 00:07:23,862 --> 00:07:26,275 They could compete with each other on Myspace. 158 00:07:26,275 --> 00:07:31,068 All of this happening without the parents even knowing. 159 00:07:33,068 --> 00:07:36,000 SARAH W.: Sarah had this air of haughtiness and cockiness, 160 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,689 where she kind of had a Regina George personality, 161 00:07:38,689 --> 00:07:40,275 where she would be like, "Oh, really? 162 00:07:40,344 --> 00:07:41,862 Okay, you're not part of our group, bye." 163 00:07:42,931 --> 00:07:44,379 LANE: And Rachel was not the type of girl 164 00:07:44,448 --> 00:07:47,172 who was gonna accept everybody into her world. 165 00:07:47,172 --> 00:07:50,000 So, you know what I mean, then she could be a bitch. 166 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,275 SARAH. W.: With social media, it was a lot easier for 167 00:07:52,275 --> 00:07:56,068 cyber bullying, private messages, comments on photos. 168 00:07:56,068 --> 00:07:58,379 "Oh, you're fat, you're this, or you're that." 169 00:07:58,379 --> 00:08:01,172 It was easy to be mean, because you could hide 170 00:08:01,172 --> 00:08:02,689 behind that keyboard. 171 00:08:02,689 --> 00:08:04,275 NARRATOR: Being an anonymous mean girl 172 00:08:04,344 --> 00:08:07,379 online is only half the fun. 173 00:08:07,379 --> 00:08:10,379 Online attention is a full-time occupation. 174 00:08:10,379 --> 00:08:13,793 And you can't win unless you can post a photo of 175 00:08:13,793 --> 00:08:16,862 the prize that matters most, a boyfriend. 176 00:08:26,206 --> 00:08:28,275 LANE: Rachel's been out of school for a couple years, 177 00:08:28,344 --> 00:08:31,068 and she started dating this guy that she'd known 178 00:08:31,137 --> 00:08:32,275 from middle school. 179 00:08:32,275 --> 00:08:34,275 This guy's name is Josh Camacho. 180 00:08:34,344 --> 00:08:35,482 He's a senior in high school. 181 00:08:35,482 --> 00:08:38,688 SARAH W.: Josh Camacho was one of the hot guys 182 00:08:38,688 --> 00:08:40,172 at Pinellas Park High School. 183 00:08:40,241 --> 00:08:43,586 He always had friends, always had girls around him. 184 00:08:43,586 --> 00:08:47,000 His personality is rough around the edges, and he comes 185 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,862 across as a kid who has this kind of bad boy image. 186 00:08:52,103 --> 00:08:54,655 And that seemed to be what all the girls wanted. 187 00:08:57,896 --> 00:09:01,068 Josh had his own social media, where he'd pose with guns 188 00:09:01,068 --> 00:09:05,068 and weed and showing off his tattoos and trying to put 189 00:09:05,068 --> 00:09:07,172 that image out there of that great thug life, 190 00:09:07,172 --> 00:09:10,275 you know, and I think that was probably something that drew 191 00:09:10,275 --> 00:09:11,896 Rachel to him. 192 00:09:11,965 --> 00:09:15,172 Like, she thinks of herself as a bad girl, here's a bad guy. 193 00:09:16,310 --> 00:09:19,068 NARRATOR: The connection is electric, 194 00:09:19,137 --> 00:09:23,275 and Rachel goes from beach queen to full-on badass. 195 00:09:23,275 --> 00:09:25,793 Josh was one of those bad boy types that would whisper 196 00:09:25,793 --> 00:09:28,793 sweet nothings and give those attentions to the people that 197 00:09:28,862 --> 00:09:31,000 really wanted those attentions. 198 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,965 SARINA: And she got a lot of attention. 199 00:09:34,206 --> 00:09:36,689 Rachel Wade is so proud of her boyfriend, 200 00:09:36,758 --> 00:09:38,482 calling him her boo. 201 00:09:38,482 --> 00:09:42,379 She's bragging about Josh on Myspace, and she got 202 00:09:42,448 --> 00:09:45,275 the message out there that she had a boyfriend, 203 00:09:45,275 --> 00:09:47,758 her boo, and he's mine. 204 00:10:01,413 --> 00:10:02,965 LANE: Rachel's on her Myspace, 205 00:10:06,620 --> 00:10:10,000 and she finds a picture of Josh with another girl. 206 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,034 That set her off. 207 00:10:12,103 --> 00:10:14,482 To Rachel's mind, the girl was not attractive. 208 00:10:14,482 --> 00:10:17,482 NARRATOR: The name tagged on the picture, 209 00:10:17,482 --> 00:10:18,896 Sarah Ludemann. 210 00:10:24,275 --> 00:10:27,689 It was equal amount of outrage that Josh was with somebody 211 00:10:27,689 --> 00:10:30,482 else and that this somebody else wasn't nearly as 212 00:10:30,482 --> 00:10:31,793 attractive as she was. 213 00:10:31,862 --> 00:10:34,068 So how dare he, and how dare she? 214 00:10:34,068 --> 00:10:36,586 And I think that made it even worse. 215 00:10:36,586 --> 00:10:38,379 Like, why would Josh be with this woman 216 00:10:38,379 --> 00:10:40,689 who was no rival for Rachel? 217 00:10:40,689 --> 00:10:43,793 It didn't feel like it would ever end in the tragedy that 218 00:10:43,793 --> 00:10:46,172 it ended in, with two girls losing their lives 219 00:10:46,241 --> 00:10:47,172 in one night. 220 00:10:47,172 --> 00:10:49,000 [distant shouting] 221 00:10:49,034 --> 00:10:51,344 [distant sirens, radio chatter] 222 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:08,275 SARINA: Rachel saw this girl she doesn't even know named 223 00:11:08,275 --> 00:11:10,896 Sarah Ludemann as mousy. 224 00:11:10,896 --> 00:11:14,275 And what in the world, in Rachel's mind, 225 00:11:14,275 --> 00:11:17,793 is her hot boyfriend, her boyfriend, 226 00:11:17,793 --> 00:11:20,758 doing with this girl? 227 00:11:20,827 --> 00:11:22,965 People don't cheat on Rachel Wade. 228 00:11:24,482 --> 00:11:25,965 NARRATOR: And Rachel's no fool. 229 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,482 She goes public with her disgust, where everyone 230 00:11:29,551 --> 00:11:32,172 can see and everyone can judge. 231 00:11:32,241 --> 00:11:36,068 Rachel kind of takes her upset and anger to Myspace. 232 00:11:36,068 --> 00:11:38,758 And she starts typing things to Josh that, you know, 233 00:11:38,758 --> 00:11:40,965 in the past people would have said in private or whatever, 234 00:11:40,965 --> 00:11:43,586 but she's saying publicly, like, what are you doing? 235 00:11:43,586 --> 00:11:45,862 You know, how dare you? 236 00:11:45,862 --> 00:11:48,965 MICHAEL: Rachel sees this as a betrayal. 237 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,068 She's angry and breaks up with Josh. 238 00:12:08,275 --> 00:12:09,689 LANE: Sarah and her friends are hanging out 239 00:12:09,758 --> 00:12:11,793 at this fast food place, and this guy comes 240 00:12:11,793 --> 00:12:14,275 from out of the back in the kitchen on his break. 241 00:12:14,344 --> 00:12:16,275 And he walks by Sarah, and he looks her up and down, 242 00:12:16,275 --> 00:12:19,275 and he gives her the eye, and he gives her a wink. 243 00:12:19,275 --> 00:12:22,172 Sarah is taken by the fact that he's flirting with her. 244 00:12:22,172 --> 00:12:24,379 Then she was attracted to him. 245 00:12:24,379 --> 00:12:27,000 And it was the first guy who'd ever paid attention to her. 246 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:31,241 NARRATOR: And this boy's name is Josh Camacho. 247 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,068 MICHAEL: Sarah was new to dating. 248 00:12:35,068 --> 00:12:37,965 She's coming from a strict household where her upbringing 249 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,068 was focused on family and her school. 250 00:12:40,137 --> 00:12:43,965 And he offered things that she got excited about that 251 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,965 she didn't have or had never seen before. 252 00:12:46,965 --> 00:12:50,379 And she let her parents know, hey, I'm trying to abide by 253 00:12:50,379 --> 00:12:54,689 your rules, but I'm also dating this guy. 254 00:12:54,758 --> 00:12:58,482 I also think there was a bit of the danger element in there, 255 00:12:58,482 --> 00:13:00,275 that she had not been with anybody before. 256 00:13:00,275 --> 00:13:03,482 And all of a sudden, this thuggy, would-be bad guy 257 00:13:03,551 --> 00:13:08,068 player likes her and then all of a sudden, upped her status. 258 00:13:08,068 --> 00:13:11,379 And I think he realized the power that he had over her. 259 00:13:11,379 --> 00:13:14,965 He made her feel sexy and beautiful. 260 00:13:14,965 --> 00:13:17,172 And she was willing to do whatever he wanted, 261 00:13:17,172 --> 00:13:21,586 because she wanted to be his, she wanted to be someone's. 262 00:13:21,655 --> 00:13:23,482 NARRATOR: It isn't long before Sarah 263 00:13:23,551 --> 00:13:27,172 sheds her good girl image for a more alpha one. 264 00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:36,275 SARAH W. At school, Sarah definitely flaunted the fact 265 00:13:36,275 --> 00:13:38,103 that she was with Josh Camacho 266 00:13:38,103 --> 00:13:40,758 and wanted everybody to know that she had 267 00:13:40,827 --> 00:13:42,172 staked her territory on him. 268 00:13:42,172 --> 00:13:45,793 Hang out by the lockers or at lunchtime, they would try to 269 00:13:45,793 --> 00:13:47,379 be with each other at all times. 270 00:13:47,379 --> 00:13:51,275 There was the constant flirting, and it was very well known 271 00:13:51,275 --> 00:13:53,275 that Sarah was with Josh at school. 272 00:13:53,344 --> 00:13:56,758 NARRATOR: But like Rachel, Sarah has no idea that Josh 273 00:13:56,758 --> 00:14:01,068 is not only having his cake, he's eating it too. 274 00:14:02,310 --> 00:14:06,689 MICHAEL: Sarah thought she had this bad boy, edgy kid in 275 00:14:06,758 --> 00:14:08,275 Josh that she liked. 276 00:14:08,344 --> 00:14:10,689 But Josh was a self-described player. 277 00:14:10,758 --> 00:14:14,586 They had no idea that either one of them were being shared 278 00:14:14,586 --> 00:14:16,758 or that they were sharing him. 279 00:14:16,758 --> 00:14:19,482 NARRATOR: But now, that's no longer the case. 280 00:14:19,482 --> 00:14:22,862 So both relationships have now been exposed. 281 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:26,482 Sarah is aware of Rachel, and Rachel is aware of Sarah. 282 00:14:26,551 --> 00:14:29,655 And the attacks started on Sarah. 283 00:14:32,758 --> 00:14:37,068 SARAH W.: Rachel started hurling insults and body shaming her. 284 00:14:37,137 --> 00:14:40,586 Sarah, seeing this, takes a shot at Rachel 285 00:14:40,586 --> 00:14:44,172 by saying he did find something better. 286 00:14:44,172 --> 00:14:48,137 SARINA: That's basically an F you to Rachel Wade. 287 00:14:49,103 --> 00:14:51,379 And that's when the mean girls started coming out 288 00:14:51,379 --> 00:14:52,965 with the both of them. 289 00:14:54,379 --> 00:14:58,482 NARRATOR: A vicious war of words begins, and both girls 290 00:14:58,551 --> 00:14:59,965 call in their backup. 291 00:14:59,965 --> 00:15:03,275 Sarah's friends were definitely encouraging her to 292 00:15:03,344 --> 00:15:05,965 tell this bitch to back off, this is your man. 293 00:15:05,965 --> 00:15:08,689 Don't let her take him from you. 294 00:15:08,758 --> 00:15:12,862 SARINA: Rachel also has her friends that take her side. 295 00:15:12,862 --> 00:15:15,241 Now there's friend groups involved. 296 00:15:16,586 --> 00:15:18,068 MICHAEL: You had the Sarah camp, 297 00:15:18,068 --> 00:15:19,689 and then you had the Rachel camp, 298 00:15:19,689 --> 00:15:22,689 each one drawing a line of friendship, 299 00:15:22,689 --> 00:15:24,862 saying, you know, "I'm on Sarah's side" 300 00:15:24,931 --> 00:15:27,896 or "I'm on Rachel's side." -SARAH W.: It was high tensions. 301 00:15:27,896 --> 00:15:30,068 It was almost as if embers in a fire, 302 00:15:30,137 --> 00:15:31,655 getting ready to ignite. 303 00:15:42,310 --> 00:15:44,275 It just seemed like any other night. 304 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,758 Rachel stops by Taco Bell late night in the drive-thru. 305 00:15:53,379 --> 00:15:56,551 And this other car pulls up that she doesn't recognize. 306 00:16:01,758 --> 00:16:03,482 SARINA: It is filled with girls. 307 00:16:04,689 --> 00:16:06,965 The window is rolled down. 308 00:16:06,965 --> 00:16:10,896 And something is pointed at Rachel's face. 309 00:16:10,896 --> 00:16:13,586 What is happening? Is that a gun? 310 00:16:13,586 --> 00:16:15,965 It is a holy [bleep] moment. 311 00:16:28,793 --> 00:16:31,517 This other car rolls in. 312 00:16:34,689 --> 00:16:39,344 And something is pointed at Rachel's face. 313 00:16:40,448 --> 00:16:44,931 She realizes it's Sarah Ludemann, her arch enemy. 314 00:16:45,896 --> 00:16:47,586 LANE: Rachel wasn't sure what was gonna happen. 315 00:16:47,586 --> 00:16:50,482 I mean, I can't imagine what she must have been thinking. 316 00:16:50,482 --> 00:16:51,551 And then all of a sudden... 317 00:16:54,896 --> 00:16:56,862 She gets squirted with silly string. 318 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,758 SARINA: And you know what silly string is like. 319 00:16:59,827 --> 00:17:02,344 You can't see, you're taken aback. 320 00:17:02,413 --> 00:17:06,758 It really is an attack, and it's also humiliating. 321 00:17:09,103 --> 00:17:11,241 I think Sarah's message to her was like, 322 00:17:11,241 --> 00:17:12,655 "I'm not gonna back down. 323 00:17:12,723 --> 00:17:15,862 This is my posse of friends, and you better watch out." 324 00:17:15,931 --> 00:17:18,655 You didn't wanna think that Sarah had the ability to do 325 00:17:18,723 --> 00:17:21,619 these things, but Sarah was the aggressor. 326 00:17:24,792 --> 00:17:28,137 Rachel was shamed and humiliated. 327 00:17:28,137 --> 00:17:32,551 At that point, it dawned on Rachel, there's no coming back 328 00:17:32,620 --> 00:17:35,275 from this now -- she was gonna fight back. 329 00:17:35,275 --> 00:17:37,586 SARINA: She's thinking, are you kidding me? 330 00:17:37,586 --> 00:17:41,241 Well, look out, because we're just getting started, girl. 331 00:17:46,275 --> 00:17:48,862 NARRATOR: Although Rachel's first impulse was to ditch Josh 332 00:17:48,931 --> 00:17:51,482 when she learned he was two-timing her with Sarah, 333 00:17:51,482 --> 00:17:56,344 she's now willing to do anything to keep him. 334 00:17:56,413 --> 00:17:59,793 Rachel almost reverts back to that high school mentality of, 335 00:17:59,793 --> 00:18:02,241 wait a minute, I'm not gonna lose out to something that 336 00:18:02,241 --> 00:18:03,758 I had, first of all. 337 00:18:03,758 --> 00:18:06,275 And secondly, I'm not gonna lose out to somebody that 338 00:18:06,275 --> 00:18:08,241 doesn't look as good as I do. 339 00:18:13,655 --> 00:18:15,344 [phone ringing] 340 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,551 NARRATOR The two girls continue to battle it out for the title 341 00:19:15,620 --> 00:19:20,379 of baddest Barbie on the beach, with their very own Ken loving 342 00:19:20,379 --> 00:19:22,862 every minute of it. 343 00:19:22,931 --> 00:19:25,965 Josh is living in between these two girls 344 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,689 and is actually reveling in it. 345 00:19:28,689 --> 00:19:32,241 He's enjoying the fact that these two girls are biting for 346 00:19:32,241 --> 00:19:36,586 his attention and that he has them both on a hook. 347 00:19:36,586 --> 00:19:39,551 He can spend time with one and spend time with 348 00:19:39,551 --> 00:19:41,241 the other at will. 349 00:19:41,241 --> 00:19:43,275 SARAH W.: Josh was definitely the type of guy that got high 350 00:19:43,275 --> 00:19:45,241 off of women fighting over him. 351 00:19:45,310 --> 00:19:47,103 I think it was for the validation on himself, 352 00:19:47,103 --> 00:19:51,206 and he enjoyed putting Sarah and Rachel against each other. 353 00:19:53,379 --> 00:19:54,862 LANE: I think Sarah's parents knew something was up 354 00:19:54,931 --> 00:19:56,896 because she was crying all the time. 355 00:19:56,896 --> 00:20:00,965 Mood swings where she'd always been pretty content. 356 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,241 She's angry, her grades are slipping. 357 00:20:03,241 --> 00:20:07,034 She's not as interested in school. 358 00:20:07,034 --> 00:20:09,965 But I think that they didn't know there was specifically 359 00:20:09,965 --> 00:20:11,448 another woman who was a rival. 360 00:20:11,517 --> 00:20:12,965 I don't think they knew about the Myspace. 361 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,862 I don't think they knew about the voicemails. 362 00:20:14,931 --> 00:20:17,896 They had no idea of this sort of alternate universe that 363 00:20:17,896 --> 00:20:19,379 she was existing in. 364 00:20:19,379 --> 00:20:22,137 NARRATOR: Rachel lives rent-free in Sarah's head. 365 00:20:22,137 --> 00:20:25,724 And this 18-year-old has even more cards to play. 366 00:20:29,965 --> 00:20:32,241 Rachel had her own place, her own apartment. 367 00:20:32,241 --> 00:20:33,482 She did not have a curfew. 368 00:20:33,482 --> 00:20:35,241 She had her own money and independence. 369 00:20:36,379 --> 00:20:38,448 And so I think Rachel felt like she could get the upper hand 370 00:20:38,448 --> 00:20:41,068 in this situation was by having Josh physically with her. 371 00:20:41,068 --> 00:20:43,689 SARINA: She and her boyfriend could be alone. 372 00:20:43,689 --> 00:20:47,137 And you know what he does? He moved in with Rachel. 373 00:20:48,965 --> 00:20:52,758 Josh moving in with Rachel is the ultimate move and a slap 374 00:20:52,827 --> 00:20:53,965 in the face to Sarah. 375 00:20:53,965 --> 00:20:56,862 That is something that she didn't have 376 00:20:56,931 --> 00:20:58,344 a counter move for. 377 00:20:58,413 --> 00:21:01,000 There was nothing that she could have done that would 378 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,758 have topped that at all. 379 00:21:02,827 --> 00:21:05,586 NARRATOR: Rachel has drawn a line in the sand, 380 00:21:05,586 --> 00:21:08,172 and she has Josh under lock and key. 381 00:21:09,172 --> 00:21:12,344 All Sarah can do is regroup with her besties. 382 00:21:12,344 --> 00:21:13,965 SARAH W.: Sarah was a leader of her group. 383 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,034 Her friends all had her back. 384 00:21:16,034 --> 00:21:17,862 The girls were rallying around her 385 00:21:17,931 --> 00:21:20,482 and egging her on to go for it. 386 00:21:20,482 --> 00:21:23,103 Like, tell that bitch that he's yours. 387 00:21:23,103 --> 00:21:25,551 Sarah became very aggressive. 388 00:21:25,620 --> 00:21:28,241 Instead of staying in her own silo, 389 00:21:28,310 --> 00:21:30,344 she went into Rachel's world. 390 00:21:30,344 --> 00:21:32,655 And she took her friends into Rachel's world. 391 00:21:47,103 --> 00:21:51,034 So Rachel is living her life. She's working at Applebee's. 392 00:21:51,034 --> 00:21:52,793 She has her very own apartment. 393 00:21:52,793 --> 00:21:55,448 And Josh is living with her. 394 00:21:55,448 --> 00:21:58,896 She seems to have everything going for her. 395 00:21:58,896 --> 00:22:02,103 NARRATOR: Rachel may think she has the upper hand, 396 00:22:03,103 --> 00:22:05,758 but she's about to get schooled. 397 00:22:08,137 --> 00:22:09,586 MICHAEL: Sarah shows up with her friends. 398 00:22:09,586 --> 00:22:13,482 Then they specifically sit in Rachel's area that 399 00:22:13,482 --> 00:22:14,965 she's working in. 400 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,103 SARAH W.: Sarah wasn't scared of Rachel. 401 00:22:17,103 --> 00:22:19,103 She had everybody she knew behind her. 402 00:22:19,103 --> 00:22:21,241 Those were her friends 403 00:22:21,310 --> 00:22:25,551 who said that she shouldn't back down and do this. 404 00:22:25,620 --> 00:22:28,172 So she was feeling powerful, and she was confident in 405 00:22:28,172 --> 00:22:29,758 herself in that moment. 406 00:22:29,758 --> 00:22:31,482 LANE: It was the busiest night of Applebee's, 407 00:22:31,482 --> 00:22:33,482 and they would try to, like, bump into her 408 00:22:33,482 --> 00:22:36,034 or hip check her when she was carrying trays of food 409 00:22:37,172 --> 00:22:39,103 to try to make her spill something. 410 00:22:39,103 --> 00:22:42,241 Say snide comments not under their breath, out loud, 411 00:22:42,241 --> 00:22:47,172 about her, taunting her, making her look bad as a server, 412 00:22:47,172 --> 00:22:50,482 and making her engage publicly in yelling and taunting 413 00:22:50,482 --> 00:22:52,793 and unprofessional behavior. 414 00:22:52,793 --> 00:22:55,034 Sarah didn't have anything to lose. 415 00:22:55,034 --> 00:22:57,655 NARRATOR: Sarah's not hiding behind a keyboard anymore 416 00:22:57,655 --> 00:23:00,517 or humiliating Rachel with silly string. 417 00:23:01,586 --> 00:23:04,034 This enters the real world. 418 00:23:04,034 --> 00:23:07,275 Rachel is on her own, has her own apartment, 419 00:23:07,275 --> 00:23:09,344 so she needs to make ends meet. 420 00:23:09,413 --> 00:23:13,482 It was just one more step in a dangerous escalation. 421 00:23:13,482 --> 00:23:16,137 [distant, indistinct shouting] 422 00:23:16,137 --> 00:23:18,551 I think Rachel was trying really hard to hold her stuff 423 00:23:18,620 --> 00:23:21,551 together in Applebee's, but she was getting in trouble 424 00:23:21,551 --> 00:23:22,862 for yelling things at Sarah. 425 00:23:22,931 --> 00:23:25,379 I can't imagine what the other patrons thought. 426 00:23:25,379 --> 00:23:27,965 NARRATOR: Sarah may have won this round, 427 00:23:27,965 --> 00:23:31,275 but Rachel is determined to win the war. 428 00:23:31,275 --> 00:23:33,689 When she was not at work, she was lashing back 429 00:23:33,689 --> 00:23:34,896 out at Sarah. 430 00:23:34,896 --> 00:23:36,379 She wasn't gonna let her get the upper hand. 431 00:23:36,379 --> 00:23:38,620 And she started leaving more voicemails. 432 00:23:57,655 --> 00:23:58,862 The taunts were getting meaner. 433 00:23:58,931 --> 00:24:00,172 There were more people involved. 434 00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:03,034 The Myspace posts were getting more frequent. 435 00:24:03,034 --> 00:24:06,655 And both of the girls just wouldn't back off. 436 00:24:06,724 --> 00:24:09,068 I'm not sure how much of it was fighting for 437 00:24:09,068 --> 00:24:11,965 their relationship with Josh, as it was winning over 438 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,655 the other girl at that point in time. 439 00:24:13,724 --> 00:24:15,551 Everything was coming to a head. 440 00:24:15,551 --> 00:24:18,310 It's now reached its breaking point. 441 00:24:30,965 --> 00:24:34,068 April 14th of 2009 started out 442 00:24:34,068 --> 00:24:37,448 just like any day in the life of a high school student. 443 00:24:38,758 --> 00:24:42,551 Sarah was not having a very good day that day. 444 00:24:43,655 --> 00:24:45,655 She was sad and upset, 445 00:24:45,724 --> 00:24:49,758 and apparently Josh had been ignoring her all day long. 446 00:24:51,068 --> 00:24:53,862 SARINA: Sarah had been crying a lot over Josh, 447 00:24:53,862 --> 00:24:57,137 feeling that she was losing him. 448 00:24:57,137 --> 00:25:02,344 And she thought she would see him that day, because Josh was 449 00:25:02,413 --> 00:25:04,655 making promises to see her. 450 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,551 LANE: A few blocks away, Rachel's in her apartment, 451 00:25:11,551 --> 00:25:14,448 got the day off, and Josh doesn't show up. 452 00:25:14,517 --> 00:25:17,551 And so she's calling him too and wondering where he is. 453 00:25:17,551 --> 00:25:21,137 While Sarah's crying, Rachel's getting mad. 454 00:25:21,137 --> 00:25:24,103 And these two women, not more than a couple of miles apart, 455 00:25:24,103 --> 00:25:25,758 are both waiting for the same guy. 456 00:25:26,689 --> 00:25:29,689 Sarah seemed really desperate to find Josh. 457 00:25:29,689 --> 00:25:32,034 She's texting, asking where he is and what happened. 458 00:25:32,034 --> 00:25:34,793 And she's telling him, why do we always fight about her? 459 00:25:34,793 --> 00:25:36,103 And where were you? We were supposed to be 460 00:25:36,103 --> 00:25:38,241 hanging out, and I know you're with her. 461 00:25:46,896 --> 00:25:49,655 NARRATOR: But there's no response from Josh. 462 00:25:59,793 --> 00:26:03,551 Though he's still living with Rachel, Josh is hanging out 463 00:26:03,620 --> 00:26:05,862 at his sister's house. 464 00:26:05,931 --> 00:26:08,586 SARINA: Sarah is so desperate to see Josh. 465 00:26:08,586 --> 00:26:10,448 That's all she wants. 466 00:26:10,448 --> 00:26:15,482 After several hours of texting, Josh finally texts back 467 00:26:15,482 --> 00:26:19,241 and says, "All right, come over and bring some movies." 468 00:26:21,586 --> 00:26:25,862 She jumped in her mom's van and hauled ass over there, in 469 00:26:25,931 --> 00:26:28,482 a rush because of the neglect that had happened that day. 470 00:26:28,482 --> 00:26:31,103 NARRATOR: On her way to Josh's sister's house, 471 00:26:31,103 --> 00:26:32,965 Sarah takes a detour. 472 00:26:34,965 --> 00:26:38,137 Sarah is driving by Rachel's apartment, 473 00:26:41,103 --> 00:26:44,379 sees Rachel, and yells out, 474 00:26:44,379 --> 00:26:46,241 "Stay away from my man." 475 00:26:51,689 --> 00:26:54,172 She could have just driven past and not said anything 476 00:26:54,172 --> 00:26:55,551 or gone a different route, 477 00:26:55,620 --> 00:26:57,034 but she knew what she was doing, 478 00:26:57,034 --> 00:27:00,068 and she wanted Rachel to know. 479 00:27:03,586 --> 00:27:07,793 So Rachel swings by Josh's sister's house and sees 480 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:10,172 Sarah's minivan out there. 481 00:27:10,172 --> 00:27:13,448 And then she realizes that that's what Josh is doing, 482 00:27:13,448 --> 00:27:14,862 and she texts him. 483 00:27:18,586 --> 00:27:21,517 And he finally texts her back and says... 484 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,137 And the whole time Sarah's there, 485 00:27:28,137 --> 00:27:29,655 knowing this is going on. 486 00:27:30,896 --> 00:27:32,448 SARAH W.: I believe Sarah was believing 487 00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:34,000 at this point she's won. 488 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,793 This is her man, her territory, and look where 489 00:27:36,793 --> 00:27:38,034 I'm going, and you're not. 490 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,137 At this point, Rachel's feeling devastated, lonely. 491 00:27:55,137 --> 00:27:58,413 She's hurt and is looking for a source of comfort. 492 00:28:00,689 --> 00:28:05,448 So she goes to her friend Javier's house to try and find 493 00:28:05,448 --> 00:28:07,965 that comfort and to not be alone. 494 00:28:09,379 --> 00:28:12,344 So here's Sarah enjoying her night with Josh 495 00:28:12,413 --> 00:28:13,827 at his sister's house. 496 00:28:15,793 --> 00:28:18,344 Sarah's phone is also blowing up, because her parents are 497 00:28:18,344 --> 00:28:21,000 like, "You need to get home." 498 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,965 NARRATOR: It's well past Sarah's curfew, 499 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,793 and she has to leave. 500 00:28:24,793 --> 00:28:27,137 This all plays out within a few blocks of 501 00:28:27,137 --> 00:28:28,344 each other, right? 502 00:28:28,413 --> 00:28:30,793 Everybody lives pretty close to each other. 503 00:28:30,793 --> 00:28:33,827 And on the way to home, Sarah stops at a stop sign, 504 00:28:35,172 --> 00:28:38,862 and some weird coincidence, fate, caused this other girl 505 00:28:38,862 --> 00:28:41,793 who she knows to pull up at the stop sign and say, "Hey, 506 00:28:41,793 --> 00:28:43,413 did you know Rachel's right up the road?" 507 00:28:45,793 --> 00:28:48,137 SARAH W.: At this point, Sarah is pissed. 508 00:28:48,137 --> 00:28:51,241 She knows Rachel is down the street. 509 00:28:51,241 --> 00:28:55,275 Sarah knows that Josh has broken up with Rachel and is 510 00:28:55,275 --> 00:28:58,034 angry, wondering why she's so close by. 511 00:28:58,034 --> 00:29:01,586 And she decides that she's gonna go confront Rachel. 512 00:29:01,586 --> 00:29:04,586 NARRATOR: After months of insults and social media 513 00:29:04,586 --> 00:29:08,103 posts, threatening voicemails, and public humiliations, 514 00:29:08,103 --> 00:29:12,793 Sarah wants to knock Rachel from her throne for good. 515 00:29:12,793 --> 00:29:16,655 As far as I know, Sarah pulls up in her mom's minivan in 516 00:29:16,655 --> 00:29:17,862 front of Javier's house. 517 00:29:17,862 --> 00:29:20,172 And everyone thought, this is the fist fight. 518 00:29:20,172 --> 00:29:21,758 They're gonna brawl in the front yard. 519 00:29:21,758 --> 00:29:24,172 This is the physical confrontation that everybody 520 00:29:24,172 --> 00:29:26,344 thinks needs to be done. 521 00:29:26,344 --> 00:29:29,482 Sarah was a bigger girl than Rachel was. 522 00:29:29,482 --> 00:29:33,241 She was almost, you know, 5'9", 5'10". 523 00:29:34,379 --> 00:29:38,241 She's high on the fact that she got just chosen by Josh. 524 00:29:41,896 --> 00:29:44,551 LANE: Sarah doesn't even turn the van off. 525 00:29:44,551 --> 00:29:46,034 She jumps out of the van, 526 00:29:46,034 --> 00:29:48,655 and she sees Rachel coming at her. 527 00:29:48,724 --> 00:29:51,689 It happened in seconds. 528 00:29:51,689 --> 00:29:53,931 Going towards each other, 529 00:29:56,275 --> 00:29:58,793 fist fight, fighting it out. 530 00:29:58,793 --> 00:30:02,551 They're gonna end this tonight, one way or another. 531 00:30:16,689 --> 00:30:19,551 [phone ringing] 532 00:30:46,758 --> 00:30:49,241 -[sirens wailing] -[indistinct shout] 533 00:30:49,310 --> 00:30:52,137 As far as everybody knew, this was just a fist fight. 534 00:30:52,137 --> 00:30:53,448 [distant shouting, commotion] 535 00:30:53,448 --> 00:30:56,000 Did she really just get stabbed? 536 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,758 This only happens in movies. 537 00:30:57,827 --> 00:30:59,137 This doesn't happen in real life. 538 00:30:59,137 --> 00:31:00,827 She's gonna be fine. 539 00:31:04,965 --> 00:31:07,068 TAICHIANG: When I arrived on scene, I saw a crowd of people 540 00:31:07,068 --> 00:31:10,482 trying to render aid to a female on the ground. 541 00:31:10,482 --> 00:31:14,344 So I quickly asked some questions, what happened, 542 00:31:14,413 --> 00:31:17,068 and then some of the witnesses on scene said that this girl 543 00:31:17,068 --> 00:31:19,551 had been stabbed and that the suspect went back to 544 00:31:19,551 --> 00:31:21,758 the house and walked away. 545 00:31:21,758 --> 00:31:24,689 So at that time, I radioed to the rest of the officers 546 00:31:24,689 --> 00:31:26,655 who responded on scene that I needed assistance. 547 00:31:26,655 --> 00:31:28,758 The suspect was in the area. 548 00:31:28,758 --> 00:31:30,965 Once we got her into the ambulance to get 549 00:31:30,965 --> 00:31:34,344 transported to the hospital, the other girl was transported 550 00:31:34,413 --> 00:31:37,655 back to the police department so she could be interviewed. 551 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,068 NARRATOR: Sarah may have been bigger, 552 00:32:00,068 --> 00:32:03,206 but Rachel brought a knife to a fistfight. 553 00:32:25,862 --> 00:32:28,655 She just wanted this to end and be over, and she brought 554 00:32:28,655 --> 00:32:30,689 a knife to do that, 555 00:32:30,689 --> 00:32:34,551 and she told her friends that she's carrying this knife 556 00:32:34,551 --> 00:32:38,689 around because she felt threatened by Sarah 557 00:32:38,689 --> 00:32:41,793 and her friends, and that she feels like she needs 558 00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:43,000 to protect herself. 559 00:32:44,862 --> 00:32:48,103 You would never look at Rachel and say that she was 560 00:32:48,103 --> 00:32:53,241 presenting herself in some manner of which would give 561 00:32:53,241 --> 00:32:56,068 the idea that she was some aggressive, 562 00:32:56,068 --> 00:32:59,655 you know, individual -- she was very respectful. 563 00:34:05,172 --> 00:34:08,896 You can see that she's kind of acting as if it's not, 564 00:34:08,896 --> 00:34:10,965 you know, that big of a deal. 565 00:34:10,965 --> 00:34:13,827 Rachel was absolutely minimizing her actions. 566 00:34:48,585 --> 00:34:50,585 The biggest things that stood out to me was 567 00:34:50,585 --> 00:34:52,482 the lack of empathy. 568 00:34:52,482 --> 00:34:56,000 You have to remember that she, in her own mind, 569 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,103 knew that she had a knife in her hand 570 00:34:58,103 --> 00:35:00,068 and that she used that knife. 571 00:35:00,068 --> 00:35:04,689 And never once during that conversation did she ever ask, 572 00:35:04,689 --> 00:35:06,482 how is Sarah? 573 00:35:06,482 --> 00:35:10,241 Sarah was in critical condition. 574 00:35:10,310 --> 00:35:13,758 She was suffering from two stab wounds to 575 00:35:13,827 --> 00:35:15,172 the upper left chest. 576 00:35:15,172 --> 00:35:19,068 One was more oriented around the area of her shoulder, 577 00:35:19,068 --> 00:35:22,655 and the other one was more directly around the area of 578 00:35:22,724 --> 00:35:26,551 her breast, which ultimately pierced her heart. 579 00:35:40,655 --> 00:35:43,172 MICHAEL: During the interview with Rachel, she gave us 580 00:35:43,172 --> 00:35:46,172 a direction of where she had thrown the knife 581 00:35:46,172 --> 00:35:47,482 in the approximate area. 582 00:35:47,482 --> 00:35:51,344 That information was relayed to the scene detective, 583 00:35:51,413 --> 00:35:55,137 who was with the forensics section able to locate 584 00:35:55,137 --> 00:35:57,965 the knife actually on the roof of the neighbor's house. 585 00:35:57,965 --> 00:36:00,655 And certainly, to us, that kind of leads into 586 00:36:00,655 --> 00:36:04,241 the additional information or additional evidence, 587 00:36:04,241 --> 00:36:06,448 that she was trying to hide the fact 588 00:36:06,517 --> 00:36:11,965 that she used a knife to stab Sarah and then 589 00:36:11,965 --> 00:36:14,689 ultimately took steps to try to get rid of the knife, 590 00:36:14,689 --> 00:36:16,241 to hide the knife. 591 00:36:55,482 --> 00:36:57,448 NARRATOR: Prior to the interrogation, 592 00:36:57,517 --> 00:37:01,379 Detective Lynch received some disturbing news. 593 00:37:01,379 --> 00:37:03,965 They were working on her as best with what 594 00:37:03,965 --> 00:37:07,034 they are presented with, and they're doing everything 595 00:37:07,034 --> 00:37:09,344 they can to save this girl's life. 596 00:37:09,344 --> 00:37:12,965 Eventually, I learned that Sarah has been pronounced 597 00:37:12,965 --> 00:37:14,551 dead at the hospital. 598 00:37:16,068 --> 00:37:18,275 NARRATOR: And he uses this information 599 00:37:18,275 --> 00:37:19,965 to seal Rachel's fate. 600 00:37:49,896 --> 00:37:52,758 Oh. [sobbing] 601 00:38:15,689 --> 00:38:17,862 NARRATOR: At the end of the interview, 602 00:38:17,931 --> 00:38:19,655 Rachel Wade is charged with 603 00:38:19,724 --> 00:38:22,758 second-degree murder for the death of Sarah Ludemann 604 00:38:22,827 --> 00:38:24,862 and remains in jail until trial. 605 00:38:27,896 --> 00:38:31,793 The community is left to pick up the pieces and understand 606 00:38:31,793 --> 00:38:35,241 how it all got out of hand and ended so tragically. 607 00:38:37,758 --> 00:38:42,310 SARAH W.: Sarah's death was very impactful on me personally. 608 00:38:43,379 --> 00:38:48,000 To know that somebody that existed with us no longer did. 609 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,896 They don't -- they just cease to exist. 610 00:38:50,896 --> 00:38:54,103 It's hard to explain. 611 00:38:56,379 --> 00:38:58,448 Every person that was in that school that knew 612 00:38:58,517 --> 00:38:59,896 Sarah is affected. 613 00:38:59,896 --> 00:39:03,862 Every person that Rachel knew has been affected by this. 614 00:39:03,862 --> 00:39:07,655 This isn't some small little thing that was just 615 00:39:07,655 --> 00:39:10,344 swept under the rug -- this was devastating 616 00:39:10,344 --> 00:39:12,206 to the whole community. 617 00:39:16,793 --> 00:39:19,000 I'm not angry at Rachel for what she did or Sarah. 618 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,344 They were both being stupid teenagers. 619 00:39:24,241 --> 00:39:27,241 I would like Sarah to be remembered for how pretty 620 00:39:27,310 --> 00:39:30,034 she was, and she had the biggest smile whenever she did smile, 621 00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:32,068 and she was fun to be around. 622 00:39:32,068 --> 00:39:35,137 Sarah had a lot of energy about her, and you could 623 00:39:35,137 --> 00:39:37,758 feel it whenever she entered a room. 624 00:39:45,172 --> 00:39:49,103 Rachel's trial begins here in Pinellas County. 625 00:39:49,103 --> 00:39:50,758 Ultimately, at the end of the trial, 626 00:39:50,827 --> 00:39:54,344 the jury deliberated and found her guilty 627 00:39:54,413 --> 00:39:55,862 of second-degree murder. 628 00:39:55,931 --> 00:39:59,137 A judge sentenced a Pinellas Park woman today to prison for 629 00:39:59,137 --> 00:40:01,551 more years than she's been alive. 630 00:40:01,620 --> 00:40:03,344 JUDGE: I sentence her to 27 years 631 00:40:03,344 --> 00:40:05,448 in the Department of Corrections. 632 00:40:05,517 --> 00:40:07,310 It's an absolute tragedy. 633 00:40:08,586 --> 00:40:13,000 One person died, a set of parents lost their child, 634 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,137 and another person is spending their adult life in prison. 635 00:40:17,172 --> 00:40:18,965 So it is a tragedy. 636 00:40:21,586 --> 00:40:23,758 NARRATOR: The producers reached out to Rachel, 637 00:40:23,758 --> 00:40:25,862 and she provided this message. 638 00:40:26,896 --> 00:40:30,965 She writes, "If only I could have known my self-worth 639 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,655 "and not entertained the drama or maybe even befriended her 640 00:40:34,655 --> 00:40:37,758 "so that we could both have walked away from him 641 00:40:37,827 --> 00:40:39,172 "and found better. 642 00:40:39,172 --> 00:40:43,137 "Unfortunately, I wasn't mature enough to notice my mistakes 643 00:40:43,137 --> 00:40:44,965 and prevent what happened." 644 00:40:44,965 --> 00:40:47,655 I can't help but cry because 645 00:40:48,793 --> 00:40:53,758 this was such a waste of such two beautiful girls. 646 00:40:55,241 --> 00:40:56,517 And for what? 647 00:40:57,793 --> 00:41:00,241 I truly feel she means it. 648 00:41:00,310 --> 00:41:04,551 And I know Sarah's parents may not believe it. 649 00:41:06,551 --> 00:41:08,344 But everybody lost. 650 00:41:09,586 --> 00:41:11,758 There are no winners in this case. 651 00:41:11,827 --> 00:41:13,310 There are no winners. 652 00:41:18,482 --> 00:41:20,344 NARRATOR: On the next Mean Girl Murders... 653 00:41:20,344 --> 00:41:23,137 MacKenzie did want to be an influencer. 654 00:41:23,137 --> 00:41:25,896 Girls were definitely jealous. 655 00:41:25,896 --> 00:41:28,310 MacKenzie should be watching her back. 656 00:41:32,379 --> 00:41:34,689 MAN: It's like a teenage movie nightmare.