1 00:00:10,467 --> 00:00:13,333 [camera shutters clicking] 2 00:00:13,467 --> 00:00:16,967 To stand out, you have to be nothing less than perfect. 3 00:00:18,467 --> 00:00:21,433 They're both really proving themselves to be a force 4 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:22,934 to be reckoned with. 5 00:00:23,066 --> 00:00:24,634 [Tatianna] This girl came in, and she's flipping. 6 00:00:24,700 --> 00:00:27,367 It's almost like she could walk on air. 7 00:00:27,467 --> 00:00:31,066 But nobody likes a sore loser, you know? 8 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,967 [Jessie] She's turning into a different version of herself, 9 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:40,734 a harder, more bitter, angrier version of herself. 10 00:00:45,100 --> 00:00:47,767 [man shouting] 11 00:00:49,867 --> 00:00:53,367 You could see the damage that had been done to her. 12 00:00:53,467 --> 00:00:57,066 Every competitor has a target list 13 00:00:57,166 --> 00:00:59,967 who they need to get rid of in order to succeed. 14 00:01:01,567 --> 00:01:05,467 [theme music playing] 15 00:01:13,066 --> 00:01:16,033 Las Vegas is, of course, this place of great excess. 16 00:01:16,100 --> 00:01:18,066 It's Sin City. 17 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,066 [Gayle] You can let your hair down. 18 00:01:22,166 --> 00:01:25,033 You can go out and have a good time and enjoy Vegas for what 19 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:26,634 it is, I mean, it's exciting. 20 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:29,333 You don't get a name like Sin City unless 21 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,166 there's some sin going on. 22 00:01:34,667 --> 00:01:37,233 [narrator] But for female fitness and female bodybuilding 23 00:01:37,300 --> 00:01:41,567 athletes, Sin City is the arena for Ms. Olympia, 24 00:01:41,667 --> 00:01:43,767 the gold standard for both categories 25 00:01:43,867 --> 00:01:46,333 in the highly competitive sport. 26 00:01:46,467 --> 00:01:49,233 [Gayle] To actually compete in the Ms. Olympia, you have to 27 00:01:49,300 --> 00:01:51,567 have qualified at one of the other professional shows, 28 00:01:51,667 --> 00:01:54,066 like the Miss International Bodybuilding 29 00:01:54,166 --> 00:01:55,967 or the Miss International Fitness. 30 00:01:57,367 --> 00:02:00,433 The difference between fitness competitions and bodybuilding 31 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:01,667 other than looks, 32 00:02:01,767 --> 00:02:05,433 the fitness girls, they pose very similar as 33 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:08,934 we do, but they have a fitness routine that they have to 34 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,634 perform to music, which is very gymnastic. 35 00:02:11,700 --> 00:02:14,433 It will have flips, whereas the bodybuilders, 36 00:02:14,500 --> 00:02:18,166 we didn't have to do the flips and the jumps and the splits. 37 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:21,567 The competition was pretty fierce. 38 00:02:22,667 --> 00:02:27,233 [Lee] It was pretty hard to get anywhere close to the Olympia. 39 00:02:27,300 --> 00:02:28,867 It was a long journey involved. 40 00:02:28,967 --> 00:02:30,533 The higher up the ladder you climb, 41 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,934 the harder it becomes. 42 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,166 [narrator] And some women are willing to do anything to win. 43 00:02:36,266 --> 00:02:40,834 Everybody clawing for very few positions in the spotlight 44 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:43,734 creates a culture [inhales deeply] 45 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,166 of mean girls, essentially. 46 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:48,033 It's people who are willing to do whatever it takes 47 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:49,467 to get ahead. 48 00:02:49,567 --> 00:02:53,567 And if that means running over some friends or frenemies, 49 00:02:53,667 --> 00:02:54,767 then they'll do it. 50 00:02:57,100 --> 00:02:58,667 You have to be really competitive 51 00:02:58,767 --> 00:03:00,634 but not show that you're competitive. 52 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:04,533 You only have to give that porcelain face 53 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,367 and not let anyone know. 54 00:03:07,467 --> 00:03:09,634 [Lee] They'll be saying things behind people's backs. 55 00:03:10,967 --> 00:03:13,934 They'll rarely say something in front of somebody. 56 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,934 They have a cattiness, and they have a competitiveness, 57 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,233 but they're more coy about showing it. 58 00:03:21,867 --> 00:03:24,533 Without naming names, I've heard, you know, 59 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,066 people will come up to other competitors, and they'll be, 60 00:03:28,133 --> 00:03:31,467 "Oh, yeah, oh, you look great, oh, oh, my God, you know, 61 00:03:31,533 --> 00:03:33,066 yeah, good luck," and everything. 62 00:03:33,166 --> 00:03:36,634 And then you'll hear from a friend of theirs that they'd 63 00:03:36,767 --> 00:03:38,567 said, "Oh, my God, so-and-so looks [bleep]." 64 00:03:38,667 --> 00:03:40,533 [laughing] You know what I mean? 65 00:03:46,367 --> 00:03:49,667 [Tatianna] That competitive nature can be a bit dark, I'll say that. 66 00:03:49,767 --> 00:03:52,433 It can create a monster. It just does. 67 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:55,066 [distant siren wailing] 68 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,166 It's the wee small hours of a December morning just west of 69 00:04:02,266 --> 00:04:03,934 Las Vegas in the desert. 70 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,233 A volunteer fire chief is called out to a scene where 71 00:04:07,300 --> 00:04:08,400 there is a burning car. 72 00:04:09,767 --> 00:04:13,367 The original call that came into 911 was a truck driver 73 00:04:13,433 --> 00:04:15,734 that was passing by 74 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,433 and saw a vehicle that was engulfed in flames. 75 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:22,967 That call then went into the Mountain Springs 76 00:04:23,033 --> 00:04:26,734 Fire Department to the chief of the fire department, 77 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,467 a volunteer firefighter. 78 00:04:28,567 --> 00:04:31,734 He responded out to the car fire. 79 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,133 He was able to extinguish the fire. 80 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:38,266 He shined his flashlight into the backseat area, which had 81 00:04:38,367 --> 00:04:40,433 been completely consumed by the fire. 82 00:04:40,567 --> 00:04:44,066 Just had the frame for the backseat. 83 00:04:44,166 --> 00:04:48,433 And through the wall, the back wall of the vehicle 84 00:04:48,567 --> 00:04:52,767 into the trunk, he was able to see what he thought to be 85 00:04:52,834 --> 00:04:54,166 human remains. 86 00:04:55,700 --> 00:04:58,467 [distant siren wailing] 87 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:04,967 Once we had personnel on scene, we were able to pry the trunk 88 00:05:05,066 --> 00:05:06,266 of the vehicle open. 89 00:05:06,367 --> 00:05:09,166 It was pretty much our impression at that point 90 00:05:09,233 --> 00:05:13,166 that we were more than likely dealing with a female body. 91 00:05:14,700 --> 00:05:17,166 We could tell that an accelerant was used, 92 00:05:17,266 --> 00:05:19,233 because you could smell it. 93 00:05:19,300 --> 00:05:22,533 It was clear to us that it was something 94 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,867 similar to charcoal lighter fluid. 95 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,033 The chief of the fire department was able to copy 96 00:05:29,100 --> 00:05:31,767 down the license plate of the vehicle when 97 00:05:31,867 --> 00:05:33,266 he initially responded. 98 00:05:33,367 --> 00:05:37,367 And we were informed that the vehicle was registered to 99 00:05:37,467 --> 00:05:40,967 a Kelly Ryan, one of the top women's fitness competitors 100 00:05:41,066 --> 00:05:42,166 for years. 101 00:05:45,567 --> 00:05:48,333 [Jessie] Kelly Ryan was born in 1972 in Minnesota, 102 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,233 and she was a really 103 00:05:51,300 --> 00:05:55,066 adorable child from a great family, loving parents. 104 00:05:55,166 --> 00:05:57,834 Her family traveled around quite a bit, and she ended up 105 00:05:57,900 --> 00:06:01,033 in Texas at the age of six, where they found out she was 106 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:02,934 incredibly talented at gymnastics. 107 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,734 She was so good at gymnastics that she ended up training with 108 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,667 the world-famous coach, Bela Karolyi. 109 00:06:11,567 --> 00:06:15,634 Bela Karolyi is known for creating Olympic champions. 110 00:06:15,767 --> 00:06:19,333 [announcer] Only a handful will have a chance to make the Olympics, 111 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,934 but Karolyi demands Olympic-style dedication 112 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,634 from them all. 113 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,533 Kelly, from a very early age, seemed to exhibit a highly 114 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,867 competitive nature -- she always wanted to win. 115 00:06:33,967 --> 00:06:35,467 [narrator] Despite her hard work, 116 00:06:35,567 --> 00:06:38,934 Kelly decides not to chase an Olympic dream. 117 00:06:39,066 --> 00:06:42,533 But she is so athletic that she gets a scholarship to 118 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,533 University of South Carolina for athletics. 119 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,934 Kelly liked the aspect of competition, because it gave 120 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,634 her great satisfaction to beat someone, you know, to know that 121 00:06:52,700 --> 00:06:54,734 you've beaten someone and you are better than someone. 122 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:59,433 You derive satisfaction from overcoming other people. 123 00:06:59,500 --> 00:07:03,033 So you're not jumping hurdles, you're jumping people. 124 00:07:05,166 --> 00:07:07,734 [Jessie] In 1994, Kelly's about to leave college, 125 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,333 and she manages to catch 126 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,333 a female fitness competition on ESPN, 127 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,533 and she falls in love with it. 128 00:07:14,667 --> 00:07:16,667 She now has a new career path. 129 00:07:16,767 --> 00:07:20,266 She knows that this is a world that she can succeed in. 130 00:07:25,567 --> 00:07:28,166 When Kelly Ryan first appeared on the scene, 131 00:07:28,266 --> 00:07:30,333 it was like a bullet. 132 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,433 It's hard for anybody, even with no interest in 133 00:07:33,500 --> 00:07:37,667 fitness competitions to not be glued to her performance, 134 00:07:37,767 --> 00:07:41,934 because the degree of athleticism was so intense. 135 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,433 You just couldn't keep your eyes off her. 136 00:07:44,567 --> 00:07:47,233 [narrator] 23-year-old Kelly begins winning first place 137 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,166 right out of the gate. 138 00:07:49,233 --> 00:07:51,934 I first met Kelly at a fitness show. 139 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,333 [announcer] Kelly Ryan! 140 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,533 [Gayle] Kelly was in fitness. I was in bodybuilding. 141 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,634 She was just always smiling, laughing. 142 00:07:59,700 --> 00:08:02,233 I mean, very competitive. I really liked her. 143 00:08:02,367 --> 00:08:06,266 I met Kelly at the Mr. and Ms. Olympia, the expo. 144 00:08:06,367 --> 00:08:09,333 She was angelic. She was very sweet to meet her. 145 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:13,867 And then you see her on stage, and she was...she was a beast. 146 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,834 She showed exactly who she was. She was Flyin' Ryan. 147 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:20,867 Kelly got that name because, at that time, yes, 148 00:08:20,967 --> 00:08:22,934 the girls were doing cute routines, 149 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,967 but this girl came in, and she's flipping and she's flipping. 150 00:08:27,066 --> 00:08:30,166 And she's -- it's almost like she had springs on the bottoms 151 00:08:30,233 --> 00:08:31,433 of her heels. 152 00:08:31,567 --> 00:08:34,967 You know, it's almost like she could walk on air. 153 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:38,834 She gave performances that could have been 154 00:08:38,900 --> 00:08:40,133 in a daggone circus. 155 00:08:42,900 --> 00:08:44,934 [announcer] Fantastic job, Kelly! 156 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,867 Because of her agility, her skill, 157 00:08:47,967 --> 00:08:51,367 her gymnastic background, her charisma on stage, 158 00:08:51,467 --> 00:08:54,934 she immediately started winning competitions, and she became 159 00:08:55,066 --> 00:08:57,066 a force to be reckoned with in the fitness world. 160 00:08:57,166 --> 00:09:00,367 [announcer] And our 1996 winner of the Fitness America Pageant, 161 00:09:00,433 --> 00:09:02,667 Kelly Ryan! Congratulations, Kelly! 162 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:12,734 [Jessie] Kelly really starts to make 163 00:09:12,867 --> 00:09:15,033 a name for herself in this industry. 164 00:09:15,100 --> 00:09:17,266 She's just blowing people out of the water with her athletic 165 00:09:17,367 --> 00:09:20,467 ability and these routines that she comes up with. 166 00:09:20,533 --> 00:09:23,867 She would do anything to stay in that number one slot. 167 00:09:25,467 --> 00:09:27,433 [narrator] But staying number one isn't easy, 168 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:29,734 given the tough competition. 169 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,634 We've got competitors like Jenny Hendershott. 170 00:09:32,700 --> 00:09:35,367 [Tatianna] Jenny was fierce. She was an amazing competitor. 171 00:09:35,433 --> 00:09:37,967 She was poised. She was beauty. 172 00:09:38,033 --> 00:09:39,734 Jenny Hendershott was a Barbie. 173 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:41,033 We've got Adela Garcia... 174 00:09:41,166 --> 00:09:43,433 ♪ Boom boom boom boom boom boom ♪ 175 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:45,433 ...who was born in the Dominican Republic. 176 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:47,734 She brought this spiciness that 177 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,634 really wasn't seen and had not been seen before. 178 00:09:51,767 --> 00:09:53,567 [singing indistinctly] ♪ Ya ya ♪ 179 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:59,233 Another competitor that comes to mind is Susie Curry. 180 00:09:59,300 --> 00:10:00,333 [Tatianna] Susie was more polished. 181 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,834 At that time, Susie, 182 00:10:04,166 --> 00:10:06,233 do you know they say someone can turn a phrase? 183 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:09,133 Susie could turn a pose. 184 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,066 Susie could turn a flip. 185 00:10:11,166 --> 00:10:13,567 Yes, Kelly was Flyin' Ryan, but there was a finesse that 186 00:10:13,667 --> 00:10:14,667 Susie had. 187 00:10:14,767 --> 00:10:17,233 It was a ribbon ceremony with her body. 188 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,834 [Jessie] They're all coming up together. 189 00:10:22,900 --> 00:10:24,533 They're friendly with one another, 190 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,467 and they are kind of friends. 191 00:10:27,533 --> 00:10:30,834 [narrator] But even with friends, in this world, 192 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:33,767 you always need to watch your back. 193 00:10:33,867 --> 00:10:35,867 There's always gonna be a rivalry. 194 00:10:35,967 --> 00:10:38,834 I mean, it's just a part of the package. 195 00:10:38,900 --> 00:10:41,233 It could cause even the closest of friends who are competing 196 00:10:41,300 --> 00:10:44,066 against each other to just turn sour. 197 00:10:44,166 --> 00:10:47,934 This powder keg of pitting yourself against other women 198 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,834 will result in Kelly ending up in a very volatile situation, 199 00:10:51,900 --> 00:10:53,934 a very competitive situation, 200 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,533 one in which she has never been in before. 201 00:11:01,266 --> 00:11:04,033 -[man] 17, please. -[scattered applause] 202 00:11:05,667 --> 00:11:06,934 [Lee] Kelly was a force. 203 00:11:07,066 --> 00:11:09,066 Nothing can stop you, because you won't let 204 00:11:09,133 --> 00:11:10,533 anything stop you. 205 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,367 You have an endgame, and nothing's gonna get in your way. 206 00:11:13,467 --> 00:11:15,033 [announcer] Kelly Ryan. 207 00:11:16,266 --> 00:11:20,233 Always being in that top spot, it was do or die for her. 208 00:11:20,300 --> 00:11:22,033 It really was, it was a lot of pressure, 209 00:11:22,100 --> 00:11:24,934 because there were so many wonderful competitors. 210 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,433 [narrator] Kelly's competitors aren't the only ones watching 211 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:28,734 the young star rise. 212 00:11:30,266 --> 00:11:33,066 While on stage during a competition in Florida a few 213 00:11:33,166 --> 00:11:36,934 years earlier, Flyin' Ryan catches the eye of the top 214 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,834 male bodybuilder, 30-year-old Craig Titus. 215 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:43,834 Craig was 100% the it guy. 216 00:11:43,900 --> 00:11:48,133 He was a merchandiser's dream back then, because not only was 217 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,333 he the big, muscular guy, but he was a good-looking guy. 218 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,033 I mean, he looked great on the cover of magazines. 219 00:11:56,100 --> 00:11:58,734 This guy is a big deal 220 00:11:58,867 --> 00:12:03,166 metaphorically, but also a big deal physically and literally. 221 00:12:03,233 --> 00:12:05,233 This guy is huge. 222 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:08,834 [narrator] He is known as the bad boy of bodybuilding. 223 00:12:10,100 --> 00:12:13,166 I met him backstage again at all the competitions. 224 00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:17,367 He was always super polite to me, but I know he had some 225 00:12:17,467 --> 00:12:19,867 conflicts with several of the bodybuilders. 226 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,934 A lot of the guys didn't care for him. 227 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,467 He's just kind of out of control temper-wise, 228 00:12:25,567 --> 00:12:26,834 just very arrogant. 229 00:12:29,066 --> 00:12:30,734 [Tatianna] So I was doing a photo shoot, 230 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,433 and, like, I knew who he was. 231 00:12:32,567 --> 00:12:35,533 And I remember him coming, asking me how I was doing. 232 00:12:35,667 --> 00:12:37,166 He was super, super, super nice. 233 00:12:37,266 --> 00:12:39,934 He is just the sweetest person in the world. 234 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,166 He really is. 235 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:45,567 But is he crazy? Yup. 236 00:12:45,667 --> 00:12:49,834 That was almost a prerequisite for being in that top. 237 00:12:49,900 --> 00:12:54,533 [narrator] And now he's making his move on the fitness queen. 238 00:12:54,600 --> 00:13:00,734 [Tatianna] I knew that he liked her, but I don't know that she fell 239 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,734 head over heels for him as fast as he did for her. 240 00:13:03,867 --> 00:13:07,033 For her, he might have been a bit of a liability. 241 00:13:10,100 --> 00:13:12,367 Despite their very different reputations, 242 00:13:12,433 --> 00:13:14,066 Kelly as a good girl, 243 00:13:14,166 --> 00:13:15,567 Craig as a bad boy, 244 00:13:15,667 --> 00:13:17,867 they did have one very important thing in common, 245 00:13:17,967 --> 00:13:20,834 which was they were both ambitious. 246 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:23,834 [narrator] And Kelly's no fool, bad boy or not, 247 00:13:23,900 --> 00:13:27,533 having Craig on her arm could make her even more famous. 248 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,533 When they became a couple, they became what 249 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,634 the bodybuilding world loves to refer to as a power couple. 250 00:13:33,767 --> 00:13:36,734 They would get more gigs, they would get more 251 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,133 guest posing, they would get more opportunities. 252 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:43,767 [narrator] It's enough to infuriate anyone competing against her. 253 00:13:43,867 --> 00:13:46,634 [Jessie] But this is a great feeling for Kelly. 254 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:51,166 They have a lot of appearances and meetings to manage, 255 00:13:52,367 --> 00:13:55,066 so they need to get an assistant, and luckily, 256 00:13:55,166 --> 00:14:00,066 they have the perfect person in mind, Melissa James. 257 00:14:00,066 --> 00:14:04,433 [narrator] Not long after Kelly and Craig begin dating in 1999, 258 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:07,266 22-year-old Melissa James meets the couple in 259 00:14:07,367 --> 00:14:09,066 Panama City, Florida. 260 00:14:09,166 --> 00:14:13,233 [Jessie] Melissa James was born in New Jersey in 1977. 261 00:14:13,367 --> 00:14:17,233 She's a highly motivated, very energetic, very adorable 262 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:19,333 child in New Jersey, but eventually, her family moves 263 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,934 to Florida, and that's where she really blossoms. 264 00:14:23,266 --> 00:14:25,667 In her teenage years, she's a cheerleader, 265 00:14:25,734 --> 00:14:27,834 she's on the dance team. 266 00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:30,634 She's just an absolutely gorgeous young woman, too. 267 00:14:30,700 --> 00:14:33,967 [Alisa] I met Melissa James when she was just fresh out 268 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:35,967 of school, she was 19 years old. 269 00:14:36,066 --> 00:14:39,634 She was a teacher at one of my friends' dance studios, 270 00:14:39,700 --> 00:14:43,767 and she started teaching my daughter dance at three. 271 00:14:43,867 --> 00:14:47,333 She was great with the children, they loved her. 272 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,333 She worked there probably about maybe a year, 273 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,433 and then she opened up her own studio. 274 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,734 Melissa was big into not just dance, but fitness. 275 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,934 She was huge into fitness and to 276 00:15:02,100 --> 00:15:05,066 her body and choreographing and videos. 277 00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:10,634 She had met Craig and Kelly 278 00:15:10,700 --> 00:15:14,533 at a bodybuilding competition here. 279 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,533 [Jessie] Melissa was working in a promotional capacity, 280 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,333 and they were there, as well, being paid to be there as part 281 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:21,767 of the event. 282 00:15:21,867 --> 00:15:23,433 And they all just really clicked. 283 00:15:23,567 --> 00:15:27,066 Melissa really looked up to Kelly quite a bit, 284 00:15:27,166 --> 00:15:30,133 and they really were close -- Kelly trusted her. 285 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,567 [narrator] It's not long before Melissa is 286 00:15:32,667 --> 00:15:35,734 working as an assistant for the dynamic and powerful duo, 287 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,166 moving between Florida and their home 288 00:15:38,233 --> 00:15:40,533 in Venice Beach, California. 289 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:45,667 Melissa's biggest dream was to be a dance choreographer. 290 00:15:45,767 --> 00:15:48,734 Her impression was that they were going to introduce 291 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,634 her to people in the industry 292 00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:54,033 that could help her grow in that area. 293 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:57,533 I thought that that was great for her, because I knew she was 294 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,233 bigger than what this small town was. 295 00:15:59,300 --> 00:16:02,433 I thought it was great that they were offering her these 296 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:07,934 things and to help her blossom and grow in the industry. 297 00:16:13,467 --> 00:16:14,734 [narrator] After a year of dating, 298 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,734 the superstar of the fitness world 299 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:21,533 and her number one fan trade the stage for an altar. 300 00:16:21,667 --> 00:16:24,233 Wonder of wonders, this unlikely couple 301 00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:26,367 get married, and they get married 302 00:16:26,467 --> 00:16:28,934 in a little chapel in Vegas. 303 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:33,467 And they buy a beautiful, gorgeous five-bedroom mansion. 304 00:16:36,567 --> 00:16:38,967 They would receive, like, Hollywood royalty. 305 00:16:39,066 --> 00:16:41,634 [Lee] They're given the best tables at restaurants. 306 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:43,567 They're invited to the best parties. 307 00:16:43,634 --> 00:16:46,033 Everyone wants to have them in their circle. 308 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,166 It is definitely the place for them. 309 00:16:55,867 --> 00:16:58,433 The lights, the action, the flashiness. 310 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:01,634 And Melissa's gonna come along for the ride. 311 00:17:09,266 --> 00:17:11,834 For six years, the fitness competitions has 312 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:12,967 been Kelly's life. 313 00:17:13,066 --> 00:17:15,934 She is now a veteran of this industry. 314 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,533 She has earned every number one, 315 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,166 every number two she's ever gotten. 316 00:17:21,233 --> 00:17:24,166 She has put her whole energy, her whole body, 317 00:17:24,233 --> 00:17:27,867 her whole being into these competitions. 318 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,767 But she wants to win Ms. Fitness Olympia. 319 00:17:34,834 --> 00:17:36,100 She never has. 320 00:17:37,567 --> 00:17:40,767 [Gayle] The Olympia, whether it be for bodybuilders or fitness 321 00:17:40,867 --> 00:17:44,734 competitors, is the final show of the year. 322 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:49,467 So it's just the show that every competitor wants to win 323 00:17:49,567 --> 00:17:51,066 and have that title. 324 00:17:51,166 --> 00:17:54,333 [narrator] Claiming Ms. Fitness Olympia makes it official. 325 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:58,166 Whoever holds this coveted title has the bragging rights 326 00:17:58,266 --> 00:18:01,066 as the country's top fitness queen of the sport. 327 00:18:01,133 --> 00:18:05,233 And Kelly is determined to claim her "it" season and to 328 00:18:05,300 --> 00:18:09,333 snag the title from the reigning winner, Susie Curry. 329 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:12,433 Susie Curry is in it to win it. 330 00:18:12,500 --> 00:18:15,934 She's got a strong hold on that, you know, on that trophy. 331 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,634 She holds onto that trophy like the Statue of Liberty with that, 332 00:18:19,767 --> 00:18:22,033 with that flame -- she's not letting go. 333 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,834 I'm sure Kelly had to be wondering, what do I need 334 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:30,567 to do, do I need to up my fitness routine? 335 00:18:30,667 --> 00:18:32,233 Do I need to change my physique? 336 00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:36,033 You know, what is it I need to do to change to, you know, 337 00:18:36,100 --> 00:18:38,333 to win this title? 338 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,433 [Tatianna] She made it very known that when 339 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:42,533 she didn't win that trophy, this was mine. 340 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,734 And I don't understand what's going on. 341 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:46,166 She started to get angry. 342 00:18:48,166 --> 00:18:52,166 I do remember Kelly talking about that and complaining 343 00:18:52,233 --> 00:18:54,367 about it -- she was ready to blow up. 344 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,834 She's looking at Susie Curry, because every competitor has 345 00:18:58,967 --> 00:19:01,033 a target list, a hit list, if you like. 346 00:19:01,100 --> 00:19:02,667 You know, like an executioner 347 00:19:02,767 --> 00:19:06,033 as to who they need to get rid of in order to succeed. 348 00:19:09,266 --> 00:19:11,166 [narrator] For the second year in a row, 349 00:19:11,266 --> 00:19:14,066 Susie Curry has achieved what Kelly cannot. 350 00:19:14,166 --> 00:19:15,533 [announcer] Susie Curry. 351 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,767 This is a very tumultuous time for Kelly. 352 00:19:18,867 --> 00:19:21,066 [announcer] Second place, Kelly Ryan! 353 00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:25,367 [Jessie] Even though Kelly has the most raw athletic talent 354 00:19:25,467 --> 00:19:28,967 that's usually on stage, she's still not winning Ms. Olympia. 355 00:19:29,033 --> 00:19:32,033 Nothing is working for her. 356 00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:34,233 Kelly is starting to go, well, why? 357 00:19:34,300 --> 00:19:35,634 Is it about my body? 358 00:19:35,700 --> 00:19:39,133 Is it about something cosmetically I could change? 359 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,166 So Kelly gets an incredible amount of plastic surgery done. 360 00:19:42,266 --> 00:19:44,467 She gets a boob job, she gets a nose job, 361 00:19:44,567 --> 00:19:46,767 she gets lip injections. 362 00:19:46,867 --> 00:19:49,266 She looks like a totally different person. 363 00:19:49,367 --> 00:19:51,867 [Tatianna] You change your eye color, you change your hair color, 364 00:19:51,967 --> 00:19:55,133 you get boobs, you do all these things because we're gonna do 365 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,634 whatever we have to do to win. 366 00:19:57,700 --> 00:20:00,734 [Jessie] And many people believe that this was all at Craig's 367 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,867 behest, his instruction. 368 00:20:02,967 --> 00:20:06,734 At the same time, Craig is going through his own battle. 369 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:12,033 He also has not become Mr. Olympia. 370 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:15,233 He would do anything to win, and that was including 371 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:20,033 steroid use, and in Craig's case, overuse of steroids. 372 00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:22,333 [narrator] It isn't enough for both competitors 373 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,433 who are desperate to win big. 374 00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:28,367 They were supposed to be Mr. and Ms. Olympia. 375 00:20:30,266 --> 00:20:32,433 [narrator] But their lifestyle in Las Vegas 376 00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:35,433 may be standing in the way of their success. 377 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,066 Kelly and Craig's parties were, I wouldn't say famous, 378 00:20:41,166 --> 00:20:43,233 probably notorious. 379 00:20:43,300 --> 00:20:46,533 Because they just turned into full-out orgies of drugs 380 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,166 and, you know, sex, and anything went. 381 00:20:49,266 --> 00:20:51,634 Everything was fueled with drugs. 382 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:55,467 And it's just like, you know, they would go on for days. 383 00:20:55,567 --> 00:20:56,934 They were a party couple. 384 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,166 There might have been a narcotic here, 385 00:20:59,233 --> 00:21:02,233 a narcotic there, a naked girl here, a naked guy there. 386 00:21:02,300 --> 00:21:05,934 All these women were flocking around him because of 387 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,834 his bad boy image. 388 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:09,867 You know, it wasn't like -- that wasn't a deterrent, 389 00:21:09,934 --> 00:21:11,767 that was the attraction. 390 00:21:11,867 --> 00:21:14,834 [narrator] And Craig doesn't mind all the attention his adoring fans 391 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:18,133 are willing to give, whether Kelly likes it or not. 392 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:22,133 I think when she saw all the women he was attracting, 393 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,166 she must have known that he was sleeping with these other women, 394 00:21:25,233 --> 00:21:26,433 as well. 395 00:21:26,500 --> 00:21:27,934 Kelly is focused on her career. 396 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,533 She may have let him know, 397 00:21:30,667 --> 00:21:32,233 listen. 398 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:35,767 You can put one big toe outside the line, but don't go too far. 399 00:21:35,867 --> 00:21:38,333 [narrator] Still, Craig can't stop himself. 400 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,567 He's had his eye on a younger woman 401 00:21:40,667 --> 00:21:42,834 who's under the same roof. 402 00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:45,934 There was one story where he had Melissa get her nails 403 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,667 done, and so when she came home, Kelly saw that her nails 404 00:21:48,767 --> 00:21:50,867 were done, and he was pointing out how beautiful her nails 405 00:21:50,967 --> 00:21:53,634 were, just to get Kelly's ire up. 406 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:55,934 I mean, who does that? 407 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,834 It's pure entertainment for the narcissist. 408 00:21:58,900 --> 00:22:01,734 Melissa shared with me that he wanted to have 409 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,333 a relationship, and she was not comfortable with that, 410 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,033 because he was married. 411 00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:07,834 I think Kelly got very jealous of Melissa. 412 00:22:07,900 --> 00:22:09,967 I mean, Kelly was a beautiful woman, 413 00:22:10,066 --> 00:22:13,066 but Melissa was just...dynamic. 414 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,667 [Lee] At this point, Kelly was silently spiraling. 415 00:22:18,767 --> 00:22:22,266 That energy, that light that had propelled Flyin' Ryan to 416 00:22:22,367 --> 00:22:26,233 the top, it was starting to dim, and now she's also fighting to 417 00:22:26,300 --> 00:22:29,333 keep her husband's attention. 418 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:33,634 Kelly was developing a real hatred towards Melissa. 419 00:22:33,700 --> 00:22:37,233 She was competing with another woman for her own husband. 420 00:22:37,300 --> 00:22:39,634 And let's face it, Kelly had enough competition 421 00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:41,533 on the stage -- she didn't need it in her home. 422 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,233 This is all a lot for Melissa to deal with. 423 00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:53,734 So she realizes, this might not be 424 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,166 professionally what I signed up for. 425 00:22:56,266 --> 00:22:57,734 I'm not really getting the mentorship that I was 426 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,066 looking for. 427 00:22:59,133 --> 00:23:00,367 Her career hasn't launched in the same way that 428 00:23:00,467 --> 00:23:02,033 she had hoped. 429 00:23:02,100 --> 00:23:04,367 [narrator] So Melissa makes the tough call to go home to Florida 430 00:23:04,467 --> 00:23:08,333 permanently and restart her life there. 431 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,333 She was very disappointed, because she really thought that 432 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,333 they would help her with her dream, and it didn't turn 433 00:23:14,467 --> 00:23:17,266 out that way at all. She said, "I'm done. 434 00:23:17,367 --> 00:23:19,433 I'm not going to talk to them anymore." 435 00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:24,233 She was not gonna go back, and she then decides to open up 436 00:23:24,367 --> 00:23:26,333 another studio, and I remember that 437 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,333 very clearly, because she was very excited about it. 438 00:23:31,066 --> 00:23:33,834 [narrator] With her competition for Craig's attention gone, 439 00:23:33,900 --> 00:23:37,567 Kelly can turn her focus back to winning Ms. Olympia. 440 00:23:37,667 --> 00:23:40,934 But once again, she suffers yet another defeat 441 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,867 to the reigning queen, Susie Curry. 442 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:48,834 Her self-esteem has to be, I mean, in the gutter. 443 00:23:48,900 --> 00:23:51,834 [narrator] And with Kelly coming in second, not only in 444 00:23:51,900 --> 00:23:54,233 Ms. Olympia, but smaller competitions, 445 00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:55,367 as well, 446 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:58,634 Craig is taking her losses personally, too. 447 00:23:58,700 --> 00:24:02,967 Despite everything that he's doing to accelerate 448 00:24:03,066 --> 00:24:05,667 Kelly's career, none of it seems to be working. 449 00:24:05,767 --> 00:24:10,367 And so he starts to spiral even when he's in the audience. 450 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,967 He can't handle seeing his work of art not be judged as such. 451 00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:31,233 [bleep] 452 00:24:34,700 --> 00:24:37,567 It was her turn, it was going to be her "it" season. 453 00:24:37,634 --> 00:24:40,166 But she's 31 at this point. 454 00:24:40,266 --> 00:24:44,433 She has been doing this for 8 long years. 455 00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:48,734 And she's pouring thousands of dollars into 456 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,033 plastic surgery and training 457 00:24:51,100 --> 00:24:53,634 and she's not having her it time. 458 00:24:53,700 --> 00:24:57,233 She is somebody that doesn't want to give up and is willing 459 00:24:57,300 --> 00:25:00,433 to fight, but it's getting harder every day, 460 00:25:01,767 --> 00:25:03,166 and she's turning into 461 00:25:04,367 --> 00:25:08,066 a different version of herself, a harder, 462 00:25:08,133 --> 00:25:12,667 more bitter, angrier version of herself. 463 00:25:12,767 --> 00:25:16,834 [Lee] It has been alluded to that they had violent fights. 464 00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:19,433 Now there was never any explanation further than 465 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:21,934 the word violent, but I wasn't there. 466 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,967 [Jessie] Kelly doesn't realize the danger she may be in with 467 00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:28,634 her husband because he has always put her on a pedestal. 468 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:32,567 So maybe she doesn't care if he's a roided out monster, as 469 00:25:32,667 --> 00:25:34,333 long as he's her monster. 470 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:39,133 [Lee] Craig spent all this money on having reconstructive surgeries 471 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,133 done to her body, be it cosmetic or just, 472 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,166 you know, physical, and nothing seems to be working. 473 00:25:45,233 --> 00:25:47,767 There has to be a degree of frustration for them both, 474 00:25:47,867 --> 00:25:51,433 and maybe she saw how much attention that Melissa 475 00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:52,767 got from Craig. 476 00:25:52,867 --> 00:25:54,533 Maybe she thought, oh, I'm gonna be a brunette, 477 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:55,533 and I'll get that attention. 478 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,333 I don't know if this is true or not. 479 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,100 Nobody really knows what goes on behind closed doors. 480 00:26:00,166 --> 00:26:04,433 Something must have happened in those last years that has just 481 00:26:04,567 --> 00:26:07,567 really damaged her, whether it be at herself, 482 00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:10,734 mentally, or whether it be someone within her circle, 483 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,033 you know, whether it be Craig, who's hurt her so badly that 484 00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:16,867 she's damaged emotionally, mentally. 485 00:26:19,100 --> 00:26:20,533 I don't know. 486 00:26:28,266 --> 00:26:30,834 [narrator] Kelly Ryan's burnt car has just been found 487 00:26:30,900 --> 00:26:32,166 in the Nevada desert 488 00:26:32,266 --> 00:26:34,433 with a female body in the trunk. 489 00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:37,166 Detectives race to her home to notify her husband. 490 00:26:37,266 --> 00:26:41,166 Detective Wilson and Detective Mogg 491 00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:43,834 arrived at the registered address for Kelly Ryan, 492 00:26:43,900 --> 00:26:49,367 and they knocked on the door to inform whoever was living there 493 00:26:49,467 --> 00:26:53,233 that more than likely we had the body of Kelly Ryan found 494 00:26:53,300 --> 00:26:55,634 inside her burned out Jaguar. 495 00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:58,767 But instead, to their surprise, 496 00:26:58,834 --> 00:27:00,834 Kelly Ryan is the one that answered the door. 497 00:27:10,066 --> 00:27:12,533 [Jessie] Back in Florida, Melissa's dance studio had 498 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,066 actually closed. 499 00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:18,333 It seems like perfect timing, then, when Craig and Kelly get 500 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,634 in touch with her and tell her that they are launching 501 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:22,367 their own apparel brand, and they will have 502 00:27:22,467 --> 00:27:24,734 a retail store, that she would be 503 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,834 perfect in the position of manager. 504 00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:30,967 She believed with that two years of space, everyone had 505 00:27:31,066 --> 00:27:33,834 matured a little bit, the air had certainly cleared. 506 00:27:33,967 --> 00:27:36,433 She thought this might be the perfect opportunity that 507 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:38,166 she needed at the right time. 508 00:27:38,233 --> 00:27:41,634 [Tatianna] She moved right back in like nothing had ever changed. 509 00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:43,634 Like, she just popped right back into the household 510 00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:47,033 to help them with the clothing business and to be 511 00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:50,066 their assistant and to help them in every facet. 512 00:27:50,133 --> 00:27:51,634 [narrator] But after a few weeks, 513 00:27:51,700 --> 00:27:55,634 it becomes clear nothing has changed after all. 514 00:27:55,767 --> 00:27:58,533 [Dean] Craig is paying more attention to Melissa again. 515 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,233 You have Kelly that's been surgically altered and gone 516 00:28:01,300 --> 00:28:05,934 through all these issues, and she's older versus Melissa. 517 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,834 She's not surgically changed in any way, 518 00:28:08,967 --> 00:28:12,166 and so that increased the tension between 519 00:28:12,266 --> 00:28:13,433 the two women. 520 00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:20,166 Melissa finds herself back in the middle of Craig and Kelly 521 00:28:20,233 --> 00:28:22,233 and their dysfunction. 522 00:28:22,300 --> 00:28:27,634 So she told her mother that it just wasn't happening and that 523 00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:30,734 it was probably best that she come home permanently. 524 00:28:30,867 --> 00:28:34,233 [narrator] On December 12th, the tension is so bad, 525 00:28:34,300 --> 00:28:37,233 Melissa moves out of the house, and Craig buys her 526 00:28:37,300 --> 00:28:38,834 a one-way ticket home. 527 00:28:40,767 --> 00:28:42,934 [door creaks open] 528 00:28:46,367 --> 00:28:50,133 When the detectives knocked on the door, and they were met by 529 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,934 Kelly Ryan, they were taken aback by it, no question. 530 00:28:55,767 --> 00:28:59,533 After the shock wears off that Kelly Ryan is not the victim 531 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:03,967 that was found in the desert, they definitely need to speak 532 00:29:04,066 --> 00:29:07,433 with her to figure out who this mystery victim is now. 533 00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:15,233 [Dean] Part of what Kelly told us is that 534 00:29:15,300 --> 00:29:17,066 at about 5 o'clock in the morning, 535 00:29:17,133 --> 00:29:19,634 she had gone into the garage, and she saw that 536 00:29:19,700 --> 00:29:21,433 the Jaguar was missing. 537 00:29:24,266 --> 00:29:27,634 And she suspected that their live-in assistant, 538 00:29:27,700 --> 00:29:30,867 Melissa James, had snuck back into the house 539 00:29:30,934 --> 00:29:32,367 and had stolen the car. 540 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,834 Kelly didn't report it to the police because they were 541 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:39,166 hoping that she would bring it back, and they didn't want to 542 00:29:39,233 --> 00:29:42,133 get her in trouble by reporting the car stolen. 543 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:48,667 Kelly told detectives that they, over the past couple of 544 00:29:48,767 --> 00:29:53,066 weeks, prior to the Jaguar being missing, that they had 545 00:29:53,133 --> 00:29:58,266 discovered that Melissa was using their credit card outside 546 00:29:58,367 --> 00:30:00,634 of what she had been given authorization to do. 547 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,734 She explained that they went into Melissa's room 548 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,433 and searched through it, and that's when they found 549 00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:09,734 the credit card. 550 00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:17,433 They also found receipts and other information, too, 551 00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:20,367 regarding their account information and Kelly's 552 00:30:20,433 --> 00:30:21,834 personal information. 553 00:30:24,467 --> 00:30:27,367 According to Kelly, she told detectives that 554 00:30:27,467 --> 00:30:32,567 she had an argument with Melissa over the accusations of 555 00:30:32,634 --> 00:30:34,533 taking money from them 556 00:30:37,266 --> 00:30:42,634 and that they were done and that Melissa was being 557 00:30:42,700 --> 00:30:44,834 essentially kicked out of the house. 558 00:30:44,900 --> 00:30:47,033 [narrator] While Kelly gives her version of events 559 00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:48,533 over the past few days, 560 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,333 Craig is interviewed separately. 561 00:30:52,166 --> 00:30:55,734 [Dean] He also said that they suspected that Melissa was 562 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:57,000 stealing from them. 563 00:31:00,066 --> 00:31:04,834 He told Detective Mogg that he knew about Melissa using 564 00:31:04,967 --> 00:31:07,533 the credit cards, and that he had been -- he had 565 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,433 given her permission to do that. 566 00:31:09,567 --> 00:31:12,967 But when the fight occurred between Kelly and Melissa, 567 00:31:13,100 --> 00:31:15,967 he took Melissa to the local hotel 568 00:31:16,066 --> 00:31:17,967 just for everything to cool down. 569 00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:25,066 He purchased a one-way ticket for Melissa to go back home, 570 00:31:25,166 --> 00:31:30,033 and he brought her back to the house on the afternoon of 571 00:31:30,100 --> 00:31:34,934 the 13th so that Melissa could pack up her things in order to 572 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,367 make the trip back for Christmas. 573 00:31:38,266 --> 00:31:41,333 [Jessie] At this point, detectives believe the body 574 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:45,233 that was found in the trunk was Melissa James. 575 00:31:45,367 --> 00:31:48,433 Or, if she is not the body that's in that burning car, 576 00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:50,166 then where is she? 577 00:31:52,767 --> 00:31:54,433 [narrator] While they await forensic testing of 578 00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:58,033 the remains in Kelly's burned car, detectives drilled deeper 579 00:31:58,100 --> 00:32:00,233 into Craig and Kelly's story. 580 00:32:00,300 --> 00:32:03,834 We had the location of the local hotel where Craig 581 00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:05,233 said that he took Melissa. 582 00:32:05,300 --> 00:32:07,867 We were able to go there and confirm that. 583 00:32:07,934 --> 00:32:11,166 We have the debit card, and we were able to see 584 00:32:11,266 --> 00:32:14,567 purchases that occurred at a local Walmart. 585 00:32:14,667 --> 00:32:16,934 We were able to pull surveillance video 586 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,734 for the time period 587 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,133 of the last purchase, which was approximately 588 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,233 4 o'clock in the morning on the 14th. 589 00:32:24,367 --> 00:32:26,967 [narrator] Detectives are stunned at what they see. 590 00:32:30,066 --> 00:32:32,934 We saw who we recognized to be 591 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:37,133 Kelly Ryan wearing a red jumpsuit 592 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,533 with white stripes on it. 593 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,734 We were able to track her all the way through the store. 594 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,667 We found that she purchased seven large bottles 595 00:32:46,767 --> 00:32:48,467 of charcoal the lighter fluid, 596 00:32:50,266 --> 00:32:51,533 and then she left the store. 597 00:32:56,300 --> 00:33:01,867 We saw the red Jaguar pull up in front of the door. 598 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,767 You could tell that the driver was a very large individual, 599 00:33:05,867 --> 00:33:07,834 we believed to be Craig Titus, 600 00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:12,967 get out of the driver's seat as Kelly brought the lighter fluid, 601 00:33:13,066 --> 00:33:15,233 and they put it behind the driver's seat 602 00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:16,266 of the vehicle. 603 00:33:16,367 --> 00:33:17,967 Craig got back in the driver's seat. 604 00:33:18,100 --> 00:33:20,233 Kelly got into the passenger seat. 605 00:33:20,300 --> 00:33:22,533 Nobody opened the trunk of the vehicle to put 606 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,734 the recently purchased items. 607 00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:31,266 We still needed to confirm things by getting a DNA sample 608 00:33:31,367 --> 00:33:32,767 from the body. 609 00:33:32,867 --> 00:33:36,467 But I was confident at that point that we were 610 00:33:36,567 --> 00:33:39,634 investigating the murder of Melissa James. 611 00:33:41,767 --> 00:33:45,934 Based on the evidence we had, that was enough for us to then 612 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:51,333 put together a declaration of arrest for Craig and Kelly. 613 00:33:51,467 --> 00:33:53,667 On the 20th, we call the criminal 614 00:33:53,767 --> 00:33:57,634 apprehension team to go to their address and take Craig 615 00:33:57,700 --> 00:33:59,433 and Kelly into custody. 616 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:03,033 But when they go to get Kelly and Craig, 617 00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:05,266 they're gone -- they've taken off. 618 00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:18,066 We have no activity. We don't have their vehicles. 619 00:34:18,166 --> 00:34:20,433 We don't see anything happening. 620 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:24,066 Kelly and Craig left that house never to go across 621 00:34:24,133 --> 00:34:27,333 the threshold again -- they never went back. 622 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:32,266 It hurt to know that my friend Craig and Kelly 623 00:34:32,333 --> 00:34:33,734 were even involved in this. 624 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,166 It didn't match their personality. 625 00:34:35,266 --> 00:34:37,433 It didn't match who I knew them to be. 626 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:47,333 [Dean] I got a phone call from a criminal defense attorney 627 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:51,834 saying that he had a client by the name of Megan Foley. 628 00:34:51,900 --> 00:34:54,333 She was a friend of Craig and Kelly. 629 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,567 So we had already talked to Megan. 630 00:34:56,634 --> 00:34:59,433 We got kind of a superficial interview. 631 00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:03,634 And now Megan is reporting that she had been given some items 632 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:08,066 by Craig and that she wanted to meet with the police again. 633 00:35:08,133 --> 00:35:10,834 [narrator] Megan is ready to tell the truth about her 634 00:35:10,967 --> 00:35:13,066 and her husband's visit with Kelly and Craig 635 00:35:13,166 --> 00:35:15,066 on the evening of December 13th, 636 00:35:15,166 --> 00:35:19,433 the night before Kelly's car is found burning in the desert. 637 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:22,133 One of the things that Megan told us is she was talking to 638 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,133 Kelly, who told her this allegation that Melissa was 639 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:26,734 stealing from them. 640 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,166 Kelly told Megan that she and Melissa had gotten into a fight 641 00:35:30,266 --> 00:35:32,467 about the theft earlier that day. 642 00:35:32,567 --> 00:35:36,033 And during the fight, Kelly said something about 643 00:35:36,100 --> 00:35:38,533 Melissa pulling this taser on her. 644 00:35:38,667 --> 00:35:41,333 And then Kelly tells Megan that she was able to get the taser 645 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,467 away from her and that she used the taser on Melissa, 646 00:35:44,567 --> 00:35:47,734 but that didn't have the effect that she wanted to have on it. 647 00:35:49,066 --> 00:35:54,066 [Jessie] Megan told police that Kelly screamed for help from Craig, 648 00:35:54,166 --> 00:35:56,433 who came running, and at that point, 649 00:35:56,500 --> 00:36:00,233 he grabbed Melissa, and he body slammed her 650 00:36:00,300 --> 00:36:01,533 into the floor. 651 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:05,333 And from that point on, he began beating her. 652 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,333 He began beating her senseless. 653 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,066 Kelly did not seem horrified by this. 654 00:36:10,166 --> 00:36:13,166 In fact, she joined in. 655 00:36:13,266 --> 00:36:16,133 [Dean] Craig ended up confessing to Megan 656 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,533 that he had killed Melissa, 657 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:23,533 and even to the point where he told her that Melissa was in 658 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:25,734 the trunk of the Jaguar. 659 00:36:25,867 --> 00:36:29,166 Finally, they find an appropriate break to say, 660 00:36:29,233 --> 00:36:31,333 "Wow, it's getting really late. We've got to go." 661 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:34,033 And as they're heading out the door, Craig says, 662 00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:36,767 "Hey, while you go, just take this with you, will you?" 663 00:36:36,867 --> 00:36:41,133 And he hands them a black duffel bag. 664 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,433 [Dean] And she's like, "That's not ours." 665 00:36:43,567 --> 00:36:45,533 I mean, "Why are you giving me that?" 666 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,533 And then Craig 667 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,333 suggested that he had already talked to her husband about it. 668 00:36:50,467 --> 00:36:53,667 So after they got back to the house, 669 00:36:53,767 --> 00:36:56,834 Megan and her husband opened the bag. 670 00:36:56,900 --> 00:37:02,066 And they find inside the bag, the case and the taser 671 00:37:02,133 --> 00:37:03,934 contained inside it. 672 00:37:04,066 --> 00:37:06,333 [narrator] Megan was shocked that her friends not only 673 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,066 confessed about torturing and killing Melissa 674 00:37:09,166 --> 00:37:10,934 for supposedly stealing from them, 675 00:37:11,066 --> 00:37:13,967 they also bragged about it. 676 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:17,533 [Dean] Megan said that one of the reasons she didn't go to 677 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:22,033 the police was because she was fearful of what Craig Titus 678 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:23,433 might do. 679 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:25,467 [narrator] Megan also reveals 680 00:37:25,567 --> 00:37:28,066 Kelly and Craig are headed to Boston 681 00:37:28,133 --> 00:37:29,667 and then out of the country. 682 00:37:29,767 --> 00:37:32,834 [Dean] And that blew things wide open. 683 00:37:32,900 --> 00:37:35,934 They intended to meet up with this bodybuilder friend 684 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:36,934 in Boston. 685 00:37:37,066 --> 00:37:38,367 We were in touch with that person. 686 00:37:38,467 --> 00:37:42,834 We now had that person, for fear of being involved, 687 00:37:42,900 --> 00:37:46,867 on the side of law enforcement and cooperating in the capture 688 00:37:46,967 --> 00:37:48,200 of Craig and Kelly. 689 00:37:53,867 --> 00:37:58,333 When Craig and Kelly got to the Boston area, we know that 690 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,166 they were in contact with this bodybuilder. 691 00:38:00,233 --> 00:38:02,433 But Craig, uh, 692 00:38:02,500 --> 00:38:05,433 went to get the oil changed on the truck, and Kelly was 693 00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:07,166 getting her nails done at the time that 694 00:38:07,266 --> 00:38:08,734 they were apprehended. 695 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,233 She didn't look anything like the magazine covers 696 00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:14,734 and the promo photos -- you could see the scars. 697 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,767 You could see the damage that had been done 698 00:38:17,834 --> 00:38:20,033 to her over the years, 699 00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:25,734 again, at Craig's prompting to make her look better. 700 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:27,133 [Gayle] How arrogant. 701 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,166 You know, you're just there just living your life, 702 00:38:29,266 --> 00:38:33,233 and you've killed someone else. Where's your humanity? 703 00:38:33,300 --> 00:38:37,166 I mean, just -- you've lost your way somewhere. 704 00:38:37,266 --> 00:38:39,533 Something's, you know, you're lost. 705 00:38:41,166 --> 00:38:45,066 [Alisa] When they got arrested, I was happy, but I was shocked, 706 00:38:45,166 --> 00:38:46,433 and I was mad, 707 00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:48,233 because she was getting her nails done, 708 00:38:48,300 --> 00:38:51,433 and he's sitting in the car like any -- 709 00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:53,734 like just a normal day. 710 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:56,834 [narrator] Craig is charged with the murder of Melissa James, 711 00:38:56,900 --> 00:38:59,233 kidnapping, and third-degree arson. 712 00:38:59,300 --> 00:39:02,934 Kelly is charged with battery, substantial bodily harm, 713 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,033 and third-degree arson. 714 00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:08,533 Weeks later, dental records confirm that the victim in 715 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,634 the trunk is Melissa James. 716 00:39:10,767 --> 00:39:16,066 We think collectively that there never was this misuse of 717 00:39:16,166 --> 00:39:18,634 the credit card, there never was stealing. 718 00:39:18,767 --> 00:39:22,834 There was jealousy on the part of Kelly 719 00:39:22,900 --> 00:39:25,634 for Melissa getting more attention than 720 00:39:25,700 --> 00:39:28,033 really she should. 721 00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:32,166 This is really a tragedy of Kelly's character, because of 722 00:39:32,233 --> 00:39:35,367 all of her experiences in life, -[woman] Congratulations, Kelly! 723 00:39:35,467 --> 00:39:39,166 because of the way she had treated women, and women had 724 00:39:39,233 --> 00:39:42,166 treated her and the pitting of women against each other 725 00:39:42,266 --> 00:39:44,734 for her entire career, 726 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:48,233 when she felt that rage because Craig wanted Melissa, 727 00:39:48,367 --> 00:39:51,066 she didn't turn it towards her husband. 728 00:39:51,166 --> 00:39:53,634 She turned it toward the woman. 729 00:39:53,700 --> 00:39:55,667 And they killed an innocent person. 730 00:39:57,367 --> 00:39:59,867 [narrator] As the trial is about to begin, 731 00:39:59,967 --> 00:40:02,166 everything suddenly changes. 732 00:40:02,266 --> 00:40:04,834 Craig and Kelly both plead guilty. 733 00:40:04,900 --> 00:40:08,367 Craig is sentenced to 21 to 55 years in prison. 734 00:40:09,567 --> 00:40:11,867 Kelly is sentenced to two consecutive terms 735 00:40:11,967 --> 00:40:14,333 of three to 13 years. 736 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:18,066 She serves nine years and is released in 2017. 737 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,834 The power couple divorce in 2009 738 00:40:21,967 --> 00:40:23,967 while they are both in prison. 739 00:40:26,567 --> 00:40:29,834 Those close to Melissa hold tight to memories of 740 00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:31,634 her gentle, beautiful spirit. 741 00:40:32,967 --> 00:40:37,066 Craig and Kelly didn't just take away Melissa. 742 00:40:37,166 --> 00:40:41,066 They took a lot of girls' dreams. 743 00:40:41,133 --> 00:40:42,767 Oh. 744 00:40:42,867 --> 00:40:45,667 That's a hard one for me. 745 00:40:45,767 --> 00:40:49,233 My daughter didn't dance after Melissa was killed. 746 00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:53,934 She quit dancing, so it's really hard. 747 00:40:59,100 --> 00:41:00,567 Oh, I'm sorry. 748 00:41:03,667 --> 00:41:07,834 Oh, if I had one last thing to say to Melissa, I would just 749 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:09,433 tell her how missed she was 750 00:41:11,567 --> 00:41:15,934 and how much I miss our birthday luncheons 751 00:41:18,300 --> 00:41:19,934 and that 752 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:23,000 I hope she's dancing.