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Narrator: A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY...
I HATE YOU!
...AND A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR FORTUNE
LEAD TO A GREEDY, BLOOD-SOAKED ACT OF RAGE.
AN THEN LATER, THE MARRIAGE OF A CHARISMATIC GAMBLER
AND HIS HOT-TEMPERED WIFE GOES BUST,
AND ODDS ARE ONE OF THEM ISN'T COMING OUT OF IT ALIVE.
TO ERR IS HUMAN,
BUT IT TAKES A RARE BREED OF MONSTER TO COMMIT DEADLY SINS.
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IT'S BAD ENOUGH TO BE RIDDLED
BY THE DEADLY SINS OF GREED AND WRATH.
TRAGIC INDEED WHEN THAT POISON SPREADS TO YOUR CHILDREN.
THIS IS THE STORY OF A BROTHER AND SISTER
WHO GREW UP UNDER THE THUMB OF A MANIPULATIVE MONSTER,
A DEPRAVED FAMILY WITH A VERY UNHAPPY ENDING.
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Narrator: YOUNG KARA AND HER OLDER BROTHER, JARED,
LIVE IN A QUIET SUBURBAN COMMUNITY
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF DENVER, COLORADO.
THEIR FATHER, HAROLD "HAP" ENANDER,
IS A WANNABE INVENTOR WHO DREAMS OF STRIKING IT RICH
AND EARNING HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE IN HEAVEN.
HAP WORKED WITH YOUTH GROUPS AT THE CHURCH
AND HE ALSO PLAYED IN THE CHURCH BAND.
HE WAS PERCEIVED AS, YOU KNOW, BEING SAINTLY ALMOST,
EXTREMELY GENEROUS AND LOVING
AND GOOD TO THE KIDS AT THE CHURCH.
Pett: JARED AND KARA BOTH SAID THAT,
"I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE SAY THAT ABOUT MY DAD
BECAUSE HE'S SOMEBODY ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AT HOME."
Narrator: HAP MAY BE GOD-FEARING
BUT KNOWS ALL TOO WELL HOW TO INSTILL FEAR IN OTHERS.
Enander: THERE WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SIDE TO HIM THAT HIS KIDS SAW.
YOU HAD TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAID OR WHAT YOU DID.
GET DOWN HERE!
IF YOU CROSSED HIM, HE NEVER, EVER FORGAVE YOU.
HE WOULD HARM YOU IN SOME WAY.
Narrator: HIS FAMILY IS DOWNRIGHT AFRAID OF THIS CHURCH-GOING MAN.
I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THAT!
I TOLD YOU!
HE WOULD, YOU KNOW, MAN-HANDLE YOU IN A CONFRONTATION.
HE'D GRAB YOU AND ROUGH YOU UP A LITTLE BIT.
JARED HAPPENED TO MOVE ONE OF HAP'S TOOLS IN THE SHOP.
HE TOOK HIS BELT OFF AND WAS STRIKING JARED.
AND I SAID TO HIM, "YOU'RE GONNA KILL HIM," AND STOPPED HIM.
Narrator: AFTER YEARS OF ABUSE,
HAP'S WIFE, GERRI, IS FINALLY FED UP AND THREATENS TO LEAVE.
LEAVING?
WE'RE DONE. I'M GETTING A DIVORCE.
THAT ONLY INFURIATES HAP MORE.
HAP TOLD ME THAT HE WAS ABOVE ME
BECAUSE HE HAD A SPECIAL LINE TO GOD.
HE BACKED ME UP AGAINST A WALL ONE DAY
AND HAD A FIST UNDER MY CHIN
AND TOLD ME THAT I WOULD NOT DARE TO LEAVE HIM.
AFTER ALL, HE WAS A DEACON IN THE CHURCH
AND HE COULDN'T BE DIVORCED.
AND BESIDES, IF I LEFT HIM,
HE WOULDN'T GET MY FATHER'S FARMLAND,
AND THAT'S WHAT HE REALLY VALUED.
Narrator: DESPITE HAP'S INTIMIDATION,
GERRI FOLLOWS THROUGH ON HER THREAT.
HE WAS JUST SO ANGRY BECAUSE I HAD SEPARATED FROM HIM.
AAH!
Narrator: THEN, DURING THE DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS,
A BLOCKBUSTER ACCUSATION EMERGES AGAINST HAP.
THE COUNSELOR REPORTED TO ME
THAT KARA HAD BEEN SEXUALLY MOLESTED.
Narrator: THE COUNSELOR URGES GERRI TO TAKE KARA
FOR A MEDICAL EXAMINATION.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE DOCTOR
CAN'T FIND PHYSICAL PROOF OF *** ABUSE,
HAP MAKES A SICKENING ADMISSION.
HE DID CONFESS TO THE COUNSELOR THAT HE WAS INTO ***
AND THAT HE HAD INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED LITTLE GIRLS,
YOUNG GIRLS.
Narrator: ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO SOLID PROOF
THAT HAP MOLESTED HIS OWN CHILDREN,
THE COURT DECIDES THAT JARED WILL LIVE WITH HIS FATHER
WHILE KARA REMAINS WITH HER MOTHER.
NOT LONG AFTER THE DIVORCE,
HAP'S FORTUNES CHANGE WHEN ONE OF HIS INVENTIONS STRIKES GOLD.
HAP DEVELOPED A HOT WATER HEATER FOR RVs
THAT WOUND UP BEING PRETTY POPULAR.
AND HE BUILT AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY BEHIND THAT.
HAP WAS WEALTHY, BY DEFINITION,
INTO THE MILLIONS AS A RESULT OF HIS SELF-START COMPANY,
AQUA-HOT.
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IT'S EVERY INVENTOR'S DREAM COME TRUE --
ONE GOLDEN GADGET THAT MAKES IT RAIN MONEY.
BUT NO AMOUNT OF CASH GUARANTEES YOU'LL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT,
A BIG FAMILY FORTUNE ONLY EXACERBATES BIG FAMILY PROBLEMS,
AS THIS DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY WOULD COME TO FIND OUT.
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Narrator: THE YEARS GO BY, AND WHILE HAP FLOURISHES AS AN ENTREPRENEUR,
HE CONTINUES TO FLOUNDER AS A PARENT.
AND NOW THAT HIS CHILDREN ARE OLDER,
KARA'S RESENTMENT CAN NO LONGER BE CONTAINED.
Pett: KARA, SHE HAD BEEN DOING SOME VACUUMING AT HER DAD'S HOUSE.
SHE WAS ON THE STAIRWAY AND THEY HAD A DISAGREEMENT
ABOUT HOW IT WAS TO BE DONE.
AND HE PUSHED HER PARTWAY DOWN THE STAIRS.
Narrator: BUT SOON THERE'S ANOTHER PROBLEM IN KARA'S WORLD,
AND IT SHATTERS HER.
THE BOYFRIEND THAT SHE HAD HAD
TOLD HER THAT HE WAS GONNA BE GOING WITH ANOTHER GIRL.
SHE JUST FELT ABSOLUTELY HOPELESS.
SHE MADE A SUICIDE ATTEMPT.
SHE INJECTED AMMONIA INTO HER ARM
AND WE DIDN'T KNOW FOR ABOUT 12 HOURS
WHETHER SHE WOULD EVEN LIVE.
KARA RECOVERS JUST IN TIME FOR BROTHER JARED
TO HAVE HIS OWN BRUSH WITH DEATH
THANKS TO A BAD BATCH OF HOMEMADE FIRECRACKERS.
Enander: IT WAS FLASH FIRE.
I WAS MIXING FLASH POWDER AND FRICTION IGNITED IT.
I WAS BURNED.
Narrator: JARED REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION FOR WEEKS.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER HE WAS GONNA LIVE,
IF HE HAD HEARING OR VISION.
HIS DAD DIDN'T EVEN COME TO SEE HIM FOR THREE DAYS.
AND JARED FEELS VERY, VERY ABANDONED REGARDING THAT.
Narrator: WHEN POLICE QUESTION HAP ABOUT THE EXPLOSIVES,
HE THROWS HIS BADLY INJURED SON UNDER THE BUS.
Enander: I COULD HIM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY LYING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND THAT HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE THAT I WAS MAKING FIRECRACKERS
OR ANY OF THAT, AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT.
SO, HE WAS CLEARLY LYING TO COVER HIS BUTT.
Narrator: MEANWHILE, KARA, THE SUICIDE SURVIVOR,
HEADS OFF TO COLLEGE
BELIEVING SHE'S ENTITLED TO GET WHATEVER SHE WANTS.
SOON SHE MEETS STEWART LOUNSBURY.
AND INSTEAD OF HITTING THE BOOKS,
THESE TWO STUDENTS FIND EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO HIT THE SHEETS.
Pett: SHE'D GET ALL DRESSED UP
AND BE ALL EXCITED ABOUT A ROMANTIC NIGHT.
Narrator: AFTER THREE YEARS OF DATING, THEY DECIDE TO TIE THE KNOT.
BUT THE COUPLE QUICKLY CREATES A FINANCIAL MESS,
MAXING OUT SEVERAL CREDIT CARDS.
KARA AND HER HUSBAND, STEWART,
WERE LIVING WELL BEYOND THEIR MEANS.
THEY WERE TAKING TRIPS TO ASIA, SKY DIVING,
CONSTANT TRIPS TO THE MOUNTAINS FOR SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING.
Narrator: WITH NO JOB PROSPECTS AND NO INTENTION
OF SLOWING DOWN THEIR EXTRAVAGANT LIFESTYLE,
KARA RELUCTANTLY TURNS TO HER FATHER
AND HIS BOOMING COMPANY AQUA-HOT TO BAIL HER OUT.
HAP ANNOUNCED THAT STEWART HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY AQUA-HOT
AND HE WOULD BE OVER THE I.T. COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTERS,
ET CETERA.
STEWART WAS MAKING IN EXCESS OF $100,000 A YEAR
MAYBE EVEN UP TO $120,000 WITH BONUSES, AND THAT HE WAS ALSO
HAVING HIS DOUBLE MASTER'S DEGREE TUITION PAID FOR.
Narrator: AND WHILE STEWART'S PUNCHING THE CLOCK,
KARA SPENDS ALL OF HER TIME BREEDING DOGS.
Enander: SHE COULD NEVER HOLD A JOB VERY LONG.
SHE'D BE DRIVING AROUND DOING THESE DOG SHOW THINGS,
BUT THAT'S NOT ANYTHING YOU CAN REALLY MAKE A LIVING AT --
OR AT LEAST SHE WASN'T.
Narrator: GIVEN THE GROWING APPETITE KARA AND HER NEW HUSBAND HAVE
FOR EXPENSIVE FUN AND GAMES,
KARA KEEPS SHAKING THE MONEY TREE BY SHAKING DOWN HER FATHER.
SHE WAS THREATENING TO MAKE COMMENTS
ABOUT SOME OF THE PAST EXPERIENCES
SHE HAD WITH HER FATHER.
SHE WOULD TRY TO EXTORT MONEY FROM HIM.
MY DAD SAID, "YOUR SISTER'S MAD AT ME AGAIN,
AND SO I'M PUTTING HER ON THE PAYROLL,
BUT SHE'S NOT ACTUALLY GONNA BE AT THE COMPANY."
Narrator: SEEMS KARA'S FOUND A WAY TO CASH IN ON HER AWFUL CHILDHOOD.
AND SOON, SHE AND STEWART ARE ENJOYING TWO HOMES,
A CONSTANT FLOW OF NEW CARS, AND EXOTIC VACATIONS.
BUT BY NOW, MOST OF THOSE TRIPS ARE TAKEN SEPARATELY.
Faulhaber: STEWART, THE HUSBAND, SPENT A LOT OF TIME AWAY FROM HER.
HE DID HIS OWN THING, SHE DID HER OWN THING.
Pett: HE WOULD GO UP TO VAIL RESORT UP IN THE MOUNTAINS
ON THE WEEKEND
AND KARA BECAME VERY INVOLVED WITH A SKY-DIVING GROUP.
AND SHE DID ADMIT TO ME AT ONE POINT
THAT SHE DID HAVE SOME OTHER ROMANTIC INTERESTS.
Faulhaber: RUMOR THROUGH THE FAMILY
IS THAT SHE WAS HAVING SOME TYPE OF AN AFFAIR
WITH EITHER A SKY-DIVING BUDDY OR A PILOT BUDDY.
Narrator: AFFAIRS SHE CARRIES ON WITH NO REGARD FOR HER HUSBAND.
IT APPEARED TO BE A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE,
AND SHE'S GOT THE FREEDOM TO DO THINGS
THAT SHE STILL WANTS TO DO.
Narrator: KARA'S BROTHER, JARED,
IS ALSO PART OF DAD'S EXPANDING BUSINESS.
Faulhaber: JARED WAS A TINKERER.
HE BUILDS THINGS, AND HE ALSO HAD A RENTAL COMPANY
WHICH HE WOULD RENT OFFICE FURNITURE, MACHINES,
THINGS TO THAT NATURE TO AQUA-HOT.
Narrator: BY 2005, HAP IS TWICE DIVORCED.
BUT THE 66-YEAR-OLD FINDS LOVE FOR A THIRD TIME
WITH 57-YEAR-OLD VELVA "SUE" HENNING.
IN ADDITION TO SINGING AND PLAYING TOGETHER
IN THE CHURCH BAND, THEY RUN A CHRISTIAN YOUTH GROUP.
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HOW NICE FOR HAP.
HE HAS BUCKETS OF MONEY, AN ADORING NEW WIFE,
AND A HALO OVER HIS HEAD.
BUT THIS BAD DAD HAS ALREADY SEWN THE SEEDS OF DISASTER.
AND THE HAPPIER HE GETS,
THE MORE RESENTFUL AND GREEDY HIS CHILDREN BECOME.
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Pett: KARA HAD A FEAR OF BEING CUT OUT OF THE WILL
BECAUSE SHE AND HER DAD
HAD BEEN SO ADVERSARIAL THROUGHOUT HER LIFE.
Enander: SHE WASN'T HAPPY THAT HE WAS GETTING MARRIED.
AND MY DAD, EVEN THE DAY OF THE WEDDING,
PULLED ME OFF TO THE SIDE AND SAID,
"I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR SISTER'S GONNA BE HERE.
SHE'S MAD AT ME AGAIN."
Narrator: AND HAP MANAGES TO POUR MORE GASOLINE
ON THE PROVERBIAL FIRE WITH HIS DAUGHTER.
Pett: HER DAD WOULD RUB IT IN AND SAY,
"WELL, WHY CAN'T YOU GIVE ME GRANDKIDS?
ALL YOU DO IS GIVE ME DOGS."
AND I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT REALLY PIERCED HER DEEPLY.
Narrator: KARA IS SEETHING, MADE WORSE BY THE FACT
THAT SHE'S STILL DEPENDANT ON DEAR OLD DAD
TO SUPPORT HER HIGH-FLYING LIFESTYLE.
CONSUMED BY GREED,
KARA BELIEVES SHE'S ENTITLED TO HAP'S MILLIONS.
BUT SO DOES JARED AND SO DOES HAP'S NEW WIFE, SUE.
A TERRIBLE STORM IS BREWING,
AND THIS DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY AFFAIR
IS ABOUT TO BE RIPPED APART AT THE SEAMS.
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Narrator: AT AN AGE WHEN MOST MEN ARE ENJOYING THEIR GOLDEN YEARS,
HAP ENANDER IS ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH HIS DAUGHTER, KARA,
WHO'S ANGLING TO GET HER HANDS ON HIS FORTUNE.
NOT ONLY IS KARA FUMING OVER HER FATHER'S RECENT MARRIAGE,
SHE CAN'T HELP THAT NOTICE THAT HAP AND JARED
ARE CLOSER THAN EVER -- LITERALLY.
HE MOVED OUT ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY NEXT TO MINE.
I BASICALLY WAS ABLE TO GET MY FATHER BACK.
WE DID ALL KINDS OF THINGS TOGETHER.
HAP AND JARED LIVED ABOUT A QUARTER MILE APART.
YOU COULD SEE EACH RESIDENCE FROM THE OTHER.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE LONG, THERE'S TROUBLE IN THE ENANDERS' NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE HAD THESE LARGE HAY BALES AROUND HIS PROPERTY,
AND SOMEBODY STARTED SETTING THEM ON FIRE.
Sears: HE HAD THOUGHT THAT KARA HAD SET THOSE FIRES,
AND HE WAS AFRAID FOR HIS LIFE.
Faulhaber: SO HE PURCHASED A SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND PUT IT UP
IN HOPES TO CATCH WHOEVER WAS SETTING HIS HAY BALES ON FIRE.
Narrator: AND SON JARED IS PREPARED TO DEAL WITH
WHOEVER THE ARSONIST MAY BE.
HE WAS AN AMMUNITION AND FIREARMS AFICIONADO.
HE HAD HUNDREDS OF FIREARMS IN HIS HOUSE.
Narrator: MEANTIME, A YEAR AFTER MARRYING SUE,
HAP ANNOUNCES PLANS TO RETIRE
AND BEGINS AN ALL-OUT SEARCH FOR A NEW CEO TO RUN HIS EMPIRE.
MY SISTER PUT IN A RESUME WHEN HE OPENED UP THAT POSITION.
Pett: I DON'T THINK SHE HAD THE CAPABILITIES -- NOT EVEN CLOSE.
BUT IN HER MIND, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE OWNER.
Narrator: WHEN HAP DECIDES TO HIRE A CEO WITH REAL CREDENTIALS,
HE FEARS HIS DAUGHTER MIGHT JUST BLOW HER STACK.
HE SAID, "OH, I CAN, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE BUMP YOUR PAY OR SOMETHING."
AND THEN IT WAS A BIG INSULT TO HER.
SHE WANTED IT ALL OR NOTHING.
THEY HAD A FIGHT OUT IN THE PARKING LOT.
IT GOT PRETTY HEATED.
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SO NOW YOU'VE GOT AN UNSTABLE DAUGHTER
WITH A HUGE CHIP ON HER SHOULDER,
A DEFENSIVE SON WITH AN ARSENAL OF GUNS,
A TROUBLE-MAKING DAD,
AND A NEW WIFE WHO KARA HAS DEEMED A GOLD-DIGGER.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
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Narrator: FURIOUS WITH BOTH HER DAD AND HER BROTHER,
KARA IS DETERMINED TO DROP A BOMB ON THEIR RELATIONSHIP,
AND SHE GETS STEWART TO DO HER BIDDING.
STEWART LOUNSBURY HAD ACCESS TO ALL OF THE FINANCIAL RECORDS
FOR THE COMPANY.
THEY LEARNED HOW MUCH HAP HAD BEEN PAYING TO JARED.
Narrator: THEY PRODUCE COMPANY RECORDS
THAT MAKE IT APPEAR JARED IS RIPPING OFF THEIR FATHER.
HAP IS FIT TO BE TIED.
WHAT DO YOU SAY FOR YOURSELF?
Sears: THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS FIGHT OVER IT.
JARED AT THAT POINT SAID THAT HAP WASN'T HIS FATHER ANYMORE.
IT WAS MORE ABOUT A BETRAYAL AND OLD BAGGAGE, I GUESS,
WITH GROWING UP WITH MY FATHER.
AND SO, THAT KIND OF INFURIATED ME.
Pett: JARED DECIDED THAT HE WOULD RETALIATE AGAINST HIS DAD.
HE WASN'T GONNA GO TO CHRISTMAS DINNER,
WHICH WAS CONSIDERED A COMMAND PERFORMANCE FOR HAP.
Narrator: KARA'S DELIGHT OVER THE WRECKED RELATIONSHIP IS SHORT-LIVED
WHEN SHE GETS WIND OF A RUMOR.
HER WORST FEAR MAY BE COMING TRUE.
KARA BELIEVED THAT HAP HAD CHANGED HIS WILL,
BUT SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW HE HAD CHANGED IT OR WHAT WAS IN IT.
AND SO, SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT SHE WOULDN'T GET ANYTHING.
Narrator: KARA IS NOW TERRIFIED
HER FATHER'S FORTUNE IS SLIPPING AWAY.
SO SHE FIGURES, WHAT BETTER TIME TO REVERSE COURSE
AND JOIN FORCES WITH JARED, THE BROTHER SHE JUST BETRAYED?
SHE WAS JUST INSANELY JEALOUS OVER THE MONEY
AND SHE WANTED ME TO LET HER KNOW
WHEN MY FATHER AND STEPMOTHER WERE GONNA BE OUT OF TOWN
SO SHE COULD GO IN AND GET A LOOK AT THE WILL.
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JARED INHERITED HIS FATHER'S INGENUITY AND INTELLIGENCE.
KARA INHERITED HIS GREED, RAGE, AND ENVY.
GETTING A NEW STEPMOM CAN BE TRICKY BUSINESS,
BUT IN KARA'S CASE,
THESE DEADLY SINS HAVE REACHED EPIC PROPORTIONS.
BY NOW, SHE'S LIKE AN ANGRY BULL WHO CAN ONLY SEE RED.
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Narrator: THAT'S WHEN KARA STARTS PLOTTING.
Enander: SHE WAS GENUINELY APPALLED
WHEN SHE ASKED ME HOW I COULD WORK FOR HIM.
AND THEN SHE SAID,
"I THOUGHT YOU WOULD HAVE KILLED OUR FATHER
FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT WENT ON WHEN WE WERE KIDS."
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Narrator: AFTER A LIFETIME MIRED IN ANGER, GREED, AND ENVY,
KARA LOUNSBURY HAS CONVINCED HERSELF
THAT SHE AND HER BROTHER JARED
ARE ABOUT TO BE CUT OUT OF THEIR FATHER'S
MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR INHERITANCE.
THAT'S WHEN SHE STARTS HINTING TO JARED
THAT THEY MIGHT BOTH BE BETTER OFF IF THEIR FATHER WAS DEAD.
INSTEAD, JARED DECIDES TO BE A PEACEMAKER
AND BURIES THE HATCHET WITH HIS DAD.
DAD CAME OVER AND KNOCKED ON MY DOOR
AND, YOU KNOW, WE MADE UP AND SHOOK HANDS,
AND EVERYTHING WAS GOOD, YOU KNOW?
AND SHE HAD TROUBLE ACCEPTING THAT.
Narrator: NOW WHAT'S KARA TO DO?
SHE AND HER HUSBAND, STEWART,
HAVE BEEN LIVING WAY BEYOND THEIR MEANS FOR YEARS
AND ARE DROWNING IN $250,000 OF CREDIT-CARD DEBT.
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KARA NEEDS CASH.
AND AS FAR AS SHE'S CONCERNED, THE BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN.
HER DAD, STEPMOM, AND BROTHER ARE NOW THE ENEMY,
EACH BLOCKING THE WAY TO HER FULL INHERITANCE.
SO SHE LAUNCHES A WAR STRATEGY
DESIGNED TO GET EVERY BIT OF THE MONEY
SHE BLINDLY BELIEVES SHE'S ENTITLED TO.
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Narrator: IT'S 3:00 A.M. ON JANUARY 14, 2009,
WHEN KARA BEGINS THE WAR ON HER FAMILY.
SHE STOPS AT HER BROTHER'S PLACE FIRST.
SHE'S FULLY PREPARED
WITH NO INTENTION OF LEAVING A SINGLE FINGERPRINT BEHIND.
KARA APPEARED AT JARED'S HOUSE,
GOT OUT OF HER TRUCK, WENT TO THE HOUSE.
Faulhaber: I BELIEVE SHE WAS THERE TO KILL JARED, ELIMINATE HIM,
AND TAKE ONE MORE PERSON OUT OF THE WILL.
Redman: JARED NEVER HEARD ANYONE AT HIS DOOR.
HE DIDN'T HEAR A KNOCK, HE DIDN'T HEAR A DOORBELL,
THERE WAS NO PHONE CALL.
HE SLEPT THROUGH IT.
Enander: SHE TRIED TO SNEAK IN.
I MEAN, IT WAS GOOD THAT I HAD MY DOOR LOCKED.
Narrator: JARED ESCAPES KARA'S WRATH UNSCATHED.
THEN SHE DRIVES JUST OVER 400 YARDS
TO HAP AND SUE'S HOUSE.
MY DAD HAD THE DOOR --
YOU KNOW, THE DOOR WASN'T LOCKED SO SHE WAS ABLE TO SLIP IN.
Narrator: BENT ON CARRYING OUT AT LEAST PART OF HER PLAN,
KARA CREEPS INTO HER FATHER'S BEDROOM.
THERE'S NO TURNING BACK NOW.
Faulhaber: SHE WENT TO THE FOOT OF THE BED, SHOT HAP ONE TIME.
THE SHOT WAKES UP SUE.
Narrator: KARA DOESN'T KNOW SUE KEEPS A SEMI-AUTOMATIC GUN.
SHE'D BEEN SHOT IN THE LEG. SHE'D BEEN SHOT IN THE ARM.
THERE WAS A SHOT INTO THE LEFT ARMPIT AREA.
Faulhaber: THE FIGHT ENSUED OVER THAT GUN.
Redman: SUE MADE AN EFFORT TO DEFEND HERSELF.
AND THEN, ULTIMATELY,
THE GUN ENDED UP IN THE HAND OF KARA LOUNSBURY.
Narrator: CONSUMED WITH BLOODLUST,
KARA TURNS SUE'S GUN ON HER,
FIRST BY BEATING HER STEPMOTHER UNCONSCIOUS.
THEN SHE FINISHES THE JOB
BY SHOOTING SUE WITH HER OWN WEAPON.
IT WAS A VIOLENT, BRUTAL KILLING.
16 TO 20 IMPACTS TO THE SKULL AREA
WITH SUCH DEGREE OF FORCE THAT CRUSHED THE SKULL.
Narrator: BUT KILLING IS NOT ALL KARA HAS COME FOR.
Faulhaber: SHE TORE THE PLACE APART.
SHE'S LOOKING FOR THE WILL IN THE DEN.
AND SHE JUST, YOU KNOW, BREAKS THINGS,
MOVES THINGS, THROWS THINGS AROUND.
Narrator: FOR ALL HER TROUBLE,
KARA COMPLETELY OVERLOOKS THE WILL
LAYING RIGHT THERE IN PLAIN SIGHT.
THE FOLLOWING MORNING, THE MURDERS ARE DISCOVERED.
AND FROM THE MOMENT COPS ARRIVE ON THE SCENE, THEY SMELL A RAT.
THE MOTIVE FOR THESE MURDERS CLEARLY WASN'T BURGLARY.
Faulhaber: THERE WAS MONEY IN PLAIN VIEW,
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY JUST LYING ON A TABLE,
EXPENSIVE THINGS, ANTIQUE GUNS, ELECTRONICS, JEWELRY.
Narrator: POLICE CAST THEIR WHITE-HOT SPOTLIGHT OF SUSPICION
ON HAP'S SON, JARED.
THEY THINK HE DID IT.
Redman: JARED WAS A SUSPECT GIVEN HIS POOR RELATIONSHIP
AND STRUGGLES THAT HE HAD HAD WITH HIS FATHER IN THE PAST.
NOT ONLY THAT, HE LIVED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
AND HE CERTAINLY HAD OPPORTUNITY.
Narrator: KARA'S PLOT IS FALLING INTO PLACE PERFECTLY.
SHE EVEN PRETENDS TO BE AFRAID OF HER BROTHER.
SHE SAID, "OH, MOM, I'M SO SCARED.
I'M AFRAID HE'S GONNA COME AND KILL ME."
Redman: THEY EXECUTED THE SEARCH WARRANT ON JARED'S HOME
AND COLLECTED WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS MULTIPLE FIREARMS.
Enander: I WAS HORRIFIED.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THE POLICE WERE COMING AFTER ME LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN.
Narrator: NOW THAT JARED'S BEING RAILROADED FOR THE KILLINGS,
KARA MAKES HER NEXT MOVE.
Sears: KARA STILL THOUGHT THAT AQUA-HOT WOULD GO TO HER.
SHE WENT IN TO MY DAD'S COMPANY AND MADE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
SHE WAS GONNA TAKE OVER.
Narrator: IT'S CLEARLY AN OVERSTEP
AND IT HELPS SHIFT SUSPICION FROM ONE SIBLING TO THE OTHER.
BUT KARA THEN MAKES MATTERS EVEN WORSE FOR HERSELF
WHEN SHE COMMITS A FUMBLE
REGARDING ONE OF THE GUNS USED IN THE MURDERS.
SEVERAL DAYS INTO THE INVESTIGATION,
KARA REPORTED THAT JARED HAD STOLED HER .9mm GLOCK.
HAD SHE REPORTED IT WHEN SHE CLAIMED IT HAD BEEN MISSING,
IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO SUSPICIOUS.
Narrator: NOW IT'S JARED'S TURN TO POINT THE FINGER AT HIS SISTER.
AFTER THE MURDERS, HE EXAMINES HIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
AND MAKES A COPY FOR DETECTIVES.
WELL, I JUST TOLD THEM THAT I HAD A VISITOR IN THE NIGHT.
I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS HER.
Redman: THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWED THAT KARA LOUNSBURY VISITED HIM
JUST AFTER 3:00 A.M.,
THE SAME TIME FRAME WITHIN WHICH HAP AND SUE WERE KILLED.
Narrator: AND WHEN THEY SEARCH HER HOUSE, THERE'S EVEN MORE EVIDENCE.
Sears: WHEN THE POLICE DID A SEARCH OF KARA'S HOUSE,
THEY STILL FOUND THE OUTLINE OF THE .9mm IN DUST
ON KARA'S DRESSER.
ALSO FOUND IN THE HOUSE WAS AMMUNITION
THAT MATCHED WHAT WAS FOUND AT THE SCENE OF THE MURDERS
AND A BOX OF LATEX GLOVES.
Redman: A LATEX GLOVE WAS DISCOVERED UNDER THE BODY OF SUE ENANDER.
Faulhaber: WE DID GET KARA'S DNA FROM THE LATEX GLOVE.
Narrator: SO MUCH FOR THE BEST LAID PLANS.
POLICE ARREST KARA SIX WEEKS AFTER THE MURDERS.
FROM THE TIME KARA WAS A LITTLE GIRL,
THE SINS OF GREED, ENVY, AND WRATH WERE EATING AWAY AT HER,
ERODING WHATEVER GOODNESS SHE ONCE POSSESSED
UNTIL SHE BECAME AN INSTRUMENT OF PURE EVIL.
NO MATTER WHAT TORMENT SHE ENDURED,
KILLING HER FATHER AND HIS WIFE IN THEIR BED?
THAT'S JUST STONE COLD.
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Narrator: KARA LOUNSBURY IS FOUND GUILTY
OF TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE ***
AND SENTENCED TO TWO CONCURRENT LIFE TERMS
WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
THE MOTIVE THAT KARA HAD WAS GREED. JUST GREED.
SHE WANTED MONEY. SHE WAS IN DEBT.
SHE LIKED TO LIVE A LIFE
THAT SHE WASN'T FINANCIALLY ABLE TO SUPPORT.
AND I BELIEVE THIS WHOLE THING WAS OVER GREED, MONEY.
KARA STOOD TO RECEIVED $100,000 IN THE EVENT OF HAP'S DEATH.
SHE WOUND UP RECEIVING NONE OF THAT
AS A RESULT OF HAP'S DEATH BEING A CRIME THAT SHE COMMITTED.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT HAP REAPED WHAT HE SOWED.
NOBODY DESERVES TO BE KILLED IN SUCH A HEINOUS WAY.
WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME MOST ABOUT THE MURDERS
WAS HOW VIOLENTLY SUE WAS BEATEN.
I MEAN, 23 STRIKES TO THE HEAD AND FOUR GUNSHOTS?
YOU HAVE TO BE PRETTY ANGRY.
Narrator: NEXT...A FEISTY WOMAN CLASHES WITH A HANDSOME CHARMER,
AND THE RESULTS ARE DEADLY.
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Narrator: MARCUS BEBB-JONES HAS ALWAYS BEEN LARGER THAN LIFE,
A COLORFUL CHARACTER IN SEARCH OF EXCITEMENT.
MARCUS WAS FUN TO BE AROUND. PEOPLE LIKED HIM.
HE WAS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY.
Narrator: BORN IN GREAT BRITAIN,
EVEN A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE FOR A WHILE,
HE WAS DRAWN TO THE UNITED STATES.
BUT HE CROSSED THE POND WITH A LOT OF SECRETS.
MARCUS WENT AWOL
WHILE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION.
Beeson: HE WAS IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY FOR SEVERAL YEARS
AND DID MANAGE TO STAY UNDER THE RADAR FOR ALL OF THAT TIME.
Narrator: MARCUS WAS ALSO A LOAN COLLECTOR BACK IN GREAT BRITAIN,
CHARMING PEOPLE RIGHT OUT OF THEIR MONEY.
Middleton: EVERYONE IN ENGLAND WHO WAS A CUSTOMER
SPOKE OF HOW HE WAS A SMOOTH TALKER.
Narrator: AND THIS SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL IS SEEKING HIGH STAKES.
SO, NATURALLY, WHEN MARCUS COMES TO THE U.S.,
HE GRAVITATES TOWARDS THE SIZZLING HOT ACTION
OF LAS VEGAS.
TROUBLE IS, ONCE HE ARRIVES,
HE'S WITHOUT ANY GREENBACKS TO WAGER.
Scott: MARCUS WAS WORKING AT A YOUTH HOSTEL.
HE WAS ALSO, I BELIEVE, IN SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
NOT VERY EXPENSIVE HOTELS, MOTELS, THAT KIND OF THING.
Narrator: ONE DAY DURING HIS VEGAS ADVENTURE,
HE MEETS SOMEONE HE HOPES CAN CHANGE HIS FORTUNE.
SHE IS SABRINA DANG, A BRIGHT AND AMBITIOUS HOTEL EXECUTIVE
WITH DREAMS OF OWNING HER OWN SMALL HOTEL.
Scott: SABRINA WAS AMBITIOUS, HARDWORKING,
HAD A VERY GOOD WORK ETHIC,
AND SHE WAS FEISTY, SHE HAD A TEMPER.
SHE WAS NOT GONNA BE ANYBODY'S DOORMAT.
Narrator: MARCUS IS ATTRACTED TO SABRINA'S BEAUTY, OF COURSE.
BUT IT'S HER DRIVE AND WORK ETHICS -- QUALITIES HE LACKS --
THAT REALLY PLAY INTO HIS MASTER PLAN.
HE GETS HIMSELF A JOB AT THE SAME HOTEL AS SABRINA.
THEN THE PLAYBOY PUTS HIS CHARM AND PERSUASION INTO OVERDRIVE,
AND SABRINA FALLS HARD UNDER HIS SPELL.
Richardson: I WAS SHOCKED.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE FUN WITH,
BUT MARCUS IS NOT A MAN THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FATHER
AND A GOOD PARTNER FOR YOU TO RAISE A FAMILY WITH.
Miklich: I DIDN'T FEEL ANY TRUENESS TO HIM.
I DIDN'T FEEL SINCERITY, AND I FELT LIKE HE WAS JUST USING HER.
Narrator: SEIZING THE MOMENT, MARCUS QUICKLY PROPOSES.
Scott: MARCUS SAW SABRINA AS SOLVING A COUPLE OF HIS PROBLEMS.
FIRST, STAYING IN THE COUNTRY.
BUT ALSO, HE COULD HITCH HIMSELF TO HER STAR.
Narrator: SABRINA'S SO COMPLETELY TAKEN WITH MARCUS
SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW URGENTLY HE NEEDS TO MARRY AN AMERICAN.
HIS 90-DAY VISA EXPIRED LONG AGO
AND HE HAS NO INTENTION OF BEING DEPORTED.
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IT'S AN EXPLOSIVE COMBINATION --
A MAN RULED BY SLOTH, PRIDE, AND GREED
WHO ARROGANTLY BELIEVES THE RULES DON'T APPLY TO HIM
AND AN AGGRESSIVE WOMAN WHO WILL LET NOTHING OR NO ONE
STAND IN HER WAY.
IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE SNAPS.
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Narrator: AFTER A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WEDDING JANUARY, 1993,
THE COUPLE MOVES TO GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO,
TO FOLLOW SABRINA'S AMBITIOUS DREAMS.
WITH A LOAN, THEY BUY A RUNDOWN LODGE AND TRANSFORM IT
INTO AN ATTRACTIVE BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
Richardson: SABRINA ALWAYS DREAMT SHE WAS GONNA HAVE A HOTEL.
I WAS SO PROUD OF HER BECAUSE I SAID, "OH, YOU HAVE YOUR DREAM.
YOU HAVE YOUR LITTLE GRAND JUNCTION HOTEL."
Narrator: EVERY PIECE OF THE DREAM
SEEMS TO BE COMING TOGETHER BEAUTIFULLY.
AND THE BIRTH OF THEIR SON, DANIEL, IN 1994
IS JUST THE ICING ON THE CAKE.
SHE LOVED DANIEL SO MUCH.
AND SHE JUST WAS AN AMAZING MOTHER.
Narrator: BUT THREE YEARS LATER, BY THE SUMMER OF 1997,
THE HOTEL HONEYMOON IS OVER.
THEIR BUSINESS WAS NOT DOING THAT WELL,
ESPECIALLY THAT SUMMER.
Narrator: TOURISM HAS HIT THE SKIDS.
THE COUPLE HASN'T COME CLOSE TO PAYING OFF THEIR HUGE DEBT.
AND WITH MONEY TIGHT, TENSIONS START RUNNING HIGH.
Imbriaco: THERE WERE ARGUMENTS BETWEEN MARCUS AND SABRINA
OVER THE BUSINESS.
SABRINA WOULD YELL AND RAISE HER VOICE.
MARCUS HAD A TEMPER AND WAS YELLING.
Scott: THERE BEGAN TO BE FIGHTS
ABOUT HOW TO RAISE THEIR CHILD, DANIEL.
Middleton: MARCUS FELT THAT SABRINA
WAS A LITTLE BIT OVERBEARING ON DANIEL,
THAT SHE CONTROLLED HIM A LITTLE TOO MUCH AND SPOILED HIM.
Narrator: WORKING HARD AT HOME AND AT THE HOTEL,
SABRINA'S GROWING TIRED OF HER SLOTHFUL HUSBAND --
NEVER MIND HIS WANDERING EYE.
Beeson: SHE'S TAKING CARE OF THE ROOMS,
SHE'S TAKING CARE OF THE KITCHEN,
TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE GETTING FED,
THAT SORT OF THING.
Richardson: HE WOULD NEVER BE HARDWORKING.
I NEVER SAW HIM, LIKE, LIFTING ANYTHING.
AND HE WAS A STRONG GUY.
HE WOULD COMPLIMENT EVERY GIRL AROUND HIM ON THEIR BEAUTY,
AND HE WOULD SAY FUNNY STORIES TO THEM.
Beeson: HE WOULD BE DRINKING WITH THEM,
FLIRTING WITH THE FEMALE HOTEL GUESTS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF SABRINA AS SHE'S WORKING
AND SLAVING IN THE HOTEL TO TRY TO REALIZE HER DREAM.
SABRINA WAS VERY JEALOUS OF MARCUS FLIRTING WITH THE GUESTS.
Beeson: HER ANGER WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, GETTING READY TO EXPLODE.
SABRINA COULDN'T HOLD IT IN ANYMORE.
SHE THREW THINGS AT HIM.
Middleton: THERE'S ALSO AN ACCOUNT OF SABRINA BEING ANGRY
AND THROWING A TABLE OR TURNING IT OVER.
Narrator: AT THE END OF HER ROPE,
SABRINA CALLS HER MOTHER FOR SOME ADVICE.
Middleton: SHE DID TELL HER MOM SHE AND MARCUS HAD TALKED ABOUT DIVORCE.
AND HER MOM TOLD HER TO GET OUT, TO COME HOME.
Narrator: BUT JUST AS SABRINA'S GETTING READY TO PULL THE RIPCORD,
MARCUS CONVINCES HER TO JOIN HIM ON A DAY TRIP
SO THEY CAN HASH OUT THEIR DIFFERENCES.
ON SEPTEMBER 16th, THEY PILE INTO THEIR MINIVAN.
SABRINA AND MARCUS STRIKE OUT FOR DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT
ON THE COLORADO/UTAH BORDER.
Scott: WHEN SABRINA AND MARCUS WENT INTO A GAS STATION,
THE ATTENDANT THERE REMEMBERED THEM
AND THEY SEEMED TO BE GETTING ALONG OKAY.
WHEN THEY GET TO DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT,
A RANGER THERE REMEMBERS AN ASIAN WOMAN
BEING VERY ANGRY AT HER HUSBAND.
EXACT WORDS FROM THE RANGER WAS,
"THIS ASIAN WOMAN WAS PISSED OFF."
Narrator: SABRINA'S HAD IT.
MARCUS' LIFE ON EASY STREET MAY BE SLIPPING AWAY.
THE FIGHTING ONLY ESCALATES
AS THEY BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY BACK TOWARD HOME.
BUT ONE OF THEM WON'T BE MAKING IT BACK.
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Narrator: ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1997,
SABRINA AND MARCUS BEBB-JONES HEAD OUT ON A DAY TRIP
TO DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT.
BUT THE COUPLE IS NONE TOO HAPPY TO BE TOGETHER.
IT ESCALATED AT SOME POINT
AS THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY.
I HATE YOU!
Scott: THEY GOT INTO A REALLY HEATED ARGUMENT.
WHEN THINGS WENT BAD, THEY WENT VERY BAD.
Narrator: EVERYONE IS ALARMED WHEN MARCUS RETURNS TO GRAND JUNCTION ALONE.
THAT EVENING, MARCUS PICKED UP DANIEL FROM THE BABYSITTER.
Scott: USUALLY, BOTH HE AND SABRINA WOULD GO UP TO THE DOOR.
THIS TIME, HE'S ALL ALONE.
THE BABYSITTER THOUGHT THIS WAS KIND OF UNUSUAL.
Narrator: MARCUS ADMITS THAT THE TRIP WENT BADLY --
SO BADLY THAT INSTEAD OF RESOLVING THEIR DIFFERENCES,
SABRINA STORMED OFF AND ABANDONED HIM.
Scott: MARCUS SAID THEY GOT INTO A BIG ARGUMENT
AT THE MALL IN GRAND JUNCTION.
SHE TOOK OFF FROM THE VAN AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WAS VERY ANGRY,
AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WENT.
Narrator: MARCUS RETURNS TO THE HOTEL WITH DANIEL
AND TELLS HIS EMPLOYEES THE SAME INCREDIBLE STORY.
THEY FOUND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SABRINA WOULD NOT COME BACK
GIVEN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH HER SON, DANIEL.
Scott: THE STAFF WANTED TO CALL THE POLICE.
HE SAID, "NO, NO, DON'T DO THAT.
SABRINA WOULDN'T LIKE IT."
Narrator: THE DAY AFTER SABRINA'S DISAPPEARANCE ON SEPTEMBER 17th,
MARCUS GETS THE VAN PROFESSIONALLY WASHED
AND DETAILED,
INCLUDING A THOROUGH SHAMPOOING OF THE CARPETS.
THE STAFF WERE REALLY SURPRISED BY THIS
'CAUSE USUALLY IT WAS DIRTY,
HE DIDN'T LIKE DOING THAT KIND OF STUFF,
AND IT HAD BEEN WASHED FAIRLY RECENTLY.
Narrator: THEN, JUST TWO DAYS LATER,
MARCUS DOES WHAT ANY DISTRAUGHT HUSBAND WOULD DO
WHEN HIS WIFE GOES MISSING.
HE PACKS UP AND, WITH HIS SON DANIEL IN TOW,
HEADS FOR LAS VEGAS.
MARCUS HAD SAID HE WAS GONNA GO TO LAS VEGAS
TO LOOK FOR SABRINA.
Narrator: IT'S TOO MUCH FOR THE HOTEL EMPLOYEES.
THEY FINALLY CALL 911 AND REPORT SABRINA MISSING.
AND -- BIG SURPRISE -- WHEN MARCUS ARRIVES IN LAS VEGAS,
HE MAKES PLANS TO GO OUT ON THE TOWN,
LEAVING HIS 3-YEAR-OLD TO FEND FOR HIMSELF.
Scott: MARCUS LEAVES DANIEL IN THE ROOM BY HIMSELF.
HE PUT DANIEL IN THE FLAMINGO HILTON.
MARCUS WAS IN THE MIRAGE.
THEY'RE COMPLETELY SEPARATE HOTELS.
Scott: HE USES SABRINA CREDIT CARDS.
HE RENTS A HIGH-END SPORTS CAR.
WENT OUT AND BOUGHT NEW CLOTHES AND KIND OF WENT OUT ON THE TOWN
DRINKING AND DOING DRUGS.
HE HAD GOTTEN A COUPLE OF PROSTITUTES.
Scott: MARCUS DOESN'T CARE THAT HE'S LEFT HIS SON IN THIS ROOM.
HE'S JUST HAVING THE TIME OF HIS LIFE.
HE'S USED SABRINA'S CREDIT CARDS
TO GET ADVANCES ON ABOUT $5,000 WORTH OF CASH.
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WE'VE ALL HEARD THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS.
BUT THIS IS BEYOND THE PALE.
ACTUALLY LEAVING YOUR CHILD ALONE IN A HOTEL ROOM
WHILE YOU CAVORT WITH A COUPLE OF PROSTITUTES?
COME ON!
THIS GUY IS A CALLOUS, SOULLESS, PARASITE
WHO LACKS ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY RESEMBLING A CONSCIENCE.
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Narrator: BUT LIKE A DRUG ADDICT CRASHING FROM A HIGH,
HIS PARTY SPREE IS ABOUT TO END WITH A ***.
A MAID GOES INTO THE HOTEL WHERE DANIEL IS,
AND THE LITTLE BOY'S THERE CRYING, HE'S SOILED HIMSELF,
AND THE MAID'S KIND OF FRANTIC,
SO, A SECURITY OFFICER COMES IN,
AND THE BOY IS TAKEN INTO CHILD-PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
Narrator: POLICE GO IN SEARCH OF THE DEADBEAT DAD,
BUT HE'S OFF THE RADAR, HOLED UP AT ANOTHER HOTEL,
CAREFULLY PLANNING HIS NEXT MOVE.
Scott: HE PLACES A PISTOL IN HIS MOUTH AND PULLED THE TRIGGER.
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Narrator: MARCUS IS QUICKLY DISCOVERED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
Scott: THE SHOT WENT OUT HIS CHEEK.
THIS WAS NOT A REAL SUICIDE ATTEMPT.
THIS WAS COMPLETELY FAKE.
HE TOOK THE BARREL OF THAT GUN, HE PUT IT INSIDE HIS MOUTH,
AND HE SHOT OUTSIDE HIS CHEEK -- COMPLETE FLESH WOUND.
MARCUS KNEW HOW TO HANDLE FIREARMS.
HE KNEW WHERE HE COULD SHOOT HIMSELF
AND NOT SUSTAIN A DEBILITATING INJURY.
Beeson: WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO PORTRAY IS GRIEF AT THE LOSS OF A WIFE
WHO LEFT HIM, WHO DUMPED HIM, AND HOW HE'S THE VICTIM.
Narrator: BUT INVESTIGATORS SEE RIGHT THROUGH HIS PLAY FOR PITY.
MARCUS' DEMEANOR WAS VERY STANDOFFISH.
HIS FIRST WORDS WERE "I WANT TO SEE A LAWYER."
Narrator: THEY DON'T SEE MARCUS AS A VICTIM
BUT AS THEIR PRIME SUSPECT IN HIS WIFE SABRINA'S DISAPPEARANCE
AND MOST LIKELY HER ***.
AFTER RECOVERING, IT TAKES MARCUS SEVERAL MONTHS
TO GET CUSTODY OF DANIEL FROM LAS VEGAS AUTHORITIES.
AS SOON AS THEY'RE ABLE,
THE FATHER AND SON RETURN TO COLORADO
AND CARRY ON THEIR LIVES WITHOUT SABRINA.
WE HAD NO OTHER SUSPECT IN THIS CASE OTHER THAN MARCUS.
Narrator: MOST OF THE EVIDENCE IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
BUT THE HARD EVIDENCE AGAINST MARCUS
BEGINS TO PILE UP, AS WELL.
THE DETECTIVES SEIZE THE VAN AFTER LAS VEGAS.
THEY HAD TESTING DONE ON IT, AND A LOT OF BLOOD SHOWED UP.
WHEN THEY USED THE LUMINOL ON THE BLOOD SPATTER,
IT LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE.
Narrator: STILL, WITHOUT A BODY AND AN EXACT CAUSE OF DEATH,
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FEELS THE CASE ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH
TO ARREST MARCUS -- AT LEAST FOR NOW.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, MARCUS IS LIQUIDATING ASSETS.
HE SOLD THE HOTEL, THE MELROSE,
AND MADE OVER A $200,000 PROFIT ON THAT.
HE ALSO SOLD THE HOUSE ON ROOD AVENUE
AND HE SOLD THE VEHICLE.
THE COURT ORDERS HIM TO PUT HALF THE PROCEEDS
IN AN ACCOUNT FOR HIS STILL-MISSING WIFE.
BUT BEFORE DOING SO,
MARCUS ABSCONDS TO ENGLAND WITH HIS SON,
TAKING ALL THE MONEY.
THERE HE BECOMES A PROFESSIONAL POKER PLAYER.
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AND SO, LIFE GOES ON FOR THE FLASHY LITTLE CREEP,
ENJOYING HIMSELF WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD --
COCKY, EVEN.
HE'S GOT MONEY, HE'S GOT STATUS,
AND APPARENTLY HE'S GOT A VERY SHORT MEMORY.
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Narrator: SEVEN YEARS PASS
AND SABRINA'S HEARTBROKEN FAMILY STILL HAS NO ANSWERS.
MEANWHILE, MARCUS IS NOW A CELEBRITY CARD SHARK.
BUT CAN HE MAINTAIN HIS POKER FACE
WHEN CONFRONTED BY A BLOCKBUSTER REVELATION BACK IN THE U.S.?
A RANCHER UP ON DOUGLAS PASS DISCOVERED A HUMAN SKULL.
THE SKULL WAS ANALYZED THROUGH DENTAL RECORDS
AND WAS A POSITIVE MATCH TO SABRINA BEBB-JONES.
Narrator: THOUGH NO OTHER REMAINS ARE FOUND,
THIS DISCOVERY BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO THE COLD CASE.
INDENTATIONS IN THE SKULL
SUGGEST THAT SABRINA WAS EITHER SHOT
OR SUFFERED SEVERE PUNCTURE WOUNDS.
INVESTIGATORS NOW HAVE A WORKING THEORY.
Scott: ON THE WAY BACK FROM DINOSAUR NATIONAL PARK,
THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT.
SABRINA WAS SO ANGRY,
SHE TOLD HIM THAT "I'M GONNA HAVE YOU DEPORTED.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE YOUR SON AGAIN."
Narrator: SABRINA HAD REACHED THE END OF HER ROPE AND MARCUS KNEW IT.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE FEAR OF LOSING HIS SON
PUSHED MARCUS OVER THE EDGE.
Beeson: THEY HAD FIGHTS THROUGHOUT THAT DAY.
HE PULLED OFF AT THE SPOT THAT HE HAD PRE-PLANNED.
HE GOT HIS SMALL WOMAN IN A PLACE
WHERE SHE'S COMPLETELY VULNERABLE AND DEFENSELESS
'CAUSE HE'S A BIG, STRAPPING, STRONG GUY.
Narrator: WHEN SABRINA WOULDN'T BACK DOWN,
MARCUS SNAPPED AND PUNCHED HER HARD IN THE FACE.
EVEN FOR AN ARROGANT, SELFISH MAN WITH AN OUTSIZED EGO,
HE HAD TO HAVE KNOWN IN THAT MOMENT
THAT HE'D STEPPED TOO FAR OVER THE LINE TO GO BACK.
THE ONLY WAY OUT NOW WAS TO GET RID OF SABRINA FOR GOOD.
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IT WAS BRUTAL. IT WAS A BRUTAL BEATING.
THERE'S JUST NO IFS, ANDS, OR BUTS ABOUT IT.
Beeson: THERE WAS BLOOD SPATTER ON THE BACK OF THE FRONT SEAT.
THERE WAS BLOOD SPATTER ON THE CHILD'S SEAT IN THE CAR.
THERE WAS BLOOD SPATTER ON THE FLOORBOARD.
Middleton: HE MURDERED HER AND DISPOSED OF HER BODY.
Narrator: MARCUS SCRAMBLED TO COVER UP HIS TREACHERY.
HE WIPED HIMSELF AND THE VAN CLEAN OF BLOOD
AND RETURNED TO GRAND JUNCTION
WITH A FICTITIOUS TALE OF HER DISAPPEARANCE.
WE DID PRESERVE ALL THE BLOOD EVIDENCE,
AND WE WERE PREPARED TO HOLD ON TO IT FOREVER.
Narrator: WITH A SOLID CASE AGAINST MARCUS BEBB-JONES,
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE NOW
IS GETTING HIM EXTRADITED FROM ENGLAND.
ONCE PROSECUTORS RELENT ON THE DEATH PENALTY,
THE ACCUSED KILLER IS RETURNED TO COLORADO.
IT WOULD APPEAR THE POKER PLAYER'S LUCK
HAS FINALLY GONE BAD.
HE IS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE ***
AND FACES A SENTENCE OF LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.
Scott: WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT AND HE WAS FACING A JURY TRIAL,
HE FOLDED HIS HAND
BECAUSE HE KNEW THOSE JURORS WERE GONNA CONVICT HIM.
Middleton: MARCUS AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO SECOND-DEGREE ***.
Narrator: EVER THE GAMBLER,
MARCUS CALLS THEIR BLUFF AND WITHDRAWS HIS PLEA DEAL.
LUCK IS ONCE AGAIN ON HIS SIDE
WHEN A NEW D.A. ALLOWS HIM TO FURTHER REDUCE HIS PLEA,
CLAIMING THE *** WAS COMMITTED
IN THE HEAT OF PASSION.
SABRINA'S FAMILY IS HORRIFIED IN MARCH OF 2013
WHEN MARCUS GETS A SENTENCE OF ONLY 20 YEARS...
...MAKING HIM ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN JUST SIX.
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CON ARTISTS ARE SOME OF THE MOST CHARISMATIC PEOPLE
ON THE PLANET.
THEIR SUCCESS DEPENDS ON IT.
BUT IN THIS CASE, CHARM CONCEALED A VERY SINFUL,
VERY BLACK HEART.
IT'S THE ULTIMATE INJUSTICE
THAT MARCUS BEBB-JONES MIGHT, IN FACT,
SERVE A MERE SIX YEARS FOR KILLING HIS WIFE.
LET'S HOPE THIS GAMBLER'S LUCK HAS FINALLY RUN OUT.
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Beeson: MARCUS IS A COLD-BLOODED KILLER, KILLED HIS SON'S MOTHER.
Redman: IT'S HARD TO SAY WHY A PERSON WOULD COMMIT SUCH BRUTAL,
VIOLENT ACTS UPON ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL,
MUCH LESS A FAMILY MEMBER.
Middleton: HE DID IT OUT OF PURE SELFISHNESS.
I THINK HE'S AN ANIMAL.
Miklich: I DON'T THINK HE REALIZES
WHAT HE DID AND HOW IT AFFECTED SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.
WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE, MARCUS WOULD DO ANYTHING
TO HAVE THE LIFESTYLE HE WANTED, INCLUDING ***.
Narrator: THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SINS TURN DEADLY.