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Narrator: YEARS OF LONGING...
THERE WAS SO MUCH WORK-UP TO THE DATE.
Narrator: ...FUEL THE FIRE FOR A PASSIONATE FIRST DATE.
I FELT A GENUINE CONNECTION WITH HIM.
Narrator: BUT LOVE IS A FOOL'S GAME.
DAMN IT!
TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF.
Lapham: THIS SKYROCKETS INTO
"WHAT THE HECK IS GONNA HAPPEN?"
Narrator: AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE DEVIL'S PLAYING.
Sund: HE TOLD HER SOMETHING BAD WAS GONNA HAPPEN,
AND IT DID.
PLEASE. PLEASE.
PLEASE.
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Narrator: CHRISTMASTIME IN MINNESOTA --
TOO COLD EVEN FOR THE HEARTIEST SOULS.
[ CELLPHONE VIBRATES ]
BUT INSIDE CATHERINE LEWIS' HOME,
THINGS ARE HEATING UP.
A MAN CATHERINE'S HAD HER EYE ON FOR MONTHS
FINALLY ASKS HER OUT.
Lewis: IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.
I FELT A GENUINE CONNECTION WITH HIM.
Narrator: CATHERINE IS
ABSOLUTELY SIZZLING WITH ANTICIPATION,
AND FOR GOOD REASON.
THIS IS HER FIRST DATE IN FIVE YEARS.
Lewis: I DEFINITELY WANTED TO DATE,
IT JUST WASN'T -- IT WASN'T EASY.
Sund: CATHERINE WAS A SINGLE PARENT
RAISING A 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
SHE'S WORKING, TRYING TO SUPPORT HERSELF AND HER CHILD.
Narrator: LUCKILY, HER DATE, KELO, UNDERSTANDS.
HE HAD A DAUGHTER, AND IT JUST MADE ME FEEL LIKE
HE'LL BE GOOD WITH KIDS IN GENERAL.
Narrator: TO PROVE IT, KELO SUGGESTS
A ROMANTIC NIGHT IN AT CATHERINE'S PLACE
SO SHE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FINDING A BABYSITTER.
HER 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER SIDNEY IS ALREADY SOUND ASLEEP.
ALL CATHERINE'S GOT LEFT TO DO NOW IS WAIT.
[ SIGHS ]
KELO IS RUNNING LATE.
I REALLY JUST KEPT THINKING, "HE'S NOT GONNA SHOW UP,"
BECAUSE I HAD BEEN LET DOWN SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST
THAT I JUST ASSUMED
IT'S GONNA BE LIKE EVERY OTHER TIME.
[ VEHICLE APPROACHES ]
THERE WAS SO MUCH WORK-UP TO THE DATE.
I WAS IN SHOCK AND EXCITED
WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR.
HI.
[ CHUCKLES ]
HI.
I-I-I AM SO SORRY I AM SO LATE.
HE WAS JUST EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED.
AND A MOVIE, IF IT'S NOT TOO LATE?
OH! THAT'S SO SWEET OF YOU.
Narrator: AND THAT'S A FEELING CATHERINE CAN BARELY REMEMBER.
I WAS MARRIED FOR A VERY SHORT TIME,
DIVORCED,
AND FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS,
I HAVEN'T DATED ANYONE.
I WAS DEFINITELY EXCITED AND HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW,
HE'S GONNA BE JUST AS GREAT IN PERSON
AS HE HAS BEEN THROUGH TEXT MESSAGES.
Narrator: TONIGHT IS THE FIRST TIME
SHE'S ACTUALLY SEEN KELO IN PERSON.
UP UNTIL NOW, THEIR ROMANCE HAS BEEN PURELY VIRTUAL.
Lewis: I DON'T GET TO GO OUT, BASICALLY, EVER.
I RAISED SIDNEY ON MY OWN SINCE SHE WAS 6 MONTHS OLD.
SHE HAS SOME MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES,
SO FINDING A BABYSITTER IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
NO!
A FRIEND HAD SUGGESTED THAT
ONLINE DATING MIGHT BE A GOOD CHOICE FOR ME.
I FOUND A LOT OF GUYS WHO WERE
JUST LOOKING TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU
AND A LOT OF GUYS WHO
PRETENDED TO BE SOMETHING THEY WEREN'T.
Narrator: BUT ALL IT TAKES IS JUST ONE MISTER RIGHT.
ENTER KELO.
[ CLICKS ]
Lewis: I REALLY LIKED WHAT HE HAD TO SAY IN HIS PROFILE.
"I'M A DOWN-TO-EARTH GUY. I'M LOOKING FOR A RELATIONSHIP."
I DECIDED TO MESSAGE HIM.
ONCE WE STARTED TEXTING, I MEAN,
IT WAS AN EVERY DAY, ALL DAY THING.
"YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.
"I WANT TO BE WITH YOU.
I WANT TO HOLD YOU."
THERE WERE SOME MORE GRAPHIC TEXT MESSAGES.
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO
ACTUALLY, PHYSICALLY BE WITH HIM.
Narrator: BUT THE NIGHT OF THEIR BIG DATE WAS ALMOST A BUST.
[ ENGINE SPUTTERING ]
KELO IS LATE TO CATHERINE'S BECAUSE OF CAR TROUBLE.
TO MAKE IT TO HER PLACE AT ALL,
HE HAD TO COME UP WITH A PLAN "B," AND QUICK.
KELO CONTACTED AN ACQUAINTANCE SAYING HE NEEDED A RIDE.
TONIGHT? RIGHT NOW? DUDE.
HE PAID THE PERSON SOME GAS MONEY.
Narrator: IT'S NOT ENOUGH, THOUGH.
KELO HAD TO PULL A FAST ONE.
HE TOLD HIS BUDDY ABOUT A CUTE FRIEND OF CATHERINE'S.
Lapham: HE PROVIDED HIM WITH A PHONE NUMBER
TO MEET WITH A GIRL.
WELL, THAT'LL WORK.
Be there in 20.
Narrator: BUT WHILE KELO ENJOYS THE DATE OF A LIFETIME,
HIS FRIEND IS LEARNING THAT
SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY ANYTHING TO GET WHAT THEY WANT.
AS IT TURNED OUT, KELO PROVIDED HIM WITH
A BOGUS PHONE NUMBER.
Narrator: LEAVING HIS BUDDY OUT IN THE COLD.
INSIDE, CATHERINE IS
BLISSFULLY UNAWARE OF THE DECEPTION...
OR THAT BEFORE THE DATE IS DONE,
THINGS WITH KELO WILL TAKE A TERRIFYING TURN.
[ ENGINE SPUTTERS ]
Narrator: KELO HAD TO LIE HIS WAY INTO
GETTING A LIFT TO HIS DATE
BY DUPING HIS FRIEND WITH A NASTY TRICK.
KELO PROVIDED HIM WITH A BOGUS PHONE NUMBER.
Narrator: BUT THE RUSE GOT HIM WHERE HE WANTED,
AND NOW KELO AND CATHERINE ARE HAPPILY
GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER.
HOW WAS TODAY WITH SIDNEY?
I...
NOT SO GREAT?
NOT ONE OF HER BETTER DAYS.
Lewis: HE KNEW ABOUT SIDNEY,
HOW HARD IT WAS TO DEAL WITH HER.
AND HE WAS DEFINITELY A GOOD LISTENER.
IS THAT HER?
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT'S MY LITTLE ANGEL.
HOW OLD IS SHE THERE?
CATHERINE SAID THE NIGHT SEEMED TO GO VERY WELL.
Lewis: HE WAS LIKE, "YOU WANT TO LAY WITH ME ON THE COUCH
AND WE CAN CUDDLE?"
THEY DID SOME MAKING OUT.
EVERY MINUTE THAT GOES BY,
YOUR TRUST LEVEL INCREASES.
I DON'T THINK I HAD FELT A CONNECTION LIKE THAT
SINCE MY EX-HUSBAND.
Narrator: MAYBE KELO WON'T NEED TO
WORRY ABOUT A RIDE HOME AFTER ALL.
JUST... A LITTLE SLOWER.
[ SMOOCHING ]
AH...
WHAT?
I JUST THINK WE SHOULD SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE.
Sund: CATHERINE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO BE PRESENT
WHEN HER DAUGHTER GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING.
HE WAS AGREEABLE TO THAT.
HE SAID HE WOULD JUST WALK UP TO THE NEAREST STORE BY ME
AND CALL HIS BUDDY AND GET PICKED UP THERE.
Narrator: THE SAME BUDDY HE'D PLAYED FOR A FOOL
JUST HOURS AGO.
UPSTAIRS, CATHERINE IS FAST ASLEEP.
BUT AS THE SUN RISES...
[ DOOR CREAKS ]
[ GRUNTING ]
...HER SWEET DREAMS ARE SHATTERED.
EVERYTHING WAS RINGING,
AND I WAS JUST GOING, "WHAT'S GOING ON?"
[ GASPING ]
AND THEN I GOT SLICED WITH A STEAK KNIFE
ACROSS MY CHEST.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU KIND OF REALIZE,
"OKAY, NOT A DREAM, THIS IS REALITY."
MY EYES WERE OPEN, BUT I COULDN'T FOCUS ON ANYTHING.
AND THEN I FINALLY REALIZED WHO IT WAS.
Narrator: HER DATE, KELO.
[ WHIMPERING ]
I'M GONNA TEACH YOU A LESSON
FOR LETTING A STRANGER IN YOUR HOUSE.
HIS CHILLING WORDS SOUND AN ALARM.
GET UP!
IF KELO REALLY WANTS TO TEACH CATHERINE A LESSON,
HE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW TO GET HER ATTENTION.
Lewis: MY MIND IMMEDIATELY WENT TO SIDNEY.
SHE DID NOT KNOW HOW HER DAUGHTER WAS.
HER MOTHERLY INSTINCT KICKED IN.
CATHERINE WAS GOING TO DO WHATEVER SHE NEEDED TO DO
TO KEEP HER DAUGHTER SAFE.
TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF.
AT THAT POINT, I WAS NOT GOING TO FIGHT BACK.
[ STIFLED SOBS ]
HURRY UP.
I LOOKED AT HIM AND I SAID,
"DO YOU WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH ME?
"'CAUSE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT,
LET'S JUST DO IT AND GET IT OVER WITH."
NO.
I WANT MORE THAN THAT.
[ STIFLED SOBS ]
Lapham: WHEN HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT HER,
THIS SKYROCKETS INTO, YOU KNOW,
"WHAT THE HECK IS GONNA HAPPEN?"
"ARE YOU GONNA KILL ME? ARE YOU GONNA KILL MY DAUGHTER?"
I'M GOING TO TAKE EVERYTHING FROM YOU.
Narrator: CATHERINE'S INTERNET CHARMER KELO...
[ GRUNTING ]
...IS ACTUALLY A BRUTAL ASSAILANT.
AND NOW,
SHE'S AT HIS MERCY.
TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF.
[ STIFLED SOB ]
I THINK THAT KELO'S PURPOSE IN HAVING CATHERINE STRIP DOWN
WAS TO SHOW HER THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE IN CHARGE.
Narrator: CATHERINE'S 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, SIDNEY,
IS ALSO IN THE HOUSE, HER FATE UNKNOWN.
OUT.
OUTSIDE.
DECEMBER IN MINNESOTA IS INCREDIBLY COLD.
Narrator: THIS MORNING, THE TEMPERATURE IS
NEARLY 20 DEGREES BELOW FREEZING...
AND CATHERINE IS NAKED.
INSTINCTIVELY, SHE MAKES A DESPERATE PLEA.
CAN I PUT MY SHOES ON?
FINE.
HER INNOCENT REQUEST HAS AN UNLIKELY EFFECT.
HURRY UP.
ASKING FOR SHOES HUMANIZES HER A LITTLE BIT,
SO IF HE HAS SOMETHING VERY DASTARDLY IN MIND,
THAT MAYBE HE'LL THINK TWICE ABOUT IT.
IT GAVE ME A GLIMMER OF HOPE.
Narrator: BUT THIS HOPE IS SHORT LIVED.
GO.
GO!
THERE WAS SO MUCH ADRENALINE AT THAT POINT
THAT I DIDN'T REALLY NOTICE THE COLD.
[ KEYS JINGLING ]
NO.
I SAID GET IN THE TRUNK!
HE WAS VERY ANGRY THAT I WAS HESITATING.
I SAID GET IN THE DAMN CAR! GET IN!
SO, I SQUEEZED MYSELF IN.
[ SOBS ]
GIVE ME YOUR HANDS.
GIVE THEM TO ME.
NO! N--
DON'T MAKE A SOUND.
[ TRUNK SLAMS ]
KELO PROCEEDED TO COLLECT PROPERTY FROM HER HOME.
Narrator: HE LEAVES LITTLE BEHIND,
STOOPING SO LOW AS TO STEAL SIDNEY'S CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
CATHERINE CAN HEAR HIM MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE GARAGE
UNTIL, SUDDENLY...
EVERYTHING GOES QUIET.
[ DOOR CREAKS ]
SHE THOUGHT TO HERSELF,
"I'VE GOT TO TRY TO YELL FOR HELP.
Lewis: I STARTED TO USE MY LIPS AND MY TONGUE
TO PUSH THE DUCT TAPE DOWN OFF OF MY MOUTH.
Narrator: THEN, A DANGEROUS GAMBLE.
[ Muffled ] HELP ME!
Lewis: I STARTED TO SCREAM FOR THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR
IN HOPES THAT HE WAS GETTING READY TO GO TO WORK
AND WOULD HEAR ME ON HIS WAY OUT THE DOOR.
I'M IN THE TRUNK!
GET ME OUT OF HERE!
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]
Narrator: SURE ENOUGH, CATHERINE HEARS AN UNMISTAKABLE SOUND --
FOOTSTEPS.
SHE PRAYS THEY BELONG TO HER NEIGHBOR.
Sund: WHEN SHE TOOK THAT RISK, IT WAS A BIG RISK
BECAUSE KELO TOLD HER IF SHE CALLED OUT FOR HELP,
SOMETHING BAD WAS GONNA HAPPEN.
Narrator: A DATE THAT SEEMED HEAVEN-SENT
HAS DESCENDED INTO PURE HELL.
Lewis: [ Muffled ] HELP! IN THE TRUNK!
BUT CATHERINE'S YELLING
HAS FINALLY CAUGHT SOMEONE'S ATTENTION.
PLEASE. PLEASE.
IT WAS KELO.
NOW YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
HE SAID THAT I WAS GONNA BE PUNISHED.
GET OVER HERE.
COME HERE!
PLEASE, DON'T! AAH!
MY HANDS IMMEDIATELY STARTED TURNING PURPLE.
HE PROBABLY WENT AROUND MY HEAD
AT LEAST 30 TIMES WITH THE DUCT TAPE.
IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS NEVER GONNA STOP.
[ MUFFLED SOBBING ]
Narrator: BUT KELO IS JUST GETTING STARTED.
TURN AROUND.
TURN OVER!
HE TOOK THE KNIFE, AND HE SLICED ME
DOWN MY THIGH AND MY BUTTOCKS.
HE DID THAT TWICE.
Lapham: THAT WAS A WARNING TO HER
TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT,
OR IT GETS WORSE THE NEXT TIME.
THAT WAS THE LAST TIME CATHERINE WAS IN A KNOWN ENVIRONMENT.
Lewis: I WAS PANICKED BECAUSE
I WASN'T IN THE HOUSE WITH MY DAUGHTER.
Lapham: WHEN THAT CAR LEAVES THE DRIVEWAY,
THE CHANCES OF HER EVER COMING BACK ARE VERY SLIM.
Narrator: BUT THEN SOMETHING INCREDIBLE HAPPENS.
THE SEED CATHERINE PLANTED EARLIER,
WHEN SHE ASKED KELO FOR A PAIR OF SHOES,
SEEMS TO TAKE ROOT.
YOU WARM ENOUGH BACK THERE?
HE BEGINS TO DISPLAY A BIZARRE CONCERN FOR HER.
HE STARTED TALKING TO ME ALONG THE WAY.
CATHERINE?
YOU WARM ENOUGH?
Lapham: HE WAS DIRECTING HIS COMMENTS TO HER.
YOU OKAY BACK THERE?
IT WOULD SHOW SOME SENSE OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO.
Narrator: THIS PRECARIOUS BOND IS CATHERINE'S ONLY HOPE
THAT THIS DATE WON'T END IN HER DEATH...
OR HER DAUGHTER'S.
KELO STASHES CATHERINE'S STOLEN POSSESSIONS...
...BEFORE TAKING HER TO THEIR FINAL STOP.
Lapham: HIS INTENT COULD HAVE BEEN TO
TAKE THIS WOMAN AND KILL HER.
[ MUFFLED CRIES ]
AAH!
[ GROANS ]
Narrator: FEARING FOR HER LIFE,
CATHERINE AGAIN APPEALS TO KELO'S EMPATHY
BY MAKING ANOTHER SIMPLE REQUEST.
CAN I HAVE A CIGARETTE?
HE GAVE ME TWO CIGARETTES.
Narrator: AND, ONCE MORE,
HUMANITY BEGETS HUMANITY...
PUT IT ON.
...EVEN FROM A MONSTER.
Lapham: IN A VERY UNUSUAL CASE FROM "A" TO "Z,"
HE TAKES OFF HIS JACKET AND GIVES IT TO HER,
AND SHE CAN GO.
COME ON.
GET OUT. HURRY UP.
Narrator: CATHERINE IS MADDENINGLY CLOSE TO BEING FREE.
[ PANTING ]
...BUT KELO'S NOT QUITE DONE WITH THEIR DATE.
I HAVE PEOPLE WATCHING YOUR HOUSE.
IF YOU TELL ANYBODY WHAT HAPPENED,
I'LL KILL YOU.
I'LL KILL EVERYONE YOU LOVE.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
Lewis: I JUST WANTED TO GET TO SIDNEY.
I WAS IN A MAD RUSH TO GET HOME.
Narrator: SHE HAS NO IDEA IF SHE WILL
FIND HER DAUGHTER ALIVE OR DEAD.
[ HORN HONKS ]
SIDNEY! SIDNEY! SI--
OH, MY GOSH. OH!
I THOUGHT YOU FORGOT ABOUT ME.
NO, I DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOU, OKAY?
MY DAUGHTER WAS AWAKE, AND SHE JUST STARTED CRYING.
AND SHE'S LIKE, "DID YOU LEAVE WITHOUT ME?"
AND I'M LIKE, "NO, HONEY. NO."
OKAY, I GOT YOU. COME ON.
Narrator: IN NO TIME, POLICE ARE ON THE CASE
AND DOWNLOAD KELO'S ONLINE DATING PROFILE
BEFORE HE CAN DELETE IT.
Lapham: WE WERE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY, LOCATE HIM, AND ARREST HIM
WITHIN 30 HOURS.
Narrator: CATHERINE'S DATE FROM HELL IS FINALLY OVER.
BUT HER CHRISTMAS STILL NEEDS RESCUING.
A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE STOLEN
WERE HER CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO HER DAUGHTER.
THE DETECTIVES AND THE OFFICERS DECIDED IT WOULD BE A NICE THING
IF WE WRAPPED UP ALL OF THOSE GIFTS.
SHE WAS JUST ELATED THAT WE TOOK THE TIME TO DO THIS,
AND YOU COULD TELL THAT
IT MEANT SOMETHING.
Lewis: YOU JUST WANT TO CRY.
IT WAS VERY SPECIAL.
Narrator: WILLIAM "KELO" HAMMAC
PLEADS GUILTY TO AGGRAVATED ROBBERY,
AND BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE CRUELTY,
IS PUT AWAY FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS --
NEARLY DOUBLE THE NORMAL MAXIMUM SENTENCE.
CATHERINE'S WORDS TO ME WERE, "I WANT HIM TO GO
FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN POSSIBLY GET HIM TO GO."
Lewis: IT DEFINITELY MAKES ME FEEL SAFER.
I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO TRY DATING AGAIN,
I JUST WILL NEVER INTERNET DATE AGAIN.
IT NEEDS TO BE A FRIEND OR A FRIEND OF A FRIEND.
NO STRANGERS.