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Narrator: TWO WOMEN SEARCHING FOR LOVE ONLINE
HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN THEY KNOW.
BOTH ARE BLONDS, BOTH WORK IN REAL ESTATE,
AND BOTH HAVE FALLEN FOR THE SAME MAN.
THIS GUY IS NO GOOD. HE'S BAD NEWS.
IT WAS AN EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY VIOLENT ATTACK.
Narrator: DOES THE WEB HOLD THE KEY
TO STOPPING A HOMICIDAL PSYCHOPATH
BEFORE HE STRIKES AGAIN?
Kallai: [ Voice breaking ] IT WAS LIKE ANNIE WAS TALKING TO ME.
SHE SAID -- SHE SAID, "GET ON THE COMPUTER.
YOU'LL FIND HIM."
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Beckman: ALL RIGHT, AND I WANT TO MAKE A TOAST.
TO GOOD FRIENDS.
GOOD FRIENDS. CHEERS.
Narrator: LAS VEGAS REALTOR 48-YEAR-OLD MARY KAY BECKMAN
HAD A BEAUTIFUL LIFE
UNTIL THE TRAGIC DEATH OF HER SOUL MATE, TOM,
FROM A HEART ATTACK.
SHE'S REELING AND BROKEN-HEARTED.
TOM WAS EVERYTHING TO HER.
IT CHANGED EVERYTHING.
WE WERE LIFE PARTNERS. WE WERE BUSINESS PARTNERS.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS NEXT.
AWW, YOU GUYS, I REALLY NEEDED THIS NIGHT OUT.
I KNOW. I KNOW.
I'M GLAD WE DID IT. I'M GLAD WE DID IT.
Narrator: MARY KAY AND TOM RAN A THRIVING REALTY BUSINESS.
COME ON IN.
BUT NOW, MARY KAY HAS TO FIND HER WAY FORWARD
WITHOUT THE SUPPORT SHE'S ALWAYS HAD.
NOW, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING
ABOUT THE NATURAL HARDWOOD FLOORS.
AREN'T THEY GORGEOUS?
AND WITH ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE COMPANY NOW ON HER SHOULDERS,
MARY KAY DOESN'T HAVE THE TIME OR HEART TO MEET SOMEONE NEW.
[ DOG BARKS ]
Beckman: I WAS LONELY. I WAS SCARED.
I WAS ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU EXPERIENCE
AFTER YOU LOSE SOMEONE.
[ KEYBOARD CLACKING ]
Man: DID YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU SIGN UP FOR OUR SERVICE ONLINE,
YOU'LL BE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO FIND A RELATIONSHIP
THAN PEOPLE WHO DON'T?
EVERYTHING YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY IS COUPLES,
AND EVEN THE ADVERTISEMENTS ON TV --
IT'S ALL ABOUT MARRIAGE AND LOVE AND HAPPINESS.
AND THEN YOU'RE SITTING THERE THINKING,
"I WANT TO BE PART OF THAT MARRIAGE AND HAPPINESS,
YOU KNOW, WORLD."
[ KEYBOARD CLACKING ]
THAT'S WHERE I STARTED INVESTIGATING THE ONLINE DATING.
Narrator: MARY KAY DECIDES TO SIGN UP WITH match.com,
THE MOST POPULAR DATING SITE IN THE U.S.
MAYBE IT WILL GIVE HER THE CHANCE
FOR SOMETHING GOOD TO COME INTO HER LIFE AGAIN.
Beckman: IT'S JUST QUESTION AFTER QUESTION.
AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE, "WELL, AM I SAYING IT RIGHT TO,
YOU KNOW, WANT SOMEBODY TO BE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO ME?"
Narrator: SUDDENLY, A WHOLE WORLD
OF 15 MILLION OTHER SINGLES LOOKING FOR LOVE
IS OPENED UP TO HER.
SHE SIGNED UP, AND SHE WAS HAVING SOME FUN.
SO, YOU'RE A DENTIST?
I MET SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEN ON THE ONLINE SERVICE.
OH, THERE WERE SEVERAL ENCOUNTERS
THAT WERE VERY INTERESTING FOR HER WITH THE ONLINE DATING.
Narrator: BUT EVEN WITH SO MANY POTENTIAL OPTIONS OUT THERE,
MARY KAY'S STILL HAVING A HARD TIME
FINDING THE SPARK SHE'S SEARCHING FOR.
SO, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
KIDS?
NO, NO KIDS. ARE YOU CRAZY?
Beckman: IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING
BECAUSE IT KIND OF LOWERS YOUR SELF-ESTEEM.
Narrator: AND JUST A MONTH AFTER POSTING HER PROFILE ONLINE,
MARY KAY IS ON THE POINT OF GIVING UP...
UNTIL, FINALLY, SHE GETS A MESSAGE FROM A MAN
WHO SEEMS LIKE HE COULD BE A GREAT MATCH FOR HER.
HIS NAME'S WADE RIDLEY.
THEY HAVE A LOT IN COMMON RIGHT FROM THE START.
Beckman: HE HAD A GOLF POLO SHIRT ON.
HE HAD A NICE PICTURE OF HIM ON A HILLSIDE -- ON A GRASSY HILL.
SO I WAS LIKE, "OH, THAT'S PROBABLY AT THE GOLF COURSE."
Narrator: WADE WORKS ON THE LINKS.
MARY KAY IS AN AVID GOLFER HERSELF.
SHE'S INTRIGUED.
[ CELLPHONE DINGS ]
THE NEXT MORNING,
WADE RIDLEY IS BACK ONLINE ASKING TO TALK AGAIN.
MARY KAY IS STARTING TO FEEL EXCITED.
SHE WANTS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HIM, TOO.
YOU KNOW, "DO YOU SMOKE? DO YOU DRINK?
DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN?"
I ASKED HIM HAD HE BEEN MARRIED BEFORE,
WAS HE DIVORCED.
AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS A STEPFATHER,
THAT HE WAS MARRIED AND THERE WAS A DAUGHTER FROM HER SIDE.
Narrator: THEY SPEND THE ENTIRE DAY EXCHANGING MESSAGES.
Beckman: HE WAS NEW TO VEGAS, LOOKING FOR A JOB.
HE HAD ALSO TOLD ME ABOUT THAT HE HAD DATED A WOMAN IN PHOENIX
AND THAT SHE WAS A REALTOR.
Narrator: BUT MARY KAY COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN
THAT WADE'S PREVIOUS GIRLFRIEND, ANNE SIMENSON,
HAS A LOT MORE IN COMMON WITH HER THAN JUST A JOB.
SHE'S ALSO A STRAWBERRY BLOND, AND, JUST LIKE MARY KAY,
WADE MET HER THROUGH THE DATING SITE match.com.
ONE WEEK AFTER APPROACHING MARY KAY ONLINE,
WADE WANTS TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP.
I WAS EXCITED, 'CAUSE IT WAS LIKE,
"OKAY, HE'S ASKED ME GOOD QUESTIONS.
HE'S ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS CORRECTLY."
Narrator: MARY KAY DECIDES TO TAKE THE PLUNGE
AND MEET UP WITH HER ONLINE ADMIRER.
SHE CALLED ME UP AND SAID,
"HEY, ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA TRY THIS AGAIN.
THERE'S THIS GUY NAMED WADE. WE SOUND LIKE A GOOD MATCH."
Narrator: BUT MARY KAY'S ALSO SENSIBLE
ABOUT THE RISKS OF MEETING A STRANGER.
SHE ALWAYS KEEPS HER FRIENDS INFORMED WHEN SHE'S GOING OUT.
Beckman: I HAD A PROTOCOL THAT I HAD TO TEXT TERESA,
YOU KNOW, TELL HER WHEN I WAS LEAVING
AND WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY HOME.
SHE ALWAYS TOLD ME WHAT SHE WAS DOING, WHERE SHE WAS GOING.
WADE?
MARY!
[ Chuckling ] HI.
IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
WELL, I MET YOU ALREADY, BUT IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU IN PERSON.
IN PERSON.
Beckman: I WALKED INTO THE RESTAURANT.
SURE.
HE PULLED OUT THE CHAIR AND, YOU KNOW, HELPED ME SIT DOWN.
AND SO I WAS LIKE, "HMM, THIS IS DIFFERENT.
MAYBE THIS COULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING."
I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE. IT'S LOVELY.
NO? I'VE BEEN HERE A FEW TIMES.
FOOD'S GOOD.
HE WAS ATTRACTIVE. HE LOOKED JUST LIKE HIS PICTURE.
SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
[ SIGHS ] I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW.
WHAT IMPRESSED ME WAS HE WAS TRUTHFUL.
SO, SOMETIMES LOOKS COMES FROM YOUR HEART, TOO.
OH, GREAT.
YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT YOUR GOLFING STORY.
WELL, I WAS AIMING FOR WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE HOLE,
AND IT TURNED OUT IT WAS A... IT WAS A GOPHER HOLE.
[ LAUGHS ]
IT WAS NICE. IT WAS NOT NERVOUS.
EXCUSE ME? CAN I GET THE CHECK?
IT WAS VERY -- IT WAS VERY COMFORTABLE.
OH, HERE, LET ME...
NO, NO, NO. I'VE GOT IT.
YEP. ABSOLUTELY.
WE WENT TO THE DOOR...
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
...AND I, YOU KNOW, WENT TO REACH FOR THE DOOR,
AND HE PUT HIS HAND ON MINE AND PUSHED MY HAND DOWN.
AND HE SAID, "THAT'S MY JOB."
AND I SAID, "OH, I'M SORRY. I'M NOT USED TO IT."
AND, SO, THAT WAS THE FIRST --
THAT WAS LIKE, "OKAY. HE'S A GENTLEMAN."
[ CELLPHONE DINGS ]
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME,
I DIDN'T GO TO BED CRYING.
AND I SLEPT THAT NIGHT AND FELT GOOD.
[ Laughing ] OH, MY GOD, LOOK AT THIS PLACE!
Narrator: THINGS WENT SO WELL AT THEIR FIRST MEETING
THAT JUST TWO DAYS LATER,
MARY KAY FINDS HERSELF ON A SECOND DATE WITH WADE.
Beckman: THERE WAS FLIRTING, AND THERE WAS --
I GUESS THERE WAS CHEMISTRY.
WE WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME AND LAUGHING.
YOU'RE AMAZING!
Narrator: IT'S SO EASY AND FUN TO SPEND TIME WITH WADE
THAT MARY KAY DECIDES TO TAKE A LEAP
AND INVITE HIM TO MEET SOME OF HER FRIENDS
FOR A GOLFING WEEKEND.
MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, MARY KAY THINKS
THE DATING SITE HAS MATCHED HER WITH MR. RIGHT.
ON SATURDAY MORNING,
THEY MEET UP WITH MARY KAY'S FRIENDS ON THE GOLF COURSE.
HE WAS HELPING MY GIRLFRIEND TERESA
OUT ON THE DRIVING RANGE.
THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD.
NO.
SO, THIS ARM -- KEEP THIS ARM STRAIGHT.
YEAH.
Teresa: HE ACTUALLY WAS TRYING TO TEACH ME HOW TO SWING THE CLUB
BECAUSE I HAD NEVER GOLFED BEFORE.
AND THAT WAS OKAY. I MEAN, HE WAS NICE AND HELPFUL.
NICE AND SLOW LIKE THAT. YEAH.
OH. OKAY.
[ CELLPHONE DINGS ]
I KNOW! I REALLY NEED TO WORK ON THAT, DON'T I?
Beckman: IT WAS JUST A NICE, RELAXING DAY.
EVERYBODY HAD FUN OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE.
AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I FEEL COMFORTABLE AROUND HIM."
AND SO I ASKED HIM IF HE'D LIKE TO STAY OVER.
Narrator: MARY KAY IS IMPRESSED WITH HOW OPEN WADE HAS BEEN WITH HER,
DISCUSSING HIS MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.
IT'S NOT WHAT SHE'D EXPECTED FROM SOMEONE SHE'D MET ONLINE.
BUT EVEN IF WADE'S BEEN HONEST ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIPS,
HE'S ALSO BEEN VERY CAREFUL TO HOLD BACK HIS DARKEST SECRETS.
Narrator: 48-YEAR-OLD REALTOR MARY KAY BECKMAN
HAS JUST STARTED DATING PRO-GOLF CADDY WADE RIDLEY,
A MAN SHE RECENTLY MET ONLINE.
HE'S BEEN NOTHING BUT A PERFECT GENTLEMAN.
THANK YOU.
AND MARY KAY'S SO COMFORTABLE WITH WADE
THAT SHE INVITES HIM BACK TO HER PLACE.
TO YOU.
WE JUST STARTED TALKING ABOUT OUR PAST RELATIONSHIPS,
AND I WAS QUESTIONING HIM ABOUT HIS FORMER MARRIAGE
AND HIS STEPDAUGHTER,
AND I ASKED HIM, "WHY DID THAT BREAK UP?"
AND, YOU KNOW, "WHAT ABOUT THE LAST GIRLFRIEND?"
SO, THERE IS SOMETHING I PROBABLY SHOULD TELL YOU
SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PAST RELATIONSHIPS.
OKAY.
THE LAST WOMAN I DATED [CLEARS THROAT]
IT DIDN'T END SO WELL.
HE SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME ISSUES.
WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS.
AND WE -- SHE HAD A RESTRAINING ORDER ON ME."
IT WAS STUPID.
IT WAS JUST A -- SHE JUST THOUGHT
I WAS CAPABLE OF STUFF THAT I'M JUST NOT CAPABLE OF.
AND...
WE WERE FIGHTING ALL THE TIME.
SHE GOT SCARED. I GOT SCARED.
[ Voice breaking ] THE WHOLE THING WAS SO STUPID.
WHERE WERE YOU?
I WAS OUT WITH THE GIRLS.
I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GOING OUT WITH THE GIRLS.
WHO?
STEPHANIE AND JENNIFER.
WHAT'S WRONG?
Narrator: STILL, MARY KAY IS MATURE ENOUGH
TO KNOW THAT LIFE IS COMPLICATED.
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO JUDGE HER NEW FRIEND TOO QUICKLY.
Beckman: HE SAID, "SHE HAD A RESTRAINING ORDER ON ME,
AND I HAD A RESTRAINING ORDER ON HER."
MY THOUGHT PROCESS AT THE TIME WAS,
"WELL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE REASONS
"FOR HAVING A RESTRAINING ORDER ON SOMEBODY,
"SO THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING
"THAT WAS DONE ON BOTH SIDES
FOR EACH OF THEM TO HAVE HAD ONE AGAINST EACH OTHER."
I REALLY LIKE YOU,
AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS [SIGHS]
THIS IS SOMETHING.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE BEING HONEST WITH ME.
I THINK THAT IF SOMEONE IS HONEST WITH YOU
AND TELLS OF THEIR PAST HISTORY --
RIGHT, WRONG, GOOD, OR BAD --
THAT THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THEIR CHARACTER.
I REALLY CARE ABOUT YOU, MARY.
AND IT'S NOT FOR MY PLACE TO JUDGE OR BLAME SOMEBODY
FOR THEIR PAST WRONGS.
DO YOU LIKE YOUR TOMATOES FINELY CHOPPED, FINELY DONE?
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S A TOMATO! WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.
[ Sing-song ] I HOPE YOU'RE HUNGRY!
I'M STARVING.
[ CELLPHONE DINGS ]
OH, THAT LOOKS GOOD.
[ CELLPHONE DINGS ]
[ SIGHS ]
OH!
[ Laughing ] YOU SCARED ME. [ SNORTS ]
WHO WAS THAT?
HE GOES, "WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?"
OH, JUST A CLIENT.
YEAH, YOU KNOW.
ON A SUNDAY?
I SAID, "I'VE GOT CLIENTS
THAT ARE JUST TEXTING ME AND FINDING OUT INFORMATION,
AND IT'S NOTHING."
YOU WORK ON A SUNDAY?
I WORK ALL THE TIME.
HUH.
AND YOU JUST HAND OUT YOUR PERSONAL NUMBER TO YOUR CLIENTS?
THERE WAS NOTHING FOR ME TO HIDE,
AND MY PHONE WAS NONE OF HIS BUSINESS.
WHAT DO THEY WANT?
OH, THEY'RE ASKING ABOUT HOUSES OR LISTINGS OR STUFF LIKE THAT.
YEAH, YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
[ CLEARS THROAT ] I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
SUNDAY MORNING WAS WHEN ALL THE RED FLAGS STARTED POPPING UP.
I EXCUSED MYSELF AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM
AND FIGURED OUT HOW TO PUT A PASSWORD ON MY PHONE.
[ TOILET FLUSHES ]
Narrator: DESPITE WADE'S STRANGE BEHAVIOR,
MARY KAY IS STILL WILLING
TO GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
EVERYONE CAN HAVE A BAD DAY.
THEY CARRY ON WITH THE WEEKEND DATE SHE HAD PLANNED
BUT CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE SAME EASY RAPPORT THEY HAD BEFORE.
DO YOU LIKE MUSIC?
THERE'S THIS GREAT SHOW ON RIGHT NOW,
AND THEY PLAY RIGHT IN THE STUDIO.
IT'S ALL LIVE.
AND SO THEY JUST HAVE FUN,
AND THEY PLAY WHATEVER THEY FEEL LIKE.
BUT LIVE MUSIC SUCKS.
LISTEN -- THIS IS AWFUL.
YEAH.
I CAN'T LISTEN TO THIS. IT SOUNDS AWFUL.
[ MUSIC STOPS ]
Beckman: I WAS JUST LIKE,
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO START A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY,
YOU WOULD ENTERTAIN THEIR MUSIC FOR AN HOUR.
AND SO I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, NOTE TAKEN."
Narrator: MARY KAY HAS ARRANGED AN EARLY DINNER FOR THE COUPLE
WITH HER BEST FRIEND, TERESA, AND HER HUSBAND, MIKE,
AT THE GOLF CLUB.
[ SIGHS ]
HEY, I FORGOT SOMETHING IN THE CAR.
CAN I BORROW YOUR KEYS?
[ SIGHS ]
AND, UH, PASS ME YOUR PHONE, TOO.
AND I SAID, "YOU DON'T NEED MY PHONE
WHILE YOU'RE GOING TO THE CAR."
WHAT DO YOU NEED MY PHONE FOR?
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. JUST PASS ME THE PHONE.
AND SO I KEPT MY PHONE.
HEY, GIVE ME THE DAMN PHONE!
NO!
HEY!
I DIDN'T WANT TO START A FIGHT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO START ANY ARGUMENTS,
AND I STILL HAD TO TAKE HIM HOME.
SO I WAS JUST LIKE, "MARY KAY,
JUST GET THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY."
I SUPPOSE I COULD HAVE EASILY CANCELED DINNER,
BUT THEN I THINK I WOULD HAVE THROWN UP A RED FLAG TO HIM.
YEAH.
HI, HONEY, HOW ARE YOU?
I'M SO GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD. WHERE'S "WONDER WADE?"
[ WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY ]
OH. OKAY.
I DIDN'T WANT ANY BAD VIBES OR MOMENTS.
MY HUSBAND -- MIKE.
I'M WADE.
Narrator: WADE KNOWS TERESA,
BUT HE'S NEVER MET HER HUSBAND, MIKE, BEFORE.
DID I TELL YOU -- LAST TIME I WAS HERE,
I WAS IN THE PRO SHOP UPSTAIRS.
WHO WALKS IN? PAUL BISSONNETTE. YOU KNOW HIM?
Teresa: MY HUSBAND WAS A PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER,
SO NOW HE STARTS NAME-DROPPING.
LEFT WING FOR THE COYOTES.
FOLLOW HOCKEY? YEAH?
HE OFFERED TO TAKE ME OUT ON HIS BOAT, YOU KNOW?
AND THE PEOPLE THAT HE WAS NAME-DROPPING
WERE ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD FRIENDS WITH MY HUSBAND,
AND MY HUSBAND KNEW
THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU KNOW THESE GUYS.
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR FOOD?
NO, NO, IT'S GREAT.
ALL RIGHT, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I'M HERE.
MAYBE THAT'S THE PROBLEM, RIGHT?
I THOUGHT HE WAS CREEPY AND A LITTLE WEIRD,
AND I DIDN'T REALLY CARE FOR HIM OR HIS PERSONALITY
OR HIS BOASTING.
SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO RUIN YOUR MEAL WITH MY HOCKEY TALK,
AND I WASN'T TRYING TO EMBARRASS YOU OR NOTHING LIKE THAT,
BUT MAYBE YOUR MEALS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER
IF I WASN'T HERE.
HUH?!
THIS GUY IS NO GOOD. HE'S BAD NEWS.
OKAY.
IT WAS THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK THAT EVENING.
I KNEW ON THE WAY HOME
THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO BE SEEING HIM ANYMORE
AND THAT I WAS GOING TO END IT.
WHEN WE GOT HOME, I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST SAY,
"THIS DIDN'T WORK FOR ME. WE'RE DONE."
I JUST SAID, "IT WAS A VERY LONG WEEKEND.
I'VE GOT A BIG DAY TOMORROW, SO YOU NEED TO GO HOME."
[ SIGHS ]
I WAS JUST LIKE, "PHEW! THIS IS DONE.
GOOD RIDDANCE."
I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT HIM EVER AGAIN,
NEVER GAVE HIM A SECOND THOUGHT.
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, AS MARY KAY MOVES ON,
SHE'S SOON BACK TO HER OLD, POSITIVE SELF.
...AND INTO THIS GREAT DINING ROOM.
ALL THIS NATURAL LIGHT.
CHEERS TO US.
AND SHE FINDS HERSELF STARTING A NEW RELATIONSHIP
WITH A MAN WHOM SHE MET THROUGH WORK.
Beckman: I REALIZED THAT THAT'S HOW YOU SHOULD MEET PEOPLE
INSTEAD OF ONLINE DATING.
AND I WAS ENJOYING MYSELF.
[ "AULD LANG SYNE" PLAYS ]
[ CHEERING, APPLAUSE, FIREWORKS POPPING ]
Narrator: BUT WHILE MARY KAY'S FEELING HER WAY BACK TO A HAPPY PLACE,
WADE FEELS LEFT OUT IN THE COLD.
ALL RIGHT.
I REALLY CARE ABOUT YOU, MARY.
HE HASN'T MOVED ON...AT ALL.
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU JUST BOUGHT YOURSELF A BEAUTIFUL HOME.
Narrator: FOR MARY KAY,
THE NEW YEAR GETS OFF TO A GOOD START.
HER BUSINESS IS BOOMING.
GOOD NIGHT.
Beckman: I HAD A GREAT DAY ON FRIDAY.
I HAD GOT A NEW LISTING AND WENT TO THE MOVIE WITH FRIENDS
AND HAD A COUPLE BEERS WITH FRIENDS.
AND IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY.
HOW MANY SEASONS WE'RE PLAYING THIS?
Teresa: [ LAUGHS ] ONLY FOUR -- FOUR SHOWS.
Teresa: WE SAT THERE AND HAD A GREAT TIME.
HAD TURKEY POT PIE, HAD A COUPLE OF OUR FAVORITE BEERS.
WE'LL SEE YOU, OKAY?
OKAY. HAVE FUN WITHOUT ME, GIRLS.
OKAY. HAVE A SAFE DRIVE HOME.
I HAD A BIG DAY OF APPOINTMENTS ON SATURDAY.
I WAS GOING TO GO HOME AND GET A GOOD NIGHT'S REST
SO I COULD PREPARE FOR MY DAY.
Narrator: AS SHE PULLS INTO HER DRIVEWAY,
MARY KAY REALIZES THAT HER GARAGE DOOR IS OPEN.
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
Narrator: IT'S LATE WINTER IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA,
AND MARY KAY BECKMAN IS JUST COMING HOME
AFTER A LONG DAY AT WORK.
HER LIFE FINALLY SEEMS TO BE GETTING BACK ON TRACK
AFTER A TOUGH YEAR
AND A STRANGE DATING EXPERIENCE SHE ENDED THREE MONTHS BEFORE
WITH A MAN SHE'D MET ONLINE.
AS MARY KAY PULLS INTO HER DRIVEWAY,
SHE NOTICES HER GARAGE DOOR IS OPEN.
BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE.
AND AS SHE GETS OUT TO INVESTIGATE,
SHE REALIZES SOMETHING ELSE THAT ISN'T RIGHT.
[ LIGHT SWITCH CLICKING ]
FOR SOME REASON,
THE OVERHEAD LIGHT ISN'T WORKING.
Beckman: HELLO?
HELLO?
[ GASPS ] AAH!
OH!
SHE FELL DOWN WITH THE FIRST PUNCH.
ONCE SHE WAS ON THE GROUND, HE STABBED HER REPEATEDLY
WITH THE KNIFE THAT HE BROUGHT WITH HIM.
[ GRUNTING ]
HE JUST KEPT STABBING HER REPEATEDLY
UNTIL THE KNIFE BROKE OFF.
[ GRUNTING ]
AT THAT POINT,
HE JUST STARTED KICKING HER AND STOMPING ON HER HEAD.
[ GRUNTING ]
HE COULD STILL HEAR HER MAKING NOISE
AND KNEW THAT SHE WAS STILL ALIVE, ESSENTIALLY,
AND DECIDED THAT HE WOULD STEP ON HER NECK AS HARD AS HE COULD.
[ BONES SNAP ]
[ PANTING ]
I MEAN, IT WAS AN EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY VIOLENT ATTACK.
Silver: MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MARY KAY LIED THERE,
BLEEDING PROFUSELY FROM MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS
AND BEING BEATEN SO SEVERELY
THAT SHE WAS BEATEN TO UNCONSCIOUSNESS.
Narrator: NOBODY WITNESSED THE HORRIFIC ATTACK ON MARY KAY,
BUT A NEIGHBOR HEARD HER DESPERATE SCREAMS
AND COMES TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG.
SHE SAW MARY KAY DYING, GURGLING IN HER OWN BLOOD,
AND SHE SUMMONED 911 AND AN AMBULANCE IMMEDIATELY.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
Narrator: MEANTIME, WADE RIDLEY IS ABOUT TO MAKE HIS ESCAPE.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
WADE TOOK HER PURSE
AND HER BELONGINGS THAT WERE IN HER PURSE
AND LEFT THE AREA.
[ SIRENS WAIL IN DISTANCE ]
Narrator: WADE RIDLEY HAD ACTED MOODY AND JEALOUS WHEN HE DATED MARY KAY.
BUT THIS UNBELIEVABLY SAVAGE ATTACK
SEEMED TO COME FROM NOWHERE
BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING HE'D BEEN KEEPING FROM MARY KAY
THAT LED HIM TO THIS POINT.
AND IT'S DRIVING HIM TOWARDS AN EVEN MORE TERRIBLE ACT.
AS WADE RIDLEY DRIVES SOUTH OUT OF LAS VEGAS,
MARY KAY BECKMAN UNDERGOES EMERGENCY SURGERY.
Teresa: IT WAS BAD.
LITERALLY, THEY DID NOT KNOW IF SHE WAS GOING TO LIVE.
Narrator: MARY KAY HAS 10 GAPING STAB WOUNDS --
SEVEN TO HER BODY AND THREE TO HER FACE AND HEAD,
PUNCTURING HER SKULL.
SHE IS LEFT WITH A LIFE-THREATENING BRAIN INJURY.
DESPITE ALL OF THIS, MARY KAY SOMEHOW SURVIVES THE NIGHT,
AND MIRACULOUSLY, A FEW DAYS LATER,
SHE'S WELL ENOUGH TO BE DISCHARGED
TO THE CARE OF HER FRIENDS.
Teresa: IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HER.
HER HEAD WAS SWOLLEN -- REALLY, REALLY SWOLLEN.
HALF OF HER HAIR SHAVED OFF, AND HER --
THAT PORTION OF HER HEAD JUST LOOKED LIKE A ROAD MAP.
I MEAN, IT WAS ALL STITCHES AND CUT,
AND...SHE WAS --
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO SHE WAS,
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN WHO SHE WAS.
[ GRUNTING ]
Narrator: AT THE SAME TIME,
THE MAN WHO'D VICIOUSLY ATTACKED MARY KAY BECKMAN
HAS LEFT THE AREA
WITH A NEW, DARK PLAN FORMING IN HIS MIND.
HE STILL HAS UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
NOW THAT MARY KAY IS OUT OF HOSPITAL,
LAS VEGAS POLICE ARE EAGER TO QUESTION HER ABOUT THE ATTACK.
I CAN'T REMEMBER.
BUT SHE HAS SEVERE POST-TRAUMATIC AMNESIA.
THE IDENTITY OF HER ATTACKER IS A COMPLETE MYSTERY TO HER.
Beckman: THEY TOLD ME THAT SOMEONE HURT ME,
AND I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.
[ GASPS ]
LOOKING INTO THE MIRROR, I COULD SEE THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED.
I JUST CRIED WITH SHOCK.
AND, "HOW COULD SOMEBODY HAVE DONE THIS TO ME?"
AND, "WHO DID THIS TO ME?"
Narrator: WITH MARY KAY UNABLE TO GIVE THEM ANY LEADS
AND NO OTHER WITNESSES,
THE POLICE FACE WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE.
[ GRUNTING ]
STILL, IT'S CLEAR THIS WAS NO RANDOM ATTACK,
WHICH TELLS DETECTIVES MARY KAY'S ASSAILANT
IS LIKELY TO BE SOMEONE SHE KNOWS.
THEY START INVESTIGATING HER CLOSEST FRIENDS.
Teresa: WE WERE ALL SUSPECTS, SO THAT WAS A LITTLE WEIRD.
I MEAN, WE'RE HER BEST FRIENDS,
AND, YOU KNOW, THE COP'S KIND OF HAD TO EXPLAIN,
EVERYBODY IS A PERSON OF INTEREST.
Narrator: MARY KAY'S FRIENDS ARE QUICKLY CLEARED OF ANY INVOLVEMENT.
AS FOR WADE RIDLEY, HE WAS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL MEN
MARY KAY HAD MET ONLINE AND DATED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS,
SO HE WASN'T CONSIDERED CLOSE TO HER AT ALL.
BUT AT THE CRIME SCENE,
THE FORENSICS TEAM DISCOVERS SOME VITAL EVIDENCE --
A FULL SET OF FINGERPRINTS FROM THE HANDLE OF THE KNIFE
THEY BELIEVE WAS USED TO ATTACK MARY KAY.
IT SEEMS THE IDENTITY OF HER ATTACKER IS WITHIN REACH.
BUT WHEN DETECTIVES RUN THE PRINTS
THROUGH THE NATIONAL DATABASE,
THEY HIT A DEAD END.
WADE RIDLEY, A DERANGED MAN
WITH A SHOCKING CAPACITY FOR VIOLENCE,
IS STILL ON THE LOOSE.
NOW, 300 MILES FROM LAS VEGAS
AND THREE WEEKS AFTER ATTACKING MARY KAY,
WADE'S ABOUT TO STRIKE AGAIN
AT THE HOME OF ANOTHER EX-GIRLFRIEND, ANNE SIMENSON.
IT'S TRUE ANNE HAD BEEN GRANTED A RESTRAINING ORDER
AGAINST WADE,
AS HE EXPLAINED TO MARY KAY,
BUT HE CERTAINLY HADN'T TOLD HER THE WHOLE, UGLY STORY
OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED FOUR YEARS EARLIER.
HI!
WHERE WERE YOU?
I WAS OUT WITH THE GIRLS.
ANNE HAD TOLD HER NEW PARTNER, GLENN KALLAI,
ABOUT HER TERRIFYING TIME WITH WADE RIDLEY.
SAID THAT SHE HAD MET THIS PERSON
AND MOVED HIM IN.
HOLD ON. WADE, GET THAT OUT MY --
FIRST OF ALL, GET THAT OUT OF MY FACE!
TELL ME WHERE YOU WERE!
Narrator: THANKFULLY, ANNE'S SISTER MARCY WAS THERE
TO STOP THINGS FROM GETTING ANY WORSE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING? ARE YOU OKAY?
WHAT'S GOING ON OUT HERE?
WADE, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?! OH, MY GOD.
GET BACK IN THE HOUSE.
GET BACK IN THE HOUSE!
STOP LYING TO ME! TELL ME WHO YOU WERE WITH!
WADE!
WADE!
Kallai: ANNIE HAD A .38,
AND HER SISTER MARCY HAD PICKED THAT UP
AND HELD IT UP TO WADE AND SAID...
YOU HAVE TO LEAVE! NOW!
HE WOULDN'T LEAVE, AND THEY CALLED THE POLICE.
[ HEDGE CLIPPERS CLATTER ]
JUST GO, PLEASE. JUST GO!
[ SIRENS WAIL IN DISTANCE ]
Narrator: NOW, AFTER THREATENING ANNE FOUR YEARS EARLIER,
WADE IS BACK WITH A VENGEANCE.
SO, UM... SOMEBODY BROKE INTO THE HOUSE.
THEY GRABBED HER, PHYSICALLY, INSIDE THE GARAGE...
AAH!
COME HERE!
[ CHOKING ]
...PULLED HER INTO THE LAUNDRY ROOM...
[ CRYING ]
AAH!
AAH!
...AND THEN THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS MURDERED.
[ GRUNTS ]
THEY TOOK A LOT OF MY CLOTHES, WATCHES, JEWELRY,
YOU KNOW, STUFF THAT YOU CAN PAWN AND GET A FAST DOLLAR FOR.
THEY GOT IN HER CAR
AND TOOK OFF OUT OF THE CUL-DE-SAC WHERE WE LIVED.
Narrator: SOMETHING IN WADE RIDLEY HAS SNAPPED.
THE MAN WHO COULD CHARM HIS WAY INTO WOMEN'S HEARTS
HAS TURNED INTO A VICIOUS KILLER.
STILL FAR FROM THE GRASP OF POLICE,
HE'S GOT A NEW, DEADLY MISSION,
AND IT'S LEADING HIM BACK TO LAS VEGAS.
Narrator: 12 HOURS AGO, 56-YEAR-OLD GLENN KALLAI
CAME HOME TO AN INCONCEIVABLE NIGHTMARE.
HIS GIRLFRIEND, ANNE SIMENSON, HAD BEEN BRUTALLY MURDERED.
AAH!
WHO COULD HAVE COMMITTED SUCH A BRUTAL ***, AND WHY?
ALL GLENN KNOWS IS THAT THE KILLER
HAS STOLEN ANNE'S CAR AND HIS CREDIT CARD.
AFTER PROCESSING THE CRIME SCENE,
POLICE HAVE NO CLEAR LEADS.
BUT GLENN IS DESPERATE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS HAPPENED,
AND AT 3:30 THE NEXT MORNING, AN IDEA COMES TO HIM.
I JUST COULDN'T SLEEP.
[ Voice breaking ] AND THEN IT WAS LIKE --
LIKE ANNIE WAS TALKING TO ME.
SHE SAID -- SHE SAID, "GET ON THE COMPUTER.
YOU'LL FIND HIM."
Narrator: SEARCHING FOR CLUES,
GLENN LOGS ON TO HIS STOLEN CREDIT CARD'S WEBSITE.
AMAZINGLY, HE SEES WHAT HE FEELS SURE IS THE KILLER'S TRAIL.
IN THE LAST 10 HOURS, THE CARD HAS BEEN USED THREE TIMES.
I TRACKED HIM TO A STORE WHERE HE BOUGHT SOME SNEAKERS.
HE HAD STOPPED AT A GAS STATION, HEADING NORTH.
Narrator: BY TRACKING THE PURCHASES MADE WITH HIS CARD,
GLENN PLOTS A MAP, WHICH HE BELIEVES
SHOWS WHERE HIS LOVER'S KILLER IS HEADED.
Kallai: I CALLED THE DETECTIVES IN PHOENIX
AND SAID, "LISTEN, I KNOW WHERE HE'S AT.
AND THEY GO, "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
I GO, "WELL, HE'S USING MY CREDIT CARD."
AND HE GOES, "DON'T CALL THE BANK.
DON'T DO ANYTHING."
THEY WANTED TO SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING.
HE WAS GOING UP TOWARDS LAS VEGAS.
THE DETECTIVES IN PHOENIX --
THEY NOTIFIED THE LAS VEGAS POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND EXPLAINED THE VEHICLE THAT HE WAS DRIVING WAS ANNIE'S CAR.
Narrator: THE PHOENIX P.D. ARE DETERMINED NOT TO LET HIM SLIP AWAY.
THEY ISSUE A BOLO.
Kallai: A BOLO IS A "BE ON THE LOOKOUT."
YOU KNOW, "BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS VEHICLE.
WE HAVE A POSSIBLE PERSON OF INTEREST
THAT WE WANT TO TALK TO."
Narrator: IF THE MAN USING GLENN'S CREDIT CARD
IS, INDEED, ANNE'S KILLER,
HE'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
POLICE NEED TO CATCH HIM BEFORE HE HURTS ANYONE ELSE.
MEANTIME, AS MARY KAY BECKMAN
STILL RECUPERATES FROM HER TERRIBLE INJURIES,
WADE RIDLEY CRUISES THE STREETS IN THE VERY SAME CITY.
[ GRUNTING ]
IT'S BEEN THREE WEEKS SINCE HER VICIOUS ATTACK,
BUT SHE STILL HAS NO IDEA WHO TRIED TO KILL HER.
THE TRAUMA HAS BLOCKED HER MEMORY.
I DON'T REMEMBER -- I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.
Narrator: THE VERY MORNING WADE RIDLEY
MURDERS ANNE SIMENSON IN PHOENIX,
MARY KAY'S LAS VEGAS OFFICE
RECEIVES A MYSTERIOUS PHONE CALL.
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
HELLO?
CAN I SPEAK TO MARY, PLEASE?
Beckman: WELL, THEY ALL KNOW THAT I GO BY "MARY KAY" OR "M-KAY,"
AND SO FOR SOMEBODY ASKING FOR MARY,
IT WAS VERY SUSPICIOUS.
SORRY. THERE'S NO ONE OF THAT NAME HERE.
IT WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS CLEARLY LOOKING TO SEE, ESSENTIALLY,
IF SHE WAS ALIVE OR NOT.
DAMN IT! DAMN IT! DAMN IT!
Narrator: MARY KAY'S RECEPTIONIST CALLS HER IMMEDIATELY.
HELLO?
SHE EXPLAINS THAT A STRANGE-SOUNDING MAN
HAS BEEN ASKING FOR "MARY."
[ TELEPHONE BEEPS ]
WHEN HER FRIENDS LEARN ABOUT THE DISTURBING CALL,
THEY'RE TERRIFIED FOR MARY KAY'S SAFETY.
I WAS ABSOLUTELY WORRIED THAT WHOEVER IT WAS
WAS GOING TO COME BACK AND TRY TO KILL HER.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
HELLO?
HELLO?
WHO IS IT?
HEY, HONEY, IT'S JUST ME. IT'S JUST TERESA.
[ GROANS ]
ARE YOU FEELING OKAY?
OH.
Narrator: MARY KAY'S FRIENDS ARE DETERMINED TO PROTECT HER.
SHE WAS NEVER LEFT ALONE.
WE HAD SHIFTS SET UP
WHERE SHE WAS NEVER ALONE AT ANY TIME.
Narrator: BUT WADE RIDLEY HAS BROKEN INTO HIS VICTIM'S HOMES BEFORE
WITHOUT WARNING,
AND HE'S STILL OUT THERE, WAITING FOR HIS CHANCE,
LOOKING FOR THE SLIGHTEST OPENING.
[ GRUNTING ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
[ TELEPHONE BEEPS ]
Narrator: IT'S BEEN TWO DAYS SINCE MARY KAY BECKMAN FOUND OUT
THAT A MYSTERIOUS MAN CALLED HER OFFICE,
ASKING FOR HER.
HER FRIENDS ARE TERRIFIED THAT WHOEVER TRIED TO KILL MARY KAY
IS STALKING HER AGAIN.
I WAS DEFINITELY WORRIED SHE COULD BE HARMED FURTHER.
Narrator: HER FRIENDS ARE RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED,
BECAUSE MARY KAY'S ATTACKER
HAS JUST CROSSED AN EVEN MORE TERRIBLE LINE --
MURDERING AN EX-GIRLFRIEND TWO DAYS AGO.
HE BOUGHT A KITCHEN KNIFE FROM A GROCERY STORE...
...A KNIFE THAT YOU WOULD USE TO CHOP THINGS OR...CUT MEAT.
HE HAD A LIST OF FIVE PEOPLE THAT HE WANTED TO TAKE OUT --
THE FIVE PEOPLE THAT HAD WRONGED HIM AND HURT HIM.
Narrator: WADE HAD MADE A PLAN, AND HE WAS CHECKING THINGS OFF.
FIRST MARY KAY, THEN ANNE.
THE OTHERS -- HIS EX-WIFE, HER NEW LOVER, AND A FORMER BOSS --
HE WOULD GET TO SOON ENOUGH.
BUT MARY KAY HADN'T DIED LIKE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO,
SO WADE IS BACK.
MEANWHILE, POLICE ARE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR ANNE SIMENSON'S CAR,
WHICH THEY BELIVE IS BEING DRIVEN BY HER KILLER.
EVERY MINUTE HE'S ON THE STREETS,
WADE RIDLEY RISKS GETTING CAUGHT.
HE'S BEEN ABLE TO SLIP AWAY FROM TWO CRIME SCENES
AND ACROSS STATE LINES.
[ TEA KETTLE WHISTLING ]
BUT HIS LUCK IS ABOUT TO RUN OUT.
A PATROL COP BECOMES SUSPICIOUS
WHEN HE CATCHES A GLIMPSE OF A VEHICLE WITH ARIZONA PLATES.
[ SIREN WAILS ]
HE DECIDES TO PULL IT OVER TO INVESTIGATE.
AND JUST LIKE THAT...
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
HE WAS STOPPED, AND THEN THEY RAN HIM,
FOUND THE WARRANT, AND HE WAS ARRESTED.
Narrator: WADE RIDLEY, WHO JUST THREE DAYS BEFORE HAD SLAIN ONE VICTIM,
WITH THE INTENTION OF KILLING ANOTHER,
GOES INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT A STRUGGLE.
HE'S TAKEN TO LAS VEGAS P.D. HEADQUARTERS,
WHERE DETECTIVES INTERROGATE HIM
ABOUT THE *** OF ANNE SIMENSON.
AMAZINGLY, HE CONFESSES STRAIGHTAWAY.
Mercer: DURING THE COURSE OF HIS INTERVIEW,
HE ALSO CONFESSED TO HARMING MARY KAY BECKMAN.
AT THE TIME, THE POLICE HERE
STILL DIDN'T KNOW WHO HAD ATTACKED HER.
I WAITED FOR HER TO COME HOME,
AND WHEN SHE DID, I SMACKED HER ON HER HEAD.
Narrator: WADE'S CONFESSION ALLOWS HIS VICTIMS' LOVED ONES
TO BEGIN COMING TO TERMS WITH WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM.
THE MORE PEOPLE YOU TALK TO, THE MORE CLOSURE YOU DO GET.
SO, UM...BUT I JUST FEEL HER STORY NEEDED TO BE TOLD,
HOW WHAT A WONDERFUL WOMAN SHE WAS.
Narrator: AFTER POLICE INFORM MARY KAY BECKMAN
THAT THE MAN WHO TRIED TO KILL HER IS WADE RIDLEY,
WHO SHE'S MET ON match.com,
SHE'S OVERWHELMED.
[ SOBS ]
EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY.
UM...
I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHEN IT REALLY SUNK IN.
Narrator: WHAT TURNED THIS BACHELOR LOOKING FOR LOVE
INTO A BRUTAL KILLER?
Silver: WADE RIDLEY TOLD THE POLICE HE WAS SO FRUSTRATED
BY MARY KAY'S BREAKING UP WITH HIM
AND THROWING HIM AWAY LIKE A PIECE OF GARBAGE
THAT HE BECAME ENRAGED.
HE FELT USED.
Mercer: HE CALLED THE ATTACKS PERSONAL ATTACKS.
HE SAID, "YEAH, I COULD'VE HAVE GONE OUT
AND GOTTEN A GUN AND JUST SHOT THEM,
BUT THAT WASN'T PERSONAL ENOUGH."
Narrator: RIDLEY ALSO REVEALS TO POLICE A SECRET
THAT OFFERS SOME CONTEXT FOR HIS ACTIONS.
WHILE DATING MARY KAY,
HE WAS ON MEDICATION FOR BIPOLAR DISORDER
AND STRUGGLING WITH HIS DETERIORATING MENTAL CONDITION.
Mercer: DURING THE COURSE OF HIS CONFESSIONS,
HE INDICATED THAT HE'D ATTEMPTED SUICIDE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.
Narrator: AFTER MARY KAY BROKE OFF THEIR RELATIONSHIP,
WADE DRIFTED TO SAN FRANCISCO,
WHERE HE MADE A FAILED ATTEMPT ON HIS OWN LIFE.
HE WAS ADMITTED TO A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
AND RELEASED AFTER ONLY THREE MONTHS OF TREATMENT.
Mercer: HE SOMEHOW ENDED UP COMING BACK TO LAS VEGAS.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN HE SAID THAT HE SAW MARY KAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF LED HIM
TO ACT OUT THE PLAN THAT HE'D COME UP WITH.
WADE RIDLEY APPEARED TO BE A KIND OF SOCIOPATH...
...HAD NO REAL FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT HE DID.
Narrator: IN FEBRUARY 2012, RIDLEY STANDS TRIAL IN NEVADA.
HE IS CONVICTED OF THE ATTEMPTED *** OF MARY KAY BECKMAN.
Silver: I GAVE WADE RIDLEY THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE BY LAW.
HE RECEIVED A SENTENCE OF NOT LESS THAN 28 YEARS,
NOT MORE THAN 70 YEARS
IN NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
Beckman: WHEN I HEARD HE GOT THE MAXIMUM,
A HUGE WEIGHT WAS LIFTED OFF OF ME,
AND THAT TENSE BODY FEELING THAT I HAD
WALKING INTO THAT COURTROOM THAT MORNING
WAS OVERCOME BY JOY.
Narrator: BUT WADE RIDLEY ISN'T FINISHED KILLING,
THOUGH THIS TIME, HE'S THE VICTIM.
ON APRIL 29, 2012,
WHILE AWAITING TRIAL FOR THE *** OF ANNE SIMENSON,
HE SUFFOCATES HIMSELF IN HIS CELL.
SINCE HER ATTACK,
MARY KAY HAS MADE AN ASTONISHING AND COMPLETE PHYSICAL RECOVERY,
BUT SHE STILL STRUGGLES WITH THE EMOTIONAL SCARS
OF HER NEAR-FATAL ONLINE ENCOUNTER.
WHAT IS HELPING ME THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW
IS SHARING MY STORY
TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE ARE ONLINE DANGERS,
OR PERILS AND DANGERS, TO BE ONLINE.
Narrator: TODAY, MORE AMERICAN COUPLES MEET ONLINE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
THERE ARE OVER 40 MILLION SINGLES
LOOKING FOR LOVE OUT THERE,
ALL FULL OF HOPE THAT THEY'LL MEET THE PERFECT STRANGER.