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00:00:49What are you running from, sweetie?
00:00:51I'm... I'm not running. I...
00:00:54It never ends well.
00:00:56Go home to your mom before it's too late.
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00:01:19No. No. No.
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00:01:23You didn't go inside, did you?
00:01:25I did. I'm sorry. I was hungry.
00:01:27Please, no, for now.
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00:01:34Andrew Jensen.
00:01:36No. No, no, no.
00:01:39No.
00:01:40It was all my idea. I asked him to get the room.
00:01:43Andy. Andy.
00:01:45It's okay. It's okay.
00:01:47It's gonna happen to her.
00:01:49This is so stupid. He's my boyfriend.
00:01:51He didn't do anything wrong.
00:01:53You're Erica Bennett, right?
00:01:55Yeah, so?
00:01:56You're 15, right?
00:01:58Practically 16, but I...
00:02:00And that's Andrew Jensen?
00:02:02He's my boyfriend. I just told you.
00:02:04And he's 21?
00:02:06Right.
00:02:11Get another boyfriend.
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00:02:26Hey, Mom?
00:02:28Do we have anything to eat?
00:02:30Why aren't you in bed?
00:02:32I was gaming.
00:02:34Honey, it's late. Go to sleep.
00:02:44Oh, God.
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00:02:58Oh.
00:03:03How could you?
00:03:05Oh, my God. Jeez.
00:03:07God, I thought you were...
00:03:09I'm so glad you're safe.
00:03:11Do you have any idea what you did to me?
00:03:13It's been three days.
00:03:15She was at a motel outside town.
00:03:17Motel?
00:03:19Erica was staying with a Mr. Andrew Jensen
00:03:21for the last three nights.
00:03:23You were in a motel with that guy?
00:03:25You know him? Andrew Jensen?
00:03:27I know who he is. You're not supposed to see him anymore.
00:03:29I want to press charges.
00:03:31But, Mom, no.
00:03:33We're on it.
00:03:35No, this is crazy. He's my boyfriend.
00:03:37I asked him to get me the motel. He was just trying to help me.
00:03:39What are you trying to do? Go to your room.
00:03:41Oh, God.
00:03:43I'm so sorry, Detective.
00:03:45Mrs. Bennett.
00:03:47It's O'Brien now.
00:03:49Ms. O'Brien, this can't keep happening.
00:03:51It's the third time this year.
00:03:53We need our police out there
00:03:55doing police work,
00:03:57not tracking down lovesick runaways.
00:03:59Of course.
00:04:01I'm sorry.
00:04:19Look, I know that your father being gone
00:04:21has been hard on you,
00:04:23and I'm struggling myself.
00:04:25I don't care about your divorce.
00:04:27Of course you do.
00:04:29Our entire lives
00:04:31have been upended by his actions.
00:04:33I don't want to talk about this.
00:04:35Okay, okay, fine.
00:04:41I know that you're looking for independence,
00:04:43but this older man...
00:04:45He's 21, not 60.
00:04:47And you're 15.
00:04:49So? So it's illegal, Erica.
00:04:51You understand that, right? And if you're ha...
00:04:53If you're being intimate...
00:04:55Oh, my God, Mom, we're not talking...
00:04:57We're not talking about this.
00:04:59My job is to protect you. It's to keep you safe.
00:05:01And I'm trying my hardest here.
00:05:03I'm gonna be late for school.
00:05:05Come home straight after.
00:05:07No hanging out with Liam either, okay?
00:05:09And this conversation isn't over.
00:05:15Mom.
00:05:17Do you think she's going to run away again?
00:05:19I hope not, sweetheart.
00:05:27I hope not.
00:05:35I thought you were gonna tell me
00:05:37if you were feeling like running away again.
00:05:39I was feeling like running away again.
00:05:41Right.
00:05:45Why do you think you have that urge?
00:05:47Because I feel like a prisoner.
00:05:49I mean, ever since the divorce,
00:05:51she's been, like, clinging on to me or something.
00:05:53I can't wear what I want to wear.
00:05:55I can't date who I want to date.
00:05:57Well, you are 15.
00:05:59Exactly. I'm 15. I'm not 12.
00:06:01But everybody treats me like I am.
00:06:03I mean, we're in love. Just get off our backs.
00:06:07Tell me about him, then.
00:06:09How did you two meet?
00:06:13We, um...
00:06:15I was at the library.
00:06:17And it's dumb,
00:06:19but I really like these books.
00:06:21They're science fiction,
00:06:23but not the stupid kinds.
00:06:25They're legit.
00:06:27Anyways, he was there.
00:06:29And he was looking for the same book
00:06:31in the series.
00:06:33And he just listened to me.
00:06:35And he thinks that I'm smart.
00:06:37He's not like the mean guys
00:06:39that go here.
00:06:41And he's interesting.
00:06:43And he understands me.
00:06:45We don't fit in. We're different.
00:06:47It's just...
00:06:49the world is...
00:06:51loud.
00:06:53And it's hard.
00:06:55And it's cold.
00:06:57But...
00:06:59when I'm with him,
00:07:01it's quiet.
00:07:03And it's easy.
00:07:05And it's warm.
00:07:11We're gonna be together forever.
00:07:13Hey.
00:07:15Hey.
00:07:17I'll see you in art.
00:07:19I'm glad you're not dead.
00:07:21Pretty mean prank to pull on your mom, though.
00:07:23She'll live.
00:07:25You missed the music bowl.
00:07:27What?
00:07:29You got tickets to the music bowl
00:07:31and you never showed up?
00:07:33I'm really sorry about that.
00:07:35Did they arrest him?
00:07:37Yeah, and then they let him go.
00:07:39So stupid.
00:07:41Is that him?
00:07:43Gotta go.
00:07:45Oh. Don't get murdered.
00:08:11Hey.
00:08:13Hey.
00:08:41Hey.
00:09:11There you are.
00:09:13I'm so glad you're okay.
00:09:15I missed you.
00:09:17I missed you, too.
00:09:19Well, are you okay?
00:09:21Yeah, I'm fine. Fine.
00:09:23I mean, with everything that happened
00:09:25with the police. How are you?
00:09:27Fine. Yeah. Whatever.
00:09:29There's no biggie.
00:09:31I mean...
00:09:33They made me stay the night in jail.
00:09:35What?
00:09:37Yeah. So that wasn't so, you know, cool.
00:09:39I survived, so...
00:09:41That's insane.
00:09:43Yeah, it's just because you're underage, technically.
00:09:45Barely. And it was my idea.
00:09:47Did you tell them that it was my idea?
00:09:49Yeah, okay, but it doesn't matter because I'm the adult, right?
00:09:51And the room was in my name and all.
00:09:53But it's not like you forced me.
00:09:55No, I know, babe.
00:09:57I mean, I'm not a child and you're my boyfriend
00:09:59and we're gonna get married.
00:10:01I know, I know. Just...
00:10:03Like, they told me I shouldn't see you anymore.
00:10:05What?
00:10:07I mean, I was nervous about it, saying how it could, like,
00:10:09affect my future employment,
00:10:11go on my record, you know?
00:10:13No.
00:10:15So maybe we could just, you know,
00:10:17cool it for a while.
00:10:19No, you can't be serious. No.
00:10:21No, I just gotta be careful, okay?
00:10:23It's not because I don't love you, babe.
00:10:25I don't believe this. I don't believe you're doing this.
00:10:27I'm sorry.
00:10:29This is the worst day of my life.
00:10:31Erica, I don't have a choice.
00:10:33Yeah.
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00:11:03Liam, what are you doing here?
00:11:05I'm so sorry.
00:11:07You're still seeing him?
00:11:09Dad, you called Dad?
00:11:11You're gone for three days.
00:11:13Three days with this loser and now you miss curfew.
00:11:15And you're skipping classes?
00:11:17You're such a jerk.
00:11:19He's the only one you ever talk to.
00:11:21He's the only good thing that I've ever had in my life.
00:11:23Oh, oh, I'm sorry.
00:11:25Was expensive volleyball camp last summer not enough?
00:11:27Or the $300 shoes you wanted?
00:11:29Or the car you keep begging me for
00:11:31when you turn 16?
00:11:33No, she has everything she could possibly want
00:11:35and it's still not enough.
00:11:37You're a spoiled little brat.
00:11:39No, you don't know me and you don't even live here.
00:11:41You want to blow up your life on some idiot?
00:11:43Dad, you can't do that.
00:11:45You do it on someone else's dime, young lady.
00:11:49I should go.
00:11:51Okay, thanks, Liam.
00:11:55You've got to be stricter.
00:11:57You're too soft.
00:11:59I have rules.
00:12:01Oh, I've been strict.
00:12:03I have so many rules, I can't even keep them straight.
00:12:05I get to fight at every turn.
00:12:07So, fight harder.
00:12:09I don't want to fight at all.
00:12:13I didn't sign up to do this on my own.
00:12:17It's a three-hour drive, Carrie.
00:12:21I've got work.
00:12:23The baby, it's just...
00:12:25I still call her, right?
00:12:27Friday, we talk.
00:12:29So, I'm trying my best here, but if...
00:12:31It's fine.
00:12:33I'll figure it out.
00:12:57Four months since Anna Martinez
00:12:59vanished near Lakefront Park,
00:13:01and despite ongoing searches,
00:13:03there remains no trace,
00:13:05and police are fearing the worst.
00:13:07Okay, thanks for that update.
00:13:09We'll be keeping a close eye on this story as it develops.
00:13:11We also have a new environmental study
00:13:13out of Costa Rica...
00:13:27Hey, can I get five minutes?
00:13:31Please?
00:13:33Come on.
00:13:35We used to talk all the time, remember?
00:13:37I'm not six anymore, Mom.
00:13:39I know.
00:13:41I know.
00:13:43I keep trying to figure out
00:13:45how to talk to you,
00:13:47and I think I'm doing it right,
00:13:49and then nothing works,
00:13:51and you keep pushing me further away,
00:13:53and I don't know what to do.
00:13:55I don't know how.
00:14:01There's a girl missing
00:14:03from around here.
00:14:05She's about your age,
00:14:07and she's been missing for four months.
00:14:09She was just walking somewhere,
00:14:11and then...
00:14:13never came home.
00:14:15If that were to ever happen to you or Joey,
00:14:17I...
00:14:19I'm sorry.
00:14:21I'm sorry.
00:14:23If that were to ever happen to you or Joey,
00:14:25I...
00:14:27I'm sorry.
00:14:29I just...
00:14:31I feel trapped sometimes.
00:14:33No.
00:14:35I know.
00:14:37I know you do.
00:14:39I've needed you a lot more
00:14:41since your dad and I split.
00:14:43I know.
00:14:45Just after almost 20 years of marriage,
00:14:47I was just blindsided.
00:14:49But that's our stuff,
00:14:51and I can't put my foot in here,
00:14:53and that's not fair to you.
00:14:55I'm so sorry.
00:14:57If it makes you feel any better,
00:14:59we broke up.
00:15:01Oh.
00:15:03Yeah.
00:15:05Are you okay?
00:15:07No.
00:15:09I know that you think he was trying
00:15:11to take advantage of me.
00:15:13But he's a lot older, and he is...
00:15:15But he understands me,
00:15:17and he's a good person.
00:15:19He loves me.
00:15:21I thought that he loved me.
00:15:23Of course he loves you, sweetheart.
00:15:25You're wonderful.
00:15:29I know how much you cared about him,
00:15:31but you will find another boy who loves you
00:15:33just as much, if not more.
00:15:35And he'll be the same age,
00:15:37and it won't be so hard.
00:15:49Are you making breakfast?
00:15:51Am I having a stroke?
00:15:53I wanted to do something nice.
00:15:55They're actually
00:15:57pretty good.
00:16:01Syrup?
00:16:03Put them on the potatoes.
00:16:05Put them on the mashed potatoes.
00:16:07Oh, stupid.
00:16:09This is yours.
00:16:19Joey, come on, honey. We're gonna be late.
00:16:21I gotta drop you off first.
00:16:23Hey, I'm riding up front today.
00:16:25Does it matter where you drop me off first?
00:16:27I'm still riding in the front.
00:16:29Fine.
00:16:39What?
00:16:41So nice to see you happy.
00:16:43It's a good day.
00:16:45It's a really good day.
00:16:47Bye.
00:16:49Bye, honey.
00:16:55Oh!
00:16:57Erica!
00:16:59Scratch your lunch, honey.
00:17:07What's that for?
00:17:09I love you, Mom.
00:17:11I love you, too.
00:17:13Bye.
00:17:17Bye.
00:17:37All right, it's been a month.
00:17:39I've apologized every day. Are you really still mad at me?
00:17:41I'm not mad.
00:17:43I just can't tell you anything
00:17:45I'm just gonna go run off to your new best friend.
00:17:47My mother.
00:17:49I don't even know what to talk about.
00:17:51I was worried about you.
00:17:53I thought that creep was gonna drop your body in a ditch.
00:17:55He's not a creep, okay?
00:17:57Whatever.
00:17:59I like you better now that he's gone, anyway.
00:18:01Your mom told me
00:18:03when I was dropping off comic books for Joey...
00:18:05Okay, point proven.
00:18:07Hey, can I get you guys anything?
00:18:09Yes.
00:18:11I will get the chicken strips
00:18:13and the cheese sticks
00:18:15and the fries and a large soda.
00:18:17Okay.
00:18:19And he's paying for it all.
00:18:21I swear,
00:18:23sometimes I just wanna kill that bitch.
00:18:37Oh, Joey,
00:18:39we gotta get you to bed. Come on.
00:18:41I have to stay up till Erica gets home.
00:18:43I know.
00:18:45Do you think she ran away again?
00:18:47No, honey.
00:18:49She's just with Liam.
00:18:51Come on. Bed. Let's go.
00:19:01I'll be right up.
00:19:07Good night, honey.
00:19:09Good night.
00:19:39Good night.
00:19:53Good night.
00:20:09Erica?
00:20:11Erica?
00:20:13Erica.
00:20:15Honey?
00:20:23Daniel.
00:20:25Wait, wait. It's Erica.
00:20:27She's gone.
00:20:29Daniel?
00:20:31Daniel?
00:20:33Daniel?
00:20:35Daniel?
00:20:37She's gone.
00:20:39Are you in love?
00:20:41Married at First Sight is back.
00:20:43This season,
00:20:45we're moving to Tuesday night.
00:20:47It's insane. Spoonettes,
00:20:49five-two, brown eyes.
00:20:51Last seen by Liam Wilson
00:20:53at the Mills Bowling Alley
00:20:55at 5.30 p.m. last night.
00:20:57Okay, so what are the next steps?
00:20:59We've been through this.
00:21:01Yes, and you said it yourself,
00:21:03the first 72 hours are the most important.
00:21:05We've been through this a couple times.
00:21:07This time it's different.
00:21:09It isn't. Statistically, it isn't.
00:21:11She didn't take anything with her.
00:21:13Ms. O'Brien.
00:21:15She didn't take clothes. She didn't take a toothbrush.
00:21:17Nothing. There's nothing. Nothing.
00:21:19Could have been a spur-of-the-moment thing.
00:21:21It wasn't. Listen, I'm telling you.
00:21:23She has been happy all month.
00:21:25She's...
00:21:27It feels different this time.
00:21:29You know the drill.
00:21:31We enter her into the National Crime Information Center
00:21:33release a bulletin,
00:21:35conduct an investigation.
00:21:37It all takes too long.
00:21:39Here, I put this together.
00:21:41It's her guidance counselor,
00:21:43their teachers, Liam's contact information,
00:21:45the bowling alley. Maybe there's a camera that we can take a look at.
00:21:49We'll do everything we can, okay?
00:21:51She'll come back.
00:21:53They always do.
00:21:55Except Anna Martinez, right?
00:21:57Tell me you will at least look into the ex-boyfriend
00:21:59if she's anywhere.
00:22:01That we will do.
00:22:17What's going on?
00:22:19Mr. Jensen.
00:22:21Erica Bennett is missing.
00:22:23Again.
00:22:25We'd like to look inside.
00:22:27Okay.
00:22:43You talked to Erica recently?
00:22:45Um, yeah.
00:22:47I mean, no, I didn't.
00:22:49I haven't.
00:22:51We broke up.
00:22:53We broke up.
00:22:55You look nervous.
00:22:59You didn't kill her, did you, Andrew?
00:23:01No, God, of course not.
00:23:03I never hurt her. I love her.
00:23:05You love her.
00:23:07I thought you broke up.
00:23:09Yeah, I...
00:23:11I love her, but...
00:23:13I mean, you told me it could ruin my life.
00:23:15I just...
00:23:17I didn't do anything wrong.
00:23:19When did you break up with her?
00:23:21Day after the arrest.
00:23:23I just... I told her I couldn't do it anymore.
00:23:25She's too young.
00:23:27It just doesn't look great for you, Andrew.
00:23:29We barely finished processing
00:23:31your first charge, and now your
00:23:33victim is missing again.
00:23:35She's not my victim.
00:23:37How are your scales coming?
00:23:39Huh?
00:23:41Apparently not very well.
00:23:43You live here by yourself.
00:23:45Yeah.
00:23:47Where were you
00:23:49three days ago on August 31st?
00:23:53Working for
00:23:55Heisen Electronics, a few miles away.
00:23:57My boss can vouch for me.
00:24:03Let's take a look upstairs.
00:24:17This your bedroom?
00:24:19Yeah.
00:24:23You see my problem here, right?
00:24:25Last time
00:24:27she went missing, she was with you.
00:24:29Now, only a month and
00:24:31some change later,
00:24:33she's gone again.
00:24:35You're telling me that this time
00:24:37it has nothing to do with you.
00:24:39Help me out here.
00:24:41Make it make sense.
00:24:43I got her
00:24:45a motel room
00:24:47because she said if I didn't, she'd kill herself.
00:24:49Okay?
00:24:51What was I supposed to do?
00:24:53I broke up with her like you told me to.
00:24:55And now you're saying
00:24:57she's missing?
00:25:03One, two, four, seven,
00:25:05five, six, seven,
00:25:07eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve,
00:25:09twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen,
00:25:11sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
00:25:13fourteen, fifteen, nineteen.
00:25:21Don't leave town.
00:25:33He's got an alibi for the night of the 31st.
00:25:35It sounds to me like
00:25:37she's got a broken heart.
00:25:39Probably ran off to try and lure him back with the dramatics
00:25:42Keep your head up. She'll come back as soon as she realizes he isn't worth it
00:26:09You
00:26:18Erica
00:26:21Erica
00:26:25So sorry
00:26:27Oh, excuse me, sir, um
00:26:31Have you seen this girl she was here about a month ago
00:26:34Sure, yeah, I remember cops made a big fuss poor thing
00:26:39Have you seen her since man? We get a lot of runaways here. She's not a runaway. She's
00:26:46Just my daughter and she's missing
00:26:49Add it to the wall
00:27:03I
00:27:18Detective
00:27:19Carrie O'Brien's here. She's active Richards. You've been avoiding my calls Carrie. It has been a month
00:27:25Have you spoken to the ex-boyfriend again Jensen's clean and I don't think he has anything to do with this
00:27:31I think the idiot actually really loved her
00:27:34Loves her what you said loved she's still alive
00:27:41Do a news conference do a press release
00:27:45Frickin radio show do something. Please let our neighbors know that they can help find her
00:27:49How they could even help find the other girl to give my daughter a chance
00:27:54Carrie we have been doing you don't I will call my own press conference and that will not look good for your department detective
00:28:01Okay
00:28:06One month ago 15 year old Erica Bennett went to school and never came home
00:28:12Just like Anna Martina six months ago
00:28:15These families miss their daughters
00:28:18Please if you see Erica or Anna call the number on the screen
00:28:22Thank you
00:28:25I
00:28:27Erica honey, if you're watching this, please come home
00:28:33Not angry. You're not in trouble. I swear you're not in trouble. I
00:28:38Love you
00:28:40We love you and I miss you very very much so
00:28:46Please come home. Hey, honey. Just come home
00:28:55I appreciate it very much. Of course
00:29:00Thank you
00:29:02For what you said
00:29:04I'm Martina
00:29:06I'm Anna's mom. Oh gosh. I'm so sorry about everything. You've been through you too
00:29:14This is my number, please call me if there's anything I can do to help
00:29:21Okay, thank you
00:29:24You
00:29:35Months in Santa Martina's and Erica Bennett went missing but now more morals are missing 20
00:29:39Mom, I'll report her 26-year-old Shawnee Mason 19-year-old Gloria Carbone and 14-year-old Lana Polsky have all disappeared over the last few months
00:29:49Now officers are wondering is someone targeting young women in Hudson
00:29:54Do you think Erica?
00:29:59Hey play your new video game, okay
00:30:14I'm so glad you called
00:30:17Would you like some tea yes, thank you with 50 volunteers
00:30:21I think we could cover the county in just a few weeks, but further with more help
00:30:25This must have taken you months
00:30:28My husband worries, I'm obsessed and I am the cops thing. She's a runaway. Yeah. Yeah
00:30:37All those aren't very good
00:30:40They're not bad. You're lying. They're terrible
00:30:46But you say we give Richards another shot, yeah, yeah
00:30:52I'm thinking we could gather everyone at the bowling alley. That's a great idea
00:30:59Teresa's the brightest light in my life. I see a boy
00:31:07You just can't do a fight if the boy who steals your virginity dies you get your virgin back
00:31:14Are you talking
00:31:19You have so much to learn
00:31:24Detective
00:31:26This is mrs. Martinez. How are you holding up a little worse than last week?
00:31:32Why don't you come into my office?
00:31:35Martina and I are starting a volunteer group to help find Erica and Anna and the other girls, too
00:31:40And you the station doesn't have to do anything
00:31:44We are purely independent. I'm just done waiting around. So I think that's a great idea. Oh
00:31:52Good
00:31:53In fact, I think I can get the department to approve some supplies and maybe even a small team nothing huge now
00:32:00I don't want to over promise but we've got a few folks who have experience with searches like this know what to look for
00:32:08Cooper here is one of them
00:32:10I'll get started on the approvals today
00:32:13Thank you. Thank you so much
00:32:16I'm on your team, you know
00:32:18I've always been on your team
00:32:26So, what are we thinking
00:32:29She's from this morning Lana Bulls key
00:32:32We've got a lead on the suspect guy named Jeremy Carver was seen talking with her the day she went missing
00:32:40Wrap sheet to make your blood run cold
00:32:50Thank you so much for coming we'll sign you in over here
00:32:54Here so you use this and then when this fills up, okay
00:32:59Hey
00:33:00We're doing this we're doing this this is a great turnout such a good turnout
00:33:30You
00:33:32You
00:33:54Detective yeah Brody here says he has some information about Erica Bennett
00:33:59Okay
00:34:01Yeah
00:34:03So a while ago
00:34:06That girl in the that girl and the flyer there
00:34:09She she came into the alley and she was with some dude and they were fighting. He seemed
00:34:16pissed off
00:34:19Go on tell her okay. Well, it's just I remember him saying something like
00:34:27someday
00:34:28He's gonna kill that bitch
00:34:31How old was he the kid who threatened her like her age?
00:34:36Erica's age
00:34:38Were they on a date? I?
00:34:41Don't know
00:34:43No
00:34:44maybe
00:34:46And why are you only coming forward now, well, I forgot I
00:34:51Until I saw the flyer and then I remembered her face. I thought she was hot
00:35:01Oh
00:35:07Carrie it's detective Richards. I tried you at home
00:35:12Please tell me you're not parked outside the ex-boyfriend's house again. I am NOT parked outside the ex-boyfriend's house again
00:35:19How well do you know Liam Wilson?
00:35:23He's like family
00:35:25He's been Erica's best friend since like forever
00:35:29It's basically a brother to Joey what we just got a tip. We think he might have something to do with her disappearance
00:35:40What's going on Liam Wilson, we are bringing you in for questioning in connection with the disappearance of Erica Bennett what
00:35:49But you admit you two were fighting it wasn't a fight it was I mean
00:35:54We had fought like I said
00:35:57We weren't anymore
00:35:59We ribbed each other. That's just how we talk
00:36:03talked I
00:36:05just I
00:36:07Didn't trust him. She pretended to be tough, but she was so sensitive so
00:36:13Fragile and I was worried that he was drawn to those parts of her preying on it. Maybe I
00:36:22And I missed her
00:36:24she was my best friend and she just I
00:36:28Never heard her I was just joking around it was a dumb joke, but I I'd never heard her I swear I
00:36:36swear
00:36:42Thanks for coming I didn't really want my dad finding out about all this I'm so sorry to go through that
00:36:47I mean, this is ridiculous. Thank you. Can I ask you something?
00:36:51Yeah, what do you ever just
00:36:55wonder I mean
00:36:57Sometimes I just feel so guilty like I just accepted Andrew or if I had supported Erica
00:37:03I wonder the same thing all the time
00:37:06and just replay everything in my head over and over and over again, and
00:37:10And I still just ask myself
00:37:14But if it is my fault
00:37:18You're a good friend
00:37:21Let's get you home. Yeah, come on, Finny. Hey
00:37:26What
00:37:31Now what's that? Oh my god
00:37:38Are you my sister? Yeah
00:37:40I
00:37:47Quarters report came back bodies and Martinez. She's been dead for quite some time
00:37:56So we think it could be serial killer it could could what a mess
00:38:04You
00:38:06Couldn't possibly have more bad news
00:38:09Remember that guy we picked up on fraud a while back
00:38:12Lang
00:38:13Real hairy eager to rat. That's the one wants to talk. No, thanks a little busy serial killer and all yeah
00:38:20I thought you'd say that
00:38:23So the guy who's awaiting trial for killing that Bulls key girl a few years back Jeremy Carver, you know
00:38:29Lang's befriended him in prison
00:38:32Carver's been telling him that Bulls key wasn't his only victim. He better not be messing with us
00:38:46Okay, I'm listening
00:38:50So
00:38:53Carver and I before
00:38:55We go back and over before
00:38:58Vacation buddies so like that
00:39:02He's been talking a lot get specific
00:39:07About girls he's heard
00:39:10Girls he's killed
00:39:12years ago
00:39:13before this arrest
00:39:15Other than just the girl you I charged him on
00:39:18Lana Bulls key
00:39:21At first I was taking notes
00:39:23but then I
00:39:25Convinced him to write a confession letter under a different name
00:39:30Under a different name. Yeah, I told him that if he wrote a detailed confession letter about the girls he murdered
00:39:38Sounded off someone else I take it to the cops
00:39:42And you let him go
00:39:44You know because you think someone else admitted to the killings not him
00:39:48That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Yeah
00:39:52Well covers one of the dumbest monsters you'll ever meet
00:39:56terrifying but damn stupid
00:40:00You got the letter
00:40:02More than just the letter the breakthrough maps
00:40:06maps
00:40:08Where he buried the girls?
00:40:11Give them to me
00:40:12funny now that I'm here. I
00:40:15Can't seem to remember where I put them
00:40:19Will help you get a reduced sentence
00:40:23You know what I just remembered really
00:40:28I should do business with you detective
00:40:49Just bag that up over there
00:40:52According to Carver's math, this one is Shawnee Mason
00:41:10Callie Porter
00:41:19Still no Erica
00:41:22She's out here somewhere. Yeah, I
00:41:27Have to tell Carrie
00:41:32Jeremy Carver has just confessed to the murder of your daughter
00:41:37Well, that's not possible
00:41:41She's not
00:41:42No
00:41:44Sure is telling the truth
00:41:46We have good reason to believe so
00:41:49No, I would know
00:41:52She's not
00:41:54I'm so so sorry
00:41:58So, what did he say
00:42:02He wrote a confession letter
00:42:05Erica along with the other missing girls were named in it. How do you know he's not lying?
00:42:12Because he pointed us to the locations of their bodies
00:42:17Using his map. We've been able to find Shawnee Mason and Callie Porter
00:42:23You find Erica not yet. No, but I
00:42:30Have every reason to believe we will
00:42:38Okay, well
00:42:41My daughter is alive
00:42:44You haven't found her body because she's alive Carrie, please
00:42:48He was telling the truth about all the other girls
00:42:52Okay. Well, you can trust a psychopath, but I'm gonna trust my gut. My daughter is alive
00:42:59Come back when you find her
00:43:05Please just find her
00:43:11She was a vivacious and caring daughter
00:43:16Adventurous
00:43:18She was a force
00:43:20And she was kind and loving funny
00:43:27She was her own person
00:43:29Even as a kid she knew who she was and what she wanted and she was gonna give us hell till she got it
00:43:37She was stubborn
00:43:39In the best kind of way
00:43:41She never gave up
00:43:46Today would have been her 18th birthday
00:43:50And I hope
00:43:52We can all gather a bit of her strength as we say goodbye today this doesn't feel right
00:44:00Thank you everyone for coming please do stay for coffee and pastries
00:44:05Thank you. I love you. Mom. I love you. Joey beautiful tribute. Thanks, Martina
00:44:10I
00:44:16I'm so sorry Carrie. I know it feels horrible now and it stays horrible, but the closure it helps
00:44:31Carrie please no, you have some nerve showing up here. I'm sorry. I'll go are you crying?
00:44:37Do you have any idea what it feels like to sit here not knowing if my daughter is actually I
00:44:47Don't know what you did
00:44:48But I know you had something to do with this and I'm gonna figure it out when I do I will make sure you rot
00:44:53in prison
00:45:07I
00:45:37I
00:45:50Court will now proceed with the sentencing of Jeremy Carver for the murder of Lena Bulski
00:45:57the manslaughter of Anna Martinez
00:46:00the murder of Shawnee Mason
00:46:03the murder of Gloria Carbone
00:46:05The murder of Erica Bennett
00:46:17There's been a change your honor I
00:46:21Would like to inform the court that Jeremy Frederick Carver is not guilty and the murder of Erica Christine Bennett
00:46:35As you can see she's very much alive
00:47:05You
00:47:18What
00:47:20It's so nice to see you so happy
00:47:22It's a good day. It's a really good day
00:47:26Bye
00:47:35Erica got you lunch, honey. Thanks
00:47:45What's that for I love you mom
00:48:05I
00:48:21Mean I'll give you to some space. That's good. See ya
00:48:28Why do you look so weird I don't look weird you look weird cuz I am weird
00:48:35Also, I want to go bowling after school
00:48:38Yeah, I can go bowling
00:48:40great
00:48:44Remember how we used to do this all the time and it was super fun and you didn't hate me. I don't hate you
00:48:49Yeah, I kind of miss that. I know me too. You're my best friend. You know that right? I know
00:48:57You're mine
00:48:58And I know that you hate him. I don't know. I don't hate him. I never met him
00:49:05But he did break your heart. So I kind of hate him forever
00:49:09I just miss him so much
00:49:13You're a really good friend obviously bitch come here
00:49:18You wanna ride home no, I'm gonna walk see you tomorrow
00:49:35Oh
00:49:59Hey
00:50:02Yeah, you can't be here he's used to love me right of course, of course, I can you just let me
00:50:23Okay, it's good to see you about we're really not supposed to this last month it's been awful I
00:50:28Pretend like I'm fine on the outside, but on the inside I just feel like I'm dying and you won't even call me back
00:50:34Because I don't want to
00:50:36It's the cop. She freaked me out
00:50:39You don't think it's killing me too. I love you so much. I need to be with you, please
00:50:47Okay, we'll figure it out as against the world
00:50:57You can stay here tonight
00:51:00Everybody warned me I should listen to them
00:51:09I'm making breakfast
00:51:15Can I take your shirt, yeah, of course
00:51:23You need to buy syrup
00:51:28Whatever Erica wants Erica gets
00:51:31Do you have a piano? Oh, no. Oh, I have a keyboard. Can I use it? I've always wanted to learn how to play
00:51:37whenever Erica wants
00:51:43So you grew up here till I was 12 when my parents died I went live with my grandparents in Oregon
00:51:49But when I turned 18 found they left the house to me so came back moved in
00:51:54I was a little lonely at first. Does it still feel lonely? No
00:52:04Can you pick up the new motherboard book, yeah, that's not now yeah, I forgot about that we do
00:52:15Thank you
00:52:17Did
00:52:21You see this don't look at that it'll just make you upset
00:52:30I'm so lucky
00:52:47You
00:53:05So we can work in wiring until 11 a.m. When they open for business, that's right, we'll be here for months
00:53:10Yeah, is it just me? Are you pretty happy today? You practically giddy
00:53:16You got a date or something maybe huh? Okay, let's go we haven't got all day
00:53:28What's going on, what are you mr. Jensen Erica Bennett is missing again
00:53:41We'd like to look inside
00:53:45You
00:53:55Talked to Erica recently
00:53:58Yeah, I mean no I I didn't I I haven't we we broke up you look nervous
00:54:16You didn't kill her did you Andrew Oh God, of course not I'd never heard her I love her you love her
00:54:23I love her. But I mean you told me it could ruin my life
00:54:26When did you break up with her a few weeks ago day after the arrest? It scared me. I
00:54:31Told her I couldn't do it anymore. She's too young. It just doesn't look great for you, Andrew
00:54:36We barely finished processing your first charge and now your victim is missing again. It's not my victim
00:54:44How are your scales coming, huh
00:54:47Apparently not very well
00:54:50Where were you three days ago on August 31st?
00:54:54Working for Hudson Electronics a few miles away. My boss can vouch for me. Let's take a look upstairs
00:55:07This your bedroom
00:55:09Yeah
00:55:11You see my problem here right last time she went missing she was with you
00:55:17Now only a month and some change later
00:55:20she's
00:55:21gone again and
00:55:24You're telling me it has nothing to do with you. I
00:55:28Broke up with her like you told me and now you're saying she's missing
00:55:35Don't leave town
00:55:42Andy
00:55:45Erica
00:55:48Erica word
00:55:52Andy oh, oh you found that
00:55:56Hey going yeah, I
00:55:59am I found it when I was moving the furniture I
00:56:06Think we need to come clean what yeah, I I can't live like this that that was awful
00:56:10I mean, they hate me the cops will arrest you again, and they won't let you go
00:56:14You'll go to jail and not just for one night. We don't know that
00:56:18My mom told me it's it's illegal us being together and
00:56:22Andy you just lied to them. Oh
00:56:26You're brilliant because now they think you live here alone. This is the safest place for me to be for both of us
00:56:33These past few days. They've been the best days of my life
00:56:36My too
00:56:40We're meant to be together it was all that outside crap that was in the way, but we're good right just against the world
00:56:53Us against the world
00:56:56You haven't found her body and I can buy some land I like that idea
00:57:02Can we get goats go to cute goats are cute and a horse like horses and bunnies
00:57:09Bunnies are hella cute almost as cute as you
00:57:14Fifteen year old Erica Bennett went to school and never came home
00:57:19Erica, honey
00:57:20If you're watching this
00:57:22Please come home. I promise you're not in trouble. We're not angry. I swear. I just I
00:57:29Love you so much. We love you so much
00:57:33And we just miss you miss you so so much. So just please come home. Okay, honey. Just come home
00:57:43I'm starting to feel bad. I don't like this. You just hate that. She's scared
00:57:49Yeah, I
00:57:50Didn't mean to I thought that we would just do this for a little bit. Yeah, I
00:57:56Mean I didn't think that this would happen. Should I send her a letter?
00:58:03They're gonna arrest me what if you contact your mom they're gonna arrest me
00:58:11It's like you said
00:58:14I'd go to jail
00:58:18They're never gonna let us be together not not until you're 18 that's so long for now
00:58:26I don't know how I'm gonna wait that long
00:58:28Maybe just a little while longer
00:58:31Yeah
00:58:32I'm just not ready to yeah me either a
00:58:39Little while longer and then I'll tell everyone
00:58:43It's romantic really right, right? It's
00:58:47It's what is romantic
00:58:50It is
00:58:56You
00:59:27Erica it's some 30
00:59:31I mean, I'm ahead of work
00:59:34You okay?
00:59:35Don't you want to say goodbye or I need to go shopping?
00:59:38What I need to get new clothes. I just I got you some new clothes last week. We're trying to save
00:59:49Why do you need new clothes if you don't sorry for wanting to look nice for you
00:59:56What about this
00:59:58How about you pick some things out of this catalog?
01:00:01No, don't worry about the price. You can try them on whatever doesn't fit. I'll return
01:00:06It will be fun
01:00:09Yeah
01:00:10Okay
01:00:12Thank you
01:00:14I'm sorry. It's just it's getting really stuffy inside and I just I
01:00:20want to feel
01:00:21fresh for you
01:00:24You always look fresh to me big
01:00:30You're beautiful, I love you
01:00:47Hey
01:00:49You slept here all night
01:00:51Again well, it's a half day. I'll be back soon. Okay. Okay. I love you
01:01:21You
01:01:28Didn't want to drink a beer with me
01:01:35Sometimes I just I just need some time alone, babe. Okay, I'm either working or I'm here and you know, you're you're always
01:01:41Where can I go?
01:01:42My face is plastered around town. I know that's not what I meant. I just you don't like me being here. I love you here. I
01:01:50Love you more than anything. Okay, it's just
01:01:53Sometimes I just need some space. Okay
01:01:57Every person needs some time alone. Not me. That's all that I have. I'm sorry. There's not
01:02:02Right. We're both making sacrifices, but
01:02:05You're worth it
01:02:08Really, of course
01:02:13Sorry, it's okay
01:02:19I
01:02:30Jeremy Carver who's awaiting trial for the murder of Lana Volsky has admitted to killing several other missing women in the area
01:02:35including Erica Bennett Shawnee Mason and Callie Porter
01:02:39Erica come here quick. Yeah
01:02:42Oh
01:02:46There's remain very high at this point and you can feel the tension in the community right now as investigators trying to put the pieces
01:02:52Together, I don't understand. I've never seen that man in my life
01:02:57What do we do?
01:03:12I
01:03:19Don't I don't know I don't think there's anything we can do you're not 18 yet. So our relationship is still but I'm not dead
01:03:25My mom can't think that I'm dead
01:03:32Maybe it's better
01:03:34What I mean this this whole thing say we tell you mom. What would she even say? I mean, I
01:03:40Think we're probably criminals right not just me. I just don't think there's a version of us coming forward where
01:03:47We can still be together. Maybe it's it's better for you to just be
01:03:58We can all gather a bit of her strength as we say goodbye today
01:04:05Thank you everyone for coming please do stay for coffee and pastries
01:04:10Thank you
01:04:14Beautiful treatment
01:04:17Kerry please. No, you have some nerve showing your face here. Sorry, I'll go
01:04:21I know you had something to do with this. I don't know how but when I figure it out
01:04:25I will make sure that you rot in prison
01:04:40How was it
01:04:42Andy
01:04:47Andrew how was everything Oh
01:04:56Cake is awful. Okay. I can't believe I like let you
01:05:01Let all this happen
01:05:03You were the one who said that we shouldn't come forward who said that I was better off dead
01:05:07I didn't know what to do. I wasn't willing just to walk into a jail cell Erica
01:05:11He's saying that this is my fault. That's not what I meant. You invited me to stay here
01:05:15I never invited you you showed up my doorstep and you never left. You said that I couldn't leave
01:05:19I never said that you implied it. Okay, you want to go just go
01:05:25You want me to go
01:05:29You
01:05:31You told me you'd kill yourself if you stayed at home do you remember
01:05:34I
01:05:36Don't want to go I
01:05:41Don't want you to go either
01:05:46Sorry, no, I'm sorry. I feel like I need to get out of here
01:05:57I have an idea
01:06:00We're a little bit. Okay. Okay. Do not peek. Okay
01:06:05Going I feel like I'm gonna fall. Oh my god
01:06:11Keep going
01:06:19Let's go see if our books are here
01:06:21Oh
01:06:39This was really sweet, I really miss the world. Thank you
01:06:44You're welcome
01:06:46And happy birthday. I
01:06:48Love you. I love you
01:06:52I
01:06:54Seconds the world I think it's the world
01:07:03Miss O'Brien, there must be some relief to know after all these years what happened to her
01:07:07I
01:07:17Know they're out slow down cowboy. I'm just trying to let off some steam. Hey, you should come out more than once a year, man
01:07:25Hey, look, I got that new girl. I could set you up with for work. No
01:07:29blonde blue eyes
01:07:31She's cute
01:07:36What is up with you nothing, I'm good
01:07:45Okay
01:07:50That is one side story, huh can't imagine how the family's must feel
01:08:01What if I told you she's at my house what that girl
01:08:06You're not talking about that dead girl, are you she's not dead
01:08:13Man what are you talking about? Look and she was my girlfriend
01:08:20She wanted to run away. So I let her crash with me and now it's been years
01:08:25But are you serious
01:08:28No
01:08:31Of course not. I'm just I'm kidding. Okay, I gotta go. No. No. Hey Andrew
01:08:49Is everything okay what's going on? I don't know I had a few drinks and I
01:08:56I told Roy about you. What?
01:09:00What are you saying no, no, it's fine, it's fine, it's fine Andrew, what did you say?
01:09:05Please just tell me what you think your picture was all over the bar that the TVs. It just freaked me out. I
01:09:12Told him you're at my house
01:09:17No, but I told him I was just joking it's it's fine there's no way he'd actually believe me
01:09:22Look, we just need to lay low a little while
01:09:25Andrew I've been laying low for almost four years. I can't
01:09:43Andy
01:09:54I
01:10:24Oh
01:10:26Oh
01:10:52Police have hotline. How can I help you?
01:10:56I ran away
01:10:58Okay. Well, I'm glad to speak with you tonight. How long have you been away from home?
01:11:05It's been a while I've been living with someone, um, but I saw this man on the news and
01:11:13He's been charged with my murder. I
01:11:17Just want to go home, but I don't know how
01:11:21And I'm 18 now. It's important to know that I'm 18 and no one forced me to
01:11:26No, no one forced me to stay away. It was just
01:11:29It was just a big mistake
01:11:44Everybody warned me I should listen to them
01:11:57Should I hide
01:12:07It's been a long time, mr. Jensen
01:12:09We have a warrant to search the premises on suspicion that you've been harboring a runaway is Erica Bennett living in this home
01:12:16Andrew is Erica here
01:12:19last chance
01:12:20Can I get a lawyer?
01:12:27Oh
01:12:33Erica are you? Okay. Sorry
01:12:57Oh
01:12:59How did you find me you got a tip your boyfriend told someone you were living with him
01:13:05So what now?
01:13:07We take you to the station
01:13:09And then the courthouse
01:13:11Are my parents there? Yes, they are
01:13:27The murder of Gloria Carbone the murder of Erica Bennett
01:13:44There's been a change your honor
01:13:47Come on, I would like to inform the court that Jeremy Frederick Carver is not guilty and the murder of Erica Christine Bennett
01:13:57As you can see she's very much alive
01:14:00I
01:14:23Never seen mr. Carver or any of the witnesses in my life
01:14:26He had nothing to do with it I just I just ran away
01:14:56Can you tell us
01:15:05What's gonna happen to Andrew
01:15:08Hopefully he goes to prison for a very long time. He had nothing to do with it. I love him
01:15:16Okay, if you're gonna be mad at somebody be mad at me seriously
01:15:22Joey
01:15:25Give him time. He lost years of his life
01:15:37Well, Jim as you just heard right there the community is very unsympathetic for Erica Bennett
01:15:41I'm glad she's safe. But all those resources spent on her. It's a shame is what it really is
01:15:45She should go to jail. What a horrible thing to do. Well, there's a lot of questions that still need to be answered
01:15:50We will be pressing for that in the coming days
01:15:52But right now there's a lot of relief that Erica has been found safe
01:15:58It's fine, I deserve to be punished
01:16:04No, honey
01:16:09Punished I don't even know where to begin. I know I
01:16:13Don't know. No, you don't know
01:16:17You don't know what it's like
01:16:19To have your daughter be missing for four years everyone telling you that she's dead
01:16:32But I knew
01:16:35I knew in my gut
01:16:38But only to find out you were what a mile away and you couldn't pick up the damn phone
01:16:49I'm so sorry. I
01:16:54Know that I wasn't a perfect mother. I know but I mean I feel like you
01:17:00And Joey always knew how much I loved you how much I'd be there for you. I'm so sorry
01:17:05I
01:17:13Hello, hi, this is the National News we'd like to tell your daughter's story is the National News show they they want to tell your
01:17:20story
01:17:23So many people find it hard to believe that you had to put your family through so much pain
01:17:28That if you really loved them, you would never have done this to them. I do love them
01:17:34Honestly, I didn't mean for any of this to happen. I just got in deeper and deeper and I couldn't climb out
01:17:41You were afraid yeah
01:17:44It just kind of snowballed and it got out of hand
01:17:53Hey, sorry, I'm late, okay, I
01:17:57Just I just wanted to say I'm glad you're okay, but
01:18:03I don't think I'm ready to be friends again
01:18:07Liam I didn't mean to hurt you, but you did
01:18:12Bye Erica
01:18:14Wait
01:18:19The clock was running I
01:18:21Thought I'd be sent to prison. I thought I'd be sent away. I was afraid of the consequences. I
01:18:29I
01:18:30Can wait a year easy
01:18:35Things are so much better human being an adult makes all the difference
01:18:39And your mom dropped some of the charges. I know
01:18:43You tell her. Thank you. I will
01:18:47I love you. I love you, too
01:18:53What was it like when Erica was away, how did you feel?
01:18:59The
01:19:02Pain it's
01:19:04It's hard to imagine the pain it's like every day I would just think about her and
01:19:11You know, what what was she doing or
01:19:15Like what did she look like that day
01:19:19The longer it went on the worse it got
01:19:21I
01:19:26Hey
01:19:30Do you wanna like hang out or we could see a movie or something
01:19:36Do you think I want to just see a movie with you
01:19:40Joey I miss you and Wow
01:19:45Sure like stun
01:19:47For four years, I've been living like a
01:19:53Ghost or something
01:19:56Mom was never around even if she actually was
01:20:00Whenever anything good happened to me. I felt guilty for even thinking about being happy
01:20:08All anyone wanted to do was think about Erica
01:20:13What happened to Erica, let's all be sad about Erica
01:20:26I wish you just stayed away
01:20:35$115,000
01:20:37We paid back to the city of Novato
01:20:40Who are resources related to the false police investigation
01:20:45Yes, your honor, of course your honor
01:20:49And how are things now at the moment it's hard
01:20:55She's gonna have to rebuild that trust with me
01:21:01But I love my daughter
01:21:05All I wanted was for her to be happy
01:21:08Safe I
01:21:12Still want that for her
01:21:18Okay, I
01:21:28Never meant to hurt my mom or my brother ever. I just wanted to live my life
01:21:35The way that I wanted are you working to mend your relationship with them now I am
01:21:42With my brother, it's it's hard, but I'm hoping that with time it gets better
01:21:49Me and my mom were working on it. We want to be okay with each other again, you know
01:21:57Is that everything what's it like going back to Andrews house
01:22:01It's like a prison or do you think of it more as a home it's home
01:22:07Are you sure? Yes
01:22:13Now a lot has been made of the fact that
01:22:15You were a child and he was an adult
01:22:19Do you think you were making these choices yourself? Yes
01:22:23Yes, I was but yes psychologically
01:22:27Do you accept that maybe he had some control over you? No, that's not true
01:22:36Tell me like it
01:22:47Thank you for having both of us
01:22:50Honey, I'm so glad you came
01:22:52Really yeah, cuz I just worry that things aren't fully. Okay between us yet. Oh
01:23:00Honey, it is. I
01:23:02Want it to be I don't know if I was too negative. No, or was I doing anything to make you know?
01:23:11I just wish things were easier. I think it will be with time. I
01:23:18Just don't want to lose you again
01:23:22You're not gonna lose me again. I
01:23:24Love you, honey
01:23:27I love you, too
01:23:35Help me clean this mess up
01:23:37I
01:23:46But do you hope for your future Erica I
01:23:50Just want to live my life in peace and freedom
01:23:56Not in hiding I
01:23:58Don't want anyone to judge me for who I love. I
01:24:03just
01:24:04Want to be free, you know
01:24:07I just want to be free
01:24:37I
01:25:07Don't know
01:25:37Yeah