Original subtitles

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Man: THE THING INSIDE OF ME IS LIKE -- THE APPETITE,

IT'S LIKE A WOLF THAT'S FILLING THE HUNGER.

- -Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

SO THIS NOTE IS TITLED "LIFE RESIGNATION NOTICE."

"SORRY FOR THE BATHROOM MESS, MOTHER.

GOOD LUCK RECOVERING FROM THE SHOCK, YOU TWO."

WHEN HE SAYS, "GOOD LUCK RECOVERING FROM THE SHOCK."

HE'S TAKING PLEASURE IN KNOWING THE PAIN

THAT HIS MOTHER AND HIS SISTER ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE.

THIS MAKES THE SUICIDE NOT ABOUT HIM,

BUT RATHER ABOUT THE PAIN IT'S GOING TO INFLICT

ON HIS FAMILY MEMBERS

UNTIL HE DECIDES IT'S A BETTER IDEA

AND MORE HURTFUL TO JUST KILL THEM.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A MURDER PLAN.

"KILL MOTHER WITH GARROTE, AFTERWARDS,

PREPARED TO LEAVE FOR GOOD. WAIT UNTIL NIGHTFALL,

GO TO SIS'S APARTMENT AND KILL HER.

ANYONE ELSE IN THE WAY,

LEAVE FOR THE GREYHOUND BUS ASAP. VICTORY!"

SO HE SHOWS A LEVEL

OF ORGANIZATION AND PLANNING AND OBSESSION.

Termini: IN THE SORT OF POSTSCRIPT OF THIS LETTER,

HE SAYS, "I KILLED THAT STUPID, GRAY CAT

BECAUSE I WAS BORED ONE DAY, SORRY,"

HE'S SAYING, "OH, THIS IS WHAT I DO WHEN I'M BORED.

SO IMAGINE WHAT I DO WHEN I'M NOT BORED."

"IT'S KIND OF FUNNY HOW YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW SOMEONE,

NOT EVEN YOUR OWN SON OR BROTHER."

Termini: SHAME, GUILT, REMORSE DETER US FROM DOING TERRIBLE THINGS

BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO FEEL GUILTY.

WE DON'T WANT TO FEEL ASHAMED.

PSYCHOPATHS GENERALLY WILL NOT EXPERIENCE THESE EMOTIONS.

AND SO THE SHAME THAT WOULD GENERALLY COME WITH

DOING SOMETHING TERRIBLE

OR WANTING TO DO SOMETHING TERRIBLE JUST DOESN'T EXIST.

ONE POSSIBILITY IS THE MOM NOTICED VERY EARLY ON THAT

HE JUST WASN'T FITTING IN.

THIS WAS A CHILD WHO WAS A LONER, YOU KNOW,

DIDN'T SOCIALIZE, WAS NOT INTERESTED IN FRIENDSHIPS.

Termini: HIS RELATIONSHIPS REALLY SEEMED TO BE LIMITED

TO HIS MOTHER AND HIS SISTER,

AND SO HIS AGGRESSION WAS THUS TARGETED AT THEM.

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WE'RE LOOKING AT A TEXT MESSAGE FROM MOM TO THE DAUGHTER --

LIVING WITH SOMEONE WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS

OR WHO IS VERY DISTURBED IS DRAINING,

AND SHE'S A SINGLE MOM.

SHE'S ABSOLUTELY EXHAUSTED.

PSYCHOPATHS DO HAVE LOWER IMPULSE CONTROL,

AND IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE HE REALLY THOUGHT

THROUGH THIS PLAN VERY WELL,

EVIDENCED BY HIS INITIAL ATTEMPT TO KILL HER FAILING.

HE DIDN'T REALLY THINK THROUGH WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.

Termini: HE'S NEVER ACTUALLY TALKED TO ANYBODY ABOUT THESE THINGS,

SO THERE MAY BE A HESITATION IN, "OH, ACTUALLY,

IS IT OKAY THAT I'M ON CAMERA NOW?

I DON'T ACTUALLY CARE. I CAN'T WAIT TO TALK ABOUT IT."

HE'S HAD THIS FANTASY FOR A LONG TIME

AND HAS THOUGHT IT THROUGH.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS WHICH ARE REALLY INTERESTING

AND ONE IS THE NEED TO BE WELL-DRESSED.

AND SO EVERYONE IN THE SCENE IS GOING TO BE WELL DRESSED.

HE'S GOING TO BE IN A SUIT.

Termini: FOR HIM, IT'S A MEANS OF CONTROL.

PSYCHOPATHS TEND TO LIKE TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE

AND PLAY GAMES WITH PEOPLE

BECAUSE IT'S A WAY OF FULFILLING SOME SORT OF ENJOYMENT FOR THEM.

KEVIN DAVIS SAYS, "A KIND OF LOVE,"

AND THIS AGAIN SPEAKS TO A PSYCHOPATH'S ABILITY

TO IDENTIFY THAT THEIR EMOTIONS ARE NOT THE SAME AS OTHERS.

IT JUST SHOWS

HOW UNBELIEVABLY WARPED HIS EXPERIENCE OF EMOTION IS.

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THE DETECTIVES, THEY'RE WORRIED THAT HE'S LYING, HOWEVER,

HE'S SHOWN ABSOLUTELY NO SIGNS OF DECEPTION WHATSOEVER.

HE HAS NOT LIED ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE UP UNTIL THAT POINT.

Termini: "SHE MAY YET LIVE, ALTHOUGH I DOUBT IT.

HURRY, DESIREE, SINCERELY, YOUR BROTHER."

HE SAYS "SINCERELY," WHICH IS SOMETHING

THAT YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WRITE TO YOUR OWN SIBLING.

BUT THEN HE WRITES, "YOUR BROTHER"

IN SORT OF A "HA HA HA IN YOUR FACE.

THIS IS WHO DID THIS TO OUR MOTHER."

AND THOSE WERE THE SCENES WHERE HE FELT MOST PSYCHOPATHIC,

WHERE HE WAS TAUNTING HER,

AND HE WAS TAUNTING IN A DEEPLY CRUEL WAY.

Termini: IT'S COMPLETELY COUNTER-INTUITIVE

TO THE EMOTION OF LOVE,

BUT FOR HIM, THE THOUGHT AND CARE THAT HE

AND POTENTIALLY OTHER MURDERERS MIGHT PUT INTO THESE KILLINGS,

THAT TO HIM IS THE EXPRESSION OF LOVE.

IT'S CLEAR FROM THIS VIDEO THAT HE'S DONE SOME RESEARCH.

HE, YOU KNOW, LOOKS UP TO PROBABLY OTHER MURDERERS,

PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THINGS LIKE THIS.

HE MAY, IN FACT, HAVE CRIED HIS EYES OUT.

THIS IS SOMEONE WHO POTENTIALLY HAS NEVER CRIED BEFORE.

THAT'S AN INTENSE EMOTION.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE'S REALLY BEEN ABLE TO FULFILL

THIS FANTASY AND EXPERIENCE ANY SORT OF INTENSE EMOTION,

AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMING FOR HIM,

NOT IN A NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE WAY,

NOT BECAUSE HE REGRETTED IT OR FELT SHAME FOR IT,

BUT IT WAS JUST A RELEASE.

Raghavan: PSYCHOPATHS DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ALIVE,

BECAUSE WHAT MAKES US FEEL ALIVE?

IT'S EMOTIONS AND CONNECTION.

THEY DON'T FEEL MUCH AND THEY CANNOT CONNECT.

AND SO PERHAPS IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES

THAT HE HAD SUCH A STRONG, EXHILARATING SORT OF SENSATION,

HE FELT ALIVE, AND HE WANTED TO STAY THERE.

IF HE WAS NOT APPREHENDED,

HE WOULD HAVE GEARED UP AND DONE IT AGAIN,

POTENTIALLY TO HIS SISTER OR SOMEBODY ELSE,

BUT WHEN HE SAYS, "I'M DONE,"

I THINK HE'S REFERRING TO THIS VERY SPECIFIC MURDER

AND NOT NECESSARILY HIS INCLINATION FOR MURDER.

THERE'S NOT A HAPPY ENDING FOR ME.

JUST TELL ME, WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU?

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE?

WHATEVER THE JUDGE, THE PEOPLE, THE JURY DEEM FIT.

I CAN ROT, I CAN SUFFER FOR YEARS,

OR I CAN GET THE DEATH PENALTY, WHATEVER THEY THINK.

Man: THE MEDICAL EXAMINER CONFIRMED TODAY

THAT THE VICTIM'S INJURIES WERE CONSISTENT

WITH EVERY PART OF DAVIS' STORY.

THERE WAS ABOUT 18 LACERATIONS ABOUT THE HEAD,

SCATTERED ABOUT THE SURFACE OF THE HEAD.

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