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I think someone has been shot.

Who, sir?

My wife and my daughter, or both.

Uh -huh.

See, I just got home.

I was too afraid to go look.

I think that Cinnamon shot my wife. Who is Cinnamon, sir? She's my daughter. Uh

-huh. We can't find her anywhere. Sir, how old is your daughter?

She's 14.

Could you get someone here? Could you send someone right away, please?

You're David Brown, sir?

Yes.

9657 Orange Glen? That's right.

Okay, sir, we have an officer here now.

Go to the front door, sir.

Can you see him? Okay, all right. What do I do with the phone? Leave it off the

hooker.

Okay, all right.

Hold that.

Don't say anything.

David Brown? Yeah, come in, please. My sister -in -law heard shots in the

bedroom down there.

How long ago did it happen?

About an hour ago.

I was scared, so I locked myself in my bedroom until David came home.

Why are you still right here?

Is the code 3 I need an ambulance?

Please hurry. It's back there.

Please.

Oh, God.

Hurry, please.

Why don't you two have a stick, okay?

Okay.

Sir, are you the one who called 911?

Yeah, that's right. And your name is? David Brown. David Brown. All right, Mr.

Brown. I'm barely hanging in. All right.

Let's go.

Okay.

Four, five, and Bentley.

Four, five, and Bentley.

It's going to be all right.

Everything is going to be all right.

I can't handle this.

I'm under pressure.

Your wife's been shot twice in the chest. Oh,

God.

Will she be all right?

It's critical. They don't want to move her right away.

She's going to be all right.

We're doing all we can, sir.

Detective Leverton is away.

Yeah, he's on his way, sir.

Is he okay?

Oh, my God.

That is... Oh, God.

She was shot about an hour, hour and a half ago. We just lost her. So we'll get

her in for an immediate autopsy, right?

We got a wimp and a .38 7 -nose revolver and no sign of a teenage suspect.

I have to check your hands for gunshot residue.

I told the other officer that I wasn't even here when it happened.

I mean, I can't even go in that room. I saw her from the hallway.

I saw her arm hanging off the bed, off the edge of the bed, you know.

Mr. Brown, I'm Peter Leverett, Garden Grove Police Department.

I know that this is going to be difficult for you, but we have certain

procedures we have to adhere to.

Okay, I understand.

So I'm going to have to ask you some questions.

Okay. I never thought I would come to this.

I knew they had problems, but... Who's that? Who had problems?

Cinnamon is my daughter from a previous marriage.

Okay, I wanted her to come and live with us, but her and Linda were like fire

and ice.

So Cinnamon lives here with you? Yeah, she moved in in September, you know,

just before school started. Where did she move in from? Her mom's. I mean, you

know, her real mom.

She thinks it's come to a head lately, and Linda had sent her to live in a

trailer out back.

Check the garage.

You got it, sir.

There's a gate there on the side.

Please!

All right, better check the neighborhood.

All right, I've got a description of the suspect.

White female, 14 years old, brunette, 5 '2", approximately 110 pounds, wearing a

white nightshirt.

What made you leave the house tonight?

Uh, Linda and I, we went to bed, and we made love.

You made love?

Yeah, and that's when she told me that she wanted Cinnamon to move back to her

mother's. And that really upset me, okay? I just want everybody to be a

okay? I want everybody to get along.

And so I went for a drive because I had to work everything out in my mind, okay?

I just can't believe this.

Cinnamon hasn't really been herself lately.

I'm sorry, excuse me a minute.

Hey, John, come here a minute.

Uh, yeah, why don't you let the officer take your baby for just a second?

It's going to be okay. He's great with kids.

You were saying about Cinnamon?

Um, yeah, she's been, um, withdrawn.

She even talked about suicide.

She talked to you about suicide?

Yeah. I told her everyone has problems when they're a teenager.

Things would get better, things like that. I always talked her out of it. Do

have any idea where Cinnamon might have gone?

The only...

The place I can think is maybe her mother's.

That poor kid has been shuttled around between us for her whole life.

Where does her mother live?

In Anaheim. It's Sandra Eden on Wayland Street.

Request for an officer to the home of Sandra Eden at EDEN in Anaheim, Wayland

Street. I was just about to go to sleep when Cinnamon came in.

She had a gun and she asked me how it worked.

She said she was worried that someone was going to break into the trailer.

Why would she ask you that? Do you know how to use a gun?

Only from TV.

What I've seen on TV.

So you showed her how to use it.

Well, I showed her what I knew.

But I thought she was going to use it for protection. I didn't know what she

going to do.

Let's go take a look in your room.

Okay. Tell me about your wife.

I love that woman.

I mean, I don't think I will ever love anyone.

Like, I loved her.

I'm sorry.

You didn't go into the bedroom.

I called her name, okay.

But when I didn't hear anything, I just...

I don't know. Call me a coward.

But I couldn't... I was too afraid of what I would find back there. I'm sorry.

I was asleep.

And Cinnamon came in and shot over my bed.

You sure it was Cinnamon?

Mm -hmm.

And then the baby started to cry.

Where was she?

She was in there.

I was scared.

So then I ran in and got her and locked us both in my room.

And then I heard two more shots come from Linda's room. Looks like we've got

entry hole through this tapestry.

See this?

Right there?

Yeah. Hold on. It's all right. It's my parents. I called them.

Linda's dead.

Looks like Cindy shot her. Oh, my God. I can't believe she'd do something like

this. Well, she disappeared. We can't find her. Poor baby.

Poor baby.

It would help a lot if you could take the baby with you because this is not a

place for her to be right now. We need to get her hands tested.

But what about Cindy?

We'll let you know as soon as we find her.

All right.

Listen, we'll...

We'll take Amber over to our house.

How could something like this happen? I told Cinnamon to see a therapist, you

know, but she would not listen to me.

Did you call us as soon as you find her?

Now, we'll be waiting for you at the house.

Okay.

Thanks, Dad.

Where would Cinnamon get a handgun?

Oh, well, I have a gun collection.

Handguns, we keep... I wish you would find Cinnamon.

That's your sister?

No.

Linda's my sister.

I've been living with her and David since I was 11.

And the baby is... It's Linda's baby, Amber.

Unit 26 is at the residence and the officer is talking to Cinnamon's mother

I don't know how she would get there.

She isn't even old enough to drive.

There has to be some mistake.

Cinnamon wouldn't do something like this.

Is there someplace else she might go?

Maybe your best friend, Lisa Tanner.

Do you have an address?

I'll have to get it.

There's no reason she would do this. She and Linda get along just fine.

There.

Does that look like a kid who would shoot someone?

When Cinnamon came in to ask you how to use the gun, did you touch it?

No. No, I didn't. You're sure now?

Yeah, I'm sure. Excuse me. I'm sorry.

Is this going to take much longer? Because, you know, I don't think I can

in this house another minute. Well, I think you can go if you want to. We'll

lock up when we're finished.

Okay, great. Thanks. And could you make sure that nobody touches my business

equipment, okay? Sure. Let me ask you something. What is it that you do?

I retrieve data from damaged computer disks.

That's got my men to be very careful.

I'll get the baby soon.

You know Patty and the dead girl or Cispus?

How am I going to raise a baby by myself?

Watch for this when it's a real killer.

Madison, come here.

Oh, what in the hell is going on here?

Come on, girl.

Come on.

Come on. Oh,

boy, this girl had a big night.

Cinnamon? Huh?

Are you Cinnamon?

Come on, I got you, girl.

What is this?

What the heck do we have here?

Dear God, please forgive me. I didn't mean to hurt her.

Cinnamon. We're going to take you down to the police station. I'm going to have

to arrest you.

Look, we've got to get her checked out fast. She took a heavy dose or

Get a sample of these pills. Let's go. Yes, sir.

Is my dad all right?

What's the piece there?

Real quiet.

Yeah, just be quiet. Be quiet.

Is that Cinnamon?

Is that Cinnamon? I wanted to talk to her.

She needs some medical attention.

She's on some kind of drug system. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. That's not possible.

My girls don't use drugs. I mean, we don't even drink in this house. Okay,

listen. Why don't you come to the station this afternoon?

You can probably see her. Okay?

Yeah, okay, okay.

Could you just make sure that the house is locked up, please? Oh, yeah, yeah,

absolutely. Don't worry.

I can't do it.

Patty, come on. You have to do it.

I need time to think.

Okay? Come on.

Ethel, it's David.

Linda's dead.

She's been shot.

She's going to be okay, isn't it? I'm listening.

Pupils, sluggish. You have the right to remain silent.

If you give up the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be

against you in a court of law.

Pulse normal.

Reflexes are good.

Blood pressure on the low side.

She's going to be all right, but a doctor had better see her.

Do you know who I am?

I'm a police officer.

Mm -hmm.

You know why you're here?

I hurt Linda.

That's right, because you hurt Linda. How did you hurt Linda?

My daughter.

Cinnamon, we're going to take you over to the hospital.

Watch it when you're out.

Hold it up a little, Larry.

Stay with it.

Come on, help me out.

Good girl.

Okay, do you know how many pills you took?

Uh -huh.

Well, we're going to have to pump your stomach. You know, we have to get those

pills out of there. I already threw up.

Uh -huh.

I don't like to throw up. Well, you're damn lucky you did.

Otherwise, you'd be dead.

I don't want to die.

Cinnamon, can you tell me why you took the pills?

Went to the mall with Lisa.

Doesn't sound like any cold -blooded killer I've met.

Well, I'll tell you what. I've got a note, and the girl has confessed to

who would listen, so it's not going to take much for your office to nail this

one. You get handwriting samples from everybody in the house? Yeah, this one's

got Patty Bailey's name on it, and it's a story about a kid whose parents hate

him so much she finally kills himself to make them happy.

Patty's the victim's sister. That's right.

She's been living with them for the last six years.

One big happy family, huh?

Might as well bring it along.

Hey,

how's my girl?

The great father.

None of this would have happened if I kept your choice.

My choice was for you to give her the things I couldn't give her.

Not this.

Please. Would you guys not fight?

I just want the best for you. I am getting her a good lawyer, okay? I'm

to get her out of this. Don't make her promises you can't keep.

Come back and see you after work, okay?

Favorite yellow roses. Hey, smell.

And with their clothes.

Daddy,

I'm scared.

Oh, I know.

Don't worry, I'm not going to let anything happen to you. Because I just

you to death.

And we're family, right?

Nothing comes between family. The police said that I'm going to jail. No way.

I'm not going to let that happen.

But you have to tell me what you told them, okay?

That she was going to kick me out and I shot her.

Okay.

Okay, from now on, I think it would be best for you if you just told them that

you can't remember anything at all about what happened.

They won't believe me.

Cindy, listen to me.

You took a lot of drugs, okay?

You can't remember anything.

That's all.

I don't want to remember it.

I don't even want to think about it.

Well, then don't.

Hey, come on.

Here. Break your root beer float before it melts.

Cost me $100.

You remember me? I work for the police department, and this is Frank Brothers.

He does investigative work for the DA's office.

There are some things about your case, gentlemen, that don't make sense to me.

need to ask you some questions.

I understand you shot them because you were mad.

But what about Patty?

Are you mad at her, too?

I don't know if I can tell her right now.

I think I better go back to my room.

Can you tell me where you got the gun this year, buddy?

I told you it was a blur.

I can't remember any of it. Wait a minute now. Do you remember yesterday

told me you found the gun in the office door?

I really don't feel too good.

This is really important, Cinnamon.

This can make all the difference to you.

I need to know when you took the pills.

Was it before or after you shot Linda?

I told you I don't remember.

It's like the whole night was blacked out. You can't remember parts of it or

can't remember all of it.

I don't remember anything.

Can I please go back to my room?

I want you to get her out.

It's not going to be easy.

She made some strong statements, some incriminating statements.

I know my daughter, okay?

She is a good girl, but she has never been all that stable. Now, there is no

that she knew what she was doing when she did this thing.

Now, maybe I think an insanity plea is the way to go.

Possible.

Okay. Good.

You work on that for me.

Right now, I have to worry about the funeral arrangements.

I know, Linda, okay?

I've been married to her brother for 13 years.

And there's no way Linda would kick Cinnamon out to the trailer.

She always put that kid on a pedestal.

Was there any kind of trouble between them?

No.

That's why none of this makes any sense.

What about the rest of the family? Did everybody else get along?

Well, it was a house full of women, okay?

David liked to play them off against each other.

What do you mean by that?

Look, I have... I have to tell you, I don't like David Brown very much, and he

doesn't like me.

Patty?

I'm sorry about your sister.

Thanks, Donna.

Do you want to use some of my lipstick? You look so pale.

She doesn't need it.

It's pretty enough.

I have to go check on some arrangements. You going to be okay?

Your mother's having a very hard time.

A week ago, she had everything in front of her. Look at her now.

Look at my beautiful daughter now.

I know how

you feel.

I'm so, so sorry.

The best thing would be for Patty to move back in with me.

We can pick up her things tomorrow.

Ethel, this is a terrible time for everyone.

I know what a strain it would put on you financially.

I feel like I've raised Patty, and I don't know why things can't go on the

they have been.

I need all the support I can get, okay?

My folks are moving in with me, too.

I don't know.

It'll be okay, Mama.

I promise, Linda, if anything ever happened, I'd take care of Amber.

Donna will be with me a while.

Everything will be okay, Mama.

Everything will be okay.

It's horrible.

How can you stand it?

I'll never be able to sleep alone in my room again.

I miss here.

I can feel it.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Girls are getting yourself all worked up.

Come on.

We'll find a new house. We'll start a new life.

Put all this behind us, okay?

You really are a good friend, Donna.

Now, I am going to keep this family together, but we've all got to be

okay?

is a very serious crime.

The murder of a family member has a particularly heinous ring to it.

Cinnamon Brown, you will continue to be held at Juvenile Hall until your trial

date.

Court is adjourned.

about the gunshot residues? I got the test, and both David Brown and Patty

Bailey showed metal traces on the backs of their hands, and Patty's were at

elevated levels.

And cinnamon?

Nothing. But then again, he had so much form matter on her, they probably would

have covered anything.

There's a lot of loose threads on this one, Pete.

These tests are not foolproof, and they don't necessarily mean that they handled

the weapon.

You don't look happy. You want me to question them again?

Yeah.

See if you can get to Patty without David around.

You know, I was wondering, is there some reason that you've stayed on here with

David since your sister's death?

Yeah, David is like my father.

I promised Linda I'd take care of Amber if anything ever happened.

You know, David will be back soon.

I guess you and Cinnamon must have been pretty close, huh?

Mm -hmm.

We were like sisters.

We didn't used to sleep in the same room.

That was before she moved out from the trailer.

Well, sometimes she would sleep in the trailer and sometimes she'd sleep with

me. I liked her company.

Wait a minute. Whose idea was it that she move out here?

It was hers.

She thought it was cool having her own place.

Oh, there's David right now.

Yeah, but that night she was going to sleep in the trailer, right? Because

was her excuse for asking you about the gun.

That's what she said.

Did you touch that gun that night?

No. Did you handle a gun of any kind?

Nope. Jill Everett, is there a problem?

Yeah.

Pet, you're a high level of antimony on Patty's hands the night of the murder.

I'm looking for an explanation. You didn't handle the gun that night.

No.

We had planned a picnic.

Okay, sometimes we go to the desert and we shoot cans and bottles and stuff.

Patty had helped me load the guns in the car.

It rained, so we didn't go.

Patty, could you get me my pills, please?

My family has been through a lot here, okay?

It really would be best if you did this another time. I have one question, Mr.

Brown. You told me that Linda kicked Benjamin out of the house.

Patty says that's not true.

Patty is a kid.

She doesn't know everything that went on.

Now, I'm sorry, but this is not the best time, and my health is not good. And

all this is just making it worse, so if you don't mind...

Doing everything like I told you?

Daddy, I'm doing everything you said.

I just don't understand why it's taking so long.

It's only a month.

You go to trial in a month. That's not so long to wait.

Then everything goes back to normal. I want to go home now.

I want to be with my friends, not these rejects in here.

See?

Listen to me. It is my job to hold the family together, okay? It is your job to

hold on in here and get through this.

But I wanted to go to the beach on my birthday. Lisa and I had it all planned.

I mean, if you get through this, I'll buy you a house at the beach.

Come on.

Hey, got you a surprise.

Thank you.

Tom, can't we get a continuance?

Simmons' attorney's ready. They're going for not guilty by reason of insanity.

I still don't want to believe a little girl like this to do that. We've got a

multiple cop -out. Unless she changes her story, there's nothing I can do. But

I've got a lot of little pieces here that don't fit.

Well, you make them fit, and then we'll talk. Until then, I've got a case to

prosecute. Come on, Tom, I need time. I have no time!

We're going to trial with what we've got. I've got no choice.

What we have here is a 14 -year -old girl under duress, clearly under the

influence of drugs.

I don't see how statements can be considered voluntary under circumstances

these. I move that this statement be excluded.

I have to agree with you, Mr. Lockwood.

The statement is excluded.

Mr. Margolin, you may call your next witness.

I call Miss Sally Villa. It's my father.

His doctor feels that he can't handle the strain, that the stress would be too

much. Please raise your right hand.

Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the

truth, to help you God?

Please be seated.

March 20th of this year, Cinnamon Brown became a patient of yours, did she not?

Yes. She was brought into the emergency room of the prison ward, and I treated

her there for the next few days.

At that time, did Cinnamon indicate to you anything she had done in the

24 hours? She volunteered that she had shot her stepmother twice.

Half an hour later, she took about 80 pills.

She said the pills had fallen on the floor, and she had to pick them up. She

took the pills a half hour after she shot her stepmother?

Yes.

Thank you.

No more questions.

Ms. Diaz, isn't it true that cinnamon was under the influence of these very

drugs that you mentioned when she told you all these things? I talked to her 20

hours after she had ingested the pills. She had regurgitated most of them by

that time and seemed quite lucid.

No further questions.

It is really important how you do today. I'm depending on you.

I know.

Do you remember what you're supposed to do? Yes.

I'm supposed to do anything I can to get her off. Right, but don't go overboard.

Just make her look a little erratic, like she was out of touch or something.

Okay.

Could you give me my pills before you go?

I really hate being sick

like this.

I could go with you.

I'll be all right.

Yeah, I know you won't.

You always come through for me.

On the night of the murder, Cinnamon seemed different, didn't she?

She was upset, depressed, like something was bugging her.

And had you ever noticed that she was depressed prior to the night of March

18th? She was very moody.

Yes, but these changes of mood didn't affect her relationship with Linda prior

to the night of March 18th.

Not that I'm aware of.

They got along like they always did.

No further questions.

On the night of the murder, you were awakened by a gunshot?

Yes. What, if anything, did you see at that time?

I saw, like, a silhouette.

Close the door.

A silhouette?

Yes.

Do you know who that silhouette was?

No.

Haven't you previously stated that you saw Cinnamon Brown leave your room?

No.

You do not recall telling a police officer on the night of the murder that

saw Cinnamon Brown leave your room?

I don't recall that, no.

Ms. Bailey.

You say you have affection for Cinnamon and regard her as a sister.

Yes.

Are you trying to protect Cinnamon at this time?

No.

I'm not going to try to fool you on this. The prosecution is winning this

What about... Patty, she said it wasn't me.

Yeah, and anybody can see that she's lying. First she told the police that it

was you who came into the room. Now she wants us to believe that she doesn't

know who it was.

Cinnamon, I can still put you up on the stand, give you the chance to defend

yourself. How can I defend myself if I don't know what happened?

Cinnamon, this is your last chance to tell the truth.

I told you, I can't remember anything.

It is not easy to make decisions which irreversibly determine the future of

people as young as the ones who enter my courtroom.

But, Cinnamon Brown, it is my judgment that you knew what you were doing when

you pulled the trigger and killed Linda Brown.

Under the circumstances, I have no choice but to give you the maximum

27 years to life.

You will be sent to the California Youth Authority.

I hope you will ponder your actions and try to redeem what you have done.

This court stands adjourned.

Take decent follow of the officer.

Hi. I'm Harky Gonzalez.

I'm your parole officer.

I thought you got one of those after you got out of prison.

Yeah, well, it's my job to make sure you're rehabilitated.

You're ready to leave here when it's time.

Well, you don't have to worry about me. My dad's got a lot of detectives working

on the case, so I'll be leaving soon.

Uh -huh.

Can I call home?

Yep. Three times a month. Collect.

And while I have your attention, let me tell you what else you're going to get.

You get two pairs of jeans, two t -shirts, and one nightgown. Now, you can

your family send up some more sneakers when you're done with those, but they

to be white.

Absolutely no gang colors. You got me?

Listen, it doesn't have to be as bad as all that.

You know, you can finish school here. You can even get a job right here on the

premises.

Well, I told you I'm not going to be here long enough.

Okay.

You want to get your butt out of here, this is what you're going to have to do.

Now, listen to me.

you're going to have to make a good impression on the parole board.

Now, they're going to evaluate you once a year.

What they're going to want to see you do is cop to your crime.

I don't know what that means.

That means you've got to take a long, hard look at what you did, and you've

to feel bad about it.

Now, if you do that, you'd be surprised how quickly we're going to peel back

your time. You don't do that, you're going to be going through a lot of

calendars inside these walls.

You listening to me?

Mm -hmm.

Good.

Why do I have to nail these shut?

How could somebody climb up that high?

Look, this family is the most important thing in my life, and I just want to

make sure that we're protected.

That's why I got this security system.

Security from what?

Patty, a man like me makes enemies.

There's no way that I'm going to take the chance that you or the baby would be

harmed. I've made too many sacrifices already.

Get that.

Hello?

Is that Patty?

Put Patty on the phone.

Yeah, hold on.

It's cinnamon.

Hi, Cindy.

Good to hear from you.

Daddy, why didn't you tell me to change the number? I wasted too many calls

trying to find you. Honey, I told you you can always get a hold of me through

answering service.

Hey, we found a new house.

You're going to love it. As soon as you get out of there, you're going to have

your own room with your own bathroom.

The bathroom's in my bedroom now.

Oh, come on.

That place is a country club compared to where they send adults.

Why is Patty still there? I thought Grandpa and Grandma moved in to help

Yeah, they are.

too, but it's not enough, okay? My health has gotten a lot worse, and

don't realize how tough it's been.

Hey, girl. Put you on the seatbelt, okay?

Danny, I don't fit in here at all.

Honey, I swear I'm doing everything I can to get you out of there. I believe

you. You're a lot tougher than I am.

If it were me, I'd probably end up taking my own life or something.

And that's you.

You're going to make it through. You got what it takes.

By the way, did you get those things that I sent to you?

Yeah,

yeah, they're good. They're just what I wanted. I'm going to send you my credit

card number, okay? I want you to order anything you want.

Okay.

But, Dad, I need the number to the new house. I don't want to waste any more of

my calls.

Sweetheart, I don't think I can do that.

My new contract is with the government, okay? And it's very top secret.

I didn't want to tell you before, but these connections may help me get you

of it. But I need the number.

Honey, what's going on there? Is there something happening there?

Knock it off! Knock it off!

Break it off! Break it off!

There's a fight. I gotta hang up.

Listen, will you visit me next weekend?

I'll try, honey. I really will.

I gotta hang up.

Okay. I love you, Cindy.

I love you, too.

I don't know how I get through this without you, Patty.

I don't know how I do it.

Well, you want to talk about why you killed her?

I don't remember anything about it.

You remembered it right after you did it.

How come you can't remember it now?

I don't know.

You're going to be 25 when you get out.

You're going to forget what normal life is like.

Is that what you want?

We ask only one thing of you.

One thing.

You confront your crime.

You talk about it.

You don't want to wait ten years to get out.

You better start talking.

Now, is there anything you want to say?

No. All right, then, Miss Brown.

Until you do, you are stuck.

All right, let's go.

Show me your hands.

This is stupid.

Do you really think you're going to find anything?

You know the routine.

All right, show me your hair.

All right, turn around and bend over.

Oh, this would have been a perfect Christmas.

If only our city were here.

Don't worry, she'll be back next year. I'll see you to that.

I know you will.

You never let us down before.

Everybody, wave.

On count three, turn and wave. Okay, ready? One, two, three, wave.

Come on, Mom.

There you go. Okay, now where's that little girl?

Where's she?

Okay,

I'm zooming in.

Bye.

Bye.

Christmas.

What the? Oh, damn it.

I'm out of videotape. Donna, call Patty on the beeper so we can get some more

tape. Uh -huh.

Sure, here you go.

This is actually one of our best items.

Watch this.

Where the hell is Patty?

I don't know. I don't know. She didn't answer.

Well, beep her again.

Never mind. I'll do it.

Here.

Sorry.

problem is you can't stay focused i don't know what you're doing living here

anyway

happy

new year to you

in jail okay let me see

Thank you very much. Merry Christmas. Thank you.

A little ginger snap. How do you feel?

Fine. Not a smidge of... Not a smidge of...

I was getting Amber this doll.

I called you because I ran out of videotape and I needed you to get some

Now I can't tape Christmas morning. The whole day is going to be ruined.

Do you want me to go back?

Look, you know, I gave you those beepers for a reason.

I just want to make sure that...

You know, you're okay.

That nothing's happened to you. That's all.

Do you want me to go back and get the tape?

No.

Come on, Patty. Don't be like that.

It's Christmas Eve.

We still got some celebrating to do.

Somebody might see us. Nobody's gonna see. They've all gone to sleep.

Well, they might wake up.

Eddie?

God, you are always worried about that. You always have been.

Well, I want my Christmas present right now.

Eddie?

Brown must be raking in the dough from somewhere.

He plunked down $300 ,000 cash for that house before Senneman was even

sentenced. Well, sure, look at the insurance he collected. $100 ,000 whole

$100 ,000 accidental death. That would have covered a big chunk of it. That

doesn't sound right.

Yeah, this is it.

What I got is a total of $400 ,000.

Capital Life Insurance Company.

Capital? Capital Life?

No, not capital.

No, national.

National... Oh, boy.

This guy has more than one policy.

Yeah, it looks that way.

Here.

Start with the A's.

Let's find out how much money this guy really made.

David doesn't like me to wear things like this.

What's he know about clothes?

Come shopping with me tomorrow.

Come on.

I don't know if I can.

You never can.

How come?

Patty, I want to show you something.

Here.

Open it.

Come on, come on, come on, open it.

What do you think? Do you like it?

Yeah, it's beautiful. Oh, my God, that's gorgeous.

Well, Bob and I, we're thinking of going to Las Vegas.

And we wondered if you girls wanted to come along and get married.

Yes.

Didn't take much to convince you.

Come on, I always said I was going to marry you someday.

Today's the day.

Come on, nobody will have to know except Bob and Nahola.

What about Linda?

Patty, just because Linda's dead doesn't mean we can't be happy.

when

He collected almost a million dollars in insurance on his dead wife.

And the last policy he bought was a month before the murder.

The only thing that's going to bring him in is cinnamon.

I understand.

I can't talk to her, Gonzalez.

I was hoping you would.

I'll do the best I can.

I want you to push her.

That's not true.

Come on, will you listen to me? The DA investigator just called. He's done a

check on it.

David got almost a million dollars.

Well, I know it's not true.

Well, how do you know? Because my father would have told me.

It sort of seems stupid to have spent all that money on my ring when I can't

hardly wear it.

I don't think it's stupid. I think it's kind of romantic. Nobody knows.

Well, why can't we tell your parents we're married at least?

They wouldn't understand.

I want to do things.

I want to get out of here a little bit.

I can't even talk to my own family without you listening in on the phone.

your place is with me, okay?

I am destined to do things that will change the entire world. When you got a

responsibility like that, you got to learn to make a few sacrifices.

I can't help how I feel.

Your mother is always telling me what to do.

I can't even raise Amber the way I want to.

Maybe you should have a baby of your own.

What?

You heard me.

You really meant me?

Yeah, why not?

That's what I've always wanted.

I've never had anything of my own before.

All I want is for you to be happy.

But the only thing is, okay, the only thing is, nobody can ever know who the

father is.

Ever.

Okay, but who is this supposed to be?

Oh, make somebody up call him doug okay doug

as long as i get to have my baby

You know that I would come out every weekend if I could. I mean, you know

But I have big responsibilities, okay? I mean, Pentagon, NASA, and

everybody else, they're all coming to me. You know, I found out who killed the

shuttle Challenger.

Danny, I don't care.

I just want to go home.

Well, I'm working on something else, all right? It's a little risky because, you

know, it involves my pals at the CIA.

I don't want to hear about that.

Patty's getting everything. She's not even your daughter. No.

No, that is not true. Okay, that is not true.

Patty is looking for an apartment.

We heard.

I'm sorry. I have to run to the job. I'm sorry.

May I have your attention?

Fifteen hours will be over in ten minutes.

May I have your attention?

Fifteen hours will be over in ten minutes.

I tried to send you some flowers, but they sent them back.

Yeah, they won't let us have flowers here anymore.

Well, that's why I brought you some seeds.

You can grow your own flowers.

It's almost killing me seeing you grow up in a place like this.

It's killing me, Grandpa.

Well, it's not right.

I know who should be in this place.

And it's not you.

I have something to tell you.

What?

I think you should talk to my grandfather.

Why? Well, he says I shouldn't even be in here.

Oh, yeah?

He says he knows we should.

Excuse me, sir.

Can I talk to you for a minute?

Uh, what about?

You're Howard Brown, aren't you?

Yeah. Well, the people up with Cinnamon wanted me to come by and talk to you.

She's a little bit shook up about a conversation she had with you.

I don't know what I could have said to her. Listen, I feel a little awkward

talking to you like this.

I wonder if I could ask you to keep this conversation confidential, just between

you and me.

I don't want to do anything that might make Cinnamon upset.

Cinnamon is a darling little girl.

I only want to help her. You wouldn't say anything to her to give her false

hope, would you?

I just said that I wish there was something I could do to shorten her time

that place.

I don't think that she ever had anything to do with it.

I never did. I still don't.

Did you tell her you know who did?

Not directly like that, no.

Well, what did you tell her?

Patty, the little girl that David's taking care of.

She overheard Linda on the phone saying she wanted to get rid of David and take

over the company.

And Patty, she said she loved David so much she wouldn't stand around and see

that happen. She'd get rid of Linda first.

How do you know this?

Well, I heard her say it before the murder.

Why didn't you go to the police with this information?

If I thought this would hold up in court, I would have told somebody a long

ago. That's something I can do for you.

I'm Paul Dryden. I'm a real estate agent.

We've got a couple who wants to buy up in this neighborhood. You don't happen

know anybody who wants to sell right now. No, I can't say I do.

That's what this gentleman said.

Can't blame anyone. It's a beautiful spot.

Yeah, we like it.

Well, if you happen to hear of anything, let me know.

We sure will.

That guy was a cop, wasn't he?

Come on, Dad. You were out here talking to him a long time. He was a cop, wasn't

he?

You would do well to get your house in order.

Set things straight.

What's that supposed to mean? Oh, David, I know what's going on between you and

Patty. I know what's going on in that house. You can't fool me. This is my

house. You don't tell me what to do anymore.

Well, at least you could do is go visit your daughter more often.

That's our marriage certificate.

What are you doing? What does it look like? Where's the videotape of the

wedding? Where is it? It's on this shelf. Why are you doing this?

Where is it?

It was a cop nosing around outside this morning. No pay.

I hope having a baby would make everything better.

I want things to change, David.

Nobody can ever know who the father of this baby is.

Nobody ever. Do you understand me?

Never.

Nice job.

How you doing?

You know, the cops spoke to your grandpa.

They don't think you did it alone.

Are they going to do something to get me out of here?

No, they want to help you.

They don't have any proof of anything.

The truth has to come from you.

You know I don't remember anything.

Yeah, well, maybe you should try.

Come on, we can go over everything that happened that day. Maybe something will

come back to you. No.

It won't work.

I told you. Why won't anybody listen to me?

I'm ready for school. I got to go.

Contraction's really building out. Take a third deep breath. Put your hands

under your knees. Put your knees back.

Chin on chest.

Elbows up and out.

That's the way. All right. Push down and out. Good.

Down and through.

That's right there. Right under here. Way back. Good.

All right. When you need to, put your head back. Lean back.

Completely release all your air.

Take a good deep breath.

and right back down on top of it. Hunt your shoulders over, put your chin on

your chest.

Ready for another grab?

I have to call David.

Now? Yeah.

Just because you're married to him doesn't mean he has to rule your whole

I don't understand. What don't I understand?

David?

No, the class started late.

this baby.

You want to talk about it?

Talk about it?

I can't talk to anybody.

You're the only person he lets me see and that's only because he doesn't want

come to these classes.

Patty, you deserve some kind of life of your own. He doesn't own you.

I shouldn't even be saying anything.

You want me to follow you at least? No, it's okay.

It's okay, really.

Want to tell me why you're late?

I told you, class started late.

I never thought this class was a good idea.

You ought to know how to have a baby without somebody telling you.

Linda took the classes.

Linda always came home on time.

She didn't go out with her girlfriends.

And what were you doing, Patty? What did you do? Did you meet men?

We didn't go anywhere.

Don't lie to me.

Don't lie to me.

I've seen you in the car.

You are always looking at guys.

You're always sizing them up. That's not true.

I know what you're thinking.

You're wishing that I was handsome. You're wishing I was somebody else.

What do you want me to do? You want me to go to a plastic surgeon?

You want me to go to a gym and work out? What?

What do you want me to do, Patty? You tell me. What?

I just want to live a normal life.

I just... I got worried when you didn't come out on time, okay?

I can't live without you, Patty.

I wouldn't survive.

Is this the answering service?

Yes, it is.

This is Cinnamon Brown. Can you please put me through to the house? One moment,

please.

Hello.

Hi, Grandpa.

Hi, darling. Is my father home?

No, your daddy is not at home right now. He's dropping Patty off at the doctor.

Why is he doing that?

He told me Patty didn't live there anymore.

Oh, she is still here.

It doesn't look like she's going anywhere either.

Why not?

Well, she got herself pregnant.

Pregnant? Yep.

You didn't call me for so long.

I thought you hated me.

Hated you?

David told me you were mad at me.

That you didn't want me around.

I wasn't mad at you.

Whatever.

Well, I'm glad you're back.

I'm gonna need help with this baby.

That guy Doug must be a real jerk.

Leaving you like that.

David told me.

Yeah.

I guess you don't know how to pick them.

Well, he'll have the baby at least.

What about you?

How come you don't have a boyfriend?

That guy Frankie, he really liked you.

No, he didn't.

Yes, he did. Lots of boys liked you.

How come you never go out?

I'm not gay, if that's what you mean.

So?

Well, I do have one.

Who?

Come on, Donna, who?

I feel funny telling you. It's supposed to be a secret.

Well, you can't tell me. You can't tell anyone.

It's David.

I'm in love with David.

You won't tell him I told you.

No. Of course not. He told me never to tell anybody.

Where do you think you're going?

I said I could come stay with her up in Oregon.

Oregon?

That's ridiculous.

You've never been more than 100 miles from here. Where have you ever been,

Patty? She said there were lots of jobs.

Oh, come on. Look at you. Who's going to hire somebody like you?

You can't do anything.

You don't have a high school degree. You can't even spell, for God's sake.

Thanks to you.

Okay. Who's going to pay for this trip?

All the way to Oregon.

Who's going to pay the hospital bills when the baby comes? You ever think of

that?

What are you going to do? Go to your family? I don't think so. Even if they

two nickels to rub together, they're not going to be too happy about you getting

yourself pregnant. David, I know about you and Donna.

Is that what this is about?

She said you were her boyfriend.

Well, she's making a hell of a lot more out of it than it actually is. But if

you want to leave me over something stupid like that, then you go right

But don't expect me to pay for it. You still owe me the money for the car

accident. What? What? What did you say?

Stop! What about all that money you owe me for all the room and board all those

years? What about that? Are you going to pay me back for that?

God, I can't believe you sometimes.

Annie.

Donna is a pathetic little thing. I just felt sorry for her.

She just wanted a little comfort, that's all.

She means nothing, okay?

Look at me.

She means absolutely nothing.

Give me the bag.

Come on.

No,

I can't tell until I see the debt.

I'm telling you, I get the money up front, then I do the job.

David, I think I'm in labor.

That's right. I make no guarantees.

My process has the highest success rate in the business if the debt can be

retrieved up to.

David. I heard you.

I think I need to go to the hospital.

I can't go.

You have to drive yourself.

What are you talking about?

I've had this dream, okay, over and over again, that the cops come and pick me

up. I'm at the hospital and the cops come and get me.

So I'm going to have to go by myself to the hospital?

I wouldn't be any good there anyway.

Third go -round with us, right?

Yes.

You've utilized your time well.

Your counselors, your parole officer.

Everyone's impressed with your achievements.

My name's Patty Bailey.

I'm having a baby.

Seems to me you still haven't begun to confront your crime.

I think what we ought to do is talk about that night.

You want to tell me where you got that gun?

Do you have any allergies?

Sure.

Can you sign this O .R. percent for us?

You know what I'd like?

I think you're lying.

And I think you're lying to protect somebody else.

One, two, three, four. Come on. Push.

Come on. Good girl. And then you crept down the hall.

And you snuck up on your stepmother and you poured fish. You took that gun.

and you put it three inches up on her and then you pull that trigger and you

blew her away. Now do you remember that?

You know how he's living off the insurance money, don't you? He lives in

mansion, drives a fancy car, even has a pool.

Is there anything you can tell me?

Anything at all?

No.

If you can't help us...

We can't help you.

Daddy said

he'd get me out.

That's never going to happen.

Well, maybe your daddy is not telling the whole truth.

Well, you should see him around here, your daddy and Patty.

Living high on the hog on the insurance money. Now Patty's having that baby.

I have a strong feeling it's going to look an awful lot like David.

I know what I do, sir.

You're a baby girl.

Come here.

Yeah.

I didn't kill Linda.

My father made me take the blame.

I'm going to tape our conversation.

What about my father?

He's not going to hear it, is he?

No. No, no, he won't hear it.

Are you afraid of your father?

He's very powerful to me.

Don't worry, nobody's going to hear this tape. This is strictly for the police

and the DA's office.

Okay.

Let's start from the beginning.

I want you to think back three years and tell us everything you remember.

Well, I pushed the truth out so far, I started believing it myself.

Believing what?

The stories that my father told me to tell.

All right, just take your time.

Patty overheard Linda on the phone plotting to kill my father.

And they said that something had to be done so Daddy wouldn't die.

Why would Linda want to kill your father?

I don't know. They said she wanted his money or business or something.

Did you believe that?

I didn't want to.

I loved Linda.

But Patty goes, you don't know Linda.

She's my sister. I know her. She's capable of it.

I was supposed to be the one to do it because I'd get less time on account of

age.

And my father kept saying, if you love me, you'll do it.

What about the night of the murder?

My grandpa and grandma were over, and then they went home.

I didn't think that nothing was going to happen.

Patty and me went to bed.

Later he woke me up and he gave me these pills trying to make it look like I was

trying to kill myself.

I didn't want to take them.

I said, well, what if it doesn't go through?

And he goes, don't worry, it'll go through.

I have a feeling Patty's going to do it tonight.

Then he told me to go get the note and to go into the doghouse.

Then I heard something that sounded like a gunshot.

And I went into the doghouse like he told me to.

And I was in there shaking.

And then I heard two more of the same sound right after each other.

Where was David then?

Well, I know he wasn't in the house because I heard his car leave right

that.

How did you know it was him?

I could see over the fence.

It was his car.

Only Patty and the baby were in the house when the gun was fired.

We've got Brown for the first time. I've got him right here. Okay, let me go

over this again. Now, when she was 14, she confessed to the murder. Now, four

years later, she's putting on Patty Bailey. That's right.

This was 85.

Yeah, even then it didn't feel right.

All you got right now is the word of a juvenile offender doing heavy time.

I'm going to need more. We got a million bucks in life insurance for crying out

loud. You have more on Patty Bailey than you do on Brown.

Cinnamon's implicated her as the shooter. Come on, we got him on

Right. What about murder with special circumstances?

I'm telling you, Tom, I'm right about this guy.

Okay.

But I want airtight evidence on him before I go to the forge. You don't want

get him to court and lose him because your homework's not done.

Brown's best game is talk.

How about we let him talk himself into prison?

How would you know how I am? You never come up to see me. Honey, I'm trying,

okay? You just have no idea how hard it is holding everything together here.

I'm really unhappy.

I need somebody to talk to, and if you don't come up, I'm going to have to find

somebody else.

Otherwise, I'll go crazy.

What do you mean?

What are you talking about? Who else would you talk to?

I got a visit this weekend, Daddy. Promise me you'll be here.

Yeah, yeah, I'll try, sweetheart. Unless I stop breathing or something in the

meantime, I will be there, okay?

Okay. All right, I love you, Cindy.

Yeah, I love you, too.

Bye.

You're going to have to lift up your shirt, Cinnamon.

Did you know that my father and Patty have a baby?

We know a lot about them.

Where they're living and everything.

That's better than me.

My own father doesn't even let me know where he lives.

How does that feel, okay?

Can you feel this if he hugs me or something?

Just be careful with it. Try to act as normal as you can.

Are you sure I'm going to be protected from him?

If this makes it to court, you'll have all the protection any witness gets.

Until then, no one will know about this.

He's here.

Okay, now.

We want him to tell us who killed Linda and why it was done.

You're gonna be great.

You really had me going. You sounded very upset on the phone.

Okay, maybe if I was joking or something, okay? If I filched your

something. They keep asking me about life insurance and I don't know what to

tell them.

Well, they're just, you know, trying to throw you off balance, that's all.

They said I did it for you.

Do you have insurance on Linda?

It was part of the business.

But... You know, you can't collect on somebody who's been murdered by a family

member, okay?

I mean, I can't even get insurance myself anymore.

Well, then why was Linda killed?

You know why Linda was killed?

She wanted you to move back with your mom.

She wanted you out of the house.

You're trying to make me crazy. I just need you to tell me the real reason.

Why, Daddy?

Linda, Linda was heavily into drugs. She was way overhead with the mom, and she

wanted to get somebody to kill her. Daddy. It's the honest to God's truth,

I mean, you know that she wanted me dead. Linda was killed to prevent that.

I didn't want it, okay? I told you guys, I didn't want any part of that. Why are

you doing this to me?

The truth isn't going to help you now, okay?

It's not going to do you any good.

It's just going to get a whole lot of other people in trouble.

Anybody that had knowledge ahead of time would have to be convicted.

Now, instead of one person being punished, everybody would have to be

Now, do you see any reason for everybody's life to be ruined?

I mean, for me to die? Is that what you want?

If you didn't do it, then who did? I wasn't even there. I was in the doghouse

all drugged up when it happened.

Okay.

Then what are you telling me?

That Patty did it?

Yeah, I mean, why didn't you tell me this before?

I was just doing what you told me to do.

I always do what you tell me to do. I know. No, I feel so stupid because I

was...

Let me see. You weren't gullible.

You know, Grandpa would have done it if you guys didn't. Grandpa wouldn't have

done it.

Grandpa loved Linda.

You don't know Grandpa like you think you do.

I don't know anybody like I think I do.

Listen, I'm glad you told me. Now that you've told me the truth, I can do

something about it.

Okay, but in the meantime, you better just stick to your story, all right?

So? What?

Do you think this will help my case?

Cinnamon, I can't make any promises to you.

I tried.

I didn't hear him say he put you and Patty up to it. So what are you saying?

That I did all this for nothing? No, no, not for nothing. He knew about it. But

if Patty pulled the trigger, we have to get her up here, too.

So you want me to do this again?

I'm sorry, Cinnamon. That's just the way it has to be.

I don't understand why she wants to see me now.

She never wanted to see me before.

She's really cracking, okay? I don't think she can handle it.

I feel so bad for her.

The best thing you can do is just go along with her, okay? You know, with

anything that she says.

I wish we could just get her out.

And then if it gets too bad, tell her that you'll take her place in jail.

How can I do that? I have a baby to take care of.

You won't have to do it, but we have to keep her happy, right? Until I can think

of some other way.

Come on, I thought you said you wanted her home again.

I do.

Well, okay, then just do what I say. Just go along with her.

Where's your baby?

With Donna.

I bet she's cute.

You got a picture of her?

Yeah, yeah, I've got a picture. Go ahead, fill it. Here, give me this.

She looks like you, Daddy.

All babies look alike.

Who's the father there?

Well, it's this guy named Doug.

Well, Patty doesn't like to talk about it, you know, because he kind of split

it. Yeah?

Yeah.

Patty, why don't you take this and grab that table over there, okay, before

somebody else does?

Okay, go ahead.

I cannot tell you how afraid I have been the last couple of weeks after what you

told me about Patty. Come on, you guys.

Peter's going to get cold.

Yeah, yeah.

Patty and I worked it out. He's going to take your place.

Yeah.

I love David.

I would do anything in the world for him.

And we both love you.

We just love you to death.

But you have to keep doing what you've been doing, okay?

You don't remember anything.

That's your solution for everything.

Well, come on. Nobody believes that you were capable of doing any of this.

Come on. You're too lovable and funny and cute like me.

Well, I'm not capable of it.

I'll have to make something up.

They're going to ask me why she took the pills.

Well, you gave them to her.

She didn't give them to me.

However you want to do it.

Why can't we just tell the truth?

Well, the truth is none of us really remembers a lot.

All I remember is sitting on the bed holding Amber. So you're saying you

shoot the gun, right? I know I didn't. Well, do you know who did?

How can I? I didn't see it happen.

I can't believe this.

Don't you remember what Daddy told me to do with the note?

Only from what I read in the newspaper.

Why are you doing this to me? You told me to get the note, then you told me to

get rid of the ones that I practiced with.

You made me take the pills.

Weren't you there? I mean, the lies and the stuff are starting to drive me

crazy.

What are you guys trying to make me look like I was in on this alone?

Wait a minute.

Don't you remember me leaving the house?

Don't you remember me saying, if somebody's going to kill me, let them go

and try?

That's not what happened.

We were in your room and we were getting ready for bed and he came in and told

us to come out to the living room.

Yeah? Girls, we have to do it tonight.

I've got to talk to you. We have to do it tonight. Isn't that what he said?

I don't know.

Why won't you help me? I didn't do it.

Okay. You were the one that heard them plotting against me, right?

Okay. So Patty was the one that came up with the plan to keep me from being

killed.

I'll make up whatever you want.

But it has to be right. I have to cover for you and for him and for everyone.

All I want is for Patty to tell the truth. That's all.

There is no truth, Cindy.

If Patty did this, she deserves to be in here, not you.

Just give me a little extra time so I can work out the details, okay?

Okay.

I love you.

Can you believe this guy?

So what do you think?

Have we got enough for conspiracy or what? How do I know?

Nobody in this family can talk straight. They all talk in circles.

I want to tell you one thing. You put that little girl on the stand and you

her tell her story. Any jury in the world will convict him.

Yeah, but we got to get him in the court first. Right.

So what are you going to do?

I say we go for it.

Let's give it to the D .A.

want me to go to jail?

Am I really supposed to take the blame for that? She will realize that the plan

won't work. She will think about it and realize the plan won't work.

No, I am not so sure. Well, what if she goes to the authorities?

Well, what if she does?

Patty, I have worked hard for this family to have more than you or I had as

child.

Patty, listen.

Now, I swear to God, if I have to go to jail, I will be a dead man, okay?

And these kids, they'll be orphans.

Is that what you want?

Look, if it comes down to it, it will be up to you to do the right thing. Me?

Yes. Why me?

It won't happen.

our voices.

Everything's going to be all right.

Whatever it is, it's going to be all right.

Come on.

I'll watch you.

more garbage.

David Arnold Brown?

Yes.

Is this Patricia Ann Bailey?

Yes. What is this about, please?

I'm Frank Carruthers, investigator for the DA's office.

You're going to have to get dressed.

You're both under arrest for the murder of Linda Bailey Brown.

You did the right thing.

Look at me. Look at me.

You confronted your crime.

All right?

Okay.

And you're telling me you're not having a sexual relationship with David Brown?

That's right.

And who's the father of your baby?

A boy named Doug.

Doug, huh?

Where'd you sleep last night?

I slept where I always sleep, in the nursery with the baby. You're lying to

Patty. I'm not lying.

I'm amazed that you would believe that I could think of something as stupid as

this. I mean, if I was going to stage something, okay, I would stage something

lot more sophisticated.

You've discussed it with Senator, haven't you, your involvement?

No, I never did. I hardly even see her.

You don't remember discussing notes or medications or that type of thing? No.

Before she died.

That can't be right.

We took out some policies when she was pregnant.

But we both had insurance.

Stop. Stop right now. We have copies of the policies.

Okay, I had to have policies to protect my business.

But, I mean, my process for retrieving lost data

is...

Extremely valuable.

Liberty Life, February 21st, 1985, $200 ,000. Straight Life, $200 ,000

accidental death. National Life, total of $200 ,000.

New York Life, $200 ,000.

Capital Life, $350 ,000. All of these are on Linda. There's no insurance on

If you know as much about me as you say you know, okay, then you know about my

investments. I mean, I never needed money, okay?

But it has to be right. I have to cover for you and for him and for everyone.

You say you didn't talk to Simon about the murder.

What were you talking about?

I don't know.

Yes or no, are you the one who pulled the trigger? Did you kill Linda?

No.

Absolutely not.

I could never hurt anyone, okay? Linda was the most important thing in my life.

You talk about a conspiracy about how Linda was going to kill you. You talk

about how Patty and Cinnamon loved you so much that they would kill Linda

I told them, okay? I told them that I didn't want them to do it.

I mean, I've survived worse. If Linda wanted to have me killed, then it was my

time to go. You talk about planning Linda's killing. Cinnamon doesn't say

You say it.

You know, we're going to play this entire tape for the jury.

We know you're going to have to get me a lawyer if you're going to be that way.

You told Fenneman to say she did it because she would get less time.

It's on tape.

When was the first time you told her that? At the house or at the hospital?

Come on, David!

Okay.

I'm thinking, okay? I... I think...

It was at the hospital.

But I'm not completely sure.

Who did you think killed Linda?

Cinnamon was so incoherent, you know. You went to your 14 -year -old daughter

who's in the hospital and told her to admit to murder.

Who the hell were you protecting?

Patty.

I'm protecting Patty, okay?

I don't even know why I was arrested. I didn't do anything.

This is not going to work. I mean, my health is not going to take this.

I'm not kidding.

I told you.

I'm probably going to get sick, okay?

They're in jail.

And why do you want to get involved in this?

David told you to come down here and tell us this stuff, didn't he? No.

I came down here to make sure that Amber was all right.

Then why are you telling us all this weird stuff about intruders killing

That's what they told me.

They said that it was somebody from Patty's family.

Donna, don't you realize you're getting yourself in deeper and deeper?

If you're lying to protect him, you could go to jail.

I didn't do any... What you're doing right now is very serious.

You're aiding and abetting a murder. I told you.

I came down here to make sure that Amber was okay.

I'm the nanny. David says that I'm supposed to be in charge of her.

Amber's taken care of. She's with her grandparents.

David says it was you in his bed last night, not Patty.

Was he telling the truth?

Patty? Why would Patty be in his bed?

We've got it on tape.

That she loves David and always will.

I thought he hated her.

He said he loved me.

We have a dilemma.

Everybody's pointing to you.

If I'm going to help you, you have to tell me the truth.

Were you part of the plan to kill Linda? I don't even remember that there was a

plan.

Well, you have a tough road ahead of you.

The DA's pulled your case from juvenile court.

What do you mean?

You were 17.

In a murder case, they have the option to try you as an adult.

I don't understand.

They think you killed your sister.

They think you lived with her husband on the insurance money.

As a juvenile, you're out when you're 25.

As an adult...

You could be in jail for the rest of your life For the rest of my life?

You're in very serious trouble

Murder with special circumstances?

On what grounds?

Monetary gain.

A million dollars in life insurance.

The indictment doesn't state who the shooter is.

We have a strong belief who that person is. You gonna give us a clue? Nope.

Excuse me? You going for the death penalty? What about Cinnamon?

Cinnamon Brown is a very brave little girl, in my opinion.

Patty, I know things look bleak to you right now, but...

You have a good reason to go on.

You

need

to help yourself if you want to help your daughter.

But there is one good thing.

What? I've managed to separate your case from David's.

Why? Look.

The first thing is the preliminary hearing where there's no jury. The judge

decides the merit of the evidence.

But if this thing goes to trial, I don't want the jury to look across the room

and see you sitting next to David Brown.

Love never faileth.

And now abideth faith, hope, love.

These three, but the greatest of these is love.

Hey, baby man, look.

We're in the paper again.

I told you, Charlie, these are all lies, okay?

The real truth's gonna come out.

What? Yeah.

When you get up on that stand, all you have to do is answer truthfully to the

best of your ability.

What if I can't remember everything?

If you can't remember, say you can't remember.

If you don't tell the absolute truth from here on out, David's lawyer will

it. And things will be a lot worse than they already are.

Cinnamon, you say you were outside and you heard three shots.

Mm -hmm.

And how did you know that Linda was shot twice?

Cinnamon?

Well, most of what I said was true.

Okay.

What did you lie about?

I lied about the part where I said I didn't shoot her.

Where the hell does this put us? The defense will have us for lunch.

Cinnamon's changed her story four times.

I believe Cinnamon.

I wanted to believe her.

Patty Bailey has to testify.

She's the only one who can corroborate Cinnamon's story.

Great. How many more versions of this story can there be?

Cinnamon confessed that she shot Linda.

What did she say?

Look, Patty, we know that you were in on this.

And we also know that David was behind it. He's the one most responsible for

your sister's death.

Then I'm going to pull the trigger, but that doesn't change anything for you and

David. The charge is still conspiracy.

And you can make things go a lot easier if you testify against him. It can only

help you.

I can't do that. The only thing David's doing for you is hurting you. I can't.

Why not?

Because I'm married to him.

The law doesn't say you can't testify against him. But it also doesn't mean

you have to. Unless you want him to get away with murder.

Is this for real?

I want to know that guy.

What are you kidding?

That's Al Stutz. I don't want to know that.

Why not?

She don't want him as a friend, that's why.

Yes, I do.

David.

Hey, hi.

I'm David Brown.

That's supposed to mean something to me.

Uh, well, I'm looking for protection, okay? You know, like a bodyguard.

No, seriously. I have had a number of threats against my life.

Yeah, right.

No, wait a minute. I'm not kidding. Wait, look. Hey, I take care of people.

Okay? I take care of people. You take care of me.

And I can pay your bills while you're on the inside.

Look, I'm a professional.

That means I'm expensive.

Of course you are.

Because I don't buy anything for the best.

Now is the time to do the right thing.

He's in the hospital.

Is he going to be all right?

He needs David to come home.

We all need him.

Amber?

There you are.

May I help you?

I'm here to see Patty Bailey.

Letter from David?

What does it say?

Dear Patty,

It's almost my birthday, and the one thing I want is a letter from you.

Do you and the girls think you can get along fine with me gone?

I am seriously concerned for you guys, and I am not going to last much longer.

I need to know.

Send him a card, at least.

I don't want you to write to him.

But the whole family's falling apart.

I just found out Howard's in the hospital.

What? Yolanda said he collapsed with a heart attack.

What are you talking about? I just saw him in the lobby. He's not in the

hospital.

That's what she said.

Well, I wouldn't bet he could run a marathon, but he'd look healthy enough.

I do not want my baby with those people.

Will you call my sister -in -law Mary and see if she can take care of her?

You know who's behind this.

I can guess.

He shows his love for you by letting you pay for his crime. What kind of a man

is that?

He says he'll die in jail. Don't you see?

He plays on you.

He plays on Cinnamon.

He gets out of here, he plays on someone else. Maybe Amber or your own daughter.

Those little girls.

But how could he do that?

He was the first person to buy me real clothes from a store.

Christmas trees and turkeys at Thanksgiving. Look what he did to Linda.

what he made you do to Linda. I did not want Linda to die.

Linda was my sister.

My mother.

I loved Linda.

Will you testify against him?

It's the only way to keep him from doing this to someone else.

The preliminary hearing begins today for wealthy computer entrepreneur David

Brown. Brown is accused of masterminding a bizarre plot to help his 14 -year

-old daughter kill his wife.

All rise.

This court is now in session.

Be seated.

Raise your right hand.

Do you solemnly swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth to help

you God?

I do.

State your name for the record.

Cinnamon Darlene Brown.

Be seated, please.

Cinnamon.

Where have you been living for the past three and a half years?

Your Honor, defense makes a motion to have all potential witnesses be removed

from the courtroom, please. Who is Mr. Baruch referring to, Your Honor? I see

Sandra Eden right here among the spectators.

Ms. Eden, I am afraid that you will be excluded during these proceedings.

Please go on, Mr. Stanfield.

Okay, Cinnamon, where have you been living?

At Ventura School.

Is that the California Youth Authority?

Yes. Why are you there?

For murder.

She's going to have to speak up. I can't hear her. My client can't hear her.

Miss Brown, would you kindly speak a little louder?

For murder.

Look, I still can't hear her. Sorry.

Miss Brown.

For murder.

At some point before March 19th, 1985, did you become aware of some unusual

circumstances surrounding Linda, your dad's wife?

Yes.

How long before March 19th, 1985, did you become aware of this unusual

circumstance?

About six and a half to seven months.

Well, now, at that point in time, did you have a conversation with your father

and Patty about Linda?

Yes, I did.

No.

I told you already.

Yes, I did. Leave me alone.

Come on.

No.

Hey, Patty, what are you doing in there?

Patty, where you been? We could die of thirst in here.

I just heard Linda on the phone.

You're getting a stretch.

She's talking about it.

I'll get him. What do you want? No, Cindy.

Better not.

Babe, what's going on?

There's nothing to worry about.

I'm going to run to the store to get some bread. Will you keep your eyes on

baby for me?

No, you watch the baby. I'll go.

All right, then why don't you take the girls with you? Then they'll be cooped

in here all day.

See?

She wants to be alone so she can plan it out some more.

I'm scared.

Hey, what's going on?

Why didn't you keep the secret from me?

I don't want to talk about it in the house, okay?

Listen, it's not that we're trying to keep the secret from you, okay?

It's just that there are some things that you're too young to know about.

Well, she's only a couple years older than me. How come she gets to know and I

don't? Okay,

but you have to promise not to tell anyone, all right? Ever. I wouldn't

Patty, Patty, could you explain?

Linda's planning on killing David.

Oh, yeah, sure.

Is that what you heard on the phone?

No. It's true. She wants to take over his business.

Well, that's stupid.

Patty's just trying to get attention. That's what I thought, too. But I swear,

Linda has always been after my money. I mean, it is all she thinks about.

I built the business, and now she wants to take it away from me. That's true.

I'm going to have to go into hiding or something. Where?

I don't know.

You know, out of state, I guess.

That means I'm going to have to change schools again.

No, no, you guys can't go with me.

I'm on the run. I may have to leave the country.

What? Yeah.

You're going to have to go back and live with your moms.

Cinnamon, did you love your dad?

Yes, I loved him.

Cinnamon, did your dad ever offer another alternative to his leaving?

Yes.

I'm so scared.

I don't know what else to do.

You can't. You can't do that.

He was trying to kill himself.

My nerves are a mess.

I can't eat when she cooks me.

What if she poisons me?

Why don't you just do it yourself?

That'll really stop her.

I don't know what else to do, okay?

The only... Unless we kill her first.

What do you mean? I mean, that's the only way I can think to keep this family

together.

I'm sorry.

Did you believe your father when he told you that?

At first, no.

But then he began to talk about it more often, and I knew he was serious.

And I believed him.

Do these conversations involve specific ideas about how to kill Linda?

Yes.

I don't think I have much time left.

She tries to make everything look so normal, but I know she's going to do it

soon.

I'm afraid to sleep at night. You know I'm going to keep an eye on her every

second.

Why don't we just paralyze her?

That's a dumb idea. How are we supposed to do that?

I don't know.

You could run over her with the car if she calls her date again.

That won't work.

Hey, I saw a movie once where they threw a hair dryer into someone's bathtub.

What?

It's so funny. It sounds bad. It's your stupid idea.

Linda never takes a bath.

No, I think she always takes a shower.

Hey, I know, I know, I know.

What if we just open the door of the van a little bit and push her out onto the

freeway?

When?

That's such a good idea. Somebody might see us.

Yucks, I get hit by a car or something.

Oh, snap.

Talk about it later.

Cindy, could you help me?

Did your father ever say who should kill Linda?

One of us girls.

Mostly it was directed towards me.

Cinny, it makes perfect sense. You're the only one that could do it.

I like horror movies and that kind of stuff, but I don't think I could do

something like that. You've always been stronger than me. I'm the one that

doesn't have stomach for stuff like that.

Yeah, but they'd put me in jail.

No, that's just it. They wouldn't.

See, we'd fix it so it'd look like you flipped out or something.

How? Like if you tried to commit suicide.

They'd make you see a shrink and in a week you'd be home.

I don't know. I don't think I could do something like that.

I thought you loved me, Cindy.

I do love you.

You're the youngest.

You're the only one that wouldn't get in trouble.

Hi.

What's the matter with you two?

You look so serious.

Once you started to believe your father, did you want to help him out?

Yes. Why?

Because I loved him and I didn't want anything to happen to him.

Look, she's going to have to speak up. I can hardly hear her, Your Honor.

I don't like my father staring at me. Oh, she doesn't like her father staring

her. All right, fine. David, would you put your head down on the table, please?

Don't look at the witness, please. This is inflammatory, Your Honor. Mr. Baruch

is clearly playing to the press.

Mr. Baruch, you are out of order.

Proceed, Mr. Stanfield.

Cinnamon, let me ask you one question.

Did you, on the night of March the 19th, 1985, take a gun

and shoot Linda?

Yes, I did.

Come on, girls.

Come on, get up. What is it? Gotta get up.

It's gotta be done tonight.

I can't yet.

I've got to give them all to you.

That's what it does.

You look like you don't know what you're doing.

Wait, Cinny. Wait.

There.

Cinny.

Here, take some more.

Too many. I can't swallow them all.

It has to look like you're sorry for what you've done.

Got it?

Come on.

Patty's room.

And do what she tells you, all right? Stop.

I love you, Cindy.

Remember, two shots and I expect it done when I get back.

If you don't, I am a dead man.

You heard what he said.

love your father.

Yes.

Are these the pills your father had you take?

Yes. If your father told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?

No, I would want to know why he'd want me to. Oh, but you thought it was

reasonable to kill Linda, hmm?

I thought it was necessary.

Were you afraid of your father before Linda's death?

I was afraid of him leaving me.

And that was more important than a human life? A human life?

I look at things differently now. He was security to me.

Well, if he was security, why are you so intimidated by him now, huh?

Looking at him sitting there staring at me just...

It reminds me of his power, and that hurts.

Well, is this hurt so great that you want him away from you forever?

No, I just don't want to see him anymore.

Are you testifying against him so you'll never have to see him again?

Raise your right hand, please.

Do you solemnly swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help

you God?

I do.

State your name for the record.

Patricia Ann Bailey.

Be seated.

Betty, can you tell us how old you were when you first met David Brown?

I was about five or six.

Patty, have you had your breakfast?

Cindy and I are about to have ours. Do you want to join us?

Okay.

Come on in.

Hey, you could help. You could set the table.

There you go.

Good.

Ginny and I are going to go to Disneyland today, aren't we?

Yeah.

She's a big girl, isn't she? Mm -hmm.

Hey.

Want to show her how we do cinnamon kisses?

Patty, come here.

Come here.

This is how we do cinnamon kisses.

Now, the idea is to do it until somebody giggles.

Okay? Watch.

Ready? One, two, three.

Oh.

Want to try it?

Okay.

Again. Do it again.

One time.

One time.

Yeah.

At the time you first met David Brown, did he appear to have a relationship

your sister?

I wasn't sure.

But at some point in time, to your knowledge...

Did your sister and David Brown become husband and wife?

Yes.

And at some point in time, did you go live with them?

Yes. How old were you then?

Eleven or twelve.

Could you tell us why you went to live with them?

I was having trouble at home.

What was your home life like?

We didn't have much money.

We were lucky to have food on the table.

Did your mother have problems?

My mother was an alcoholic.

Was there a father at home?

No. He left when I was a year old.

At the time you were 11 or 12, how did you view David Brown?

As my father.

At some point in time, did the way you looked at David change from a father

image to something else?

Yes.

He said someday we'd be married.

He told me that all the time.

At some point in time, did you observe what you considered to be a marked

difference in David's feelings toward Linda?

Yes. How old were you at that time?

Fifteen.

Why do you think his feelings have changed?

He wasn't the same affectionate person to her.

He said she was moody and that she wasn't the same person he knew when they

first met.

Anything else?

He was scared of her.

He thought Linda wanted him dead.

And he said it would be best if we killed her before she got a chance to

him.

Did he ever ask you to kill Linda?

Yes.

Approximately how long before the killing did he say this?

Two years.

Were there other times he asked you to kill Linda?

Yes.

More than once?

Several times.

When was the last time?

A few weeks before the murder.

I can't do it.

Don't make me do it. She's my sister.

You have to prove to me that you love me.

Patty.

One final question.

Did you take part in the murder of Linda with David and Cinnamon?

Yes.

First thing I'm going to do when I get out of here.

Give me a beer.

A big piece of pizza.

I need

you to take care of some business for me

on the outside.

If you do this, I'll get you that Harley you've been talking about.

What is it?

Never killed anybody.

I never thought Patty would take my side in anything.

Maybe she's not as different from you as you thought.

You don't know her.

She was never like me.

See, that's we wrong.

She's his victim, too.

Yeah, but she lived in the big house with him.

She married him.

Maybe.

But is she any better off than you?

You're in love with David, right?

I thought I was.

And isn't it true that after the murder, you told the police that you had had no

sexual contact with David?

Yes. And after your arrest, you told Mr. Carruthers the same thing, did you not?

Yes, but... So isn't it true that you lied on both occasions?

I told them he was like a father.

That was true.

Well, am I mistaken, or did you not say in direct questioning in this court that

you had had physical contact with David Brown?

Yes. Then you lied to the police.

Yes.

What kind of physical contact did you have?

Um, I don't know. I don't know how to explain it.

Well, there's all kinds of physical contact.

All right, there's kissing, there's touching, there's fondling.

Touching.

Touching. Could you be more specific?

I don't know.

Everything.

Intercourse?

Yes.

Okay, when did this sexual contact with David begin?

Hey, Patty.

Did you think about me today?

I thought about you.

See?

Welcome. Come on, I'll give you a ride home.

But I have my bike. I know, I know, but traffic is really bad now, and I don't

want you to get hurt, okay?

Okay. Okay.

Do you like that heart I gave you?

Yes.

It's okay, Patty. This is the way you become a woman.

You want to become a woman, don't you?

Pat.

Patty.

Patty.

Patty. It's so hard out here.

You can stop by the bank on the way home.

Patty.

Why are you so late?

I thought I told you I needed your help after school.

And I take it that you didn't object to this physical contact.

I... I didn't know any different.

You didn't think that it was wrong?

I don't know.

I thought it was normal.

You thought it was a normal part of growing up? A normal part of growing up

have sex with a man who is 15 years older than you?

Huh?

I'm getting out tomorrow.

Okay.

Now, are you prepared to do what we talked about?

What about the money?

Don't worry. I'll get somebody to drop you the 20 grand.

Hey, now, I want you to burn the guest house and the motorhome first, okay?

got to look like I'm a target.

Then you take out the cops and Patty Bailey.

You got it, Fat Bull.

Okay. In the case of Patty, though, could you make it look like it's, you

know... Self -infliction?

Just a professional job. You get it any way you want it. Oh, great, man.

I don't know what I'm going to do without you in here, man.

It's going to be a piece of cake.

I'll take care of Stanfield and Carruthers personally, and then I'll

and see what I can do about springing you.

Great. You're the greatest.

I'm dependent on you, you know? You know, you will count on me.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Isn't that true? Linda wanted you out of the house. She wanted you back with

your mother.

Maybe one.

Why didn't you go?

David said if I left that he would divorce her.

How did it make you feel when David had sex with Linda?

Rejection? Relevance?

Overruled. How did it make you feel?

Glad that she did it, not me.

Isn't it possible, isn't it possible that you had some reason of your own to

kill Linda so that you and David could be together? No, I wanted to keep the

family together.

You had no reason of your own.

I want to pay for my crime, but I don't want to take all the responsibility

alone. Isn't it true that you made up this story about Linda wanting to kill

David? No.

Isn't it true that you were just trying to fan the flames? No.

Did you ever, did you ever hear Linda say that she was going to kill David?

David was always telling us that she was talking about it, so I just assumed

that's what she was saying.

You were making it up then. You are making it up now.

All you want to do is put all the responsibility right here on David's

shoulders. No, that's not true.

No more questions, Your Honor. No further.

During all the time you lived with David, during the planning and execution

the murder, and afterwards, did you ever consider going back to your mother?

No.

I knew no other way to live except for his.

Patty, have you ever thought about where you would go if he died?

I don't have any work.

I didn't have time to give him any last words. It was just pow, pow, two plugs

to the back of the head.

Ah.

Now he's next.

Man, that takes care of a couple of my big problems.

What can I say, man? I love you, you know?

You are the greatest. This is great.

David Brown, visitor.

Okay, I gotta go, man. They're on me again, okay? I'll call you later.

Great. I love you, man. I love you.

Solicitation to commit murder.

Conspiracy to commit murder.

Solicitation and conspiracy to commit arson.

You know that little sleazeball you hang out with?

Harkus?

He's a bitch.

He turns you in.

And your other pal, Dutton?

He decided to save his own skin.

Looks like he picked the wrong friends.

Stutz was wearing a wire.

We have 31 tape -recorded conversations between the two of you that ought to

cinch it.

I got you, Brown.

You're mine.

I can see why David would want to kill me.

But why the DA's? He figured it would slow his case down if a new prosecutor

to be brought up to speed.

He's crazy.

He is.

You think you can break from him now?

I have these terrible nightmares.

He comes after me with a knife and he tries to kill the children.

Maybe those children are you.

He took your childhood away.

So, um, what's going to happen now?

Well, the DA's recommended that your case be sent back to juvenile court.

No, I'm... I mean, what's going to happen with David? The judge has bound

over for trial. A jury will decide what happens to him.

I guess I should be glad about that.

I just want you to remember one thing.

Up until now, you've lived in a universe of one.

David Brown had all the answers.

He had all the wealth and power.

You didn't exist except for the way he created you.

Up until now.

I got something I want you to see.

before the arrest.

Will the attorneys approach the bench?

Patricia, you have been charged with the very serious crime of conspiracy to

commit murder.

How do you plead?

I plead guilty.

You understand that as a juvenile, the maximum sentence for your crime is 25

years to life.

Yes, I do.

Again, I ask you how you plead.

I plead guilty.

So be it.

Patricia Bailey, you are sentenced to 25 years to life.

You will receive all of the psychiatric assistance that the law will allow.

Jurisdiction of juvenile court will conclude on your 25th birthday.

Court is adjourned.

Mr. Brown, you're a scary person.

That's the best way I can put it.

Take Charlie Manson. He looks crazy.

You, you look saner in your defense attorney.

I have seen it all, but I don't know.

To get your own daughter to kill your wife, to get a young girl to assist in

taking the life of her own sister.

That makes Charlie Manson look like a piker.

There is no doubt in my mind that you, despite your normal, pleasant

personality, are just a master manipulator.

You have no regard for your family.

I have a letter here from your daughter.

She says, I love you, Daddy.

I always will.

I never want to forget the good times we shared. And you, Mr. Brown, you say

here that she's more dangerous than you are?

What am I supposed to think?

The circumstances of this case are unbelievable.

I have no choice but to sentence you to life.

without possibility of parole.

This court is adjourned.

Congratulations. Thank you.

If you'll be getting out soon, you won't have seen enough of this place.

It's not so bad. You didn't have to grow up in here.

I'm freer now than I ever was with him.

I'm getting a divorce.

Did he really do those things to you?

Yes.

Cinnamon, he is an evil man.

I know.

But he's still my father.

And I can't change that.

I'm glad you told.

Yeah, well, all I want right now is to get out of here.

Well, the one thing I really want, I can't have.

What?

I can't bring Linda back.

Well, I gotta go.

Yeah, okay.

See ya.

Yeah, see ya.

White female, 14 years old, brunette, 5 '2", approximately 110 pounds, wearing a

white nightshirt.

What made you leave the house tonight?

Linda and I, we went to bed and we made love.

You made love?

Yeah, and that's when she told me that she wanted Cinnamon to move back to her

mother's. And that really upset me, okay? I just want everybody to be a

okay?

I want everybody to get along, and so I went for a drive because I had to work

everything out in my mind, okay?

I just can't believe this.

Cinnamon hasn't really been herself lately.

I'm sorry. Excuse me. Hey, John, come here.

Yeah, why don't you let the officer take your baby for just a second?

It's going to be okay. He's great with kids.

You were saying about Cinnamon?

Yeah, she's been withdrawn.

She even talked about suicide.

She talked to you about suicide?

Yeah. I told her everyone has problems when they're a teenager.

Things would get better, things like that. I always talked her out of it. Do

have any idea where Cinnamon might have gone? The only place I can think is

maybe her mother's.

That poor kid has been shuttled around between us for...

Her whole life. Where does her mother live?

In Anaheim. It's Sandra Eden on Wayland Street.

Request for an officer to the home of Sandra Eden at EDEN in Anaheim.

So I was just about to go to sleep when Cinnamon came in. She had a gun and she

asked me how it worked.

She said she was worried that someone was going to... break into the trailer.

Why would she ask you that? Do you know how to use a gun?

Only from TV. What I've seen on TV.

So you showed her how to use it?

Well, I showed her what I knew.

But I thought she was going to use it for protection.

I didn't know what she was going to do.

Let's go take a look in your room.

Okay. Tell me about your wife.

I love that woman.

I mean, I don't think I will ever love anyone like I love her.

Sorry. You didn't go into the bedroom. I called her name, okay.

But when I didn't hear anything, I just...

I don't know. Call me a coward.

But I couldn't... I was too afraid of what I would find back there.

I was asleep.

And Cinnamon came in and shot over my bed.

You sure it was Cinnamon?

Mm -hmm.

And then the baby started to cry.

Where was she?

She was in there.

I was scared.

So then I ran in and got her and locked us both in my room.

And then I heard two more shots come from Linda's room. Looks like we've got

entry hole through this tapestry.

See this?

Right there?

Yeah. Hold on. It's all right. It's my parents. I called them.

Linda's dead.

Looks like Cindy's shot. Oh, my God. I can't believe she'd do something like

this. Well, she disappeared. We can't find her. Poor baby.

Poor baby.

It would help a lot if you could take the baby with you, because this is not a

place for her to be right now. We need to get her hands tested.

But what about Cindy?

We'll let you know as soon as we find her.

All right.

Listen, we'll take Amber over to our house.

How could something like this happen? I told Cinnamon to see a therapist, you

know, but she would not listen to me.

Did you call us as soon as you find her?

We'll be waiting for you at the house.

Okay.

Thanks, Dad.

Where would Cinnamon get a handgun?

Oh, well, I have a gun collection.

Handguns, we keep.

How would you find Cinnamon?

That's your sister.

No.

Linda's my sister.

I've been living with her and David since I was 11.

And the baby is... It's Linda's baby, Amber.

Unit 26 is at the residence and the officer is talking to Cinnamon's mother

I don't know how she would get there.

She isn't even old enough to drive.

There has to be some mistake.

Cinnamon wouldn't do something like this.

Is there someplace else she might go?

I don't know.

Maybe your best friend, Lisa Tanner.

Do you have an address?

Why don't you two have a seat?

Sir,

you're the one who called 911.

Yeah, that's right.

And your name is? David Brown. David Brown. All right, Mr. Brown.

All right.

Let's go.

Your wife's been shot twice in the chest. Oh,

God.

Will she be all right?

It's critical. They don't want to move her right away.

She's going to be all right.

We're doing all we can, sir.

Detective Leverett on his way.

Oh my God.

That is insane.

your hands for gunshot residue.

I told the other officer that I wasn't even here when it happened. I mean, I

can't even go in that room. I saw her from the hallway.

I saw her arm hanging off the bed, off the edge of the bed, you know?

Mr. Brown, I'm Peter Leverett, Garden Grove Police Department.

I know that this is going to be difficult for you, but we have certain

procedures we have to adhere to.

Okay, I understand.

So I'm going to have to ask you some questions.

Okay. I never thought it would come to this.

I knew they had problems, but... Who's that? Who had problems?

Cinnamon is my daughter from a previous marriage.

Okay, I wanted her to come and live with us, but her and Linda were like fire

and ice.

So Cinnamon lives here with you? Yeah, she moved in in September, you know,

just before school started. Where did she move in from? Her mom's. I mean, you

know, her real mom's.

She thinks you've come to a head lately, and Linda had sent her to live in the

trailer out back.

Check the garage.

You got it, sir.

Please?

There's no sign of her. All right, better check the neighborhood.

All right, I've got a description of the suspect.

I'll have to get it.

There's no reason she would do this. She and Linda get along just fine.

There.

Does that look like a kid who would shoot someone?

When Cinnamon came in to ask you how to use the gun, did you touch it?

No. No, I didn't. You sure now?

Yeah, I'm sure. Excuse me. I'm sorry.

Is this going to take much longer? Because, you know, I don't think I can

in this house another minute. Well, I think you can go if you want to. We'll

lock up when we're finished.

Okay, great. Thanks. And could you make sure that nobody touches my business

equipment, okay? Sure. Let me ask you something. What is it that you do?

I retrieve data from damaged computer disks.

I'll tell my men to be very careful.

I'll take the baby home.

Do you know Patty and the dead girl are sisters?

No.

Come here.

How am I going to raise a baby by myself?

Why, for this one, it's a real killer.

Patterson!

Patterson, come here!

Oh, what in the hell is going on here?

Come on, girl.

Come on.

Come on.

Oh, boy, this girl had a big night.

Cinnamon?

Huh? Are you Cinnamon?

I got you, girl.

What is this?

What the heck do we have here?

Dear God, please forgive me. I didn't mean to hurt her.

Cinnamon, we're going to take you down to the police station. I'm going to have

to arrest you.

Look, we've got to get her checked out fast. She took a heavy dose of

Get a sample of these pills. Let's go. Yes, sir.

Is my dad all right?

Watch your feet there.

Real quiet.

And the houseman? Yeah, just be quiet.

Real quiet.

Is that Cinnamon?

Is that Cinnamon? I wanted to talk to her.

She needs some medical attention.

Some kind of drugs or something. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. That's not possible. My

girls don't use drugs. I mean, we don't even drink in this house. Okay, listen.

Why don't you come to the station this afternoon?

Okay?

Yeah, okay, okay. Could you just make sure that the house is locked up,

Oh, yeah, yeah, absolutely. Don't worry.

Hey,

give the guy a break.

He just lost two in one squat.

You have to do it.

I need time to think.

Okay? Come on.

Ethel, it's David.

Linda's dead.

She's been shot.

She's got to be okay. I'm listening.

Pupils, sluggish. You have the right to remain silent.

If you give up the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be

against you in a court of law.

Pulse normal.

Reflexes are good.

Blood pressure on the low side.

She's going to be all right, but a doctor had better see her.

Do you know who I am?

Mm -mm.

I'm a police officer.

Mm -mm.

You know why you're here?

I hurt Linda.

That's right, because you hurt Linda. How did you hurt Linda?

My daughter.

Cinnamon, we're going to take you over to the hospital.

Watch it. We're out.

Hold it up a little higher. BP's 90 over 50. Okay, Cinnamon. It's okay.

Stay with it.

Come on, help me out.

Good girl.

Okay, do you know how many pills you took?

Uh -huh.

Well, we're going to have to pump your stomach. You know, we have to get those

pills out of there. I already threw up.

Uh -huh.

I don't like to throw up. Well, you're damn lucky you did.

Otherwise, you'd be dead.

I don't want to die.

Cinnamon, can you tell me why you took the pills?

Went to the mall with Lisa.

Doesn't sound like any cold -blooded killer I've met.

Well, I'll tell you what. I've got a note, and the girl has confessed to

who would listen, so it's not going to take much for your office to nail this

one. You get handwriting samples from everybody in the house? Yeah, this one's

got Patty Bailey's name on it, and it's a story about a kid whose parents hate

him so much she finally kills himself to make them happy.

Patty's the victim's sister. That's right.

She's been living with them for the last six years.

One big happy family, huh?

Might as well bring it along.

Hey,

how's my girl?

The great father.

None of this would have happened if I kept your choice.

My choice was for you to give her the things I couldn't give her, not this.

Please, would you guys not fight?

I'm sorry, Sidney.

I just want the best for you. I am getting her a good lawyer, okay? I'm

get her out of this. Don't make her promises you can't keep.

I'll come back and see you after work, okay?

Yellow roses. Hey, smell.

And with their clothes.

Daddy,

I'm scared.

Oh, I know.

Don't worry, I'm not going to let anything happen to you. Because I just

you to death.

And we're family, right?

Nothing comes between family. The police said that I'm going to jail.

No way. I'm not going to let that happen.

But you have to tell me what you told them, okay?

That she was going to kick me out and I shot her.

Okay.

Okay, from now on, I think it would be best for you if you just told them that

you can't remember anything at all about what happened.

They won't believe me.

Cindy, listen to me.

You took a lot of drugs, okay?

You can't remember anything.

That's all.

I want to remember it.

I don't even want to think about it.

Well, then don't.

Hey, come on.

Here. Break your root beer float.

Or melt it.

Cost me a hundred dollars.

You remember me? I work for the police department, and this is Frank Brothers.

He does investigative work for the DA's office.

There are some things about your case, gentlemen, that don't make sense to me.

need to ask you some questions.

I understand you shot them because you were mad.

Spongebob.

I think someone has been shot.

Who, sir?

My wife and my daughter, or both.

Uh -huh.

See, I just got home.

I was too afraid to go look.

I think that Cinnamon shot my wife. Who is Cinnamon, sir? She's my daughter. Uh

-huh. We can't find her anywhere. Sir, how old is your daughter?

She's 14.

Could you get someone here? Could you send someone right away, please?

You're David Brown, sir? Yes.

9657 Orange Glen?

That's right.

Okay, sir. We have an officer here now.

Go to the front door, sir.

Can you see him? Okay. All right. What do I do with the phone? Leave it off the

hooker. Okay. All right.

Hold that.

Don't say anything.

David Brown? Yeah. Come in, please. My sister -in -law hurts house in the

bedroom. Down there.

How long ago did it happen?

About an hour ago.

I was scared, so I locked myself in my bedroom until David came home.

You stay right here.

Did the Code 3 need an ambulance?

Please hurry. Back there.

Please.

Oh, God.

Hurry, please.