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FROM THE OUTSIDE,

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IT LOOKS LIKE
A PICTURE-PERFECT MATCH.

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CHARLA WAS A GOOD MOTHER.

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DARREN WAS A GREAT FATHER
TO ALL THE KIDS.

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BUT SOON, THAT PICTURE-PERFECT
MARRIAGE FALLS APART.

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DARREN SAID, "SHE DOESN'T WANT
TO JUST DIVORCE ME.

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SHE WANTS TO DESTROY ME."

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FIRST,
THE DIVORCE TURNS UGLY.

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WHEN THINGS WENT WRONG
WITH HER AND DARREN,

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SHE JUST TURNED VICIOUS.

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THEN IT TURNS DOWNRIGHT DEADLY.

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SHE WAS VERY AFRAID
BECAUSE HE WOULD SAY,

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"OH, WELL, O.J. GOT AWAY
WITH IT, AND SO WILL I."

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AS THE DOOR OPENED,
I COULD SEE WHAT APPEARED TO BE

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A LARGE POOL OF BLOOD.

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THESE IMAGES--
A FAMILY CHRISTMAS,

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A TYPICAL DIVORCE CASE--

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HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN
IN PUBLIC UNTIL NOW.

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www.vitac.com

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HI!

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MAY 1994.

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27-YEAR-OLD CHARLA SAMPSEL

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IS GIVING
A NUTRITIONAL WORKSHOP.

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SHE WAS A COURSE LEADER FOR,
LIKE, OVER 200 PEOPLE

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AND SHE WOULD COACH THEM.

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SHE HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY
TO LOVE PEOPLE

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AND TO CARE ABOUT PEOPLE

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AND SHE WAS PASSIONATE
ABOUT THE WORLD.

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SHE WAS ON FIRE.

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SHH!

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NO TALKING.

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CHARLA IS YOUNG,
BEAUTIFUL, AND SUCCESSFUL.

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THE ONLY THING MISSING IS LOVE.

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ALL THAT CHANGES WHEN
SHE MEETS A BUSINESSMAN

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FROM RENO, NEVADA--
DARREN MACK.

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ONE NIGHT, THERE WAS
A BIG DINNER FOR

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THE SEMINAR LEADERS
AND THE COURSE LEADERS,

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AND SHE SAW DARREN.

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DARREN MACK.

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HE'S YOUNG, HE HAS MONEY,
AND HE'S MOVIE-STAR HANDSOME.

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THEY WERE TWO VERY,
VERY STRONG,

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VERY CHARISMATIC PEOPLE,

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AND WHEN THEY WERE
IN THE ROOM TOGETHER,

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YOU COULD JUST TELL THERE
WAS SOMETHING ABOUT

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THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER.

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THEY HAD TREMENDOUS CHEMISTRY.

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IT WAS OBVIOUS THEY WERE
DRAWN TO EACH OTHER.

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THAT NIGHT,
THEY HIT IT OFF

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AND THEY STARTED
DATING PRETTY QUICKLY.

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IF THERE'S SUCH A THING

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AS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT,
THIS IS IT.

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I HAVE NEVER SEEN
DARREN QUITE SO TAKEN

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BY A WOMAN IN MY LIFE.

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HE WAS REALLY SMITTEN.

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DARREN INVITED HER
TO COME AND LIVE IN RENO.

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DARREN IS THE MILLIONAIRE OWNER
OF ONE OF RENO'S

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MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES,
PALACE JEWELRY LOAN.

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AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE
BEEN HERE FOR 40 YEARS,

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AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE US,
JUST ASK ANYBODY

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WHO'S DONE BUSINESS WITH US.

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DARREN'S FAMILY
HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED

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IN RENO FOR MANY YEARS.

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EVERYONE KNEW HIM,
EVERYONE LOVED HIS FAMILY.

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HE WAS A-- A VERY PROMINENT
MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.

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AND WHEN CHARLA STARTS
WORKING THERE TOO,

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SHE AND DARREN BECOME
A DREAM COUPLE AT THE HEAD

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OF THIS MILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS.

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DARREN AND CHARLA MARRIED
IN MAY OF 1995.

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THEY'D KNOWN EACH OTHER
FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

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IT WAS AN INSTANT FAMILY
WHEN SHE MARRIED DARREN.

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HIS TWO CHILDREN FROM
HIS PREVIOUS MARRIAGE

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WERE ALSO IN HER
IMMEDIATE FAMILY NOW.

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ONE, TWO, THREE.

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OH, MY GOD.

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DARREN AND CHARLA
BOUGHT A BIG HOME,

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BIG BEAUTIFUL MANSION-TYPE
HOME IN FRANKTOWN.

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DARREN,
IS THAT OUR GARDEN?

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THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN.

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HAVE YOU SEEN IT?
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF IT.

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IT'S HUGE.

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OH, MY GOD.
I'M SO HAPPY.

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YOU LIKE IT?
YEAH, I LOVE IT.

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THEY WERE BY ALL ACCOUNTS
A VERY ATTRACTIVE COUPLE.

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THEY HAD THIS TREMENDOUS
CHEMISTRY TOGETHER.

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THEY WERE VERY HAPPY
AT THE OUTSET.

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THEY SEEMED TO BE
A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN.

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GOT FLOWERS ON IT. HI.

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♪ JINGLE BELLS,
JINGLE BELLS ♪

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♪ JINGLE ALL THE WAY ♪

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♪ OH, WHAT FUN... ♪

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IT'S CHRISTMAS 2001,

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AND BY NOW, DARREN AND CHARLA
HAVE A DAUGHTER.

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♪ JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS ♪

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♪ JINGLE ALL THE WAY ♪

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♪ OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE ♪

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♪ IN A ONE-HORSE OPEN SLEIGH,
HEY! ♪

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THEY HAD THIS
AMAZING LITTLE GIRL.

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CHARLA WAS A GOOD MOTHER.

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DARREN WAS A GREAT FATHER
TO ALL THE KIDS.

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WITH LITTLE STRIPS OF PAPER.

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UH-HUH.

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MY TOY.

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YAY!

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CHARLA WAS DELIGHTED
BY MOTHERHOOD.

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SHE LOVED IT.

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SHE LOVED MAKING
EVERY DAY GREAT.

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SHE JUST WANTED TO BE
DARREN'S DREAM GIRL.

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SHE WANTED HIM TO THINK

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SHE WAS THE GREATEST
MOTHER IN THE WORLD

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AND SHE JUST REALLY TOOK ON
THE ROLE OF MOTHER

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AND WIFE IN
A VERY SERIOUS WAY.

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IT'S A PICTURE-PERFECT FAMILY,

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THE AMERICAN DREAM
COME TO LIFE.

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DARREN HAS ANOTHER DREAM.

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IN THE EARLY 2000s,
AROUND 2001,

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DARREN MACK BECAME VERY ACTIVE
IN THE LOCAL BODYBUILDING SCENE.

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HOW 'BOUT SOME SQUATS?
YOU SHOULD SHOW ME.

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DO SOME SQUATS.
YOU SHOULD SHOW ME.

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COMPETITION.
YOU KNOW. THERE IT IS.

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HE USED TO GET UP
AROUND 4:00 IN THE MORNING

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AND GO OUT TO HIS GYM,
COME IN, SHOWER,

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HAVE BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES--
CLOTHING ON,

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AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD
TO ADMIRE SOMEONE

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WITH THAT KIND OF DISCIPLINE.

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THAT'S ENOUGH OF ME NOW.
LET'S-- LET'S VIDEO YOU.

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CHARLA WAS
VERY SUPPORTIVE.

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HE WAS PARTICULAR
ABOUT THE WAY HE ATE

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SO THAT HE COULD
KEEP HIS BODY FAT DOWN,

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SO SHE WOULD COOK
FOR HIM SPECIAL DIETS.

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DARREN WORKS OUT,
EATS RIGHT,

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AND EVENTUALLY
IT ALL PAYS OFF.

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BUT SOON, THIS BECOMES
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

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FOR VERY DIFFERENT REASONS.

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DARREN.
MM-HMM?

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WHAT'S WRONG? DARREN.

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I'M JUST... TIRED.
OKAY. SIT-- SIT UP.

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YEAH.

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CHARLA AND HE WERE
IN LAS VEGAS AT A SHOW,

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AND IT HAPPENED SO SUDDENLY.

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HE SAID HE HAD A HEADACHE

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AND HE WANTED
TO GO LAY DOWN.

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MM-HMM?

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SHE RECOGNIZED
THAT HE WAS VERY ILL

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AND HE DIDN'T REALLY
WANT TO WAKE UP.

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AND SHE SAID, "WE NEED TO
GET YOU TO THE HOSPITAL."

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OKAY. OKAY, OKAY.
HELP! OH, HELP ME! HELP!

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SHE WAS YELLING,
YOU KNOW,

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"THIS MAN NEEDS HELP.
HE'S DYING."

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YOU NEED TO HELP MY HUSBAND.
OH, GOD! DARREN?

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THE DOCTOR
IN THE E.R.,

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HE RECOGNIZED IT AS
A BACTERIAL MENINGITIS.

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ARE YOU OKAY?

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AND THEN BY THAT TIME,
DARREN WENT INTO A COMA.

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LET'S GET YOU SOME HELP.
NURSE?

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OH, I THINK
I CAN HEAR A CAR!

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I THINK DADDY'S HOME!

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HE'S HERE NOW.

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OH. COME ON AND SAY,
"WELCOME HOME."

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HI, GUYS! HI!

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HEY. HEY. HEY. HEY.

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HE'S SMILES.
SAY HELLO"TO DADDY.

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HEY. HOW ARE YOU DOIN'?
I MISSED YOU.

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YOU GUYS,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR CHARLA,
HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE.

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SHE LITERALLY SAVED HIS LIFE.

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OH, YOU SHOULD
JUST STAY AT HOME.

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DARREN AND CHARLA
SEEM TO BE THE PERFECT TEAM.

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BUT THERE'S ANOTHER PART
OF DARREN AND CHARLA'S MARRIAGE

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THAT ISN'T EXACTLY SUITABLE
FOR HOME VIDEO,

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AT LEAST NOT THE KIND OF VIDEO
YOU CAN PLAY FOR THE KIDS.

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DARREN AND CHARLA ARE SWINGERS.

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THEY WOULD GO TO THESE CLUBS
WHERE THEY WERE HAVING

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SOME RELATIONSHIPS
WITH OTHER COUPLES.

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IN PUBLIC, THEY'RE
A PICTURE OF PERFECTION.

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IN PRIVATE, THEY SHARE
A TASTE FOR TABOO.

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AND SOON, THE PUBLIC
AND THE PRIVATE

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WILL COLLIDE IN AN EXPLOSIVE WAY
THAT NO ONE COULD'VE PREDICTED.

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CHRISTMAS MORNING, 2002.

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CHARLA AND DARREN MACK HAVE NOW
BEEN MARRIED FOR SEVEN YEARS.

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ALL ALONG, THE TWO OF THEM
HAVE BEEN SWINGERS.

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BUT NOW, CHARLA WANTS TO
GET OUT OF THAT LIFESTYLE

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AND HAVE A MORE
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.

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OKAY.

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OOH.
I LIKE THAT.

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LOOK.
WHO IS THIS?

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DARREN WANTED
TO BE HUGH HEFNER

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AND HE WANTED
THE "GIRLS NEXT DOOR"

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KIND OF EXPERIENCE,

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AND CHARLA WAS JUST
COMPLETELY BORED WITH IT

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AND SHE JUST WANTED
TO BE NORMAL.

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IT SPARKLES LIKE
YOUR PRINCESS DRESS.

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SHE DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY ANYMORE.
SHE WANTED TO BE A MOM.

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SHE WANTED TO BAKE COOKIES
AND GO TO BIRTHDAY PARTIES

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AND HELP WITH HOMEWORK
AND VOLUNTEER IN THE CLASSROOM

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AND SHE WANTED THAT PART
OF HER LIFE TO BE OVER.

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DARREN KEEPS PRESSING
FOR A RETURN

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TO THE WILD OPEN MARRIAGE
WITH NO LUCK.

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DESPITE HER SMILES
FOR THE CAMERA,

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CHARLA'S HAD ENOUGH
OF DARREN'S FANTASIES,

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AND SOON THINGS TURN UGLY.

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I AM TRYING TO STOP YOU
FROM SCREWING THIS UP.

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YOU JUST KEEP YOUR OPINIONS
OUT OF THE BUSINESS.

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THEY FIGHT AT HOME AND IN PUBLIC
AT THE JEWELRY STORE THEY OWN.

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I AM HERE EVERY MORNING
AND YOU'RE NEVER HERE.

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MARILEE, CAN YOU COME HERE
FOR A SECOND?

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OH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
COME, COME, COME.

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WHY DO I HAVE TO PUT UP
WITH THIS EVERY DAY?

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YOU DON'T NEED MARILEE.
JUST TAKE HER AWAY, PLEASE.

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OH, MY GOD, DARREN.
DO ME A FAVOR.

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NO. ACTUALLY, I WON'T.
WHY'D YOU EVEN--

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THEY WERE BOTH
VERY DOMINANT

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AND THEY HAD
THEIR ARGUMENTS

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AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE

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IN THE STORE
IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.

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YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE MORON,
YOU REALLY ARE.

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OH, SHE'S STILL HERE.
ONE TIME, THEY CALLED ME

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IN THE OFFICE
TO HAVE THEIR ARGUMENT

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WITH ME AS A REFEREE.

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DARREN, YOU ARE PATHETIC!

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I JUST LISTENED

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AND I WATCHED HER
REDUCE HIM TO TEARS.

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BUT DARREN,
THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE.

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FIGHTING
AND EVENTUALLY HATE

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OVERTAKES LOVE
IN THE MACK HOUSEHOLD.

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I'M FED UP WITH YOU.
IN THE SUMMER OF 2004,

227
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IT WAS VERY APPARENT
THAT THE MARRIAGE

228
00:14:42,172 --> 00:14:43,586
WAS COMING TO AN END.

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DOWN LIKE-- LIKE--

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CHARLA STAYED
IN THE MAIN HOUSE.

231
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DARREN RENTED A CONDOMINIUM
IN SOUTH RENO.

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THEY WERE BOTH CLEAR
THERE WAS NO COMING BACK

233
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FROM THIS SEPARATION.

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DARREN
MOVES TO THE UPMARKET

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GATED COMMUNITY
OF FLEUR DE LIS...

236
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WELCOME TO FREEDOM,
MY FRIEND.

237
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AND IS SOON JOINED
BY AN OLD FRIEND...

238
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SWEET.
DAN OSBORNE.

239
00:15:10,689 --> 00:15:13,379
DAN HAS MOVED BACK TO RENO
AFTER HIS OWN DIVORCE.

240
00:15:13,379 --> 00:15:16,103
UM, WHICH ROOM CAN I TAKE?

241
00:15:16,103 --> 00:15:17,517
DAN WAS MAKING
A NEW START IN LIFE.

242
00:15:17,517 --> 00:15:19,793
HE HAD JUST RECENTLY
MOVED BACK TO RENO.

243
00:15:19,793 --> 00:15:22,103
AND SO DAN WAS SPENDING
A LOT OF TIME THERE

244
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AT THE CONDOMINIUM WITH DARREN
IN THE FIRST DAYS

245
00:15:24,620 --> 00:15:28,206
AFTER DARREN
HAD LEFT THE FAMILY HOME.

246
00:15:28,206 --> 00:15:29,931
WHAT A MESS, MAN.

247
00:15:29,931 --> 00:15:33,000
AND RATHER THAN ENJOYING
HIS NEWFOUND FREEDOM,

248
00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,896
DARREN MACK IS STARTING
TO REGRET THE DAMAGE

249
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HE'S CAUSED TO HIS MARRIAGE.

250
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YOU COULD SEE
HE WAS UNHAPPY.

251
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YOU KNOW, HE WAS PRETTY LOST
WITHOUT HIS HOME LIFE.

252
00:15:45,172 --> 00:15:48,827
TOUGH, MAN. YEAH.

253
00:15:48,827 --> 00:15:51,310
NICE TO BE HOME, HUH?

254
00:15:51,310 --> 00:15:52,724
YEAH.

255
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OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

256
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ON JANUARY 11, 2005,
CHARLA COMES HOME

257
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AND FINDS THAT HER HOUSE
HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO.

258
00:16:03,275 --> 00:16:06,000
HELLO?
IS SOMEBODY HERE?

259
00:16:10,068 --> 00:16:12,724
IS SOMEBODY THERE?

260
00:16:18,413 --> 00:16:20,482
HELLO?

261
00:16:20,482 --> 00:16:24,379
HELLO, IS SOMEBODY THERE?

262
00:16:24,379 --> 00:16:28,689
HEY. LET'S JUST GO
AND SEE WHAT'S IN HERE.

263
00:16:36,620 --> 00:16:39,068
A QUICK SEARCH OF
THE HOUSE MAKES IT CLEAR

264
00:16:39,068 --> 00:16:42,482
THIS WAS NO BURGLARY.

265
00:16:42,482 --> 00:16:45,793
IT'S ALSO CLEAR
FROM WHAT WAS TAKEN

266
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IT WAS DARREN.

267
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HE TOOK ALL OF
THE GYM EQUIPMENT,

268
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EVEN HER TREADMILL.

269
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YOU KNOW, HE JUST
RANSACKED THE HOUSE.

270
00:16:54,379 --> 00:16:56,172
WHAT'S HAPPENED, MOMMY?

271
00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,896
DADDY'S MADE A MESS.

272
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CLEARED OUT A BUNCH OF HIS STUFF
THAT SHE HAD WANTED,

273
00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:09,103
AND IT REALLY PUSHED THINGS
ALONG IN A BAD DIRECTION.

274
00:17:15,379 --> 00:17:19,379
DARREN, ARE YOU SERIOUS?
YOU BROKE INTO MY HOUSE?

275
00:17:19,379 --> 00:17:21,206
WHY DO YOU ALWAYS
GOTTA BE SO MELODRAMATIC?

276
00:17:21,206 --> 00:17:25,103
I WANTED MY THINGS. THAT'S--
THAT'S ALL I WANTED.

277
00:17:25,103 --> 00:17:28,586
WHEN THINGS WENT WRONG
WITH HER AND DARREN,

278
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SHE JUST TURNED VICIOUS.

279
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UGH. BECAUSE IT WAS MINE.
I PAID FOR EVERYTHING.

280
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<i>YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO COME ROUND MY HOUSE!</i>

281
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WHATCHA GOING TO DO,
SHOOT ME?

282
00:17:42,724 --> 00:17:45,379
YEAH!

283
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IN FEBRUARY 2005,
CHARLA FILES FOR DIVORCE.

284
00:17:50,827 --> 00:17:53,517
THEY WERE BOTH CLEAR THAT
THIS WAS NOT GOING TO WORK

285
00:17:53,517 --> 00:17:55,000
AND THEY WERE GETTING A DIVORCE

286
00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,413
AND I THINK SHE JUST
DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT ANYMORE.

287
00:17:58,413 --> 00:18:01,068
CHARLA THROWS HERSELF
BACK INTO VOLUNTEERING

288
00:18:01,068 --> 00:18:03,379
AS A NUTRITIONAL COURSE LEADER.

289
00:18:15,275 --> 00:18:19,482
BUT SHE HAS NO INCOME
AND MUST RELY ON DARREN.

290
00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:39,000
IT WAS VERY PAINFUL
FOR HER TO GET DIVORCED

291
00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,482
BECAUSE SHE CAME FROM
A BROKEN HOME WITH ME.

292
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SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE
A SOLID FAMILY FOR HER CHILDREN.

293
00:18:47,206 --> 00:18:50,275
AND THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE
A DIVORCED WOMAN

294
00:18:50,275 --> 00:18:52,172
AND HAVE THE CHILDREN
HAVING TO GO BACK

295
00:18:52,172 --> 00:18:53,689
AND FORTH TO TWO
DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLDS,

296
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IT JUST DEVASTATED HER.

297
00:18:56,068 --> 00:19:00,379
DARREN KNOWS THE DIVORCE
IS PUSHING CHARLA TO THE EDGE.

298
00:19:03,172 --> 00:19:04,586
NO, I DON'T LIKE IT.

299
00:19:04,586 --> 00:19:06,586
SHE'S ACTING REAL STRANGE,
YOU KNOW?

300
00:19:06,586 --> 00:19:08,482
DIVORCES ARE STRESSFUL,
YOU KNOW?

301
00:19:08,482 --> 00:19:10,172
SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE
AT HER MOST RATIONAL.

302
00:19:11,689 --> 00:19:16,586
HE WAS JUST SURE THAT
SHE WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING.

303
00:19:16,586 --> 00:19:20,793
IT HAD JUST GOTTEN
JUST ALL TWISTED

304
00:19:20,793 --> 00:19:24,793
AND OUT OF CONTROL
AND CONVOLUTED.

305
00:19:24,793 --> 00:19:26,896
AND HE STARTS TO FEAR
THAT SHE IS GOING TO

306
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TERMINATE THIS MARRIAGE

307
00:19:28,586 --> 00:19:32,275
IN A FAR-MORE SUDDEN
AND DEVASTATING WAY.

308
00:19:32,275 --> 00:19:36,379
DARREN HAD TOLD ME, YOU KNOW,
THAT, "SHE'S GOING TO KILL ME."

309
00:19:36,379 --> 00:19:42,172
SHE JUST WANTED REVENGE
IN A HUGE WAY.

310
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SHE HAD THREATENED HIM
MANY TIMES

311
00:19:44,689 --> 00:19:48,000
AND SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO
HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO IT.

312
00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,827
HEY, DO YOU WANT SOMETHING?

313
00:19:49,827 --> 00:19:53,586
HEY.

314
00:19:53,586 --> 00:19:56,310
YOU CAN HAVE
A DOMINANT PERSONALITY,

315
00:19:56,310 --> 00:19:57,931
YOU CAN HAVE
A STRONG PERSONALITY

316
00:19:57,931 --> 00:19:59,689
AND YOU CAN BE A GREAT MOM.

317
00:19:59,689 --> 00:20:01,586
DOESN'T MEAN
YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON,

318
00:20:01,586 --> 00:20:03,896
AND SHE JUST WASN'T
A GOOD PERSON.

319
00:20:16,965 --> 00:20:19,241
ALMOST TEN YEARS
INTO THEIR MARRIAGE,

320
00:20:19,241 --> 00:20:24,000
DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS BEGIN
FOR DARREN AND CHARLA MACK.

321
00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,344
IN THE FIRST ROUND
OF NEGOTIATIONS,

322
00:20:26,344 --> 00:20:31,586
DARREN IS ORDERED TO PAY
CHARLA $10,000 A MONTH.

323
00:20:31,586 --> 00:20:33,793
IN ADDITION,
HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR--

324
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FOR PAYING ALL EXPENSES ASSOCIATED

325
00:20:36,241 --> 00:20:39,655
WITH THAT PALATIAL HOME
IN WASHOE VALLEY.

326
00:20:41,793 --> 00:20:44,551
DARREN WAS INCENSED.

327
00:20:44,551 --> 00:20:48,103
HE WAS IRATE.

328
00:20:48,103 --> 00:20:49,896
AT FIRST,
DARREN REFUSES

329
00:20:49,896 --> 00:20:52,689
TO PAY CHARLA
THE FULL ALLOWANCE.

330
00:20:52,689 --> 00:20:55,482
THEN HE DECLARES BANKRUPTCY.

331
00:20:55,482 --> 00:20:58,172
BUT IS HE REALLY
UNDERWATER FINANCIALLY,

332
00:20:58,172 --> 00:21:00,379
OR IS THE BANKRUPTCY
FILING A DODGE

333
00:21:00,379 --> 00:21:03,655
TO GET HIM OFF THE HOOK
FOR CHILD SUPPORT?

334
00:21:03,655 --> 00:21:04,689
WAS HE OUT OF MONEY?

335
00:21:04,689 --> 00:21:06,068
IT DIDN'T APPEAR THAT WAY.

336
00:21:06,068 --> 00:21:08,793
DARREN HAD MONEY
TO DO WHAT HE WANTED

337
00:21:08,793 --> 00:21:10,758
BUT THERE WASN'T MONEY
FOR HEAT IN THE HOUSE.

338
00:21:10,758 --> 00:21:14,103
THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE.

339
00:21:14,103 --> 00:21:15,689
WITH NO OTHER INCOME,

340
00:21:15,689 --> 00:21:19,896
CHARLA STRUGGLES
TO PAY THE BILLS.

341
00:21:19,896 --> 00:21:23,034
HER ELECTRICITY IS CUT OFF.

342
00:21:23,034 --> 00:21:26,103
CHARLA'S INCOME, ACCORDING
TO COURT DOCUMENTS, WAS ZERO.

343
00:21:26,103 --> 00:21:28,551
SHE WAS NOT WORKING.

344
00:21:28,551 --> 00:21:30,379
THIS IS FUN, HUH?
IT'S LIKE CAMPING, ISN'T IT?

345
00:21:30,379 --> 00:21:32,689
IT'S LIKE BEING IN THE WOODS
LIKE A CAMP, HUH?

346
00:21:32,689 --> 00:21:34,241
SHE PLAYED A GAME.

347
00:21:34,241 --> 00:21:39,275
THEY SAT BY THE FIRE ALL NIGHT
AND SHE SAID, "WE'RE CAMPING.

348
00:21:39,275 --> 00:21:41,896
ISN'T THIS FUN?"
BUT IT WOULD--

349
00:21:41,896 --> 00:21:44,172
THE HOUSE WAS COLD.

350
00:21:44,172 --> 00:21:49,655
THEIR DIVORCE IS QUICKLY
GOING FROM BITTER TO UGLY.

351
00:21:53,068 --> 00:21:57,793
NOVEMBER 15, 2005,
WASHOE COUNTY COURT.

352
00:22:00,586 --> 00:22:04,482
DARREN AND CHARLA APPEAR
BEFORE JUDGE CHUCK WELLER.

353
00:22:14,275 --> 00:22:16,379
CHARLA'S LAWYERS
WANT TO KNOW

354
00:22:16,379 --> 00:22:19,068
WHERE THE MONEY IS.

355
00:22:43,965 --> 00:22:45,758
OF COURSE.

356
00:23:28,655 --> 00:23:29,965
JUDGE WELLER RESPONDED
BY ESSENTIALLY

357
00:23:29,965 --> 00:23:31,793
THROWING THE BOOK
AT HIM AND SAYING,

358
00:23:31,793 --> 00:23:35,862
"YOU WILL PAY THIS
OR YOU WILL GO TO JAIL."

359
00:23:56,551 --> 00:23:58,896
THE JUDGE HAS RULED.

360
00:23:58,896 --> 00:24:01,379
DARREN MACK OWES CHARLA
AND THEIR DAUGHTER

361
00:24:01,379 --> 00:24:04,172
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
IN BACK PAYMENTS

362
00:24:04,172 --> 00:24:09,965
AND HE HAS TO START COMING UP
WITH $10,000 A MONTH.

363
00:24:09,965 --> 00:24:12,586
AT THE DEFENSE TABLE,
MACK SEETHES,

364
00:24:12,586 --> 00:24:16,655
BUT PAYING UP IS BETTER THAN
A TERM IN THE COUNTY JAIL.

365
00:24:23,137 --> 00:24:26,586
WHILE MACK LOOKS FOR A WAY
TO COME UP WITH ALL THAT MONEY,

366
00:24:26,586 --> 00:24:29,586
CHARLA LOOKS
FOR NEW BOYFRIENDS.

367
00:24:29,586 --> 00:24:32,793
SHE ASKED IF I WANTED
TO GO OUT AND I SAID YEAH.

368
00:24:32,793 --> 00:24:34,000
YEAH. IT WAS, UM...

369
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,689
WE WENT TO A RESTAURANT.

370
00:24:35,689 --> 00:24:37,862
AND IT WAS A QUIET,
LITTLE RESTAURANT.

371
00:24:37,862 --> 00:24:39,862
UM, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO IT.

372
00:24:39,862 --> 00:24:41,137
OH, MY GOD.
IT WAS SO--

373
00:24:41,137 --> 00:24:43,896
WE WERE PROBABLY 15 MINUTES
INTO JUST SITTING THERE

374
00:24:43,896 --> 00:24:49,482
AND DARREN WALKED IN
AND SHE LOOKED UP AND SAID,

375
00:24:49,482 --> 00:24:53,862
"OH, MY GOD.
THERE'S MY HUSBAND."

376
00:24:53,862 --> 00:24:55,965
I'M ASKING HER, "W--
WHAT DO YOU MEAN,

377
00:24:55,965 --> 00:24:58,000
THAT'S YOUR HUSBAND?"

378
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,034
AND SHE SAID, "WELL, I'M GOING
THROUGH THIS DIVORCE."

379
00:25:01,034 --> 00:25:04,896
SO, UH... NO, I'M OKAY.
I'M FINE. I'M OKAY.

380
00:25:04,896 --> 00:25:09,482
AND JUST THE LOOK
ON HIS FACE BOTHERED ME.

381
00:25:09,482 --> 00:25:12,241
I HAD A VERY STRANGE FEELING.

382
00:25:12,241 --> 00:25:13,482
I JUST FELT IT WAS VERY STRANGE

383
00:25:13,482 --> 00:25:15,689
THAT THAT HAPPENED AT
THAT RESTAURANT AT THAT TIME.

384
00:25:15,689 --> 00:25:18,689
IT'S NOT-- IT WASN'T
A POPULAR RESTAURANT AT ALL.

385
00:25:20,551 --> 00:25:21,793
CHARLA TELLS FRIENDS

386
00:25:21,793 --> 00:25:26,241
THAT DARREN'S BEEN
FOLLOWING HER.

387
00:25:26,241 --> 00:25:32,275
HE JUST WAS ACTING ODDLY,
IN HER ESTIMATION.

388
00:25:32,275 --> 00:25:35,172
SHE FEARED FOR HER LIFE.

389
00:25:35,172 --> 00:25:36,896
ALL THEIR ARGUMENTS AND ANGER,

390
00:25:36,896 --> 00:25:38,793
THEIR DISPUTES OVER MONEY,

391
00:25:38,793 --> 00:25:42,793
COME TO A HEAD
THREE DAYS AFTER THANKSGIVING.

392
00:25:44,034 --> 00:25:47,241
HEY!
DON'T WALK AWAY FROM ME.

393
00:25:47,241 --> 00:25:48,586
DARREN, I DON'T
WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

394
00:25:48,586 --> 00:25:49,689
JUST GIVE ME
SOMETHING HERE.

395
00:25:49,689 --> 00:25:50,896
JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING.

396
00:25:50,896 --> 00:25:52,896
DARREN, TALK TO MY--
COME ON!

397
00:25:52,896 --> 00:25:56,896
GET OFF ME!
TALK TO MY LAWYER.

398
00:26:04,896 --> 00:26:06,758
DARREN!

399
00:26:06,758 --> 00:26:09,586
GET OFF!
DARREN!

400
00:26:09,586 --> 00:26:12,379
THEN HE GOT ENRAGED
AND JUST STARTED CHOKING HER

401
00:26:12,379 --> 00:26:13,758
RIGHT THERE IN THE PARKING LOT.

402
00:26:13,758 --> 00:26:16,482
HELP ME, SOMEONE!

403
00:26:16,482 --> 00:26:18,689
SHUT UP.
SHUT YOUR FACE.

404
00:26:26,793 --> 00:26:28,655
I SAID TO HER,
"YOU SHOULD GO TO THE POLICE."

405
00:26:28,655 --> 00:26:31,172
BUT SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T
WANT HIM TO

406
00:26:31,172 --> 00:26:34,482
LOSE HIS TRUCK LICENSE
BECAUSE THEN HE WOULDN'T

407
00:26:34,482 --> 00:26:36,448
BE ABLE TO HELP
SUPPORT THE FAMILY.

408
00:26:36,448 --> 00:26:39,448
PLUS SHE DIDN'T WANT
THE CHILDREN TO BE SCARRED.

409
00:26:41,896 --> 00:26:46,137
WHEN SHE STARTED TELLING ME
HOW HARD IT WAS FOR HER,

410
00:26:46,137 --> 00:26:49,034
THERE WAS A PART OF ME THAT,
YOU KNOW,

411
00:26:49,034 --> 00:26:52,586
DIDN'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED.

412
00:26:52,586 --> 00:26:54,551
BUT I COULD JUST
SEE IT IN HER EYES

413
00:26:54,551 --> 00:26:56,896
THAT SHE WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN.

414
00:26:56,896 --> 00:27:00,000
I WASN'T JUST GOING TO
RUN AWAY FROM IT.

415
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,689
IT'S DARREN. HE'S--
HE'S IMPOSSIBLE.

416
00:27:02,689 --> 00:27:04,482
I CAN'T GET AWAY FROM HIM.

417
00:27:04,482 --> 00:27:06,103
HE SCARES ME, MARK.

418
00:27:06,103 --> 00:27:08,275
I-- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT HE COULD DO.

419
00:27:08,275 --> 00:27:10,275
SHE FELT HE WAS UNBALANCED

420
00:27:10,275 --> 00:27:12,758
AND SHE WAS VERY AFRAID,
BECAUSE HE WOULD SAY,

421
00:27:12,758 --> 00:27:16,275
"O.J. GOT AWAY WITH IT
AND SO WILL I."

422
00:27:24,275 --> 00:27:26,379
SHE WAS SURE HE WOULD KILL HER.

423
00:27:35,793 --> 00:27:38,344
IT'S ALMOST
18 MONTHS INTO DARREN

424
00:27:38,344 --> 00:27:41,275
AND CHARLA MACK'S DIVORCE,
AND THEY ARE BACK

425
00:27:41,275 --> 00:27:44,965
IN JUDGE WELLER'S COURT
TO HEAR THE FINAL VERDICT.

426
00:27:58,137 --> 00:28:02,793
THIS COUPLE WHO TEN YEARS BEFORE
HAD BEEN SO HAPPY TOGETHER,

427
00:28:02,793 --> 00:28:06,379
THEY COULDN'T SEE
EYE-TO-EYE ON ANYTHING.

428
00:28:06,379 --> 00:28:08,586
ESPECIALLY MONEY.

429
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:54,344
THE LONGER HE TALKS,
THE MADDER DARREN GETS.

430
00:29:44,758 --> 00:29:48,793
BUT THESE ALLEGATIONS
DON'T CONVINCE JUDGE WELLER

431
00:29:48,793 --> 00:29:54,482
AND HE MAKES A FINAL RULING--
DARREN MUST PAY EVERY PENNY.

432
00:29:55,758 --> 00:29:57,482
AND THERE'S ONE MORE ISSUE

433
00:29:57,482 --> 00:30:00,275
THAT'S MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT THAN MONEY.

434
00:30:03,448 --> 00:30:07,103
JUDGE WELLER WAS, I THINK,
IN THE UNENVIABLE POSITION

435
00:30:07,103 --> 00:30:08,965
OF BEING A FAMILY COURT JUDGE.

436
00:30:08,965 --> 00:30:10,896
YOU SEE FAMILIES
THAT ARE FALLING APART.

437
00:30:10,896 --> 00:30:13,172
YOU SEE FAMILIES THAT ARE
AT EACH OTHERS' THROATS.

438
00:30:13,172 --> 00:30:14,758
IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB.

439
00:30:14,758 --> 00:30:17,551
IT'S NOT A JOB
THAT EVERYONE CAN DO.

440
00:30:17,551 --> 00:30:21,000
CHARLA WANTS CUSTODY,
BUT TO GET IT,

441
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,551
SHE MUST REVEAL HER ADDRESS.

442
00:30:23,551 --> 00:30:25,241
GET OFF!

443
00:30:25,241 --> 00:30:26,551
HELP ME, SOMEONE!

444
00:30:26,551 --> 00:30:30,482
AND SHE'S TOO SCARED
TO DO THAT.

445
00:30:55,068 --> 00:30:59,344
CHARLA WAS AFRAID
OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

446
00:31:19,965 --> 00:31:23,172
JUDGE WELLER TABLES
THE CUSTODY ISSUE,

447
00:31:23,172 --> 00:31:25,793
AT LEAST FOR NOW.

448
00:31:30,137 --> 00:31:33,586
THREE DAYS LATER,
DARREN APPEARS ON A WEB TV SHOW

449
00:31:33,586 --> 00:31:37,551
AND TAKES ON
JUDGE WELLER BY NAME.

450
00:31:37,551 --> 00:31:39,275
IT SOUNDS ALMOST LIKE YOU--

451
00:31:39,275 --> 00:31:42,137
YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL A STORY
ABOUT HOW MARTIANS HAVE LANDED

452
00:31:42,137 --> 00:31:45,448
BECAUSE IT SOUNDS
SO UNBELIEVABLE

453
00:31:45,448 --> 00:31:47,103
UNLESS YOU'VE
ACTUALLY BEEN IN IT

454
00:31:47,103 --> 00:31:48,862
OR BEEN AROUND HIS COURTROOM.

455
00:31:48,862 --> 00:31:52,448
BUT OF-- IN--
IF YOU CHECK ON THE INTERNET,

456
00:31:52,448 --> 00:31:54,172
THERE'S MANY, MANY,
MANY LIKE MYSELF

457
00:31:54,172 --> 00:31:58,000
THAT HAVE BEEN--
FALLEN PREY TO HIS TYRANNY

458
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,586
AND HIS ABUSE
IN HIS COURTROOM,

459
00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:05,793
AND WHAT PEOPLE COUNT ON,
THESE PEOPLE THAT DO THIS--

460
00:32:05,793 --> 00:32:08,137
AND I'VE FOUND OUT THAT
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW--

461
00:32:08,137 --> 00:32:10,103
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

462
00:32:10,103 --> 00:32:11,482
THIS IS NOT ISOLATED.

463
00:32:11,482 --> 00:32:14,103
JUST CHUCK WELLER HAS KIND OF
TAKEN THE LEAD IN IT

464
00:32:14,103 --> 00:32:16,275
AND IS PROBABLY THE MOST
TALKED-ABOUT JUDGE

465
00:32:16,275 --> 00:32:17,689
ON THE INTERNET.

466
00:32:17,689 --> 00:32:19,379
THERE WAS A LOT
AT STAKE FOR HIM--

467
00:32:19,379 --> 00:32:23,482
HIS FAMILY, HIS MONEY,
HIS FUTURE.

468
00:32:23,482 --> 00:32:26,344
EVERYTHING WAS COMING TO
A HEAD FOR HIM AT THIS POINT.

469
00:32:26,344 --> 00:32:31,068
THIS'LL PROBABLY COST ME
MY DAUGHTER, COMING FORWARD.

470
00:32:31,068 --> 00:32:33,586
IT'LL PROBABLY
COST ME JAIL TIME.

471
00:32:33,586 --> 00:32:36,862
IT'LL PROBABLY COST ME--

472
00:32:36,862 --> 00:32:40,241
I CAN'T EVEN SPEAK OF
WHAT THE COST WILL BE

473
00:32:40,241 --> 00:32:43,586
FROM THE RETALIATION THAT I'LL
GET FROM THE COURT SYSTEM OF--

474
00:32:43,586 --> 00:32:45,379
OF CHUCK WELLER.

475
00:32:45,379 --> 00:32:48,862
BUT WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT IS TRULY CHILLING.

476
00:32:58,068 --> 00:33:01,000
DARREN'S RESPONSE TO
THIS SHOCKING SUGGESTION?

477
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,482
FOR ONCE, HE SAYS NOTHING.

478
00:33:06,275 --> 00:33:10,172
AS THE MACK DIVORCE PLAYS OUT,
RENO POLICE SUDDENLY HAVE

479
00:33:10,172 --> 00:33:12,172
SOMETHING MUCH WORSE
TO CONTEND WITH.

480
00:33:22,758 --> 00:33:24,862
I WAS AT MY DESK
ON JUNE 12, 2006,

481
00:33:24,862 --> 00:33:27,068
WHEN I HEARD
OUR DISPATCH BROADCAST

482
00:33:27,068 --> 00:33:30,482
THAT THERE'D BEEN A SHOOTING
IN DOWNTOWN RENO.

483
00:33:42,172 --> 00:33:44,344
A VICTIM HAS BEEN SHOT
WHILE IN HIS OFFICE

484
00:33:44,344 --> 00:33:46,241
IN A RENO CITY BUILDING.

485
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,655
HEY, GUYS,
YOU HEARING THIS?

486
00:33:51,655 --> 00:33:53,758
OKAY, WE'RE ON IT.

487
00:33:53,758 --> 00:33:57,068
DETECTIVE CHALMERS IS
AT THE SCENE WITHIN MINUTES

488
00:33:57,068 --> 00:34:01,689
AND DISCOVERS THE VICTIM
IS SOMEONE HE KNOWS WELL.

489
00:34:01,689 --> 00:34:06,689
IT'S JUDGE WELLER,
AND HE'S IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

490
00:34:06,689 --> 00:34:09,448
HE'S RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL.

491
00:34:11,793 --> 00:34:13,103
AT THE COURT HOUSE,

492
00:34:13,103 --> 00:34:16,379
DETECTIVE CHALMERS
ASSESSES THE SCENE.

493
00:34:16,379 --> 00:34:19,793
THAT'S THE SHOOTER SITE, DAVE.

494
00:34:19,793 --> 00:34:21,655
WE WERE ABLE
TO DETERMINE A BULLET

495
00:34:21,655 --> 00:34:23,275
CAME FROM THE PARKING GARAGE

496
00:34:23,275 --> 00:34:25,758
THAT WAS LOCATED
ACROSS THE RIVER.

497
00:34:29,379 --> 00:34:30,689
THAT WOULD BE
INDICATIVE OF A--

498
00:34:30,689 --> 00:34:34,586
A RIFLE THAT HAD BEEN USED,
AND LIKELY WITH OPTICS.

499
00:34:34,586 --> 00:34:37,137
POTENTIALLY SOMEBODY
WHO HAD SOME SKILL IN FIRING

500
00:34:37,137 --> 00:34:39,793
FROM THAT DISTANCE.

501
00:34:39,793 --> 00:34:43,103
WHO OPENS FIRE ON A JUDGE

502
00:34:43,103 --> 00:34:47,103
STANDING IN HIS CHAMBERS
FROM A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY?

503
00:34:48,689 --> 00:34:51,586
THERE WAS A SNIPER
IN DOWNTOWN RENO

504
00:34:51,586 --> 00:34:55,379
AND NO ONE KNEW WHERE HE WAS.

505
00:34:55,379 --> 00:34:57,896
POLICE PUT RENO ON LOCKDOWN,

506
00:34:57,896 --> 00:35:01,689
FEARING THE SNIPER
WILL STRIKE AGAIN.

507
00:35:01,689 --> 00:35:03,275
DOWNTOWN WAS UNDER SIEGE.

508
00:35:03,275 --> 00:35:05,379
THE SWAT TEAM
HAD FLOODED THE STREETS.

509
00:35:05,379 --> 00:35:07,344
THERE WERE ARMORED
CARS EVERYWHERE.

510
00:35:07,344 --> 00:35:11,000
NO ONE KNEW
WHAT HAD HAPPENED OR WHY.

511
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,241
IT WAS AN OVERRIDING FEELING
THAT SOMEONE WHO WAS

512
00:35:14,241 --> 00:35:18,275
CAPABLE OF DOING THIS
WAS CAPABLE OF DOING A LOT.

513
00:35:18,275 --> 00:35:21,172
POLICE SEARCH DOWNTOWN RENO,

514
00:35:21,172 --> 00:35:25,172
BUT THE SHOOTER IS GONE.

515
00:35:25,172 --> 00:35:28,896
TWO HOURS LATER,
THEY GET A LEAD.

516
00:35:28,896 --> 00:35:30,551
I NEED TO REPORT SOMETHING.

517
00:35:30,551 --> 00:35:32,448
I'M NOT ENTIRELY
SURE WHAT I SAW, AND--

518
00:35:32,448 --> 00:35:35,448
IT'S FROM DARREN MACK'S FRIEND,
DAN OSBORNE.

519
00:35:35,448 --> 00:35:38,896
I JUST THINK SOMETHING
REALLY BAD'S HAPPENED THERE.

520
00:35:38,896 --> 00:35:40,586
DAN TELLS THE POLICE
HE WITNESSED

521
00:35:40,586 --> 00:35:43,551
SOMETHING STRANGE
AT DARREN'S CONDO THAT MORNING

522
00:35:43,551 --> 00:35:46,241
WHEN CHARLA CAME BY
TO DROP THEIR DAUGHTER OFF.

523
00:35:46,241 --> 00:35:48,448
OKAY. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND,
OKAY?

524
00:35:48,448 --> 00:35:50,758
UM, I-- I LIVE WITH A GUY
CALLED DARREN MACK.

525
00:35:50,758 --> 00:35:53,172
UM, I WAS SITTING AT HOME.

526
00:35:53,172 --> 00:35:54,793
I WAS LOOKING AFTER
HIS DAUGHTER UPSTAIRS.

527
00:35:54,793 --> 00:35:57,172
HUH?

528
00:35:57,172 --> 00:36:01,275
DAN AND THE LITTLE
GIRL ARE UPSTAIRS WHEN THEY HEAR

529
00:36:01,275 --> 00:36:05,689
DAN'S DOG DOWNSTAIRS
BEGIN YELPING FRANTICALLY.

530
00:36:05,689 --> 00:36:07,551
LUNA'S REALLY BARKING.

531
00:36:10,896 --> 00:36:12,758
YOU OKAY, PUP?

532
00:36:12,758 --> 00:36:14,862
LUNA? COME HERE.

533
00:36:14,862 --> 00:36:17,275
DAN GOES DOWNSTAIRS,
HE LOCATES THE DOG,

534
00:36:17,275 --> 00:36:21,793
AND THE DOG IS NOT ONLY BARKING,
BUT HE'S COVERED WITH BLOOD.

535
00:36:21,793 --> 00:36:24,000
HE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
IF SOMEONE HAS INJURED THE DOG

536
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,586
OR WHERE THE DOG BECAME
COVERED WITH BLOOD

537
00:36:26,586 --> 00:36:28,793
AND WHAT'S HAPPENED DOWNSTAIRS.

538
00:36:28,793 --> 00:36:31,275
UH, THEN, UM, I--

539
00:36:31,275 --> 00:36:34,275
I REALIZED SOMETHING
MUST HAVE HAPPENED.

540
00:36:34,275 --> 00:36:38,000
DARREN, ARE YOU IN THERE?

541
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,137
DARREN.

542
00:36:40,137 --> 00:36:41,793
WHAT THE HELL, MAN?
LIKE, LUNA'S JUST COME OUT.

543
00:36:41,793 --> 00:36:45,275
SHE'S JUST COVERED IN...
DARREN!

544
00:36:45,275 --> 00:36:48,344
AND HE TAKES THE LITTLE GIRL
AND HE LEAVES IMMEDIATELY.

545
00:36:52,758 --> 00:36:55,482
WE DROVE, UM,
WITH RED LIGHTS AND SIREN

546
00:36:55,482 --> 00:36:59,103
TO MR. MACK'S RESIDENCE.

547
00:36:59,103 --> 00:37:04,965
NEITHER CHARLA NOR DARREN
ARE ANSWERING THEIR PHONES.

548
00:37:04,965 --> 00:37:07,379
DETECTIVE JENKINS BEGAN
SEARCHING THE GROUNDS,

549
00:37:07,379 --> 00:37:09,862
WHERE HE FOUND THREE DROPLETS
OF BLOOD IN THE DRIVEWAY,

550
00:37:09,862 --> 00:37:12,655
WHICH CAUSED US OBVIOUSLY
GREAT CONCERN.

551
00:37:18,068 --> 00:37:20,000
WE ENTERED THE CODE
TO THE GARAGE DOOR.

552
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:23,482
THE GARAGE DOOR
SLOWLY BEGAN TO RISE.

553
00:37:39,448 --> 00:37:41,551
IT'S JUNE 12, 2006,

554
00:37:41,551 --> 00:37:45,172
AND POLICE IN RENO, NEVADA,
HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL.

555
00:37:45,172 --> 00:37:49,379
DIVORCE-COURT JUDGE CHUCK WELLER
IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION

556
00:37:49,379 --> 00:37:52,689
AFTER BEING GUNNED DOWN
IN HIS OWN OFFICE.

557
00:37:55,172 --> 00:37:57,689
AND ACROSS TOWN,
DETECTIVES ARE SEARCHING

558
00:37:57,689 --> 00:38:01,275
DARREN MACK'S APARTMENT AFTER
A REPORT OF A VIOLENT FIGHT

559
00:38:01,275 --> 00:38:04,896
BETWEEN DARREN AND HIS
ESTRANGED WIFE CHARLA.

560
00:38:04,896 --> 00:38:08,379
I WAS LOOKING ALONG
THE FLOOR FOR ANY EVIDENCE

561
00:38:08,379 --> 00:38:10,000
THAT SOMEONE MIGHT BE
STANDING OR--

562
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,172
OR LYING IN THE GARAGE,
AND AS I WAS LOOKING IN,

563
00:38:13,172 --> 00:38:15,172
AS THE DOOR OPENED,
I COULD SEE WHAT APPEARED

564
00:38:15,172 --> 00:38:18,482
TO BE THE BODY OF
A MOTIONLESS FEMALE

565
00:38:18,482 --> 00:38:21,000
AT THE FRONT
OF ONE OF THE VEHICLES.

566
00:38:24,172 --> 00:38:28,482
CHARLA MACK
HAS BEEN STABBED TO DEATH.

567
00:38:31,586 --> 00:38:35,034
I FOUND MRS. MACK DECEASED,
LYING IN A--

568
00:38:35,034 --> 00:38:37,172
A LARGE POOL OF BLOOD.

569
00:38:41,275 --> 00:38:43,034
TALK TO ME.
DARREN, GET OFF!

570
00:38:43,034 --> 00:38:44,379
LISTEN!
I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU!

571
00:38:46,172 --> 00:38:48,655
WE GOT A BODY.
BACKUP AND FORENSICS.

572
00:38:48,655 --> 00:38:53,000
MRS. MACK HAD SOME WHAT WOULD
NORMALLY BE CHARACTERIZED

573
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,586
AS DEFENSIVE-TYPE
INJURIES ON HER

574
00:38:55,586 --> 00:38:58,172
AS WELL AS SOME VERY GRUESOME,

575
00:38:58,172 --> 00:39:00,586
UH, SLASH MARKS,

576
00:39:00,586 --> 00:39:03,896
DEEP, DEEP INCISIONS
TO HER NECK AND THROAT.

577
00:39:03,896 --> 00:39:07,275
DARREN!
STOP IT! NO! GOD!

578
00:39:07,275 --> 00:39:11,586
AH! STOP IT!
AH! NO! DARREN!

579
00:39:11,586 --> 00:39:14,275
STOP!

580
00:39:19,482 --> 00:39:21,793
DETECTIVES SEARCH THE PROPERTY

581
00:39:21,793 --> 00:39:24,793
AND THEY UNCOVER A SHOCKING
PIECE OF EVIDENCE

582
00:39:24,793 --> 00:39:30,137
THAT LINKS CHARLA'S DEATH
TO THE SHOOTING OF JUDGE WELLER.

583
00:39:30,137 --> 00:39:32,586
POLICE OFFICERS FOUND A LIST

584
00:39:32,586 --> 00:39:34,344
THAT WAS LATER DETERMINED
TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN

585
00:39:34,344 --> 00:39:39,137
IN MR. MACK'S HAND THAT APPEARED
TO HAVE BEEN A TO-DO LIST.

586
00:39:42,379 --> 00:39:44,586
INCLUDING THE LIST OF
EQUIPMENT THAT WAS NEEDED.

587
00:39:44,586 --> 00:39:47,965
...243 AMMO,
WHICH WE WOULD CONFIRM

588
00:39:47,965 --> 00:39:50,172
THAT THE CALIBER
THAT SHOT JUDGE WELLER

589
00:39:50,172 --> 00:39:52,379
WAS A .243-CALIBER RIFLE.

590
00:40:00,862 --> 00:40:04,000
AND THEN IN QUOTATIONS WAS,
"END PROBLEM."

591
00:40:06,482 --> 00:40:09,586
TO ME, THE "END PROBLEM"
WAS A CLEAR EXPLANATION

592
00:40:09,586 --> 00:40:13,586
TO KILLING CHARLA MACK.

593
00:40:13,586 --> 00:40:15,689
IT WAS THE DAY THAT THE--

594
00:40:15,689 --> 00:40:18,034
THE EARTH STOOD STILL FOR ME.

595
00:40:18,034 --> 00:40:20,275
I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT
AS LONG AS I LIVE.

596
00:40:20,275 --> 00:40:23,068
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

597
00:40:25,172 --> 00:40:28,379
DARREN MACK
FLEES TO MEXICO,

598
00:40:28,379 --> 00:40:31,000
BUT HE ISN'T HARD TO FIND.

599
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,896
AFTER 11 DAYS ON THE RUN,
HE SURRENDERS TO POLICE.

600
00:40:35,896 --> 00:40:38,137
ON OCTOBER 1, 2007,

601
00:40:38,137 --> 00:40:41,758
DARREN MACK GOES ON TRIAL
FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE

602
00:40:41,758 --> 00:40:45,482
AND THE ATTEMPTED MURDER
OF JUDGE WELLER.

603
00:40:45,482 --> 00:40:47,482
HAVING NOW MADE A FULL RECOVERY,

604
00:40:47,482 --> 00:40:50,896
JUDGE WELLER WATCHES
AS HIS ATTACKER STANDS TRIAL.

605
00:40:50,896 --> 00:40:53,551
UM, IS DARREN ROY MACK
YOUR TRUE NAME?

606
00:40:53,551 --> 00:40:55,000
THAT IS MY CORRECT NAME.
ALL RIGHT.

607
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,068
AND YOU'VE RECEIVED A COPY

608
00:40:56,068 --> 00:40:57,862
OF THE SECOND AMENDED INFORMATION,

609
00:40:57,862 --> 00:40:59,896
WHICH CHARGES YOU
WITH ONE COUNT OF MURDER

610
00:40:59,896 --> 00:41:02,793
OF THE FIRST DEGREE
AND A COUNT TWO,

611
00:41:02,793 --> 00:41:05,379
ATTEMPTED MURDER WITH USE
OF A DEADLY WEAPON?

612
00:41:05,379 --> 00:41:08,172
YES, SIR.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

613
00:41:08,172 --> 00:41:11,965
DARREN MACK EVENTUALLY
PLEADS GUILTY TO BOTH CHARGES.

614
00:41:11,965 --> 00:41:14,034
YOU HAVE WILLFULLY, FELONIOUSLY,

615
00:41:14,034 --> 00:41:16,241
AND WITHOUT AUTHORITY OF LAW, UM,

616
00:41:16,241 --> 00:41:19,586
STABBED INTO THE BODY OF
CHARLA MACK CAUSING HER DEATH.

617
00:41:19,586 --> 00:41:20,689
IS THAT CORRECT?

618
00:41:20,689 --> 00:41:21,965
IT'S CORRECT.

619
00:41:21,965 --> 00:41:23,965
IN FEBRUARY OF 2008,

620
00:41:23,965 --> 00:41:27,965
HE IS SENTENCED TO A MINIMUM
OF 36 YEARS IN PRISON.

621
00:41:30,068 --> 00:41:33,758
DARREN MACK NOW CLAIMS
HE PLEAD GUILTY UNDER DURESS

622
00:41:33,758 --> 00:41:36,586
AND CONTINUES TO APPEAL
HIS CONVICTIONS.

623
00:41:38,965 --> 00:41:41,793
YOU LIKE THOSE, HONEY?
THOSE ARE AWESOME.

624
00:41:41,793 --> 00:41:43,758
NOW I CAN GO OUT THERE
AND GET THOSE--

625
00:41:43,758 --> 00:41:45,137
THAT'S RIGHT.

626
00:41:45,137 --> 00:41:47,379
HE HAD EVERYTHING TO LOSE

627
00:41:47,379 --> 00:41:50,275
AND NOTHING TO GAIN
EXCEPT FOR MONEY.

628
00:41:50,275 --> 00:41:53,758
OATMEAL COOKIE.

629
00:41:53,758 --> 00:41:55,689
THAT'S RIGHT UP
HER ALLEY.

630
00:41:55,689 --> 00:41:58,241
I THINK THE MOTIVATION
WAS ALL MONEY.

631
00:41:58,241 --> 00:41:59,965
THAT'S WHAT THEY FOUGHT OVER.

632
00:41:59,965 --> 00:42:03,655
THEY FOUGHT OVER EVERY DIME.

633
00:42:06,068 --> 00:42:09,344
MR. MACK SEEMS,
LIKE MANY MURDERERS,

634
00:42:09,344 --> 00:42:12,586
TO HAVE A COMPONENT
OF NARCISSISM,

635
00:42:12,586 --> 00:42:16,103
A COMPONENT OF ANTISOCIAL
PERSONALITY DISORDER,

636
00:42:16,103 --> 00:42:18,862
WERE SIMPLY HE,
ON SOME LEVEL,

637
00:42:18,862 --> 00:42:21,965
BELIEVES HE'S MORE IMPORTANT
THAN EVERYBODY ELSE IN HIS LIFE.

638
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,482
SHE HAD A VERY
OPTIMISTIC SPIRIT.

639
00:42:29,482 --> 00:42:31,275
SHE'S ALWAYS FIND
THE BRIGHT SIDE,

640
00:42:31,275 --> 00:42:34,586
AND IT'S-- IT'S RARE.
IT'S A RARE TRAIT

641
00:42:34,586 --> 00:42:36,758
AND I MISS IT GREATLY.