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[reporter
Alright, as a parent,
you never wanna hear this.

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Police in Putnam County,
Florida, say

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a 15-year-old is in danger.

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[reporter
Her name is Morgan Leppert

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That is the child
we're talking about.

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She's been missing
since April 22nd.

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Police think
she's with her boyfriend.

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His name is Toby Lowry,
and police say he is bad news.

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[reporter
Sheriff's officials,
this afternoon said that

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James Stewart died
a violent death in his home,

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but they're not
releasing the exact cause,

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because they wanna preserve
that for the investigation.

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[officer] As we continued
our investigation,

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we discovered that
the pickup truck was missing.

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[reporter
As recently as two days ago,
this truck that they believe

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the couple is traveling in
was found

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along different parts
of Interstate 10,

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first in Biloxi, Mississippi,

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then in Crowley, Louisiana,

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and then in Katy, Texas.

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The thing
inside of me, it's like...

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the appetite,
it's like a wolf that's...

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feeling...
the hunger.

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Morgan Leppert comes across
younger than a 15-year-old.

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She comes across
as a 12-year-old little girl.

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She's playing dumb,
like she doesn't understand

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what's gonna happen,
like she thinks she's just

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gonna be returned home,
and she's a simple runaway.

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She's well aware that
she's in a stolen vehicle

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with a boyfriend
who's an adult.

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There's no stress.

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The most she's concerned about

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is when she's gonna
be going home.

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And that lack of worry
speaks to something

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far more devious
in her own personality.

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[Dr. Fox] That look that Morgan
gives when the police officer

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just left and she's been
just giggling and happy

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to immediate change,
where she's now sullen

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and crestfallen
and she's thinking,

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"How am I gonna
get out of this?"

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You can almost
see her thinking,

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"What's my lie gonna be?"

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I think Morgan is still feeling

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like she has the upper hand.

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She doesn't think
that he has that much.

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I think she's starting
to get nervous

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that her initial story
may not be the one

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that does the trick.

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But she's very confident
in her manipulation.

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I'm in control.
I can get away with this.

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And I can have him see me

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the way I want him to see me.

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Morgan Leppert is definitely
somewhat sophisticated.

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She's trying to see
where police are going

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in the interview.

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She's not being forthcoming
and -- and honest right away.

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She's determining, you know,
based on what they say,

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is gonna determine
what she says in response.

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That's not typical
of a child that's innocent.

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That's actually
the -- the opposite.

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You know, it's -- it's kind
of consistent with someone

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that's a pathological liar
trying to dismiss blame.

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This is a trick
that Morgan uses repeatedly.

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We've seen it now several times
where when she gets cornered

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into something she doesn't wanna
talk about, she diverts.

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Change the subject.

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But when you are given
a way out,

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and you double down,
sometimes triple down,

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and you still don't take
that path,

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and you are that confident,
and you're still going to say,

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"I'm not involved,
I didn't do this,"

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that's what really sets
the psychopath and others apart.

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Psychopathic individuals
oftentimes prey on people

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who are easy to overtake,

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particularly when they're
opportunistic offenders.

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And what we see in this couple
is that willingness to engage

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in something so callous
and so antisocial,

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with no real regard
for the victim's life,

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his family, his physical
limitations or disabilities.

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That kind of callousness,

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that kind of rush and high

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that they were looking for,
like Bonnie and Clyde,

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really speaks
to some of their own
psychopathic tendencies,

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not only as individuals,
but how those tendencies

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played off each other.

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I definitely think
that Morgan Leppert

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and -- and Lowry are bonding

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over this fantasy
of running away

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and starting
this brand new life.

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And, you know,
he's a young man

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and he probably wants
to be seen as this protector

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and this provider.

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And so he's gonna do that
at any means possible.

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So engaging in this crime
and taking care

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of what she wants
taken care of, she --

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he can fulfill, you know,
her view of him being

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the protector and the provider,

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just in a very,
you know, violent manner.

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[Dr. Fox] They could
take the truck that moment.

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But I think two things --

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one, they'd worked
themselves up into this,

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and either one
didn't wanna think

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that they were being
the baby by backing out.

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The second is, I think
they both enjoyed it that much.

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They wanted this experience.
It was thrilling.

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It was like getting
yourself pumped up

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for a big event
that gets canceled.

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And I don't think
either of them wanted that.

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[Dr. Sahni] Despite the fact
that the couple knows

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there's sufficient gas
in the truck,

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the keys are in the truck,

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that if the goal really was
and the motive really was

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to get the truck
and get out of Dodge,

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why not just do that?

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These two have now
hatched a plan

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to go engage in a level
of violence together

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that is a shared experience.

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And while it may not have had

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any sexual component
to it at all for them,

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it clearly taps into
their individual psychopathy

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and that desire to experience
that thrill together.

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If there was any doubt
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about Lowry's own
psychopathic traits,

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the callousness,
the lack of remorse,

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the lack of regard
for human life,

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in his own words,
he acknowledges

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he started laughing.

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The victim is gasping for air.

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Instead of leaving
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grabbing the money,
and leaving,

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and getting out of the scene,

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he suffocates the victim.

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And that lack of total
disregard for human life,

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that lack of remorse,

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really speaks to some
of the markers of psychopathy.

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Morgan Leppert starts
to become frustrated

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and very irritable,
and I think a little agitated

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that police are honing in

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on what exactly
she did in this crime.

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She makes light
of such a violent act,

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you know, minimizing the harm
that she did to Mr. Stewart,

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saying, "I only poked him.

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It didn't even go through,
for God's sake."

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I mean, she's highlighting here

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not just her level
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but she's also kind
of showing us

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that she really has
no regard for human life.

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And the way
she's shutting off her emotions

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shows that she is
very sophisticated

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and her behavior is very
calculated and goal directed.

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And when
the detectives ask her,

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"Do you have any remorse
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She says, "What is that?"

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She's acting like she's
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which actually could be true.

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She's never felt remorse
in her life.

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There's no word to put
to this feeling she's had

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'cause she's never shown it.

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They didn't actually have
that feeling of remorse

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or feeling of empathy.

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Both Morgan and Toby have
different features

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that are very distinct
and problematic,

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but when you
bring them together,

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it's almost like creating
a super storm.

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It's what you would
think of as a true,

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you know, unified psychopath.

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