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This is the story of
an all-American family...
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You could tell they were
a very close-knit family.
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Very sincere people, very sweet.
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...who dote on one another...
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This is a family that hugged
and kissed all the time,
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didn't matter how old you were.
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...and are there for each other,
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through good times and bad...
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We take care of our own.
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It's that simple.
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...but lurking somewhere
in these precious home movies...
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...is a monster.
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He said to me one day,
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"Sandy, I'm sleeping
with one eye open."
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This wasn't just a random act.
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This was very proficient.
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And for the very first time,
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a confession in the killer's own words.
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It wasn't until I saw them
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pulling the stretchers down the stairs
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that I realized what was happening.
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I still can't comprehend.
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You killed the people
who loved you the most.
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Summer 1975 -- encino, California.
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On the left is 28-year-old
bridesmaid Sandy sulzman.
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It was such a happy day
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that Sandy doesn't need these
home movies to remember it.
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I just remember
there was so much laughter
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and so much happiness.
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Getting married today, Sandy's
identical twin sister, alene.
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She's the one on the right.
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I always say,
I was the cute twin,
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and she was the pretty twin.
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Alene was so stunning.
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Alene's husband-to-be,
30-year-old George Jenkins,
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certainly thinks so.
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That's him beaming from ear-to-ear
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and clearly head over heels
in love with alene.
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Alene was working
in one of those big companies.
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That's where she met George.
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They went out on a couple of dates,
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and it became very obvious --
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they were perfect together.
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Finally, all eyes turn
to the beautiful bride.
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Alene's dress was white
with touches of yellow.
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The same flounced collar
that was on
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Princess Diana's
wedding dress.
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It had this beautiful
wide-brimmed hat,
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and it was so alene.
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It was so alene.
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It's a proud moment for alene's
father, bill Grossman.
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My folks loved George
and were very happy for alene
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because there was no work
to their happiness.
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It just came naturally.
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The twins' father, bill, knows
the secret to a happy marriage.
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He was an intelligence officer
during world war ii
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and a poster boy for air corps
recruitment leaflets.
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Bill met and married Lynn,
a beautiful girl from queens,
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when they were in their early 20s.
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With their good looks
and fun-loving personalities,
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the couple make a perfect match.
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They were the best of friends.
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The two of them just made it work.
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In 1947, three years after they wed,
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twin girls Sandy and alene
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came along to complete the family.
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The photogenic twins
grew up in New York.
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Vacations in Pennsylvania
hold special memories for Sandy.
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We would go in the winters
to the pocono mountains.
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And alene and I, our first ice
skates were double runners.
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And we were ice skaters
all our lives.
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Here they are,
just five years old,
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doing their best to stay upright
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as dad bill
corrals them onto the ice.
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That's my dad and alene and me.
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Everything was fun, even falling.
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Finally, mom Lynn
comes out from behind the camera
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to show dad and the girls how it's done.
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Alene soon catches the hang of it,
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or perhaps it's Sandy.
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Sometimes, it's hard to tell.
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We were very different,
and yet very similar.
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I remember just having
the most wonderful childhood.
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The fact that the grossmans
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even have 8-millimeter
technicolor home movies
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proves they were a family of means.
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My dad had a great
8-millimeter camera.
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We had a screen that we could
put up in the living room
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to play all the film.
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The Grossman twins graduated
high school in June 1965.
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That's alene.
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And you look so happy.
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Both girls
soon left home for university,
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but alene quit after two years.
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She just didn't
like the academics very much.
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After leaving college,
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alene joins her parents in California
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and starts work
at a credit card company,
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where she meets George.
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The rest is history.
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She had all those years of
happiness with the right person.
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The newlyweds waste no time
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building a life for themselves,
investing in real estate.
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It was really quite something
to see how well they did.
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Within a few short years,
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the jenkinses move
to a 5,000-square-foot mansion
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outside Los Angeles,
perfect for entertaining.
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I have lots of memories
of weekend barbecues,
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of being in the pool.
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We spent our lives outside the house.
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I mean, there was always
a gaggle of people.
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It was so much fun.
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George and alene
appear to have it all,
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but their smiles mask heartbreak.
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Alene has been told by doctors
that she'll never be a mother.
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Well, it became apparent
that alene could conceive...
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...but she would
miscarry every time.
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And then they decided
that they wanted children,
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and that maybe adoption
was the route to take.
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In may 1980, their dream comes true.
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This footage shows the family heading home
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for the very first time
with their adopted baby son...
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Joshua Bradley Jenkins.
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Sandy and the rest of the family
welcome the new arrival home.
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I was there when Joshua was brought home.
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There's a yiddish word --
it's called kvell.
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It's like
your happiness pours out of you.
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And I remember my mother saying,
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"my mouth hurts,
I can't smile anymore."
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Once Joshua was brought home,
everyone converged on the house,
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and we all had to be
kicked out at some point.
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That was a happy time.
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First-time parents George and
alene are clearly besotted.
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Alene loved being a mother,
and she doted, you know.
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And of course George, coming
from this germanic-type culture,
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his first-born is a boy.
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Hey!
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Joshua's first few months fly by.
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Grandma Lynn has her own special
bond with her first grandson.
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I was like, "okay, enough.
Put the baby down."
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That baby never would
have been in a crib
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had my mother and father
had anything to do with it.
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They're a close,
loving, picture-perfect family,
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and it's hard to imagine
a future filled
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with anything but happiness.
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It's 1981, and alene
and George Jenkins' son, Joshua,
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is getting ready
for a very special occasion.
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Mom alene is behind the camera,
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capturing it all on glorious
8-millimeter film.
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Joshua was the most
magnificent child.
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I used to say he had
mascara eyelashes,
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dark hair, blue eyes.
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Just a stunning child.
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There's joshy.
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Look how gorgeous he was.
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Just breaks my heart.
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For one-year-old
Joshua, life is a cakewalk.
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You've got US now?
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Joshy, blow a kiss out.
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Joshua.
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Everyone just going,
"wow," you know,
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"we got lucky.
Look at this child."
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Long piece of red spaghettis.
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Two years later, for his third birthday,
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George and alene
pull out all of the stops.
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They've hired an entertainer
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for two dozen of his closet friends.
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I made a mistake,
but a slim mistake.
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There's Joshua, the dark hair.
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Wait a minute!
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I forgot to tie it.
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Everyone doted on him,
and he was spoiled
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like every other little boy.
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The air won't stay in it
till you take the balloon
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and you tie it right up.
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Joshua's adoring family loved to
shower him with expensive gifts,
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by far the best present he ever gets
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is a baby sister.
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In 1985, when Joshua is 5 years old,
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George and alene
adopt a newborn baby, Megan.
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They didn't want to have
Josh be an only child,
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and here comes Megan
into the picture,
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and the dynamic changed.
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And Joshua doted on her...
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...'cause, for a 5-year old,
this is a toy.
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Megan was the Princess.
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George called her "Princess"
all the time.
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She was very feminine,
and she loved her brother,
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absolutely loved her brother.
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The good times look like
they'll go on forever,
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but in 1991, they come crashing to a halt.
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Recession hits america,
and property prices plummet.
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The Jenkins' income dries up,
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leaving the family
on the brink of financial ruin.
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Last one?
Yep, all done.
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They realized
that they were gonna have to
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give up everything.
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The Jenkins family
are forced to sell out
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and relocate to a rental
property in Las Vegas.
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It's a far cry from
their Los Angeles mansion.
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From being his own boss,
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George finds himself
looking for a new job.
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You've got George, who was
probably 100 pounds overweight.
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You walk into an interview,
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and it's gonna be
very, very hard.
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You think you can maybe help
put them away while I unpack?
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Alene said to me,
"I don't do poor well."
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You want to give me a hand here?
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It's very frustrating
to come from means to nothing.
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I used my credit line,
and I bought them a car.
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It was a 1989 Mercedes turbodiesel,
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a piece of junk,
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but it was still a Mercedes.
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11-year-old Joshua
is also feeling the strain.
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He's not fitting in at his new school.
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Although he's smart, he's been
diagnosed with severe dyslexia.
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He had over a 160 IQ at that point,
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but couldn't read.
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Emotionally, that was hard on him.
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George didn't know how
to deal with it at all.
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I don't
understand this, Joshua.
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What's going on here?
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These grades are terrible --
d-, f, f!
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He may have said some things
that weren't so kind to Josh,
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out of his own inability
to know how to deal with it.
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Hey! Hey, come back here,
young man!
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What are you talking about?
Joshua: Just leave me alone!
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Open this door, Josh!
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George.
Damn it!
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George.
Calm down, okay?
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It's not gonna help.
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Megan kind of retreated.
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Listen to me, it just makes it worse.
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It makes it much worse.
Makes it worse?
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Please! Please!
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How could it possibly be worse?
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It does.
Have you seen those...
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Megan would come into their room,
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"I have a terrible stomachache."
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I'm not feeling well.
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Okay.
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You know, you look back on that,
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and that's how a lot of children
process stress.
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The family home becomes
a pressure cooker of tension.
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The Jenkins family, once so tight-knit,
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is falling apart.
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It probably happened
over a period of time,
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but all of a sudden,
it took a nose dive.
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You!
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In these home movies from 1980,
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the Jenkins family are living
a millionaire lifestyle,
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and anything seems possible.
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But in 1992, their fortunes plummet.
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George saw it as a failure
because you're the golden boy,
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and then all of a sudden,
things happen.
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It was a full-time job
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just trying to hold everything together.
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At the same time, son Joshua's behavior
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is on a downward spiral.
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Josh, enough.
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Josh became angry when, financially,
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things took a turn
for alene and George...
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Josh, stop!
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Enough! Stop!
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Stop it!
Enough!
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Stop.
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...and he said,
"I blame you. It's your fault."
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When Joshua is 14,
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George and alene seek expert help.
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The behavior was
changing, not for the better.
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It was creeping.
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It was creeping.
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There was only one
child psychiatrist
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in the state of Nevada,
and that's who they took him to.
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He was put on some medication.
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It didn't seem to do very much.
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He said it slowed him down.
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And a violent incident at Joshua's school
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horrifies his parents.
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Some football player made fun of him,
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and Joshua picked him up
and threw him down the stairs.
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George and alene, they're
starting to become afraid.
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George said to me one day,
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"Sandy, I'm sleeping
with one eye open."
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That became the catalyst
for them figuring out
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Joshua needs more than
they can give him right now.
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Vista del mar is a boarding
school in west Los Angeles,
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helping children
with behavioral issues.
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He was totally resistant
to go to vista del mar.
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The sales pitch was,
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"this is what they've committed
to do for you
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to help you with the anger
and everything else."
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It took a while,
and finally he said, "okay."
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With Joshua at boarding school,
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peace returns to the Jenkins household.
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But just a few months later,
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the family are hit by another bombshell.
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Alene and Sandy's
now-74-year-old mother, Lynn,
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has some devastating news.
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I called my mother, and she said,
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"I've got breast cancer."
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Lynn has always been
a rock for her daughters.
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Now it's their turn to be hers.
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Alene and George decided
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they were gonna drive in
from Vegas with Megan,
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and they all got there safely.
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Lynn and bill now live
in an upscale gated community
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in vista, California.
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Next-door neighbor phaedra bell
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is best friends
with their granddaughter, Megan.
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She was just a great
person, always happy.
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I remember her freckles.
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I remember her super-straight
forehead bangs.
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Every time she did come down,
she would make it a point
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to let me know that she was there
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so that we could hang out together.
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It's Saturday, February 3, 1996.
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I walked up the stairs
to their front door...
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...and I noticed that
the blinds were closed.
345
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Lynn and bill were early risers.
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They always had the blinds open.
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I mean, by, like,
6:30, 7:00 in the morning,
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so you knew when they were awake.
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You knew when they weren't home,
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and I thought that was really weird.
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353
00:23:07,653 --> 00:23:09,286
I had talked to Megan
the night before.
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She said they had no plans.
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I'm thinking, "what's going on?"
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Phaedra decides to try
again a few hours later.
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I walked out my front door,
around the front of our patio...
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...and I went running up to
Megan's door...
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360
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361
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...and that's when I saw
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that their bedroom window
was on fire.
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And I immediately
started screaming,
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you know, "call 911!
Their house is on fire!"
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00:24:00,973 --> 00:24:03,774
That night, a local
news crew captures the scene
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as the fire is finally
brought under control.
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00:24:08,448 --> 00:24:11,015
But once the flames are quenched,
368
00:24:11,017 --> 00:24:15,219
firefighters find something
far, far worse.
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I had just arrived home from work.
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00:24:24,697 --> 00:24:26,030
Deputy Brock.
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I received a phone call
from my boss explaining
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that this was a lot deeper
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than just a simple
house that caught on fire.
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I had been to crime scenes before,
375
00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:40,244
but this one just had
a very different feeling.
376
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The smell of the burnt building
was eerie.
377
00:24:46,686 --> 00:24:49,253
And the pressure began to mount
about the seriousness
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00:24:49,255 --> 00:24:52,156
of what occurred at this place.
379
00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:57,361
The next morning,
phaedra bell watches in shock
380
00:24:57,363 --> 00:25:03,400
as the full horror
of the situation becomes clear.
381
00:25:03,402 --> 00:25:04,969
It wasn't until...
382
00:25:08,307 --> 00:25:10,774
...i saw them pulling the stretchers
383
00:25:10,776 --> 00:25:12,810
down the stairs...
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00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:18,916
...that I realized
what was happening.
385
00:25:18,918 --> 00:25:26,323
386
00:25:32,698 --> 00:25:39,403
387
00:25:39,405 --> 00:25:42,740
Bill and Lynn Grossman
have led a charmed life,
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raising children and then grandchildren.
389
00:25:45,411 --> 00:25:52,917
390
00:25:52,919 --> 00:25:55,486
But on February 3, 1996,
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00:25:55,488 --> 00:25:58,389
firefighters are called
to their California home.
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Inside, they discover a scene
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00:26:02,828 --> 00:26:05,896
more ghastly than anyone could fear.
394
00:26:09,335 --> 00:26:12,536
The bodies were piled
in the bedroom on the floor
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in between the bed and the doorway.
396
00:26:16,375 --> 00:26:20,277
It is immediately clear
the fire is a cover-up.
397
00:26:20,279 --> 00:26:25,916
Five members of the Jenkins
family have been murdered.
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00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:27,818
The bodies of five family members,
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00:26:27,820 --> 00:26:29,553
including a 10-year-old girl,
400
00:26:29,555 --> 00:26:33,123
were recovered by firefighters
from this vista home yesterday.
401
00:26:33,125 --> 00:26:36,694
Authorities indicated a homicide
investigation is under way.
402
00:26:36,696 --> 00:26:46,203
403
00:26:46,205 --> 00:26:49,340
Alene had 12 blows to the head.
404
00:26:52,545 --> 00:26:55,245
Grandmother also had blows
to the head,
405
00:26:55,247 --> 00:26:57,781
blunt-force trauma,
and stab wounds.
406
00:26:57,783 --> 00:26:59,516
Muah! No kisses?
407
00:26:59,518 --> 00:27:01,852
Muah! No kisses?
408
00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:12,262
The grandfather had multiple
blunt-force trauma to the head.
409
00:27:12,264 --> 00:27:15,399
George Jenkins, the dad,
had 18 blows to the head
410
00:27:15,401 --> 00:27:18,035
and then 12 stab wounds to the chest.
411
00:27:20,239 --> 00:27:24,842
The final victim
is 10-year-old Megan Jenkins.
412
00:27:24,844 --> 00:27:31,015
413
00:27:31,017 --> 00:27:33,884
She had nine stab wounds
directly in the chest,
414
00:27:33,886 --> 00:27:35,786
in the heart.
415
00:27:35,788 --> 00:27:40,691
Investigators are flabbergasted
by the brutality of the attack.
416
00:27:40,693 --> 00:27:42,459
You know, people that kill
from a distance,
417
00:27:42,461 --> 00:27:46,030
generally, there's not
a personal aspect to it.
418
00:27:46,032 --> 00:27:48,032
This was definitely personal.
419
00:27:48,034 --> 00:27:50,401
It was close.
420
00:27:50,403 --> 00:27:52,936
It's essentially overkill.
421
00:27:55,307 --> 00:27:58,909
The authorities waste no time
canvassing the area for clues.
422
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,012
One deputy on the scene,
423
00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:03,681
he noticed that the complex entrance
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00:28:03,683 --> 00:28:06,550
was guarded by a camera.
425
00:28:06,552 --> 00:28:07,951
He asked for management's help
426
00:28:07,953 --> 00:28:09,920
to look at the footage on the camera,
427
00:28:09,922 --> 00:28:12,456
and he saw what appeared to be
a silver Mercedes
428
00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:16,694
leaving the complex
shortly after the fire started.
429
00:28:16,696 --> 00:28:20,264
The Mercedes looks like
George and alene's family car,
430
00:28:20,266 --> 00:28:22,766
but the driver's face is obscured.
431
00:28:24,804 --> 00:28:27,404
Officers put out a bolo on the vehicle
432
00:28:27,406 --> 00:28:31,141
and call the registered owner,
alene's sister, Sandy.
433
00:28:31,143 --> 00:28:34,378
434
00:28:37,817 --> 00:28:41,685
At 2:00 in the morning,
someone woke me up...
435
00:28:41,687 --> 00:28:42,820
Hello?
436
00:28:42,822 --> 00:28:45,222
...said, "do you own
a 1989 turbodiesel,
437
00:28:45,224 --> 00:28:47,124
license number blah, blah, blah?
438
00:28:47,126 --> 00:28:49,226
We're just doing
a background check,"
439
00:28:49,228 --> 00:28:52,029
and I thought it was odd.
440
00:28:52,031 --> 00:28:53,764
And he said, "we'll get back to you."
441
00:28:53,766 --> 00:28:58,068
442
00:28:59,839 --> 00:29:03,207
A few hours later,
Sandy's phone rings again.
443
00:29:05,211 --> 00:29:06,844
It's her cousin Lauren.
444
00:29:09,115 --> 00:29:11,181
So, the first thing
she said to me, she said,
445
00:29:11,183 --> 00:29:12,516
"they're all gone."
446
00:29:12,518 --> 00:29:17,821
447
00:29:17,823 --> 00:29:19,857
You know, those things
are seared in your brain.
448
00:29:21,927 --> 00:29:23,560
"They're all gone."
449
00:29:25,898 --> 00:29:29,099
I remember going,
"no, that can't be."
450
00:29:32,605 --> 00:29:37,174
Neighbor phaedra bell
also learns the horrifying news.
451
00:29:37,176 --> 00:29:38,742
My mom sat me down and told me,
452
00:29:38,744 --> 00:29:44,314
you know, that Lynn and bill and...
453
00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:52,156
...George and alene,
along with Megan,
454
00:29:52,158 --> 00:29:54,057
had been murdered...
455
00:29:56,195 --> 00:30:00,164
...and my first thought was,
you know, "what about Josh?"
456
00:30:04,069 --> 00:30:07,404
Investigators
are asking the same question.
457
00:30:10,009 --> 00:30:15,245
They head for Joshua's school
in Los Angeles to speak to him
458
00:30:15,247 --> 00:30:19,283
and discover
he left the previous Friday
459
00:30:19,285 --> 00:30:21,852
with his family.
460
00:30:21,854 --> 00:30:26,190
Staff explain that Joshua
hasn't been happy at the school,
461
00:30:26,192 --> 00:30:30,460
but this past week,
his behavior has changed.
462
00:30:30,462 --> 00:30:32,129
He was very helpful.
463
00:30:32,131 --> 00:30:35,799
He was a model person.
464
00:30:35,801 --> 00:30:38,068
The result of that was he asked them,
465
00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:40,070
"hey, I know my parents are going down
466
00:30:40,072 --> 00:30:41,638
to see grandma and grandpa.
467
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,942
I've been really good.
Can I have a weekend pass?
468
00:30:44,944 --> 00:30:46,610
Can I go with them?"
469
00:30:48,781 --> 00:30:53,217
Detectives need to
track him down, and fast.
470
00:30:56,488 --> 00:30:58,222
That same sunday morning,
471
00:30:58,224 --> 00:31:00,791
just a few miles
from the crime scene,
472
00:31:00,793 --> 00:31:05,295
a gas station attendant
sees a silver Mercedes pull up.
473
00:31:08,167 --> 00:31:14,004
This exclusive cctv footage
captures the driver on camera.
474
00:31:15,774 --> 00:31:19,142
The attendant calls 911.
475
00:31:23,449 --> 00:31:25,282
We raced over to the location.
476
00:31:28,654 --> 00:31:32,656
We were three-quarters of the way...
477
00:31:32,658 --> 00:31:35,192
And we saw him.
478
00:31:35,194 --> 00:31:37,261
We made an immediate u-turn.
479
00:31:47,106 --> 00:31:49,239
He looked at me,
I looked at him,
480
00:31:49,241 --> 00:31:51,642
and then the eye contact
seemed to linger around
481
00:31:51,644 --> 00:31:52,876
for a little while...
482
00:31:54,580 --> 00:31:57,014
...and I kind of lost touch
a little bit.
483
00:31:57,016 --> 00:32:00,217
I was so overwhelmed by
the presence of the person
484
00:32:00,219 --> 00:32:02,486
whom we believe
killed five other people.
485
00:32:04,456 --> 00:32:06,423
The sound of the handcuff clicking
486
00:32:06,425 --> 00:32:08,792
brought me back to reality.
487
00:32:10,829 --> 00:32:14,798
Joshua is arrested and taken
to the station for questioning.
488
00:32:17,036 --> 00:32:19,403
The recordings of this interrogation
489
00:32:19,405 --> 00:32:24,741
have never been seen
by the public until now.
490
00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:33,884
In these tapes,
exclusively released in 2019,
491
00:32:33,886 --> 00:32:36,486
detectives ask 15-year-old Joshua
492
00:32:36,488 --> 00:32:38,889
if he can shed light
on the brutal slaying
493
00:32:38,891 --> 00:32:40,390
of his family.
494
00:33:27,339 --> 00:33:32,009
Detectives steer the interview
to the events of Friday night.
495
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:51,328
Joshua's chilling account
of what happened next
496
00:33:51,330 --> 00:33:53,397
stuns detectives.
497
00:33:53,399 --> 00:33:57,200
I still can't comprehend
how anybody could do this,
498
00:33:57,202 --> 00:33:58,802
let alone someone I love.
499
00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:15,385
500
00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:18,855
In this footage, seen here
for the very first time,
501
00:34:18,857 --> 00:34:23,193
police are interrogating
15-year-old Joshua Jenkins,
502
00:34:23,195 --> 00:34:26,897
the only person who knows
how and why
503
00:34:26,899 --> 00:34:31,668
his entire family were murdered
in their home.
504
00:34:31,670 --> 00:34:37,407
When he's arrested, you have
48 hours to arraign him,
505
00:34:37,409 --> 00:34:39,709
so the clock starts ticking.
506
00:35:14,546 --> 00:35:21,885
507
00:35:44,977 --> 00:35:47,177
Muah! No kisses?
508
00:36:13,939 --> 00:36:21,044
509
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,608
Detectives now need
to discover what happened
510
00:36:51,610 --> 00:36:53,777
to Joshua's younger sister.
511
00:37:28,046 --> 00:37:31,314
The stunned detectives are left
with just one question.
512
00:37:42,861 --> 00:37:45,562
15-year-old Joshua
is charged with five counts
513
00:37:45,564 --> 00:37:48,198
of first-degree murder
and one count of arson.
514
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:53,203
515
00:37:53,205 --> 00:37:57,641
The severity of his crimes means
that he is tried as an adult.
516
00:37:57,643 --> 00:38:04,381
517
00:38:04,383 --> 00:38:06,883
He pleads guilty by reason of insanity,
518
00:38:06,885 --> 00:38:10,220
claiming not to understand
the nature of his actions
519
00:38:10,222 --> 00:38:13,623
and citing a history of mental illness.
520
00:38:13,625 --> 00:38:17,661
How do you determine whether
or not a person is insane?
521
00:38:17,663 --> 00:38:22,499
Does he understand the nature
and the quality of his act,
522
00:38:22,501 --> 00:38:26,169
and did he know right from wrong?
523
00:38:26,171 --> 00:38:30,640
We did not believe Josh was insane.
524
00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:32,475
In this exclusive footage,
525
00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:35,779
a forensic psychiatrist
interviews Joshua
526
00:38:35,781 --> 00:38:37,847
in preparation for the trial.
527
00:39:27,099 --> 00:39:32,669
528
00:39:32,671 --> 00:39:35,438
Prosecutors don't buy it.
529
00:39:38,143 --> 00:39:41,945
Josh was very angry at his
parents and his grandparents
530
00:39:41,947 --> 00:39:45,749
over the fact that they had put
him in this lock-down facility
531
00:39:45,751 --> 00:39:48,785
in Los Angeles
and restricted his freedom.
532
00:40:32,264 --> 00:40:34,364
After three days of deliberation,
533
00:40:34,366 --> 00:40:36,399
jurors reach a verdict.
534
00:40:44,342 --> 00:40:46,576
Joshua is found legally sane
535
00:40:46,578 --> 00:40:49,312
and convicted
on four counts of murder
536
00:40:49,314 --> 00:40:52,015
and one count of arson.
537
00:40:52,017 --> 00:40:54,150
Jurors deadlock on whether
Jenkins was sane
538
00:40:54,152 --> 00:40:59,088
when he killed his father,
and the charge is dismissed.
539
00:40:59,090 --> 00:41:03,493
Joshua is sentenced
to 112 years in prison.
540
00:41:06,164 --> 00:41:09,165
He was never going to be out of prison,
541
00:41:09,167 --> 00:41:10,467
and I was okay with that.
542
00:41:10,469 --> 00:41:11,768
It didn't matter what they gave him
543
00:41:11,770 --> 00:41:15,305
as long as I didn't have
to fear for my safety.
544
00:41:15,307 --> 00:41:20,910
Sandy has not seen her nephew,
Joshua, since the trial.
545
00:41:20,912 --> 00:41:22,879
Years ago,
I thought at some point
546
00:41:22,881 --> 00:41:26,950
I might be ready to communicate
and ask the why,
547
00:41:26,952 --> 00:41:28,685
but I'm never gonna get an answer,
548
00:41:28,687 --> 00:41:30,286
so I chose not to.
549
00:41:32,724 --> 00:41:36,259
I had to learn to mourn
one person at a time
550
00:41:36,261 --> 00:41:41,197
because it's too big otherwise.
551
00:41:41,199 --> 00:41:45,134
And that abrupt loss
is with me all the time.
552
00:41:45,136 --> 00:41:50,440
553
00:41:50,442 --> 00:41:52,809
I miss my sister every day.
554
00:41:52,811 --> 00:41:55,044
I miss her counsel.
I miss her love.
555
00:41:55,046 --> 00:42:00,283
556
00:42:00,285 --> 00:42:03,553
Every day of my life
is a lonely day
557
00:42:03,555 --> 00:42:07,056
without my twin sister.
558
00:42:07,058 --> 00:42:08,658
Many of Sandy's relatives
559
00:42:08,660 --> 00:42:10,260
refuse to watch old videos
560
00:42:10,262 --> 00:42:14,130
of the family during happier times
561
00:42:14,132 --> 00:42:15,999
but not Sandy.
562
00:42:16,001 --> 00:42:18,334
It's a sad commentary
that you killed the people
563
00:42:18,336 --> 00:42:19,936
who loved you the most.
564
00:42:19,938 --> 00:42:25,942
565
00:42:25,944 --> 00:42:27,510
There's daddy.
566
00:42:27,512 --> 00:42:35,118
567
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:36,753
Excuse me.
568
00:42:40,258 --> 00:42:43,359
Every once in a
while, it just creeps up on me.
569
00:42:43,361 --> 00:42:46,629
I'm sorry.
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