WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.519 --> 00:00:10.119 In the victim's own words, I woke up to him 2 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:13.160 dragging me by the ankles through this field, and he 3 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:17.519 dropped my legs. I heard him walk off, and heard 4 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:22.000 his car door slam and him drive away. I realized 5 00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:26.280 I couldn't scream, and I couldn't figure out why. I 6 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:28.920 had just enough strength to throw my right hand on 7 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:31.519 top of my neck, and that's when I felt this 8 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:35.479 gaping wound. And I looked at my hand and it 9 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:39.920 was full of blood. I was eight years old. I 10 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:45.000 was just left to die in a field. I'm Nicole, 11 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:49.359 I'm Ben. And this is Wicked and Grim, a true 12 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:50.479 crime podcast. 13 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:54.359 Good morning, the following podcast. 14 00:00:54.439 --> 00:01:01.439 And he's grabbing semial that. 15 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:21.560 We're back. 16 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:23.480 We are, and it's guess what. 17 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:26.400 The last episode before Christmas it is. 18 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:31.159 It is so merry Christmas, happy Holidays, happy Honkah. 19 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:34.159 Whatever you choose to celebrate. If you don't swish, you will. 20 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:37.920 If you don't celebrate shit, happy Tuesday. 21 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:41.040 Happy, We don't celebrate shit. There you go, yeah, just 22 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:45.599 happy whatever, happy happy happy Oh. 23 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:48.599 In the words of Ren and Stimpy, happy happy joy joy. 24 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:49.560 There we go. 25 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:53.799 We over here celebrate Christmas, so we will be doing that. 26 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:56.599 So Merry Christmas to everyone that celebrates that. 27 00:01:57.200 --> 00:01:59.959 Yeah, hopefully you guys are all ready for the holidays, 28 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.719 whether it's just downtime or not. Hopefully you're not trying 29 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:06.239 to get to things done last minute. I know a 30 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:07.319 lot of people are. 31 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:10.080 Fair enough, I am not ready for the holidays. I'm 32 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:11.039 going to admit that. Well. 33 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:12.960 A big conversation I had at work today with a 34 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:17.039 few people was how crazy people are. Oh literally, not 35 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:21.639 like running red lights, cutting people off, just short tempers, 36 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:25.080 getting angry. I hate that party because it live holidays. 37 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:27.159 The saying is it's the most wonderful time of the year. 38 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:30.199 But I actually don't agree with it, no at all. Like, 39 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:32.159 for many reasons, this is. 40 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:35.759 Like the time people get most depressed. Yeah, it's a terrible, 41 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:37.000 terrible season for that. 42 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:39.960 I feel like our Christmas is going to be fairly chill, 43 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:42.120 like we don't have a lot of things going on. 44 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:44.360 So I'm kind of into that. Yeah, but I'm also 45 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:46.879 worried I'm not going to get my work finished in time, 46 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:49.919 So we'll see, but will you will? But you know what, 47 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.879 it will be waiting for me after the holidays. Fair enough, 48 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:57.319 So there you go, and do you know what? What 49 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:00.560 we've got patrons. We do. We always have patrons to 50 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:03.039 thing because people are just fricking awesome. We were literally 51 00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:05.639 like people suck and now like people are awesome. 52 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:08.080 People suck except you guys. You're different. 53 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:08.960 Yeah, you're different. 54 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:12.759 You're all amazing. Trust us. You know what we mean 55 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:15.400 when we say people suck, we mean the general population. 56 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:17.039 You guys are in general pop. You guys are cool. 57 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:20.560 But we had some people sign up for Patreon this week. 58 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:21.360 Who did we have? 59 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:24.680 Well, I am going to butcher names because I swear 60 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:28.080 people make it harder on us each time, on purpose. 61 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:31.639 Sometimes I wonder, but I'll do my best. 62 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:38.560 We had Tamara, Nicole O, Dreene Manassas, Nice, Morland Reedle awesome, 63 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:43.520 Leanne Woodruff wonderful, and Ashes Love all sign up for 64 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:44.439 Patreon this week. 65 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:47.759 Amazing. Thank you so much. We actually super appreciate that 66 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:48.319 we do. 67 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:51.199 And even if you don't head over to Patreon sign 68 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.439 up for whatever reason, even if you just don't want 69 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:55.840 to money wise, we don't care. You're here and we 70 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:58.000 appreciate the shit out of that too. Sure, So thank 71 00:03:58.000 --> 00:03:58.960 you so much for being here. 72 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:01.759 Yeah, I think we just had one more thing we 73 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:02.400 wanted to mention. 74 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:06.639 We also wanted to thank people for our YouTube. Yeah, 75 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:08.919 we posted that Casey Anthony video on YouTube. 76 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:10.199 It's doing well, it is. 77 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:12.479 And we got like I think, as of right now, 78 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:16.279 it's like six point four thousand views. Yeah, so six 79 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:18.720 four hundred views right now, and it's only been up 80 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:22.360 for like seven days. So that's awesome considering we only 81 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:23.639 have five videos on YouTube. 82 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:25.879 Yeah, yeah, no, I'm pleasantly surprised. 83 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:27.600 We got to start posting more on there, I think 84 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:29.720 so we do. So, Yeah, thank you guys so much 85 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:31.680 for showing us. That's that love over there. 86 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:33.920 And if you haven't watched yet, go watch. 87 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:35.199 It links down below. 88 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:36.480 You'll see our lovely faces. 89 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:39.439 You will. If you don't know what we look like. Surprise, 90 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:41.959 I have a beard. Yeah, and you can go see it. 91 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:45.160 People lots time, we've got it. People don't really necessarily 92 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:47.079 think we look like what we sound and I'm not 93 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:48.839 sure if that's a compliment or an insult. 94 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:52.000 I don't know. So although there was a comment on 95 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:54.120 our video you can tell that they're Canadian. 96 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:57.079 Oh yeah shit, we don't hide that at all. Fucking 97 00:04:57.079 --> 00:04:59.600 e rights, bud, I people can know I'm Canadian. Like 98 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:03.560 in a minute, oh fuck yeah, but like literally thirty 99 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:11.519 seconds she's Canadian fucking rites. Anyway. Wow, So today we. 100 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:13.399 Have no chick, but I am drinking whiskey. 101 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:17.240 You are, actually, so today we're sharing. We will be 102 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:22.879 sharing Jennifer Schwitt's story. Now trigger warning. As I mentioned 103 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:25.600 the intro, this story does involve a little girl who 104 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:29.480 is eight years old, which is real shitty. 105 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:31.199 Yeah, but I'm. 106 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:32.639 Going to be nice and tell you right off the 107 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:35.759 bat that this is a survivor story, so you may 108 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:38.600 want to stick around to find out how incredible this 109 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:39.839 little eight year old just is. 110 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:43.199 I'm I know this is not going to be a 111 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:45.720 fun one, but I'm also very anxious because I want 112 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:49.199 to hear the story and I'm super pumped that it 113 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:50.319 is a survivor story. 114 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:52.279 Well yeah, see, like if it was an eight year 115 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:54.560 old involved and it wasn't a survivor story, it would 116 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:55.319 just be shit. 117 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:57.079 Right Yeah, Like, I know we're going to go through 118 00:05:57.079 --> 00:05:59.240 some depressing shit here. Oh yeah, but I know the 119 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:01.160 light at the end of the tunnel, so I'm like 120 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:03.879 looking forward to getting to that light part, you know. 121 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:04.800 Yep. 122 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:10.560 Okay, So in August ninth, nineteen ninety, in Dickinson Texas 123 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:17.040 Dick Dickinson. Like Charles Dickinson, Jennifer Schewett was home with 124 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:20.720 her mother, Elaine. Elaine was a single mom, but she 125 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:23.600 was doing everything she could to make sure that Jennifer 126 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:27.480 had a good childhood and didn't miss for anything. And Jennifer, 127 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:30.560 even though at that very young age, understood what her 128 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.279 mother was trying to do and what she was trying 129 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:35.959 to give her, which I'm like, that's impressive, that is awesome. 130 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:38.959 It sounded as though they had like a really good relationship, 131 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:42.160 which I loved, love it. In one article I actually read, 132 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:44.639 it was like they were each other's everything, which is 133 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:49.240 so cute, so cute. That is so Jennifer, like a 134 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:51.959 lot of children, especially at that age, was afraid of 135 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:52.360 the dark. 136 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:54.680 I can't blame her. 137 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:56.240 I mean, I'm kind of afraid of it. 138 00:06:56.519 --> 00:07:00.560 I still am. I Okay, I'm going to admit something here. 139 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:04.920 Mirrors in the dark. Yeah you read that fuck out 140 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:05.120 of me? 141 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:06.079 Yeah you hate it. 142 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:07.560 Yeah. So when I go to the bathroom in the 143 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:09.600 middle of night, that light is getting switched on, or 144 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:11.759 I do not make eye contact with the mirror. I 145 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:14.240 like talk to myself my head like it's okay, it's okay, 146 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:15.639 it's okay. And I walked by it really quick. 147 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:18.079 I mean even outside, like in the dark when I 148 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:20.399 get home and i'm and I'm from my car to 149 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:23.040 the house, like I almost to seel like running like shit, yeah, 150 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:25.240 like I mean, it takes away one of your five senses. 151 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:27.399 Oh yeah, right, you can't see very well. 152 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:30.360 And there's this saying that I heard not too long ago. Actually, 153 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.319 it's that you're not afraid to be alone in the dark. 154 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:36.399 It's that you're afraid you're not alone in the dark. 155 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:42.920 Oh that's it. Yeah, that's terrifying, isn't it. Holy shit, 156 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:44.399 I haven't heard that. 157 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:47.199 That's fucking horrifying. And that nails it. 158 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:50.439 It does, and I hate that. Oh gosh, Now I 159 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:54.639 don't know how I'm gonna get through this. Okay. So, 160 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:58.079 being that Jennifer was going through this phase, she would 161 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:01.000 often sleep with her mom in her mom's bed, but 162 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:05.680 this particular night, Jennifer was particularly restless, and since Elaine 163 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:08.360 had an early shift at work the next day, she 164 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:10.399 really wanted to make sure that she had had a 165 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:13.959 good night's rest, so she asked Jennifer if she could 166 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:16.399 sleep in her own bed for the night, and Jennifer 167 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:19.879 said that she would, adding because I love you. 168 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:24.480 Wow, I know, way to tug at the heart strings. 169 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:27.800 She is like a little sweetheart, and I just feel 170 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:30.240 it's kind of rare at that age to kind of 171 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:33.039 be showing your parents like appreciation. So it sort of 172 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:35.720 just shows like what an absolute gem she is. 173 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:37.759 I think so. And I don't know if i'd say 174 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:40.559 it's rare, Like I think a lot of younger kids 175 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:42.759 do show that love and appreciation. I think it's just 176 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:45.039 how they show it, to be able to show it 177 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:49.559 on the level that adults generally communicate it, I think 178 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:50.759 that that's pretty rare. 179 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:53.240 It almost just seems like she understands what her mom 180 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:56.559 is like. I don't know if sacrificing is the right word, 181 00:08:56.600 --> 00:08:59.080 but doing for her, yeah, which is really cool. 182 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:00.679 She has that compassion. 183 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:04.759 Yeah. So Elaine kissed her daughter good night, and Jennifer 184 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:07.600 headed to her room, where she turned on her lamp, 185 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:09.879 which was shaped like a light bulb that she just 186 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:12.399 loved so much because it lit up her entire room 187 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:13.879 and she didn't have to be afraid of the dark 188 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:14.120 in there. 189 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:14.600 Right. 190 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:17.840 The lamp itself was shaped like a big ass light bulb. 191 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:19.120 Okay, so it was like a light bulb and a 192 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:21.039 light bulb. Okay, Yeah, I thought it was weird that 193 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:23.080 you described that the light was shaped like light bulb. 194 00:09:23.120 --> 00:09:26.879 Well, it was like I have a picture in my head, 195 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:28.519 but it was a lamp that was shaped like a 196 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:29.879 light bulb and it was super bright. 197 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:32.559 No, I got you now. Yeah, it took me a second, 198 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:33.360 so I had to clarify. 199 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:37.759 So after spending some time reading, Jennifer was able to 200 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:41.519 fall asleep. Now fast forward to the following morning, as 201 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:45.320 Elaine was waking up for the day. Within minutes, she 202 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:50.399 realized that something was horribly wrong. She hadn't heard anything 203 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:53.799 unusual during the night, nothing that woke her up, but 204 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:56.960 when she went into Jennifer's room to check on her, 205 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:01.159 there was no Jennifer. Her bed was empty, and her 206 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:06.919 bedroom window was wide open. Fuck, Like, that is not 207 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:09.639 something a parent would ever want. 208 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:13.320 Any parent, that would be your Whether it's sea, yeah, 209 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:15.080 that's that's where you're immediately going. 210 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:17.799 And you're like no, because whether they were stolen or 211 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:20.840 like the kid just kind of like snuck out somehow 212 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:26.480 or got out, Like, that's fucking terrifying. So Elaine immediately 213 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:30.200 contacted the police, but by then some of the worst 214 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:35.279 things imaginable had already happened to her daughter. Jennifer had 215 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:37.279 woken up in the middle of the night, and she 216 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:40.240 was no longer in her warm bed, but in the 217 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:43.600 arms of a man who was running away from her home. 218 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:44.720 Wow. 219 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:47.679 Jennifer had no idea who this man was or what 220 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:50.320 he was doing with her, as she went to scream 221 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:53.360 and get the attention of anyone who may be awake 222 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:57.440 at this time. The man realized Jennifer had woken and 223 00:10:57.519 --> 00:10:59.919 clamped his hand down around her mouth and her nose 224 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:03.279 before she could even make a noise. As they approached 225 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:07.360 his car, he stuffed her inside, making her sit on 226 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:11.440 his lap, and sped away from her home, her safe place. 227 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:15.200 But Jennifer wasn't going to make things easy for him. 228 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:17.919 She kept struggling to get away from him until he 229 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:21.240 shared with her that he was actually an undercover police 230 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:24.720 officer and he was actually taking her somewhere her mother 231 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:29.120 could come and pick her up again. Bullshit, that doesn't 232 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:31.759 even make any sense. But like, she's a little eight 233 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:34.240 year old girl, right, but she's still skeptical here. 234 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:36.720 Well, I mean, he's throwing out like you can trust me. 235 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:38.679 Any little kid who are that? 236 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:40.080 Who can they trust the police? 237 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:42.399 They trust the police, right, Yeah, So that's what he's 238 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:44.519 doing right right there. He's trying to gain her trust 239 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:47.360 with the first person a little kid. 240 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:49.919 Could so disturbing. And I wonder if even like had 241 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:52.440 that plan. Well I don't. The whole thing really wasn't planned. 242 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.480 So he was just throwing out shit to try and 243 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:56.679 make her calm the fuck down. 244 00:11:56.720 --> 00:11:58.759 I guess probably. I bet you if he planned it, 245 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.120 he would have had like a fake badge or something, 246 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:02.879 because little kids, no cops had their back. 247 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:06.799 Actress and she'll ask about this here. So so Jennifer 248 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:09.639 believed him, at least enough that she stopped fighting to 249 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:12.039 get her way to get away from him. But she 250 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:14.919 was a bright kid, and something about all this just 251 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:18.159 didn't sit right with her. She kept or asking him 252 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:21.679 questions like where they were going and what was going on, 253 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:25.519 and eventually he pulled into a dark parking lot outside 254 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:28.120 her elementary school and killed the engine of his car. 255 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:31.600 He told her that this was the place where her 256 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:33.799 mother was going to come and pick her up, and 257 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:36.440 even let her get out of the car while she 258 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:40.320 waited for her mom. M Jennifer stood there in the 259 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:43.399 dark watching this man, trying to figure out if she 260 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:47.240 should be afraid or just believe him. She knew that 261 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:50.879 undercover police officers didn't wear uniforms, but she had no 262 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:54.519 idea why an undercover police officer would take her from 263 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:57.159 her room in the middle of the night, and she 264 00:12:57.159 --> 00:13:00.519 didn't know if she believed that an officer could while 265 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.360 he was on the job, and that is exactly what 266 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:04.320 this man was doing. 267 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:09.279 She's definitely bright if she's thinking. 268 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:14.360 She's literally eight yeah, like that's I don't know, she 269 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:17.240 blows me away like that's just the icing. Well not, 270 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:18.960 that's just like the tip of the iceberg. 271 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:23.919 Wow, Okay, So she's really like analyzing this, like yeah, like. 272 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:27.159 Esse, you wait, dude. So Jennifer pushed him a little 273 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:30.320 bit more, asking him to prove that he was really 274 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:33.039 a police officer, but the man only told her that 275 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:36.519 his name was Dennis. That was enough for Jennifer for 276 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:38.799 a while, but then she wanted more proof that he 277 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:41.639 was what he said he was. She asked him where 278 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:44.919 his gun and his badge were, and Dennis told her 279 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:46.960 that they were in the back seat of his car 280 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:49.840 and she could actually see them if she knelt on 281 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:53.879 the seat beside him and had a look. Jennifer still 282 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:56.759 didn't know if she believed him, but she wanted answers, 283 00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:59.799 and seeing his police badge would at least tell her 284 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:03.600 if he was a real policeman or not. Right, So 285 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:05.559 she got back in the car and looked at the 286 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:09.279 back seat. But that was when Dennis showed his real 287 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:13.159 face and Jennifer got the answer she was dreading the most. 288 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:14.480 Wait, his real face? 289 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:15.759 Was he like true colors? 290 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:16.600 Okay? Gotcha? 291 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:21.200 Yeah? So Dennis then drove just a few blocks away. 292 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:24.159 It was a dead and gravel rolled rode, and he 293 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:27.879 pulled off into an over grown field. Jennifer, at this 294 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:32.720 point was panicking. Dennis then had a knife, held a 295 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:35.799 knife to Jennifer's throat and said, am I scaring you? 296 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:37.759 Little girl? Am I scaring you? 297 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:38.840 Fuck? 298 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:43.440 Like that's enough to give you goosebumb say? He attacked 299 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:49.240 Jennifer both physically and sexually. He choked her, tried to 300 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:53.600 break her neck, viciously raped her, slit her throat open, 301 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:57.240 all before dragging her by the ankles through a field 302 00:14:57.559 --> 00:14:59.080 and leaving her for dead. 303 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:04.120 Fuck this guy, oh yeah, shit, he. 304 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:07.279 Is the epitome of like a nasty motherfucker. 305 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:13.679 Oh beyond beyond like when you first started describing his 306 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:17.440 assault on her, like beyond disturbed and then having the 307 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:21.279 audacity to continue and do those things. And am I 308 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:25.720 scaring you little girl? Oh yeah, Like, holy fuck you are, Like. 309 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:28.240 Obviously you're scaring her, you piece of shit. 310 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:30.720 Yeah, well he's getting off on it is what it is. 311 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:35.200 Yeah, Like it's very disturbing. Oh fuck, Like it's so 312 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:37.440 disturbing that people like this exist in the world. 313 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:37.840 Yeah. 314 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:42.440 Oh So, once Dennis left the crime scene without being 315 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:46.120 caught or even seen, he was essentially getting away with 316 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:50.039 a truly terrible crime. He had no connections to Elaine 317 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:53.919 and Jennifer. He'd just seen Jennifer through her bedroom window 318 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:58.720 and sense an opportunity, and unfortunately for so many people, 319 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:01.519 his moral compass didn't lead him away from taking it. 320 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:05.679 So he just happened upon seeing her through a window. 321 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:09.000 That's it. Yeah, really, I see. I was assuming since 322 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:13.279 he took her specifically to her elementary, that he would 323 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:14.919 have seen or known well. 324 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:17.639 I think it was like a relatively small town. Yeah, 325 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:19.600 but it could have been like the only elementary. 326 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:21.480 I didn't look up or just so happened to be 327 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:24.720 the one nearby or whatever. Yeah, but I was thinking 328 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:27.960 there was something to that. But okay, coincidence then. 329 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:32.360 So when he'd sliced Jennifer's throat and left her body 330 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:35.360 in that field, he was killing the only witness to 331 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:39.159 his crimes, essentially guaranteeing that he would get away with it. 332 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:43.480 But that morning, as it became light outside, though by 333 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:48.039 just a thread, Jennifer was still holding on. Fuck yes, 334 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:52.039 she remembers not being able to move her body. She 335 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:55.519 tried to lift her head but couldn't as she went 336 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:59.039 in and out of consciousness every time she would come too. 337 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:04.119 She was in absolute disbelief that she hadn't died yet. 338 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.440 And this is coming from an eight year old girl. 339 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:07.559 Yeah. 340 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:08.079 Wow. 341 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:14.279 She laid there that entire day. It was right before 342 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:17.799 dark when Jennifer she could hear kids playing a game 343 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:21.200 of tag in the field she was in when one 344 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:25.200 of them actually tripped over her foot and she was discovered. 345 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:33.279 Fuck yeah, like just brutal kidding. Most people in the 346 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:36.319 community were already aware that a young girl was missing, 347 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:39.400 so people and law enforcement were on the lookout for 348 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:43.680 a child matching Jennifer's description, but I don't think anyone 349 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:46.799 could have been ready to find what they found in 350 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.720 that field that day. 351 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:51.640 Oh I don't think so. No, could you imagine? Wow? 352 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:53.759 Well, and you know it wasn't even touched on like 353 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:57.640 the kids that found her, Like how traumatizing for them? No, kidd, 354 00:17:57.680 --> 00:18:00.200 I mean Jennifer, it's like much worse her trauma, but 355 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:04.680 like she would not have looked well oh. 356 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:08.839 No, right, no, the only thing that they would have 357 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:11.519 is the only consolation to it is that she lived 358 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:11.920 through it. 359 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:12.880 Yeah, but. 360 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:16.559 Wow, Okay, sorry, my head's just going a million different 361 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:17.480 places with this right now. 362 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:21.240 I know it's very sad. So Jennifer was covered in blood, 363 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:25.119 her body abused and covered in what looked like a 364 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:29.200 horrible rash, but when first responders got to the scene 365 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:32.920 to start cornering it off, they were in disbelief that 366 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:37.759 she was still alive. She'd actually regained consciousness all the 367 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:41.279 way back when Dennis had dragged her across the field, 368 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:45.119 and somehow she'd kept it together and realized that her 369 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:49.359 best chances of surviving this was to play dead. So 370 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:55.359 as he's dragging her, her throat's like slit. She's playing dead. Holy, 371 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:58.359 she didn't make a sound. She didn't even move when 372 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:00.240 he dumped her body on top of a fire your 373 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:03.920 ant's nest, and then drove away, And those two things 374 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:08.759 are probably what saved her life. If Dennis believed she 375 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:12.319 was alive, I imagine, being the scum piece of shit 376 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:15.200 that he was, he would have finished the job right. 377 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:18.759 Oh yeah, And can we just talk about that for 378 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:24.799 a sec. Because sure, it's probably kind of obvious that 379 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:29.839 playing dead is your most likely survival point in this. 380 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:32.799 But I don't even think many adults would think to 381 00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:33.920 do that necessarily. 382 00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:37.720 Let's just assume everyone would think that. Okay, okay, just 383 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:40.799 for the sake of this conversation. Here, now tell me 384 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:44.720 you are conscious being dragged through a field. 385 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:52.039 In immensible pain, slit throat, terrified as an eight year old, 386 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:57.200 and you have the whereabouts to control your fear, your 387 00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:59.240 pain to play dead. 388 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:04.200 Yeah. Like it's like she is one hundred and ten 389 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:06.200 percent like a badass of the day. 390 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:08.960 Oh no kidding. I can barely hold back tears if 391 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.880 I stub my toe. 392 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:14.079 I know, Yeah, it's it's unbelievable, and it gets even 393 00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:18.359 more unbelievable, like it really does. This case is mind 394 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:20.240 blowing to me. It's mind blowing. 395 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:24.079 Okay, well we'll continue to blow my mind though, Like, yeah, 396 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:28.480 I am going to so as I was saying, her 397 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:32.799 playing dead saved her life in my opinion, very much so. 398 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:36.079 And that rash that was all of her body was 399 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:40.559 actually a whole bunch of fire ant bites. So Jennifer 400 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:43.960 said that whenever she started to fall asleep or lose 401 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:47.400