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>> how much you love your family. >> how much i love my mom and im going to miss her. and im sure shes going to miss me too. >> its now just past midnight. after being driven down a dark road, danielle is taken out of the car and carried like a sack into the snow-covered woods. travis, who just an hour earlier danielle considered a new friend, continues to narrate as they approach what looks like a predug grave. >> were going to set you down. if you say one word, i promise you [ bleep ] you wont...

Back of a car. christina lumm is driving. derek faxlinger stays behind. danielle is taken to the woods half an hour outside of town. >> every demon, every ghost in your past, everything you want to say, im sure well all be dead or in prison but you might as well say them right now. >> travis, hes the strong one. he never breaks down. and nothing could ever hurt travis. and thats what a lot of girls think because hes just so big and macho and thats what i thought about him. he just had that image...

>> the week before the night that i stopped over there, they went through another skit with a different girl, went through this struggle scene and this and that with her. like, you know, i like movies but i dont know if im into that. so i kind of took off. >> the woman derek saw it happen to is sarah. the recollections of the events of that night differ. >> one day i just walked into travis room and they just started wrestling with me and throwing me on the ground and just saying, you know, were...

And assault of taylor. if convicted, they face anywhere from seven years to life in prison. >> i have never had a case where alleged defendants tape their own alleged crimes. i cant explain criminals. in fact, there are television shows. "americas dumbest criminals." whatever. this appears to be right down that alley. >> the accused are 20-year-old travis payea, a horror film buff who plays the most prominent role in the video, 20-year-old jimmy carlisle, who early on in the video helps push dan...

Obviously he didnt like that. so -- >> you said you talked to travis? >> yes. i did. >> was that also by phone? >> yes. >> what did you talk to him about? >> why he did it. >> what did he tell you? >> he said you know how much power we had over you when we did that. it was basically a power trip and its a rush. >> people in flint had to ask, did their city have so little to offer that a group of friends were driven to entertain themselves this way? >> i asked flint, many grievances with this cit...

Pain. think about it. you think physical pain means anything compared to what youre going to be thinking? the second this knife digs one inch further into your [ bleep ] neck? >> travis pal, jonathan cockerill, is now holding the knife dangerously close to danielles throat. shes been asked what she would like to say to her family. >> what about your family? >> how much i love them. >> how much you love your family. >> how much i love my mom and im going to miss her. and im sure shes going to mis...

>> in 2003, jimmy carwile, travis payea and jonathon cockerill all plead no contest to charges of kidnapping and assault. jimmy carwile is sentenced to four months. travis payea and jonathon cockerill each get eight months. all three have their sentences suspended, pending the successful completion of probation at which point the kidnapping charges will be removed from their records.

>> trav is travis payea, part of a group of young men who rented this dingy party house in flint, michigan. 19-year-old danielle taylor is a cashier for a fast food restaurant. she comes over late one night in 2002 to visit travis. suddenly, she is wrestled to the ground. >> jimmy, hold her. >> her hands and legs bound. travis payea is behind the camera. >> what the [ bleep ] did i do? >> nothing. see, thats the thing. if you did something, everybody would know we had motive to kill you. just [ ...

>> think its time? >> yeah. >> all right. i get the honors, right? >> yeah. >> travis said that it was his kill. it was his turn to do it. then he managed to get over the hole and act like he was slicing my throat. >> where was the blindfold? >> it was on my throat still. >> and what did he do with the knife? >> he put it across my throat in a slicing motion. >> what did you feel? >> i felt the blade, but it wasnt like touching my neck really hard. >> congratulations. youre dead. welcome to the ...

You guys are psycho. >> you realized just in time. this is your film debut. john, you watch her for just one second, all right. >> they all started talking amongst themselves. and i do believe it was john who blindfolded me. >> and after you were blindfolded, do you remember any other statements? >> that still if i kicked or screamed or fought, that i would not make it out of the house alive. >> do you remember who said that? >> travis did. >> defense lawyers focus on the detail of the tape to m...