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At a pretile hearing in court. if convicted of kidnapping, they face a minimum of nine years and a maximum of life in jail. >> date and time set for preliminary examination, prosecution ready to proceed? >> yes, your honor. >> call danielle taylor. >> two questions lie at the heart of the case. did danielle know she was acting in a movie and was she taken from the house to the woods against her will? >> do you solemnly swear the testimony youre about to give in the cause now pending the truth so...

>> in 2003, jimmy carwile, travis payea and jonathon pcockerill 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.

>> christina and danielle, they were competitive against each other because they both had a crush on travis so they were competitive, a lot of tension in the air between them two. they didnt care for each other. >> the day after the alleged kidnapping, danielle called oklahoma avenue and spoke to christina and then to travis. she had an odd question to ask. >> let me ask you this, miss taylor, you, in fact, contacted certain individuals at that home after this incident took place. >> yes, i did....

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 go...

Will become crucial evidence for the prosecution. >> no matter what anybody else says, i have a million people that [ bleep ] me. you cant let it bother you. all right. you have, i dont know, a countdown. you have 15 seconds to say whatever you want to say. >> as they approach the woods, travis payea tells danielle to say good-bye to her family. >> mom, everybody, i love you. im sorry for everything. as to you guys i really dont have much to say to you guys because i cant say nothing. >> why can...

What was it about travis that made you start hanging around? >> i thought he was a nice guy. >> i am a nice guy. ive been trying to be nice through this whole thing. >> she had a crush on travis. it was plain to see. easy to see that she had a crush on travis. >> did he have a crush on her? >> no, no. >> travis had a variety of girls, i guess. i dont know. girls kind of flocked to him. its kind of nice but i think he was seeing sarah or christina and i think danielle might have had a crush on hi...

Tape, i was taken aback. i mean i get the sense right out of the chute the girl was legitimately scared, and i didnt think she was faking. and i had to watch at it few times for it to really sink in. >> danielle absolutely knew what was going to take place that night. she was over at their house the night before. they had sat around and talked about having done this before and doing it the next night. >> i walked into the house, and they had the camera on. travis asked me to speak to the camera....

Youll die right then. >> i counted no less than nine direct threats to her life as a consequence for her not cooperating. >> but friends and fellow students insist it was a prank. these people are friends of jonathan cockerills. >> jon is real big into horror movies. >> yeah. >> horror movies are easy to make. theyre cheap. >> i thought it was funny that jon couldnt couldnt keep a straight face through this whole thing. >> lawyers who represent travis payea and jimmy carlisle. if she was struggl...

Earth, what would it be? >> no one who has seen this video has likely forgotten some of these images. >> john, jimmy, smile and say hi. >> hi, mom. >> those are my boys. >> mom, look at me. im going to be a little bit late for school today. i was too busy, you know, gagging and killing some girl. >> you are about to see a dark and disturbing drama that will end in a shallow grave. >> were burying you alive. you are going to die. >> her eyes glow because of the setting on the camera. what youre s...

Experiment to get into the mind and thoughts of someone who believes at any moment theyre going to die. >> wheres the [ bleep ]? i didnt come over here tonight. >> the tape speaks for itself, and the jury and the state will be able to see that tape and make their own determination. >> a jury never gets the chance. following a plea bargain, travis payea, jonathan cockerill and james carlyle all plead no contest to attempted kidnapping and felony assault. and christina lumm pleads no contest to at...