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Jon couldnt couldnt keep a straight face through this whole thing. >> lawyers who represent travis payea and jimmy carlisle. >> if she was struggling she would have kicked him in the face, pushed him away. it would have taken two people to tie her legs up, but they do it without any difficulty at all. >> turn it down a little bit, guys. >> look at the knife carefully. its entirely covered in scotch tape so that it doesnt injure her in any way at all. >> but the other side doesnt buy it. >> these...

It would have taken two people to tie her legs up, but they do it without any difficulty at all. >> turn it down a little bit, guys. >> look at the knife carefully. its entirely covered in scotch tape so that it doesnt injure her in any way at all. >> but the other side doesnt buy it. >> these people were performing a very illegal, unethical 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 toni...

>> my conclusion had been, based upon the totality of the video, that the victim was not a willing participant. she displayed behaviors throughout the video that are typified by victims of terrorism. >> you move, you make one [ bleep ] sound or movement, 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 b...

They are sentenced to the time theyve already served in jail, about 60 days plus probation. travis payea gets the toughest sentence, three years probation. but just two months before it was to end, in april 2006, payea is found dead at a friends house. he was 24. his family never reveals the cause of his death. coming up -- >> [ bleep ]! >> do you have a street address for me? >> oh, crap. dude, im so scared. these kids, i dont know why theyre doing this to me. >> we saw people being stomped, ...

>> murder. for the next 35 minutes on the tape, danielle is told over and over again that shes going to die. >> a half an hour from now, youll never feel another thing. enjoy that pain. its the last thing youll ever feel. >> danielle is blindfolded. >> if you even so much as sneeze, ill slit your [ bleep ] throat. >> and about 15 minutes into the tape, shes led from the house to the back seat of a car, and now travis has a kitchen knife. >> im talking about emotional pain. think about it. you th...

Setting on the camera. what youre seeing on this video, is it a kidnapping? a crime? or were these actors in a sick, amateur movie, a movie this young woman was acting in? >> are you starting with me? dude, im blushing. i appreciate that. >> killer number one. thank you, ill be here all weekend. >> killer number one. the driver. jimmy. >> 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 fo...

Danielle is not killed. >> i survived, and im freezing, and my arms hurt. >> in fact, that night she returns to the house with the group. but at a doctors appointment the next day, the doctor notices abrasions on her wrists. she tells him what happened, and he calls police. danielle then goes back to the party house and retrieves the tape. within 48 hours, the county prosecutor has charged four young people with the kidnapping and assault of taylor. if convicted, they face anywhere from seven ye...

Legs still bound and shivering from the cold, and takes off the blindfold. danielle is not killed. >> i survived, and im freezing, and my arms hurt. >> in fact, that night she returns to the house with the group. but at a doctors appointment the next day, the doctor notices abrasions on her wrists. she tells him what happened, and he calls police. danielle then goes back to the party house and retrieves the tape. within 48 hours, the county prosecutor has charged four young people with the kidna...

>> murder. for the next 35 minutes on the tape, danielle is told over and over again that shes going to die. >> a half an hour from now, youll never feel another thing. enjoy that pain. its the last thing youll ever feel. >> danielle is blindfolded. >> if you even so much as sneeze, ill slit your [ bleep ] throat. >> and about 15 minutes into the tape, shes led from the house to the back seat of a car, and now travis has a kitchen knife. >> im talking about emotional pain. think about it. you th...

>> 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 say another. were giving you the ...