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Bury me alive, they were going to slit my throat, and they were going to leave me there. >> what did you think at that point? >> that i was going to die. >> danielle, i want to ask you one last time while we still got time, if you could go back and fix anything in your life, would you? >> yes. >> you honestly would. >> yes. >> im not sure who said they wanted me to see this, they wanted me to look at where i was at. someone took my blindfold off. >> do you know who? >> im not positive right now....

Back to normal before all of this. i just want to be who i was. >> 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.

Left on the tape, travis leans over danielle, still handcuffed, 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, th...

You. just [ bleep ] sheer murder. >> 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 emot...

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 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, p...

Straight face through this whole thing. >> lawyers who represent travis payea and jimmy carlisle. >> she would have kicked them in the face, pushed them 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 people were performing a very illegal, unethic...

James carlyle all plead no contest to attempted kidnapping and felony assault. and christina lumm pleads no contest to attempted felony assault. 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 hav...

>> 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 danielle to the ground. 19-year-old christina lumm. she drives the car to the so-called grave site. and 20-year-old jonathan cockerill who is seen on the tape tying danielle up and later holding a knife to her in the car. they all claim it was a joke. they were making a movie and danielle taylor was a willing participant. ...

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 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...

Jon couldnt couldnt keep a straight face through this whole thing. >> lawyers who represent travis payea and jimmy carlisle. >> she would have kicked them in the face, pushed them 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 people were perform...