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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 emotional...

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. but danielle taylor tells polic...

>> 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 ...

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." 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 danielle to the ground. 19-year-old christina lumm. she drives the car to the so-called grave site...

>> 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 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 ...

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, 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 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 ...

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. >> she would have kicked them in the face, pushed them away. it would h...

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. >> 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 [ bleep ] sheer murder. >> murder. for the...

Criminal. >> the chief state police psychologist agrees. >> 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 pe...

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 say another. were giving ...