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Just before the crash? justine says, despite what many believe, she would never, ever have tried to commit suicide. knowing, as she does, that her grandmother, randy's mother, killed herself when her dad was just a boy. in fact, she says, the most likely explanation is, she was just playing a game of sorts with ryan. >> he liked controlling everything, having to do with, like, my life, and he threatened suicide twice. that's what i would think was happening, was that i was playing his own card back at him. >> well, i'm going to kill myself then. >> yeah. i don't think that they were text messa...

Night might be darker than anyone knew. here's keith morrison. >> march 19th, 2009. night fell heavy in montana's flathead valley. something off that night, something wrong. at mary and randy winter's house, anxiety spiked. where was she? >> it just felt like something was not right. >> it's hard to explain that there's something not normal. >> you could set your clock by their daughter, justine. that reliable. but a new driver, too, just 16. due home at 8:00 from her boyfriend's house. and though she wasn't very late, the feeling seeped in like a poison. something wrong. >> i called her start...

I couldn't deal with it. i just left the house. i didn't come back. >> justine's brother, kyle, dropped out of college to help keep things together at home and get justine to her medical appointments. and randy, her father, the strong and tall as a montana spruce firefighter and national guardsman turned angry and bitter at the continuing prosecution of his little girl. >> i could be sitting in the living room watching tv and all of a sudden i hear something. i'd just completely lose it and start crying. >> the whole world, said justine's dad seemed intent on misunderstanding, demonizing his l...

>> as a montana jury prepared to decide the fate of 17-year-old justine winter, the members of erin and caden's family struggled to hang onto the frayed remnants of their former goodwill. they tried so hard not to be angry at justine. that is, until they were served with that lawsuit, blaming the crash on erin. and then watched defense attorneys battle and stuffed twist, as they saw it, anyway, what the family believed were the facts of the case. they were unusual, as victims, because of this willingness to forgive justine. >> it's the adults in her life that should be -- that are steering her...

>> as a montana jury prepared to decide the fate of 17-year-old justine winter, the members of erin and cadin's family struggled to hang on to the frayed remnants of their former good will. they tried so hard not to be angry at justine. that is, until they were served with that lawsuit, blaming the crash on erin. and then watched defense attorneys battle and stuffed twist, as they saw it, anyway, what the family believed were the facts of the case. they were unusual, as victims, because of this willingness to forgive justine. >> it's the adults in her life that should be -- that are steering h...