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accident happened. >> what events would those be? >> i remember doing stuff to get ready for prom, because prom was supposed to be two days after when the accident happened, but other than that, i don't really remember a whole lot about march. >> what do you remember, the last time you saw your boyfriend? >> i have no idea. i remember that we spent some time together. >> you are inseparable? >> pretty much. >> in love? >> kid love. >> well, that is pretty strong love, that kid love, isn't it? >> yes, i remember, if i was not with him, i was texting him all of the time. >> as for those texts, following the argument with ryan just before the crash, justine says despite what many believe, she would never, ever have tried to commit suicide. knowing if she does, her grandmother, randi's mother, killed herself when her dad was just a boy. in fact, she says the most likely explanation is that she

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>> we the jury enter the following unanimous verdict to the charge of deliberate homicide for the death of erin thompson, guilty. for the death of caden odel, guilty. >> this was absolutely horrible, numbing experience. i put my head into my knees. >> it was like the whole courtroom, i felt like everyone just cried about it. >> how did she look, mary? when she was going off to jail? your little girl? >> she looked very stunned. she did not look back. >> just a week after that verdict, justine winters marks her 18th birthday in a jail cell. and then came sentencing day. and everyone wondered, would justine finally tell erin's husband, her family, while they desperately wanted to hear. in your ideal world, what would you like to hear from justine?

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that justine always wore her seatbelt. and finally, a psychologist said -- will actually a lot of experts said the spat with the boy wasn't enough to lead to suicide attempt. that those texts, they should not be considered a suicide note at all. >> it was a way of exercising power and control in the relationship. to make that kind of threat. but it was always clear that it was never meant. >> what would justine winters say about what happened here that night. about those texts? the jury would never know. she did not testify. the advice of her attorney said her families, and of course that was her perfect right. but there was another reason, too. justine suffered a brain injury in that crash. so her recollection of the last few days leading up to the crash, that night itself here, she doesn't remember. she is charged with a crime, about which her memory is a complete blank. >> so then, how could the jury

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was in an accident. and he said i'm sorry to have to tell you this on the phone, but they were just killed. and my world just dropped down from underneath me. >> jason's wife, 35-year-old aaron thompson was four months pregnant. her son caden, the boy who just play the drums in his school concert, was just 13. and just like that they were gone. the crash was head on. and his school counselor, the lights went out. >> that night of realization, i will never forget that news. >> norah of course will erin's mother. >> we were birth jess bunkers. just -- >> or her sister amber, who with david her husband, missed erin so much that they plan to move to montana to be close.

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