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I believe david goodell is potentially one of the most dangerous inmates we've ever dealt with here. he's very intelligent. he can be narcissistic, self-aggrandizing. and he can be manipulative to the point where he can convince you of just about anything. >> staff realize that to deal with goodell is to deal with contradiction. the same hands that create delicate origami flowers also strangled his former girlfriend. >> you sit there and strangle somebody, it's personal.

David goodell. >> he likes to brag about his case. he likes to brag that he's been in the newspaper. i think because he's narcissistic, he thinks that we enjoy talking with him, that he's the big shot and look at me, i committed a heinous crime, which is not true. we don't look at him that way. but once mr. goodell attempted suicide, we had the lieutenant monitor him a lot closer. >> i came here to see how you're doing. >> he did that, he built a relationship with him, which has been very helpful as far as our management of mr. goodell. >> the lieutenant is a 22-year veteran of the jail.

Murder. he had attempted suicide or at least made gestures of attempting suicide prior to his arrest. >> after strangling his 21-year-old former girlfriend, viviana toole, he drove around hackensack throughout the night and the following morning with her corpse seated beside him. >> i put a hat on her, some glasses. i don't know why i was doing that, i guess to not make her look dead, make her look more alive, i don't know. >> goodell eventually pulled over and cut his wrists in an apparent suicide attempt. at some point, he says he stumbled out of the car. >> next thing you know i woke up in ...

Seen me, i looked remorseful and i felt bad. i told the lady i was [ bleep ] terrorized by the thoughts. they haunted me. that's exactly what she wants to hear. that's what the judge wants to hear. that's what everybody wants to hear. >> i'm sorry for what i did. >> that's what i'm going to tell her. my plea is open from 30 to 45. so if there's any type of way i can weasel my way out of a year or two, it's worth it. and if it doesn't work out, i tried. coming up -- >> three times, put your jump suit on. >> you're counting like that means something to me. >> rendell maldonado is on the move a...

His phone calls, he would read your lips, that's the scariest. so we would have to talk with our backs to him. >> diagnostically, david goodell is an anti-social personality disorder. part of that is this superficial charm, transactional, manipulative. that's his style. >> medical staff recommended that goodell once again be housed in the maximum security general population unit, but this time they suggested he be assigned a cellmate. >> mr. gonzalez has been david goodell's cellmate for quite some time without incident. the fact that he's remained with him for this long, i don't want to say i...