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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, that's the thing. if you did something, everybody would know we had motive to kill you. just [ bleep ] sheer murder. >> murder. for the next 35 minutes on the tape, danielle is told over and over again that she's going to die. >> a half an hour from now, you'll neve...

>> we're going to set you down. if you say one word, i promise you [ bleep ] you won't say another. we're giving you the chance, for what it's worth, to enjoy what you have left. >> then they start to fill the grave. >> we're burying you alive. you are going to die. you scream right now, we bury you half alive. >> and then with only minutes 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 i'm freezing, and my arms hurt. >> in fact, that night she returns to the h...

Prosecutor has charged four young people with the kidnapping and assault of taylor. if convicted, they face anywhere from seven years to life in prison. >> i have never had a case where alleged defendants tape their own alleged crimes. i can't explain criminals. in fact, there are television shows. "america's 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 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. it's entirely covered in scotch tape so that it doesn't injure her in any way at all. >> but the other side doesn't buy it. >> these people were performing a very illegal, unethical experiment to get into the mind and thoughts of someone who believes at any moment they're going to die. >> where's the [ bleep ]? i didn't come over here tonight. >> the tape speaks for itsel...

They've 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 friend's house. he was 24. his family never reveals the cause of his death. coming up -- >> [ bleep ] >> do you have a street address for me? >> oh, crap. dude, i'm so scared. these kids, i don't know why they're doing this to me. >> we saw people being stomped, people being hit with hammers. >> [ bleep ] >> people being kicked in the head. it was horrific. >> when "caught on camera: tee...