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00:29:49You know, you don't have to put all of Mom's stuff in storage.
00:29:53We don't want her to come back to an empty house.
00:29:58We just want her to come back.
00:30:00She'll want her stuff in case Social Security seizes the house.
00:30:04I thought the house was paid off. How could they seize it?
00:30:06They could put a lien on it for clothes.
00:30:08Like when you don't pay your back taxes.
00:30:10That's why you might need to sell it first.
00:30:12We can't sell Mom's house.
00:30:13Stacy, if you want to take care of all this, you're more than welcome to.
00:30:16Otherwise, let me handle it.
00:30:19What is this?
00:30:25Storage?
00:30:26I don't know. It was here when Mom bought the place.
00:30:28Leave the rug for now.
00:30:29I'm just going to put some river rock down and make this look nice.
00:30:37Hey.
00:30:39I'm just trying to protect Mom.
00:30:42Kind of making this up as I go.
00:30:44I get it.
00:30:45I actually called Social Security and told him I was Dad.
00:30:51He even changed my name officially.
00:30:53Took the junior off, put Mom's address on the driver's license.
00:30:56Seriously?
00:30:58Yeah.
00:30:59Told him this here's Richard Cunanan and I'm alive and well and I'm cashing my own damn checks.
00:31:03Bought it.
00:31:06Guess it'll take the heat off Mom.
00:31:10Unfortunately, all her bills are on auto pay through her bank, so it's not working.
00:31:17Well, I could call on Monday and see what's going on.
00:31:23I mean, you don't have to do everything.
00:31:24Appreciate it.
00:31:35Good morning, SunWest Bank. This is Janine. How may I help you?
00:31:38Hi, Janine. I'm calling about a freeze on a checking account number 243-860-9211.
00:31:49And the name is Marilyn Cunanan.
00:31:52Can you please confirm your date of birth and social security number?
00:31:55I'm actually her daughter. I'm just trying to keep the bills paid while she's, um, ill.
00:32:02I'm sorry, but unless you're a co-signer, there's nothing we can do.
00:32:05Oh. Okay. Uh, thank you.
00:32:08Yes, I know her cable account is on auto pay, but could I just send you a check? Would that be okay?
00:32:15No. Why not?
00:32:17No! I can't put Marilyn on the phone.
00:32:20I don't want to reset my password. I just need help paying the bill.
00:32:25Uh-huh. Yeah. Okay.
00:32:29Thanks anyway.
00:32:36Good morning, SunWest Bank. This is Mindy Singh.
00:32:39I need some help with my account.
00:32:42My name is Marilyn Cunanan.
00:32:44Got news. I'm pregnant.
00:32:51Are you happy?
00:32:52You are glowing.
00:32:54Are you ready for this?
00:32:55I thought we'd have more time.
00:32:57Baby, don't worry.
00:33:00I knew this day was coming.
00:33:04Mr. West, we're taking you into custody.
00:33:06Someone is framing Darren.
00:33:10No one could have expected this.
00:33:12A Husband to Die For.
00:33:14The Lisa Aguilar Story.
00:33:16Watch now on Lifetime.
00:33:18The season.
00:33:25And when we areT Wedding?
00:33:27I'm happy.
00:34:30I know.
00:34:31I know.
00:34:32It's amazing.
00:34:33Good turnout.
00:34:34What?
00:34:35No, that can't be right.
00:34:36Ricky's putting her stuff in storage.
00:34:39I just came from a yard sale at your sister's house, and she said your mom didn't want them
00:34:43anymore.
00:34:44How would she know that?
00:34:45Yeah.
00:34:48Stacy and Ricky have been doing a lot of work at your mom's house, fixing it up, kind
00:34:54of acting like they own it.
00:34:56Ricky is just keeping her thing safe until she comes back.
00:35:01The neighbors have been reported to see Ricky dumping a lot of trash bags full of your
00:35:06mother's things.
00:35:09He and Stacy seem awfully sure that your mom's not coming back.
00:35:13Hey, Cheryl.
00:35:28What did you do to her?
00:35:30What?
00:35:31I know you know what happened to mom, and you better just tell me.
00:35:35I don't know what you're talking about.
00:35:50Excuse me.
00:35:51Hey, there.
00:35:55Christopher, right?
00:35:56Uh-huh.
00:35:57Are you the detective looking for my grandma?
00:35:59Yeah, sure am.
00:36:03It's okay.
00:36:04You can talk to me.
00:36:06My uncle, Ricky.
00:36:07Well, you guys are close.
00:36:10Yeah.
00:36:11He's great.
00:36:13But sometimes he kind of gets upset and rants about things.
00:36:20Like what?
00:36:22I don't want to get him or Anastasi in trouble.
00:36:25Okay.
00:36:26If your uncle told you something that affects this case, you have to tell me.
00:36:31It's too important.
00:36:33Okay?
00:36:46I just said to wait here.
00:36:49I don't understand.
00:36:49If they had news, why couldn't they just call us?
00:36:53Maybe they found mom.
00:36:54I have no idea.
00:36:56Stacy Canana?
00:36:58Yes.
00:36:59I'm Detective Miles Avery.
00:37:00Come with me, please.
00:37:02I'm sorry.
00:37:02I thought my brother and I were here to meet Detective Hoskins.
00:37:06Miss Canana, just come with me.
00:37:07Detective Corey Hoskins.
00:37:35Detective Corey Hoskins.
00:37:37We met the night your mom disappeared.
00:37:39I remember.
00:37:40Your mother is Marilyn Cananan, born March 19th, 1938.
00:37:45Is that correct?
00:37:45Yes.
00:37:47You share the same birthday?
00:37:49No.
00:37:50And why did you tell a manager at SunWest Bank that that was your birthday and that you were, in fact, Marilyn Cananan?
00:37:56I only did that so that I could keep her bills paid until she comes home.
00:38:00Well, were you aware that your mom was sitting on a fortune and a trust from her father?
00:38:08Well, my grandpa passed away a year ago.
00:38:12I know that he was well off, but we never discussed money.
00:38:15So you didn't use some of that money to buy a new truck with cash?
00:38:19No.
00:38:19Ricky gave me a loan for a down payment.
00:38:22I still owe plenty.
00:38:25Did you sell your mother's belongings at a yard sale because you knew she wasn't coming back?
00:38:30No.
00:38:33Of course she's coming back.
00:38:35We just spoke with your brother.
00:38:37Ricky's been telling us some very interesting things.
00:38:39Okay, well, is there a reason why you're harassing me and not out there looking for my mom?
00:38:44Well, considering this is the first time that you've ever come to the station, you don't seem too concerned about your mom at all.
00:38:51My mother...
00:38:52My mother is all I think about.
00:38:55You and Ricky are thieves.
00:38:57Your names are on bank accounts.
00:38:59You're used to funnel money out of your mother's trust.
00:39:01Your signature is on checks from that account.
00:39:04I know.
00:39:05Are you talking about the account for the landscaping business?
00:39:08I don't understand.
00:39:10Bingo.
00:39:11Looks like business is booming.
00:39:13This doesn't make sense.
00:39:15There's only supposed to be $400 in that account.
00:39:17And yet, there are deposits totaling over $108,000.
00:39:21Where's your mother, Stacy?
00:39:26I don't know.
00:39:28Did she cash you stealing money from her?
00:39:30Confront you and Ricky?
00:39:31Maybe things got out of hand?
00:39:32No!
00:39:34Stop lying.
00:39:35If someone accused me of a crime I didn't commit, I'd be furious.
00:39:39I'd be pounding this table.
00:39:42Well, you weren't raised in a house where that would get you killed, so...
00:39:46Stacy, your brother's going down.
00:39:48Now, do you want to be a defendant or a witness for the prosecution?
00:39:57Witness?
00:39:59Witness.
00:40:16Unbelievable.
00:40:17Unbelievable.
00:40:19Unbelievable.
00:40:22What are you doing?
00:40:26You're my right, Stacy.
00:40:44Ricky.
00:40:45Ricky.
00:40:47Did you steal from Mom?
00:40:51Why would I do that?
00:40:52I make plenty.
00:40:55The police, they show me paperwork from our business bank account.
00:41:00There's a lot of money in there.
00:41:03That's what the cops do.
00:41:05They try to get us to turn on each other.
00:41:07There is no us, okay?
00:41:10Not that way.
00:41:11Mom was going to give Grandpa's money away.
00:41:15Mom was going to give Grandpa's money away.
00:41:19None for us.
00:41:21It's Mom's money.
00:41:24That's her call.
00:41:26Ricky, I don't know what you told the police, but you've got to tell them the truth.
00:41:30I had no part in any of this.
00:41:33It's too late for that.
00:41:38It's too late for that.
00:41:46What are they tearing up in Mom's garage?
00:41:49What's under the steel plate?
00:41:54Don't you know?
00:41:57What have you done?
00:41:59That's why I buried Dad.
00:42:02Buried Dad?
00:42:03When?
00:42:04Long time ago.
00:42:05It doesn't matter.
00:42:06It's done.
00:42:07Mom, I'm so scared that he was after me.
00:42:12Does Mom know?
00:42:14I buried him in her garage.
00:42:18What do you think?
00:42:25I spoke to the agency in New York, and they're interested.
00:42:29Maybe we should give them something a little sexy.
00:42:30We can have our headshots taken, and maybe even win 500 bucks.
00:42:3813 unsolved homicides.
00:42:41Yeah, I cut ties with the people that are holding back.
00:42:44This could be life-changing for you.
00:42:46What do we have to lose?
00:42:48The Girl Who Survived, the Alina Thompson story.
00:42:51Watch now.
00:42:53Only on Lifetime.
00:43:00Get out of the truck.
00:43:04No.
00:43:07If they find Dad, when they find Dad, they're going to arrest you.
00:43:10You should probably call a lawyer.
00:43:11Where do you think you're going?
00:43:12Inside!
00:43:13To Susan!
00:43:15Okay, well, just so you know, the forensic team is coming here next.
00:43:18Why would they be coming here?
00:43:20Because I killed Mom and buried her in your rock garden.
00:43:22No.
00:43:26How could you?
00:43:28No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:43:30It's okay, it's okay.
00:43:31Just go!
00:43:33If I go, you're going down with me.
00:43:36Her body is buried in your backyard.
00:43:38You took money from her account.
00:43:39No, I didn't!
00:43:40Paper trail says otherwise.
00:43:44I'm going to tell them the truth, whether you do or not.
00:43:47This, we're going to prison for a long time.
00:43:51Susan, too.
00:43:51You leave her alone.
00:43:53She took some of the money.
00:43:54Who's going to believe we buried a body in her backyard and she didn't know?
00:43:57Come on.
00:43:59I never want to see you again.
00:44:02I'm your brother.
00:44:03Well, you're worse than him.
00:44:06At least he didn't hide who he was.
00:44:09Maybe he was inevitable.
00:44:13Oh, God.
00:44:16Susan is the best thing in my life.
00:44:19This can't happen.
00:44:21There's one other way.
00:44:23Yeah, you tell the police the truth.
00:44:25We kill ourselves and everything ends.
00:44:31Drive.
00:44:33I...
00:44:33I said drive.
00:44:35I said drive.
00:44:43Keep it running!
00:44:57Mom's never coming back.
00:45:16You can't change that.
00:45:18But you can still save Susan.
00:45:21Write a note.
00:45:22Explain how she had nothing to do with this.
00:45:23Otherwise, I'll drag you both down with me.
00:45:25I'll drag you both down with me.
00:45:30Take this.
00:45:47You'll need it.
00:45:47Ricky, I...
00:45:54Why, Mom?
00:45:57I mean, I understand killing Dad.
00:46:00He was a monster.
00:46:00But she did nothing but care for us.
00:46:08Mom got him in my room when I was six years old.
00:46:12She stayed in hell.
00:46:15So we did, too.
00:46:17Mom made us who we are just as much as he did.
00:46:20No, she didn't.
00:46:22She suffered just as long as us.
00:46:24Well, then I put her out of her misery.
00:46:28Do it.
00:46:37You should write that note.
00:46:39Dad, I'll do it.
00:46:59Amy has always been in me.
00:47:24Like a cancer you're born with.
00:47:29Maybe Dad did finally kill Mom.
00:47:32Then, Ricky, you should, you should write a letter.
00:47:44I will.
00:47:47I'll tell him the God's honest truth.
00:47:56That was all your idea.
00:48:26Stay safe.
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00:49:17Well look who's awake. Hey Stacey. How you feeling? Water. Here you go. We
00:49:35questioned Ricky. We're here because we wanted you to have your say. We found
00:49:41their bodies Stacey. Your dad on your mom's garage floor and your mom in your
00:49:46backyard.
00:49:51I hoped he was lying. Stacey helped me kill mom every step of the way. Blow for blow.
00:50:01What about your father? Stacey killed him 15 years ago. I ran mom. They called me and
00:50:09I helped bury him. That's all. I didn't kill my father. I've been terrified for months
00:50:15that he was stalking me. I thought he took her. Sounds like you wanted us to chase a ghost
00:50:20while you and Ricky drained her bank account. No. Ricky must have been trying to scare me
00:50:25to take my mind off. What? The guilt? No. I was worried for her. She was real worried mom
00:50:34someone's going to give away her inheritance. So whose idea was it to kill Marilyn? I thought
00:50:40she'd actually do it. He what? Can't you tell he's a pathological liar? Actually he seemed real
00:50:48concerned about you. Give him a scare there back at the storage unit. I wasn't thinking straight.
00:50:55Yeah. See, that's what I don't get. If you didn't do any of this, why kill yourself?
00:51:03When Ricky told me that he had killed mom, I thought my life was over.
00:51:11And then he was going to drag Susan into it, send us all to prison. Suicide seemed like the best
00:51:18option that would give Susan the best chance. What innocent person is going to kill themselves?
00:51:24Did you guys ever wonder why he walked away and I almost died?
00:51:30He made me write a note. He made sure I was drugged. If he lives and I die,
00:51:38he puts all the blame on me. Why can't you see that? All I see is a woman who killed her mother
00:51:42for money and then faked your suicide. You can arrest me? No. No, we're not.
00:51:55You don't have any evidence. Ricky got us most of the way. We'll do the rest.
00:52:04Are we done? For now. Let's go.
00:52:08Your life won't be the same after this. Remember that.
00:52:23How do you know what a man and a woman do together?
00:52:27My father taught me.
00:52:31I need to keep her under control at all costs. I don't question his decisions.
00:52:38I know exactly who he is and I'm going to tell everyone. I am God's messenger.
00:52:44I have a message for my father. Tell him I'm done.
00:52:47Surviving my father. The Rachel Jeff story. Watch now. Only on Lifetime.
00:52:57Everybody thinks I did it. Doesn't matter what everybody thinks.
00:53:08Is it true you buried your mother in your own backyard?
00:53:10She's not answering any questions. Did you kill Marilyn because you were concerned
00:53:15that she was going to tell someone you murdered your father?
00:53:18How do you feel about your own nephew turning on you? No more questions.
00:53:22He's just trying to get you riled up. It's going to be okay.
00:53:31You don't know what I've been through in the last three days.
00:53:36Hey. I know you.
00:53:38Life is never going to be the same after this. That's what Hoskins told me.
00:53:44They may not be able to charge me, but I'm still suspect.
00:53:47And you're their star witness. And they can't have it both ways.
00:53:51They're going to try.
00:54:04Oh my god.
00:54:28Oh, my God.
00:54:30I'm so sorry.
00:54:47Police said we could fill this up.
00:54:51How did she die?
00:54:54Do you know?
00:54:58She was asphyxiated.
00:55:00I can't believe I let him use my fear of dad to play me.
00:55:14Yeah, he fooled me too. I thought Ricky was a good guy.
00:55:20He called me paranoid when it was him standing right here.
00:55:25He probably buried her using tools I helped him buy.
00:55:28Yeah, he set you up. But you told the truth.
00:55:31I'm going to tell the truth. You had nothing to do with this.
00:55:35I want him out of our house.
00:55:39Every trace.
00:55:39Susan!
00:55:54Susan!
00:55:59What?
00:56:02He was writing a book about dad.
00:56:03Mommy, wake up.
00:56:10Mommy?
00:56:12Get away from her.
00:56:15Mommy, I'll be fine.
00:56:20Get the orange juice picture out of the fridge.
00:56:23Drop it there beside her.
00:56:24And call the ambulance and tell Mommy had an accident.
00:56:27Shouldn't you call them?
00:56:29How could I do that if I wasn't here when it happened?
00:56:39I'm sorry.
00:56:44The number's by the phone.
00:56:47You're not an idiot.
00:56:49You're a smart boy.
00:56:50I am smart.
00:56:54That's right you are.
00:56:58Just like your old man.
00:57:01And it worked.
00:57:03Dad came home after the ambulance arrived.
00:57:06Ricky was in tears, explaining the accident to the paramedics.
00:57:09But he wasn't sad.
00:57:11It made him feel strong.
00:57:14It made him feel smart.
00:57:16So he admired your dad?
00:57:20I thought when dad made him do terrible things, it was because he threatened him.
00:57:26He liked it.
00:57:43What are you doing here?
00:57:44You're not answering my calls.
00:57:46I'm calling you, please.
00:57:47Wait, Cheryl.
00:57:48Five minutes, please.
00:57:51You gotta know, I didn't...
00:57:53I didn't have anything to do with our parents' death.
00:58:00How could I kill Mom?
00:58:02You stole from her.
00:58:04Ricky brought over some things for me to sign for the new business.
00:58:07Maybe he slipped something in.
00:58:08So he did this all on his own?
00:58:10Yes.
00:58:12Why won't you believe me?
00:58:14You don't think that hurt me?
00:58:20You don't remember taking me to the clinic?
00:58:22No.
00:58:23When I was 14.
00:58:25And my periods were all messed up.
00:58:27I was bleeding so bad.
00:58:30What?
00:58:30I thought I was going to die.
00:58:34I thought I was going to die.
00:58:35You were there.
00:58:38The doctor said that the reason why my periods were so painful is because my uterus was so damaged.
00:58:44I was worried about that.
00:58:48Adley, stop.
00:58:50Stop.
00:58:50I said that the damage was...
00:58:52Stop.
00:58:54That's why I can't have kids.
00:59:00Dad had us all so brainwashed.
00:59:03We couldn't even accept help.
00:59:05We barely trusted each other.
00:59:07I'm telling you, Cheryl, Ricky is trying to play us against each other.
00:59:12Just like Dad did.
00:59:17Now I have my own family to think about.
00:59:21I know.
00:59:22I know.
00:59:25So will you please just go?
00:59:26I know.
00:59:56Good morning.
00:59:58Good morning.
00:59:59Are you still having trouble sleeping?
01:00:02Yeah.
01:00:03Yeah.
01:00:04Yeah.
01:00:08All right.
01:00:12What's that?
01:00:14That arrived from the prosecutor's office this morning.
01:00:19We're both being subpoenaed in Ricky's case.
01:00:23They're charging him with first-degree murder.
01:00:26Good.
01:00:27That means the death penalty.
01:00:29Again, good.
01:00:36Stace.
01:00:36I'm sorry, but he killed your mother.
01:00:47The press won't leave you alone, and no one will hire you.
01:00:49Is that supposed to be a pep talk?
01:00:55It's reality.
01:00:59He's done everything he can to ruin our lives.
01:01:02I know.
01:01:03So how can you still care what happens to him?
01:01:07Because he saved my life so many times growing up.
01:01:12He was my hero.
01:01:13How can I send him to the electric chair?
01:01:15You can and you will, because I don't want to see you in that chair.
01:01:18Why didn't I just slam the door on him that day?
01:01:26Because you're not your father?
01:01:31You don't take pleasure in pushing people away, and I love that you're that person.
01:01:35After everything your dad's done, everything Ricky's doing, you still have this big open heart.
01:01:46You know, the DA told me that if Ricky takes a plea, all of this goes away, and we won't have to testify.
01:01:52Okay, so let's hope he does the smart thing.
01:01:59Remember, it's Ricky we're talking about.
01:02:01Your Honor, we would like to withdraw the not guilty plea on both counts,
01:02:23and plead no contest to manslaughter in the death of Richard Canandon Sr.,
01:02:27and no contest to second-degree murder in the death of Marilyn Canandon.
01:02:31Mr. Canandon, is this correct?
01:02:34Yeah, yes.
01:02:37May we approach?
01:02:40Something is not right.
01:02:57Mr. Canandon, on the first charge of manslaughter, you're sentenced to 15 years.
01:03:01On the second charge, a second-degree murder, you're sentenced to 30 years.
01:03:05Sentences to run concurrently.
01:03:08Your Honor, it's our understanding that Mr. Canandon has agreed to speak with law enforcement.
01:03:13By all means.
01:03:14Yes, I'm still holding for DA Robin Wilkinson.
01:03:38I've-I've left several messages.
01:03:41Okay, well, can you just tell her to call back Stacy Canandon?
01:03:45She has my number.
01:03:50The prosecutor is avoiding me.
01:03:53Maybe she's just swamped.
01:03:55I mean, why are you so worried?
01:03:57You were there, he took the plea.
01:03:59Yeah, but it's not the same plea that the DA and I talked about.
01:04:01I don't think I'm a witness anymore.
01:04:19Okay, don't answer it.
01:04:21We're not home.
01:04:23And-and...
01:04:24It's okay.
01:04:25Okay.
01:04:25Okay.
01:04:25Okay.
01:04:31Hi, Stacy.
01:04:34Are you here to arrest me?
01:04:35Damn straight, I am.
01:04:37Let's just do this.
01:04:38Yeah, detective.
01:04:39I'd like to surrender to you.
01:04:41May I?
01:04:42What the hell are you doing?
01:04:44Yes, ma'am, you may.
01:04:48Yeah.
01:04:50Stacy Canandon, you're under arrest for the murders of Richard Canandon Sr. and Marilyn Canandon.
01:04:55You have the right to remain silent.
01:04:57Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
01:05:00It's gonna be okay, Susan.
01:05:01It's gonna be okay.
01:05:04Ooh.
01:05:08Look at you, huh?
01:05:09You're a big man.
01:05:12Stacy has cooperated with you since day one.
01:05:15And you come here with your guns drawn?
01:05:18What did you think she was gonna do?
01:05:20Come out shooting?
01:05:20Ma'am, you need to step back.
01:05:22Stop, Susan.
01:05:22Go inside.
01:05:23Go inside.
01:05:27Why?
01:05:28Why?
01:05:31You're under arrest for the murders of Richard Canandon Sr. and Marilyn Canandon.
01:05:43I didn't kill my father.
01:05:46They found their bodies.
01:05:47My mother is all I think about.
01:05:49All I see is a woman who killed her mother for money and then faked her suicide.
01:05:53All I see is a woman who killed her mother for money and then faked her suicide.
01:05:53All I see is a woman who killed her mother.
01:05:59Your Honor, Miss Kananen is an upstanding citizen with no criminal record.
01:06:24In fact, she's been a cooperating witness for the prosecution for the last four years.
01:06:29Your Honor, the charges against Miss Kananen are serious. We ask that you deny bail.
01:06:33Yet we've seen no new evidence to support these serious charges.
01:06:37There is new testimony from her brother, Richard Kananen Jr.
01:06:40Oh.
01:06:41Miss Kananen, are you okay?
01:06:46I'd really like to be released on bail, Your Honor.
01:06:49Did that happen to you in jail?
01:06:51Well, the press have already tried me on TV, and the women in jail think I killed my mother.
01:06:57It doesn't go over very well.
01:06:59I will grant bond in the amount of $100,000.
01:07:07Your Honor, in the death of Richard Kananen Sr., we are willing to drop charges.
01:07:12Because they have absolutely no evidence.
01:07:14But in the death of Marilyn Kananen, we are changing charges to first-degree murder.
01:07:19They're going for the death penalty.
01:07:28Court is now in session.
01:07:30The Honorable Judge Lubit presiding.
01:07:33Please be seated.
01:07:34Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, on September 10th, 2003, Marilyn Kananen, a grandmother of three, left her place of work at the Delta Academy and drove home.
01:07:54Her E-pass pinging through Toll Plaza at 5.53 p.m.
01:07:58This is the last time that she was seen alive.
01:08:02Over the next few days, I will demonstrate to you how Stacy and her brother Richard collaborated to steal from their mother and kill her.
01:08:12They used a stun gun on her, they suffocated her, they stuffed her body in a freezer, and they buried her in Stacy's own backyard.
01:08:23When all is said and done, I am quite confident that you will find Stacy Kananen guilty of first-degree murder.
01:08:39Good morning, everybody.
01:08:41My name is Diana Tennis, and this is my client, Stacy Kananen.
01:08:45My client's story never changed because she's telling the truth.
01:09:15The only thing that did change between 2003 and 2007 was that Richard Kananen, who was facing the death penalty, decided to weave his fifth version of what happened.
01:09:29With each story, keeping more of the blame, more of the motive, and more of the guilt onto my client.
01:09:35With each story, getting moved to a better facility, receiving better mental health care, and even having his sentence reduced.
01:09:41I am confident that you will not find Richard Kananen a credible witness, and if he isn't, there is not near enough evidence to convict my client of murder.
01:09:55Thank you for your time. I appreciate it.
01:10:02Ms. Wilkinson, you may call your first witness.
01:10:05Thank you, Your Honor. The state calls Richard Kananen, Jr.
01:10:12I don't want to have anything to do with you.
01:10:15I'm your brother.
01:10:18You're just like him.
01:10:19I swear to tell the truth, and nothing but the truth. So help me God.
01:10:25I'll throw you down with me. We're going to prison for a long time.
01:10:28Mr. Kananen, did you kill your mother?
01:10:39Yes.
01:10:40Was anyone else with you?
01:10:43Yes.
01:10:44My sister.
01:10:46Whose idea was it to kill your mother?
01:10:48It was Stacy's.
01:10:50At any point, did you try to discourage her?
01:10:52Sure. But once I realized her mind was set, I felt like I had to go along with it to try to protect her.
01:11:03I guess that makes me a sap.
01:11:12Stacy and I took Mom for dinner and a movie.
01:11:16When we got home, Stacy tasered her.
01:11:23Then I put a bandana over her face until she was suffocated.
01:11:30Then we put her in the freezer until we could bury her in Stacy's yard.
01:11:36No further questions, Your Honor.
01:11:37For 45 minutes, she walked Ricky through all five of his different stories,
01:11:48including his claim that he traveled the country to save abused kids
01:11:51and murdering people in the mob.
01:11:53I hate that I can't be there.
01:11:55I know, but I'm just glad that you're going to be able to testify,
01:11:59to tell them that I'm, you know, a good person.
01:12:05Do you think the jury will believe him?
01:12:06I can't.
01:12:17I'm confident that Stacy wrote the suicide note to Susan.
01:12:20And what about the signature on the check?
01:12:22You confident that that's Stacy can add in as well?
01:12:26I believe it's probable, but I cannot defensively say that it is.
01:12:30In fact, based on dozens of documents signed by Stacy,
01:12:35each one includes her middle initial, M, for Marie.
01:12:37Isn't that right?
01:12:39Yes.
01:12:39From the large sampling that I've examined,
01:12:41her signature always includes that initial.
01:12:44Was that initial on the check?
01:12:45No, it was not.
01:12:49No more questions, Your Honor.
01:12:50I received a phone call from a woman who said she was Marilyn Cunanan.
01:12:55She provided the account number, but there was a security flag on it.
01:12:59A missing persons report.
01:13:00So I told her to call Detective Hoskins.
01:13:04And what happened next?
01:13:06Stacy Cunanan called and left a message for me.
01:13:08So even though you want us to believe that she was stealing from her mother,
01:13:13Stacy did exactly what she was supposed to do when she learned the accounts were frozen?
01:13:20Yes.
01:13:22Hmm.
01:13:24Now, when you walked Richard through the night of Marilyn's murder,
01:13:28he said that he and Stacy took her to see a 6 p.m. showing of Charlie's Angels.
01:13:34Charlie's Angels 2.
01:13:35Right. Thank you.
01:13:39Details are important. Wouldn't you agree?
01:13:43But in your earlier testimony, you said that the e-pass on Marilyn's car pinged at a toll booth by her house at 5.53 p.m.
01:13:53That's right.
01:13:55And yet you're saying that she was sitting with Richard and Stacy, Charlie's Angels 2,
01:14:02all the way across town, just a few minutes later?
01:14:06That's what Richard told me.
01:14:08Hmm.
01:14:11Hmm.
01:14:11Did you call the theater to see if there was a later screening of the movie?
01:14:18No, I did not.
01:14:19Did you check any of the details of the story that Richard told you in which he incriminated my client?
01:14:28No.
01:14:29Detective Hoskins.
01:14:32It sounds like you saw Stacy's forged name on a check and decided she was guilty.
01:14:41No more questions, Your Honor.
01:14:42The victim was wrapped in two heavy-duty trash bags with duct tape around her hands and feet.
01:14:50She was dressed in a t-shirt, shorts, and a denim jacket.
01:14:55I gave her that jacket.
01:14:57And for what purpose was it packaged like this?
01:15:00To contain the smell.
01:15:12You have to eat.
01:15:16The DA keeps throwing her jacket in the jury's faces, talking about maggots and bodily fluids.
01:15:23Shock and awe.
01:15:24That's the game.
01:15:26They don't have much real evidence, so they have to gross the jury out.
01:15:30Make you seem inhuman.
01:15:32That's why your testimony is so important.
01:15:34I don't know if I can do it.
01:15:40I don't know if I can do it.
01:15:43Just the entire country is watching.
01:15:45How am I going to talk about what my dad did.
01:15:52I've never talked about it.
01:15:54That's why you have to do it.
01:15:56The jury needs to understand why you are so passive.
01:16:00They need to hear about your father's abuse.
01:16:02You've been trained your whole life not to speak out.
01:16:09Ricky counted on that.
01:16:11That's why it's so hard.
01:16:14Your voice may be soft, but it's powerful.
01:16:18Since the start, you said if we lose because you told the truth, that's okay.
01:16:24But if you lose because you didn't get on the stand, we have no appeal, and you're screwed.
01:16:29This is Channel 6 reporting live outside the Orange County Courthouse.
01:16:39After weeks of trial proceedings, the final witness for the defense will be Stacey Kananin herself, who is scheduled to testify today.
01:16:59I'm sorry.
01:17:53I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God.
01:18:23Growing up, what was your relationship like with your siblings?
01:18:30We never learned how to be close because of my father's abuse.
01:18:37We were kept apart by fear and intimidation.
01:18:40Were you abused as a child?
01:18:42Yes.
01:18:49Can you tell the audience about an instance and how you dealt with it?
01:18:54The one that I remember the most was when we lived in Arkansas.
01:19:01My parents fought and my dad decided that he was going to leave and take Cheryl and I with him.
01:19:07He put us in the car and he drove to a tavern where he got good and polluted and then went back home.
01:19:18It was 2 a.m. when we got to the house.
01:19:21My sister and I went to go to our bedroom and he grabbed my arm.
01:19:29He told my mother that I was going to share his bed instead of her.
01:19:36Did your mother try to protect you?
01:19:40No.
01:19:42But I don't blame her.
01:19:47Put me in their room.
01:19:50Locked the door.
01:19:54And then pulled out a handgun.
01:19:56Did you fight back?
01:19:57No.
01:20:04The only way to keep him from pulling the trigger is to lie there.
01:20:10And be quiet.
01:20:12Then what happened?
01:20:19He shoved me onto the bed.
01:20:21I put the gun in my mouth.
01:20:32And he raped me.
01:20:36I'm sorry.
01:20:43How old were you?
01:20:47Eleven.
01:20:47And how did that make you feel?
01:20:53He, uh, here's the
01:20:55only man in the world that's supposed to keep you safe and
01:21:00he was enjoying her and me.
01:21:07I've had no control over my life
01:21:10or death.
01:21:12And honestly, that is how I felt
01:21:14since the police told me about what Ricky did.
01:21:16I've done nothing wrong.
01:21:21And I can't fight back.
01:21:24And I know that I was naive,
01:21:26but I trusted my brother.
01:21:30And your brother knew how ingrained it was in you
01:21:32to just lie there and be quiet?
01:21:37He knew.
01:21:39Did you kill your mother?
01:21:42No.
01:21:42Did you help your brother kill your mother?
01:21:46Absolutely not.
01:21:49No more questions, Your Honor.
01:21:58Prosecution, your witness.
01:21:59Thank you, Your Honor.
01:22:07You expect us to believe that your brother won the lottery
01:22:10and simply started showering you and Susan with gifts?
01:22:13No.
01:22:14Ricky gave me a loan
01:22:15of $2,500
01:22:17for a down payment on a truck I really needed.
01:22:19And the suicide note that you wrote
01:22:23where you said
01:22:25we had a part
01:22:26in mother leaving,
01:22:28that's referring to you and Ricky?
01:22:31Yes, I guess so.
01:22:33And
01:22:34you're being so honest with us
01:22:36because
01:22:36you assumed that you would be dead
01:22:39by the time the note was found.
01:22:40I didn't know if I was going to live or die,
01:22:43but I knew that I let a monster
01:22:45into my house
01:22:46a few doors down from my mother
01:22:48and
01:22:48he turned my sister against me.
01:22:59I should have never let that man move into my home.
01:23:06So why did you kill your mother?
01:23:11I never killed my mother.
01:23:13No further questions, Your Honor.
01:23:26It's good that the jury wanted you to go straight into deliberation
01:23:29instead of waiting the weekend.
01:23:31Hey.
01:23:35Thanks.
01:23:40Hey.
01:23:41You okay?
01:23:45Yeah, I'm just wondering
01:23:46if this is going to be our last night.
01:23:50Ever.
01:23:52The verdict's in.
01:23:53If you have anything personal on you,
01:24:12hand it to Susan.
01:24:15You don't think we're going to win?
01:24:16Just in case.
01:24:17Okay.
01:24:17Okay.
01:24:18Okay.
01:24:18Okay.
01:24:18Okay.
01:24:23Here.
01:24:30I'm going to give these back to you in a few minutes
01:24:33and then we'll go home.
01:24:36Court is now in session.
01:24:37The Honorable Judge Lubit presiding.
01:24:59Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen.
01:25:01I know that it's very late
01:25:03and we are all very tired
01:25:05and I appreciate the jury's decision
01:25:08to stay as long as it took
01:25:09to get this done.
01:25:12May I have the verdict, please?
01:25:14In the circuit court
01:25:32for the Ninth Judicial Circuit
01:25:34for Orange County, Florida,
01:25:36the state of Florida
01:25:36versus Stacy Cananen.
01:25:38I told you I'd be back for you, girl.
01:25:43Hey, it's okay.
01:25:45I got you.
01:25:46Come on.
01:25:47Stacy, it's me, Ricky.
01:25:50I, we, the jury, find the defendant
01:25:53not guilty.
01:26:00So say we all this
01:26:0212th day of March, 2010.
01:26:08Ms. Cananen.
01:26:12A jury of your peers
01:26:14has found you not guilty.
01:26:16At this time,
01:26:18you are released
01:26:19from all your bonds.
01:26:20Thank you, Your Honor.
01:26:22Court's adjourned.
01:26:24You are free to go.
01:26:38Your life
01:26:38is yours now.
01:26:42I sure as hell
01:26:43I'm never going to take
01:26:44that for granted again.
01:26:50Oh, my God.
01:26:51Hi.
01:27:00Amber, right?
01:27:02I'm Stacy.
01:27:04Your victim's advocate.
01:27:05I hate the word victim.
01:27:13I hate the word victim.
01:27:15Usually just means survivor.
01:27:18Normal human being in a sea of angry, vicious people
01:27:21who are supposed to be loved ones.
01:27:23Am I getting warm?
01:27:31I'm just here
01:27:32because the court said I had to be.
01:27:33So can you just sign the paper
01:27:35so I can go?
01:27:37I know you've been through a lot.
01:27:41And you don't have to talk to me about it.
01:27:43But it might help
01:27:46and
01:27:47we've got an hour.
01:27:52I'm here to listen.
01:27:54You wouldn't understand.
01:27:57Try me.
01:28:13You wouldn't understand.
01:28:32You want to see one more person?
01:28:38I don't wanna tell you.
01:28:39Bye-bye.
01:28:41Bye-bye.
01:28:41Bye-bye.
01:28:42Bye-bye.
01:28:42Bye-bye.
01:28:42Bye-bye.
01:28:43Bye-bye.