00:00I was just trying to scare the thief away, but suddenly, due to the sudden ringing of the bell, I was scary and pulled the trigger.
00:07My wife rushed into the living room and the lights came on.
00:10I saw the stranger I'd shot blood pouring from his eye.
00:13My hands were still shaking when the police arrived at the scene moments later.
00:16The sheriff identified the intruder as a wanted criminal named Freddy.
00:20He told me not to worry. It was clearly self-defense.
00:22To close the case, I needed to head down to the station to give my statement.
00:26Sitting in the back of the police car, I couldn't believe I'd actually killed someone.
00:28When I got home, my wife and I collapsed on the floor, staring at the blood splattered on the wall.
00:34We had no idea what to do.
00:35Eventually, we started cleaning up the bloodstains.
00:38By morning, the whole town had heard what happened.
00:40The sheriff told me the intruder would be buried the next day.
00:42But I couldn't help wondering, did this guy have any family?
00:45The sheriff said he had a father who was serving time in prison.
00:48But here's the thing, his father was being released today.
00:50Shit don't fall far from the truth.
00:53Of all days.
00:54That's when I started to feel uneasy.
00:55Worried about potential retaliation from this criminal's father,
00:58I had all the locks on our doors replaced with heavy-duty ones.
01:01But after receiving a call from an unknown number, I got seriously nervous.
01:05The person on the other end didn't say a word.
01:07I was convinced it was the dead man's father.
01:09Out of fear, I didn't sleep at all that night.
01:11I sat in the living room on high alert until dawn.
01:14The next morning, I decided to go to the cemetery to see Freddy's grave.
01:17But as I sat in my car, an old man suddenly appeared beside the window.
01:22Quiet and peaceful, isn't it?
01:27Come to watch the shit go in the hole.
01:30I knew it had to be Freddy's father, fresh out of prison.
01:32And what he said next absolutely terrified me.
01:35Oh, that was a nice picture of your family in the paper.
01:40Your boy.
01:41He looks a whole lot like you, doesn't he?
01:44I immediately drove to my son's school and picked him up.
01:47Then I went straight to the sheriff, begging him to arrest the man.
01:50But the sheriff said without evidence, there was nothing he could do.
01:53He wants my son.
01:55He's probably just trying to scare you.
01:56Don't let him.
01:57After leaving the station, I took my wife and son home.
02:00But the moment we got to the front door, I noticed our lock had been forced open.
02:04Get back in the car.
02:06What?
02:07The lock's busted.
02:09Oh my God.
02:10In a panic, I told my wife to take our son to the police station
02:13while I grabbed a tool from the trunk and went inside to check things out.
02:16At first, I didn't see anyone.
02:18But when I walked into my son's bedroom, I found a bullet on the floor.
02:22Following the trail, I discovered a stuffed animal with its eye gouged out.
02:26And then another bullet and another...
02:27The police arrived quickly.
02:29Now we had evidence.
02:30They assigned officers to secretly protect us and left one cop stationed inside the house.
02:34But I still couldn't sleep.
02:35I went downstairs for a glass of milk.
02:37And when I returned to the bedroom to try to rest,
02:40the intruder's father was standing right beside my son's bed.
02:43When I heard strange noises again, I went back downstairs to investigate.
02:47The attic entrance was wide open.
02:49Kevin!
02:50He's in the fucking house!
02:53He's in the goddamn house!
02:56Jordan!
02:57Move!
02:57Go!
02:58Go!
02:58I slammed against my son's bedroom door with all my strength.
03:02By the time I got in, the old man had already escaped through the window.
03:05But because of the heavy rain, the officers searching outside couldn't find any trace of him.
03:09The next morning, I got a call from a sheriff.
03:12He said they'd caught the old man and were about to send him to prison.
03:14I finally felt relieved.
03:15Feeling like the danger had passed, I excitedly headed to the station.
03:20But after finishing my statement, I noticed wanted posters on the wall.
03:23When I saw Freddy's name, I stepped closer to take a look.
03:25To my shock, this Freddy wasn't the man I'd killed that night.
03:28I showed the poster to the sheriff and asked him about it.
03:31But he insisted this was the same person I'd shot.
03:33That is not the guy.
03:34He said I was probably so stressed that my memory had gotten fuzzy.
03:38Before I could get a clear explanation, the sheriff rushed me out of the station.
03:41But I knew I hadn't misremembered.
03:43So that evening, I went back to the station to ask more questions.
03:46That's when I saw the sheriff and his men loading the old man into a car.
03:50But hadn't the sheriff told me they'd already sent him to prison?
03:52After thinking it over, I got in my car and followed him.
03:55They drove to a spot near some railroad tracks and injected the old man with a sedative.
03:59Then they laid him down on the tracks.
04:01They'd even staged the scene to make it look like he'd passed out drunk.
04:03Watching this unfold, I was completely stunned.
04:06If I hadn't actually killed Freddy, why frame me for it?
04:10And why were they trying to get rid of Freddy's father?
04:12Before I could process what was happening, I heard the train approaching.
04:16After a moment's hesitation, I made my decision.
04:19I needed to know the truth, so I rushed out to save the old man.
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