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00:00It is March 18, 1985 in Garden Grove, California.
00:04Everything here is almost too perfect.
00:05It's a peaceful neighborhood where all the beautiful houses look alike.
00:08and where the gardens are perfectly maintained.
00:10It is in this picture-postcard landscape that Officer Alligan begins his night shift.
00:13At 3 a.m., as he roams the empty streets of the city, his radio switches on.
00:17His dispatch center instructed him to rush to Ocean Breeze Drive, number 12551.
00:22A panicked man reports that his wife has been shot.
00:25The officer parks in front of this classic pavilion where there has never been an intervention before.
00:28He knocks on the door, weapon in hand, worried about what he might face.
00:31And quickly, the man who had alerted him on the phone opened the door.
00:35This man is David Brown, a computer scientist in his thirties who looks extremely shocked.
00:39The officer also spots a young woman holding a baby in her arms.
00:42She too is trembling with fear while trying to reassure the crying child.
00:45In the background, a TV is blaring out MTV clips without any sound.
00:48On the shelves, you can see trinkets covered in dust mixed with poorly arranged children's toys.
00:53But while this house oppresses the officer, nothing at the moment seems to indicate that there has been any violence here.
00:57And even less so, a gunshot.
00:59David seemed to lose his words before finally pointing to the bedroom at the back of the living room.
01:03He says it happened there, that someone shot his wife before fleeing.
01:07But David still hadn't dared to enter the room to help his wife.
01:11And he begs the officer to go and check in his place.
01:13Aligan is disturbed when he learns this.
01:15What husband wouldn't rush to his wife in case of danger?
01:18And even more so when there has been a gunshot and she is therefore potentially seriously injured.
01:22Aligan dreads what awaits him behind that door, but he has no choice but to go.
01:25because a life may be at stake.
01:26So he advances, pistol in one hand, flashlight in the other.
01:30Internally, he is terrified, but he tries to maintain control.
01:33To make matters worse, he knows he is completely alone in this house.
01:35There will be no teammate to rescue him if something goes wrong.
01:38He sweeps the inside of the room with his flashlight.
01:41And then finally, he sees her.
01:42A woman lying on her bed.
01:44The officer isn't sure, but he even thinks he hears her asking for help.
01:47In reality, it's just a simple death rattle.
01:50Because when he takes the shot, the officer doesn't hear the slightest heartbeat.
01:52And even though she still seems to be breathing very slightly, her heart is already stopping.
01:57Then on the floor, behind the bed, he spots a revolver.
02:00The shooter left it there, without any fear of leaving such a clue.
02:04Aligan doesn't know it yet, but he has just experienced the beginnings of the most significant case in the history of his career.
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03:32A few minutes later, the house was completely taken over by police officers who had come as reinforcements and by emergency medical personnel.
03:37The victim is identified as Linda Brown, David's wife.
03:40She was immediately transported to the nearest hospital in the hope that she could still be saved.
03:44Meanwhile, the police are collecting the first statements.
03:46They first turn to David, the father of the family, who does not hesitate to point the finger at a culprit.
03:50According to him, it was Cinnamon Brown, his own 14-year-old daughter, who shot his wife after a violent argument.
03:56He explains that Cinnamon would never have accepted Linda, and therefore his stepmother, into their family.
04:00Sometimes, the situation between them was so tense that David ended up buying a caravan in which Cinnamon partially lived.
04:06He was so fed up with seeing them argue.
04:08But according to him, he never would have believed that she would end up doing such a thing.
04:11Also living under his roof is Patty Bailey, another 17-year-old teenager.
04:15It was the victim's sister whom David allegedly agreed to take in because of an extremely difficult family situation.
04:20She was asleep when the gunshots rang out around 2 a.m., but she barricaded herself inside for fear of being attacked herself.
04:25She then waited for David to return; he had gone to do some shopping in town in the middle of the night.
04:29apparently exasperated by yet another argument between Cinnamon and Linda.
04:32It was upon returning home around 3 a.m. that he discovered the nightmare into which his family had just plunged.
04:36The police therefore have a clearly identified culprit: Cinnamon.
04:39The problem is, nobody knows where she is.
04:41The alert was therefore given over the airwaves and all the city's patrols began searching for him.
04:45That evening, hundreds of officers received a physical description and a photograph of Cinnamon Brown.
04:50At the same time, the terrible news breaks.
04:52At only 23 years old, Linda Brown, David's wife, died in hospital.
04:57She leaves behind a 7-month-old baby girl and a grieving family.
05:00In the early morning, around 7 a.m., neighbors and relatives of the family woke up to discover the horror that had just struck their neighborhood.
05:05Cinnamon, however, is still nowhere to be found.
05:07But an officer searches the garden and eventually hears something strange coming from the back of the house.
05:11A sort of heavy breathing that seems to be coming from a doghouse.
05:14Shining his flashlight inside the small red shelter, he spotted a body.
05:18That of a teenage girl, covered in a horrible mixture of urine and vomit.
05:22And suddenly, it starts to move.
05:24She raises her head, then crawls towards the officer, without saying a word.
05:28The policeman is surprised and terrified, so he takes a few steps back before catching sight of his face.
05:32This face is that of a teenager who looks exhausted, but radiates innocence.
05:35Her eyes look at him as if he were her savior.
05:37As if he had finally come to rescue her from hell.
05:39And upon closer inspection, there was no doubt, this teenager was Cinnamon Brown.
05:42In his hands, he holds a small piece of paper tied with a purple ribbon.
05:45The police officer seized it and read this sentence, which was as terrifying as it was incriminating.
05:48Forgive me, Lord, I didn't mean to hurt him.
05:51Cinnamon is quickly taken care of at the house where she keeps vomiting.
05:54In the dog kennel, there were drug packages that could kill any adult.
05:58Investigators discover that on that night, she may have ingested the equivalent of 80 pills.
06:02And that Cinnamon would therefore have tried to end it all right after committing the murder.
06:05However, she is still alive because her vomiting that night saved her.
06:09although she is still in a very worrying condition.
06:11But instead of taking her to the hospital, the police handcuffed her and took her directly to the police station.
06:15They absolutely do not want to miss an opportunity to obtain a confession right away.
06:18Completely disoriented, Cinnamon continued to vomit throughout the ride in the police car.
06:22She is then taken to an interrogation room where two investigators are waiting for her.
06:26It is always difficult for officers to handle such serious cases, especially when a minor is involved.
06:30Especially since they are extremely surprised when they see Cinnamon's profile.
06:34because she seems very kind, very polite and full of life.
06:36They can't believe she could have done such a thing that night.
06:39But we need to know what happened, so they are going to proceed with the interrogation.
06:41So they immediately read her her rights, then prepare to question her about the horrific events of that evening.
06:46And before they even have time to ask a single question, Cinnamon speaks up.
06:49and told them that it was indeed she who fired the shot, and asked if her father was alright.
06:53This takes the police by surprise, who are astonished to see her so concerned about her father.
06:57She, who had just killed his wife.
06:58With his confession, the discovery using suicide as an aid, and the consistent testimonies of David and Patty,
07:02The matter was dealt with quickly.
07:04Ultimately, it's the story of a classic, almost banal murder.
07:06Cinnamon is therefore imprisoned and taken before a psychiatrist who is also surprised by her behavior.
07:11Once again, she speaks very little about the murder and simply asks if her father is alright.
07:15and whether he will still love her.
07:16But David hasn't forgotten his daughter Cinnamon, quite the contrary.
07:19He puts in place a whole strategy to try to mitigate the sentence awaiting his daughter.
07:23He warns his family and loved ones to all give the same message, which is as follows:
07:26Cinnamon needs to be portrayed as someone who is disturbed and insecure.
07:30And it must be emphasized that she argued very regularly with Linda.
07:33In fact, David is trying everything he can to ensure that she can plead insanity or a sudden fit of madness.
07:37However, the investigators, who are obviously questioning the family and close friends,
07:40but also people further removed from the family's circle of friends,
07:42And they are surprised to see that some people who are part of this outer circle,
07:45maintain statements that contradict this version of history.
07:48Her teachers, for example, describe her as the most normal teenager in the world.
07:51According to them, she was smiling, friendly, and studious.
07:54She never mentioned any tension at home with her mother-in-law.
07:56But perhaps his teachers only saw one side of Cinnamon.
07:59In any case, before the juvenile court judge, Cinnamon, as expected, pleaded insanity.
08:02Except that nothing works.
08:03His confession and his letter suggest that the murder was premeditated.
08:06And while Cinnamon was convinced that her defense would hold,
08:08She realizes that everything is collapsing around her.
08:11She desperately searches for her father in the courtroom.
08:13except that David is absent, citing health problems.
08:17Cinnamon is therefore alone facing her demons when she receives her heavy sentence.
08:2127 years imprisonment for the murder of his stepmother, Linda.
08:24His young age spared him a life sentence.
08:26But all his plans for the future and for having a normal life disappear in that courtroom.
08:30Then thousands of thoughts begin to mingle in his head.
08:33The sight of the murder and the blood spurting from his stepmother's abdomen,
08:36Patty screaming, her vision blurring in the dog's kennel
08:38and that feeling that her father had promised her she wouldn't be in any danger
08:41and that she would emerge a free woman.
08:42This whole affair could have ended here.
08:44about a violent murder caused by a far too classic pattern of family dispute.
08:47But in that courtroom that day, there was a man who doubted.
08:50This man is Jay Newell, an investigator who had access to the file.
08:53and who is deeply convinced that something is wrong.
08:56He cannot believe that a murderess would seek her father's gaze and approval to such an extent.
09:00He is convinced that a piece of the puzzle is missing.
09:03So after the verdict, he immerses himself in the case again.
09:05Even just by listening again to certain interrogations, particularly those of David,
09:07He is surprised to see that he has a sort of very haughty air that the investigators did not notice at the time.
09:12He doesn't feel like he's listening to a father in distress, but rather a master manipulator.
09:16It's as if David was proud to provide a solid alibi.
09:18not to exonerate himself and advance the investigation,
09:20but more to prove to the police that he is more intelligent than them.
09:23Jay also finds another testimony which was quickly dismissed as uninteresting by his colleagues.
09:27This is the account of one of David's ex-wives who says she found him extremely calm despite this tragedy.
09:32According to her, it's honorable to withstand the pressure, but she is surprised,
09:35She, who knew him to be very hot-tempered and emotional, described his reaction to this tragedy.
09:39This is the complete opposite of what he seems to be showing investigators at the moment.
09:41But none of this raised any eyebrows at the time.
09:43Unfortunately, for the moment, Jay obviously can't do anything.
09:46since he does not have the power on his own to reopen the investigation.
09:49His colleagues have already looked into the matter and the judgment has already been rendered.
09:53Yet deep down, he senses that there is a different truth to be found at the end of this path.
09:57So he decides to tackle it on his own to get to the bottom of it.
10:00On his own initiative, he now spends all his free time on the case.
10:04in addition to the other investigations he conducts on a daily basis.
10:06And he will do this relentlessly for more than 3 years.
10:09David wants to know everything about this family in order to uncover the truth.
10:13He then began to sift through all the files and records concerning David Brown.
10:16Sometimes, he even goes so far as to follow him.
10:19He wants to know what kind of life this man leads, who seems so unaffected by the murder of his young wife.
10:23And with all his efforts, what he is about to discover will completely change the game.
10:27First he discovers that David moved out right after the murder, which in reality is quite normal.
10:31His brand new house is in the hills of a very upscale neighborhood in Anaheim Hills and doesn't fit at all with his original lifestyle.
10:38Upon arriving there, Jay spots a brand new swimming pool, a jacuzzi, and several sports cars parked inside the property.
10:44He also learns that Patty still lives with him and that they regularly travel together to Las Vegas.
10:49Jay is obviously no one to judge a grieving man, but in any case it is this sudden wealth that greatly surprises him.
10:53And also his frequent trips to Vegas casinos for a man who is supposedly so sick he cannot visit his own daughter in prison.
10:59He also knows that David was a computer scientist by training and that he earned a very good living for a time.
11:03His company, specializing in computer data recovery, had for a time major hotel chains and even the US military as clients.
11:10But by pushing the investigation further, Jay discovers that David, just before the murder, was on the verge of ruin.
11:14At the time, he spent recklessly, then he even spent on credit, before falling into a vicious cycle impossible to repay.
11:20to the point where he allegedly tried to defraud his insurance company on several occasions by claiming to have had fake car accidents.
11:24So where does the money he currently has come from?
11:26And Jay discovers that David had taken out a life insurance policy for his wife a few months before the murder.
11:31A particularly surprising choice, since I remind you that Linda was only 23 years old when she died.
11:35Following his wife's death, David reportedly received over one million dollars in total.
11:39And according to some insurers, Linda's body wasn't even buried yet, when David had already demanded what was owed to him.
11:45So did the judges and investigators facing them really see a grieving man?
11:49Or did they see a man motivated by greed?
11:52For Jay, it was obvious: the motive for the murder was financial, but no one was able to detect it.
11:56But this is only the beginning of these discoveries.
11:58As Jay continues to delve into his past, he will discover that David is hiding something behind his mask of the ideal son-in-law and successful computer scientist.
12:04a true predator.
12:05A monster not only thirsty for money, but also thirsty for power.
12:08Upon checking his records with the civil registry, he already discovers that Linda was in fact his fifth wife.
12:13At only 32 years old, David has actually already been married 5 times.
12:16David goes from one conquest to another before dropping them as quickly as he found them.
12:20Even stranger, Linda had previously been married to David before their divorce.
12:24and then to remarry him a few years later.
12:26It's the 80s, it's not really a recurring pattern, a man getting married 5 times in 10 years, but why not?
12:31What will really shock Jay isn't even that, it's the profile of all these women.
12:34Because each time, David took teenage girls as wives.
12:38Teenage girls with extremely difficult pasts, who were recovering under her wing with the agreement of their parents.
12:43David seemed to be deliberately targeting them in order to shape and control them according to his desires.
12:48Jay then contacted some of his ex-wives, who confirmed David's extremely manipulative nature.
12:54They tell him, among other things, how he ended up meeting Linda and Patty, and let me warn you, it's awful.
12:59While he was divorcing his first wife, who had given birth to Cinnamon,
13:02David begins to sympathize with one of his neighbors, a certain Ittle Bailey who is known to have serious money problems.
13:07And besides, that's an understatement given how precarious this woman's situation is.
13:10She lives solely on state aid, while raising 11 children alone.
13:14David, who at the time was successful professionally, offered him some financial support.
13:18A few gifts here and there for her and her children.
13:20And then he confesses to her that he has a serious cancer and that he too could really use some help at home.
13:24So he offers this lonely woman in difficulty to hire two of her daughters in exchange for payment.
13:28The mother thought it would give them a little pocket money.
13:30And above all, she feels pity for this man who looks profoundly sad.
13:33in addition to being seriously ill, without suspecting for a single second that he is actually very dangerous.
13:37Among his daughters is Pam, a 16-year-old teenager.
13:40So, while everything seems normal at first, David will obviously end up flirting with her.
13:44while he is already approaching thirty.
13:45Then David grows tired of Pam and now focuses his attention on her little sister, Linda.
13:50who just turned 13.
13:51There again, he dated her for a few years against the wishes of his mother, who would eventually give in once more.
13:56And on Linda's 17th birthday, David proposed marriage to her.
13:58His mother, who is almost entirely dependent on David for support,
14:02has no other choice but to accept.
14:03The control is total.
14:05The mother is struggling with alcoholism and can no longer manage her children.
14:07And like the great savior he is, David then agrees to take in Patty, another little sister of Linda.
14:12She just had a violent argument with her mother; she has nowhere left to go.
14:15And since she had always seen David as her hero and the father she never had,
14:18Well, she's very happy to be going to live with him.
14:21Unfortunately, without realizing it, she is about to join a monster
14:23who will abuse her for years, in complete secrecy.
14:26A few years later, Patty, who now feels well integrated into this surrogate family,
14:30has ended up normalizing the abuses of which she is a daily victim.
14:34She is convinced that this is how things work in a normal house.
14:36since she had never known a normal home,
14:38And she believes her entire life rests on David.
14:40that she is ready to do anything to keep him close to her.
14:42David is therefore entirely surrounded by women whom he manipulated when they were just children.
14:46and who are now ready to do anything for him.
14:48And that's precisely what he wanted so he could abuse her as much as he wished.
14:51For his part, Jay continues to conduct his investigation.
14:53and he meticulously studies the entire file,
14:55and he eventually consulted the marriage register again,
14:57in case he missed a name.
14:59He was then surprised to see a new entry appear.
15:01Some time after Linda's murder,
15:03David remarried in complete secrecy.
15:05and behind his family's back.
15:06And his new wife is none other than the victim's younger sister, Patty.
15:10Meanwhile, Cinnamon, still in prison, is doing what she can.
15:12She always tries to maintain a positive attitude.
15:14She is diligent in her studies.
15:15and she even found a small office job in the prison.
15:18to earn some pocket money.
15:19All the adults who know her are impressed by her attitude.
15:21and his desire to change his life for the better.
15:24So much so, in fact, that some are even wondering
15:26if she is not here by mistake.
15:28However, his psychological state seems to be worsening.
15:30When she is reminded of the murder she committed,
15:32Now she replies that she doesn't even remember.
15:33and that she has absolutely no memory of that evening.
15:36In reality, it's a strategy of his father
15:38who told him to say that
15:39and that it might allow him to get out of prison sooner.
15:41Speaking of his father,
15:42For his part, David no longer cares about Cinnamon at all.
15:45He almost never comes to get it.
15:46by claiming, again and again, that they were ill.
15:48All these lies ultimately serve only to manipulate those around him.
15:51and to ensure that Cinnamon does not reveal any compromising family secrets.
15:54She is therefore isolated and almost alone.
15:56but it still has a connection with the outside world,
15:57a single link,
15:58and that's his paternal grandfather, Arthur Brown.
16:01He is a simple man,
16:01but who will nevertheless prove to be a key player in this whole affair.
16:05During one of his visits,
16:06he will discreetly whisper to Cinnamon
16:07that he knows who killed Linda,
16:09and that he would confess everything when the time came.
16:11Cinnamon, who has claimed for months to have simply forgotten about the murder,
16:14She seems happy to hear that.
16:15So, almost instinctively,
16:17She immediately reveals what just happened to the supervisor who is handling her case.
16:20And very quickly, the news spread throughout the establishment.
16:22No one understands why his grandfather would have said that.
16:25while Cinnamon had already confessed everything,
16:26that two witnesses had even confirmed his involvement,
16:29and that his whole family shared the same opinion.
16:30And upon learning that, of course,
16:31Jay immediately pays a visit to Arthur Brown, Cinnamon's grandfather.
16:35So Jay doesn't beat around the bush,
16:36and he asks him directly why he made this revelation to Cinnamon.
16:39Arthur immediately became defensive,
16:40as if he absolutely didn't want to make a mistake.
16:42So Jay tries again,
16:43and asks him if he did that solely to give her false hope.
16:46She still risks spending more than 20 years in prison.
16:48And that's when the old man's eyes begin to moisten.
16:50and that he cracks.
16:51He explains that a few weeks before the murder,
16:53He heard Patty speaking ill of Linda in front of David.
16:56So he didn't understand everything at the time.
16:57But it is certain that she would have said she was ready to do anything to save David.
17:00even if it meant getting rid of Linda.
17:02This revelation, however tragic,
17:04It finally gives meaning to the long sleepless nights
17:05that Jay has been inflicting on himself for years now.
17:07All these efforts are finally paying off.
17:08Cracks eventually appear in the file.
17:10and in the version of the two witnesses.
17:12Patty might therefore be involved in the murder.
17:14And that's a victory for Jay.
17:16Because even if it's just a testimony,
17:17At least it gives him a pretext to go and talk to Cinnamon.
17:20It was July 3, 1988.
17:22More than 3 years after Linda's murder,
17:24that Jay meets Cinnamon for the first time.
17:26So, as usual,
17:27She simply says that she has no memory of the murders.
17:30If he wants to make her talk,
17:31Jay is going to have to make her crack.
17:33He knows that deep down, her father means more to her than anything.
17:35But he also knows that he almost never comes to see her.
17:37each time citing serious health problems,
17:39as if for the day of his own trial.
17:40And he knows that this serious illness doesn't exist.
17:42And that all of this is a lie.
17:43He can clearly see David going out into town.
17:45He can clearly see that he's going to Vegas with Patty.
17:46In short, there's nothing that clicks with anyone.
17:48who claims he cannot visit his daughter.
17:50Jay then confesses all of this to Cinnamon.
17:51and everything he knows about David.
17:53He told her that he now lives in Luxe,
17:55that he is in excellent health,
17:56and that he took out trial insurance policies in Linda's name.
17:58He also tells her that he has completely rebuilt his life with Patty.
18:01that they got married in complete secrecy,
18:02and that they even had a child together.
18:05All these revelations, obviously, are devastating for Cinnamon,
18:07who had known for some time
18:09that there was something going in circles.
18:10At that precise moment, everything was going a mile a minute in his head.
18:12And eventually, the tears well up.
18:14She thinks back to her father's absence at the trial.
18:16due to his absence from the visiting room,
18:17and especially to what he hammered into him, year after year.
18:19"Play it crazy, say you don't remember anything,"
18:21That will ease your pain.
18:23That's it, Cinnamon can't stand living a lie anymore.
18:25She had never felt so betrayed.
18:27abandoned and used by her father.
18:29Then finally, she tells the inspector everything.
18:31For over an hour,
18:32She will explain to him what really happened that night.
18:34and what happened in the weeks and months leading up to this crime.
18:37She admits that all three of them had been planning this murder for years.
18:39Patty and David are very close.
18:41She admits that, in reality, she remembers everything.
18:43and that it wasn't even her who fired the shot that night.
18:44In the blink of an eye,
18:45Cinnamon breaks years of silence
18:46and reignites Jay's lifelong investigation.
18:48She explains that David kept repeating things to her about Linda.
18:51She supposedly had a prelude to it, to the point where she wanted to kill him.
18:54She was supposedly extremely jealous of his success
18:56to the point where she wanted to take over her IT business herself.
18:59Obviously, these are just blatant lies from David.
19:01But Cinnamon, who was just a teenager in awe of her father
19:03and who held him in high esteem,
19:05Well, she ended up believing it.
19:06David has managed to exert a long, very long, hold over his daughters.
19:09after years of manipulation, as we have seen.
19:11When David explains this to him,
19:12Naively, Cinnamon, she then tries to reason with him
19:14and to tell him that perhaps the simplest solution is just to get a divorce,
19:16as he has done in the past,
19:18Except that David insists.
19:19He then fabricated alleged links between him and the mafia.
19:21and other outlandish stories to justify at all costs
19:24the fact that she has to disappear from their lives.
19:26And to break down their mental barrier even further,
19:28He plays the victim, as he always has.
19:30And he said that if she doesn't die,
19:31He will have no other choice but to leave the city forever.
19:33so far from her, and perhaps even to end her life.
19:36In other words, he told them that if she refused to help him,
19:38Well, she might simply never see him again.
19:41He will also say a phrase to them several times
19:42which will remain forever etched in their memories
19:44and which is the following
19:45"If you truly loved me, then you would do it."
19:48Faced with this constant pressure,
19:49The girls break down and fall into David's delusions.
19:51Out of love, they are ready to give him anything.
19:53They are too afraid that they will leave their lives
19:54and that they end up alone and abandoned.
19:56In short, the ultimatum works.
19:58Life at home is now quite macabre.
20:00Every time Linda is away,
20:01The girls are thinking about how to kill her.
20:03By pushing her off a cliff?
20:04By electrocuting him in his bath?
20:06Or by hitting his head with a metal bar?
20:08All options are being explored.
20:09to the point where it becomes a slightly unhealthy game
20:11in which the girls compete
20:12to offer David even more options
20:14who marvels at the influence he has on her.
20:16Linda, for her part, can't imagine it for a single moment
20:18that the girls she has dinner with every night
20:20are considering whether it's better to stab her
20:21or smother it during its sleep.
20:23One evening in February 1985,
20:25David tells Apathy that the time has come.
20:27He hands him a revolver
20:28and he asks her to finish it.
20:29So without thinking,
20:30She grabbed the weapon and then headed towards the master bedroom.
20:33But no sooner had she arrived at the doorstep,
20:34She bursts into tears.
20:35She realizes that she loves her sister deeply.
20:37And that all of this is horrible.
20:39So she retraces her steps
20:40And she explains to David that she is not capable of it.
20:42In the early morning, Linda will wake up
20:44without suspecting that her little sister
20:45stood a few meters away from her,
20:46weapons in hand, ready to kill her.
20:48David will take it very seriously
20:49and will instead consider another plan.
20:51He's starting to think it's Cinnamon
20:52who could take the blame
20:53since she is only 14 years old.
20:55If she is the one who confesses to the murder,
20:56She will just have to outwit the psychiatrists' diagnosis.
20:58and she will be able to avoid a very heavy sentence.
20:59In this way,
21:00Apathy would be above suspicion.
21:01Cinnamon would remain free
21:02and together,
21:03they could finally start from scratch
21:04without the danger that Linda represents.
21:06And to complete the Cinnamon legend,
21:08the psychologically unstable little girl,
21:10David teaches him how to impersonate
21:11for a rebellious teenager,
21:12suicidal and disturbed.
21:13He teaches her how to write convincing suicide letters
21:15and explains to her how she should behave
21:16in front of the police after the murder.
21:18He also shows him
21:19how to hold the gun properly
21:20to simulate a convincing death.
21:22So he asks Cinnamon
21:23to aim along his temple
21:25and pull the trigger
21:26to cause a scratch
21:27which will convince any police officer
21:29that she tried to end it all for good.
21:31Except that Cinnamon is terrified,
21:32She's too afraid of missing her shot.
21:34Obviously, that doesn't stop David
21:35who immediately finds another solution,
21:37medications.
21:38He told her he knew the perfect dosage
21:39which will make him feel a little nauseous
21:41but who will make the doctor believe
21:42that she overdosed
21:43the evening of the assassination.
21:44As you've understood,
21:45Everything must be done so that the investigators
21:46accuse Cinnamon
21:47without the slightest doubt.
21:48The date is March 19, 1985
21:50And David wakes the girls up in the middle of the night.
21:52He hands Cinnamon some pills
21:53and orders him to take them immediately.
21:55Without knowing it,
21:56She is about to ingest a deadly cocktail
21:57which could kill any adult.
21:59Patty, for her part, is in charge of taking the weapon.
22:01She charges her
22:01and heads towards the bedroom.
22:03This time,
22:03She understands that she can no longer turn back.
22:05David has been hammering that into their heads for days.
22:07that Linda is a danger to them
22:08And as usual,
22:09It is their love for him that prevails.
22:11For his part,
22:11David leaves the house in a hurry
22:13and goes for a walk around town
22:14to forge his alibi.
22:15He goes around to the shops.
22:16still open in the middle of the night
22:17and he himself did this several times by mistake.
22:18the same cashier
22:19for the sole purpose of being seen by as many people as possible
22:21and to have as many witnesses as possible
22:22who will be able to certify
22:23that he was not at the scene of the crime.
22:25Cinnamon, on the other hand,
22:26begins to write his fake suicide letter
22:28then leaves the house
22:28towards the dog's kennel,
22:30that's where the inspectors will find her
22:31only a few hours later.
22:33For his part,
22:33She has no choice but to wait for the irreparable to happen.
22:35She then explains to Jay
22:36having heard two gunshots
22:37without really knowing
22:38if it was Patty
22:39or someone else who fired.
22:40After these two gunshots,
22:41She explains that she has completely lost
22:42control of his body
22:43because the medication caused him to have seizures
22:45and lose consciousness.
22:46She tells Jay
22:47that was his last memory at that moment
22:49it was seeing his father
22:50leaning over her
22:51tell him that it's done
22:52It's all finally over.
22:54She says she is unable to know
22:55if it was a dream,
22:56a strange vision
22:57or reality.
22:58In any case,
22:58after losing consciousness,
22:59what she doesn't know,
23:00that's the reality,
23:00His father is waiting for only one thing,
23:02that she too dies
23:03and takes this heavy secret to the grave.
23:04That would allow David and Patty
23:06to rebuild their lives together
23:07and collect the insurance money.
23:08But what David would not know,
23:09that's the vomiting
23:10Cinnamon would save her.
23:12And even the doctors
23:12who sculpted it in the meantime
23:13they speak of a true miracle.
23:15In any case, early in the morning,
23:16while she is disoriented,
23:17exhausted and out of breath,
23:18He continues with the plan nonetheless.
23:20She confessed to the police
23:20that she was the one who shot
23:21and by doing that,
23:22she is convinced
23:23that she saves the whole family.
23:24In light of all these revelations,
23:26Jay is obviously stunned.
23:28He is stunned.
23:28but he knows that speech alone
23:30Cinnamon alone will not be enough.
23:31He needs tangible proof.
23:32So he offers her a deal.
23:33He suggests she secretly wear it
23:35a sound recorder
23:36and to confront David in the visiting room.
23:38Cinnamon thought for a while
23:39and finally agreed.
23:40But there remains a problem.
23:41David never comes to the visiting room.
23:43Although his daughter escaped death,
23:45He has almost completely removed her from his life.
23:47Cinnamon trick
23:47and sends him a message
23:49in which she appears annoyed
23:50and ready to reveal everything.
23:51In this message,
23:52basically, she told him
23:52that they need to talk urgently.
23:54And that's for David.
23:55who used to drink a Cinnamon
23:56who doesn't make the slightest ripple
23:57since the beginning of the plan,
23:58It sets off a little alarm in his head.
23:59So he rushes off towards the prison
24:00and he sees his daughter
24:01for the first time in a very long time.
24:03He explains it to him again
24:04that he is seriously ill
24:05and that it requires a huge amount of effort from him.
24:06to come all the way here.
24:07But no matter how much he looks at Cinnamon
24:08straight into the eyes,
24:09Something has changed.
24:10She knows he lies as easily as he breathes.
24:12And if he is in that room with her,
24:13It's not out of love.
24:14It's out of fear of losing control of the situation.
24:16Cinnamon throws everything in his face.
24:18She told him she could no longer live in prison
24:20and she accuses him of having lied to her.
24:21She adds that she knows everything about Patty.
24:23about marriage, about the baby
24:24and that she understood perfectly well that he had manipulated her
24:26and that she pays for it with her life
24:27locked behind bars.
24:29David, for his part, denies everything outright.
24:30He says the baby is not his.
24:31and that Cinnamon is making up a movie in his head.
24:33Then he resumes the manipulations.
24:34as he always did.
24:35He claims he could convince Patty
24:37to turn himself in to the police
24:38and that she will be able to make people believe
24:39that she was the one who fired the shot.
24:41In short, he proposes to Cinnamon that Patty be sacrificed
24:43But she refuses all his proposals.
24:45She doesn't want to suffer anymore.
24:45these horrible manipulations
24:46so she simply tells him
24:47that she will think about it
24:48by letting him believe
24:49that he may have succeeded in his plan.
24:51But what he doesn't know,
24:52that's just about ten investigators
24:53have just heard everything he just said
24:54on the other side of this room.
24:56With his recordings,
24:57Jay now has a gold mine in his hands.
25:00He has proof that David
25:00is not entirely innocent in this matter
25:02and that he knew very well
25:02that a murder was being planned.
25:04He also has confirmation
25:04that he wasn't crazy
25:05to conduct the investigation for so long.
25:07His instinct was right.
25:08and he is now preparing
25:08to save Cinnamon
25:09from his father's clutches.
25:11On September 22, 1988,
25:12David and Patty
25:13are arrested at their home
25:14accused of the murder of Linda Brown.
25:16David, caught off guard,
25:17confessed immediately
25:18what happened.
25:18Or at least,
25:19he tries to twist the truth
25:20to his advantage.
25:21He admits that the girls
25:22had discussed the assassination
25:23in front of him
25:23but he claims that
25:24everything has been done
25:25of their own initiative.
25:26He said he believed
25:27that it was just words
25:28rebellious teenagers
25:28and that everything she said
25:29They were jokes.
25:30a little out of place.
25:31A rather bizarre defense
25:32which obviously doesn't happen
25:33not to convince the police.
25:34And even if David tells
25:35anything,
25:36The investigation is progressing.
25:37A judge sets the date
25:38of a new trial
25:38for the end of the year
25:39and in anticipation of this pivotal moment,
25:41Jay contacts Cinnamon again.
25:42Not this time
25:42in his role as a police officer
25:43but rather almost
25:44like that of a father
25:45who implores him
25:46to say that day
25:47The whole truth.
25:48She who gave
25:49so many contradictory versions
25:50in the past
25:51must avoid at all costs
25:52to be again
25:53They were attacked for that.
25:54At the slightest inconsistency
25:55she would risk
25:55to return directly
25:56in prison
25:57and to see David
25:58to leave there free.
25:59Ironically,
26:00It's Halloween day
26:00that Cinnamon completely loses it
26:02and asks to see Jay.
26:03She wants to see him
26:03because she has one last
26:04a revelation to make to him.
26:05And this revelation
26:06that's the reality
26:07That's definitely her
26:08who shot his mother-in-law
26:09the evening of the murder.
26:10Jay is astonished
26:11and he doesn't understand
26:11why would she put herself
26:12to suddenly lie
26:13on this specific point.
26:14Why would she have accused herself?
26:15at the start
26:15before making believe
26:16to amnesia
26:17and then go back over all of that?
26:18Why go to so much trouble?
26:19But Cinnamon confesses to him
26:20simply
26:20that she was extremely ashamed.
26:22Ashamed of having loved his father
26:23to the point of killing Linda
26:24with whom she got along
26:25Yet it was really great.
26:26By lying,
26:26she had the impression
26:27to rewrite a story
26:28more favorable
26:28a story where she was no longer
26:30at the heart of this terrible reality.
26:31Cinnamon is therefore freed
26:32of this terrible weight
26:33and she just gave Jay
26:34the last piece of the puzzle.
26:36From now on,
26:36no matter what happens
26:37at the trial,
26:38Cinnamon won't say
26:38than the absolute truth.
26:40She then explains to Jay
26:40what really happened
26:42the evening of the murder
26:42what is close
26:43from what she had already told
26:44but with a few minor exceptions.
26:46Patty brought him the weapon
26:47after being awakened
26:48by David
26:48and she also
26:49stretched a cushion
26:50to reduce noise
26:50gunshots.
26:51So it is indeed Cinnamon
26:52and not Patty
26:53who heads towards the room
26:54from Linda,
26:55weapon in hand.
26:56While she sleeps peacefully,
26:57Cinnamon leans over
26:58above his body,
26:59aims at his abdomen
27:00and pulls the trigger.
27:01The shot is fired immediately
27:02and pierces Linda
27:03who screams in pain.
27:04In front of the chamber,
27:05Patty starts screaming
27:06that she is still alive
27:07and orders Cinnamon
27:07to go back there.
27:08Cinnamon now submerged
27:10fueled by adrenaline
27:10and almost on autopilot
27:11Go back to the room.
27:13She aims again
27:13his stepmother's abdomen
27:15then pull the trigger.
27:16The bullet hits the vena cava
27:17and it's a real
27:19blood chiclet
27:19which spreads
27:20on Linda's body.
27:21This time,
27:21she can no longer
27:22to call for help
27:22and his long groans
27:23drown little by little
27:24in the blood
27:25which begins to fill its pulmonary sphincters.
27:26Panic attack
27:27Cinnamon throws the weapon to the ground
27:28then ran away into the garden.
27:29The medications begin
27:30to have an effect
27:31and she lies down in the niche
27:32at the back of the house.
27:33Here,
27:34she is holding the letter tightly
27:35in his hands
27:35and hopes that all of this
27:36will be finished soon
27:37before convulsing
27:38and to lose consciousness.
27:40And what follows,
27:40You know her.
27:41Jerry meticulously notes everything down.
27:42convinced that this new version
27:43will play in Cinnamon's favor.
27:45So even if she is not
27:45Completely innocent in this affair.
27:47He is convinced that the judges
27:48will understand the terrible manipulation
27:49which David demonstrated.
27:50Cinnamon was just a lost teenager
27:52convinced that she was doing it out of love
27:53Which was correct.
27:54But it is indeed David
27:55who is at the origin
27:56of all this evil.
27:56In any case,
27:57pending his trial,
27:58him,
27:58He is now behind bars.
27:59Here,
27:59his manipulation and his perversity
28:01will never be able to
28:01reaching his loved ones.
28:02At least,
28:03That's what one might think.
28:04Because in the greatest
28:04secrets
28:05David is going to go even further
28:06in horror.
28:07Behind bars,
28:08He sympathizes with another prisoner,
28:09a certain Steynart,
28:10who is about to finish his sentence.
28:12This man,
28:12He's been here for a while now.
28:13It is without economy.
28:14he considers that he is also
28:15without a future
28:16and so he is anxious
28:17at the thought of going back outside.
28:18Then David consoled him.
28:19then he said
28:19that he could give him
28:20a helping hand
28:20for $50,000 in cash,
28:22who will discreetly send it to him
28:24in exchange for a small favor.
28:26To murder three people.
28:27The prosecutor in charge
28:28from his file,
28:29Detective Jay,
28:30and Patty,
28:30his new wife.
28:31He hopes that their death
28:32will slow down the procedure as much as possible.
28:34or will even allow him
28:35to escape conviction.
28:36Because he is convinced
28:37that if Patty reveals
28:38all she knows,
28:38in addition to Cinnamon,
28:39then he will surely risk
28:40outright the death penalty.
28:41Steynart to find a way
28:43to have her assassinated in prison,
28:44since she too is waiting
28:45behind bars.
28:45Perhaps by sub-deacon
28:46a fellow inmate
28:47who would be ready to stab her.
28:48But Steynart,
28:48Hearing all this,
28:49He is terrified.
28:50He doesn't want to at all
28:51to get involved in a matter
28:51equally sordid,
28:52and so he reveals everything
28:53to a supervisor.
28:54The investigators offer him
28:55so to get into the game
28:56David's plan to trap him,
28:57something he immediately accepted
28:58upon his release from prison.
29:00For several weeks,
29:01David remains in contact
29:02with him by telephone,
29:03And everything is obviously recorded.
29:04Steynart asks him
29:05if he only wants to hurt
29:06Jay and the prosecutor,
29:07or if he really wants to kill them.
29:08David replied coldly.
29:10that he wants them dead.
29:11Besides,
29:11to prove that he is serious,
29:12he even had him send
29:13$10,000 advance.
29:14Outside the prison,
29:15He is David's brother
29:16who is responsible for transporting the money,
29:17convinced he was doing a service
29:18to a friend of his brother,
29:19without suspecting a moment
29:20that he actually is
29:21paying
29:21a fake assassin.
29:23One more piece of evidence
29:23which shows that David
29:24is ready to sacrifice
29:25his whole family
29:25for his own personal interests.
29:27This conspiracy
29:28will seal the legal fate
29:30by David.
29:30The trial therefore begins
29:31in 1990
29:32and begins with the deposition
29:33from Patty.
29:34Just like Cinnamon,
29:35She confesses everything.
29:36The audience,
29:36upon hearing his story,
29:37is obviously very moved.
29:38The years of abuse
29:39and psychological manipulation
29:40will have prevailed over her.
29:41Yet,
29:42the prosecutor will ask him
29:43if she still loves her father.
29:44And with tears in her eyes,
29:46She will whisper that she will.
29:47An extremely simple answer
29:49and yet tragic
29:50which reveals how much
29:51the control to which she is subjected
29:52is complex
29:53and without limit.
29:54Justice can obviously
29:54not entirely
29:55exonerate Patty
29:56So who is an accomplice?
29:57of voluntary homicide.
29:58She will therefore receive the penalty
29:59of a sentence
30:004 years in prison
30:00and she will come out again
30:01at the age of 25.
30:03After Patty,
30:03It's Cinnamon's turn
30:04to express themselves.
30:05Just like Patty,
30:06she explains that
30:06if she has reached that point
30:07to do all that,
30:07it's only
30:08out of love for David.
30:09She was terrified
30:10to lose him forever,
30:11convinced that Linda
30:11He really wanted to harm him
30:13and she preferred
30:14to sacrifice himself in prison
30:14rather than see his father
30:15to carry out
30:16his blackmail using suicides.
30:18She too,
30:18It is his devotion
30:19towards his father
30:20who will have lost it.
30:20Despite everything he has been put through,
30:22Cinnamon admits to having
30:22I still feel sorry for him.
30:24She completely disagrees
30:25with the person
30:26that he became
30:26but declares
30:27that she will continue
30:28to love him.
30:29In light of the new elements
30:30contributed to the case,
30:30the judge agrees
30:31to completely review his sentence
30:32and the jurors agree
30:33to free her
30:34at the age of 21,
30:35that is, two years later.
30:36It's an incredible relief
30:37for Cinnamon
30:38who had prepared
30:39to spend a large part
30:40of his life
30:40behind bars.
30:41So if some jurors
30:42believe she should have served her sentence
30:43a longer sentence
30:44to have despite everything
30:45Linda was killed in cold blood.
30:46the others estimate
30:47that she has already paid
30:47his debt to society.
30:49She was ultimately
30:49than a simple instrument
30:50for David
30:51who was the real brain
30:52behind this murder.
30:52Speaking of the wolf,
30:53Then it was David's turn.
30:55the main defendant
30:56of this case.
30:57Before the jury,
30:57his whole life is built
30:59on deception
30:59and control
31:00which is unpacked.
31:01From now on,
31:02he is facing
31:02to his own monstrosities,
31:03he who had his wife killed
31:05and sacrifice his daughter
31:06just to get rich.
31:07Yet,
31:07He denies everything outright.
31:08He maintains that he was
31:09madly in love with Linda
31:10and that it's the girls
31:11who couldn't stand it.
31:12He accuses them of being liars.
31:14manipulators
31:14and to be ready for anything
31:15to kill again.
31:16David,
31:17who is swimming in a complete delusion,
31:18then he completely
31:19to accuse the judges.
31:21According to him, they would have
31:21used mafia methods
31:23to record it without his knowledge
31:24and the whole affair
31:25would be for him
31:25than a vast masquerade.
31:27Brief,
31:27that day,
31:27As you've understood,
31:28David can't convince anyone.
31:30June 15, 1990,
31:32he is convicted
31:32to life imprisonment
31:33for the murder of Linda
31:34as well as for the attempt
31:35triple murder
31:36that he commissioned
31:37from his cell.
31:38And before letting him go
31:39towards the prison
31:40where he will end his days
31:41the prosecutor addresses him
31:42The floor is yours one last time.
31:43He told her that next to him,
31:45Charles Manson
31:46would look like an amateur.
31:48Cinnamon and Patty
31:48will end as planned
31:49by getting out of prison
31:50only a few years later
31:51and will both do it again
31:52their life
31:53away from the media.
31:54So their story
31:54sadly extraordinary
31:55will end up anyway
31:56by exceeding them
31:57and will be resumed
31:57in a mini-series
31:58and also in a book
31:59which became a bestseller
32:00"If You Really Loved Me"
32:01by Anne Rule
32:02which is one of the sources
32:02the most comprehensive
32:03about this whole affair
32:04and which uses it as a cheat
32:05the phrase that David kept repeating
32:06constantly at Cinnamon
32:07to convince her
32:07to take action.
32:08David, however, will die alone
32:10behind bars
32:11in 2014
32:11without ever being able to
32:13to do harm
32:14to anyone.
32:14Key takeaways
32:15These are exceptional efforts
32:16Jay
32:17throughout all these years
32:18in the shadows and in his free time
32:19which will have allowed
32:20to finally make it explode
32:21the truth about this case
32:22based solely
32:23based on his instinct
32:23and then a judgment
32:24had already been returned
32:25He was the one who succeeded
32:26to reshuffle the cards
32:27and to deliver justice.
32:29Without him,
32:29David would have continued his life
32:30beyond suspicion
32:31and allegedly continued to abuse
32:32of many other victims
32:33on its way.
32:34And that's not even counting
32:35on Cinnamon
32:35that would have passed unjustly
32:3620 more years
32:37behind bars
32:41of this terrible story.
32:42Well done Jay!
32:42justice has been served
32:43and we'll meet again very soon
32:44for other horror threads.