Teens Accidentally Run Into Secret Cult's Body Dump

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And as detectives begin closing in on its members and turning them on each other, they discover that this may not have been the cult's first victim. Richie told The Speak that they wanted to kill me. right after getting married. - It was like a gang or something? - No, it wasn't a gang. Steve called it a family. I know you didn't say the number I heard, right? Sixteen? He killed 16 people. He killed 16 people is what I said. It's a late Thursday evening in Monroe County, Michigan, when seven high school students decide to explore an abandoned juvenile detention center. But the moment they step inside, they stumble upon something they were never meant to see and immediately start recording. I don't even know if I want to really get in. All right, so we've seen-- - Yo, don't-- - My fault. - Yo, don't-- - We've seen a lot. - We've seen a lot. - We've seen a lot, bro. - This is for you. - Oh, my God, I'm-- - I'm not gonna-- - My heart is beating, bro. Tell me you paid. - I'm not working, bro. - Hey, I don't want-- I'm not working, bro. - Look. - I'm not looking, either. - Look. - Bro, you couldn't be trapped. You want me to get a close-up for you? - Hey, I want you to-- - Hey, record this. Hey, wait. Here, moving. Wait, am I moving? Hold on. - No, no, no. - My close-up's off. - Yes. - Move the door. Move the door. - Kick that door off. - Move the door. There's a camera. - There's nothing wrong. - Right, there's no support. You know that dance? - - That's what I'm saying. - That's what I'm saying. Oh, my God. Come on in. Come on in. Upon seeing what appears to be the dead body of a young woman, the boys run back to their car and drive off. Despite knowingly trespassing, one of them calls a 911 and begins describing in detail the gruesome discovery they had just made inside. Monroe County, 911. What's the address of your emergency? Um, hi, uh, so, we were exploring an abandoned building. And I think we found the dead body. Okay, what was the address? Right now, we're at the Monroe Travel Center. Where was the address you were exploring? It's the old student center. Or, like, an old school or something. You're pretty far away from-- from Netto. Yeah, because we drove away and we didn't know what to do. Tell me exactly what happened. Like, he moved a door that was on the ground. And underneath it, there was a tarp. And under the tarp, he fell asleep. So, we left and called-- Can you give me a call when you get back to the pilot center? Yes. Directing the teens to a safe location, Michigan State Police are dispatched to Boyesville, an abandoned juvenile campus with dozens of rooms and corridors. Once officers arrive with no electricity and a potential homicide scene waiting inside, they draw their weapons and prepare to move in. Just keep track of how many rooms. Like, look at how many sections there are of the building. Keep track of how many sections you think you're going through so you don't get lost. How many spaces are there? Yeah. One room. So, you three want to go first. Me and Llewellyn will stay back. One room. Hey, Llewellyn, there's a dirty dog on the floor. Get that door on the left. Put him on the floor. All right. Go on, Llewellyn. Uh-oh. They have to clear the rest of the building and make sure they're the only ones inside. Yeah, you guys, this is all of them. There's a series of rooms. After an hour of clearing the building room by room, officers find no one else inside. With the building now cleared, officers return to the victim and begin trying to identify her. Given the location, they initially assume she may have been homeless and simply overdosed. But that assumption would quickly be turned upside down upon further inspection. But there was a time where people were coming in here on a regular basis, like the haunted house type stuff, you know? Like looking for ghosts and whatnot. I think there's blood under her head, like she got hit or. Around her? Yeah. Blood. Well, unless the suspect is on top and slams her head on the ground. Yeah, it's not blood. No. It's like bronze or. It's almost gold. It's all over. It's on her face, her arms. On her neck. Her shirt. Look at how her legs are positioned. Her shirt's pulled up. I'll get my fingerprint scanner out here in a little bit. Yeah. Yeah, probably mid-twenties, thirties maybe. I mean, she might not even be local. It might be somebody a truck driver picked up. As officers continue examining the body, they notice several unusual details. The victim is covered in an unfamiliar substance, surrounded by candles, and across her legs are what appear to be scribbles and strange markings. While one officer moves to retrieve a portable fingerprint scanner a few miles away, another group of officers makes contact with the teens who discover the body. They're all shaken up, yet cooperative, handing over the video they recorded inside. And it quickly becomes clear to detectives that they're far more worried about a trespassing charge than being tied to what happened to the victim. So they're eventually let go. Back at the abandoned property, the officer scans the victim's fingerprints and learns that she is, in fact, a local. She is a two-year-old, Kayla Sadowski. Moments later, paramedics arrive and examine the body, confirming two things. She's been here for some time, and the head injuries are consistent with three gunshot wounds. Sometime after midnight, officers lock down the rest of the building and return to the station, intent on resuming the investigation at first light. And as the investigation would begin coming together, detectives would become convinced that not only a homicide, but part of something far more disturbing, possibly even ritualistic. If you live with him, and you leave, and he finds out you leave, needless to say, you're going to be the next. Steve said that she's screaming, "Steve! Steve, help! Steve, help!" Do you want to go see your dad? Do you want to be with your mom? Yes. Or do you want to live? The next morning, officers begin reviewing every available CCTV camera in the area, and after hours of combing through footage dating back two weeks, they finally spot her. On February 15th, at around 10 p.m., Kayla is seen leaving the Rosler Street Apartments and walking across the Rosler Street Bridge. An hour later, at around 11 p.m., she appears on camera again, walking across the same bridge. But this time, she stops, turns around, and gets into a black Mercury Milan, wearing the same skirt she would later be found dead in. When officers run the vehicle's license plate, they learn it's registered to 44-year-old Steven Bales, a man Kayla has an active protective order against. And just like that, investigators have their first search. suspect. That same afternoon, officers rush to Stephen's house, but what they find is troubling to say the least. A note, taped to the front door, stating that he and his wife, Norena, have left for their honeymoon. To investigators, the timing seems far too convenient, so they try calling him, but he never picks up. A search warrant is requested, but in the meantime, there's little police can do but wait, while Stephen and whoever else may be responsible remains free to roam the streets. Two weeks pass after the body is discovered, yet there's still no sign of Stephen. But then, more than 100 miles away in Shelby, Ohio, police receive a 911 call they certainly aren't expecting, as 19-year-old Brynn Smith, who's been in the hospital for more than a year, tells dispatchers someone is trying to kill him. And when Ohio officers go to meet him, they would unknowingly step into another state's investigation and give them an unexpected lead. The problem is, these officers are from another state and know nothing about Kayla's murder, so they decide to take him to the station to get some clarity on the situation. Upon arriving, officers contact Michigan State Police and that's when they are finally briefed on Kayla's murder investigation. More than anything, Michigan investigators are fixated on this alleged confession video, urging Ohio detectives to obtain it as quickly as possible. And once Brynn sits down for his interview, what he would go on to describe would sound to detectives almost as if he had just escaped a cult. He had like eight people living there. I was one of them. And in order to live there, he took your food stamp card. He would take whatever card you had and basically your money and everything was his. I did not agree to that. So he knew not to take from me. I just stayed there. I slept on the couch. I woke my head and I laid my head. So we're going down and he gets married through all this. Now, our ex becomes missing. So I was wondering, because you say our ex. Yeah, we both have dated the same person. Yeah, we both have dated the same woman. Okay. So she becomes missing and everybody in the house starts acting weird. So I'm going to try to pull up this video of Caitlin, the one who supposedly killed Gail, admitting that she did it. Did you ever think about going to the Michigan authorities with this? I couldn't. Why? If you live with him and you leave and he finds out you leave and he finds you, basically needless to say, you're going to be the next. So if you live with him, you're not allowed to leave. He's basically a person who's going to get you in his house and he's going to trap you in him. Keep you just for your money. To detective surprise, Brynn seems unusually open and talkative for someone who believes he's being hunted. After all, there's no telling whether Stephen will come after him the moment this interview is over. At this point, investigators need to see this video Brynn can't stop talking about, but what they're about to see would be far more than Brynn promised. So who do you think killed this girl? I know who killed her. I got the video right here to show you. Okay, well, let's see it, my man. Wow. Okay. You can obviously tell I was shocked as hell. How many? 16? You've killed 16 people is what I said. In the UCA, I've never been to Gail for it. I don't believe it. And now I have one more video of her admitting that I was the killer of Kayla, basically. She threatened my son. So that conversation that I watched, she said that she did it because she threatened her son. Yeah. Do you know some more information about that? No, that's all I know. I don't go to church. Apparently, she threatened her son at church. That's the most I know of that. How'd she kill her? She said that she shot her twice. Okay. On the video. Wow. She even said that she threw the gun in the river. What river? If I know. Mm-hmm. The woman in the video is 33-year-old Kaylin Ramsey, seemingly implying that she was responsible not only for Kayla's death, but for 15 other murders as well. It's a chilling claim that investigators would have no choice but to look into, especially coming from someone they would later connect to a deadly cult. After several more hours of questioning, Brynn is eventually released and told to notify investigators of any contact from Steven or Kaylin, unaware that the man they've just let go may not be as innocent as he claims. Later that evening, investigators call Kaylin and are surprised to learn that she's also in Ohio, so they ask her to come to the station the following day to assist with the investigation, withholding the real-life family. Kaylin says that this is the only reason they want to speak with her. And, interestingly, she agrees, almost as if she already has a plan to outsmart the detectives. The next morning, Kaylin arrives at the Huron County Sheriff's Office in Ohio, and alongside her is her lawyer. But as she's escorted to the interrogation room, there's a surprise waiting for her. Detectives from the Michigan State Police, including lead investigator Detective Peterson, have traveled to Ohio for this very interview. In this interview begins, her story would quickly start to unravel, until she eventually slips up and says something she was never supposed to know. We're going to be asking you a lot of questions. A lot of these questions we already know the answer to. So, you know I don't play games, you know, you know that. We went and got him to make sure you had him here. Right? That's important that I want to make sure you feel comfortable. Rate your life on a scale from one to ten. One is the worst life ever, ten is the best life ever. Right now? Yeah. It's a one. It's a one? But after, hopefully today, it'll be a ten. Okay. So what's going wrong right now? Me living my life in fear. And why are you living in fear? Because of this guy, Stephen Bales. Okay. Why are you so afraid of Stephen Bales? He's threatened my life. Okay. How does he threaten you? He's threatened to kill me. Okay. Do you know Kayla Sadowski? I knew of her. She was one of my friends at one point, until I moved out here three years ago and got out of contact. Tell me about her. Tell me about Kayla. She was such a sweetheart. Oh my God. She even loved my youngest son. She was a sweetheart. She was just like me, outgoing, laid back, calm, gave her shirt off her back to whoever needed it more than her. Her and I were a lot alike. Was she easy to get along with then? Oh yeah. She was very easy to get along with. Such a sweetheart. Okay. Did you have any conflicts with her ever? No. I've never had a conflict with her at all whatsoever. Was there a time recently where she accused you of hitting her with her belt? No. Not that I'm aware of. Okay. It's something I would never do. I don't have a mean belt in my body. Okay. I understand. Anyone you talk to about me will tell you I'm such a sweetheart. Okay. I believe it. The last contact I had with her was just shortly before whatever happened to her and it killed me. I had just talked to her about maybe the day before Here, Kaylin seemingly places the murder around Valentine's Day, nearly two weeks before Kayla's body was discovered. To investigators, this appears to be a major slip-up, as the precise date of the murder has never been publicly released. The detective, however, refrains from confronting her, careful not to cause her to shut down. But now, he would reveal the real reason she's here and see if she can somehow explain it away. "This is why I take the time to talk to you. So there's five videos. Let's watch them all." "They're trying to pin this on me that I had nothing to do with." "Well, let's watch these and I want to talk to you because I don't want. let's just. " "How many? Sixteen?" "I was a little forced. They forced me to say a lot of them." "Let's watch them all and then I want to hear. " "How'd you get there? How'd you get her there?" "See, you can clearly tell they're trying to set me up." "Is there a light there?" "This isn't my first time. This is why I'm trying to get you to listen to what I'm trying to do." "Obviously, I want your side to that. Right? That's why we're here. So what is your side to that?" "My side to it is I had nothing to do with Kayla's death." "Because you can really help us, okay? And in turn, I don't make guarantees, but there's a chance you might help yourself." "But I want to make something clear. We know when Kayla died, okay? And we also know that we have a video. " "Of you with Steve, okay, and Norena, very short time after her death, together at a party." "I do not think you're the mastermind. I think that there's a lot of influence by Steve. There's no doubt there's a lot of influence by Steve." "Do you want to talk to me again?" "I think I'm done for today." "Okay." "My stress level's getting too high. It's slowly making me sick." After being shown the video, Kalen does exactly the same thing. She ends the interview before giving them enough probable cause to detain her, and so she's released. After being shown the video, Kalen does exactly the same thing. The following day, detectives finally get their first lucky break. The search warrant for Steven's apartment is approved. Wasting no time, Michigan officers rush back to his residence, hoping to find answers to Kayla's murder and perhaps a clue as to where Stephen may have fled. Upon entering the cramped one-bedroom apartment, deputies are stunned to find evidence that at least seven people had been living here, and things would only get stranger from here. Throughout the apartment, officers notice a recurring theme, the Grim Reaper. Stephen had adopted the name Grim, labeling many of his belongings with it. Inside a journal, deputies discover that he referred to his wife, Norena, as Lady Death. The group even had its own name, the Reapers. At this point, investigators begin to suspect they're not dealing with a group of friends, or even a gang, but a full-blown cult. As the search unfolds, investigators back at the station begin monitoring Stephen's online activity. And before long, a Facebook photo stops them in their tracks. The image was taken during Stephen's wedding on February 14th, Valentine's Day. Police immediately recognize Stephen, his wife Norena, Brynn, and Kaylin. But the remaining four people are complete unknowns to the investigators, and detectives suspect they may also have been involved in the homicide. Stephen's mother is quickly rolled out, along with a family friend who appears to have little connection to the group. But the same can't be said for the remaining two: Alex Fico and Cierra Bemis. Two people Stephen has taken under his wing. That same afternoon, Detective Peterson calls them both and asks them to come to the station. And as Detective Peterson prepares to interview them, he needs to answer two critical questions: What is their connection to Stephen, and where does their loyalty to him end? Tell me about your relationship with Steve Bales. He was a good father, kinda. Didn't really get along. Good father, kinda. What didn't you get along with him for? Because he always wanted to take my money and use my food stamps. Did you let him? I gave him my card, and he never gave it back. I want you to tell me everything you can, everything you know, about the death of Caleb Stassi. Everything I know, um, alright, so, Steve Bales, I met him at Bush. I met him at Bushamy's Pizzeria, um, uh, Mineral Street. I was, uh, real strung out one day, and, um, drunk at the same time, and, um, he got to me by the hands. He looked me dead in my eye and told me that I could get over it. You know, you gotta be a god. Steve had to come? Yeah. So, a very firm handshake, and it felt brotherly. It felt like he was expressing love towards me. They, they made me feel good for, like, being sober and not drinking. That was nice of them, actually. Okay. Was there anything good about Steve? No. No. 'Cause, uh, you described him as a good father, so there was nothing good about that? No, not really. Okay. Do you think he used you? Yes. Okay. Interestingly, Sierra struggles to find a single good thing to say about Steve. Yet, both she and Alex still consider him family. Like many manipulative leaders, Steven targeted vulnerable people at their lowest, offering them support, housing, and a sense of belonging. Over time, that trust turned into control, with members handing over their income and providing for him financially. But Steven's influence extended far beyond money and into violence, as Detective Peterson is about to learn. So, when was the night that Kaitlyn got murdered? I believe it was the night of their wedding. Like, they just crazily went out and, you know, that was their ritual, so to speak, that they wanted to kill right after getting married. Kaitlyn decayed the, the, the one who, she did the killing. She's, at least she said she did the killing. So, Kaitlyn and Kaitlyn didn't get along? didn't get along. Why not? Because they were already fighting over Steve. So were Kaylin and Steve, were they romantically involved? Yes. Okay. And Kayla and Steve were romantically involved? Yes. And so Kaylin, you're saying, I don't want to put words in your mouth, was jealous of Kayla? Yes. Was Steve planning this at the wedding? Not like sit down saying, we're doing this, this, this, this, this, this, and I'm doing this. No. So based on what you can tell you, do you think Steve helped plan this? Yeah, I think Steve planned it all. He said that she's gotta go. As the interviews continue, Detective Peterson learns that Steven was involved with three women at once, his wife Norena, Kaylin, and Kayla. With tensions between Kaylin and Kayla escalating for months, Detective Peterson doesn't suspect Steven was deliberately fueling his rivalry for his own benefit. But Detective Peterson would soon learn that Steven wasn't the only man in the house exploiting the women. As Alex's and Sierra's interviews are unfolding, detectives decide to give Brynn a call and ask him to come to the station. After being the first to expose Kaylin and appearing in Steven's wedding photos, Peterson is convinced he must know more about the murder than he initially admitted. And as he sits down for his interview, investigators are about to discover that Brynn played a role as well. One he conveniently failed to mention the first time around. Because I know you guys have camera footage of me driving. I know you guys got the footage from where I picked her up. I'm not stupid. Exactly. And where did you pick her up at? At the corner store. Did you just pick up her? Are you alone or are you with anybody else? I don't know. There was someone else in the car. Who was with you? Steve. So what was the conversation that led to you picking her up? Hey, where are you? What are you doing? Nothing. Off work. What are you doing? Nothing. You want to hang out for a few? Well, there was Steve's chance because he knew I was talking to her. Yeah, you better do that. Okay. So does she think, and I'm not sure, does she think that you guys are dating again at this point on February 16th? Yes, because she called me baby at one point. Okay, so what makes you think that she's now, she believes that you two are together as a couple? Because she called me babe for like three times. I didn't say anything. But the fourth time I said something about it. So before you picked her up on February 15th or 16th in the black car with Steve hiding in the backseat, if I got anything wrong, correct me. I just like to kick it back out. So we're on the same page. When was the last communication you had before that? Was there any communication that made her think that you guys were together as a couple? Many, any like pillow talk type of stuff? The most I Although Brynn insists he was simply following Stephen's orders, what he doesn't realize is that detectives have already recovered his text messages with Kayla, telling a very different story. For weeks, Brynn had been romantically speaking with Kayla online. In fact, just days before her death, she had saved his number in her phone as "boyfriend." And now, detectives would begin looking at Brynn, Sierra, and Alex side by side, comparing their stories and exposing contradictions. With pressure mounting and the possibility of prison looming over them, the Reapers are moments away from turning on one another, shattering the loyalty Stephen spent years building. "Okay, you were there when she was shot." "But I didn't." "I pulled the trigger." "Yes." "Nor did I go in the building." "Thank you." "Exactly." "So." "I was a driver threatened by my life. Do you want to go see your f---ing dad? Do you want to be with your mom?" "Yes." "Or do you want to f---ing live?" "Save the line." "This is exactly what I was told." "Save the line, 'cause that's, the 'why' is more important." "She said the third shot." "Okay." "She put it to her head. Steve said that she was screaming, 'Steve! Steve, help! Steve, help!' And then Brynn specifically said, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.' 'Drop that f---' "Oh." "This gun, I had possession of it at one point in time. That's how my DNA would be on it. They said somebody's threatening them. That's how they manipulated me. They said somebody was threatening them that, you know, they needed protection. Can we get that gun back?" "And then they came out and we all left it with them." "Okay, what was said in the car when they all came out?" "That she's finally dead." "Who said that?" "Steve. We saw him." "Steve and Kaylynn?" "They told me how they killed her." "Okay, what did they tell you?" "They said they were talking to her and Kaylynn just shot her in the back of her head." "Kaylynn shot her in the back of the head?" "Yes." "Okay. And, who was talking to her?" "Steve." "Okay." "You have the same green pocket knife?" "Yeah, as you've seen. " "Why do you guys all have green pocket knives at the same time?" "Well, we also all had green band-aids." "Yeah." "It's like a gang or something?" "No, it wasn't a gang. Steve called it a family." Although multiple members of the Reapers identify Kaylynn as the shooter, they consistently point detectives back to the same person as the mastermind, Steven. The picture detectives begin to piece together is this: Brynn tricked Kayla and lured her to Boyseville, Alex supplied the gun, Kaylynn pulled the trigger, and Steven watched it all unfold without ever getting his say. With this, Alex, Brynn, and Ciara's interviews come to an end, as all three are placed under arrest while a nationwide bolo is issued for Steven and Irina. And while the couple believes they've managed to disappear for good, even the most brilliant masterminds eventually make a mistake, and they are no exception. Over the next several weeks, authorities chase lead after lead until they find a way to get her out of trouble. They finally pick up Steven's trail, bank surveillance cameras capture Steven and Irina on CCTV, and before long, investigators track the couple more than 700 miles from Michigan to a relative's home in New Hanover County, North Carolina. A SWAT team is called in, and the house is quickly surrounded. But despite repeated commands to come outside, Steven refuses to surrender, barricading himself inside and preparing for his final stand. Hours pass. There is little progress, forcing officers to deploy tear gas that finally drives the couple out of the house. More than six weeks after the murder, Steven and Irina are taken into custody and transported into the new Hanover County Sheriff's Office. At this point, detectives know a lot, but not everything. They still need to determine whether Steven orchestrated Kayla's murder or if the Reapers acted on their own, and with investigators believing they're dealing with a dangerous case, they can't rule out the possibility that there are other victims still waiting to be found. Perhaps even the 15 other murders Kayla claimed to have committed. Once at the station, Steven and Irina are separated and placed into different interview rooms, and Detective Peterson decides to begin with Irina. If he can get Steven's own wife to start talking, it will become much harder for Steven to maintain whatever story he's prepared. "Do you know Kayla Sadowski?" "I do." "Okay." "Tell me about her." "She's a good friend." "Did you have any conflicts with her?" "No." "Were you jealous of her at all?" "No." "Was she romantically involved with Steve before you?" "Yes." "So you didn't have any jealousy or anything like that about her?" "No." "So, they went to pick her up, you stayed at the apartment, but you knew at that point that they were going to pick up Kayla to kill her?" "Yeah, I knew that." "Okay. At that point, and just out of curiosity, any reason you didn't call the police?" "I did not." "Okay. So, you're saying that you're not going to call the police?" "No." "Okay. I know everything about, I know more about your wife and your Brynn and yourself probably than you do. So, and I'm going to ask you straight up, is there any reason, or I should say would it surprise you to know, that we have a Facebook conversation between you and Brynn at Boysville that night? No, we don't. I can guarantee we do. Well, this is where I need my lawyer then. I see you. Go, go, go, go! This is sick! Avatar Fire and Ash, now streaming on Disney+. Rated PG-13. Okay, sounds good. Because I know that's not a lie. Oh, it's a guarantee. You'll see that. It's not a lie. The only thing that's not a lie is what you've been telling me since we sat down. I understand we've talked to you. But everything I just said was a lie. Okay. I need a lawyer then. Okay. That's fine. Because I just told you everything by play, by play, what happened. Okay. Just know this. The fellowship you have is broken up. Everyone's talking, including your wife. Okay. We spoke in an arena. We know everything. And I mean everything. So, it's up to you if you want to talk. You said you want to talk to your lawyer. I'll let you have your lawyer. But this will not help you. Okay? Any questions for me? No, sir. Okay. The moment detectives confront Steven with evidence placing him at the crime scene, he's caught off guard and completely shuts down. And now, even without Steven's confession, investigators are able. to piece together what happened to Kayla that night. Steven orchestrated the attack, recruited the others to carry it out, and later returned to conceal her body before fleeing the state. Kaylin was the attacker. She participated in the assault and ultimately fired the shot that killed Kayla. Brynn was the lure. Posing as her boyfriend for weeks, he gained Kayla's trust and convinced her to meet him, ultimately driving her directly to her death. Bring her with you to the crime scene. Two. But don't let her know that you are. I'm sleeping in a tent underneath the bridge. By myself. Send me a location. I got Kayla. She's in my hands now. She fell right in my trap. LOL. Dude, I can't find the gym. I hear you. You're getting closer. Clear. Sierra acted as part of the ambush team waiting for Kayla, serving as lookout as the murder unfolded. Norena never went to Boysville that night. Instead, she stayed at the apartment monitoring a police scanner, ready to warn the group if law enforcement was approaching. And Alex supplied the firearm, later retrieving it and helping conceal the evidence afterwards. In the end, none of the Reapers would escape accountability. Alex pleads guilty to tampering with evidence and accessory charges, receiving a sentence of five to ten years in prison. Norena receives thirteen and a half to thirty years, while Sierra is sentenced to eighteen and a half years. After thirty years, after both plead no contest to second-degree murder, Brynn and Kayla each plead no contest to second-degree murder and are sentenced to forty to sixty years in prison. And Stephen Bales is convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, receiving life without parole, along with a second life sentence with the possibility of parole. As for Kayla's claims that she had murdered sixteen people, detectives were unable to connect her to any other of the victims, leading them to believe the confession was fabricated under pressure by Stephen and Brynn. Even so, investigators are still looking, because there's no way of knowing whether Kayla was their first victim, or simply the first one to be found. And while this case left Michigan shaken by a deadly cult no one knew existed, our next case takes us to a place where violence and gang activity lurk around every corner. These are the members of one of the most infamous gangs in Washington, and in just a few moments, these two seemingly innocent teenagers are about to become their targets. By the time police arrive at the scene, it's already too late. 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