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This is the story
of an all-American couple.
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They're the life and soul
of the party,
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and they're living
their happily ever after.
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Here here!
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It was supposed to be beginning of
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a perfectly beautiful life together.
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But things are not always what they seem.
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I went from seeing my child everyday
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to not seeing my child at all.
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And not all fairy tales
have happy endings.
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It was a nightmare.
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It was brutal.
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Somewhere in these precious home videos,
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a killer is lurking,
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waiting to unleash hell.
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There's the demon who would've known?
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It's Christmas Eve
in New York City's borough of
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Staten Island,
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and the extended mapes family
is celebrating in style.
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The camera follows the scent
of a roast Turkey to
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the kitchen to find
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Christmas chef, Theresa,
in classic '80s-style
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tank top and perm.
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We were all very loud Italians
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and, um, very opinionated.
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And we enjoyed spending
every moment together.
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Eagerly awaiting the feast is
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Theresa's five-year-old
daughter, Simeonette.
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Simeonette was the only girl,
so it was just her,
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her two boy cousins, and her brother.
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When Simeonette was born,
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her older brother, little John,
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pronounced her name Sissy,
and it kind of stuck.
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For little John,
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Christmas with the family is
as good as it gets.
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Wo yay!
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Christmas was the pinnacle
of our childhood.
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That was the time we would get
to come and see grandma
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and all of our family, you know, get to
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sleep in a different bed
in a different house,
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let grandma feed us, that kind of stuff.
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So it was great.
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For dad, John sr.
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the mapes family home is a safe haven
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to enjoy down time with the kids.
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Sissy and little John, they were in heaven.
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They was around their cousins
and playing and all the...
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The musics, the gifts, the food,
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the...you name it, the whole atmosphere.
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It was -- they loved it.
They loved it a lot.
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Christmas is a rare
chance for the whole family
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to let loose together,
and no one holds back.
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We always made it a party, and that party
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lasted for a week,
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you know, the whole week
we were there.
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This is the first time Theresa,
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John, and the kids have been
back to Staten Island in months.
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John has a job in the air force,
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and life in the military
means a life on the road.
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I flew everywhere --
I was gone all the time.
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When your dog doesn't know you
when you get home,
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you know you got a problem.
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It was kinda very hard on my children,
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growing up in the military,
because that stability
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wasn't there.
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We moved roughly every
18 months to two years,
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and that would sometimes mean,
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you know, one state to another.
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It was a little bit stressing,
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'cause it's hard to keep
and maintain friends.
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Despite the regular changes,
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Sissy can always count on
the support of her big brother.
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Nobody was allowed to pick on my sister.
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They were not allowed to --
I made sure.
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If I knew,
I put a stop to it.
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After the Christmas feast,
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a very special guest drops by.
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Hi, Santa!
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There's Simeonette.
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-There she is.
- Little chubby cheeks.
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Yeah.
-She was so excited.
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Yeah.
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How we enjoyed those christmases.
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I would dress up as
Santa for nieces and nephews
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to make them believe and give them gifts
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on Christmas Eve
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until my nephew, little John,
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was like, "you're not Santa,
you're uncle Frankie."
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You know.
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That probably gives you a little glimpse
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of the pain in the butt
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I could've been as a kid, you know?
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So I didn't have a filter
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or a way to say, "don't say that."
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I knew it right away.
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And there I am, ruining it
for the other little kids.
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It's just...
One of those things.
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Wo yeah.
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Whoa!
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Clearly, Sissy is on
Santa's good list this year.
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Her reward a giant unicorn.
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She was always sweet.
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That's one thing you remember
about Sissy
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she was a sweet kid.
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Wo we'll see ya!
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Theresa and John
know that their frequent moves
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are hard on the kids, which is why,
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six months later,
they're back in Staten Island
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visiting family once more.
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We put the pool together, got it ready
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just before fourth of July.
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My brother-in-laws would
get on each other's back,
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and then we'd knock ea --
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try to knock each other off.
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Just great time.
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We won!
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Whoo!
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She's so little in the pool.
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So little, so tiny.
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-She had no teeth.
- No.
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And everybody's smoking.
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My mom would make sure
that we were all together,
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no matter where we were
or what we were doing.
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We would have to come in
for that weekend
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for fourth of July.
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The family caps off the day
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with sparklers in front of the house.
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And Sissy, seen here in yellow,
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is delighted to join in on the fun.
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Everyone seems to be
having a good time...
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Until the grownups break out
the heavy artillery.
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Whoa!
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When the sun goes down,
the explosives came out,
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and we just ignited the neighborhood.
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The kids would go with
the sparklers, and the adults
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would throw m80s and mortars,
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and we'd just light up the sky,
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And it was fun.
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Family fun again --
Christmas and fourth of July.
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Whoa!
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Amidst all the chaos,
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it's easy to see why the mapes
are all fired up about moving
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back to Staten Island.
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Seven years later,
the dream becomes a reality.
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My husband said, "you know what?
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I think it's time
that we go back home," and,
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you know, and he put in for a transfer.
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My kids were thrilled to death.
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They could not wait to call
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Staten Island, New York, their home.
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Staten Island was, you know,
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it's the only place we wanted to be.
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The timing couldn't be better.
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Sissy and little John settle
into the local school
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and thrive.
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Fort Hamilton was
the school that they grew up in,
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and they loved it.
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They had a lot of good friends,
they did extremely well,
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and that was the best move we made.
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By the spring of 2000, Sissy
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has turned into a confident young woman,
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and it's not long until
she graduates high school
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with honors.
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So Sissy was extremely smart and did
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very, very well in school,
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but she never talked about it.
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She never let anyone know,
because she just kept it
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to herself she just wasn't the type
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to gloat or brag or anything.
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During the summer, Sissy takes a job
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helping children with special needs.
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It's here she discovers her calling.
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She was about 19 years old, and she said,
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"you know what, mom?
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I think I'm gonna become a teacher."
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And knowing that my daughter picked that,
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I knew that she would be
the best teacher in the world
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when it came to those children.
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Sissy's life is about
to change dramatically,
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but it won't be because of her new career.
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It's 2001, and Simeonette "Sissy" mapes
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is studying hard to fulfill her
ambition of becoming a teacher.
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When she was in college,
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her girlfriend decided that
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Sissy needed to find a boyfriend,
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so she introduced Sissy to Jonathan.
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Sissy and Jonathan
Crupi graduated from high school
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the same year but never knew each other.
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The two quickly bond over their shared past
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and their dreams for the future.
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It's not long before
Sissy mapes has fallen in love.
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Simeonette had came home one evening
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and told me that she had met
a -- a young man.
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His plans were to become
a schoolteacher also,
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you know, "mommy," she said,
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"I think you'll like him.
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"He's a really nice guy, and, you know,
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"and he knows what he
wants to do with his life.
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"And I think he's the one.
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He's the one," and I was --
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you know, I smiled,
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and basically told my daughter,
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"whatever makes you happy."
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As well as sharing the same passions,
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Jonathan and Sissy share
a quirky sense of humor.
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Who needs to hit the clubs
when you can use
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a Brooklyn sidewalk
to bust out your best moves?
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Whoo!
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Jonathan and Simeonette seemed
to have the ideal relationship.
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They were always laughing together,
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always playing pranks on each
other, on vacation all the time.
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It was hard for me, because any girlfriend
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that I would have,
would always try to compare.
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Look at the relationship they have --
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how come we can't laugh like that?
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I went from seeing my child every day
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to not seeing my child at all.
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I could tell that my daughter
was very, very happy.
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In the back of a limo
at a friend's wedding,
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it's clear just how happy they are.
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Seeing Jonathan and Simeonette in
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the limo is how I seen Jonathan
and Simeonette all the time.
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I always seen them laughing
and -- and --
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you know, just this special couple.
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After dating for four years,
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Sissy and Jonathan want to move in together.
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They can't yet afford a place of their own,
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but Sissy has a plan.
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Simeonette said,
"mom, what do you think about...
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"Jonathan and I moving in together,
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and can he move in with US?"
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The mapes have a small basement apartment
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separate from the rest of the house.
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Sissy's hoping to claim it
for her and Jonathan,
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but mom and dad are not so sure.
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My husband and I agreed that
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the only way that Jonathan can move in is
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if this was gonna be
a permanent relationship.
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And that Christmas, Jonathan decided
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to ask Simeonette to marry him.
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By the summer of 2006,
Jonathan and Sissy
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haven't saved enough for a wedding,
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but they do want to make their commitment
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to one another clear to everyone.
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At the crown palace in Staten Island,
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they throw a huge engagement party
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for their families and friends.
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As everyone knows in New York,
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you know, you gotta do it big.
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Simeonette was dressed all in gold,
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and Jonathan dressed in his suit.
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And all of us were
at, um, this beautiful hall,
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and we had such
a wonderful time that evening.
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Little John was very happy
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that he could say that
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his sister found a good man
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that loves her, would take care of her
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and treat her like a woman.
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Here here!
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Every time you see Simeonette,
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she would be smiling, just so happy.
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It was supposed to be the beginning
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of a perfectly beautiful life together.
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Both the Crupis and the mapes
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are big families with big personalities.
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It was great -- it was --
it was a big party,
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you know, good food, and, um,
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you know, fantastic time.
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And just as if
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it were a wedding reception,
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Sissy and her father share
a moment on the dance floor.
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That dance with my daughter...
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Get this feeling through you,
the tingling and...
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The pride and the joy.
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It was really, really good.
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Soon, the party is in full swing
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as everyone hits the dance floor.
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Of course, mom, Theresa, is already
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out there getting her groove on.
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Some things never change.
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It's the perfect celebration
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for a seemingly perfect couple.
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July 2007 --
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one year after their engagement party,
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Jonathan Crupi and Sissy mapes
tie the knot.
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Sissy looked
fantastic, she looked beautiful,
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so when she walked out,
you know, she got a lot of
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gasps from people, that, you know,
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never would think they'd see
Simeonette getting married.
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She looked great.
It was amazing.
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I seen the smile on my baby's face,
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I seen just how happy she was
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and how happy she was going to be.
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And we knew that they were gonna enjoy
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each other's company for
the rest of their lives.
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The newlyweds move
into a home of their own
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in New Springville.
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Sissy is thrilled to land
a job teaching social studies
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at Brooklyn school for classics,
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and it's clear she has a talent.
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Simeonette's students
scored so high on the sats,
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they thought Simeonette cheated.
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They had to retest the students
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on a weekend with a guard there.
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And
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Simeonette's students excelled again,
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and I never been so proud of my daughter.
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Sissy's working hard and flying high.
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But for new husband, Jonathan,
it's a struggle.
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And after several failed
attempts to secure
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a teaching job,
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he has a shocking confession to make.
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Jonathan
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never got his fellowship,
never got his degree.
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Jonathan tells the family
that he failed his exam.
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He'd been too ashamed
and upset to even tell his wife.
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Simeonette couldn't believe that
he lied to her and everything,
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but she really loved him,
and she believed him
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when he said that he was sorry
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and decided that she was gonna
give him another chance.
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Jonathan tells Sissy that he still wants
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to complete his teaching degree.
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Problem is, it will cost
around $25,000 to retake
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the course.
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When it came to re-paying for the degree,
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it caused a financial burden
on Simeonette and Jonathan.
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But Sissy is determined to support
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her husband and somehow make it work.
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While Jonathan finishes
his degree, Sissy sets up
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a payment plan to finance
her husband's debt.
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Simeonette was working
full-time and so was
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able to help make those
payments to the university.
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So Simeonette was paying for his degree.
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After months and months of hard work,
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Jonathan finally finishes
his teaching degree,
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and Sissy persuades her school principal
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to give him a shot teaching English.
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Now Jonathan and Simeonette are
working at school for classics.
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They become the most popular teachers
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in that high school --
their students loved them.
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They just adored them.
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Both keen to advance their education,
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it comes as no surprise
when they choose to enroll
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for their masters.
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Simeonette was thrilled to death that,
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you know, Jonathan was able to
start his master's program
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along with her,
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and it was something that
they both had a dream of doing
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and getting accomplished.
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In 2012, they move into
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their fifth year of married life,
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and things for the young
couple seem to be going great.
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As the summer rolls around,
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it's time for the famous
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mapes family fourth of July celebrations.
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But on the day,
Sissy isn't feeling well.
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My daughter was outside the pool.
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Jonathan was inside the pool,
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and right around 6:30 that evening,
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Simeonette said, "mom, I'm not feeling well.
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We're gonna go home."
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That evening, I called Simeonette,
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and I asked her how she was doing,
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and she had answered the phone crying.
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I said, "Simeonette,
you're gonna have to go
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to the doctor and find out what's going on."
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And she promised me that she would,
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00:23:57,737 --> 00:23:58,997
and I told her, "okay,
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"I'll talk to you in the morning.
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If you need me, just call me."
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In Staten Island, police urgently respond
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to a 911 call from Jonathan Crupi
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concerning his wife, Sissy.
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Across town, Theresa receives
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00:25:13,412 --> 00:25:15,682
a voicemail message from her
daughter's husband, Jonathan.
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When Theresa calls back,
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she can't believe what's being said.
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I hung up the phone,
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and I tried to make it down the stairs.
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Something happened to my knees,
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and I can only think that
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it was the shock of it.
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I get my neighbor to drive me
to my daughter's house,
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which is maybe 10 minutes away.
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00:25:55,855 --> 00:25:58,355
We get there, and all of a sudden,
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all the police cars started coming.
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Police on scene make
their way inside the house.
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At the bottom of the stairs,
in a pool of blood,
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00:26:17,777 --> 00:26:19,677
they find Sissy's lifeless body.
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00:26:23,549 --> 00:26:27,349
Outside, police confirm
Theresa's worst nightmare.
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I...
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Was just hysterical, I --
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I can't even tell you that
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00:26:36,062 --> 00:26:38,662
I remember that day all that great,
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00:26:38,764 --> 00:26:40,604
but I remember...
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00:26:42,935 --> 00:26:45,565
The cops telling me I couldn't
get to my daughter.
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I wasn't allowed to kiss her
or hug her goodbye.
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00:26:51,677 --> 00:26:52,737
I get out of my truck.
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00:26:54,647 --> 00:26:56,447
I look up, and I see Theresa.
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00:26:59,352 --> 00:27:01,692
And she's crying.
401
00:27:01,787 --> 00:27:03,947
And they go -- and she goes,
"they killed our baby.
402
00:27:04,056 --> 00:27:06,516
They killed our baby."
403
00:27:14,266 --> 00:27:17,466
Merry Christmas.
404
00:27:17,570 --> 00:27:19,840
Needless to say, it was
the worst day of my life,
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00:27:21,907 --> 00:27:24,007
and because of that,
I wish I was never born...
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So that my child wouldn't have to suffer.
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00:27:36,622 --> 00:27:38,692
While detectives
process the crime scene,
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00:27:38,791 --> 00:27:41,791
distraught husband, Jonathan,
is taken to the precinct.
409
00:27:44,263 --> 00:27:46,663
The spouse is automatically a suspect,
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00:27:46,766 --> 00:27:49,266
so the first thing they're
gonna want to do is question
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00:27:49,368 --> 00:27:51,838
the spouse about where were you?
412
00:27:51,937 --> 00:27:54,137
And if you are the innocent spouse,
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00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:57,680
of course you're going to
cooperate with the police.
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00:27:59,979 --> 00:28:01,879
Jonathan tells investigators that he left
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00:28:01,981 --> 00:28:04,981
the house earlier that day
to run some errands in town.
416
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,620
At 9 A.M., he went by
the school to pick up supplies.
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00:28:12,224 --> 00:28:14,864
At 10 A.M., he had his car serviced,
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00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,530
and at around 12 P.M.,
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00:28:17,630 --> 00:28:19,830
he went to the hardware store.
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00:28:19,932 --> 00:28:21,932
He texted Sissy throughout the morning
421
00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:23,474
but never heard back.
422
00:28:24,904 --> 00:28:27,274
Jonathan believed that she was
probably still asleep.
423
00:28:27,373 --> 00:28:31,243
It was -- it was morning,
he was running his errands.
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00:28:31,343 --> 00:28:34,083
The messages on Jonathan's cellphone
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00:28:34,180 --> 00:28:35,880
support his story.
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00:28:37,316 --> 00:28:40,716
And telephone mast analysis
confirms his location
427
00:28:40,820 --> 00:28:43,420
at the time of his texts.
428
00:28:43,522 --> 00:28:47,262
Jonathan's text messages
to Simeonette that day
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00:28:47,359 --> 00:28:48,459
were consistent
430
00:28:48,561 --> 00:28:52,001
with the sequence of events
of the going to school,
431
00:28:52,098 --> 00:28:53,298
going to get the car inspected.
432
00:28:55,901 --> 00:28:57,301
With Jonathan free to leave,
433
00:28:59,872 --> 00:29:01,912
back at the crime scene,
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00:29:02,007 --> 00:29:04,207
evidence points to Sissy's murder being
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00:29:04,310 --> 00:29:06,280
the result of a burglary gone wrong.
436
00:29:09,148 --> 00:29:11,178
Windows and doors are found open,
437
00:29:11,283 --> 00:29:13,053
and the house has been ransacked.
438
00:29:15,621 --> 00:29:17,151
The house was a mess.
439
00:29:17,256 --> 00:29:22,126
There were jewelry boxes
and drawers that were open.
440
00:29:22,228 --> 00:29:26,728
It appeared that somebody had
actually burglarized the home.
441
00:29:31,537 --> 00:29:33,997
While police continue to investigate,
442
00:29:34,106 --> 00:29:35,506
on July 10th,
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00:29:35,608 --> 00:29:39,538
family and friends gather
to say farewell to Sissy mapes.
444
00:29:42,414 --> 00:29:44,624
It was just heart-wrenching.
445
00:29:44,717 --> 00:29:45,917
It was...
446
00:29:46,018 --> 00:29:47,818
A nightmare
447
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,350
to walk into that funeral home
448
00:29:50,456 --> 00:29:53,716
and have to see our baby girl
laying in a box.
449
00:29:56,529 --> 00:29:59,059
Because Simeonette made
a difference in their lives,
450
00:29:59,165 --> 00:30:03,765
a lot of her students traveled 2.5 hours
451
00:30:03,869 --> 00:30:06,799
on a bus to get to
her funeral that evening.
452
00:30:10,676 --> 00:30:12,776
You know, a mother...
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00:30:12,878 --> 00:30:13,978
Came to Theresa
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00:30:15,981 --> 00:30:18,281
and said, "your daughter changed a lot of
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00:30:18,384 --> 00:30:19,684
these people's lives,"
456
00:30:19,785 --> 00:30:22,045
and I know I've never changed
anybody's life like that.
457
00:30:24,557 --> 00:30:26,017
But my daughter did
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00:30:27,927 --> 00:30:29,057
to a lot of these kids.
459
00:30:34,867 --> 00:30:37,067
I can only imagine
if she was able to live...
460
00:30:42,208 --> 00:30:43,268
What she could have done.
461
00:30:54,386 --> 00:30:56,416
While the mapes family mourns,
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00:30:56,522 --> 00:30:59,222
detectives receive
the medical examiner's report.
463
00:31:01,026 --> 00:31:03,526
It reveals that Sissy had severe bruising,
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00:31:04,964 --> 00:31:06,864
suggesting she'd either fallen
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00:31:06,966 --> 00:31:08,896
or been pushed down the stairs.
466
00:31:10,336 --> 00:31:13,096
She's also been stabbed multiple times.
467
00:31:15,507 --> 00:31:18,377
Simeonette was stabbed about 15 times.
468
00:31:18,477 --> 00:31:21,407
Um, it was brutal.
469
00:31:23,816 --> 00:31:25,776
Initial analysis suggested that this was
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00:31:25,885 --> 00:31:27,475
a home invasion gone wrong.
471
00:31:29,688 --> 00:31:31,048
But there's something about the layout
472
00:31:31,156 --> 00:31:33,956
of this crime scene
the detectives don't like.
473
00:31:35,928 --> 00:31:41,228
If it was a home invasion,
how would the invader
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00:31:41,333 --> 00:31:43,403
get behind her
475
00:31:43,502 --> 00:31:45,472
on top of the steps?
476
00:31:45,571 --> 00:31:48,941
There's no ingress unless
you come through a window,
477
00:31:49,041 --> 00:31:52,711
and this is a very high-traffic area.
478
00:31:52,811 --> 00:31:55,411
This is not the area where,
you know, home invaders,
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00:31:55,547 --> 00:31:58,077
you know, taking a ladder out of
a car, throwing it up against
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the window, and coming in.
481
00:32:02,588 --> 00:32:04,548
What's more, the brutal nature of
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00:32:04,657 --> 00:32:07,687
the attack suggests this was
no crime of opportunity.
483
00:32:09,428 --> 00:32:12,728
Usually, when you have
a home invasion case,
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00:32:12,831 --> 00:32:16,671
the person who's invading
the home usually just wants
485
00:32:16,769 --> 00:32:18,369
to disable the victim,
get them out of the way,
486
00:32:18,470 --> 00:32:21,170
so they can accomplish
what they wanna do.
487
00:32:21,273 --> 00:32:22,343
This, though,
488
00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:25,681
was a brutal, angry --
489
00:32:25,778 --> 00:32:28,878
when you see that many stab wounds,
490
00:32:28,981 --> 00:32:30,181
that's anger.
491
00:32:31,583 --> 00:32:33,653
To detectives, it's clear
492
00:32:33,752 --> 00:32:36,852
that Sissy's murder was personal.
493
00:32:36,956 --> 00:32:38,116
They have no choice but to
494
00:32:38,223 --> 00:32:41,763
refocus their investigation
on husband, Jonathan.
495
00:32:43,095 --> 00:32:46,025
Jonathan had given them
496
00:32:46,131 --> 00:32:49,101
a perfect account of every single thing
497
00:32:49,201 --> 00:32:51,641
that had happened that morning
498
00:32:51,737 --> 00:32:53,437
with respect to him,
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00:32:53,539 --> 00:32:56,309
and that's what made the police
500
00:32:56,408 --> 00:32:58,538
think to themselves,
501
00:32:58,644 --> 00:33:00,984
this is pretty perfect.
502
00:33:01,113 --> 00:33:02,953
What's going on here?
503
00:33:03,048 --> 00:33:04,578
There's usually not a --
504
00:33:04,683 --> 00:33:06,523
"I left the house at this time.
505
00:33:06,618 --> 00:33:09,118
I went to this place at this time,"
506
00:33:09,254 --> 00:33:12,664
so that got their,
507
00:33:12,758 --> 00:33:15,188
intuition or whatever,
for lack of a better word.
508
00:33:18,364 --> 00:33:20,034
In a bid to challenge his alibi,
509
00:33:20,132 --> 00:33:23,002
detectives collect and analyze
surveillance video from
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00:33:23,102 --> 00:33:24,572
the morning of Sissy's murder.
511
00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:29,236
Starting with the school,
512
00:33:29,341 --> 00:33:33,681
video confirms that Jonathan
was there at 9:30 A.M.,
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00:33:33,779 --> 00:33:35,049
picking up supplies.
514
00:33:37,683 --> 00:33:40,453
Further surveillance from
the garage corroborates that
515
00:33:40,552 --> 00:33:41,852
Jonathan dropped off his car
516
00:33:41,954 --> 00:33:43,894
to be serviced at 10:30 A.M.
517
00:33:46,525 --> 00:33:48,385
To kill time, he even crossed the road
518
00:33:48,494 --> 00:33:50,264
to look at sneakers in a local shop.
519
00:33:52,431 --> 00:33:57,231
Jonathan's alibi is being
proven on camera, step by step,
520
00:33:57,336 --> 00:33:58,566
text by text.
521
00:34:00,139 --> 00:34:03,709
Lastly, detectives watch video
from the hardware store.
522
00:34:03,809 --> 00:34:06,809
Jonathan told police
he was there at 12 P.M.
523
00:34:08,881 --> 00:34:10,981
Police pull the footage and expect to
524
00:34:11,083 --> 00:34:13,083
see Jonathan walk in at any time.
525
00:34:17,723 --> 00:34:19,893
But Jonathan is a no show.
526
00:34:24,129 --> 00:34:26,329
Their suspicions rising,
527
00:34:26,432 --> 00:34:28,832
police order a further search
on his property.
528
00:34:39,078 --> 00:34:43,178
Finally, in a closet,
they find a gym bag,
529
00:34:43,282 --> 00:34:46,222
and in the gym bag,
they find a cellphone,
530
00:34:46,318 --> 00:34:47,418
and on the cellphone,
531
00:34:47,553 --> 00:34:51,493
they find a number of
unrecognized phone numbers.
532
00:34:53,258 --> 00:34:55,288
Detectives decide to dial
533
00:34:55,394 --> 00:34:58,434
the most frequent unknown number.
534
00:34:58,530 --> 00:35:00,230
And that's when they discover
535
00:35:00,332 --> 00:35:01,932
Ms. Pumpkin.
536
00:35:03,502 --> 00:35:07,102
Ms. Pumpkin is a local prostitute,
537
00:35:07,206 --> 00:35:10,406
and Jonathan Crupi
called her on the morning
538
00:35:10,509 --> 00:35:11,839
of his wife's murder.
539
00:35:19,852 --> 00:35:20,982
When he cut the cake
540
00:35:21,086 --> 00:35:23,516
at Sissy mapes' engagement party,
541
00:35:23,622 --> 00:35:26,692
fiance Jonathan goofed
around with the knife.
542
00:35:28,293 --> 00:35:30,863
But in the wake of Sissy's
senseless murder,
543
00:35:30,963 --> 00:35:32,303
no one is laughing.
544
00:35:35,901 --> 00:35:38,101
Police have just discovered
that on the morning
545
00:35:38,203 --> 00:35:39,603
of his wife's slaying,
546
00:35:39,705 --> 00:35:41,605
he contacted a local prostitute
547
00:35:41,707 --> 00:35:43,067
known as Ms. Pumpkin.
548
00:35:45,577 --> 00:35:47,777
When brought into the station
for questioning,
549
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,850
she reveals that Jonathan was
with her for an hour
550
00:35:50,949 --> 00:35:53,179
from 12 P.M.
551
00:35:53,285 --> 00:35:56,985
Ms. Pumpkin confirmed for us
552
00:35:57,089 --> 00:35:58,919
that yes, she, in fact,
553
00:35:59,024 --> 00:36:02,764
was with him in that timeframe.
554
00:36:02,861 --> 00:36:06,961
She had another booking,
and she squeezed him in.
555
00:36:09,468 --> 00:36:11,668
Instead of going to the hardware store
556
00:36:11,770 --> 00:36:15,810
like he told police, Jonathan spent $300
557
00:36:15,908 --> 00:36:17,038
cheating on his wife.
558
00:36:20,479 --> 00:36:23,279
Analysis on Sissy's
cellphone uncovers that she had
559
00:36:23,382 --> 00:36:26,022
recently found out about her husband's
560
00:36:26,118 --> 00:36:28,078
extracurricular activities.
561
00:36:29,421 --> 00:36:31,721
And the deceit doesn't end there.
562
00:36:33,892 --> 00:36:37,562
Right around June, Simeonette
receives a letter from
563
00:36:37,663 --> 00:36:42,973
Staten Island college saying
that she had made honors
564
00:36:43,068 --> 00:36:46,498
and will be receiving
her master's degree.
565
00:36:48,407 --> 00:36:53,077
So we were thrilled to death,
and Simeonette was waiting
566
00:36:53,178 --> 00:36:54,978
on Jonathan's letter.
567
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,550
Johnson's letter never came.
568
00:36:57,649 --> 00:37:00,379
Police discover Jonathan had never even
569
00:37:00,485 --> 00:37:02,215
enrolled to take his master's degree.
570
00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:05,385
He had hoodwinked his wife,
571
00:37:05,490 --> 00:37:08,660
pocketed the tuition,
and was instead leading
572
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:09,960
a secret double life.
573
00:37:12,231 --> 00:37:14,331
He never took the class.
574
00:37:14,433 --> 00:37:17,873
He would drop Simeonette off,
and then he would go meet
575
00:37:17,970 --> 00:37:22,070
Ms. Pumpkin, and they would
do whatever they would do.
576
00:37:22,174 --> 00:37:24,674
So at some point,
Simeonette found out that
577
00:37:24,776 --> 00:37:27,006
the money that he had received
578
00:37:27,112 --> 00:37:31,882
as a loan to go to school was
not being used to go to school.
579
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,749
For Sissy, it was the final straw.
580
00:37:36,855 --> 00:37:38,985
Jonathan had spent
581
00:37:39,091 --> 00:37:41,191
50,000 on strippers
582
00:37:41,293 --> 00:37:43,793
and hookers
583
00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:46,095
the whole four years of their marriage.
584
00:37:46,198 --> 00:37:50,768
I never seen my baby cry
like that ever in her life.
585
00:37:50,869 --> 00:37:53,139
She knows that she has to leave.
586
00:37:53,238 --> 00:37:56,338
And she made me promise
that I wouldn't tell
587
00:37:56,441 --> 00:37:58,981
my husband and my son,
588
00:37:59,077 --> 00:38:01,177
or anyone else, for that matter,
589
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:02,780
that she was gonna handle it.
590
00:38:04,549 --> 00:38:07,279
Just days after telling her mother that
591
00:38:07,386 --> 00:38:10,116
she was going to confront
Jonathan over his lies,
592
00:38:10,222 --> 00:38:11,422
Sissy was dead.
593
00:38:14,026 --> 00:38:16,186
Detectives dig deeper,
594
00:38:16,295 --> 00:38:19,295
and it's not long before
they hit pay dirt.
595
00:38:20,299 --> 00:38:22,929
They subpoena and get
his computer records.
596
00:38:23,035 --> 00:38:27,565
And they find on his hard
drive a number of searches,
597
00:38:27,673 --> 00:38:30,743
like, how to clean up a crime scene.
598
00:38:30,842 --> 00:38:34,082
Does bleach clean up DNA?
599
00:38:36,214 --> 00:38:38,524
For detectives, it seals the deal.
600
00:38:42,988 --> 00:38:47,418
On November 13, 2012,
Jonathan Crupi is arrested.
601
00:38:49,328 --> 00:38:50,988
He maintains his innocence.
602
00:38:54,299 --> 00:38:56,329
It takes three years,
603
00:38:56,435 --> 00:38:59,635
but in June 2015,
the case against Jonathan
604
00:38:59,738 --> 00:39:01,238
is presented to the jury.
605
00:39:04,042 --> 00:39:06,842
What I think happened
was that Simeonette
606
00:39:06,945 --> 00:39:09,245
told him that his gig was up.
607
00:39:09,348 --> 00:39:11,448
She was just gonna uncover him,
608
00:39:11,550 --> 00:39:14,350
and she was gonna let everyone know
609
00:39:14,453 --> 00:39:16,993
what kind of a man he was.
610
00:39:19,424 --> 00:39:22,594
Terrified of being
exposed as a liar and a cheat,
611
00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:26,064
Jonathan takes matters
into his own hands.
612
00:39:26,164 --> 00:39:28,904
Prosecutors allege that
during a heated argument,
613
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,900
Jonathan shoves Sissy down the stairs.
614
00:39:33,872 --> 00:39:37,972
But when the fall doesn't kill
her and she starts to scream,
615
00:39:38,076 --> 00:39:41,236
Jonathan has no choice
but to silence her,
616
00:39:41,346 --> 00:39:45,516
letting loose his rage
to stab Sissy 15 times
617
00:39:45,617 --> 00:39:48,717
in the back, chest, and neck
618
00:39:48,820 --> 00:39:51,820
before staging the scene
as a home invasion.
619
00:39:54,459 --> 00:39:56,889
Then he makes a play of running errands,
620
00:39:58,363 --> 00:40:00,963
even sending his already
murdered wife a series
621
00:40:01,066 --> 00:40:02,966
of texts.
622
00:40:03,068 --> 00:40:06,998
Finally, he calls Ms. Pumpkin
to let off some steam before
623
00:40:07,105 --> 00:40:09,205
returning home to play the role of
624
00:40:09,307 --> 00:40:10,637
the grief-stricken husband.
625
00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:21,921
He had sex with
a prostitute after he killed
626
00:40:22,020 --> 00:40:23,550
my sister, right?
627
00:40:23,655 --> 00:40:26,785
It took every ounce of my being to not...
628
00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:31,290
Jump over the rail
and go after him, for sure.
629
00:40:33,632 --> 00:40:35,132
After a five-week trial,
630
00:40:35,233 --> 00:40:38,233
the jury needs just two hours
to deliver a verdict.
631
00:40:39,604 --> 00:40:42,914
Jonathan Crupi is found
guilty of second-degree murder
632
00:40:43,008 --> 00:40:45,578
and sentenced to 25 years to life.
633
00:40:47,712 --> 00:40:51,852
It's the result Sissy's family
have been praying for.
634
00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:52,820
This has been long awaited.
635
00:40:52,918 --> 00:40:55,348
Three years, and he got what he deserved,
636
00:40:55,454 --> 00:40:57,724
and my baby can rest in peace.
637
00:40:57,823 --> 00:40:59,393
-Amen.
-Amen!
638
00:40:59,491 --> 00:41:00,691
Amen.
639
00:41:02,427 --> 00:41:05,227
Jonathan has two faces of evil.
640
00:41:05,330 --> 00:41:08,800
There was a side that was hot-tempered,
641
00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:10,770
lazy,
642
00:41:10,869 --> 00:41:12,899
deceitful,
643
00:41:13,004 --> 00:41:15,374
and then there was this other side
644
00:41:15,474 --> 00:41:18,984
that was loving,
645
00:41:19,077 --> 00:41:20,577
caring,
646
00:41:20,679 --> 00:41:22,679
but the whole time with
a knife in his hand.
647
00:41:26,952 --> 00:41:30,252
For Sissy's family,
watching old home videos
648
00:41:30,355 --> 00:41:32,815
of happier times is bittersweet.
649
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:42,600
My baby.
650
00:41:45,737 --> 00:41:47,197
You know, you always
think that those moments
651
00:41:47,305 --> 00:41:49,935
will last forever, and they don't.
652
00:41:53,245 --> 00:41:54,535
That face.
653
00:41:56,147 --> 00:41:58,617
Do anything to take her
off of that screen?
654
00:41:58,717 --> 00:42:00,217
Yeah.
655
00:42:01,987 --> 00:42:03,887
There's Simeonette.
656
00:42:03,989 --> 00:42:05,419
And there's the demon.
657
00:42:08,927 --> 00:42:10,527
Who would have known?
658
00:42:12,497 --> 00:42:14,097
The way he swung the knife.
659
00:42:20,605 --> 00:42:22,635
If only I knew,
I could've saved her.
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