travis payea, a horror film buff who plays the most prominent role in the video, 20-year-old jimmy carlisle who early on in the video helps push danielle to the ground. 19-year-old christina lumm. she drives the car to the so-called grave site. and 20-year-old jonathan cockerill who is seen on the tape tying danielle up and later holding a knife to her in the car. they all claim it was a joke. they were making a movie and danielle taylor was a willing participant. but danielle taylor tells police that she thought she was going to be killed. that s what we alleged, it was against her will, it s illegal. if you re in a fraternity and you know you re going to be hazed and you go into it consensually, you know, some strange things are going to happen, and they go crazy, it s not a crime. if you re in a hockey game and you get your teeth bashed in, it s not a crime. you ve consented because you know that type of behavior is apt to occur. it s where you ve been given no warning that you re
danielle, i want to ask you one last time while we still got time, if you could go back and fix anything in your life, would you? yes. you honestly would. yes. i m not sure who said they wanted me to see this, they wanted me to look at where i was at. someone took my blindfold off. do you know who? i m not positive right now. when your blindfold was removed, what did you see? saw that i was sitting in a grave. travis was talking to them. they were still recording. christina had the camera then. do you really hate me, danielle? i don t hate anybody. even though i was a bitch to you, you don t hate me? no. thanks. well, what do you say, guys? i think it s time.
was present on the evening hours of march 6th? yes, i do. christina lumm, jim carwile, derek faxlinger, travis and jon cockerell. at approximately 11:00 p.m. we were just hanging out, having fun, you know, drank a little bit and supposed to just be a little get-together. quite frankly, it was one of the most repulsive, sadistic things i ve ever seen in 24 years. within two months all the defendants have been released on bail until their case is resolved. but the prospect of life imprisonment hangs over them. abc 12 s michael rosenfield spent the day in pierre county district court. he joins us for the story. michael. angie, this is the first time we have heard the victim in the case, 19-year-old danielle tyler. the media pounces when the tape is released by one of the
back of a car. christina lumm is driving. derek faxlinger stays behind. danielle is taken to the woods half an hour outside of town. every demon, every ghost in your past, everything you want to say, i m sure we ll all be dead or in prison but you might as well say them right now. travis, he s the strong one. he never breaks down. and nothing could ever hurt travis. and that s what a lot of girls think because he s just so big and macho and that s what i thought about him. he just had that image where you couldn t ruin his image. he had to be that strong person and that s how he was. last girl, she said nothing in this car ride. you know why? she never made it out of the house. she was in the trunk on this ride. in this section of the tape danielle s apparent terror and
and assault of taylor. if convicted, they face anywhere from seven years to life in prison. i have never had a case where alleged defendants tape their own alleged crimes. i can t explain criminals. in fact, there are television shows. america s dumbest criminals. whatever. this appears to be right down that alley. the accused are 20-year-old travis payea, a horror film buff who plays the most prominent role in the video, 20-year-old jimmy carlisle, who early on in the video helps push danielle to the ground. 19-year-old christina lumm. she drives the car to the so-called grave site. and 20-year-old jonathan cockerill, who s seen on the tape tying danielle up and later holding a knife to her in the car. they all claim it was a joke. they were making a movie and danielle taylor was a willing participant. but danielle taylor tells police that she thought she was going to be killed.