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. 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 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.
hi. hi, mom. those are my boys. mom, look at me. i m going to be a little bit late for school today. i was too busy, you know, killing some girl. you are about to see a dark and disturbing drama that will end in a shallow grave. we re burying you alive. you are going to die. her eyes glow because of the setting on the camera. what you re seeing on this video, is it a kidnapping? a crime? or were these actors in a sick, amateur movie, a movie this young woman was acting in? are you starting with me? dude, i m blushing. i appreciate that. killer number one. thank you, i ll be here all weekend. killer number one. the driver. jimmy. trav is travis payea, part of
direct threats to her life as a consequence for her not cooperating. but friends and fellow students insist it was a prank. these people are friends of jonathan cockerill s. jon is real big into horror movies. yeah. horror movies are easy to make. they re cheap. i thought it was funny that jon couldn t couldn t keep a straight face through this whole thing. lawyers who represent travis payea and jimmy carlisle. she would have kicked them in the face, pushed them away. it would have taken two people to tie her legs up, but they do it without any difficulty at all. turn it down a little bit, guys. look at the knife carefully. it s entirely covered in scotch tape so that it doesn t injure her in any way at all. but the other side doesn t buy it. these people were performing a very illegal, unethical experiment to get into the mind and thoughts of someone who believes at any moment they re going to die. where s the [ bleep ]?
criminal. the chief state police psychologist agrees. my conclusion had been, based upon the totality of the video, that the victim was not a willing participant. she displayed behaviors throughout the video that are typified by victims of terrorism. you move, you make one [ bleep ] sound or movement, you ll die right then. i counted no less than nine direct threats to her life as a consequence for her not cooperating. but friends and fellow students insist it was a prank. these people are friends of jonathan cockerill s. jon is real big into horror movies. yeah. horror movies are easy to make. they re cheap. i thought it was funny that jon couldn t couldn t keep a straight face through this whole thing. lawyers who represent travis payea and jimmy carlisle.
what you re seeing on this video, is it a kidnapping? a crime? or were these actors in a sick, amateur movie, a movie this young woman was acting in? are you starting with me? dude, i m blushing. i appreciate that. killer number one. thank you, i ll be here all weekend. killer number one. the driver. jimmy. trav is travis payea, part of a group of young men who rented this dingy party house in flint, michigan. 19-year-old danielle taylor is a cashier for a fast food restaurant. she comes over late one night in 2002 to visit travis. suddenly, she is wrestled to the ground. hold her. her hands and legs bound. travis payea is behind the camera. what the [ bleep ] did i do? nothing. see, that s the thing. if you did something, everybody would know we had motive to kill you. just [ bleep ] sheer murder.