took the life of 18-year-old susan worthen. on november of 1975, i got into my car and started driving around. high on alcohol and pills, brook s joy ride with a stolen gun took a dramatic turn when he encountered the girl. she looked at me real funny, like, and i got mad. i got mad at the way that she was looking at me. she looked at me the way my wife did, that hurt and made me angry. she was like all the others. i felt the anger well up in me again. she had growled at me and now she was talking to another guy. so i pulled up on the side street and walked over to their car. and showed my gun and got in. i ordered them out and made him get into the trunk of the car. i ordered her to get in the back of the car, in the backseat, and
for somebody with the mentality or the emotional state of a child, prison s perfect. they tell you when to get up. they tell you when to go to bed. they do your laundry for you, they cook your meals for you, tell you when to eat. they give you chores to do. if you re good, you get to go out and play in the park with the other kids. if you re bad, you go to your room. if you re really bad, they put you in a little special room. ronald brook feels his childhood was missing this kind of order and stability. in today s therapy session, ron brook is asked to talk about his marriage. a union, he claims, ended in betrayal. i married at too young of age, i was 22 21, and she was 16. much too young for either one of us, really. we had been married about a year
to do. brook takes a shortcut and begins a new life on the run. and this guy says, are you tired of being here? and i said, i sure am. and he says, do you want to leave? and i said, i sure do. unt ali. you didn t tell me aunt alice was coming. of course. don t forget grandpa. can the test drive be over now? maybe just head back to the dealership? don t you want to meet my family? yep, totally. it s practically yours, but we still need your signature. hurry in for great deals all black friday weekend on select new volkswagen models during the sign- then-drive event.
coming up, brook tries to run from his past. we are so high on adrenaline, that time almost stops. and later brook comes clean about the murder and reveals a shocking new detail about the night of the crime. i felt numb and cold but i didn t stop. ly the police are t when you call the insurance company, they want to know everything. how fast were you going? were there any witnesses? how much damage was done? the only thing they don t ask is, are you okay? at liberty mutual, we never forget that policies are about people. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance.
learn that there is the possibility of forgiveness. for the survivors i work with, that go to the prison, for them it s worse to think of that person s life offender s life never changing, that they are the same person they were when they went in. without you guys, we couldn t get to where we re at without your willingness to talk with us and to you know, we just appreciate that. when he is released from the hole, ronald brook will have to decide if he is willing to make himself vulnerable again and rejoin the group. the counselors hope he will take that chance. jesus said, if you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. if you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will kill you.