her to the point where i was vulnerable. brook never confessed his prison history to the woman he met on the run, but there are some secrets you can t escape. every inmate comes to prison carrying their crimes with them in more ways than one. they all have a set of papers detailing their offenses. these days, some inmates use these papers to brag about their crimes and gain respect. when i first came to prison, to ask somebody why they were in prison was like an accusation. but nowadays, the younger people coming in, it s just automatically saying, this is my paperwork, this is why i m in prison, this is who i am.
to have power over her. and the guy was just along because he was there? he was there, yeah. and i had power over him, too, with the gun. but she was the one that i had been put down by, the look at me, and so when i seen her again, i decided to show her. on december 7th, 1975, ronald brook was arrested in connection with the death of susan worthen. he was convicted of kidnapping, sexual assault and murder and sentenced to life in prison for his crimes. i am not a bank robber, and i m not some guy that ripped off a bunch of drug dealers. i didn t do something that you brag about on the yard. i say, hey, i killed an innocent girl that didn t have it coming. ronald brook may claim he is not afraid to talk about his
how is it said, the guilty flee when no one pursues us? you know that? that s a fact. when you re guilty of something or you re on the run, you re running. even though nobody s chasing you. ron brook was comfortable in his new found domestic bliss, but he knew it wasn t built to last. a run-in with police marked an end to the fairytale. when they got me, it was the one time in five years that i had two i.d.s with me, two driver s licenses, and i hoped my wallet to get my driver s license out, and he saw the other one, and that s how i got caught. brook looked at this relationship as a turning point. i learned while i was with her that i could love a woman without her hurting me and
crime, but admitting to sexually assaulting his victim is risky. the members in the group have agreed to total confidentiality, but with a crime this taboo, he still runs the risk of having his story make its way to the yard. he was really armored. he was very apprehensive that his crime was especially the sexual aspect of it, in here is a touchy subject. guys who do that kind of thing, that was he showed a lot of trust in the group to have shared that with us. it s been three weeks since ronald brook admitted to assaulting and murdering his
he knows how to keep the men talking. when did you start using alcohol? were you doing that to cover up being inadequate? i started using alcohol and drugs in high school. because of the inferior feelings you had? yes. that made you feel better? i didn t have to worry about the future if i was drunk or high. yes. brook s mistrust of women eventually led to the murder of susan worthen, but there are still details about that night that may be too dangerous to reveal. ron has some really deep and scary places inside of him. maybe dark places. those scary places aren t only i think they re things that hopped to him, but there are also things he did. the counselors are hoping brook will share exactly what he did to susan the night of the murder. as victim advocates, they know how hard it is to open up in the aftermath of a violent crime. well, we re rape crisis counselors.