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 happened 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. that s our job.
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. for some inmates, showing
not afraid to talk about his 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 victim. the sexual nature of his crime
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
ronald brook s lifetime of anger towards women ended the life of susan worthen. but there are darker secrets from that night that may be more difficult to admit. i am quiet, because usually if people let their mouths run away, they end up saying things that they really shouldn t say. but in the group, i am not going to hold back my feelings if i can help it. what brook admits in this room in the upcoming weeks will put this new trust to the test. coming up, as his marriage falls apart, brook begins to unravel. we had been married about a year when she told me that she cheated on me. and later now, this was a stupid thing to do. brook takes a shortcut and begins a new life on the run. and this guy says, are you