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
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
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
i ordered the driver to start the car and drive around. i felt numb and cold but i didn t stop. coming up a shocking twist in the murder of susan worthen is finally revealed. ron, what was your intent when you picked them up? what were you going to do? probably to humiliate her. i had power over her. and later, an incident on the yard puts ron brook and the therapy group in jeopardy. first there s concern, concern for ron and honestly, concern for the group, because this group could go away.