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night for a reason.
reena was, like so many girls
her age, in deep anguish.
she longed to be willowy, to be
popular, to be free.
she was not any of those things.
>> sometimes she was quiet.
she was overly concerned about
her weight.
so we tried to help her.
we said, you are beautiful, you
are fine.
>> that seemed to comfort her
for a while.
>> she would feel good for a
while but i think again to fit
in in those groups was a much
greater need she had than
getting a comfort from us.
>> reena's father, manjit grew
up in india, her mother was from
a canadian-indian family that
had converted to be jehovah's
witnesses.
their strictures weighed heavily
on reena.
and soon this apparently
content, well behaved child, got
in with the wrong crowd.
>> she was pretty good but then
she met up with these kids and
started experimenting with
smoking and pot and stuff.
night for a reason.
reena was, like so many girls
her age, in deep anguish.
she longed to be willowy, to be
popular, to be free.
she was not any of those things.
>> sometimes she was quiet.
she was overly concerned about
her weight.
so we tried to help her.
we said, you are beautiful, you
are fine.
>> that seemed to comfort her
for a while.
>> she would feel good for a
while but i think again to fit
in in those groups was a much
greater need she had than
getting a comfort from...
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victoria's picture perfect
facade.
>> it was like a bunch of
flammable kids and someone lit a
match and it just went off.
>> the match, if that is the
right word to use, was struck on
the night of november 14th,
1997, a clear and beautiful
night by all accounts.
a full moon shone on the wide
waterway that meanders through
town.
an ocean inlet called the gorge.
a group of teenagers also
incandescent in the way only
14-year-olds can be gathered on
the grounds of shoreline
community school to party.
missy pleech was there.
what would usually happen at
parties like that outside at
night?
>> we'd drink and be loud and
cause trouble and go home.
>> but that particular night did
not turn out like all the
others.
what happened then changed
everything.
but first a little information
about the people who were there.
victoria's picture perfect
facade.
>> it was like a bunch of
flammable kids and someone lit a
match and it just went off.
>> the match, if that is the
right word to use, was struck on
the night of november 14th,
1997, a clear and beautiful
night by all accounts.
a full moon shone on the wide
waterway that meanders through
town.
an ocean inlet called the gorge.
a group of teenagers also
incandescent in the way only
14-year-olds can be gathered on
the grounds of shoreline
community...
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they'll even give you spending
money so you can do what you
want.
>> coming up, tensions flare as
reena tries desperately to fit
in by being bad.
>> she slept with my boyfriend
and i was pissed off about it.
i was mad.
>> and you confronted her?
>> yes.
probably said some nasty things
and she was mad and said some
nasty things back.
>> missy pleech wasn't the only
girl she crossed.
her actions would come back to
torment her, when "bloodlust
under the bridge" continues.
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>> coming up, tensions flare as
reena tries desperately to fit
in by being bad.
>> she slept with my boyfriend
and i was pissed off about it.
i was mad.
>> and you confronted her?
>> yes.
probably said some nasty things
and she was mad and said some
nasty things back.
>> missy pleech wasn't the only
girl she crossed.
her actions would come back to
torment her, when "bloodlust
under the...
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>> we have evidence from people
who saw kelly coming over the
bridge and then going back
again.
we called probably eight, nine,
ten people that she confessed
to.
>> kelly ellard's defense has
always been that her schoolmates
repeated gossip and rumor and
conspired against her.
but the jury did not agree.
they found kelly ellard guilty
of second degree murder.
she was again sentenced to life
in prison with the possibility
of parole after seven years.
coming up --
a decade after reena's murder,
warren glowatski asks her
parents for forgiveness.
>> i really don't want to shake
hands with my daughter's killer.
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>> we have evidence from people
who saw kelly coming over the
bridge and then going back
again.
we called probably eight, nine,
ten people that she confessed
to.
>> kelly ellard's defense has
always been that her schoolmates
repeated gossip and rumor and
conspired against her.
but the jury did not agree.
they found kelly ellard guilty
of second degree murder.
she was again sentenced to life
in prison with the possibility
of parole after seven years.
coming up --
a decade after...
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and easy answer would be
disappointed.
missy pleech, reena's friend who
convinced her to come out that
night, is haunted by what she
did.
>> it was my fault.
>> why?
>> because she trusted me.
and if i didn't ask her, she
wouldn't have gone.
>> missy told us she had never
gone back under the bridge.
now she agreed to come with us
and show us exactly how it
happened.
might help her deal with the
guilt, she said.
but the moment she arrived,
horror tore at her unbearably.
>> i can't be here.
>> what comes back?
>> everything.
guilt.
it shouldn't have happened.
it was dark.
it was just like this.
exactly like this.
i'm terrified.
i don't want to be down here at
all.
and easy answer would be
disappointed.
missy pleech, reena's friend who
convinced her to come out that
night, is haunted by what she
did.
>> it was my fault.
>> why?
>> because she trusted me.
and if i didn't ask her, she
wouldn't have gone.
>> missy told us she had never
gone back under the bridge.
now she agreed to come with us
and show us exactly how it
happened.
might help her deal with the
guilt, she said.
but the moment she arrived,
horror tore at her...
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but two of these new friends got
angry when reena defied them and
they conspired an evil scheme
against her.
>> she couldn't fit in.
>> rebecca godfrey wrote a book
about the events of november 14,
1997 called "under the bridge"
published in 2005.
>> i think she had a certain
naive quality and really, really
adored these -- worshipped these
girls, just so much wanted to
fit in with them and when she
saw them being mean and tough
she tried to be mean and tough.
probably thinking that would
impress them in a way.
and it ended up angering them.
>> making nicole cook angry
was a big mistake for reena
virk.
nicole was furious she had
stolen her address book and
called her friends.
she consulted her best friend
kelly ellard on how to
retaliate.
>> me and kelly were talking.
i don't understand.
this girl wants to ruin your
life.
they had been best friends since
elementary school.
>> kelly was kind of protective
over me, i guess you could say.
if anybody said anything bad
about me she would...
but two of these new friends got
angry when reena defied them and
they conspired an evil scheme
against her.
>> she couldn't fit in.
>> rebecca godfrey wrote a book
about the events of november 14,
1997 called "under the bridge"
published in 2005.
>> i think she had a certain
naive quality and really, really
adored these -- worshipped these
girls, just so much wanted to
fit in with them and when she
saw them being mean and tough
she tried to be mean and...
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