1 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:08,680 THE SERIES CONTAINS RECONSTRUCTIONS. 2 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,840 THE VICTIMS IN THE CASES MENTIONED HAVE BEEN ANONYMIZED. 3 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:20,680 Yeah. 4 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,560 I really don't know how to explain it. It's just… 5 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:26,840 It's really hard to talk about. 6 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:36,879 I've spent more time with Philip 7 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,800 than I have with anyone else in my adult life. 8 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:54,400 The police have charged 9 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,599 the 32-year-old with the kidnapping, 10 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,239 rape, murder… 11 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,039 and making threats using a knife, 12 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,360 attempted kidnapping, 13 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,320 and attempted rape of a young woman in Sorø. 14 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:19,080 And with the kidnapping and rape of a 13-year-old girl from Kirkerup. 15 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,280 Earlier, you stated there might be an accomplice. 16 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,280 -Are you ruling that out, or…? -We can't comment on that. 17 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,440 A FRIEND, A MURDERER 18 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,080 Missing for over 24 hours, 19 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,280 the 13-year-old girl was found alive today. 20 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,839 A 32-year-old man was arrested in connection to the crime. 21 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:49,759 My partner is sitting on the couch. 22 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:51,479 She holds her phone up. 23 00:01:51,559 --> 00:01:53,640 "It's Philip," she shouts at me. 24 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:57,759 I can't really… 25 00:01:57,839 --> 00:02:00,880 I don't get what's happening. It's extremely surreal. 26 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:05,479 I'm at a total loss. My heart's pounding, and I feel completely disoriented. 27 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,960 We go to the psychiatric emergency room in Slagelse. 28 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,920 They say, "Well, we can give you benzodiazepine." 29 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,120 It's a very strong antianxiety drug. 30 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:24,080 So I take a pill that night, but it does nothing. 31 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,920 I'm running around like a chicken with its head cut off. 32 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,120 So then I decide that I'll call the police. 33 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,120 I start by telling them that I've been best friends 34 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,280 with the man they've arrested for 15 years 35 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,320 and that I also know the girl. 36 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,120 And the women gets quiet. 37 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,320 I was the girl's teacher. I was actually her homeroom teacher. 38 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:05,160 The police never actually confirmed that there was only one killer, 39 00:03:05,239 --> 00:03:08,679 and they also never said that there was more than one 40 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,320 in the other girl's case. 41 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,799 When they were interviewing me, 42 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,360 one of their questions really shocked me. 43 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:17,760 It was about Nichlas. 44 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,120 They asked if I knew what he was doing that weekend. 45 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,480 And then later, when I was on the phone, 46 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,120 talking with my friend, who's Nichlas's ex-girlfriend, 47 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:33,440 I was really, really surprised to hear that they had also asked her 48 00:03:33,519 --> 00:03:36,360 what Nichlas had been doing that weekend, 49 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:37,920 if they'd been together, 50 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,480 and if they spent the night together on the night of July 10th, 2016. 51 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:52,679 FIFTEEN YEARS BEFORE PHILIP'S ARREST 52 00:03:58,079 --> 00:04:00,560 I first met Philip in August 2008. 53 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,760 We both had started a high-school program 54 00:04:02,839 --> 00:04:05,920 called the Higher Commercial Examination Program. 55 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,239 I saw him sitting by himself, 56 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,799 and he was sitting there, kind of hunched over. 57 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,440 And he had this hat… this baseball hat covering his eyes. 58 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:18,920 He didn't look very put together. 59 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,039 Some of his teeth looked like they were about to fall out, 60 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:23,720 they were really discolored. 61 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,640 Right away, he was bullied by classmates. 62 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,200 He was also bullied by our teacher. 63 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:37,039 Like, if you were late for class or didn't answer a question right, 64 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,000 he'd say, "Look at you." 65 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,360 "Congratulations, you just pulled a Philip." 66 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:43,960 He didn't defend himself. 67 00:04:44,039 --> 00:04:47,760 It just seemed to me like he tried to be… to take it in his stride, 68 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:50,120 but as I got to know him better I could tell 69 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,520 it wasn't rolling off his back as much as he thought it was. 70 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:59,560 When we started high school, I was 16 and he was 17. 71 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,120 I came straight from ninth grade in public school, 72 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,960 but he ended up having a rough year in tenth grade. 73 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:10,120 He went into rehab that year because he had to deal with some addictions. 74 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,120 Our friendship really took off when I found out that he played poker. 75 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:19,520 And then, slowly but surely, I was totally drawn into the world of poker. 76 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,240 After high school, we continued to be friends and hang out. 77 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,760 In 2013 or 2014, 78 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:39,760 the city agreed to pay for him to get new teeth, 79 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:41,720 and I mean a complete set of teeth. 80 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,240 It was like night and day, 81 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,240 how much his confidence and overall self-worth 82 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,200 had dramatically improved. 83 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,359 We partied Fridays, sometimes Saturday. 84 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,800 He couldn't hold his booze, so he'd end up throwing up, 85 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:07,120 and that happened almost every time we drank. 86 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,320 This was after high school, too, actually. 87 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,800 I guess I always felt some sort of obligation to protect him. 88 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,280 We're both brought in for questioning, 89 00:06:22,359 --> 00:06:26,440 and then they wanted Nichlas's phone, so they came here to get it. 90 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,680 They needed some other stuff, like timelines and texts. 91 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,000 I remember he was kind of out of it, 92 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,400 and confused why no one else had to give up their phone. 93 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:39,919 Why just him? 94 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,440 It's 10:34 a.m., questioning Nichlas Kruse. 95 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,599 As I'm sitting there in front of three investigators, 96 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,919 the woman in the middle, it feels like she doesn't blink once. 97 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,479 She's just staring at me really intensely, 98 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,640 and I actually chose not to look at her that much. 99 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,640 I just focused on the questions from the other two. 100 00:07:04,359 --> 00:07:07,080 And then suddenly, this woman opens a folder 101 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,479 and she pulls out this picture. 102 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,799 In this picture, there's a green mattress on a floor, 103 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,719 and on top of that is this Velcro… sex toy, 104 00:07:21,799 --> 00:07:26,080 that's like some sort of fixation thing. I don't even know what you'd call it. 105 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,039 They ask me what I know about it, 106 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,000 and, "No, I've never seen it before. There's no one…" 107 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:34,919 They ask if I'm sure. 108 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,000 "Yes, I'm sure." 109 00:07:37,719 --> 00:07:40,479 And I say, "Well, you're showing it to me 110 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,440 because my DNA is on it." 111 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,159 "Why would you say that?" 112 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,359 "What other reason is there to show me that?" 113 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,400 "Well, yes, we've found your DNA on it." 114 00:07:57,960 --> 00:07:59,760 And then… 115 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,320 I didn't really… have a good explanation for it. 116 00:08:06,239 --> 00:08:10,120 I mean, I had so many things going through my head, so many questions. 117 00:08:11,719 --> 00:08:15,080 What have I accidentally touched, or what exactly happened? 118 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,200 Did Philip actually ask me to move something on purpose, 119 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:20,919 and that's why my DNA is on there? 120 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:34,240 When I was 23 years old, I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do. 121 00:08:34,919 --> 00:08:37,039 I made a living playing professional poker, 122 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,880 but I was very aware that poker wasn't a career 123 00:08:39,959 --> 00:08:43,760 I should commit to for the next 30, 40, 50 years, 124 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,800 so I was thinking about what I wanted to do. 125 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,440 But I didn't get to… think too much about it 126 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,120 because I found out that 127 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,280 I had this tumor. 128 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:00,920 Philip would go out of his way and sometimes take a day off of work, 129 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:07,280 so that he could drive me to my scans, or checkups, or surgeries, um… 130 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:10,320 I don't think he ever said no. 131 00:09:10,959 --> 00:09:13,839 It was really important for him. 132 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:18,959 My girlfriend at the time and I got married 133 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:23,320 in Vemmelev church on August 24th, 2019. 134 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,240 I, of course, ended up choosing Philip as my best man. 135 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:31,959 I'm an only child, I don't have any siblings, 136 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,360 but, in my mind, Philip and I were as good as brothers. 137 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,720 As soon as I leave the interrogation room, the first thought I have is, 138 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:04,040 "Do I need to get a lawyer? Am I just overthinking this?" 139 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:07,280 "Are they suspicious of me?" Stuff like that. 140 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:11,480 I was scared. 141 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,199 I was so scared, I couldn't drive home. 142 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:18,560 My mother-in-law had to come pick me up because I was shaking so much. 143 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:22,079 So I was really happy when one of the detectives called 144 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,800 and said they were done with their investigation. 145 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,240 It seems like a crazy coincidence 146 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,400 that the best friend, that he had been roommates with, 147 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:32,839 had also been the teacher of one of the victims. 148 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:37,160 That just seems to be… way too much of a coincidence, 149 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,440 so I totally get it if people made that connection. 150 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,680 I went from being a completely normal, boring Dane 151 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,520 to all of a sudden being dragged into all of this, 152 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,760 and I had to use my sick leave so I could get away from everything. 153 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,600 ONE YEAR AFTER PHILIP'S ARREST 154 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:06,040 The trial began against a man from Korsør 155 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,680 charged with horrific crimes against young women. 156 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:10,719 The 32-year-old pleads partially guilty 157 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,520 to the kidnapping and rape of the 13-year-old girl 158 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,520 but pleads not guilty to the new charges against him. 159 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,440 A long line of people have been waiting outside the courthouse in Næstved 160 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,440 since early this morning, hoping to get a seat for the trial. 161 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:26,480 JOURNALISTS 162 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:28,120 Media from all over Denmark is there. 163 00:11:28,199 --> 00:11:31,640 There was media from Germany, from Sweden, and from Norway. 164 00:11:31,719 --> 00:11:35,839 They all want to know how this trial is going to end. 165 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,520 There's electricity in the air because everybody knows 166 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:42,360 that what's about happen has been long overdue for this community. 167 00:11:47,079 --> 00:11:48,199 There's the courtroom, 168 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,719 where Philip will be sitting during the trial, 169 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,400 but two additional courtrooms have also been opened up 170 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:58,640 for anybody who wants to follow the proceedings and watch via video link. 171 00:11:58,719 --> 00:12:02,040 So there's an insane amount of attention on this trial. 172 00:12:03,959 --> 00:12:05,640 His family's sitting in the back. 173 00:12:05,719 --> 00:12:07,839 The relatives of the 17-year-old are there, 174 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,400 along with the relatives of the 13-year-old girl 175 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,760 and the relatives of the 15-year-old girl. 176 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,719 There is so much emotion in that courtroom. 177 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,760 You can really feel it in there. 178 00:12:17,839 --> 00:12:19,640 The tension in the air is palpable. 179 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:31,760 It's one thing to take the stand, 180 00:12:31,839 --> 00:12:35,959 but it's also the first time I see Philip in… like 14 months or so. 181 00:12:36,599 --> 00:12:39,640 The last time I saw him was the day he turned 32. 182 00:12:39,719 --> 00:12:42,199 We went to a restaurant in Slagelse together, 183 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:44,760 and I paid for him, as a kind of birthday present. 184 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,719 Two friends having dinner at a restaurant. 185 00:12:55,959 --> 00:12:58,719 I get to the courthouse and when I walk in, 186 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,120 I'm taken to this waiting room next door, 187 00:13:01,199 --> 00:13:06,959 and I just see the clock up there going, "Tick, tock, tick, tock…" 188 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,920 And I think it was exactly 9:30 a.m., on the dot, 189 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:17,560 that the door for the waiting room opens and Thea Høst, the prosecutor, says, 190 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:18,839 "Nichlas, come with me." 191 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:25,079 And so I enter this room, and I'm keeping my eyes down, 192 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,760 because I don't want a bunch of people to recognize me. 193 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,920 And then I look at Philip, and when I looked into his eyes… 194 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:38,719 I didn't see guilt. 195 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:41,000 I didn't see spite. 196 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:43,920 I didn't see shame. 197 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,640 But to me, it seemed like 198 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,360 he was upset that he'd been caught. 199 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:57,640 The case against Philip Westh is led by two female prosecutors, 200 00:13:57,719 --> 00:14:01,520 and special counsel Susanne Bluhm starts the proceedings. 201 00:14:01,599 --> 00:14:02,719 EXTRACT FROM COURT RECORDS 202 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:06,360 You were best friends. What was Philip's relationship with women? 203 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:10,760 It's not something he talked about or seemed interested in. 204 00:14:10,839 --> 00:14:13,000 If it came up, he'd say he didn't have time for it. 205 00:14:13,079 --> 00:14:15,000 I thought he was asexual. 206 00:14:15,719 --> 00:14:17,880 Is it true that you had plans to see Philip 207 00:14:17,959 --> 00:14:22,479 during the weekend of April 15th and 16th of 2023? 208 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:24,319 We had loose plans, 209 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:26,400 but I'm not sure if we're gonna hang out or not, 210 00:14:26,479 --> 00:14:29,400 so I call him, and he says he's gonna visit his sister 211 00:14:29,479 --> 00:14:30,880 who lives in Farum. 212 00:14:30,959 --> 00:14:34,079 And that's normal. He does it a lot. He says he does that a lot. 213 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:36,959 Is it correct that you also lived together 214 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:40,000 from December 2019 to April 2021? 215 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:41,560 Yes. 216 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,760 Do you know the 13-year-old girl? 217 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,280 Yes. I've been her homeroom teacher. 218 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,160 Did you ever mention her to Philip? 219 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,120 I have some class photos on the wall in my office 220 00:14:54,199 --> 00:14:55,719 at the back of my house. 221 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,479 I have five or six class photos hanging there. 222 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:05,160 I wonder if he'd been in there, looking at them, getting ideas. 223 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:20,360 On my way in, I keep my eyes focused all the way across 224 00:15:20,439 --> 00:15:23,319 to the chair I'm supposed to sit in in the middle of the room. 225 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,120 I deliberately avoid looking at Philip. 226 00:15:27,719 --> 00:15:29,920 And from out of the corner of my eye, 227 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,479 I can see that he's looking at me while the prosecutors question me. 228 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,800 It was clear as day that these friends, 229 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,079 about to testify against their best friend, 230 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,280 found it really, really difficult. 231 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,959 It was an incredibly uncomfortable situation. 232 00:15:49,439 --> 00:15:52,040 Not only due to the charges brought against him 233 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,359 but also because the image they had of their best friend 234 00:15:55,439 --> 00:15:57,319 was irreparably shattered. 235 00:16:00,319 --> 00:16:03,040 As the prosecution starts questioning Philip Westh, 236 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,640 the intention is also to get a clear understanding 237 00:16:05,719 --> 00:16:08,359 of what kind of a person he is and what kind of criminal. 238 00:16:09,199 --> 00:16:11,680 And it becomes very clear to everyone 239 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,959 that the kind of criminal we're dealing with 240 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,240 is a very systematic one. 241 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,920 When he's arrested, the police find a gag ball, 242 00:16:22,959 --> 00:16:24,920 a bat with spikes, and a whip, 243 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,079 zip ties, rubber sheets, and diapers. 244 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:35,760 Police secure 147 items that are deemed relevant to the investigation. 245 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,839 We were told police found a list of women's names 246 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,120 on his computer. Can you say more? 247 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:49,439 Yeah, they say it's a list that he called the "kidnapping planning list". 248 00:16:50,079 --> 00:16:51,520 HOLIDAY 2014 249 00:16:51,599 --> 00:16:53,359 KIDNAPPING 250 00:16:53,439 --> 00:16:56,680 These lists they found contain specific girls' names, 251 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:02,079 and next to their names, their ages, addresses, and bus schedules. 252 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:10,040 According to the prosecution, these are detailed plans 253 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:14,000 for how he intended to rape these girls, kidnap these girls, 254 00:17:14,079 --> 00:17:15,480 and harm them. 255 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:22,520 When asked about it, he said it was just part of his fantasies, 256 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:24,599 but it paints a picture of a man 257 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:28,600 who has, prior to the assaults that he's accused of, 258 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,880 spent a really, really long time planning it all. 259 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,520 It also comes to light that the police seized two short stories 260 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,840 written by Philip Westh while in custody. 261 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:49,480 Seventy handwritten pages with a first-person narrator. 262 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:53,040 One short story is called I had been looking forward to this day, 263 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:56,720 and the other is called It had been a quite extraordinary day. 264 00:17:57,360 --> 00:18:00,480 The stories are about a man who kidnaps young girls, 265 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,360 rapes them, keeps them locked up, 266 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,720 and sadistically abuses them in various ways. 267 00:18:07,919 --> 00:18:10,720 Regarding the case involving the 13-year-old girl, 268 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:14,320 the prosecution believes that the accused intentionally hit the 13-year-old 269 00:18:14,399 --> 00:18:16,120 from behind with his car. 270 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,960 It is the prosecution's belief that the accused 271 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:33,120 then removed the girl's shoes, socks, pants, and underwear, 272 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,520 forced her into his car, 273 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:38,919 drove around with her in the trunk of the car, 274 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:41,720 brought her to an address in Sorø 275 00:18:42,399 --> 00:18:44,480 and then to his home in Korsør. 276 00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:47,560 The accused prevented her from leaving. 277 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:49,480 Several times… 278 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,200 Many horrible details were heard in court today. 279 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,720 The indictment is ten pages long 280 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,640 and contains the details 281 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,720 of what the prosecution believes happened to the 13-year-old girl 282 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,800 while she was held captive. 283 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,440 A recorded statement from the girl who, according to the indictment, 284 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,679 was a victim of kidnapping, rape, and attempted murder, 285 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:14,320 was heard in court. 286 00:19:14,399 --> 00:19:17,080 Due to the girl's age, her statement was prerecorded 287 00:19:17,159 --> 00:19:20,080 and was listened to behind closed doors. 288 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:23,280 The young girl explained in her recorded statement 289 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:25,080 how the accused left her there 290 00:19:25,159 --> 00:19:27,880 and took off shortly before the police arrived. 291 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:33,480 It's not something a normal human being does to somebody, 292 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,960 especially not to a young girl. 293 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,760 It's so crazy and surreal to listen to. 294 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,360 And the fact that it's a friend 295 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,640 that did these unimaginable things to these girls, 296 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,440 that did such horrible things to them, is just… Yeah. 297 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,679 Today's court session dealt with the assault 298 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,159 on a boarding-school girl in Sorø who was threatened with a knife. 299 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,880 We already know that there's surveillance footage, 300 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,600 showing what the prosecution believes to be the accused's car 301 00:20:06,679 --> 00:20:09,360 on a road close to the boarding school, 302 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,200 where the car is then parked for a while. 303 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,840 Regarding the charge of assault on the 15-year-old, 304 00:20:17,919 --> 00:20:21,679 the prosecution believes that the accused grabbed her from behind 305 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,280 and forced her to the ground… 306 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,200 …sat astride on her back 307 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:30,560 while hitting her on the body with his fists several times, 308 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:35,240 tied her hands up with zip ties, and threatened her with a knife. 309 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,520 He then got her up and led her across the field 310 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,200 with the intention of getting her into his car, parked nearby. 311 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,600 Then holding her captive for a period of time 312 00:20:45,679 --> 00:20:48,480 and having intercourse with her without her consent. 313 00:20:50,399 --> 00:20:53,679 The attempt failed, as the 15-year-old cried for help. 314 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:55,440 The accused abandoned his plans. 315 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:59,360 Instead, he placed her on the ground and told her to count to 100, 316 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:01,360 while he fled the scene. 317 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,000 It's completely evil. 318 00:21:06,919 --> 00:21:09,919 Nobody should ever be put through something like that. 319 00:21:11,919 --> 00:21:14,600 Yeah. It's really scary. 320 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:22,679 It used to be normal for women to walk home alone at night in Korsør. 321 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:26,080 Witness statements were heard in court today in the Kirkerup case 322 00:21:26,159 --> 00:21:27,480 from the girl's friends 323 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,800 who were with her the night she disappeared. 324 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:33,679 The prosecution believes 325 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:38,560 that the accused subjected the 17-year-old to prolonged confinement 326 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,600 near or close to Korsør train station. 327 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,360 All these thoughts about how he must have done it. 328 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:48,760 He was parked there, 329 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,399 and she said no to the taxi and started walking that way. 330 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,560 Maybe she listened to music with her earphones on, 331 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,040 texted on her phone or something like that. 332 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:00,679 And she was just walking, totally unaware, 333 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,200 and it was slowly getting lighter out. 334 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,800 And maybe he had a knife or something like that, and then he… 335 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,040 he got her into his car somehow. 336 00:22:12,919 --> 00:22:16,480 He transported her to an unknown location, as of yet, 337 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:22,320 and then the accused killed the girl, presumably by means of asphyxiation, 338 00:22:22,399 --> 00:22:25,120 by covering her nose and mouth with packing tape. 339 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,439 The accused disposed of the naked body in a lake in Regnemark Hill in Borup, 340 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:38,320 where it was discovered on December 24th, 2016. 341 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,280 It's just so surreal. I'm starting to feel a little… 342 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,679 I'm seeing spots and feeling… 343 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,080 I feel like I'm gonna faint, actually. Could I have some… 344 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:56,640 I think need some sugar. 345 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:09,560 What does the psych evaluation say? 346 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,600 Well, it shows that he has some personality traits 347 00:23:12,679 --> 00:23:14,280 that make it difficult for him 348 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:18,120 to play by the same set of societal rules as the rest of us. 349 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,960 He can also be impulsive, as well as aggressive, 350 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,320 and he has difficulty recognizing emotions. 351 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,800 The accused is not mentally ill, 352 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,040 and he was not mentally ill when the crimes were committed. 353 00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:34,800 He suffers from schizoid and anti-social personality traits, 354 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:36,720 but no psychopathy per se. 355 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:42,000 The prosecutor explains that the schizoid personality disorder 356 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:46,960 means he's extremely good at keeping his two different personalities apart. 357 00:23:47,439 --> 00:23:50,439 He can be both a good friend showing empathy, 358 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,679 and he can be this rapist and murderer. 359 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,840 July 10th, 2016, was the European Cup finals. 360 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,480 On July 9th, we're trying to figure out 361 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,679 how we were all going to watch this soccer match. 362 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:19,000 THE DAY BEFORE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE 17-YEAR-OLD 363 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:25,480 PHILIP READY FOR SOCCER TOMORROW AT THE WHARF? 364 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,800 NICHLAS PICK US UP AT UNI AT 6:10 P.M. 365 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,679 AMANDA DID YOU CHECK THE WEATHER REPORT? 366 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,520 PHILIP NO? 367 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,880 IT'LL RAIN, GREAT 368 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,040 AMANDA WE HAVE A CAMP SITE IN BOESLUNDE 369 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:42,560 PHILIP I'M IN 370 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,600 Knowing everything I know now, 371 00:24:49,679 --> 00:24:52,480 I kind of feel like I was just a pawn in his game. 372 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,919 That he used us for an alibi and… 373 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,600 It's weird he wanted to drive. 374 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:01,720 He never used to do that, but… 375 00:25:07,399 --> 00:25:09,919 One thing I've thought about a lot, 376 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,800 it's actually one of the first things I told the police. 377 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,000 It was 378 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:19,080 that I may have been the first person to sit in that car after the girl. 379 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:22,800 And that's… 380 00:25:24,439 --> 00:25:26,040 I think that's disgusting, 381 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,480 to think she probably had just been sitting there. 382 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:38,720 Where was she while we were… 383 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,919 were hanging out with her murderer? 384 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,000 Was she lying in the car? 385 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,679 Was she being held somewhere, fighting for her life? 386 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,520 Police determined that it's a suspicious death, 387 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,080 and there are clear indications 388 00:26:07,159 --> 00:26:11,240 that the body has been submerged in the water for quite some time. 389 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,240 The body has been sent to the Department of Forensic Medicine 390 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,040 to determine the gender and cause of death. 391 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:22,320 On December 25th, Philip invited us to a party, 392 00:26:22,399 --> 00:26:25,480 right after they announced a dead body had been found in Borup. 393 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:28,720 He knew who they'd found. 394 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,120 It's like he wanted to celebrate it. 395 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:45,360 And to think that 396 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,480 I was a part of how he chose to hang out that day. 397 00:26:50,679 --> 00:26:52,120 It's hard to think about. 398 00:26:54,199 --> 00:26:55,640 It'll never be okay. 399 00:26:56,679 --> 00:26:58,960 There's Philip, who was my friend, 400 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:03,600 and Philip, the murderer. 401 00:27:03,679 --> 00:27:05,840 They can't be the same person. 402 00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:11,360 Are you going to sleep? Is your butt cold? 403 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,320 He's a monster. 404 00:27:32,120 --> 00:27:36,040 On November 8th, 2022, he and I had plans to hang out, 405 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:38,919 but it just kept getting later and later and later. 406 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:04,320 TWENTY MINUTES AFTER THE ASSAULT ON THE 15-YEAR-OLD 407 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:15,080 PHILIP AM ON MY WAY 408 00:28:16,439 --> 00:28:19,480 He texted me at 6:45 p.m. saying, "On my way," 409 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,360 with a happy emoji, like nothing had happened. 410 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:29,280 And he got to our place around 7:05 p.m. or something. 411 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,280 How insane is it for him to actually show up at our house? 412 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:38,199 What would've happened if he… 413 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:40,199 if he had succeeded? 414 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,040 Would he have kept her in his trunk? Would he have canceled? 415 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,959 Was he gonna drop her off at his house? What would he have done? 416 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,959 You think all kinds of crazy things. 417 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:54,000 When he got to my house, he was acting different than usual. 418 00:28:54,879 --> 00:28:57,240 He was a little off. He didn't congratulate us 419 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,320 when we told him that Kiri and I are expecting our first baby. 420 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,679 And then it started to make sense why he didn't seem to be 421 00:29:06,159 --> 00:29:07,600 interested in that. 422 00:29:10,639 --> 00:29:14,600 I just think it's so scary how good he was at hiding how so… 423 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,800 how callous and indifferent he was to other people. 424 00:29:24,919 --> 00:29:29,480 ONE HOUR BEFORE THE ASSAULT ON THE 13-YEAR-OLD 425 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:35,399 NICHLAS: HI PHIL, I'LL BE ON THE COMPUTER AROUND 2 P.M. TODAY, DO YOU WANNA JOIN? 426 00:29:38,639 --> 00:29:42,560 PHILIP NOT TODAY, SORRY. 427 00:29:42,639 --> 00:29:48,199 ARE YOU RESEARCHING MORE GAMES OR WHAT? 428 00:29:56,199 --> 00:30:02,120 TWO HOURS AFTER THE ASSAULT ON THE 13-YEAR-OLD 429 00:30:02,199 --> 00:30:05,800 NICHLAS MAYBE IT WORKS BETTER FOR YOU TOMORROW? 430 00:30:06,919 --> 00:30:10,000 MESSAGE NOT DELIVERED 431 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:15,000 SIX HOURS AFTER THE ASSAULT ON THE 13-YEAR-OLD 432 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:20,159 PHILIP: I'M SORRY. I'LL BE IN FARUM THE WHOLE WEEKEND 433 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,879 Once again, I'm so close to what he's doing. 434 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,720 And when he was arrested, 435 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,800 I was in my living room, thinking, 436 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,800 "But it's…" 437 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:37,760 I just started having all these flashbacks. 438 00:30:39,679 --> 00:30:40,959 I'd been visiting a friend, 439 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,080 and Philip lived at my place at that point. 440 00:30:43,159 --> 00:30:45,480 I called Philip and said something like, 441 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,840 "I'm going to the grocery store, so I'll be home in a little bit." 442 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:50,520 And he was fine with that, 443 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,760 but then I changed my mind, so I got home a half hour earlier. 444 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,720 I walked through the front door of my house, 445 00:30:59,399 --> 00:31:01,639 heading back to our shared office. 446 00:31:02,679 --> 00:31:04,439 So I went into the room, 447 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,800 and I could see that his computer was on. 448 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:11,080 And as I turn around, I could see he was on… 449 00:31:13,199 --> 00:31:18,120 what I can only assume is a very, very strange porn site. 450 00:31:18,199 --> 00:31:21,040 I'm thinking, "What? What? Okay…" 451 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:24,560 And I only look for a split second, then I look away. 452 00:31:25,679 --> 00:31:27,240 The police seized his computer, 453 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:29,720 and on it, they found child pornography. 454 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,080 More than 3,500 images, 455 00:31:33,159 --> 00:31:35,000 over 500 videos, 456 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:37,959 with a total runtime of more than a hundred hours. 457 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,760 There is an overwhelming amount of material. 458 00:31:42,959 --> 00:31:49,000 Some of it is organized in subfolders called Hanging and Drowning and Snuff, 459 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,480 which is death porn, 460 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,840 necrophilia porn and so on. 461 00:31:56,399 --> 00:31:58,080 Then there was a time when I… 462 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:02,159 I was cleaning our house, and he asked me if I'd been in his room. 463 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,000 "Yeah, I've cleaned in there." 464 00:32:04,919 --> 00:32:08,000 "Oh. Did… Did… Did you go under my bed?" 465 00:32:09,199 --> 00:32:11,760 "Um, no, I didn't. Why?" 466 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,520 He just goes, "Never mind." 467 00:32:18,199 --> 00:32:20,080 So, yeah, I'm absolutely convinced 468 00:32:20,159 --> 00:32:24,399 that he had some really nasty stuff in my house, unfortunately. 469 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:33,000 It also comes to light that the police found a suitcase 470 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:37,199 that contained a funnel, a bottle of vodka, and a few other items. 471 00:32:37,719 --> 00:32:40,520 And among those other items is a roll of tape, 472 00:32:41,399 --> 00:32:44,040 which the police find very interesting. 473 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,919 After finding the girl's body in Regnemark Hill, 474 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:52,399 they discovered that her head had been wrapped in clear packing tape. 475 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,240 When forensics examined the roll of tape, 476 00:32:58,959 --> 00:33:00,959 the girl's DNA was found on it. 477 00:33:02,439 --> 00:33:05,639 The prosecution finds this tape extremely incriminating. 478 00:33:06,159 --> 00:33:09,560 When she asked Philip Westh why this roll of tape was in his home, 479 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:13,520 he then explained that he must have found it one day 480 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,159 while he was out walking. 481 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,480 Today, we'll hear the verdict in the infamous Kirkerup case 482 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:24,639 where a 33-year-old man stands accused of a series of horrific crimes 483 00:33:24,719 --> 00:33:26,439 against three teenage girls. 484 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:33,560 The day of the verdict is just a really rough day, 485 00:33:33,639 --> 00:33:35,080 so I… 486 00:33:35,879 --> 00:33:41,080 I really feel like I need to be with… somebody who I can relate to. 487 00:33:41,159 --> 00:33:44,679 So that's why Nichlas and I decide to meet there, 488 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:46,719 so we can support each other. 489 00:33:50,679 --> 00:33:52,280 The day of the verdict, 490 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,959 I'm standing with Amanda, and we are outside the courthouse, 491 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:00,280 and we're just waiting to see what's going to happen next. 492 00:34:00,879 --> 00:34:04,639 And I just… I look over at her, and then I look around, and I'm thinking, 493 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,840 "Now, it's really real." 494 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:14,639 ORIGINAL AUDIO 495 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:18,639 The accused, Philip Patrick Westh, is sentenced to life imprisonment. 496 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,239 I hope you burn in hell, you psycho! 497 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,679 The stepdad of the 13-year-old got up and yelled, 498 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:33,239 "I hope you burn in hell, you psycho!" Or something to that effect. 499 00:34:33,319 --> 00:34:35,319 And people just started clapping. 500 00:34:35,839 --> 00:34:38,319 There were a lot of emotions in court today. 501 00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:43,199 The killer we've been afraid of for so many years now 502 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,520 is finally being held accountable. 503 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,480 The relief doesn't outweigh the grief. 504 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:49,960 The grief is too profound. 505 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:53,080 That was my friend. 506 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,400 I actually thought I'd mentally prepared myself for this, 507 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:01,760 but I really hadn't. 508 00:35:01,839 --> 00:35:05,440 Even though I was right at the courthouse, 509 00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:08,160 and I can see it and read 510 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,280 that he'll be one of the few people in Denmark 511 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,600 to receive the maximum sentence, 512 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,480 it still doesn't sink in. 513 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,480 The fact that the crimes that were committed 514 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:25,080 were carried out with extreme ruthlessness 515 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:26,720 was a big part of the reason 516 00:35:26,799 --> 00:35:31,040 why they unanimously sentenced him to life in prison. 517 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,040 Relief has hit the streets. 518 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:37,080 Fantastic. It's the best thing that could happen. 519 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:38,440 It feels perfect. 520 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,720 I think it's absolutely the right decision. Finally. 521 00:35:42,799 --> 00:35:44,400 We can relax now. 522 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:46,319 Hopefully, 523 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,440 this means now that we can all feel a little more safe. 524 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,360 Letting our children go out at night 525 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:55,920 and to walk the path again. 526 00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:03,440 It means that when you experience something as basic as anger, 527 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,240 there's some relief you get 528 00:36:05,319 --> 00:36:07,799 in being able to direct that anger at someone, 529 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,720 which allows you to let go of it finally. 530 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,040 And then you're able to focus your life elsewhere. 531 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:18,799 After the verdict, 532 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:22,799 I just felt the need to delete everything on my account and his. 533 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,560 Everything I could delete on his Facebook profile with my name. 534 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:28,600 To remove any sign of our relationship. 535 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:29,640 REMOVE TAG 536 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:32,600 YOU WILL NO LONGER BE TAGGED IN THIS PHOTO 537 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:35,560 Even if it's really hard. 538 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:42,480 I also feel like I'm erasing our memories, but… 539 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,960 but without them, who am I? 540 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:50,240 It feels like I'm… closing a chapter, 541 00:36:50,319 --> 00:36:54,160 and that I'm saying goodbye forever to… 542 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:56,440 to my friend. 543 00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:57,880 PHILIP WESTH 544 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,160 REMOVE PHILIP AS A FRIEND? 545 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:10,040 After the verdict, I was going to the Slagelse Festival 546 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:11,760 with my really good friend. 547 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:16,680 We were having a great time. 548 00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:23,799 It's the first time that I don't feel that I'm haunted anymore 549 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:27,880 by this killer that made me so afraid to walk alone at night. 550 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:32,240 And so, that night, I just walk home. 551 00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:35,720 Even though it's midnight. 552 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,080 I felt so free. 553 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:54,160 It's not like I can just erase those 15 years of my life 554 00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:55,480 because it's a part of me. 555 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:06,520 I've thought a lot about whether I wanted to visit him or not. 556 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,680 But then suddenly, the mail comes. 557 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:23,240 And I… I bring it inside and look through it. 558 00:38:23,319 --> 00:38:26,880 There's a newspaper and some other stuff, and then I see that 559 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,160 there's a letter, and it's sent from prison. 560 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,120 I see it's handwritten. 561 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:38,040 And I think, 562 00:38:38,799 --> 00:38:42,880 "Okay, I guess Philip has sent me a letter from prison." 563 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:01,359 "Hi, Kruse." 564 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,520 "Sorry I didn't write this letter to you sooner." 565 00:39:06,359 --> 00:39:08,920 "I know you must be shocked by this whole thing 566 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,440 and that you probably have a lot of questions 567 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:12,600 and feel confused, 568 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:16,760 and if I could or was allowed, I'd really like to answer them." 569 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:22,720 "I wish you both the very best with your little family, 570 00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:26,319 and it makes me sad that I won't ever see you as parents." 571 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:32,200 "If you feel like it, I'd like it a lot if I could see a picture of you, 572 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,440 or all three of you, when the time comes." 573 00:39:41,839 --> 00:39:45,440 "I completely understand that you condemn the facts of this case, 574 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:49,560 but I do hope that you can overlook this really stupid action… 575 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:53,880 and remember me for who I also am." 576 00:39:56,760 --> 00:40:01,839 "I hope I haven't completely fucked up the 15 years of friendship that we've had, 577 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:06,640 and that you still will give me a chance to try and fix it." 578 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:12,080 "I've included an application form you can submit 579 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,319 that will grant you visiting rights." 580 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,400 "Until then, I wish you well." 581 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,319 "Merry Christmas. Philip." 582 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:27,040 Well… 583 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:38,799 I think this letter just goes to show you how detached from reality he is. 584 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,640 But obviously, it… 585 00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:44,720 …it's still really emotional for me 586 00:40:44,799 --> 00:40:46,680 in so many ways because… 587 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:52,160 It doesn't matter how you look at it, he was the… 588 00:40:52,799 --> 00:40:55,440 the best friend I probably ever had. 589 00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:59,440 There is a part of me that, despite feeling the way that I do, 590 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,359 I still would like to spend an hour with him 591 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,960 and ask all the questions I could think of. 592 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:08,640 The first question that I'd ask, it would be, 593 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,880 "Were… were we ever really friends?" 594 00:41:12,799 --> 00:41:16,760 "Was I just a pawn in your game, and were you just using me?" 595 00:41:16,839 --> 00:41:21,440 "When did all of these… extreme sexual tendencies and fantasies start?" 596 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,839 "Did you commit any other crimes, other than the ones we know about?" 597 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,640 "Do you realize how abnormal this is?" 598 00:41:27,720 --> 00:41:30,480 I mean, there are so many things that, on one hand, 599 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,440 I'd just like to forget about it, 600 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:33,720 but then, on the other, 601 00:41:33,799 --> 00:41:37,200 every time I think about it, my head explodes with questions. 602 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,880 I've started taking medications I've never taken before. 603 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:50,960 I… I have nightmares and panic attacks 604 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,720 and crippling anxiety. I've started to… 605 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,080 I guess I just question a lot of really basic stuff, 606 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,160 and even questioning my own existence and my… 607 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:04,400 my lack of judgment with a lot of things. 608 00:42:05,799 --> 00:42:09,640 Because I keep wondering… could I have noticed? 609 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:11,440 Why didn't I notice? 610 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:16,400 Maybe if I had looked under the bed or had talked more with him about his… 611 00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,080 his sexuality or his love life, 612 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,400 would I have noticed something then? 613 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:35,480 "To Philip." 614 00:42:37,240 --> 00:42:39,319 "I have written this letter many times, 615 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,640 and I've deleted it at least as many times." 616 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,160 "On the days where I've found it to be really hard, 617 00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:51,560 they're filled with hate, contempt, and condemnation, 618 00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:53,440 and with doubt and despair." 619 00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,319 "And the next day, when my mood was better, 620 00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,600 I'd be filled with questions and confusion, 621 00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:04,040 and questioning whether our friendship was real, 622 00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:07,440 and what the past 15 years meant to you." 623 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,880 "I've thought about our friendship over and over." 624 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:17,720 "I've revisited our memories, conversations and experiences." 625 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:24,319 "The minute we met, we had a chemistry that was good and fun." 626 00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:31,560 "You always had my back, and I always had yours." 627 00:43:33,839 --> 00:43:38,080 "And because we were so close, I can't help feeling responsible 628 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,720 and that I'm also somehow to blame for this." 629 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,359 "Your guilt has become my shame." 630 00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:50,359 "Logically, it makes no sense, but regardless, that's how I feel." 631 00:43:52,319 --> 00:43:56,040 "And the only way to stop the shame is to distance myself, 632 00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,799 and therefore our friendship is over." 633 00:44:01,839 --> 00:44:06,160 "It hurts, but it's necessary for me and for my family." 634 00:44:09,879 --> 00:44:12,200 "Goodbye. Nichlas." 635 00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:26,640 When you're faced with such a monstrous, pure evil, 636 00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:28,040 it'll change you. 637 00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:29,400 I know it changed me. 638 00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:32,640 I'm not quite sure I know how. 639 00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,920 None of us do, not yet. 640 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,160 It'll take all of us some time. 641 00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:51,720 You shouldn't just forget it. 642 00:44:51,799 --> 00:44:55,640 The right thing isn't to just say that we should just move on. 643 00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:01,359 I think it's right to say we're… 644 00:45:02,799 --> 00:45:04,799 We're living a changed life… 645 00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:08,680 …with love and joy. 646 00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:13,560 But also with sorrow. 647 00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:24,760 Philip Patrick Westh has been informed by his lawyer 648 00:45:24,839 --> 00:45:28,040 of the criticism raised against him in the documentary. 649 00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:29,560 He has made no comments. gainst him in the documentary.