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>> rebecca godfrey who spent eight years researching what happened says reena virk died because of a spontaneous combustion. >> some of the girls were incredibly violent before this and were really caught up in the notion of violence as a romantic, kind of powerful thing. >> violence, romantic. how could that be? what causes teens to act out like this? >> i've often been told by young people who have been engaged in these altercations that they can't believe that it actually happened. >> dr. cybil arts is at the university of victoria. although she's never spoken to the teens involved in reen reena virk's death, she has been studying violence in youth and particularly girls. she is the author of several books including "sex, power and the violent schoolgirl." someone throws a punch and it becomes real. and then by that time the
>> rebecca godfrey who spent eight years researching what happened says reena virk died because of a spontaneous combustion. >> some of the girls were incredibly violent before this and were really caught up in the notion of violence as a romantic, kind of powerful thing. >> violence, romantic. how could that be? what causes teens to act out like this? >> i've often been told by young people who have been engaged in these altercations that they can't believe that it...
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. >> rebecca godfrey should know. she grew up here. but has come to know a harsher reality. a memory that lurks behind victoria's picture perfect facade.
. >> rebecca godfrey should know. she grew up here. but has come to know a harsher reality. a memory that lurks behind victoria's picture perfect facade.
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. >> although, says rebecca godfrey, warren did have reason to be angry at somebody. >> his life was about as unstable as a life could be. his mother was an alcoholic and his father had moved to california so he was on his own. >> glowatski, he's 5'5", 130 pounds. >> john bond is an investigator with the victoria police department. bond says warren told him as reena virk was staggering across the bridge, he and nicole cook's best friend, kelly ellard,
. >> although, says rebecca godfrey, warren did have reason to be angry at somebody. >> his life was about as unstable as a life could be. his mother was an alcoholic and his father had moved to california so he was on his own. >> glowatski, he's 5'5", 130 pounds. >> john bond is an investigator with the victoria police department. bond says warren told him as reena virk was staggering across the bridge, he and nicole cook's best friend, kelly ellard,
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. >> 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 always be
. >> 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...
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. >> rebecca godfrey should know. she grew up here. but has come to know a harsher reality. a memory that lurks behind 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. this is missy pleech, she came from a very large family. she has 12 siblings. >> some of us have the same dad, but most of us have different dads. yeah. >
. >> rebecca godfrey should know. she grew up here. but has come to know a harsher reality. a memory that lurks behind 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....