Inside the interrogation room: "I'm in love with her" | Forensic Files

this is a statement of uh Jason Richards right today's date is uh 6813 the time is
458 when did you guys uh first meet on the internet um March 18th March 18th yep uh then we just
started talking back and forth and kind of getting to really know each other and you know we uh we said I love
you uh pretty quickly okay so when's the first time you made love 18th of what uh May we're talking
intercourse correct yes okay and you know she said how much she wanted to come out and uh and stay with me at my house
so I was like okay great you know I I uh had a key made for her and everything I was pretty excited right you know I
mean there were times where I was like okay she's 18 strange but it's just I knew I'm I'm
in love with her I have never had even when I was married to my wife I never had the feelings that I have for her
like I do I was just like holy crap this is awesome I've never had this so what was the plan the plan was um she told me
she was going to leave a note for her family and so we're messing back and forth forth and just completely excited
so I I find the uh the alleyway and I was like okay dirt Alleyway that's that's strange I pull in and since it's
like just a one lane Little Road not enough room for one car I'm like and then I saw uh headlights come toward I
like oh someone's coming towards me one of them said you know get back in the car
now okay or you know I'm going to shoot when all this starts happening it's you kind of my my Asbergers kicks in
where I get kind of agitated and just you know kind of a little fidgety now I've interviewed um children with
Asbergers you seem like you're highly I'm highly functional functional yes yeah I actually was just diagnosed back
in uh November of last year you loved her still do it's the problem now take a deep breath I wish I didn't I
I completely understand I fell in love with her logically I've completely just up my
life

Listen to excerpts from Det. Elise Robertson's interrogation of Jason Richards, 30, the night he was arrested outside 15-year-old Elizabeth Syrotchen's house in Spokane, Washington, in 2013.

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Brief Summary

Jason Richards shares his intense online love story and the challenges of his Asperger's diagnosis.

Key points

First Meeting Online. They met on March 18th and quickly fell in love.
A Plan to Meet. Jason prepared for her visit with excitement and anticipation.
Unexpected Confrontation. Jason faced a tense moment when approached by strangers in an alley.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I completely understand I fell in love with her logically.

Struggling with love and logic.

2:24WatchSep 22, 2016

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