>> the young actor is accused of a heinous crime. >> they were saying i shot both of them and decapitated one of them. >> a male inmate and his girlfriend await trial on charges of rape. >> me and my boyfriend had a three some with another woman and she said we raped her.

>> a drinking problem sends another inmate to prison. >> we left the bar and i ended up running my boyfriend over with the car and then fleeing and ftrying to get away. >> and a convicted killer with a loyal wife finds a new love. >> every year, close to 70,000 people are processed through the five facilities that make up the

orange county jail in southern california. most not convicted but awaiting trial charged with minor infractions to murder. some will be released or bailed out within hours, others will call the jail home until their cases are resolved in court, a process that could take years. one inmate dannal who priefr or his arrest could be found as an actor. >> i want people to know i'm a good guy. i'm easy going. i enjoy long walks on the beach. i'm an aries. i just want people to know that no matter what, throughout all this. i'm really a good guy. almost everyone in my life will say so. >> what i know of him is he is

in custody for double murder. >> he hasn'tered a not guilty plea alleged to kill two friends in order to steal money out of their bank accounts. >> they are saying i shot both of them and decap tapted one of them. that's not true. >> prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty when he goes to trial. >> the two victims were two of my close friends, sam lived in the same complex and had helped me out on several occasions and he was there for me when i needed him. and julie was just a friend in the group. two of the nicest people that i've ever known. >> prosecutors say he was motivated to kill because he was broke and needed to pay for his

upcoming wedding and honey moon. he is alleged to have dismembered and beheaded the male victim. >> they say they found the body parts in the park. >> the victims torso was found in a local theater where he had recently performed. >> i played cary grant's character. it was a lot of fun. >> less than two weeks after the bodies were discovered he was arrested for murder. he was at his own bachelor party the night before his wedding. >> our meal was over, we paid the bill, and all of a sudden, it was a swarm of police. they came in and grabbed me, pulled me up, and put me in handcuffs and dragged me out of the back of the restaurant and i said, okay, hello, how are you, my nam is dan. you know.

>> he was questioned and taken into custody, a short time later he attempted suicide. >> i was alone in a room and there was a wall. they are all stone, so i saw the corner and i said, if i jump and hit my head, maybe all this will go away. and it's still here. >> he went into a coma after the attempted suicide. he says he tried to take his life because of the shame he felt over being arrested only hours before his wedding. >> if i was given the opportunity to talk to my fia e fiance, i would either say could i be with you out there or could you be with me in here. i mean, the bond -- i just love her. that's the hardest part about getting through the day is not being with her, period.

it's -- it says absence makes the heart grow fonder, it really does. >> jail has also kept michelle isolate fd from her boyfriend f the past 15 months. >> it is very hard. we miss each other a lot. it is sad when you miss somebody that much and you can't reach out and touch him. he is right around the corner from me right now, you know. >> in fact her boyfriend is only a short walk away in the men's unit of orange county central jail fa jail facility. >> michelle, that's my love. she has a very outgoing personality. she is sincere and giving. she is a socialite and sometimes i'm reserved but she will bring me out of that mold

it's like she is the wind beneath my wings, you know. >> it says michelle and beau for life. so i have it there to remind me every day i love him and he loves me. oh, we're in love. i'm all blushing. >> the only time they are able to see each other is in court. >> we are codepartmenendents sot to see each other on the bus. we get to talk and love each other, even if it is for five minutes it still means a lot. >> she was pregnant when they were arrested. nine months ago she delivered their son.

>> being in jail and having a baby, everybody's like, what the heck, but they made me feel so comfortable, the deputies and nurses. i had nine hours with him. i got to hold him for nine hours total and was the best experience ever. they took pictures of him for me. of us together. and the good thing about it is my boyfriend's mom got the baby. >> while their love story might be considered unusual, so are the charges that brought the couple to the orange koucounty jail. >> me and my boyfriend had a three some with another woman and she said we raped her. >> was this your boyfriend's idea. >> no it was mine. i regret it, completely. i know everyone said it was his idea but he did it to make me happy. too bad i can't take it back.

>> they have both been charged with the rape of an unconscience person and sodomy. they have pled not guilty and have been fighting the charges in court. >> through the interviews that we have done it was very ironic to me that they both told a different version of the crime and how it was set up and what happened and some of the details that they each gave us, it was just drastically different. it was supposedly going to be a three-way sex act but in one of the references they were just trying to help out someone who was down in their luck and passed out on the sidewalk. >> i was in the process of just picking my nephews up from a party and i see a person laid out spread eagle on the asphalt and tried to help them. checked their pulse to make sure

they were okay. and then a guy who was under the influence came around the corner from urinating and said, hey, get your hands off her. i said, excuse me. i said, well if this is the person you are with why would you leave her laid out in front of a donut shop in a parking lot. i said what's her name. um -- what's her name, come on fast. hm, something is fishy here. something told me that evidently. >> he says they checked the woman into a hotel room and stayed with her. >> i was laying on my back and one thing led to another and, you know, one night of fun can lead to a whole lot of turmoil. >> prosecutors said they

drugged, sodomized and raped the woman and the next day threatened to force her into a life the prostitution. it was only the woman's screams that had neighbors calling police. >> it is like genesis 39 when joseph was falsely imprisoned. things like that happen. paris hilton got arrested, you know what i mean. >> coming up, alcohol causes big problems for one inmate. >> i flip into stacy or tracy, a different fern wperson who is v. but you're not alone. i knew you'd come. like i could stay away.

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>> the best day for an inmate at the orange county jail is the day he or she is released. the second best just might be any day they receive their commissary order. the jail stocks a variety of snacks and other basics which inmates can purchase from their own funds from a debit account. >> we have an automatic system with scantron forms, the items we have are top brand items. >> i'm going to order up some soap. got to have stamps. more than likely there might be a meal you want to skip out on. trust me. need to get the hot cheetos.

it is like a fusion, nice spice, good texture. good stuff. >> he likes commissary as much as anyone but feel theres there room for improvement. >> i've been using mayo and conditioner for my hair. a lot of breakage involved so i'm like please put some grease on here. love, peace and hair grease. >> girlfriend and co-defendant is housed in orange county's women's ring. she and her cell mate care about their appearance as well but with limited funds they have a creative approach. >> we use deodorant and mix

colored pencils and mix it up with our finger. >> only specific types of deodorants can do this. you get it all good and mixed up, ready to go on the eye. just like that, it looks like a glob of color. >> and we're inmates that get up and do this every morning because you stop feeling like a human being, not that make up is all important but it is an ego booster. they have been at at orange county jail for the past 15 months. she is no longer waiting for trial. instead ortega pled guilty to dui hit and run with great

bodily injury. >> i'm an alcoholic, native american and irish, so all the experts say it is in my blood. i black out. the average person will drink as much as i would drink and pass out. you would be in bed sleeping, i get hyper. and i flip into, like, i don't know if it is stacy or tracy -- it is a different person, and she is usually not happy and usually not nice and she is usually pretty violent. >> her conviction resulted in an eight year sentence and she is due to transfer to prison any day. the victim of her crime is her former boyfriend. >> basically, i went out with my boyfriend and best friend. we went to sunday brunch, which is my favorite. i had my mamosas, we stopped at the bar after. i can't tell you what happened

after that other than what it states in my police report and plea bargain because when we left the bar, i don't remember leaving, which is the tough part. but basically we left the bar and what happened was i ended up running my boyfriend over. with the car. and then fleeing and trying to get awax -- away. he ended up with a broken leg. he has steal, or whatever they put in there. he ended up with a sub dural hemo toma, they put him into a medically induced coma for purposes of helping his brain he heal. >> her boyfriend did recover but he suffered minor brain damage and the damage to their relationship was beyond repair. >> mistakes and accidents happen. and i apologized and said i was

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>> on any given day, about 400 of the 52 inmates in california's orange county jail are being held on charges of murder. one of them is daniel who because of his noter iety is how'sed in a single cell. >> it is small. i got the bed.

got the bible. coffee, milk. jesus is with me. >> he is accused of murdering two friends and dismembering one of them. >> lord, let me know my end, the number of my days, that i may learn how frail i am. you have given my days a short span. my life is nothing before you. >> while awaiting trial at the orange county jail, he says he sought comfort from the bible. >> i sworn with you like a passing stranger, a guest like all my ancestors, turn your gaze from me and i may find peace before i depart to be no more. >> so, that's one of my favorite ones. >> why. >> it just touches home. it is exactly how short life really is. it makes it a lot easier in here knowing our time here is just so short. life is just a short time butte

tenu -- butte tenu e terternity is . >> jason richardson is also facing the death penalty. >> i have been studying tai chi for 6 or 7 months now. gets the positive channels flowing. >> he was accused of robbing and murdering a local store manager. at the time richardson was on parole for a prior domestic violence conviction. >> well, considering i didn't kill anyone, it is a hard pill to swallow. real hard pill to swallow.

i've been to prison, i've made a lot of mistakes. don't do robb robberies and dont kill people. >> his criminal history include domestic violence, bank fraud and two rape convictions, all of which he says was the result of an abusive upbringing. >> i was taught to function on a violent criminal level. >> while all twelve of his jurors agreed he was guilty of the home depot murder only 9 of them voted for death penalty, meaning he will stay at orange county until a new jury will be convened to decide whether he will be sentenced to life in prison or death. >> i'm not dangerous, i'm a kind, loving, passionate care individual father, man, husband.

>> little post cards they send me. we love you dad. love my babies. love them to death. they're my strength. >> although richardson is uncertain how many babies he has fathered. >> i have three from my wife of 20 years and couple few possibilities, a few for sure, so i have like six. my wife is an angel, one of the most sweetest, honest hard working, she would be a nun. >> he has spent much of his married life behind bars. >> about 15 of it in and 5 out. just long enough to make north ba -- another baby and go to disneyland. she didn't deserve all these years. she is such a good woman.

she is so loyal. >> but despite her loyalty he recently reconnected with a childhood friend who he says is his true soul mate. >> we have been in touch for a year and a half and touched each other for 21 years and loyally she comes to visit me every weekend and we pour our heart out. she has been looking for me since i was 10 and she was 13. there's always been something special and magical between us now she is my soul mate, she's my wife now. >> he hasn't actually married the new girlfriend but it has caused a serious rift with his wife. >> she can't feel any other way but betrayed and hurt. we have grown apart. and those things just happen. >> coming up, jason richardson

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. >> beaux and michelle say they are very much in love but their relationship is interrupted by their incarceration in the orange county jail, charges include rape and sodomy. they pled not guilty but if convicted in court he faces up to nine years in prison and she could be sentenced to have 60. >> honestly i don't want to hear numbers. want to hear justice. >> they are not allowed to see each other in jail but they can write letters. >> she has made me step my game up on my writings. >> dear michelle what it do. my sugar love, oo we, i'm still on cloud nine from that ride. i can see how you give them

butterflies, the same way you make my nature rise. let you know deep inside my heart is where you always reside. as you are reading my mind it is not a surprise that you already know i love you for life. forever in love your husband beaux. how sweet. >> while love letters might keep their spirits up, they face serious issues. besides the possibility of going to prison, she was four months pregnant when she were arrested one year earlier. she gave birth in a near by hospital and once recovered returned to jail. >> i am the grandmother. this is my grandson and we're here to visit his dad beaux senior. >> my mother is taking care of our son.

she is a bit older so this is kind of hard for her. >> i have applied and obtained permanent guardianship. so i'm his legal guardian and i will be until he becomes an adult, maybe. >> she can't carry nothing over 20 pounds, she just had open heart surgery with a triple by pass and she still brings him up here when she can. >> i've had the baby since he was two days old. a little bitty thing, but it is good too. because being an old nurse and working and having worked the nursery, it was easy to take care of this little fellow. say that's my daddy. that's my daddy. yay, yay, yay. >> yeah. >> hello, son.

how are you. >> love you. >> love you too. >> thank you for coming by. >> that's okay, baby doll. say hi dad. >> god is so good. >> he is. all the time. >> i've never held my son before. never touched him. never embraced him. it is hard on both of us when he is trying to reach out and grab me. it has got to be difficult for him. >> he's saying, how come i can't touch you. >> i know son. i haven't had a chance to held him, feed him, change his diapers, i'm just grateful he is in good hands. >> thank you heavenly father, thank you for your blessings. amen. >> amen. >> love you son. okay.

>> after visiting her son iris will take beaux junior to the women's unit. >> we're going to see mommy. >> this is a ritual we do every weekend or every other weekend. it takes a while getting through the lines and waiting on lines but i figure it is worth it because if i was in here i couldn't see my baby i would want someone to bring my baby to me. >> it is a little hard because i can't touch him. i haven't touched him since he was born. >> does he know who you are? . >> i hope so. i think so. he sees me every weekend. i hope he does. >> oh, you ready, huh? >> i pray he does. because he smiles and stuff. but if not, then when i get out he will get to know me.

>> play peak aboo with mommy. >> he's so happy. >> he is. he wakes up happy. >> it is really hard on me. it really is. ever since he was born she's been taking care of him. it's a lot of work and i thank god for her every day. i hope this is all done and over soon so i can get hope and be able to be a mommy. >> love you. >> love you too. >> bye bye. >> he's doing so good and getting so good. just seeing him play and smile is the best part. seeing him smile and laugh and knowing he is a happy baby. >> when i visit, i don't want them to see me cry.

>> i have to stay strong for them. because it is worse for them than it is for me because i'm out here. >> i just never let them see me cry. it is bad. >> i'm okay. >> we're okay. >> we'll be all right. coming up. >> drained the bank account. >> he reads news accounts of his alleged crime. >> it makes me look like satan himself. >> and richardson gets a visit from his girlfriend. >> i know about his past and love him anyway check on a claim...you know, all with the ah, tap of my geico app.

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. >> inside orange county central jail, daniel has found himself in a very different world compared to the stages he used to perform on as a local actor. >> you got the sink and toilet. it is small but it is what it is. >> he is accused of killing two friends and dismembering one of them. if found guilty he could get the death penalty. in the meantime he makes the best of lunch in jail. >> bag lunches for dinner every day. sandwiches, hard boiled egg, most of the time it is bologna, or ham. extra bread today. little carrots, like this. and of course, plenty of mayo.

so then you eat the carrots and have this as a bowl and make an egg salad sandwich. smie sm d some days you can mix up some pudding and get a milk shake. >> though he learned how to adjust to life in jail he claims to be less knowledgeable of the press reports surrounding his alleged crime. >> the honest truth of what they are saying i'm not sure. since i've been here i haven't been able to read the paper. one time i saw my picture on television. it was a mug shot that they got from the police department. they put together some old youtube videos of me, i was in theater. they were just flashing that all over the news. >> authorities allowed us to show him some of the published news reports.

>> oh, great, that mug. oh, my god. [ reading indistinctly ] . >> that makes me look like satan himself. that i orchestrated and planned all this. i'm sorry, i can't -- >> why did this happen to your friend? >> i can't get into that.

i can't get into that. i can't -- i'm sorry. i really can't. i cannot. >> if he is convicted of the murders, he could face the death penalty. >> the death penalty is something they are seeking. whether it happens or not, justice will sax -- say. i just have full faith in and the truth will set me free and everything will come to be. i just pray daily. that's it. and not so much for myself but for all of the lives that have been shattered through this event. >> just a few miles away at orange county's largest facility theo lacy another inmate is contemplating the complexities of a high profile murder case. >> he is a famous person in here for the home depot killings. he broke into the home depot to

rob it. he is wearing a paint suit with mask with coverings over his feet. you can't tell who is in there but he comes up to the manager and the manager is begging for his life and begged him to leave, he grabbed the money, shot the manager and took off. >> jason rich order son has already been found guilty of killing the manager of the home depot store, a former marine who left behind a wife and kids. >> he was up for the death penalty and there was a hung jury. it is about to restart again so they can find out whether or not he will get the death penalty or life in prison. >> but for now richardson's focus is on his complicated love life. while he has three children with his wife of twenty years he recently began a relationship

with another woman. >> it is such a blessing. it is so powerful and beautiful. i can't put it in words. we feel each other so deeply and so passionately. you are my soul, my breath, your heart and spirit. i love you doesn't cut it. so we say "i you" that's how we end our letters. i will be yours forever and ever. i do keep you and take you to be mine. and i you, which is basically, i love you, but on a much deeper soulful level. >> richardson's new girlfriend ask that we not give her last name. despite knowing about his murder conviction and two prior rape convictions, she says his past is not a threat. >> i don't fear jason at all. i don't fear him one little bit.

i have known him his whole life. i have known him as a child. i know his heart and soul. i know what type of person he is. i know about his trubled past. -- troubled past. i love him anyway. >> my biggest fear is that he will get the worse. he will get the row. that's my worse fear. >> i come on friday and saturday every weekend and sometimes i get to come on sundays. it is important to keep our closeness and to communicate. we talk on the phone every day. but i actually get to see him and i feel like i get to touch him and kiss him even though it is through glass. that is actually the hardest part is that glass there.

>> i you. i love you. hi. good. just right here today. >> daddy likes pearly. >> i know you do. >> mommas, why you do that. >> twelve reasons. >> no one understands. how does someone as smart as you -- as, you know, i hate saying that, as beautiful as you. or someone who can have anyone you want, how do you get involved with a man who is in prison. a man with no future. a man with nothing to offer you. can't help who you fall in love with and i love him. he feeds me emotionally. he gives me everything that i need. >> i you.

i do. i will. i you. i you. okay. bye. i found the greatest love of my life. in jail. yeah. you can't help who -- you know the saying and it is true, you can't help who you fall in love with. he is the greatest love of my life. >> coming up. >> really need to get the rest of my life going. i'm tired. >> you glad you are leaving here.

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>> unlike many of the inmates at california's orange county jail who are awaiting sentencing, stacy ortega knows exactly what is ahead of her. she pled guilty to dui hit and run that seriously injured her boyfriend. >> we are taking ten females to chow chilla. >> she was sentenced to eight years and that morning she will be frantransferred to prison. >> they cannot, i will not sit in the back of that van because i will throw up. >> do you get motion sickness? >> yeah. >> i hear you. i will explain that to them and

hopefully they will take that into consideration. go ahead. >> can you tell me how you feel real quick? >> relieved to get the rest of my life going. tired. >> are you glad you are leaving here. >> yeah. yeah. >> i think spending 15 months helped me get sober. this is the first time in my life i'm sober 100% and it helped me realize who i am and who i want to be. just comfortable in my own skin. i guess my biggest fear would be -- someone killing me. to keep it on the real, 100%.

i mean, things could happen up there pretty quickly. i want to be ready for the worse. and try to make it the best i can. period. so i don't want to go in there rubbing people the wrong way or with something to prove. >> get on in back or wherever you want to go. >> i'm just doing me and i'd rather be happy in a situation and make it that way then grovel and drown in my sorrow and not move forward. i won't move forward unless i'm happy with myself. >> a few days later she received a letter from her former celle. >> i have a letter from stacy. hey pretty lady, how are things in county. i miss you so much. i wish you were here with me.

it's cooled off. i haven't missed yard since i arrived. it is too nice not to enjoy the outdoors. i gave myself a haircut. when will you get there. ha ha ha. i will be waiting homie, hurry please. love your bff raven. >> whether she joins her friend in prison or not depends on whether she and her boyfriend are acquitted on charges of rape and sodomy. they have been offered a plea deal that would greatly reduce the amount of time they will have in prison but they turned it down. >> i'mino sent so, yeah t is a risk i'm willing to take. there is 12 people in the jury. they will either feel sorry for her or for me, i'm not sure which one it will be.

>> life is a gamble in general. you don't know what tomorrow will bring. can't find nothing on this. all this is just inadequate puffed up charges. >> he is facing an additional charge of false imprisonment a guilty verdict could be as much as 16 years. >> i have faith in god. justice system is the man's law, but i have a great god that i serve and he is a righteous got and i keep my faith in him not just what man can do.

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