A Death in Payson Canyon - Encore
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[ Music ] >> This investigation started off initially just like any other death investigation. >> 911, what is the address of the emergency? >> I've got a caller online. He's up in Maple Lakes. He just came across the body. >> They were called. They're about 7, 15 in the morning by a turkey hunter. >> He's going through the trees trying to find a game. He basically said I've found a young woman hanging from a tree. >> She's hanging from the tree. The ropes go, it's okay, nerd. >> There was a note present, and that's the note. >> Can you read it? >> This is my name, Shonda Brown, and I hated my life. Goodbye, [bleep] world. Watch the video, it's on my phone. [ Music ] >> So this is the phone that contained the actual video in question. >> The phone was dead at the time he picked it up. >> Yeah, it wouldn't charge, it wouldn't turn on. [ Music ] >> January was my world, she was my life. Go ahead and January died. My heart shattered. >> I didn't even know she had any, like, depression thoughts or anything like that. >> Couldn't believe that she wasn't there with us. >> She just never wanted to be sad, she never wanted any of us to be sad, so she'd make everyone this day, including hers. >> In looking at the scene, there was no vehicle there. You know, I was trying to figure out how this person got here. >> And I noticed an individual walking towards our location that's wearing a bright orange shirt. He introduces himself to me as Tyrell Permission, and he tells me, he goes, "I think you want to talk to me. I need to tell you the whole story." He's very emotional, he's crying. [ Music ] >> He's a stupid kid who made a very big mistake. >> This goes far beyond making bad mistakes. This was criminal behavior. >> He's bragged about it. >> He told other people, "Oh, yeah, I recorded her hanging there for 10 minutes." >> Tyrell had been planning this, he wanted this to happen. >> In his mind, I don't think that he was committing murder. He was helping her do what she wanted to do. >> He clouded her judgment, he clouded her emotions. He made her feel nothing but alone.
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A teen’s death appeared to be a suicide -- but investigators say she was helped by a friend who recorded it and weeks earlier texted “it's like getting away with murder.” CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports.