Narrator: GAYLE CUVREAU THOUGHT SHE'D FOUND THE PERFECT MAN
IN SCOTT MOUGHTON,
A SEXY ROCK-'N'-ROLLER WITH DOWN-HOME FAMILY VALUES.
I REALLY THOUGHT THIS IS GONNA BE THE MAN
THAT I'M GONNA BE WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE.
I THINK SCOTT WAS WELL ON HIS WAY TO BECOMING A ROCK STAR.
Narrator: BUT INSTEAD OF CLIMBING THE CHARTS,
SCOTT FOUND HIMSELF ON A DIFFERENT KIND
OF MOST-WANTED LIST.
I WANTED TO GET HIM OFF THE STREET TO STOP HIM FROM HURTING MORE PEOPLE.
Cuvreau: IT WAS A NIGHTMARE.
IT WAS MY WORST NIGHTMARE.
Narrator: WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE AND MARRIAGE,
THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM.
WHEN YOU'RE A SINGLE MOM STRUGGLING TO DO IT ALL,
LOVE OFTEN TAKES A BACK SEAT.
GAYLE CUVREAU CAN VOUCH FOR THAT.
Cuvreau: I WAS IN MY 30's,
AND I HAD ALREADY BEEN THROUGH ONE MARRIAGE.
I WAS WORKING FOR A DELIVERY COMPANY
AND HAD JUST PURCHASED A DAYCARE CENTER
THAT WAS QUITE LARGE...
AND TRYING TO JUGGLE THAT
AND THE HOUSE AND THE YARD AND THE KIDS.
IT WAS REALLY BUSY.
SHE WAS IN AND OUT OF A FEW RELATIONSHIPS.
NOTHING VERY SERIOUS.
SHE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH TIME FOR DATING.
Narrator: BUT ONE SUMMER DAY IN 1996,
WHILE WORKING HER DELIVERY JOB,
A CHANCE ENCOUNTER WOULD TURN GAYLE'S LOVE LIFE AROUND.
Cuvreau: I WALKED IN ONE OF MY DELIVERIES,
AND I THOUGHT, "WOW, LOOK AT HIM...
DARK HAIR, DARK EYES, GORGEOUS."
Narrator: 32-YEAR-OLD SCOTT MOUGHTON
WAS A DIVORCED FATHER OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS...
BY DAY, A HUMBLE GRAPHIC DESIGNER...
BY NIGHT, THE SEXY LEAD GUITARIST
IN A POPULAR SEATTLE-AREA BAND.
I WONDERED, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MUSICIANS...
THEY'RE WILD, THEY'RE CRAZY, THEY'RE ON DRUGS,
THEY'RE PARTYING EVERY NIGHT.
BUT HE WAS DIFFERENT.
Narrator: IN A MUSIC SCENE DOMINATED BY GRUNGE AND HEROIN,
SCOTT WAS A RARE STRAIGHT ARROW.
Cuvreau: HE DIDN'T DRINK, HE DIDN'T DO DRUGS.
HE WAS RAISING ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS.
SMART, GOOD-LOOKING.
HE WAS JUST ALL-AROUND PERFECT.
Narrator: GAYLE PIQUED SCOTT'S INTEREST, TOO.
A FEW MONTHS LATER, SCOTT ASKED HER OUT,
AND GAYLE WAS THRILLED.
Cuvreau: IT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST DATE THAT I HAD EVER HAD WITH A MAN.
WE SPENT THE ENTIRE EVENING
JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR CHILDREN AND LOTS OF LAUGHTER.
Galbraith: WHEN MY MOM FIRST MET SCOTT,
I WAS AROUND THE AGE OF 11.
I COULD TELL THAT SHE HAD KIND OF
FALLEN HEAD OVER HEELS FOR HIM.
Cuvreau: WE STARTED SEEING EACH OTHER PRETTY QUICKLY.
IT REALLY TURNED INTO A VERY SOLID RELATIONSHIP.
Narrator: AT LAST, GAYLE THOUGHT
SHE HAD FINALLY FOUND HER PERFECT MATCH.
BUT A FEW MONTHS LATER, SHE OBSERVED SOMETHING ODD
WHEN SHE AND SCOTT WERE ON VACATION IN HAWAII.
WE WERE DRIVING ALONG, AND WE WERE GONNA GO TO DINNER,
AND SUDDENLY, I LOOKED OVER AT SCOTT,
AND HE'S, LIKE, SLUMPING OVER THE STEERING WHEEL
AND JUST MAKING WEIRD FACES.
AND I SAID, "ARE YOU OKAY?" AND HE GOES, "NO, I'M NOT.
I NEED TO GET SOME FOOD OR SOMETHING. I'M HYPERGLYCEMIC."
Narrator: GAYLE QUICKLY DROVE TO THE NEAREST RESTAURANT,
WHERE SCOTT STUMBLED INTO THE RESTROOM.
Cuvreau: HE LOOKED REALLY BAD.
SO I ASKED, "PLEASE,
CAN YOU JUST BRING US SOME BREAD IMMEDIATELY?"
Narrator: BUT ODDLY,
BY THE TIME SCOTT CAME OUT OF THE RESTROOM
A FEW MINUTES LATER, HE WAS COMPLETELY RECOVERED.
Cuvreau: HE COMES OUT, INFORMS ME EVERYTHING'S FINE.
AND I THOUGHT, WELL, HOW IN THE WORLD COULD THAT BE?
BUT I LET IT GO. I JUST... I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.
Narrator: GAYLE AND SCOTT CARRIED ON WITH THEIR DAY,
AND LATER THAT NIGHT, SCOTT HAD A SURPRISE IN STORE FOR GAYLE.
HE POPPED THE QUESTION.
Cuvreau: I WAS SO EXCITED.
I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT TWICE.
Narrator: ALMOST A YEAR AFTER THEY STARTED DATING,
GAYLE AND SCOTT MADE IT OFFICIAL IN A SMALL CHURCH WEDDING
BACK HOME NEAR BOTHELL, WASHINGTON.
MY MOM WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS AT THE BEGINNING
JUST LIKE ANY BRIDE WOULD BE.
IT WAS A GOOD THING TO SEE HER COMING DOWN THE AISLE.
Cuvreau: THE DAY OF MY WEDDING
WAS ONE OF THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF MY LIFE.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
ALL THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY THERE.
AND THE KIDS JUST LOVED HIM SO MUCH.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS FOR LIFE.
Narrator: IT WAS A PROMISING START FOR THE MOUGHTON FAMILY,
UNTIL HALLOWEEN NIGHT
JUST TWO MONTHS INTO THEIR MARRIAGE.
I WAS INVITED TO GO TO A DINNER WITH MY FAMILY,
AND SCOTT HAD A SHOW THAT NIGHT.
AND I GOT HOME AND WENT TO BED, EXPECTING HIM TO BE HOME LATE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BREAK DOWN THEIR EQUIPMENT.
Narrator: BUT HOURS AFTER THE SHOW ENDED,
AROUND 4:00 A.M., SCOTT STILL HADN'T RETURNED.
I WAS VERY WORRIED.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY HAPPENED TO HIM.
I HADN'T HAD A PHONE CALL.
SO I CALLED HIS CELLPHONE, WITH NO ANSWER.
Narrator: 24 HOURS LATER, STILL WITH NO WORD FROM SCOTT,
GAYLE WAS FRANTIC AND FEARING THE WORST.
SHE WAS CALLING ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS
AND CHECKING HOSPITALS.
SHE CALLED STATE PATROL,
EVERYBODY SHE COULD THINK OF TO TRY TO FIND HIM.
Narrator: WAS SCOTT IN TROUBLE?
WAS IT HYPOGLYCEMIA?
OR WAS SOMETHING FAR MORE SINISTER GOING ON?
Cuvreau: I WAS PANICKED.
IT WAS JUST LIKE HE VANISHED.
Narrator: ON OCTOBER 31, 1997,
JUST TWO MONTHS INTO THEIR MARRIAGE,
GAYLE CUVREAU'S HUSBAND, SCOTT, WENT TO HIS CONCERT
AND NEVER CAME HOME.
SUDDENLY, AFTER MORE THAN 24 HOURS WITHOUT WORD,
SCOTT CALLED.
Cuvreau: HE SAID HE WAS OKAY.
HE WAS ACTING LIKE HE WAS REMORSEFUL,
BUT HE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER.
Narrator: SHEEPISHLY, SCOTT EXPLAINED
THAT HE'D GONE OUT WITH FRIENDS AFTER THE GIG
AND HAD STAYED OUT SO LATE THAT HE WAS AFRAID TO COME HOME.
Cuvreau: HE DECIDED HE WOULD JUST SPEND THE NIGHT WITH THESE PEOPLE.
IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME, SO I WAS ANGRY.
Narrator: BUT IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE PEACE,
GAYLE TOLD SCOTT TO HURRY HOME.
I HAD JUST BEEN MARRIED TWO MONTHS,
AND I REALLY, REALLY WANTED IT TO WORK,
SO I FORGAVE HIM.
"YOU MADE A MISTAKE. YOU KNOW HOW IT MADE ME FEEL.
PLEASE DON'T DO IT TO ME AGAIN."
Narrator: GAYLE PUT THE INCIDENT BEHIND HER,
AND LIFE FOR THE COUPLE WAS SOON BACK ON TRACK.
BY THE SPRING OF 1998,
GAYLE SOLD HER DAYCARE BUSINESS FOR A $300,000 PROFIT,
AND THE FAMILY MOVED IN TO A GORGEOUS, NEW HOME.
Kreiman: THEY'D HAVE PARTIES AND INVITE ALL OF US OVER.
THEY WERE COMING INTO THEIR OWN.
Narrator: MEANWHILE, GAYLE CONTINUED TO WORK PART-TIME,
WHILE SCOTT QUITE HIS COMPUTER JOB TO FOCUS ON HIS MUSIC.
Cuvreau: SCOTT WAS DOING GREAT WITH HIS MUSIC CAREER.
THERE WAS ONE ALBUM THAT HAD COME OUT.
HE WAS NOMINATED ONE OF THE BEST GUITAR PLAYERS IN SEATTLE.
Narrator: IT WAS AN EXCITING TIME FOR THE FAMILY.
BUT ONE YEAR INTO THEIR MARRIAGE,
THEIR GOOD LIFE BEGAN TO CRUMBLE.
Galbraith: IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A GRAY CLOUD KIND OF CAME OVER THE FAMILY.
LIKE, SOMETHING JUST WASN'T RIGHT.
Narrator: BY THE FALL OF 1998,
THE FAMILY BEGAN TO THINK THAT SCOTT WAS ACTING STRANGE.
WE WERE ARGUING MORE.
HE WAS AWAY FROM THE HOUSE A LOT MORE...
JUST REALLY STARTING TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM US.
Galbraith: IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS SICK
A LOT MORE OFTEN THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE FAMILY...
LIKE A MILD COLD AT ALL TIMES.
Narrator: EVEN WORSE,
GAYLE FELT SCOTT WAS OVERLOOKING THE KIDS.
SUDDENLY, HE SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME
TO TAKE THEM TO THEIR SPORTS
OR TO GO SHOW UP FOR THEIR GAMES.
HE WAS TOO BUSY WITH THE MUSIC AND THE RECORD COMING OUT.
IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS TRYING TO FIND REASONS OR EXCUSES
NOT TO BE THERE AT NIGHT.
Narrator: AND AS SCOTT'S BEHAVIOR CONTINUED TO DECLINE,
ACCORDING TO GAYLE, SO DID THEIR BANK ACCOUNT.
Kreiman: GAYLE ESTIMATED THAT THEIR CHECKING ACCOUNT
WAS DEPLETING BY ABOUT $200 A DAY.
AND WHEN SHE ASKED SCOTT TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF,
HE EITHER GOT ANGRY OR HE HAD SOME EXPLANATION...
A CAMERA, A GUITAR REPAIR.
HE ALWAYS HAD A REASON FOR WHAT WAS GOING ON.
Narrator: BY THE WINTER OF 1999,
THE RELATIONSHIP WAS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE,
AND GAYLE FEARED THE WORST.
Cuvreau: I'M NOT THINKING "DRINKING."
HE'S NOT HUNG OVER.
DRUGS? HE DOESN'T DO DRUGS.
SO MAYBE COULD IT BE ANOTHER WOMAN?
Narrator: BUT BEFORE SHE CONFRONTED SCOTT,
GAYLE DECIDED TO DO SOME INVESTIGATING OF HER OWN.
Cuvreau: ONE NIGHT, I COULD HEAR HIM DOWN IN THE DEN.
I HEARD SOME SHAKING, AND I THOUGHT,
"THAT KIND OF SOUNDS WEIRD. I WONDER WHAT THAT IS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE PILLS SHAKING."
SO I PRETENDED LIKE I WAS ASLEEP,
AND I WAITED TILL HE CAME UP TO BED,
AND THEN I JUST LIED THERE FOR A WHILE,
AND THEN I SNUCK DOWNSTAIRS.
Narrator: INSIDE SCOTT'S GUITAR CASE,
GAYLE SAW SOMETHING THAT STOPPED HER IN HER TRACKS.
Cuvreau: I FOUND A COUPLE BOTTLES OF PILLS
WITH HIS NAME ON THEM.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
I DIDN'T... HAD NEVER RECOGNIZED THE NAME OF THE DRUG.
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
GAYLE CALLED SCOTT AND DEMANDED AN ANSWER.
HIS RESPONSE BLEW HER AWAY.
I FLAT-OUT ASKED HIM, "ARE YOU A HEROIN ADDICT?"
AND HE ADMITTED THAT, YES, HE WAS.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO GAYLE,
SCOTT TOLD HER HE TOOK THE PILLS TO FIGHT WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS.
Cuvreau: I JUST CRIED.
I WAS VERY UPSET.
HEROIN IS HORRIBLE.
IT'S A HORRIBLE DRUG.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO GAYLE,
SCOTT AGREED TO CHECK INTO REHAB,
BUT SOON HE WAS HOME.
I WAS ACTUALLY SITTING IN THE BACKYARD, READING A MAGAZINE.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY DAY.
AND I LOOKED UP, AND THERE WAS SCOTT.
AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, WHAT IN THE WORLD? WHY ARE YOU HERE?"
AND HE SAID, "WELL, I GOT KICKED OUT OF THE REHAB."
HE SAID IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE INSURANCE.
Narrator: AND SCOTT WAS ADAMANT
THAT FURTHER REHAB WOULD HAVE TO WAIT.
HE HAD JUST RECEIVED A LUCRATIVE JOB OFFER
PLAYING BACKUP ON A SOLO ALBUM
FOR THE LEAD SINGER OF A POPULAR HEAVY-METAL BAND.
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HE ASSURED ME THAT WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER,
THEN HE WOULD GET HIMSELF HELP.
Narrator: BUT ACCORDING TO GAYLE, BEFORE LONG,
THE COUPLE'S BANK ACCOUNT WAS DWINDLING ONCE AGAIN.
AND SUDDENLY SCOTT STOPPED COMING HOME.
GAYLE HAD A HUNCH THAT SCOTT WAS DIGGING HIMSELF
DEEPER INTO ADDICTION.
HE WASN'T AROUND AT ALL.
HE WOULDN'T EVEN TELL ME WHERE HE WAS LIVING.
I JUST WAS FALLING APART.
I DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT HE WAS OFF THE DRUGS.
THINGS WERE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.
I JUST... I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
Narrator: WITH THE COUPLE ESSENTIALLY SEPARATED,
GAYLE HAD NO CHOICE
BUT TO TAKE SCOTT'S NAME OFF THEIR BANK ACCOUNT.
BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP HIM.
Cuvreau: HE WOULD JUST GO INTO THE BANK
WITH ONE OF MY CHECKS THAT HE HAD STOLEN
AND JUST SAY, "OH, NO, WE'RE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
EVERYTHING'S FINE."
Galbraith: HE WAS LITERALLY FLUSHING OUR MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN.
AND SO IT WAS VERY DISTRESSING
AND A TERRIBLE TIME IN OUR LIVES.
Narrator: BY THE SPRING OF 2001,
GAYLE'S FUNDS WERE DOWN TO ALMOST NOTHING.
AND JUST WHEN IT SEEMED LIKE THINGS COULDN'T GET MUCH WORSE,
THEY DID.
I JUST LIED AWAKE ALL NIGHT LONG,
WONDERING WHEN THESE PEOPLE WERE GONNA COME AFTER US.
GAYLE WAS PETRIFIED.
SHE LIVED IN CONSTANT FEAR.
Narrator: IN THE SPRING OF 2001,
GAYLE CUVREAU HADN'T HEARD FROM HER HUSBAND IN OVER TWO MONTHS
WHEN SHE RECEIVED A MOST DISTURBING CALL.
Cuvreau: I GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF SCOTT'S FRIENDS...
ONE OF HIS NEW FRIENDS THAT HE WAS HANGING OUT WITH.
HE SAID, "THERE'S THINGS ABOUT SCOTT
THAT I THINK YOU NEED TO KNOW."
Narrator: THE FRIEND WARNED GAYLE
TO SEEK PROTECTION FOR HERSELF AND HER CHILDREN.
I WAS LITERALLY TERRIFIED.
I WAS VERY FRIGHTENED FOR MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN.
GAYLE WAS A NERVOUS WRECK.
SHE WAS SHAKING,
AND I WAS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT HER.
Narrator: GAYLE WAS DETERMINED TO PROTECT HER CHILDREN AT ALL COSTS,
SO SHE PUT THEIR HOUSE UP FOR RENT AND MOVED.
Cuvreau: I DIDN'T FEEL SAFE BEING THERE ANYMORE,
SO THE BEST THING I COULD THINK OF WAS JUST,
"LET'S GET AWAY AND SEE IF WE CAN HIDE FROM THEM."
Kreiman: GAYLE WOULD TAKE DIFFERENT ROUTES HOME FROM WORK,
AND SHE WAS ALWAYS AFRAID
OF WHERE SCOTT WAS AND WHAT HE WAS PLANNING NEXT.
Narrator: AFTER ALMOST A YEAR ON THE RUN
WITH NO SIGN OF SCOTT OR HIS FRIENDS,
GAYLE'S FEAR SLOWLY SUBSIDED.
I THOUGHT, "OKAY, THIS IS IT.
HE'S FINALLY OUT OF OUR LIVES, AND WE CAN GO ON."
Narrator: SO GAYLE AND THE CHILDREN
MOVED BACK INTO THEIR HOME.
Cuvreau: I HAD IT LEASED OUT FOR THESE PEOPLE.
THEY DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BUY IT.
SO I HAD TO MOVE BACK INTO THE HOUSE
TO GET IT PREPARED TO BE SOLD.
I DON'T HOW GAYLE HELD IT TOGETHER.
IT WAS AMAZING TO ME THAT SHE ACTUALLY COULD GET UP
AND GET TO WORK AND GET HER JOB DONE EVERY DAY.
Narrator: BUT GAYLE'S ORDEAL WASN'T OVER YET.
WITHIN A WEEK,
SCOTT SHOWED UP AND DROVE OFF IN ONE OF HER CARS.
Cuvreau: HE'S ALREADY TAKEN EVERYTHING FROM ME...
AND THEN HE TAKES MY CAR.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT HE HAD THE GALL TO DO THIS
AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HE HAD DONE.
Narrator: GAYLE WAS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SCOTT,
AND THEN ONE DAY, SHE SPOTTED HIM.
Cuvreau: SO, I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD...
AND THERE COMES MY CAR.
PULLS RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF ME.
I'M LIKE, "OH, MY GOD, THERE IT IS."
SO I PICKED UP THE PHONE. I CALLED THE POLICE.
HE PULLS INTO THE GAS STATION.
NEXT THING I KNOW,
THERE'S 6 COP CARS,
12 GUNS POINTED AT SCOTT, THE CAR.
I'M LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING."
Narrator: SCOTT WAS PROMPTLY ARRESTED AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
BY NOW, THERE WERE ALSO WARRANTS OUT ON HIM
FROM ANOTHER COUNTY.
BY 2003, GAYLE FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY AND DIVORCE.
Cuvreau: MY LIFE WAS JUST SHATTERED,
AND I WAS TRYING TO HOLD EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
Narrator: GAYLE WAS DONE,
AND BY THE END OF 2003,
HER DIVORCE FROM SCOTT WAS FINAL.
BUT SCOTT'S RUN-INS WITH THE LAW WERE FAR FROM OVER.
IN THE SPRING OF 2004,
GAYLE TURNED ON THE NEWS AND SAW HER EX-HUSBAND.
Cuvreau: WHEN I LOOKED AT THE SCREEN,
HE'S IN JAIL IN A LITTLE JAIL OUTFIT.
Narrator: SCOTT HAD BEEN ARRESTED ONCE AGAIN
FOR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY.
SCOTT HAD A BIG OPERATION GOING. I KNEW HE WASN'T GONNA STOP.
Cuvreau: I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE
THAT THIS WAS THE MAN THAT I MARRIED.
Narrator: IN APRIL OF 2004,
GAYLE WATCHED THE NEWS IN TOTAL SHOCK
AS HER EX-HUSBAND, SCOTT MOUGHTON,
HAD BEEN ARRESTED AGAIN...
BUT NOT FOR DRUGS.
Woman on TV: COUNTY PROSECUTORS GAVE HIM 15 MINUTES MORE.
Cuvreau: I WAS SHOCKED,
BECAUSE I THOUGHT IF ANYTHING
THAT HE WAS GONNA BE ARRESTED FOR, IT WOULD BE DRUGS.
HE WAS RUNNING THIS HUGE IDENTITY-THEFT RING.
I HAD NOT A CLUE.
Narrator: IT APPEARED SCOTT HAD BEEN USING HIS COMPUTER KNOW-HOW
AND AN ARSENAL OF HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT
TO MANUFACTURE FAKE I.D.s.
Riener: SCOTT'S OPERATION WAS PRETTY BIG.
HE WOULD HAVE PEOPLE WORKING FOR HIM
TO GET SOME OF THE INFORMATION...
SOMETIMES ALL OF IT, SOMETIMES NOT.
WHATEVER HE DIDN'T GET,
HE WAS SMART ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO FILL IN ON HIS OWN.
THEY WOULD GO TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX
AND BREAK INTO THE BACK OF THE MAILBOX PANEL
AND JUST TAKE ALL THE MAIL,
AND THEY DID IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
Cuvreau: IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE POLICE
THAT WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO GET INTO HIS APARTMENT,
THERE WAS REALLY NO LIVING SITUATION WHATSOEVER...
A COMPUTER, BAGS AND BAGS AND BAGS OF MAIL.
Narrator: AMONG THE EVIDENCE, AUTHORITIES FOUND
FAKE PASSPORTS, DRIVER'S LICENSES,
STOLEN CREDIT CARDS,
AND EVEN FALSIFIED FBI CREDENTIALS.
Cuvreau: YOU'RE STEALING FROM INNOCENT PEOPLE
WHO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING
AND DESTROYING THEIR LIVES,
AS IF DESTROYING MINE AND MY CHILDREN'S
WASN'T BAD ENOUGH.
Narrator: A FEW WEEKS LATER, SCOTT WENT TO COURT,
BUT HIS CASE WAS THROWN OUT
DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE SEARCH WARRANT.
I GOT THE CALL THE NEXT DAY THAT THERE WAS A TECHNICALITY
AND HE WAS SET FREE.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
Narrator: SCOTT WAS NOW A FREE MAN.
BUT BY THE SUMMER OF 2007, HE WOULD TURN UP AGAIN
ON THE LYNNWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT'S MOST-WANTED LIST.
Riener: I RECEIVED A CALL FROM ONE OF OUR PATROL OFFICERS.
A PERSON HAD COME INTO OUR LOCAL LEXUS DEALERSHIP
AND PURCHASED A $71,000 LEXUS.
THE IDENTIFICATION HAD HIS PICTURE,
BUT THE INFORMATION BELONGED TO THE VICTIM OF A BURGLARY.
Narrator: IT DIDN'T TAKE POLICE LONG
TO IDENTIFY THE PHOTO ON THE FRAUDULENT LICENSE.
I HAD SEVERAL RESPONSES FROM NEARBY AGENCIES
THAT ALL SAID IT WAS SCOTT MOUGHTON.
EVERYBODY KIND OF KNEW WHO HE WAS.
HE'D BEEN COMMITTING CRIMES ALL OVER THE PLACE,
AND MANY AGENCIES WERE LOOKING FOR HIM.
I PLACED SCOTT ON OUR 10 MOST-WANTED LIST
BECAUSE I KNEW HE WASN'T GONNA STOP.
Kreiman: I TURNED ON THE TV EARLY IN THE MORNING,
AND THERE HE WAS ON THE NEWS, AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
AND I GRABBED MY PHONE AND CALLED GAYLE, AND I SAID,
"THE ROCK STAR IS AT IT AGAIN."
Riener: SCOTT HAD FOOLED EVERYBODY
INTO BELIEVING HE WAS THIS RICH, FAMOUS, SUCCESSFUL ROCK STAR.
HE NEEDED THE CAR TO DRIVE TO FULFILL THAT.
HE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO REALLY USE THE CAR, THOUGH,
TO GO AND COMMIT HIS CRIMES.
HE COULD DRIVE UP IN A BEAUTIFUL CAR.
PEOPLE FIGURED HE MUST HAVE MONEY.
MADE HIS LIFE A LITTLE EASIER.
Narrator: ON AUGUST 31, 2007,
SCOTT WAS ARRESTED
AND LATER CHARGED WITH 10 COUNTS
OF IDENTITY THEFT, FORGERY,
AND POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY.
ON FEBRUARY 5, 2008,
12 YEARS AFTER GAYLE FIRST MET SCOTT MOUGHTON,
HE WAS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON.
I WAS GLAD THAT SCOTT WAS GOING TO JAIL FOR A LONG TIME
ONCE HE GOT SENTENCED.
IT FEELS GOOD KNOWING THAT HE'LL BE SITTING IN PRISON.
Cuvreau: SCOTT WAS GIVEN THE MOST TIME
THAT THEY WERE LEGALLY ABLE TO GIVE HIM.
I CLAPPED.
I CHEERED.
Narrator: TODAY, GAYLE LIVES WITH HER GOOD FRIEND MARKA
AND IS SLOWLY PICKING UP THE PIECES.
BUT SHE STILL FEELS THE STING OF SCOTT'S BETRAYAL.
SCOTT TOOK FROM ME HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS...
MY FUTURE THAT I COULD HAVE USED WITH THIS MONEY TO INVEST
FOR MYSELF, MY RETIREMENT, MY CHILDREN,
MY HOME THAT I WORKED SO HARD FOR.
EVERYTHING WAS GONE.
Kreiman: ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN
A VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR GAYLE AND HER BOYS.
GAYLE WENT FROM A $400,000 HOME
TO STAYING WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY.
Narrator: BUT DESPITE IT ALL, GAYLE REFUSES TO BE DEFEATED.
HE TOOK A LOT FROM US, BUT THERE'S STILL LIFE AHEAD,
AND I'M STILL ALIVE AND BREATHING,
AND SO IS MY MOM AND MY BROTHER,
AND HE CAN'T TAKE EVERYTHING.
Cuvreau: I THINK THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THESE THINGS,
IT CHANGES US.
I THINK IT MAKES US A STRONGER PERSON
EVEN THOUGH WE HATE HEARING THAT.
BUT I THINK IT MAKES YOU TAKE A LOOK
AT WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHAT ISN'T IMPORTANT.