I'm scared. …That was the last time I talked to him …. ga('ads.send', { ga('ads.send', { On February 22, 1943 Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans, and Christoph Probst were found guilty of treason against Germany. Kristin Putney: I just took all my might and I pushed through and as soon as I did, it was just like an explosion of flames. So I was like, damn. pg.acq.push(function() { The Frisco police department has also urged people to stop spreading false information about the incident. He played on her shame. I hate you! He was a little withdrawn, and he would go through little bouts of depression a little bit. Sophia Putney-Wilcox: The police came in and were just asking me questions. Sophie’s discovery at that time is ironic because it came after David’s father made an announcement that they had defeated the “forces of Evil.” WILLIAMS AT TRIAL: He got gasoline, he got a knife, he got a lighter, he went to her bedroom and tried to kill her. Sophie would   already be asleep so I'd just go in her room, make sure all the things were still locked and make sure she was just fine, you know, just check on her when she's sleeping. BEN: Woo hoo. Susan Thomas: I don't believe that he is capable of hurting her. The biological mother, according to Sophie, is a part of the sexual abuse and is encouraging it," the fundraiser stated. And I actually grabbed him and I started hitting him … And so he pulled out a knife and he held it to himself and he said, "You want to hurt me, then do it." He said, "No, it's too late now. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), …As soon as I took the pills I realized that I wanted to live and that it wasn't worth it. ADAM SHIGWADJA: Once I went to her house, I was planning on just --. Susan Thomas: He did not come home that night, he didn't answer any calls that night, he didn't answer any texts. And I could not have imagined that she would be vulnerable to this. Sophia Putney-Wilcox: I didn't even see my brother come through. Jeff Williams: Adam was arrested by police the day … after the assault. They were condemned as traitors for producing and distributing leaflets titled - Leaflets of The White Rose - the name of their loosely knit group. She states her life has been threatened by these people and she is afraid, but has brave heart and wants to help her brothers get away from the abuse too. And then I just broke down and I told him, I was like, "I could never hurt you. Jeff Williams: Adam was charged with home invasion, with the attempt to commit assault and Adam was also charged with felonious assault because he attacked Sophia with a weapon and in this case the weapon was a knife. Kristin Putney: One of the most amazing things that happened was that the YWCA coordinated this march outside the courthouse on the day of sentencing. ADAM SHIGWADJA: Yes, that's correct. Justice. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), I loved her more than my own life. }); Tracy Smith | CBS News correspondent: On the surface, Sophia and Adam appeared to be just two teenagers caught up in the excitement of first love. DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Did you ever tell Sophia when you were in that bedroom, even before the fire or after the fire, that you were gonna kill her? …It was heartbreaking. “While the Frisco Police Department will not usually offer further comment on cases that are this sensitive in nature, we would like the public to know that the child in this case is safe and staying at a safe location," the department on Twitter wrote. JUDGE: OK, Mr. Shigwadja, anything you want to tell the court? It was like a weight was just lifted off of my shoulders. I hated myself. Kristin Putney: The community, who had watched Sophia from the hospital bed, started raising their voices … And I didn't realize that what I was going through was even domestic violence until I spoke out about it. When questioned later, she said the uproar over her verdict had no influence on her ruling. Sophia Putney-Wilcox: I was 14 years old and he had just turned 16. Sophia Putney-Wilcox: He'd always text me and say he was suicidal … He used to cut his legs. …As soon as he showed interest in me, he became my complete focus. I just remember thinking, "Am I gonna make it through this?". …I don't know what happened in the next couple days. NBC’s Q6 reports that the father of a 9-year-old posted videos of the child pleading with adults for help and refusing to … Shigwadja, she says, often threatened to hurt himself or her family as a way to control her and at one point was arrested for attacking her with a knife. A video of a young Texas girl screaming for help and a subsequent GoFundMe has gone viral after the child claimed she was being sexually abused by her stepfather. …I really believed that they would find him dead … by morning. …I'm gonna go to prison for this. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Kristin Putney: The police came, and they actually caught Adam on his way back to the apartment and they tackled him and captured him. Jeff Williams: After Adam was arrested, the next stage of the process was the preliminary exam, which requires the prosecutor to show that there's evidence to prove that the crime was committed and that Adam committed it. A lot of girls were attracted to him. Why are you doing this?". DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Are you certain of that? }); justice for sophia Sophia Putney-Wilcox : Everyone was outraged by what the judge said. }); When he saw her … he just broke down, and he said, "I did that to her, I did that to her.". DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Did you ever pull Sophia into the fire, Adam? Meanwhile, the GoFundMe page set up for Sophie has garnered $179,837, surpassing its $25,000 goal. Sophia Putney-Wilcox: Me and her kept in contact. And I remember at first, it was just hard -- it was hard to look at, you know? I must have done something to make you do this. Jeff Williams: The judge found Adam guilty of the home invasion and arson counts. And so we started messaging. And they searched through the house. And then eventually it got to the point where she said, "Alright, Adam's going to make a fake Facebook and if he contacts you, you have to promise that you won't tell anyone." That was my final realization that this person is actually sick. ", Sophia Putney-Wilcox: I remember the first time that I saw him … "Oh my goodness, that's Adam. Kristin Putney: My heart just dropped [cries] sorry. But Kristin, a social worker who happens to specialize in childhood trauma, had no idea -- until now -- the true nature of Adam's abusive relationship with her daughter. Jeff Williams: My strategy for building this case was to show, not just what happened in Sophia's room on the day of the incident, but to show the pattern of behavior and the escalation of what was happening in Adam in the days prior. …Kiely by accident hit Sophie in the head. Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings, The 9-year-old-child, through tears in the clip, asks why no one believes her and says she does not want to go home with her mother and her mother's boyfriend. The idea of justice is implied in the cause of the disaster that was Tribulation: justice, religion claims, was served through Tribulation to the people who were sinning. Sophia is engaged and is expecting her first child in June. Survivor: "Dating violence can happen to any... Jeff Williams | Assistant District Attorney, California Privacy/Information We Collect. Sophia Putney-Wilcox:  "Mom, I love you." We tried to give him a break and that just didn't work. …They immediately took her and had a scan… They found out that she had a hematoma under the skull. Chalmers said that she and the girl's father had already spent thousands of dollars since June fighting for Sophie, but the ordeal has continued. COP: What we kind of want to know is, what sparked all this today, um, last night? And eventually I talked him down. Jeff Williams: The victim impact statement that Sophia gave in court was one of the best things I've ever heard. JUDGE: If Mr. Shigwadja intended to kill Sophia, he would have and could have done that… He obviously very much loved her. Kristin Putney: And the sentencing guidelines at that moment went from something like 20 years to three years. …My skull had been shattered in, I think, six places. …And asked him, I said, "Adam, are you going to kill me?" He's talking to me." Jeff Williams: One of the really important pieces of evidence in this case were the text messages in this matter. Ten months after his arrest, Adam chose a bench trial over a jury trial, putting his future in the hands of a single judge. Kiely Putney-Wilcox:  I just felt better knowing that she was OK before I went to sleep. Susan Thomas: He seemed like he had some future plans that he was really happy and excited about. The video also sparked an online campaign earlier this week called #StandWithSophie to help the child find justice. …You brought gas and a match to start yourself on fire that night and have her sit and watch that. Sophia Putney-Wilcox: Why I stayed with Adam was because at first it was because I wanted to help him. Susan Thomas | Adam's mother: I don't know, I guess it was close to midnight. Please!!! I will never let this define me. A judge granted the parents a 50/50 split custody agreement… How can someone who claimed they loved me want to hurt me so much? Sophia Putney-Wilcox: I remember waking up and … it was shocking. hitType: 'event', I got really scared so I just stopped texting him. In 1996, two days before Christmas, Sophie, the wife of French filmmaker Daniel Toscan du Plantier, was brutally murdered at her holiday cottage in Schull, West Cork. Jeff Williams:  He talked about when he testified how his only goal was to keep Sophia away from the fire…. Kiely Putney-Wilcox: I was scared that she might have brain damage or something -- from the bat. …I knew … she told me when she was hurting, I knew we had that kind of a connection ... that I didn't recognize when that stopped being the case … that somehow I didn't get what was really going on. window.adsContainer = 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911 OPERATOR: What is the male's name that assaulted her? MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of We are one of the world’s fastest growing document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ …She was aware of him having a lot of pain from his childhood. I definitely know he's not capable of murder. Jeff Williams: One of the first questions anyone has in a domestic violence relationship is, "Why do you stay? He'd broken into a house, he'd set it on fire; he'd held a knife to Sophia's throat and he was on the loose. Sophia Putney-Wilcox: If he completed his probation without getting in trouble, all of his charges would have been dropped. },false) Kristin Putney: He seemed to have an underlying sadness. I still can't make sense of that. It went way overboard. Jeff Williams: …and that any injury she sustained on her chest from the knife must just have been the fact that he accidentally bumped her with it. Kristin Putney: I just was really worried about her, you know, emotionally, I was just really worried about her. And she said, "Mom, I'm gonna shave it off, I'm just gonna shave it off.". Nobody knew where he was, what his mental or physical state was. Jeff Williams: Sophia's just generally an excellent witness…  She's an incredibly articulate person and she's thoughtful. But proving intent is very difficult and I was concerned about whether or not we could adequately prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he went there with the intent to kill Sophia. A couple of weeks later he ended up messaging me on Facebook. Sophia Putney-Wilcox: I was shocked. Sophia Putney-Wilcox: He started stalking me more. Adam voicemail: F—k! And he said, "yes. And it was the following evening that he went over to her house. Welcome to the official Justice YouTube channel - the ultimate destination for girls who Live Justice! …and even though it was the scariest thing facing him like that, it also empowered me. Detective Bill Moorian: The interrogation of Adam lasted over an hour. …Adam was finally realizing that Sophia was ending this relationship for good, that she wasn't going to contact him and that that's what led Adam to the point where he had no choice but to kill Sophia. I didn't expect him to lie like that. …I was in Adam's arms one second and then the next second I just felt this warm feeling come across my body, and in my head I was like, "Alright, that's it, I'm dead.". JUDGE: I found beyond a reasonable doubt that he intended to cause great bodily harm to her but he did not intend to murder her or kill her. Who are his friends? Sophia Putney-Wilcox:  Adam was the typical skater boy that every 13-year-old girl dreams of. Sophia Putney-Wilcox: I was so ashamed that I had let him treat me like this for so long that I didn't want anyone to know about it. The child, through tears, asks why no one believes her and says that she does not want to go home with her mother and her mother's boyfriend. He'd go through my phone. Jeff Williams | Assistant District Attorney: Sophia was under guard at the hospital, because Adam had just committed a very violent act. She did not respond once. Online court records state that the child’s parents are in a custody battle in Collin County, Texas. I just said "yes." He said that he's gone there with a knife and said that his only intent was to harm himself and not Sophia. …Right then and there I was like, "wow, what I put him through. I think I was attracted to that. Kristin Putney: It had been over a year. © 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. I put a lot of my focus into just trying to figure him out. 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