Ashley Flowers

So Gil took Jennifer's phone and told Tripp, listen, Bradshaw is out there.

If you want to just go turn yourself in, go ahead.

So that was the plan.

Wherever Trip was in the woods, he said that he could see the blue lights from the deputy's vehicles.

He said that he was going to start walking up the hill to turn himself in.

And his parents could see his location from the Find My app, and they said that they were going to meet him there.

And they actually wanted him to stay on the phone with them, but Trip said that his phone was almost out of battery, and so they hung up.

Now, as the Brazils are getting dressed and they're preparing to leave,

There isn't panic in the air.

Like their teenage son probably did something dumb on his ATV.

And like truly in the grand scheme of parenting, like the stakes for this feel low.

But the mood completely shifts when around 20 minutes later, a text from Tripp's phone comes in.

And it doesn't make sense with the conversation they just had.

It says that he loves them and he loves his sister and he's sorry to do this.

He says that he wants all of his stuff to go to his brother.

And it goes on to re-quote, I love you all so much.

Y'all have been great parents to me.

I guess I'm just a f*** up.

And I couldn't change that.

I wish I could have.