The house where Cassie Jo Stoddart was murdered

This is the house where Cassie Jo Stoddart was murdered.

It is located at 11372 W Whispering Cliffs Drive in Pocatello, Idaho.

At the time of the murder, it was owned by Stoddart's aunt and uncle, Allison and Frank Contreras. However, they sold the property in 2015.

Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik

In 2006, two 16-year-old boys named Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik started plotting the murder of one of their classmates from Pocatello High School.

In the lead-up to the crime, they purchased masks, gloves, dark clothes, and knives. They also recorded home video footage of themselves talking about their plans.

The pair were partially inspired by the slasher film series Scream. In one of their tapes, they stated that they wanted to "make history."

On the evening of Friday, September 22nd, 2006, Draper and Adamcik snooped around their initial target's house "a couple of times." However, they soon realized that she wasn't home.

They decided to target Stoddart instead

In September 2006, Stoddart's aunt and uncle asked her to stay at their house while they were out of town, as they needed someone to care for their two dogs and three cats.

Draper and Adamcik were friends with Stoddart and her boyfriend, Matt Beckham. Consequently, they knew that the couple would be at the Contreras residence by themselves.

When the pair realized that their initial target wasn't home, they callously decided to kill Stoddart and her boyfriend instead.

In one of the videotapes, Draper excitedly said the following:

"She's not at home, so we're going to go to that church over there and call a girl and a guy named Cassie and Matt. They're our friends, but we have to make sacrifices."

Whispering Cliffs

When Draper and Adamcik arrived at this property on Whispering Cliffs, the four teenagers initially hung out and watched a movie together. Stoddart also gave them a tour of the house.

An hour or two later, Draper and Adamcik claimed that they needed to leave because they had tickets to see a film at a local movie theater.

However, this was a lie.

Unbeknownst to Stoddart and Beckham, one of the boys had secretly unlocked an exterior door that provided access to the basement.

The boys returned to the house

Not long after leaving, Draper and Adamcik returned to the neighborhood and parked within walking distance of the house. They then crept into the basement via the unlocked door.

Once they were inside, they turned off the circuit breaker, hoping that the power outage would lure Stoddart and Beckham down into the basement.

This plan failed, however, as the couple remained upstairs.

When the boys realized that their friends weren't taking the bait, they decided to switch the breaker back on again.

Although the power returned, Stoddart remained spooked. Her boyfriend also noticed that one of the Contreras' dogs seemed to be growling at the basement door.

As a result, he asked his mother if he could stay the night with her.

Beckham's mother said no, but she did offer Stoddart the option to stay at their place. Unfortunately, the 16-year-old declined, as she didn't want to leave the Contreras' pets by themselves.

Murder

When Stoddart's boyfriend left the house, Draper and Adamcik attempted to use the circuit breaker ploy again. However, the result was the same, as their target refused to venture down into the dark basement by herself.

At that point, it appears as though they lost their patience. Instead of waiting around, they decided to barge into the living room and attack Stoddart with knives.

During the attack, the victim received a dozen fatal stab wounds and died at the scene. Her body was found on the morning of Sunday, September 24th, when the Contreras returned home from their trip.

Five days after the murder, the police brought Draper and Adamcik in for questioning.

The pair quickly folded when detectives began quizzing them about the movie they claimed to have seen.

Realizing that their story was quickly falling apart, they immediately tried to pin the blame on each other.

Following several interrogations, Draper agreed to lead the police to a site in Blackrock Canyon, where they discovered partially burned clothing, masks, weapons, and a VHS tape. After restoring the tape, investigators found footage of them discussing their plans to kill Stoddart.

Draper and Adamcik were both charged with first-degree murder.

In 2007, they were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.