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( theme music playing )

( camera flash pops )

( siren wailing )

( keyboard keys clicking )

Man:
DEAR DR. BADEN:

WHY DID MY SISTER DIE
AT THE AGE OF 23?

- MY HUSBAND WENT INTO...
- I BELIEVE MY SON
WAS POISONED.

( overlapping dialogue )

HI.

HI.

Female Narrator:
KEVIN BUTLER WAS
A 48-YEAR-OLD BACHELOR

WHO LIVED
IN PLEASANT GROVE, TEXAS.

SMILE FOR THE CAMERA.
MMM, MMM, MMM!

Narrator:
KEVIN'S FRIENDS KNEW HIM
AS AN ANIMAL LOVER

WHO TOOK IN
STRAY CATS AND DOGS.

THIS IS THE STAR HERE.

Narrator:
KEVIN LOVED
ALL HIS ANIMALS,

BUT HIS FAVORITE PET
WAS A COCKATOO HE CALLED BIRD,

AFTER THE FAMOUS
BASKETBALL PLAYER
LARRY BIRD.

( whistles )

( kissing sounds )

THAT'S A GOOD--
YES.

LOOK AT THE CAMERA.
SEE?

YOU SEE YOU'RE GETTING
YOUR PICTURE TAKEN?
SEE THAT?

- YOUR PICTURE
TAKEN RIGHT THERE.
- ( squawks )

Narrator:
BIRD WAS VERY POSSESSIVE
OF KEVIN,

AND DIDN'T LIKE ANYONE
WHO INTERFERED

WITH THEIR SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP.

( squawks )

( chatter over
police radio )

THEN, ON CHRISTMAS EVE, 2001,

A 911 CALL BROUGHT POLICE
TO KEVIN'S HOME.

WHEN THEY ENTERED
THE LIVING ROOM,

THEY FOUND HIS BODY
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR.

George West:
YOU COULD SEE BLOOD
THAT WAS BEGINNING

TO COME OUT FROM HIS NECK;
THAT HE HAD BEEN SLASHED

FROM ONE END OF HIS EAR
TO THE MIDDLE OF HIS THROAT

AND SLIGHTLY AROUND
THE OTHER SIDE.

THERE WERE PUNCTURE WOUNDS
THAT WENT THROUGH
KEVIN'S CLOTHES

IN WHICH BLOOD HAD BEGUN
TO SEEP ACROSS THE FLOOR.

EVERYTHING IN THE ROOM
HAD BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

LIKE A TORNADO
HAD COME THROUGH.

THE COUCH WAS TURNED OVER.
THE TABLE WAS TURNED OVER.

YOU COULD SEE BLOOD
SPLATTERS ON THE WALL.

AND IN THE KITCHEN,
AS YOU WALK THROUGH
THE FRONT KITCHEN DOOR,

THERE'S A BIRD CAGE,
A LARGE BIRD CAGE,

BUT THE BIRD CAGE
WAS EMPTY.

AS THEY LOOKED OVER
TO THE LEFT,

DOWN ON THE FLOOR
WAS A BIRD,

A COCKATOO,
A WHITE COCKATOO.

HE WAS LAYING THERE
WITH ONE LEG UP

AND ANOTHER LEG MISSING,

AND BESIDE HIM
WAS THE MISSING LEG.

Narrator:
THE BODIES OF KEVIN BUTLER
AND HIS BELOVED COCKATOO

WERE TAKEN TO THE MORGUE
TO BE AUTOPSIED,

AND POLICE BEGAN
THEIR INVESTIGATION.

THEY LEARNED
OF A HEATED ARGUMENT

THAT BUTLER HAD
HAD WITH A MAN NAMED
DANIEL TORRES,

AND THEY BROUGHT
TORRES IN FOR QUESTIONING.

Narrator:
TORRES DENIED HAVING ANYTHING
TO DO WITH BUTLER'S DEATH,

BUT HE COULDN'T EXPLAIN
HOW HE HAD GOTTEN

THE DEEP SCRATCHES
ON HIS FACE.

WHEN THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
COMPLETED THE AUTOPSY
ON THE COCKATOO,

HE FOUND THAT THERE
WAS HUMAN BLOOD

ON THE BIRD'S CLAWS
AND ON HIS BEAK.

BUT WHOSE BLOOD WAS IT?

POLICE BROUGHT TORRES BACK
FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING.

THEY ASKED FOR PERMISSION
TO GET WHAT THEY CALL
A BUCCAL SWAB.

AND WHAT THAT IS,
IS YOU HAVE A LONG Q-TIP,

A STICK WITH A COTTON
AT THE END,

AND YOU WIPE THE INSIDE
OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S MOUTH,

AND YOU'LL GET SOME CELLS
OFF THE SIDE OF THEIR MOUTH.

AND YOU CAN TAKE IT
AND RUN DNA ON THAT.

Narrator:
THE BLOOD
ON THE COCKATOO'S CLAWS

WAS TOO CONTAMINATED
FOR A MATCH,

BUT WHEN THEY TESTED
A SMUDGE OF BLOOD FOUND
AT THE CRIME SCENE,

THEY FOUND THEY HAD
A PERFECT MATCH

WITH TORRES'S DNA.

WHEN CONFRONTED
WITH THE DNA EVIDENCE,

TORRES TOLD POLICE
WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT
OF THE MURDER.

West:
THE COCKATOO HAD SEEN
DANIEL TORRES

START BEATING
OVER AND OVER AGAIN

THE VICTIM.

YOU GOTTA FIGURE
THE BIRD KNOWS

THAT HIS MASTER,
HIS LOVED ONE,

IS BEING KILLED.

SO, WHAT THIS
COCKATOO HAD DONE

IS LATCHED ONTO THE FACE
OF MR. TORRES

AND THEN BEGAN
TO PECK HIM AND PULL HAIR
OUT OF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

HE'S FIGHTING
AN INDIVIDUAL

100 TIMES HIS WEIGHT.

AND THE BIRD IS STRUCK,
HE'S HIT,

BUT THE BIRD
STILL COMES BACK.

AND, EVENTUALLY,
WHAT MR. TORRES DOES
IS GRABS A FORK,

AND WHEN THE BIRD
COMES BACK ONE MORE TIME,

HE STABS THE BIRD
IN THE BACK OF THE NECK.

HEY, THIS BIRD FOUGHT

HARDER THAN MANY SPOUSES
WOULD HAVE FOUGHT
FOR THEIR SPOUSE.

HE TOOK ON ALL ODDS.

Dr. Baden:
THE COCKATOO DIED
TRYING TO SAVE A LIFE,

BUT HE WAS GOING
TO HAVE THE LAST WORD.

TORRES MADE
THE MISTAKE OF RUBBING
THE TOP OF HIS HEAD

WHERE THE BIRD
HAD PECKED HIM

AND THEN REACHING
FOR THE LIGHT SWITCH.

THANKS TO THE COCKATOO
AND THE DNA EVIDENCE,

THERE WAS NO DOUBT

THAT TORRES HAD BEEN
AT THAT CRIME SCENE.

Narrator:
TORRES IS NOW SERVING
A LIFE SENTENCE

FOR THE MURDER
OF KEVIN BUTLER.

IT DOESN'T HELP
HIS ATTITUDE

THAT THE OTHER PRISONERS
HAVE GIVEN HIM A NICKNAME.

TORRES IS GOING TO
BE CALLED "THE BIRDMAN"

FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

( whistling )

( squawking )

( keyboard keys clicking )

Tammy Dobbs:
I FIGURED, FROM
WHAT I HAD SEEN,

THAT MY BROTHER
WAS MURDERED.

I COULDN'T GET ANYBODY
TO HELP ME.

I HAD CONTACTED
THE POLICE,

STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE--
YOU NAME IT, I CALLED 'EM.

Narrator:
TAMMY'S BROTHER JAIME

WAS ONLY 37 WHEN HE DIED.

JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE

HE'D BEEN
IN PERFECT HEALTH,

ENJOYING LIFE
WITH HIS WIFE BRIGITTE

AND HIS FOUR
BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.

( children singing )

HOW BIG?
THIS BIG, OR THIS BIG?

LOOK.
SHOW DADDY.

Jaime: OOH!

YOU'D BETTER HURRY.
YOUR MOTHER'S EATING
ALL THE CAKE.

Narrator:
JAIME AND HIS WIFE HAD BEEN
HAPPILY MARRIED FOR 16 YEARS,

AND LIFE WAS GOOD
FOR BOTH OF THEM.

THEY HAD MARRIED
VERY YOUNG,

BUT THEY CONTINUED
TO BE HAPPY TOGETHER.

JAIME WAS SUCCESSFUL,

AND THEY COULD AFFORD
TO LIVE WELL.

( ominous music playing )

THEN, SUDDENLY,
HE FELL CRITICALLY SICK

WITH A MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS.

Dobbs:
HE ALL OF A SUDDEN
WAS HAVING FAINTING SPELLS.

HE WOULD GET LETHARGIC,
KIND OF LIKE COMATOSE.

HE WAS SLURRING
HIS SPEECH.

HE WOULDN'T HAVE A CLUE
WHAT WAS GOING ON.

YOU KNOW,
YOU COULD TALK TO HIM,
AND HE WAS JUST SPACED OUT.

TIME AFTER TIME,
THE AMBULANCE WAS HAVING
TO PICK HIM UP.

I THINK IN THE END
HE HAD TWO OR THREE
DIFFERENT DOCTORS

THAT WERE WORKING,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT WAS,

BUT I THINK THEY WERE
JUST STABBING IN THE DARK.

Narrator:
THE DOCTORS CAME UP
WITH SEVERAL DIAGNOSES.

AT FIRST, THEY THOUGHT
HE HAD A REACTION

TO HIS MEDICATION
FOR HIGH-BLOOD PRESSURE,

THEN LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE.

THEY ALSO NOTED
THAT HE WAS DISORIENTED,

AND THEY TESTED HIM
FOR DRUGS,

BUT ONLY TRACES OF VALIUM

AND OTHER PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
WERE FOUND.

FINALLY, ON THE MORNING
OF JULY 31st, 2001,

DOCTORS FELT
HE WAS IMPROVING

AND TALKED
ABOUT RELEASING HIM
FROM THE HOSPITAL.

HE WAS SO MUCH BETTER,

THAT THEY TOOK HIM OUT
OF THE ICU

AND THEY PUT HIM
IN HIS OWN ROOM.

SO, WE KNEW
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF JAIME COMING HOME.

( sniffles )

AS SOON AS I GOT OFF WORK,
ABOUT 6:00 THAT NIGHT,

I RAN HOME AND CALLED.

AND, UM...

HE WAS ON THE PHONE,
HE WAS TALKING TO ME.

AND UP UNTIL THAT POINT,
YOU KNOW,

HE HAD A LOT OF HOSES
AND DIFFERENT THINGS

DOWN HIS THROAT
AND NOSE,

SO IT WAS HARD
FOR HIM TO COMMUNICATE.

SO, WHEN I HEARD
HIS VOICE ON THE PHONE,

THAT WAS WONDERFUL.

HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS
DOING MUCH BETTER.
HE HAD EATEN;

HE HAD BEEN UP EXERCISING,
WALKING AROUND.

AND I TOLD HIM

THAT I'D SEE HIM SATURDAY.

Narrator:
BUT JUST A FEW HOURS LATER,

TAMMY GOT A MIDNIGHT CALL
FROM THE HOSPITAL.

Dobbs:
THEY JUST TOLD ME
HE WAS GONE,

AND IT DIDN'T REGISTER
TO ME THAT...

( sighs )
GONE MEANT DEAD.

AND SO,
WHEN I REALIZED IT,

UM... IT HIT HOME.

I JUST...
I THREW THE PHONE
AND WENT TO SCREAMING.

I KNEW THAT
THAT WASN'T RIGHT.

HOW COULD HE BE DEAD?

Narrator:
THE DEATH CERTIFICATE STATED

THAT JAIME HAD DIED
OF NATURAL CAUSES,

BUT TAMMY
DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.

THEN SHE FOUND OUT
THAT JAIME'S WIFE BRIGITTE

DID NOT WANT AN AUTOPSY.

Dobbs:
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS,
"I WANT AN AUTOPSY,"

AND I WAS TOLD
THAT SHE HAD ALREADY SAID
THERE WOULDN'T BE ONE.

AND THAT KIND OF HIT ME
LIKE A TON OF BRICKS.

THAT WAS
ANOTHER CLUE TO ME.

Narrator:
THE FAMILY INSISTED,

AND BRIGITTE FINALLY
CONSENTED TO THE AUTOPSY.

IT WAS PERFORMED
BY THE HOSPITAL'S PATHOLOGIST.

HE ALSO CONCLUDED THAT JAIME
HAD DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES.

Dobbs:
NOW I FELT IN MY HEART

THAT JAIME WAS MURDERED,

AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO GO TO.

I HAD FINALLY GOTTEN
THE STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE.

I HAD WRITTEN A LETTER,
13 PAGES, TO HIM,

EXPLAINING TO HIM
WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

I READ THE FILE,
AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT,

TAMMY DOBBS
BEGAN TO CALL ME

AND WOULD ALMOST
CALL ME EVERY DAY,

AND SOMETIMES
MORE THAN ONCE A DAY.

SHE WAS VERY ADAMANT

ABOUT THE FACT THAT BRIGITTE
KILLED HER BROTHER.

HER REASONING WAS:

EVERY TIME THAT JAIME
IS ALONE WITH BRIGITTE...

HE GETS LETHARGIC,

HE DOESN'T KNOW
WHERE HE IS,

HE HAS TROUBLE
STANDING UP.

THERE SEEMED TO BE
SOMETHING THERE.

I HAD A QUESTION
ABOUT A CAUSE OF DEATH.

I HAD TO TELL HER,
"FOR THIS CASE TO
BE PROSECUTED,

I HAD TO HAVE A DEATH
CERTIFICATE THAT SAID

THE MANNER OF DEATH
WAS A HOMICIDE."

Dobbs:
WE'D GOTTEN SO FAR
ON THE CASE,

AND THEN THEY SAID THAT
UNTIL THE DEATH CERTIFICATE

WAS CHANGED
FROM "NATURAL CAUSES"

THAT THEIR HANDS
WERE TIED.

YOU CAN'T CHARGE SOMEBODY
WITH MURDER

WITH A DEATH CERTIFICATE
SAYING THAT HE DIED
OF NATURAL CAUSES.

AND THEN, THAT'S WHEN--
YOU KNOW,

I HAD TALKED TO EVERYBODY
THAT WOULD LISTEN--

AND A GOOD FRIEND HAD SAID,
"DO YOU WATCH HBO?

I THINK THERE'S A PLACE
ON THE INTERNET

THAT YOU CAN GO
AND LOOK FOR DR. BADEN

AND YOU CAN GET
HELP MAYBE."

SO THAT'S WHAT I DID.

I E-MAILED DAY AFTER DAY,

AND THEY SAID
THEY WERE INTERESTED.

SO, THEN, I KNEW
I HAD HELP.

THE FIRST THINGS
I ASKED FOR

WERE THE AUTOPSY
AND TOXICOLOGY REPORTS

AND THE MICROSCOPIC SLIDES

FROM JAIME LYNCHARD'S LUNGS.

THE SLIDES CAUGHT
MY ATTENTION.

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE,

THE LUNGS SHOWED
TINY PARTICLES

THAT WERE TRAPPED
IN BLOOD VESSELS.

I HAD SEEN LUNGS
LIKE THIS BEFORE.

I ASKED TAMMY DOBBS
TO COME TO NEW YORK

BECAUSE I WANTED
TO DISCUSS WITH HER

WHAT I THOUGHT HAD HAPPENED
TO HER BROTHER.

- HI, TAMMY. HOW ARE YOU?
MICHAEL BADEN.
- IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

THANKS FOR CONTACTING US,

BECAUSE I THINK THAT
WE COULD BE HELPFUL.

I HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW

THE MATERIAL
YOU FORWARDED TO HBO.

- YES.
- IT SHOWS THAT YOUR BROTHER
WAS PRETTY HEALTHY,

EXCEPT HE HAD DEVELOPED
LUNG DISEASE,

AN ODD KIND
OF LUNG DISEASE.

- DID HE SMOKE?
- NO, SIR.

- DID NOT SMOKE?
- NO, SIR.

DID HE EVER INJECT
ANY MEDICINES INTO HIMSELF?

- NO, JAIME WOULDN'T DO THAT.
- ANY DRUGS OR THINGS?

- YOU LOOKED
AT THE DEATH CERTIFICATE?
- YES, SIR.

DEATH CERTIFICATE
SAYS-- I'M SORRY,
DO YOU WANT A TISSUE?

I'M SORRY, DEAR.
THIS IS KIND OF... TOUGH,

BUT I KNOW
YOU'VE BEEN CONCERNED.
THAT'S WHY YOU CONTACTED US.

AND, UM...

UH, THE, UM...

THE PERSON WHO INITIALLY
MADE OUT THE DEATH CERTIFICATE,

HE THOUGHT
THAT THE CAUSE

OF THE LUNG DISEASE
WAS A BLOOD CLOT
TO THE LUNG.

BUT EVEN THOUGH THAT'S WHAT'S
ON THE DEATH CERTIFICATE,

AND THAT'S A NATURAL
REASON FOR DEATH,

IT'S WRONG.

YOUR BROTHER DIDN'T
HAVE A BLOOD CLOT.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO RECONSTRUCT

WHAT HAPPENED
TO YOUR BROTHER.

HE DEVELOPED A VERY SERIOUS
KIND OF LUNG DISEASE

THAT WE SEE A LOT OF
IN NEW YORK CITY

AMONG DRUG ADDICTS

WHO GRIND UP PILLS
AND INJECT THEM.

WHEN WE HAVE PILLS
OR CAPSULES

WITH ANY MEDICINES
IN THEM,

A LITTLE BIT OF THAT PILL
IS THE MEDICINE,

AND THE REST OF IT
IS FILLER MATERIALS

THAT CAN MAKE IT
INTO A CERTAIN SHAPE

AND LARGE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE
TO BE HANDLED EASILY.

AND WHEN WE SWALLOW
THAT PILL,

THE STOMACH FLUIDS
AND ALL, AND ENZYMES,

BREAK IT APART

AND ABSORB THE MEDICINE,

AND THE REST OF IT
JUST GOES THROUGH THE BODY

AND ISN'T ABSORBED.

IF SOMEONE TAKES
THAT PILL OR CAPSULE

GRINDS IT DOWN
A LITTLE BIT,

DISSOLVES IT
IN WATER

AND THEN INJECTS IT
INTO AN INDIVIDUAL,

IT LEAVES BEHIND
THIS TELLTALE MARKER

OF THE DEBRIS, THE STUFF
THAT CAN'T DISSOLVE,

THAT GETS TRAPPED
IN THE LUNGS.

SO, EACH LITTLE
MICROSCOPIC FRAGMENT

BECOMES ENCASED
IN A LARGE SCAR.

AND ALL THESE SCARS

GRADUALLY EAT UP
THE NORMAL LUNG TISSUE,

AND IT'S REALLY
A KIND OF SUFFOCATION.

IN MY OPINION,

ALL OF THE DAMAGE
THAT HE DEVELOPED
IN HIS LUNGS

WAS CAUSED BY WHATEVER
WAS INJECTED

INTO HIS VEINS.

AND IF HE DIDN'T DO IT,
THEN SOMEBODY ELSE DID IT.

AND THE CAUSE OF DEATH,
THEREFORE, IN MY OPINION,

IS HOMICIDE...

BECAUSE THIS CERTAINLY
SHORTENED YOUR BROTHER'S LIFE.

DID HE SUFFER?

YOU KNOW,

USUALLY, WE TRY

TO MAKE, YOU KNOW,
FAMILY MEMBERS FEEL

THAT THEIR LOVED ONE
DIDN'T SUFFER, AND IF THERE'S
ANY WAY WE CAN SAY THAT.

IN THIS INSTANCE,

THIS IS A MORE PAINFUL
KIND OF DEATH

THAN USUAL

BECAUSE, AS YOU
PROBABLY SAW,

HE WOULD GET INCREASINGLY
SHORT OF BREATH

FROM THESE LESIONS.

I'M SORRY, DEAR.

THIS IS KIND OF TOUGH
TO GO THROUGH.

BUT I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN
CONCERNED ABOUT THIS,

AND THAT'S WHY
YOU CONTACTED US,

AND, YOU KNOW,
WHAT WE WANT TO DO

IS TRY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

IF YOU THINK
OF QUESTIONS LATER,

'CAUSE THIS IS TOO MUCH
TO BE GIVEN AT ONE TIME,

UM...

I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE
BY TELEPHONE.

I'LL BE TALKING
TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

AND, UM...

THERE'S NOTHING THAT'LL
BRING YOUR BROTHER BACK,

BUT AT LEAST YOU MIGHT
BE ABLE TO GET SOME CLOSURE

ON WHAT HAPPENED
TO HIM.

THAT'S WHY I CALLED YOU,
OR GOT IN CONTACT WITH YOU,

SO I CAN GET JUSTICE
FOR JAIME.

- I SURE APPRECIATE IT.
- THANK YOU, DEAR.

- GOOD LUCK.
- THANK YOU.

Miles:
WHEN I GOT
DR. BADEN'S LETTER,

THAT WAS KEY IN GETTING
THE CORONER'S ATTENTION

BECAUSE THE CORONER'S
SKEPTICAL,

LIKE, "WHY AM I GOING TO CHANGE
THAT DEATH CERTIFICATE
AFTER THREE YEARS?

BECAUSE SOME FAMILY MEMBER
SAYS IT'S A MURDER?

WHAT DO YOU HAVE?"

I SAID, "DO YOU KNOW
WHO MICHAEL BADEN IS?"

Narrator:
THE DEATH CERTIFICATE
WAS CHANGED,

BUT GREG MILES FACED
ONE LAST CHALLENGE.

AS A PROSECUTOR,
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE,

"WHAT'S THE DEFENSE
GOING TO BE?

WHAT ARE THEY
GOING TO TELL THIS JURY?"

THEY'RE GOING TO SAY

THAT JAMES WAS EITHER
INJECTING HIMSELF,

OR THEY'RE GOING TO SAY
THAT BRIGITTE INJECTED HIM

WITH HER DRUGS,
WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE
AND WITH HIS PERMISSION.

AND, IN FACT,
THAT'S WHAT THE DEFENSE

CAME TO ME AND SAID--
"WELL, HE KNEW WHAT
WAS GOING ON."

I SAID, "WELL, HAVE
YOU SEEN THE NOTE?"

HE SAID, "NO,
I HADN'T SEEN THE NOTE."

I SAID, "YOU MIGHT NEED
TO LOOK AT THIS NOTE."

Dobbs:
IT WAS RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS.
IT WASN'T LONG.

THE KIDS WERE GOING
THROUGH A MOURNING PERIOD,

AND SUPPOSEDLY
SHE WAS TOO.

BUT I GOT A PHONE CALL

THAT THE HOUSE
HAD BURNED DOWN--

NOT TOTALLY,
BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT.

IN MY EYES, I FELT LIKE SHE
WAS DESTROYING EVIDENCE.

Narrator:
BRIGITTE'S BEHAVIOR
HAD BECOME

MORE AND MORE ERRATIC.

FIVE MONTHS
AFTER JAIME DIED,

BRIGITTE HAD
SET FIRE TO THEIR HOUSE
TO COLLECT INSURANCE.

SEVERAL WEEKS LATER,
SHE SET THREE MORE FIRES.

SHE WAS CAUGHT
IN THE ACT

AND CONVICTED OF ARSON.

TAMMY GOT PERMISSION
FROM THE FIRE MARSHAL

TO GO THROUGH
THE BURNT-OUT HOUSE
TO RETRIEVE

ANY MEMENTOS
SHE COULD FIND
OF HER BROTHER.

WHAT SHE FOUND
TURNED OUT TO BE
MUCH MORE THAN KEEPSAKES.

QUITE BY ACCIDENT,

SHE FOUND A CRITICAL PIECE
OF EVIDENCE.

Miles: TAMMY WENT
AND FOUND IN A BURNED-UP
PIECE OF FURNITURE--

SHE FOUND THIS NOTE.

JAMES HAD WRITTEN ON IT,

"WHAT IS VALIUM
AND SOME OTHER DRUG

DOING IN MY BLOOD?"

AND HE WROTE IT
TO BRIGITTE LYNCHARD,
THE PERSON WHO KILLED HIM.

HERE IS THE KEY.

HERE IS
THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

THAT INDICATES
THAT JAMES DIDN'T KNOW

THAT THOSE DRUGS WERE BEING
INJECTED INTO HIS SYSTEM.

THAT NOTE WAS
PRESENTED TO BRIGITTE

BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE INVESTIGATORS,

AND BRIGITTE
AUTHENTICATED THE NOTE.

Narrator:
DR. BADEN'S CONCLUSIONS

AND THE NOTE FOUND
IN THE FIRE

WERE ENOUGH TO INDICT
BRIGITTE FOR MURDER.

FACED WITH THE EVIDENCE,

SHE CONFESSED SHE HAD
KILLED HER HUSBAND.

Miles:
BRIGITTE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE
AS A PHLEBOTOMIST.

ACCORDING TO HER CONFESSION,

SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE
IN THE ROOM WITH HIM.

SHE INJECTED HIM.

THE NEEDLE ACTUALLY WENT
INTO THE DRIP BAG,

OR IT WENT
DIRECTLY INTO HIM.

AND THEN SHE WENT
INTO THE RESTROOM,

AND SHE HEARD
THE NURSES COME IN,

AND THEN THEY
CALLED A CODE.

AND BRIGITTE CAME OUT
OF THE RESTROOM,

AND THEY WERE WORKING
ON JAMES.

THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY
COMES BACK TO ME AND SAYS,

"WELL, WHERE
IS YOUR MOTIVE?"

WELL, JAMES HAD
A POLICY

WITH THE COMPANY
WHERE HE WORKED, WHICH IS
A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT,

AND THEN HE HAD A PERSONAL
LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.

SO, IN ALL,
BRIGITTE LYNCHARD

RECEIVED OVER $230,000

IN LIFE INSURANCE PROCEEDS
FROM HER HUSBAND'S DEATH.

PRETTY GOOD MOTIVE.

IT TOOK SOMEBODY
LIKE TAMMY

JUST BEING PERSISTENT.

IF TAMMY
WAS NOT INVOLVED,

THIS CRIME WOULD HAVE
NOT BEEN REPORTED.

IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
A CRIME.

SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE
BLOWING A WHISTLE.

SHE DIDN'T WANT

SOMEBODY GETTING AWAY
WITH KILLING HER BROTHER.

Dobbs:
THERE WAS A FEW THINGS THAT
BRIGITTE DID OVER THE YEARS

THAT LET ME KNOW
SHE WASN'T TOTALLY
ON THE UP-AND-UP.

BUT I NEVER-- UP UNTIL
THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED,

I NEVER ACTUALLY THOUGHT
POSITIVELY FOR SURE

SHE COULD ACTUALLY
MURDER SOMEBODY.

Narrator:
ON JULY 21ST, 2005,

AT THE JACKSON,
MISSISSIPPI, COURTHOUSE,

BRIGITTE LYNCHARD
PLED GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER.

Miles:
THE JUDGE, JUDGE YERGER,
ASKED BRIGITTE,

"DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO SAY?"

AND THEN SHE SAID,
"WELL, I'VE ASKED GOD
TO FORGIVE ME.

I'VE ASKED MY CHILDREN
TO FORGIVE ME,

AND I'M TRYING TO WORK
ON A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

AND NOW I ASK THE COURT
TO FORGIVE ME."

AND REALLY, THAT'S THE ONLY
THING I HEARD HER SAY.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING
I'VE EVER HEARD HER SAY.

Narrator:
BRIGITTE LYNCHARD
IS SERVING

A 25-YEAR SENTENCE.

SHE WILL BE 60 YEARS OLD

WHEN SHE IS FINALLY
RELEASED FROM PRISON.

( keyboard keys clicking )

- Child:
NOW IT'S MISS KATIE'S TURN.
- SOMEONE ELSE'S TURN.

MOM'S HAD ENOUGH.

Man:
BUT YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.

AND I'M EXCEPTIONALLY ATTRACTIVE
WHEN I DO THE DISHES, RIGHT?

- Man: YOU BET.
- ( singing )

Narrator:
IN 1994,

JUNE AURELIO, AGE 39,

WAS LIVING WITH HER HUSBAND
AND THREE CHILDREN

IN A SMALL HOUSE
IN STILLWELL, KANSAS,

SURROUNDED BY FARMLAND.

( girl continues singing)

Man:
SING. SING.

( laughs, singing )

Narrator:
JUNE WAS SEEMINGLY
WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD,

BUT ALL THAT WOULD CHANGE
WHEN SHE DECIDED
TO LEAVE HER HOME

AND TAKE A WALK
ON A BEAUTIFUL EARLY
SPRING AFTERNOON.

June:
WE LIVED IN A RURAL AREA.

BEHIND OUR DEVELOPMENT
WERE JUST FARMS.

I HAD BEEN TRAPPED
IN THE HOUSE ALL DAY
WITH THE GIRLS,

AND WHEN MY HUSBAND
CAME HOME THAT NIGHT

I SAID, "I'M GOING
TO GO FOR A WALK."

I REMEMBER GETTING

MAYBE A HALF MILE
AWAY FROM THE HOUSE,

AND THEN I DON'T REMEMBER
ANYTHING AFTER THAT.

( brakes screeching )

( crashes )

( siren wails )

Narrator:
WITHIN MINUTES,
THE E.M.S. AND POLICE ARRIVED

AND RUSHED JUNE
TO THE HOSPITAL.

NOW SHE WAS FIGHTING
FOR HER LIFE.

DOCTORS TOLD HER HUSBAND
THAT SHE HAD A SPINAL INJURY

AND THAT,
EVEN IF SHE SURVIVED,

SHE WOULD PROBABLY
NEVER WALK AGAIN.

June:
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME

I SAW THE WORD
"QUADRIPLEGIC"

ON A, YOU KNOW,
PIECE OF PAPER

AND WAS HORRIFIED.

I DON'T THINK
YOUR BRAIN EVEN ALLOWS YOU

TO ACCEPT SOMETHING
OF THAT MAGNITUDE.

Dr. Baden:
POLICE QUESTIONED JUNE,

BUT, LIKE MANY
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED
A SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA,

SHE HAD NO MEMORY
OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

THE POLICE
HAD NOTHING TO GO ON.

A HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER
STRUCK HER FROM BEHIND

AND LEFT HER TO DIE
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

IN THE HOPE
OF FINDING SOME CLUE,

THE POLICE BROUGHT
THE CLOTHING

THAT JUNE WORE
AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT

TO THE KANSAS CITY
CRIME LAB.

THE CLOTHING,
WHEN I GOT IT--

THE REQUEST WAS SIMPLY
TO LOOK FOR ANYTHING

THAT MIGHT BE THERE

THAT MIGHT HELP LOCATE
A PARTICULAR VEHICLE.

Narrator:
ONE ARTICLE
OF JUNE'S CLOTHING

CAUGHT DR. CHAPIN'S EYE--

HER BLACK STRETCH-PANTS.

ON THE BACK
OF THE LEFT LEG,

HE SAW WHAT APPEARED
TO BE A PATTERN

OR KIND OF IMPRESSION.

HE COULDN'T MAKE OUT
WHAT IT WAS,

SO HE TURNED THE PANTS
INSIDE OUT.

ON THE INSIDE WAS

A MUCH BETTER-DEFINED IMAGE

OF WHAT I SAW
ON THE OUTSIDE.

THERE WERE SOME
ROUGHLY PARALLEL LINES

THAT CAME
ACROSS THE CALF.

THERE WAS DEFINITE CURVATURE
WHERE THEY CAME DOWN.

THE IMPRINT WAS ACTUALLY
FROM ABOUT THREE
DIFFERENT THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS
JUST ABRADED SKIN CELLS

FROM THE CALF
OF THE LEG.

THERE WAS ALSO
SOME TALCUM POWDER.

APPARENTLY, SHE HAD
USED BODY POWDER.

WE REALLY COULDN'T
DEFINE, INITIALLY,

WHAT HAD CREATED
THIS PATTERN.

WE FINALLY DECIDED
THAT IT VERY LIKELY WAS

A LICENSE PLATE.

Narrator:
DR. CHAPIN SOON REALIZED
THAT THE IMAGES HE SAW

COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MADE
BY A KANSAS LICENSE PLATE,

BUT MUST HAVE BEEN MADE
BY A PLATE

FROM THE NEARBY STATE
OF MISSOURI.

Dr. Chapin:
THERE WAS A PRETTY
STRONG INDICATION

THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH
DIRT ON THE OUTSIDE
OF THE LICENSE PLATE

THAT IT ACTUALLY,
WHEN IT HIT,

THE DIRT FILTERED
THROUGH THE PANTS

AND WAS PART OF THAT
IMPRINT ON THE INSIDE.

I HAD NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE,
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN IT SINCE.

Narrator:
WHEN DR. CHAPIN REALIZED
WHAT HAD CAUSED THE IMAGES,

HE THOUGHT THE TWO LETTERS
HE SAW ON THE UPPER LEFT

WERE AN "A" AND A "P,"

AND THAT THE LETTERS
STOOD FOR

THE LICENSE'S
EXPIRATION MONTH OF APRIL.

Dr. Chapin:
BY TAKING THAT INFORMATION,

WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK
AT THESE TWO LARGER,

MORE INDISTINCT IMAGES.

AND, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD,
THEY WERE

THE FIRST TWO NUMERALS
IN THE LICENSE PLATE...

WHAT OFFICERS DID NEXT
WAS THEY CONTACTED

THE MISSOURI DIVISION
OF VEHICLES IN THEIR
INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION,

AND THEY WANTED
TO FIND OUT

WHO HAD TAGS

THAT EXPIRED IN APRIL,
THAT STARTED WITH
AN "F" AND A "5."

THAT YIELDED
28 POTENTIAL SUSPECTS.

Narrator:
ONE OF THE NAMES TURNED UP
IN THE COMPUTER SEARCH

WAS A JACK T MORGAN.

WHEN THE INVESTIGATORS
ARRIVED AT MORGAN'S HOME,

THEY FOUND A CAR
WITH A LICENSE

THAT BEGAN
WITH AN "F" AND A "5"

AND HAD AN APRIL
EXPIRATION DATE,

BUT THEY NEEDED
MORE EVIDENCE.

POLICE IMPOUNDED
MORGAN'S CAR,

AND DR. CHAPIN EXAMINED
THE LICENSE PLATE.

Morrison:
WE FOUND THAT
THE LICENSE TAG

CONTAINED NUMEROUS FIBERS,

MANY MANY
TEENY TINY FIBERS

THAT WERE COMPRESSED

IN THE VERY VERY
MICROSCOPIC CRACKS

INSIDE THAT TAG.

WHEN YOU PUT THOSE TOGETHER
IN A STEREO MICROSCOPE,

THOSE FIBERS
WERE INDISTINGUISHABLE

FROM THE FIBERS
IN JUNE AURELIO'S PANTS.

Narrator:
WITH THE EVIDENCE
FROM THE LICENSE PLATE,

THERE WAS NO DOUBT
THAT THE CAR DRIVEN
BY JACK T MORGAN

WAS THE SAME CAR
THAT STRUCK JUNE AURELIO.

JACK MORGAN WENT ON TRIAL

AND WAS FOUND GUILTY
OF AGGRAVATED BATTERY

WITH SERIOUS
OR PERMANENT INJURY.

SINCE MORGAN WAS
ON PAROLE AT THE TIME

FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER,

HE ENDED UP BEING SENTENCED
TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON.

JUNE AURELIO GRADUALLY
REGAINED HER HEALTH

AND ABILITY
TO WALK AGAIN.

June:
10 YEARS LATER,
AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO ME,

I FEEL INCREDIBLY BLESSED
TO BE HERE AT ALL.

AND I HAVE GOTTEN
TO SEE MY GIRLS GROW UP.

AT THE TIME,
THERE WERE PLENTY OF DAYS

WHEN I THOUGHT--
YOU KNOW, I WISHED

HE HAD JUST GONE AHEAD
AND KILLED ME.

BUT IN RETROSPECT,
YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD
I'M STILL HERE.

( bell tolling )

( choir singing in Latin )

( chatter over
police radio )

Narrator:
ON OCTOBER 28TH, 1999,

A 48-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
NAMED SUSAN FASSETT

WAS FOUND FATALLY SHOT,

CURLED UP NEXT TO HER CAR

IN THE PARKING LOT
OF THE PLEASANT VALLEY CHURCH.

SHE HAD JUST COME
FROM CHOIR PRACTICE

WHEN SHE WAS ATTACKED.

( camera shutter clicking )

MEMBERS OF THE CHOIR
FOUND HER

AND CALLED THE POLICE.

( siren wails )

WHEN I GOT HERE,
SHE WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND,

AND THE WINDOWS IN THE CAR
HAD BEEN SHOT OUT.

Thomas Martin:
IT WAS HARD TO DETERMINE
A SPECIFIC MOTIVE.

BUT BECAUSE THIS WAS
SUCH A BRAZEN CRIME--

IT WAS OUT IN THE OPEN,
IT WAS IN FRONT OF PEOPLE,

IT WAS IN AN AREA
WHERE YOU COULD BE
VERY EASILY DETECTED--

IT TENDS TO INDICATE
THAT THERE'S SOME TYPE

OF A PASSION BEHIND IT.

EVERYBODY WAS CONFIDENT
THAT THIS WASN'T JUST
SOME RANDOM ACT.

I MEAN, THIS
WASN'T A ROBBERY.

IT WASN'T A CARJACKING.

I MEAN, THIS WAS
AN OUTRIGHT MURDER.

Dr. Baden:
BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT
AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY,

AND BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER
OF SHOTS THAT WERE FIRED,

THE POLICE
IMMEDIATELY CONSIDERED

THAT SUSAN FASSETT
WAS A SPECIFIC TARGET.

STATISTICALLY,
THIS KIND OF CRIME

IS COMMITTED
BY FAMILY MEMBERS
OR A LOVED ONE.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS TURNED
TO THE MOST LIKELY SUSPECT.

THEY BROUGHT SUSAN'S HUSBAND
IN FOR QUESTIONING.

HE WAS COOPERATIVE

AND HAD AN AIRTIGHT
ALIBI FOR THE NIGHT
SUSAN WAS MURDERED.

POLICE SOON DISMISSED HIM
AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT.

WHO WOULD WANT TO KILL
SUSAN FASSETT?

SHE HAD BEEN MARRIED
FOR 24 YEARS,

MOTHER OF TWO,
AN ACTIVE MEMBER
OF HER CHURCH

AND THE POPULAR
HEAD OF PERSONNEL
FOR THE TOWN.

Female reporter:
SUSAN FASSETT WORKED HERE
AT THE TOWN HALL,

AND NOW HER COWORKERS
AND FRIENDS ARE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT

JUST WHY SUSAN FASSETT
HAD TO DIE.

HER COLLEAGUES SAY
IT'S TOUGH TO STAY
FOCUSED ON WORK,

BECAUSE SUSAN IS
ALWAYS ON THEIR MIND.

YEAH, PEOPLE
ARE STRUGGLING WITH IT.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

NOBODY DESERVES TO DIE
IN THAT KIND OF MANNER,

BUT ESPECIALLY SUSAN.

Narrator:
EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER

SAID SHE HAD NO ENEMIES.

BUT POLICE BEGAN
TO LOOK DEEPER INTO
THE LIFE OF SUSAN

AND FOUND THAT
THERE WERE RUMORS

OF ANOTHER MAN
IN HER LIFE.

INVESTIGATORS TURNED
THEIR ATTENTION TO
THE OTHER MAN.

HIS NAME
WAS FRED ANDROS,

WHO WAS WELL-KNOWN
IN TOWN AS THE CITY'S
WATER SUPERINTENDENT.

ANDROS DID NOT LOOK
LIKE A LADY'S MAN.

HE WAS OVER 60 YEARS OLD
AND ANYTHING BUT HANDSOME.

BUT DESPITE
HIS MUNDANE APPEARANCE,

HE SEEMED
TO HAVE A REMARKABLE
ATTRACTION FOR WOMEN.

HE WAS NOW MARRIED
TO HIS FOURTH WIFE

AND HAD MANY MISTRESSES,

AMONG THEM SUSAN FASSETT.

Boyko:
WHEN WE GOT DOWN
TO THE NUTS AND BOLTS,

WE WERE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT

THE TRUE AND ACCURATE
RELATIONSHIP HE'D HAD WITH HER.

HE HAD SAID HE HAD
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH HER

ON ONE OCCASION,

AND IT WAS
APPROXIMATELY A YEAR

TO A YEAR AND A HALF
PRIOR TO THE MURDER;

AND THAT THEY
HADN'T HAD SEX,

HE WAS SEXUALLY
DYSFUNCTIONAL

BECAUSE OF CERTAIN
MEDICAL ISSUES.

HE HAD DIABETES
AND SOME OTHER THINGS
THAT RENDERED HIM IMPOTENT.

HE HAD SAID
THEY BROKE UP

APPROXIMATELY A MONTH
BEFORE THE MURDER.

HE WAS VERY DISTRAUGHT,

VERY EMOTIONAL
AND VERY UPSET

OVER THE DISCUSSION
OF SUSAN AND HOW
SHE WAS MURDERED.

Narrator:
ANDROS ALSO HAD
A PERFECT ALIBI.

HE HAD SPENT THE EVENING
WITH AN OLD FRIEND

WHO WAS ALSO
A 26-YEAR VETERAN

OF THE LOCAL
POLICE FORCE.

NEVERTHELESS,
INVESTIGATORS FELT

THERE WAS SOMETHING
ABOUT ANDROS THAT
DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT,

AND THEY BROUGHT HIM
IN TO QUESTION HIM
MORE CLOSELY.

Edward T. McLoughlin:
HE CAME UP WITH

SOME KIND OF STRANGE,
BIZARRE SCENARIOS AT FIRST.

BUT, ULTIMATELY, HE SAID

THAT "THE PERSON
YOU WANT TO TALK TO

IS A PERSON NAMED
DAWN SILVERNAIL."

Narrator:
DAWN SILVERNAIL WAS
A 50-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

WHO LIVED WITH
HER HUSBAND AND SON.

FOR YEARS, SHE HAD
WORKED WITH MENTALLY
HANDICAPPED PEOPLE

AND WAS PRESENTLY EMPLOYED
AS A JOB ADVISOR

FOR DISABLED ADULTS.

POLICE THOUGHT SHE WAS NOT
THE KIND OF PERSON

TO BE INVOLVED
IN A BRUTAL MURDER,

BUT THEY DID NOTE THAT SHE
WAS ON THE LIST OF THOSE

WHO OWNED A .45-CALIBER
SEMI-AUTOMATIC RUGER,

THE SAME KIND OF GUN
USED TO KILL SUSAN.

WE DID AT THAT POINT
OBTAIN A SEARCH WARRANT.

AND, I THINK,
ON DECEMBER 23RD,

WE WENT TO HER HOME
IN RURAL GREENE COUNTY
AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.

I EXPLAINED THAT WE WERE
INVESTIGATING A HOMICIDE

THAT HAD OCCURRED
IN THIS TOWNSHIP
SOME DISTANCE AWAY,

AND THAT WE HAD BEEN "LED
TO BELIEVE BY FRED ANDROS--

DO YOU KNOW FRED ANDROS?

--THAT MAYBE
YOU COULD HELP US
IN THIS INVESTIGATION."

THERE WAS NO REAL RESPONSE
FROM HER AT THAT POINT.

SHE WAS VERY COOL

AND JUST WAITING
FOR MORE INFORMATION.

I TOLD HER
THAT FRED HAD SAID

THAT SHE HAD ACTUALLY
COMMITTED THIS MURDER,

THAT SHE HAD BEEN INVOLVED
IN A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP,

AN INTIMATE
SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH THIS WOMAN,

THAT, UM...
SHE HAD BEEN SPURNED

AND THAT FRED SAID
THAT, DAWN,

YOU, IN FACT,
HAD MURDERED HER.

Narrator:
DETECTIVES RELENTLESSLY
PRESSED DAWN

ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP
WITH SUSAN.

AFTER SEVERAL HOURS
OF QUESTIONING,

DAWN BEGAN
TO TELL POLICE

A VERY WILD STORY.

( Dawn speaking )

Narrator:
IT TOOK A WEEK
OF INTENSE QUESTIONING

BEFORE SHE
FINALLY CONFESSED

TO ACTUALLY
SHOOTING SUSAN.

SHE LOOKED UP,
AND THEN JUST BEGAN TO SOB.

AND SHE DROPPED HER HEAD,
AND SHE WAS SOBBING,

HER SHOULDERS WERE SHAKING,

AND SHE JUST SAID
THREE TIMES,

"I SHOT THAT POOR WOMAN.
I SHOT THAT POOR WOMAN.

I SHOT THAT POOR WOMAN."

Woman:
AND I THINK--

TRULY, I FEEL
THAT SUSAN--

WHATEVER SHE DID,
WHETHER IT WAS...

A DESIRE FOR SEX,
OR WHATEVER IT WAS--

SHE DIDN'T DESERVE
TO BE SHOT.

THERE'S MORE
THAN MEETS THE EYE.

Female reporter:
THE CASE HAS PLAYED OUT
LIKE SOME KIND OF SOAP OPERA.

SEX, LIES, A CORRUPTION
SCANDAL, MURDER,

AND EVEN A BISEXUAL
LOVE TRIANGLE.

A FORMER TOWN OFFICIAL IS
ACCUSED OF ORDERING HIS LOVER

TO KILL ANOTHER
OF HIS LOVERS.

FRED ANDROS SAYS
HE HAD NOTHING TO DO

WITH THE 1999 MURDER
OF SUSAN FASSETT.

DAWN SILVERNAIL SAID HE HAD
EVERYTHING TO DO WITH IT.

SILVERNAIL TOLD THE COURT...

THIS WAS A TYPICAL CASE
OF HE-SAID/SHE-SAID.

ANDROS SAID THAT DAWN
HAD SHOT SUSAN

BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING
A LESBIAN AFFAIR,

AND THEY HAD STARTED
TO BREAK UP.

"DAWN WAS JUST
A SPURNED LOVER," HE SAID.

DAWN SAID SHE
HAD COMMITTED MURDER

BECAUSE ANDROS HAD THREATENED
TO KILL HER AND HER FAMILY

IF SHE DIDN'T FOLLOW
HIS ORDERS.

WHICH ONE WAS TELLING
THE TRUTH

AND HOW TO PROVE IT
BECAME THE REAL QUESTION.

WE STARTED TO SUBPOENA
PHONE RECORDS

WHICH ENDED UP BEING
INCREDIBLY INSTRUMENTAL

IN FIGURING OUT
NOT ONLY WHAT HAPPENED

BUT THE CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN THESE THREE PEOPLE.

WE WERE FACED WITH
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF COMMUNICATIONS RECORDS.

WE KNEW THAT THESE RECORDS
WERE ESSENTIAL

TO TRYING TO SHOW
ANY TYPE OF A CONNECTION

BETWEEN FRED ANDROS,
DAWN SILVERNAIL
AND OUR VICTIM.

A NEW FORENSIC TOOL

DEVELOPED BY THE AIRFORCE

CALLED WEBTAS
WAS BROUGHT INTO THE CASE.

Narrator:
THE HARD EVIDENCE
WAS ELECTRONIC,

BURIED IN THOUSANDS OF RECORDS
OF CELL PHONE CALLS,

PAGER COMMUNICATIONS,
PAY PHONES,

FAX PHONE NUMBERS
AND COMPUTER LINES

AMONG THE THREE PEOPLE.

4,000 RECORDS WERE SELECTED
AND FED INTO THE SYSTEM.

IT TOOK OVER SIX MONTHS
TO ENTER ALL THIS INFORMATION.

USING THE WEBTAS
TIMELINE,

THEY WERE ABLE
TO BACK UP DAWN'S STORY

AND PROVE FRED ANDROS
WAS LYING.

Boyko:
HE SAID EARLY ON HE DIDN'T
HAVE ANY CELL PHONES.

WE FOUND OUT HE HAD
TWO CELL PHONES.

( man speaking )

( Dawn speaking )

Narrator:
THEY VERIFIED THAT THERE
WERE MULTIPLE CALLS

BETWEEN DAWN AND ANDROS.

THEY WERE EVEN ABLE TO TRACK
ANDROS BY HIS E-ZPASS

TO CONFIRM THAT
HE WAS MEETING DAWN

AND COMMUNICATING WITH HER
ON A CELL PHONE.

( Dawn speaking )

Narrator:
THE TIMELINE PUT HIM
THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY,

TRAVELING AT A SPECIFIC
START AND STOP TIME

WHICH MATCHED
DAWN'S STORY EXACTLY.

16 TIMELINES WERE PROVIDED
TO THE PROSECUTOR

WITH ICONS
REPRESENTING ANDROS,

SUSAN AND DAWN.

EACH ICON
TOLD INVESTIGATORS

EACH TIME
ONE OF THE THREE

HAD COMMUNICATED
WITH EACH OTHER.

ANDROS SAID THAT HE KNEW
SUSAN ONLY SLIGHTLY,

AND THAT DAWN AND SUSAN

WERE HAVING
AN OBSESSIVE RELATIONSHIP.

THE TIMELINE SHOWED
JUST THE OPPOSITE.

IT WAS ANDROS WHO WAS
OBSESSED WITH SUSAN.

THERE WERE 700 CALLS

THAT LINKED SUSAN
TO ANDROS.

THERE WAS NO CONTACT WHATEVER
BETWEEN THE TWO WOMEN.

MOST SIGNIFICANTLY,

THERE WERE 70 PHONE CALLS
BETWEEN ANDROS AND DAWN

SHORTLY BEFORE THE MURDER.

THE TIMELINE
ALSO CONFIRMED

WHAT DAWN
HAD TOLD POLICE--

THAT SHE HAD PAGED ANDROS

A FEW MINUTES AFTER
SHE HAD KILLED SUSAN.

( man speaking )

( Dawn speaking )

Narrator:
DETECTIVES WENT
TO ANDROS'S HOUSE

TO ARREST HIM.

Boyko:
WE WERE VERY GUARDED,
VERY CAUTIOUS

WHEN GOING
INTO THE HOUSE.

I CAN REMEMBER JUST BEING
UNDER THE IMPRESSION
THAT HE'S--

I COULD JUST FEEL
HIS PRESENCE IN THE HOUSE.

I REMEMBER SEEING
HIS WALLET THERE.

I REMEMBER SEEING
HIS PAGER THERE.

THESE WERE INDICATIONS
TO ME THAT FRED ANDROS
WAS IN THE HOUSE.

AFTER WE CLEARED
THE FIRST FLOOR,

WE WENT UP
TO THE SECOND FLOOR.

THERE WAS A ATTIC DOOR
OPENED JUST A CRACK.

I OPENED IT SLIGHTLY,
AND THERE WAS A WINDOW

THAT WAS COMING IN--

THE SUN WAS COMING UP,
AND I COULD TELL THAT
SOMEBODY WAS IN THERE,

THE WAY THERE WAS
DUST MOVING AROUND.

I SAID, "FRED, HERE I COME.
I'M COMING UP THE STEPS."

AS WE TURNED
AROUND THE CORNER,

WE SAW FRED FACE DOWN
ON THE CARPET.

A GUN WAS RIGHT NEXT TO HIM,
AND HE WAS BLEEDING.

HE PUT THE GUN
UNDER HIS CHIN,

RIGHT HERE,
PULLED THE TRIGGER.

THE BULLET TRAVELED UP
THROUGH HIS MOUTH,

EXITED HERE
BETWEEN HIS EYES,

AND ACTUALLY
WAS EMBEDDED IN THE WALL

DIRECTLY AT THE TOP
OF THE STAIRCASE
WHERE I WAS GOING UP.

Narrator:
MIRACULOUSLY,
ANDROS SURVIVED

THE SUICIDE ATTEMPT,

EVEN THOUGH THE LOWER PART
OF HIS FACE WAS SHOT AWAY.

WHEN HE RECOVERED,

HE AND DAWN
WERE BROUGHT TO TRIAL,

AND THE CRITICAL
TIMELINE EVIDENCE

WAS PRESENTED
TO THE JURY.

THEY WERE BOTH
FOUND GUILTY

AND SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON.

ANDROS ONLY SURVIVED
FOR A YEAR AND A HALF

WHEN HE DIED
OF A HEART ATTACK.

Boyko:
FRED HAD SOME MYSTIQUE
ABOUT HIM, APPARENTLY,

THAT WAS APPEALING
TO OTHER PEOPLE.

HE WAS ABLE TO HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH WOMEN.

HE WAS ABLE TO MOTIVATE
DAWN SILVERNAIL

TO DO THIS MURDER.

HE WAS LIKEABLE
ON THE SURFACE,

BUT, DEEP DOWN,
PROBABLY ONE

OF THE MOST EVIL
I'VE SEEN.

Narrator:
UNTIL THE DAY HE DIED,

FRED ANDROS NEVER ADMITTED
HE HAD ANYTHING TO DO

WITH THE MURDER
OF SUSAN FASSETT.

( theme music playing )

WHETHER DEATH
OCCURRED YESTERDAY

OR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO,

THE DEAD'S
LONG-SILENT VOICES

RETURN TO ANSWER
THE QUESTIONS PUT TO THEM

BY THE FORENSIC
PATHOLOGIST.

HE IS THEIR INTERPRETER

AND UNDERSTANDS
THEIR LANGUAGE.

FOR HIM, DEATH IS NOT
THE END OF THE STORY,

BUT JUST THE BEGINNING.