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COME SPRING,
THE AIR CAN STILL CATCH A CHILL
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OUT IN THE FLAT STRETCHES
OF WEST TEXAS.
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**
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BETTY!
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YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE AGAIN.
COME ON, HONEY.
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SO MRS. WILLIAMS WAS
USED TO THE MORNING BATTLE...
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BETTY?
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...OF PRYING HER DAUGHTER BETTY
OUT OF A COZY BED.
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BETTY?
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YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE.
COME ON, HONEY.
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BUT WHEN THE DOOR
TO BETTY'S ROOM WAS LOCKED,
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AND THERE WAS NO ANSWER AT ALL,
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A TINGE OF FEAR
RAN THROUGH MRS. WILLIAMS.
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IT LED HER OUT OF HER KITCHEN
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AND THROUGH THE BACKYARD
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TO TRY THE OTHER DOOR THAT
OPENED INTO BETTY'S BEDROOM.
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BUT EVEN SHE
COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED...
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BETTY?
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...THAT WITHIN
JUST A FEW SHORT HOURS,
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BETTY'S EMPTY BED
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WAS GOING TO TEAR THE SOUL
OF ODESSA, TEXAS, CLEAN APART.
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**
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ODESSA, TEXAS, IN THE 1960s
WAS THE ULTIMATE OIL BOOM TOWN,
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AND IT WAS
BEDROCK CONSERVATIVE.
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JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY, REPUBLICAN,
AND DEEPLY CHRISTIAN.
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BUT IF THERE WAS ONE THING
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THAT ODESSANS MIGHT
HAVE LOVED MORE THAN GOD,
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IT COULD'VE BEEN THEIR
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS.
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AS MANY AS 15,000 PEOPLE
WOULD COME OUT TO SEE
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THOSE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
AT ODESSA HIGH SCHOOL...
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...WHERE BETTY SHOULD'VE BEEN
THAT MORNING.
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I'VE CALLED AROUND
TO ALL HER FRIENDS,
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AND NO ONE KNOWS
WHERE SHE IS.
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SO, SHE'S BEEN MISSING
HOW LONG NOW?
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IT'S BEEN ALMOST TWO HOURS
SINCE I CHECKED HER ROOM.
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JUST A COUPLE HOURS?
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BETTY WILLIAMS' PARENTS
TOLD THE POLICE
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THAT THEIR 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
IS MISSING.
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I UNDERSTAND.
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IT'S JUST THAT WITH TEENAGERS --
SHE'S 17, YOU SAID? --
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THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE SHE'LL
TURN UP BACK AT HOME SOON.
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Y-YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
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WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW HER?
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LAST NIGHT.
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SHE CAME HOME
AFTER HER PLAY REHEARSAL.
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HI, HONEY.
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DIDN'T HEAR YOU COME IN.
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SORRY IT'S LATE, MOM.
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IT'S OKAY.
HOW WAS REHEARSAL?
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LONG.
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DAD GO TO SLEEP?
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YEAH, HE DID,
COUPLE HOURS AGO.
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NIGHT, MOM.
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SHE WOULDN'T GO OFF
WITHOUT A WORD.
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OUR BETTY IS
A GOOD CHRISTIAN GIRL.
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THE WILLIAMS FAMILY
WAS EXTREMELY RELIGIOUS.
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BETTY WAS A VERY GOOD
CHRISTIAN GIRL.
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SHE LOVED TO TEACH CHILDREN.
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SHE WORKED WITH THE YOUTH GROUP
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AT THE FRIENDSHIP
BAPTIST CHURCH.
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WHEN THE POLICE HEAR
ABOUT A MISSING TEENAGE GIRL,
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USUALLY YOU WAIT IT OUT
24 HOURS.
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BETTY HADN'T BEEN MISSING
FOR VERY LONG,
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BUT THE WILLIAMSES
WERE HEART-SICK,
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AND MAYBE IT WAS
THE PITCH OF DESPERATION
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COMING OFF BETTY'S MOTHER
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THAT FINALLY MOVED
THE DETECTIVES
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TO JUST GO OUT
AND ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.
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THEY WENT TO SPEND A COUPLE
HOURS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL,
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WHERE BETTY'S FRIENDS MIGHT
KNOW THINGS HER PARENTS DIDN'T.
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I WAS SITTING IN FIRST PERIOD,
GEOMETRY.
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AND THE TEACHER SAID,
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"GAYLE, THEY WANT TO SEE YOU
IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE."
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WHEN I ARRIVED AT SCHOOL,
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RUMORS WERE SPREADING
LIKE WILDFIRE
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THAT BETTY WAS MISSING.
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WHEN I GOT CALLED IN TO TALK
TO THE POLICE THAT MORNING,
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AS FAR AS I KNEW, BETTY JUST
HADN'T SHOWN UP FOR SCHOOL,
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SO IT WAS MORE LIKE
CRAZY GOSSIP.
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WE NEVER COULD'VE IMAGINED
THAT WITHIN A FEW HOURS,
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WE'D ALL BE LED DOWN A TRAIL
INTO A NIGHTMARE.
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SO... YOU'RE ALL IN DRAMA CLUB
WITH BETTY WILLIAMS?
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YES, WE ARE.
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ANYONE HEARD FROM BETTY
THIS MORNING?
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SEEN HER ANYWHERE?
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NO, I MEAN...
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NO.
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IS IT LIKE HER
TO MISS SCHOOL?
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NO.
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NO.
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AND GAYLE IS...?
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AND YOU'RE
BETTY'S BEST FRIEND?
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YES, SIR.
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WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME
ABOUT BETTY?
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SHE WAS A SENIOR
AND I WAS A SOPHOMORE,
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AND, I JUST THOUGHT SHE WAS
SUCH A WISE, WORLDLY PERSON.
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BETTY LOVED THEATER, DRAMA.
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AND SHE HAD ALL THE MAGAZINES
AND ALL OF THAT.
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"OUR BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS ARE
SOME OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
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NOWHERE WILL YOU FIND
SUCH IMMACULATE KEEPING."
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AND AFTER HIGH SCHOOL,
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SHE IS PLANNING
TO GO TO THEATER SCHOOL
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AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY.
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IN LUNCH COUNTERS
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AND BUS TERMINALS
ALL OVER THE SOUTH,
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THE BATTLE IS JOINED.
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WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
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WE COULD GET THE WHOLE
DRAMA CLUB TO DO IT.
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SOMEONE JUST NEEDS TO STAND UP
AND TELL THE TRUTH.
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YOU KNOW,
IF SOMEBODY DID THAT,
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I BET EVERYONE
WOULD LISTEN TO THEM.
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BETTY WAS VERY BRAVE.
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I LOVED HER STREAK OF
INDEPENDENCE AND HER DEFIANCE.
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BETTY WILLIAMS
SAW HERSELF AS A BEATNIK.
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IN ODESSA, TEXAS,
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TRADITIONAL, CONSERVATIVE,
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EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY
DOMINATED.
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COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE
ODESSA YOUNG LADY, BETTY WAS A REBEL.
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OKAY.
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WHAT ABOUT BOYS?
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IS THERE A BOY
BETTY'S SPENDING TIME WITH?
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WELL... IT ISN'T A BOY.
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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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THERE WERE A BUNCH
OF DIFFERENT BOYS.
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SHE WOULD MEET UP
WITH GUYS AT TOMMY'S,
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AFTER CURFEW
FOR MOST OF US.
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**
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BETTY HAD A ROOM IN
THE HOUSE THAT HAD A BACK DOOR.
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SHE COULD LEAVE UNSEEN,
AND SHE DID ALL THE TIME.
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**
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BETTY BELIEVED THAT IT WAS OKAY
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TO GO OUT
AND EXPRESS YOURSELF SEXUALLY.
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BUT BETTY WAS ONLY 17 YEARS OLD.
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**
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BETTY HAD SEX,
AND SHE LIKED SEX,
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AND SHE USED THAT
TO HER ADVANTAGE.
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SHE WAS EXPLICIT ABOUT THE FACT
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THAT, "YOU'RE THINKING
ABOUT SEX, AREN'T YOU?
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WELL, I'M THINKING ABOUT SEX,
TOO."
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AND SHE LOVED
SEEING THE REACTION.
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I CANNOT TELL YOU
HOW SHOCKING THAT WAS IN 1960.
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* JESUS
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SO SHE WOULD JUST
GET IN CARS WITH BOYS
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AND JUST GO OFF WITH THEM?
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YEAH, ALL THE TIME.
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AND THAT RIGHT THERE,
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I THINK THAT'S WHEN THE POLICE
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STARTED TO GET
A RING OF BAD FEELING.
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MAYBE THIS WASN'T JUST A CASE
OF OVER-ANXIOUS PARENTS.
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MAYBE BETTY
WENT OFF INTO THE DARK...
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...WITH GOD KNOWS WHO,
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AND NEVER CAME HOME AGAIN.
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IF BETTY WILLIAMS
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HAD BEEN A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR
IN THE LATE 1960s,
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PEOPLE LIKELY WOULD'VE
JUST THOUGHT OF HER AS A HIPPIE
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OR PART
OF THE FREE LOVE GENERATION.
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BUT IN ODESSA, TEXAS, IN 1961,
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SHE WAS A FEW YEARS AHEAD
OF HER TIME.
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AND I HAD CERTAINLY HEARD TALK
ABOUT BETTY'S REPUTATION.
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THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT BACK THEN
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FOR BREAKING THE CODE
OF GOOD-GIRL BEHAVIOR.
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WELL,
WE KNOW SHE GOT HOME
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AFTER PLAY PRACTICE WITH Y'ALL
LAST NIGHT.
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BUT YOU'RE SAYING
SHE WOULD SNEAK OUT,
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GO OFF WITH
ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF BOYS.
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ANYBODY SEE HER AT TOMMY'S
LATE LAST NIGHT?
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MNH.
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- NO.
- NO.
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ANY BOYFRIENDS?
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SOMEONE SHE'D GET
MORE SERIOUS WITH,
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MAKE PLANS WITH?
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WELL, BACK LAST SUMMER,
UM, SEVEN MONTHS AGO,
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BETTY DID HAVE
A REAL BOYFRIEND THEN.
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SHE WAS DATING MACK HERRING.
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HE'S WHAT, A JUNIOR?
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**
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POLICE FIND OUT
THAT THE PREVIOUS SUMMER,
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SHE ACTUALLY HAD
A REAL BOYFRIEND...
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...A POPULAR FOOTBALL PLAYER
NAMED MACK HERRING.
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MACK HERRING WAS
A REALLY NICE-LOOKING GUY,
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AND HE WAS A BIG MAN ON CAMPUS.
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EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS
THIS NONCONFORMIST REBEL,
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SHE WAS VERY ATTRACTED TO MACK.
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IN ODESSA,
FOOTBALL PLAYERS RULE THE ROOST.
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THEY WIN THE MOST POPULAR,
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THEY WIN
THE STUDENT-COUNCIL ELECTION.
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MACK COULD BE
A REALLY SUBDUED, QUIET GUY.
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HE WAS A MUCH MORE RESERVED
PERSON.
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AND IT WAS ALL OUT THERE
WITH BETTY.
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AND I THINK THAT GAVE HIM
SOME FREEDOM,
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AND HE WAS MORE EXPRESSIVE
WHEN HE WAS WITH HER.
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**
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I NEVER SAW THEM OUT TOGETHER.
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BUT THE LOOK IN BETTY'S EYES
WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT MACK...
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THAT WAS PLAIN AS DAY.
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**
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THE THING WAS,
BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED AGAIN,
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MACK WAS DATING ANOTHER,
MORE POPULAR GIRL,
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AND IT SEEMED PRETTY CLEAR THAT
HE SAW BETTY AS A SUMMER FLING.
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IT MUST'VE HURT BETTY A TON
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WHEN MACK WOULD
LOOK THROUGH HER
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LIKE SHE WASN'T EVEN THERE.
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SO THEY BROKE UP?
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THAT WAS ALL THE WAY BACK
LAST SUMMER.
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THEY'RE FRIENDS NOW.
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IS THAT RIGHT?
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YEAH, WE'RE JUST
TRYING TO FIND OUT
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WHERE BETTY WILLIAMS
MIGHT BE.
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SO, ANYBODY HEARD FROM MACK
THIS MORNING?
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YES. HE'S HERE.
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MACK'S BEEN AT SCHOOL ALL DAY.
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GREAT. OKAY.
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DON'T MAKE US
WASTE OUR TIME HERE.
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IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHERE BETTY MIGHT BE,
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YOU BETTER
COME OUT WITH IT.
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W-WOULD YOU HAVE
TO TELL HER PARENTS?
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IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING
WEIGHING ON YOUR MIND,
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THAT MEANS
WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
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THERE'S AN OLDER GUY.
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BETTY WAS INVOLVED WITH A DEEJAY
AT A RADIO STATION.
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HE WAS OLDER.
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HE WAS LIKE A MAN
WITH A 17 YEAR OLD.
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IN THE BACK OF MY
MIND, I WAS THINKING,
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"BETTY, YOU'RE GONNA BE
IN A LOT OF TROUBLE
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WHEN YOUR PARENTS FIND OUT."
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SOMETIMES SHE'D SPEND THE WHOLE
NIGHT OVER AT HIS PLACE.
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SO I TOLD THE POLICE
SHE MAY BE AT THIS GUY'S HOUSE.
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OKAY, THAT'S ALL WE NEED.
TELL THEM.
229
00:13:55,233 --> 00:13:56,600
NO. LET'S JUST --
THANKS, KIDS.
230
00:13:56,633 --> 00:13:57,567
HAVE A GOOD DAY, OKAY?
231
00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,066
YOU SAID "ANYTHING AT ALL"?
232
00:13:59,067 --> 00:14:03,467
TELL YOU ANYTHING AT ALL
ABOUT BETTY?
233
00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:08,900
WELL, BETTY STARTED ASKING
PEOPLE IF THEY WOULD KILL HER.
234
00:14:12,333 --> 00:14:13,667
SHE DID WHAT?
235
00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:17,066
SHE STRAIGHT-OUT ASKED ME
TO KILL HER.
236
00:14:17,067 --> 00:14:18,667
SHE ASKED ME, TOO.
237
00:14:18,700 --> 00:14:22,067
SHE ASKED A FEW OF US
WHO WERE WORKING ON THE PLAY.
238
00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:34,667
SHE STRAIGHT-OUT ASKED ME
TO KILL HER.
239
00:14:34,700 --> 00:14:36,500
SHE ASKED ME, TOO.
240
00:14:36,533 --> 00:14:38,733
SHE ASKED A FEW OF US
WHO WERE WORKING ON THE PLAY.
241
00:14:38,767 --> 00:14:41,133
WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
ASKING PEOPLE TO KILL HER?
242
00:14:41,167 --> 00:14:42,333
WHY WOULD SHE DO THAT?
243
00:14:42,367 --> 00:14:45,133
SHE TOOK THE WAY
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT HER
244
00:14:45,167 --> 00:14:47,300
AFTER BILL ROSE
PRETTY HARD.
245
00:14:50,467 --> 00:14:53,800
**
246
00:14:55,800 --> 00:15:01,400
BILL ROSE WAS GORGEOUS,
247
00:15:01,433 --> 00:15:04,800
AND HE WAS ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
248
00:15:06,167 --> 00:15:09,367
THE MOST POPULAR GUY
AT ODESSA HIGH SCHOOL.
249
00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,400
**
250
00:15:25,667 --> 00:15:29,067
BETTY WAS PROUDLY PROMISCUOUS.
251
00:15:35,933 --> 00:15:41,100
AND SHE RECOUNTED MANY OF HER
SEXUAL EXPERIENCES IN HER DIARY.
252
00:15:42,333 --> 00:15:46,767
ONE NIGHT, THE PHONE RANG,
AND BETTY SAID, "HEY, SHEL?
253
00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,500
GUESS WHO I SCREWED TONIGHT?"
254
00:15:48,533 --> 00:15:50,400
AND I SAID, "WHAT? WHO?"
255
00:15:50,433 --> 00:15:52,567
AND SHE SAID, "BILL ROSE."
256
00:15:57,500 --> 00:16:03,100
BUT WHEN WORD GOT
AROUND, AND IT ALWAYS DOES,
257
00:16:03,133 --> 00:16:07,200
THAT'S WHEN THINGS
GOT REALLY BAD FOR BETTY.
258
00:16:07,233 --> 00:16:10,933
BILL ROSE AND MACK
WERE REALLY CLOSE FRIENDS.
259
00:16:10,967 --> 00:16:13,833
THERE WERE VERY CAREFULLY
PRESCRIBED RULES,
260
00:16:13,867 --> 00:16:17,833
AND THERE WERE
FAR MORE RULES FOR GIRLS.
261
00:16:17,867 --> 00:16:23,200
TO HAVE PEOPLE TALKING
ABOUT HER BEING A WHORE AND SLUTTY,
262
00:16:23,233 --> 00:16:25,767
SHE FELT THE CONTEMPT.
263
00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,600
FOR BETTY, IT WAS ABSOLUTE HELL.
264
00:16:28,633 --> 00:16:30,967
ANY TIME ANYBODY'S
DISCUSSING SUICIDE TALK,
265
00:16:31,067 --> 00:16:32,433
ABOUT DEATH
AND KILLING THEMSELVES,
266
00:16:32,467 --> 00:16:33,900
IT'S AN IMPORTANT RED FLAG,
267
00:16:33,933 --> 00:16:35,767
AND IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY,
268
00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:36,667
NO MATTER WHAT.
269
00:16:36,700 --> 00:16:37,867
WAS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE AT ALL
270
00:16:37,900 --> 00:16:38,967
YOU CAN TELL US
271
00:16:39,067 --> 00:16:42,067
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON
IN BETTY'S LIFE?
272
00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:45,467
WELL, SHE DIDN'T GET CAST
IN THE PLAY.
273
00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:47,567
GAYLE GOT THE LEAD.
274
00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,900
I WAS CAST AS THE LEAD
IN "WINTERSET."
275
00:16:50,933 --> 00:16:53,400
I THOUGHT SHE WAS AT REHEARSAL
WORKING ON THE PLAY
276
00:16:53,433 --> 00:16:54,633
WITH ALL OF YOU.
277
00:16:54,667 --> 00:16:58,367
SHE WAS, BUT BETTY GOT MADE
THE STAGE MANAGER.
278
00:17:01,367 --> 00:17:02,933
ALL RIGHT, TAKE IT EASY.
279
00:17:02,967 --> 00:17:04,900
THERE WAS A NEW DRAMA TEACHER,
280
00:17:04,933 --> 00:17:07,833
AND BETTY WAS NOT PICKED,
281
00:17:07,867 --> 00:17:11,367
AND THIS DEVASTATED HER.
282
00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,066
**
283
00:17:14,067 --> 00:17:18,267
MACK HERRING
WAS ALSO IN THE PLAY.
284
00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:20,933
SHE HAD TO WATCH GAYLE AND MACK,
285
00:17:20,967 --> 00:17:24,133
HER FRIEND AND HER EX-BOYFRIEND,
PERFORMING ONSTAGE,
286
00:17:24,167 --> 00:17:28,967
AND SHE WAS IN THE BACKGROUND.
287
00:17:29,067 --> 00:17:33,367
THE SENIOR PLAY, FOR
A DRAMA MAJOR, IS EVERYTHING.
288
00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,433
W-WE WROTE OFF
APPLICATIONS TO COLLEGE.
289
00:17:36,467 --> 00:17:40,200
WE WERE GONNA STUDY THEATER
AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY TOGETHER,
290
00:17:40,233 --> 00:17:42,433
UNTIL THE THING WITH HER FATHER
HAPPENED.
291
00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:46,067
WHAT HAPPENED
WITH HER FATHER?
292
00:17:53,733 --> 00:17:58,467
WE ALL KNEW HOW SERIOUSLY
MR. WILLIAMS TOOK THEIR FAITH.
293
00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,067
AND BETTY WAS WILLFUL,
INDEPENDENT,
294
00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:11,600
SO HE WAS ALWAYS WONDERING
WHAT SHE MIGHT BE GETTING UP TO
295
00:18:11,633 --> 00:18:15,067
OUTSIDE THE CONTROL
OF HIS WATCHFUL EYE.
296
00:18:17,567 --> 00:18:24,133
HER FATHER,
WHO WAS EXTREMELY STRICT,
297
00:18:24,167 --> 00:18:28,400
DISCOVERED BETTY'S DIARY
WITH HER SEXUAL HISTORY.
298
00:18:51,767 --> 00:18:53,500
WHAT IS THIS?
299
00:18:53,533 --> 00:18:55,767
WHAT ARE YOU WRITING IN HERE?
300
00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,833
SIT DOWN.
SIT DOWN.
301
00:18:57,867 --> 00:18:59,667
SIT.
302
00:18:59,700 --> 00:19:02,600
TELL ME
YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS.
303
00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,066
MY GOD.
304
00:19:06,067 --> 00:19:07,667
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU.
305
00:19:07,700 --> 00:19:10,633
THAT IS SINFUL,
AND YOU KNOW IT.
306
00:19:10,667 --> 00:19:11,733
I'M SORRY.
307
00:19:11,767 --> 00:19:12,833
DON'T "SORRY" ME.
308
00:19:12,867 --> 00:19:15,066
YOU'RE DISHONORING ME
AND THIS FAMILY.
309
00:19:15,067 --> 00:19:16,067
AND YOUR MOTHER.
310
00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:18,333
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT
YOUR MOTHER?
311
00:19:18,367 --> 00:19:20,167
HAVE YOU READ THAT?
312
00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,567
I TOLD YOU.
I TOLD YOU ABOUT HER.
313
00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:24,133
JOHN, COME ON, PLEASE.
314
00:19:24,167 --> 00:19:25,267
YOU BE QUIET.
315
00:19:29,067 --> 00:19:32,333
THIS CAME FOR YOU.
316
00:19:32,367 --> 00:19:34,867
YOU THOUGHT
YOU WERE GONNA GO AWAY?
317
00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:37,066
WELL,
YOU'RE NOT GOING AWAY.
318
00:19:37,067 --> 00:19:40,200
YOU'RE GONNA STAY HERE
AND YOU'RE GONNA GET A JOB.
319
00:19:40,233 --> 00:19:42,400
AND YOU'RE GONNA
STAY IN CHURCH.
320
00:19:42,433 --> 00:19:45,433
THAT HURTS ME.
321
00:19:45,467 --> 00:19:49,433
YOU'RE A RUINED GIRL.
322
00:19:49,467 --> 00:19:50,567
YOU'VE KILLED ME.
323
00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:52,767
SORRY.
324
00:19:53,933 --> 00:19:56,633
YOU NEED TO GET DOWN
ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY.
325
00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:28,833
SO SHE ACTUALLY
WAS TALKING ABOUT SUICIDE,
326
00:20:28,867 --> 00:20:31,367
OR WANTING SOMEONE
TO KILL HER?
327
00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:32,300
YEAH.
328
00:20:32,333 --> 00:20:33,167
SHE DIDN'T MEAN IT.
329
00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,533
WAIT.
330
00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:38,733
THAT WAS JUST TYPICAL BETTY.
SHE DIDN'T REALLY MEAN IT.
331
00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:41,767
ALL RIGHT, TAKE IT EASY.
332
00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,067
MAYBE YOU'RE LYING TO ME
AND MAYBE YOU'RE NOT.
333
00:20:45,100 --> 00:20:47,400
MIKE,
WOULD YOU KILL ME?
334
00:20:47,433 --> 00:20:49,900
WHAT?
335
00:20:49,933 --> 00:20:51,733
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT,
BETTY?
336
00:20:51,767 --> 00:20:53,300
I WON'T EVER BE HAPPY,
337
00:20:53,333 --> 00:20:57,100
SO IT'S PROBABLY JUST BEST
IF I JUST DIE.
338
00:20:57,133 --> 00:20:59,500
WOULD YOU DO IT?
339
00:20:59,533 --> 00:21:02,533
WELL, I COULD DO IT,
340
00:21:02,567 --> 00:21:05,133
BUT I DON'T THINK
YOU CAN AFFORD MY FEE.
341
00:21:08,067 --> 00:21:10,400
WAIT. WHY...?
342
00:21:10,433 --> 00:21:12,167
SHE CAN BE
OVERLY DRAMATIC.
343
00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,833
RIGHT.
344
00:21:14,867 --> 00:21:18,533
HER PARENTS ARE WORRIED.
YOU NEED TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
345
00:21:23,233 --> 00:21:25,400
TELL US AGAIN ABOUT
THE LAST TIME YOU SAW BETTY
346
00:21:25,433 --> 00:21:28,467
AT PLAY REHEARSAL
LAST NIGHT.
347
00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:30,700
TAKE US THROUGH IT
STEP BY STEP.
348
00:21:30,733 --> 00:21:32,233
WAS SHE ACTING STRANGELY?
349
00:21:32,267 --> 00:21:33,867
SHE SEEMED NORMAL.
350
00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:37,367
RE-REHEARSAL ENDED
A LITTLE BEFORE 10:00,
351
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,433
AND WE ALL WENT HOME.
352
00:21:40,467 --> 00:21:44,867
I LEFT WITH MACK HERRING.
HE WAS GIVING ME A RIDE HOME.
353
00:21:44,900 --> 00:21:47,933
**
354
00:21:54,633 --> 00:21:58,567
AND I SAW BETTY LEAVE
WITH IKE NAIL.
355
00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,433
SO, WHO'S IKE NAIL?
356
00:22:00,467 --> 00:22:01,967
HE'S A FOOTBALL PLAYER,
TOO.
357
00:22:02,067 --> 00:22:03,967
HE'S BEEN WORKING ON THE PLAY
WITH US.
358
00:22:06,967 --> 00:22:10,066
SO, POLICE QUESTION IKE
BECAUSE HE DROVE HER HOME.
359
00:22:10,067 --> 00:22:11,567
HE WAS THE LAST PERSON
TO SEE HER
360
00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,200
BEFORE HER PARENTS SAW HER.
361
00:22:16,967 --> 00:22:21,733
SO, WE HEAR YOU DROVE
BETTY WILLIAMS HOME LAST NIGHT.
362
00:22:23,067 --> 00:22:25,367
WHAT TIME
DID YOU DROP HER OFF?
363
00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:30,066
I DROPPED HER OFF
ABOUT 10:00, I THINK.
364
00:22:30,067 --> 00:22:31,767
AND THAT WAS THE LAST
YOU SAW HER?
365
00:22:35,467 --> 00:22:38,700
WELL, NO.
366
00:22:38,733 --> 00:22:40,200
SHE ASKED ME TO COME BACK,
367
00:22:40,233 --> 00:22:43,900
DRIVE AROUND
TO THE ALLEY BEHIND HER HOUSE.
368
00:22:43,933 --> 00:22:46,066
AND? DID YOU?
369
00:22:46,067 --> 00:22:48,533
YEAH.
370
00:22:51,100 --> 00:22:53,367
NIGHT, MOM.
371
00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,400
AFTER BETTY SAID GOODNIGHT,
372
00:22:56,433 --> 00:23:03,067
SHE CHANGED
INTO BABYDOLL PINK PAJAMAS.
373
00:23:07,067 --> 00:23:11,800
SHE CAME OUT
FROM HER ROOM.
374
00:23:11,833 --> 00:23:13,633
WE JUST TALKED
FOR AWHILE.
375
00:23:13,667 --> 00:23:15,867
SO YOU WERE
THE LAST PERSON TO SEE HER
376
00:23:15,900 --> 00:23:18,200
AFTER HER PARENTS THOUGHT
SHE WAS IN BED?
377
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,767
**
378
00:23:37,133 --> 00:23:39,867
WHERE IS BETTY WILLIAMS?
379
00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:43,333
THAT'S THE QUESTION
THE WHOLE SCHOOL WAS ASKING
380
00:23:43,367 --> 00:23:45,133
BY THE AFTERNOON.
381
00:23:45,167 --> 00:23:51,400
AND OUR CLASSMATE IKE NAIL
SEEMED LIKE HE MIGHT KNOW
382
00:23:51,433 --> 00:23:53,200
WHEN HE ADMITTED TO THE POLICE
383
00:23:53,233 --> 00:23:57,633
THAT BETTY HAD SNUCK OUT
TO SEE HIM THE NIGHT BEFORE.
384
00:23:57,667 --> 00:24:01,867
SO YOU WERE THE LAST PERSON
TO SEE HER.
385
00:24:05,467 --> 00:24:07,133
NO.
386
00:24:10,333 --> 00:24:14,667
WHEN WE WERE THERE...
387
00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:20,800
ANOTHER CAR DROVE INTO THE ALLEY
RIGHT BEHIND US.
388
00:24:24,333 --> 00:24:26,967
MY GOSH.
389
00:24:27,067 --> 00:24:30,133
I DIDN'T THINK
HE'D ACTUALLY COME.
390
00:24:30,167 --> 00:24:33,800
COULD YOU TELL
WHO IT WAS?
391
00:24:33,833 --> 00:24:36,267
WELL, YEAH.
392
00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:40,133
I RECOGNIZED THE CAR.
393
00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:46,367
IT WAS MACK HERRING.
394
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,300
BETTY GOT IN THE CAR
WITH HIM?
395
00:24:49,333 --> 00:24:52,367
**
396
00:24:56,733 --> 00:24:59,533
YES, SIR.
397
00:24:59,567 --> 00:25:01,733
THAT'S THE LAST TIME
I SAW HER.
398
00:25:06,633 --> 00:25:11,066
ALL RIGHT, IKE.
JUST WAIT OUTSIDE NOW.
399
00:25:11,067 --> 00:25:15,066
BUT MACK AND BETTY BROKE UP
SEVEN MONTHS AGO,
400
00:25:15,067 --> 00:25:17,733
SO WHEN WE SAW
MACK WALKING DOWN THE HALL,
401
00:25:17,767 --> 00:25:20,133
IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
402
00:25:23,233 --> 00:25:24,433
WE'RE JUST
TRYING TO FIND OUT
403
00:25:24,467 --> 00:25:26,567
ABOUT WHERE BETTY WILLIAMS
MIGHT BE.
404
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,667
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW HER?
405
00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:31,200
I GUESS IT WAS
AT REHEARSAL LAST NIGHT.
406
00:25:31,233 --> 00:25:33,867
WE WERE ALL THERE TOGETHER
WORKING ON THE PLAY,
407
00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:35,433
AND THEN EVERYONE WENT HOME.
408
00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:37,367
ARE YOU SURE?
409
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,067
YES, SIR.
410
00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:42,900
WE HAVE IT THAT YOU
PICKED UP BETTY AT HER HOUSE,
411
00:25:42,933 --> 00:25:46,800
ABOUT 11:00 LAST NIGHT,
AND BETTY GOT IN YOUR CAR,
412
00:25:46,833 --> 00:25:48,667
AND THE TWO OF YOU
DROVE OFF TOGETHER.
413
00:25:52,233 --> 00:25:54,067
WELL, I GUESS THAT'S RIGHT.
414
00:25:54,100 --> 00:25:57,600
IT WAS LATE, AND I DON'T WANT
TO GET HER INTO TROUBLE.
415
00:25:57,633 --> 00:25:59,733
WE DROVE AROUND A LITTLE
AND TALKED,
416
00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:02,700
BUT THEN I DROPPED HER OFF
BACK HOME AROUND MIDNIGHT,
417
00:26:02,733 --> 00:26:04,300
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN HER
AFTER THAT.
418
00:26:04,333 --> 00:26:07,167
DID YOU SEE HER ACTUALLY GO
INSIDE THE HOUSE?
419
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,066
NO, I -- I GUESS I DIDN'T.
420
00:26:10,067 --> 00:26:12,767
I PULLED UP IN FRONT
AND I LET HER OUT.
421
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:18,633
BETTY HAS A DOOR IN HER
BEDROOM THAT OPENS TO THE OUTSIDE.
422
00:26:18,667 --> 00:26:20,133
IF SHE'S GOING THROUGH
THE FRONT,
423
00:26:20,167 --> 00:26:22,667
SHE RISKS WAKING UP HER PARENTS.
424
00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:24,933
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE
TO THE POLICE.
425
00:26:24,967 --> 00:26:26,667
AND THEN I LEFT.
426
00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:29,733
I -- I DON'T KNOW
IF SHE ACTUALLY WENT INSIDE.
427
00:26:29,767 --> 00:26:31,933
YEAH,
THAT STORY'S NOT GONNA FLY.
428
00:26:31,967 --> 00:26:33,733
SO THINK REAL HARD HERE.
429
00:26:35,733 --> 00:26:38,133
NEXT STEP IS TAKING YOU DOWN
TO THE STATION.
430
00:26:38,167 --> 00:26:40,066
CALL YOUR PARENTS.
431
00:26:40,067 --> 00:26:44,300
IF YOU HELPED HER RUN AWAY,
WHATEVER IT IS,
432
00:26:44,333 --> 00:26:45,800
IF YOU KNOW
WHERE THIS GIRL IS,
433
00:26:45,833 --> 00:26:49,067
YOU'RE GOING TO TELL US ABOUT IT
RIGHT NOW.
434
00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:51,567
DO YOU KNOW
WHERE BETTY WILLIAMS IS?
435
00:26:55,067 --> 00:26:57,600
I DROVE HER OUT
TO MY DAD'S HUNTING LEASE.
436
00:26:59,100 --> 00:27:02,200
I CAN -- I CAN TAKE YOU
OUT THERE.
437
00:27:02,233 --> 00:27:05,267
**
438
00:27:13,833 --> 00:27:17,633
THE POLICE HAVE
NO IDEA WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
439
00:27:17,667 --> 00:27:20,633
THEY END UP DRIVING
26 MILES OUT OF TOWN.
440
00:27:24,833 --> 00:27:31,233
AT A CERTAIN POINT,
MACK TOLD THEM TO TURN IN...
441
00:27:34,733 --> 00:27:38,567
...WHICH TOOK THEM
TO A STOCK POND.
442
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,567
SO,
WE PARKED JUST OVER THERE.
443
00:27:47,467 --> 00:27:51,933
AND THEN WE WALKED DOWN
JUST TO HERE.
444
00:27:51,967 --> 00:27:55,300
SO?
WHERE IS SHE?
445
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,300
HAVE YOU EVER
FELT TIME SLOW DOWN,
446
00:28:06,333 --> 00:28:10,300
WHEN WHAT IS HAPPENING
IS SO BEYOND BELIEF?
447
00:28:10,333 --> 00:28:13,800
YOUR MIND CAN'T CATCH UP
WITH WHAT YOU'RE SEEING?
448
00:28:15,833 --> 00:28:21,867
EVEN AS MACK STRIPPED DOWN
AND WADED OUT IN THE WATER,
449
00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:24,067
THEY HAD TO BE WONDERING,
450
00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:27,433
WHAT COULD THIS
POSSIBLY HAVE TO DO
451
00:28:27,467 --> 00:28:30,600
WITH BETTY WILLIAMS
MISSING SCHOOL?
452
00:28:30,633 --> 00:28:33,667
**
453
00:28:57,767 --> 00:29:00,200
GOD.
454
00:29:12,233 --> 00:29:15,200
**
455
00:29:15,233 --> 00:29:20,767
THE POLICE AND REPORTERS
DRIVE TO THE STOCK POND,
456
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:24,167
AND THEY'RE JUST
APPALLED AND SHOCKED.
457
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:31,066
BETTY WAS STILL
IN HER BABYDOLL PINK PAJAMAS.
458
00:29:31,067 --> 00:29:34,367
THE BACK OF HER HEAD
HAD BEEN BLOWN OFF
459
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,667
BY A 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN.
460
00:29:38,300 --> 00:29:41,933
SHE'S WEIGHTED DOWN
WITH TWO LEAD WEIGHTS.
461
00:29:41,967 --> 00:29:44,100
MY GOD, SON,
WHY DID YOU DO IT?
462
00:29:47,900 --> 00:29:49,567
SHE ASKED ME TO.
463
00:29:57,067 --> 00:29:58,400
HEY, MACK?
464
00:29:58,433 --> 00:29:59,667
HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
465
00:29:59,700 --> 00:30:03,500
UM, I'VE GOT AN IMPORTANT
QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK YOU.
466
00:30:03,533 --> 00:30:05,733
OKAY.
WHAT IS IT?
467
00:30:05,767 --> 00:30:11,000
UM... WOULD YOU KILL ME?
468
00:30:15,633 --> 00:30:18,167
GEEZ, BETTY. UM...
469
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:19,733
SILLY.
470
00:30:19,767 --> 00:30:22,567
HE TELLS POLICE THAT
WHEN SHE FIRST ASKED HIM,
471
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:23,833
THEY LAUGHED IT OFF.
472
00:30:23,867 --> 00:30:26,200
BUT SHE WOULDN'T STOP.
473
00:30:26,233 --> 00:30:28,567
SHE KEPT COMING BACK
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
474
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,033
COME ON. GET OUT OF HERE.
475
00:30:33,067 --> 00:30:35,033
THIS WAS SEVEN MONTHS
SINCE THEY BROKE UP.
476
00:30:35,067 --> 00:30:38,233
AND DURING THE SCHOOL PLAY,
477
00:30:38,267 --> 00:30:40,700
MACK AND BETTY RENEWED
THEIR FRIENDSHIP A BIT.
478
00:30:40,733 --> 00:30:43,067
HE HAD NEVER DONE IT BEFORE,
479
00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:47,233
SO SHE GAVE HIM TIPS
AND HELPED HIM RUN LINES.
480
00:30:47,267 --> 00:30:49,367
...BE SEEING YOU.
481
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:50,833
HEY, MACK?
482
00:30:50,867 --> 00:30:52,167
YEAH?
483
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,033
I KNOW
I ASKED YOU LAST NIGHT,
484
00:30:54,067 --> 00:30:57,500
BUT, YOU KNOW,
I'M NOT GONNA GET ANY HAPPIER.
485
00:30:57,533 --> 00:30:58,833
SHE BEGGED ME.
486
00:30:58,867 --> 00:31:01,767
SAID SHE COULDN'T KEEP LIVING
THE WAY SHE WAS.
487
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,300
SAID SHE WANTED TO DIE.
488
00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:13,500
SO FINALLY I SAID YES.
489
00:31:13,533 --> 00:31:16,633
AND AT THAT POINT,
THEY BEGAN MAKING PLANS.
490
00:31:19,467 --> 00:31:22,733
MACK GOT THE WIRE,
WENT TO THE THEATER,
491
00:31:22,767 --> 00:31:25,067
AND GOT WEIGHTS
FROM THE THEATER.
492
00:31:25,100 --> 00:31:29,967
HE HAD BETTY COME OVER
AND PICK OUT A SHOTGUN.
493
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,733
MACK WENT TO HER HOUSE.
494
00:31:38,767 --> 00:31:42,066
BUT SHE WAS WITH IKE NAIL.
495
00:31:42,067 --> 00:31:45,633
I DIDN'T THINK
HE'D ACTUALLY COME.
496
00:31:45,667 --> 00:31:49,367
WELL, I GUESS I'D BETTER
CALL HIS BLUFF...
497
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:50,933
EVEN IF IT KILLS ME.
498
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,867
IKE TOLD THE POLICE
499
00:31:55,900 --> 00:31:59,200
THAT SHE WAS SURPRISED
THAT MACK HAD COME.
500
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,200
AND THEN THEY TOOK
THIS LONG TRIP
501
00:32:07,233 --> 00:32:10,067
UNDER THE TEXAS SKY.
502
00:32:14,467 --> 00:32:17,066
WAS SHE UPSET?
503
00:32:17,067 --> 00:32:19,433
SHE WASN'T SAD,
SHE WAS HAPPY.
504
00:32:19,467 --> 00:32:22,233
WE TALKED ABOUT
ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
505
00:32:22,267 --> 00:32:24,800
SHE KEPT SAYING WHAT IT WAS
GONNA BE LIKE IN HEAVEN.
506
00:32:24,833 --> 00:32:27,167
HOW EXACTLY
DID YOU SHOOT HER?
507
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,167
READY?
508
00:32:52,333 --> 00:32:53,533
THIS HERE IS GOOD?
509
00:32:53,567 --> 00:32:56,933
YEAH.
IT'S FINE.
510
00:32:56,967 --> 00:32:58,500
ALL RIGHT.
511
00:33:04,133 --> 00:33:07,066
WAIT.
512
00:33:07,067 --> 00:33:08,367
I'M COLD.
513
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,300
I'M JUST GONNA GO BACK
AND GRAB MY DUSTER REALLY FAST.
514
00:33:11,333 --> 00:33:13,733
OKAY.
I'LL -- I'LL STAY HERE.
515
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,300
RIGHT HERE OKAY?
516
00:33:31,333 --> 00:33:34,800
YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT.
517
00:33:39,067 --> 00:33:42,300
CAN I GET A KISS
TO REMEMBER YOU BY?
518
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:46,667
OF COURSE.
519
00:33:54,133 --> 00:33:57,867
THANKS, MACK.
520
00:33:57,900 --> 00:34:00,467
I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU
FOR THAT.
521
00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:04,433
I THINK IT'D BE BEST
IF YOU KNELT.
522
00:34:20,767 --> 00:34:22,133
HERE?
523
00:34:22,167 --> 00:34:24,867
YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT.
524
00:34:24,900 --> 00:34:28,533
OKAY.
525
00:34:35,300 --> 00:34:36,433
NOW.
526
00:34:43,733 --> 00:34:46,767
**
527
00:34:54,533 --> 00:34:57,133
WASN'T BETTY YOUR FRIEND?
528
00:34:57,167 --> 00:35:01,066
DIDN'T YOU FEEL SOMETHING
ABOUT ENDING HER LIFE?
529
00:35:01,067 --> 00:35:04,100
I FELT SORRY FOR HER.
530
00:35:04,133 --> 00:35:07,233
I FELT TOWARD HER
LIKE I WOULD A CAT
531
00:35:07,267 --> 00:35:09,767
LYING IN A MUDDY STREET
IN THE RAIN.
532
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:15,367
POLICE OBSERVE THAT
HE'S FRIGHTENINGLY CALM AND LUCID.
533
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,767
SHE WAS DEAD, LIKE THAT.
534
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,667
THEY HAVE A CONFESSION,
535
00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:22,767
SO THEY CHARGE HIM
WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
536
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,367
UNDER THE POPULAR
FOOTBALL-PLAYER FACE
537
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:27,767
THAT WE ALL SAW,
538
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:31,300
THERE WAS SOMETHING STRANGE
INSIDE MACK HERRING
539
00:35:31,333 --> 00:35:33,433
THAT ALLOWED HIM
TO PULL THE TRIGGER.
540
00:35:33,467 --> 00:35:36,167
IT WAS A TOTAL SHOCK,
541
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,933
AND IT WAS TERMED
THE "KISS AND KILL MURDER."
542
00:35:42,967 --> 00:35:46,066
I REMEMBER CRYING FOR HOURS.
543
00:35:46,067 --> 00:35:48,167
FOR ME,
IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND,
544
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:49,933
BECAUSE I KNEW THEM BOTH.
545
00:35:52,233 --> 00:35:54,333
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH HER MIND?
546
00:35:54,367 --> 00:35:57,867
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH HIS MIND?
547
00:35:57,900 --> 00:36:00,133
HOW COULD THEY HAVE DONE THIS?
548
00:36:00,167 --> 00:36:03,433
THE BREAKUP HAD BEEN
A LONG TIME AGO.
549
00:36:03,467 --> 00:36:07,066
THERE HADN'T BEEN ANY KIND
OF INDICATION OF FIGHTS
550
00:36:07,067 --> 00:36:11,267
THAT WOULD SUGGEST, LIKE,
AN ESCALATING CONFLICT.
551
00:36:11,300 --> 00:36:14,067
RUMORS WERE
SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE
552
00:36:14,100 --> 00:36:16,233
THAT BETTY WAS PREGNANT,
553
00:36:16,267 --> 00:36:18,300
AND THAT MACK SHOT HER
554
00:36:18,333 --> 00:36:22,067
SO THAT HE WOULDN'T
HAVE TO MARRY HER.
555
00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:25,433
BUT THAT WAS RULED OUT
BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER.
556
00:36:29,100 --> 00:36:31,800
AND IN SOME PARTS
OF THE SCHOOL,
557
00:36:31,833 --> 00:36:34,733
THE WHISPER CAMPAIGN
QUICKLY TURNED
558
00:36:34,767 --> 00:36:36,867
FROM BEING ABOUT POOR BETTY
559
00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:38,067
TO SPECULATING ABOUT
560
00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:41,933
HOW THIS COULDN'T REALLY
BE MACK'S FAULT.
561
00:36:41,967 --> 00:36:47,467
MACK AND HIS FAMILY
HAD A VERY GOOD, CLEAN-CUT IMAGE,
562
00:36:47,500 --> 00:36:54,800
SO PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT SOMEHOW
SHE RUINED THAT BOY'S LIFE.
563
00:36:58,967 --> 00:37:00,767
HIS FAMILY HIRED
WARREN BURNETT.
564
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,233
AND AS SOON AS WARREN BURNETT
WAS ON THE CASE...
565
00:37:04,567 --> 00:37:08,500
...THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO
A NEVER-BEFORE TYPE OF HEARING
566
00:37:08,533 --> 00:37:10,900
IN THE STATE OF TEXAS --
A SANITY HEARING --
567
00:37:10,933 --> 00:37:12,367
TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT
568
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,533
THEY WERE INDEED GOING
TO HAVE A MURDER TRIAL.
569
00:37:15,567 --> 00:37:20,067
THE SIDE BEHIND
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WAS EMPTY,
570
00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:21,700
EXCEPT FOR BETTY'S PARENTS.
571
00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:31,400
THE KEY WITNESS WAS
DR. MARVIN GRICE OF ODESSA.
572
00:37:31,433 --> 00:37:35,167
I EXAMINED MACK HERRING
THREE DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTING,
573
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:38,167
AND AT THAT MOMENT,
HE WAS SANE.
574
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:43,500
BUT THE GIRL ASKED MR. HERRING
OVER AND OVER TO KILL HER.
575
00:37:43,533 --> 00:37:44,800
EVEN THOUGH THERE'D ONLY BEEN
576
00:37:44,833 --> 00:37:46,200
ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES
OF CONVERSATION
577
00:37:46,233 --> 00:37:49,167
BETWEEN BETTY AND MACK SPREAD
OUT OVER A COUPLE OF DAYS,
578
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:54,067
DR. GRICE CLAIMED THAT
BETTY'S PUSHING ON MACK HERRING
579
00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:56,333
TO HELP WITH HER SUICIDE
580
00:37:56,367 --> 00:38:00,100
HAD WORN DOWN
MACK'S LOGICAL FACULTIES,
581
00:38:00,133 --> 00:38:02,100
AND THAT
HE WAS TEMPORARILY INSANE.
582
00:38:02,133 --> 00:38:05,367
MR. HERRING,
WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE STAND?
583
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:09,267
BUT THE DEFENSE STILL HAD
A KEY WITNESS TO CALL,
584
00:38:09,300 --> 00:38:10,967
AND IT WASN'T MACK'S FATHER,
585
00:38:11,067 --> 00:38:14,300
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS THE ONE
TAKING THE STAND.
586
00:38:14,333 --> 00:38:15,367
I'D LIKE YOU
TO READ THE LETTER
587
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,300
GIVEN TO YOU
BY YOUR SON MACK.
588
00:38:17,333 --> 00:38:19,067
IT'S BEEN EXAMINED
BY EXPERTS,
589
00:38:19,100 --> 00:38:22,800
AND DETERMINED THAT IT IS
BETTY WILLIAMS' OWN HANDWRITING.
590
00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:27,967
IT TURNED OUT
IT WAS BETTY HERSELF.
591
00:38:28,067 --> 00:38:30,867
YOU'D REALLY
BE HELPING ME OUT.
592
00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:34,067
LOOK,
WHAT IF I WROTE A LETTER?
593
00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:35,567
WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
YOU'RE GONNA WRITE A LETTER?
594
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,467
LOOK, I'LL SHOW YOU.
595
00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:39,933
"TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,
596
00:38:39,967 --> 00:38:43,533
I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW
THAT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO
597
00:38:43,567 --> 00:38:47,400
IN NO WAY
IMPLICATES ANYONE ELSE.
598
00:38:50,067 --> 00:38:54,200
I'M WAGING A WAR WITHIN MYSELF,
SO RATHER THAN ADMIT DEFEAT,
599
00:38:54,233 --> 00:38:55,967
I'M GOING TO BEAT
A QUICK RETREAT
600
00:38:56,067 --> 00:38:58,400
INTO THE NO MAN'S LAND
OF DEATH."
601
00:38:58,433 --> 00:39:00,833
IT WAS AS IF
BETTY WAS TESTIFYING
602
00:39:00,867 --> 00:39:02,733
IN DEFENSE OF HER OWN KILLER.
603
00:39:02,767 --> 00:39:06,600
"A FRIEND OF MINE
HAS GRACIOUSLY CONSENTED
604
00:39:06,633 --> 00:39:08,833
TO LOOK AFTER THE DETAILS.
605
00:39:08,867 --> 00:39:10,667
HIS NAME IS MACK HERRING,
606
00:39:10,700 --> 00:39:12,933
AND I PRAY THAT
HE WILL NOT HAVE TO SUFFER
607
00:39:12,967 --> 00:39:16,066
FOR WHAT HE IS DOING
FOR MY SAKE."
608
00:39:16,067 --> 00:39:20,800
HER STRANGENESS
IS PUT ON DISPLAY.
609
00:39:25,233 --> 00:39:27,333
I THINK BETTY WAS
SERIOUSLY UPSET,
610
00:39:27,367 --> 00:39:30,533
AND I THINK THAT SHE WAS
REALLY TRYING TO GET ATTENTION.
611
00:39:30,567 --> 00:39:34,400
BETTY AND MACK
HAD BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP,
612
00:39:34,433 --> 00:39:36,633
AND I THINK THAT IT WAS CLEAR
613
00:39:36,667 --> 00:39:42,100
THAT SHE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE
TO REKINDLE THAT RELATIONSHIP.
614
00:39:42,133 --> 00:39:45,500
THIS IS JUST MY OPINION, BUT...
615
00:39:45,533 --> 00:39:47,533
I DIDN'T THINK
HE'D ACTUALLY COME.
616
00:39:47,567 --> 00:39:50,800
...I THINK SHE WAS PLAYING
A GAME OF CHICKEN.
617
00:39:50,833 --> 00:39:53,500
KEEPING THIS WHOLE THING GOING
618
00:39:53,533 --> 00:39:57,567
MAY VERY WELL HAVE BEEN A WAY OF
KEEPING MACK'S ATTENTION ON HER.
619
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:02,833
"I HAVE GOT TO CALL HIS BLUFF.
620
00:40:02,867 --> 00:40:04,700
I'VE MADE SUCH A BIG DEAL
OUT OF THIS.
621
00:40:04,733 --> 00:40:09,100
I CAN'T NOW TELL HIM, 'NO, NO,
I DIDN'T REALLY MEAN IT.'"
622
00:40:09,133 --> 00:40:10,933
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN
A PART OF HIM
623
00:40:10,967 --> 00:40:13,100
THAT THOUGHT FOR SURE SHE WAS
GONNA SAY, "MY GOD.
624
00:40:13,133 --> 00:40:15,167
NO, DON'T DO IT, DON'T DO IT."
625
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:21,567
THE MESSAGE WASN'T
"I WANT TO DIE,"
626
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,300
THE MESSAGE WAS
627
00:40:23,333 --> 00:40:30,100
"I WANT MACK TO CARE ENOUGH
ABOUT ME TO SAVE ME."
628
00:40:39,133 --> 00:40:42,733
DO YOU FIND THAT AT THE TIME
OF THE ACT CHARGED IN THIS CASE,
629
00:40:42,767 --> 00:40:44,833
THE DEFENDANT,
JOHN MACK HERRING,
630
00:40:44,867 --> 00:40:47,200
WAS TEMPORARILY INSANE?
631
00:40:47,233 --> 00:40:49,700
YES, WE DO.
632
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:58,067
THEY FOUND THAT MACK HERRING WAS
INSANE FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME
633
00:40:58,100 --> 00:40:59,467
THAT IT TOOK HIM
TO PULL THE TRIGGER,
634
00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:01,067
AND NOT BEFORE OR AFTER.
635
00:41:02,767 --> 00:41:05,833
THAT RINGS SO FALSE TO ME.
636
00:41:07,867 --> 00:41:11,900
MACK HERRING HAD
BROUGHT TOOLS WITH HIM.
637
00:41:11,933 --> 00:41:17,100
HE HID THE BODY, AND THEN
ATTEMPTED TO LIE TO THE POLICE.
638
00:41:17,133 --> 00:41:20,300
HE MAY HAVE BEEN
STILL SECRETLY ANGRY AT HER
639
00:41:20,333 --> 00:41:23,066
BECAUSE OF BILL ROSE.
640
00:41:23,067 --> 00:41:25,433
HE MAY HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY
641
00:41:25,467 --> 00:41:27,900
WHO DOESN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG.
642
00:41:27,933 --> 00:41:32,433
SHE DIDN'T COME
FROM A RICH, PROMINENT FAMILY,
643
00:41:32,467 --> 00:41:38,767
AND THE ANSWER THAT MOST PEOPLE
IN ODESSA CAME UP WITH IS,
644
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:42,967
SHE WAS LOOSE, SHE WAS EASY,
SHE WAS CHEAP, SHE WAS A SLUT.
645
00:41:43,067 --> 00:41:48,567
SHE HAD NO VALUE, AND THEREFORE,
HER DEATH WAS OF NO CONSEQUENCE.
646
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:53,933
BETTY DESERVED A LOT BETTER.
647
00:41:53,967 --> 00:41:56,700
IT'S AS MUCH A TRAGEDY
AS IT IS A MURDER.
648
00:41:56,733 --> 00:42:00,133
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?
649
00:42:00,167 --> 00:42:03,333
EVEN NOW, I DON'T KNOW.
650
00:42:03,367 --> 00:42:07,333
BETTY AND MACK
WERE BOTH JUST KIDS.
651
00:42:07,367 --> 00:42:09,067
BETTY WAS DEPRESSED,
652
00:42:09,100 --> 00:42:12,867
AND DID THINGS THAT WERE
DRAMATIC AND SEEMED STRANGE.
653
00:42:12,900 --> 00:42:15,333
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE
SHE WANTED TO DIE.
654
00:42:15,367 --> 00:42:18,066
I THINK SHE WAS JUST SEARCHING
655
00:42:18,067 --> 00:42:21,200
FOR SOMEONE TO TELL HER
THAT THEY SAW HER,
656
00:42:21,233 --> 00:42:23,267
AND REALLY LOVED HER.
657
00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:25,367
AND SHE COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN
658
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:28,467
ABOUT THE COLD THING
INSIDE THE BOY
659
00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:31,733
SHE REACHED OUT TO FOR THAT.
660
00:42:33,267 --> 00:42:36,833
SHE HAD A WONDERFUL
CAPACITY FOR HAPPINESS
661
00:42:36,867 --> 00:42:40,967
THAT SHE WOULD HAVE FULFILLED
662
00:42:41,067 --> 00:42:44,367
HAD SHE BEEN ABLE
TO LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO DO SO.
663
00:43:02,833 --> 00:43:10,400
* YOU TOLD ME THINGS
YOU NEVER MEANT *
664
00:43:10,433 --> 00:43:15,867
* FOOLED ME
RIGHT FROM THE START *
665
00:43:15,900 --> 00:43:24,300
* AND THOUGH YOU'RE NOT TRUE,
MAY GOD BLESS YOU *
666
00:43:24,333 --> 00:43:29,433
* THAT'S THE CURSE
OF AN ACHING HEART *
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