1 00:00:13,001 --> 00:00:15,501 [somber music] 2 00:00:15,585 --> 00:00:20,835 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:20,918 --> 00:00:24,585 - I moved to Beatrice in '95. 4 00:00:24,668 --> 00:00:29,585 Shortly after I requested a job as a dispatcher. 5 00:00:29,668 --> 00:00:33,751 Then I realized What I always wanted to know about 6 00:00:33,835 --> 00:00:35,585 what the police did. 7 00:00:35,668 --> 00:00:39,376 I always asked them: "What's wrong? What happened?" 8 00:00:39,460 --> 00:00:43,043 Then I realized that the fastest way 9 00:00:43,126 --> 00:00:45,335 The only thing to know was to see it myself. 10 00:00:45,418 --> 00:00:48,251 ♪ ♪ 11 00:00:48,335 --> 00:00:51,376 So I decided become a police officer. 12 00:00:53,043 --> 00:00:58,335 There is a saying that I heard when I started researching 13 00:00:58,418 --> 00:01:00,501 and says: 14 00:01:00,585 --> 00:01:03,960 "What do you think? What do you know?" 15 00:01:04,043 --> 00:01:05,876 What can you try?" 16 00:01:06,793 --> 00:01:09,793 I always thought that I wanted to work 17 00:01:09,876 --> 00:01:13,251 following those steps in my career. 18 00:01:13,335 --> 00:01:15,710 - "Beatrice, place of the first farm 19 00:01:15,793 --> 00:01:17,460 from the United States" 20 00:01:17,543 --> 00:01:20,168 - The first people that we met 21 00:01:20,251 --> 00:01:25,210 my husband and I went Burt Searcey and his wife Cindy. 22 00:01:28,418 --> 00:01:29,876 Burt was responsible 23 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:33,293 to solve the case by Helen Wilson and I admired it. 24 00:01:33,376 --> 00:01:37,168 It was a great job solve something like that. 25 00:01:40,626 --> 00:01:43,043 - I frequented Tina Vath 26 00:01:43,126 --> 00:01:47,376 when she and her boyfriend They moved to the city. 27 00:01:47,460 --> 00:01:50,126 We became very good friends. 28 00:01:51,418 --> 00:01:54,043 - They were new here, they had children, 29 00:01:54,126 --> 00:01:55,626 They didn't know anyone 30 00:01:55,710 --> 00:01:57,168 and we got along well. 31 00:01:59,585 --> 00:02:02,835 - Everyone knew Burt. 32 00:02:02,918 --> 00:02:05,668 He grew up in this area. He has lived here all his life. 33 00:02:05,751 --> 00:02:07,835 If you went to a local restaurant 34 00:02:07,918 --> 00:02:10,501 Friday night and Burt was there, 35 00:02:10,585 --> 00:02:13,460 half the people I would greet him. 36 00:02:14,335 --> 00:02:18,710 The community was proud Burt for the case. 37 00:02:18,793 --> 00:02:22,418 - Tina always talked of Beatrice's Six. 38 00:02:22,501 --> 00:02:25,210 I wanted to hear it over and over again. 39 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,293 And it became in researcher. 40 00:02:30,376 --> 00:02:32,376 - "New DNA tests raise suspicions" 41 00:02:32,460 --> 00:02:35,585 - At the end of 2007, Randy Ritnour, the prosecutor, 42 00:02:35,668 --> 00:02:39,543 he told me that DNA by Helen Wilson 43 00:02:39,626 --> 00:02:42,751 of sexual assault It wasn't Joseph White 44 00:02:42,835 --> 00:02:44,376 nor Tom Winslow. 45 00:02:44,460 --> 00:02:47,501 It became clear to me that we had a big problem. 46 00:02:49,418 --> 00:02:52,251 - Next thing we know... 47 00:02:54,543 --> 00:02:56,210 Tina was investigating Burt. 48 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,835 [dramatic music] 49 00:03:00,918 --> 00:03:07,960 ♪ ♪ 50 00:03:56,251 --> 00:03:58,960 - "Memories of a murder" 51 00:04:00,335 --> 00:04:03,210 "Police Department by Beatrice" 52 00:04:07,001 --> 00:04:09,876 - When we saw that DNA it didn't match 53 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,043 with Joe White's, Tom Winslow or James Dean, 54 00:04:13,126 --> 00:04:16,043 The Prosecutor's Office searched for people that they were not 55 00:04:16,126 --> 00:04:18,418 familiar with the case, 56 00:04:18,501 --> 00:04:20,210 but they had experience 57 00:04:20,293 --> 00:04:23,376 in research that could see it with new eyes 58 00:04:23,460 --> 00:04:25,918 as if it had just happened. 59 00:04:27,376 --> 00:04:29,710 - We gather the patrol state, 60 00:04:29,793 --> 00:04:32,210 to some from the police station, 61 00:04:32,293 --> 00:04:35,501 of the police department. 62 00:04:35,585 --> 00:04:39,460 - We would do everything possible to condemn the six 63 00:04:39,543 --> 00:04:44,168 u get answers why the DNA doesn't match. 64 00:04:47,710 --> 00:04:50,335 We took a lot of physical evidence 65 00:04:50,418 --> 00:04:53,918 and we took an inventory of what we had. 66 00:04:54,001 --> 00:04:55,585 - "Evidence. Do not manipulate" 67 00:04:55,668 --> 00:04:59,043 - As part of the team, we had access 68 00:04:59,126 --> 00:05:01,626 to the original photographs, 69 00:05:01,710 --> 00:05:03,668 video evidence 70 00:05:03,751 --> 00:05:06,585 and lists of 100 people 71 00:05:06,668 --> 00:05:10,460 who interviewed and they gave samples. 72 00:05:11,668 --> 00:05:14,335 - I printed all the photos of the case 73 00:05:14,418 --> 00:05:17,376 and I put them on the wall. 74 00:05:17,460 --> 00:05:19,210 When you entered the room, 75 00:05:19,293 --> 00:05:22,335 you felt like you were entering to the crime scene. 76 00:05:23,251 --> 00:05:26,376 We call her "the war room." 77 00:05:26,460 --> 00:05:30,168 - We were literally watching 78 00:05:30,251 --> 00:05:32,668 photographic evidence of crime. 79 00:05:32,751 --> 00:05:37,918 - First it caught my attention that the trial testimony 80 00:05:38,001 --> 00:05:39,835 did not match the crime scene. 81 00:05:39,918 --> 00:05:43,585 They testified that they were going to steal from him. 82 00:05:43,668 --> 00:05:46,585 - "To loot the house" 83 00:05:48,126 --> 00:05:50,293 - But the apartment It was not looted 84 00:05:50,376 --> 00:05:53,126 and they only threw away a stole. 85 00:05:53,210 --> 00:05:56,335 - There were six people fighting in a house 86 00:05:56,418 --> 00:06:00,543 and only the stole fell off. 87 00:06:00,626 --> 00:06:03,043 Nothing else was destroyed. 88 00:06:03,126 --> 00:06:07,960 - During the investigation, we discovered $1,200 in cash 89 00:06:08,043 --> 00:06:09,085 in the apartment. 90 00:06:09,168 --> 00:06:11,835 Robbery was not the motive. 91 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,376 - It was a crime sexually motivated. 92 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,960 - JoAnn Taylor stated putting a pillow over his face 93 00:06:22,043 --> 00:06:24,126 so that she did not see the person 94 00:06:24,210 --> 00:06:26,001 that he was raping her. 95 00:06:27,001 --> 00:06:28,460 I still wouldn't have been able to see it 96 00:06:28,543 --> 00:06:31,960 for the scarf that enveloped his face. 97 00:06:34,126 --> 00:06:36,460 The theory existed for the cups 98 00:06:36,543 --> 00:06:39,126 that someone I had made coffee. 99 00:06:40,043 --> 00:06:42,043 There is a cup on the counter 100 00:06:42,126 --> 00:06:44,793 and a few glasses in the sink. 101 00:06:44,876 --> 00:06:46,626 There is a plastic cup, 102 00:06:46,710 --> 00:06:49,960 but no cup nowhere else. 103 00:06:52,126 --> 00:06:53,793 I thought Burt must have caught it 104 00:06:53,876 --> 00:06:57,210 some of these discrepancies. 105 00:06:57,293 --> 00:06:59,418 Then we discovered that 106 00:06:59,501 --> 00:07:03,293 in '89, when he and the police station took charge 107 00:07:03,376 --> 00:07:04,876 of research, 108 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:09,876 no one from the sheriff's office He read the case file. 109 00:07:13,626 --> 00:07:16,210 - Between Gage Police Station 110 00:07:16,293 --> 00:07:18,751 and the Police Department by Beatrice, 111 00:07:18,835 --> 00:07:22,210 there has always been a great rivalry. 112 00:07:22,293 --> 00:07:24,668 [haunting music] 113 00:07:24,751 --> 00:07:27,168 Even more so in this case in particular. 114 00:07:27,251 --> 00:07:28,918 After Burt Searcey 115 00:07:29,001 --> 00:07:32,751 he dared to leave the police suspiciously 116 00:07:32,835 --> 00:07:34,710 to raise pigs. 117 00:07:36,751 --> 00:07:38,335 After the murder, 118 00:07:38,418 --> 00:07:40,418 contacted the family and told him 119 00:07:40,501 --> 00:07:42,710 that would solve the crime. 120 00:07:44,126 --> 00:07:45,710 Then he started asking 121 00:07:45,793 --> 00:07:47,876 on their own to the people about crime. 122 00:07:49,501 --> 00:07:51,960 The department I was very upset 123 00:07:52,043 --> 00:07:55,918 that he walked as a private investigator 124 00:07:56,001 --> 00:07:57,585 who investigated the case 125 00:07:57,668 --> 00:08:00,210 when I didn't have no authority. 126 00:08:00,293 --> 00:08:04,043 In fact, the department I didn't think it was that good, 127 00:08:04,126 --> 00:08:07,668 then he was asked officers not cooperating 128 00:08:07,751 --> 00:08:09,876 with Burt Searcey. 129 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,210 This is how that tension was formed. 130 00:08:12,293 --> 00:08:15,085 Then when Searcey was hired 131 00:08:15,168 --> 00:08:16,585 by the police station, 132 00:08:16,668 --> 00:08:19,626 They essentially kidnapped the case 133 00:08:19,710 --> 00:08:23,460 and they followed their own research. 134 00:08:23,543 --> 00:08:28,585 ♪ ♪ 135 00:08:28,668 --> 00:08:30,543 - "Gage County" 136 00:08:31,626 --> 00:08:33,210 - The investigation from the police station 137 00:08:33,293 --> 00:08:36,501 was built with testimonies from confidential informants 138 00:08:36,585 --> 00:08:38,876 and they built the case based on that. 139 00:08:40,376 --> 00:08:44,585 Lisa Podendorf was the that started the case. 140 00:08:44,668 --> 00:08:49,085 - JoAnn Taylor told me that he knew what happened. 141 00:08:49,168 --> 00:08:52,418 - He told her the conversation to Burt Searcey. 142 00:08:53,668 --> 00:08:55,793 JoAnn said that she and Joseph 143 00:08:55,876 --> 00:08:59,376 they killed a woman in an apartment, 144 00:08:59,460 --> 00:09:01,585 that's why the police It was there. 145 00:09:01,668 --> 00:09:05,168 - Do you remember the time in which you spoke with her? 146 00:09:05,251 --> 00:09:08,960 - Yes. At 7:30 in the morning. 147 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:16,168 - Then we discovered that couldn't be true, 148 00:09:16,251 --> 00:09:21,001 because crime It was reported until 9:30. 149 00:09:21,085 --> 00:09:24,585 There were no police at 7:30 in the morning. 150 00:09:24,668 --> 00:09:27,876 - She told me that They suffocated with a pillow. 151 00:09:30,335 --> 00:09:33,918 - Everything Lisa told him Burt was in the media. 152 00:09:34,001 --> 00:09:35,710 - They tied his hands 153 00:09:35,793 --> 00:09:39,210 and she with her hands tied on the back 154 00:09:39,293 --> 00:09:42,918 on the living room floor, he threw a stole. 155 00:09:44,418 --> 00:09:47,168 - It was information available to anyone. 156 00:09:49,626 --> 00:09:51,210 When reviewing the reports, 157 00:09:51,293 --> 00:09:53,918 we learned that Lisa and JoAnn Taylor 158 00:09:54,001 --> 00:09:56,501 They weren't friends. They didn't get along. 159 00:09:57,251 --> 00:10:01,501 They had some altercations physical between the two. 160 00:10:01,585 --> 00:10:05,710 That makes you wonder why JoAnn Taylor would tell Lisa, 161 00:10:05,793 --> 00:10:08,126 he would confess to a murder. 162 00:10:08,210 --> 00:10:12,043 I interviewed Lisa Podendorf in 2008. 163 00:10:12,126 --> 00:10:17,460 - Do you remember what time it was? when did you see the car? 164 00:10:19,418 --> 00:10:22,501 Was there light or not? - No. 165 00:10:25,251 --> 00:10:27,835 It wasn't very dark. 166 00:10:27,918 --> 00:10:32,543 It would be getting dark, then 5:00, I'm sure. 167 00:10:32,626 --> 00:10:34,585 - He faced to the discrepancies 168 00:10:34,668 --> 00:10:35,876 of the hour 169 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,210 and there was no explanation for that. 170 00:10:39,293 --> 00:10:43,626 I asked him if he would a polygraph examination. 171 00:10:43,710 --> 00:10:47,668 He refused and did not return to me to speak. 172 00:10:48,335 --> 00:10:52,293 I went to his house and her husband kicked me out of the yard. 173 00:10:56,710 --> 00:10:58,376 - Were you there when it happened? 174 00:10:58,460 --> 00:11:00,210 - I was in the room. 175 00:11:00,293 --> 00:11:04,710 - When I saw the interviews, I went into shock. 176 00:11:06,626 --> 00:11:10,251 The first one I saw It was JoAnn Taylor's. 177 00:11:11,793 --> 00:11:15,085 - JoAnn, how did you get here? to the scene? 178 00:11:15,168 --> 00:11:18,126 Do you remember it? 179 00:11:18,210 --> 00:11:20,293 - The boy with whom I was had a car. 180 00:11:20,376 --> 00:11:24,793 - Do you remember what it was like? - Light blue. 181 00:11:24,876 --> 00:11:28,710 - The car you describe It's wrong. 182 00:11:30,293 --> 00:11:34,668 - The building I remember It is light in color. 183 00:11:34,751 --> 00:11:35,835 - Are you sure? 184 00:11:35,918 --> 00:11:38,293 - I remember it as If it were yesterday. 185 00:11:38,376 --> 00:11:41,210 - Describe an opposite house 186 00:11:41,293 --> 00:11:44,876 to the real one that is a three-story building 187 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:46,960 of red brick. 188 00:11:50,293 --> 00:11:53,793 - Do you want to stop and think, take a break? 189 00:11:53,876 --> 00:11:56,960 - I think so. - Good. Let's stop the tape. 190 00:11:57,668 --> 00:11:59,001 - The video cuts off, 191 00:11:59,085 --> 00:12:01,335 take a break, then the video continues 192 00:12:01,418 --> 00:12:03,835 and changes your entire description. 193 00:12:03,918 --> 00:12:08,751 - We resume the interview with JoAnn Taylor. 194 00:12:08,835 --> 00:12:11,126 Well can you describe the car? 195 00:12:11,210 --> 00:12:13,126 - Brown and green. 196 00:12:13,210 --> 00:12:16,251 Green body, brown roof. 197 00:12:16,335 --> 00:12:18,460 - Good. 198 00:12:18,543 --> 00:12:21,960 - Now it matches with Tom Winslow's. 199 00:12:22,043 --> 00:12:25,710 - What was it made of? the building? 200 00:12:25,793 --> 00:12:28,418 - Red brick. - Red brick. 201 00:12:28,501 --> 00:12:32,460 Do you remember if it was just one unit or if it was a...? 202 00:12:32,543 --> 00:12:34,543 - It was an apartment. 203 00:12:34,626 --> 00:12:37,668 - Describe a building of brick. 204 00:12:39,626 --> 00:12:43,043 We saw that in the interview 205 00:12:43,126 --> 00:12:44,918 The statements changed. 206 00:12:45,001 --> 00:12:47,126 - What did Mr. Winslow do? 207 00:12:47,210 --> 00:12:50,168 Did you see him have sex with Mrs. Wilson? 208 00:12:50,251 --> 00:12:52,626 - No. - Are you sure? 209 00:12:52,710 --> 00:12:54,043 - Yes. 210 00:12:54,126 --> 00:12:56,668 - I will stop the video until we have 211 00:12:56,751 --> 00:13:00,501 a new tape, okay? - Yes. 212 00:13:01,126 --> 00:13:04,085 - We restart the tape. We had to stop her. 213 00:13:04,168 --> 00:13:08,835 You stated that Mr. Winslow He raped Helen Wilson, 214 00:13:08,918 --> 00:13:10,085 as you say. - Yes. 215 00:13:10,168 --> 00:13:12,001 - Correct? - Yes. 216 00:13:12,085 --> 00:13:15,251 - We begin to notice what was happening. 217 00:13:15,335 --> 00:13:18,376 Essentially in all videos, 218 00:13:18,460 --> 00:13:20,751 Burt Searcey gave them 219 00:13:20,835 --> 00:13:23,501 key information about the case 220 00:13:23,585 --> 00:13:25,001 during the interviews. 221 00:13:25,085 --> 00:13:29,335 - Didn't he tell you if it was sex... 222 00:13:29,418 --> 00:13:33,001 vaginal or rectal? 223 00:13:33,085 --> 00:13:36,001 Did you make any comments so you remember? 224 00:13:37,793 --> 00:13:40,543 - I think he said something on the rectum. 225 00:13:40,626 --> 00:13:42,668 - One of the interrogations 226 00:13:42,751 --> 00:13:47,085 more incompetent those I have encountered. 227 00:13:47,168 --> 00:13:51,460 Tell information about the case and then ask them. 228 00:13:51,543 --> 00:13:57,335 I get the impression that In all interviews, 229 00:13:57,418 --> 00:13:59,876 the suspects thought: 230 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:02,585 "Once I give them the information they want, 231 00:14:02,668 --> 00:14:04,960 I'll go home." 232 00:14:05,043 --> 00:14:07,001 But it wasn't about that. 233 00:14:07,085 --> 00:14:08,751 A murder was being investigated. 234 00:14:08,835 --> 00:14:11,585 If they admitted to being involved, They wouldn't leave. 235 00:14:13,043 --> 00:14:15,710 There is a second video of the interrogation 236 00:14:15,793 --> 00:14:17,001 by Winslow. 237 00:14:17,085 --> 00:14:18,710 - Well, Tom. 238 00:14:18,793 --> 00:14:22,626 I'm here at your request. 239 00:14:22,710 --> 00:14:25,335 - In that second video, asks Burt Searcey 240 00:14:25,418 --> 00:14:26,460 let them talk, 241 00:14:26,543 --> 00:14:28,335 because they need give something more 242 00:14:28,418 --> 00:14:30,460 and Winslow recants. 243 00:14:30,543 --> 00:14:35,168 - When I said I knew who was in the apartment, 244 00:14:35,251 --> 00:14:37,710 It wasn't true... 245 00:14:37,793 --> 00:14:42,126 because... - Well, I don't believe you. You lie. 246 00:14:42,210 --> 00:14:44,876 Yeah? There are people here who is arrested, 247 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:46,751 because they confessed what happened. 248 00:14:46,835 --> 00:14:49,501 They confessed. - I wasn't there. 249 00:14:49,585 --> 00:14:50,835 - It's a lie, Tom. 250 00:14:50,918 --> 00:14:53,626 -Burt Searcey went off the rails 251 00:14:53,710 --> 00:14:56,251 and threw a big tantrum. 252 00:14:56,335 --> 00:14:58,626 - I won't listen to this. - Well, I'm telling you... 253 00:14:58,710 --> 00:15:01,376 - If you come to lie... - I'll come back because I'm not lying. 254 00:15:01,460 --> 00:15:03,626 - Something is wrong. 255 00:15:03,710 --> 00:15:07,501 - He yelled at Winslow. and to say that he did it 256 00:15:07,585 --> 00:15:10,251 and that, uh, 257 00:15:10,335 --> 00:15:14,585 well, you can--[laughs] you can see what he said on the recording. 258 00:15:14,668 --> 00:15:17,043 - There are confessions of what What did you do to that woman? 259 00:15:17,126 --> 00:15:19,335 You sodomized her. 260 00:15:19,418 --> 00:15:21,585 - He didn't like that someone 261 00:15:21,668 --> 00:15:24,376 ruin your theory of the case. 262 00:15:24,460 --> 00:15:28,001 - They all say the same thing. Their stories match. 263 00:15:28,085 --> 00:15:32,251 That's the problem, Tom. - I tell the truth. 264 00:15:33,710 --> 00:15:36,126 - Winslow understood 265 00:15:36,210 --> 00:15:38,126 I was in big trouble. 266 00:15:38,210 --> 00:15:40,001 He was a suspect of murder. 267 00:15:40,085 --> 00:15:43,501 - I don't deserve a sentence or death. 268 00:15:43,585 --> 00:15:45,585 - Tom... listen. - For something I didn't do. 269 00:15:45,668 --> 00:15:47,126 - No, I'm not lying. 270 00:15:47,210 --> 00:15:51,501 - He realized until who was in his cell 271 00:15:51,585 --> 00:15:53,460 and understood what he did. 272 00:15:53,543 --> 00:15:56,501 [somber music] 273 00:15:56,585 --> 00:15:59,585 ♪ ♪ 274 00:15:59,668 --> 00:16:02,751 - I didn't give them importance to the statements 275 00:16:02,835 --> 00:16:06,001 from the interviews because of the inconsistencies. 276 00:16:06,085 --> 00:16:09,085 I didn't know what to believe what was true. 277 00:16:09,168 --> 00:16:12,043 We needed more evidence and send them to the laboratory 278 00:16:12,126 --> 00:16:13,543 to analyze them. 279 00:16:15,835 --> 00:16:20,668 - We get a total of 30 more elements. 280 00:16:22,001 --> 00:16:24,210 We send them to the laboratory. 281 00:16:24,293 --> 00:16:26,835 - "Police Department by Beatrice" 282 00:16:26,918 --> 00:16:32,543 ♪ ♪ 283 00:16:32,626 --> 00:16:35,918 In a few weeks, we receive the evidence. 284 00:16:39,293 --> 00:16:41,376 In each and every one 285 00:16:41,460 --> 00:16:47,293 DNA was found of the victim... 286 00:16:47,376 --> 00:16:49,501 and an unknown man. 287 00:16:49,585 --> 00:16:52,626 ♪ ♪ 288 00:16:52,710 --> 00:16:56,626 The DNA of the six people They were not in the objects. 289 00:16:59,710 --> 00:17:04,251 - None of the six people he left some DNA. 290 00:17:04,335 --> 00:17:05,751 Not a hair 291 00:17:05,835 --> 00:17:09,043 not a drop of blood, no DNA. 292 00:17:12,085 --> 00:17:13,835 - They lied on the stand. 293 00:17:13,918 --> 00:17:16,085 They testified that Kathy González 294 00:17:16,168 --> 00:17:18,251 she was hit on the nose 295 00:17:18,335 --> 00:17:23,126 and that his blood was all over the bedroom wall. 296 00:17:23,210 --> 00:17:26,168 - That blood is a mixture of two types: 297 00:17:26,251 --> 00:17:28,668 one was Helen Wilson 298 00:17:28,751 --> 00:17:31,710 and the other was of a male profile. 299 00:17:31,793 --> 00:17:34,085 - "The blood type of the suspect is 'B' non-secretor" 300 00:17:34,168 --> 00:17:39,085 - Sometimes we make mistakes of people completely. 301 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,293 They had put people in jail 302 00:17:45,376 --> 00:17:48,793 for the most part of their lives and... 303 00:17:48,876 --> 00:17:50,876 we had to do something. 304 00:17:51,543 --> 00:17:54,835 [phone ringing] - "Lincoln, Nebraska" 305 00:17:54,918 --> 00:17:57,376 - Randy Ritnour calls and says: 306 00:17:57,460 --> 00:17:58,626 "They were wrong. 307 00:17:58,710 --> 00:18:02,626 "There are six people in prison and it wasn't them. 308 00:18:02,710 --> 00:18:06,251 There is no physical evidence that it was them." 309 00:18:06,335 --> 00:18:10,126 It surprised us. I thought... 310 00:18:10,210 --> 00:18:13,710 three were guilty and the other innocent or... 311 00:18:13,793 --> 00:18:15,293 I didn't know. 312 00:18:15,376 --> 00:18:19,126 But I didn't believe that the six They were innocent. 313 00:18:21,835 --> 00:18:25,710 Being attorney general, I have to make the decision 314 00:18:25,793 --> 00:18:28,251 about what is right. 315 00:18:28,335 --> 00:18:30,501 We met in my living room of conferences 316 00:18:30,585 --> 00:18:33,293 with the working group. 317 00:18:33,376 --> 00:18:36,960 - The attorney general, Jon Bruning said: 318 00:18:37,043 --> 00:18:39,168 "Let's open this wound." 319 00:18:40,251 --> 00:18:42,460 - Every day in prison It's a lost day. 320 00:18:42,543 --> 00:18:44,001 I told Ritnour: 321 00:18:44,085 --> 00:18:46,210 "Let's fix it as soon as possible." as quickly as possible. 322 00:18:47,835 --> 00:18:51,460 - Debra Shelden, James Dean and Kathy González 323 00:18:51,543 --> 00:18:54,210 they served their sentence in prison. 324 00:18:54,293 --> 00:18:57,418 We couldn't help them anymore. 325 00:18:58,543 --> 00:19:01,126 We achieve freedom conditional 326 00:19:01,210 --> 00:19:03,710 by Ada JoAnn Taylor. 327 00:19:03,793 --> 00:19:07,251 The court ordered a new trial for Joseph White, 328 00:19:07,335 --> 00:19:09,960 so he was released. 329 00:19:11,126 --> 00:19:14,126 - And now? - I'm going home. 330 00:19:16,001 --> 00:19:18,793 - Winslow too was released. 331 00:19:18,876 --> 00:19:22,376 - Thomas Winslow He entered at the age of 23. 332 00:19:22,460 --> 00:19:25,085 Today he is 42. 333 00:19:25,168 --> 00:19:27,918 - What will you do now? What will you do today? 334 00:19:28,043 --> 00:19:29,126 - Oh... 335 00:19:29,210 --> 00:19:31,126 I will try to rebuild my life. 336 00:19:31,210 --> 00:19:32,418 I'll do that today. 337 00:19:32,501 --> 00:19:35,460 [somber music] 338 00:19:36,418 --> 00:19:39,376 - [whistle] 339 00:19:39,460 --> 00:19:43,293 ♪ ♪ 340 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,251 - Release them so quickly 341 00:19:53,335 --> 00:19:56,043 and throw the case in the trash... 342 00:19:57,460 --> 00:20:00,251 For me, it was a low blow. 343 00:20:03,335 --> 00:20:05,335 What can I do? 344 00:20:05,418 --> 00:20:08,585 I say, what am I going to do? 345 00:20:08,668 --> 00:20:13,335 Tina Vath carried out the investigation. 346 00:20:13,418 --> 00:20:16,460 I knew her since many years ago 347 00:20:16,543 --> 00:20:18,001 and she never told me anything. 348 00:20:18,085 --> 00:20:20,168 It hurt me. 349 00:20:20,251 --> 00:20:23,335 - Tina always said 350 00:20:23,418 --> 00:20:26,793 that he believed Burt 351 00:20:26,876 --> 00:20:30,626 and that they deserved to be in prison. 352 00:20:30,710 --> 00:20:32,543 He said it. 353 00:20:34,918 --> 00:20:38,001 But suddenly I didn't believe it anymore 354 00:20:38,085 --> 00:20:41,126 and my best friend She's not my best friend anymore. 355 00:20:41,210 --> 00:20:43,668 She becomes almost an enemy. 356 00:20:43,751 --> 00:20:46,626 [dramatic music] 357 00:20:46,710 --> 00:20:47,876 ♪ ♪ 358 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,460 - When it started the investigation, 359 00:20:50,543 --> 00:20:54,668 We stopped going out as much. 360 00:20:54,751 --> 00:20:57,626 If Burt was suspected, 361 00:20:57,710 --> 00:21:00,876 it was because it was part of the investigation. 362 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:05,710 At that moment I left to talk to him. 363 00:21:05,793 --> 00:21:07,501 It was my job. 364 00:21:08,585 --> 00:21:11,001 - He had his reasons, 365 00:21:11,085 --> 00:21:17,210 but it had consequences that she did not measure. 366 00:21:17,293 --> 00:21:19,126 - "Story in eight parts" 367 00:21:19,210 --> 00:21:23,751 - The newspapers said that Burt 368 00:21:23,835 --> 00:21:27,126 he mishandled the case 369 00:21:27,210 --> 00:21:31,835 and that he was incompetent. 370 00:21:31,918 --> 00:21:36,418 people started writing things about him on Facebook. 371 00:21:36,501 --> 00:21:39,001 It became in a personal attack. 372 00:21:40,418 --> 00:21:43,960 Someone leaked the location from Burt and said: 373 00:21:44,043 --> 00:21:46,251 "If you want to do something about it, 374 00:21:46,335 --> 00:21:48,376 here is your flower shop." 375 00:21:48,460 --> 00:21:50,918 Reading that was terrifying. 376 00:21:51,001 --> 00:21:54,501 ♪ ♪ 377 00:21:54,585 --> 00:21:57,543 - They criticize each other the interrogations 378 00:21:57,626 --> 00:21:59,710 that were made by Burt Searcey. 379 00:21:59,793 --> 00:22:02,210 - Burt Searcey imprisoned to Beatrice's Six 380 00:22:02,293 --> 00:22:05,251 using irregular tactics 381 00:22:05,335 --> 00:22:06,960 brutal methods, 382 00:22:07,043 --> 00:22:08,751 intimidation and manipulation. 383 00:22:08,835 --> 00:22:11,126 - They were forced to admit his guilt 384 00:22:11,210 --> 00:22:12,710 and incriminate others. 385 00:22:12,793 --> 00:22:14,251 - We feel ashamed. 386 00:22:14,335 --> 00:22:17,835 We regret the day in which our companion 387 00:22:17,918 --> 00:22:19,418 he was wrong. 388 00:22:19,501 --> 00:22:21,960 - I'm not a bad person. 389 00:22:22,043 --> 00:22:24,418 They portray me like this, but I'm not. 390 00:22:24,501 --> 00:22:26,085 - Did you do something wrong? 391 00:22:26,168 --> 00:22:27,335 - Of course not. 392 00:22:27,418 --> 00:22:29,001 - Something unethical? 393 00:22:29,085 --> 00:22:30,918 - Not at all. 394 00:22:31,001 --> 00:22:33,168 - Do you sleep peacefully? - That's how it is. 395 00:22:34,626 --> 00:22:38,501 I have the conscience calm as a dove. 396 00:22:38,585 --> 00:22:42,085 quiet road no matter what they say. 397 00:22:42,168 --> 00:22:47,210 I know what is true, what not... what not... 398 00:22:47,293 --> 00:22:49,960 it's true you can't hurt you 399 00:22:50,043 --> 00:22:52,918 Maybe to others. Not me. 400 00:23:05,168 --> 00:23:07,793 - I found out from the news. 401 00:23:07,876 --> 00:23:09,918 We believed high for so long 402 00:23:10,001 --> 00:23:13,751 so they can come and tell you something different. 403 00:23:16,585 --> 00:23:19,585 It was a shock. 404 00:23:19,668 --> 00:23:21,960 - Did a lot of press come? 405 00:23:22,043 --> 00:23:24,835 - Many journalists came and... 406 00:23:24,918 --> 00:23:29,001 my mother didn't want to talk with nobody. 407 00:23:29,085 --> 00:23:31,918 When... 408 00:23:33,876 --> 00:23:36,793 I approached, he rejected us. 409 00:23:36,876 --> 00:23:41,001 Some reporters from the "Lincoln Journal Star", 410 00:23:41,085 --> 00:23:45,001 they said what they wanted to do a report about my grandmother. 411 00:23:46,460 --> 00:23:49,418 She hesitated at first, but... 412 00:23:49,501 --> 00:23:52,376 [sighs] 413 00:23:54,918 --> 00:23:57,126 I convinced her. 414 00:23:58,460 --> 00:24:00,168 I made a mistake. 415 00:24:00,251 --> 00:24:01,501 - Because? 416 00:24:01,585 --> 00:24:03,168 - Because it wasn't about her. 417 00:24:03,251 --> 00:24:05,835 It was about Beatrice's Six. 418 00:24:07,543 --> 00:24:09,626 It was my fault. 419 00:24:15,418 --> 00:24:18,001 - There were many articles 420 00:24:18,085 --> 00:24:21,293 on all convicts. 421 00:24:21,376 --> 00:24:24,251 My grandmother was a footnote. 422 00:24:24,335 --> 00:24:28,126 He was the victim of the murder. 423 00:24:28,210 --> 00:24:32,585 Didn't say who she was or us. 424 00:24:32,668 --> 00:24:35,085 - How are you? - Love it, Burt. 425 00:24:35,168 --> 00:24:37,585 Come sit here, okay? - Very good. 426 00:24:41,835 --> 00:24:46,168 - It was the worst miscarriage of justice in Nebraska history. 427 00:24:46,251 --> 00:24:48,668 And probably one of the worst in the country. 428 00:24:48,751 --> 00:24:50,793 - How did this happen? 429 00:24:50,876 --> 00:24:54,501 How did they condemn to six people by mistake? 430 00:24:54,585 --> 00:24:57,043 There was none physical evidence 431 00:24:57,126 --> 00:25:00,501 that they set foot at Helen's house. 432 00:25:00,585 --> 00:25:01,793 - I don't know how six people are 433 00:25:01,876 --> 00:25:06,001 they were able to get in there and leave no evidence. 434 00:25:06,085 --> 00:25:07,960 - We all change there, 435 00:25:08,043 --> 00:25:10,085 and how many were we? 436 00:25:10,168 --> 00:25:11,793 - And we leave no traces. 437 00:25:11,876 --> 00:25:14,918 That doesn't prove absolutely nothing. 438 00:25:15,001 --> 00:25:16,793 - With permission of the Wilson family, 439 00:25:16,876 --> 00:25:19,626 Burt Searcey started your research. 440 00:25:19,710 --> 00:25:22,918 - I think it's a kind police... 441 00:25:23,001 --> 00:25:25,210 clumsy. He tried to make an effort, 442 00:25:25,293 --> 00:25:26,876 but it was not enough. 443 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,126 - Jesus, what an idiot. 444 00:25:28,210 --> 00:25:30,293 - He looked at your information, 445 00:25:30,376 --> 00:25:32,835 but it was wrong. 446 00:25:32,918 --> 00:25:35,751 - The only thing I know and will say 447 00:25:35,835 --> 00:25:37,793 It's just that I didn't do anything wrong. 448 00:25:37,876 --> 00:25:41,501 I know what I did was legal and technically good. 449 00:25:41,585 --> 00:25:45,293 And I know they are guilty. 450 00:25:45,376 --> 00:25:48,585 - We believe you. - All. 451 00:25:52,585 --> 00:25:54,668 - They are listening to 1450 AM 452 00:25:54,751 --> 00:25:58,960 and 94.7 FM KWBE Beatrice. 453 00:25:59,043 --> 00:26:02,960 - Could you give me your opinion about how hard it is 454 00:26:03,043 --> 00:26:06,585 for your family? - Oh, shall I say my name? 455 00:26:06,668 --> 00:26:10,293 I'm Jan Houseman, Helen Wilson's daughter. 456 00:26:10,376 --> 00:26:12,793 After passing 20 years 457 00:26:12,876 --> 00:26:15,918 thinking that this It was resolved 458 00:26:16,001 --> 00:26:19,085 and then discover this, 459 00:26:19,168 --> 00:26:20,793 we couldn't believe it. 460 00:26:20,876 --> 00:26:23,960 They were guilty, but... 461 00:26:24,043 --> 00:26:27,793 - His DNA wasn't there. There were no signs. 462 00:26:30,626 --> 00:26:37,043 - I wondered how exhaustive was the case before that. 463 00:26:37,126 --> 00:26:39,293 - The people who live in Beatrice, 464 00:26:39,376 --> 00:26:42,918 no one believes that they are innocent. 465 00:26:44,251 --> 00:26:47,751 - They were in front to a sworn jury, 466 00:26:47,835 --> 00:26:50,876 in front of a judge; 20 years passed. 467 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:54,751 And suddenly they deny it, because someone else says so. 468 00:26:54,835 --> 00:26:57,126 It doesn't work like that. 469 00:26:57,751 --> 00:27:00,168 - They are using murder from my mother 470 00:27:00,251 --> 00:27:03,876 to climb a political position. 471 00:27:06,126 --> 00:27:10,460 - After writing dictations and interviews 472 00:27:10,543 --> 00:27:13,376 and all that, until today, 473 00:27:13,460 --> 00:27:14,751 I still believe it. 474 00:27:14,835 --> 00:27:18,126 Beatrice's Six They are guilty. 475 00:27:18,210 --> 00:27:20,001 They were in the apartment. 476 00:27:20,085 --> 00:27:23,126 Maybe they didn't rape her. 477 00:27:23,210 --> 00:27:25,293 But they were there. 478 00:27:27,001 --> 00:27:31,335 - People confessed to this crime and then they denied it. 479 00:27:31,418 --> 00:27:34,418 They can threaten me with everything, but if I didn't do it, 480 00:27:34,501 --> 00:27:36,418 I will not confess that it is. 481 00:27:38,293 --> 00:27:41,835 - Those six people They served their punishment. 482 00:27:41,918 --> 00:27:43,710 They deserved it. 483 00:27:45,085 --> 00:27:47,501 - May the Six 484 00:27:47,585 --> 00:27:52,960 They will not leave traces of blood it only means to me 485 00:27:53,043 --> 00:27:54,668 that were not cut. 486 00:27:56,418 --> 00:27:59,918 - Beatrice's people still believe 487 00:28:00,001 --> 00:28:02,251 that the Six are guilty. 488 00:28:02,335 --> 00:28:06,543 They spent 20 years believing that they did it. 489 00:28:06,626 --> 00:28:10,835 It's hard to erase. 490 00:28:15,168 --> 00:28:17,085 After They were released, 491 00:28:17,168 --> 00:28:20,918 we knew that there was six innocent people, 492 00:28:21,001 --> 00:28:23,251 The culprit was still free. 493 00:28:23,335 --> 00:28:26,251 And our objective changed. 494 00:28:26,335 --> 00:28:28,501 We change the strategy 495 00:28:28,585 --> 00:28:32,126 and we started looking who was the culprit. 496 00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:34,835 [contemplative music] 497 00:28:34,918 --> 00:28:38,585 - We knew that the tests what we present and everything 498 00:28:38,668 --> 00:28:42,293 at the crime scene he points to a male individual. 499 00:28:42,376 --> 00:28:45,543 And we have a DNA profile complete. 500 00:28:45,626 --> 00:28:49,251 We just have to assign a person 501 00:28:49,335 --> 00:28:51,751 - "Kansas, 2008" 502 00:28:56,293 --> 00:28:58,251 We interview James Dean. 503 00:28:58,335 --> 00:29:00,543 - You are James. - I'm James. 504 00:29:00,626 --> 00:29:02,293 - Hello, J. Morrow. How are you? 505 00:29:02,376 --> 00:29:04,001 - And you are? - Hello, Tina Vath. 506 00:29:04,085 --> 00:29:06,001 Beatrice Police. 507 00:29:06,085 --> 00:29:09,751 It was in 2008, after we knew 508 00:29:09,835 --> 00:29:11,418 that the DNA did not match. 509 00:29:11,501 --> 00:29:16,710 - We know that another, another man committed this crime. 510 00:29:16,793 --> 00:29:18,210 - That's why we came with you. 511 00:29:18,293 --> 00:29:20,543 We need to know where to look. 512 00:29:20,626 --> 00:29:22,543 - Well, it's just that... 513 00:29:22,626 --> 00:29:27,001 Cliff Shelden was very close everyone, if I remember correctly. 514 00:29:28,668 --> 00:29:31,418 - The name of Cliff Shelden appeared often 515 00:29:31,501 --> 00:29:33,710 in research with the Six. 516 00:29:33,793 --> 00:29:36,251 - Who were you in love with? 517 00:29:36,335 --> 00:29:37,918 - Clifford Lee Shelden. 518 00:29:38,001 --> 00:29:40,585 - Clifford was the only one close to my family. 519 00:29:40,668 --> 00:29:43,793 - Clifford threatened us a lot. 520 00:29:43,876 --> 00:29:46,751 - I thought Cliff was involved. 521 00:29:46,835 --> 00:29:49,210 - Are you still thinking about it? - That's right, yes. 522 00:29:49,293 --> 00:29:52,168 - For me it was the first suspect. 523 00:29:55,293 --> 00:30:00,043 He came to our clan believing himself the best 524 00:30:00,126 --> 00:30:03,543 and he seized Debra. 525 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:09,251 - Debra was submissive, That's why he chose it. 526 00:30:09,335 --> 00:30:11,501 She did what he wanted. 527 00:30:13,001 --> 00:30:15,876 Everything Cliff ordered happened. 528 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,835 [ominous music] 529 00:30:18,918 --> 00:30:24,668 ♪ ♪ 530 00:30:24,751 --> 00:30:27,126 - Just before of being arrested, 531 00:30:27,210 --> 00:30:30,668 Thomas Winslow and Clifford Shelden 532 00:30:30,751 --> 00:30:33,001 they got into trouble. 533 00:30:33,085 --> 00:30:35,043 They robbed a motel 534 00:30:35,126 --> 00:30:38,085 and they hit the manager. 535 00:30:38,168 --> 00:30:40,210 They left him paralyzed. 536 00:30:40,293 --> 00:30:43,126 - "Attempted robbery leaves "Paralyzed motel attendant" 537 00:30:43,210 --> 00:30:46,418 - I think that I would have killed him... 538 00:30:46,501 --> 00:30:48,251 without thinking twice. 539 00:30:48,335 --> 00:30:53,460 ♪ ♪ 540 00:30:53,543 --> 00:30:55,626 He kept hitting him. 541 00:30:55,710 --> 00:30:58,751 Without reason. He continued hitting him. 542 00:30:58,835 --> 00:31:02,543 If I had tried to stop it He would have hit me. 543 00:31:03,501 --> 00:31:06,793 There was no way, I couldn't intervene. 544 00:31:06,876 --> 00:31:10,585 ♪ ♪ 545 00:31:10,668 --> 00:31:13,876 We were arrested for assault and robbery, 546 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,918 and by allowing 547 00:31:17,043 --> 00:31:22,876 that situation, everything else was triggered. 548 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:26,210 - It was when Clifford He told the police: 549 00:31:26,293 --> 00:31:30,751 "I will tell you who committed "Beatrice's murder" 550 00:31:30,835 --> 00:31:33,626 and he betrayed his wife. 551 00:31:33,710 --> 00:31:35,418 Deb Shelden. 552 00:31:37,376 --> 00:31:39,168 In order to save his skin, 553 00:31:39,251 --> 00:31:41,460 he would sell his mother. 554 00:31:41,543 --> 00:31:43,460 Clifford alone He cared about him. 555 00:31:43,543 --> 00:31:46,168 He didn't care about anyone else. 556 00:31:48,668 --> 00:31:52,543 That's the type of person which was 557 00:31:56,710 --> 00:32:00,251 - Cliff Shelden was acquitted because he said 558 00:32:00,335 --> 00:32:02,835 who was in the hospital that night. 559 00:32:02,918 --> 00:32:05,293 - "I am infected of gonorrhea" 560 00:32:05,376 --> 00:32:09,626 - But he was still very involved with everything about the Six. 561 00:32:09,710 --> 00:32:12,335 So we talked to him again. 562 00:32:12,418 --> 00:32:15,835 - Were you part of the attack to Mrs. Wilson? 563 00:32:15,918 --> 00:32:17,793 - No not at all. - Were you in the hospital? 564 00:32:17,876 --> 00:32:19,126 - That's how it is. - Okay. 565 00:32:19,210 --> 00:32:21,585 It's just that we don't find those records. 566 00:32:21,668 --> 00:32:23,960 - That's how it is. - Okay. 567 00:32:24,043 --> 00:32:26,251 We cannot confirm your alibi 568 00:32:26,335 --> 00:32:29,376 or back up your story. - Okay. 569 00:32:29,460 --> 00:32:32,418 - Review what you know until now. 570 00:32:32,501 --> 00:32:37,876 - That DNA test thing I don't believe it. No... 571 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,668 No... - You don't believe in DNA? 572 00:32:40,751 --> 00:32:46,335 - No. My wife... He has never lied to me. 573 00:32:46,418 --> 00:32:49,210 She said she saw to Joseph White 574 00:32:49,293 --> 00:32:54,626 and Tom Winslow raping to that woman. 575 00:32:54,710 --> 00:32:59,501 - Cliff Shelden repeated what he said in '89. 576 00:32:59,585 --> 00:33:02,085 It seemed strange to me, since the Six 577 00:33:02,168 --> 00:33:04,376 They were no longer guilty. 578 00:33:04,460 --> 00:33:08,460 I would like to know if we would you give a DNA sample 579 00:33:08,543 --> 00:33:11,710 of your cheek - Sure, of course. 580 00:33:11,793 --> 00:33:13,126 I'll give them to you. - Okay. 581 00:33:13,210 --> 00:33:15,335 - Can you open your mouth? 582 00:33:18,418 --> 00:33:20,543 Very well thank you. 583 00:33:20,626 --> 00:33:23,585 [haunting music] 584 00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:25,251 ♪ ♪ 585 00:33:25,335 --> 00:33:26,793 - In '85, 586 00:33:26,876 --> 00:33:30,210 Beatrice's police interviewed many people 587 00:33:30,293 --> 00:33:33,876 and collected blood, saliva and hair 588 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:35,876 to analyze. 589 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,668 There were between 30 and 40 samples 590 00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:43,418 of all assumptions suspects. 591 00:33:43,501 --> 00:33:46,335 - We had a list of suspects. 592 00:33:46,418 --> 00:33:47,668 We review it. 593 00:33:49,126 --> 00:33:51,251 - Or were B positive 594 00:33:51,335 --> 00:33:54,168 or were relevant, 595 00:33:54,251 --> 00:33:56,543 so we returned them to analyze. 596 00:33:56,626 --> 00:33:59,501 - "Suspect, R. Emery" 597 00:33:59,585 --> 00:34:02,418 - Randy Emery was one of the most important. 598 00:34:02,501 --> 00:34:05,835 I had a record of a sexual assault, 599 00:34:05,918 --> 00:34:07,293 violent character. 600 00:34:07,376 --> 00:34:11,876 His family said it would be capable of doing something similar. 601 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,710 He became the main suspicious for us. 602 00:34:17,418 --> 00:34:21,293 Anthony Flowers I knew Kathy González, 603 00:34:21,376 --> 00:34:24,418 who lived in the same building. 604 00:34:24,501 --> 00:34:26,376 He was in prison for sexual abuse. 605 00:34:26,460 --> 00:34:29,501 That was a warning. 606 00:34:29,585 --> 00:34:34,043 Bruce Smith was a suspect main in '85. 607 00:34:34,126 --> 00:34:38,710 We knew it was in the area that night. 608 00:34:38,793 --> 00:34:42,376 We found reports about who was at a party, 609 00:34:42,460 --> 00:34:44,460 he stole a wallet and was found 610 00:34:44,543 --> 00:34:47,585 near the apartment. 611 00:34:49,335 --> 00:34:52,668 Bruce Smith He left town. 612 00:34:52,751 --> 00:34:57,043 All of them were discarded in '85. 613 00:34:58,293 --> 00:35:00,793 They brought the samples to the department 614 00:35:00,876 --> 00:35:03,335 and there they stayed. 615 00:35:04,460 --> 00:35:07,960 In 2008, we returned to send them to the laboratory 616 00:35:08,043 --> 00:35:10,460 to analyze them. 617 00:35:10,543 --> 00:35:12,543 - "Do not manipulate" 618 00:35:13,668 --> 00:35:16,085 - The results came back. 619 00:35:17,418 --> 00:35:19,418 And it took several weeks. 620 00:35:19,501 --> 00:35:21,626 One day, one is discarded. 621 00:35:21,710 --> 00:35:23,251 Then the next one. 622 00:35:23,335 --> 00:35:26,501 The DNA test discards them. 623 00:35:26,585 --> 00:35:30,668 The last ones were Cliff Shelden 624 00:35:30,751 --> 00:35:33,876 and Bruce Allen Smith. 625 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,043 - I remember that the laboratory called me 626 00:35:36,126 --> 00:35:37,418 and I almost fainted. 627 00:35:37,501 --> 00:35:39,085 I said, "Are you sure?" 628 00:35:39,168 --> 00:35:40,418 And he said: "Totally safe." 629 00:35:40,501 --> 00:35:44,543 I said, "Very sure?" and he said, "100%." 630 00:35:45,751 --> 00:35:47,710 - Shelden was ruled out. 631 00:35:47,793 --> 00:35:49,710 The result coincided 632 00:35:49,793 --> 00:35:50,918 with Bruce Allen Smith. 633 00:35:51,001 --> 00:35:57,001 ♪ ♪ 634 00:35:59,418 --> 00:36:03,251 - All the DNA of the crime It was his. 635 00:36:04,668 --> 00:36:07,876 I went to the police chief and I said, "I know who did it." 636 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:09,460 It was very exciting 637 00:36:09,543 --> 00:36:12,876 find out what it was Bruce Smith. 638 00:36:14,918 --> 00:36:18,751 - We had 40 pieces of DNA preserved at the scene. 639 00:36:18,835 --> 00:36:20,085 All analyzed. 640 00:36:20,168 --> 00:36:23,001 And it turned out to be Bruce Allen Smith. 641 00:36:32,168 --> 00:36:35,335 - When we review the '85 file, 642 00:36:35,418 --> 00:36:39,626 we learned that he arrived in the city days before the homicide. 643 00:36:39,710 --> 00:36:41,210 The night of February 5, 644 00:36:41,293 --> 00:36:45,751 Bruce Smith had a few drinks in a bar with a friend. 645 00:36:45,835 --> 00:36:48,751 [ominous music] 646 00:36:48,835 --> 00:36:53,001 Then they went to a party 15 km from Beatrice 647 00:36:53,085 --> 00:36:55,585 with two girls from the bar. 648 00:36:57,418 --> 00:36:59,543 Bruce is expelled of the party, 649 00:36:59,626 --> 00:37:03,168 because it threatens with raping a girl. 650 00:37:03,251 --> 00:37:05,710 He is angry and drunk 651 00:37:05,793 --> 00:37:07,335 and tells everyone 652 00:37:07,418 --> 00:37:10,501 what will you get a pair of buttocks. 653 00:37:12,585 --> 00:37:16,293 Someone takes him to Beatrice 654 00:37:16,376 --> 00:37:18,793 and arrives on the scene of crime. 655 00:37:18,876 --> 00:37:22,710 ♪ ♪ 656 00:37:22,793 --> 00:37:25,751 It was 7 degrees below zero. 657 00:37:25,835 --> 00:37:28,460 It was very, very cold. 658 00:37:28,543 --> 00:37:31,168 The apartment door from Mrs. Wilson 659 00:37:31,251 --> 00:37:35,543 was the first which Bruce arrived at that night. 660 00:37:35,626 --> 00:37:42,835 ♪ ♪ 661 00:37:43,376 --> 00:37:45,210 First thing in the morning next, 662 00:37:45,293 --> 00:37:47,668 a store employee 663 00:37:47,751 --> 00:37:49,876 reported a robbery of French fries. 664 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:53,335 Described this person as similar to Bruce Smith. 665 00:37:53,418 --> 00:37:57,960 He saw that it had scratches and he had blood on his arms. 666 00:38:00,126 --> 00:38:03,501 Bruce Smith rose to a Greyhound bus 667 00:38:03,585 --> 00:38:06,335 and headed to Oklahoma. 668 00:38:10,001 --> 00:38:11,001 The police 669 00:38:11,085 --> 00:38:12,793 went to Oklahoma City. 670 00:38:12,876 --> 00:38:16,376 - We took the trip to Oklahoma 671 00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:18,918 ten days later of homicide, 672 00:38:19,001 --> 00:38:25,210 11 days before arrival and establish contact with him. 673 00:38:26,835 --> 00:38:28,418 - They got his blood 674 00:38:28,501 --> 00:38:33,251 and analyzed it in the crime laboratory. 675 00:38:33,335 --> 00:38:36,210 - They were told it was type B positive 676 00:38:36,293 --> 00:38:38,876 and they were looking for a non-secreting B. 677 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:40,335 They ruled it out. 678 00:38:40,418 --> 00:38:44,043 And from there, everything went very wrong. 679 00:38:44,126 --> 00:38:46,668 - They spent a total 52 years in prison 680 00:38:46,751 --> 00:38:48,210 for a crime which they did not commit. 681 00:38:48,293 --> 00:38:49,876 Chemistry was fired 682 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,210 from oklahoma police Joyce Gilchrist. 683 00:38:52,293 --> 00:38:54,376 - Joyce Gilchrist testified and examined evidence 684 00:38:54,460 --> 00:38:57,210 in thousands of cases during his 20 years of career 685 00:38:57,293 --> 00:38:59,585 at the Police Department of Oklahoma. 686 00:38:59,668 --> 00:39:02,293 - Now she is under the microscope. 687 00:39:02,376 --> 00:39:05,585 All cases in who worked are in doubt. 688 00:39:06,835 --> 00:39:10,210 - In '89, Joyce Gilchrist did the tests 689 00:39:10,293 --> 00:39:12,501 of serology. 690 00:39:13,376 --> 00:39:16,460 I don't know if it was on purpose, 691 00:39:16,543 --> 00:39:20,501 or if it was an accidental mistake. 692 00:39:20,585 --> 00:39:24,710 -He had a nickname between homicide detectives 693 00:39:24,793 --> 00:39:25,876 of the police. 694 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,876 - They called me Black Magic. - Because? 695 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:33,251 - Because I do tests that no one else has been able to do. 696 00:39:34,793 --> 00:39:37,085 - Gilchrist was fired in 2001 697 00:39:37,168 --> 00:39:39,585 after an investigation from the FBI. 698 00:39:39,668 --> 00:39:43,251 - There were many mistakes with his evidence. 699 00:39:43,335 --> 00:39:45,293 - Gilchrist led to the execution 700 00:39:45,376 --> 00:39:47,585 of a dozen prisoners. 701 00:39:48,835 --> 00:39:49,918 - Everything he did, 702 00:39:50,001 --> 00:39:52,460 since the collection, storage, 703 00:39:52,543 --> 00:39:56,043 cataloging and analysis, It is defective. 704 00:39:56,126 --> 00:39:58,668 - With technology that we had at that time, 705 00:39:58,751 --> 00:40:00,501 I did what I could. 706 00:40:00,585 --> 00:40:03,126 I have never lied to anyone about nothing. 707 00:40:03,210 --> 00:40:04,293 [haunting music] 708 00:40:04,376 --> 00:40:07,210 - "Ex-police serologist dies in Texas... 709 00:40:07,293 --> 00:40:09,835 No charges filed" 710 00:40:09,918 --> 00:40:16,001 ♪ ♪ 711 00:40:19,210 --> 00:40:22,251 - The Police Department by Beatrice 712 00:40:22,335 --> 00:40:26,293 was embarrassed for "not solving" this case, 713 00:40:26,376 --> 00:40:28,710 when your work It was excellent 714 00:40:28,793 --> 00:40:32,585 and they had the right guy. 715 00:40:32,668 --> 00:40:36,126 They were clueless by Gilchrist. 716 00:40:36,918 --> 00:40:40,251 - Something I regret It was from not having contacted 717 00:40:40,335 --> 00:40:41,751 to Bruce Allen Smith 718 00:40:41,835 --> 00:40:44,793 and interviewed him. 719 00:40:44,876 --> 00:40:49,043 Obviously, you trust laboratory information. 720 00:40:49,126 --> 00:40:52,043 I wasn't right not to trust. 721 00:40:52,126 --> 00:40:56,210 There was no reason to do a double test but... 722 00:40:57,626 --> 00:40:59,418 that's why you keep it. 723 00:40:59,501 --> 00:41:03,501 If something comes up later, you have that proof. 724 00:41:03,585 --> 00:41:08,960 If we had not kept it, we would never have been able to try 725 00:41:09,043 --> 00:41:11,876 that Bruce Allen Smith was there. 726 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:13,668 ♪ ♪ 727 00:41:13,751 --> 00:41:16,251 - "Lincoln, Nebraska" 728 00:41:18,168 --> 00:41:21,001 - Then they come and say: "It's Bruce Allen Smith." 729 00:41:21,085 --> 00:41:24,460 I said, "Well, "We're going to arrest him now." 730 00:41:26,460 --> 00:41:28,835 - The working group met 731 00:41:28,918 --> 00:41:31,668 and we thought: "We have the opportunity to interview him. 732 00:41:31,751 --> 00:41:33,210 "Who will do it?" 733 00:41:33,293 --> 00:41:36,335 I said, "Me, me, me." [laughs] 734 00:41:39,835 --> 00:41:42,668 We thought it would be in Oklahoma City. 735 00:41:42,751 --> 00:41:45,251 We review your history 736 00:41:45,335 --> 00:41:46,710 and we talked to his family. 737 00:41:46,793 --> 00:41:49,751 We learned that his grandmother lived in the same building 738 00:41:49,835 --> 00:41:51,460 Than Helen Wilson. 739 00:41:51,543 --> 00:41:53,960 - "His grandmother lived in 212" 740 00:41:54,043 --> 00:41:57,085 - He spent a lot of time with his grandmother as a child 741 00:41:57,168 --> 00:42:00,418 and I hated her because she was very strict with him. 742 00:42:00,501 --> 00:42:03,710 His family described him like a wanderer, solitary. 743 00:42:03,793 --> 00:42:06,126 Disappeared for months 744 00:42:06,210 --> 00:42:08,168 and no one knew where it was. 745 00:42:08,251 --> 00:42:09,876 Then he just came back. 746 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,501 - Bruce was very lonely. 747 00:42:12,585 --> 00:42:15,918 I don't know what led him to do this. 748 00:42:16,001 --> 00:42:18,668 But I don't doubt it. 749 00:42:18,751 --> 00:42:21,460 - When Bruce was born, mom said 750 00:42:21,543 --> 00:42:23,918 what had to be brain surgery 751 00:42:24,001 --> 00:42:26,710 because it had water. 752 00:42:28,793 --> 00:42:32,626 - Your criminal history included drunkenness and disorder, 753 00:42:32,710 --> 00:42:35,001 burglary, 754 00:42:35,085 --> 00:42:37,418 a rape. 755 00:42:37,501 --> 00:42:40,001 He was in prison 756 00:42:40,085 --> 00:42:43,918 and in the records we knew who had AIDS. 757 00:42:44,585 --> 00:42:47,293 I contacted the registry Oklahoma Civilian 758 00:42:47,376 --> 00:42:50,668 and they told me that had passed away. 759 00:42:50,751 --> 00:42:53,835 - "Death certificate" 760 00:42:53,918 --> 00:42:56,293 - He died seven years after the homicide. 761 00:42:56,376 --> 00:42:58,751 - "September 30, '92" 762 00:42:58,835 --> 00:43:01,085 - We were devastated. 763 00:43:01,168 --> 00:43:04,585 We were never able to confront him with DNA tests 764 00:43:04,668 --> 00:43:07,210 and hold him accountable of the murder 765 00:43:07,293 --> 00:43:10,043 and rape of Helen Wilson. 766 00:43:10,126 --> 00:43:13,085 - "Wilson's Killer found" 767 00:43:15,376 --> 00:43:19,501 - We conclude that the only Helen Wilson's murderer 768 00:43:19,585 --> 00:43:21,543 It's Bruce Allen Smith. 769 00:43:21,626 --> 00:43:25,251 None of the six convicted I had a connection with him 770 00:43:25,335 --> 00:43:27,293 or with this murder. 771 00:43:27,376 --> 00:43:29,168 20 years ago, 772 00:43:29,251 --> 00:43:31,626 in order to preserve security, 773 00:43:31,710 --> 00:43:34,126 some members of the police intimidated 774 00:43:34,210 --> 00:43:38,918 six innocents to admit a crime not committed. 775 00:43:40,418 --> 00:43:43,001 We will take the following measurements. 776 00:43:43,085 --> 00:43:46,251 I will ask the Board of Pardons of Nebraska 777 00:43:46,335 --> 00:43:48,793 may he grant a full pardon 778 00:43:48,876 --> 00:43:51,043 to the six condemned. 779 00:43:51,126 --> 00:43:58,085 ♪ ♪ 780 00:43:59,293 --> 00:44:02,543 - I have no doubt why close this 781 00:44:02,626 --> 00:44:05,376 It is essential. We will do it today. 782 00:44:05,460 --> 00:44:08,710 There is no reason to fix an audience 783 00:44:08,793 --> 00:44:11,001 for additional testing. 784 00:44:11,085 --> 00:44:14,501 I think the evidence They are overwhelming 785 00:44:14,585 --> 00:44:16,126 and conclusive. 786 00:44:16,210 --> 00:44:19,126 Pardons are granted. May they be well. 787 00:44:19,210 --> 00:44:22,251 [applause] 788 00:44:28,918 --> 00:44:31,918 - For 20 years, They called them murderers. 789 00:44:32,001 --> 00:44:33,418 Today they are acquitted. 790 00:44:33,501 --> 00:44:35,626 - I'm happy it's over. A lot of time passed. 791 00:44:35,710 --> 00:44:37,876 - Some passed long time in prison. 792 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:41,460 - January 29 I would be 19 years old. 793 00:44:41,543 --> 00:44:48,585 ♪ ♪ 794 00:44:52,210 --> 00:44:54,585 - When we found out that Bruce Allen Smith 795 00:44:54,668 --> 00:44:59,043 was the culprit of the rape from grandmother 796 00:44:59,126 --> 00:45:03,918 and at the same time we knew that he was dead... 797 00:45:05,376 --> 00:45:08,043 The family felt that we were denied the form 798 00:45:08,126 --> 00:45:09,918 to find out the truth. 799 00:45:13,710 --> 00:45:15,793 I believe with all my heart 800 00:45:15,876 --> 00:45:18,626 that Bruce Allen Smith He didn't kill the grandmother. 801 00:45:18,710 --> 00:45:20,626 He did horrible things to her, 802 00:45:20,710 --> 00:45:22,710 but he didn't kill her. 803 00:45:22,793 --> 00:45:29,168 ♪ ♪ 804 00:45:29,251 --> 00:45:32,918 - We know Bruce was there because they found his blood. 805 00:45:33,001 --> 00:45:35,918 Someone let him in. 806 00:45:36,001 --> 00:45:39,210 My grandmother always I had the door closed 807 00:45:39,293 --> 00:45:43,626 and if someone knocked, She asked who it was. 808 00:45:43,710 --> 00:45:47,293 She wouldn't let in to someone he didn't know. 809 00:45:51,043 --> 00:45:53,668 - The theory of the family is 810 00:45:53,751 --> 00:45:57,043 that the six were partying, drunk, drugged, 811 00:45:57,126 --> 00:45:58,418 or whatever. 812 00:45:58,501 --> 00:46:00,376 Debra Shelden said: "We need money. 813 00:46:00,460 --> 00:46:02,710 I know where to get it." 814 00:46:02,793 --> 00:46:04,710 They break into the apartment 815 00:46:04,793 --> 00:46:06,668 or they deceive her so that it opens to them. 816 00:46:06,751 --> 00:46:07,876 [touches] 817 00:46:09,710 --> 00:46:13,251 And they all did to him really horrible things 818 00:46:13,335 --> 00:46:16,293 and we believe it was when she died. 819 00:46:16,376 --> 00:46:21,501 ♪ ♪ 820 00:46:21,585 --> 00:46:24,126 At 11:50, my aunt called 821 00:46:24,210 --> 00:46:26,626 and the phone went off. 822 00:46:26,710 --> 00:46:29,876 We know that someone He was there at 11:50. 823 00:46:30,918 --> 00:46:35,835 We also believe who made coffee and... 824 00:46:35,918 --> 00:46:38,168 they sat at the table from my grandmother's dining room 825 00:46:38,251 --> 00:46:42,626 and drank coffee while my grandmother died. 826 00:46:43,835 --> 00:46:45,210 Why do we think that? 827 00:46:45,293 --> 00:46:47,960 Because there were six cups of coffee. 828 00:46:48,043 --> 00:46:51,835 Those cups were not the night before. 829 00:46:54,835 --> 00:46:59,376 We don't know if they were there when Bruce appeared. 830 00:46:59,460 --> 00:47:02,960 But my theory is that They were already gone. 831 00:47:03,043 --> 00:47:05,876 - They were there at midnight. 832 00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:08,043 He arrived at 3:00 in the morning. 833 00:47:08,126 --> 00:47:10,210 They say he was drunk. 834 00:47:10,293 --> 00:47:12,001 He entered the building. 835 00:47:12,085 --> 00:47:14,876 The door was open and entered. 836 00:47:16,626 --> 00:47:20,335 - He entered the building to warm up and things... 837 00:47:23,210 --> 00:47:24,668 they happened. 838 00:47:26,043 --> 00:47:28,293 - I had just been rejected 839 00:47:28,376 --> 00:47:31,710 and I was frustrated sexually. 840 00:47:31,793 --> 00:47:33,626 He entered the apartment 841 00:47:33,710 --> 00:47:37,085 and he found an old woman on the ground 842 00:47:37,168 --> 00:47:40,001 and he took advantage of her. 843 00:47:40,085 --> 00:47:42,251 That's what happened. 844 00:47:42,335 --> 00:47:47,418 ♪ ♪ 845 00:47:47,501 --> 00:47:49,376 - It's frustrating 846 00:47:49,460 --> 00:47:53,251 that people don't see the entire recording. 847 00:47:56,668 --> 00:47:59,793 DNA does not respond 848 00:47:59,876 --> 00:48:01,835 all questions. 849 00:48:07,668 --> 00:48:09,835 - "Community theater" 850 00:48:12,085 --> 00:48:13,543 - We will do the round of robins. 851 00:48:13,626 --> 00:48:16,501 It is read one after another. 852 00:48:16,585 --> 00:48:19,335 Let's start on page 22. 853 00:48:19,418 --> 00:48:22,918 - Scene 22: DNA exoneration. 854 00:48:23,001 --> 00:48:26,418 "DNA only proves that she was not raped." 855 00:48:26,501 --> 00:48:27,918 - "Five of them confessed. 856 00:48:28,001 --> 00:48:29,501 "They testified in court." 857 00:48:29,585 --> 00:48:33,585 - "The defendants described how they participated." 858 00:48:33,668 --> 00:48:36,960 - "The witnesses are the type of less credible testimony. 859 00:48:37,043 --> 00:48:39,876 - "Memory is fluid. "We already know." 860 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:43,210 - Any comments or thought? 861 00:48:43,293 --> 00:48:47,793 - It was hard for me to get in in Burt Searcey's head 862 00:48:47,876 --> 00:48:50,960 and what I thought what he was doing 863 00:48:51,043 --> 00:48:52,710 - Community people 864 00:48:52,793 --> 00:48:56,710 has strong feelings about Burt Searcey. 865 00:48:56,793 --> 00:48:59,293 They refuse to set foot in your business 866 00:48:59,376 --> 00:49:01,710 and says: "If I die 867 00:49:01,793 --> 00:49:05,126 "and someone buys something there for my funeral 868 00:49:05,210 --> 00:49:07,210 I'll come back to chase them." 869 00:49:07,293 --> 00:49:10,960 There are people in the community who says things like that. 870 00:49:11,043 --> 00:49:12,293 - When my family he asked me: 871 00:49:12,376 --> 00:49:13,626 "Are you a good person?" 872 00:49:13,710 --> 00:49:16,835 I said, "No, I'm not." 873 00:49:16,918 --> 00:49:21,501 But as an actor, you have to sympathize 874 00:49:21,585 --> 00:49:24,210 with your character. 875 00:49:24,293 --> 00:49:26,835 They are all heroes in its history. 876 00:49:26,918 --> 00:49:29,918 - I asked if Burt Searcey he had apologized. 877 00:49:30,001 --> 00:49:31,751 - Yes. Good question. 878 00:49:31,835 --> 00:49:35,751 - Burt Searcey basically believed for 20 years: 879 00:49:35,835 --> 00:49:39,751 "I solved this crime that no one else solved. 880 00:49:39,835 --> 00:49:43,543 "That's why I'm good, because I solved it 881 00:49:43,626 --> 00:49:45,293 and no one else did." 882 00:49:45,376 --> 00:49:49,835 Then this happens and all that goes away. 883 00:49:49,918 --> 00:49:53,793 - That's something that needs to be explored. 884 00:49:53,876 --> 00:49:56,126 - There is no responsibility. 885 00:49:56,210 --> 00:49:58,543 It is common in people in power. 886 00:49:58,626 --> 00:50:01,335 They don't admit that they are wrong. 887 00:50:07,751 --> 00:50:10,335 [bells ringing] 888 00:50:11,085 --> 00:50:12,293 - Hello. - Hello. 889 00:50:12,376 --> 00:50:13,793 - How are you? Grant Bennett. 890 00:50:13,876 --> 00:50:16,918 I play Burt. - Yes, Grant, how are you? 891 00:50:17,001 --> 00:50:19,460 Hey, what made you drink 892 00:50:19,543 --> 00:50:22,793 this stupid paper? 893 00:50:22,876 --> 00:50:24,585 - I was very lucky. 894 00:50:24,668 --> 00:50:26,085 - Luck? - I was lucky. It touched me. 895 00:50:26,168 --> 00:50:27,751 - It's good that you think that way. 896 00:50:27,835 --> 00:50:30,210 - I have many lines, like this which is an important role. 897 00:50:30,293 --> 00:50:32,043 - Yes, I'm sure you have it. Yes. 898 00:50:32,126 --> 00:50:35,543 - I won't do an imitation, for nothing. 899 00:50:35,626 --> 00:50:37,918 - You couldn't imitate me, 900 00:50:38,001 --> 00:50:41,585 because I am unique. - Sure, sure. Yes. 901 00:50:41,668 --> 00:50:43,418 Your way of speaking. 902 00:50:43,501 --> 00:50:48,001 I--I have--I have tried to capture your pattern. 903 00:50:48,085 --> 00:50:51,918 It's your last monologue in the play. 904 00:50:52,001 --> 00:50:54,501 It's not the last line, It's the last thing you say. 905 00:50:54,585 --> 00:50:56,710 "DNA does not respond all questions. 906 00:50:56,793 --> 00:50:59,335 "Not everything was collected nor was it insured. 907 00:50:59,418 --> 00:51:00,918 "A lot of it wasn't. 908 00:51:01,001 --> 00:51:02,626 "I know the facts. I worked on the case. 909 00:51:02,710 --> 00:51:04,126 "I talked to people. 910 00:51:04,210 --> 00:51:06,585 I know they are guilty." 911 00:51:06,668 --> 00:51:08,126 - Well done. 912 00:51:08,210 --> 00:51:10,460 - They are your words. - Excellent. 913 00:51:10,543 --> 00:51:12,668 - It's the first time what do I interpret 914 00:51:12,751 --> 00:51:14,293 to a real person 915 00:51:14,376 --> 00:51:16,460 in a small town. 916 00:51:16,543 --> 00:51:20,668 I could go up and just wait do it right, yes. 917 00:51:20,751 --> 00:51:22,585 - You will be a clown at the end because... 918 00:51:22,668 --> 00:51:25,960 - Oh. Oh yes. - I ended up like this. 919 00:51:26,043 --> 00:51:29,043 [somber music] 920 00:51:29,126 --> 00:51:32,126 ♪ ♪ 921 00:51:32,210 --> 00:51:36,960 I knew that with the interview and the DNA 922 00:51:37,043 --> 00:51:39,085 something would happen. 923 00:51:39,168 --> 00:51:43,585 And they handed me some papers. They sued me. 924 00:51:43,668 --> 00:51:44,835 - "Imprisoned by mistake demand 925 00:51:44,918 --> 00:51:46,710 to Gage's police officers" 926 00:51:46,793 --> 00:51:48,501 - I think they owe us something. 927 00:51:48,585 --> 00:51:50,168 They ruined our lives. 928 00:51:50,251 --> 00:51:52,335 - Yes, restitution it would be fine. 929 00:51:52,418 --> 00:51:54,335 - Some of them declared 930 00:51:54,418 --> 00:51:56,168 about what happened in Beatrice. 931 00:51:56,251 --> 00:51:59,460 - They said it would be the first woman with death penalty. 932 00:51:59,543 --> 00:52:01,835 - They tried to prove that I deceived them, 933 00:52:01,918 --> 00:52:04,251 that I manipulated them, 934 00:52:04,335 --> 00:52:06,501 who had trick questions 935 00:52:06,585 --> 00:52:11,585 and if I brainwashed them, I must have been very good. 936 00:52:11,668 --> 00:52:14,876 And I'm very good, but not so much. 937 00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:16,918 - "DNA exonerates to Beatrice's Six" 938 00:52:17,001 --> 00:52:20,126 - The only one I could say the truth is Debbie Shelden. 939 00:52:20,210 --> 00:52:23,460 I think Debbie knows what he did 940 00:52:23,543 --> 00:52:26,835 and I think Debbie She is very honest. 941 00:52:26,918 --> 00:52:29,251 That lady... 942 00:52:29,335 --> 00:52:31,626 stood firm. 943 00:52:31,710 --> 00:52:33,335 He stood his ground. 944 00:52:33,418 --> 00:52:35,043 Always. 945 00:52:35,126 --> 00:52:37,793 I think he felt very bad for what was happening. 946 00:52:42,126 --> 00:52:45,376 - Interview at home by Cliff and Deb Shelden. 947 00:52:45,460 --> 00:52:50,251 The date is October 29 from 2009. 948 00:52:50,335 --> 00:52:53,626 Are you saying that you were there? 949 00:52:53,710 --> 00:52:55,376 - Yes. 950 00:52:55,460 --> 00:52:59,210 Mm, they are advising me and offering money 951 00:52:59,293 --> 00:53:01,043 so that I lie and say that we were not there. 952 00:53:01,126 --> 00:53:03,460 - Who says so? - Hey... 953 00:53:03,543 --> 00:53:06,418 The other defendants said: "Why don't you lie?" 954 00:53:06,501 --> 00:53:08,668 to earn the money?". 955 00:53:09,626 --> 00:53:12,543 And I said, "I won't do it." 956 00:53:12,626 --> 00:53:16,043 I need it, But why lie? 957 00:53:16,126 --> 00:53:18,668 [dramatic note] 958 00:53:22,835 --> 00:53:25,751 [dramatic music] 959 00:53:25,835 --> 00:53:32,876 ♪ ♪