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( theme music playing )
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( camera flash pops )
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( siren wailing )
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( keyboard keys clicking )
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man:
dear dr. baden:
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why did my sister die
at the age of 23?
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- my husband went into...
- i believe my son
was poisoned.
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( overlapping dialogue )
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hi.
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hi.
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female narrator:
kevin butler was
a 48-year-old bachelor
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who lived
in pleasant grove, texas.
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smile for the camera.
mmm, mmm, mmm!
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narrator:
kevin's friends knew him
as an animal lover
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who took in
stray cats and dogs.
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this is the star here.
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narrator:
kevin loved
all his animals,
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but his favorite pet
was a cockatoo he called bird,
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after the famous
basketball player
larry bird.
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( whistles )
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( kissing sounds )
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that's a good--
yes.
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look at the camera.
see?
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you see you're getting
your picture taken?
see that?
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- your picture
taken right there.
- ( squawks )
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narrator:
bird was very possessive
of kevin,
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and didn't like anyone
who interfered
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with their special
relationship.
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( squawks )
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( chatter over
police radio )
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then, on christmas eve, 2001,
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a 911 call brought police
to kevin's home.
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when they entered
the living room,
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they found his body
in the middle of the floor.
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george west:
you could see blood
that was beginning
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to come out from his neck;
that he had been slashed
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from one end of his ear
to the middle of his throat
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and slightly around
the other side.
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there were puncture wounds
that went through
kevin's clothes
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in which blood had begun
to seep across the floor.
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everything in the room
had been turned upside down
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like a tornado
had come through.
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the couch was turned over.
the table was turned over.
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you could see blood
splatters on the wall.
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and in the kitchen,
as you walk through
the front kitchen door,
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there's a bird cage,
a large bird cage,
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but the bird cage
was empty.
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as they looked over
to the left,
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down on the floor
was a bird,
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a cockatoo,
a white cockatoo.
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he was laying there
with one leg up
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and another leg missing,
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and beside him
was the missing leg.
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narrator:
the bodies of kevin butler
and his beloved cockatoo
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were taken to the morgue
to be autopsied,
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and police began
their investigation.
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they learned
of a heated argument
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that butler had
had with a man named
daniel torres,
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and they brought
torres in for questioning.
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narrator:
torres denied having anything
to do with butler's death,
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but he couldn't explain
how he had gotten
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the deep scratches
on his face.
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when the medical examiner
completed the autopsy
on the cockatoo,
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he found that there
was human blood
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on the bird's claws
and on his beak.
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but whose blood was it?
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police brought torres back
for further questioning.
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they asked for permission
to get what they call
a buccal swab.
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and what that is,
is you have a long q-tip,
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a stick with a cotton
at the end,
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and you wipe the inside
of the individual's mouth,
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and you'll get some cells
off the side of their mouth.
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and you can take it
and run dna on that.
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narrator:
the blood
on the cockatoo's claws
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was too contaminated
for a match,
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but when they tested
a smudge of blood found
at the crime scene,
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they found they had
a perfect match
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with torres's dna.
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when confronted
with the dna evidence,
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torres told police
what happened the night
of the murder.
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west:
the cockatoo had seen
daniel torres
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start beating
over and over again
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the victim.
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you gotta figure
the bird knows
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that his master,
his loved one,
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is being killed.
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so, what this
cockatoo had done
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is latched onto the face
of mr. torres
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and then began
to peck him and pull hair
out of the top of his head.
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he's fighting
an individual
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100 times his weight.
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and the bird is struck,
he's hit,
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but the bird
still comes back.
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and, eventually,
what mr. torres does
is grabs a fork,
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and when the bird
comes back one more time,
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he stabs the bird
in the back of the neck.
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hey, this bird fought
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harder than many spouses
would have fought
for their spouse.
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he took on all odds.
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dr. baden:
the cockatoo died
trying to save a life,
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but he was going
to have the last word.
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torres made
the mistake of rubbing
the top of his head
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where the bird
had pecked him
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and then reaching
for the light switch.
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thanks to the cockatoo
and the dna evidence,
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there was no doubt
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that torres had been
at that crime scene.
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narrator:
torres is now serving
a life sentence
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for the murder
of kevin butler.
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it doesn't help
his attitude
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that the other prisoners
have given him a nickname.
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torres is going to
be called "the birdman"
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for the rest of his life.
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( whistling )
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( squawking )
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( keyboard keys clicking )
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tammy dobbs:
i figured, from
what i had seen,
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that my brother
was murdered.
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i couldn't get anybody
to help me.
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i had contacted
the police,
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state attorney
general's office--
you name it, i called 'em.
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narrator:
tammy's brother jaime
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was only 37 when he died.
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just a few months before
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he'd been
in perfect health,
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enjoying life
with his wife brigitte
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and his four
beautiful children.
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( children singing )
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how big?
this big, or this big?
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look.
show daddy.
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jaime: ooh!
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you'd better hurry.
your mother's eating
all the cake.
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narrator:
jaime and his wife had been
happily married for 16 years,
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and life was good
for both of them.
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they had married
very young,
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but they continued
to be happy together.
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jaime was successful,
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and they could afford
to live well.
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( ominous music playing )
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then, suddenly,
he fell critically sick
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with a mysterious illness.
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dobbs:
he all of a sudden
was having fainting spells.
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he would get lethargic,
kind of like comatose.
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he was slurring
his speech.
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he wouldn't have a clue
what was going on.
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you know,
you could talk to him,
and he was just spaced out.
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time after time,
the ambulance was having
to pick him up.
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i think in the end
he had two or three
different doctors
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that were working,
trying to figure out
what it was,
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but i think they were
just stabbing in the dark.
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narrator:
the doctors came up
with several diagnoses.
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at first, they thought
he had a reaction
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to his medication
for high-blood pressure,
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then legionnaire's disease.
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they also noted
that he was disoriented,
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and they tested him
for drugs,
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but only traces of valium
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and other prescription drugs
were found.
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finally, on the morning
of july 31st, 2001,
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doctors felt
he was improving
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and talked
about releasing him
from the hospital.
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he was so much better,
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that they took him out
of the icu
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and they put him
in his own room.
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so, we knew
that was the beginning
of jaime coming home.
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( sniffles )
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as soon as i got off work,
about 6:00 that night,
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i ran home and called.
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and, um...
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he was on the phone,
he was talking to me.
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and up until that point,
you know,
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he had a lot of hoses
and different things
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down his throat
and nose,
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so it was hard
for him to communicate.
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so, when i heard
his voice on the phone,
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that was wonderful.
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he told me that he was
doing much better.
he had eaten;
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he had been up exercising,
walking around.
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and i told him
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that i'd see him saturday.
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narrator:
but just a few hours later,
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tammy got a midnight call
from the hospital.
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dobbs:
they just told me
he was gone,
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and it didn't register
to me that...
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( sighs )
gone meant dead.
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and so,
when i realized it,
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um... it hit home.
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i just...
i threw the phone
and went to screaming.
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i knew that
that wasn't right.
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how could he be dead?
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narrator:
the death certificate stated
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that jaime had died
of natural causes,
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but tammy
didn't believe it.
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then she found out
that jaime's wife brigitte
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did not want an autopsy.
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dobbs:
my first thought was,
"i want an autopsy,"
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and i was told
that she had already said
there wouldn't be one.
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and that kind of hit me
like a ton of bricks.
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that was
another clue to me.
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narrator:
the family insisted,
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and brigitte finally
consented to the autopsy.
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it was performed
by the hospital's pathologist.
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he also concluded that jaime
had died of natural causes.
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dobbs:
now i felt in my heart
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that jaime was murdered,
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and i didn't know what to do.
i didn't know who to go to.
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i had finally gotten
the state attorney
general's office.
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i had written a letter,
13 pages, to him,
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explaining to him
what had happened.
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i read the file,
and immediately after that,
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tammy dobbs
began to call me
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and would almost
call me every day,
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and sometimes
more than once a day.
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she was very adamant
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about the fact that brigitte
killed her brother.
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her reasoning was:
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every time that jaime
is alone with brigitte...
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he gets lethargic,
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he doesn't know
where he is,
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he has trouble
standing up.
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there seemed to be
something there.
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i had a question
about a cause of death.
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i had to tell her,
"for this case to
be prosecuted,
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i had to have a death
certificate that said
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the manner of death
was a homicide."
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dobbs:
we'd gotten so far
on the case,
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and then they said that
until the death certificate
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was changed
from "natural causes"
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that their hands
were tied.
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you can't charge somebody
with murder
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with a death certificate
saying that he died
of natural causes.
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and then, that's when--
you know,
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i had talked to everybody
that would listen--
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and a good friend had said,
"do you watch hbo?
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i think there's a place
on the internet
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that you can go
and look for dr. baden
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and you can get
help maybe."
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so that's what i did.
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i e-mailed day after day,
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and they said
they were interested.
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so, then, i knew
i had help.
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the first things
i asked for
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were the autopsy
and toxicology reports
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and the microscopic slides
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from jaime lynchard's lungs.
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the slides caught
my attention.
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under the microscope,
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the lungs showed
tiny particles
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that were trapped
in blood vessels.
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i had seen lungs
like this before.
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i asked tammy dobbs
to come to new york
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because i wanted
to discuss with her
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what i thought had happened
to her brother.
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- hi, tammy. how are you?
michael baden.
- it's nice to meet you.
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thanks for contacting us,
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because i think that
we could be helpful.
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i had a chance to review
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the material
you forwarded to hbo.
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- yes.
- it shows that your brother
was pretty healthy,
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except he had developed
lung disease,
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an odd kind
of lung disease.
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- did he smoke?
- no, sir.
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- did not smoke?
- no, sir.
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did he ever inject
any medicines into himself?
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- no, jaime wouldn't do that.
- any drugs or things?
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- you looked
at the death certificate?
- yes, sir.
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death certificate
says-- i'm sorry,
do you want a tissue?
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i'm sorry, dear.
this is kind of... tough,
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but i know
you've been concerned.
that's why you contacted us.
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and, um...
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uh, the, um...
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the person who initially
made out the death certificate,
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he thought
that the cause
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of the lung disease
was a blood clot
to the lung.
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but even though that's what's
on the death certificate,
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and that's a natural
reason for death,
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it's wrong.
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your brother didn't
have a blood clot.
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we have been able
to reconstruct
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what happened
to your brother.
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he developed a very serious
kind of lung disease
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that we see a lot of
in new york city
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among drug addicts
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who grind up pills
and inject them.
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when we have pills
or capsules
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with any medicines
in them,
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a little bit of that pill
is the medicine,
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and the rest of it
is filler materials
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that can make it
into a certain shape
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and large enough to be able
to be handled easily.
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and when we swallow
that pill,
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the stomach fluids
and all, and enzymes,
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break it apart
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and absorb the medicine,
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and the rest of it
just goes through the body
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and isn't absorbed.
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if someone takes
that pill or capsule
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grinds it down
a little bit,
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dissolves it
in water
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and then injects it
into an individual,
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it leaves behind
this telltale marker
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of the debris, the stuff
that can't dissolve,
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that gets trapped
in the lungs.
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so, each little
microscopic fragment
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becomes encased
in a large scar.
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and all these scars
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gradually eat up
the normal lung tissue,
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and it's really
a kind of suffocation.
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in my opinion,
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all of the damage
that he developed
in his lungs
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was caused by whatever
was injected
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into his veins.
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and if he didn't do it,
then somebody else did it.
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and the cause of death,
therefore, in my opinion,
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is homicide...
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because this certainly
shortened your brother's life.
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did he suffer?
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you know,
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usually, we try
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to make, you know,
family members feel
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that their loved one
didn't suffer, and if there's
any way we can say that.
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in this instance,
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this is a more painful
kind of death
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than usual
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because, as you
probably saw,
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he would get increasingly
short of breath
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from these lesions.
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i'm sorry, dear.
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this is kind of tough
to go through.
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but i know you've been
concerned about this,
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and that's why
you contacted us,
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and, you know,
what we want to do
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is try to answer
any questions that you have.
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if you think
of questions later,
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'cause this is too much
to be given at one time,
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um...
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i'm always available
by telephone.
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i'll be talking
to the district attorney.
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and, um...
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there's nothing that'll
bring your brother back,
343
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but at least you might
be able to get some closure
344
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on what happened
to him.
345
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that's why i called you,
or got in contact with you,
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so i can get justice
for jaime.
347
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- i sure appreciate it.
- thank you, dear.
348
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- good luck.
- thank you.
349
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miles:
when i got
dr. baden's letter,
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that was key in getting
the coroner's attention
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because the coroner's
skeptical,
352
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like, "why am i going to change
that death certificate
after three years?
353
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because some family member
says it's a murder?
354
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what do you have?"
355
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i said, "do you know
who michael baden is?"
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narrator:
the death certificate
was changed,
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but greg miles faced
one last challenge.
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as a prosecutor,
you have to look and see,
359
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"what's the defense
going to be?
360
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what are they
going to tell this jury?"
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they're going to say
362
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that james was either
injecting himself,
363
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or they're going to say
that brigitte injected him
364
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with her drugs,
with his knowledge
and with his permission.
365
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and, in fact,
that's what the defense
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came to me and said--
"well, he knew what
was going on."
367
00:20:12,700 --> 00:20:15,767
i said, "well, have
you seen the note?"
368
00:20:15,767 --> 00:20:17,800
he said, "no,
i hadn't seen the note."
369
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i said, "you might need
to look at this note."
370
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dobbs:
it was right after christmas.
it wasn't long.
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the kids were going
through a mourning period,
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and supposedly
she was too.
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but i got a phone call
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that the house
had burned down--
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not totally,
but the majority of it.
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in my eyes, i felt like she
was destroying evidence.
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narrator:
brigitte's behavior
had become
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more and more erratic.
379
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five months
after jaime died,
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brigitte had
set fire to their house
to collect insurance.
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several weeks later,
she set three more fires.
382
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she was caught
in the act
383
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and convicted of arson.
384
00:21:06,266 --> 00:21:08,633
tammy got permission
from the fire marshal
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to go through
the burnt-out house
to retrieve
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any mementos
she could find
of her brother.
387
00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:23,000
what she found
turned out to be
much more than keepsakes.
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quite by accident,
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she found a critical piece
of evidence.
390
00:21:31,133 --> 00:21:33,834
miles: tammy went
and found in a burned-up
piece of furniture--
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00:21:33,834 --> 00:21:36,100
she found this note.
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00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:38,266
james had written on it,
393
00:21:38,266 --> 00:21:41,233
"what is valium
and some other drug
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00:21:41,233 --> 00:21:43,333
doing in my blood?"
395
00:21:43,333 --> 00:21:46,400
and he wrote it
to brigitte lynchard,
the person who killed him.
396
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here is the key.
397
00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:52,100
here is
the physical evidence
398
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that indicates
that james didn't know
399
00:21:55,033 --> 00:21:58,700
that those drugs were being
injected into his system.
400
00:21:58,700 --> 00:22:02,400
that note was
presented to brigitte
401
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,233
by the attorney general's
office investigators,
402
00:22:05,233 --> 00:22:07,233
and brigitte
authenticated the note.
403
00:22:08,667 --> 00:22:10,667
narrator:
dr. baden's conclusions
404
00:22:10,667 --> 00:22:12,667
and the note found
in the fire
405
00:22:12,667 --> 00:22:16,467
were enough to indict
brigitte for murder.
406
00:22:16,467 --> 00:22:18,467
faced with the evidence,
407
00:22:18,467 --> 00:22:21,500
she confessed she had
killed her husband.
408
00:22:21,500 --> 00:22:24,533
miles:
brigitte had some experience
as a phlebotomist.
409
00:22:24,533 --> 00:22:26,800
according to her confession,
410
00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,800
she was the only one
in the room with him.
411
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,633
she injected him.
412
00:22:30,633 --> 00:22:33,133
the needle actually went
into the drip bag,
413
00:22:33,133 --> 00:22:35,133
or it went
directly into him.
414
00:22:35,133 --> 00:22:37,467
and then she went
into the restroom,
415
00:22:37,467 --> 00:22:39,967
and she heard
the nurses come in,
416
00:22:39,967 --> 00:22:42,200
and then they
called a code.
417
00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,200
and brigitte came out
of the restroom,
418
00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,700
and they were working
on james.
419
00:22:48,367 --> 00:22:50,767
the defense attorney
comes back to me and says,
420
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"well, where
is your motive?"
421
00:22:52,667 --> 00:22:54,734
well, james had
a policy
422
00:22:54,734 --> 00:22:57,667
with the company
where he worked, which is
a substantial amount,
423
00:22:57,667 --> 00:23:00,900
and then he had a personal
life insurance policy.
424
00:23:00,900 --> 00:23:03,900
so, in all,
brigitte lynchard
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00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:07,166
received over $230,000
426
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in life insurance proceeds
from her husband's death.
427
00:23:10,266 --> 00:23:12,200
pretty good motive.
428
00:23:17,266 --> 00:23:19,567
it took somebody
like tammy
429
00:23:19,567 --> 00:23:22,467
just being persistent.
430
00:23:22,467 --> 00:23:24,633
if tammy
was not involved,
431
00:23:24,633 --> 00:23:26,800
this crime would have
not been reported.
432
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,800
it wouldn't have been
a crime.
433
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,066
she was the only one
blowing a whistle.
434
00:23:32,533 --> 00:23:34,867
she didn't want
435
00:23:34,867 --> 00:23:37,800
somebody getting away
with killing her brother.
436
00:23:50,233 --> 00:23:53,066
dobbs:
there was a few things that
brigitte did over the years
437
00:23:53,066 --> 00:23:57,200
that let me know
she wasn't totally
on the up-and-up.
438
00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,967
but i never-- up until
this actually happened,
439
00:24:00,967 --> 00:24:03,200
i never actually thought
positively for sure
440
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,467
she could actually
murder somebody.
441
00:24:08,834 --> 00:24:11,667
narrator:
on july 21st, 2005,
442
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at the jackson,
mississippi, courthouse,
443
00:24:14,166 --> 00:24:18,233
brigitte lynchard
pled guilty to manslaughter.
444
00:24:18,233 --> 00:24:22,033
miles:
the judge, judge yerger,
asked brigitte,
445
00:24:22,033 --> 00:24:24,000
"do you have
anything to say?"
446
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,100
and then she said,
"well, i've asked god
to forgive me.
447
00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:29,400
i've asked my children
to forgive me,
448
00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:33,367
and i'm trying to work
on a relationship with them.
449
00:24:33,367 --> 00:24:36,667
and now i ask the court
to forgive me."
450
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and really, that's the only
thing i heard her say.
451
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,834
that's the only thing
i've ever heard her say.
452
00:24:41,834 --> 00:24:43,834
narrator:
brigitte lynchard
is serving
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a 25-year sentence.
454
00:24:45,834 --> 00:24:47,834
she will be 60 years old
455
00:24:47,834 --> 00:24:50,934
when she is finally
released from prison.
456
00:24:53,233 --> 00:24:55,233
( keyboard keys clicking )
457
00:25:11,667 --> 00:25:15,100
- child:
now it's miss katie's turn.
- someone else's turn.
458
00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:17,800
mom's had enough.
459
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,333
man:
but you're beautiful.
460
00:25:20,333 --> 00:25:24,300
and i'm exceptionally attractive
when i do the dishes, right?
461
00:25:24,300 --> 00:25:27,300
- man: you bet.
- ( singing )
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narrator:
in 1994,
463
00:25:32,333 --> 00:25:34,767
june aurelio, age 39,
464
00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:36,900
was living with her husband
and three children
465
00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:40,066
in a small house
in stillwell, kansas,
466
00:25:40,066 --> 00:25:42,066
surrounded by farmland.
467
00:25:42,066 --> 00:25:44,066
( girl continues singing)
468
00:25:50,667 --> 00:25:52,667
man:
sing. sing.
469
00:25:52,667 --> 00:25:54,734
( laughs, singing )
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narrator:
june was seemingly
without a care in the world,
471
00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,066
but all that would change
when she decided
to leave her home
472
00:26:01,066 --> 00:26:05,333
and take a walk
on a beautiful early
spring afternoon.
473
00:26:12,467 --> 00:26:14,700
june:
we lived in a rural area.
474
00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:17,834
behind our development
were just farms.
475
00:26:20,834 --> 00:26:23,500
i had been trapped
in the house all day
with the girls,
476
00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:26,000
and when my husband
came home that night
477
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,567
i said, "i'm going
to go for a walk."
478
00:26:31,967 --> 00:26:34,600
i remember getting
479
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,567
maybe a half mile
away from the house,
480
00:26:37,567 --> 00:26:40,734
and then i don't remember
anything after that.
481
00:26:44,233 --> 00:26:46,533
( brakes screeching )
482
00:26:47,734 --> 00:26:49,900
( crashes )
483
00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:51,834
( siren wails )
484
00:26:51,834 --> 00:26:55,066
narrator:
within minutes,
the e.m.s. and police arrived
485
00:26:55,066 --> 00:26:57,700
and rushed june
to the hospital.
486
00:26:57,700 --> 00:27:01,033
now she was fighting
for her life.
487
00:27:01,033 --> 00:27:04,600
doctors told her husband
that she had a spinal injury
488
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,233
and that,
even if she survived,
489
00:27:07,233 --> 00:27:09,533
she would probably
never walk again.
490
00:27:17,367 --> 00:27:19,700
june:
i remember the first time
491
00:27:19,700 --> 00:27:22,033
i saw the word
"quadriplegic"
492
00:27:22,033 --> 00:27:25,367
on a, you know,
piece of paper
493
00:27:25,367 --> 00:27:27,533
and was horrified.
494
00:27:30,533 --> 00:27:34,200
i don't think
your brain even allows you
495
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,967
to accept something
of that magnitude.
496
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,200
dr. baden:
police questioned june,
497
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:44,300
but, like many
people who have suffered
a severe head trauma,
498
00:27:44,300 --> 00:27:46,400
she had no memory
of what had happened.
499
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,834
the police
had nothing to go on.
500
00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:53,133
a hit-and-run driver
struck her from behind
501
00:27:53,133 --> 00:27:56,066
and left her to die
on the side of the road.
502
00:27:56,066 --> 00:27:58,567
in the hope
of finding some clue,
503
00:27:58,567 --> 00:28:01,400
the police brought
the clothing
504
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,333
that june wore
at the time of the accident
505
00:28:04,333 --> 00:28:06,500
to the kansas city
crime lab.
506
00:28:06,500 --> 00:28:08,734
the clothing,
when i got it--
507
00:28:08,734 --> 00:28:11,667
the request was simply
to look for anything
508
00:28:11,667 --> 00:28:13,667
that might be there
509
00:28:13,667 --> 00:28:16,800
that might help locate
a particular vehicle.
510
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,633
narrator:
one article
of june's clothing
511
00:28:19,633 --> 00:28:22,100
caught dr. chapin's eye--
512
00:28:22,100 --> 00:28:24,533
her black stretch-pants.
513
00:28:24,533 --> 00:28:26,567
on the back
of the left leg,
514
00:28:26,567 --> 00:28:29,467
he saw what appeared
to be a pattern
515
00:28:29,467 --> 00:28:31,367
or kind of impression.
516
00:28:31,367 --> 00:28:33,967
he couldn't make out
what it was,
517
00:28:33,967 --> 00:28:37,633
so he turned the pants
inside out.
518
00:28:37,633 --> 00:28:39,667
on the inside was
519
00:28:39,667 --> 00:28:42,967
a much better-defined image
520
00:28:42,967 --> 00:28:44,967
of what i saw
on the outside.
521
00:28:46,367 --> 00:28:48,800
there were some
roughly parallel lines
522
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,467
that came
across the calf.
523
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,433
there was definite curvature
where they came down.
524
00:29:03,033 --> 00:29:06,400
the imprint was actually
from about three
different things.
525
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,033
first of all, it was
just abraded skin cells
526
00:29:09,033 --> 00:29:10,900
from the calf
of the leg.
527
00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:12,834
there was also
some talcum powder.
528
00:29:12,834 --> 00:29:14,834
apparently, she had
used body powder.
529
00:29:14,834 --> 00:29:17,200
we really couldn't
define, initially,
530
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,834
what had created
this pattern.
531
00:29:19,834 --> 00:29:23,333
we finally decided
that it very likely was
532
00:29:23,333 --> 00:29:25,400
a license plate.
533
00:29:28,734 --> 00:29:32,100
narrator:
dr. chapin soon realized
that the images he saw
534
00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:35,600
could not have been made
by a kansas license plate,
535
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,767
but must have been made
by a plate
536
00:29:37,767 --> 00:29:40,266
from the nearby state
of missouri.
537
00:29:42,767 --> 00:29:44,834
dr. chapin:
there was a pretty
strong indication
538
00:29:44,834 --> 00:29:48,500
that there was enough
dirt on the outside
of the license plate
539
00:29:48,500 --> 00:29:50,533
that it actually,
when it hit,
540
00:29:50,533 --> 00:29:53,533
the dirt filtered
through the pants
541
00:29:53,533 --> 00:29:56,700
and was part of that
imprint on the inside.
542
00:29:56,700 --> 00:29:59,734
i had never seen it before,
and i've never seen it since.
543
00:29:59,734 --> 00:30:03,900
narrator:
when dr. chapin realized
what had caused the images,
544
00:30:03,900 --> 00:30:07,200
he thought the two letters
he saw on the upper left
545
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,400
were an "a" and a "p,"
546
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,400
and that the letters
stood for
547
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,333
the license's
expiration month of april.
548
00:30:15,333 --> 00:30:17,400
dr. chapin:
by taking that information,
549
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,834
we were able to look
at these two larger,
550
00:30:19,834 --> 00:30:22,567
more indistinct images.
551
00:30:22,567 --> 00:30:24,533
and, in all likelihood,
they were
552
00:30:24,533 --> 00:30:27,900
the first two numerals
in the license plate...
553
00:30:31,734 --> 00:30:34,066
what officers did next
was they contacted
554
00:30:34,066 --> 00:30:36,934
the missouri division
of vehicles in their
investigative division,
555
00:30:36,934 --> 00:30:38,934
and they wanted
to find out
556
00:30:38,934 --> 00:30:41,900
who had tags
557
00:30:41,900 --> 00:30:44,767
that expired in april,
that started with
an "f" and a "5."
558
00:30:44,767 --> 00:30:49,066
that yielded
28 potential suspects.
559
00:30:49,066 --> 00:30:52,000
narrator:
one of the names turned up
in the computer search
560
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,700
was a jack t morgan.
561
00:30:54,700 --> 00:30:57,200
when the investigators
arrived at morgan's home,
562
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,900
they found a car
with a license
563
00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:02,433
that began
with an "f" and a "5"
564
00:31:02,433 --> 00:31:04,934
and had an april
expiration date,
565
00:31:04,934 --> 00:31:07,433
but they needed
more evidence.
566
00:31:07,433 --> 00:31:09,700
police impounded
morgan's car,
567
00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:12,900
and dr. chapin examined
the license plate.
568
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,400
morrison:
we found that
the license tag
569
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,433
contained numerous fibers,
570
00:31:18,433 --> 00:31:20,567
many many
teeny tiny fibers
571
00:31:20,567 --> 00:31:22,400
that were compressed
572
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,567
in the very very
microscopic cracks
573
00:31:24,567 --> 00:31:26,734
inside that tag.
574
00:31:26,734 --> 00:31:28,900
when you put those together
in a stereo microscope,
575
00:31:28,900 --> 00:31:31,667
those fibers
were indistinguishable
576
00:31:31,667 --> 00:31:34,333
from the fibers
in june aurelio's pants.
577
00:31:39,734 --> 00:31:42,266
narrator:
with the evidence
from the license plate,
578
00:31:42,266 --> 00:31:46,100
there was no doubt
that the car driven
by jack t morgan
579
00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:49,834
was the same car
that struck june aurelio.
580
00:31:51,667 --> 00:31:53,900
jack morgan went on trial
581
00:31:53,900 --> 00:31:56,834
and was found guilty
of aggravated battery
582
00:31:56,834 --> 00:31:59,266
with serious
or permanent injury.
583
00:32:01,900 --> 00:32:04,333
since morgan was
on parole at the time
584
00:32:04,333 --> 00:32:06,333
for second-degree murder,
585
00:32:06,333 --> 00:32:10,266
he ended up being sentenced
to 50 years in prison.
586
00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:17,467
june aurelio gradually
regained her health
587
00:32:17,467 --> 00:32:19,834
and ability
to walk again.
588
00:32:21,633 --> 00:32:24,400
june:
10 years later,
after what happened to me,
589
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,433
i feel incredibly blessed
to be here at all.
590
00:32:27,433 --> 00:32:31,066
and i have gotten
to see my girls grow up.
591
00:32:31,066 --> 00:32:33,467
at the time,
there were plenty of days
592
00:32:33,467 --> 00:32:35,734
when i thought--
you know, i wished
593
00:32:35,734 --> 00:32:37,834
he had just gone ahead
and killed me.
594
00:32:37,834 --> 00:32:41,300
but in retrospect,
you know, i'm glad
i'm still here.
595
00:33:02,934 --> 00:33:05,367
( bell tolling )
596
00:33:05,367 --> 00:33:08,100
( choir singing in latin )
597
00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:10,433
( chatter over
police radio )
598
00:33:22,633 --> 00:33:26,066
narrator:
on october 28th, 1999,
599
00:33:26,066 --> 00:33:29,166
a 48-year-old woman
named susan fassett
600
00:33:29,166 --> 00:33:31,300
was found fatally shot,
601
00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:33,300
curled up next to her car
602
00:33:33,300 --> 00:33:36,467
in the parking lot
of the pleasant valley church.
603
00:33:36,467 --> 00:33:38,734
she had just come
from choir practice
604
00:33:38,734 --> 00:33:41,500
when she was attacked.
605
00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:43,500
( camera shutter clicking )
606
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,633
members of the choir
found her
607
00:33:47,633 --> 00:33:49,667
and called the police.
608
00:33:49,667 --> 00:33:51,567
( siren wails )
609
00:33:51,567 --> 00:33:53,700
when i got here,
she was laying on the ground,
610
00:33:53,700 --> 00:33:57,166
and the windows in the car
had been shot out.
611
00:33:57,166 --> 00:33:59,967
thomas martin:
it was hard to determine
a specific motive.
612
00:33:59,967 --> 00:34:03,033
but because this was
such a brazen crime--
613
00:34:03,033 --> 00:34:05,633
it was out in the open,
it was in front of people,
614
00:34:05,633 --> 00:34:09,533
it was in an area
where you could be
very easily detected--
615
00:34:11,166 --> 00:34:13,333
it tends to indicate
that there's some type
616
00:34:13,333 --> 00:34:15,700
of a passion behind it.
617
00:34:15,700 --> 00:34:19,667
everybody was confident
that this wasn't just
some random act.
618
00:34:19,667 --> 00:34:21,667
i mean, this
wasn't a robbery.
619
00:34:21,667 --> 00:34:23,500
it wasn't a carjacking.
620
00:34:23,500 --> 00:34:25,533
i mean, this was
an outright murder.
621
00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:32,467
dr. baden:
because this was not
an attempted robbery,
622
00:34:32,467 --> 00:34:35,600
and because of the number
of shots that were fired,
623
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,934
the police
immediately considered
624
00:34:38,934 --> 00:34:43,600
that susan fassett
was a specific target.
625
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:47,266
statistically,
this kind of crime
626
00:34:47,266 --> 00:34:51,133
is committed
by family members
or a loved one.
627
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,900
narrator:
investigators turned
to the most likely suspect.
628
00:34:57,900 --> 00:35:00,467
they brought susan's husband
in for questioning.
629
00:35:00,467 --> 00:35:02,467
he was cooperative
630
00:35:02,467 --> 00:35:06,033
and had an airtight
alibi for the night
susan was murdered.
631
00:35:08,433 --> 00:35:11,900
police soon dismissed him
as a possible suspect.
632
00:35:12,967 --> 00:35:16,100
who would want to kill
susan fassett?
633
00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:18,467
she had been married
for 24 years,
634
00:35:18,467 --> 00:35:21,867
mother of two,
an active member
of her church
635
00:35:21,867 --> 00:35:25,767
and the popular
head of personnel
for the town.
636
00:35:25,767 --> 00:35:29,533
female reporter:
susan fassett worked here
at the town hall,
637
00:35:29,533 --> 00:35:31,867
and now her coworkers
and friends are trying
to figure out
638
00:35:31,867 --> 00:35:34,533
just why susan fassett
had to die.
639
00:35:34,533 --> 00:35:37,500
her colleagues say
it's tough to stay
focused on work,
640
00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:39,600
because susan is
always on their mind.
641
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:41,934
yeah, people
are struggling with it.
there's no question about it.
642
00:35:41,934 --> 00:35:45,400
nobody deserves to die
in that kind of manner,
643
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,233
but especially susan.
644
00:35:47,233 --> 00:35:49,233
narrator:
everyone who knew her
645
00:35:49,233 --> 00:35:51,600
said she had no enemies.
646
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,900
but police began
to look deeper into
the life of susan
647
00:35:54,900 --> 00:35:56,900
and found that
there were rumors
648
00:35:56,900 --> 00:35:58,734
of another man
in her life.
649
00:36:03,066 --> 00:36:06,800
investigators turned
their attention to
the other man.
650
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,934
his name
was fred andros,
651
00:36:10,934 --> 00:36:14,800
who was well-known
in town as the city's
water superintendent.
652
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:19,367
andros did not look
like a lady's man.
653
00:36:19,367 --> 00:36:22,800
he was over 60 years old
and anything but handsome.
654
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,433
but despite
his mundane appearance,
655
00:36:26,433 --> 00:36:29,767
he seemed
to have a remarkable
attraction for women.
656
00:36:29,767 --> 00:36:32,600
he was now married
to his fourth wife
657
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,633
and had many mistresses,
658
00:36:34,633 --> 00:36:37,000
among them susan fassett.
659
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,000
boyko:
when we got down
to the nuts and bolts,
660
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,000
we were trying
to figure out
661
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,000
the true and accurate
relationship he'd had with her.
662
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,734
he had said he had
sexual intercourse with her
663
00:36:46,734 --> 00:36:48,567
on one occasion,
664
00:36:48,567 --> 00:36:50,400
and it was
approximately a year
665
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,533
to a year and a half
prior to the murder;
666
00:36:52,533 --> 00:36:54,567
and that they
hadn't had sex,
667
00:36:54,567 --> 00:36:56,567
he was sexually
dysfunctional
668
00:36:56,567 --> 00:36:58,467
because of certain
medical issues.
669
00:36:58,467 --> 00:37:01,567
he had diabetes
and some other things
that rendered him impotent.
670
00:37:02,633 --> 00:37:05,266
he had said
they broke up
671
00:37:05,266 --> 00:37:07,867
approximately a month
before the murder.
672
00:37:07,867 --> 00:37:09,867
he was very distraught,
673
00:37:09,867 --> 00:37:11,867
very emotional
and very upset
674
00:37:11,867 --> 00:37:15,767
over the discussion
of susan and how
she was murdered.
675
00:37:15,767 --> 00:37:19,033
narrator:
andros also had
a perfect alibi.
676
00:37:19,033 --> 00:37:21,667
he had spent the evening
with an old friend
677
00:37:21,667 --> 00:37:23,834
who was also
a 26-year veteran
678
00:37:23,834 --> 00:37:26,300
of the local
police force.
679
00:37:26,300 --> 00:37:28,734
nevertheless,
investigators felt
680
00:37:28,734 --> 00:37:32,367
there was something
about andros that
didn't seem right,
681
00:37:32,367 --> 00:37:35,700
and they brought him
in to question him
more closely.
682
00:37:36,967 --> 00:37:38,934
edward t. mcloughlin:
he came up with
683
00:37:38,934 --> 00:37:41,600
some kind of strange,
bizarre scenarios at first.
684
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,200
but, ultimately, he said
685
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,200
that "the person
you want to talk to
686
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,200
is a person named
dawn silvernail."
687
00:37:51,467 --> 00:37:53,900
narrator:
dawn silvernail was
a 50-year-old woman
688
00:37:53,900 --> 00:37:56,467
who lived with
her husband and son.
689
00:37:56,467 --> 00:37:59,934
for years, she had
worked with mentally
handicapped people
690
00:37:59,934 --> 00:38:02,734
and was presently employed
as a job advisor
691
00:38:02,734 --> 00:38:05,233
for disabled adults.
692
00:38:05,233 --> 00:38:07,667
police thought she was not
the kind of person
693
00:38:07,667 --> 00:38:09,667
to be involved
in a brutal murder,
694
00:38:09,667 --> 00:38:12,333
but they did note that she
was on the list of those
695
00:38:12,333 --> 00:38:16,233
who owned a .45-caliber
semi-automatic ruger,
696
00:38:16,233 --> 00:38:20,000
the same kind of gun
used to kill susan.
697
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:23,233
we did at that point
obtain a search warrant.
698
00:38:23,233 --> 00:38:26,967
and, i think,
on december 23rd,
699
00:38:26,967 --> 00:38:30,367
we went to her home
in rural greene county
and knocked on the door.
700
00:38:30,367 --> 00:38:33,767
i explained that we were
investigating a homicide
701
00:38:33,767 --> 00:38:36,867
that had occurred
in this township
some distance away,
702
00:38:36,867 --> 00:38:40,600
and that we had been "led
to believe by fred andros--
703
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,633
do you know fred andros?
704
00:38:42,633 --> 00:38:46,367
--that maybe
you could help us
in this investigation."
705
00:38:46,367 --> 00:38:48,867
there was no real response
from her at that point.
706
00:38:48,867 --> 00:38:50,700
she was very cool
707
00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:54,533
and just waiting
for more information.
708
00:38:54,533 --> 00:38:56,934
i told her
that fred had said
709
00:38:56,934 --> 00:38:59,400
that she had actually
committed this murder,
710
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,700
that she had been involved
in a sexual relationship,
711
00:39:02,700 --> 00:39:05,367
an intimate
sexual relationship
with this woman,
712
00:39:05,367 --> 00:39:08,166
that, um...
she had been spurned
713
00:39:08,166 --> 00:39:10,433
and that fred said
that, dawn,
714
00:39:10,433 --> 00:39:12,367
you, in fact,
had murdered her.
715
00:39:12,367 --> 00:39:15,467
narrator:
detectives relentlessly
pressed dawn
716
00:39:15,467 --> 00:39:18,266
about her relationship
with susan.
717
00:39:18,266 --> 00:39:20,667
after several hours
of questioning,
718
00:39:20,667 --> 00:39:22,834
dawn began
to tell police
719
00:39:22,834 --> 00:39:25,133
a very wild story.
720
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,200
( dawn speaking )
721
00:40:30,533 --> 00:40:33,367
narrator:
it took a week
of intense questioning
722
00:40:33,367 --> 00:40:35,367
before she
finally confessed
723
00:40:35,367 --> 00:40:37,967
to actually
shooting susan.
724
00:41:05,300 --> 00:41:08,166
she looked up,
and then just began to sob.
725
00:41:08,166 --> 00:41:10,567
and she dropped her head,
and she was sobbing,
726
00:41:10,567 --> 00:41:12,567
her shoulders were shaking,
727
00:41:12,567 --> 00:41:14,567
and she just said
three times,
728
00:41:14,567 --> 00:41:16,900
"i shot that poor woman.
i shot that poor woman.
729
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:19,233
i shot that poor woman."
730
00:41:22,033 --> 00:41:24,033
woman:
and i think--
731
00:41:24,033 --> 00:41:25,900
truly, i feel
that susan--
732
00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:29,033
whatever she did,
whether it was...
733
00:41:29,033 --> 00:41:31,667
a desire for sex,
or whatever it was--
734
00:41:31,667 --> 00:41:33,667
she didn't deserve
to be shot.
735
00:41:33,667 --> 00:41:35,934
there's more
than meets the eye.
736
00:41:41,467 --> 00:41:45,300
female reporter:
the case has played out
like some kind of soap opera.
737
00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:48,967
sex, lies, a corruption
scandal, murder,
738
00:41:48,967 --> 00:41:51,200
and even a bisexual
love triangle.
739
00:41:52,500 --> 00:41:55,333
a former town official is
accused of ordering his lover
740
00:41:55,333 --> 00:41:57,300
to kill another
of his lovers.
741
00:41:57,300 --> 00:41:59,433
fred andros says
he had nothing to do
742
00:41:59,433 --> 00:42:01,500
with the 1999 murder
of susan fassett.
743
00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:04,934
dawn silvernail said he had
everything to do with it.
744
00:42:04,934 --> 00:42:07,300
silvernail told the court...
745
00:42:11,767 --> 00:42:16,033
this was a typical case
of he-said/she-said.
746
00:42:16,033 --> 00:42:19,467
andros said that dawn
had shot susan
747
00:42:19,467 --> 00:42:21,867
because they were having
a lesbian affair,
748
00:42:21,867 --> 00:42:24,100
and they had started
to break up.
749
00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:27,033
"dawn was just
a spurned lover," he said.
750
00:42:27,033 --> 00:42:29,467
dawn said she
had committed murder
751
00:42:29,467 --> 00:42:33,467
because andros had threatened
to kill her and her family
752
00:42:33,467 --> 00:42:35,500
if she didn't follow
his orders.
753
00:42:35,500 --> 00:42:37,900
which one was telling
the truth
754
00:42:37,900 --> 00:42:41,400
and how to prove it
became the real question.
755
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,300
we started to subpoena
phone records
756
00:42:44,300 --> 00:42:46,600
which ended up being
incredibly instrumental
757
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:49,400
in figuring out
not only what happened
758
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,700
but the connections
between these three people.
759
00:42:51,700 --> 00:42:55,400
we were faced with
thousands and thousands
of communications records.
760
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:59,033
we knew that these records
were essential
761
00:42:59,033 --> 00:43:02,166
to trying to show
any type of a connection
762
00:43:02,166 --> 00:43:05,567
between fred andros,
dawn silvernail
and our victim.
763
00:43:05,567 --> 00:43:07,967
a new forensic tool
764
00:43:07,967 --> 00:43:10,266
developed by the airforce
765
00:43:10,266 --> 00:43:13,767
called webtas
was brought into the case.
766
00:43:18,266 --> 00:43:20,934
narrator:
the hard evidence
was electronic,
767
00:43:20,934 --> 00:43:24,200
buried in thousands of records
of cell phone calls,
768
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:26,667
pager communications,
pay phones,
769
00:43:26,667 --> 00:43:29,233
fax phone numbers
and computer lines
770
00:43:29,233 --> 00:43:31,400
among the three people.
771
00:43:37,500 --> 00:43:41,266
4,000 records were selected
and fed into the system.
772
00:43:41,266 --> 00:43:45,333
it took over six months
to enter all this information.
773
00:43:46,500 --> 00:43:48,734
using the webtas
timeline,
774
00:43:48,734 --> 00:43:51,066
they were able
to back up dawn's story
775
00:43:51,066 --> 00:43:53,800
and prove fred andros
was lying.
776
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:55,900
boyko:
he said early on he didn't
have any cell phones.
777
00:43:55,900 --> 00:43:57,934
we found out he had
two cell phones.
778
00:43:57,934 --> 00:44:00,967
( man speaking )
779
00:44:00,967 --> 00:44:03,033
( dawn speaking )
780
00:44:07,166 --> 00:44:09,600
narrator:
they verified that there
were multiple calls
781
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:11,633
between dawn and andros.
782
00:44:11,633 --> 00:44:15,133
they were even able to track
andros by his e-zpass
783
00:44:15,133 --> 00:44:17,433
to confirm that
he was meeting dawn
784
00:44:17,433 --> 00:44:19,767
and communicating with her
on a cell phone.
785
00:44:19,767 --> 00:44:21,867
( dawn speaking )
786
00:44:31,166 --> 00:44:34,333
narrator:
the timeline put him
the new york state thruway,
787
00:44:34,333 --> 00:44:37,066
traveling at a specific
start and stop time
788
00:44:37,066 --> 00:44:40,166
which matched
dawn's story exactly.
789
00:44:41,367 --> 00:44:44,834
16 timelines were provided
to the prosecutor
790
00:44:44,834 --> 00:44:47,333
with icons
representing andros,
791
00:44:47,333 --> 00:44:49,467
susan and dawn.
792
00:44:49,467 --> 00:44:51,834
each icon
told investigators
793
00:44:51,834 --> 00:44:53,834
each time
one of the three
794
00:44:53,834 --> 00:44:56,467
had communicated
with each other.
795
00:44:58,066 --> 00:45:01,900
andros said that he knew
susan only slightly,
796
00:45:01,900 --> 00:45:03,934
and that dawn and susan
797
00:45:03,934 --> 00:45:06,633
were having
an obsessive relationship.
798
00:45:06,633 --> 00:45:09,433
the timeline showed
just the opposite.
799
00:45:09,433 --> 00:45:12,233
it was andros who was
obsessed with susan.
800
00:45:12,233 --> 00:45:14,867
there were 700 calls
801
00:45:14,867 --> 00:45:17,166
that linked susan
to andros.
802
00:45:17,166 --> 00:45:20,200
there was no contact whatever
between the two women.
803
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:22,200
most significantly,
804
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:25,767
there were 70 phone calls
between andros and dawn
805
00:45:25,767 --> 00:45:27,600
shortly before the murder.
806
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:29,834
the timeline
also confirmed
807
00:45:29,834 --> 00:45:32,100
what dawn
had told police--
808
00:45:32,100 --> 00:45:34,166
that she had paged andros
809
00:45:34,166 --> 00:45:36,934
a few minutes after
she had killed susan.
810
00:45:38,467 --> 00:45:40,867
( man speaking )
811
00:45:44,033 --> 00:45:46,066
( dawn speaking )
812
00:45:55,367 --> 00:45:57,800
narrator:
detectives went
to andros's house
813
00:45:57,800 --> 00:45:59,633
to arrest him.
814
00:46:03,500 --> 00:46:06,000
boyko:
we were very guarded,
very cautious
815
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:09,133
when going
into the house.
816
00:46:09,133 --> 00:46:11,867
i can remember just being
under the impression
that he's--
817
00:46:11,867 --> 00:46:14,533
i could just feel
his presence in the house.
818
00:46:19,133 --> 00:46:21,133
i remember seeing
his wallet there.
819
00:46:21,133 --> 00:46:23,100
i remember seeing
his pager there.
820
00:46:23,100 --> 00:46:26,100
these were indications
to me that fred andros
was in the house.
821
00:46:29,033 --> 00:46:31,166
after we cleared
the first floor,
822
00:46:31,166 --> 00:46:33,433
we went up
to the second floor.
823
00:46:35,934 --> 00:46:39,433
there was a attic door
opened just a crack.
824
00:46:39,433 --> 00:46:42,400
i opened it slightly,
and there was a window
825
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:44,300
that was coming in--
826
00:46:44,300 --> 00:46:47,567
the sun was coming up,
and i could tell that
somebody was in there,
827
00:46:47,567 --> 00:46:49,967
the way there was
dust moving around.
828
00:46:51,700 --> 00:46:54,900
i said, "fred, here i come.
i'm coming up the steps."
829
00:46:56,166 --> 00:46:58,333
as we turned
around the corner,
830
00:46:58,333 --> 00:47:01,900
we saw fred face down
on the carpet.
831
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:07,867
a gun was right next to him,
and he was bleeding.
832
00:47:09,233 --> 00:47:12,633
he put the gun
under his chin,
833
00:47:12,633 --> 00:47:15,667
right here,
pulled the trigger.
834
00:47:15,667 --> 00:47:18,867
the bullet traveled up
through his mouth,
835
00:47:18,867 --> 00:47:20,834
exited here
between his eyes,
836
00:47:20,834 --> 00:47:23,200
and actually
was embedded in the wall
837
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,834
directly at the top
of the staircase
where i was going up.
838
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:29,633
narrator:
miraculously,
andros survived
839
00:47:29,633 --> 00:47:31,633
the suicide attempt,
840
00:47:31,633 --> 00:47:34,633
even though the lower part
of his face was shot away.
841
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:37,633
when he recovered,
842
00:47:37,633 --> 00:47:39,767
he and dawn
were brought to trial,
843
00:47:39,767 --> 00:47:41,967
and the critical
timeline evidence
844
00:47:41,967 --> 00:47:44,200
was presented
to the jury.
845
00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:49,300
they were both
found guilty
846
00:47:49,300 --> 00:47:52,333
and sentenced
to life in prison.
847
00:47:55,133 --> 00:47:58,200
andros only survived
for a year and a half
848
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,700
when he died
of a heart attack.
849
00:48:00,700 --> 00:48:03,033
boyko:
fred had some mystique
about him, apparently,
850
00:48:03,033 --> 00:48:05,367
that was appealing
to other people.
851
00:48:05,367 --> 00:48:08,567
he was able to have
relationships with women.
852
00:48:12,233 --> 00:48:15,066
he was able to motivate
dawn silvernail
853
00:48:15,066 --> 00:48:16,433
to do this murder.
854
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,200
he was likeable
on the surface,
855
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:22,533
but, deep down,
probably one
856
00:48:22,533 --> 00:48:24,900
of the most evil
i've seen.
857
00:48:27,300 --> 00:48:29,300
narrator:
until the day he died,
858
00:48:29,300 --> 00:48:32,600
fred andros never admitted
he had anything to do
859
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:35,333
with the murder
of susan fassett.
860
00:48:38,233 --> 00:48:40,734
( theme music playing )
861
00:48:43,867 --> 00:48:46,500
whether death
occurred yesterday
862
00:48:46,500 --> 00:48:49,667
or hundreds of years ago,
863
00:48:49,667 --> 00:48:52,266
the dead's
long-silent voices
864
00:48:52,266 --> 00:48:54,834
return to answer
the questions put to them
865
00:48:54,834 --> 00:48:57,367
by the forensic
pathologist.
866
00:48:58,467 --> 00:49:00,467
he is their interpreter
867
00:49:00,467 --> 00:49:03,633
and understands
their language.
868
00:49:03,633 --> 00:49:07,800
for him, death is not
the end of the story,
869
00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:10,300
but just the beginning.
63081
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