All language subtitles for A Crime to Remember S04E02 Luck Be a Lady

PEOPLE IN
INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI,

DIDN'T HAVE A LOT
OF SECRETS BACK THEN.

BUT IF YOU DID WANNA
KEEP SOMETHING SECRET,

YOU'D NEED TO GO
SOMEWHERE REALLY PRIVATE.

WHY DO YOU THINK EVERY
TOWN HAS A LOVERS' LANE?

I PARKED OUT THERE

WITH MY FAIR SHARE
OF SWEETHEARTS.

IT WAS ALWAYS NICE AND QUIET

WITH NOT A SOUL IN SIGHT.

BUT IF NO ONE'S
AROUND TO SEE YOU,

YOU CAN ALSO BET

THERE'S NO ONE AROUND
TO HEAR YOU SCREAM.

IN 1960, KANSAS CITY
WAS SURROUNDED

BY ALL THESE SMALLER
COMMUNITIES LIKE INDEPENDENCE

WITH A LOT
OF STRUGGLING FARMERS.

THE ABANDONED CRILL
FARM ON PHELPS ROAD

IS A NOTORIOUS LOVERS' LANE.

PEOPLE WENT THERE
TO HAVE SEX.

AND THEY WENT THERE
TO HAVE AFFAIRS.

A LITTLE BIT AFTER MIDNIGHT
ON MAY 28TH,

DETECTIVE JAMES BROWNING
RECEIVED A CALL

ABOUT A BODY OF A YOUNG WOMAN.

JEEZ.

SHE'S GOT FOUR BULLET WOUNDS,

ONE ON EITHER SIDE OF HER
NECK DOWN BY HER COLLARBONE,

ONE UP ON THE LEFT SIDE
OF HER FACE...

...AND ONE IN HER ABDOMEN.

THE POLICE ALSO NOTICE GUNPOWDER
BURNS ON THE HEM OF HER SKIRT.

THE TIP OF THE GUN
WAS DIRECTLY ON THE BODY.

HER DRESS WAS PULLED UP
ABOVE HER WAIST.

HER UNDERWEAR WAS RIPPED OFF.

WHICH LEADS
THE POLICE TO BELIEVE

THAT THIS COULD POSSIBLY
HAVE BEEN A RAPE AND MURDER.

NEARBY IN THE GRASS,
THE POLICE DISCOVER A PURSE.

PATRICIA JONES.

PAT JONES HAD BEEN THE
LUCKIEST GIRL IN INDEPENDENCE.

SURE SEEMED THAT WAY TO ME.

EVERY WISH A GIRL KISSED

AND PUT AWAY IN HER HOPE CHEST
HAD COME TRUE FOR PAT.

AFTER HER HUSBAND, WALT,
GOT OUT OF THE SERVICE,

HE GOT A GOOD JOB
AS A CAR SALESMAN.

THEY ALWAYS HAD A NICE,

NEW MODEL PARKED
OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSE.

NOT TO MENTION HER KIDS,
A SWEET BOY, JERRY,

AND A LITTLE GIRL, CINDY,
ONE OF EACH, YOU KNOW.

IT WAS TERRIBLE.

PAT WOULD NEVER GET
TO SEE THEM GROW UP.

FOR A YOUNG WOMAN WITH
SUCH HIGH HOPES FOR HER LIFE

TO BE MURDERED,

IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN
IN INDEPENDENCE.

AND DETECTIVE BROWNING
IS THE PERSON

WHO'S GONNA HAVE
TO CARRY THAT WEIGHT.

LITTLE DID HE KNOW AT THE TIME,

BUT IT WOULD COMPLETELY
CHANGE HIS LIFE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, SIR?

I DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S SOMETHING OFF.

THOSE...

STAND IN FRONT OF ME.

OKAY, USE YOUR HAND
AS A -- AS A GUN.

ALL RIGHT.
YEP. YEAH.

YES. OKAY.

SHE'D BE LOWER THAN ME.

SOME OF THE WOUNDS APPEARED

TO HAVE BEEN FIRED
AT A DOWNWARD ANGLE...

NOW GET DOWN FURTHER.

AS IF SHE MIGHT
HAVE BEEN ON HER KNEES.

THE PERSON MIGHT HAVE BEEN
STANDING OVER HER.

THIS WAS AN EXECUTION.

THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND
ANY SHELL CASINGS.

THE KILLER CLEANED
UP THIS SCENE.

MAYBE THIS IS
A PREMEDITATED MURDER.

THEY EVENTUALLY
DID FIND A BULLET

THAT WENT THROUGH THE ABDOMEN
AND LODGED INTO THE GROUND

FROM A 22-CALIBER PISTOL.

HOW DO YOU SPELL BOLDIZS?
B-O-L-D-I-Z-S.

A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME
OF JOHN BOLDIZS

HAD DISCOVERED THE BODY.

AND HOW DID YOU COME
TO FIND HER OUT HERE?

I HAD TO ANSWER
A CALL OF NATURE.

AND THEN I SAW HER
ON THE GROUND OUT THERE.

THAT'S WHEN I WENT
TO THE FILLING STATION,

AND I CALLED YOU.

WAS IT DARK?

YEAH.

THAT'S WHY I HAD TO GO
OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT.

WAS ANYONE ELSE PARKED
OUT HERE AT THE TIME?

NO, NO.
IT WAS JUST ME AND --

AND THE LADY
I FOUND, OBVIOUSLY.

AND JOHN, WHY WALK
ALL THE WAY OUT THERE

IF NO ONE WAS AROUND
TO SEE YOU?

WERE YOU FEELING SHY?

YEAH,
I GET SHY.

OFFICER JONES
IMMEDIATELY SMELLS A RAT.

IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE
A WHOLE LOTTA SENSE

THAT HE WOULD JUST
HAPPEN TO STOP...

YOU BETTER COME ON DOWN
TO THE STATION SO W-

WE CAN TALK SOME MORE.

...AND THAT HE WOULD
SEE THE BODY,

THAT FAR INTO THE GRASS.

PATRICIA'S HUSBAND,
WALTER JONES,

IS BROUGHT DOWN
TO THE POLICE STATION

AT ABOUT 5 O'CLOCK
IN THE MORNING.

HE'S 23 YEARS OLD
AND AN EX-MARINE.

ONCE AGAIN, I AM VERY
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.

THANKS.

WALTER JONES IS OBVIOUSLY
IN A STATE OF SHOCK.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW PATRICIA?

IT WAS THURSDAY MORNING
WHEN I LEFT FOR WORK.

FROM WHAT I CAN SEE HERE,
YOU CALLED YOUR WIFE

IN AS A MISSING PERSON
YESTERDAY, FRIDAY EVENING?

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL US

WHEN SHE DIDN'T COME HOME
THURSDAY NIGHT?

Y-YOU HAVE
A LITTLE ONE, YES?

IS IT NORMAL FOR HIS MOTHER
TO STAY OUT ALL NIGHT?

NO.

I THOUGHT SHE WAS TRYING
TO TEACH ME A LESSON.

WE HAD A FIGHT WHEN I GOT HOME
LATE FROM WORK ON WEDNESDAY.

SHE GETS MAD
ABOUT MY HOURS.

HOW LATE
DID YOU GET HOME?

ABOUT 11:00, 11:30.

YOU'RE A CAR SALESMAN, YES?

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

DO YOU SELL A LOT
OF CARS AT 11 AT NIGHT?

NO, BUT THERE'S --
THERE'S PAPERWORK.

WALTER, ARE YOU
HAVING AN AFFAIR?

WALTER, ARE YOU
HAVING AN AFFAIR?

I SOLD HER A THUNDERBIRD
ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO.

WALTER SAID HIS MISTRESS
HAD JUST COME

INTO A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.

AND SHE WANTED TO BUY
HERSELF A THUNDERBIRD.

WALTER SOLD HER A CAR,
AND, APPARENTLY,

ALSO SOLD HER HIMSELF,
BECAUSE THEY STARTED DATING.

IT WAS A LARK, A MISTAKE.

ALL RIGHT, LET ME TELL YOU,
THOUGH, SHARON'S A NUT.

ALL RIGHT?
CLAIMING SHE'S IN LOVE.

ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT,
I WENT OVER TO HER PLACE.

A-AT FIRST, IT WAS NORMAL.

AND THEN SHE TRIES TO TELL ME
SHE'S HAVING MY BABY

AND THAT I SHOULD
LEAVE MY FAMILY.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?

WALTER JONES TOLD HIS MISTRESS,

"YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN REALLY
BELIEVE YOU'RE PREGNANT.

AND I'M NOT LEAVING MY WIFE."

GOOD-BYE.

SO WEDNESDAY NIGHT,
HE BROKE IT OFF WITH HER.

WHEN I GOT BACK,
PAT WAS FUMING.

ALL RIGHT? SHE GUESSED
THAT I WAS STEPPING OUT ON HER.

THAT'S WHY WE FOUGHT
THAT NIGHT.

SHE WAS STILL
PRETTY STEAMED

WHEN SHE LEFT FOR
WORK THE NEXT DAY.

WHEN SHE DIDN'T COME
HOME THAT EVENING,

I CALLED THE PEOPLE
SHE CARPOOLED WITH,

THE -- THE HURSTS.

TH-THEY TOLD ME
THIS CRAZY STORY.

THURSDAY AT WORK,
PATRICIA GETS A CALL

FROM A MYSTERY WOMAN WHO SAYS,

"MY SISTER IS HAVING
AN AFFAIR WITH YOUR HUSBAND."

SO SHE ASKS PATRICIA TO MEET HER

AT HIGHWAY 24
AND NORTH LIBERTY STREET.

TH-THEY DIDN'T
LIKE THE SOUND OF IT,

BUT APPARENTLY
PAT INSISTED.

A-AND THEY WATCHED HER
GET IN THE CAR WITH THE WOMAN.

IT HAD TO BE SHARON.

SO I WENT OVER TO HER PLACE
ON THURSDAY NIGHT

AND THEN CONFRONTED HER.

WHAT THE HELL'S
YOUR PROBLEM?

WALT.

SHARON ADMITTED THAT,

"YES, I TOLD HER
ABOUT THE AFFAIR.

SHE DIDN'T
SEEM OVERLY UPSET."

I'M SURE
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

SHE TOLD ME THAT
PAT HAD GONE TO COOL OFF,

PROBABLY CHECKED INTO
A MOTEL FOR THE NIGHT.

DON'T YOU THINK SO?

I DON'T KNOW WHY,
BUT I BELIEVED HER.

ALL RIGHT? BUT THIS GIRL
HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS.

I KNOW IT.

WHAT'S THE WOMAN'S
FULL NAME?

SHARON...

SHARON KINNE.

SHARON KINNE?

YEAH.

SHE LIVES OVER
ON EAST 26TH STREET.

EXCUSE US
FOR A MINUTE.

WHERE'S THE FIRE?

YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY SHOULD
PUT A PICTURE OR TWO UP IN HERE,

MAYBE GET YOUR OWN.

WHAT'S THE,
BIG HULLABALOO ABOUT SUSAN?

NO, SHARON.
SHARON KINNE.

YOU REMEMBER?

SHE'S THE YOUNG GIRL
I QUESTIONED 2 MONTHS AGO

AFTER HER HUSBAND
DIED IN HIS BED.

SHARON KINNE IS A
VERY BEAUTIFUL 20-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST TELL ME
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED?

WE WERE GONNA GO
TO SUPPER AT CHURCH.

HE WANTED TO REST
HIS EYES BEFORE WE WENT.

I WENT TO THE BATHROOM
TO GET READY.

I COULD -- I COULD HEAR
CATHERINE IN THERE.

AND I HEARD HER ASK, "DADDY,
HOW DOES THIS THING WORK?"

AND THEN
I HEARD A SOUND.

SHARON TOLD INVESTIGATORS
THAT THEIR DAUGHTER

ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
AND KILLED HER DAD.

THE GIRL HAD PLAYED
WITH TOY GUNS BEFORE.

JAMES KINNE WAS SHOT
IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

AND THE RIGHT PILLOW
HAD GUNSHOT BURNS.

YOU REMEMBER?

RIGHT.

JAMES KINNE,
.22 PISTOL.

YES.

IN THE SUMMER OF 1956,

SHARON MEETS JAMES KINNE
AT A CHURCH SOCIAL.

HE WAS 21.
AND SHE WAS 16.

THEY HAD A WHIRLWIND ROMANCE,

AND THEY ENDED UP
MARRYING THAT FALL.

SHARON GOT PREGNANT,

AND SHE GAVE BIRTH
TO A DAUGHTER.

CATHERINE, COME HERE.

ARE YOU CRYING?

THE LITTLE GIRL IS TOO YOUNG
TO TELL THE COPS WHAT HAPPENED.

THERE WAS NO
PARAFFIN TEST TO SEE

IF THERE'S ANY GUN RESIDUE.

THE POLICE DIDN'T
WANNA SUBJECT

THE MOTHER AND THE CHILD

TO HAVING HOT WAX
POURED ON THEIR HANDS.

HOWEVER, SERGEANT BROWNING
KNOWS THAT SHARON

IS GOING TO GET
SOME LIFE INSURANCE,

ABOUT $230,000 IN TODAY'S MONEY.

THE MORE
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT,

THE MORE DIFFICULT
IT WAS TO IMAGINE.

I MEAN, THAT LITTLE GIRL
ACTUALLY PICKING UP THAT GUN

AND PHYSICALLY BEING ABLE
TO PULL THAT TRIGGER?

SHE'S A TINY,
LITTLE THING.

NOBODY WANTED TO BELIEVE
IT WAS ANYTHING MORE

THAN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT,

BUT WE HAD TO MAKE SURE
IT WAS POSSIBLE.

TWO DAYS LATER,
DETECTIVES GO BACK.

THEY HAVE AN UNLOADED
.22 PISTOL TO SEE IF, IN FACT,

THE CHILD CAN PULL THE TRIGGER.

SHARON DIDN'T WANNA PUT HER
DAUGHTER THROUGH THAT,

BUT SHE RELENTED.

GO AHEAD, HONEY,
JUST LIKE DADDY SHOWED YOU,

COWBOYS AND INDIANS.

AND THE TODDLER
ACTUALLY CLICKS THE SAFETY

ON AND OFF A COUPLE TIMES.

OKAY.
THANK YOU, SWEETIE.

THEY RULE IT AN ACCIDENT.

AND NOW IT'S, WHAT,
NOT 2 MONTHS AFTER HER HUSBAND

IS SHOT IN THE HEAD
WITH A .22 PISTOL.

AND HER NEW BOYFRIEND'S WIFE
SHOWS UP MURDERED WITH,

WAIT,
YOU DON'T SAY,

A .22 PISTOL AFTER
MEETING UP WITH SHARON KINNE.

D-DO YOU BELIEVE
IN THAT MUCH COINCIDENCE?

NOT IN THIS LIFE.

NEITHER DO I.

SO THE --
THE OTHER GUY,

THE, UM,
ONE THAT OFFICER JONES

SAID WASN'T EXACTLY
THE BRIGHTEST BULB,

WHERE HE'S IN ALL THIS?

JONES SAID HE TALKED
TO HIM AT THE SCENE,

AND HE WAS DEAD SURE
THE MOPE WAS LYING ABOUT

HOW HE FOUND THE BODY.

LET'S FIND OUT.

SO YOU JUST
HAPPENED TO STOP.

AND THEN,
IN THE DARK,

YOU SAW 50 FEET
INTO THE TALL GRASS,

AND YOU SPOTTED A BODY?

DRIVING HELPS ME
CLEAR MY HEAD.

BUT THEN I REMEMBERED
THAT I HAD TO PEE.

YOU REMEMBERED THAT,
DID YOU?

YEAH.

THAT'S YOUR ACTUAL STORY?

YOU NEED TO COME CLEAN.

THIS IS A MURDER
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

OKAY.

I WASN'T ALONE.

UNDER PRESSURE,
JOHN BOLDIZS ADMITS

THAT, IN FACT,
HE WAS WITH A WOMAN

THAT HE'D BEEN DATING OFF
AND ON SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.

JOHN SAID TO HER,

"I THINK IT'S TIME THAT
WE GO OUT TO LOVERS' LANE."

SHE SPOTTED SOMETHING
OUT IN THE GRASS.

AND THAT'S WHEN
I FOUND THE LADY.

SO THIS, WOMAN
YOU WERE DATING,

WHERE WAS SHE WHEN
THE POLICE ARRIVED?

SHE WAS NERVOUS.

HIS ON-AND-OFF-AGAIN
GIRLFRIEND SAYS,

"I'M THE LAST PERSON
THAT SAW HER ALIVE.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE ME HOME."

AND SO HE TAKES HER HOME,
AND THEN HE CALLS THE POLICE.

SHE SAID THAT?

NOW, LET ME JUST
TAKE A WILD GUESS.

IS YOUR GIRLFRIEND
SHARON KINNE?

YEAH.

DO YOU KNOW HER?

EVEN THOUGH WE BOTH
GREW UP RIGHT IN INDEPENDENCE,

I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW SHARON.

ONE OF MY GIRLFRIENDS
WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HER,

THOUGH, BACK WHEN SHE WAS
JUST SHARON HALL.

SHE SAID THAT SHARON
ALWAYS HAD HER NOSE

IN A MOVIE MAGAZINE,

THAT IT SEEMED LIKE SHE NEVER
TALKED ABOUT ANYTHING

EXCEPT HOW SHE WAS GOING TO
MOVE TO NEW YORK OR HOLLYWOOD,

ANYWHERE BUT
INDEPENDENCE, REALLY.

JAMES KINNE WAS GOING
TO STUDY ENGINEERING AT BYU.

AND I GUESS SHARON FIGURED

UTAH WAS AT LEAST
ON THE WAY TO CALIFORNIA.

BUT JAMES KINNE DROPS OUT
OF BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY.

AND THEY MOVE BACK
TO INDEPENDENCE.

JAMES KINNE AND HIS PARENTS

ARE DEVOUT MEMBERS
OF THE LDS CHURCH.

SHARON IS NOT A MEMBER
OF THE CHURCH,

BUT SHE AGREED TO CONVERT.

THEY CONSIDERED IT NOT TO
BE AN IDEAL MARRIAGE FOR THEIR SON,

WHO THEY WANTED TO HAVE
A TRADITIONAL MORMON WIFE.

SOME ACCOUNTS SAID
THAT SHE ALWAYS HAD DREAMS

OF SOMEONE COMING TO TAKE HER
OUT OF INDEPENDENCE.

SO SHE HAD HER DREAM,
AND THEN IT WAS SQUASHED.

ON SATURDAY, MAY 28TH,
DETECTIVE BROWNING

GOES DIRECTLY
TO SHARON KINNE'S HOUSE.

MRS. KINNE,
HOW ARE YOU?

HELLO, DETECTIVE BROWNING.
DETECTIVE BROWNING.

YES, HI.
YES.

WE MET 2 MONTHS AGO.
YEAH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH, UM, THERE'S --

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
I'VE BEEN FINE.

IF IT'S ALL RIGHT,

WE'D LIKE YOU
TO COME DOWN TO THE STATION.

WE JUST HAVE
A FEW QUESTIONS.

SHE HAS ALL THESE EXCUSES

WHY SHE CAN'T GO
TO THE POLICE STATION WITH HIM.

SHE STARTS
PEPPERING HIM WITH QUESTIONS.

"IS THIS ABOUT MY HUSBAND?
I THOUGHT THIS WAS OVER."

AND HIS RESPONSE IS,

"I NEED TO TAKE YOU
IN FOR QUESTIONING."

IF I COME DOWNTOWN,
WHO'S GONNA WATCH MY DAUGHTER?

HOW YOU
DOING, SWEETIE?

YOU OKAY?

THEY STOP AT THIS HAIR SALON.

HER KID NEEDS A BABYSITTER,

AND SHARON'S MOM'S IN THERE
GETTING HER HAIR DONE.

AND HE'S THINKING,
"WHY AM I SITTING HERE?

AND HOW DID SHE CONVINCE ME
TO LET HER DO THIS?"

DETECTIVE BROWNING, MY MOTHER'S
HAIR IS NOT QUITE SET YET.

IT'LL ONLY BE ANOTHER
20 MINUTES OR SO.

OR SO -- I CAN'T WATCH HER
WITH THE DRYER ON.

IT MAKES TOO MUCH NOISE.

- I CAN'T HEAR HER.
- ABSOLUTELY.

AND IT'S NO PLACE
FOR A LITTLE GIRL.

I CAN'T EXPECT
THE OTHER LADIES

GET IN THE CAR.

TO WATCH HER.
SHE'S MY RESPONSIBILITY.

NO, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
IT IS RIDICULOUS.

YOU'RE RIGHT.
OKAY, CATHERINE?

SAY GOOD-BYE TO MOMMY.
IT'S TIME TO GO.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU HAVE
TO BE SO SOUR.

SOMEBODY WOKE UP
ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED.

GET IN THE CAR.

ALL RIGHT.
FINE.

CATHERINE, SWEETIE,
COME ON, HONEY.

COME ON,
YOU'RE GONNA SPEND

THE AFTERNOON
WITH GRANDMA, OKAY?

YOU'RE GONNA GO
WITH GRANDMA.

I DON'T REMEMBER HIM
BEING SO GRUMPY.

WHO THE HELL IS THIS WOMAN?

SO...

TELL ME ABOUT HOW YOU
MET PATRICIA JONES.

WHO'S THAT?

SHE'S WALTER JONES' WIFE.

NOW, WE BOTH KNOW
THAT YOU KNOW WALTER.

IS THAT THE MAN
WHO SOLD ME MY THUNDERBIRD?

WELL, THEN, YES.
HE'S A CAR SALESMAN.

WELL, HE TOLD US YOU'VE
BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR

THAT STARTED SHORTLY
AFTER YOUR HUSBAND DIED.

I WAS FEELING VULNERABLE
AFTER JAMES.

WE WENT OUT
A COUPLE OF TIMES.

HIT UP A DUD.

IS THAT SO?

'CAUSE HE SAID THAT,
ON WEDNESDAY,

YOU TOLD HIM THAT
YOU WERE PREGNANT,

THAT YOU WERE
IN LOVE WITH HIM

AND THAT HE SHOULD
LEAVE HIS WIFE.

HE WAS IN LOVE WITH ME.

WHAT A LIAR.

IF SHE IS PREGNANT
WITH WALTER JONES' CHILD,

THIS WOULD GIVE HER MOTIVE
TO ELIMINATE PATRICIA JONES.

THAT'S WHY I BROKE
IT OFF WITH HIM.

HE'S DISHONEST.
ALL RIGHT.

NOW THAT YOU
REMEMBER WALTER,

MAYBE THAT'S JOGGED
YOUR MEMORY ABOUT PATRICIA.

BECAUSE HER CO-WORKERS
SAW HER GET IN A CAR

WITH YOU ON THE DAY
SHE DISAPPEARED.

THAT.

WELL, TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU,

I FELT BAD FOR HER.

SHE ADMITS
THAT SHE DID ARRANGE

TO MEET PATRICIA JONES

AND DROVE AROUND WITH HER
AND TOLD HER THAT,

HER SISTER WAS HAVING
AN AFFAIR WITH WALT.

SO WHY DID YOU SAY
IT WAS YOUR SISTER

HAVING THE AFFAIR
AND NOT YOU?

I WANTED HER TO BE MAD
AT WALT, NOT ME.

HE'S THE CHEATER.

AFTER SHE DROPPED
OFF PATRICIA,

A COUPLE OF BLOCKS
FROM HER HOUSE,

A LITTLE BIT BEFORE 6,
SHARON'S STORY

IS THAT SHE THEN
MET HER BROTHER CLOSE TO 7

TO RUN SOME ERRANDS
FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY.

JOHN BOLDIZS, HE'S ANOTHER
YOUNG MAN THAT YOU --

YOU GO ON DATES WITH,
RIGHT, WHERE --

WHERE YOU GO PARKING?

YOU'RE ADORABLE.
YES.

JOHN'S A GOOD FRIEND.

JOHN TOLD US THAT YOU
HAD HIM HELP YOU

GO LOOKING FOR PATRICIA
AND THAT, TOGETHER,

YOU FOUND HER BODY
AFTER SHE HAD BEEN SHOT

AND MURDERED WITH
A 22-CALIBER PISTOL.

WELL, THAT'S
JUST THE THING.

YOU SEE, WHEN WALT
FOUND OUT I TOLD PAT

ABOUT HIM
CHEATING ON HER,

HE WAS JUST SO ANGRY.

WHAT THE HELL'S
YOUR PROBLEM?

WALT.

YELLING, A MANIAC.

ALTHOUGH SHE TOLD
WALTER THAT IT'LL BE FINE,

SHARON CLAIMS
THAT ALL OF THAT

WAS SO UPSETTING
TO HER THAT,

THE NEXT NIGHT, SHE CALLED
JOHN BOLDIZS AND SAID,

"YOU HAVE TO HELP ME
FIND MY FRIEND."

SHARON...

YOU WERE THE LAST PERSON
SEEN WITH PATRICIA JONES.

AND YOU WERE THE ONE
WHO FOUND HER BODY.

THAT IS A HELL
OF A COINCIDENCE.

IT WAS JOHN'S IDEA
TO PARK THERE, NOT MINE.

BUT I'M SURE HE ALREADY
TOLD YOU THAT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE
PARK OUT THERE.

IT COULD'VE BEEN ANYONE
WHO REPORTED PATRICIA JONES.

BUT YOU ARE RIGHT,
DETECTIVE BROWNING.

IT IS JUST
THE CRAZIEST COINCIDENCE.

I NEED TO GET
STARTED ON DINNER.

THE GALL THAT SHE HAS...

I, TAKE IT FROM
THE LACK OF HANDCUFFS,

SHE FELL SHORT
OF CONFESSING.

SHE SET UP HER
IDIOT LACKEY, BOLDIZS,

TO TELL US IT WAS
HIS IDEA TO PARK THERE.

SHE PLANNED THAT.

WHEN JAMES KINNE WAS SHOT,

I LET MYSELF GET TAKEN
IN BY THAT GIRL.

NO PARAFFIN TEST,
THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

AND NOW PATRICIA JONES
IS DEAD,

AND THAT'S ON ME.

NOBODY ELSE IS GONNA DIE.

I'M GOING TO WIPE THAT DERANGED
SMIRK RIGHT OFF OF HER FACE.

MARK MY WORDS.

I WILL PERSONALLY
PUT HER BEHIND BARS

FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

NO MORE MISTAKES.

BIG MISTAKE ON THE AUTOPSY
OF PATRICIA JONES.

SOMEHOW, THE CORONER'S
DEPARTMENT LET HER BODY

GET TAKEN STRAIGHT
TO THE FUNERAL HOME.

SO SHE WAS WASHED AND EMBALMED
BEFORE THEY DID ANY TESTS.

WHAT?

THE CORONER BOTCHED THE AUTOPSY.

THEY LOST ANY PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE THAT MIGHT BE THERE.

DAMNED IF THAT SHARON
KINNE DIDN'T KEEP DRAWING ACES.

BROWNING WAS UP AGAINST
ONE HELL OF A GAMBLER,

LIKE NOTHING HE'D
EVER SEEN BEFORE.

AND SHARON WASN'T DONE
PLAYING HER GAME,

NOT BY A LONG SHOT.

INVESTIGATORS
SEARCH SHARON KINNE'S HOUSE.

JAMES.
YEAH?

THEY DO FIND A BOX THAT
A 22-CALIBER PISTOL CAME IN.

THE GUN WAS PURCHASED 2 WEEKS

BEFORE PATRICIA JONES
WAS MURDERED.

WHERE IS IT?

BUT THEY DON'T FIND THE GUN.

THEY BRING SHARON IN.

SHE CLAIMED THAT
SHE HAD LOST THE GUN

WHILE SHE WAS ON
AN OUT-OF-TOWN TRIP

ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE
PATRICIA WAS KILLED.

SHE DIDN'T MENTION
THE GUN, SHE SAYS,

BECAUSE IT SLIPPED HER MIND.

AND SHE WISHES
SHE COULD PRODUCE IT

SO IT WOULD CLEAR HER NAME.

SHARON IS
INTERROGATED FOR 13 HOURS.

SHE WAS SMUG. SHE'S ABRASIVE.

SHE'S IMPERVIOUS
TO THESE TACTICS,

LIKE IT'S A GAME TO HER.

THE FEAR IS,
WE'VE GOTTA GET THIS WOMAN

OFF THE STREET BEFORE SHE KILLS
SOMEBODY ELSE.

DESPITE THE LACK OF
ANY KIND OF DIRECT EVIDENCE,

THEY TOOK A BOLD STEP

AND CHARGED HER
WITH BOTH THE MURDERS

OF PATRICIA JONES
AND JAMES KINNE.

SHARON KINNE WAS
FRONT-PAGE NEWS FOR MONTHS.

MY MOTHER AND HER FRIENDS
COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT.

HER TRIAL GOT DELAYED,

BECAUSE SHE WASN'T LYING
ABOUT BEING PREGNANT.

THEY WAITED FOR HER
TO GIVE BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL

THAT SHE INSISTED
WAS JAMES' CHILD,

EVEN THOUGH THE STORK CAME
10 MONTHS AFTER HE WAS SHOT.

SHE LOVED THE ATTENTION.
SHE BASKED IN IT.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT SHARON.

NOW, SHE'S A STAR.

IT WAS KIND OF LIKE
THIS OCEAN TIDE

THAT JUST SWALLOWED UP
THE TRAGEDY OF PATRICIA JONES.

MY FATHER, ALEX PEEBLES,

WAS THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY
FOR SHARON KINNE.

THE WORD ON THE STREET WAS,
IF YOU WANTED TO GET OUT OF IT,

AND YOU HAD THE MONEY,

THEN YOU WENT
TO QUINN AND PEEBLES.

SOME PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED THAT,

AMONGST HER STRONGEST SUPPORTERS
WERE HER FORMER IN-LAWS.

THEY MADE IT KNOWN THAT
THEY DIDN'T THINK SHE DID IT.

DETECTIVE BROWNING KNOWS THAT,
BEHIND THE SCENES,

THEY DON'T REALLY
LIKE HER VERY MUCH.

THERE'S SOMETHING FISHY HERE.

THE KINNES ARE
DEVOTED GRANDPARENTS.

SHARON RESTRICTED
ACCESS FOR THEM.

ALEX, MY DAD,
WENT TO THEM AND SAID,

"IF YOU SUPPORT HER PUBLICLY,
MY CLIENT WILL LET YOU

HAVE FREQUENT VISITATION
WITH YOUR GRANDCHILD."

THEY SIMPLY WANTED TO SEE
MORE OF THEIR GRANDDAUGHTER.

IT WAS AN ASTOUNDINGLY
EFFECTIVE PR MOVE.

THEY DECIDE TO TRY HER FIRST
FOR PATRICIA'S HOMICIDE.

THAT'S THE STRONGEST
CASE THEY HAD.

DR. CHARLES WHEELER,
THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST,

CONDUCTED A SECOND AUTOPSY.

A POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION
PLACES THE TIME OF DEATH

APPROXIMATELY 6 P.M.

THAT WAS ALSO THE TIME
THAT SHARON SAYS

SHE LAST SAW PATRICIA.

THE DEFENSE'S APPROACH
WAS TO ATTACK

THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL
NATURE OF THE CASE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LAST
I CHECKED, IT WASN'T A CRIME

TO GO FOR A RIDE IN A CAR.

AND THEY ALSO
HAMMERED THE TIMELINE.

HOW COULD SHE DRIVE
TO PHELPS ROAD,

DO ALL OF THAT,

AND CALL HER FATHER-IN-LAW
IN JUST 1 HOUR?

VERY RARELY IN A TRIAL
DO YOU GET, LIKE,

SOME SORT OF BLOCKBUSTER
PIECE OF EVIDENCE

THAT SUDDENLY COMES OUT.

BUT IN THIS CASE, IT HAPPENED.

THE GUN THAT SHARON
HAD PURCHASED HAD BEEN

PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY A MAN
WHO WAS AN AIRLINE PILOT.

DO YOU POSSESS
ANY BULLETS SHOT FROM THAT GUN?

NO, SIR.

BUT I DID SHOOT
INTO A STUMP

IN AN EMPTY LOT,
NEAR THE AIRPORT.

IF THEY COULD FIND A BULLET
IN THAT WOOD

THAT MATCHED THE BULLET
THAT WAS FOUND

WHERE PATRICIA WAS KILLED,
THEN THEY HAD HER.

THE JUDGE RULED THAT BOTH SIDES,

THE PROSECUTORS AND THE DEFENSE,
CAN RUSH OUT TO THIS TREE STUMP.

THEY USE A CHAINSAW
TO CUT IT INTO SECTIONS.

THERE WERE SEVEN BULLETS
IN THE PIECES OF WOOD.

ONLY ONE OF THEM
TURNED OUT TO BE A .22.

BUT THE CHAINSAW
CUT THE BULLET IN HALF,

MAKING IT INADMISSIBLE
AS EVIDENCE IN COURT.

DUMB LUCK.

WHAT CAN YOU SAY?

THE JURY DELIBERATED
FOR 1 HOUR AND 35 MINUTES.

THE JURY FINDS
THE DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY.

THE COURTROOM ERUPTED IN CHEERS.

IN 30 YEARS OF COVERING
TRIALS, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT.

IT MAKES BROWNING
EVEN MORE DETERMINED

TO CONVICT HER
OF KILLING HER HUSBAND.

BUT THEY NEEDED MORE EVIDENCE.

YES, I WILL LET YOU DRIVE
YEAR-ROUND IN YOUR THUNDERBIRD.

THEY CONVINCED JOHN BOLDIZS
TO DRIVE HER AROUND

AND TRY TO GET HER TO CONFESS

WHILE THAT CONVERSATION
WAS BEING TAPE-RECORDED

BY THE DETECTIVE
IN THE TRUNK OF THE CAR.

IF THERE WERE ONLY TWO
TYPES OF ICE CREAM

ON THE PLANET EARTH,

WHICH TWO TYPES OF ICE CREAM
WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

PROBABLY JUST GO
WITH CHOCOLATE AND VANILLA.

DAMN IT!

YOU DOING ALL RIGHT?

WITH JAMES,
YOU NEVER REALLY TALKED.

JOHN BOLDIZS IS FISHING,
TRYING TO GET HER TO CONFESS.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVER REALLY
NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT,

I CAN --

DID YOU KNOW THAT
ELIZABETH TAYLOR SAYS

THAT SHE MARRIED
EDDIE FISHER

JUST BECAUSE SHE WAS
SO SAD OVER MIKE TODD

DYING IN THAT
PLANE CRASH?

WHO'S MIKE TODD?

MIKE TODD, HE MADE
"AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS."

I SAW THAT PICTURE!

AND HE NAMED
HIS PLANE FOR HER.

I WONDER IF ANYONE WILL NAME
A PLANE AFTER ME SOMEDAY.

I'D SETTLE FOR A BOAT.

ASK HER THE QUESTION.

SO... DO..

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN YOU,

SAID YOU'D GIVE ME $1,000
IF I KILLED JAMES?

YOU WERE JOKING, RIGHT?

DID YOU MEAN IT?

HAVE YOU SEEN
"BUTTERFIELD 8?"

LIZ IS JUST
THE CAT'S MEOW.

HER NAME IS GLORIA.

IS SHE LUCKY?
IS SHE BRILLIANT?

SHE'S SMART ENOUGH
TO KEEP HER MOUTH SHUT.

INVESTIGATORS WERE ABLE
TO GET JOHN BOLDIZS

TO SIGN A STATEMENT SAYING THAT,
BEFORE JAMES KINNE WAS MURDERED,

SHARON HAD OFFERED HIM
$1,000 TO KILL HER HUSBAND.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT
HE FLIPS ON THE STAND AND SAYS,

"SHE SAID THAT,
BUT SHE WAS JUST JOKING."

THE PROSECUTOR IMMEDIATELY
CROSS-EXAMINED HIM.

AND THE LAW STATES
THAT YOU CAN'T CROSS-EXAMINE

YOUR OWN WITNESS JUST BECAUSE
YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED

IN WHAT THEY SAY.

DESPITE ALL OF THAT, IN THE END,

SHARON KINNE IS FOUND GUILTY
OF THE MURDER OF HER HUSBAND

AND SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON.

NOW, PLEASE,
PUT A PLANT IN HERE.

IT'S DEPRESSING.

SHE'S GIVEN LIFE IN PRISON.

BUT SHE DOESN'T
SPEND LIFE IN PRISON.

AFTER SERVING ABOUT 18
MONTHS, BECAUSE OF JOHN BOLDIZS,

THE APPEALS COURT
OVERTURNS THE CONVICTION.

OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS,
THE SECOND TRIAL FOR THE MURDER

OF JAMES KINNE
ENDS IN A MISTRIAL.

THE THIRD TRIAL -- HUNG JURY.

SHE WAS OUT ON BOND
THE WHOLE TIME,

ENJOYING HER LIFE.

THE FOURTH TRIAL IS SCHEDULED
FOR OCTOBER OF 1964.

SERGEANT BROWNING HAS PERSONALLY
TESTIFIED THREE TIMES

AGAINST HER IN COURT.

SHARON WAS PRACTICALLY
BROWNING'S WHITE WHALE.

HE JUST COULDN'T
LET IT GO.

EVEN AFTER THE INVESTIGATION
WAS CLOSED,

HE STAYED ON HER TAIL.

BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH
BEING ONE STEP BEHIND SOMEONE.

YOU CAN'T STOP THEM,

EVEN IF THEY DECIDE
TO KILL AGAIN.

YOU SEEN THIS
MORNING'S PAPER YET?

ON THE MORNING
OF SEPTEMBER 21ST, 1964...

SHE'S IN MEXICO?

...THERE'S A GLARING HEADLINE

SHARON KINNE HAS BEEN ARRESTED
IN MEXICO FOR MURDER.

A MAN NAMED
FRANCISCO ORDONEZ IS FOUND DEAD

IN AN UPSCALE MOTEL
IN MEXICO CITY

WITH A BULLET IN HIS BACK.

HE IS A CHICAGO-BASED
RADIO ANNOUNCER

WHO IS ALSO A MEXICAN NATIONAL.

SHE SAID HE TRIED TO RAPE
HER, AND SHE WAS DEFENDING HERSELF,

EVEN THOUGH THE GUY
WAS SHOT IN THE BACK.

UNLESS HE WAS TRYING
TO VIOLENTLY BACK INTO HER,

HER STORY DOESN'T REALLY
MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.

A HOTEL EMPLOYEE RESPONDS.

AND HE ENDS UP
GETTING SHOT IN THE ARM.

SHARON TELLS INVESTIGATORS
IN MEXICO

THAT SHE WAS
JUST THERE ON VACATION.

BUT WHEN THEY SEARCH
HER ROOM...

HE GAVE THAT TO ME.

...THEY FIND 300 ROUNDS
OF AMMUNITION,

A FAKE ID, AND A COUPLE GUNS.

SHE'S REFERRED TO
IN THE MEXICAN PRESS

AS LA PISTOLERA,
THE WOMAN GUNSLINGER.

THERE IS A 22-CALIBER PISTOL.

COULD THAT BE THE MURDER WEAPON
THAT THEY COULD NEVER FIND?

THE MEXICAN POLICE FIRE
THREE SHOTS OUT OF THAT GUN

AND SHIP THE BULLETS
TO KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

AND IT'S TESTED.

IT'S THE SAME GUN
THAT KILLED PATRICIA JONES.

TO THE POLICE,
THAT WAS CONFIRMATION

OF THE THEORY THAT SHARON
WAS HER MURDERER.

NO ONE ELSE WAS PRESENT WHEN
PATRICIA JONES WAS MURDERED.

BUT WE COULD IMAGINE
THAT SHARON

DROVE HER OUT
TO THIS LOCATION...

BASED ON THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE,

I CAN IMAGINE PATRICIA
ON HER KNEES,

PERHAPS BEGGING FOR HER LIFE.

SHARON MAY EVEN HAVE TOLD HER

THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT
WITH WALTER'S CHILD.

BROWNING BELIEVED
THAT SHARON PULLS THE TRIGGER

AND PULLS THE TRIGGER

AND PULLS THE TRIGGER

AND, AS SHE'S LAYING
ON THE GROUND,

FIRES ONE MORE SHOT
INTO HER ABDOMEN.

SHE STAGES THE SEXUAL
ASSAULT CRIME SCENE,

AND THEN GOES TO
A BIRTHDAY PARTY.

BECAUSE OF THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY
CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION,

SHE COULDN'T BE RETRIED
FOR THAT CRIME.

BUT MEXICAN AUTHORITIES
PROSECUTED...

THEY HAVE A TRIAL.

AND SHE GETS 13 YEARS
AT A PRISON IN MEXICO.

AFTER 5 YEARS,

AT LEAST THAT LUNATIC
WAS BEHIND BARS SOMEWHERE.

IT MAKES ME ANGRY STILL.

IF SHARON MURDERED PAT,
IT WAS OVER SO LITTLE,

JEALOUSY OR SPITE AT WALT,
A MAN SHE BARELY KNEW.

AND IF SHE MURDERED JAMES,
IT WAS BECAUSE HE COULDN'T

DELIVER HER FROM INDEPENDENCE
TO THE LIFE OF HER DREAMS.

COULD SHE REALLY HAVE
JUST WANTED TO TRADE HIM IN

FOR A NEW MODEL?

SHE WAS LIKE AN ARROW
GOING THROUGH THE WORLD.

GOOD-BYE.

I FEEL LIKE SHE
MIGHT'VE BEEN THINKING,

"I WANT WHAT I WANT.

IF ANYONE'S IN MY WAY,
I'M GONNA TAKE 'EM OUT."

IF SHARON WERE INVOLVED
IN THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND,

THEN SHE'S WILLING
TO IMPLICATE HER OWN CHILD

TO GET AWAY WITH IT.

AT LEAST THEY KNEW
THAT SHE WAS NOW

WHERE SHE NEEDED TO BE.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
SUNDAY BASEBALL GAME, FOLKS.

GIBSON DEALS TO MCCARVER
FROM THE STRETCH.

STRIKE THREE.
FASTBALL ON THE INSIDE CORNER.

THAT WAS A HOT ONE.

THE CARDINALS LEAD THE CUBS
TWO TO NOTHING ON A KENNY BOYER

HOME RUN AS WE HEAD
TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH

AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

IN A STUNNING TURN OF
EVENTS, SHARON KINNE,

TRIED HERE IN KANSAS CITY
FOR THE MURDER

OF BOTH HER HUSBAND
AND HER LOVER'S WIFE,

HAS ESCAPED FROM
THE MEXICAN PRISON

WHERE SHE WAS BEING HELD.

IN 1969, DURING A MOVIE NIGHT

FOR THE PRISONERS
AND THEIR FAMILIES,

THERE'S A BLACKOUT.

WHEN THE POWER CAME BACK ON,

SHE'D ESCAPED
FROM THE MEXICAN PRISON.

AND NOW SHE'S IN THE WIND.

WE LIKE TO THINK THAT,
IN THE END,

BAD PEOPLE
GET WHAT THEY DESERVE.

BUT FROM WHERE I WAS STANDING,
SHARON HAD DONE WORSE THAN BAD.

AND IT ALL SEEMED TO KEEP
COMING UP ROSES FOR HER.

SHE IS MAGICALLY LUCKY.

WITH THE BULLET GETTING
CUT IN HALF BY THE CHAINSAW

OR THE BOTCHED AUTOPSY

OR NOT PERFORMING
THE PARAFFIN TEST...

OR HER DAUGHTER BEING
ABLE TO HANDLE THE GUN...

AND WHEN SHE IS
CONVICTED, IT'S OVERTURNED.

OR SHE JUST WALKS OUT OF PRISON.

IT IS BELIEVED THAT, SOMEHOW,

KINNE MUST HAVE
SMUGGLED CIVILIAN --

OKAY.

I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD
WANT THE LUCK OF SHARON KINNE.

BUT MOST OF US HAVE
THE LUCK OF DETECTIVE BROWNING.

IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW GOOD YOU ARE.

IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW RIGHT YOU ARE.

* LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING *

* WHENEVER A CLOUD APPEARS *
LIFE IS STUPID

AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE

IN THIS WORLD
THAT GET AWAY WITH MURDER.

* REMEMBER SOMEWHERE
THE SUN IS SHINING *

* AND SO THE RIGHT THING TO DO *

* IS LET IT SHINE FOR YOU *

* A HEART FULL OF JOY
AND GLADNESS *

* WILL ALWAYS BANISH
MADNESS AND STRIFE *

* SO ALWAYS LOOK
FOR THE SILVER LINING *

* AND TRY TO FIND
THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE *

* SO ALWAYS LOOK
FOR THE SILVER LINING *

* AND TRY TO FIND
THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE *