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- The church community
of Madisonville, Kentucky
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is defined by a steady devotion
to faith and fellowship.
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But in 2003, this pious place
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is suddenly ripped apart
by the vicious murder
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of a beloved church
member and matriarch.
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- It was really a shock for
people in the community.
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- Who could have done this?
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How could this have happened?
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- [Alan] A prominent member
of the congregation
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beaten to death only
steps from her own church.
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- She left the
church that night.
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How can she walk across the
street and then be murdered?
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- How could anybody
do that at all,
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much less someone
who goes to church?
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- [Alan] And no churchgoer,
even the most saintly,
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is above suspicion.
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Now, the devout
people of Madisonville
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have to go to services with
a question hanging over them.
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Is that church member
sitting right next to them
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a cold-blooded killer?
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- It's January 13th, 2003,
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between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM,
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and Dr. Bob Fenneman
is really worried
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about his fiance,
Anna Mae Branson.
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He had called her the night
before at around 9:30,
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and she never answered
and never called him back.
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And that is very unlike her.
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Maybe she had fallen
and hurt herself.
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- Her car's in the garage,
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that she should be
there at the house,
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but she wasn't answering.
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rings the doorbell several
times,
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and he gets no answer.
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So he decides to go close
by to First Baptist Church,
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which is right down the
street from her house.
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And he calls her brother, Earl.
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So Earl decides to join
him, and they call 911,
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and police come out and
meet them at the home.
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Earl knows that there's a key
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that she hides in the
first bush of the home.
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- [Kelley] They made entry
through the back door,
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and they start calling her name,
you know, "Where are you?
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Dr. Bob starts goi
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Earl Winstead, her brother,
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had gone down the stairs,
gone into the basement.
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- [Scott] He walked directly
down the stairs,
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and then he screamed,
"Oh my God, I found her."
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- [Kelley] The patrol officer,
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he's able to tell that she's
deceased.
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I was driving up Main Street,
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and the dispatch notifies me
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that I need to
respond to North Main,
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which I knew to be
Ms. Anna Mae's house.
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Everybody knew who she was.
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Dairy Queen is one of
the oldest restaurants
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here in Madisonville.
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Ms. Anna Branson and her husband
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owned the business
for many years.
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Everybody knew where she lived.
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That was Ms. Ann's house.
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The patrolman tells me, "I've
never seen anything like this.
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"I've never seen
anything this brutal."
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As you get to her body,
I see her injuries.
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I see the defects in her
clothing where she was stabbed,
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and there's a lot of
cast off on the freezer
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that is to the left of her head.
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- [Alan] Now that the first cops
on the scene have established
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that this is a murder,
and a vicious one at that,
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Madisonville PD gears up
for a serious investigation.
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- [Scott] I got assigned as
lead detective on this case.
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You start thinking
tactically, strategically,
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"How am I gonna
solve this case?"
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So I've got my evidence tech
walking through the house
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and video recording all
the walls and the floors
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and everything as
he walks through.
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In case we happen
to miss something,
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we can go back months later
and see the crime scene exactly
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in what form it was in on
that day that we were there.
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- No murder weapon was
found at the scene.
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There were so many stab wounds.
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It was very sad
and very disturbing
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to think what this
lady had endured.
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- [Kelley] Trying to think
of someone
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who could do this to her.
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She did live right next
to the railroad tracks.
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- [Scott] I'm initially
thinking,
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what's happening here is
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probably somebody walking
down the railroad tracks,
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criminal fleeing from
another jurisdiction
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or something like that.
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But as I looked at
the crime scene,
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the door was not breached.
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- There's no signs of
footprints or forced entry.
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There's no windows
broken or ajar.
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- No money taken.
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- [Kelley] The engagement ring
that Dr. Bob had given her
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was very significant.
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$30,000 was the
engagement ring price.
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And that ring was
still on her finger.
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- [Scott] There was nothing to
suggest
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that it was a random
act of violence
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for someone that was walking
off of the railroad tracks.
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[train wheels clattering]
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- [Alan] Based on what the
evidence is showing them,
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detectives are beginning to
form a profile of their killer.
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- [Kelley] It took passion and
anger to make those wounds.
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- [Scott] So we're looking at
someone
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that's emotionally
out of control,
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loses it, so to speak.
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They don't realize,
or they don't care,
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or they can't stop themselves
long after this victim's dead.
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This is somebody who was
close to her, that knew her.
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And this wasn't just a
random burglary gone bad.
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This is something else.
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- [Alan] Next, Detective
Sawyer and Troutman
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need to speak to the two
men who discovered the body,
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Anna Mae's fiance
and her brother.
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- [Scott] Dr. Bob Fenneman
and Earl Winstead
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are sitting in the
car in a driveway.
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- [Kelley] Dr. Bob is
extremely distraught.
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He's an elderly man.
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He and Ms. Ann were supposed
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to get married
and build a house.
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I wasn't going to exclude anyone
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from being on the suspect list.
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However, seeing Dr.
Bob's physical condition,
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I felt that it would
have been very difficult
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for him to have
committed that crime.
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And then I had a brief interview
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with Ms. Branson's
brother, Earl Winstead.
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- [Scott] Earl is a very
stoic individual,
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not a lot of emotional response.
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I do remember him having
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a tear in his eye
during the interview,
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but that is the limit of the
emotion that Earl exhibited.
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- [Alan] Detectives make a
note to check Earl's alibi,
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and then return to the basement
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to be sure they
didn't miss any clues.
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- [Kelley] I can see that she
didn't have shoes on,
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but she still had her
church clothes on.
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- [Scott] We were able to locate
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people that do go to that
church,
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and we were able to talk
to them and found out
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that she did attend church
service the previous night.
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They didn't describe her
acting out of the ordinary.
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Just typical Anna Mae Branson
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going to church
on a Sunday night.
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- Church played a big
role in Anna Mae's life,
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and it did in
everyone in the town.
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It's just that sort of a town
where everyone goes to church.
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- This community has
so many churches.
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I once tried to count.
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I think I got up to over 40,
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and just kind of stopped
counting at that point.
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- [Kelley] A lot of our
citizens,
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they're gonna be at
one of the services
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several times a week.
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- [Alan] This was especially
true of Ms. Anna Mae Branson.
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- [Karen] She was a faithful
attendee
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at First Baptist
Church Madisonville.
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And she was one of those people
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that you just knew
would be at church.
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It was really
difficult to imagine
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that someone of her
stature had been murdered.
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- [Stefanie] Anna Mae Branson
was very high
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on the church ladder.
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She had a lot of money
and she used it for good.
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She donated to the church.
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She donated to organizations
that could help other people.
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- We were able to
establish a timeline
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just by what time the
church service ended.
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It always ends at, like, 7:00.
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We knew that she had
went home from church,
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and all she has to do
is cross the street.
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Got home probably around 7:15.
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- [Alan] Now cops have a window
of time for the murder,
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between 7:15 Sunday
night and Monday morning.
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The blood at the crime scene
narrows it down further.
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- [Kelley] I can see that the
blood around her head is dried,
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and the blood spatter
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that is on the chest
type freezer is dried,
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and so it would have
had to have been
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sometime the night before.
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- [Alan] The last ones to
have seen Anna Mae alive,
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other than her killer,
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are the members of her church
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who watched her leave at
the end of the service.
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- [Mary] The church is probably
still a very busy place,
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so it's possible someone
could have walked over,
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followed her.
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- [Kelley] You're thinking, "Is
this gonna be a church member
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that she was
having issues with?"
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"Would they be mad enough
to come to her house
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and do this to her?"
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Having over my
career investigate
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and respond to incidents
with church members,
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at any time things can go wrong
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and people are people and you
never know what's possible.
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- [Alan] Coming up.
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- [Scott] We asked the cleaning
lady, "What do you think, Judy?
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Who could have done this?"
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- [Kelley] The cleaning lady
tells me that Ms. Branson
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has loaned the handyman
Wayne a lot of money,
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and that he hasn't
paid her anything back.
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But Wayne, the handyman, says
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that Judy, the cleaning
lady, owes more than he does.
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- [Karen] We have a strong
church community.
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You always want to think
that your community
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has good people in it,
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and that people don't
do things like this.
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- [Alan] Word is spreading in
Madisonville, Kentucky,
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that the revered
church matriarch,
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Anna Mae Branson,
has been murdered.
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Detectives believe that
she knew her killer well,
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that it was probably someone
from her own devout community.
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- It
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Everyone was just
trying to figure out
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who could have done this.
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You always want to think
that your community
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has good people in it,
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and that people don't
do things like this.
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- [Kelley] The church community
and the community in a entirety
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were concerned and thought,
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"Who could this be
and do we know them?"
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- As detectives continue
to work the crime scene,
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Anna Mae's family is
learning the dreadful news.
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[poignant music]
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- I'm Anna Mae
Branson's double nephew.
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- [J
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and they married my dad
and his brother, Carol.
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I get a phone call on
Monday, January 13th, 2003.
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It's my wife,
Mary, on the p
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and Mary hesitated a minute,
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and I'm told that
Anna Mae was murdered.
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[suspenseful music]
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- Who could have done this?
How could this have happened?
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- [Jack] And after Mary got home
later that night,
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we knew we would be
going immediately
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the next day to Madisonville.
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- [Alan] As the news races
through the community,
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a small crowd gathers at
the police tape outside.
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- While the detectives
are still on scene,
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Judy Harvey, the
cleaning lady, shows up.
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[suspenseful music]
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Judy didn't live too far away,
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so whenever she saw all the
police cars at the residence,
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she came to see
what was going on.
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And she seems really adamant
about wanting to help us.
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[officer speaking
indistinctly on radio]
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- [Kelley] We started her
interview.
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Judy states that she was
at home the night before,
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and that she called Ms. Branson
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'cause she was supposed
to come by the next day.
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- [Scott] Judy told us that she
had a phone conversation
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with Anna Mae Branson
on Sunday night, 9:00.
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- [Ala
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sharpen their timeline
of the killing.
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Anna Mae would most
likely have been killed
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soon after 9:00 PM.
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That would have left time
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for the blood at the
crime scene to dry.
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The detectives suspect that
the killer was familiar
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with Anna Mae's daily routines,
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especially her church schedule,
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so they're eager to hear
what Judy has to say.
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- We ask her, "What
do you think, Judy?
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"Who could have done this?"
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And she was adamant she
thought the handyman did this.
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- [Kelley] She said that Wayne,
the handyman,
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was the perpetrator.
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[suspenseful music continues]
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[ominous music continues]
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- [Karen] Mrs. Branson was a
very astute businesswoman.
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- [Jack] Anna Mae started
buying rental properties
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when she was about 50,
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and she wound up with 43 or 4,
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and managed those full-time.
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To take care of that many
houses in her old age,
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I don't know how she did it.
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She kept journals,
collected the rent.
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She had a handyman
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that she would call for
plumbing or roofing.
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[suspenseful music]
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- [Kelley] The cleaning lady
tells me that the handyman
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makes extra work that he
charges Ms. Branson for,
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but she feels that
it's mostly made up
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and that he actually
has no work to do.
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Judy says that Ms. Branson has
loaned Wayne a lot of money
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and that he hasn't
paid her anything back.
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[suspenseful music]
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Judy tells me that she
doesn't know where it is,
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but that Ms.
Branson has a ledger
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that she keeps all of the loans
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and payments from people
that she's loaned money to.
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And she said that it should
be written in that book,
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how much money Wayne owes her.
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- [Alan] Detective
Sawyer makes a note
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to find the handyman
and interview him.
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That's when the patrol
officers on the scene
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bring the detective
surprising news.
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[suspenseful music]
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- [Kelley] Before I left the
scene,
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I was notified that the
handyman was also present.
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I went out the door
to speak with him.
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I asked Wayne about his loans
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that he's gotten
from Ms. Branson.
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He tells me that he's
only gotten a small loan
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and that he had paid her back.
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And if I check, that Judy will
owe more money than he does.
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He seems very upset.
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I mean, he is
obviously devastated.
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However, I'm thinking to myself,
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"Well, could this man
have done this to her?"
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[suspenseful music]
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so if he had
committed the murder,
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[suspenseful music continues]
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and then he was there
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and he was distraught
over his remorse,
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I mean, that's a possibility.
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And I feel that,
especially at that moment,
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I need to know where you were.
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I need an alibi.
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If I don't have a strong alibi,
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then you're gonna be at
the top of my suspect list.
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[dramatic music]
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[s
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[sus
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[suspe
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[suspens
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[suspensef
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[suspenseful
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[suspenseful m
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[suspenseful mus
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[suspenseful music
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[suspenseful music]
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- Detectives have
identified a suspect
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in the brutal murder of
churchgoer Anna Mae Branson.
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Judy, the cleaning lady,
insists Wayne, the handyman,
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who took care of Anna
Mae's rental properties,
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was the perpetrator.
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- [Scott] Judy was really
adamant about how this handyman
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is the one that
probably did that.
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- [Kelley] The handyman had an
alibi of being out of town
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with his daughter
the night before,
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and that he just came
back that morning.
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I asked him if he
would take a polygraph.
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He said, "Absolutely. Let's go."
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- [Scott] I took him to the
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Kentucky State Police
Polygraph Unit.
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Before a polygrapher
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will administer a
polygraph examination,
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one of the things
that they ask about is
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do you have any
heart conditions?
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- [Kelley] Wayne explained
to him
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that he had a heart condition.
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- [Scott] The polygrapher
said, "I can't do it.
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I cannot polygraph him
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because it might
trigger a heart attack."
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Wayne starts crying.
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[tense music continues]
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And he just wanted
to clear his name.
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He wanted to take
a polygraph worse
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than anybody I've ever
seen in my career.
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The only reason why
we we're suspected him
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and going through the
process with him is because
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his name had been brought
up so much by Judy Harvey.
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From the beginning, Wayne
Shelton seemed very distraught
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over the fact that Anna
Mae had been murdered.
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We found out that Wayne Shelton
had multiple heart surgeries
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and currently had four or
five stents in his heart.
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- [Kelley] So, therefore, he
would not have the strength
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to have caused
that many injuries
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and those significant
blows to her head.
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At that point in time,
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Judy's floating toward the
top of the suspect list
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when everybody else
was sinking rapidly.
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[ominous music]
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- [Alan] The following day,
Anna Mae's nephew, Jack,
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and his wife, Mary,
arrived from Georgia
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to visit their Uncle
Earl and other family.
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- [Jack] Earl had a son and
daughter, Russell
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and Angela, who's the oldest,
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and my mother was
very close to Russell.
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Anna Mae, of course,
loved Russell.
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Russell taught Sunday school
at the church he attended.
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- [Mary] Anna Mae loved her
nieces and nephews.
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She didn't have any
children of her own,
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and these were her children.
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We go to Earl's house.
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We knock on the door,
and Russell answers.
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He looked so brokenhearted
and sad, and I hug him.
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We go into the l
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Earl is there, and
Jack speaks up,
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and he says with
a lot of emotion,
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"I wanna be there when
that killer is caught,
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and I wanna see the
life go out of his body."
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And Russell says, "You'll
have to get in line."
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Russell is an
engineer at the mines.
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He's known for being
the calm person.
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When there's an emergency,
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everybody knows that
Russell will stay calm.
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- [Alan] After the family visit,
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Jack and Mary head to the
town police department
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to check for any
updates on the case.
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- [Jack] Mary and I stop at the
Madisonville Police Department,
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and we go in.
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- [Mary] And all of a sudden,
this lady comes up to us
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and starts talking about
all of the suspects.
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She says, "I'm Judy Harvey,
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and I'm Anna Mae's
cleaning lady."
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- [Jack] And she said, "I have
someone you need to consider."
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I said, "Okay, who?"
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It was Anna Mae's handyman.
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Wayne was his first name.
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[tense music continues]
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- [Mary] I get a little
nervous as she's talking
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because she's solving
the crime for us,
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but she's very eager to place
herself in the investigation.
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[tense music continues]
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- [Alan] In spite of
Judy's accusations,
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detectives confirm
Wayne's alibi,
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that he was with his
daughter out of town.
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This along with
his medical records
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mean Wayne is dropped
from the suspect list.
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produces an autopsy report
for Anna Mae Branson.
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- [Scott] The medical examiner
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shared some of her initial
findings.
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One of the things
we asked for is
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how many times was she struck?
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And she said at least 97.
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[tense music]
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We were able to ascertain
that she was killed
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very shortly after she
got home from church
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because the food that
she had eaten for supper
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had not even began its
absorption in her stomach.
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[tense music continues]
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- [Kelley] Ms. Branson's autopsy
report
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gave an estimation of her
time of death at 7:30 PM.
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That would have lined up
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with when she was
seen leaving church
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and when she made
it across the street
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and made it into her house.
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- [Alan] But if Anna Mae Branson
was already dead at 7:30,
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one of the witness statements
doesn't make sense.
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- [Scott] Something was wrong.
Something was not adding up.
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We immediately go back to
Judy Harvey's interview
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where she said she talked
to her Sunday evening
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9:00 on the phone.
485
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Judy was very adamant that
she did in fact talk to her,
486
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and then that's when we went
and got the search warrant
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for the phone records
for her and Anna Mae.
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And those records
provided no indication
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that the two of them had
talked on the phone that night.
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- [Kelley] There was no
possibility
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that she actually spoke with
her on the phone that night.
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She's obviously lying.
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- [Scott] Why is Judy telling
us the wrong time?
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Now she's trying to create
a smoke screen defense
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by saying that she talked
to Anna Mae Branson
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at 9:00 on Sunday night.
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- [Kelley] She's at the higher
end of the suspect list
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just because of her demeanor
and her untrustworthiness.
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00:23:08,186 --> 00:23:10,522
It makes all of us question
500
00:23:10,522 --> 00:23:12,891
whether she has told the
truth about anything.
501
00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:14,760
[suspenseful music]
502
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,895
- [Alan] Before going back
to question her again,
503
00:23:16,895 --> 00:23:20,298
police want to drill down
on another of Judy's claims,
504
00:23:20,298 --> 00:23:23,034
that Anna Mae Branson
kept detailed records
505
00:23:23,034 --> 00:23:25,036
of her personal finances.
506
00:23:26,037 --> 00:23:30,675
- [Kelley] Judy had explained
that Ms. Ann kept a ledger,
507
00:23:30,675 --> 00:23:33,645
that Ms. Branson writes
down every payment
508
00:23:33,645 --> 00:23:37,315
and every loan that she
has made to any individual,
509
00:23:37,315 --> 00:23:39,184
whether it's family or friends.
510
00:23:40,318 --> 00:23:43,622
[suspenseful music]
511
00:23:45,056 --> 00:23:49,694
So we're going back to the
residence for a second search.
512
00:23:49,694 --> 00:23:53,899
I decided to take the den that
was right off of the garage.
513
00:23:55,000 --> 00:24:00,005
Upon searching, I found a
red telephone address book,
514
00:24:01,072 --> 00:24:04,943
and opening that up and
just looking through there,
515
00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:06,711
[tense music]
516
00:24:06,711 --> 00:24:08,680
I start seeing the loans.
517
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,784
I see that Wayne, the
handyman, owes her nothing,
518
00:24:14,586 --> 00:24:18,790
and that Judy, the cleaning
lady, owes more than Wayne.
519
00:24:26,231 --> 00:24:28,333
and I'm like, "Oh my gosh.
520
00:24:29,734 --> 00:24:32,737
This is a large
amount of money."
521
00:24:32,737 --> 00:24:35,240
[suspenseful music fades]
522
00:24:36,708 --> 00:24:36,741
[t
523
00:24:36,741 --> 00:24:36,775
[ten
524
00:24:36,775 --> 00:24:36,808
[tense
525
00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:36,842
[tense m
526
00:24:36,842 --> 00:24:36,875
[tense mus
527
00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:36,908
[tense music
528
00:24:36,908 --> 00:24:39,444
[tense music]
529
00:24:39,978 --> 00:24:41,379
- [Alan] Detective Kelley Sawyer
530
00:24:41,379 --> 00:24:44,349
has found Anna Mae
Branson's accounting books,
531
00:24:44,349 --> 00:24:47,219
and just as Judy, the
housekeeper, promised,
532
00:24:47,219 --> 00:24:49,120
one of them contains
detailed records
533
00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:52,657
of every personal
loan Anna Mae made
534
00:24:52,657 --> 00:24:56,495
until the day she was
brutally murdered.
535
00:24:56,495 --> 00:25:00,232
Could this ledger open up the
possibility of more suspects?
536
00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:04,336
- [Kelley] I start seeing the
loans to everyone.
537
00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:11,109
And then, in the ledger, I see
the largest amount of money
538
00:25:11,109 --> 00:25:13,078
that was being
borrowed from Ms. Ann
539
00:25:16,248 --> 00:25:19,518
was Russell
Winstead, her nephew,
540
00:25:20,385 --> 00:25:22,254
Earl Winstead's son.
541
00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:24,256
[ominous music]
542
00:25:24,256 --> 00:25:26,525
- As of January 10th, 2003,
543
00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:30,695
Russell Winstead owes
his aunt over $74,000.
544
00:25:30,695 --> 00:25:33,532
[tense music]
545
00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:35,033
- [Alan] Detectives
still aren't convinced
546
00:25:35,033 --> 00:25:37,335
that Judy, the housekeeper,
is in the clear.
547
00:25:38,403 --> 00:25:40,305
But after seeing
the loan records,
548
00:25:40,305 --> 00:25:41,706
Russell Winstead is the man
549
00:25:41,706 --> 00:25:44,309
they want to look
into immediately.
550
00:25:44,309 --> 00:25:46,678
[ominous music continues]
[bell ringing]
551
00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:49,281
- [Stefanie] Russell Winstead
is very active in his church.
552
00:25:49,281 --> 00:25:52,450
He also teaches evening
Bible study, so he is someone
553
00:25:52,450 --> 00:25:56,555
that is well-known in the
church community and well-loved.
554
00:25:56,555 --> 00:25:58,823
- [Alan] Detectives learn
Russell is an attentive father
555
00:25:58,823 --> 00:26:00,725
to his children from
his first marriage,
556
00:26:00,725 --> 00:26:03,428
and an employee at a
local mining company
557
00:26:03,428 --> 00:26:05,063
who's looking to get ahead.
558
00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:08,166
[ominous music]
559
00:26:08,166 --> 00:26:11,202
- [Jack] Russell had been
borrowing large sums of money,
560
00:26:11,202 --> 00:26:15,206
$10,000 that range, to
buy mining equipment
561
00:26:15,206 --> 00:26:17,842
that he was going to
resell and make a profit
562
00:26:17,842 --> 00:26:21,212
and be able to pay her back and
make some money for himself.
563
00:26:21,212 --> 00:26:24,849
[ominous music continues]
564
00:26:24,849 --> 00:26:26,851
[suspenseful music]
565
00:26:26,851 --> 00:26:29,187
- [Kelley] I see that the last
entry,
566
00:26:29,187 --> 00:26:33,858
he had written her a check
on Friday for $12,000.
567
00:26:33,858 --> 00:26:36,461
Ms. Branson told her friend
568
00:26:36,461 --> 00:26:40,365
that her nephew gave
her a check for $12,000
569
00:26:40,365 --> 00:26:43,168
that she needed to
deposit right away,
570
00:26:44,235 --> 00:26:45,604
so she was gonna go to the bank
571
00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:48,473
as soon as they opened
on Monday morning.
572
00:26:48,473 --> 00:26:50,742
- [Alan] Detective Sawyer
immediately schedules Russell
573
00:26:50,742 --> 00:26:52,210
to come in for questioning,
574
00:26:52,210 --> 00:26:53,745
[phone ringing]
[ominous music]
575
00:26:53,745 --> 00:26:57,882
and that's when the phone
rings at Madisonville PD.
576
00:26:57,882 --> 00:26:59,384
[ominous music]
577
00:26:59,384 --> 00:27:01,620
- [Kelley] We had a witness
call,
578
00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:07,392
and he informed us
that he had information
579
00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:10,562
on what he bel
580
00:27:11,763 --> 00:27:13,398
He came to the
police department,
581
00:27:13,398 --> 00:27:16,534
and he proceeds to
give information
582
00:27:16,534 --> 00:27:20,805
that he went with Russell
Winstead, Saturday night,
583
00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:23,308
to Evansville to the casino.
584
00:27:24,275 --> 00:27:28,913
Russell tells him that he
has to win a lot of money,
585
00:27:28,913 --> 00:27:32,250
and he will be at
a certain table
586
00:27:32,250 --> 00:27:34,919
just if he wants to come and
check on him periodically.
587
00:27:34,919 --> 00:27:37,789
[ominous music continues]
588
00:27:37,789 --> 00:27:39,157
Short amount of time later,
589
00:27:39,157 --> 00:27:41,226
he goes over to
check on Russell.
590
00:27:42,060 --> 00:27:45,263
Russell tells him
that he's losing,
591
00:27:45,263 --> 00:27:50,335
and that Russell appeared to
him as being extremely upset.
592
00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:54,539
Russell begins to curse
593
00:27:54,539 --> 00:27:58,777
and says that he had to pay his
aunt back by Monday morning,
594
00:27:59,944 --> 00:28:02,280
and he didn't know
what he was gonna do.
595
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,550
[ominous music continues]
596
00:28:05,550 --> 00:28:06,951
They get back to Madisonville
597
00:28:06,951 --> 00:28:08,720
and they go their separate ways.
598
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,956
[ominous music continues]
599
00:28:11,956 --> 00:28:14,726
[crow cawing]
600
00:28:14,726 --> 00:28:19,564
A couple of days later,
the witness saw the paper
601
00:28:19,564 --> 00:28:21,966
that shows Anna Mae
Branson's murder
602
00:28:21,966 --> 00:28:23,635
on the front page of the paper.
603
00:28:24,636 --> 00:28:28,173
He realizes that Ms.
Branson was Russell's aunt.
604
00:28:29,307 --> 00:28:30,375
At that point,
605
00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:34,345
he became extremely
concerned for his own safety
606
00:28:34,345 --> 00:28:36,414
and slept with a shotgun.
607
00:28:38,316 --> 00:28:39,584
We subpoena Russell
608
00:28:39,584 --> 00:28:41,986
and his wife's bank
account information.
609
00:28:41,986 --> 00:28:45,657
We see no sign of
a $12,000 check.
610
00:28:46,658 --> 00:28:49,994
- [Kathy] It was never deposited
into Mrs. Branson's account,
611
00:28:49,994 --> 00:28:53,598
and it never cleared Russell
Winstead's bank account either.
612
00:28:54,332 --> 00:28:57,469
- [Stefanie] That's supposedly
the check that he wrote to her?
613
00:28:57,469 --> 00:28:59,471
Where is it? Where did it go?
614
00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:02,340
And could that have been
motive for her murder?
615
00:29:03,108 --> 00:29:06,244
- [Alan] When Russell Winstead
comes in for his interview,
616
00:29:06,244 --> 00:29:08,346
Detective Troutman
wants to get a sense
617
00:29:08,346 --> 00:29:10,381
of his relationship
with Anna Mae
618
00:29:10,381 --> 00:29:14,352
and to see if Russell can
confirm her generous lending.
619
00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:24,529
- Russell said he loved
his aunt, Anna Mae.
620
00:29:24,529 --> 00:29:27,999
- [Detective] Okay.
621
00:29:29,267 --> 00:29:30,268
- [Scott] He did offer up
622
00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:33,271
that she had loaned him
money on several times,
623
00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:37,041
but she didn't care
when he paid her back.
624
00:29:37,041 --> 00:29:40,411
- [Scott] We asked him to
give us an alibi.
625
00:29:40,411 --> 00:29:41,913
- [Scott] He told us that
he went to church
626
00:29:41,913 --> 00:29:46,050
at Olive Branch
Missionary Baptist Church.
627
00:29:46,050 --> 00:29:47,919
- [Scott] He and Terry, his
wife, they drove separate
628
00:29:47,919 --> 00:29:52,390
so that he could take his son
back to his ex-wife's house.
629
00:29:52,390 --> 00:29:54,058
- [Scott] Terry came home after
church
630
00:29:54,058 --> 00:29:56,528
while Russell went
and took his son home,
631
00:29:56,528 --> 00:30:00,331
and then he came home.
632
00:30:00,331 --> 00:30:10,074
- [Scott] Russell said, "I think
I was back home by 7:25."
633
00:30:10,074 --> 00:30:11,976
- [Scott] After we concluded the
interview with Russell,
634
00:30:11,976 --> 00:30:13,077
we interviewed Terry.
635
00:30:13,077 --> 00:30:14,979
[suspenseful music]
636
00:30:14,979 --> 00:30:17,949
We asked Terry, "What
time did you get home?"
637
00:30:20,418 --> 00:30:22,620
We said, "What time
did Russell come home?"
638
00:30:24,422 --> 00:30:26,457
And the two times
that Terry gave us
639
00:30:26,457 --> 00:30:31,796
were exactly the two times
that Russell gave us.
640
00:30:32,597 --> 00:30:34,866
- So it was that point
in time that we realized
641
00:30:34,866 --> 00:30:36,601
that there's a very good chance
642
00:30:36,601 --> 00:30:39,838
that Russell and Terry had
rehearsed this timeline
643
00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:41,406
to establish his alibi.
644
00:30:43,107 --> 00:30:44,576
The difference with
Russell's interview
645
00:30:44,576 --> 00:30:46,711
is that we had the
polygrapher on standby.
646
00:30:46,711 --> 00:30:49,080
We said, "Would you
submit to a polygraph?"
647
00:30:50,582 --> 00:30:52,984
He knows that we've asked
this of everyone, right?
648
00:30:52,984 --> 00:30:54,752
And he says, "Yeah."
649
00:30:54,752 --> 00:30:57,121
And the polygrapher
begins the polygraph.
650
00:30:57,121 --> 00:30:59,490
[tense music]
651
00:30:59,490 --> 00:31:04,562
[clock ticking]
[man speaking indistinctly]
652
00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:07,966
- [Scott] After the conclusion
of the polygraph,
653
00:31:09,133 --> 00:31:12,837
the polygrapher meets with
myself and another detective,
654
00:31:13,638 --> 00:31:17,876
and he says, "I've been a
polygrapher for over 20 years,
655
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:20,044
and I've never seen
this much deception."
656
00:31:20,044 --> 00:31:22,881
[tense music continues]
657
00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:24,482
So we walk in there,
658
00:31:25,183 --> 00:31:26,618
and I'm basically
telling Russell,
659
00:31:26,618 --> 00:31:29,754
"Listen, man, the gig's up.
660
00:31:29,754 --> 00:31:32,757
We know your alibi's not true.
661
00:31:32,757 --> 00:31:36,060
We know about your
gambling addiction.
662
00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:39,764
We gave you a chance to tell
us the truth about the money
663
00:31:39,764 --> 00:31:41,766
that you borrowed
from Anna Mae Branson.
664
00:31:41,766 --> 00:31:44,669
You didn't mention
gambling one time.
665
00:31:44,669 --> 00:31:45,904
We know about the check.
666
00:31:47,171 --> 00:31:48,907
We already know."
667
00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:52,911
[clock ticking]
[tense music continues]
668
00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:54,913
looked back and forth
between the detectives
669
00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:57,048
and he was trying to
figure out what to say.
670
00:31:58,783 --> 00:32:01,786
And then he leaned forward
and he grabbed my arm,
671
00:32:01,786 --> 00:32:03,821
he said, "Look at me, Scott.
672
00:32:03,821 --> 00:32:05,423
I did not do this."
673
00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:08,760
[tense music continues]
674
00:32:11,162 --> 00:32:11,195
[d
675
00:32:11,195 --> 00:32:11,229
[dra
676
00:32:11,229 --> 00:32:11,262
[drama
677
00:32:11,262 --> 00:32:11,296
[dramati
678
00:32:11,296 --> 00:32:11,329
[dramatic
679
00:32:11,329 --> 00:32:11,362
[dramatic mu
680
00:32:11,362 --> 00:32:11,396
[dramatic musi
681
00:32:11,396 --> 00:32:15,233
[dramatic music]
682
00:32:15,233 --> 00:32:18,469
has fallen on her
nephew, Russell Winstead.
683
00:32:19,237 --> 00:32:22,507
To clear his name, he
volunteers for a polygraph test,
684
00:32:24,409 --> 00:32:27,111
and he flunks it badly.
685
00:32:27,111 --> 00:32:29,414
[suspenseful music]
686
00:32:29,414 --> 00:32:32,417
- [Scott] He was grabbing my arm
so hard
687
00:32:32,417 --> 00:32:35,486
you could feel how
desperate he was.
688
00:32:37,255 --> 00:32:41,392
He was out of
answers, out of lies.
689
00:32:41,392 --> 00:32:42,994
He had ran into someone,
690
00:32:42,994 --> 00:32:44,662
myself and the other detective,
691
00:32:44,662 --> 00:32:46,497
that wasn't gonna
buy his baloney.
692
00:32:48,299 --> 00:32:50,134
It was at that moment in time,
693
00:32:50,134 --> 00:32:53,538
if I had any doubt
that he committed it,
694
00:32:53,538 --> 00:32:54,372
it was gone.
695
00:32:56,574 --> 00:32:58,543
- [Alan] The police
have no hard evidence,
696
00:32:58,543 --> 00:33:01,679
so they let Russell go
back to his daily life,
697
00:33:01,679 --> 00:33:04,015
and begin their search
beneath the veneer
698
00:33:04,015 --> 00:33:06,150
of this well-known
church leader.
699
00:33:08,319 --> 00:33:11,589
- [Scott] As we began digging
deeper into Russell,
700
00:33:11,589 --> 00:33:15,193
we found out the double life
that Russell was living.
701
00:33:15,193 --> 00:33:18,463
- [Kelley] When we start
subpoenaing the casino records,
702
00:33:18,463 --> 00:33:21,399
we find out that there
are other casinos
703
00:33:21,399 --> 00:33:23,901
that he actually was going to.
704
00:33:24,469 --> 00:33:27,338
- [Stefanie] Russell Winstead
was going to a casino
705
00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:30,608
more than 200 times in one year,
706
00:33:30,608 --> 00:33:33,311
and he spends
thousands of dollars.
707
00:33:33,311 --> 00:33:36,581
He rolls in in limos that
are provided by the casino.
708
00:33:36,581 --> 00:33:39,183
He has his own blackjack table.
709
00:33:39,183 --> 00:33:42,086
And he is having an
affair with a waitress
710
00:33:42,086 --> 00:33:43,321
that works at the casino.
711
00:33:43,321 --> 00:33:46,624
[tense music]
712
00:33:46,624 --> 00:33:48,226
on the suspect list,
713
00:33:48,226 --> 00:33:52,063
Russell Winstead has just
jumped right to the top.
714
00:33:52,630 --> 00:33:54,966
There's just one problem.
715
00:33:54,966 --> 00:33:57,068
Russell's wife, Terry, has sworn
716
00:33:57,068 --> 00:33:59,203
that he was with her
the night of the murder.
717
00:34:00,638 --> 00:34:03,341
- [Kelley] His wife had given
him an alibi,
718
00:34:03,341 --> 00:34:07,311
and so we've got to figure
out what's going on.
719
00:34:09,213 --> 00:34:12,617
- [Scott] I'm like, "Terry, how
well do you know your husband?
720
00:34:12,617 --> 00:34:14,085
Do you know he
goes to the casinos
721
00:34:14,085 --> 00:34:15,653
and do you know he gambles?"
722
00:34:15,653 --> 00:34:18,623
"Yeah, I do. It's no big deal."
723
00:34:18,623 --> 00:34:20,758
"Okay, fair enough.
724
00:34:20,758 --> 00:34:24,362
Let's say the worst night,
725
00:34:24,362 --> 00:34:25,763
how much money do
you think he loses?"
726
00:34:25,763 --> 00:34:28,132
And she goes, "Maybe 2,000."
727
00:34:28,132 --> 00:34:30,234
I said, "Try about 30,000."
728
00:34:31,402 --> 00:34:33,638
And she just broke down
and started bawling
729
00:34:33,638 --> 00:34:36,374
because she knew they didn't
have that kind of money,
730
00:34:36,374 --> 00:34:38,376
that that money came
from somewhere else,
731
00:34:38,376 --> 00:34:39,677
and that somewhere else
732
00:34:39,677 --> 00:34:42,413
just happened to be
Anna Mae Branson.
733
00:34:42,413 --> 00:34:44,515
[poignant music]
734
00:34:44,515 --> 00:34:46,484
Terry's just trying
to be a loyal wife,
735
00:34:47,185 --> 00:34:50,521
and after she had had some
time to think about it,
736
00:34:51,556 --> 00:34:53,391
that's when she
wanted to come back
737
00:34:53,391 --> 00:34:55,793
and recant her
initial statement.
738
00:34:55,793 --> 00:34:59,530
She tells us how Earl
called a family meeting
739
00:34:59,530 --> 00:35:00,798
and said, "Hey, listen,
740
00:35:00,798 --> 00:35:02,800
the cops are wrongfully
looking at Russell.
741
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,669
They're trying to pin
this murder on him,
742
00:35:04,669 --> 00:35:07,271
and here's what I
need you to say."
743
00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:09,440
- [Kathy] And it was not the
truth.
744
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:13,377
Russell had the opportunity
to commit this murder.
745
00:35:15,146 --> 00:35:16,814
- [Scott] We found out later on
746
00:35:16,814 --> 00:35:19,784
that Judy had been rehearsed
747
00:35:19,784 --> 00:35:22,587
by Earl Winstead,
748
00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:26,691
and that's why Judy was giving
us t
749
00:35:26,691 --> 00:35:28,726
and that's why Judy was
throwing up a smoke screen.
750
00:35:28,726 --> 00:35:33,064
[tense music continues]
751
00:35:33,064 --> 00:35:35,199
- [Alan] Determining if
Russell's father, Earl,
752
00:35:35,199 --> 00:35:38,436
or Judy are to be charged
with obstructing justice
753
00:35:38,436 --> 00:35:40,071
will have to wait.
754
00:35:40,071 --> 00:35:43,074
For now, detectives believe
they have finally put together
755
00:35:43,074 --> 00:35:45,710
the puzzle of Anna
Mae's last hours.
756
00:35:47,311 --> 00:35:50,081
- [Stefanie] Russell Winstead
wrote Anna Mae Branson
757
00:35:50,081 --> 00:35:55,720
a $12,000 check, and he knows
that check was not gonna clear.
758
00:35:55,720 --> 00:36:00,091
He lost that money at a gambling
casino the night before.
759
00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:02,326
[casino noise humming]
760
00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:05,229
The night of Anna Mae
Branson's murder,
761
00:36:05,229 --> 00:36:07,465
Russell Winstead went to church.
762
00:36:07,465 --> 00:36:09,200
After he went to church,
763
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,635
after he took his children home,
764
00:36:10,635 --> 00:36:13,304
he then went to
his aunt's house.
765
00:36:14,872 --> 00:36:17,742
He probably went to her
and asked for more money.
766
00:36:17,742 --> 00:36:20,578
She finally reached a
point where she said no,
767
00:36:21,612 --> 00:36:23,214
and he finally snapped.
768
00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:25,116
[tense music grows]
769
00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:26,617
[suspenseful music]
770
00:36:26,617 --> 00:36:28,619
- [Scott] It fits the crime
scene
771
00:36:28,619 --> 00:36:31,355
and it fit the term
crime of passion
772
00:36:31,355 --> 00:36:34,091
which we had characterized
this case being from start.
773
00:36:34,859 --> 00:36:37,395
- [Kelley] If someone is getting
ready to expose
774
00:36:37,395 --> 00:36:39,263
your secret life,
775
00:36:39,263 --> 00:36:41,866
we've got opportunity,
motive, and means.
776
00:36:43,367 --> 00:36:44,902
- [Scott] We have the evidence
we need.
777
00:36:44,902 --> 00:36:46,671
We've got the witness
statements we need.
778
00:36:46,671 --> 00:36:47,905
We've got the phone records
779
00:36:47,905 --> 00:36:49,874
and we've got the
financial documents.
780
00:36:50,908 --> 00:36:53,644
And then we received a tip
781
00:36:53,644 --> 00:36:55,646
from a lady that
worked at Casino Aztar
782
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:59,550
and she said Russell had already
made a trip to Costa Rica
783
00:36:59,550 --> 00:37:02,620
and was scoping out a
couple places to live.
784
00:37:03,921 --> 00:37:05,389
This caused us alarm,
785
00:37:05,389 --> 00:37:07,525
which created a greater
sense of urgency
786
00:37:07,525 --> 00:37:08,759
for us to make an arrest.
787
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,863
And when we're at the point
when we're ready to make arrest,
788
00:37:14,665 --> 00:37:16,400
it's too late, Russell's gone.
789
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:20,271
[dramatic music]
[airplane engines roaring]
790
00:37:20,271 --> 00:37:22,473
[dramatic music fades]
791
00:37:23,641 --> 00:37:23,674
[s
792
00:37:23,674 --> 00:37:23,708
[sus
793
00:37:23,708 --> 00:37:23,741
[suspe
794
00:37:23,741 --> 00:37:23,774
[suspens
795
00:37:23,774 --> 00:37:23,808
[suspensef
796
00:37:23,808 --> 00:37:23,841
[suspenseful
797
00:37:23,841 --> 00:37:23,874
[suspenseful m
798
00:37:23,874 --> 00:37:23,908
[suspenseful mus
799
00:37:23,908 --> 00:37:23,941
[suspenseful music
800
00:37:23,941 --> 00:37:26,110
[suspenseful music]
801
00:37:26,844 --> 00:37:29,947
- [Alan] Police have finally
zeroed in on the church leader
802
00:37:29,947 --> 00:37:33,117
they believe brutally beat
Anna Mae Branson to death.
803
00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:37,088
Her own nephew,
Russell Winstead.
804
00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:38,923
But before they can
take him into custody,
805
00:37:38,923 --> 00:37:42,927
Winstead has fled the country,
headed for Costa Rica.
806
00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:45,663
Now, police have two challenges.
807
00:37:45,663 --> 00:37:49,066
They have to find him and
they have to get him back.
808
00:37:49,066 --> 00:37:50,134
[tense music]
809
00:37:50,134 --> 00:37:52,570
- [Scott] The fact that Russell
was in Costa Rica
810
00:37:52,570 --> 00:37:54,205
and we were struggling
to get him back
811
00:37:54,205 --> 00:37:56,574
was extremely frustrating
812
00:37:56,574 --> 00:38:00,111
to myself and other members
on the investigative team.
813
00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:02,947
- [K
814
00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:06,817
who supported Russell
was his father, Earl.
815
00:38:08,819 --> 00:38:10,254
- I had an individual
come forward to tell me,
816
00:38:10,254 --> 00:38:12,690
"Hey I'm doing something I
don't think I should be doing.
817
00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:13,958
I wanna let you know about it."
818
00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:15,126
And I'm like, "Okay,
what are you doing?"
819
00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:16,694
He's like, "I'm wiring money
820
00:38:16,694 --> 00:38:20,831
to Russell Winstead in
Costa Rica for Earl Winstead.
821
00:38:21,966 --> 00:38:25,102
It's like $3,500 every week."
822
00:38:25,102 --> 00:38:27,738
And I'm like, "Okay, you're
working with us now."
823
00:38:27,738 --> 00:38:31,242
We wired him up and
collected the recordings
824
00:38:31,242 --> 00:38:33,711
of Earl giving him
the instructions,
825
00:38:33,711 --> 00:38:35,846
and Earl gave him the cash.
826
00:38:35,846 --> 00:38:37,748
We recorded two of
these instances.
827
00:38:37,748 --> 00:38:41,018
And on the second one,
we confiscated the money
828
00:38:41,018 --> 00:38:44,121
and was eventually granted a
warrant for Earl's arrest too.
829
00:38:45,856 --> 00:38:47,391
- [Alan] Earl is
released on bail.
830
00:38:47,391 --> 00:38:49,627
The detectives now turn
their full attention
831
00:38:49,627 --> 00:38:51,262
to tracking down
his son, Russell.
832
00:38:51,262 --> 00:38:54,131
[suspenseful music]
[waves breaking]
833
00:38:54,131 --> 00:38:56,767
- [Jack] I think Russell
Winstead did his homework.
834
00:38:56,767 --> 00:38:59,403
He looked for countries
that had gambling.
835
00:38:59,403 --> 00:39:00,871
He looked for countries
836
00:39:00,871 --> 00:39:04,141
that had strict extradition
policies online.
837
00:39:04,141 --> 00:39:06,644
Costa Rica will not extradite
838
00:39:06,644 --> 00:39:09,280
anyone who's facing
capital punishment.
839
00:39:10,915 --> 00:39:13,050
- [Kathy] One of the
investigating officers
840
00:39:13,050 --> 00:39:16,754
reaches out to
America's Most Wanted
841
00:39:16,754 --> 00:39:21,025
and got our story of
this case on the air.
842
00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:22,259
[phones ringing]
843
00:39:22,259 --> 00:39:25,663
- [Alan] After the broadcast,
the hotline starts to ring.
844
00:39:25,663 --> 00:39:29,300
Russell has been spotted
in the capital, San Jose.
845
00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:31,902
- Tips came into the line
846
00:39:31,902 --> 00:39:34,638
that he was gambling at
the Horseshoe Casino.
847
00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:36,941
- [Alan] Bingo.
848
00:39:36,941 --> 00:39:38,776
At the urging of U.S. officials,
849
00:39:38,776 --> 00:39:41,178
Costa Rican authorities
mobilized quickly
850
00:39:41,178 --> 00:39:43,948
before he can slip
through their fingers.
851
00:39:43,948 --> 00:39:46,784
- [Kelley] They observed
him at the casino.
852
00:39:46,784 --> 00:39:48,352
[tense music continues]
853
00:39:48,352 --> 00:39:50,688
They actually caught him
854
00:39:50,688 --> 00:39:54,058
and arrested him as he
was leaving the casino.
855
00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:56,227
[suspenseful music]
856
00:39:56,227 --> 00:39:58,829
- [Scott] Costa Rica got the
documentation that they needed
857
00:39:58,829 --> 00:40:00,965
to assure them that the
Commonwealth of Kentucky
858
00:40:00,965 --> 00:40:02,800
would not seek
the death penalty,
859
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,236
and then Costa Rica
let the U.S. Marshals
860
00:40:05,236 --> 00:40:07,304
extradite him back
to the United States.
861
00:40:08,406 --> 00:40:11,809
- [Alan] It's taken nine
months to get Russell Winstead
862
00:40:11,809 --> 00:40:14,845
back from Costa Rica
after his arrest.
863
00:40:14,845 --> 00:40:17,848
Earl Winstead is sen
864
00:40:17,848 --> 00:40:20,084
for sending his son money.
865
00:40:20,084 --> 00:40:22,987
The prosecutors declined to
charge Judy, the cleaning lady,
866
00:40:22,987 --> 00:40:24,955
with obstructing justice,
867
00:40:24,955 --> 00:40:26,957
preferring to put
their effort and focus
868
00:40:26,957 --> 00:40:29,226
into the murder case
against Russell.
869
00:40:29,226 --> 00:40:31,395
[suspenseful music continues]
870
00:40:31,395 --> 00:40:33,497
- [Stefanie] They brought in a
girlfriend from Costa Rica
871
00:40:33,497 --> 00:40:35,833
who said that he
threatened her life.
872
00:40:35,833 --> 00:40:39,136
- One time he said, "If
you talk with the police,
873
00:40:39,136 --> 00:40:44,108
"I will burn your house
with your family inside."
874
00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:47,745
And he did say,
"If I kill my aunt,
875
00:40:47,745 --> 00:40:50,915
why I cannot to kill you?"
876
00:40:52,983 --> 00:40:55,853
- It's always very
nerve-wracking
877
00:40:55,853 --> 00:40:58,856
to wait for a jury verdict
in a criminal case,
878
00:40:58,856 --> 00:41:02,259
especially a criminal
case of this magnitude.
879
00:41:02,259 --> 00:41:04,762
- We, the jury, find
Russell Winstead
880
00:41:04,762 --> 00:41:07,431
guilty of murder under
instruction number six.
881
00:41:07,431 --> 00:41:10,267
[suspenseful music continues]
882
00:41:10,267 --> 00:41:12,269
- [Kathy] Russell Winstead
received a sentence
883
00:41:12,269 --> 00:41:14,839
of life without
parole for 25 years.
884
00:41:17,775 --> 00:41:20,277
- [Alan] But in a community
as religious as Madisonville,
885
00:41:20,277 --> 00:41:23,280
the story does
not end in prison.
886
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,049
For these churchgoers,
887
00:41:25,049 --> 00:41:28,052
redemption is a
real possibility.
888
00:41:28,052 --> 00:41:32,256
- [Mary] He will be eligible
for parole in a couple of years.
889
00:41:33,190 --> 00:41:34,859
Russell's still our family.
890
00:41:35,459 --> 00:41:37,561
We have forgiven him.
891
00:41:37,561 --> 00:41:41,298
And as far as I'm concerned,
if he's a changed man,
892
00:41:41,298 --> 00:41:43,133
he deserves a second chance.
893
00:41:44,101 --> 00:41:46,570
- [Stefanie] A lot of times
when this happens
894
00:41:46,570 --> 00:41:49,473
and a murderer returns to
these small communities,
895
00:41:49,473 --> 00:41:51,942
it is the church family
that takes them in.
896
00:41:51,942 --> 00:41:54,845
It is the church family that
gives them a second chance.
897
00:41:56,480 --> 00:42:00,451
- [Jack] Anna Mae will always be
a big part of our family.
898
00:42:00,451 --> 00:42:04,588
She's just such a part of not
only Mary and me, our family,
899
00:42:04,588 --> 00:42:07,324
but our children,
our grandchildren.
900
00:42:07,324 --> 00:42:10,060
Her legacy in our
family will never die.
901
00:42:11,195 --> 00:42:12,963
- [Alan] No one involved in this
case
902
00:42:12,963 --> 00:42:15,599
would forget its
unavoidable lesson.
903
00:42:15,599 --> 00:42:17,601
No matter how vicious the crime,
904
00:42:17,601 --> 00:42:19,336
the killer might well be someone
905
00:42:19,336 --> 00:42:21,939
from your very closest circles.
906
00:42:21,939 --> 00:42:24,942
Your family, your
community of faith.
907
00:42:24,942 --> 00:42:26,343
It may seem unthinkable,
908
00:42:26,343 --> 00:42:30,481
but sometimes the killer is
the most trusted among us.
909
00:42:30,481 --> 00:42:31,949
[suspenseful music fades]
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