1 00:00:00,700 --> 00:00:00,734 [d                               2 00:00:00,734 --> 00:00:00,767 [dra                             3 00:00:00,767 --> 00:00:00,800 [drama                           4 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:00,834 [dramati                         5 00:00:00,834 --> 00:00:00,867 [dramatic                        6 00:00:00,867 --> 00:00:00,900 [dramatic mu                     7 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:00,934 [dramatic musi                   8 00:00:00,934 --> 00:00:03,036 [dramatic music]                 9 00:00:03,036 --> 00:00:04,504   [suspenseful music]            10 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:06,639 - The church community              of Madisonville, Kentucky     11 00:00:06,639 --> 00:00:11,511 is defined by a steady devotion     to faith and fellowship.      12 00:00:11,511 --> 00:00:15,382  But in 2003, this pious place   13 00:00:15,382 --> 00:00:18,385 is suddenly ripped apart          by the vicious murder           14 00:00:18,385 --> 00:00:21,654   of a beloved church             member and matriarch.           15 00:00:21,654 --> 00:00:24,824   - It was really a shock for       people in the community.      16 00:00:24,824 --> 00:00:26,426   - Who could have done this?    17 00:00:26,426 --> 00:00:27,927  How could this have happened?   18 00:00:28,628 --> 00:00:31,064   - [Alan] A prominent member      of the congregation            19 00:00:31,064 --> 00:00:34,801   beaten to death only              steps from her own church.    20 00:00:34,801 --> 00:00:36,703  - She left the                     church that night.            21 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:41,408   How can she walk across the      street and then be murdered?   22 00:00:41,408 --> 00:00:43,443   - How could anybody            do that at all,                  23 00:00:43,443 --> 00:00:45,945    much less someone               who goes to church?            24 00:00:46,980 --> 00:00:50,417   - [Alan] And no churchgoer,    even the most saintly,           25 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:51,985   is above suspicion.            26 00:00:51,985 --> 00:00:54,554 Now, the devout                   people of Madisonville          27 00:00:54,554 --> 00:00:58,091   have to go to services with     a question hanging over them.   28 00:00:58,091 --> 00:01:00,927  Is that church member              sitting right next to them    29 00:01:01,961 --> 00:01:03,963  a cold-blooded killer?          30 00:01:03,963 --> 00:01:05,331 [tense music continues]          31 00:01:05,331 --> 00:01:08,068 [dramatic music]                 32 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:16,976  [dramatic music fades]          33 00:01:16,976 --> 00:01:19,712  [tense music]                   34 00:01:21,448 --> 00:01:24,717    - It's January 13th, 2003,    35 00:01:25,452 --> 00:01:27,954  between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM,   36 00:01:28,822 --> 00:01:31,491   and Dr. Bob Fenneman              is really worried             37 00:01:31,491 --> 00:01:33,860    about his fiance,                Anna Mae Branson.             38 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:36,629   He had called her the night    before at around 9:30,           39 00:01:36,629 --> 00:01:39,632  and she never answered             and never called him back.    40 00:01:39,632 --> 00:01:41,468   And that is very unlike her.   41 00:01:46,139 --> 00:01:48,775   Maybe she had fallen              and hurt herself.             42 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:51,611    - Her car's in the garage,    43 00:01:51,611 --> 00:01:53,480   that she should be               there at the house,            44 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:54,614    but she wasn't answering.     45 00:01:54,614 --> 00:01:56,316 [ominous music]                  46 00:01:56,316 --> 00:01:58,618    rings the doorbell several     times,                          47 00:01:59,886 --> 00:02:01,454  and he gets no answer.          48 00:02:02,922 --> 00:02:06,759    So he decides to go close       by to First Baptist Church,    49 00:02:06,759 --> 00:02:09,796 which is right down the          street from her house.           50 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:12,499 And he calls her brother, Earl.  51 00:02:13,433 --> 00:02:16,769 So Earl decides to join          him, and they call 911,          52 00:02:16,769 --> 00:02:19,873 and police come out and          meet them at the home.           53 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:23,810  Earl knows that there's a key   54 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:26,646  that she hides in the           first bush of the home.          55 00:02:28,414 --> 00:02:30,049    - [Kelley] They made entry     through the back door,          56 00:02:30,049 --> 00:02:34,087 and they start calling her name,    you know, "Where are you?     57 00:02:34,087 --> 00:02:38,057  Dr. Bob starts goi              58 00:02:38,057 --> 00:02:40,093  [suspenseful music continues]   59 00:02:40,093 --> 00:02:41,761   Earl Winstead, her brother,    60 00:02:44,531 --> 00:02:47,167    had gone down the stairs,     gone into the basement.          61 00:02:48,668 --> 00:02:50,503   - [Scott] He walked directly   down the stairs,                 62 00:02:51,104 --> 00:02:54,107  and then he screamed,              "Oh my God, I found her."     63 00:02:54,107 --> 00:02:57,210    [suspenseful music grows]     64 00:02:57,210 --> 00:02:59,078  - [Kelley] The patrol officer,  65 00:02:59,078 --> 00:03:01,581   he's able to tell that she's      deceased.                     66 00:03:01,581 --> 00:03:03,683 [dramatic music]                 67 00:03:03,683 --> 00:03:05,685  I was driving up Main Street,   68 00:03:05,685 --> 00:03:08,221   and the dispatch notifies me   69 00:03:08,221 --> 00:03:12,725  that I need to                   respond to North Main,          70 00:03:12,725 --> 00:03:15,695   which I knew to be              Ms. Anna Mae's house.           71 00:03:15,695 --> 00:03:17,463   Everybody knew who she was.    72 00:03:17,463 --> 00:03:20,466  Dairy Queen is one of            the oldest restaurants          73 00:03:20,466 --> 00:03:22,101  here in Madisonville.           74 00:03:22,101 --> 00:03:24,103 Ms. Anna Branson and her husband 75 00:03:24,103 --> 00:03:27,106    owned the business            for many years.                  76 00:03:27,106 --> 00:03:28,741 Everybody knew where she lived.  77 00:03:28,741 --> 00:03:30,109    That was Ms. Ann's house.     78 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:36,015  The patrolman tells me, "I've    never seen anything like this.  79 00:03:36,015 --> 00:03:38,851 "I've never seen                  anything this brutal."          80 00:03:38,851 --> 00:03:43,122 As you get to her body,            I see her injuries.            81 00:03:43,122 --> 00:03:47,493    I see the defects in her      clothing where she was stabbed,  82 00:03:47,493 --> 00:03:51,864  and there's a lot of            cast off on the freezer          83 00:03:51,864 --> 00:03:53,866 that is to the left of her head. 84 00:03:53,866 --> 00:03:56,769  [suspenseful music continues]   85 00:03:56,769 --> 00:03:59,005 - [Alan] Now that the first cops  on the scene have established   86 00:03:59,005 --> 00:04:02,609  that this is a murder,             and a vicious one at that,    87 00:04:02,609 --> 00:04:06,045 Madisonville PD gears up           for a serious investigation.   88 00:04:06,045 --> 00:04:08,047 [tense music continues]          89 00:04:08,047 --> 00:04:10,583   - [Scott] I got assigned as      lead detective on this case.   90 00:04:15,521 --> 00:04:18,791    You start thinking               tactically, strategically,    91 00:04:18,791 --> 00:04:21,060 "How am I gonna                     solve this case?"             92 00:04:21,060 --> 00:04:24,063   So I've got my evidence tech      walking through the house     93 00:04:24,063 --> 00:04:27,033 and video recording all          the walls and the floors         94 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:29,035    and everything as                he walks through.             95 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:30,670    In case we happen                to miss something,            96 00:04:30,670 --> 00:04:33,906   we can go back months later    and see the crime scene exactly  97 00:04:33,906 --> 00:04:42,915    in what form it was in on       that day that we were there.   98 00:04:42,915 --> 00:04:45,652  - No murder weapon was            found at the scene.            99 00:04:45,652 --> 00:04:48,054 There were so many stab wounds.  100 00:04:48,054 --> 00:04:50,657 It was very sad                    and very disturbing            101 00:04:50,657 --> 00:04:54,093    to think what this               lady had endured.             102 00:04:54,093 --> 00:04:55,328 [tense music continues]          103 00:04:55,328 --> 00:05:04,103   [suspenseful music]            104 00:05:04,103 --> 00:05:06,105    - [Kelley] Trying to think       of someone                    105 00:05:06,105 --> 00:05:08,074    who could do this to her.     106 00:05:08,074 --> 00:05:11,077 She did live right next          to the railroad tracks.          107 00:05:11,844 --> 00:05:13,846 - [Scott] I'm initially             thinking,                     108 00:05:13,846 --> 00:05:14,981 what's happening here is         109 00:05:14,981 --> 00:05:18,584    probably somebody walking        down the railroad tracks,     110 00:05:18,584 --> 00:05:20,820  criminal fleeing from            another jurisdiction            111 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:22,088 or something like that.          112 00:05:22,088 --> 00:05:24,357    But as I looked at            the crime scene,                 113 00:05:24,357 --> 00:05:26,693    the door was not breached.    114 00:05:26,693 --> 00:05:30,596  - There's no signs of             footprints or forced entry.    115 00:05:30,596 --> 00:05:33,866    There's no windows            broken or ajar.                  116 00:05:33,866 --> 00:05:38,271    - No money taken.             117 00:05:38,271 --> 00:05:41,874  - [Kelley] The engagement ring     that Dr. Bob had given her    118 00:05:41,874 --> 00:05:44,143  was very significant.           119 00:05:44,143 --> 00:05:47,980 $30,000 was the                   engagement ring price.          120 00:05:47,980 --> 00:05:50,383    And that ring was               still on her finger.           121 00:05:50,383 --> 00:05:51,884  - [Scott] There was nothing to  suggest                          122 00:05:51,884 --> 00:05:53,986   that it was a random           act of violence                  123 00:05:53,986 --> 00:05:56,756   for someone that was walking     off of the railroad tracks.    124 00:05:56,756 --> 00:06:00,259    [train wheels clattering]     125 00:06:00,259 --> 00:06:02,628    - [Alan] Based on what the       evidence is showing them,     126 00:06:02,628 --> 00:06:05,865   detectives are beginning to    form a profile of their killer.  127 00:06:06,499 --> 00:06:11,237  - [Kelley] It took passion and    anger to make those wounds.    128 00:06:12,638 --> 00:06:14,741  - [Scott] So we're looking at   someone                          129 00:06:14,741 --> 00:06:17,143    that's emotionally            out of control,                  130 00:06:17,143 --> 00:06:18,611  loses it, so to speak.          131 00:06:20,012 --> 00:06:22,048   They don't realize,              or they don't care,            132 00:06:22,048 --> 00:06:26,185  or they can't stop themselves    long after this victim's dead.  133 00:06:26,185 --> 00:06:29,722 This is somebody who was           close to her, that knew her.   134 00:06:30,523 --> 00:06:33,893 And this wasn't just a              random burglary gone bad.     135 00:06:33,893 --> 00:06:35,128 This is something else.          136 00:06:36,295 --> 00:06:38,431 - [Alan] Next, Detective           Sawyer and Troutman            137 00:06:38,431 --> 00:06:41,667 need to speak to the two           men who discovered the body,   138 00:06:41,667 --> 00:06:45,037    Anna Mae's fiance                and her brother.              139 00:06:45,037 --> 00:06:47,173    - [Scott] Dr. Bob Fenneman       and Earl Winstead             140 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:49,041    are sitting in the               car in a driveway.            141 00:06:49,976 --> 00:06:52,178  - [Kelley] Dr. Bob is            extremely distraught.           142 00:06:52,178 --> 00:06:53,913   He's an elderly man.           143 00:06:53,913 --> 00:06:56,082   He and Ms. Ann were supposed   144 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:58,818  to get married                     and build a house.            145 00:06:58,818 --> 00:07:00,920 I wasn't going to exclude anyone 146 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,256 from being on the suspect list.  147 00:07:05,057 --> 00:07:10,129   However, seeing Dr.               Bob's physical condition,     148 00:07:10,329 --> 00:07:13,065   I felt that it would           have been very difficult         149 00:07:13,065 --> 00:07:15,067 for him to have                   committed that crime.           150 00:07:17,703 --> 00:07:20,373 And then I had a brief interview 151 00:07:20,373 --> 00:07:23,943   with Ms. Branson's             brother, Earl Winstead.          152 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:25,845 [ominous music]                  153 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:28,714 - [Scott] Earl is a very            stoic individual,             154 00:07:28,714 --> 00:07:31,350 not a lot of emotional response. 155 00:07:31,350 --> 00:07:32,952 I do remember him having         156 00:07:32,952 --> 00:07:34,387    a tear in his eye              during the interview,           157 00:07:34,387 --> 00:07:38,324   but that is the limit of the     emotion that Earl exhibited.   158 00:07:40,493 --> 00:07:43,496   - [Alan] Detectives make a       note to check Earl's alibi,    159 00:07:43,496 --> 00:07:44,997 and then return to the basement  160 00:07:44,997 --> 00:07:47,166 to be sure they                   didn't miss any clues.          161 00:07:48,835 --> 00:07:51,370  - [Kelley] I can see that she    didn't have shoes on,           162 00:07:51,370 --> 00:07:54,273  but she still had her             church clothes on.             163 00:07:54,273 --> 00:07:55,741 - [Scott] We were able to locate 164 00:07:55,741 --> 00:07:57,109    people that do go to that     church,                          165 00:07:57,109 --> 00:07:59,145 and we were able to talk          to them and found out           166 00:07:59,145 --> 00:08:01,948   that she did attend church       service the previous night.    167 00:08:02,915 --> 00:08:05,985    They didn't describe her        acting out of the ordinary.    168 00:08:05,985 --> 00:08:07,753  Just typical Anna Mae Branson   169 00:08:07,753 --> 00:08:09,522 going to church                     on a Sunday night.            170 00:08:09,522 --> 00:08:10,690   [suspenseful music]            171 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:14,126  - Church played a big           role in Anna Mae's life,         172 00:08:14,193 --> 00:08:16,128  and it did in                    everyone in the town.           173 00:08:16,128 --> 00:08:19,465  It's just that sort of a town    where everyone goes to church.  174 00:08:20,366 --> 00:08:23,870   - This community has              so many churches.             175 00:08:23,870 --> 00:08:25,538  I once tried to count.          176 00:08:25,538 --> 00:08:27,173   I think I got up to over 40,   177 00:08:27,173 --> 00:08:30,443 and just kind of stopped         counting at that point.          178 00:08:30,443 --> 00:08:32,178 - [Kelley] A lot of our             citizens,                     179 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:34,280   they're gonna be at              one of the services            180 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:35,748  several times a week.           181 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:39,986  - [Alan] This was especially     true of Ms. Anna Mae Branson.   182 00:08:41,153 --> 00:08:44,156   - [Karen] She was a faithful   attendee                         183 00:08:44,156 --> 00:08:46,158 at First Baptist                   Church Madisonville.           184 00:08:46,893 --> 00:08:48,561 And she was one of those people  185 00:08:48,561 --> 00:08:50,763   that you just knew               would be at church.            186 00:08:51,531 --> 00:08:53,933  It was really                     difficult to imagine           187 00:08:53,933 --> 00:08:56,435   that someone of her               stature had been murdered.    188 00:08:56,435 --> 00:08:59,305  [suspenseful music continues]   189 00:08:59,305 --> 00:09:00,473  - [Stefanie] Anna Mae Branson    was very high                   190 00:09:00,473 --> 00:09:01,507  on the church ladder.           191 00:09:01,507 --> 00:09:04,810 She had a lot of money              and she used it for good.     192 00:09:04,810 --> 00:09:06,445    She donated to the church.    193 00:09:06,445 --> 00:09:10,416  She donated to organizations     that could help other people.   194 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:12,952    - We were able to               establish a timeline           195 00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:15,087  just by what time the            church service ended.           196 00:09:15,087 --> 00:09:17,156  It always ends at, like, 7:00.  197 00:09:18,925 --> 00:09:22,194   We knew that she had            went home from church,          198 00:09:22,194 --> 00:09:24,330  and all she has to do            is cross the street.            199 00:09:25,064 --> 00:09:27,300  Got home probably around 7:15.  200 00:09:28,267 --> 00:09:32,071 - [Alan] Now cops have a window  of time for the murder,          201 00:09:32,071 --> 00:09:35,308   between 7:15 Sunday               night and Monday morning.     202 00:09:36,008 --> 00:09:39,178   The blood at the crime scene   narrows it down further.         203 00:09:40,146 --> 00:09:43,082  - [Kelley] I can see that the   blood around her head is dried,  204 00:09:43,082 --> 00:09:44,951  and the blood spatter           205 00:09:44,951 --> 00:09:47,853   that is on the chest            type freezer is dried,          206 00:09:47,853 --> 00:09:49,221   and so it would have           had to have been                 207 00:09:49,221 --> 00:09:51,624    sometime the night before.    208 00:09:51,624 --> 00:09:52,925  [suspenseful music continues]   209 00:09:52,925 --> 00:09:55,394    - [Alan] The last ones to        have seen Anna Mae alive,     210 00:09:55,394 --> 00:09:56,829  other than her killer,          211 00:09:57,463 --> 00:09:58,965  are the members of her church   212 00:09:58,965 --> 00:10:01,601 who watched her leave at         the end of the service.          213 00:10:02,635 --> 00:10:06,973 - [Mary] The church is probably     still a very busy place,      214 00:10:06,973 --> 00:10:10,242 so it's possible someone         could have walked over,          215 00:10:10,242 --> 00:10:11,877  followed her.                   216 00:10:11,877 --> 00:10:14,113   [suspenseful music]            217 00:10:14,113 --> 00:10:16,515 - [Kelley] You're thinking, "Is   this gonna be a church member   218 00:10:16,515 --> 00:10:18,284   that she was                     having issues with?"           219 00:10:18,284 --> 00:10:20,653    "Would they be mad enough      to come to her house            220 00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:22,288   and do this to her?"           221 00:10:22,288 --> 00:10:25,658  Having over my                     career investigate            222 00:10:25,658 --> 00:10:30,129 and respond to incidents           with church members,           223 00:10:30,129 --> 00:10:33,566 at any time things can go wrong  224 00:10:33,566 --> 00:10:38,871  and people are people and you     never know what's possible.    225 00:10:39,572 --> 00:10:42,174  [suspenseful music continues]   226 00:10:42,174 --> 00:10:43,442   - [Alan] Coming up.            227 00:10:43,442 --> 00:10:46,278 - [Scott] We asked the cleaning  lady, "What do you think, Judy?  228 00:10:46,278 --> 00:10:48,014    Who could have done this?"    229 00:10:48,014 --> 00:10:50,016   - [Kelley] The cleaning lady      tells me that Ms. Branson     230 00:10:50,016 --> 00:10:53,185 has loaned the handyman           Wayne a lot of money,           231 00:10:53,185 --> 00:10:56,689   and that he hasn't             paid her anything back.          232 00:10:56,689 --> 00:10:58,557  But Wayne, the handyman, says   233 00:10:58,557 --> 00:11:02,194 that Judy, the cleaning           lady, owes more than he does.   234 00:11:02,194 --> 00:11:05,431    - [Karen] We have a strong       church community.             235 00:11:05,431 --> 00:11:07,333 You always want to think           that your community            236 00:11:07,333 --> 00:11:08,567  has good people in it,          237 00:11:08,567 --> 00:11:11,303  and that people don't            do things like this.            238 00:11:11,303 --> 00:11:14,640  [suspenseful music continues]   239 00:11:15,975 --> 00:11:16,008 [d                               240 00:11:16,008 --> 00:11:16,042 [dra                             241 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:16,075 [drama                           242 00:11:16,075 --> 00:11:16,108 [dramati                         243 00:11:16,108 --> 00:11:16,142 [dramatic                        244 00:11:16,142 --> 00:11:16,175 [dramatic mu                     245 00:11:16,175 --> 00:11:16,208 [dramatic musi                   246 00:11:16,208 --> 00:11:17,877 [dramatic music]                 247 00:11:17,877 --> 00:11:21,013  - [Alan] Word is spreading in   Madisonville, Kentucky,          248 00:11:21,013 --> 00:11:23,015    that the revered                 church matriarch,             249 00:11:23,015 --> 00:11:25,584    Anna Mae Branson,                has been murdered.            250 00:11:26,919 --> 00:11:29,622 Detectives believe that             she knew her killer well,     251 00:11:30,456 --> 00:11:35,394   that it was probably someone    from her own devout community.  252 00:11:35,394 --> 00:11:38,464   - It                           253 00:11:39,932 --> 00:11:42,768    Everyone was just               trying to figure out           254 00:11:42,768 --> 00:11:43,969    who could have done this.     255 00:11:45,538 --> 00:11:47,540 You always want to think           that your community            256 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:48,808  has good people in it,          257 00:11:48,808 --> 00:11:53,846  and that people don't            do things like this.            258 00:11:54,146 --> 00:11:58,651 - [Kelley] The church community  and the community in a entirety  259 00:11:58,651 --> 00:12:01,787   were concerned and thought,    260 00:12:01,787 --> 00:12:03,923   "Who could this be              and do we know them?"           261 00:12:06,192 --> 00:12:08,794 - As detectives continue         to work the crime scene,         262 00:12:08,794 --> 00:12:12,064  Anna Mae's family is              learning the dreadful news.    263 00:12:12,531 --> 00:12:14,800 [poignant music]                 264 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,136  - I'm Anna Mae                  Branson's double nephew.         265 00:12:20,973 --> 00:12:23,542   - [J                           266 00:12:23,542 --> 00:12:26,645 and they married my dad          and his brother, Carol.          267 00:12:27,246 --> 00:12:32,718  I get a phone call on             Monday, January 13th, 2003.    268 00:12:32,718 --> 00:12:34,820  It's my wife,                     Mary, on the p                 269 00:12:36,088 --> 00:12:38,090   and Mary hesitated a minute,   270 00:12:38,090 --> 00:12:41,093    and I'm told that              Anna Mae was murdered.          271 00:12:41,093 --> 00:12:43,863   [suspenseful music]            272 00:12:43,863 --> 00:12:47,600   - Who could have done this?     How could this have happened?   273 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,236 - [Jack] And after Mary got home    later that night,             274 00:12:50,236 --> 00:12:52,238   we knew we would be               going immediately             275 00:12:52,238 --> 00:12:53,973  the next day to Madisonville.   276 00:12:55,574 --> 00:12:57,743    - [Alan] As the news races     through the community,          277 00:12:57,743 --> 00:13:00,713 a small crowd gathers at         the police tape outside.         278 00:13:01,647 --> 00:13:05,117  - While the detectives            are still on scene,            279 00:13:05,117 --> 00:13:07,486 Judy Harvey, the                 cleaning lady, shows up.         280 00:13:07,486 --> 00:13:10,256   [suspenseful music]            281 00:13:10,256 --> 00:13:11,891  Judy didn't live too far away,  282 00:13:11,891 --> 00:13:15,127   so whenever she saw all the     police cars at the residence,   283 00:13:15,127 --> 00:13:17,129 she came to see                     what was going on.            284 00:13:17,129 --> 00:13:19,899   And she seems really adamant      about wanting to help us.     285 00:13:19,899 --> 00:13:21,600    [officer speaking              indistinctly on radio]          286 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:22,968    - [Kelley] We started her       interview.                     287 00:13:24,603 --> 00:13:28,774    Judy states that she was         at home the night before,     288 00:13:28,774 --> 00:13:31,277 and that she called Ms. Branson  289 00:13:31,277 --> 00:13:34,146 'cause she was supposed          to come by the next day.         290 00:13:34,146 --> 00:13:35,915 - [Scott] Judy told us that she     had a phone conversation      291 00:13:35,915 --> 00:13:39,919  with Anna Mae Branson            on Sunday night, 9:00.          292 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:41,887   - [Ala                         293 00:13:41,887 --> 00:13:44,089  sharpen their timeline          of the killing.                  294 00:13:44,723 --> 00:13:46,926   Anna Mae would most            likely have been killed          295 00:13:46,926 --> 00:13:48,761   soon after 9:00 PM.            296 00:13:48,761 --> 00:13:49,695    That would have left time     297 00:13:49,695 --> 00:13:52,031   for the blood at the             crime scene to dry.            298 00:13:53,799 --> 00:13:56,302   The detectives suspect that    the killer was familiar          299 00:13:56,302 --> 00:13:58,204 with Anna Mae's daily routines,  300 00:13:58,204 --> 00:14:00,172 especially her church schedule,  301 00:14:00,172 --> 00:14:03,642 so they're eager to hear          what Judy has to say.           302 00:14:03,642 --> 00:14:05,778   - We ask her, "What              do you think, Judy?            303 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:08,681   "Who could have done this?"    304 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:11,917 And she was adamant she           thought the handyman did this.  305 00:14:12,751 --> 00:14:16,188 - [Kelley] She said that Wayne,   the handyman,                   306 00:14:16,188 --> 00:14:17,556   was the perpetrator.           307 00:14:17,556 --> 00:14:19,925  [suspenseful music continues]   308 00:14:19,925 --> 00:14:21,927    [ominous music continues]     309 00:14:21,927 --> 00:14:24,864   - [Karen] Mrs. Branson was a      very astute businesswoman.    310 00:14:26,198 --> 00:14:28,334    - [Jack] Anna Mae started        buying rental properties      311 00:14:28,334 --> 00:14:30,202  when she was about 50,          312 00:14:30,202 --> 00:14:33,839  and she wound up with 43 or 4,  313 00:14:33,839 --> 00:14:36,575   and managed those full-time.   314 00:14:36,575 --> 00:14:39,245    To take care of that many     houses in her old age,           315 00:14:39,245 --> 00:14:40,880   I don't know how she did it.   316 00:14:42,114 --> 00:14:44,850   She kept journals,               collected the rent.            317 00:14:44,850 --> 00:14:46,685    She had a handyman            318 00:14:46,685 --> 00:14:49,088 that she would call for           plumbing or roofing.            319 00:14:50,689 --> 00:14:52,224   [suspenseful music]            320 00:14:52,224 --> 00:14:54,960   - [Kelley] The cleaning lady      tells me that the handyman    321 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:59,231 makes extra work that he         charges Ms. Branson for,         322 00:14:59,231 --> 00:15:01,867   but she feels that               it's mostly made up            323 00:15:01,867 --> 00:15:04,203   and that he actually              has no work to do.            324 00:15:05,304 --> 00:15:10,209  Judy says that Ms. Branson has    loaned Wayne a lot of money    325 00:15:10,209 --> 00:15:13,746   and that he hasn't             paid her anything back.          326 00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:15,114   [suspenseful music]            327 00:15:15,114 --> 00:15:17,983 Judy tells me that she              doesn't know where it is,     328 00:15:17,983 --> 00:15:20,719   but that Ms.                     Branson has a ledger           329 00:15:20,719 --> 00:15:23,622 that she keeps all of the loans  330 00:15:23,622 --> 00:15:27,626    and payments from people        that she's loaned money to.    331 00:15:27,626 --> 00:15:30,629   And she said that it should       be written in that book,      332 00:15:30,629 --> 00:15:32,598  how much money Wayne owes her.  333 00:15:33,732 --> 00:15:35,034   - [Alan] Detective               Sawyer makes a note            334 00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:37,269   to find the handyman              and interview him.            335 00:15:38,003 --> 00:15:40,306  That's when the patrol           officers on the scene           336 00:15:40,306 --> 00:15:43,142   bring the detective               surprising news.              337 00:15:43,142 --> 00:15:44,009   [suspenseful music]            338 00:15:44,009 --> 00:15:45,744   - [Kelley] Before I left the    scene,                          339 00:15:45,744 --> 00:15:49,882 I was notified that the             handyman was also present.    340 00:15:49,882 --> 00:15:52,885   I went out the door              to speak with him.             341 00:15:52,885 --> 00:15:56,055  I asked Wayne about his loans   342 00:15:56,055 --> 00:15:58,023    that he's gotten                 from Ms. Branson.             343 00:15:58,023 --> 00:16:01,894  He tells me that he's           only gotten a small loan         344 00:16:01,894 --> 00:16:03,662  and that he had paid her back.  345 00:16:03,662 --> 00:16:08,767  And if I check, that Judy will    owe more money than he does.   346 00:16:10,035 --> 00:16:12,671   He seems very upset.           347 00:16:14,306 --> 00:16:17,710  I mean, he is                    obviously devastated.           348 00:16:18,911 --> 00:16:20,913 However, I'm thinking to myself, 349 00:16:20,913 --> 00:16:24,316  "Well, could this man           have done this to her?"          350 00:16:24,316 --> 00:16:29,088   [suspenseful music]            351 00:16:29,088 --> 00:16:31,924  so if he had                     committed the murder,           352 00:16:31,924 --> 00:16:35,461  [suspenseful music continues]   353 00:16:35,461 --> 00:16:36,829  and then he was there           354 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:40,466  and he was distraught              over his remorse,             355 00:16:40,466 --> 00:16:42,801  I mean, that's a possibility.   356 00:16:42,801 --> 00:16:45,971 And I feel that,                    especially at that moment,    357 00:16:45,971 --> 00:16:48,073  I need to know where you were.  358 00:16:48,073 --> 00:16:49,274 I need an alibi.                 359 00:16:51,210 --> 00:16:53,245 If I don't have a strong alibi,  360 00:16:53,245 --> 00:16:57,216 then you're gonna be at            the top of my suspect list.    361 00:16:57,216 --> 00:17:00,085 [dramatic music]                 362 00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:03,555   [s                             363 00:17:03,555 --> 00:17:03,589   [sus                           364 00:17:03,589 --> 00:17:03,622   [suspe                         365 00:17:03,622 --> 00:17:03,655   [suspens                       366 00:17:03,655 --> 00:17:03,689   [suspensef                     367 00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:03,722   [suspenseful                   368 00:17:03,722 --> 00:17:03,756   [suspenseful m                 369 00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:03,789   [suspenseful mus               370 00:17:03,789 --> 00:17:03,822   [suspenseful music             371 00:17:03,822 --> 00:17:05,891   [suspenseful music]            372 00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:08,260    - Detectives have               identified a suspect           373 00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:11,497 in the brutal murder of            churchgoer Anna Mae Branson.   374 00:17:12,531 --> 00:17:16,402 Judy, the cleaning lady,           insists Wayne, the handyman,   375 00:17:16,402 --> 00:17:18,704  who took care of Anna           Mae's rental properties,         376 00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:20,139   was the perpetrator.           377 00:17:21,673 --> 00:17:24,943    - [Scott] Judy was really     adamant about how this handyman  378 00:17:24,943 --> 00:17:26,779 is the one that                     probably did that.            379 00:17:27,746 --> 00:17:31,550  - [Kelley] The handyman had an     alibi of being out of town    380 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:33,452    with his daughter                the night before,             381 00:17:33,452 --> 00:17:36,688  and that he just came             back that morning.             382 00:17:36,688 --> 00:17:39,625    I asked him if he             would take a polygraph.          383 00:17:40,859 --> 00:17:43,829 He said, "Absolutely. Let's go." 384 00:17:44,863 --> 00:17:46,298   - [Scott] I took him to the    385 00:17:46,298 --> 00:17:47,933  Kentucky State Police           Polygraph Unit.                  386 00:17:48,867 --> 00:17:50,436   Before a polygrapher           387 00:17:50,436 --> 00:17:52,571    will administer a              polygraph examination,          388 00:17:52,571 --> 00:17:54,706    one of the things              that they ask about is          389 00:17:54,706 --> 00:17:56,508 do you have any                     heart conditions?             390 00:17:57,309 --> 00:17:58,877    - [Kelley] Wayne explained     to him                          391 00:17:58,877 --> 00:18:00,345  that he had a heart condition.  392 00:18:00,345 --> 00:18:02,881    - [Scott] The polygrapher      said, "I can't do it.           393 00:18:02,881 --> 00:18:05,317  I cannot polygraph him          394 00:18:05,317 --> 00:18:07,853 because it might                 trigger a heart attack."         395 00:18:09,488 --> 00:18:10,756   Wayne starts crying.           396 00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:13,225 [tense music continues]          397 00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:14,993    And he just wanted               to clear his name.            398 00:18:14,993 --> 00:18:16,628    He wanted to take                a polygraph worse             399 00:18:16,628 --> 00:18:18,864  than anybody I've ever             seen in my career.            400 00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:23,001   The only reason why             we we're suspected him          401 00:18:23,001 --> 00:18:25,771  and going through the             process with him is because    402 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:28,574    his name had been brought        up so much by Judy Harvey.    403 00:18:29,374 --> 00:18:32,478    From the beginning, Wayne      Shelton seemed very distraught  404 00:18:32,478 --> 00:18:35,647 over the fact that Anna          Mae had been murdered.           405 00:18:35,647 --> 00:18:39,485 We found out that Wayne Shelton   had multiple heart surgeries    406 00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:42,654    and currently had four or        five stents in his heart.     407 00:18:42,654 --> 00:18:47,359   - [Kelley] So, therefore, he     would not have the strength    408 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:48,794  to have caused                     that many injuries            409 00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:51,230  and those significant             blows to her head.             410 00:18:52,264 --> 00:18:53,632  At that point in time,          411 00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:56,368    Judy's floating toward the    top of the suspect list          412 00:18:56,368 --> 00:19:00,372   when everybody else              was sinking rapidly.           413 00:19:00,372 --> 00:19:02,641 [ominous music]                  414 00:19:02,641 --> 00:19:06,044   - [Alan] The following day,       Anna Mae's nephew, Jack,      415 00:19:06,044 --> 00:19:08,280   and his wife, Mary,              arrived from Georgia           416 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,849   to visit their Uncle            Earl and other family.          417 00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:15,053   - [Jack] Earl had a son and       daughter, Russell             418 00:19:15,053 --> 00:19:16,922  and Angela, who's the oldest,   419 00:19:16,922 --> 00:19:19,791    and my mother was              very close to Russell.          420 00:19:19,791 --> 00:19:22,761   Anna Mae, of course,            loved Russell.                  421 00:19:23,562 --> 00:19:27,266   Russell taught Sunday school      at the church he attended.    422 00:19:28,233 --> 00:19:30,402   - [Mary] Anna Mae loved her      nieces and nephews.            423 00:19:30,402 --> 00:19:32,704   She didn't have any              children of her own,           424 00:19:32,704 --> 00:19:34,640   and these were her children.   425 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,409  We go to Earl's house.          426 00:19:37,409 --> 00:19:40,546  We knock on the door,            and Russell answers.            427 00:19:40,546 --> 00:19:45,851    He looked so brokenhearted    and sad, and I hug him.          428 00:19:45,851 --> 00:19:47,686   We go into the l               429 00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:49,988    Earl is there, and            Jack speaks up,                  430 00:19:49,988 --> 00:19:53,425    and he says with                 a lot of emotion,             431 00:19:53,425 --> 00:19:56,328  "I wanna be there when           that killer is caught,          432 00:19:56,328 --> 00:19:59,865   and I wanna see the               life go out of his body."     433 00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:04,336    And Russell says, "You'll      have to get in line."           434 00:20:04,336 --> 00:20:06,872  Russell is an                    engineer at the mines.          435 00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:10,008   He's known for being           the calm person.                 436 00:20:10,008 --> 00:20:11,977    When there's an emergency,    437 00:20:11,977 --> 00:20:15,080  everybody knows that            Russell will stay calm.          438 00:20:15,681 --> 00:20:17,616 - [Alan] After the family visit, 439 00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:20,719    Jack and Mary head to the     town police department           440 00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:23,455 to check for any                   updates on the case.           441 00:20:23,455 --> 00:20:26,992 - [Jack] Mary and I stop at the  Madisonville Police Department,  442 00:20:26,992 --> 00:20:28,860  and we go in.                   443 00:20:28,860 --> 00:20:32,497  - [Mary] And all of a sudden,      this lady comes up to us      444 00:20:32,497 --> 00:20:36,735 and starts talking about           all of the suspects.           445 00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:39,471   She says, "I'm Judy Harvey,    446 00:20:39,471 --> 00:20:42,007    and I'm Anna Mae's            cleaning lady."                  447 00:20:42,774 --> 00:20:45,777  - [Jack] And she said, "I have   someone you need to consider."  448 00:20:45,777 --> 00:20:47,579   I said, "Okay, who?"           449 00:20:48,513 --> 00:20:51,016   It was Anna Mae's handyman.    450 00:20:51,016 --> 00:20:53,151    Wayne was his first name.     451 00:20:53,151 --> 00:20:56,521 [tense music continues]          452 00:20:56,521 --> 00:20:58,790 - [Mary] I get a little          nervous as she's talking         453 00:20:58,790 --> 00:21:02,761  because she's solving              the crime for us,             454 00:21:02,761 --> 00:21:07,766  but she's very eager to place    herself in the investigation.   455 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:09,901 [tense music continues]          456 00:21:09,901 --> 00:21:11,670   - [Alan] In spite of             Judy's accusations,            457 00:21:11,670 --> 00:21:14,640    detectives confirm             Wayne's alibi,                  458 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,042  that he was with his             daughter out of town.           459 00:21:17,042 --> 00:21:18,043 This along with                    his medical records            460 00:21:18,043 --> 00:21:25,684  mean Wayne is dropped            from the suspect list.          461 00:21:25,684 --> 00:21:29,688    produces an autopsy report     for Anna Mae Branson.           462 00:21:29,688 --> 00:21:31,089  - [Scott] The medical examiner  463 00:21:31,089 --> 00:21:33,792    shared some of her initial       findings.                     464 00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:35,060    One of the things             we asked for is                  465 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:37,095  how many times was she struck?  466 00:21:37,095 --> 00:21:39,531    And she said at least 97.     467 00:21:39,531 --> 00:21:41,833  [tense music]                   468 00:21:41,833 --> 00:21:44,202    We were able to ascertain       that she was killed            469 00:21:44,202 --> 00:21:46,672  very shortly after she            got home from church           470 00:21:46,672 --> 00:21:48,940  because the food that           she had eaten for supper         471 00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:51,810  had not even began its             absorption in her stomach.    472 00:21:51,810 --> 00:21:54,212 [tense music continues]          473 00:21:54,212 --> 00:21:56,715 - [Kelley] Ms. Branson's autopsy  report                          474 00:21:56,715 --> 00:22:00,719    gave an estimation of her        time of death at 7:30 PM.     475 00:22:00,719 --> 00:22:01,953 That would have lined up         476 00:22:01,953 --> 00:22:04,990    with when she was               seen leaving church            477 00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:06,992    and when she made               it across the street           478 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:08,660   and made it into her house.    479 00:22:09,461 --> 00:22:13,598 - [Alan] But if Anna Mae Branson    was already dead at 7:30,     480 00:22:13,598 --> 00:22:16,935  one of the witness statements     doesn't make sense.            481 00:22:18,036 --> 00:22:20,238  - [Scott] Something was wrong.    Something was not adding up.   482 00:22:20,238 --> 00:22:24,576    We immediately go back to     Judy Harvey's interview          483 00:22:24,576 --> 00:22:26,978    where she said she talked      to her Sunday evening           484 00:22:26,978 --> 00:22:28,213    9:00 on the phone.            485 00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:32,718    Judy was very adamant that      she did in fact talk to her,   486 00:22:32,718 --> 00:22:34,753   and then that's when we went      and got the search warrant    487 00:22:34,753 --> 00:22:36,988  for the phone records            for her and Anna Mae.           488 00:22:38,623 --> 00:22:40,992    And those records              provided no indication          489 00:22:40,992 --> 00:22:43,895    that the two of them had      talked on the phone that night.  490 00:22:43,895 --> 00:22:45,597 - [Kelley] There was no            possibility                    491 00:22:45,597 --> 00:22:48,500   that she actually spoke with     her on the phone that night.   492 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:49,868  She's obviously lying.          493 00:22:50,902 --> 00:22:53,138  - [Scott] Why is Judy telling     us the wrong time?             494 00:22:53,905 --> 00:22:56,007    Now she's trying to create     a smoke screen defense          495 00:22:56,007 --> 00:22:58,009    by saying that she talked       to Anna Mae Branson            496 00:22:58,009 --> 00:23:00,879 at 9:00 on Sunday night.         497 00:23:00,879 --> 00:23:03,782  - [Kelley] She's at the higher  end of the suspect list          498 00:23:03,782 --> 00:23:08,186   just because of her demeanor      and her untrustworthiness.    499 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]