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I COME PREPARED
FOR EVERYTHING.

THIS IS THE STORY OF
AN ALL-AMERICAN FAMILY...

- RUN.
- GO.

RUN!

...RIPPED APART BY SEX,
LUST, AND LOVE.

WELL, WELL, WELL.

THE STORY OF
A WOMAN AND HER MAN...

AUNT CINDY LOVED HIM TO DEATH.

WELL, HI.

...AND HER OTHER MAN.

I DID NOT THINK THAT
THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA.

...AND HER OTHER MAN...

HE TOLD HER THAT IF HE COULDN'T
HAVE HER, NOBODY COULD.

...AND HOW THEIR LIVES
INTERSECTED TO FORM

AN EPIC TRAIL OF MURDER
AND GREED

THAT SPANNED THREE STATES.

SOMEWHERE IN THESE
HOME MOVIES OF DOMESTIC LIFE,

A MONSTER IS ABOUT
TO BE REVEALED.

EVIL.

EVIL TO THE CORE.

Captions by VITAC--
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

IT'S THE SUMMER OF 1987,

KINSLEY, KANSAS.

THIS
NEVER-BEFORE-AIRED

HOME VIDEO CAPTURES
AN ALL-AMERICAN FAMILY AT PLAY.

TEACHING TRAMPOLINING
TO HER LARGE BLENDED FAMILY

ON A SCORCHING-HOT DAY

IS MOM CINDY PHILLIPS.

- YES.
- I WANT TO STAY ON.

I'LL DO KENDALL FIRST.
ALL OF YOU HOP OFF.

- YEAH.
- ALL OF YOU.

- YOU SURE, MOM?
- YEAH.

AT THE AGE OF 21,
CINDY ALREADY HAS TWO DAUGHTERS,

VANESSA, AGED 4,

AND MAGON, AGED 5.

USUALLY, MOM IS THE ONE READY
TO GET THE SHOW GOING.

SHE LOVED BEING PART IN IT.

SHE DIDN'T JUST HIDE
IN A CORNER.

THAT'S FOR SURE.
SHE WAS ACTIVE.

SHE MADE EVERYBODY HAPPY.

CINDY HAS BEEN MARRIED
TO 29-YEAR-OLD

MEAT PACKER RON PHILLIPS

FOR NEARLY A YEAR.

I THINK RON FIT RIGHT IN.

WE ALL WELCOMED HIM.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS PART OF
THE FAMILY FROM THE BEGINNING.

RON ALSO HAS TWO CHILDREN

FROM THE PREVIOUS MARRIAGE, RACHELLE...

...AND RYAN.

BUT STILL TREATS
CINDY'S DAUGHTERS AS HIS OWN.

- RUN.
- GO.

- RUN.
- HURRY, HURRY, HURRY.

IT WAS A COMPLETELY
HAPPY FAMILY.

IT'S CHRISTMAS 1988,

AND THE FAMILY IS AT CINDY'S
YOUNGER SISTER,

CATHY'S, HOUSE.

I LOVE HAVING EVERYBODY OVER.

WE'D PLAY BINGO.

WE'D BUILD GINGERBREAD HOUSES.

WE'D HAVE A BLAST.

CINDY, WITH LONG WAVY HAIR,

IS AT THE CENTER
OF THE FESTIVITIES.

USUALLY, MOM WOULD BE
THE ONE PASSING OUT PRESENTS.

SHE ALWAYS MADE A SHOW.

CINDY ALWAYS DOES HER
BEST TO MAKE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL,

AS NIECE BRANAGAN,

SEEN HERE AS A 1-YEAR-OLD,
REMEMBERS.

FAMILY CHRISTMAS WAS
SO MUCH FUN.

AUNT CINDY WOULD ALWAYS
DOCUMENT EVERYTHING WE DID.

SHE'D EVEN TURN ON
THE VIDEO CAMERA

AND TURN IT TO WHERE
EVERYBODY COULD BE SEEN,

AND SHE WANTED
TO CAPTURE MEMORIES.

ALSO AT THE FESTIVITIES

IS CINDY'S OTHER SISTER, CHRIS.

THE KIDS ALWAYS HAD FUN
OPENING THEIR PRESENTS,

AND, OF COURSE, THEY HAD
TO COMPARE WHO GOT WHAT,

YOU KNOW, LIKE ALL KIDS DO.

OH, YEAH. AH, YAY.

TRY MINE.

- THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
- YEAH.

CINDY AND RON PHILLIPS
ENJOY THEIR 6 YEARS

IN KINSLEY, KANSAS.

IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE
TO RAISE THEIR FOUR CHILDREN,

A MIDWESTERN HAVEN
OF ALL-AMERICAN VALUES.

THANK YOU. GET 'EM!

TAKE IT.

BUT SUPPORTING A LARGE FAMILY

LIKE THEIRS CAN GET EXPENSIVE.

CINDY AND RON
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY

TO BUY A MEAT PACKING PLANT

IN HASWELL, COLORADO.

OKAY, NOW, MOM, LISTEN.

I KNEW THAT IT WAS SOMETHING
WE WERE DOING FOR THE FAMILY

BECAUSE IT WAS GONNA BE,

YOU KNOW, MORE INCOME FOR US
AND BETTER LIVING.

MOVING HOUSE IS ALWAYS
A BIG DEAL,

BUT TAKING THE FAMILY INTERSTATE
WILL BE A GAME CHANGER.

I FELT LIKE I WAS, YOU KNOW,
LOSING MY BEST FRIEND

BECAUSE SHE'S MY SISTER,
YOU KNOW,

AND I COULDN'T IMAGINE
HER GOING ELSEWHERE.

ADVENTUROUS CINDY
DECIDES TO EMBRACE THE CHANGE,

AS THESE GLAMOUR SHOTS PROVE,

ADOPTING A NEW
PLATINUM BLOND LOOK.

SHE WOULDN'T LEAVE THE HOUSE
WITHOUT BEING ALL DOLLED UP.

SHE HAD TO LOOK GOOD.

SHE WAS ALWAYS ON TOP.

AND SO IN 1993,
THE AMBITIOUS PHILLIPS FAMILY

MOVE 4 HOURS
AWAY ACROSS THE STATE LINE.

THEIR NEW HOME IS THE TOWN
OF HASWELL IN COLORADO,

AND IT'S TINY.

AT THE TIME, IT BOASTS
A POPULATION OF JUST 52.

THERE WAS A POST OFFICE,
ONE LITTLE GAS STATION

ON THE HIGHWAY
AND VERY FEW HOUSES.

I MEAN, THIS PLACE
WAS ABSOLUTELY SMALL.

AROUND THE CORNER
FROM THEIR NEW HOUSE

IS THE FAMILY'S NEW BUSINESS.

THEY WENT OUT THERE
AND STARTED THAT BUSINESS.

THEY WERE MAKING IT, AND THEY
WERE HAPPY, AS FAR AS I KNEW.

RON SPENDS MOST OF HIS DAYS

AT THE MEAT PROCESSING PLANT.

THE KIDS FIND IT CREEPY.

MY STEPFATHER, RON, WOULD SHOOT
THE COWS AND SKIN THEM

AND THEN DRAIN THEM,

AND I GOT THIS
GOD-AWFUL FEELING.

IT WAS SCARY. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
A FUNERAL HOME.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANNA
GO IN THERE

JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW
WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THERE.

BUT THE MORE RON THROWS HIMSELF

INTO HIS NEW BUSINESS,

THE MORE CINDY MISSES
HER SISTERS

AND HER OLD LIFE BACK IN KANSAS.

HE'D BE UP THERE TILL
WE WERE ALREADY IN BED.

WHATEVER CAME IN HAD TO BE DONE.

MOM PROBABLY FELT ALONE
AT THIS POINT IN TIME WITH RON.

IT'S CHRISTMAS 1993.

AND 11 MONTHS AFTER MOVING AWAY,

CINDY IS HAPPY
TO BE BACK VISITING HER SISTERS

IN KANSAS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

CINDY, LOOKING GLAMOROUS
WITH HER SHOCK OF BLOND HAIR,

IS HAPPILY GIVING OUR PRESENTS
TO HER SISTERS AND FAMILY.

RON, HOWEVER, SEEN HERE
IN A MULTICOLORED SHIRT,

APPEARS NOT TO BE
HIS USUAL CHEERY SELF.

IT SEEMED LIKE THEIR MARRIAGE
STARTED TO DRIFT APART,

LIKE MOM WASN'T HAPPY WITH RON.

I'M NOT SO MUCH SURE THAT RON
WASN'T HAPPY WITH MY MOM.

- OH. OH!
- I DON'T NEED A BLANKET.

I THINK HE WAS
JUST MORE COMFORTABLE.

THAT FIRST CHRISTMAS
BACK WITH HER FAMILY

AFTER THE MOVE TO COLORADO
REMINDS CINDY OF THE LIFE

SHE LEFT BEHIND IN KANSAS.

SHE STARTS MAKING THE TRIP
BACK TO KINSLEY MORE REGULARLY.

SHE HAS A REASON.

THE GIRLS NEED TO SEE THEIR DAD,

HER EX-HUSBAND, LES CONRADY.

LES CONRADY WOULDN'T
HURT A FLY, LOVELY GUY.

LES IS A BIG PART
OF CINDY'S BACKSTORY.

THEY FIRST GOT TOGETHER
AFTER CINDY'S PREVIOUS BOYFRIEND

HAD DIED, LEAVING HER PREGNANT
WITH DAUGHTER MAGON.

LES, ACTUALLY, WASN'T
MY BLOOD FATHER,

BUT HE DID SIGN
MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE

AND TOOK ON THE ROLE.

HE WAS THERE FOR EVERYTHING,
AND HE WAS MY FATHER.

LES ENJOYS SPENDING
TIME WITH THE GIRLS.

BUT WHEN CINDY'S BACK
IN HER OLD HOMETOWN,

SHE SEEMS TO HAVE OTHER
THINGS ON HER MIND.

AND MORE AND MORE, MY MOTHER
STARTED TALKING TO TRUCKERS

AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

AND WHEN YOU GET OLDER,
YOU KIND OF REALIZE,

WOW, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS
ACTUALLY SETTING UP DATES

FOR THE WEEKEND
OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

MY MOTHER WAS VERY FLIRTATIOUS
WHEN SHE WAS AROUND MEN.

SHE COULD GET MEN TO DO ANYTHING

AND EVERYTHING
SHE WANTED THEM TO DO.

BUT CINDY IS PLAYING WITH FIRE.

WITHIN 15 MONTHS OF THESE HOMEY

CHRISTMAS MOMENTS
CAUGHT ON VIDEO,

CINDY AND RON'S LIVES
WILL BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

THESE NEVER-BEFORE-AIRED

HOME MOVIES CAPTURE CINDY
AND RON PHILLIPS

ENJOYING CHRISTMAS
WITH HER SISTERS.

BUT WITHIN 2 YEARS, HAPPY SCENES
LIKE THESE WILL BECOME

A THING OF THE PAST.

♪ NEVER HAD THAT DRINK ♪

THE COMING CATASTROPHE BEGINS,

AS IT SO OFTEN DOES,
WITH CAR TROUBLE.

♪ SHOULD'VE NEVER
HAD THAT DRINK ♪

IN MARCH OF 1995,
AFTER SPENDING A WEEKEND

AT HER SISTER'S IN KANSAS,

CINDY'S CAR BREAKS DOWN

58 MILES FROM HOME IN COLORADO.

♪ SHOULD'VE NEVER HAD
THAT DRINK ♪

MOM GOT THE CAR FIXED
AT A GARAGE IN LAMAR, COLORADO,

AND THAT IS WHERE
SHE MET TOBY MATTHEWS.

- WELL, HI.
- HEY, THERE, DARLING.

WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM?

WHEN THE HANDSOME MECHANIC

MENTIONS THAT HE ALSO WORKS

AT A BOUNCER AT A LOCAL BAR
CALLED OPAL'S,

CINDY SHOWS UP
THERE THE VERY NEXT NIGHT.

WELL, WELL, WELL,
SMALL WORLD.

TOBY IS 26 YEARS OLD,

SINGLE,
AND ALWAYS UP FOR SOME FUN.

YEAH.

THEY START HANGING OUT TOGETHER
AND KARAOKING TOGETHER

AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.

SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD MET HER
TALL, DARK, AND HANDSOME MAN

AND THE LOVE OF HER LIFE,

AND I THINK HE WAS
FULFILLING THAT VOID

THAT SHE WAS NOT
GETTING WITH RON.

THIS RARE FOOTAGE OF
CINDY AND TOBY DANCING AT OPAL'S

SHOWS HE IS GIVING CINDY A BREAK

FROM THE GROWING
TENSION AT HOME.

BACK IN HASWELL, SHE STARTS
GIVING HER HUSBAND, RON,

VARIOUS EXCUSES FOR HER
FREQUENT TRIPS TO LAMAR.

AT FIRST, WHEN MOM
STARTED GOING TO LAMAR...

I HAVE A LATE SHIFT.
DON'T WAIT UP.

...SHE WAS USING THE EXCUSE
OF WORKING AS A WAITRESS.

I THINK RON'S PUTTING IT
ALL TOGETHER IN HIS HEAD

WHAT WAS GOING ON.

BY THE SPRING OF 1996,

CINDY'S FLING WITH TOBY
HAS BECOME...

- HI, BABY.
- HI, BABY.

...A FULL-BLOWN ROMANTIC AFFAIR.

- HOW ARE YOU?
- I'M GOOD.

- YOU'RE LOOKING SEXY.
- THANK YOU.

...AND BEGINS TO THREATEN HER

ALREADY SHAKY MARRIAGE.

EVER SINCE THE GIRLS
WERE LITTLE,

RON HAS ALWAYS BEEN
A DEDICATED FAMILY MAN,

EMBRACING CINDY'S DAUGHTERS
AS HIS OWN.

RON WAS A BRILLIANT FATHER.

HE WAS BUBBLY,
BUT HE WAS THE GO-GETTER.

YOU KNOW, HE CONSTANTLY
WAS WORKING,

AND WHEN HE WAS FREE,
HE WOULD PARTAKE

IN PLAYING WITH US.

BUT CINDY'S REGULAR
DISAPPEARANCES START TO ROCK

THE BLENDED
FAMILY'S FOUNDATIONS.

WHAT ARE YOU UP TO, CINDY?

NOTHING. I'M GOING TO WORK.

DON'T LIE TO ME.

I'M NOT LYING.

RON CHANGED.

HE BECAME SUCH A HATEFUL MAN.

I'M BUSTING MY ASS
AT THE PLANT EVERY DAY.

I WORK HARD, AND I WORK--

I REMEMBER HIM AND MY
MOTHER HAVING AN ARGUMENT.

WHAT KIND OF
A UNIFORM IS THIS?

I LIKE TO LOOK NICE.
YOU KNOW THAT.

BUT I REMEMBER HE HAD
MY MOTHER PINNED UP

AGAINST THE WALL BY HER NECK.

YOU LOUSY PIECE OF--

DESPITE THEIR TROUBLES,

RON DOESN'T WANT
TO SEE THEIR FAMILY BREAK UP.

JUST GET OUT OF HERE.

HE HOPES AND PRAYS THAT CINDY

WILL EVENTUALLY
RETURN TO THE FOLD.

BUT CINDY ONLY STARTS MAKING

MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS CHOICES.

AT ONE POINT IN TIME, WE WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE GOING TO KANSAS

ON A TRIP
TO SEE OUR GRANDPARENTS,

AND WE STOPPED
AT A MECHANIC SHOP.

HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF
AS TOBY AND, YOU KNOW,

JUST KIND OF STARTED
TALKING TO US AND STUFF.

HEY, THERE, GIRLS.

YOU MUST BE MAGON
AND VANESSA, RIGHT?

SOME STUFF, AND I THINK
AT THAT POINT, ME

AND MY SISTER
BOTH KIND OF REALIZED

THAT SHE WASN'T WAITRESSING.

SHE WAS ACTUALLY GOING
AND SPENDING IT WITH TOBY.

GIRLS, YOU BE NICE
TO UNCLE TOBY. YEAH.

CINDY STARTS BRINGING
HER DAUGHTERS

WITH HER TO LAMAR
FOR LONGER VISITS...

HE'S NICE. BE NICE.

...WITHOUT TELLING
RON WHERE THEY ARE.

HERE WE GO.
ONE FOR YOU AND, YEAH.

BASICALLY, WE WERE
FORCED TO LIE.

I MEAN, WE KNEW NOT TO TALK
ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS.

WE KNEW THE LOOK THAT
SHE GAVE US WHEN WE WERE ABOUT

TO SAY SOMETHING
WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY.

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE EYEBROWS
RAISED LIKE, "HUSH YOUR MOUTH."

TOBY FALLS HARD FOR
THE ADVENTUROUS BLOND BOMBSHELL,

DOING HIS BEST TO PLEASE HER,

AND SHE ENJOYS
CALLING THE SHOTS.

SOMETIMES QUITE LITERALLY LIKE

IN THIS RARE HOME MOVIE FOOTAGE
OF THE TWO SKEET SHOOTING.

IT'S A DANGEROUS GAME
THEY'RE PLAYING.

AUNT CINDY WAS ALL SMILES,
HAPPY GO LUCKY.

SHE SEEMED LIKE THIS WAS HER
KEEPER, HER ONE-AND-ONLY LOVE.

AUNT CINDY LOVED HIM TO DEATH.

DURING THE SIMMERING
SUMMER OF 1996,

WHEN THIS STEAMY
HOME VIDEO WAS FILMED,

EVENTS ARE ABOUT TO BOIL OVER.

HE'S A SWEETHEART. SAY HI.

10 YEARS AFTER
THIS FOOTAGE WAS TAKEN,

CINDY AND RON PHILLIPS'
HAPPY MARRIAGE

IS STARTING TO FALL APART.

CINDY FEELS TRAPPED AND IS
SPENDING MORE AND MORE TIME

AN HOUR AWAY WITH HANDSOME
YOUNG BOUNCER, TOBY MATTHEWS.

SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE.

NOW, I'M DOING IT
FOR THE KIDS, TOO.

SO I'M DOING PLENTY, TOO.

YOU'RE NEVER HERE!

I WORK HARD,
AND I WORK DAMN HARD.

I REMEMBER THE ONE NIGHT
IN HASWELL, COLORADO,

RON AND MOM HAD GOTTEN
INTO A REALLY BAD FIGHT,

AND HE TOLD HER THAT IF HE
COULDN'T HAVE HER, NOBODY COULD.

GET OUT OF HERE, MAN!

I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST FIGHT

THAT I EVER WITNESSED
OF RON AND MY MOTHER.

GIRLS, GET YOUR THINGS. HURRY.

IN JUNE 1996,

CINDY PHILLIPS
TAKES HER TWO DAUGHTERS

AND LEAVES RON FOR GOOD.

THE THREE HEAD DOWN TO LAMAR

AND MOVE IN WITH HER NEW LOVE,
TOBY MATTHEWS.

MOM WAS A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT PERSON.

LIKE, SHE WAS BOUNCY, HAPPY.

IT WAS NICE TO SEE HER
LIKE THAT AGAIN

AFTER BEING SO SAD WITH RON.

BUT BEFORE CINDY AND TOBY HAVE

A CHANCE TO START THEIR LIVES

TOGETHER, THEY RECEIVE
DISTURBING NEWS.

BACK IN KINSLEY, KANSAS,
CINDY'S FIRST HUSBAND,

LES CONRADY, HAS GONE MISSING.

HE WAS LAST SEEN AT A LOCAL BAR.

MOM WAS REALLY FRANTIC WHEN SHE
FOUND OUT THAT LES WENT MISSING.

LES?

MY MOM TOOK ME AND MY
SISTER, AND WE WENT TO KANSAS.

LES!

HIS CAR WAS SPOTTED
DOWN THE STREET FROM HIS HOUSE,

BUT NOBODY COULD FIND HIM.

DESPITE AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH,

LES IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

AFTER A MONTH WHILE
SEARCHING COON CREEK

MILES OUTSIDE OF TOWN,

THEY MAKE A GRISLY DISCOVERY.

IT'S LES.

MOM WAS CRYING WHEN SHE TOLD US
THAT HIS BODY HAD BEEN FOUND.

LES' BODY HAS BEEN
IN THE WATER FOR SOME TIME

AND IS BADLY DECOMPOSED.

THE CORONER WILL RULE THAT
HE SUFFERED A HEAD TRAUMA

BUT CAN'T DECIDE IF LES' DEATH

WAS ACCIDENTAL OR A HOMICIDE.

LOSING LES WAS A TRAGEDY.

IT WAS DEVASTATING.
CINDY WAS VERY UPSET.

THIS WAS THE FATHER OF HER KIDS
FOUND DEAD IN THE RIVER.

AND NO REASON FOR ANYBODY
TO EVER HURT HIM EVER.

THERE ARE NO SUSPECTS.

WATER HAS DESTROYED
THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE,

AND THE CASE WILL REMAIN
IN LIMBO FOR YEARS.

FOLLOWING THE TRAGEDY,
CINDY AND TOBY DECIDE

TO MAKE A NEW LIFE
TOGETHER FAR AWAY FROM COLORADO

AND MOVE TO EASTERN TEXAS
TO A TOWN CALLED CORSICANA,

WHERE TOBY GREW UP.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE PULLED
INTO CORSICANA, TEXAS,

AND SEEING ALL THE TREES
AND EVERYTHING

AND JUST BEING SO EXCITED

BECAUSE IT WAS
SO PRETTY COMPARED

TO WHAT WE LIVED IN
IN HASWELL, COLORADO.

MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS,
STARTED MAKING, YOU KNOW,

A NEW LIFE THERE.

A YEAR PASSES PEACEFULLY

UNTIL CINDY AND TOBY RECEIVE

A SURPRISE VISITOR
FROM THE PAST,

40-YEAR-OLD RICHARD BOYD.

RICK?

RICK WAS A GOOD FRIEND
OF MY MOM'S DAD,

WHICH ALSO MADE HIM
A GOOD FRIEND OF MY MOM'S.

HOW ARE YOU?

HE WAS KNOWN AS OUR UNCLE RICK.

THAT'S THE WAY
THAT WE REFERRED TO HIM.

I'M GOOD!

UNCLE RICK HAS ALSO DECIDED

TO RESETTLE IN TEXAS FOR WORK,

AND HE'S LOOKING
FOR A PLACE TO CRASH

WHILE HE FINDS HIS FEET.

- IF THAT'S OKAY.
- SURE.

GIRLS, COME SAY HI
TO UNCLE RICK.

RICHARD BOYD WAS KIND OF
A SUGAR DADDY TO MY SISTER.

WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT RICHARD
BOYD WAS MOVING IN WITH THEM,

I DID NOT THINK
THAT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA.

YOU MUST REMEMBER UNCLE RICK.
THEY'RE VERY SHOCKED.

CINDY IS THRILLED
TO HAVE UNCLE RICK STAY,

BUT CINDY'S TWO
TEENAGE DAUGHTERS

ARE LESS IMPRESSED.

IN FACT, HE CREEPS THEM OUT.

THINGS GOT REALLY
WEIRD WITH RICK.

HE ACTUALLY STARTED DOING
ADVANCES TOWARDS ME.

HE WOULD COME INTO
MY ROOM AT NIGHT

AND SAY HE WAS GIVING ME
A KISS GOOD NIGHT

AND THEN FRY TO FRENCH KISS ME.

BUT THEIR MOM, CINDY,
SEEMS OBLIVIOUS.

I WAS TOO SCARED TO TELL MY MOM.

RICK SAID THAT
SHE'D BE MAD AT ME.

I DON'T THINK SHE HAD ANY IDEA
WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH RICK

OR THAT I WAS GOING THROUGH IT.

TOBY IS ALSO CLUELESS.

HE FIGURES ANY FRIEND OF
CINDY'S DAD IS A FRIEND OF HIS.

BUT LITTLE DO TOBY
AND CINDY KNOW, WITHIN 6 MONTHS,

THE PAST IS ABOUT
TO CATCH UP WITH THEM

IN A BURST
OF SPECTACULAR VIOLENCE.

IT'S BEEN 2 YEARS SINCE

TOBY MATTHEWS AND CINDY PHILLIPS

MOVE THEIR FAMILY DOWN TO TEXAS.

AND DISASTER IS ABOUT TO STRIKE.

CORSICANA POLICE DETECTIVE,
BERTHA ZAIDLE,

RESPONDS TO THE SCENE.

I WAS CALLED IN AS THE LEAD
DETECTIVE ON THE CASE.

I SAW A MALE BODY
LAYING ON THE GROUND.

IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS HE'D BEEN
SHOT IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD,

AND WE NOTICED THERE WAS
SEVERAL GUNSHOTS TO THE BODY.

THE FIRST GUT FEELING I HAD WAS,

"WOW, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN
IN OUR LITTLE TOWN.

WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE SHOT
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD."

IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE
THE INCIDENT ATTRACTS ATTENTION

FROM A FAMILIAR FACE.

WHILE WE'RE WORKING THE SCENE,

THIS RICK BOYD HAD DROVE UP.

IS EVERYTHING OKAY, OFFICER?

AND THE OFFICER
HAD TOLD HIM THAT, YOU KNOW,

WE HAD A VICTIM LAYING
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

HEY, UH, THANK YOU.

UNCLE RICK RECOGNIZES TOBY'S CAR

AND RUSHES BACK TO TELL CINDY.

BUT HE GETS THE STORY WRONG.

I WOKE UP,
AND MY MOTHER WAS SCREAMING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

MOM WAS JUST COMPLETELY FRANTIC.

A CAR ACCIDENT?

AND RICK TOLD ME THAT TOBY
DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

MY SISTER HAD CALLED.

CINDY WAS JUST CRYING
AND SCREAMING AND SAYING,

"TOBY WAS KILLED.
TOBY WAS KILLED."

TERRIBLE, I JUST WANTED
TO BE THERE TO HUG HER

AND COMFORT HER.

TOBY WAS
DEFINITELY A SWEETHEART.

LIKE...

IT WAS PROBABLY THE NICEST MAN

THAT MY MOTHER
COULD HAVE EVER CAME ACROSS.

AFTER WORKING THE CRIME SCENE,
I WENT TO CINDY PHILLIPS' HOUSE.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SAD
GUT FEELING THAT YOU'RE GONNA

HAVE TO GO TELL THIS LADY

THAT HER BOYFRIEND
OF SEVERAL YEARS

HAS BEEN SHOT
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

IT WAS LIKE A DREAM, YOU KNOW.

I FELT LIKE I WASN'T
EVEN REALLY THERE.

I WAS STAYING BACK WATCHING.

CINDY WAS SCREAMING AND CRYING
UNDER THIS BLANKET,

AND I ASKED HER SEVERAL TIMES,

I SAID, "CINDY,
COULD YOU PLEASE

"TAKE THAT BLANKET
OFF YOUR HEAD?

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU."

AND SHE WOULD NEVER
TAKE IT OFF.

SHE JUST KEPT
HOLDING IT TIGHTER.

CINDY, PLEASE.

AND I KEPT, YOU KNOW,
THINKING, "THIS IS WEIRD."

WHEN RICK WENT BACK
TO THE HOUSE, HE TOLD HER

THAT TOBY WAS KILLED
IN A CAR WRECK.

BUT WITH SIX BULLET WOUNDS,

INCLUDING A SHOT TO THE HEAD,

TOBY'S DEATH WAS NO ACCIDENT.

WHEN I WENT IN TO TELL HER
THAT HE HAD BEEN SHOT,

SHE DIDN'T ASK ME
ANY QUESTIONS.

SHE DIDN'T ASK ME ANYTHING.

CINDY ISN'T THE ONLY
ONE DETECTIVE ZAIDLE THINKS

IS ACTING STRANGELY.

RICK BOYD SEEMED VERY NERVOUS,
VERY FIDGETY

BECAUSE HE KEPT PACING BACK
AND FORTH FROM THE KITCHEN

TO THE LIVING ROOM,
KITCHEN TO THE LIVING ROOM.

MAGON WAS SICK,
SO TOBY WENT OUT.

SHE SAID TOBY WAS
GOING TO THE STORE

TO GET SOME MEDICINE FOR MAGON.

AND IT TOOK A WHILE
FOR HIM TO GO BACK.

TOBY'S BEEN GONE AN HOUR.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT HIM.

HE JUST DIDN'T COME BACK.

UNCLE RICK WENT OUT
TO LOOK FOR HIM.

IS THIS TRUE, RICK?

YEAH. IT'S LIKE CINDY SAID.

DETECTIVE ZAIDLE IS
STARTING TO THINK THAT CINDY

AND UNCLE RICK KNOW
MORE THAN THEY'RE LETTING ON.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY SOMEONE WOULD KILL HIM.

THE NEWS OF TOBY'S
MURDER SPREADS FAST

IN SMALL TOWN LIKE CORSICANA,

BUT RUMORS SPREAD FASTER,

FORCING A CONCERNED CINDY

TO CALL UP DETECTIVE ZAIDLE.

CINDY WAS TELLING ME
THAT PEOPLE WERE TELLING HER

THAT SHE WAS A SUSPECT,

THAT SHE HAD KILLED TOBY,
THAT I WAS TELLING PEOPLE THAT.

I'D ASKED HER TO COME
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

SO WE COULD DISCUSS IT.

SHE VOLUNTARILY SAID THAT SHE
WANTED TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH.

A WEEK LATER,
ANXIOUS TO CLEAR HER NAME,

CINDY SITS FOR THE TEST.

WERE YOU PRESENT
WHEN TOBY WAS SHOT?

NO.

DO YOU KNOW
WHO SHOT TOBY MATTHEWS?

NO.

WELL, SHE FLUNKED IT HORRIBLY.

CINDY'S PLAN TO CLEAR
HER NAME HAS BACKFIRED.

SHE HAS NO CHOICE
BUT TO COME CLEAN.

YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING,
BUT RICK AND I,

WE DID HAVE A FEW
ROMANTIC NIGHTS TOGETHER.

SHE WAS JUST BASICALLY
SAYING THAT TOBY

AND RICK DID NOT GET ALONG,
THAT TOBY DID NOT LIKE RICK.

RICK DID NOT LIKE TOBY.

I DON'T THINK TOBY KNEW.

IN HER WORDS,
IT WAS MAN AGAINST MAN.

I DON'T THINK HE KNEW.

RICK DEFINITELY
WANTED ME TO HIMSELF.

I KEPT THINKING,
"THIS IS GOING MY WAY."

THAT'S REALLY WHY
I THINK HE DID IT.

I THOUGHT, "YES."

RICK KILLED TOBY.

I GOT HIM.
WE HAVE WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

WHEN IT'S RICK'S TURN
TO BE INTERROGATED,

HE TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY

FOR SHOOTING TOBY MATTHEWS.

IT WAS ME.

HE SAYS HE GUNNED TOBY DOWN

AND THAT CINDY
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

WHEN RICK BOYD GAVE US
HIS CONFESSION,

YOU COULD TELL THAT
IT WAS A RELIEF.

HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.

HE WAS GETTING IT OFF
HIS CONSCIENCE.

I SHOT HIM FIVE OR SIX TIMES.

IT SEEMS THAT DETECTIVE ZAIDLE

HAS TOBY'S KILLER.

RICK BOYD IS PLACED
UNDER ARREST,

AND CINDY AGREES TO TESTIFY
AGAINST HIM IN COURT.

BUT THEN A NEW DEVELOPMENT
THROWS THE CASE FOR A LOOP.

WHEN NEWS OF TOBY'S MURDER
MAKES IT BACK TO HIS HOME TOWN

IN COLORADO,
THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S OFFICE

RECEIVED AN INTERESTING CALL.

HI, THERE. I'M...

AND I HAVE
SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A MURDER,

FELLOW NAMED TOBY MATTHEWS.

THE CASE OF TOBY MATTHEWS IS

ABOUT TO BE TURNED ON ITS HEAD,

FORCING DETECTIVES TO RETHINK
EVERYTHING THEY'VE LEARNED.

TWO YEARS AFTER THIS
FOOTAGE OF CINDY PHILLIPS

AND BOY TOY, TOBY MATTHEWS,
WAS TAKEN...

...TOBY IS FOUND DEAD IN TEXAS.

CINDY'S FAMILY FRIEND
AND ON-AND-OFF LOVER,

RICK BOYD,
CONFESSES TO THE MURDER.

IT WAS ME. I SHOT TOBY.

BUT THEN NEWS OF TOBY'S MURDER

REACHES HIS OLD FRIEND

AND FELLOW BOUNCER BACK
IN COLORADO, BILLY SLAUGHTER.

HE CALLS THE POLICE.

I HAVE SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT A MURDER, TOBY MATTHEWS.

ALL RIGHT.

BILLY SLAUGHTER CAME
INTO THE ANDERSON,

INDIANA, POLICE DEPARTMENT,

AND WE CONTACTED
THE DETECTIVE THERE,

AND THEY CONDUCTED
AN INTERVIEW.

THE SOUND ON THIS
POLICE VIDEO MAY BE DISTORTED,

BUT IT SHEDS NEW LIGHT

ON WHAT MIGHT HAVE
HAPPENED TO TOBY.

TELL ME, UH...

ACCORDING TO BILLY,

BACK WHEN SHE FIRST
MET TOBY IN 1995,

CINDY HAD A PLAN
FOR HER HUSBAND, RON.

SHE WAS GONNA GIVE HIM
$10,000 UP FRONT AND $10,000

WHEN THE JOB WAS DONE.

CINDY WANTED TO
GET RID OF RON

SO SHE COULD MOVE IN
WITH NEW LOVE, TOBY.

CINDY HAD TAKEN SEVERAL LIFE
INSURANCE POLICIES OUT ON RON,

AND A LOT OF THOSE
WERE DOUBLE INDEMNITY.

SO IF HE GOT KILLED BY ACCIDENT,

SHE WOULD RECEIVE
TWICE THE MONEY.

IF BILLY HAD SUCCEEDED,

CINDY STOOD TO COLLECT
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS

IN INSURANCE MONEY FOR RON,

SO SHE LEFT NOTHING TO CHANCE.

OKAY. I'M GONNA DRAW YOU
THE PLAN.

- MM-HMM.
- SO...

EVEN DRAWING BILLY
A MAP OF THE PROCESSING PLANT

DETAILING HOW TO BREAK IN.

YOU'RE GONNA GO HERE.
THIS WILL BE UNLOCKED.

YOU GO IN HERE,
AND YOU CAN KILL HIM HERE.

BUT BILLY HAD OTHER PLANS.

WITH BILLY AND HER MONEY GONE,

CINDY'S MURDEROUS
PLAN FELL APART.

TO DOUBLE CHECK BILLY'S STORY,
UNDERSHERIFF HOWARD HEADS

OVER TO THE PACKING
PLANT HIMSELF.

BILLY SLAUGHTER TOLD US
HOW HE WAS

SUPPOSED TO ENTER THROUGH A DOOR

THAT COULDN'T BE LOCKED.

I ATTEMPTED TO GET
IN THROUGH THAT DOOR,

AND THE DOOR WAS SO DISHEVELED

THAT IT COULD NOT BE LOCKED,

AND ONLY BILLY AND CINDY

AND RON PROBABLY KNEW THAT.

IN MAY 1998, CINDY PHILLIPS

IS ARRESTED
FOR CRIMINAL SOLICITATION

TO COMMIT THE MURDER
OF HUSBAND, RON PHILLIPS.

BUT THEN WHILE AWAITING
TRIAL IN COLORADO,

CINDY CAN'T HELP BUT BOAST
TO HER CELL MATE

ABOUT A SEPARATE
DEADLY PLAN OF HERS.

SHE BEGAN TO CONFIDE ABOUT
HOW SHE HAD CONDUCTED THE MURDER

OF TOBY MATTHEWS IN TEXAS.

UNCLE RICK MAY NOT
HAVE ACTED ALONE AFTER ALL.

WE CONTACTED CORSICANA
AND TOLD THEM

THAT WE MIGHT HAVE
A POTENTIAL WITNESS.

IN OCTOBER 2000,
CINDY PHILLIPS STANDS TRIAL

FOR THE MURDER OF TOBY MATTHEWS.

THE COURT HEARS WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED THAT APRIL NIGHT

AFTER TOBY LEFT HOME
TO GET SOME MEDICINE.

CINDY AND RICK FOLLOWED HIM.

THEY FLASHED THEIR LIGHTS.
TOBY PULLED OVER.

TOBY GETS OUT OF HIS CAR.

CINDY AND RICK GET
OUT OF THE TRUCK.

TOBY ASKED THEM, "WHAT'S
WRONG? WHAT'S GOING ON?"

AND THEN CINDY PULLS OUT A GUN.

CINDY SHOT TOBY ONCE IN THE BACK

AND FIRED ANOTHER TWO SHOTS
INTO HIM WHEN HE WAS DOWN.

RICK TAKES THE GUN
FROM CINDY AND TELLS CINDY,

"WE WANNA MAKE SURE HE'S DEAD."

RICK FIRES THREE MORE SHOTS,

INCLUDING A KILL SHOT
TO THE HEAD.

THEN THEY BOTH GO BACK
TO THE HOUSE

LIKE NOTHING HAD EVER HAPPENED.

NOT LONG AFTER,
CINDY TRIED TO COLLECT

ON TOBY'S $100,000
LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.

AT THE TRIAL,
CINDY IS FOUND GUILTY

FOR THE MURDER
OF LOVER, TOBY MATTHEWS.

SHE IS SENTENCED TO 60 YEARS.

THAT SENTENCE IS TACKED
ONTO THE 24 YEARS

SHE GOT FOR THE ATTEMPTED MURDER

OF HER SECOND HUSBAND,
RON PHILLIPS.

A VERY COLD-HEARTED,
RUTHLESS PERSON.

SHE'S EVIL.

SHE IS EVIL TO THE CORE.

THE DEATH OF CINDY'S
FIRST HUSBAND, LES,

REMAINS A MYSTERY.

AS FAR AS LES CONRAD'S DEATH,

IT'S STILL AN OPEN INVESTIGATION,

AND NOBODY HAS EVER BEEN
CHARGED IN THAT CRIME,

AND NOBODY'S BEEN
CONVICTED OF IT.

LOOKING BACK AT HOME VIDEOS,

FOR MAGON,
THESE FOND MEMORIES

ARE NOW TAINTED
WITH BETRAYAL.

IT'S UNREAL TO SEE US
THAT LITTLE AND THAT HAPPY.

IT'S GOOD.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE HER HAPPY.

IT'S GOOD BECAUSE
WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH OF IT.

I THINK THAT'S RON.

I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM
IN A LONG TIME.

I MISS THE HAPPY TIMES.

OUR WHOLE FAMILY
IS JUST SO SPLIT.

IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY.

IT'S LIKE THIS ONE PERSON
CAN TAKE SOMETHING SO GREAT

AND JUST RIP IT ALL APART.

MOMMY...
...ON THE BOTTOM.

I HEAR MY FOOD MOVING AROUND.

MM-HMM.

I LOVE MY SISTER.

I HAVE NEVER DOUBTED
HER INNOCENCE,

AND NO MATTER WHAT
EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD SAY,

I JUST SAY NO.

SHE'S INNOCENT.

I'D HATE TO THINK THAT SHE
WAS CAPABLE OF DOING ALL THAT.

BUT...

IT'S PRETTY MUCH
IN BLACK AND WHITE.

NOTHING I CAN DO.

NOTHING I CAN CHANGE.

MY NAME IS CINDY,
AND I HAVE FOUR KIDS,

MAGON, ROCHELLE,
RYAN, AND VANESSA.

I LOVE MY MOTHER.

I DO BECAUSE SHE'S MY MOTHER.

BUT I HATE HER SO MUCH.

I HATE HER SO MUCH.