Original subtitles

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

I'VE GOT TROUBLES WALL TO WALL

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

YEAH

MUST BE AN ENDING TO IT ALL

OH

BUT HOLD ON

IT WON'T BE LONG

JUST YOU BE STRONG

AND IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

MR. CRAVEN, LET'S GO. COME ON.

KICK IT IN GEAR.

WHERE THE HELL'S MY CAR?

BACK AT MOOS AND BOOZE WHERE WE LEFT IT.

YOU HAD TOO MUCH BOOZE AND NOT ENOUGH MOOS.

I CAN WALK.

MY CONDITION HAPPENS TO BE EXCELLENT.

OH, MAN. YOU'RE A JERK.

NO, NO. YOU ARE.

THAT'S WHY I GOT TO GIVE YOU THIS CITATION--

DRIVING AROUND WITH 1988 LICENSE TAGS.

WE'RE WELL INTO 1989, MR. CRAVEN.

GOOD NIGHT.

OH, COME ON, MOM.

NO. YOUR FATHER SAID NO TV.

HE'S GOT SOME NERVE,

PUNISHING ME FOR STAYING OUT.

WHAT DOES HE DO?

JANA, GET ME THE SKILLET FROM THE CUPBOARD.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

WHO SAID LIFE WAS FAIR, HONEY?

MAN: BABY?

WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU, BABY?

THERE YOU ARE.

AHH...

COME ON OVER HERE AND SEE DADDY, HUH?

COME HERE, HONEY PIE.

COME ON.

THAT'S IT.

WHAT'S THE MATTER, HONEY PIE?

JANA, YOU GO DO YOUR HOMEWORK.

GO ON.

[LAUGHS]

GO ON, GO ON.

YEAH. GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK.

COME HERE.

COME ON, BABE, COME ON.

FRANK, YOU'RE DRUNK AGAIN.

[GASPS]

FRANK, GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME!

[GROANS]

AS LONG AS I AM YOUR HUSBAND,

I'LL PUT MY HANDS ON YOU WHENEVER I WANT.

[WOMAN GRUNTING]

AND YOU'LL DO ANYTHING THAT I WANT.

AND THAT GOES FOR THE LITTLE GIRL, TOO.

[GROANS]

MAN: [OVER RADIO] ONE ADAM-12.

ONE ADAM-12.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SAY THAT.

DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY?

UH, NO, SIR.

WELL, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS I HEARD?

CHIEF, IF YOU HEARD SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR,

THEN I PROBABLY DIDN'T SAY IT.

I'M SO RELIEVED.

LONNIE: HEY, REMEMBER ME?

UH, YEAH, LONNIE. ANYTHING TO REPORT?

JUST SOME FOOLISHNESS AT HEADQUARTERS.

NOTE IT IN THE LOGBOOK, WILL YOU?

HEY, CHIEF, YOU STILL THERE?

WILLIAM: YEAH, BUT LEAVING FAST.

I GOT KIDS SKIPPING SCHOOL.

WANT ME TO SPOIL THE PARTY?

WELL, BEING IT'S SUCH A NICE DAY...

YEAH.

JANA, YOU'RE SO LUCKY.

HOW DO YOU FIGURE?

YOUR PARENTS NEVER HASSLE YOU.

YEAH. I GUESS.

LONNIE: GOOD MORNING, LADIES.

I HOPE THAT WAS ONE OF THEM CIGARETTES

WITH THAT WARNING LABEL-- "INJURIOUS TO YOUR HEALTH."

OF COURSE.

WE WOULDN'T SMOKE NOTHING

THAT HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED TO CAUSE CANCER.

UH-HUH. SHOULDN'T YOU-ALL BE IN SCHOOL?

TODAY?

IT'S A HOLIDAY, ISN'T IT?

YOU-ALL CAN COME WITH ME BACK TO SCHOOL,

OR WE CAN CALL YOUR FOLKS FROM THE STATION.

WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY...

ALTHEA: LAST YEAR YOU WERE ON THE HONOR ROLL.

NOW YOU'RE FAILING THREE CLASSES.

AND HAVE THREE As. THAT'S A "C" AVERAGE.

YOU'VE BEEN CAUGHT SKIPPING SCHOOL FIVE TIMES.

ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS AT HOME?

EVERYONE ALWAYS THINKS

IT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH PARENTS.

IT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.

NOT IN MY CASE.

I'M NOT DOING DRUGS,

IF THAT'S THE NEXT QUESTION.

I THINK IT'S TIME I MEET WITH YOUR PARENTS.

WHY? I'M THE PROBLEM, NOT THEM.

I'M MISSING MATH.

CAN I GO NOW?

YEAH, YOU CAN GO, JANA.

TIBBS: I TELL YOU I REALLY THINK

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE WOMEN INTUITION THINGS.

DON'T PATRONIZE.

INTUITION, WOMEN OR MEN, DESERVES ATTENTION.

I AGREE.

ALSO DESERVES RESPECT.

I THINK THAT GIRL'S IN TROUBLE.

WHAT GIRL AND WHAT TROUBLE?

STUDENT OF ALTHEA'S.

JANA CRAVEN. YES.

I HAD A MAJOR IN ITALY BY THAT NAME,

BUT HE WAS FROM WYOMING.

ALTHEA, I REALLY DON'T SEE

WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT A SCHOOL PROBLEM.

THE PROBLEM GOES DEEPER THAN THAT.

I TRIED CONTACTING HER PARENTS,

BUT THE NUMBER'S DISCONNECTED.

THE RECEPTIONIST AT HER FATHER'S WORK

SAID FRANK CRAVEN'S BEEN ABSENT OVER A YEAR.

HOW DOES THE GIRL EXPLAIN IT?

I DON'T KNOW.

AND I GUESS I WAS AFRAID TO ASK,

AS IF I SUSPECTED SOMETHING

I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.

SEE, THAT'S INTUITION.

THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS, UNDERSTAND?

YEAH.

PARKER?

YES, SIR, DETECTIVE?

YOU SEEM TO THINK YOU KNOW EVERYBODY IN TOWN.

YOU KNOW THE CRAVENS?

NO, SIR.

BUT I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH COLLEEN SLENZAK.

WHY IS IT EVERY TIME I ASK YOU A QUESTION

I FEEL I NEED AN INTERPRETER?

COLLEEN CRAVEN

USED TO BE COLLEEN SLENZAK.

THEN YOU KNOW HER?

NO, SIR. SHE WOULDN'T GIVE ME THE TIME OF DAY.

WERE YOU CRAZY ABOUT HER FROM AFAR?

YES, SIR,

BUT SHE WENT OFF AND MARRIED A NO-GOOD

NAMED FRANK CRAVEN.

GO FIGURE.

WELL, THERE YOU ARE.

THAT'S THE ANSWER TO YOUR PROBLEM CHILD.

SHE'S A VICTIM

OF A TYPICAL BAD HOME SITUATION.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THAT'S WHAT I SAY.

OH, THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN,

FOR YOUR MOST VALUABLE OPINIONS.

DIDN'T WE DO WELL HERE?

[KNOCK KNOCK]

[KNOCK KNOCK]

MRS. CRAVEN,

[KNOCK KNOCK]

IT'S ALTHEA TIBBS FROM JANA'S SCHOOL.

MISS TIBBS.

UM, I'M SORRY.

IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD TIME.

WHY NOT, JANA?

I JUST DON'T WANT TO TALK.

ALL RIGHT. WHEN?

I DON'T KNOW. DO I HAVE TO SAY?

I'M MORE CONCERNED

ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THAT DOOR

THAN ABOUT YOU.

I CAN FIND OUT.

O.K.

IT'S MY MOTHER. SHE ISN'T WELL.

WHAT IS IT?

ALCOHOL?

YEAH, SHE, UH...

SHE'S AN ALCOHOLIC.

THAT'S WHAT SHE IS.

AND...

TODAY IS A REAL BAD DAY FOR HER.

MISS TIBBS.

CAN WE JUST FORGET ABOUT ALL THIS?

IT'S SO EMBARRASSING.

YES, IT IS.

IT'S EMBARRASSING FOR ME, TOO,

BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE ONE WORD YOU'VE SAID.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

ALTHEA, WHAT IS IT THIS TIME?

WHAT'S WHAT?

WELL, I'M A DETECTIVE.

I'M TRAINED TO NOTICE SIGNIFICANT CLUES.

[CHUCKLES]

[VIRGIL LAUGHS]

YOU'RE DISTRACTED.

DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO

WITH THE CHIEF AND I NOT HELPING YOU WITH THAT STUDENT?

I THINK I MADE A MISTAKE.

SHE SAID HER MOTHER'S AN ALCOHOLIC,

BUT I SAID SHE WAS LYING.

WHY?

BECAUSE SHE ACTED AS IF SHE WERE LYING.

IF JANA'S AN INNOCENT VICTIM OF AN ALCOHOLIC PARENT,

I SHOULD GET HER INTO AL-ANON.

YOU TELL HER FATHER?

I CAN'T FIND HIM,

AND IF YOU'RE FINISHED INVESTIGATING MY SALAD,

MAYBE YOU'LL CONSIDER DOING SOME REAL DETECTIVE WORK.

OH, NO.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

IT'S NOT POLICE WORK, ALTHEA.

THERE IS NO CRIME IN BEING AN ALCOHOLIC PARENT.

YES, THERE IS.

IT'S JUST NOT ON THE BOOKS.

UH-HUH.

NOTHING ON EITHER ONE.

O.K., JOANNIE, THANKS.

ANYTHING?

FRANK CRAVEN HASN'T HAD INCOME TAXES

OR EMPLOYMENT CREDITED TO HIM IN OVER A YEAR.

COLLEEN CRAVEN?

NOTHING.

DAMN.

FRANK LAST WORKED AT THE TRIPIANO LUMBER COMPANY.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS.

O.K.

EXCUSE ME.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

YOU TRIPIANO?

AIN'T NO TRIPIANO AROUND HERE. NOT NO MORE.

I'M THE CLOSEST THING TO TRIPIANO YOU'LL FIND.

WALTON, J.W.

DETECTIVE TIBBS.

LIEUTENANT SKINNER.

LIEUTENANT.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

DID YOU HAVE A FRANK CRAVEN WORKING HERE

A LITTLE WHILE AGO?

ABOUT A YEAR OR MORE.

KNOW WHERE HE IS?

NO IDEA.

WHAT HAPPENED?

HE GET LAID OFF?

NO. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

WHY?

HE BOOZED ON THE JOB.

PUT OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES IN DANGER.

BUT HE JUST UP AND QUIT.

WIFE CALLED IN, SAID THAT, UH...

HE'D TAKEN A JOB WITH HER BROTHER IN JACKSON.

YOU GOT THE NAME OF THE COMPANY?

NO. I GOT TO GET BACK TO WORK.

LOOK UP SLENZAK IN THE JACKSON PHONE BOOK.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE

WITH COLLEEN'S BROTHER IN JACKSON.

FRANK CRAVEN NEVER WORKED FOR HIM.

ACCORDING TO HIM,

HE LOST TOUCH WITH HIS SISTER YEARS AGO.

THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.

HEY!

I KNOW YOU.

WHO ARE YOU?

RANDY CALHOUN, CHIEF.

REMEMBER ME FROM JAIL?

OH, YEAH.

YOU WERE MEAN ON MY BIRTHDAY.

THAT'S BECAUSE YOU WASN'T ACTING YOUR AGE.

YOU LIVE AROUND HERE?

RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

OH.

I THINK I SMELL COFFEE ON THE RING.

MRS. CRAVEN,

IT'S ALTHEA TIBBS AND CHIEF GILLESPIE.

THIS IS NOT A SOCIAL CALL.

THIS IS POLICE BUSINESS.

OPEN THE DOOR, PLEASE.

CAN WE COME IN?

MY MOTHER ISN'T WELL.

WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF CATCHING ANYTHING.

[DOOR CREAKING]

WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS?

OUT OF TOWN.

WHERE?

TENNESSEE.

HOW LONG THEY BEEN GONE?

A WEEK.

WHERE'S ALL THE FURNITURE?

WE WERE ROBBED.

WELL, UH, THE ROBBER DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB.

SEEMS TO ME THEY CLEANED YOU OUT, HUH?

AND YOU FORGOT TO CALL US.

THERE'S NO LAW SAYING I HAVE TO COMPLAIN.

THERE'S A LAW THAT SAYS WHEN YOU KNOW ABOUT A CRIME,

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REPORT IT.

I WANT TO GO IN THERE.

NO.

MISS TIBBS, WOULD YOU TAKE CHARGE OF THIS

FOR ME, PLEASE?

YES, CHIEF.

NO! NOT IN THERE.

YES, IN HERE.

JANA--

I'M SORRY, MISS TIBBS.

I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AUTHORITY.

JANA, LOOK AT ME.

WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?

WHY ARE YOU LIVING LIKE THIS?

WHERE ARE ALL YOUR THINGS?

MOST OF THE STUFF I PAWNED.

SOME I CHOPPED UP AND USED FOR FIRE.

IT WAS ALL TOO DEPRESSING.

REMINDED ME OF HAPPIER TIMES.

GONE FOREVER, I GUESS.

JANA, WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS...

REALLY?

I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM SINCE THEY LEFT.

WHO NEEDS THEM?

NO!

YES.

CHIEF...

JANA SAYS HER PARENTS LEFT HER HERE

TO LIVE LIKE THIS.

SHE'S BEEN HERE QUITE A WHILE ALONE.

WELL, THAT CAN'T GO ON.

WHY NOT?

THE LAW SAYS IT CAN'T.

YOU'RE GOING TO ARREST ME?

IF YOU GIVE ME REASON TO.

I'LL BECOME AN EMANCIPATED MINOR.

I READ ALL ABOUT IT.

I ONLY HAVE TO SHOW I CAN LIVE BY MYSELF.

THE HOUSE IS ALL PAID FOR.

I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT,

BUT IT REQUIRES THE SIGNATURE OF A PARENT

OR AT LEAST A GUARDIAN.

NOBODY'S AVAILABLE, AS FAR AS I CAN SEE.

ALTHEA: WAIT JUST A MINUTE.

CHIEF, JANA CAN STAY WITH ME TONIGHT.

OH, MISS TIBBS--

UNTIL WE FIND OUT MORE

ABOUT THIS EMANCIPATED MINOR SITUATION.

FINE.

CHIEF, I FOUND SOMETHING INTERESTING.

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

I RAN A CHECK AND FOUND A CAR

REGISTERED TO A FRANK CRAVEN.

IT WAS LEFT AT MOOS AND BOOZE A YEAR AGO.

CRAVEN WAS DRUNK.

I TOOK HIM HOME THAT NIGHT.

THE CAR DIDN'T HAVE CURRENT TAGS.

IT WAS EVENTUALLY TOWED AWAY.

HERE'S THE BEST PART--

CAN THERE BE A BEST PART TO THIS MESS?

THE CAR WAS NEVER CLAIMED.

IT WAS SOLD AT AUCTION.

NOW, WHY WOULDN'T A MAN CLAIM HIS OWN CAR?

WHAT SHAPE WAS IT IN?

IT WAS A NICE CAR, A LATE-MODEL CUTLASS SUPREME.

MAYBE SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIM.

HMM.

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, CHIEF?

I DON'T KNOW.

GET A SEARCH WARRANT FOR THE CRAVEN HOME,

THEN YOU-ALL GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AROUND.

PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE ATTIC

AND THE BASEMENT.

WE GOT TO FIND SOME PIECES TO THIS PUZZLE.

YES, SIR, RIGHT ON IT.

LET'S GO.

THIS ONE'S LOCKED.

THAT'S O.K. I BROUGHT THE KEY.

GO ON. GET DOWN THERE.

F-F-FINE.

PUSH OLD PARKER DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT.

PARKER, WHAT IS AILING YOU?

BUBBA, IT'S ALWAYS DOWN IN THE BASEMENT.

WHAT IS ALWAYS IN THE BASEMENT?

THE CRAZY MOTHER, THE DEFORMED CHILD,

THE HEAD IN THE HATBOX,

YOU NAME IT-- IT'S ALWAYS IN THE BASEMENT.

LET'S GO FIND IT ALL.

LOOK OUT THERE.

HA HA HA HA!

HOME SWEET HOME.

LOOK LIKE SUCH A NORMAL FAMILY, DON'T THEY?

YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, SWEET?

ALL FAMILIES LOOK NORMAL IN PICTURES.

HEY, PARKER...

COME HERE.

BRING THAT SHOVEL WITH YOU.

DID YOU FIND SOMETHING?

MAYBE.

I TOLD YOU IT'S ALWAYS IN THE BASEMENT.

GO ON, GO ON.

[GRUNTING]

PARKER, YOU BETTER CALL THE CHIEF.

I THINK WE DONE FOUND MR. FRANK CRAVEN.

GOOD MORNING.

OH, LORD.

NOW, ARE...

ARE YOU, UH...

ARE YOU SURE THAT'S FRANK CRAVEN?

POSITIVE.

LOOK.

"FRANK FOREVER. COLLEEN."

COLLEEN MAY STILL HAVE A CHANCE AT FOREVER,

BUT NOT FRANK.

HOW DO YOU KNOW

THAT THIS WASN'T SOMEBODY ELSE WEARING FRANK CRAVEN'S RING?

IT WASN'T.

OH. SOMEWHERE IN THIS MESS,

YOU RECOGNIZED GOOD OLD FRANK?

THE DENTAL CHARTS ARE A PERFECT MATCH.

NOW, THAT IS FRANK CRAVEN,

AT LEAST, ALL THAT'S LEFT OF HIM.

HOW LONG IS HE DEAD?

THAT'S HARD TO SAY.

WELL, TAKE ONE OF YOUR USUAL WILD GUESSES.

A YEAR.

CAN YOU ALSO GUESS ME THE CAUSE?

I CAN TELL YOU.

SOMEBODY HIT HIM ON THE HEAD.

OH.

WELL, THANK YOU.

WELL, AS USUAL, UH...

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WALKING OUT OF YOUR ESTABLISHMENT.

THIS TIME.

HOW IS SHE?

I HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING YET.

JANA.

WE LOCATED YOUR FATHER.

JANA...

YOUR FATHER'S DEAD.

HIS BODY WAS IN THE HOUSE.

IN THE HOUSE?

YES.

HE HAD BEEN KILLED ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW IT HAPPENED?

NO.

I DON'T KNOW.

JANA, ARE YOU TELLING US THE TRUTH?

YES!

YES.

[SIGHS]

WHERE'S YOUR MOTHER?

SHE LEFT WHEN DADDY LEFT.

THAT'S ALL I KNOW.

YOU RANDY CALHOUN?

YEAH.

LIEUTENANT SKINNER, SPARTA POLICE.

THIS IS SERGEANT JAMISON,

YEAH?

WE NEED TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS.

[DOG GROWLING]

COME ON, FLEA BIT.

[GROWLING]

ALL RIGHT.

SHOOT.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH...

WHAT'S THAT WOMAN'S NAME?

MS. COLLEEN CRAVEN.

TILL I SAW YOU GUYS OVER THERE YESTERDAY,

I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS MISSING.

WHEN'D YOU SEE HER?

BEEN A LONG WHILE. COULDN'T SAY.

UH...

DID YOU EVER NOTICE ANYTHING PECULIAR

GOING ON THERE AT ANY TIME?

NO.

LIGHTS WENT ON EVERY NIGHT,

OFF EVERY MORNING.

NOTHING PECULIAR ABOUT THAT, HUH?

LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

ISN'T IT FUNNY YOU AIN'T SEEN FRANK AND COLLEEN

COMING AND GOING, SAY FOR ABOUT A YEAR?

NOPE. NEVER SAW MUCH OF THEM ANY TIME,

EXCEPT ONE NIGHT WHEN FRANK CAME OVER

FLYING A LITTLE LOW-- THOUGHT THIS WAS HIS HOUSE.

I JUST THOUGHT WE KEPT DIFFERENT HOURS,

EXCEPT THE GIRL.

SEEN HER COMING AND GOING ALL THE TIME.

NEVER THOUGHT MUCH MORE ABOUT IT.

WEIRD, ISN'T IT?

SAY WHAT?

ALL THE FUNNY STUFF THAT HAPPENS HERE IN SPARTA.

OH, YEAH. IT KEEPS US LAUGHING ALL THE TIME.

LIEUTENANT. YEAH?

WE KNOCKED OUT THAT WALL IN THE BASEMENT--FOUND THIS.

WILL YOU LOOK AT THIS?

I BET YOU COULD REALLY SCRAMBLE

SOMEBODY'S EGG WITH THIS.

RUN THAT DOWN TO LAB FOR PRINT CHECKING.

YOU GOT THE KID'S PRINTS TO MAKE A COMPARISON?

ALL WE NEED.

OH, RANDY, UH...

THANK YOU.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW JANA WAS LIVING ALONE, HUH?

NO.

HER PARENTS DID SEEM TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

NO CURFEWS-- THINGS LIKE THAT?

YEAH.

YOU EVER BEEN TO JANA'S HOUSE?

NO. NEVER.

JANA WAS ALWAYS SORT OF DISTANT.

I LIKE HER, BUT SHE NEVER

LET ANYONE GET TOO CLOSE.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT HER PARENTS? YOU EVER MEET THEM?

NO.

ONCE--

A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

THEY SEEMED LIKE ORDINARY PEOPLE.

DO YOU THINK JANA KILLED HER PARENTS?

I'M SUPPOSED TO ASK YOU THAT.

YOU KNOW, SHE WAS A LONER AND ALL,

AND I, UH...

I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE IN TOWN TALKING.

IS JANA GOING TO BE O.K.?

WE HOPE SO.

CHIEF, THE LAB MATCHED ONE OF THE PRINTS

WE FOUND ON THE MURDER WEAPON.

ONE. COULDN'T IDENTIFY THE REST OF THEM.

ONE. JANA CRAVEN.

MM-HMM.

THANK YOU, SWEET.

JANA CRAVEN'S PRINTS.

YOU BETTER INFORM THE D.A.'s OFFICE.

I'M ON WITH HIM NOW.

WE FOUND THE PRINTS, MR. DARNELLE.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE THAT JANA DID IT,

BUT THE SKILLET PRINTS WERE IDENTICAL

TO ONES FOUND ON KITCHEN EQUIPMENT,

SO THERE IT IS.

YEAH, I'LL TELL THE CHIEF.

MM-HMM. YEAH, WELL, GOOD NIGHT.

WHAT'S HIS DECISION?

HE REMINDED ME THEY TRIED

A YOUNG BOY LAST YEAR IN FLORIDA AS AN ADULT.

CONVICTED OF PREMEDITATED MURDER.

THEY'RE NOT WAITING FOR US TO FIND COLLEEN CRAVEN'S BODY.

HE'S READY TO TRY JANA FOR HER DADDY'S MURDER.

SMELLS BLOOD, DOES HE?

MM-HMM.

I'LL HAVE TO SEND SOMEBODY

TO PICK UP JANA.

UM, YOU BETTER LET ME SET THAT UP.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

WELL, CHIEF, IF ANYBODY'S GOING TO GET TO JANA,

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALTHEA FIRST.

THAT IS GOING TO BE TOUGH.

I DON'T NEED YOUR ADVICE ON HOW TO HANDLE MY JOB.

JUST LET'S NOT RELEASE IT TO THE NEWSPAPER.

WHY NOT?

WELL, CONSIDERING THE AGE OF THE ACCUSED--

IF THAT GIRL KILLED HER PARENTS AND HID THE BODIES,

THAT NEWS SHOULDN'T BE SUPPRESSED.

CERTAINLY. IT'S FRONT PAGE NEWS.

A YOUNG GIRL TRIED FOR MURDER

IS BOUND TO ATTRACT ATTENTION.

MIGHT EVEN MAKE THE NATIONAL NEWS,

BUT WHAT DOES THAT BENEFIT...

OTHER THAN THE CAREER

OF A CERTAIN AMBITIOUS DISTRICT ATTORNEY?

I RESENT THAT.

WHAT'S IT BENEFIT, DARNELLE?

TELL ME.

CERTAINLY NOT SPARTA, MISSISSIPPI.

CERTAINLY NOT THE RIGHTS

OF THAT UNFORTUNATE CHILD

WHO, NEED I REMIND YOU,

IS INNOCENT UNTIL SHE'S PROVEN GUILTY.

ALL RIGHT, GILLESPIE.

WE'LL KEEP IT QUIET FOR A LITTLE WHILE,

BUT I'VE CHECKED MY AUTHORITY.

I'VE REQUESTED AND BEEN GRANTED

THE RIGHT TO TRY HER AS AN ADULT.

I DIDN'T DO IT, MISS TIBBS. I DIDN'T.

THEY'VE GOT EVIDENCE AGAINST YOU, JANA.

I LOVED MY FATHER.

BUT WHEN HE WAS DRINKING, HE CHANGED.

I STILL LOVED HIM EXCEPT WHEN...

WHEN HE WHAT?

HE SCARED ME SOMETIMES.

BUT I COULD NEVER KILL HIM.

OF COURSE YOU COULDN'T.

MY MOTHER...

JANA, WHAT ABOUT YOUR MOTHER?

CHIEF GILLESPIE AND VIRGIL ARE GOING TO JACKSON

TO TALK TO YOUR UNCLE ABOUT HER.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME?

SHE ALWAYS TOOK MY SIDE AGAINST DADDY.

SHE PROTECTED ME.

FROM WHAT?

I REALLY MISS HER, MISS TIBBS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

I DIDN'T DO IT. I DIDN'T.

I BELIEVE YOU, JANA.

I BELIEVE YOU.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW CAN I HELP.

LIKE I SAID THE OTHER DAY,

I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM COLLEEN IN SOME TIME.

WHY DIDN'T FRANK CRAVEN

COME AND WORK FOR YOU?

I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS SUPPOSED TO.

WHO TOLD YOU THAT?

YOUR SISTER.

THAT'S WHAT COLLEEN TOLD FRANK'S OLD BOSS.

OH, WELL, UH,

THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME TALK OF THAT,

BUT HE NEVER MADE IT.

WE KNOW THAT.

FRANK CRAVEN WAS KILLED.

IT WAS MURDER.

THERE MUST BE SOME MISTAKE.

THE MISTAKE WILL BE

WHEN JANA'S CONVICTED OF THE MURDER.

JANA?

YES. WHY?

BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE

ALL POINTS TO HER.

JANA'S ONLY HOPE IS OUR FINDING HER MAMA.

IF YOUR SISTER'S STILL ALIVE,

YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS.

SURELY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TRY A MINOR.

THEY'LL NOT ONLY TRY HER,

BUT, UH, THEY'LL TRY HER AS AN ADULT,

AND THEY'LL SENTENCE HER AS AN ADULT.

CHIEF, I...

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M--

I'M DOING THE RIGHT THING OR NOT.

UH...

MY SISTER WORKS AT GAMBINI IMPORTS

RIGHT HERE IN JACKSON.

GOD HELP HER.

THANK YOU.

HI. HI. MAY I HELP YOU?

I'M FROM THE POLICE.

I WONDER IF I MIGHT IMPOSE ON YOUR TIME A MOMENT.

WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT PHOTOGRAPH, PLEASE,

AND TELL ME IF YOU RECOGNIZE THE MAMA

IN THAT LITTLE FAMILY PORTRAIT.

MAYBE. WHAT'S HER NAME?

UH, COLLEEN CRAVEN.

OPEN THIS DOOR.

VIRGIL, THERE SHE IS.

GO.

GO THAT WAY. GO.

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, MA'AM.

SPARTA POLICE.

WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?

IT'S ABOUT A CHILD IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.

YOUR 15-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

RIGHT NOW IS IN THE SPARTA JAIL.

MY JANA?

YES.

WE FOUND YOUR HUSBAND WHERE YOU BURIED HIM.

WE ALSO FOUND THAT SKILLET WITH JANA'S FINGERPRINTS.

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY GOT PERMISSION

TO TRY YOUR DAUGHTER AS AN ADULT.

JANA DIDN'T DO IT, DID SHE?

YOU KILLED FRANK.

WHY'D YOU DO THAT?

BECAUSE HE CHANGED.

BECAUSE HE WHAT?

FRANK WAS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY.

EVERYBODY IN HIGH SCHOOL SAID SO.

HE DIDN'T DRINK BACK THEN.

I NEVER SAW THAT SIDE OF HIM BEFORE.

IT WAS LIKE...

LIKE IT WASN'T HIM ANYMORE.

[SOBBING]

BAD CHEMISTRY FRANK WOULD HAVE CALLED IT.

BUT IT WAS A SICKNESS, YOU KNOW.

IT WAS A DISEASE.

HOW DO YOU HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

WELL, I GUESS YOU HANDLED IT, MA'AM...

BY KILLING HIM.

I DON'T THINK I MEANT TO KILL FRANK.

YOU DON'T THINK?

WELL, NOT AT THAT MOMENT,

BUT I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE.

I'D THOUGHT ABOUT IT SINCE HE FIRST TOUCHED JANA.

SURE, I'D THOUGHT ABOUT IT,

BUT AT THAT MOMENT,

I THOUGHT FRANK WAS GOING TO KILL ME.

THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD STOP ME

FROM DOING IT AGAIN IS LOSING MY GIRL.

WELL, YOU DIDN'T EXACTLY LOSE HER, DID YOU?

IT'S TIME TO GO, MA'AM. [SOBS]

I WANTED TO SEND FOR JANA. I DID!

BUT I WAS SCARED. I WAS SO SCARED.

I CHANGED MY NAME, MY JOB.

I COULDN'T GET CLOSE TO ANYBODY.

I WAS ASHAMED TO FACE HER.

IN YOUR PLACE, I'D HAVE PACKED MY THINGS, MY CHILD,

AND I'D HAVE LEFT.

OH, BUT I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.

WHY COULDN'T YOU?

BECAUSE I LOVED FRANK.

WE WILL WORK HARD TO ESTABLISH YOU AS AN EMANCIPATED MINOR.

THANK YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT YOU.

WELL, WITH THE HELP OF THE LORD

AND A LITTLE YELLING AND HOLLERING,

MIRACLES CAN HAPPEN.

CHIEF?

TIBBS: HE GOT THE D.A. TO ACCEPT A PLEA

OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER FROM JANA'S MOM.

THEN DARNELLE WAIVED ANY CHARGES.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

AND YOUR UNCLE JACK CAME AND POSTED BAIL,

SO YOUR MAMA SHOULD BE OUT.

IN FACT...

SHE'S HERE RIGHT NOW.