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

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

SPARTA POLICE DEPARTMENT. SERGEANT SWEET SPEAKING. CAN I HELP YOU?

COULD YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE?

I NEED A POLICEMAN TO COME TO MY HOUSE.

YOU IN SOME KIND OF TROUBLE?

I CAN'T TALK.

JUST SEND SOMEONE TO 201 COMMONWEALTH.

[CLICK]

SOMEONE IN TROUBLE?

I DON'T KNOW.

LUANN, I'M HEADED TO SPARTA FEDERAL.

TELL THE CHIEF BUBBA'S GOT THE GUY

WHO'S BEEN HITTING THE AUTO-TELLERS.

YES, SIR.

A WESTSIDE WOMAN'S IN A PANIC,

BUT SHE COULDN'T TALK.

WELL, PARKER'S OUT THERE.

WELL, SEND HIM.

WE'RE ASSUMING THIS IS NOT A NUTCASE?

IF IT IS, ALL WE LOSE IS TIME.

NO TELLING WHAT WE'LL LOSE BY NOT RESPONDING.

SEND PARKER.

[GIGGLING]

HI. PARKER WILLIAMS.

EDDY LEE, BACK AGAIN, I SEE.

CAN'T YOU FIND A BETTER PLACE THAN THIS TO TRYSTE?

I THINK YOU MEAN TRYST, PARKER.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT.

YEAH.

IT'S TIME YOU GET BETTY LOU PITTMAN HOME AGAIN.

O.K.

PARKER, COME IN, PARKER.

BETTY LOU PITTMAN? WHAT'S HE MEAN BETTY LOU PITTMAN?!

YEAH, LUANN, I'M WITH YOU. WHAT YOU GOT?

WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR AN OFFICER'S ASSISTANCE.

CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC?

ALL WE HAVE IS THE ADDRESS-- 201 COMMONWEALTH.

SHE SEEMED AFRAID TO TALK.

201 COMMONWEALTH.

I'LL HANDLE IT.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY SPECIALTY--

CALMING LADIES DOWN.

MA'AM, DID YOU CALL THE POLICE?

YES.

IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN HELP YOU WITH?

THANK YOU.

SUSAN, WHO IS IT?

OH...IS THAT PARKER WILLIAMS?

JENNY SAWYER?

GIRL?

YEP.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

OH, I WAS MUGGED.

AROUND HERE?

YEAH. WALKING THROUGH LEGION PARK.

WHEN, JUST NOW?

SHE GOT TO MY HOUSE ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO.

WELL, I'M JUST GLAD YOU WEREN'T HURT.

NOT TOO BAD.

LEGION PARK.

YEAH.

BY THE BRIDGE. THEY TOOK MY PURSE.

THAT'S WHY I CAME HERE INSTEAD OF HOME.

SEE, NOW I DON'T HAVE MY KEYS.

YOU SAID "THEY." HOW MANY WERE THERE?

TWO.

TWO.

UH, MEN?

YEAH. TWO MEN.

UH, BLACK OR WHITE?

WELL, UM...

THEY CAME UP FROM BEHIND ME.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

WELL, JENNY, IT WAS BROAD DAYLIGHT.

NOW JUST... THINK BACK A SECOND.

WERE THEY WHITE OR BLACK?

ONE WHITE, ONE BLACK.

WHAT WAS IN YOUR PURSE?

UH, MY WALLET, 40 BUCKS...

UM, YOU AND WESLEY STILL LIVE ACROSS THE STREET?

YEAH. YEAH.

WELL, I'M TAKING YOU HOME.

OH...NO. PARKER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

IT'D BE MY PLEASURE.

BESIDES, YOU CAN'T GET IN WITHOUT YOUR KEYS.

I CAN PROBABLY OPEN YOUR DOOR OR A WINDOW...

UNLESS WESLEY'S THERE.

NO.

NO, HE'S NOT HOME.

THEN COME ON.

I'M ALWAYS LOCKING MYSELF OUT OF MY HOUSE.

I'LL GET YOU IN. COME ON.

ALL RIGHT.

IF I'D WANTED THE POLICE, I'D HAVE CALLED THE POLICE.

ALL I REALLY NEEDED WAS A FRIEND.

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN CHURCH LATELY.

HAVEN'T SEEN YOU ANYWHEREIN A LONG WHILE.

WELL, I'VE BEEN BUSY.

TOOK SOME TRIPS TO SEE FAMILY...

IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS.

OH, I DON'T MIND, PARKER.

WE'RE OLD FRIENDS.

THAT'S RIGHT. WE ARE.

MOST PEOPLE HIDE A SPARE KEY SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T.

WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

OH, LOOK!

I MUST HAVE FORGOTTEN TO LOCK IT.

OH, IF YOU HAD CREDIT CARDS IN YOUR WALLET,

CANCEL THEM RIGHT AWAY.

I WILL.

O.K.

I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL.

THANKS.

HEY, OFFICER.

YES, SIR.

THEY TELL ME THERE WAS A MUGGING HERE.

THAT'S WHAT WE HEAR.

WHAT TIME WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN?

ABOUT A COUPLE HOURS AGO.

I DOUBT IT.

WHY IS THAT?

WE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR A COUPLE HOURS, I DIDN'T SEE NOTHING.

MUGGERS DON'T OPERATE IN THE DAY, DO THEY?

SURE, IT'S BEEN KNOWN TO HAPPEN.

IF A WOMAN HAD BEEN MUGGED, SHE'D HAVE SCREAMED.

I SUPPOSE.

I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. YOU?

NOT IN THE LAST TWO HOURS. NOT ALL DAY LONG.

THANK YOU, SIR. I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY TELL YOU ANYTHING?

NO. ONLY TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE.

NOT THAT MANY OUT HERE NOW.

DID YOU LOOK FOR THE PURSE?

YEAH. IF THEY DUMPED IT, THEY DIDN'T AROUND HERE.

YOU DIDN'T LOSE THIS.

YOU WEREN'T MUGGED IN THE PARK THIS AFTERNOON.

IT WAS WESLEY AGAIN, WASN'T IT?

HE SAID HE WAS JUST LETTING OFF STEAM.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THAT.

I KNOW.

THEN CALL YOUR FRIEND OFFICER PARKER.

TELL HIM WHAT'S GOING ON.

THEY CAN JAIL HIM FOR WHAT HE'S DONE TO YOU.

YEAH? AND THE NEXT DAY, WHEN HE'S OUT?

JENNY,

I FOUND OUT THERE'S A SHELTER FOR BATTERED WOMEN.

AND THEN WHAT?

THEN YOU'LL BE SAFE. THEY CAN HELP YOU.

HOW?

I CAN'T STAY IN THERE FOREVER.

I HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE.

THAT'S RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE.

YOU HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN,

AND YOU CAN DO THAT.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, SUSAN.

HE'D ONLY FIND ME.

HE ALWAYS DOES.

NOW, THEN, JUST A FEW NOTES FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL

GOING OUT ON THE EVENING SHIFT.

LOOKS LIKE THE DRIVER

OF THE PHANTOM WHITE CONVERTIBLE HAS STRUCK AGAIN.

THIS TIME, HE HIT ED'S GAS 'N' GO

AND MADE OFF WITH $12 WORTH OF GAS,

BUT NOT BEFORE ED PUT A COUPLE OF SLUGS

IN HIS TRUNK.

KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. KEEP TABS ON THE BODY SHOPS.

AND PLEASE, LET'S CATCH THIS OLD BOY BEFORE ED DOES.

WE ALSO HAD A REPORT OF A MUGGING IN LEGION PARK.

THE VICTIM'S NAME-- LET'S SEE--

JENNY SAWYER.

YEAH. YEAH, JENNY SAWYER.

WHERE ARE WE ON THIS?

FOUND NOTHING IN THE PARK, NO WITNESSES.

I'M STARTING TO QUESTION THE VICTIM'S STATEMENT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, QUESTION IT?

I MEAN I DOUBT IT.

YOU DOUBT IT? YOU THINK SHE'S LYING?

IT'S POSSIBLE.

I'VE KNOWN JENNY SAWYER FOR YEARS.

WE GO TO THE SAME CHURCH.

BECAUSE NOBODY SAW IT, DOESN'T MEAN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

HOLD ON. NOBODY HERE SAYS IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

WHAT WAS THAT CASE A WHILE BACK...

A WOMAN WHO WAS BEATEN UP AT EARLE'S CREEK?

SHE WAS TOO ASHAMED TO ADMIT THAT HER HUSBAND DID IT.

AND WAS DOING IT OVER AND OVER.

DID THAT WOMAN HAVE HER PURSE STOLEN

WITH HER CREDIT CARDS IN IT?

I DON'T REMEMBER. DID SHE?

NO, SIR, SHE DIDN'T.

AND THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE. THAT MAKES THIS A MUGGING.

BUT IF YOUR FRIEND JENNY HADN'T BEEN ROBBED, PARKER...

YOU SEE THE POINT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE HERE?

WELL, YES, SIR, I CAN, BUT...

YOU SAY SHE HAD HER CREDIT CARDS STOLEN?

YES, SIR, AND SHE WAS GOING TO REPORT THEM STOLEN.

WELL, LET'S FIND OUT IF SHE DID.

THAT'LL TELL US SOMETHING, WON'T IT?

FINE.

[CAR APPROACHES]

[DOOR OPENS]

JENNY!

DARLING, WHERE ARE YOU?

JENNY!

I'M UP HERE.

BABY, LET'S GO OUT FOR SUPPER TONIGHT.

O.K.

YOU DO THIS JUST TO AGGRAVATE ME.

LET'S SEE IF I CAN TELL WHERE YOU'RE GOING

BY THE CLOTHES YOU'RE PACKING.

I CAN'T TELL BY THIS...

AND I CAN'T TELL BY THAT...

I GUESS YOU'LL HAVE TO TELL ME!

WESLEY, YOU'RE HURTING MY ARMS.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I JUST FELT I HAD TO GET AWAY.

YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE.

I SAID YOU WEREN'T GOING NOWHERE!

NO!

YOU'RE NOT LEAVING THIS HOUSE!

YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!

I'M SORRY. NO, I'M SORRY. PLEASE.

PLEASE DON'T HURT ME. DON'T HURT ME, PLEASE.

I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU.

I KNOW I DO SOMETIMES,

BUT I DON'T WANT TO.

WHY WON'T YOU LET ME LEAVE?

WHY DO YOU WANT ME TO STAY?

YOU MUST HATE ME.

I DON'T HATE YOU.

I LOVE YOU, JENNY.

I--I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU.

THAT'S WHY I DRAGGED YOU ALL THE WAY TO JACKSON.

THAT'S WHY I DRAGGED YOU TO MEMPHIS...

I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU.

WHY DO YOU MAKE ME HURT YOU, THOUGH?

NO!

I KNOW THIS ISN'T A SOCIAL CALL, PARKER.

I'M KIND OF BUSY.

JENNY, THERE'S ONE OR TWO THINGS

I HAVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

I THOUGHT I WENT OVER ALL THAT.

IF YOU WON'T TALK TO ME,

YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ELSE,

SOMEBODY THAT YOU DON'T KNOW.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?

JUST A FEW THINGS...

LIKE TIME.

YOU'RE SURE IT HAPPENED AT 2:00?

YEAH, I'M SURE. WHY?

NOBODY IN THE PARK SAW OR HEARD ANYTHING.

I'M NOT SAYING IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

MAYBE I GOT THE TIME WRONG,

BUT THAT IS WHERE IT HAPPENED.

SUSAN BACKED UP THE TIME.

YOU SAY THAT WESLEY WAS OUT WHEN IT HAPPENED?

THAT'S RIGHT.

AT WORK.

WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT, PARKER?

JENNY, DID ANYTHING ELSE HAPPEN, ANYTHING AT ALL?

NO!

JENNY, DON'T BE UPSET,

BUT IF SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED,

YOU GOT TO LET ME KNOW.

NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED.

ALL RIGHT, JENNY.

IT'S AWFUL WHEN SOMEBODY YOU LIKED AND RESPECTED,

THEY TURN OUT TO BE LYING TO YOU.

PARKER, THE WOMAN DIDN'T CANCEL ANY MAJOR CREDIT CARDS,

SO WE CAN ASSUME THAT SHE WASN'T ROBBED.

IF SHE WAS NOT ROBBED, THEN SHE WAS NOT MUGGED.

IF NOT MUGGED, WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?

IT'S LIKE I SAID... SHE LIED.

IF SHE LIED, HER FRIEND LIED, TOO.

[BAND PLAYING]

? SHE HAD THAT CERTAIN LOOK IN HER EYE ?

? TOLD ME SHE WAS READY FOR SOME NEEDIN' ?

? AND WANTED ME TO FILL THAT SPOT ?

? BUT LITTLE DID I KNOW

? THAT LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD ?

? THE FIRE WOULD EVER GET THAT HOT ?

? AND I WAS SHOT...

THANK YOU, MYRTLE.

? STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HEART, IT WAS JUST FATAL ENOUGH ?

? KNOCKIN' ME TO MY KNEES, DROWNIN' ME IN HER BLOOD ?

? I WAS SHOT BY A BULLET OF LOVE ?

? LOADED WITH BOTH BARRELS

? SHE CUT LIKE A KNIFE

? RIPPED MY HEART TO PIECES ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT ?

? LIKE A SIX-SHOT REVOLVER SMOKIN' FROM THE FIRE ?

? SET MY SOUL ABLAZE FROM THE OLD DESIRE... ?

HEY, I NEED JUST A LITTLE MORE MONEY.

THANKS, SWEET THING.

COME ON. I'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MINUTE.

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID AN HOUR AGO.

? KNOCKIN' ME TO MY KNEES, DROWNIN' ME IN HER BLOOD ?

? I WAS SHOT BY A BULLET OF LOVE ?

? I WAS SHOT...

HI.

I DON'T THINK I KNOW YOU.

YOU DON'T,

BUT I GOT THIS IDEA YOU'RE FALLING FOR ME.

DID HE SAY WHAT I THINK?

YEAH.

I THINK YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT.

MY PROBLEM'S TELLING THAT TO MY HUSBAND OVER THERE.

LET'S JUST NOT TELL HIM AT ALL.

WAKE UP, BERT. 1.50.

COME ON, GIGI, LET'S GO.

NOW YOU'RE READY, HUH? WELL, I'M NOT. I'M HAVING FUN.

SHE'S HAVING FUN, STUPID.

JUST GO BACK THERE AND PLAY DARTS WITH THE OTHER KIDS.

YOU WANT SOME OF ME, MAN? COME ON, MAN!

LET'S GO.

JUST TAKE HIM HOME AND TUCK HIM IN,

THEN COME ON BACK.

I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, MAN! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!

LET HIM GO.

GLAD HE TOLD ME THAT.

I'LL WATCH FOR THAT BOY.

ONE OF THESE DAYS, SAWYER, ONE OF THESE DAYS.

WHAT?

DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU WAKE UP

AND FIND YOURSELF DEAD.

? I WAS SHOT BY A BULLET OF LOVE ?

? I WAS SHOT BY A BULLET OF LOVE ?

WESLEY SAWYER MAY BE THE MOST HATEFUL MAN I'VE EVER MET.

BUT WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME ABOUT HIM?

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AFTER SOME MUGGER, AREN'T YOU?

YES, WE ARE...

BUT WE CAN'T FIND ONE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

IT MEANS THERE MAY NOT BE A MUGGER.

WELL, THEN... WHAT NEXT?

WELL, IF THERE'S NO MUGGER,

THEN WHO BEAT UP ON JENNY SAWYER?

WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME? I'M NOT INVOLVED.

YES, YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THIS.

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO CALLED THE POLICE.

YOU WERE TAKING CARE OF YOUR ASSAULTED FRIEND...

WHEN OFFICER WILLIAMS ANSWERED THE CALL.

WHAT IS IT YOU WANT FROM ME?

OFFICER WILLIAMS HAS A FEELING

THAT YOU JUST DON'T BELIEVE JENNY'S STORY.

WELL, OFFICER WILLIAMS IS MISTAKEN.

I WAS JUST UPSET.

ARE YOU SURE

THAT THE MAN WHO BEAT UP ON,

GAVE THOSE BRUISES TO JENNY,

WASN'T HER HUSBAND?

I CAN ONLY GO ALONG WITH WHAT JENNY SAID.

I CAN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING ELSE.

THANK YOU, MRS. LAWRENCE.

YOU KNOW...

I ADMIRE YOUR LOYALTY TO YOUR FRIEND, BUT...

YOU'RE NOT HELPING HER AT ALL.

YOU DO KNOW THAT?

I'LL SEE MYSELF OUT.

GOOD NIGHT.

[RING]

[RING]

[RING]

YOU'RE GOING TO DRIVE THAT CAR AND KILL YOURSELF.

I'VE NEVER KILLED MYSELF DRIVING.

THERE'S ALWAYS A FIRST TIME TO KILL YOURSELF.

I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

AND I'LL BE THE LAST ONE TO LEAVE ONCE AGAIN.

GOOD NIGHT.

BYE.

WESLEY?

HONEY, WHAT YOU DOING HERE?

[CRYING]

JENNY.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

[DOG BARKING]

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

I HEAR IT AS WELL AS YOU.

[RING]

YEAH, WHAT?

SORRY TO WAKE YOU, CHIEF.

YOU'RE ALWAYS WAKING ME UP. WHAT IS IT?

THERE'S BEEN A SHOOTING AT HANK AND JERRY'S.

A FATAL SHOOTING?

YES, SIR, I'M AFRAID SO.

THE VICTIM WAS WESLEY SAWYER.

SAY THAT NAME AGAIN, PARKER.

SAWYER. IT'S THE NAME OF THE LADY

WHO REPORTED A MUGGING A COUPLE DAYS AGO--

JENNY SAWYER.

WHAT IS WESLEY TO HER?

THAT'S HER HUSBAND, CHIEF.

OH?

WHO'S THAT?

HIS NAME'S WESLEY SAWYER.

SHOT SIX TIMES BY A .32. HERE ARE THE SHELLS.

FROM CLOSE RANGE, HUH?

YEAH. AND NO ROBBERY.

ANGER OR PASSION.

SAWYER.

THAT'S THE WOMAN WHO WAS MUGGED.

YEAH. THAT'S THE HUSBAND.

NOW, MYRTLE, LOOK HERE.

UH, ONCE AGAIN,

YOU SAY YOU HEARD, BUT YOU DIDN'T SEE.

I HEARD A GUNSHOT.

I KNEW IT WASN'T NO CAR NOISE.

WHAT TIME WAS THAT?

CLOCK SAID 2:05.

I ALWAYS KEEP THE BAR CLOCKS 10 MINUTES AHEAD.

I WANT TO GET THE BOOZE OFF THE COUNTER IN TIME.

THAT'S MY GIRL.

DID YOU SEE ANY CARS LEAVING?

NOPE. HEARD THEM, THOUGH--

TIRES SCREECHING OVER THAT WAYS SOMEWHERES

ONE STREET OVER.

NOW, THIS FELLA THAT WAS KILLED,

WAS HE A REGULAR CUSTOMER?

YEAH. GOOD OLD BOY, YOU KNOW.

YEAH.

NEARLY GOT HIMSELF INTO A FIGHT EARLIER TONIGHT.

WOMAN'S HUSBAND GOT MAD AT HIM.

MAD ENOUGH TO SHOOT HIM?

MAD ENOUGH TO SAY, "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU."

DRUNK?

YEAH, BUT, UH, EVERYBODY IN THE PLACE WAS DRUNK.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, MYRTLE, THANKS A LOT.

SURE.

YOU BERT FOWLER?

YEAH. WHAT'S GOING ON? I WAS IN BED, MAN.

WELL, NOW YOU'RE UP, HUH?

WELL, NO. I MEAN... WELL, I AIN'T DRESSED.

WE WON'T LOOK AT YOU MORE THAN WE HAVE TO.

GO PUT SOMETHING ON.

YEAH. WHY DON'T YOU?

I'LL GO WITH YOU.

BERT?

I DON'T KNOW.

IS THERE A PROBLEM, OFFICERS?

A FELLA GOT SHOT OVER AT HANK AND JERRY'S BAR.

OH, MY GOD. THAT'S AWFUL.

WHAT'S THAT HAVE TO DO WITH US?

WE UNDERSTAND A FELLA WAS FLIRTING WITH YOU.

THAT WASN'T ANYTHING SERIOUS.

YOUR HUSBAND TOOK IT SERIOUS.

I DID IT TO MAKE HIM JEALOUS. WORKED, TOO.

MAYBE IT WORKED A LITTLE TOO GOOD.

CAN'T WE TAKE THIS UP IN THE MORNING?

WE'RE TAKING YOU IN ON SUSPICION OF MURDER.

WHY?

DO YOU OWN A .32?

NO.

WHERE WERE YOU AT 1:55?

I WAS IN THERE WITH HER.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE'VE BEEN IN BED SINCE WE GOT HOME,

WHICH WAS THREE HOURS AGO.

UH...

LET'S GO.

DON'T Y'ALL BELIEVE HER AND ME?

WHY SHOULD WE?

WE'RE HONEST PEOPLE. ASK MYRTLE AT THE BAR.

MYRTLE.

SHE'S HONEST?

YEAH. SHE MOST CERTAINLY IS.

YOU SURE?

YEAH.

SHE SAID YOU PROMISED TO KILL SAWYER.

WHAT?

COME ON NOW. LET'S GO.

MA'AM.

WAIT A MINUTE.

NO, NO, NO.

MA'AM.

BERT?

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

WHO IS IT?

PARKER.

PARKER?

WELL, YOU WANT TO COME IN?

IT'S ABOUT WESLEY.

HE DIDN'T COME HOME LAST NIGHT.

I'M SORRY, JENNY.

I GOT SOME REALLY BAD NEWS.

WHAT IS IT?

WESLEY'S BEEN SHOT.

HOW BAD?

HE'S DEAD.

NO.

OH, MY GOD.

NO.

NO, PARKER, NO!

SHH. SHH. TAKE IT EASY.

WHY?

WELL--WHO DID IT?

THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU.

TO ME?

I KNOW THIS IS HARD,

BUT I NEED YOU TO TELL ME ANYTHING YOU CAN.

CAN YOU THINK OF ANYONE WHO'D WANT TO HURT YOUR HUSBAND?

NO.

ANYONE AT ALL?

THERE'S NO ONE! NO! NO!

I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I'M SO SORRY.

OH, NO!

I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.

THAT JENNY SAWYER'S FILE?

I ASSUME YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME.

YEAH, IT'S HERS. AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

GILLESPIE, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS--

WHAT IS THE MATTER?

YOU'RE NERVOUS AS A MARE AT A STUD FARM.

TECHNICALLY, I CAN'T LET YOU LOOK AT THIS

WITHOUT A COURT ORDER.

I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT IT.

I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IT.

ME?

YES.

I WANT YOU TO TELL ME

IF THAT WOMAN MADE AN UNUSUAL NUMBER OF TRIPS

TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

THANK YOU.

WELL?

WELL, THE EVIDENCE IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL AT BEST. HOWEVER...

JENNY SAWYER BROKE TWO RIBS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO,

TRIPPED OVER A RAKE IN THE GARDEN, SHE SAYS.

THEN SOME KIDS HIT HER WITH A BASEBALL,

BRUISED HER FACE, INJURED HER EYE, SHE SAYS.

IS THAT IT?

NO. THEN THERE WAS A BROKEN NOSE.

THAT TOOK SIX STITCHES.

THESE THINGS ARE ALL CARELESS ACCIDENTS, SHE SAYS.

SHE MUST BE TERRIBLY ACCIDENT PRONE.

WELL, SOME PEOPLE ARE.

BUT OTHER PEOPLE LIE ABOUT IT.

I JUST CHECKED WITH THE NCIC.

UH, SWEET, PLEASE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL THESE INITIALS.

UH, NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION COMPUTER.

THANK YOU.

IT TURNED UP SOME HANDGUNS REGISTERED IN SPARTA.

ANY TO WESLEY SAWYER?

NO, SIR. BUT TO JENNIFER SAWYER, .32 AUTOMATIC.

DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS THE HANDGUN TYPE.

IT'S A WONDER SHE NEVER SHOT HERSELF.

WHAT ABOUT JENNY SAWYER?

SHE OWNS A .32 AUTOMATIC.

SO DO A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO WHAT?

WELL, NOW, PARKER,

JENNY SAWYER WAS NOT MUGGED.

YOU KNOW THAT, AND WE KNOW THAT.

I DID SOME INFORMAL CHECKING

AT THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING--

UH, FROM DR. ROBB?

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO I DID IT WITH, DOES IT?

SOMEBODY WITH ACCESS TO THE EMERGENCY SECTION FILES.

YOUR FRIEND WAS BEING ABUSED BY HER HUSBAND.

PARKER,

SHE TOOK A LOT.

SHE PROBABLY DECIDED THAT SHE COULDN'T TAKE ANY MORE.

WE THINK THAT JENNY KILLED WESLEY SAWYER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET

HEARD GUNSHOTS FROM THE WOODS BEHIND JENNY'S HOUSE.

HUNTERS?

MAYBE. I'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU.

JENNY SAWYER.

OPEN UP. IT'S THE POLICE.

WE GOT A SEARCH WARRANT.

MRS. SAWYER.

.32s.

I FOUND THEM FIRED INTO A TREE--

INTO A HEART WITH TWO NAMES CARVED IN IT.

GUESS WHOSE.

HIS AND HERS?

MM-HMM. DOES THAT SAY ANYTHING?

WHAT DID SHE DO WITH THE GUN?

WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SMART LEAVING IT HERE.

NOTHING SHE'S DONE'S BEEN TOO SMART.

MM-MMM.

I THINK SHE PLANNED TO KILL HIM,

BUT NOT ON HOW TO GET AWAY WITH IT.

WE SEARCHED EVERY ROOM IN THE HOUSE.

THAT LEAVES THE BACKYARD.

CHIEF, THIS IS PARKER.

JUST LIKE WE FIGURED, SHE'S INSIDE THE CHURCH.

WHAT IS SHE DOING?

SHE'S PRAYING.

WANT ME TO GO GET HER?

NO. NO. LET HER COME OUT WHEN SHE'S READY.

BE CAREFUL. WE HAVEN'T FOUND THAT GUN YET.

HEY.

HI, MRS. TIBBS.

HOPE I'M NOT DISTURBING YOUR THOUGHTS.

OH, NO, MA'AM. NO INTRUSION.

ACTUALLY, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU.

MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME FIGURE OUT SOMETHING.

I HEARD ABOUT YOUR FRIEND JENNY SAWYER.

I'M SORRY.

I'VE KNOWN HER FOR YEARS. MET HER IN CHURCH.

SHE'S A PRETTY LADY, SWEET AS SHE CAN BE.

WHY WOULD SHE STAY WITH SOMEBODY WHO HURT HER?

THERE'S A LOT OF EXPLANATIONS.

I KNEW A WOMAN IN PHILLY ONCE WHO WAS ABUSED.

SHE FELT SHE DESERVED IT.

THAT'S CRAZY.

I KNOW.

IF ONLY JENNY HAD COME IN AND REPORTED HIM.

I COULD HAVE HELPED HER.

MAYBE SHE WAS AFRAID THAT HE'D GET OUT,

AND THEN WHAT?

PROBABLY BEAT HER UP EVEN WORSE.

I SAW HER FACE THAT DAY.

IF ONLY I'D ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.

PARKER,

YOU CAN'T BLAME YOURSELF.

SHE MADE THIS CHOICE WAY BEFORE THAT NIGHT.

SOME WOMEN HAVE THE STRENGTH, OR THE FAMILIES,

TO HELP SUPPORT THEM AND GET THEM OUT.

SOME DON'T.

SOME DO EXACTLY WHAT JENNY DID.

YOU KNOW, I READ SOMEPLACE THAT...

OVER 500 ABUSED WOMEN KILL THEIR HUSBANDS EACH YEAR.

THAT'S HORRIBLE.

THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME WAY TO HELP JENNY.

WELL, LET'S JUST DO WHAT WE CAN DO.

I HAVE TO DECIDE ON A LAWYER.

I WISH I KNEW ONE WELL ENOUGH TO RECOMMEND.

I'M BEING CHARGED WITH MURDER.

JENNY, IT WASN'T SELF-DEFENSE.

YOU PLANNED TO KILL HIM.

I HAD TO.

I TRIED TO LEAVE.

ONCE, I WENT TO JACKSON.

ONCE, I MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO MEMPHIS.

BUT HE FOUND ME. HE ALWAYS FOUND ME.

HE SAID IF I LEFT AGAIN, HE'D KILL ME.

HE MEANT IT.

DIDN'T YOU KNOW HE WAS LIKE THIS

BEFORE YOU MARRIED HIM?

NO.

I THOUGHT WE WERE DEEPLY IN LOVE.

I COULD HARDLY WAIT TO SAY THOSE WORDS--

LOVE, HONOR, AND OBEY.

THEY DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO WESLEY,

EXCEPT THE OBEY PART.

BUT THEY DID TO ME.

I LOVED HIM, PARKER.

EVEN AFTER IT GOT BAD.

UH, YOUR ARRAIGNMENT'S SCHEDULED FOR NOON TOMORROW.

I HAVE TO DECIDE ON A LAWYER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE'LL GET?

CONSIDERING THE PREMEDITATION,

THE JUDGE WILL PROBABLY GIVE HER LIFE.

SHE NEEDS A GOOD LAWYER

AND A LOT OF SYMPATHY.

SEEMS SHE'S BEEN IN PRISON

SINCE THE DAY SHE GOT MARRIED.

THE COURTS ARE VERY STRICT ON THIS KIND OF KILLING.

YOU SOUND LIKE A PROSECUTING ATTORNEY THERE, VIRGIL.

I WISH I WAS. I WISH I WAS DEFENDING HER.

I'D ESTABLISH NEW PRECEDENTS,

NEW RULES FOR LIFE-THREATENING ABUSES.

WELL, ONE DAY, YOU'LL GET YOUR CHANCE, VIRGIL.

IN THE MEANTIME, I'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE YOUR LEGAL OPINIONS

WITH MS. CAROLINE FOOTE McCORD.

SHE WANTS TO BE JENNY'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY.

IS SHE GOOD?

THE BEST.

SHE BETTER BE.