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Narrator: AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR...
Jim: HE HAD NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT.
Narrator: ...ON A FESTIVE NIGHT...
Together: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Narrator: ...IS PERSUADED BY GREED AND FEAR
TO COMMIT AN ALMOST PERFECT CRIME.
Jerry Haney: ARE YOU AFRAID SOMETHING'S GONNA POP OUT OF THE WOODS AND GET YOU?
***!
EVERY *** HAS A MOTIVE.
EVERY MOTIVE REVEALS A TRUTH.
AND TO FIND THE TRUTH, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK.
SOMETIMES THE END IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
IN TALLADEGA, ALABAMA,
MARTHA HANEY IS VISITING HER SISTER, JUDY,
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL YEARS.
CAN I TAKE YOUR COAT?
NO, I'M OKAY. [ LAUGHS ]
NO, NO. I'M FINE.
JUDY HANEY CAN TELL HER SISTER IS NERVOUS.
I'LL GET YOU SOME WATER.
WELL, IT SEEMS REAL PEACEFUL AROUND HERE --
YEAH, SINCE YOU TOOK CARE OF THAT TROUBLE THAT YOU HAD.
I DON'T HAVE NO TROUBLE, MARTHA.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, THOUGH.
IT WAS AN AWFUL NIGHT.
I JUST NEED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
JUDY.
JUDY, DON'T YOU JUST NEED
TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED?
SURE WAS GOOD SEEING YOU, MARTHA.
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY,
TALLADEGA COUNTY POLICE OFFICER BILLY HANEY
IS FINISHING UP SOME PAPERWORK.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
DETECTIVE HANEY.
Billy, it's Judy.
I'VE BEEN CALLING HOME ALL DAY,
AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY HUSBAND IS.
I'm -- I'm at my sister's house with the kids.
LOOK, WOULD YOU GO ON OVER TO THE HOUSE
AND TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR BROTHER IS?
ALL RIGHT.
BILLY'S BROTHER, JERRY, LIVES WITH HIS FAMILY
ON AN ISOLATED FARM FIVE MILES OUTSIDE TOWN.
Jim: BILLY RODE OVER THERE
HAVING NO CLUE WHATSOEVER WHAT HE WAS GOING TO FIND.
[ Voice breaking ] OH, GOD. JERRY, NO.
WHAT?
Narrator: JERRY HANEY HAS BEEN SHOT THREE TIMES.
THE LAST SHOT, AT CLOSE RANGE,
HAS BLOWN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD OFF.
Surrett: WHEN I GOT TO HIM THAT MORNING, BILLY WAS BROKEN UP.
I MEAN, HE WAS TRYING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER
FOR EVERYBODY THAT WAS THERE,
BUT YOU COULD SEE IT HAD TOTALLY DEVASTATED THE BOY.
BILLY, GO HOME. I'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE.
Jim: AND IT HAUNTED HIM,
AND HE HAD NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS THEORIZE
THAT JERRY HANEY FOLLOWED HIS KILLER INTO THE YARD,
LOCKING THE DOOR BEHIND HIM.
BEYOND THAT, THERE'S LITTLE TO GO ON AT THE CRIME SCENE.
THE ONLY THING WE FOUND WAS JERRY'S BILLFOLD WAS MISSING.
OKAY, THAT TELLS YOU ONE OF TWO THINGS.
IT'S A ROBBERY -- IT'S A ROBBERY GONE BAD --
OR IT'S A *** FOR HIRE,
BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON FOR TAKING THE WALLET
IS TO PROVE THE DEATH.
Narrator: THE GANGLAND-STYLE KILLING SHOCKS LOCAL RESIDENTS.
TALLADEGA IS A SMALL TOWN IN ALABAMA,
BEST KNOWN FOR ITS NASCAR RACETRACK.
Rumsay: TALLADEGA IS
A GOOD, GOD-FEARING, CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY,
AND CERTAINLY WOULD BE TYPICAL OF THE BIBLE BELT
IN THE SOUTH.
Narrator: POLICE LEARN THAT JERRY HANEY LIVED A QUIET LIFE.
Jim: NOT NECESSARILY A RECLUSE, BUT JUST A HOMEBODY.
AND HE DIDN'T DEMAND A LOT OF ATTENTION TO HIMSELF.
Narrator: JERRY SUPPORTED HIS WIFE AND TWO KIDS
BY WORKING AT A LOCAL TEXTILE MILL.
IN HIS SPARE TIME, HE RAISED QUARTER HORSES.
Jim: JERRY WRESTLED WITH THE KIDS
OUT IN THE YARD AND EVERYTHING.
HE WAS A LOVING AND CARING FATHER
AND A LOVING AND CARING BROTHER,
AND I WISH HE WAS STILL WITH US.
Narrator: ON THE NIGHT OF HIS ***,
JERRY HANEY WAS ALONE AT THE FARMHOUSE.
HIS WIFE, JUDY, HAD TAKEN THE CHILDREN
TO HER SISTER'S HOUSE IN GEORGIA TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR.
STILL, IN A *** INVESTIGATION,
POLICE HAVE TO CHECK OUT THE SPOUSE AS A POTENTIAL SUSPECT,
THOUGH IT'S HARD TO PICTURE A HOMEMAKER LIKE JUDY HANEY
BEING CAPABLE OF SUCH VIOLENCE.
Tonya: MAMA WAS A VERY GOOD COOK.
SHE WOULD CAN EVERYTHING AND FREEZE EVERYTHING.
AND THAT'S HOW WE LIVED. WE LIVED OFF THE LAND.
Narrator: BUT RIGHT AFTER THE ***,
JUDY DOESN'T ACT LIKE A GRIEVING WIDOW.
SHE DIDN'T SHOW ANY COMPASSION WHATSOEVER --
LAUGHING, JOKING, NOT TALKING ABOUT IT.
Narrator: WHAT'S MORE,
JERRY HANEY'S BILLFOLD DISAPPEARED
THE NIGHT OF HIS ***.
JERRY CARRY A LOT OF CASH ON HIM?
AND SOMEHOW JUDY HANEY IS IN POSSESSION
OF HER HUSBAND'S SOCIAL SECURITY CARD,
WHICH SHE NEEDS TO PROVE HIS IDENTITY.
JUDY PRESENTED HIS SOCIAL SECURITY CARD
TO THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
HOW'D SHE GET IT?
SO, I'M THINKING ALONG THE LINES JUDY'S INVOLVED SOMEHOW.
Narrator: IF JUDY HANEY IS INVOLVED,
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE SHE MUST HAVE AN ACCOMPLICE.
CHANCES ARE IT'S SOMEONE VERY CLOSE TO HER.
COMING UP...
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!
...A FAMILY SECRET AND A VICIOUS SLAUGHTER.
HE WAS STALKING HIM LIKE HE WAS HUNTING A WILD BOAR.
Narrator: POLICE OFFICER BILLY HANEY
FINDS HIS BROTHER JERRY
MURDERED IN THE DRIVEWAY OF HIS FARMHOUSE.
Billy: JERRY.
BILLY SAYS JERRY DOESN'T HAVE AN ENEMY IN THE WORLD.
Judy: I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY HUSBAND IS.
SO WHO WOULD SHOOT HIM DEAD
WHILE HIS FAMILY CELEBRATES THE NEW YEAR?
ON THE NIGHT OF HIS KILLING, JERRY HANEY'S WIFE, JUDY,
IS 120 MILES AWAY IN CALHOUN, GEORGIA,
AT HER SISTER MARTHA'S NEW YEAR'S PARTY.
JERRY HANEY CHOSE TO STAY HOME.
AND I'M THINKING, WELL, OKAY, THERE'S JUDY.
SHE'S WITH HER SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW.
NEW YEAR'S EVE, JUDY'S NOT THERE. SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.
DIDN'T KNOW THE DEGREE OF INVOLVEMENT,
BUT I KNEW SHE HAD TO BE INVOLVED.
AND I KNEW CALHOUN, GEORGIA, WOULD HOLD MY ANSWERS.
Narrator: JUDY'S SISTER, MARTHA HENDERSON,
IS BUSY ENTERTAINING GUESTS.
BUT HER HUSBAND, ALSO NAMED JERRY, SEEMS DISTRACTED.
APPARENTLY HE'S NOT IN A FESTIVE MOOD.
THEN AT AROUND 10:30,
JERRY EXCUSES HIMSELF FROM THE PARTY.
HE SAYS HE'S NOT FEELING WELL.
I'M GONNA LAY DOWN.
OH, NO. I'LL BE SURE TO WAKE YOU UP BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
DON'T BOTHER. NOT GONNA FEEL ANY BETTER BY THEN.
SINCE JERRY LOVES A PARTY,
IT'S STRANGE THAT HE WOULD LEAVE EARLY,
ESPECIALLY ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
SO WHY DOESN'T HIS SISTER-IN-LAW JUDY
SEEM SURPRISED?
THE PARTY PEOPLE WERE THERE FOR A PURPOSE,
NOT FOR A PARTY -- TO ALIBI JERRY HENDERSON.
Together: 7...6...
5...4...
3...2...1!
HE WAS IN THE BEDROOM AND CRAWLS OUT THE WINDOW...
Together: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
...AND THEN DRIVES TO JERRY HANEY'S HOME IN TALLADEGA.
OHH.
LISTEN, LET ME TELL YOU,
THIS IS GONNA BE THE BEST YEAR EVER FOR YOU.
I HOPE SO.
Narrator: AS THEY RING IN THE NEW YEAR,
THE HENDERSON PARTY GUESTS HAVE NO IDEA
THEIR HOST HAS ALREADY CROSSED THE STATE LINE INTO ALABAMA.
QUITE FRANKLY, IT WAS A GREAT PLAN.
YOU HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE IN CALHOUN, GEORGIA,
THAT COULD SAY HE WAS THERE AT THE PARTY
AND HE WAS THERE ALL NIGHT.
BUT THEY WERE ADAMANT THAT HE WAS THERE ALL NIGHT.
Narrator: WHAT WOULD POSSESS JERRY HENDERSON
TO DRIVE THROUGH THE DEAD OF NIGHT
TO *** HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW,
A MAN HE HAD NO APPARENT REASON TO KILL?
JERRY HENDERSON CAME TO ALABAMA.
HE WOULD GO UP TO THE HOUSE AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
WAKE YOU UP?
YEAH, I GUESS YOU DID.
WHAT BRINGS YOU OUT HERE THIS HOUR?
HE SAYS, "I BROUGHT THE KIDS BACK,
"BUT I'M STUCK DOWN HERE AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY.
WILL YOU COME HELP ME?"
AND THAT WAS MERELY JUST TO GET HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE
TO WHERE HE COULD GET CONTROL OF HIM.
HELP ME OUT? RAN OUT OF GAS.
JERRY HANEY DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE
THAT JERRY HENDERSON WAS THERE TO DO HIM ANY HARM.
IT WAS HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.
YEAH.
Jim: SO, MY BROTHER JERRY GOES BACK INTO THE HOUSE,
GETS HIS CLOTHES ON,
AND WHEN HE COMES BACK OUT THE DOOR,
JERRY HENDERSON'S BEHIND HIM, STALKING HIM
LIKE HE'S HUNTING A WILD BOAR.
Narrator: COMING UP, A SMALL PRICE TO PAY
TO GET RID OF A PROBLEM FOREVER.
Jim: I JUST DON'T SEE HOW ANYBODY
CAN BE THAT EVIL AND COLD-BLOODED.
Narrator: ON NEW YEAR'S EVE,
JERRY HANEY GETS A SURPRISE VISIT
FROM HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, JERRY HENDERSON.
Together: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
HE'S SLIPPED AWAY FROM HIS OWN PARTY
AND DRIVEN 120 MILES THROUGH THE NIGHT.
HE SAYS HE'S GOT CAR TROUBLE AND NEEDS HELP.
YOU COMING?
I JUST DON'T BELIEVE HE SAW IT COMING.
I DON'T BELIEVE HE HAD AN INKLING
ANYTHING WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
HE DIDN'T DREAM OF THAT,
AND I THINK BEFORE THAT TIME,
YOU KNOW, THEY GOT ALONG FINE.
WHAT YOU GOT THAT FOR?
ARE YOU AFRAID SOMETHING'S GONNA POP OUT OF THE WOODS AND GET YOU?
HEY, MAN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
PUT YOURSELF IN THAT POSITION OF JERRY HANEY,
COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE TO HELP SOMEBODY KIN TO HIM,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN...
THEY START PULLING A 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN, AND YOU TAKE A SHOT.
AND THEN HE COME UP AND PUT THE SHOTGUN IN HIS MOUTH,
AND YOU TAKE ANOTHER SHOT
AND BLOW THE BACK OF HIS HEAD OFF.
Narrator: WHY ON EARTH DID JERRY HENDERSON
COMMIT SUCH A SHOCKING ***?
I THINK IT WAS HIS MANHOOD WAS IN QUESTION,
WHETHER OR NOT HE HAD THE STONES TO DO IT.
Narrator: MARTHA HENDERSON KNOWS
HER SISTER JUDY'S MARRIAGE IS IN TROUBLE.
BUT SHE NEVER KNEW JUST HOW BAD IT WAS UNTIL NOW.
I SAID SHUT YOUR MOUTH! YOU NEED TO LEARN TO LISTEN!
SHE'S OVERHEARD ARGUMENTS BETWEEN THEM BEFORE...
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU ***!
...BUT NOTHING THIS BRUTAL.
MARTHA IS SCARED BY THE VIOLENCE,
AND SHE'S DESPERATE TO HELP HER SISTER.
HEY, SIS.
ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH, YEAH. WHY DON'T YOU COME ON IN?
Tonya: HE HIT. THAT WAS DADDY'S WAY.
HE YELLED, AND THEN HE WOULD HIT.
I MEAN, NOT EVEN HIT -- HE WOULD BEAT YOU TO THE GROUND.
AND NOT JUST FOR ME, FOR MY BROTHER AND MY MOM.
Narrator: JUDY TELLS MARTHA
THAT THE BEATINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.
SHE CAN TAKE THE ABUSE HERSELF,
BUT SHE'S TERRIFIED FOR HER CHILDREN.
MARTHA IS STUNNED.
IF YOU CAN JUST HOLD ON FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER...
Surrett: I BELIEVE WHAT JUDY WAS DOING WAS PREYING ON MARTHA.
SHE CLAIMED, "MY HUSBAND'S ABUSING MY CHILDREN."
I THINK THAT'S THE WAY SHE ACTUALLY GOT INTO MARTHA.
Narrator: MARTHA DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
BUT THIS IS ALL PART OF JUDY'S TWISTED PLAN.
IT'S BEEN BAD, JERRY.
I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO GET HIM OUT OF MY LIFE.
SHE JUST NEEDS JERRY HENDERSON TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THE CHILDREN ARE BEYOND SCARED.
THINK ABOUT IT, JERRY.
IF YOU'RE HALF THE MAN I THINK YOU ARE, YOU'LL DO IT.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
GOT THE SAVINGS MONEY.
IT'S ABOUT $3,000. THAT'S ALL I GOT.
OKAY.
YOU'LL KEEP YOUR DARN MOUTH SHUT?
YEAH. DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME.
AND I THINK JUDY PREYED ON HIS WEAKNESSES,
JUST LIKE, "WELL, YOU'RE NOT MAN ENOUGH TO DO IT."
AND GIVEN THE $3,000,
GIVEN THE ALLEGED ABUSE TO THE CHILDREN,
I THINK THOSE THREE THINGS RIGHT THERE
IS WHAT DROVE HIM TO DO THAT.
Narrator: BUT IS THERE YET ANOTHER REASON
JUDY HANEY WANTS HER HUSBAND DEAD?
COMING UP, MARTHA AND JERRY GET TRAPPED IN JUDY'S WEB OF LIES.
POLICE CAME AROUND ASKING ABOUT NEW YEAR'S EVE AGAIN.
Jerry Haney: WHAT YOU GOT THAT FOR?
Narrator: JERRY HANEY IS SHOT TO DEATH ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
[ GUNSHOT ]
HIS WIFE, JUDY, HAS PAID FOR THE KILLING.
***!
SHE SAYS SHE HAD TO HAVE HIM KILLED BEFORE HE KILLED HER.
BUT THE REPEATED BEATINGS AND THE ESCALATED VIOLENCE
AGAINST HER AND THE CHILDREN
ARE NOT THE ONLY REASONS
JUDY WANTS HER HUSBAND, JERRY, DEAD.
JUDY HAS DISCOVERED HE HAS A CHEATING HEART.
Tonya: AND THE WAY SHE FOUND OUT WAS CRAZY.
WE HAD WENT OVER TO HER FRIEND'S HOUSE,
AND SHE HAD GOT A NEW BRACELET.
AND SHE WAS TELLING MY MOM, "OH, LOOK AT THIS BRACELET."
MY MOM SAID, "OH, THAT'S SO PRETTY. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL."
Narrator: LATER THAT DAY,
LOOKING THROUGH JERRY'S TRUCK FOR THE KEYS,
JUDY HANEY IS STUNNED BY WHAT SHE FINDS.
Tonya: AND IN THE GLOVE BOX, SHE FOUND A RECEIPT
FOR THAT BRACELET THAT HE HAD BOUGHT AT THE JEWELRY STORE.
THAT IS THE FIRST TIME
THAT I EVER SEEN MY MOM STAND UP TO HIM.
SON OF A...
Narrator: NOT ONLY HAS SHE SUFFERED YEARS OF HIS ABUSE,
NOW SHE KNOWS HE'S BETRAYED HER.
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR FORGIVENESS.
SHE WANTS HER HUSBAND DEAD AND BURIED.
YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A ***!
A FURIOUS AND VENGEFUL WIFE...
IT HAD TO BE HER.
...USES GUILT AND GREED...
Martha: ARE YOU OKAY?
...TO LURE HER OWN FAMILY...
Jerry Haney: WHAT ARE YOU DOING, MAN?
...DOWN A MURDEROUS PATH.
Judy: I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO GET HIM OUT OF MY LIFE.
YEAH?
FOR THREE LONG YEARS,
JUDY HANEY KEEPS A LID ON THEIR *** CONSPIRACY...
AND IT WAS JUST ALMOST PERFECT.
Narrator: ...UNTIL SISTER MARTHA RUNS INTO HER OWN TROUBLE.
AT SOME POINT AFTER THE HOMICIDE,
MARTHA AND JERRY WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS.
THEY DIVORCED.
Narrator: WHEN MARTHA AND HER NEW BOYFRIEND
ARE ARRESTED FOR DRUG POSSESSION,
SHE CONFESSES EVERYTHING.
Rumsay: AND IT WAS LIKE TURNING ON A SPIGOT.
I MEAN, SHE JUST STARTED
JUST ROLLING EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.
SHE TOLD IT RIGHT DOWN THE LINE.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS OFFER MARTHA A DEAL.
SHE CAN WALK IF SHE'S WILLING TO HELP GET EVIDENCE
AGAINST JUDY AND JERRY.
Surrett: I'M TALKING WITH MARTHA.
"NOW THIS IS WHAT I NEED. I NEED YOU TO WEAR THIS WIRE."
AND SHE AGREED TO IT.
Narrator: CATCHING JUDY ADMITTING TO ANYTHING ON TAPE
WILL BE DIFFICULT.
HI.
MARTHA IS TRAPPED,
AND IN ANOTHER TWIST TO THE STORY,
SHE MUST DOUBLE-CROSS HER OWN SISTER.
JUDY HAD A SUSPICIOUS NATURE TO BEGIN WITH.
I MEAN, JUDY THOUGHT I HAD ALL THE PHONES IN GEORGIA TAPPED.
JUDY, DON'T YOU JUST NEED
TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED?
I JUST THINK JUDY WAS TOO SMART FOR MARTHA.
MARTHA COULDN'T CARRY IT OFF.
MARTHA WAS A NERVOUS WRECK.
Narrator: STILL, INVESTIGATORS DON'T LET MARTHA OFF THE HOOK.
SENSING THIS IS THEIR LAST SHOT AT MAKING A CASE,
THEY HAVE MARTHA CALL HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND, JERRY.
CAN WE MEET?
JERRY AGREES TO MEET MARTHA ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN
AFTER SHE TELLS HIM SHE'S GOT SOMETHING URGENT TO DISCUSS.
Surrett: SHE KNEW HER HUSBAND HAD KILLED SOMEONE,
AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE MAY DO TO HER
IF HE FOUND THE RECORDING DEVICE.
SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY PETRIFIED.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YOU WANTED TO TALK?
POLICE CAME AROUND ASKING ABOUT NEW YEAR'S EVE AGAIN.
HEY, LOOK.
I WAS CAREFUL.
Surrett: I WAS PROBABLY 30 FEET FROM HER IN MY CAR.
HE HAD NO IDEA I WAS THERE.
AND HE SAYS HE DISPOSED OF THE SHOTGUN
IN THE CREEK NEAR THE HOUSE.
HE WAS REAL BOASTFUL ABOUT IT.
WE GOT AWAY WITH IT.
I MEAN, HE WAS VERY FORCEFUL.
"YEAH, I DONE IT,
"AND THERE'S NOT A BLANK THING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT,
"'CAUSE THERE'S NO EVIDENCE.
THEY HAVE NOTHING."
Narrator: AT LAST, POLICE HAVE THEIR SMOKING GUN --
JERRY HENDERSON ON TAPE, INCRIMINATING HIMSELF.
ALMOST ELATION AT THAT POINT,
'CAUSE, "OKAY, WE'RE DONE, WE GOT IT."
Narrator: WHEN DETECTIVES CONFRONT JERRY
WITH HIS OWN VOICE,
BRAGGING ABOUT HOW WELL HE COVERED HIS TRACKS,
HE FINALLY BREAKS DOWN AND CONFESSES TO HIS TERRIBLE CRIME.
Surrett: I THINK HE KNEW IT WAS COMING AT SOME POINT,
BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET JERRY HANEY'S PICTURE
OUT OF HIS HEAD.
Narrator: POLICE HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO FINALLY ARREST JUDY.
Surrett: JUDY WAS THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE IN MY MIND.
HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR HER,
JERRY WOULD'VE NEVER COMMITTED THIS CRIME.
Narrator: JUDY HANEY IS CHARGED
WITH *** FOR HIRE AND *** COMMITTED DURING A ROBBERY.
MARTHA COOPERATES WITH POLICE
AND TESTIFIES AGAINST JUDY AND JERRY.
FOR TURNING STATE'S EVIDENCE,
SHE ISN'T CHARGED WITH THE ***.
Rumsay: MARTHA HENDERSON HAD A REAL CONSCIENCE.
IT REALLY BOTHERED HER.
JERRY HENDERSON,
AFTER HE WAS CAUGHT, HE HAD A REAL CONSCIENCE.
IT BOTHERED HIM TREMENDOUSLY.
I NEVER SAW ANY INDICATION FROM JUDY HANEY
THAT ANYTHING BOTHERED HER ABOUT IT.
Narrator: NOT EVEN SENDING BILLY HANEY
TO DISCOVER HIS OWN BROTHER MURDERED.
Jim: UNFORTUNATELY, BILLY'S THE ONE WHO RECEIVED THE CALL
TO RESPOND TO GO SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
I CAN'T IMAGINE PUTTING MYSELF IN BILLY'S SHOES.
WE GOT HIM, BILLY.
HENDERSON CONFESSED.
[ SIGHS ]
THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST FEELINGS
I'VE HAD IN THE WORLD,
WAS TO BE ABLE TO TELL HIM IT'S DONE, IT'S OVER.
Narrator: JERRY HENDERSON
WAS CONVICTED OF CAPITAL *** AND SENTENCED TO DEATH.
AT HIS EXECUTION, HE EXPRESSED HIS REMORSE ONE LAST TIME.
Jim: HE DID LOOK AT US.
HE SAID, "I'M FIXING TO PAY FOR MY CRIME,
"AND I'M SORRY THAT I PUT YOU THROUGH
WHAT YOU'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE YEARS."
Narrator: JUDY HANEY HAS NEVER EXPRESSED ANY REMORSE.
HER DEATH SENTENCE WAS COMMUTED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.
I DON'T HAVE THE WORDS TO EXPLAIN THE PAIN
THAT EVERY ONE OF US WENT THROUGH.
I JUST DON'T SEE HOW ANYBODY
CAN BE THAT EVIL AND COLD-BLOODED.
NOBODY DESERVES TO BE DONE THAT WAY.
NOBODY.
[ GUNSHOT ]