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Narrator: MOST MOTHERS WOULD LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES
TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN,
BUT SOME SEND THEM FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
A MOTHER COMMITS THE ULTIMATE ACT OF BETRAYAL...
I CAN'T THINK OF A WORSE WAY TO DIE.
Narrator: ...A JEALOUS WIFE PLOTS A COLD-BLOODED REVENGE...
IT WAS ALL ABOUT HER CALLING THE SHOTS.
[ BABY CRYING ]
Narrator: ...AND HAVING TWINS IS MORE THAN ONE WOMAN CAN BEAR.
IT WAS A RECIPE FOR ***.
Narrator: THESE DEADLY WOMEN DEFY EVERY MATERNAL INSTINCT...
...WHEN THEY SHED "INNOCENT BLOOD."
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[ BABY CRYING ]
BEING A MOTHER DOESN'T COME NATURALLY TO EVERYONE...
I WAS HAPPY TO SHOW HER THE ROPES.
...AND SOME WOMEN NEVER LEARN.
Amatuzio: HIS LAST MOMENTS WERE FILLED
WITH SHEER, UNADULTERATED TERROR.
THIS IS THE MOST HORRENDOUS CASE OF CHILD *** I'VE EVER HEARD.
Narrator: 2010 --
THE SMALL TOWN OF GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.
23-YEAR-OLD TERRIE ROBINSON HAS A 2-YEAR-OLD SON, TRISTAN,
AND ANOTHER BABY ON THE WAY.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BABY BROTHER.
Chillous: SHE WAS A LOVING, CARING MOTHER.
SHE SPOILED HIM WITH BASEBALL CAPS
BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT HE GRAVITATED TO.
HE DIDN'T LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
Narrator: DEVOTED TERRIE IS BOTH MOM AND DAD TO TRISTAN.
Fanning: THE MEN SHE CHOSE WERE HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE,
AND THE RELATIONSHIPS DIDN'T LAST.
NONETHELESS, SHE DID HER BEST
TO CARE FOR HER LITTLE SON, TRISTAN.
RACE! RACE!
Narrator: BUT IT'S NOT EASY.
TERRIE IS SURVIVING ON WELFARE AND HAS FEW DOMESTIC SKILLS,
AS HER NEIGHBOR VERONICA CHILLOUS SOON LEARNS.
Chillous: AND I WAS HAPPY TO SHOW HER SIMPLE THINGS,
LIKE COOKING CHICKEN AND MAKING RICE
AND JUST COOKING AND TAKING CARE OF HER SON,
'CAUSE SHE WAS A FIRST-TIME MOTHER,
SO SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO KEEP A HOUSE
BECAUSE SHE HADN'T HAD THIS BEHAVIOR MODELED FOR HER
WHILE SHE WAS GROWING UP.
Narrator: AN UNSTABLE AND TRAGIC CHILDHOOD
GIVES TERRIE A TOUGH START IN LIFE.
Fanning: HER MOTHER DIED WHEN SHE WAS 3.
SHE WAS SHUTTLED BACK AND FORTH
TO ONE FOSTER HOME AFTER ANOTHER.
Chillous: SHE NEVER HAD LOVE TO GIVE,
BUT ONCE MY FAMILY STARTED GIVING HER LOVE,
THEN SHE STARTED OPENING UP AND WAS ABLE TO LOVE.
SO, YOU'RE SURE YOU'RE OKAY, SIS?
YEAH. I FEEL LIKE I'M BACK.
AFTER THAT, SHE WAS GREAT AND FUN TO BE AROUND.
Narrator: TERRIE KNOWS SHE CAN COUNT ON VERONICA
TO HELP HER LOOK AFTER LITTLE TRISTAN.
Chillous: ANYWHERE SHE WANTED TO GO,
SHE COULD JUST COME NEXT DOOR AND JUST DROP HIM OFF,
AND HE WAS FINE.
HE WAS FUN, BUBBLY, ALWAYS SMILING AND LAUGHING.
HE WAS A NICE, SMART KID.
[ BABY CRYING ]
Narrator: BUT JUST AS TERRIE IS FINDING HER FEET,
SHE IS DEALT A DOUBLE BLOW.
HER FRIEND VERONICA MOVES AWAY,
AND TERRIE IS SHATTERED BY THE RESULTS OF A PATERNITY TEST.
DeLong: SHE FOUND OUT THAT THE MAN SHE BELIEVED
WAS THE FATHER OF HER YOUNGEST CHILD
WAS ACTUALLY NOT THE FATHER.
THIS CONTRIBUTED TO THE STRESS SHE WAS ALREADY UNDER.
[ BABY CRYING ]
Fanning: AND SHE WAS ASHAMED AND EMBARRASSED.
IT WAS HUMILIATING.
AND SHE JUST KEPT SAYING, "SHAME ON ME. SHAME ON ME.
I NEED TO BE PUNISHED."
Narrator: TERRIE NO LONGER THINKS SHE IS WORTHY OF BEING A MOM.
Chillous: SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WANTED TO GIVE THEM UP,
AND I TALKED HER OUT OF IT.
I'M LIKE, "YOU WERE BROUGHT UP IN THE SYSTEM.
WHY WOULD YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO BE RAISED IN THE SYSTEM?"
Narrator: TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD, TERRIE SEEMS TO BE COPING.
Fanning: WHEN PEOPLE LOOKED AT WHAT WAS GOING ON,
THEY SAW WELL-DRESSED CHILDREN.
THEY SAW THAT SHE BOUGHT BOOKS FOR THEM
AND KEPT THEIR CLOTHES CLEAN,
AND THEY LOOKED CARED FOR.
THE WICKED BRING UPON THEMSELVES
THE SUFFERING THAT THEY TRY TO CAUSE GOOD PEOPLE.
Narrator: THE CHILDREN LOOK FINE.
BUT AT CHURCH, TERRIE DOESN'T.
DON'T THINK THAT Y'ALL CAN HIDE FROM THE SIGHT OF GOD.
AMEN.
THE CONCERNED PREACHER GIVES HER SPECIAL ATTENTION.
TERRIE ROBINSON, COME UP HERE, CHILD.
WE IS ALL GONNA PRAY FOR YOU.
SHE OFTEN WENT AROUND IN A DAZE, AND SHE REALLY DID NEED HELP.
THE LORD GOD, HE WILL BRING YOU THROUGH.
Narrator: TERRIE IS MORE UNSTABLE THAN ANYONE REALIZES.
THANK YOU, LORD JESUS
AMEN.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT SHE'D BEEN A GOOD MOTHER UP TO THAT POINT,
NOW SHE DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT HER NEW CHILD.
THANK YOU, LORD JESUS.
AMEN.
DeLong: TERRIE TOLD PEOPLE SHE NEEDED HELP.
SHE COULDN'T COPE WITH HER LIFE, RAISING THE TWO CHILDREN.
BUT SHE DIDN'T GET HELP.
INSTEAD, SHE WAS TOLD TO PRAY MORE.
GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
Narrator: DELIVERING HER VERSION OF GOD'S WORD
IS NOW TERRIE'S MISSION.
Fanning: SHE WAS CLEARLY DISTURBED.
SHE WAS SCREAMING ABOUT THE DEVIL...
THE DEVIL'S SPEAKING THROUGH ME.
...EXHORTING PEOPLE TO GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
BASICALLY, TERRIE WAS A MESS.
GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
TERRIE HAD FRIENDS AND FAMILY, BUT THEY DIDN'T LIVE WITH HER.
THEY DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG
UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.
I'M POSSESSED. THE DEVIL'S SPEAKING THROUGH ME.
Fanning: IT WAS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN,
BUT NO ONE ENVISIONED A DISASTER OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
Narrator: IN 2011 IN THE DEEP SOUTH --
GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.
THE LORD GOD, HE WILL BRING YOU THROUGH.
SINGLE MOTHER 24-YEAR-OLD TERRIE ROBINSON
THINKS SHE'S A SINNER.
THANK YOU, LORD JESUS.
THE DEVIL'S SPEAKING THROUGH ME.
TO APPEASE HER SINS, TERRIE TAKES TO THE STREET...
GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
...WITH DISTORTED MESSAGES FROM THE BIBLE.
I'M POSSESSED. THE DEVIL'S SPEAKING THROUGH ME.
Richardson: NEIGHBORS WOULD SAY, FROM TIME TO TIME,
THAT THEY HAVE HEARD HER TALKING ABOUT THE DEMONS
AND SAYING HOW SHE WAS POSSESSED.
THE DEVIL'S SPEAKING THROUGH ME.
SHE WAS SAYING THAT ALL THE FIRST-BORNS IN GREENVILLE
WOULD HAVE TO DIE.
GET RIGHT WITH GOD. GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
DeLong: WHEN A WOMAN WHO HAS CHILDREN IS ACTING VERY BIZARRELY
AND SAYS SHE'S HEARING VOICES,
SHE CAN'T BE LEFT WITH THOSE CHILDREN.
SHE HAS TO SEE A DOCTOR.
I'M POSSESSED. THE DEVIL'S SPEAKING THROUGH ME.
Narrator: ON MARCH 2, 2011,
TERRIE MAKES A SERIES OF DISTURBING PHONE CALLS.
TERRIE CRIED OUT FOR HELP.
I NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE MY KIDS.
SHE CALLED SEVERAL PEOPLE SHE KNEW...
DEMONS ARE TELLING ME TO KILL MY KIDS.
...BUT NO ONE CAME OVER TO CHECK ON HER.
Narrator: TERRIE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CARING MOM.
THIS NIGHT, AS USUAL,
3-YEAR-OLD TRISTAN HAS BATH TIME.
Richardson: SHE HAD BATHED TRISTAN,
AND WHEN SHE GOT HIM OUT OF THE TUB,
HE GOT OUT OF THE TUB NAKED.
[ SQUEALS ]
Narrator: BUT THAT'S THE END OF HER NORMAL, DAILY ROUTINE.
[ WATER DRAINING ]
TERRIE IS STILL BEING CONTROLLED BY VOICES IN HER HEAD.
[ VOICES WHISPERING ]
SHE SAID SHE JUST KEPT HEARING IT REPEATEDLY IN HER HEAD.
"PUT HIM IN THE OVEN.
PUT HIM IN THE OVEN."
Narrator: THEN, SHE DOES THE UNTHINKABLE.
HIS LAST MOMENTS WERE FILLED
WITH SHEER, UNADULTERATED TERROR.
Richardson: HE WAS SCREAMING AND CRYING.
I CAN'T THINK OF A WORSE WAY TO DIE.
Fanning: THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD GET OUT.
WHAT KIND OF A MOTHER DOES THAT?
WHAT KIND OF A HUMAN BEING DOES THAT?
Narrator: TERRIE LEAVES HER SON TO DIE
AND GOES TO HER BABY DAUGHTER.
TRINITY HAD A WHITE, FLOURY SUBSTANCE,
OR A WHITE SUBSTANCE, ON HER HEAD.
TERRIE WAS GETTING READY TO FRY HER DAUGHTER, TRINITY.
[ BABY CRIES ]
Narrator: BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON,
SHE DOESN'T COMMIT A SECOND ***.
IN FACT, HER MIND SWITCHES BACK TO A MORE SANE STATE
WHEN SHE REALIZES WHAT SHE'S DONE.
TERRIE THEN CALLS 911
AND TRIES TO SAVE HERSELF WITH A SERIES OF STORIES.
MY CHILD IS DEAD.
Richardson: ALL THE LIES,
I THINK THOSE WERE HER WAYS TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THIS,
TO TRY TO AVOID THE POLICE ACTUALLY ARRESTING HER
AND HOLDING HER RESPONSIBLE.
MY BOYFRIEND LEFT, AND I CAME IN AND FOUND TRISTAN IN THE OVEN.
DeLong: THE FACT THAT TERRIE LIED TO POLICE
ABOUT WHAT HAD REALLY HAPPENED
DOES NOT MEAN SHE WASN'T CRAZY WHEN SHE DID IT.
HE CLIMBED IN BY HIMSELF.
Narrator: AT HER PRETRIAL HEARING,
TERRIE ROBINSON'S DEFENSE CLAIMS INSANITY.
Fanning: TERRIE'S DEFENSE COUNSEL ARGUED
THAT SHE KILLED HER SON, TRISTAN,
BECAUSE SHE BECAME CONVINCED THAT HE WAS SATANIC AND EVIL.
Narrator: BUT TERRIE'S FOUND
TO BE MENTALLY COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL.
Richardson: WHETHER SHE WAS OVERWHELMED
WITH HAVING A 3 YEAR OLD AND A 1 YEAR OLD,
OR WHETHER IT WAS SOMETHING DEMONIC,
AS SHE PROCLAIMED AT VARIOUS POINTS,
WHY SHE DID IT, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I KNOW SHE DID IT,
AND SHE HAD TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.
Narrator: IN MAY 2012, TO AVOID THE DEATH PENALTY,
TERRIE ROBINSON PLEADS GUILTY TO ***
AND IS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON...
...LEAVING HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY
FOREVER WONDERING WHY.
Chillous: I JUST CRIED.
I CRIED FOR [SIGHS] THREE DAYS.
MY FACE WAS SWOLLEN. I COULDN'T GET OUT OF THE BED.
'CAUSE I JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW --
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Richardson: THE SADDEST PART IS THE LIFE THAT TRISTAN COULD'VE LIVED.
HE WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD.
HADN'T EVEN GROWN TO KNOW FRIENDS.
HADN'T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO IMAGINE WHAT OR WHO HE WANTED TO BE.
AND TO HAVE THAT LIFE TAKEN FROM HIM BY HIS MOTHER,
THE ONE PERSON THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
DeLong: PEOPLE AFFLICTED WITH A SEVERE THOUGHT DISORDER,
THEIR BRAIN MAY GIVE THEM THE MOST HORRIBLE IDEA IMAGINABLE,
THAT THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF
IF THEY WEREN'T PSYCHOTIC.
WONDERFUL, I SAY.
Narrator: WHEN A WOMAN OBSESSED WITH POWER...
DeLong: SHE COULD NOT TOLERATE ANYTHING
THAT WASN'T EXACTLY THE WAY SHE WANTED IT.
Narrator: ...LOSES CONTROL.
SHE FELT COMPLETE REJECTION. SHE FELT SHE'D LOST FACE.
Narrator: THE INNOCENT BECOME PAWNS IN HER DEADLY GAME.
DeLong: IT'S GOING TO BE BAD.
Narrator: LONDON, ENGLAND, 2003.
36-YEAR-OLD FIONA McCROW
IS A BUSINESSWOMAN AT THE HEIGHT OF HER CAREER...
PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING, FIONA WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
JUST CUT THE CRAP AND GIVE ME THE FIGURE.
Narrator: ...AS CREDIT MANAGER
AT ONE OF ENGLAND'S LEADING BANKS.
I ALREADY TOLD YOU, THE CLIENT WON'T CONSIDER ANYTHING
WITHOUT A NINE IN FRONT OF IT.
FIONA'S ROLE IS HIGH-PAID AND HIGH-RESPONSIBILITY.
PAUL! GET OVER HERE.
Lumley: FIONA WAS OBVIOUSLY A VERY INTELLIGENT WOMAN,
AND SHE WAS QUITE CALCULATING, AS WELL.
Narrator: WHAT FIONA WANTS, FIONA GETS,
AND SHE SET HER SIGHTS ON HER COLLEAGUE,
41-YEAR-OLD PAUL DONNISON.
Clarkson: FIONA MET PAUL DONNISON WHEN THEY WORKED TOGETHER,
AND VERY QUICKLY, A CLASSIC OFFICE ROMANCE BLOSSOMED.
WONDERFUL, I SAY.
Narrator: THERE'S JUST ONE PROBLEM.
KEEP THIS UP, AND YOU'RE GONNA GET THAT PROMOTION.
PAUL IS STILL SHARING A HOME WITH HIS ESTRANGED WIFE,
FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S SAKE.
THANKS, FIONA.
DeLong: FIONA COULD NOT TOLERATE
PAUL'S ESTRANGED WIFE BEING IN HIS LIFE, AT ALL.
Narrator: JUST MONTHS INTO THE AFFAIR,
FIONA DROPS A BOMBSHELL.
WHY ARE YOU SO CHUFFED?
Lumley: I THINK PAUL WAS SURPRISED...
I'M PREGNANT.
...THAT SHE'D FALLEN PREGNANT.
WHAT?
I'M STILL LIVING WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS.
IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED.
WELL, HURRY UP AND MOVE OUT.
MAN UP AND DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
IT'S POSSIBLE FIONA DELIBERATELY GOT PREGNANT
IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET PAUL AWAY FROM HIS ESTRANGED WIFE.
Narrator: IF THAT IS FIONA'S PLAN,
IT DOESN'T WORK.
WHEN BABY DAUGHTER, MIA, ARRIVES,
PAUL REMAINS IN HIS FIRST FAMILY'S HOME.
Clarkson: FIONA WAS PRETTY JEALOUS ABOUT THE FACT
THAT PAUL CONTINUED TO LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE AS HIS WIFE.
Narrator: BUT WITHIN A YEAR, A TRAGEDY.
IN APRIL 2004...
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY BABY.
...FIONA MAKES A FRANTIC CALL TO PARAMEDICS.
SHE'S NOT MOVING AT ALL.
SADLY, IT'S TOO LATE.
TINY MIA IS A VICTIM OF CRIB DEATH.
THEIR LOSS BRINGS THE GRIEVING PARENTS TOGETHER.
[ CRYING ]
YOU WILL GET THROUGH THIS.
I CAN'T DO IT ALONE ANYMORE.
I CAN'T BE IN THIS HOUSE BY MYSELF.
Clarkson: IT WAS ONLY AFTER THAT
THAT PAUL MOVED OUT OF THE FAMILY HOUSE
TO COMFORT FIONA.
WELL, MAYBE IT'S TIME I MOVED IN HERE.
REALLY?
OH!
DeLong: WHEN PAUL LEFT HIS WIFE AND MOVED IN WITH FIONA,
AFTER THEIR BABY MYSTERIOUSLY DIED,
SHE GOT EXACTLY WHAT SHE WANTED.
THANK YOU.
Narrator: FIONA'S GOT HER MAN, BUT HE WON'T MAKE HER HIS WIFE.
Clarkson: FIONA STARTED REFERRING TO HERSELF AS FIONA DONNISON.
PAUL JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS A CASUAL USE OF HIS SURNAME.
BUT, IN FACT, SECRETLY,
SHE CHANGED HER NAME BY DEED POLL TO HIS.
DeLong: IT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO FIONA
TO BE LINKED, LEGALLY, WITH PAUL.
IF HE WOULDN'T MARRY HER,
AT LEAST SHE COULD LOOK LIKE MRS. DONNISON.
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS,
THE COUPLE SETTLES DOWN
IN THE IDYLLIC COUNTRY TOWN OF HEATHFIELD...
PAUL! CAN YOU GET THEM INTO POSITION?
SIT IN THE MIDDLE, HERE.
...AND THEY HAVE TWO MORE CHILDREN,
HARRY AND ELISE.
HARRY! DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NAUGHTY STEP?
Clarkson: THEY WERE TERRIBLY QUIET, TERRIBLY WELL-BEHAVED.
[ CAMERA BEEPING ]
STOP BEING SILLY.
OKAY. SAY CHEESE ON THREE.
ONE, TWO, THREE. CHEESE!
THEY WERE PART OF HER PERFECT LIFE
THAT SHE LIKED TO PROJECT THAT SHE HAD.
Narrator: ALTHOUGH BOTH WORK FULL-TIME,
FIONA EARNS FAR MORE THAN PAUL, AND SHE IS PREPARED TO SPEND IT.
WHAT'S ALL THIS?
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE TRYING TO SAVE OUR MONEY?
MBW, REMEMBER?
FIONA USED TO CALL HERSELF THE MBW, THE MAIN BREADWINNER.
MAIN BREADWINNER.
[ SCOFFS ] I GET TO SPEND MY MONEY HOW I WANT.
Clarkson: SHE COULDN'T RESIST RUBBING HIS NOSE IN IT
AND TAUNTING HIM ABOUT THE FACT
THAT SHE WAS THE MAIN BREADWINNER IN THE HOUSE.
WE'RE $40,000 POUNDS IN DEBT!
WELL, GO OUT AND EARN MORE MONEY.
[ LAUGHS ]
DeLong: FIONA PUT PAUL DOWN BECAUSE IT MADE HER FEEL GOOD.
SHE WAS A SHARK IN THAT RELATIONSHIP,
AND PAUL WAS THE FISH WHO WAS SWIMMING AWAY.
Narrator: BUT HER SUPERIORITY COMES CRASHING DOWN IN 2009.
WITH THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS,
SHE LOSES HER JOB AND HER ALL-IMPORTANT STATUS.
BYE. I'M OFF.
ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE HAD THRIVED ON --
THE POWER, THE CONTROL, THE POSSESSIONS --
WERE ALL AT RISK.
DeLong: PEOPLE THAT ARE NARCISSISTS
DO NOT TAKE REJECTION OF ANY KIND WELL.
THEY CAN'T SEEM TO GET PAST IT.
IT CUTS THEM TO THEIR CORE, AND THEY WILL LASH OUT.
Narrator: FIONA DONNISON'S WORLD IS SENT SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL.
AND THE RESULT WAS EXPLOSIVE.
Narrator: IN TRANQUIL HEATHFIELD, ENGLAND,
43-YEAR-OLD FIONA DONNISON'S UNIVERSE IMPLODES
WHEN SHE LOSES HER HIGH-POWERED JOB.
Clarkson: SHE FELT COMPLETE REJECTION. SHE FELT SHE'D LOST FACE.
WHAT ARE YOU SO DRESSED UP FOR?
I'M MEETING SOME CLIENTS.
YOU'RE MEETING ALLISON.
Narrator: FIONA BECOMES POSSESSIVE...
AND SUSPICIOUS.
YOU'RE A LIAR.
NOW, SHE HAS NO ONE TO CONTROL BUT PAUL.
FIONA CONVINCED HERSELF THAT PAUL WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH AN OLD SCHOOL FRIEND CALLED ALLISON.
BUT, IN FACT, THAT WAS A PURELY PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP.
YOU REALLY NEED TO GET A JOB.
Narrator: DESPITE PAUL'S ASSURANCES, FIONA IS INSANELY JEALOUS.
[ DOOR SLAMS ]
[ CRYING ]
Clarkson: SHE WAS JEALOUS OF SOMEONE ELSE,
WHO SHE BELIEVED HAD STOLEN THAT MAN FROM HER.
Narrator: FIONA DECIDES TO TEACH PAUL A LESSON.
WITHOUT WARNING, SHE LEAVES HIM
AND TAKES THEIR TODDLERS, HARRY AND ELISE, WITH HER.
THERE'S NO STOPPING A NARCISSIST WHEN THEY'RE ON A MISSION --
A MISSION TO HURT SOMEONE.
Narrator: FIONA DOESN'T WANT TO BE WITH PAUL,
BUT SHE DOES WANT TO DESTROY HIS REPUTATION.
SHE CRIES WOLF TO THE POLICE.
MY HUSBAND IS ABUSIVE.
SHE CLAIMED HE HAD ASSAULTED HER.
I DON'T WANT HIM NEAR THE CHILDREN.
I WANT HIM ARRESTED.
AND THE POLICE BECAME INVOLVED, AND HE WAS ARRESTED AND BAILED.
DeLong: FIONA WAS TRASH-TALKING PAUL TO ANYONE THAT WOULD LISTEN.
BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NO ONE LISTENED TO HER.
Narrator: WHEN THE POLICE DISMISS FIONA'S ALLEGATIONS,
HER THREATS BECOME MORE PERSONAL.
Clarkson: IT MADE HER FURIOUS.
SHE EVEN RINGS UP ALLISON ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS TO SAY...
"IF YOU'RE SLEEPING WITH PAUL,
I WILL NEVER LET HIM SEE THOSE CHILDREN AGAIN."
NO ONE KNEW HOW DARK THAT STATEMENT WAS.
Narrator: FOR WEEKS,
FIONA WON'T LET PAUL SEE HIS CHILDREN.
FINALLY, SHE BEGRUDGINGLY AGREES.
Lumley: PAUL WENT IN TO SEE ELISE, WHO WAS SLEEPING.
FIONA WAS BEING QUITE COLD TOWARDS HIM
AND STARING AT HIM, GIVING HIM EVIL LOOKS.
HARRY WAS IN HIS PAJAMAS, AND HE GAVE HIM A TOY
THAT HE'D BROUGHT BACK FROM AMERICA FOR HIM
AND GAVE HIM A CUDDLE.
GO TO YOUR ROOM.
Narrator: PAUL DOESN'T REALIZE IT WILL BE HIS LAST VISIT.
JANUARY 26, 2010.
3-YEAR-OLD HARRY AND 2-YEAR-OLD ELISE
ARE SLEEPING PEACEFULLY.
Clarkson: FIONA'S ANGER AND RESENTMENT WAS BUILDING.
HER LIFE HAD BECOME INTOLERABLE, AND SHE BLAMED PAUL FOR IT.
SO, PAUL WAS GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT HAD TO PAY.
FIONA PICKED UP ONE PILLOW AND SUFFOCATED ONE CHILD...
...THEN DID EXACTLY THE SAME TO ANOTHER.
DeLong: THE GREATEST BLOW SHE COULD'VE DEALT HIM
WAS TO KILL HIS CHILDREN.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID.
Narrator: BUT FIONA'S REVENGE ISN'T COMPLETE.
SHE PUTS HER CHILDREN'S TINY BODIES IN BAGS...
...AND DRIVES THEM 90 MILES AWAY TO WHERE PAUL LIVES.
Clarkson: ARMED WITH TWO LARGE KITCHEN KNIVES,
FIONA THEN BREAKS INTO THAT FAMILY HOME IN HEATHFIELD...
Lumley: SHE'D THROWN A BRICK THROUGH THE WINDOW.
...AND WAITS IN THE DARKNESS FOR PAUL TO RETURN.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
Narrator: KILLING PAUL'S CHILDREN ISN'T ENOUGH.
SHE WANTS THE ULTIMATE REVENGE.
Clarkson: HER PLAN IS THAT WHEN HE DOES RETURN,
SHE WILL KILL HIM,
AND HE WILL BE BLAMED FOR THE DEATH OF THEIR TWO CHILDREN.
DeLong: FIONA PUT A LOT OF PLANNING
INTO MURDERING HER CHILDREN
AND PROBABLY WAS GOING TO *** PAUL
AFTER SHE TOLD HIM SHE HAD KILLED HIS CHILDREN.
Narrator: BUT PAUL DOESN'T COME HOME THAT NIGHT,
LEAVING FIONA WITH THE BODIES OF HER TWO CHILDREN
IN THE TRUNK OF HER CAR.
SHE THEN DECIDES TO KILL HERSELF.
I NEED HELP.
BUT IT'S ONE LIFE SHE CAN'T TAKE.
SORRY, WHAT?
I'VE COME TO HAND MYSELF IN.
THE NEXT MORNING,
SHE TURNS HERSELF IN TO THE POLICE.
I'VE KILLED MY CHILDREN.
Clarkson: SHE WAS SWAYING FROM SIDE TO SIDE
FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE SLEEPING TABLETS,
AND THE OFFICER ACTUALLY PRESUMED
SHE WAS DRUNK AND LYING.
Narrator: THE CHILDREN'S BODIES ARE FOUND, AND FIONA IS ARRESTED.
HAVING ADMITTED TO KILLING TWO OF HER CHILDREN,
INVESTIGATORS START WONDERING
ABOUT THE DEATH OF HER BABY GIRL, MIA.
Clarkson: THERE WAS A VERY STRONG SUSPICION
THAT SHE MAY WELL HAVE BEEN KILLED BY FIONA, AS WELL.
[ LULLABY PLAYING ]
Narrator: FIONA IS CHARGED WITH MIA'S ***,
BUT TOO MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED,
AND CRUCIAL EVIDENCE IS LONG GONE.
DeLong: IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE
FIONA CAUSED THE DEATH OF HER BABY DAUGHTER,
PROBABLY TO GET PAUL'S ATTENTION
AND TO GET HIM TO LEAVE HIS WIFE.
Narrator: AT TRIAL, FIONA PLEADS INSANITY,
BUT THE COURT DOESN'T AGREE.
Lumley: WHEN FIONA WAS IN HOSPITAL,
SHE WAS HEARD TALKING TO THE CHILDREN.
SHE WAS ASKING AFTER THEM.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE SHE WAS IN DENIAL
THAT ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED TO THEM.
Clarkson: MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS SAID IT WAS 100% CERTAIN
THAT FIONA HAD BEEN FEIGNING HER MENTAL PROBLEMS.
Narrator: IN 2011,
FIONA DONNISON IS FOUND GUILTY OF DOUBLE ***
AND SENTENCED TO 32 YEARS BEHIND BARS.
MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE APPALLED BY WHAT FIONA DONNISON DID.
SHE COLD-BLOODEDLY MURDERED HER TWO YOUNG, INFANT CHILDREN.
Narrator: FIONA DONNISON'S MATERNAL INSTINCTS
ONLY SERVE HERSELF.
DeLong: MOST OF US LOVE OUR CHILDREN BEYOND DESCRIPTION
AND WOULD NEVER HURT THEM.
NOT THE NARCISSIST.
FOR THE NARCISSIST, IT'S ALL ABOUT THEM.
Narrator: HER NEED FOR REVENGE OUTWEIGHS EVERYTHING...
...INCLUDING HER CHILDREN'S LIVES.
DeLong: REVENGE IS THE POISON YOU SWALLOW
HOPING THE OTHER PERSON WILL DIE,
AND THAT DESCRIBES THE CRIMES OF FIONA DONNISON.
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Narrator: SOMETIMES, WHAT WE WISH FOR...
SHE WANTED TO BE A MOTHER.
Narrator: ...AND DREAM OF...
SHE WAS SO DESPERATE.
Narrator: ...CAN TURN INTO A NIGHTMARE.
IT WAS A RECIPE FOR ***.
[ BABY CRYING ]
Narrator: IN OGDEN, UTAH, 2009, LOVE IS IN THE AIR.
FORMER SCHOOL FRIENDS
24-YEAR-OLDS JEWELL MORGAN AND PHILIP HENDRICKS CLICK.
Eynon: THEY BECAME FRIENDS,
AND THAT DEVELOPED INTO A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP.
Narrator: THE COUPLE SHARE MORE THAN ROMANCE.
THEY BOTH HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES.
HER RECORDS FROM SCHOOL, ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORT,
SAYS THAT SHE IS 13 YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS.
Narrator: BUT YOU DON'T NEED A HIGH IQ TO FALL IN LOVE.
REALLY?
YES. WILL YOU MARRY ME?
YES!
[ GIGGLING ]
OH!
June: SHE WAS SO DESPERATE TO HAVE A SO-CALLED NORMAL LIFE,
TO HAVE THE HUSBAND, THE KIDS, A HOME.
Narrator: HER GRANDMOTHER, JUNE MORGAN,
WANTS THE BEST FOR HER SPECIAL GIRL...
OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE BEAUTIFUL BABIES, JUST LIKE THEIR MAMA.
...BUT SHE FEARS JEWELL IS TOO CHILDLIKE
TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT CAN COME WITH MARRIAGE.
WE'RE GONNA BE A NORMAL FAMILY.
June: I DIDN'T WANT HER TO HAVE CHILDREN.
SHE HAS EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS.
SHE IS NOT REALLY CAPABLE OF REAL LOVE.
Narrator: JEWELL'S START IN LIFE IS TRAGIC.
AND THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL SLEEP, JEWELL.
AT THE AGE OF 12,
HER MOTHER DIES FROM CHRONIC DIABETES.
June: HER MOTHER WAS SICK ALL OF HER LIFE,
AND SHE NEVER KNEW IF SHE WAS GONNA HAVE A MOTHER
WHEN SHE CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL OR NOT.
YES, DARLING, THAT'S FOR YOU.
Narrator: HER FATHER ISN'T AROUND.
AND THAT.
JUNE TAKES HER GRANDDAUGHTER IN,
BUT HER MOTHER'S DEATH ISN'T JEWELL'S ONLY SCAR.
June: SHE HAS BEEN PHYSICALLY ABUSED,
SHE HAS BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED BY MY DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIENDS,
AND SHE HAD A WHOLE LOT TO GET OVER.
Narrator: JEWELL GROWS UP
NOT KNOWING WHAT'S RIGHT OR WRONG SEXUALLY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY DOCTOR AND NURSE?
June: THAT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE WAY
THAT JEWELL ACTED AROUND THE MALE SEX.
IT WAS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR.
DeLong: JEWELL'S LOW IQ MADE HER PLIABLE
FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO MANIPULATE AND CONTROL.
IT ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO HER LACK OF IMPULSE CONTROL.
RATHER THAN THINK HER WAY THROUGH A PROBLEM,
SHE WOULD SIMPLY REACT PHYSICALLY, OUT OF FRUSTRATION.
THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR THE FUTURE.
Narrator: TO PROTECT JEWELL,
GRANDMA RESORTS TO EXTREME MEASURES.
June: COME ON.
NO! HE'S MY FRIEND.
JEWELL, HE'S USING YOU!
JEWELL!
GO ON! GET HOME.
June: I HAD HER ON DEPO SHOTS.
I TRIED TO GET HER STERILIZED WHEN SHE WAS 14.
IT'S AGAINST THE LAW. YOU CAN'T DO IT.
Narrator: THROUGHOUT HER TEEN YEARS,
JEWELL IS SEXUALLY ACTIVE BUT PROTECTED BY CONTRACEPTION.
[ BABY CRYING ]
BUT NOW, A MARRIED WOMAN, SHE STARTS A FAMILY.
[ BABY FUSSING ]
IS THAT OKAY?
THAT'S PERFECT.
IN 2009, SHE'S BLESSED WITH NOT ONE BABY BUT TWO.
THEY WERE BOTH BORN AT 33 1/2 WEEKS,
SO THEY WERE PREMATURE,
AND THEY ALSO HAD HEALTH PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
MM. THAT'S IT.
TILT THE BOTTLE.
Narrator: THE BABIES REQUIRE ONGOING MEDICAL CARE.
SHE GETS REGULAR VISITS
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES.
OKAY. LET'S MAKE SURE THE PRESSURE IS ON HERE,
AND WE'RE GONNA CHECK THIS.
SHE WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS
ON TAKING CARE OF THE BABIES AT HOME.
MAKE SURE THIS IS CONNECTED, MAKE SURE THIS IS ON.
Willoughby: ROBERT WAS ALLERGIC TO NORMAL FORMULA,
AND THEY HAD TO GIVE HIM SOY FORMULA.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
THESE PLASTIC PIECES ARE CONNECTED PROPERLY.
DANIEL WAS ON OXYGEN, AND HE WAS ALSO ON A HEART MONITOR.
MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE OXYGEN.
DeLong: IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR ANY MOTHER
TO HANDLE A CHILD THAT WAS BORN PREMATURELY
ONCE IT CAME HOME --
CONSTANT ATTENTION, LACK OF SLEEP, ONGOING.
[ BABY CRYING ]
MULTIPLY THAT BY TWO,
AND THAT'S WHAT JEWELL HAD TO DEAL WITH.
[ BABY CRYING ]
Narrator: WHAT MIGHT BE A HANDFUL FOR ANY PARENT
IS EVEN HARDER FOR JEWELL.
LET US KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING.
June: HER IQ IS 57.
NOW, THAT'S NOT A NORMAL PERSON.
IT WAS A RECIPE FOR ***.
Narrator: IN OGDEN, UTAH, JANUARY 2010...
[ BABY CRYING ]
...25-YEAR-OLD JEWELL HENDRICKS IS STRUGGLING WITH MOTHERHOOD.
HER 2-MONTH-OLD TWINS, ROBERT AND DANIEL,
REQUIRE CONSTANT CARE.
[ BABY CRYING ]
SHE WAS A WOMAN IN PITIFUL CIRCUMSTANCES.
[ BABIES CRYING ]
SHE WOULD SIT ALONE IN HER APARTMENT
WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS AT WORK,
AND SHE WOULD JUST LISTEN TO HER KIDS CRY, YOU KNOW, ALL ALONE.
AND NOBODY TO SPELL HER,
NOBODY TO DROP IN AND CHECK ON HER.
[ BABY CRYING ]
WHY WON'T YOU SHUT UP?
DeLong: I THINK IF JEWELL HAD BEEN OF HIGHER INTELLECT,
SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT --
PICK UP A PHONE,
RESUME FAMILY SERVICES, GET SOME HELP.
IT WAS AVAILABLE.
BUT HER IQ WAS LESS THAN 60. SHE NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT.
[ BABY CRYING ]
Narrator: ATTEMPTING TO STAND ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET,
JEWELL AND PHILIP FEEL THE PINCH
OF RAISING TWINS ON A MINIMUM WAGE.
THEY WERE A SINGLE-INCOME FAMILY,
AND MR. HENDRICKS WORKED AT A THRIFT STORE.
[ BABY CRYING ]
CAN'T YOU SETTLE HIM DOWN?
WE NEED HIS SOY MILK.
Willoughby: THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
TO GET THE FORMULA THAT ROBERT NEEDED,
SO THEY HAD GONE BACK TO GIVING HIM NORMAL FORMULA,
WHICH CAUSED HIM TO THROW UP CONSTANTLY.
ADDED TO HIS CRYING, HIS FUSSINESS,
THEY HAD RECEIVED NOTICE THEY WERE ABOUT TO BE EVICTED
FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT.
June: I DID NOT -- DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE EVICTIONS.
WE HAVE THREE DAYS TO MOVE OUT.
I KNEW SHE WAS STRESSED,
BUT SHE JUST DID NOT WANT TO TELL ME.
DeLong: JEWELL WAS UNDER ENORMOUS STRAIN.
CAN YOU GET A RAISE?
NO.
[ BABY CRYING ]
THE ONLY WAY SHE SAW OUT OF HER PREDICAMENT
WAS TO LIGHTEN HER LOAD.
Narrator: ON JANUARY 24, 2010,
PHILIP RETURNS HOME FROM A LATE SHIFT AT THE STORE.
WHILE DANIEL IS HAPPY,
ROBERT IS YET AGAIN HAVING TROUBLE SETTLING.
ROBERT WOKE UP CRYING AGAIN.
[ BABY CRYING ]
I NEED SLEEP.
June: ALL SHE WANTED HIM TO DO WAS BE QUIET.
SHE HAD THE IDEA THAT WITH ONE BABY, SHE COULD HANDLE IT.
[ BABY CRYING ]
Narrator: FUSSY, IRRITABLE ROBERT HAS TO GO.
Willoughby: SHE HAD TAKEN ROBERT, HELD HIM AGAINST HER CHEST,
AND CRUSHED HIM STRONG ENOUGH TO BREAK HIS COLLAR BONE.
Eynon: THE BABY DIDN'T STOP CRYING AT THAT POINT,
AND SO SHE PLACED ROBERT INTO A SLEEPING BAG
THAT SHE WAS USING TO COVER HERSELF UP.
SHE STUFFED HIM INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEPING BAG.
HE WAS STILL ALIVE AT THE TIME.
AND THEN SHE PLACED ROBERT
BETWEEN HER BODY AND THE COUCH THAT SHE WAS SLEEPING ON.
SHE ROLLED OVER ON TOP OF ROBERT UNTIL HE STOPPED CRYING.
June: SHE DIDN'T REALIZE
THAT IS WAS A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO A TEMPORARY PROBLEM.
Narrator: JEWELL FINALLY FALLS ASLEEP,
BENEATH HER, BABY ROBERT SMOTHERED AND CRUSHED.
Willoughby: SHE WOKE UP AGAIN AT 5:30.
SHE HAD SLEPT FOR TWO HOURS.
SHE IMMEDIATELY DISCOVERED THAT ROBERT WAS LIFELESS.
Eynon: SHE OBSERVED THAT HE WAS DEAD
AND THAT HIS HEAD WAS LIKE JELLY.
Narrator: JEWELL COVERS HER CRIME AS BEST SHE CAN.
SHE PLACED ROBERT INTO AN INFANT CAR SEAT BY THE COUCH,
WRAPPED HIM UP TIGHTLY,
AND MADE HIM LOOK AS NORMAL AS SHE POSSIBLY COULD.
Narrator: JEWELL PRETENDS IT'S AN ACCIDENTAL SMOTHERING...
PHIL! IT'S ROBERT! HE ISN'T BREATHING!
CALL 911.
...BUT THE INJURIES ARE TOO HORRIFIC,
AND JEWELL'S OWN WORDS TELL THE POLICE WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
Willoughby: SHE WAS OVERHEARD HOLDING DANIEL,
TELLING HIM THAT SHE WAS SORRY THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED
AND THAT SHE WISHED THAT ROBERT HAD BEEN A GOOD BABY
LIKE DANIEL HAD BEEN.
I WISH HE'D BEEN A GOOD BABY LIKE YOU.
SHE SAID THAT IT WAS TOO DIFFICULT
FOR HER TO HAVE TWO CHILDREN AT THE HOME,
THAT SHE LOVED THE OTHER TWIN BOY, DANIEL,
MORE THAN SHE LOVED ROBERT.
I THOUGHT WE'D HAVE A BETTER LIFE WITH JUST ONE BABY.
June: I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE SHOCKED.
IN FACT, I LOST IT WHEN THEY TOLD ME.
'CAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I COULDN'T SEE JEWELL EVER DOING.
SHE'S NOT A COLD-BLOODED KILLER, AND SHE DID LOVE LITTLE ROBERT.
Willoughby: THE MOST DISTURBING, OR TROUBLING, PART
IS MAYBE HOW LITTLE SHE WOULD'VE NEEDED
TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE A MOTHER.
DeLong: THE STORY OF JEWELL HENDRICKS
IS A STORY OF A MAJOR SYSTEM FAILURE.
BUT MOREOVER, IT'S A STORY OF A MAJOR HUMAN FAILURE,
AND A LITTLE BOY IS DEAD.
Narrator: IN SEPTEMBER 2011,
JEWELL HENDRICKS PLEADS GUILTY TO FIRST-DEGREE ***.
HER LOW IQ DOESN'T REDUCE HER SENTENCE.
SHE GETS 15 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON.
June: IT'S HEARTBREAKING FOR ME,
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHERE SHE SHOULD BE.
BUT, YES, SHE DID COMMIT A CRIME.
Narrator: JEWELL'S SURVIVING SON, DANIEL,
NOW LIVES WITH AN ADOPTIVE FAMILY.
HE WILL BE A MAN WHEN, OR IF, HIS MOTHER IS RELEASED.
DeLong: I THINK THAT JEWELL KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING
WHEN SHE KILLED HER SON,
BUT SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BRING HER RELIEF,
AND IT DIDN'T.
Narrator: THESE DEADLY WOMAN SEVERED THE MOST SACRED BOND.
TERRIE ROBINSON DID THE UNTHINKABLE...
...FIONA DONNISON ROBBED A LOVING FATHER...
...AND JEWELL HENDRICKS SACRIFICED A LIFE
AND ALL HER DREAMS.
THESE DEADLY WOMEN GAVE LIFE AND TOOK IT AWAY
WHEN THEY SPILLED "INNOCENT BLOOD."