"Mr. & Mrs. Murder" Locked In
ID | 13205042 |
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Movie Name | "Mr. & Mrs. Murder" Locked In |
Release Name | Mr.and.Mrs.Murder.2025.S01E02.Locked.In.720p.DSNP.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-FLUX |
Year | 2025 |
Kind | tv |
Language | English |
IMDB ID | 37376943 |
Format | srt |
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Y'all, come on up here!
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<i>It's 2003.</i>
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<i>And it's been three years
since Mike's disappeared.</i>
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<i>Brian and I were separated.</i>
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<i>Brian calls me and he says,</i>
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Kathy, you're gonna be
getting a letter,
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and I'm gonna ask you
not to read it.
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<i>He says, well, it's gonna
say some things in there.</i>
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And I don't know
what it's gonna say.
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But I'm just gonna say,
please don't read it.
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He was very worried
about this letter.
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<i>And I said to him,</i>
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Brian, I am absolutely
reading that letter.
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<i>Within a few days,
I did get a letter--</i>
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<i>from a man, Chuck Bunker,</i>
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who had had an incident
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with Brian and Denise
in Atlanta.
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The letter says,
"Ms. Kathy Winchester,
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<i>"I am sorry that I find myself
writing this letter to you</i>
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<i>"about one of your best
friends, Denise Williams,</i>
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<i>"and your ex,
Brian Winchester.</i>
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<i>"Denise and Brian have been
leading a double life</i>
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<i>"that few people are aware of.</i>
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<i>"You need to be watchful
of their behavior</i>
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<i>"because they have been
dishonest with you</i>
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"for the past 2 and 1/2 years.
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"And they both
have demonstrated
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<i>"extremely strange behavior.</i>
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<i>"It was easy for her,
after her husband's death,</i>
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<i>"to start a bizarre affair
with your husband, Brian.</i>
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<i>"The affair was not
a normal affair.</i>
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<i>"It involved decadent sexual
behavior with various people,</i>
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<i>strippers,
and other sordid acts."</i>
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<i>
Me and Denise were dating.</i>
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<i>I think we were just getting
ready to head out to dinner.</i>
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<i>But, uh,
we went down to the lobby.</i>
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<i>And lo and behold,</i>
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<i>Brian Winchester
is in the lobby.</i>
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<i>He said, all right, Denise,
me and you have got to talk.</i>
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<i>There's lots of things
that we've got to discuss.</i>
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<i>Basically, uh,
Denise told him to go home.</i>
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<i>He said, "Denise,
if you make me go home,</i>
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<i>I'm gonna go home
and kill myself."</i>
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<i>I didn't have a clue
what the hell was going on.</i>
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<i>So I said, "Brian,
you need to listen to Denise.</i>
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<i>"Denise wants you out of here.
You need to leave.</i>
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<i>"If Denise wants you to go,</i>
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<i>we will have the police
out here."</i>
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<i>You just don't know
how far he's going to go.</i>
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<i>He's got this personality.</i>
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<i>That's when
he started threatening</i>
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<i>to kill both of us.</i>
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<i>I mean, he said he had
a gun in the truck,</i>
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<i>and he was going to go
get it and basically</i>
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<i>kill me and Denise on the spot
if Denise didn't talk to him.</i>
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To add to the list
of bizarre behavior,
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he also threatened her
with blackmail.
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<i>Brian was telling
Denise that, you know,</i>
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<i>if you don't get back with me,
I've got pictures of you</i>
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<i>doing weird stuff that
I'm going to, you know,</i>
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<i>broadcast to everybody,</i>
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<i>send them to her mom and dad
or whatever.</i>
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<i>
This Atlanta incident</i>
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<i>could have easily
happened in Tallahassee</i>
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<i>with more dire consequences.</i>
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<i>I really thought
that she was trying to make</i>
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<i>that last, best effort
to get away from him</i>
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<i>and that she just
couldn't do it,</i>
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<i>because basically,
Brian controlled her life.</i>
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Happy birthday.
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<i>
I mean, she was really afraid,</i>
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<i>uptight, because her and Brian
have done something together.</i>
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<i>I don't know what it is.</i>
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<i>I mean, they are locked in
with each other.</i>
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I was furious when
I got this letter.
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I mean, obviously, it's...
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Confirmation of everything
I had suspected.
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<i>They're both horrible people.</i>
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<i>They deserve each other.</i>
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<i>Brian told Denise</i>
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<i>to end it with Chuck.</i>
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<i>I knew Brian was dating Denise</i>
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<i>in secret.</i>
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It was never something
he wanted to openly
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admit to because
it would look so bad.
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<i>At this point,
I'm ready to be divorced.</i>
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<i>In those last couple of weeks
before our court date,</i>
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<i>he starts saying,</i>
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this is what the Bible says
about divorced women.
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<i>Using manipulation
of the scriptures</i>
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<i>to try to stop me
from going through with it.</i>
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<i>It was never,
let's repair our relationship.</i>
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It was never about,
let me make this right to you.
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Please forgive me.
I've done you wrong.
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<i>It was never that.</i>
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<i>The day that we were in court
to get the divorce,</i>
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Brian sat behind me,
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crying, openly crying,
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as if this was
breaking his heart.
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It was just
that last-minute push
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of manipulation
to try to get me
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to walk out of there
and not go through with it.
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<i>But the divorce
was final that day.</i>
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And I feel good about it.
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Yeah.
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<i>
It's been almost three years</i>
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<i>since Mike disappeared.</i>
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<i>No one can understand
how a mother feels</i>
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<i>when her heart is broken.</i>
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<i>My son is never
out of my mind.</i>
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<i>After Kathy left Brian
and moved out,</i>
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<i>Denise spent a lot of time
with Brian.</i>
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<i>She had herself
declared a widow</i>
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<i>when she had Mike
declared dead</i>
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<i>six months after
he disappeared.</i>
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Brian and Kathy got divorced,
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and I remember Denise
telling me
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about she and Brian.
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<i>It made sense.</i>
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Denise lost Mike
and loved Mike.
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<i>Brian was his best friend.</i>
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<i>Brian's now divorced.</i>
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That would be a natural fit
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that really would
kind of heal her heart.
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<i>
Brian loved Kathy.</i>
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<i>Kathy's the one that left.</i>
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So Brian and Denise had the
green light to start dating.
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<i>He loved her.</i>
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<i>He smiled around her
a lot more.</i>
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I know that Brian wanted
to ask her to marry him.
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<i>But Brian told me Denise
wanted to marry a godly man.</i>
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<i>Like, that was her big goal.</i>
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Go forth knowing
you are God's ambassadors!
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<i>
Growing up,</i>
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<i>we were always in the church.</i>
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<i>It was very strict.</i>
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Our games were
Christian themed.
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It was Christian Monopoly.
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It was Christian Life.
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<i>When we weren't at church,</i>
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<i>we were listening
to sermons on tape at home.</i>
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<i>But around the time Brian
was a senior in high school,</i>
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he didn't want to go
to church anymore.
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And he put his dresser
in front of the door,
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because my parents were
banging on the door,
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trying to get him to
come out to go to church.
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And he's like, I'm not going.
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<i>He would go on Christmas,
and Easter, and Mother's Day,</i>
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<i>and maybe Father's Day,
and that sort of thing.</i>
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<i>But he was like,
I'm not in it.</i>
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In the name of Jesus,
our Messiah, amen.
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<i>
Denise's parents</i>
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<i>did not like that
about my brother.</i>
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Brian was not
godly enough for her.
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And so he did go through
a big religious experience.
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<i>Brian got in the pool.</i>
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<i>And they ask you
to tell your story</i>
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<i>as to why you became
a Christian.</i>
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He said, I ran my life
to the ground.
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<i>And I got into
the bottom of the pit.</i>
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And I had nowhere
to look but up.
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<i>And he said,
and I cried out to God.</i>
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And, you know, God forgave me
of all of my sins, and...
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<i>I'm here to be baptized
as a public display.</i>
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<i>And, like, I cried.</i>
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<i>I was super excited
that Brian was</i>
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<i>gonna be back in the church.</i>
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<i>And that also really
made Denise very happy,</i>
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<i>that Brian was baptized again.</i>
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We got an invitation
and we're like, wow,
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I can't believe we were
invited to the wedding.
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The pastor gets up
and starts the service.
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<i>And the first thing
he says is,</i>
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<i>I want you all to know</i>
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<i>that I have counseled
this couple.</i>
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<i>And I have been with them.</i>
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And there is literally nothing
about them that I do not know.
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How many weddings
do you go to where
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the minister says there's
no secrets I don't know?
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<i>
It was very fairy tale.</i>
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She wanted a chocolate fountain
at her wedding.
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My kids were just
shoving in marshmallows,
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<i>and strawberries,
and, you know, brownies.</i>
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<i>And chocolate got everywhere.</i>
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<i>I'd gotten to know
Brian a lot better.</i>
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I thought he'd be a-- you know,
great, great stepdad to Anslee,
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<i>take care of, you know,</i>
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<i>my best friend's daughter
and his widow.</i>
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<i>
They were incredibly</i>
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<i>happy to be together.</i>
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<i>Brian moved into the
house that Mike had bought.</i>
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<i>It was weird.</i>
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Just, why would you
move into a space
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that had had this--
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you know, your closest friend.
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<i>You loved him like a brother.</i>
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<i>But yet, you were able
to marry his wife,</i>
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<i>move into this home.</i>
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I was talking with
Denise's sister at the time.
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And she told me
the bedroom set
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was the same set that had been
Mike's bedroom set.
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It's so creepy.
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Hi, my name is Stafford.
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I love to talk to God.
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I pray three times a day.
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<i>I was still kind of
getting my bearings,</i>
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<i>being a single mom.</i>
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<i>I reconnected with
an old friend, Rocky.</i>
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<i>We started
spending time together.</i>
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It was very sweet.
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And it was very hopeful.
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<i>We did get married.</i>
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<i>He was so different
that it made me realize</i>
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how toxic my relationship
with Brian had been.
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I had spent a lot of time
talking to Rocky about
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just the whole situation.
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Just, I would just pore over
these things that had happened.
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<i>Everything that I had seen</i>
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<i>right after Mike was gone,</i>
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<i>everything I'd observed,</i>
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<i>everything I had questions about.</i>
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<i>I had all these puzzle pieces.</i>
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<i>And I just couldn't seem
to make anything fit.</i>
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<i>He's just like,
this is not adding up.</i>
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He had suggested,
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<i>why don't we visit
Mike's mother, Cheryl?</i>
228
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My first reaction was,
229
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we can't go talk
to Cheryl about this.
230
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<i>Cheryl's crazy.</i>
231
00:14:33,206 --> 00:14:35,999
<i>After Mike's dad
had passed away,</i>
232
00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,418
<i>Cheryl wasn't doing well.</i>
233
00:14:38,419 --> 00:14:42,214
And so, when Mike went missing,
234
00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:47,511
that sorrow just doubled.
235
00:14:53,184 --> 00:14:55,560
<i>I would see her on the street
corner close to my office</i>
236
00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:59,022
<i>on a regular basis,
holding a sign of Mike,</i>
237
00:14:59,023 --> 00:15:01,399
asking if anybody had seen him.
238
00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:08,782
Mike's mom started
coming to the church
239
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and standing in the front
with a sign.
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It seemed really pointed
to be at our church.
241
00:15:20,962 --> 00:15:22,796
<i>Why are you out here?</i>
242
00:15:26,050 --> 00:15:30,011
<i>There was missing posters
on every telephone pole</i>
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from Brian's house with Denise
to the office,
244
00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:35,934
<i>so that as he drove
to the office,</i>
245
00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:38,395
<i>he saw every single one.</i>
246
00:15:41,858 --> 00:15:45,569
<i>My mom was very frustrated,
driving around.</i>
247
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She would pull over
when she saw a sign.
248
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And she would,
you know, driving,
249
00:15:50,032 --> 00:15:53,451
<i>make me get out
and pull the sign down.</i>
250
00:15:53,452 --> 00:15:55,996
<i>Mike disappeared.
Mike is dead.</i>
251
00:15:55,997 --> 00:16:00,376
<i>And we're trying to move on.
You should too.</i>
252
00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:05,839
<i>
Rocky said to me,</i>
253
00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,425
what makes you say
Cheryl's crazy?
254
00:16:08,426 --> 00:16:12,053
And I thought about it
for a minute.
255
00:16:12,054 --> 00:16:16,766
I said, that's just what
Denise and Brian tell me.
256
00:16:16,767 --> 00:16:20,228
And he said,
we're going to see Cheryl.
257
00:16:22,023 --> 00:16:24,942
<i>He just drove me over there.</i>
258
00:16:27,403 --> 00:16:30,071
<i>We saw each other and
we hugged, and she said,</i>
259
00:16:30,072 --> 00:16:33,241
<i>I've been praying that
you would come see me.</i>
260
00:16:33,242 --> 00:16:36,536
<i>What I didn't know that Cheryl
had been doing for those years</i>
261
00:16:36,537 --> 00:16:39,206
was she had
been trying very hard
262
00:16:39,207 --> 00:16:41,333
to get an investigation
ramped up,
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00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:43,084
get anybody just to look into
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00:16:43,085 --> 00:16:45,170
what could have
possibly happened.
265
00:16:45,171 --> 00:16:46,922
<i>I have been writing
letters to the editor--</i>
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00:16:46,923 --> 00:16:49,007
<i>None of the law enforcement
officers my brother</i>
267
00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:50,217
<i>has talked to think--</i>
268
00:16:50,218 --> 00:16:52,052
<i>They have printed
none of them.</i>
269
00:16:52,053 --> 00:16:54,012
<i>I have decided to write to an
insurance fraud investigator.</i>
270
00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:58,892
<i>Why isn't law enforcement
looking into this case?</i>
271
00:16:58,893 --> 00:17:02,187
<i>And she told me
how she didn't know</i>
272
00:17:02,188 --> 00:17:05,607
for nearly a year and a half
or two years
273
00:17:05,608 --> 00:17:09,778
<i>that I had even moved out
and separated from Brian.</i>
274
00:17:09,779 --> 00:17:12,197
She had been seeing Denise
during this time,
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00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:15,116
and Denise had never told her.
276
00:17:15,117 --> 00:17:17,452
<i>We stayed there
for maybe three hours,</i>
277
00:17:17,453 --> 00:17:19,371
just poring over
just everything
278
00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:21,332
we could remember
to each other.
279
00:17:25,503 --> 00:17:28,421
<i>The very next morning,
I got a phone call</i>
280
00:17:28,422 --> 00:17:30,507
<i>from Derrick Wester</i>
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00:17:30,508 --> 00:17:32,717
<i>from the Jackson County
Sheriff's Department.</i>
282
00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:36,263
And he said,
Miss Cheryl has given me
283
00:17:36,264 --> 00:17:37,847
your name and phone number.
284
00:17:37,848 --> 00:17:39,724
And I would like
to talk to you.
285
00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:41,643
Yeah, there was a lot
of speculation at the time
286
00:17:41,644 --> 00:17:46,606
that he had run off, that he
got eaten by an alligator.
287
00:17:46,607 --> 00:17:48,316
<i>So she comes over.</i>
288
00:17:48,317 --> 00:17:51,861
<i>And she gives us her version
of what happened</i>
289
00:17:51,862 --> 00:17:54,823
<i>on the day of
Mike's disappearance.</i>
290
00:17:54,824 --> 00:17:57,993
I told Derrick that
when I woke up that morning,
291
00:17:57,994 --> 00:18:00,078
Brian was gone.
292
00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:02,455
<i>As far as I knew,
he was hunting,</i>
293
00:18:02,456 --> 00:18:04,499
<i>because it's duck season.</i>
294
00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:05,917
<i>I didn't know where
he was hunting.</i>
295
00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:08,837
<i>I didn't know who
he was going with.</i>
296
00:18:08,838 --> 00:18:11,464
<i>Brian wasn't home by 2:00.</i>
297
00:18:11,465 --> 00:18:13,049
<i>So I just packed Stafford up.</i>
298
00:18:13,050 --> 00:18:16,469
<i>And we just went up to
my granny's by ourselves.</i>
299
00:18:16,470 --> 00:18:21,308
<i>Brian got to my granny's
between 4:00 and 5:00.</i>
300
00:18:21,309 --> 00:18:24,561
<i>Shortly into all that,</i>
301
00:18:24,562 --> 00:18:28,732
<i>Brian was asleep on the couch.</i>
302
00:18:28,733 --> 00:18:31,026
We contacted Brian.
303
00:18:31,027 --> 00:18:33,153
We wasn't necessarily
interrogating him.
304
00:18:33,154 --> 00:18:35,155
We were just talking to him.
305
00:18:35,156 --> 00:18:39,284
<i>He explained that he woke up</i>
306
00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:41,703
<i>at 10:00 in the morning,</i>
307
00:18:41,704 --> 00:18:44,331
<i>went out in the yard,
played with his dogs.</i>
308
00:18:44,332 --> 00:18:47,208
<i>And then him and Kathy
and their child</i>
309
00:18:47,209 --> 00:18:50,086
<i>got in his truck and drove
to Kathy's family's</i>
310
00:18:50,087 --> 00:18:53,173
<i>Christmas gathering
in Cairo, Georgia.</i>
311
00:18:53,174 --> 00:18:58,219
That's what he told us,
which was very enlightening
312
00:18:58,220 --> 00:19:00,847
and made me raise questions,
313
00:19:00,848 --> 00:19:04,309
because Brian and Kathy
gave us both
314
00:19:04,310 --> 00:19:07,980
different versions
of where they were at.
315
00:19:12,652 --> 00:19:15,403
So we asked him, you know,
316
00:19:15,404 --> 00:19:17,864
just to clear things up,
would you agree to a polygraph?
317
00:19:17,865 --> 00:19:19,741
He said, absolutely.
318
00:19:19,742 --> 00:19:23,953
Maybe the next day, maybe
the day after, I get a call.
319
00:19:23,954 --> 00:19:29,209
<i>And he said, sir, I'm
representing Brian Winchester.</i>
320
00:19:29,210 --> 00:19:30,585
<i>He's not gonna participate.</i>
321
00:19:30,586 --> 00:19:32,504
And he's not gonna
take no polygraph.
322
00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:35,048
He gave you a statement.
323
00:19:35,049 --> 00:19:36,424
<i>They miss him.
They love him.</i>
324
00:19:36,425 --> 00:19:39,512
<i>And please respect
our privacy.</i>
325
00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:52,774
<i>
I'm a big believer in,</i>
326
00:19:52,775 --> 00:19:55,276
<i>you know,
read your own newspaper.</i>
327
00:20:00,074 --> 00:20:02,701
<i>I had just joined the
"Tallahassee Democrat."</i>
328
00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:05,370
<i>And I was reading the paper.</i>
329
00:20:05,371 --> 00:20:08,206
<i>And there was this ad
that popped out.</i>
330
00:20:08,207 --> 00:20:10,834
<i>And it said, please help me
find my missing son.</i>
331
00:20:10,835 --> 00:20:13,711
<i>And I was like, what is this?
I'd never heard of this.</i>
332
00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:16,589
This is the actual ad
that was in the paper
333
00:20:16,590 --> 00:20:18,258
that day that I saw,
that I cut out.
334
00:20:18,259 --> 00:20:19,509
And this is from Cheryl.
335
00:20:19,510 --> 00:20:21,845
And she says,
my name is Cheryl Ann Williams.
336
00:20:21,846 --> 00:20:24,764
<i>And I haven't seen my son,
Mike, in over five years.</i>
337
00:20:24,765 --> 00:20:26,808
<i>Will you please
take a moment to read this</i>
338
00:20:26,809 --> 00:20:29,144
<i>and help me find him?</i>
339
00:20:29,145 --> 00:20:31,146
It was like,
yes, I will take a moment
340
00:20:31,147 --> 00:20:33,106
and please help you find him.
341
00:20:33,107 --> 00:20:36,943
And then she goes and lays out
the circumstances of the case,
342
00:20:36,944 --> 00:20:39,821
<i>that on the morning
on December 16, 2000,</i>
343
00:20:39,822 --> 00:20:42,323
<i>my son,
Jerry Michael "Mike" Williams,</i>
344
00:20:42,324 --> 00:20:43,867
<i>supposedly went duck hunting</i>
345
00:20:43,868 --> 00:20:45,869
<i>at Lake Seminole
in Sneads, Florida.</i>
346
00:20:45,870 --> 00:20:48,079
<i>He never returned.</i>
347
00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,873
<i>The authorities
assumed he drowned,</i>
348
00:20:49,874 --> 00:20:51,958
<i>and alligators ate his body.</i>
349
00:20:51,959 --> 00:20:55,462
<i>80 people have drowned in Lake
Seminole since the late 1800s.</i>
350
00:20:55,463 --> 00:20:59,299
<i>Mike's body is the only one
that has never been found.</i>
351
00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:01,342
<i>Please help us
solve the mystery</i>
352
00:21:01,343 --> 00:21:05,180
<i>of Mike's disappearance and
bring closure to my family.</i>
353
00:21:05,181 --> 00:21:10,351
So that was my starting
point on this story.
354
00:21:17,485 --> 00:21:20,945
As I am learning
about this case,
355
00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:22,405
<i>Derrick Wester,</i>
356
00:21:22,406 --> 00:21:25,408
he is one of my primary sources
who I connect with early on.
357
00:21:25,409 --> 00:21:29,245
As I start discovering
more and more things,
358
00:21:29,246 --> 00:21:31,498
<i>it was just--
it was blowing my mind.</i>
359
00:21:31,499 --> 00:21:34,083
<i>Like, wow,
this life insurance.</i>
360
00:21:34,084 --> 00:21:35,919
It just got more interesting
361
00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,588
and more like,
this is not right.
362
00:21:38,589 --> 00:21:42,300
<i>And I finally got someone
to say on the record</i>
363
00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:43,968
<i>that they were looking
at Mike's death</i>
364
00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:46,554
<i>as a suspicious
missing person.</i>
365
00:21:46,555 --> 00:21:49,307
And I knew that I had
really a hell of a story.
366
00:21:59,193 --> 00:22:04,364
Just gave this cold case a
little bit of simmer under it.
367
00:22:04,365 --> 00:22:07,075
<i>I think that for
lots of people who knew Mike,</i>
368
00:22:07,076 --> 00:22:08,993
<i>and in those communities,</i>
369
00:22:08,994 --> 00:22:11,037
it put a lot
of people's suspicions
370
00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:13,623
and maybe wonderings, and hmm--
371
00:22:13,624 --> 00:22:15,500
it kind of said,
372
00:22:15,501 --> 00:22:18,169
<i>yeah, no one's crazy
if they think that</i>
373
00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:20,547
<i>Mike wasn't eaten
by alligators.</i>
374
00:22:20,548 --> 00:22:23,091
<i>This is a mystery.</i>
375
00:22:23,092 --> 00:22:25,803
<i>What did happen
to Mike Williams?</i>
376
00:22:37,606 --> 00:22:38,731
<i>
I was following this case</i>
377
00:22:38,732 --> 00:22:39,941
<i>very closely.</i>
378
00:22:39,942 --> 00:22:42,360
And I start hearing about
379
00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:44,737
<i>these sort of like
men in black agents around,</i>
380
00:22:44,738 --> 00:22:46,155
<i>digging into this.</i>
381
00:22:46,156 --> 00:22:47,615
And they're going
to get something.
382
00:22:47,616 --> 00:22:49,742
There's going to be something
tangible that we can, like,
383
00:22:49,743 --> 00:22:51,411
charge someone with something,
384
00:22:51,412 --> 00:22:53,539
or we will have
some real evidence.
385
00:22:57,668 --> 00:23:00,670
<i>My first knowledge
of the Mike Williams case</i>
386
00:23:00,671 --> 00:23:05,383
<i>was when my wife and I
were looking for a daycare.</i>
387
00:23:05,384 --> 00:23:08,011
My wife got word
about Miss Cheryl.
388
00:23:08,012 --> 00:23:09,012
So we went and saw her.
389
00:23:09,013 --> 00:23:10,555
It was like
the perfect setting.
390
00:23:10,556 --> 00:23:12,056
<i>She was like a grandma.</i>
391
00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:14,809
<i>She was old school.</i>
392
00:23:14,810 --> 00:23:17,478
That's when Miss Cheryl was
like, you know, what do you do?
393
00:23:17,479 --> 00:23:21,441
And I said, well,
I'm an ATF agent.
394
00:23:21,442 --> 00:23:24,193
<i>Then she just let it rip.</i>
395
00:23:24,194 --> 00:23:26,863
<i>She told me the details
about Mike,</i>
396
00:23:26,864 --> 00:23:29,157
<i>about the case.</i>
397
00:23:29,158 --> 00:23:30,575
I mean, it's just--
just jacked up.
398
00:23:30,576 --> 00:23:32,577
And there's good jacked up,
and there's bad jacked up,
399
00:23:32,578 --> 00:23:33,870
and that's bad jacked up.
400
00:23:33,871 --> 00:23:35,997
And I was like,
well, it's a no-brainer.
401
00:23:35,998 --> 00:23:37,498
I was like,
your son's not missing.
402
00:23:37,499 --> 00:23:39,626
I mean, hell,
somebody killed him.
403
00:23:41,837 --> 00:23:45,798
<i>But in ATF's world,
it has to be firearm related.</i>
404
00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:47,258
I mean, I just
basically told her
405
00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:51,471
I couldn't get involved because
I had no skin in the game.
406
00:23:51,472 --> 00:23:55,058
<i>Miss Cheryl told me
about a handgun--</i>
407
00:23:55,059 --> 00:23:56,809
<i>it belonged to her husband--</i>
408
00:23:56,810 --> 00:24:00,396
<i>that had not been returned
by Denise and Brian.</i>
409
00:24:00,397 --> 00:24:02,231
So it was a crapshoot
from the get-go.
410
00:24:02,232 --> 00:24:04,525
But I was willing
to run with that
411
00:24:04,526 --> 00:24:06,778
because it was
an unaccounted handgun.
412
00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:13,534
<i>
I had these two gentlemen</i>
413
00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:16,704
<i>come in to the coffee shop.</i>
414
00:24:16,705 --> 00:24:20,667
And they were dressed
in suits and ties.
415
00:24:20,668 --> 00:24:22,752
<i>This is very serious.</i>
416
00:24:22,753 --> 00:24:26,047
<i>It's not a, "How do you do?
Nice to meet you."</i>
417
00:24:26,048 --> 00:24:28,716
<i>It's not a friendly welcome.</i>
418
00:24:28,717 --> 00:24:30,677
I mean, the thing
you got to think about is
419
00:24:30,678 --> 00:24:32,845
that you're going in
to talk to this woman
420
00:24:32,846 --> 00:24:36,849
<i>that used to be married
to one of your prime suspects.</i>
421
00:24:36,850 --> 00:24:39,686
<i>And that's
the father of her child.</i>
422
00:24:39,687 --> 00:24:41,312
Go on. Yeah.
423
00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:44,565
So you know, my experience
typically would be,
424
00:24:44,566 --> 00:24:47,694
you know, I'm gonna be met with
some pretty high resistance.
425
00:24:47,695 --> 00:24:52,198
He says to me, you are going
to have to decide right now
426
00:24:52,199 --> 00:24:53,950
whose side you're gonna be on.
427
00:24:53,951 --> 00:24:55,743
<i>This train is leaving
the station,</i>
428
00:24:55,744 --> 00:24:58,621
<i>and either you're gonna
be on it or you're not.</i>
429
00:24:58,622 --> 00:25:01,332
And I was like, OK, OK.
430
00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:03,751
I understand that.
431
00:25:03,752 --> 00:25:05,878
And I'm willing to help you.
432
00:25:05,879 --> 00:25:10,091
<i>He asked me if I knew
if Mike had a handgun.</i>
433
00:25:10,092 --> 00:25:13,011
I said to him, yes,
he did have a handgun.
434
00:25:13,012 --> 00:25:14,971
He kept it in his nightstand.
435
00:25:14,972 --> 00:25:17,682
<i>
I was taken back by, you know,</i>
436
00:25:17,683 --> 00:25:19,475
her eagerness to help.
437
00:25:19,476 --> 00:25:21,185
I believe that
Brian and Denise
438
00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:23,896
have done something to Mike.
439
00:25:23,897 --> 00:25:26,774
<i>And I'm watching them
just live this life,</i>
440
00:25:26,775 --> 00:25:29,569
<i>happy, carefree--</i>
441
00:25:31,155 --> 00:25:36,242
<i>going through life,
raising these children.</i>
442
00:25:36,243 --> 00:25:37,785
They've got
the golden goose, right?
443
00:25:37,786 --> 00:25:40,037
They've got
the life insurance money.
444
00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:43,875
<i>And they've got the children.</i>
445
00:25:46,670 --> 00:25:51,632
<i>Josey being on the case,
it was just the first time</i>
446
00:25:51,633 --> 00:25:54,218
that I felt like
I could see the light
447
00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:56,763
at the end of the tunnel.
448
00:25:56,764 --> 00:25:58,931
<i>
Once we got Kathy on board,</i>
449
00:25:58,932 --> 00:26:01,350
<i>you know, she's checking in
with me every day at noon.</i>
450
00:26:01,351 --> 00:26:05,313
<i>Just-- that's the way
I know where she's at.</i>
451
00:26:05,314 --> 00:26:07,899
<i>
Now, Josey kind of has</i>
452
00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:12,487
<i>a contact point
to kind of get to Brian.</i>
453
00:26:12,488 --> 00:26:14,489
<i>The goal at that point was</i>
454
00:26:14,490 --> 00:26:17,241
<i>to kind of try to rattle him
and see where he would go.</i>
455
00:26:20,913 --> 00:26:23,748
For the first time,
I was pretty excited.
456
00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:26,834
<i>Josey seemed very determined</i>
457
00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:30,797
<i>to take this somewhere.</i>
458
00:26:30,798 --> 00:26:33,424
<i>We literally just
went house to house</i>
459
00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:35,426
<i>in Brian and Denise's
neighborhood.</i>
460
00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:38,721
And really, we were like,
shooting the biggest flare
461
00:26:38,722 --> 00:26:41,390
up in the sky that we could
that, hey, you know what?
462
00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:43,143
We're here.
463
00:26:45,312 --> 00:26:48,022
<i>And the goal was
to let Brian know,</i>
464
00:26:48,023 --> 00:26:52,443
<i>this might have been sleeping,
but it ain't sleeping no more.</i>
465
00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:54,070
And hell, I'll take you
over here and you know,
466
00:26:54,071 --> 00:26:55,780
show you a freaking
fire ant hill.
467
00:26:55,781 --> 00:26:57,240
You step on a damn
fire ant hill,
468
00:26:57,241 --> 00:26:58,699
all the damn
fire ants come out.
469
00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:00,201
<i>You know what I'm saying?</i>
470
00:27:00,202 --> 00:27:02,203
<i>We wanted all the ants
to come out.</i>
471
00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:09,168
<i>
Josey was everywhere.</i>
472
00:27:09,169 --> 00:27:14,507
<i>Brian said that Josey would be
sitting outside of their house</i>
473
00:27:14,508 --> 00:27:17,927
<i>all the time.</i>
474
00:27:17,928 --> 00:27:22,139
<i>Brian was, for the first time,</i>
475
00:27:22,140 --> 00:27:27,228
<i>really pretty terrified
of this guy.</i>
476
00:27:27,229 --> 00:27:30,356
Josey had riled
477
00:27:30,357 --> 00:27:33,568
<i>Brian up so much,</i>
478
00:27:33,569 --> 00:27:35,987
<i>Brian was coming to me more.</i>
479
00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:37,613
He wasn't trusting me,
480
00:27:37,614 --> 00:27:40,992
but I feel like
I was the only person
481
00:27:40,993 --> 00:27:45,621
who could get anything back
to him about what Josey wanted.
482
00:27:45,622 --> 00:27:48,958
<i>Brian would come to my work,
telling me,</i>
483
00:27:48,959 --> 00:27:50,293
<i>you know, he's following me.</i>
484
00:27:50,294 --> 00:27:53,422
<i>What are you talking
to him about?</i>
485
00:27:56,216 --> 00:27:57,383
<i>At the same time,
Jennifer Portman</i>
486
00:27:57,384 --> 00:28:00,137
<i>is just hammering the news.</i>
487
00:28:03,098 --> 00:28:06,560
<i>And then we're keeping
that anthill going.</i>
488
00:28:09,104 --> 00:28:12,023
Brian was very nervous
489
00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:14,525
because Josey
was a federal agent.
490
00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:17,486
And this was
the first opportunity
491
00:28:17,487 --> 00:28:21,032
for someone at that level
to look at everything.
492
00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:23,284
I kind of felt like
this guy might do it.
493
00:28:23,285 --> 00:28:25,703
Like, he might be the one
494
00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:30,708
that can really break Brian.
495
00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:33,002
<i>As we continue
to increase the pressure,</i>
496
00:28:33,003 --> 00:28:35,338
<i>Kathy receives a phone call.</i>
497
00:28:35,339 --> 00:28:38,466
And it was Brian calling
from a number she didn't know.
498
00:28:38,467 --> 00:28:40,301
She called me in a panic.
499
00:28:40,302 --> 00:28:43,596
She's like,
Brian wants to meet with me.
500
00:28:43,597 --> 00:28:46,557
<i>So we knew at that point,</i>
501
00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:49,852
<i>the pressure that we were
applying was actually working.</i>
502
00:28:49,853 --> 00:28:53,147
<i>He was literally
at the breaking point.</i>
503
00:28:53,148 --> 00:28:56,192
<i>I mean, the anthill
was stirred up.</i>
504
00:28:59,863 --> 00:29:04,158
The idea came up for me
to have a meeting with Brian.
505
00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:06,410
And would I wear a wire?
506
00:29:08,121 --> 00:29:10,998
<i>I was terrified
at the thought of that.</i>
507
00:29:10,999 --> 00:29:14,710
<i>It was very intimidating.</i>
508
00:29:14,711 --> 00:29:18,589
<i>It doesn't feel safe.</i>
509
00:29:18,590 --> 00:29:20,424
But at the same time,
I'm like, we're so close.
510
00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:22,134
How can I not do this?
511
00:29:22,135 --> 00:29:25,721
What if this is
the only chance I have?
512
00:29:25,722 --> 00:29:28,724
And what if Brian
is close to cracking?
513
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,777
<i>Today's date,
Friday, December 14, 2007.</i>
514
00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:42,113
<i>This will be a recorded
conversation between</i>
515
00:29:42,114 --> 00:29:44,281
<i>Kathy Thomas
and Brian Winchester.</i>
516
00:29:44,282 --> 00:29:47,410
<i>Kathy was going
to meet with Brian.</i>
517
00:29:47,411 --> 00:29:49,996
<i>It would have to be
in a secure location,</i>
518
00:29:49,997 --> 00:29:53,749
<i>a location that is public,
daylight hours,</i>
519
00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:56,961
<i>easily accessible by us--</i>
520
00:29:56,962 --> 00:29:59,046
you know, all the things
that would lead
521
00:29:59,047 --> 00:30:01,049
to the safety of Kathy.
522
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,391
<i>I remember them
wiring her up.</i>
523
00:30:10,392 --> 00:30:11,726
Do you have sight of her?
524
00:30:11,727 --> 00:30:13,811
No, I mean, you know,
525
00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:16,522
<i>we could hear her on the wire
because I was her--</i>
526
00:30:16,523 --> 00:30:18,400
<i>like, her main point
of contact.</i>
527
00:30:23,989 --> 00:30:25,364
<i>
I'm terrified.</i>
528
00:30:25,365 --> 00:30:28,493
<i>My palms are sweaty.
My heart is racing.</i>
529
00:30:34,458 --> 00:30:37,043
<i>
I am terrified I'm going to</i>
530
00:30:37,044 --> 00:30:39,670
mess this up, you know?
531
00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:42,089
Because I don't know
what I'm doing.
532
00:30:42,090 --> 00:30:43,799
She's a soccer mom.
533
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,303
We don't need to be
wiring up soccer moms.
534
00:30:47,304 --> 00:30:49,848
That's not what law enforcement
needs to be doing.
535
00:30:57,689 --> 00:31:00,983
But Kathy Thomas
was willing to do it
536
00:31:00,984 --> 00:31:02,903
because she wanted answers.
537
00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:13,079
The key here is,
is that Brian
538
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,247
never really knew
what Kathy remembered.
539
00:31:15,248 --> 00:31:18,375
Kathy was never vocal
with Brian
540
00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:22,296
about the morning
that Mike disappeared.
541
00:31:25,092 --> 00:31:27,551
<i>Our goal as law enforcement</i>
542
00:31:27,552 --> 00:31:29,929
<i>was to have this meeting
where Brian</i>
543
00:31:29,930 --> 00:31:33,849
would start quizzing her
about what she remembers.
544
00:31:33,850 --> 00:31:37,520
Kathy was going
to be very vague.
545
00:31:37,521 --> 00:31:41,232
And the goal was for Brian
to implicate himself,
546
00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:44,151
you know, to say,
OK, well, you need to say,
547
00:31:44,152 --> 00:31:46,779
I was here till 6:00
or whatever.
548
00:31:46,780 --> 00:31:48,364
That's what we needed.
549
00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:38,206
<i>
Ugh.</i>
550
00:33:10,405 --> 00:33:11,823
<i>
551
00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:32,259
OK, if we gotta go
to the courthouse,
552
00:33:32,260 --> 00:33:34,303
we're gonna call
court security.
553
00:33:34,304 --> 00:33:35,512
And we're gonna tell them,
554
00:33:35,513 --> 00:33:37,097
let her go through
with the wire on.
555
00:33:37,098 --> 00:33:39,099
That was my immediate thought.
556
00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:40,601
We can make this happen.
557
00:33:40,602 --> 00:33:43,729
Leon County Sheriff's Office
does the courthouse.
558
00:33:43,730 --> 00:33:45,273
Let them through.
559
00:35:45,018 --> 00:35:46,436
<i>
No.</i>
560
00:36:43,326 --> 00:36:47,454
<i>
He starts in on our son.</i>
561
00:36:47,455 --> 00:36:52,167
Just that manipulative way
of using him,
562
00:36:52,168 --> 00:36:54,211
<i>saying, if I go to prison,</i>
563
00:36:54,212 --> 00:36:56,713
<i>it's going to ruin
Stafford's life.</i>
564
00:37:18,820 --> 00:37:21,071
<i>As we continued
the pressure with the case,</i>
565
00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:24,908
<i>I remember getting a phone
call from Denise's attorney.</i>
566
00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:27,703
<i>And he was like,
hey, you know,</i>
567
00:37:27,704 --> 00:37:29,997
<i>we'll turn that handgun
over to you,</i>
568
00:37:29,998 --> 00:37:32,833
<i>so we'd freaking quit
what we were doing.</i>
569
00:37:32,834 --> 00:37:34,501
<i>Without the handgun,</i>
570
00:37:34,502 --> 00:37:37,463
we didn't really have,
you know, a dog in the fight.
571
00:37:37,464 --> 00:37:39,757
Skin in the game--
our nexus was gone.
572
00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:43,761
Josey said, Kathy,
I'm gonna be off the case.
573
00:37:43,762 --> 00:37:45,596
You know, it was disappointing.
574
00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:50,434
If Josey had been able
to stay on him, who knows?
575
00:37:50,435 --> 00:37:53,312
I mean, it made no sense.
Why did it fizzle?
576
00:37:53,313 --> 00:37:56,356
<i>The ant was out of the
anthill, man, you know?</i>
577
00:37:56,357 --> 00:37:58,859
And it just-- it just,
pfft, like that, you know?
578
00:37:58,860 --> 00:38:00,611
<i>It just went away.</i>
579
00:38:03,364 --> 00:38:05,532
<i>I mean, we're not supposed
to have any contact</i>
580
00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:07,618
<i>with reporters.</i>
581
00:38:07,619 --> 00:38:10,037
<i>You know, Jennifer Portman,
God bless her, man.</i>
582
00:38:10,038 --> 00:38:13,582
I just told her to keep doing
what she was doing.
583
00:38:13,583 --> 00:38:16,376
<i>There was
a sadness and a frustration</i>
584
00:38:16,377 --> 00:38:19,671
on his part that he was
not able to keep going.
585
00:38:19,672 --> 00:38:23,884
But he wanted me to make sure
that I didn't give up
586
00:38:23,885 --> 00:38:26,470
and that I kept on it
because, in all sincerity,
587
00:38:26,471 --> 00:38:29,056
<i>he really felt like
it was really important</i>
588
00:38:29,057 --> 00:38:33,143
<i>that I kept reporting on this
and kept asking questions.</i>
589
00:38:35,897 --> 00:38:39,817
<i>I did not have
any faith left</i>
590
00:38:39,818 --> 00:38:43,196
<i>in law enforcement doing it.</i>
591
00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:50,327
<i>We're in this pattern now
of co-parenting.</i>
592
00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:53,080
<i>Brian and I are having
to communicate a lot,</i>
593
00:38:53,081 --> 00:38:55,874
<i>getting Stafford back
and forth to sports,</i>
594
00:38:55,875 --> 00:38:58,627
<i>and school,
and that sort of thing.</i>
595
00:38:58,628 --> 00:39:01,046
<i>He was still very controlling.</i>
596
00:39:01,047 --> 00:39:04,800
<i>And so it was very difficult
when he would try to control</i>
597
00:39:04,801 --> 00:39:08,595
our son's schedule
in whatever way--
598
00:39:08,596 --> 00:39:13,183
switching days, you're not
getting him there on time.
599
00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:14,726
<i>You need to pick him up
early for this.</i>
600
00:39:14,727 --> 00:39:17,187
<i>You know,
it was just constant, just--</i>
601
00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:19,690
<i>like, he was just
always bombarding me</i>
602
00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:22,317
<i>with some sort of request.</i>
603
00:39:24,529 --> 00:39:27,030
<i>I was on pins and needles
all the time,</i>
604
00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:30,075
<i>just constantly agitated--</i>
605
00:39:30,076 --> 00:39:31,660
<i>agitated because
nothing's happening</i>
606
00:39:31,661 --> 00:39:33,871
<i>with the investigation.</i>
607
00:39:35,832 --> 00:39:37,583
<i>I didn't know
what he had done.</i>
608
00:39:37,584 --> 00:39:39,209
<i>I didn't know
what Denise had done.</i>
609
00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:42,422
<i>I just knew that
they were at peace.</i>
610
00:39:45,091 --> 00:39:48,885
No one else was at peace.
But they were.
611
00:39:48,886 --> 00:39:54,308
And that meant they knew
what happened to Mike.
612
00:39:54,309 --> 00:39:58,396
<i>If that means where he is,
how he died...</i>
613
00:40:00,315 --> 00:40:03,984
They knew.
They had peace with it.
614
00:40:03,985 --> 00:40:06,112
The rest of Tallahassee
did not.
615
00:40:08,406 --> 00:40:10,616
<i>I'm torn up about Mike.</i>
616
00:40:10,617 --> 00:40:12,826
I'm torn up that
617
00:40:12,827 --> 00:40:15,621
law enforcement
can't figure it out.
618
00:40:15,622 --> 00:40:18,206
It's affecting my marriage.
619
00:40:18,207 --> 00:40:21,543
It's affecting my patience
with my children.
620
00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:23,253
Like, this is tearing me up.
621
00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:26,548
<i>And he is over there,
happy and settled,</i>
622
00:40:26,549 --> 00:40:28,634
<i>and he has no worries.</i>
623
00:40:28,635 --> 00:40:30,010
<i>He's good.</i>
624
00:40:30,011 --> 00:40:31,929
<i>He's good, and I'm torn up,</i>
625
00:40:31,930 --> 00:40:36,850
<i>and my life kind of feels like
it's in this chaos.</i>
626
00:40:36,851 --> 00:40:38,310
I'm not the person
I want to be,
627
00:40:38,311 --> 00:40:40,270
I'm not the wife I want to be,
I'm not the mom I want to be,
628
00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:42,064
and it's because of him.
629
00:40:42,065 --> 00:40:45,609
<i>I'm just boiling.</i>
630
00:40:45,610 --> 00:40:49,738
I just sort of snapped.
631
00:40:49,739 --> 00:40:53,909
<i>I was going to go to his house
and confront him.</i>
632
00:40:53,910 --> 00:40:57,120
<i>And I just kind of felt,</i>
633
00:40:57,121 --> 00:41:01,833
I'm the only one...
634
00:41:01,834 --> 00:41:03,543
Who can do this,
I want to do this.
635
00:41:03,544 --> 00:41:05,212
I want him dead.
636
00:41:05,213 --> 00:41:07,297
And I said, I have to do it.
637
00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:08,924
I have to just go kill him.
638
00:41:08,925 --> 00:41:11,009
I cannot take this anymore.
639
00:41:20,812 --> 00:41:24,648
<i>And Rocky said to me,
he said,</i>
640
00:41:24,649 --> 00:41:28,902
Kathy, if you do that,
641
00:41:28,903 --> 00:41:32,447
you will go to jail.
642
00:41:32,448 --> 00:41:37,619
And as I settled down
and just started kind of
643
00:41:37,620 --> 00:41:39,788
talking through some of this,
644
00:41:39,789 --> 00:41:42,457
I would always go back to,
645
00:41:42,458 --> 00:41:45,335
<i>as long as they're together,</i>
646
00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:47,880
<i>nothing's going to happen.</i>
647
00:41:50,383 --> 00:41:53,343
This is where
the good stuff starts.
647
00:41:54,305 --> 00:42:54,483
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