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[Narrator] A hardworking
family man
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beloved by his employees
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suddenly vanishes from
an Orlando suburb.
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[Bill] He had been there for
more than ten years
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and never missed a day.
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He hadn't shown up for work
that morning.
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[Narrator] On the surface,
he seemed to have it all.
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They seemed like they were happy
in their little nest
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and with each other.
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They'd been married
for 20 years.
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He referred to him as Dad.
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He was the only father
he'd ever known.
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[Narrator] But no one really
knows what goes on
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behind closed doors.
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He was a spoiled little twit,
and she'd stick up for him.
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[Michael] They said it was
a rocky relationship,
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and they weren't getting along
very well.
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She told the detective that
he had been having affairs.
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[Narrator] Amid the lies
and rumors,
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investigators finally uncover
the twisted truth.
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The investigators would get
anonymous phone calls
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stating that he was dead.
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[Narrator] August 28, 2001.
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Mascotte, Florida.
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It's just after six
in the morning
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when Gail gets a frantic call
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from the gas station where
she works.
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A coworker is trying to
track down
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the store's district manager,
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57-year-old Bill Beatty,
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who is an hour late
for his shift.
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On that morning, I was off work.
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I got a phone call
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telling me that Bill never
showed up for work,
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that I needed to come open
the station.
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Bill was never late.
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Bill was always
10, 15 minutes early.
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He was conscientious.
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When you needed him,
he was there.
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[Narrator] Bill's employer also
reaches out to his wife,
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57-year-old Martha Beatty.
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Martha said he had left for work
when they called her.
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[Narrator] But at 7:35a.m.,
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three hours after Bill
seemingly left for work,
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Martha calls the police
for help.
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Martha Beatty called and told
the dispatcher
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that her husband Bill hadn't
shown up for work that morning.
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He was missing, as well as
his truck and his clothing.
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[police sirens]
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[Narrator] Within 15 minutes,
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an officer arrives at
the Beatty home.
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[Michael] A Mascotte
police officer
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responded to the residence,
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located on Park Road
in the City of Mascotte.
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[Narrator] Martha tells
the officer that
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the last time she saw Bill was
as they were preparing for bed
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around 11 o'clock
the night before,
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and everything seemed normal.
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Martha shared a bedroom with
her granddaughter,
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a 5 year old little girl
named Tabby.
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And Bill slept at the other end
of the hall in his own bedroom.
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He would be up really early
and getting ready while
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Martha and her granddaughter,
Tabby, were still asleep.
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[Bill] He had been working at
this convenience store
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for more than ten years,
and never missed a day.
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[Narrator] Martha says it wasn't
until she got the phone call
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from his employer
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that she suspected anything
might be wrong.
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[Michael] His clothes were
missing, and his truck and him.
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You would think that maybe he,
he just left her, you know?
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That maybe he had wanted to,
to get out of the relationship
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and just left.
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But the normal procedure would
be to put a BOLO out
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on the radio for the area where
he's missing in.
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[Narrator] Gail is
eager to help,
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and agrees to come into work
on her day off.
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So, I left the house
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and went the way that I knew he
would be coming
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if he was heading for work.
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[Narrator] It's about
a 15 minute drive
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along Highway 50
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between Bill's home
and the gas station.
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Gail is halfway to the station
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when she suddenly spots Bill's
truck on the side of the road.
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[Gail] I knew it was his truck.
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So I pulled up.
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The car keys were laying on
the front seat.
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I looked around,
no sign of Bill.
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[Michael] The Mascotte Police
Department was notified that
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Bill Beatty's pickup truck had
been found on State Route 50,
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just outside of the city limits
of Clermont.
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[Narrator] It's now been
over three hours
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since Bill was reported missin,
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and his friends and family fear
he may be in real danger.
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Everybody was worried that
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something else had
happened to him.
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[Gail] We were worried that,
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well, maybe he had fallen and
had a heart attack,
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and he was laying in
the high grass along the road.
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So, we went looking.
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But we couldn't find him
anywhere.
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[Narrator] Bradford
"Bill" Beatty was born on
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December 21, 1944,
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and raised in Ohio's
Amish country.
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[Anne] My father was born to
Bill Buster
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and a woman named Grace.
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They were both young.
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So, my father was pretty much
raised by my grandfather.
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He always had a, a smile.
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My father always looked like
he had somethin' up his sleeve,
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like he wanted a little trick,
or a little prank
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and he was just fun.
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[Narrator] In high school,
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Bill's fun personality
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quickly caught the eye
of a classmate,
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Sandra Tucker.
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My mom had a huge crush
on my father,
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and so he asked her out,
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and it's history from there.
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[Narrator] The pair got married
in 1964,
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and Bill followed in
his father's footsteps
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making a living as
a truck driver.
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Bill was a long-haul truck
driver to support his family.
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He worked hard, 'cause you know,
he supported family and,
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and his, his car habit
'cause he was a car guy.
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[Katt] Bill loved classic cars.
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And he had two that were
absolutely gorgeous.
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I mean, he took exemplary care
of these cars.
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[Narrator] But Bill's time away
from home took its toll,
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and his marriage eventually
ended in divorce in 1973.
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My mom and my dad, they were
married at such a young age,
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fresh out of high school.
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You're young, you're tryin' to
find yourself.
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After the divorce,
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he would still come over on
Sundays and sit down,
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and we would have
family dinners.
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He, he loved his family.
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When Bill left his career as
a truck driver,
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he decided to still make use of
those driving skills.
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And he pursued a career as
a driving instructor.
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[Narrator] It was in 1982,
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while working in
his new position,
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that Bill first met
37-year-old Martha Lantz.
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[Anne] Martha was born in
West Virginia.
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She was married.
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As far as a relationship with
her previous husband,
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we don't really know anything.
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Martha's daughter was taking
driving lessons from Bill.
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[Narrator] Martha's daughter
introduced Bill to her mother
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and her 4 year old brother,
Andy.
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[Sherri] Martha was
attracted to Bill.
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Bill was a gentleman.
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He had a, a charm about him.
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He was stable.
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[Anne] Martha had
a great personality.
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She was very family oriented.
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So, I believe that's what drew
my dad to her.
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[Narrator] One year later,
Bill and Martha married.
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Martha's daughter no longer
lived at home,
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but Bill happily took over
the role of father to Andy.
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He'd been raised by Bill since
he was about four years old.
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Bill was an excellent father and
role model for Andy.
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He was the only father
he'd ever known.
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My dad would treat Andy like
he was his own.
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[Narrator] In 1989,
the family moved to
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a spacious property
in Mascotte, Florida.
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They moved to Florida for work,
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and my father liked
the warm weather.
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We would go there for holidays
or visits.
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[Narrator] Bill eventually took
a job as manager
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of a convenience store
in nearby Clermont.
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[Gail] Bill was always
very helpful.
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And he'd take the time to
explain something,
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not just tell you,
"This is what you do."
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He'd explain why it was
done that way.
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I met Bill when I was lookin'
for a job.
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Bill was almost like
a big brother.
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We used to talk a lot,
and you know, swap stories.
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He would help you however
you needed help.
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[Narrator] While Martha focused
on running the house,
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she occasionally picked up
shifts alongside Bill
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at the store.
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Martha and I worked together for
a couple of years.
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Martha was pleasant.
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She struck you as
a country girl.
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She could be loud and,
and funny,
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and she could be moody
and quiet.
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[Narrator] By 1996,
at the age of 18,
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the couple's son, Andy,
moved out
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and started building
his own life.
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Andy got married to a girl
whose name was Jennifer,
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and they had Tabby.
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Bill was very attached.
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He would talk about Tabatha and
things that she did,
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and show pictures of her.
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[Regina] Martha was
a great grandmother.
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She loved Tabby.
Spoiled her, too.
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Got her anything she wanted.
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[Narrator] And when
Andy's marriage ended
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a few years later,
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Bill and Martha agreed to
take Andy and Tabby in.
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[Katt] Jennifer left,
and Andy kept Tabby.
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Andy wasn't working.
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Martha and Bill seemed like they
were happy in their little nest,
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and with each other and Tabby.
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[Narrator] But on the morning
of August 28th, 2001,
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for the first time in
over ten years,
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Bill Beatty doesn't show up
for work.
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[Bill] By eight o'clock or so,
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the police had found
Bill's Ford Ranger
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parked on the side of
the highway,
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pointed in the direction that
he would have gone that morning.
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[Narrator] Authorities find
the truck unlocked,
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the keys on the front seat,
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and something else surprising..
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Mascotte officers found
the wedding ring
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in the glove compartment.
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[Narrator] Coming up.
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Did Bill Beatty
want to disappear?
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[Bill] She said he was
very much alive
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and had no intention
of coming back.
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[Narrator] And disturbing rumors
encircle the small town.
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[Michael] The investigators
would get anonymous phone calls
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stating that Bill Beatty
was dead.
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[Narrator] Officers in
Mascotte, Florida
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investigating the disappearance
of Bill Beatty
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have just discovered
his abandoned truck
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along with his wedding ring,
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leading officers to believe
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Bill simply may have
left his wife.
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[Michael] There was absolutely
no signs of
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foul play in the vehicle.
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An adult missing person is,
is not a crime.
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Martha came and picked
the vehicle up
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and took it back to her house.
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They have no further leads at
that time to follow up on.
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The investigator put a flag on
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Mr. Beatty's Social Security
number to see if he showed up,
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you know, seeking employment
elsewhere,
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anything like that.
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All we did was just kinda
wait to see if he showed up,
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if the investigators found
anything.
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[Narrator] Two weeks later,
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Martha calls Mascotte police
again with some news.
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[Michael] Martha Beatty called
the police department.
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Stated that she had spoken with
Bill Beatty on the phone,
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and that he had told her that
he was not coming back,
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that he was leaving her.
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Martha kinda reinforced
the fact that
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they didn't need to look for
Bill anymore.
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He was very much alive and
living up in Georgia
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and had no intention
of coming back.
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[Narrator] Investigators reach
out to Bill's children in Ohio
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to corroborate Martha's story.
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They say they still haven't
heard from their father,
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but they do confirm that
Martha and Bill
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faced their fair share of
troubles as a married couple.
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[Anne] When I talked to
the investigators,
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I did ask questions like,
"Was it money related?"
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[Michael] Bill Beatty's family
told the investigators
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Martha and Bill Beatty had
had issues with the finances.
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Martha spent too much money.
Bill didn't like that.
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[Narrator] According to
Bill's coworkers,
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whenever Martha pulled shifts
at the gas station,
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Bill noticed that certain thins
weren't adding up...
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[Gail] At the end of the day,
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when the money's taken and
counted all up,
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some days it didn't come near.
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I can't say where the money went
or how it disappeared,
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I just know it wasn't there.
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Things didn't balance out.
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People started complaining that
their credit cards were showing
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gas purchases when they hadn't
been to the station.
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[Narrator] As a result,
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Bill no longer
gave Martha shifts
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and kept a close eye
on every penny.
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[Michael] It had gotten to
the point where
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he had given
Martha an allowance,
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and once the allowance was gone,
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he wouldn't give her
any more money.
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[Narrator] And money wasn't
the only source of tension
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in the Beatty marriage.
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There was a very powerful
dynamic going on in,
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in Bill and Martha's household
with Andy.
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She was unable to set
any firm limits.
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Andy wasn't hangin' out with
the best of crowds.
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My dad was essentially
raising his child
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because he couldn't do it.
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So, it caused a lot of friction
between him and Martha.
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He was a spoiled little twit.
And she'd stick up for him.
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[Narrator] Bill's family says
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money wasn't the only source
of tension in
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the Beatty marriage
at all with his ex-wife.
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Sticking Bill with
the attorney's fees.
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Bill did mention that Martha was
expectin' him
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to pay for Andy's lawyer
for the custody battle.
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It wasn't that she asked him to,
she expected him to.
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[Michael] Bill made it known to
Martha and Andrew that
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he wanted Tabby to live there,
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but that he felt that Andrew
should be paying for the,
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the legal fees.
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The family stated that Andrew
would change jobs constantly,
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or not work for
long periods of time.
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And Bill expressed anger to
his family about this.
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Andy worked occasionally,
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he made money by selling drugs,
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and he unfortunately
also stole from people.
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[Narrator] Bill's friends say
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when the tension in the home
got to be too much,
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Andy went to live with
his girlfriend, Jeanette.
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Tabby lived with Bill and Martha
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because Andy used Tabby as
leverage to get his way
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for anything he really wanted.
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[Narrator] While Bill and
Martha's family history
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causes investigators some
concern,
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there's no evidence of
foul play.
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As months pass without
Bill contacting his children
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or his friends, however,
suspicion grows.
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I went to one of the local cops
that I knew
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and asked him what they were
doing about Bill.
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Was anybody looking for him?
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And he told me that they
didn't have to look for him,
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that he had just run off.
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But I didn't believe it.
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[Anne] My dad loved
Andy's daughter.
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He would never abandon her,
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because that's the way
my dad was.
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[Katt] And it was probably
three to four months
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before I started hearin' rumors
about Martha and Andy
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spendin' Bill's money and
drivin' Bill's cars.
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[Gail] I knew Bill would not
have left
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without saying
something to someone.
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And he would definitely
not have left his cars.
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Every now and again police would
get anonymous phone calls
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stating that Bill Beatty
was dead.
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The officers at the time
would go out and look into
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whatever was alleged,
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but there was nothing really
to follow up on.
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And again, the case lay dormant.
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[Narrator] Despite there being
no signs of foul play,
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authorities ask Martha if
they can search her property.
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[Bill] She told them flat-out
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that they would not be
allowed to go onto her property.
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That is her right to
refuse consent.
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But police of course wonder why,
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when they're looking
for her husband,
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wouldn't she want to help them
to look for her husband?
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But she maintained that he was
fine and that he'd left her.
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[Narrator] Convinced Martha
knows more than she's saying,
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investigators continue to
press her for answers.
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And eight months after
Bills' disappearance,
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Martha finally agrees to
a second interview.
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[Narrator] She also tells them
more about the phone call
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Bill made to her after
police found his truck.
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[Michael] That's when she told
the detective that
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Bill had been having affairs.
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We didn't have any names.
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We didn't have anyone
that we could go interview
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to find out who these
women were.
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[Narrator] But Martha says
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she believes Bill's dalliance
will run its course,
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just like it did
16 years before.
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[Narrator] Martha is released
after her interview,
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and investigators are left
with zero leads
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and more questions.
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For the next three years
rumors circulate,
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but with nothing
concrete to go on,
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the investigation stalls.
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All of that changes in
February of 2004.
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[Michael] I was contacted one
evening by the lieutenant,
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who had received another
anonymous tip that
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Bill Beatty's body was buried on
the Beatty's property
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on Park Road.
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[Narrator] Authorities have been
blocked from searching
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the Beatty property before...
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But this time may prove
to be different.
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[Michael] The lieutenant said,
"The property on Park Road,
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there's a for sale sign on it."
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[Narrator] Coming up.
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This new tip threatens to
unearth more than just rumors.
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[Michael] Asked them if, if we
could have permission
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to take cadaver dogs on
the property, and they said yes.
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[Narrator] And a witness
finally feels the heat.
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[music]
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[Narrator] It's been nearly
three years
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since Bill Beatty was
first reported missing
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when investigators
finally receive
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their first break in the case.
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[Michael] We had received
a anonymous tip
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that the body of
the missing person
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was located on the property
on Park Road.
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I'm familiar with the property
from patrolling town.
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And now there's
a for sale sign on it.
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[Sherri] With Bill gone,
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it became a hardship for
Martha to keep up,
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and eventually the money came
close to running out.
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[Narrator] Eventually,
Andy's daughter Tabby
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went to live with
her maternal grandparents
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in North Carolina.
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The house was foreclosed upon,
and Martha moved out.
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[Bill] It was decided
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that we should
approach the new owner
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and see if they would give us
consent to search.
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[Michael] I asked them if we
could have permission to,
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to take cadaver dogs on
the property, and they said yes.
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[Narrator] Three years after
Bill was reported missing,
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they are finally able to conduct
a search of the Beatty propert.
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We were looking not only to,
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to do a forensic search
of the property,
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but we also wanted to
shock anyone that was involved
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that might come by.
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The dogs alerted on
several different locations
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on the property.
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Further investigation didn't
give us enough reason
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to dig at any of
those locations,
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but we marked them.
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[Narrator] While the search
doesn't produce a body,
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investigators do draw
someone of interest
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to the scene.
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[Michael] While we were doing
the search,
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we were also watching the road
that goes by the house,
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and I observed Jeanette
drive by.
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Jeannette Sanchez, at the time
of this incident,
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was living with Andy
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in an apartment in
Groveland, Florida.
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[Narrator] The day after
the search,
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Jeanette's sister, Wendy Batte,
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contacts the Mascotte
Police Department.
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[Michael] Jeanette's family
knew that
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Jeanette knew more
about the disappearance
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than she was telling everyone.
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[Bill] Wendy heard Jeanette
say that,
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"No, they won't find
any evidence,
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because we cleaned
it very thoroughly."
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[Bill] Obviously,
once the police heard that,
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talking to Jeanette was
very high priority.
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[Narrator] But investigators
don't need to track her down.
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[Michael] I received a call from
Jeanette's aunt,
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who wanted to bring Jeanette in
to speak with us.
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One of the things that Jeannette
wanted before
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she would come in
and speak with us,
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is she wanted to
be granted immunity.
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The local state attorney's
office allowed us to
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grant her immunity during
the interview.
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The State would provide her
with immunity
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as long as she told the truth.
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[Narrator] On March 2nd, 2004,
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Jeanette Sanchez sits down
with investigators.
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I asked Jeanette
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what had happened on the night
of the incident.
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She stated that early in
the morning,
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Andrew had received
a call from his mother.
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[Gary] She was telling them that
this wasn't anything that was,
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that was planned,
and that it was an accident.
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That Martha accidentally
shot Bill.
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[Narrator] Jeanette says
after the officer left,
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Andy moved the body.
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Andrew told Jeanette that he had
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cut a hole in the floor of
the garage,
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and put Bill Beatty's body,
wrapped in a tarp...
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And then covered it with lime,
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and then refilled the hole and
put the,
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the wood back into place in
the floor of the garage.
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[Narrator] With Jeanette's help,
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investigators draw a map
of the Beatty home.
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The police immediately
sketched out
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a rough diagram of the buildings
and asked her
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if she would point to
exactly where
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she thought the body
might be found.
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[Michael] When Jeanette marked
the spot on the map,
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I knew that we were,
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we were on the road to
gettin' this case finished.
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[Narrator] On March 3rd, 2004,
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nearly three years after
Bill Beatty went missing,
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investigators return to the hoe
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where he once lived with
his wife, Martha.
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They find that
the free-standing garage
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has since been torn down.
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With the crudely drawn map
in hand,
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they begin digging in the spot
where the garage once was.
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[Michael] About four hours
into the dig,
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we detected an odor
of decaying flesh.
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The upper portion of the body
was covered in
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a blue canvas tarp.
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Around the waist of the body
we observed
494
00:29:00,540 --> 00:29:02,676
a white, cake-like substance.
495
00:29:03,410 --> 00:29:05,011
Lime is a mineral substance
496
00:29:05,011 --> 00:29:07,881
that would assist in
the decomposition.
497
00:29:07,914 --> 00:29:11,685
But it basically preserved
the body from the waist up.
498
00:29:16,056 --> 00:29:17,691
[Narrator] The body is
transported
499
00:29:17,724 --> 00:29:20,593
to the medical examiner
in Leesburg, Florida,
500
00:29:20,894 --> 00:29:24,097
who confirms what
law enforcement suspects.
501
00:29:25,899 --> 00:29:31,071
They looked for a unique tattoo
that Bill had on his arm.
502
00:29:31,705 --> 00:29:35,675
They were able to say with
a high degree of confidence that
503
00:29:35,709 --> 00:29:37,811
that was in fact Bill Beatty.
504
00:29:40,580 --> 00:29:41,748
[Narrator] Coming up.
505
00:29:43,049 --> 00:29:45,952
Investigators work to
finally uncover the truth.
506
00:29:46,953 --> 00:29:49,089
This didn't look like
an accident.
507
00:29:49,622 --> 00:29:53,126
[Narrator] And desperation
shapes a killer.
508
00:29:53,159 --> 00:29:56,062
They knew that they had to get
the money back in the bank.
509
00:29:56,296 --> 00:30:00,834
Andy asked Jeanette if
he should do it.
510
00:30:03,236 --> 00:30:06,272
[music]
511
00:30:15,382 --> 00:30:18,852
[Narrator] Almost three years
after Bill Beatty went missing
512
00:30:18,885 --> 00:30:20,720
in Mascotte, Florida,
513
00:30:20,754 --> 00:30:23,390
investigators have pulled
his body from
514
00:30:23,423 --> 00:30:26,292
a six foot grave on
his property.
515
00:30:30,497 --> 00:30:32,732
They determined that, in fact,
516
00:30:32,766 --> 00:30:34,901
he had been the victim
of a homicide.
517
00:30:36,136 --> 00:30:39,806
He had two bullet entry wounds
in the back of his head,
518
00:30:40,073 --> 00:30:41,574
small caliber,
519
00:30:42,008 --> 00:30:45,111
and one of the bullets was
still in his head.
520
00:30:47,147 --> 00:30:51,151
It appeared that Mr. Beatty
had been laying on his stomach,
521
00:30:51,685 --> 00:30:56,189
and that he had been shot from
close range and from behind.
522
00:30:56,656 --> 00:30:59,759
[Sherri] The medical examiner
was able to determine that
523
00:30:59,793 --> 00:31:03,363
he quite likely was asleep
when he was shot.
524
00:31:04,064 --> 00:31:08,535
This did not align at all with
the story that Jeanette told.
525
00:31:08,835 --> 00:31:10,770
This didn't look like
an accident.
526
00:31:13,506 --> 00:31:15,608
[Anne] I didn't believe it
at first,
527
00:31:15,642 --> 00:31:18,144
'cause you don't think
that something like this
528
00:31:18,178 --> 00:31:20,513
could happen to your family.
529
00:31:21,147 --> 00:31:24,884
So it was like disbelief,
like shock.
530
00:31:28,455 --> 00:31:29,789
[Narrator] On March 8th,
531
00:31:29,823 --> 00:31:33,093
police bring Jeanette in
for a second interview.
532
00:31:34,527 --> 00:31:36,162
[Michael] We basically told her
that, you know,
533
00:31:36,196 --> 00:31:38,732
we knew she was still being
untruthful with us,
534
00:31:39,199 --> 00:31:43,737
and that she was putting her
immunity agreement in jeopardy.
535
00:31:45,238 --> 00:31:49,142
[Narrator] Slowly, Jeanette
starts to reveal more details.
536
00:32:04,124 --> 00:32:06,226
[Narrator] Eventually,
Jeanette admits
537
00:32:06,259 --> 00:32:10,330
she was more involved than
she previously let on.
538
00:32:11,197 --> 00:32:13,400
[Michael] The day after
the murder,
539
00:32:13,433 --> 00:32:16,436
Martha gave her one of
Bill's credit cards
540
00:32:16,836 --> 00:32:20,373
and told her to drive to Georgia
and stay in a hotel,
541
00:32:20,407 --> 00:32:23,443
to make it look like Bill had
left and gone to Georgia.
542
00:32:31,084 --> 00:32:33,586
[Narrator] While Jeanette is
being more forthcoming,
543
00:32:33,620 --> 00:32:37,724
police still don't believe
they're getting the whole trut.
544
00:32:38,425 --> 00:32:42,328
Police confronted her with
the evidence that they had about
545
00:32:42,362 --> 00:32:45,432
the two gunshot wounds being to
the back of Bill's head.
546
00:32:51,404 --> 00:32:54,107
You could see that she was
uncomfortable
547
00:32:54,107 --> 00:32:57,877
continuing with the story
that she had been telling
548
00:32:58,244 --> 00:33:00,447
about Andy's involvement.
549
00:33:01,047 --> 00:33:04,050
[Narrator] Investigators need
more information from Jeanette,
550
00:33:04,050 --> 00:33:06,453
and decide to change gears.
551
00:33:06,486 --> 00:33:10,790
They request she participate
in a voice stress analysis.
552
00:33:11,558 --> 00:33:14,694
Detective Warchol asked me if
I could assist them
553
00:33:14,728 --> 00:33:16,863
with conducting a voice stress
analysis on,
554
00:33:16,896 --> 00:33:18,565
on one of
their potential witnesses.
555
00:33:18,598 --> 00:33:20,633
During the testing we asked,
you know,
556
00:33:20,667 --> 00:33:23,803
"Did Martha shoot Bill Beatty?
Did Andy shoot Bill Beatty?"
557
00:33:24,170 --> 00:33:25,605
Based on those questions,
558
00:33:25,638 --> 00:33:28,775
we could tell that she had
knowledge of who did this.
559
00:33:29,309 --> 00:33:30,710
When we came back in
560
00:33:30,744 --> 00:33:32,879
and we started the interview
with the test results,
561
00:33:32,912 --> 00:33:36,082
I told her that she was not
being 100% honest.
562
00:33:37,684 --> 00:33:41,421
She finally said,
"Well, I may have been lying."
563
00:33:45,158 --> 00:33:47,727
Jeanette became very,
very emotional.
564
00:33:47,761 --> 00:33:51,197
She was reminded that she was
still under immunity.
565
00:33:51,231 --> 00:33:53,099
That no matter what she said,
566
00:33:53,133 --> 00:33:55,235
it wasn't gonna change
the fact that she was,
567
00:33:55,268 --> 00:33:56,703
still had immunity.
568
00:33:58,138 --> 00:33:59,739
[Narrator] With
the floodgates open,
569
00:33:59,773 --> 00:34:02,208
Jeanette continues...
570
00:34:02,709 --> 00:34:06,479
[Bill] Jeanette said about
two weeks before Bill died,
571
00:34:07,147 --> 00:34:12,419
Andy had gone to his mom
and asked her for some money.
572
00:34:12,852 --> 00:34:17,123
This was money that came out of
a bank account
573
00:34:17,357 --> 00:34:19,793
that Bill had control of.
574
00:34:20,527 --> 00:34:23,530
Martha removed 15 hundred
dollars from the bank account.
575
00:34:23,563 --> 00:34:26,066
The money was given to Andy.
576
00:34:26,700 --> 00:34:28,301
[Sherri She said that
he wanted the money
577
00:34:28,335 --> 00:34:29,803
for that custody battle.
578
00:34:29,836 --> 00:34:33,306
But Andy used the money largely
to buy a truck,
579
00:34:33,340 --> 00:34:36,343
and according to police,
to buy drugs.
580
00:34:36,710 --> 00:34:39,379
[Bill] Martha had no authority
581
00:34:39,412 --> 00:34:43,483
to take money out of
their joint bank account
582
00:34:43,717 --> 00:34:45,485
without Bill's knowledge.
583
00:34:49,923 --> 00:34:52,992
[Michael] She went on to say
that they knew that Bill Beatty,
584
00:34:53,093 --> 00:34:55,528
every two weeks,
like clockwork on his payday,
585
00:34:55,562 --> 00:34:56,863
made a deposit at the bank.
586
00:34:56,896 --> 00:34:58,398
And if they didn't get
the 15 hundred dollars
587
00:34:58,431 --> 00:35:00,233
back in the bank before
he went again,
588
00:35:00,266 --> 00:35:02,168
that he was gonna find out.
589
00:35:02,702 --> 00:35:04,838
[Bill] Andy couldn't come up
with a way
590
00:35:04,871 --> 00:35:07,107
of returning the money.
591
00:35:07,607 --> 00:35:09,342
Martha became more anxious.
592
00:35:10,877 --> 00:35:14,180
About two or three days
beforehand,
593
00:35:14,514 --> 00:35:17,050
she started telling Andy that,
594
00:35:17,083 --> 00:35:20,253
"We have to do something soon.
595
00:35:20,587 --> 00:35:23,056
Because Tuesday,
he's gonna find out
596
00:35:23,056 --> 00:35:24,891
when he gets his next paycheck
597
00:35:24,924 --> 00:35:26,726
that we've taken
that money out."
598
00:35:30,764 --> 00:35:32,265
[Narrator] According to
Jeanette,
599
00:35:32,298 --> 00:35:35,068
Andy knew exactly what
his mother meant
600
00:35:35,068 --> 00:35:37,570
by "do something".
601
00:35:38,238 --> 00:35:41,941
[Gary] She said that Andy asked
her if he should do it.
602
00:35:42,308 --> 00:35:44,778
She told him that she didn't
want any part of it.
603
00:35:44,811 --> 00:35:47,947
That she felt that it
was her fault,
604
00:35:47,981 --> 00:35:49,883
because she didn't talk him
out of it.
605
00:35:49,916 --> 00:35:51,985
She just thought he wouldn't
really do anything.
606
00:35:55,388 --> 00:35:58,692
That brings us to the night of
the 27th,
607
00:35:58,725 --> 00:36:02,062
leading into
the early morning of the 28th.
608
00:36:02,429 --> 00:36:06,099
The last thing that Jeanette
said to Andy,
609
00:36:06,132 --> 00:36:09,436
as he was going out the door to
do what Mom said,
610
00:36:09,936 --> 00:36:12,505
was "Don't do something stupid."
611
00:36:16,109 --> 00:36:19,813
Jeanette tells them that
about 5a.m.,
612
00:36:19,846 --> 00:36:22,282
she's instructed to go
and pick up Martha.
613
00:36:23,850 --> 00:36:25,552
[Gary] She said that she just
dropped Martha off
614
00:36:25,585 --> 00:36:28,121
in the driveway
and then she went home.
615
00:36:28,154 --> 00:36:32,125
And Andy came home approximately
45 minutes or so later.
616
00:36:32,759 --> 00:36:35,528
Andy gets there and he just
starts to break down.
617
00:36:35,562 --> 00:36:40,166
And he tells Jeanette,
"I'll never kill another being."
618
00:36:40,900 --> 00:36:42,936
[Gary] That's when she came out
with the truth,
619
00:36:42,969 --> 00:36:45,071
that Andy had shot Bill Beatty.
620
00:36:49,075 --> 00:36:50,677
[Narrator] Jeanette's interview
621
00:36:50,710 --> 00:36:54,681
gives investigators what they
need to finally make arrests.
622
00:36:55,081 --> 00:36:58,651
[Michael] A grand jury indicted
both Martha and Andrew,
623
00:36:58,685 --> 00:37:00,653
and warrants were issued.
624
00:37:01,488 --> 00:37:04,257
[Narrator] On April 14th, 2004,
625
00:37:04,290 --> 00:37:06,326
Andrew is served
with his warrant
626
00:37:06,359 --> 00:37:07,794
in a Florida prison,
627
00:37:07,827 --> 00:37:11,564
where he is already serving tie
on an unrelated charge.
628
00:37:12,565 --> 00:37:17,404
And a day later, Martha Beatty
is arrested in West Virginia.
629
00:37:18,204 --> 00:37:21,041
Martha was arrested at her home
on the Florida warrant.
630
00:37:21,041 --> 00:37:24,210
She was then transported
back to Florida.
631
00:37:24,744 --> 00:37:28,782
After being arrested,
Martha continued to state that
632
00:37:28,815 --> 00:37:30,884
Bill Beatty's death was
an accident.
633
00:37:33,887 --> 00:37:35,221
[Narrator] Coming up.
634
00:37:35,855 --> 00:37:38,925
Will investigators finally
learn the truth?
635
00:37:43,830 --> 00:37:47,067
[Narrator] Or will the evidence
tell a different story?
636
00:37:47,067 --> 00:37:49,502
It would be impossible for him
to fall and trip
637
00:37:49,536 --> 00:37:51,438
and shoot himself in
the back of the head.
638
00:37:53,206 --> 00:37:56,142
[music]
639
00:38:06,286 --> 00:38:08,588
[Narrator] After almost
three years,
640
00:38:08,621 --> 00:38:12,692
Martha Beatty and her son,
Andy, have finally been charged
641
00:38:12,726 --> 00:38:15,695
in the murder of Martha's
husband, Bill.
642
00:38:17,530 --> 00:38:20,033
When investigators sit down
with Martha,
643
00:38:20,066 --> 00:38:23,136
they get yet another version
of what happened
644
00:38:23,169 --> 00:38:27,173
at the Beatty home on
August 28th, 2001.
645
00:38:29,709 --> 00:38:31,644
She said that they were arguing.
646
00:38:31,678 --> 00:38:34,114
Bill was chasing her through
the house with a handgun,
647
00:38:34,147 --> 00:38:35,849
and that he tripped,
648
00:38:35,882 --> 00:38:38,218
and the gun went off
and hit him.
649
00:38:38,251 --> 00:38:41,388
She stated then that she picked
the gun up and shot him again,
650
00:38:41,421 --> 00:38:43,490
in fear that he was gonna get up
and get her.
651
00:38:45,158 --> 00:38:46,693
The problem with that story was,
652
00:38:46,726 --> 00:38:49,295
both of the bullet holes were in
the back of Bill Beatty's head.
653
00:38:49,329 --> 00:38:52,298
And it would be impossible for
him to fall and trip
654
00:38:52,332 --> 00:38:54,100
and shoot himself in
the back of the head.
655
00:38:57,604 --> 00:39:01,107
[Narrator] Investigators switch
their focus to Andy.
656
00:39:01,574 --> 00:39:04,177
He admits that Martha had been
feeling pressure
657
00:39:04,210 --> 00:39:06,479
to get the money back into
Bill's account
658
00:39:06,513 --> 00:39:08,381
before he noticed.
659
00:39:12,585 --> 00:39:14,154
[Narrator] According to Andy,
660
00:39:14,187 --> 00:39:16,723
a few days before
Bill went missing,
661
00:39:16,756 --> 00:39:20,794
Martha was no longer asking him
about money.
662
00:39:21,594 --> 00:39:24,898
He stated before the,
the incident occurred,
663
00:39:24,931 --> 00:39:28,601
Martha told him that
she wanted Bill gone.
664
00:39:40,647 --> 00:39:41,881
[Michael] Andrew said that he
665
00:39:41,915 --> 00:39:43,950
just kinda took that with
a grain of salt.
666
00:39:44,050 --> 00:39:45,418
He just said, you know,
667
00:39:45,452 --> 00:39:46,920
"You're upset,
you're emotional,"
668
00:39:46,953 --> 00:39:48,788
and left it at that.
669
00:39:50,323 --> 00:39:51,858
[Narrator] The next thing
he knew,
670
00:39:51,891 --> 00:39:54,761
Andy got a desperate call
from his mother
671
00:39:54,794 --> 00:39:57,330
on the morning of August 28th.
672
00:40:25,125 --> 00:40:26,960
[Michael] Jeanette stated during
her interview
673
00:40:26,993 --> 00:40:29,429
that Andrew had admitting
killing his father,
674
00:40:29,462 --> 00:40:31,197
and he had disposed of the body.
675
00:40:32,499 --> 00:40:35,769
Now authorities are looking at
two different stories.
676
00:40:36,002 --> 00:40:38,805
Andy and Martha,
on the one hand,
677
00:40:38,838 --> 00:40:42,409
are saying that
the shooting was an accident.
678
00:40:42,442 --> 00:40:46,613
That Martha fired
in self-defense.
679
00:40:46,646 --> 00:40:48,281
Jeanette, on the other hand,
680
00:40:48,314 --> 00:40:50,350
is saying that everything was
all planned out
681
00:40:50,717 --> 00:40:55,321
and that Andy actually came in,
and that he fired shots.
682
00:40:59,959 --> 00:41:02,062
[Narrator] While prosecutors
and investigators
683
00:41:02,062 --> 00:41:05,432
can't prove to a jury
who pulled the trigger,
684
00:41:05,465 --> 00:41:07,767
they have a theory about
what went down
685
00:41:07,801 --> 00:41:10,737
on August 28th, 2001.
686
00:41:12,839 --> 00:41:16,843
[Bill] Martha was under
extreme stress
687
00:41:17,410 --> 00:41:21,848
because of this deadline
that was about to come due.
688
00:41:21,881 --> 00:41:25,318
And she just did not want to
contend with that,
689
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:30,190
and so she came up with
this other solution.
690
00:41:31,524 --> 00:41:36,696
I believe that Martha had
control over Andy.
691
00:41:36,730 --> 00:41:38,965
I think she knew
the buttons to push.
692
00:41:38,998 --> 00:41:41,101
She knew she could use him.
693
00:41:41,101 --> 00:41:43,403
It's my strong opinion
694
00:41:43,436 --> 00:41:45,872
that it was Andy who
squeezed the trigger.
695
00:41:47,340 --> 00:41:50,910
He was angry that Bill had money
and wouldn't share it with him.
696
00:41:50,944 --> 00:41:55,615
He also was motivated out of
an allegiance to his mom.
697
00:41:56,116 --> 00:41:58,885
[Sherri] Prosecutors believed
they then worked together
698
00:41:58,918 --> 00:42:02,522
to bury the body,
to clean up the room,
699
00:42:02,555 --> 00:42:06,092
and to keep this a secret for as
long as they did.
700
00:42:11,131 --> 00:42:13,900
[Narrator] On May 26th, 2005,
701
00:42:13,933 --> 00:42:15,769
Martha pleads guilty to
702
00:42:15,802 --> 00:42:18,872
conspiracy to commit
first degree murder.
703
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:24,310
Almost a year later,
on April 3rd, 2006,
704
00:42:24,577 --> 00:42:27,714
Andy pleads guilty to
the same charges.
705
00:42:28,948 --> 00:42:32,786
They are sentenced to
25 years in prison.
706
00:42:35,255 --> 00:42:36,489
[Michael] When the verdicts
came out, I was,
707
00:42:36,523 --> 00:42:38,124
I was very happy.
708
00:42:38,391 --> 00:42:40,627
For closure for
the Beatty family...
709
00:42:41,494 --> 00:42:44,330
That we were able to get two
very bad people off the street.
710
00:42:45,799 --> 00:42:48,468
She got what she deserved,
he got what he deserved,
711
00:42:48,501 --> 00:42:54,507
and you know, we were all able
to move on from the what ifs.
712
00:42:58,978 --> 00:43:02,582
[Gail] I'll remember Bill
as my friend and a funny guy.
713
00:43:03,416 --> 00:43:06,453
There are less and less of us
around to remember him.
714
00:43:07,053 --> 00:43:08,621
I think they cheated
the community
715
00:43:08,655 --> 00:43:10,323
out of a good person.
716
00:43:10,690 --> 00:43:12,258
[Anne] He loved his family.
717
00:43:12,292 --> 00:43:14,928
We carry his name,
we carry his blood.
718
00:43:14,961 --> 00:43:19,065
So we are his legacy,
and we pass it onto our kids.
719
00:43:20,433 --> 00:43:26,439
[music]