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[narrator] a beloved retiree is
living the dream...
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He just moved down here,
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Where he could fish every day,
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And just a real
laidback lifestyle.
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[narrator] until a frantic
911 call
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Sparks local police to action.
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[narrator] investigators zero in
on a lone stranger...
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It was a eureka moment.
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[narrator] and a closer look
at motive
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Leads to unexpected revelation.
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[steven] she knew
the relationship was rocky,
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That it was
not a good relationship.
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That was starting to come to
a head.
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She was not gonna be able to
survive.
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She was getting desperate
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And knew he had
a insurance policy.
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Most people who think
they're really smart,
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And that they're going to commit
the perfect homicide,
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They don't.
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[narrator] sargent, texas
in matagorda county
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Sits on the gulf of mexico,
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About 70 miles southwest of
galveston.
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[carla] matagorda county is
rural.
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It also is coastal,
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So we have a lot of hunters,
fishermen,
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Retired folks who live here.
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[alberta] sargent is a little
bedroom community.
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If you walk in there,
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People will want to know,
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"who are you and what are you
doing here?"
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They know each other.
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[narrator] may 17th, 2009,
8:56 p.M.
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An otherwise quiet
Sunday evening in sargent
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Is shattered by
an urgent 911 call.
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[narrator] the caller,
59-year-old cathie grigsby,
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Says she just found her husband
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72-year-old jack grigsby,
unresponsive.
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[narrator] moments later,
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First responders arrive at
the home on old caney road
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And meet cathie.
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[richard] it was about
a two-story house.
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She was crying or going on
quite a bit with some hysteria.
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She kept saying, "jack is dead,
jack's dead."
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[steven] when they walked in,
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Mr. Grigsby was lying on
the floor,
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Blood pooled around his head.
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The recliner that he had
been sitting in was overturned.
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[richard] there was
no sign of life
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Or no possible chance to
resuscitate him or anything.
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He has a spot of blood on
his chest,
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And then a pool of blood
underneath his head
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Where there are obvious,
some sort of head wound.
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And that's when
we discovered that
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He had a gunshot wound
to his head.
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At that time, then we knew that
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We either had a suicide
or a homicide.
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[narrator] back outside,
cathie grigsby is inconsolable.
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She was screaming that
he was dead quite loudly.
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She did, you know, break down.
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She seemed truly,
truly traumatized.
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Investigators begin to try
to find out who he is,
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What his background is.
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Jack was kinda loved by
all the folks who knew him,
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And didn't seem to have anyone
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That would have had any ill will
towards him.
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[narrator] jack bransom
grigsby, jr.
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Was born in houston,
texas in 1936.
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He was the first son.
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And he had an older sister,
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Two years older than he was,
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And younger brother.
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And I came in at the very last.
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He had plans to join
the seminary
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When he got outta high school,
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But he went into
the service instead.
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[narrator] after
honorably serving in the army,
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Jack rejoined civilian life and
began a new career in dallas.
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Jack was a very,
very hard worker.
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He worked as a salesman for
several years
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For a paper company,
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And then he eventually got so
good at it
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That he opened
his own paper company.
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Jack loved people,
and he entertained his customers
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Whenever they would come to
town.
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[narrator] jack got married in
1961,
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And he and his wife had
two boys.
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[mary] he wanted to be there for
his boys.
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He took 'em on campin' trips
and stuff like that.
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[narrator] but after more than
20 years together,
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Jack and his wife ended
their relationship in 1982.
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They divorced eventually and
went their separate ways.
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[narrator] in 1991, jack crossed
paths with cathie harris.
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They met at a party at
a friend's apartment,
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And found they had some things
in common.
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[narrator] cathie was born in
1949 in bristol, tennessee,
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But eventually moved to
new mexico, then texas.
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[phil] cathie had been kind of
a nomad.
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She had spent a lot
of time in west texas,
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Became a bookkeeper...
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And ended up in
the dallas/fort worth area,
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Working at a walmart
mail center.
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[narrator] cathie's first two
marriages didn't work out,
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But they did produce a son and
daughter.
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Cathie more or less supported
her family and,
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You know, supported her
children.
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[narrator] the other
great passion in cathie's life
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Was her service sorority,
epsilon sigma alpha.
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[sylvia] she was
the chapter president
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Of our group.
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We would just have fundraisers,
you know,
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It started out like bake sales,
garage sales.
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We would support and give to
st. Jude's.
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That was our charity.
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[narrator] it was after cathie's
kids were grown up
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And on their own
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That she met jack grigsby.
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Though he was 13 years
her senior,
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Cathie was drawn to
jack's laidback nature.
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[alberta] he was a quiet,
peaceful person.
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He never made waves.
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He, he was never angry,
he was just a quiet, gentle man.
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[narrator] after six years
together,
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They tied the knot in 1996,
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And then jack retired in 2001.
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The couple sought
a more peaceful life,
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Leaving behind the hustle and
bustle of dallas
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For the quiet calm of sargent,
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Less than five hours away.
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[alberta] he just moved down
here to retire on the water,
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Where he could fish every day,
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And just a real
laidback lifestyle.
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[narrator] 52-year-old cathie
wasn't quite ready
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For the life of a retiree,
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So she got a job as a bookkeepr
at the salvation army.
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[sylvia] that's where we
originally met.
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Everybody was just crazy
about her.
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She was very cheerful, happy.
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Always lookin' on
the bright side of things,
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No matter what.
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[narrator] cathie stayed active
in her sorority
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And kept busy with work,
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But she missed the energy of
the city.
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I don't think she was happy when
jack moved her from dallas.
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She went from a popular place to
a nowhere place.
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They argued a lot.
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[narrator] after ten years
together,
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It was clear the age difference
between 65-year-old jack
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And 52-year-old cathie
had become a problem.
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[alberta] she lived a different
life than him.
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She was always wanting
to be on the go.
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She had a lot of
sorority sisters
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That she would go to dallas
to meet.
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She wanted more from him than
what he was giving her.
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[sylvia] she said they were
really strugglin'
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And not gettin' along,
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And she said, "I, I really think
that it's time
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That we just separate."
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[alberta] she had moved out and
into an apartment
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That jack was payin' for,
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And a car note that jack was
payin' for.
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She knew the divorce
was imminent.
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[narrator] by 2009, jack was in
his 70s,
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And his health began to decline
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Making the split even harder.
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[alberta] he had had a stroke,
so one side of him,
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His arm and his leg,
kind of drug.
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[sylvia] jack was ill.
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She felt really sad.
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I think she struggled with,
you know, their breakup.
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June is when the divorce
proceedings are,
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Are supposed to take place.
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The divorce would be final
at that point.
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[narrator] despite
the impending divorce,
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Cathie often checked in
on jack when he felt ill.
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By 2009, they were back in
divorce court,
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But they were still on
friendly terms.
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[narrator] the couple seemed to
be adjusting to
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This new chapter of life...
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...Until the devastating night
when cathie discovers jack
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Dead inside the home
they once shared.
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[richard] cathie said she had
just returned from dallas
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And dropped her friends off
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And then come back to the house.
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She had called him earlier in
the week to see if
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He would watch her dog
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While she went out of town to
a sorority convention.
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Of course, he loved animals,
and he wasn't gonna say no.
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And he kept the dog.
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[narrator] after four days
in dallas,
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Cathie stopped by the house
to pick up her dog.
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When she got there,
she said the door was unlocked
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And the lights were off,
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And she discovered him
on the floor.
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[narrator] cathie says that
lately,
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Jack had been depressed.
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[steven] there was some
suggestion
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That he was in some poor health.
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Didn't leave his house much
any longer.
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And so there was
certainly some possibility
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That it was a suicide.
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[narrator] a deputy escorts
cathie
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To the sheriff's department
for a formal interview,
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While authorities begin to
process the scene for evidence.
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Typically, if somebody were to
shoot themselves,
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The gun falls very close in
proximity.
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We had moved the body to
make sure the gun
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Hadn't fallen inside the chair.
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[robert] we didn't find
a weapon at that time.
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That's when we knew we were
workin' a homicide.
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[narrator] coming up.
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A theory takes shape...
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They found some evidence in
mr. Grigsby's journals.
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[narrator] and investigators
seek a mysterious suspect.
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This car kept circling,
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Would pull up into mr. Grigsby's
driveway and leave.
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[narrator] the homicide
investigation
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For the death of jack grigsby
is underway
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After his wife, cathie,
found him dead inside his home
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From a gunshot wound.
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Whoever did it left something
behind.
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There was a shell casing found.
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It was a .9 millimeter casing.
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[richard] a spent shell casing
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Can give you lots of
other leads.
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It can be used to match
a particular gun.
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We didn't see nothing damaged on
the door
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Where it was either forced open,
kicked in,
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And none of the windows broke.
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His wallet was in there.
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It had quite a bit of
cash in it.
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It did not appear to anyone that
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It had been a robbery or
a burglary.
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[carla] either jack let someone
into his home,
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Or the front door was unlocked.
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Maybe it was someone he knew,
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Because he appeared to be
sitting in his chair
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When he was shot.
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So, he was comfortable.
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We have some knowledge of
a timeline
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And, and a timeframe of death
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Based on the state of
rigor mortis.
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Now we had a narrower window
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Of a couple of hours
that we're looking at.
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[narrator] investigators look to
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His distressed wife, cathie,
for answers,
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And she pulls herself together
to assist.
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When I first seen cathie,
she was a little hysterical.
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She became very quiet, low key
when we interviewed her.
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She says they had
a friendly relationship,
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Even though they're getting
divorced.
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[narrator] cathie says
she dropped her dog off
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With jack on Wednesday,
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Before driving to dallas with
two of her sorority sisters.
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Dallas is about a five-hour
drive from sargent, texas,
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And she was there for a number
of days, including Sunday.
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She did provide officers with
receipts
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That supported her alibi.
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[narrator] investigators ask
cathie
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Who else had access to the home
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She did bring up a individual's
name of, of royce coody,
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Who had been doin' some work or
helpin' jack remodel his house.
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She just said that she didn't
know a whole lot about him,
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And then jack had just
previously met him.
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She was just givin' us
an idea that
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There is somebody else out there
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That would have access to
the house.
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[steven] there was some
indication that
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He had been to the house
a number of times.
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He certainly would have been
someone
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That would have been
welcomed into the house.
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So, the police certainly weren't
going to ignore that as a,
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As a possibility.
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[narrator] investigators then
ask if cathie owns a gun.
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She said that she had
a .9 millimeter, a ruger,
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That she had bought from
her boss, where she works.
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[carla] her boss happened to
have an extra handgun.
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Cathie claimed to need the gun
for personal protection.
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There was a shell casing that
was recovered at the scene,
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And the shell casing was
a .9 millimeter.
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[narrator] investigators tell
cathie
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They will need her to turn over
the weapon.
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She agrees.
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She signed a consent to search,
and she told 'em,
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You know,
where the gun was located.
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In her apartment,
on a, a stand next to her bed.
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[narrator] deputies accompany
cathie to her apartment.
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When they went into her house
and did the search,
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The weapon was not
where it was kept.
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She last seen her gun,
I believe she said,
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On Thursday, before she left to
go out of town.
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They began searchin'
the other areas of the apartment
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Just to make sure
it wasn't misplaced.
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And then she claimed that
the weapon had been stolen.
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[steven] there's no forced entry
to her apartment.
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She told them that nobody else
had a key.
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So then, the only person
who might otherwise
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Have a key
to her apartment, obviously,
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Would then be
the apartment managers,
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Or, of course,
the maintenance man.
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[narrator] with no sign of
a break-in,
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Investigators believe it's
plausible
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That someone with access to
cathie's home
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May have taken the gun.
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Before investigators wrap up
with cathie,
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She also gives them
royce's number.
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But when they call,
it goes to voicemail.
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[steven] so, they don't
discount the,
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The possibility that it's
the maintenance man,
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Or mr. Coody.
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But by that point, the fact that
now this gun is not there
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That she has said was there,
again...
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It places her
under more suspicion.
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[narrator] despite their doubts,
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Authorities continue trying to
find royce
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And id the apartment
maintenance man.
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Meanwhile, they get
the autopsy results.
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The autopsy revealed
a gunshot wound to the head
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Cause of death.
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We were also able to identify
a probable time of death.
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Between the time he was killed
and the time he was found,
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Probably four or five hours.
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So, the murder took place on
Sunday, after 12:30.
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[narrator] the finding
bolsters cathie's alibi.
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[carla] she and the ladies were
in the process of driving home
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During the timeframe in which
jack would've been killed.
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[robert] I think it would've
been hard from her to
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Leave from there
without her friends
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And come down here
and commit that crime,
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And then go back
before they would miss her.
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[narrator] investigators head
back to jack's house,
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Where crime technicians have
been processing the home
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00:18:26,339 --> 00:18:27,638
Through the night.
335
00:18:27,707 --> 00:18:29,941
And they've made
an important find:
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Jack's journal.
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The final entry details a visit
from handyman royce coody.
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They found some evidence in
mr. Grigsby's journals
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That indicated that mr. Coody
had been there the day before,
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Saturday.
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[narrator] investigators learn
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00:18:51,864 --> 00:18:54,198
That someone
they've been wanting to talk to
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Is asking to speak to them.
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When they step outside the home
they find royce coody himself.
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00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:05,843
Royce came down, and he wanted
to know what happened.
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[steven] and mr. Coody said that
347
00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:10,014
The last time he'd seen
mr. Grigsby
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Was the Friday before his death.
349
00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:14,718
He'd done some repair work,
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00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,820
And he'd gone over to
mr. Grigsby's house
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To clean some fish.
352
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The police confronted him with
that discrepancy, you know,
353
00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:24,262
"hey, we've caught you in a lie.
Now, tell us the truth."
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Royce referred to
some memory issues.
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He said he was there on Friday
for a different purpose,
356
00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:34,605
And just forgot he'd been there
on Saturday.
357
00:19:34,674 --> 00:19:35,806
That's his story.
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[narrator] officials ask royce
where he was
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During the timeframe
the murder took place.
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[robert] his story was on
Sunday,
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00:19:46,819 --> 00:19:49,319
That he got up with a friend
and went fishin'.
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[narrator] investigators allow
royce to leave
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With the understanding that
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They'll be following up
on his alibi.
365
00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:59,930
His alibi was he was fishing
with a friend.
366
00:19:59,999 --> 00:20:03,567
Well, they talked to the friend.
The friend confirmed that.
367
00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:07,004
Turns out, he was not physically
in the area.
368
00:20:07,673 --> 00:20:10,508
He had a alibi witness that
basically rules him out.
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00:20:13,612 --> 00:20:15,146
[narrator] a few hours later,
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00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:16,980
Just as officials are
wrapping up,
371
00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:20,151
Yet another man asks
to speak with them.
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00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:23,020
[carla] they are approached by
a man,
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00:20:23,088 --> 00:20:24,622
Joe zamora, who says,
374
00:20:24,690 --> 00:20:28,259
"I think that I saw somethin'
that might be important."
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00:20:29,295 --> 00:20:31,628
Mr. Zamora had related to them
376
00:20:31,697 --> 00:20:34,498
That he'd been fishing there
the day before, on Sunday.
377
00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:36,066
And in the later part of
the morning,
378
00:20:36,135 --> 00:20:37,668
Early part of the afternoon,
379
00:20:37,737 --> 00:20:40,404
That he had seen a fellow
drivin' a car
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00:20:40,473 --> 00:20:42,640
That kept showing
up in that area.
381
00:20:49,349 --> 00:20:51,915
[david] there's almost
no traffic out there.
382
00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:54,785
So, it was very unusual,
on a Sunday,
383
00:20:55,454 --> 00:20:58,189
To see this car driving by
the same location
384
00:20:58,257 --> 00:20:59,690
Time and time again.
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00:21:00,426 --> 00:21:01,859
[steven] this car would pull up
386
00:21:01,861 --> 00:21:03,894
Into mr. Grigsby's driveway
and leave.
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00:21:08,701 --> 00:21:10,634
[narrator] joe says
that afternoon,
388
00:21:10,703 --> 00:21:14,305
The car pulled into
the driveway one last time.
389
00:21:15,140 --> 00:21:16,607
The man drivin' the car got out
390
00:21:16,676 --> 00:21:18,209
And went up to
the door of jack's
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00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:19,543
To knock on the door.
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00:21:20,546 --> 00:21:21,745
[narrator] shortly after,
393
00:21:21,814 --> 00:21:24,782
The same car pulled up
next to joe.
394
00:21:40,099 --> 00:21:41,899
[david] this individual would
not look him in the eye
395
00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:43,634
When he was talking to him,
396
00:21:43,703 --> 00:21:47,304
He was 5'10",
kind of scrungy looking,
397
00:21:47,373 --> 00:21:48,806
Kind of looked like a biker.
398
00:21:48,874 --> 00:21:51,708
[robert] we thought that was
definitely a good hit.
399
00:21:51,777 --> 00:21:54,512
We were getting a little closer.
We were closing in.
400
00:21:58,150 --> 00:21:58,916
[narrator] coming up.
401
00:22:00,019 --> 00:22:02,420
A hunch and a sketch
turn up a suspect.
402
00:22:03,022 --> 00:22:05,989
[carla] he bragged to people
about being in a biker gang,
403
00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:08,959
That he could be somebody who
could get things done.
404
00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:14,598
[music]
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00:22:23,242 --> 00:22:25,309
[narrator] two days into
the investigation
406
00:22:25,377 --> 00:22:27,178
Of jack grigsby's murder,
407
00:22:27,246 --> 00:22:30,547
A witness names joe zamora
tells authorities
408
00:22:30,616 --> 00:22:33,550
He saw a mysterious man
at jack's home
409
00:22:33,552 --> 00:22:35,286
Around the time of the killing.
410
00:22:36,121 --> 00:22:38,622
Joe described the man as
a white male,
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00:22:38,690 --> 00:22:41,992
40s to 50s,
and heavy, thick mustache.
412
00:22:43,095 --> 00:22:44,828
[carla] kinda average height,
average build,
413
00:22:44,830 --> 00:22:48,032
Wearing a baseball cap
and sunglasses.
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00:22:52,104 --> 00:22:54,237
[narrator] finding the man
in the ford taurus
415
00:22:54,307 --> 00:22:56,540
Becomes top priority.
416
00:22:56,909 --> 00:22:58,809
[david] this is a huge tip
for us.
417
00:22:58,878 --> 00:23:01,379
It was a big break for us
to have this witness.
418
00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:04,215
The activity that this person
was doing
419
00:23:04,283 --> 00:23:05,916
Did not seem to fit anything
420
00:23:05,985 --> 00:23:09,086
Other than being involved in
this homicide.
421
00:23:10,523 --> 00:23:12,656
He was willing to get with
a forensic artist,
422
00:23:12,658 --> 00:23:14,725
And develop a sketch
based upon his memory
423
00:23:14,793 --> 00:23:16,860
Of what the individual
looked like.
424
00:23:16,929 --> 00:23:19,763
We did put out the information
to the surrounding areas,
425
00:23:19,832 --> 00:23:21,832
"be on the lookout for
anything."
426
00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:23,534
Put this guy's
possible description
427
00:23:23,602 --> 00:23:25,403
And the ford taurus.
428
00:23:28,540 --> 00:23:32,143
[narrator] although jack's wife,
cathie, has an airtight alibi,
429
00:23:32,611 --> 00:23:35,512
There is a lingering loose end
from her interview
430
00:23:35,514 --> 00:23:37,948
Still nagging at investigators.
431
00:23:38,617 --> 00:23:40,951
[carla] she had owned a weapon
of the same caliber
432
00:23:41,020 --> 00:23:44,355
That was used to kill
jack grigsby,
433
00:23:44,423 --> 00:23:45,889
Her estranged husband.
434
00:23:46,826 --> 00:23:50,427
Cathie told police that she had
purchased a handgun
435
00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:53,697
From her boss at
the salvation army.
436
00:23:54,367 --> 00:23:57,635
[narrator] authorities question
cathie's boss about the gun.
437
00:23:58,270 --> 00:24:02,839
He said, yeah, in fact, he did
sell a .9 millimeter to cathie.
438
00:24:02,908 --> 00:24:08,045
He even showed us a bill of sale
that was dated March 2009.
439
00:24:09,248 --> 00:24:11,682
[richard] he had not only sold
the gun to cathie,
440
00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:15,052
He loaded it with ten rounds of
ammunition.
441
00:24:15,054 --> 00:24:19,156
He had a box that he kept with
the remaining 40 shells.
442
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:21,992
We compared it and it was
443
00:24:22,061 --> 00:24:24,561
The same-manufacturer
.9 millimeter
444
00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:27,131
That was found at the scene.
445
00:24:30,436 --> 00:24:32,135
[steven] that was
a little shocking.
446
00:24:32,204 --> 00:24:33,671
By that point,
447
00:24:33,673 --> 00:24:37,074
The police realize she could not
have been the shooter.
448
00:24:37,410 --> 00:24:42,279
But they certainly believe that
she's being deceptive.
449
00:24:42,347 --> 00:24:43,680
[carla] cathie's alibi is
450
00:24:43,749 --> 00:24:47,318
She was there at that
sorority convention in dallas.
451
00:24:47,686 --> 00:24:50,287
This is not something that can
be disputed.
452
00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:52,022
[narrator] with suspicion
453
00:24:52,024 --> 00:24:54,591
Surrounding cathie's involvemet
growing,
454
00:24:55,060 --> 00:24:57,794
Detectives reach out to her
for another interview.
455
00:24:57,863 --> 00:25:00,431
But they are surprised by
her reaction.
456
00:25:00,766 --> 00:25:02,232
[richard] they were tryin' to
get her back down
457
00:25:02,301 --> 00:25:03,366
The sheriff's office,
458
00:25:03,436 --> 00:25:04,668
And she attorneys up.
459
00:25:04,736 --> 00:25:06,337
Attorney calls, says,
"I'm representin' her,
460
00:25:06,405 --> 00:25:07,738
Don't talk to her."
461
00:25:10,776 --> 00:25:12,942
[narrator] after nine days
of circulating
462
00:25:12,944 --> 00:25:15,478
The mystery man's face
around sargent,
463
00:25:15,848 --> 00:25:19,116
Investigators haven't turned up
a single lead.
464
00:25:19,418 --> 00:25:21,452
So, they try a new tack.
465
00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:23,787
[richard] I remember thinking,
466
00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:27,057
"what're the odds that somebody
would stop and get gas?"
467
00:25:27,826 --> 00:25:30,360
[steven] sargent is a very
small community.
468
00:25:30,429 --> 00:25:32,029
There was a texaco.
469
00:25:32,732 --> 00:25:35,266
And anybody that's interested in
getting gas,
470
00:25:35,334 --> 00:25:37,368
They're going to go to that
convenience store.
471
00:25:38,037 --> 00:25:40,905
That one happens to have
surveillance cameras.
472
00:25:43,809 --> 00:25:45,876
[narrator] authorities review
surveillance video
473
00:25:45,945 --> 00:25:48,212
From the day of jack's murder.
474
00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:51,482
[steven] what they found was
a vehicle that had,
475
00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:56,286
In just around in the noon hour
and sometime after that,
476
00:25:56,689 --> 00:26:00,691
Had made two stops at
the texaco station.
477
00:26:01,493 --> 00:26:03,527
[david] there was a ford taurus,
478
00:26:03,595 --> 00:26:04,962
And then they saw
the individual came out.
479
00:26:05,030 --> 00:26:08,198
He fit the general description
from the sketch.
480
00:26:10,135 --> 00:26:11,735
It was a eureka moment.
481
00:26:12,405 --> 00:26:14,772
He had called me,
he was very excited.
482
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,740
"captain!
Captain, I got it!"
483
00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:19,543
The first time he came to
the store,
484
00:26:19,611 --> 00:26:20,911
He bought sandwiches,
485
00:26:20,979 --> 00:26:23,314
And then he came back again and,
and bought beer.
486
00:26:24,850 --> 00:26:29,252
He uses a debit card, which is
described as a lone star card.
487
00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:32,689
It's a card that is given out by
local government
488
00:26:32,758 --> 00:26:34,892
For welfare and food stamps.
489
00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:42,866
That card is traced to a lady by
the name of suzanne matz,
490
00:26:42,934 --> 00:26:45,736
And she's in the dallas area.
491
00:26:46,205 --> 00:26:48,739
[steven] they were also able to
get some information
492
00:26:48,807 --> 00:26:51,808
From the application for
the lone star card.
493
00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:53,644
That application included
the name,
494
00:26:53,712 --> 00:26:54,912
Not only of ms. Matz,
495
00:26:54,980 --> 00:26:57,948
But also including the person
that was living with her.
496
00:26:58,016 --> 00:27:00,684
And she was in a relationship
with daniel ray harrison.
497
00:27:01,486 --> 00:27:04,488
And they were able to pull
driver's license photos
498
00:27:04,556 --> 00:27:06,890
Of ms. Matz and mr. Harrison.
499
00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:09,893
[narrator] daniel's photo seems
to match the man
500
00:27:09,962 --> 00:27:12,396
In the video and the sketch.
501
00:27:17,770 --> 00:27:19,336
[robert] who's daniel harrison?
502
00:27:20,205 --> 00:27:21,604
We started doin'
503
00:27:21,606 --> 00:27:23,974
A criminal history background
on him
504
00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:26,577
To see what type of individual
we were dealin' with
505
00:27:26,645 --> 00:27:29,012
And what he may be capable of.
506
00:27:29,882 --> 00:27:34,385
He had been in prison before,
and he had been out on parole.
507
00:27:35,454 --> 00:27:36,753
Mostly drug history.
508
00:27:37,389 --> 00:27:40,257
There's no reason to believe
that daniel harrison
509
00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:42,826
Actually knew jack grigsby.
510
00:27:42,894 --> 00:27:45,295
Which led detectives to ask,
511
00:27:45,297 --> 00:27:47,097
"did he have a history
with cathie?"
512
00:27:49,701 --> 00:27:51,669
[narrator] on June 4th, 2009,
513
00:27:51,737 --> 00:27:54,171
Two and a half weeks after
the murder,
514
00:27:54,239 --> 00:27:57,674
Investigators make
the 400-plus mile drive
515
00:27:57,743 --> 00:27:59,576
North to denison, texas
516
00:27:59,644 --> 00:28:02,479
To pay a visit to suzanne matz
and her boyfriend,
517
00:28:02,748 --> 00:28:03,980
Daniel harrison.
518
00:28:04,383 --> 00:28:06,617
[robert] when we went to
interview them,
519
00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:08,619
They didn't even know
we were comin'.
520
00:28:09,321 --> 00:28:10,954
[steven] there was a car sittin'
out front
521
00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:11,822
That appeared to be the same car
522
00:28:11,890 --> 00:28:14,425
As what they had seen on
the texaco video.
523
00:28:15,126 --> 00:28:16,826
[david] so, we got there,
524
00:28:17,162 --> 00:28:18,695
Daniel ray harrison was
not there,
525
00:28:18,897 --> 00:28:20,764
Suzanne matz was there.
526
00:28:20,833 --> 00:28:24,367
We told suzanne that we were
investigatin' a death,
527
00:28:24,436 --> 00:28:25,402
Jack grigsby.
528
00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:28,672
That's when we found out that
there was a connection.
529
00:28:29,407 --> 00:28:32,209
She had known cathie for
several years.
530
00:28:36,415 --> 00:28:39,950
[narrator] suzanne says she met
cathie eight years earlier,
531
00:28:40,018 --> 00:28:42,653
In 2001, when they worked
together
532
00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:44,855
At a walmart mail order center.
533
00:28:45,925 --> 00:28:49,292
She claimed that her
relationship with cathie
534
00:28:49,294 --> 00:28:50,727
Was that they had been friends.
535
00:28:51,396 --> 00:28:53,596
Cathie did her taxes for
her every year,
536
00:28:53,666 --> 00:28:54,931
And that they had kept in touch.
537
00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:57,534
[narrator] cathie often
confided in her
538
00:28:57,602 --> 00:28:59,469
About her problems with jack.
539
00:29:00,005 --> 00:29:03,707
She knew that the relationship
was rocky,
540
00:29:03,775 --> 00:29:05,475
That it
was not a good relationship.
541
00:29:06,011 --> 00:29:08,278
[narrator] in fact,
six years earlier,
542
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:11,548
Cathie made a comment that
stunned suzanne.
543
00:29:12,284 --> 00:29:17,855
In 2003, cathie was looking to
get jack killed.
544
00:29:22,695 --> 00:29:24,294
[steven] she asked ms. Matz,
545
00:29:24,363 --> 00:29:29,499
"do you know of anybody that
would kill mr. Grigsby?"
546
00:29:29,568 --> 00:29:33,770
And I think suzanne matz'
response to that was,
547
00:29:33,839 --> 00:29:35,572
"well, no, I don't."
548
00:29:35,874 --> 00:29:37,540
[narrator] cathie pressed,
549
00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:40,643
Wanting to know if maybe
suzanne's boyfriend, daniel,
550
00:29:40,713 --> 00:29:42,379
Might be able to help her.
551
00:29:42,915 --> 00:29:44,514
[richard] cathie had met him,
552
00:29:44,583 --> 00:29:46,549
And she thought he was
a kind of a bad boy,
553
00:29:46,618 --> 00:29:49,553
Because he had a history of
bein' in and out of prison.
554
00:29:50,655 --> 00:29:53,757
[carla] he bragged to people
about being in a biker gang,
555
00:29:53,825 --> 00:29:55,993
About having connections to
violence,
556
00:29:56,061 --> 00:29:58,896
That he could be somebody who
could get things done.
557
00:30:00,399 --> 00:30:02,665
Cathie thought he may know
somebody
558
00:30:02,735 --> 00:30:05,502
To actually kill jack for her.
559
00:30:07,072 --> 00:30:09,706
Suzanne played it off as,
560
00:30:09,775 --> 00:30:11,474
"I didn't think she was
serious."
561
00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:14,845
Like, "I didn't think that she
really meant it" type of deal.
562
00:30:17,215 --> 00:30:18,949
[david] she's pretty adamant
that
563
00:30:19,017 --> 00:30:20,751
She doesn't know
anything about the murder.
564
00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:23,120
When we confronted her with
the fact that
565
00:30:23,188 --> 00:30:24,922
Her car had been used down in
sargent,
566
00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:27,957
She admitted that
she had let daniel take her car
567
00:30:28,027 --> 00:30:29,626
And drive it that day.
568
00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:31,428
[steven] to her knowledge,
569
00:30:31,496 --> 00:30:34,497
Mr. Harrison had used her
vehicle for work purposes
570
00:30:34,499 --> 00:30:35,599
On that Sunday.
571
00:30:38,303 --> 00:30:40,771
[narrator] as investigators
wrap up with suzanne,
572
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:43,340
Daniel harrison returns home.
573
00:30:44,576 --> 00:30:45,909
He agrees to go to
574
00:30:45,978 --> 00:30:48,478
A nearby sheriff's station for
questioning.
575
00:30:49,214 --> 00:30:50,246
[david] I started talkin' to
daniel.
576
00:30:50,315 --> 00:30:53,550
I said, "did you know
about jack bein' murdered?"
577
00:30:53,618 --> 00:30:55,786
He said, "no, I didn't know
anything about it."
578
00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:58,321
I showed him a copy of
the artist sketch,
579
00:30:58,590 --> 00:31:00,991
And I could tell that it kinda
shocked him.
580
00:31:01,059 --> 00:31:02,859
And I said, "well, daniel,
581
00:31:02,928 --> 00:31:04,795
He looks a whole lot like you
to me."
582
00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:08,131
I said, "now, just help me
understand this.
583
00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:11,234
You say that you were not
involved in this,
584
00:31:11,770 --> 00:31:13,603
But how do you think
we found you?
585
00:31:13,672 --> 00:31:17,107
Nobody knows you down there.
You, you're 450 miles away.
586
00:31:17,576 --> 00:31:18,942
How did I find you?"
587
00:31:23,214 --> 00:31:26,950
[narrator] coming up.
Daniel tells a harrowing tale.
588
00:31:31,156 --> 00:31:33,322
[narrator] and a potential
motive emerges.
589
00:31:33,792 --> 00:31:37,494
Each of them would've received
50% of the proceeds
590
00:31:37,496 --> 00:31:38,595
Upon his death.
591
00:31:41,366 --> 00:31:44,501
[music]
592
00:31:54,413 --> 00:31:57,447
[narrator] texas investigators
are preparing to transport
593
00:31:57,516 --> 00:32:00,851
Suspect daniel ray harrison
for questioning
594
00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:02,920
In the murder of jack grigsby.
595
00:32:04,122 --> 00:32:06,489
Under the law
we can lie to a suspect
596
00:32:06,558 --> 00:32:07,991
To get him to talk,
597
00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:09,960
We can't fabricate evidence.
598
00:32:10,028 --> 00:32:12,395
So, when I was talking
to daniel ray harrison
599
00:32:12,397 --> 00:32:13,530
In my vehicle,
600
00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:16,699
I led him to believe that
cathie grigsby had been the one
601
00:32:16,768 --> 00:32:18,035
Who led us to him.
602
00:32:20,772 --> 00:32:22,973
[narrator] by the time
they reach the station,
603
00:32:23,241 --> 00:32:25,275
Daniel is feeling the heat.
604
00:32:33,151 --> 00:32:36,719
I said, "well, we have an
eyewitness that saw you there."
605
00:32:37,356 --> 00:32:41,024
And I showed him a copy of
the artist sketch again.
606
00:32:57,642 --> 00:33:00,510
He thought that cathie already
spilled the beans on him,
607
00:33:00,579 --> 00:33:03,613
And he was just ready to give it
up and move on.
608
00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:12,055
[richard] daniel says cathie had
actually tried to poison him
609
00:33:12,124 --> 00:33:14,657
With antifreeze in his coffee or
something.
610
00:33:15,193 --> 00:33:18,628
And it, it did cause
some renal failures.
611
00:33:18,697 --> 00:33:20,397
He got sick from it.
612
00:33:24,503 --> 00:33:26,803
[narrator] though there is
no way to prove it,
613
00:33:26,871 --> 00:33:28,404
The alleged poisoning
614
00:33:28,473 --> 00:33:30,941
Might explain jack's decline
in health.
615
00:33:31,610 --> 00:33:34,010
Daniel says when it didn't
kill him,
616
00:33:34,079 --> 00:33:36,012
That's when cathie looked
for help.
617
00:33:36,915 --> 00:33:39,850
[david] daniel ray harrison and
cathie grigsby first met
618
00:33:40,619 --> 00:33:43,687
And talked about killing
jack grigsby in 2003.
619
00:33:44,889 --> 00:33:47,023
He turned it down...
620
00:33:47,092 --> 00:33:49,393
And didn't
pursue it any further.
621
00:33:51,163 --> 00:33:53,163
[narrator] he says he had
no contact with cathie
622
00:33:53,231 --> 00:33:55,165
Until March of 2009,
623
00:33:55,900 --> 00:33:59,269
When suzanne hired cathie
to do their taxes.
624
00:33:59,771 --> 00:34:01,104
At that time,
625
00:34:01,173 --> 00:34:05,142
Daniel claims cathie once again
brought up killing her husband.
626
00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:13,116
[steven] mr. Grigsby had
a life insurance policy
627
00:34:13,184 --> 00:34:14,717
Of $200,000.
628
00:34:14,786 --> 00:34:20,590
She and jack grigsby's son were
50% beneficiaries.
629
00:34:21,526 --> 00:34:23,860
That's how she would pay him,
letting him know that,
630
00:34:23,928 --> 00:34:25,128
"if I get the 100,000,
631
00:34:25,197 --> 00:34:28,498
I'll give you $10,000 for
killing jack."
632
00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:33,670
[david] he says, "the first time
she approached me,
633
00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:34,537
I was not interested.
634
00:34:34,539 --> 00:34:37,073
But suzanne and I are on
hard times,
635
00:34:37,142 --> 00:34:38,308
And we needed money.
636
00:34:38,376 --> 00:34:39,910
So, when she
approached me again,
637
00:34:39,978 --> 00:34:42,079
I said yes, that I would do it."
638
00:34:43,548 --> 00:34:45,481
[narrator] cathie
allegedly explained
639
00:34:45,550 --> 00:34:47,750
They were under a deadline.
640
00:34:48,286 --> 00:34:51,188
June is when the divorce
proceedings are
641
00:34:51,256 --> 00:34:52,789
Supposed to take place.
642
00:34:52,857 --> 00:34:53,924
She would no longer be
643
00:34:53,992 --> 00:34:55,658
A beneficiary of
the insurance policy.
644
00:34:55,727 --> 00:34:58,295
So, she would have wanted this
to take place
645
00:34:58,297 --> 00:35:01,431
Before that divorce proceeding
took place.
646
00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:05,501
[narrator] daniel says
two weeks later,
647
00:35:05,570 --> 00:35:08,905
He met cathie in person
to discuss the details.
648
00:35:09,307 --> 00:35:12,209
He claims cathie proposed
he kill jack
649
00:35:12,211 --> 00:35:16,246
While she was at an upcoming
sorority convention in dallas.
650
00:35:18,717 --> 00:35:20,851
[carla] she's gonna be in dallas
at the convention.
651
00:35:21,186 --> 00:35:24,187
Where he lives is a little bit
north of dallas.
652
00:35:24,255 --> 00:35:28,625
He was to go to the hotel where
she was staying.
653
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,561
[david] she told
daniel ray harrison that,
654
00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:34,464
"I have a gun.
It's a .9 millimeter."
655
00:35:38,937 --> 00:35:41,938
She had the weapon at her house,
she had it loaded,
656
00:35:42,006 --> 00:35:44,107
She was prepared.
657
00:35:44,175 --> 00:35:46,876
She went to a local walmart
658
00:35:47,212 --> 00:35:49,846
And had a copy of a key to
her apartment made.
659
00:35:55,053 --> 00:35:58,388
He picked it up 3:30
Sunday morning.
660
00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:23,146
[narrator] posing as a stranger
looking for a good fishing spot
661
00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:25,482
Daniel approached jack's home.
662
00:36:33,091 --> 00:36:34,323
[robert] daniel asked him,
663
00:36:34,393 --> 00:36:36,893
Could he go inside and use
the restroom.
664
00:36:36,961 --> 00:36:38,828
So, they wind up goin' inside.
665
00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:42,265
[david] he went to the restroom
and then when he came back,
666
00:36:42,333 --> 00:36:44,266
He had the .9 millimeter pistol.
667
00:36:44,402 --> 00:36:46,269
Jack was sitting in his
lounge chair
668
00:36:47,171 --> 00:36:48,572
With his back to him.
669
00:36:57,415 --> 00:37:01,884
And then he proceeded to shoot
him directly in the head.
670
00:37:02,353 --> 00:37:04,721
Headshot, execution style.
671
00:37:10,695 --> 00:37:13,363
[narrator] daniel left the house
and spoke with joe zamora
672
00:37:13,431 --> 00:37:16,566
To feel out if he had heard
the shot.
673
00:37:18,102 --> 00:37:20,370
Then he called cathie.
674
00:37:29,714 --> 00:37:32,215
And her response was,
"how is my dog?"
675
00:37:33,718 --> 00:37:35,252
Pretty cold.
676
00:37:44,829 --> 00:37:47,029
[narrator] he went back home
to suzanne,
677
00:37:47,031 --> 00:37:48,665
Who was none the wiser.
678
00:37:57,542 --> 00:38:00,610
After I got a signed confession
from daniel ray harrison
679
00:38:00,679 --> 00:38:01,744
On the murder,
680
00:38:01,813 --> 00:38:03,513
We got a probable cause
affidavit
681
00:38:03,581 --> 00:38:06,282
And arrest warrant
for cathie grigsby.
682
00:38:07,251 --> 00:38:11,354
They went to the salvation army
and arrested her there on site.
683
00:38:12,391 --> 00:38:15,458
In front of everyone.
I was really shocked.
684
00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:20,763
[narrator] cathie refuses to
give a statement.
685
00:38:20,832 --> 00:38:22,998
But when authorities search
her purse,
686
00:38:23,068 --> 00:38:27,002
Her habit of keeping receipts
comes back to haunt her.
687
00:38:28,172 --> 00:38:32,442
[richard] she had a receipt for
the key being made at walmart,
688
00:38:32,510 --> 00:38:34,977
Which ultimately
we knew was the key
689
00:38:35,046 --> 00:38:37,380
That she gave to daniel harrison
690
00:38:37,449 --> 00:38:40,749
To gain access to get the gun to
commit the murder.
691
00:38:40,751 --> 00:38:43,253
[robert] so, everything started
comin' together at that point.
692
00:38:43,321 --> 00:38:45,889
She planned this and he carried
it out.
693
00:38:48,793 --> 00:38:52,662
[narrator] coming up,
a hard truth comes out at trial
694
00:38:53,364 --> 00:38:55,131
[richard] the irony of
the whole thing
695
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,833
Is that she wouldn't
have got a dime.
696
00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:03,640
[music]
697
00:39:12,884 --> 00:39:15,484
[narrator] 19 days after
jack grigsby
698
00:39:15,554 --> 00:39:18,187
Was found shot dead in his home
699
00:39:18,256 --> 00:39:20,289
Investigators work with
prosecutors
700
00:39:20,291 --> 00:39:24,294
To build their case against
his wife, cathie grigsby.
701
00:39:25,797 --> 00:39:28,965
They request surveillance video
from the dallas hotel
702
00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:31,968
Where cathie stayed
during the convention.
703
00:39:32,804 --> 00:39:34,503
[steven] the videos pretty
clearly show
704
00:39:34,573 --> 00:39:37,040
That she left the key
at the front lobby,
705
00:39:37,108 --> 00:39:38,274
At the front desk,
706
00:39:38,343 --> 00:39:40,577
Instructed them
who to give it to.
707
00:39:41,746 --> 00:39:44,313
And that harrison,
at 3:30 in the morning,
708
00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:47,550
Came and picked it up and
showed his id.
709
00:39:49,888 --> 00:39:52,889
After we got the confession from
daniel ray harrison
710
00:39:52,957 --> 00:39:54,991
And video from the hotel,
711
00:39:55,059 --> 00:39:57,360
I felt very confident that we
were making a,
712
00:39:57,428 --> 00:40:00,396
A very strong case against
cathie grigsby
713
00:40:00,465 --> 00:40:01,831
For the murder of jack grigsby.
714
00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:11,107
[narrator] authorities want to
offer daniel harrison a deal:
715
00:40:11,109 --> 00:40:13,910
A murder charge and
40 years in prison
716
00:40:13,978 --> 00:40:15,445
If he cooperates.
717
00:40:16,314 --> 00:40:18,214
Daniel accepted a plea deal
718
00:40:18,283 --> 00:40:21,084
And agreed to testify against
cathie.
719
00:40:24,722 --> 00:40:27,123
[narrator] cathie grigsby's
murder trial
720
00:40:27,191 --> 00:40:30,360
Begins on October 25th, 2010.
721
00:40:31,095 --> 00:40:34,496
Prosecutors argue that cathie
was motivated by
722
00:40:34,498 --> 00:40:37,433
One thing and one thing only...
723
00:40:37,501 --> 00:40:38,835
Money.
724
00:40:38,903 --> 00:40:43,506
What I think finally made
cathie snap was the fact that
725
00:40:43,574 --> 00:40:47,109
The divorce was starting to come
to a head.
726
00:40:47,512 --> 00:40:49,879
And that jack was
cutting her off financially.
727
00:40:50,848 --> 00:40:52,715
The credit cards had been
run up.
728
00:40:52,784 --> 00:40:54,483
He had finally cut
her off the credit cards.
729
00:40:54,886 --> 00:40:57,253
[narrator] he also planned to
stop paying for
730
00:40:57,321 --> 00:40:59,688
Her apartment and car loan.
731
00:40:59,690 --> 00:41:02,858
She was not gonna be able to
survive without his help.
732
00:41:03,661 --> 00:41:05,995
[narrator] knowing she was going
to be cut off soon,
733
00:41:06,064 --> 00:41:09,065
Prosecutors believe cathie
became desperate
734
00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:10,500
To change her fate.
735
00:41:11,536 --> 00:41:13,303
[carla] at trial,
daniel harrison said that
736
00:41:13,371 --> 00:41:15,037
Cathie had told him
737
00:41:15,039 --> 00:41:18,474
That she tried herself to kill
jack through poisoning him.
738
00:41:19,177 --> 00:41:23,179
We were never able to really
confirm that that had happened,
739
00:41:23,682 --> 00:41:26,149
And it lined up with what his
health issues were.
740
00:41:26,985 --> 00:41:28,417
[robert] she was getting
desperate.
741
00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:32,355
And she knew that
jack had a insurance policy.
742
00:41:32,423 --> 00:41:33,889
[narrator] in a surprise twist,
743
00:41:33,891 --> 00:41:37,427
Prosecutors reveal that jack
had already taken action
744
00:41:37,495 --> 00:41:40,697
To make sure cathie
wouldn't get that money.
745
00:41:41,099 --> 00:41:42,932
[richard] jack had changed
the beneficiary
746
00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:44,534
On his life insurance policy.
747
00:41:44,902 --> 00:41:47,170
Cathie was no longer
beneficiary.
748
00:41:48,573 --> 00:41:49,606
[sylvia] she wasn't in the will,
749
00:41:51,075 --> 00:41:53,610
She wasn't gonna get the house,
she wasn't gonna get the money.
750
00:41:54,645 --> 00:41:56,613
The irony of the whole thing
751
00:41:56,615 --> 00:41:58,781
Is that she wouldn't have got
a dime.
752
00:42:03,754 --> 00:42:06,389
[narrator] cathie's confessed
co-conspirator,
753
00:42:06,457 --> 00:42:07,556
Daniel harrison,
754
00:42:07,626 --> 00:42:09,125
Testifies against her.
755
00:42:10,261 --> 00:42:11,927
But cathie's defense attempts
756
00:42:11,996 --> 00:42:16,432
To turn the prosecution's
star witness into a liability.
757
00:42:16,868 --> 00:42:18,935
[carla] daniel harrison is
a criminal
758
00:42:19,003 --> 00:42:21,137
Who confessed to being
the person
759
00:42:21,139 --> 00:42:23,872
Who shot jack grigsby.
760
00:42:24,342 --> 00:42:25,875
Cathie's never been in trouble.
761
00:42:25,943 --> 00:42:27,743
You know, she's a churchgoer.
762
00:42:27,812 --> 00:42:32,014
She's not somebody who would
ever commit this kind of crime.
763
00:42:33,151 --> 00:42:38,922
They basically attempted to
show mr. Harrison was a liar.
764
00:42:42,693 --> 00:42:45,261
[narrator] the jury deliberates
just over an hour
765
00:42:45,596 --> 00:42:47,329
Before returning a verdict.
766
00:42:48,199 --> 00:42:50,666
[carla] the jury does find her
guilty of capital murder.
767
00:42:50,735 --> 00:42:52,569
And capital murder is
768
00:42:52,637 --> 00:42:54,737
An automatic life sentence
in texas.
769
00:42:55,473 --> 00:42:58,107
[david] I think the system
worked, she'll die in prison.
770
00:42:58,176 --> 00:43:00,276
Most people who think they're
really smart,
771
00:43:00,345 --> 00:43:04,180
And that they're going to commit
the perfect homicide...
772
00:43:04,248 --> 00:43:05,248
They don't.
773
00:43:08,252 --> 00:43:11,921
[alberta] I feel bad for jack.
I feel bad for his family.
774
00:43:11,989 --> 00:43:14,323
I'm sure he wanted to live
one more day to say
775
00:43:14,325 --> 00:43:15,858
"I love you" to his kids.
776
00:43:16,828 --> 00:43:20,262
[mary] my brother is up there
in heaven
777
00:43:20,331 --> 00:43:21,431
With my other brother,
778
00:43:22,634 --> 00:43:24,133
And they've gone to the big
fishin' hole in the sky,
779
00:43:25,003 --> 00:43:26,235
Havin' a ball.
780
00:43:26,304 --> 00:43:30,139
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781
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