1 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:09,708 [narrator] in the suburbs of nashville, 2 00:00:09,777 --> 00:00:13,145 A singer's husband is brutally murdered. 3 00:00:14,014 --> 00:00:15,580 [ed] he had two gunshot wounds. 4 00:00:15,649 --> 00:00:19,151 One through the ear canal and one in the back of his ear. 5 00:00:20,121 --> 00:00:22,254 He had been literally executed 6 00:00:22,623 --> 00:00:25,290 And left in the passenger seat of a vehicle. 7 00:00:26,627 --> 00:00:29,261 [narrator] police learn this isn't the first attempt 8 00:00:29,329 --> 00:00:30,796 To take his life. 9 00:00:32,733 --> 00:00:34,533 [ricky] he thought he had a blowout, 10 00:00:34,601 --> 00:00:36,401 And then he started seeing this blood everywhere. 11 00:00:36,871 --> 00:00:40,238 [ed] it was a small red car that had pulled up beside him 12 00:00:40,307 --> 00:00:42,174 And shot him with a shotgun. 13 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:47,579 [narrator] the investigation uncovers an adulterous affair. 14 00:00:49,282 --> 00:00:53,752 She took a job as a secretary for him. 15 00:00:54,088 --> 00:00:55,921 I think it was pretty obvious to everybody 16 00:00:55,989 --> 00:00:57,422 That she was sleeping with him. 17 00:00:58,592 --> 00:01:02,093 [narrator] but a sting reveals motives more complicated 18 00:01:02,163 --> 00:01:05,130 Than a love triangle turned deadly. 19 00:01:14,374 --> 00:01:18,610 The life insurance policies increased to $250,000. 20 00:01:19,746 --> 00:01:22,514 I think she got dollar signs in her eyes 21 00:01:22,583 --> 00:01:24,516 And to hell with everything else. 22 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:42,568 [music] 23 00:01:45,539 --> 00:01:48,473 [narrator] it's a crisp winter morning in the rural town 24 00:01:48,542 --> 00:01:51,543 Of goodlettsville, located fifteen miles 25 00:01:51,612 --> 00:01:53,812 North of nashville, tennessee. 26 00:01:55,282 --> 00:01:56,648 Goodlettsville is a small town 27 00:01:56,717 --> 00:02:00,184 That's been there since probably the 1850s. 28 00:02:00,186 --> 00:02:02,120 It was kind of a railroad stop. 29 00:02:02,689 --> 00:02:05,824 The people are working class, churchgoing type of folk. 30 00:02:08,895 --> 00:02:12,331 [narrator] on the morning of December 20th, 1991, 31 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,868 A commuter spots a man slumped inside a vehicle 32 00:02:16,937 --> 00:02:18,237 By the side of the road, 33 00:02:19,572 --> 00:02:22,474 And immediately goes home to notify police. 34 00:02:24,578 --> 00:02:27,079 My sergeant and another detective 35 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:31,183 Responded to the scene, which is on kind of a rural road 36 00:02:31,251 --> 00:02:33,185 North of goodlettsville. 37 00:02:35,588 --> 00:02:38,157 [narrator] detectives approach the vehicle with caution 38 00:02:39,293 --> 00:02:43,428 And quickly realize they have a crime scene on their hands. 39 00:02:44,565 --> 00:02:47,332 It's fairly easy to see that there's a dead guy 40 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:48,433 In the car. 41 00:02:49,469 --> 00:02:52,371 The body was left in the passenger seat 42 00:02:52,373 --> 00:02:53,472 Of a vehicle. 43 00:02:53,540 --> 00:02:57,376 He had two gunshot wounds, one through the ear canal 44 00:02:57,444 --> 00:03:00,512 And one in the back of his ear, on the left side. 45 00:03:01,481 --> 00:03:03,482 [rodger] if someone is shot twice, 46 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:06,785 Obviously he did not commit suicide. 47 00:03:07,288 --> 00:03:09,321 He had not been there very long 48 00:03:10,824 --> 00:03:13,358 [ed] there was very little evidence inside the car, 49 00:03:13,694 --> 00:03:15,561 Or very little evidence on him. 50 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:18,497 There was nothing that would suggest 51 00:03:18,565 --> 00:03:20,031 That he had been robbed. 52 00:03:20,834 --> 00:03:23,768 The victim had a wallet on him and a driver's license 53 00:03:24,705 --> 00:03:28,240 In that wallet. And it gave his address in goodlettsville. 54 00:03:28,775 --> 00:03:31,276 [narrator] the man's license identifies him 55 00:03:31,345 --> 00:03:34,746 As 52-year-old charles donald hurt. 56 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:38,817 [rodger] obviously, someone had been in the car. 57 00:03:38,885 --> 00:03:42,187 There was no indication that his body had moved 58 00:03:42,255 --> 00:03:43,255 Or been jostled. 59 00:03:44,691 --> 00:03:47,359 And that led officers to believ that he was shot in the car 60 00:03:47,427 --> 00:03:48,527 At that location. 61 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:52,631 We knew that from the location of the gunshot wounds 62 00:03:52,699 --> 00:03:54,332 And the position of the body, 63 00:03:54,401 --> 00:03:57,169 That don hurt had not had a chance to move, 64 00:03:57,237 --> 00:03:58,103 To defend himself. 65 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:03,274 Homicides in goodlettsville are quite rare, 66 00:04:03,276 --> 00:04:05,310 And particularly one where someone 67 00:04:05,779 --> 00:04:08,480 Has apparently been literally executed. 68 00:04:08,949 --> 00:04:12,284 So, this was, uh, from the very start 69 00:04:12,552 --> 00:04:14,453 All hands on deck. 70 00:04:17,358 --> 00:04:19,624 [narrator] after nashville police collect 71 00:04:19,693 --> 00:04:23,395 What evidence they can, detectives travel to don's home 72 00:04:23,463 --> 00:04:26,231 To speak with his wife, sharon hurt. 73 00:04:26,767 --> 00:04:28,666 [chuck] they, of course, had contacted her by phone 74 00:04:29,302 --> 00:04:32,104 And, and let her know that he had been found. 75 00:04:32,172 --> 00:04:35,374 When she called me and told me that don had been killed, 76 00:04:36,343 --> 00:04:38,142 I immediately went to her house 77 00:04:38,412 --> 00:04:41,412 She was stunned. You know, accidents happen, 78 00:04:41,482 --> 00:04:45,283 Car wrecks happen, murder's intentional. 79 00:04:45,719 --> 00:04:48,052 I don't know what would motivate somebody 80 00:04:48,054 --> 00:04:52,824 To want to do that to don. Something did not feel right. 81 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:02,901 [narrator] don hurt, as he was known to friends, 82 00:05:02,969 --> 00:05:07,138 Was born in nashville on July 20th, 1939. 83 00:05:08,341 --> 00:05:10,742 [ricky] my daddy was born here, and I think everybody 84 00:05:10,811 --> 00:05:12,443 In my family was born right here. 85 00:05:12,445 --> 00:05:13,478 He was a momma's boy. 86 00:05:14,347 --> 00:05:18,650 He, uh, always kept everything clean for his momma 87 00:05:18,718 --> 00:05:20,352 'cause his momma had five boys, 88 00:05:21,354 --> 00:05:24,556 And he was kinda the one that took care 89 00:05:24,624 --> 00:05:26,091 Of stuff in the house. 90 00:05:30,096 --> 00:05:32,897 [narrator] don's love of family never went away. 91 00:05:32,966 --> 00:05:35,566 And in his mid-twenties, he got the chance 92 00:05:35,568 --> 00:05:37,536 To start one of his own. 93 00:05:38,404 --> 00:05:40,538 [ricky] my momma was nancy kirby. 94 00:05:41,074 --> 00:05:42,841 I'm not real sure when they really got married, 95 00:05:42,843 --> 00:05:46,411 But I think my momma was young, 96 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,714 Had my sister, and then she had me. 97 00:05:49,983 --> 00:05:52,617 We had just about anything you wanted, you know. 98 00:05:52,886 --> 00:05:54,552 My daddy always make sure we had something 99 00:05:54,621 --> 00:05:55,854 On the table to eat, 100 00:05:55,922 --> 00:05:57,989 And most of the time he was cooking it. 101 00:05:58,558 --> 00:06:01,393 [susan] donald was a happy man. He was jolly. 102 00:06:01,461 --> 00:06:03,462 He was always carrying on and cutting up, 103 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:05,864 And I think he was just happy with life. 104 00:06:08,769 --> 00:06:11,369 [narrator] unfortunately, the marriage only lasted 105 00:06:11,438 --> 00:06:15,907 Little more than a decade, but the ending was amicable. 106 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:18,810 [susan] even though they had divorced 107 00:06:19,380 --> 00:06:23,014 They had remained friends and talked. 108 00:06:23,584 --> 00:06:25,784 [narrator] with a good job and a kind heart, 109 00:06:26,186 --> 00:06:28,653 Don didn't stay single for long 110 00:06:29,823 --> 00:06:33,658 I was, I don't know, 11, 12 when they got a divorce. 111 00:06:35,061 --> 00:06:38,397 My daddy met sharon. I reckon they went together 112 00:06:38,465 --> 00:06:40,265 For about a month or two or three 113 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:41,433 And then they got married. 114 00:06:42,702 --> 00:06:45,670 My dad was, I think he was head over heels for her. 115 00:06:49,109 --> 00:06:53,412 [narrator] sharon wiley was born on March 30th, 1953, 116 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:54,813 In frankfort, kentucky, 117 00:06:55,448 --> 00:06:58,116 One of eight children raised on a family farm. 118 00:06:59,452 --> 00:07:02,487 Mom actually, grew up out on, uh, georgetown road, 119 00:07:02,556 --> 00:07:04,456 Out there at the old family house. 120 00:07:05,058 --> 00:07:07,792 [chuck] she has half-siblings from her mom, 121 00:07:07,860 --> 00:07:09,794 And she has half-siblings from her father. 122 00:07:10,196 --> 00:07:13,565 He had five children besides her and marcie. 123 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:17,936 Sharon and marcie were just a year apart in their age. 124 00:07:18,004 --> 00:07:20,138 And they were besties, you know. 125 00:07:21,141 --> 00:07:24,108 Marcie was very studious, very intellectual, 126 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:26,411 Very driven to succeed. 127 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,381 Sharon was intelligent, but in a whole different way. 128 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:30,982 She was people oriented. 129 00:07:35,555 --> 00:07:37,455 [narrator] as sharon entered into adulthood, 130 00:07:37,924 --> 00:07:41,793 Her larger-than-life personalit made her a natural performer, 131 00:07:41,862 --> 00:07:45,931 And she loved to sing, especially gospel music. 132 00:07:47,533 --> 00:07:49,634 She loved to put little groups together, 133 00:07:49,702 --> 00:07:53,505 Little ensembles, and do different harmonies. 134 00:07:54,774 --> 00:07:57,876 [chuck] I remember before she got into church, 135 00:07:58,612 --> 00:08:01,245 She would sing in the dance halls, 136 00:08:01,882 --> 00:08:04,816 Kind of a grand ole opry type of feel. 137 00:08:04,885 --> 00:08:07,719 Her focus was on gospel music, 138 00:08:07,787 --> 00:08:09,821 But she always wanted to make it. 139 00:08:14,327 --> 00:08:17,562 [narrator] while pursuing music came naturally to sharon, 140 00:08:17,631 --> 00:08:19,831 Matters of the heart did not. 141 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:24,603 My father was between tours in vietnam 142 00:08:24,605 --> 00:08:26,270 When they got together. 143 00:08:26,907 --> 00:08:29,140 He went back for his second tour, 144 00:08:29,543 --> 00:08:32,310 And then a little later I was born. 145 00:08:33,246 --> 00:08:35,447 My younger brother, my half-brother, 146 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:39,684 Was from a marriage that she ha to a man named ron dearinger. 147 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:43,154 They got together right after I was born. 148 00:08:43,924 --> 00:08:45,924 [ron] mom and dad met. She was a waitress 149 00:08:45,992 --> 00:08:48,592 And she caught dad's eye is all I know, 150 00:08:48,594 --> 00:08:50,728 So, and it went from there. 151 00:08:51,197 --> 00:08:55,033 I would say in between '72 and '73, somewhere in there, 152 00:08:55,035 --> 00:08:56,935 Is when they actually got married. 153 00:08:57,604 --> 00:09:01,540 Chucky is three years older than me. I was born in '73. 154 00:09:01,608 --> 00:09:06,044 [music] 155 00:09:06,112 --> 00:09:08,112 [narrator] ron and sharon set out together 156 00:09:08,181 --> 00:09:10,148 To make her dreams come true. 157 00:09:10,651 --> 00:09:12,216 [music] 158 00:09:12,285 --> 00:09:16,121 [lela] music was her dream, but it was also her comfort. 159 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:19,924 Late '80s, they decided they were going to buy 160 00:09:19,993 --> 00:09:22,193 A bus and kinda hit the road. 161 00:09:22,862 --> 00:09:24,563 My mother talked him into quitting 162 00:09:24,631 --> 00:09:25,930 And moving to tennessee. 163 00:09:25,999 --> 00:09:27,265 She was gonna be a star. 164 00:09:31,404 --> 00:09:34,773 [narrator] but the realities of pursuing a music career 165 00:09:34,775 --> 00:09:36,775 Put a strain on the marriage. 166 00:09:37,944 --> 00:09:39,611 [ron] we were living on the bus, 167 00:09:40,013 --> 00:09:42,914 And, you know, you can't have a kid and a mom and dad 168 00:09:42,982 --> 00:09:45,583 Living on a bus. It was rough, you know. 169 00:09:46,252 --> 00:09:48,286 And then dad, he just come and asked me one night, 170 00:09:48,354 --> 00:09:50,722 You know, "do you want to stay, or do you want to go with me?" 171 00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:53,658 "I'm going with you. Going back to kentucky." 172 00:09:54,461 --> 00:09:55,560 So, we left. 173 00:09:56,796 --> 00:09:59,163 I was still young, I was only 14, 15 years old. 174 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:01,866 My other brother stayed down with her, chuckie. 175 00:10:02,535 --> 00:10:08,272 The bus and the, the tension over all the, the money; 176 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:09,941 That was the beginning of the end. 177 00:10:10,010 --> 00:10:13,144 There was a point where it was, "okay, I'm done." 178 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:18,516 I had had enough. And so, I went into the army. 179 00:10:19,085 --> 00:10:22,487 Eventually, we heard that her and ronnie had split. 180 00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:25,690 [narrator] after recording one gospel album, 181 00:10:25,759 --> 00:10:28,693 Sharon's dream began to fade. 182 00:10:29,229 --> 00:10:31,696 [chuck] she made an album. She worked hard at it. 183 00:10:31,765 --> 00:10:33,999 But it never went anywhere. 184 00:10:38,404 --> 00:10:40,739 [narrator] by her late thirties, sharon's goals 185 00:10:40,741 --> 00:10:42,907 Still seemed impossible to grasp, 186 00:10:43,509 --> 00:10:46,610 But she would get another chance at love. 187 00:10:47,047 --> 00:10:49,447 [chuck] she was working as a cashier 188 00:10:49,516 --> 00:10:51,683 At a grocery store in nashville 189 00:10:52,719 --> 00:10:54,652 Don was a truck driver. 190 00:10:55,055 --> 00:10:58,156 And he made deliveries to that grocery store. 191 00:10:58,358 --> 00:11:00,692 And that's how they met. 192 00:11:01,928 --> 00:11:05,463 Don was "head over heels" in love with my mother. 193 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,702 Everything I saw out of that man was complete devotion to her. 194 00:11:11,904 --> 00:11:14,539 He seemed like a great guy, a really nice guy. 195 00:11:14,874 --> 00:11:16,207 He treated her well. 196 00:11:17,543 --> 00:11:20,544 [narrator] three years into their marriage, in 1991, 197 00:11:20,947 --> 00:11:24,149 Their happily ever after comes to an abrupt end 198 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:27,886 As sharon learns of her husband's violent death. 199 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:33,357 [chuck] there was a detective, or maybe two, 200 00:11:33,426 --> 00:11:35,826 That came to her house, and I told them 201 00:11:35,896 --> 00:11:38,396 That she was not in any shape to talk to them. 202 00:11:38,464 --> 00:11:42,000 And so, they were like, "okay, can we come back tomorrow?" 203 00:11:42,068 --> 00:11:44,268 And I was like, "yeah, let her calm down, 204 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:46,838 Let her absorb this, and then come back." 205 00:11:50,243 --> 00:11:53,477 [narrator] the next day, sharon agrees to sit down 206 00:11:53,546 --> 00:11:56,214 With detectives and tell them what she knows. 207 00:11:56,616 --> 00:12:01,219 She says the last time she saw don was around 7pm 208 00:12:01,287 --> 00:12:04,922 On the 19th, the night before his body was found. 209 00:12:04,991 --> 00:12:08,860 Sharon hurt told the police that her husband had met up 210 00:12:08,928 --> 00:12:13,131 With someone at a flea market to purchase a handgun. 211 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,668 [narrator] sharon says don never came home that evening, 212 00:12:17,203 --> 00:12:19,170 Prompting her to report him missing 213 00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:20,772 The following morning. 214 00:12:21,974 --> 00:12:24,242 When he did not come back at the appointed time, 215 00:12:24,310 --> 00:12:27,378 She became worried over his absence. 216 00:12:27,914 --> 00:12:30,148 [narrator] police had just started processing 217 00:12:30,216 --> 00:12:34,285 The missing person's report when don's body was discovered. 218 00:12:35,221 --> 00:12:38,789 Sharon gives detectives one more piece of information 219 00:12:38,791 --> 00:12:40,358 That piques their interest. 220 00:12:41,494 --> 00:12:43,961 [rodger] when the police were interviewing sharon hurt, 221 00:12:44,364 --> 00:12:47,231 One of the key things the police learned 222 00:12:47,233 --> 00:12:49,901 Is that he had been shot before. 223 00:12:50,970 --> 00:12:54,906 And, apparently, she had no details whatsoever 224 00:12:54,974 --> 00:12:59,010 About the shooting and what might have caused 225 00:12:59,078 --> 00:13:00,779 Someone to try to kill him. 226 00:13:01,581 --> 00:13:03,747 [narrator] sharon says they were just trying 227 00:13:03,817 --> 00:13:07,285 To move on from the incident, but detectives plan 228 00:13:07,353 --> 00:13:09,821 To dig into these claims further. 229 00:13:14,093 --> 00:13:17,395 At the same time, an officer is sent to the flea market 230 00:13:17,463 --> 00:13:20,832 To gather intel, but comes up empty. 231 00:13:21,534 --> 00:13:25,403 It was such an unusual situation from the start. 232 00:13:25,906 --> 00:13:30,174 From there, the police focused on who had a motive 233 00:13:30,242 --> 00:13:32,110 To want don hurt dead. 234 00:13:36,216 --> 00:13:39,050 [narrator] coming up: Detectives learn more 235 00:13:39,118 --> 00:13:42,387 About the previous attempt on don's life. 236 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:46,457 He knew if he didn't make it to the rest area 237 00:13:46,525 --> 00:13:48,960 Up on top of the hill, he'd probably be dead. 238 00:13:50,363 --> 00:13:53,898 [narrator] and his family suspects someone close to home. 239 00:13:54,367 --> 00:13:56,968 We was trying to tell him, "daddy look, wake up, 240 00:13:57,036 --> 00:14:00,205 Smell the roses. None of this adds up right." 241 00:14:03,243 --> 00:14:06,477 [music]