1 00:00:00,667 --> 00:00:03,452 - Female narrator: When a loving family man goes missing, 2 00:00:03,454 --> 00:00:08,841 the ensuing investigation turns a small town upside down. 3 00:00:08,843 --> 00:00:11,643 - He was very devoted to those sons. 4 00:00:11,645 --> 00:00:13,295 - She made him happy. 5 00:00:13,297 --> 00:00:14,930 They were really good together. 6 00:00:14,932 --> 00:00:16,298 - I knew something had happened, 7 00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:19,301 he wasn't one to take off. 8 00:00:19,303 --> 00:00:21,687 - Narrator: But is this seemingly happy family 9 00:00:21,689 --> 00:00:24,423 hiding a dark secret? 10 00:00:24,425 --> 00:00:25,941 - Dwayne: There was some allegations made 11 00:00:25,943 --> 00:00:28,944 that they were involved in some kind of relationship together. 12 00:00:28,946 --> 00:00:30,612 - Richard: She seduced him, basically, 13 00:00:30,614 --> 00:00:34,033 and you know, he was quite willing to be seduced. 14 00:00:34,035 --> 00:00:35,934 - Narrator: As the truth comes to light, 15 00:00:35,936 --> 00:00:38,937 a horrifying plan is revealed. 16 00:00:38,939 --> 00:00:42,124 - She was standing over him with that baseball bat. 17 00:00:42,126 --> 00:00:45,210 - Richard: She kept saying that she was afraid 18 00:00:45,212 --> 00:00:47,830 that her children might not be safe. 19 00:00:47,832 --> 00:00:48,947 - Walter: It was just obvious 20 00:00:48,949 --> 00:00:50,149 that you were dealing with a person 21 00:00:50,151 --> 00:00:53,469 that--that had a very, very, very quick trigger. 22 00:00:53,471 --> 00:00:55,120 - He admitted to taking him out, 23 00:00:55,122 --> 00:00:59,124 putting him in the car, and going away with him. 24 00:00:59,126 --> 00:01:01,393 - Chris: We could see a camouflage blanket 25 00:01:01,395 --> 00:01:04,813 with human toes sticking out at the end of it. 26 00:01:04,815 --> 00:01:07,149 - It's always haunted me a little bit. 27 00:01:07,151 --> 00:01:09,902 Was there more that could have been done to protect him? 28 00:01:11,305 --> 00:01:15,941 - ♪ 29 00:01:17,695 --> 00:01:20,612 ♪♪ 30 00:01:22,316 --> 00:01:27,419 - narrator: November 19, 2008, barnesville, georgia. 31 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:30,989 - Barnesville is still like a very small town 32 00:01:30,991 --> 00:01:33,825 out in the country, and everybody knows everybody. 33 00:01:33,827 --> 00:01:35,544 It's a great place to live. 34 00:01:37,348 --> 00:01:39,381 - Narrator: But the peace of this small community 35 00:01:39,383 --> 00:01:42,351 is shattered when local resident, brenda maddox, 36 00:01:42,353 --> 00:01:45,170 walks into the lamar county sheriff's department 37 00:01:45,172 --> 00:01:47,172 and demands to speak to a detective 38 00:01:47,174 --> 00:01:51,877 about her brother, 41-year-old donald clark. 39 00:01:51,879 --> 00:01:54,363 - Donald always called the whole family every day-- 40 00:01:54,365 --> 00:01:57,116 every day we heard from him, but at that point, 41 00:01:57,118 --> 00:02:00,068 we hadn't heard from him in a couple days. 42 00:02:00,070 --> 00:02:02,070 - Narrator: Brenda says that donald's ex-wife, 43 00:02:02,072 --> 00:02:04,189 jennifer clark, told family members 44 00:02:04,191 --> 00:02:06,575 that the last time she heard from donald 45 00:02:06,577 --> 00:02:09,578 was earlier that same morning. 46 00:02:09,580 --> 00:02:11,580 - She said he had went to work that morning, 47 00:02:11,582 --> 00:02:14,466 and never came home, and she hadn't seen him since. 48 00:02:14,468 --> 00:02:17,035 - Richard: Donald and jennifer were still living together 49 00:02:17,037 --> 00:02:20,088 after they had gotten a divorce, and gotten back together. 50 00:02:20,090 --> 00:02:23,142 He had two children-- young sons--there at the house. 51 00:02:23,144 --> 00:02:24,893 The sister, brenda, knew 52 00:02:24,895 --> 00:02:27,712 that he was very devoted to those sons, 53 00:02:27,714 --> 00:02:30,482 and she did not believe 54 00:02:30,484 --> 00:02:34,436 that anything would have prevented him from coming home. 55 00:02:34,438 --> 00:02:38,574 - I knew then something was definitely very, very wrong. 56 00:02:38,576 --> 00:02:40,826 They took me to another room, 57 00:02:40,828 --> 00:02:44,163 and asked me questions, and made the report. 58 00:02:44,165 --> 00:02:46,582 - Chris: Based off what you know about him as an individual, 59 00:02:46,584 --> 00:02:48,584 it really made us believe 60 00:02:48,586 --> 00:02:50,786 that something had happened to donald. 61 00:02:53,841 --> 00:02:55,307 - ♪ 62 00:02:55,309 --> 00:03:00,145 - narrator: Donald eugene clark was born on July 13, 1967, 63 00:03:00,147 --> 00:03:04,917 in washington state, the second of three children. 64 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:06,251 - Brenda: We was navy brats. 65 00:03:06,253 --> 00:03:08,820 I think I was three when we come back to georgia. 66 00:03:08,822 --> 00:03:12,858 And we came back because this is where my daddy was from. 67 00:03:12,860 --> 00:03:15,961 - Narrator: The clark family settled in rural barnesville, 68 00:03:15,963 --> 00:03:18,864 60 miles south of atlanta. 69 00:03:18,866 --> 00:03:20,816 - Riding motorcycles, four-wheelers, 70 00:03:20,818 --> 00:03:22,484 we had them all growing up. 71 00:03:22,486 --> 00:03:25,270 He hunted everything: Deer, pigs, it didn't matter. 72 00:03:25,272 --> 00:03:26,955 We had a lot of good times. 73 00:03:28,492 --> 00:03:31,960 - Narrator: In 1985, donald left high school early 74 00:03:31,962 --> 00:03:35,130 to start working at the local mill. 75 00:03:35,132 --> 00:03:37,382 - Brenda: Lord, I don't know anything he wasn't good at 76 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:38,617 when he tried it. 77 00:03:38,619 --> 00:03:41,220 He succeeded in almost everything that he tried. 78 00:03:41,222 --> 00:03:44,223 He was very good at his job, he rose quickly. 79 00:03:44,225 --> 00:03:45,641 - ♪ 80 00:03:45,643 --> 00:03:47,559 - narrator: Though dedicated to his career, 81 00:03:47,561 --> 00:03:51,063 what donald really wanted was a family of his own. 82 00:03:51,065 --> 00:03:52,848 A dream he thought he'd achieved 83 00:03:52,850 --> 00:03:56,068 when he married in his early 20s. 84 00:03:56,070 --> 00:03:59,354 - He met his first wife, rebecca, pretty early, 85 00:03:59,356 --> 00:04:01,406 and they had nikki together. 86 00:04:01,408 --> 00:04:04,009 And family meant everything to donald. 87 00:04:04,011 --> 00:04:06,161 - Narrator: But the dream was short-lived, 88 00:04:06,163 --> 00:04:10,499 and by 29, donald was single once again. 89 00:04:10,501 --> 00:04:15,754 - He always wanted a family, he aspired to be a family man. 90 00:04:15,756 --> 00:04:19,091 His first one failed, and he just wanted to start over. 91 00:04:20,928 --> 00:04:22,928 - Narrator: Not long after his divorce, 92 00:04:22,930 --> 00:04:28,400 donald met 18-year-old, jennifer leigh drennen in 1996. 93 00:04:28,402 --> 00:04:31,887 - They met through a high school friend of hers, 94 00:04:31,889 --> 00:04:36,174 and that's how they got together. 95 00:04:36,176 --> 00:04:38,443 - Narrator: Jennifer, known to friends as jenni, 96 00:04:38,445 --> 00:04:41,380 was raised an only child. 97 00:04:41,382 --> 00:04:44,283 - She was a good kid, she was quite spoiled. 98 00:04:44,285 --> 00:04:46,585 She pretty much got what she wanted. 99 00:04:46,587 --> 00:04:48,120 - She spent a lot of time in west virginia, 100 00:04:48,122 --> 00:04:49,871 that's where she grew up. 101 00:04:49,873 --> 00:04:51,790 - Garry: She, uh, became a cna, 102 00:04:51,792 --> 00:04:53,292 she really enjoyed it and everything. 103 00:04:53,294 --> 00:04:55,360 So, she started doing other stuff-- 104 00:04:55,362 --> 00:04:58,029 blood work and infusions, 105 00:04:58,031 --> 00:05:00,549 and then, she eventually got to work at--uh, 106 00:05:00,551 --> 00:05:02,367 at the nursing homes. 107 00:05:02,369 --> 00:05:04,586 - ♪ 108 00:05:04,588 --> 00:05:07,756 - narrator: Donald was instantly smitten with jennifer, 109 00:05:07,758 --> 00:05:09,925 and after just one year of dating, 110 00:05:09,927 --> 00:05:12,144 the couple was engaged. 111 00:05:12,146 --> 00:05:13,812 - Garry: She loves him, he loves her. 112 00:05:13,814 --> 00:05:15,597 As long as he took care of my daughter, 113 00:05:15,599 --> 00:05:17,599 I was completely satisfied. 114 00:05:17,601 --> 00:05:20,385 - Brenda: Donald was very happy, like really excited. 115 00:05:20,387 --> 00:05:22,821 He got the chance to do it all over again, 116 00:05:22,823 --> 00:05:24,272 and do it right this time. 117 00:05:24,274 --> 00:05:26,391 - ♪ 118 00:05:26,393 --> 00:05:28,910 - narrator: Following their wedding in 1997, 119 00:05:28,912 --> 00:05:33,749 jennifer quickly embraced the role of doting wife. 120 00:05:33,751 --> 00:05:35,066 - She would fix his plate, 121 00:05:35,068 --> 00:05:37,235 she would bring it to him when he came home from work. 122 00:05:37,237 --> 00:05:39,121 She treated him really well. 123 00:05:39,123 --> 00:05:40,622 - Brenda: He was successful in his life, 124 00:05:40,624 --> 00:05:42,240 and he gave her a home. 125 00:05:42,242 --> 00:05:46,928 He gave her, you know--anything jenni asked for she got. 126 00:05:46,930 --> 00:05:51,800 - Narrator: Don and jennifer's family grew in 1998 and 2000 127 00:05:51,802 --> 00:05:54,636 when they welcomed their two boys. 128 00:05:54,638 --> 00:05:57,973 - Jenni was tickled pink to be pregnant with josh, 129 00:05:57,975 --> 00:06:00,091 and when she got pregnant with jake, 130 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:03,612 she was just as ecstatic over that. 131 00:06:03,614 --> 00:06:07,783 - The kids was--I mean, they were well taken care of; 132 00:06:07,785 --> 00:06:10,202 anything they needed, they got. 133 00:06:10,204 --> 00:06:12,621 - ♪ 134 00:06:12,623 --> 00:06:14,156 - narrator: By early 2008, 135 00:06:14,158 --> 00:06:16,541 jennifer was pregnant once again, 136 00:06:16,543 --> 00:06:18,777 but what should have been a happy time 137 00:06:18,779 --> 00:06:22,214 strained the family to the breaking point. 138 00:06:22,216 --> 00:06:23,331 Nikki: In the beginning, 139 00:06:23,333 --> 00:06:25,167 I have fond memories of my dad and jenni, 140 00:06:25,169 --> 00:06:28,136 but I noticed she got where she would talk down to him. 141 00:06:28,138 --> 00:06:30,288 She talked to him like he was a child, 142 00:06:30,290 --> 00:06:33,225 and she was better than him. 143 00:06:33,227 --> 00:06:34,643 - Brenda: There was a lot of fights. 144 00:06:34,645 --> 00:06:36,144 There was good times, 145 00:06:36,146 --> 00:06:38,313 but more bad times than good times. 146 00:06:38,315 --> 00:06:41,817 - Rebecca: The marriage was an up and down thing, you know. 147 00:06:41,819 --> 00:06:45,470 So, you just didn't know which way it was gonna be. 148 00:06:45,472 --> 00:06:47,806 - ♪ 149 00:06:47,808 --> 00:06:49,674 - dwayne: He came in to talk with me 150 00:06:49,676 --> 00:06:51,843 about getting a divorce. 151 00:06:51,845 --> 00:06:53,478 The divorce started in March, 152 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,647 um, it didn't get finalized 153 00:06:55,649 --> 00:06:59,484 until July 1st of 2008. 154 00:06:59,486 --> 00:07:00,852 - Narrator: That same month, 155 00:07:00,854 --> 00:07:02,838 jennifer moved back in with her mother 156 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:06,224 nearly 600 miles away in west virginia, 157 00:07:06,226 --> 00:07:08,860 leaving the boys with donald. 158 00:07:08,862 --> 00:07:10,762 - She still loved him, 159 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:13,849 but you know, uh, from what I understood, 160 00:07:13,851 --> 00:07:16,852 she wasn't getting what she wanted out of the marriage. 161 00:07:16,854 --> 00:07:19,104 They needed to start over. 162 00:07:19,106 --> 00:07:22,190 - He was still in love with her. 163 00:07:22,192 --> 00:07:23,775 I mean, it was one of these situations 164 00:07:23,777 --> 00:07:26,711 where he was more heartbroken than he was mad. 165 00:07:26,713 --> 00:07:30,115 - ♪ 166 00:07:30,117 --> 00:07:31,883 - narrator: After 7 months away, 167 00:07:31,885 --> 00:07:33,852 in October 2008, 168 00:07:33,854 --> 00:07:36,955 jennifer moved in with donald's sister, brenda, 169 00:07:36,957 --> 00:07:39,407 to be closer to the boys. 170 00:07:39,409 --> 00:07:41,960 - No matter what, my dad loved jenni, 171 00:07:41,962 --> 00:07:46,548 and he desperately wanted that family. 172 00:07:46,550 --> 00:07:48,967 So, he would go over there, he would see her. 173 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:51,369 And then, one day, they had a conversation, 174 00:07:51,371 --> 00:07:53,405 and he decided he wanted to try it again. 175 00:07:53,407 --> 00:07:54,973 He wanted to work it out. 176 00:07:54,975 --> 00:07:57,976 - Donald let her move back in the house. 177 00:07:57,978 --> 00:07:59,878 - Narrator: With just weeks until the birth 178 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:01,263 of baby number three, 179 00:08:01,265 --> 00:08:06,067 the family was reunited and stronger than ever. 180 00:08:06,069 --> 00:08:09,988 - They seemed to be excited about trying to make it work. 181 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:15,627 - ♪ 182 00:08:15,629 --> 00:08:17,412 - narrator: But the clark's happy reunion 183 00:08:17,414 --> 00:08:20,615 seems to be in jeopardy on November 19, 184 00:08:20,617 --> 00:08:24,119 while brenda maddox fills out a missing persons report 185 00:08:24,121 --> 00:08:26,955 for her brother, donald. 186 00:08:26,957 --> 00:08:29,841 - Brenda: He always came home to his kids, 187 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:31,075 he always came home to her. 188 00:08:31,077 --> 00:08:33,929 He had never, in their whole entire relationship, 189 00:08:33,931 --> 00:08:35,380 not came home. 190 00:08:37,250 --> 00:08:38,850 - Narrator: At brenda's request, 191 00:08:38,852 --> 00:08:41,102 missing persons detectives pay a visit 192 00:08:41,104 --> 00:08:44,139 to jennifer and donald's home. 193 00:08:44,141 --> 00:08:47,809 - We have to talk to jennifer about his whereabouts. 194 00:08:47,811 --> 00:08:49,528 We felt like, you know, it might indicate 195 00:08:49,530 --> 00:08:51,613 what happened to donald. 196 00:08:51,615 --> 00:08:55,317 - The initial statement from jennifer clark was that 197 00:08:55,319 --> 00:08:56,935 donald clark came home from work, 198 00:08:56,937 --> 00:09:00,288 she was frying chicken, she gave him dinner, 199 00:09:00,290 --> 00:09:02,791 and then they had watched tv, and gone to bed. 200 00:09:02,793 --> 00:09:05,109 - Narrator: Jennifer, who is nine months pregnant 201 00:09:05,111 --> 00:09:06,628 with her third child, 202 00:09:06,630 --> 00:09:09,130 says that she has been having trouble sleeping 203 00:09:09,132 --> 00:09:11,132 the last few weeks. 204 00:09:11,134 --> 00:09:15,453 And the night of November 18 was no different. 205 00:09:15,455 --> 00:09:18,506 - Richard: She got up to go check on her sons. 206 00:09:18,508 --> 00:09:21,142 They shared a bedroom there in the house. 207 00:09:21,144 --> 00:09:24,980 Uh, their television was still on, 208 00:09:24,982 --> 00:09:26,648 she turned it off. 209 00:09:26,650 --> 00:09:31,019 She said that she slept in the bed 210 00:09:31,021 --> 00:09:33,638 with one of her sons. 211 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:35,023 - Cayce: When she woke up the next morning 212 00:09:35,025 --> 00:09:37,158 to get the--the kids ready for school, 213 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,978 she said that donald clark was gone. 214 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:43,498 His boots were gone and his car was missing. 215 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:45,817 She assumed that he had gone to work. 216 00:09:45,819 --> 00:09:47,752 It was very unusual for him to leave 217 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:50,538 without saying anything to the kids. 218 00:09:50,540 --> 00:09:52,207 She said she texted donald, 219 00:09:52,209 --> 00:09:54,426 and said that she had dropped the kids off at the bus. 220 00:09:54,428 --> 00:09:57,128 She received a text back, "k." 221 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:02,217 - narrator: Jennifer tells police, there is only one thing 222 00:10:02,219 --> 00:10:06,021 that would have pulled donald away from his family. 223 00:10:06,023 --> 00:10:08,673 - Walter: She said donald was seeing other people. 224 00:10:08,675 --> 00:10:11,443 It's a possibility he could've run off with a woman, 225 00:10:11,445 --> 00:10:16,448 or, you know, was just decided he had enough and left. 226 00:10:16,450 --> 00:10:17,866 I got the impression that law enforcement 227 00:10:17,868 --> 00:10:19,901 just thought he was gone. 228 00:10:19,903 --> 00:10:21,519 - Garry: I knew something had happened, 229 00:10:21,521 --> 00:10:23,455 donald wasn't one to take off. 230 00:10:23,457 --> 00:10:26,291 - ♪ 231 00:10:26,293 --> 00:10:27,709 - narrator: Coming up-- 232 00:10:27,711 --> 00:10:31,579 investigators question if this seemingly devoted family man 233 00:10:31,581 --> 00:10:35,383 had decided to start over with someone new. 234 00:10:35,385 --> 00:10:37,869 - There was just no trace of donald, period. 235 00:10:37,871 --> 00:10:39,671 - Narrator: But detectives soon fear 236 00:10:39,673 --> 00:10:43,642 something much more sinister has happened to donald. 237 00:10:43,644 --> 00:10:46,377 - Cayce: On his bank account and on his cell phone, activity 238 00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:49,347 stopped almost immediately upon his disappearance. 239 00:10:52,853 --> 00:10:55,754 - ♪ 240 00:10:57,473 --> 00:11:00,508 - ♪ 241 00:11:02,629 --> 00:11:05,647 - narrator: On November 21, 2008, 242 00:11:05,649 --> 00:11:08,316 2 days after 41-year-old donald clark 243 00:11:08,318 --> 00:11:12,354 was reported missing, with the help of his ex-wife, jennifer, 244 00:11:12,356 --> 00:11:14,756 detectives are attempting to piece together 245 00:11:14,758 --> 00:11:18,226 the moments leading up to his disappearance. 246 00:11:18,228 --> 00:11:20,662 - Jennifer said that we're missing his car, 247 00:11:20,664 --> 00:11:25,266 his cell phone, his wallet, and his boots. 248 00:11:25,268 --> 00:11:26,484 - Richard: They describe the vehicle. 249 00:11:26,486 --> 00:11:30,538 They have the tag number, and they put out, you know, 250 00:11:30,540 --> 00:11:33,208 an all-points bulletin on it and on him. 251 00:11:33,210 --> 00:11:35,610 - ♪ 252 00:11:35,612 --> 00:11:37,379 - narrator: When detectives ask jennifer 253 00:11:37,381 --> 00:11:38,880 why she thinks it's possible 254 00:11:38,882 --> 00:11:41,082 donald could be with another woman, 255 00:11:41,084 --> 00:11:44,552 she admits the couple's 11-year long relationship 256 00:11:44,554 --> 00:11:47,672 hasn't always been easy. 257 00:11:47,674 --> 00:11:49,290 - Cayce: Jennifer and donald were divorced 258 00:11:49,292 --> 00:11:51,226 at the time of the disappearance. 259 00:11:51,228 --> 00:11:54,229 Jennifer clark and donald began talking again, 260 00:11:54,231 --> 00:11:57,065 and decided they were going to reconcile. 261 00:11:57,067 --> 00:11:58,233 - Narrator: Jennifer says 262 00:11:58,235 --> 00:12:00,468 that when she moved back into donald's house, 263 00:12:00,470 --> 00:12:03,521 it was clear that donald hadn't been alone 264 00:12:03,523 --> 00:12:06,825 during their seven-month-long separation. 265 00:12:06,827 --> 00:12:09,160 - There was some make-up or something 266 00:12:09,162 --> 00:12:12,414 that was found left at the house that didn't belong to jennifer, 267 00:12:12,416 --> 00:12:15,667 and jennifer found. And she, you know, had claimed 268 00:12:15,669 --> 00:12:19,421 that this was--uh, was donald's girlfriend. 269 00:12:19,423 --> 00:12:21,089 - Narrator: According to jennifer, 270 00:12:21,091 --> 00:12:25,260 donald said the makeup belonged to a babysitter named, danielle, 271 00:12:25,262 --> 00:12:27,929 who briefly lived at the house. 272 00:12:27,931 --> 00:12:30,665 - Dwayne: Danielle helped donald with the kids. 273 00:12:30,667 --> 00:12:33,268 There was some allegations that they were involved-- 274 00:12:33,270 --> 00:12:34,853 that her and donald were involved 275 00:12:34,855 --> 00:12:36,438 in some kind of relationship together. 276 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,073 - ♪ 277 00:12:39,075 --> 00:12:41,342 - narrator: After hearing jennifer's suspicions, 278 00:12:41,344 --> 00:12:44,229 detectives check the clark family's bank accounts 279 00:12:44,231 --> 00:12:47,415 for any activity from donald. 280 00:12:47,417 --> 00:12:50,535 - Cayce: We looked through donald's bank records, 281 00:12:50,537 --> 00:12:52,871 and we did search warrants on his bank account 282 00:12:52,873 --> 00:12:54,122 and on his cell phone. 283 00:12:54,124 --> 00:12:57,075 And the activity stopped almost immediately 284 00:12:57,077 --> 00:12:59,461 upon his disappearance. 285 00:12:59,463 --> 00:13:00,879 - There was no record of him making 286 00:13:00,881 --> 00:13:04,582 any financial transactions, uh, using his bank card. 287 00:13:04,584 --> 00:13:06,835 Um, there was just no trace of donald, period. 288 00:13:09,072 --> 00:13:12,273 - Narrator: Detectives know they need to track down danielle, 289 00:13:12,275 --> 00:13:14,909 but first, at jennifer's suggestion, 290 00:13:14,911 --> 00:13:18,546 they reach out to donald's boss, todd may. 291 00:13:18,548 --> 00:13:21,583 Todd tells police that he was supposed to pick up donald 292 00:13:21,585 --> 00:13:25,320 for work on the morning of November 19. 293 00:13:25,322 --> 00:13:27,238 - The supervisor went to pick donald up, 294 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,774 and was approximately 15 minutes late. 295 00:13:29,776 --> 00:13:31,609 - Narrator: Todd says that when he pulled into 296 00:13:31,611 --> 00:13:36,397 donald's driveway, donald's black honda civic wasn't there. 297 00:13:36,399 --> 00:13:39,250 - He thought that donald may have just left him, 298 00:13:39,252 --> 00:13:42,236 and when he got to work, and donald was not there, 299 00:13:42,238 --> 00:13:44,238 he became concerned. 300 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,574 - Chris: His supervisor at work advised us 301 00:13:46,576 --> 00:13:49,010 that donald was a very loyal employee, 302 00:13:49,012 --> 00:13:52,013 and, uh, you know, very seldom did he ever miss work. 303 00:13:52,015 --> 00:13:53,748 And that if he was going to be out, 304 00:13:53,750 --> 00:13:55,934 he was certainly the type that would call. 305 00:13:55,936 --> 00:13:57,302 - Narrator: According to todd, 306 00:13:57,304 --> 00:14:00,772 he last saw donald on the evening of November 18, 307 00:14:00,774 --> 00:14:04,125 as the coworkers carpooled home from work. 308 00:14:04,127 --> 00:14:06,594 That's when donald confided in todd 309 00:14:06,596 --> 00:14:10,999 that his reconciliation with jennifer wasn't going well. 310 00:14:11,001 --> 00:14:14,268 - The night before donald clark was determined to be missing, 311 00:14:14,270 --> 00:14:16,404 donald clark had a conversation 312 00:14:16,406 --> 00:14:20,008 about asking jennifer clark to leave the house. 313 00:14:20,010 --> 00:14:22,143 - ♪ 314 00:14:22,145 --> 00:14:23,945 - narrator: Todd claims donald was ready 315 00:14:23,947 --> 00:14:27,282 to make his divorce permanent. 316 00:14:27,284 --> 00:14:29,551 - I think my dad really tried to make it work, 317 00:14:29,553 --> 00:14:32,387 but things were never gonna be what they were. 318 00:14:32,389 --> 00:14:34,121 They were never gonna be the same, 319 00:14:34,123 --> 00:14:38,293 and he realized that. Life's too short to be unhappy. 320 00:14:38,295 --> 00:14:40,011 And he said that he was going to-- 321 00:14:40,013 --> 00:14:41,980 he was gonna tell her to leave. 322 00:14:41,982 --> 00:14:44,966 - Narrator: Todd says as soon as jennifer was out of the house, 323 00:14:44,968 --> 00:14:46,534 donald planned to reach out 324 00:14:46,536 --> 00:14:50,471 to his old girlfriend, danielle young. 325 00:14:50,473 --> 00:14:52,574 - He was gonna try to make it work with danielle. 326 00:14:55,078 --> 00:14:56,678 - Narrator: Investigators work quickly 327 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,415 to track down danielle, but when they knock on her door, 328 00:15:00,417 --> 00:15:04,318 it's obvious that donald isn't with her. 329 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,755 - Danielle was very upset about donald being missing. 330 00:15:07,757 --> 00:15:10,842 Danielle was also pregnant. 331 00:15:10,844 --> 00:15:12,377 - Narrator: According to danielle, 332 00:15:12,379 --> 00:15:16,347 she met donald at the end of March 2008. 333 00:15:16,349 --> 00:15:18,466 - ♪ 334 00:15:18,468 --> 00:15:20,184 - nikki: Danielle was a woman my dad met 335 00:15:20,186 --> 00:15:21,502 when jenni first left. 336 00:15:21,504 --> 00:15:24,272 I guess he was sad, really depressed. 337 00:15:24,274 --> 00:15:26,024 When it was not his time to have the boys, 338 00:15:26,026 --> 00:15:29,777 he would go to the bar, and he met danielle at a bar. 339 00:15:29,779 --> 00:15:31,512 - They were friends for a couple weeks, 340 00:15:31,514 --> 00:15:34,115 and donald asked her to move in with him 341 00:15:34,117 --> 00:15:37,535 in order to take care of donald's children. 342 00:15:37,537 --> 00:15:40,021 After danielle moved into donald's house, 343 00:15:40,023 --> 00:15:42,407 they began a sexual affair. 344 00:15:42,409 --> 00:15:44,242 - She made him happy. 345 00:15:44,244 --> 00:15:47,545 Uh, she made him, I guess, go back to younger days. 346 00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:50,798 He would go out again, he had fun. 347 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,200 - Narrator: 24-year-old danielle explains 348 00:15:53,202 --> 00:15:56,387 that even though they seemed like a perfect match, 349 00:15:56,389 --> 00:16:00,975 she was worried about the 17-year age gap between them. 350 00:16:00,977 --> 00:16:04,479 - Danielle was afraid that she was too young for donald, 351 00:16:04,481 --> 00:16:07,265 so she left and moved back in with her mother. 352 00:16:07,267 --> 00:16:08,766 - Brenda: After that, donald, 353 00:16:08,768 --> 00:16:11,886 he decided he would try to make it work with jenni. 354 00:16:11,888 --> 00:16:14,072 - ♪ 355 00:16:14,074 --> 00:16:16,107 - narrator: Danielle says she was stunned 356 00:16:16,109 --> 00:16:18,076 when donald called her out of the blue 357 00:16:18,078 --> 00:16:21,395 on the evening of November 18. 358 00:16:21,397 --> 00:16:23,581 - The night before donald went missing, 359 00:16:23,583 --> 00:16:28,453 she had a conversation with him about moving back. 360 00:16:28,455 --> 00:16:32,457 - He was planning on asking jenni to leave. 361 00:16:32,459 --> 00:16:33,624 In the end, he had decided 362 00:16:33,626 --> 00:16:36,344 danielle was who he wanted to be with. 363 00:16:36,346 --> 00:16:38,746 - Narrator: Danielle claims she had warned donald 364 00:16:38,748 --> 00:16:41,349 that she had dated after their split, 365 00:16:41,351 --> 00:16:44,936 and was now pregnant with another man's child. 366 00:16:44,938 --> 00:16:47,605 - Cayce: It was determined that it was not donald's child, 367 00:16:47,607 --> 00:16:51,826 but donald still wanted danielle to come back to the house 368 00:16:51,828 --> 00:16:53,427 and live with him. 369 00:16:53,429 --> 00:16:55,429 She was worried about him so much, 370 00:16:55,431 --> 00:16:57,365 and she was very cooperative. 371 00:16:57,367 --> 00:16:59,484 It appeared that she had nothing to do with it, 372 00:16:59,486 --> 00:17:03,404 so danielle was ruled out as a suspect. 373 00:17:05,158 --> 00:17:07,041 - Narrator: Detectives want to circle back 374 00:17:07,043 --> 00:17:09,043 to jennifer for more leads, 375 00:17:09,045 --> 00:17:11,713 but for now, they'll have to wait. 376 00:17:11,715 --> 00:17:17,001 On November 25, 2008, she gives birth to a son, 377 00:17:17,003 --> 00:17:18,720 but detectives are stunned 378 00:17:18,722 --> 00:17:20,888 when the subsequent newspaper announcement 379 00:17:20,890 --> 00:17:25,560 lists the child's last name as yost, not clark. 380 00:17:25,562 --> 00:17:27,478 - ♪ 381 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:31,516 - she had the baby, but this one wasn't donald's, 382 00:17:31,518 --> 00:17:34,152 because I could tell just by looking at it. 383 00:17:36,356 --> 00:17:37,655 - Narrator: Coming up-- 384 00:17:37,657 --> 00:17:40,992 detectives uncover a potential motive. 385 00:17:40,994 --> 00:17:44,145 - The baby come out of a product of an affair. 386 00:17:44,147 --> 00:17:47,448 - She said that he would kill to have jennifer. 387 00:17:47,450 --> 00:17:50,251 - Narrator: And a search warrant casts a grisly shadow 388 00:17:50,253 --> 00:17:53,838 on this missing person's investigation. 389 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,325 - He sprayed the mattress, and he found blood on the mattress. 390 00:17:57,327 --> 00:17:59,326 - You hope he's alive, but the some point, 391 00:17:59,328 --> 00:18:01,162 you have to start working towards the direction 392 00:18:01,164 --> 00:18:03,014 that you may have a murder. 393 00:18:05,218 --> 00:18:08,469 - ♪ 394 00:18:09,404 --> 00:18:12,190 - ♪ 395 00:18:14,210 --> 00:18:15,877 - narrator: As the search continues 396 00:18:15,879 --> 00:18:18,362 for missing father, donald clark, 397 00:18:18,364 --> 00:18:21,883 detectives discover that his ex-wife, jennifer clark, 398 00:18:21,885 --> 00:18:25,553 has given birth to another man's child. 399 00:18:25,555 --> 00:18:27,355 While jennifer recovers, 400 00:18:27,357 --> 00:18:30,892 detectives reach out to donald's sister, brenda maddox, 401 00:18:30,894 --> 00:18:33,828 to learn more about her brother's marriage. 402 00:18:33,830 --> 00:18:34,829 - Brenda: Jennifer started having 403 00:18:34,831 --> 00:18:36,848 a lot of affairs on donald. 404 00:18:36,850 --> 00:18:38,182 The baby come out of a product 405 00:18:38,184 --> 00:18:42,854 of, uh, an affair between jennifer and michael. 406 00:18:42,856 --> 00:18:45,673 - Dwayne: Donald kept taking her back over and over and over. 407 00:18:45,675 --> 00:18:47,225 He still loved her, 408 00:18:47,227 --> 00:18:49,844 he felt like some of it was his fault. 409 00:18:49,846 --> 00:18:53,447 And then, the new affair with michael yost had come out. 410 00:18:53,449 --> 00:18:55,032 - ♪ 411 00:18:55,034 --> 00:18:56,617 - nikki: Michael yost was the son 412 00:18:56,619 --> 00:18:58,369 of my dad's best friend, charlie. 413 00:18:58,371 --> 00:19:01,188 Charlie lived a few houses down from my dad 414 00:19:01,190 --> 00:19:02,824 on the opposite side of the road. 415 00:19:02,826 --> 00:19:04,191 - Walter: I think michael went to school 416 00:19:04,193 --> 00:19:07,628 through the eighth grade, and then he dropped out, 417 00:19:07,630 --> 00:19:11,132 and, uh, he had a couple of marijuana arrests. 418 00:19:11,134 --> 00:19:13,200 - Brenda: So, he had come home from jail, 419 00:19:13,202 --> 00:19:16,053 and he couldn't stay with his daddy and his stepmom, 420 00:19:16,055 --> 00:19:19,206 so charlie had asked donald if michael could stay with them, 421 00:19:19,208 --> 00:19:21,609 and donald said yes. 422 00:19:21,611 --> 00:19:23,878 - Narrator: Brenda says that donald's good deed 423 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,097 didn't go unpunished. 424 00:19:26,099 --> 00:19:28,065 - Donald found out that they was having an affair, 425 00:19:28,067 --> 00:19:29,851 he made michael leave. 426 00:19:29,853 --> 00:19:31,385 He didn't make jenni leave at the time, 427 00:19:31,387 --> 00:19:32,937 but he did make michael leave. 428 00:19:32,939 --> 00:19:35,239 - ♪ 429 00:19:35,241 --> 00:19:36,657 - narrator: According to brenda, 430 00:19:36,659 --> 00:19:40,244 donald confronted jennifer about the affair in March, 431 00:19:40,246 --> 00:19:42,914 eight months prior. 432 00:19:42,916 --> 00:19:45,065 - Brenda: He did say that she admitted to it. 433 00:19:45,067 --> 00:19:48,669 I was furious, because he was good to her, 434 00:19:48,671 --> 00:19:50,421 and he was good to the boys. 435 00:19:50,423 --> 00:19:52,406 And how dare she doing something like that, 436 00:19:52,408 --> 00:19:56,093 let alone once, but more than once, and you stay? 437 00:19:56,095 --> 00:19:59,297 - She told him that it was not his baby, 438 00:19:59,299 --> 00:20:01,582 it's michael's baby. 439 00:20:01,584 --> 00:20:03,851 I think that was a spiteful thing for her, 440 00:20:03,853 --> 00:20:07,271 like a vindictive, "well, it's not your baby anyway." 441 00:20:07,273 --> 00:20:10,608 - dwayne: I think her intentions were to move in, 442 00:20:10,610 --> 00:20:13,811 and leave with michael yost, that was what she wanted to do. 443 00:20:13,813 --> 00:20:15,863 I think her plans were to move off with him 444 00:20:15,865 --> 00:20:17,782 to--to west virginia. 445 00:20:17,784 --> 00:20:19,934 - ♪ 446 00:20:19,936 --> 00:20:22,486 - narrator: Brenda says that's when jennifer and michael 447 00:20:22,488 --> 00:20:26,791 moved out, but a few months later, in September 2008, 448 00:20:26,793 --> 00:20:29,877 the couple reached out to brenda. 449 00:20:29,879 --> 00:20:32,163 - Jennifer's pregnant, and they had nowhere to go, 450 00:20:32,165 --> 00:20:34,632 and jennifer contacted donald clark's sister, 451 00:20:34,634 --> 00:20:36,050 brenda maddox, 452 00:20:36,052 --> 00:20:40,838 and brenda maddox agreed to let the couple move in with her. 453 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,641 - She thought that was the best thing 454 00:20:43,643 --> 00:20:46,560 for her brother and the children. 455 00:20:46,562 --> 00:20:47,645 - Narrator: Brenda says 456 00:20:47,647 --> 00:20:49,680 that after the couple moved in with her, 457 00:20:49,682 --> 00:20:54,568 22-year-old, michael, talked nonstop about the future. 458 00:20:54,570 --> 00:20:56,020 - Cayce: They were going to raise 459 00:20:56,022 --> 00:20:57,655 their unborn child together. 460 00:20:57,657 --> 00:21:03,661 Michael's plan was to get a job and to support his family. 461 00:21:03,663 --> 00:21:06,697 - Narrator: According to brenda, while michael was happily 462 00:21:06,699 --> 00:21:09,917 planning his new family, he had no idea 463 00:21:09,919 --> 00:21:13,688 that jennifer and donald were seeing each other again. 464 00:21:13,690 --> 00:21:15,923 - Brenda: Donald was willing to forgive and forget. 465 00:21:15,925 --> 00:21:18,325 He told her that he would take care of the baby, 466 00:21:18,327 --> 00:21:21,045 like--just like he was his. 467 00:21:21,047 --> 00:21:24,382 Donald loved her with everything he had and let her come back. 468 00:21:24,384 --> 00:21:25,833 - ♪ 469 00:21:25,835 --> 00:21:27,101 - narrator: Brenda tells police, 470 00:21:27,103 --> 00:21:30,838 that in October 2008, donald arrived at her house 471 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:32,940 and picked up jennifer. 472 00:21:32,942 --> 00:21:35,109 When michael came home that night, 473 00:21:35,111 --> 00:21:38,696 brenda says she broke the news to him. 474 00:21:38,698 --> 00:21:41,565 - Michael found out about jenny going back to donald 475 00:21:41,567 --> 00:21:44,385 from donald's sister. 476 00:21:44,387 --> 00:21:47,688 Michael called her on the phone, crying, 477 00:21:47,690 --> 00:21:51,892 and--and begging, and he had to have this baby. 478 00:21:51,894 --> 00:21:54,194 - ♪ 479 00:21:54,196 --> 00:21:56,731 - narrator: On December 4, 2008, 480 00:21:56,733 --> 00:22:00,034 armed with the news of donald's household drama, 481 00:22:00,036 --> 00:22:03,637 detectives obtain a warrant to search the clark home. 482 00:22:03,639 --> 00:22:07,591 In the master bedroom, something catches their eyes. 483 00:22:07,593 --> 00:22:10,478 - The walls seemed very clean and pristine, 484 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,563 but when you looked at the corners of the bedrooms, 485 00:22:12,565 --> 00:22:14,098 there was a lot of dust. 486 00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:16,851 The headboard and the bed had no dust, 487 00:22:16,853 --> 00:22:19,153 it was very unusual looking. 488 00:22:19,155 --> 00:22:21,772 - Richard: They shone a light on the wall 489 00:22:21,774 --> 00:22:23,891 directly behind the bed, 490 00:22:23,893 --> 00:22:28,612 and you could see that the wall directly behind the bed 491 00:22:28,614 --> 00:22:30,614 had been freshly cleaned, 492 00:22:30,616 --> 00:22:32,533 you know, there were wipe marks on it. 493 00:22:34,287 --> 00:22:37,838 - Narrator: The odd cleaning job leaves investigators questioning 494 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,842 why just one wall had been wiped down. 495 00:22:41,844 --> 00:22:44,745 - I then contacted s.A. Todd crosby, 496 00:22:44,747 --> 00:22:46,097 who was our crime scene specialist, 497 00:22:46,099 --> 00:22:48,849 and asked if he would please come process the scene. 498 00:22:48,851 --> 00:22:51,936 S.A. Crosby used several different chemicals 499 00:22:51,938 --> 00:22:54,939 to do testing on the walls of the room. 500 00:22:54,941 --> 00:22:56,307 He sprayed the mattress, 501 00:22:56,309 --> 00:22:58,976 and he found blood on the mattress. 502 00:22:58,978 --> 00:23:00,528 - Narrator: The presence of blood 503 00:23:00,530 --> 00:23:05,032 completely changes the missing person's investigation. 504 00:23:05,034 --> 00:23:07,601 - Whatever had happened began in that bedroom 505 00:23:07,603 --> 00:23:09,487 at donald clark's house. 506 00:23:09,489 --> 00:23:11,772 - You hope he's alive, but at same point, 507 00:23:11,774 --> 00:23:13,974 you have to start working towards the direction 508 00:23:13,976 --> 00:23:16,210 that he possibly could not be alive, 509 00:23:16,212 --> 00:23:18,746 and that you may have a murder. 510 00:23:21,134 --> 00:23:23,801 - Narrator: Once she is well enough to be interviewed, 511 00:23:23,803 --> 00:23:28,806 detectives question jennifer again on December 8, 2008. 512 00:23:28,808 --> 00:23:32,059 Jennifer says her newborn son is michael's, 513 00:23:32,061 --> 00:23:35,462 but admits she realized the relationship was a mistake 514 00:23:35,464 --> 00:23:37,815 when they made it to west virginia. 515 00:23:37,817 --> 00:23:40,234 - Garry: I never liked michael from the first time I met him. 516 00:23:40,236 --> 00:23:44,138 I called her, I told her, I says, "here's the deal," 517 00:23:44,140 --> 00:23:46,473 I said, "you're my daughter and I love you," 518 00:23:46,475 --> 00:23:48,742 I said, "but right now, you're being stupid. 519 00:23:48,744 --> 00:23:50,077 "it's your choice, 520 00:23:50,079 --> 00:23:53,814 but don't call me when it doesn't go right." 521 00:23:53,816 --> 00:23:56,667 - she thought she was going to run off with michael, 522 00:23:56,669 --> 00:23:59,537 and they were going to live happily ever after, 523 00:23:59,539 --> 00:24:02,173 and it just wasn't working out. 524 00:24:02,175 --> 00:24:03,457 - They went to west virginia, 525 00:24:03,459 --> 00:24:06,544 and stayed with jennifer's mother. 526 00:24:06,546 --> 00:24:11,849 She lived in a place that was economically deprived, 527 00:24:11,851 --> 00:24:13,551 it was a terrible life. 528 00:24:13,553 --> 00:24:16,720 They couldn't do anything, didn't have anything, 529 00:24:16,722 --> 00:24:18,355 and she kept remembering 530 00:24:18,357 --> 00:24:21,475 she had a nice house and two sons that she loved, 531 00:24:21,477 --> 00:24:23,210 and a husband--an ex-husband, 532 00:24:23,212 --> 00:24:26,113 but a man who really cared for her. 533 00:24:28,701 --> 00:24:30,901 - Narrator: Jennifer says she ultimately decided 534 00:24:30,903 --> 00:24:32,870 to move back to georgia, 535 00:24:32,872 --> 00:24:37,708 where she ended up rekindling her relationship with donald. 536 00:24:37,710 --> 00:24:42,296 - Garry: Everything was headed back towards normal. 537 00:24:42,298 --> 00:24:47,301 I was glad, 'cuz I knew the boys would have their mom with them. 538 00:24:47,303 --> 00:24:48,719 - Cayce: When she was asked about the blood, 539 00:24:48,721 --> 00:24:51,071 she stated that that was life with boys, 540 00:24:51,073 --> 00:24:53,257 and there would be blood all over the place 541 00:24:53,259 --> 00:24:54,975 because she had boys. 542 00:24:54,977 --> 00:24:58,062 She also stated that she cleaned all the time 543 00:24:58,064 --> 00:25:01,815 so that she could stay on top of her cleaning chores. 544 00:25:01,817 --> 00:25:05,152 Jennifer clark's story was not very believable to us. 545 00:25:07,607 --> 00:25:09,657 - Narrator: After wrapping up with jennifer, 546 00:25:09,659 --> 00:25:13,577 detectives speak to jennifer's eight and ten-year-old sons. 547 00:25:13,579 --> 00:25:15,079 Both boys confirm 548 00:25:15,081 --> 00:25:17,564 that their mother slept in their room that night, 549 00:25:17,566 --> 00:25:21,418 but the oldest boy recalls something unusual. 550 00:25:21,420 --> 00:25:22,786 - Cayce: He heard running in the house 551 00:25:22,788 --> 00:25:25,072 in the middle of the night, he got up to check on it, 552 00:25:25,074 --> 00:25:27,608 and the--the back door was unlocked. 553 00:25:27,610 --> 00:25:30,261 And he stated that their back door was never unlocked 554 00:25:30,263 --> 00:25:31,428 while they were asleep. 555 00:25:31,430 --> 00:25:33,931 He locked it and went back to bed. 556 00:25:35,468 --> 00:25:38,686 - Narrator: With jennifer seemingly cleared by her sons, 557 00:25:38,688 --> 00:25:42,106 detectives turn their attention to michael yost. 558 00:25:42,108 --> 00:25:44,108 Michael admits to the affair, 559 00:25:44,110 --> 00:25:48,145 but claims that jennifer was the instigator. 560 00:25:48,147 --> 00:25:50,648 - Richard: He was a 22-year-old boy, 561 00:25:50,650 --> 00:25:54,434 and uh, she seduced him, basically, 562 00:25:54,436 --> 00:25:56,203 and you know, he was quite willing 563 00:25:56,205 --> 00:26:00,274 to be seduced by this older woman who taught him a lot. 564 00:26:00,276 --> 00:26:03,611 - Narrator: When detectives ask him if he had anything to do 565 00:26:03,613 --> 00:26:08,015 with donald's disappearance, michael staunchly denies it. 566 00:26:08,017 --> 00:26:10,617 - Dwayne: He said donald was just a super nice guy. 567 00:26:10,619 --> 00:26:12,503 Donald trusted him, and donald liked him. 568 00:26:12,505 --> 00:26:15,389 I mean, he was never really as upset with michael 569 00:26:15,391 --> 00:26:18,976 as he was with jenni for cheating on him. 570 00:26:18,978 --> 00:26:20,844 - Cayce: Michael yost was pretty believable, 571 00:26:20,846 --> 00:26:23,314 but I still think that michael yost 572 00:26:23,316 --> 00:26:25,432 had done something with donald clark. 573 00:26:26,986 --> 00:26:28,352 - Narrator: Coming up-- 574 00:26:28,354 --> 00:26:32,639 investigators unearth a previous attempt at donald's life. 575 00:26:32,641 --> 00:26:36,327 - Dwayne: I think she just regretted not doing it, 576 00:26:36,329 --> 00:26:38,779 not killing him at the beginning. 577 00:26:38,781 --> 00:26:40,331 - Narrator: And a heinous crime 578 00:26:40,333 --> 00:26:44,168 shocks even the most seasoned investigators. 579 00:26:44,170 --> 00:26:45,652 - Richard: He just sort of was, uh, 580 00:26:45,654 --> 00:26:47,487 overwhelmed by the whole thing. 581 00:26:47,489 --> 00:26:50,374 It was an ugly mess, it was sickening. 582 00:26:53,179 --> 00:26:56,797 - ♪ 583 00:26:57,482 --> 00:27:00,618 - ♪ 584 00:27:02,989 --> 00:27:04,788 - narrator: After uncovering an affair 585 00:27:04,790 --> 00:27:07,308 between 22-year-old michael yost 586 00:27:07,310 --> 00:27:10,010 and 29-year-old jennifer clark, 587 00:27:10,012 --> 00:27:12,012 detectives take a closer look 588 00:27:12,014 --> 00:27:15,949 into donald and jennifer's turbulent marriage. 589 00:27:15,951 --> 00:27:19,119 What they discover, is that nine months earlier, 590 00:27:19,121 --> 00:27:22,556 donald had made a serious allegation against his wife 591 00:27:22,558 --> 00:27:24,725 during their divorce hearings. 592 00:27:24,727 --> 00:27:28,012 - Donald clark testified in a magistrate court hearing 593 00:27:28,014 --> 00:27:30,731 that he woke up with a sheet thrown over his head, 594 00:27:30,733 --> 00:27:32,900 and jennifer clark standing at the end of the bed 595 00:27:32,902 --> 00:27:34,968 with a baseball bat. 596 00:27:34,970 --> 00:27:37,154 - ♪ 597 00:27:37,156 --> 00:27:39,823 - nikki: I was in shock when he told me that she did that. 598 00:27:39,825 --> 00:27:41,692 What went through her mind when she did that? 599 00:27:41,694 --> 00:27:44,644 I--I was just stunned. 600 00:27:44,646 --> 00:27:46,196 - Narrator: According to records, 601 00:27:46,198 --> 00:27:49,533 the incident took place in March 2008 602 00:27:49,535 --> 00:27:53,037 after jennifer's affair with michael yost had been revealed, 603 00:27:53,039 --> 00:27:56,656 and the couple was discussing divorce. 604 00:27:56,658 --> 00:27:59,343 - She said that she just was sleeping 605 00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:02,513 with the baseball bat, and she didn't hold it over him, 606 00:28:02,515 --> 00:28:04,765 and she didn't cover his head with a sheet. 607 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,688 - Narrator: At the time, donald didn't buy her story, 608 00:28:10,690 --> 00:28:13,107 and immediately called the police. 609 00:28:13,109 --> 00:28:14,674 - They came out, 610 00:28:14,676 --> 00:28:17,945 he had a conversation with the law enforcement. 611 00:28:17,947 --> 00:28:22,516 He determined that, uh, he didn't want to have her charged. 612 00:28:22,518 --> 00:28:23,867 - He didn't want her arrested. 613 00:28:23,869 --> 00:28:25,786 He didn't want his boys to see their mother in handcuffs, 614 00:28:25,788 --> 00:28:28,188 he just wanted her to leave. 615 00:28:28,190 --> 00:28:32,859 - He filed for divorce the next day after this event. 616 00:28:32,861 --> 00:28:34,244 - Cayce: The incident with the bat 617 00:28:34,246 --> 00:28:37,214 and jennifer clark standing over donald clark, 618 00:28:37,216 --> 00:28:40,718 played heavily into our theory 619 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,388 that donald clark had not disappeared, 620 00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:47,591 was actually missing and probably dead. 621 00:28:47,593 --> 00:28:49,476 - ♪ 622 00:28:49,478 --> 00:28:52,262 - narrator: On December 23, 2008, 623 00:28:52,264 --> 00:28:54,881 over a month since donald went missing, 624 00:28:54,883 --> 00:28:57,434 detectives get a phone call from a man 625 00:28:57,436 --> 00:29:00,720 on the other side of the county. 626 00:29:00,722 --> 00:29:04,074 - His dog was chewing on an item in his yard, 627 00:29:04,076 --> 00:29:05,409 and that it looked odd to him. 628 00:29:05,411 --> 00:29:08,779 So, he walked over there to see what his dog was chewing, 629 00:29:08,781 --> 00:29:11,915 and it was an individual's wallet. 630 00:29:11,917 --> 00:29:15,302 And in that wallet contained donald's id. 631 00:29:15,304 --> 00:29:18,772 - ♪ 632 00:29:18,774 --> 00:29:21,675 - once sheriff's deputies and gbi agents 633 00:29:21,677 --> 00:29:23,177 went out to the scene, 634 00:29:23,179 --> 00:29:26,980 we took possession of a wallet, several forms of identification, 635 00:29:26,982 --> 00:29:29,683 and began a search of the area. 636 00:29:29,685 --> 00:29:31,468 - Narrator: That's when detectives realize 637 00:29:31,470 --> 00:29:35,522 that although the wallet is nowhere near donald's house, 638 00:29:35,524 --> 00:29:39,193 it is close to someone else's. 639 00:29:39,195 --> 00:29:41,395 - This house was also a short distance 640 00:29:41,397 --> 00:29:44,064 from michael yost's mother's residence. 641 00:29:44,066 --> 00:29:47,167 - ♪ 642 00:29:47,169 --> 00:29:49,536 - chris: We start searching the sides of the roadway, 643 00:29:49,538 --> 00:29:53,123 and, uh, just looking for other signs of donald clark. 644 00:29:53,125 --> 00:29:56,710 There was a large kudzu patch in one area 645 00:29:56,712 --> 00:29:59,779 on the, uh, side of the road. 646 00:29:59,781 --> 00:30:01,114 We walked that, 647 00:30:01,116 --> 00:30:03,967 and while walking in this kudzu patch, 648 00:30:03,969 --> 00:30:07,787 a, uh, aluminum baseball bat was found. 649 00:30:07,789 --> 00:30:09,623 - ♪ 650 00:30:09,625 --> 00:30:12,476 - we already knew that jenni had threatened donald 651 00:30:12,478 --> 00:30:16,480 with a baseball bat, so finding the bat, 652 00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:19,683 we knew that potentially, we had found the murder weapon. 653 00:30:22,171 --> 00:30:24,471 - Narrator: On christmas eve 2008, 654 00:30:24,473 --> 00:30:29,660 all available investigators descend on the area. 655 00:30:29,662 --> 00:30:33,313 - State patrol actually flew looking for a body, 656 00:30:33,315 --> 00:30:37,167 and then there were just ground and vecle searches constantly, 657 00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:39,920 looking for donald clark. 658 00:30:39,922 --> 00:30:42,589 - Chris: We were driving into the property adjacent 659 00:30:42,591 --> 00:30:45,992 to michael yost's mother's house, 660 00:30:45,994 --> 00:30:48,011 and while we were pulling in there, 661 00:30:48,013 --> 00:30:52,549 the former sheriff saw an item in the bushes 662 00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:55,018 that just made him stop. 663 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:57,003 We got out and approached it, 664 00:30:57,005 --> 00:31:01,174 and we could see a camouflage blanket. 665 00:31:01,176 --> 00:31:02,943 And as we got closer, 666 00:31:02,945 --> 00:31:07,397 uh, you could see human toes sticking out at the end of it. 667 00:31:07,399 --> 00:31:09,900 - ♪ 668 00:31:09,902 --> 00:31:13,570 - narrator: Now 36 days since donald's disappearance, 669 00:31:13,572 --> 00:31:17,624 csi arrive on the scene to inspect the body. 670 00:31:17,626 --> 00:31:20,427 Based on donald's distinctive tattoos, 671 00:31:20,429 --> 00:31:25,082 agents immediately know they have found their victim. 672 00:31:25,084 --> 00:31:28,085 - He had been in the woods a month or more. 673 00:31:28,087 --> 00:31:31,471 He had a plastic bag over his head. 674 00:31:31,473 --> 00:31:36,226 Of course, his head was just battered. 675 00:31:36,228 --> 00:31:37,728 That was a clear indication 676 00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:40,764 that not only was he hit with a-- 677 00:31:40,766 --> 00:31:42,566 a blunt object very hard, 678 00:31:42,568 --> 00:31:45,102 he was hit multiple times. 679 00:31:45,104 --> 00:31:47,237 It was an ugly mess, it was. 680 00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:48,572 - ♪ 681 00:31:48,574 --> 00:31:49,773 - cayce: When donald clark was found, 682 00:31:49,775 --> 00:31:51,391 he was still in his pajamas. 683 00:31:51,393 --> 00:31:54,328 Jennifer clark said that donald got up and went to work, 684 00:31:54,330 --> 00:31:57,831 and left with his work clothes on. 685 00:31:57,833 --> 00:31:59,917 When we found donald clark in his pajamas, 686 00:31:59,919 --> 00:32:03,287 we knew that jennifer's story could not be the case. 687 00:32:04,340 --> 00:32:05,606 - As soon as we found the body, 688 00:32:05,608 --> 00:32:09,676 we--we sent patrol sergeant and another deputy 689 00:32:09,678 --> 00:32:12,879 to go take jennifer clark and michael yost into custody. 690 00:32:15,517 --> 00:32:17,601 - Narrator: In separate interrogation rooms, 691 00:32:17,603 --> 00:32:22,439 detectives confront jennifer and michael with the evidence. 692 00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:25,609 Jennifer cracks first. 693 00:32:25,611 --> 00:32:29,112 - She said michael didn't want another man raising his child. 694 00:32:29,114 --> 00:32:32,866 That was the issue that she raised as his motive. 695 00:32:32,868 --> 00:32:35,485 - Jennifer said that michael yost wanted jennifer 696 00:32:35,487 --> 00:32:36,653 all for himself, 697 00:32:36,655 --> 00:32:41,291 and that michael would kill to have jennifer. 698 00:32:41,293 --> 00:32:42,876 - Narrator: Jennifer tells the police 699 00:32:42,878 --> 00:32:45,796 that she was sleeping with donald on November 18, 700 00:32:45,798 --> 00:32:49,499 when she heard the back door open. 701 00:32:49,501 --> 00:32:53,220 - She said that michael came into the room, 702 00:32:53,222 --> 00:32:55,806 and woke her up. 703 00:32:55,808 --> 00:32:57,591 - Richard: She was terrified of michael, 704 00:32:57,593 --> 00:33:00,143 and, uh, her number one concern 705 00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:03,981 was her children were right there in the house. 706 00:33:03,983 --> 00:33:06,683 - Narrator: Jennifer says she rushed to her sons' bedroom 707 00:33:06,685 --> 00:33:10,904 just in time to hear a grisly sound. 708 00:33:10,906 --> 00:33:12,806 - She said she heard the sound 709 00:33:12,808 --> 00:33:16,309 of michael yost beating donald's head in with the ball bat. 710 00:33:16,311 --> 00:33:22,649 - ♪ 711 00:33:22,651 --> 00:33:24,418 - narrator: Jennifer tells investigators, 712 00:33:24,420 --> 00:33:25,919 when michael emerged, 713 00:33:25,921 --> 00:33:29,673 he made her help him move donald's body. 714 00:33:29,675 --> 00:33:31,758 - They wrapped his head with two plastic bags 715 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:36,263 to kind of contain the mess before they tried to move him. 716 00:33:36,265 --> 00:33:37,381 - Richard: They took him out, 717 00:33:37,383 --> 00:33:40,183 and put him in the, uh, trunk of the car. 718 00:33:40,185 --> 00:33:46,005 She kept saying that she was, uh, intimidated by yost, 719 00:33:46,007 --> 00:33:49,609 afraid of yost, afraid that her children might not be safe. 720 00:33:49,611 --> 00:33:51,862 And so, she had to cooperate with yost 721 00:33:51,864 --> 00:33:54,114 to get him out of the house. 722 00:33:54,116 --> 00:33:55,899 - Narrator: After michael drove off, 723 00:33:55,901 --> 00:33:58,952 jennifer says she checked on her sleeping kids, 724 00:33:58,954 --> 00:34:01,905 and then got to work. 725 00:34:01,907 --> 00:34:03,907 - She cleaned, uh, 726 00:34:03,909 --> 00:34:06,543 she had to do everything as quietly as possible 727 00:34:06,545 --> 00:34:09,246 to not wake the children. 728 00:34:09,248 --> 00:34:10,864 - Nikki: She says that maybe 729 00:34:10,866 --> 00:34:14,801 she should have called the cops after it happened, 730 00:34:14,803 --> 00:34:17,304 but she-- she still adamantly maintains 731 00:34:17,306 --> 00:34:19,506 that she's not the one that swung the bat. 732 00:34:22,111 --> 00:34:25,979 - Narrator: Down the hall, michael finally gives in, too, 733 00:34:25,981 --> 00:34:29,599 but his story isn't anything like jennifer's. 734 00:34:29,601 --> 00:34:33,153 He claims, that although jennifer went back to donald, 735 00:34:33,155 --> 00:34:35,572 they were still having regular trysts 736 00:34:35,574 --> 00:34:40,059 up until the night of November 18, 2008. 737 00:34:40,061 --> 00:34:42,245 - ♪ 738 00:34:42,247 --> 00:34:43,613 - cayce: Jennifer clark called him 739 00:34:43,615 --> 00:34:45,064 approximately 1 a.M., 740 00:34:45,066 --> 00:34:47,400 and asked him to come to the house. 741 00:34:47,402 --> 00:34:49,619 He waited for jennifer clark to flash the lights 742 00:34:49,621 --> 00:34:52,839 at the residence, which was previously discussed, 743 00:34:52,841 --> 00:34:54,574 michael would go inside the house 744 00:34:54,576 --> 00:34:57,010 when the lights were flashed. 745 00:34:57,012 --> 00:34:59,963 - Narrator: Michael says that once he was inside the house, 746 00:34:59,965 --> 00:35:03,600 he realized this was no ordinary hook up. 747 00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:08,254 Donald was still home and asleep in the couple's bed. 748 00:35:08,256 --> 00:35:12,926 - He heard jenni open a closet, get the bat. 749 00:35:12,928 --> 00:35:14,277 Michael yost's story is that 750 00:35:14,279 --> 00:35:16,596 jennifer clark then hits donald clark in the head 751 00:35:16,598 --> 00:35:18,315 with the baseball bat. 752 00:35:18,317 --> 00:35:23,102 - ♪ 753 00:35:23,104 --> 00:35:24,771 - richard: He just sort of was, uh, 754 00:35:24,773 --> 00:35:28,041 overwhelmed by the whole thing, it was sickening. 755 00:35:28,043 --> 00:35:31,795 - Michael recalled that donald made gurgling noises, 756 00:35:31,797 --> 00:35:34,948 at which time, he heard jennifer hit donald clark 757 00:35:34,950 --> 00:35:37,834 approximately two more times. 758 00:35:37,836 --> 00:35:39,352 - Richard: She came up to him, 759 00:35:39,354 --> 00:35:44,474 and she kneeled down on the floor right in front of him, 760 00:35:44,476 --> 00:35:47,344 so that she looked up into his face, 761 00:35:47,346 --> 00:35:50,847 and she asked him to help her. 762 00:35:50,849 --> 00:35:54,401 - Michael said that he dumped the body, 763 00:35:54,403 --> 00:35:57,070 and then went down this road called potts pond road 764 00:35:57,072 --> 00:36:01,024 throwing out the boots, and the bat, and the wallet. 765 00:36:01,026 --> 00:36:04,361 - Cayce: Michael yost then leaves the car at a hotel. 766 00:36:04,363 --> 00:36:08,415 Michael also says that he uses donald clark's phone 767 00:36:08,417 --> 00:36:12,252 to respond to a text that jennifer clark sent to him. 768 00:36:12,254 --> 00:36:13,670 I think they turned on each other, 769 00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:16,823 because they knew somebody was going to jail, 770 00:36:16,825 --> 00:36:21,160 and neither one of them wanted to be the one to go. 771 00:36:21,162 --> 00:36:22,512 - Narrator: Coming up, 772 00:36:22,514 --> 00:36:26,099 whose story will the jury believe? 773 00:36:26,101 --> 00:36:28,351 - How could somebody who's nine months pregnant 774 00:36:28,353 --> 00:36:30,270 swing a baseball bat? 775 00:36:30,272 --> 00:36:33,223 - The only person that could tell what happened that night, 776 00:36:33,225 --> 00:36:34,340 was her and michael. 777 00:36:34,342 --> 00:36:36,526 - Rebecca: I wanted to stand up and say, 778 00:36:36,528 --> 00:36:40,197 "stop your lying and tell these people the truth." 779 00:36:41,283 --> 00:36:43,950 - ♪ 780 00:36:50,509 --> 00:36:53,493 - narrator: Sitting in a lamar county interrogation room 781 00:36:53,495 --> 00:36:56,296 on December 24, 2008, 782 00:36:56,298 --> 00:36:59,632 jennifer clark and her boyfriend, michael yost, 783 00:36:59,634 --> 00:37:03,003 have two very different stories about what happened 784 00:37:03,005 --> 00:37:06,907 the night her husband, donald clark, died. 785 00:37:06,909 --> 00:37:08,658 - Both of them were involved. 786 00:37:08,660 --> 00:37:10,577 At this point, it becomes irrelevant 787 00:37:10,579 --> 00:37:15,081 who actually hit donald with the bat. 788 00:37:15,083 --> 00:37:17,884 They formulated a plan together. 789 00:37:17,886 --> 00:37:20,486 They both conspired to kill him. 790 00:37:20,488 --> 00:37:23,556 - Narrator: Jennifer and michael are placed under arrest, 791 00:37:23,558 --> 00:37:27,060 and both continue to stick to their conflicting stories 792 00:37:27,062 --> 00:37:30,163 while they await trial. 793 00:37:30,165 --> 00:37:33,500 However, with their court dates finally approaching, 794 00:37:33,502 --> 00:37:35,702 in the fall of 2009, 795 00:37:35,704 --> 00:37:38,605 michael has a sudden change of heart. 796 00:37:38,607 --> 00:37:39,723 - My opinion was that 797 00:37:39,725 --> 00:37:43,944 michael yost had been manipulated by her. 798 00:37:43,946 --> 00:37:46,229 So, I talked to his lawyer, 799 00:37:46,231 --> 00:37:48,281 and I said, "you know, this is the case 800 00:37:48,283 --> 00:37:53,203 where if he will plead guilty, he will get life imprisonment," 801 00:37:53,205 --> 00:37:55,538 and he agreed fairly quickly. 802 00:37:57,542 --> 00:38:00,794 - Narrator: On January 31, 2011, 803 00:38:00,796 --> 00:38:03,363 32-year-old, jennifer leigh clark 804 00:38:03,365 --> 00:38:07,300 enters the butts county courtroom facing life in prison 805 00:38:07,302 --> 00:38:09,135 for murder. 806 00:38:09,137 --> 00:38:12,055 In opening statements, prosecutors allege 807 00:38:12,057 --> 00:38:16,760 that jennifer felt her comfortable life slipping away. 808 00:38:16,762 --> 00:38:19,879 - Cayce: I believe that jennifer clark wanted 809 00:38:19,881 --> 00:38:24,934 to have the house, the kids, and her boyfriend, michael yost, 810 00:38:24,936 --> 00:38:28,588 and the only way to do that was to get rid of donald clark. 811 00:38:28,590 --> 00:38:30,156 - Everything in her life 812 00:38:30,158 --> 00:38:34,911 had been taken away from her, and she was pregnant. 813 00:38:34,913 --> 00:38:40,733 A mother about to have a child is wanting security, 814 00:38:40,735 --> 00:38:44,804 wanting stability, wanting to establish her life. 815 00:38:47,109 --> 00:38:48,441 - Narrator: Prosecutors say 816 00:38:48,443 --> 00:38:52,412 that jennifer tried to get back to the life she loved. 817 00:38:52,414 --> 00:38:55,682 - She kept trying to worm her way back into his good graces. 818 00:38:55,684 --> 00:39:00,320 - Richard: Donald was not committing to her in any regard. 819 00:39:00,322 --> 00:39:05,091 She was just someone there keeping the children. 820 00:39:05,093 --> 00:39:09,529 Donald had moved on in his romantic life. 821 00:39:09,531 --> 00:39:10,864 - I'm pretty sure that she knew 822 00:39:10,866 --> 00:39:13,433 that donald was about to end their relationship. 823 00:39:13,435 --> 00:39:18,604 I'm not sure that donald knew the danger that he was in. 824 00:39:18,606 --> 00:39:21,157 - ♪ 825 00:39:21,159 --> 00:39:23,943 - I definitely think that she did the same thing 826 00:39:23,945 --> 00:39:26,612 she did to him the night that he woke up. 827 00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:28,548 She sat over him with a baseball bat, 828 00:39:28,550 --> 00:39:32,469 and this time, she had the courage to--to swing it. 829 00:39:32,471 --> 00:39:34,804 - You know, it's almost unimaginable to me 830 00:39:34,806 --> 00:39:36,723 that somebody can be that depraved. 831 00:39:36,725 --> 00:39:40,894 I mean, that's just-- that's just hate. 832 00:39:43,315 --> 00:39:44,630 - Narrator: Prosecutors believe 833 00:39:44,632 --> 00:39:47,567 that she then called her boyfriend, michael yost, 834 00:39:47,569 --> 00:39:50,670 to help clean up the mess. 835 00:39:50,672 --> 00:39:52,038 - Walter: That's where michael came in. 836 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,909 His strong back was the--the way she got him out of there, 837 00:39:55,911 --> 00:39:59,412 and he left with the body in the honda civic. 838 00:39:59,414 --> 00:40:01,164 - Rebecca: Michael testified, 839 00:40:01,166 --> 00:40:03,149 and he admitted to taking him out, 840 00:40:03,151 --> 00:40:06,553 putting him in the car, and going away with him. 841 00:40:06,555 --> 00:40:08,671 - ♪ 842 00:40:08,673 --> 00:40:10,323 - narrator: Defense attorneys argue 843 00:40:10,325 --> 00:40:13,510 that michael yost is the true mastermind, 844 00:40:13,512 --> 00:40:16,346 and on February 3, 2011, 845 00:40:16,348 --> 00:40:20,166 jennifer takes the stand in her own defense. 846 00:40:20,168 --> 00:40:21,501 - Suesan: Jennifer had to testify, 847 00:40:21,503 --> 00:40:24,854 there was nobody else that could speak for her. 848 00:40:24,856 --> 00:40:27,941 The only person that could tell what happened that night, 849 00:40:27,943 --> 00:40:29,876 was her and michael. 850 00:40:29,878 --> 00:40:31,411 - Dwayne: I know that was part of their defense 851 00:40:31,413 --> 00:40:34,013 was that how could somebody who's nine months pregnant 852 00:40:34,015 --> 00:40:36,349 swing a baseball bat? 853 00:40:36,351 --> 00:40:37,534 - Richard: During her testimony, 854 00:40:37,536 --> 00:40:40,570 she was making herself somehow the victim. 855 00:40:40,572 --> 00:40:42,589 Here she was on trial for her life, 856 00:40:42,591 --> 00:40:46,593 and it was her evil boyfriend killing her evil husband. 857 00:40:46,595 --> 00:40:49,362 And, uh, she was just a poor little woman 858 00:40:49,364 --> 00:40:52,265 who was nine months pregnant. 859 00:40:52,267 --> 00:40:54,367 - Rebecca: And I wanted to stand up, and tell her to, 860 00:40:54,369 --> 00:40:57,637 "stop your lying, and tell these people the truth." 861 00:40:59,641 --> 00:41:02,709 - narrator: When prosecutors begin their cross examination, 862 00:41:02,711 --> 00:41:07,447 jennifer's carefully crafted persona starts to crack. 863 00:41:07,449 --> 00:41:09,382 - When the questions got a little bit more pointed, 864 00:41:09,384 --> 00:41:11,100 a little more heated, 865 00:41:11,102 --> 00:41:13,720 then you could see flashes of anger. 866 00:41:13,722 --> 00:41:16,272 - Nikki: She had an outburst, she jumped up and said 867 00:41:16,274 --> 00:41:17,991 that the only good thing about michael yost 868 00:41:17,993 --> 00:41:20,243 was what was between his legs. 869 00:41:20,245 --> 00:41:23,396 Screamed it in the middle of the court. 870 00:41:23,398 --> 00:41:24,797 - Richard: The same kind of emotion 871 00:41:24,799 --> 00:41:26,950 that she was having, the anger she was having when she was 872 00:41:26,952 --> 00:41:30,236 beating him in the head with the aluminum baseball bat. 873 00:41:30,238 --> 00:41:34,007 That's all the jury needed to know, really. 874 00:41:34,009 --> 00:41:36,742 - Narrator: On February 4, 2011, 875 00:41:36,744 --> 00:41:39,679 after less than an hour of deliberation, 876 00:41:39,681 --> 00:41:44,584 the jury returns with a verdict. - They found her guilty. 877 00:41:44,586 --> 00:41:47,120 She held her head down. 878 00:41:47,122 --> 00:41:48,972 I think that was the worst part, 879 00:41:48,974 --> 00:41:53,092 that the judge told her that, "now you can't see your kids." 880 00:41:53,094 --> 00:41:56,279 - we all smiled, everyone hugged each other. 881 00:41:56,281 --> 00:41:59,482 We hugged the da. It was, um, 882 00:41:59,484 --> 00:42:02,602 an air of celebration without actually, you know, 883 00:42:02,604 --> 00:42:05,955 jumping up and down and celebrating in court. 884 00:42:05,957 --> 00:42:09,375 - I was happy. It just--overwhelmed and happy 885 00:42:09,377 --> 00:42:12,111 all at--you know, it--that it was finally over. 886 00:42:12,113 --> 00:42:15,999 That they got justice, that he got justice. 887 00:42:16,001 --> 00:42:18,017 - Narrator: The judge sentences jennifer 888 00:42:18,019 --> 00:42:22,005 to life in prison plus 60 years. 889 00:42:22,007 --> 00:42:24,807 - The judge gave her the maximum penalty, 890 00:42:24,809 --> 00:42:27,977 and he made them back to back, to back to back. 891 00:42:27,979 --> 00:42:30,230 - ♪ 892 00:42:30,232 --> 00:42:31,648 - narrator: Those close to donald 893 00:42:31,650 --> 00:42:36,069 hope that his story will serve as a warning to others. 894 00:42:36,071 --> 00:42:39,188 - I think that's what you run into with men most of the time 895 00:42:39,190 --> 00:42:43,359 is that they don't want to admit that they're a victim of abuse. 896 00:42:43,361 --> 00:42:45,745 It's always haunted me a little bit. 897 00:42:45,747 --> 00:42:48,164 Was there more that could have been done to protect him? 898 00:42:48,166 --> 00:42:49,582 And after this, you know, 899 00:42:49,584 --> 00:42:52,368 I always tell men and women, you know, 900 00:42:52,370 --> 00:42:54,153 the story about--about donald. 901 00:42:54,155 --> 00:42:55,922 I tell them, "you need to get out of the house 902 00:42:55,924 --> 00:42:59,825 because you never know what somebody's capable of." 903 00:42:59,827 --> 00:43:03,529 - brenda: The term that it gets better with time is not true. 904 00:43:03,531 --> 00:43:08,568 You tend to live your life, a little easier maybe, 905 00:43:08,570 --> 00:43:11,003 but you still think about him every day. 906 00:43:11,005 --> 00:43:13,189 But we still get up, and--and go on, 907 00:43:13,191 --> 00:43:16,059 because that's what he would want us to do. 908 00:43:16,061 --> 00:43:21,864 - ♪