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[female narrator]
a widow's second chance at love
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Ends in death.
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[eddie] they'd seen a subject
come out of a residence,
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Screaming, yelling.
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He was in severe
distress and pain.
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It was around between 9:00
and 9:30 that they found him,
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And 10:18 when
he was pronounced deceased.
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[narrator] the hunt for the
truth leads investigators
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To an alluring seductress.
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She definitely used her
sexuality, I would say
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To woo men.
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She had him hung up and twisted.
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He was over the moon for her.
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[narrator] multiple agencies
work together
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To expose the dangerous and
twisted web the killer created.
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She brought almost chaos.
It was like a whirlwind.
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[danny] there's three dead
people, and they're all
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Connected to one person.
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[linda] I think she is evil
from the toes up.
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It was all a game with her.
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She just thought she was not
gonna be caught.
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She was just on a high
of seeing what she could do
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And what she could get away
with.
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[music]
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[narrator] san angelo, texas--
a former frontier town
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Located deep in the heart
of the lone star state.
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[eddie] we're three hours
from lubbock, texas,
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To the north,
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And to the south we got,
uh, san antonio.
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It's a larger town,
over 100,000 people, but here,
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Everybody knows everybody.
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[narrator] on February 16, 2009,
all was quiet as usual
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Until just before 9:30 am,
when a call comes into the
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San angelo 911 dispatch center.
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The female caller reports
that she and a friend
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Were driving when they
spotted a man in distress
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In the front yard of a home.
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[eddie] they had seen a subject
come out of a residence,
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Screaming, yelling,
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And then shortly thereafter,
the subject collapsed.
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There were two ladies.
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They stopped to see what
they could do to help.
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[narrator] the woman reports
that her friend
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Is attempting cpr,
but despite her efforts,
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The man is deteriorating
by the second.
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She realized that he
had stopped breathing.
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[eddie] at that point,
we had dispatched
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Medical personnel,
the fire department
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To respond to the scene.
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[narrator]
paramedics arrive and take over
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The lifesaving efforts.
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He was transported by ambulance
to our--a trauma one hospital
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Here in san angelo.
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[narrator] but doctors never
get a chance to treat him.
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Just moments after
arriving at the er,
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The patient succumbs to the
mysterious affliction.
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It was around between
9:00 and 9:30 that
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The ladies had found him.
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And I believe it was about
10:18, something like that,
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In the morning when
he was pronounced deceased.
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So a very short period of time.
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[narrator] since he wasn't
seen by a physician,
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The patient's passing is
categorized
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As an unattended death.
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In texas, any time there is
an unattended death
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Not being treated by a doctor,
then they will call
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The justice of the peace.
It's an old office in texas.
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They do the investigation
into an unattended death.
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They believed that it was
some type of heart issue
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That caused his death,
like a heart attack.
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[narrator] just then, the
victim's son, michael phillips,
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Arrives at the emergency room.
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The next-door neighbor
had actually called
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And let mike phillips know
that his father had been
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Transported to the hospital.
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So he arrived,
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And then a positive
identification was made.
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[narrator] michael speaks
with the justice of the peace,
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Who shares the devastating news
that his father,
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James bud phillips,
is deceased.
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Michael is in disbelief.
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Born in 1948, james bud phillip
was a native texan.
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Bud grew up
in san angelo, texas.
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And when he was young,
he got involved with a
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Pretty rough crowd.
He was selling drugs.
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Eventually, bud married,
and they had a son.
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But when bud was 43 years old,
the fast part of his life
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Caught up with him.
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He got arrested and was
convicted for selling drugs.
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He was sentenced
to 20 years in prison,
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But thanks to his appeal,
he only served 14.
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[narrator] in 2005, when bud got
out at the age of 56,
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He was determined to stay
on the straight and narrow.
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Bud found one thing he learned
on the inside that helped him
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On the outside... Discipline.
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He was a very orderly,
neat, organized individual.
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Almost to the point
of being compulsive.
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His appearance, everything
from his vehicles to how he
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Kept his house, his clothes,
everything very orderly.
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Bud liked working on old cars,
and he really had a
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Talent for it.
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[lynn] he was very active.
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He wasn't someone that
just sat around all day.
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[narrator] bud tried to make up
for lost time with his now-adul
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Son, michael, who lived nearby.
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Because he was in prison,
bud missed a big chunk
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Of his son's life, and that
really weighed heavy on him.
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So he was determined
to make up for that.
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Michael was very much
in touch with his father.
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They had a very
good relationship.
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[narrator] bud was satisfied
with his quiet life,
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But 2007 brought some unexpecte
and welcomed excitement--
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A raven-haired beauty
named purdie clark.
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She was an attractive, um,
young lady and, uh,
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Could be very charming.
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She had a bubbly personality.
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[narrator] when bud met the
mother of three,
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She was still grieving the loss
of her first husband,
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42-year-old kim clark, who
had died just months earlier
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In September of 2006.
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I knew kim clark from work.
We were co-workers.
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Kim was in the cubicle
next to me.
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This regular guy with a family
and a good job,
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And he was found on the side of
the road shot twice in the head.
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The first things that went
through my mind are that it was
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A wrong place, wrong time thing.
What else could it possibly be?
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[narrator] the murder was
still under investigation
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When purdie met bud phillips.
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[danny] purdie just lost her
husband a few months earlier.
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And kim has a twin brother named
tim, who filed a civil suit to
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Get the boys away from purdie.
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When she met bud, he really
filled a void in her life.
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[narrator] despite of the almost
30-year age difference,
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Bud and purdie were swept away
by their romance.
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It was like a whirlwind.
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They couldn't separate
from each other once
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They began their relationship.
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[narrator]
just a few months later,
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Purdie moved into bud's home.
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They've lived together
for a period of time.
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They consider themselves
husband and wife,
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But not legally married.
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[narrator] the couple hoped
for a long and happy life
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With each other.
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But now, two and a half
years after the death
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Of her first husband,
purdie is grieving another loss
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After being rushed
to the er on the morning
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Of February 16, 2009,
60-year-old bud phillips
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Is pronounced dead
from what doctors believe
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To be a heart attack.
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A male subject that age,
it's highly likely that
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He could have had a heart attac
or some other medical episode.
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[narrator] however,
bud's loved ones insist
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There must be
another explanation.
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Michael did not believe
that mr. Phillips had died
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Of a cardiac arrest.
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While he was 60, he carried
himself as being much younger.
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He was in very good
physical condition.
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[narrator] michael requests
an autopsy on his father.
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[philip]
he did listen to the family.
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And to calm their suspicions,
he agreed to do a blood test.
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It would enable him to find out
if there was another reason
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For an autopsy.
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[narrator] the following day,
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Before the results
of the blood test are back,
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San angelo police get a call
from bud's son, michael.
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Michael reports that his
father's ex, purdie clark,
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Is at the house declaring
the house belongs to her.
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[shawntell] the son was at the
dad's house, cleaning it out.
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And she showed up, I guess,
to claim the house, essentially.
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[lynn] so now there
was a disturbance between
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Mr. Phillips' family members
and ms. Clark, so much that
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The police were notified.
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[narrator] coming up...
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A detective makes a disturbing
connection between bud's death
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And a cold case.
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The next thing we know is one
of the main suspects is dead.
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[narrator] and a mysterious
letter to police
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Creates more questions
than answers.
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[lynn] it was addressed
to the chief of police.
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He had placed in the letter
that he was responsible
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For his death.
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They just didn't believe
that was an authentic letter
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Admitting to the crime
and then the suicide afterwards
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[narrator] on February 17, 2009,
michael phillips summoned polic
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To the residence of his suddenl
deceased father, bud phillips.
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Bud's son tells officers that
his father's ex, purdie clark,
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Is trying to claim his home.
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Ms. Clark had no longer lived
there, but she was trying to
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Take possession of the house.
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[narrator] purdie insists
to police that her long-term
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Relationship with bud gives
her the right to ownership of
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His home following his death.
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[eddie] mr. Phillips and
purdie clark lived together,
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And they considered
each other husband and wife,
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But not legally married.
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They were more
than a dating relationship.
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[narrator] however, michael
points out that the couple
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Had been on and off
for the last four months,
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And had recently separated in
November.
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[shawntell] I think it was an
on-and-off again relationship.
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She had not been living there
on a day-to-day basis
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For several months.
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Even if they were
common-law married,
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It didn't make it her house.
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If he owned that house
prior to her moving in,
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Which he clearly did,
that would never be her house.
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[lynn] the sergeant that
responded to the scene
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Called me because he knew that
I'd had previous knowledge
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Of ms. Clark. I advised
that sergeant to go ahead
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And allow mr. Phillips' son
to secure the residence,
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Maintain control. And michael
was his power of attorney.
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[narrator] purdie is instructed
to leave the property.
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Back at the station,
detective dye makes a
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Striking connection after
pulling purdie's police file.
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This is not the first
time san angelo police
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Have encountered purdie clark.
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[lynn] we had been investigating
her for some time.
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She had committed felony theft,
forged a felony amount of check
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And in 2006, we had been
contacted by members of the
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Collin county
sheriff's department
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And the texas rangers
about an incident that
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Occurred in collin county.
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They were investigating
a homicide at that time,
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And the victim was
identified as kim clark.
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[narrator]
on September 14, 2006,
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Kim clark, purdie's first
husband, was reported missing.
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Kim clark worked
for texas instruments,
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Which is in, uh,
the mckinney, plano area,
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Kind of north dallas area.
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[scott] on a Sunday morning,
I remember being surprised
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To look at my phone
and see a incoming call
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From my supervisor.
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Of course,
I answer it right away,
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And my supervisor asked me,
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Hey, have you seen kim?
Kim's...
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Apparently, he didn't
come home after work on Friday.
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And do you know anything
about where he could be?
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And, of course, I'm shocked.
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I remember thinking,
is this a prank kim is pulling?
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[narrator] when police
questioned purdie back in 2006,
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She claimed the last time she
saw her husband
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Was the night before
he went missing.
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Purdie said the evening ended
with an argument,
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And that she left to go
meet friends at a bar.
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When she got home,
kim wasn't there.
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And she told investigators she
didn't know what happened to hi
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Or where he'd gone.
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[narrator]
just five days later,
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A tractor driver
made a horrific discovery.
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He was found
about 20 feet, I believe,
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Off the edge of the highway
by someone driving a tractor.
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He'd been shot
in the head two times.
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I remember getting a heads up
from the sheriff's department
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That they found a body.
There was decomposition.
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So he'd been there
for the majority of the time
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He was missing.
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[scott] it was on a Tuesday,
I think, that we learned
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That his body had been found.
I called purdie.
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And she was very sad about kim.
Nothing ever seemed off
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Or out of the ordinary
about what could be at home.
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I thought maybe he went out
for dinner on Friday night
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And the place was robbed,
and who knows?
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But I would have never guessed
that it's anything intentional
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On his side
or on anyone else's side.
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[narrator]
after finding kim's body,
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Collin county investigators
teamed up with san angelo
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Police and took a deep dive
into purdie and kim's life.
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They quickly learned that
the marriage was anything
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But traditional.
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Kim and purdie clark,
they were married for 14 years,
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But they had
an open relationship.
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In 2006, she met a gentleman
named robert dwayne murphy,
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Met him online.
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[jeremy] dwayne had a bad
break-up the year before.
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And I think dwayne
was looking for love.
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In the beginning, purdie told
dwayne that she was single.
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And then, a few weeks
into the relationship,
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It turned into something else.
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That she was married, but they
were getting a divorce.
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But it was all kind of slid in
under the table after they had
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Already gotten together in
a more serious relationship.
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[narrator]
soon, dwayne and purdie
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Were hot and heavy, despite
purdie's dubious marital status
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[jeremy] it was a fast,
serious relationship.
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She had him hung up
and twisting.
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He was over the moon for her.
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And he wound up moving
into the house with kim
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And purdie clark at the time.
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[narrator] when police
questioned purdie and dwayne,
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They both deny any involvement
in kim's murder.
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Purdie clark and robert murphy
soon became prime suspects
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In kim clark's death.
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[narrator] a month later,
detectives looking into
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Kim's murder found
themselves at an impasse.
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But the haze of suspicion
around purdie thickened
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When dwayne murphy also turned
up dead on October 16, 2006.
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The next thing we know is one of
the main suspects is dead.
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[philip] dwayne was found
alone in a hotel room
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Here in san angelo
by the cleaning lady.
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[shawntell] he had od'd on a
hotshot of heroin and cocaine,
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But yet there was no needle
found. There was no spoon found
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So somebody was there with him,
because somebody
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Removed whatever
happened afterwards.
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[narrator] the news shocked
those who were close to dwayne.
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For him to be accused
or associated with
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Any kind of drugs
was unheard of.
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[narrator]
adding to the mystery,
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A few days after dwayne's death
a letter showed up at the
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San angelo police department--
an apparent suicide note
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From dwayne murphy.
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[philip] there was a letter
that was sent
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Claiming that he is the one
that had shot kim clark.
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And that he wasn't
gonna go on.
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[narrator] investigators had
strong doubts that dwayne
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Actually penned the confession.
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He could have simply
just left it. Why mail it?
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That's a great deal of
preparation and forethought
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That you normally don't
see in these instances.
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[narrator]
though dwayne's autopsy
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Deemed his death as suicide,
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Investigators couldn't
shake their suspicions.
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[philip] you could have
an autopsy that the
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Medical examiner will rule
a cause of death as suicide,
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But then they leave it up to
investigators to determine,
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And do all the same
steps that we would
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For a homicide investigation.
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So I would say early on
in this investigation,
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We were working it
as a homicide.
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[narrator] for two years,
suspicions surrounded purdie.
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But with no clear evidence
tying her to kim's murder
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Or dwayne's mysterious death,
she has remained a free woman.
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[lynn] purdie clark was
and still remains to be
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A person of interest.
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She's the common link between
her husbands and mr. Murphy,
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Who are both deceased.
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From the investigator's
standpoint, it looked like
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Purdie wanted to murder
kim for his money.
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And she also murdered dwayne
because he knew too much
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About kim's murder.
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[narrator] now, less than three
years later, the 31-year-old is
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Back in detectives' sights
as they learn of purdie's
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Connection to bud phillips
and her attempt to cash in
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On his death.
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Knowing her history,
we need to look into this
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As a murder.
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[danny] there's three dead
people, and they're all
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Connected to one person.
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Everything just
leads back to her.
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[narrator] coming up.
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New details emerge about
purdie and bud's romance.
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The relationship
was there to take advantage
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Of bud phillips and take
advantage of his finances.
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[narrator] and later,
the prime suspect goes missing.
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We had no idea where she was.
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[shawn] she told me
she was going to town
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To get something for supper,
and she'd be right back.
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She never came back.
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[music]
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[narrator] on February 18, 2009,
two days after bud phillips
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Passed away from what
appears to be a heart attack,
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Investigators get the results
of bud's blood test back.
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And the 60-year-old's true
cause of death is revealed.
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[lynn] there was strychnine
in his blood,
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So we knew we were
working a homicide.
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[narrator]
on west texas ranches,
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Strychnine was
often commonplace.
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Strychnine is a poison.
It was used in the early days
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By ranchers for predators,
coyotes, bobcats.
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It's very lethal for humans.
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It doesn't take very much
strychnine at all.
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You'll see the symptoms
within 10 to 20 minutes
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After ingestion.
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It affects your muscular system
and your respiratory system.
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It basically causes all
your muscles and everything
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To just seize.
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[narrator] if bud died
from strychnine poisoning,
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How did he get into his system?
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Strychnine's very bitter.
We're looking for some
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Type of food source,
something that would
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Overpower the bitterness.
That's where we started.
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[narrator]
two days after bud's death,
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Investigators go back
to his house
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To look for a possible source.
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There, they find bud's son,
michael.
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Investigators have
to tell michael that
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His suspicions were right,
and his father didn't
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Die of a heart attack.
Instead, he died of poisoning.
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And michael was very
devastated by that news.
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[narrator] michael tells
detectives that he and his wife
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Had done some tidying up
when they came back to the hous
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From the hospital.
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[lynn] at his residence,
after we became involved,
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What we found was completely
opposite of what had been
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Described by his family.
You know, disorder, clutter.
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He had found an overturned
carton of ice cream
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In one of the bedrooms,
half melted.
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And we inquired to
where that was,
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And he'd already cleaned it out
and taken it to the trash.
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A bitter poison would need
something to mask it,
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Something very sweet that
would overcome the taste.
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And ice cream kind of
fits that bill.
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[narrator] investigators head
outside, where they dig
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Through bud's trash.
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Inside, we found
the perfect cover for that
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Type of poison.
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Obviously, the first thing
we sent to the lab
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Was the ice cream.
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We gathered not only
the ice cream, but other
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Items within the house that
could contain strychnine.
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[narrator] next, investigators
take the opportunity to get a
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Detailed statement from michael
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He explains that once purdie
moved in with his dad,
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Bud's disciplined and orderly
lifestyle was upended.
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[danny] purdie came into
his life and just
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Filled his house with junk.
There was stuff everywhere.
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This caused a lot
of arguments since bud
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Liked keeping things organized,
but even with that,
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Bud didn't see that as a reason
to leave purdie.
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[philip] she was able to woo
anybody, and I think that's
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Probably what brought
those two together.
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[lynn] in the investigation,
we learned that it seems that
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She had some amount
of allure or attraction
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That people just drew to.
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[narrator] michael reports
that about a year earlier,
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While still in a relationship
with bud,
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Purdie made a bold
and underhanded move.
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Bud had some property that his
mom had deeded him
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In mason, texas.
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Michael had recently found out
purdie reached out
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To a real estate agent in mason
and was trying to sell that,
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Saying that the property
was given to her by bud.
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Once it got, uh, closer
to the property being sold,
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It kind of fell through because
there was really not a way
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For her to prove up that
she was the actual owner.
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00:26:13,939 --> 00:26:17,474
She'd never told bud about
trying to sell the property.
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00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,280
[narrator] eventually,
bud's family got word
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Of the attempted sale.
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Since then, they've questioned
purdie's intentions.
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What they suspected
is the relationship was there
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Only to take advantage
of bud phillips
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And take advantage
of his finances.
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00:26:41,033 --> 00:26:44,234
She tried to sell some property
that didn't belong to her.
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So again, what they suspect is
money could've been the motive.
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[narrator] the next day,
test results provide
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A vital clue in the case.
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[philip]
the chemist at the
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Tarrant county
medical examiner's office
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Told us that there was a
lethal dose of strychnine
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In the chocolate ice cream.
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It was a huge break, because now
we knew how it got into bud.
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[narrator] investigators can
prove that the strychnine
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Was in the ice cream.
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00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:22,874
But now they need to prove
that purdie gave it to him.
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[eddie] we basically have
to prove that she was there
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At the residence
prior to his death,
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Link her to the strychnine,
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And link her to the ice cream.
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00:27:35,621 --> 00:27:38,956
[narrator] investigators
talk to bud's neighbors.
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[eddie]
mr. Phillips' residence was
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At a corner of an intersection.
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One elderly lady
across the street told me,
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I happened to be looking
in-between 8:00 and 8:30.
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00:27:50,035 --> 00:27:54,972
Heard a horn honk
and saw purdie clark's mother,
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00:27:54,974 --> 00:27:57,709
Who came by to pick her up.
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00:27:57,776 --> 00:28:03,080
So we knew that purdie clark
left shortly before 9:00.
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[narrator] approximately
30 minutes later,
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Bud was spotted by witnesses
stumbling out of his house
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In severe medical distress.
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We could place her
at the scene of the crime
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Within 20 to 30 minutes
of the death.
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That was too much
of a coincidence for us.
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[narrator] investigators
theorize that purdie delivered
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Bud his death sentence under th
guise of bringing him a treat.
476
00:28:38,383 --> 00:28:41,952
[danny] they knew from
bud's son that purdie and bud
477
00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:45,823
Had broken up, but they'd still
see each other on and off.
478
00:28:45,825 --> 00:28:49,760
So it wasn't completely
abnormal for purdie
479
00:28:49,829 --> 00:28:51,896
To show up from time to time.
480
00:28:56,034 --> 00:28:57,501
[narrator]
the pieces of the puzzle
481
00:28:57,569 --> 00:29:01,171
Are finally coming together.
482
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,174
[lynn] we definitely had an
unnatural death in mr. Phillips
483
00:29:04,243 --> 00:29:07,177
A lethal concentration
of strychnine.
484
00:29:07,246 --> 00:29:10,514
We had eyewitnesses placing
her at the at the scene.
485
00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:12,050
She had access to mr. Phillips.
486
00:29:12,117 --> 00:29:14,918
She had access
to the contents of his house,
487
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,387
Where other people didn't.
488
00:29:20,059 --> 00:29:21,391
[narrator]
with the test results in,
489
00:29:21,393 --> 00:29:24,461
Authorities finally have the
evidence they need to place
490
00:29:24,530 --> 00:29:29,500
Purdie clark under arrest
for bud's murder.
491
00:29:29,568 --> 00:29:30,801
[lynn] we were able
to obtain a warrant
492
00:29:30,869 --> 00:29:33,805
For ms. Clark for murder.
493
00:29:33,872 --> 00:29:36,474
At that time,
then it was a matter of
494
00:29:36,542 --> 00:29:38,743
Determining her location.
495
00:29:39,478 --> 00:29:42,480
[narrator] that task quickly
proves difficult.
496
00:29:42,548 --> 00:29:46,016
Purdie is nowhere to be found.
497
00:29:46,084 --> 00:29:48,185
[philip] our investigation
was still flying sort of
498
00:29:48,187 --> 00:29:51,088
Low on the radar, that I don't
think there was enough
499
00:29:51,090 --> 00:29:54,492
For her to know that
would've spooked her.
500
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:57,794
But she moved around so much,
we didn't know where she was at
501
00:29:58,831 --> 00:30:03,433
[narrator] days pass, and there
is still no sign of purdie.
502
00:30:03,435 --> 00:30:06,904
We were talking to friends,
family, anything to try
503
00:30:06,972 --> 00:30:11,108
To locate her to get her
to either turn herself in
504
00:30:11,110 --> 00:30:13,710
Or for us to take
her into custody.
505
00:30:16,382 --> 00:30:18,081
[narrator] coming up.
506
00:30:18,083 --> 00:30:23,320
A tip on purdie's whereabouts
reveals yet another lover.
507
00:30:23,388 --> 00:30:25,789
I thank god they showed up,
'cause I really think that
508
00:30:25,857 --> 00:30:27,891
She was after us, to kill us.
509
00:30:27,959 --> 00:30:29,160
[narrator]
leaving investigators
510
00:30:29,228 --> 00:30:32,929
Questioning if he
is her next target.
511
00:30:32,998 --> 00:30:35,399
I believe at some point,
that he'd very well been
512
00:30:35,467 --> 00:30:37,401
The next victim.
513
00:30:39,138 --> 00:30:41,905
[music]
514
00:30:51,817 --> 00:30:54,351
[narrator] investigators
in san angelo, texas
515
00:30:54,419 --> 00:30:58,755
Believe that 31-year-old
purdie clark poisoned her ex
516
00:30:58,824 --> 00:31:02,559
By putting strychnine
in his ice cream.
517
00:31:02,628 --> 00:31:06,229
But after finally gathering
enough evidence to arrest her,
518
00:31:06,231 --> 00:31:09,433
Investigators can't
track her down.
519
00:31:09,435 --> 00:31:12,435
They reach out to their
counterparts in collin county,
520
00:31:12,504 --> 00:31:14,305
Where purdie is
under investigation
521
00:31:14,373 --> 00:31:18,241
For another murder.
522
00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:21,578
[philip] they were still working
on the death of kim clark.
523
00:31:21,647 --> 00:31:23,113
They were doing interviews on
524
00:31:23,182 --> 00:31:24,247
Their part of their
investigation.
525
00:31:24,316 --> 00:31:28,919
Someone they were talking
to had told them that she was
526
00:31:28,987 --> 00:31:31,388
Now living on a big ranch
in el dorado
527
00:31:31,457 --> 00:31:34,958
With some guy named shawn.
And they were dating.
528
00:31:38,463 --> 00:31:41,999
[narrator] on March 19th,
investigators drive 40 miles
529
00:31:42,001 --> 00:31:45,403
South to the 2,000-acre
livestock ranch.
530
00:31:45,470 --> 00:31:49,873
They are met by the ranch's
owner, linda scroggins.
531
00:31:49,941 --> 00:31:51,975
[linda] they asked me
if I knew purdie,
532
00:31:51,977 --> 00:31:54,811
And I said yeah, you know?
533
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,782
I said, she's living
over there with my son.
534
00:32:01,620 --> 00:32:03,486
[narrator] linda says
that purdie has been
535
00:32:03,555 --> 00:32:06,624
In a romantic relationship
with her son, shawn,
536
00:32:06,692 --> 00:32:10,628
And living on the ranch on
and off for around two months.
537
00:32:10,696 --> 00:32:15,566
But linda says that neither
shawn nor purdie are home.
538
00:32:15,634 --> 00:32:21,604
Linda contacts shawn and hands
the call over to investigators.
539
00:32:21,673 --> 00:32:24,207
[shawn] I was headed home one
day from work, and that's when
540
00:32:24,209 --> 00:32:27,377
One of the detectives up here
in san angelo called me.
541
00:32:27,379 --> 00:32:30,847
One of the detectives was asking
me this and that about her
542
00:32:30,916 --> 00:32:32,983
And if I had any
strychnine poison on the ranch.
543
00:32:33,051 --> 00:32:34,517
And I said, yes, sir.
544
00:32:34,586 --> 00:32:37,854
You could buy it back then
for predator control.
545
00:32:37,923 --> 00:32:39,989
By the time I got to the house,
there was two texas rangers
546
00:32:40,059 --> 00:32:43,060
There already,
and they wanted that poison.
547
00:32:43,128 --> 00:32:46,463
So I took them down to my shop
and showed it to them.
548
00:32:46,531 --> 00:32:49,867
[philip] the strychnine
was in a cabinet.
549
00:32:49,935 --> 00:32:53,203
You open it up.
Everything in there is dusty.
550
00:32:53,272 --> 00:32:55,872
[narrator] all of the bottles
are coated in dust,
551
00:32:55,941 --> 00:32:59,343
Except for one.
552
00:32:59,411 --> 00:33:02,145
[shawntell] they were
little, dark brown vials.
553
00:33:02,214 --> 00:33:06,017
The one had been moved,
so it wasn't dusty anymore.
554
00:33:08,487 --> 00:33:10,620
[narrator]
investigators collect the bottl
555
00:33:10,622 --> 00:33:14,025
And continue their
interview with shawn.
556
00:33:14,092 --> 00:33:16,159
I told them, I probably
knew her about a year or so
557
00:33:16,228 --> 00:33:18,094
Before she got arrested.
558
00:33:18,163 --> 00:33:20,296
I didn't know bud,
but I'd met him one time.
559
00:33:20,365 --> 00:33:22,866
But I don't think he knew
what was going on with us.
560
00:33:43,822 --> 00:33:47,457
[philip] we knew there was
strychnine in the ice cream.
561
00:33:47,526 --> 00:33:51,394
We knew she was the last
one to see bud
562
00:33:51,463 --> 00:33:54,397
Before he ingested
the ice cream.
563
00:33:54,466 --> 00:33:58,334
Now we had another link
to be able to say
564
00:33:58,403 --> 00:34:01,171
She had access to strychnine.
565
00:34:03,809 --> 00:34:06,210
[narrator] investigators
press shawn for information
566
00:34:06,278 --> 00:34:08,612
On purdie's alleged crimes.
567
00:34:17,756 --> 00:34:22,559
Shawn's first wife had died
several years before that.
568
00:34:22,627 --> 00:34:25,162
I think purdie just came
along at the right time
569
00:34:25,230 --> 00:34:27,764
And swept him off his feet.
570
00:34:27,833 --> 00:34:30,834
[narrator] the next thing shawn
knew, purdie was moving on to
571
00:34:30,836 --> 00:34:35,305
The ranch, bringing all of her
belongings with her.
572
00:34:35,374 --> 00:34:37,374
[shawn] she wanted me
to come up here to san angelo
573
00:34:37,376 --> 00:34:40,177
And get a bunch of stuff
out of her storage building.
574
00:34:40,179 --> 00:34:41,511
She told me she
had all that stuff
575
00:34:41,513 --> 00:34:43,646
'cause she was collecting it,
just a collector.
576
00:34:43,715 --> 00:34:46,283
She likes collecting stuff.
577
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,453
[narrator] shawn explains that
he eventually learned
578
00:34:50,522 --> 00:34:55,191
That by collecting,
purdie meant stealing.
579
00:34:55,260 --> 00:34:57,394
[shawn] and I found later
10 different ids,
580
00:34:57,396 --> 00:34:59,329
Driver's license
and stuff off of people,
581
00:34:59,398 --> 00:35:01,931
That she had accumulated.
582
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:06,469
Yeah, just other people's ids,
driver's license, credit cards.
583
00:35:06,538 --> 00:35:09,372
She was just on a high
of seeing what she could do
584
00:35:09,441 --> 00:35:11,742
And what she could
get away with.
585
00:35:11,810 --> 00:35:14,111
[narrator] shawn says that
purdie was also involved in
586
00:35:14,180 --> 00:35:18,081
Even more nefarious activities.
587
00:35:18,083 --> 00:35:20,483
[shawn] I never even saw her do
drugs, but I know she did them.
588
00:35:20,552 --> 00:35:23,286
She was gone all the time, and
I never could figure out why.
589
00:35:23,288 --> 00:35:25,889
She didn't want to
tell me what was going on,
590
00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:30,093
But I just figured she was
going out and selling drugs.
591
00:35:32,764 --> 00:35:35,165
[narrator] but shawn tells
investigators he hasn't seen
592
00:35:35,233 --> 00:35:38,301
Purdie since yesterday evening.
593
00:35:38,370 --> 00:35:40,503
She'd said she was
going to town to buy stuff
594
00:35:40,572 --> 00:35:42,572
To cook dinner
for me and my mom.
595
00:35:42,641 --> 00:35:46,009
She'd be right back.
She never came back.
596
00:35:49,047 --> 00:35:51,881
[narrator] investigators don't
believe that shawn was involved
597
00:35:51,950 --> 00:35:54,784
In any of purdie's crimes.
598
00:35:54,786 --> 00:35:58,388
In fact, they think it's more
likely that purdie's promise
599
00:35:58,456 --> 00:36:03,526
Of a home-cooked meal could
have been his last.
600
00:36:03,595 --> 00:36:06,263
[lynn] we could all
see a pattern develop
601
00:36:06,265 --> 00:36:09,899
That we had seen previously.
602
00:36:09,968 --> 00:36:12,869
And I believe at some point
that mr. Taylor could've
603
00:36:12,938 --> 00:36:15,539
Very well been the next victim.
604
00:36:16,942 --> 00:36:19,876
I thank god they showed up,
'cause I really think that
605
00:36:19,945 --> 00:36:22,412
She was after us, to kill us.
606
00:36:22,414 --> 00:36:25,615
She could have stolen a bunch
of stuff, maybe to keep me quiet
607
00:36:25,617 --> 00:36:27,884
Because she got the
strychnine off of me.
608
00:36:27,953 --> 00:36:30,754
There's no telling what
was going through her head.
609
00:36:33,458 --> 00:36:35,758
[narrator] as investigators
are talking with shawn,
610
00:36:35,827 --> 00:36:41,531
His phone starts ringing.
Purdie is on the line.
611
00:36:42,567 --> 00:36:44,333
She asked me what
was going on.
612
00:36:44,403 --> 00:36:46,370
And I said, well, the cops
are here looking for you
613
00:36:46,438 --> 00:36:48,639
And going through
all your [bleep].
614
00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:50,240
And I said, I done told them
they could look.
615
00:36:50,309 --> 00:36:52,442
And she got all mad at me.
616
00:36:52,444 --> 00:36:54,110
The cops asked me if that was
her, and I said, yeah,
617
00:36:54,179 --> 00:36:56,112
That was her I was talking to.
And they said, where is she?
618
00:36:56,181 --> 00:36:58,516
And I said, I don't know, but
I'm guessing she's in dallas.
619
00:36:58,583 --> 00:37:00,984
She was going back and forth
to dallas, buying drugs
620
00:37:00,986 --> 00:37:02,386
To sell them.
621
00:37:02,454 --> 00:37:04,187
She'd go to a chop shop
up there in dallas
622
00:37:04,189 --> 00:37:06,257
And pick all that stuff up,
623
00:37:06,324 --> 00:37:09,192
And then bring it down
here to san angelo.
624
00:37:11,997 --> 00:37:13,196
[narrator] coming up.
625
00:37:13,265 --> 00:37:16,667
Fbi surveillance spots purdie.
626
00:37:16,735 --> 00:37:18,134
[philip] they were
dealing methamphetamines
627
00:37:18,203 --> 00:37:19,904
Out of this chop shop.
628
00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:23,707
[narrator] but the hunt for
purdie takes a dramatic turn.
629
00:37:23,775 --> 00:37:27,077
They saw her pull up
and have a marked unit
630
00:37:27,145 --> 00:37:30,480
Trying to stop her.
631
00:37:30,482 --> 00:37:34,351
She fled and she crashed out.
And then she ran on foot.
632
00:37:36,888 --> 00:37:39,723
[music]
633
00:37:50,702 --> 00:37:53,970
[narrator] purdie clark has
been dodging san angelo police
634
00:37:53,972 --> 00:37:56,906
For more than a week since
they got a warrant to place her
635
00:37:56,975 --> 00:38:02,111
Under arrest for the death
of her ex, bud phillips.
636
00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:06,082
Now, purdie's new boyfriend
shares details with police abou
637
00:38:06,151 --> 00:38:10,721
A chop shop in dallas where
she may be picking up drugs.
638
00:38:12,590 --> 00:38:16,226
As it turns out, the shop is
already under surveillance
639
00:38:16,228 --> 00:38:18,362
By the fbi.
640
00:38:18,731 --> 00:38:20,530
There was an active
federal investigation
641
00:38:20,598 --> 00:38:24,000
Into this chop shop. And they
were dealing methamphetamines
642
00:38:24,002 --> 00:38:26,269
Out of this chop shop.
643
00:38:26,337 --> 00:38:28,405
[narrator] san angelo police
alert the agents
644
00:38:28,407 --> 00:38:31,574
To be on the lookout for purdie
645
00:38:34,012 --> 00:38:38,715
On March 23rd, one month and
five days after bud's murder,
646
00:38:38,783 --> 00:38:40,651
They spot her.
647
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:42,952
During that time when
they were watching this,
648
00:38:43,021 --> 00:38:46,556
They saw her pull up,
and they have a marked unit
649
00:38:46,558 --> 00:38:52,228
Who attempted a traffic stop.
She fled in the vehicle.
650
00:38:52,297 --> 00:38:55,165
She crashed out.
And then she took off on foot
651
00:38:55,233 --> 00:38:57,368
For a short distance...
652
00:38:58,103 --> 00:39:00,303
...Before she was captured.
653
00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:07,410
And then she was arrested on
this murder warrant.
654
00:39:08,847 --> 00:39:11,314
Inside the car she was in,
she had identifications
655
00:39:11,383 --> 00:39:16,185
For different people.
She also had a shotgun.
656
00:39:16,254 --> 00:39:18,822
She had several phones.
657
00:39:22,994 --> 00:39:25,195
[narrator] hours later,
the feds in dallas release
658
00:39:25,263 --> 00:39:31,068
Purdie to san angelo police,
yet purdie appears unfazed.
659
00:39:31,936 --> 00:39:34,905
[philip] she walked out
like she was being arrested
660
00:39:34,973 --> 00:39:38,074
For a traffic ticket.
661
00:39:38,076 --> 00:39:40,210
There was nothing bothering her.
662
00:39:43,949 --> 00:39:47,217
[narrator] back in san angelo,
purdie requests an attorney
663
00:39:47,285 --> 00:39:50,554
And refuses to make a statement
664
00:39:50,622 --> 00:39:52,622
[philip] we knew that she
had asked for a lawyer,
665
00:39:52,690 --> 00:39:56,025
So we weren't asking
her any questions at all.
666
00:39:56,094 --> 00:39:58,895
[narrator] purdie is
tight-lipped to law enforcement
667
00:39:58,963 --> 00:40:02,298
But she makes the most of her
daily phone call from jail
668
00:40:02,367 --> 00:40:05,502
And continues to
reach out to shawn.
669
00:40:16,781 --> 00:40:19,782
I didn't wanna believe it.
I don't know.
670
00:40:19,851 --> 00:40:22,118
I didn't love her,
that's for sure.
671
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,421
But I felt sorry for her,
I guess,
672
00:40:24,490 --> 00:40:26,255
'cause she was still telling me
that she didn't do it,
673
00:40:26,324 --> 00:40:28,625
She didn't do it,
she didn't do it.
674
00:40:37,135 --> 00:40:39,536
[danny] even from behind bars,
purdie's still trying
675
00:40:39,604 --> 00:40:43,873
To work her charm on shawn.
It looks like at this point,
676
00:40:43,942 --> 00:40:48,477
That purdie is trying
to seduce shawn and get him
677
00:40:48,547 --> 00:40:51,448
To not testify against her.
678
00:40:53,852 --> 00:40:57,388
[narrator] prosecutors prepare
to try purdie for bud's murder,
679
00:40:57,455 --> 00:41:01,859
Where they will allege
that her motive was greed.
680
00:41:01,926 --> 00:41:04,293
It was all tied back to,
681
00:41:04,295 --> 00:41:07,029
What was purdie
gonna get out of it?
682
00:41:07,098 --> 00:41:11,034
So I think greed ultimately
was the reason for all this.
683
00:41:11,102 --> 00:41:16,839
Because it all ties back to
getting something for her,
684
00:41:16,841 --> 00:41:20,911
Whether it's selling drugs,
stealing property,
685
00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:23,313
Or killing someone.
686
00:41:26,751 --> 00:41:29,652
[narrator] as her trial nears,
purdie's attorney explains
687
00:41:29,721 --> 00:41:34,057
To her that even though she is
only on trial for bud's murder,
688
00:41:34,059 --> 00:41:38,529
The other deaths could
play into the outcome.
689
00:41:38,596 --> 00:41:40,063
[shawntell] I explained it
to her clearly that jurors
690
00:41:40,065 --> 00:41:43,733
Are only humans, and they hear
that at least two other people
691
00:41:43,802 --> 00:41:46,937
Associated with you
are also deceased,
692
00:41:47,005 --> 00:41:49,839
They're gonna just throw away
the key at that point.
693
00:41:52,543 --> 00:41:54,744
[narrator] in June 2011,
694
00:41:54,746 --> 00:41:57,547
A month before her trial
is set to begin,
695
00:41:57,549 --> 00:42:02,351
34-year-old purdie
agrees to take a deal.
696
00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:06,623
The district attorney
offered a plea agreement
697
00:42:06,625 --> 00:42:10,561
That if she pled guilty,
she would receive 40 years.
698
00:42:11,429 --> 00:42:13,029
[lynn] for the chaos that
she committed
699
00:42:13,031 --> 00:42:18,234
Over the span in people's lives
that she disrupted?
700
00:42:18,236 --> 00:42:21,004
Forty years, is that enough?
701
00:42:23,575 --> 00:42:28,044
Honestly, if you ask the
families of the people,
702
00:42:28,113 --> 00:42:31,381
I don't know what time
would be sufficient.
703
00:42:31,449 --> 00:42:35,786
I don't think she should
even have a parole.
704
00:42:35,853 --> 00:42:39,789
And I think she is evil
from toes up.
705
00:42:39,858 --> 00:42:41,724
And I think she should've gotten
more time
706
00:42:41,726 --> 00:42:44,961
For killing somebody.
I mean, that's just not right.
707
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:53,135
[narrator] purdie will be
eligible for parole in 2029.
708
00:42:53,204 --> 00:42:57,206
That is, if she doesn't face
additional murder charges
709
00:42:57,275 --> 00:42:59,676
Before then.
710
00:42:59,744 --> 00:43:03,212
[philip] we have kim clark's
murder still active.
711
00:43:03,281 --> 00:43:06,749
Dwayne murphy's death was
changed after a while
712
00:43:06,818 --> 00:43:11,087
By the justice of the peace
from a suicide to a homicide.
713
00:43:11,089 --> 00:43:14,490
And I know that case
is still active.
714
00:43:14,559 --> 00:43:19,762
It's a cold case, but it's still
actively being investigated.
715
00:43:19,764 --> 00:43:22,099
At some point, I think
716
00:43:22,166 --> 00:43:24,834
Purdie might be there
to answer to them.
717
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:33,944
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