1 00:00:10,845 --> 00:00:12,744 [laughs] 2 00:00:12,746 --> 00:00:15,547 [Brenda] They could tease each other all they wanted but they were very tight kni 3 00:00:15,616 --> 00:00:17,249 And they loved each other a lot. 4 00:00:21,155 --> 00:00:23,322 Bill was just an incredibly likeable guy. 5 00:00:27,128 --> 00:00:29,328 [Tim] When they first got married 6 00:00:29,330 --> 00:00:32,765 everything was kind of going along 7 00:00:32,833 --> 00:00:34,199 the way that it should. 8 00:00:39,940 --> 00:00:41,807 He tried to normalize the family 9 00:00:42,910 --> 00:00:44,243 but it just wasn't normal. 10 00:00:45,813 --> 00:00:47,212 He just did the wrong thing. 11 00:01:04,498 --> 00:01:07,599 I've been doing this job almost 24 years 12 00:01:07,601 --> 00:01:14,606 and this is definitely one of the most gruesome scenes that I came upon in my career. 13 00:01:14,608 --> 00:01:18,343 When I found out the whole story of what really happened, 14 00:01:19,814 --> 00:01:21,346 I was completely in shock. 15 00:01:37,932 --> 00:01:40,332 [narrator] It's Valentine's Day, 1986, 16 00:01:40,401 --> 00:01:42,701 in LaPlace, Louisiana. 17 00:01:44,405 --> 00:01:49,608 Friends and family gather to celebrate the wedding of 27-year-old Bill Hudnall 18 00:01:49,610 --> 00:01:52,044 and 24-year-old Charlotte Hoggin. 19 00:01:53,647 --> 00:01:55,647 [Tim] It was a good day. 20 00:01:55,716 --> 00:01:59,918 Bill seemed like he was very upbeat 21 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:01,720 and happy. 22 00:02:01,722 --> 00:02:04,022 We were happy for him. 23 00:02:04,024 --> 00:02:05,624 Everybody was happy for him. 24 00:02:07,528 --> 00:02:10,229 [narrator] Bill and his 45-year-old mom Billie, 25 00:02:10,231 --> 00:02:12,764 share a quiet moment before the ceremony. 26 00:02:17,238 --> 00:02:19,805 Bill was closer to my mom 27 00:02:19,807 --> 00:02:20,706 than my dad. 28 00:02:21,609 --> 00:02:23,242 She was proud of Bill 29 00:02:23,344 --> 00:02:25,444 and she liked Charlotte. 30 00:02:25,513 --> 00:02:30,215 She was happy that Bill and Charlotte were getting married. 31 00:02:30,217 --> 00:02:33,619 [narrator] Also at the wedding are Bill's two younger brothers 32 00:02:33,621 --> 00:02:35,654 26-year-old Tim 33 00:02:35,756 --> 00:02:37,556 and 22-year-old Joe. 34 00:02:42,863 --> 00:02:45,964 [Joe] We were always laughin and joking 35 00:02:45,966 --> 00:02:47,499 We were close. 36 00:02:47,501 --> 00:02:49,535 You know, we loved each other. 37 00:02:49,636 --> 00:02:50,769 He was a good brother. 38 00:03:00,314 --> 00:03:03,415 That's really how I remember Bill right there 39 00:03:03,417 --> 00:03:04,917 that time period. 40 00:03:08,122 --> 00:03:11,790 [narrator] Bill was born on August 24th, 1959 41 00:03:11,792 --> 00:03:15,527 to Billie and her husband William Senior, an officer in the navy. 42 00:03:17,064 --> 00:03:21,600 Like a lot of military families, they move every few years. 43 00:03:21,602 --> 00:03:25,737 Middle brother, Tim, is born in South Carolina in 1960 44 00:03:25,806 --> 00:03:29,208 and youngest brother, Joe, arrives in 1964, 45 00:03:29,210 --> 00:03:32,611 while the family is statione in Virginia. 46 00:03:32,613 --> 00:03:34,813 [Tim] Being raised in a military family, 47 00:03:34,815 --> 00:03:37,149 you had to adapt to so many things. 48 00:03:37,251 --> 00:03:38,950 You just get used to it. 49 00:03:39,019 --> 00:03:44,890 It meant when we were younge that we were probably our best friends. 50 00:03:44,892 --> 00:03:47,226 We were very close. 51 00:03:55,102 --> 00:03:58,036 [narrator] Billie and William senior's relationship deteriorates 52 00:03:58,105 --> 00:04:00,806 during the early 1970s. 53 00:04:00,808 --> 00:04:05,744 The couple finalizes their divorce in 1974. 54 00:04:05,746 --> 00:04:09,047 Tim moves with his father to Jacksonville, Florida, 55 00:04:09,049 --> 00:04:13,452 while youngest brother, Joe moves with his mom to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 56 00:04:15,022 --> 00:04:17,956 [Tim] I didn't feel like Bill took it too well. 57 00:04:18,025 --> 00:04:22,628 He first started out living with my dad and myself. 58 00:04:23,631 --> 00:04:25,197 [Joe] They were over there a couple of years 59 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:28,133 and then Bill decided he wanted to come back, live with mom. 60 00:04:32,406 --> 00:04:36,408 [narrator] In 1979, Bill joins the United State Marine Corps. 61 00:04:37,511 --> 00:04:41,113 [Tim] My dad was very proud of him. 62 00:04:41,115 --> 00:04:45,017 And you know, he told him how proud he was. 63 00:04:46,253 --> 00:04:49,221 [Joe] He'd lived in Californ for a while 64 00:04:49,223 --> 00:04:52,057 and then he was stationed in Hawaii 65 00:04:52,059 --> 00:04:54,593 and then he ended up in Panama 66 00:04:54,595 --> 00:04:58,830 and then in Jakarta, Indonesia as an embassy security guard. 67 00:05:00,701 --> 00:05:06,038 When Bill was in Indonesia, the on duty guard committed suicide. 68 00:05:07,708 --> 00:05:10,208 Bill said he was the first one there 69 00:05:10,210 --> 00:05:12,411 and that the guy was still alive. 70 00:05:12,413 --> 00:05:14,813 And this was a friend of his 71 00:05:14,815 --> 00:05:17,749 I think everything changed then. I don't think he wanted to do it 72 00:05:17,818 --> 00:05:19,518 anymore after that. 73 00:05:21,121 --> 00:05:24,723 [narrator] In 1985, Bill moves back in with his mom 74 00:05:24,725 --> 00:05:26,158 in Louisiana. 75 00:05:26,226 --> 00:05:30,996 [Tim] Before Bill was a marine, he was a pipefitter. 76 00:05:30,998 --> 00:05:33,932 And so when he got out of the marines, 77 00:05:34,034 --> 00:05:36,301 he just went back into pipefitting. 78 00:05:39,273 --> 00:05:43,408 [narrator] Bill meets social security administrato Charlotte Hoggin at church 79 00:05:43,410 --> 00:05:48,046 and the pair tie the knot at Charlotte's parents' hous just seven months later. 80 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:51,850 [Tim] It was a fun wedding. 81 00:05:51,952 --> 00:05:56,521 Charlotte was very much in love with Bill. 82 00:05:57,624 --> 00:06:00,859 She seemed very, very happy 83 00:06:03,664 --> 00:06:07,599 You are supposed to be the next person in line to get married 84 00:06:07,601 --> 00:06:09,501 when you catch the garter. 85 00:06:09,503 --> 00:06:13,305 When Bill threw the garter, he threw it right at me. 86 00:06:13,307 --> 00:06:17,409 And I didn't really have a chance to do anything. 87 00:06:20,714 --> 00:06:25,250 There was a lot of people there at the wedding and at the reception. 88 00:06:25,319 --> 00:06:26,418 So it was a good crowd. 89 00:06:30,858 --> 00:06:32,591 Bill looks good. He was youn 90 00:06:32,593 --> 00:06:34,926 Everybody's happy, healthy. 91 00:06:34,928 --> 00:06:37,028 Those were magical times, 92 00:06:37,030 --> 00:06:39,531 right there, we just didn't realize it at the time. 93 00:06:40,434 --> 00:06:42,033 I miss those times. 94 00:06:50,110 --> 00:06:53,311 [narrator] Fast forward to November 18th, 1988. 95 00:06:54,448 --> 00:06:56,715 Eighteen months after Bill's wedding, 96 00:06:56,717 --> 00:07:02,921 the Hudnall family gathers to celebrate the marriage of Tim and his bride, Brenda 97 00:07:02,923 --> 00:07:06,858 [Tim] My wedding day, Brenda's family was there 98 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,861 and it was just a great day. We had a good time 99 00:07:09,897 --> 00:07:12,697 and it was exciting to get married. 100 00:07:12,699 --> 00:07:17,602 And Bill was very excited for my wedding. 101 00:07:17,604 --> 00:07:20,439 [narrator] Bill lines up as one of his brother's groomsmen 102 00:07:20,540 --> 00:07:24,543 in the United Pentecostal Church in Gainesville, Florida. 103 00:07:24,611 --> 00:07:29,214 [Brenda] The first time I met Bill was at my wedding rehearsal 104 00:07:29,216 --> 00:07:34,352 My first impression was that he really, really loved his family. 105 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:38,056 He was so proud of his brother, 106 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:41,293 um, and honored to be in the wedding 107 00:07:41,295 --> 00:07:43,829 and he treated me like famil the minute I met him. 108 00:07:45,666 --> 00:07:49,935 He helped calm my nerves about some of the things going on with the wedding, 109 00:07:49,937 --> 00:07:51,937 so instant brotherhood. 110 00:07:54,608 --> 00:07:57,509 [narrator] Bill attends his brother's wedding alone. 111 00:07:57,511 --> 00:08:00,712 He split from his wife, Charlotte, in 1987 112 00:08:00,714 --> 00:08:03,048 after less than a year of marriage. 113 00:08:03,050 --> 00:08:06,418 [Tim] Charlotte was a very devoted wife. 114 00:08:07,054 --> 00:08:09,521 And she took care of Bill. 115 00:08:09,523 --> 00:08:13,725 And when Bill and Charlotte didn't work it out, 116 00:08:13,727 --> 00:08:16,728 we all definitely thought it was a loss 117 00:08:16,730 --> 00:08:22,534 and that Bill had let, probably the best woman for him, 118 00:08:22,636 --> 00:08:24,536 just kind of slip through the cracks. 119 00:08:26,206 --> 00:08:29,407 [Joe] He dated a number of girls and then just, 120 00:08:29,409 --> 00:08:32,310 I guess they weren't what... 121 00:08:32,312 --> 00:08:33,778 what he was looking for. 122 00:08:40,821 --> 00:08:44,256 [narrator] In 1990, Bill's life takes a positive turn 123 00:08:44,357 --> 00:08:47,192 when he meets 20-year-old Stephanie Hall. 124 00:08:47,194 --> 00:08:49,761 Bill and Stephanie met and they went on a date. 125 00:08:51,231 --> 00:08:53,698 [Tim] Dad would ask him what he was going to do 126 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:55,934 because he didn't have any money 127 00:08:56,003 --> 00:08:59,538 and so Bill told him he was going to do a picnic lunch 128 00:08:59,606 --> 00:09:01,740 by a lake there. 129 00:09:01,841 --> 00:09:05,944 [Brenda] They dated once or twice and then she ended up getting pregnan 130 00:09:07,447 --> 00:09:10,048 [narrator] Bill and Stephani agree to marry. 131 00:09:12,152 --> 00:09:15,754 The couple ties the knot in January 1991. 132 00:09:17,457 --> 00:09:20,759 Baby Joshua arrives on Valentine's Day. 133 00:09:23,063 --> 00:09:27,332 A year later, Stephanie gives birth to a daughter, Guenevere. 134 00:09:28,635 --> 00:09:30,602 [Joe] Bill loved his kids. 135 00:09:30,604 --> 00:09:32,170 He took good care of them. 136 00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:35,941 And he always talked about the things he would do with the kids 137 00:09:35,943 --> 00:09:39,210 You know, he'd bring them to the park, bring them different places 138 00:09:39,212 --> 00:09:40,845 and do things with them. 139 00:09:42,716 --> 00:09:45,050 He was trying to provide for his kids. 140 00:09:46,820 --> 00:09:49,521 But he never pretended that the relationship was okay. 141 00:09:52,726 --> 00:09:55,327 [Brenda] So as their family grew, 142 00:09:55,329 --> 00:09:59,030 Stephanie quit her job, because she felt like she needed to be at home 143 00:09:59,032 --> 00:10:00,732 watching the children. 144 00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:06,104 [Tim] Bill was the sole breadwinner. 145 00:10:06,106 --> 00:10:09,341 Even though he was happy to do it, 146 00:10:09,409 --> 00:10:13,945 you could always tell that he felt like 147 00:10:13,947 --> 00:10:18,216 there was a deficit because she would not work. 148 00:10:18,218 --> 00:10:20,518 She wanted to be pampered. 149 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,854 She wanted to be spoiled. 150 00:10:22,923 --> 00:10:25,223 She wanted to be given thing 151 00:10:26,393 --> 00:10:29,361 And she wasn't willing to lift a finger for it. 152 00:10:32,032 --> 00:10:34,132 And it was just a bad situation. 153 00:10:41,908 --> 00:10:44,075 [narrator] Christmas 1994. 154 00:10:44,077 --> 00:10:47,045 Tim and Brenda gather with the rest of the Hudnall clan 155 00:10:47,147 --> 00:10:50,815 at Grandma Billie's home in Louisiana. 156 00:10:50,817 --> 00:10:54,819 During the holidays, we would always spend Christmas with Billie 157 00:10:54,821 --> 00:10:56,821 or we'd go to my parents' home. 158 00:11:01,561 --> 00:11:03,495 [narrator] Joe films his daughter, Jessica, 159 00:11:03,497 --> 00:11:06,431 as she helps her uncle Tim with the presents. 160 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:11,202 We had wonderful Christmases. Large gathering, a lot of food. 161 00:11:11,204 --> 00:11:13,204 All the kids playing together. 162 00:11:13,206 --> 00:11:16,007 You know, the passing out of the presents. 163 00:11:16,009 --> 00:11:18,810 Everything was usually very lighthearted and very fun 164 00:11:18,812 --> 00:11:21,613 and everybody was always joking about something, you never knew. 165 00:11:35,228 --> 00:11:40,031 [narrator] One big part of the Hudnall family is missing this Christmas. 166 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:44,636 Bill wasn't there and you know, we're looking forward to seeing him. 167 00:11:44,704 --> 00:11:47,439 [Joe] It's always missed Bil But Bill had been gone for years. 168 00:11:47,507 --> 00:11:50,008 Just his life took different paths. 169 00:11:50,010 --> 00:11:55,146 You know, the military and then family and jobs. 170 00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:59,551 [Brenda] Bill, I believe at the time was living in Florida 171 00:11:59,652 --> 00:12:03,621 because he had gotten another job over there. 172 00:12:03,623 --> 00:12:07,125 We were aware that Stephanie was putting a lot of pressure on Bill 173 00:12:07,127 --> 00:12:11,029 to make a lot of money, and Bill tried. 174 00:12:11,031 --> 00:12:14,432 [Joe] You know, Stephanie was spending all the money, Bill was working. 175 00:12:14,501 --> 00:12:18,036 So in between jobs, when the job would finally end, 176 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:20,605 if you hadn't developed some savings, 177 00:12:20,607 --> 00:12:24,209 you were going to have severe financial issues. 178 00:12:24,211 --> 00:12:26,611 And during one of those times, 179 00:12:26,613 --> 00:12:29,147 they had moved in with Mom. 180 00:12:31,351 --> 00:12:33,752 [narrator] A year earlier, in 1993, 181 00:12:33,820 --> 00:12:37,155 Billie invited Bill, Stephanie, Josh and Guen 182 00:12:37,257 --> 00:12:39,858 to live with her in Louisian 183 00:12:39,959 --> 00:12:43,428 [Tim] Stephanie would tell anybody that would listen 184 00:12:43,430 --> 00:12:47,132 how much she didn't like staying with my mom. 185 00:12:48,602 --> 00:12:53,705 You've got somebody cooking and cleaning and taking care of you 186 00:12:53,707 --> 00:12:58,343 and you're griping about your living conditions 187 00:12:58,411 --> 00:13:02,413 And it's not costing you anything to be here. 188 00:13:02,415 --> 00:13:05,717 [Brenda] She was just very, very disrespectful 189 00:13:05,719 --> 00:13:08,520 toward Mom and toward her things. 190 00:13:08,522 --> 00:13:11,389 Mom would come home and the house would be a mess 191 00:13:11,391 --> 00:13:13,958 and there was no reason for it because Stephanie wasn't working. 192 00:13:15,862 --> 00:13:20,398 And so, Mom finally told Bill he was going to have to leave, 193 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:22,834 he'd have to bring Stephanie and the kids somewhere else. 194 00:13:25,038 --> 00:13:28,339 [Brenda] Mom basically kicked Stephanie out of the house. 195 00:13:40,821 --> 00:13:43,855 [narrator] Two years pass before Bill, Stephanie and the kids 196 00:13:43,890 --> 00:13:45,523 visit Billie again. 197 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:50,962 The Hudnall clan gathers at her home in May 1995. 198 00:14:01,041 --> 00:14:03,508 Joe cracks a joke about Bill's receding hairli 199 00:14:04,144 --> 00:14:06,744 but it's not a happy occasio 200 00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:08,613 Billie has cancer. 201 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:12,650 Bill was worried because this was her second bout. 202 00:14:12,719 --> 00:14:15,053 She had had it eight years earlier 203 00:14:15,055 --> 00:14:17,956 and now she's got it again. 204 00:14:17,958 --> 00:14:19,224 We tried to make the best of it 205 00:14:19,226 --> 00:14:21,326 even though there was some strained relationships 206 00:14:21,328 --> 00:14:25,964 between Bill and his mother and Stephanie, definitely. 207 00:14:25,966 --> 00:14:29,000 [narrator] Away from the camera, Bill and Stephanie's finance 208 00:14:29,002 --> 00:14:31,035 are stretched to breaking point. 209 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,441 Stephanie said that there was not enough money. 210 00:14:36,476 --> 00:14:38,710 That was absolutely not true. 211 00:14:40,847 --> 00:14:43,548 I believe that Bill made plenty of money 212 00:14:43,650 --> 00:14:45,750 in all his jobs. Those were high-paying jobs 213 00:14:45,752 --> 00:14:49,420 She was just spending it faster than he could make it 214 00:14:49,422 --> 00:14:52,423 I would always tell him to keep it in your pocket, don't give it to her. 215 00:14:52,425 --> 00:14:55,226 I've got to give it to her. No, you don't. She's not buying food. 216 00:14:55,228 --> 00:14:58,029 She's just buying junk. 217 00:14:58,031 --> 00:15:02,800 [Tim] I was like, Bill, you work the same job that I work. 218 00:15:02,802 --> 00:15:06,404 You're making the same paycheck that I'm making, 219 00:15:06,406 --> 00:15:09,374 and I'm paying my bills. 220 00:15:09,376 --> 00:15:15,713 [narrator] On August 13th, 1998, Stephanie gives birth to another daughter, Gracie 221 00:15:15,715 --> 00:15:20,351 I don't think the impact of another child was anywhere near as significant 222 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:23,321 as Stephanie's spending habits. 223 00:15:23,323 --> 00:15:26,491 Her refusal to spend the mon on the correct things 224 00:15:26,493 --> 00:15:30,028 like a house, bread, power bill, you know. 225 00:15:30,030 --> 00:15:34,065 And so the debt collectors would be coming after her. 226 00:15:40,206 --> 00:15:44,342 [narrator] Bill saves money in a secret bank account. 227 00:15:44,411 --> 00:15:49,314 In 2007, he uses the funds to buy the family a home in Florida. 228 00:15:51,051 --> 00:15:53,618 [Brenda] The mobile home in Keystone 229 00:15:53,620 --> 00:15:56,754 Bill actually went out, 230 00:15:56,823 --> 00:16:00,425 by himself, didn't tell Stephanie, didn't tell anybody, 231 00:16:00,427 --> 00:16:05,930 and then comes home and says Stephanie, I bought us a hou 232 00:16:05,932 --> 00:16:07,732 and this is going to be the last house. 233 00:16:07,801 --> 00:16:10,401 He was thrilled. 234 00:16:12,238 --> 00:16:14,238 [narrator] While Bill is away working, 235 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:16,808 Stephanie decides to homeschool the kids 236 00:16:16,810 --> 00:16:18,810 without consulting her husband. 237 00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:22,613 I think she didn't want to send her kids to school, 238 00:16:22,615 --> 00:16:26,317 because she didn't want them going in and talking about home life. 239 00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:29,620 How she took care of her household, her kids, her lack of. 240 00:16:31,124 --> 00:16:33,424 [Brenda] The house was in squalor. 241 00:16:33,426 --> 00:16:37,061 The children didn't have any new clothes. 242 00:16:37,063 --> 00:16:41,099 [Tim] I had been trying to get Bill to leave Stephan for years 243 00:16:41,101 --> 00:16:43,901 and take his kids with him. 244 00:16:43,903 --> 00:16:47,305 But Bill would never leave Stephanie 245 00:16:47,307 --> 00:16:50,208 because he looked at it as 246 00:16:50,210 --> 00:16:54,812 her having the ability to get a good attorney 247 00:16:54,814 --> 00:17:00,752 to fight about it. And I told him, I said, Bill, it's not like that anymore. 248 00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:04,722 The state of Florida has laws in place 249 00:17:04,724 --> 00:17:09,527 that ensure that you're going to see your kids. 250 00:17:09,529 --> 00:17:14,365 Why in the world would you stick around somebody like that? 251 00:17:16,102 --> 00:17:18,736 It wasn't shortly after tha 252 00:17:18,805 --> 00:17:22,540 that him and Stephanie did, finally, split up. 253 00:17:29,015 --> 00:17:34,218 [Brenda] When Bill moved out initially she would let the kids visit. 254 00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:38,056 However, if they would tell their dad they loved him, 255 00:17:38,124 --> 00:17:41,359 Stephanie would say, look at this house. 256 00:17:41,427 --> 00:17:44,228 Your dad never does anything for us. This is all his fault. 257 00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:46,631 He never gives money to support you 258 00:17:46,633 --> 00:17:49,700 and he doesn't love you. 259 00:17:51,704 --> 00:17:54,906 One time when Guenevere was visiting, 260 00:17:54,908 --> 00:17:59,043 Bill offered to get her classes in the community college 261 00:17:59,112 --> 00:18:02,280 and Stephanie put a stop to it and said, no, you're not going to do that. 262 00:18:04,250 --> 00:18:09,053 Stephanie didn't want Guenevere to do anything outside of her control 263 00:18:09,055 --> 00:18:11,756 and college would mean that she would be outside of her control. 264 00:18:14,627 --> 00:18:16,527 [narrator] In May 2011, 265 00:18:16,529 --> 00:18:20,198 19-year-old Guenevere goes t Uncle Tim and Aunt Brenda's house, 266 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,732 to hang out with her cousins 267 00:18:23,203 --> 00:18:26,704 Guenevere actually was only allowed to stay over one time 268 00:18:28,041 --> 00:18:32,310 and Stephanie called constantly. 269 00:18:34,581 --> 00:18:39,250 So I actually took the phon and turned it off. 270 00:18:39,352 --> 00:18:43,421 And I told Guenevere that I'll deal with her mother about it. 271 00:18:43,423 --> 00:18:48,326 And that emboldened Guenevere to 272 00:18:48,328 --> 00:18:51,062 tell me about 273 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:54,165 how she wanted to try to branch out on her own 274 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,301 and do her own thing. 275 00:18:57,303 --> 00:19:01,339 Tim and I offered to take Guenevere out of that situation 276 00:19:01,407 --> 00:19:03,107 and let her move in with us 277 00:19:04,410 --> 00:19:07,578 When it came time to actually leave, 278 00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:09,213 I called her, told her we were coming, 279 00:19:09,215 --> 00:19:13,017 and she said she was not going to leave because her mother needed her. 280 00:19:14,420 --> 00:19:16,721 And we were very concerned. 281 00:19:17,524 --> 00:19:19,490 We couldn't make her leave. 282 00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:21,425 Our hands were tied. 283 00:19:21,427 --> 00:19:25,530 My husband and I knew that it was just going to be downhill from there. 284 00:20:25,225 --> 00:20:26,757 [James] I heard the call come out 285 00:20:26,759 --> 00:20:31,829 that a male was found bloody inside his house by his wife and daughter. 286 00:20:33,099 --> 00:20:36,500 When I arrived on scene, Mr. Hudnall was laying in his bed, 287 00:20:36,502 --> 00:20:40,037 he's got his bedsheets tucked under his arms, 288 00:20:40,039 --> 00:20:41,606 pulled up to his armpits 289 00:20:41,608 --> 00:20:46,811 and he is just head, chest, covered in blood. 290 00:20:49,048 --> 00:20:52,516 Then he had an axe lying next to him on the floor, 291 00:20:52,518 --> 00:20:54,752 with bloodstains on the floo as well. 292 00:20:54,854 --> 00:20:58,256 The fact that somebody picked up this axe, 293 00:20:58,324 --> 00:21:03,060 and used it at least 17 times against Mr. Hudnall 294 00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:05,663 is fairly significant. 295 00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:10,334 The first thing went through my mind that this was pure hate and violence. 296 00:21:10,436 --> 00:21:12,103 This was a crime of passion. 297 00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:22,747 Upon my arrival at the scene, Stephanie and Guen were out in the yard. 298 00:21:25,351 --> 00:21:30,955 Stephanie was showing a lot overexaggerated emotion 299 00:21:31,024 --> 00:21:33,224 and Guen was... 300 00:21:34,227 --> 00:21:35,426 ...quite the opposite. 301 00:21:36,929 --> 00:21:39,230 The first thing that came to mind was 302 00:21:39,232 --> 00:21:42,333 the possibility of both being in shock. 303 00:21:42,402 --> 00:21:44,735 When you find people that are in shock, 304 00:21:44,804 --> 00:21:47,605 some will be overexaggerated 305 00:21:47,607 --> 00:21:51,409 and some will have no emotion whatsoever. 306 00:21:55,214 --> 00:21:56,514 [Brenda] I was at home, 307 00:21:56,516 --> 00:21:58,816 and I get a phone call from Guenevere. 308 00:22:00,253 --> 00:22:02,953 She'd say that, "Brenda, something has happened to dad." 309 00:22:04,424 --> 00:22:07,325 I said, "what do you mean something has happened to dad?" 310 00:22:08,561 --> 00:22:09,827 And she said... 311 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:11,729 "He's dead." 312 00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:14,932 "Somebody broke in 313 00:22:15,435 --> 00:22:16,500 and killed him." 314 00:22:19,305 --> 00:22:21,405 When we arrived, 315 00:22:21,407 --> 00:22:25,609 I was always to speak to Stephanie and Guenevere when we got to the scene. 316 00:22:26,145 --> 00:22:28,079 We... 317 00:22:28,147 --> 00:22:31,415 ...needed them to know that we were gonna be there for them. 318 00:22:34,721 --> 00:22:36,854 [Det Myers] I had Detective Phillips 319 00:22:36,956 --> 00:22:40,057 and Detective Viscone start interviewing 320 00:22:40,927 --> 00:22:42,960 both Stephanie and Guen, 321 00:22:43,896 --> 00:22:47,498 on the scene to get their stories. 322 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:50,401 [narrator] Stephanie claims that she discovered Bill's body 323 00:22:50,403 --> 00:22:52,837 when she returned his truck earlier that morning. 324 00:22:54,907 --> 00:22:58,109 She says that she and Guen had borrowed the truck the night before. 325 00:23:00,847 --> 00:23:04,248 Stephanie advised that she and Guen 326 00:23:04,317 --> 00:23:07,318 had gone to the home of Bill in the Mustang 327 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:11,122 to pick up his vehicle to borrow it 328 00:23:11,124 --> 00:23:13,724 the following day to take Gu 329 00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:16,394 to different massage school 330 00:23:16,396 --> 00:23:20,498 in Ocala, as the Mustang that they had 331 00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:24,301 did not run very good and the air conditioner didn't work well. 332 00:23:28,775 --> 00:23:33,110 Stephanie stated that she le by 8:00, 8:30 333 00:23:33,112 --> 00:23:38,349 and she drove the Mustang ho because the taillights didn't work in it. 334 00:23:38,451 --> 00:23:41,252 And she wanted to have it home before dark. 335 00:23:45,258 --> 00:23:48,392 And she said that Guen then drove 336 00:23:48,394 --> 00:23:50,961 Bill's vehicle home. 337 00:23:51,030 --> 00:23:55,199 And she was home somewhere between 9:00 and 9:30 that evening. 338 00:23:57,937 --> 00:24:01,105 [narrator] Next, detectives interview Guen Hudnall. 339 00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:04,241 [Det Myers] The story that Guen gave was that 340 00:24:04,343 --> 00:24:07,144 they were there to pick up the vehicle 341 00:24:07,213 --> 00:24:10,714 to take a door off to go to the local dump. 342 00:24:12,218 --> 00:24:15,319 Guen said she drove her Mustang home. 343 00:24:17,356 --> 00:24:19,824 And her mom drove her dad's car home. 344 00:24:23,763 --> 00:24:25,429 [narrator] Detective Phillips asked Gue 345 00:24:25,431 --> 00:24:28,232 if she and her mom made it to the dump the following morning. 346 00:24:29,402 --> 00:24:32,203 Guen replies, "No". 347 00:24:32,205 --> 00:24:34,738 We realized that they had conflicting stories. 348 00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:38,008 Their stories were inconsistent on 349 00:24:38,010 --> 00:24:40,411 the reason why they were borrowing the vehicle, 350 00:24:40,413 --> 00:24:43,113 who drove the vehicle home the night before. 351 00:24:43,716 --> 00:24:46,150 And that made us believe 352 00:24:46,252 --> 00:24:49,820 that we needed to look more into these two 353 00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:52,523 as possibly being involved in this. 354 00:25:04,136 --> 00:25:07,605 They were asked by the detectives to come in originally 355 00:25:07,607 --> 00:25:11,075 to do elimination fingerprin and DNA. 356 00:25:11,077 --> 00:25:15,713 While they were there doing that, they were asked if they would speak to me, 357 00:25:15,715 --> 00:25:17,815 as I'm the lead detective on the case. 358 00:25:19,719 --> 00:25:22,419 [narrator] Detective Myers interviews Stephanie first. 359 00:25:23,222 --> 00:25:24,021 [Det Myers speaking] 360 00:25:35,401 --> 00:25:36,200 [Det Myers speaking] 361 00:25:38,804 --> 00:25:39,503 [Stephanie responding] 362 00:25:43,943 --> 00:25:44,742 [Det Myers speaking] 363 00:25:49,115 --> 00:25:50,147 [Stephanie responding] 364 00:25:55,955 --> 00:25:57,288 [narrator] Stephanie's account matches 365 00:25:57,290 --> 00:25:59,823 what she told Detective Phillips the day before. 366 00:26:00,993 --> 00:26:05,095 Then I asked her what transpired that morning. 367 00:26:05,831 --> 00:26:06,764 [Det Myers speaking] 368 00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:08,232 [Stephanie responding] 369 00:26:32,725 --> 00:26:33,958 [Stephanie on voice call] 370 00:26:35,728 --> 00:26:36,527 [dispatcher speaking] 371 00:26:37,930 --> 00:26:39,195 [Stephanie speaking] 372 00:26:43,302 --> 00:26:45,502 [narrator] Detective Myers interviews Guen next. 373 00:26:46,639 --> 00:26:47,504 [Det Myers speaking] 374 00:26:49,542 --> 00:26:50,407 [Guen speaking] 375 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:01,018 [Det Myers speaking] 376 00:27:02,355 --> 00:27:03,286 [Guen speaking] 377 00:27:05,057 --> 00:27:07,324 [Det Myers] She changed her story. 378 00:27:07,326 --> 00:27:09,426 Her story was completely different 379 00:27:09,428 --> 00:27:12,730 than what she had told the detectives, 380 00:27:12,732 --> 00:27:14,131 the day prior. 381 00:27:15,701 --> 00:27:16,700 [Det Myers speaking] 382 00:27:25,444 --> 00:27:26,643 [Guen speaking] 383 00:27:37,857 --> 00:27:40,724 [Det Myers] Everything in Guen's interview, 384 00:27:40,726 --> 00:27:43,527 now was beginning to slowly match up 385 00:27:43,529 --> 00:27:46,063 to Stephanie's interview. 386 00:27:47,299 --> 00:27:49,033 It was obvious to me, 387 00:27:49,134 --> 00:27:51,902 one or both of them were lying. 388 00:27:58,644 --> 00:27:59,543 [Det Myers speaking] 389 00:28:02,815 --> 00:28:03,514 [Tom speaking] 390 00:28:04,817 --> 00:28:05,815 [Det Myers speaking] 391 00:28:09,455 --> 00:28:12,923 It was a thought of mine to do a polygraph, 392 00:28:12,925 --> 00:28:17,327 due to the fact that both of their statements had been inconsistent 393 00:28:17,329 --> 00:28:18,529 from the very beginning. 394 00:28:19,131 --> 00:28:20,631 [Tom speaking] 395 00:28:32,411 --> 00:28:35,212 [narrator] Guen must answer each of the examiner's questions 396 00:28:35,214 --> 00:28:37,314 either yes or no. 397 00:28:37,316 --> 00:28:39,817 Her test is scheduled to take 90 minutes. 398 00:28:44,523 --> 00:28:45,622 [Tom speaking] 399 00:28:47,326 --> 00:28:48,025 [Guen responding] 400 00:28:49,428 --> 00:28:50,227 [Tom speaking] 401 00:28:56,836 --> 00:28:57,601 [Guen responding] 402 00:28:59,138 --> 00:29:00,003 [Tom speaking] 403 00:29:02,108 --> 00:29:03,273 [Guen responding] 404 00:29:03,275 --> 00:29:05,409 [Det Myers] When you tell a lie on a polygraph, 405 00:29:05,411 --> 00:29:07,111 your blood pressure goes up 406 00:29:07,113 --> 00:29:09,613 your breathing gets sporadic, 407 00:29:09,615 --> 00:29:11,915 um, your hands get a little sweatier. 408 00:29:14,153 --> 00:29:14,952 [Tom speaking] 409 00:29:20,092 --> 00:29:21,758 [Guen responding] 410 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,561 [narrator] The examiner ends the test after just 19 minutes. 411 00:29:27,633 --> 00:29:28,532 [Tom speaking] 412 00:29:37,843 --> 00:29:38,742 [Guen responding] 413 00:29:38,844 --> 00:29:40,244 [Tom speaking] 414 00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:44,915 He confronted her with the fact that she was being deceptive 415 00:29:44,917 --> 00:29:47,551 and was lying about what happened. 416 00:29:47,653 --> 00:29:48,519 [Guen responding] 417 00:29:48,521 --> 00:29:49,820 [Tom responding] 418 00:29:49,822 --> 00:29:51,121 [Guen speaking] 419 00:29:52,057 --> 00:29:54,324 [Tom speaking] 420 00:29:56,362 --> 00:29:58,662 She was called out flat on it. 421 00:29:58,731 --> 00:30:01,131 And he knew that she was involved in this. 422 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:02,933 [Tom speaking] 423 00:30:10,442 --> 00:30:11,608 [Guen, voice breaking] 424 00:30:11,610 --> 00:30:12,442 [Tom speaking] 425 00:30:16,315 --> 00:30:17,648 [Guen responding] 426 00:30:37,703 --> 00:30:38,969 [Tom speaking] 427 00:30:40,539 --> 00:30:41,371 [Guen speaking softly] 428 00:30:41,373 --> 00:30:43,040 [Tom speaking] 429 00:30:47,813 --> 00:30:50,914 [narrator] Guen describes what happened on the day of Bill's murder. 430 00:30:53,219 --> 00:30:56,520 Guen went to her father's house that evening to stay the night. 431 00:30:58,624 --> 00:31:01,625 Not to borrow his truck, as she claimed previously. 432 00:31:04,330 --> 00:31:05,729 [Guen speaking] 433 00:31:10,803 --> 00:31:11,735 [Tom speaking] 434 00:31:15,407 --> 00:31:16,440 [Guen speaking] 435 00:31:18,143 --> 00:31:19,042 [Tom speaking] 436 00:31:25,317 --> 00:31:26,282 [Guen whispering] 437 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,454 [Det Myers] I was very surprised. 438 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:33,624 At no point in this investigation did I think, 439 00:31:33,626 --> 00:31:36,026 she was the one that physically did this. 440 00:31:36,829 --> 00:31:37,761 [Tom speaking] 441 00:31:42,401 --> 00:31:43,767 [Guen responding] 442 00:31:47,506 --> 00:31:51,108 At this point, I felt like that there was a lot more to the story 443 00:31:51,110 --> 00:31:54,945 and that Guen was trying to keep her mom out of it. 444 00:31:59,218 --> 00:32:01,051 So we walked her into the room. 445 00:32:01,820 --> 00:32:03,320 Where Stephanie was sitting. 446 00:32:05,557 --> 00:32:06,423 [Guen, voice breaking] 447 00:32:33,652 --> 00:32:34,651 [Stephanie responding] 448 00:32:34,753 --> 00:32:37,054 [Det Myers speaking] 449 00:32:49,101 --> 00:32:50,100 [Stephanie speaking] 450 00:32:50,102 --> 00:32:52,302 [Guen responding] 451 00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:54,438 [Det Myers] She tried to play it off like, 452 00:32:54,506 --> 00:32:57,474 she had no idea that Guen had done this. 453 00:32:57,476 --> 00:33:01,578 And that she had no involvement and nothing to do with it. 454 00:33:01,580 --> 00:33:04,514 And that's when I sat down with Stephanie again 455 00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:08,352 and I pushed her to be a little more honest with us 456 00:33:08,420 --> 00:33:10,854 about what happened that night. 457 00:33:11,857 --> 00:33:13,423 [Det Myers speaking] 458 00:33:13,425 --> 00:33:15,258 [Stephanie responding] 459 00:33:18,530 --> 00:33:19,363 [Det Myers speaking] 460 00:33:19,464 --> 00:33:20,230 [Stephanie responding] 461 00:33:22,634 --> 00:33:23,600 [Det Myers speaking] 462 00:33:25,704 --> 00:33:27,104 [Stephanie responding] 463 00:34:00,005 --> 00:34:02,839 [Det Myers] Stephanie had be lying from the beginning. 464 00:34:02,941 --> 00:34:07,411 And now, she was slowly starting to throw Guen under the bus. 465 00:34:08,947 --> 00:34:12,516 She was trying to take herself out of the equation 466 00:34:12,518 --> 00:34:14,618 and put Guen there. 467 00:34:16,422 --> 00:34:20,957 I started to believe that Stephanie was more involved 468 00:34:20,959 --> 00:34:23,460 than either one of them let on. 469 00:34:24,663 --> 00:34:27,030 This entire plan was nothin 470 00:34:27,032 --> 00:34:30,600 that Guen would have been able to come up with on her own. 471 00:34:33,038 --> 00:34:35,939 I knew that Stephanie had more to do with this. 472 00:34:44,650 --> 00:34:46,650 [Det Myers] At this point in the investigation, 473 00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:48,718 there was no doubt in my mind that 474 00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:53,256 Stephanie had a lot more to do with this entire thing from start to finish. 475 00:34:55,727 --> 00:34:58,061 When I went back to speak with Guen, 476 00:34:58,130 --> 00:35:02,199 I asked her to run me through everything that had happened 477 00:35:02,201 --> 00:35:04,701 after she murdered her father. 478 00:35:05,838 --> 00:35:06,837 [Det Myers speaking] 479 00:35:12,711 --> 00:35:13,610 [Guen mumbles] 480 00:35:14,613 --> 00:35:15,412 [Det Myers speaking] 481 00:35:18,951 --> 00:35:19,950 [Guen responding] 482 00:35:21,053 --> 00:35:21,852 [Det Myers speaking] 483 00:35:22,321 --> 00:35:23,319 [Guen responding] 484 00:35:25,958 --> 00:35:30,527 Her mom helped her put her clothed in a pot 485 00:35:31,296 --> 00:35:32,829 and they burned the clothes 486 00:35:34,433 --> 00:35:38,935 In an attempt to help her cover up what she had done. 487 00:35:43,041 --> 00:35:43,807 [Det Myers speaking] 488 00:35:45,110 --> 00:35:46,676 [Guen responding] 489 00:36:09,735 --> 00:36:12,702 [narrator] Detective Myers interviews Stephanie one more time. 490 00:36:14,106 --> 00:36:16,106 -[Det Myers speaking] -[Stephanie sobbing] 491 00:36:35,861 --> 00:36:36,993 -[Stephanie responding] -Right. 492 00:36:54,846 --> 00:36:58,114 She knew at that time that she was in trouble as well 493 00:36:58,116 --> 00:37:01,952 and that's when she started talking a little bit more. 494 00:37:01,954 --> 00:37:03,552 [Stephanie speaking breathily] 495 00:37:33,318 --> 00:37:36,953 [Det Myers] She went into detail about the fact of the money. 496 00:37:36,955 --> 00:37:39,055 And that they needed help 497 00:37:39,157 --> 00:37:42,959 because they were losing their home. 498 00:37:43,061 --> 00:37:46,696 Guen said that it was because of her father 499 00:37:46,698 --> 00:37:50,800 that they were getting evict from the house in Keystone. 500 00:37:50,802 --> 00:37:54,738 And it was obvious she would not know any of this, 501 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,208 had this not been told to her 502 00:37:58,210 --> 00:38:01,344 and put in her mind by Stephanie, her mom. 503 00:38:02,614 --> 00:38:03,613 [Det Myers speaking] 504 00:38:08,754 --> 00:38:10,553 [Stephanie responding] 505 00:38:20,565 --> 00:38:24,801 [Det Myers] I did believe th it was pre-planned between the two of them 506 00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:27,304 that Guen was going to kill Bill. 507 00:38:27,306 --> 00:38:31,107 There's not a doubt in my mind that Stephanie kn 508 00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:33,243 that she was driving Guen 509 00:38:34,112 --> 00:38:37,447 to go kill Bill on that nigh 510 00:38:37,516 --> 00:38:40,617 The two of them were arrested that evening. 511 00:38:40,619 --> 00:38:44,354 On the homicide charges of Bill Hudnall. 512 00:38:50,262 --> 00:38:55,198 [narrator] Guen agrees to adhere with prosecutors to testify against her mothe 513 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,300 It would have been more difficult to convict 514 00:38:58,337 --> 00:39:01,438 Stephanie, uh, without Guen's testimony. 515 00:39:02,207 --> 00:39:05,141 Guen is the one that lays ou 516 00:39:05,243 --> 00:39:08,311 the level of her involvemen and the level of her plannin 517 00:39:08,313 --> 00:39:10,613 Guen admitted that the murder was premeditated. 518 00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:14,818 We also knew that Stephanie was culpable 519 00:39:14,820 --> 00:39:19,022 and highly involved, and that she assisted Guen in committing this murder. 520 00:39:19,024 --> 00:39:22,425 And she helped plan with Guen to commit this murder 521 00:39:22,427 --> 00:39:24,894 and she helped to cover up the murder 522 00:39:24,896 --> 00:39:30,033 by the burning of the clothes and coming up with stories to tell law enforcement. 523 00:39:30,102 --> 00:39:34,704 [narrator] Prosecutors piece together what led Guen Hudna to murder her father. 524 00:39:35,841 --> 00:39:38,408 [Det Myers] Stephanie had gotten in Guen's head 525 00:39:38,410 --> 00:39:41,845 that the two of them were going to get rid of Bill, 526 00:39:41,946 --> 00:39:44,748 so they could get his social security check. 527 00:39:47,018 --> 00:39:49,519 Stephanie made Guen feel like 528 00:39:49,521 --> 00:39:53,957 this was the only way for the two of them to make it financially. 529 00:39:55,727 --> 00:39:59,529 Guen went there with the intent to kill her dad. 530 00:39:59,531 --> 00:40:03,333 Because it was going to make her mom and her lives 531 00:40:03,435 --> 00:40:05,935 easier without him being alive. 532 00:40:08,306 --> 00:40:09,706 She went and got the pickaxe 533 00:40:13,044 --> 00:40:14,411 Walked into the bedroom. 534 00:40:15,847 --> 00:40:18,047 Behind him, where he was sleeping. 535 00:40:19,951 --> 00:40:22,318 And started hitting him with the axe. 536 00:40:26,525 --> 00:40:29,559 [narrator] The job done, Stephanie helps cover her daughter's tracks. 537 00:40:32,464 --> 00:40:34,197 Stephanie cuts a deal when she learns 538 00:40:34,199 --> 00:40:37,600 that her daughter will testify against her. 539 00:40:37,602 --> 00:40:42,539 Both women agree with prosecutors to plead guilty to second-degree murder. 540 00:40:42,607 --> 00:40:46,242 [Brenda] They took a plea bargain down to second degre and she gave her mother up. 541 00:40:46,311 --> 00:40:50,447 Because we, as a family, sai it was more important to us 542 00:40:50,548 --> 00:40:53,817 that her mother get charged with this, 543 00:40:53,819 --> 00:40:56,820 then it was for Guenevere to be put to death. 544 00:41:02,093 --> 00:41:05,428 [narrator] On Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 545 00:41:05,430 --> 00:41:09,699 a judge at Alachua County Criminal Justice Center in Gainesville, 546 00:41:09,701 --> 00:41:13,136 sentences both Stephanie and Guen to 40 years in prison. 547 00:41:16,608 --> 00:41:17,607 [Tim behind camera] 548 00:41:20,545 --> 00:41:23,346 [Brenda] Bill was all about family 549 00:41:23,414 --> 00:41:24,814 [voice breaking] and he was a good friend. 550 00:41:27,519 --> 00:41:30,119 He was a great brother-in-la and a brother. 551 00:41:32,557 --> 00:41:34,557 And I'm gonna miss him. And I do miss him. 552 00:41:37,162 --> 00:41:39,529 [Tim] I loved Bill, he was my brother. 553 00:41:39,531 --> 00:41:43,032 I believe he made a lot of bad choices. 554 00:41:44,102 --> 00:41:47,103 But even in his bad choices 555 00:41:47,105 --> 00:41:49,038 he still meant well. 556 00:41:50,842 --> 00:41:55,445 [Joe] I remember Bill now like when we were kids, teenagers. 557 00:41:55,547 --> 00:41:58,748 And we always kinds threw rocks at each other, you know? 558 00:41:58,817 --> 00:42:01,117 Joking and teasing, you know? 559 00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:04,254 You know, we loved each other. He was a good brother. 560 00:42:04,355 --> 00:42:05,522 You know...