1 00:00:07,207 --> 00:00:07,574 - I'm Kate Snow, 2 00:00:08,441 --> 00:00:11,378 and this is 3 00:00:08,441 --> 00:00:11,378 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". 4 00:00:11,378 --> 00:00:14,547 - They were very, very 5 00:00:11,378 --> 00:00:14,547 popular in Effingham. 6 00:00:14,547 --> 00:00:16,649 - They were 7 00:00:14,547 --> 00:00:16,649 an impeccable family, 8 00:00:16,649 --> 00:00:19,119 victims of 9 00:00:16,649 --> 00:00:19,119 an improbable crime, 10 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:22,655 mother, father, son shot 11 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:22,655 in the dead of night. 12 00:00:23,523 --> 00:00:25,250 - It felt like an ambush. 13 00:00:25,250 --> 00:00:27,193 - Investigators searched 14 00:00:25,250 --> 00:00:27,193 for clues, 15 00:00:27,193 --> 00:00:29,629 but what they found 16 00:00:27,193 --> 00:00:29,629 were secrets, 17 00:00:29,629 --> 00:00:33,330 a forbidden love affair 18 00:00:29,629 --> 00:00:33,330 right in the family, 19 00:00:33,330 --> 00:00:36,360 one son sleeping with 20 00:00:33,330 --> 00:00:36,360 the other son's wife. 21 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:37,971 - He said if I was gonna 22 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:37,971 have an affair, 23 00:00:37,971 --> 00:00:39,500 he wish it would 24 00:00:37,971 --> 00:00:39,500 have been 25 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:41,107 with anybody else 26 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:41,107 except his brother. 27 00:00:41,107 --> 00:00:43,430 - Bad blood 28 00:00:41,107 --> 00:00:43,430 between brothers. 29 00:00:43,430 --> 00:00:45,512 Had that been a motive 30 00:00:43,430 --> 00:00:45,512 for murder? 31 00:00:45,512 --> 00:00:48,381 Had one killed the other 32 00:00:45,512 --> 00:00:48,381 to steal his wife? 33 00:00:50,984 --> 00:00:52,986 - In court, 34 00:00:50,984 --> 00:00:52,986 it all came out. 35 00:00:52,986 --> 00:00:56,823 Scandalous passions, 36 00:00:52,986 --> 00:00:56,823 jealousy, greed, lust. 37 00:00:56,823 --> 00:00:59,659 - He said that he was 38 00:00:56,823 --> 00:00:59,659 the black sheep of the family. 39 00:00:59,659 --> 00:01:03,463 - A family saga turned to 40 00:00:59,659 --> 00:01:03,463 riveting courtroom drama. 41 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:04,798 - I cried the whole time. 42 00:01:04,798 --> 00:01:12,806 ** 43 00:01:12,806 --> 00:01:15,942 - Hello, and welcome to 44 00:01:12,806 --> 00:01:15,942 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". 45 00:01:15,942 --> 00:01:19,789 Publicly, the Heidts were 46 00:01:15,942 --> 00:01:19,789 pillars of the community, 47 00:01:19,789 --> 00:01:22,282 a prominent family highly 48 00:01:19,789 --> 00:01:22,282 respected for their success 49 00:01:22,282 --> 00:01:23,850 in the real estate world, 50 00:01:23,850 --> 00:01:26,419 but privately, 51 00:01:23,850 --> 00:01:26,419 an explosive secret 52 00:01:26,419 --> 00:01:28,455 rocked them to their core. 53 00:01:28,455 --> 00:01:30,900 Now, an act of violence 54 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:32,926 was about to change 55 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:32,926 their lives forever 56 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:34,794 and leave investigators 57 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:34,794 wondering 58 00:01:34,794 --> 00:01:37,931 if a family feud 59 00:01:34,794 --> 00:01:37,931 ended in murder. 60 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:39,199 Here's Dennis Murphy 61 00:01:39,199 --> 00:01:41,434 with "The Mystery 62 00:01:39,199 --> 00:01:41,434 in Effingham County". 63 00:01:45,739 --> 00:01:47,941 - The time we received 64 00:01:45,739 --> 00:01:47,941 the call was around 3:00 AM. 65 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:01,755 The sheriff's office 66 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:01,755 911 operator 67 00:02:01,755 --> 00:02:03,490 could barely understand 68 00:02:01,755 --> 00:02:03,490 the voice 69 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:05,158 on the other end 70 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:05,158 of the call. 71 00:02:15,669 --> 00:02:18,710 A dispatcher called for 72 00:02:15,669 --> 00:02:18,710 Sergeant James Dingeldein 73 00:02:18,710 --> 00:02:19,773 to help listen in. 74 00:02:25,612 --> 00:02:27,113 It was difficult to hear 75 00:02:25,612 --> 00:02:27,113 what she was saying. 76 00:02:27,113 --> 00:02:28,381 You could hear 77 00:02:27,113 --> 00:02:28,381 her gargling 78 00:02:28,381 --> 00:02:31,840 due to blood, uh, 79 00:02:28,381 --> 00:02:31,840 in her throat. 80 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,653 - And it sounded as though 81 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,653 she wasn't the only victim. 82 00:02:53,506 --> 00:02:55,341 Two, possibly 83 00:02:53,506 --> 00:02:55,341 three adults 84 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:57,110 shot in a home 85 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:57,110 in the middle of the night. 86 00:03:03,149 --> 00:03:05,251 And the female survivor 87 00:03:03,149 --> 00:03:05,251 had no idea 88 00:03:05,251 --> 00:03:07,354 if the assailant was 89 00:03:05,251 --> 00:03:07,354 still in the house. 90 00:03:07,354 --> 00:03:08,922 - We weren't sure if 91 00:03:07,354 --> 00:03:08,922 it was a home invasion. 92 00:03:08,922 --> 00:03:11,157 We weren't sure if it was 93 00:03:08,922 --> 00:03:11,157 an accidental discharge 94 00:03:11,157 --> 00:03:12,392 of a firearm. 95 00:03:17,731 --> 00:03:19,666 - Sergeant Dingeedein 96 00:03:17,731 --> 00:03:19,666 and other deputies 97 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:22,135 were already racing 98 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:22,135 to the location, 99 00:03:22,135 --> 00:03:23,636 a one-story ranch house 100 00:03:23,636 --> 00:03:26,139 in a heavily wooded area 101 00:03:23,636 --> 00:03:26,139 outside town. 102 00:03:26,139 --> 00:03:28,341 - There was little 103 00:03:26,139 --> 00:03:28,341 to no light outside. 104 00:03:28,341 --> 00:03:30,343 It was actually 105 00:03:28,341 --> 00:03:30,343 pitch black. 106 00:03:30,343 --> 00:03:31,745 Our weapons were 107 00:03:30,343 --> 00:03:31,745 already drawn. 108 00:03:31,745 --> 00:03:33,880 We weren't sure if 109 00:03:31,745 --> 00:03:33,880 the suspect was in the area, 110 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:35,648 still in the woods. 111 00:03:35,648 --> 00:03:37,183 When we approached 112 00:03:35,648 --> 00:03:37,183 the door, 113 00:03:37,183 --> 00:03:38,817 we could hear the sound 114 00:03:37,183 --> 00:03:38,817 of a female moaning 115 00:03:38,817 --> 00:03:40,787 in what appeared 116 00:03:38,817 --> 00:03:40,787 to be pain. 117 00:03:40,787 --> 00:03:41,921 - They could hear her, 118 00:03:41,921 --> 00:03:43,690 but were delayed 119 00:03:41,921 --> 00:03:43,690 in finding her 120 00:03:43,690 --> 00:03:45,558 because something stopped 121 00:03:43,690 --> 00:03:45,558 them in their tracks 122 00:03:45,558 --> 00:03:47,994 as they entered 123 00:03:45,558 --> 00:03:47,994 the kitchen. 124 00:03:47,994 --> 00:03:50,997 - There was an overwhelming 125 00:03:47,994 --> 00:03:50,997 smell of gasoline 126 00:03:50,997 --> 00:03:52,565 emanating from the house. 127 00:03:52,565 --> 00:03:54,768 It was extremely noxious. 128 00:03:52,565 --> 00:03:54,768 It was hard to breathe. 129 00:03:54,768 --> 00:03:56,102 The deputy in front of me, 130 00:03:54,768 --> 00:03:56,102 Deputy Hill, 131 00:03:56,102 --> 00:03:57,737 slipped on the gasoline, 132 00:03:57,737 --> 00:04:00,540 and I had to catch him 133 00:03:57,737 --> 00:04:00,540 to prevent him from falling. 134 00:04:00,540 --> 00:04:03,109 - Why hadn't the gasoline 135 00:04:00,540 --> 00:04:03,109 been torched? 136 00:04:03,109 --> 00:04:05,278 Was someone trying to lure 137 00:04:03,109 --> 00:04:05,278 the cops inside 138 00:04:05,278 --> 00:04:07,514 before striking a match? 139 00:04:07,514 --> 00:04:09,349 - It felt like an ambush. 140 00:04:09,349 --> 00:04:10,817 - They finally 141 00:04:09,349 --> 00:04:10,817 located the woman 142 00:04:10,817 --> 00:04:13,753 slumped on the kitchen floor 143 00:04:10,817 --> 00:04:13,753 behind a table. 144 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:16,488 The woman, Linda, was still 145 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:16,488 holding her cell phone. 146 00:04:16,488 --> 00:04:18,358 The distress call 147 00:04:16,488 --> 00:04:18,358 was genuine, 148 00:04:18,358 --> 00:04:20,927 and her injuries 149 00:04:18,358 --> 00:04:20,927 were grave. 150 00:04:20,927 --> 00:04:22,562 - And she had a-- 151 00:04:20,927 --> 00:04:22,562 some sort of fabric, 152 00:04:22,562 --> 00:04:24,497 a T-shirt or a towel 153 00:04:22,562 --> 00:04:24,497 on her throat, 154 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:26,990 and it was soaked 155 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:26,990 in blood. 156 00:04:26,990 --> 00:04:29,135 I asked her to remove 157 00:04:26,990 --> 00:04:29,135 the cloth from her throat 158 00:04:29,135 --> 00:04:31,738 so I can get a visual 159 00:04:29,135 --> 00:04:31,738 of her injuries. 160 00:04:31,738 --> 00:04:34,841 The entire area of 161 00:04:31,738 --> 00:04:34,841 her neck here was missing. 162 00:04:34,841 --> 00:04:37,744 As she swallowed, you could 163 00:04:34,841 --> 00:04:37,744 see her throat moving. 164 00:04:37,744 --> 00:04:39,579 - One victim accounted for. 165 00:04:39,579 --> 00:04:40,947 Where were the others? 166 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:43,416 - She didn't know if anyone else 167 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:43,416 was still in the residence, 168 00:04:43,416 --> 00:04:45,485 and she didn't know 169 00:04:43,416 --> 00:04:45,485 if her son and her husband 170 00:04:45,485 --> 00:04:46,619 were still alive. 171 00:04:46,619 --> 00:04:47,687 - With guns drawn, 172 00:04:47,687 --> 00:04:49,956 deputies continued 173 00:04:47,687 --> 00:04:49,956 clearing the residence 174 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:52,659 and the information 175 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:52,659 they yelled back down the hall 176 00:04:52,659 --> 00:04:55,950 was as bad 177 00:04:52,659 --> 00:04:55,950 as it could get. 178 00:04:55,950 --> 00:04:58,298 Linda's son, Carey, 179 00:04:55,950 --> 00:04:58,298 shot dead in one bedroom. 180 00:04:58,298 --> 00:05:00,800 - Carey Heidt was in the bed, 181 00:04:58,298 --> 00:05:00,800 still under the covers. 182 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,370 He had an obvious gunshot 183 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,370 wound to the face. 184 00:05:04,370 --> 00:05:06,390 - And Linda's husband, 185 00:05:04,370 --> 00:05:06,390 Philip, shot dead 186 00:05:06,390 --> 00:05:07,507 in the master bedroom. 187 00:05:07,507 --> 00:05:09,776 - He had pulled a sheet 188 00:05:07,507 --> 00:05:09,776 above his face 189 00:05:09,776 --> 00:05:11,511 in a defensive stance. 190 00:05:11,511 --> 00:05:14,314 Um, there was a gunshot wound 191 00:05:11,511 --> 00:05:14,314 through the sheet. 192 00:05:15,615 --> 00:05:17,617 - An explosion of horror. 193 00:05:17,617 --> 00:05:19,719 Three people gunned down, 194 00:05:17,617 --> 00:05:19,719 two fatally, 195 00:05:19,719 --> 00:05:22,689 on a quiet road 196 00:05:19,719 --> 00:05:22,689 in a quiet Georgia town. 197 00:05:22,689 --> 00:05:24,824 And now, Linda, 198 00:05:22,689 --> 00:05:24,824 the lone survivor, 199 00:05:24,824 --> 00:05:27,761 was en route to the hospital 200 00:05:24,824 --> 00:05:27,761 in grave condition. 201 00:05:27,761 --> 00:05:29,295 What had happened 202 00:05:27,761 --> 00:05:29,295 in the dark hours 203 00:05:29,295 --> 00:05:32,165 of a Monday morning 204 00:05:29,295 --> 00:05:32,165 in that modest house? 205 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:35,534 Peeling back the layers of 206 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:35,534 the mystery would take years 207 00:05:35,534 --> 00:05:37,570 and would leave 208 00:05:35,534 --> 00:05:37,570 a family torn apart 209 00:05:37,570 --> 00:05:39,706 and a community devastated. 210 00:05:39,706 --> 00:05:42,242 But to begin to comprehend 211 00:05:39,706 --> 00:05:42,242 what happened, 212 00:05:42,242 --> 00:05:45,512 you have to roll back the clock, 213 00:05:42,242 --> 00:05:45,512 back to 2008, 214 00:05:45,512 --> 00:05:47,480 to a town 215 00:05:45,512 --> 00:05:47,480 called Springfield 216 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,749 and a family 217 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,749 named the Heidts. 218 00:05:49,749 --> 00:05:52,850 - If I were to ask you what 219 00:05:49,749 --> 00:05:52,850 the Heidt family was like 220 00:05:52,850 --> 00:05:54,587 in, say, 2007, 221 00:05:52,850 --> 00:05:54,587 what would you say? 222 00:05:54,587 --> 00:05:56,856 - Great family. 223 00:05:54,587 --> 00:05:56,856 Spiritual family. 224 00:05:56,856 --> 00:05:59,392 Um... 225 00:05:59,392 --> 00:06:01,361 pillars of the community, 226 00:05:59,392 --> 00:06:01,361 if you will. 227 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:04,230 - The Heidt family 228 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:04,230 in 2011? 229 00:06:04,230 --> 00:06:05,832 - Destroyed. 230 00:06:05,832 --> 00:06:08,468 - What had happened on 231 00:06:05,832 --> 00:06:08,468 Springfield Egypt Road? 232 00:06:08,468 --> 00:06:11,638 Who would want God fearing 233 00:06:08,468 --> 00:06:11,638 people like the Heidts dead? 234 00:06:14,174 --> 00:06:15,308 - Coming up... 235 00:06:15,308 --> 00:06:16,509 - He was a go-getter. 236 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:18,678 If there was a deal to be made, 237 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:18,678 he was gonna go after it. 238 00:06:18,678 --> 00:06:20,680 - The hard-charging 239 00:06:18,678 --> 00:06:20,680 businessman. 240 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,315 Had a deal gone bad? 241 00:06:22,315 --> 00:06:24,718 Had the neighbors 242 00:06:22,315 --> 00:06:24,718 been ruled out? 243 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:27,887 An urgent investigation 244 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:27,887 begins 245 00:06:28,540 --> 00:06:40,100 ** 246 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:43,703 - Philip Heidt was a large-scale 247 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:43,703 real estate investor 248 00:06:43,703 --> 00:06:45,905 and prominent 249 00:06:43,703 --> 00:06:45,905 name around town, 250 00:06:45,905 --> 00:06:48,108 someone who'd counted 251 00:06:45,905 --> 00:06:48,108 Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie 252 00:06:48,108 --> 00:06:49,909 as one of his 253 00:06:48,108 --> 00:06:49,909 good friends. 254 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:52,780 But now Heidt was dead, 255 00:06:52,780 --> 00:06:54,147 mysteriously 256 00:06:52,780 --> 00:06:54,147 and brutally gunned down 257 00:06:54,147 --> 00:06:56,416 in his own home 258 00:06:54,147 --> 00:06:56,416 in the middle of the night, 259 00:06:56,416 --> 00:06:58,451 along with his son 260 00:06:56,416 --> 00:06:58,451 and his wife, 261 00:06:58,451 --> 00:07:00,220 who was 262 00:06:58,451 --> 00:07:00,220 the lone survivor. 263 00:07:00,220 --> 00:07:01,888 - I knew these folks. 264 00:07:01,888 --> 00:07:05,250 I had been friends 265 00:07:01,888 --> 00:07:05,250 with these folks. 266 00:07:05,250 --> 00:07:06,693 And it was just bad. 267 00:07:08,395 --> 00:07:10,764 - This part of the country, 268 00:07:08,395 --> 00:07:10,764 Southeast Georgia, 269 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:14,340 isn't used to waking up 270 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:14,340 to grisly news like this. 271 00:07:14,340 --> 00:07:17,370 That just isn't supposed to 272 00:07:14,340 --> 00:07:17,370 happen in Effingham County, 273 00:07:17,370 --> 00:07:19,873 only 45 minutes 274 00:07:17,370 --> 00:07:19,873 from downtown Savannah, 275 00:07:19,873 --> 00:07:22,842 but a world away, 276 00:07:19,873 --> 00:07:22,842 with its mom-and-pop shops, 277 00:07:22,842 --> 00:07:25,345 cattle farms, 278 00:07:22,842 --> 00:07:25,345 and cotton fields. 279 00:07:25,345 --> 00:07:28,314 It's a place where people go 280 00:07:25,345 --> 00:07:28,314 to church, work hard, 281 00:07:28,314 --> 00:07:29,716 and know their neighbor. 282 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:32,552 - In this community, 283 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:32,552 family sticks together. 284 00:07:32,552 --> 00:07:34,854 Just our nature 285 00:07:32,552 --> 00:07:34,854 around here, I reckon. 286 00:07:34,854 --> 00:07:37,357 - James Neidlinger had 287 00:07:34,854 --> 00:07:37,357 lived here all his life, 288 00:07:37,357 --> 00:07:39,826 and like anyone born 289 00:07:37,357 --> 00:07:39,826 and raised in Effingham, 290 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:41,594 he knew the Heidt family. 291 00:07:41,594 --> 00:07:44,564 - The Heidt family 292 00:07:41,594 --> 00:07:44,564 is a good family, 293 00:07:44,564 --> 00:07:46,266 well known family. 294 00:07:46,266 --> 00:07:48,201 They respect everybody. 295 00:07:48,201 --> 00:07:50,870 - James grew up with 296 00:07:48,201 --> 00:07:50,870 the three Heidt boys. 297 00:07:50,870 --> 00:07:53,139 Billy Hickman knew 298 00:07:50,870 --> 00:07:53,139 their father, Philip. 299 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:56,810 - They are a family 300 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:56,810 that loved their family, 301 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:59,779 and I think you can see that 302 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:59,779 throughout the whole, um, 303 00:07:59,779 --> 00:08:02,816 Heidt clan, that, um, 304 00:07:59,779 --> 00:08:02,816 there's a lot of love that, 305 00:08:02,816 --> 00:08:05,285 um, that goes through them. 306 00:08:05,285 --> 00:08:07,870 - Devout, rock solid people, 307 00:08:07,870 --> 00:08:09,723 led by the family patriarch, 308 00:08:07,870 --> 00:08:09,723 Philip Heidt. 309 00:08:09,723 --> 00:08:12,659 And as a major real estate 310 00:08:09,723 --> 00:08:12,659 developer in the area, 311 00:08:12,659 --> 00:08:15,862 Philip was very much 312 00:08:12,659 --> 00:08:15,862 a big deal around town. 313 00:08:15,862 --> 00:08:18,980 - We have numerous 314 00:08:15,862 --> 00:08:18,980 commercial sections 315 00:08:18,980 --> 00:08:20,567 that Philip really pushed, 316 00:08:20,567 --> 00:08:22,669 and he was a go-getter. 317 00:08:22,669 --> 00:08:24,370 Um, he was gonna 318 00:08:22,669 --> 00:08:24,370 get out, 319 00:08:24,370 --> 00:08:25,438 and if there 320 00:08:24,370 --> 00:08:25,438 was a deal to be made, 321 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:26,673 he was gonna 322 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:26,673 go after it. 323 00:08:26,673 --> 00:08:28,475 - So he was a player? 324 00:08:26,673 --> 00:08:28,475 - He was a player. 325 00:08:28,475 --> 00:08:30,577 He was gonna get 326 00:08:28,475 --> 00:08:30,577 the job done. 327 00:08:30,577 --> 00:08:33,179 - And with that terrific 328 00:08:30,577 --> 00:08:33,179 salesman's knack he had, 329 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:35,381 even if he got the better 330 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:35,381 part of a deal, 331 00:08:35,381 --> 00:08:37,350 he left you feeling 332 00:08:35,381 --> 00:08:37,350 good about it. 333 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:39,786 - Philip was a guy 334 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:39,786 that loved people. 335 00:08:39,786 --> 00:08:42,856 He was a guy that, 336 00:08:39,786 --> 00:08:42,856 um, people loved him. 337 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:45,859 He just always made 338 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:45,859 people feel good. 339 00:08:45,859 --> 00:08:49,129 He always made you feel 340 00:08:45,859 --> 00:08:49,129 like you were special. 341 00:08:49,129 --> 00:08:51,731 - When he wasn't putting in 342 00:08:49,129 --> 00:08:51,731 long hours at the office 343 00:08:51,731 --> 00:08:53,700 or serving as 344 00:08:51,731 --> 00:08:53,700 president of this board 345 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:55,502 or director of that bank, 346 00:08:55,502 --> 00:08:58,805 he took pure delight in raising 347 00:08:55,502 --> 00:08:58,805 his beloved Hereford cattle 348 00:08:58,805 --> 00:09:02,142 on his land that went back 349 00:08:58,805 --> 00:09:02,142 for generations, 350 00:09:02,142 --> 00:09:05,512 the property on rural 351 00:09:02,142 --> 00:09:05,512 Springfield Egypt Road. 352 00:09:05,512 --> 00:09:06,780 But above all, 353 00:09:06,780 --> 00:09:09,382 Philip Heidt liked to spend 354 00:09:06,780 --> 00:09:09,382 time with his family-- 355 00:09:09,382 --> 00:09:11,351 Linda, his wife 356 00:09:09,382 --> 00:09:11,351 of 40 years, 357 00:09:11,351 --> 00:09:15,210 and his three sons, 358 00:09:11,351 --> 00:09:15,210 Craig, Chris and Carey. 359 00:09:15,210 --> 00:09:18,910 - The most important thing 360 00:09:15,210 --> 00:09:18,910 to him was his family. 361 00:09:18,910 --> 00:09:20,930 He wanted-- he always 362 00:09:18,910 --> 00:09:20,930 wanted his family 363 00:09:20,930 --> 00:09:21,294 to be close 364 00:09:20,930 --> 00:09:21,294 to each other. 365 00:09:21,294 --> 00:09:23,563 He always wanted his family 366 00:09:21,294 --> 00:09:23,563 to love each other. 367 00:09:24,898 --> 00:09:28,902 - Then came that horrific night 368 00:09:24,898 --> 00:09:28,902 in August 2008, 369 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:30,770 when Philip, Carey, 370 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:30,770 and Linda Heidt 371 00:09:30,770 --> 00:09:32,872 were shot in 372 00:09:30,770 --> 00:09:32,872 the Heidt home. 373 00:09:32,872 --> 00:09:35,709 Only Linda survived 374 00:09:32,872 --> 00:09:35,709 to call 911, 375 00:09:35,709 --> 00:09:37,644 but now she was 376 00:09:35,709 --> 00:09:37,644 in serious condition 377 00:09:37,644 --> 00:09:39,450 at the hospital. 378 00:09:39,450 --> 00:09:40,547 - I could not believe it, 379 00:09:40,547 --> 00:09:43,830 'cause Ms. Linda and, um, 380 00:09:40,547 --> 00:09:43,830 Mr. Philip, they-- 381 00:09:43,830 --> 00:09:44,384 they're real nice people. 382 00:09:44,384 --> 00:09:46,786 - None of the locals wanted 383 00:09:44,384 --> 00:09:46,786 to think it had anything to do 384 00:09:46,786 --> 00:09:49,556 with the nearby people 385 00:09:46,786 --> 00:09:49,556 suspected of cooking meth 386 00:09:49,556 --> 00:09:52,792 and with whom they shared 387 00:09:49,556 --> 00:09:52,792 Springfield Egypt Road. 388 00:09:52,792 --> 00:09:54,828 There had been 389 00:09:52,792 --> 00:09:54,828 some arrests a while back. 390 00:09:56,396 --> 00:09:59,265 Residents felt helpless 391 00:09:56,396 --> 00:09:59,265 behind crime scene tape, 392 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:01,501 including a cousin, 393 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:01,501 Mark Arnsdorff. 394 00:10:01,501 --> 00:10:03,770 - It was horrible. 395 00:10:01,501 --> 00:10:03,770 It was just a horrible day. 396 00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:05,505 - Down the road, 397 00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:05,505 hundreds gathered 398 00:10:05,505 --> 00:10:08,108 for Philip 399 00:10:05,505 --> 00:10:08,108 and Carey Heidt's funeral. 400 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:10,643 Cousin Mark was a pallbearer 401 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:10,643 for Philip. 402 00:10:10,643 --> 00:10:13,113 - It was a full house. 403 00:10:10,643 --> 00:10:13,113 Standing room. 404 00:10:13,113 --> 00:10:14,614 I think there was even 405 00:10:13,113 --> 00:10:14,614 people outside, 406 00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:15,749 couldn't get in. 407 00:10:15,749 --> 00:10:17,350 That just shows how loved, 408 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:19,619 how much people thought 409 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:19,619 of the Heidt family. 410 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:21,870 - Double caskets. 411 00:10:21,870 --> 00:10:22,856 The tear-streaked faces 412 00:10:21,870 --> 00:10:22,856 of mourners, 413 00:10:22,856 --> 00:10:24,691 drawn taut with grief. 414 00:10:24,691 --> 00:10:28,795 No one wanted to send the 415 00:10:24,691 --> 00:10:28,795 father and son off like this. 416 00:10:28,795 --> 00:10:30,296 - It was terrible. 417 00:10:30,296 --> 00:10:33,566 I lost a best friend 418 00:10:30,296 --> 00:10:33,566 and a-a person to talk to. 419 00:10:35,268 --> 00:10:38,938 James Neidlinger had known 420 00:10:35,268 --> 00:10:38,938 Carey so well and for so long. 421 00:10:38,938 --> 00:10:40,440 - He basically 422 00:10:38,938 --> 00:10:40,440 was the person 423 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,443 that was always worried about 424 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,443 everybody else, I reckon. 425 00:10:43,443 --> 00:10:45,445 Do anything for ya, 426 00:10:45,445 --> 00:10:47,514 give you the shirt 427 00:10:45,445 --> 00:10:47,514 off his own back. 428 00:10:47,514 --> 00:10:49,449 - Carey was 429 00:10:47,514 --> 00:10:49,449 the baby in the family. 430 00:10:49,449 --> 00:10:52,152 There were two older brothers, 431 00:10:49,449 --> 00:10:52,152 Chris and Craig, 432 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:53,486 though Carey would 433 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:53,486 be the one 434 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:55,789 to follow his father 435 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:55,789 into real estate. 436 00:10:55,789 --> 00:10:58,925 And like his father, 437 00:10:55,789 --> 00:10:58,925 Carey shared a zest for work 438 00:10:58,925 --> 00:11:00,960 and a love of family. 439 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,663 - Busy all during the day, 440 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,663 meetings at night, 441 00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:06,566 running late, rushing home, 442 00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:06,566 give the kids baths. 443 00:11:06,566 --> 00:11:08,680 But he did look 444 00:11:06,566 --> 00:11:08,680 forward to that-- 445 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:10,437 Going home and giving 446 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:10,437 the kids baths. 447 00:11:10,437 --> 00:11:12,505 - Carey was proud 448 00:11:10,437 --> 00:11:12,505 of always being there 449 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:15,308 for his three children 450 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:15,308 and his wife, Robin Heidt, 451 00:11:15,308 --> 00:11:17,110 someone he'd known 452 00:11:15,308 --> 00:11:17,110 since high school. 453 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:19,212 - The only real girlfriend 454 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:19,212 girlfriend he ever had 455 00:11:19,212 --> 00:11:22,682 was Robin, 456 00:11:19,212 --> 00:11:22,682 that I'm aware of. 457 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:25,652 - In high school, Robin had 458 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:25,652 been voted class clown. 459 00:11:25,652 --> 00:11:27,870 And when the vivacious girl 460 00:11:27,870 --> 00:11:29,723 started dating the quiet, 461 00:11:27,870 --> 00:11:29,723 straight-laced Carey, 462 00:11:29,723 --> 00:11:33,193 some didn't see the match, 463 00:11:29,723 --> 00:11:33,193 but it worked for them. 464 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:36,363 They got married 465 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:36,363 a year after graduation. 466 00:11:36,363 --> 00:11:38,398 - He loved her from day one. 467 00:11:38,398 --> 00:11:40,433 He did everything 468 00:11:38,398 --> 00:11:40,433 he could for her. 469 00:11:40,433 --> 00:11:43,136 Sure did. 470 00:11:43,136 --> 00:11:45,705 - And now Carey and his father 471 00:11:43,136 --> 00:11:45,705 Philip's violent deaths 472 00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:47,173 were a mystery. 473 00:11:47,173 --> 00:11:49,576 If only Carey's mother, 474 00:11:47,173 --> 00:11:49,576 Linda Heidt, 475 00:11:49,576 --> 00:11:51,311 Ms. Linda to 476 00:11:49,576 --> 00:11:51,311 one and all, 477 00:11:51,311 --> 00:11:53,380 could help 478 00:11:51,311 --> 00:11:53,380 with crucial details. 479 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:55,115 But she couldn't speak. 480 00:11:55,115 --> 00:11:57,117 Her lower jaw and neck 481 00:11:55,115 --> 00:11:57,117 had been torn up 482 00:11:57,117 --> 00:11:59,152 by a shotgun blast. 483 00:11:59,152 --> 00:12:01,755 It was questionable 484 00:11:59,152 --> 00:12:01,755 whether she'd make it. 485 00:12:01,755 --> 00:12:03,690 - Based on what 486 00:12:01,755 --> 00:12:03,690 we saw on scene, 487 00:12:03,690 --> 00:12:04,791 we did not believe 488 00:12:04,791 --> 00:12:06,459 that she was going to 489 00:12:04,791 --> 00:12:06,459 survive those injuries. 490 00:12:06,459 --> 00:12:09,620 They were that egregious. 491 00:12:09,620 --> 00:12:12,365 - Had she seen the person 492 00:12:09,620 --> 00:12:12,365 or persons who shot her? 493 00:12:12,365 --> 00:12:13,967 Would she be able 494 00:12:12,365 --> 00:12:13,967 to give a description 495 00:12:13,967 --> 00:12:15,268 that could help authorities 496 00:12:15,268 --> 00:12:17,804 apprehend the killer 497 00:12:15,268 --> 00:12:17,804 now on the loose? 498 00:12:19,339 --> 00:12:20,640 - Coming up... 499 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,576 - Something seemed fishy 500 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,576 right from the start. 501 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:27,800 - It became obvious that 502 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:27,800 the scene was staged. 503 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:28,848 - Staged? 504 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:28,848 - Yes. 505 00:12:28,948 --> 00:12:40,293 ** 506 00:12:41,161 --> 00:12:43,663 - The family home of Philip 507 00:12:41,161 --> 00:12:43,663 and Linda Heidt, 508 00:12:43,663 --> 00:12:46,633 the modest redbrick house 509 00:12:43,663 --> 00:12:46,633 where they'd raised three boys, 510 00:12:46,633 --> 00:12:49,436 was now a stomach-churning 511 00:12:46,633 --> 00:12:49,436 crime scene. 512 00:12:49,436 --> 00:12:51,871 Philip Heidt and his son, 513 00:12:49,436 --> 00:12:51,871 Carey, dead-- 514 00:12:51,871 --> 00:12:54,140 shotgunned at 515 00:12:51,871 --> 00:12:54,140 point-blank range, 516 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:55,709 Linda in grave condition 517 00:12:55,709 --> 00:12:58,211 after taking buckshot 518 00:12:55,709 --> 00:12:58,211 to the face. 519 00:12:58,211 --> 00:13:00,747 Crime scene techs began combing 520 00:12:58,211 --> 00:13:00,747 through the Heidt place 521 00:13:00,747 --> 00:13:02,415 inch by inch, 522 00:13:02,415 --> 00:13:05,118 the team led by 523 00:13:02,415 --> 00:13:05,118 Case Agent Eugene Howard 524 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:07,721 of the Georgia Bureau 525 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:07,721 of Investigation. 526 00:13:07,721 --> 00:13:09,923 - Was it obvious what had 527 00:13:07,721 --> 00:13:09,923 gone on there to you? 528 00:13:09,923 --> 00:13:11,491 - After looking 529 00:13:09,923 --> 00:13:11,491 at the scene, 530 00:13:11,491 --> 00:13:14,894 it became obvious that 531 00:13:11,491 --> 00:13:14,894 the scene was staged. 532 00:13:14,894 --> 00:13:16,730 - Staged? 533 00:13:14,894 --> 00:13:16,730 - Yes. 534 00:13:16,730 --> 00:13:19,650 It was meant to 535 00:13:16,730 --> 00:13:19,650 look like a robbery. 536 00:13:19,650 --> 00:13:21,668 However, nothing 537 00:13:19,650 --> 00:13:21,668 was taken of note. 538 00:13:21,668 --> 00:13:23,403 There was money left, 539 00:13:21,668 --> 00:13:23,403 keys left. 540 00:13:23,403 --> 00:13:24,604 - Stuff that would have 541 00:13:23,403 --> 00:13:24,604 been easy to grab 542 00:13:24,604 --> 00:13:27,273 and get a little money, huh? 543 00:13:24,604 --> 00:13:27,273 - Yes, sir. 544 00:13:27,273 --> 00:13:30,677 Nothing was disturbed 545 00:13:27,273 --> 00:13:30,677 other than the bodies found. 546 00:13:30,677 --> 00:13:33,713 - And the CSI team found 547 00:13:30,677 --> 00:13:33,713 something else-- 548 00:13:33,713 --> 00:13:36,716 the way the intruder 549 00:13:33,713 --> 00:13:36,716 may have entered the home. 550 00:13:36,716 --> 00:13:38,418 - The point of entry 551 00:13:36,716 --> 00:13:38,418 you found to be where? 552 00:13:38,418 --> 00:13:40,860 They wanted you to 553 00:13:38,418 --> 00:13:40,860 believe was where? 554 00:13:40,860 --> 00:13:43,256 - The garage door had 555 00:13:40,860 --> 00:13:43,256 a pane glass inside of it, 556 00:13:43,256 --> 00:13:46,159 and that glass 557 00:13:43,256 --> 00:13:46,159 was broken, 558 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:47,394 and it was 559 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:47,394 made to look like 560 00:13:47,394 --> 00:13:48,795 someone had entered 561 00:13:47,394 --> 00:13:48,795 the residence 562 00:13:48,795 --> 00:13:51,970 through that door. 563 00:13:51,970 --> 00:13:53,366 - It may have looked like 564 00:13:51,970 --> 00:13:53,366 the intruder's way in, 565 00:13:53,366 --> 00:13:56,603 but the curtain on the glass 566 00:13:53,366 --> 00:13:56,603 panes was undisturbed. 567 00:13:56,603 --> 00:13:58,738 It looked as though no one 568 00:13:56,603 --> 00:13:58,738 had pushed it aside 569 00:13:58,738 --> 00:14:00,473 to grab the door handle. 570 00:14:00,473 --> 00:14:02,242 There was a much 571 00:14:00,473 --> 00:14:02,242 simpler explanation 572 00:14:02,242 --> 00:14:05,445 for how the killer or killers 573 00:14:02,242 --> 00:14:05,445 had gotten in and out. 574 00:14:05,445 --> 00:14:07,614 They thought 575 00:14:05,445 --> 00:14:07,614 the family's outside key, 576 00:14:07,614 --> 00:14:08,915 the one they 577 00:14:07,614 --> 00:14:08,915 kept hidden, 578 00:14:08,915 --> 00:14:11,184 was missing 579 00:14:08,915 --> 00:14:11,184 from its usual place. 580 00:14:11,184 --> 00:14:13,753 - And there was a key 581 00:14:11,184 --> 00:14:13,753 inside of the doorway. 582 00:14:13,753 --> 00:14:15,550 - The key that was 583 00:14:13,753 --> 00:14:15,550 in the doorway 584 00:14:15,550 --> 00:14:16,856 was probably the one 585 00:14:15,550 --> 00:14:16,856 that was kept outside. 586 00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:18,580 - One would assume, yes. 587 00:14:18,580 --> 00:14:20,226 - So you're looking 588 00:14:18,580 --> 00:14:20,226 at somebody that's got 589 00:14:20,226 --> 00:14:22,629 at least pretty good working 590 00:14:20,226 --> 00:14:22,629 knowledge of that house? 591 00:14:22,629 --> 00:14:23,797 - Yes, sir. 592 00:14:23,797 --> 00:14:26,266 - Strange clues 593 00:14:23,797 --> 00:14:26,266 at a grim scene. 594 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:28,680 In those early 595 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:28,680 morning hours, 596 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,700 nothing seemed 597 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,700 to be adding up. 598 00:14:30,700 --> 00:14:32,238 - You have no idea 599 00:14:30,700 --> 00:14:32,238 who the shooter is? 600 00:14:32,238 --> 00:14:33,673 - Right. 601 00:14:32,238 --> 00:14:33,673 - If they're alone? 602 00:14:33,673 --> 00:14:35,709 If there's more than one? 603 00:14:33,673 --> 00:14:35,709 - Correct. 604 00:14:35,709 --> 00:14:37,510 - And the one Heidt 605 00:14:35,709 --> 00:14:37,510 who might know 606 00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:39,379 was Philip Heidt's 607 00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:39,379 wife, Linda, 608 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:43,830 who had somehow survived 609 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:43,830 the gunshot blast to her face. 610 00:14:43,830 --> 00:14:45,418 She was recovering, 611 00:14:43,830 --> 00:14:45,418 but it would be weeks 612 00:14:45,418 --> 00:14:48,455 before investigators could 613 00:14:45,418 --> 00:14:48,455 elicit her story. 614 00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:51,257 - Her mouth was wired shut 615 00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:51,257 due to her injuries. 616 00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:53,193 I believe she had, 617 00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:53,193 like, some bone grafts, 618 00:14:53,193 --> 00:14:55,795 uh, reconstructive surgeries, 619 00:14:53,193 --> 00:14:55,795 skin grafts. 620 00:14:55,795 --> 00:14:57,864 Um, it took her 621 00:14:55,795 --> 00:14:57,864 a long, long time 622 00:14:57,864 --> 00:15:00,330 before she was able 623 00:14:57,864 --> 00:15:00,330 to talk to anybody. 624 00:15:00,330 --> 00:15:02,235 - It fell to Georgia Bureau 625 00:15:00,330 --> 00:15:02,235 of Investigation 626 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:05,305 Special Agent John Barry 627 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:05,305 to ask the question-- 628 00:15:05,305 --> 00:15:07,640 are there any cracks, 629 00:15:05,305 --> 00:15:07,640 any secrets 630 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,509 in the esteemed 631 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,509 Heidt family? 632 00:15:09,509 --> 00:15:12,846 - And at that time, we start 633 00:15:09,509 --> 00:15:12,846 what we call victimology. 634 00:15:12,846 --> 00:15:14,581 And victimology 635 00:15:12,846 --> 00:15:14,581 is something 636 00:15:14,581 --> 00:15:17,617 that we look at 637 00:15:14,581 --> 00:15:17,617 these people's lives 638 00:15:17,617 --> 00:15:21,421 and try to determine what 639 00:15:17,617 --> 00:15:21,421 put them at an added risk 640 00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:23,490 to, uh, die 641 00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:23,490 this particular evening. 642 00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:25,625 - He had to learn more 643 00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:25,625 about the patriarch, 644 00:15:25,625 --> 00:15:28,561 Philip Heidt's, business 645 00:15:25,625 --> 00:15:28,561 and household affairs. 646 00:15:28,561 --> 00:15:31,498 Agent Barry started by 647 00:15:28,561 --> 00:15:31,498 looking at the core of things, 648 00:15:31,498 --> 00:15:33,333 the immediate family. 649 00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:35,502 They'd be a prime source 650 00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:35,502 of information. 651 00:15:35,502 --> 00:15:37,237 But something else too. 652 00:15:37,237 --> 00:15:38,571 - Part of the investigation 653 00:15:38,571 --> 00:15:41,740 is that everyone's 654 00:15:38,571 --> 00:15:41,740 a suspect at this point. 655 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:42,375 - Barry began 656 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:42,375 his interviews 657 00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:44,511 that morning after 658 00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:44,511 the Heidt murders, 659 00:15:44,511 --> 00:15:46,790 sitting around 660 00:15:44,511 --> 00:15:46,790 the kitchen table 661 00:15:46,790 --> 00:15:48,848 at the home of the middle son, 662 00:15:46,790 --> 00:15:48,848 Chris Heidt. 663 00:15:48,848 --> 00:15:50,116 Chris told the detective 664 00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:52,786 that he'd been home with 665 00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:52,786 his wife the previous night. 666 00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:54,870 She was questioned, 667 00:15:54,870 --> 00:15:56,523 and the middle son's 668 00:15:54,870 --> 00:15:56,523 story checked out. 669 00:15:56,523 --> 00:15:58,825 By then, the crime scene 670 00:15:56,523 --> 00:15:58,825 analyst believed 671 00:15:58,825 --> 00:16:01,661 the murder weapon was 672 00:15:58,825 --> 00:16:01,661 a 12 gauge shotgun. 673 00:16:01,661 --> 00:16:03,863 Agent Barry searched 674 00:16:01,661 --> 00:16:03,863 Chris Heidt's home 675 00:16:03,863 --> 00:16:05,265 looking for a firearm. 676 00:16:05,265 --> 00:16:07,267 - He had several 677 00:16:05,265 --> 00:16:07,267 guns there, 678 00:16:07,267 --> 00:16:09,350 but nothing in 679 00:16:07,267 --> 00:16:09,350 my training experience 680 00:16:09,350 --> 00:16:11,671 that would indicate any of them 681 00:16:09,350 --> 00:16:11,671 had been recently fired. 682 00:16:11,671 --> 00:16:15,410 - Next up for the detective, 683 00:16:11,671 --> 00:16:15,410 the older brother, Craig Heidt. 684 00:16:15,410 --> 00:16:17,377 - Craig stated that 685 00:16:15,410 --> 00:16:17,377 that particular evening, 686 00:16:17,377 --> 00:16:19,646 he was watching 687 00:16:17,377 --> 00:16:19,646 television shows, 688 00:16:19,646 --> 00:16:21,781 hunting and fishing shows. 689 00:16:21,781 --> 00:16:24,751 - He told the GBI man that he'd 690 00:16:21,781 --> 00:16:24,751 spent the night by himself 691 00:16:24,751 --> 00:16:27,387 at a place about 692 00:16:24,751 --> 00:16:27,387 a half hour's drive away, 693 00:16:27,387 --> 00:16:30,390 a rustic hunting cabin 694 00:16:27,387 --> 00:16:30,390 owned by a friend. 695 00:16:30,390 --> 00:16:33,560 Agent Barry drove up to 696 00:16:30,390 --> 00:16:33,560 the cabin to search it as well. 697 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,620 - A search of the cabin 698 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,620 resulted in 699 00:16:36,620 --> 00:16:39,132 we did not find 700 00:16:36,620 --> 00:16:39,132 any 12 gauge shotguns. 701 00:16:39,132 --> 00:16:41,868 - But investigators did find 702 00:16:39,132 --> 00:16:41,868 12 gauge ammo 703 00:16:41,868 --> 00:16:43,603 in the back of 704 00:16:41,868 --> 00:16:43,603 Craig's truck, 705 00:16:43,603 --> 00:16:45,772 3-inch magnum 706 00:16:43,603 --> 00:16:45,772 shotgun shells. 707 00:16:45,772 --> 00:16:47,874 - At its face value didn't 708 00:16:45,772 --> 00:16:47,874 tell me anything, 709 00:16:47,874 --> 00:16:51,811 because Craig Heidt was 710 00:16:47,874 --> 00:16:51,811 identified as a avid hunter, 711 00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:54,614 and, uh, was known 712 00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:54,614 to turkey hunt. 713 00:16:54,614 --> 00:16:56,316 - Two days after 714 00:16:54,614 --> 00:16:56,316 the murders, 715 00:16:56,316 --> 00:16:58,451 the agents sat down again 716 00:16:56,316 --> 00:16:58,451 with Craig Heidt 717 00:16:58,451 --> 00:16:59,886 at the sheriff's office. 718 00:17:05,250 --> 00:17:06,659 After the polite 719 00:17:05,250 --> 00:17:06,659 formalities, 720 00:17:06,659 --> 00:17:08,862 Barry posed 721 00:17:06,659 --> 00:17:08,862 the difficult question, 722 00:17:08,862 --> 00:17:11,631 who would want 723 00:17:08,862 --> 00:17:11,631 Craig's family dead? 724 00:17:11,631 --> 00:17:13,299 Craig offered this clue. 725 00:17:26,246 --> 00:17:27,881 Craig may have been 726 00:17:26,246 --> 00:17:27,881 referring to the fact 727 00:17:27,881 --> 00:17:29,749 that his father, Philip, 728 00:17:27,881 --> 00:17:29,749 and brother, Carey, 729 00:17:29,749 --> 00:17:31,184 like so many others, 730 00:17:31,184 --> 00:17:33,586 had recently been sweating 731 00:17:31,184 --> 00:17:33,586 the plunge of value 732 00:17:33,586 --> 00:17:36,322 in the 2008 733 00:17:33,586 --> 00:17:36,322 real estate market. 734 00:17:36,322 --> 00:17:37,691 - Investigators would learn 735 00:17:37,691 --> 00:17:40,600 that the father-son team 736 00:17:37,691 --> 00:17:40,600 of Philip and Carey 737 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,950 ran a business 738 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,950 worth millions, 739 00:17:42,950 --> 00:17:44,640 but they were 740 00:17:42,950 --> 00:17:44,640 heavily invested. 741 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,499 Land rich, 742 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,499 maybe cash poor. 743 00:17:46,499 --> 00:17:48,735 Had something gone 744 00:17:46,499 --> 00:17:48,735 dangerously downhill 745 00:17:48,735 --> 00:17:50,270 in Philip Heidt's empire? 746 00:17:50,270 --> 00:17:53,730 There were a dozen complicated 747 00:17:50,270 --> 00:17:53,730 partnerships to examine. 748 00:17:53,730 --> 00:17:55,175 - Once this happened, 749 00:17:53,730 --> 00:17:55,175 there were numerous rumors 750 00:17:55,175 --> 00:17:56,476 about who did it? 751 00:17:56,476 --> 00:17:58,445 And did the Mafia 752 00:17:56,476 --> 00:17:58,445 come do it? 753 00:17:58,445 --> 00:18:00,113 Was it a professional hit? 754 00:18:00,113 --> 00:18:02,282 Uh, did somebody 755 00:18:00,113 --> 00:18:02,282 locally do it? 756 00:18:02,282 --> 00:18:05,118 - And he was a player, 757 00:18:02,282 --> 00:18:05,118 He had a lot of interests. 758 00:18:05,118 --> 00:18:07,420 There was out-of-state money. 759 00:18:05,118 --> 00:18:07,420 - They did. 760 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:09,220 - And it's not unreasonable 761 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:09,220 for investigators to say, 762 00:18:09,220 --> 00:18:12,250 "Did a deal go south here?" 763 00:18:09,220 --> 00:18:12,250 - Exactly. 764 00:18:12,250 --> 00:18:16,960 Was this a bad deal 765 00:18:12,250 --> 00:18:16,960 that somebody got mad about 766 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,165 and is gonna 767 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,165 retaliate for? 768 00:18:19,165 --> 00:18:21,301 - And Craig Heidt had, 769 00:18:19,165 --> 00:18:21,301 perhaps, another clue 770 00:18:21,301 --> 00:18:23,690 to offer detectives. 771 00:18:23,690 --> 00:18:25,805 He'd been out to the family 772 00:18:23,690 --> 00:18:25,805 property after the shootings 773 00:18:25,805 --> 00:18:28,410 and said he noticed 774 00:18:25,805 --> 00:18:28,410 some of his things missing 775 00:18:28,410 --> 00:18:31,644 in a shed out back, 776 00:18:28,410 --> 00:18:31,644 including a 12 gauge firearm. 777 00:18:44,570 --> 00:18:46,126 Could the assailant 778 00:18:44,570 --> 00:18:46,126 have stolen those items 779 00:18:46,126 --> 00:18:48,610 to commit the crime? 780 00:18:48,610 --> 00:18:49,129 But there was 781 00:18:48,610 --> 00:18:49,129 something else 782 00:18:49,129 --> 00:18:52,165 GBI agents were starting 783 00:18:49,129 --> 00:18:52,165 to get wind of, 784 00:18:52,165 --> 00:18:53,933 ripe rumors around town 785 00:18:53,933 --> 00:18:57,303 of a possible skeleton 786 00:18:53,933 --> 00:18:57,303 in the Heidt family closet. 787 00:18:57,303 --> 00:19:01,700 Investigators knew it could 788 00:18:57,303 --> 00:19:01,700 be nothing or something, 789 00:19:01,700 --> 00:19:02,809 but they'd have to run down 790 00:19:01,700 --> 00:19:02,809 the scuttlebutt 791 00:19:02,809 --> 00:19:05,378 before they could move on 792 00:19:02,809 --> 00:19:05,378 to other leads. 793 00:19:05,378 --> 00:19:08,682 If only one family member 794 00:19:05,378 --> 00:19:08,682 would be more candid with them. 795 00:19:08,682 --> 00:19:11,284 After all, the rumors 796 00:19:08,682 --> 00:19:11,284 were about him. 797 00:19:18,224 --> 00:19:19,693 - Coming up... 798 00:19:19,693 --> 00:19:21,795 - Maybe if I had said, 799 00:19:19,693 --> 00:19:21,795 "Look, this is what's going on. 800 00:19:21,795 --> 00:19:23,196 "Y'all need to do 801 00:19:21,795 --> 00:19:23,196 something now." 802 00:19:23,196 --> 00:19:25,198 - Someone had been 803 00:19:23,196 --> 00:19:25,198 keeping a secret, 804 00:19:25,198 --> 00:19:27,867 and it was about 805 00:19:25,198 --> 00:19:27,867 to come out. 806 00:19:28,340 --> 00:19:41,815 - Welcome back to "Dateline: 807 00:19:28,340 --> 00:19:41,815 Secrets Uncovered". 808 00:19:42,148 --> 00:19:43,450 I'm Kate Snow. 809 00:19:43,450 --> 00:19:46,386 After the triple shooting 810 00:19:43,450 --> 00:19:46,386 at his parents' home, 811 00:19:46,386 --> 00:19:47,954 Craig Heidt 812 00:19:46,386 --> 00:19:47,954 told detectives 813 00:19:47,954 --> 00:19:50,560 the tragedy may 814 00:19:47,954 --> 00:19:50,560 have been connected 815 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:52,425 to his family's 816 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:52,425 real estate business. 817 00:19:52,425 --> 00:19:55,695 Investigators wondered if 818 00:19:52,425 --> 00:19:55,695 Philip and his son Carey 819 00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:58,765 were involved in a big 820 00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:58,765 money deal gone bad. 821 00:19:58,765 --> 00:20:01,201 But another source 822 00:19:58,765 --> 00:20:01,201 with a secret 823 00:20:01,201 --> 00:20:03,360 was about to shine 824 00:20:01,201 --> 00:20:03,360 the spotlight 825 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:05,505 on someone 826 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:05,505 much closer to home. 827 00:20:05,505 --> 00:20:06,940 Back to Dennis Murphy 828 00:20:06,940 --> 00:20:11,378 with "A Mystery in 829 00:20:06,940 --> 00:20:11,378 Effingham County". 830 00:20:11,378 --> 00:20:13,790 - Two of the Heidts 831 00:20:11,378 --> 00:20:13,790 were gone, 832 00:20:13,790 --> 00:20:17,417 killed in the middle of a late 833 00:20:13,790 --> 00:20:17,417 August night in 2008. 834 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:19,552 Philip Heidt, a prominent 835 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:19,552 real estate developer, 836 00:20:19,552 --> 00:20:21,388 shot dead in his bed. 837 00:20:21,388 --> 00:20:23,356 His son and business 838 00:20:21,388 --> 00:20:23,356 partner, Carey, 839 00:20:23,356 --> 00:20:26,126 also shot to death 840 00:20:23,356 --> 00:20:26,126 while sleeping. 841 00:20:26,126 --> 00:20:29,620 Philip's wife, Linda, was 842 00:20:26,126 --> 00:20:29,620 injured but recovering. 843 00:20:29,620 --> 00:20:30,630 A deadly spree that had 844 00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:33,266 investigators working 845 00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:33,266 around the clock. 846 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:34,868 While some detectives 847 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:34,868 were interviewing 848 00:20:34,868 --> 00:20:37,504 the surviving next of kin 849 00:20:34,868 --> 00:20:37,504 in the Heidt family, 850 00:20:37,504 --> 00:20:40,874 others contacted the family's 851 00:20:37,504 --> 00:20:40,874 friends and associates, 852 00:20:40,874 --> 00:20:45,450 including the oldest son Craig's 853 00:20:40,874 --> 00:20:45,450 one time live-in companion, 854 00:20:45,450 --> 00:20:47,547 a woman named 855 00:20:45,450 --> 00:20:47,547 Tina Williams. 856 00:20:47,547 --> 00:20:50,350 - I got a call from, you know, 857 00:20:47,547 --> 00:20:50,350 the sheriff's department 858 00:20:50,350 --> 00:20:52,852 saying that 859 00:20:50,350 --> 00:20:52,852 they needed to talk to me. 860 00:20:52,852 --> 00:20:54,621 - Detectives were 861 00:20:52,852 --> 00:20:54,621 intrigued right away 862 00:20:54,621 --> 00:20:57,257 by the girlfriend's 863 00:20:54,621 --> 00:20:57,257 sense of remorse. 864 00:20:57,257 --> 00:21:00,193 - Maybe if I'd a went 865 00:20:57,257 --> 00:21:00,193 in April 866 00:21:00,193 --> 00:21:03,129 to Ms. Linda and Mr. Philip 867 00:21:00,193 --> 00:21:03,129 and Carrie and said, 868 00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:04,364 "Look, this is 869 00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:04,364 what's going on. 870 00:21:04,364 --> 00:21:05,832 "Y'all need to do 871 00:21:04,364 --> 00:21:05,832 something now." 872 00:21:05,832 --> 00:21:09,869 Maybe it wouldn't have 873 00:21:05,832 --> 00:21:09,869 went to the limit. 874 00:21:09,869 --> 00:21:11,538 - What could she 875 00:21:09,869 --> 00:21:11,538 be talking about, 876 00:21:11,538 --> 00:21:13,506 this story 877 00:21:11,538 --> 00:21:13,506 she hadn't told? 878 00:21:13,506 --> 00:21:16,760 - I wish to this 879 00:21:13,506 --> 00:21:16,760 day that I had. 880 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:17,711 Maybe they would 881 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:17,711 still be here. 882 00:21:17,711 --> 00:21:18,712 - Tina didn't know anything 883 00:21:18,712 --> 00:21:20,880 about Philip Heidt's 884 00:21:18,712 --> 00:21:20,880 financial pressures 885 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,683 or about a missing gun 886 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,683 from the Heidt property, 887 00:21:23,683 --> 00:21:27,153 but she did know something 888 00:21:23,683 --> 00:21:27,153 about bottled up secrets. 889 00:21:27,153 --> 00:21:29,489 Some people would later call 890 00:21:27,153 --> 00:21:29,489 it scandalous, 891 00:21:29,489 --> 00:21:32,559 what had happened behind 892 00:21:29,489 --> 00:21:32,559 the Heidt's closed doors. 893 00:21:32,559 --> 00:21:33,660 She began her story 894 00:21:33,660 --> 00:21:36,960 with only good things 895 00:21:33,660 --> 00:21:36,960 to say about the parents, 896 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:38,980 people she'd known 897 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:38,980 for several years. 898 00:21:38,980 --> 00:21:40,433 - Ms. Linda and Mr. Philip 899 00:21:38,980 --> 00:21:40,433 were very nice people, 900 00:21:40,433 --> 00:21:42,302 were very caring people. 901 00:21:42,302 --> 00:21:43,570 - She met their son, Craig, 902 00:21:43,570 --> 00:21:45,472 at the veterinarian's office 903 00:21:43,570 --> 00:21:45,472 where she worked 904 00:21:45,472 --> 00:21:47,674 back in late 2003. 905 00:21:47,674 --> 00:21:49,442 They chatted about 906 00:21:47,674 --> 00:21:49,442 his hunting dogs, 907 00:21:49,442 --> 00:21:52,278 and she was struck by how 908 00:21:49,442 --> 00:21:52,278 well-mannered he was. 909 00:21:52,278 --> 00:21:56,316 - Very nice guy. 910 00:21:52,278 --> 00:21:56,316 Very polite. Very polite. 911 00:21:56,316 --> 00:21:59,285 Um, just did the 912 00:21:56,316 --> 00:21:59,285 "Yes, ma'am. No, ma'am. 913 00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:02,555 "Thank you for helping me." 914 00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:02,555 That kind of person. 915 00:22:02,555 --> 00:22:04,924 - Craig and Tina 916 00:22:02,555 --> 00:22:04,924 began going out, 917 00:22:04,924 --> 00:22:06,593 and when Craig 918 00:22:04,924 --> 00:22:06,593 went on disability 919 00:22:06,593 --> 00:22:08,628 after hurting his 920 00:22:06,593 --> 00:22:08,628 back at work, 921 00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:11,640 he had plenty of free time to 922 00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:11,640 drive the hour 923 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,334 from Effingham County 924 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,334 to the town where Tina lived. 925 00:22:14,334 --> 00:22:17,103 He was there when she needed 926 00:22:14,334 --> 00:22:17,103 him, she recalls, 927 00:22:17,103 --> 00:22:19,339 and came to lean on him 928 00:22:17,103 --> 00:22:19,339 for support, 929 00:22:19,339 --> 00:22:21,207 because at 42 years 930 00:22:19,339 --> 00:22:21,207 of age, 931 00:22:21,207 --> 00:22:23,710 Tina was battling 932 00:22:21,207 --> 00:22:23,710 breast cancer. 933 00:22:23,710 --> 00:22:26,379 - If I had a treatment 934 00:22:23,710 --> 00:22:26,379 and I was very sick, 935 00:22:26,379 --> 00:22:27,781 he would be there 936 00:22:26,379 --> 00:22:27,781 with me, 937 00:22:27,781 --> 00:22:29,749 hold my hair 938 00:22:27,781 --> 00:22:29,749 if I was sick. 939 00:22:29,749 --> 00:22:33,860 He really was very 940 00:22:29,749 --> 00:22:33,860 supportive at that time. 941 00:22:33,860 --> 00:22:34,821 - After nine months 942 00:22:33,860 --> 00:22:34,821 of dating, 943 00:22:34,821 --> 00:22:37,524 Craig and Tina started 944 00:22:34,821 --> 00:22:37,524 making wedding plans. 945 00:22:37,524 --> 00:22:40,760 - We talked about who was 946 00:22:37,524 --> 00:22:40,760 going to stand up with us 947 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,797 and who we wanted to 948 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,797 invited-- to invite, 949 00:22:43,797 --> 00:22:48,201 and, um, just had 950 00:22:43,797 --> 00:22:48,201 really set a date, 951 00:22:48,201 --> 00:22:52,439 and we really were serious 952 00:22:48,201 --> 00:22:52,439 about, you know, 953 00:22:52,439 --> 00:22:54,841 having a life together. 954 00:22:54,841 --> 00:22:56,376 - But a month before 955 00:22:54,841 --> 00:22:56,376 the wedding date, 956 00:22:56,376 --> 00:22:58,478 she found out 957 00:22:56,376 --> 00:22:58,478 something disturbing. 958 00:22:58,478 --> 00:22:59,913 Really disturbing. 959 00:22:59,913 --> 00:23:02,449 Tina was on her way 960 00:22:59,913 --> 00:23:02,449 to a chemotherapy treatment 961 00:23:02,449 --> 00:23:04,384 when she got 962 00:23:02,449 --> 00:23:04,384 a phone call. 963 00:23:04,384 --> 00:23:07,387 On the other end of the line, 964 00:23:04,384 --> 00:23:07,387 a woman's voice. 965 00:23:07,387 --> 00:23:09,889 - She said, "You're 966 00:23:07,387 --> 00:23:09,889 seeing my husband." 967 00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:10,957 And I said, 968 00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:10,957 "No, ma'am, I'm not. 969 00:23:10,957 --> 00:23:13,126 "I'm not dating 970 00:23:10,957 --> 00:23:13,126 anybody's husband." 971 00:23:13,126 --> 00:23:15,328 And she said, uh, 972 00:23:13,126 --> 00:23:15,328 "Yes, you are." 973 00:23:15,328 --> 00:23:17,464 And I said, "Well, tell 974 00:23:15,328 --> 00:23:17,464 me who your husband is." 975 00:23:17,464 --> 00:23:19,132 And she said, 976 00:23:17,464 --> 00:23:19,132 "Craig Heidt." 977 00:23:19,132 --> 00:23:21,301 And I said, 978 00:23:19,132 --> 00:23:21,301 "Well, wait a minute. 979 00:23:21,301 --> 00:23:24,700 "Yeah, I guess 980 00:23:21,301 --> 00:23:24,700 maybe I am". 981 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:25,338 - Whoops. 982 00:23:25,338 --> 00:23:28,675 A contrite Craig Heidt soon 983 00:23:25,338 --> 00:23:28,675 showed up on Tina's doorstep, 984 00:23:28,675 --> 00:23:30,410 professing his love 985 00:23:28,675 --> 00:23:30,410 for her 986 00:23:30,410 --> 00:23:31,878 and saying that 987 00:23:30,410 --> 00:23:31,878 he'd foolishly hoped 988 00:23:31,878 --> 00:23:33,790 that he would 989 00:23:31,878 --> 00:23:33,790 get a divorce 990 00:23:33,790 --> 00:23:35,515 before she found out he had 991 00:23:33,790 --> 00:23:35,515 a wife and two kids 992 00:23:35,515 --> 00:23:37,830 back in Effingham County. 993 00:23:37,830 --> 00:23:39,850 - And I told him, I said, 994 00:23:37,830 --> 00:23:39,850 "Well, you need to go home. 995 00:23:39,850 --> 00:23:40,186 "Take care of 996 00:23:39,850 --> 00:23:40,186 your business. 997 00:23:40,186 --> 00:23:41,855 "Get your divorce. 998 00:23:40,186 --> 00:23:41,855 Stay with your wife. 999 00:23:41,855 --> 00:23:43,456 "Do whatever 1000 00:23:41,855 --> 00:23:43,456 you're gonna do." 1001 00:23:43,456 --> 00:23:45,910 - Craig left Tina's house, 1002 00:23:45,910 --> 00:23:47,894 and within a few months, 1003 00:23:45,910 --> 00:23:47,894 he did get divorced. 1004 00:23:47,894 --> 00:23:50,530 Soon he and Tina 1005 00:23:47,894 --> 00:23:50,530 were back on course, 1006 00:23:50,530 --> 00:23:53,166 and he asked her to move 1007 00:23:50,530 --> 00:23:53,166 up to Effingham County. 1008 00:23:53,166 --> 00:23:55,969 - "You won't have to work 1009 00:23:53,166 --> 00:23:55,969 and I can take care of you." 1010 00:23:55,969 --> 00:23:58,471 And you know, 1011 00:23:55,969 --> 00:23:58,471 "I know your health's bad." 1012 00:23:58,471 --> 00:24:02,509 And, you know, "We can-- 1013 00:23:58,471 --> 00:24:02,509 We can have this life, 1014 00:24:02,509 --> 00:24:04,477 "and things 1015 00:24:02,509 --> 00:24:04,477 will be better." 1016 00:24:04,477 --> 00:24:07,347 - But in fact, things were 1017 00:24:04,477 --> 00:24:07,347 about to get a whole lot worse, 1018 00:24:07,347 --> 00:24:09,582 and not just for 1019 00:24:07,347 --> 00:24:09,582 Tina and Craig. 1020 00:24:09,582 --> 00:24:10,583 Back in Effingham, 1021 00:24:10,583 --> 00:24:12,185 Craig's younger 1022 00:24:10,583 --> 00:24:12,185 brother, Carey, 1023 00:24:12,185 --> 00:24:14,854 was having his own 1024 00:24:12,185 --> 00:24:14,854 relationship problems. 1025 00:24:14,854 --> 00:24:16,456 Carey told his 1026 00:24:14,854 --> 00:24:16,456 friend, James, 1027 00:24:16,456 --> 00:24:19,526 that his wife, Robin, 1028 00:24:16,456 --> 00:24:19,526 wanted a separation. 1029 00:24:19,526 --> 00:24:22,262 - It hurt him. 1030 00:24:19,526 --> 00:24:22,262 He was, uh, tore up. 1031 00:24:22,262 --> 00:24:26,660 He, uh, he had made 1032 00:24:22,262 --> 00:24:26,660 the comment to me about-- 1033 00:24:26,660 --> 00:24:29,336 that, uh, you don't 1034 00:24:26,660 --> 00:24:29,336 know how it feels 1035 00:24:29,336 --> 00:24:31,438 to lay beside somebody 1036 00:24:29,336 --> 00:24:31,438 in the bed 1037 00:24:31,438 --> 00:24:32,939 that don't love you. 1038 00:24:32,939 --> 00:24:36,409 - Robin felt that Carey was 1039 00:24:32,939 --> 00:24:36,409 spending too much time at work. 1040 00:24:36,409 --> 00:24:38,111 So, good husband 1041 00:24:36,409 --> 00:24:38,111 that he was, 1042 00:24:38,111 --> 00:24:39,679 he tried cutting 1043 00:24:38,111 --> 00:24:39,679 back his hours 1044 00:24:39,679 --> 00:24:41,181 and went 1045 00:24:39,679 --> 00:24:41,181 for counseling, 1046 00:24:41,181 --> 00:24:43,383 anything he could 1047 00:24:41,181 --> 00:24:43,383 do to make it work. 1048 00:24:43,383 --> 00:24:45,452 - I mean, he would do 1049 00:24:43,383 --> 00:24:45,452 what it took to- 1050 00:24:45,452 --> 00:24:47,821 to keep the marriage 1051 00:24:45,452 --> 00:24:47,821 together, 1052 00:24:47,821 --> 00:24:50,290 uh, especially 1053 00:24:47,821 --> 00:24:50,290 for the kids. 1054 00:24:50,290 --> 00:24:53,827 I mean, he wouldn't want to 1055 00:24:50,290 --> 00:24:53,827 see his kids grow up like that. 1056 00:24:53,827 --> 00:24:55,528 - But just as much 1057 00:24:53,827 --> 00:24:55,528 as the kids, 1058 00:24:55,528 --> 00:24:56,830 he didn't want 1059 00:24:55,528 --> 00:24:56,830 to lose the wife 1060 00:24:56,830 --> 00:24:58,932 who was his first 1061 00:24:56,830 --> 00:24:58,932 and only love, 1062 00:24:58,932 --> 00:25:00,200 the light 1063 00:24:58,932 --> 00:25:00,200 of his life. 1064 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,302 - And he still told me 1065 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,302 that day he loved Robin. 1066 00:25:02,302 --> 00:25:04,771 Mm-hmm. 1067 00:25:04,771 --> 00:25:06,306 He loved her dearly. 1068 00:25:06,306 --> 00:25:07,407 Last I heard, 1069 00:25:07,407 --> 00:25:09,809 he was still trying 1070 00:25:07,407 --> 00:25:09,809 to make his marriage work. 1071 00:25:09,809 --> 00:25:11,511 - And while Carey 1072 00:25:09,809 --> 00:25:11,511 and his wife, Robin, 1073 00:25:11,511 --> 00:25:14,481 were trying to keep their 1074 00:25:11,511 --> 00:25:14,481 banged-up marriage together, 1075 00:25:14,481 --> 00:25:17,384 Carey's older brother, Craig, 1076 00:25:14,481 --> 00:25:17,384 and his girlfriend, Tina, 1077 00:25:17,384 --> 00:25:20,860 were going through pretty 1078 00:25:17,384 --> 00:25:20,860 much the same thing. 1079 00:25:20,860 --> 00:25:22,155 Tina had moved in 1080 00:25:20,860 --> 00:25:22,155 with Craig, 1081 00:25:22,155 --> 00:25:24,357 but then he stopped 1082 00:25:22,155 --> 00:25:24,357 coming home. 1083 00:25:24,357 --> 00:25:27,160 And then one day, 1084 00:25:24,357 --> 00:25:27,160 his stuff was just gone. 1085 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,730 - I called him and, 1086 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,730 um, I said, um, 1087 00:25:30,730 --> 00:25:32,265 "Have you moved out? 1088 00:25:30,730 --> 00:25:32,265 What's the deal? 1089 00:25:32,265 --> 00:25:33,833 "Your clothes are gone." 1090 00:25:33,833 --> 00:25:36,690 And he said, "Well, what 1091 00:25:33,833 --> 00:25:36,690 do you think?" 1092 00:25:36,690 --> 00:25:38,238 I said, "Well, where 1093 00:25:36,690 --> 00:25:38,238 are you living?" 1094 00:25:38,238 --> 00:25:42,750 And he said, um, 1095 00:25:38,238 --> 00:25:42,750 "At a fox pen". 1096 00:25:42,750 --> 00:25:45,245 I said, "Okay". 1097 00:25:42,750 --> 00:25:45,245 - A fox pen? 1098 00:25:45,245 --> 00:25:47,547 He wasn't 1099 00:25:45,245 --> 00:25:47,547 exaggerating by much. 1100 00:25:47,547 --> 00:25:49,582 Craig had moved 1101 00:25:47,547 --> 00:25:49,582 into this rustic cabin 1102 00:25:49,582 --> 00:25:53,153 set deep back on some land 1103 00:25:49,582 --> 00:25:53,153 owned by a hunting buddy. 1104 00:25:53,153 --> 00:25:55,288 Tina says she was 1105 00:25:53,153 --> 00:25:55,288 left high and dry. 1106 00:25:55,288 --> 00:25:57,424 No job, no cash. 1107 00:25:57,424 --> 00:25:59,693 - There would be days I 1108 00:25:57,424 --> 00:25:59,693 didn't even eat, I mean, 1109 00:25:59,693 --> 00:26:03,296 because I didn't 1110 00:25:59,693 --> 00:26:03,296 have money to eat. 1111 00:26:03,296 --> 00:26:06,399 - Come summer, Tina was 1112 00:26:03,296 --> 00:26:06,399 barely scraping by, 1113 00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:09,202 and she says she had no idea 1114 00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:09,202 that around this time 1115 00:26:09,202 --> 00:26:12,720 Craig went shopping 1116 00:26:09,202 --> 00:26:12,720 for a new house. 1117 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,574 He'd contacted realtor 1118 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,574 Christy Campo. 1119 00:26:14,574 --> 00:26:16,276 - Personality. 1120 00:26:14,574 --> 00:26:16,276 How'd he come across to you? 1121 00:26:16,276 --> 00:26:17,544 - He was a little quiet. 1122 00:26:17,544 --> 00:26:21,470 He was just a nice guy. 1123 00:26:17,544 --> 00:26:21,470 He was kind of meek. 1124 00:26:21,470 --> 00:26:22,549 - Craig told Christy 1125 00:26:21,470 --> 00:26:22,549 he was interested 1126 00:26:22,549 --> 00:26:24,384 in buying some property. 1127 00:26:24,384 --> 00:26:27,530 Christy says she showed him 1128 00:26:24,384 --> 00:26:27,530 a nice house with acreage. 1129 00:26:27,530 --> 00:26:29,522 It was going for 1130 00:26:27,530 --> 00:26:29,522 a quarter of a mil. 1131 00:26:29,522 --> 00:26:32,759 - And, um, he wanted to move 1132 00:26:29,522 --> 00:26:32,759 up there and, you know, 1133 00:26:32,759 --> 00:26:34,861 and start buying horses 1134 00:26:32,759 --> 00:26:34,861 and training 'em. 1135 00:26:34,861 --> 00:26:37,597 - When she asked Craig how 1136 00:26:34,861 --> 00:26:37,597 he was going to pay, 1137 00:26:37,597 --> 00:26:39,733 she says he talked about 1138 00:26:37,597 --> 00:26:39,733 selling some timber land 1139 00:26:39,733 --> 00:26:40,867 that he owned. 1140 00:26:40,867 --> 00:26:44,204 - He said, um, 1141 00:26:40,867 --> 00:26:44,204 the land was being sold, 1142 00:26:44,204 --> 00:26:46,506 that he would know something 1143 00:26:44,204 --> 00:26:46,506 in a couple of weeks, 1144 00:26:46,506 --> 00:26:50,410 and, uh, he had also told me 1145 00:26:46,506 --> 00:26:50,410 that he had had a girlfriend, 1146 00:26:50,410 --> 00:26:52,746 and if they moved 1147 00:26:50,410 --> 00:26:52,746 to Screven County, 1148 00:26:52,746 --> 00:26:54,981 could her kids still 1149 00:26:52,746 --> 00:26:54,981 go to Effingham? 1150 00:26:54,981 --> 00:26:57,183 - That girlfriend 1151 00:26:54,981 --> 00:26:57,183 certainly wasn't Tina. 1152 00:26:57,183 --> 00:26:59,619 She hadn't seen Craig 1153 00:26:57,183 --> 00:26:59,619 since he moved out. 1154 00:26:59,619 --> 00:27:01,187 So who was it? 1155 00:27:01,187 --> 00:27:03,690 Months before, Tina had 1156 00:27:01,187 --> 00:27:03,690 noticed something in the mail 1157 00:27:03,690 --> 00:27:06,493 that caught her eye-- 1158 00:27:03,690 --> 00:27:06,493 Craig's phone bill. 1159 00:27:06,493 --> 00:27:09,290 Who were all 1160 00:27:06,493 --> 00:27:09,290 those calls to? 1161 00:27:09,290 --> 00:27:10,630 - I started watching 1162 00:27:09,290 --> 00:27:10,630 the cell phone bill 1163 00:27:10,630 --> 00:27:11,765 for a couple 1164 00:27:10,630 --> 00:27:11,765 of months, 1165 00:27:11,765 --> 00:27:12,932 'cause I had 1166 00:27:11,765 --> 00:27:12,932 a suspicion 1167 00:27:12,932 --> 00:27:14,734 that he was seeing 1168 00:27:12,932 --> 00:27:14,734 somebody else. 1169 00:27:14,734 --> 00:27:16,469 - And what 1170 00:27:14,734 --> 00:27:16,469 an incendiary story 1171 00:27:16,469 --> 00:27:18,638 those phone logs 1172 00:27:16,469 --> 00:27:18,638 would hint at. 1173 00:27:18,638 --> 00:27:20,674 It was like something 1174 00:27:18,638 --> 00:27:20,674 out of the Bible. 1175 00:27:20,674 --> 00:27:22,242 Taboo behavior, 1176 00:27:22,242 --> 00:27:25,445 and a game changer in this 1177 00:27:22,242 --> 00:27:25,445 murder investigation. 1178 00:27:25,445 --> 00:27:26,680 And when police 1179 00:27:25,445 --> 00:27:26,680 figured out 1180 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,490 what was going on behind 1181 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,490 those closed doors, 1182 00:27:29,490 --> 00:27:30,850 they'd have some 1183 00:27:29,490 --> 00:27:30,850 pointed questions 1184 00:27:30,850 --> 00:27:34,554 for Tina's ex-boyfriend, 1185 00:27:30,850 --> 00:27:34,554 Craig Heidt. 1186 00:27:34,554 --> 00:27:36,856 - Is Craig Heidt 1187 00:27:34,554 --> 00:27:36,856 guarding a secret? 1188 00:27:36,856 --> 00:27:39,259 Investigators put 1189 00:27:36,856 --> 00:27:39,259 him in the hot seat. 1190 00:27:49,469 --> 00:27:59,846 ** 1191 00:28:00,847 --> 00:28:03,383 - Detectives working the 1192 00:28:00,847 --> 00:28:03,383 case of the deadly shootings 1193 00:28:03,383 --> 00:28:05,385 in the home of Philip 1194 00:28:03,383 --> 00:28:05,385 and Linda Heidt, 1195 00:28:05,385 --> 00:28:07,200 had been canvassing 1196 00:28:05,385 --> 00:28:07,200 the neighborhood 1197 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,155 and searching 1198 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,155 Philip Heidt's office. 1199 00:28:09,155 --> 00:28:12,392 But they'd also been looking 1200 00:28:09,155 --> 00:28:12,392 into something closer to home-- 1201 00:28:12,392 --> 00:28:15,729 rumors about a scandal 1202 00:28:12,392 --> 00:28:15,729 within the Heidt clan. 1203 00:28:15,729 --> 00:28:17,630 There had been a flurry of 1204 00:28:15,729 --> 00:28:17,630 cell phone calls 1205 00:28:17,630 --> 00:28:19,666 between the oldest 1206 00:28:17,630 --> 00:28:19,666 Heidt son, Craig, 1207 00:28:19,666 --> 00:28:22,680 and his now-dead 1208 00:28:19,666 --> 00:28:22,680 brother's wife, Robin, 1209 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:23,870 in the months 1210 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:23,870 before the murders. 1211 00:28:23,870 --> 00:28:27,400 And now detectives were 1212 00:28:23,870 --> 00:28:27,400 being let in on a secret. 1213 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:28,575 Close family 1214 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:28,575 and friends 1215 00:28:28,575 --> 00:28:30,577 suspected more 1216 00:28:28,575 --> 00:28:30,577 than mere idle chatter 1217 00:28:30,577 --> 00:28:32,912 between brother- 1218 00:28:30,577 --> 00:28:32,912 and sister-in-law. 1219 00:28:32,912 --> 00:28:34,681 They believed 1220 00:28:32,912 --> 00:28:34,681 Craig and Robin 1221 00:28:34,681 --> 00:28:36,583 may have been having 1222 00:28:34,681 --> 00:28:36,583 an affair. 1223 00:28:36,583 --> 00:28:38,685 - The information 1224 00:28:36,583 --> 00:28:38,685 was relayed to us 1225 00:28:38,685 --> 00:28:41,554 that there may be an 1226 00:28:38,685 --> 00:28:41,554 inappropriate relationship 1227 00:28:41,554 --> 00:28:45,158 between Robin Heidt 1228 00:28:41,554 --> 00:28:45,158 and Craig Heidt, 1229 00:28:45,158 --> 00:28:48,695 and in particular, 1230 00:28:45,158 --> 00:28:48,695 we wanted to explore this. 1231 00:28:48,695 --> 00:28:50,663 - GBI Special Agent 1232 00:28:48,695 --> 00:28:50,663 John Barry 1233 00:28:50,663 --> 00:28:53,433 went back to Craig Heidt 1234 00:28:50,663 --> 00:28:53,433 two days after the murders 1235 00:28:53,433 --> 00:28:56,136 and questioned him 1236 00:28:53,433 --> 00:28:56,136 in a taped interview. 1237 00:28:56,136 --> 00:28:58,772 Was he sleeping with his 1238 00:28:56,136 --> 00:28:58,772 brother's wife, Robin? 1239 00:29:28,134 --> 00:29:29,102 Craig insisted 1240 00:29:29,102 --> 00:29:30,637 there was nothing 1241 00:29:29,102 --> 00:29:30,637 going on between them. 1242 00:29:40,460 --> 00:29:43,490 But Agent Barry knew 1243 00:29:40,460 --> 00:29:43,490 something Craig didn't. 1244 00:29:43,490 --> 00:29:46,860 Robin Heidt had already spilled 1245 00:29:43,490 --> 00:29:46,860 to the illicit relationship 1246 00:29:46,860 --> 00:29:48,540 with her 1247 00:29:46,860 --> 00:29:48,540 brother-in-law. 1248 00:29:48,540 --> 00:29:49,856 The agent 1249 00:29:48,540 --> 00:29:49,856 confronted Craig. 1250 00:30:02,435 --> 00:30:03,870 The agent 1251 00:30:02,435 --> 00:30:03,870 wasn't satisfied 1252 00:30:03,870 --> 00:30:06,373 with the answers he was 1253 00:30:03,870 --> 00:30:06,373 getting from Craig Heidt, 1254 00:30:06,373 --> 00:30:09,409 and he still had an unsolved 1255 00:30:06,373 --> 00:30:09,409 murder on his hands. 1256 00:30:09,409 --> 00:30:11,778 Agent Barry tried 1257 00:30:09,409 --> 00:30:11,778 a new tack-- 1258 00:30:11,778 --> 00:30:14,547 tell Craig that detectives 1259 00:30:11,778 --> 00:30:14,547 were homing in on Robin 1260 00:30:14,547 --> 00:30:16,716 as their prime suspect 1261 00:30:14,547 --> 00:30:16,716 and killer. 1262 00:30:38,505 --> 00:30:39,773 But Craig 1263 00:30:38,505 --> 00:30:39,773 had strong words 1264 00:30:39,773 --> 00:30:41,775 for whomever did 1265 00:30:39,773 --> 00:30:41,775 kill his family. 1266 00:31:01,594 --> 00:31:04,130 Telling Craig that Robin 1267 00:31:01,594 --> 00:31:04,130 was a lead suspect 1268 00:31:04,130 --> 00:31:05,932 was actually 1269 00:31:04,130 --> 00:31:05,932 a fake out. 1270 00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:08,568 In fact, authorities were 1271 00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:08,568 zeroing in on Craig, 1272 00:31:08,568 --> 00:31:11,504 not Robin, due to his 1273 00:31:08,568 --> 00:31:11,504 inconsistent statements. 1274 00:31:11,504 --> 00:31:12,806 And while 1275 00:31:11,504 --> 00:31:12,806 in the interview, 1276 00:31:12,806 --> 00:31:14,574 Craig hadn't fallen 1277 00:31:12,806 --> 00:31:14,574 for the ruse 1278 00:31:14,574 --> 00:31:15,742 and confessed 1279 00:31:14,574 --> 00:31:15,742 to the crimes 1280 00:31:15,742 --> 00:31:17,677 in order to protect 1281 00:31:15,742 --> 00:31:17,677 his lover, 1282 00:31:17,677 --> 00:31:21,114 the GBI investigators still 1283 00:31:17,677 --> 00:31:21,114 believed something wasn't right 1284 00:31:21,114 --> 00:31:23,216 about the oldest 1285 00:31:21,114 --> 00:31:23,216 son's story. 1286 00:31:23,216 --> 00:31:25,118 They kept Craig 1287 00:31:23,216 --> 00:31:25,118 on their radar. 1288 00:31:25,118 --> 00:31:27,854 - We are keeping tabs 1289 00:31:25,118 --> 00:31:27,854 on Craig at this time, 1290 00:31:27,854 --> 00:31:32,859 and he began to, uh, live 1291 00:31:27,854 --> 00:31:32,859 with Robin at her residence, 1292 00:31:32,859 --> 00:31:35,950 drive his brother's truck. 1293 00:31:35,950 --> 00:31:37,764 - Detectives quietly 1294 00:31:35,950 --> 00:31:37,764 continued their investigation, 1295 00:31:37,764 --> 00:31:39,699 running down 1296 00:31:37,764 --> 00:31:39,699 tip line leads, 1297 00:31:39,699 --> 00:31:40,900 following the money trail 1298 00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:43,269 of Philip and 1299 00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:43,269 Carey Heidt's business. 1300 00:31:43,269 --> 00:31:44,938 Jittery residents, 1301 00:31:43,269 --> 00:31:44,938 meanwhile, 1302 00:31:44,938 --> 00:31:47,474 worried the case would 1303 00:31:44,938 --> 00:31:47,474 never be solved. 1304 00:31:47,474 --> 00:31:49,876 But nine months after that 1305 00:31:47,474 --> 00:31:49,876 deadly break-in 1306 00:31:49,876 --> 00:31:52,512 at the Heidt home 1307 00:31:49,876 --> 00:31:52,512 on Springfield Egypt Road, 1308 00:31:52,512 --> 00:31:55,181 authorities finally 1309 00:31:52,512 --> 00:31:55,181 made their move. 1310 00:31:55,181 --> 00:31:57,717 - Approximately 8:45 1311 00:31:55,181 --> 00:31:57,717 this morning, 1312 00:31:57,717 --> 00:32:01,540 Philip Craig Heidt, 41, 1313 00:31:57,717 --> 00:32:01,540 of Springfield, was arrested. 1314 00:32:01,540 --> 00:32:02,222 - Craig Heidt was arrested 1315 00:32:02,222 --> 00:32:04,891 and charged with the murder 1316 00:32:02,222 --> 00:32:04,891 of his father and brother 1317 00:32:04,891 --> 00:32:07,761 and the aggravated battery 1318 00:32:04,891 --> 00:32:07,761 of his mother. 1319 00:32:07,761 --> 00:32:10,497 Relatives were naturally 1320 00:32:07,761 --> 00:32:10,497 shocked and distraught. 1321 00:32:10,497 --> 00:32:12,265 A son and a brother. 1322 00:32:12,265 --> 00:32:14,334 Craig Heidt's, cousin, 1323 00:32:12,265 --> 00:32:14,334 Mark Arnsdorff, 1324 00:32:14,334 --> 00:32:17,700 couldn't make heads nor tails 1325 00:32:14,334 --> 00:32:17,700 of the accusation, 1326 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:18,710 and says Craig himself 1327 00:32:18,710 --> 00:32:20,740 seemed as flabbergasted 1328 00:32:18,710 --> 00:32:20,740 as everyone else. 1329 00:32:20,740 --> 00:32:22,509 - I went to see 1330 00:32:20,740 --> 00:32:22,509 Craig in jail. 1331 00:32:22,509 --> 00:32:25,945 I said, "Craig, I never 1332 00:32:22,509 --> 00:32:25,945 would have thought 1333 00:32:25,945 --> 00:32:28,810 "we'd be talking like this, 1334 00:32:25,945 --> 00:32:28,810 through a glass". 1335 00:32:28,810 --> 00:32:31,117 He said, "Mark, I would 1336 00:32:28,810 --> 00:32:31,117 not have either". 1337 00:32:31,117 --> 00:32:33,319 Craig was really scared. 1338 00:32:33,319 --> 00:32:35,880 He said, "Mark, when they 1339 00:32:33,319 --> 00:32:35,880 pulled me over, 1340 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:36,322 "and they arrested me," 1341 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:36,322 he said, 1342 00:32:36,322 --> 00:32:37,490 "you could have knocked me 1343 00:32:36,322 --> 00:32:37,490 over with a feather". 1344 00:32:37,490 --> 00:32:39,125 He was so shocked. 1345 00:32:39,125 --> 00:32:41,761 - Mark says to know Craig 1346 00:32:39,125 --> 00:32:41,761 is to love him, 1347 00:32:41,761 --> 00:32:44,197 and to know that he couldn't 1348 00:32:41,761 --> 00:32:44,197 have done this. 1349 00:32:44,197 --> 00:32:45,732 - You'd love him. 1350 00:32:44,197 --> 00:32:45,732 He was like a daddy. 1351 00:32:45,732 --> 00:32:47,634 When he'd come in a room, 1352 00:32:45,732 --> 00:32:47,634 he'd speak to you, 1353 00:32:47,634 --> 00:32:49,202 make a point to speak 1354 00:32:47,634 --> 00:32:49,202 to you, smile, 1355 00:32:49,202 --> 00:32:51,237 and be shakin' 1356 00:32:49,202 --> 00:32:51,237 your hand. 1357 00:32:51,237 --> 00:32:54,174 - Mark and Craig grew 1358 00:32:51,237 --> 00:32:54,174 up like brothers. 1359 00:32:54,174 --> 00:32:55,975 - Growing up, if he wasn't 1360 00:32:54,174 --> 00:32:55,975 at my house, 1361 00:32:55,975 --> 00:32:57,711 spendin' the night, 1362 00:32:55,975 --> 00:32:57,711 the weekends, 1363 00:32:57,711 --> 00:32:59,379 I was at his house 1364 00:32:57,711 --> 00:32:59,379 on weekends. 1365 00:32:59,379 --> 00:33:00,814 Just always together. 1366 00:33:00,814 --> 00:33:03,216 - Mark says, just like 1367 00:33:00,814 --> 00:33:03,216 the rest of the Heidts, 1368 00:33:03,216 --> 00:33:06,152 Craig was raised to be an 1369 00:33:03,216 --> 00:33:06,152 active, involved citizen. 1370 00:33:06,152 --> 00:33:09,923 - We, uh, farmed, dreamed 1371 00:33:06,152 --> 00:33:09,923 about farming together. 1372 00:33:09,923 --> 00:33:12,625 - As teens, Mark and Craig 1373 00:33:09,923 --> 00:33:12,625 held positions 1374 00:33:12,625 --> 00:33:15,495 in their Future Farmers of 1375 00:33:12,625 --> 00:33:15,495 America chapter. 1376 00:33:15,495 --> 00:33:17,430 They were involved in 1377 00:33:15,495 --> 00:33:17,430 their local church. 1378 00:33:17,430 --> 00:33:19,990 And in school, he says, 1379 00:33:19,990 --> 00:33:21,401 Craig was never 1380 00:33:19,990 --> 00:33:21,401 some wacky loner. 1381 00:33:21,401 --> 00:33:24,204 - Craig has a tremendous 1382 00:33:21,401 --> 00:33:24,204 amount of friends. 1383 00:33:24,204 --> 00:33:26,139 He was very 1384 00:33:24,204 --> 00:33:26,139 popular in school. 1385 00:33:26,139 --> 00:33:28,740 Everybody loved him. 1386 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:29,743 - And above all, 1387 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:29,743 Mark says, 1388 00:33:29,743 --> 00:33:31,244 Craig was close 1389 00:33:29,743 --> 00:33:31,244 to the family 1390 00:33:31,244 --> 00:33:34,414 authorities now believed 1391 00:33:31,244 --> 00:33:34,414 he'd ruthlessly killed. 1392 00:33:34,414 --> 00:33:37,830 So maybe Craig wasn't cut 1393 00:33:34,414 --> 00:33:37,830 out for the family business 1394 00:33:37,830 --> 00:33:39,152 like his brothers, 1395 00:33:37,830 --> 00:33:39,152 but nonetheless, 1396 00:33:39,152 --> 00:33:41,388 he still made 1397 00:33:39,152 --> 00:33:41,388 his father proud. 1398 00:33:41,388 --> 00:33:42,922 - Craig was always working. 1399 00:33:42,922 --> 00:33:45,959 Uh, I never remember 1400 00:33:42,922 --> 00:33:45,959 him not-not working. 1401 00:33:45,959 --> 00:33:48,294 When we spoke, Mark said he 1402 00:33:45,959 --> 00:33:48,294 vividly remembered 1403 00:33:48,294 --> 00:33:51,631 seeing Craig for the first time 1404 00:33:48,294 --> 00:33:51,631 after the horrible murders 1405 00:33:51,631 --> 00:33:54,901 and insisted Craig's reaction 1406 00:33:51,631 --> 00:33:54,901 was that of an innocent man. 1407 00:33:54,901 --> 00:33:56,202 - Craig came straight to me 1408 00:33:54,901 --> 00:33:56,202 and hugged me, 1409 00:33:56,202 --> 00:33:59,406 and, of course, we held 1410 00:33:56,202 --> 00:33:59,406 each other and cried. 1411 00:33:59,406 --> 00:34:03,476 It was horrible 1412 00:33:59,406 --> 00:34:03,476 to see the hurt. 1413 00:34:03,476 --> 00:34:05,178 It was killing him. 1414 00:34:05,178 --> 00:34:06,513 You could see the 1415 00:34:05,178 --> 00:34:06,513 hurt in the eyes. 1416 00:34:06,513 --> 00:34:08,581 - As for Mark, there was 1417 00:34:06,513 --> 00:34:08,581 not a shred of doubt 1418 00:34:08,581 --> 00:34:11,717 that Craig's emotions that 1419 00:34:08,581 --> 00:34:11,717 day were the real deal. 1420 00:34:11,717 --> 00:34:13,219 - That's as 1421 00:34:11,717 --> 00:34:13,219 genuine as it gets. 1422 00:34:16,188 --> 00:34:18,491 I'm tearin' up. 1423 00:34:18,491 --> 00:34:21,460 - Mark believed authorities 1424 00:34:18,491 --> 00:34:21,460 felt pressure to make an arrest, 1425 00:34:21,460 --> 00:34:24,597 and so they targeted the 1426 00:34:21,460 --> 00:34:24,597 easiest person in their midst, 1427 00:34:24,597 --> 00:34:26,366 namely the one 1428 00:34:24,597 --> 00:34:26,366 Heidt relative 1429 00:34:26,366 --> 00:34:28,735 with a hefty blot 1430 00:34:26,366 --> 00:34:28,735 on his reputation, 1431 00:34:28,735 --> 00:34:29,936 the one who was rumored 1432 00:34:29,936 --> 00:34:32,605 to be having sex 1433 00:34:29,936 --> 00:34:32,605 with his sister-in-law. 1434 00:34:32,605 --> 00:34:34,739 - Oh, it definitely 1435 00:34:32,605 --> 00:34:34,739 hurt Craig. 1436 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:36,275 He made some 1437 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:36,275 bad decisions. 1438 00:34:36,275 --> 00:34:37,577 we've all done that. 1439 00:34:37,577 --> 00:34:43,830 But that does not 1440 00:34:37,577 --> 00:34:43,830 make him a murderer. 1441 00:34:43,830 --> 00:34:45,851 - But investigators were 1442 00:34:43,830 --> 00:34:45,851 talking evidence 1443 00:34:45,851 --> 00:34:47,487 and timeline. 1444 00:34:47,487 --> 00:34:48,688 Just look, they'd tell you, 1445 00:34:48,688 --> 00:34:51,458 at what Craig was doing 1446 00:34:48,688 --> 00:34:51,458 on the day he was arrested. 1447 00:34:51,458 --> 00:34:54,127 It was May 2009, 1448 00:34:51,458 --> 00:34:54,127 the last day of school 1449 00:34:54,127 --> 00:34:57,330 before summer vacation 1450 00:34:54,127 --> 00:34:57,330 in Effingham County. 1451 00:34:57,330 --> 00:35:00,100 When police pulled Craig Heidt 1452 00:34:57,330 --> 00:35:00,100 over to arrest him, 1453 00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:03,690 he was driving his dead 1454 00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:03,690 brother's white truck. 1455 00:35:03,690 --> 00:35:06,720 He had his brother's children's 1456 00:35:03,690 --> 00:35:06,720 ID cards in his wallet. 1457 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:08,842 The truck was full of 1458 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:08,842 Craig's belongings. 1459 00:35:08,842 --> 00:35:10,143 And when school got out, 1460 00:35:10,143 --> 00:35:12,780 Craig and his brother's wife 1461 00:35:10,143 --> 00:35:12,780 and kids 1462 00:35:12,780 --> 00:35:15,682 were all going to 1463 00:35:12,780 --> 00:35:15,682 move to South Carolina. 1464 00:35:15,682 --> 00:35:18,485 To the cops, this was 1465 00:35:15,682 --> 00:35:18,485 more than just a fling. 1466 00:35:18,485 --> 00:35:21,540 This was coveting, 1467 00:35:18,485 --> 00:35:21,540 biblical stuff-- 1468 00:35:21,540 --> 00:35:24,324 Jealousy, anger, 1469 00:35:21,540 --> 00:35:24,324 lust, and greed. 1470 00:35:24,324 --> 00:35:26,292 - He had just stepped right 1471 00:35:24,324 --> 00:35:26,292 into his brother's so easily. 1472 00:35:26,292 --> 00:35:27,861 - Exactly. 1473 00:35:26,292 --> 00:35:27,861 - Took the wife, 1474 00:35:27,861 --> 00:35:29,662 the house, the truck, 1475 00:35:27,861 --> 00:35:29,662 the kids. 1476 00:35:29,662 --> 00:35:33,800 - The money. He had 1477 00:35:29,662 --> 00:35:33,800 become his brother. 1478 00:35:35,268 --> 00:35:37,771 - A son and brother 1479 00:35:35,268 --> 00:35:37,771 on trial, 1480 00:35:37,771 --> 00:35:39,839 and a mother 1481 00:35:37,771 --> 00:35:39,839 takes the stand. 1482 00:35:39,839 --> 00:35:42,809 The dramatic tale about 1483 00:35:39,839 --> 00:35:42,809 that deadly night. 1484 00:35:42,809 --> 00:35:44,778 - I said, "God, if we're 1485 00:35:42,809 --> 00:35:44,778 gonna do this, 1486 00:35:44,778 --> 00:35:48,715 "I need your strength, 1487 00:35:44,778 --> 00:35:48,715 because I have none of my own". 1488 00:35:48,815 --> 00:36:00,260 ** 1489 00:36:00,794 --> 00:36:04,300 - We know he did it 1490 00:36:00,794 --> 00:36:04,300 because of his lies, 1491 00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:06,833 because of the type 1492 00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:06,833 of person he is, 1493 00:36:06,833 --> 00:36:10,270 because of the conflict 1494 00:36:06,833 --> 00:36:10,270 that was taking place. 1495 00:36:10,270 --> 00:36:13,206 - Craig Heidt, on trial 1496 00:36:10,270 --> 00:36:13,206 in a Georgia courtroom 1497 00:36:13,206 --> 00:36:14,140 for shooting to death 1498 00:36:14,140 --> 00:36:16,420 his father and brother 1499 00:36:14,140 --> 00:36:16,420 in their beds 1500 00:36:16,420 --> 00:36:19,245 and gunning down his 1501 00:36:16,420 --> 00:36:19,245 mother with intent to kill. 1502 00:36:19,245 --> 00:36:24,451 - The murder of your daddy, 1503 00:36:19,245 --> 00:36:24,451 your brother... 1504 00:36:24,451 --> 00:36:27,554 - The prosecution called the 1505 00:36:24,451 --> 00:36:27,554 motive as old as the Bible-- 1506 00:36:27,554 --> 00:36:29,923 Craig's lust for 1507 00:36:27,554 --> 00:36:29,923 his brother's wife 1508 00:36:29,923 --> 00:36:32,492 and greed fueled 1509 00:36:29,923 --> 00:36:32,492 by that lust. 1510 00:36:32,492 --> 00:36:34,194 They'd begin by bringing 1511 00:36:32,492 --> 00:36:34,194 to the stand 1512 00:36:34,194 --> 00:36:35,662 the one witness 1513 00:36:34,194 --> 00:36:35,662 in the case 1514 00:36:35,662 --> 00:36:38,298 who asked not to have 1515 00:36:35,662 --> 00:36:38,298 her face shown on camera, 1516 00:36:38,298 --> 00:36:41,670 the defendant's own 1517 00:36:38,298 --> 00:36:41,670 mother, Linda Heidt. 1518 00:36:41,670 --> 00:36:42,135 - He came up 1519 00:36:41,670 --> 00:36:42,135 to the house. 1520 00:36:42,135 --> 00:36:44,371 He was gonna spend 1521 00:36:42,135 --> 00:36:44,371 the night with us. 1522 00:36:44,371 --> 00:36:47,874 - Speaking hesitantly after 1523 00:36:44,371 --> 00:36:47,874 several surgeries to her face, 1524 00:36:47,874 --> 00:36:50,410 Linda Heidt told the story 1525 00:36:47,874 --> 00:36:50,410 of that harrowing night 1526 00:36:50,410 --> 00:36:54,800 her quiet world was ripped 1527 00:36:50,410 --> 00:36:54,800 apart by three gunshots. 1528 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,830 It was August 25th, 2008. 1529 00:36:57,830 --> 00:37:00,200 She and her husband, Philip, 1530 00:36:57,830 --> 00:37:00,200 had an extra guest that night, 1531 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,220 their son, Carey. 1532 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:03,857 - He and his wife were 1533 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:03,857 having problems, 1534 00:37:03,857 --> 00:37:06,426 and he came to our house. 1535 00:37:06,426 --> 00:37:07,894 - They'd all gone to bed. 1536 00:37:07,894 --> 00:37:10,363 But Linda had recently 1537 00:37:07,894 --> 00:37:10,363 become absorbed with puzzles 1538 00:37:10,363 --> 00:37:12,499 called "Word-Finds" books. 1539 00:37:12,499 --> 00:37:15,350 She was doing one in the 1540 00:37:12,499 --> 00:37:15,350 bathroom off the master bedroom 1541 00:37:15,350 --> 00:37:17,270 so as not to disturb 1542 00:37:15,350 --> 00:37:17,270 her sleeping husband 1543 00:37:17,270 --> 00:37:19,506 when she was startled 1544 00:37:17,270 --> 00:37:19,506 by a sound. 1545 00:37:19,506 --> 00:37:23,276 - And I heard a very 1546 00:37:19,506 --> 00:37:23,276 loud noise or blast. 1547 00:37:23,276 --> 00:37:24,711 So I went out and went 1548 00:37:23,276 --> 00:37:24,711 in the bedroom, 1549 00:37:24,711 --> 00:37:26,279 and I said, "Philip". 1550 00:37:26,279 --> 00:37:27,414 And when I said that, 1551 00:37:27,414 --> 00:37:31,451 I saw a blast 1552 00:37:27,414 --> 00:37:31,451 when Philip was shot. 1553 00:37:31,451 --> 00:37:34,654 And then I saw the 1554 00:37:31,451 --> 00:37:34,654 blast as I was shot. 1555 00:37:34,654 --> 00:37:36,322 And I must have 1556 00:37:34,654 --> 00:37:36,322 blacked out. 1557 00:37:36,322 --> 00:37:37,557 I remember waking up 1558 00:37:37,557 --> 00:37:40,560 and I was laying 1559 00:37:37,557 --> 00:37:40,560 on the floor, 1560 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,862 and I saw my teeth 1561 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,862 laying on the floor 1562 00:37:42,862 --> 00:37:45,498 and I must have 1563 00:37:42,862 --> 00:37:45,498 blacked out again. 1564 00:37:45,498 --> 00:37:48,401 And I woke up praying. 1565 00:37:48,401 --> 00:37:50,370 I said, "God, if we're 1566 00:37:48,401 --> 00:37:50,370 gonna do this, 1567 00:37:50,370 --> 00:37:51,504 "I need your strength, 1568 00:37:51,504 --> 00:37:53,707 "because I have none 1569 00:37:51,504 --> 00:37:53,707 of my own". 1570 00:37:53,707 --> 00:37:56,543 - Linda tried to call for 1571 00:37:53,707 --> 00:37:56,543 help on the bedroom phone, 1572 00:37:56,543 --> 00:37:58,645 but the line was dead. 1573 00:37:58,645 --> 00:38:01,181 By now, she was 1574 00:37:58,645 --> 00:38:01,181 bleeding profusely. 1575 00:38:01,181 --> 00:38:02,515 She grabbed 1576 00:38:01,181 --> 00:38:02,515 a piece of clothing 1577 00:38:02,515 --> 00:38:04,417 and held it 1578 00:38:02,515 --> 00:38:04,417 to her face. 1579 00:38:04,417 --> 00:38:06,586 She doesn't know how she 1580 00:38:04,417 --> 00:38:06,586 made it to the kitchen, 1581 00:38:06,586 --> 00:38:08,755 but she was able to get her 1582 00:38:06,586 --> 00:38:08,755 cell phone out of her purse 1583 00:38:08,755 --> 00:38:10,924 to dial 911. 1584 00:38:22,469 --> 00:38:23,670 - Officers came in. 1585 00:38:23,670 --> 00:38:26,740 I think there was about 1586 00:38:23,670 --> 00:38:26,740 three sheriff deputies, 1587 00:38:26,740 --> 00:38:29,242 and they were shinin' 1588 00:38:26,740 --> 00:38:29,242 their flashlights, you know, 1589 00:38:29,242 --> 00:38:31,945 and said, "Ma'am, 1590 00:38:29,242 --> 00:38:31,945 put down the weapon". 1591 00:38:31,945 --> 00:38:35,248 But I was just sitting there 1592 00:38:31,945 --> 00:38:35,248 holding my cell phone. 1593 00:38:35,248 --> 00:38:37,684 And one of the officers 1594 00:38:35,248 --> 00:38:37,684 went back to the bedroom, 1595 00:38:37,684 --> 00:38:40,420 and he said, "There's two 1596 00:38:37,684 --> 00:38:40,420 back here dead". 1597 00:38:40,420 --> 00:38:44,557 And pretty well after that, 1598 00:38:40,420 --> 00:38:44,557 I don't remember anything 1599 00:38:44,557 --> 00:38:47,327 until about four 1600 00:38:44,557 --> 00:38:47,327 weeks later. 1601 00:38:47,327 --> 00:38:49,620 - What, if anything, could 1602 00:38:47,327 --> 00:38:49,620 she tell authorities 1603 00:38:49,620 --> 00:38:50,563 about her assailant? 1604 00:38:50,563 --> 00:38:54,234 - Do you remember giving a 1605 00:38:50,563 --> 00:38:54,234 description of the person 1606 00:38:54,234 --> 00:38:59,272 that you saw shoot 1607 00:38:54,234 --> 00:38:59,272 Philip and yourself? 1608 00:38:59,272 --> 00:39:02,375 - A slender man. 1609 00:39:02,375 --> 00:39:05,450 - You weren't able to give 1610 00:39:02,375 --> 00:39:05,450 any better descriptions 1611 00:39:05,450 --> 00:39:06,913 than that or see any 1612 00:39:05,450 --> 00:39:06,913 more detail than that? 1613 00:39:06,913 --> 00:39:08,715 - No. 1614 00:39:06,913 --> 00:39:08,715 - Linda's son, Craig, 1615 00:39:08,715 --> 00:39:11,170 hardly looked slender 1616 00:39:08,715 --> 00:39:11,170 in court. 1617 00:39:11,170 --> 00:39:11,685 But, the state said, 1618 00:39:11,685 --> 00:39:12,919 if you put all the pieces 1619 00:39:12,919 --> 00:39:15,321 of that odd 1620 00:39:12,919 --> 00:39:15,321 crime scene together, 1621 00:39:15,321 --> 00:39:17,891 the shadowy figure Linda Heidt 1622 00:39:15,321 --> 00:39:17,891 saw in the bedroom that night 1623 00:39:17,891 --> 00:39:20,260 had to have been Craig. 1624 00:39:20,260 --> 00:39:22,228 First, a crime scene 1625 00:39:20,260 --> 00:39:22,228 analyst concluded 1626 00:39:22,228 --> 00:39:25,310 only one assailant 1627 00:39:22,228 --> 00:39:25,310 had entered the home. 1628 00:39:25,310 --> 00:39:26,399 - I've seen no evidence 1629 00:39:25,310 --> 00:39:26,399 in this house 1630 00:39:26,399 --> 00:39:27,634 of multiple shooters. 1631 00:39:27,634 --> 00:39:31,538 One person taking three 1632 00:39:27,634 --> 00:39:31,538 shots is what I see. 1633 00:39:31,538 --> 00:39:33,440 - And the analyst 1634 00:39:31,538 --> 00:39:33,440 said the crime scene 1635 00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,109 didn't look like 1636 00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,109 a robbery gone wrong. 1637 00:39:36,109 --> 00:39:38,440 Jurors were shown 1638 00:39:36,109 --> 00:39:38,440 the jewelry and cash 1639 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:39,846 left in plain sight, 1640 00:39:39,846 --> 00:39:42,816 the key, the undisturbed 1641 00:39:39,846 --> 00:39:42,816 curtain on the door-- 1642 00:39:42,816 --> 00:39:45,952 Signs, said the lead case agent, 1643 00:39:42,816 --> 00:39:45,952 that the scene was staged 1644 00:39:45,952 --> 00:39:49,456 to deflect attention away from 1645 00:39:45,952 --> 00:39:49,456 the intruder's real motive. 1646 00:39:49,456 --> 00:39:52,926 - It was clear cut 1647 00:39:49,456 --> 00:39:52,926 designed to break in, 1648 00:39:52,926 --> 00:39:54,127 enter the residence, 1649 00:39:54,127 --> 00:39:56,730 and kill every 1650 00:39:54,127 --> 00:39:56,730 soul in the residence. 1651 00:39:56,730 --> 00:39:58,264 - What's more, 1652 00:39:56,730 --> 00:39:58,264 the only things 1653 00:39:58,264 --> 00:40:00,500 that were supposedly missing 1654 00:39:58,264 --> 00:40:00,500 from the residence 1655 00:40:00,500 --> 00:40:02,235 all belong to Craig. 1656 00:40:02,235 --> 00:40:06,139 His boots, his coveralls, 1657 00:40:02,235 --> 00:40:06,139 and his 12 gauge shotgun, 1658 00:40:06,139 --> 00:40:08,742 the ammunition likely 1659 00:40:06,139 --> 00:40:08,742 used in the attack. 1660 00:40:08,742 --> 00:40:11,678 It was of a kind that Craig's 1661 00:40:08,742 --> 00:40:11,678 missing shotgun could take, 1662 00:40:11,678 --> 00:40:13,113 and it was the 1663 00:40:11,678 --> 00:40:13,113 same kind of ammo 1664 00:40:13,113 --> 00:40:15,148 that was found 1665 00:40:13,113 --> 00:40:15,148 in Craig's truck. 1666 00:40:15,148 --> 00:40:17,450 Michael Muldrew 1667 00:40:15,148 --> 00:40:17,450 prosecuted the case. 1668 00:40:17,450 --> 00:40:19,519 - When they found 1669 00:40:17,450 --> 00:40:19,519 the shotgun shells-- 1670 00:40:19,519 --> 00:40:21,688 - Live ammo? 1671 00:40:19,519 --> 00:40:21,688 - Three live ammo shells, 1672 00:40:21,688 --> 00:40:24,290 double-aught buckshot, 1673 00:40:21,688 --> 00:40:24,290 3-inch shells. 1674 00:40:24,290 --> 00:40:26,393 - Winchester. 1675 00:40:24,290 --> 00:40:26,393 - Winchester. 1676 00:40:26,393 --> 00:40:28,428 - And yet the question 1677 00:40:26,393 --> 00:40:28,428 remained. 1678 00:40:28,428 --> 00:40:30,430 What would make 1679 00:40:28,428 --> 00:40:30,430 Craig Heidt even consider 1680 00:40:30,430 --> 00:40:32,866 putting a shotgun 1681 00:40:30,430 --> 00:40:32,866 to his family? 1682 00:40:32,866 --> 00:40:34,734 What could have 1683 00:40:32,866 --> 00:40:34,734 driven him? 1684 00:40:34,734 --> 00:40:35,902 - Ms. Heidt, if you would, 1685 00:40:34,734 --> 00:40:35,902 please... 1686 00:40:35,902 --> 00:40:37,470 - The state would 1687 00:40:35,902 --> 00:40:37,470 call to the stand 1688 00:40:37,470 --> 00:40:40,600 Craig's sister-in-law, 1689 00:40:37,470 --> 00:40:40,600 Robin Heidt. 1690 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:41,875 For the first time, 1691 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:41,875 she would reveal 1692 00:40:41,875 --> 00:40:44,344 the full story behind what, 1693 00:40:41,875 --> 00:40:44,344 until now, 1694 00:40:44,344 --> 00:40:46,790 had only been rich grist 1695 00:40:46,790 --> 00:40:49,349 for the Effingham County 1696 00:40:46,790 --> 00:40:49,349 rumor mill. 1697 00:40:49,349 --> 00:40:51,251 - State your name for 1698 00:40:49,349 --> 00:40:51,251 the record, please. 1699 00:40:51,251 --> 00:40:53,787 - Robin Rast Heidt. 1700 00:40:53,787 --> 00:40:55,889 - All eyes were glued 1701 00:40:53,787 --> 00:40:55,889 to the witness box 1702 00:40:55,889 --> 00:40:57,891 the day Robin Heidt 1703 00:40:55,889 --> 00:40:57,891 took the stand. 1704 00:40:57,891 --> 00:40:59,759 Jurors had already heard 1705 00:40:57,891 --> 00:40:59,759 from the prosecutor 1706 00:40:59,759 --> 00:41:01,661 about an inappropriate 1707 00:40:59,759 --> 00:41:01,661 relationship 1708 00:41:01,661 --> 00:41:03,596 between Craig and Robin. 1709 00:41:03,596 --> 00:41:06,633 And now they were going to 1710 00:41:03,596 --> 00:41:06,633 hear from Robin herself 1711 00:41:06,633 --> 00:41:09,202 about what exactly had been 1712 00:41:06,633 --> 00:41:09,202 going on in the Heidt family 1713 00:41:09,202 --> 00:41:10,970 behind closed doors, 1714 00:41:10,970 --> 00:41:14,740 and between brother 1715 00:41:10,970 --> 00:41:14,740 and sister by marriage. 1716 00:41:14,740 --> 00:41:15,875 - Are you married? 1717 00:41:15,875 --> 00:41:17,677 - No, sir, I'm widowed. 1718 00:41:17,677 --> 00:41:19,245 - And who were 1719 00:41:17,677 --> 00:41:19,245 you married to? 1720 00:41:19,245 --> 00:41:21,314 I was married 1721 00:41:19,245 --> 00:41:21,314 to Carey Heidt. 1722 00:41:21,314 --> 00:41:23,983 - How long were you married? 1723 00:41:21,314 --> 00:41:23,983 - Thirteen years. 1724 00:41:23,983 --> 00:41:26,686 - Robin told the jurors 1725 00:41:23,983 --> 00:41:26,686 about her life with Carey. 1726 00:41:26,686 --> 00:41:31,910 - We had a very good, um, 1727 00:41:26,686 --> 00:41:31,910 very prosperous living. 1728 00:41:31,910 --> 00:41:32,920 Yes, sir. 1729 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:33,930 - Did you ever 1730 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:33,930 lacked for anything? 1731 00:41:33,930 --> 00:41:34,427 - No. 1732 00:41:34,427 --> 00:41:36,229 - Was he always able to 1733 00:41:34,427 --> 00:41:36,229 provide you 1734 00:41:36,229 --> 00:41:39,366 with anything you needed? 1735 00:41:36,229 --> 00:41:39,366 - He was. 1736 00:41:39,366 --> 00:41:41,301 - What kind of 1737 00:41:39,366 --> 00:41:41,301 husband was he? 1738 00:41:41,301 --> 00:41:43,103 - He was a very 1739 00:41:41,301 --> 00:41:43,103 good husband. 1740 00:41:43,103 --> 00:41:44,104 - And how Carey was good 1741 00:41:44,104 --> 00:41:45,905 with their three children 1742 00:41:44,104 --> 00:41:45,905 as well. 1743 00:41:45,905 --> 00:41:49,109 - He was the best father. 1744 00:41:45,905 --> 00:41:49,109 He was a wonderful father. 1745 00:41:49,109 --> 00:41:51,344 - But then, she explained, 1746 00:41:49,109 --> 00:41:51,344 that in 2008, 1747 00:41:51,344 --> 00:41:53,880 things got rocky between 1748 00:41:51,344 --> 00:41:53,880 her and her husband. 1749 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:56,182 - He spent a lot of 1750 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:56,182 time at work, 1751 00:41:56,182 --> 00:41:58,284 a lot less time 1752 00:41:56,182 --> 00:41:58,284 at home. 1753 00:41:58,284 --> 00:42:01,154 Um, he became very 1754 00:41:58,284 --> 00:42:01,154 distant with me. 1755 00:42:01,154 --> 00:42:02,655 I wasn't really sure why. 1756 00:42:02,655 --> 00:42:05,725 I didn't realize that the, 1757 00:42:02,655 --> 00:42:05,725 um, real estate business 1758 00:42:05,725 --> 00:42:09,329 was not going as well as 1759 00:42:05,725 --> 00:42:09,329 it had been going. 1760 00:42:09,329 --> 00:42:10,764 I knew there 1761 00:42:09,329 --> 00:42:10,764 was some problems, 1762 00:42:10,764 --> 00:42:12,832 but there was 1763 00:42:10,764 --> 00:42:12,832 a lot of problems, 1764 00:42:12,832 --> 00:42:15,680 and he didn't discuss them 1765 00:42:12,832 --> 00:42:15,680 with me. 1766 00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:16,603 So we became pretty distant 1767 00:42:16,603 --> 00:42:19,305 as far as our marriage 1768 00:42:16,603 --> 00:42:19,305 relationship. 1769 00:42:19,305 --> 00:42:20,740 - The strain in their union 1770 00:42:20,740 --> 00:42:23,643 was enough to cause Robin 1771 00:42:20,740 --> 00:42:23,643 to stray from Carey, 1772 00:42:23,643 --> 00:42:25,378 and in a shocking way. 1773 00:42:25,378 --> 00:42:28,181 - Yes, in April of 2008, 1774 00:42:25,378 --> 00:42:28,181 I engaged in a relationship 1775 00:42:28,181 --> 00:42:30,116 with his older 1776 00:42:28,181 --> 00:42:30,116 brother, Craig. 1777 00:42:31,885 --> 00:42:33,720 He said if I was gonna 1778 00:42:31,885 --> 00:42:33,720 have an affair, 1779 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:35,255 he wished it would have been 1780 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:35,255 with anybody else 1781 00:42:35,255 --> 00:42:36,923 except his brother. 1782 00:42:36,923 --> 00:42:39,626 - Details of the 1783 00:42:36,923 --> 00:42:39,626 affair laid bare. 1784 00:42:39,626 --> 00:42:42,950 Was that a motive 1785 00:42:39,626 --> 00:42:42,950 for murder? 1786 00:42:42,162 --> 00:42:54,708 ** 1787 00:42:55,642 --> 00:42:58,311 - Welcome back to 1788 00:42:55,642 --> 00:42:58,311 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". 1789 00:42:58,311 --> 00:42:59,746 I'm Kate Snow. 1790 00:42:59,746 --> 00:43:02,148 It was one of 1791 00:42:59,746 --> 00:43:02,148 the most anticipated moments 1792 00:43:02,148 --> 00:43:04,184 of Craig Heidt's murder trial. 1793 00:43:04,184 --> 00:43:08,388 Robin Heidt took the stand 1794 00:43:04,184 --> 00:43:08,388 to admit a shameful secret. 1795 00:43:08,388 --> 00:43:11,491 Not only had she cheated on 1796 00:43:08,388 --> 00:43:11,491 her husband, Carey, 1797 00:43:11,491 --> 00:43:14,728 but her lover 1798 00:43:11,491 --> 00:43:14,728 was his own brother, Craig. 1799 00:43:14,728 --> 00:43:18,565 Now, Robin is about to reveal 1800 00:43:14,728 --> 00:43:18,565 scandalous details, 1801 00:43:18,565 --> 00:43:21,167 including how the affair began. 1802 00:43:21,167 --> 00:43:23,690 Once again, 1803 00:43:21,167 --> 00:43:23,690 here's Dennis Murphy with 1804 00:43:23,690 --> 00:43:26,106 "The Mystery 1805 00:43:23,690 --> 00:43:26,106 in Effingham County". 1806 00:43:26,106 --> 00:43:28,740 - Robin said 1807 00:43:26,106 --> 00:43:28,740 the affair started one night 1808 00:43:28,740 --> 00:43:30,944 after a family gathering 1809 00:43:28,740 --> 00:43:30,944 when she confided in Craig 1810 00:43:30,944 --> 00:43:32,679 about the troubles 1811 00:43:30,944 --> 00:43:32,679 in her marriage 1812 00:43:32,679 --> 00:43:34,481 and about something else. 1813 00:43:34,481 --> 00:43:37,283 - I just told Craig that 1814 00:43:34,481 --> 00:43:37,283 there was something that 1815 00:43:37,283 --> 00:43:39,119 I needed to tell him, 1816 00:43:39,119 --> 00:43:41,454 and he listened 1817 00:43:39,119 --> 00:43:41,454 and I told him that 1818 00:43:41,454 --> 00:43:43,957 I had feelings for him 1819 00:43:41,454 --> 00:43:43,957 and that-- 1820 00:43:43,957 --> 00:43:46,359 and he said that 1821 00:43:43,957 --> 00:43:46,359 he had feelings for me. 1822 00:43:46,359 --> 00:43:51,998 And that was about as far as 1823 00:43:46,359 --> 00:43:51,998 the conversation went that day. 1824 00:43:51,998 --> 00:43:54,267 - The next night, Robin 1825 00:43:51,998 --> 00:43:54,267 stayed over at her in-laws, 1826 00:43:54,267 --> 00:43:55,435 Philip and Linda's, 1827 00:43:55,435 --> 00:43:57,237 because she was 1828 00:43:55,435 --> 00:43:57,237 scheduled to take Philip 1829 00:43:57,237 --> 00:43:59,406 to a doctor's appointment 1830 00:43:57,237 --> 00:43:59,406 in the morning. 1831 00:43:59,406 --> 00:44:02,420 Craig was at the house too. 1832 00:44:02,420 --> 00:44:04,644 - Did you and Craig 1833 00:44:02,420 --> 00:44:04,644 have an intimate relationship 1834 00:44:04,644 --> 00:44:06,746 that night? 1835 00:44:04,644 --> 00:44:06,746 - We did. 1836 00:44:06,746 --> 00:44:08,314 - Where was that? 1837 00:44:08,314 --> 00:44:12,850 - That was, um, in Philip 1838 00:44:08,314 --> 00:44:12,850 and Linda's living room. 1839 00:44:12,850 --> 00:44:14,487 - Where were Philip and Linda? 1840 00:44:12,850 --> 00:44:14,487 - They were asleep. 1841 00:44:17,524 --> 00:44:20,527 - The relationship continued 1842 00:44:17,524 --> 00:44:20,527 from that night forth. 1843 00:44:20,527 --> 00:44:23,396 Robin said Craig would call her, 1844 00:44:20,527 --> 00:44:23,396 often using a cell phone 1845 00:44:23,396 --> 00:44:27,233 a friend had gotten for him, 1846 00:44:23,396 --> 00:44:27,233 to set up a rendezvous. 1847 00:44:27,233 --> 00:44:28,735 They'd often meet 1848 00:44:27,233 --> 00:44:28,735 at the hunting lodge 1849 00:44:28,735 --> 00:44:30,970 Craig was crashing at 1850 00:44:28,735 --> 00:44:30,970 after moving out 1851 00:44:30,970 --> 00:44:33,306 on his girlfriend, 1852 00:44:30,970 --> 00:44:33,306 Tina Williams. 1853 00:44:33,306 --> 00:44:34,741 - How many times 1854 00:44:33,306 --> 00:44:34,741 were we intimate? 1855 00:44:34,741 --> 00:44:37,410 Probably about twenty times. 1856 00:44:37,410 --> 00:44:39,145 - A few weeks into the affair, 1857 00:44:39,145 --> 00:44:41,181 Robin says 1858 00:44:39,145 --> 00:44:41,181 she told her husband, Carey, 1859 00:44:41,181 --> 00:44:43,830 what was going on. 1860 00:44:43,830 --> 00:44:45,552 - How did he find out 1861 00:44:43,830 --> 00:44:45,552 in May about the affair? 1862 00:44:45,552 --> 00:44:47,320 - I told him. 1863 00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:49,322 - How did he act 1864 00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:49,322 when you told him? 1865 00:44:49,322 --> 00:44:52,125 - He was upset. 1866 00:44:49,322 --> 00:44:52,125 He was very upset. 1867 00:44:52,125 --> 00:44:55,895 And he said, um, 1868 00:44:52,125 --> 00:44:55,895 that if I was- 1869 00:44:55,895 --> 00:44:57,130 if I was gonna 1870 00:44:55,895 --> 00:44:57,130 have an affair, 1871 00:44:57,130 --> 00:44:58,898 he wish it would have been 1872 00:44:57,130 --> 00:44:58,898 with anybody else 1873 00:44:58,898 --> 00:45:01,768 except his brother. 1874 00:45:01,768 --> 00:45:04,637 He was very upset about it 1875 00:45:01,768 --> 00:45:04,637 being his brother. 1876 00:45:04,637 --> 00:45:06,706 - And the prosecution 1877 00:45:04,637 --> 00:45:06,706 asked Robin, 1878 00:45:06,706 --> 00:45:09,275 what did she see 1879 00:45:06,706 --> 00:45:09,275 in her brother-in-law? 1880 00:45:09,275 --> 00:45:11,378 Robin already had Carey, 1881 00:45:09,275 --> 00:45:11,378 who by all accounts 1882 00:45:11,378 --> 00:45:13,747 was a devoted husband, 1883 00:45:11,378 --> 00:45:13,747 doting father, 1884 00:45:13,747 --> 00:45:15,582 and solid provider. 1885 00:45:15,582 --> 00:45:18,418 Why would she step out on him 1886 00:45:15,582 --> 00:45:18,418 with Craig, 1887 00:45:18,418 --> 00:45:20,286 who the state portrayed as 1888 00:45:18,418 --> 00:45:20,286 someone who didn't seem to 1889 00:45:20,286 --> 00:45:23,323 want much out of life 1890 00:45:20,286 --> 00:45:23,323 except time to hunt? 1891 00:45:23,323 --> 00:45:25,859 Craig, who was out of work 1892 00:45:23,323 --> 00:45:25,859 on disability 1893 00:45:25,859 --> 00:45:28,895 and was squatting at 1894 00:45:25,859 --> 00:45:28,895 a friend's hunting cabin. 1895 00:45:28,895 --> 00:45:31,765 - How did you think your life 1896 00:45:28,895 --> 00:45:31,765 was gonna improve 1897 00:45:31,765 --> 00:45:34,868 by engaging in this relationship 1898 00:45:31,765 --> 00:45:34,868 with Craig? 1899 00:45:34,868 --> 00:45:36,403 - Well, at the time 1900 00:45:34,868 --> 00:45:36,403 I felt like 1901 00:45:36,403 --> 00:45:38,772 Craig was givin' me 1902 00:45:36,403 --> 00:45:38,772 some attention 1903 00:45:38,772 --> 00:45:41,775 and given' me some things 1904 00:45:38,772 --> 00:45:41,775 that Carey wasn't giving me. 1905 00:45:41,775 --> 00:45:44,244 And at the time, 1906 00:45:41,775 --> 00:45:44,244 I felt like 1907 00:45:44,244 --> 00:45:47,313 that was where I needed to be, 1908 00:45:44,244 --> 00:45:47,313 was with Craig. 1909 00:45:47,313 --> 00:45:49,215 - But what were Craig and Robin 1910 00:45:47,313 --> 00:45:49,215 going to do 1911 00:45:49,215 --> 00:45:51,351 when word got out 1912 00:45:49,215 --> 00:45:51,351 to the family? 1913 00:45:51,351 --> 00:45:53,987 Because word did get out 1914 00:45:51,351 --> 00:45:53,987 to Craig and Carey's father, 1915 00:45:53,987 --> 00:45:56,589 Philip, and fast. 1916 00:45:56,589 --> 00:46:00,226 - Philip was very angry 1917 00:45:56,589 --> 00:46:00,226 and upset with me. 1918 00:46:00,226 --> 00:46:01,861 - And Philip Heidt 1919 00:46:00,226 --> 00:46:01,861 wasn't going to take 1920 00:46:01,861 --> 00:46:05,632 the destruction of his family 1921 00:46:01,861 --> 00:46:05,632 and his family name lightly. 1922 00:46:05,632 --> 00:46:07,467 Jurors would next 1923 00:46:05,632 --> 00:46:07,467 hear from friends 1924 00:46:07,467 --> 00:46:08,768 and colleagues of Philip's 1925 00:46:08,768 --> 00:46:11,710 that when it came to 1926 00:46:08,768 --> 00:46:11,710 the embarrassing relationship 1927 00:46:11,710 --> 00:46:13,506 between his son and 1928 00:46:11,710 --> 00:46:13,506 daughter-in-law, 1929 00:46:13,506 --> 00:46:17,770 Philip was going to do anything 1930 00:46:13,506 --> 00:46:17,770 he could to stop it. 1931 00:46:17,770 --> 00:46:18,812 - He said, "I gonna think-- 1932 00:46:17,770 --> 00:46:18,812 I think I'm gonna take 1933 00:46:18,812 --> 00:46:20,246 "Craig out of the will". 1934 00:46:20,246 --> 00:46:22,716 - More secrets 1935 00:46:20,246 --> 00:46:22,716 spill out in the courtroom. 1936 00:46:22,716 --> 00:46:26,252 Just how heated 1937 00:46:22,716 --> 00:46:26,252 did the Heidt feud get? 1938 00:46:26,252 --> 00:46:29,689 - Coming up, word of 1939 00:46:26,252 --> 00:46:29,689 a fight in the family. 1940 00:46:29,689 --> 00:46:31,891 Bad blood beginning to boil. 1941 00:46:31,891 --> 00:46:34,761 - His rage was 1942 00:46:31,891 --> 00:46:34,761 still building up. 1943 00:46:34,761 --> 00:46:37,130 And he knew that 1944 00:46:34,761 --> 00:46:37,130 if he's ever gonna do something, 1945 00:46:37,130 --> 00:46:38,465 now was the time. 1946 00:46:38,565 --> 00:46:51,478 ** 1947 00:46:52,780 --> 00:46:53,780 - I miss him. 1948 00:46:52,780 --> 00:46:53,780 You know? 1949 00:46:53,780 --> 00:46:56,850 He was a-he was a good friend. 1950 00:46:56,850 --> 00:46:58,840 - Memories of Philip Heidt 1951 00:46:58,840 --> 00:46:59,853 resonated with 1952 00:46:58,840 --> 00:46:59,853 his business partner, 1953 00:46:59,853 --> 00:47:01,921 Harvey Kiefer. 1954 00:47:01,921 --> 00:47:04,791 - Philip and I was probably 1955 00:47:01,921 --> 00:47:04,791 as close a friend 1956 00:47:04,791 --> 00:47:09,262 as each one could have. 1957 00:47:09,262 --> 00:47:11,364 - A man as proud 1958 00:47:09,262 --> 00:47:11,364 as he was private, 1959 00:47:11,364 --> 00:47:13,800 Philip Heidt would only open up 1960 00:47:11,364 --> 00:47:13,800 about his troubles 1961 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:16,136 to his most trusted associates. 1962 00:47:16,136 --> 00:47:17,671 And the problem 1963 00:47:16,136 --> 00:47:17,671 he had on his hands 1964 00:47:17,671 --> 00:47:21,410 in late August 2008 1965 00:47:17,671 --> 00:47:21,410 was a doozy. 1966 00:47:21,410 --> 00:47:24,440 - The Friday 1967 00:47:21,410 --> 00:47:24,440 before his death that-- 1968 00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:27,113 while we were doing our meeting, 1969 00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:27,113 he says, 1970 00:47:27,113 --> 00:47:29,382 "Sometimes I think I'll just 1971 00:47:27,113 --> 00:47:29,382 go jump off 1972 00:47:29,382 --> 00:47:31,284 "the Talmadge Bridge". 1973 00:47:31,284 --> 00:47:37,691 And I said, "Philip", 1974 00:47:31,284 --> 00:47:37,691 I says, uh, "it ain't that bad". 1975 00:47:37,691 --> 00:47:39,926 - Harvey Kiefer thought 1976 00:47:37,691 --> 00:47:39,926 Philip was referring to 1977 00:47:39,926 --> 00:47:43,763 the unnerving downturn 1978 00:47:39,926 --> 00:47:43,763 in the 2008 real estate market. 1979 00:47:43,763 --> 00:47:46,990 But no, Philip said 1980 00:47:43,763 --> 00:47:46,990 his problem stemmed from 1981 00:47:46,990 --> 00:47:48,368 turmoil within his family. 1982 00:47:48,368 --> 00:47:50,103 And now Philip was gone. 1983 00:47:50,103 --> 00:47:52,806 And his son Craig was on trial 1984 00:47:50,103 --> 00:47:52,806 for shooting to death 1985 00:47:52,806 --> 00:47:56,543 both him and his brother, 1986 00:47:52,806 --> 00:47:56,543 and wounding his mother. 1987 00:47:56,543 --> 00:47:58,780 - The prosecutor 1988 00:47:56,543 --> 00:47:58,780 would tell the jury 1989 00:47:58,780 --> 00:48:00,413 not just the story of 1990 00:47:58,780 --> 00:48:00,413 a taboo relationship 1991 00:48:00,413 --> 00:48:02,816 between a man 1992 00:48:00,413 --> 00:48:02,816 and his brother's wife, 1993 00:48:02,816 --> 00:48:05,785 but also about an emotionally 1994 00:48:02,816 --> 00:48:05,785 complicated situation 1995 00:48:05,785 --> 00:48:09,550 involving a black sheep son 1996 00:48:05,785 --> 00:48:09,550 and a headstrong father 1997 00:48:09,550 --> 00:48:11,725 who was just dead set 1998 00:48:09,550 --> 00:48:11,725 against that affair. 1999 00:48:11,725 --> 00:48:13,526 - In court, jurors heard 2000 00:48:11,725 --> 00:48:13,526 how Philip Heidt 2001 00:48:13,526 --> 00:48:16,596 learned of the affair between 2002 00:48:13,526 --> 00:48:16,596 his son and daughter-in-law 2003 00:48:16,596 --> 00:48:18,865 a few months before his death, 2004 00:48:18,865 --> 00:48:22,402 a revelation that friends said 2005 00:48:18,865 --> 00:48:22,402 bored into his very soul. 2006 00:48:22,402 --> 00:48:25,305 - He was very mad, 2007 00:48:22,402 --> 00:48:25,305 very upset. 2008 00:48:25,305 --> 00:48:26,673 He just could not 2009 00:48:25,305 --> 00:48:26,673 stand the idea 2010 00:48:26,673 --> 00:48:28,775 of his family 2011 00:48:26,673 --> 00:48:28,775 being torn apart. 2012 00:48:28,775 --> 00:48:33,213 Um, this, um, marital affair 2013 00:48:28,775 --> 00:48:33,213 was just driving him up a wall. 2014 00:48:33,213 --> 00:48:36,490 - Philip simply could not let 2015 00:48:33,213 --> 00:48:36,490 this affair run its course, 2016 00:48:36,490 --> 00:48:38,485 his friend said, 2017 00:48:36,490 --> 00:48:38,485 because more than real estate, 2018 00:48:38,485 --> 00:48:41,721 Philip Heidt lived for 2019 00:48:38,485 --> 00:48:41,721 his family and its good name. 2020 00:48:41,721 --> 00:48:43,890 It meant everything to him 2021 00:48:43,890 --> 00:48:45,592 to keep all the Heidts 2022 00:48:43,890 --> 00:48:45,592 living in harmony, 2023 00:48:45,592 --> 00:48:48,261 working hard to preserve 2024 00:48:45,592 --> 00:48:48,261 the Heidt ancestral land 2025 00:48:48,261 --> 00:48:50,330 for future generations. 2026 00:48:50,330 --> 00:48:52,365 But when Philip confronted 2027 00:48:50,330 --> 00:48:52,365 his son, Craig, 2028 00:48:52,365 --> 00:48:55,502 about the affair, 2029 00:48:52,365 --> 00:48:55,502 Craig had a surprising response, 2030 00:48:55,502 --> 00:48:57,303 according to his mother. 2031 00:48:57,303 --> 00:49:00,400 - What did Craig say 2032 00:48:57,303 --> 00:49:00,400 about the affair? 2033 00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:05,812 - That if he wanted Robin, 2034 00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:05,812 he would have Robin. 2035 00:49:05,812 --> 00:49:09,516 - And what was his attitude at 2036 00:49:05,812 --> 00:49:09,516 the time with regards to that? 2037 00:49:09,516 --> 00:49:11,584 - He was kind of arrogant. 2038 00:49:11,584 --> 00:49:14,354 - He told his mama 2039 00:49:11,584 --> 00:49:14,354 a few weeks before that, 2040 00:49:14,354 --> 00:49:16,423 "If I want her, I'll have her". 2041 00:49:16,423 --> 00:49:17,824 I can't even imagine 2042 00:49:16,423 --> 00:49:17,824 you having a conversation 2043 00:49:17,824 --> 00:49:19,459 like that 2044 00:49:17,824 --> 00:49:19,459 with your mother anyway. 2045 00:49:19,459 --> 00:49:21,728 I mean, how are you gonna have 2046 00:49:19,459 --> 00:49:21,728 Thanksgiving dinner- 2047 00:49:21,728 --> 00:49:25,198 - For instance. 2048 00:49:21,728 --> 00:49:25,198 - ...with this-- these dynamics? 2049 00:49:25,198 --> 00:49:26,399 You can't. 2050 00:49:26,399 --> 00:49:29,636 So he knew that mama and daddy 2051 00:49:26,399 --> 00:49:29,636 would never accept it. 2052 00:49:29,636 --> 00:49:32,380 - The bad blood between Craig 2053 00:49:29,636 --> 00:49:32,380 and his family members 2054 00:49:32,380 --> 00:49:35,410 quickly worsened, 2055 00:49:32,380 --> 00:49:35,410 according to the prosecution. 2056 00:49:35,410 --> 00:49:37,430 Jurors heard about 2057 00:49:35,410 --> 00:49:37,430 a heated argument 2058 00:49:37,430 --> 00:49:39,612 Craig and his brother Carey 2059 00:49:37,430 --> 00:49:39,612 had gotten into outside 2060 00:49:39,612 --> 00:49:41,614 a Sonic Burger restaurant. 2061 00:49:41,614 --> 00:49:44,584 And Craig didn't seem to care 2062 00:49:41,614 --> 00:49:44,584 who knew that things were toxic 2063 00:49:44,584 --> 00:49:46,653 inside the Heidt family. 2064 00:49:46,653 --> 00:49:48,822 Real estate agent, 2065 00:49:46,653 --> 00:49:48,822 Christy Campo. 2066 00:49:48,822 --> 00:49:52,892 - He said 2067 00:49:48,822 --> 00:49:52,892 they did not get along, um, 2068 00:49:52,892 --> 00:49:58,465 that he was the black sheep 2069 00:49:52,892 --> 00:49:58,465 in the family, and, um, 2070 00:49:58,465 --> 00:50:02,669 he wouldn't piss on 'em 2071 00:49:58,465 --> 00:50:02,669 if they were on fire. 2072 00:50:02,669 --> 00:50:05,505 - Robin said Craig echoed 2073 00:50:02,669 --> 00:50:05,505 the same sentiment to her. 2074 00:50:05,505 --> 00:50:10,100 - Craig said that 2075 00:50:05,505 --> 00:50:10,100 if his father was on fire 2076 00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:13,790 that he would not urinate 2077 00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:13,790 on his father to put him out. 2078 00:50:13,790 --> 00:50:15,248 - Father and son, 2079 00:50:13,790 --> 00:50:15,248 brother and brother, 2080 00:50:15,248 --> 00:50:18,518 husband and wife all squared off 2081 00:50:15,248 --> 00:50:18,518 in their corners. 2082 00:50:18,518 --> 00:50:20,220 The story being told 2083 00:50:18,518 --> 00:50:20,220 in the court 2084 00:50:20,220 --> 00:50:23,230 was of the Heidt family 2085 00:50:20,220 --> 00:50:23,230 destroying itself. 2086 00:50:23,230 --> 00:50:25,759 A match had been lit 2087 00:50:23,230 --> 00:50:25,759 as the prosecutor told it, 2088 00:50:25,759 --> 00:50:27,160 and come late August, 2089 00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:29,929 an explosion 2090 00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:29,929 was about to go off. 2091 00:50:29,929 --> 00:50:32,699 - Robin told the jurors about 2092 00:50:29,929 --> 00:50:32,699 a driveway altercation 2093 00:50:32,699 --> 00:50:34,467 a week or two 2094 00:50:32,699 --> 00:50:34,467 before the shootings 2095 00:50:34,467 --> 00:50:36,536 between her and 2096 00:50:34,467 --> 00:50:36,536 her father-in-law, 2097 00:50:36,536 --> 00:50:38,672 an argument 2098 00:50:36,536 --> 00:50:38,672 that became physical. 2099 00:50:38,672 --> 00:50:41,675 - Philip said, you know, 2100 00:50:38,672 --> 00:50:41,675 "Look around you. 2101 00:50:41,675 --> 00:50:44,377 "These are things that 2102 00:50:41,675 --> 00:50:44,377 Craig cannot give you. 2103 00:50:44,377 --> 00:50:47,147 "These are things that 2104 00:50:44,377 --> 00:50:47,147 only Carey can give you." 2105 00:50:47,147 --> 00:50:50,350 And he said, "You don't 2106 00:50:47,147 --> 00:50:50,350 understand how Craig is. 2107 00:50:50,350 --> 00:50:53,520 "He has issues that 2108 00:50:50,350 --> 00:50:53,520 you don't understand." 2109 00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:55,889 And that upset me. 2110 00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:55,889 I said, "I'm leaving. 2111 00:50:55,889 --> 00:50:57,223 "I'm getting in the car 2112 00:50:55,889 --> 00:50:57,223 and I'm leaving." 2113 00:50:57,223 --> 00:50:59,959 So I got in my Suburban, 2114 00:50:57,223 --> 00:50:59,959 and the window was rolled down, 2115 00:50:59,959 --> 00:51:02,796 and I went to crank my car, 2116 00:50:59,959 --> 00:51:02,796 and Mr. Philip reached in 2117 00:51:02,796 --> 00:51:05,532 and snatched my keys and 2118 00:51:02,796 --> 00:51:05,532 pushed my arm out of the way. 2119 00:51:05,532 --> 00:51:07,133 - Robin says 2120 00:51:05,532 --> 00:51:07,133 she told Craig about 2121 00:51:07,133 --> 00:51:09,135 the incident with his father. 2122 00:51:09,135 --> 00:51:11,571 The State theorized that 2123 00:51:09,135 --> 00:51:11,571 it was about then 2124 00:51:11,571 --> 00:51:14,974 that the tensions in the family 2125 00:51:11,571 --> 00:51:14,974 became unbearable. 2126 00:51:14,974 --> 00:51:16,976 A family friend 2127 00:51:14,974 --> 00:51:16,976 named Loretta Brower 2128 00:51:16,976 --> 00:51:19,312 recalled that Carey 2129 00:51:16,976 --> 00:51:19,312 told her about a fight 2130 00:51:19,312 --> 00:51:21,848 between the two brothers 2131 00:51:19,312 --> 00:51:21,848 that turned ugly. 2132 00:51:21,848 --> 00:51:24,284 - Craig come to the house, 2133 00:51:21,848 --> 00:51:24,284 me and my daddy 2134 00:51:24,284 --> 00:51:26,152 was sitting in the den, 2135 00:51:26,152 --> 00:51:29,989 and then Craig walks 2136 00:51:26,152 --> 00:51:29,989 in with a gun and, um, 2137 00:51:29,989 --> 00:51:32,292 he just threatened 2138 00:51:29,989 --> 00:51:32,292 to shoot Carey. 2139 00:51:32,292 --> 00:51:34,394 And his daddy grabbed the gun, 2140 00:51:32,292 --> 00:51:34,394 took the gun, 2141 00:51:34,394 --> 00:51:37,697 wrestled the gun, 2142 00:51:34,394 --> 00:51:37,697 and took the gun away. 2143 00:51:37,697 --> 00:51:40,000 - Jurors saw photos 2144 00:51:37,697 --> 00:51:40,000 of damage to the house, 2145 00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:43,103 said to be caused by that fight 2146 00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:43,103 between brothers. 2147 00:51:43,103 --> 00:51:46,606 A broken lamp, a scraped wall, 2148 00:51:43,103 --> 00:51:46,606 damaged furniture. 2149 00:51:46,606 --> 00:51:48,808 And in court, 2150 00:51:46,606 --> 00:51:48,808 Loretta Brower testified about 2151 00:51:48,808 --> 00:51:51,277 what else she said 2152 00:51:48,808 --> 00:51:51,277 Carey told her. 2153 00:51:51,277 --> 00:51:53,480 That during that fight, 2154 00:51:51,277 --> 00:51:53,480 Philip, the father, 2155 00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:56,149 had given Craig an ultimatum. 2156 00:51:56,149 --> 00:51:57,884 - "If you don't 2157 00:51:56,149 --> 00:51:57,884 leave Robin alone, 2158 00:51:57,884 --> 00:52:00,860 I'mma cut you 2159 00:51:57,884 --> 00:52:00,860 out of the will. 2160 00:52:00,860 --> 00:52:02,622 - And in fact, Philip Heidt's 2161 00:52:00,860 --> 00:52:02,622 accountant testified 2162 00:52:02,622 --> 00:52:06,393 that he and Philip did discuss 2163 00:52:02,622 --> 00:52:06,393 taking Craig out of his will. 2164 00:52:06,393 --> 00:52:07,627 And Philip's son, Carey, 2165 00:52:07,627 --> 00:52:09,620 had already taken 2166 00:52:07,627 --> 00:52:09,620 his wife's name 2167 00:52:09,620 --> 00:52:11,731 off a three million dollar 2168 00:52:09,620 --> 00:52:11,731 insurance trust 2169 00:52:11,731 --> 00:52:13,767 that he'd set up 2170 00:52:11,731 --> 00:52:13,767 for his children. 2171 00:52:13,767 --> 00:52:16,603 It's not exactly clear 2172 00:52:13,767 --> 00:52:16,603 what Craig or Robin 2173 00:52:16,603 --> 00:52:19,439 did or didn't know about 2174 00:52:16,603 --> 00:52:19,439 the estate papers, 2175 00:52:19,439 --> 00:52:22,742 but prosecutor Michael Muldrew 2176 00:52:19,439 --> 00:52:22,742 says financial concerns 2177 00:52:22,742 --> 00:52:25,412 were definitely on Craig's mind. 2178 00:52:25,412 --> 00:52:27,213 - Money is not 2179 00:52:25,412 --> 00:52:27,213 a small factor here. 2180 00:52:27,213 --> 00:52:28,581 - I think money 2181 00:52:27,213 --> 00:52:28,581 is a large factor. 2182 00:52:28,581 --> 00:52:32,185 And he knew he had to provide 2183 00:52:28,581 --> 00:52:32,185 for Carey's wife 2184 00:52:32,185 --> 00:52:33,787 like Carey had been providing. 2185 00:52:33,787 --> 00:52:36,690 The only way he was ever gonna 2186 00:52:33,787 --> 00:52:36,690 get any financial means 2187 00:52:36,690 --> 00:52:41,428 to live the life that 2188 00:52:36,690 --> 00:52:41,428 he wanted to live with Robin 2189 00:52:41,428 --> 00:52:43,830 was through an inheritance. 2190 00:52:43,830 --> 00:52:45,980 And he's got enough sense 2191 00:52:43,830 --> 00:52:45,980 to know the only way 2192 00:52:45,980 --> 00:52:49,569 he's going to inherit anything 2193 00:52:45,980 --> 00:52:49,569 if both parents are dead. 2194 00:52:49,569 --> 00:52:52,339 - Jurors also heard 2195 00:52:49,569 --> 00:52:52,339 realtor Christy Campo's story 2196 00:52:52,339 --> 00:52:55,375 of Greg asking her 2197 00:52:52,339 --> 00:52:55,375 to show him some property. 2198 00:52:55,375 --> 00:52:56,676 - I showed him the house. 2199 00:52:56,676 --> 00:53:00,180 Um, he said he was going to, 2200 00:52:56,676 --> 00:53:00,180 um, purchase some more horses 2201 00:53:00,180 --> 00:53:03,490 to, um, start training them. 2202 00:53:03,490 --> 00:53:05,752 So he's asking 2203 00:53:03,490 --> 00:53:05,752 how much more land 2204 00:53:05,752 --> 00:53:07,454 he could buy with the house. 2205 00:53:07,454 --> 00:53:09,622 - The state suggested 2206 00:53:07,454 --> 00:53:09,622 Craig's house hunting 2207 00:53:09,622 --> 00:53:11,358 showed premeditation. 2208 00:53:11,358 --> 00:53:13,693 He never did own any timber land 2209 00:53:11,358 --> 00:53:13,693 he could sell off, 2210 00:53:13,693 --> 00:53:15,161 as he told the realtor, 2211 00:53:15,161 --> 00:53:18,980 so other than killing his family 2212 00:53:15,161 --> 00:53:18,980 for the inheritance, 2213 00:53:18,980 --> 00:53:20,533 how else would he get the money 2214 00:53:18,980 --> 00:53:20,533 to close the deal 2215 00:53:20,533 --> 00:53:23,136 on the new house and 2216 00:53:20,533 --> 00:53:23,136 move in with Robin? 2217 00:53:23,136 --> 00:53:25,772 The prosecutor 2218 00:53:23,136 --> 00:53:25,772 asked her just that. 2219 00:53:25,772 --> 00:53:28,908 - Did he, to your knowledge, 2220 00:53:25,772 --> 00:53:28,908 have any means 2221 00:53:28,908 --> 00:53:32,645 to go buy a quarter million 2222 00:53:28,908 --> 00:53:32,645 dollar piece of property 2223 00:53:32,645 --> 00:53:34,948 for y'all to live on? 2224 00:53:34,948 --> 00:53:38,918 - No, I don't think so. 2225 00:53:38,918 --> 00:53:40,286 - So where was he gonna get 2226 00:53:38,918 --> 00:53:40,286 the money for y'all 2227 00:53:40,286 --> 00:53:42,555 to go move off together? 2228 00:53:42,555 --> 00:53:44,591 - I couldn't answer that. 2229 00:53:42,555 --> 00:53:44,591 He would have to. 2230 00:53:44,591 --> 00:53:46,926 - Did you have 2231 00:53:44,591 --> 00:53:46,926 the money yourself? 2232 00:53:46,926 --> 00:53:49,295 - Not myself, no. 2233 00:53:49,295 --> 00:53:51,464 - Then came that day 2234 00:53:49,295 --> 00:53:51,464 in late August, 2235 00:53:51,464 --> 00:53:55,101 the weekend before the murders 2236 00:53:51,464 --> 00:53:55,101 on early Monday morning. 2237 00:53:55,101 --> 00:53:56,803 The countdown to 2238 00:53:55,101 --> 00:53:56,803 a double homicide 2239 00:53:56,803 --> 00:53:59,939 was about to begin, 2240 00:53:56,803 --> 00:53:59,939 as the prosecutor saw it. 2241 00:53:59,939 --> 00:54:02,175 That Friday night, 2242 00:53:59,939 --> 00:54:02,175 Robin had been with Craig 2243 00:54:02,175 --> 00:54:03,610 at the hunting cabin. 2244 00:54:03,610 --> 00:54:07,313 - That night while I was there, 2245 00:54:03,610 --> 00:54:07,313 he made the comment that 2246 00:54:07,313 --> 00:54:08,815 if Carey and Philip 2247 00:54:07,313 --> 00:54:08,815 weren't careful 2248 00:54:08,815 --> 00:54:11,351 that he would play old school 2249 00:54:08,815 --> 00:54:11,351 on them. 2250 00:54:11,351 --> 00:54:12,786 - Do you understand 2251 00:54:11,351 --> 00:54:12,786 what he meant by that? 2252 00:54:12,786 --> 00:54:14,540 - I did not. 2253 00:54:14,540 --> 00:54:15,355 - The next morning, Saturday, 2254 00:54:15,355 --> 00:54:17,791 an odd thing 2255 00:54:15,355 --> 00:54:17,791 happened at the cabin. 2256 00:54:17,791 --> 00:54:20,660 Craig and Robin noticed 2257 00:54:17,791 --> 00:54:20,660 a low flying helicopter 2258 00:54:20,660 --> 00:54:23,663 that looked as though 2259 00:54:20,660 --> 00:54:23,663 it was spying on them. 2260 00:54:23,663 --> 00:54:26,599 Robin asked her husband 2261 00:54:23,663 --> 00:54:26,599 about it later that day. 2262 00:54:26,599 --> 00:54:29,690 - Carey told me that 2263 00:54:26,599 --> 00:54:29,690 I needed to remember that 2264 00:54:29,690 --> 00:54:32,872 he had friends in high places, 2265 00:54:29,690 --> 00:54:32,872 and he pointed up at the sky. 2266 00:54:32,872 --> 00:54:35,141 And that's when he told me-- 2267 00:54:32,872 --> 00:54:35,141 he didn't actually come out 2268 00:54:35,141 --> 00:54:36,576 and tell me about 2269 00:54:35,141 --> 00:54:36,576 the helicopter, 2270 00:54:36,576 --> 00:54:38,511 I said, 2271 00:54:36,576 --> 00:54:38,511 "I knew that that was you". 2272 00:54:38,511 --> 00:54:40,747 - In fact, Philip and Carey 2273 00:54:38,511 --> 00:54:40,747 had asked a friend 2274 00:54:40,747 --> 00:54:44,317 with a helicopter to see if 2275 00:54:40,747 --> 00:54:44,317 Robin's SUV was at the cabin, 2276 00:54:44,317 --> 00:54:46,786 and if so, 2277 00:54:44,317 --> 00:54:46,786 to take some photographs. 2278 00:54:46,786 --> 00:54:48,488 He did locate 2279 00:54:46,786 --> 00:54:48,488 her white Suburban 2280 00:54:48,488 --> 00:54:50,924 parked next to 2281 00:54:48,488 --> 00:54:50,924 Craig's black truck. 2282 00:54:50,924 --> 00:54:52,926 Robin testified about 2283 00:54:50,924 --> 00:54:52,926 Craig's reaction 2284 00:54:52,926 --> 00:54:55,495 to the chopper surveillance. 2285 00:54:55,495 --> 00:55:00,467 - He had a very, very angry look 2286 00:54:55,495 --> 00:55:00,467 on his face. 2287 00:55:00,467 --> 00:55:02,168 - You ever seen him 2288 00:55:00,467 --> 00:55:02,168 that mad before? 2289 00:55:02,168 --> 00:55:03,403 - No. 2290 00:55:03,403 --> 00:55:04,571 - That surveillance 2291 00:55:03,403 --> 00:55:04,571 by the friend 2292 00:55:04,571 --> 00:55:06,706 who put the helicopter up, 2293 00:55:04,571 --> 00:55:06,706 taking pictures of the cars, 2294 00:55:06,706 --> 00:55:08,808 did that light the fuse here, 2295 00:55:06,706 --> 00:55:08,808 do you think? 2296 00:55:08,808 --> 00:55:12,278 - The fuse was burning and 2297 00:55:08,808 --> 00:55:12,278 that just helped it burn faster. 2298 00:55:17,617 --> 00:55:22,155 You have to remember that 2299 00:55:17,617 --> 00:55:22,155 the opportunity didn't arise 2300 00:55:22,155 --> 00:55:27,930 until that Sunday night 2301 00:55:22,155 --> 00:55:27,930 when Robin informed Craig 2302 00:55:27,930 --> 00:55:30,697 that Carey was gonna 2303 00:55:27,930 --> 00:55:30,697 be over there. 2304 00:55:30,697 --> 00:55:33,867 - That Sunday, Carey took 2305 00:55:30,697 --> 00:55:33,867 the children to church. 2306 00:55:33,867 --> 00:55:36,436 When they got home, 2307 00:55:33,867 --> 00:55:36,436 Robin made them lunch, 2308 00:55:36,436 --> 00:55:38,238 and then she and Carey got into 2309 00:55:38,238 --> 00:55:40,940 what would be 2310 00:55:38,238 --> 00:55:40,940 one final argument. 2311 00:55:40,940 --> 00:55:43,410 - He was very upset, 2312 00:55:40,940 --> 00:55:43,410 because he had proof 2313 00:55:43,410 --> 00:55:46,312 that I had spent the night 2314 00:55:43,410 --> 00:55:46,312 with Craig on Friday night. 2315 00:55:46,312 --> 00:55:48,481 So he said that he felt like 2316 00:55:46,312 --> 00:55:48,481 it was best if he had, 2317 00:55:48,481 --> 00:55:50,884 since he was so angry and upset, 2318 00:55:48,481 --> 00:55:50,884 that he would stay with 2319 00:55:50,884 --> 00:55:53,253 his mother and father 2320 00:55:50,884 --> 00:55:53,253 that night. 2321 00:55:53,253 --> 00:55:56,890 So he packed his things 2322 00:55:53,253 --> 00:55:56,890 and left around four. 2323 00:55:56,890 --> 00:55:58,324 - It would be the first time 2324 00:55:56,890 --> 00:55:58,324 Carey would stay over 2325 00:55:58,324 --> 00:56:01,194 at his parents' house 2326 00:55:58,324 --> 00:56:01,194 in thirteen years. 2327 00:56:01,194 --> 00:56:03,163 Robin says she called Craig 2328 00:56:01,194 --> 00:56:03,163 and told him 2329 00:56:03,163 --> 00:56:06,299 that Carey had left 2330 00:56:03,163 --> 00:56:06,299 and where he was heading. 2331 00:56:06,299 --> 00:56:08,101 She says she spoke to Craig 2332 00:56:06,299 --> 00:56:08,101 on the phone 2333 00:56:08,101 --> 00:56:10,704 one last time 2334 00:56:08,101 --> 00:56:10,704 before going to sleep. 2335 00:56:10,704 --> 00:56:14,307 But later that night, Craig 2336 00:56:10,704 --> 00:56:14,307 did make one more phone call 2337 00:56:14,307 --> 00:56:17,110 to his old girlfriend, 2338 00:56:14,307 --> 00:56:17,110 Tina Williams. 2339 00:56:17,110 --> 00:56:19,450 - "I'm sorry for 2340 00:56:17,110 --> 00:56:19,450 ruining your life." 2341 00:56:19,450 --> 00:56:21,548 "I'm sorry I can't 2342 00:56:19,450 --> 00:56:21,548 help you financially." 2343 00:56:21,548 --> 00:56:24,951 "I'm sorry for involving you 2344 00:56:21,548 --> 00:56:24,951 in my life and in my drama." 2345 00:56:24,951 --> 00:56:27,554 And I'm thinking, "Okay". 2346 00:56:27,554 --> 00:56:30,560 And I thought it was, 2347 00:56:27,554 --> 00:56:30,560 you know, kind of strange. 2348 00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:31,725 - Tina says she got 2349 00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:31,725 the eerie sense that 2350 00:56:31,725 --> 00:56:34,600 Craig was fixing 2351 00:56:31,725 --> 00:56:34,600 to do something, 2352 00:56:34,600 --> 00:56:35,829 but she couldn't tell why. 2353 00:56:35,829 --> 00:56:38,298 That's why she'd wonder 2354 00:56:35,829 --> 00:56:38,298 with regret later, 2355 00:56:38,298 --> 00:56:40,500 whether she could have prevented 2356 00:56:38,298 --> 00:56:40,500 what was about to happen 2357 00:56:40,500 --> 00:56:42,969 to the Heidts 2358 00:56:40,500 --> 00:56:42,969 in the next few hours. 2359 00:56:42,969 --> 00:56:45,338 Should she have told Philip 2360 00:56:42,969 --> 00:56:45,338 and Ms. Linda early on 2361 00:56:45,338 --> 00:56:47,640 about the disastrous affair? 2362 00:56:47,640 --> 00:56:49,750 If they'd nipped it in the bud, 2363 00:56:49,750 --> 00:56:51,845 would maybe the murders 2364 00:56:49,750 --> 00:56:51,845 never have taken place? 2365 00:56:51,845 --> 00:56:53,346 - For the next 2366 00:56:51,845 --> 00:56:53,346 seven hours or so, 2367 00:56:53,346 --> 00:56:54,647 what happens as you see it? 2368 00:56:54,647 --> 00:56:58,952 - I think his-his rage 2369 00:56:54,647 --> 00:56:58,952 was still building up, uh, 2370 00:56:58,952 --> 00:57:03,230 and he knew that if he was 2371 00:56:58,952 --> 00:57:03,230 ever gonna do something, 2372 00:57:03,230 --> 00:57:04,891 now was the time. 2373 00:57:04,891 --> 00:57:09,290 And he had all the people 2374 00:57:04,891 --> 00:57:09,290 that stood between him 2375 00:57:09,290 --> 00:57:10,764 and what he wanted. 2376 00:57:10,764 --> 00:57:14,200 It was after midnight, 2377 00:57:10,764 --> 00:57:14,200 husband, wife, and son 2378 00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:16,403 in a modest house 2379 00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:16,403 at the end of a quiet road, 2380 00:57:16,403 --> 00:57:18,672 settled in for the night, 2381 00:57:18,672 --> 00:57:22,475 their final night 2382 00:57:18,672 --> 00:57:22,475 as the esteemed Heidt family. 2383 00:57:22,475 --> 00:57:24,244 - Coming up, 2384 00:57:24,244 --> 00:57:27,113 what may be the breakthrough 2385 00:57:24,244 --> 00:57:27,113 clue in the case. 2386 00:57:27,113 --> 00:57:28,415 - As an investigator, 2387 00:57:28,415 --> 00:57:30,350 the hairs on 2388 00:57:28,415 --> 00:57:30,350 the back of my neck stood up. 2389 00:57:30,450 --> 00:57:41,528 ** 2390 00:57:42,295 --> 00:57:43,697 - It was around five in 2391 00:57:42,295 --> 00:57:43,697 the morning 2392 00:57:43,697 --> 00:57:47,734 of August 25th, 2008. 2393 00:57:47,734 --> 00:57:50,103 And Robin Heidt, 2394 00:57:47,734 --> 00:57:50,103 wife of Carey Heidt, 2395 00:57:50,103 --> 00:57:52,505 heard a loud knock at the door. 2396 00:57:52,505 --> 00:57:55,750 It was two officers 2397 00:57:52,505 --> 00:57:55,750 and a chaplain 2398 00:57:55,750 --> 00:57:56,776 who told her that 2399 00:57:55,750 --> 00:57:56,776 her husband, Carey, 2400 00:57:56,776 --> 00:57:58,845 and his parents had been shot. 2401 00:57:58,845 --> 00:58:03,160 - I said, um, 2402 00:57:58,845 --> 00:58:03,160 "How was Carey killed?" 2403 00:58:05,685 --> 00:58:09,589 And they said that 2404 00:58:05,685 --> 00:58:09,589 he was shot in the head. 2405 00:58:09,589 --> 00:58:11,257 - The news left her numb. 2406 00:58:11,257 --> 00:58:13,760 She told the jury 2407 00:58:11,257 --> 00:58:13,760 she couldn't breathe. 2408 00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:16,290 A few hours later, 2409 00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:16,290 Craig called. 2410 00:58:16,290 --> 00:58:19,320 - And he was crying really hard, 2411 00:58:16,290 --> 00:58:19,320 and he said 2412 00:58:19,320 --> 00:58:21,340 he couldn't believe 2413 00:58:19,320 --> 00:58:21,340 what had happened. 2414 00:58:21,340 --> 00:58:24,370 And I said, "Are you okay?" 2415 00:58:21,340 --> 00:58:24,370 And he said, "no". 2416 00:58:24,370 --> 00:58:25,405 And I said, um, 2417 00:58:25,405 --> 00:58:27,640 "Craig, did you have anything 2418 00:58:25,405 --> 00:58:27,640 to do with this?" 2419 00:58:27,640 --> 00:58:29,209 And he said, "No". 2420 00:58:29,209 --> 00:58:30,477 - She confronted him again 2421 00:58:30,477 --> 00:58:33,613 when they were all gathered at 2422 00:58:30,477 --> 00:58:33,613 his brother Chris's house. 2423 00:58:33,613 --> 00:58:36,149 - I saw Craig there, 2424 00:58:33,613 --> 00:58:36,149 and I went over to him 2425 00:58:36,149 --> 00:58:39,719 and I said, you know, 2426 00:58:36,149 --> 00:58:39,719 "I want you to look at me 2427 00:58:39,719 --> 00:58:43,323 "and tell me 2428 00:58:39,719 --> 00:58:43,323 if you've done this or not". 2429 00:58:43,323 --> 00:58:45,125 And he said no. 2430 00:58:45,125 --> 00:58:47,360 - Robin says she saw Craig 2431 00:58:45,125 --> 00:58:47,360 at the funeral, 2432 00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:51,398 and within a week he asked her 2433 00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:51,398 if they'd be together again. 2434 00:58:51,398 --> 00:58:53,660 - He asked me if, um, 2435 00:58:53,660 --> 00:58:55,368 our relationship 2436 00:58:53,660 --> 00:58:55,368 was gonna remain, 2437 00:58:55,368 --> 00:58:57,103 how it had been. 2438 00:58:57,103 --> 00:59:00,106 And I told him that 2439 00:58:57,103 --> 00:59:00,106 I wasn't sure at that time. 2440 00:59:00,106 --> 00:59:01,775 - In those tumultuous 2441 00:59:00,106 --> 00:59:01,775 early days, 2442 00:59:01,775 --> 00:59:05,111 the two kept it cool, 2443 00:59:01,775 --> 00:59:05,111 and so did the detectives 2444 00:59:05,111 --> 00:59:08,140 who'd come across what 2445 00:59:05,111 --> 00:59:08,140 they considered a huge clue, 2446 00:59:08,140 --> 00:59:09,249 the significance of which 2447 00:59:09,249 --> 00:59:12,285 they would keep quiet about 2448 00:59:09,249 --> 00:59:12,285 for months. 2449 00:59:12,285 --> 00:59:13,586 It was a breakthrough 2450 00:59:12,285 --> 00:59:13,586 that followed 2451 00:59:13,586 --> 00:59:15,422 a simple if question. 2452 00:59:15,422 --> 00:59:17,857 If Craig had fired 2453 00:59:15,422 --> 00:59:17,857 a shotgun that night, 2454 00:59:17,857 --> 00:59:19,759 would he have 2455 00:59:17,857 --> 00:59:19,759 some telltale bruises 2456 00:59:19,759 --> 00:59:21,761 from the recoil of the weapon? 2457 00:59:21,761 --> 00:59:24,464 Agent Howard asked Craig 2458 00:59:21,761 --> 00:59:24,464 if he could take a look. 2459 00:59:24,464 --> 00:59:25,699 - I asked him, 2460 00:59:24,464 --> 00:59:25,699 "Do you mind taking 2461 00:59:25,699 --> 00:59:28,680 your shirt off 2462 00:59:25,699 --> 00:59:28,680 so I can see your shoulder? 2463 00:59:28,680 --> 00:59:29,536 He said yes, he complied. 2464 00:59:29,536 --> 00:59:34,740 And I was able to see 2465 00:59:29,536 --> 00:59:34,740 two distinct bruises 2466 00:59:34,740 --> 00:59:38,440 on his upper bicep 2467 00:59:34,740 --> 00:59:38,440 in this area. 2468 00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:40,313 - But it wasn't just the fact 2469 00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:40,313 that Craig had bruises 2470 00:59:40,313 --> 00:59:43,490 where you'd expect 2471 00:59:40,313 --> 00:59:43,490 that surprised investigators, 2472 00:59:43,490 --> 00:59:45,850 they said 2473 00:59:43,490 --> 00:59:45,850 he already had a story 2474 00:59:45,850 --> 00:59:46,186 to account for them. 2475 00:59:46,186 --> 00:59:48,321 - Craig started to 2476 00:59:46,186 --> 00:59:48,321 explain away, 2477 00:59:48,321 --> 00:59:50,890 before he even 2478 00:59:48,321 --> 00:59:50,890 took his shirt off, 2479 00:59:50,890 --> 00:59:53,960 that, "I fell yesterday". 2480 00:59:53,960 --> 00:59:56,196 As an investigator 2481 00:59:53,960 --> 00:59:56,196 the hairs 2482 00:59:56,196 --> 00:59:57,464 on the back of my neck stood up. 2483 00:59:57,464 --> 01:00:00,433 - The bruises, a sizable area 2484 00:59:57,464 --> 01:00:00,433 on the right bicep 2485 01:00:00,433 --> 01:00:03,336 and a smaller one on the left, 2486 01:00:00,433 --> 01:00:03,336 were photographed. 2487 01:00:03,336 --> 01:00:05,939 - I stepped out of this tub, 2488 01:00:03,336 --> 01:00:05,939 like this right here, 2489 01:00:05,939 --> 01:00:07,730 I dried off... 2490 01:00:07,730 --> 01:00:08,742 - And a few weeks later, 2491 01:00:07,730 --> 01:00:08,742 Craig was asked to explain 2492 01:00:08,742 --> 01:00:10,744 that bathroom fall 2493 01:00:08,742 --> 01:00:10,744 at his brother's house, 2494 01:00:10,744 --> 01:00:12,445 where he said it occurred. 2495 01:00:12,445 --> 01:00:14,614 Looking noticeably 2496 01:00:12,445 --> 01:00:14,614 more slender on tape 2497 01:00:14,614 --> 01:00:17,830 than he did sitting in court, 2498 01:00:14,614 --> 01:00:17,830 Craig described 2499 01:00:17,830 --> 01:00:20,487 how he slipped 2500 01:00:17,830 --> 01:00:20,487 getting out of the shower. 2501 01:00:20,487 --> 01:00:24,858 - I stepped out like this, 2502 01:00:20,487 --> 01:00:24,858 when my right foot came out, 2503 01:00:24,858 --> 01:00:26,626 I fell like that right there 2504 01:00:26,626 --> 01:00:29,496 and landed on the commode 2505 01:00:26,626 --> 01:00:29,496 like that right there. 2506 01:00:29,496 --> 01:00:32,332 When I landed, 2507 01:00:29,496 --> 01:00:32,332 I kind of landed, you know, 2508 01:00:32,332 --> 01:00:34,734 like hugging, like, 2509 01:00:32,332 --> 01:00:34,734 that's this right here... 2510 01:00:34,734 --> 01:00:36,703 - Okay. 2511 01:00:34,734 --> 01:00:36,703 - Type thing. 2512 01:00:36,703 --> 01:00:40,340 - He said he hit the toilet 2513 01:00:36,703 --> 01:00:40,340 so hard that it shifted. 2514 01:00:40,340 --> 01:00:43,309 - I tried to keep my head 2515 01:00:40,340 --> 01:00:43,309 from busting this up 2516 01:00:43,309 --> 01:00:44,611 and cuttin' my head, you know? 2517 01:00:44,611 --> 01:00:46,246 I mean, it just 2518 01:00:44,611 --> 01:00:46,246 all happened so fast. 2519 01:00:46,246 --> 01:00:47,647 That's just how I wound up. 2520 01:00:47,647 --> 01:00:50,183 - The state's medical examiner 2521 01:00:47,647 --> 01:00:50,183 took the stand 2522 01:00:50,183 --> 01:00:52,152 and said Craig's bruises 2523 01:00:50,183 --> 01:00:52,152 looked to him 2524 01:00:52,152 --> 01:00:54,587 a lot more like the kick 2525 01:00:52,152 --> 01:00:54,587 from a shotgun 2526 01:00:54,587 --> 01:00:56,990 than they did 2527 01:00:54,587 --> 01:00:56,990 the injuries from a fall. 2528 01:00:56,990 --> 01:00:59,590 And what's more, 2529 01:00:56,990 --> 01:00:59,590 while Craig said 2530 01:00:59,590 --> 01:01:01,728 he fell just the day before 2531 01:00:59,590 --> 01:01:01,728 these photos were taken, 2532 01:01:01,728 --> 01:01:05,665 the medical examiner said 2533 01:01:01,728 --> 01:01:05,665 the bruises didn't look fresh. 2534 01:01:05,665 --> 01:01:08,268 - It had to be at least 2535 01:01:05,665 --> 01:01:08,268 about three days old 2536 01:01:08,268 --> 01:01:10,337 because of the gold 2537 01:01:08,268 --> 01:01:10,337 coloration. 2538 01:01:10,337 --> 01:01:11,404 In order for the human body 2539 01:01:11,404 --> 01:01:13,807 to get that gold color 2540 01:01:11,404 --> 01:01:13,807 with a bruise, 2541 01:01:13,807 --> 01:01:15,809 it takes at least three days. 2542 01:01:15,809 --> 01:01:17,777 - In their larger theory 2543 01:01:15,809 --> 01:01:17,777 of the crime, 2544 01:01:17,777 --> 01:01:20,213 the one involving 2545 01:01:17,777 --> 01:01:20,213 the Old Testament lust, 2546 01:01:20,213 --> 01:01:22,449 the prosecutors argued that 2547 01:01:20,213 --> 01:01:22,449 Craig pulled that trigger 2548 01:01:22,449 --> 01:01:25,850 three times 2549 01:01:22,449 --> 01:01:25,850 so he could have it all. 2550 01:01:25,850 --> 01:01:28,880 Robin, the money to be with her, 2551 01:01:25,850 --> 01:01:28,880 and the freedom 2552 01:01:28,880 --> 01:01:30,900 from his parents' 2553 01:01:28,880 --> 01:01:30,900 disapproval. 2554 01:01:30,900 --> 01:01:32,359 And they said he thought 2555 01:01:30,900 --> 01:01:32,359 he was getting away with it, 2556 01:01:32,359 --> 01:01:33,793 at least for a while. 2557 01:01:33,793 --> 01:01:37,970 - He needed me for support 2558 01:01:33,793 --> 01:01:37,970 and I was there for him, 2559 01:01:37,970 --> 01:01:41,401 and I needed him for support. 2560 01:01:37,970 --> 01:01:41,401 So we had each other. 2561 01:01:41,401 --> 01:01:43,303 - A few weeks 2562 01:01:41,401 --> 01:01:43,303 after the funerals, 2563 01:01:43,303 --> 01:01:45,972 Robin and Craig visited 2564 01:01:43,303 --> 01:01:45,972 the cemetery together 2565 01:01:45,972 --> 01:01:49,943 to throw away the dead flowers 2566 01:01:45,972 --> 01:01:49,943 on Philip and Carey's graves. 2567 01:01:49,943 --> 01:01:52,946 By Christmas, they were 2568 01:01:49,943 --> 01:01:52,946 back together as a couple, 2569 01:01:52,946 --> 01:01:55,415 and in January, 2570 01:01:52,946 --> 01:01:55,415 Craig moved in, 2571 01:01:55,415 --> 01:01:58,785 taking Carey's old side 2572 01:01:55,415 --> 01:01:58,785 of the marital bed. 2573 01:01:58,785 --> 01:02:00,854 He started taking 2574 01:01:58,785 --> 01:02:00,854 his brother's children 2575 01:02:00,854 --> 01:02:02,288 on outings with Robin. 2576 01:02:02,288 --> 01:02:04,457 But looking back, 2577 01:02:02,288 --> 01:02:04,457 the sister-in-law said 2578 01:02:04,457 --> 01:02:06,590 it just didn't feel right. 2579 01:02:06,590 --> 01:02:07,761 - We did look like a family. 2580 01:02:07,761 --> 01:02:09,929 We were acting like 2581 01:02:07,761 --> 01:02:09,929 everything was fine, 2582 01:02:09,929 --> 01:02:11,698 and it was wrong. 2583 01:02:11,698 --> 01:02:13,700 - Robin says 2584 01:02:11,698 --> 01:02:13,700 she would try to end it, 2585 01:02:13,700 --> 01:02:15,869 and Craig would 2586 01:02:13,700 --> 01:02:15,869 talk her out of it. 2587 01:02:15,869 --> 01:02:18,171 The two even started 2588 01:02:15,869 --> 01:02:18,171 planning a wedding. 2589 01:02:18,171 --> 01:02:21,740 Robin tried on a dress 2590 01:02:18,171 --> 01:02:21,740 at this local boutique, 2591 01:02:21,740 --> 01:02:23,209 and they bought these rings. 2592 01:02:23,209 --> 01:02:25,211 - We went and looked at rings 2593 01:02:23,209 --> 01:02:25,211 one time, 2594 01:02:25,211 --> 01:02:26,546 and when we went to 2595 01:02:25,211 --> 01:02:26,546 look at them, 2596 01:02:26,546 --> 01:02:28,148 they were on sale, 2597 01:02:28,148 --> 01:02:30,717 so we went ahead 2598 01:02:28,148 --> 01:02:30,717 and purchased the rings. 2599 01:02:30,717 --> 01:02:35,255 - Did he pay for 'em? 2600 01:02:30,717 --> 01:02:35,255 - I did. 2601 01:02:35,255 --> 01:02:37,190 - And when Craig 2602 01:02:35,255 --> 01:02:37,190 needed an attorney, 2603 01:02:37,190 --> 01:02:41,940 it was Robin who ponied up 2604 01:02:37,190 --> 01:02:41,940 $60,000 for legal counsel. 2605 01:02:41,940 --> 01:02:43,863 Money she says she got 2606 01:02:41,940 --> 01:02:43,863 from the insurance payout 2607 01:02:43,863 --> 01:02:45,932 following her husband 2608 01:02:43,863 --> 01:02:45,932 Carey's death. 2609 01:02:45,932 --> 01:02:47,367 - I offered to pay for it. 2610 01:02:47,367 --> 01:02:50,804 At that time, 2611 01:02:47,367 --> 01:02:50,804 I believed in Craig 2612 01:02:50,804 --> 01:02:55,141 and I wanted him 2613 01:02:50,804 --> 01:02:55,141 to have good representation. 2614 01:02:55,141 --> 01:02:57,711 - Do you regret having 2615 01:02:55,141 --> 01:02:57,711 paid that money? 2616 01:02:57,711 --> 01:02:59,946 - Yes, I do. 2617 01:02:59,946 --> 01:03:02,115 - Even after Craig's arrest, 2618 01:02:59,946 --> 01:03:02,115 Robin said 2619 01:03:02,115 --> 01:03:04,451 they tried to keep 2620 01:03:02,115 --> 01:03:04,451 the relationship going. 2621 01:03:04,451 --> 01:03:07,554 Jailhouse visits, 2622 01:03:04,451 --> 01:03:07,554 correspondence. 2623 01:03:07,554 --> 01:03:10,223 - We wrote letters 2624 01:03:07,554 --> 01:03:10,223 back and forth. 2625 01:03:10,223 --> 01:03:13,226 - And where are those 2626 01:03:10,223 --> 01:03:13,226 letters today? 2627 01:03:13,226 --> 01:03:15,610 - I don't have those 2628 01:03:13,226 --> 01:03:15,610 letters anymore. 2629 01:03:15,610 --> 01:03:18,231 - What'd you do with them? 2630 01:03:15,610 --> 01:03:18,231 - I burned them. 2631 01:03:20,333 --> 01:03:23,470 - But the jury had only heard 2632 01:03:20,333 --> 01:03:23,470 half a case. 2633 01:03:23,470 --> 01:03:26,172 The defense was about to say, 2634 01:03:23,470 --> 01:03:26,172 "Hang on. 2635 01:03:26,172 --> 01:03:28,608 Look at the prosecutor's 2636 01:03:26,172 --> 01:03:28,608 case very carefully, 2637 01:03:28,608 --> 01:03:31,144 and you won't find 2638 01:03:28,608 --> 01:03:31,144 a shred of hard evidence 2639 01:03:31,144 --> 01:03:33,580 tying Craig 2640 01:03:31,144 --> 01:03:33,580 to that awful crime." 2641 01:03:33,580 --> 01:03:37,584 - No DNA linking him, no blood. 2642 01:03:37,584 --> 01:03:41,821 - Coming up, family members 2643 01:03:37,584 --> 01:03:41,821 come to Craig Heidt's defense. 2644 01:03:41,821 --> 01:03:45,392 Were police a bit too eager 2645 01:03:41,821 --> 01:03:45,392 to wrap up this case? 2646 01:03:45,392 --> 01:03:47,260 - They were basically 2647 01:03:45,392 --> 01:03:47,260 trying to convince me 2648 01:03:47,260 --> 01:03:48,928 that Craig did it. 2649 01:03:49,950 --> 01:04:01,408 ** 2650 01:04:01,775 --> 01:04:02,809 - Welcome back. 2651 01:04:02,809 --> 01:04:05,450 On the stand, 2652 01:04:02,809 --> 01:04:05,450 Robin Heidt told jurors 2653 01:04:05,450 --> 01:04:07,914 she had many regrets. 2654 01:04:05,450 --> 01:04:07,914 One of her biggest? 2655 01:04:07,914 --> 01:04:10,500 Continuing the torrid 2656 01:04:07,914 --> 01:04:10,500 love affair 2657 01:04:10,500 --> 01:04:12,285 with her brother-in-law, 2658 01:04:10,500 --> 01:04:12,285 Craig Heidt, 2659 01:04:12,285 --> 01:04:15,422 after the shooting 2660 01:04:12,285 --> 01:04:15,422 that tore his family apart. 2661 01:04:15,422 --> 01:04:18,825 But another witness was about to 2662 01:04:15,422 --> 01:04:18,825 come to Craig's defense. 2663 01:04:18,825 --> 01:04:22,395 The only person to survive 2664 01:04:18,825 --> 01:04:22,395 the horrific shooting. 2665 01:04:22,395 --> 01:04:26,499 Would a mother's testimony 2666 01:04:22,395 --> 01:04:26,499 be enough to persuade the jury? 2667 01:04:26,499 --> 01:04:28,435 Here again is Dennis Murphy with 2668 01:04:28,435 --> 01:04:31,237 "The Mystery 2669 01:04:28,435 --> 01:04:31,237 in Effingham County". 2670 01:04:31,237 --> 01:04:32,972 - My client 2671 01:04:31,237 --> 01:04:32,972 stands before you today 2672 01:04:32,972 --> 01:04:35,141 innocent of these charges... 2673 01:04:35,141 --> 01:04:37,770 - Craig Heidt sat 2674 01:04:35,141 --> 01:04:37,770 in a Georgia courtroom 2675 01:04:37,770 --> 01:04:40,347 accused of gunning down 2676 01:04:37,770 --> 01:04:40,347 his father, brother, and mother, 2677 01:04:40,347 --> 01:04:41,715 two of them fatally, because, 2678 01:04:40,347 --> 01:04:41,715 the state had argued, 2679 01:04:41,715 --> 01:04:45,285 Craig wanted 2680 01:04:41,715 --> 01:04:45,285 both his brother's wife 2681 01:04:45,285 --> 01:04:47,620 and his brother's life. 2682 01:04:47,620 --> 01:04:50,857 Craig's defense attorney 2683 01:04:47,620 --> 01:04:50,857 was about to present his case. 2684 01:04:50,857 --> 01:04:53,693 Craig's relatives, uncles, 2685 01:04:50,857 --> 01:04:53,693 aunts, cousins 2686 01:04:53,693 --> 01:04:56,763 had been listening for five days 2687 01:04:53,693 --> 01:04:56,763 to the prosecution's arguments 2688 01:04:56,763 --> 01:04:58,498 against one of their own. 2689 01:04:58,498 --> 01:05:01,534 And word was at least some of 2690 01:04:58,498 --> 01:05:01,534 the extended Heidt clan 2691 01:05:01,534 --> 01:05:03,603 didn't know 2692 01:05:01,534 --> 01:05:03,603 exactly where they stood. 2693 01:05:03,603 --> 01:05:04,938 - Sheriff, here it wasn't 2694 01:05:03,603 --> 01:05:04,938 so clear 2695 01:05:04,938 --> 01:05:06,272 as to where to put the family. 2696 01:05:06,272 --> 01:05:07,574 They were divided on 2697 01:05:07,574 --> 01:05:09,420 what they believed had happened 2698 01:05:07,574 --> 01:05:09,420 in that house 2699 01:05:09,420 --> 01:05:11,611 and whether Craig was in fact, 2700 01:05:09,420 --> 01:05:11,611 the killer. 2701 01:05:11,611 --> 01:05:14,214 - I don't think they knew 2702 01:05:11,611 --> 01:05:14,214 where to sit. 2703 01:05:14,214 --> 01:05:17,384 You know, here's my nephew, 2704 01:05:14,214 --> 01:05:17,384 here's my brother, 2705 01:05:17,384 --> 01:05:20,186 here's my-my cousin, 2706 01:05:17,384 --> 01:05:20,186 here's my son. 2707 01:05:20,186 --> 01:05:23,560 - Maybe you can persuade me 2708 01:05:20,186 --> 01:05:23,560 of the evidence, Mr. Prosecutor, 2709 01:05:23,560 --> 01:05:25,580 but there's still this whole 2710 01:05:23,560 --> 01:05:25,580 he's my blood. 2711 01:05:25,580 --> 01:05:27,394 He's my kin. 2712 01:05:25,580 --> 01:05:27,394 - That's right. 2713 01:05:27,394 --> 01:05:30,230 - But the jurors would hear from 2714 01:05:27,394 --> 01:05:30,230 Craig's closest of kin, 2715 01:05:30,230 --> 01:05:32,665 his mother, Linda, 2716 01:05:30,230 --> 01:05:32,665 and brother, Chris. 2717 01:05:32,665 --> 01:05:35,268 Linda, again asked not to 2718 01:05:32,665 --> 01:05:35,268 be shown on camera, 2719 01:05:35,268 --> 01:05:37,470 but told the jurors 2720 01:05:35,268 --> 01:05:37,470 she had no reason to think 2721 01:05:37,470 --> 01:05:40,440 Craig had anything to do 2722 01:05:37,470 --> 01:05:40,440 with the shootings. 2723 01:05:40,440 --> 01:05:41,975 - Have you been in a position 2724 01:05:41,975 --> 01:05:45,111 to judge his general demeanor 2725 01:05:41,975 --> 01:05:45,111 towards you? 2726 01:05:45,111 --> 01:05:46,379 - Yes. 2727 01:05:46,379 --> 01:05:48,281 - And how would you 2728 01:05:46,379 --> 01:05:48,281 describe that? 2729 01:05:48,281 --> 01:05:50,583 - Worried about me. 2730 01:05:50,583 --> 01:05:54,587 As protective as he could be 2731 01:05:50,583 --> 01:05:54,587 and his love towards me. 2732 01:05:55,755 --> 01:05:58,692 - Has he said anything to you 2733 01:05:55,755 --> 01:05:58,692 during those meetings 2734 01:05:58,692 --> 01:06:03,229 or in your time with him 2735 01:05:58,692 --> 01:06:03,229 to give you any reason 2736 01:06:03,229 --> 01:06:05,932 after this happened 2737 01:06:03,229 --> 01:06:05,932 that he was involved? 2738 01:06:05,932 --> 01:06:06,933 - No. 2739 01:06:06,933 --> 01:06:08,268 - If a mother's love 2740 01:06:06,933 --> 01:06:08,268 wasn't enough 2741 01:06:08,268 --> 01:06:11,370 to convince the jury 2742 01:06:08,268 --> 01:06:11,370 of Craig Heidt's innocence, 2743 01:06:11,370 --> 01:06:14,400 jurors also heard from 2744 01:06:11,370 --> 01:06:14,400 Craig's surviving brother, 2745 01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:16,209 the middle Heidt son, Chris. 2746 01:06:16,209 --> 01:06:18,440 His testimony 2747 01:06:16,209 --> 01:06:18,440 would call into question 2748 01:06:18,440 --> 01:06:20,814 the prosecution's story of 2749 01:06:18,440 --> 01:06:20,814 a ne'er do well son 2750 01:06:20,814 --> 01:06:24,250 and a combustible family dynamic 2751 01:06:20,814 --> 01:06:24,250 that erupted. 2752 01:06:24,250 --> 01:06:26,119 Chris told the jury 2753 01:06:24,250 --> 01:06:26,119 that over the years 2754 01:06:26,119 --> 01:06:27,654 there was no history 2755 01:06:26,119 --> 01:06:27,654 of bad blood 2756 01:06:27,654 --> 01:06:29,222 between Craig 2757 01:06:27,654 --> 01:06:29,222 and their parents. 2758 01:06:29,222 --> 01:06:32,726 - I wouldn't say, uh, anyone 2759 01:06:29,222 --> 01:06:32,726 was a specifically 2760 01:06:32,726 --> 01:06:34,761 a black sheep of the family. 2761 01:06:34,761 --> 01:06:36,396 We all had 2762 01:06:34,761 --> 01:06:36,396 our own interests. 2763 01:06:36,396 --> 01:06:38,565 And Chris Heidt explained that 2764 01:06:36,396 --> 01:06:38,565 while the affair 2765 01:06:38,565 --> 01:06:41,901 between Craig and Robin had 2766 01:06:38,565 --> 01:06:41,901 caused friction in the family, 2767 01:06:41,901 --> 01:06:43,903 Craig and his father, 2768 01:06:41,901 --> 01:06:43,903 Philip's relationship 2769 01:06:43,903 --> 01:06:45,472 was far from over. 2770 01:06:45,472 --> 01:06:47,240 - There was a 2771 01:06:45,472 --> 01:06:47,240 little-little tension, um, 2772 01:06:47,240 --> 01:06:50,110 due to what was going on 2773 01:06:47,240 --> 01:06:50,110 in our family. 2774 01:06:50,110 --> 01:06:53,546 And, uh, my Dad was-was 2775 01:06:50,110 --> 01:06:53,546 upset with that situation. 2776 01:06:53,546 --> 01:06:57,884 But, um, no, there was no- 2777 01:06:53,546 --> 01:06:57,884 their relationship 2778 01:06:57,884 --> 01:07:00,720 was-was still close, 2779 01:06:57,884 --> 01:07:00,720 to my knowledge. 2780 01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:02,889 - And what of that 2781 01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:02,889 violent tussle over a gun 2782 01:07:02,889 --> 01:07:04,858 that supposedly broke out 2783 01:07:02,889 --> 01:07:04,858 between Craig 2784 01:07:04,858 --> 01:07:08,280 and his brother Carey close to 2785 01:07:04,858 --> 01:07:08,280 the time of the murders? 2786 01:07:08,280 --> 01:07:09,462 Chris, now cast doubt about 2787 01:07:09,462 --> 01:07:12,532 whether the fight 2788 01:07:09,462 --> 01:07:12,532 had even happened at all. 2789 01:07:12,532 --> 01:07:15,869 - Did he ever tell you 2790 01:07:12,532 --> 01:07:15,869 about any type of, uh, 2791 01:07:15,869 --> 01:07:18,380 confrontation in 2792 01:07:15,869 --> 01:07:18,380 the family home 2793 01:07:18,380 --> 01:07:19,773 where guns were pulled 2794 01:07:19,773 --> 01:07:22,442 and that where 2795 01:07:19,773 --> 01:07:22,442 your father allegedly 2796 01:07:22,442 --> 01:07:26,413 wrestled a gun away 2797 01:07:22,442 --> 01:07:26,413 from somebody? 2798 01:07:26,413 --> 01:07:29,115 Did he ever tell you about that? 2799 01:07:26,413 --> 01:07:29,115 - No, sir. 2800 01:07:29,115 --> 01:07:30,817 - Chris said his mother 2801 01:07:29,115 --> 01:07:30,817 never told him about 2802 01:07:30,817 --> 01:07:32,118 any fight either, 2803 01:07:32,118 --> 01:07:34,254 and that the damage 2804 01:07:32,118 --> 01:07:34,254 to his parents' home 2805 01:07:34,254 --> 01:07:36,389 supposedly caused by 2806 01:07:34,254 --> 01:07:36,389 the scuffle, 2807 01:07:36,389 --> 01:07:38,892 was really just normal 2808 01:07:36,389 --> 01:07:38,892 wear and tear. 2809 01:07:38,892 --> 01:07:40,894 - The house was almost 2810 01:07:38,892 --> 01:07:40,894 forty years old, 2811 01:07:40,894 --> 01:07:44,464 thirty-nine years old 2812 01:07:40,894 --> 01:07:44,464 at that time, but, uh, 2813 01:07:44,464 --> 01:07:45,765 and the three boys 2814 01:07:44,464 --> 01:07:45,765 grew up in it, 2815 01:07:45,765 --> 01:07:49,669 as well as, uh, 2816 01:07:45,765 --> 01:07:49,669 seven grandchildren. 2817 01:07:49,669 --> 01:07:51,504 - Next, Chris explained that 2818 01:07:49,669 --> 01:07:51,504 as early as 2819 01:07:51,504 --> 01:07:53,273 that first morning 2820 01:07:51,504 --> 01:07:53,273 of the crime, 2821 01:07:53,273 --> 01:07:54,774 he got the sense that 2822 01:07:54,774 --> 01:07:56,810 authorities were 2823 01:07:54,774 --> 01:07:56,810 targeting Craig. 2824 01:07:56,810 --> 01:07:58,780 For instance, 2825 01:07:56,810 --> 01:07:58,780 when detectives 2826 01:07:58,780 --> 01:08:01,214 searched the hunting cabin 2827 01:07:58,780 --> 01:08:01,214 where Craig was staying. 2828 01:08:01,214 --> 01:08:04,284 - When they came out, 2829 01:08:01,214 --> 01:08:04,284 they actually had, um, 2830 01:08:04,284 --> 01:08:07,253 just bags of clothes and shoes 2831 01:08:04,284 --> 01:08:07,253 and, um, 2832 01:08:07,253 --> 01:08:09,756 I think they had taken the shoes 2833 01:08:07,253 --> 01:08:09,756 that he was wearing. 2834 01:08:09,756 --> 01:08:14,600 Um, so at that point, 2835 01:08:09,756 --> 01:08:14,600 I probably started feeling that 2836 01:08:14,600 --> 01:08:16,796 they were focusing on him 2837 01:08:14,600 --> 01:08:16,796 very heavily. 2838 01:08:16,796 --> 01:08:18,765 - And when Chris later 2839 01:08:16,796 --> 01:08:18,765 spoke with detectives, 2840 01:08:18,765 --> 01:08:21,201 he says his hunch 2841 01:08:18,765 --> 01:08:21,201 was confirmed. 2842 01:08:21,201 --> 01:08:23,103 - They were basically 2843 01:08:21,201 --> 01:08:23,103 trying to convince me 2844 01:08:23,103 --> 01:08:24,203 that Craig did it. 2845 01:08:24,203 --> 01:08:26,390 - And the defense said, 2846 01:08:24,203 --> 01:08:26,390 if you want proof 2847 01:08:26,390 --> 01:08:29,743 that authorities had blinders on 2848 01:08:26,390 --> 01:08:29,743 about Craig Heidt from day one, 2849 01:08:29,743 --> 01:08:32,379 just look at all the stones 2850 01:08:29,743 --> 01:08:32,379 they didn't overturn 2851 01:08:32,379 --> 01:08:34,714 when it came to 2852 01:08:32,379 --> 01:08:34,714 other Heidt family members. 2853 01:08:34,714 --> 01:08:38,118 - At the time, I did, uh, 2854 01:08:34,714 --> 01:08:38,118 attempt to get Carey Heidt's, 2855 01:08:38,118 --> 01:08:41,540 uh, phone records, 2856 01:08:38,118 --> 01:08:41,540 but did not receive them 2857 01:08:41,540 --> 01:08:42,822 from the phone company. 2858 01:08:42,822 --> 01:08:44,890 - What about, uh, 2859 01:08:42,822 --> 01:08:44,890 Chris Heidt? 2860 01:08:44,890 --> 01:08:48,694 - I did not get Chris Heidt's 2861 01:08:44,890 --> 01:08:48,694 phone records. 2862 01:08:48,694 --> 01:08:50,130 - What about Alan Heidt? 2863 01:08:50,130 --> 01:08:52,832 - I did not get Alan Heidt's 2864 01:08:50,130 --> 01:08:52,832 phone records. 2865 01:08:52,832 --> 01:08:56,435 - He did not ask you to 2866 01:08:52,832 --> 01:08:56,435 lay all your guns out 2867 01:08:56,435 --> 01:08:57,437 or identify your weapons? 2868 01:08:57,437 --> 01:09:00,600 - No, sir, I did not go 2869 01:08:57,437 --> 01:09:00,600 lay all my guns out 2870 01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:01,707 and show 'em to anyone. 2871 01:09:01,707 --> 01:09:04,411 - Bad enough to gloss over 2872 01:09:01,707 --> 01:09:04,411 other Heidt family members, 2873 01:09:04,411 --> 01:09:05,912 suggested the defense. 2874 01:09:05,912 --> 01:09:08,415 But truly disturbing 2875 01:09:05,912 --> 01:09:08,415 were the very real, 2876 01:09:08,415 --> 01:09:10,817 legitimate and 2877 01:09:08,415 --> 01:09:10,817 possibly dangerous suspects 2878 01:09:10,817 --> 01:09:13,252 outside the Heidt clan 2879 01:09:10,817 --> 01:09:13,252 that the defense said 2880 01:09:13,252 --> 01:09:15,421 weren't properly investigated. 2881 01:09:15,421 --> 01:09:19,459 The jurors would next hear about 2882 01:09:15,421 --> 01:09:19,459 those potentially dropped leads. 2883 01:09:19,459 --> 01:09:21,828 And the biggest problem of 2884 01:09:19,459 --> 01:09:21,828 all in the state's case, 2885 01:09:21,828 --> 01:09:24,363 according to the defense, 2886 01:09:21,828 --> 01:09:24,363 the total lack 2887 01:09:24,363 --> 01:09:27,667 of physical evidence 2888 01:09:24,363 --> 01:09:27,667 tying Craig Heidt to the crime. 2889 01:09:27,667 --> 01:09:31,104 - No hard, concrete evidence 2890 01:09:27,667 --> 01:09:31,104 in this case, 2891 01:09:31,104 --> 01:09:34,399 which is, I think, 2892 01:09:31,104 --> 01:09:34,399 what we should demand. 2893 01:09:34,399 --> 01:09:36,643 - Coming up, 2894 01:09:34,399 --> 01:09:36,643 the defense steps forward 2895 01:09:36,643 --> 01:09:38,243 with some surprises. 2896 01:09:38,243 --> 01:09:40,447 Was there a mishandled 2897 01:09:38,243 --> 01:09:40,447 crime scene? 2898 01:09:40,447 --> 01:09:42,349 Was there more than 2899 01:09:40,447 --> 01:09:42,349 one gunman? 2900 01:09:42,349 --> 01:09:43,316 - It's possible. 2901 01:09:43,316 --> 01:09:46,953 - Was Craig Heidt 2902 01:09:43,316 --> 01:09:46,953 really behind this? 2903 01:09:47,529 --> 01:09:58,365 ** 2904 01:09:59,165 --> 01:10:01,101 - When Philip Heidt, 2905 01:09:59,165 --> 01:10:01,101 his wife, and son, 2906 01:10:01,101 --> 01:10:03,937 were all shot in their home 2907 01:10:01,101 --> 01:10:03,937 in 2008, 2908 01:10:03,937 --> 01:10:07,640 neighbors were surprised, 2909 01:10:03,937 --> 01:10:07,640 but perhaps not shocked. 2910 01:10:07,640 --> 01:10:11,111 That tree-lined rural lane 2911 01:10:07,640 --> 01:10:11,111 called Springfield Egypt Road, 2912 01:10:11,111 --> 01:10:13,813 might look bucolic, 2913 01:10:11,111 --> 01:10:13,813 but in fact it had seen 2914 01:10:13,813 --> 01:10:16,282 its share of visits 2915 01:10:13,813 --> 01:10:16,282 from law enforcement. 2916 01:10:16,282 --> 01:10:19,520 - We have a certain element 2917 01:10:16,282 --> 01:10:19,520 in this neighborhood 2918 01:10:19,520 --> 01:10:21,540 and a lot of things happen 2919 01:10:19,520 --> 01:10:21,540 on this little road. 2920 01:10:21,540 --> 01:10:22,822 It surprises me. 2921 01:10:22,822 --> 01:10:24,891 - Now on the stand 2922 01:10:22,822 --> 01:10:24,891 for the defense 2923 01:10:24,891 --> 01:10:26,426 in his brother Craig's 2924 01:10:24,891 --> 01:10:26,426 murder trial, 2925 01:10:26,426 --> 01:10:27,961 Chris Heidt told the jury about 2926 01:10:27,961 --> 01:10:29,696 the potentially 2927 01:10:27,961 --> 01:10:29,696 dangerous elements 2928 01:10:29,696 --> 01:10:31,698 who lived on his parents' road. 2929 01:10:31,698 --> 01:10:33,900 - There had been 2930 01:10:31,698 --> 01:10:33,900 a methamphetamine lab. 2931 01:10:33,900 --> 01:10:37,170 They had actually went in 2932 01:10:33,900 --> 01:10:37,170 and prosecuted this guy twice 2933 01:10:37,170 --> 01:10:39,439 for having 2934 01:10:37,170 --> 01:10:39,439 a methamphetamine lab there. 2935 01:10:39,439 --> 01:10:41,675 - Chris said that 2936 01:10:39,439 --> 01:10:41,675 before his father died, 2937 01:10:41,675 --> 01:10:42,976 Philip expressed concern that 2938 01:10:42,976 --> 01:10:45,780 the man was 2939 01:10:42,976 --> 01:10:45,780 getting out of prison. 2940 01:10:45,780 --> 01:10:47,914 Could Philip and Carey's deaths 2941 01:10:45,780 --> 01:10:47,914 have had something to do with 2942 01:10:47,914 --> 01:10:50,350 these country 2943 01:10:47,914 --> 01:10:50,350 drug manufacturers? 2944 01:10:50,350 --> 01:10:52,886 It was just as likely as 2945 01:10:50,350 --> 01:10:52,886 the murders involving Craig, 2946 01:10:52,886 --> 01:10:54,654 the defense attorney argued. 2947 01:10:54,654 --> 01:10:56,890 And he said it was 2948 01:10:54,654 --> 01:10:56,890 just one of the many avenues 2949 01:10:56,890 --> 01:10:58,725 pointing away from Craig Heidt 2950 01:10:58,725 --> 01:11:01,828 that investigators 2951 01:10:58,725 --> 01:11:01,828 chose not to go down. 2952 01:11:01,828 --> 01:11:03,530 - The defense attorney 2953 01:11:01,828 --> 01:11:03,530 would argue in court 2954 01:11:03,530 --> 01:11:05,865 that once the investigators 2955 01:11:03,530 --> 01:11:05,865 learned about that affair 2956 01:11:05,865 --> 01:11:08,234 between Craig and Robin, 2957 01:11:05,865 --> 01:11:08,234 they decided that 2958 01:11:08,234 --> 01:11:09,769 they had their man. 2959 01:11:09,769 --> 01:11:11,771 When in fact, 2960 01:11:09,769 --> 01:11:11,771 the defense would say that 2961 01:11:11,771 --> 01:11:13,406 the true killer 2962 01:11:11,771 --> 01:11:13,406 may have been someone 2963 01:11:13,406 --> 01:11:16,109 involved with Philip Heidt's 2964 01:11:13,406 --> 01:11:16,109 real estate dealings, 2965 01:11:16,109 --> 01:11:19,790 a business sector that 2966 01:11:16,109 --> 01:11:19,790 had taken a swan dive. 2967 01:11:19,790 --> 01:11:21,648 - Joanne Reiser took the stand 2968 01:11:19,790 --> 01:11:21,648 for the defense. 2969 01:11:21,648 --> 01:11:22,782 She was Philip Heidt's, 2970 01:11:22,782 --> 01:11:24,918 long time 2971 01:11:22,782 --> 01:11:24,918 professional assistant, 2972 01:11:24,918 --> 01:11:26,920 and her testimony 2973 01:11:24,918 --> 01:11:26,920 suggested that 2974 01:11:26,920 --> 01:11:28,688 if Philip didn't 2975 01:11:26,920 --> 01:11:28,688 tell her something, 2976 01:11:28,688 --> 01:11:30,323 then it probably didn't happen. 2977 01:11:30,323 --> 01:11:34,227 - He told me so much. 2978 01:11:30,323 --> 01:11:34,227 Sometimes I-I-- 2979 01:11:34,227 --> 01:11:36,960 you know how you wanna 2980 01:11:34,227 --> 01:11:36,960 stick your finger in your ear 2981 01:11:36,960 --> 01:11:37,564 and go 2982 01:11:36,960 --> 01:11:37,564 [moving tongue]? 2983 01:11:37,564 --> 01:11:39,132 Yeah. 2984 01:11:37,564 --> 01:11:39,132 - Too much information? 2985 01:11:39,132 --> 01:11:41,234 - Too much information, yeah. 2986 01:11:39,132 --> 01:11:41,234 - Okay. 2987 01:11:41,234 --> 01:11:43,269 - Joanne said Philip 2988 01:11:41,234 --> 01:11:43,269 never told her either 2989 01:11:43,269 --> 01:11:44,904 about a physical fight 2990 01:11:43,269 --> 01:11:44,904 in his home 2991 01:11:44,904 --> 01:11:46,973 between his sons, 2992 01:11:44,904 --> 01:11:46,973 Craig and Carey. 2993 01:11:46,973 --> 01:11:49,109 And what's more, 2994 01:11:46,973 --> 01:11:49,109 to hear Joanne tell it, 2995 01:11:49,109 --> 01:11:51,644 detectives may have overlooked 2996 01:11:49,109 --> 01:11:51,644 the real powder keg 2997 01:11:51,644 --> 01:11:54,381 about to explode 2998 01:11:51,644 --> 01:11:54,381 in Philip's life. 2999 01:11:54,381 --> 01:11:58,151 - He had a lot of pressure 3000 01:11:54,381 --> 01:11:58,151 on him business-wise. 3001 01:11:58,151 --> 01:12:01,540 - Joanne described to the jury 3002 01:11:58,151 --> 01:12:01,540 just how big and varied 3003 01:12:01,540 --> 01:12:03,723 Philip's impressive 3004 01:12:01,540 --> 01:12:03,723 business holdings were, 3005 01:12:03,723 --> 01:12:05,558 from his real estate 3006 01:12:03,723 --> 01:12:05,558 investments... 3007 01:12:05,558 --> 01:12:08,561 - There was approximately 3008 01:12:05,558 --> 01:12:08,561 eighteen entities 3009 01:12:08,561 --> 01:12:10,897 that Philip was involved in. 3010 01:12:10,897 --> 01:12:12,832 - ...to his connections 3011 01:12:10,897 --> 01:12:12,832 with cattle investors 3012 01:12:12,832 --> 01:12:15,101 across Georgia and beyond. 3013 01:12:15,101 --> 01:12:17,137 - There were some in Georgia, 3014 01:12:15,101 --> 01:12:17,137 but I mean, 3015 01:12:17,137 --> 01:12:22,750 he had-he had Kentucky. 3016 01:12:17,137 --> 01:12:22,750 He had cows all over. 3017 01:12:22,750 --> 01:12:23,677 - Now Joanne Reiser 3018 01:12:22,750 --> 01:12:23,677 told the jury, 3019 01:12:23,677 --> 01:12:25,412 that by the summer of 2008, 3020 01:12:25,412 --> 01:12:27,380 with a real estate 3021 01:12:25,412 --> 01:12:27,380 bubble bursting, 3022 01:12:27,380 --> 01:12:31,840 her boss stopped selling and 3023 01:12:27,380 --> 01:12:31,840 the banks began calling. 3024 01:12:31,840 --> 01:12:33,553 Second and third demands 3025 01:12:31,840 --> 01:12:33,553 for past due payments 3026 01:12:33,553 --> 01:12:35,855 of $50,000 and $60,000. 3027 01:12:35,855 --> 01:12:38,258 The defense suggested 3028 01:12:35,855 --> 01:12:38,258 had someone been 3029 01:12:38,258 --> 01:12:40,794 on the short end of 3030 01:12:38,258 --> 01:12:40,794 one of Philip Heidt's dealings, 3031 01:12:40,794 --> 01:12:43,329 and for reasons of money 3032 01:12:40,794 --> 01:12:43,329 or reasons of revenge, 3033 01:12:43,329 --> 01:12:46,990 have wanted him 3034 01:12:43,329 --> 01:12:46,990 and his family dead? 3035 01:12:46,990 --> 01:12:47,634 - There was evidence 3036 01:12:46,990 --> 01:12:47,634 to suggest that, 3037 01:12:47,634 --> 01:12:48,868 said the defense. 3038 01:12:48,868 --> 01:12:51,271 - I know this one banker 3039 01:12:48,868 --> 01:12:51,271 in particular 3040 01:12:51,271 --> 01:12:53,773 that got pretty irate. 3041 01:12:53,773 --> 01:12:56,943 - Joanne Reiser told the jury 3042 01:12:53,773 --> 01:12:56,943 about one strong-arm banker 3043 01:12:56,943 --> 01:13:00,246 who, according to testimony, 3044 01:12:56,943 --> 01:13:00,246 had rattled Philip to his core. 3045 01:13:00,246 --> 01:13:01,514 - He was real upset. 3046 01:13:01,514 --> 01:13:05,618 I mean, when he came in, 3047 01:13:01,514 --> 01:13:05,618 his face was real red. 3048 01:13:05,618 --> 01:13:08,221 I mean, he talked about it 3049 01:13:05,618 --> 01:13:08,221 for a couple of days. 3050 01:13:08,221 --> 01:13:10,790 I mean, that's how upset 3051 01:13:08,221 --> 01:13:10,790 he was. 3052 01:13:10,790 --> 01:13:12,559 - And yet jurors 3053 01:13:10,790 --> 01:13:12,559 now heard testimony 3054 01:13:12,559 --> 01:13:14,894 about business records 3055 01:13:12,559 --> 01:13:14,894 of Philip and Carey's 3056 01:13:14,894 --> 01:13:18,164 that may never have been 3057 01:13:14,894 --> 01:13:18,164 scrutinized by authorities. 3058 01:13:18,164 --> 01:13:19,799 - Did they ever ask you 3059 01:13:18,164 --> 01:13:19,799 to provide 3060 01:13:19,799 --> 01:13:22,769 any-any business documents 3061 01:13:19,799 --> 01:13:22,769 in particular 3062 01:13:22,769 --> 01:13:24,671 about all the entities 3063 01:13:22,769 --> 01:13:24,671 and corporations 3064 01:13:24,671 --> 01:13:28,174 that Mr. Heidt was involved in? 3065 01:13:24,671 --> 01:13:28,174 - No, they did not. 3066 01:13:28,174 --> 01:13:29,876 - Another witness, 3067 01:13:28,174 --> 01:13:29,876 Philip's accountant, 3068 01:13:29,876 --> 01:13:31,978 had also testified 3069 01:13:29,876 --> 01:13:31,978 about information 3070 01:13:31,978 --> 01:13:34,214 left untouched by detectives. 3071 01:13:34,214 --> 01:13:36,249 - He interviewed me, 3072 01:13:34,214 --> 01:13:36,249 but I don't think 3073 01:13:36,249 --> 01:13:38,451 I gave him 3074 01:13:36,249 --> 01:13:38,451 any financial records. 3075 01:13:38,451 --> 01:13:40,353 - But if anyone 3076 01:13:38,451 --> 01:13:40,353 in Philip Heidt's 3077 01:13:40,353 --> 01:13:42,422 professional past 3078 01:13:40,353 --> 01:13:42,422 was trying to make a statement 3079 01:13:42,422 --> 01:13:44,958 by killing him and his family, 3080 01:13:42,422 --> 01:13:44,958 the defense said, 3081 01:13:44,958 --> 01:13:47,961 we may never know 3082 01:13:44,958 --> 01:13:47,961 because of its next theme: 3083 01:13:47,961 --> 01:13:50,397 the crime scene 3084 01:13:47,961 --> 01:13:50,397 was mishandled by police 3085 01:13:50,397 --> 01:13:52,980 on several key fronts. 3086 01:13:52,980 --> 01:13:54,401 For one thing, 3087 01:13:52,980 --> 01:13:54,401 the defense pointed to a list 3088 01:13:54,401 --> 01:13:55,869 which authorities had kept, 3089 01:13:55,869 --> 01:13:57,837 showing who entered 3090 01:13:55,869 --> 01:13:57,837 the crime scene, 3091 01:13:57,837 --> 01:13:58,972 and asked the question, 3092 01:13:58,972 --> 01:14:01,410 how could anyone trust 3093 01:13:58,972 --> 01:14:01,410 a crime scene 3094 01:14:01,410 --> 01:14:04,344 that was visited by 179 people? 3095 01:14:04,344 --> 01:14:07,914 - Do you think it's a good thing 3096 01:14:04,344 --> 01:14:07,914 or a not so good thing 3097 01:14:07,914 --> 01:14:11,651 to have 179 people in and out 3098 01:14:07,914 --> 01:14:11,651 of a crime scene? 3099 01:14:11,651 --> 01:14:14,354 - I have to explain 3100 01:14:11,651 --> 01:14:14,354 that this took place 3101 01:14:14,354 --> 01:14:16,489 over weeks of time. 3102 01:14:16,489 --> 01:14:18,291 - But what about 3103 01:14:16,489 --> 01:14:18,291 a potentially big lead 3104 01:14:18,291 --> 01:14:20,326 that agent Eugene Howard 3105 01:14:18,291 --> 01:14:20,326 and his team 3106 01:14:20,326 --> 01:14:22,595 may not have 3107 01:14:20,326 --> 01:14:22,595 run down completely? 3108 01:14:22,595 --> 01:14:24,531 Some tire tracks 3109 01:14:22,595 --> 01:14:24,531 authorities believe 3110 01:14:24,531 --> 01:14:26,700 were made by 3111 01:14:24,531 --> 01:14:26,700 an emergency vehicle, 3112 01:14:26,700 --> 01:14:30,103 but which the defense argued 3113 01:14:26,700 --> 01:14:30,103 weren't fully investigated. 3114 01:14:30,103 --> 01:14:33,506 - If it were 3115 01:14:30,103 --> 01:14:33,506 hypothetically tire tracks, 3116 01:14:33,506 --> 01:14:38,780 could you or could you not 3117 01:14:33,506 --> 01:14:38,780 take photographs of them 3118 01:14:38,780 --> 01:14:39,479 to determine 3119 01:14:38,780 --> 01:14:39,479 the possibility of 3120 01:14:39,479 --> 01:14:43,383 whether two vehicles were there? 3121 01:14:39,479 --> 01:14:43,383 - It's possible. 3122 01:14:43,383 --> 01:14:45,318 - Even more intriguing 3123 01:14:43,383 --> 01:14:45,318 was what looked like 3124 01:14:45,318 --> 01:14:47,287 a bloody footprint 3125 01:14:45,318 --> 01:14:47,287 near the door, 3126 01:14:47,287 --> 01:14:49,289 seen in this crime scene photo. 3127 01:14:49,289 --> 01:14:51,925 Investigators said 3128 01:14:49,289 --> 01:14:51,925 it likely wasn't the shooter's, 3129 01:14:51,925 --> 01:14:53,426 but instead may have 3130 01:14:51,925 --> 01:14:53,426 been made by 3131 01:14:53,426 --> 01:14:55,495 a first responder to the scene. 3132 01:14:55,495 --> 01:14:57,197 But at times, 3133 01:14:55,495 --> 01:14:57,197 it sounded as though 3134 01:14:57,197 --> 01:14:58,865 the authorities 3135 01:14:57,197 --> 01:14:58,865 didn't even remember 3136 01:14:58,865 --> 01:15:00,533 the bloody print at all. 3137 01:15:00,533 --> 01:15:01,901 - Now, I don't 3138 01:15:00,533 --> 01:15:01,901 specifically remember 3139 01:15:01,901 --> 01:15:03,360 the shoe print. 3140 01:15:03,360 --> 01:15:05,380 - Are you aware of 3141 01:15:03,360 --> 01:15:05,380 any photograph taken by 3142 01:15:05,380 --> 01:15:07,874 a GBI crime scene investigator 3143 01:15:05,380 --> 01:15:07,874 of a bloody footprint? 3144 01:15:07,874 --> 01:15:10,377 - I'm not aware of one. 3145 01:15:10,377 --> 01:15:12,145 - Overlooked clues 3146 01:15:10,377 --> 01:15:12,145 in the investigation 3147 01:15:12,145 --> 01:15:14,547 may be one thing, 3148 01:15:12,145 --> 01:15:14,547 said the defense lawyer, 3149 01:15:14,547 --> 01:15:16,783 but the truest sign 3150 01:15:14,547 --> 01:15:16,783 of Craig Heidt's innocence, 3151 01:15:16,783 --> 01:15:20,286 he said, was this: 3152 01:15:16,783 --> 01:15:20,286 In all the volumes of files, 3153 01:15:20,286 --> 01:15:22,722 dozens of interviews, 3154 01:15:20,286 --> 01:15:22,722 and hundreds of man hours 3155 01:15:22,722 --> 01:15:24,557 generated in this case, 3156 01:15:24,557 --> 01:15:27,360 there was not a single piece 3157 01:15:24,557 --> 01:15:27,360 of physical evidence 3158 01:15:27,360 --> 01:15:29,629 tying Craig Heidt 3159 01:15:27,360 --> 01:15:29,629 to the crime. 3160 01:15:29,629 --> 01:15:32,980 - There's no footprints found, 3161 01:15:32,980 --> 01:15:35,635 no fingerprints linking Craig 3162 01:15:32,980 --> 01:15:35,635 to these crimes, 3163 01:15:35,635 --> 01:15:39,839 no surveillance video, 3164 01:15:35,635 --> 01:15:39,839 no DNA linking him, 3165 01:15:39,839 --> 01:15:44,511 no blood, no hard, 3166 01:15:39,839 --> 01:15:44,511 concrete evidence in this case. 3167 01:15:44,511 --> 01:15:46,413 Which is, I think, 3168 01:15:44,511 --> 01:15:46,413 what we should demand. 3169 01:15:46,413 --> 01:15:47,981 - The defense attorney 3170 01:15:46,413 --> 01:15:47,981 chipped away at 3171 01:15:47,981 --> 01:15:50,116 what he said the state 3172 01:15:47,981 --> 01:15:50,116 had tried to pass off 3173 01:15:50,116 --> 01:15:52,619 as physical evidence 3174 01:15:50,116 --> 01:15:52,619 in the case. 3175 01:15:52,619 --> 01:15:55,755 Those shotgun shells found 3176 01:15:52,619 --> 01:15:55,755 in Craig Heidt's truck? 3177 01:15:55,755 --> 01:15:58,425 They may look like 3178 01:15:55,755 --> 01:15:58,425 they linked Craig to the crime, 3179 01:15:58,425 --> 01:16:00,126 but the defense said 3180 01:15:58,425 --> 01:16:00,126 that type of ammo 3181 01:16:00,126 --> 01:16:04,297 was so common that 3182 01:16:00,126 --> 01:16:04,297 it's used by 40% of hunters. 3183 01:16:04,297 --> 01:16:06,766 And what about those bruises 3184 01:16:04,297 --> 01:16:06,766 on Craig's arms, 3185 01:16:06,766 --> 01:16:09,436 which he supposedly got 3186 01:16:06,766 --> 01:16:09,436 from the recoil of the weapon 3187 01:16:09,436 --> 01:16:11,438 he used to shoot 3188 01:16:09,436 --> 01:16:11,438 his family? 3189 01:16:11,438 --> 01:16:14,341 The defense brought its own 3190 01:16:11,438 --> 01:16:14,341 firearms expert to the stand 3191 01:16:14,341 --> 01:16:16,309 who put everything 3192 01:16:14,341 --> 01:16:16,309 into question. 3193 01:16:16,309 --> 01:16:18,478 - Are you familiar 3194 01:16:16,309 --> 01:16:18,478 with what shotguns do 3195 01:16:18,478 --> 01:16:21,181 as far as bruises go? 3196 01:16:18,478 --> 01:16:21,181 - Yes. 3197 01:16:21,181 --> 01:16:25,151 It's difficult for me to, uh, 3198 01:16:21,181 --> 01:16:25,151 to put a full size shotgun 3199 01:16:25,151 --> 01:16:27,320 in a position to 3200 01:16:25,151 --> 01:16:27,320 get the bruises 3201 01:16:27,320 --> 01:16:29,289 that he has on his right arm. 3202 01:16:29,289 --> 01:16:31,291 It's not a natural place 3203 01:16:29,289 --> 01:16:31,291 to put the gun. 3204 01:16:31,291 --> 01:16:32,625 It's unusual. 3205 01:16:32,625 --> 01:16:34,627 - Not only that, 3206 01:16:32,625 --> 01:16:34,627 the defense's expert 3207 01:16:34,627 --> 01:16:36,629 turned on its head 3208 01:16:34,627 --> 01:16:36,629 the state's theory 3209 01:16:36,629 --> 01:16:38,565 of the sequence 3210 01:16:36,629 --> 01:16:38,565 of the shootings. 3211 01:16:38,565 --> 01:16:41,968 - The son was shot first, 3212 01:16:38,565 --> 01:16:41,968 that the mother was shot second, 3213 01:16:41,968 --> 01:16:44,270 and Philip was shot third. 3214 01:16:44,270 --> 01:16:46,506 - The defense expert 3215 01:16:44,270 --> 01:16:46,506 also said that the shooter 3216 01:16:46,506 --> 01:16:48,375 or shooters 3217 01:16:46,506 --> 01:16:48,375 would likely have had 3218 01:16:48,375 --> 01:16:50,610 a back spatter 3219 01:16:48,375 --> 01:16:50,610 spray of blood on them, 3220 01:16:50,610 --> 01:16:53,446 while none was found on Craig 3221 01:16:50,610 --> 01:16:53,446 or his clothes. 3222 01:16:53,446 --> 01:16:56,116 Lastly, the expert said 3223 01:16:53,446 --> 01:16:56,116 there may have been 3224 01:16:56,116 --> 01:16:57,517 more than one shooter 3225 01:16:57,517 --> 01:16:59,719 who'd entered 3226 01:16:57,517 --> 01:16:59,719 the bedroom that night. 3227 01:16:59,719 --> 01:17:01,488 - Then someone else 3228 01:16:59,719 --> 01:17:01,488 could have been 3229 01:17:01,488 --> 01:17:03,256 in another location 3230 01:17:01,488 --> 01:17:03,256 and shot her 3231 01:17:03,256 --> 01:17:05,325 from that backed up location 3232 01:17:03,256 --> 01:17:05,325 you described? 3233 01:17:05,325 --> 01:17:08,280 Is that possible? 3234 01:17:05,325 --> 01:17:08,280 - That's possible. 3235 01:17:08,280 --> 01:17:09,562 - And in one final move 3236 01:17:09,562 --> 01:17:12,298 before Craig's defense attorney 3237 01:17:09,562 --> 01:17:12,298 rested his case, 3238 01:17:12,298 --> 01:17:14,768 Craig's mother 3239 01:17:12,298 --> 01:17:14,768 returned to the stand. 3240 01:17:14,768 --> 01:17:16,360 Linda Heidt once again 3241 01:17:16,360 --> 01:17:19,720 chose not to have her face 3242 01:17:16,360 --> 01:17:19,720 shown on videotape, 3243 01:17:19,720 --> 01:17:21,608 but you could hear her 3244 01:17:19,720 --> 01:17:21,608 read a letter of love 3245 01:17:21,608 --> 01:17:24,770 and reconciliation, 3246 01:17:21,608 --> 01:17:24,770 which Craig's father, Philip, 3247 01:17:24,770 --> 01:17:27,147 wrote to Craig 3248 01:17:24,770 --> 01:17:27,147 but hadn't yet given to him. 3249 01:17:27,147 --> 01:17:28,782 The letter was dated 3250 01:17:27,147 --> 01:17:28,782 just a few weeks 3251 01:17:28,782 --> 01:17:31,818 before Philip's death and 3252 01:17:28,782 --> 01:17:31,818 was some of the best evidence, 3253 01:17:31,818 --> 01:17:33,530 said the defense, 3254 01:17:33,530 --> 01:17:34,954 that the bond between 3255 01:17:33,530 --> 01:17:34,954 father and son 3256 01:17:34,954 --> 01:17:38,858 was as strong as ever and 3257 01:17:34,954 --> 01:17:38,858 was never a motive for murder. 3258 01:17:38,858 --> 01:17:42,620 - Son, I appreciate 3259 01:17:38,858 --> 01:17:42,620 everything you do 3260 01:17:42,620 --> 01:17:45,965 and have done. 3261 01:17:42,620 --> 01:17:45,965 Your mom and I love you. 3262 01:17:45,965 --> 01:17:49,736 We are all going through 3263 01:17:45,965 --> 01:17:49,736 difficult times. 3264 01:17:49,736 --> 01:17:54,140 Don't be distant and 3265 01:17:49,736 --> 01:17:54,140 let life pass you by. 3266 01:17:54,140 --> 01:17:56,743 - The letter brought 3267 01:17:54,140 --> 01:17:56,743 Craig Heidt to tears. 3268 01:17:56,743 --> 01:17:59,846 But if everyone wondered 3269 01:17:56,743 --> 01:17:59,846 if Craig himself would speak, 3270 01:17:59,846 --> 01:18:01,648 they soon have their answer. 3271 01:18:01,648 --> 01:18:03,750 - Your name is Craig Heidt, 3272 01:18:01,648 --> 01:18:03,750 correct? 3273 01:18:03,750 --> 01:18:05,585 - Yes, sir. 3274 01:18:03,750 --> 01:18:05,585 Philip Craig Heidt. 3275 01:18:05,585 --> 01:18:07,721 - With the jurors 3276 01:18:05,585 --> 01:18:07,721 removed from the courtroom, 3277 01:18:07,721 --> 01:18:09,889 Craig was asked 3278 01:18:07,721 --> 01:18:09,889 whether he was satisfied 3279 01:18:09,889 --> 01:18:12,926 with his defense counsel. 3280 01:18:09,889 --> 01:18:12,926 - Absolutely, 100%. 3281 01:18:12,926 --> 01:18:15,628 - But Craig chose 3282 01:18:12,926 --> 01:18:15,628 not to testify. 3283 01:18:15,628 --> 01:18:17,797 In doing so, 3284 01:18:15,628 --> 01:18:17,797 Craig passed up the chance 3285 01:18:17,797 --> 01:18:20,333 to tell the jurors 3286 01:18:17,797 --> 01:18:20,333 his side of the story, 3287 01:18:20,333 --> 01:18:23,737 but also the opportunity 3288 01:18:20,333 --> 01:18:23,737 for prosecutor Michael Muldrew 3289 01:18:23,737 --> 01:18:25,772 to ask some pointed questions. 3290 01:18:25,772 --> 01:18:26,773 - Would you like to have 3291 01:18:26,773 --> 01:18:28,842 cross-examined Craig 3292 01:18:26,773 --> 01:18:28,842 on the stand? 3293 01:18:28,842 --> 01:18:30,543 - That's one reason 3294 01:18:28,842 --> 01:18:30,543 I became a prosecutor, 3295 01:18:30,543 --> 01:18:32,545 is to cross-examine people 3296 01:18:30,543 --> 01:18:32,545 like Craig Heidt. 3297 01:18:32,545 --> 01:18:35,715 - But now it was up to the jury 3298 01:18:32,545 --> 01:18:35,715 to use what they did here 3299 01:18:35,715 --> 01:18:37,884 to decide 3300 01:18:35,715 --> 01:18:37,884 Craig Heidt's fate. 3301 01:18:37,884 --> 01:18:41,721 - You gotta sleep at night 3302 01:18:37,884 --> 01:18:41,721 once you make this decision. 3303 01:18:41,721 --> 01:18:46,359 - Coming up, deep divisions, 3304 01:18:41,721 --> 01:18:46,359 difficult deliberations. 3305 01:18:46,359 --> 01:18:49,462 - I couldn't imagine him 3306 01:18:46,359 --> 01:18:49,462 doing that out of just anger. 3307 01:18:49,462 --> 01:18:51,297 I don't think 3308 01:18:49,462 --> 01:18:51,297 he hated his family. 3309 01:18:51,297 --> 01:18:55,502 - But reach a verdict they did. 3310 01:18:51,297 --> 01:18:55,502 What would it be? 3311 01:18:55,602 --> 01:19:07,130 ** 3312 01:19:07,814 --> 01:19:10,316 - Day seven of Craig Heidt's 3313 01:19:07,814 --> 01:19:10,316 murder trial, 3314 01:19:10,316 --> 01:19:13,153 close to thirty witnesses 3315 01:19:10,316 --> 01:19:13,153 had taken the stand. 3316 01:19:13,153 --> 01:19:15,889 It was almost time for 3317 01:19:13,153 --> 01:19:15,889 the jurors to deliberate. 3318 01:19:15,889 --> 01:19:19,426 But first, the attorneys 3319 01:19:15,889 --> 01:19:19,426 presented closing arguments. 3320 01:19:19,426 --> 01:19:21,270 The prosecution. 3321 01:19:21,270 --> 01:19:22,295 - They want you to think 3322 01:19:22,295 --> 01:19:26,166 somebody did this horrible crime 3323 01:19:22,295 --> 01:19:26,166 to make a statement. 3324 01:19:26,166 --> 01:19:27,767 Well there was 3325 01:19:26,166 --> 01:19:27,767 a statement made all right, 3326 01:19:27,767 --> 01:19:32,720 it was made by Craig Heidt, 3327 01:19:27,767 --> 01:19:32,720 the murderer in our midst. 3328 01:19:32,720 --> 01:19:35,475 That's who made the statement. 3329 01:19:32,720 --> 01:19:35,475 - And the defense. 3330 01:19:35,475 --> 01:19:38,645 - The bottom line is, 3331 01:19:35,475 --> 01:19:38,645 is they do not have 3332 01:19:38,645 --> 01:19:42,182 any physical evidence that 3333 01:19:38,645 --> 01:19:42,182 directly links 3334 01:19:42,182 --> 01:19:45,685 this crime to Craig Heidt. 3335 01:19:45,685 --> 01:19:47,787 - Craig Heidt's attorney, 3336 01:19:45,685 --> 01:19:47,787 Dow Bonds, 3337 01:19:47,787 --> 01:19:50,390 reminded the jury 3338 01:19:47,787 --> 01:19:50,390 just what was at stake. 3339 01:19:50,390 --> 01:19:51,825 - This is a court of law. 3340 01:19:51,825 --> 01:19:54,394 This is not a time 3341 01:19:51,825 --> 01:19:54,394 to take leaps of faith 3342 01:19:54,394 --> 01:19:56,663 on another man's life here. 3343 01:19:56,663 --> 01:19:59,432 - And in a final dramatic 3344 01:19:56,663 --> 01:19:59,432 courtroom moment, 3345 01:19:59,432 --> 01:20:01,634 prosecutor 3346 01:19:59,432 --> 01:20:01,634 Michael Muldrew reenacted 3347 01:20:01,634 --> 01:20:03,570 what the state believed 3348 01:20:01,634 --> 01:20:03,570 really happened 3349 01:20:03,570 --> 01:20:06,773 in the Heidt family home 3350 01:20:03,570 --> 01:20:06,773 when the crimes occurred, 3351 01:20:06,773 --> 01:20:08,208 starting from the moment 3352 01:20:08,208 --> 01:20:10,777 they said Craig Heidt 3353 01:20:08,208 --> 01:20:10,777 sneaked in in the dead of night 3354 01:20:10,777 --> 01:20:13,947 and aimed his shotgun 3355 01:20:10,777 --> 01:20:13,947 at his sleeping brother. 3356 01:20:13,947 --> 01:20:17,584 - Here he opens his eyes 3357 01:20:13,947 --> 01:20:17,584 and he knows he's got to fire. 3358 01:20:17,584 --> 01:20:22,188 Boom! 3359 01:20:17,584 --> 01:20:22,188 It's off to the races. 3360 01:20:22,188 --> 01:20:25,580 He then turned around, 3361 01:20:22,188 --> 01:20:25,580 steps over to his daddy's, 3362 01:20:25,580 --> 01:20:27,227 his daddy's 3363 01:20:25,580 --> 01:20:27,227 layin' right there, 3364 01:20:27,227 --> 01:20:29,462 second shot. 3365 01:20:27,227 --> 01:20:29,462 Boom! 3366 01:20:29,462 --> 01:20:34,167 Foot of the bed. 3367 01:20:29,462 --> 01:20:34,167 But mama's not there. 3368 01:20:34,167 --> 01:20:35,468 He drops the gun, 3369 01:20:35,468 --> 01:20:39,305 and then he hears 3370 01:20:35,468 --> 01:20:39,305 her voice, "Philip". 3371 01:20:39,305 --> 01:20:43,376 He flings it up, 3372 01:20:39,305 --> 01:20:43,376 third shot. 3373 01:20:43,376 --> 01:20:46,212 A vivid image with 3374 01:20:43,376 --> 01:20:46,212 one last question to button up, 3375 01:20:46,212 --> 01:20:47,781 according to the state. 3376 01:20:47,781 --> 01:20:50,250 The reasons why Craig 3377 01:20:47,781 --> 01:20:50,250 didn't light the gasoline 3378 01:20:50,250 --> 01:20:52,786 they said he'd poured 3379 01:20:50,250 --> 01:20:52,786 all over the house. 3380 01:20:52,786 --> 01:20:55,422 Prosecutor Muldrew said 3381 01:20:52,786 --> 01:20:55,422 after the shootings, 3382 01:20:55,422 --> 01:20:57,557 Craig thought his mother 3383 01:20:55,422 --> 01:20:57,557 was dead, 3384 01:20:57,557 --> 01:21:00,794 and was shocked to then hear her 3385 01:20:57,557 --> 01:21:00,794 on the phone to 911. 3386 01:21:00,794 --> 01:21:03,630 - He goes and gets his match and 3387 01:21:00,794 --> 01:21:03,630 he's getting ready to light it, 3388 01:21:03,630 --> 01:21:06,332 and he hears mama's voice 3389 01:21:03,630 --> 01:21:06,332 and he panics. 3390 01:21:06,332 --> 01:21:08,568 - Now, finally, the eight women 3391 01:21:06,332 --> 01:21:08,568 and four men 3392 01:21:08,568 --> 01:21:10,537 who would decide 3393 01:21:08,568 --> 01:21:10,537 Craig Heidt's fate 3394 01:21:10,537 --> 01:21:12,105 had the case. 3395 01:21:12,105 --> 01:21:14,874 First, they elected 3396 01:21:12,105 --> 01:21:14,874 a foreperson, Jimmy White. 3397 01:21:14,874 --> 01:21:16,509 - I just said, "All right, 3398 01:21:14,874 --> 01:21:16,509 let's just take a vote. 3399 01:21:16,509 --> 01:21:17,477 - Straw vote, huh? 3400 01:21:17,477 --> 01:21:19,512 - Let's just see 3401 01:21:17,477 --> 01:21:19,512 where we're at. 3402 01:21:19,512 --> 01:21:21,348 - Show of hands? 3403 01:21:19,512 --> 01:21:21,348 - Show of hands. 3404 01:21:21,348 --> 01:21:24,250 - What'd you come up with? 3405 01:21:21,348 --> 01:21:24,250 - Uh, four to eight. 3406 01:21:24,250 --> 01:21:27,870 - And what was the divide? 3407 01:21:24,250 --> 01:21:27,870 - Um... 3408 01:21:27,870 --> 01:21:28,922 - Mostly not-not guilty. 3409 01:21:27,870 --> 01:21:28,922 - Not guilty. 3410 01:21:28,922 --> 01:21:30,490 - Yeah, it was four guilty... 3411 01:21:28,922 --> 01:21:30,490 - Eight not guilty? 3412 01:21:30,490 --> 01:21:31,591 - Eight not guilty. 3413 01:21:31,591 --> 01:21:33,159 - It was a lot of ground 3414 01:21:31,591 --> 01:21:33,159 to make up 3415 01:21:33,159 --> 01:21:35,128 in one direction 3416 01:21:33,159 --> 01:21:35,128 or the other. 3417 01:21:35,128 --> 01:21:37,197 The biggest thing Craig 3418 01:21:35,128 --> 01:21:37,197 had going for him, 3419 01:21:37,197 --> 01:21:40,133 thought the jury, 3420 01:21:37,197 --> 01:21:40,133 the lack of physical evidence. 3421 01:21:40,133 --> 01:21:42,335 - What kept bringing me back 3422 01:21:40,133 --> 01:21:42,335 was that smoking gun. 3423 01:21:42,335 --> 01:21:44,437 It's the DNA. 3424 01:21:42,335 --> 01:21:44,437 It's the fingerprints. 3425 01:21:44,437 --> 01:21:45,872 It's the murder weapon. 3426 01:21:45,872 --> 01:21:47,507 - Where is it, huh? 3427 01:21:45,872 --> 01:21:47,507 - Exactly. 3428 01:21:47,507 --> 01:21:49,376 You know, I think that 3429 01:21:47,507 --> 01:21:49,376 brought a lot of people back. 3430 01:21:49,376 --> 01:21:51,678 Like, this guy didn't do it. 3431 01:21:49,376 --> 01:21:51,678 You know? 3432 01:21:51,678 --> 01:21:53,747 There's nothing that says, 3433 01:21:51,678 --> 01:21:53,747 yeah, he did it. 3434 01:21:53,747 --> 01:21:55,849 - But in the absence 3435 01:21:53,747 --> 01:21:55,849 of physical evidence, 3436 01:21:55,849 --> 01:21:57,283 the jurors were left to ponder 3437 01:21:57,283 --> 01:21:59,719 the less tangible aspects 3438 01:21:57,283 --> 01:21:59,719 of the case. 3439 01:21:59,719 --> 01:22:02,655 Like, just who was this person 3440 01:21:59,719 --> 01:22:02,655 sitting before them? 3441 01:22:02,655 --> 01:22:04,900 - What sense did you have 3442 01:22:02,655 --> 01:22:04,900 of Craig? 3443 01:22:04,900 --> 01:22:05,592 - He seemed like a nice guy. 3444 01:22:05,592 --> 01:22:08,661 - I couldn't imagine him 3445 01:22:05,592 --> 01:22:08,661 doing that out of just anger. 3446 01:22:08,661 --> 01:22:10,330 I don't think 3447 01:22:08,661 --> 01:22:10,330 he hated his family. 3448 01:22:10,330 --> 01:22:12,165 I don't think 3449 01:22:10,330 --> 01:22:12,165 he hated his brother. 3450 01:22:12,165 --> 01:22:14,367 - And the jurors weren't sure 3451 01:22:12,165 --> 01:22:14,367 that the affair alone 3452 01:22:14,367 --> 01:22:15,869 between Robin and Craig 3453 01:22:15,869 --> 01:22:18,171 was enough 3454 01:22:15,869 --> 01:22:18,171 to push him to murder. 3455 01:22:18,171 --> 01:22:19,339 - Sleeping with 3456 01:22:18,171 --> 01:22:19,339 your brother's wife 3457 01:22:19,339 --> 01:22:20,940 doesn't necessarily 3458 01:22:19,339 --> 01:22:20,940 make you a killer. 3459 01:22:20,940 --> 01:22:21,908 - No, not at all. 3460 01:22:21,908 --> 01:22:23,343 And we even-we even 3461 01:22:21,908 --> 01:22:23,343 talked about that 3462 01:22:23,343 --> 01:22:24,577 in deliberation. 3463 01:22:24,577 --> 01:22:26,646 You know, just 'cause 3464 01:22:24,577 --> 01:22:26,646 you're a cheat or, you know, 3465 01:22:26,646 --> 01:22:27,447 you sleep with 3466 01:22:26,646 --> 01:22:27,447 your brother's wife, 3467 01:22:27,447 --> 01:22:28,415 like you said. 3468 01:22:28,415 --> 01:22:30,316 - The twelve jurors 3469 01:22:28,415 --> 01:22:30,316 who had started as 3470 01:22:30,316 --> 01:22:33,687 a deeply divided group, 3471 01:22:30,316 --> 01:22:33,687 were nearing consensus. 3472 01:22:33,687 --> 01:22:36,890 But Jimmy, the foreperson, 3473 01:22:33,687 --> 01:22:36,890 urged each of them 3474 01:22:36,890 --> 01:22:39,920 to stand their ground 3475 01:22:36,890 --> 01:22:39,920 until they felt sure. 3476 01:22:39,920 --> 01:22:41,127 - If you've got a problem, 3477 01:22:39,920 --> 01:22:41,127 bring it up. 3478 01:22:41,127 --> 01:22:42,262 You know? 3479 01:22:41,127 --> 01:22:42,262 We got all night. 3480 01:22:42,262 --> 01:22:43,697 We come back tomorrow. 3481 01:22:42,262 --> 01:22:43,697 You know? 3482 01:22:43,697 --> 01:22:46,266 You gotta sleep at night 3483 01:22:43,697 --> 01:22:46,266 once you make this decision. 3484 01:22:46,266 --> 01:22:49,269 - But as night fell, 3485 01:22:46,266 --> 01:22:49,269 the judge was given word. 3486 01:22:49,269 --> 01:22:51,104 The jury had reached a verdict 3487 01:22:51,104 --> 01:22:54,700 in the double murder trial 3488 01:22:51,104 --> 01:22:54,700 of Craig Heidt. 3489 01:22:54,700 --> 01:22:57,110 - As to count one, 3490 01:22:54,700 --> 01:22:57,110 we the jury find the defendant, 3491 01:22:57,110 --> 01:22:59,179 Craig Heidt, guilty. 3492 01:22:59,179 --> 01:23:00,580 As to count two... 3493 01:23:00,580 --> 01:23:03,316 - Craig Heidt, 3494 01:23:00,580 --> 01:23:03,316 guilty on all counts, 3495 01:23:03,316 --> 01:23:05,118 convicted of 3496 01:23:03,316 --> 01:23:05,118 murdering his father 3497 01:23:05,118 --> 01:23:07,530 and brother and 3498 01:23:05,118 --> 01:23:07,530 shooting his mother 3499 01:23:07,530 --> 01:23:08,488 with intent to kill. 3500 01:23:08,488 --> 01:23:10,924 - I cried the whole time 3501 01:23:08,488 --> 01:23:10,924 it was being read, 3502 01:23:10,924 --> 01:23:13,560 'cause I knew I was gonna take 3503 01:23:10,924 --> 01:23:13,560 another son away from Linda. 3504 01:23:13,560 --> 01:23:16,329 And that was really hard. 3505 01:23:16,329 --> 01:23:18,131 - Looking back, 3506 01:23:16,329 --> 01:23:18,131 the jurors say it was 3507 01:23:18,131 --> 01:23:20,200 the sum of all the things 3508 01:23:18,131 --> 01:23:20,200 they heard 3509 01:23:20,200 --> 01:23:23,803 and all the evidence they saw 3510 01:23:20,200 --> 01:23:23,803 that got them to guilty. 3511 01:23:23,803 --> 01:23:26,773 - It wasn't any one 3512 01:23:23,803 --> 01:23:26,773 specific piece of evidence, 3513 01:23:26,773 --> 01:23:30,577 it was everything just kind of 3514 01:23:26,773 --> 01:23:30,577 altogether came to him. 3515 01:23:30,577 --> 01:23:32,545 - Some among Craig's 3516 01:23:30,577 --> 01:23:32,545 friends and family, 3517 01:23:32,545 --> 01:23:34,581 like Craig's cousin, 3518 01:23:32,545 --> 01:23:34,581 Mark Arnsdorff, 3519 01:23:34,581 --> 01:23:37,784 vehemently disagreed with 3520 01:23:34,581 --> 01:23:37,784 the jury's decision. 3521 01:23:37,784 --> 01:23:39,586 - If Craig Heidt came to me 3522 01:23:37,784 --> 01:23:39,586 and said, 3523 01:23:39,586 --> 01:23:41,654 "Mark, I did it", 3524 01:23:39,586 --> 01:23:41,654 I wouldn't believe him. 3525 01:23:41,654 --> 01:23:44,824 I mean, 'cause I know- 3526 01:23:41,654 --> 01:23:44,824 I know he didn't do it. 3527 01:23:44,824 --> 01:23:46,926 You know, that's how much 3528 01:23:44,824 --> 01:23:46,926 I believe him. 3529 01:23:46,926 --> 01:23:50,130 - Mark believed the real killer 3530 01:23:46,926 --> 01:23:50,130 was still on the loose. 3531 01:23:50,130 --> 01:23:51,297 - There's no closure. 3532 01:23:51,297 --> 01:23:54,567 There's still the murderer's 3533 01:23:51,297 --> 01:23:54,567 still out there. 3534 01:23:54,567 --> 01:23:59,506 Uh, so nobody feels any safer 3535 01:23:54,567 --> 01:23:59,506 or any better at this point. 3536 01:23:59,506 --> 01:24:00,907 - And even the jurors feel 3537 01:24:00,907 --> 01:24:03,343 there's a piece of the puzzle 3538 01:24:00,907 --> 01:24:03,343 still missing. 3539 01:24:03,343 --> 01:24:05,378 - Do you think 3540 01:24:03,343 --> 01:24:05,378 it's the whole story? 3541 01:24:05,378 --> 01:24:06,212 - No. 3542 01:24:05,378 --> 01:24:06,212 - No. 3543 01:24:06,212 --> 01:24:07,714 - No. 3544 01:24:06,212 --> 01:24:07,714 - You think there's a-- 3545 01:24:07,714 --> 01:24:09,115 there are 3546 01:24:07,714 --> 01:24:09,115 more people involved here 3547 01:24:09,115 --> 01:24:10,917 or more motivations or what? 3548 01:24:10,917 --> 01:24:12,419 - I think there are more people 3549 01:24:10,917 --> 01:24:12,419 behind the curtain. 3550 01:24:12,419 --> 01:24:15,822 - I think there are more people 3551 01:24:12,419 --> 01:24:15,822 that knew about it. 3552 01:24:15,822 --> 01:24:17,624 - As you know very well, 3553 01:24:15,822 --> 01:24:17,624 there are a great number 3554 01:24:17,624 --> 01:24:18,725 of people 3555 01:24:17,624 --> 01:24:18,725 in Effingham County 3556 01:24:18,725 --> 01:24:20,126 who are waiting for 3557 01:24:18,725 --> 01:24:20,126 the other shoe to drop 3558 01:24:20,126 --> 01:24:22,529 in this case. 3559 01:24:20,126 --> 01:24:22,529 Are they kidding themselves? 3560 01:24:22,529 --> 01:24:25,265 - I can tell you this: 3561 01:24:22,529 --> 01:24:25,265 If there was anybody else 3562 01:24:25,265 --> 01:24:29,736 involved with the murder 3563 01:24:25,265 --> 01:24:29,736 of Philip and Carey Heidt 3564 01:24:29,736 --> 01:24:33,673 and the-and the assault 3565 01:24:29,736 --> 01:24:33,673 against Linda Heidt, 3566 01:24:33,673 --> 01:24:37,777 Craig Heidt holds the key 3567 01:24:33,673 --> 01:24:37,777 to their jail cell. 3568 01:24:40,413 --> 01:24:42,582 - It's been several years 3569 01:24:40,413 --> 01:24:42,582 since the terrible events 3570 01:24:42,582 --> 01:24:45,850 on Springfield Egypt Road. 3571 01:24:45,850 --> 01:24:48,188 Linda, the matriarch, 3572 01:24:45,850 --> 01:24:48,188 made a remarkable recovery, 3573 01:24:48,188 --> 01:24:52,920 inspiring so many 3574 01:24:48,188 --> 01:24:52,920 with her grace and grit. 3575 01:24:52,920 --> 01:24:55,695 - Linda is the strongest person, 3576 01:24:52,920 --> 01:24:55,695 incredible person-- 3577 01:24:55,695 --> 01:24:58,465 I could not-- I didn't know 3578 01:24:55,695 --> 01:24:58,465 she had that much in her 3579 01:24:58,465 --> 01:24:59,766 to be that strong. 3580 01:24:59,766 --> 01:25:01,801 - I think Philip would have 3581 01:24:59,766 --> 01:25:01,801 really been proud of Linda. 3582 01:25:01,801 --> 01:25:03,570 I think he would have 3583 01:25:01,801 --> 01:25:03,570 been happy with her. 3584 01:25:03,570 --> 01:25:06,673 - Of course, Philip is gone now. 3585 01:25:03,570 --> 01:25:06,673 Carey, too. 3586 01:25:06,673 --> 01:25:08,808 And Craig is locked away. 3587 01:25:08,808 --> 01:25:13,460 Two life sentences 3588 01:25:08,808 --> 01:25:13,460 plus another 85 years. 3589 01:25:13,460 --> 01:25:14,914 Effingham County had never seen 3590 01:25:13,460 --> 01:25:14,914 the likes of 3591 01:25:14,914 --> 01:25:20,687 what happened to the Heidts, 3592 01:25:14,914 --> 01:25:20,687 and hopes never to again. 3593 01:25:22,756 --> 01:25:24,570 - That's all for 3594 01:25:22,756 --> 01:25:24,570 this edition of 3595 01:25:24,570 --> 01:25:26,192 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". 3596 01:25:26,192 --> 01:25:26,259 I'm Kate Snow. 3597 01:25:26,192 --> 01:25:26,259 Thank you for watching.