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[narrator] It was a case
of twisted greed.
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She wanted something
she didn't have.
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She wanted to be somebody
she wasn't.
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She found a way to do it.
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And she was not going to quit
until she was stopped.
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Welcome to Very Scary People.
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I'm Donnie Wahlberg.
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Those who knew Judy Buenoano
describe her as larger
than life.
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Those who knew Judy Buenoano
describe her as larger
than life.
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She had a beautiful home,
thriving business, and a taste
for the finer things in life.
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But there was a dark side
to Judy's story.
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terrible things seemed
to happen to those closest
to her.
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In 1971, her husband died from
a mysterious illness.
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Seven years later, her live-in
boyfriend suffered
the same fate.
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Then shortly after, her oldest
son fell ill.
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But it wasn't until her fiance
was nearly killed in
a car bombing,
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that authorities started
to suspect these tragedies
were no accident.
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that authorities started
to suspect these tragedies
were no accident.
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Here is part two of
The Black Widow.
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[Simmons] I was working in
the Sheriff's department.
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And I heard that there was
this bombing of this car that
happened downtown Pensacola.
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And I heard that there was
this bombing of this car that
happened downtown Pensacola.
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[explosion]
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[Rick] It was at the parking
lot next to a restaurant
called The Driftwood.
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I got there and I saw
the car bombed out.
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Police, fire, everybody
was there.
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Checked in with the first
officer on the scene. Asked
him what happened.
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He told me the victim was
John Gentry.
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John Gentry was a man who was
successful. He had his
own business.
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And he was in real bad shape.
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I remember my mom coming in
and saying, "Hey, I need you
to wake up. Get dressed.
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I remember my mom coming in
and saying, "Hey, I need you
to wake up. Get dressed.
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We gotta go to the hospital."
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My uncle. He's been hurt.
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[Mike] My uncle was a happy
person and brought everybody
else to a happy mood.
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Just an all around
good guy to me.
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[Paula] We couldn't imagine
anybody that wanted to hurt
him.
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The investigation determined
it was two sticks of dynamite.
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It was placed right behind
the left side of the rear
backseat.
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And then wired
to the tail light.
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So that when he turned
the lights on, the bomb would
explode.
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So that when he turned
the lights on, the bomb would
explode.
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This was done
to kill this guy.
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The first time I met John
Gentry,
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I met him when he was
with Judy Buenoano.
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She also owned a successful
business.
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A nail salon called
Fingers 'N Faces.
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She had children, she had
a family.
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[Belvin] They started dating.
He was smitten by her.
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And from all indications, he
fell madly in love with her.
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[Paula] She was really
super nice.
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[Paula] She was really
super nice.
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Kinda ritzy. She had money.
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She had money
and she wasn't afraid
to throw it around.
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[Mollye] She carried herself
like a queen.
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Seems like she had a need
to prove herself.
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She was the one in control.
She was the important one.
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[Ted] It was her attitude.
High and mighty, "I'm better
than everybody else."
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So I too, right off the bat,
I said,
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I'm gonna look into her.
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[Mollye] The police are now
taking a closer look. This
isn't an isolated event.
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[Mollye] The police are now
taking a closer look. This
isn't an isolated event.
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[reporter] People around her
kept dying or being injured.
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[Rick] It was really strange
that she had so many men in
her life die,
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under such strange
circumstances.
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Her first husband, James
Goodyear was in the Air Force.
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[Belvin] James Goodyear.
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He loved his wife, he loved
his children.
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And he was a caring man.
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And he was a caring man.
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[Mollye] When he married her,
he was in it for the long haul
and then Vietnam came.
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He was sent off to war.
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[Belvin] He came home
perfectly healthy.
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And within days of
his arrival,
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Sergeant Goodyear got sick.
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[Rick] It was in three months
he was dead.
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And the doctors never could
figure out what was wrong
with him.
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[Simmons] He got sick and he
died and she got the insurance
money.
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And then, a boyfriend got
sick and died.
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And she got the insurance
money.
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And she got the insurance
money.
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[Belvin] Bobby Joe Morris was
a very successful person
in Pensacola.
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Met Judy, and Bobby fell
in love with her.
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[Meghan] She was with Bobby
Joe for six years.
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But they didn't get married.
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[Mollye] They lived here
in Pensacola
for a couple years,
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then he moved out of state
to Colorado.
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And I often wondered if
it wasn't, like, to get away
from her.
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She immediately follows him
up there.
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And it's not long before he
dies.
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It was so unusual. So unusual.
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[Ted] The doctors up there
felt there was something
wrong.
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[Ted] The doctors up there
felt there was something
wrong.
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They felt it was something
wrong with this case.
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Two years after Bobby Joe's
death,
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Judy's son Michael begins
to get very sick.
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[Belvin] There's, like,
a pattern here going on.
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Michael Goodyear was a child
that was born out of wedlock.
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[Meghan] This was her first
born and it seemed like she
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always just thought he was
baggage.
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He was unwanted baggage
for her.
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She did not like that child.
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[Nancy] He wasn't perfect. And
he wasn't bright.
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And she just didn't want him
so she began trying to get him
in the army.
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To get him away.
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[Ted] Michael gets into
the army.
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He gets out of basic training.
And he goes home for
two weeks
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and all of a sudden, he starts
getting real sick.
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[Meghan] Michael, he was
experiencing the nausea,
the headaches, the vomiting.
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And nobody can understand why.
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[Ted] He got medical care in
the military that determined
he was poisoned by arsenic.
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[Ted] He got medical care in
the military that determined
he was poisoned by arsenic.
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[Meghan] They did determine he
was suffering from arsenic
poisoning.
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This might've raised
red flags.
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But Michael had been working
in a water purification lab.
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[Russell] Where they use
arsenic in water purification.
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It was considered, then,
maybe an accident.
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[Nancy] That didn't kill him
but instead,
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it paralyzed him.
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[Joey] Doctors fitted Michael
with heavy metal leg braces.
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So that he could steady
himself and walk with
crutches.
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[Ted] He ended up being
discharged from service.
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[Ted] He ended up being
discharged from service.
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[Mollye] By the time he is
discharged, he goes
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immediately back to live
with his mom.
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And sadly, he didn't ever
get a chance to recover.
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[Meghan] The day after Michael
comes home, Judy suggests
a family outing.
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She suggests that they take
a canoe on the river close by
and they go fishing.
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She suggests that they take
a canoe on the river close by
and they go fishing.
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[Simmons] Judy thought it
would be a good idea to take
Michael,
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get him out, and take him
for a canoe trip.
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[Mollye] And by all reports,
he was excited about it.
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Northwest Florida is
a beautiful place.
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So we have a lot of natural
streams and bayous and rivers.
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And a lot of places where
people like to fish and canoe.
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She picked a spot that was
North of a community called
Navarre.
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Back then, it was relatively
remote. Very woodsy.
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The weather was nice and it's
gonna be Judy and Michael and
his younger brother, James.
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The weather was nice and it's
gonna be Judy and Michael and
his younger brother, James.
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[Ted] James was in the canoe
with her.
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Kimberley, she leaves on
the bank, by herself.
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Now, Michael, he's got
leg braces.
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He couldn't walk well and he
couldn't use his arms well.
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Judy actually gets a lawn
chair and finds a way to wedge
it into this canoe.
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So he could sit there and
be comfortable.
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[Meghan] I think she's
suggesting it to lift
Michael's spirits.
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The family will be together,
everything's gonna be okay.
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But it wasn't.
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But it wasn't.
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They're not in that canoe for
very long at all and suddenly,
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an accident happens.
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[water splashing]
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[telephone ringing]
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My dad got a phone call
at our business.
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and all I could hear was
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a voice screaming and crying
and it was unintelligible.
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And then I remember,
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Daddy got off the phone and
I said what's going on?
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He said, "Just get in the car
and drive.
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Drive fast."
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I said where are we going?
He said Novar.
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We get there and I saw a lot
of chaos going on.
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We get there and I saw a lot
of chaos going on.
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And I could see Judy pacing
on a pier.
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I didn't know what happened.
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Judy had taken her family, her
sons Michael and James,
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and her daughter Kimberley
to the East River so that they
can all go canoeing.
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[Nancy] Michael had been
discharged from the military,
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He was back home with his mom.
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And she says, "Hey, let's go
for a canoe ride."
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[Ted] It's a winding, winding
river. Like a snake.
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[Ted] It's a winding, winding
river. Like a snake.
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It's really a nice place to go
visit.
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[Meghan] Michael's got 15 lbs
leg braces on both of
his legs.
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And he was in the canoe with
his mother and younger brother
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while his sister was kind of
sunning herself on the shore.
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And all of a sudden the canoe
capsizes.
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[water splashing]
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Judy says that she's
frantically searching for
her younger son, James.
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[Ted] She said that James
had hit his head when it
overturned.
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[Meghan] She's able to rescue
him.
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[Ted] They ended up in this
one spot when this motorboat
pulls up.
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And this young man that was in
the boat, put him in his boat
and took him to shore.
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[Mollye] She and James make
it to shore, but somehow
Michael is trapped underwater.
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There's no attempt to save him
by any account.
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I was the lead diver for
Sheriff's county search and
rescue at the time.
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That day I was told there's
a boy in the water.
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And he fell out a canoe.
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We got dressed.
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Put our gear on.
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And we found glasses.
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Somebody said they came from
the boat.
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So we decided there's
the point we gon' start from.
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We was in the middle of
the river and I backed into
something.
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And I go take a deep breath,
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And I go take a deep breath,
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reach over there, and that's
when I felt the braces
of the foot.
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Michael drowned.
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[Joseph] I pulled Michael in.
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I was thinking it's a tragedy.
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But I had questions.
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It doesn't make any sense.
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[Joseph] Michael was in
a patio chair
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and he had two leg braces on.
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And the canoe overturned and
he fell out.
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Anybody deals with a canoe,
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if you put center of gravity
above the level of the canoe,
it's gonna turn over.
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if you put center of gravity
above the level of the canoe,
it's gonna turn over.
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It's just inevitable
for that stuff to happen.
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You don't take someone
in a canoe, put him
in a lawn chair up a river,
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who can't swim.
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Judy was telling me,
it was just
a terrible tragedy.
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[Judy speaking]
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It was a terrible tragedy
that the canoe tipped over,
that they tried to help him,
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It was a terrible tragedy
that the canoe tipped over,
that they tried to help him,
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that they couldn't get him,
that the water was too swift.
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Those are all
the things she told me.
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But it couldn't have happened
the way that Judy said it did.
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Judy gave these explanations
for what had happened
when the boat capsized.
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She told some people
that a snake got in the boat.
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I was told that
they were by a bank and
a snake fell into the boat,
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and they caused
the boat to turn over.
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But something didn't sound
right to investigators.
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[Nancy] Her description
of where Michael went under
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[Nancy] Her description
of where Michael went under
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and where he was found
were so totally different.
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Couldn't have happened
the way that Judy said it did.
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[Ted] Where the body
was found was up river,
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about half a mile,
in the middle of the river.
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Wasn't on either side
what she said,
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the snake dropped in the boat
and the canoe overturned.
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No. The body was right
in the middle of the river.
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Somebody with braces on,
gonna sink straight
to the bottom.
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They're heavy. You can't move.
They lock in place.
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If you're in the middle
of the river,
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If you're in the middle
of the river,
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if you fall in there,
you're gonna stay there.
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I'm suspicious.
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All of the debris of the canoe
was in an area
where she was found,
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half a mile from where
her son was found
drowned in the river.
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Judy Buenoano said
that she was pushed
downstream by the current,
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very strong current.
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Yet, there was no
current that day.
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Could not have happened
the way she explained it.
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[Mollye] When the police
arrived, she was sitting
on the shore,
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I believe, drinking a beer.
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I believe, drinking a beer.
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I don't know why
that didn't alert them
to maybe something strange.
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Within couple of years,
after Michael died,
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somebody finally started
asking the right questions.
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And I believe, it was
Assistant State Attorney,
Russ Edgar.
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[Russell] I looked
at the reports and I
realized that, Judy Buenoano
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had a very poor
relationship with her son.
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And he had become sick
while he was at home on leave.
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And at that time, she obtained
an insurance policy on him.
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But there was something wrong
with the insurance policy.
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[Russell] I reviewed
Michael Goodyear's
military records.
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[Russell] I reviewed
Michael Goodyear's
military records.
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I reviewed all the records
that I could find on him.
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And I noticed one thing
was very peculiar about him.
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He always misspelled
his first name.
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Instead of Michael,
M-I-C-H-A-E-L,
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he put an E on the end.
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The insurance policy
did not misspell his name.
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Why all of a sudden did he
spell his name correctly?
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I'd knew there was
something wrong there.
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[Ted] And when the guy
come over
with the insurance policy,
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Michael was never there.
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The guy never saw Michael.
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The guy never saw Michael.
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Never saw him
sign anything.
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But the forms get signed.
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[Russell]
It's not his signature.
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And a expert concluded
that she had forged it.
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When we obtained
the insurance policies,
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I knew it was a murder.
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He came home and she
drowned him for the insurance.
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And that's just chilling.
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[Mollye] Judy and Michael,
and his younger
brother, James,
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they were in this remote place
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at the tip
of then Florida
Panhandle.
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It's a beautiful place.
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And suddenly something
horrible happened.
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That sadly,
the canoe turned over,
and Michael drowned.
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But Judy made it out alive.
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[Russell]
They ruled it accidental.
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But, the circumstances
were so obviously suspicious.
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We found out, she's had all
kinds of insurance
policies on Michael.
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For Judy, Michael's death
meant $125,000
in insurance money.
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[Ted] She had an opportunity
to get a lot of money from it.
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And benefits
from the military,
and she took it.
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[Pam] My dad said,
she used him
like a boat anchor.
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[Pam] My dad said,
she used him
like a boat anchor.
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That's what she thought
of Michael. He's her
boat anchor.
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[Russell] It was only after
the bombing attempt,
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we then began to look
at all the insurance records.
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And, discovered that there
were multiple policies on him,
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and multiple policies
on the others.
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James Goodyear,
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00:17:18,467 --> 00:17:19,800
Bobby Joe Morris,
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and John Gentry.
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It was in multiple states,
multiple years.
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[Rick] She kept moving
her locations around,
Colorado, Florida.
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Different insurance companies.
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Different insurance companies.
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Nowadays with the technology
they have,
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most insurance companies
will probably pick up
on that pretty quick.
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Back then,
we didn't have that.
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[Russell] When we obtained
the insurance policies,
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we realized that we had
a pattern of killing.
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[Belvin] You got three
separate men,
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and you had a motive.
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Insurance money.
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[Meghan] The difference
usually between female
and male serial killers,
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is their purpose for killing.
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Male serial killers
usually kill
for some type of
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sexual gratification
or power and control.
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sexual gratification
or power and control.
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00:18:01,867 --> 00:18:03,533
Whereas female serial killers,
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usually there
is a utilitarian purpose.
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Meaning,
they're gaining something,
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and that's usually money.
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She's looking
at these people
as income.
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[Pam] She tried to buy
life insurance,
not only on my dad,
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but on me
and my two sisters.
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I mean, it was just
so bizarre.
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[Russell] She funded
a nail shop.
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00:18:24,066 --> 00:18:25,700
She bought a house
in Gulf Breeze.
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She bought cruise tickets.
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00:18:27,734 --> 00:18:28,123
Various gifts for friends.
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Various gifts for friends.
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[Nancy]
I didn't know back then.
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But, I attended a cruise,
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because her son died,
and she used the money,
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00:18:37,066 --> 00:18:39,967
from his insurance to pay
for that cruise I was on.
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I don't like that.
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[Ted] She loved money.
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Money was a big thing to her.
That was a main thing.
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She had to have money,
and she had to live
that lifestyle.
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The only one that knew
that there was insurance
at all on her, was Gentry.
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The other folks had no idea.
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[Meghan] With John Gentry,
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they had decided to get
insurance policies
on each other.
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they had decided to get
insurance policies
on each other.
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00:18:58,634 --> 00:19:02,367
But their insurance policies
were for about $50,000.
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00:19:02,467 --> 00:19:06,100
But Judy went ahead
and changed that policy,
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00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:10,467
increasing it from $50,000
to $500,000.
348
00:19:11,867 --> 00:19:14,266
[Ted] Gentry thought
it was originally $50,000.
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And then,
she ups it to $500,000.
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And then she tells him,
that the policies,
she cancelled them.
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She's not making
payments on 'em.
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00:19:21,467 --> 00:19:24,166
So that's why he didn't think
she had anything to gain.
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00:19:24,166 --> 00:19:27,367
She had intended
to kill him for the insurance.
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00:19:32,867 --> 00:19:36,367
Judy was crafty in getting
people to sign
over insurance,
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00:19:36,467 --> 00:19:39,166
and when they didn't,
she would just do it for them.
356
00:19:39,166 --> 00:19:42,367
She had taken out three
life insurance policies
on Bobby Joe Morris.
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00:19:42,367 --> 00:19:44,266
[Ted] In Bobby
Joe Morris' case,
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every time the insurance guy
would come to get the things,
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she'd say he's working,
he's busy.
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00:19:49,066 --> 00:19:50,333
"You give 'em to me.
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I'll have Bobby Joe
sign 'em, and I'll bring
'em back to you."
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That's what she did.
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00:19:54,967 --> 00:19:58,000
And Bobby Joe Morris
had no idea.
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[Meghan] She was with Bobby
Joe for about six years.
365
00:19:58,123 --> 00:20:00,367
[Meghan] She was with Bobby
Joe for about six years.
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00:20:00,467 --> 00:20:02,266
She had invested
all this time in him.
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She was gonna make sure
she got something
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00:20:03,634 --> 00:20:06,266
out of the relationship
before it ended.
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00:20:06,367 --> 00:20:09,367
The people in Judy's life,
they're just...
they're disposable.
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00:20:11,266 --> 00:20:13,467
Judy's being discovered
at this point.
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00:20:13,467 --> 00:20:15,266
It's being revealed
piece by piece,
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00:20:15,266 --> 00:20:18,000
that she is likely
the person who is responsible
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for murdering
her family members.
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00:20:22,634 --> 00:20:26,467
It appeared that we
had an investigation
that needed to be done.
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00:20:26,467 --> 00:20:28,123
[Joey] Proving that these
cases were murders
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00:20:28,123 --> 00:20:28,166
[Joey] Proving that these
cases were murders
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00:20:28,166 --> 00:20:30,100
and not just
accidental deaths,
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00:20:30,100 --> 00:20:31,467
could be very challenging,
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00:20:31,467 --> 00:20:34,867
particularly since it had been
a number of years.
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00:20:34,867 --> 00:20:37,367
Investigators knew
that Michael Goodyear
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00:20:37,367 --> 00:20:39,266
suffered from
arsenic poisoning,
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00:20:39,367 --> 00:20:42,800
which they originally
thought was just
an accident from work.
383
00:20:42,867 --> 00:20:44,266
So they decided to see
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00:20:44,266 --> 00:20:46,867
whether any of Judy's
other alleged victims
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had arsenic in their system.
386
00:20:49,166 --> 00:20:51,166
And that meant
exhuming the bodies,
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00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:53,800
literally digging up evidence.
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00:20:53,867 --> 00:20:55,600
[Belvin]
Arsenic is a chemical.
389
00:20:55,634 --> 00:20:58,123
You can't find it in just
a routine toxicology screen.
390
00:20:58,123 --> 00:21:00,066
You can't find it in just
a routine toxicology screen.
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00:21:00,066 --> 00:21:03,634
You had to specifically
test for arsenic back then.
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00:21:03,634 --> 00:21:05,634
It's gonna remain in hair.
393
00:21:05,634 --> 00:21:07,700
It's gonna remain
in your organs.
394
00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:11,900
So, we had to exhume
Sergeant James Goodyear.
395
00:21:11,967 --> 00:21:15,467
Because we had to find out
whether or not
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was he poisoned.
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00:21:18,266 --> 00:21:22,533
We need the evidence
to prove the case.
398
00:21:22,533 --> 00:21:24,367
[reporter] James Goodyear's
death certificate
399
00:21:24,367 --> 00:21:27,500
says he died
of heart failure in 1971.
400
00:21:27,533 --> 00:21:28,123
But law enforcement
authorities don't believe
that anymore.
401
00:21:28,123 --> 00:21:30,634
But law enforcement
authorities don't believe
that anymore.
402
00:21:30,634 --> 00:21:33,166
James Edgar Goodyear
was exhumed from his grave,
403
00:21:33,166 --> 00:21:35,166
so investigators
could look for arsenic.
404
00:21:36,734 --> 00:21:39,100
[Belvin] Sergeant
Goodyear died in 1971.
405
00:21:39,634 --> 00:21:44,000
The autopsy was in 1984.
406
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:48,000
So that's approximately
13 years.
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00:21:48,066 --> 00:21:51,000
[Russell] The longer it gets,
the more difficult it is.
408
00:21:51,066 --> 00:21:53,367
You do not have that sort
of evidence that you need.
409
00:21:55,166 --> 00:21:58,123
[Belvin] We didn't think
there was nothing
left in that casket.
410
00:21:58,123 --> 00:21:59,900
[Belvin] We didn't think
there was nothing
left in that casket.
411
00:21:59,967 --> 00:22:02,800
That the body
had just totally
disintegrated.
412
00:22:03,533 --> 00:22:06,634
And, I was totally surprised
413
00:22:06,634 --> 00:22:10,700
when the medical examiner
opened the casket up.
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00:22:10,734 --> 00:22:14,266
And, there was a fully
intact body.
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00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:17,600
It showed arsenic levels
that were lethal.
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00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:22,166
[Belvin]
He was so well preserved,
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00:22:22,266 --> 00:22:28,100
because of the amount
of arsenic that he
had in his body.
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00:22:28,166 --> 00:22:30,800
[Nancy] He escaped Vietnam,
but he couldn't escape Judy.
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00:22:31,467 --> 00:22:32,533
She was evil.
420
00:22:32,533 --> 00:22:33,533
She was evil.
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00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:50,000
Welcome back
to Very Scary People.
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00:22:50,066 --> 00:22:54,367
It looked like the walls
were finally closing
in on Judy Buenoano.
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00:22:54,367 --> 00:22:56,700
Twelve years after
her husband's death,
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00:22:56,734 --> 00:22:59,600
the body of Sergeant
James Goodyear was exhumed.
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00:22:59,634 --> 00:23:03,533
Massive amounts of arsenic
were found in his remains.
426
00:23:03,533 --> 00:23:05,967
The medical examiner
changed his cause of death
427
00:23:05,967 --> 00:23:08,734
from natural
causes to homicide.
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00:23:08,734 --> 00:23:10,533
It was one more
piece of the puzzle
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00:23:10,533 --> 00:23:10,734
that authorities
needed to try and bring
430
00:23:10,734 --> 00:23:12,700
that authorities
needed to try and bring
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00:23:12,734 --> 00:23:15,166
the suspected
Black Widow to justice.
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00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:25,367
Sergeant James Goodyear
died of arsenic poison.
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00:23:25,367 --> 00:23:27,734
[Ted] They were able
to get the body exhumed.
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00:23:27,734 --> 00:23:31,600
And, I think that he was
in the ground for, like,
I think, 12 and a half years.
435
00:23:31,634 --> 00:23:36,634
Then they found arsenic levels
of lethal amount with him.
436
00:23:36,634 --> 00:23:39,100
[Joey] When Sergeant Goodyear
came back from Vietnam,
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00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:40,734
Judy was making
all of these
home-cooked meals.
438
00:23:40,734 --> 00:23:41,734
Judy was making
all of these
home-cooked meals.
439
00:23:41,734 --> 00:23:44,634
So it's believed
that the arsenic
found in his body
440
00:23:44,634 --> 00:23:48,734
is connected to all those
meals that Judy was preparing.
441
00:23:48,734 --> 00:23:52,166
Arsenic is a good poison,
because you can't
taste it or smell it.
442
00:23:52,266 --> 00:23:53,900
So you can put
it in any drink.
443
00:23:53,967 --> 00:23:55,233
You can put it in any food.
444
00:23:55,233 --> 00:23:58,500
And it is undetectable
to the person
who is ingesting it.
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00:23:58,533 --> 00:24:02,467
[Belvin] And no one had any
reason to suspect
446
00:24:02,467 --> 00:24:04,734
that his loving wife,
447
00:24:04,734 --> 00:24:06,734
the mother of his children,
448
00:24:06,734 --> 00:24:08,533
would just sit there,
449
00:24:08,533 --> 00:24:10,734
and watch him suffer and die.
450
00:24:10,734 --> 00:24:12,166
and watch him suffer and die.
451
00:24:12,166 --> 00:24:14,266
Now you have to ask yourself,
452
00:24:14,266 --> 00:24:16,367
what type of human
being is that?
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00:24:20,634 --> 00:24:23,800
That led to investigations
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00:24:23,867 --> 00:24:26,800
of the homicide
of Bobby Joe Morris.
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00:24:26,867 --> 00:24:30,266
[Russell] We were able
to exhume Bobby Joe Morris
and get the samples from him.
456
00:24:30,367 --> 00:24:32,467
And it showed arsenic
levels that were lethal.
457
00:24:32,467 --> 00:24:36,100
He was loaded up to killing
at least 12 people, they say.
458
00:24:36,166 --> 00:24:38,100
James Goodyear,
Bobby Joe Morris,
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00:24:38,166 --> 00:24:40,500
all of 'em, every single one,
even Michael,
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00:24:40,533 --> 00:24:40,734
it was arsenic poisoning.
461
00:24:40,734 --> 00:24:42,266
it was arsenic poisoning.
462
00:24:42,266 --> 00:24:45,367
And they were put through
really so much pain
463
00:24:45,367 --> 00:24:47,166
and anguish before they died.
464
00:24:47,166 --> 00:24:49,000
They were dealing with
a cold blooded killer.
465
00:24:49,066 --> 00:24:52,266
[Belvin] The one mistake
that she did make,
466
00:24:52,266 --> 00:24:54,600
was she didn't have
any of them cremated.
467
00:24:56,867 --> 00:24:59,367
There was one of Judy's
alleged victims that survived,
468
00:24:59,467 --> 00:25:01,066
John Gentry.
469
00:25:01,066 --> 00:25:04,000
Investigators found
wiring in her house,
470
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,634
connecting Judy
to the car bombing.
471
00:25:06,634 --> 00:25:09,000
And a poisonous substance
at her nail salon,
472
00:25:09,066 --> 00:25:10,734
that tied her to John's
mysterious illness.
473
00:25:10,734 --> 00:25:12,166
that tied her to John's
mysterious illness.
474
00:25:12,166 --> 00:25:15,500
[reporter] Of all the people
Judy Buenoano
was accused of poisoning,
475
00:25:15,533 --> 00:25:18,367
John Gentry is the only
one who lived.
476
00:25:18,467 --> 00:25:21,100
He became ill from some
pills she gave him.
477
00:25:21,100 --> 00:25:23,100
She told him they were
vitamin C tablets.
478
00:25:23,634 --> 00:25:25,233
[John speaking]
479
00:25:28,066 --> 00:25:30,500
[Mollye] John Gentry
was complaining
of a little bit of a cold,
480
00:25:30,533 --> 00:25:32,634
and she started giving
him these vitamins.
481
00:25:32,634 --> 00:25:34,166
And instead,
it made him feel worse.
482
00:25:34,266 --> 00:25:35,533
[Rick] So he just
quit taking 'em.
483
00:25:35,533 --> 00:25:36,900
He put a couple aside.
He said,
484
00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:40,166
"Well, maybe one day,
I'll have 'em checked.
It's just to see
485
00:25:40,166 --> 00:25:40,734
maybe if I'm...
if it has something
in it that I'm allergic to."
486
00:25:40,734 --> 00:25:42,800
maybe if I'm...
if it has something
in it that I'm allergic to."
487
00:25:42,867 --> 00:25:44,266
He put 'em in his briefcase,
488
00:25:44,367 --> 00:25:48,166
and we got 'em,
and we actually
send 'em off to the FBI.
489
00:25:48,166 --> 00:25:50,533
And they came back
a few weeks later.
490
00:25:50,533 --> 00:25:53,166
Said it was a substance
called paraformaldehyde.
491
00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:55,266
Comes powdered.
492
00:25:55,266 --> 00:25:57,467
And it's a disinfectant.
493
00:25:57,467 --> 00:25:58,700
But it's poison.
494
00:25:58,734 --> 00:26:02,367
The pills were
supposed to contain
Vicon-C,
495
00:26:02,467 --> 00:26:06,000
which is a very
strong vitamin C.
496
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,533
She had emptied the pills,
497
00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:09,734
put the paraformaldehyde
in the pills,
498
00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:10,734
and given those to him.
499
00:26:10,734 --> 00:26:11,734
and given those to him.
500
00:26:11,734 --> 00:26:14,734
We feel it was with the intent
of killing him over time.
501
00:26:16,467 --> 00:26:20,166
Judy, obviously, she got tired
of waiting on the end result,
502
00:26:20,166 --> 00:26:22,266
and speeded it up
with the dynamite.
503
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,800
[Mollye] Finally
investigators had this piece
of hard evidence
504
00:26:28,867 --> 00:26:31,266
that they could use
to potentially...
505
00:26:31,266 --> 00:26:33,967
show what her intentions were.
506
00:26:33,967 --> 00:26:36,100
[Rick] I think what bit her
in the end was
507
00:26:36,166 --> 00:26:37,533
not killing Gentry.
508
00:26:37,533 --> 00:26:39,166
If he had died,
509
00:26:39,266 --> 00:26:40,734
there would've been
some suspicion
510
00:26:40,734 --> 00:26:41,367
there would've been
some suspicion
511
00:26:41,367 --> 00:26:42,500
but he was the key.
512
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,166
[Meghan] It was July 27, 1983
in Pensacola, Florida
513
00:26:49,266 --> 00:26:51,367
when Judy Buenoano
was arrested
514
00:26:51,367 --> 00:26:53,900
for the attempted murder
of John Gentry.
515
00:26:53,967 --> 00:26:55,467
[Ted] The very first time that
she was arrested
516
00:26:55,467 --> 00:26:57,467
was for the attempted murder
517
00:26:57,467 --> 00:27:00,100
with the Vicon-C tablets
on Mr. Gentry.
518
00:27:00,166 --> 00:27:02,500
She got out on a $50,000 bond.
519
00:27:02,533 --> 00:27:05,166
And then we turned around
and we arrested for, uh,
520
00:27:05,166 --> 00:27:06,634
the murder of her son.
521
00:27:06,634 --> 00:27:08,166
That's something
she didn't expect.
522
00:27:08,166 --> 00:27:10,367
[Nancy] When we had gone
to arrest her,
523
00:27:10,367 --> 00:27:10,734
she pretended like
she passed out.
524
00:27:10,734 --> 00:27:13,066
she pretended like
she passed out.
525
00:27:13,066 --> 00:27:15,266
She acted like
she was paralyzed.
526
00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:16,600
[Nancy] You can't
believe that.
527
00:27:16,634 --> 00:27:17,867
She wasn't sick.
528
00:27:17,867 --> 00:27:19,967
[Pam] I think everything
was a game.
529
00:27:19,967 --> 00:27:21,700
I found out real fast
530
00:27:21,734 --> 00:27:23,867
everything was
for her benefit.
531
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,367
[Meghan] Judy was
an experienced liar.
532
00:27:28,367 --> 00:27:30,266
She lied easily at will.
533
00:27:30,367 --> 00:27:33,634
She told many stories
about her, her background
534
00:27:33,634 --> 00:27:35,066
and her accolades.
535
00:27:35,066 --> 00:27:36,066
So she told people
536
00:27:36,066 --> 00:27:38,367
that she was the heir
to the Goodyear throne.
537
00:27:38,367 --> 00:27:40,634
[Mike] Her name when she was
married was Goodyear.
538
00:27:40,634 --> 00:27:40,734
Then her name,
539
00:27:40,734 --> 00:27:41,700
Then her name,
540
00:27:41,734 --> 00:27:43,367
at some point,
changed to Buenoano,
541
00:27:43,367 --> 00:27:45,266
and which is Spanish for...
for good year.
542
00:27:45,367 --> 00:27:46,367
[Russell] She claimed
that she was
543
00:27:46,367 --> 00:27:50,000
the great-great-granddaughter
of, uh, Geronimo.
544
00:27:50,066 --> 00:27:52,066
She told people that
she had doctorates
545
00:27:52,066 --> 00:27:53,600
in multiple disciplines.
546
00:27:53,634 --> 00:27:55,166
She told everybody
she was a doctor.
547
00:27:55,166 --> 00:27:56,634
A doctor, they don't do
nail salon.
548
00:27:56,634 --> 00:27:58,533
[Pam] When you addressed her
professionally,
549
00:27:58,533 --> 00:28:01,166
it was Dr. Judias Buenoano.
550
00:28:01,166 --> 00:28:04,367
[Nancy] Judy said she's also
a forensic pathologist.
551
00:28:04,367 --> 00:28:07,500
I think pretty quickly
I knew she was lying to me.
552
00:28:07,533 --> 00:28:10,533
She did not know I was
a police officer at the time.
553
00:28:10,533 --> 00:28:10,734
So I said to Judy,
554
00:28:10,734 --> 00:28:14,000
So I said to Judy,
555
00:28:14,066 --> 00:28:16,166
"I hear you're
a forensic pathologist.
556
00:28:16,266 --> 00:28:18,166
Well, I'd love to talk to you
about that.
557
00:28:18,266 --> 00:28:20,166
I'm a crime scene officer."
558
00:28:20,266 --> 00:28:24,166
And she immediately avoided me
from that time on.
559
00:28:24,266 --> 00:28:26,100
[Meghan] But also, remember,
Judy lied about
560
00:28:26,166 --> 00:28:27,734
every one of the deaths
in her family.
561
00:28:27,734 --> 00:28:30,533
She had to lie to cover up
everything she had done.
562
00:28:30,533 --> 00:28:32,100
So she told people that
563
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:33,634
James Goodyear died of cancer.
564
00:28:33,634 --> 00:28:35,367
And she said, you know,
565
00:28:35,367 --> 00:28:38,000
that Bobby Joe Morris
died of heavy drinking.
566
00:28:38,066 --> 00:28:40,066
She said Michael got killed
567
00:28:40,066 --> 00:28:40,734
in a training accident
in military
568
00:28:40,734 --> 00:28:42,066
in a training accident
in military
569
00:28:42,066 --> 00:28:43,166
when he didn't.
570
00:28:43,166 --> 00:28:44,266
She lied through her teeth
571
00:28:44,266 --> 00:28:45,867
every time she talked
to somebody.
572
00:28:45,867 --> 00:28:48,066
[Nancy] She told me,
"I would never hurt my son.
573
00:28:48,066 --> 00:28:49,867
I would never hurt anyone."
574
00:28:49,867 --> 00:28:51,467
But the truth was she did.
575
00:28:56,734 --> 00:28:58,900
[newscaster 1] Judy Buenoano
walked into court today
576
00:28:58,967 --> 00:29:00,467
looking calm and relaxed.
577
00:29:00,467 --> 00:29:02,000
But when prosecutors
talk about
578
00:29:02,066 --> 00:29:03,800
the 42-year-old's
murder charges,
579
00:29:03,867 --> 00:29:05,867
it's like something
out of Hitchcock.
580
00:29:07,734 --> 00:29:10,734
[Joey] Judy's first trial
was for the death
of her son, Michael.
581
00:29:10,734 --> 00:29:11,367
[Joey] Judy's first trial
was for the death
of her son, Michael.
582
00:29:11,367 --> 00:29:14,000
She was accused
of poisoning him with arsenic,
583
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,467
and then when he was paralyzed
from the arsenic,
584
00:29:16,467 --> 00:29:19,100
of drowning him
on the canoe trip.
585
00:29:19,166 --> 00:29:21,266
Judy said, "This was terrible.
Oh, my poor son.
586
00:29:21,367 --> 00:29:23,500
I was just trying to take him
out for a canoe ride and...
587
00:29:23,533 --> 00:29:25,000
and this terrible thing
happened."
588
00:29:30,500 --> 00:29:32,367
And it was all an accident.
589
00:29:32,367 --> 00:29:36,967
And... I have never met
a person who believes that.
590
00:29:36,967 --> 00:29:39,634
But Judy sticks to, maintains
591
00:29:39,634 --> 00:29:40,734
that she is
a respectable woman
592
00:29:40,734 --> 00:29:41,634
that she is
a respectable woman
593
00:29:41,634 --> 00:29:44,634
and that
she is absolutely innocent.
594
00:29:44,634 --> 00:29:47,266
[Russell] When I looked
at the military records
of Michael Goodyear,
595
00:29:47,266 --> 00:29:49,467
he had lines
on his fingernails,
596
00:29:49,467 --> 00:29:52,266
and you can use those
to trace back or relate back
597
00:29:52,266 --> 00:29:55,000
to the time which a person
might've ingested arsenic.
598
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,634
And these lines showed that
599
00:29:56,634 --> 00:29:59,734
he would've ingested poisoning
about the time he was home.
600
00:29:59,734 --> 00:30:02,100
So my conclusion was that...
601
00:30:02,100 --> 00:30:04,367
she had him come home
for leave,
602
00:30:04,467 --> 00:30:06,100
she poisoned him,
poisoned to kill him.
603
00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:07,100
It did not work.
604
00:30:07,166 --> 00:30:08,000
He survived.
605
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:10,467
And then she finished it
606
00:30:10,467 --> 00:30:10,734
by taking him out in the canoe
607
00:30:10,734 --> 00:30:12,367
by taking him out in the canoe
608
00:30:12,367 --> 00:30:13,800
and drowned him.
609
00:30:13,867 --> 00:30:17,000
[Belvin] It's just
mind-boggling,
610
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,100
to watch your son
611
00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:21,600
sink like a rock
612
00:30:21,634 --> 00:30:22,734
and drown.
613
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,600
Only an evil person
would do that.
614
00:30:39,867 --> 00:30:42,367
[newscaster 1]
The Black Widow's case,
as it came to be known,
615
00:30:42,367 --> 00:30:44,533
rocked Pensacola, Florida.
616
00:30:44,533 --> 00:30:46,900
Russell Edgar
prosecuted Buenoano
617
00:30:46,967 --> 00:30:48,266
for her son's drowning.
618
00:30:48,266 --> 00:30:50,100
I likened her
to a black widow who...
619
00:30:50,166 --> 00:30:51,867
...fed on her mates
and her young,
620
00:30:51,867 --> 00:30:53,100
and the name stuck.
621
00:30:53,166 --> 00:30:55,367
She took the life of her son,
622
00:30:55,367 --> 00:30:57,600
she took the life
of her husband
623
00:30:57,634 --> 00:30:59,467
and the life of people
who cared about her.
624
00:30:59,467 --> 00:31:01,500
She killed for financial gain.
625
00:31:01,533 --> 00:31:02,372
At one point,
the defendant called
the whole thing a witch-hunt.
626
00:31:02,372 --> 00:31:05,000
At one point,
the defendant called
the whole thing a witch-hunt.
627
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,100
[Russell] She started
yelling at me.
628
00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:07,734
She would just say, "I didn't
do it. It's not murder.
629
00:31:07,734 --> 00:31:09,266
I've been framed.
You're on a witch-hunt."
630
00:31:09,266 --> 00:31:11,000
And that was basically
her mantra.
631
00:31:11,066 --> 00:31:15,533
Defamation, assassination
of character and the person.
632
00:31:15,533 --> 00:31:17,734
They turn you into
a vile monster.
633
00:31:17,734 --> 00:31:18,867
There was no attempt
634
00:31:18,867 --> 00:31:21,600
to assassinate
anyone's character.
635
00:31:21,634 --> 00:31:22,634
Uh, we deal with facts.
636
00:31:22,634 --> 00:31:23,634
We deal with evidence.
637
00:31:23,634 --> 00:31:26,266
[Meghan] Judy said
she's never been anything
638
00:31:26,367 --> 00:31:27,367
but a good mother.
639
00:31:27,467 --> 00:31:29,634
The ten men and two women
of the jury
640
00:31:29,634 --> 00:31:32,372
will have a chance to make
that determination themselves.
641
00:31:32,372 --> 00:31:33,000
will have a chance to make
that determination themselves.
642
00:31:34,634 --> 00:31:37,166
[Joey] Prosecutors showed
the heavy metal braces
643
00:31:37,166 --> 00:31:40,000
that Michael was wearing
when he drowned,
644
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,800
and people could not believe
645
00:31:41,867 --> 00:31:44,166
that a mother could possibly
do that to her son.
646
00:31:45,867 --> 00:31:47,734
The trial lasted nine days
647
00:31:47,734 --> 00:31:49,533
before jurors came back
with a verdict.
648
00:31:50,634 --> 00:31:52,634
[juror 1] We, the jury,
find the defendant
649
00:31:52,634 --> 00:31:54,600
guilty of murder
in first degree...
650
00:31:56,533 --> 00:31:59,634
She was sentenced
to life without parole
651
00:31:59,634 --> 00:32:01,000
for 25 years.
652
00:32:01,066 --> 00:32:02,372
She wasn't happy.
653
00:32:02,372 --> 00:32:02,867
She wasn't happy.
654
00:32:02,867 --> 00:32:04,867
And in front of the jury,
she lost it.
655
00:32:04,867 --> 00:32:06,467
[Ted] She was walking out
and I...
656
00:32:06,467 --> 00:32:08,166
said "bye-bye" to her
like that.
657
00:32:08,166 --> 00:32:10,367
Well, actually, it was ta-ta
and, uh...
658
00:32:10,467 --> 00:32:13,166
she tried to come over
the rail [laughs] after me.
659
00:32:13,166 --> 00:32:15,066
Her and I didn't get along
at all.
660
00:32:15,066 --> 00:32:16,900
[Meghan] I think that the mask
probably slipped,
661
00:32:16,967 --> 00:32:18,634
the facade probably broke
a little bit,
662
00:32:18,634 --> 00:32:20,266
because she was
actually convicted.
663
00:32:20,266 --> 00:32:23,467
In the eyes of the law
and everyone else around,
664
00:32:23,467 --> 00:32:25,867
she's no longer
a woman with status.
665
00:32:25,867 --> 00:32:28,700
And that probably,
really broke her.
666
00:32:28,734 --> 00:32:31,166
It's almost like her face
just changed
667
00:32:31,266 --> 00:32:32,372
and she became the killer.
668
00:32:32,372 --> 00:32:32,467
and she became the killer.
669
00:32:32,467 --> 00:32:34,266
It was very interesting.
670
00:32:34,266 --> 00:32:36,800
[Paula] Her outburst,
her anger, her...
671
00:32:36,867 --> 00:32:39,000
And that was a Judy
I didn't know.
672
00:32:39,066 --> 00:32:41,166
But once I saw those,
673
00:32:41,166 --> 00:32:42,800
we knew that she was evil.
674
00:32:42,867 --> 00:32:43,967
She was flat evil.
675
00:32:50,066 --> 00:32:53,066
[Joey] Six months later,
Judy was back in court.
676
00:32:53,066 --> 00:32:56,166
This time, she was facing
attempted murder charges
677
00:32:56,166 --> 00:32:58,100
for attempting
to kill her fiance,
678
00:32:58,634 --> 00:33:00,166
John Gentry.
679
00:33:00,266 --> 00:33:01,700
[Belvin] She had two counts of
680
00:33:01,734 --> 00:33:02,372
attempted murder on Gentry
by poisoning
681
00:33:02,372 --> 00:33:04,734
attempted murder on Gentry
by poisoning
682
00:33:04,734 --> 00:33:06,367
and by trying to blow him up.
683
00:33:07,734 --> 00:33:10,467
[newscaster 2] Judy Buenoano
conferred with council
several times
684
00:33:10,467 --> 00:33:13,266
during the testimony
of her former boyfriend,
John Gentry.
685
00:33:13,266 --> 00:33:14,266
A friend testified
686
00:33:14,266 --> 00:33:15,967
that at that time Buenoano
told her
687
00:33:15,967 --> 00:33:18,634
Gentry was suffering
from a terminal disease.
688
00:33:18,634 --> 00:33:20,600
She was talking about
taking her staff
689
00:33:20,634 --> 00:33:23,000
on this cruise
along with her family.
690
00:33:23,734 --> 00:33:26,066
But Old John wouldn't be there
691
00:33:26,066 --> 00:33:27,634
'cause John was dying.
692
00:33:28,367 --> 00:33:30,800
Judy told me that
John had cancer
693
00:33:31,533 --> 00:33:32,372
and was going to die
694
00:33:32,372 --> 00:33:33,967
and was going to die
695
00:33:33,967 --> 00:33:36,266
and he really didn't want
anyone to know that.
696
00:33:36,266 --> 00:33:37,867
[newscaster 2] Gentry did not
have cancer
697
00:33:37,867 --> 00:33:39,166
but did come close to death.
698
00:33:40,367 --> 00:33:43,100
[Joey] The jury deliberated
for just two hours
699
00:33:43,100 --> 00:33:45,066
and handed down
a guilty verdict.
700
00:33:45,066 --> 00:33:47,967
Another 12 years was added
to her sentence.
701
00:33:47,967 --> 00:33:50,467
And there was one more trial
to come.
702
00:33:50,467 --> 00:33:53,867
[Belvin] And then after that,
we started the trial
703
00:33:53,867 --> 00:33:57,500
for the murder of her husband,
James Goodyear.
704
00:33:57,533 --> 00:34:01,266
We sought the death penalty
in that case.
705
00:34:01,266 --> 00:34:02,372
It was not an easy case.
706
00:34:02,372 --> 00:34:03,066
It was not an easy case.
707
00:34:03,066 --> 00:34:05,634
She had this ability
to charm men.
708
00:34:07,867 --> 00:34:11,266
[newscaster 3] Judy Buenoano
greeted spectators
with a smile this morning
709
00:34:11,266 --> 00:34:14,867
as the first day of testimony
in her murder trial
got underway.
710
00:34:14,867 --> 00:34:16,600
Authorities say she killed
her husband
711
00:34:16,634 --> 00:34:18,967
with arsenic poisoning in 1971
712
00:34:18,967 --> 00:34:21,800
and they say they have
autopsy results to prove it.
713
00:34:21,867 --> 00:34:24,634
You know, you hear the phrase,
someone is the "ice queen."
714
00:34:25,533 --> 00:34:28,467
She was just a very cold,
715
00:34:28,467 --> 00:34:31,700
calculating individual.
716
00:34:31,734 --> 00:34:32,372
The evidence has shown
717
00:34:32,372 --> 00:34:34,166
The evidence has shown
718
00:34:35,166 --> 00:34:39,634
that this woman was unhappy
in her marriage.
719
00:34:41,066 --> 00:34:44,900
She... wanted out of it.
720
00:34:46,467 --> 00:34:50,166
The case was built around
the fact that
721
00:34:50,266 --> 00:34:54,266
Judy made admissions
that she had killed Goodyear.
722
00:34:54,266 --> 00:34:58,166
She said he was no
help to her so she killed
the son of a bitch.
723
00:34:58,166 --> 00:34:59,734
"He didn't deserve to live."
724
00:34:59,734 --> 00:35:01,533
[Mollye] She told people
that he got on her nerves,
725
00:35:01,533 --> 00:35:02,372
that he wasn't a help,
726
00:35:02,372 --> 00:35:02,600
that he wasn't a help,
727
00:35:02,634 --> 00:35:04,000
that she was doing
all the work
728
00:35:04,066 --> 00:35:05,900
and he wasn't supportive
of her.
729
00:35:05,967 --> 00:35:08,266
But he had not been back
very long
730
00:35:08,266 --> 00:35:09,967
before she started
poisoning him.
731
00:35:09,967 --> 00:35:11,533
So I don't know
how much of that was true
732
00:35:11,533 --> 00:35:14,600
or how much of that was just
justification in her own mind
733
00:35:14,634 --> 00:35:16,700
to justify what she wanted
to do.
734
00:35:16,734 --> 00:35:18,533
[Meghan] We call it the
techniques of neutralization.
735
00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:20,166
When it comes
to criminological theory,
736
00:35:20,166 --> 00:35:22,066
people tend to neutralize
their own guilt
737
00:35:22,066 --> 00:35:23,266
by making excuses.
738
00:35:23,266 --> 00:35:24,467
So there's justification.
739
00:35:24,467 --> 00:35:26,066
She's denying
that he's a victim,
740
00:35:26,066 --> 00:35:27,367
and she is really the victim.
741
00:35:27,367 --> 00:35:29,500
[Belvin] She told
another young lady
742
00:35:29,533 --> 00:35:31,867
that "If you wanted to leave
your husband,
743
00:35:31,867 --> 00:35:32,372
don't divorce him, kill him."
744
00:35:32,372 --> 00:35:33,533
don't divorce him, kill him."
745
00:35:33,533 --> 00:35:35,266
She went to the grocery store
746
00:35:35,266 --> 00:35:38,000
and showed them where they
could purchase the poison.
747
00:35:38,066 --> 00:35:39,900
Judy said to me
that what I should do
748
00:35:39,967 --> 00:35:41,634
was kill the SOB.
749
00:35:41,634 --> 00:35:43,166
She said,
"If you want to do it,
750
00:35:43,266 --> 00:35:45,100
we can get... get a poison
751
00:35:45,166 --> 00:35:46,634
out here in the grocery store
752
00:35:46,634 --> 00:35:48,867
in the fly bait
department."
753
00:35:48,867 --> 00:35:50,634
Said it has arsenic in it.
754
00:35:50,634 --> 00:35:53,166
That's how Judy told me
that she killed James.
755
00:35:53,266 --> 00:35:56,166
And you had a motive,
insurance money.
756
00:35:56,166 --> 00:35:59,100
Prosecutors still have
more witnesses to call,
757
00:35:59,100 --> 00:36:02,372
and already Buenoano
has a lot of explaining to do.
758
00:36:02,372 --> 00:36:02,600
and already Buenoano
has a lot of explaining to do.
759
00:36:02,634 --> 00:36:04,734
She took no responsibility.
760
00:36:04,734 --> 00:36:06,600
She denied everything.
761
00:36:06,634 --> 00:36:08,066
[Judy] We had basically
a good marriage.
762
00:36:22,066 --> 00:36:24,900
She had no reason to kill him.
763
00:36:24,967 --> 00:36:26,467
She had loved him.
764
00:36:26,467 --> 00:36:29,634
And they all basically had
bad luck.
765
00:36:29,634 --> 00:36:32,372
And I can vividly remember
doing closing argument
766
00:36:32,372 --> 00:36:33,266
And I can vividly remember
doing closing argument
767
00:36:33,266 --> 00:36:37,266
and echoing the fact,
"Yes, they did have bad luck."
768
00:36:37,367 --> 00:36:40,600
And I wheeled around
and pointed at her and said,
769
00:36:40,634 --> 00:36:43,467
"And there sits
their bad luck.
770
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:45,967
That's the bad luck."
771
00:36:55,634 --> 00:36:58,266
[Joey] It was 1985
and Judy Buenoano
772
00:36:58,367 --> 00:37:00,967
was facing
a first-degree murder charge
773
00:37:00,967 --> 00:37:03,700
for the death of her husband,
James Goodyear.
774
00:37:03,734 --> 00:37:05,166
She had already been convicted
775
00:37:05,166 --> 00:37:07,367
for attempting to kill
John Gentry
776
00:37:07,467 --> 00:37:10,734
and for the first-degree
murder of her son.
777
00:37:10,734 --> 00:37:13,100
[newscaster 4] Judy Buenoano
has already received
778
00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:14,900
a life sentence
for her son's death
779
00:37:14,967 --> 00:37:16,634
and could receive
the death penalty
780
00:37:16,634 --> 00:37:18,166
if convicted this week.
781
00:37:18,166 --> 00:37:20,066
[Belvin] If there was any case
782
00:37:20,066 --> 00:37:23,961
that would warrant
the ultimate sanction
of death,
783
00:37:23,961 --> 00:37:24,634
that would warrant
the ultimate sanction
of death,
784
00:37:24,634 --> 00:37:26,367
it was that case.
785
00:37:26,467 --> 00:37:28,634
She showed no mercy,
786
00:37:29,867 --> 00:37:32,734
and I submit to you
that she deserves no mercy.
787
00:37:42,266 --> 00:37:44,734
[Joey] Judy maintains
her innocence throughout,
788
00:37:44,734 --> 00:37:47,000
but the judge and the jury
weren't buying it.
789
00:37:47,967 --> 00:37:49,634
[juror 2] We, the jury,
find the defendant
790
00:37:49,634 --> 00:37:52,734
guilty of murder in
the first degree as charged.
791
00:37:52,734 --> 00:37:53,961
The jury convicted her
792
00:37:53,961 --> 00:37:54,266
The jury convicted her
793
00:37:54,266 --> 00:37:57,000
and the judge imposed
a death sentence.
794
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,600
You shall be put to death
by means of electrocution.
795
00:37:59,634 --> 00:38:02,000
May God have mercy
on your immortal soul.
796
00:38:02,066 --> 00:38:04,367
Once they read sentencing,
we were happy.
797
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:06,634
She was sentenced to death.
798
00:38:06,634 --> 00:38:07,800
[Belvin] She murdered him,
799
00:38:07,867 --> 00:38:09,800
all for the love of money.
800
00:38:09,867 --> 00:38:11,367
[Russell] Judy killed
at least three people
801
00:38:11,367 --> 00:38:12,367
and tried to kill another one.
802
00:38:12,367 --> 00:38:15,100
Nobody suspected
any foul play.
803
00:38:15,166 --> 00:38:17,100
[Russell] I think if she just
stopped after her son,
804
00:38:17,166 --> 00:38:18,867
she would've
never been arrested.
805
00:38:18,867 --> 00:38:20,100
I think she would've gotten
away with it
806
00:38:20,166 --> 00:38:22,066
if she hadn't, uh,
tried to kill Gentry.
807
00:38:22,066 --> 00:38:23,961
[Belvin] But for the miscue
of John Gentry,
808
00:38:23,961 --> 00:38:25,634
[Belvin] But for the miscue
of John Gentry,
809
00:38:25,634 --> 00:38:27,533
who knows the trail of death
810
00:38:27,533 --> 00:38:29,000
that she would've left.
811
00:38:31,533 --> 00:38:34,634
[Bob] For Judy,
for many years, crime paid.
812
00:38:34,634 --> 00:38:37,800
Kill somebody...
get an insurance check.
813
00:38:37,867 --> 00:38:39,600
And it seems like for her,
814
00:38:39,634 --> 00:38:41,600
the lives ruined
in the process
815
00:38:41,634 --> 00:38:43,467
were just simply
collateral damage,
816
00:38:43,467 --> 00:38:45,467
'cause after all
her life got better.
817
00:38:45,467 --> 00:38:47,367
[Belvin] Cadillac, vacations.
818
00:38:47,367 --> 00:38:51,000
And then when the money
got low, another victim.
819
00:38:51,066 --> 00:38:53,000
[Bob] As I recall,
she collected
820
00:38:53,066 --> 00:38:53,961
in the area of $250,000
for her crimes.
821
00:38:53,961 --> 00:38:58,367
in the area of $250,000
for her crimes.
822
00:38:58,367 --> 00:39:01,266
[Belvin] If she would've been
able to kill John Gentry,
823
00:39:01,266 --> 00:39:04,900
she would've added
another half a million-plus.
824
00:39:04,967 --> 00:39:06,867
[Bob] Her greed finally
caught up with her.
825
00:39:06,867 --> 00:39:10,000
That and her lack
of a conscience.
826
00:39:10,066 --> 00:39:12,266
[newscaster 5]
Fifty-four-year-old
Judy Buenoano
827
00:39:12,266 --> 00:39:13,634
is a grandmother.
828
00:39:13,634 --> 00:39:17,600
She is also
inmate number 160663,
829
00:39:17,634 --> 00:39:19,100
a convicted killer.
830
00:39:19,166 --> 00:39:21,367
[Rick] She was never charged
with Morris's murder.
831
00:39:21,367 --> 00:39:23,734
I think if she hadn't been
sentenced to death in Florida,
832
00:39:23,734 --> 00:39:23,961
I think Colorado would've
probably picked up on it.
833
00:39:23,961 --> 00:39:26,734
I think Colorado would've
probably picked up on it.
834
00:39:26,734 --> 00:39:29,166
But she would never
get out of jail in Florida.
835
00:39:29,266 --> 00:39:30,900
[Bob] She maintained
her innocence
836
00:39:30,967 --> 00:39:32,367
all the way to the very end.
837
00:39:32,367 --> 00:39:33,734
...because I'm innocent.
838
00:39:33,734 --> 00:39:34,800
There was no remorse.
839
00:39:35,533 --> 00:39:36,634
[Nancy] It was not her fault.
840
00:39:36,634 --> 00:39:39,100
I don't believe she ever
accepted responsibility
841
00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:40,533
for what she did.
842
00:39:40,533 --> 00:39:42,900
If this state thinks
I am guilty
843
00:39:42,967 --> 00:39:44,867
and they wish to execute me
844
00:39:44,867 --> 00:39:47,533
and that's
the final judgement,
then so be it.
845
00:39:47,533 --> 00:39:49,533
[Mollye] To the end,
she was the victim.
846
00:39:49,533 --> 00:39:50,967
"I will not admit to this.
847
00:39:50,967 --> 00:39:53,100
I've done nothing
but build a life for myself,
848
00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:53,961
and you've taken that
away from me."
849
00:39:53,961 --> 00:39:54,867
and you've taken that
away from me."
850
00:39:54,867 --> 00:39:58,900
[reporter] After 13 years
of maintaining her innocence
on death row,
851
00:39:58,967 --> 00:40:03,100
Buenoano wants to be
remembered as a good mother.
852
00:40:03,166 --> 00:40:05,100
So anything
I want to be known for...
853
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:10,367
is a good mother.
854
00:40:11,533 --> 00:40:12,700
Until we meet again.
855
00:40:18,900 --> 00:40:21,166
[newscaster 6] Judy Buenoano
was executed
856
00:40:21,266 --> 00:40:23,961
just six days shy
of her 55th birthday.
857
00:40:23,961 --> 00:40:25,166
just six days shy
of her 55th birthday.
858
00:40:25,166 --> 00:40:28,367
[Belvin] It was like
writing the final chapter.
859
00:40:28,467 --> 00:40:30,533
When she walked
to the death chamber,
860
00:40:30,533 --> 00:40:32,967
you could see the fright...
861
00:40:34,533 --> 00:40:35,800
on her face.
862
00:40:37,266 --> 00:40:38,266
[Bob] She was terrified...
863
00:40:39,367 --> 00:40:40,867
being seated...
864
00:40:40,867 --> 00:40:43,266
and then being asked,
"Do you have any final words?"
865
00:40:43,266 --> 00:40:46,066
And she closed her eyes
and looked up and said,
866
00:40:46,066 --> 00:40:48,367
very loudly, "No, sir."
867
00:40:49,533 --> 00:40:50,867
And that was it.
868
00:40:52,166 --> 00:40:53,961
We were all willing
to turn our electricity
off for the day
869
00:40:53,961 --> 00:40:55,100
We were all willing
to turn our electricity
off for the day
870
00:40:55,100 --> 00:40:57,467
just to make sure
they had enough juice
if they needed it.
871
00:40:59,266 --> 00:41:03,800
[newscaster 7] She was
pronounced dead
at 7:13 this morning.
872
00:41:03,867 --> 00:41:08,800
[Joey] Judy was
the first woman executed
in Florida in 150 years.
873
00:41:09,867 --> 00:41:12,367
As a born-again Christian,
874
00:41:12,367 --> 00:41:15,533
I don't have any fear
about where Judy is right now.
875
00:41:15,533 --> 00:41:19,634
Judy Buenoano, she is going
straight to hell.
876
00:41:24,367 --> 00:41:27,266
Judy Buenoano was executed
in Starke, Florida
877
00:41:27,266 --> 00:41:29,634
on March 30, 1998,
878
00:41:29,634 --> 00:41:33,266
on what would've been her son
Michael's 37th birthday.
879
00:41:33,367 --> 00:41:35,100
All told, she collected nearly
880
00:41:35,166 --> 00:41:37,500
a quarter of a million dollars
in insurance payouts
881
00:41:37,533 --> 00:41:39,734
in the deaths
of her loved ones.
882
00:41:39,734 --> 00:41:42,734
Since this case,
insurance laws have changed.
883
00:41:42,734 --> 00:41:46,367
Today, if a life insurance
policy is taken out
on someone,
884
00:41:46,467 --> 00:41:48,000
that person is alerted
885
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,266
to help prevent the type
of fraud Judy committed
886
00:41:50,266 --> 00:41:51,533
for more than a decade.
887
00:41:52,100 --> 00:41:53,467
I'm Donnie Wahlberg.
888
00:41:53,467 --> 00:41:53,961
Thanks for watching.
889
00:41:53,961 --> 00:41:54,867
Thanks for watching.
890
00:41:54,867 --> 00:41:55,066
Good night.