1 00:00:01,917 --> 00:00:04,250 (tense music) 2 00:00:45,167 --> 00:00:47,417 (tense music) 3 00:00:48,417 --> 00:00:50,750 - [Narrator] Every suspect accused of a crime 4 00:00:50,875 --> 00:00:52,500 has the right to remain silent. 5 00:00:52,542 --> 00:00:55,375 Many agree to be interrogated anyway, 6 00:00:55,458 --> 00:00:58,667 but they can stop the interview at any moment, 7 00:00:58,750 --> 00:01:01,042 making it a race against time. 8 00:01:02,208 --> 00:01:05,000 Justice hangs in the balance. 9 00:01:05,083 --> 00:01:07,708 (tense music) 10 00:01:16,375 --> 00:01:18,458 - [Matthews] On the morning of October 3rd, 11 00:01:18,542 --> 00:01:20,958 I got the call from a deputy out in the field. 12 00:01:21,042 --> 00:01:24,542 He said that there was a sexual assault on an elderly woman 13 00:01:24,625 --> 00:01:27,708 and that she was at the hospital at the time. 14 00:01:27,792 --> 00:01:29,458 His initial words were 15 00:01:29,542 --> 00:01:32,208 that she was covered with bruises head to toe. 16 00:01:33,167 --> 00:01:35,417 (ominous music) 17 00:01:48,167 --> 00:01:50,125 - [Hunter] She had been severely beaten 18 00:01:50,208 --> 00:01:53,292 from the top of her head, basically to her feet. 19 00:01:54,958 --> 00:01:57,583 Bruises on her face, two black eyes. 20 00:01:57,667 --> 00:02:00,167 Bruises on her shoulders, everywhere. 21 00:02:01,417 --> 00:02:03,875 - It was clear that she was in a lot of pain 22 00:02:03,958 --> 00:02:06,708 and had been brutally attacked. 23 00:02:06,792 --> 00:02:08,000 - There was some concern 24 00:02:08,125 --> 00:02:09,875 whether she was gonna make it or not. 25 00:02:11,375 --> 00:02:14,208 - We need to figure out who did this to her. 26 00:02:16,458 --> 00:02:19,250 (birds chirping) (train rattling) 27 00:02:20,167 --> 00:02:22,167 (gentle music) 28 00:02:22,250 --> 00:02:24,333 - [Jim] I came to church in Gravette 29 00:02:24,375 --> 00:02:27,333 and met Susan almost 20 years ago. 30 00:02:28,667 --> 00:02:32,792 She was the door greeter when you came into church. 31 00:02:32,875 --> 00:02:36,625 She had strong religious faith and Christian faith, 32 00:02:36,708 --> 00:02:40,667 so she let you know that right up front. 33 00:02:41,917 --> 00:02:44,625 Susan was very independent. 34 00:02:44,708 --> 00:02:47,875 She lived by herself in a little cabin 35 00:02:47,958 --> 00:02:52,167 and she burned wood for the winter to keep warm. 36 00:02:52,250 --> 00:02:55,500 She enjoyed volunteering her time for Care and Share, 37 00:02:55,583 --> 00:02:57,417 an organization in Gravette 38 00:02:57,500 --> 00:03:00,167 that helped people in the community. 39 00:03:00,250 --> 00:03:02,167 I remember seeing her sorting through 40 00:03:02,208 --> 00:03:03,917 piles and piles of clothes 41 00:03:04,042 --> 00:03:05,917 that people would come up and donate. 42 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:10,667 She was a woman that looks for the good in everything. 43 00:03:14,708 --> 00:03:16,708 (birds chirping) 44 00:03:20,292 --> 00:03:22,458 (ominous music) 45 00:05:51,833 --> 00:05:53,333 - [Matthews] We were very fortunate 46 00:05:53,417 --> 00:05:55,958 that she was able to provide lots of clues 47 00:05:56,042 --> 00:05:59,667 that I was then able to give to other detectives 48 00:05:59,792 --> 00:06:01,958 on what to look for at the house. 49 00:06:02,042 --> 00:06:05,667 As far as like, an attack and a rape goes, 50 00:06:05,708 --> 00:06:08,125 it's probably up there with 51 00:06:09,542 --> 00:06:12,125 the most brutal that I've seen in my career. 52 00:06:13,542 --> 00:06:16,417 (ominous music) 53 00:06:25,958 --> 00:06:29,542 - [Hunter] It was a pretty rural, remote area. 54 00:06:29,625 --> 00:06:32,667 I could see that the residence sat 75 yards, 55 00:06:32,792 --> 00:06:34,917 to a 100 yards off the road. 56 00:06:36,375 --> 00:06:39,000 So immediately, I kind of had the gut feeling 57 00:06:39,042 --> 00:06:41,708 that it was somebody that she had known 58 00:06:41,792 --> 00:06:44,000 or somebody that she had at least 59 00:06:44,042 --> 00:06:47,625 had some type of encounter with previously. 60 00:06:47,625 --> 00:06:49,792 I saw equipment outside. 61 00:06:49,875 --> 00:06:53,000 I saw some scaffolding, paint, a stain, 62 00:06:53,125 --> 00:06:56,417 and it looked like to me somebody was recently 63 00:06:56,500 --> 00:06:59,625 or currently working on the house. 64 00:06:59,708 --> 00:07:02,583 When we opened the door and looked inside, 65 00:07:02,667 --> 00:07:06,833 it was a crime scene investigator's nightmare. 66 00:07:06,917 --> 00:07:09,625 I could immediately tell that this attack 67 00:07:09,708 --> 00:07:11,292 took place over the entire house, 68 00:07:11,375 --> 00:07:12,917 upstairs and downstairs. 69 00:07:14,208 --> 00:07:15,542 There was water everywhere. 70 00:07:15,625 --> 00:07:18,417 There was also an oily substance. 71 00:07:19,458 --> 00:07:21,583 We took fingerprints. 72 00:07:21,708 --> 00:07:27,333 The entry door was critical, bed frame, sink, bathtub, 73 00:07:27,417 --> 00:07:31,000 all areas where fingerprints are conducive to being left. 74 00:07:31,042 --> 00:07:32,417 There was blood. 75 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:33,667 You have to swab that 76 00:07:33,708 --> 00:07:36,875 because you know that that contains DNA. 77 00:07:36,958 --> 00:07:40,292 You're really under a clock, because at that point in time, 78 00:07:40,375 --> 00:07:43,333 we still had a violent offender out there 79 00:07:43,458 --> 00:07:45,417 and we needed to get that person, 80 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:47,208 whoever it was, off the streets. 81 00:07:52,667 --> 00:07:54,875 (tense music) 82 00:08:02,208 --> 00:08:05,750 I'm relaying to them what I'm seeing at the residence. 83 00:08:05,833 --> 00:08:08,958 I said, "Try to find out who's been working on her house." 84 00:08:20,708 --> 00:08:22,167 - [Hunter] Red flags go up. 85 00:08:22,250 --> 00:08:26,833 I thought that Eric was probably gonna be our guy. 86 00:08:26,875 --> 00:08:29,333 Obviously, we had to vet that out. 87 00:08:29,417 --> 00:08:32,208 Called dispatch, ran the name, 88 00:08:32,292 --> 00:08:36,333 immediately was notified that he was a sex offender. 89 00:08:36,417 --> 00:08:38,375 Elderly victim, lives alone. 90 00:08:38,458 --> 00:08:40,583 A sex offender working on her house. 91 00:08:40,708 --> 00:08:42,625 Deadly combination. 92 00:08:42,708 --> 00:08:46,167 So the next thing was to try to find out, where was he at? 93 00:08:46,250 --> 00:08:47,792 What is his alibi? 94 00:08:55,458 --> 00:08:57,708 (tense music) 95 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:04,167 - [Matthews] He said he was home all night. 96 00:09:04,250 --> 00:09:07,458 They found that he had a surveillance system on his home 97 00:09:07,542 --> 00:09:09,542 and it showed a camera view at the front door, 98 00:09:09,625 --> 00:09:12,375 any exits or anything. 99 00:09:12,375 --> 00:09:14,167 One of our cyber crimes detectives 100 00:09:14,208 --> 00:09:18,208 was able to download and view all of that footage 101 00:09:18,292 --> 00:09:21,625 and ultimately was able to 102 00:09:21,708 --> 00:09:24,042 see that he never left his home. 103 00:09:25,125 --> 00:09:27,292 (tense music) 104 00:09:34,542 --> 00:09:35,708 - [Hunter] Once we talked to Eric, 105 00:09:35,792 --> 00:09:38,375 we were able to kinda rule him out. 106 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:41,375 But he brought us onto a coworker of his 107 00:09:41,458 --> 00:09:43,458 named Alan Rickman. 108 00:09:43,542 --> 00:09:45,083 - [Matthews] He was able to tell them 109 00:09:45,208 --> 00:09:48,458 that Alan worked for him at the log cabin. 110 00:09:48,542 --> 00:09:51,458 And he described that Alan had been 111 00:09:51,542 --> 00:09:53,250 at work in the morning of the attack, 112 00:09:53,333 --> 00:09:55,667 that he did act kind of off 113 00:09:55,708 --> 00:09:59,333 and he appeared to have some kind of injury on his arm 114 00:09:59,375 --> 00:10:01,833 that he was trying to hide all day. 115 00:10:01,917 --> 00:10:04,875 - So again, red flags that came forward, 116 00:10:04,958 --> 00:10:08,083 like, okay, now we need to move away from Eric 117 00:10:08,167 --> 00:10:10,583 and we need to start focusing on Rickman. 118 00:10:10,667 --> 00:10:12,875 (suspenseful music) 119 00:10:20,375 --> 00:10:22,875 (tense music) 120 00:10:32,417 --> 00:10:34,083 I went in and took a look at him 121 00:10:34,167 --> 00:10:36,000 and I could immediately see scratches 122 00:10:36,083 --> 00:10:38,333 all over his hands and on his arms. 123 00:10:38,417 --> 00:10:40,625 But he had scratches on his legs 124 00:10:40,708 --> 00:10:43,750 and things that he could not explain away. 125 00:10:44,917 --> 00:10:46,625 We placed him in custody 126 00:10:46,708 --> 00:10:49,000 and basically asked at that point in time 127 00:10:49,042 --> 00:10:52,792 for permission, consent to searching his vehicle. 128 00:10:54,250 --> 00:10:57,833 - And we found items in the car that were very concerning. 129 00:10:58,792 --> 00:11:01,125 There was women's underwear, 130 00:11:01,208 --> 00:11:04,000 some of those underwear contained blood. 131 00:11:04,083 --> 00:11:06,250 There was pornographic magazines. 132 00:11:06,375 --> 00:11:11,042 They found like, a bottle of oil, cooking oil. 133 00:11:12,083 --> 00:11:15,000 - There was also a portable DVD player 134 00:11:15,042 --> 00:11:19,292 that we located that had this oily substance on it. 135 00:11:19,375 --> 00:11:21,167 - So at this point, you know, 136 00:11:21,208 --> 00:11:24,417 it's very suspicious what is found in the vehicle. 137 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:26,542 - We seized the car 138 00:11:26,625 --> 00:11:28,125 and brought it back to the sheriff's office 139 00:11:28,208 --> 00:11:31,083 and then took Mr. Rickman to the Benton County Jail. 140 00:11:32,708 --> 00:11:35,000 (tense music) 141 00:11:38,292 --> 00:11:40,417 (ominous music) 142 00:11:48,375 --> 00:11:50,750 - [Matthews] My thought was, this is our guy. 143 00:11:50,833 --> 00:11:53,083 All hands on deck, let's get this done. 144 00:12:08,875 --> 00:12:11,000 (dramatic music) 145 00:12:15,125 --> 00:12:17,208 (tense music) 146 00:12:20,625 --> 00:12:21,958 - [Jim] Susan Hazard, 147 00:12:22,042 --> 00:12:24,458 her strength comes from her faith in God. 148 00:12:25,708 --> 00:12:27,792 I know that she was standing on that faith 149 00:12:27,875 --> 00:12:30,292 the morning that I seen her in the emergency room. 150 00:12:31,458 --> 00:12:32,750 She looked up at me 151 00:12:32,833 --> 00:12:35,333 and her face was all bruised and beat up. 152 00:12:35,458 --> 00:12:38,208 And I just remember, just going over to her 153 00:12:38,333 --> 00:12:41,792 and laying my head on beside her head. 154 00:12:41,875 --> 00:12:45,375 I didn't know what else to do, but to pray. 155 00:12:45,458 --> 00:12:47,000 I just prayed for her. 156 00:12:47,958 --> 00:12:49,708 When you have a group of people 157 00:12:49,792 --> 00:12:51,792 that you are a pastor over, 158 00:12:51,875 --> 00:12:53,542 you feel responsible for them. 159 00:12:55,083 --> 00:12:58,958 It would be the same thing if something happened to 160 00:12:59,042 --> 00:13:00,792 one of your family members. 161 00:13:02,208 --> 00:13:04,292 (somber music) 162 00:13:07,542 --> 00:13:09,917 (eerie music) 163 00:13:48,917 --> 00:13:52,167 Every question I ask can be answered with, 164 00:13:52,250 --> 00:13:53,667 "I wanna speak to an attorney," 165 00:13:53,792 --> 00:13:55,292 and that's going to stop things. 166 00:13:55,375 --> 00:13:57,542 So I want him to know I'm not judging him 167 00:13:57,667 --> 00:13:58,833 one way or the other. 168 00:13:58,917 --> 00:14:01,250 That I just want to understand. 169 00:15:35,333 --> 00:15:36,042 - Yeah, like-- 170 00:15:37,417 --> 00:15:39,833 In the back of my mind, I'm thinking, 171 00:15:39,875 --> 00:15:41,833 he's bringing this into play 172 00:15:41,917 --> 00:15:45,417 because he is trying to explain 173 00:15:45,500 --> 00:15:48,792 another reason why those items are there. 174 00:15:48,875 --> 00:15:50,333 I took it as an opening. 175 00:15:50,417 --> 00:15:53,042 Let's go ahead and let's talk about what happened. 176 00:17:26,167 --> 00:17:28,417 (tense music) 177 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,333 (ominous music) 178 00:17:45,125 --> 00:17:47,042 (clock ticking) 179 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:57,333 What immediately went through my mind 180 00:17:57,417 --> 00:17:59,583 when he requested a lawyer was, I blew it. 181 00:18:01,042 --> 00:18:02,917 I felt frustrated because, 182 00:18:03,042 --> 00:18:04,958 I'm not gonna get him to tell me 183 00:18:05,042 --> 00:18:07,292 what happened and to give me the answers. 184 00:18:08,292 --> 00:18:11,000 - We brought Alan in on an unrelated warrant, 185 00:18:11,083 --> 00:18:12,292 but at some point in time, 186 00:18:12,375 --> 00:18:14,542 if we don't have enough evidence, 187 00:18:14,625 --> 00:18:18,333 enough probable cause to arrest him for Susan's attack, 188 00:18:18,417 --> 00:18:20,333 then yeah, he would've been released from jail 189 00:18:20,417 --> 00:18:22,500 and been back out on the streets. 190 00:18:22,583 --> 00:18:26,083 - So we've got about 48 hours that we can hold him. 191 00:18:26,208 --> 00:18:28,500 So we need to get busy and build that case. 192 00:18:28,583 --> 00:18:30,625 Hopefully before he gets released. 193 00:18:35,667 --> 00:18:36,792 (date clicking) 194 00:18:40,792 --> 00:18:42,875 (ominous music) 195 00:18:46,792 --> 00:18:50,167 There were several items that were found in Alan's car 196 00:18:50,250 --> 00:18:51,875 that we collected. 197 00:18:51,958 --> 00:18:55,125 So we took that up to the hospital to show Susan, 198 00:18:55,208 --> 00:18:57,125 maybe she could identify those items 199 00:18:57,208 --> 00:18:58,667 as coming out of her home. 200 00:19:01,167 --> 00:19:03,500 (ominous music) 201 00:19:04,542 --> 00:19:09,125 - She developed sepsis, which, you know, that's deadly. 202 00:19:09,208 --> 00:19:11,000 I was concerned. 203 00:19:11,125 --> 00:19:12,667 There was a time crunch there. 204 00:19:12,750 --> 00:19:15,000 You're trying to get as much information as you can 205 00:19:15,042 --> 00:19:16,667 before things take a turn. 206 00:20:02,792 --> 00:20:05,542 - [Matthews] She started to go downhill. 207 00:20:05,625 --> 00:20:08,208 At one point, they had to intubate her. 208 00:20:08,292 --> 00:20:10,333 Obviously the biggest change is that 209 00:20:10,417 --> 00:20:12,333 if she does succumb to these injuries 210 00:20:12,375 --> 00:20:14,458 and loses her life because of this attack, 211 00:20:14,542 --> 00:20:17,625 then that is a homicide. 212 00:20:17,708 --> 00:20:20,083 - [Hunter] Stakes are definitely higher. 213 00:20:20,208 --> 00:20:21,500 It's a violent attack 214 00:20:21,583 --> 00:20:23,750 and we all took it a little bit personal. 215 00:20:25,167 --> 00:20:27,333 (tense music) 216 00:20:39,708 --> 00:20:42,000 We knew that there was a gas station 217 00:20:42,042 --> 00:20:44,500 that was near Susan's house. 218 00:20:44,583 --> 00:20:47,625 So we sent a couple of detectives to the gas station 219 00:20:48,833 --> 00:20:52,000 and they were able to find Alan on video 220 00:20:52,125 --> 00:20:53,958 going inside the gas station 221 00:20:54,042 --> 00:20:57,667 just minutes after he would've left Susan Hazard's house. 222 00:20:58,708 --> 00:21:01,583 - At one point, he looks down at his arm 223 00:21:01,708 --> 00:21:05,500 when he's inside the store and he had a gash in his arm. 224 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,292 That is important video 225 00:21:08,375 --> 00:21:10,833 because it shows the same vehicle 226 00:21:10,875 --> 00:21:14,583 that we had searched by consent at Alan's home. 227 00:21:14,667 --> 00:21:17,125 And it corroborates what Susan said 228 00:21:17,208 --> 00:21:19,167 as far as the timeline. 229 00:21:19,250 --> 00:21:20,875 - We felt like at that point in time, 230 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,458 we had our right guy. 231 00:21:22,542 --> 00:21:24,667 But obviously you want to get all the evidence you can. 232 00:21:25,958 --> 00:21:28,292 (tense music) 233 00:21:32,542 --> 00:21:34,792 (train rumbling) (date ticking) 234 00:21:38,542 --> 00:21:40,708 (suspenseful music) 235 00:21:50,042 --> 00:21:51,167 (camera shutter clicking) 236 00:21:51,250 --> 00:21:52,875 - [Matthews] And so detectives found 237 00:21:52,958 --> 00:21:56,000 an electrical cord and a remote for a DVD player, 238 00:21:56,125 --> 00:21:57,875 but no DVD player. 239 00:21:57,958 --> 00:22:00,875 - Also, the instruction manual was still there. 240 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,583 Took that, looked at the model, 241 00:22:02,667 --> 00:22:06,417 realized that this was the same model DVD player 242 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:08,958 that was in Alan's vehicle. 243 00:22:09,042 --> 00:22:12,333 - [Matthews] For me, that was a pivotal moment. 244 00:22:12,375 --> 00:22:14,625 That was when I knew this is our guy. 245 00:22:14,708 --> 00:22:15,708 This is it. 246 00:22:16,708 --> 00:22:18,875 (tense music) (camera shutter clicking) 247 00:22:18,958 --> 00:22:21,833 - That DVD player, the stuff in the car, you know, 248 00:22:21,958 --> 00:22:25,375 and Susan identifying some of the things belonging to her, 249 00:22:25,375 --> 00:22:27,958 the video evidence that puts him near 250 00:22:28,042 --> 00:22:29,625 the scene of the crime. 251 00:22:29,708 --> 00:22:33,750 And he had scratches and bruising all over his body. 252 00:22:33,833 --> 00:22:35,417 I felt like we had enough probable cause 253 00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:37,292 to make an arrest. 254 00:22:37,417 --> 00:22:39,750 (tense music) 255 00:22:43,875 --> 00:22:46,000 (tense music) 256 00:22:53,375 --> 00:22:55,500 And then just a short time later, 257 00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:58,833 our booking area in the jail called over and said, 258 00:22:58,917 --> 00:23:02,458 "Hey, he's requesting to speak to you again." 259 00:23:02,542 --> 00:23:04,708 That point in time, you jump on that opportunity. 260 00:23:04,792 --> 00:23:08,500 We felt like, even before he said a word, like, 261 00:23:08,542 --> 00:23:10,167 okay, he's ready to talk. 262 00:23:13,875 --> 00:23:15,792 (clock ticking) 263 00:23:53,708 --> 00:23:56,292 Alan's getting upset, emotional. 264 00:23:56,375 --> 00:23:59,000 I feel like he was realizing, 265 00:23:59,042 --> 00:24:00,667 we knew what he had done 266 00:24:00,708 --> 00:24:03,708 and soon, the world was gonna know what he did. 267 00:24:49,583 --> 00:24:51,750 (suspenseful music) 268 00:25:00,042 --> 00:25:02,125 (tense music) 269 00:25:23,417 --> 00:25:25,292 Captain Motsinger came in 270 00:25:25,375 --> 00:25:27,875 to help progress the interview. 271 00:25:27,958 --> 00:25:32,000 Captain Motsinger is a little more forceful with Alan. 272 00:25:32,042 --> 00:25:36,625 I approach things as, you get more with sugar then vinegar, 273 00:25:36,708 --> 00:25:39,292 but that's not always the win. 274 00:25:39,375 --> 00:25:42,875 Sometimes it takes somebody coming in there and being stern. 275 00:29:58,708 --> 00:30:01,000 (dramatic music) 276 00:30:04,875 --> 00:30:07,167 (tense music) 277 00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:20,583 (suspenseful music) 278 00:31:29,708 --> 00:31:31,292 (Alan coughs) 279 00:33:29,542 --> 00:33:32,167 - [Matthews] Alan kept, he was kind of sticking to the, 280 00:33:32,208 --> 00:33:34,250 "I don't know. I don't know, I don't know." 281 00:33:34,375 --> 00:33:36,875 And sometimes then you can get in that loop 282 00:33:36,958 --> 00:33:39,000 and Captain Motsinger has to come in 283 00:33:39,042 --> 00:33:40,917 and he's trying to be a little more firm 284 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,042 and kind of snap back to reality. 285 00:33:43,167 --> 00:33:45,375 "You do know, let's talk about it." 286 00:33:56,958 --> 00:33:58,708 (tense music) 287 00:35:27,875 --> 00:35:30,167 (ominous music) 288 00:37:16,167 --> 00:37:18,458 (eerie music) 289 00:38:11,875 --> 00:38:14,000 - We felt like we had got everything 290 00:38:14,083 --> 00:38:15,333 that we needed to corroborate 291 00:38:15,375 --> 00:38:17,833 with the physical evidence and the story 292 00:38:17,917 --> 00:38:19,333 that Susan had told. 293 00:38:19,417 --> 00:38:20,833 So once the interview was over, 294 00:38:20,917 --> 00:38:24,167 it felt good because you get the who, what, 295 00:38:24,208 --> 00:38:28,042 when, where, how. 296 00:38:28,125 --> 00:38:30,333 - [Officer] Try and stand up for me. 297 00:38:30,375 --> 00:38:32,125 - [Matthews] The why is the one thing 298 00:38:32,125 --> 00:38:34,375 that you rarely get. 299 00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:36,375 And maybe Alan doesn't even know the why 300 00:38:36,458 --> 00:38:38,042 and we don't always know. 301 00:38:38,167 --> 00:38:40,458 (somber music) 302 00:38:48,333 --> 00:38:50,208 - It was a case that shocks the conscience. 303 00:38:50,292 --> 00:38:52,375 It's the most violent, 304 00:38:52,458 --> 00:38:55,625 brutal sexual assault that I've ever worked. 305 00:38:56,667 --> 00:38:58,500 - [Matthews] Solving this case and getting justice 306 00:38:58,500 --> 00:39:00,833 for Susan was so important because, 307 00:39:00,875 --> 00:39:02,542 the magnitude. 308 00:39:02,667 --> 00:39:05,417 This one stands out more because of the victim 309 00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:11,000 and the victim's attitude and the life she led. 310 00:39:11,042 --> 00:39:13,125 (tense music) 311 00:39:16,542 --> 00:39:19,042 - Susan was at the brink of death, 312 00:39:19,125 --> 00:39:23,500 but she has faith in the one that can save her soul. 313 00:39:23,583 --> 00:39:26,833 And that's where her strength comes from, her faith. 314 00:39:26,917 --> 00:39:29,000 (somber music) 315 00:39:37,625 --> 00:39:41,500 - [Susan] I tell everyone, no one can keep you from prayer. 316 00:39:41,583 --> 00:39:45,208 And so I remember the silent prayer that I prayed. 317 00:39:45,292 --> 00:39:47,292 I said, "Jesus, I want to live. 318 00:39:47,292 --> 00:39:49,125 I need to survive." 319 00:39:50,583 --> 00:39:52,833 After they took me to the Gravette hospital, 320 00:39:52,875 --> 00:39:56,500 I got worse and they rushed me to the ICU. 321 00:39:56,583 --> 00:39:59,917 And so I don't remember anything after that. 322 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,792 I don't know what happens to your brain 323 00:40:02,875 --> 00:40:05,375 when you're in a coma, but to me, 324 00:40:05,458 --> 00:40:07,625 I was in East Africa 325 00:40:07,708 --> 00:40:11,417 and I was setting these women free out of this house. 326 00:40:12,542 --> 00:40:15,583 I remember the nurse came into my room after I woke up 327 00:40:15,667 --> 00:40:19,375 and so she asked me, "Do you know where you are?" 328 00:40:19,458 --> 00:40:21,667 And I said, "I'm in East Africa." 329 00:40:22,625 --> 00:40:26,333 It was a long healing process. 330 00:40:26,375 --> 00:40:28,375 Because of the sepsis, 331 00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:32,208 my hands literally died and my feet. 332 00:40:32,208 --> 00:40:36,667 So the doctor said that we need to amputate your hands 333 00:40:36,750 --> 00:40:38,208 or you're gonna die. 334 00:40:39,333 --> 00:40:41,667 A week later or so, 335 00:40:41,708 --> 00:40:45,000 they had to amputate my legs below the knee. 336 00:40:46,042 --> 00:40:49,167 There was never any doubt I was gonna do 337 00:40:49,250 --> 00:40:51,500 what I needed to do 338 00:40:51,625 --> 00:40:55,792 to gradually be able to learn to walk. 339 00:41:05,292 --> 00:41:07,500 (tense music) 340 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,042 (suspenseful music) 341 00:41:29,917 --> 00:41:32,542 - He wanted to plead guilty, 342 00:41:32,625 --> 00:41:35,208 but we felt like it was a rock solid case 343 00:41:35,292 --> 00:41:37,542 and the prosecution wanted to take it to trial 344 00:41:37,625 --> 00:41:39,292 and give Susan her day in court. 345 00:41:39,375 --> 00:41:41,125 And that's exactly what happened. 346 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:44,708 (suspenseful music) 347 00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:09,208 - [Susan] I have peace about it all. 348 00:42:10,542 --> 00:42:13,708 Now I just go on with the life I have. 349 00:42:14,708 --> 00:42:17,667 I walked in this 5K. 350 00:42:17,750 --> 00:42:20,792 And so I kind of joke about it, 351 00:42:20,875 --> 00:42:22,833 I say, "My goal is to come in last 352 00:42:22,917 --> 00:42:24,792 and I always reach my goal." 353 00:42:25,708 --> 00:42:27,750 But it's just fun. 354 00:42:29,042 --> 00:42:31,333 - [Matthews] I signed up for the same 5K. 355 00:42:31,375 --> 00:42:33,792 So we walked the last mile together 356 00:42:33,875 --> 00:42:36,583 and we even talked about making it an annual event. 357 00:42:36,667 --> 00:42:38,583 So I'm looking forward to that. 358 00:42:39,917 --> 00:42:44,000 - [Susan] When I was growing up, my father forgave others. 359 00:42:44,042 --> 00:42:47,833 And so I learned that from an early age. 360 00:42:47,958 --> 00:42:50,958 And so I knew it was important 361 00:42:51,042 --> 00:42:53,750 and I forgave him as quickly as I could. 362 00:42:54,875 --> 00:42:56,667 When I talk to people, 363 00:42:56,708 --> 00:42:59,958 I end up with the importance of forgiveness. 364 00:43:02,292 --> 00:43:04,375 (emotive piano music)