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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - Under cover</i>
<i> of a southern storm's wrath...</i>

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- After hurricane katrina,
it was just a wasteland.

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<i> - A man of god is gunned down.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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- The victim was lying
on the stairs.

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<i> He had blood all over him.</i>

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That just really shocked me.

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Who would want
to kill a pastor?

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<i> - Shrouded by chaos,</i>
<i> the killer roams free.</i>

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- The physical evidence
was extremely limited.

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- It was the perfect plot.

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<i> - Then a second murder</i>
<i> with the same signature...</i>

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- His mother finds him dead,
shot in his bed.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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- My first thought was that
this is a serial killer.

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<i> - Reveals a web of lies,</i>
<i> lust, and insatiable sin.</i>

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- Gluttonous, greedy.

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Vicious.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - ♪ ooh, child ♪</i>

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<i> ♪ come home</i>
<i> to the gallows pole ♪</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - Down in louisiana,</i>

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<i> Swaddled by swamplands</i>
<i> and bayous,</i>

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<i> The magical metropolis</i>
<i> of new orleans</i>

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<i> Beckons saints and sinners.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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- We're a pretty fun,
freewheeling,

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"devil may care" kind of city.

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<i> That's what</i>
<i> people think of us.</i>

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They think we're just
this crazy, wild city

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That somehow exists
in the american south.

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<i> - And nobody knows that</i>
<i> better than new orleans</i>

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<i> Cold case detective</i>
<i> decynda chambers.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> She's seen it all,</i>
<i> but nothing compares</i>

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<i> To the one cold case</i>
<i> she came across in 2013.</i>

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- At that time, I was
working on other cold cases

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<i> When I was contacted</i>
<i> by two individuals</i>

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<i> Who had information about</i>
<i> a homicide from 2006.</i>

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They said they knew
the actual individual

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Who pulled the trigger.

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<i> I did not know about the case,</i>

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But I instructed them to come

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To new orleans
police headquarters

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<i> And to bring any documents</i>
<i> or any evidence that they had.</i>

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<i> They came</i>
<i> to the homicide office,</i>

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<i> And they brought</i>
<i> some paperwork.</i>

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I reviewed the documents,
and I was baffled.

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<i> It's something out</i>
<i> of a horror movie.</i>

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How could this happen
in new orleans?

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<i> - Detective chambers learns</i>

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<i> The victim's name</i>
<i> is ernest smith,</i>

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<i> And when she pulls</i>
<i> the case file,</i>

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<i> Finds this twisted tale began</i>

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<i> In the wake</i>
<i> of hurricane katrina.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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- That night, I was assigned
to new orleans east.

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<i> Even in 2006, new orleans east</i>
<i> was a ghost town.</i>

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There were no grocery stores,
no fast food places.

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- Post-katrina,
it was just a wasteland.

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<i> - Around 10:20 pm,</i>
<i> new orleans pd dispatch</i>

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<i> Hollers at sergeant gant.</i>

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<i> A man has just been</i>
<i> gunned down</i>

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<i> A few blocks yonder</i>
<i> from her location.</i>

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[siren wailing]

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<i> - I got to the scene</i>
<i> really quick.</i>

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<i> When I pulled up,</i>
<i> the apartment complex</i>

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<i> Was really, really dark,</i>
<i> very creepy.</i>

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I didn't want to be
on the scene by myself,

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Especially with a shooting
and not knowing,

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Is the perpetrator around here?

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<i> - But there's nary</i>
<i> a soul to be seen.</i>

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<i> - There still weren't</i>
<i> very many streetlights,</i>

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So I had to use my flashlight
leading up to the apartment.

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But I knew
the apartment it was,

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Because when I arrived,
the door was wide open.

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<i> When I walked into the door,</i>
<i> the first thing you see</i>

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<i> Is a trail of blood</i>
<i> that went up the stairs.</i>

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And then the victim was
lying on the stairs.

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<i> He had been shot.</i>

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He had blood all over him,
on his clothing, on the stairs.

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<i> He was clearly</i>
<i> already deceased.</i>

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The reporting person,
who was his wife,

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She was the only person there,
and she was crying.

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Upon speaking with the victim's
wife, who is emma smith,

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I learned that the victim
is ernest smith.

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<i> At this point in time,</i>
<i> ems have arrived</i>

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And made the call
that he is deceased,

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And notifications have been
made as far as the coroner.

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<i> - Waiting for homicide</i>
<i> detectives to show,</i>

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<i> Sergeant gant asks emma</i>
<i> to give her the rundown</i>

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<i> Of what happened that night.</i>

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- In new orleans,
on Sunday nights,

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They do drag racing.

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<i> And she said ernest</i>
<i> had left for the night</i>

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With his best friend
to go see the races.

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<i> She says, "I went upstairs,</i>
<i> I took my bath,</i>

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<i> And I went to bed."</i>

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She was awakened
by the door opening,

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<i> Hearing that</i>
<i> her husband was home.</i>

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Then, the next thing
she heard was a loud pop.

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[gunshot]

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<i> She said she ran</i>
<i> down the stairs.</i>

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<i> She saw her husband</i>
<i> had just been shot,</i>

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<i> Grabbed him, called 911.</i>

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<i> And then she called</i>
<i> ernest's best friend, ronald,</i>

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<i> Asking ronald to come back.</i>

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<i> And she was there holding</i>
<i> ernest until I arrived.</i>

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Emma said,
"I don't know anyone

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"who would want
to hurt my husband.

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He's a pastor."

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<i> That just really shocked me,</i>
<i> and I took it to heart.</i>

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I am like a woman of faith,

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<i> And I immediately thought,</i>

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"who would want
to kill a pastor?"

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> Emma said that he definitely</i>
<i> did not have any enemies.</i>

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Everyone loved him, but he did
have a very nice motorcycle.

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And she says,
the only thing I can see

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Is someone must have
tried to rob him.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - Homicide detectives arrive</i>
<i> and start searching</i>

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<i> For more clues,</i>
<i> eager to learn why anyone</i>

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<i> Would want this hard-working,</i>
<i> faithful pastor dead.</i>

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<i> - The bullet casings</i>
<i> were near the front door</i>

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<i> Of the residence.</i>

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<i> And the keys were</i>
<i> on the ground.</i>

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It appeared as though ernest
was shot as he was unlocking

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<i> The door to the apartment</i>
<i> and was trying</i>

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To get inside the house,
trying to walk upstairs.

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But that's where he collapsed,
on the stairs.

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I was not able
to locate any witnesses.

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And certainly, there were
no cameras at all in the area.

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<i> - With no eyewitnesses,</i>
<i> investigators want to speak</i>

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<i> With the last person to see</i>
<i> the 38-year-old pastor alive</i>

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<i> And the first person</i>
<i> emma called after dialing 911,</i>

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<i> His best friend, ronald mason.</i>

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<i> As they track him down,</i>
<i> csi arrives</i>

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<i> To tag and document the scene.</i>

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<i> - They take pictures</i>
<i> of the deceased body,</i>

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<i> The inside of the house.</i>

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<i> The casings they collect</i>
<i> are tested and dusted</i>

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<i> For fingerprints and dna.</i>

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<i> The clothes that were</i>
<i> on the victim's body--</i>

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Those are tested as well
for the victim's blood dna,

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But they're looking
for another set of dna.

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<i> - Discovering fingerprints</i>
<i> or a second set of dna</i>

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<i> Could lead to a later match</i>
<i> with the shooter.</i>

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<i> But as crime scene</i>
<i> investigators continue</i>

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<i> Their sweep,</i>
<i> a good look at ernest's body</i>

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<i> Begets them a big clue.</i>

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<i> - He had two shots</i>
<i> to the chest.</i>

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So the working theory was that
someone called out his name

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Or something to get him
to turn around

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<i> And then plugged him twice</i>
<i> in the chest.</i>

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<i> - Investigators can't</i>
<i> rule out a random hit.</i>

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<i> But first, knowing murders are</i>
<i> often committed by people</i>

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<i> Known to the victim, they look</i>
<i> to find the fella emma called</i>

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<i> Right after ernest was shot,</i>

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<i> Hoping he knows</i>
<i> something they don't.</i>

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<i> And then, speak of the devil,</i>

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<i> The man himself</i>
<i> rolls up on his motorcycle.</i>

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<i> - He was pulling up.</i>

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<i> And I'm asking emma,</i>
<i> "who's that?"</i>

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And she's like,
"that's his best friend.

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That's who he was with before
he was shot, ronald mason."

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<i> - Coming up...</i>

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- No one else's dna
or fingerprints

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<i> Came back to anyone.</i>

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- Ernest had warned him,
stay away from his wife.

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<i> - To me, it's clear as day.</i>

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And I felt I had to put
a case together that was tight.

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<i> - ♪ come home</i>
<i> to the gallows pole ♪</i>

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<i> - ♪ judgement day shall come ♪</i>

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<i> [dramatic music]</i>

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<i> - In the dead of night</i>
<i> in desolate east new orleans,</i>

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<i> 38-year-old pastor</i>
<i> ernest smith's life</i>

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<i> Has come to an evil,</i>
<i> cold-blooded end.</i>

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<i> And the last person</i>
<i> to see him alive</i>

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<i> Has just pulled up</i>
<i> to the crime scene.</i>

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- Ronald mason was an old
friend of ernest smith,

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And they had gone
to a bike night on the night

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Of mr. Smith's murder.

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<i> And he said emma called him</i>
<i> from ernest smith's phone,</i>

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<i> Saying that ernest was dead</i>
<i> and asking him to come back.</i>

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<i> - Detectives are keen</i>
<i> to hear ronald's version</i>

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<i> Of ernest's final moments.</i>

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<i> - They go to bike night,</i>
<i> they come home,</i>

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<i> And they talk for about</i>
<i> 20 minutes outside.</i>

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<i> Then, according</i>
<i> to ronald mason,</i>

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He leaves when
he sees mr. Smith

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Get his key into his door.

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<i> - Ronald said he had no</i>
<i> inkling his friend was in</i>

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<i> Any danger until</i>
<i> he picked up emma's call.</i>

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<i> - He believed that</i>
<i> the killer saw him leave,</i>

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And maybe they were just
waiting behind a building

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For him to pull up to rob him,

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And that the robbery
must have gone wrong.

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<i> But ernest's wallet</i>
<i> was located on him,</i>

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<i> And the motorcycle was</i>
<i> on the scene,</i>

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Which just really debunked
the whole robbery story.

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<i> - Being that ronald was</i>
<i> the last person to see ernest</i>

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<i> Breathing, it's not</i>
<i> far-fetched for police</i>

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<i> To eyeball him suspiciously.</i>

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00:11:50,176 --> 00:11:52,510
<i> But in conversation,</i>
<i> ronald relays,</i>

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<i> He was at home with his wife</i>
<i> when emma called,</i>

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00:11:55,181 --> 00:11:57,849
<i> And his story checks out.</i>

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- He was very shaken up.

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00:11:59,919 --> 00:12:02,353
He took it really, really hard.

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00:12:02,355 --> 00:12:05,323
<i> - Finding no further clues,</i>
<i> detectives delve</i>

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00:12:05,391 --> 00:12:07,325
<i> Into ernest's background.</i>

219
00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:12,096
<i> - Was he involved</i>
<i> in something shady?</i>

220
00:12:12,098 --> 00:12:15,033
<i> Did he maybe owe</i>
<i> someone money?</i>

221
00:12:15,101 --> 00:12:18,302
<i> - But when investigators</i>
<i> speak to emma that night,</i>

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00:12:18,371 --> 00:12:21,573
<i> She says her devoted</i>
<i> and devout husband</i>

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00:12:21,641 --> 00:12:24,342
<i> Was as righteous as they come.</i>

224
00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:30,348
<i> - ♪ when the saints</i>
<i> go marching in ♪</i>

225
00:12:30,416 --> 00:12:32,316
<i> - Ernest was orphaned</i>
<i> at 10 years old</i>

226
00:12:32,385 --> 00:12:35,487
<i> And was taken in</i>
<i> by a church group.</i>

227
00:12:35,555 --> 00:12:36,354
<i> They became his family.</i>

228
00:12:36,422 --> 00:12:39,757
And that helped him
find his path

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To become a minister himself.

230
00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:44,596
<i> He was driving a truck</i>
<i> during the week</i>

231
00:12:44,664 --> 00:12:48,399
And then working as
a minister on the weekends.

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<i> - He aspired</i>
<i> to have his own church</i>

233
00:12:51,237 --> 00:12:54,638
And was trying to get
his congregation going

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And build something.

235
00:12:56,442 --> 00:12:59,844
<i> - While growing his flock,</i>
<i> the divorced father of one</i>

236
00:12:59,913 --> 00:13:02,413
<i> Began a budding romance</i>
<i> with emma.</i>

237
00:13:02,482 --> 00:13:07,385
<i> And on November 17, 1990,</i>
<i> the two said, "I do."</i>

238
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- They lived together
in a pretty small house

239
00:13:10,924 --> 00:13:14,258
In a modest street
in new orleans east.

240
00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:17,328
<i> - But when katrina hit</i>
<i> in 2005,</i>

241
00:13:17,397 --> 00:13:21,398
<i> They had no choice</i>
<i> but to run for their lives.</i>

242
00:13:21,468 --> 00:13:24,302
<i> - The two of them</i>
<i> moved to texas</i>

243
00:13:24,370 --> 00:13:26,204
With their children,
which would be

244
00:13:26,272 --> 00:13:30,441
Her children from her first
marriage that he had adopted.

245
00:13:30,510 --> 00:13:33,978
But then, ernest got
the opportunity to lead one

246
00:13:34,046 --> 00:13:37,248
Of the atlanta megachurches.

247
00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:39,950
<i> So they came back</i>
<i> to new orleans</i>

248
00:13:40,020 --> 00:13:42,120
<i> Without their children,</i>

249
00:13:42,188 --> 00:13:44,922
Just as a brief stopover
to pack the family up

250
00:13:44,924 --> 00:13:46,157
And move to atlanta.

251
00:13:46,225 --> 00:13:49,160
And within a week, he was dead.

252
00:13:49,229 --> 00:13:52,029
<i> - And when investigators view</i>
<i> the good pastor's</i>

253
00:13:52,098 --> 00:13:55,533
<i> Autopsy report two days</i>
<i> after the murder,</i>

254
00:13:55,601 --> 00:13:58,603
<i> They realized the killer</i>
<i> made sure of it.</i>

255
00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,241
- The medical examiner's report
talked about ernest smith

256
00:14:03,309 --> 00:14:06,477
Being shot at close range
with two 9-millimeter bullets

257
00:14:06,546 --> 00:14:08,146
<i> That killed him.</i>

258
00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:13,317
<i> - The autopsy reveals</i>
<i> the shots that killed ernest</i>

259
00:14:13,386 --> 00:14:16,354
<i> Were fired from</i>
<i> 2 feet or closer--</i>

260
00:14:16,422 --> 00:14:19,490
<i> All but confirming</i>
<i> investigators' initial hunch</i>

261
00:14:19,559 --> 00:14:23,627
<i> That ernest's killing</i>
<i> was no random crime.</i>

262
00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:26,865
<i> Then the dna</i>
<i> and fingerprint test results</i>

263
00:14:26,933 --> 00:14:28,432
<i> Come back from the lab.</i>

264
00:14:28,501 --> 00:14:32,871
- No one else's dna
or fingerprints came back

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00:14:32,939 --> 00:14:35,406
To anyone other than ernest.

266
00:14:35,475 --> 00:14:37,741
- The physical evidence
was extremely limited.

267
00:14:37,811 --> 00:14:40,077
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

268
00:14:40,146 --> 00:14:42,881
<i> - As the weeks roll on,</i>
<i> detectives discover</i>

269
00:14:42,949 --> 00:14:45,383
<i> Ernest truly lived</i>
<i> a noble life,</i>

270
00:14:45,451 --> 00:14:48,018
<i> With no dark past to uncover.</i>

271
00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:49,621
<i> Ronald is re-interviewed</i>

272
00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:51,822
<i> But is not considered</i>
<i> a suspect.</i>

273
00:14:51,891 --> 00:14:55,026
<i> Investigators again speak</i>
<i> with ernest's family,</i>

274
00:14:55,094 --> 00:14:56,727
<i> Friends, and parishioners.</i>

275
00:14:56,729 --> 00:15:00,198
<i> But all they find</i>
<i> are dead ends.</i>

276
00:15:00,266 --> 00:15:03,868
<i> - There was no one</i>
<i> in the east.</i>

277
00:15:03,937 --> 00:15:06,337
That includes our police force.

278
00:15:06,406 --> 00:15:09,707
<i> It was running bare-bones.</i>

279
00:15:09,776 --> 00:15:12,276
<i> There were no witnesses</i>
<i> and no cops.</i>

280
00:15:12,345 --> 00:15:14,612
So the fact that
the police didn't have

281
00:15:14,681 --> 00:15:16,414
A lot to go on I don't think

282
00:15:16,482 --> 00:15:19,917
Was really all that surprising.

283
00:15:19,986 --> 00:15:23,487
<i> - In new orleans east,</i>
<i> by it being so desolate,</i>

284
00:15:23,556 --> 00:15:28,692
A good majority of crimes just
went dead, like cold cases.

285
00:15:29,462 --> 00:15:34,065
<i> - Months go by, and ernest</i>
<i> smith's case goes colder</i>

286
00:15:34,133 --> 00:15:37,568
<i> Than moonlight on a tombstone.</i>

287
00:15:37,637 --> 00:15:40,471
<i> Widowed and woebegone,</i>
<i> emma moves back</i>

288
00:15:40,540 --> 00:15:42,340
<i> To her home state</i>
<i> of mississippi</i>

289
00:15:42,408 --> 00:15:44,942
<i> And tries to rebuild her life.</i>

290
00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:49,146
<i> Meantime, ernest's</i>
<i> execution-style murder</i>

291
00:15:49,215 --> 00:15:52,149
<i> Remains an unsolved mystery.</i>

292
00:15:52,218 --> 00:15:54,818
<i> That is until</i>
<i> seven years later,</i>

293
00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:57,555
<i> When two men,</i>
<i> enoch and william,</i>

294
00:15:57,623 --> 00:16:01,258
<i> Contact cold case detective</i>
<i> decynda chambers,</i>

295
00:16:01,260 --> 00:16:04,495
<i> Compelled to share evidence</i>
<i> they hold in ernest's killing,</i>

296
00:16:04,497 --> 00:16:07,765
<i> Which they think may be</i>
<i> related to a case of their own</i>

297
00:16:07,834 --> 00:16:11,335
<i> That happened a little</i>
<i> over one year ago.</i>

298
00:16:11,404 --> 00:16:15,706
- Their loved one also had
been a victim of a murder.

299
00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:20,344
<i> And they said they knew</i>
<i> who was responsible</i>

300
00:16:20,413 --> 00:16:23,815
<i> For the homicide</i>
<i> of mr. Ernest smith.</i>

301
00:16:23,883 --> 00:16:26,084
<i> They wanted</i>
<i> to tell their story,</i>

302
00:16:26,152 --> 00:16:29,587
<i> And they just wanted</i>
<i> a thorough investigation.</i>

303
00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:33,023
<i> - Sounds like quite</i>
<i> the southern soap opera,</i>

304
00:16:33,093 --> 00:16:35,192
<i> Allegedly all set into motion</i>

305
00:16:35,261 --> 00:16:38,529
<i> Before ernest's evil demise.</i>

306
00:16:38,598 --> 00:16:42,166
- Enoch and william said
emma was having an affair

307
00:16:42,234 --> 00:16:45,103
Prior to ernest smith dying

308
00:16:45,105 --> 00:16:48,839
<i> With their family member</i>
<i> james raine.</i>

309
00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:54,278
<i> Enoch is the brother of james,</i>
<i> and william is their uncle.</i>

310
00:16:54,347 --> 00:16:57,781
Ernest was aware
of the affair that emma

311
00:16:57,850 --> 00:17:00,251
Was having with james
and had warned james

312
00:17:00,319 --> 00:17:02,653
To stay away from his wife.

313
00:17:02,722 --> 00:17:07,558
<i> - But soon enough,</i>
<i> ernest was out of the picture.</i>

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00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:11,462
- Two years after
ernest smith was murdered,

315
00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:14,465
<i> Emma married james raine.</i>

316
00:17:14,534 --> 00:17:18,736
It was baffling to know
she was that brazen.

317
00:17:18,804 --> 00:17:20,938
<i> I was taken back.</i>

318
00:17:21,007 --> 00:17:25,643
<i> - In 2008, the newlyweds</i>
<i> relocated to poplarville,</i>

319
00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:28,379
<i> Mississippi,</i>
<i> where james's son, jarico,</i>

320
00:17:28,447 --> 00:17:31,048
<i> Would visit the lovebirds.</i>

321
00:17:31,117 --> 00:17:32,683
- Poplarville is small.

322
00:17:32,685 --> 00:17:35,786
It has one red light,
one grocery store.

323
00:17:35,855 --> 00:17:39,089
<i> Pretty much everybody</i>
<i> knows everybody.</i>

324
00:17:39,159 --> 00:17:43,561
- They build a giant house with
an extensive security system,

325
00:17:43,629 --> 00:17:46,063
<i> Including interior cameras.</i>

326
00:17:46,132 --> 00:17:49,266
<i> They had luxury cars.</i>

327
00:17:49,335 --> 00:17:50,801
<i> They had a boat.</i>

328
00:17:50,870 --> 00:17:54,438
- Some would describe it
as a lavish lifestyle.

329
00:17:54,507 --> 00:17:56,707
<i> - But enoch tells</i>
<i> detective chambers</i>

330
00:17:56,776 --> 00:18:01,579
<i> That on October 21, 2011,</i>
<i> just three years after emma</i>

331
00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:04,482
<i> And james were married,</i>
<i> all that high living</i>

332
00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:07,618
<i> Came to an evil</i>
<i> and eerily familiar halt.</i>

333
00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:12,090
- James' mother went
to the residence.

334
00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:20,197
She discovered him dead from
two gunshot wounds to the head.

335
00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:23,967
- When you start adding in dead
husband after dead husband,

336
00:18:23,969 --> 00:18:26,069
No one has that bad of luck.

337
00:18:26,139 --> 00:18:29,540
<i> - ♪ come home</i>
<i> to the gallows pole ♪</i>

338
00:18:31,142 --> 00:18:37,781
<i> - ♪ judgment day shall come ♪</i>

339
00:18:37,850 --> 00:18:40,183
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

340
00:18:40,185 --> 00:18:43,654
<i> - Ernest smith was shot</i>
<i> and killed in new orleans.</i>

341
00:18:43,723 --> 00:18:48,258
<i> And five years later, in 2011,</i>
<i> his wife emma's new husband,</i>

342
00:18:48,328 --> 00:18:51,762
<i> James raine, was found</i>
<i> murdered in mississippi.</i>

343
00:18:51,831 --> 00:18:55,699
<i> And now, according to james's</i>
<i> kin, enoch and william,</i>

344
00:18:55,768 --> 00:18:59,203
<i> These two murders</i>
<i> are no coincidence.</i>

345
00:18:59,205 --> 00:19:01,072
<i> They're connected.</i>

346
00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:05,543
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

347
00:19:05,611 --> 00:19:09,647
- Enoch and william informed me
about the homicide

348
00:19:09,649 --> 00:19:13,717
Of james raine
and brought a copy

349
00:19:13,786 --> 00:19:18,389
<i> Of the bureau of mississippi</i>
<i> police paperwork.</i>

350
00:19:19,759 --> 00:19:23,427
<i> When the investigator</i>
<i> arrived on the scene,</i>

351
00:19:23,429 --> 00:19:27,064
They took a statement
from james' mother

352
00:19:27,132 --> 00:19:32,736
To find out how she was
notified that he'd been shot.

353
00:19:32,738 --> 00:19:38,275
His mother said emma contacted
her to go to their residence

354
00:19:38,344 --> 00:19:43,280
Because she couldn't get him
to answer the telephone.

355
00:19:43,349 --> 00:19:47,217
- At the time, emma was
out of town on business.

356
00:19:47,219 --> 00:19:51,956
So she calls james' mother
to see if she would please

357
00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:54,725
Go over and check on him.

358
00:19:54,794 --> 00:19:57,127
<i> - And she went,</i>
<i> and she discovered</i>

359
00:19:57,196 --> 00:20:00,398
Her own son mortally wounded.

360
00:20:00,466 --> 00:20:03,434
<i> And she called 911.</i>

361
00:20:03,502 --> 00:20:06,103
- But there wasn't
much evidence--

362
00:20:06,171 --> 00:20:08,405
<i> Just a dead man in the bed.</i>

363
00:20:08,407 --> 00:20:11,475
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

364
00:20:11,543 --> 00:20:13,744
- We got in the car,
and we started driving.

365
00:20:13,813 --> 00:20:17,348
And my mom was like, you know,
somebody shot my dad.

366
00:20:17,416 --> 00:20:19,483
And I was like,
"well, let's go see him."

367
00:20:19,485 --> 00:20:21,952
<i> And she was like, "we can't.</i>

368
00:20:22,021 --> 00:20:25,255
He died."

369
00:20:25,325 --> 00:20:27,024
<i> I was hurt.</i>

370
00:20:27,093 --> 00:20:29,426
<i> But at the same time,</i>
<i> I didn't believe it.</i>

371
00:20:29,495 --> 00:20:30,994
I never knew why--

372
00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:32,663
Why any of it would happen.

373
00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:36,500
<i> - The murder of</i>
<i> their beloved james</i>

374
00:20:36,502 --> 00:20:39,136
<i> Made the family</i>
<i> suspicious of emma,</i>

375
00:20:39,204 --> 00:20:42,105
<i> Especially on account</i>
<i> of the unsolved shooting</i>

376
00:20:42,107 --> 00:20:44,408
<i> Of her prior husband.</i>

377
00:20:44,476 --> 00:20:46,710
<i> And according</i>
<i> to enoch and william,</i>

378
00:20:46,779 --> 00:20:49,413
<i> On the day james</i>
<i> was laid to rest,</i>

379
00:20:49,482 --> 00:20:52,650
<i> A dark secret was</i>
<i> unearthed, courtesy of</i>

380
00:20:52,718 --> 00:20:56,754
<i> One of james's closest</i>
<i> friends, terry everette.</i>

381
00:20:56,822 --> 00:20:59,256
<i> - Terry everette</i>
<i> and james raine</i>

382
00:20:59,324 --> 00:21:01,892
Considered each other brothers.

383
00:21:01,961 --> 00:21:04,595
<i> - At the services,</i>
<i> enoch and william</i>

384
00:21:04,663 --> 00:21:08,365
Heard rumors that
terry had information

385
00:21:08,434 --> 00:21:12,135
About ernest smith's homicide.

386
00:21:12,205 --> 00:21:16,273
<i> So they got together</i>
<i> and confronted terry.</i>

387
00:21:16,342 --> 00:21:19,310
And terry everette
confessed that

388
00:21:19,378 --> 00:21:24,314
He was hired for the sum
of $10,000

389
00:21:24,384 --> 00:21:27,318
<i> To kill mr. Ernest smith.</i>

390
00:21:29,688 --> 00:21:32,356
<i> - But if terry was</i>
<i> just the hired gunman,</i>

391
00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:34,925
<i> Who orchestrated the hit?</i>

392
00:21:34,994 --> 00:21:38,462
- Enoch and william
told me terry everette

393
00:21:38,530 --> 00:21:42,365
Was hired by james raine
and emma smith

394
00:21:42,367 --> 00:21:46,203
To murder mr. Ernest smith.

395
00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:48,939
- Emma and james
set up this murder.

396
00:21:49,008 --> 00:21:52,810
<i> - And enoch and william</i>
<i> believed the proof lies</i>

397
00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:55,612
<i> In the copy of ernest's</i>
<i> life insurance policy</i>

398
00:21:55,681 --> 00:21:59,783
<i> They brought with them,</i>
<i> because in February 2006,</i>

399
00:21:59,852 --> 00:22:03,086
<i> Just two months before</i>
<i> ernest was killed,</i>

400
00:22:03,088 --> 00:22:06,957
<i> That policy got revised.</i>

401
00:22:07,026 --> 00:22:11,895
- Emma changed the beneficiary
to james raine.

402
00:22:11,897 --> 00:22:14,598
<i> And I started looking</i>
<i> throughout the paperwork,</i>

403
00:22:14,667 --> 00:22:16,800
<i> And james raine's name</i>
<i> was the sole</i>

404
00:22:16,869 --> 00:22:21,472
Beneficiary on the $800,000
life insurance policy

405
00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:23,340
<i> For mr. Ernest smith.</i>

406
00:22:23,409 --> 00:22:25,976
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

407
00:22:26,045 --> 00:22:29,446
<i> - They were living in the home</i>
<i> built by ernest smith's</i>

408
00:22:29,515 --> 00:22:32,483
Life insurance money,
driving around in cars

409
00:22:32,551 --> 00:22:35,486
Bought by ernest's money,
and using a boat

410
00:22:35,554 --> 00:22:37,821
<i> Bought by ernest's money.</i>

411
00:22:37,890 --> 00:22:40,257
<i> - If it's all to be believed,</i>

412
00:22:40,259 --> 00:22:43,093
<i> Emma and james chose</i>
<i> an opportune moment</i>

413
00:22:43,095 --> 00:22:45,962
<i> To execute</i>
<i> their wicked scheme.</i>

414
00:22:46,032 --> 00:22:52,536
- It was like the perfect plot,
because the city was still

415
00:22:52,604 --> 00:22:56,139
<i> Under construction</i>
<i> from the devastation</i>

416
00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:58,142
<i> From hurricane katrina.</i>

417
00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:01,979
The police department
members were displaced.

418
00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:05,549
We were working
with limited resources.

419
00:23:08,421 --> 00:23:10,821
<i> - There was more crimes</i>
<i> and no cops.</i>

420
00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,790
And there weren't witnesses,

421
00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:15,593
Because there weren't
enough people in town.

422
00:23:15,661 --> 00:23:20,097
<i> - Then enoch and william</i>
<i> drop another bombshell.</i>

423
00:23:20,165 --> 00:23:24,535
<i> - They said after terry</i>
<i> confessed to killing</i>

424
00:23:24,603 --> 00:23:30,273
Mr. Ernest smith, terry said
he believed that james

425
00:23:30,275 --> 00:23:36,013
Was killed by emma the same
way she had ernest killed--

426
00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:37,948
<i> A murder for hire.</i>

427
00:23:39,986 --> 00:23:41,051
<i> - Coming up...</i>

428
00:23:41,053 --> 00:23:44,421
- The statement that
was given by emma smith

429
00:23:44,490 --> 00:23:46,156
<i> Did not corroborate.</i>

430
00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:50,161
- And then to learn that
emma had potentially

431
00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:53,096
Killed multiple husbands...

432
00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:55,432
- She wants insurance money.

433
00:23:55,501 --> 00:23:59,069
<i> - I wanted emma</i>
<i> brought to justice.</i>

434
00:23:59,138 --> 00:24:02,106
<i> - ♪ come home</i>
<i> to the gallows pole ♪</i>

435
00:24:04,075 --> 00:24:10,881
<i> - ♪ judgment day shall come ♪</i>

436
00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:13,217
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

437
00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:14,718
[bell rings]

438
00:24:14,786 --> 00:24:19,122
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

439
00:24:19,191 --> 00:24:21,124
<i> - According to</i>
<i> enoch and william,</i>

440
00:24:21,126 --> 00:24:24,061
<i> Not only did terry everette</i>
<i> confess to them</i>

441
00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:25,929
<i> That he killed</i>
<i> pastor ernest smith</i>

442
00:24:25,998 --> 00:24:28,199
<i> At the behest</i>
<i> of james and emma raine,</i>

443
00:24:28,267 --> 00:24:31,502
<i> But terry said he is pretty</i>
<i> sure emma had her hand</i>

444
00:24:31,570 --> 00:24:33,304
<i> In james's murder too.</i>

445
00:24:33,372 --> 00:24:37,074
<i> - Terry initially advised</i>
<i> enoch and william</i>

446
00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:41,078
That he was going to come to
authorities, but he never did.

447
00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:44,281
<i> He packed up,</i>
<i> left poplarville,</i>

448
00:24:44,349 --> 00:24:46,449
<i> And moved to texas.</i>

449
00:24:46,519 --> 00:24:49,953
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

450
00:24:50,022 --> 00:24:52,722
<i> - So enoch and william</i>
<i> took it upon themselves</i>

451
00:24:52,792 --> 00:24:54,458
<i> To do the right thing.</i>

452
00:24:56,295 --> 00:25:00,297
<i> - They initially went to the</i>
<i> law enforcement in poplarville</i>

453
00:25:00,365 --> 00:25:04,034
<i> And the mississippi</i>
<i> bureau of police.</i>

454
00:25:04,036 --> 00:25:08,905
<i> But they could only</i>
<i> investigate james' homicide.</i>

455
00:25:08,907 --> 00:25:11,842
<i> They reached out to me</i>
<i> because mr. Ernest smith</i>

456
00:25:11,911 --> 00:25:14,478
<i> Was murdered in new orleans.</i>

457
00:25:14,546 --> 00:25:16,780
<i> And they were seeking justice.</i>

458
00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:19,750
They wanted to tell
their story,

459
00:25:19,818 --> 00:25:22,219
And they just wanted
a thorough investigation.

460
00:25:23,723 --> 00:25:27,992
<i> I could see the sincerity</i>
<i> in their faces.</i>

461
00:25:29,495 --> 00:25:32,929
So I assured them that

462
00:25:32,998 --> 00:25:35,732
I would definitely
look into the case.

463
00:25:35,801 --> 00:25:37,167
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

464
00:25:37,169 --> 00:25:39,370
<i> - With that,</i>
<i> detective chambers</i>

465
00:25:39,438 --> 00:25:44,341
<i> Rolls up her sleeves and gets</i>
<i> to work squaring the facts.</i>

466
00:25:44,409 --> 00:25:49,146
<i> - After they left,</i>
<i> I retrieved the ernest smith</i>

467
00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:50,681
<i> Homicide case file,</i>

468
00:25:50,749 --> 00:25:56,287
<i> And I reviewed</i>
<i> the entire case file.</i>

469
00:25:56,355 --> 00:25:59,122
<i> I was looking throughout</i>
<i> the paperwork,</i>

470
00:25:59,124 --> 00:26:02,092
<i> And I couldn't put it down.</i>

471
00:26:02,161 --> 00:26:06,963
<i> Terry provided details</i>
<i> to enoch and william</i>

472
00:26:07,032 --> 00:26:09,366
That only the killer
would have known,

473
00:26:09,434 --> 00:26:12,702
<i> That ernest was shot</i>
<i> twice in the chest</i>

474
00:26:12,772 --> 00:26:14,738
<i> With a 9-millimeter handgun,</i>

475
00:26:14,807 --> 00:26:18,008
Which was not shared
with the local media.

476
00:26:18,077 --> 00:26:19,777
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

477
00:26:19,779 --> 00:26:22,212
<i> - Confident she is working</i>
<i> off good intel,</i>

478
00:26:22,281 --> 00:26:25,048
<i> Detective chambers digs</i>
<i> even deeper.</i>

479
00:26:25,050 --> 00:26:31,488
- The details of mr. Smith's
homicide and the statement

480
00:26:31,557 --> 00:26:33,924
That was given by emma smith--

481
00:26:33,993 --> 00:26:35,859
<i> They did not corroborate.</i>

482
00:26:38,363 --> 00:26:40,964
<i> She said she'd hugged</i>
<i> her husband,</i>

483
00:26:41,032 --> 00:26:42,932
<i> And she cradled him</i>
<i> in her arms</i>

484
00:26:43,002 --> 00:26:44,735
<i> Until authorities arrived.</i>

485
00:26:44,803 --> 00:26:47,237
But the crime scene pictures
really prove

486
00:26:47,306 --> 00:26:49,840
That she was lying.

487
00:26:51,476 --> 00:26:55,179
<i> She had not one speck</i>
<i> of blood on her,</i>

488
00:26:55,247 --> 00:26:59,116
<i> And he was saturated in blood.</i>

489
00:26:59,184 --> 00:27:01,818
<i> He'd expired inside</i>
<i> of the residence</i>

490
00:27:01,887 --> 00:27:03,954
<i> At the base of the stairs.</i>

491
00:27:04,022 --> 00:27:06,657
And again, her running
down the stairs,

492
00:27:06,725 --> 00:27:10,260
She would have crossed
the body as well.

493
00:27:12,030 --> 00:27:16,099
<i> I also subpoenaed</i>
<i> her cell phone records.</i>

494
00:27:16,168 --> 00:27:21,138
And immediately after ernest
was shot, she hung up with 911.

495
00:27:21,206 --> 00:27:25,242
She dialed james raine,
who's her lover at the time.

496
00:27:25,310 --> 00:27:28,979
<i> - Emma's lover and, according</i>
<i> to what trigger man</i>

497
00:27:29,048 --> 00:27:31,649
<i> Terry everette</i>
<i> told enoch and william,</i>

498
00:27:31,717 --> 00:27:34,384
<i> Her partner in crime.</i>

499
00:27:34,453 --> 00:27:37,187
<i> - I've never seen</i>
<i> a homicide where</i>

500
00:27:37,256 --> 00:27:39,990
<i> They report the incident</i>
<i> to 911,</i>

501
00:27:40,058 --> 00:27:43,727
<i> And then they immediately</i>
<i> call the other suspect.</i>

502
00:27:43,796 --> 00:27:47,197
Never. This was the first.

503
00:27:47,265 --> 00:27:49,800
<i> - But that's nothing</i>
<i> compared to what</i>

504
00:27:49,868 --> 00:27:52,770
<i> Detective chambers</i>
<i> uncovers next.</i>

505
00:27:52,838 --> 00:27:56,139
- I started doing some
background investigation

506
00:27:56,141 --> 00:28:00,343
On miss emma, and I learned
that her first husband,

507
00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:05,783
<i> Mr. Evans, he'd been hit</i>
<i> by a vehicle one night</i>

508
00:28:05,851 --> 00:28:09,319
<i> On the road</i>
<i> in vicksburg, mississippi.</i>

509
00:28:10,555 --> 00:28:16,259
<i> And he became paralyzed</i>
<i> as a result of that accident.</i>

510
00:28:16,328 --> 00:28:21,198
<i> And he was home alone</i>
<i> one night,</i>

511
00:28:21,266 --> 00:28:25,101
<i> And his feeding tube</i>
<i> mysteriously was removed,</i>

512
00:28:25,170 --> 00:28:27,237
<i> So he suffocated.</i>

513
00:28:29,508 --> 00:28:32,576
- And emma was
the last person with him.

514
00:28:32,644 --> 00:28:35,812
<i> - And wouldn't you know it,</i>
<i> emma's first husband</i>

515
00:28:35,881 --> 00:28:38,315
<i> Had a life insurance policy,</i>
<i> too.</i>

516
00:28:38,383 --> 00:28:42,018
- His life insurance
was only for $25,000.

517
00:28:42,087 --> 00:28:45,188
But if a death was ruled
accidental, it doubled.

518
00:28:45,257 --> 00:28:49,926
<i> And his death was</i>
<i> deemed accidental,</i>

519
00:28:49,995 --> 00:28:53,830
And she received $50,000
for that death.

520
00:28:54,533 --> 00:28:59,436
- It's apparent we have
a true black widow.

521
00:28:59,504 --> 00:29:02,906
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

522
00:29:02,974 --> 00:29:06,176
<i> - ♪ come home</i>
<i> to the gallows pole ♪</i>

523
00:29:08,112 --> 00:29:14,351
<i> - ♪ judgment day shall come ♪</i>

524
00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:17,387
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

525
00:29:17,389 --> 00:29:19,389
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

526
00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:22,359
<i> - New orleans pd</i>
<i> detective decynda chambers</i>

527
00:29:22,427 --> 00:29:25,194
<i> Has seen her fair share</i>
<i> of wickedness.</i>

528
00:29:25,196 --> 00:29:27,698
<i> But when she delves</i>
<i> into emma raine,</i>

529
00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:31,068
<i> The evidence is such</i>
<i> that emma takes the cake.</i>

530
00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:34,571
<i> - Her first husband,</i>
<i> mr. Evans,</i>

531
00:29:34,639 --> 00:29:37,240
<i> Mysteriously suffocated.</i>

532
00:29:37,309 --> 00:29:41,278
Her second husband,
ernest smith, was murdered.

533
00:29:41,346 --> 00:29:45,582
<i> And her third husband,</i>
<i> mr. Raine, was also murdered.</i>

534
00:29:46,485 --> 00:29:50,287
<i> I couldn't believe</i>
<i> that one woman had</i>

535
00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:53,257
Three husbands
that were killed.

536
00:29:54,859 --> 00:29:57,294
<i> It was just so evident.</i>

537
00:29:57,362 --> 00:29:59,362
<i> Out of the three husbands,</i>

538
00:29:59,364 --> 00:30:01,698
<i> The one that really</i>
<i> stuck with me</i>

539
00:30:01,767 --> 00:30:03,367
Was james raine.

540
00:30:03,435 --> 00:30:07,137
<i> He conspired with emma</i>
<i> to kill ernest smith,</i>

541
00:30:07,206 --> 00:30:10,006
<i> So he knew what</i>
<i> she was capable of.</i>

542
00:30:10,075 --> 00:30:12,843
I don't understand why
he would think that

543
00:30:12,911 --> 00:30:16,279
It would not happen
to him as well.

544
00:30:16,281 --> 00:30:18,148
<i> - Detective chambers</i>
<i> is determined</i>

545
00:30:18,217 --> 00:30:21,184
<i> To put a stop to this</i>
<i> black widow's killing spree</i>

546
00:30:21,252 --> 00:30:23,654
<i> Once and for all.</i>

547
00:30:23,722 --> 00:30:26,689
<i> And since ernest smith's case</i>
<i> is the only one that</i>

548
00:30:26,759 --> 00:30:30,661
<i> Falls under her jurisdiction,</i>
<i> that's the murder</i>

549
00:30:30,729 --> 00:30:33,062
<i> She's got to nail emma on.</i>

550
00:30:33,132 --> 00:30:35,065
<i> - For me, it's clear as day.</i>

551
00:30:35,133 --> 00:30:38,635
The motive for
the murder for hire scheme

552
00:30:38,704 --> 00:30:41,839
<i> Was the insurance proceeds.</i>

553
00:30:41,907 --> 00:30:44,575
And I felt I had
to put a case together

554
00:30:44,643 --> 00:30:50,581
That was tight that was going
to lead to a conviction.

555
00:30:50,649 --> 00:30:56,219
- Decynda said, "do you
remember a case, ernest smith?

556
00:30:56,288 --> 00:30:59,089
<i> You would have</i>
<i> written the report."</i>

557
00:30:59,157 --> 00:31:03,193
I said, "I absolutely
remember it."

558
00:31:03,261 --> 00:31:05,195
<i> She was telling me</i>
<i> that she believed</i>

559
00:31:05,263 --> 00:31:09,666
That he was killed by emma.

560
00:31:09,734 --> 00:31:13,069
<i> And I said, "really?"</i>

561
00:31:13,138 --> 00:31:17,207
And then to learn
that emma had potentially

562
00:31:17,276 --> 00:31:20,410
Killed multiple husbands--

563
00:31:20,479 --> 00:31:24,681
That is the definition
of a serial killer.

564
00:31:24,749 --> 00:31:26,916
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

565
00:31:26,986 --> 00:31:29,185
<i> So I was glad decynda</i>
<i> had the case</i>

566
00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:33,923
Because I knew
she was not going to stop

567
00:31:33,993 --> 00:31:35,926
Until she had solved it.

568
00:31:40,298 --> 00:31:43,232
- I contacted everybody
that I thought

569
00:31:43,234 --> 00:31:48,305
Had any knowledge regarding
mr. Smith's homicide.

570
00:31:48,373 --> 00:31:52,242
<i> And I even went</i>
<i> to poplarville, mississippi,</i>

571
00:31:52,310 --> 00:31:57,280
<i> Where the third husband,</i>
<i> james raine, was murdered,</i>

572
00:31:57,349 --> 00:32:01,284
And met with several
residents there.

573
00:32:01,353 --> 00:32:04,987
<i> They said that she'd</i>
<i> always wanted to be rich,</i>

574
00:32:04,989 --> 00:32:08,058
And she would do anything
at any cost

575
00:32:08,126 --> 00:32:13,063
To live her life dream
of being rich.

576
00:32:13,131 --> 00:32:16,899
<i> - When I contacted</i>
<i> the mississippi</i>

577
00:32:16,901 --> 00:32:19,536
<i> Bureau of police investigator,</i>

578
00:32:19,604 --> 00:32:23,606
<i> He informed me that</i>
<i> emma and her daughter,</i>

579
00:32:23,608 --> 00:32:27,043
Keisha, were listed
as the suspects

580
00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:29,979
In his case for insurance fraud

581
00:32:30,049 --> 00:32:33,684
<i> For the insurance policy</i>
<i> of ernest smith.</i>

582
00:32:34,553 --> 00:32:37,019
<i> - When emma and ernest</i>
<i> got married,</i>

583
00:32:37,021 --> 00:32:39,456
He had a life insurance policy.

584
00:32:39,524 --> 00:32:41,257
$100,000.

585
00:32:41,326 --> 00:32:44,427
<i> And beneficiaries were</i>
<i> to be emma</i>

586
00:32:44,496 --> 00:32:47,730
<i> And his biological daughter,</i>
<i> quentine.</i>

587
00:32:47,732 --> 00:32:50,633
That was too modest
of a policy for his wife.

588
00:32:50,702 --> 00:32:53,169
So over the course
of their marriage,

589
00:32:53,238 --> 00:32:54,637
It steadily increased.

590
00:32:54,639 --> 00:32:57,040
It went from
$100,000 to $300,000.

591
00:32:57,109 --> 00:33:00,376
Finally, only four months
before his murder,

592
00:33:00,445 --> 00:33:04,714
It was increased to $800,000.

593
00:33:04,716 --> 00:33:08,918
<i> And emma somehow persuaded her</i>
<i> biological daughter, keisha--</i>

594
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,454
<i> Who, remember, had been</i>
<i> adopted by ernest--</i>

595
00:33:11,456 --> 00:33:14,624
<i> To appear and forge</i>
<i> the documents,</i>

596
00:33:14,693 --> 00:33:18,661
Pretending to be quentine,
renouncing

597
00:33:18,663 --> 00:33:20,797
Her portion
of the life insurance

598
00:33:20,865 --> 00:33:24,000
In favor of naming james raine.

599
00:33:24,069 --> 00:33:28,338
<i> - The forgery did take place</i>
<i> in poplarville, mississippi.</i>

600
00:33:28,406 --> 00:33:31,875
Keisha had been arrested
and pled guilty

601
00:33:31,943 --> 00:33:34,411
<i> To her part in the forgery.</i>

602
00:33:34,479 --> 00:33:37,480
But emma had skipped town.

603
00:33:37,549 --> 00:33:40,650
<i> - As detective chambers and</i>
<i> her mississippi counterpart</i>

604
00:33:40,719 --> 00:33:43,119
<i> Continued</i>
<i> to compare notes on emma,</i>

605
00:33:43,188 --> 00:33:46,089
<i> He also divulges</i>
<i> some damning information</i>

606
00:33:46,157 --> 00:33:49,091
<i> About james raine's murder.</i>

607
00:33:49,093 --> 00:33:51,995
- He told me
the last person inside

608
00:33:52,063 --> 00:33:54,163
Of the residence with mr. Raine

609
00:33:54,233 --> 00:33:57,901
<i> Before he was shot</i>
<i> was emma smith.</i>

610
00:33:57,969 --> 00:34:03,407
<i> And she disconnected the video</i>
<i> surveillance that they had.</i>

611
00:34:05,476 --> 00:34:07,277
- It all seems
very coincidental

612
00:34:07,345 --> 00:34:10,446
That emma is seen
turning off the cameras,

613
00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:15,885
And then she leaves for
the weekend on a business trip.

614
00:34:15,887 --> 00:34:19,121
<i> Then she's the one</i>
<i> who calls james' mother</i>

615
00:34:19,123 --> 00:34:20,724
<i> To say she can't reach him.</i>

616
00:34:20,792 --> 00:34:25,127
And then his mother goes to
the house and finds him dead,

617
00:34:25,129 --> 00:34:27,897
Shot in his bed.

618
00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:30,733
<i> - Detective chambers</i>
<i> also discovers that</i>

619
00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:34,404
<i> Just over a year after</i>
<i> james raine is murdered,</i>

620
00:34:34,472 --> 00:34:37,740
<i> Emma had jumped back</i>
<i> in the saddle again.</i>

621
00:34:37,742 --> 00:34:42,879
- I learned she'd married
her fourth husband.

622
00:34:42,947 --> 00:34:47,684
<i> And we felt as though he was</i>
<i> going to be the next victim.</i>

623
00:34:47,752 --> 00:34:53,556
So I compiled a arrest warrant
for terry everette

624
00:34:53,558 --> 00:34:56,359
<i> Because he was</i>
<i> the actual trigger man</i>

625
00:34:56,361 --> 00:34:58,628
<i> In ernest smith's homicide.</i>

626
00:34:58,697 --> 00:35:03,133
And I also prepared
an arrest warrant

627
00:35:03,201 --> 00:35:05,702
And application
for miss emma smith

628
00:35:05,770 --> 00:35:09,039
For principal
to second-degree murder.

629
00:35:11,676 --> 00:35:15,011
<i> - In July of 2013,</i>
<i> four months after</i>

630
00:35:15,013 --> 00:35:17,714
<i> First hearing of the case</i>
<i> from enoch and william,</i>

631
00:35:17,782 --> 00:35:20,516
<i> Detective chambers</i>
<i> locates and arrests</i>

632
00:35:20,585 --> 00:35:23,453
<i> Terry everette</i>
<i> in galveston, texas,</i>

633
00:35:23,521 --> 00:35:25,722
<i> Where she eyes him</i>
<i> for the first time.</i>

634
00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:31,160
- I advised him of his
miranda rights, and he cried.

635
00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:36,599
And it was a cry of, wow,
I've been caught.

636
00:35:36,668 --> 00:35:40,470
But he didn't talk
about the case.

637
00:35:41,106 --> 00:35:44,106
<i> - Detective chambers waits</i>
<i> on bringing in emma,</i>

638
00:35:44,108 --> 00:35:46,243
<i> Giving terry time to confess.</i>

639
00:35:46,245 --> 00:35:48,010
<i> But terry's not talking.</i>

640
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:51,047
<i> One month later,</i>
<i> emma is arrested in missouri</i>

641
00:35:51,116 --> 00:35:54,817
<i> For the murder</i>
<i> of ernest smith and extradited</i>

642
00:35:54,886 --> 00:35:56,619
<i> Back to new orleans.</i>

643
00:35:56,688 --> 00:35:58,755
<i> And that's when</i>
<i> the black widow comes</i>

644
00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:01,724
<i> Face to face with the woman</i>
<i> who refuses</i>

645
00:36:01,793 --> 00:36:04,627
<i> To let her</i>
<i> get away with murder.</i>

646
00:36:04,696 --> 00:36:08,731
- And her question to me was,
"what husband?"

647
00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:11,567
<i> She wanted to know</i>
<i> which husband she was</i>

648
00:36:11,636 --> 00:36:14,905
<i> Actually finally being</i>
<i> arrested for--</i>

649
00:36:14,973 --> 00:36:16,639
Which one of the homicides.

650
00:36:16,708 --> 00:36:19,776
It's like, wow,
this lady is a piece of work.

651
00:36:21,379 --> 00:36:24,014
<i> - Emma pleads not guilty</i>
<i> to second-degree murder.</i>

652
00:36:24,082 --> 00:36:26,582
<i> To fortify their case</i>
<i> against her,</i>

653
00:36:26,651 --> 00:36:29,018
<i> New orleans parish</i>
<i> prosecutors approached</i>

654
00:36:29,087 --> 00:36:31,721
<i> Terry everette with a deal.</i>

655
00:36:31,790 --> 00:36:34,490
<i> - I was terry's</i>
<i> defense attorney.</i>

656
00:36:34,559 --> 00:36:38,261
The prosecution wanted
someone to put emma away.

657
00:36:38,330 --> 00:36:41,564
And they were making
an offer to reduce it

658
00:36:41,633 --> 00:36:45,702
<i> To manslaughter, 40 years,</i>
<i> if he would flip on emma.</i>

659
00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:49,338
But the only way you can flip
is if you're admitting

660
00:36:49,408 --> 00:36:51,541
You had something
to do with it.

661
00:36:51,609 --> 00:36:53,843
Terry never admitted he had
anything to do with it.

662
00:36:53,912 --> 00:36:57,013
He had nothing to say,
and he turned that down,

663
00:36:57,081 --> 00:36:59,616
And I supported him in that.

664
00:36:59,684 --> 00:37:03,920
<i> - But terry's roll of</i>
<i> the dice doesn't pay off.</i>

665
00:37:03,988 --> 00:37:08,558
<i> His confession to enoch</i>
<i> and william seals his fate.</i>

666
00:37:08,626 --> 00:37:12,061
- That is literally
all there was.

667
00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:15,165
Unfortunately, in louisiana,

668
00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:20,970
The law says testimonial
evidence is enough to convict.

669
00:37:21,039 --> 00:37:25,541
<i> - On December 6, 2015,</i>
<i> a jury finds him guilty</i>

670
00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:29,311
<i> Of second-degree murder,</i>
<i> and he's sentenced to life</i>

671
00:37:29,313 --> 00:37:31,181
<i> In prison without parole.</i>

672
00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:35,852
<i> Now the new orleans parish</i>
<i> da's office has one goal.</i>

673
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:37,887
- They wanted emma,
and they wanted

674
00:37:37,956 --> 00:37:40,122
To get her in prison for life.

675
00:37:40,192 --> 00:37:43,526
<i> - Behind bars in the weeks</i>
<i> leading up to her trial,</i>

676
00:37:43,594 --> 00:37:46,662
<i> Emma does have someone</i>
<i> she can lean on.</i>

677
00:37:46,664 --> 00:37:49,031
<i> - Husband number 4,</i>
<i> john golston,</i>

678
00:37:49,033 --> 00:37:52,068
Stood by her side,
proclaiming her innocence.

679
00:37:52,137 --> 00:37:56,306
<i> - But is the evidence against</i>
<i> the alleged black widow</i>

680
00:37:56,374 --> 00:37:58,875
<i> Too substantial to deny?</i>

681
00:37:58,943 --> 00:38:02,779
- Would emma tell us
the full and complete truth?

682
00:38:02,847 --> 00:38:04,080
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

683
00:38:04,149 --> 00:38:07,350
<i> - ♪ come home</i>
<i> to the gallows pole ♪</i>

684
00:38:09,086 --> 00:38:15,992
<i> - ♪ judgment day shall come ♪</i>

685
00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:18,928
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

686
00:38:18,930 --> 00:38:22,299
<i> - In August of 2016,</i>
<i> emma raine goes</i>

687
00:38:22,367 --> 00:38:29,039
<i> On trial for the murder of her</i>
<i> second husband, ernest smith.</i>

688
00:38:29,107 --> 00:38:34,811
- From the moment the 911 call
came in until the confession,

689
00:38:34,879 --> 00:38:38,781
It all added up--
the perfect, perfect

690
00:38:38,850 --> 00:38:42,451
Murder for hire,
murder for greed.

691
00:38:42,521 --> 00:38:46,122
<i> I wanted emma</i>
<i> brought to justice.</i>

692
00:38:46,190 --> 00:38:48,891
<i> - Jurors also get</i>
<i> an earful about one</i>

693
00:38:48,893 --> 00:38:51,061
<i> Of emma's alleged</i>
<i> other crimes.</i>

694
00:38:51,129 --> 00:38:54,664
- They decided to leave out the
part about the first husband

695
00:38:54,732 --> 00:38:56,766
<i> Because there were</i>
<i> no witnesses.</i>

696
00:38:56,835 --> 00:38:59,269
<i> But they were able to</i>
<i> introduce a lot of evidence</i>

697
00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:03,573
<i> About the james raine murder</i>
<i> in the ernest smith murder.</i>

698
00:39:03,641 --> 00:39:06,943
<i> And that's the narrative that</i>
<i> was presented at her trial,</i>

699
00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:10,046
Was that this was
somebody who can't

700
00:39:10,114 --> 00:39:11,747
Get enough of killing
their husbands

701
00:39:11,816 --> 00:39:13,616
<i> For the insurance money.</i>

702
00:39:13,684 --> 00:39:17,553
<i> - Throughout her trial,</i>
<i> emma remains indignant.</i>

703
00:39:17,622 --> 00:39:21,023
<i> - I was testifying how</i>
<i> she had no blood on her.</i>

704
00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:25,261
And I remember looking
at emma, and she was like,

705
00:39:25,329 --> 00:39:29,131
You know, like,
just seemed angry and kind of

706
00:39:29,133 --> 00:39:32,068
Rolling her eyes at me.

707
00:39:32,136 --> 00:39:37,373
<i> In my opinion, emma had gotten</i>
<i> away with it for so long,</i>

708
00:39:37,442 --> 00:39:40,076
I don't think she ever thought
she was going to be caught.

709
00:39:40,144 --> 00:39:43,445
<i> - But when it comes time</i>
<i> to plead her innocence,</i>

710
00:39:43,447 --> 00:39:44,847
<i> Emma remains seated.</i>

711
00:39:44,916 --> 00:39:47,117
<i> Instead,</i>
<i> she allows her attorney</i>

712
00:39:47,185 --> 00:39:49,085
<i> To do all the talking.</i>

713
00:39:49,153 --> 00:39:52,955
<i> - The defense for emma raine</i>
<i> was that james raine</i>

714
00:39:52,957 --> 00:39:56,292
<i> Put her up to it,</i>
<i> and got her all worked up</i>

715
00:39:56,361 --> 00:39:59,762
With romance and promises,

716
00:39:59,830 --> 00:40:04,233
And that he was
the "snake in the grass."

717
00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:06,302
<i> His name is on</i>
<i> the insurance policy,</i>

718
00:40:06,370 --> 00:40:08,004
<i> So it had to be him doing it.</i>

719
00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:11,774
And now it was emma raine
sort of being blamed for it.

720
00:40:11,842 --> 00:40:13,909
<i> - But the jury doesn't buy it.</i>

721
00:40:13,979 --> 00:40:17,613
<i> On August 12, 2016,</i>
<i> emma is found guilty</i>

722
00:40:17,682 --> 00:40:20,482
<i> Of second-degree murder</i>
<i> and sentenced</i>

723
00:40:20,484 --> 00:40:23,886
<i> To life without parole.</i>

724
00:40:23,955 --> 00:40:27,990
- It was a pleasure to bring
justice for mr. Smith

725
00:40:28,059 --> 00:40:31,227
<i> And to bring justice</i>
<i> for his daughter.</i>

726
00:40:31,295 --> 00:40:33,095
<i> She was in disbelief.</i>

727
00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:37,099
<i> She was disheartened</i>
<i> to know that emma</i>

728
00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:42,738
Was the individual responsible
for her father's death.

729
00:40:42,807 --> 00:40:45,542
<i> - But to this day,</i>
<i> emma has never</i>

730
00:40:45,610 --> 00:40:47,644
<i> Been charged in</i>
<i> connection with the deaths</i>

731
00:40:47,712 --> 00:40:50,613
<i> Of her first husband,</i>
<i> leroy evans,</i>

732
00:40:50,682 --> 00:40:54,283
<i> Or her third husband,</i>
<i> james raine.</i>

733
00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:57,787
<i> - Yeah, I feel like justice</i>
<i> was served for mr. Ernest,</i>

734
00:40:57,855 --> 00:41:01,557
But I also feel like
that my dad's case

735
00:41:01,626 --> 00:41:04,694
Still have more justice to do.

736
00:41:06,664 --> 00:41:08,564
<i> - I don't believe</i>
<i> that emma will</i>

737
00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:10,666
<i> Ever be held accountable</i>
<i> for the murder</i>

738
00:41:10,735 --> 00:41:13,436
<i> Of james and mr. Evans.</i>

739
00:41:14,105 --> 00:41:17,539
<i> Louisiana has emma</i>
<i> in prison for life.</i>

740
00:41:17,541 --> 00:41:19,509
She's not getting out.

741
00:41:19,577 --> 00:41:22,779
What more can they do to her?

742
00:41:22,847 --> 00:41:26,349
- I keep in contact with
the raine family as well.

743
00:41:26,417 --> 00:41:30,086
Someday, another detective
is going to come along,

744
00:41:30,154 --> 00:41:32,121
And they're going
to put it together.

745
00:41:32,190 --> 00:41:35,224
<i> - Meanwhile, emma's</i>
<i> got plenty of time</i>

746
00:41:35,293 --> 00:41:41,964
<i> Behind bars to contemplate her</i>
<i> sins and their lasting effect.</i>

747
00:41:42,033 --> 00:41:47,169
<i> - There are two children</i>
<i> that she's left behind.</i>

748
00:41:47,171 --> 00:41:48,537
It's a struggle to go

749
00:41:48,607 --> 00:41:53,476
And see your mother
behind bars.

750
00:41:53,544 --> 00:41:55,445
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

751
00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:59,848
<i> - But what of her fourth</i>
<i> husband, john golston?</i>

752
00:41:59,918 --> 00:42:02,051
- I know he did
manage to divorce her.

753
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,153
He at least survived
his marriage.

754
00:42:04,221 --> 00:42:07,289
<i> - And all these</i>
<i> years later, the tale</i>

755
00:42:07,291 --> 00:42:10,927
<i> Of this southern black widow's</i>
<i> web of greed and depravity</i>

756
00:42:10,995 --> 00:42:14,297
<i> Still leaves folks</i>
<i> shaking their heads.</i>

757
00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:17,667
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

758
00:42:17,735 --> 00:42:20,669
<i> - She was gluttonous,</i>
<i> she was greedy,</i>

759
00:42:20,671 --> 00:42:26,175
And she was vicious,
and finally caught.

760
00:42:26,177 --> 00:42:31,080
- But mr. Smith, the life
that he lived was one of love,

761
00:42:31,148 --> 00:42:35,284
<i> One of compassion,</i>
<i> one of bravery.</i>

762
00:42:35,353 --> 00:42:40,289
<i> And I'm quite sure his living</i>
<i> was not in vain.</i>

763
00:42:40,358 --> 00:42:45,161
<i> ♪ ♪</i>