1 00:00:10,810 --> 00:00:13,312 - In a small texas town hospital, 2 00:00:13,380 --> 00:00:16,748 A mystery grows more terrifying by the day. 3 00:00:16,817 --> 00:00:19,651 - All these patients that were having respiratory codes, 4 00:00:19,653 --> 00:00:21,186 But they were in the hospital 5 00:00:21,188 --> 00:00:23,188 For nothing to do with respiratory issues. 6 00:00:23,256 --> 00:00:25,257 - Do we have a bad batch of medication 7 00:00:25,325 --> 00:00:28,493 Or, you know, something that could explain this? 8 00:00:28,495 --> 00:00:30,128 Too many people were dying. 9 00:00:30,197 --> 00:00:33,097 - One of the journalists that came by the office and said, 10 00:00:33,099 --> 00:00:35,234 Well, did you not notice the deaths? 11 00:00:35,302 --> 00:00:38,270 - The clock is ticking as more surprise deaths 12 00:00:38,338 --> 00:00:39,671 Shake the community. 13 00:00:39,740 --> 00:00:42,174 - My dad was my life. 14 00:00:42,242 --> 00:00:43,408 What happened? 15 00:00:43,477 --> 00:00:44,909 I just got through talking to him. 16 00:00:44,979 --> 00:00:46,945 Then he was gone. 17 00:00:47,013 --> 00:00:47,913 - Went through the charts. 18 00:00:47,981 --> 00:00:50,883 I could not find any one common denominator. 19 00:00:50,951 --> 00:00:53,185 - With no physical evidence, 20 00:00:53,253 --> 00:00:55,820 The local chief calls in the big guns. 21 00:00:55,890 --> 00:00:58,523 - The texas rangers, fbi. 22 00:00:58,592 --> 00:01:00,192 You're like, oh, my gosh. What's going on? 23 00:01:00,260 --> 00:01:03,562 - They came to nocona and reviewed 31 codes 24 00:01:03,630 --> 00:01:05,997 That had happened during that period of time. 25 00:01:05,999 --> 00:01:09,401 - All the data suggests there is a murderer among them. 26 00:01:09,469 --> 00:01:11,202 - I believe in the bible. 27 00:01:11,272 --> 00:01:13,405 I believe an eye for an eye. 28 00:01:13,473 --> 00:01:15,773 I wanted revenge is what I want. 29 00:01:15,843 --> 00:01:18,109 - We got somebody here killing people. 30 00:01:18,179 --> 00:01:19,811 Now we got to prove it. 31 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:22,447 - But until the angel of death is caught, 32 00:01:22,516 --> 00:01:24,950 There's no stopping the body count. 33 00:01:25,018 --> 00:01:26,485 - Small rural hospital. 34 00:01:26,553 --> 00:01:28,219 It's a shock to anybody 35 00:01:28,221 --> 00:01:30,388 That you might have a serial killer. 36 00:01:30,457 --> 00:01:32,624 - She gets this look of terror on her face. 37 00:01:32,693 --> 00:01:35,226 And she said, it's happening again. 38 00:01:35,228 --> 00:01:38,330 [sustained beep] 39 00:01:38,398 --> 00:01:41,366 ["just another ghost"] 40 00:01:41,435 --> 00:01:44,169 ♪ ♪ 41 00:01:44,238 --> 00:01:48,373 - ♪ oh, child ♪ 42 00:01:48,442 --> 00:01:52,244 ♪ come home to the gallows pole ♪ 43 00:01:53,380 --> 00:01:56,414 [bluesy music] 44 00:01:56,483 --> 00:01:58,851 - Just across the red river from oklahoma 45 00:01:58,919 --> 00:02:02,787 Sits the tiny town of nocona, texas. 46 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:06,991 With hardly 3,000 people, nocona owns a singular blend 47 00:02:07,061 --> 00:02:11,163 Of southern hospitality and a rugged texas resilience. 48 00:02:11,231 --> 00:02:12,831 [horse whinnies] 49 00:02:12,899 --> 00:02:15,400 - A lot of cowboys, a lot of ranching, 50 00:02:15,469 --> 00:02:17,836 And then a lot of oil field work as well. 51 00:02:17,905 --> 00:02:20,772 - I think of nocona, I think of genuine people. 52 00:02:20,774 --> 00:02:23,642 And genuine people, to me, are in the south. 53 00:02:23,710 --> 00:02:26,278 - Very southern bible belt, 54 00:02:26,346 --> 00:02:28,513 Just good small-town country values. 55 00:02:28,515 --> 00:02:30,582 - You know almost everybody. 56 00:02:30,651 --> 00:02:32,250 You see them at the grocery store 57 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:35,087 Or the post office. 58 00:02:35,155 --> 00:02:37,723 - Someone's in the hospital, word gets around. 59 00:02:37,791 --> 00:02:39,291 Someone dies, 60 00:02:39,359 --> 00:02:41,660 Word gets around almost immediately. 61 00:02:41,728 --> 00:02:44,429 - That was certainly the case when nocona was gripped 62 00:02:44,498 --> 00:02:46,565 By the biggest and deadliest mystery 63 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:49,701 That anyone could imagine. 64 00:02:49,703 --> 00:02:52,504 - The nocona general hospital administrator, chuck norris, 65 00:02:52,573 --> 00:02:56,374 Called me on February the 6th, 2001, 66 00:02:56,443 --> 00:02:59,111 And asked to speak with me at the hospital. 67 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:01,580 They told me they thought something was strange going on 68 00:03:01,648 --> 00:03:04,516 And that they had already did an internal investigation. 69 00:03:05,886 --> 00:03:08,887 They had a lot of death during the month 70 00:03:08,955 --> 00:03:11,389 Of December and January, 71 00:03:11,458 --> 00:03:15,660 And that was very suspicious. 72 00:03:15,662 --> 00:03:18,262 - Hospital executives briefing chief holcomb 73 00:03:18,264 --> 00:03:22,266 Say these suspicious deaths began two months prior, 74 00:03:22,268 --> 00:03:26,104 Long before it became clear something evil was afoot, 75 00:03:26,173 --> 00:03:30,909 During the height of the worst flu season to ever hit nocona. 76 00:03:30,978 --> 00:03:33,344 - That was and still is the busiest 77 00:03:33,346 --> 00:03:35,680 The hospital had ever been. 78 00:03:35,682 --> 00:03:38,683 We had over 120 patients in the hospital in December, 79 00:03:38,685 --> 00:03:41,085 Over 117 in January. 80 00:03:41,155 --> 00:03:45,824 Most of the patients that were admitted were elderly. 81 00:03:45,892 --> 00:03:48,327 - Nocona general hospital is one of the smallest hospitals 82 00:03:48,329 --> 00:03:49,761 In the state of texas. 83 00:03:49,830 --> 00:03:51,697 Myself and my brother work here together. 84 00:03:51,765 --> 00:03:53,398 It's rare that somebody comes in 85 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:54,299 That I don't know who they are 86 00:03:54,367 --> 00:03:56,568 And their parents and their grandparents 87 00:03:56,636 --> 00:03:57,836 And their kids, 88 00:03:57,904 --> 00:04:00,539 Which is the joy of being family medicine. 89 00:04:00,607 --> 00:04:03,308 - The close communal ties made December's loss 90 00:04:03,377 --> 00:04:06,745 Of 11 elderly townsfolk especially hard, 91 00:04:06,813 --> 00:04:10,114 Many of whom had dnrs, "do not resuscitate." 92 00:04:10,184 --> 00:04:13,985 However, on the cold texas morning of January 7th, 93 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:16,855 What happened to 65-year-old jimmy ray holder, 94 00:04:16,923 --> 00:04:20,192 Who had no dnr, was out of the blue. 95 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:23,628 - He had a heart attack at home there in nocona. 96 00:04:23,697 --> 00:04:27,865 And my stepmother took him up to that hospital. 97 00:04:27,935 --> 00:04:32,504 I was actually on the phone with him the night before. 98 00:04:32,572 --> 00:04:33,838 He sounded great. 99 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:34,806 He was doing really good. 100 00:04:34,875 --> 00:04:40,045 And I was going to visit him the very next day. 101 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:43,949 - But their visit was not to be. 102 00:04:44,017 --> 00:04:46,451 [phone ringing] 103 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,353 - I was asleep. 104 00:04:48,421 --> 00:04:50,389 I got a phone call from my stepmother 105 00:04:50,391 --> 00:04:52,490 Saying that he had passed. 106 00:04:52,559 --> 00:04:55,126 And I was like, what happened? 107 00:04:55,128 --> 00:04:57,261 I mean, I just got through talking to him. 108 00:04:57,263 --> 00:04:59,031 He sounded really good. 109 00:04:59,099 --> 00:05:02,200 And she goes, I don't know. 110 00:05:02,269 --> 00:05:05,837 He was gone. 111 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:07,305 I basically broke down. 112 00:05:07,374 --> 00:05:09,307 I was crying. 113 00:05:09,375 --> 00:05:12,076 My dad was my life. 114 00:05:12,146 --> 00:05:13,544 [somber music] 115 00:05:13,546 --> 00:05:15,847 I spent a lot of time up in taos with him, 116 00:05:15,916 --> 00:05:19,984 You know, up in the mountains, just looking out-- 117 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:22,186 The wildlife. 118 00:05:22,188 --> 00:05:24,056 You know, he worked his whole life 119 00:05:24,124 --> 00:05:26,791 Just to take care of his family. 120 00:05:26,793 --> 00:05:29,795 And that made him special to me. 121 00:05:32,032 --> 00:05:34,465 - Family heartbreaks continue over the course 122 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:36,434 Of the next 22 days, 123 00:05:36,503 --> 00:05:39,403 As ten more elderly patients die. 124 00:05:39,405 --> 00:05:42,206 These deaths were seemingly of natural causes, 125 00:05:42,276 --> 00:05:43,942 Yet the rising body count 126 00:05:44,010 --> 00:05:47,078 Heightens the doctor's concern. 127 00:05:47,147 --> 00:05:49,413 - A lot of those patients were found expired. 128 00:05:49,415 --> 00:05:50,449 That was unusual. 129 00:05:50,451 --> 00:05:51,983 Didn't seem to be that sick. 130 00:05:52,052 --> 00:05:55,453 Even though we were twice as busy as we normally were, 131 00:05:55,522 --> 00:05:57,122 Too many people were dying. 132 00:05:57,190 --> 00:06:00,625 So I personally took 12 charts, sat down. 133 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:03,461 Were these patients on the same iv fluids? 134 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:05,363 Were they on the same medications? 135 00:06:05,431 --> 00:06:08,566 I could not find any one common denominator. 136 00:06:08,635 --> 00:06:11,035 It was a huge mystery. 137 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:14,106 - Indeed, something was terribly wrong 138 00:06:14,174 --> 00:06:15,774 Inside nocona general. 139 00:06:15,842 --> 00:06:19,677 And a few nights later, all hell breaks loose. 140 00:06:19,746 --> 00:06:21,680 [dramatic music] 141 00:06:21,748 --> 00:06:24,115 - I remember the night. It was January the 30th. 142 00:06:24,117 --> 00:06:26,250 And orvel moore was another patient. 143 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,788 He was an old country, kind of a cantankerous guy. 144 00:06:29,856 --> 00:06:31,756 I think that was his way of telling you he liked you. 145 00:06:31,758 --> 00:06:32,991 He'd give you a hard time. 146 00:06:33,059 --> 00:06:34,258 [indistinct radio chatter] 147 00:06:34,328 --> 00:06:37,528 I got a call that mr. Moore was coding, 148 00:06:37,598 --> 00:06:39,864 A respiratory arrest or a code blue. 149 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:41,533 And then they tell me there's a code 150 00:06:41,601 --> 00:06:43,601 In room 17 at the same time. 151 00:06:43,670 --> 00:06:47,071 We did an appendectomy that morning on lydia weatherhead. 152 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:49,874 - This patient also can't breathe. 153 00:06:49,943 --> 00:06:53,578 But lydia weatherhead is only 14 years old. 154 00:06:53,646 --> 00:06:55,247 - When I got in that room, 155 00:06:55,315 --> 00:06:56,881 They had to put a breathing tube 156 00:06:56,883 --> 00:06:58,683 Through their mouth, down into their lungs, 157 00:06:58,752 --> 00:07:00,284 And she immediately started breathing. 158 00:07:00,354 --> 00:07:02,954 - [coughing] 159 00:07:03,023 --> 00:07:04,790 - I went down to mr. Moore's room. 160 00:07:04,858 --> 00:07:06,424 We worked his code. 161 00:07:06,493 --> 00:07:07,692 He did not make it. 162 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:10,061 [sustained beep] 163 00:07:10,063 --> 00:07:12,096 So I pronounced him dead. 164 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:13,898 ♪ ♪ 165 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:16,067 I can't remember in my career 166 00:07:16,136 --> 00:07:18,302 Having two cold blues at the same time. 167 00:07:18,304 --> 00:07:20,304 ♪ ♪ 168 00:07:20,306 --> 00:07:23,742 Got my suspicion even up higher than it already was. 169 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:25,544 ♪ ♪ 170 00:07:25,612 --> 00:07:28,580 There wasn't really a thought that someone's here 171 00:07:28,648 --> 00:07:30,648 Taking people's lives. 172 00:07:30,717 --> 00:07:34,085 It was, do we have a bad batch of medication 173 00:07:34,154 --> 00:07:36,287 Or something that could explain this? 174 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:38,022 And couldn't really find anything. 175 00:07:38,024 --> 00:07:40,825 - Rattled by orvel moore's passing 176 00:07:40,894 --> 00:07:43,828 And lydia weatherhead's near-death experience, 177 00:07:43,897 --> 00:07:46,464 Len dingler tries to figure out what's happening 178 00:07:46,533 --> 00:07:50,935 In this hospital, finding a most quiet place to ponder. 179 00:07:50,937 --> 00:07:52,804 - I went into orvel moore's room. 180 00:07:52,872 --> 00:07:54,806 I sat in his room, waiting on the funeral home 181 00:07:54,875 --> 00:07:56,474 To come here and pick up his body. 182 00:07:56,543 --> 00:07:58,510 Just had my eyes closed. 183 00:07:58,578 --> 00:08:00,612 And kirk walked in the room. 184 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,881 - Kirk jackson was the nurse's aide. 185 00:08:02,949 --> 00:08:04,382 Kirk would go in and prepare the bodies 186 00:08:04,451 --> 00:08:06,284 For the funeral home to come and pick them up. 187 00:08:06,353 --> 00:08:08,686 Kirk was married to one of the nurses, 188 00:08:08,755 --> 00:08:09,854 Vickie dawn jackson. 189 00:08:09,923 --> 00:08:11,622 - He said, something's not right. 190 00:08:11,624 --> 00:08:13,958 And I said, I know, kirk. Something's wrong. 191 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,060 And he said, they're calling me the grim reaper." 192 00:08:16,129 --> 00:08:18,497 And I said, well, kirk, anybody that knows you knows 193 00:08:18,565 --> 00:08:20,265 You're not the grim reaper. 194 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:22,501 He was seeing more people, obviously, die 195 00:08:22,569 --> 00:08:23,768 Than he was used to seeing too. 196 00:08:23,837 --> 00:08:25,736 And it bothered him. 197 00:08:25,806 --> 00:08:28,606 - One of the journalists that came by the office and said, 198 00:08:28,608 --> 00:08:31,209 Well, did you not notice the deaths? 199 00:08:31,277 --> 00:08:34,446 I noticed a pattern. We're 35% senior citizen. 200 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:39,117 We have bad weather conditions, and the mortality rate goes up. 201 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:41,986 We had had a fairly rough December, weather-wise, 202 00:08:42,055 --> 00:08:43,688 And the mortality rate goes up. 203 00:08:43,756 --> 00:08:45,189 So yeah, it was up, 204 00:08:45,258 --> 00:08:48,860 But it wasn't astronomically up. 205 00:08:48,929 --> 00:08:53,365 But what I learn later is, the hospital knew 206 00:08:53,433 --> 00:08:54,832 This rate's not right for us. 207 00:08:54,901 --> 00:08:57,736 ♪ ♪ 208 00:08:57,804 --> 00:08:59,971 - Already on razor's edge, 209 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,908 The next morning changes nocona general forever. 210 00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:06,278 - Donna carnutte, she was 47. 211 00:09:06,346 --> 00:09:09,280 But I would not expect someone of her age 212 00:09:09,349 --> 00:09:12,083 To suffer a code blue. 213 00:09:12,152 --> 00:09:14,285 - She was sitting up in the bed, 214 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:16,621 Holding on to the top side rails, 215 00:09:16,689 --> 00:09:19,757 Like, struggling to stay upright 216 00:09:19,826 --> 00:09:23,427 And gasping for every breath. 217 00:09:23,429 --> 00:09:28,099 [rapid beeping] and she collapsed into the bed. 218 00:09:28,168 --> 00:09:30,535 She had a pulse, but she was not breathing. 219 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:34,372 [sustained beep] so we initiated the code blue. 220 00:09:34,374 --> 00:09:36,174 - Team to icu, please. 221 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:38,943 - That's when the unimaginable occurred 222 00:09:39,012 --> 00:09:42,180 To a 35-year-old woman down the hall. 223 00:09:42,248 --> 00:09:44,916 - And a second code happened almost simultaneously. 224 00:09:44,984 --> 00:09:46,951 [rapid beeping] 225 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:50,455 - Lisa pelkey, but a respiratory arrest 226 00:09:50,523 --> 00:09:53,124 At her age, that would be almost unheard of. 227 00:09:53,193 --> 00:09:53,925 She had a heartbeat. 228 00:09:53,994 --> 00:09:55,593 She just wasn't able to breathe. 229 00:09:55,662 --> 00:09:57,061 [rapid beeping] 230 00:09:57,063 --> 00:10:00,432 - Ms. Carnutte, after a few moments, 231 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:03,167 Her eyes come open. 232 00:10:03,169 --> 00:10:04,735 And we're all just like, this is great. 233 00:10:04,805 --> 00:10:07,271 She's awake. 234 00:10:07,273 --> 00:10:12,143 I hooked up the iv back to her that she already had. 235 00:10:13,413 --> 00:10:15,646 And after a few minutes, she sits up, 236 00:10:15,716 --> 00:10:18,750 She gets this look of terror on her face, and she said, 237 00:10:18,818 --> 00:10:21,919 It's happening again. 238 00:10:21,988 --> 00:10:23,587 - Coming up... 239 00:10:23,657 --> 00:10:26,090 - The texas ranger told me, you're jumping to conclusions. 240 00:10:26,159 --> 00:10:28,392 We don't know anybody's murdered anybody. 241 00:10:28,462 --> 00:10:30,762 - Had an undercover agent come in. 242 00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:33,731 And they installed a video camera system 243 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,433 Above the crash cart. 244 00:10:35,501 --> 00:10:37,001 - We didn't want to tip anybody off 245 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:39,371 That we just had a huge suspicion, 246 00:10:39,439 --> 00:10:40,639 Someone's killing people. 247 00:10:42,175 --> 00:10:45,343 - ♪ come home to the gallows pole ♪ 248 00:10:47,279 --> 00:10:54,118 - ♪ judgment day shall come ♪ 249 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,988 - In nocona's small rural hospital, 250 00:10:57,056 --> 00:10:59,257 Two patients are undergoing respiratory arrest 251 00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:02,493 Simultaneously for the second time 252 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:04,462 In less than 48 hours. 253 00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:08,399 One of the patients is revived but again stops breathing. 254 00:11:08,468 --> 00:11:14,172 - When I hooked her back up to her previous iv bags, 255 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:15,974 That's when it started all over again. 256 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:18,876 [dramatic music] 257 00:11:18,945 --> 00:11:20,244 - Alarm bells were going off. 258 00:11:20,313 --> 00:11:22,180 What is going on? 259 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:26,250 - Lisa pelkey and donna carnutte, 260 00:11:26,319 --> 00:11:27,519 We revived both of them. 261 00:11:27,587 --> 00:11:30,822 [steady beeping] 262 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:33,057 We have two codes Monday night. 263 00:11:33,059 --> 00:11:36,294 Now I have two codes Wednesday morning. 264 00:11:36,362 --> 00:11:39,030 Then one of the pharmacy technicians walked up to me 265 00:11:39,098 --> 00:11:42,366 And asked me, she said, what's mivacron for? 266 00:11:42,368 --> 00:11:44,702 And I said, well, we use that to paralyze people. 267 00:11:44,770 --> 00:11:46,070 Why would you ask me that? 268 00:11:46,139 --> 00:11:47,705 She said, well, we have a vial missing 269 00:11:47,774 --> 00:11:50,241 Out of the crash cart. 270 00:11:50,310 --> 00:11:53,378 I felt all the blood rush out of my head, and I felt faint. 271 00:11:55,615 --> 00:11:57,515 - Mivacron is a paralytic. 272 00:11:57,583 --> 00:12:01,585 It is used to paralyze somebody so that you can intubate them 273 00:12:01,655 --> 00:12:03,855 When you put a breathing tube down somebody's throat. 274 00:12:03,923 --> 00:12:05,823 It only lasts about 20 minutes in your system 275 00:12:05,892 --> 00:12:07,325 Before it wears out. 276 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:12,330 - To be given mivacron without any kind of sedative, 277 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:14,999 They're laying there suffocating to death, 278 00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:17,301 Unable to tell anybody that they can't breathe, 279 00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:19,603 They can't move. 280 00:12:19,605 --> 00:12:22,207 It's about the cruelest way to kill somebody. 281 00:12:22,275 --> 00:12:26,110 And I knew right then, something in my heart, 282 00:12:26,179 --> 00:12:27,811 Somebody's here killing people. 283 00:12:27,813 --> 00:12:30,114 ♪ ♪ 284 00:12:30,183 --> 00:12:33,484 I thought someone was going in and injecting mivacron 285 00:12:33,486 --> 00:12:35,019 Into an iv bag 286 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:37,121 And that caused the patients to go 287 00:12:37,123 --> 00:12:39,824 Into a respiratory arrest. 288 00:12:39,892 --> 00:12:43,394 - Reeling from his epiphany that someone may be murdering 289 00:12:43,463 --> 00:12:47,265 His patients with mivacron, len dingler begins defending 290 00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:50,968 Against what he believes is a killer amongst them. 291 00:12:51,037 --> 00:12:54,438 - Told them, draw blood, change out the iv bag, 292 00:12:54,507 --> 00:12:55,907 Change out the iv tubing, 293 00:12:55,975 --> 00:12:58,008 And take all of that to my office. 294 00:12:58,078 --> 00:13:00,778 I called quest, our reference lab, 295 00:13:00,847 --> 00:13:01,979 And I asked them, 296 00:13:02,048 --> 00:13:05,149 Is there a test for mivacron in the body? 297 00:13:05,218 --> 00:13:07,785 And they said, there is no test for that. 298 00:13:07,854 --> 00:13:10,254 But we went ahead and kept the blood anyway 299 00:13:10,323 --> 00:13:12,457 For evidence, just in case. 300 00:13:14,827 --> 00:13:16,527 - I walked around to the hospital 301 00:13:16,596 --> 00:13:18,996 Administrator's office, chuck norris. 302 00:13:19,065 --> 00:13:20,698 I said, chuck, I believe we have 303 00:13:20,767 --> 00:13:22,333 Somebody here killing people. 304 00:13:22,402 --> 00:13:24,802 - Len informs only the fewest members 305 00:13:24,871 --> 00:13:26,404 Of hospital management, 306 00:13:26,472 --> 00:13:28,339 Keeping his belief that there's a murderer 307 00:13:28,408 --> 00:13:30,474 In their midst from staff. 308 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:33,477 Knowing proof will be vital, dr. Dingler wants to be 309 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:37,615 Certain his theory is correct before contacting authorities. 310 00:13:37,683 --> 00:13:41,018 - We removed all the mivacron from the crash carts. 311 00:13:41,087 --> 00:13:42,886 You're going to have to go to the pharmacy 312 00:13:42,888 --> 00:13:44,588 To sign it out. 313 00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:46,224 If anybody else codes, 314 00:13:46,292 --> 00:13:47,892 We're going to change out the iv tubing. 315 00:13:47,961 --> 00:13:50,461 We're going to change out the iv bag. 316 00:13:50,530 --> 00:13:52,196 I said, I want you to make a chart. 317 00:13:52,265 --> 00:13:54,865 On the vertical axis, I want everybody 318 00:13:54,867 --> 00:13:56,601 That works here across the top. 319 00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:59,036 We're going to mark every day that somebody has died. 320 00:13:59,105 --> 00:14:00,938 Do this for December and January, 321 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:03,741 And let's see if we can see a pattern. 322 00:14:03,810 --> 00:14:06,978 - In December, there were 11 deaths in the hospital. 323 00:14:07,046 --> 00:14:09,881 In January, 14 people died. 324 00:14:09,949 --> 00:14:12,116 The dinglers try to determine 325 00:14:12,184 --> 00:14:13,717 Which of these deaths are suspect. 326 00:14:13,719 --> 00:14:15,719 But before they can finish the chart, 327 00:14:15,789 --> 00:14:20,057 The worst kind of data keeps coming in. 328 00:14:20,126 --> 00:14:24,262 - That Sunday night, e.E. Jackson died. 329 00:14:24,264 --> 00:14:26,230 - The mivacron was locked away, 330 00:14:26,298 --> 00:14:27,765 And nobody signed out a vial. 331 00:14:27,833 --> 00:14:30,868 Yet e.E. Jackson is found dead in his room 332 00:14:30,937 --> 00:14:33,604 By nurse vickie dawn jackson. 333 00:14:33,673 --> 00:14:36,441 Even at the advanced age of 92 years old, 334 00:14:36,509 --> 00:14:39,110 The dinglers still suspect foul play 335 00:14:39,178 --> 00:14:41,179 Because e.E. Jackson fits the pattern 336 00:14:41,247 --> 00:14:42,847 Of suspicious deaths: 337 00:14:42,915 --> 00:14:46,484 Stable one minute, then found dead the next. 338 00:14:46,552 --> 00:14:48,552 - Preacher jackson, he was my patient. 339 00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:51,088 That was kirk jackson's grandfather. 340 00:14:51,157 --> 00:14:53,024 Really good fella. 341 00:14:53,092 --> 00:14:54,492 - The next morning, 342 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,260 The dingler brothers look at the chart, 343 00:14:56,329 --> 00:14:59,163 Hoping it will not only prove len's theory correct, 344 00:14:59,232 --> 00:15:01,965 That someone is murdering patients, 345 00:15:01,967 --> 00:15:05,002 But also answer the most disturbing question: 346 00:15:05,004 --> 00:15:07,305 Who? 347 00:15:07,373 --> 00:15:10,541 - It was as obvious as the nose on your face. 348 00:15:10,610 --> 00:15:12,977 90% of the code blues were at night. 349 00:15:13,045 --> 00:15:17,114 There were two code blues where vickie jackson, a nurse, 350 00:15:17,183 --> 00:15:19,517 And her husband, kirk, worked the same night. 351 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:24,455 Initially, it looked like it could be kirk or vickie. 352 00:15:24,457 --> 00:15:26,924 - This, of course, gives the doctors pause, 353 00:15:26,993 --> 00:15:30,194 Knowing that e.E. Jackson was kirk's grandfather. 354 00:15:30,263 --> 00:15:32,964 It also makes vickie and especially kirk 355 00:15:33,032 --> 00:15:35,333 Less likely for the same reason. 356 00:15:35,401 --> 00:15:37,801 - But when you add in the two very suspicious codes 357 00:15:37,803 --> 00:15:41,072 That happened on a different shift of nurses, 358 00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:42,573 The only person that had switched over 359 00:15:42,575 --> 00:15:44,309 Into those other shifts was vickie dawn jackson. 360 00:15:46,145 --> 00:15:48,079 It was just like, no way. 361 00:15:48,147 --> 00:15:49,881 That's not possible. 362 00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:52,917 That was her husband's grandfather 363 00:15:52,985 --> 00:15:54,352 Last night that died. 364 00:15:54,420 --> 00:15:57,955 Surely, she wouldn't have done that too. 365 00:15:58,024 --> 00:16:02,293 - I don't really know how to profile a mass murderer. 366 00:16:02,361 --> 00:16:04,662 But I wouldn't think it would be 367 00:16:04,730 --> 00:16:08,532 Somebody that seemed to be sweet and kind, 368 00:16:08,601 --> 00:16:10,701 Which vickie was. 369 00:16:10,703 --> 00:16:12,236 - She was always very nice, very cordial, 370 00:16:12,305 --> 00:16:14,238 A very sweet lady. 371 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:16,840 Never had any patients complain about her. 372 00:16:16,910 --> 00:16:21,045 - So it was definitely a shock and a surprise. 373 00:16:21,113 --> 00:16:22,813 I'm trying to help people's lives. 374 00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:24,015 I'm trying to save them. 375 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:25,717 I've got somebody, on the other hand, 376 00:16:25,785 --> 00:16:27,851 Deliberately taking their life. 377 00:16:27,921 --> 00:16:30,921 - But who is responsible for the unusual deaths 378 00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:32,456 Is still in question. 379 00:16:32,525 --> 00:16:34,692 While the dingler brothers feel in their gut 380 00:16:34,761 --> 00:16:37,127 The killer is vickie dawn jackson, 381 00:16:37,129 --> 00:16:39,630 It's here that the doctors reach out for help 382 00:16:39,699 --> 00:16:42,633 Because they can't rule out kirk or anyone else 383 00:16:42,635 --> 00:16:44,735 Without a police investigation. 384 00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:47,638 - We called chief of police for nocona, kent holcomb. 385 00:16:47,707 --> 00:16:49,773 - This all leads up to the meeting 386 00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:53,644 On February 6, 2001, at nocona general, 387 00:16:53,713 --> 00:16:56,747 Where chief kent holcomb hears the dinglers' belief 388 00:16:56,816 --> 00:17:00,083 That vickie dawn jackson is killing patients. 389 00:17:00,085 --> 00:17:03,654 - I told chief holcomb, since we had mivacron missing 390 00:17:03,723 --> 00:17:05,756 And we had suspicious deaths, 391 00:17:05,825 --> 00:17:08,426 We thought one nurse was killing patients. 392 00:17:08,494 --> 00:17:10,161 - We got a town of 3,200 people, 393 00:17:10,229 --> 00:17:11,995 Small rural hospital. 394 00:17:11,997 --> 00:17:13,564 It was a shock to myself. 395 00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:15,933 It was a shock to anybody that you might have 396 00:17:16,002 --> 00:17:18,335 A serial killer in town. 397 00:17:18,404 --> 00:17:21,038 - But once chief holcomb is up to speed, 398 00:17:21,107 --> 00:17:22,906 He pumps the brakes. 399 00:17:22,976 --> 00:17:25,543 - You go into an investigation with an open mind. 400 00:17:25,611 --> 00:17:29,246 We looked at everybody on the employment list, 401 00:17:29,315 --> 00:17:32,450 But also there was no test for mivacron. 402 00:17:32,518 --> 00:17:34,185 They could test the liquid, 403 00:17:34,253 --> 00:17:35,653 But we couldn't test the bodies 404 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:38,422 To know how many patients had been 405 00:17:38,491 --> 00:17:41,158 Injected with mivacron to determine 406 00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:42,960 If they were murdered. 407 00:17:43,029 --> 00:17:48,165 So I call in a texas ranger friend of mine, ranger johnson, 408 00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:50,701 Who come down and help. 409 00:17:50,703 --> 00:17:52,836 Well, first thing, we had to figure out 410 00:17:52,906 --> 00:17:55,106 How much mivacron was missing 411 00:17:55,174 --> 00:18:00,544 And determine if that was actually a case of theft. 412 00:18:00,546 --> 00:18:02,713 We contacted our district attorney 413 00:18:02,782 --> 00:18:06,851 To let him know what we had and what we were doing. 414 00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:08,319 - The district attorney's office 415 00:18:08,387 --> 00:18:11,088 Requested the fbi be involved. 416 00:18:11,156 --> 00:18:14,358 - Law enforcement's methodical approach makes sense, 417 00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:16,560 But it's tough for the dinglers to accept 418 00:18:16,562 --> 00:18:18,328 With what they feel is a killer 419 00:18:18,398 --> 00:18:20,197 On the loose in their hospital. 420 00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:22,833 - The texas ranger told me, you're jumping to conclusions. 421 00:18:22,902 --> 00:18:25,102 We don't know anybody's murdered anybody. 422 00:18:25,171 --> 00:18:28,572 I told him, you're wasting time. 423 00:18:28,641 --> 00:18:30,541 We got somebody here killing people. 424 00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:33,143 And he said, you don't know that. 425 00:18:33,213 --> 00:18:34,478 I couldn't prove that. 426 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,880 In my gut, I knew that. 427 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:38,950 This is vickie. 428 00:18:39,018 --> 00:18:41,118 [rapid beeping] now we got to prove it. 429 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:44,622 - ♪ come home to the gallows pole ♪ 430 00:18:46,057 --> 00:18:52,896 - ♪ judgment day shall come ♪ 431 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:55,999 [dramatic music] 432 00:18:56,001 --> 00:18:57,601 ♪ ♪ 433 00:18:57,603 --> 00:18:59,637 - At nocona general hospital, 434 00:18:59,705 --> 00:19:02,339 There have been up to 18 suspicious deaths 435 00:19:02,408 --> 00:19:04,341 Since December of 2000. 436 00:19:04,410 --> 00:19:06,543 And the dingler brothers believe most of them 437 00:19:06,613 --> 00:19:09,480 Have been caused by nurse vickie dawn jackson. 438 00:19:09,549 --> 00:19:12,482 They deduce vickie is stealing a drug called mivacron 439 00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:14,918 From the crash cart, then secretly injecting 440 00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:17,288 Mivacron into patients' iv bags, 441 00:19:17,356 --> 00:19:19,523 Causing them to stop breathing. 442 00:19:19,592 --> 00:19:21,993 But chief holcomb tells the dingler brothers 443 00:19:22,061 --> 00:19:23,827 There is no proof. 444 00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:27,164 - I know at least 20 codes from the hospital investigation. 445 00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:29,901 Vickie jackson was present during all these codes. 446 00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:32,703 And at some point, she would even be the one 447 00:19:32,772 --> 00:19:38,375 To find the patient and call the code. 448 00:19:38,444 --> 00:19:41,512 But the proof just wasn't there. 449 00:19:41,581 --> 00:19:44,916 - We didn't have any cctv footage in the hospital, 450 00:19:44,984 --> 00:19:47,318 Nor do we have a visitors' log that people would sign in. 451 00:19:47,386 --> 00:19:48,953 Nurses were in and out of the rooms 452 00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:50,821 All the time without charting that they were in there. 453 00:19:50,890 --> 00:19:53,757 So there was no record of who was in which room 454 00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:56,960 At what time in any possible way. 455 00:19:57,029 --> 00:19:59,663 - While looking for more evidence linking vickie 456 00:19:59,665 --> 00:20:02,800 To the suspected murders, investigators tell 457 00:20:02,868 --> 00:20:07,671 No one else on staff that vickie is the prime suspect. 458 00:20:07,673 --> 00:20:10,708 - And so we started doing interviews with the witnesses 459 00:20:10,776 --> 00:20:15,646 And hospital staff, nurses, doctors, everybody and anybody 460 00:20:15,715 --> 00:20:18,882 That worked at the hospital that we could possibly do. 461 00:20:18,951 --> 00:20:22,552 - We started seeing local policemen, 462 00:20:22,554 --> 00:20:24,688 The texas rangers, 463 00:20:24,757 --> 00:20:27,058 Fbi people, and quite a few staff 464 00:20:27,126 --> 00:20:31,362 That had been called up to talk with law enforcement. 465 00:20:31,430 --> 00:20:33,263 You're like, oh, my gosh. What's happening? 466 00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:34,564 You know, what's going on? 467 00:20:34,566 --> 00:20:36,534 - Other nurses have seen vickie coming out of the room, 468 00:20:36,602 --> 00:20:38,469 Even when they weren't her patients. 469 00:20:38,537 --> 00:20:40,371 And she would say, that patient seems to be 470 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:42,439 Having trouble breathing. 471 00:20:42,508 --> 00:20:44,708 But you still have to prove manner of death. 472 00:20:44,710 --> 00:20:46,577 You still have to prove that it was a homicide. 473 00:20:48,380 --> 00:20:51,048 - Vickie jackson went into e.E. Jackson's room, 474 00:20:51,116 --> 00:20:54,451 Who is the grandfather of her husband, kirk jackson. 475 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,855 She came back out and whispered in a nurse's ear 476 00:20:57,923 --> 00:21:02,193 That something wrong with preacher jackson. 477 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:04,995 And they go in there. 478 00:21:05,064 --> 00:21:07,265 They couldn't revive him. 479 00:21:07,333 --> 00:21:11,168 - Investigators don't reveal that vickie is their target, 480 00:21:11,237 --> 00:21:13,504 Not even when speaking with vickie's husband, 481 00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:16,073 Kirk jackson. 482 00:21:16,141 --> 00:21:19,410 - We talked to kirk several times. 483 00:21:19,478 --> 00:21:21,379 Kirk jackson was an aide there. 484 00:21:21,381 --> 00:21:25,416 You know, he could have been involved. 485 00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:28,952 A lot of times, kirk was there while vickie worked. 486 00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:30,754 During the investigation and talking to kirk, 487 00:21:30,756 --> 00:21:32,322 We did believe kirk. 488 00:21:32,392 --> 00:21:35,492 - Investigators corroborate, as a nurse's aide, 489 00:21:35,561 --> 00:21:38,329 Kirk did not have access to the crash cart 490 00:21:38,397 --> 00:21:40,798 Or clearance to handle any medication. 491 00:21:40,866 --> 00:21:43,501 - Everything just still pointed towards vickie jackson. 492 00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:47,771 - Meanwhile, chief gets his results back 493 00:21:47,773 --> 00:21:51,142 Regarding any potentially missing mivacron. 494 00:21:51,210 --> 00:21:53,411 - We went back to the 1st of December. 495 00:21:53,413 --> 00:21:57,715 And we determined, through paperwork and witnesses, 496 00:21:57,783 --> 00:22:02,086 That approximately 14 vials of mivacron were missing. 497 00:22:04,289 --> 00:22:06,957 That threw a big red flag up. 498 00:22:07,026 --> 00:22:08,959 From my learning about mivacron, 499 00:22:09,028 --> 00:22:11,962 It don't take much to do the job. 500 00:22:12,031 --> 00:22:15,432 - As mivacron is metabolized out in the body, it changes. 501 00:22:15,501 --> 00:22:16,633 Every medicine does. 502 00:22:16,702 --> 00:22:18,702 And so there was no test. 503 00:22:18,771 --> 00:22:21,439 The fbi actually had to invent a test 504 00:22:21,441 --> 00:22:23,808 To test bodily fluids for mivacron. 505 00:22:23,876 --> 00:22:26,477 - The missing mivacron and the number of patients 506 00:22:26,545 --> 00:22:28,279 Going into respiratory arrest 507 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:29,847 Supports the theory 508 00:22:29,915 --> 00:22:31,982 That they were injected with mivacron. 509 00:22:32,051 --> 00:22:35,185 But since no test yet exists to detect mivacron 510 00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:37,521 In human tissue, chief holcomb learns 511 00:22:37,590 --> 00:22:41,024 Everything there is to know about vickie dawn jackson. 512 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:44,528 - She was there for two years on my shift. 513 00:22:44,530 --> 00:22:47,931 And so I got to know her a little bit. 514 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,935 Vickie was always very quiet. 515 00:22:51,003 --> 00:22:52,703 - I knew vickie for a number of years. 516 00:22:52,772 --> 00:22:55,706 She came in early, stayed late, worked hard. 517 00:22:55,774 --> 00:22:57,708 [somber music] 518 00:22:57,777 --> 00:23:00,111 - Vickie wound up going to work at the nursing home 519 00:23:00,179 --> 00:23:02,246 When she was 16. 520 00:23:02,314 --> 00:23:04,581 Always wanted to be a nurse. 521 00:23:04,650 --> 00:23:06,516 - Vickie seemed kind of troubled 522 00:23:06,586 --> 00:23:09,386 During her prior marriage. 523 00:23:09,455 --> 00:23:11,655 Actually got a divorce. 524 00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:13,423 They had two kids. 525 00:23:13,425 --> 00:23:16,994 - In 1997, while raising two children alone, 526 00:23:17,062 --> 00:23:20,764 Vickie frequents the local country music dance hall 527 00:23:20,833 --> 00:23:25,136 And meets a young, handsome fellow, kirk jackson. 528 00:23:25,204 --> 00:23:27,037 - And then she wound up marrying kirk, 529 00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:29,539 Whose family is from nocona. 530 00:23:29,609 --> 00:23:31,107 [bird caws] 531 00:23:31,177 --> 00:23:33,310 [tense music] 532 00:23:33,379 --> 00:23:36,279 - Vickie and kirk were having marital problems, 533 00:23:36,281 --> 00:23:40,518 According to our investigation, but nothing major 534 00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:42,586 That they couldn't work through. 535 00:23:42,655 --> 00:23:44,888 - Though it's said vickie's kids had 536 00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:47,024 Recently moved out of kirk and vickie's home 537 00:23:47,092 --> 00:23:49,626 Because of their domestic discord. 538 00:23:49,695 --> 00:23:51,562 - The kids went to live with their father. 539 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:55,799 And vickie was the one that was ordered to pay child support. 540 00:23:55,868 --> 00:23:57,701 - But to investigators, 541 00:23:57,769 --> 00:24:00,337 Vickie's ongoing familial and financial woes 542 00:24:00,406 --> 00:24:03,573 Lend no proof that she is murdering patients, 543 00:24:03,643 --> 00:24:07,310 Much less her husband's grandfather. 544 00:24:07,380 --> 00:24:10,781 - And we're telling them, I think we need to fire her. 545 00:24:10,850 --> 00:24:11,982 They said, well, don't fire her. 546 00:24:12,051 --> 00:24:13,684 There's no more mivacron available. 547 00:24:13,752 --> 00:24:14,952 Y'all have taken care of that. 548 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:16,053 And I said, 549 00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:19,089 We don't know that she doesn't have any stockpiled. 550 00:24:19,158 --> 00:24:22,059 - What you don't want to do is scare somebody off 551 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:23,794 And want to give them every opportunity 552 00:24:23,862 --> 00:24:27,497 To give you more evidence before the case is filed. 553 00:24:27,567 --> 00:24:29,032 - But as of right now, 554 00:24:29,034 --> 00:24:31,735 There's no evidence to arrest her. 555 00:24:33,939 --> 00:24:36,139 - So investigators hatch a plan 556 00:24:36,141 --> 00:24:38,241 To catch vickie in the act. 557 00:24:38,311 --> 00:24:39,576 - Paging dr. Stevens. 558 00:24:39,578 --> 00:24:41,579 - Had an undercover agent come in, 559 00:24:41,581 --> 00:24:43,814 Acting like a phone tech. 560 00:24:43,883 --> 00:24:46,884 And they installed a video camera system 561 00:24:46,952 --> 00:24:49,820 Above the crash cart that was being tampered with. 562 00:24:51,691 --> 00:24:53,490 - Mivacron is clear. 563 00:24:53,559 --> 00:24:55,859 We took a vial and emptied it 564 00:24:55,861 --> 00:24:59,129 And very carefully replaced it with saline 565 00:24:59,198 --> 00:25:01,832 And put a dummy vial back in the crash cart. 566 00:25:01,901 --> 00:25:03,600 We didn't want to tip anybody off 567 00:25:03,669 --> 00:25:09,139 That we had a huge suspicion that this could be happening. 568 00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:13,477 - Chief holcomb's team sticks to that camera like glue. 569 00:25:13,545 --> 00:25:16,880 - We recorded the crash cart for several weeks, 570 00:25:16,949 --> 00:25:18,615 And nobody tampered with the crash cart 571 00:25:18,684 --> 00:25:19,783 That wasn't supposed to. 572 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:22,820 - Paging dr. Stevens. 573 00:25:22,888 --> 00:25:24,521 - The fbi were convinced that she didn't have 574 00:25:24,590 --> 00:25:27,290 Any more medicine. 575 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,727 - And it looked like they were probably right 576 00:25:30,796 --> 00:25:33,597 Because nothing happened after February the 4th 577 00:25:33,666 --> 00:25:35,132 For a couple of weeks. 578 00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:40,137 Until donnelly reid gets medication. 579 00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:43,206 He has a respiratory arrest, code blue. 580 00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:45,676 - The fbi was wrong. 581 00:25:45,744 --> 00:25:47,243 - Coming up... 582 00:25:47,313 --> 00:25:48,812 - He said a nurse came into his room 583 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,782 And put some medicine into his iv 584 00:25:51,850 --> 00:25:54,151 And stayed there and watched it. 585 00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:56,153 - Sometimes the suspect will tell you 586 00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:58,221 What you need to know, the truth. 587 00:25:58,290 --> 00:26:00,124 ♪ ♪ 588 00:26:00,192 --> 00:26:03,594 - ♪ come home to the gallows pole ♪ 589 00:26:05,229 --> 00:26:12,035 - ♪ judgment day shall come ♪ 590 00:26:12,037 --> 00:26:15,238 [suspenseful music] 591 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,908 [sustained beep] 592 00:26:17,977 --> 00:26:20,443 - Despite prime suspect vickie dawn jackson 593 00:26:20,513 --> 00:26:23,113 Being under watch by investigators, 594 00:26:23,182 --> 00:26:26,249 Patient donnelly reid is coding and can't breathe. 595 00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:28,551 ♪ ♪ 596 00:26:28,553 --> 00:26:30,587 - Donnelly reid, he had polio when he was little. 597 00:26:30,656 --> 00:26:35,092 And, you know, he was just, at that time, not healthy. 598 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,795 - And then chance's weekend, he's on call. 599 00:26:38,864 --> 00:26:40,463 Donnelly reid was his patient. 600 00:26:40,465 --> 00:26:44,468 So he has a respiratory arrest, code blue. 601 00:26:44,536 --> 00:26:46,970 - It's as if everyone at nocona general 602 00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:49,606 Is stuck in the same recurring nightmare. 603 00:26:49,674 --> 00:26:52,876 But for this code blue, the doctors are prepared. 604 00:26:52,944 --> 00:26:55,478 Since nothing about donnelly reid's condition 605 00:26:55,548 --> 00:26:58,348 Makes him a candidate for respiratory arrest, 606 00:26:58,417 --> 00:27:01,352 Doctors deduce vickie had evaded surveillance 607 00:27:01,420 --> 00:27:04,487 And injected reid with mivacron. 608 00:27:04,557 --> 00:27:08,091 - We put a breathing tube down his throat because we knew, 609 00:27:08,093 --> 00:27:10,060 At that time, what was happening 610 00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:13,430 And simply breathed him for a bag mask ventilator 611 00:27:13,499 --> 00:27:15,498 With 100% of oxygen flowing through it 612 00:27:15,568 --> 00:27:19,670 Until the medicine wore off, which was about 20, 25 minutes. 613 00:27:19,738 --> 00:27:24,374 He was able to move and breathe again on his own. 614 00:27:24,443 --> 00:27:27,677 We drew multiple vials of blood, urine, 615 00:27:27,679 --> 00:27:29,980 Just in case there was a test that could be done, 616 00:27:30,049 --> 00:27:32,049 Confiscated his iv tube, and had a nurse 617 00:27:32,117 --> 00:27:35,052 Sit in there with him the rest of the night. 618 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:38,255 - Later that night, dr. Chance dingler sits down 619 00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:41,091 To chat with donnelly reid about what happened. 620 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,260 - He said a nurse came into his room 621 00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:46,629 And put some medicine into his iv 622 00:27:46,699 --> 00:27:47,797 And stayed there and watched him. 623 00:27:47,867 --> 00:27:50,767 And mr. Reid said, very quickly, 624 00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:52,069 He began not to be able to breathe 625 00:27:52,137 --> 00:27:54,738 And was having some chest tightness and discomfort 626 00:27:54,807 --> 00:27:57,074 And was looking up at her, trying to wave at her 627 00:27:57,142 --> 00:27:58,409 To get her attention. 628 00:27:58,477 --> 00:28:01,378 And she was just sitting there smiling at him 629 00:28:01,446 --> 00:28:04,481 And turned around and walked out of his room. 630 00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:06,483 - Dr. Dingler asked donnelly reid 631 00:28:06,551 --> 00:28:09,186 For a description of the nurse. 632 00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:11,822 - He said a blonde-headed nurse. 633 00:28:11,890 --> 00:28:14,024 I thought, she still had medicine. 634 00:28:14,092 --> 00:28:17,461 We have got to get her out of our hospital. 635 00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:20,063 - The next morning, chief holcomb visits 636 00:28:20,132 --> 00:28:24,067 The hospital to speak with donnelly reid himself. 637 00:28:24,136 --> 00:28:26,103 - Donnelly reid identified a nurse, 638 00:28:26,171 --> 00:28:28,838 Medium build with blonde hair, coming into the room 639 00:28:28,908 --> 00:28:30,874 And giving him some medication. 640 00:28:30,942 --> 00:28:33,210 He picked her out in a lineup, 641 00:28:33,278 --> 00:28:36,046 In photographs as possibly being her. 642 00:28:36,115 --> 00:28:38,548 And it was vickie jackson. 643 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:40,317 - Vickie had finished her shift 644 00:28:40,385 --> 00:28:43,320 Just before donnelly reid stopped breathing. 645 00:28:43,388 --> 00:28:45,556 For the dinglers, reid's brush with death 646 00:28:45,624 --> 00:28:47,758 Was the final straw. 647 00:28:47,826 --> 00:28:48,959 - We went to the fbi. 648 00:28:49,027 --> 00:28:51,228 And we're like, we're firing her. 649 00:28:51,296 --> 00:28:53,596 You cannot keep her in this hospital. 650 00:28:53,598 --> 00:28:55,532 We don't care what you say or what you do. 651 00:28:55,601 --> 00:28:57,100 She is not going to touch another patient 652 00:28:57,168 --> 00:28:58,368 In this hospital. 653 00:28:58,437 --> 00:28:59,803 If it messes up your investigation, 654 00:28:59,871 --> 00:29:01,638 It messes up your investigation. 655 00:29:01,707 --> 00:29:04,341 - Donnelly reid's statement isn't proof, 656 00:29:04,409 --> 00:29:05,942 But combined with the fact 657 00:29:06,011 --> 00:29:07,244 That vickie is about to be fired, 658 00:29:07,312 --> 00:29:10,847 It's enough for chief holcomb to take a daring step 659 00:29:10,916 --> 00:29:13,050 In the investigation. 660 00:29:13,118 --> 00:29:17,120 - On the 20th, myself and agent burns of the fbi 661 00:29:17,189 --> 00:29:19,556 Asked vickie if she would interview with us 662 00:29:19,625 --> 00:29:21,158 And talk to us at the hospital. 663 00:29:21,226 --> 00:29:23,893 We had her in the hospital conference room. 664 00:29:23,895 --> 00:29:26,930 At that time, she was ready and willing to speak to us. 665 00:29:28,934 --> 00:29:31,268 Vickie jackson's demeanor and attitude-- 666 00:29:31,336 --> 00:29:34,104 She acted like nothing was going on. 667 00:29:34,173 --> 00:29:37,608 She didn't act scared, didn't act like she was 668 00:29:37,676 --> 00:29:40,710 Being targeted or anything. 669 00:29:40,779 --> 00:29:43,680 We asked her about everybody that coded, 670 00:29:43,682 --> 00:29:46,116 E.E. Jackson, donnelly reid. 671 00:29:46,185 --> 00:29:50,287 We talked to her normally, you know, gained her respect. 672 00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:52,789 We gained a rapport with vickie. 673 00:29:52,857 --> 00:29:54,958 Sometimes the longer you talk and get a connection 674 00:29:55,026 --> 00:29:57,460 With the suspect, 675 00:29:57,529 --> 00:29:59,829 They will tell you what you need to know: 676 00:29:59,831 --> 00:30:01,598 The truth. 677 00:30:01,667 --> 00:30:03,934 Vickie jackson did not do that with us. 678 00:30:04,002 --> 00:30:06,369 She would blame the doctors. 679 00:30:06,438 --> 00:30:09,172 I wasn't surprised she was able to keep her composure. 680 00:30:09,241 --> 00:30:11,040 I mean, this is basically a serial killing, 681 00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:12,575 A capital murder. 682 00:30:12,645 --> 00:30:14,010 She knew the consequences. 683 00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:16,546 She was that smart. 684 00:30:16,615 --> 00:30:18,681 - Figuring vickie wouldn't fess up 685 00:30:18,751 --> 00:30:20,417 And needing hard evidence, 686 00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:22,653 Chief holcomb isn't just interviewing vickie. 687 00:30:22,721 --> 00:30:25,956 He's in the midst of an all-out sting. 688 00:30:26,024 --> 00:30:28,458 - While we had her at the hospital conference room, 689 00:30:28,527 --> 00:30:31,561 The texas ranger and the da investigator 690 00:30:31,630 --> 00:30:36,200 Were at vickie's residence with a consent-to-search form. 691 00:30:38,437 --> 00:30:40,237 But you don't need a search warrant 692 00:30:40,305 --> 00:30:43,540 Or consent to look in the trash. 693 00:30:43,608 --> 00:30:45,375 And during that process, they searched 694 00:30:45,443 --> 00:30:47,877 Through the trash that was at the curb 695 00:30:47,947 --> 00:30:50,080 Ready to be picked up... 696 00:30:50,148 --> 00:30:52,582 [indistinct radio chatter] 697 00:30:52,651 --> 00:30:54,451 ♪ ♪ 698 00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:58,589 And found a syringe in that trash. 699 00:30:58,657 --> 00:31:01,458 And the syringe contained some sort of liquid. 700 00:31:02,928 --> 00:31:06,396 - ♪ come home to the gallows pole ♪ 701 00:31:10,602 --> 00:31:14,871 - ♪ judgment day shall come ♪ 702 00:31:14,940 --> 00:31:18,007 [dramatic music] 703 00:31:18,009 --> 00:31:19,475 ♪ ♪ 704 00:31:19,545 --> 00:31:21,645 - After days of searching for some hard proof 705 00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:24,214 That vickie jackson is the nocona general nurse 706 00:31:24,283 --> 00:31:27,083 On a killing spree, chief kent holcomb 707 00:31:27,152 --> 00:31:29,352 Might finally have his smoking gun, 708 00:31:29,354 --> 00:31:32,656 A dirty syringe fished out of vickie's trash. 709 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:34,891 - Myself and fbi agent dave burns 710 00:31:34,959 --> 00:31:36,226 Were interviewing vickie, 711 00:31:36,294 --> 00:31:38,461 And I got a phone call from ranger johnson 712 00:31:38,530 --> 00:31:41,732 That they had found a syringe in her trash 713 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:47,136 That had some residue of liquid inside the syringe. 714 00:31:47,138 --> 00:31:50,807 We ask her what a syringe was doing in her trash 715 00:31:50,876 --> 00:31:54,711 At her house, and she had no explanation. 716 00:31:54,779 --> 00:31:58,615 We put the syringe in evidence until we could get that 717 00:31:58,683 --> 00:32:02,452 To a lab that could test for mivacron. 718 00:32:02,521 --> 00:32:04,287 - They presented her with data and said, 719 00:32:04,356 --> 00:32:05,756 We know you're killing people. 720 00:32:05,758 --> 00:32:09,259 She denied it all, but the hospital fired her 721 00:32:09,328 --> 00:32:11,294 At that point in time. 722 00:32:11,363 --> 00:32:13,997 And she was escorted out of the building. 723 00:32:14,066 --> 00:32:15,832 - Kirk was fired too. 724 00:32:15,901 --> 00:32:18,935 - Though not a suspect, according to administrators, 725 00:32:19,004 --> 00:32:22,072 Kirk's firing is in the best interest of the hospital. 726 00:32:22,140 --> 00:32:25,242 When kirk is informed his wife is the primary suspect 727 00:32:25,310 --> 00:32:27,310 In the case, he's stunned. 728 00:32:27,379 --> 00:32:29,112 - Kirk couldn't believe it 729 00:32:29,181 --> 00:32:31,548 And didn't want to believe it, basically. 730 00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:35,452 Later on, he finally believed it. 731 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,821 - They separated and then, I think, finally 732 00:32:37,889 --> 00:32:39,656 At some point got divorced. 733 00:32:39,724 --> 00:32:43,926 - And with vickie ousted, word is out among staff. 734 00:32:43,928 --> 00:32:47,597 - That was probably the biggest eye-opening 735 00:32:47,666 --> 00:32:53,136 Of, oh, they are highly suspicious of her. 736 00:32:53,872 --> 00:32:58,108 You're kind of thinking, should I have recognized 737 00:32:58,176 --> 00:33:03,980 Some facet of her personality that would lead me to think 738 00:33:04,049 --> 00:33:07,284 That she could be the culprit? 739 00:33:07,352 --> 00:33:13,856 ♪ ♪ 740 00:33:13,858 --> 00:33:16,359 - Got word from the fbi lab that they were ready 741 00:33:16,361 --> 00:33:19,028 For the physical evidence that we collected, 742 00:33:19,098 --> 00:33:22,999 The syringe, the iv tubing, and bags. 743 00:33:23,067 --> 00:33:25,635 We sent that first. 744 00:33:25,704 --> 00:33:27,870 - Now chief holcomb needs to prove 745 00:33:27,940 --> 00:33:31,007 Vickie injected mivacron directly into the patients 746 00:33:31,076 --> 00:33:32,642 Who died suspiciously. 747 00:33:32,644 --> 00:33:34,210 The liquid in the syringe 748 00:33:34,279 --> 00:33:36,513 And iv equipment can be tested. 749 00:33:36,581 --> 00:33:39,582 But no test exists to detect mivacron's presence 750 00:33:39,651 --> 00:33:40,983 In a dead body. 751 00:33:40,985 --> 00:33:42,885 [rapid beeping] - paging dr. Stevens. 752 00:33:42,955 --> 00:33:44,220 Dr. Stevens, please... 753 00:33:44,289 --> 00:33:46,289 - Mivacron is a drug that's got one use: 754 00:33:46,358 --> 00:33:49,626 To get them intubated without the gag reflex. 755 00:33:49,694 --> 00:33:52,362 I don't know that there's ever been a case 756 00:33:52,431 --> 00:33:55,198 Where it was used as a murder weapon. 757 00:33:55,266 --> 00:33:58,801 - We had to determine if we needed to exhume 758 00:33:58,871 --> 00:34:01,204 Some of the patients that were deceased. 759 00:34:03,241 --> 00:34:06,176 While the fbi was working to develop 760 00:34:06,244 --> 00:34:10,513 A protocol for testing mivacron, 761 00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:12,515 We had a group of doctors come in. 762 00:34:12,517 --> 00:34:16,018 They determined the top ten deceased 763 00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:17,521 That needed to be exhumed. 764 00:34:17,589 --> 00:34:20,256 - They believed that there could be 765 00:34:20,325 --> 00:34:22,159 Up to twice that many that were murdered. 766 00:34:22,161 --> 00:34:23,826 But due to the circumstances, 767 00:34:23,896 --> 00:34:25,662 They weren't candidates to be exhumed. 768 00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:28,431 - Investigators now have a most delicate message 769 00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:30,467 To deliver to relatives of the deceased 770 00:34:30,535 --> 00:34:32,202 Marked for exhumation, 771 00:34:32,270 --> 00:34:34,671 Including the families of orvel moore, 772 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:39,075 E.E. Jackson, and jimmy ray holder. 773 00:34:39,143 --> 00:34:42,945 - They said that they felt like my father 774 00:34:43,015 --> 00:34:44,147 May have been murdered. 775 00:34:44,215 --> 00:34:46,983 ♪ ♪ 776 00:34:47,052 --> 00:34:48,451 I believe in the bible. 777 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,121 I believe that-- an eye for an eye 778 00:34:51,189 --> 00:34:54,557 If someone does something to you. 779 00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:58,328 I know it's not right, but I wanted to kill her. 780 00:34:58,396 --> 00:35:00,830 I wanted revenge, is what I wanted. 781 00:35:00,899 --> 00:35:03,666 [bell tolls] 782 00:35:03,735 --> 00:35:06,135 ♪ ♪ 783 00:35:06,137 --> 00:35:09,305 - With nocona riveted, the exhumations begin, 784 00:35:09,374 --> 00:35:12,842 Involving seven area cemeteries. 785 00:35:12,911 --> 00:35:17,247 - They were spread out in texas and some in oklahoma. 786 00:35:17,315 --> 00:35:19,149 - But the story of a mass murderer 787 00:35:19,217 --> 00:35:21,751 In a small-town hospital has captured 788 00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:23,853 The entire country's attention. 789 00:35:23,855 --> 00:35:27,189 - All the media vultures, myself included, 790 00:35:27,191 --> 00:35:29,559 Were on a fence and were watching. 791 00:35:32,163 --> 00:35:35,031 - Medical examiners took samples of the bodies 792 00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:37,367 That were exhumed. 793 00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:40,202 And I transported them back to nocona pd evidence room 794 00:35:40,204 --> 00:35:41,771 And placed them in the freezer. 795 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,441 - All of that then began being packaged 796 00:35:44,509 --> 00:35:48,645 And shipped to the fbi laboratory in quantico. 797 00:35:48,713 --> 00:35:52,249 - On July 12, 2001, 14 weeks after it was shipped, 798 00:35:52,251 --> 00:35:55,785 The fbi shares results on a key piece of evidence 799 00:35:55,854 --> 00:35:58,154 Directly linking vickie dawn jackson 800 00:35:58,222 --> 00:36:00,557 To patients suspected of being murdered: 801 00:36:00,625 --> 00:36:03,126 The syringe discovered in vickie's trash. 802 00:36:03,128 --> 00:36:06,029 - The syringe found at vickie jackson's house 803 00:36:06,097 --> 00:36:08,665 Had mivacron in it. 804 00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:10,933 - But chief holcomb still can't arrest vickie 805 00:36:11,003 --> 00:36:13,803 Until he can prove the patients were murdered. 806 00:36:13,805 --> 00:36:16,272 And without proof there's mivacron in the bodies, 807 00:36:16,274 --> 00:36:19,542 The weeks turn into months, while vickie dawn jackson 808 00:36:19,610 --> 00:36:22,546 Freely walks about as if all is well. 809 00:36:24,649 --> 00:36:26,683 Looking to uncover the truth, 810 00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:29,952 Investigators continue interviewing vickie. 811 00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:31,988 - I think she loved the attention 812 00:36:32,057 --> 00:36:34,491 And loved everything being about her. 813 00:36:36,594 --> 00:36:38,961 - 13 months after the exhumations 814 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:41,330 And 19 months since vickie dawn jackson is 815 00:36:41,332 --> 00:36:44,801 Suspected to have started her cruel killing spree, 816 00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:47,069 Word finally comes back to chief holcomb 817 00:36:47,139 --> 00:36:49,271 From the fbi lab. 818 00:36:49,273 --> 00:36:54,944 - We found out all ten bodies tested positive for mivacron 819 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:56,646 That we exhumed. 820 00:36:56,715 --> 00:36:59,049 - The manner of death for all ten exhumed patients 821 00:36:59,117 --> 00:37:00,583 Is changed to homicide. 822 00:37:00,652 --> 00:37:02,619 And over a year since chief holcomb 823 00:37:02,687 --> 00:37:06,522 Started this case, his hard work pays off. 824 00:37:06,524 --> 00:37:08,024 - It was a big relief. 825 00:37:08,093 --> 00:37:11,060 It was like, all right, it's not celebration time yet 826 00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:14,530 Because we still had to get an indictment on vickie jackson 827 00:37:14,599 --> 00:37:16,265 And get her arrested. 828 00:37:16,335 --> 00:37:20,002 We had a special grand jury convened. 829 00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:23,673 And she was indicted for capital murder, 830 00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:25,375 Which it takes two for capital murder, 831 00:37:25,443 --> 00:37:27,544 So she had five capital murder indictments 832 00:37:27,612 --> 00:37:29,846 And attempted murder on donnelly reid. 833 00:37:32,050 --> 00:37:35,918 We then went to vickie jackson's place of employment, 834 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:40,957 Which was brookshire's grocery store in bowie, texas, 835 00:37:41,025 --> 00:37:45,262 And we arrested her there for the murders. 836 00:37:47,065 --> 00:37:49,666 I ask her, the public wants to know 837 00:37:49,734 --> 00:37:53,469 Why you injected mivacron in these patients. 838 00:37:53,538 --> 00:37:56,939 And her response was, I don't know. 839 00:37:57,008 --> 00:37:59,742 - After vickie is arrested and taken off the street, 840 00:37:59,744 --> 00:38:02,645 Investigators look beyond her ex, kirk, 841 00:38:02,714 --> 00:38:04,614 To see what they can learn from vickie's 842 00:38:04,682 --> 00:38:06,616 Other friends and family. 843 00:38:06,685 --> 00:38:08,885 - Her daughter was rather uncooperative 844 00:38:08,953 --> 00:38:11,954 And then later on, after seeing a lot of the evidence, 845 00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:15,625 Began to believe her mother was guilty of the offenses. 846 00:38:17,662 --> 00:38:19,929 - A few days later, 15-year-old jennifer 847 00:38:19,998 --> 00:38:22,164 Hands over something to authorities 848 00:38:22,234 --> 00:38:24,567 That her mother had asked her to keep secret. 849 00:38:24,636 --> 00:38:26,368 - Vickie's daughter said her mother 850 00:38:26,370 --> 00:38:28,671 Had given her a sealed box. 851 00:38:28,673 --> 00:38:31,474 And vickie told her to keep it secreted away 852 00:38:31,542 --> 00:38:33,009 Until she got out of jail. 853 00:38:33,077 --> 00:38:36,446 As this case progressed, I think she decided 854 00:38:36,514 --> 00:38:38,180 That she didn't want that box. 855 00:38:38,182 --> 00:38:40,150 ♪ ♪ 856 00:38:40,218 --> 00:38:43,653 - ♪ come home to the gallows pole ♪ 857 00:38:45,122 --> 00:38:51,961 - ♪ judgment day shall come ♪ 858 00:38:52,030 --> 00:38:55,064 [dramatic music] 859 00:38:55,133 --> 00:38:57,633 - After vickie's arrest, investigators spoke 860 00:38:57,702 --> 00:38:59,335 With her teenage daughter, jennifer, 861 00:38:59,404 --> 00:39:03,339 Who turned over a secret box her mother had given to her. 862 00:39:03,407 --> 00:39:06,442 - Her daughter decided that she didn't want that box. 863 00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:07,810 And so she delivered it 864 00:39:07,879 --> 00:39:11,313 To the police department for us. 865 00:39:11,383 --> 00:39:14,016 When you open that box, there was a medical book 866 00:39:14,018 --> 00:39:18,221 That had a lot of information about the drug of mivacron, 867 00:39:18,289 --> 00:39:21,090 Newspaper clippings about the investigation. 868 00:39:21,159 --> 00:39:24,727 She had written notes about different patients 869 00:39:24,729 --> 00:39:26,429 And the dates they died, 870 00:39:26,497 --> 00:39:30,099 Where each of them were buried. 871 00:39:30,168 --> 00:39:31,868 I took it as trophies. 872 00:39:31,936 --> 00:39:34,704 I've had four serial killers in my career. 873 00:39:34,773 --> 00:39:36,439 My experience, the trophies are kept 874 00:39:36,508 --> 00:39:39,041 So that they can relive that experience. 875 00:39:39,110 --> 00:39:41,978 Each trophy reminds them of that victim 876 00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:44,514 And those events around the death of that victim. 877 00:39:44,582 --> 00:39:46,749 - Vickie's keepsakes of the killings 878 00:39:46,818 --> 00:39:48,518 Still don't explain the one thing 879 00:39:48,586 --> 00:39:50,920 Everyone in nocona wants to know: 880 00:39:50,989 --> 00:39:53,389 Why? 881 00:39:53,458 --> 00:39:56,759 - We all thought it was retribution, 882 00:39:56,828 --> 00:39:59,762 That she worked in the nursing home here 883 00:39:59,830 --> 00:40:01,497 Prior to coming to the hospital. 884 00:40:01,566 --> 00:40:04,400 And a bunch of these people were from the nursing home. 885 00:40:04,468 --> 00:40:07,269 And so if they were mean to her in the nursing home 886 00:40:07,271 --> 00:40:09,005 Or the family was rude to her at the nursing home, 887 00:40:09,073 --> 00:40:11,674 That she found a way to get back at them. 888 00:40:11,743 --> 00:40:13,943 - Indeed, approaching the trial, 889 00:40:14,012 --> 00:40:16,112 Kirk jackson reveals to investigators 890 00:40:16,180 --> 00:40:18,047 Retribution may have played a part 891 00:40:18,116 --> 00:40:21,183 In the death of his grandfather e.E. Jackson. 892 00:40:21,253 --> 00:40:22,685 - I know that that day, 893 00:40:22,754 --> 00:40:25,588 Vickie and kirk had been arguing. 894 00:40:25,590 --> 00:40:27,023 And then they both came to work. 895 00:40:27,091 --> 00:40:29,926 And that evening, she killed his grandfather. 896 00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:34,497 That would definitely be an act of vengeance, I believe. 897 00:40:34,565 --> 00:40:39,502 ♪ ♪ 898 00:40:39,571 --> 00:40:42,638 - Vickie stands accused of murdering the ten people 899 00:40:42,707 --> 00:40:45,107 Whose bodies were exhumed and is charged 900 00:40:45,176 --> 00:40:47,910 With attempted murder of donnelly reid. 901 00:40:47,912 --> 00:40:48,878 - I was the lead witness. 902 00:40:48,947 --> 00:40:52,549 I've met with the fbi for hours 903 00:40:52,551 --> 00:40:55,918 Getting prepared for my testimony. 904 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,855 - But at the 11th hour, vickie dawn jackson takes 905 00:40:58,923 --> 00:41:00,857 Matters into her own hands. 906 00:41:00,925 --> 00:41:03,492 - She'd asked her attorney, am I going to be convicted? 907 00:41:03,494 --> 00:41:04,561 And the attorney was like, yeah, 908 00:41:04,563 --> 00:41:05,995 You're going to be convicted. 909 00:41:06,064 --> 00:41:09,566 And so she said, well, I'm not going to put my fate 910 00:41:09,634 --> 00:41:11,100 Into the hands of the jury. 911 00:41:11,169 --> 00:41:15,171 I'm going to be in control of what happens. 912 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:18,308 Right before the trial, she pled no contest. 913 00:41:18,376 --> 00:41:19,542 - It means you're not contesting 914 00:41:19,611 --> 00:41:21,110 The charge against you. 915 00:41:21,179 --> 00:41:24,346 You're not admitting it, but you're not contesting it. 916 00:41:24,416 --> 00:41:28,250 - On October 5, 2006, vickie dawn jackson 917 00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:30,219 Is found guilty of capital murder 918 00:41:30,221 --> 00:41:33,155 And sentenced to life in prison. 919 00:41:33,224 --> 00:41:34,957 - She's alive. 920 00:41:35,026 --> 00:41:38,728 And all these other people that she killed, 921 00:41:38,796 --> 00:41:41,831 Their family members are having to suffer. 922 00:41:41,899 --> 00:41:43,232 I'm glad she's locked up. 923 00:41:43,301 --> 00:41:46,702 But I think that she should have been executed. 924 00:41:46,771 --> 00:41:50,106 ♪ ♪ 925 00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:53,976 - This is still the biggest case I've worked. 926 00:41:53,978 --> 00:41:55,645 I'm glad we got who done it. 927 00:41:55,713 --> 00:41:58,848 I'm glad justice was served. 928 00:41:58,916 --> 00:42:01,150 I'll never forget it. 929 00:42:01,219 --> 00:42:02,018 - I'm catholic. 930 00:42:02,086 --> 00:42:04,921 You always have a way to go to god 931 00:42:04,989 --> 00:42:08,791 And confess your sins, and god can forgive you. 932 00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:10,860 But you have to be willing to confess those sins. 933 00:42:10,929 --> 00:42:14,364 And she's never admitted those sins. 934 00:42:14,432 --> 00:42:16,498 She's going to rot in hell one day for that. 935 00:42:16,500 --> 00:42:19,402 ♪ ♪ 936 00:42:19,470 --> 00:42:23,405 - Only one that has the right to take a life is god. 937 00:42:23,475 --> 00:42:28,510 I'm at peace for the fact that my father isn't suffering. 938 00:42:28,512 --> 00:42:34,283 I just wish that he could have lived out his natural life, 939 00:42:34,285 --> 00:42:37,853 You know, until god chose to take him. 940 00:42:37,922 --> 00:42:44,894 ♪ ♪