Wicked Attraction (2008–…): Season 1, Episode 11 - Murder at Twilight - full transcript

ON THE NIGHT OF

SEPTEMBER 10, 1982, POLICE IN

ROME, GEORGIA, RECEIVE A FRANTIC

CALL FROM KEN DOOLEY.

A UNIT IS DISPATCHED TO HIS

HOME.

THE SHOOTING AT KEN DOOLEY'S

HOUSE BEGAN WITH A PHONE CALL.

HELLO?

YOU'RE GONNA PAY.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, FOUR



SHOTS SLAMMED INTO KEN'S HOUSE.

POLICE COLLECT

SEVERAL BULLETS AND CANVASS THE

AREA.

BUT THERE ARE NO WITNESSES TO

THE CRIME.

IF IT'S A ONE-TIME INCIDENT,

UNLESS YOU KNOW WHO COMMITTED

THE CRIME, UNLESS YOU HAVE GOT

SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE

VEHICLE LEAVING THE SCENE, IT'S

VERY DIFFICULT TO LATER ON

IDENTIFY WHO COMMITTED THAT

CRIME.



THE FOLLOWING

NIGHT...

AT MIDNIGHT, POLICE ARE CALLED

TO THE RESIDENCE OF LINDA ADAIR.

THERE WAS A PHONE CALL.

SOMEONE ASKED FOR LINDA.

AND THEN, NOT LONG AFTER THAT,

THERE WAS A FIRE-BOMBING AT THE

HOUSE.

NOTHING LIKE THIS HAD HAPPENED

IN HER LIFE.

AND WHILE THE POLICE WERE THERE,

THEY BEGAN TO QUESTION PEOPLE,

LOOK AROUND.

AND AT THAT POINT, SOMEONE, A

NEIGHBOR, CAME AND SAID THAT

THEY HAD SEEN A CAR GO BY

SLOWLY.

THERE WAS A MAN DRIVING THE CAR,

AND THERE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN WITH

BROWN HAIR.

POLICE LOOK FOR

CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE VICTIMS

AND LEARN THAT LINDA ADAIR AND

KEN DOOLEY BOTH WORK FOR THE

ROME YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER,

ALSO KNOWN AS THE YDC.

WELL, THE YDC IS A HOLDING

FACILITY FOR JUVENILES UNDER THE

AGE OF 17.

ADULTS GO TO JAIL.

YDC IS WHERE A JUVENILE IS

DETAINED.

SHORTLY AFTER THE

ATTACK ON LINDA ADAIR'S HOME,

POLICE RECEIVE AN ANONYMOUS

CALL.

FLOYD COUNTY 911.

YES, I'M CALLING ABOUT THE

SHOOTING AT KEN DOOLEY'S HOUSE

LAST NIGHT AND THE FIRE-BOMBING

OF LINDA ADAIR'S HOUSE TONIGHT.

FOR THE SEX ABUSE I WENT THROUGH

IN THE YDC, THEY ARE BOTH GOING

TO DIE!

KEN DOOLEY AND

LINDA ADAIR ARE BROUGHT DOWN TO

THE POLICE STATION THE NEXT

MORNING TO LISTEN TO A RECORDING

OF THE CALL.

FOR THE SEX ABUSE I WENT

THROUGH IN THE YDC, THEY ARE

BOTH GOING TO DIE!

POLICE QUESTION

THEM ABOUT THE CALLER'S

ACCUSATIONS.

THESE ABUSE CLAIMS WERE VERY

THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED.

IT WAS A SERIOUS ACCUSATION.

THERE ARE A LOT OF GIRLS IN YDC,

AND THERE ARE CERTAINLY

OCCASIONS FOR ABUSE.

THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO

AUTHENTICATE ANY ACCUSATIONS.

WITH NOTHING

FURTHER TO GO ON, THE CASE GOES

COLD.

ON THE EVENING OF

SEPTEMBER 25, 1982, ROME POLICE

RECEIVE A CALL REGARDING A

MISSING GIRL.

13-YEAR-OLD LISA ANN MILLICAN

WAS AT THE MALL WITH SEVERAL

GIRLS AND HER HOUSE PARENT FROM

A HOME FOR NEGLECTED CHILDREN

WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED.

THE SORT OF LIFE THAT

LISA ANN MILLICAN HAD WOULD BE A

SAD LIFE, BY ANY MEASURE.

SHE WAS ONLY 13 YEARS OLD, AND

THE PROBLEMS IN HER HOME WERE

SUCH THAT SHE HAD ALREADY BEEN

REMOVED FROM IT FOUR TIMES.

AFTER A SEARCH OF

THE MALL COMES UP EMPTY, POLICE

INTERVIEW LISA'S PARENTS, AS

WELL AS SEVERAL OF THE HOME'S

RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES.

NONE OF THEM KNOW LISA'S

WHEREABOUTS.

BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS OF

LISA'S LIFE AND BECAUSE SHE HAD

BEEN PLACED IN A GIRLS HOME,

THE POLICE HAD THOUGHT THAT SHE

HAD CERTAINLY RUN AWAY.

NOT UNIQUE OR UNUSUAL.

THAT HAPPENS QUITE FREQUENTLY...

KID WILL RUN AWAY SOMEWHERE.

SHE MOST LIKELY WAS GOING HOME.

THREE DAYS AFTER

LISA MILLICAN GOES MISSING,

ANOTHER ANONYMOUS CALL COMES

INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

STILL LOOKING FOR

LISA ANN MILLICAN?

I CAN TELL YOU WHERE SHE IS.

GO UP TO LITTLE RIVER CANYON IN

ALABAMA.

JUST AS YOU CROSS THE

LITTLE RIVER CANYON BRIDGE, GO

UP INTO THE NATIONAL PARK.

AND LOOK OFF THE SIDE OF THE

CANYON, WHERE THERE'S A POWER

LINE GOING ACROSS IT AND LOOK

STRAIGHT DOWN THE CANYON, AND

YOU'LL FIND HER WHERE I LEFT

HER.

IT WAS A STRANGE CALL.

IT REALLY WAS, AND, I MEAN, YOU

DON'T GET PEOPLE CALLING IN VERY

OFTEN SAYING, "YOU GO TO A

CERTAIN PLACE, YOU'LL SOMEBODY

WHERE I PUT THEM, AND I LEFT

THEM THERE."

MNH-MNH. THAT'S RARE.

THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY DAY.

THE ROME POLICE

IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY AUTHORITIES

IN ALABAMA.

UNIFORMED DEPUTIES WERE

DISPATCHED TO THAT LOCATION, AND

I THINK THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY

AN ALABAMA STATE TROOPER.

INITIALLY, WHEN THEY LOOKED OVER

INTO THE CANYON, THEY DIDN'T SEE

ANYTHING.

THEY REPORTED BACK THAT THEY

DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONTACT AND LEFT

THE SCENE.

POLICE ASSUME THE

CALL WAS A PRANK.

A DAY LATER, THE DEKALB COUNTY,

ALABAMA, POLICE RECEIVE A CALL

FROM THE SAME FEMALE CALLER.

GO TO THE CANYON WHERE THE

POWER LINES CROSS, AND YOU WILL

FIND A BODY WITH A BULLET IN IT.

DEKALB OFFICERS GO

BACK TO LITTLE RIVER CANYON.

AGAIN, THEY FIND NOTHING AND

DEPART THE SCENE.

I HAD LEFT MY CAR A LITTLE

FURTHER THAN THE REST OF THEM,

SO WHEN THEY DEPARTED, OF

COURSE, I HAD TO WALK FIVE, SIX

MINUTES TO GET BACK TO MY CAR.

AND JUST ON THE RIM OF THE

CANYON, THERE WAS A TREE.

AND I REACHED OUT AND GOT THE

TREE WITH MY RIGHT HAND, HELD A

FLASHLIGHT IN THE LEFT, AND HELD

MY HAND OUT OVER THE RIM OF THE

CANYON WHEN I DID IT.

PART OF THE LIGHT WAS RIGHT IN

THE BACK OF THE YOUNG GIRL.

IF YOU WALK UP TO THE EDGE,

YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN, BUT THE

EDGE EXTENDS OUT JUST A LITTLE

BIT, SO WHEN THE BODY WAS THROWN

OFF OR PUSHED OFF THE CANYON, IT

ULTIMATELY ENDED UP SORT OF BACK

UP UNDER THE LEDGE.

YOU HAD TO ACTUALLY LEAN OUT AND

LOOK OVER TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

ON

SEPTEMBER 29, 1982,

LISA MILLICAN'S BODY IS FOUND

35 MILES FROM THE MALL WHERE SHE

DISAPPEARED.

WE HAVE A LOT OF EVIDENCE OF

KILLERS WHO ENJOY HAVING THEIR

VICTIMS FOUND SO THAT THEY CAN

SEE IT REPORTED IN THE

NEWSPAPERS BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM

TO GLORY IN IT.

WHAT GOOD IS IT TO HAVE A VICTIM

THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT?

AS FAR AS THAT PARTICULAR

MOMENT, I THINK EVERYBODY WAS

SHOCKED.

WE'RE, OF COURSE, IN A SMALL

TOWN IN RURAL NORTH ALABAMA, AND

YOU DON'T SEE THOSE CRIMES

AROUND HERE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALWAYS

HEAR ABOUT SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND

IT WAS JUST A TRAGEDY.

PUNCTURE WOUNDS ARE

VISIBLE ON HER NECK, ALONG WITH

A BULLET HOLE IN HER BACK.

ABOUT 50 FEET FROM WHERE THE

BODY WAS, WE FOUND A HAND TOWEL,

A WHITE HAND TOWEL, AND INSIDE

THAT WAS TWO OR THREE HYPODERMIC

SYRINGES.

AND THERE WAS A PAIR OF BLUE

JEANS IN THAT SAME GENERAL AREA.

POLICE COLLECT THE

EVIDENCE.

AN AUTOPSY IS PERFORMED ON

LISA MILLICAN'S BODY.

AND THE SYRINGES AND THE PAIR OF

JEANS ARE SENT TO THE FORENSICS

LAB FOR ANALYSIS.

WHILE WAITING FOR THE RESULTS,

INVESTIGATORS FROM ALABAMA AND

GEORGIA JOIN FORCES TO FIND

LISA ANN MILLICAN'S KILLER.

AUTHORITIES FOCUS ON THEIR MOST

PROMISING PIECE OF EVIDENCE...

THE TAPES OF THE FEMALE CALLER

WHO CALLED BOTH JURISDICTIONS.

WE HAD FOUND A REPORT THAT

HAD BEEN FILED BACK IN

SEPTEMBER.

IT WAS A FEMALE CALLER REPORTING

A FIRE-BOMBING AND A SHOOTING

INTO A RESIDENCE OF SOME

EMPLOYEES OF THE YDC THERE IN

ROME, MUCH THE SAME AS WHAT HAD

CALLED IN OUR CASE.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO RETRIEVE

THOSE TAPES, SIT DOWN, AND

PHYSICALLY LISTEN TO BOTH OF

THEM.

IT IS THE SAME

PERSON WHO CALLED REGARDING

LISA MILLICAN.

YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF THINK,

"WELL, HOW DOES THIS HOOK

TOGETHER?"

OF COURSE, IT SEEMS THAT THE

COMMON DENOMINATOR IS THE

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A YOUNG GIRL.

LISA ANN MILLICAN'S A YOUNG

GIRL.

THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE

CONCENTRATE ON... MAYBE THE

GIRLS THAT WOULD'VE GONE THROUGH

THERE IN THE LAST, I GUESS,

IMMEDIATE PAST.

AND THEN YOU START PULLING

ALL THE PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER.

THEN YOU'RE GONNA GO TO YOUR

JUVENILE RECORDS, AND YOU'RE

GONNA PULL INFORMATION AND LOOK

AT INFORMATION TO SEE IF

ANYTHING MIGHT FIT IN AS A PART

OF THIS PUZZLE.

AND SO I'M LOOKING AT YOUTHS

THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN ANGRY, YOUTHS

THAT MIGHT HAVE A REASON TO WANT

TO GET BACK AT THE SYSTEM...

ANYBODY THAT'S GOT THAT KIND OF

GRUDGE.

I START LOOKING THROUGH MY

FILES, AND I START LOOKING AT

ALL MY CARDS IN MY CASE FILES,

AND I PULL THAT INFORMATION OUT.

AND ONE OF THE NAMES THAT STANDS

OUT IS JUDITH NEELLEY.

JUDITH AND ALVIN NEELLEY.

IN THE FALL OF

1982, A RASH OF CRIMINAL

ACTIVITY HAS HIT THE TOWN OF

ROME, GEORGIA, TARGETING STAFF

MEMBERS OF THE

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND

CULMINATING IN THE MURDER OF

13-YEAR-OLD LISA ANN MILLICAN.

AUTHORITIES SUSPECT 18-YEAR-OLD

JUDITH NEELLEY AND HER

29-YEAR-OLD HUSBAND, ALVIN.

JUDITH AND ALVIN'S NAME STAND

OUT TO ME BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY

DID PREVIOUSLY BUT BECAUSE OF

THEIR MOBILITY AND BECAUSE THEY

HADN'T BEEN JUST TO ROME, BUT

THEY HAD BEEN TO OTHER CITIES,

AND THEY TRAVELED AROUND.

THEY WERE SEPARATED HERE.

HER CHILDREN WERE REMOVED FROM

HER HERE.

SHE HAD BEEN IN THE YDC HERE.

THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND

THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO MOVE

AROUND FREELY TO DO THESE

DIFFERENT THINGS.

JUDITH NEELLEY IS

BORN JUDITH ADAMS ON

JUNE 7, 1964 IN MURFREESBORO,

TENNESSEE.

JUDITH NEELLEY'S EARLY LIFE

WAS TYPICAL OF GIRLS OF HER AGE

IN THE SOUTHERN WORKING CLASS.

SHE WAS A GOOD STUDENT.

THERE WAS NO REASON TO BELIEVE

THAT HER LIFE WOULD NOT GO QUITE

WELL AND THAT SHE WOULD HAVE A

GOOD, SOLID, ORDINARY LIFE.

WHEN JUDITH IS

9 YEARS OLD, HER FATHER IS

KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT,

SHATTERING HER IDYLLIC LIFE.

THIS CHANGED THE

CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE FAMILY

QUITE A BIT.

FROM NOW ON, THINGS

DETERIORATED AND SPIRALED DOWN.

JUDITH'S MOTHER

ADOPTS A HIGHLY UNINHIBITED

LIFESTYLE, SPENDING HER DAYS

MEETING MEN OVER HER C.B. RADIO

AND INVITING THEM OVER FOR

SEXUAL TRYSTS.

THIS DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED BY

THE YOUNG AND IMPRESSIONABLE

JUDITH.

HER MOTHER APPEARED TO HAVE

BEEN A VERY PROMISCUOUS WOMAN.

IF JUDITH WAS A REACTIVE SORT OF

PERSONALITY OR OVERLY SENSITIVE,

SHE COULD'VE FELT NEGLECTED, SHE

COULD'VE BEEN ANGRY, AND SHE

COULD HAVE STORED THAT ANGER

AWAY UNTIL SHE COULD HERSELF

TAKE IT OUT ON SOMEBODY ELSE.

ALVIN NEELLEY'S

EARLY DAYS WERE MUCH DIFFERENT.

ALVIN NEELLEY'S EARLY LIFE

WAS RATHER CHARMED.

HE WAS LOVED BY HIS FAMILY.

HE DID NOT HAVE AN ABUSED

CHILDHOOD WHATSOEVER.

HE WAS GREATLY LIKED IN SCHOOL,

GREATLY LIKED BY BOTH HIS

TEACHERS AND HIS FELLOW

STUDENTS.

HE LIVED A VERY GOOD LIFE.

BUT HE SOON TURNED

TO A LIFE OF CRIME.

ALVIN WAS A SORT OF A PETTY

CRIMINAL, I WOULD SAY... NOTHING

REALLY SERIOUS.

I THINK HE WAS THE TYPE OF

PERSON WHO JUST SIMPLY NEVER GOT

UP IN THE MORNING AND ASKED

HIMSELF, "HOW CAN I MAKE AN

HONEST LIVING?"

I THINK HE COULD'VE LIVED HIS

LIFE IN SMALL CONS, WRITING BAD

CHECKS, SKIPPING OUT ON RENT,

ROBBING CONVENIENCE STORES...

THOSE KINDS OF CRIMES.

IT IS DURING ONE OF

JUDITH'S MOTHER'S RENDEZVOUS

THAT THE 15-YEAR-OLD MEETS

ALVIN... 11 YEARS HER SENIOR.

HE SAID THAT THE MINUTE HE

SAW HER, HE FELL ABSOLUTELY IN

LOVE... THAT SPARKS ABSOLUTELY

FLEW.

THE SAME SEEMS TO BE TRUE FOR

JUDITH.

HE OFFERED HER THIS SENSE OF

AN OLDER MALE WHO HAD FIGURED

OUT A WAY TO BUCK THE SYSTEM AND

TO LIVE A LIFE THAT SHE SAW AS

EXCITING... A LIFE OF CRIME.

JUDITH SOON BECOMES

PREGNANT.

ON JULY 14, 1980, ONE DAY BEFORE

HIS 27th BIRTHDAY, ALVIN AND

16-YEAR-OLD JUDITH MARRY IN

RINGGOLD, GEORGIA.

JUDITH AND ALVIN LIVE IN A

NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MOTELS,

ROBBING CONVENIENCE STORES AS

THEY MOVE FROM TOWN TO TOWN.

THEIR RELATIONSHIP BECAME AN

OUTLAW RELATIONSHIP, ONE FORGED

IN AN OUTLAW LIFE, WHICH THEY

BOTH ROMANTICIZED.

THERE WAS NOBODY TO ACT AS

THE PARENT AND SAY, "ENOUGH IS

ENOUGH."

AND AS A RESULT, THEY JUST

CONTINUED TO DO WHAT THEY WERE

DOING.

TYPICALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO REPEAT

THEIR CRIMES, ESPECIALLY IF

THOSE CRIMES ARE EXCITING TO

THEM, THEY GET ADDICTED TO A

CERTAIN PATTERN.

THEY WANT MORE.

THEY'RE GETTING AWAY WITH

THINGS, SO PRETTY SOON, THAT'S

NOT ENOUGH, AND THEY GET MORE

AND MORE AGGRESSIVE.

THE NEELLEYS FIRST

COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE

ROME AUTHORITIES IN THE FALL OF

1980.

WE DIDN'T SEE 16-YEAR-OLD,

9-MONTH-PREGNANT TEENAGERS

COMMITTING ARMED ROBBERIES.

THE FOLLOWING DAY,

JUDITH IS ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO

PASS A STOLEN CHECK.

SHE IS PUT IN THE CUSTODY OF THE

YDC.

YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO SEE A

MAN COMMITTING THE OFFENSE AND

MAYBE A FEMALE IN A SECONDARY

ROLE.

BUT IN THIS CASE, JUDITH NEELLEY

WAS THE PRIMARY AGGRESSOR AND

VERY MUCH NINE MONTHS PREGNANT.

IN FACT, SHE GAVE BIRTH TWO DAYS

AFTER THE ROBBERY OCCURRED.

CUSTODY OF JUDITH'S

NEWBORN TWINS IS GIVEN TO

ALVIN'S MOTHER.

I REMEMBER THINKING, "WOW.

THIS YOUNG GIRL. GOLLY.

I MEAN, HOW WAS SHE RAISED, OR

WHAT'S HAPPENED TO HER IN LIFE?"

'CAUSE SHE WAS VENOMOUS.

ALVIN IS ALSO

ARRESTED FOR THE ARMED ROBBERY

FOR DRIVING JUDITH TO AND FROM

THE SCENE.

HE IS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO

UP TO FIVE YEARS IN JAIL.

DURING THEIR SEPARATION, JUDITH

WRITES ALVIN LETTERS, TELLING

HIM SHE DETESTS THE YDC STAFF.

SHE ALSO MAKES SOME SHOCKING

ALLEGATIONS.

SHE BEGAN TO SAY THAT SHE WAS

BEING RAPED THERE, THAT SHE WAS

SUFFERING ALL MANNER OF SEXUAL

ABUSE, THAT PEOPLE WOULD NOT LET

HER WRITE TO HIM.

AND I THINK SHE USED THIS TO

MAKE HIM JEALOUS.

HE BEGAN TO MAKE PROMISES TO HER

OF REVENGE WHEN SHE WAS FINALLY

RELEASED.

THE NEELLEY COUPLE SEEMED TO

HAVE HAD THE KIND OF

RELATIONSHIP WHERE ONE OF THEM

INSTIGATED AN ACT AND THE OTHER

WENT ALONG WITH IT.

AND SO THEY HAD THIS SORT OF

PSYCHOPATHIC CHEMISTRY.

SHE WAS AN ANGRY YOUNG WOMAN,

YET SHE COULD MANIPULATE SO

WELL.

JUDITH IS RELEASED

FROM CUSTODY IN NOVEMBER OF

1981.

ALVIN FOLLOWS IN APRIL OF 1982,

AND THE TWO RESUME THEIR LIFE

TOGETHER.

THEY BEGAN TO FANCY

THEMSELVES AS A CRIMINAL COUPLE.

THEY DROVE AROUND IN TWO CARS,

COMMUNICATING BY C.B.

HE WAS "NIGHTRIDER," SHE WAS

"LADY SUNDOWN."

THEY WERE VAGABOND CRIMINALS

LOOKING FOR THAT SORT OF

"HOLE-IN-THE-WALL GANG"

ATMOSPHERE... SOME PLACE THAT

THEY COULD GO AND LIVE OUT THIS

CRIMINAL FANTASY.

THEIR FANTASY LIFE

SOON GIVES WAY TO SOME VERY REAL

DARK THOUGHTS REGARDING THE

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

SHE HAD MADE THESE TERRIBLE

ACCUSATIONS.

ALVIN HAD RESPONDED WITH VISIONS

OF REVENGE.

THEY HAD GOADED THEMSELVES UP TO

SOME KIND OF VENGEFUL ACTION

AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES IN THE

YDC.

AND WHEN YOU'VE TALKED IT AND

TALKED IT AND TALKED IT AND

TALKED IT, YOU FINALLY HAVE TO

DO SOMETHING.

AND SO THEY DID.

IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE A

PERSON DRIVING IT WHO'S ALSO

VERY ANGRY AND WANTS TO HURT

OTHER PEOPLE, AND SO IT'S NOT

SURPRISING TO FIND THAT THEY'RE

EMBOLDENED BY THE PETTY CRIMES

TO NOW COMMIT MUCH MORE EXTREME

VIOLENCE.

THE ESCALATION OF

JUDITH AND ALVIN'S DEVIANT

BEHAVIOR BREAKS HORRIFIC NEW

GROUND WITH THE ABDUCTION AND

MURDER OF LISA ANN MILLICAN.

WHY THESE ACTS TURNED INTO A

MURDER HAS TO DO WITH THE

CONTINUAL EFFORT TO PROVE TO

EACH OTHER THAT THEY ARE

OUTLAWS.

SO ONE ACT LEADS TO ANOTHER, BUT

THAT NEXT ACT MUST BE SOMEWHAT

WORSE, AND THEN THE NEXT ACT

SOMEWHAT WORSE.

ROME AND DEKALB

COUNTY AUTHORITIES SUSPECT THAT

THEIR RECENT CRIME SPREE IS JUST

THE BEGINNING.

IN THE FALL OF

1982, AUTHORITIES IN GEORGIA AND

ALABAMA ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

18-YEAR-OLD JUDITH NEELLEY AND

HER HUSBAND, 29-YEAR-OLD

ALVIN NEELLEY, WHO ARE SUSPECTS

IN A SERIES OF CRIMES, INCLUDING

ARSON AND MURDER.

WHAT SETS THE CASE OF ALVIN

AND JUDITH NEELLEY APART IS THAT

SHE SEEMED TO BE MORE OF THE

INSTIGATOR THAN WE TYPICALLY SEE

IN THESE TEAMS.

ON OCTOBER 1st, THE

RESULTS COME IN FROM THE

EVIDENCE FOUND NEAR

LISA ANN MILLICAN'S BODY.

THE BLOOD ON THE JEANS BELONGS

TO LISA ANN MILLICAN.

BUT THE JEANS ARE TOO LARGE TO

BELONG TO LISA, SO POLICE ASSUME

THEY ARE THE KILLER'S.

THE SUBSTANCE IN THE SYRINGE IS

FOUND TO BE MADE UP OF SODIUM,

HYDROXIDE, AND HYPOCHLORATE...

THE MAIN INGREDIENTS IN LIQUID

DRAIN CLEANER.

THE AUTOPSY ON LISA ANN MILLICAN

ONLY CONFIRMS THE AUTHORITIES'

WORST FEARS.

LISA HAD BEEN TORTURED PRIOR

TO HER MURDER BY THE INJECTION

OF LIQUID DRAIN CLEANER INTO HER

NECK, INTO HER ARMS, AND INTO

BOTH BUTTOCKS.

THE AUTOPSY ALSO

REVEALS THAT LISA ANN MILLICAN

WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.

AUTHORITIES REALIZE THEY ARE

DEALING WITH AN EXTREMELY

VICIOUS PAIR OF CRIMINALS AND

ARE DETERMINED TO GET THEM OFF

THE STREET BEFORE THEY STRIKE

AGAIN.

REPORTS COME INTO THE

ROME POLICE DEPARTMENT ON

OCTOBER 3rd REGARDING A WOMAN

MATCHING JUDITH NEELLEY'S

DESCRIPTION WHO WAS ACCOSTING

AND ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP YOUNG

WOMEN AND GIRLS.

WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE

ATTEMPTED PICKUPS, THE ATTEMPTED

ABDUCTIONS, AND IT WAS PRETTY

OBVIOUS TO US AT THAT POINT THAT

WE HAD THE POTENTIAL OF A SERIAL

KILLER ON THE LOOSE.

ON THE NIGHT OF

OCTOBER 3rd, 26-YEAR-OLD

JOHN HANCOCK AND HIS FIANCéE,

22-YEAR-OLD JANICE KAY CHATMAN,

ARE WALKING HOME AFTER VISITING

FAMILY.

THE WAY JUDITH LURES PEOPLE

INTO HER CAR IS BY PLAYING THE

SMALL-TOWN GIRL IN A NEW TOWN.

SHE WOULD COME UP TO PEOPLE AND

SAY THAT SHE WAS NEW IN TOWN AND

THAT SHE WAS FRIENDLESS.

AND THEN SHE WOULD INVITE THOSE

PEOPLE TO GO RIDING WITH HER IN

HER CAR.

JOHN AND JANICE

BELIEVE JUDITH'S STORY AND TAKE

HER UP ON HER OFFER.

THE TRIO DRIVES THROUGH THE

GEORGIA COUNTRYSIDE.

DURING THE COURSE OF THE

DRIVE, SHE GETS INTO CONTACT

ON C.B. RADIO WITH SOMEONE WHO'S

CALLED NIGHTRIDER.

THEY BEGIN TO CHAT, AND JUDITH

SAYS THAT SHE HAS SOME NEW

FRIENDS IN THE CAR WITH HER AND

PERHAPS THAT ALL OF THEM SHOULD

MEET.

HEY, JOHN, JUST WAIT THERE

FOR A SECOND.

OKAY.

HEY, JOHN?

COME HERE.

OKAY.

AFTER THEY ALL MEET UP, THEY

SPLIT UP.

JOHN GOES WITH ALVIN.

JANICE GOES WITH JUDITH.

THE DECISION IS MADE TO TRY TO

FIND SOME MOONSHINE TO LIVEN

THINGS UP FOR THE EVENING, AND

THEY HEAD OUT INTO A MORE

DESERTED AREA TO LOOK FOR THAT.

JUDITH AND JANICE

FOLLOW IN THE CAR BEHIND.

DURING THAT RIDE, JOHN NEEDS

TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.

HE ASKS ALVIN TO PULL OVER, AND

ALVIN DOES.

JUDITH SHOOTS

JOHN HANCOCK, AND THE NEELLEYS

TAKE OFF WITH

JANICE KAY CHATMAN, WHO IS

RESTRAINED IN THE CAR.

BUT JOHN ISN'T DEAD, AND

AFTER HE KNOWS THEY'RE GONE, HE

GETS UP, AND HE RUNS TO THE

NEAREST ROAD, FLAGS DOWN A

PASSING CAR... STILL QUITE

WOUNDED, OF COURSE... AND GOES

TO THE HOSPITAL.

JOHN HANCOCK IS

TREATED FOR HIS WOUND AND

RELEASED.

HE CAME TO THE ROME POLICE

DEPARTMENT THE NEXT DAY.

HE CAME THROUGH THE GENERAL

INVESTIGATIVE AREA, WHERE WE

WERE SITTING... THE SQUAD ROOM.

WE WERE PLAYING BACK THE TAPE OF

THE PHONE CALL.

AND AS HE WALKED BY, HE HEARD

THE VOICE, AND HE STOPPED AND

TURNED AROUND, AND HE SAID,

"THAT'S HER.

THAT'S THE GIRL THAT SHOT ME."

AT THAT POINT, WE ALL SAT DOWN

WITH MR. HANCOCK AND BEGAN TO

TRY TO SOLICIT AS MUCH

INFORMATION FROM HIM AS WE

COULD.

JOHN HANCOCK PICKS

JUDITH AND ALVIN NEELLEY OUT OF

A PHOTO LINEUP.

AT THAT POINT, OUR

INVESTIGATION TURNED TO THE

POINT OF "WE'VE GOT THEM

IDENTIFIED.

NOW LET'S FIND THEM."

WE STILL HAD A VICTIM,

JANICE CHATMAN, THAT HAD NOT

BEEN LOCATED.

OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AT THAT TIME

WAS TWO THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, WE WANTED TO LOCATE

JANICE CHATMAN... TRY TO GET HER

TO SAFETY.

THE OTHER THING WAS TO LOCATE

ALVIN AND JUDY NEELLEY AND GET

THEM OFF THE STREET.

IN OCTOBER OF 1982,

SHOOTING VICTIM JOHN HANCOCK

IDENTIFIES JUDITH NEELLEY AND

HER HUSBAND, ALVIN, AS THE

PEOPLE WHO SHOT HIM AND

KIDNAPPED HIS FIANCéE.

HIS FIANCéE, JANICE CHATMAN, IS

STILL MISSING.

GEORGIA AND ALABAMA AUTHORITIES,

NOW JOINED BY FEDERAL AGENTS,

AGGRESSIVELY SEARCH ACROSS

SEVERAL STATES FOR THE

NEELLEYS...

AND FOR JANICE CHATMAN, WHO THEY

HOPE TO FIND BEFORE IT'S TOO

LATE.

IT WAS URGENT.

WE GOT PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND

ROME KILLING FOLKS.

MORE THAN A WEEK

PASSES WITH NO RESULTS.

A NATIONWIDE APB IS PUT OUT FOR

JUDITH AND ALVIN NEELLEY.

AND ON OCTOBER 14th,

INVESTIGATORS FINALLY GET THE

BREAK THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.

WE CONTACTED THE AUTHORITIES

IN TENNESSEE, WHERE WE KNEW

THAT THEY WERE KNOWN TO HAVE

BEEN FROM.

AND WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO

FIND THAT ALVIN AND JUDY WERE

BOTH IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY

JAIL IN MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE,

ON SOME CHECK CHARGES, SOME

FORGERIES... SOMETHING TOTALLY

UNRELATED TO THIS.

I THINK THERE WAS PROBABLY FOUR

OR FIVE CARLOADS OF US THAT

DROVE UP THERE, AND THEN WE

DIVIDED INTO TWO SEARCH TEAMS

AND WENT AND SEARCHED THE

AUTOMOBILES OF ALVIN AND

JUDY NEELLEY AND ALSO THE

RESIDENCE OF JUDY'S MOTHER,

WHERE THEY WERE, IN FACT,

STAYING.

AMONG THE ITEMS

POLICE FIND... GUNS, HANDCUFFS,

C.B. RADIOS, MOTEL RECEIPTS

UNDER A NUMBER OF FAKE NAMES,

AND THE LETTERS JUDITH WROTE TO

ALVIN FROM HER DAYS AT THE YDC.

BUT THERE IS NO SIGN OF

JANICE CHATMAN.

INVESTIGATORS TURN THEIR

ATTENTION TO JUDITH AND

ALVIN NEELLEY.

JUDITH IS INTERROGATED FIRST,

HOPING SHE'LL TELL THEM WHERE TO

FIND JANICE CHATMAN.

SHE WAS VERY COLD, VERY

MATTER-OF-FACT.

SHE SHOWED ABSOLUTELY NO

BUT JUDY ADMITTED THAT THEY HAD

PICKED UP CHATMAN AND

JOHN HANCOCK.

SHE ADMITTED TO WALKING HIM OUT

INTO THE WOODS, SHOOTING HIM IN

THE BACK, LEAVING HIM FOR DEAD.

SHE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THEY

CARRIED MS. CHATMAN BACK TO A

MOTEL THERE IN ROME AND KILLED

HER.

SHE SHOT HER IN THE BACK, AND

THEN WHEN SHE FELL AND WAS

"HOLLERING"... THAT WAS THE WORD

SHE USED... JUDY WENT OVER TO

HER AND PUT TWO MORE BULLETS IN

HER HEAD AS SHE LAY ON THE

GROUND.

THE DISORGANIZATION OF THESE

MURDERS SUGGEST THE CHILDISH

MINDS WHO PLANNED THEM.

WHAT HAPPENED MAY HAVE BEEN AS

SIMPLE AS SOMEONE SAYING TO

SOMEONE ELSE... ALVIN TO JUDITH

OR JUDITH TO ALVIN... "WELL,

REAL OUTLAWS DON'T LEAVE

WITNESSES."

JUDITH DOESN'T DENY

HER INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEATH OF

LISA ANN MILLICAN, EITHER.

SHE ADMITTED THAT SHE HAD

PICKED LISA MILLICAN UP.

THEY SPENT THE NIGHT IN A

MOTEL... THAT ALVIN, IN FACT,

JOINED THEM AT THAT PARTICULAR

MOTEL.

JUDITH WATCHES AS

ALVIN RAPES LISA ANN MILLICAN.

JUDITH NEELLEY SEEMED TO HAVE

A CONDITION WHERE SOMEONE GETS

EXCITED AT WATCHING ANOTHER

PERSON BE VIOLENT.

JUDITH NEELLEY MIGHT HAVE

ENJOYED WATCHING HER HUSBAND

RAPE EITHER BECAUSE SHE JUST

LIKED TO SEE THAT KIND OF

VIOLENCE AGAINST ANOTHER WOMAN

OR BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ELEMENT

OF SELF-HATRED IN IT, WHERE SHE

COULD ENVISION HERSELF AS THE

WOMAN BEING RAPED.

JUDITH NEELLEY TRIED TO KILL

LISA SEVEN DIFFERENT TIMES.

SHE INJECTED HER SIX TIMES WITH

A SOLVENT USED TO CLEAN DRAINS.

BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK.

TIME WAS PASSING, JUDITH GREW

IMPATIENT, AND SO, FINALLY, SHE

ASKED LISA TO STAND BESIDE THE

EDGE OF THE CANYON.

AND THERE, SHE SHOT HER IN THE

BACK.

AFTER LISA WAS DEAD, TO JUDITH'S

SURPRISE, SHE WAS STILL AT THE

TOP OF THE CANYON.

AND SO JUDITH GOT DOWN ON HER

KNEES AND PUSHED THE BODY OVER

THE SIDE.

WHEN THAT HAPPENED, SHE GOT HER

JEANS BLOODY, AND SO SHE CHANGED

HER JEANS AND THREW THOSE OVER

THIS CANYON WALL.

SHE ALSO THREW THE SYRINGES THAT

SHE HAD USED TO INJECT LISA OVER

THE SIDE OF THE CANYON.

FOR HER TO TAKE THE BLAME IN

THIS CASE, IT CERTAINLY COULD BE

THAT SHE WAS SO IMMATURE AS TO

BELIEVE THAT THESE CRIMES REALLY

WEREN'T THAT DAMAGING AND THAT

IT MADE HER POWERFUL AND SHE

ENJOYED IT.

ALVIN NEELLEY

CORROBORATES BOTH ACCOUNTS AND

PROVIDES POLICE WITH THE

LOCATION OF JANICE CHATMAN'S

BODY.

THEY FIND IT EXACTLY WHERE HE

SAID IT WOULD BE.

SHE HAD BEEN SHOT THREE TIMES.

ALVIN NEELLEY GAVE ME THE

IMPRESSION OF JUST BEING A BIG

OLD LAPDOG.

I.Q.-WISE, I WOULD SAY SHE WAS

DOUBLE OR TRIPLE HIM.

I JUST FELT LIKE THAT SHE WAS

EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT, AND HE

FELT LIKE, "WELL, I'M LUCKY TO

HAVE THIS WOMAN, SO IF I DON'T

DO WHAT SHE SAYS, SHE'LL LEAVE."

BUT IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT

SHE WAS IN CHARGE.

ALVIN ADMITS TO

RAPING BOTH LISA ANN MILLICAN

AND JANICE CHATMAN.

ALVIN CONFESSED TO ALL OF

THESE ACTIVITIES, BUT IN HIS

CONFESSION, IT WAS ALWAYS HIS

WIFE, JUDITH, WHO WAS THE

DOMINANT PARTY.

HE CLAIMED THAT JUDITH WAS IN

IT FOR THE SEX, TOO.

THERE WAS NEVER ANY EVIDENCE OF

THAT.

HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THE

PRIMARY MOTIVE WAS THIS

OUTRAGEOUS NOTION OF BEING

OUTLAWS... THAT IT WAS

EXCEEDINGLY IMPORTANT TO REALLY

BE BAD PEOPLE.

THE QUESTION THAT WE ALWAYS

ASK WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT TEAM

KILLERS IS, "WOULD THEY

SEPARATELY HAVE HAD THE

PROPENSITY TO BE MURDERERS?"

I THINK, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE

KNOW ABOUT ALVIN UP TO THE POINT

WHEN THEY MET, HE SHOWED NO

INDICATION THAT HE REALLY WAS A

KILLER.

AND YET WITH JUDITH, WE

CERTAINLY SEE THAT SHE'S GOT

THAT KIND OF ANGER.

SHE FOLLOWS THROUGH ON REVENGE.

SHE HAS AGENDAS AGAINST PEOPLE.

HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A

KILLER, BUT SHE PROBABLY

WOULD'VE BEEN.

ON OCTOBER 16th,

JUST OVER A MONTH AFTER THEIR

LATEST CRIME SPREE BEGAN, JUDITH

AND ALVIN NEELLEY ARE

EXTRADITED TO ALABAMA TO FACE

CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF

LISA ANN MILLICAN.

BUT AUTHORITIES ARE ABOUT TO

DISCOVER THAT HAVING THE

NEELLEYS IN CUSTODY DOESN'T

GUARANTEE AN END TO THEIR OUTLAW

WAYS.

THE MONTHLONG

ARSON, KIDNAP, RAPE, AND MURDER

SPREE OF 18-YEAR-OLD JUDITH AND

29-YEAR-OLD ALVIN NEELLEY COMES

TO AN END WITH THE COUPLE'S

ARREST IN OCTOBER OF 1982.

JUDITH CONFESSES TO THE MURDER

OF 13-YEAR-OLD

LISA ANN MILLICAN, TAKING FULL

BLAME FOR THE ACT AND

EXONERATING HER HUSBAND.

WE NEVER HAD ANY EVIDENCE OR

PROOF THAT HE COMMITTED A CRIME

IN OUR JURISDICTION.

I THINK IT WAS A POWER THING

FOR JUDY.

SHE WANTED TO BE IN CHARGE.

SHE WANTED TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW

THAT SHE HAD DONE IT, AND IT WAS

HER WAY OF SAYING, "HERE I AM."

BUT FACED WITH A

THREE-COUNT INDICTMENT OF

ABDUCTION WITH INTENT TO HARM,

ABDUCTION WITH INTENT TO

TERRORIZE AND SEXUALLY VIOLATE,

AND MURDER, JUDITH APPLIES FOR

YOUTHFUL-OFFENDER STATUS IN

HOPES OF AVOIDING A POSSIBLE

DEATH SENTENCE.

HAD SHE BEEN GRANTED THAT

STATUS, THE MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT

WOULD'VE BEEN THREE YEARS ONLY.

TAKING JUDITH'S

PAST CRIMINAL HISTORY INTO

ACCOUNT, AS WELL AS THE SHOCKING

DETAILS OF LISA ANN MILLICAN'S

DEATH, ON DECEMBER 17, 1982, THE

COURT DENIES THE MOTION.

HER TRIAL IS SET FOR

MARCH 7, 1983.

WHEN THE DATE ARRIVES, A

DECIDEDLY DIFFERENT

JUDITH NEELLEY SHOWS UP FOR

COURT.

SHE HAD NICE CLOTHES ON, AND

SHE HAD MAKEUP, AND HER HAIR WAS

DONE NICELY.

AND I'M SURE HER ATTORNEYS

THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT SHE SHOULD

DO, AND IF I HAD BEEN THEM, I

WOULD'VE DONE THE SAME THING.

WHEN JUDITH TAKES

THE STAND, THE PROSECUTION

DISCOVERS THAT HER LOOK ISN'T

THE ONLY THING TO CHANGE.

WHEN SHE WAS FIRST ARRESTED,

SHE WAS VERY SURE OF HERSELF.

WHEN IT GOT TO TRIAL, SHE BECAME

VERY DEMURE.

SHE SEEMED TO HAVE A VERY

INTROVERTED PERSONALITY AND

TRIED TO SHOW ALL THE SIGNS OF

SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE BRAINWASHED

OR COERCED.

JUDY HAD CLAIMED THAT ALVIN

HAD MADE HER DO THESE THINGS,

THAT SHE HAD HAD NO PART IN THEM

OTHER THAN TO ACT AS HIS ZOMBIE.

TYPICALLY IN THESE

SITUATIONS, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE

MOST PSYCHOPATHIC PERSON TURNS

ON THE OTHER FAST SO THAT THEY

CAN THROW THE BLAME ON THAT

PERSON.

ALVIN NEELLEY WAS PORTRAYED

BY THE DEFENSE AS BEING THIS

BIG, BRUTAL GUY WHO TERRORIZED

AND BRUTALIZED HIS WIFE.

ANYBODY WHO MET ALVIN NEELLEY,

WHICH INCLUDED MYSELF, THE

INVESTIGATORS, ANYBODY WHO

EVER HAD CONTACT WITH HIM, WAS

IMMEDIATELY IMPRESSED BY HOW

INACCURATE THAT DESCRIPTION WAS.

ONCE, WHEN SHE WAS TESTIFYING,

SHE BENT HER HEAD OVER AND

APPEARED TO BE CRYING.

WE'D NEVER SEEN HER CRY BEFORE.

I STOPPED THE COURT, AND I ASKED

THE COURT TO INSTRUCT HER TO

LIFT HER FACE, TO LIFT HER HEAD.

THE COURT MADE HER LIFT HER

HEAD.

THERE WAS TOTAL DRY EYES... NO

CRYING, NO TEARS, NO NOTHING.

ONLY THROUGH THINGS LIKE THAT

COULD WE SHOW THE REAL

JUDITH NEELLEY.

AT 4:30 P.M. ON

MARCH 21st, AFTER 13 DAYS OF

TESTIMONY, JUDITH'S CASE GOES TO

THE JURY.

BY 10:45 A.M. THE NEXT MORNING,

THE JURY RETURNS WITH A

VERDICT... GUILTY ON ALL THREE

COUNTS.

THEY RECOMMEND A SENTENCE OF

LIFE IN PRISON.

UNDER ALABAMA LAW IN A

DEATH-PENALTY CASE, THE JURY

RETURNS A VERDICT AND RECOMMENDS

A PUNISHMENT.

THE JUDGE MUST MAKE THE FINAL

DECISION.

THE JUDGE REJECTS

THE JURY'S RECOMMENDATION AND

SENTENCES JUDITH NEELLEY TO

DEATH.

IT WAS THE JUDGE'S

DETERMINATION THAT IF YOU

COULDN'T EXECUTE JUDITH NEELLEY

IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA FOR THE

CRIME OF WHICH SHE HAD BEEN

FOUND GUILTY, YOU COULDN'T

EXECUTE ANYBODY.

THE ONLY TIME I EVER SAW

TRUE TEARS FROM HER WAS WHEN THE

COURT HANDED DOWN THE DEATH

SENTENCE.

THEN SHE CRIED.

AT THE AGE OF 18,

JUDITH BECOMES THE YOUNGEST

WOMAN EVER SENTENCED TO DEATH.

I CERTAINLY WALKED AWAY FROM

THE TRIAL OF THAT CASE WITH A

FEELING THAT JUSTICE HAD BEEN

SERVED.

JUDITH IS THEN SENT

TO GEORGIA, WHERE, ALONG WITH

ALVIN, SHE FACES CHARGES IN THE

ABDUCTION AND MURDER OF

JANICE CHATMAN AND THE

KIDNAPPING AND ATTEMPTED MURDER

OF JOHN HANCOCK.

NOT WANTING TO RISK ANOTHER

DEATH SENTENCE, JUDITH AGREES TO

TESTIFY AGAINST ALVIN IN

EXCHANGE FOR THE STATE DROPPING

THE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER

CHARGES AGAINST HER AND ALLOWING

HER TO PLEAD GUILTY TO

KIDNAPPING.

ALVIN WAS CONFRONTING VERY

SERIOUS OFFENSES, AND IF HE

CONFESSED, THEN HE WOULD NOT BE

ELECTROCUTED.

ALVIN PLEADS GUILTY

TO THE KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF

JANICE CHATMAN AND IS SENTENCED

TO TWO LIFE TERMS.

HE SIMPLY CHOSE TO LIVE IN

PRISON UNTIL THE END OF HIS

DAYS THAN TO FACE THE ELECTRIC

CHAIR.

JUDITH IS GIVEN A

LIFE SENTENCE BEFORE BEING

RETURNED TO ALABAMA'S DEATH ROW.

YEARS LATER, THE GOVERNOR OF

ALABAMA COMMUTED HER SENTENCE TO

LIFE... NOT FROM DEATH TO LIFE

WITHOUT PAROLE BUT FROM DEATH TO

LIFE.

SO THE ISSUE OF PAROLE WILL BE

SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO BE

FACED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IN

THE FUTURE.

ON

OCTOBER 24, 2005, WHILE SERVING

OUT HIS SENTENCE, ALVIN NEELLEY

DIES FROM COMPLICATIONS WHILE

UNDERGOING SURGERY.

JUDITH NEELLEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE

FOR PAROLE IN 2013 AT THE AGE

OF 49.

SHE'S BEEN IN JAIL A LONG

TIME.

AND SHE NEEDS TO STAY IN JAIL A

LONG TIME.

SHE CLAIMS TO BE ACTIVE IN

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY NOW AND THAT

SHE'S CHANGED.

BUT THAT'S THE SAME SONG THAT

MOST PEOPLE THAT GO TO JAIL

SING.

IN MY OPINION, JUDY NEELLEY IS

PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST

DANGEROUS WOMEN IN 1982, AND I

THINK SHE PROBABLY STILL IS

TODAY.

YOU CAN ONLY GO ON WHAT

HAPPENED BEFORE.

AND WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE MAKES

NO RHYME OR REASON WITHIN THE

BOUNDS OF HUMAN DECENCY.

AND YOU HAVE TO EXPECT THAT THAT

WOULD CONTINUE.

IF SOMEBODY WERE TO SAY, "DO

YOU HAVE ANY EXAMPLES OF A WOMAN

WHO REALLY WAS A KILLER, A

COLD-BLOODED KILLER?" SHE

SPRINGS TO MIND PRETTY FAST.

DESPITE THE FACT THAT SHE MAY

HAVE A LOWER VICTIM COUNT, THE

AGGRESSION, THE ANGER, THE

MANIPULATIVENESS, AND THE

CLEVERNESS OF WHAT SHE WAS DOING

DOES STAND OUT.

BUT I ALSO THINK BECAUSE ALVIN

WAS MUCH OLDER THAN HER AND MUCH

MORE EXPERIENCED... HAD BEEN TO

PRISON AND HAD DONE A LOT OF THE

PETTY THEFTS... THAT HE WAS

PROBABLY THE DOMINANT PARTNER,

IN TERMS OF HOW THEY GOT MONEY,

THE FACT THAT THEY RAN AROUND AS

MUCH AS THEY DID.

AND SO EACH HAD A PART IN HOW

THEY OPERATED.

THERE ARE CERTAIN

RELATIONSHIPS THAT SIMPLY

COMBUST INTO SOME KIND OF FIERY

ELEMENT, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT

HAPPENED IN THE CASE OF MR. AND

MRS. NEELLEY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IF THEY WERE

TO HAVE MET IN A CORRIDOR OR IN

A JAIL SOMEWHERE LONG AFTER THIS

TRIAL, THEY WOULD'VE SHARED A

WINK AND A SMILE.