Your Worst Nightmare (2014–…): Season 4, Episode 9 - Twisted Plan - full transcript
When trusted legal assistant Gail Spencer fails to show up for work, her coworkers are rightfully concerned. But as the sordid details of her abduction come to light, suddenly it seems like...
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[ Whimpering ]
PLEASE.
NO.
[ Stifled gasping ]
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Man: SHH.
SHH SHH SHH.
IT'S OKAY.
WE TOLD YOU.
WE'RE GOOD NOW.
WE GOT WHAT WE NEED.
SHH.
SHH, SHH, SHH.
LIE BACK.
GET SOME SLEEP.
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[ MUFFLED SCREAMING ]
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Narrator: MACON, GEORGIA,
IS A HISTORIC CITY
LYING RIGHT IN THE CENTER
OF THE SOUTH'S LARGEST STATE.
Regan: MACON IS A GREAT
SOUTHERN TOWN.
IT'S FULL OF MUSIC, HERITAGE,
FOOD, CULTURE, TRADITION.
WE'RE PROUD
OF OUR SOUTHERN HERITAGE.
[ Laughs ]
[ BEEP ]
YOU STILL THERE?
YEAH, I'M HERE.
OKAY.
THAT'S BETTER.
Narrator: LIVING HERE IN MACON
IS 58-YEAR-OLD GAIL SPENCER,
A BUSY OFFICE MANAGER
AND LEGAL ASSISTANT
FOR A LOCAL REAL-ESTATE FIRM.
YOU SHOULD COME UP
AND SEE US THIS WEEKEND.
THE KIDS WOULD LOVE
TO SEE THEIR GIGI,
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW
HOW MUCH YOU NEED A VACATION.
Smith: GAIL IS A SINGLE,
STRONG WOMAN.
SHE DIVORCED MANY YEARS AGO.
GAIL HAS ONE SON
AND TWO BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN,
AND THEY ARE DEFINITELY
THE LIGHT OF HER LIFE.
SO, HOW HAVE THINGS BEEN
AT THE FIRM?
THEY STILL WORKING YOU
TO DEATH?
YEAH.
IT'S REALLY BUSY.
BUT I CONVINCED MY BOSS
TO GET ME SOME HELP.
OH, YEAH?
THAT'S GREAT.
IN FACT, HONEY,
SHE'S STARTING TODAY,
SO I REALLY GOT TO RUN.
SO CAN YOU KISS THE KIDS
FROM GIGI AND...
LOVE YOU.
WILL DO.
LOVE YOU.
OKAY.
[ BEEP ]
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GAIL HAS BEEN
WITH CALDER PINKSTON 10 YEARS.
THEY HANDLE
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE,
RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE,
MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR
TRANSACTIONS.
SHE OVERSEES THE OTHER EMPLOYEES
AND BASICALLY RUNS THE OFFICE.
MORNING, GAIL.
HEY. IS THE NEW GAL
HERE YET?
YEAH. SHE SURE IS.
MR. PINKSTON'S
JUST SHOWING HER AROUND.
LAST I SAW, THEY WERE HEADED
BACK TOWARDS YOUR OFFICE.
OOH. OKAY.
I BETTER GET BACK THERE, THEN.
THANKS.
BYE.
OH!
I'M SO SORRY,
MR. PINKSTON.
I'M JUST GOING TOO FAST
THESE DAYS.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
Cooke:
IT WAS A VERY BUSY PRACTICE.
EVERYONE KNEW CALDER PINKSTON
IN THE REAL-ESTATE WORLD.
AND CALDER WAS
A WELL-KNOW LAWYER,
VERY POLITICALLY CONNECTED.
IT'S A GOOD THING WE GOT YOU
SOME HELP THEN, HUH?
MEET TRACY JONES.
HI.
OUR NEW OFFICE ASSISTANT.
IT'S VERY NICE
TO MEET YOU.
OH, AND GAIL?
YEAH?
TRY NOT TO TEACH HER ANY
OF YOUR BAD HABITS, WILL YOU?
I'LL DO MY BEST.
WELL, COME ON, TRACY.
I'LL GET YOU ALL SET UP.
AND, UM, THANKS AGAIN,
MR. PINKSTON, REALLY.
OH, YOU HAVE NO IDEA
HOW GLAD I AM TO SEE YOU.
Smith:
GAIL IS PARTICULARLY EXCITED
BECAUSE TRACY HAS EXPERIENCE
IN LAW FIRMS,
SO SHE'S ABLE TO MOVE
RIGHT INTO THE POSITION,
AND IT MAKES THE TRANSITION
A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER.
Narrator: BUT IT'S NOT LONG
BEFORE THE LUSTER
OF THIS NEW HIRE FADES.
HEY.
IS EVERYTHING OKAY?
I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN LATE
THREE TIMES THIS WEEK.
OH. YEAH.
JUST, UH, TRAFFIC.
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
YEAH, I KNOW, BUT
THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE TRAFFIC.
IT TURNED OUT
THAT TRACY WAS NOT
THE SAME KIND
OF EMPLOYEE THAT GAIL WAS.
TRACY SIMPLY DIDN'T MEASURE UP.
LOOK, UM, ARE WE ALL SET
FOR THE...
FOR THE CLOSING TODAY?
YEAH. IT'S RIGHT HERE.
OKAY.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
TR-TRACY.
THIS IS MISSING
HALF THE DOCUMENTS.
TRACY?
Smith: GAIL HAS
AN INCREDIBLE WORK ETHIC.
TRACY, ON THE OTHER HAND,
SEEMED TO HAVE NO PROBLEM
MISSING WORK,
HAS NO PROBLEM CALLING OUT,
GOING OFF FOR LUNCH,
COMING BACK WHEN SHE CHOOSES TO.
[ SIGHS ]
PLEASE, TRACY,
TELL ME YOU GOT THIS ONE RIGHT.
IT'S...
[ SIGHS ]
OH...
[ SCOFFS ]
IT WAS CLEAR THAT GAIL
WAS NOT SATISFIED
WITH TRACY'S WORK PERFORMANCE
AND THOUGHT THAT
SHE NO LONGER NEEDED
TO BE EMPLOYED AT THE FIRM.
Jones: I MEAN,
THE WHOLE THING WAS CRAZY.
WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED
TO SAY?
I HAD NO IDEA SOMEONE COULD BE
THAT OBSESSED WITH A DOG!
[ Laughter ]
SOMETHING I CAN
HELP YOU WITH, GAIL?
UH, NO.
NOTHING IMPORTANT.
I'LL - - I'LL
COME BACK LATER.
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Smith:
TRACY WAS DEFINITELY A CHARMER,
AND CALDER WASN'T
THERE ALWAYS, EITHER,
SO IN THE DAY-TO-DAY TRENCHES,
GAIL WAS THE ONE THAT WAS THERE
AND HE DIDN'T ALWAYS SEE
WHAT GAIL SAW.
Narrator:
AS WEEKS CONTINUE TO PASS,
GAIL BECOMES LESS WORRIED
ABOUT TRACY'S PERFORMANCE
AND MORE WORRIED THAT SOMETHING
ELSE MIGHT BE GOING ON.
Pinkston: ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE,
I'LL BE HANDLING THE CALDWELL
AND DAVIDSON ACCOUNTS.
GAIL, MAKE A NOTE OF THAT,
WILL YOU?
OH, YES, SIR.
UM, AND I WILL STOP BY
LATER THIS AFTERNOON
TO GET UP TO SPEED
ON THE CALDWELL ACCOUNT.
UM, I THINK I STILL HAVE
THE FILE ON DAVIDSON.
ACTUALLY.
GAIL, UM...
CALDER AND I WERE THINKING
IT WOULD BE GOOD
FOR ME TO TAKE OVER
THOSE ACCOUNTS.
WELL, YES.
YOU'VE BEEN SAYING
HOW BUSY YOU ARE.
THAT'S WHY TRACY'S HERE,
ISN'T IT?
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YES.
OF - - OF COURSE.
THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
THANKS, TRACY.
MY PLEASURE.
OKAY.
MOVING ALONG...
Smith: GAIL DID
BRING HER COMPLAINTS
AND CONCERNS
ABOUT TRACY TO CALDER.
FOR A LONG TIME,
CALDER JUST BLEW HER OFF.
THE OFFICE WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLY,
SO HE THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW,
"IT'S OKAY.
IT'S GONNA WORK."
Narrator: BUT JUST
WHEN GAIL IS FEELING
LIKE HER CO-WORKER
IS OUT TO GET HER,
TRACY STARTS TO SURPRISE HER.
HEY.
YOU GOT A SEC?
UM...
YEAH.
WHAT'S UP?
I JUST WANTED
TO THANK YOU
FOR SHOWING ME THE ROPES
THESE LAST FEW WEEKS.
IT WAS ALL REALLY
OVERWHELMING AT FIRST
AND I KNOW I COULDN'T
HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
AH, IT... WASN'T,
YOU KNOW, THAT BAD.
NO, REALLY.
YOU'RE THE BEST.
CAN I TAKE YOU OUT TO LUNCH
TO SAY THANK YOU?
UM, S-SURE.
I-I'D LIKE THAT.
UH, YEAH.
LET ME FINISH
THIS WIRE TRANSFER
AND I'LL MEET YOU
IN THE LOBBY.
GREAT.
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SO, HAVE YOU ALWAYS
BEEN IN REAL ESTATE?
OH, NO.
[ CHUCKLES ]
IT WASN'T EVEN
ON MY RADAR, YOU KNOW?
BUT I DO LOVE
A GOOD OPEN HOUSE.
GAIL IS DEFINITELY GOING
TO BE POLITE TO TRACY,
BECAUSE SHE TRIES
TO SEE THE BEST IN EVERYBODY,
REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION.
I'VE NEVER EVEN
BOUGHT A HOUSE, MYSELF.
BUT DECORATING HOUSES?
I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT
ALL DAY.
OH, YEAH?
OH, ESPECIALLY
DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
I LOVE THE LIGHTS
AND THE SMELLS.
I CAN GET
A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY.
I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
I FEEL LIKE I PLAN
EVERY YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS
EARLIER AND EARLIER.
SPEAKING OF CHRISTMAS...
I THINK I'M FINALLY GONNA GET A
HOLIDAY CARD TOGETHER THIS YEAR.
CAN I GET YOUR ADDRESS?
UM...
YEAH, OF COURSE.
SURE.
JUST DON'T SHARE IT
WITH CALDER.
I DON'T NEED HIM
KNOWING WHERE I LIVE.
HE WOULD NEVER
LEAVE ME ALONE.
IT WAS A VERY CORDIAL OFFICE,
AND BECAUSE IT WAS A SMALLER
OFFICE-TYPE SPACE,
THEY SHARED INFORMATION.
GAIL, SHE MAY THINK,
"OH, THAT'S A LITTLE STRANGE
THAT SHE'S DOING IT,"
BUT THEN, IT MAKES SENSE.
Narrator:
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
GAIL FALLS BACK
INTO HER FAMILIAR ROUTINE...
UNTIL ONE MORNING...
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
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Narrator:
ON A CRISP OCTOBER MORNING,
58-YEAR-OLD GAIL SPENCER
IS SURPRISED
BY AN EARLY-MORNING VISITOR
AT HER MACON, GEORGIA, HOME.
HI.
TRACY?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I'M SO SORRY.
I KNOW IT'S WAY TOO EARLY
FOR HOUSE GUESTS, BUT...
MY CAR BROKE DOWN
A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM HERE,
AND I REMEMBERED
YOU LIVED IN THE AREA.
ANY CHANCE
I CAN USE YOUR PHONE?
MINE DIED.
YEAH.
YEAH, OF COURSE.
COME ON IN.
THANK YOU.
Smith: GAIL WAS THE KIND
TO HELP PEOPLE.
I'M SURE WHEN SHE LOOKED OUT
AND SAW IT WAS TRACY,
SHE WAS LIKE, "OH."
KINDA SHOCKED.
KINDA SURPRISED.
"WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?"
BUT IT WAS A FAMILIAR FACE.
PHONE'S RIGHT THERE
ON THE COUNTER.
HELP YOURSELF
TO SOME COFFEE.
I'M GONNA FINISH
GETTING DRESSED.
OKAY.
OKAY.
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[ PHONE DINGS ]
[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]
HEY, YOU WANT A RIDE
UP TO THE OFFICE?
BECAUSE I'M GONNA LEAVE
IN A COUPLE MINUTES.
NO, THAT'S OKAY.
I WAS ABLE TO GET AHOLD
OF MY BOYFRIEND
AND HE'S GONNA
COME GET ME.
ACTUALLY, HE'S GONNA MEET ME
AT THE CAR, SO I'LL JUST...
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD
AND GET OUT OF YOUR HAIR, OKAY?
OKAY.
Gail: THEN, I'LL SEE YOU
UP AT THE OFFICE.
Jones: YOU BET.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
THAT WAS WEIRD.
UH, LET'S SEE...
[ LID POPS ]
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WHAT'S - -
NO!
NO, NO...
[ SCREAMS ]
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SO, SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO.
FIND SOMETHING.
HEY. HAVE YOU SEEN GAIL?
I HAVE HER CLOSING ON THE
CALDWELL ACCOUNT IN 20 MINUTES
AND SHE'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE
ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS READY.
SHE MUST'VE GOTTEN
HELD UP.
MAYBE I CAN HELP.
I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR
WITH THOSE FILES.
REALLY?
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
JUST NEED ACCESS
TO HER COMPUTER.
OF COURSE.
I'LL GET YOU HER LOGIN.
WHY DON'T YOU GET SET UP,
AND I'LL JOIN YOU DOWN THERE.
Narrator: AS THINGS START LOOKING
UP FOR TRACY AT THE OFFICE,
BACK AT GAIL'S HOUSE,
IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE.
THERE'S MONEY IN MY PURSE!
THERE'S MONEY IN MY PURSE!
TAKE WHATEVER YOU - -
TAKE WHAT YOU WANT!
TAKE IT!
TAKE IT!
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[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
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Shurley:
AFTER TRACY GOES TO WORK,
SHE BASICALLY STEPS
IN THE SHOES OF GAIL.
SHE HAS ACCESS
TO ALL THE FILES AND RECORDS
THAT GAIL HAD ACCESS TO.
[ BEEP ]
THEN SHE BASICALLY
WAS TAKING OVER
THE ROLE OF GAIL AT THAT TIME.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
GAIL SPENCER'S OFFICE.
YEAH.
IT'S ME.
I'M IN.
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OKAY...
[ WHIMPERING ]
NO. NO.
WHO ARE YOU?
WHAT DO YOU...
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
[ TAPE RIPS ]
Regan: IT WOULD'VE BEEN
MIND-NUMBING, TERRIFYING,
AND THE SCARE OF HER LIFE
FOR HER TO HAVE
TWO MASKED BANDITS IN HER HOUSE
HOLDING HER AGAINST HER WILL.
WHY WON'T YOU ANSWER ME?
I HAVE MONEY. I CAN - -
I CAN GET YOU SOME MONEY.
PLEASE JUST...
WOULD YOU JUST
TELL ME WHAT IT...
IT'S RIGHT OVER THERE
IF YOU - -
OH, SHUT UP, WILL YOU?
WE'RE NOT HERE
FOR YOUR MONEY.
WH...
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHAT DO YOU - -
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
[ CHUCKLES ]
COME ON NOW, GAIL.
I THINK YOU KNOW.
Regan: THERE WAS NOTHING
RANDOM ABOUT THIS.
THESE TWO MEN KNEW WHO SHE WAS,
WHERE SHE LIVED,
AND WHAT THEIR MISSION
WAS THAT DAY.
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YOU SAID MY NAME.
HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?
OH, WE KNOW A LOT
ABOUT YOU, GAIL.
IT MUST GET PRETTY LONELY
LIVING HERE ALL BY YOURSELF.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOUR SON CAME DOWN FOR A VISIT?
YEAH.
MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST
GO PAY HIM A VISIT AT...
231 SAMSON STREET IN...
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
NOW, WHAT'S THAT?
ABOUT... TWO HOURS AWAY?
NO, NO! DON'T YOU DARE
GO NEAR THEM!
NO, PLEASE.
Smith: GAIL WAS TERRIFIED,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THIS POINT.
I THINK IN EVERY OUNCE OF HER,
SHE FELT LIKE
HER FAMILY WAS THREATENED.
PLEASE. I'LL - - I'LL GIVE YOU
WHATEVER YOU WANT.
JUST... YOU HAVE TO
LEAVE THEM ALONE.
THAT'S THE SPIRIT.
I KNEW I COULD TRUST YOU.
JUST LIKE
ALL THOSE LAWYERS DO.
WHAT?
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GAIL HAD ACCESS TO EVERYTHING
WITHIN THAT LAW OFFICE.
IT WASN'T UNUSUAL
FOR HER TO BE THE ONE
THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GO IN
AND MAKE MONEY TRANSFERS.
SHE HAD THE SECURITY CODES.
SHE HAD THE PASSWORDS.
HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS.
AND ONLY YOU...
HAVE THE ACCESS
TO THOSE ACCOUNTS.
RIGHT?
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WE WANT THE PASSCODE
TO THOSE ACCOUNTS.
AND YOU'RE GONNA GIVE IT TO US.
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Narrator: INSIDE HER
MACON, GEORGIA, HOME,
GAIL SPENCER IS BEING HELD
CAPTIVE BY TWO MEN,
WHO HAVE FINALLY REVEALED
THE REASON FOR THEIR VISIT.
OKAY.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU
THE PASSWORD... [SNIFFLES]
...AND THEN YOU'RE NOT GONNA HURT
ME OR MY GRANDCHILDREN, RIGHT?
THAT'S - -
THAT'S THE DEAL, RIGHT?
SHE WAS COMPLIANT
WITH ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING
THAT THOSE EVIL PEOPLE
ASKED HER TO DO THAT DAY,
BECAUSE SHE WANTED,
AT THE END OF THE DAY,
TO BE ABLE TO BE LET GO,
AND SHE KNEW THAT SHE DIDN'T
WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN
TO ANYBODY IN HER FAMILY.
OH...
UM, THIS - -
THIS HURTS.
IT'S 5-4-1-8-0-8-3-1.
5- 4-1-8-0-8-3-1.
THAT'S IT, RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S THE PASSCODE.
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HEY, UH...
SHE'S NOT LOOKING
TOO GOOD, MAN.
MAYBE WE SHOULD UN-TAPE HER.
YEAH, SURE.
JUST KEEP AN EYE ON HER.
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Smith: HE FELT SORRY FOR HER.
HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT SHE
WAS GONNA HAVE A HEART ATTACK
BECAUSE SHE WAS SO AFRAID.
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Cooke: THAT DAY MUST'VE
GONE BY AGONIZINGLY SLOWLY.
[ WHIMPERS ]
SHH.
SHH, SHH, SHH.
HEY, HEY...
PROBABLY THE WORST PART
WOULD BE NOT KNOWING
IF YOU WERE ACTUALLY
GOING TO MAKE IT.
Narrator: IT'S THEN
THAT GAIL'S CAPTORS
PUT THE NEXT STEP OF THEIR PLAN
INTO MOTION.
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HI.
CAN I HELP YOU
WITH SOMETHING?
UM, JUST WANT TO SET UP
A NEW ACCOUNT.
I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.
WHAT KIND OF ACCOUNT
YOU TRYING TO SET UP?
JUST SOMETHING THAT
CAN RECEIVE A WIRE TRANSFER.
HM.
HAVE A SEAT.
Shurley: SHE WAS A 25-YEAR-OLD,
PETITE, ATTRACTIVE, BLONDE FEMALE.
NO ONE WOULD'VE THOUGHT ANYTHING
ABOUT HER WALKING INTO A BANK
AND OPENING UP AN ACCOUNT.
Narrator: WITH THEIR PLAN
IN FULL MOTION,
GAIL'S ASSAILANTS
NOW FEEL LIKE THEY CAN RELAX,
AS THEY SIT BACK AND WAIT
FOR THE MONEY
TO START ROLLING IN.
[ CELLPHONE VIBRATES ]
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
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[ PHONE DINGS ]
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WELL, ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MAKE THIS
A PARTY, THEN.
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Regan: HE WAS ENJOYING IT.
HE ENJOYED THE RUSH
OF THIS SADISTIC PLAN.
BECAUSE HE IS
A COLD-BLOODED MONSTER.
Man: IT'S OKAY.
WE TOLD YOU.
WE'RE GOOD NOW.
WE GOT WHAT WE NEED.
SHH.
SHH SHH SHH.
LIE BACK.
GET SOME SLEEP.
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GOOD NEWS.
EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A BREAK?
I GOT THIS.
YOU TWO
LOOK AWFULLY COZY.
[ SCOFFS ]
I JUST THOUGHT
IT WOULD HELP HER
RELAX A LITTLE MORE, MAN.
YEAH, WELL THIS MIGHT
DO THE TRICK, TOO.
WHAT DO YOU SAY, GAIL?
YOU WANT SOMETHING
TO TAKE THE EDGE OFF?
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Smith: THEY OFFERED HER
SOME ALCOHOL TO CALM HER DOWN.
SOMEONE IN A SKI MASK
HAS JUST COME IN TO YOUR HOUSE,
AND I DON'T THINK
HAVING A GLASS OF WINE,
LIKE YOU HAVE WITH FRIENDS
ON THE PATIO,
IS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM
GOING TO CALM GAIL DOWN.
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I DON'T WANT ANY - -
AAH.
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YEAH.
IT'S ALL GOING
ACCORDING TO PLAN, GAIL.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
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[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]
YOUR STUFF SMELLS SO GOOD.
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR STUFF
TO SMELL SO GOOD?
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PLEASE, LOOK.
I'VE DONE EVERYTHING
THAT YOU ASKED ME TO DO.
I HAVE.
LOOK, EVEN YOU SAID
THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING
ACCORDING TO PLAN, RIGHT?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHO YOU ARE.
YEAH, EVERYTHING'S GONE
ACCORDING TO PLAN, BUT...
I'M STARTING TO THINK WE NEED
TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THOSE PLANS.
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NO.
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Gail: WHAT?
WHAT?! NO!
[ CRYING ]
WHY?!
I DID EVERYTHING YOU ASKED!
NOOO!! PLEASE!!
[ SOBBING ]
NO! NO...
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[ ATM BEEPS ]
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[ GASPS ]
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WHAT DID YOU DO?
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[ BOTH LAUGH ]
NICE, MAN!
LET'S GET A BEER, MAN.
IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE.
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Narrator: FOR MORE THAN 12
HOURS, 58-YEAR-OLD GAIL SPENCER
HAS BEEN HELD CAPTIVE
INSIDE HER OWN HOME,
AND NOBODY'S EVEN REALIZED IT...
UNTIL NOW.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I AM GOING STRAIGHT TO BED.
[ DOG BARKING ]
IS THAT CAMO?
KEN DALTON AND HIS WIFE
RETURNED HOME
FROM A HIGH-SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME
AT 2:00 A. M. IN THE MORNING,
AND THE FIRST THING THEY NOTICED
WAS THAT THEIR DOG CAMO
WAS OUTSIDE.
AND THAT WAS A RED FLAG
IMMEDIATELY.
DIDN'T GAIL SAY SHE WAS GONNA
PUT HIM AWAY FOR US?
GAIL WAS A GOOD NEIGHBOR
AND A RELIABLE NEIGHBOR,
AND WHEN THEY ASK HER IF SHE
WOULD LET THEIR DOG BACK IN,
THEY KNEW THAT THEY
COULD COUNT ON HER.
Narrator: AND AS HER NEIGHBOR
GETS CLOSER TO GAIL'S HOUSE,
HIS CONCERN GROWS.
Shurley: HE NOTICED THAT THE
LIGHTS WERE STILL ON IN THE HOUSE.
GAIL?
HE KNEW THAT
THAT WAS VERY UNUSUAL,
FOR THE LIGHTS TO STILL BE LEFT
ON AT THAT TIME OF MORNING.
GAIL?
HE WAS UNABLE
TO MAKE CONTACT WITH GAIL
OR GET INSIDE THE RESIDENCE.
Narrator: BUT OUTSIDE THE HOUSE,
THERE IS SOMETHING
THAT BRINGS PAUSE.
THIS WINDOW'S ICE COLD.
IT'S GOT TO BE FREEZING
IN THERE.
CALL THE COPS.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND
ANOTHER WAY IN.
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
Shurley: THE POLICE MADE ENTRY
INTO THE RESIDENCE.
KEN DALTON
FOLLOWED THEM IN, AS WELL.
Narrator: BUT THERE,
INSIDE GAIL'S BEDROOM...
LET'S GO OUTSIDE.
LET'S GO OUTSIDE.
...THE NEIGHBOR IS HIT
WITH A HORRIFYING SIGHT.
Dalton: OH, MY GOD!
HE OBSERVED REMOVING A PLASTIC
BAG FROM OVER GAIL'S FACE.
VERY TRAUMATIZING.
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WE LEARNED THAT...
HE SUFFOCATED HER.
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OH, MY GOD!
LEFT HER WITH NO DIGNITY.
HE LEFT HER, KNOWING - -
BY LOOKING AT THE PICTURES
IN HER HOME - -
SHE WAS LOVED.
HE LEFT HER KNOWING
THAT COULD BE HIS MOM.
AND I KNOW, AND I KNOW,
AND I KNOW,
WITH EVERY OUNCE OF HER BEING,
SHE FOUGHT TO LIVE.
BECAUSE SHE HAD A LOT
TO LIVE FOR.
Narrator: BY MONDAY,
BIBB COUNTY DETECTIVES
HAVE SPENT
THE COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND
SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS
IN THIS BAFFLING MURDER CASE.
Shurley: IT'S NOT A NORMAL HOMICIDE
THAT WE GENERALLY HAVE HERE IN MACON.
IT'S IN A QUIETER PART OF TOWN.
SHE'S A GRANDMOTHER.
SHE'S AN OLDER LADY.
QUIET LIFE.
SHE'D NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE
WITH THE LAW BEFORE.
SHE WAS A LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN.
SO THIS WAS VERY UNUSUAL.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
Narrator:
THEN, A CALL COMES IN
FROM THE NEXT COUNTY OVER.
INVESTIGATOR SHURLEY.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU?
WE HAD RECEIVED A TIP
FROM A NEARBY AGENCY
THAT A GUY BY THE NAME OF DAVID
HAD WRITTEN A LETTER
TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
STATING THAT A FRIEND HAD
APPROACHED HIM WITH A DEAL...
OH, YEAH?
...THAT THEY COULD KILL
THIS OLDER WOMAN
AND GET A LOT OF MONEY
AND THEY COULD LEAVE
THE COUNTRY.
Narrator:
INVESTIGATOR SHURLEY WONDERS
IF THIS COULD BE CONNECTED
TO HIS HOMICIDE,
SO HE ASKS FOR THE SCHEMING
INDIVIDUAL'S NAME.
Shurley: AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME
UP WITH THE NAME OF BRETT KELLY.
OKAY. THANKS.
I'LL LOOK INTO IT.
AS INVESTIGATOR SHURLEY
BEGINS THE SEARCH
FOR THIS NEW SUSPECT...
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
...GAIL'S BOSS CALDER PINKSTON
SOON GETS SOME SURPRISING NEWS
OF HIS OWN.
CALDER.
CALDER,
IT'S BURT HAWTHORNE.
BURT,
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
I THOUGHT YOU SAID
YOU WERE GONNA RELEASE THE FUNDS
BEFORE WE WENT
INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
I MEAN, WHAT THE HELL?
THIS IS GONNA MASSIVELY
SCREW UP MY CLOSING.
WHAT?
BUT THEY
SHOULD BE THERE.
THEY'RE NOT.
COOKE:
DURING REAL-ESTATE CLOSINGS,
REAL-ESTATE ATTORNEYS
OFTEN HAVE LARGE SUMS OF MONEY
IN THEIR ESCROW ACCOUNT.
IF THE MONEY'S MISSING
FROM THE ESCROW ACCOUNT,
THEN THE CLOSING
CAN'T GO THROUGH.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
BURT, CALM DOWN.
LET ME MAKE SOME CALLS,
FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
WE'LL GET THIS
SORTED OUT, OKAY?
OKAY.
♪♪♪♪
[ BEEP ]
[ Ringing ]
HI, THIS IS TRACY.
YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
[ BEEP ]
[ BEEP ]
Narrator: THAT NIGHT,
38-YEAR-OLD TRACY JONES RETURNS HOME
AFTER SPENDING MUCH
OF THE HOLIDAY AT THE OFFICE.
[ GASPS ]
[ CHUCKLES ]
WELL, THERE YOU ARE.
WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?
Cooke: TRACY JONES AND BRETT
KELLY WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR,
AND IT APPEARS AT SOME POINT,
SHE CONVINCED HIM
TO TAKE PART IN THIS CRIME.
DID YOU GET IT ALL?
EVERY LAST CENT.
HEY!
- LOOK AT THESE TWO!
- LOOK WHO IT IS!
THEY TOOK A LITTLE
OVER $800,000 ON FRIDAY,
BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS
THAT MONEY OVER THE WEEKEND.
CHEERS.
TRACY WENT BACK TO WORK ON MONEY
AND TRIED TO ACCESS ANOTHER
$500,000 TO $600,000,
AND WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL
BECAUSE IT WAS COLUMBUS DAY.
INSIDE? PARTY?
THEY DIDN'T THINK
THEY WERE GONNA GET CAUGHT.
THEY DIDN'T THINK ANYBODY
WOULD FIND GAIL'S BODY
UNTIL THEY WERE LONG GONE.
Narrator: GAIL SPENCER'S KILLERS
THINK THEY'LL GET OUT OF THIS
SCOT FREE.
BUT BIBB COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICERS
ARE ALREADY ON THEIR TRAIL.
AFTER RECEIVING
THE NAME OF BRETT KELLY,
WE WERE TRYING TO LOCATE HIM,
AND ONE OF THE OTHER
INVESTIGATORS
CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF,
"HEY, LET'S JUST CALL HIM."
AND I'M LIKE
"THERE'S NO WAY POSSIBLE
THAT THIS GUY IS GOING TO DRIVE
HIMSELF TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO SPEAK WITH THE DETECTIVES
ABOUT A MURDER
THAT MAYBE HE'S INVOLVED WITH."
BUT WE CALLED.
AND HE ANSWERED.
AND WE ASKED HIM TO COME IN AND
SPEAK WITH US ABOUT THE MURDER.
AND HE DID.
♪♪♪♪
Narrator: DAYS AFTER THE
TRAGIC DEATH OF GAIL SPENCER,
MACON POLICE HAVE CALLED IN A
MAN THEY SUSPECT IN HER MURDER.
HE ATTEMPTED TO PLAY
THE TOUGH-GUY ACT.
HE SAID THAT
HE WATCHED COP SHOWS,
SO HE KNEW WHAT TYPE OF GAME
THAT WE WERE TRYING
TO PLAY WITH HIM.
HE TRIED TO COME OFF
THAT HE KNEW MORE THAN WE DID
AND THAT HE WAS SMARTER
THAN WE WERE,
WHICH... IT DIDN'T WORK.
BRETT EXHIBITED EVERY SIGN
OF BEING A COMPLETE SOCIOPATH.
HE LACKED EMPATHY.
HE SHOWED NO REMORSE
FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE.
SO I ASKED BRETT IF HE KNEW
A GUY BY THE NAME OF DAVID,
WHICH HE SAID HE DID.
AND AFTER DOING THAT,
I PRODUCED THE LETTER
THAT DAVID HAD WRITTEN
TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THIS TIME, BRETT WAS STARTING
TO BECOME A LITTLE CONCERNED.
WELL, ACCORDING TO DAVID,
YOU WERE ON YOUR WAY
TO CANADA TODAY.
IS THAT RIGHT?
YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS PLAN ON
STARTING A NEW LIFE
WITH ALL THAT STOLEN MONEY?
[ CHUCKLES ] SOUNDS LIKE
A MADE-UP STORY TO ME.
INTERESTING THING,
THOUGH.
WE CHECKED,
JUST FOR FUN...
TO SEE IF YOU APPLIED
FOR A PASSPORT.
AND DO YOU WANT TO
TAKE A GUESS WHAT WE FOUND?
DURING THE INTERVIEW,
I TOLD BRETT
THAT HE WAS SHOWING
NO SIGNS OF REMORSE,
THAT HE DID NOT SHOW
ANY SIGNS OF BEING SORRY
ABOUT WHAT HE HAD DONE,
AND I TOLD HIM,
"DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT
TO WALK INTO A COURTROOM
AND LOOK AT 12 JURORS
AND HAVE THEM SEE
THIS INTERVIEW?"
Narrator: THE ACCUSATION
HITS A NERVE FOR BRETT KELLY.
Shurley: AND I TOLD HIM THAT
THE JURY WAS GONNA LOOK AT HIM
LIKE HE WAS A MONSTER.
Narrator: IT'S THEN THAT
BRETT KELLY ADMITS TO IT ALL,
TAKING THE DETECTIVE
THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THE CRIME.
Shurley: BRETT SAID THAT
TRACY CAME UP WITH THE PLAN
AND IT ACTUALLY
HAD STARTED OUT AS A JOKE,
AND THEN THEY STARTED TO REALIZE
THAT MAYBE THEY COULD ACTUALLY
GET AWAY WITH ALL THIS MONEY.
- FINE.
- OKAY.
SO, THE PLAN WAS FOR TRACY
TO SHOW UP AT GAIL'S HOUSE...
...TO GET GAIL TO OPEN THE DOOR,
TO PRETEND LIKE HER CAR
HAD BROKEN DOWN
SO THAT TRACY
AND HER CO-CONSPIRATORS
COULD GET INSIDE.
TRACY TOOK GAIL'S CELL PHONE
AND THEN USED IT TO TEXT
HER BOSS AND SAY THINGS LIKE,
"I'M SICK.
I WON'T BE IN TO WORK TODAY."
♪♪♪♪
She's in the kitchen.
Hurry.
BRETT KELLY FOUND
THIS OTHER PERSON, KEITH,
AND BRETT KNEW THAT KEITH WAS
LOW ON CASH AND NEEDED MONEY.
AND TOGETHER,
THEY WENT INTO GAIL'S HOUSE.
BRETT AND KEITH
HOLD HER HOSTAGE
WHILE BRETT'S HALF-SISTER,
COURTNEY KELLY,
IS DRIVING AROUND
OPENING UP ACCOUNTS.
AND ONCE THAT ACCOUNT
INFORMATION IS OPENED,
TRACY CAN THEN WIRE THE MONEY
AND THE THEFT CAN OCCUR.
EVERYTHING IS WORKING
LIKE CLOCKWORK.
[ PHONE DINGS ]
Narrator: BUT THE MORE TIME
KELLY SPENDS AT THE HOUSE
WITH GAIL SPENCER,
THE MORE WORRIED HE BECOMES
THAT SHE ALREADY KNOWS TOO MUCH.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
Cooke: BRETT KELLY
WAS A MAN ON A MISSION.
HE HAD A JOB TO DO
AND HE INTENDED TO DO IT.
KEEP AN EYE OUT
FOR ANY NEIGHBORS.
♪♪♪♪
Gail: NO! NO!
YOU PROMISED!
♪♪♪♪
[ BOTH STRUGGLING ]
♪♪♪♪
[ KELLY BREATHES HEAVILY ]
ALL RIGHT.
GO GET THE BLEACH.
Shurley: THEY TRIED
TO COVER UP THE CRIME.
THEY USED BLEACH.
WELL, THEY ACTUALLY
SPRAYED GAIL WITH BLEACH.
THEY TRIED TO CLEAN UP
ANY TYPE OF DNA OR FIBERS
THAT THEY COULD'VE POSSIBLY
LEFT BEHIND AT GAIL'S HOUSE.
AND THEY TOOK HER CAR.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD TURNED
THE THERMOSTAT IN GAIL'S HOUSE
DOWN TO 58 DEGREES.
IN MY MIND, THEY WERE TRYING
TO PROLONG THE DECOMPOSITION
OF THE BODY.
THEY FIGURED THAT MAYBE SHE
WOULDN'T BE DISCOVERED FOR DAYS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THEIR PLAN
TO ALWAYS KILL GAIL.
THEY KNEW THEY HAD TO KILL GAIL.
Regan: THEY HAD GOTTEN RID OF
ANY OF THE THINGS THEY'D USED,
THE WEAPONS OR ANYTHING, MASKS.
THEY'D GOTTEN RID OF IT ALL.
I BELIEVE THEY THOUGHT
THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO
TAKE THE MONEY
AND FLEE THE COUNTRY
AND THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA GET
AWAY WITH IT.
Narrator: ON THE SAME DAY
THAT BRETT KELLY IS BROUGHT IN,
POLICE BRING IN TRACY JONES.
ONCE TRACY LEARNS THAT
BRETT KELLY HAS GIVEN IT UP,
SHE SPILLS THE BEANS TOO.
Narrator: ON NOVEMBER 18, 2013,
BOTH JONES AND KELLY
PLEAD GUILTY TO MURDER,
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT,
FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AND THEFT,
AND KELLY PLEADS GUILTY
TO AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE
OF AGGRAVATED SODOMY.
THEY BOTH TAKE A DEAL
OF LIFE WITHOUT
THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
BRETT'S SISTER COURTNEY
ALSO PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDER
FOR HER PART IN THE CRIME
AND GETS A SENTENCE OF LIFE
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
KEITH DOZIER
REFUSES TO TAKE A PLEA,
BELIEVING THAT SINCE HE WAS NOT
THE ONE WHO MURDERED SPENCER,
A JURY WOULD GO EASY ON HIM.
HE WAS WRONG,
AND ON MAY 28, 2015,
THE JURY GIVES HIM
THE HARSHEST POSSIBLE SENTENCE
FOR MURDER, THEFT,
AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT - -
LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF PAROLE, PLUS 20 YEARS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE
ABOUT $1.4 MILLION
BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO FREEZE
THE ACCOUNTS.
NEARLY ALL OF IT WAS RECOVERED.
AS A RESULT OF THIS CRIME,
AND THE LOSS OF GAIL SPENCER,
THE LAW FIRM WAS SHUT DOWN
WITHIN A YEAR.
♪♪♪♪
I DIDN'T KNOW EVIL
COULD EXIST LIKE THAT.
YOU REA--
I WATCH TV.
THAT HAPPENS TO OTHER PEOPLE.
THAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE
WHO ROB BUILDINGS.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
TO SOMEBODY WHO'S...
AN OFFICE MANAGER
FOR A LAW FIRM,
WHO GIVES EVERYTHING SHE HAS
FOR THOSE AROUND HER.
♪♪♪♪
GAIL LOVED HER FAMILY.
YOU KNEW YOU WERE LOVED
FROM THE MOMENT
YOU TALKED TO HER.
♪♪♪♪
IF I COULD BE
FACE-TO-FACE...
♪♪♪♪
WITH THE PEOPLE
THAT TOOK HER AWAY...
♪♪♪♪
I WOULD HAVE TO SAY,
FIRST OF ALL,
"I FORGIVE YOU.
AND I'M SORRY THAT YOU WEREN'T
LOVED OR CARED FOR
IN THE MANNER THAT OUR FAMILY
IS LOVED AND CARED FOR.
AND I HOPE EVERY DAY
THERE'S A PIECE OF YOU
THAT REALIZES THAT YOU'LL
NEVER HAVE WHAT WE HAD."
WE'RE ANGRY. WE'RE HURT.
WE MISS HER TREMENDOUSLY.
BUT I KNOW WITHOUT
A SHADOW OF A DOUBT
SHE'S WATCHING OVER US.
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
[ Whimpering ]
PLEASE.
NO.
[ Stifled gasping ]
♪♪♪♪
Man: SHH.
SHH SHH SHH.
IT'S OKAY.
WE TOLD YOU.
WE'RE GOOD NOW.
WE GOT WHAT WE NEED.
SHH.
SHH, SHH, SHH.
LIE BACK.
GET SOME SLEEP.
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
[ MUFFLED SCREAMING ]
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
Narrator: MACON, GEORGIA,
IS A HISTORIC CITY
LYING RIGHT IN THE CENTER
OF THE SOUTH'S LARGEST STATE.
Regan: MACON IS A GREAT
SOUTHERN TOWN.
IT'S FULL OF MUSIC, HERITAGE,
FOOD, CULTURE, TRADITION.
WE'RE PROUD
OF OUR SOUTHERN HERITAGE.
[ Laughs ]
[ BEEP ]
YOU STILL THERE?
YEAH, I'M HERE.
OKAY.
THAT'S BETTER.
Narrator: LIVING HERE IN MACON
IS 58-YEAR-OLD GAIL SPENCER,
A BUSY OFFICE MANAGER
AND LEGAL ASSISTANT
FOR A LOCAL REAL-ESTATE FIRM.
YOU SHOULD COME UP
AND SEE US THIS WEEKEND.
THE KIDS WOULD LOVE
TO SEE THEIR GIGI,
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW
HOW MUCH YOU NEED A VACATION.
Smith: GAIL IS A SINGLE,
STRONG WOMAN.
SHE DIVORCED MANY YEARS AGO.
GAIL HAS ONE SON
AND TWO BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN,
AND THEY ARE DEFINITELY
THE LIGHT OF HER LIFE.
SO, HOW HAVE THINGS BEEN
AT THE FIRM?
THEY STILL WORKING YOU
TO DEATH?
YEAH.
IT'S REALLY BUSY.
BUT I CONVINCED MY BOSS
TO GET ME SOME HELP.
OH, YEAH?
THAT'S GREAT.
IN FACT, HONEY,
SHE'S STARTING TODAY,
SO I REALLY GOT TO RUN.
SO CAN YOU KISS THE KIDS
FROM GIGI AND...
LOVE YOU.
WILL DO.
LOVE YOU.
OKAY.
[ BEEP ]
♪♪♪♪
GAIL HAS BEEN
WITH CALDER PINKSTON 10 YEARS.
THEY HANDLE
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE,
RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE,
MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR
TRANSACTIONS.
SHE OVERSEES THE OTHER EMPLOYEES
AND BASICALLY RUNS THE OFFICE.
MORNING, GAIL.
HEY. IS THE NEW GAL
HERE YET?
YEAH. SHE SURE IS.
MR. PINKSTON'S
JUST SHOWING HER AROUND.
LAST I SAW, THEY WERE HEADED
BACK TOWARDS YOUR OFFICE.
OOH. OKAY.
I BETTER GET BACK THERE, THEN.
THANKS.
BYE.
OH!
I'M SO SORRY,
MR. PINKSTON.
I'M JUST GOING TOO FAST
THESE DAYS.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
Cooke:
IT WAS A VERY BUSY PRACTICE.
EVERYONE KNEW CALDER PINKSTON
IN THE REAL-ESTATE WORLD.
AND CALDER WAS
A WELL-KNOW LAWYER,
VERY POLITICALLY CONNECTED.
IT'S A GOOD THING WE GOT YOU
SOME HELP THEN, HUH?
MEET TRACY JONES.
HI.
OUR NEW OFFICE ASSISTANT.
IT'S VERY NICE
TO MEET YOU.
OH, AND GAIL?
YEAH?
TRY NOT TO TEACH HER ANY
OF YOUR BAD HABITS, WILL YOU?
I'LL DO MY BEST.
WELL, COME ON, TRACY.
I'LL GET YOU ALL SET UP.
AND, UM, THANKS AGAIN,
MR. PINKSTON, REALLY.
OH, YOU HAVE NO IDEA
HOW GLAD I AM TO SEE YOU.
Smith:
GAIL IS PARTICULARLY EXCITED
BECAUSE TRACY HAS EXPERIENCE
IN LAW FIRMS,
SO SHE'S ABLE TO MOVE
RIGHT INTO THE POSITION,
AND IT MAKES THE TRANSITION
A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER.
Narrator: BUT IT'S NOT LONG
BEFORE THE LUSTER
OF THIS NEW HIRE FADES.
HEY.
IS EVERYTHING OKAY?
I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN LATE
THREE TIMES THIS WEEK.
OH. YEAH.
JUST, UH, TRAFFIC.
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
YEAH, I KNOW, BUT
THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE TRAFFIC.
IT TURNED OUT
THAT TRACY WAS NOT
THE SAME KIND
OF EMPLOYEE THAT GAIL WAS.
TRACY SIMPLY DIDN'T MEASURE UP.
LOOK, UM, ARE WE ALL SET
FOR THE...
FOR THE CLOSING TODAY?
YEAH. IT'S RIGHT HERE.
OKAY.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
TR-TRACY.
THIS IS MISSING
HALF THE DOCUMENTS.
TRACY?
Smith: GAIL HAS
AN INCREDIBLE WORK ETHIC.
TRACY, ON THE OTHER HAND,
SEEMED TO HAVE NO PROBLEM
MISSING WORK,
HAS NO PROBLEM CALLING OUT,
GOING OFF FOR LUNCH,
COMING BACK WHEN SHE CHOOSES TO.
[ SIGHS ]
PLEASE, TRACY,
TELL ME YOU GOT THIS ONE RIGHT.
IT'S...
[ SIGHS ]
OH...
[ SCOFFS ]
IT WAS CLEAR THAT GAIL
WAS NOT SATISFIED
WITH TRACY'S WORK PERFORMANCE
AND THOUGHT THAT
SHE NO LONGER NEEDED
TO BE EMPLOYED AT THE FIRM.
Jones: I MEAN,
THE WHOLE THING WAS CRAZY.
WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED
TO SAY?
I HAD NO IDEA SOMEONE COULD BE
THAT OBSESSED WITH A DOG!
[ Laughter ]
SOMETHING I CAN
HELP YOU WITH, GAIL?
UH, NO.
NOTHING IMPORTANT.
I'LL - - I'LL
COME BACK LATER.
♪♪♪♪
Smith:
TRACY WAS DEFINITELY A CHARMER,
AND CALDER WASN'T
THERE ALWAYS, EITHER,
SO IN THE DAY-TO-DAY TRENCHES,
GAIL WAS THE ONE THAT WAS THERE
AND HE DIDN'T ALWAYS SEE
WHAT GAIL SAW.
Narrator:
AS WEEKS CONTINUE TO PASS,
GAIL BECOMES LESS WORRIED
ABOUT TRACY'S PERFORMANCE
AND MORE WORRIED THAT SOMETHING
ELSE MIGHT BE GOING ON.
Pinkston: ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE,
I'LL BE HANDLING THE CALDWELL
AND DAVIDSON ACCOUNTS.
GAIL, MAKE A NOTE OF THAT,
WILL YOU?
OH, YES, SIR.
UM, AND I WILL STOP BY
LATER THIS AFTERNOON
TO GET UP TO SPEED
ON THE CALDWELL ACCOUNT.
UM, I THINK I STILL HAVE
THE FILE ON DAVIDSON.
ACTUALLY.
GAIL, UM...
CALDER AND I WERE THINKING
IT WOULD BE GOOD
FOR ME TO TAKE OVER
THOSE ACCOUNTS.
WELL, YES.
YOU'VE BEEN SAYING
HOW BUSY YOU ARE.
THAT'S WHY TRACY'S HERE,
ISN'T IT?
♪♪♪♪
YES.
OF - - OF COURSE.
THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
THANKS, TRACY.
MY PLEASURE.
OKAY.
MOVING ALONG...
Smith: GAIL DID
BRING HER COMPLAINTS
AND CONCERNS
ABOUT TRACY TO CALDER.
FOR A LONG TIME,
CALDER JUST BLEW HER OFF.
THE OFFICE WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLY,
SO HE THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW,
"IT'S OKAY.
IT'S GONNA WORK."
Narrator: BUT JUST
WHEN GAIL IS FEELING
LIKE HER CO-WORKER
IS OUT TO GET HER,
TRACY STARTS TO SURPRISE HER.
HEY.
YOU GOT A SEC?
UM...
YEAH.
WHAT'S UP?
I JUST WANTED
TO THANK YOU
FOR SHOWING ME THE ROPES
THESE LAST FEW WEEKS.
IT WAS ALL REALLY
OVERWHELMING AT FIRST
AND I KNOW I COULDN'T
HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
AH, IT... WASN'T,
YOU KNOW, THAT BAD.
NO, REALLY.
YOU'RE THE BEST.
CAN I TAKE YOU OUT TO LUNCH
TO SAY THANK YOU?
UM, S-SURE.
I-I'D LIKE THAT.
UH, YEAH.
LET ME FINISH
THIS WIRE TRANSFER
AND I'LL MEET YOU
IN THE LOBBY.
GREAT.
♪♪♪♪
SO, HAVE YOU ALWAYS
BEEN IN REAL ESTATE?
OH, NO.
[ CHUCKLES ]
IT WASN'T EVEN
ON MY RADAR, YOU KNOW?
BUT I DO LOVE
A GOOD OPEN HOUSE.
GAIL IS DEFINITELY GOING
TO BE POLITE TO TRACY,
BECAUSE SHE TRIES
TO SEE THE BEST IN EVERYBODY,
REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION.
I'VE NEVER EVEN
BOUGHT A HOUSE, MYSELF.
BUT DECORATING HOUSES?
I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT
ALL DAY.
OH, YEAH?
OH, ESPECIALLY
DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
I LOVE THE LIGHTS
AND THE SMELLS.
I CAN GET
A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY.
I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
I FEEL LIKE I PLAN
EVERY YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS
EARLIER AND EARLIER.
SPEAKING OF CHRISTMAS...
I THINK I'M FINALLY GONNA GET A
HOLIDAY CARD TOGETHER THIS YEAR.
CAN I GET YOUR ADDRESS?
UM...
YEAH, OF COURSE.
SURE.
JUST DON'T SHARE IT
WITH CALDER.
I DON'T NEED HIM
KNOWING WHERE I LIVE.
HE WOULD NEVER
LEAVE ME ALONE.
IT WAS A VERY CORDIAL OFFICE,
AND BECAUSE IT WAS A SMALLER
OFFICE-TYPE SPACE,
THEY SHARED INFORMATION.
GAIL, SHE MAY THINK,
"OH, THAT'S A LITTLE STRANGE
THAT SHE'S DOING IT,"
BUT THEN, IT MAKES SENSE.
Narrator:
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
GAIL FALLS BACK
INTO HER FAMILIAR ROUTINE...
UNTIL ONE MORNING...
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
♪♪♪♪
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
Narrator:
ON A CRISP OCTOBER MORNING,
58-YEAR-OLD GAIL SPENCER
IS SURPRISED
BY AN EARLY-MORNING VISITOR
AT HER MACON, GEORGIA, HOME.
HI.
TRACY?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I'M SO SORRY.
I KNOW IT'S WAY TOO EARLY
FOR HOUSE GUESTS, BUT...
MY CAR BROKE DOWN
A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM HERE,
AND I REMEMBERED
YOU LIVED IN THE AREA.
ANY CHANCE
I CAN USE YOUR PHONE?
MINE DIED.
YEAH.
YEAH, OF COURSE.
COME ON IN.
THANK YOU.
Smith: GAIL WAS THE KIND
TO HELP PEOPLE.
I'M SURE WHEN SHE LOOKED OUT
AND SAW IT WAS TRACY,
SHE WAS LIKE, "OH."
KINDA SHOCKED.
KINDA SURPRISED.
"WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?"
BUT IT WAS A FAMILIAR FACE.
PHONE'S RIGHT THERE
ON THE COUNTER.
HELP YOURSELF
TO SOME COFFEE.
I'M GONNA FINISH
GETTING DRESSED.
OKAY.
OKAY.
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
[ PHONE DINGS ]
[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]
HEY, YOU WANT A RIDE
UP TO THE OFFICE?
BECAUSE I'M GONNA LEAVE
IN A COUPLE MINUTES.
NO, THAT'S OKAY.
I WAS ABLE TO GET AHOLD
OF MY BOYFRIEND
AND HE'S GONNA
COME GET ME.
ACTUALLY, HE'S GONNA MEET ME
AT THE CAR, SO I'LL JUST...
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD
AND GET OUT OF YOUR HAIR, OKAY?
OKAY.
Gail: THEN, I'LL SEE YOU
UP AT THE OFFICE.
Jones: YOU BET.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
THAT WAS WEIRD.
UH, LET'S SEE...
[ LID POPS ]
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
WHAT'S - -
NO!
NO, NO...
[ SCREAMS ]
♪♪♪♪
SO, SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO.
FIND SOMETHING.
HEY. HAVE YOU SEEN GAIL?
I HAVE HER CLOSING ON THE
CALDWELL ACCOUNT IN 20 MINUTES
AND SHE'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE
ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS READY.
SHE MUST'VE GOTTEN
HELD UP.
MAYBE I CAN HELP.
I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR
WITH THOSE FILES.
REALLY?
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
JUST NEED ACCESS
TO HER COMPUTER.
OF COURSE.
I'LL GET YOU HER LOGIN.
WHY DON'T YOU GET SET UP,
AND I'LL JOIN YOU DOWN THERE.
Narrator: AS THINGS START LOOKING
UP FOR TRACY AT THE OFFICE,
BACK AT GAIL'S HOUSE,
IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE.
THERE'S MONEY IN MY PURSE!
THERE'S MONEY IN MY PURSE!
TAKE WHATEVER YOU - -
TAKE WHAT YOU WANT!
TAKE IT!
TAKE IT!
♪♪♪♪
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
♪♪♪♪
Shurley:
AFTER TRACY GOES TO WORK,
SHE BASICALLY STEPS
IN THE SHOES OF GAIL.
SHE HAS ACCESS
TO ALL THE FILES AND RECORDS
THAT GAIL HAD ACCESS TO.
[ BEEP ]
THEN SHE BASICALLY
WAS TAKING OVER
THE ROLE OF GAIL AT THAT TIME.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
GAIL SPENCER'S OFFICE.
YEAH.
IT'S ME.
I'M IN.
♪♪♪♪
OKAY...
[ WHIMPERING ]
NO. NO.
WHO ARE YOU?
WHAT DO YOU...
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
[ TAPE RIPS ]
Regan: IT WOULD'VE BEEN
MIND-NUMBING, TERRIFYING,
AND THE SCARE OF HER LIFE
FOR HER TO HAVE
TWO MASKED BANDITS IN HER HOUSE
HOLDING HER AGAINST HER WILL.
WHY WON'T YOU ANSWER ME?
I HAVE MONEY. I CAN - -
I CAN GET YOU SOME MONEY.
PLEASE JUST...
WOULD YOU JUST
TELL ME WHAT IT...
IT'S RIGHT OVER THERE
IF YOU - -
OH, SHUT UP, WILL YOU?
WE'RE NOT HERE
FOR YOUR MONEY.
WH...
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHAT DO YOU - -
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
[ CHUCKLES ]
COME ON NOW, GAIL.
I THINK YOU KNOW.
Regan: THERE WAS NOTHING
RANDOM ABOUT THIS.
THESE TWO MEN KNEW WHO SHE WAS,
WHERE SHE LIVED,
AND WHAT THEIR MISSION
WAS THAT DAY.
♪♪♪♪
YOU SAID MY NAME.
HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?
OH, WE KNOW A LOT
ABOUT YOU, GAIL.
IT MUST GET PRETTY LONELY
LIVING HERE ALL BY YOURSELF.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOUR SON CAME DOWN FOR A VISIT?
YEAH.
MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST
GO PAY HIM A VISIT AT...
231 SAMSON STREET IN...
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
NOW, WHAT'S THAT?
ABOUT... TWO HOURS AWAY?
NO, NO! DON'T YOU DARE
GO NEAR THEM!
NO, PLEASE.
Smith: GAIL WAS TERRIFIED,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THIS POINT.
I THINK IN EVERY OUNCE OF HER,
SHE FELT LIKE
HER FAMILY WAS THREATENED.
PLEASE. I'LL - - I'LL GIVE YOU
WHATEVER YOU WANT.
JUST... YOU HAVE TO
LEAVE THEM ALONE.
THAT'S THE SPIRIT.
I KNEW I COULD TRUST YOU.
JUST LIKE
ALL THOSE LAWYERS DO.
WHAT?
♪♪♪♪
GAIL HAD ACCESS TO EVERYTHING
WITHIN THAT LAW OFFICE.
IT WASN'T UNUSUAL
FOR HER TO BE THE ONE
THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GO IN
AND MAKE MONEY TRANSFERS.
SHE HAD THE SECURITY CODES.
SHE HAD THE PASSWORDS.
HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS.
AND ONLY YOU...
HAVE THE ACCESS
TO THOSE ACCOUNTS.
RIGHT?
♪♪♪♪
WE WANT THE PASSCODE
TO THOSE ACCOUNTS.
AND YOU'RE GONNA GIVE IT TO US.
♪♪♪♪
Narrator: INSIDE HER
MACON, GEORGIA, HOME,
GAIL SPENCER IS BEING HELD
CAPTIVE BY TWO MEN,
WHO HAVE FINALLY REVEALED
THE REASON FOR THEIR VISIT.
OKAY.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU
THE PASSWORD... [SNIFFLES]
...AND THEN YOU'RE NOT GONNA HURT
ME OR MY GRANDCHILDREN, RIGHT?
THAT'S - -
THAT'S THE DEAL, RIGHT?
SHE WAS COMPLIANT
WITH ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING
THAT THOSE EVIL PEOPLE
ASKED HER TO DO THAT DAY,
BECAUSE SHE WANTED,
AT THE END OF THE DAY,
TO BE ABLE TO BE LET GO,
AND SHE KNEW THAT SHE DIDN'T
WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN
TO ANYBODY IN HER FAMILY.
OH...
UM, THIS - -
THIS HURTS.
IT'S 5-4-1-8-0-8-3-1.
5- 4-1-8-0-8-3-1.
THAT'S IT, RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S THE PASSCODE.
♪♪♪♪
HEY, UH...
SHE'S NOT LOOKING
TOO GOOD, MAN.
MAYBE WE SHOULD UN-TAPE HER.
YEAH, SURE.
JUST KEEP AN EYE ON HER.
♪♪♪♪
Smith: HE FELT SORRY FOR HER.
HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT SHE
WAS GONNA HAVE A HEART ATTACK
BECAUSE SHE WAS SO AFRAID.
♪♪♪♪
Cooke: THAT DAY MUST'VE
GONE BY AGONIZINGLY SLOWLY.
[ WHIMPERS ]
SHH.
SHH, SHH, SHH.
HEY, HEY...
PROBABLY THE WORST PART
WOULD BE NOT KNOWING
IF YOU WERE ACTUALLY
GOING TO MAKE IT.
Narrator: IT'S THEN
THAT GAIL'S CAPTORS
PUT THE NEXT STEP OF THEIR PLAN
INTO MOTION.
♪♪♪♪
HI.
CAN I HELP YOU
WITH SOMETHING?
UM, JUST WANT TO SET UP
A NEW ACCOUNT.
I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.
WHAT KIND OF ACCOUNT
YOU TRYING TO SET UP?
JUST SOMETHING THAT
CAN RECEIVE A WIRE TRANSFER.
HM.
HAVE A SEAT.
Shurley: SHE WAS A 25-YEAR-OLD,
PETITE, ATTRACTIVE, BLONDE FEMALE.
NO ONE WOULD'VE THOUGHT ANYTHING
ABOUT HER WALKING INTO A BANK
AND OPENING UP AN ACCOUNT.
Narrator: WITH THEIR PLAN
IN FULL MOTION,
GAIL'S ASSAILANTS
NOW FEEL LIKE THEY CAN RELAX,
AS THEY SIT BACK AND WAIT
FOR THE MONEY
TO START ROLLING IN.
[ CELLPHONE VIBRATES ]
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
♪♪♪♪
[ PHONE DINGS ]
♪♪♪♪
WELL, ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MAKE THIS
A PARTY, THEN.
♪♪♪♪
Regan: HE WAS ENJOYING IT.
HE ENJOYED THE RUSH
OF THIS SADISTIC PLAN.
BECAUSE HE IS
A COLD-BLOODED MONSTER.
Man: IT'S OKAY.
WE TOLD YOU.
WE'RE GOOD NOW.
WE GOT WHAT WE NEED.
SHH.
SHH SHH SHH.
LIE BACK.
GET SOME SLEEP.
♪♪♪♪
GOOD NEWS.
EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A BREAK?
I GOT THIS.
YOU TWO
LOOK AWFULLY COZY.
[ SCOFFS ]
I JUST THOUGHT
IT WOULD HELP HER
RELAX A LITTLE MORE, MAN.
YEAH, WELL THIS MIGHT
DO THE TRICK, TOO.
WHAT DO YOU SAY, GAIL?
YOU WANT SOMETHING
TO TAKE THE EDGE OFF?
♪♪♪♪
Smith: THEY OFFERED HER
SOME ALCOHOL TO CALM HER DOWN.
SOMEONE IN A SKI MASK
HAS JUST COME IN TO YOUR HOUSE,
AND I DON'T THINK
HAVING A GLASS OF WINE,
LIKE YOU HAVE WITH FRIENDS
ON THE PATIO,
IS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM
GOING TO CALM GAIL DOWN.
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
I DON'T WANT ANY - -
AAH.
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
YEAH.
IT'S ALL GOING
ACCORDING TO PLAN, GAIL.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]
YOUR STUFF SMELLS SO GOOD.
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR STUFF
TO SMELL SO GOOD?
♪♪♪♪
PLEASE, LOOK.
I'VE DONE EVERYTHING
THAT YOU ASKED ME TO DO.
I HAVE.
LOOK, EVEN YOU SAID
THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING
ACCORDING TO PLAN, RIGHT?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHO YOU ARE.
YEAH, EVERYTHING'S GONE
ACCORDING TO PLAN, BUT...
I'M STARTING TO THINK WE NEED
TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THOSE PLANS.
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
NO.
♪♪♪♪
Gail: WHAT?
WHAT?! NO!
[ CRYING ]
WHY?!
I DID EVERYTHING YOU ASKED!
NOOO!! PLEASE!!
[ SOBBING ]
NO! NO...
♪♪♪♪
[ ATM BEEPS ]
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
[ GASPS ]
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
WHAT DID YOU DO?
♪♪♪♪
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
NICE, MAN!
LET'S GET A BEER, MAN.
IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE.
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
Narrator: FOR MORE THAN 12
HOURS, 58-YEAR-OLD GAIL SPENCER
HAS BEEN HELD CAPTIVE
INSIDE HER OWN HOME,
AND NOBODY'S EVEN REALIZED IT...
UNTIL NOW.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I AM GOING STRAIGHT TO BED.
[ DOG BARKING ]
IS THAT CAMO?
KEN DALTON AND HIS WIFE
RETURNED HOME
FROM A HIGH-SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME
AT 2:00 A. M. IN THE MORNING,
AND THE FIRST THING THEY NOTICED
WAS THAT THEIR DOG CAMO
WAS OUTSIDE.
AND THAT WAS A RED FLAG
IMMEDIATELY.
DIDN'T GAIL SAY SHE WAS GONNA
PUT HIM AWAY FOR US?
GAIL WAS A GOOD NEIGHBOR
AND A RELIABLE NEIGHBOR,
AND WHEN THEY ASK HER IF SHE
WOULD LET THEIR DOG BACK IN,
THEY KNEW THAT THEY
COULD COUNT ON HER.
Narrator: AND AS HER NEIGHBOR
GETS CLOSER TO GAIL'S HOUSE,
HIS CONCERN GROWS.
Shurley: HE NOTICED THAT THE
LIGHTS WERE STILL ON IN THE HOUSE.
GAIL?
HE KNEW THAT
THAT WAS VERY UNUSUAL,
FOR THE LIGHTS TO STILL BE LEFT
ON AT THAT TIME OF MORNING.
GAIL?
HE WAS UNABLE
TO MAKE CONTACT WITH GAIL
OR GET INSIDE THE RESIDENCE.
Narrator: BUT OUTSIDE THE HOUSE,
THERE IS SOMETHING
THAT BRINGS PAUSE.
THIS WINDOW'S ICE COLD.
IT'S GOT TO BE FREEZING
IN THERE.
CALL THE COPS.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND
ANOTHER WAY IN.
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
Shurley: THE POLICE MADE ENTRY
INTO THE RESIDENCE.
KEN DALTON
FOLLOWED THEM IN, AS WELL.
Narrator: BUT THERE,
INSIDE GAIL'S BEDROOM...
LET'S GO OUTSIDE.
LET'S GO OUTSIDE.
...THE NEIGHBOR IS HIT
WITH A HORRIFYING SIGHT.
Dalton: OH, MY GOD!
HE OBSERVED REMOVING A PLASTIC
BAG FROM OVER GAIL'S FACE.
VERY TRAUMATIZING.
♪♪♪♪
WE LEARNED THAT...
HE SUFFOCATED HER.
♪♪♪♪
OH, MY GOD!
LEFT HER WITH NO DIGNITY.
HE LEFT HER, KNOWING - -
BY LOOKING AT THE PICTURES
IN HER HOME - -
SHE WAS LOVED.
HE LEFT HER KNOWING
THAT COULD BE HIS MOM.
AND I KNOW, AND I KNOW,
AND I KNOW,
WITH EVERY OUNCE OF HER BEING,
SHE FOUGHT TO LIVE.
BECAUSE SHE HAD A LOT
TO LIVE FOR.
Narrator: BY MONDAY,
BIBB COUNTY DETECTIVES
HAVE SPENT
THE COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND
SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS
IN THIS BAFFLING MURDER CASE.
Shurley: IT'S NOT A NORMAL HOMICIDE
THAT WE GENERALLY HAVE HERE IN MACON.
IT'S IN A QUIETER PART OF TOWN.
SHE'S A GRANDMOTHER.
SHE'S AN OLDER LADY.
QUIET LIFE.
SHE'D NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE
WITH THE LAW BEFORE.
SHE WAS A LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN.
SO THIS WAS VERY UNUSUAL.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
Narrator:
THEN, A CALL COMES IN
FROM THE NEXT COUNTY OVER.
INVESTIGATOR SHURLEY.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU?
WE HAD RECEIVED A TIP
FROM A NEARBY AGENCY
THAT A GUY BY THE NAME OF DAVID
HAD WRITTEN A LETTER
TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
STATING THAT A FRIEND HAD
APPROACHED HIM WITH A DEAL...
OH, YEAH?
...THAT THEY COULD KILL
THIS OLDER WOMAN
AND GET A LOT OF MONEY
AND THEY COULD LEAVE
THE COUNTRY.
Narrator:
INVESTIGATOR SHURLEY WONDERS
IF THIS COULD BE CONNECTED
TO HIS HOMICIDE,
SO HE ASKS FOR THE SCHEMING
INDIVIDUAL'S NAME.
Shurley: AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME
UP WITH THE NAME OF BRETT KELLY.
OKAY. THANKS.
I'LL LOOK INTO IT.
AS INVESTIGATOR SHURLEY
BEGINS THE SEARCH
FOR THIS NEW SUSPECT...
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
...GAIL'S BOSS CALDER PINKSTON
SOON GETS SOME SURPRISING NEWS
OF HIS OWN.
CALDER.
CALDER,
IT'S BURT HAWTHORNE.
BURT,
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
I THOUGHT YOU SAID
YOU WERE GONNA RELEASE THE FUNDS
BEFORE WE WENT
INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
I MEAN, WHAT THE HELL?
THIS IS GONNA MASSIVELY
SCREW UP MY CLOSING.
WHAT?
BUT THEY
SHOULD BE THERE.
THEY'RE NOT.
COOKE:
DURING REAL-ESTATE CLOSINGS,
REAL-ESTATE ATTORNEYS
OFTEN HAVE LARGE SUMS OF MONEY
IN THEIR ESCROW ACCOUNT.
IF THE MONEY'S MISSING
FROM THE ESCROW ACCOUNT,
THEN THE CLOSING
CAN'T GO THROUGH.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
BURT, CALM DOWN.
LET ME MAKE SOME CALLS,
FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
WE'LL GET THIS
SORTED OUT, OKAY?
OKAY.
♪♪♪♪
[ BEEP ]
[ Ringing ]
HI, THIS IS TRACY.
YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
[ BEEP ]
[ BEEP ]
Narrator: THAT NIGHT,
38-YEAR-OLD TRACY JONES RETURNS HOME
AFTER SPENDING MUCH
OF THE HOLIDAY AT THE OFFICE.
[ GASPS ]
[ CHUCKLES ]
WELL, THERE YOU ARE.
WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?
Cooke: TRACY JONES AND BRETT
KELLY WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR,
AND IT APPEARS AT SOME POINT,
SHE CONVINCED HIM
TO TAKE PART IN THIS CRIME.
DID YOU GET IT ALL?
EVERY LAST CENT.
HEY!
- LOOK AT THESE TWO!
- LOOK WHO IT IS!
THEY TOOK A LITTLE
OVER $800,000 ON FRIDAY,
BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS
THAT MONEY OVER THE WEEKEND.
CHEERS.
TRACY WENT BACK TO WORK ON MONEY
AND TRIED TO ACCESS ANOTHER
$500,000 TO $600,000,
AND WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL
BECAUSE IT WAS COLUMBUS DAY.
INSIDE? PARTY?
THEY DIDN'T THINK
THEY WERE GONNA GET CAUGHT.
THEY DIDN'T THINK ANYBODY
WOULD FIND GAIL'S BODY
UNTIL THEY WERE LONG GONE.
Narrator: GAIL SPENCER'S KILLERS
THINK THEY'LL GET OUT OF THIS
SCOT FREE.
BUT BIBB COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICERS
ARE ALREADY ON THEIR TRAIL.
AFTER RECEIVING
THE NAME OF BRETT KELLY,
WE WERE TRYING TO LOCATE HIM,
AND ONE OF THE OTHER
INVESTIGATORS
CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF,
"HEY, LET'S JUST CALL HIM."
AND I'M LIKE
"THERE'S NO WAY POSSIBLE
THAT THIS GUY IS GOING TO DRIVE
HIMSELF TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO SPEAK WITH THE DETECTIVES
ABOUT A MURDER
THAT MAYBE HE'S INVOLVED WITH."
BUT WE CALLED.
AND HE ANSWERED.
AND WE ASKED HIM TO COME IN AND
SPEAK WITH US ABOUT THE MURDER.
AND HE DID.
♪♪♪♪
Narrator: DAYS AFTER THE
TRAGIC DEATH OF GAIL SPENCER,
MACON POLICE HAVE CALLED IN A
MAN THEY SUSPECT IN HER MURDER.
HE ATTEMPTED TO PLAY
THE TOUGH-GUY ACT.
HE SAID THAT
HE WATCHED COP SHOWS,
SO HE KNEW WHAT TYPE OF GAME
THAT WE WERE TRYING
TO PLAY WITH HIM.
HE TRIED TO COME OFF
THAT HE KNEW MORE THAN WE DID
AND THAT HE WAS SMARTER
THAN WE WERE,
WHICH... IT DIDN'T WORK.
BRETT EXHIBITED EVERY SIGN
OF BEING A COMPLETE SOCIOPATH.
HE LACKED EMPATHY.
HE SHOWED NO REMORSE
FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE.
SO I ASKED BRETT IF HE KNEW
A GUY BY THE NAME OF DAVID,
WHICH HE SAID HE DID.
AND AFTER DOING THAT,
I PRODUCED THE LETTER
THAT DAVID HAD WRITTEN
TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THIS TIME, BRETT WAS STARTING
TO BECOME A LITTLE CONCERNED.
WELL, ACCORDING TO DAVID,
YOU WERE ON YOUR WAY
TO CANADA TODAY.
IS THAT RIGHT?
YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS PLAN ON
STARTING A NEW LIFE
WITH ALL THAT STOLEN MONEY?
[ CHUCKLES ] SOUNDS LIKE
A MADE-UP STORY TO ME.
INTERESTING THING,
THOUGH.
WE CHECKED,
JUST FOR FUN...
TO SEE IF YOU APPLIED
FOR A PASSPORT.
AND DO YOU WANT TO
TAKE A GUESS WHAT WE FOUND?
DURING THE INTERVIEW,
I TOLD BRETT
THAT HE WAS SHOWING
NO SIGNS OF REMORSE,
THAT HE DID NOT SHOW
ANY SIGNS OF BEING SORRY
ABOUT WHAT HE HAD DONE,
AND I TOLD HIM,
"DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT
TO WALK INTO A COURTROOM
AND LOOK AT 12 JURORS
AND HAVE THEM SEE
THIS INTERVIEW?"
Narrator: THE ACCUSATION
HITS A NERVE FOR BRETT KELLY.
Shurley: AND I TOLD HIM THAT
THE JURY WAS GONNA LOOK AT HIM
LIKE HE WAS A MONSTER.
Narrator: IT'S THEN THAT
BRETT KELLY ADMITS TO IT ALL,
TAKING THE DETECTIVE
THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THE CRIME.
Shurley: BRETT SAID THAT
TRACY CAME UP WITH THE PLAN
AND IT ACTUALLY
HAD STARTED OUT AS A JOKE,
AND THEN THEY STARTED TO REALIZE
THAT MAYBE THEY COULD ACTUALLY
GET AWAY WITH ALL THIS MONEY.
- FINE.
- OKAY.
SO, THE PLAN WAS FOR TRACY
TO SHOW UP AT GAIL'S HOUSE...
...TO GET GAIL TO OPEN THE DOOR,
TO PRETEND LIKE HER CAR
HAD BROKEN DOWN
SO THAT TRACY
AND HER CO-CONSPIRATORS
COULD GET INSIDE.
TRACY TOOK GAIL'S CELL PHONE
AND THEN USED IT TO TEXT
HER BOSS AND SAY THINGS LIKE,
"I'M SICK.
I WON'T BE IN TO WORK TODAY."
♪♪♪♪
She's in the kitchen.
Hurry.
BRETT KELLY FOUND
THIS OTHER PERSON, KEITH,
AND BRETT KNEW THAT KEITH WAS
LOW ON CASH AND NEEDED MONEY.
AND TOGETHER,
THEY WENT INTO GAIL'S HOUSE.
BRETT AND KEITH
HOLD HER HOSTAGE
WHILE BRETT'S HALF-SISTER,
COURTNEY KELLY,
IS DRIVING AROUND
OPENING UP ACCOUNTS.
AND ONCE THAT ACCOUNT
INFORMATION IS OPENED,
TRACY CAN THEN WIRE THE MONEY
AND THE THEFT CAN OCCUR.
EVERYTHING IS WORKING
LIKE CLOCKWORK.
[ PHONE DINGS ]
Narrator: BUT THE MORE TIME
KELLY SPENDS AT THE HOUSE
WITH GAIL SPENCER,
THE MORE WORRIED HE BECOMES
THAT SHE ALREADY KNOWS TOO MUCH.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪
Cooke: BRETT KELLY
WAS A MAN ON A MISSION.
HE HAD A JOB TO DO
AND HE INTENDED TO DO IT.
KEEP AN EYE OUT
FOR ANY NEIGHBORS.
♪♪♪♪
Gail: NO! NO!
YOU PROMISED!
♪♪♪♪
[ BOTH STRUGGLING ]
♪♪♪♪
[ KELLY BREATHES HEAVILY ]
ALL RIGHT.
GO GET THE BLEACH.
Shurley: THEY TRIED
TO COVER UP THE CRIME.
THEY USED BLEACH.
WELL, THEY ACTUALLY
SPRAYED GAIL WITH BLEACH.
THEY TRIED TO CLEAN UP
ANY TYPE OF DNA OR FIBERS
THAT THEY COULD'VE POSSIBLY
LEFT BEHIND AT GAIL'S HOUSE.
AND THEY TOOK HER CAR.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD TURNED
THE THERMOSTAT IN GAIL'S HOUSE
DOWN TO 58 DEGREES.
IN MY MIND, THEY WERE TRYING
TO PROLONG THE DECOMPOSITION
OF THE BODY.
THEY FIGURED THAT MAYBE SHE
WOULDN'T BE DISCOVERED FOR DAYS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THEIR PLAN
TO ALWAYS KILL GAIL.
THEY KNEW THEY HAD TO KILL GAIL.
Regan: THEY HAD GOTTEN RID OF
ANY OF THE THINGS THEY'D USED,
THE WEAPONS OR ANYTHING, MASKS.
THEY'D GOTTEN RID OF IT ALL.
I BELIEVE THEY THOUGHT
THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO
TAKE THE MONEY
AND FLEE THE COUNTRY
AND THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA GET
AWAY WITH IT.
Narrator: ON THE SAME DAY
THAT BRETT KELLY IS BROUGHT IN,
POLICE BRING IN TRACY JONES.
ONCE TRACY LEARNS THAT
BRETT KELLY HAS GIVEN IT UP,
SHE SPILLS THE BEANS TOO.
Narrator: ON NOVEMBER 18, 2013,
BOTH JONES AND KELLY
PLEAD GUILTY TO MURDER,
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT,
FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AND THEFT,
AND KELLY PLEADS GUILTY
TO AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE
OF AGGRAVATED SODOMY.
THEY BOTH TAKE A DEAL
OF LIFE WITHOUT
THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
BRETT'S SISTER COURTNEY
ALSO PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDER
FOR HER PART IN THE CRIME
AND GETS A SENTENCE OF LIFE
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
KEITH DOZIER
REFUSES TO TAKE A PLEA,
BELIEVING THAT SINCE HE WAS NOT
THE ONE WHO MURDERED SPENCER,
A JURY WOULD GO EASY ON HIM.
HE WAS WRONG,
AND ON MAY 28, 2015,
THE JURY GIVES HIM
THE HARSHEST POSSIBLE SENTENCE
FOR MURDER, THEFT,
AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT - -
LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF PAROLE, PLUS 20 YEARS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE
ABOUT $1.4 MILLION
BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO FREEZE
THE ACCOUNTS.
NEARLY ALL OF IT WAS RECOVERED.
AS A RESULT OF THIS CRIME,
AND THE LOSS OF GAIL SPENCER,
THE LAW FIRM WAS SHUT DOWN
WITHIN A YEAR.
♪♪♪♪
I DIDN'T KNOW EVIL
COULD EXIST LIKE THAT.
YOU REA--
I WATCH TV.
THAT HAPPENS TO OTHER PEOPLE.
THAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE
WHO ROB BUILDINGS.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
TO SOMEBODY WHO'S...
AN OFFICE MANAGER
FOR A LAW FIRM,
WHO GIVES EVERYTHING SHE HAS
FOR THOSE AROUND HER.
♪♪♪♪
GAIL LOVED HER FAMILY.
YOU KNEW YOU WERE LOVED
FROM THE MOMENT
YOU TALKED TO HER.
♪♪♪♪
IF I COULD BE
FACE-TO-FACE...
♪♪♪♪
WITH THE PEOPLE
THAT TOOK HER AWAY...
♪♪♪♪
I WOULD HAVE TO SAY,
FIRST OF ALL,
"I FORGIVE YOU.
AND I'M SORRY THAT YOU WEREN'T
LOVED OR CARED FOR
IN THE MANNER THAT OUR FAMILY
IS LOVED AND CARED FOR.
AND I HOPE EVERY DAY
THERE'S A PIECE OF YOU
THAT REALIZES THAT YOU'LL
NEVER HAVE WHAT WE HAD."
WE'RE ANGRY. WE'RE HURT.
WE MISS HER TREMENDOUSLY.
BUT I KNOW WITHOUT
A SHADOW OF A DOUBT
SHE'S WATCHING OVER US.
♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪