living, she knew what was up. authorities charge phyllis with solicitation to commit murder. a group of officers are now dispatched to deliver the news to her husband, jimmy. i was one of the ones that informed the husband. he did not believe us. he didn t want to believe us. he thought that we had set the whole thing up, that we had coerced her into saying all the things that were said. if it s an accident, if you throw him into a power line, that s fine. jimmy is so incredulous, he bonds out his wife for $35,000. while prosecutors begin examining the evidence in the case. you know, we re talking about murder here. i know we are. i know i m a cold artied bitch, but life s life. the defense attorney probably looked at that tape and just told her, how will i defend this? how can i defend you sitting
concerned about is being here in this parking lot. she just was scared she might run into somebody she knew there. how much you thought about this thing? off and on for a year i have been trying to decide what to do without being raising a whole lot of suspicion. he said he worked in remote locations, having rural north carolina and worked alone and that it would be easy to have access to carry out the murder. it don t really matter, too, if it s an accident, if you throw him into a power line, that s fine. what we didn t really realize is that the insurance policy had a double indemnity on it to where if he died in an accident, the insurance was double. so it was a why she wanted him murdered in a particular way. yet phyllis also considers framing someone else for the crime, particularly her husband s ex-wife. i can give you her address. if you want to plant the gun at
sergeant with the charlotte mechlenburg police force, she heard from her daughter. she was very young. i felt very sorry for her in a lot of ways, because she didn t have a lot of parent am guidance. in the course of cultivateing his source, detective price has even met the young woman s mother, phyllis crowell. then in november, 1992 the daughter tells price, the mother is making inquiries about hiring a hitman. she decided that, a, she didn t want to see her mother murder her stepfather and, b, she didn t want her mother to go to prison for murder. but price launches an investigation and contacts the aff about helping the police set up a sting. our vice shooter at the time in 1992, there was just nothing. there was no technology. so we utilized the atf technology, which at that time was top of the line, top notch.
they were in the car, i was out of the car and gone, like houdini. it felt good we got a job done. but i felt even better when i drove that nice car of his back. really enjoyed that. it was a nice car, really was. santhosh paul is charged with solicitation and conspiracy to commit murder. we knew about the one insurance policy, the one he brought to the detective. in the weeks after his arrest, we found out there were actually three more additional policies, and he was going to come into $4 million, instead of $1 million we originally thought. that for me capped the greed. this was all about money, nothing else, money. nonetheless, after learning of the charges, tina paul chooses to surround herself with her husband s family, rejecting all overtures to help the prosecution. in this case we didn t need her to go forward, we had the crime committed on the tapes.
i been practicing getting all bent out of shape and everything. all right. she says i can play the role of a bereaved widow for three months or so, then i ll slowly come out of my shell and be ready to get back into society. you know we re talking murder here. i know. i know i am a cold hearted bitch, but life s life. i remember when that was said, all of us in the truck looked at each other like wow. there s a point i look away, and chuckle. again, it wasn t a funny situation, but it was all kind of flooring me that she was so matter of fact about this that she was saying. but phyllis crowell is about to realize there are serious repercussions to her cavalier remarks. i would say go ahead and take her. as soon as she saw me walk up knowing what i do for a living, she knew what was up. in the nation, we reward safe driving.