vehicle had gone off the road, to the street. and that she was face up, in a puddle of water. she has severe injuries to her head. little did you know the mystery that was about to unfold. i went into the living room and i saw blood all over the place. i went into the bathroom, more blood. the whole time we were thinking it was a car wreck. and now, what happened. i told my brother, this is how people get away from murder. the rumor mill is in overdrive. there was gossip there was an affair. sex, lies in a christian by club. who would ve thought. exactly. this was tearing us apart. you really can t make this. up there is no other way to describe a human being like that. say in spawn. hello and welcome to dateline. when this couple, met they swept off their feet. then jamie said, judy suffered two accidents in the same nights. and she was gone. detectives believed, the grieving husband. but her family launch their own investigation. their question, wa
little did you know the mystery that was about to unfold. i went into the living room and i saw blood all over the place. i went into the bathroom, more blood. the whole time we were thinking it was a car wreck. and now, what happened. i told my brother, this is how people get away from murder. the rumor mill is in overdrive. there was gossip there was an affair. sex, lies in a christian by club. who would ve thought. exactly. this was tearing us apart. you really can t make this. up there is no other way to describe a human being like that. say in spawn. hello and welcome to dateline. when this couple, met they swept off their feet. then jamie said, judy suffered two accidents in the same nights. and she was gone. detectives believed, the grieving husband. but her family launch their own investigation. their question, was this a case of bad luck? or the handiwork of a clever killer? here is andrea cannon, with, the black box. station, a standby for
a little nice, because there was no evidence collection. even though there was a lack of evidence, the prosecutor spoke to the coroner about judy s severe head injuries and came to the conclusion, this was no accident. but, a murder. at some point, i m gonna have to look at this family and tell them, we re not gonna have what we need to get justice for your family member. judy s family was losing hope. weeks are going by, months are going by. then, a breakthrough. eight months after judy s death, the sheriff s office agreed to slide to take over the case. that s south carolina s top law enforcement agency. with the slide to do, now they re the they re taking this over? they jumped in. ages one to judy s house and took hundreds of photos details measurements, and re-examine the autopsy findings. they came to the same conclusion as a prosecutor, it all added up to homicide. we said, we definitely have enough to present to a grand jury at this point. yes. an indictment
at the time. does the blood look consistent, with a possible fall? from a ladder? yes. yes. as of right now, it s an accident. well detective reynolds was continues investigation, the coroner was still trying to figure out what caused judy s death. he wanted to know more, about the large wound on her forehead. there was no damage to her legs, to her arms, all of it was concentrated around her head. so this was going to be the key area, in the autopsy. he concluded judy died from a skull fracture, caused by some sort of blunt force trauma to her head. and those raccoon, eyes were a result of large amount of blood accumulated in her skull. but the coroner struggled to figure out, what caused that fracture. i needed to know, what do you think she fell against? what was told by mr. baldwin, that she struck her head on the mantle. she might have bald on the stocking holder. but all of this stuff has to be added up. he had to determine if the fatal injury had been on that fal
an accident? we are crossing the tees and dotting our eyes. i wanted to make sure i had everything covered. she was just one of those people, as soon as you met, her you are a friend of her. you loved her. she had a smile on, she just loved life. jamie said he had mostly recovered from his minor injuries, emotionally, though he said he had a lot of healing to do. i. s. got 1 million times, why did you take me, and why jeff to take a woman like. that is there anything i have done to save her? i didn t. oh, god. jamie said the night judy, died he and his wife were decorating their christmas tree. he then briefly stepped outside, to put some tools away in his shed. when i came back in, she was on the floored front of the fireplace. i don t know if she decided to fix something on the tree. i do not know. i was in the shop. and, i didn t even ask her what she was doing. he said she is assumed he fell off a ladder, and hit her head on the mantle. on the floor were to stalking