how did this man die? strangulation. hall admits to murdering one of his roommates. a 53-year-old disabled man named jeff bishop. he hopes to reach a plea bargain with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty, but it still looms over him. i m thinking about them saying, mr. hall, we sentence you to death. i don t know. maybe i deserve to die, too. the murder occurred in this small house on the outskirts of the city. hall says he was high on drugs when he and bishop got into a fight. after strangling bishop, hall then tried to cover up the crime. the next day is when i took him to the basement. he was wrapped up in plastic. you couldn t see his regular body. all you could see was plastic. hall had help in concealing the body.
and a long goatee, but he looked kind of crazy but sexy. but theirs is not a normal love story. hall admits to murdering their roommate, jeff bishop, whose brother, chad bishop, is a correctional officer here at louisville metro. off the table, thank you. baringer admits helping hall move the body and covering up the crime. both of them also cashed bishop s disability and social security checks to fund their drug habits. heather don t belong here. she only knew about it. i told her to testify against me and told her to turn over state s evidence. i said go ahead and testify if you have to. that s what she might be doing. and if she testifies against you? i still love her.
about the murder, and he tipped off police. she admits to her role in the crime and is also attempting to reach a plea deal with complicity to commit a murder, tampering with evidence and possession of forged documents. baringer and hall admit to stealing bishop s disability and social security checks to fund drug addictions. that one act, it took five minutes, took my whole life. but they are not the only ones at louisville metro whose lives have been profoundly altered by the murder of bishop. man on the walk. first thing i wanted to do was take justice into my own hands, but i ve decided against that. bishop s brother is one of the jail s correctional officers. there were times where my brother and i were all that we had. so we were pretty close. i don t remember a time without my brother.
inmates come from a much smaller region. they often know each other or staff from the streets. dennis hall has an especially uneasy acquaintance with officer chad bishop. hall murdered his brother. and, today, must appear in court for his formal sentencing. you are on the record in the case of dennis m. hall. ready to go forward on the final sentencing? judge, we are. we had passed this case briefly to allow the victim s family the opportunity to be present for final sentencing. folks, i m happy to hear from whoever would like to be heard. i will tell you that the only rule is that you have to address me personally. it s your chance to talk about mr. hall but that you re going to address me and not speak to him directly. it s hard, but that s the way it s got to be. okay? anybody have anything they want to tell me before i impose sentence?
we got everything of magic today. we are loving it. this is okay, if i get another elbow to the head, i m going to start throwing bowls, okay. over the last year and a half, lohden has been in and out of louisville metro 11 times. all of her offenses were routed in an addiction to pain pills. that was my downfall. i let it control my life. and to me it ain t that lost everything. it s that i gave it up. you know, gave it all up. first i gave my home up and then i gave my car up and then eventually i gave my kids up because the drugs took over my life. i want to get a good job, stay clean and sober, definitely. get my kids, get home and live happily ever after after that, you know? a happily ever after ending is not likely for hall. in the future. these days, he does little more than ponder the sentence and his co-defendant. and think about his girlfriend, heather barington. reunite us with our children