Affirm . Darn Lorenzens Mother was a first witness. She told the jury that when lorenzen went missing, sherra did not seem concerned at all. Did you talk to sherra . Oh yes. Did she tell you that he was missing . No. [inaudible] no, she never did. No. I had to. But the Star Witness for the prosecution was sherras witness, jimmy martin, who told the jury what he said to the police years earlier. That sherra wanted lorenzen dead. And she had turned to billy turner for help. Sherra its talking about this business that she should not be in. Telling lorenzen . Is billy turner there . Yes sir. Obviously [inaudible] and you described it as brainstorming . Brainstorming, coming up with ways of how to basically perform the act. And what act are we talking
This case . No. No. I have to stay alive. Before i die, they will find some of. Theyre going to get her. Specifically sherra . Her. Right. I told them over and over and over. Tony armstrong took some of her calls. She was relentless. She would not let it go. Dont mess with mama. Dont mess with moms babies. She tried that the case was still active. That sherra really was on their radar. One thing to have a Gut Feeling but i know this person is responsible for this. You have to be able to convince the jury. You just didnt have enough evidence . We just dont have enough evidence to do it. But the police did have something. A potential witness. A man with a shady past and an explosive allegation. Which police had kept secret for five years. An informant who actually knew sherra and had a strong motivation to talk. What happened was, jimmy martin, who is sherra cousin,
My wife, sherra, and be through with it. Love the happy life. Thats what he wanted. But sherra didnt want to marry lorenzen. He won she wanted him murdered, according to her cousin, jimmy martin. Jimmy said two days after he, sherra, billy conducted that murder site survey, she came to his house in batesville, mississippi. While there, jimmy said that sherra asked his mom for an odd favor. She asked my mom for a Metal Detector. Does your mom have a Metal Detector . Yeah. With the Metal Detector in tow, the two return to memphis, picked Up Billy and drove to her house, where, said jimmy, sherra made a stunning announcement. We did it. It had to get done. Im, like when you talk about . Shes like, laurens instead. And who actually fired the fatal shots . [sound of gunfire] jimmy said it was billy turner,
She commemorated lorenzens birthday. November the 4th. A day celebrating,s attempt painful reminder for debbie. Once again, she held a somber vigil to keep her Sons Name in the news, and the heat on the police. There is a hand on my heart, all the time. Especially birthdays, christmas, july. Always on my mind. Lorenzens mother knew nothing about the gun. Or jimmy martin, or billy turner. I really need to help people. Come on, tell us something. Then, a food days later, police did tell deborah something. Something amazing. The fbi helped to search the remote lake in mississippi, and found an alleged murder weapon. Some seven long years after the murder, debra finally felt a step closer to getting justice for his son. Thank you jesus. They found something. Because we had not heard anything. And rens close friends when im hopeful for the first time