a call from another guy s son saying that his daddy wanted to talk to me scott had approached him about killing his wife. his response to scott was get a divorce. that s what divorces are for. and then a third man told them a story. he had told us that scott mayfield had hired him, had given him $15,000 to kill his wife. he did not have any intentions on killing her. he just wanted the man s money. what s the old saying, two is a coincidence, three is a pattern? which is why even before dawn told her grisly tale on tape, in fact, on the same day dawn was arrested, a warrant was also issued for scott. kelsey was outside mowing the lawn when she saw a cop car whiz by, then another and another. she called her dad on his cell phone. i asked him where he was at. and he said the cops have me pulled over. your dad, for heaven s sake, was being arrested. had to be a shock. i was very confused.
lover kills the husband s wife? not at all. she thought the divorce was finalized. what was her reaction to getting the real story. she must have been upset? more hurt than upset. i think she was probably in l with him. he had been lying like a sidewalk. that s right. you had no idea that woman was associated with him that way either? > had met her once or twice. i just thought they were friends. i didn t think it was anything else. this was betrayal in all capital letters? that s a very good word. you were betrayed? lied to. yeah, taken advantage of, in a way. kelsey may have been surprised but teresa s mom and sister, they knew better because this wasn t scott s fist dance with infidelity, no, there had
been others. in fact, scott and teresa divorced during one of his affairs, just after kelsey was born. three years later, teresa took him back, re-married him. she wanted to have her family back together. that was her whole thing, family. what was it like for you when scott came into your house? what would happen in here as he walked in the door? i tried to be sociable, neutral with scott. i always had that thought in the back of my mind, he hurt my sister and i would not forget it. for a while, things were as teresa always hoped. wishes don t always come true. soon, scott was back to his old ways with that girl cops were talking to in tuscaloosa. you know how gossip can be. scott went from sympathetic figure, grieved widower to cad and even worse. he had to be aware there were people suspicious of him.
she s gone. do you have any idea how hard that was? teresa s daughter, kelsey, had spent a sleepless night waiting in vain for her mother to come home. how did you find out? my dad came and told my brothers and i. it was awful realizing your worst mignightmare had come tru. for a brief second i thought she had committed suicide because i knew how stressed out she was but i knew how much she loved her family. everybody who knew teresa knew that, even sheriff kenneth els, who drove out to the crime scene if that s what it was. corm mark boyd, alabama bureau of investigation met him there. this case was kind of personal for you, sheriff. yes. my daughter and miss teresa and scott s daughter, they play softball together. you see teresa at the
done this to be punished for it. kelsey took on the most difficult job of her life. at 17, she stepped into her mother s shoes, defended her father and tried to maintain somewhat of a normal life for her little brothers. me trying to fill my mother s shoes, those are big shoes to fill. i felt like it was my responsibility to help my dad take care of my family. so, you were able to continue to have a relationship of trust with your father? right. he was there for you guys? he tried to be strong for us, so we wouldn t have a breakdown. by the first anniversary of teresa s death there was still no arrest and the story was old news. so teresa s mother plastered this poster on doors and windows and telephone policy all around moundville hoping it would help dislodge some clue. then, the weirdest thing