storm had blown over, jean said she joined her panicked husband. they ordered pizza and turned on the tv. the losses are substantial. but jean couldn t concentrate on the hurricane news. the personal storm that was wrecking her marriage and ruining her life took precedence. ken was a big tension fest and we talked. i asked a lot of questions, you know, why and what were you thinking and what are you going to do now? it was a messy situation. betrayal, deception, desertion, the usual menu of dysfunction that all too often falls under the category of another woman. but there was more to it than that. much more. a homicide investigation was at stake, one that just days earlier had led mark plumberg from wi drdbe island, washingto
25-year sentence if found guilty, but just before the jury began deliberations, jim huden s attorney reminded them one more time of those immortal words from the man of la mancha. ladies and gentlemen, when i started this trial i told you facts were the enemy of truth and i hope you wondered what that meant. you heard facts upon facts upon facts. i m telling you there are other conclusions that could be made from that evidence. soon enough, jim huden and his attorney would find out if anyone on that jury had reached one of those alternate conclusions and thus save it from having to spend the rest of his life in prison orange. coming up we, the jury the verdict and then the other moment everyone s been waiting for. peggy was clearly on the fence whether to accept a deal or go to trial.
did you think he was with peggy? at that point i thought so, yeah. i knew what was going on, and i knew it was over, and i just there was no point in confronting him because he would lie about it anyway. abandoned and alone, jean spent the holidays waiting for word from jim. then in early january, jean says her phone rang. her husband was on the line. but jim huden wasn t calling to wish his wife a happy new year. according to jean, he was calling to tell her that dreams do come true. he had killed a man in cold blood. he just said it was done, and he s coming back. the murder? yes. what did you say? i think i was speechless at the time. i just i think i asked if he was okay, and does anyone know or are they after you i basically just asked if he was okay. your husband had just confessed that he had committed a murder for hire. uh-huh. it was like getting kicked in the stomach. i mean i knew life as i knew it was over at that point.
marriage. but jean says the drinking and philandering were not the worst of it. jim at one point had told me he wanted to feel like to kill somebody. he told you he had wanted to know that. yes. one of his deep, dark secrets. jean could only guess at what was behind this sudden change. he lost his dad when he was, i believe, 10 or 11 years old, and his mom dated a series of men throughout that were abus d he saw his mom get beat up many, many times. he always said he would get this guy, but the man who beat her has since passed away. she said she remained determined to pull him through. i loved that man more than life itself at the time. i was so in love with him. i thought he was the one. even though he was in the process of treating you like
would pay off. jim invited her out to las vegas for her 40th birthday. for several days he wined and dined her. but her dreams of a happy ending, she says, vanished when her husband turned to her in bed one night and told her he intended to make her darkest dreams come true. there was a man out in washington, he told her, who needed to die. not the kind of thing a wife wants to hear, but jean has an even bigger shock coming. coming up, i felt like i got kicked in the stomach. life as i knew it was over at that point. when a gathering storm continues. when a gathering storm continues. that have made the rx the leading luxury suv of all time. lease the 2019 rx 350 for $399 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer.