support, and judy herself. i really felt like i had judy on my shoulder, i really did. i felt that family gave me a lot of hope and faith. less than three hours later, there was a verdict. we were all everybody was holding hands as tight as we could, and when they read that verdict, you could hear everybody gasp. we the jury find the defendant james baldwin junior guilty of murder. i just broke down crying. i couldn t believe it. we finally got justice for mom. detective chris reynolds was in the courthouse that day two. he believes the jury made the right decision. he wants the public to know that he did more than they think to look into judy s death. still, he realizes because of his incomplete investigation, a
it felt like a dream. i mean, i was like, well, i cannot believe we re going through this again. yeah, because it because your dad died yeah. tragically. their dad, judy s first husband, died in a motorcycle accident 12 years earlier. it just seemed unbelievable to now lose their mom also in a crash. so here you are, having to say good-bye to your other parent. yeah. your mom. wow, that s really a hard thing to do it is. to lose both of your parents at such a young age. i know nothing is perfect. but, like, our family was, we didn t have any problems, and we were all happy. and, you know, our parents are gone. around 6:30 that morning, judy s 23-year-old niece, jesse mcwaters, was sound asleep when her phone rang. her dad gave her the tragic news that her aunt, known as little judy because she was just 4 11 , had been killed. and he said, little judy s dead. and i was like, what are you talking about? he said, little judy is dead.