who could get him gigs in las vegas, worrisome, to be sure, but jean says it was her husband s heavy drinking that really had her concerned. he started drinking constantly at home, you know, and drinking to obliterate himself, basically, to numb himself and then he started making trips out west. did you, at the time, think that there was another woman? no. i had no idea. there is, of course, no cure for willful blindness, but bill hill, huden s faithful wingman knew the truth about those out of town trips because sometimes he d been along for the ride. we came out to las vegas, the reason that he asked me to go was to cover for him. he was seeing peggy? yes. tell me about jim s relationship with peggy? it was all love and kisses. really? uh-huh. more so than with jean who was waiting for him back home? yes. before long, other band members say that they, too, began seeing the same changes in jim that troubled jean, heavy drinking and erratic behavior.
his life as a fugitive. i knew what border crossing i was taking. i had a new i.d. i was getting ready to leave and not be able to come back to this country for the rest of my life. maybe you would have died in a shootout. who knows? he probably would have taken me out next. that dinot happen, for one reason just days before she planned to join jim jean met this man, bill bruner and fell in love. and he finally made me see what foolish thing that would be to do and for some reason i listened to bill, and now he s he saved my life, basically. so love kind of wrecked your life and then love also saved your life. yeah. i guess it did. it sure did. yeah. because of bill jean gave up her dream of re-joining jim huden, but it wasn t until the
money, love, pride. talk to homicide detectives and they say any of those themes come up all of the time. all of the time. any of those themes seem to fit? he had several hundred thousand dollars, money is a motive, love is a motive, pride is a motive. for the detectives those factors seemed to point in the direction of russel s wife brenna douglas. not only had she been cheated on and publicly humiliated by russel, but she was the named beneficiary of three life insurance policies he d taken out on himself the problem was brenna s alibi was solid. there were plenty of people who could confirm that they d been with her at the time russel douglas was killed. the detective knew he needed a break, and in july 2004, exactly seven months to the day after the murder of russel douglas, he got one.
her in the suspect list. but then again, the detective s suspect list was essentially a blank page. there were no names on it from florida or nevada or new mexico or any of the other places this investigation would eventually lead him, at least not yet. chapter one of this whodunit so the investigation begins close to home with the dead man s on-again/off-again wife. you don t want to believe the mother of your grandkids would ever be a suspect. but a wife as a potential person of interest is just the beginning in this cross country tale of love gone wrong. [ director ] action! k9 advantix ii kills fleas, ticks and mosquitoes through contact. no biting required.
its members was retired air force and so the next time the caller phoned detective beach was ready. he was asking me were you able to do anything with what i gave you. i said yeah, i think i m looking at a picture of you and the phone went quiet and he said you guys are good. we re not good. it was simple google searching. at last, the detectives had a solid lead. one that raised plenty of questions. who was this jim huden and why was their tipster so will willing to give him up? the cops knew the answers to those questions. it could not be found in a google search. they would have to fly to southwest florida at a time of year when violent storm clouds always seem to luck just over the horizon. coming up, was this a case of love turned lethal? detectives learn about an affair between this beauty queen.