i m a huge animal lover so that actually ticked me off a little bit. he thought that if the family was killed and there were no witnesses for the sexual battery, that he would get off and he would no longer have to pay $20,000 to his attorney to represent him for the case. and so he would use that money to pay the inmate to commit the murders. jason says his parents, versie and her 60-year-old husband robert will broker the deal. but jason s fellow inmate is uneasy with the proposition. but the fact that jason had sexually abused the girls and now was going to go out and kill the girls, it bothered the inmate. so much so that he contacts authorities and reveals jason s plan. but before deputies can act, they need further proof. we set up an opportunity for the inmate and jason jackson to be put into a holding cell
he informed me that he had in custody a subject that had some information that he wanted to pass on. the inmate is being held on possession of stolen property, but claims to know about a more serious crime. he said that he had been contacted to kill somebody. the motive? a $100,000 insurance policy. perma jean, a school bus driver, hopes to receive after her husband dies. this was a classic couple of opposites attract. charles about the only way you could describe him is he just seemed like a perfect gentleman. and she was at the opposite end of the scale. perma jean seemed a little rough around the edges. a little bit more street wise, maybe. she had drawn the informant into the scheme after meeting him at this intersection near her home. the informant was really he was quite a character. he was a homeless guy. he was living under a bridge at the time.
it seems to be a heart wrenching scene. police hand a long beach, california, woman a series of photos of her husband lying in a field. he appears to be dead. oh. oh! but the pictures are not as grizzly as she thinks. we actually set up a phony crime scene. i think they went to mcdonald s and got a bunch of catch ups or something. had that, put dirt from the field on that and put some grass shavings on that. and let me tell you, he looked dead. it s all part of a sting that begins in 1993 when 32-year-old perma jean pritchett inquires about a hit man to kill her husband, charles, a minister at a local church. i was in the office, just myself and another detective. and we received a phone call from a burglary detective.
i want to go home. at this point, no one has accused the two of any crime. but they are told they are needed at the police station to identify charles pritchett s belongings. everybody knew what was going on except them. for instance, they are unaware that the entire crime scene is a fabrication and detectives have this footage of them speaking to an informant planning the murder. i don t care when he does it. i m telling you as soon as he comes in contact, he better kill him then. but charles is never murder. on september 14th, 1993, he poses for these photos in order for police to videotape the suspects and study their reacts. we brought them down to the police station. we separated them in two separate rooms. we didn t really know what to expect but we knew we were going to have something worthwhile to either talk about or look at. you are going to be placed under arrest for solicitation
letting her believe that charles was dead. but we also wanted to be in a room where it was a controlled environment. maybe he was the victim of a robbery. we re not sure. we found some items out here in the field. we ll take you to the station for a few minutes just to look at some jewelry items. she didn t want to go down to the station. and we convinced her we just want you to identify a few things, and it won t take very long at all, and we ll have you back home. we need that to be done. if we could do that it s a five-minute drive. we ll do it. i know it is an inconvenience, but we really need the help. and i think you will be glad later on. it is a decision she ll soon regret. i can prove that i have done nothinwrong.