know what s happened. it would take a new prosecutor to look at the case with fresh eyes. john, who was the chief assistant da for dekalb county georgia. well, we never really had much at all until the u.s. attorney s office did in fact bring the boxes to. us and i was able to find an empty store room in the courthouse. and created, what i call a war room for this case. so i buried myself in his office, started going through the file. one thing was clear, hinton had been the key is suspect early on because he had a criminal past. as petri came across the file he came across a single name. tammy singleton. she told the same story she had told the fbi. it was a real small town. i did know anybody. back in before the disappearance, she was 14 years old and living with her parents in illinois. one day, she got a call from
pinky. and then he asked me to clasp my hands together, and tie them behind my back. tammy, tammy what is going on here? i m not registering it is a problem until i feel the cold played against my neck. and he said you know this is? a knife. and if you don t cooperate i mean i use it on you. the man with a bright lead, as you might suspect, was butch hinton. he tells me things like, i want to waste you right now. if you don t cooperate, i ll do you like i did the other two. i ll waste you right now? yes. and at some point i move from the front seat to the back. and he proceeded to tie me further. to use bandanas tie together on my mouth. he dictates me. he is what is known as hard high, and places may in the trunk. tammy says he drove around with her in the trunk for a long time. until they finally got to his house. he carries me through the seller door in the basement of his home. it s now dark out? yes. can you yell or scream at this point? no my mouth is gagg
him. butch never really confessed per se to anybody. but he made a horribly incriminating statements to 38 inmates that to me worse so believable. one of them remembered an eerie late night conversation. but she had woken up in the middle of the night and said i don t do this, a demon inside of me kill that girl. and went back to sleep. and yet jill hill snitches, as they re called, get a lot of side eye. and what is this guy get an exchange for sitting here and telling us the story? right right. but the state had other witnesses to bring in stories of the criminal past. tammy singleton went to court to see how he kidnapped and assaulted her when she was 14. and to show that he no longer had any power over her. are you seeing him? did you make any eye contact? i made the point to look at him. i did look directly at him and forcefully say what transpired. i needed people to understand
he actually punch me, and i somehow managed to cook that with his thumb and bit him. and he recoiled because he was in pain. and the wife was behind, she sees me. she says what is going on? i said it is me, tammy singleton. she tried to be way pre. and he broke down in hysterics. and immediately, he s like a chastised little boy. so is demeanor changed again? yeah. and so she is begging. but you have problems, you need to get help. but hinton was arrested and charged with kidnapping and taking indecencies with a child. he pleaded guilty, but mentally ill. how long was he inside? he received a four year sentence and got about 21 months. that short prison sentence
Ammy-Clara Singleton, 28, was arrested in Port Augusta, SA, and charged with communicating with a child under 17 to engage in, or submit to, sexual activity . The charge was dropped on Wednesday.