and i could see the victim get in the back door area through the hallway. are there many more murders like this in morris? no, it s rare. it was devastating. he was just a console. did he have enemies? i really don t know. we had some complaints that people were having sex in the parking deck i said, ergonomically, that s not even possible. this is the woman in charge of the fire at church. she told me that none of it was true. here in alabama, there is milo s hamburgers, absolutely some of the best french fries. that was the red flag moment for you, that cindy didn t stay and eat her fries. as bizarre as it sounds, yes. jeff, how do you feel about michael being dead? i don t have words. he wasn t around when this murder took place. that s what he said. who do you feel like you are looking in the eyes? a cold blooded killer. hello, and welcome to dateline. cindy henderson and michael reese needed the same thing change. the relationshi
for you, that city didn t stay and eat her fries. as bizarre as it sounds, yes. jeff, how do you feel about michael being dead? i don t have words. he wasn t around when this murder took place. that s what he said. who do you feel like you are looking in the eyes? a cold blooded killer. hello, and welcome to dateline. cindy henderson and michael reese needed the same thing change. the relationship was a second chance at love for both and they fell hard. but after five years of marriage, tragedy struck. now investigators would have to sort through small town gossip to sift out the truth and uncover a killer. here is, even the devil went to church. out here in rubble, sweet home alabama, where churches outnumber street lights, faith is a way of life. i grew up in the church. everyone that i knew went to church. sunday sermons, when they services, church picnics faith is a huge part and always has been a huge part of southern life. it is how the peopl
the perfect motive that he needed michael out of the picture to continue the gravy train? it certainly is the motive, isn t it. and in an effort to arrest control from cindy s image in the state the defense took a calculated risk and put her on the stand and she told the jury that she did not shoot her husband and while she admitted that her marriage was rocky, she did not want him dead. and was adamant that she knew nothing of jeff s planned to kill him. why did you decide to have cindy testify? i think she, one she wanted to, and two is i think that with jeff on the witness stand i think she had to. which image of cindy what the jury believe. the church going, grieving widow or the cheating widow? it didn t take long to find out. the jury deliberated for just 90 minutes. and the verdict? guilty of murder. how are you feeling in that moment? it was great. that she was found guilty.
phone dump from jeff or cindy s phone. sexting between each other? yes. sexting that continued right up until the murder. but what was important for the prosecutors was the cell record showing that michael was shot. while cindy sat next to michael in church, jeff sent her a text that said keep me posted. and i think at 6:57, so right before church lets out. prosecutors believe that tax that the two were plotting to kill michael that night. and they had even more proof. after they leave the church, she is immediately contacting him again. they assume that cindy called jeff and secretly left the line open to see what was happening between her and her husband. at some point, there is an open line of communication for around 30 minutes that stays open all the way through, the presumably, until michael was killed. and they had evidence that cindy was home after going to the grocery store. she was still on the phone with jeff even when she is the house phone to call 9-1-1.
[laughs] it is dateline. we have heard worse. i mean he was a cad! cindy s uncle agreed. the only opinion that i had from the very beginning is that this is the kind of man who tries to worm himself into environments. and to make himself look better. and to get what he wants. and what he wanted was cindy. according to her mom, julie. michael knew all about it. he said, jeff is trying to take my wife. what advice do you give your son in law? well. i said. michael are you sure? and he said, yes. and he said, i am afraid of jeff. and i said, do you think jeff might hurt you? and i said, yeah, i know he would if he got the opportunity. the son-in-law may have been rights. detectives were surprised to learn that a month before the murder, jeff allegedly asked two of his coworkers at the moving company to kill michael.