that meant, a motive for murder. and, did one kill the other to steal his wife? i wouldn t do that to my brother. in court it all came out. scandalous passions, jealousy, greed, lust. he said, he was the black sheep of the family. a family saga, turned riveting courtroom drama. i cried the whole time. the time we received the call was around three. effingham 9-1-1? help, please. what s wrong? gun. shot. you re shot? yes. where you at? the sheriff s office 9-1-1 operator, could barely understand the voice on the other end of the call. how did you get shot ma am? i don t know. you don t know? no. andré, get james, 10-18, hurry up. the dispatcher, calling for sergeant james to help out. where did you get shot at? face. in your face? yes. it was difficult to hear what she was saying. you could hear her gargling, due to blood in her throat. it sounded as though, she was not the only victim. husband. shot. too. your husband s
It felt like an ambush. Investigators searched for clues, but what they found, were secrets. A forbidden love affair right in the family. One son sleeping with the other sons wife. He said, if i was going to have an affair, he wished it would have been with anybody else except his brother. Bad blood between brothers had that been a motive for murder . And had one kill the other to steal his wife . In court, it all came out, scandalous passions. Jealousy, greed, lust. He said that he was the black sheep of the family. A family saga turns riveting courtroom drama. I cried the whole time. The time we were saved a call around 3m. Effingham 911 . Help, please. Whats wrong . Gun. Shot. Youre shot . Yes. Where you at . The Sheriffs Office 911 operator, could barely understand the voice on the other end of the call. How did you get shot maam . I dont know. You dont know . No. Andre, get james, 1018, hurry up. The dispatcher, calling for Sergeant James to help out. Where did you get shot at . F
two of the heidts were gone. killed in the middle of a late august nights in 2008. philip heidt, a prominent real estate developer shot bed dead in his bed. his son, and business partner, carey, also shot to dead in his sleep. phillip s wife linda had an injury, but would recover. a deadly three that had investigators working around the clock. while some detectives were interviewing those surprising next of kin in the family. others contacted the family s friends and associates. including the oldest son s craig s, one time we live in companion. a woman named tina williams. i got a call from the sheriff s department saying they needed to talk to me. detectives were intrigued right away by the girlfriend s sense of remorse. maybe if i would have went in april to miss london and mr. philip, and carey, and said this is what s going on. you need to do something now. maybe it would not have went to
he was very upset. and he said that if i was going to have an affair, he wished it would ve been with anybody else except for his brother. and he was very upset about it being his brother. and the prosecution asked robbyn, what did she see in her brother in law? robbyn already had carey, who by all accounts, was a devoted husband. doting father, and solid provider. why would she step out on him with craig? who the state portrayed as someone who did not want much out of life, except for time to hunt. craig, who is out of work on disability. and was squatting at a friends hunting cabin. i didn t think your life was going to improve by engaging in this relationship? at the time, i felt like craig was giving me some attention. and giving me some things that carey wasn t giving me. that at the time, i felt like that was where i need to be. with craig. but what were craig and
and i said no ma am i m not, i m not dating anyone s husband. and she said, yes you are. and i said tell me what your husband is? and she said craig heidt and i said, well wait a minute. i guess maybe i am. whoops! a controlled craig soon showed up on her doorstep. professing his love for her and saying that he foolishly hoped that he would get a divorce before she found out he had a wife and two kids back in effingham county. and i told him, you need to go home. take care of your business. get your divorce, stay with your wife. do whatever you re going to do. craig left tina s house, and within a few months he did get divorced. soon, he and tina were back on course. and he asked her to move up to effingham county. you won t have to work and i can take care of you. and, i know your health is bad. and we can have this life. and things will be better. but in fact, things were about to get a whole lot worse. and not just for tina and craig. back in effingham, craig s younger b