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00:03The first time I remember my dad killing somebody was when we lived in Bartlett, Iowa.
00:09It was around 1973 and I was probably four years old.
00:16When my dad killed somebody, he would take them to the well.
00:21And he would ask us to carry bags of lie up to the well
00:26because the lie would help decompose the bodies.
00:32I remember dumping the lie in the well
00:36and it used to like float down like a white powdery cloudy thing.
00:40And I would just watch it and it was actually really pretty.
00:45You know, isn't that weird to think?
00:49How many people do you think died killed?
00:53I couldn't begin to tell you.
00:57Maybe a hundred?
01:00He loves you or he hates you.
01:02And if he hates you, you're dead.
01:06He said it was a woman's body.
01:07I was carrying the upper torso.
01:10He just acted nonchalant like it was an everyday occurrence.
01:14He killed her and made it look like a suicide.
01:17I'm not lying. There's fucking bodies up there.
01:21He had three, maybe four wives and or girlfriends who committed suicide.
01:26That's a lot.
01:27I came up here tonight to defend my family against your fat little mouth.
01:31Do you think I like trying to prove that my dad's a criminal and a murderer?
01:36If your dad did the things you say he did, what you've been looking for all these years is sitting
01:43right behind you under the ground.
01:46There's no question in my mind that Don was a killer.
01:48I think he was the personification of evil.
01:56Police in western Iowa are searching for any sign of a serial killer.
02:01Something's coming, something's on its way.
02:06The woman claims her late plotter killed at least 50 women and used his children to help bury them.
02:12All the children with floodwaters only.
02:17Ain't no devil gonna be where we go.
02:35There had long been a story about the monster of Green Hollow who would kill people.
02:44There's different nicknames, but the two that I've heard around here were the Green Hollow Hacker and the Green Hollow
02:52Goatman.
02:54All of the kids, my kids age, they're calling him the Green Holler Mauler.
03:00For real.
03:02Growing up in the area, we heard stories about bodies in a well.
03:08The first time I heard a rumor was probably while I was in high school.
03:12The road used to run clear through Green Hollow.
03:16That was just a spooky drive you'd do on a Saturday night with a bunch of your buddies.
03:21People would come out to gawk because they'd heard of the Hollow folk.
03:26And they were chased off with guns.
03:29If that's where the rumor is, do not go up to Green Hollow.
03:34I mean, growing up, we knew not to go around his place and stay away from him.
03:38It was kind of a boogeyman type story.
03:40My mother told me a lot of things that you only thought you knew about in horror stories.
03:50Lucy believes that the monster of Green Hollow is Donald Dean's studio.
04:07I'm rolling.
04:09Lucy, can you do me a favor?
04:10Can you just clap your hands in front of you?
04:12Perfect.
04:13Okay.
04:14Okay, we're ready.
04:15Oh, that's like a take.
04:16That's like, yeah.
04:17Oh, okay.
04:17I never wanted to be in front of a camera and I'm not photogenic.
04:21So.
04:22Okay.
04:24Okay.
04:25Let's get out of here.
04:26Okay.
04:29What time is 835?
04:31Okay.
04:37We're going to where my dad used to live.
04:42Green Hollow, Iowa.
04:46I don't know why I have a good memory, but I remember things by where we lived and locations.
04:57I remember running around that town.
05:00I remember the train would pass through there.
05:04We'd put pennies on the track and they'd be flattened out.
05:11I remember jumping in mud puddles from the potholes.
05:17I remember that we used to play hide and seek and I was little and I thought if I stood
05:20as a statue on top of the washer or dryer that I was actually hiding.
05:27My dad was married five times and my mom was wife number three.
05:34But she died when I was 10 months old.
05:39I grew up with my dad and three full-blooded siblings.
05:44My older brother Gary, my sister Susan and Linda, and then myself.
05:51I'm the youngest out of us four.
05:56After my mom died, we were on the road for a few years.
06:01My dad was a degenerate gambler and he would bet on the horses.
06:06And when my dad needed money, he had a pipe with cement in it and he would just go find
06:13someone to mug and just beat him, take the wallet and leave.
06:16But one time outside of Texarkana, there was a guy he hit too hard.
06:23And dad thought for sure he killed him.
06:28When dad and us kids moved back to Green Hollow, he needed someone to watch us.
06:34He would look for women who didn't have a place to stay.
06:40I guess nowadays you'd call them lot lizards, but those were like prostitutes at truck stops
06:47and women at bars.
06:49He called them bar slushes.
06:53And he brought them home.
06:57They had a consensual relationship with my dad.
07:00My dad was a very good-looking, charming man.
07:04But eventually the mental abuse would start.
07:07The physical abuse would start.
07:09And you could be perfect and it would still get worse.
07:15Some of the women were like moms to us.
07:20I remember the lady who started with a D, Darlene, something like that.
07:26I really wanted dad to marry Darlene.
07:29I liked her.
07:31She used to take and trace my ear.
07:35And she'd do that over and over.
07:38And then sometimes she would twist my hair around my ear.
07:42She was nice.
07:45But she did not leave Green Hollow alive.
07:51Unbelievable story tonight.
07:53Unbelievable story.
07:54Bodies in a well.
07:55Like dozens and dozens and dozens of bodies.
07:59Lucy has told authorities for years that her father demanded she and her siblings help them bury the bodies.
08:06A woman claims that her father was a serial killer.
08:09Cadaver dogs searched the area where Lucy Studi says her father buried bodies.
08:14What is it like and what did the cadaver dogs find so far?
08:17They naturally were drawn to both the well and other spots.
08:21Lucy's story, as wild as it may seem to readers and audiences, checked out every word.
08:33The article on Don Studi rocked our world.
08:38Knowing his history with us, it made me sick to my stomach to think I lived with that guy.
08:45I saw the article and the first thing I thought was, it's about damn time.
08:51When the Newsweek story came out, that's when everything got huge.
08:57I finally had to turn my phone off because, I mean, everybody was calling it.
09:02A lot of reporters start showing up to the point we actually put a no trespassing sign at the front
09:09of the house.
09:11Once the story broke, we just kind of like sat back and watched.
09:18But then we realized that they were trashing Lucy again.
09:23And we knew she was telling the truth.
09:27After many discussions, we decided that it was time to reach out and see if we could contact Lucy.
09:34It had been 39 years since we had contact with any of the Studis.
09:40So it was a blessing to be able to reconnect with my stepsister.
09:50This is the entrance of Green Hollow.
09:54You can see how isolated it is.
09:56And there's a lot of shit that went on up in these hills that, you know, that nobody knows about.
10:07Where that trailer house sits is where the end of our trailer was and our trailer went that way.
10:12That old blue and white trailer house we used to live in.
10:16And then my dad got a better trailer house.
10:20And that's where I remember dad killing the women.
10:28Between 1973 up until at least 1980, I remember my dad on average killing at least four people a year.
10:50My name is Eric Firkenhoff.
10:52I'm a reporter at Newsweek.
10:54I focus on investigations.
10:56I remember exactly where I was.
10:58And this woman called.
11:00She's like, my name's Lucy Studi McKitty.
11:02And my dad has been killing people for his whole life.
11:06And hiding them in Iowa.
11:10You know, you get calls from people all the time, especially in investigations.
11:16And vetting these calls is very important.
11:19But you're never going to properly vet a call unless you listen.
11:23She said that her dad would find women, bring them home, kill these women, bring them up to a well
11:32on the Studi property.
11:35And would dump their bodies in the well on the land that they grew up on.
11:41And she tells me this story over an hour, hour and a half.
11:46And she is precise.
11:48She's been making these complaints and reports for years.
11:54So we run a big story about this in Newsweek.
11:59And that got enough attention that the Sheriff's Department and the DCI and the FBI decided we're actually going to
12:10dig and find answers.
12:18Well, I'm Sean Smith. I'm a fourth generation farmer in Fremont County.
12:23The property we're talking about, we think these bodies are, is actually a piece of my ground.
12:32Don called me one evening. I think he was drunk, but yeah, he was, he was ranting and raving.
12:39And they started talking and he says, when you're in that well, did you see cow bones or human bones?
12:45I said, Don, I've never been down in a well in my life. What the hell are you talking about?
12:49And he goes, well, my daughter says I put a body in a well and the Sheriff's Office is going
12:55to dig it out.
12:57But when he said it, I don't know, it was the weirdest feeling.
13:03I mean, why would he call me up if he wasn't worried about something?
13:08And as soon as I got off the phone, I called the Sheriff's Office and loved to report with them.
13:13Then several years later, that's when the stuff all popped up again.
13:20I took the Sheriff and the, I think some FBI guys, showed them where I thought the well was.
13:26There was a little indentation where I was pretty sure that's what it was.
13:30We went and made a path down to it. Then they decided to go ahead and do the core sample.
13:37They bored three holes 85 feet deep in one well.
13:43That lasted about two and a half days.
13:47I personally don't think they did a good job, but that's my opinion.
13:50I think there's a very good chance that there's a body in that well, yes.
13:55After a several day excavation of a reported mass grave in southwest Iowa,
14:00authorities say no evidence of human remains was found.
14:03As of this time, we have no, nothing.
14:08Nothing was popping out of the ground and they closed the case.
14:13But according to Lucy, they dug in the wrong place and that it was a botched investigation.
14:20When I realized that they weren't even in the right spot,
14:25they were on the wrong hill and they were core drilling into the wrong well.
14:29I was mad.
14:32You know, I was in Florida and I couldn't do a goddamn thing.
14:39She was not allowed on the property at the time they dug in the well.
14:43She says had she been there, they would have gone to the correct coordinates and dug a different well.
14:48The woman's older sister argues these allegations against her father are not true.
14:55When I first interviewed with the FBI, I did tell them, Lucy's right about one thing.
15:00And they perked up, they go, what's that?
15:02They go, Dad did like the horse races.
15:04And they both giggled.
15:06The whole thing since Newsweek broke out, the whole thing's been a lie since day one.
15:13And just because she made Newsweek doesn't mean she's telling the truth and I'm lying.
15:18I have pictures that show the tender moments of my father, that he was human.
15:24And I have pictures of Lucy and Dad together showing she was not afraid of him.
15:30This is us at Louisiana Downs.
15:33This is when my dad traveled the horse racing circuit.
15:36It might have been a little illegal, but Dad used to bet us horse racing tickets $2.
15:40Dad was actually a pretty good gambler.
15:42Lucy here is drinking a soda.
15:44She doesn't look afraid.
15:45We actually had a lot of fun.
15:48He was a very good father.
15:50He was loving.
15:51At times I felt bad.
15:52He hugged.
15:53Had nightmares.
15:54He consoled us.
15:56Here's Lucy in Green Hollow.
15:58Also, giving my father rabbit ears.
16:01If she was that traumatized and scared of him,
16:05why would she be holding rabbit ears behind his back?
16:07He was caring.
16:08He was loving.
16:11Here is my father holding my son.
16:14And Lucy is sitting there caressing my son right beside my father with a big smile on her face.
16:20This is in Green Hollow.
16:22Supposedly the land of nightmares.
16:24There was no nightmares up there.
16:26Lucy told me one time I blocked it out.
16:29I didn't block nothing out.
16:31Why do you think they found nothing?
16:32There is nothing.
16:34I mean, you're talking about the Iowa DCI and you're talking about the FBI.
16:39Here's my father during his 50th birthday.
16:42If we hated him that much, why would we throw my birthday party?
16:46There was no trauma.
16:47There was no nothing.
16:49I grew up a normal childhood.
16:51My dad didn't have much money.
16:52But you know what?
16:53He got us through and he got us through happy.
16:56He was committed to keeping us together after my mother died.
17:00There was nothing in the world he wouldn't do for us, even Lucy.
17:03He was honored to walk her down the aisle.
17:06It was one of the best moments of his life.
17:08She was his baby.
17:11He might have been rude to other people, but he wasn't to us.
17:16He wasn't a people person.
17:18I will admit, he was no angel.
17:22But he was no killer.
17:38In this town, everyone's related to everybody.
17:40We just don't know how.
17:42You better check your DNA before you marry.
17:46Let's see here.
17:47This is our row.
17:49This is where some of the studies are buried.
17:52This is Ira and Rose, dad's parents.
17:57This is my uncle, Louie.
17:59And he was involved in criminal activity with my dad.
18:05That's a dude's duty.
18:07He was the local drunk.
18:09He was dad's first cousin.
18:11He was into some of the criminal activity.
18:14Arrests are just related to us.
18:17And this is my dad and my stepmom, Charlotte.
18:22Dad killed her.
18:24It's listed as a suicide, but he killed her.
18:29I hope he's burning in hell.
18:36Our mother passed away February of 1984.
18:44We were told she killed herself with a rifle in the car.
18:48But we've always believed that he killed her.
18:54Don's duty.
18:55Don's duty killed her.
18:57And when we reconnected with Lucy, Lucy did say that she believed her dad killed mom.
19:03And asked us if we would agree to have our mother exhumed to help prove her death was not a
19:11suicide and it was a homicide.
19:13And we all agreed.
19:16Our mom, Charlotte, was Don's fourth wife.
19:22Growing up, the three of us were always close.
19:25A lot of my memories is our mother teaching us how to bake and how to sew and how to
19:31garden.
19:33And she loved flowers.
19:35She loved flowers.
19:35We always had flowers.
19:36And birds.
19:37She loved birds.
19:38Yeah.
19:39Snakes.
19:39She did not like creepy crawlies.
19:41No.
19:42We used to go and find them and we would stick them in her pocket all the time.
19:48And my mom went to go do laundry.
19:51She would find all my creepy crawlies.
19:53No.
19:54She would get us back though.
19:55Yeah.
19:56Childhood was not perfect by any means.
19:59She had the drinking problem and then she would quit.
20:03She was a good mom.
20:05Pretty happy up until all the crazy with Don started.
20:10The first time I met Don, I would have been 11.
20:14I remember we were having dinner.
20:18So they came over him and his four children.
20:22He was a very nice gentleman.
20:24I mean, nice to us kids, nice to his own kids.
20:28Yeah, what I remember about him is he was charismatic and he was funny.
20:33Yeah.
20:33He would take us places, you know.
20:36I was living at home when they met.
20:39I was a senior in high school.
20:41And I was worried about how fast it moved.
20:45Here comes this guy with four kids in the picture.
20:48And I said, you don't know him that well yet.
20:50You know, I don't, I don't.
20:53I didn't trust him because he never could have even looked me in the eye.
20:58And I moved out before they moved in.
21:02Mom married Don.
21:03And once he moved into our home with his children, his personality started to change.
21:12If Don lost money at the racetrack or if Don was drinking or in a bad mood, he would come
21:20home and just take it out on his kids.
21:22Yeah.
21:24I mean, he literally would take the belt buckle, the buckle, and just romp on them, kick them, stomp on
21:32their heads, their necks, their feet, their hands.
21:37But then he started taking it out on mama.
21:41And it wasn't pretty.
21:45The first time that I knew Don beat my mom was when Marie called me from the neighbors and said,
21:56he, he beat her so bad she's in the hospital.
22:00And it was so bad.
22:02It was.
22:08When I was 13, I had come home from a babysitting job.
22:14And when I came in, I don't even know how she was still alive.
22:19I really don't.
22:20He was, he was hitting her in the face with the butt of his rifle.
22:25He was just, then he put the rifle down and he just started punching her.
22:31I, I, I, it was just surreal.
22:34Um, I went in and of course, you know, got in the middle of it and pulled him off and
22:38then got really mad.
22:41It's just the look in his face was complete and utter evil.
22:45I, it was.
22:46I, it was.
22:47Red eyes.
22:47Yeah.
22:48And he grabbed me by the throat and held me against the wall.
22:54Somehow I ended up getting loose.
22:55And I took off running.
22:58And I just remember turning around and he was at the corner of the house with the rifle pointed at
23:03me.
23:06I'm not sure why he didn't shoot me, but I did get away and that's where the cops were called.
23:12And they did take her to the hospital and that's when I called Dawn.
23:16And then I went up to the hospital and when I went in and saw her, I mean, I can't
23:21even explain to you how bad.
23:23It was, there weren't too many spots on her body that didn't have a bruise.
23:31The doctors told me that she was lucky to be alive.
23:35If it happened again, she probably wouldn't survive.
23:38They said they had a psychiatrist, a psychologist talking to her too, because she refused to press charges.
23:44She was terrified of him.
23:46She was terrified of him.
23:48And I said, you know, mom, you need to leave him.
23:51You have to leave him.
23:53And she said, you don't understand.
23:54I can't.
23:55He told me if I do, he'll kill you kids.
23:58And I said, well, he won't do anything to us kids if we let the police know that he's threatening
24:04us.
24:05And then she really started shaking and she really started crying.
24:08And she said, no, you don't understand.
24:11She said, you need to leave it alone.
24:14He knows people and he has connections.
24:23Well, at least we're in counts of left, David.
24:25We made it.
24:27Yeah, long trip though.
24:30We did pretty good at the time.
24:32We left Wednesday at 8 PM and it's Friday at 3.30.
24:36So, and what was it?
24:38Like 1600 miles?
24:40The hell?
25:05This looks like our apartment.
25:07Our garage is over there, David, opposite end of where we're going to be.
25:11David McKitty.
25:11How long?
25:16Yeah, let's meet a neighbor by taking off their mirror.
25:19Nah, just total their car.
25:23I'm David McKitty.
25:24I'm not that much of a talkative person.
25:26So I don't know what else to say after that, really.
25:29Your mom says that you're a magician.
25:32Very lightly, yes.
25:33Mom exaggerates the amount of tricks I actually know.
25:36In my wallet, considering it's a normal wallet, but little do people know is that it bursts into flames.
25:43Starting to run out of fluid on that.
25:50The first time I remember Mom talking about her dad killing people, I was around 8 to 10.
25:59And whenever she hasn't been investigating, it's been relatively normal.
26:05We've lived normal life.
26:07Whenever we do end up investigating, she goes in depth with it.
26:12Most of the time it causes us to, like, leave the place we're at.
26:17It causes us to go quite downhill money-wise.
26:20Eventually, the money problems would actually, when I was younger, get so bad that she had to take a break
26:26from the investigation just because, if not, we were going to be homeless.
26:31So, she'll stop for a year to three, get back to a good state financially, but then she always thinks,
26:40maybe I can finally get the justice again, which begins the whole cycle of going through the investigation, getting nowhere,
26:47losing all the money, restart the cycle.
26:51I'm getting tired of, like, moving around a ton.
26:54It has caused quite a lot of fighting between us, but I know Mom's not just crazy enough to, like,
27:03ruin our lives repeatedly over this.
27:06If Mom's lying, which I know she's not, there'd be absolute no reason to at this point.
27:16When I was pregnant with my son, David, and after he was born, I knew that I had to get
27:24better.
27:25I wanted to be a better mom for David.
27:30But I have ruined his life three times in 23 years, going after those bodies.
27:36where I've put myself on the verge of bankruptcy, and I get myself out, and then I put myself right
27:44back in.
27:46I tried to be happy.
27:49I tried to forget.
27:51I had a husband, a son, a house.
27:55I should have been happy.
27:58But deep inside, I wasn't.
28:04Because there was bodies in a well.
28:07I can't forget about them.
28:09I would look at my son, and I would think, what if it was him in the well?
28:14If my son was missing, I would want to know.
28:24I can't believe I left Florida to move to Iowa.
28:30I'm sitting here relaxing.
28:33I'm sunburned.
28:35I'm soaking wet from sweat.
28:41This better be worth it.
28:48This better be worth it.
28:58Down in the well-o'-garden.
29:03Where me and my love did meet.
29:08There we sat a cordon.
29:12My love dropped off to sleep.
29:15I stabbed her with my dagger, which was a bloody knife
29:24And I threw her into the river, which was a dreadful sight
29:32My father often told me that money would set me free
29:41If I would murder that dear little girl
29:45Whose name was Rose Connolly
29:53We're rolling. Camera rolling.
29:55Thanks for reading.
29:57Great.
29:58Alright, so why don't you start by just saying your name
30:01and what you've come here to tell us.
30:06I'm Robert Masson and I help Don Studi carry a body
30:10in with the police.
30:25How do you know for sure
30:28that the body you helped carry is with Don Studi?
30:33When I saw the newspaper article
30:36I recognized the trailer
30:38and I just, boom, I was there.
30:45I met Don at the bar near Thurman
30:48I'm not sure the name of the town
30:50I was in my twenties
30:52being drunk and stoned and going bar hopping
30:55I mean, that's what I did
30:58Don was working behind the bar
31:01and there weren't very many patrons at the bar
31:05He started buying me drinks
31:08and then he asked me if I want to earn a hundred bucks
31:12to help me move some stuff
31:14Sure
31:20I drove my car
31:21We had separate vehicles
31:23and I just followed him
31:26We ended up at the Green Hollow resident
31:28with the trailer there
31:33Oh yeah, that's the right place
31:35It's just, a lot of things have changed
31:40I'd parked here
31:40but he asked me to move my car over there
31:42and he parked his truck back in here
31:43and then went around
31:45and there was a body wrapped up in white
31:48I don't know if it was plastic or cloth
31:50but all I saw were some black Converse-like tennis shoes
31:56and he said it was a woman
32:01He grabbed one hand, I grabbed the other
32:03and we walked down this way
32:09and he was leading the way
32:10and he was going pretty good clip
32:12and I was stumbling behind
32:14and it was an awkward feeling
32:18and this was just a skinny path
32:20with trees on both sides
32:21and it wasn't open like it is now
32:24but we went back
32:25and we went
32:27went a ways
32:30this would be about the most
32:31that I could have gone
32:32I was winded
32:37and I just dropped
32:38the end of the body I had
32:41and he didn't get mad
32:42and I just said
32:42this isn't for me
32:43and he said
32:45go on back where you were
32:46and I'll do the rest of this
32:51I hopped in my car
32:52and I sped away
32:56I remember it was going so fast
32:57I thought I was going to
32:58almost wreck off this travel road
33:03I didn't feel safe yet
33:05I still felt
33:06under the umbrella of fear
33:10I could have been buried
33:11in the same hole
33:12or whatever
33:13that he buried
33:13that lady's body
33:16Do you remember what part
33:17of the body you were carrying?
33:19I think I was carrying
33:21the upper torso
33:23and he was carrying
33:24the feet as we walked
33:26that was traumatic to me
33:28to him
33:29it was like
33:31everyday occurrence
33:32or something
33:33it was like
33:34no big deal
33:36this one is
33:37his first rodeo
33:38this one is first time
33:41he's done this before
33:48I'm uncomfortable
33:49bringing this stuff up
33:50from the past
33:51I never shared it
33:52with anyone
33:52I buried it
33:55I buried it deep
33:56I have nothing to gain
33:59by coming forward
34:00I mean
34:01it's a risk
34:02for my future
34:05a lot of people
34:06aren't believing Lucy
34:08so I'm compelled
34:09to stand up for her
34:12my hope is that
34:14someone follows Lucy's
34:16story
34:17and finds the bodies
34:19because I'm
34:19I'm sure they're there
34:21I know there's
34:22at least one there
34:31I was 14 years old
34:34in February of 1984
34:35when Charlotte died
34:37she was trying
34:38to leave dad
34:39you know
34:40she had a place
34:42she came home
34:43that night
34:44to get her belongings
34:45and she was trying
34:46to get her clothes
34:47and dad said
34:50the bitch
34:50can leave
34:51with nothing
34:53here's a picture
34:53of my father
34:54and my stepmother
34:55if you can tell
34:56they looked
34:57all lovey lovey
34:57they used to walk
34:58hand in hand
34:59arm in arm
35:00when she was
35:01sober
35:02she was the sweetest
35:03kindest gal
35:03in the world
35:05even to this day
35:06I miss her
35:09I really can't remember
35:11what went down
35:11that night
35:12all I know
35:13is once they
35:14started arguing
35:14we all went
35:15to our rooms
35:15Lucy and Linda
35:16went to their room
35:17I went to mine
35:20I was watching TV
35:22in the living room
35:22and I just tried
35:23to stay out
35:25of their fight
35:26and she made
35:27a couple of trips
35:28in and out of the house
35:29through her car
35:30and every time
35:31she left
35:32she had clothes
35:34clutched to her
35:34because dad was
35:35trying to grab them
35:36out of her hand
35:40my bedroom door
35:41was shut
35:43and they were
35:44arguing in their bedroom
35:45maybe I know
35:46how long
35:47it was
35:47for a while
35:47and then
35:48I heard her
35:49stomping down
35:50the hallway
35:51I just remember
35:52exact words
35:53fuck you
35:53I'll kill myself
35:57and she took off
35:58out the front door
36:01dad left
36:01about an hour
36:02later
36:03I didn't see him
36:04go out the door
36:04but I heard
36:05the door slam
36:06and his car
36:07was gone
36:10he came home
36:11in the morning
36:12and the first thing
36:14he said
36:14when he walked
36:15in the door
36:15is I found
36:16Charlotte dead
36:17in her car
36:18she committed suicide
36:19and he went
36:20to the phone
36:20and called the police
36:22after he hung up
36:23dad told
36:24Susan Lyndon
36:25me that we
36:25better say
36:26that he was
36:26home all night
36:27so we did
36:30but I do remember
36:32I was numb
36:33because
36:35I knew
36:36she didn't commit
36:36suicide
36:37and that dad
36:38killed her
36:39did your dad
36:40talk to you
36:41about what to say
36:42to the police
36:43when they come
36:43no
36:44not at all
36:45he's dead
36:46why would I
36:47condone him now
36:48dad was home
36:49that night
36:49I got up to go
36:50to the bathroom
36:50in the middle of the night
36:51there was a lump
36:51in the bed
36:53I have no idea
36:54what went down
36:54when she left
36:55that house
36:56Lucy and Linda
36:56have no idea
36:58I wish I would
36:59have stopped her
37:00but she was drunk
37:02I think if she
37:03would have been sober
37:04I don't think
37:05she would have
37:05killed herself
37:09according to
37:10the police report
37:11Charlotte shot herself
37:12using my dad's
37:13rifle
37:14but that night
37:16I saw her leave
37:17each time
37:17she never
37:18tucked the gun
37:19you can't
37:20shoot yourself
37:21with a gun
37:21if you never
37:22tuck it
37:24I had my door
37:25shut
37:25I saw no gun
37:26I don't know
37:28where she got
37:29the gun
37:29but I swear
37:30on my soul
37:31I don't care
37:32if people think
37:32I'm lying
37:33God knows
37:34I'm not lying
37:35I heard her
37:35say the words
37:36I heard her
37:37say fuck you
37:38I'll kill myself
37:38the way your wife
37:39did
37:40Susan
37:41is lying
37:43but
37:44I understand
37:45why she's lying
37:46I really do
37:49my dad's
37:49manipulation
37:50was master level
37:52he could convince
37:54you of anything
37:56he could be
37:57mentally and
37:58physically abusive
37:59to you
38:01and you still
38:02want to try
38:03to please him
38:05so being around
38:06dad and having
38:07him twist your
38:08mind like that
38:09she's turned him
38:10into a saint
38:13did you ever see
38:14your dad be
38:15abusive
38:17no
38:18did you ever
38:19see your
38:20father
38:22be abusive
38:23to Charlotte
38:24I saw both
38:25of them be
38:26abusive towards
38:27each other
38:27there was times
38:28we pulled
38:29Charlotte off
38:29of dad
38:29there was times
38:30we pulled
38:30dad off
38:31of Charlotte
38:31there was times
38:31we pulled
38:32them off
38:32each other
38:33Charlotte could
38:33fight
38:34she was a
38:34tiny woman
38:35but she could
38:36hold her own
38:38men aren't
38:38supposed to
38:39get women
38:39which is fine
38:39but you know
38:40what when
38:41women hit
38:41men
38:41you gotta
38:42expect to
38:43get
38:43I mean
38:45they both
38:46were innocent
38:47do you remember
38:48Brittany
38:48to kill
38:49Charlotte
38:50they threatened
38:51to kill each
38:52other all the
38:52time
38:52then the next
38:53day oh I
38:54love you so
38:54much
38:56do you think
38:57your father
38:57was
38:58piling
38:59was willing
38:59to sort of
39:00beat someone
39:00into the
39:01hospital
39:01but he
39:01would just
39:02stop short
39:03of killing
39:03them
39:03he would
39:03never kill
39:05well
39:06maybe the
39:07time
39:07Charlotte
39:07went to
39:08the hospital
39:08but there
39:09was times
39:09dad was
39:10pretty bloody
39:11too but
39:11he didn't
39:11go to
39:11the hospital
39:12a cat
39:13scratched
39:28it's 8 35 a.m
39:32we are going
39:33down to
39:34the
39:34Thurman
39:35cemetery
39:36Charlotte
39:37is being
39:38exhumed
39:39out of her
39:39grave
39:41I'm with
39:42Marie
39:43and Charlotte
39:44her two
39:45daughters
39:45we just
39:47exited
39:47interstate
39:4829
39:49and we
39:50got to
39:50go through
39:50Thurman
39:51to get
39:51to the
39:52cemetery
40:00my school
40:01used to
40:01be right
40:01here
40:02where that
40:02shed
40:02is
40:03Thurman
40:03elementary
40:04Charlotte
40:05was there
40:05Charlotte
40:06came to
40:07my school
40:07for some
40:09Christmas
40:09patch
40:11this is
40:12my kind
40:13of country
40:13it is
40:14pretty
40:14here
40:15and it's
40:16peaceful
40:17and the
40:18road is
40:19right here
40:19take a
40:20left
40:20yep
40:21the truck
40:22is already
40:23there
40:23they better
40:25not start
40:25without us
40:26well it's not
40:279 o'clock yet
40:28they just
40:29probably have
40:29to get
40:29themselves
40:30all set
40:30up
40:30yep
40:31that's us
40:32right there
40:33is
40:33they started
40:34already
40:35they weren't
40:36supposed to
40:36freaking start
40:37okay
40:38okay
40:38this is
40:39what's wrong
40:40with fucking
40:42who in the
40:42hell is up
40:43here
40:43I don't
40:44know
40:47look at the
40:47question
40:49why did you
40:49start
40:50why did you
40:51start
40:51yeah well it
40:52takes quite a bit
40:53of time to get
40:53everything ready
40:54so that's why
40:55everything's all
40:56dog and everything
40:57you guys weren't
40:58supposed to start
40:59without us
41:00that's that's how
41:01we've got
41:01everybody's on a
41:02time schedule
41:04you guys
41:05didn't tell us
41:06that
41:07but it takes
41:08I mean these
41:09guys have to
41:09get everything
41:10but when you
41:11say 9 a.m
41:12it's supposed
41:13to be 9 a.m
41:13I know I get
41:15it but it
41:16takes hours
41:18to dig this
41:19grave he had
41:19to move stone
41:20it just would
41:21have been nice
41:21to know
41:22yeah we really
41:22truly wanted to
41:23be here
41:23so since I'm
41:25a one-man guy
41:26and by Iowa
41:27law I have
41:28to be here
41:28I couldn't say
41:29well what time
41:30is it going to
41:30come out of the
41:31ground I don't
41:31know my schedule
41:32as soon as
41:33you even broke
41:34ground you
41:34should have
41:34called us
41:35we could have
41:36came out
41:36why did you
41:38break ground
41:39without calling
41:40us
41:40I need one
41:40phone call
41:40right now
41:41so I can
41:42end this
41:42real quick
41:42do you know
41:43what I did
41:44I did
41:46why did you
41:47break ground
41:47can you please
41:48stop
41:49I get that
41:50this is all
41:50changed
41:51but you
41:51screaming at
41:52people is not
41:53helping it
41:54so stop
41:54he broke
41:55ground
41:55I don't
41:56fucking care
41:57right now
41:57stop
41:59just leave
42:01it
42:05stop
42:05it
42:06no
42:07because
42:07you're
42:07acting
42:08like
42:08your
42:08fucking
42:09father
42:09right
42:09now
42:09so
42:10stop
42:10why
42:11didn't he
42:11call
42:12because
42:12it
42:12broke
42:13ground
42:13and they
42:14didn't call
42:14get it
42:16but it
42:17isn't helping
42:17stop it
42:18if you're
42:18gonna be
42:19like this
42:19go sit
42:20in the
42:20car
42:22wouldn't
42:22nothing but a
42:23bunch of
42:23small town
42:24small minded
42:25fuck
42:25that's not
42:26why my dad
42:27got away
42:28with murder
42:28do you know
42:29what maybe my
42:30dad should have
42:30put more
42:31fucking people
42:31in the well
42:33and he can
42:33start with that
42:34man
42:35you see don't
42:36hurt my
42:36come on
42:37you just
42:38dented the
42:38fucking
42:38truck
42:39look at it
42:40you dented the
42:41fucking truck
42:43I'm getting my
42:44shit out of here
42:45I'm never talking
42:46to my
42:46stepsisters again
42:49I'm gonna get my
42:50nine millimeter
42:51and I'm gonna solve
42:52it the way my
42:52dad solves
42:53shit
42:55what is wrong
42:56with people in
42:57Stremont County
42:58do you not know
42:59that there's
43:00fucking bodies
43:01up there
43:01I'm not lying
43:02there's fucking
43:03bodies up there
43:04calm down
43:08everybody should
43:09be mad
43:09there's fucking
43:10bodies up there
43:11more bodies
43:13than here
43:15and you guys
43:16just calmly
43:16like
43:17no big deal
43:18there's fucking
43:19bodies up there
43:29my dad goes
43:29it seems like
43:30every woman I
43:31love dies on
43:32because I don't
43:33understand
43:36Charlotte's
43:36duty was found
43:37in a vehicle
43:38in front of
43:39her house
43:40she had a bullet
43:40wound at the
43:41right temple
43:41he said
43:42your mom committed
43:43suicide
43:44and he said
43:44no she didn't
43:45I saw
43:46the electrical cord
43:47hanging from the
43:48crossfire
43:49it just didn't
43:50add up
43:51she's trying to
43:52protect herself
43:53as the guns
43:54fired
43:55he's got
43:56two wives
43:57and a girlfriend
43:57who he called in
43:59to the police
44:00reporting their deaths
44:01what's the odds
44:02what's the odds of that
44:02I think he'd be
44:03better off winning
44:03the lottery
44:04she said
44:05how could I not
44:07be loyal to my
44:07brother
44:08he killed for me
44:10I don't understand
44:11the actions of the
44:12Fremont County
44:13Sheriff's Department
44:13do you think
44:14there is any
44:15cover up here
44:17you don't want to
44:18go down that path
44:18with me because
44:19I guarantee you
44:20you will not
44:21like that at all
44:31and now he sits
44:33by his own
44:34cottage door
44:35a-wiping his
44:37tear-dimmed
44:38eye
44:39and now he
44:41waits for his
44:42own dear son
44:44upon the
44:45scaffold
44:46high
44:47my
44:48rest is run
44:50beneath
44:51the sun
44:52though hell's
44:53now waiting
44:54for me
44:55for I
44:57have murdered
44:58that dear
44:59little girl
45:00whose name
45:01was
45:02Rose Connelly
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