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Thanks for watching. City,

4:00

a place steeped in history and

4:02

natural beauty. From

4:05

its early days as a crossroads for Native

4:07

American trails, to its current

4:09

status as a vibrant community, Mountain City

4:11

has evolved while retaining its

4:13

timeless charm. Today

4:16

the town's residents lead lives that are

4:18

rooted in the rhythms of nature and

4:20

the traditions of their community. With

4:23

the Appalachian Mountains serving as a backdrop,

4:26

there are many places to hike, fish

4:28

and camp. Life

4:30

here moves at an unhurried pace. On

4:33

the weekends families gather for picnics and

4:35

barbecues, while the town comes

4:38

to life with local festivals and events. From

4:41

bluegrass concerts to artisan craft fairs

4:44

and even the yearly Wayne Scott

4:46

Strawberry Festival, there's always something to

4:48

do in the town of Mountain City despite

4:51

its small size. The

4:53

community is so tight knit that practically

4:55

everybody knows one another. If

4:57

not by name, then at least by sight. Most

5:01

people in the 2000 strong community leave

5:03

their doors unlocked, just in

5:05

case a neighbour wants to pop over for a cup

5:07

of coffee or a beer. Among

5:10

the residents of Mountain City was Brad

5:12

Osborne, a hardworking employee

5:14

at Parkdale Mills Textile Park. On

5:18

the crisp morning of the 31st of January 2012, Brad

5:22

found himself parked outside the home of

5:24

his colleague and friend Billy Payne. The

5:28

two men had formed a close bond over the years,

5:30

often carpooling to work

5:33

from their nearby homes.

5:35

36-year-old Billy Payne lived in the white

5:37

clapboard home on James Davis Lane alongside

5:40

his 23-year-old girlfriend, Billy Jean

5:42

Hayworth and their seven-month-old son,

5:45

Tyler. The

5:47

home belonged to Billy's father, who

5:49

is affectionately known as Pa Bill in

5:51

the local community. As

5:54

the sun began to cast its first

5:56

golden rays upon the sleepy tone, Brad

5:58

sat in his car outside. and waited for

6:00

Billy to emerge. However

6:03

the minutes continued to slip past, but

6:05

Brad was becoming impatient. He

6:08

didn't want to be late for work. Brad

6:11

knew that Billy was inside since his bedroom light

6:13

was switched on. He

6:16

beeped his horn to let Billy know that he was

6:18

there, but still, Billy

6:20

failed to emerge. After

6:24

a few moments of hesitation, Brad decided to

6:26

go and investigate. He

6:29

strolled around the side of the house towards the

6:31

rare glass sliding door. He

6:34

knew that it was rarely left locked. Despite

6:37

this, Brad opted to knock first. With

6:40

no response, Brad cautiously pushed open

6:43

the door and entered. The

6:46

interior was eerily quiet, save

6:49

for the persistent blaring of an alarm clock.

6:53

Moving into the living room, Brad called

6:55

out to Billy repeatedly, yet he received

6:57

no answer. Brad

7:00

then reached for the house landline and

7:02

called Billy Jean's number, hoping for

7:04

some clarity. However

7:06

the phone rang endlessly and Billy Jean

7:08

never picked up. Unable

7:12

to discern the whereabouts of Billy and

7:14

Billy Jean, Brad reasoned that

7:16

perhaps Paul Bill had taken Billy to work

7:18

that morning. As

7:20

he prepared to leave, Brad called out one

7:22

final time, but the absence of

7:25

any reply confirmed his suspicions. Brad

7:28

climbed into his car outside and drove to

7:30

work alone, expecting to see

7:33

Billy there. Hey Barbara. Here.

7:35

Before you find out from somebody else I

7:37

want you to know, I

7:40

was involved in it and I did it. Huh?

7:43

Some of it. Billy

7:49

Clay Payne was born on the 10th of July

7:51

1975 to Billy Ray Payne and to Beverly Dogger

7:55

Garland. He grew

7:57

up alongside his younger sister Tracy in Mointon

7:59

City. Following

8:01

high school, like many young men

8:03

in the area, Billy found employment in

8:05

the textile mills, dedicating long

8:08

hours to his work ethic, sometimes

8:10

laboring for up to 12 hours a day. Despite

8:14

his demanding job, he cherished his

8:16

time with his friends and family, often

8:19

gathering for casual get-togethers filled with

8:21

beer, music and dancing. However,

8:24

Billy struggled with prescription painkiller

8:26

addiction amid the opioid epidemic

8:28

plaguing Johnson County, eventually

8:31

seeking treatment to overcome his

8:33

dependency. Despite

8:35

his challenges, Billy found joy in life's

8:37

simple pleasures, indulging in

8:40

hobbies such as coin collecting and

8:42

exploring flea markets, yard sales and

8:45

auctions. In

8:48

2009, he crossed paths with Billy Jean Hayworth,

8:50

a cleaner at the textile mill, who shared

8:52

his love for the outdoors and bargain hunting.

8:56

Billy Jean had been born on the 19th of

8:58

March 1988 to Carl Dean

9:01

Hayworth and Martha Pierce Hayworth.

9:05

She was an avid enthusiast of fishing,

9:07

hiking, camping and running. The

9:10

two quickly formed a bond and before long,

9:13

Billy Jean moved in with Billy and his father. Their

9:17

relationship deepened, and by the fall of 2010,

9:20

they received the news that Billy Jean was pregnant.

9:24

On the 11th of July the following year, the

9:27

couple welcomed their son, Tyler, into the world. With

9:30

the arrival of their new baby, Billy

9:32

made a conscious effort to prioritise his

9:35

family over his previous habits of drinking

9:37

and partying. Instead

9:39

of heading out for a beer after work, he

9:42

chose to spend the evenings at home with Billy

9:44

Jean and Tyler. The

9:46

young family embraced their new roles as

9:49

parents, dedicating themselves to

9:51

providing Tyler with the best possible

9:53

upbringing. arrival

10:00

at work that morning, he was

10:02

surprised to see that Billy wasn't there. He

10:06

speculated that there may have been a family

10:08

emergency, so made a mental

10:10

note to check on Billy and Billy Jean

10:12

later that evening after he left work. At

10:16

around 10 a.m. that same morning, Roy Stevens

10:19

drove over to Paul Bill's residence to

10:21

collect his meal. Roy

10:24

had previously lived in the neighbourhood, and

10:27

Paul Bill collected the mail that was sent to

10:29

his old address. He

10:32

pulled up outside and left his wife Linda in

10:34

the car, telling her that he would

10:36

only be gone for a couple of moments. Roy

10:40

noticed that Billy and Billy Jean's car

10:42

was still parked outside, so

10:44

he approached the glass sliding door and knocked.

10:48

After receiving no reply, he cautiously entered

10:50

the home and called out, only to

10:52

be met with silence. Roy

10:56

proceeded down the hallway, repeatedly

10:58

calling out to anybody in the house, but

11:00

it was clear that nobody was there. The

11:04

alarm clock that Brad had heard earlier in the

11:06

morning was now silent, and so

11:09

was the rest of the home. As

11:12

Roy neared the first bedroom, Billy

11:14

and Billy Jean's, his eyes

11:17

were drawn to a red puddle on the floor.

11:21

As Roy peered into the bedroom, his worst

11:24

fears were confirmed. Billy

11:28

lay motionless on the bed, and crimson stained

11:30

the sheets. Determined

11:34

to rouse him, Roy grabbed Billy's arms and attempted

11:36

to shake him awake. It

11:40

was futile. Billy was evidently

11:42

deceased. Realising

11:45

the gravity of the situation, Roy bolted out of

11:47

the house, his

11:50

mind racing with concern for potential dangers lurking

11:52

within. He

11:55

was unsure if the killer was still inside, or whether

11:57

there were more victims. He

12:02

laughed in a hurry but his thoughts were consumed with

12:04

the safety of Billie Jean and Tyler. He

12:08

hoped that they were somewhere else, somewhere

12:10

safe. In

12:13

a flurry of panic, Roy urged Linda

12:15

to call 911 while they sought refuge

12:17

in the car. But

12:20

Linda didn't have a cell phone and neither

12:22

did Roy. This

12:24

combined with the sense of duty and hope propelled

12:26

Roy to return to the scene. Linda,

12:30

who was trained in CPR, went with him. In

12:34

the bedroom Linda knelt beside Billie, her

12:37

trained eyes scanning for any flicker of life.

12:40

Yet the chill of death pervaded the room. Billie's

12:44

skin was ice cold. Surviving

12:48

the scene, Linda's gaze fell upon

12:50

the telltale signs of violence. Billie's

12:54

face looked like it had been brutally beaten

12:57

but it was clear that that wasn't what had

12:59

killed him. Linda

13:02

saw a large gaping wound on his neck

13:04

and then a hole underneath his left eye.

13:09

As Linda hurriedly relayed the grisly

13:11

discovery to the 911 operator, Roy

13:13

was alerted to a faint noise emanating

13:15

from another room. He

13:18

pushed open the door to a second

13:20

bedroom and was met by

13:23

a scene that was equally as horrifying. Scrawled

13:27

upon the floor lay Billie Jean, her

13:29

lifeless body surrounded by a pool of blood.

13:33

Nestled in her arms was the fragile figure

13:36

of seven-month-old Tyler. There

13:40

was blood on his baby crew and caked on

13:42

his face. His

13:45

face was red and blotchy as if he'd

13:47

been crying. With

13:49

a heart-heavy with dread, Roy rushed to

13:51

Billie Jean's side. His

13:54

eyes strained to discern any signs of

13:56

life in Tyler. To

13:59

his immense relief, I had no idea. However, the

14:01

toddler stirred and awoke from his

14:03

slumber. All

14:05

of the blood on him had come from his mother.

14:09

Roy quickly bundled Tyler up and placed

14:11

him in an area of safety, away

14:13

from the bloodstained remnants of his parents'

14:15

lives. Roy

14:17

then turned his attention to Billie Jean, but

14:20

much like Billie, it was clear

14:22

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14:25

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14:28

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and Linda waited outside with Tyler as

17:41

detectives arrived at the scene followed by

17:43

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17:46

cordoned off the home with crime scene tape

17:48

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17:51

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17:53

the box slide and glass door was always

17:55

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17:58

However, there was also no sign of a surprise. of any struggle,

18:01

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18:05

were several valuable items left out in the open,

18:08

but the home wasn't ransacked. It

18:11

was clear that this wasn't a robbery gone

18:13

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18:15

Billy was discovered in bed in just his

18:17

underwear, detectives theorised that he was

18:19

still in bed when the killer arrived. As

18:23

for Billy Jean, she was in Tyler's

18:25

bedroom. Just

18:28

on the scene, it appeared as though the killer had

18:30

quietly crapped into the home, and

18:32

then ambushed Billy and Billy Jean. Detectives

18:36

quickly established that they had been killed sometime

18:38

after 5.30am. Billy's

18:42

father, Paul Bill, told detectives that he had

18:44

left their home that morning at 5.30am to

18:46

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18:51

he left, he saw that Billy Jean had gotten up

18:53

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18:55

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18:58

but he didn't see nor hear the couple.

19:02

Detectives believed that Billy and Billy Jean were

19:04

killed at some point in this hour-long time

19:06

frame, but they struggled

19:08

to find a suspect. There

19:11

was no DNA left behind, no

19:13

fingerprints and no shell casings. It

19:16

quickly became clear that this wasn't going to

19:19

be such an easy case to solve, at

19:21

least without anybody coming forward

19:23

with information. Over

19:31

at the medical examiner's office, Dr.

19:33

Karen Kline-Paramoevich found that Billy had

19:35

been shot once under his left

19:37

eye. He had

19:39

also sustained a deep slash wound to the neck,

19:42

but the pathologist believes that the gunshot wound

19:44

had happened first. Billy

19:48

had no defensive wounds, but there was

19:50

a shoulder wound that might have been caused by an

19:52

overshot of a weapon. It

19:55

looked as though the first shot had missed

19:57

Billy before the second shot struck him underneath

19:59

the eye. Both

20:01

of these injuries had contributed to his death.

20:05

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20:08

Jean had sustained a single gunshot wound to the

20:10

head, and her manner of death was

20:12

homicide as well. During

20:16

the search of the home, detectives came across

20:18

several weapons, something that was common

20:20

in homes in the area. The testing

20:22

showed that none of these were the murder weapons.

20:26

Billie and Billie Jean had been killed with either a .38 calibre

20:28

or 9mm handgun. By

20:33

that afternoon, the news of the murders had

20:35

spread through the small mountain town like wildfire.

20:39

People were understandably shocked and scared.

20:43

Murders rarely happened in Mountain City, especially

20:46

murders that horrific. In

20:49

fact, Sheriff Mike Reese referred to it as the

20:51

worst murder he had ever seen in his career,

20:53

but added, The only good

20:56

thing to come out of this is, hopefully,

20:58

the child is too young to remember any

21:00

of it. Billie

21:02

Jean's mother pleaded on television for the

21:04

killer to come forward, or for somebody

21:06

to identify them. The

21:09

murder investigation was assigned to Johnson County

21:12

Chief Deputy Joe Woodard and

21:14

Tennessee Bureau Investigation Special Agent

21:17

Scott Lott. After

21:20

the crime scene was analysed and documented, detectives

21:23

began combing the neighbourhood in search

21:25

of witnesses. However,

21:27

they couldn't find a single person who saw

21:30

or heard anything out of the ordinary that

21:32

morning. By

21:34

all accounts, it was just a routine Tuesday morning

21:37

in the sleepy mountain town. Nobody

21:40

had heard any screaming, nor had

21:43

they seen any unfamiliar people or vehicles.

21:47

Some of the neighbours mentioned how Paul Bill's

21:49

dog barked whenever a stranger came to the

21:51

home. But

21:53

that morning, nobody had heard the

21:55

dog barking. Detectives

21:58

began to speculate that the killer was someone who had been killed. Somebody that

22:00

the family knew, but they

22:02

were stumped at a motivation. At

22:05

least at first anyway. Based

22:15

on the crime scene, detectives had already begun

22:17

to theorise that the murders were revenge murders,

22:20

but they needed to figure out who might have

22:22

had a vendetta against the couple. During

22:26

the search of the home, detectives had come across a

22:28

math pipe and some prescription

22:30

medication. They

22:32

also came across a small quantity

22:34

of methamphetamine and a credit card

22:37

which they suspected had been used to make a

22:39

line to snort the drugs. Some

22:42

friends of the couple knew that they sold

22:44

prescription medication on the side to earn an

22:46

extra bit of cash. In

22:50

fact just the day before the murders, one of

22:52

Billie Jean's friends had paid the couple a visit.

22:56

Billie Jean had told Lindsay Thomas that they

22:58

had just received a fresh batch of pills

23:00

that they were ready to sell. Lindsay

23:04

suggested to detectives that the murders could have

23:06

been a drug deal gone wrong, and

23:09

it certainly seemed like a plausible scenario. While

23:13

methamphetamine had been found in the home along

23:15

with the credit card, neither Billie

23:17

nor Billie Jean had the drug in their system.

23:22

Detectives wondered whether Billie Jean could have been

23:24

selling the drug to somebody that morning in

23:26

Tyler's bedroom, but then something

23:28

went wrong causing the buyer to lash out

23:31

and kill both her and Billie. Two

23:34

of Billie's friends, Calvin Williams and

23:36

Matthew Richardson, had spoken to Billie the

23:38

night before the murders. They

23:41

admitted to detectives that they had bought some

23:44

medication from Billie that he had gotten at

23:46

a Suboxone clinic, and

23:48

that Billie sometimes sold pills. The

23:51

two men had arranged to meet with Billie, but

23:54

the night before the murders Billie had taxed

23:56

at them and counseled because he was tired.

24:00

But while detectives were looking into this angle,

24:04

they received a far more promising

24:06

tip. According

24:16

to Billie Jean's family, she had

24:18

recently experienced online harassment from a

24:20

woman named Janelle Potter. The

24:23

interaction began, innocently enough, in 2008, when

24:27

Billie Jean received a friend request from Janelle

24:29

on Facebook. Initially,

24:32

it appeared that Janelle sought companionship,

24:34

perhaps reaching out in her isolation due

24:36

to her lifelong health struggles. Janelle

24:40

had been born with an auditory

24:42

disability and learning challenges, rendering

24:44

her unable to hear until the age of two

24:46

or three. Throughout her

24:49

childhood, she underwent speech therapy

24:51

and participated in special education

24:53

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24:56

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24:58

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25:04

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25:08

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25:12

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25:14

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25:16

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25:19

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25:21

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25:23

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25:26

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25:28

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25:31

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25:33

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25:37

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25:39

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25:41

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25:43

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25:46

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25:53

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25:55

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25:57

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the close-knit mountain community. Plus,

27:49

there was something strange about the

27:51

Potter family. But

27:54

he often told anybody who would listen that

27:56

he was involved with the CIA, but

27:58

people had their doubts. He

28:01

was now disabled and because of his ailments

28:03

he needed an oxygen tank with him at

28:05

all times, just to be able to

28:07

breathe. Despite

28:09

being in her late twenties, Janelle came across as

28:11

much younger. She

28:14

loved cuddly toys and her bedroom looked like

28:16

it belonged to an eight-year-old as opposed to

28:18

a fully grown woman. Whenever

28:21

she went out with her parents in the town, she

28:24

greeted people she didn't know with a hug and

28:27

talked to them as though she had known them for

28:29

years. Most

28:31

people found it to be off-putting, even

28:34

more so when they got back home and found

28:37

that Janelle had added them on Facebook. Social

28:40

media had provided Janelle with a semblance of

28:42

connections to the outside world, offering

28:45

a lifeline to interaction beyond the confines

28:47

of her strict parents. Prior

28:51

to befriending Billie Jean on Facebook, Janelle's

28:54

social interactions were largely confined to

28:57

her family circle. However

29:00

a chance encounter at the local pharmacy

29:02

altered the trajectory of her social life.

29:06

Tracey Greenmull, the cashier at the pharmacy,

29:08

recognised Janelle as a member of the

29:11

Potter family and emphasised with

29:13

her social struggles. Using

29:17

Janelle's yearning for companionship, Tracey

29:19

extended a hand of friendship. The

29:23

two women exchanged contact information, forging

29:26

a bond that blossomed into regular hangoids.

29:30

Through Tracey's connections, Janelle found herself

29:32

integrated into a broader social circle,

29:36

including Billie Payne, Tracey's brother,

29:38

and Jamie Lynn-Kurd, their second cousin.

29:42

Jamie and Billie worked together at the textile park

29:45

and they were like friends more than a second

29:47

cousins, often drinking beers together at

29:49

the end of the work day. Jamie

29:52

hadn't graduated high school, but he

29:54

got his GED and lived with his parents. He

29:58

had no specialised training in computers but often

30:00

help people out around the time with any computer

30:02

issues they were having. Tracy

30:05

decided she would set Janelle up with Jamie, and

30:08

despite their differences, including an

30:10

eight-year age gap, romance blossomed.

30:14

Much like Janelle, Jamie had lived something of

30:16

a sheltered life. He

30:18

had been his parents' carer, and despite

30:21

being in his mid-thirties, he hadn't had a girlfriend

30:23

yet. But Janelle made

30:25

sure to keep the relationship hidden from her

30:27

strict parents. In

30:29

Tracy, Janelle found not only a friend, but

30:31

also a gateway to a world of social

30:34

interaction and even romance. Despite

30:38

the facade of stability in her relationship with

30:40

Jamie, Janelle had a

30:42

crush on another man, Billy Payne.

30:46

From the moment she laid eyes on him, Janelle

30:48

felt an attraction towards Billy. However,

30:52

she was aware that he was in a committed

30:54

relationship with Billy Jean. And

30:57

when she learned that Billy and Billy Jean

31:00

were expecting Tyler, she was

31:02

furious. As

31:04

Jamie continued to frequent the Potter household under

31:06

the guise of computer repairs, Buddy

31:09

and Barbara had grown fond of him. They

31:12

weren't aware that he was in a relationship with

31:14

their daughter, but they developed a

31:16

friendship of sorts. Despite

31:20

Janelle's attraction towards Billy, her

31:22

relationship with Jamie appeared to be

31:24

flourishing. He

31:26

even purchased her a cell phone so that they could

31:28

chat more frequently. Things

31:31

seemed to be good for Janelle, but

31:33

one day when she logged onto Facebook, she

31:36

saw that she had received nasty comments

31:38

from an anonymous person. They

31:41

told her that she was ugly, that nobody

31:43

liked her, and that she deserved to

31:46

be raped. After

31:54

Janelle added Billy Jean on Facebook, it

31:57

became clear that she didn't want to be friends.

32:01

After she was confronted with the negative comments

32:03

on her Facebook, Janelle jumped

32:05

to the conclusion that they originated from

32:07

Billie Jean and her friend

32:10

Lindsay Thomas. Upon

32:12

Billie Jean's acceptance of the friend request, Janelle

32:15

initiated a campaign of harassment, reaching

32:18

out to mutual friends on Facebook and

32:21

labelling Billie Jean and Lindsay as Mean

32:23

Girls. Accusations

32:25

of irresponsible parenting and drug

32:27

use followed, escalating into

32:29

hateful messages where Janelle expressed wishes

32:32

that both women and Billie would

32:34

die. As

32:37

the vitriol intensified, it dawned on

32:39

Billie, Billie Jean and Lindsay that

32:42

the hate comments attributed to them were

32:44

in fact concocted by

32:46

Janelle herself. She

32:49

had resorted to creating fake profiles to

32:51

send abusive messages to herself and

32:54

then falsely accused them of the harassment.

32:58

One afternoon Janelle saved pictures from Billie

33:01

Jean and Lindsay's Facebook profiles and

33:03

reposted them on her own account

33:05

alongside derogatory comments. Janelle

33:09

also took to a local forum to Bobmouth

33:11

Billie, cautioning others to stare clear

33:13

of him. Failing

33:16

uneasy, both Billie Jean and Lindsay were

33:19

perplexed by Janelle's behaviour. Eventually,

33:22

Lindsay managed to track down Janelle's

33:24

phone number and she confronted her

33:26

directly, urging her to cease the harassment.

33:30

High average Janelle feigned ignorance denying

33:32

any involvement and insisting that she

33:34

hadn't posted anything about them on Facebook.

33:38

She said that her Facebook account must have been

33:40

hacked. Despite

33:43

Lindsay's intervention, the situation escalated.

33:47

Lindsay began receiving numerous phone calls

33:49

daily, sometimes up to twenty, each

33:52

time greeted by nothing but happy breathing.

33:57

The phone calls had come from the Potter household.

34:00

Janelle hadn't attempted to hide the phone

34:02

number. As tensions

34:04

mounted online, Janelle took drastic action

34:06

and contacted the police, alleging

34:09

that someone had vandalised her family home

34:11

by throwing a rock through the window.

34:15

On the rock, her inscribed the names

34:17

Billy and Billy Jean. Meanwhile

34:21

Billy, Billy Jean and Lindsay had removed

34:23

Janelle from their Facebook Friends list, attempting

34:26

to distance themselves from the escalating

34:29

conflict. However

34:31

this decision only led to further

34:33

complications. In

34:35

an unusual turn of events, Buddy contacted

34:37

the police to report that his daughter

34:40

had been deleted on Facebook by the

34:42

trio. During the

34:44

conversation with police, Buddy made bizarre claims

34:46

about his involvement with the CIA and

34:49

his possession of weapons. Since

34:53

no actual crime had occurred, the police were unable

34:55

to intervene, as unfriending somebody

34:57

on Facebook isn't grounds for

34:59

police involvement. Janelle's

35:02

reaction to the situation was notably

35:04

extreme, fuelled by the over-protectiveness of

35:06

her parents, Buddy and Barbara. Eventually

35:11

in May of 2011, Lindsay

35:13

pressed harassment charges against Janelle.

35:17

Despite the League of Proceedings, the court case

35:19

was repeatedly delayed and Janelle was

35:21

ultimately acquitted due to lack of evidence

35:23

linking her to the harassing phone calls.

35:27

However during the court hearing, Billy

35:30

Jean testified against Janelle, providing

35:32

evidence of the malicious content that she

35:34

had posted on Facebook. After

35:41

learning about the confrontations between Janelle and

35:43

Billy and Billy Jean, detectives

35:46

paid a visit to the Potter family.

35:50

They recorded the interview with Buddy, Barbara

35:52

and Janelle. It

36:00

was a murder. I always punch finger in those spots. No, I know

36:02

I didn't punch finger. Hell,

36:04

actually, I feel bad about the situation because I went no harm on that.

36:07

They denied

36:09

any knowledge of the murders,

36:11

but Janelle did tell detectives

36:14

about the actions

36:20

that she had. They did harass me. They might

36:22

drive away from her property. And then

36:26

yesterday morning when I got on tape, what they

36:28

said I found out as I

36:30

had a fire happened. So

36:32

that's all I could tell you is they had

36:35

been harassing the living. Janelle

36:38

had a theory as to why they were harassing

36:40

her. Well, they were harassing.

36:42

They came out to be a jail season. It

36:45

was too pretty. The topic

36:47

then turned to Jimmy, but Buddy

36:49

and Barbara still had no clue that their

36:51

daughter was romantically involved with him. Oh,

36:53

Jamie. He's inside

36:55

for years. He's trying to

36:58

go fast. Yeah, I

37:00

know. He's friend almost to me. Did

37:02

you ever sound like your boyfriend? No.

37:05

Yeah. He's just a

37:07

really good friend. Does he want to be

37:09

your boyfriend? I don't know. The

37:12

detectives didn't really learn anything else from the

37:14

interview, so they decided to

37:16

make contact with Jamie. Much

37:19

like the Potters, he denied any knowledge about

37:21

the murders of Billy and Billy Jean, but

37:23

detectives were suspicious. They

37:27

decided to ask him to take a

37:29

polygraph examination, something which is

37:32

not admissible in court due to their

37:34

lack of reliability. During

37:37

the examination, Jamie maintained that he didn't know

37:39

who was responsible for the murders of Billy

37:41

and Billy Jean, but the

37:43

polygraph indicated deception. The

37:46

detectives pushed Jimmy for more information,

37:49

but he stuck to his story that he didn't

37:52

know anything about the murders, but

37:54

then he had a bizarre question for them. Hey,

37:57

Will, say hi here. Say

37:59

hi. Jimmy

38:02

said to detectives that he had been texting

38:04

with a man named Chris, who

38:06

told him that he was in the CIA

38:08

and had been tasked with protecting Janelle. In

38:12

a sudden turn of events, Jimmy implicated

38:14

Buddy, Janelle's father, as the

38:17

man behind the murders. Detectives

38:20

had already interacted with Buddy, and

38:23

his physical condition, reliant on

38:25

an oxygen tank for survival, seemed

38:27

to not align with the capabilities of a

38:29

murderer who could swiftly execute

38:32

a crime without leaving any

38:34

evidence behind. Determined

38:37

to uncover the truth, the detectives devised

38:39

a plan. They asked

38:41

Jimmy to place a call to Buddy from the

38:43

police station, hoping to elicit further

38:45

information that could shed light on the case.

38:49

Jimmy reluctantly agreed to cooperate. Well,

38:52

they're holding fingers. Oh, Jesus

38:54

Christ. You got rid

38:57

of everything as

38:59

we build any. Uh-huh.

39:03

Okay. I'd make the call up

39:05

there. Yeah. Jimmy

39:07

was arrested at the police station while Buddy

39:09

was arrested at home. He

39:12

was brought to the police station to be

39:14

interrogated. Buddy denied

39:16

any involvement, but the detectives weren't

39:18

buying his story. Ours

39:21

of relentless questioning eventually wore

39:23

down Buddy's resolve, leading to an

39:25

emotional breakdown and tears. Fencing

39:29

a breakthrough in their investigation, the detectives

39:32

permitted Buddy to make a phone call to

39:34

his wife, Barbara. Barbara?

39:37

Yeah. Before you find out

39:39

who somebody else owns, you

39:41

know, I was

39:43

involved in it, and I did it. What?

39:46

Some of it. On the 6th

39:48

of February, Jimmy Lee Curred and Buddy Potter

39:50

were charged with two counts of

39:52

first-degree murder. With

39:54

them behind bars, detectives searched the

39:56

Potter family's home. They came across... across

40:00

numerous weapons in almost

40:02

every single room in the house, from

40:05

handguns and knives to

40:08

AK-47s. In

40:10

Buddy's truck they found five .38 calibre

40:13

bullets that looked similar to the

40:15

ones used in the shooting. Then

40:18

in the living room they came across photographs

40:20

of Billie Jean that had been

40:22

taken from her Facebook account and then printed

40:24

out. On

40:26

one of them, somebody had scribbled

40:28

the word Bitch. As

40:31

they were collected, Barbara rushed into the room,

40:33

grabbed them and began ripping them up.

40:41

As the investigation progressed, detectives stumbled

40:44

upon garbage bags filled with shredded

40:46

documents. Through

40:48

meticulous effort they managed to piece

40:50

together the shredded documents, revealing

40:53

a trove of strange emails exchanged

40:55

between the Potter family and an

40:58

individual named Chris, who allegedly

41:00

worked for the CIA. In

41:03

these emails, Chris claimed to be

41:05

engaged in intelligence work and alleged

41:07

that Billie and Billie Jean were

41:09

conspiring to harm Janelle. Similar

41:13

emails were also sent to Jamie, one

41:15

of which ominously threatened violence. They

41:19

will be so sorry, I will kill,

41:22

it's coming. The

41:24

detectives were struck by the unprofessional tone

41:26

of the emails, with one

41:28

message reading, they

41:30

can't stand that the Janelle is so pretty

41:32

and so truthful and just a great

41:34

person. Determined

41:37

to unravel the mystery behind these

41:39

communications, the detective seized

41:41

the Potter family's computer. Upon

41:45

investigation, they made a startling

41:47

discovery. The

41:49

emails from Chris were actually being sent

41:51

from the family's own computer. In

41:54

fact, a string of emails had been coming

41:56

from Janelle's own email address, but they

41:59

were all signed off. with Chris. Detectives

42:03

quickly realized that Janelle had been

42:05

fabricating these emails herself, masquerading

42:07

as a CIA agent in

42:10

an effort to portray herself as a

42:12

victim being protected. As

42:15

details of the motivation behind the murder were

42:17

made public, people were

42:19

absolutely stunned. Sherri

42:22

Free said of Janelle, apparently

42:25

she was on the internet all the time, not

42:27

with her life. When she

42:30

was a friend with someone on Facebook and they removed

42:32

her, she went ballistic. This

42:35

is just a senseless thing,

42:37

that's no reason to kill people. Public

42:41

outcry intensified, with many

42:43

demanding Janelle's arrest. However,

42:46

it was Barbara who

42:48

ultimately faced legal repercussions.

42:50

She was arrested on the 24th

42:52

of September and charged with tampering with

42:55

evidence, specifically in relation to

42:57

the destruction of the images of Billy Jean.

43:01

In August of next year, however, both Janelle

43:03

and Barbara were indicted with two counts of

43:05

first degree murder and one count of conspiracy

43:07

to commit first degree murder. The

43:10

charges came just in time for Buddy's murder trial,

43:13

which began on the 7th of October During

43:18

the trial's opening statements, prosecutor Dennis

43:20

Brooks wasted no time in laying

43:22

out the prosecution's case. He

43:26

said that both Buddy and Jamie had carried out the

43:28

murders and that they were motivated to

43:30

do it because of Janelle. He

43:33

stated, We are going to

43:35

show you that you're in the midst of someone

43:37

who was trained and cold blooded enough to do

43:39

that kind of act. The

43:42

prosecutor said that Buddy became angry after

43:44

Billy and Billy Jean removed Janelle as

43:46

a Facebook friend. He

43:49

posed a question, what was

43:51

their great sin? What did they do

43:53

wrong? They chose not to

43:55

be friends with Janelle Potter. Prosecutor

43:58

Brooks then showed some of the emails. the Janelle

44:00

had sent, claiming to be a

44:03

CIA agent named Chris. When

44:06

defense attorney Randy Follum presented his

44:08

opening arguments, he refuted

44:10

the entire case the prosecution

44:12

had built. He confidently said,

44:15

there were no fingerprints, there won't

44:17

be bloodstains, there's no DNA. A number

44:22

of people testified about the crime scene

44:24

before detectives testified about the evidence found

44:26

at the Potter home. Chief

44:29

Deputy Joe Woodard spoke about Barbara

44:31

ripping up the photographs of Billy

44:33

Jean. Jerry

44:36

Weinberger, who worked at the local grocery

44:38

store, told the jury that Buddy once

44:40

said he would put a bullet in Billy's head if he

44:42

ever caught the chance. Linda

44:46

Stevens also described an earlier

44:48

altercation between Billy Jean, Barbara

44:50

and Janelle. The mother and daughter

44:52

were screaming in her face, she

44:55

just stood there looking stunned. The

44:58

jury also got to hear the interrogation of Buddy

45:00

and the phone calls he made to Barbara when

45:03

he admitted to being involved in the murders. The

45:07

defense sought to cast out on the

45:09

prosecution's case by calling three witnesses who

45:11

testified about Billy's history with

45:13

selling prescription medication. However,

45:17

they all said that by no means was

45:19

it an operation, it was just

45:21

a way to make some extra cash on the side

45:23

to provide for his family. The

45:26

jury ultimately found Buddy Potter guilty on

45:29

two counts of first-degree murder. The

45:32

judge then sentenced him to two life sentences,

45:35

but he needed to still determine whether they

45:38

would run consecutively or concurrently at a

45:40

later date. Update

45:43

rolled around on the 29th

45:45

of October. Billy and Billy Jean's family were

45:47

there to provide victim

45:49

impact statements. Billy's

45:52

mother Beverly Garland described him as a wonderful son who

45:54

was kind to every

45:56

single person that he met. Janine. Billie

46:00

Jean's sister said that there

46:02

was no justification for what Buddy had done,

46:05

and said that her nephew would grow up without

46:07

knowing his parents. Judge

46:10

John Kerry Blackwood said that he couldn't think

46:12

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46:15

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47:56

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47:58

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48:00

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48:02

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48:05

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48:07

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48:10

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48:12

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48:15

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48:17

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48:19

that Janelle hadn't even concealed her email address

48:22

when pretending to be Chris. She

48:26

sent them from her own personal email but

48:28

signed them off with the name Chris. In

48:31

one email to Jamie she had written, I

48:34

wish I could kill them but right now

48:36

I can't. In

48:38

another she had written, I hope that

48:40

Bill and them get what's coming to them. Jamie

48:43

responded, I just want

48:46

Janelle happy. In

48:48

another email from Barbara to Chris she had

48:50

written, I wish they'd

48:52

just break in and I'd have the pleasure of

48:54

shooting them. Love Barbara. The

48:58

emails back and forth were in abundance

49:00

and they were sent in the months leading up to

49:02

the murders. They

49:04

were all from Janelle's email but all

49:06

had been signed off with the name Chris. Nobody

49:10

in the family nor Jamie thought to question

49:12

why the emails were coming from Janelle's own

49:14

email address. In

49:17

a further email Barbara had written, Billy

49:20

is a satanic, mean, manipulating

49:22

liar and she has him right where

49:25

she wants him. Barbara

49:27

had also threatened, we've had

49:29

enough and we want peace and no one

49:31

here wants to kill anyone but we will.

49:35

Strangely Barbara referred to Chris as her son

49:38

in the emails while Chris

49:40

called her mum. It

49:43

was clear that both Barbara and Janelle had wanted

49:45

Billy and Billie Jean dead. There

49:48

was also evidence that they knew the murders were

49:50

being carried out. At

49:53

4.40am on the morning of the murders

49:55

Janelle had emailed Jamie, I

49:58

love you, I would not take your seat. sell

50:00

with you in the morning, love." She

50:02

then sent another which read, "'I

50:05

love you. Text me ASAP when you

50:07

get back.'" As

50:09

for Barbara, she had emailed herself a link in

50:12

the lead-up to the murders. It was

50:15

an article which questioned, "'Can

50:17

God forgive a murderer?'" Jimmy

50:20

then took the stand as a prosecution witness,

50:23

recounting the emails that were sent

50:25

by Chris. Despite

50:28

the correspondence originating from Janelle's

50:30

email address, Jimmy admitted

50:32

he was convinced of Chris's existence.

50:35

Chris had explained his aversion to phone calls,

50:38

claiming he had a phobia of talking on the

50:40

phone. Despite

50:43

Billy's warnings that Chris was likely a

50:45

fabrication of Janelle's, Jimmy remained

50:47

steadfast in his belief that he was

50:49

real. Jimmy's

50:51

testimony then has shifted to the events preceding

50:54

the murders. He

50:56

claimed that Buddy had asked him to drop him off

50:58

near Billy's home the night before, pick

51:01

him up later without questions asked. However,

51:04

on the morning of the murders, Buddy picked

51:06

up Jimmy and they parked near the church

51:09

adjacent to Billy's home. Outside

51:12

Billy's home, Buddy handed Jimmy a

51:14

gun, but Jimmy said, "'I

51:17

can't kill nobody.'" Buddy

51:19

told him that he wouldn't need to, he just

51:21

needed to stand at the door. Jimmy

51:25

said he stood at the door while Buddy went into the

51:27

main bedroom. He

51:29

heard Billy say, "'What the hell?' followed

51:32

by a single gunshot." Jimmy

51:35

said that he then saw Billy Jean come down

51:37

the hallway. Buddy came

51:40

out of the bedroom and stared at Jimmy, and

51:42

he admitted to pointing in the direction she went.

51:46

She was clearly trying to reach Tyler

51:48

in his nursery and escape. Buddy

51:52

said he went inside the home and saw

51:54

Billy on the bed covered in blood. That

51:58

was when he heard another gunshot. The

52:01

prosecutor showed Jamie a photograph of Billy dead

52:03

on the bed and asked him how

52:05

he felt about it. He

52:08

responded, Bad, horrible,

52:11

he was like a brother, he was my

52:13

friend. He said

52:16

that he felt as though he had been manipulated

52:18

by the entire Potter family. According

52:21

to Jamie, Buddy had told him that he was in

52:23

the CIA and said that they would

52:25

have their backs. He

52:28

also told him that Chris was very much

52:30

real. But

52:32

he even testified during the murder trial and

52:35

he admitted to killing Billy. It

52:37

wasn't paying me, but I did.

52:40

Right now I'm hurting, my daughter both know that I

52:43

did this. He claimed that it was

52:45

Jamie who killed Billy Jean. Two and

52:47

twelve seconds after my gun

52:49

went off, I heard another

52:53

shot. I

52:55

was coming out of the room, I got right

52:58

to the door and Kurt went

53:00

past me throwing like a smaller one.

53:03

But he said that the murders weren't planned, likening

53:05

it to some kind of accident. Did

53:08

you accidentally slit his throat? No

53:10

sir, I did that on purpose. In

53:13

the end both Barbara and Janelle Potter were

53:15

found guilty on two counts of first

53:17

degree murder and conspiracy to commit first

53:20

degree murder. But

53:22

Rose also found guilty of tampering with evidence.

53:25

Both women were immediately handed life

53:28

sentences. Outside

53:30

of court, Billy's mother Beverly sat through

53:32

tears. It was like

53:34

puns lifted off me. It was

53:36

just like you're sitting there on pins and needles, but

53:39

it's finally justice for Billy and Billy Jean.

53:42

They got justice for them. It's just

53:44

like we can breathe now, but we're still

53:46

hurting. The only

53:48

person left to face trial was Jamie Kurt.

53:51

But he ultimately reached a plea agreement in which he

53:53

would serve 25 years in prison. And

53:58

in 2021 Barbara was killed. granted a

54:00

new trial after a judge ruled her attorney, who

54:03

had also represented Buddy, had

54:05

a conflict of interest by representing them both.

54:09

However, Barbara rejected a new trial,

54:11

and instead she too reached a plea

54:13

agreement. She was

54:15

then re-sentenced to 25 years in prison. The

54:19

juxtaposition of two lives could not have been more

54:22

stark. Billy Payne and

54:24

Billy Jean Hayworth were embarking on a

54:26

promising new chapter, striving to

54:28

build a better life for their young family,

54:31

while Janelle Potter's envy and resentment

54:33

fastened into a dangerous obsession.

54:37

As Billy curbed his vices and resolved to

54:39

create a brighter future, Janelle,

54:41

who was consumed by jealousy,

54:44

unleashed a torrent of digital torment upon

54:46

the couple. In

54:48

her virtual realm, Janelle orchestrated a

54:51

relentless campaign of harassment, determined

54:53

to undermine the hoppiness of Billy and Billy

54:55

Jean. But her

54:57

vindictive online assaults soon transcended

55:00

mere cyberbullying, culminating

55:02

with Billy and Billy Jean dead, and

55:05

Tyler an orphan. Well

55:22

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