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[Female narrator] A horrific
discovery sends shockwaves
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through a small Kansas town.
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[Timothy] This was probably
the most advanced level
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of decomposition of a body
that I had dealt with.
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[Narrator] Immediately,
the rumors are flying.
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[Larry] They were pointing
fingers towards a possible
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suspect right away.
She said those are the people
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you need to be looking at,
not me.
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[Narrator] Soon,
new suspects surface,
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throwing the investigation
into turmoil.
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It wouldn't be anything to
really set this guy off
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if you knew
which button to push.
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She'd done this for so many
years and got away with it.
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[Narrator] And uncovered
audio tapes shed light
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on a complicated relationship
coming apart at the seams.
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[music]
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[Narrator] March 24, 2000.
Atchison, Kansas.
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Just after 10:00 AM,
local resident Sophia Boldridge
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calls the Atchison County
Sheriff's Department
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to report that she's worried
about her son,
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38-year-old Kurt Boldridge.
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[Brandi] He had had a
fishing trip scheduled.
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On Sunday, Grandma had said,
okay, you know,
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nobody's heard from him.
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We can't figure out
if he is fishing,
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who he's fishing with.
And so, my grandmother called
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and asked for them
to do a welfare check.
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[Edward] She explained that
it'd been close to a week
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since she had heard from Kurt.
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[Narrator] At 10:47 AM,
Atchison County deputies
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arrive at Kurt's residence.
Sophia meets them there.
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The house appeared to be locked.
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Couldn't get access
or anything to it.
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We knocked, called out his name
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Family members wanted us to go
ahead and try to gain entrance.
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[Narrator]
With the doors all locked,
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a deputy makes use
of a broken window.
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[Jason] I got to be the one
to remove that piece of glass
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and, uh, crawl in through
that part of the window.
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I remember pointing out
abnormal, a large amount
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of flies on the windowsills
and the windows.
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[Ed] Once Deputy Wohlgemuth
opened the front door,
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the smell was stronger down
this little hallway
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where Kurt's bedroom is.
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And I just pointed
to Deputy Wohlgemuth,
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we need to go this way.
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[Jason] We entered the bedroom.
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There's a relative large bed
and a big, fluffy comforter
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that's kind of
pulled up over the bed.
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We could see the shape
of a person underneath.
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Once Deputy Wohlgemuth pulled
the comforter back enough,
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I could see partial
head and arm of a body.
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It seemed consistent with a body
that had been in that location
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for anywhere between
a week and 10 days.
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They found blood splatter
on the headboard of the bed
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where the body was located.
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I told Jason to stop.
We've done the welfare check,
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and we found out
that there is someone here.
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We've got a body,
but we don't know, you know,
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what has happened with the body.
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We needed to secure the area and
get other people down there.
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[Narrator]
It's not long before the
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Kansas Bureau Of Investigation
arrives,
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including Detective Larry Myer.
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At that time, I'd known Kurt
for many years.
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And I was very
familiar with him,
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and I could recognize his face.
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[Narrator] Authorities notify
Kurt's mother of his death.
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[Larry] Ms. Boldridge was,
of course, upset.
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She was helpful
to law enforcement,
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answering all the questions that
law enforcement had of her.
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[Brandi] It had to
have been a workday.
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I just remember I was outside
on my 1:30 break.
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And I saw my aunt
and my cousin pull up.
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So I walked over
to the car and my aunt said,
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I just don't know how
to tell you this,
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but they found your dad.
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And that's all she had to say.
And I passed out.
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It was devastating
to say the least.
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[Narrator]
Born on October 3, 1961,
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Kurt Boldridge grew up in
Atchison County part of a large
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close-knit farming family.
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[Clinton] There was eight boys
and three girls.
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We lived on a farm in Effingham,
went to school,
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done what farm kids done.
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Kurt's main responsibility was
taking care of the cattle.
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Farm work's hard.
Everybody had their job.
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Basically, their own specific
chores that they would do.
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You've gotta get your job done
and there's no time for no BS.
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My brother was probably the
smartest man I've ever known.
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He graduated from school early.
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[Narrator] After high school,
Kurt married.
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The relationship didn't last,
but it did make Kurt a father.
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When Brandi was born,
it was like you could see
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the change in him.
I've gotta start making sure
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that things are right for her.
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My mom and dad got divorced
when I was, like, two.
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So they separated
when I was pretty young.
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But as far as with me,
my mom and dad always
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had a good relationship.
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He loved to dance.
He loved to sing.
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He liked to be
the life of the party.
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We would go fishin'.
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Fishing was usually
90% of what we did.
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[Narrator] When it came to work,
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Kurt didn't shy away
from physical labor.
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He took a job
at Atchison Foundry.
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[Jeff] It's a steel foundry.
It's dirty, hot work.
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It's one of those places where
if you're wanting to make some
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money in the town,
you're gonna work there.
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[Narrator] In his early 20s,
Kurt found love again
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when he met Lisa Turpin.
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She was from a little town
that's called Winthrop.
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And it's right on the
Missouri River.
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[Larry] Lisa's father
was a farmer.
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Lisa did grow up on a farm all
of her childhood life.
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Lisa, one of four children,
she was the outlier.
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She was the one who always
kept things interesting
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with her rebellious streak.
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[Jeff] She had some odds and end
jobs. She worked at a couple
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of restaurants,
you know, as a waitress.
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The couple times I met her,
she was a little bit
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of a wild-type person,
pretty rambunctious, too.
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Outgoing,
or had a lot of energy.
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[Casey] Kurt Boldrige is that
really dependable, staid,
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predictable, nice guy. Lisa, of
course, is fiery, unpredictable.
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And it's like a moth
to the flame.
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It gives excitement to his life.
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[Narrator] In light of his first
marriage ending in divorce,
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Kurt preferred to keep this
relationship private.
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[Jeff] He kept her kind of
secret from us.
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You know, he would--
if he was with her,
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he wouldn't tell us
he was with her.
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[Narrator] However, Kurt wasn't
shy about sharing
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the next big development
in his life.
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In 1985,
Lisa gave birth to a son.
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It was exciting for him,
and he couldn't wait to
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teach him how to fish, and how
to hunt, and stuff like that.
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[Narrator] And four months
later, Kurt and Lisa married.
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[Clinton] I never heard any
announcement.
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I never heard Kurt was
getting married to Lisa.
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It was just,
hey, Kurt got married.
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[Narrator] But he soon
discovered that their
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passionate courtship made
for a troubled marriage.
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[Jeff] I don't know
why they separated.
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But I know that she could be
nice when she wanted to be
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and not nice
when she wanted to be.
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They had an off-and-on
relationship for years.
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I think it just got to a point
where he just, he-he was done.
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He was done fighting the battle.
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They actually got divorced
in 1991.
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[Narrator]
The divorce did little
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to keep Kurt and Lisa apart.
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[Jeff] Even though
they were divorced,
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she was always making sure
that he stayed in her life.
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I guess everybody's got
that one person
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that you just can't shake,
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and I believe that was his.
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[Narrator] Years later, in
the late 90s,
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Kurt and Lisa's on-again,
off-again relationship
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seemed to have truly ended
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when Kurt began dating a new
woman, Sandy Wilson.
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[Brandi] It seemed like, you
know, they loved each other.
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They were happy.
Dad was moving on.
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[Narrator] Kurt and Sandy
married in October 1998,
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but the union lasted
barely a year.
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[Brandi] Sandy was always nice.
It seemed like, you know,
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they loved each other.
I didn't really know, know her,
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but I never had any issues
with Sandy whatsoever.
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[Narrator] Following his
third divorce,
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Kurt settled in a modest home
that he built himself.
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He built his home.
He made his own, you know,
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he drew up his own blueprints.
He did all of that stuff.
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[Narrator] It wasn't too long
before a familiar face
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started coming back around.
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Like so many ex-spouses,
Kurt and Lisa, after the divorce
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had never really
split up entirely.
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[Jeff] It just started right
back up like-like,
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it had never stopped.
He would always go back to try,
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you know, to get back together,
so that they would be together.
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As I said, she had some kind of
whatever it is,
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the thing that he just
could not leave.
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[Narrator]
But on March 24, 2000,
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Atchison County deputies
find 38-year-old Kurt
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dead inside his country home.
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[Timothy] I had a
high-intensity light
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and did a close inspection
of the body.
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And very quickly found
what I determined was a
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near-contact shotgun wound to
the side of the body's head.
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And that's when I went out
and told another KBI agent
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and the sheriff that this
matter was indeed a homicide.
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[Narrator] Coming up.
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Investigators learn of a lover
with a thirst for vengeance.
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[Jeff] The claws came out.
The horns came out.
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You wouldn't think that
it was the same person.
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[Narrator]
And an unexpected phone call
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heats up the investigation.
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A lady thought she had some
information that we probably
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ought to know about.
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She was making comments
of what happened
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and where he was shot
before we even knew.
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[Narrator] Investigators
in Atchison, Kansas
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have just used
a high-intensity light
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to determine that 38-year-old
Kurt Boldridge
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died from a gunshot wound
to the head in his own bed.
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That flipped a switch,
you know, to, like,
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okay, this isn't just an
unattended death, and
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this was declared a homicide.
We got some work to do here.
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The level of decomposition
seemed consistent
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with a body that had been in
that location
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for anywhere between
a week and 10 days.
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He had a shotgun wound
to the head.
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It was on the left side
of his face.
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And there was blood splatter on
the walls and on the bedspread.
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As I pulled the sheet back,
I found a wadding
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from what I believed to be
a 20-guage shotgun shell.
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There was some tapes that
Kurt had, that was found
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during the search. As part of
the evidence collection, uh,
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we sent it to KBI lab to have
fingerprint analysis done.
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[Narrator]
Investigators continue to searc
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the rest of the home.
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The house was not
in what you would consider
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a pristine condition, but there
was no sign of a struggle.
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The house was secure.
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[Larry] There was no signs
of forced entry at all.
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We thought someone
had a key to the home.
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[Narrator] With the hope
of finding out who,
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investigators reach out
to the rest of Kurt's family.
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And they don't hold back
when asked
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who they believe is responsible
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I said, the bitch killed him.
Is what I said.
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That was the first thing
out of my mouth.
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When he came up dead and
they said that he was murdered,
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there was only one person
to think about.
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The Boldridges pointed towards
Lisa as being a possible
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suspect right away.
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[Narrator] Kurt's relatives
are eager to share stories
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about Kurt's ex-wife and
on-again, off-again lover.
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[Jeff] They seemed happy,
but as soon as they would split
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the claws came out.
The horns came out.
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And she was a completely--you
wouldn't think that it was the
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same person that
you'd seen before.
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[Narrator] Kurt's brother, Jeff,
tells investigators
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about one of the first
disturbing incidents with Lisa
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that took place in 1992,
eight years ago.
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I'd come back to town for a
weekend. He was gonna come up,
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and we were gonna play cards.
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I noticed that he kept looking
out the window.
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Pretty soon he gets up and he
looks out the window
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and he goes,
well, I'll be damned.
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He said, she's breaking my
windows out on my truck.
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And I go and look out the windo
and you just see the glass just
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shattering in his pickup truck.
And it was her. I seen her.
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She got out of the truck,
and she had a hammer.
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[Narrator]
Kurt and Jeff called the police
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to report the incident.
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She was arrested
for those crimes.
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And she was convicted.
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[Narrator] In spite of her
arrest record, Lisa continued
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to up her game from smashing ou
car windows to arson.
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[Brandi] She set two fires
to his house.
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I believe that was
August 7th of 1995,
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is when she set the first one.
She just put newspapers
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in the middle of the house
and set 'em on fire.
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And somebody, either Dad
showed up.
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Or I don't know
the exact details that--
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It didn't do as much damage
the first time.
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And it was September of '95
when she set the second one.
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But the second time, it almost
burnt the house down completely.
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[Narrator] Lisa was convicted
of two counts of arson.
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And a judge sentenced her
to 46 months behind bars.
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She was released from prison
in April 1999.
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To the disbelief of his family,
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Kurt and Lisa continued
to see each other.
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I spoke to him several times
and asked him, you know,
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what the hell's wrong with you?
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And it was just like,
man, it just is what it is.
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[Narrator] Talking to
Lisa Boldridge
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quickly becomes investigators'
top priority.
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[Timothy] A detective from
the Atchison Police Department
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who knew where her parents
lived, uh, suggested we try
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there, and so we found her
at her parents' house.
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[Narrator] They line up
an interview
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for the following morning.
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But as news of Kurt's death
spreads quickly
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through the small town,
another tip comes in.
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[Larry] A lady at the hospital
made a phone call to the
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sheriff's office saying that she
thought she had some information
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that we probably
ought to know about.
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[Narrator] She says that
on Friday, March 24th,
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while on duty, she answered
a call at Atchinson Hospital
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from Lisa.
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Lisa made that phone call
to the hospital because her
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sister worked there, and she was
asking to talk to her.
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But her sister couldn't take a
phone call, and she said,
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can I help you? Lisa said, well,
they just found my ex-husband
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in bed laying
in a pool of blood.
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[Narrator] For investigators,
the timing of the phone call
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is a big, red flag.
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[Larry] She was making comments
of what happened
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and where he was shot,
where he was located in the home
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before we even knew.
It became very aware to us that
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Lisa Boldridge knew something
about this homicide.
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[Narrator] On March 27, 2000,
Lisa shows up at the station
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for her scheduled interview.
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[Timothy] It obviously makes it
harder when you're dealing with
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an open-ended, uh, timeline.
She gave me a, uh, answer to
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where she was
and who she was with
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for the previous
seven to ten days.
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[Narrator] When confronted about
her phone call to the hospital,
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Lisa claims the conversation wa
only based on a rumor.
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She denied any involvement, or
said basically
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she had been told by someone
that he was deceased and, uh,
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they thought that it was
possibly a gunshot wound.
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[Narrator] Investigators press
for more information.
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And Lisa eventually reveals the
name of her source.
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She had mentioned
an individual by the name
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of Kirk Wilson.
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[Larry] Kirk was a city employee
of the City of Atchison.
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His title was city
superintendent.
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He was over the public works
department, I believe,
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until he became
involved in drugs
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and his life just went downhill
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Kirk Wilson had been
arrested more than once.
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The sheriff's office has
plenty of contact with him.
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[Narrator] Detectives ask
Lisa for more details about
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her conversation with Kirk.
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[Larry] She said she got a call
from her friend, Kirk Wilson,
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that morning and asked for her
to go with him to dispose
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of the shotgun that was used
in the shooting.
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Lisa said that they disposed
of the shotgun
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in the Missouri River.
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[Narrator] Lisa says she knows
nothing more
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about the actual murder,
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although she does
offer up two more names.
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She brought up Gary Skeen,
Johnny Goodpasture
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and Kirk Wilson.
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[Jason] Goodpasture and Skeen,
I knew their names,
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their last names, from dealings
at the sheriff's office already.
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Those are some frequent flyers
that we had.
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She said those are
the people you need to be
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looking at, not me, and it was
unusual that she would bring
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that up with her claiming
that she knew nothing
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about the homicide.
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[Narrator] Coming up.
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A dangerous suspect
comes into focus.
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It wouldn't be anything to
really set this guy off if
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you knew which button to push.
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[Narrator] And a threat caught
on tape shapes a motive.
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[Narrator] Authorities in
Achison, Kansas
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are in the first 72 hours
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of investigating
the murder of Kurt Boldridge.
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When police question Kurt's
ex-wife, Lisa,
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she insists she's innocent,
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but offers up
three potential suspects,
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Kirk Wilson,
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John Goodpasture
and Gary Skeen.
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[Larry] We asked Lisa
all kinds of questions,
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any contact whatsoever she had
with Kurt Boldridge.
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She said they had been going
out on some small dates
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here and there
before this occurred.
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[Narrator] When the interview
is over,
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Lisa makes a bizarre comment
to investigators.
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She turned to me and said,
oh by the way,
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if you find out that I went
to the Social Security office
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to find out what the benefits
would be for my son
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if Kurt died,
that was just coincidental.
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I was shocked.
And I thought it was one of the
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greatest admissions
that I have ever heard.
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Quite frankly, I don't know
if that lead would have ever
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come up without her opening
the door
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and saying that she had spoken
to the Social Security office.
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[Narrator] The investigators
keep Lisa's shocking comment
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in their back pocket for now
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and turn their focus to the
first name she gave them,
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Kirk Wilson.
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Kirk had a prior from
being involved in an incident
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with his father, where he may
have physically took him
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to the bank and demanded
he draw money out of the bank.
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Kirk went to prison
on those charges.
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He was out of prison then.
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It wouldn't be anything to
really set this guy off if
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you knew which button to push.
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[Narrator] But it's not
just Kirk's record
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that leads investigators to
believe he might be involved
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in Kurt's death.
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There is another potentially
explosive connection
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between Kurt and Kirk.
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[Larry] When Kirk went to
prison, Kurt Boldridge
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hooked up with Sandy White,
Kirk Wilson's ex-wife.
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Sandy White and Kurt Boldridge
got married.
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It's very likely that it made
him completely crazy to know
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that she was dating another man
while he was behind bars.
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[Narrator] Kirk's stature also
fits the investigators' theory.
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[Larry] My opinion was it would
take a taller person to actuall
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be the shooter.
Lisa was not that tall.
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Kirk Wilson, he is a taller guy.
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He'd be able to hold a shotgun
up higher like that.
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I don't think Lisa was
capable of doing that.
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[Narrator] On March 28th,
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deputies locate 44-year-old
Kirk Wilson
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and bring him
in for an interview.
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When we went to talk to
Kirk Wilson, he lawyered up on
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us before we could ever get
to even speak to him.
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[Narrator]
Investigators switch gears
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and take another look at Lisa.
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They found the clerk at
the Social Security office
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in St. Joseph, Missouri
that she had spoken to.
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Had her notes from their
conversation, and what Lisa
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was interested in, what benefits
or what increase in benefits
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would be available to their son
because of his father's death.
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And that this conversation
occurred approximately a week
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before Kurt's body was found.
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[Larry] She wanted to find the
death benefits for her son,
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knowing that Lisa would actually
physically get that money
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as the custodial parent
until he was 18 years old.
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[Narrator] Al though their
suspicions are growing
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by the day, investigators don't
have enough for an arrest.
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[Larry] We wanted to get other
evidence and do follow-up
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interviews. We wanted to
definitely build a good case.
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[Narrator] Investigators need
to determine if a connection
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lies between Lisa, Kirk Wilson
and the other two names
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Lisa gave in her interview,
John Goodpasture and Gary Skeen
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[Larry] Kirk Wilson and
Johnny Goodpasture and
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Gary Skeen were
all good friends.
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All of 'em had
prior criminal history,
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so they could have been
involved.
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And when we talked to
Johnny Goodpasture,
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he told us off-the-wall stories
at first.
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Gary Skeen, um,
he wouldn't tell us anything.
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[Narrator] After diving
further into the two friends'
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criminal history, investigators
believe it's possible
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they could have
acted alongside Kirk.
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[Larry] Gary Skeen, one of the
suspects, he had served some
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time in jail and I think
prison for prior burglaries
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and things like that.
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Johnny Goodpasture,
he had served time in prison.
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Skeen was a fighter, he didn't
mind throwing punches at bars
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and you had
to watch yourself around him.
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And Goodpasture,
he was more into the drugs.
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[Narrator]
The investigation continues.
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And Lisa goes about her
business,
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raising eyebrows around town,
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especially with the
Boldridge family.
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I'd actually called
the sheriff because she drove
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by my house plenty of times
and honked her horn,
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and flipped me the bird.
She was just goin' around town
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bragging that, you know,
she wasn't goin' to jail.
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[Clinton] She was still walking
around not arrested.
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I was kind of thinking, man,
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she's probably gonna
get away with it.
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[Narrator]
Initial forensic results
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come back from the crime scene,
but there's not much to go on.
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[Larry] The shotgun shell,
I do not recall any fingerprint
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being on it or any other
item that was collected.
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[Narrator] So investigators turn
to several tape recordings
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found earlier at the scene.
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And they are shocked
by what they hear.
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[Larry] Kurt had recorded
conversations with
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Lisa Boldridge, accusing each
other of cutting tires,
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accusing each other of
domestics, things like that.
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[phone rings]
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[Casey] It's clear that
Lisa isn't just jealous
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and possessive.
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She's increasingly controlling
to the point of being unstable.
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And for Kurt,
he's increasingly afraid of her.
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[Narrator] Investigators
discover that Kurt even
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confronted Lisa about the
harrassment he endured from her
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over the years.
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[Narrator] Hoping to
eventually break her down,
471
00:29:21,628 --> 00:29:25,098
over the next three months,
investigators continue to bring
472
00:29:25,131 --> 00:29:28,668
Lisa in for multiple interviews
473
00:29:29,536 --> 00:29:32,505
They press her on the one
admission she did make
474
00:29:32,539 --> 00:29:36,042
that she helped Kirk dispose
of the murder weapon.
475
00:29:37,811 --> 00:29:39,846
She had said it'd
been thrown in, like,
476
00:29:39,879 --> 00:29:42,182
three or four different spots.
477
00:29:42,215 --> 00:29:46,353
So we were never sure if she was
telling the truth or not.
478
00:29:46,386 --> 00:29:48,788
And a dive team
from St. Joseph came down
479
00:29:48,822 --> 00:29:51,791
and searched the river,
and never found it.
480
00:29:55,061 --> 00:29:57,864
[Narrator] Four months
after Kurt was found dead,
481
00:29:57,897 --> 00:30:01,101
they bring Lisa in
for another interview.
482
00:30:01,134 --> 00:30:05,638
This time,
Lisa consents to a polygraph.
483
00:30:05,672 --> 00:30:09,142
Do you know who was involved?
Do you know what happened?
484
00:30:09,175 --> 00:30:12,612
You knew who shot him,
shot Kurt?
485
00:30:13,079 --> 00:30:16,583
[Edward] Lisa was being so
arrogant with the
486
00:30:16,616 --> 00:30:20,220
polygraph man for KBI,
487
00:30:20,253 --> 00:30:24,090
that she could just talk
her way out of anything.
488
00:30:25,291 --> 00:30:29,329
[Narrator]
But the facade soon falters.
489
00:30:29,362 --> 00:30:31,998
Just pretty much everything
we asked her, she failed.
490
00:30:34,267 --> 00:30:37,137
[Narrator] Considering
Lisa's history of violence,
491
00:30:37,170 --> 00:30:41,241
threats against Kurt and
her interest in his finances,
492
00:30:41,274 --> 00:30:45,412
the failed polygraph
tips the scales.
493
00:30:45,445 --> 00:30:48,815
That's when we presented her the
warrant for first-degree murder
494
00:30:48,848 --> 00:30:51,518
in the amount of a bond of one
million dollars.
495
00:30:52,852 --> 00:30:56,256
And she just pretty much
fell to the floor.
496
00:30:56,289 --> 00:30:59,159
She could not believe we had a
warrant for her arrest.
497
00:31:03,396 --> 00:31:06,599
When she was arrested,
it was a huge relief.
498
00:31:06,633 --> 00:31:10,103
I felt like I could sleep,
and I could breathe again.
499
00:31:10,136 --> 00:31:13,873
That had to give all the family
a lot of relief,
500
00:31:13,907 --> 00:31:15,942
but they knew that
it wasn't done yet
501
00:31:15,975 --> 00:31:18,411
until everything
went through court.
502
00:31:21,514 --> 00:31:22,916
[Narrator] Coming up.
503
00:31:22,949 --> 00:31:27,954
Two likely accomplices
turn on each other.
504
00:31:27,987 --> 00:31:30,623
Kirk threatened John Goodpasture
that he would kill him
505
00:31:30,657 --> 00:31:32,392
just like he did Kurt.
506
00:31:32,425 --> 00:31:35,528
[Narrator] Will it finally lead
to the truth?
507
00:31:35,562 --> 00:31:39,499
With Lisa's direction,
they hatched a plan.
508
00:31:55,382 --> 00:31:58,451
[Narrator] After four months,
authorities in Kansas have
509
00:31:58,485 --> 00:32:02,622
arrested Lisa Boldridge for
the murder of her ex-husband,
510
00:32:02,655 --> 00:32:05,325
Kurt Boldridge.
511
00:32:05,358 --> 00:32:07,861
While they work to keep her
behind bars,
512
00:32:07,894 --> 00:32:12,232
investigators get a disturbing
phone call from Kim Wilson,
513
00:32:12,265 --> 00:32:15,101
Kirk Wilson's second wife.
514
00:32:16,736 --> 00:32:20,473
[Timothy] There was a domestic
disturbance between
515
00:32:20,507 --> 00:32:25,478
Mr. Wilson, his wife,
and Mr. Goodpasture.
516
00:32:26,212 --> 00:32:30,850
She made a phone call and told
517
00:32:30,884 --> 00:32:32,886
the Atchison County
Sheriff's office
518
00:32:32,919 --> 00:32:37,390
that Mr. Wilson had made an
admission to her
519
00:32:37,424 --> 00:32:40,627
about being involved in the
murder of Kurt Boldridge.
520
00:32:46,166 --> 00:32:49,269
Kirk Wilson accused
John Goodpasture of having
521
00:32:49,302 --> 00:32:54,708
a sexual, romantic relationship
with his wife, Kim Wilson.
522
00:32:54,741 --> 00:32:57,377
Kirk threatened John Goodpasture
that he would kill him
523
00:32:57,410 --> 00:33:01,247
just like he did Kurt Boldridge,
that he was a dead man.
524
00:33:05,251 --> 00:33:08,888
Kim was interviewed in regards
to this, uh, information.
525
00:33:08,922 --> 00:33:11,124
She confirmed the information.
526
00:33:11,157 --> 00:33:13,793
[Narrator] In fact,
Kim reports that Kirk had made
527
00:33:13,827 --> 00:33:16,963
the same threat to her.
528
00:33:17,497 --> 00:33:19,866
Kirk made a statement
to her that he had killed
529
00:33:19,899 --> 00:33:23,636
Kurt Boldridge, and he'd go
to jail for killing her, too.
530
00:33:26,940 --> 00:33:30,243
[Narrator]
Then, on September 19, 2000,
531
00:33:30,276 --> 00:33:33,513
John Goodpasture has another
run-in with the law
532
00:33:33,546 --> 00:33:37,217
and suddenly has
a change of heart.
533
00:33:37,250 --> 00:33:39,386
[Jason] Another big turning
point in the case was when
534
00:33:39,419 --> 00:33:43,323
Goodpasture got arrested for
drugs.
535
00:33:43,356 --> 00:33:45,759
He wanted to talk to
Investigator Myer
536
00:33:45,792 --> 00:33:47,460
about the case.
537
00:33:47,494 --> 00:33:51,264
His explanation was that
the four individuals,
538
00:33:51,297 --> 00:33:57,237
Lisa Boldridge, Kirk Wilson,
Goodpasture and Gary Skeen
539
00:33:57,270 --> 00:34:02,075
were together one night, and
were discussing their various
540
00:34:02,108 --> 00:34:04,477
dislikes of Kurt Boldridge.
541
00:34:07,747 --> 00:34:11,451
[Narrator] John says that
around 1:00 AM on March 18th,
542
00:34:11,484 --> 00:34:14,788
Kirk Wilson started retelling
a shocking story
543
00:34:14,821 --> 00:34:17,691
that Lisa had shared with him.
544
00:34:17,724 --> 00:34:20,627
Because Kurt Boldridge was
married to Kirk Wilson's
545
00:34:20,660 --> 00:34:25,265
ex-wife at one point, there were
times when the Wilsons' son
546
00:34:25,298 --> 00:34:29,102
was in the same home
with Kurt Boldridge.
547
00:34:29,135 --> 00:34:33,106
Lisa told Kirk that her
ex-husband, Kurt,
548
00:34:33,139 --> 00:34:37,110
had sexually abused his son.
549
00:34:37,143 --> 00:34:40,280
She would make up a lie
to get anything she wanted.
550
00:34:43,550 --> 00:34:46,686
[Narrator] John reports
that even with zero proof,
551
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:51,491
the three men were infuriated b
Lisa's outrageous allegations,
552
00:34:51,524 --> 00:34:55,395
especially Kirk.
553
00:34:56,629 --> 00:35:00,033
[Casey] Kirk was wound up,
and his anger was contagious.
554
00:35:00,033 --> 00:35:03,136
These emotions begin
to feed each other
555
00:35:03,169 --> 00:35:06,639
and exponentially rise
and escalate until people
556
00:35:06,673 --> 00:35:09,743
aren't just angry, they're
ready to take action,
557
00:35:09,776 --> 00:35:13,279
almost like mob mentality.
558
00:35:13,313 --> 00:35:16,349
[Timothy] That night
with Lisa's direction,
559
00:35:16,383 --> 00:35:21,154
they hatched a plan to kill him.
560
00:35:21,187 --> 00:35:23,857
[Narrator] Lisa promised
the men that their good deed
561
00:35:23,890 --> 00:35:26,059
would be rewarded.
562
00:35:26,793 --> 00:35:29,429
Lisa informed them that
there was drugs in the house.
563
00:35:29,462 --> 00:35:31,598
And that Gary Skeen and
John Goodpasture,
564
00:35:31,631 --> 00:35:33,633
they were going down there
for the drugs.
565
00:35:36,936 --> 00:35:39,939
[Narrator] John Goodpasture
confesses to police that Lisa
566
00:35:39,973 --> 00:35:44,177
drove ahead to Kurt's house
and the other three followed.
567
00:35:46,813 --> 00:35:49,082
[Larry] She still had a key
to the home,
568
00:35:49,115 --> 00:35:52,085
and that's the way
the suspects was let in.
569
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:56,489
Evidentially from past dealings,
Lisa may have known
570
00:35:56,523 --> 00:35:59,759
where Kurt kept his shotguns.
571
00:36:00,493 --> 00:36:03,129
They got to the bedroom.
Lisa grabbed a shotgun
572
00:36:03,163 --> 00:36:05,765
that was leanin' against the
wall,
573
00:36:05,799 --> 00:36:07,934
threw it to Kirk Wilson,
574
00:36:08,034 --> 00:36:10,437
said,
just shoot him in the head.
575
00:36:10,470 --> 00:36:13,206
[Narrator] Still enraged
by the story Lisa told him,
576
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:16,242
Kirk did just that.
577
00:36:20,246 --> 00:36:24,751
Kirk Wilson
actually shot Kurt Boldridge
578
00:36:24,784 --> 00:36:26,619
while he was sleeping.
579
00:36:28,788 --> 00:36:31,391
[Narrator] John Goodpasture
tells investigators that they
580
00:36:31,424 --> 00:36:36,162
spent a few minutes searching
for the promised drugs.
581
00:36:36,196 --> 00:36:37,697
I don't believe
there was ever any drugs
582
00:36:37,731 --> 00:36:40,066
found in the house.
583
00:36:40,066 --> 00:36:42,736
[Narrator] Kirk and Lisa
headed off in a separate car
584
00:36:42,769 --> 00:36:47,307
to dump the shotgun
in the Missouri River.
585
00:36:49,909 --> 00:36:52,178
[Larry] John Goodpasture
then took a polygraph,
586
00:36:52,212 --> 00:36:56,082
passed the polygraph
and became a state witness.
587
00:36:56,116 --> 00:36:57,751
[Narrator] John is placed
under arrest
588
00:36:57,784 --> 00:37:02,422
and charged with
aggravated burglary.
589
00:37:03,656 --> 00:37:08,495
Investigators don't have
to hunt for Kirk and Gary.
590
00:37:08,528 --> 00:37:12,232
Kirk Wilson was in jail and we
physically just approached him
591
00:37:12,265 --> 00:37:14,267
and gave him the arrest warrant.
592
00:37:14,300 --> 00:37:17,203
He was under his lawyer's
advice not to speak.
593
00:37:17,237 --> 00:37:19,839
Gary was being held
on a probation violation.
594
00:37:19,873 --> 00:37:22,475
We presented him the warrant
while he was in jail, also.
595
00:37:25,245 --> 00:37:27,147
[Narrator]
Closing the final loop,
596
00:37:27,180 --> 00:37:29,516
investigators find no evidence
597
00:37:29,549 --> 00:37:33,386
that Kurt Boldridge
assaulted Kirk Wilson's son.
598
00:37:34,821 --> 00:37:37,524
Sandy White was interviewed
by officers
599
00:37:37,557 --> 00:37:39,826
about the allegations made
by Lisa Boldridge
600
00:37:39,859 --> 00:37:42,195
against Kurt Boldridge.
601
00:37:42,228 --> 00:37:43,830
It was found to be unfounded.
602
00:37:43,863 --> 00:37:47,867
Sandy denied that anything
like that ever happened.
603
00:37:47,901 --> 00:37:50,303
In the end, it was confirmed
that Kurt Boldridge
604
00:37:50,337 --> 00:37:52,539
never abused that child.
605
00:37:52,572 --> 00:37:55,308
Lisa fabricated this story
606
00:37:55,342 --> 00:37:58,645
knowing what it would do
to Kirk Wilson.
607
00:38:02,549 --> 00:38:05,018
The plan was to
piss Kurt Wilson off so bad
608
00:38:05,018 --> 00:38:06,686
that he would kill him.
609
00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:09,723
And she was gonna
sail away scot free.
610
00:38:09,756 --> 00:38:12,859
Lisa just wanted Kurt Boldridge
dead, and she done everything
611
00:38:12,892 --> 00:38:17,864
in her power to get him killed,
and she succeeded.
612
00:38:17,897 --> 00:38:20,333
Lisa was just evil.
613
00:38:23,103 --> 00:38:25,105
[Narrator] Coming up.
614
00:38:25,138 --> 00:38:28,675
Lisa's arrogance is on display.
615
00:38:28,708 --> 00:38:31,544
[Clinton] She would sit and
mock the family members
616
00:38:31,578 --> 00:38:33,346
sitting in the courtroom.
617
00:38:33,380 --> 00:38:36,583
She'd done this for so many
years and got away with it.
618
00:38:36,616 --> 00:38:41,354
[Narrator] And her defense
centers on a critical detail.
619
00:38:41,388 --> 00:38:43,256
[Timothy] She only played
a minor role.
620
00:38:43,289 --> 00:38:45,658
She didn't fire the fatal shot.
621
00:39:03,176 --> 00:39:07,013
[Narrator] Kirk Wilson,
Gary Skeen, and John Goodpastur
622
00:39:07,013 --> 00:39:09,916
have joined Lisa Boldridge in
being charged
623
00:39:10,016 --> 00:39:13,353
with the shooting death
of Kurt Boldridge.
624
00:39:14,621 --> 00:39:16,723
Prosecutors are determined
to prove
625
00:39:16,756 --> 00:39:22,395
that Lisa was the mastermind
behind the deadly plan.
626
00:39:22,429 --> 00:39:25,231
[Timothy] Lisa had
a financial motive.
627
00:39:25,265 --> 00:39:28,368
She thought in some manner,
Kurt's death
628
00:39:28,401 --> 00:39:32,138
would place her in a better
financial position,
629
00:39:32,172 --> 00:39:36,643
with benefits
coming to their son.
630
00:39:36,676 --> 00:39:40,380
[Narrator] But many in Atchison,
including the Boldridge family,
631
00:39:40,413 --> 00:39:44,951
believe Lisa's
motive was twofold.
632
00:39:45,051 --> 00:39:47,387
If her and my dad
were not gonna be together,
633
00:39:47,420 --> 00:39:50,056
nobody was gonna be with him.
634
00:39:53,593 --> 00:39:58,064
[Narrator] Lisa's trial
begins on January 8, 2001.
635
00:39:59,065 --> 00:40:02,569
Lisa's behavior in the courtroo
reflects the same confidence
636
00:40:02,602 --> 00:40:05,772
she showed throughout
the investigation.
637
00:40:07,173 --> 00:40:10,410
[Clinton] She would sit and
mock the family members
638
00:40:10,443 --> 00:40:12,545
sitting in the courtroom.
639
00:40:12,579 --> 00:40:16,416
Little stupid smirk smiles
and ha, ha, like, he, he, he,
640
00:40:16,449 --> 00:40:19,052
and little grinning gestures
and stuff like that
641
00:40:19,085 --> 00:40:21,087
when she thought
she was winning.
642
00:40:21,121 --> 00:40:23,623
I think because mainly she'd
done this for so many years
643
00:40:23,656 --> 00:40:25,859
and got away with it.
644
00:40:27,327 --> 00:40:31,064
[Narrator] Prosecutors allege
that for a while Lisa was happy
645
00:40:31,097 --> 00:40:34,267
simply irritating Kurt.
646
00:40:34,300 --> 00:40:38,938
Dad suffered threats,
the phone calls all night long,
647
00:40:38,972 --> 00:40:41,574
the constant harassment.
648
00:40:41,608 --> 00:40:44,978
[Narrator] But the
harassment wasn't enough.
649
00:40:45,011 --> 00:40:48,648
John Goodpasture takes the
stand, and he affirms that
650
00:40:48,682 --> 00:40:51,685
the entire idea was
Lisa Boldridge's.
651
00:40:51,718 --> 00:40:56,189
In fact, it was Lisa who put the
idea for killing Kurt
652
00:40:56,222 --> 00:40:59,559
into Kirk Wilson's head.
653
00:40:59,592 --> 00:41:03,063
I definitely,
I 100% believe it wouldn't
654
00:41:03,063 --> 00:41:05,732
have happened if it
wouldn't have been for her.
655
00:41:08,635 --> 00:41:13,073
[Narrator] Lisa's defense
hinges on one detail.
656
00:41:13,106 --> 00:41:14,474
[Timothy] She made the
argument that she only
657
00:41:14,507 --> 00:41:17,143
played a minor role.
658
00:41:17,177 --> 00:41:20,480
Going into the house to allow
the other three individuals
659
00:41:20,513 --> 00:41:24,918
to go in,
she didn't fire the fatal shot.
660
00:41:25,919 --> 00:41:28,154
[gunshot]
661
00:41:29,089 --> 00:41:31,458
[Narrator]
Following a three-day trial,
662
00:41:31,491 --> 00:41:36,096
Lisa is found guilty
of first-degree murder.
663
00:41:36,129 --> 00:41:40,500
The judge shows little leniency
at her sentencing.
664
00:41:40,533 --> 00:41:43,903
The judge imposed
what Kansas refers to as the
665
00:41:43,937 --> 00:41:48,241
hard 50 sentence, which means
she has to serve 50 years
666
00:41:48,274 --> 00:41:52,812
in custody before she becomes
eligible for parole.
667
00:41:55,982 --> 00:42:00,754
[Narrator] Kirk Wilson
goes to trial in June 2001.
668
00:42:00,787 --> 00:42:05,191
The jury finds him guilty
of first-degree murder.
669
00:42:05,225 --> 00:42:07,127
Rather than risk trial,
670
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:12,165
Gary Skeen and John Goodpasture
take plea deals.
671
00:42:12,198 --> 00:42:16,136
Mr. Goodpasture was allowed to
plead to a charge
672
00:42:16,169 --> 00:42:21,107
of aggravated burglary in
exchange for his testimony.
673
00:42:21,141 --> 00:42:26,146
[Edward] Kirk got 25 years
for shooting him.
674
00:42:26,179 --> 00:42:29,249
And Kirk, he just couldn't
believe that.
675
00:42:29,282 --> 00:42:33,219
She got more time than he did
because she orchestrated it.
676
00:42:34,554 --> 00:42:37,457
[Narrator] Gary Skeen receives a
14-year sentence
677
00:42:37,490 --> 00:42:39,959
for conspiracy to commit murder
678
00:42:39,993 --> 00:42:44,831
And John Goodpasture is granted
24 months of probation.
679
00:42:49,502 --> 00:42:53,306
While the Boldridge family
still struggles with the loss,
680
00:42:53,340 --> 00:42:57,277
they keep Kurt's memory alive.
681
00:42:57,310 --> 00:42:59,012
[Clinton] They can strip
everything away from us,
682
00:42:59,112 --> 00:43:01,848
but do you know what?
We're still family.
683
00:43:01,881 --> 00:43:03,583
He's still my brother.
He's still family.
684
00:43:03,616 --> 00:43:05,719
He ain't went nowhere.
685
00:43:05,752 --> 00:43:08,588
At the end of the day,
that's all we got left.
686
00:43:08,621 --> 00:43:14,494
[Brandi] So it was devastating,
to say the least.
687
00:43:14,527 --> 00:43:18,064
I miss him every day,
688
00:43:18,098 --> 00:43:20,834
even 22 years later.
689
00:43:20,867 --> 00:43:22,769
Some days it seems like
it was yesterday
690
00:43:22,802 --> 00:43:26,873
and sometimes it seems like it
was a 100 years ago,
691
00:43:26,906 --> 00:43:29,075
but I don't miss him any less.
692
00:43:31,578 --> 00:43:35,949
[music]