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[woman] I look back and…
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I think I've always had a hard time
believing that there is evil in people…
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until I met him…
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and I saw evil firsthand.
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Hurtin' a woman?
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It's not somethin' that I would do,
you know? Uh, uh…
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Far as puttin' my hands on 'em or,
you know, uh… just abusin' 'em.
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You know what I mean?
Uh, uh… I… That's not who I am.
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I don't like to be lied to.
I don't like to be taken advantage of.
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You know? And when
I feel that I'm bein' taken advantage of,
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you're gonna see another side of me
that's not gonna be good.
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[man 1] I'd rather be considered
a murderer than a stalker,
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you know what I mean?
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[woman] I wanted the intensity
of, like, of her feeling watched.
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[man 2] Anybody can be a stalker.
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[man 3] It's all boogeyman talk.
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[man 4] I'm not still that crazy. Like--
[chuckles]
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[birdsong]
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[train horn blaring]
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My name is Terry Dwayne Morrison. Um…
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I was incarcerated
for aggravated stalking.
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I-- I received four years.
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I grew up in Dallas, Texas.
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I guess I was kind of rebellious.
You know, I didn't…
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I didn't go to school, you know,
like I was supposed to.
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I felt I was at a disadvantage
because my mom worked.
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My dad was a truck driver, so I didn't
really have the support in the stands.
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You know, people cheerin' me on
and stuff like that.
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I saw my dad abuse my mom a couple times.
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But I got three other brothers, and we--
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as we grew up, you know,
when my dad wanted to abuse my mom,
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we would step in.
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We would take the pain
or the-- the beatings for my mother,
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you know, just because she didn't
deserve, you know, to get hit.
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I finally ran away from home,
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and from 11 to maybe 17 years old,
I ran with gangs.
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[Morrison] I met my ex, Sadie,
on a dating website.
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Our age was the same, you know.
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She--she was kind of, like, independent,
you know what I mean? She was…
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She wasn't a high-maintenance lady.
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She was more of a homebody.
That-- that what attracted me to her.
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Our first date, uh…
she called me on my job.
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I was workin' in a restaurant,
and she wanted to come by the restaurant.
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So I invited her to have lunch with me
that day.
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And, uh… it made me feel good.
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She was a nice lady, you know what I mean?
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We spent a lot of time together,
you know, just, uh,
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goin' bike ridin', um… to the movies,
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um… you know, doin' a lot
of different things that I like doing.
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[birdsong]
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My name is Sadie,
and I am a stalking survivor.
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I met Terry
probably around May or June of 2013.
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A few of the friends that I worked with
were really big into Internet dating,
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and so they talked me into going
on a dating site, which I did.
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And I had gone out with several people
before I met Terry.
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My first impressions of him were,
he seemed really shy and he seemed nice.
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You know, we were able
to communicate quite well.
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We did exchange phone numbers
and started texting.
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But I remember thinking
he really wasn't my type.
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And then…
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about the time
I was about to lose my job,
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I guess I just needed somebody to talk to,
so it kind of took off from there.
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[Morrison] For a couple months,
I'd text her every morning.
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"Have a great day at work,"
and stuff like that.
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And she did the same thing for me.
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We kept seeing each other
for about maybe three months.
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She would always ask me,
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"Why don't you move in?
We're always together."
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And I would always change the subject,
because, like I said,
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I wasn't really seekin'
a-- a relationship, um…
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where I was totally committed.
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[birdsong]
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[Sadie] He was getting kicked out
of the place he was living,
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and I felt sorry for him,
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so I told him he could stay with me.
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But I remember telling him
when he did move in with me,
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that as soon as I finished school
in a year,
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I was planning to move
and he was not going with me.
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Well, at first, it was okay.
Just normal stuff.
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Cooking dinner, working, and watching TV.
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And then gradually,
I started seeing him change.
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He would get a little possessive.
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Like, if I was sitting in the kitchen
on my computer
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and he was sitting in the living room
watching TV,
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he would want me to sit
right by him the whole time.
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And I would be like, "I don't understand
why I can't do what I wanna do
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if you're doing what you wanna do."
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That's when I'm starting to think,
"I think I made a mistake here."
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[cicadas chirping]
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[Morrison] Our relationship turned bad
maybe a month after I moved in.
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There was a couple times
that different guys stopped by the house
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bringin' back movies or, you know,
she asked me to cook her a meal
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that the food that was there,
I didn't put that in the refrigerator.
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So I'm like, well…
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"Where did you… where did you get that?"
You know what I mean?
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She wouldn't give me no answers.
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I kind of had feelings for the lady.
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I just wanted to know
if she was cheatin' on me, you know?
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But she would never give me no answers.
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[Sadie] I was trying to think of ways
to get rid of him,
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and I did tell him that he needed
to find another place to live,
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because I didn't think
we were very compatible.
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And as soon as I told him that,
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that's when things started
becoming violent.
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[cicadas chirping]
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One night, we had been watching TV
and sitting on the couch,
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and we had been talking.
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Terry had talked a lot about changing
his life and doing different things,
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and I said to him, "You know,
Terry, if you want to change your life
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and have a better life,
you need to lose this gang mentality,
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because it's not gonna
get you anywhere in life."
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And he-- he got real quiet,
and he didn't say one word.
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Well, he went to bed and I just--
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I stayed there watching TV probably
for about another 30 minutes,
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and then I went into bed.
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I was about to doze off,
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and the next thing I know
is he took his foot
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and put it on my hip
and shoved me out of bed.
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I went skipping along the floor,
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and I was half awake,
and I remember thinking,
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"Well, maybe he just stretched
and he didn't mean to do it."
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You know, because I was kind of, like,
groggy and half asleep, half awake.
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So I got back in bed,
and the next thing I knew,
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he was on top of me
with his hands around my neck.
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It was just like I was a rag doll,
just flopping all over the bed.
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And…
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I thought that was it.
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In my head was this voice that said,
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"Don't fight. Just go with it.
It's gonna be over soon."
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And he stopped, and he got up,
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and he went out of the bedroom.
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After that, I got up
and went to the bathroom.
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And that's when the whole,
um… white of my eye was blood-red.
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And I bled from my bowels
for three days straight.
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I honestly believe I was close to death.
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[crows cawing]
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[Morrison] It was a Friday night
that we-- I came home with her
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from babysittin' her-- her grandbabies.
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So I was like,
"Well, I gotta go to work in the morning."
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So the next mornin', um, she wakes up.
She's got a black eye.
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She tells me that, um… I hit her.
And I'm like, "No."
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Because when I got into
a relationship with her,
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I explained to her, "If I ever put my
hands on you, call the police."
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You know?
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And when she said that, I'm like,
"No, I didn't-- I didn't punch you."
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She had to leave the house that night,
or, you know, she punched herself.
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I-- I really don't know.
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I wouldn't put nothin' past her.
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[birdsong]
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[Sadie] When I left, I just took
enough clothes to kind of get by,
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and I left a lot of my things
there at my apartment.
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One night, he sent me a bunch of texts
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telling me that he had bleached
all of my clothes,
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he had destroyed all of my pictures,
my personal belongings,
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cut up my shoes,
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and they were all
in the dumpster at the apartment.
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At that time, Terry was sending, like,
50 messages in a day and it was, like…
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none of them good.
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He was leaving notes at my cousin's house.
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He would drive by my daughter's house
and put letters in their mailbox
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saying that he loved me.
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"I just can't believe you're doing this."
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That's when I started thinking,
"This is stalking."
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I was scared.
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If a car, I felt,
followed me for too long…
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I would try to make sure I had in my mind
the quickest way to the police station.
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It's kind of like being in a perpetual
fight-or-flight mode all the time.
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It's scary. Very scary.
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[woman] The most dangerous time
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for a woman
to leave an abusive relationship
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is when she's walking out the door.
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And in this case, when Sadie left…
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that's when her life became endangered.
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My name is Angela Hirsch,
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and I'm the executive director
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for the Rape and Abuse Crisis Service
in Jefferson City, Missouri.
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When a victim starts to recognize
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that this is an unhealthy relationship,
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that they have been isolated,
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that they are being controlled
by another individual,
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and they take steps
to diminish that control,
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that's when the perpetrator
feels threatened.
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And when Sadie took control
of her own life
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and made the decisions that she made
to leave this relationship,
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that created an era of…
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almost panic, if you would, to Morrison.
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[Hirsch] When he says things like,
"I know when you're babysitting,"
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he's able to take those day-to-day
situations that are just part of her life,
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going to school,
spending time with her grandchildren,
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visiting her family,
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and he's able to twist those
in such a way that she feels unsafe
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regardless of where she is
or what she's doing,
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or what she's put in place
to try to help her.
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I think he's doing it
just to let her know that,
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"Hey, you can run, but you can't hide."
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"I am in control.
I know what is happening."
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"You will never get away from me."
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And imagine living your life
like that constantly.
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That's what… that's what happens
with victims of stalking.
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That's how they have to live.
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In Sadie's case, she did absolutely
everything she could
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to-- to get away from this person,
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and I absolutely understand
why she went into hiding.
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We see that with many battered women,
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that they have to get to a place
that is safe, that is secure,
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where they cannot be found,
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uh, because it is not safe
for them to be where they are.
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I think going into hiding was probably
her last option to survive.
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Only by the grace of God
was this woman not killed.
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[birdsong]
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[Sadie] When I went into hiding,
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Terry continued to try
to harass me and my family.
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He was trying to send me apps
where he could track my location.
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Just like a text message,
but it had… kind of like a GPS tracker.
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I turned my phone off,
and when I turned it back on,
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that's when all these
just started coming in,
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like 50 text messages,
just bing, bing, bing, bing.
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And it was from his phone number, and
I thought, "Nope, delete, delete, delete."
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I didn't leave the house
unless it was just to go to class,
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because I was scared to be in public.
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It's just hard to explain
the feelings of just being scared.
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You know, if I could have put myself
in just a box and lock it,
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that would have been better.
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And it was to the point where I knew
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that it was either gonna
be like this the rest of my life,
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and I would live in fear,
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or it would come down to me or him.
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And I was-- I was preparing myself
to be me or him.
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[Sadie] I knew it was gonna
make him angrier,
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so that's why I waited till I could
go into hiding to file the ex parte.
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The main fear is retaliation,
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and I think that's why a lot of,
especially women,
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are reluctant to get a restraining order,
because it's just a piece of paper.
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There's nothing that can keep them
from you, honestly.
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Even if you have a restraining order,
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they can get to you
before the police get there.
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And then what?
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There was nothing I could do
to protect my children.
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There was nothing I could do
to protect myself.
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It just… So helpless.
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[cicadas chirping]
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[man] If I remember correctly,
it was in the morning.
243
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I had just finished my morning patrols,
244
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and I had received a call that there
was a student that needed to see me.
245
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When I arrived at the student
services desk, there was Sadie.
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And she told me that she had
a copy of a full order of protection
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against a gentleman,
and so I told her, I said,
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"We'll get the Ozark Police
Department involved,
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'cause it sounds pretty serious."
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My name's Jerome Ransome.
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I'm the safety and security supervisor
here at the Richwood Valley campus
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here at Nixa, Missouri.
253
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We proceeded to the president's
conference room,
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and she sat at the table here,
the Ozark officer sat here,
255
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and I sat at the--
the front of the table here,
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and we went over her paperwork
and discussed a plan of action.
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She was pretty afraid of him.
You could tell that she was very nervous.
258
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Seemed very upset.
259
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She told us, she said,
"He will show up here. I know he will."
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She said, "He's not afraid."
261
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And when we proceeded out to the door,
I looked and I turned to her and I said,
262
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"I think Mr. Morrison's out here now.
I think that's him."
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I said, "Why don't you stay in here
and let me check?"
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And that's when I proceeded to the student
services desk and saw him standing there.
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We came on down here.
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These doors were open
just as they are now,
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and we pushed him into this door
right here.
268
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And I had him pinned up against this door.
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We said, "You're in violation
of a full order of protection."
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The officer informed him
that he was under arrest.
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Mr. Morrison said, "I don't know
what you're talking about."
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And I pulled out of his pocket
the full order of protection
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that he had been served.
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And I said, "Maybe you don't understand,
it's this right here."
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And I put it in his face.
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So, we proceeded to walk Mr. Morrison
out to the patrol car,
277
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and he was taken
to the Christian County Jail
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for violation of the full order
of protection.
279
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Sadie was terrified.
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She was absolutely terrified
when she saw him.
281
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I'm glad that she came forward
and was brave enough to say,
282
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"Hey, look, I've got somebody
who I'm concerned about."
283
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Had Sadie not filed that paperwork,
284
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Mr. Morrison just would have been asked
to leave and he would have left.
285
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But we had the right to arrest him,
because she filed that-- that paperwork.
286
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[Ransome] Mr. Morrison pulls over,
287
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he jumps out of the car
and he rushes the police officer's car.
288
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The police officer exits his vehicle,
draws his weapon,
289
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draws down on Mr. Morrison
and starts giving him commands.
290
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The officer arrested Mr. Morrison.
291
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He was taken into custody, and
taken back to the Christian County Jail
292
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for the second time within two weeks.
293
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My name's Janette Bleau.
294
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I am an assistant prosecutor,
295
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and I've been doing prosecution
about 20 years.
296
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We got the notebook on April 1st
with that arrest.
297
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The things that were said in the notebook
298
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just really heightened our awareness
of, like, "This-- this guy is dangerous."
299
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Part of that notebook was,
300
00:26:38,923 --> 00:26:41,363
"I just want to say
you need to kill yourself."
301
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"It's over for you."
302
00:26:44,083 --> 00:26:48,803
The other thing that was really concerning
is in that notebook as well.
303
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It says, "I got a gun for you."
304
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We found letters that he had sent
after the protection order was in place,
305
00:26:56,203 --> 00:26:58,363
and on one page, says,
306
00:26:58,443 --> 00:27:00,643
"You already lost
because of what you've done,
307
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call police
and put a protection order on me."
308
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"Is that going to keep me
from talking to you?"
309
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"Hell no. You gotta stay in hiding."
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"Quit school, because if you drive,
are riding with someone,
311
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I will be in the parking lot
watching you."
312
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"Wait until you head to where you live."
313
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These are threats.
314
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He is actively stalking her
and telling her that he's watching her.
315
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And then all the text messages.
316
00:27:30,923 --> 00:27:33,963
"I will camp out at your house.
You're going to talk to me."
317
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"Why did you do this to me?"
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"I will come to your school and to your
family house if that's what you want."
319
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I would be terrified.
320
00:27:47,003 --> 00:27:48,883
And I think that certainly Sadie was.
321
00:27:48,963 --> 00:27:52,443
I mean, she was terrified, 'cause
she knew he knew where her family lived.
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My thought process was, like,
"We gotta keep him in custody,
323
00:28:00,283 --> 00:28:03,323
'cause I really think
he's a threat to her if he gets out."
324
00:28:03,843 --> 00:28:07,083
"He now knows that she's reported him
twice to law enforcement."
325
00:28:07,163 --> 00:28:10,683
"He's been arrested twice."
So you know, right then and there,
326
00:28:10,763 --> 00:28:13,723
I was like, "This is something
that we really need to be on top of."
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[Bleau] I was very apprehensive
going up to the preliminary hearing,
328
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because I was concerned for Sadie
to be in the same room with him,
329
00:28:42,043 --> 00:28:45,603
and having to see him,
and having to point him out and, you know,
330
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say, "That's… that's Terry Morrison,
who's stalking me."
331
00:28:51,643 --> 00:28:53,443
They filed for a motion to suppress.
332
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There were several instances
where they filed changes of judge.
333
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It was kind of just a delay
after delay after delay.
334
00:29:01,083 --> 00:29:03,843
I don't know if he thought
by delaying the case
335
00:29:04,363 --> 00:29:08,323
that eventually Sadie would get tired
and just say, "I'm done."
336
00:29:08,403 --> 00:29:10,723
He didn't really think
this was gonna go anywhere,
337
00:29:10,803 --> 00:29:12,163
that this wasn't gonna happen.
338
00:29:29,803 --> 00:29:31,803
[geese calling]
339
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[Morrison] She told me our relationship
was over, she didn't love me,
340
00:29:44,283 --> 00:29:46,643
and she didn't wanna have
nothin' to do with me,
341
00:29:46,723 --> 00:29:48,283
and she didn't wanna talk to me.
342
00:29:48,363 --> 00:29:50,523
So, yeah, it's-- it's--
343
00:29:50,603 --> 00:29:55,523
I could consider that stalking,
now that, uh, I have looked up stalking
344
00:29:55,603 --> 00:29:57,443
and, you know, what it-- what--what…
345
00:30:00,083 --> 00:30:01,803
all about what stalkin' is.
346
00:30:03,443 --> 00:30:07,203
I think I did it out of--
To put fear in her or to scare her.
347
00:30:09,603 --> 00:30:13,803
I know it was wrong, you know, uh, for--
because it put a lot of fright in her.
348
00:30:13,883 --> 00:30:16,363
And she didn't know
what I was capable of doin'.
349
00:30:18,723 --> 00:30:22,403
But I just wanted closure,
even with the stalking, you know.
350
00:30:23,083 --> 00:30:26,843
I wasn't gon' physically harm,
uh… Sadie.
351
00:30:26,923 --> 00:30:31,003
I wasn't gonna put my hands on her.
I just-- All I just wanted, some answers,
352
00:30:31,083 --> 00:30:34,483
why you did what you did,
or said the things that you said about me.
353
00:30:34,563 --> 00:30:35,683
You know, that was it.
354
00:30:38,363 --> 00:30:40,323
She was saying things that were false,
355
00:30:41,083 --> 00:30:43,203
because I'm-- I'm not an abuser, you know.
356
00:30:43,283 --> 00:30:45,003
Uh… I don't-- I don't abuse women.
357
00:30:46,043 --> 00:30:49,323
I would never hurt a woman, you know,
because like I said, I'm a man and,
358
00:30:49,403 --> 00:30:52,283
you know, she's a woman, she's the… the…
359
00:30:53,403 --> 00:30:55,123
She's the weaker link, you know, and…
360
00:30:56,163 --> 00:31:00,603
I didn't like being labeled a stalker,
you know, it-- it-- it's…
361
00:31:00,683 --> 00:31:03,043
Like I said,
it's up there with a pedophile, or…
362
00:31:03,923 --> 00:31:07,563
You know, it's kind of the lowest
of the lowest, you know what I mean?
363
00:31:08,323 --> 00:31:10,883
I feel like a creep, you know what I mean?
I feel like…
364
00:31:13,243 --> 00:31:14,083
That people--
365
00:31:14,163 --> 00:31:17,883
I'd rather be considered a murderer…
a murderer than a stalker,
366
00:31:17,963 --> 00:31:19,043
you know what I mean?
367
00:31:36,483 --> 00:31:38,843
[man] Mr. Morrison has a violent past.
368
00:31:42,283 --> 00:31:45,003
I mean, you don't get any more violent
than murder.
369
00:31:48,643 --> 00:31:49,883
My name is Scott Hill.
370
00:31:49,963 --> 00:31:52,203
I'm a Springfield police officer
here in Missouri.
371
00:31:52,283 --> 00:31:57,163
And I was on patrol back on
September 23rd of 2011,
372
00:31:57,843 --> 00:32:00,243
when we got a dispatch
to a "shots fired" call.
373
00:32:15,803 --> 00:32:19,083
[Hill] A female later identified
as Pristina Tyner
374
00:32:19,163 --> 00:32:20,443
had been shot in the head.
375
00:32:24,643 --> 00:32:27,883
Terry Morrison was identified by witnesses
376
00:32:27,963 --> 00:32:30,203
as the suspect who shot Ms. Tyner,
377
00:32:30,283 --> 00:32:34,203
and was later arrested by officers
for the murder.
378
00:32:38,563 --> 00:32:40,123
[cicadas chirping]
379
00:32:40,843 --> 00:32:43,803
Room 212. This is where
Mr. Morrison went into the room
380
00:32:43,883 --> 00:32:45,963
and confronted them with a gun.
381
00:32:46,723 --> 00:32:52,003
And the witness has indicated
that he reached over the banister here
382
00:32:52,083 --> 00:32:54,523
and shot her as she was running
down the stairs.
383
00:32:59,283 --> 00:33:02,723
There was a female inside the room
that knew Mr. Morrison from past dealings,
384
00:33:02,803 --> 00:33:04,963
and was able to identify him
in a photo lineup,
385
00:33:05,043 --> 00:33:07,163
and he was arrested about four days later.
386
00:33:26,523 --> 00:33:29,523
[Hill] The main witness refused
to identify him as a suspect.
387
00:33:30,043 --> 00:33:31,283
She was terrified.
388
00:33:31,363 --> 00:33:35,883
There was a lot of words on the street
that she was possibly the intended target,
389
00:33:35,963 --> 00:33:37,483
and it wasn't the other victim.
390
00:33:37,563 --> 00:33:40,763
And so that really,
I think, spooked her of…
391
00:33:41,603 --> 00:33:44,483
she was involved in this
a lot more than she wanted to be,
392
00:33:44,563 --> 00:33:48,763
and her friend was killed right in front
of her, and so that could happen to her.
393
00:34:12,403 --> 00:34:15,323
[Hill] Murder never goes away.
There's no statute of limitations.
394
00:34:15,403 --> 00:34:18,163
So I knew
I would have another chance for justice.
395
00:34:21,363 --> 00:34:24,443
I met Sadie from learning
she was a victim of the stalking charge,
396
00:34:24,963 --> 00:34:29,043
and I knew if there is going to be
any new information,
397
00:34:29,123 --> 00:34:30,963
I mean, that was his last relationship.
398
00:34:31,483 --> 00:34:35,043
If they were close, maybe he shared
information about this homicide with her.
399
00:34:35,123 --> 00:34:37,563
So she would be someone
that I would wanna talk to.
400
00:34:39,563 --> 00:34:41,723
When I interviewed her,
she broke down in tears.
401
00:34:43,283 --> 00:34:46,323
The fear that she was living in,
knowing that if he were to get out,
402
00:34:46,403 --> 00:34:49,923
she legitimately believed
that he would find her and kill her.
403
00:34:50,003 --> 00:34:53,643
That fear that I could see in her eyes
and in the interview,
404
00:34:53,723 --> 00:34:54,963
you can't make that up.
405
00:34:55,043 --> 00:34:56,163
You can't fake that.
406
00:34:58,443 --> 00:35:02,443
And, you know, she brought up
the one point where he did tell her
407
00:35:02,523 --> 00:35:04,043
that he did kill her.
408
00:35:04,923 --> 00:35:09,043
So that became, I think,
very important at the trial for the jurors
409
00:35:09,123 --> 00:35:13,923
to listen to a recent relationship
of someone that he confessed to
410
00:35:14,003 --> 00:35:16,163
that he did murder the victim
in this case.
411
00:35:18,803 --> 00:35:20,803
[cicadas chirping]
412
00:35:28,563 --> 00:35:30,563
[Sadie] When I got that phone call,
I was shocked.
413
00:35:32,083 --> 00:35:35,203
Terry had gone to prison
for the aggravated stalking.
414
00:35:36,603 --> 00:35:40,163
And I had Detective Hill get a hold of me,
415
00:35:40,243 --> 00:35:45,643
and he wanted to talk to me
about if I knew anything about the murder.
416
00:35:50,923 --> 00:35:55,283
One night, just out of the blue,
he had told me.
417
00:35:56,043 --> 00:36:00,123
He said, "Yes, I killed that woman,
but nobody but you knows that,
418
00:36:00,723 --> 00:36:02,523
and I will deny everything."
419
00:36:04,963 --> 00:36:08,563
At that point, I didn't say anything.
I didn't ask any questions.
420
00:36:08,643 --> 00:36:09,643
I didn't wanna know.
421
00:36:10,803 --> 00:36:13,723
The less I knew, the better off I was.
422
00:36:29,123 --> 00:36:31,723
[Sadie] I didn't want to testify
because, you know,
423
00:36:31,803 --> 00:36:34,403
"Well, what if I testify
and then he's not convicted?"
424
00:36:38,683 --> 00:36:42,803
I think I just got to thinking about it
and I thought, "What have I got to lose?"
425
00:36:42,883 --> 00:36:45,923
"Because if my testimony
does any good and it helps the case,
426
00:36:46,003 --> 00:36:47,603
then this is gonna benefit me."
427
00:36:48,123 --> 00:36:49,363
And not that I--
428
00:36:50,283 --> 00:36:54,083
That sounds bad,
but I was scared for him to get out.
429
00:36:54,963 --> 00:36:56,563
I really was terrified.
430
00:37:22,283 --> 00:37:27,563
[Sadie] When I went for the actual trial,
it was so nerve-racking.
431
00:37:31,683 --> 00:37:34,763
I do remember
walking up to the stand and, um…
432
00:37:36,043 --> 00:37:41,123
I think it was just seeing the jury,
and Terry, and everybody there
433
00:37:41,203 --> 00:37:42,083
that it just…
434
00:37:43,323 --> 00:37:47,723
And I know you could see me shakin'.
[chuckles] Because I was shakin' so hard.
435
00:37:51,563 --> 00:37:53,523
I didn't really want to look at him.
436
00:37:53,603 --> 00:37:56,283
I would glance,
but I didn't really wanna look, but…
437
00:37:56,963 --> 00:38:01,403
My daughter, bless her heart,
um… she's got a fighter's spirit.
438
00:38:01,483 --> 00:38:05,483
She just looked at him like…
She wanted to make eye contact
439
00:38:05,563 --> 00:38:07,563
to let him know, "You are not winning."
440
00:38:27,283 --> 00:38:29,483
[Sadie] When they came out
and they had a verdict,
441
00:38:30,083 --> 00:38:32,563
and they said "Guilty,"
I almost passed out.
442
00:38:32,643 --> 00:38:33,483
I was so happy.
443
00:38:37,923 --> 00:38:40,283
I was so relieved. I was in tears.
444
00:38:41,603 --> 00:38:45,723
And I remember the woman's daughter
came out…
445
00:38:47,323 --> 00:38:50,483
because her daughter had a little girl
with her, a little baby.
446
00:38:50,563 --> 00:38:52,123
[sniffles]
447
00:38:55,723 --> 00:38:59,643
The witness advocate went to her
and put her arm around her.
448
00:38:59,723 --> 00:39:01,203
And she brought her over to me.
449
00:39:02,443 --> 00:39:03,523
And she said…
450
00:39:07,003 --> 00:39:11,323
"This lady helped put
your mom's murderer in jail."
451
00:39:14,163 --> 00:39:15,203
That was hard.
452
00:39:45,123 --> 00:39:48,403
She didn't know what I was capable of
until, uh, um…
453
00:39:48,483 --> 00:39:50,923
they convicted me
of first-- uh, second-degree murder.
454
00:39:51,003 --> 00:39:53,603
So, uh… yeah, she's scared of me.
455
00:39:54,643 --> 00:39:56,923
And-- and I know how that seems.
456
00:39:57,003 --> 00:39:59,723
You know, it seems that,
uh, I'm a violent person,
457
00:39:59,803 --> 00:40:01,643
that I should never be let out of prison.
458
00:40:01,723 --> 00:40:04,843
But I'm a--
Basically, I'm a loner, you know?
459
00:40:04,923 --> 00:40:07,283
I'm a person that--
I just like to be left alone.
460
00:40:08,523 --> 00:40:10,043
Me, I look at it like this here.
461
00:40:10,763 --> 00:40:11,963
I'm…
462
00:40:12,043 --> 00:40:14,603
I could be dangerous if you put me
in a situation
463
00:40:14,683 --> 00:40:16,843
where I have to show my authority,
464
00:40:16,923 --> 00:40:20,963
and that I can be the person
that you don't wanna see.
465
00:40:27,403 --> 00:40:29,483
Yes, I still have possibility of parole.
466
00:40:29,563 --> 00:40:32,563
But at my age, 59 years old,
I'm gonna die in prison.
467
00:40:32,643 --> 00:40:34,083
I'm-- I'm never gonna get out.
468
00:40:34,163 --> 00:40:37,163
It's basically a life sentence.
It's a death sentence.
469
00:40:39,443 --> 00:40:41,443
But I'm never gonna give up.
470
00:40:41,963 --> 00:40:45,003
Like I said, uh…
I'm gonna continue to fight
471
00:40:45,083 --> 00:40:48,043
until all my appeals run out, you know?
472
00:40:48,123 --> 00:40:50,323
I don't have nothin' else
to do in this place
473
00:40:50,403 --> 00:40:52,123
but to fight, you know what I mean?
474
00:40:52,203 --> 00:40:54,963
I'm not comfortable here.
I don't wanna be here.
475
00:40:55,043 --> 00:40:56,203
And I don't wanna die here.
476
00:40:56,283 --> 00:41:02,003
So why wouldn't I spend my… the time
that I got in here learnin' some law,
477
00:41:02,083 --> 00:41:05,323
uh, uh… doin' somethin' to try
to get me-- regain my freedom?
478
00:41:09,523 --> 00:41:11,523
[birdsong]
479
00:41:23,883 --> 00:41:27,203
[Sadie] When the judge read
"Life plus a hundred years…"
480
00:41:29,603 --> 00:41:32,923
I felt like a weight had been lifted
off of my shoulders.
481
00:41:36,763 --> 00:41:40,883
The prison sentence
of the aggravated stalking was only,
482
00:41:41,963 --> 00:41:43,803
I don't know, three to seven years,
483
00:41:43,883 --> 00:41:47,083
and he would have gotten out
probably with good behavior, maybe.
484
00:41:50,083 --> 00:41:53,763
I did feel like he didn't succeed in, um…
485
00:41:56,243 --> 00:41:57,843
trying to destroy me.
486
00:42:02,403 --> 00:42:04,003
But I don't really feel like
487
00:42:04,083 --> 00:42:08,883
the aftereffects of a relationship
like this, you really truly get over it.
488
00:42:08,963 --> 00:42:11,083
I think it stays with you forever.
489
00:42:15,843 --> 00:42:19,883
I still have moments where
not only do I just lock my doors,
490
00:42:19,963 --> 00:42:25,363
I will put chairs up under my door handles
so people can't come in.
491
00:42:28,443 --> 00:42:31,643
When you go through something like that,
you have nightmares.
492
00:42:33,283 --> 00:42:36,883
You know, just little things you see
out the corner of your eye, and…
493
00:42:38,163 --> 00:42:43,083
And it just scares you for a split moment
and, um… puts you back there.
494
00:42:48,003 --> 00:42:50,603
This happens to people
of all walks of life.
495
00:42:51,723 --> 00:42:53,683
It doesn't matter how much money
you make.
496
00:42:53,763 --> 00:42:56,123
It doesn't matter how good
of a person you are.
497
00:42:56,643 --> 00:43:00,123
It doesn't even matter… your upbringing.
498
00:43:04,843 --> 00:43:07,603
I had a strong feeling
when I first met him
499
00:43:07,683 --> 00:43:11,563
that he wasn't somebody
that I would be interested in,
500
00:43:11,643 --> 00:43:15,643
but I ignored it to my downfall, but…
501
00:43:17,003 --> 00:43:19,043
Yeah, I wish I would have listened more.
502
00:43:23,323 --> 00:43:26,363
I believe that
if I had followed those instincts,
503
00:43:26,443 --> 00:43:28,403
I wouldn't be sitting here right now.
504
00:43:31,323 --> 00:43:32,763
But then I also think,
505
00:43:34,123 --> 00:43:37,683
maybe I had to go through this
to see how strong I was.