Betsy Faria’s daughters speak for first time about their mom’s murder, Pam Hupp — Transcript
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- 0:07>> NEW AT 10 BETSY FOR RIAS
- 0:09DAUGHTERS ARE TALKING TO FOX 2
- 0:10ABOUT THE MURDER OF THEIR
- 0:11MOTHER AND THE MURDER CHARGES
- 0:13FILED MONDAY AGAINST PAM HUPP.
- 0:16>> YEAH, THEY'RE POWERFUL
- 0:16MESSAGE TONIGHT, A FOX FILES
- 0:17INVESTIGATOR CHRIS HAYES.
- 0:21>> LEA AND MARIAH DAY WE'RE
- 0:23JUST 2117 WHEN THEIR MOM WAS
- 0:24MURDERED 10 YEARS AGO. TODAY,
- 0:27THEY'RE FINALLY READY TO TALK
- 0:29IT WAS A TIME WHERE I WAS
- 0:30SUPPOSED TO FIGURE OUT MY NEXT
- 0:31STEPS IN THE WORLD AND THEN I
- 0:32GOT MY WHOLE.
- 0:33>> WORLD SHAKEN UP WHEN MY MOM
- 0:35PASSED AWAY AND. BASICALLY
- 0:39LOST MY FATHER IN THE PROCESS,
- 0:41THEY TOLD ME IF I WERE NOT TO.
- 0:44>> TALK DURING THE TRIAL THEY
- 0:45WERE GOING TO HAVE TO SUBPOENA
- 0:47ME AND WE ASKED YOU TOLD ME I
- 0:49WOULD NOT LIKE THAT WE ASK YOU
- 0:51WAS THE LINCOLN COUNTY
- 0:52PROSECUTOR DURING 2 TRIALS
- 0:53AGAINST THEIR STEPDAD BETSY
- 0:54FRIAS HUSBAND, RUSS FARIA.
- 0:57>> ASKING DID NOT RESPOND
- 0:58TODAY TO MY REQUEST FOR
- 1:00COMMENT LEE AND MARIAH SAID
- 1:01THE FORMER PROSECUTOR AND
- 1:02FORMER LINCOLN COUNTY
- 1:04INVESTIGATORS.
- 1:05>> TOLD THEM THEIR STEPDAD WHO
- 1:07WAS EXONERATED TODAY WAS THE
- 1:08ONLY POSSIBLE KILLER. I WOULD
- 1:10ALWAYS SAY WELL WHAT ABOUT
- 1:12CAMPUS. I FELT LIKE SOMETHING
- 1:13WAS WRONG AND SOMETHING WAS
- 1:14OFF AND EVERY TIME WE BROUGHT
- 1:15UP PAM.
- 1:18>> IT WAS SHE PHYSICALLY
- 1:19COULDN'T DO THIS THEIR MOM
- 1:20STABBED MORE THAN 50 TIMES IN
- 1:22A LINCOLN COUNTY HOME DYING
- 1:23FROM CANCER AND HAVING JUST
- 1:24RETURNED FROM CHEMO. PAM HUPP
- 1:27SHOWED UP AT BETTY'S CHEMO
- 1:28THAT DAY AND WENT OUT OF HER
- 1:30WAY TO DRIVE BETSY HOME THAT
- 1:32NIGHT MARIAH AND LEA DESCRIBE
- 1:35SOMEONE THEIR MOM LIKE TO WALK
- 1:36WITH OCCASIONALLY SHE REALLY
- 1:38WANTED TO SEE MY MOM THAT DAY
- 1:39WHAT ABOUT PAM HUPP AND THEY
- 1:41ALWAYS HAD A SNARKY RESPONSE
- 1:42IT KIND OF MADE ME FEEL STUPID
- 1:44FOR ASKING SO AS A 17 YEAR-OLD
- 1:48JUST KIND OF US.
- 1:49>> TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS
- 1:49WHOLE PROCESS THEY JUST MADE
- 1:52MY FEELINGS FEEL INVALID THEN
- 1:55A TWIST THAT PUT THEM EVEN
- 1:56FURTHER AT ODDS WITH THEIR
- 1:57STEPDAD.
- 1:58>> A LETTER SHOWED UP AT THE
- 1:59RESTAURANT WHERE THEY WORKED
- 2:00THEIR BOSS BROUGHT IT OVER ALL
- 2:01OF THEIR CO-WORKERS WERE
- 2:01READING IT.
- 2:02>> IT WAS ANONYMOUS. THEY
- 2:05THOUGHT RUSS WAS BEHIND IT A
- 2:06VERY HATEFUL LETTER.
- 2:09>> SAYING REALLY MEAN THINGS
- 2:10AND IT MADE IT SEEM LIKE IT
- 2:11WAS FROM SOMEONE AFFILIATED
- 2:12WITH RUSS. LOOKING BACK NOW
- 2:15I'M SURE WAS SENT FROM PAM
- 2:16HUPP WE HAD POLICE CONSPIRING
- 2:19TO KEEP US FROM ARE US SEN.
- 2:22PAM SENDING US LETTERS KEEPING
- 2:23US KIND OF AGAINST HIM AS
- 2:27TEENAGER AND A PERSON WHO'S
- 2:28GRIEVING THEIR MOTHER. IT'S
- 2:29REALLY HARD TO WRAP YOUR HEAD
- 2:31AROUND. THE WHOLE PROCESS THEY
- 2:36ALSO BROKE.
- 2:39>> OUR FAMILY APART END. NOT
- 2:43ONLY DID WE WE LOST BOTH OF
- 2:45OUR PARENTS BECAUSE OF THEIR.
- 2:52>> INVESTIGATION TODAY THEY
- 2:53ARE RELIEVED NEW LINCOLN
- 2:55COUNTY PROSECUTOR MIKE WOOD
- 2:57AND NEW SHERIFF RICK CAROL ARE
- 2:58BRINGING A THOROUGH
- 2:59INVESTIGATION OF THEIR
- 3:00MOTHER'S MURDER, WHICH LED TO
- 3:01CHARGES MONDAY AGAINST PAM
- 3:03HUPP.
- 3:04>> IF THERE'S SOMETHING I
- 3:05COULD SAY ARRESTS IT WOULD BE.
- 3:07THAT THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
- 3:08I'M SO SORRY FOR ALL THE
- 3:09THINGS HE WENT THROUGH. I
- 3:11CAN'T GO BACK I WOULD I CAN'T
- 3:14CHANGE THE PAST SO WE CAN JUST
- 3:18MOVE FORWARD HOPE FOR JUSTICE
- 3:21LEE AND MARIAH AS RELATIONSHIP
- 3:23WITH RUSS FARIA STRAINED
- 3:24THROUGH HIS WRONGFUL
- 3:25CONVICTION AND MORE THAN 3
- 3:26YEARS OF WRONGFUL
- 3:27IMPRISONMENT.
- 3:28>> THE DAUGHTER SAY THE MEMORY
- 3:30OF THEIR MOTHER BETSY NOT ONLY
- 3:31KEEPS THEM GOING. BUT SPARKS
- 3:34THEIR POSITIVITY THEY WANT
- 3:36THEIR MOM TO KNOW WE ARE VERY
- 3:37STRONG WOMEN.
- 3:38>> AND WE HAVE. OUR OWN
- 3:44BEAUTIFUL FAMILIES THAT WE'VE
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