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The Real Truth about Pam Hupp (Part 1) — Transcript

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  1. 0:10>> YOU WILL NOT SEE ANYWHERE
  2. 0:14ELSE. FOX 2 HAS CAPTURED YEARS
  3. 0:17OF EXCLUSIVE VIDEO. BETTER
  4. 0:18BACK AND HAS THE ONLY
  5. 0:18INTERVIEW. DID YOU KILL PUB
  6. 0:21WAS THE LAST PERSON KNOWN TO
  7. 0:25SEE BETSY ALIVE BREATHING AT
  8. 0:29WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH. 55
  9. 0:30TIMES A STEAK KNIFE LEFT IN
  10. 0:30HER
  11. 0:34>> POLICE FOCUSED ON AND
  12. 0:35THAT'S HE'S HAS BEEN. BUT FOX
  13. 0:392 HAD QUESTIONS. THAT YOU PICK
  14. 0:40UP THOSE CALLS, IT WOULD TAKE
  15. 0:41CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS YEARS
  16. 0:43TO CATCH UP WITH FOX TWO'S
  17. 0:44REPORTING DONE OR
  18. 0:45INVESTIGATIVE WILL
  19. 0:46INVESTIGATE.
  20. 0:49>> IT TOOK COPS MURDER OF A
  21. 0:50DISABLED MAN TO FINALLY CATCH
  22. 0:51THE ATTENTION OF AUTHORITIES.
  23. 0:56>> WILL SHOW YOU WHERE HELP IS
  24. 0:58TODAY AND WHAT'S NEXT IN THE
  25. 1:00NEW MURDER CHARGE SHE FACES
  26. 1:01TONIGHT. THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT
  27. 1:05PAM HUPP, AN EXCLUSIVE FOX
  28. 1:06FILES INVESTIGATION.
  29. 1:09>> I'VE SPENT MORE THAN A
  30. 1:11DECADE IN A RELENTLESS PURSUIT
  31. 1:11OF THE TRUTH. THE STORY NOW A
  32. 1:14TV SHOW, BROOKE, AND TALKING
  33. 1:15HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE
  34. 1:17WERE HERE FROM THE BEGINNING.
  35. 1:2011 YEARS AGO INSIDE A LINCOLN
  36. 1:22COUNTY HOME. BETSY FARIA WAS
  37. 1:24DYING OF CANCER AND DIDN'T
  38. 1:24HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT. SO WHY
  39. 1:28DID SOMEONE STABBED HER OVER
  40. 1:29AND OVER AGAIN? LEAVING HER TO
  41. 1:29DIE ON THE FLOOR? THE MORE WE
  42. 1:33LEARNED, WE KEPT COMING BACK
  43. 1:34WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT A WOMAN
  44. 1:35NAMED PAM HOP.
  45. 1:41>> RUSS FARIA, THE ONLY
  46. 1:42SUSPECT IN HIS WIFE'S MURDER A
  47. 1:44DECADE AGO BECAUSE OF PAM
  48. 1:46HOBBS ACCUSATIONS HOP CLAIMED
  49. 1:48SHE WAS HIS WIFE'S BEST
  50. 1:49FRIEND. EVERYBODY CALLS HER
  51. 1:50ONE OF THE TEENS BEST THERE'S
  52. 1:55PROBABLY A DOZEN PEOPLE THAT
  53. 1:56SHE WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED HER
  54. 1:57BEST FRIEND OVER PAN. PAM WAS
  55. 1:59A FRONT. THAT WAS IT
  56. 2:03IMPRISONED FOR MORE THAN 3
  57. 2:04YEARS FOR RE OFTEN THOUGHT HE
  58. 2:05WOULD SPEND THE REST OF HIS
  59. 2:06LIFE LOCKED UP FOR A MURDER.
  60. 2:07HE DID NOT COMMIT.
  61. 2:11>> MARIA FOUND HIS WIFE DEAD
  62. 2:13INSIDE THEIR LIVING ROOM
  63. 2:14DECEMBER 27TH 2011, THE CRIME
  64. 2:16SO HORRIFIC. FOX TWO'S
  65. 2:19COVERAGE BEGAN IMMEDIATELY.
  66. 2:20DEPUTIES WILL NOT ALLOW US ANY
  67. 2:21CLOSER AND 4 HOUSES AWAY. 8
  68. 2:24DAYS LATER, JANUARY 4TH, 2012
  69. 2:26FOR REAL WAS CHARGED WITH
  70. 2:29MURDER.
  71. 2:29>> IT WAS CLEAR. PAM HUPP WAS
  72. 2:30THE PROSECUTION'S STAR
  73. 2:31WITNESS. FOX 2 WANTED TO KNOW
  74. 2:34MORE ABOUT HER IN A TAINT.
  75. 2:34THIS FIRST EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF
  76. 2:36HER NOVEMBER 2013. IT WAS RUSS
  77. 2:38FRIAS MURDER TRIAL AND FOX 2
  78. 2:42WAS THE ONLY MEDIA THERE. THAT
  79. 2:44COVERAGE WAS VERY CRUCIAL IN
  80. 2:46RAISING PEOPLE'S AWARENESS. IN
  81. 2:47THIS CASE, THE 2013 MURDER
  82. 2:49TRIAL REVEALED A KEY FACT. THE
  83. 2:50JURY NEVER HEARD. NOT ONLY DID
  84. 2:53PAM HUPP INSIST ON DRIVING
  85. 2:56BETSY FREE HOME THE NIGHT THAT
  86. 2:57HE DIED. PAM HUPP WAS ALSO THE
  87. 3:01ONLY BENEFICIARY OF BETSY FREE
  88. 3:04AS $150,000. LIFE INSURANCE
  89. 3:05POLICY. JURORS WERE NEVER TOLD
  90. 3:08ABOUT THE LIFE INSURANCE
  91. 3:09BECAUSE THAT EVIDENCE WAS
  92. 3:10SUPPRESSED BY A JUDGE. AND
  93. 3:12RUSS FRIAS ATTORNEY JOEL
  94. 3:13SCHWARTZ TOLD US THAT
  95. 3:13INFORMATION WAS SO EXPLOSIVE.
  96. 3:16>> IT WAS ENOUGH TO CHARGE
  97. 3:18PAM. HELP WITH THAT IS MURDER.
  98. 3:19APPOINT SPECIAL PROSECUTOR.
  99. 3:20LET ME PROSECUTE THE RIGHT
  100. 3:21PERSON AND I'LL GUARANTEE YOU
  101. 3:22A CONVICTION THAT $150,000
  102. 3:26LIFE INSURANCE POLICY SIGNED
  103. 3:27INTO HOPS NAME 4 DAYS BEFORE
  104. 3:30BETSY DIED. ONLY FOX 2 WAS IN
  105. 3:32THE COURTROOM WHEN JURORS
  106. 3:32CONVICTED RUSS FOR RIA
  107. 3:35SCHWARTZ DROPPED HIS HEAD IN
  108. 3:39DISBELIEF FOR MADE THE LONG
  109. 3:40SLOW WALK TO A JAIL CELL WHERE
  110. 3:42HE REMAINED FOR YEARS. IT
  111. 3:43COULD HAVE BEEN THE END OF THE
  112. 3:45STORY EXCEPT FOR NAGGING
  113. 3:46QUESTIONS WE HAD FOR PAM HUPP
  114. 3:48WAS JANUARY 2014 SHORTLY AFTER
  115. 3:50REST KOREA'S CONVICTION. WE
  116. 3:53GOT A SURPRISE. WE STILL
  117. 3:54MARVEL AT TO THIS DAY. PAM
  118. 3:56HOBBS SPOKE TO US IN A DOORWAY
  119. 3:59FOR NEARLY 30 MINUTES INTEREST
  120. 4:01IN FOLLOWING UP AT ALL. HE
  121. 4:02SAID YOU MIGHT TALK TO RIGHT
  122. 4:05NOW. YET SHE KEPT TALKING IN A
  123. 4:07RAMBLING 30 MINUTE
  124. 4:09CONVERSATION ON A COOL JANUARY
  125. 4:10DAY. ONE OF OUR KEY QUESTIONS
  126. 4:12INVOLVED, 3 PHONE CALLS THAT
  127. 4:13HE FAILED TO ANSWER.
  128. 4:15>> THESE WERE IMPORTANT CAUSE
  129. 4:18BETSY WAS EXPECTING FROM HER
  130. 4:19DAUGHTER OF THOSE CALLS.
  131. 4:22>> BECAUSE OF HER HOUSE.
  132. 4:26>> THEY ME AND I SAID, I DON'T
  133. 4:26RECALL HER GETTING CARS WHILE
  134. 4:27I WAS THERE. I WAS IN THE AREA
  135. 4:29STILL TRYING TO GET AT IT
  136. 4:32RIGHT. 7.27. IT'S RECORDED.
  137. 4:35I'M STILL SITTING IN THE CART.
  138. 4:37SOMEONE FOR WITH FANCY TALKING
  139. 4:37TO MY HUSBAND. I MEAN.
  140. 4:41>> BUT WHY DID YOU PICK UP THE
  141. 4:42CALLS FOR KNOW WHAT THOSE 77
  142. 4:4517? I ANYONE 7.21, I MAY BE
  143. 4:49EITHER WE WERE IN HER BEDROOM
  144. 4:49AND I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW
  145. 4:50WHERE FOOD I NEVER EVEN HEARD
  146. 4:54ANY CAUSE. I DON'T KNOW IF I
  147. 4:55LEFT RIGHT BEFORE SHE GOT A
  148. 4:56CALL. I DON'T KNOW. LIKE I
  149. 4:59TOLD HIM I WASN'T EXPECTING
  150. 5:00FOR POLICE TO COME TO ME 2 3.
  151. 5:03SOME OF THEM TAKEN NOTE TO MY
  152. 5:05NOT UNDERSTAND, BUT I JUST
  153. 5:05THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT
  154. 5:07TO HER TO ON FOR HER DAUGHTER.
  155. 5:10AND HER DAUGHTER SAID, HEY, I
  156. 5:11GOT GET TO I NEED YOU TO PICK
  157. 5:14UP THE THING YOU THING HE
  158. 5:16WOULD HIM WITH HER. YEAH. IT
  159. 5:18SHOULD BE, YOU ME AND 20 YEAH,
  160. 5:19I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT I'VE
  161. 5:21NEVER KNOWN THAT HE DOESN'T
  162. 5:21NOT THINK THAT WE DIDN'T
  163. 5:23RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO THOSE.
  164. 5:26THAT I CAN USE. YOU KNOW, NONE
  165. 5:28OF THE PHONE RINGING
  166. 5:34>> WAS PAM HUPP IN BETTY'S
  167. 5:34HOME DURING THOSE MISSED CALLS
  168. 5:37HAUNTING BECAUSE PHONE RECORDS
  169. 5:39SHOW PAM ALSO CALLED THAT
  170. 5:40SCENE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
  171. 5:41THOSE MISSED CALLS FROM BETTS,
  172. 5:42HIS DAUGHTER THAT CAME IN AT
  173. 5:457. 21 7, 26 7.30, PAM'S CALL
  174. 5:49WAS AT 7.27. MAYBE THERE WE
  175. 5:52WERE IN HER BEDROOM AND YOU
  176. 5:53HEARD HER SAY SHE MAY HAVE
  177. 5:53BEEN BUT HIS BEDROOM.
  178. 5:57>> 2 YEARS EARLIER, SHE TOLD
  179. 5:58INVESTIGATORS THE MORNING
  180. 5:59AFTER THE MURDER SHE WAS HOME
  181. 6:00IN O'FALLON 30 MINUTES AWAY
  182. 6:04HERE IS ACCORDING TO TURN TO
  183. 6:07THE CLINIC CALLED TELLER, I
  184. 6:09WAS HOME. THOSE INVESTIGATORS
  185. 6:10DID NOT KNOW CELLPHONE
  186. 6:12TRACKING PLACE TOP IN TROY AT
  187. 6:13OR NEAR THE MURDER SCENE.
  188. 6:15>> NEXT WE HAD TO ASK HOP. DID
  189. 6:17YOU KILL DID NOT FEEL THAT NO
  190. 6:19REASON TO KILL THAT C.
  191. 6:23>> NEXT MORE OF FOX TWO'S
  192. 6:25UNBELIEVABLE INTERVIEW WITH
  193. 6:28PAM HER ATTIC AND HOPS.
  194. 6:32POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO BIZARRE
  195. 6:33ANONYMOUS LETTERS. WE HAD
  196. 6:34POLICE CONSPIRING US. I'M

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