The Real Truth about Pam Hupp (Part 1) — Transcript
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- 0:10>> YOU WILL NOT SEE ANYWHERE
- 0:14ELSE. FOX 2 HAS CAPTURED YEARS
- 0:17OF EXCLUSIVE VIDEO. BETTER
- 0:18BACK AND HAS THE ONLY
- 0:18INTERVIEW. DID YOU KILL PUB
- 0:21WAS THE LAST PERSON KNOWN TO
- 0:25SEE BETSY ALIVE BREATHING AT
- 0:29WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH. 55
- 0:30TIMES A STEAK KNIFE LEFT IN
- 0:30HER
- 0:34>> POLICE FOCUSED ON AND
- 0:35THAT'S HE'S HAS BEEN. BUT FOX
- 0:392 HAD QUESTIONS. THAT YOU PICK
- 0:40UP THOSE CALLS, IT WOULD TAKE
- 0:41CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS YEARS
- 0:43TO CATCH UP WITH FOX TWO'S
- 0:44REPORTING DONE OR
- 0:45INVESTIGATIVE WILL
- 0:46INVESTIGATE.
- 0:49>> IT TOOK COPS MURDER OF A
- 0:50DISABLED MAN TO FINALLY CATCH
- 0:51THE ATTENTION OF AUTHORITIES.
- 0:56>> WILL SHOW YOU WHERE HELP IS
- 0:58TODAY AND WHAT'S NEXT IN THE
- 1:00NEW MURDER CHARGE SHE FACES
- 1:01TONIGHT. THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT
- 1:05PAM HUPP, AN EXCLUSIVE FOX
- 1:06FILES INVESTIGATION.
- 1:09>> I'VE SPENT MORE THAN A
- 1:11DECADE IN A RELENTLESS PURSUIT
- 1:11OF THE TRUTH. THE STORY NOW A
- 1:14TV SHOW, BROOKE, AND TALKING
- 1:15HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE
- 1:17WERE HERE FROM THE BEGINNING.
- 1:2011 YEARS AGO INSIDE A LINCOLN
- 1:22COUNTY HOME. BETSY FARIA WAS
- 1:24DYING OF CANCER AND DIDN'T
- 1:24HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT. SO WHY
- 1:28DID SOMEONE STABBED HER OVER
- 1:29AND OVER AGAIN? LEAVING HER TO
- 1:29DIE ON THE FLOOR? THE MORE WE
- 1:33LEARNED, WE KEPT COMING BACK
- 1:34WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT A WOMAN
- 1:35NAMED PAM HOP.
- 1:41>> RUSS FARIA, THE ONLY
- 1:42SUSPECT IN HIS WIFE'S MURDER A
- 1:44DECADE AGO BECAUSE OF PAM
- 1:46HOBBS ACCUSATIONS HOP CLAIMED
- 1:48SHE WAS HIS WIFE'S BEST
- 1:49FRIEND. EVERYBODY CALLS HER
- 1:50ONE OF THE TEENS BEST THERE'S
- 1:55PROBABLY A DOZEN PEOPLE THAT
- 1:56SHE WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED HER
- 1:57BEST FRIEND OVER PAN. PAM WAS
- 1:59A FRONT. THAT WAS IT
- 2:03IMPRISONED FOR MORE THAN 3
- 2:04YEARS FOR RE OFTEN THOUGHT HE
- 2:05WOULD SPEND THE REST OF HIS
- 2:06LIFE LOCKED UP FOR A MURDER.
- 2:07HE DID NOT COMMIT.
- 2:11>> MARIA FOUND HIS WIFE DEAD
- 2:13INSIDE THEIR LIVING ROOM
- 2:14DECEMBER 27TH 2011, THE CRIME
- 2:16SO HORRIFIC. FOX TWO'S
- 2:19COVERAGE BEGAN IMMEDIATELY.
- 2:20DEPUTIES WILL NOT ALLOW US ANY
- 2:21CLOSER AND 4 HOUSES AWAY. 8
- 2:24DAYS LATER, JANUARY 4TH, 2012
- 2:26FOR REAL WAS CHARGED WITH
- 2:29MURDER.
- 2:29>> IT WAS CLEAR. PAM HUPP WAS
- 2:30THE PROSECUTION'S STAR
- 2:31WITNESS. FOX 2 WANTED TO KNOW
- 2:34MORE ABOUT HER IN A TAINT.
- 2:34THIS FIRST EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF
- 2:36HER NOVEMBER 2013. IT WAS RUSS
- 2:38FRIAS MURDER TRIAL AND FOX 2
- 2:42WAS THE ONLY MEDIA THERE. THAT
- 2:44COVERAGE WAS VERY CRUCIAL IN
- 2:46RAISING PEOPLE'S AWARENESS. IN
- 2:47THIS CASE, THE 2013 MURDER
- 2:49TRIAL REVEALED A KEY FACT. THE
- 2:50JURY NEVER HEARD. NOT ONLY DID
- 2:53PAM HUPP INSIST ON DRIVING
- 2:56BETSY FREE HOME THE NIGHT THAT
- 2:57HE DIED. PAM HUPP WAS ALSO THE
- 3:01ONLY BENEFICIARY OF BETSY FREE
- 3:04AS $150,000. LIFE INSURANCE
- 3:05POLICY. JURORS WERE NEVER TOLD
- 3:08ABOUT THE LIFE INSURANCE
- 3:09BECAUSE THAT EVIDENCE WAS
- 3:10SUPPRESSED BY A JUDGE. AND
- 3:12RUSS FRIAS ATTORNEY JOEL
- 3:13SCHWARTZ TOLD US THAT
- 3:13INFORMATION WAS SO EXPLOSIVE.
- 3:16>> IT WAS ENOUGH TO CHARGE
- 3:18PAM. HELP WITH THAT IS MURDER.
- 3:19APPOINT SPECIAL PROSECUTOR.
- 3:20LET ME PROSECUTE THE RIGHT
- 3:21PERSON AND I'LL GUARANTEE YOU
- 3:22A CONVICTION THAT $150,000
- 3:26LIFE INSURANCE POLICY SIGNED
- 3:27INTO HOPS NAME 4 DAYS BEFORE
- 3:30BETSY DIED. ONLY FOX 2 WAS IN
- 3:32THE COURTROOM WHEN JURORS
- 3:32CONVICTED RUSS FOR RIA
- 3:35SCHWARTZ DROPPED HIS HEAD IN
- 3:39DISBELIEF FOR MADE THE LONG
- 3:40SLOW WALK TO A JAIL CELL WHERE
- 3:42HE REMAINED FOR YEARS. IT
- 3:43COULD HAVE BEEN THE END OF THE
- 3:45STORY EXCEPT FOR NAGGING
- 3:46QUESTIONS WE HAD FOR PAM HUPP
- 3:48WAS JANUARY 2014 SHORTLY AFTER
- 3:50REST KOREA'S CONVICTION. WE
- 3:53GOT A SURPRISE. WE STILL
- 3:54MARVEL AT TO THIS DAY. PAM
- 3:56HOBBS SPOKE TO US IN A DOORWAY
- 3:59FOR NEARLY 30 MINUTES INTEREST
- 4:01IN FOLLOWING UP AT ALL. HE
- 4:02SAID YOU MIGHT TALK TO RIGHT
- 4:05NOW. YET SHE KEPT TALKING IN A
- 4:07RAMBLING 30 MINUTE
- 4:09CONVERSATION ON A COOL JANUARY
- 4:10DAY. ONE OF OUR KEY QUESTIONS
- 4:12INVOLVED, 3 PHONE CALLS THAT
- 4:13HE FAILED TO ANSWER.
- 4:15>> THESE WERE IMPORTANT CAUSE
- 4:18BETSY WAS EXPECTING FROM HER
- 4:19DAUGHTER OF THOSE CALLS.
- 4:22>> BECAUSE OF HER HOUSE.
- 4:26>> THEY ME AND I SAID, I DON'T
- 4:26RECALL HER GETTING CARS WHILE
- 4:27I WAS THERE. I WAS IN THE AREA
- 4:29STILL TRYING TO GET AT IT
- 4:32RIGHT. 7.27. IT'S RECORDED.
- 4:35I'M STILL SITTING IN THE CART.
- 4:37SOMEONE FOR WITH FANCY TALKING
- 4:37TO MY HUSBAND. I MEAN.
- 4:41>> BUT WHY DID YOU PICK UP THE
- 4:42CALLS FOR KNOW WHAT THOSE 77
- 4:4517? I ANYONE 7.21, I MAY BE
- 4:49EITHER WE WERE IN HER BEDROOM
- 4:49AND I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW
- 4:50WHERE FOOD I NEVER EVEN HEARD
- 4:54ANY CAUSE. I DON'T KNOW IF I
- 4:55LEFT RIGHT BEFORE SHE GOT A
- 4:56CALL. I DON'T KNOW. LIKE I
- 4:59TOLD HIM I WASN'T EXPECTING
- 5:00FOR POLICE TO COME TO ME 2 3.
- 5:03SOME OF THEM TAKEN NOTE TO MY
- 5:05NOT UNDERSTAND, BUT I JUST
- 5:05THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT
- 5:07TO HER TO ON FOR HER DAUGHTER.
- 5:10AND HER DAUGHTER SAID, HEY, I
- 5:11GOT GET TO I NEED YOU TO PICK
- 5:14UP THE THING YOU THING HE
- 5:16WOULD HIM WITH HER. YEAH. IT
- 5:18SHOULD BE, YOU ME AND 20 YEAH,
- 5:19I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT I'VE
- 5:21NEVER KNOWN THAT HE DOESN'T
- 5:21NOT THINK THAT WE DIDN'T
- 5:23RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO THOSE.
- 5:26THAT I CAN USE. YOU KNOW, NONE
- 5:28OF THE PHONE RINGING
- 5:34>> WAS PAM HUPP IN BETTY'S
- 5:34HOME DURING THOSE MISSED CALLS
- 5:37HAUNTING BECAUSE PHONE RECORDS
- 5:39SHOW PAM ALSO CALLED THAT
- 5:40SCENE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
- 5:41THOSE MISSED CALLS FROM BETTS,
- 5:42HIS DAUGHTER THAT CAME IN AT
- 5:457. 21 7, 26 7.30, PAM'S CALL
- 5:49WAS AT 7.27. MAYBE THERE WE
- 5:52WERE IN HER BEDROOM AND YOU
- 5:53HEARD HER SAY SHE MAY HAVE
- 5:53BEEN BUT HIS BEDROOM.
- 5:57>> 2 YEARS EARLIER, SHE TOLD
- 5:58INVESTIGATORS THE MORNING
- 5:59AFTER THE MURDER SHE WAS HOME
- 6:00IN O'FALLON 30 MINUTES AWAY
- 6:04HERE IS ACCORDING TO TURN TO
- 6:07THE CLINIC CALLED TELLER, I
- 6:09WAS HOME. THOSE INVESTIGATORS
- 6:10DID NOT KNOW CELLPHONE
- 6:12TRACKING PLACE TOP IN TROY AT
- 6:13OR NEAR THE MURDER SCENE.
- 6:15>> NEXT WE HAD TO ASK HOP. DID
- 6:17YOU KILL DID NOT FEEL THAT NO
- 6:19REASON TO KILL THAT C.
- 6:23>> NEXT MORE OF FOX TWO'S
- 6:25UNBELIEVABLE INTERVIEW WITH
- 6:28PAM HER ATTIC AND HOPS.
- 6:32POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO BIZARRE
- 6:33ANONYMOUS LETTERS. WE HAD
- 6:34POLICE CONSPIRING US. I'M
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