Monday, April 17, 2017

'48 Hours' rewind with 'Scared to Death' from Peter Van Sant

48 HOURS on CBS. The episode is called, "Scared to Death" that I never saw.

Warren County, Ohio on April 11, 1995. Jim found his wife Vicky Barton shot to death inside their ranch home. He was a Lieutenant with the local sheriff's department. The key to this murder case was Jim's 911 Emergency call. Police zeroed in on his words, “Gotta call Phelp man...,” Jim says he said instead, “I gotta call for help man...,”

An arrest was made in 1998 of Gary Henson. He claimed he knew who shot Vicky. He said it was his half-brother Will Phelps. It was only supposed to be a robbery, but Will panicked and shot Vicky. He later committed suicide over guilt. Gary also claimed that Jim hired Will to scare Vicky into moving to town. So that Jim could be hired as Chief of police. Jim called that claim “absurd” because Gary was a compulsive criminal liar.

Jim was arrested in 2004 for hiring Will to murder his wife. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 11 years in prison. Three men who were in prison claimed that Gary Henson said he lied about Will Phelps. This was after Jim was convicted. The jurors believed criminal Gary over three other criminals. (You be the judge on this case. I believe Jim was wrongly convicted. Those jurors got it wrong. Unbelievable...!).

There is an update on the Jim Barton case 2017. Click Here...,


48 Hours Mystery: Scared to Death by jen128

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