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705 Henry St. in Pampa, Texas, with my daughter, Jessica, and son,
the police if he did no t d o so. Hank was an old frie nd , but: I did
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when I told Hank to leave, he said that he had been shot and
the front door so that I could see him. Hank had a lot of blood on
him. I decided to help him because I felt sorry for him. I went
back into the house, put my dog in the bedroom with my children,
closed the door to that room and went outside again. Hank was still
standing in the front yard. I invited him to come into the house .
.He stumbled and fell over backwards when he tried to climb up the
porch stairs. I caught him or helped him to get up. He had to lean
could not enter my house because it \o,as "a triple homicide crime
that the police believed that I was involved in the of fen se.
Gerhardt told me that they believed that Hank had an accomplice and
asked me where that person was. I told th em I did not know what
they ""'er ·ng about, but they apparently did not believe me
t llat I could be cllarged with being all accessor y after tIle fact if
I did not cooperate with them . I did not understand "Illy she made
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, I told my first lie when Gerhardt and McMinn » ; e p ;d(;W H
got into my house. I was afral.'d to a d '
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because I did not want to say anything that c ould later be used to
suggest tha t I offered a murderer a place to hide from the police
who were trying t o arrest him. I told Mc Minn and Ge rhardt that he
ente red the h ouse without my consent and I did not know how.
Gerhardt said that she did not believe me . She asked me why I d i d
,n ot try to leave my house and get h e lp. I told her that I did not
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want to l eav e my kids alone with Hank. She warned me that I could
, be c harged with a crime if I invit ed him i n to my house knowing that
the police were trying to arrest him.
My written statement to Ogle left the fa l se impression that I
threaten to kill me .
condi ti on. The truth i s tha t h e was much too dru n k o r high on d rug s
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strangle Twila Busby until her neck broke, repeatedly hit her ,n
the head with an ax and precisely stab her two sons to death .
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I also lied in my written statement about two small detail s
anything for Hank. I said that Hank took his shirt off a nd h u n g i t
stay wit h a re la t ive sho rtly af ter I re c eive d t ila t l etter. McMilln
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When I arrived in Ft. Worth for the trial, Gerhardt and McMinn '
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to ld me that I could .not go anywhe r e or do any t hing without a
police officer or pro secutor b e ing pre s e nt. I was n ot a llowed to
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testimony was go Lng to be helpful to the State. I did not
und ers tand how anything t hat Ha nk did or said at my house on the
night of the murders could possibly show whether he was gui l ty or
innocent.
When Mann asked me h ow Ha nk was able to get in to my house
after I told him to leave , I falsely a nswered, "I don't even know."
I repea t ed what I told the police o n the night of the murder
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because I was afraid to admit that I lie d to them and I did not
believe that the truth could make a diff e r e n c e . I lied again f o r
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the same reason when Mann asked me wha t Ha nk did with his shi rt and
wat c h.
1. fal s ely testified tha t Hank wa lked to th e bathroom by
hims elf when I went to make a telephon e call becaus e I wa s stil l
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am n ot sure why I lied about this on ~he witness stand, but I may
who killed Twila Busby and her sons, but I pray that I get another
chance to t e l l t he truth a bout what I d o know to a jury because I
do not wa n t t o be r esponsible f o r th e execution of a man who may b e
in nocen t .
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