13x22 - Dirty Laundry

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Narrator: up next...

Oh, my god!

He sh*t my husband!

Narrator: did an intruder

Commit this brutal m*rder?

Could this have been even a

Professional hit?

Narrator: and was the

Victim's lifestyle to blame?

When we find nude

Photographs, what role does she

Play in this?

Narrator: but the evidence

Points in a different direction.

You weren't too smart, bobby.

You weren't too smart, bobby. You got m*rder*d.

You got m*rder*d.

Narrator: the roofing

Business can be very lucrative.

-Year-old bob bosley started

His roofing business from

Scratch in his hometown of

Alexandria, kentucky, and grew

It into a multi-million-dollar

Operation.

Bobby loved to help people.

There was a woman that needed

Some repair work on her roof

'Cause it was bad weather, and

She was more or less worrying

How she was gonna pay for it.

And he told her, "ma'am, it's

Christmas.

Merry christmas.

Don't worry about it."

Narrator: bob and his wife,

Amy, had two small children and

Lived a very comfortable life.

He was very well-off.

He had nice cars, a nice home,

Loved boats.

He had pretty much all the toys

That anybody could want.

Narrator: until one night

Something happened that changed

Their lives forever.

Shortly before dawn, they woke

To find an intruder in their

Bedroom.

sh*ts were fired, and the

Intruder fled.

Intruder fled. [ Telephone rings ]

[ Telephone rings ]

During the call, amy could hear

The intruder, who was still in

The intruder, who was still in the house.

The house.

[ Thump ]

There was a loud thump, and

Suddenly, amy wasn't on her end

Of the phone anymore.

[ Siren wailing ]

Narrator: the operator

Called amy back.

Called amy back. [ Telephone rings ]

[ Telephone rings ]

[ Siren wailing ]

Narrator: it took police only

Minutes to get to the scene.

We found bob bosley facedown

On the mattress, his knees to

The floor, kind of in, I guess,

A kneeling position, slumped

Over the bed, facedown,

Multiple b*llet wounds --

Obviously deceased.

Narrator: amy's clothes were

Torn, and there were abrasions

On her chest and behind her ear.

The children were unharmed in

Their bedrooms.

The most horrific part of

This crime to me was the fact

That it was committed when

Children were in the home.

Narrator: amy described the

Assailant as a white male about

'" Tall, pounds, with a

Stocking over his face.

She also said he smelled of

Urine and had a speech

Impediment.

The house appeared to be

Ransacked.

There were kitchen cabinets

Open.

There were pills that had been

Strewn all over in the bathroom.

Narrator: police found

Evidence that the crime might

Have been drug-related.

What caught my attention was

The medicine.

If someone is going to go

Through the medicine cabinet,

They're obviously looking for

dr*gs, some type of prescribed

Narcotic.

Narrator: on the bedroom

Floor were shell casings from a

-Millimeter handgun.

It appeared that the k*ller

Entered the house by breaking a

Window in the back door.

We were looking for something

That could have been used to

Break that window open.

Narrator: then investigators

Found something intriguing.

When we find nude photographs

In a safe of a man who's married

And he's now deceased, it's

Something we have to look at.

"Who is this person?"

"Why does he have nude pictures

Of her in a safe?"

"What role does she play in

This?"

Narrator: the photos gave

Investigators a whole new set of

Suspects.

The only one we've ruled out

At this point is the wife.

We believe that a subject

Entered the bosley residence,

Was confronted by mr. Bosley,

sh*t mr. Bosley, and then exited

The residence.

The biggest concern was that

There was a m*rder*r on the

Loose in our county.

And we needed to react quickly

And find out what happened and

Where this person might be to

Make sure that everybody else in

Our community was safe.

Narrator: officials closed

The elementary school nearby,

And the k- unit tried to pick

Up the k*ller's scent.

An autopsy revealed bob had been

sh*t seven times.

But only two shell casings were

Found in the bedroom.

When somebody's sh*t seven

Times and we only find two shell

Casings, there's only one

Explanation -- somebody picked

Up the shell casings.

Narrator: even though the

House had been ransacked, the

Motive didn't appear to be

Robbery.

There was hundreds of dollars

Strewn across the floor that had

Been in a hat with a wallet.

Narrator: amy bosley told

Police she thought the k*ller

Might be one of bob's clients or

Might be one of bob's clients or employees.

Employees.

He had a high turnover rate.

So if someone was fired from his

Job -- a disgruntled employee --

That would be another area that

We would have to check.

Narrator: amy told police

About an argument bob had with

His friend noah hiam just two

His friend noah hiam just two days before the m*rder.

Days before the m*rder.

Noah and bob grew up together.

Bob employed him as a

Contractor, and noah served as

Best man at his wedding.

[ Siren wailing ]

When questioned by police,

Noah hiam denied any

Involvement.

He also had an alibi for the

Night of the m*rder.

I'd like to get some closure,

Find out why this happened...

Why my best friend was m*rder*d

In the middle of the night.

Narrator: investigators

Started to doubt whether the

k*ller was someone from work.

He would do anything to help

Somebody out.

One of his workers would come up

And say, "robert, I'm a little

Low on money this week."

And he would just pull out his

Wallet, pull out a couple of

$ Bills and give it to him,

Say, "pay back whenever you get

A chance."

Narrator: now investigators

Turned to the racy photographs

They found in bob's safe.

Apparently, bob bosley worked

Hard and played hard.

Boat parties on lake cumberland

Were his favorite escape, and

He'd take friends, clients, and

Lots of young women.

Was there nudity? Yeah.

A lot of alcohol? Yeah.

[ Rock music playing ]

Narrator: it was at one of

These parties that bob met

Darla cope -- one of the women

In the pictures.

She was years younger than

Bob, and there wererumors

They'd had an affair.

Could there possibly have

Been a jealous husband?

Could there have been an

Ex-boyfriend, somebody who was

Not happy with bob's involvement

With someone in their life?

Narrator: but darla told

Police she had an alibi for the

Night of the m*rder.

There was no bad blood.

There was no reason for her to

Commit this crime, nor a jealous

Boyfriend or husband that would

Have come in and committed the

Crime because of her.

Narrator: when questioned,

Amy bosley claimed that bob did

Most of the partying.

But the evidence contradicted

That.

She partook in the same type

Of party atmosphere that he did.

It wasn't uncommon for her to be

On the houseboat, with other

People in some sort of state of

Undress.

There were a lot of rumors

Surrounding bob and amy's

Relationship and their marriage.

I think that people thought that

It was possible that both of

Them were having affairs.

Narrator: and when police

Interviewed the bosleys'

Children, who were and at

The time, they provided some new

Information about the night of

Their father's m*rder.

Amy bosley's statement was

That an intruder broke in

Through the back-door window...

Came in, sh*t her husband...

And then fled.

What the children heard was

Somewhat quite the opposite.

The children heard sh*ts fired

And then heard glass breaking

After the sh*ts were fired.

Narrator: investigators were

Convinced that the key to

Finding out who k*lled

Bob bosley could be found in the

Evidence at the crime scene.

The police were executing a

Search warrant on the residence.

And one of the areas where they

Decided to look was in the

Basement.

Narrator: there, hidden

Beneath the stairs,

Investigators found an aluminum

Baseball bat with something

Embedded in the soft aluminum.

The fresh scratches on the

Bat are important because that

Represents probably more recent

Damage.

They were shiny with very sharp

Edges, and they had some fine

White powdery material in them.

Narrator: forensic examiner

Maureen bottrell discovered that

The material was glass.

Bottrell compared it to the

Glass from the broken window at

The crime scene, using what's

Called the refractive index.

Refractive index is a measure

Of the speed of light through a

Transparent object.

Narrator: the glass is placed

In a silicon liquid, then

Heated.

The point where the glass

Disappears is called its

Refractive index.

The five fragments that had

The same refractive index as the

Fragments that were recovered

From the door are consistent

With having originated from the

Door.

They came back with not only

The glass fragments that matched

The windowpanes, but also paint

And wood samples that were

Contained within that ball bat,

Which matched the doorway or the

Frame of that door.

Narrator: but where did the

Bat come from?

The bosleys' children identified

It as one of theirs.

And it appeared that the glass

Was broken from insidethe

House, since most of the glass

House, since most of the glass was outsidethe door.

Was outsidethe door.

Investigators found something

Else hidden in the basement --

Of all places, inside the

Clothes washer.

One of the officers found a

Towel that contained four shell

Casings.

And it was rolled up and shoved

To the bottom of a washing

Machine that was full of clothes

And water.

And I thought that we had

Just hit the pay dirt we were

Looking for in the case.

Narrator: the casings from

The washing machine were

Compared to the casings found in

The bedroom.

I looked at the individual

Marks that these specimens had.

I examined six cartridge

Cases -- four from the washing

Machine, two from the bedroom.

I reached the conclusion that

All six of these had been fired

From the same firearm.

Narrator: and a closer look

At the nightshirt amy was

Wearing on the night of the

m*rder revealed an

Inconsistency.

The shirt that she was

Wearing appeared to have been

Torn by the bad guy.

Forensic analysis of that

T-shirt showed that it in fact

Had been cutthrough the collar

And then pulled apart.

Narrator: and amy's injuries

Looked suspicious, too.

Probably with a pair of

Scissors, in that she scratched

Her chest.

Narrator: when questioned by

Police, amy denied any

Involvement.

You know I've got to ask you

This at some point.

Did you sh**t your husband?

[ Sobbing ] no.

You know I had to ask you

That, right?

[ Sobs ]

It's not uncommon for

Criminals to lie.

Happens all the time.

Narrator: when the

Internal revenue service heard

About bob bosley's m*rder, they

Called prosecutors with a

Possible motive.

They told police that the

Bosley roofing company hadn't

Paid their corporate taxes for

The last five years and owed the

Government $. Million.

Amy was the company's

Bookkeeper.

Amy would withhold the state

Income tax, federal income tax,

Workers comp, social security --

Those items.

But it was never sent to them.

Narrator: but where was the

$. Million?

I think that's the

$. Million question -- what

Did amy do with the money?

Narrator: the i.r.s. First

Met with amy bosley.

Dissatisfied, they later wanted

To meet with bob, too, but amy

Wouldn't allow it.

The i.r.s. Investigator

Insisted on talking to bob, so

Amy actually got onto the phone

And started talking to this

Agent.

She was disguising her voice,

Trying to sound like bob bosley.

And what the investigator told

Us was that it really sounded

Like somebody acting like

Kermit the frog.

Narrator: the i.r.s. Asked

Amy for her business records,

And she promised to comply.

She never provided the

Information, nor did she arrange

A meeting between her husband

And these agents.

Narrator: but there was no

Indication bob bosley knew

Anything about the tax problem.

We kind of know he didn't

Know about the i.r.s.

I think he would really have a

Fit if he knew he had owed any

Money.

She had their income-tax

Returns prepared each year.

She actually took them to bob

And had him sign these returns.

In his mind, he believed that

Everything was taken care of.

Narrator: amy could put off

Investigators for only so long.

They demanded a meeting with

Her andbob for the morning of

Bob's m*rder.

There was no choice.

They were coming that morning,

And she knew it.

Within a few short hours

After her husband had been

m*rder*d, amy had the

Wherewithal to make the call to

That i.r.s. Agent.

She said, "sorry.

We're not gonna be able to meet

With you today.

Bob's been m*rder*d."

Narrator: investigators now

Believed that amy bosley

m*rder*d her husband because she

Didn't want him to find out she

Hadn't paid the income taxes for

Their roofing business for the

Last five years.

This embezzlement had been

Going on for quite some time.

The figure that we had received

From the i.r.s. Was that the

Bosleys had owed approximately

$. Million in back taxes and

Federal liability.

She didn't want to sit down

With her husband and explain to

Him that "the business you spent

Your entire life building, I've

Destroyed by not paying taxes.

They're gonna take it all away

From you."

Narrator: apparently, amy

Mistakenly believed that bob's

Death would take her off the

Hook.

Amy thought that because bob

Was the owner of the business

That all liability would fall on

Him, and if he was no longer

There, there was no one to

Accept that liability.

So if bob wasn't alive, the

Chances are that the i.r. Agents

Would just quit and go home.

Narrator: prosecutors believe

That amy panicked when the

I.r.s. Demanded a meeting with

Her husband.

Instead of telling bob what

She'd done, amy chose m*rder.

The night before the i.r.s.

Meeting, amy put the children to

Bed and waited for bob to fall

Asleep.

She took bob's -millimeter

She took bob's -millimeter handgun and sh*t him...

Handgun and sh*t him...

...then tried to clean up by

Picking up the shell casings,

Although she missed some of

Them.

Amy then ransacked the house to

Make it look like robbery, broke

The glass in the back door...

Then hid the shell casings in

The washing machine.

To make it look like there was a

Struggle, prosecutors believe

Amy cut her nightshirt, then

Scratched herself with the

Scissors, then called .

She gave an all-star

Performance.

Someone is breaking into our

House.

[ Shakily ] oh, my god!

I don't know what to do!

No!

You can't go up there with my

Kids!

This morning at approximately

: A.m., The campbell county

Police department arrested and

Charged amy bosley with the

m*rder of her husband,

Robert bosley.

Narrator: but where was the

m*rder w*apon?

We have searched by land, we

Have searched by air, and we

Have searched by water rescue.

There's a pond out there.

We drudged the pond searching

For the g*n, and we still have

Not been able to locate the

Firearm in question.

Narrator: when police looked

At footage of amy bosley leaving

Her home on the night of the

m*rder, they noticed that amy

Wasn't carrying her pocketbook.

Her sister was.

After amy's arrest, amy's sister

Finally got around to looking

Inside.

When she did, she found a

-Millimeter handgun.

Her sister did the

Appropriate thing -- she hired

An attorney to turn over this

Key piece of evidence, and

That's how it made it to our

Office.

She was hoping her sister

Would chuck it in the river or

Dispose of it.

[ g*nsh*t ]

Narrator: ballistic experts

Compared the handgun to the

Shell casings found in the

Bedroom and inside the washing

Machine.

They all had classic

Characteristics that were like

That produced by the submitted

p*stol.

[ Camera shutters clicking ]

My name is amy bosley...

Narrator: one year after

Bob's m*rder, amy bosley

Accepted a plea bargain.

She pled guilty to first-degree

m*rder in return for a sentence

Of years in prison.

I didn't want the kids on the

Stand 'cause I didn't want to

Tear them any more apart than

They were.

What did amy do with the

Money?

I don't know if anyone can

Answer that, except for

Amy bosley.

I think that that $. Million

Probably went to support their

Lifestyle, probably went to help

Buy the big boats, to buy the

Property in pendleton county, to

Help build their dream home.

I think that over time, their

Lifestyle might have gotten

Beyond their means.

Narrator: prosecutors believe

That amy bosley might have

Hidden some of the money.

But where remains a mystery.

Although people disagree in

This regard, I think that when

Amy gets out, she's probably got

Some money waiting for her

Somewhere.

I would really love to know

Who's got that.

I would really love to know.

Narrator: the bosleys'

Children now live with their

Grandparents.

Bob's once-thriving business

d*ed with him.

It wasn't a good

Relationship.

They were bitter at each other.

You had to go way back to find a

Husband and wife that loved each

Other in that relationship.

Narrator: tragedy upon

Tragedy, redeemed only by the

Science that proved who was

Responsible.

If someone was to actually

Burglarize a house, they

Wouldn't take the time to hide

The shell casings, they wouldn't

Take the time to hide the

Baseball bat, so that just right

There showed that she was just

Lying.

By her own actions, amy made

Her children witnesses to their

Father's m*rder.

That, to me, is horrific.

The mere fact that we would have

To use them as witnesses against

Their mother was appalling.

And she did that.