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>> Wife turned widow now an
accused killer. It’s the
Chambers County murder case
that captured the attention
of people across the country.
Sarah Hartsfield is charged
with the murder of her husband,
Joseph Hartsfield. But the
reason her indictment has so
many people interested is
because of her complicated
history. Reporter Bryce
Newberry has spent the last
several months unraveling that
windy past. Bryce is here now
with a first look at the
investigative documentary, the
2 sides of Sarah. Good morning.
Good morning, sir. I know
you’ve been working very h***
o* this for the past a few
months. Let’s start with the
basics of this case. I know
there are so many turns in and
changes along the way. You
talked with a lot of people
associated with Sarah. That’s
right. I mean, it’s kind of one
of those stories where one call
has led to another. And each
time we’re learning new things
throughout this process, people
who have different stories to
share a past with Sarah.
>> And it’s a lot of different
conversations that have been
required to kind of put
together each piece of the
puzzle. So we’ve talked to at
least 2 dozen people throughout
all of this. I mean, not all
of them on camera, but at least
2 dozen just to get it all put
together. And that doesn’t even
count. You know, the sheriff’s
office says the courthouse is
that we’ve talked to to kind of
get the records and and and
follow up on all of these
things that we’ve heard about
her. And we’re still really,
truly learning things almost
every day. And the
conversations that you’re
having with people, including
Sarah.
Herself, these conversations
have brought you to different
parts of the country. That’s
right. We have had to travel
quite a bit for Several trips
across Texas to different
places. While we’ve been
working on this, we’ve also
taken a trip to the East Coast
to Sarah’s home town in
Missouri. And each time again,
all all of these different
people who we’ve met along the
way, people who we’ve been able
to talk to sharing different
things
about Sarah and really everyone
has a different They’ve known
her some sense. She was in high
school and we have a little
preview of the documentary
that’s airing tonight to share
with everyone this morning in
the first 2 minutes. You can
kind of see just how many
people have a story to share
about Sarah.
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>> C?
>> Has a very the
you don’t expect somebody, you
know, to kill somebody.
It takes a special kind of.
>> I’m also thinking to do that
to other people.
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Things just weren’t adding up.
>> Deputies arrested 48
year-old Sergey Hartsfield on
Friday.
>> 1, 0, 5 o’clock county woman
accused of killing her house
when Jean Hartsfield Waco,
Texas behind or 2 of them now
dead.
♪ What she’s done with somebody
What she’s done with somebody
just parts that we can people.
Anytime anybody shows her, that
she’s not control. Sure
>> is it when a military
intelligence, a person goes
off the rails?
When they do, it’s a train
wreck. You know, it’s it’s
>> she’s heard so what needs
to stuff.
She’s conniving. Walk with you.
She needs before the Feehery
go. She just praise on others
and out. That’s not the Sarah.
There’s probably hurt herself
and she fights with. And the
outer self that she wants to
portray. There are 2 sides to
know you.
>> I think she was happy and
everything was good. And then.
No, not so much pain.
We learned the other RAF side
of
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>> it’s important to note like
you saw there that Sarah has
not been arrested or charged
in connection with the death
of any person other than her.
5th husband, Joseph Hartsfield.
In, of course, like any
defendant. She is presumed
innocent until proven guilty.
>> Rice, how do you keep all
of these people organize?
You’ve talked to so many
people. There are so many
people that are part of Sarah
Storey. That’s right. I mean,
really, it’s been kind of a
matter of keeping them
organized in terms of different
years and different sections of
her life.
>> We’ve also, you know, had to
kind of piece together the
different people who fit
together in each section and
and part of her life you know,
this time with this acts and
this time with this sex and the
children. So each person and of
course, a lot of notes on all
of this. I mean, double
checking with everyone that we
talked to to keep everything
straight. I there have been so
many different throughout the
whole story. We’re talking 5
husbands, at least 2 other men.
So there’s been a lot and I
know we’re desk made to the
newsroom. And so Bryce has been
when I say months, it’s it’s
been months passed. And so I’m
I’m really excited to see what
this looks What moment
>> stands out to you most with
your reporting on this
documentary.
Every single person, like I
said, 2 dozen who have shared
different stories. Every kind
of seems to have a wild
allegations, something that
they say happened to them when
they knew Sarah, something.
>> Almost doesn’t seem true.
And so of course, our job is to
vet each one of those
allegations. And so throughout
that we’ve been trying to do
that every step of the way with
each each story, each
experience that we hear about.
And, you know, that’s been
something that’s difficult and
some of these cases they
happened, you know, in the 90’s
or in the early 2, thousands
and finding a paper trail and
actually being able to verify
what the allegation is that’s
been difficult either. It
wasn’t investigated or we’re
talking, you know, maybe.
There just isn’t a paper trail.
And some of these cases, you
know, that some of the
sheriff’s offices and
courthouses that we’ve talked
to. They’ve literally said we
need to go into the basement
and pull out a box where we
think this record might be.
You’re going back in time into
rural communities that might
not even have this technology
today. Let alone.
>> 10, 15, 20 years ago.
That’s absolutely true. I mean,
you mention rural communities.
That’s another part of this.
We’re talking about a lot of
places where she’s lived in
different different towns with
only a few 100 people in them.
So it’s been.
Challenging finding and coming
up across, you know, all the
documents needed to verify the
allegations that we’ve heard.
Bryce, thank you so much for
waking up early to come in on
the show to talk about this.
We’re really looking forward
to it. Don’t forget, you can
watch the 2 sides of Sarah