IN A TARGET 12
INVESTIGATION WE'VE
BEEN TRACKING FOR
MONTHS.
(CG)
THE WIFE OF A SLAIN
POLICE CHIEF --
SPEAKING OUT AFTER
STUNNING
DEVELOPMENTS IN A
DECADES-OLD COLD
CASE.
(SN)
THE BODY OF DONALD
EUGENE WEBB WAS
EXHUMED FROM THE
BACK YARD OF HIS HOME.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HIS
WIFE BURIED HIM THERE
AFTER HIDING OUT FOR
NINETEEN YEARS.
(CG)
NOW -- THE WIDOW OF
THE SLAIN PENNSYLVANIA
POLICE CHIEF TELLS US...
HER FAMILY HAS
ANSWERS...
BUT NOT JUSTICE.
(SN)
FOR THEM - THERE IS NO
CLOSURE.
TARGET 12 INVESTIGATOR
TIM WHITE HAS BEEN
REPORTING ON THIS
SHOCKING CASE FOR
YEARS AND IS HERE NOW
WITH THE LATEST.
A YEAR AND A HALF AGO I
INTERVIEWED MARY ANN JONES
- THE WIDOW OF CHIEF
GREGORY ADAMS.
AT THE TIME, SHE GUESSED
DONALD EUGENE WEBB WAS
PROBABLY DEAD.
SHE WAS RIGHT, BUT HOW IT
WENT DOWN SHOCKED HER.
FOR 37 YEARS
THE FBI, POLICE AND THE
FAMILY OF MURDERED
SAXONBURG POLICE CHIEF
GREGORY ADAMS...
SOUGHT THE ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION:
WHAT HAPPENED TO DONALD
EUGENE WEBB?
THE FUGITIVE WAS THE PRIME
SUSPECT IN THE DECEMBER
1980 SHOOTING DEATH OF
CHIEF ADAMS DURING A
ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP.
IN AN INTERVIEW VIA SKYPE,
CHIEF ADAMS WIDOW MARY
ANN JONES TELLS TARGET 12
SHE GOT A CRITICAL CALL
FROM HER LAWYER ON JULY
13TH OF THIS YEAR.
(0704) "They are going to
Lillian
Webb's house with a search
warrant."
WEBB'S WIFE, LILLIAN,
PROMISED TO TELL
INVESTIGATORS WHAT SHE
KNEW IN EXCHANGE FOR
IMMUNITY.
STATE AUTHORITIES SIGNED
OFF.
(0710) At which point I said,
OK, we
know he's dead, what did she do
bury him in the walls or
something?
(4920)
CLOSE.
WEBB'S BODY WAS
DISCOVERED IN AN EARTHEN
GRAVE BEHIND LILLIAN WEBB'S
NORTH DARTMOUTH HOUSE.
SHE TOLD DETECTIVES SHE
BURIED HER HUSBAND THERE
AFTER HE SUFFERED A STROKE
IN 1999.
19 YEARS AFTER THE MURDER
OF CHIEF ADAMS.
AUTHORITIES FOUND A SECRET
ROOM THE SIZE OF A SHOWER
STALL IN THE BASEMENT.
INSIDE... A CANE.
LILLIAN WEBB TOLD
INVESTIGATORS HER HUSBAND
SUSTAINED A SEVERLY BROKEN
LEG AND TORN LIP IN THE
STRUGGLE WITH CHIEF ADAMS.
(1214) He was in pain for the
rest of
his life and good for Greg that
he
made him suffer, Webb suffer.
(1220)
MARY ANN SAYS THE
DISCOVERY OF WEBB'S BODY
HAS PUT AN END TO A LONG,
PAINFUL MYSTERY...
PROVIDING ANSWERS.
BUT NOT CLOSURE.
(1409) Resolution, there is a
resolution to this, yes. Closure
to me
would mean Donald Eugene Webb
was in a court of law being
convicted of murder, that would
have been closure, this is just
a
resolution.
THE DEAL FOR LILLIAN WEBB
GAVE HER IMMUNITY FROM
STATE CHARGES... BUT NOT
FEDERAL.
MARY ANN TELLS ME SHE
WOULD LIKE TO SEE
INVESTIGATORS PURSUE A
CRIMINAL CASE.
THE U-S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN
MASSACHUSETTS HAS
DECLINED TO COMMENT.
WITH THE TARGET 12
INVESTIGATORS TIM WHITE
EYEWITNESS NEWS.
IN A TARGET 12
INVESTIGATION -- WE'VE
BEEN TRACKING FOR
MONTHS
(SN)
THE BODY OF A FUGITIVE
NEW ENGLAND MOB
ASSOCIATE...
EXHUMED FROM BEHIND A
NORTH DARTMOUTH
HOME.
THE SHOCKING
DISCOVERY PUT AN END
TO A LONG RUNNING
MYSTERY.
(CG)
AT FIVE -- WE SPOKE WITH
THE WIDOW OF THE MAN --
WHO INVESTIGATORS SAY
-- WAS MURDERED BY
DONALD EUGENE WEBB.
(SN)
NEW AT SIX - WE'RE
HEARING FROM CHIEF
GREGORY ADAMS' SON...
WHO SAYS THIS BRINGS A
RESOLUTION...
BUT NO CLOSURE.
TARGET 12 INVESTIGATOR
TIM WHITE IS HERE NOW
WITH THE EXCLUSIVE
DETAILS
POLICE CHIEF GREGORY ADAMS
WAS 31 YEARS OLD WHEN HE
WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING
A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP
NEARLY FOUR DECADES AGO.
A CRIME THAT LEFT TWO
YOUNG SONS WITHOUT A
FATHER.
IN DECEMBER 1980, THE SMALL
TOWN OF SAXONBURG
PENNSYLVANIA WAS ROCKED
BY IT'S FIRST EVERY HOMICIDE:
THE MURDER OF THEIR POLICE
CHIEF.
When I was younger there was
nothing. There was a void there
I
couldn't really relate to.
GREG ADAMS WAS JUST 8
MONTHS OLD WHEN HIS FATHER
WAS GUNNED DOWN.
THIS IS GREG IN THE ARMS OF
HIS MOTHER MARY ANN... A
PHOTO TAKEN SHORTLY
BEFORE THE MURDER.
INVESTIGATORS CHIEF ADAMS
WAS KILLED BY NEW ENGLAND
MOB ASSOCIATE DONALD
EUGENE WEBB.
A PROLIFIC THIEF WHO WAS
WORKING ROBBERIES IN
PENNSYLVANIA AT THE TIME.
Growing up you know, it was a
heart
break I dont even have a memory,
I
have not revollections of
anything
about him.
ADAMS SAYS IT WAS WHEN HE
BECAME A FATHER HIMSELF...
That really kind of brought it
home
what I really missed in the last
37
years.
LAST MONTH, TARGET 12 WAS
THERE WHEN THE BODY OF
DONALD EUGENE WEBB WAS
DISCOVERED BURIED IN A
MAKESHIFT GRAVE BEHIND THIS
NORTH DARTMOUTH HOME.
WEBB'S WIFE LILLIAN WEBB
CONFESSED THAT SHE BURIED
HIM THERE IN 1999... AFTER HE
DIED FROM A FATAL STROKE.
WE NOW KNOW WEBB
SUFFERED PERMANENT
DAMAGE IN HIS TRUGGLE WITH
CHIEF ADAMS:
A SHATTERED LEG AND TORN
LIP.
A CANE WAS DISCOVERED IN A
SECRET ROOM BUILT IN THE
BASEMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Closure is a hard word. But to
have
the knowledge that he lived like
a rat
and was buried in the backyard
like
a dog
You take a dog or animal in the
backyard and bury it, not a
human
being.
MARY ANN JONES, CHIEF
ADAM'S WIDOW....
SAYS THE FAMILY NOW HAS
ANSWERS, BUT NOT CLOSURE.
Closure to me would mean Donald
Eugene Webb was in a court of
law
being convicted of murder, that
would ahve been closure, this is
just
a resolution.
GREG TELLS ME THE ENTIRE
FAMILY IS GRATEFUL THAT
POLICE AND THE FBI NEVER
FORGOT HIS DAD,
AND WORKED FOR DECADES
TO END PUT AN END TO A LONG,
PAINFUL MYSTERY.
WITH THE TARGET 12
INVESTIGATORS TIM WHITE
EYEWITNESS NEWS