POSSIBLE IN WESTERN AND
NORTHERN COUNTIES THIS
EVENING. MOST SEVERE WEATHER
WILL STAY WELL NORTH AND WEST
OF EAST TEXAS. WINDS SOUTH
SOUTHEAST 15-20 MPH.
OVERNIGHT, A FEW SHOWERS OR A
STORM AND BREEZY. LOWS UPPER
60S TO LOWER 70S. ON
WEDNESDAY, STORM CHANCES
INCREASE FOR US - A SEVERE
WEATHER ALERT. STRONG TO
SEVERE IN THE AFTERNOON
POSSIBLY. HIGHS
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Kaci Koviak:A PAROLE BOARD
WILL SOON DEBATE THE FATE OF
ROMEO PINKERTON, ONE OF TWO
MEN CONVICTED OF A HORRIFIC
EAST TEXAS CRIME THAT
HEADLINES.TAKE: MUGAS WE
SHOWED YOU LAST NIGHT...
PINKERTON WAS SENTENCED TO
PRISON FOR KILLING FIVE
PEOPLE, AFTER THEY WERE
KILGORE K-F-C. Neal Barton:
TONIGHT, KETK'S TRENT BENNETT
GETS A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THIS
NOTORIOUS CASE, SPEAKING WITH
PINKERTON BEHIND BARS.TAKE:
BACK ON CAMIN PART TWO OF OUR
SPECIAL REPORT, "THE KFC
MASSACRE," PINKERTON
CHALLENGES THE EVIDENCE AND
SAYS HE WAS WRONGLY CONVICTED.
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NEWLYWEDS DAVID AND LANA
MAXWELL THEIR LIVESwere JUST
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE. AND
THE TWO WERE TIED TOGETHER
the first one who ever treated
me like he did. He used to
bring me flowers and he would
dance when there was no music
with me." THE RARE TYPE OF
LOVE STORY THAT SEEMED TOO
GOOD TO BE TRUE. MAXWELL
DUNKERLY"he was romantic and
sweet and he bared his soul
about everything he was just
different. DAVID WAS WORKING
TOWARD A DEGREE AT KILGORE
from him. If he was was anyway
of fixing to be a father it
didn't show." BUT THE FOREVER
THE YOUNG COUPLE WAS STRIVING
TOWARDWOULD END WITH A FINAL
MOTORCYCLE RIDE. MAXWELL
DUNKERLY"I remember we were
holding hands and it was such
a beautiful day andwe were
both talking about how nice it
was we were laughing, it was
just a good day. You know
you're having one of those
really good days and then
something happens." THAT
SOMETHING.... THIS. PIRTLE"it
was a slaughter. That's all it
was." BROWN"you have four
people there side by side and
those four down on their arm
where if you were to or the
dirt expecting to get back up
you on your arm to keep your
face from being in contact
with the ground."KIENY"you
could see where they were
lying they were just laying
down like they were going to
go to sleep andthese people
just came up behind them and
started blasting away and
ended their lives on the
spot." "today a Rusk County
Jury handed down 10 capital
murder indictments." "these
guys had been there all along.
They just happened to ignore
them." STAND UP:more than 2
decades would pass and two
cousins would be convicted of
the crimes Darnell Hartsfield
and Romeo Pinkertonnow
Hartsfield denied to do an
interview with our camera
crew, but Pinkerton who is
incarcerated in the Robertson
unit in Abilene just over my
Landers." "I don't know any of
them. Never seen them a day in
my life." fingernail in a
victims pocket. That you who
done the crime." BUT WHAT
TELLS ASSISTANT TEXAS ATTORNEY
GENERAL LISA TANNER WHO
COMMITTED THE CRIME. THIS
NAPKIN. THIS BOX. TANNER"the
obvious most clear-cut smoking
gun was the DNAthe dna of
romeo pinkerton on a napkin
that was inside the KFCthe dna
of darnell hartsfield on a box
that was under the register,
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When this case was first
reported. You can see this
left hand corner this is what
they found, nothing. They
couldn't even lift a finger
print. They really didn't want
to do the crime scene because
they had already said the
crime scene had been trampled
through TANNERthen again there
was the eyewitness who
identified Darnell Hartsfield
and identified him one week
within the crime." ONE WEEK?
SO HOW DID HARTSFIELD AND
PINKTERTONSLIP THROUGH THE
CRACKS OF SUSPECTS? ESPECIALLY
AFTER SEEING THIS. TANNER"the
wanted for questioning poster
that had both of their
pictures on itfrom within a
week of the crime. KIENY"until
that time. That was 2002 I had
never seen that flyerand
Hartsfield and
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Romeo.IF YOU ASK PINKERTON.
ABOUT THE NAPKINPINKTERON"how
long you think blood is going
to last on a napkin? 23 years?
What color do you think that
would be? When they brought it
to the trial it was brand new.
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PIRTLE"there was rumors
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that the DNA was staged. How
Romeo Pinkerton claim to be
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innocent. Would you have
wanted to thought to be guilty
about something like this?
PIRTLE"what happened happened
you know. It just seemed like
a wrapped up in."35 YEARS
LATER. THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE
KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN
MASSACRE CONTINUESTHE LAWS
SAY. IT WAS PINKERTON AND
HARTSFIELD. PIRTLE"i believe
they done it. That's my
belief. I'm not gonna change
my mind on it." THE TWO
COUSINS SAY. PINKERTON"i'm
doing free time for someone
else. I am saving a rich man's
son from being in the death
penalty." BROWNThere's still
that dark
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hole there. Where is the 3rd
person? THE PERSON THAT RAPED
AND KILLED OPIE HUGHES. TANNER
"it is ubelievebly satisfying
that we have 2 of the 3 it
still and always will haunt me
that we don't have the last
one." BROWNWhether that person
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is alive is anyone's guess. We
go by the theory that their
still alive and will
eventually be brought to
justice." KIENY"I doubt
seriously that any of the
REAR VIEW MIRROR. MAXWELL
DUNKERLY"it's a separate life.
He deserves to be remembered.
He was a special kid." AS WERE
MONTE LANDERS. JOEY JOHNSON.
KIENY"those 3 men. Hell they
could have become the governor
of the state of texas, but
their future was taken away
from them"
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TRUE. WHAT HAPPENED IN 1983.
HAPPENED. "that's the size of
it and that's all I have to
say." "that's about all bud."
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WITH PINKERTON ELIGIBLE FOR
PAROLE IN JUST OVER A MONTH.
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE A PHONE CALL TO AUSTINTO
VOICE YOUR OPINION ON THE Neal
Barton:
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SO TRENT IS THERE A CHANCE
EITHER OF THESE CONVICTED MEN
COULDGET OUT? Trent Bennett:
NEAL, KACI, THE ASSISTANT
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID
SHE'D BE LYING IF SHE THOUGHT
HARTSFIELD OR PINKERTON WILL
BE FREE IN HER LIFETIME. THE
REASON THE DNA LEFT ON THE BOX