some of the things that human beings do
to one another when you think about it
from the point of view of that person
whose life is being taken and think
about what they are put through what
their emotions are I just simply believe
there are times when people do things
that are so heinous so calculated that
we have an obligation to say you have
forfeited your right to live among us
everyone in prison will tell you they're
innocent either they're at the wrong
place at the wrong time they were framed
or they had a confession beat out of
them by law enforcement I'm actually one
of those people I am sitting on death
row for nothing more than a series of
lies while the person who actually
committed the crime you got a life
sentence law enforcement is very crafty
and they're out there to win are they
out there to do justice are they out
there to win and in Amelia's case they
were out to win the police are not on
your side and they are trained in
interrogation techniques they defend you
they just want to clear this up they
want to clear your name and nothing can
be further from the truth because of her
emotional state and physical state being
pregnant the hormones they play all
sorts of tricks on your head she
believed that her love and her heart and
her honesty would bear out
she was very good at manipulating people
she was very conniving she was an
innocent that was manipulated by law
enforcement into giving a false
confession she's I think truly what you
would call a sociopath yes I was told
prior to trial and the day that the
trial began that if I would have taken a
plea I would have avoided the death
penalty what because I wasn't gonna I
didn't accept the plea because I wasn't
gonna sign my life away for something I
didn't do
that's just no that's not right that's
foolish
we're currently looking into the
disappearance of your daughter yes okay
have you heard from her no I have it
when was the last time you heard from um
somewhere about the 10th 11th or 12th of
February is this unusual for her
birthday is Monday and um she didn't
call me Monday I know something's wrong
right yes ma'am man Heather were really
close we always talked about things she
was always pretty real open she you know
never was in trouble as a child so and
you know we more or less spend a lot of
mother-daughter time together me and
Heather had a lot of similarities in our
past um
just a lot of things growing up um we
had a lot of similar passions she wanted
to be a teacher you know I became
massage therapist just we got along
really well our children is where we
were closer
we both had that maternal love and we
both always tried to do what was best
for our kids Heather strong was
originally reported missing somewhere
around February 15th 2009
and at this time it's like March 18 2009
so it's about a month a little over a
month later and as far as we knew no one
had seen her since that time she was a
good employee that's why when she didn't
come to work we all knew something was
wrong because she always showed up for
work she was a single mother raising
four kids always showed up for work when
she didn't come everybody was concerned
I went to the Petro where Heather had
worked I spoke to one of her co-workers
who described that on the day she
disappeared she had had a very upsetting
phone call from Josh Fulgham who is
actually Heather's estranged husband she
got a phone call from Josh and I don't
know what was said I don't think this
Brenda knows either but she knows that
it upset Heather after the phone call
she indicated to other people that she
just needed to get away from him and
keep the kids away from him Josh had not
been spoken to yet and Josh was also a
suspect at the time there were things
about a story we wanted to check out I
try to pride myself in my work some
people say it's personal I say it's
professional the family needs answers
I'm that person I'm very very nosy I'm
not going to accept some quasi answer
your person may give me I'm gonna check
and balance that case or that lead or
whatever statement that they've given me
I'm gonna dig a little bit deeper not
saying the other detectives don't work
as hard as I do but I work at a
different beat you have to think like a
criminal to catch a criminal
your white man oh yeah I have known
beforehand I get up before morning okay
I'm sorry but when we first started
speaking to Josh he acted as if he had
no idea where Heather was he actually
indicated that he believed she was in
Mississippi she says she want me to keep
kids but when she is it cleared up she's
coming up and have her always coming
home she always does I've always took
her back but this time I'm not taking
her back knowing that Josh had picked up
Heather and she had written in the car
with him and after this no one else has
seen her or knows where she's at leads
us to believe josh is the last one to
see her before she went missing the
petrol
where was she hanging out in there was a
brick wall all down there she was
standing right over there and she had a
red suitcases pull out just got wheels
on it she had yet a black duffel bag
similar pair of jeans and a red t-shirt
I think it was a old navy doesn't have a
flag or something I think it was Old
Navy and then you got back in your car
and I love that house and when you left
she was route there Petra's standing up
there Petra you know this video
adventure right yeah oh yeah I think
cameras all around it ain't no video
love what I've heard about Heather at
that pet room on that date all day all
night we also learned that Josh had an
on-and-off-again relationship with a
female named Amelia car I was actually
we were home and we were cooking dinner
and it had to be about 7:00 or 7:30 and
we get a knock at the backdoor and me
and my mom we open the door and there's
two detectives standing there and
they're like well we wonder if you'll
come in for questioning regarding
Heather strong being missing and I'm I'm
looking around I'm like excuse me and my
mom's like what's going on they're like
no we just want to ask her some
questions we just want to you know see
if she might know what's going on so I
went
we knew that Josh had lived with her for
a time and then left her and married
Heather and then went back to Emilia
Josh and Heather's relationship was very
off and on they would be great together
for a little while and then they would
separate and she would leave and she
would take the kids and then they would
get back together for a little while and
then something would go wrong again and
it was just not a healthy relationship
at all me and Heather stayed in touch
because at the end of the day there was
no animosity we would hang out just Girl
Talk
we learned that Emilia already had three
children and was currently eight months
pregnant with her fourth child
the rumor being that this was Josh's
child
in Travelers this book is possible okay
I appreciate you coming you look tired -
very appreciate you coming up how far
along are you
I'm eight months yeah okay try to get
some things together we try to sort out
some some differences and get a clearer
understanding okay
Emilia was a thinker she was more
calculating everything that she said she
was aware that what she say may come
back to bite her hoping you guys find I
mean we're gonna found her find her with
your hair pull me nivi with your help
we're gonna find her okay
need you to understand that I know and
I'm here to help
I mean we've got kids who need both
parents and know something this is the
time this is our opportunity as you want
to see that baby being born
oh yeah what I mean okay no you don't
something invite you into behind if you
know okay I was tired cuz you know when
you're that far long you you're tired
all the time I'm sitting there and I'm
waiting for them to come in and say
whatever they have to say so I can go
home and the first thing he says to me
when he comes in there is um you want to
see that baby born done with you and so
I'm taking off guards I'm like did he
just threaten me and so after that I'm
like what's going on what's really going
on because this isn't something's wrong
here