True Crime Page #4

Cynical.

He came from Michigan.

Broken home, alcoholic mother.

He's been in and out of jails,

violent assaults, drugs.

He did two years for beating a cop

who tried to give him a ticket.

Sounds like a reasonable fella.

Then another three for breaking

into a store.

Then he got out, met his wife.

Nice girl, born-again.

Led him to Jesus.

They had a daughter,

bought a house in Richmond.

Yeah, now he's Mr. Nice Guy.

I guess not. Six years ago,

he walks into Pocum's...

... Amy Wilson 's on the register.

Let me guess.

He asks Amy for his $96

and she says she doesn 't have it.

And old Frank,

he gets his wicked temper up.

I don't suppose he's expressed

any heartfelt remorse?

Nope. Get this.

He still says that he just went

to the store for some A-1 Steak Sauce.

Steak sauce?

Well, that's a nice touch.

Nussbaum had two strong witnesses.

Black or white?

Let's see. Both white.

A woman in the parking lot

saw him run away...

...and this poor guy, an accountant...

...goes in to use the phone

because his car overheated.

Beechum is there,

gun in hand, blood all over him.

All I'm looking for

is the human-interest angle.

Final days, what it's like.

- Got it?

- Yeah, I got it.

Anything else you need from me?

Nope.

Good. Okey-dokey.

Get right on it.

Something else on your mind, Steve?

The witness...

...the one who found Beechum

with the body...

...must have heard the shots.

The shots.

You know, he comes in...

...his car's overheated,

he's got the hood up.

Must be working on it.

Meanwhile, a robbery's going on.

He had to have heard shots.

So he heard the shots.

But this is a white accountant

in Richmond.

You're telling me he's going to walk

into a store when he heard shots?

You know what? I don't know

if he heard the shots.

Maybe he did. I don't care.

What I'd like you to do is interview

Beechum about his feelings today.

Turn it into a human-interest sidebar.

Can you do that?

Yeah, I'll get right on it.

No problem.

Bye-bye.

F***!

Close one!

I don't know what you did,

but he's after you.

We're about two seconds away

from a full Bob Findley explosion.

What are you, crazy?

You're lighting up after

Bob's "no smoking" speech?

I missed that.

Yeah. That was smart too.

Try to be a good boy, okay?

Beechum case.

Victim:
Amy Wilson, married,

20 years old, shot in the chest...

... with a.38 as she stood behind

the counter at Pocum 's Grocery.

Six months pregnant at the time.

Both she and the baby died.

Two witnesses.

First witness:

Nancy Larson, housewife...

... mother of three.

Drives into Pocum 's parking lot.

Larson couldn 't see

whether he had a gun or not.

No weapon was found.

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