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She's come in the door and she said, I'm here to get a marriage license. A lot of things happen after that. I don't want to cry. Hours away from becoming a bride, Molly Watson's story takes a tragic turn when a stranger makes a discovery on a Country Road. April 27th of 2018. It was a Friday night. Glenn McSparrin is taking a shortcut from his mother's home there in Monroe County. Didn't really think nothing of it. Just a typical night. It's remote, it's really grown up. You're driving in between trees and horse weeds down to the creek. You gotta turn as you go down into it and go across it because the road kind of curves. That night, he says he saw headlights. He saw a car come up and kind of cut him off, put their headlights right into his view. Once I got a little bit closer, I could see that there was a car and I thought that they wanted past me. So I pulled over to the side of the road and I could see another car parked over on the right, facing away from me. He said he saw a short white guy driving the car. Glenn McSparrin described the car with the older white man as an old grandma car. I couldn't hardly see him because of all the glare. And I just kind of turned my head towards the window and I said, hey, is somebody stuck down there? And how did he say that? He said, I don't know where they're at. It's going to be a while. Glenn McSparrin had a brief verbal exchange with this older white male and the other individual indicated that Glenn needed to go around a different way. So I just backed my truck up a little bit and went back to the west. The more I thought about it, I was like, that just. It doesn't. Something's not right. I talked to my mom, my brother for a minute, and I told him, I said, I'm going to go back through there. On his way back, just 30 minutes later, a horrific scene. A body in his headlights. I stayed in my truck and I called 91 1. I don't know what the hell's going on here. They wanted me to make sure she was alive or not. Ma'am. Ma'am. Oh, my God. I don't think she's alive. No. I seen if she was cold to the touch or if she had a pulse, and she did not. And I looked in her eyes and I could tell that she was gone. Her eyes are open. I swear to God, she's dead. She was essentially shot execution style. She had been shot once in the back of the head at point blank range. The idea that it never happens here in this country corner of Missouri is pretty much right. Police go into full investigative mode, and there's evidence to be found. In the muddy crime scene, they find tire tracks, remarkably well preserved. And there appeared to be markings that looked like two O's. I think everybody looking thought that it was probably a Goodyear tire. I came upon this shirt laying in the road, went around the shirt and passed it. And then I stopped. And I'm thinking, we're kind of close to the crime scene here. I probably better pick that up just in case. That T shirt, we later learned had gunshot residue on it, had Molly Watson's blood. On a road leading away from the scene, they find an empty box. It was an empty.22 caliber ammunition box. A.22 would be considered a small caliber firearm along with several other calibers. An autopsy later recovers a bullet. It revealed that it was a small caliber weapon that was used to kill her. The bullet that they found was too damaged to be able to match it up with any particular firearm. All we can say about the projectile is that it would be consistent with a small caliber ammunition. We initially run the vehicle registration things of that nature. We were eventually able to figure out that the victim was Molly Watson. Police wake up the family in the middle of the night with some pretty bad news. My wife woke me up, said, your dad's on the phone. He doesn't sound good. Something happened. I'll never forget my dad. He said, timmy, he said, the highway patrol just left our house. I was like, what happened? He said, they found Molly dead in the road. I was like, what? Do you know how old she is now? Police want to know what brought Molly to this dark, desolate place. And even more puzzling, who'd have a reason to kill her? Molly Watson's body was found wearing her engagement ring on her left ring finger. They were planning a wedding. Wedding of her dreams. That wedding was less than 48 hours away. We always heard about the wedding. Very excited about the wedding. You know, the colors, the theme, the decorations. Molly has a wedding planner who's working on the details. There's a lot of burgundy and gold. Kind of reminded me of, like, a renaissance kind of theme. Two dresses. She could not make up her mind. This dress, as you will see, with it on me, I show it with me. Wearing one ball gown, crinoline. Molly Watson is 35. Her friends describe her as sweet, creative, bubbly. Me and Molly were both kind of goofballs, but she was like my best friend. Lots of artwork, costuming. She was really good at that. She has a YouTube channel. She plays with makeup and shows off her sewing. She wanted to start, like, a weekly vlog where she would, you know, just talk about herself or what's going on in her life. I work in education. Right now. I have two degrees in psychology, a bachelor's and a master's. She wanted to be a singer for a long time, and she had a really good singing voice. I am going to sing the healing incantation from tangled flower gleam and glow Let your power shine. Molly was married in her early 20s. The relationship didn't last more than a few years. During the breakup, she's pregnant and has a son. Declan was her world. She would take him to the zoo. You know, she would take him about anywhere with her. That was just her world right there. Later, she dates a woman she'd known since they were in kindergarten together. But that relationship falls apart when Molly meets somebody new at the prison where she works as a corrections officer, a lieutenant named James Addy. He's 16 years older than she is. And Molly's brother says the couple doesn't spend much time with her family. There was definitely an age gap there. At first, you know, it was weird for us, but, you know, everybody kind of got past it. I asked her, you know, what does your family think about him? And she was really kind of hesitant. And she said, you know, my family doesn't really like him. They've only met him a few times. But Addie's brother looked up to him. Growing up Jim, he was a role model and example. He was in the Marine Corps and then from the Marine Corps. He got out after Desert Storm and just created a life. Molly told her brother that James mentioned he'd been married a few times. One marriage to a woman named Melanie resulted in two children, Ben and Emma. I loved Melanie. She was always nice, always kind, always funny. It was just Melanie. The type of women that Jim liked were very, very nice, very kind. At this point, James and Molly seem to be a couple and he's quite the romantic. He writes, you're truly the love of my life. Now and forever. You are my everything. I adore you. After seven years of having this relationship with James, well, she surprises her family. She suddenly announces, I'm engaged. You were booked for her makeup and hair three years ago? Yes. What did you know about Molly and the wedding and her fiance? I remember meeting her, she was so excited. She wanted a Disney theme. A very wonderful wedding had been planned at the Stony Creek Inn. Molly had invited her family here to to come to this event. She was bubbly, she was happy, she enjoyed talking about her wedding. James was kind of the opposite of Molly. He was very quiet, didn't show much enthusiasm. I just thought he was just a groom along for the ride. And then, according to Molly's brother, in the middle of planning the wedding, James gives Molly some terrible news about Melanie, the mother of his children. James had told Molly who told me that Melanie was involved in December in a really bad car wreck and that she was on life support and they didn't think she was gonna make it. When I was reaching out to Molly to try to get a meeting scheduled, she had mentioned that James ex wife had passed away from a car accident over the holidays so he had to go do funeral stuff with his kids. When we were trying to meet, there are some last minute changes. James and Molly cut their guest list in half and it turns out his daughter Emma won't need the hair and makeup team. The plan was that she had a stepdaughter who she was planning to do hair and makeup on. I did also want to let you know that it is just going to be me getting hair and makeup done. My soon to be stepdaughter has decided she and a friend are going to do each other's hair and makeup and so we're just going to go that route. Molly worries that her fiance may be getting cold feet. Are you changing your mind? Not at all. Then what? It worries me that you were changing yours. I wasn't. Good. Two days to go till the wedding. The couple are meeting at the county recorder's office to get their marriage license. He remembers Molly. Well, the cameras I got in the back of my office for security filmed all that. Molly Watson come in the door just shortly before 4:00 and she said, I'm here to get a marriage license. And she was quite pleasant to talk to. We had a good time. You can see James there in his uniform, running late, hurrying inside. And then Mr. Addy walked in the door and he was not smiling. He was acting like this was not the place he wanted to be in. She reached right over to him and was touching his arm and stuff and she would pat him on the back and she would lean into him a little bit. He watches as they leave the office hand in hand. That's just tough. It really is because she was a sweet girl. A lot of things happened after that. I don't want to cry. Just hours later, that marriage certificate is found at the crime scene. Our marriage certificate was located in her car that had her name in there as well as her fiance's name. Now, in the middle of the night, there's something they've got to do right away. They head to her fiance's house. So they went to his house that evening. While the trooper is there in the home, he makes a startling discovery. There's another woman in James Addy's house. She asks the trooper, what are you doing here? And I imagine the trooper probably felt much of the same thing. What are you doing here? It turns out the woman who was there is James Addy's wife, Melanie Addy. She's his wife. 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Learn more at Capella Eduardo fastest 25% of students. Cost varies by pace, transfer credits and other factors. Fees apply. When police show up at James Addie's door to tell him that Molly, his fiance, is dead, his wife is as surprised to see them as they are to see her. About 2:30, I think I saw police car lights out my window. It was very strange to see that I didn't know what was happening. She wasn't ready for everything that was about to come. She wasn't prepared that he had this whole other life that was happening without her. He admits that he was was cheating on Melanie with Molly and that yes, they had been engaged to be married. Mr. Addy became visibly hot and uncomfortable during that interview. So hot and uncomfortable that he actually walked over to his window, opened it and put a box fan there to blow the cool air in. James Addy volunteered that the last time he had spoken with Molly Watson was earlier in that evening and showed the police a Screenshot of a 22 minute phone call from her to him. For police, everything has changed since that very first moment that they walked into the Addys house. This man has a wife. He was sweating in the interview. He's got phone and text messages that seem ever so suspicious. So for police, there's plenty. What do they do? They arrest him. They charge him with first degree murder. Now the trick is building a case. You doing all right, sir? Okay. Not really. Watching your husband loaded into a police car has to be hard for Melanie when you think about the snapshots of her life before. Tell me about meeting James Addy. I was working at a convenience store and he was a customer. He came in a lot and finally asked me out. And once you two hit it off, did he pop the question pretty soon? Very quickly. Maybe six months. That's the wedding photo. You look so young, both of you. We didn't have a lot of money and we had Ben on the way very quickly. When Ben came into the picture, man, I remember going up to their house. It was always fun. So happy. A few years later, Emma comes along. So your family's growing. It was exactly what we wanted. We had these two great kids. I was a stay at home mom. He went to work. It was a very traditional way to do things. I thought it was very good. I love that picture. Yeah. All of us together at Christmas time. As the years go on, their lives seem so normal. James clashes with his teen son, but Melanie says she felt her husband was dedicated to his family and very loyal. She never suspected that he was being unfaithful. Did you get any sense of whether he was contented and happy in the marriage? He seemed the same all the time. Melanie did admit that the marriage had its ups and downs, but in her mind, they had always been able to work through whatever the issues were. This was her reality. Everything was the same. But the fact is, it wasn't. James Addy was in a completely different place. He was over it. He was done. He didn't love her anymore. James Addey for the past seven years, had been living two lives. How was he able to separate both of these lives? He's a very good liar. At one point, he takes a trip to Florida on his own. What was that trip about? He told me it was a trip related to his work, where they were doing some training. He took the extra step and printed out what looked like a business letter, made it look official that that's what he was doing, but he was taking the trip to Florida with Molly. As I talk to Melanie, knowing where this is going, it's hard not to be a little incredulous. But no matter what I ask, she's consistent. She did not know the truth about what was going on. He would get off work at three and usually he would get home at. And I would say, well, why are you always so late? And that would be an argument. He didn't want to tell me anything. Any suspicions? Not about an affair, no. So let's go back then to April 27, 2018. Any strange behavior on his part? No, not at all. Nothing. He just seemed like he always did. About 7:00, he came into the living room where I was and said he was going to a friend's house. Did it strike you as unusual or odd? I remember being irritated that I wanted him to just be home and he had a hard time staying home. Do you remember when he came home? I was asleep. And whatever time James Addie got home? Well, Melanie says that she Woke up at 2 in the morning to the sound of his snoring. And she says she did what she normally does, moved to the couch in the living room. The police tell you. Yes. That your husband has a dead fiance? Yes. And he's engaged to the woman? Yeah. And you're learning all of this in one day immediately? Yeah. And you've been married for 20, 23 years. What did you think? I can't even tell you. It was just Mind boggling. It made no sense at all. None. Were you angry? Were you hurt? What were you feeling? Probably just disbelief. In the beginning, it didn't seem right. This was not my life. Did you think that your husband was capable of murder? Yes. It just seemed like something he would do to fix a problem. He was a pretty selfish person. He could be controlling and intimidating, and it can be challenging. Melanie Addy begins searching her house. She searches a loft type area above the garage, which she rarely went into, and found a photo album. She finds several photos of Jim and Molly together, smiling, a happy couple. She found the photos of them in Florida on this trip that she had thought was a harmless business trip for him to go on, that he was actually there with his fiance, getting ready to get married. Were you asking yourself, how could I have missed this? Oh, absolutely. Every day? Every day. How do you not see this? I guess because I wasn't supposed to see it. So he's under arrest? He's in jail? Yes. Did you go visit him the following week? We were both in tears. Both in tears. What is he saying to you? That he's sorry. He's very sorry for the affair. But he insists that he was not the killer, that he is not responsible for this. Was there a part of you that felt for him on any level? Absolutely. Because I felt like, oh, I have to take care of him. This is what we do. We take care of each other. Did you look at him suddenly as a stranger, as somebody you didn't know? I looked at him as someone I didn't want back. Now investigators have got to untangle this mess. They have to have evidence. They have a t shirt, the ammunition box. And now there's one other item they find near that dirt road. A cell phone. Molly's cell phone. That phone now means that prosecutors can take the case to the courtroom. There's another voice that will be heard. Like they say, deceased person doesn't speak, but is almost like Molly was speaking from the grave. James Addy, the former prison guard, now under guard himself at trial. Lead investigator Bradley Rehm takes the stand to testify about that jaw dropping moment in the Addy home. I asked her who she was. She replied, I am his wife. I was like, whoa. I was wondering what was going on. And he told me that I got myself involved in something I shouldn't have. Glenn McSparrin testifies about finding Molly. When you first went to the water crossing the first time, was there another water present? Yes, there was. We came upon a pair of headlights down by the Creek. And then I could tell there was another car facing away from me. Glenn McSparren testifies about seeing that man at the crime scene. But in a blow to the prosecution, he can't identify James Addy as the man he saw. I couldn't get a really 100% clear look at him. But McSparrin's description of the car that man was driving, that old grandma car, police say matches Addie's car. And then they take a good look at the tires. Prosecutors say one of the tires on Addie's car, a Goodyear, is just the kind that could leave a double O impression like the one found near Molly Watson's body. It wasn't just that double O print from the side of the Goodyear. Tired officers have something more. What prosecutors call a perfect tire print in the mud just a few feet from Molly's body. A state crime lab expert testifies that he compared the right rear tire on Addi's car to a cast that was made at the scene of the crime next to Molly's body. And what conclusion did you draw, if any, about the tire and the cast? My conclusion was that particular tire made that particular impression. Prosecutors are convinced that this tire track matches Addie's car. The defense is saying, not so fast. All right? I'd like to talk to you about this comparison that we just had that states there is no widely accepted scientific principle behind an examiner looking at one tire and looking at a cast and saying, they look the same to me. State Exhibit 67. Could you explain to the jury what they're looking at here? That is an empty ammo box of.22 caliber. A prosecution witness testifies that bullets found in the.22 caliber rifle found in James Addie's home are consistent with the Thunderbolt ammunition, the kind that came in that empty ammo box they found. Even so, that doesn't prove that it's the murder weapon. Prosecutors call a long parade of highway patrol investigators and criminalists. And then they introduce a key item of evidence. A cell phone. Molly's cell phone. Molly Watson's cell phone was a vital link in the chain of evidence for prosecutors. Information from her cell phone did tell us that she had driven from her home to this location while she was on the phone with James Addy. Investigators are poring over all these text messages between James and Molly, and what they're hoping to do is reconstruct the events leading up to her killing. And maybe they'll find even a triggering moment that caused it to happen. And investigators say there's a reference to that story about Addie's wife Melanie dying after a car crash. Prosecutors say Addie texted Molly that his ex wife's funeral was happening the day before their wedding. The funeral is tomorrow. I'm sorry, sweetness. I love you so, so much. Why would James Addy lie? Why tell Molly that his ex wife Melanie was dead? Some speculate that maybe he hoped the story about the the car crash would cause his fiance to postpone the wedding and the collision of his two lives. But instead, it may have sped up his day of reckoning. Molly at a certain point did try to look into this and question this. According to some of the things brought up in court, forensic searches of Molly's phones indicated that the day before she was murdered, she was looking for Melanie Addy's obituary. Was obviously unable to find an obituary for Melanie Addy. Prosecutors point out that Molly's online search happens the day before her murder and argue this theory. Molly figures out that James wife isn't dead and confronts him. And they say that's what led him to kill her. Did James Addy have a plan to see Molly that night? As stated here in the exhibit, the text message says, I think I'm going to see you tonight. And that was sent from James purple phone to Molly. He knew. He knew what was going to happen. He knew how that day was going to end. Earlier in the evening of April 27, before James Audi departed his home, he had sent text messages from himself to himself. Have a meeting tonight at 8. Normal place. You have to be there. James Addy seems to be almost firing himself up to do something drastic. Don't be a again. Let's go, man. It was as if one part of him was telling the other to, come on, we can do this. Let's go. Trying to psych himself up for something. Obviously now we know what it is. Don't be a man. Let's go, man. He's talking himself into it. He's getting himself ready. Molly was lured to this Monroe County Road. A 22 minute phone call and a 22 minute drive to her death. For the next 30 minutes or so, police say that Addie's phones, both of them are silent. No calls, no texting. That is when he killed Molly Watson. What could have or would have been James Addie's closest allies as a criminal defendant? His wife and his daughter are now actually going to take the stand against him. Were you aware that you were on a guest list to attend your dad's wedding? This episode is brought to you by Rakuten. If you're shopping while working, eating or even listening to this podcast, then you know and love the thrill of the hunt. But are you getting the thrill of the best deals? Rakuten shoppers do they get the brands they love with the most savings and cash back and you can get it too. 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Will you please state your name and spell it for the court reporter? Emma Addie E M M A D D I E the evidence at trial showed that Emma Addy had actually met Molly Watson previously James's daughter. Emma needed a costume and dad said that he knew somebody who did that kind of thing, and that person was Molly. And he took me to go meet her and she made a costume for me. James had introduced Molly as a friend from work. Did you know about his relationship with Molly? No. She articulated to the jury what she saw and heard and remembered from that night. I was still up doing homework at around 10pm and that's when. That's around the time that dad came home. On cross examination, the defense really tries to create some doubt with timing. Maybe he was in the garage working on his car. Maybe she didn't know. You'd agree with me that back in this time frame that your dad would frequently be in the garage, correct? Yes. Emma's most damaging testimony may be about that bloody T shirt. Remember the one that was found in the road near the crime scene? The T shirt becomes so important to this case because it's a one of a kind T shirt. And here's the kicker. It was made by James Addy's daughter Emma. Do you recognize that shirt? Yes. Right. How do you recognize that shirt? She was able to identify it because she made it as a part of one of her classes. And so she was able to affirmatively say, that is a T shirt that I made. Okay, I know that's my shirt. She gave it to her father. I brought them home that day after the contest, and dad said that he would take one to the garage just to use as rags. Addie's defense says that's not proof that maybe Addie had just given the T shirt to Molly. Is it so implausible that one fiance has a shirt that belonged to their fiance? As far as your marriage with James Addy, can you describe it for the jury testifying next? The woman James Addy allegedly said was dead, his now ex wife, Melanie Addy, she filed for divorce soon after his arrest. It was good. Sometimes it was bad. Sometimes I thought we both tried to make it work. You were called to testify. How hard was that? It's horrible. It's just horrible. You don't want to be there. I don't want to be in a position where I'm hurting him. I don't want to do that. So In April of 2018, were you still married to Mr. Addy and living in that same home? Yes. Did you have any plans to divorce at that point? No. He'd always been very hard on me about you. You know, how a wife should act and how a wife should be. And then he did this. He had an affair, and that's okay? No, we were done. We were done. James Addy didn't react to his ex wife taking the stand, but everybody else did. Anybody watching was riveted. Prosecutors also asked Melanie about that outrageous story, the one they say James told Molly that Melanie was dead. Were you in a horrible car crash in October of 2017 around Christmas or New Year's? No. And is it fair to say you did not pass away in April of 2018? That's correct. After calling nearly 21, the state rests its case. Thank you, sir. You may step down. And now it's time for the defense to take its turn. All kinds of options here. They could introduce evidence, they could call witnesses, or they could put James Addy himself on the stand. Instead, they do none of the above. Not putting up a case for the defense is fairly common because the argument is it's the state's burden to prove something beyond reasonable doubt once my client puts a witness on the stand. Now we're in competition for who is more likable. For who do we believe more. You lose the state's burden and you take on a burden yourself. The evidence will show that the state does not have proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Your doubts are reasonable. Your doubts are reasonable because Jim did not kill Molly. They attempted to raise enough reasonable doubt about the things that weren't there. There was no murder weapon. What would be the motive of a man in love killing his fiance? He was in love with Molly, was the defense. And he was having an affair. But that didn't necessarily mean that he was the killer. Closing arguments in this case ended up being on what would have been James and Molly's three year anniversary. Molly Watson does not get to celebrate her three year wedding anniversary today. But you have the power to give her justice. The jury deliberated about two and a half hours the fate of James Addy and announced they had reached a unanimous decision. All right, then. My understanding, the jury has reached a verdict. Do I have a four person? Yes, sir. When the jury walked in, like, five of the jury members looked at us like they glanced over and I thought, okay, I don't know if that's a good sign or not. Verdict reach as follows as to count one. We the jury find the defendant James Addy guilty of murder in the first degree. The jury found James Addy guilty of first degree murder in the death of Molly Watson and armed criminal action. Oh, I was happy. I was so happy to hear that. Because my sister got justice. Did you feel that your husband should have been found guilty of murder? Absolutely, yeah. Is he a killer? Apparently. You asked me earlier what I was surprised at during the trial. During the entire course of the trial, I failed to represent anything that I brought forward, sir, up until this point. James Addey has fully exercised his right to remain silent throughout the trial. But now he's ready to open up and give the court his version of what he says really happened. There was no way that I could have done this crime. And he's going to point to someone he says is the true killer. 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State versus James Addy. Matter comes on today for final disposition. Two months after his conviction, James Addy is formally sentenced. Mr. Addy, having been convicted by a jury of your peers of the charge of murder in the first degree, I hereby sentence you to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, that being the sentence mandated by law. Once sentencing is over, the judge wants to hear from Addie about why he now claims his lawyer did not do a good job. Anyone expecting regrets or remorse is in for quite a surprise. Normally, criminal defendants keep their mouths shut. They say yes when they're supposed to, and they move on their way to get their appeal going. Not James Addy. He is scheduled to spend the rest of his life in prison, but he's got plenty to say, beginning by reading a love letter to the woman he's convicted of killing. Molly is the love of my life. Addie insists that Molly was the love of his life. He says he misses her terribly and would have done anything to keep her happy. Addie is now asking for a new trial. He's complaining to the judge that his defense counsel was ineffective. Honestly, let his defense attorney have it. He said that he did not think that TJ did a great job. You give me an idea of what kind of stuff you wanted him to bring forward. Cell phone records, Facebook posts that were in discovery that showed Morgan that somebody else was Molly had an ex who, according to him, had stalked her very much so had a motive to do harm to Molly as her wedding was approaching. We reviewed all of the evidence collected during this investigation and presented the relevant and missile evidence at trial. And there was no evidence of any other person with a direct connection to Molly Watson's death. That evidence pointed to one person, James Addy, who had the motive, means and opportunity to take Molly Watson's life. I would like to see him and ask him, what were you thinking? Why did you do this to us? Why did you do this to you? You don't see yourself as a victim? Not at all. Molly's the victim. She's not here. She lost her life. You just think of the lyrics of that song that Molly loved so much from the movie Tangled. Bring back what once was mine what once was Just a couple of days ago at work, I'm a mechanic and we have our bay doors open. And out of the blue, this balloon came right up to me and it says, we love you, we miss you. And that, that was Molly telling me, hey, we're watching you. So it definitely felt. Hey, I'm Brad Milkey. You may know me as the host of ABC Audio's daily news podcast, Start here. But I'd like to add aspiring true crime expert to my resume. And here's how I'm going to make it happen. Every week, I'm going to unpack the biggest true crime story that everyone is talking about. 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