Burden of Proof

Summary

48 Hours – "Burden of Proof"

Date: January 15, 2026

Podcast: 48 Hours
Host: CBS News

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Overview

In this compelling episode of "48 Hours," the show plunges into the disappearance and murder of Beverly Watson, a wife and mother from Georgia who vanished in 1997. Through interviews with family, friends, law enforcement, and attorneys, the episode unfolds the years-long investigation that eventually leads to the conviction of her husband, Jim Watson. The narrative delves deeply into the complexities of domestic homicide, the challenges of prosecuting “no body” cases, and the emotional fallout for those left behind.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Beverly Watson’s Life and Disappearance

• Personal Reflections: Friends and family describe Beverly as "the most kind person" they had ever met, "a good mother" and "the best friend a person could ever have." (01:18–01:29)
• Marriage Turbulence: Beverly and Jim's marriage was turbulent, characterized by frequent fights and periods of separation, but also reconciliation. (01:38–01:48)
• Domestic Control: Friends reveal Jim's controlling behavior: "People don't quite understand exactly how controlling he was. He stalked her. He called her. He knew where she was. She was scared." (01:56–02:07)
• Ominous Statements: Beverly had confided, "If anything ever happens to me, you tell them that Jim did it." (02:47, 08:00, 21:00)

2. Initial Investigation and Suspicions

• Last Night: Beverly left her friend’s house at midnight after an emotional conversation. Jim admits to a fight just before her disappearance, with Beverly leaving the house in anger. (05:25–06:17)
• Police Search: Police find no incriminating evidence in the Watson home, but notice Jim is wearing makeup to cover up what appear to be fresh fingernail scratches. (06:40–07:16)
• A Layer of Dust: Beverly’s car is covered in a mysterious fine dust, noted but initially unexplained. (07:21–07:32)
• No Arrest: Lack of physical evidence and the absence of a body stymied the case. “It’s difficult to get a conviction without a body.” (09:10–09:16)

3. Community Response and Family Dynamics

• Community Suspicion: Friends and Beverly's family are convinced Jim is responsible. “They knew who killed her, and they knew he thought it was the perfect crime.” (07:41–07:57)
• Ashley’s Loyalty: Beverly’s daughter Ashley stands by her father, expressing total faith in his innocence: “Because I know he didn’t do anything … I do believe you.” (10:36–10:56)
• Estrangement: The investigation creates deep rifts; Ashley and her brother Todd distance themselves from their mother’s relatives, feeling vilified and alienated. (18:04–18:21)

4. Discovery of the Body

• Remains Found: Two years after the disappearance, a surveyor discovers a skull in woods 20 miles from the Watson home. Testing confirms it is Beverly’s. (14:06–14:21)
• Condition of the Body: Only partial remains are retrieved, and the cause of death is “undetermined.” (15:00–16:03)
• Link to Dust: The dust on Beverly's car closely resembles the dust at the remote location where her body was found—a key but ultimately inconclusive clue. (15:27–15:44)

5. Indictment and Courtroom Battles

• Grand Jury Indictment: With pressure mounting, prosecutor Sheila Ross pushes the case forward, securing an indictment against Jim Watson five years after Beverly's disappearance. (18:29–18:55)
• Evidence Hurdles: Little physical evidence links Jim to the crime scene. The strongest points are circumstantial: the dust, the scratches, and extensive hearsay about prior threats and abuse. (16:03, 21:05)
• Hearsay Allowed: Court permits friends’ testimony about Beverly’s statements and Jim’s threats against her, a crucial boost for the prosecution. (23:08)

6. Witnesses and Testimony

• Friend’s Testimony: Debbie White recounts Beverly's claims of abuse and threats, including Jim putting a shotgun to Beverly's head and episodes of violence. (24:02–24:34)
• Daughter’s Perspective: Ashley testifies she “never saw” her father hurt her mother, challenging accounts of violence in the household. (31:04–31:16)
• Defense Arguments: Defense attorney Lee Sexton assails the lack of direct evidence, arguing, “We require proof and there's not any.” (19:52, 21:19, 28:40–28:55)
• Medical Examiner: Unable to determine a cause of death, undermining a clear-cut prosecution. (27:05–27:28)

7. Jim Watson’s Defense & Cross-Examination

• Jim Testifies: Jim emotionally denies ever threatening or harming Beverly: “I didn't hit her. I didn't knock her down. I didn't push her down. I didn't do anything to her that night.” (19:17, 32:26–33:02)
• Prosecution Tactics: Sheila Ross aggressively cross-examines Jim about the scratches and his use of makeup to cover them. (34:50–35:55)
• Emotional Impact: Jim breaks down discussing the impact on his children: “It’s been very tough on both of them.” (33:14)
• Ross’s Approach: Ross attempts to provoke inconsistencies, focusing on Jim’s lack of visible grief at key moments and indifference about cause of death. (33:45–34:45)

8. Closing Arguments and Verdict

• Prosecution’s Plea: “Help Beverly. Give Beverly what she deserves, which is justice. Tell her killer that you will not reward him for being a good killer …” (37:17)
• Defense’s Plea: “You should suspect he did it. But you are not allowed in this great country … to make that quantum leap from suspicion to conviction unless the state can show some real evidence.” (36:45)
• Jury’s Decision: After two weeks and five hours of deliberation, the jury convicts Jim Watson of malice murder. (38:09–38:53)
• Sentencing: Jim Watson is sentenced to life in prison. (39:26)

9. Aftermath and Reflections

• Family Fallout: The children are left with no parents; Ashley tries to keep the family locksmith business running, while Todd requires a guardian. (40:23–41:29)
• Justice and Tragedy: Friends feel justice is served; Prosecutor Ross notes the inherent tragedy for the children: “We can’t let a killer roam free all because he has children.” (41:29)
• Jim’s Fate: Jim Watson died in prison in 2016. (41:49)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Beverly’s Warning:

  "She said, if anything ever happens to me, you tell them that Jim did it."
  — Ashley Watson quoting Beverly (02:47, 08:00, 21:00)

• Control in the Marriage:

  "People don't quite understand exactly how controlling he was. He stalked her. He called her. He knew where she was. She was scared."
  — Debbie White (01:56–02:07)

• On Prosecuting Domestic Murder:

  "Domestics are complicated because they're usually, almost always, circumstantial, and that is because murder is not a spectator sport."
  — Narrator/Host (09:38)

• Defense on Lack of Evidence:

  "I don't know that anyone killed Beverly Watson … we require proof and there's not any."
  — Lee Sexton, Defense Attorney (19:52, 21:19, 28:40–28:55)

• Prosecution’s Closing:

  "Help Beverly. Give Beverly what she deserves, which is justice. Tell her killer that you will not reward him for being a good killer..."
  — Sheila Ross, Prosecutor (37:17)

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Key Timestamps

• Introduction to Beverly and Her Family: 01:08–01:33
• Marriage Difficulties and Controlling Behavior: 01:33–02:07
• Last Night Beverly Was Seen: 05:25–06:17
• Jim Watson’s Suspicious Makeup: 06:35–07:16
• Discovery of Beverly’s Remains: 14:06–15:14
• Indictment and Pre-Trial: 18:29–18:55
• Trial and Testimonies Begin: 23:08
• Medical Examiner Testimony: 27:05–27:28
• Jim Watson Testifies: 32:26–33:45
• Prosecutor’s Closing Argument: 37:17–38:01
• Verdict Delivered: 38:09–38:53
• Aftermath and Sentencing: 39:26–41:29

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Final Thoughts

"Burden of Proof" is a poignant, in-depth exploration of the intersection between suspicion, evidence, and justice in a spousal homicide. The episode is rich with emotional testimony, legal maneuvers, and the devastating consequences for an already traumatized family. The case encapsulates the painful reality that, while justice may prevail, it often comes with irreversible loss.

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Transcript

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[Jim Watson]

We met in ninth grade. There were a lot of good times. We had the same dreams and the same goals.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

She was a good mother and I believe she was a good wife.

[Ashley Watson]

Her heart was just so big and she had a wonderful laugh. It was like the best laugh.

[Narrator/Host]

She was the most kind person that.

[Ashley Watson]

I had ever met in my life.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

She was the best friend a person could ever have.

[Ashley Watson]

The typical marriage. They had verbal fights like every other marriage.

[Jim Watson]

Well, we had our ups and downs. We separated several times in our marriage, but we always got back together.

[Ashley Watson]

It was customary for them to fight. It was customary for them to have problems.

[Jim Watson]

Usually when we did argue, one of us would leave and cool off.

[Ashley Watson]

I've never seen him lose his temper. He just turns around and walks away.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

People don't quite understand exactly how controlling he was. He stalked her. He called her.

[Ashley Watson]

He knew where she was. She was scared.

[Jim Watson]

I would never hurt Beverly or harm Beverly in any way. She had been out with a friend of hers. She got back home sometime around midnight, Ben, and she got mad because I called one of her friends to see where she was. She had grabbed her purse and her keys and when she did, I grabbed her arm, told her she didn't need to leave. She threw her keys at me and told me that she didn't need her keys to leave the house. And that was the last time I saw her.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Beverly Watson disappeared from the Watson home in the early morning hours of January 18th of 1997.

[Ashley Watson]

She said if anything Ever happens to me. You tell them that Jim did it.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

And he told her that he would put her body somewhere where nobody would ever find it.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Burden of proof. It was three years ago in 2002, graduating finally.

[Ashley Watson]

Thank God, my black shoes downstairs. I hope I don't fall.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

When Ashley Watson graduated from high school near Atlanta, Ashley Lane Watson, her proud father was. Was by her side. So was her brother Todd. But someone was missing. Sorry that your mom wasn't there to see it.

[Ashley Watson]

Yeah, that was sad. But I felt like I had a part of her with me.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Thank you.

[Ashley Watson]

And that she was looking down. So I just kept that with me.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Tell us about your mom.

[Ashley Watson]

She had a very loving side to her and her heart was just so big. And she had a wonderful laugh. It was like the best laugh.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

In 1997, when Ashley was only 12 years old, her mother, Beverly Watson, a bookkeeper at a local country club, vanished into the night. Did you ever think she was coming back home?

[Ashley Watson]

I did. It's hard to believe and you don't want to believe that, you know, something wrong happened to your mom and that she's not coming back. So I definitely held out hope.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Her father, Jim Watson, a part time police officer who owns a locksmith business, was left to raise Ashley and Todd on his own.

[Jim Watson]

I never thought that I would be in a situation like this. It has completely changed not only my life, but my children's lives. Your whole world's changed and it will never be the same.

[Ashley Watson]

He's a great dad. He's real involved in my life. There's Dad, I played and dad coached and we're on my way up here. We have a really great relationship. We're very honest with each other. Dad gave me this one. He has a big heart.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Jim Watson seemed to be a loving father, but was he a good husband? The Watsons had a rocky marriage, and after 14 years, Beverly decided to leave Jim and take the children on the last night she was seen alive. Jim wanted to talk about their problems, but Beverly didn't want to hear it. Instead, she went to see her lifelong friend, Debbie White.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

She was apologizing for just showing up at my house. And I said, beverly, I said, you don't have to apologize to me. I said, you can come to me anytime. You know I'll always be here for you.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

It was bitterly cold that Friday night, only 18 degrees. The women went to a nearby Wendy's to eat and talk, and Beverly did not get home until midnight.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

And that's the last time I saw or heard from her.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Back home, Jim Watson was waiting. And as soon as Beverly walked in the door, he says they began arguing.

[Jim Watson]

She got mad. She just closed the cabinet door kind of hard, then went and got her car keys and her purse and tried to leave out the garage door. When I stopped her from going, she threw her car keys at me and told me that she didn't need her car keys to leave.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

He says he heard her leave out the front door. He never saw her again.

[Jim Watson]

He never saw her again.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Jim says he thought Beverly had gone to cool off at a friend's house. He let the weekend pass, but on Monday, he told his children their mother was missing.

[Ashley Watson]

I was in so much shock that. I mean, it was hard to believe.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

And then Jim called police. Was he cooperative with you? Yeah, that night he was. Major Bruce Jordan of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department says that Jim allowed police to search his house without a warrant. There were no traces of blood. Nothing incriminating was found. But Jordan noticed something that startled him. Jim was wearing makeup. When you confronted him about the makeup, what did he say? He just said, oh, that's just some.

[Jim Watson]

Redness I had that I covered up. And I said, well, let's go inside and wash it off. And when we washed it off, it was obviously, to me, fingernail scratches.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

And then there was something else. A strange layer of fine dust on Beverly's car, first noticed by Ashley.

[Jim Watson]

We were in the garage, and the girl came out, and she said, why is Mom's car so dirty? What happened to it? And then we all looked and realized it was covered in a layer of dust.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Police preserve the dust, but didn't know what to make of it.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

I was frantic. I was absolutely beside myself.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

And then Beverly's friends, one by one, began calling with the same chilling conclusion. Beverly was dead. They knew who killed her, and they knew he thought it was the perfect crime.

[Narrator/Host]

I don't think any of us had a doubt that something terrible had happened.

[Ashley Watson]

She said, if anything ever happens to me, you tell them that Jim did it.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Do you think she knew she was going to?

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

I think she did in some ways, which is. It's so sad. I think people don't quite understand exactly how controlling he was. From the time Beverly woke up in the morning, she couldn't go to the bathroom by herself without him being there. He called her from the time she left the house. He called her all day at work. He knew every move she made. If he didn't like a particular type of clothing that Beverly wore, it disappeared. When Miracle Bras Came out. He cut the padding out of her bras. Who was she trying to impress? Who was she trying to look good for? That is not normal. He tried to control every aspect of her life. Everything.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Jim Watson became the prime suspect. Jim, let's play it online. Did you kill your wife?

[Jim Watson]

No, I did not.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Why should anyone believe you didn't kill your wife?

[Jim Watson]

I would never hurt Beverly or harm Beverly in any way. Beverly has been my best friend for many years. She was the mother of our two children, and I would have never done any harm to her.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

You suspected Jim Watson from the beginning, but you never arrested him. Why not?

[Jim Watson]

The problem in Georgia with a homicide is it's difficult to get a conviction without a body.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

And that was the real problem. Despite everyone's suspicions, there was virtually no evidence. There was no witness, no body, no proof that Beverly was even dead. In short, there was no case.

[Narrator/Host]

Domestics are complicated because they're usually, almost always, circumstantial, and that is because murder is not a spectator sport.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Prosecutor Sheila Ross says pursuing a wife killer is always tough.

[Narrator/Host]

Jim Watson is not going to go out into his street and say, hey, neighbors, why don't you come into my home and watch me while I kill my wife? The domestic killer has a distinct advantage over a stranger on stranger homicide. Because they can kill in the privacy of their own home. People like that are far worse than killers who pick total strangers because they're violating that trust. They're stealing the mother from their children. And there is a special place in hell for men who kill their wives.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

But no matter what anyone thinks of her father, Ashley says they're all wrong. She is not living with her mother's killer. You've stood behind your dad all the way.

[Ashley Watson]

Mm.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Why?

[Ashley Watson]

Because I know he didn't do anything. And it's so frustrating to hear all these people who don't even know him just point a finger at him. And I think that's made me just stay. I mean, right by his side to let him know that, you know, hey, I love you. And I do believe you.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

How can you be so sure that your dad had absolutely nothing to do with your mom's disappearance?

[Ashley Watson]

Because in those 12 years, I'd never seen any sort of physical abuse.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

What keeps you going? Does this cloud of suspicion hanging over your head?

[Jim Watson]

The fact that I know that I'm innocent.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Don't push me all the way out there.

[Jim Watson]

And the fact that I have two children. They need their father around.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

So who is Jim Watson? A devoted dad.

[Ashley Watson]

He's a Great dad.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

A calculating killer.

[Narrator/Host]

Jim Watson is a wife killer, A typical spineless wife killer, or both.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

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[Jim Watson]

He would drive through the parking lot slow, writing down the descriptions of our undercover cars so he would know when we were following him. I've never encountered a homicide suspect with the confidence that he had to just.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Flown it in your face. Major Bruce Jordan was sure Jim Watson had killed his wife Beverly. But without any proof, he was forced to play a cat and mouse game with Watson.

[Jim Watson]

He's a tit for tat kind of guy. When we started following him, he would find my family at night and follow us. And he would come to my daughter's softball games and stand there and stare at my daughter while she played softball.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

But the sad story of Beverly Watson remained a missing person's case. Flyers were handed out.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

We're friends of Beverly Watson.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Vigils were held.

[Ashley Watson]

It helps us keep her and our hearts in mind.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

But she didn't turn up. A year went by, then two. And still Beverly's daughter Ashley held out hope. I noticed you have a ring around your neck.

[Ashley Watson]

Yeah, that's her engagement ring. My dad gave it to me probably about a year after she left just to kind of, you know, give a part of her to me, you know, keep a memory alive.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

What about your brother? How was all this affecting him?

[Ashley Watson]

He was six when she left. And that's incredibly young. I think a lot of it goes over his head. Same with me. I mean, a lot of stuff still just doesn't seem like it actually happened.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

To us, but it did happen to the Watson family. And Two years after her mother's disappearance, a surveyor stumbles across a skull in the woods 20 miles from the Watson home. Tests prove it was Beverly's.

[Ashley Watson]

It was kind of a kick in the face, like, she's not coming back now. Nothing could be changed after that point. You know, she was gone. She's not coming back.

[Narrator/Host]

Okay.

[Ashley Watson]

Is it good?

[Narrator/Host]

I always go to my crime scene, and this is 32ft apart. Yeah. I think that you cannot adequately understand what happened to the victim if you don't go to the last place that they were alive. In this case, she was probably dead when she got here. Your search was here, and this is where all the remains were found.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

This is all for prosecutor Sheila Ross.

[Narrator/Host]

You searched beyond the stream, right?

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Yes. The discovery of Beverly's remains is a major break in the case.

[Narrator/Host]

She laid out here for two years waiting to be found here in this area.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Police searched the dense undergrowth off Red Mill road and find 12 bones total.

[Narrator/Host]

So the leg bones were closer to the stream.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

All that remains of the once vibrant mother of two.

[Narrator/Host]

Not only was she killed and her life snubbed out when she was a very young woman and she was deprived of the right to see her children grow up, but then he dumps her out here, where she's literally just ripped apart by animals.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

And Red Mill Road yields yet another important clue. Remember the layer of fine dust covering Beverly's car the day Jim reported her missing? It looks very much like the dust on Red Mill Road, a road that Ross believes leads straight back to Jim Watson.

[Jim Watson]

Now we can get some answers and some closure to what has happened over two years ago.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

But the discovery of Beverly's bones provides almost no new answers. Beverly's cause of death is ruled undetermined, and the case against Jim Watson remains shaky.

[Narrator/Host]

What we have working against us is no physical evidence linking him to the scene. Also no known cause of death.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

But that isn't about to stop Sheila Ross.

[Narrator/Host]

Why don't you tell that dear citizen to eat crow?

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

32 and divorced. Ross learned at an early age how to fight for what she wants. She's one of five sisters raised by a divorced mother who worked nights.

[Narrator/Host]

My father moved out of state, so she had to work, and she had to work at night, and she did not have childcare. And my mother did her best to raise us and keep us out of trouble.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Sheila is one of those individuals who, when you give it to her, she's going to go line by line by line. Fulton County Detective Frank Martin is helping Ross with the investigation. She's not gonna miss anything, and she's gonna drive you.

[Jim Watson]

She has the energy to make everybody around her get up and go and go and go.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

That's why she's known as Sheila the shark. You know, they have a little nickname for you around the office.

[Narrator/Host]

I've heard that.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

What do you think?

[Narrator/Host]

I don't like it.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

You don't like it?

[Narrator/Host]

No.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

But it's okay to be tough as a prosecutor.

[Narrator/Host]

I think it's necessary to be tough as a prosecutor.

[Ashley Watson]

Sheila Ross is such a firecracker.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

I love that woman, and I think.

[Ashley Watson]

That she's going to be the end of. Jim Watson.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Mandy Dunn, Beverly's niece, and Scott Bennett, Beverly's brother, are relying on Ross for justice. But it's hard to be patient. I've begged the authorities for five minutes alone with them because I think that. I think du boy needs. I think he needs some of what he did to Beverly. What would you say to Jim if you were still talking to him? Hide. Run and hide. We're going about this legally. We're giving the authorities their chance to take care of things. But there's enough people out there that have expressed strong desire to hurt the boy. So my advice to him is hide. Other than that, I have nothing to say to him. Caught in the middle of this blood feud are Ashley and Todd, who want nothing to do with their mother's family.

[Ashley Watson]

I want everyone to know that I am ashamed of them. I don't like them at all. I mean, basically, I do. I hate them. I wish that they would stop playing the media. To think that they're good people and that they try and look out for us and that dad is this bad guy who shields us from him because he's not.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

We understand why Ashley is having bitter feelings towards us. She's lost her mother, and now we're going to take her father away from her.

[Jim Watson]

Good luck.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

But again, it's the best thing for her. Sheila Ross is determined to do the best thing for Beverly. Nearly five years to the day that she disappeared, Ross takes the case to a Fulton county grand jury.

[Narrator/Host]

We could have been too afraid to try to bring the man to justice and sit in the corner and let him get away with killing his wife. Or we could try. We chose to try.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

And the grand jury indicts Jim Watson for the murder of his wife. Ball's in our court now. He's had his time. He's quite frankly, he was given an additional five years to live longer than Beverly was. But Watson insists he's innocent and in a show of good faith, agrees to a videotaped interview with Detective Martin without his lawyer.

[Jim Watson]

I didn't hit her. I didn't knock her down. I didn't push her down. I didn't do anything to her that night.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

I spoke with him for approximately two.

[Jim Watson]

Two and a half hours, and I could see fear in his eyes.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Were you upset that night and did you kill her?

[Jim Watson]

I did not kill her.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

I could not see any sincerity in his eyes.

[Jim Watson]

Not really upset. I was ticked off. I am not an evil person. I'm not a bad person. I have always done what I thought was right, and no matter what I do in life.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

I've tried a lot of murder cases in my career, and I've never tried one without evidence of murder.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Lee Sexton is Jim Watson's attorney.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

I don't know that anyone killed Beverly Watson. Based on the medical reports, we don't know that Beverly had a heart attack. We don't know that she was walking down the roadway and was struck by a vehicle and knocked into the woods. And we certainly don't know if someone else abducted Beverly and killed her and left her body in the woods. The state's going to attempt to get a jury to speculate him into being a convicted murderer and speculate him into the rest of his life in a penitentiary. That's not the way we do law in the United States. We require proof and there's not any.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Sexton gets Watson freed on a $100,000 cash bail and applies for a speedy trial so Jim can get on with his life.

[Narrator/Host]

It's a tough homicide. There's no doubt about it. I anticipate an absolute dog fight, and.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Ashley will be in the middle of it. She will take the stand to defend her father.

[Ashley Watson]

It's very intimidating, but I'm also very anxious to get it over with and to get out the truth.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

At the 11th hour, Sexton tries to knock out the heart of the state's case. He says everything Beverly told her friends is hearsay.

[Ashley Watson]

She said, if anything ever happens to me, you tell them that Jim did it.

[Narrator/Host]

Who's in trial for?

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

If the judge rules in favor of the defense, Sheila Ross will have to prove murder with her only evidence being scratches on Watson's face and dust on Beverly's car. How would you describe the state's case against Jim Watson?

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

The weakest I have ever seen in all of my years of practice.

[Narrator/Host]

We're trying to get justice for Beverly, justice that she has been denied for five years. If the jury chooses to let him go. It's blood on their hands. We've decided we're going to try.

[Jim Watson]

I knew y' all would get together.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Tomorrow. Jim Watson stands trial for killing his wife Beverly. He didn't do it. It's totally out of character from Jim. Jim's a mild mannered, easygoing. But today, well, we're having a little.

[Jim Watson]

Party for Jim and his family. We thought it'd be good to bring them all together, let everybody have a little fun and eat some hot dogs.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

And some hamburgers at our Louie Louie Luau aisle. Larry and Lynn Elsey.

[Narrator/Host]

Jim is a friend, an honest friend, a true friend.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Want Jim to know that his friends and family stand by him.

[Ashley Watson]

I'll be there giving him my.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

This is Jim's day of reckoning.

[Jim Watson]

We don't want a hung jury. We don't want a mistrial. We want an acquittal.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

He could spend the rest of his life in prison, but he says he's not worried.

[Jim Watson]

I am innocent, and I'd like for everyone else to know that I'm innocent.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

But before the trial begins. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Please be seated. Judge T. Jackson Bedford makes a decision crucial to the prosecution's case. The testimony as to what Debbie White, Krista Hinkle, and Ellen Lord heard Beverly Watson say is admissible. The hearsay testimony will be admitted. It's a major victory for prosecutor Sheila Ross, who opens her case with a parade of Beverly's friends and co workers.

[Ashley Watson]

She told me that Jim had broken her arm. He grabbed her by her arm here.

[Narrator/Host]

And pulled her out the door. I saw bruises around.

[Ashley Watson]

He had his hand like this around her neck, and the other hand had a gun in it.

[Narrator/Host]

She said that Jim had threatened to.

[Ashley Watson]

Kill her and that he would put her body someplace where nobody would find it. One of the hardest things is when Sheila said we had to talk for her. We knew what a wonderful person she was. Very sweet, very loving, kind person. Would we ever be able to. To express that and get that across to a jury?

[Narrator/Host]

She was a wonderful mother.

[Ashley Watson]

Would we be able to make them feel what he did to her and.

[Narrator/Host]

How she felt without them actually knowing her? The state calls Debbie White.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Some of the most damning testimony comes from Beverly's best friend, Debbie White.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

She said that they had argued all night long and that she wasn't speaking to Jim. As we were talking, Jim walked in the room and he pulled a shotgun and put it to the back of her head. And he said, so are you gonna talk to me now?

[Narrator/Host]

What happened after he left?

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

She Said this isn't the first time he's done anything like that to me. She said, I've woken up several times in the middle of the night. She said, he'll be standing over me with a gun pointed to my head, and he would say, see, I could have killed you, and you'd have never known what hit you.

[Narrator/Host]

Did Beverly ever tell you anything else?

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

Beverly told me that one evening she was doing the dishes in the kitchen, and Jim had come up behind her and had sort of grabbed her around the neck. And before she knew it, he had flipped her over and had slammed her head on the kitchen floor and was on top of her, choking her. And she said that she was screaming. Ashley had come into the kitchen, and she was screaming for Ashley to get him off of her, that he was hurting her.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Now it's defense attorney Lee Sexton's turn, and he begins by attacking Debbie White's credibility.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Now, your testimony is that Jim Watson came up and pointed a shotgun at Beverly Watson, is that right? And of course, when that happened, you screamed, Is that correct?

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

I didn't scream, no.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

You called your husband, who was downstairs, get up here. Jim's got a gun. Is that correct?

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

No.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

You did nothing?

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

No, sir.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Throughout the prosecution's case, Jim sits stoically in court. But he says his insides are churning.

[Jim Watson]

Having to sit there and listen to all the lies and the people telling lies about me that there's no proof of, that tends to get to you.

[Ashley Watson]

It's gotta be hard for him to walk out in public and just feel the stares or whatever. But he's really strong, and he tries to be strong for us too.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

And Ashley is trying to be strong for her father.

[Ashley Watson]

Right.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

She sent her brother Todd to camp to avoid the trial. She can't attend because she will testify.

[Ashley Watson]

What is this?

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

So she's at home helping to run her father's locksmith business.

[Ashley Watson]

We're like the secretaries. I have no clue what this is. We're basically running it right now, or trying our best to.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

This is a human skull. The days go by, and Ross methodically builds her case.

[Narrator/Host]

Were there any clothes located near the skull?

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Using gruesome exhibits like this tattered pair of women's underwear found near Beverly's bones.

[Narrator/Host]

And were these the condition of the.

[Ashley Watson]

Panties when they were found?

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Yes. Seeing what happened to Beverly is almost unbearable for her brother, Scott Bennett, and the rest of Beverly's family. My only hope is that Jim Watson's.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Life is filled every day with the.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Same fear, the same pain. We want him to Hurt far more than Beverly ever hurt.

[Narrator/Host]

And ladies and gentlemen, this is when it gets interesting.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

The case seems to be going Ross way. Until the medical examiner takes the stand.

[Ashley Watson]

I cannot determine a cause of death. And I defy anyone to be able to establish a cause of death.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Sexton jumps on her admission.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Can you medically exclude from your examination of the remains a heart attack just.

[Ashley Watson]

From looking at the bones? No.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Can you medically exclude renal failure, again.

[Ashley Watson]

Just from looking at the bones? No.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Can you medically exclude strangulation just from.

[Ashley Watson]

Looking at the bones? No.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

You do not know whether at the time Beverly Watson died, whether she was impaired by any drug or intoxicated by.

[Narrator/Host]

Good faith basis for that?

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Your honor, it's a good.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Tempers flare, as Sexton suggests, without any supporting evidence that Beverly could have died from a drug overdose.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

I do not need a basis to cross exam this witness about excluding causes of death.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

You have often used the term as if it was conclusive that in fact that condition existed. That's the state's objection.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Your honor. That is not what.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

That's what you've said and that's what the objection goes.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Excuse me. When I talk, you, you don't. All I'm doing is I'm simply trying to represent my client with a thorough and sifting cross examination of this witness.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Didn't do it right?

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

I did.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

I sustained the state's objection.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

And the manner of death, again, as you put on the death certificate, was what?

[Ashley Watson]

Undetermined?

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Undetermined.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Sexton scores another devastating admission from another prosecution witness who says tests done on the dust from Beverly's car are inconclusive.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

You can't pin the dust down to Red Mill Road, can you?

[Ashley Watson]

No, I can't.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

You can't pin the dust down to Georgia, can you?

[Ashley Watson]

No, I can't.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

You can't pin it down to any geographical location because it's dust. Pretty much like all the dust everywhere. Is that right?

[Ashley Watson]

For the most part, yes.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Thank you. I hope to God the jury finds him not guilty. This is one of those rare occasions where we're representing an innocent person.

[Narrator/Host]

At this time, the state of Georgia arrests.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

As the state rests, the question persists. Has Ross proved Watson guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Your honor, we would at this time call Jim Watson now.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Sheila Ross will get her chance to confront Jim Watson.

[Narrator/Host]

He's not going to break down and admit it's not going to be any Perry Mason kind of moment. The devil with him is in the detail and he's lying and he's a bad liar.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Foreign.

[Ashley Watson]

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[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Jim Watson accused of murder.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

His wife Beverly seemingly disappeared.

[Ashley Watson]

Prosecutor Sheila Roth has been unyielding in her assertion that Jim Watson murdered his wife, Beverly.

[Narrator/Host]

Jim Watson is smart, but what you have to remember is that there is no such thing as a perfect crime.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

We would call Ashley Watson. And so the pressure is on Ashley Watson to convince the jury that her father did not kill her mother.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Ashley, you'd like to help your father, wouldn't you?

[Ashley Watson]

Yes, sir.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Would you come in here and testify falsely just to help your father?

[Ashley Watson]

No, sir, I wouldn't.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

All right.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Ashley was only 12 when her mother Beverly vanished, but she says she remembers plenty.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Were you ever witness to an incident where Jim was supposedly choking Beverly on the floor and you walked in?

[Ashley Watson]

No, sir. That never happened.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Have you ever seen your father ever try to hurt your mother?

[Ashley Watson]

No, sir.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Strike her?

[Ashley Watson]

No, sir.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Hit her?

[Ashley Watson]

No, sir.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Have you ever seen him push her?

[Ashley Watson]

No, sir.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Choke her?

[Ashley Watson]

No, sir.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

And you're 18 now, is that right?

[Ashley Watson]

Yes, sir.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

And you can live anywhere you want, can't you?

[Ashley Watson]

Yes, sir.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

And where are you living now?

[Ashley Watson]

I'm living with my father.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Thank you. That's all.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Prosecutor Sheila Ross wants to downplay the importance of Ashley's testimony, so she leaves the cross examination to co counsel Michelle McCutcheon.

[Ashley Watson]

Have you ever seen your mother throw anything at your father, Ashley?

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

No, ma'. Am.

[Ashley Watson]

Have you ever seen your mother scratch your father? No, ma'.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Am.

[Narrator/Host]

So on January 18th of 1997, Ashley.

[Ashley Watson]

If your father told you that your mother threw keys at him and scratched him, that would be out of character.

[Narrator/Host]

For your mother, wouldn't it, Ashley? It would be.

[Ashley Watson]

But I believed him.

[Narrator/Host]

He has coached that kid every day about what she should say and what she shouldn't say.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

He was used and released, and I.

[Narrator/Host]

Think it would be painfully obvious to anyone that this girl's just gonna parrot.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Her father this time called Jim Watson.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

The most dramatic moment of the trial comes when Jim Watson decides to speak for himself.

[Narrator/Host]

I think that he took the stand because he's a sociopath and that he thought that he could convince the jury that he was telling the Truth.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Did you ever make the statement to anybody that you were going to, you could kill Beverly and hide her body where it would never be found?

[Jim Watson]

No, sir, I never made that statement.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Tell the jury what kind of impact Beverly's disappearance has had on you.

[Jim Watson]

It's been. It's been very tough trying to raise two kids on my own. Beverly and I were high school sweethearts. She was my best friend.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

What kind of effect has Beverly's loss had on your children?

[Jim Watson]

It's been very tough on both of them.

[Narrator/Host]

When I saw him up there crying to that question, it's almost as if he realized that he just deprived his children of their mother.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Jim barely has a moment to compose himself before he's facing the wrath of Sheila Ross. But he's betting the rest of his life that he can handle her.

[Narrator/Host]

And we saw you crying here today for the members of the jury. Were you crying when you reported your wife missing?

[Jim Watson]

I was not worried at the time when I reported my wife missing.

[Narrator/Host]

Were you crying when Lieutenant, or, excuse me, Captain Weaver told you that your wife was dead?

[Jim Watson]

When they told me, I was in shock, and I laid my head on.

[Narrator/Host]

My desk, so that way, you know you weren't crying, right?

[Jim Watson]

Ma', am, I did not cry at the time.

[Narrator/Host]

And you were shocked they found her, weren't you?

[Jim Watson]

No, I was shocked that she was dead.

[Narrator/Host]

Did you ever ask anyone from law enforcement or the Fulton County Medical Examination Examiner's Office to tell you what killed your wife?

[Jim Watson]

I don't recall if I did or not.

[Narrator/Host]

Would it not have been important to you to know if Your wife of 14 years, the mother of your two children, suffered when she died?

[Jim Watson]

It would have been important. Yes, ma'.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Am.

[Narrator/Host]

And you didn't ask?

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

I don't.

[Jim Watson]

I do not recall if I asked, and I do not remember if I had already heard on the news that they don't know.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

How surprised Ross does her best to provoke him.

[Narrator/Host]

Tell me about your experience with makeup, Mr. Watson.

[Jim Watson]

I don't have much experience with it.

[Narrator/Host]

Makeup is used to cover up things, right?

[Jim Watson]

That's correct.

[Narrator/Host]

And you used makeup to cover up scratches on your face, right?

[Jim Watson]

They were covered up, yes.

[Narrator/Host]

And what kind of makeup did you use?

[Jim Watson]

I don't know.

[Narrator/Host]

Liquid or powder.

[Jim Watson]

I don't recall.

[Narrator/Host]

Well, you put it on, right?

[Jim Watson]

I did.

[Narrator/Host]

Show us how you put it on.

[Jim Watson]

I don't recall how I put it on.

[Narrator/Host]

We've got some makeup here. You can show us how you put it on.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Your Honor, I'm gonna object to that. That's just totally Unnecessary. That's your problem.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

I'll allow it.

[Narrator/Host]

Got several types. Don't know which type you used. Powder. It's a cover up. Concealer and base. Which one was it?

[Jim Watson]

I do not recall what type she used at the time.

[Narrator/Host]

Well, this would be the type that you used, right? So you're not willing to show the members of the jury how you did it?

[Jim Watson]

I do not recall how I put the makeup on. No matter.

[Narrator/Host]

Well, did you look in the mirror to do it?

[Jim Watson]

I'm assuming I did, yes.

[Narrator/Host]

Cause you wanted to make sure the scratches were covered up, right?

[Jim Watson]

That was my whole intention exactly. I realized that what she was trying to do is make me mad and just try to embarrass me in front of everybody.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

The rest of the defense witnesses are Jim's friends and family.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

How did they act?

[Ashley Watson]

They were happily married.

[Jim Watson]

I never saw any bruises on Beverly's neck.

[Narrator/Host]

She said, no, ma'.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Am.

[Narrator/Host]

Jim has never hit me or harmed me in any way.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

So what will the jury believe? That Jim Watson is a good father and friend? Or a killer guilty of malice murder?

[Narrator/Host]

Ladies and gentlemen, he left her out there to rot. He and he alone knew where she was for two years, two months and two days. And he allowed her to be torn apart by wild dogs.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

I would not be foolish enough to stand up here before you people and tell you that you should not suspect that Jim Watson might have done it. That is the natural place you go when the wife disappears, is you look to the husband. You should suspect he did it. But you are not allowed in this great country that we live in to make that quantum leap from suspicion to conviction unless the state can show some real evidence.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Sheila Ross gets the final word.

[Narrator/Host]

Help Beverly. Give Beverly what she deserves, which is justice. Tell her killer that you will not reward him for being a good killer, that you see through all his lies, and you speak for Beverly by letting her killer know that you're not going to let him get away with it. If you do not hold him responsible for her murder, no one ever will.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

After two weeks of testimony, the question of whether Jim Watson killed his wife Beverly is now in the hands of the jury.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

This is the worst time of a trial for any lawyer. It's just waiting to find out what the verdict is.

[Narrator/Host]

If he is acquitted, then he would have managed to do what he always said he would do, which was kill her and get away with it.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Beverly's brother, Scott Bennett, can hardly bear the waiting. Said five years of pain is now sitting up there in the jury room Court.

[Jim Watson]

Come to order.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Court is back in session, but they don't have to wait for long. Mr. Forepersons, the jury reached a verdict? We have, you, Honor. After. After five hours of deliberations, the jury has made its decision. We, the jury, find the defendant, James Lamar Watson, Jr. Guilty of palace murder. Guilty.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

I don't think I've ever been so nervous about one thing in my life.

[Narrator/Host]

I felt relieved. I felt like the weight of the world had just lifted off my shoulders.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Are you affected by any of the emotions that pour out during trials, especially when the verdict's read?

[Narrator/Host]

No, I make a concerted effort not to. I have a line that we have at the prosecutor's office and that's. There's no crying in baseball. There is no crying in prosecution. I mean, you're doing your job. And it's my duty to be professional when the verdicts are read, and that's exactly what I do.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Immediately, the judge issues the sentence. And I now sentence you to be in prison for the rest of your life. And I direct that the state will take you into custody at this time. When you saw him being led away in handcuffs, your feelings, your thoughts, Watson, you're gone. We do not have to wake up in the morning and worry about Mr. Watson anymore.

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Yeah.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

Justice was served here today.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

Justice was served. Beverly's loved ones will tell you thanks to Sheila.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

Ross.

[Narrator/Host]

Made me feel great that we had done our job, that we had told Beverly's story. He's in prison now where he belongs.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

But this victory comes at a price. The children who lost their mother have now lost their father, too.

[Ashley Watson]

What about his kids?

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

I mean, I guess Ashley's of age.

[Ashley Watson]

But what about Todd?

[Defense Attorney Lee Sexton]

Well, Todd is going to have to have a guardian appointed now.

[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

I felt deep, deep sorrow for Ashley and Todd. I kept looking over at Ashley. I thought of how her mother loved her so much. And I really hate that she has been put in the position that she's in. I wish I could change that for her.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

You can say anything to Ashley and Todd. We love you and we're sorry that you got to go through this, but what we did, whether they believe it or not, was in their best interest. This was for Beverly, it was for mom, but it was also for the kids. We all have open arms and open hearts to the kids. These days. Todd is living with his father's sister. Ashley is living on her own in her parents house, still trying to run her father's locksmith business.

[Narrator/Host]

It is tragic all the way around for the children, but we can't let a killer roam free all because he has children. The fact that he has children is of no consequence. It's sad for them and it's tragic for them, but that doesn't mean he gets to get away with killing his wife.

[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

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[Ashley Watson]

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[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

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[Ashley Watson]

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[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

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[Ashley Watson]

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[Jim Watson]

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[Ashley Watson]

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[Debbie White (Beverly's friend)]

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[Prosecutor Sheila Ross]

You're welcome.