How Pam Hupp Murdered Her Best Friend & Almost Got Away With It | the Murder of Betsy Faria
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My jaw is hanging open. You weren’t lying. This is actually the worst investigative work I’ve ever heard of. Holy shit.
Look up the Invisible Man case. It's worse.
Good ol Missouri boys for ya 💯💯💯
fkn horrible!
Idk the Johnny Gosch case might have something to say about that
@@TH-camSupportSucks I was just about to say that 😂 sorry it’s not funny it’s just ridiculous 🤦🏽♀️ at how bad the police work was in that particular case at the time
I think it's interesting that the police find saving a dollar on cigarettes is more suspicious than changing the life insurance document to the person who took her home at the day of the murder.
Ha! True, why did they want to pin in it on russ so badly i wonder , very strange..
Even though I agree with you that changing the life insurance beneficiary to the person who took her home on the day of the murder is extremely more suspicious than saving a dollar on cigarettes, due to the arrogance of the head detective in charge of the case, Ryan McCarrick and others involved in law enforcement, they never even considered that due to incompetence or depraved indifference to justice.
Lol I am sorry but that it’s funny because it’s so Fckn true
@@smurfylee Bias most likely. It’s usually the spouse and it looked like a crime of passion with the condition of her body.
@@Lynn-zx3th because it was, by Pam
Nothing screams “I DID IT” when you buy a 4 bedroom house with the money you told the dead woman you would save for her children.
right lol
Hummm......you're RIGHT 🥴🥴
The poor husband. I can’t imagine being targeted by the police from day 1. You can hear the pain in his voice on the call. I hope he finds some peace.
Me too. The cruelest thing for me is that they didn’t just target him from day 1, the police officers and prosecutors basically manipulated his children against him. It’s sickening.
srsly tho i was abt to cry listening to it. pam is evil
I'd bet Russ is looking forward to testifying against Pam if her case goes to trial. He sounded so vindicated in that end clip when the new District Attorney announced he was investigating the cops and prosecutors because their actions handling the case were basically criminal.
Yes, I hope he finds peace and hopefully be a family again with his stepdaughters.
They wanted to put him in jail, it didn't matter how. They were just manipulating information and ignoring other facts. It's disgusting
Pam: changed story, life insurance, last one to see Betsy, set on driving her home, didnt take polygraph test
Russ: told where he was, video camera proof
Detectives: its russ
Not to mention it was stated that he was convicted because his alibi was “too good.”
@@andrewjessicahersh9466 hows that even possible 😭😭
🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ Poor Russ!
One of my biggest fears is being charged and convicted of a crime I did not commit..
Pam is a greedy seedy evil person. My heart goes out to Betsys family , and Russ. I hope he restablished relationships with his daughters
Ugh, the pain in russ's voice in the emergency call is heartbreaking.
it was so hard to listen to :'(
How could you possibly think that man was guilty after listening to that call I could never
I had chills 😪
I know, made me feel sad as fuck, poor Russ.
@@esmeshearing113 I agree, how in the world did they miss the Real in that man. They must Be tone deaf
I hope there are severe consequences for the law enforcement officers that botched the investigation and the prosecution team. Their misconduct hurt so many lives.
the public pays for it from taxes as usual
I hope so too, because they quite literally purposely railroaded him
But why?
Zero repercussions.
I'd hate to be on that jury abd fine out details like the life insurance after imagine living with the guilt
That phone call that Russ made is literally the saddest thing I’ve ever heard omg. I feel terrible for him this is devastating.
Same, I almost cried listening to it. It broke my heart! I can't imagine being in that situation...
his wife was brutally slain & almost all of the investigators have tunnel vision solely on him & disregard all of his details that explain away the possibility that he did it. hell they literally let the other suspect PAINT A PICTURE of him & they took her word as fact. this case disgusts me in how poorly he was treated.
The 911 dispatchers always sound so cold and disinterested. "You'll need to gather her meds for the medics." I would be screaming my head off.
@@minarosered6699 i think they have to speak that way in most cases. It can keep any tense situations from escalating, and if they panic it can send the caller into a hysterical state. It sucks, but people going through trauma are unpredictable and staying monotonous is the best way to keep them as calm as possible😔
Same
this case makes me wonder how many other people are sitting in jail right now for a crime they didn’t commit. it’s awful.
A lot...and even more for stupid things.
Too many is there answer to that :-(
Unfortunately there are a lot 😭
*will Smith pose aggressively to many many many many many poc in the system* if this had been poc this would go much more differently.
This is one big reason I am against the death penalty.
i feel so bad for russ. he was blatantly framed and i don’t understand how the detectives, and the JUDGE, didn’t see that
Sounds like a lot of bribes, bribes and more bribes imo. So fucking sad
Russ's phone call to 911 just broke my heart, I felt so sad hearing how heart broken and devastated he sounded. Poor guy he didn't deserve this 😔💔
Because they were probably all in on it.
✨corruption✨
that’s exactly my thought!
I felt like my heart was being ripped out of my body when I heard Russ’s 911 call. I just can’t imagine…. The love he had for her is palpable 😢
I know! The poor guy. :( you can hear the shock and pain in his voice during the call. Its so sad that he had to then go into interrogation for this murder that he clearly did not commit, and also have to mourn over his loved one. I can not even begin to image his pain :(.
I cry every time I hear it....and to think that he was mocked over it on top of it all. My heart breaks for him, her girls, her mom and whole family as well as his and anyone who knew and cared for them. Pam Hupp is a vile person.
Yes. It's like you just feel what he is feeling in that sobbing. That can't be faked. Man.. 😢
Yes! Usually, the killer would call 9-1-1 to avoid suspicion but Russ’s grief was palpable and you can hear his grief and shock!!!
That poor man and Betsy deserved nothing but a happy life! 😢😢😢😢
i had to skip it, literally broke my heart :(
He made it seem like he didn't do it BECAUSE HE DID NOT DO IT
And "they're just trying to blame Pam Hupp" because PAM HUPP DID IT
That juror that stated that she did not believe bc his aliby was too good should Never be on a jury again mark her off the list.
@@lyndawadsworth8572 that's the most infuriating part. The police try to poke holes in his alibi and he covers them up because he actually has one, and everyone is like, "Well proving that you didnt do it proves that you did." What a fucky catch 22.
@@lyndawadsworth8572 literally pissed me off. like he has the most solid alibi ever and multiple people that can say that it’s true and they say “your trying to hard”
@@lyndawadsworth8572 reminds me of the juror who basically said "it was all hearsay and we convicted her" for the woman who "murdered" her husband when it was a home invasion. I don't remember the name but they claimed she tied herself up and locked herself in the closet
A lot of people will think Pam is a smart woman, but that's not the case at all; everyone around her was just exceptionally stupid.
periodt.
Honestly they were🤦♀️
Bingo. Excellent comment. 👏👏
She was smart enough to get Betsy to change her life insurance policy. I wonder if she had been undermining Russ in some despicable way.
@@tessforbes8687 I read that Pam was a life insurance administrator, I wonder if Betsy even changed her life policy or if Pam just figured out a scam to have it changed. She forged letters and documents throughout the story so I wouldn’t be surprised.
I feel so bad for Russ. Imagine losing your wife so brutally and having everyone believe that YOU murdered her. Being convicted after you wife's daughters testified against you... Going to prison for it...
I just... my heart breaks for him
Missing all the time with the kids
exactly shows how sexist the court system is towards men
Hes got $2mil now. I bet those kids are sorry they didnt support their dad before.
@@beckyweaver5981 he’s probably helping them financially
I’m sorry but if my spouse was clearly deceased I wouldn’t embrace them with a knife sticking out of their throat….and if I knew it wasn’t me I wouldn’t want to contaminate the crime scene
Pam isn’t the only evil one, the investigators in the case are just as evil. They all belong in jail.
Hopefully they get whats coming to them! What they did to Russ and his daughters smh so sad!
The investigators and the former Lincoln County prosecutor , Leah Chaney (a.k.a Leah Womack Askey) and the judge, Chris Kunza Mennemeyer.
Amen to that!!!!
Agreed. Its so scary to consider that this is happening in the legal system, probably way more than we even realise.
Seriously this woman did EVERYTHING to incriminate herself, what kind of personality or connections to the FBI did she have to dupe the investigators at this level?
i feel so bad for her kids. they were young and everyone around them was telling them that their step-dad had murdered their mum. you can tell how distraught they are that they testified against him and that their relationship with him will probably never be the same. pam murdered betsy and the police/prosecution helped pam destroy her family.
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Let ppl ok😅 IMO pop😊 on
Pam literally could've killed Betsy in front of the detectives and they still would've blamed Russ
Typical idiot "Mizz-urr-uh" cops and prosecutors. Literally the closest they've ever come to an explanation of why they only focused on Russ was along the lines of "we didn't think a woman would be capable of a crime like that."
Literally, she could walk back and forth across the front of the police station wearing a sandwich board saying 'Stupid cops! I killed Betsy.' And they'd still screw it up.
I don’t know why but your sandwich board comment cracked me up.
😭
She could have looked the detective in the eyes and said she killed Betsy and go into details on why she killed her and how she did it no matter what she said or did they would have still blamed Russ which is messed up for Russ I feel bad for him
I couldn’t even imagine what it’s like being on trial for a murder you know you didn’t commit. Poor Russ.
I've had this fear. What if you were on death row for a murder you didn't commit?
And it being someone you were deeply in love with!!
Terribly sad
@@jennster360 it's definitely happened in the US. People get exonerated while on death row. Even worse, after their death.
Terrifying!
RIP to Pam’s mom. Pam killed her straight up and no one is investigating that shit.
wonder how much she shares with the investigators. money talks.
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rip :(
it's being investigated... they switched it from Accidental to Undetermined... meaning the case has now been reopened.
it sucks that 3 people had to die at the hands of pam for people to finally start looking into her…. because of the prosecution’s incompetence, she became a serial killer before she was caught.
Absolutely absurd, this was SUCH a frustrating case 😢
Right? How do u even believe someone who killed her own MOTHER. Goodness
The woman is sick in every way. Her mother brought her to the world and she took her out of it. I couldn’t even imagine.
3 ppl that we know of.
imagine getting blamed for murder because your alibi is TOO GOOD
Most of the time it’s not having a good enough alibi, or no alibi at all. Who knew you could have an alibi be too good?
Exactly like wtf it’s “too good “ because it’s grue
It like they say "You can't prove a negative."
That's the worst feeling ever
MANY folks bribed w/cash or blackmail --- mini-dc, duh ...
That prosecutor needs to go to prison. You think that Russ is the only person she screwed over? I seriously doubt it. Let the flood gates open of cases that are probably similar. Expose them all as frauds.
Right!! I hope we hear about any they find.
Exactly !!!
Imagine how corrupt and evil you have to be to knowingly keep the bad people from going to prison while sending innocents in there. Digusting.
S T E V E N A V E R Y
AND Brendan Dassey!!!!!
How evil do you have to be to murder someone dying of cancer? In their final days, the only ones they have left with their family, you decide to end it sooner? Absolutely disgusting.
How evil and cruel can a person be this woman was dying of cancer and you do this you are a sick demented evil demented evil person I'm shocked this is beyond cruel and then she takes her mom out also.This breaks my heart.
To play devils advice a little here: Honestly it was very dumb she couldve not killed her let her die from cancer got the money and never went to prison
Or even after she had killed her “best friend” and mom if she hadnt killed that last person she may have gotten away with it all and been rich but no she is so evil that even the money wasnt enough the simple joy she clearly got of killing was what she wanted i mean 53 stabs it wasnt just greed that drove that she clearly enjoyed it its so sad that two deaths couldve been prevented easily if the investigators were competent
@@PressureIce621 AND she didn't just kill her friend for money. She also framed her husband for the murder, which is at least as bad again. She would rather kill her friend and frame the husband for it than wait for her to die. So her motive seems more targeted to attacking Betsy's husband's reputation and life, while also stealing his insurance money.
She definitely deserves to be tortured.
If someone murders people because they are psychopaths, or out of passion, they should get tortured every day, for the rest of their prison sentence. And I’m talking physically tortured…
And I would love to see that as a law. Maybe, and just maybe, murder rates would lower.
Russ's 911 call: full of emotion and genuine sadness and terror that you could practically feel in the air through the phone through the news through the youtube video.
Pam's 911 call: has the emotional capacity of a middle school student being forced to try out for a play they don't want to be in.
I was looking for someone down here who said something about this!! I had to pause the video just to laugh at how pathetic her acting was.
Genuinely sounded like she was reading off of a script.
I agree, it was absolutely atrocious, there’s more convincing dialogue in porno movies 🙄
Pam (during the initial conversations with the police): "Betsy made me the beneficiary of the life insurance because she thought Russ wouldn't end up giving enough of the money to the girls."
Then Pam proceeds to never give any of the money to Betsy's daughters. How is that NOT the most damning evidence ever???
Mmm hmm
Exactly!!
I'm glad she got to swim with her dolphins before this happened. This is so sad :(
Yea bet the dolphins who are locked up 247 in a small tank are having the time of their lives .. ANIMALS ARE NO ENTERTAINMENT
@@N0N4M30 this isn’t about dolphins. Are you kidding me?
@@N0N4M30 oh i know, and i am completely against cetacean captivity (unless it’s a rescue sanctuary, but that’s different)- but i am still happy for betsy for having a fun time with some cute dolphins before her tragedy.
@@N0N4M30 dude it was in the ocean… they don’t take the dolphins they go to the dolphins. plus let’s not act like the dolphins are more important that this lady with cancer who got murdered. do some research before you yell at random people on the internet. go donate to dolphin sanctuaries if you’re that upset, complaining to strangers won’t do anything to help them ffs.
@No Name ur an idiot
This case is absolutely tragic. The fact that the police and prosecution turned Betsys daughters and family against Russ broke my heart, it’s absolutely horrible and I wish nothing but the best for Russ and the family now
It made me angry, hearing about the gross miscarriage of justice, perpetrated by those who should uphold justice.
Definitely. I’m glad he got some compensation from the state from all that BS he went through. Bunch of bitches!
Right? The daughters testified against him saying they yelled and fought constantly
Pam looks evil!
Dang, I hope I never get accused of something. "Why did you go to three different grocery stores." "Because I am super cheap and wanted to save $3." "Why did you walk out of the library to your car, then back into the library." "Because I was convinced I had forgotten my water bottle but actually I had put it in my book bag" She's GUILTY!
I think about stuff like this!! I must watch too much true crime youtube but I often wonder if my taking a longer route from school or choosing a further away Walmart will be looked at suspiciously when I was simply looking for a specific brand of cheddar popcorn. LOL
Call a lawyer whether guilty or not
I wouldn't have an alibi. If I'm not at work, I'm home alone on my homestead with my animals....."ask my dogs,cats, chickens and ducks, I was HOME "
I am usually listening to YT, IDK if they can time stamp it though....
@@TheSharna23IDK about yall, but my search history wouldn't look great either 😅 😬 🙃 🤪 I'm always like....I didn't know you can make poison from that...let me research, especially toxic plants because I have animals and don't want them poison
@@alexu176also, you do NOT have to be interrogated. Unless your officially detained or under arrest, you van legally LEAVE
So are they going to investigate Pam’s mother’s death as well? Even if she’s already locked up for life, she needs to be held accountable for her mother’s murder!
@Anna's randomness WhoCares that’s an interesting point. I wonder if there have been other people in her life who had “accidents” when she needed them to
I was wondering the same thing.
Truth
@@tickledtoffee thinking the same
💯, most definitely needs to be investigated! I, also, would trace any deaths that she was around. Look at Lori Vallow Daybell! People were dropping dead all around her for years. Her own children were murdered with her help/knowledge. Several other attempts on other family members had even been attempted by shooting. People are absolutely, out of their minds, insane!
ok but isn’t Pam asking her doctor to write her a note so she can get out of taking a polygraph suspicious enough?
She left the most literal paper trail!
Not really, since polygraphs aren't trustworthy, but it doesn't help that she actually committed the crime
I mean cant he lose his license for that?
It's not what you know, it's what you can prove in court. Beyond a reasonable doubt and all that.
What fucking doctor does that anyways? I've had people trying to get a doctors note because they are PHYSICALLY SICK to write an exam and the doctor questions them like they're on trial and even denied them for no reason...
And the police of this case... jeez there is really no hope for this world
I'm starting to believe the police department was involved with this. No way theyre THIS incompetent
I’m heartbroken for Russ, yeah he’s got 2 million now but that won’t make up for the years he lost locked up while his wife’s murderer basks in her murder money
I’ve read comments from the prosecutor Leah Askey- she is a complete narcissist and is deranged…. It’s beyond horrific to know that people like her have power and control over us. Why she hasn’t been disbarred is atrocious. She blamed sexism for the criticism over the handling of the case… absurd and beyond offensive. How can she sleep at night is beyond me.
Alibi too good 😒😒 PAM WAS A WHOLE SERIAL KILLER 😴
I’m always so shocked to see you here lol , two of my fav TH-camrs 😅
Literally my two favorites youtubers!! True baddies like true crime!
Girl You need a old mama show, on how us oldies can still snag a sugar daddy lol. Or a how too
Lol
Ikr
A WHOLE ASS SERIAL KILLER indeed! Wrapped up with a bow and a tag that says “GUILTY” even! Gross misconduct and total lack of ethics in part of the justice system in this whole situation of cases 💔
“His alibi was too good to be true”.
BECAUSE IT WAS THE TRUTH 🤦🏻♀️
the truth is always crazier than you expect. yet nobody thinks of that.
That made me absolutely crazy
RIGHT i cannot believe that his alibi sounding "too true" could be used to against him crazy
Right
@@Ishizu09 they just had to have been picked up from the circus, they’re all a bunch of clowns. You’d have to be a drunk crackhead to come back with a guilty plea. That judge was garbage too.
okay but the fact that Pam lied about having an affair with Betsy...just for Pam's friends to say that she's the most homophobic person they've ever met LMAO
I mean, most homophobes are just super closeted, and their "phobia" is based in self loathing.
@@sarahboo9140 Couldn't agree more.
I wonder what Pam's husband thought about the lesbian affair! In fact about everything, for example, when she was answering questions for him in the first investigation, didn't he think something was odd?
@@elizabethcox100 he was probably thinking "uhhh my wife had taste..."
I had to pause the video and cackle because I LOST it when Kendall said that.
It blows my mind how they didn't immediately suspect her even after changing her story multiple times
Especially considering it wasn't minor changes that anyone could mix up while emotions are high. There's no way she would have forgotten if she went into the house or not
People like Pam are terrifying, because you never see them coming.
Yeah, she obviously could at least pretend to be nice & fun cause she was able to gain some friends.
This. "This is my Halloween costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else."
Exactly, I couldn't have said this better myself so thank you.
@@camvin575 My pleasure 🌼lol.
She sounds like a serial killer!
This is such an infuriating case. To make accusations on someone with “such a good alibi”, yet Pam can’t keep a story straight, lied multiple time, and made false medical statements. This story made me so upset. My heart goes out to Russ.
And his wife. May she rest in peace ✌️❤️
And his step-daughters. I can't imagine dealing with all this at such a young age.
Masonic like Delphi murders. And Gabby Petito etc.Creepy masonic cops let the perps go every time
@@phillipgalan660 and Sarah Everade 🚨👮♂️
@@jessicawatson7360 who's that? I'll Google it ,but still...
This entire case was so disgusting, but how they treated Russ was horrible. He had such an airtight alibi and chose to not corrupt the crime scene instead of embracing his wife.
😥
He lost his beloved wife, his step daughters and 10 years of his life. The poor man, it’s so dreadful
I hope he sued the shit out of everyone! Poor Russ
@@Leney735 he got 2 mil
@@Thatsokayiwaswrong He deserved more
If he would’ve embraced her then they would’ve said he was being over the top and did it on purpose to ruin evidence, smh. He couldn’t win. I’m so sad for him, the 911 call was heartbreaking. Rest In Peace to this poor woman, her murder was absolutely brutal.
And they would also say “he has blood in his clothes, he obviously did it”
Comparing it to other killers’ 911 call, yeah. There was way more spontaneous emotion than an all of those put together.
@@Kaigirl27E
I never understood the motive that Russ killed Betsy for her life insurance money. She had cancer & was dying from cancer. He didn't need to kill her to get the money because she was already dying and he would have gotten it anyways. This motive was one of the dumbest motives I have ever heard.
I didn't even think about that. I feel like the prosecution had to have had something to do with this. There's no way that would've held up considering... :(
I think they said it was because he learned Betsy changed it to Pam so he did it in a fit of rage.
And I think there's something sketchy in Betty giving the life insurance to Pam too.
@@MissHardmode they've said that one yes but they also said his motive was money wtf
This is a very good point. Especially by stabbing. If he was "planning" to fake her suicide, an overdose of her chemo meds which were sitting right there would have been most people's go-to, I would think from watching too many of these darned true crimes.
Pam using the “I have a condition” card is such a K.A.R.E.N move
She even looks like a Karen
I mean, her name is Pam.. which is a level Karen name along with Sue-Anne
Enough with the “Karen” crap.
@@lighttheway5088 ez mad? 😂
@@littlebug6746 ew. my mom’s mothers name is pamela sue …….what a karen
I've been a listener and reader of true crime for years. This is by far THE most infuriating case I've heard so far. The ineptitude and ego of the prosecutors is just insane
EXACTLY what I just said to my mom and ex 🤣
I swear!!!
I just heard all the details about this insane case for the first time. I have also been a listener and reader of true crime for several years and of all the bizarre stories I have heard; and all the incompetent, corrupt, obtuse police investigations I have heard about, this one is at the top of the list. Right up there with Stephanie Lazarus' murder of Sherri Rasmussen; John Gordon Abbott's murder of Valerie MacDonald (he's never been charged; hiding out in New Zealand;) and Philip Garrido's holding Jaycee Dugard captive right under the noses of the California Parole Board for 18 years. Really, after reading and hearing about so many of these cases, how can anyone have any faith at all in our broken justice system in the United States?
I watched the Hulu series and I wanted to scream! My mom was also watching it at the same time and felt the same way
@@isabelgee5062 please don't support that series. If you even slightly care about the rights of the victims and their families then you should steer clear, Betsy's family were totally against it being made and are rather upset by it
The real mystery here is how did Pam get away with being a Psycho literally her whole life??
They usually are good at hiding it. Those people can sell themselves and are really quite convincing.
@@Marie-pr1ssshe probably had people die around her all her life...just wasn't an obvious suspect....
Either Pam had some connections in the police department or she was paying them off. There’s just no way detectives are that nice to someone when they have as many inconsistencies as she did.
agree! money talks.
Nah. Just dumb cops that don't handle a lot of murders. They want a conviction and they don't want it to be difficult so it's gotta be the husband. It's the obvious choice.
Pam is white and Russ wasn’t
@@cottagozales619 more like Pam was a woman.
@@2000firegirl yes but also a white woman had this been a woman of color I don’t think they would of only pointed out her husband
I'm shocked it took three suspicious deaths for them to finally get to the truth. Two is a pattern. I don't care what court says, if you're the last person to see two people alive, I'm keeping my distance.
the police really do that with everything. on TV they make it seem like they’re committed. but in reality they let that happen for many reasons one they say not enough evidence. but what they really mean is “we dont have enough time and dedication to look for more evidence so we will wait for another crime to provide enough/more evidence. no lives matter type 😭
The thing is, a different set of police handled the murder of Louis. So, you can't even thank them for finally seeing the light.
@@StrongandGrand they would most likely still be aware of her time in court previously
they could have saved the lives of her mother and Louis. disgusting and infuriating
What's funny is the judge that acquitted Russ wouldn't allow in the evidence of her possibly killing her mom. However, he made a comment in court saying something like "I'm lucky I'm not closely related to her with a life insurance policy". He definitely thought she did it all by that point.
That phone call was so sad.. You could hear the sadness, panic and pain in his voice.. Poor Russ.. 😞
i feel so bad for him:(
I can’t even imagine how traumatic that must have been for him! Poor Russ, indeed!
@@expel.editss I can’t imagine finding your partner like that and then having everyone think you did it.. I hope he’s doing better now 😢
Wow. She killed a cancer patient, a mentally impaired man, and probably her own mother. I can’t believe I haven’t heard about this case before. This woman is off the charts evil
There's a TV show about this on peacock if you get the opportunity please watch it. It's great. Its called The Truth About Pam
Me 30 minutes in: “oh man she’s so guilty!!”
*realizes there’s 40+ more minutes* 👁👄👁
I do the same thing with Dateline lol.
I was doing the dishes and I was like “oh time to choose another episode” and then I saw the time and went “😳😠 SHES NOT CUAGHT YET?!”
I read this exactly as I was 30 mins in saying the same thing LOL
@@StoneOfMoon seriously I was six minutes in and checked to see how much time was left. I couldn’t believe there was over an hour left.
Literally me
I guess my question is…if she was able to ALMOST get away with this murder so easily, how many more times has she does this before Betsy? This really makes you wonder.
I think she might've killed her mother as well 👀
@@Aevelice I was waiting for her to say they're investigating that now too.
So true! Her poor mother!
Doubtful anyone could prove or disprove it, but the details shared here about her mom if true certainly hint that she might have dropped her own mother for some cash. I assume she tells herself its ok because the mom was old and her "friend" was dying of cancer so why not cash in?
She got away with it once, so she thought she could do it again. After betsy’s death and basically getting away with it, she couldn’t stand the public eye on her even though she was paying for her actions with little repercussions.. she wanted to be free in every way so she tried once again. Her greed was her demise
There are many 911 calls where I get a bad feeling like something isn’t right.. but this one really broke my heart. You can just hear the pain in Russ’s voice, just awful, I hope he finds peace
I literally started crying. That poor man.
And on the complete opposite side, listen to her 911 call closer to the end of the video. I’ve never heard a worse actress. “Help. Help. Help.” Like no girl that’s not it
@@meghanhenderson8417 she was the worst actress EVER!! You couldn’t get any worse!! I mean her stop and help were ridiculous!!!!😡
First 911 call I’ve heard that’s actually made me cry
hearing russ on the 911 call I immediately felt like crying. I saw someone once said if you don’t feel empathy towards someone in distress then it’s possible that person isn’t actually in distress. I felt Russ’ shock and disbelief in that call. I can’t even imagine what it was like for him to walk into this and then experience everything after. My heart really goes out to Russ
being framed for murder sounds like one of the worst things that can happen to a person
yes, especially being framed for the murder of the love of your life
@@allykulhmann508 a living person lol
Chloeee💞💞
@@allykulhmann508 when the person is alive and being accused of murdering someone. It’s the worst feeling ever. It’s like moms who blame themselves cause there kids are sick (like cancer, diseases things like that) when it’s not there fault.
She was my mentor at that time. We all went to the same church and she took me under her wing! I still have the pictures of what she wrote on my wall for encouragement. She was helping my driving skills, we watched Larry Crowne at her moms house. That’s the last night I had seen her in person. Betsy was an Amazing woman with a zest for life. I wish she was still here today. We made water bottles together. Hers was blue and mine was brown!
Some of the ways media portrays Russ or the family makes me deeply sad.
Sorry for your loss. Pam targeted a sweet soul.
SHE WAS A MURDER... YOU WERE VERY LUCKY!!!
So Sorry 😥🙏
Thank you for bringing your mentor to life! 🌺
I feel like the way Russ reacted to his wife’s death is EXACTLY how I would respond in that situation. I would be so emotional when I let myself think about it, but so calm when I was able to talk myself down because the police needed me to calm down and help them by answering questions.
right? when one of my pets died i was hysterically crying, then i’d calm myself down and out of nowhere it’d bubble up and i’d break down again. grief is such a complicated thing it’s ridiculous they’d try and use it against him💔
Exactly. Not exactly the same situation, but still shocking and emotionally devastating. I found my husband during a suicide attempt and saved his life. I was absolutely hysterical but knew I had to try to stay calm when the police and paramedics arrived. I had moments of crying but managed to collect myself enough to give a statement. The police were also kind and understanding enough to give me my moments to freak out. In situations like this, your adrenaline is pumping. You go through periods of shock, grief, and clarity. Poor Russ. It’s one thing to show 0 emotions in his situation is suspicious , but how he reacted is completely normal! Those cops were idiots!
They knew at a certain point that he had smoked pot but then still took his odd behavior at him being a murderer instead of just being in shock or high. Ridiculous.
Righttt we just had a traumatic death in our family. No foul play but of course investigators and all come out and it's literally always severe grief and panic and then calmness. It's a rollercoaster.
Yea everyone reacts differently. My wife lost her first husband in a car accident and didn't cry for 3 days bc she was in shock. I was friends with her back then but started dating a few years later. She is the love of my life and I'd be devastated if I lost her!!!!!
Imagine being so scared that you are going to die from cancer and then your, “best friend,” murders you and frames your husband?? This is absolutely tragic for so many people.
I had the exact same reaction as Russ when my brother died. I would have hysteric waves of sobbing and screaming and cussing, and then I would be completely calm for like 10 minutes. And it happened like the first 24-48 hours after receiving the news. I feel like that is such a “normal” trauma response. And it makes me so angry that from the start, police made an assumption and their bias blinded them from the clear suspect right in front of them.
Yes, it is the physical response to trauma. He had trauma in an extreme form. So so so sad.
My dad was killed ina car accident and I had the same reaction.
I'm very sorry for your loss ❤
Yes. I lost my bff to suicide and I was all over the place.
My condolences ❤️
I’m sorry but 2 million dollars isn’t enough for everything Russ went through. The system is so fucked up.
Send the whole Jury to jail, along with the judge. Everyone in that courtroom who “investigated” this send them to jail.
I was think the same damn thing. ONLY, 2 million???
@@obvioustroll3736 Exactly! WOW. It was a whole conspiracy, for no reason!
@@obvioustroll3736 the jury didn't know much about Pam tho
I agree! They should also charge the prosecutors and the doctor who wrote the note as accessory to murder
Russ: Has an entire airtight alibi, with witnesses, receipts and does what he can to not contaminate the scene. Doesn’t even have a real motive.
Pam: Literally cannot tell you whether she walked into Betsy’s house or not. Refuses to let the only person who can solidify one of her many stories actually speak to the police. Has a motive.
Police: Well clearly Russ is a horrible husband to murdered his ill wife
That's the reverse sexism thing at work as well. If you look even at contemporary newspaper accounts, when there is a criminal gang, the female members are often described as having cooperated under pressure, or having been coerced. Based on nothing but assumptions.
With violent crime, men are even more likely to be considered the perpetrators and the 'brains' behind the act. Sociopathic women often use men to do their dirty work and they're often not caught. (I was thinking e.g. of the collar bomb case where a woman got one guy to build a bomb, to strap it around another to rob a bank, because she wanted to use the money to hire a killer to get rid of her father...)
@@intrepidtomato it’s just sexism tho. Be careful with the “reverse -isms” bc it implies only one party can do the -isms
It's sickening
Right?! Sickening! Poor dude! And the slander that was printed of him….turning his step-children on him….I can’t even.
Yes, that’s just sick! I feel so sorry for Russ, the investigation was a BIG mess
2 million dollars will never make up for a decade that was stolen from that poor man.
How to tell that someone is guilty IMMEDIATELY: They never have the same story. If there's one thing I've learned from Judge Judy it's "if you tell the truth you don't have to remember a lot of details."
That's also something that I learned about someone who is telling you a story especially when it's supposedly the truth, I have took and used it through my life since I watched that episode of Judge Judy.
Lincoln county sucks!! I’m trying to get out of this town.
Also, if it doesn’t make sense, it’s probably not true. Love that woman. Lol.
Also by providing the narrative to investigators.
yeppp.
Pam’s 911 call of the “intruder in her house” is the worst most monotone acting I have ever heard. However, the handling of the case is even worse. How was everyone so duped by someone so clearly guilty?
h e l p h e l p h e l p
I can't stop laughing omg lolol
She was yelling in lowercase😂
Worst acting ever.
It reminded me of a 90's after school special.
@@pattyjuez Not the lowercase 😂😂
In the perspective of Russ this is so sad. Finding your wife dead, having to grieve while going through a trial being blamed for her death then being sentenced to life. You can see the pain in his eyes.
Ok seriously why is no one talking about Pam’s husband. Tell me he didn’t know something?! This was the most insane story. Heartfelt wishes and prayers to Betsy’s daughters and husband.
I was browsing the comments to see if anyone else thought of that. I'm glad you did. Kendall said he threw out a bunch of stuff, including some of Betsy's legal documents. I'm assuming they were recovered, because they were detailed.
Totally agree, he got off pretty easy.
I wonder if he was an abused spouse. Given the type of person he was married to he may well have been terrified for his life. Unfortunately, the investigators weren't exactly top notch so he may or may not have actually been spoken to.
Because he didn't do anything.
@@shabberplasm32 actually he did. He threw out quite a bit if evidence that Pam had. Also no one sd he did anything but that doesn't mean he doesn't know something about his wife. I if I killed 3 people my husband would know something cus that's too big of a lie to keep covered up and no one ever know. I tell my husband everything he's my bestfriend so if I'd killed my mom or my "bestfriend girl" he would know something. They should interview him he may know more than we ever thought
They should also open up an investigation in Pam’s mom’s “accident”.
Right!!?! She deserves justice too so she can Rest In Peace!
💯 absolutely
HELL YEAH MIKE WOOD! I got chills when he said this was the worst investigative work he’d ever seen, “driven by ego and working toward an agenda rather than the truth”. Now that this case has its own TV series, I hope that press conference gets a moment. I certainly hope everyone involved in that conspiracy gets a worthy punishment.
I'm sitting outside smoking at 10pm and I yelled "FUCK YEAH!" when I heard that! Then subsequent yeses followed the more he talked 😅
What a great man. There are so few like him.
Except theres still zero information on that supposed investigation and no report has been released. It's been 8 months past the date he said it would likely be finished.
@@awright119021 He's going after powerful people, and money talks in crime. We can only hope that eventually they'll be at the very least utterly disgraced in public and professional eyes-- which I think counts for more than people think.
What’s this series called?
hearing that guy at the end saying they’re launching an investigation into the prosecutors and police that handled betsy’s case gave me chills. i love when justice gets served
I understand wanting to look into the spouse when someone gets married, but why on earth would they completely decide that there are no other options when the evidence is staring you in the face?
Probably the reason he was intermittently crying and calm is that over time you take a break from the exhausting work of sobbing and sit and rest and then it hits you again and you start all over. Even three years after my mom dying it will occasionally still hit me. I don’t cry all the time but I’m still sad about it.
This ! I’ve seen / heard of people grieving this way. I’ve even grieved this way. Also seeing your loved ones DEAD STABBED AND MUTILATED body is traumatizing and probably really fucking hard to process. Wack.
Yes. Sorry for your loss. Going through a similar thing. I randomly will burst into tears, it truly gets exhausting sometimes.
My uncle passed away a few months ago and when I found out I sobbed the entire day and kept yelling “no”. I randomly burst into tears every other week. It hurts, but it’s also exhausting to cry.
5 yrs of not having a mom & I can say this process is so hard. We may not cry all the time but damn does it hurt just thinking about it. My mind is tired of crying, it literally blocks out memories of my mom because of trauma.
Right?! When i heard the description of how he was behaving it actually sounded the most normal to me compared to cases where the husband actually is guilty. Way to much to process, and crying comes in waves.
Nice to see this horrible prosecution team being held accountable. There are so many cases that are severely unfair/mishandled, but a lot of the times the people responsible don’t receive any consequences.
yeah, must be nice to be white, prosecutors will actually be held accountable!
It was my understanding that in most states, if a spouse is removed from beneficiary status, it must be signed by both spouses in front of a Notary.
Pam: last one to see her, sole beneficiary, close female friend/relative (matches mode of murder,) won't take a polygraph, won't let her husband talk to cops alone
Russ: solid alibi, Pam is the only one that attributes any motive to him, men usually strangle an intimate partner
Detectives: well, this was obviously Russ
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Wait what's that about men usually strangling an intimate partner? Um no.
Plus, Russ didn't even strangle or hurt Betsy. Pam only spread the rumor that he did.
@@ACDBunnie No, what she's saying is that it's statistically more likely for male killers/abusers to strangle their partners when trying to murder them, rather than stabbing them. So, according to her, it's less likely that Russ was involved based on the killing method.
@@ACDBunnie uummmm maybe you should update your comprehension skills a tad.
Plus Pam changing her story like six times, at least! That detective has to be just the worst!
@@ajgjngfthyfbk7564 yes, thank you!
I went to church with Betsy. My mom was really good friends with her, and they both helped out in the children’s ministry.
I went to her wake and her funeral.
Me and my mom hugged Russ, and at the time everyone thought that he did it, and you could tell the emotion that was running through that man but he was trying to keep it together.
When I tell you that Pam, is a vicious and evil human being I mean it.
She tried taking all that money, and wouldn’t give any to Betsys daughters.
My heart and prayers are still with the family.
Betsy was the sweetest woman. She never deserved this, especially after getting the news that she had cancer again.
I’m telling you, for whatever reason weird/crazy shit happens down here in St. Charles and St. Louis county Missouri
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Such a sad, disturbing story! I hate that you guys had to go through that. Did you know Pam as well?
Fake
@@mehedihasan-uo5kz huh?
In the scheme of things, I've gotta say that $2 million seems like a pretty darned tiny amount to repay someone for the trauma of finding their wife brutally murdered, being framed for her death, convicted by crooked & incompetent law enforcement and prosecutors, slandered and finally incarcerated for years. IMHO, this guy deserves 10 times that.
He deserves a trillion times that tbh
@@neglectsin603 Agreed. I mean, when it really comes down to it- how can you even put a price on that much trauma, horror and so many lost years of life?! The best I can think of is that he shouldn't ever have to worry about money again...but he deserves vastly more than that.
@@maneckineckbeard1749 absolutely. Poor man has gone through literal hell.
It's not over. He still has pending lawsuits.
Tort reform sucks, huh? Who could have predicted it?
The amount of times I’ve screamed in anger during this video is astronomical
I am good friends with Russ's sister, Rachel. Watching them all live through this nightmare was unfathomable. Betsy was such a sweetheart, Russ is a wonderful guy. I couldn't believe how this all unfolded and that he was wrongly convicted. It was the best day ever when he was released! Even better yet when she was arrested... now the news that she is being investigated in regards to Betsy's death has us all thanking the good Lord above! May this horrible excuse for a woman rot in hell.
🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
Amen 🙏
How are the kids doing?? They were manipulated and used against their poor father. They must feel conflicted and horribly guilty.
I hope that they're doing good and wish you and that family the best.
Prayers for your family's continued healing.
I'm so happy that Russ was cleared and his good name was restored. The truth always has a way of coming to the light and Pam is truly evil. Hope she rots.
Prayers a much love to you and your family and friends of Russ and Betsy. May she rest in peace 🙏
His wife was just killed! Of course his emotions are going to be all over the place! This case is just heartbreaking. I feel so bad for Russ and everything he went through.
I agree, everyone expects you to be bawling nonstop. My brother passed away when I was 18 and I was completely numb/emotionless about it for an entire year. A year later I broke down in the shower and let it all out. I think it took a year for myself to fully realize he wasn't coming back, he wouldn't be there for important life events, etc. I think I get more emotional about it the more life goes on cause I'm being reminded of everything he's not, or will ever be, here for. Despite popular belief, there isn't a one-size-fits-all on how to mourn a loss, everyone does respond differently.
Usually the killer on 911, will immediately give themselves excuses. Russ just answered the questions 😢
This makes me wonder how many people are falsely convicted 💔
A ton...
So many 😢
More than you could possibly imagine
Makes one wonder about the death penalty. Maybe God should just be The Avenger like The Bible says!
Unfortunately, too many with our flawed justice system. Smdh
that 911 call is absolutely heartbreaking, i think he was just in shock about what happened. i can’t imagine someone’s spouse examining their dead body yanno? he likely just jumped to the conclusion due to her history.
Also the whole “don’t you think i would’ve made sure the change went through?” gives me SEVERE diane downes energy
That woman...ugh. There aren't words for her.
Yes!!!!!!! And literally anyone that ever dodges like that is always guilty. "Did you do it?" "If I did, don't you think I would have done it better?" In other words, "I didn't lie cuz I didn't say no!" Sickening
Yeah hearing the 911 phone call just broke my heart, hearing him cry and sound so devastated. I felt so sad for Russ, he did not deserve this 😢💔
Im glad Pam is locked away for life, and that her attempt to escape that fate (suicide attempt) failed. Also glad Russ was exonerated, but i feel that Lincoln county owes him a LOT more than $2 million for what they put him thru.
I agree
I doubt it was a genuine suicide attempt. I think it was more to garner pity, or make herself look like the victim of mental illness. I mean she's killed three people. If she wanted to off herself, she would have, no question.
Pam seems so obsessive towards Betsy and knowing that Pam brutally ended her life is so chilling.
If he had nine minutes to stab her 55 times, clean himself up, and call 911 she wouldn’t have time to be in rigor. That takes hours to set in. Literally facepalming at this “investigative” work
Literally, like they’re not even trying to make sense or act like they know what they’re doing
Exactly my thoughts!
Thought the exact same thing!!
He also had sex with her one last time.
In other videos I've heard that this quantity of stabbings is apparently exhausting. Shoddy police work. Very shoddy.
SERIOUSLY!!!
the acting in Pam’s 911 call is laughable…what a sick, twisted woman
She kills vulnerable people; her mother, a cancer patient, and a young man with disabilities.
I was just thinking the same thing. It just didn’t sound right to me at all.
Right?! She barely tried to act!! Comical.
She's a psycho
America is full of sick twisted people not a shocker
It’s funny how Russ was consistent with his story and was found guilty, but Pam constantly changed her story and was not even considered as a suspect 🤦🏻♀️
I honestly don't understand why the police and prosecutor would put their whole careers on the line for this women. It's truly baffling.
It's not about putting their careers on the line for her. They don't care about justice, they just care about getting their conviction. Which they did. So it gives us a realistic idea of how shitty and corrupt the justice system is.
You're under the misapprehension that there is accountability in the legal system. There isn't, because it's not a justice system.
@@doodiedoes You make a good point. What they wanted was a tidy story, they didn't care about anything else. Russ killing her was a tidy story they could have. The husband did it. Easy, done.
First, that woman is a serial killer! Second, with friends like her, who needs enemies!!! Crazy story....thank you Kendall for your hard work!
When we got to the third murder I was like, it’s official. That makes her a serial killer. And they REALLY need to look into her insurance clients too. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them died mysteriously, and if she’s the beneficiary of more policies.
Yes I thought that too, she is a serial killer. They also need to charge her for her mother’s death.
@@ashleysartattack5600 if that actually happened it would be like that movie "I care a lot"
@@honoluluw I have that on my watch list on Netflix,can't wait to check it out!!
I’m so glad the husband is released and free. This is a devastating case.
Pam is the kind of person who doesn't even seem like she could be real. A true sociopath.
AS SOON AS you said that Russ has dinner with his mom once a week, smokes pot, plays D&D every Thursday night, and went to Arby’s for some munchies, I KNEW this guy wasn’t violent.
I said what I said.
What does pot have to do with it?
🤨🤨…okay?
@@SandyCheeks92837 People who smoke cannabis,are usually very mellow and non confrontational. As least in my experience! I've never smoked or taken my medication and thought,I think I'm in the mood to stab someone 55 times and frame their husband for it 🤷
@@CaseyMarie11-11 I don’t even wanna put the ice cream back in the freezer much less murder someone and run. It’s crazy.
@@CaseyMarie11-11 i’de like to differ from experience but alright
For her to be a breast cancer survivor and actively fighting against another form of cancer only to be betrayed my her best friend. This woman clearly had such a strong will to live and to think her friend would steal her last days is heartbreaking
It was only breast cancer though, it came back
@@alicemuguet6947 it has spread to her liver too.
That's the most unhelp needed calls for help I've EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE!
The police might as well have been holding Pam’s hand when she stabbed Betsy 55 times.
They might as well given Pam the knife. 🙄
@@DjEm10 and helped her clean up
I went to massage school with one of the daughters and I knew about her mom being murdered, but I didn't realize how horrible the St.Louis police treated this case. I remember her saying it ruined her life. I'm so glad they finally got some kind of closure.
wasn't the St. Louis Police... it was the Lincoln County Sheriffs Department
Lincoln County not St Louis
The system failed Betsy, her husband, her children and anyone who actually cared for her! This is one of the most obvious killers who checked all the marks off the only thing she didn’t do was tattoo “I’m the killer” on her forehead 🙄
I bet that even if she did do that they would try and spin it like “she had to because that’s what Betsy wanted”😐
Her dear daughter’s 🤦🏾♀️ poor Russ. That BI🤬CH
Russ' reaction to his wife's body makes perfect sense! That's someone whose attention is both hyperfocused on and compartmentilizing a massive trauma. Too much emotion too fast to process so it was being stuffed down.
So Shirley, Pam’s mom, died with eight times the normal dose of Ambien in her system. And then Pam admits that she also takes Ambien too? Pretty sketchy.
Exactly what I was thinking. I really hope Pam's mom has other family members or friends advocating for her justice too.
Yes! Came here in search of this comment! My exact thoughts.
She is one cold, vicious "person". I hope Betsy's daughters sued for Pam's house. They could sell it off and at least get some of their mom's money. I'm also hoping the prosecutor and cops lost their jobs. Poor Russ and Betsy's girls.
I hope they more than lose their jobs , I hope they prosecuted as well to fullest extent of law.
Without a doubt. This entire LE agency needs to be shaken out and the feds actually brought in to conduct investigations into this entire situation including the judge and the law prosecution team.
So his wife literally had end stage cancer... did no one ask why would he kill her? If it was about the money just wait a few months and she would be gone. Why murder her? Makes Zero sense
Especially since he was still on the life insurance policy as far as he was aware
russ’ phone call is completely genuine, i’ve never heard someone who actually murdered someone react like that! using the present tense etc…
I thought the exact same thing. It seems to be a trend when someone kills someone and then calls 911 they talk about them in the past tense. Whereas with Russ he referred to her as if she were still alive.