The Case Of Linda Yancey, Shopping for Murder | Fatal Attraction Season 1 Episode 4 | Full Episode

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Linda didn’t disappoint especially when it came to getting good grades she was on a debate team she was an understood honor roll.

Linda was also pretty easy on the eyes which meant by the time she was in high school she had her pick of potential suitors.

but it was a popular upperclassman named.

Derek Yancey that won her heart she was a nice looking guy and he’s saying to like.

Linda a whole lot and she liked him a lot as well she thought he was so handsome.

Derek kind of won her over she said he was smart he was a go-getter I think that attracted her to him.

because he was a hard worker so they were high school sweethearts.

Derek and.

Linda fell deeply in love they dated all through high school and after graduation in 1979 they could hardly wait to tie the knot she loved him and he was good too and they had a real solid relationship eager to provide for his beautiful new bride.

Derek enrolled in the police academy after graduating he landed a job with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

Derek was known around the courthouse with law enforcement and other members lawyers and of the community as you know someone who was well spoken committed to his job everything about him was about being a sheriff’s deputy and was very loyal to the bat.

Derek wasn’t the only one in the Yancey household who was called to protect and serve after giving birth to two sons Quran and Kevin good morning.

Linda followed Derek’s lead into a career in law enforcement with her husband’s glowing recommendation.

Linda landed a highly sought after assignment as a detention officer at the DeKalb County Jail she was a sweetheart of the department I don’t think there was a individual within the sheriff’s office that did not like.

Linda she was very well liked even the inmates liked her.

but she did demand respect and her co-workers knew that about her.

Derek and Linda’s dual incomes allowed them to purchase a gorgeous five-bedroom home Southland is a upper middle class predominantly African-American neighborhood beautiful homes once the family moved in.

Derek spent considerable time and money making their dream home even more posh he went into the house and and upgraded everything in there he went and had the basement done and it was really nice they went in and they redid everything from the cabinets to the floors to the bathrooms in an effort to keep up with the Joneses I guess you could say no peeking whatsoever let’s go oh that’s nice you want to play one yeah let’s go and when it came to his sons Quran and Kevin.

Derek made sure they always had the latest and greatest in closing toys though it was his adoring wife.

Linda for whom.

Derek truly spared no expense he did we’ll help with the nice gifts and everything he was very given honey oh baby they’re beautiful it’s just for you he would buy her gifts like clothing or a fancy car like either the BMW or the Mercedes and things like that a loving family a showstopper of a home and more than two decades of married Bliss by all accounts.

Derek and.

Linda Yancey were living on cloud nine which made the bloody scene police encountered at their home on the afternoon of June 9 2008.

all the more horrific it was just something that we just could not imagine what could have happened to have caused this the answer to that question would unveil a shocking web of betrayal and leave.

Derek and Linda’s wealthy neighbors wondering what evil lurched beyond their Mansion Walls soul mate since high school sheriff’s deputies.

Derek and.

Linda Yancey had been building a dream life together for the last 18 years everything seemed perfect he seemed like the perfect father the perfect husband she seemed happy it was a very loving home.

but in 2008 that dream life turned into a nightmare responding to a 9-1-1 call police had found.

Linda Yancey shot dead in the basement of her and Derek’s home not far away an unknown assailant lies in a pool of blood he also has been shot multiple times there’s just a lot of blood everywhere there’s multiple shell casings everyone’s kind of shocked I was in denial I couldn’t believe it I just could not believe it the scene on the Yancey’s front lawn is just as shocking Linda’s distraught husband.

Derek has informed responding officers that he shot and killed the assailant in an attempt to stop an attack on his wife check on.

Linda according to.

Derek when he called 9-1-1 after the incident.

Linda was holding on for dear life what happened sir you know what officers must now inform.

Derek that his wife has passed away Dirk I’m sorry man.

but Linda’s gone he started sobbing loudly and had to be forcibly removed from the scene he wasn’t going to listen he was going to be at the scene with his wife with.

Derek too despondent to answer questions investigators turned their attention to his wife’s body they stepped over to.

Linda and it’s clear she had been shot twice from the front and once through the left side of her neck the size of the gunshot wound suggests Linda’s injuries have been caused by a large caliber handgun in searching the body of Linda’s attacker officers discovered just such a weapon we looked over to the second person and noticed a 38 revolver in his hand on the floor between the two bodies detectives find another clue there was a large amount of cash on the ground right in front of her feet in most cases a pile of blood-soaked cash next to a dead body would indicate an armed robbery job at the county jail often put her in contact with violent criminals investigators are entertaining another more troubling Theory once you find out initially that it was an officer who was the victim you know everyone’s kind of shocked and trying to figure out the first assumption would be that is it someone she arrested or locked up or a bad guy coming to get her let me check for his addict it isn’t long before investigators find a photo ID of the man it indicates his name is martial cashpilic.

but when they run the name through their database no one comes up and with good reason upon further inspection investigators determined that the idea is fake which suggests the assailant was actively trying to conceal his identity with no one to identify the man investigators wonder if Linda’s husband.

Derek might know of any former inmate who had it in for his wife two detectives asked him to accompany them to the police department he said yes he went with them got there and started giving them a statement.

but in speaking to investigators it doesn’t take.

Derek Yancey long to reveal information that makes them question their theory that Linda’s attacker was an ex-con who’d come looking for vengeance it’s not one of Linda’s former inmates the heart according to.

Derek it all started that morning when he decided to do a little yard work with both his sons away visiting their grandparents.

Derek headed over to the local shopping center to see if there were any day laborers he could hire for a cheap wage he would uh often solicit the help of um Hispanic immigrants.

Derek says he met one young man who spoke English well enough you want to work this can you mow got the job come on he picked up his day labor went back to his house and apparently they had some sort of arrangement to work on his yard not only does Derek’s statement debunk the vengeful ex-con Theory it also sheds light on why the suspect was carrying a fake ID he was here illegally and we’re just going to go back and forth evenly back and forth like that got it wait back at the house.

Derek says he started out by having the man mow his front yard when lunchtime rolled around he invited the man inside for a bite to eat hungry come and eat lunch I need someone to go pay some bills okay gotcha never one to disappoint his wife.

Derek says he handed.

Linda a stack of hundred dollar bills wasn’t unusual for.

Derek to carry around a large amount of cash the handing his wife the money.

Derek claims he left the room for a brief moment when he returned he heard a scuffle in the basement racing down the stairs.

Derek discovered the man shouting at.

Linda demanding she hand over the cash give me the money when.

Derek intervened the man pulled out a gun and pointed it at.

Linda give me the money.

Linda threw the money down he fired three times she was shot after shooting.

Linda the man turned the pistol on.

Derek and rattled off several shots.

Derek ducked behind the family pool table for cover and whipped out his service pistol.

Derek was not shot what perpetrator was.

Derek says he fired three shots at the man and all three were a direct hit.

Linda once certain the attacker was dead.

Derek rushed to his wife’s side.

Linda was alive.

but just barely so.

Derek began CPR he’s trying to do chest compressions he’s breathing he’s pleading with the dispatchers he’s trying to save.

Linda cleaning with.

Linda Linda she wasn’t real it’s nothing I could do Derek’s statement appears to correspond with the evidence sadly it also suggests.

Derek Yancey unwittingly invited a killer into his in Linda’s home this is a couple who’ve been married and together for 30 years they’ve been together more than they’ve not been together since they were high school sweethearts it’s a tragedy is it okay if we have your clothes as part of protocol officers collect Derek’s clothes and the pistol he used to subdue his wife’s attacker and place a distraught Derrick Yancey on administrative leave the administated shot.

because he had just gone through a traumatic situation.

Derek was very emotional he had just lost his wife nearly two decades it’s a pretty lonely place of course.

Derek isn’t the only one who’s devastated by his wife’s death your mom has passed away so it’s just us now it’s okay it’s okay you know I love you huh.

Derek and Linda’s Sons fall apart when their father delivers the crushing news of an older son and a younger son who are very emotional about this two sons or without a mother.

because of a terrible tragedy.

meanwhile Linda’s friends are also having a hard time coming to grips with her tragic death I just felt like part of my spirit my soul had been taken away from me I was very hurt very sad and I just remember screaming you see one of your own shocking.

but you know you still want to get your mind to focus and make sure you don’t miss any evidence that could jeopardize the case down the road.

while Linda’s loved ones more in her passing investigators decide it’s time to learn a bit more about their mysterious Prime Suspect they head over to the shopping center where.

Derek Yancey first solicited the man to do some yard work how you doing guys have you ever seen this guy they flashed the suspect’s ID to some of the other day laborers yeah this is martial and in doing so learn that.

while his ID may have been fake the Man’s real name was indeed martial cashback.

but it’s not just the suspect’s name that is revealed what can you tell us about him one of the day laborers Clues police in on another dark secret martial cash block was Keeping a Secret that suggests martial had his own deeply personal motive for wanting.

Linda Yancey did it’s been nearly 24 hours since sheriff’s deputy.

Linda Yancey was brutally gunned down in the basement of her Suburban Atlanta home through tears her husband of nearly two decades fellow Deputy.

Derek Yancey revealed that Linda’s death was the byproduct of a robbery turned shootout instigated by an undocumented laborer named martial cashpalak that same afternoon investigators head over to the shopping center where.

Derek first met and hired martial we went out and interviewed several people where he was picked up from ever seen him yeah it’s martiality yeah step over here with us in doing so investigators come across a man who tells them he’s martial’s roommate what can you tell us about him he’s a hard-working person you know he’d grown up in the same village with martial I mean they’ve known each other literally since they were born in a very very small and very poor Village and the mountains of Guatemala he had snuck in illegally to make money for his family back in Guatemala he just recently came like a couple months ago.

but according to his roommate ever since martial arrived work had been hard to come by which was troubling since martial’s illegal entrance into the country had cost him dearly he just told me he owes six thousand dollars for the coyote to bring him over he had paid what they called a coyote someone who took them over the Border uh away from law enforcement here that cost him six thousand dollars to be paid in the future.

because the family didn’t have anything knew that failure to pay could get retribution to the family back in the country suddenly the financial motive behind martial’s attempted robbery becomes crystal clear I know martial according to his friends was under a lot of pressure to to make money that’s why he was taking on jobs and helping.

Derek at the yard if he saw two thousand dollars cash on.

Linda it seemed like a perfect motive this guy who has a six thousand dollar debt to pay over his head well here’s two thousand dollars in cash that he can easily take.

but before detectives labeled the case closed one of.

Derek and Linda’s friends reaches out to investigators with a shocking new lead the friend advises police to look more closely into.

Linda Yancey’s personal life apparently her and Derek’s storybook romance had a few dark chapters to it that was signs along the way that something was missing there the house wasn’t a home you didn’t feel warm or whatever when you went into their home more and more it appeared that uh.

Derek was trying to isolate her image at odds with what investigators know about.

Derek after all this was the man who showered his cherished wife and children with the Finer Things in life.

but the friend claims those gifts were more about Derek’s need to keep up with the Joneses than keeping his family happy he had this desire if you will to have a perception around him that he was exceptionally well-off he just was on top of everything following up on the lead detectives decide to expand their investigation and question more of the Yancey’s friends and family they discovered that Derek’s quest to impress his neighbors boarded on desperation and it caused more stress on his and Linda’s marriage than police could ever have imagined I like to spoil you no honey no we can’t afford this he became so materialistic and so obsessed with things and money and she hated that she hated whenever.

Derek was very boisterous about money and things that they had she hated for him to showboat it created a lot of turmoil in their relationship and.

Linda had at a certain time just become resentful to.

Derek she didn’t want to be around him she didn’t spend time with her take it back in the few weeks that had led up to her death she had talked about divorce she said that um she was tired she was gonna leave Derek’s excessive spending did more than just drive a wedge between he and.

Linda it nearly drove the Yancey family into bankruptcy there was absolutely no way possible that they could pay their bills with the money they were making a friend indicated that.

Linda was thinking about divorce.

Derek knew that a divorce would completely destroy this perfect image that he created so how far would.

Derek go to keep this image that he has created before investigators can answer that question new evidence would challenge everything they thought they knew about Deputy.

Derek Yancey about day laborer martial cash for luck and about the lengths the real killer would go in order to cover his tracks it’s now been 48 hours since sheriff’s deputy.

Linda Yancey was found brutally murdered in the basement of her home in Suburban Atlanta down at the station her husband and fellow officer.

Derek has informed investigators that.

Linda was the victim of a gun-toting undocumented worker named martial cashpaluk he’s here illegally he needs some money now all of a sudden he’s at a place and he has a chance to make a quick two or three thousand dollars the day laborer had attempted to uh Rob.

Linda and had killed Linda.

Derek then in turn killed him.

but detectives have just uncovered new and surprising information due to Derek’s Reckless spending and his desperate need to keep up with the Joneses the Yancey’s marriage was in shambles and.

Linda was on the verge of leaving him when we heard that from a friend of Linda’s that she had talked about divorce obviously then alarms went off given what detectives know about.

Derek and his need to project the image of a perfect Suburban life was it possible he’d rather murder.

Linda than let her divorce him and if that were true how did martial cashpaluk factor into this Unthinkable crime before detectives can answer those questions the forensics lab calls with some revealing information about the 38 caliber pistol martial cashpilic was holding at the crime scene the same gun he allegedly used to shoot.

Linda the weapon turned out to be one of Derek’s weapons if the gun used to kill.

Linda belongs to.

Derek Yancey then how did Mossy all cash bullet get his hands on it it’s a question detectives decide to press to.

Derek himself.

but not until they’ve paid their respects at Linda’s emotionally charged funeral after it they paid.

Derek a visit at the Yancey’s home Eric man how you holding up I’m trying to hold in there all right you know the Department’s got your back right now okay.

but we do have a problem at 38 that killed your wife it belongs to you.

Derek doesn’t deny ownership of the pistol that’s the gun I keep right there on top of the fridge could Marcel have seen that gun when he walked in the kitchen yeah it’s possible yeah.

Derek shared with me that he always kept guns laying around the house and that he had one on top of his refrigerator and he uh suspected that the young man saw the weapon Mr NC stated that during lunch he at some point left the kitchen and that’s when he may have gotten the weapon from the top of the refrigerator Derek’s story is certainly plausible.

but the fact he wasn’t forthcoming with this information in his initial interview only adds to investigator suspicions detectives decide to revisit Derek’s previous statement and soon uncover another small.

but significant discrepancy it has to do with the manner in which martial cashpilic allegedly spoke to.

Derek and.

Linda during the robbery give me the money well.

Derek Yancey had said that the person said give me the money.

but according to martial’s friend and fellow day laborer Ed venzuzer martial had only been in the U.S for a couple of weeks and didn’t speak a word of English no I usually had a translator if Marcia didn’t speak any English clearly couldn’t say give it up martial’s inability to speak English cast further doubt on Derek’s story a few days later the DeKalb County coroner releases the autopsy of.

Linda Yancey according to the report all three shots that hit Linder were at near point-blank range and the last one was delivered with the gun buried flush against her chest she’s sitting there probably not dead and the gunman comes up jammed the revolver into her chest and pulled the trigger a type of shot highly personal in nature it’s at odds with the chaotic gun fight described in.

Derek Yancey’s version of events.

Linda shot to Linda’s heart isn’t the only detail from the autopsy that conflicts with Derek’s story there was nothing that supported that he had made one even the slightest effort to do CPR the way she was shot a single compression of CPR would have actually resulted in a a squirt of blood I think the doctor said maybe 10-12 inches.

because she was full of blood the type of wound she had it literally would have created a much larger blood puddle around her and the person doing the CPR and that wasn’t the case he was not drenched in her blood that you would think that he would do if he was attempting to save his wife’s life.

Derek may not have been drenched in Linda’s blood.

but an analysis of Derek’s clothing confirms the presence of a very fine blood spatter Mist on the front of his pants and shirt a Mist which forensic experts say is consistent with blowback from a gunshot wound delivered at Point Blank Range blood’s going to come back out of the womb in a fine mist and it was the exact same pattern that was located on Derek’s Yancey’s right leg investigators asked Coronas to check martial’s clothes for similar traces of blood spatter martial had no blood from.

Linda on him at all I literally had them tear up his blue jeans looking for any blood and there was no blood all the only blood on his pants was his own which was consistent with how he was shot if.

Derek has blood splatter on his clothing and Marcel has none that points.

Derek as the murderer and that to me was the nail in the coffin.

because there was no other way for you to be able to explain that.

but even if.

Derek Yancey did kill his wife investigators still can’t figure out how martial cash bullet factors into the scene again the coroner’s report offers a chilling answer the God was found in martial’s left hand.

but we discovered from the the friend that Marcia was right-handed the fact that the gun was found in the left hand of a right-handed shooter suggests.

Derek planted the gun on martial after killing him which suggests that.

Derek was setting up martial to take the fall for the crime all along he went out and got martial and brought him back to the house you know looking for somebody that he could practice that he could really outmaneuver martial was plucked off the street for the purpose of dying to give this defendant an alibi and that’s the only reason it’s almost sickening to think that this man would kill his wife of over 18 years and then painted on somebody else I thought that was heartless you know and and so cold-blooded on August 14 2008 DeKalb County authorities issue a warrant for the arrest of.

Derek Yancey upon learning of the warrant through his attorney.

Derek dropped his sons off with their grandparents and then turned himself in it doesn’t take long for the news of Derek’s arrest to Echo across the community the allegations that a deputy shot his wife a detention officer in the same Sheriff’s Office and then tried to set up a day laborer for the crime it was huge news no one is more taken aback than.

Derek and Linda’s friends he was someone who had not only deceived me.

but received the men and women of the sheriff’s office and have really tarnished his badge the blood splatter the ballistics the positioning of the bodies just the whole crime scene the staging of it I was shocked even more shocking to the Yancey’s friends as Derek’s apparent motive that he was so desperate to maintain the facade of a perfect Suburban life that he decided to murder his beloved high school sweetheart and the mother of his two cherished children rather than face the public humiliation of divorce a disc company he would take her life like that despite the evidence against him.

Derek pleads not guilty and at his bond hearing Derek’s years of exemplary surface leads the judge to give him an unexpected break the judge knew him so she gave him a bond and she gave him you know home arrest one real pleased about that I would have preferred him to remain locked up.

but it was just temporary Derek’s house arrest comes with one condition he must wear an electronic ankle bracelet that monitors his every move over the next six months.

Derek abides by the terms of his house arrest.

while his two sons stayed with their mother’s family.

but on April 4th 2009 the DA’s office receives an alert that Derek’s LoJack device has stopped responding Sheriff’s officers raced to the Yancey’s home yes.

but by the time they arrive their former colleague is nowhere to be found.

although the ankle bracelet is he’s managed to cut off the ankle bracelet and flee detectives immediately began a Statewide man hunt for.

Derek Yancey the only question now is Will police be able to track.

Derek down before it’s too late or will this Deputy turn to fugitive Escape Justice for good thank you in April of 2009 the brutal double homicide of sheriff’s deputy.

Linda Yancey and a day laborer named martial cashpaluk has stunned the city of Atlanta.

but no one is more stunned than Linda’s friends and family I just felt like a part of my soul was taken really empty instantly um alone.

but even more shocking is the Revelation that Linda’s husband.

Derek Yancey has been charged with the murder and unexpectedly gone on the Run Uncle oh my gosh what in the world how can he escape it didn’t make sense to me how he got out the ankle bracelet would cut off that thing was monitored we thought.

but he was able to walk away thank you two days later detectives get a tip a woman claims to have seen.

Derek at a bus station investigators obtain a copy of the station’s surveillance video and immediately hit Pay Dirt there are pictures or video or him actually getting on the bus the bus.

Derek bought it was headed for Los Angeles.

but surveillance video from the bus station in La does not indicate.

Derek ever made it to his final destination from that point forward there is not a trace of Derrick Yancey.

but even with a nationwide manhood underway months pass with no new information and.

while police continue to work the case some begin to fear that.

Derek Yancey has gotten away with murder for not knowing where he was was hard that would always keep anybody on edge finally in September of 2009 more than six months after.

Derek fled there’s a break in the case detectives receive a report that a man fitting Derek’s description has been spotted soaking up Rays on the beach.

but not in Sunny LA or along the Georgia coast rather in a town called Punta Gorda a tropical seaside resort in the Central American country of Belize I was shot I I really didn’t believe that he had made it that far Sheriff’s officers reach out to the U.S state department and local authorities in Punta Gorda Belize finally on September 19 2009 a team of Punta Gorda police surround.

Derek Yancey at a Beachside bar their.

Police Department walked up to him and asked him was he.

Derek Yancey and he knew then that it was time to go home I was very very happy that he is finally going to be held accountable for his Acts.

Derek is immediately extradited back to Georgia and tossed in the DeKalb County Jail without bail and one year later on October 25th 2010 the state of Georgia versus.

Derek Yancey begins in front of a packed courtroom Heap had committed a double murder if he didn’t change his story and admit it we had to go to court in their opening statement prosecutors assert that.

Derek was a disgruntled husband on the brink of a divorce fearful that a split from.

Linda would shatter his well-crafted image as a wealthy successful man.

Derek chose to concoct an elaborate murder scheme rather than allow.

Linda to divorce him when we heard that from a friend of Linda’s that she had talked about divorce obviously then alarms went off.

because the image that he created for himself we did not believe would be acceptable to him to include divorce prosecutors claim that on the morning of June 9 2008.

Derek put his plan into action at 7 30 a.m he drove to the local shopping center with the intention of picking up the perfect Patsy they call it shopping for murder.

because of the way he went out and got martial hey you want to work hiring martial under the guys that he needed help with yard work.

Derek drove martial back to the house and started him out on the lawnmower we’re just going to go back and forth evenly back and forth like that no round just back and forth got it thank you.

while martial worked in the yard.

Derek headed inside where.

Linda was alone.

Derek then lured his wife to the basement under the pretense of needing help moving some boxes talking about these boxes at the bottom of the stairs.

Derek pulled out his 38 caliber revolver and opened fire he shot her three times he then jammed the revolver into her chest pulled the trigger and blew her heart in half he put a hollow points a silver bullet through her heart so he wanted her dead when he stuck that gun to her chest that was a shot of hate that was a shot of anger resentment after exchanging his 38 for another gun he owned.

Derek headed out to the front yard and initiated phase two of his plan like he had with Linda.

Derek lured martial to the basement I want you to help me come move these boxes Marcia walked in the door walked around the pool table saw.

Linda stopped turn to.

Derek Derek’s gun is out he shot him three times once martial was dead.

Derek scattered the stack of hundred dollar bills to make it look like a robbery then.

Derek planted the 38 he used to shoot.

Linda on his unsuspecting Fall Guy Eric put the gun in martial’s Left Hand caught his breath and called 9-1-1.

but in their opening statement the defense maintains that.

Derek isn’t a murderer in fact they claim he’s a victim just like he told his fellow police officers when they first arrived on the scene it’s.

Linda what’s wrong with.

Linda she’s been shot where she is she she’s in the basement give me the money martial tried to Rob his wife his wife was shot and that he then shot martial in defense of himself in defense of his wife the defense also argued that if.

Derek was so worried about maintaining the illusion of wealth and success wasn’t a nasty divorce a little less embarrassing less risky than the brutal murder of his beloved wife there is definitely questions in the prosecution’s case the defense you know brought up some strong points despite the mountain of physical evidence against derragansi the defense seems to have successfully planted the seed of Reasonable Doubt at least until prosecutors unveil a surprise witness and expose the true motive behind.

Linda Yancey’s murder foreign courthouse in Stone Mountain Georgia disgrace Deputy.

Derek Yancey is standing trial for the murders of his wife.

Linda and an undocumented worker named marciao kashpalek who.

Derek allegedly tried to frame for the crime.

but the defense is hammered away at the mode of tying their client to the crime and as closing arguments grow near it’s unclear which way the scales of Justice will tip.

but just before resting their case prosecutors play their trump card evidence they believe proves.

Derek Yancey had more than one reason to murder his wife in fact he had 700 000 reasons a seven hundred thousand dollar life insurance policy been taken out on Linda’s life We Believe.

Derek Yancey saw a divorce coming we saw that he was in such bad financial position that he was going to be a popper and that the only way to avoid that was that seven hundred thousand dollar life insurance policy so he chose the divorce with a bullet according to the prosecutors.

Derek had taken out the insurance policy on.

Linda just weeks before her murder.

but prosecutors also assert that.

Derek and Linda’s heated battles over cash were a near constant occurrence something no one knew better than their two sons so as a final surprise witness the state called the couple’s oldest son Quran to the stand Quran describes just how scary his father could be when facing off against his mother over the family’s crumbling finances were your parents having American problems oh a lot he wasn’t up there saying my dad and I had great times and I loved my dad it was my dad used to yell at my mom my dad was scary sometimes it’s stunning testimony that paints.

Derek Yancey in an even more unflattering light.

but is it enough to sway the jury you never know in these cases how a jury is going to go it could go either way after three days of deliberation the jury announces they’ve reached a decision the jury’s verdict is as follows we the jury find the defendant.

Derek Yancey guilty it was guilty for two murders there’s Alberts for both families.

but no motion from.

Derek I was looking at him he didn’t change he didn’t watch his expression he knew he was killed following the verdict the judge sentenced hysteric to two life sentences for those who knew.

Linda Yancey the sentence brings some Solace I didn’t make an outward sounds.

but yeah I was I was okay with as.

Derek is handcuffed and led Away by the same deputies that he and his wife worked with for so many years Linda’s family can’t help.

but feel a sense of justice it only seemed fitting for him to be led Away by the same colleagues you know that you served with every day and who trusted you to uphold the law even so in the years since the murders closure has been hard for.

Linda Yancey’s friends and family to come by perhaps it’s the fact that a marriage of 18 years ended so tragically or maybe it’s the fact that DeKalb County lost one of its most beloved public servants to the hand of another or maybe it’s just the fact that with three rounds from a 38 Special.

A man chose greed over the life of his beloved high school sweetheart the mother of his two children that is the greatest tragedy out of this whole thing her children no longer have their mom and I don’t think it’ll ever be the same thank you foreign