It felt like an ambush. Investigators searched for clues, but what they found, were secrets. A forbidden love affair right in the family. One son sleeping with the other sons wife. He said, if i was going to have an affair, he wished it would have been with anybody else except his brother. Bad blood between brothers had that been a motive for murder . And had one kill the other to steal his wife . In court, it all came out, scandalous passions. Jealousy, greed, lust. He said that he was the black sheep of the family. A family saga turns riveting courtroom drama. I cried the whole time. The time we were saved a call around 3m. Effingham 911 . Help, please. Whats wrong . Gun. Shot. Youre shot . Yes. Where you at . The Sheriffs Office 911 operator, could barely understand the voice on the other end of the call. How did you get shot maam . I dont know. You dont know . No. Andre, get james, 1018, hurry up. The dispatcher, calling for Sergeant James to help out. Where did you get shot at . Face. In your face . Yes. It was difficult to hear what she was saying. You could hear her gargling, due to blood in her throat. It sounded as though, she was not the only victim. Husband. Shot. Too. Your husband shot too . Yes. Okay, is there anybody else in the house with you besides you and your husband . Yes. Who else is in the house with you . Son. Your son . Yes. Two, possibly, three adult shot in a home, in the middle of the night. Did he get shot too . Or do you not know . I dont know. You dont know . No. The female survivor had no idea if the assailant was in the house. We werent sure if it was a home invasion, we werent sure if it was an accidental discharge of a firearm. What is your name sweetie . Linda. Linda . The sergeant, and other deputies, were racing to the location. A one storey ranch house, and a heavily wooded area, of side of town. There was little to no light outside. It was pitch black. Our weapons were already drawn. We werent sure if the suspect is in the area, still in the woods. We approached the door, and we could hear the sound of a female moaning, what appeared to be pain. They could hear her, but were delayed and finding her, because something stop them in their tracks as they entered the kitchen. There was an overwhelming smell of gasoline emanating from the house. It was extremely noxious, hard to breathe. The deputy hill slipped on the gasoline, and i had to catch him to prevent him from falling. Why hadnt the gasoline been torched . Was someone trying to lure the cops inside, before striking a match. It felt like an ambush. They found the woman, slumped on the kitchen floor, behind a table. The woman, linda, Still Holding her cell phone. The Distress Call was genuine. And, her injuries were grave. She had some sort of, fabric, a towel, on her throat, and it was soaked in blood. I asked her to remove the cloth from her throat so i could get a visual of her injuries. The entire area of her neck here was missing. And she swallowed, you could see her throat moving. One victim accounted for. Where were the others . She didnt know if anyone else was still on the residents. Residents. She didnt know if her son, and husband, are still alive. With guns drawn, deputies, continued clearing the residents. The information that they yelled back down the hall was as bad as it could get. Lindas son, shot dead, in one bedroom. He was in the bed, still under the covers. He had an obvious Gunshot Wound to the face. Lindas husband, philip, shot dead in their bedroom. He had pulled a sheet above his face, and a defensive stance. There was a Gunshot Wound through the sheet. An explosion of horror. Three people, gunned down, two fatally, on a quiet road, in a quiet georgia town. Now, linda, the lone survivor, was on route to the hospital in Grave Condition. What had happened in the dark hours of a monday morning in that modest house . Peeling back the layers of the mystery would take years. It would leave a family torn apart, and a Community Devastated but to begin to comprehend what happened, you need to roll back the clock, back to 2008, to a town called springfield, and a family named the heights. If i were to ask you what the height family was like, in 2007, what would you say . Great family. Spiritual family. Pillars of the community. The height family in 2011 . Destroyed. What had happened on springfield egypt road . Who would want got from people like the heights dead . Coming up get her, get out and so, he was a player . He was a player. He was going to get the job done. The Hard Charging businessman had had to deal gone bad and urgent investigation begins when dateline continues. E continues. Nondrowsy claritin knocks out symptoms from over 200 allergens. Without knocking you out. Feel the clarity and make today the most wonderful time of the year. Live claritin clear. 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Along with his son, and his wife who was the lone survivor. I knews these folks. I had been friends with these folks. And it was just bad. Thats part of the country, southeast georgia, isnt used to waking up to grisly news like this. That just isnt supposed to happen in Effingham County, only 45 minutes from Downtown Savannah but a world away with its mom and pop shops, Cattle Fields and farms. And cotton fields. Its a place where people go to church, work hard, and know their neighbor. In this community, family sticks together. Just the nature around here, i reckon. James had lived here all his life and like anybody born and raised in effingham, he knew the family. The height family is a good family. Well known family. They respect everybody. James grew up with the three heidt boys. Billy heckman know their father, philip. They are a family that loved their family and i think you can see that throughout the old heidt clan that there is a lot of love that goes through them. Devout, rocksolid people led by the family patriarch. Philip heidt. And as a major Real Estate Developer in the area he was very much a big deal around town. We have numerous commercial sections that philip really close and he was a go getter, he was going to get out and if there was a bill to be made. He was going to go after. So he was a player . He was a player. He was going to get the job done. It was a terrific Salesman Knack he had, even he got the better part of a deal, he left you feeling good about it. Philip was a guy that loved people, he was a guy that people loved him. He just always made people feel good. He always made you feel like you are special. When he wasnt putting in long hours at the office. Or serving as president of this board, or director of that bank. He took pure delight in raising the cattle on his land that went back for generations. The property on rural springfield egypt road. But above all, philip heidt like to spend time with his family. Linda, his wife of 40 years and his three sons craig, chris and carrie. The most important thing is his family. He always wanted his family to be close to each other. He always wanted his family to love each other. Then came that Horrific Night In August of 2008, when philip, carrie, and linda heidt were shot in the height home. Only linda survived to call 911 but now she was in serious condition in the hospital. I could not believe it, because miss linda and mr. Philip, they were really nice people. None of the locals wanted to think it had anything to do with the nearby people suspected of cooking meth. And with whom they shared fifth springfield, egypt road. There had been some arrests a while back. Residents felt helpless behind crime scene tape, including a cousin. Mark. It was a horrible day. Down the road, hundreds gathered for philip and carrie heidts funeral. Cousin mark was a poll bearer for philip. It was a full house, we had standing room. But people couldnt get it. It showed how much we were loved, how much people thought of the family. Double caskets, the Tear Streaked faces of mourners drawn taught with grief. No one wanted to send the father and son off like this. It was terrible, i lost the best friend and a person to talk to. James had known carry so well, and for so long. He basically was the person that was always worried about everybody else, i reckon. He do anything for you. Give you the shirt off his own back. Family, there were two older brothers. Chris. And craig. Though carrie would be the one to follow his father into real estate and like his father, carry shared a zest for work and i love a family. Busy all during the day, meetings at night. Running late, watching home. Getting the kids baths. But he did looking forward to going home and giving the kids baths. He was proud of always being there for his three children, and his wife. Robin heidt, someone he had known since high school. The only real girlfriend girlfriend he had had was robin. That im aware of. In high school, robin had been voted class clown. And when the Vivaciously Girl started dating the quiet, street laced, carrie. Some did not see the match. But it worked for them. They got married a year after graduation. He loved her from day one. He did everything he could for her. Sure did. And now carrie and his father phillips violent deaths were a mystery. If only carries mother, linda, miss linda to one and all. Could help with crucial details. But she could not speak. Her lower jaw and neck had been torn up by a shotgun blast. It was questionable whether she would make it. Based on what we saw on scene, we did not believe that she was going to survive those injuries. They were that serious. Had she seen the person, or persons who had shot her . Would she be able to give a description that could help authorities apprehend the killer, now on the loose . Coming up. 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Was it obvious what had gone on there to you . After looking at the scene, it became obvious that the scene was staged. Staged . Yes. It was meant to look like a robbery. However, nothing was taken of note. There was money left, keys left. Stuff that wouldve been easy to grab and get a little money . Yes sir. Nothing was disturbed other than the bodies found. And the csi team found Something Else. The way the intruder may have entered the home. The Point Of Entry you found to be . Where they wanted you to believe it was where . The garage door had a pain glass inside of it. And the glass was broken. And it was made to look like someone had entered the residence through that door. It may have looked like the intruders way in, but the curtain on the glass panes was undisturbed. It looked as though no one had pushed inside to grab the door handle. There was a much simpler explanation for how the killer, or killers had gotten in and out. They found the families outside key. It was kept hidden, and was missing from its usual place. And there was a key inside the doorway. The key that was in the doorway was probably the one that was kept outside . One would assume, yes. So youre looking at somebody who has at least good Working Knowledge of that house. Yes sir. Strange clues, at a grim scene. In those Early Morning hours. Nothing seemed to be adding up. You have no idea who the shooter is . Right. If they are alone, if there is more than one. Correct. And the one heidt who might know was the wife, linda, who had somehow survived the gunshot to her face. She was recovering, but it would be weeks before investigators could elicit her story. Her mouth was wired shut due to her injuries. I believe she had some bone graft reconstructive surgeries. Skin grafts. It took her a long, long time before she was able to talk to anybody. It fell to Georgia Bureau of investigation Special Agent john barry to ask the question. Are there any cracks . Any secrets in the esteemed heidt family . At this time we start what we call victimology. And victimology is something where we look at these peoples live, and determine what put them at added risk to he had to learn more about the patriarch, philips business in the age and started by looking at the core of things, the immediate family. They would be a prime source of information, but Something Else as well. Part of the investigation is that everyone is a suspect at this point. The detective began his interviews that morning after the family murders, sitting chris height. Chris told the detective that he had been home with his wife the previous. Night she was questioned, and the middle sons story checked out. By then, the Crime Scene Analysts believe the Murder Weapon was a 12 gauge shotgun, and agent Barry Search Chris Home looking for a fire arm. He had several guns there. But nothing in my training, or experience, that indicated that any of them had been recently fired. Next up, the detective. The older brother. Craig heidt. Craig stated that he was watching tel