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>> to him, it suggested that james long had been lying on the floor and gasoline or accelerant had been poured over him intentionally and he had been set afire. >> and jim's autopsy revealed even more evidence. he was unconscious before the fire started. ♪ ♪
In this situation, a suspect will often say something incriminating. [ sobbing ] >> in this case, she said something else. [ sobbing ] >> oh, god, help me. help me to explain to him. you know i didn't do it. >> what major overbey had hoped to happen i think worked against him. i think he was in hopes that he would say something to hurt herself -- incriminate herself, and what she did, she reached out to god and started begging for help to give her the strength to endure that hostile interview. >> the defense claimed that the fire was accidental, that jim long mistakenly filled the hot
Someone and that he was happy and that he wasn't going to be alone. >> any time you seen jim, you seen jean. seen one, you seen both of them. they went everywhere together. >> and jean had no financial motive. jim's life insurance amounted to less than $40,000. but local prosecutors were convinced this was an open-and-shut case. >> the theory was she saw the opportunity to get rid of him and poured him and lit it and then made it seem or tried to tell everyone that it was an accident. >> the defense asked a nationally known fire investigator, john lentini, for his opinion. >> with respect to t...
>> firemen searched the area around the home, but there was no sign that jim had escaped. >> and i just thought my dad would come walking out. but, no. >> the longs' home was attached to a workshop jim used to store the equipment for his tree-trimming business. it, too, was on fire. after the fire was put out, the firefighters cut through the metal siding. they found the body of 53-year-old jim long. jean was taken to the hospital where she was treated for minor scrapes and bruises. one of the bruises was on her chin. she told police that her husband tried to fill their kerosene heater with fu...
An accelerant on jim, set him on fire, then, inadvertently carried the fuel can out of the workshop when she left to call for help. >> i felt like it was a strong circumstantial case. felt like we had eliminated any other reasonable hypothesis for this death. >> the day after her husband's funeral, jean long was charged with arson and murder. jean told her lawyers there was an explosion in that workshop, and that there must be evidence in the ashes to prove it. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins...