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Lana eventually agreed, and Jerry had Cheryl hold the knife.

Now the prince would point to her.

Fred's account doesn't speak for how Cheryl felt at this moment, but from what we know about her, it's possible she wanted to protect her mom from the death penalty.

Taking the fall may have just been the best out of two terrible options.

After everyone had their stories straight, they finally called the police.

But it wasn't over yet.

According to Fred's files, three days later, Chief Clinton Anderson called Fred in for questioning and accused him of tampering with a crime scene.

Chief Anderson knew Lana killed Johnny and that Fred put Cheryl's prints on the knife.

He just couldn't prove it and was trying to scare Fred into confessing.

Fred didn't take the bait and maintain the cover-up, but he did go straight to Jerry's office afterwards.

Jerry turned gray when he told him Chief Anderson was on to them.

Jerry reportedly said, there is no statute of limitations for murder.

Do me a favor, Fred.

Don't ever tell that story to anybody until I'm dead and buried.

Jerry died about four years later.

According to authors Young and Westfall, Fred told the truth to a handful of trusted confidants.

But as it turns out, Fred wasn't the one Jerry needed to worry about talking.

In 1996, Eric Root, Lana Turner's hairdresser, wrote a biography about his friendship with the star.

And it includes a bombshell.

According to Eric, one day years ago, he and Lana were watching a TV show about Hollywood scandals when Lana and Johnny's picture showed up on screen.