Joan Berry
Appearances
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Blood on the Door
I said, I did some Christmas shopping today and she said, oh, I did too. We talked a little more and we said goodnight and I love you and I'll talk to you tomorrow.
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Blood on the Door
Donna had them separated, you know, in little piles, they said, with the kids' names on them.
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Blood on the Door
Das hat mich zuerst geärgert. Ich kann verstehen, dass jemand nicht die Tür auf 4 Uhr öffnen kann. Ich kann das verstehen. Leute wollen nicht involviert werden. Warum könntest du nicht mehr wie Jonna sein und Leute helfen wollen? Sie hätte jemandem geholfen.
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Blood on the Door
Jonna hatte keine Feinde. Niemand hat sich mit ihr angestrengt. Sie hatte nie mit jemandem Probleme. Wir wussten nicht, wer das gemacht hätte.
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Blood on the Door
We were very fond of Jason. She got engaged at Christmas and she couldn't wait to show me her ring.
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Blood on the Door
After graduation, Jason moves to Michigan to get his law degree, while Jonna moves to Knoxville to continue her studies.
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Blood on the Door
Nein, es gab keine Überraschungen in meinem Kopf. Ich habe nie überlegt, dass Jason White das jemals gemacht hat. Very quickly within the investigation, Jason White was cleared as a suspect.
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Blood on the Door
Ich war in Ordnung damit. Ich habe Jason seit ein paar Jahren kennengelernt. Er war ein Freund eines ihrer guten Freunde. Auch sein Freund, Jason White, hatte kein Problem damit.
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Blood on the Door
When we got to the cemetery, it was raining and Jonna was buried in her engagement ring. She still had some blood around her cuticles and her fingernails. So I cleaned her nails and that was the last thing I could do for her.
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Blood on the Door
It did for a while. But after you have time to process things and really think about it, I thought... He was just trying to get out too, you know, because he was attacked.
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Blood on the Door
That was the only thing on my mind from morning to night. That's all I could think about.
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Blood on the Door
I became so worried that it would become a cold case and we would never get answers. I kept it in the media. I did everything that I could.
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Blood on the Door
Wir hatten mehrere Billboards mit Jonas' Bildern, mit einem Bild des Komposites auf ihnen und einem 70.000 Dollar Reward.
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Blood on the Door
While the investigation has made little progress in naming a suspect, things are moving ahead on the forensics front.
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Blood on the Door
Michael und ich sind nach Colorado geflogen und mit ihm besucht worden. Er hat unsere Fragen beantwortet und hat Zeit für uns. Ich bin sicher, dass das auch Jasons Leben beeinflusst hat.
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Blood on the Door
Das war die Key, um die Person, die das gemacht hat, zu finden. Wow. Sie werden es finden können, wer sie ermordet hat.
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Blood on the Door
Yes. These are Jonna's little baby shoes. They rest here? That's where they stay here all the time.
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Blood on the Door
This is Jonna's room. We call it Jonna's room. I still have her wedding gown. You still have it. Still have her wedding gown.
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Blood on the Door
She looked beautiful in it, yes. 20 years old. Sie hat eine Weddingband für Jason gekauft. Und wir haben sie gekauft. Also trägt Jonas' Vater die Weddingband. Er trägt sie jeden Tag.
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Blood on the Door
Ich bin froh, dass sie erlebt hat, sich engagiert zu machen und eine Wedding zu planen.
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Blood on the Door
Während des Gesprächs mit den Untersuchern lernte Joan etwas anderes, das sie schockiert. Tennessee nimmt kein DNA, wenn man für einen Gewaltkrieg verhaftet wird, nur wenn man verhaftet wird. Ich war wirklich überrascht und sagte sogar, wow, das muss geändert werden.
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Blood on the Door
I would go to the capital and introduce myself and ask them if they would support the DNA law.
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Blood on the Door
This was the most important thing in the world to me, to find out who murdered Jonas.
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Blood on the Door
Joan, wie war es all diese Jahre? Es gibt keine Worte, um zu erklären, was wir durchgegangen sind.
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Blood on the Door
Wir brauchen Antworten. Ein schmerzhafter Krieger. Das ist, wer Joan ist. Das war immer mein Gebet, eine Antwort zu bekommen. Und ich glaubte in meinem Herzen, dass Gott meine Gebeten beantworten würde. Auch wenn es eine Weile dauerte? Ja.
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Blood on the Door
I couldn't believe what I was hearing, so I said, I want to put you on the speakerphone because I wanted Mike to hear too because I didn't was ich gehört habe. Es war ein Glück, dass Gott mein Gebet beantwortet hat.
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Blood on the Door
Wie ist das ein Unfall? Accidents happen one time, not 20 plus. No, that angered me that it was an accident.
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Blood on the Door
You look at that person and it's like, I know you're not supposed to hate anybody, but I hated him.
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Blood on the Door
When I got the news, I became very upset. I even cried. What were the tears for? Just tears of relief, because we don't have to fight the system.
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Blood on the Door
I called the DA's office and I said, I know you probably think I'm just a crazy old woman, but I want to see him dead. Just the way I had to look at my daughter dead.
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Blood on the Door
Ich fühlte mich traurig für seine Familie. Zwei Familien, ihre Leben wurden zerstört, schmerzhaft. Ich werde meine Tochter nie wieder sehen. Jetzt werden sie ihren Sohn nie wieder sehen.
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Blood on the Door
Es ist sehr gratifizierend, aber es ist auch traurig, dass es meiner Tochter passiert ist.
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Blood on the Door
She loved life. You know, I can still see her in her little red convertible with the top down and her ponytail blowing in the wind. Jonna's dead, but she's not dead in my heart. Plank flowers in her memory. Sometimes I'm outside, I think butterflies remind me.
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Blood on the Door
Es war 4 Uhr am Morgen, am 6. Dezember. Wir haben eine Telefonnachricht bekommen vom Knoxville-Ut-Hospital. Der Junge am anderen Ende des Telefons He asked to speak to Mike, which was very unusual because nobody called my cell phone and asked to speak with my husband.
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Blood on the Door
I heard him say, John has been murdered. At one point I was praying it wasn't her.
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Blood on the Door
My youngest son lived here. So I called him and I said hysterically, it's Jonna. Something's happened. You need to get to UT.
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Blood on the Door
When we got there, my youngest son was in the parking lot. He said, it's true, Mama, it's Jonna.
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Yes. I wish that I could spare them the heartache and the memory that they'll have forever.
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Blood on the Door
Sie war sehr ambitioniert. Sie hat gesungen und gegrüßt. Sie hatte zwei ältere Brüder. Sie hatte zwei ältere Brüder.
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Blood on the Door
Ja, sie hätte ein Manicure bekommen. Ich habe ihr kleine Haare gepolstert. Sie wollte immer Make-up tragen und ihr Haar fertig gemacht. Sie war mein bester Freund.
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Blood on the Door
Jonna wurde mit 20 verabredet. Kind of young. It was young, but she knew what she wanted and she worked hard to get it.
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Blood on the Door
Das ist viel. Aber sie war so ambitiös. Sie war ständig auf dem Weg. Wie geht sie darum, einen Ort zu finden? Sie war im Prozess, ein Apartment zu suchen, aber wir hatten das gleiche Ding nicht gefunden. Also hat sie mit einem Freund aus der Schule geblieben. Sie rief in den Bett. Das Freund war Jonas' Freundin, Jason Amamee.
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Blood on the Door
Ich habe Jason ein paar Jahre vorher kennengelernt, als sie in der Schule war. Er war jemand, mit dem du dich kennengelernt hast. Ja, wir wussten ihn und er war ein guter Freund. Es war nur eine temporäre Sache.
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Blood on the Door
Jason was stabbed also, but Jonna's brothers and her dad wondered why Jason didn't help her.
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Blood on the Door
Jonna war lustig, charismatisch, intelligent. Sie hatte diese Äußerung über sie, die einfach Leute einbrach.
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The After Show: Blood on the Door
Joan was on my mind from the time my eyes opened until I fell asleep at night. And I remember... That's just all I've thought about or done. And I didn't realize how I had neglected my other children with this. And they never complained about it. They never did. But I was talking with Tim, my oldest son, one day, and he said, well, Mom, don't forget you have Kelly and I.
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The After Show: Blood on the Door
So I thought, wow, that is really an eye-opener, because I have essentially just, Johnna's been the only, Johnna's murder was the only thing on my mind, and I have neglected them. And that's not fair to them. You know, it's not their fault. It wasn't their fault that Donna was murdered, just like it was, you know, none of our faults.
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The After Show: Blood on the Door
But it made me realize that I need to give them support, too, and I need to be the mother that they're used to and have time for them.
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The After Show: Blood on the Door
It's a portrait of Jonna. That was actually done after she was murdered. These are Jonna's little baby shoes.
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The After Show: Blood on the Door
That's where they stay here all the time. This is Jonna's room. We call it Jonna's room.
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The After Show: Blood on the Door
And I still have her wedding gown. You still have it. Still have her wedding gown. All these years later. After 20 years. This is it.
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The After Show: Blood on the Door
Oh, look at the train. She looked beautiful in it, yes. 20 years old.