Lance Herndon

Those phone records police obtained showed Lance called Talana at home at 11.31 p.m. and spoke with her for several minutes, just like she'd told detectives.

Those phone records police obtained showed Lance called Talana at home at 11.31 p.m. and spoke with her for several minutes, just like she'd told detectives.

So police were able to clear Janine, Kathy, and Talana.

So police were able to clear Janine, Kathy, and Talana.

Dionne Baugh, Lance's newest girlfriend who'd been tough in that interrogation room.

Dionne Baugh, Lance's newest girlfriend who'd been tough in that interrogation room.

And that wasn't all they had. Police searched their files and learned Lance had reported a trespasser outside his house a month before he was killed.

And that wasn't all they had. Police searched their files and learned Lance had reported a trespasser outside his house a month before he was killed.

Williams approached a car he saw in Lance's driveway.

Williams approached a car he saw in Lance's driveway.

It was Dionne, but that incident and her lies in the interrogation weren't enough for police to pin a murder on her. With no evidence to put Dionne at the crime scene, Rucker and his team were at a standstill, and the case dropped out of the news. I mean, more than a year and a half goes by, and there's no arrest.

It was Dionne, but that incident and her lies in the interrogation weren't enough for police to pin a murder on her. With no evidence to put Dionne at the crime scene, Rucker and his team were at a standstill, and the case dropped out of the news. I mean, more than a year and a half goes by, and there's no arrest.

Then, in January 1998, a year and a half after Lance's murder, they got a big one. A phone call came in. On the line, Dion's husband, Sean Nelson. He told police that he and his wife were getting a divorce, and one recent argument had turned ugly.

Then, in January 1998, a year and a half after Lance's murder, they got a big one. A phone call came in. On the line, Dion's husband, Sean Nelson. He told police that he and his wife were getting a divorce, and one recent argument had turned ugly.

But the prosecutor still needed more. After speaking with Dion's husband, Rucker learned she was set to testify in an Atlanta divorce court. So he went to the trial to be a fly on the wall and heard this curveball.

But the prosecutor still needed more. After speaking with Dion's husband, Rucker learned she was set to testify in an Atlanta divorce court. So he went to the trial to be a fly on the wall and heard this curveball.

That completely contradicted the relationship she described to detectives. Caught in another lie.

That completely contradicted the relationship she described to detectives. Caught in another lie.

And as she began testifying about the night of the murder, she told a whole new story. It was a whopper.

And as she began testifying about the night of the murder, she told a whole new story. It was a whopper.