Matthew Rourke

Everybody was freaking out, thinking that there's a killer out there, that they might be next, and a lot of outpouring and a lot of concern to find out exactly what had happened.

Everybody was freaking out, thinking that there's a killer out there, that they might be next, and a lot of outpouring and a lot of concern to find out exactly what had happened.

Parts of Johnson County are very rural and houses are very far apart in most of the county. But where this happened, there was plenty of houses nearby. There's a church across the hill. They had neighbors that were close by and none of them heard anything.

Parts of Johnson County are very rural and houses are very far apart in most of the county. But where this happened, there was plenty of houses nearby. There's a church across the hill. They had neighbors that were close by and none of them heard anything.

Both bullets were recovered. Both bullets did enter the bodies and exit the bodies. The bullet for Billie Payne was found in a pillowcase, and the bullet for Billie Jean was found in a little bouncy seat that belonged to the baby.

Both bullets were recovered. Both bullets did enter the bodies and exit the bodies. The bullet for Billie Payne was found in a pillowcase, and the bullet for Billie Jean was found in a little bouncy seat that belonged to the baby.

Further through ballistics, it was found that the bullets that were used had markings on them where whoever fired them had taken the time to sit down beforehand and carve X's into the tip of of each bullet, which basically creates almost a hollow point so that whenever they penetrate, they break up and cause more damage than an unaltered bullet would fired from the same weapon.

Further through ballistics, it was found that the bullets that were used had markings on them where whoever fired them had taken the time to sit down beforehand and carve X's into the tip of of each bullet, which basically creates almost a hollow point so that whenever they penetrate, they break up and cause more damage than an unaltered bullet would fired from the same weapon.

The medical examiner did say that he was shot before he was cut, but the cut didn't come very long after the gunshot.

The medical examiner did say that he was shot before he was cut, but the cut didn't come very long after the gunshot.

In the days following the killings, it was very much an open question, and it caused a lot of panic in the community because there just nothing seemed to be blatantly obvious or no leads that they could really put their fingers on in the beginning.

In the days following the killings, it was very much an open question, and it caused a lot of panic in the community because there just nothing seemed to be blatantly obvious or no leads that they could really put their fingers on in the beginning.

In the very beginning, law enforcement, they were just interviewing anybody and everybody that had any contact with Billy Payne and Billie Jean Hayworth. They spoke to friends, they spoke to family members, they spoke to neighbors, talking to everybody just to find out who might have animosity towards the couple.

In the very beginning, law enforcement, they were just interviewing anybody and everybody that had any contact with Billy Payne and Billie Jean Hayworth. They spoke to friends, they spoke to family members, they spoke to neighbors, talking to everybody just to find out who might have animosity towards the couple.

Billie Payne was several years older than Billie Jean, but they got along really well by all accounts. Everybody that knew them said that they were just very jovial people, very welcoming, easy to get along with.

Billie Payne was several years older than Billie Jean, but they got along really well by all accounts. Everybody that knew them said that they were just very jovial people, very welcoming, easy to get along with.

It kept being mentioned that Billy Payne and Billie Jean Hayworth had some animosity with people online, specifically Janelle Potter and the Potter family.

It kept being mentioned that Billy Payne and Billie Jean Hayworth had some animosity with people online, specifically Janelle Potter and the Potter family.

They had moved to Johnson County in the early 2000s from up in Pennsylvania. Marvin Potter, he had worked in construction early on and suffered, by all accounts, a horrendous fall. So he was 100% disabled. And

They had moved to Johnson County in the early 2000s from up in Pennsylvania. Marvin Potter, he had worked in construction early on and suffered, by all accounts, a horrendous fall. So he was 100% disabled. And