Maurice Shema

Judith Kelling was the woman who claimed David Wood raped her out in the desert.

Ramona says she was out one day looking for her sister-in-law, who was still missing, when she spotted Kelling and sidled up to her.

You can tell in Greg's voice how much he would love to poke holes in Judith Kelling's credibility.

It's something he's been trying to do for years.

For example, he found one source who gave a sworn statement to the court that Judith Kelling had been a police informant, and specifically that she'd been Detective Johnny Guerrero's informant when she reported her rape.

Judith also spent long stretches in jail around this time on drug charges.

On top of that, Gregg has noticed that her story of what exactly happened in the desert kept changing, getting more and more aligned with other things the police believed about David Wood and the murders.

Gregg uses these points to make an argument in court filings.

Desperate to solve the murders, Detective Guerrero squeezed an equally desperate Judith Kelling to point the finger at David Wood.

We asked Detective Guerrero about all of this, and he denies that Kelling was ever his informant.

Judith Kelling died a decade ago, so Greg can't ask her about it.

But here, in this Whataburger, Ramona claims Kelling revealed much more to her about what really went down.

Mike Plyler?

What?

The same guy Greg asked about at the courthouse a few hours ago?

The one I thought was a long shot?

I look over at Greg, and I can see he's just as surprised.

He's barely able to contain himself, nodding so hard it's like he's swaying.

Ramona says that after she got Mike Plyler's name from Judith, she and her mom looked for the guy and, well, basically stalked him.

They staked out his apartment, watched him come and go.