MrBallen

Internally, he was sort of amazed.

I mean, clearly Laverne was telling the truth.

It would have been impossible for her to have chosen that specific spot without having prior knowledge of where Tanya had been, meaning she was telling the truth.

She must have been involved in killing Tanya.

As they all climbed back into the car, Ingram knew they now had more than enough to formally arrest John and also Laverne.

She'd done the right thing by coming forward, but of course now there were going to be consequences.

On February 21st, so 16 days after Laverne called with her first tip, John Sovznovsky was arrested.

And five days after that, Laverne was arrested as well.

And both of them were charged with murder.

About 11 months later, Laverne's trial started.

And at that point, Laverne actually tried to change her story again.

She tried to recant her confession and said, no, I didn't actually do this, but...

The jury didn't buy her change of heart and convicted her of murder, and she was sentenced to life in prison.

As for John, two months after Laverne's sentencing, he was given the same sentence, life in prison.

And that should have been the end of the case, at least from the legal perspective.

But for the next three years following sentencing, Ingram just couldn't stop thinking about Laverne and John and Tanya Bennett.

Despite what Laverne had done...

He felt a lot of empathy for her.

She'd obviously been under John's control and had seemed genuinely terrified of him.

But more than that, Ingram had this horrible nagging feeling that they'd gotten something wrong here.