MrBallen

Like when she pointed out the spot on the side of the highway where the body was found,

She just guessed, but it happened to be right.

However, the problem was, despite, you know, basically nailing the framing of John and getting him wrapped up with a murder conviction, she also sort of inadvertently implicated herself.

You know, when she came out and said, well, I participated in the murder, her thinking was, they'll take pity on me, and they'll blame John, he'll go to jail, and I'll be okay, but...

No, she also got convicted of murder and went to jail as well.

And Laverne and John were literally in prison, basically riding out their life sentences, when the actual killer, the real Tanya Bennett killer, sent a letter to authorities confessing to his crime.

That was why that prosecutor called Ingram.

It was to tell him, like, I think there's been a mistake.

They clearly didn't do it.

After the real killer was arrested in 1995, Laverne and John were both released from prison.

In total, they both served four years in jail, all because of Laverne's lies.

One morning in early November of 2023, a 71-year-old woman named Patrice Miller stood in front of her fridge in her little home in the rural town of Downeyville, California.

and she saw she was running low on food, which meant it was time to place an order with the market in town, which delivered her groceries for her.

Getting her food delivered was essential for Patrice and where she was at in her life right now.

She lived alone and had a whole house to take care of, which was definitely getting harder the older she got.

She'd also had some health problems lately, so it was getting more difficult just to move around.

You know, she even had a walking stick just to prop herself up.

As Patrice stood in front of her fridge, wondering what she was gonna add to her grocery list,

She heard one of her two cats meowing outside, and this reminded her that, amongst some other chores, she needed to feed her cats.

So she decided to make her list later, and she just closed the fridge door, put some cat food in a bowl, and then grabbed her walking stick and headed outside.