Susan Leibovitz

We are going to get this party started.

Soup to nuts.

So on January 7th, 2023, Sarah Hartsfield calls 911, and she would later tell investigators that she found her husband, who's a diabetic, unresponsive after his blood sugar had dropped drastically.

Joe was rushed to the hospital where they tried everything, but none of the typical treatments work, and quickly the ER team suspected foul play.

A nurse called the local authorities, and within hours, deputies from Chambers County Sheriff's Office arrived at the hospital asking questions.

That's right.

So the autopsy didn't actually say it was homicide, but they found a cause, complications of toxic effects of insulin.

So it was that cause, plus the evidence and information from Joe's family that led investigators to believe Sarah was responsible.

So Sheriff Brian Hawthorne...

It was his detectives from Chambers County Sheriff's Office that handled the investigation into Joe's death.

He spoke to the press about what we can expect from trial over the next week or so.

He talked about what she'll be wearing and where she's being held.

But when he was asked about the national attention this case has brought, he mentioned Sarah's past.

And then the sheriff went on to speak more generally about Sarah.

Since the sheriff made a statement, he's now been named a witness and witnesses are not allowed to make statements.

So we will not be hearing from him until after trial.

That's right.

Prosecutor Mallory Barrios said Sarah and Joe seemed very happy at first.

She mentioned it was a whirlwind romance and that that whirlwindness of it all sort of concealed Sarah's true nature.

And the prosecutor said the volume of evidence is by Sarah's own doing, that she