Susan Spencer

Yeah.

In fact, half of what Harwood said was the $25,000 payoff for the murder of Leta Sullivan.

Now, finally, Belinda believed him and she split, moving to Texas to start over.

Eventually, she got married.

But Harwood never let her forget what she knew or what would happen if she told.

Yeah, he threatened me pretty much the whole time.

He never stopped?

No.

For 11 years, it worked.

Belinda kept her mouth shut.

But by January of 1998, she had had it with the threats, and she finally challenged him.

And I even bluntly said it on the phone.

I said, did you kill that woman or what?

And he says, I don't want to discuss that right now.

And that's when Belinda decided to go to the cops.

Her boss, the lawyer, knew that they would have two big questions.

Why had she stayed silent for so long?

And was she perhaps also involved, since she was the one who had suggested those flowers?

But in the end, the authorities were so blown away by Belinda's story, they agreed that in return for her testimony, they would not press charges.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent John Lang, now retired, got the case.