Susan Spencer

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.

His question, after so long, could she still ID the man who had paid Harwood off?

He showed her a photo array.

And does she say, oh my God, that's him?

But after a few minutes, she again pointed right to the picture of Jim Sullivan.

Once he had her positive ID, Lang set out to verify the rest of Belinda's story.

It was a huge breakthrough.

The first hard evidence linking Harwood and Sullivan in the months before Leta was killed.

But was it enough to nail Jim Sullivan?

Today, Belinda and her husband Tim Trahan share a picture-perfect life in rural Texas.

a far cry from 1998 when Belinda feared for her life and literally went underground.

She retreated in fear to this crawl space barely four feet high, living deep under her house with a TV, a bed, and a loaded .357 Magnum.

She was hiding in terror from her ex-boyfriend, Tony Harwood, and from Jim Sullivan.

He could hire a professional hitman.

He could take me out at any time.

In the 11 years since Lita's murder, Sullivan had been a free man.

And yet even with Belinda's story, police still didn't have enough solid evidence to charge him.