The handcuffs clicked. The son wept. The mother stared straight ahead. The trial lasted four weeks. The jury took three hours. The verdict was never in doubt. This is the final chapter of the mother and son who killed together.

Part three follows the courtroom drama that ended the reign of one of the most disturbing murderous duos in recent history. The prosecution presented over 200 exhibits, including the carpet fiber that placed the victims in the trunk, the cell phone tower data that contradicted every alibi, and the recorded jail calls where mother and son discussed coordinating their stories. The defense argued that the son had acted alone, that the mother was a victim of his manipulation, not his co-conspirator. The jury did not believe it. The mother was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole. The son received a lesser sentence in exchange for his testimony, but he will not see freedom until he is an old man. The victims' families spoke at sentencing. They did not speak of revenge. They spoke of the children who would grow up without their father and the grandmother who died without knowing why her son had to die.

Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the mother and son who thought they could get away with murder learned that the only thing they could not kill was the truth.

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