A Most Evil Couple

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed He was 29, from Kansas, and also a methamphetamine user. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

In Russell the Kansas Bureau of Investigation began looking into the couple as possible manufacturers of crystal methamphetamine. By March 2004 the inquiry was close to producing warrants. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed

Hewlett was 34. He had been born three months early and had nearly died as a baby, but he grew up in Kansas and in the late 1990s moved to Hattiesburg, where his mother had lived since 1988. He worked for the City of Hattiesburg Sanitation Department and lived in a wood-frame, three-bedroom house with his girlfriend, Linda Heinselman, 37, who had come with him from Kansas. Neither Hewlett nor Heinselman used methamphetamine. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

For a few weeks the arrangement held. Then Hewlett began to resent feeding two adults who were contributing little, and the atmosphere in the house worsened. this part of the story is covered for now Heinselman, driving her 1991 Dodge Dakota, accidentally backed into the Mitsubishi and knocked it off the road into a ditch, effectively destroying it. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

On or about 19 March 2004, a date the episode says could have been the 18th or the 20th, all four adults spent the day drinking. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed A trucker took her to a truck stop about two hours away, but she could not find another ride, so she turned back and eventually got a lift to the house.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it She went to the refrigerator for a beer and Hewlett took it from her. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

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this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed Heinselman said she did not know the combination; the safe belonged to Hewlett's mother and only she knew it. Hewlett eventually gave a combination, but it did not work. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now

Hewlett, who had been beaten for some time, said he had worked hard and was tired and went to bed. details of the account remain covered until revealed She found Heinselman bent over the safe with no trousers on. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it He said he had made her undress to break her will and had raped her with a beer bottle, and that she still would not give up the combination. this part of the story is covered for now

Hewlett came out of the bedroom and told Heinselman not to give the combination. The couple made everyone sit in the dark, then told Heinselman to pick the safe lock with a fork and hairpin. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it When she returned, Hewlett sat down in his chair. this part of the story is covered for now

Heinselman still said she could not open the safe. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it He told her to wait in the truck, then stabbed and beat Heinselman, who did not die. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed He slashed Hewlett's throat, and they loaded their belongings into the Dakota and drove away, throwing the hammer and the knife out along the highway.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Hewlett appeared dead in his chair, but Heinselman was still alive. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it They spent the day in lawn chairs in the front yard, drinking beer and waving at neighbours.

That evening Heinselman was still alive, more than twelve hours after the attack. this part of the story is covered for now They then decided to stay another day. Vernon Hewlett's nephews, Michael Hester, 17, and his 13-year-old brother Mitchell, stopped by after school; the couple told them Hewlett and Heinselman had gone away for a few days. They took the boys to the zoo and ate supper at the boys' grandmother's house, Carolyn Hester, who was Hewlett's mother. They did the same the following day.

They stripped the carpet from the living room and moved the bodies into the bathroom. On the Monday one of the boys skipped school and came to the house; they sent him on to Carolyn's and said they would meet him. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it They left Heinselman's head on. They loaded the bodies into the freezer, taped it shut, collected six or seven bags of evidence and drove to Kansas the next morning, planning to return and burn the house.

this part of the story is covered for now The couple stayed with relatives and made methamphetamine. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it A Kansas Bureau of Investigation search of the house found a white pickup with Mississippi tags and, in a wooden granary, a freezer that was plugged in and taped shut. Inside were the bodies of Vernon Hewlett, decapitated with his arms severed, and Linda Heinselman, bound and with a bag taped over her head. Seven bags of evidence were later recovered from the Russell County dump. The autopsies found that Heinselman had suffered twelve blunt-force injuries to the head, multiple cuts and stab wounds, and died from a combination of sharp-force injuries, blunt-force injuries and asphyxia; Hewlett died from blunt-force injuries to the left side of his head.

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