ANGIE WILLIAMS COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE
HER SMOOTH-TALKING CO-WORKER, "WILLIE" WILLIAMS...
AND SHE SOON VOWED TO LOVE HIM FOREVER.
HE MADE ME HAPPY.
HE MADE ME FEEL GOOD, YOU KNOW? HE MADE ME FEEL SECURE.
BUT ANGIE'S DREAM OF A PERFECT MARRIAGE
WAS NO MATCH FOR WILLIE'S WANDERING EYES...
I SEE THE LATE-NIGHT PHONE CALLS.
I JUST KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.
BEFORE ANGIE COULD GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WILLIE'S LIES,
A SHOCKING SCANDAL WOULD ROCK HER WORLD...
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE WORST THINGS
YOU COULD EVER DO TO A PERSON.
...AND EXPOSE
EVERYTHING THAT WILLIE HAD TRIED SO HARD TO HIDE.
I WAS LIKE, "MY GOD. IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING?"
I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A NIGHTMARE.
WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE AND MARRIAGE,
THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM.
ANGIE WILLIAMS ALWAYS THOUGHT HER BEST WAS GOOD ENOUGH...
UNTIL HER FIRST MARRIAGE STARTED TO CRUMBLE.
WE START HAVING A LOT OF FUSSING, ARGUMENTS.
I WAS LIKE, "OKAY,
WELL, WE NEED TO MAYBE GIVE EACH OTHER SOME SPACE.
BUT DISTANCE DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE THE HEART GROW FONDER...
AND IN THE SPRING OF 1994, ANGIE'S MARRIAGE ENDED FOR GOOD.
AS THE WEEKS WENT BY,
ANGIE FOCUSED HER ATTENTION ON RAISING HER DAUGHTER
AND KEEPING HER NURSING CAREER MOVING FORWARD.
UNTIL ONE DAY THAT FALL
WHEN A SMOOTH-TALKING CO-WORKER SASHAYED HER WAY.
HIS NAME WAS HALINTON "WILLIE" WILLIAMS.
...BE ME AND YOU.
HE WAS A BUBBLY TYPE OF PERSON.
VERY CHARMING AND, YOU KNOW, WAS A HARD-WORKING TYPE OF PERSON.
BUT I DIDN'T THINK HE WAS GONNA BE FAITHFUL.
WILLIE HAD QUITE THE REPUTATION OF BEING A LADIES' MAN
AT THEIR ORLANDO HEALTHCARE CENTER.
BUT JUST AS ANGIE WAS READY TO WRITE HIM OFF,
A FRIEND ASSURED HER THAT WILLIE'S INTENTIONS WERE TRUE.
SHE WAS TELLING ME THAT HE CARED ABOUT ME,
HE REALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKED ME
AND WANT TO BUILD A FUTURE WITH ME.
BUT GETTING INTO THE DATING SCENE AGAIN...
THAT WAS KIND OF SCARY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE MADE ME FEEL COMFORTABLE.
SO I DECIDED TO GO FOR IT.
ANGIE AGREED TO GO OUT WITH WILLIE,
AND ONE DATE QUICKLY LED TO ANOTHER.
WILLIE TOLD ANGIE THAT HE WAS TIRED OF DATING JEALOUS WOMEN
AND HER LAID-BACK PERSONALITY
WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE HOPED HE WOULD FIND.
AS THE WEEKS WENT BY,
ANGIE SPENT MORE TIME WITH HER NEW BOYFRIEND
AND WAS PLEASED TO LEARN
HOW MUCH SHE AND WILLIE HAD IN COMMON.
WE HAD COOKOUTS. WE DID THE FAMILY THING.
AND HE MADE ME HAPPY.
HE MADE ME FEEL GOOD. HE MADE ME FEEL SECURE.
WILLIE TOOK HER A LOT OF PLACES.
AND I THINK AS ADVENTUROUS AS MY MOM IS,
SHE LIKED THE SPONTANEOUS THINGS.
IN MARCH OF 1996, 2 YEARS AFTER THEY BEGAN DATING,
WILLIE PROVED HIS LOVE FOR ANGIE BY PROPOSING TO HER
IN FRONT OF THEIR ENTIRE CHURCH CONGREGATION.
I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, HE MIGHT BE THE ONE.
HE'S DOING IT IN FRONT OF GOD AND EVERYONE."
SO, I SAID, "YES, I'LL MARRY YOU."
LIKE THAT.
AND EVERYBODY WAS "APPLAUSING."
THE ENGAGED COUPLE MOVED IN TOGETHER,
AND A YEAR LATER, IN JUNE OF 1997,
ANGIE ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT.
I WAS LIKE, "YAY. I'M GONNA HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE COUSIN."
I WAS HAPPY 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS MY FAVORITE AUNT.
SO, ANYTHING THAT MADE MY AUNT HAPPY, MADE ME HAPPY.
GLOWING WITH THE THOUGHT OF THEIR NEW FAMILY,
ANGIE AND WILLIE TIED THE KNOT THAT FALL
IN A SMALL CEREMONY AT THEIR LOCAL CHURCH.
THE WEDDING WAS NICE. HAD A RECEPTION AFTERWARDS.
I WAS VERY HAPPY, EXCITED.
I REMEMBER A LOT OF FLOWERS, A LOT OF DANCING, A LOT OF SMILES.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT TO BE EXCITED FOR THE PERSON.
SO, IT WAS A GOOD DAY TO REMEMBER.
AS THE NEWLYWEDS RETURNED TO NORMAL LIFE,
ANGIE COULDN'T HELP BUT STOP AND COUNT HER MANY BLESSINGS.
MY LIFE WAS GOING WELL. I WAS HAPPY.
WAS A NEW BRIDE,
A BABY ON THE WAY, A NEW HOUSE, NEW HUSBAND.
EVERYTHING WAS GOING GREAT.
BUT NOT EVERYTHING WAS AS IT SEEMED.
AND JUST FOUR YEARS LATER,
ANGIE WILLIAMS WOULD REALIZE
THAT SHE HAD BEEN LIVING A TOTAL LIE.
BY THE FALL OF 2001,
ANGIE'S HEALTH HAD TAKEN A DOWNWARD TURN.
SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH PNEUMONIA.
I WAS SICK AND WEAK
AND JUST FEELING DEPRESSED AT THAT POINT.
OVER THE YEARS,
LIFE WITH WILLIE HADN'T BEEN EASY.
BUT DESPITE EVERYTHING ANGIE HAD BEEN THROUGH,
NOTHING WOULD PREPARE HER FOR THE NEWS SHE RECEIVED
WHILE LAID UP IN HER HOSPITAL BED.
IT STARTED WITH A DISTURBING PHONE CALL FROM THE POLICE.
WHEN THE POLICE CALLED,
I THINK AT FIRST I THOUGHT THEY HAD THE WRONG NUMBER.
HEARING WHAT I WAS HEARING,
I FELT LIKE I'D BEEN HIT WITH A BRICK.
ANGIE WAS IN DISBELIEF
AS OFFICERS GAVE HER NEWS SO TRAUMATIZING,
SHE KNEW NOTHING WOULD EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.
IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING, SO DEVASTATING.
I CAN SEE WHERE SOME PEOPLE CAN CONTEMPLATE COMMITTING SUICIDE.
THIS WAS DEFINITELY THE WORST FOR MY MOTHER.
IN AUGUST OF 1997,
FOUR YEARS BEFORE THE POLICE WOULD DELIVER A TRAUMATIC BLOW,
ANGIE WILLIAMS COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE PROUD
OF HER HARDWORKING HUSBAND, WILLIE.
WILLIE WAS A VERY HARD WORKER.
HE WAS VERY LIKABLE ON THE JOB,
AND HE TOOK HIS JOB VERY SERIOUSLY.
ALMOST EVERYONE THOUGHT WILLIE
WAS A CARING AND RESPECTFUL NURSE'S ASSISTANT...
AT THE MEDICAL FACILITY WHERE HE HAD WORKED FOR YEARS.
BUT THE COUPLE'S HAPPINESS WAS SOON TEMPERED BY TRAGEDY.
IN NOVEMBER OF 1997,
WHILE 20 WEEKS PREGNANT,
ANGIE DEVELOPED COMPLICATIONS WITH THE BABY.
SHE WAS DEVASTATED
WHEN HER PREGNANCY ENDED IN A MISCARRIAGE.
I FELT A BIG LOSS, EMPTY.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY HARD.
WHEN MY MOM LOST THE BABY,
I THINK THAT WAS LIKE THE DARKEST TIMES
WITH ME AND HER, WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP,
WITH HER AND WILLIE'S RELATIONSHIP,
JUST ALL OF US ALL TOGETHER.
AS THE WEEKS WENT BY,
ANGIE SLOWLY RECOVERED FROM THE MISCARRIAGE.
SHE NEEDED HER HUSBAND MORE THAN EVER.
BUT WILLIE WAS SPENDING MORE TIME AT WORK THAN AT HOME.
YOU CAN KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT WAS TENSION.
YOU KNOW, HE STARTED WORKING MORE.
AND SOMETIME I FELT ALONE, YOU KNOW,
'CAUSE HE WAS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AWAY.
IN 1998, WHEN ANGIE LEARNED SHE WAS PREGNANT AGAIN,
SHE HOPED IT WOULD BREATHE LIFE BACK INTO THE MARRIAGE.
BUT SADLY, JUST SIX MONTHS LATER,
ANGIE'S SECOND PREGNANCY RESULTED IN ANOTHER MISCARRIAGE.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING LEFT IN HER
FROM THE FIRST MISCARRIAGE.
SO IT WAS VERY BAD. IT WAS THE WORST.
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,
JUST WHEN ANGIE NEEDED WILLIE THE MOST,
HE SEEMED TO BE BUSY ELSEWHERE.
I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE STORE,
AND I SAW WILLIE AND ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES
THAT HE WORKED WITH.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DID RECOGNIZE THE YOUNG LADY.
HE WAS DATING HER BEFORE ME.
THEY WAS JUST WALKING AND TALKING AND LAUGHING.
SO, I APPROACHED THEM, AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT'S GOING ON?"
ALWAYS THE GENTLEMAN,
WILLIE EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD GIVEN THE CO-WORKER
A RIDE TO THE MALL
SO THAT SHE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WALK ALONE.
IT DID MAKE SENSE BECAUSE THEY WORKED AT THE SAME PLACE,
BUT THAT WAS KIND OF STRANGE FOR ME.
EVEN THOUGH ANGIE WAS SUSPICIOUS,
SHE WAS INCLINED TO GIVE WILLIE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
BUT HER FAMILY WASN'T AS FORGIVING.
THERE WAS JUST REALLY SOMETHING
THAT I JUST COULD NOT PINPOINT ABOUT WILLIE THAT I DIDN'T LIKE.
BUT I KNEW MY MOTHER HAD TO BE HAPPY.
BUT IT WAS JUST SOMETHING I DIDN'T LIKE.
A FEW MONTHS LATER,
ANGIE WOULD REALIZE HER DAUGHTER WAS ONTO SOMETHING.
IN MARCH OF 1999, WILLIE WENT OFF TO WORK AS USUAL.
BUT HE LEFT HIS BAG AT HOME BY MISTAKE.
HE TOOK THAT BAG EVERYWHERE HE WENT...
TO WORK FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER...
HE KEPT THAT BAG WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES.
CURIOUS, ANGIE DECIDED TO TAKE A PEEK INSIDE.
SO I LOOKED IN THE BAG,
AND I SEEN A ROLL OF CONDOMS.
IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 12 CONDOMS.
NOTHING ELSE WAS IN THERE AT THAT TIME.
LIKE HE HAD GOT RID OF EVERYTHING,
BUT HE FORGOT THE CONDOMS.
ANGIE WAS FURIOUS.
AND LATER THAT EVENING,
WHEN WILLIE WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR,
SHE DEMANDED AN EXPLANATION.
BUT WILLIE REFUSED TO ADMIT ANYTHING.
HIS DEFENSE WAS, YOU KNOW,
"YOU SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING IN MY BAG
AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE MESSING WITH MY STUFF."
AND HE WALKED AWAY, SHUT THE DOOR,
YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS THAT.
I WAS THINKING HE WAS PROBABLY SEEING SOMEBODY AT THIS POINT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I, YOU KNOW,
BEING IN LOVE WITH HIM, I DIDN'T WANT MY MIND TO TAKE ME THERE.
ANGIE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE FIGHTING,
SO SHE LET THE MATTER GO.
BUT SEVERAL MONTHS LATER,
HER CONCERNS ABOUT WILLIE'S FAITHFULNESS
WOULD SURFACE ONCE AGAIN.
WE WERE SITTING DOWN FOR DINNER,
AND THE PHONE KEPT RINGING
ABOUT FOUR TIMES WITH WILLIE NEVER PICKING THE PHONE UP.
AND THEN FINALLY, I SAID TO HIM,
"YOU NEED TO PICK THE PHONE UP AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON."
WHEN THE PHONE RANG AGAIN, WILLIE ANSWERED,
BUT BY THIS TIME, THE CALLER WAS IRATE.
WILLIE WAS LIKE SHOUTING,
YOU KNOW, "STOP CALLING MY PHONE.
WHY ARE YOU CALLING MY PHONE?"
AND THEN HE WAS LIKE, "THIS JUST THIS CRAZY LADY.
"SHE'S BEEN STALKING ME, AND SHE JUST KEEP CALLING.
I'M GONNA GET A RESTRAINING ORDER ON HER."
SO THEN HE LEFT ABRUPTLY.
THEN, I'M THINKING, "OKAY, HE'S GOING TO DO THAT.
SO EVERYTHING'LL BE TAKEN CARE OF."
WITH DINNER RUINED
AND WILLIE ON HIS WAY TO THE POLICE STATION,
ANGIE BEGAN TO CLEAN UP,
WHEN SUDDENLY, THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR.
IT WAS A LADY.
AND APPARENTLY IT WAS THE WOMAN WHO WAS KEPT CALLING.
AND SHE START TEARING UP MY DECORATIONS ON THE DOOR,
BANGING ON THE DOOR, YOU KNOW, WITH HER FIST.
SHE WAS TELLING MY AUNT TO COME OUTSIDE.
AND I WAS LIKE, "DON'T GO OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S CAPABLE OF."
AND THEN SHE STARTED TRYING TO COME IN THE HOUSE.
ANGIE WASN'T SURE IF WILLIE WAS ON HIS WAY HOME,
AND SHE HAD NO IDEA IF THE STRANGER HAD A WEAPON.
SO SHE DECIDED TO CALL THE POLICE.
IT WAS DARK, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GO OUT THERE.
SHE WAS KICKING AND BAMMING ON THE WINDOWS
AND SAYING, "WILLIE, COME OUT. I KNOW YOU IN THERE."
IT WAS CRAZY.
WHO WAS THIS WOMAN,
AND WHY WAS SHE SO DESPERATE TO FIND WILLIE?
SHE WAS JUST SAYING A LOT OF STUFF LIKE,
"WILLIE'S MY HUSBAND."
IT WAS CRAZY TO ME.
I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A NIGHTMARE.
DECEMBER OF 1999 WAS ANYTHING BUT JOYOUS
FOR ANGIE WILLIAMS AND WILLIE... HER HUSBAND OF TWO YEARS.
ONE NIGHT THAT MONTH,
A STRANGE WOMAN APPEARED ON HER DOORSTEP,
DEMANDING TO TALK TO WILLIE.
BUT WILLIE WASN'T HOME.
SHE START TEARING UP THE DOOR, BUT I WOULDN'T GO OUT THE DOOR,
BECAUSE IT WAS STARTING TO BE DARK.
SHE WAS JUST SAYING A LOT OF STUFF LIKE,
"WILLIE'S MY HUSBAND."
AND MY MOM WAS JUST LIKE, "WHO ARE YOU?
LEAVE MY HOME."
AND, "HE'S NOT HERE."
IT WAS BAD.
FRIGHTENED, ANGIE CALLED 911.
AND WHEN THE POLICE SHOWED UP,
THEY PROMPTLY ARRESTED THE IRATE WOMAN
AND CHARGED HER WITH DOMESTIC BATTERY.
WILLIE HAD SHOWED UP AROUND THE TIME POLICE SHOWED UP.
WILLIE CLAIMED THE WOMAN WAS AN EX-GIRLFRIEND
WHO JUST COULDN'T LET HIM GO.
BUT ANGIE WASN'T CONVINCED
SHE WAS GETTING THE WHOLE STORY.
MY MOM TRIED TO BE STRONG FOR US.
YOU KNOW, SHE PLAYED IT COOL. BUT I KNOW IT HURT HER.
STILL, ANGIE WAS DETERMINED TO GIVE THIS MARRIAGE HER ALL.
AND OVER THE NEXT MONTH,
WILLIE SEEMED TO PUT MORE EFFORT INTO THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
THEN IN FEBRUARY OF 2000,
HE ASKED HER FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY FAVOR.
WILLIE CAME TO ME AND SAID, "YOU KNOW, THIS PATIENT...
"THE FACILITY IS ABOUT TO PUT HER OUT IN THE STREETS,"
YOU KNOW?
"AND COULD SHE COME HERE AND LIVE?"
THE PATIENT WAS A 36-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
WHO REQUIRED TOTAL CARE AT WILLIE'S NURSING FACILITY.
ALTHOUGH ANGIE WAS A NURSE HERSELF,
SHE HAD STRONG RESERVATIONS ABOUT WILLIE'S REQUEST.
SHE WASN'T ABLE TO WALK.
YOU KNOW, SHE WAS VERY DISABLED.
ANGIE THOUGHT WILLIE WAS JUST TRYING TO DO A GOOD DEED.
BUT SHE KNEW THE LIABILITY ALONE WAS TOO RISKY.
I SAID "NO."
I WAS LIKE, "SHE CAN'T LIVE HERE.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO HER, I DON'T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE."
AND HE NEVER BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN.
DESPITE ALL THAT HAD GONE WRONG,
AS THE YEAR ROLLED ALONG,
IT SEEMED LIKE LIFE WAS FINALLY SETTLING DOWN
FOR THE WILLIAMS FAMILY.
BUT IN NOVEMBER OF 2001,
ANGIE'S HEALTH TOOK A SUDDEN DOWNWARD TURN.
DOCTORS DIAGNOSED HER WITH DIABETES,
AND WHEN ANGIE ALSO CAME DOWN WITH A CASE OF PNEUMONIA,
SHE WAS IMMEDIATELY HOSPITALIZED.
THINGS SEEMED AT AN ALL-TIME LOW.
BUT THEY WERE ABOUT TO GET EVEN WORSE.
WHILE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, I GOT A CALL FROM THE POLICE.
I THINK AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THEY HAD THE WRONG NUMBER.
BUT AS THE OFFICER ON THE LINE KEPT TALKING,
ANGIE'S CONFUSION TURNED TO HORROR.
THE OFFICER EXPLAINED THAT A PATIENT AT WILLIE'S FACILITY,
WHO WAS BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY DISABLED,
HAD BEEN THE VICTIM OF A RAPE.
THE ASSAULT HAPPENED IN 2000,
AND THE PATIENT HAD SINCE DELIVERED A BABY BOY.
HER OBESITY HAD HIDDEN HER PREGNANCY FROM HOSPITAL STAFF.
INVESTIGATORS NOW FOCUSED ON WILLIE AS THEIR PRIME SUSPECT.
ANGIE'S HUSBAND WAS IN JAIL,
AWAITING THE RESULTS OF A PATERNITY TEST.
IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE TYPE OF FEELING.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THINGS WAS JUST HAPPENING SO FAST.
IT'S LIKE MY BRAIN JUST WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT.
WHEN MY MOM TOLD ME WHY WILLIE WAS ARRESTED,
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE MOST DEGRADING THING
YOU CAN EVER DO TO A HUMAN BEING.
I HAD TO TAKE MYSELF HOME,
BUT I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW.
I TOLD THE NURSE SOMETHING SO THAT THEY WOULD LET ME GO HOME.
AGAINST HER DOCTOR'S ADVICE,
ANGIE CHECKED OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
TUCKED AWAY IN THE SAFETY OF HER OWN HOME,
ANGIE WILLIAMS HAD NO IDEA
WHO TO BELIEVE OR WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT.
IT WAS JUST LIKE A DEATH, YOU KNOW,
IT WAS JUST LIKE A DEATH TO ME.
YOU MIGHT WAS MARRIED TO THIS GUY,
BUT YOU HAD NO CLUE.
I HAVEN'T EVER SEEN MY MOM THAT LOW IN LIFE, EVER.
IN NOVEMBER OF 2001,
ANGIE WILLIAMS WAS REELING FROM DEVASTATING NEWS.
HER HUSBAND WILLIE WAS SUSPECTED
OF RAPING A PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY DISABLED WOMAN
AT THE MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WORKED...
AND POSSIBLY FATHERING HER CHILD.
IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING. IT WAS SO DEVASTATING.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS HARD, VERY HARD.
WILLIE WAS NOW OUT ON BAIL.
HE HAD CONSENTED TO A PATERNITY TEST.
AND EVERYONE ANXIOUSLY AWAITED THE RESULTS.
MEANWHILE ANGIE HAD NO IDEA WHERE WILLIE WAS LIVING.
SHE HADN'T SPOKEN TO HIM SINCE HER HOSPITAL STAY.
I HAD TO GO TO WORK EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW?
I HAD A CHILD TO FEED,
BUT IT'S LIKE I WAS OUTSIDE MY BODY.
IT FELT LIKE A DEATH TO ME.
SHE FELT LIKE IT WAS HER FAULT, BUT IT'S NOT HER FAULT.
YOU CAN'T BLAME YOURSELF FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S MISTAKES.
YOU MIGHT WAS MARRIED TO THIS GUY,
BUT YOU HAD NO CLUE, SO YOU CAN'T BLAME YOURSELF.
ANGIE WAS DISTRAUGHT,
AND JUST WHEN IT SEEMED THAT THINGS COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE,
SHE LEARNED THAT THE PATIENT WAS THE SAME WOMAN
THAT WILLIE HAD ASKED TO BRING HOME AND CARE FOR
THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
WHEN THE DNA RESULTS CAME BACK FROM THE LAB,
THE TRUTH WAS EVEN MORE PAINFUL THAN ANGIE EVER IMAGINED.
WILLIE WAS INDEED THE FATHER OF HIS PATIENT'S BABY.
HE WAS IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH SEXUAL BATTERY
ON A MENTALLY DEFECTIVE PERSON.
I WAS DEVASTATED. I WAS HURT.
AND I CAN SEE WHERE SOME PEOPLE
CAN CONTEMPLATE COMMITTING SUICIDE
BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THAT FOR A LITTLE SPLIT SECOND.
YOU KNOW, SO, I STARTED DOING A LOT OF PRAYING.
THIS WAS DEFINITELY WORSE... THE WORST FOR MY MOTHER,
FEELING THE WAY SHE FELT,
BECAUSE SHE DEFINITELY HAD WILLIE SO HIGH ON A PEDESTAL
THAT HE WAS IN THE GALAXY, LITERALLY.
AND HE COULD DO NO WRONG IN HER EYES.
IN HIS SICK MIND,
HE PROBABLY KNEW THAT THAT GIRL WAS PREGNANT
AND WAS PROBABLY TRYING TO HAVE HER COME HAVE A BABY THERE
AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER PASS HIM ALONG AS OURS,
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I HAD THE TWO MISCARRIAGES.
WITH ALL HIS LIES AND DECEIT,
ANGIE WONDERED IF WILLIE HAD EVER BEEN FAITHFUL TO HER
DURING THEIR 4-YEAR MARRIAGE.
I DON'T THINK HE NEVER BEEN FAITHFUL TO ME.
YOU KNOW, HE WOULD TELL ME JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE HIMSELF LOOK GOOD
AND MAKE SOMEBODY ELSE LOOK BAD.
ANGIE WAS READY TO MOVE ON
AND WANTED NOTHING MORE TO DO WITH WILLIE.
SHE KNEW THAT GETTING CALLED TO TESTIFY IN HIS TRIAL
WAS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY.
AND ANGIE WAS TERRIFIED AT THE THOUGHT
OF HAVING TO RELIVE HER NIGHTMARE IN COURT.
BUT THAT DAY WOULD NEVER COME.
IN JULY OF 2003,
WILLIE TOOK A PLEA DEAL
AND WAS CONVICTED OF SEXUAL BATTERY
ON A MENTALLY DEFECTIVE PERSON
AND LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS MOLESTATION.
HE WAS SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS IN PRISON.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THIS MAN IS SICK, YOU KNOW.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. "THIS MAN IS SICK."
TODAY, THE UNENDING HEARTBREAK ANGIE FELT
BECAUSE OF WILLIE IS A THING OF THE PAST.
IT TOOK 'BOUT ALMOST A YEAR BEFORE I WAS FEELING BETTER.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS TOUGH,
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF SUPPORT SYSTEM BEHIND YOU.
YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT IT,
BUT HE'S HISTORY FOR ME.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S ONLY SO MUCH A PERSON CAN HANDLE.
AND SHE HANDLED IT ALL, AND SHE HANDLED IT WELL.
SHE'S THE STRONGEST WOMAN I EVER MET TO THIS DAY,
AND I LOVE HER.
ANGIE STILL WORKS AS A NURSING ASSISTANT.
HER HEALTH HAS REMARKABLY IMPROVED,
RIGHT ALONG WITH HER LOVE LIFE.
I GOT A NEW MAN IN MY LIFE,
AND I AM NOW ENGAGED.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING, YOU KNOW, BEING MORE CONFIDENT,
MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW.
I AM IN CONTROL OF MY LIFE.