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Bad Intentions
Dateline NBC
Kim Williams' First TV Interview
Kim Williams is serving a 40-year sentence for the murders of Mark Hasey and Mike McClelland. She says she was forced to participate in the killings out of fear. Now divorced from Eric, Kim blames health issues for her dependence on him.
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Eight years into Kim Williams' 40-year sentence, we traveled to Texas and met with her in prison for her first ever TV interview.
Speaker 6
Why? Why sit down now?
Speaker 3
Because I think it's probably time to go ahead and tell my side of
Speaker 1
the story. Kim is now divorced from Eric, and though she confessed and testified about her involvement in the murders, she now says she was forced to participate out of fear. She blames health issues for her dependence on Eric. I
Speaker 3
was broken. I had no confidence. I felt like I needed to stay with him to take care of me. And a lot of that was his mind manipulation. You know, you're sick. You're always going to be on this medication. You need me.
Speaker 1
Kim says she was on strong narcotics to help with an autoimmune disease and it affected her judgment. What has
Speaker 6
that done for you being off of all those drugs?
Speaker 3
It's made me more clear-headed. My mind was very cloudy back then, and I couldn't think straight, and I was pretty much a zombie. Some
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people felt that your testimony, even after the drugs had worn off, that your testimony was cold, that you
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showed little remorse for what had happened. The prosecution, the attorneys told me not to cry. But
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I did cry. I did cry.
Speaker 1
The prosecutors told us they said no such thing, and Kim was not seeing crying on the witness stand. When
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Eric first started talking about killing Mark Hasey and Mike McClelland, did you
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think he was serious?
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No, I didn't. To me, it was just talking blowing off steam. You know, I didn't take it seriously.
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