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TV show airing Monday unites daughters of victim, killerCourtesy photoTammy Zimmerman, left, gets a hug from Tracy Clemons, whose mother was killed in 1980 by Zimmerman’s mother. According to Jimmy Fry, the women pledged to be friends at a taping of the Montel Williams Show.Bn Kelly Kazekkelly@athensne\vs-courier,comAn episode of The Montel Williams Show in which . a local murder is discussed by the daughter of the victim and the daughter of the woman convicted of murder will air at 10 a.m. Monday on Fox 54. The show features the story of Geneva Clemons, who was murdered Jan. 21, 1980, and her infant son kidnapped. Clemons' husband. Larry, and ,1 her daughter. Iracy, were interviewed for the show, as well as Tammy Zimmerman, whose . mother Jackie Sue Schut remains in Tutwiler Prison, convicted of Geneva Clemons' death.Jimmy Fry, who prosecuted the case when he was Limestone County District Attorney, was also interviewed for the show.“They (Tracy and Tammy) are brought together for the first time as adults and compare their experiences, which in some ways were very similar. Fry said in an e-mail.Tracy was 5 when she witnessed Schut shoot her mother on the front porch of the Clemons family home. Schut took I racy’s infant brother James and handed him through the car window to her then-7-year-old daughter Tammy.Tammy was 14 and Iracy 12 when both girls testified at Schuts trial. Schut, along with her husband Harold Lee, was convicted of murder and kidnapping.Fry said authorities believed the Schuts were involved in a baby-sellingring.James survived after the Schuts abandoned him beside a road in Hartselle. He continues to live in Limestone County but did not appear on the show.
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