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LegacyContinued from Page 1AI.iiher. ;nc both sen mg sentenceshi connection with the crime lie is incarcerated in Texas; she in Julialutwiler Prison tor Women in Wctumpka She is serving a life sentence. fun is eligible foi parole again in Hei two preMousapplications were denied.The crime\iiliionlies beheve liic* Scliuts uete opetatmg .1 babv-selling ring when thev came through Athenson Jan. 21. I*W()Jackie Sue arrived at the door ol the lt;lemons home that evening and when (leneva came to the dooi. g tabbed hei infant son James I10111 hei aims hctore shooting her and leaving her crumpled on thep. n hI rv said his ev idence showedwJackie Sue shoved the baby through the w indow ot her car to Harold l ee. However, he said at the taping ol Montel. lammy said hei mothei actuallv handed therbabv to her I he Jamilv then drove s. mil) before I larold I ee. hearing a siren, abandoned the baby in a field beside the mad in ilartselle \ man driving past decided to inspect the while bundle and found lames cold hut unharmedIraev ( lemons witnessed her mother's deathl.mimv /immerman witnessed her mothei s crimesli would be live vears before0the Schuts weie captured m W.rliington wheie ihev hail been attested and charged w illi sexually abusing and ptostitulmg lammy and l.immv s sisietI tv tought to have the couple bn.iighi to \labama to face charges ot kidnapping and murderherelackie Sue was Hied lust in Mav llH Alter heating live days ol tesimioiiv. a I imestone ( ountv¥ Wluiv tound her guilty o! murder and second-degree kidnapping. Harold lee Schut was convictedlateiIn her testimonv. lammv /immerman then 14. said she was in the backseat ot .1 ear with her mother and stepfather when she heard shotsI wa. praving and then I heardtwo shots .uul started screaming.” site oid I ee then backhanded me in the tace and we took oftThe aftermathI arrv ( lemons said Tammy /immerman has led a troubled life since the crimes, haunted by her mothei s crimes.She wanted to know if we wete mad at hei.' he said. “We’renotI tv viid one ol lummy s tor-met teachers was also a guest on the show and described how she siis|K*cted something was wrong” 111 lammv s hie. It was heart-wienching to see the two young women working through their emotions, he said.I racy told lammy. Till not mad at vou We both lost our*mothers I don't have a sister; if vou ever need a sister. I'll be your sistei' I here wasn't a dry eye in the place.” Kry saidJames, who is now a young man, did not want to be a guest on the show, Larry said. “It was just too hard” he said.The ( lemons family still has a hard time coping with the murder, he said.“It still hurts us, especially around birthdays, he said. Geneva’s birthday was January 6.He also plans to attend Jackie Sue s next parole hearing.“We'll fight it again,” he said.
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