1 00:00:00,515 --> 00:00:00,595 - 2 00:00:02,095 --> 00:00:05,635 - Sandra Bridewell has fallen from Grace in Dallas society, 3 00:00:06,365 --> 00:00:07,435 shown by neighbors 4 00:00:07,435 --> 00:00:10,235 and most friends in the posh Highland Park community 5 00:00:10,235 --> 00:00:12,555 that is home to oil and real estate parents. 6 00:00:13,455 --> 00:00:15,955 Her connection to three mysterious shooting deaths 7 00:00:15,955 --> 00:00:20,075 and the stories about them label Sandra the Black widow, 8 00:00:21,055 --> 00:00:22,515 she flees to the West Coast 9 00:00:22,855 --> 00:00:25,235 to escape her scandalous reputation. 10 00:00:26,105 --> 00:00:29,595 True crime author John Lee unveils in his book, the Meaning 11 00:00:29,615 --> 00:00:32,275 of Malice, the Black Widow of Highland Park, 12 00:00:32,975 --> 00:00:37,395 how Sandra Bridewell tries to reinvent herself eventually 13 00:00:37,455 --> 00:00:38,635 as a missionary 14 00:00:42,575 --> 00:00:43,595 - De magazine. 15 00:00:43,945 --> 00:00:47,675 It's our local glossy monthly magazine about events 16 00:00:47,735 --> 00:00:49,595 and gossip and events. 17 00:00:49,655 --> 00:00:53,835 In Dallas De Magazine in May 18 00:00:53,835 --> 00:00:57,495 of 1987, did a cover story 19 00:00:59,145 --> 00:01:00,485 on the Black Widow. 20 00:01:00,945 --> 00:01:05,165 So by then, she's given that moniker, 21 00:01:05,425 --> 00:01:09,965 the Black Widow, that d magazine 22 00:01:10,095 --> 00:01:12,085 cover story, which is published a year 23 00:01:12,085 --> 00:01:16,125 after Sandra left Dallas, was a sensation. 24 00:01:16,985 --> 00:01:19,365 - The Black Widow story would've gone viral, 25 00:01:19,905 --> 00:01:21,765 but this was the pre-internet age. 26 00:01:22,545 --> 00:01:24,685 But someone started pumping out copies 27 00:01:24,785 --> 00:01:26,925 of the story on their fax machines to 28 00:01:27,525 --> 00:01:30,045 wherever Sandra Bridewell showed up in the Bay 29 00:01:30,075 --> 00:01:31,405 area of California. 30 00:01:31,985 --> 00:01:35,085 - So Belvere is an upscale, affluent 31 00:01:36,515 --> 00:01:40,005 community just on the north side of the Golden Gate. 32 00:01:40,785 --> 00:01:45,165 The San Francisco Yacht Club is actually in Belvedere on the 33 00:01:45,165 --> 00:01:47,165 north side of the Golden Gate. 34 00:01:48,325 --> 00:01:51,485 Sandra's taken up residence in Belvedere in an apartment 35 00:01:51,635 --> 00:01:53,365 next door to the Yacht Club. 36 00:01:53,695 --> 00:01:55,285 She's ingratiated herself 37 00:01:55,315 --> 00:01:58,525 with this affluent society in Marin County. 38 00:01:59,135 --> 00:02:04,125 These de magazine copies start showing up at the homes 39 00:02:04,225 --> 00:02:08,045 and offices of prominent people, and the signal is clear. 40 00:02:08,705 --> 00:02:11,085 Be very, very careful with this lady, 41 00:02:11,585 --> 00:02:15,325 - But all these wealthy men are loaning her money. Yeah. 42 00:02:15,415 --> 00:02:19,525 - She's gotten back into the borrowing money from 43 00:02:19,715 --> 00:02:20,765 married men, 44 00:02:21,115 --> 00:02:22,405 - Tens of thousands of dollars. 45 00:02:23,655 --> 00:02:25,395 - The two men that came forward, 46 00:02:27,205 --> 00:02:32,025 and their wives were fully cognizant of this, 47 00:02:32,285 --> 00:02:33,545 and even supportive 48 00:02:33,645 --> 00:02:35,985 of the husband's decision to come forward. 49 00:02:37,495 --> 00:02:41,505 Said that one. Okay. Remember, this is 1986. 50 00:02:42,255 --> 00:02:45,225 Okay? So a dollar went a lot further back then. 51 00:02:45,865 --> 00:02:50,345 I think one guy said that she'd gotten about 30 K out 52 00:02:50,345 --> 00:02:51,785 of him, 30,000. 53 00:02:52,205 --> 00:02:56,545 The other guy, she'd gotten $76,000 out of him, 54 00:02:57,485 --> 00:03:02,065 and they claimed that she asked 55 00:03:02,085 --> 00:03:03,825 for this money as a loan 56 00:03:04,395 --> 00:03:07,105 after they loaned her the money. 57 00:03:07,405 --> 00:03:10,945 She then said, well, thank you for your generosity. 58 00:03:12,425 --> 00:03:14,505 I think I'll be moving on my married way. 59 00:03:14,685 --> 00:03:17,505 And then when, when the men then said, well, no, 60 00:03:17,745 --> 00:03:20,785 wait a minute, that that, what are you talking about? 61 00:03:20,815 --> 00:03:22,665 That was a loan. She said, 62 00:03:22,785 --> 00:03:24,225 I don't know what you're talking about. 63 00:03:24,445 --> 00:03:26,625 Why didn't you discuss this with your wife? 64 00:03:27,195 --> 00:03:30,145 These two guys concluded they didn't want 65 00:03:30,145 --> 00:03:31,425 to be pushed around like this. 66 00:03:31,485 --> 00:03:35,335 So they told their wives what had happened. 67 00:03:35,555 --> 00:03:39,415 The wives forgave them, let's say, 68 00:03:39,595 --> 00:03:44,015 or decided that they were going to stand by their husbands, 69 00:03:44,015 --> 00:03:46,095 even though their husbands had made these 70 00:03:46,145 --> 00:03:47,855 indiscreet decisions with Sandra. 71 00:03:49,075 --> 00:03:53,055 So those were two civil cases that added 72 00:03:53,155 --> 00:03:54,575 to the fact pattern. 73 00:03:54,725 --> 00:03:56,055 This is what she does. 74 00:03:56,515 --> 00:03:59,695 She befriends, let's say, married men. 75 00:03:59,795 --> 00:04:01,055 She borrows money from them, 76 00:04:01,075 --> 00:04:02,455 and then she doesn't pay them back. 77 00:04:02,595 --> 00:04:06,295 Now, I believe those two guys that came forward are the tip 78 00:04:06,355 --> 00:04:07,695 of the iceberg, and 79 00:04:07,695 --> 00:04:09,175 - It's a classic romance scam. 80 00:04:09,595 --> 00:04:12,415 So where to then, uh, they're figuring out 81 00:04:12,415 --> 00:04:13,535 who she is out there. 82 00:04:14,475 --> 00:04:17,775 - So now we're getting into the section of my book. 83 00:04:17,895 --> 00:04:19,575 I title it, wandering Spirit. 84 00:04:20,195 --> 00:04:24,055 She becomes a wanderer, a a, a drifter. 85 00:04:24,155 --> 00:04:25,775 She, she leaves the Bay Area. 86 00:04:25,995 --> 00:04:28,095 She turns up in Tucson, Arizona. 87 00:04:29,355 --> 00:04:32,855 And then through the very excellent reporting of 88 00:04:34,075 --> 00:04:37,455 an investigative journalist in Dallas named Glenna Whitley. 89 00:04:37,635 --> 00:04:41,015 You know, now we're getting into this era of Sandra, 90 00:04:41,015 --> 00:04:45,775 or wandering around, but a kind of heightened awareness. 91 00:04:46,355 --> 00:04:50,395 So Glenna starts getting calls from people 92 00:04:51,625 --> 00:04:53,995 from different parts of the country saying, 93 00:04:54,825 --> 00:04:56,155 I've encountered this woman. 94 00:04:57,005 --> 00:04:58,515 She's in Tucson for a while. 95 00:04:58,655 --> 00:05:00,635 She then circles back to the Bay Area. 96 00:05:00,775 --> 00:05:04,435 She goes to the South Bay, to Palo Alto in the heart 97 00:05:04,435 --> 00:05:05,515 of Silicon Valley. 98 00:05:06,255 --> 00:05:07,675 She lives there for a while, 99 00:05:08,175 --> 00:05:12,355 and then in the early nineties, she changes her persona. 100 00:05:12,975 --> 00:05:16,275 She seduces a married man in the Bay Area. 101 00:05:16,855 --> 00:05:18,275 She claims she's pregnant. 102 00:05:19,015 --> 00:05:21,155 He is trying to figure out a way 103 00:05:21,155 --> 00:05:22,555 to manage this with his wife. 104 00:05:23,095 --> 00:05:27,115 His wife says, well, okay, you've suffered the relationship 105 00:05:27,145 --> 00:05:29,835 with her, but you know, I I don't trust 106 00:05:31,625 --> 00:05:33,355 that you'll stay away from her. 107 00:05:33,415 --> 00:05:36,515 So what he, the arrangement he makes with Sandra is 108 00:05:37,295 --> 00:05:38,755 he moves her to Boston 109 00:05:39,695 --> 00:05:43,795 and he rents an apartment on Boston's Beacon Hill, 110 00:05:45,575 --> 00:05:48,115 and that's the arrangement she's gonna be on the 111 00:05:48,115 --> 00:05:49,315 other side of the country. 112 00:05:50,425 --> 00:05:54,635 Okay. At that point, I found evidence 113 00:05:55,745 --> 00:05:59,325 that Sandra develops an interest in religion. 114 00:06:00,305 --> 00:06:03,555 Okay, so now she's crossed the threshold of 50, 115 00:06:04,455 --> 00:06:06,235 or getting into the early nineties. 116 00:06:06,265 --> 00:06:07,515 Yeah, 1994. 117 00:06:09,125 --> 00:06:10,355 She's 50 years old, 118 00:06:11,215 --> 00:06:13,995 and she develops an interest in 119 00:06:13,995 --> 00:06:15,515 Christian, the Christian religion. 120 00:06:15,895 --> 00:06:19,395 Now, she'd already demonstrated an early interest in this 121 00:06:19,465 --> 00:06:20,475 when she was a member 122 00:06:20,475 --> 00:06:23,075 of the Highland Park Presbyterian Church congregation, 123 00:06:23,575 --> 00:06:25,515 but now she really gets into it. 124 00:06:25,775 --> 00:06:29,715 She actually receives some ministerial training 125 00:06:31,175 --> 00:06:34,355 and starts introducing herself as a minister 126 00:06:35,615 --> 00:06:36,755 and as a missionary. 127 00:06:37,495 --> 00:06:40,595 And this is a whole nother chapter in the story 128 00:06:40,615 --> 00:06:43,515 of Sandra's adventures as an apparent minister 129 00:06:43,515 --> 00:06:44,595 and Christian missionary. 130 00:06:45,395 --> 00:06:49,215 - And she says she was a missionary in India, China. 131 00:06:49,795 --> 00:06:53,575 - People would occasionally encounter Sandra on 132 00:06:54,115 --> 00:06:56,255 an aircraft, you know, in an airport, 133 00:06:56,805 --> 00:07:00,055 just random encounters in a coffee shop, wherever. 134 00:07:00,155 --> 00:07:01,535 And she proclaimed 135 00:07:01,675 --> 00:07:05,935 to be a Christian missionary in the United States in 136 00:07:05,935 --> 00:07:07,135 between missions. 137 00:07:07,355 --> 00:07:10,015 So she claimed she was often in, in Africa 138 00:07:10,275 --> 00:07:14,975 or India, doing the work of the Lord as, 139 00:07:15,035 --> 00:07:16,335 as a missionary looking 140 00:07:16,345 --> 00:07:19,135 after the, the needy, the, 141 00:07:19,835 --> 00:07:23,455 the undernourished like Christ himself tending 142 00:07:23,455 --> 00:07:24,775 to the sick and the poor. 143 00:07:25,115 --> 00:07:26,895 And people found this very compelling, 144 00:07:27,195 --> 00:07:29,775 and she knew the Bible very well. 145 00:07:30,275 --> 00:07:33,255 - And she meets a man at a church conference in Colorado. 146 00:07:34,235 --> 00:07:35,495 Now she's changed her name. 147 00:07:35,595 --> 00:07:38,295 Now she's Camille, which was the name of her mother, 148 00:07:38,545 --> 00:07:39,615 first name of her mother. 149 00:07:40,435 --> 00:07:43,495 But, uh, , uh, she 150 00:07:44,655 --> 00:07:47,065 marries this person, whirlwind romance, 151 00:07:47,365 --> 00:07:49,745 and then he's left holding the bag for money, 152 00:07:49,955 --> 00:07:50,955 - Right? 153 00:07:50,955 --> 00:07:51,705 So this is her fourth husband. 154 00:07:51,885 --> 00:07:54,705 And, and I think that he was a man 155 00:07:55,375 --> 00:07:59,865 that was genuinely seeking spiritual renewal. 156 00:08:00,045 --> 00:08:02,745 His, his, his first marriage had not worked out. 157 00:08:02,765 --> 00:08:06,905 And so he, he attends ministerial training 158 00:08:08,215 --> 00:08:12,025 Institution, and they had this seminar in 159 00:08:12,385 --> 00:08:13,465 Colorado Springs. 160 00:08:14,365 --> 00:08:16,625 And so he's doing this sort 161 00:08:16,625 --> 00:08:20,345 of ministerial apostolic training at this institute, 162 00:08:21,165 --> 00:08:24,905 and he meets this woman who introduces herself as Camille, 163 00:08:25,805 --> 00:08:29,785 and he's genuinely moved by her 164 00:08:30,585 --> 00:08:33,585 apparent embrace of the Holy Spirit. 165 00:08:34,195 --> 00:08:36,025 First of all, her, her knowledge 166 00:08:36,045 --> 00:08:39,225 of particularly the New Testament is just astonishing. 167 00:08:40,245 --> 00:08:44,425 And she seems to be, as he perceived her, sort of burning 168 00:08:44,495 --> 00:08:46,225 with the spirit of, of God. 169 00:08:47,325 --> 00:08:48,585 So he marries her, 170 00:08:49,325 --> 00:08:52,505 and the way he describes it, as soon as they married, 171 00:08:52,705 --> 00:08:56,325 I mean, on their wedding night, her personality seems 172 00:08:56,345 --> 00:08:58,645 to undergo a radical change. 173 00:08:58,985 --> 00:09:03,725 The the sort of sweet Christian lady turns into very quickly 174 00:09:03,915 --> 00:09:06,605 what he perceived to be in his own words. 175 00:09:06,615 --> 00:09:08,725 These aren't mine, uh, uh, like a witch. 176 00:09:09,855 --> 00:09:11,755 And he quickly comes to wit, 177 00:09:11,895 --> 00:09:15,515 and she's taken out a bunch of credit cards in his name. 178 00:09:16,085 --> 00:09:17,515 She's never there. 179 00:09:17,725 --> 00:09:21,715 She's doing all of this, traveling to Tony Resorts 180 00:09:21,775 --> 00:09:23,435 and spends all of his money 181 00:09:23,495 --> 00:09:26,595 and steals his gold coin collection, steals his car. 182 00:09:26,755 --> 00:09:29,475 I mean, he, it's like he just doesn't know what hit him. 183 00:09:29,895 --> 00:09:32,835 Now, what I think is astonishing about the story is 184 00:09:34,755 --> 00:09:39,655 he had traveled to Colorado Springs from San Antonio. 185 00:09:39,995 --> 00:09:41,775 His home is San Antonio, Texas. 186 00:09:42,365 --> 00:09:45,815 He's never heard anything about this woman. Mm-Hmm. 187 00:09:45,855 --> 00:09:50,335 . So it's a huge shock to him to discover, 188 00:09:50,955 --> 00:09:53,495 you know, you're not this lady's first rodeo. 189 00:09:53,995 --> 00:09:56,415 He gets the marriage an old and, and, 190 00:09:56,475 --> 00:09:59,375 and escapes from this thing. He's dead broke. 191 00:09:59,765 --> 00:10:02,055 - Yeah. She sticks him with what, $150,000 192 00:10:02,115 --> 00:10:04,255 and charges on his credit cards. Correct. 193 00:10:04,255 --> 00:10:07,495 - And, and he was very proud of his gold coin collection. 194 00:10:07,715 --> 00:10:12,295 She, she decided to take that along with his Ford Explorer, 195 00:10:12,715 --> 00:10:16,175 and none of that property was, was ever seen again. So 196 00:10:16,175 --> 00:10:19,655 - Then there's an encounter on a flight with a missionary, 197 00:10:21,225 --> 00:10:23,475 and she's Camille. 198 00:10:23,575 --> 00:10:26,595 Now, Sandra Bridewell is 199 00:10:27,475 --> 00:10:29,995 claiming she's back from a mission overseas. 200 00:10:29,995 --> 00:10:31,435 Where does, where does this lead now? 201 00:10:31,695 --> 00:10:33,275 - She lands in San Francisco. 202 00:10:33,335 --> 00:10:34,555 She, you know, it's not, it's funny. 203 00:10:34,655 --> 00:10:37,675 She off oftentimes circles back to the Bay Area. 204 00:10:38,065 --> 00:10:41,195 This lady with whom she's sitting on the plane lives in 205 00:10:41,195 --> 00:10:44,955 Santa Rosa, which is north, just north of Marin County. 206 00:10:46,015 --> 00:10:48,435 And Sandra is talking to the lady. 207 00:10:48,615 --> 00:10:50,795 She says, I'm headed back to San Francisco 208 00:10:50,795 --> 00:10:52,235 after my last mission. 209 00:10:53,415 --> 00:10:54,755 And she says, well, where do you live? 210 00:10:54,775 --> 00:10:56,635 And the lady says, I live in Santa Rosa. 211 00:10:56,815 --> 00:10:58,115 And Sandra says, oh, really? 212 00:10:58,735 --> 00:11:00,355 I'm on my way to Santa Rosa, 213 00:11:01,015 --> 00:11:03,955 but gee whiz, turns out I don't have a place to stay. 214 00:11:04,135 --> 00:11:06,315 I'm meeting with some people in Santa Rosa, 215 00:11:06,455 --> 00:11:08,595 but I haven't yet organized accommodation. 216 00:11:08,735 --> 00:11:11,795 So that quickly lands her in a church 217 00:11:11,875 --> 00:11:13,595 congregation in Santa Rosa. 218 00:11:14,055 --> 00:11:15,595 She meets an elderly man. 219 00:11:15,745 --> 00:11:19,355 He's really, at the end of his life, he's on dialysis. 220 00:11:19,435 --> 00:11:21,395 I mean, he's not in good shape, 221 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:26,595 but Sandra makes the case that she could be a caretaker 222 00:11:27,705 --> 00:11:29,085 of this elderly man. 223 00:11:29,905 --> 00:11:33,965 His wife who's initially grateful for the, for the home care 224 00:11:34,635 --> 00:11:38,525 quickly realizes there's something strange about this woman. 225 00:11:38,625 --> 00:11:40,925 She seems to be trying to ingratiate herself 226 00:11:41,395 --> 00:11:43,685 with my husband, who has an estate, 227 00:11:43,785 --> 00:11:47,765 and who's at the end of his life that turns into a rupture 228 00:11:47,915 --> 00:11:50,725 with, with the elderly man's wife. 229 00:11:51,505 --> 00:11:56,485 But by then, he's already been pretty charmed by Sandra. 230 00:11:57,565 --> 00:12:01,485 A a a conflict develops the Santa Rosa 231 00:12:02,395 --> 00:12:04,245 Sheriff's Department gets involved. 232 00:12:04,995 --> 00:12:09,525 They report Sandra to, um, protective services of some sort 233 00:12:09,525 --> 00:12:11,485 of adult protective agency. 234 00:12:12,825 --> 00:12:15,685 And they tell her, you know, you're gonna have to 235 00:12:16,275 --> 00:12:18,045 back off from this family. 236 00:12:18,575 --> 00:12:20,245 She's not arrested for anything, 237 00:12:20,265 --> 00:12:23,365 but it's an important moment in terms of law enforcement. 238 00:12:25,075 --> 00:12:27,765 Sheriff's Deputy writes an incident reports saying, 239 00:12:28,345 --> 00:12:31,045 law enforcement should keep an eye on this lady. 240 00:12:31,745 --> 00:12:34,485 He says, I don't think she's a minister or a missionary. 241 00:12:35,405 --> 00:12:39,525 I think that she is con artist who seeks elderly people 242 00:12:40,595 --> 00:12:45,455 with an estate in order to ingratiate herself 243 00:12:45,875 --> 00:12:48,575 and to obtain access to the estate. 244 00:12:49,435 --> 00:12:53,855 So I have that incident report. Sandra then disappears. 245 00:12:55,395 --> 00:12:57,805 Okay, so this is California, right? 246 00:12:59,025 --> 00:13:03,845 She turns up again a few years later in North Carolina. 247 00:13:05,115 --> 00:13:08,345 She's introducing herself to elderly people 248 00:13:08,925 --> 00:13:10,825 as Camille Bowers. 249 00:13:11,485 --> 00:13:13,825 So now she's really changed her name. And 250 00:13:13,825 --> 00:13:17,025 - Does she at this point resemble like a bag 251 00:13:17,055 --> 00:13:19,905 lady she's carrying around? She had boxes. 252 00:13:20,325 --> 00:13:23,585 - She does, her circumstances have obviously diminished 253 00:13:24,145 --> 00:13:28,465 considerably from when she was a socialite in Highland Park. 254 00:13:29,125 --> 00:13:31,905 She looks, first of all, she's very thin, 255 00:13:33,005 --> 00:13:36,105 but in a kind of fascinating way, it almost adds 256 00:13:36,125 --> 00:13:37,705 to her saintly appearance. 257 00:13:37,765 --> 00:13:41,265 She almost looks like an acetic saint Mm-Hmm. 258 00:13:41,305 --> 00:13:42,985 the way she's presenting herself. 259 00:13:43,045 --> 00:13:44,345 But yes, people observed. 260 00:13:44,885 --> 00:13:48,025 She seems to be carrying around sort of tattered bags 261 00:13:48,245 --> 00:13:50,065 and worn out old suitcase. 262 00:13:50,405 --> 00:13:52,305 But she says, I'm a Christian missionary 263 00:13:52,325 --> 00:13:54,665 and I'm in between missions to Africa. 264 00:13:56,065 --> 00:13:58,105 I could use a place to stay in the interim. 265 00:13:58,245 --> 00:13:59,785 So she and Grace, she answers herself 266 00:14:00,455 --> 00:14:04,665 with an elderly lady in Southport, North Carolina, 267 00:14:05,585 --> 00:14:07,345 a lady named Sue Mosley. 268 00:14:08,685 --> 00:14:11,585 - Mosley was an affluent elderly woman who lived alone 269 00:14:11,645 --> 00:14:13,545 and had serious health problems. 270 00:14:14,245 --> 00:14:17,465 The Good Samaritan took in Broadwell, who professed 271 00:14:17,465 --> 00:14:19,665 to be an itinerant minister in missionary, who 272 00:14:20,245 --> 00:14:24,375 quoted the Bible chapter in inverse Bridewell, 273 00:14:24,395 --> 00:14:25,535 who used the alias. 274 00:14:25,685 --> 00:14:28,495 Camille Powers helped with the shopping and cooking. 275 00:14:29,485 --> 00:14:33,215 Once she had won Mosley's trust, she stole her identity. 276 00:14:34,205 --> 00:14:35,775 Bridewell got caught trying 277 00:14:35,775 --> 00:14:38,935 to transfer Mosley's monthly social security check 278 00:14:38,935 --> 00:14:40,095 to her bank account. 279 00:14:40,685 --> 00:14:43,295 Jane Todd, a North Carolina sheriff's detective 280 00:14:43,295 --> 00:14:47,455 who investigated the case, said Bridewell was a psychopath 281 00:14:47,835 --> 00:14:51,285 who moved in on the elderly Ms. Mosley, like a predator. 282 00:14:52,755 --> 00:14:55,095 The detective said, quote all 283 00:14:55,095 --> 00:14:57,375 that business about being a good Christian 284 00:14:57,475 --> 00:15:00,255 and a missionary tending to the needy of the world. 285 00:15:01,245 --> 00:15:04,465 That was just a lie. No doubt. 286 00:15:04,885 --> 00:15:08,345 She was the evilest person I've ever encountered. 287 00:15:13,065 --> 00:15:17,365 In 2007, Sandra Broadwell finally had a day of reckoning 288 00:15:17,365 --> 00:15:18,925 with a criminal justice system. 289 00:15:19,465 --> 00:15:22,005 In the case of the elderly, Ms. Mosley, 290 00:15:22,815 --> 00:15:24,925 while awaiting trial on federal charges 291 00:15:25,105 --> 00:15:26,965 of aggravated identity theft, 292 00:15:27,635 --> 00:15:30,485 John Leak interviewed broadwell behind bars. 293 00:15:31,425 --> 00:15:35,365 - The voluptuous smoldering, femme fatal had, 294 00:15:35,425 --> 00:15:38,605 had been replaced by a slightly gaunt looking. 295 00:15:39,385 --> 00:15:43,045 And, and her, her demeanor was very dignified. 296 00:15:43,145 --> 00:15:44,605 She had this erect posture. 297 00:15:45,345 --> 00:15:48,685 She made direct eye contact, kind of had this 298 00:15:50,115 --> 00:15:53,045 dignity about her, which I, I found, 299 00:15:53,285 --> 00:15:54,885 I couldn't quite put my finger on it, 300 00:15:54,885 --> 00:15:56,365 but I found it very interesting. 301 00:15:56,425 --> 00:16:00,765 And, but clearly either through her own 302 00:16:01,715 --> 00:16:05,605 wits or her attorney, you know, told her, don't talk 303 00:16:05,665 --> 00:16:07,285 to anybody about any of this. 304 00:16:07,565 --> 00:16:10,165 I could not get her to tell me anything. 305 00:16:10,435 --> 00:16:14,965 - Bridewell AKA Sandra Camille Powers pleaded guilty 306 00:16:15,065 --> 00:16:17,805 to federal charges of aggravated identity theft. 307 00:16:17,825 --> 00:16:21,765 In 2008, she served two years in a federal prison. 308 00:16:22,505 --> 00:16:25,375 While behind bars, she became a prison pen pal 309 00:16:25,725 --> 00:16:27,535 with a North Carolina minister, 310 00:16:28,375 --> 00:16:29,655 - A church minister 311 00:16:30,115 --> 00:16:34,255 or pastor in a rural county of North Carolina, 312 00:16:34,555 --> 00:16:38,575 for some reason, has taken a fancy to 313 00:16:39,655 --> 00:16:42,745 Camille Bowers, as he is still calling her. 314 00:16:43,685 --> 00:16:47,745 He persuades the prison system that 315 00:16:48,295 --> 00:16:52,425 upon being released from her federal sentence, 316 00:16:53,285 --> 00:16:55,385 he will look after her. 317 00:16:55,725 --> 00:16:58,825 She can work for his church and his charity. 318 00:16:59,765 --> 00:17:02,745 You know, during her probationary period where she has 319 00:17:02,745 --> 00:17:05,705 to remain in North Carolina, she then charges 320 00:17:06,985 --> 00:17:10,065 a very large Victoria Secret 321 00:17:10,665 --> 00:17:13,945 lingerie purchase on the pastor's credit card. 322 00:17:15,565 --> 00:17:19,465 And, but he's too embarrassed by this to actually, 323 00:17:20,405 --> 00:17:22,145 he told the sheriff's deputy, 324 00:17:23,405 --> 00:17:24,745 but he stopped short 325 00:17:24,805 --> 00:17:27,705 of filing a formal report with a statement 326 00:17:28,945 --> 00:17:31,685 - In the wake of the federal identity theft conviction. 327 00:17:32,485 --> 00:17:35,285 Oklahoma City prosecutors reopened the homicide 328 00:17:35,725 --> 00:17:39,205 investigation of Alan Reig, Bradwell's third husband. 329 00:17:40,225 --> 00:17:42,485 The grand jury declined to indict her. 330 00:17:43,285 --> 00:17:46,415 Broadwell then turned up in Vermont, offering 331 00:17:46,415 --> 00:17:49,255 to bail out a farmer who was in financial 332 00:17:50,305 --> 00:17:53,645 by purchasing his herd of fleece bearing alpacas. 333 00:17:54,585 --> 00:17:58,215 - And she says she's interested in purchasing 334 00:17:58,275 --> 00:17:59,455 his alpaca herd. 335 00:18:00,155 --> 00:18:03,095 She says that she has experience in animal husbandry 336 00:18:03,095 --> 00:18:05,175 because her first husband was a thoroughbred 337 00:18:05,205 --> 00:18:06,255 racehorse breeder. 338 00:18:07,395 --> 00:18:10,455 And she would likes rural living, 339 00:18:10,785 --> 00:18:13,335 likes living on a farm, likes animals. 340 00:18:15,235 --> 00:18:17,615 So she answers the Craigslist ad. 341 00:18:17,775 --> 00:18:19,895 A whirlwind romance ensues. 342 00:18:20,275 --> 00:18:24,695 And it's yet another saga in this story. 343 00:18:25,035 --> 00:18:29,775 He, like others in the internet age, begins 344 00:18:29,775 --> 00:18:32,375 to think, well, there's something odd about this woman. 345 00:18:32,435 --> 00:18:35,415 He does a Google search for her alias, 346 00:18:35,515 --> 00:18:37,775 and she gets this, he gets this hit, 347 00:18:37,875 --> 00:18:40,295 and he realizes she's done time in a 348 00:18:40,295 --> 00:18:41,615 federal pen in North Carolina. 349 00:18:42,275 --> 00:18:45,095 And the story unfolds from there. But she, 350 00:18:45,095 --> 00:18:49,185 - Uh, she tells him she's had a, she's pregnant, correct? 351 00:18:49,535 --> 00:18:50,545 Back to the same old 352 00:18:50,775 --> 00:18:51,775 - Scam. 353 00:18:51,775 --> 00:18:52,425 Correct. She, she says, oh, 354 00:18:52,425 --> 00:18:54,385 and by the way, I'm pregnant now. 355 00:18:54,725 --> 00:18:56,145 He doesn't know her age. 356 00:18:56,325 --> 00:18:58,145 He assumes that she's in her fifties. 357 00:18:59,165 --> 00:19:01,145 She still looks like an attractive woman, 358 00:19:02,205 --> 00:19:05,865 but he, nevertheless, his parents are both doctors. 359 00:19:06,165 --> 00:19:08,145 He thinks she's too old to get pregnant. 360 00:19:08,565 --> 00:19:12,545 Now, unbeknownst to him at the time she claims 361 00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:15,145 to be pregnant, she's actually in her late sixties. 362 00:19:15,545 --> 00:19:17,665 I, I think she's 66 mm-Hmm. . 363 00:19:18,035 --> 00:19:22,185 Later upon discovering her true age, he realizes that that's 364 00:19:23,905 --> 00:19:25,185 rather absurd claim. 365 00:19:29,485 --> 00:19:32,025 - The Vermont farmer cut off the relationship 366 00:19:32,245 --> 00:19:34,465 and Sandra Bridewell faded away. 367 00:19:35,195 --> 00:19:36,705 There was a recent sighting 368 00:19:36,705 --> 00:19:38,505 of her at the Boston Logan Airport. 369 00:19:40,325 --> 00:19:43,305 Lee obtained a heavily censored FBI report 370 00:19:43,775 --> 00:19:44,945 that raises questions. 371 00:19:44,965 --> 00:19:48,225 If Bridewell had allegedly been involved in cocaine 372 00:19:48,465 --> 00:19:51,065 smuggling, international arms trafficking, 373 00:19:51,605 --> 00:19:54,785 and with an accomplice in the murder of her third husband, 374 00:19:55,845 --> 00:19:56,945 now 80 years old, 375 00:19:57,085 --> 00:20:00,865 Sandra Bridewell wants a celebrated Dallas socialite 376 00:20:01,865 --> 00:20:05,105 continues to be a figure shrouded in mystery and intrigue. 377 00:20:05,995 --> 00:20:10,505 She's a woman of many faces, murder, suspect, seductress, 378 00:20:10,855 --> 00:20:13,745 romance scammer, saintly, missionary, 379 00:20:14,285 --> 00:20:16,305 and convicted identity thief. 380 00:20:17,445 --> 00:20:20,825 Sandra Broadwell endures in the public imagination 381 00:20:21,405 --> 00:20:24,385 as a mysterious princess of darkness. 382 00:20:26,695 --> 00:20:28,865 This is Robert Riggs reporting.