Teresa Mayfield, a mother of three, from Tuscaloosa, AL was murdered in June, 2007. Her husband, Scott Mayfield and Teresa’s friend, Dawn Lavender (hired hitwoman) was convicted of the crime in May, 2011.
Dateline aired an episode on this story and you can see the full episode – click here
Two things interest me when I watched this episode. This is a story where we know for sure that it was Scott who wanted his wife dead. We know this from the secretly recorded conversations by the detectives.
Here are two video sub-clips from the show that interest me. I’ll tell you why below the videos.
Clip 1
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032600/#45903676
Clip 2
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032600/#45903831
In clip 1 above Scott’s mistress/girlfriend (who assisted police in taping the conversation) is speaking to him. One thing that Scott said stood out for me. He said “My hands are clean as they can be”. This is something a person with guilty knowledge would say!! Why would an innocent person think about keeping their ‘hands clean’??
In clip 2, do you see Scott’s discomfort? It could be thought of as stage fright, nervousness,…etc. But in this case we know why now. His hands are concealed in his pockets the entire time, and there’s hint of fear on his face, especially when he was looking at his kids on stage. Overall, he looks uncomfortable! Discomfort is not something a grieving husband should display while talking about his murdered wife. Where’s the anger, sadness, determination to find the killer? Scott doesn’t know any of that?!
In the end he got what he deserved – a life sentence!
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January 19, 2012 at 1:51 am
I watched the first clip twice and finally heard what you we’re talking about.And yes in the second clip he was nervous and to me seemed a little afraid to speak.Almost like he was afraid he might say something wrong something someone might pick up on that would at that point in time connect him to the murder.In my mind im thinking why not get a divorce? why take an innocent person’s life ?.Kill the mother of three children just to get out of paying child support.In the end was it worth going to prison for the rest of your life.
January 31, 2012 at 11:12 pm
hes a low life without a backbone. anyone who wants to kill someone is evil. he hired a woman to do his dirty work for him. I know this situation personally and Teresa was a wonderful mother and yes she was always at softball practice and games with Kelsey their daughter. My daughter played on her team..me and Teresa would sit and talk during practices and she never seemed happy:( why couldn’t he have just divorced her.
his ulitmate judgement day will be when he has to face the LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!!