Alan and Terra Bates

Description

When Jessica Callis and Alan Bates married in their senior year of high school, they seemed too young and not quite ready for marriage. And they weren’t. After four years and two kids, Alan left and then began a long custody battle that would end in tragedy.

Credits

Researched, written, hosted, and edited by Charlie Worroll

Music by Scott Buckley

Cover art by Lars Hacking, host of Rusty Hinges podcast

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Sources

BOOKS

• Death Trap by M. William Phelps

Internet

• https://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/DA/20031029/News/603202874/GT

• https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/DA/20170629/news/170628239/TL/%E2%80%9D//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-WF5MZJ9%E2%80%B3

• https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/29/parole-denied-for-ex-cop-who-pleaded-guilty-to-dou/

• http://www.fact.on.ca/news/news0302/bine030213.htm

• https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=alan-geoffre-bates&pid=234759

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/02/20/custody-battle-probed-in-double-slaying/756e021a-03cb-4f85-a462-736c34fe9f00/

• https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2017/06/parole_denied_for_former_pelha.html

• http://truecrimediscussions.blogspot.com/2015/08/jessica-mccord.html

• http://tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OPINIONS/tcca/PDF/954/CALLISGE.pdf

• https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/mccord-jessica.htm

• https://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/2002/03/27/former-pelham-policeman-and-his-wife-charged-with-homicides-after-child-custody-dispute/

• https://theappeal.org/sense-of-hopelessness-rises-among-alabama-prisoners-as-new-rules-leadership-changes-limit-opportunities-for-parole/

MAGAZINEs

• (Not Quite ) Part 1 The Perfect Crime, People Magazine South Africa, 30 October 2019

• (Not Quite ) Part 2 The Perfect Crime, People Magazine South Africa, 13 November 2019

NEWSPAPERS

• Officer, Wife Suspect in Maryland Slaying, The Selma Times-Journal, 21 Feb 2003

• Suspect in double murder fired from police job after attack, The Star-Democrat, 22 Feb 2002

• Ex-officer, Wife charged in deaths, The Atlanta Constitution, 22 Feb 2002

• Woman Denied Bond in Double Slaying, The Montogomery Advertiser, 13 Oct 2002

• Woman’s Murder trial set, The Montgomery Advertiser, 10 Feb 2003

• Prosecution Presents Couch as Evidence, The Montgomery Advertiser, 15 Feb 2003

TV SHows

• Snapped, Season 6 Episode 2, 14 Oct 2004