Into the Abyss Page #4

So how do you get through

a metal detector?

- Well, it came out afterwards.

It came out.

It did finally come out

in the jail.

Right here in my collarbone,

I had a piece of glass

from the car door, went inside.

I crashed into a building

because I couldn't steer.

My blood's all in the truck.

They said,

"Well, your DNA's on the gun."

My DNA's on everything

in there.

I was shot.

My DNA was on Michael Perry.

My DNA was on every seat

in there from being shot.

Blood went everywhere.

Whenever I crashed,

I jumped out and ran.

I ran.

I ran in the building.

There was cops

shooting at the building

where we were crashed into.

They were shooting

from every direction.

The window in the back

of the building's like this.

You can't get through it.

I shot one time with the gun

through the window.

I probably shouldn't

have done that,

but I was trapped,

and I was panicking.

I didn't know what to do.

And when we got through there,

we ran to some apartments,

and, you know, I... I carried Perry

half the way,

but, I mean,

we got to the apartment.

- You... you dealt with it

like real tough men.

I remember reading somewhere

that Michael Perry shouted,

"This is it.

Put the balls at the walls,"

or something.

"Let's bolt.

Let's fight back."

Can you remember

something like that?

- I remember reading that

they said, "Balls to the walls,"

or, you know, something.

I don't recall him saying it.

He could have said it.

- Too much commotion.

Too many bullets flying.

- I didn't really understand

what was happening.

All I knew is, where we were at,

we could not stay there.

- Yeah.

- And... and he was screaming,

"Balls to the walls," they say.

- Well, um, how can I say?

I... I don't want to go into

the details of...

of what happened,

but fact is that

three people were killed.

- Mm-hmm.

- And you deny that you were

even close to the scene or...

how... how do you...

- Well, there's no longer

a question.

There's no longer a question

of my innocence.

That's... question

is out the door.

The question is, what is anyone

gonna do about it now?

I mean, a perfect example is,

you're here with these guys.

They show up

at your hotel room in a car.

You're gonna assume that

that car is...

you know,

these are your friends,

so when Jason shows up

to pick me up in a car,

I'm gonna assume it's okay.

You get in it,

and you get arrested,

and you come to find out he just

murdered someone from that car,

you're gonna end up

on Texas death row.

You're gonna end up right here

because you trusted

one of these guys

to show up and pick you up

in a... in a real car

that wasn't just stolen.

- But trusting in Jason

was a bad choice.

- Oh, absolutely.

- I mean, let's face it.

He was some sort of a bad apple,

and so... so were you.

- I was homeless and starving,

so it was...

- And using drugs and stealing.

- He offered me drugs.

He offered me a place to stay.

He offered me food,

so I chose...

I chose that,

which I shouldn't have.

I regret it every...

every minute now.

Cherish every minute, huh?

Cherish every minute.

Make the most of it because,

you know,

they can... they can...

they can do you like me.

Be in the wrong situation

at the wrong time,

and there's no telling

where you end up.

You might want to get out of

Texas as soon as possible, huh?

They might arrest you

any... any second, huh?

- I went over

to my buddy's house.

There was a guy there,

and he wanted to fight me,

and he run up on me

as I got out of the truck,

and... and I just

kind of blew him off.

You know what I mean?

"Just go on, man,

go on about your business."

And everybody said he was saying

he was gonna stab me

when I got out of the truck.

You know,

it kind of pissed me off,

so I... I went back,

found the dude,

and run up on him,

and I was taking off my shirt,

and I threw my... threw my

shirt up like that, you know,

and threw it up over my elbow.

I was gonna take it off,

and when I did that,

he hit me right here

with a screwdriver, you know,

a screwdriver about that long,

and it was a Phillips,

you know, them little skinny,

long screwdrivers.

It sunk in to the handle,

and after that, uh...

- All the way to the handle?

- All the way to the handle.

- How did it happen?

- Man, it's probably,

probably about right in there.

It went straight...

straight through under my arm,

into my chest,

and I never went to the hospital

or anything.

- And what did you feel?

You felt the...

- Yeah, just a...

I felt the... the...

you know, the pressure of it

when it hit.

That's all I felt,

and I kind of jumped back

out the way,

and... and I looked,

and my buddy threw me a knife,

and I looked down at the knife

on the ground,

and I was like, you know,

I'm thinking to myself

in my head, you know,

"I'm going home

to my kids today."

You know, so I didn't even

pick it up,

and then my other buddy come out

running by the yard,

and I had to be at work

in 30 minutes.

Matter of fact, I roof...

I was roofing a house

with Jason's brother.

What is it, Chris Burkett?

And I was roofing

a house with him.

- Chris was not in jail

at that time.

- Nah.

- And you went to hospital?

- Nah.

They was asking me

if I needed to go

to the hospital or anything,

but it just...

some, like, puss

and a little bit of blood

come out,

and, you know,

I thought I was good.

Evidently, I guess I am.

So I was lucky there.

- But you have never been in...

in real trouble with the law?

- I had a felony.

That's the only bad...

bad one I had.

- But you're a working man.

- Yes, sir.

- You have a job?

- Yeah, I ain't been in trouble

in four years.

- Can I see your hands?

- Yeah.

- When we shook hands,

I noticed your calluses.

You are working...

- Yeah.

- In a paint shop?

- Yep.

- Cars.

- Yes, sir.

- Solid work.

- Yes, sir.

- And the tattoo in here?

Can I see this?

Can you show it?

- Bailey.

- You had been with her

when you met Burkett?

- Nah.

- Not yet, uh-huh.

- No.

I've been with her

for three years,

and I got a 17 month old baby

with her.

- Oh, yeah.

So you are staying with her?

- Yeah.

- Now the tattoo is forever.

- Yeah, it's forever.

They just don't come off.

- And what happens if

the relationship unravels?

What happens to "Bailey"?

- Guess I'm gonna have to get

"Bailey sucks" right there.

- Can you talk about

Jason Burkett?

How did you meet him?

How did you know him?

What do you know about him?

- First time I ever met him,

seemed like a pretty cool guy,

you know?

So we hung out,

and I introduced him to

a few girls and everything,

and then we used to

go huntin' together.

One time, he tried to kill me.

I introduced him

to these girls,

and her dad and him

had something going on.

I don't know.

Well, anyway, he thought

I wanted to get with that girl

and come over

to another girl's house

and rushed me with a gun.

Well, I had this girl

tell me to come outside,

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