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The Unforgotten

5. E. Ray the D.A.

The Unforgotten

Free Range Productions

Texas, True Crime, Journalism

4.6961 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Prosecutor E. Ray Andrews is loving all the publicity from Jerry Mack Watkins’ murder case — but not as much as he loves goose liver sandwiches and Wild Turkey whiskey.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

That's him.

0:05.3

So we've just crashed a nursing home in East Texas.

0:09.5

In the lobby, we see an old man in a wheelchair.

0:12.7

He's got on a Baylor University sweatshirt.

0:15.4

Excuse me, Baylor Bear.

0:16.7

Are you, Ray Andrews?

0:18.1

Good, go ahead.

0:18.8

I am glad to meet you.

0:20.1

I would have talked to you for a long time. We've found E. Bray Andrews? Good, go ahead. I am glad to meet you. I've been talked to you for a long time.

0:22.7

We've found E. Ray Andrews, the former head prosecutor of Henderson County, the same prosecutor who brought an indictment against Jerry Mac Watkins for the death of Jerry Mac's wife, Shelly.

0:35.1

I won't lie. I feel a little conflicted right now. E. Ray is an old man,

0:40.4

83 years old, to be exact, and he looks pretty infirm. It's right before Christmas, but we're not

0:46.3

here to pay him a social visit. We want to see what E. Ray remembers about the case against Jerry

0:51.9

Mack, because E. Ray should know better than anyone

0:55.2

why that case flew right off the rails. Carol starts with small talk. Her dad was actually

1:01.9

E. Ray's law professor at Baylor. He was an injured a good professor. Well, that's good to hear.

1:08.5

He was a good law. And Carol quickly pivots to the Watkins case.

1:13.3

I know what happened in that whole situation.

1:16.7

I wondered if you would be willing to talk to us about it.

1:19.8

Uh, how certainly you want to talk?

1:24.4

So would you be available to talk right now? No.

1:28.3

We would be a good time for you.

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