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In some way, Van Brett Watkins saved Rae Carruth's life -- his testimony made him the bad guy in the situation instead of Carruth.
Reporter Glenn Counts covered the trial and has been writing with Watkins for several weeks.
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In his letters, Channel 9 learned about the anger he still holds for Rae Carruth.
"I detest liars," Watkins wrote. "Liars are destined for hell fires."
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Watkins, now 44 years old, has at least another 20 or 30 years before he could ever have the chance to face Rae Carruth as a free man again.
Watch the video above as reporter Glenn Counts breaks down Van Brett Watkin's letters to Counts and the last time Watkins spoke to Channel 9 in 2003, where he mentioned the one thing he wished he could change.