the 13th, hurricane charley was hammering florida's gulf coast, particularly the coastal city of punta gorda. our message to you now is urgency and safety. newscaster 2: get into your safe room right now and hunker down. josh mankiewicz: that night, jean huden says her life was, quite literally, in shambles. i stayed and rode the hurricane out by myself at the house. and watched my house come apart around my ears. josh mankiewicz: 60 miles to the south, jean's husband, jim, was holed up in a hotel-- hiding, not from the storm but from his past. he was scared, so he figured he'd get while the getting was good. josh mankiewicz: as soon as the worst of the storm had blown over, jean says she joined her panicked husband. they ordered pizza and turned on the tv. newscaster 3: the losses are substantial. josh mankiewicz: but jean couldn't concentrate on the hurricane news. the personal storm that was wrecking her marriage and ruining her life took precedence. it was a big tension fest. we talked, you know, i asked a lot of questions. you know, why? and, what were you thinking? and, what are you go

charley which had been churning up the gulf, suddenly made an unexpected turn and slammed into punta gordapacking 150 mile-an-hour winds, charley leveled parts of town, taking out electricity and giving plenty of cover to someone like jim huden who might want revenge. >> i slept on the couch in the living room with my 357 under the pillow, literally. >> because you thought jim was coming? >> yes. >> how did you sleep? >> not very good. >> as it turned out, the detective was right. jim huden had plenty on his plate and no intention of sticking around. in the days after detectives knocked on his door and accused him of murder, the man who once performed under the name buck naked, he felt suddenly exposed. he was sure of two things, the cops would be back and he had no intention of ever wearing prison orange. >> he told me you'll never see me in the a jumpsuit. >> which brings us back to that hurricane, hurricane charlie. jean says after the storm passed, jim asked her to drive him to miami. he told her he wanted to spend one last night alone, drinking and gambling in a casino there before he