. >> it was the case of a 30-year-old woman named mary lee wilson who had been strangled with a ligaturetally sexually assaulted and bitten. dr. levine immediately asked the logical question, was mary lee wilson's killer an inmate at the prison where donna payant worked? the answer was -- yes. 39-year-old lemuel smith was in green haven correctional facility. he had confessed to the murders of mary lee wilson and another woman. both victims had been killed in the same way. both were signature killings. but in the four years in prison lemuel smith had been a model prisoner. he had found religion. he was an altar boy and rose to be the assistant to the catholic chaplain. this new position granted smith enormous freedom inside the prison, freedom most of the inmates didn't have. >> no way in the world that i could have killed her. the woman was beaten. the woman was supposed to have been sodomized. right? but this is right in a busy quarters. it's impossible. it can't be done. >> but prison officials found evidence that smith had some prior contact with donna payant and that the two develop