THINGS WERE BEING
SAID AND KIDS CAME UP WITH THE
SIGN.
>> Jason: IT DOMINATED THE NEWS
IN THE '90s, THE STORY OF
JONATHAN SCHMITZ.
HE SHOT A MAN TO DEATH AFTER HE
REVEALED A CRUSH ON SCHMITZ
DURING A TAPING OF THE JENNY
JONES SHOW.
SCHMITZ IS DAYS FROM BEI
RELEASED ON PAROLE.
NOW TWO KEY PEOPLE IN THE CASE
SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT
WITH OUR JAMIE EDMONDS.
>> WE WERE TRAUMATIZED,
DEVASTATED.
OUR LIVES HAVE NEVER BEEN THE
SAME.
>> Jamie: THAT'S HIS BROTHER.
HE DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK IN
PERSON BECAUSE HE STILL GETS
EMOTIONAL ABOUT HIS BROTHER'S
MURDER.
THE KILLER, JONATHAN SCHMITZ
WILL BE RELEASED AFTER 22 YEARS
BEHIND BARS.
>> THIS BROUGHT IT BACK UP.
>> Jamie: IT WAS CALLED THE
JENNY JONES KILLING BECAUSE THEY
APPEARED ON A NEVER-AIRED SHOW
OF SAME SEX SECRET CRUSHES.
SCHMITZ SHOT AND KILLED AMADOR
IN HIS HOME BECAUSE HE SAID HE
WAS EMBARRASSED ON NATIONAL TV.
HE IS STILL INFURIATED WITH THE
SHOW'S PRODUCERS.
>> THAT SICKENS ME!
THESE PEOPLE WERE CRIMINALS,
JUST AS GUILTY AS SCHMITZ.
>> Jamie: SCHMITZ WAS FOUND
GUILTY OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER,
BUT THE SHOW AND PRODUCTION
COMPANY WERE NOT HELD
RESPONSIBLE.
THE MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS
OVERTURNED A $25 MILLION
WRONGFUL DEATH VERDICT.
GEOFFREY FIEGER WAS THE FAMILY'S
ATTORNEY.
>> JONATHAN WAS THE VICTIM OF
THE MANIPULATION CAUSED BY THE
JENNY JONES SHOW.
HE WAS A POWDER KEG.
OF COURSE, HE DID COMMIT THE
MURDER, BUT TO THINK HE WAS THE
ONLY ONE IS NOT TRUE.
>> Jamie: FIEGER AND AMADOR IN
AGREEMENT CALLING SCHMITZ A
VICTIM.
I ASKED AMADOR WHAT DOES HE
THINK ABOUT SCHMITZ LEAVING
PRISON?
HE SAID HIS BROTHER WAS TAKEN AT
THE AGE OF 32 AND ACCORDING TO
THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS, SCHMITZ HAS A
