READ NEXT: James Addie Now: Where Is Melanie Watsons Convicted Killer Today in 2022? Why are people hesitant to trust a COVID-19 vaccine? Watson Molly worked at Burrell Behavioral Center in Moberly. READ NEXT: Melanie Addie Now: Where Is James Addies Ex-Wife Today? You can watch the victim impact statements here. It took the jury only 2 hours to find James Addie guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in Molly Watsons death. Always will. At trial, prosecutors presented a theory for James Addie's motive for killing Watson. Molly and James Addie had dated for seven years and were set to wed two days before her murder. In a desperate attempt to save his skin, Addie asked the judge for a new trial, citing attorney inaction. Defense attorney T.J. Kirsch said the state jumped to a conclusion because Addie was having an affair. In 1833 he came to Texas with his father who in 1850 took up land on the south side of Chambers Creek, a few miles northeast of the present site of Italy. The evidence will show that because he had that affair, law enforcement jumped to a conclusion. An affair does not make a murderer.. Sometimes I think maybe she was just scared to walk away.". He wasn't against golf; it just wasn't what he had planned. "Jim had an affair with someone he actually loved. As the title suggests, ABCs 20/20: Murder of Molly Watson delves into the story behind why she was killed and the shocking secrets that came to the fore in the aftermath. He'd look down when you talked to him. While initial reports stated that her injuries were consistent with blunt force trauma, it was later confirmed that Molly was shot in the back of the head with the bullet still lodged in her skull. James Addie will never be released from prison in the State of Missouri. "Forensic searches of Molly's phones indicated that the day before she was murdered, she was looking for Melanie Addie's obituary," prosecutor Talley Smith said. Woman discovers husband of 23 years She was set to get married to 54-year-old Addie, two days later. EXCLUSIVE: Parents react after daughter found dead two days before wedding, American trapped in Sudan is desperate to escape amid deadly military clashes, 2-year-old daughter of Tampa Bay Buccaneers player drowns in swimming pool, 14 million jobs worldwide will vanish in the next 5 years, new economic report finds, Forecast: A warming trend and then rain chances in the week ahead, What is a vampire straw? Instead of breaking off the engagement, prosecutors said he lured her to a low-water ditch and shot her in the back of the head. Two days before Mollys death, James had applied for a marriage license.