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shoulder holster under his jacket, he exited from the van through the door on the driver's side. A moment later, Holland heard him enter the cabin.
"I felt like I was in an episode of Miami Vice,” Holland says. "A million things were going through my mind. Tom was inside for maybe ten minutes when we heard two shots. It seemed like an eternity."
"All the time the cocaine kept telling me, 'Everything is going to be all right,’" says Makosky. "Then there are shots fired. Someone is getting killed. Cecil hollered out, 'Let's go.' As I was jumping out, Cecil handed me my sword."
Holland, the first to reach the cabin door, remembers looking through the window. "I saw John laying there on his stomach,” he says. "He'd been shot in the back, and he was cussing at Tom, calling him a son of a bitch. Cecil pulled the door open and pushed me in. John looked up at me, and I'll never forget his expression. He looked relieved, like 'Somebody is here to help.'
"A minute later, I saw Debbie Davis on her knees in a closet. She was holding her hand against her chest. There was blood dripping in front of her. She was crying."
Mathes, waving the pistol in Vandiver's face, demanded money. Suddenly aware that the strangers were not there to help, Vandiver whispered, "On the shelf in the bedroom. Wrapped up like a Christmas package. Take whatever you want, just don't shoot anymore."
With a knowing look, Mathes slapped the pistol into Covington's open hand, turned to Holland and ordered, "Watch the girl,” as he and Makosky disappeared into the bedroom.
Then Holland watched Covington turn and fire into Vandiver's neck and head. While Vandiver was still alive and groaning, Holland says, "Cecil handed me the .38 and said, 'Shoot him.' I aimed at John's head. He was holding a large glass ashtray over his head, trying to shield his face. There was a lot of blood. I turned my head and squeezed. I shot him in the top of the head. The shot went through and came out the other side. After I shot him, things went blank. I froze. The last thing I remember him saying is, 'Please don't shoot anymore.'
“Behind me, I heard Davis kind of whisper, 'No, no, Tom.' Tom just stood there smiling. And then there were shots. Cecil was over there unloading the .25 into the enclosure. I walked over and looked at Debbie. She was lying there in a little closet. She had been shot all in the chest. All she had on was this little see-through blue negligee. I heard a gurgling noise, and I told the others, 'She's still alive.' Then I hit the door - fast."
After Holland ran from the cabin, Covington turned to Makosky and demanded, "Where's your sword at?"
"I'd thrown the sword outside, under a tree on my way in,” Makosky says. “I didn't want anything to do with what was going down, but something about the way Cecil and Tom looked at me I was afraid. I ran outside, paranoid that someone would see me, and I got the sword. Cecil told me, 'Go over there and make sure she's dead. Cut her throat.' I was afraid not to. I kept remembering what Tom had said about the Colombians: 'Well, if they can't get you, they'll get your family.' " Makosky pushed the sword into her chest again and again, but it kept hitting a bone. So he pulled it out and ran it across the front of her throat.
"In the van, Tom looked like Cool Hand Luke,” Holland says. “When we got back to the hotel room, Joe gave me the sword. It was covered with blood, and he just couldn't deal with it. I took it in the bathroom and washed it off. It was the next day, after the coke finally wore off, when it hit me - I killed a man last night.
"Two weeks later that song 'Smuggler's Blues' came out. When I heard it for the first time, it blew my mind. It fit so perfect: 'Someone's got to lose, it's the smuggler's' blues.' None of it seemed real. It was all like something you would see in a movie."
VANDIVER'S AND Davis’s murderers fled with more than $40,000. They left behind over $100,000 in cocaine and
"I felt like I was in an episode of Miami Vice,” Holland says. "A million things were going through my mind. Tom was inside for maybe ten minutes when we heard two shots. It seemed like an eternity."
"All the time the cocaine kept telling me, 'Everything is going to be all right,’" says Makosky. "Then there are shots fired. Someone is getting killed. Cecil hollered out, 'Let's go.' As I was jumping out, Cecil handed me my sword."
Holland, the first to reach the cabin door, remembers looking through the window. "I saw John laying there on his stomach,” he says. "He'd been shot in the back, and he was cussing at Tom, calling him a son of a bitch. Cecil pulled the door open and pushed me in. John looked up at me, and I'll never forget his expression. He looked relieved, like 'Somebody is here to help.'
"A minute later, I saw Debbie Davis on her knees in a closet. She was holding her hand against her chest. There was blood dripping in front of her. She was crying."
Mathes, waving the pistol in Vandiver's face, demanded money. Suddenly aware that the strangers were not there to help, Vandiver whispered, "On the shelf in the bedroom. Wrapped up like a Christmas package. Take whatever you want, just don't shoot anymore."
With a knowing look, Mathes slapped the pistol into Covington's open hand, turned to Holland and ordered, "Watch the girl,” as he and Makosky disappeared into the bedroom.
Then Holland watched Covington turn and fire into Vandiver's neck and head. While Vandiver was still alive and groaning, Holland says, "Cecil handed me the .38 and said, 'Shoot him.' I aimed at John's head. He was holding a large glass ashtray over his head, trying to shield his face. There was a lot of blood. I turned my head and squeezed. I shot him in the top of the head. The shot went through and came out the other side. After I shot him, things went blank. I froze. The last thing I remember him saying is, 'Please don't shoot anymore.'
“Behind me, I heard Davis kind of whisper, 'No, no, Tom.' Tom just stood there smiling. And then there were shots. Cecil was over there unloading the .25 into the enclosure. I walked over and looked at Debbie. She was lying there in a little closet. She had been shot all in the chest. All she had on was this little see-through blue negligee. I heard a gurgling noise, and I told the others, 'She's still alive.' Then I hit the door - fast."
After Holland ran from the cabin, Covington turned to Makosky and demanded, "Where's your sword at?"
"I'd thrown the sword outside, under a tree on my way in,” Makosky says. “I didn't want anything to do with what was going down, but something about the way Cecil and Tom looked at me I was afraid. I ran outside, paranoid that someone would see me, and I got the sword. Cecil told me, 'Go over there and make sure she's dead. Cut her throat.' I was afraid not to. I kept remembering what Tom had said about the Colombians: 'Well, if they can't get you, they'll get your family.' " Makosky pushed the sword into her chest again and again, but it kept hitting a bone. So he pulled it out and ran it across the front of her throat.
"In the van, Tom looked like Cool Hand Luke,” Holland says. “When we got back to the hotel room, Joe gave me the sword. It was covered with blood, and he just couldn't deal with it. I took it in the bathroom and washed it off. It was the next day, after the coke finally wore off, when it hit me - I killed a man last night.
"Two weeks later that song 'Smuggler's Blues' came out. When I heard it for the first time, it blew my mind. It fit so perfect: 'Someone's got to lose, it's the smuggler's' blues.' None of it seemed real. It was all like something you would see in a movie."
VANDIVER'S AND Davis’s murderers fled with more than $40,000. They left behind over $100,000 in cocaine and
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