text: I'm Detective Brian Myers and I just retired from the Lakeland Police Department in Lakeland, Florida. From 1982 to 2020, I've worked as a law enforcement officer. This story actually starts on Halloween morning 1962. Helen Gaines found a baby girl on her doorstep in the wee hours of the morning (someone had rang the doorbell and ran away). Normally the police would be called but Helen never called. She was engaged to be married to an older man who didn't want any more children. From what my father told me, they got into a very heated argument at the park downtown. No one was around but my dad could see them from his patrol car but they couldn't see him. They yelled and screamed at each other while the baby who was in Helen's arms was screaming and crying. Then the older man walked away leaving Helen crying on a bench. The engagement was broken. What the older man didn't know and few people knew was Helen could never have children. Helen told people that the baby's parents had died in a car accident and that she was a distant relative who had been designated to raise her. No one really looked into seeing if this was true. People back then, more or less took your word for it and since the Gaines family was a very highly respected old money in Lakeland, no one questioned what she said. The baby was named Nancy Gaines. Helen never married. She was engaged, once in the early 1950's and then the second time in 1962. When Nancy came to her doorstep, Helen was 30 years old. Most women her age in town had been married for at least 8-10 years and nearly all had children (3 to 4 was the average by the time one was in their early 30's). Richard Gaines was Helen's father and was an attorney. Her mother was a legal secretary and so was Helen. Later Richard Gaines Jr. joined the firm so it was Gaines & Gaines legal services. Nancy was told by Helen which was the truth that she found her on her doorstep. She didn't tell her everything she knew and she knew a lot more than she ever let on but this came out later. Nancy had a very good childhood and was pampered by Helen and her family. Fast Forward 1985. Lakeland and Polk County is a conservative area of Florida. Nancy minored in dance at Florida Christian College (which is in Lakeland). She was on the dance team and as I said loved dancing. Well, she was on a music video dancing in a way which let's just say isn't for kids or family hour.. It only played on MTV after 10:00 pm. Helen was a rather progressive thinker, so she wasn't bothered by the video. Others were and she told them to get over it. Shortly after the video came out, Nancy got pregnant by one of the band members Jason Miller who happened to be from Lakeland but from the wrong side of the tracks. As you imagine, the gossipers in town had a field day with this. Sadly Nancy gave birth to a stillborn child and the relationship ends shortly thereafter. I needed to get to the point as I've go on and on. Anyway, fast forward 1998. New Years Eve, Jason Miller is murdered at a party in Lakeland by the son of a county commissioner who believes that he is getting rid of sinners. Everyone knows that this wasn't the real reason. Kevin Green and Jason Miller have had bad blood since childhood and Kevin was actually jealously over Jason having numerous female admirers and lovers while he never had a relationship with any woman. When I arrested him, Kevin Green offered no resistance. In the patrol car, he told me that he did it and he had no remorse. I just listened and said nothing. He told me this several times and I recorded him with his consent. Nancy Gaines-Moffit was living in Tampa, married with three children. She was sadden by Jason's death but had a really bad feeling about the case, that she would be dragged into it. About two days after Jason died, Helen Gaines died unexpectedly. I had called her and she said she was coming to visit Helen (this was before she died). I told her that she could wait until after the funeral to talk to me but she said she would take to me early Friday morning as the viewing for her mother was that afternoon and the service was Saturday morning at the Grace Episcopal church. Her husband and kids were doing other activities. "I met Jason Miller at my grandfather's law office. He got into trouble for using drugs and fighting. He had a bad reputation, I know. My family didn't really want me to get involved with him but I did. In the summer of 1981, I was living in Tampa doing an internship. I worked days. At night I would go with him to the bar to listen to him play in the band. At that time, we were friends. The sorority that I was in saw the band and we went to see him play on weekends, even though we weren't supposed to be going into bars and associating with people like him. But he had a different girlfriend every week. I never thought I would be his girlfriend but that happened in October of 1984. I was finally free of all the restrictions. Jason was a rule breaker and I followed the rules. I knew the rest of the story as did everyone else in town and since I've already spoken of it earlier, I will not repeat it. A couple of times Nancy had tears coming down her face when talking about Jason. Not totally sure if all the tears were from him or for her mom. She didn't know Kevin Green personally but Jason had spoke of him in a negative way. They hated each other is what she told me. Jason wanted to avoid a trial but some legal group talked him out of it, so now we are going to trial and this really took on a life of its own. The trial was moved from Lakeland to Pensacola. The legal team found out some information about Helen's medical history and Nancy's biological parents which was shocking. They denied that they had anything to do with the information which was published in the National Gossip News but I knew they had. They loved to find dirt on people, especially people who didn't agree with their viewpoints and Helen, Nancy and Jason would fit into this category. What they published had nothing to do with the murder case. Highlights of the comments included: "Helen Grimes was a virgin who was born as someone who had no male or female characteristics. Her family decided that she would be female as they had a son. She didn't find out until she was engaged to be married and promptly broke off the relationship. " This shocked me but the rest of the comments didn't. When Nancy heard about this, she fainted and broke her arm and had to be taken to the hospital. "Helen Grimes lied to the court saying that she would be marrying Harry Malvin and this was the only reason the court granted the adoption. Her family did some legal maneuvers and this was promptly forgotten. Illegal adoption." "Jason Miller was a juvenile delinquent who had problems with drinking, drugs and fighting...... Other personal attacks on Nancy. The last time Nancy talked to Jason was a couple of days after the funeral of their son. They talk for a long time and agreed to go their separate paths. They hugged and went their separate paths. You would think this would be enough attacks but and I don't know how they found this information out but found out that leaving Nancy at the doorstep was a staged event. King Lars of Flowers was named as the biological father and Louise Wren who was a college student in Tampa was her biological mother. Shortly after giving birth, Louise had committed suicide. " I turned on the TV and the news crews were all over Nancy's neighborhood. Nancy was trying to go to work. Her husband Mark had yelled at them to get off their property which they did per police orders but they were in the road. It was only after police threatened arrest that they finally left. The King had no comment nor did Nancy. This craziness went on for about a week and then they finally left poor Nancy alone. But that wasn't the end for Nancy. The defense attorney tried to rip her to shreds emotionally and it did work to a certain degree. The first day she was grilled for 4 hours about her relationship with Jason Green. The second day she was grilled for a hour about the music video which today would be considered to be tame. This never would have happened in Lakeland or Tampa due to the Gaines's family prominence but in Pensacola, this didn't protect her. Why the judge would allow this, I don't know. I couldn't stand this judge and almost got contempt of court when I challenged the defense attorney. I had worked security for the Gaines family every year when they had their Christmas party as there were some interesting characters at the party and they made a issue of that. Had nothing to do with the murder case. Thankfully I had it on tape that Kevin Green admitted that he murdered Jason. He told me this voluntary. Unlike Nancy, I've been in a courtroom for trials, so I know what to expect. The jury saw thru all this and convicted Kevin Green for murder. He got a life sentence. The insanity then stopped.