she was like, i am just i m so happy that i have you girls and dad. it was one of those conversations that you don t have every day. still, there was work to be done. it was not a new house. it could use some remodeling. particularly the bathroom. courtney was still living with her parents as the work began. they re going to be doing the tile work and stuff. so we wouldn t have a shower for that day. so, shower out of commission, they decided to wake up early, put on their bathing suits and rinse off in the outdoor spa before the contractor arrived at 6:45 a.m. it was june 7th, 2007. chris got up first, turned on the spa to warm it up, then called brianna at her college dorm in san diego. here s your wake-up call, babe. get out and go on that run. back at the house, courtney dozed through her first wake-up. while chris and cristi made their way outside to the spa. just after 6:30, chris looked in on courtney again. second call.
pool and spa. and life in the spring of 2007 seemed to have hit a sweet spot as ashton and brianna remember their mother telling them. we happened to be laying on the bed with her. she started talking. she was like, i m just i m so happy that i have you girls and dad. it was kind of one of those conversations that you don t have every day. still, there was work to be done. it was not a new house, could use some remodelling. particularly the bathroom. courtney was still living with her parents as the work began. they were going to be doing the tile work and stuff so we wouldn t have a shower for that day. so, shower out of commission, they decided to wake up early, put on their bathing suits and rinse off in the outdoor spa before the contractor arrived at 6:45 a.m. it was june 7, 2007. chris got up first, turned on the spa to warm it up and then called brianna at her college
they were probably closer with their parents than most children. they re the parents i hope to one day be. cristi, the vivacious glue of the family. chris, her perfect mirror. my dad is a little more kicked back, quiet, relaxed. they re the perfect balance. chris was a police officer in san bernardino until he was shot in the line of duty. then he went off to become police chief in two small towns in idaho. then in 2005, anticipating an empty nest and eventually retirement, the halls bought this place back in calimesa. life seemed to have hit a sweet spot. as ashton and brianna remember their mother telling them. we happened to be laying on the bed with her. she just started talking. she was like, i am just i m so happy that i have you girls and dad.
at that point he was getting out of the jacuzzi. and he was in a very big rush. she s still nowhere to be seen. the look on his face was almost undescribable. it was almost as if he had just gone into another world. it was scary. it was instinct that told her something was wrong, said lindsay. so she called 911. 911, state your emergency. a woman was killed. now, hours and hours later, the detectives confronted chris with lindsay s story. why, they asked, didn t her story match his? so am i supposed to believe the witness is lying? i m not going to say she s lying. she sounds like a truthful kid or whatever. but i don t know. i can t explain what she s saying she saw. so now that question we posed as we began. did lindsay patterson really know what she saw?
and defendants families stood solidly together against the prosecution. but what nunn knew was the truth was more complicated. after the verdict at chris hall s sentencing, a letter was introduced from one of chris hall s brother, billy carlton, who until now had said not one public word about the case. we would like to ask his honor for the maximum sentence, wrote billy. the pain that my family has suffered through this tragedy is unforgivable. i didn t want to hurt the girls. i had to say what was on my mind. there was a deep divide in the family, said billy. some of the relatives believed chris was innocent but he and he said others including cristi s uncle steve mundy urged on the prosecutor silently. half the family was convinced he was innocent and half was convinced he wasn t. that s hard to do when you have a big family and you all have to be together once in a while. when it involves a member as loved as cristi was. exactly. does that explain why this kind of grou