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Floyd wright and john ottenschot admitted they were drinking, but claim they werent intoxicated. they said they didnt see harrys boat because its lights werent on. the propeller tore through nasreens arm and the boats upholstery. the hull struck harry in the head, killing him instantly and leaving paint chips on his body. some think floyd turned around to see what he hit, and not only saw the damage, but also heard nasreens screams. floyd wright and john ottenschot deny this. wright took his boa...

Something, although he didnt know what it was. >> its just -- it was so dark. overcast. we couldnt see anything in the lake. i knew we didnt hit a log. i dont think it would take us out of the water as far as it did, because we were all the way out of the water. we did know we hit something big. >> ottenschot claimed they circled back to see what they hit but didnt see anything, so they drove their boat to the launch, removed it from the water, and drove home. he identified the driver of the boa...

He hit harry uhls boat. >> they knew exactly what they had hit. they absolutely knew. theres no way you could hit a full-sized boat and not know that you have hit something significant or think that youve hit a log or driftwood. its ridiculous. >> if they would have had their lights on on that boat, we would have seen it. i can guarantee it, that we would have seen it. >> there was no way to know what floyd wrights blood alcohol level was that night. in new york state, this severely limited the ...

>> when police questioned floyd wright, he, too, said he didnt know what they hit. >> it was a head-on collision. it was nose to nose. >> we dont know because we didnt see it. >> i know because i have seen the boat. >> im just saying, i was there -- >> im not asking. im telling you. >> we heard a thud and we turned around and we looked and we didnt nothing and we didnt hear nothing. so, we figured wed better get out of the water, you know, people were -- because we didnt know what damage we had....

>> they knew exactly what they had hit. they absolutely knew. there is no way you could hit a full-sized boat and not know that you have hit something significant or think that youve hit a log or driftwood. its ridiculous. >> if they would have had their lights on, on that boat, we would have seen it. i can guarantee it, that we would have seen it. >> there was no way to know what floyd wrights blood-alcohol level was that night. in new york state, this severely limited the prosecutors case. >> ...

>> with a warrant, police searched wrights property and found the boat in his barn. >> you could see, readily see that repairs had been made to the boat. the bondo and the material on the boat was not flush with the original fiberglass. and it had been spray-painted. areas had been spray-painted white. >> if there had been blood or any other evidence on the boats hull, it had already been removed and repainted. the propeller had also been removed but was still in the barn, broken beyond repair. ...

Responsible. the fact that he was able to run from the scene and he wasnt charged with anything related to intoxication just makes you question whether our laws have a loophole in allowing someone to leave the scene of a crime so that they cant be charged with being drunk at that time. >> coincidentally, wrights automobile drivers license was suspended at the time due to an arrest for driving while intoxicated. floyd wright was charged with tampering with physical evidence and failing to report ...

In both samples. >> they were indistinguishable, one from the other. so, we could conclude from that that they were made up of the same substance, and therefore, they could have common origin. >> but this wasnt conclusive. so, stanbro compared the paint chips from harrys body to the paint on floyds boat. they were heated to 800 degrees centigrade and vaporized so that their chemical components could be measured by a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer. again, the chemical composition of both sam...

And he said the boat hit something, although he didnt know what it was. >> its just -- it was so dark. overcast. we couldnt see anything in the lake. i knew we didnt hit a log. i didnt think it would take us out of the water as far as it did, because we were all the way out of the water. we did know we hit something big. >> ottenschot claimed they circled back to see what they hit but didnt see anything, so they drove their boat to to launch, removed it from the water, and drove home. he identif...