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here is the conclusion of on the outskirts of town. >> as each day of trial past, heather collins became less hopeful. there was no direct evidence tying isaiah hagan to her daughter's ski murder. no gun. no dna. no eyewitnesses. nothing to prove isaiah was a killer. >> i was at the point where i was prepared for him to be walking the streets. >> the prosecutor urged patients. >> we knew we did not have enough evidence to convict at that point. that's why you go to the end. >> there was one person he one of the jury to hear from. donna, i say is mom. the prosecutor had no idea what she would say on the stand, but he had reason to believe that isaiah confided in her the day at the police station about the night halee died. the mom takes the stand as a reluctant witness.
the kind of place you feel safe. >> this is southwest indiana. you can see the early days of the midwest in these historic buildings. open farmland everywhere. hometown usa a place for putting down roots. >> turn left and county road for 75 then your destination will be on your left. >> there it is. a gravel lot but a soccer field. a spot to play sports, to hang with friends. not a place for a young woman to die. it is jarring to think that when a life ends, so much begins. a family's grief and a community shocked. in this case, right here where i am standing, a murder investigation. heather collins has been always proud of her three girls. especially, her oldest daughter, halee who even at a young age was eager to lend a
halee. >> your whole world is shattered. >> nothing was the same after that. nothing. >> every time i talk about it, the pain comes rushing back. how awful, and i've never felt so awful. i remember i did not want to exist anymore. >> the family was horrified to learn that halee, 20 years old, had been murdered by a shot to the back of the head. >> that was the most shocking part. never in 1 million years would i think someone would shoot my child. >> as you are processing the most horrific news you have ever had in your life that your daughter is gone, do you ask these detectives who did this? >> they asked me. who do you think, you know. >> one name spring to mind immediately. heather blurted it out.
had that he is killed halee to shut her up? >> he was licking a serious charges. if i think of someone who had reasons to hurt her, that would be number 1. >> the day after halee was murder, someone sent her a snapchat video. it was that he is brandishing a gun. >> i was positive at that point he did it. >> heather was not the only one pointing the finger at that he is. halee's knew she had gone to see jordan the night she died. >> there is these messages the night she was murdered was she was messaging back and forth with jordan. i'm going to pick up my wallet from your house. late at night, the night she was killed. that was the theory and she went and told jordan that he is kilter over it. >> investigators decided it was
to help identify her. >> the mystery would be solved soon enough. heather in a panic, called a friend for help. >> i contacted a detective i knew. >> i and getting chills already. >> i was sick so morning. there was so much anxiety and i did not know what to do. >> she gave the detective halee's name nt forwarded the information to the sheriff's office. investigators there immediately checked facebook or they found transfer 13 profiling picture. >> there was a tattoo visible that matched. we were pretty certain at that point who the victim was. >> investigators called heather and asked to speak with her in person. she walked into the meeting, dreading what they might say. >> they said there is a body found. we have identified her as
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>> no one saw it coming. it was probably the first time everyone cried. it was an amazing gift. >> the judge called for recess and cleared the courtroom. all sides left to absorb the enormity of what happened. heather drove to the soccer field to reflect. she on his trail dashed halee by wearing the same tattoo her daughter once had. the prosecutor one home, humbled by a woman's confession. >> i don't know that i've ever had more faith in the words coming out of somebody's mouth then a mother that would actually say that against her son. >> you almost look like you're getting emotional. >> i am getting emotional. >> the defense attorney got straight to work. he needed a new plan to save his client. when court reconvened, he called donna back to the stand. his goal, to show the jury she could not be believed. >> on cross examination, she