a perfect life and the perfect wife until the day he says he found her dead. valentine s day! yuck my wife my wife i think my wife is just, debt. she had enemies. there were calls that were made to scare her. so imagine everyone shocked when they charged him with murder. he just couldn t have done it. sure they ve had their problems. there was a huge number. and i m talking close to 100 phone calls to this phone number back and forth. but he did love her. i told some people at the clinic, i wish i had someone that would look at me the way jon looks at susan. the question for the jury was did he love her to death. the motive was love lost. hello and welcome to dateline. if you re a fan of fictional courtroom dramas you might think that every criminal trial and with a bombshell. maybe it s a surprise witness or an 11th hour confession. well, that kind of thing rarely happens in a real trial. but it did in the story. one last unexpected twist in a cas
and i m talking close to 100 phone calls to this phone number back and forth. but he did love her. i told some people at the clinic i wish i had someone that would look at me the way jon looks at susan. the question for the jury was didi lover to death. the motive was laws lost. hello and welcome to dateline if you re a fan of fictional courtroom dramas you might think that every criminal trial and with a bombshell. maybe it s a surprise witness or an 11th hour confession. well that kind of thing rarely happens in a real trial. but it did in the story. one last unexpected twist in the case full of surprises. here is dennis murphy with the valentine s day mystery. a dozen roses check. how about a candle lit dinner and a champagne toast to love? isn t that what s valentine s day is supposed to be about? we all know red is for the ribbon on the box of chocolates, not for the pool of blood in the master back. maybe chicago gangsters get killed on the scene val
then came the prosecutor, wes lane s turn to cross examine. now courtroom lawyers like to talk about perry mason moments when a trial is electrified, but are hardly ever happens. it did in this case, it didn t ever. the prosecutor tossed out an open-ended question. well, mr. bevel is there anything the states experts or the oakland oklahoma police department missed in their examination of the evidence? the blood spatter expert on the stand, on the payroll of the defense, hesitated before answering. i expected an objection when i looked at the defense table which was over on my left. there wasn t an objection so i answered and i said yes sir. there was a detail that the witness wanted to talk about. something he had noted and which would later be regarded as the atomic bomb of the trial of dr. john hamilton.
now with the conclusion of the valentines day mystery. here again is dennis murphy. tom babble, the blood spatter expert hired by dr. john hamilton had wrapped up his questioning under the defense attorney. as a last witness in the trial, he d refuted a lot of the prosecutions findings and bolstered his client s case. then came the prosecutors west lanes turned to cross examine. now courtroom lawyers like to talk about perry moistens mason moments when a trial is electrified, but are hardly ever happens. it did in this case, it didn t ever. the prosecutor tossed of an open-ended question. well, mr. bevel is there anything the states experts or the oakland oklahoma police department missed in their examination of the evidence? the blood spatter expert on