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She says, after he accused her children of lying, she stabbed him. she did this eight times. he bled to death. sarah sands was found guilty of manslaughter, rather than murder, on the grounds that she lost control. her original sentence of three and a half years was deemed to be too lenient and was increased to seven and a half years. the offender took with her to the scene a knife, which was used in the infliction of fatal injuries. when the jury was sure that at the time, she intended to cause...

She says she wanted to appeal to pleasted to plead guilty and spare her sons the court ordeal. she was carrying a knife. she says after he accused her children of lying, she stabbed him. she did this eight times. he bled to death. sarah sands was found guilty of manslaughter rather than murder on the grounds that she had lost control. her original sentence of three and a half years was deemed to be too lenient and was increased to seven and a half years. the offender took with her to the scene a...

It never occurred to me that i would be guilty of taking life out of the world. while he was awaiting trial for the offences against her boys, michael pleasted was allowed to live back on the estate. sarah sands was caught on cctv as she made her way to his flat. she says she wanted to appeal to pleasted to plead guilty and spare her sons the court ordeal. she was carrying a knife. she says, after he accused her children of lying, she stabbed him. she did this eight times. he bled to death. sara...

It never occurred to me that i would be guilty of taking life out of the world. while he was awaiting trial for the offences against her boys, michael pleasted was allowed to live back on the estate. sarah sands was caught on cctv as she made her way to his flat. she says she wanted to appeal to pleasted to plead guilty and spare her sons the court ordeal. she was carrying a knife. she says, after he accused her children of lying, she stabbed him. she did this eight times. he bled to death. sara...

Can you wrap your head around the fact that there were two other roommates who seem to have slept through the murders, and were not attacked? >> well, from afar, you have six people inside this house, four are killed. for me, where these victims inside the house. these two roommates may have had a house thats more isolated than the other victims were. thats why they were spared. or maybe they werent the target of this particular offender. >> paul holes, we appreciate your time trying to understa...

Two other roommates who seem to have slept through the murders and were not attacked? >> you know, from afar, you have six people inside this house. four are killed. for me, where are these victims inside the house. these two roommates may have been more isolated than the other victims were. thats why they were spared or they werent the target of this particular offender. >> paul holz, we appreciate your time helping us to understand which at this point is still a really big mystery. you can see...

They first thought. >> how so? >> well, i believe whats happening is that you have four victims. and this is obviously a huge case. its very complicated. and when they went into this crime scene, they likely saw that maybe one or two of the victims had more violence inflicted on them. the offender spent more time with them, and they thought, okay, these were the intended targets, and that the other victims in the house were secondary. so they focused their initial investigation thinking, okay, i...

Complicated than what they first thought. >> how so? >> well, i believe whats happening is that you have four victims. and this is obviously a huge case. its very complicated. when they went into this crime scene, they likely saw that maybe one or two the victims had more violence inflicted on them, the offender spent more time with them. and they thought, these were the intended targets. the other victims in the house were secondary. so, they focused their initial investigation thinking, okay, ...

The circumstances as violence was being inflicted. >> the details we mentioned about the hours leading up to the murders. how crucial is the timeline, how far would you go back? looking >> the timeline is absolutely crucial. its possible that that night, that while the victims are out, enjoying their college years. that the offender couldve interacted with them, saw them, and followed them back. so, thats absolutely mandated to follow up on. however, and right now the only released information o...

Due to the circumstances as the violence was being inflicted. >> the details we mentioned about the hours leading up to the murders, how crucial is the time line, and maybe how far would you go back looking? >> well, you know, the time line is absolutely crucial. its possible that that night, while the victims are out, you know, enjoying their college years that the offender could have interacted with them or have seen them and followed them back. so that is absolutely mandated to follow up on. ...