Noted that there was a letter in it. and the letter said that tim didn t do it. and you were hearing rumors like that. and billy goes to the sheriff s department and he has to pretend that he is investigating another case, because if it was this case, it would have set off bells and whistles. and sure enough, the wallet belonged to a fellow named shawn buckner. it belonged to a friend of pat cone, the prosecution s star witness. the letter called his testimony into question. that letter called his testimony into doubts. it told his fiance about doubts, and to the point they wrote each other a letter about it. so richardson flew to louisiana where he was in training with the air force, but when he got there, buckner closed the door in his face. he did not want to get involved. he had to decide whether or not to betray his friend and help someone wrongly accused of a triple murder. and shawn buckner had no reason to help tim hennis.
He said, talk to that kid who walk the street? she said, i see that kid all the time. he walks the neighborhood all the time. and they didn t know who he was, so billy did a vigil and it became this quest for the mythical figure for the walker. you can win the case for the walker. so i sat there for six weeks. richardson even hoped that he might find the real perpetrator, but he came up empty handed. and then before the second trial, richardson hired an investigator the renew the search, and finally, they found the mystery man, no murderer, but a high school senior who worked at the lope s supermarket. a kid by the name of john rupauh, and he had a habit of walking the road, and he was a big blond kid with a blond mustache. and it fit, fit like a glove.
Works? works. works! works? works. works. defense attorney billy richardson had always wondered, if it wasn t tim hennis who did eyewitness pat cone see at the eastburn home on the night of the murders? billy was going door to door to talk to every neighbor, and he said, talk to that kid who walks the street all of the time. and they didn t know who he was, so billy did a vigil and it
Works! works? works. works. as defense attorney billy richardson re-prepared for the retrial of tim hennis, new evidence turned up on the sidewalk in fayetteville. the attorney who picked it up noted that there was a letter in it. and the letter said that tim didn t do it. and you were hearing rumors like that. and billy goes to the sheriff s department and he has to pretend that he is investigating another case, because if it was this case, it would have set off bells and whistles.
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