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
i don t know. because it was out there in view i guess. in murder cases constructed on the interpretation of blood evidence, it s not unusual for juries to hear from dueling experts when they go to trial, and that s what happened here. and was seen as a coup for the defense didn t locked up one of the most highly regarded blood spatter experts in the nation. tom devil, a veteran of almost three decades with the oklahoma pd. i was hired either the next day or within two days at least of the actual crime by the defense. and they thought they were doing well because they took you off the market, prosecution would be able to attack your expertise? i thought that. and as expected, his take on the story of the blood put dr. hamilton in a better light. for instance, the shirt that the prosecution suggested had a bloodstain left by the murder