how desperate he was to be with her. what riley was trying to do is to get an opportunity to see emma. that s when he was trying to do. and then they said the common theme of his defense, that rather than killing emma, wet he intended to do was to play a rescuer. it almost does sound like he was trying to scare her. when you first hear it. i thought the same thing. but i went out to the scene. and looked at the house. and looked at where he was standing. it was five feet away from the house where the measurements were? if i pulled a gun at you and pull the trigger. it was that close. so close, they said, it was obvious that riley was shooting the kill. shoot up in the air, shoot into the window. anywhere but where you shot. they agreed with the defense on one point, riley was desperate to be with emma. but that desperation had become dangerous. prosecutors argued, of
a reckless act, or premeditated murder? they went off to deliberate. and came back for hours later. in count one, charging the defendant with first degree murder did you reach a verdict? yes we did. guilty. you hear guilty? what s that moment light? relieved. it s a sense of relief. riley was sentenced to life in prison. he will be in his 70s by the time he is eligible for parole. all of the investigators and all of the work, we are almost more proud of i mean are there any heroes in? this i think they are. lieutenant, the walkers, they call you the heroes. what do you say to that? just doing when i had to do. it took a lot of guts to do what you did. we appreciate that. as for emma, who used to joke that she was kind of a big deal. she has actually become one.
minute. no police. they saw the suv outside the gate. what was the delay? two minutes. still no police. the tension was unbearable. then alex did something audacious. he took the gun out of riley s hand. this is a real gun. alex, why did you take the gun from riley? that was kind of a bold move. yeah it really was. i was tripping from the backseat. i was just and reilly grabs it back out of my hands. that was scary. and that was when police got through the gate. and made their move. what s the? let me see your hands! everyone out of the vehicle now! riley was cuffed and taken away. the gun stayed in the car. we pulled out the vaccine, just to see the serial number. the mission was a success. alex and noah were
riley was the mysterious man in black. she had actually seen the man in black, and believed to be riley, and she recognized by his build, buys by the way he walked and carried him. self during that interview, police were closely watching riley. they noted how he referred to emma in the strangest way. the girl, she texted me. which girl? the one that passed away. oh, okay. what s your name? emma. this is someone that he s professed s love to, and got on social media and spoken out about how she uses everything. but, yet when he goes to talk to me in the interview, he refers to her as the girl. as interview progressed, police shot to nail down rallies whereabouts the night and was shot. he stuck to the same story, he was at his college, in maryville, tennessee. almost a half hour away, crying
even his close friend said it seem like he was. unraveling were you worried about? tim yeah, very. i think this is when we started to see if he wanted to do something, he could. he seemed a little unstable? yeah. now that mo was dead, her friends weren t buying his sad messages on social media. what are you thinking when you re reading the posts? he s trying to cover up for himself. did you think he did? it i thought he had something to do with it. police were thinking the same thing, as they listen to stories about emma and riley. based on my experiences as detective, it was an abusive relationship. not physically, but it was a psychological and emotional type of abuse. police were skeptical of everything that reilly said. they didn t believe the kidnapping story. when they talk to one of them was friends in the neighborhood, they were even more suspicious. the friends was certain that