cameras in the courtroom as the prosecutor argued their case for premeditation, a requirement for grant to be sent to prison without the possibility of parole. he introduced evidence. there were grant s recent steamy e-mails to the old flame all but asking for a fresh hook-up. then, him changing erotic targets from the former girlfriend to the chirp s au pair, verena, the german teen fresh out of high school. and in a moment of high theater, they called a blockbuster witness, verena, now a brunette. people flew over to germany to try to track this woman down. she was having nothing of it. we really thought she would just keep her distance. set the scene, amber. we had no cameras, of course. i saw her just shoot these looks at him. they were scowls. it seemed like she was really there to say, you messed me up for some time. and i m here to make sure you get what s coming to you.
about stories told to him by the au pair s friends in the detroit area. rumors about her and grant. is there anything you want to tell me about your relationship with steve? there is nothing. are you absolutely certain about that, verena? yes. gradually the cop coaxed the truth out of the teenager, bit by bit. challenged on that point, verena admitted a little more. we kissed, but that s all. then after further probing admitted a lot more. she d had oral sex with her employer. it was just one time and it was before that happened to tara. it was before the february the 9th. okay, was it mutual oral sex or just him? it was just him. was kozlowski hearing motivation for the murder? did stephen grant kill his wife so he could be with the cute young nanny who was so good with the children? meanwhile, the intense manhunt
the first thing he did was text the au pair saying you owe me a kiss. what had happened in the bedroom? i said stop. just stop it. what was hidden out in the garage? nobody knows the hell that was going on in that house. the valentine s day mystery. thanks for joining us. i m chris hansen. this case centers around a man who was not what he seemed. at first glance he and his wife looked to be a model of the modern family. she traveled the world for business while he stayed home with the kids. it was what happened inside that home that launched a valentine s day mystery. here s dennis murphy. you know, she has been missing for a week now, seven days. no one has seen or heard from tara grant in more than a week. as of today, tara grant has been missing for 18 days. the county sheriff s department says it will do an all-out search for tara this weekend. loving dad. successful mom.
verena in a confident voice, recounted how her employer became suddenly flirtatious at the end of january, stealing kisses, actually exposing himself to her until finally the night before tara is murdered, he gets her into his bed. no one can ever tell me that it s a coincidence that the night before he murders his wife, he has sexual relations with his au pair. the defense throughout, meanwhile, answered the accusation by asking, where are the signs that grant plotted out this crime? where s the to-do list of carrying out a murder? a defense expert witness says this case is about a man snapping during a physical confrontation. therefore, the defense argued he should be found guilty of no more than second-degree murder. tara s torso i took and buried in the snow. yet, when the jury heard all three hours of grant s passionless recollection of his murder and dismemberment, how could that we anything but first degree murder? when you hear it, there s a remoteness from the things
his parents. there are burn marks over his body, scars, signs of beatings, genitals are mutilated. this is a 13-year-old boy, taken off the streets, held for over a month, defiled, and dumped on his justify fibly and terrorizes family. i want you to hear what bashar al assad said when asked by abc s news s barbara wallers about hamza. a portion of the interview airing today on good morning america . you have seen these pictures, have you not? no, but i is this news to you? no, no, it s not news. i met with his father, with the father of that child. and he said that he wasn t tortured. he s saying in so many words, who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes? a pathologist attributed this to ordinary decomposition, as if decomposition leaves burns and scars and castration. as for assad s claim that hamza s father told him that his son hasn t been tortured, what would you say when a dictator who commands an army of torturers asks you that? according to al-j