that he killed rachel only to save his own life, to save himself and his children. from jail, he and his family fought a losing battle with rachel s father, don hatfield, who won custody of those children. and here began atoning for the sins of his youth by devoting his life to three little kids, eva, ariel and alex. it was after all that that they held the trial. prosecutor lisette suder intended to portray todd as a manipulative and devious man who murdered not one wife but two. that is if she could persuade a california judge to allow an old georgia case to be dusted off and brought back to life. i felt confident that i had the law behind me on that. and i submitted my brief, and i submitted the legal arguments that supported that.
struggle over the scissors. then he said he finally overpowered her, got control of the scissors. i was then, able to turn around on her and give her some jabs. she was, she was, she was injured at this point. but probably not seriously. a ha. i poked are in the eye really hard. and got it a break free. he retreated he said, as quick as he could. and i got up and 20 i got to my car and thought, i gotta get out here. oh my god, i don t get the children. get the children out of here. the two daughters were in the room, but baby alex was in the wounded rachel. starting at the garage, he made a decision. he had to protect his children. he would go back in and rescue them from rachel. i grabbed my motorcycle jackson at that point jacket at that point.
i was able to get them turned around onto her. uh-huh. and give her some jabs. she was she was she was injured at this point, but probably not seriously. uh-huh. i poked her in the eye really hard and got her to break free. he retreated, he said, as quick as he could. and i got up and got out of there and then ran to my car. got to my car and thought, get out of here. i thought, oh, my god. i didn t realize. get the children, get the children out here. his two daughters were in their room, but baby alex was with the wounded rachel. standing there in the garage, he said, he made a decision. he had to protect his children. he would go back in and rescue them from rachel. i grabbed my motorcycle jacket at that point. put it on, zipped it up. it s got pads over here for, like, breaking down the door. uh-huh. and i rushed into the room.
and give her some jabs. she was injured at this point, but probably not seriously. uh-huh. i poked her in the eye really hard and got her to break free. he retreated, he said, as quick as he could. and i got up and got out of there and then ran to my car. got to my car and thought, get out of here. i thought, oh, my god. i didn t realize. get the children, get the children out here. his two daughters were in their room, but baby alex was with the wounded rachel. standing there in the garage, he said, he made a decision. he had to protect his children. he would go back in and rescue them from rachel. i grabbed my motorcycle jacket at that point. put it on, zipped it up. it s got pads over here for, like, breaking down the door. uh-huh. and i rushed into the room.