promised to seek help. now, back to dateline. ack to dateline. welcome back to dateline . i m craig melvin. jurors in the denny ross murder trial were deliberating when in a stunning twist, the judge declared a mistrial, after posting a 1 million dollar bond the defendant was released from prison. at least to temporarily. soon, prosecutors would have a second chance to make their case. this time, they d be armed with crucial new evidence and a bombshell witness. but could they prove denny ross was the killer? here again is dennis murphy with the night hannah hill disappeared me. the trial of denny ross for rape and murder had collapsed. years past when the akron police department getting kicked in the teeth for losing the conviction that so many people called sloppy police work. people remember the case and it goes down as an akron pd fumble. unfortunately that s probably the weights remembered by most. but defending ourselves is not what we re concerned with.
eventually finds their way out of it. oh, no, if it s and that s the person that did this crime. and if it with anthony garcia also. tying it all together, prosecutors called a bombshell witness. a former stripper named cecilia hoffman. hoffman told the jury that four years after the dundee murders, garcia made a shocking confession to her. she told the cops about it in this audio recording. i remember he said he said, it was a long time ago. he said, i killed a young boy an old woman. and i said, why? what would you kill a young boy and a old women? and he said, they had it coming. of all the pieces we did not have in the 2008 case, that was a big piece. prosecutors said hoffman had nothing to gain, but publicly
trial. when the matta s appealed for his convention, anthony garcia completely stop talking with his own lawyers. he deteriorated mentally coming into the trial, to the extent where he didn t say one with us. his mental state at that point was just gone. it was september 2016, eight years after the first four omaha killings when doctor anthony garcia finally got his day in court. on hand to see it, where the victims families who waited the longest. my main thing is, i needed to see him determine for myself if he did it. coming up, the trial begins with a lucky break. all of a sudden you get handed the murder weapon? and a bombshell witness, former stripper with a revealing story.
what they are applying to themselves and that is the truth. you can t hide from. that was good to see you, my friend. great monologue there as well on mlk, remembering his legacy as it was and how he conveniently wants to remember him. well then, my friend. coming up on ayman, targeting trump s special counsel jack smith s investigation kicks into high gear as the georgia election probe enters its final stage. plus, supreme four year. democrats are calling on the courts liberal justices to retire. yes. we will explain the rationale. and gop in disarray after a messy first week in charge. house republicans threatening even more chaos over the debt limit. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. all right, so after releasing a trove of bombshell witness transcripts in its final days, and now seems like the january six committee was still holding back. according to new court filing
53 crashed her car in los angeles last friday. the convention says u.s. department of justice is investigating sexual abuse allegations against the organization, they released its own report, hundreds of pastors and church leaders tied to sexual assault claims. back to dateline. welcome back to dateline . i m craig melvin. jurors in the denny ross murder trial were deliberating when in a stunning twist, the judge declared a mistrial, after posting a 1 million dollar bond the defendant was released from prison. at least to temporarily. soon, prosecutors would have a second chance to make their case. this time, they d be armed with crucial new evidence and a bombshell witness. but could they prove denny ross