better than that and she could do better and he wasn t good for her. s . he s got physical injuries, he s coming on like a house afire. right. either he was completely innocent and concerned about his girlfriend and really loved her, or he had done something and was going to use us as a tool. right away, noticed some scratches on him. lieutenant hughes was on duty that weekend, too. he made note of the angry boyfriend with the scratches. he s got physical injuries. he s coming on like a house afire. right. either he was completely innocent and concerned about his girlfriend and really loved her
you were concerned that any man would take her away? correct. denny s state s case couldn t add to a conviction. inconclusive dna, and most of all, an angry, abusive, jealous boyfriend. in your deliberations, ask yourself, against who was the evidence stronger, and if there s any kind of evidence against brad oborn we ve got reasonable doubt then. had the defense made a persuasive case. for hannah s family and friends, there was now more waiting and just one hope, justice for hannah. the truth always comes out no matter what it is. coming up. all rise please. we had two families out there. we had to take our time and make that right decision.
a young kid who got himself in a situation by telling the truth. the father says denny was an average, carefree kid, excited about a new job in internet marketing, not a killer. personality, demeanor. if he walked in the door, who would we meet? you would meet a person who doesn t stop smiling. it doesn t matter who you are, you would feel at home around him because he s got that personality. the medical examiner ruled hannah s death a homicide by asphyxiation, saying she was strangled to death. but little else was clear. for instance, they found semen inside the body during the autopsy, but said it wasn t worth anything because it had degraded in the week she was in the car. police never checked brad oborn s alibi the night she disappeared, never checked paper records, and never checked the carpet inside denny s apartment. they can spray a chemical on this alleged evidence and it can be tested. that was never done.
with brad oborn and was reaching out on the very night she disappeared. that s going to be something for a jury to think about. it would be if i were sitting on a panel. the diary entries. speaking from her grave, hannah s own words telling jurors who she was thinking of: denny. here on november 11, again on december 2nd, and yet again on december 16th. in hannah s handwriting. denny. what s more, the defense got brad to admit he had read her diary cataloging the visits of denny. i recognize that i read the book. you recognized that she had gone to denny s. did you read that when you read the book? i don t remember. was jealousy the motive? you were concerned denny would take her away? yes.
for something he was found not guilty of? he was in jail for another year while they decided what to do with him. he was released a year later. but denny s freedom would be short-lived. you ll hear more about that later. for hannah s friends and family, the shock of her violent death, followed by an inconclusive trial, took it s toll. people still wondered if brad oborn had committed the murder. he did time for drugs and even tried to rob a bank. perhaps the hardest hit of all was hannah s mother, kim. she went into a shell. i mean, it ripped our family apart. several years after hannah s murder, the figure of an angel