burglaries. she walks in on a burglary. burglaries aren t uncommon in walsenburg especially with all the drugs around. reporter: then, said the defense, one of the bad guys saw pam and he hits pam in the head hard. he s standing there in the kitchen, fire poker in his hand, wondering what to do. reporter: the robbers must have thought pam and ralph had already left on vacation. this family was supposed to be gone. that was the talk around town. reporter: so, for the jury it came down to whose story to believe. prosecutors said the police cleared those suspects right back at the beginning. but nothing could clear ralph. and nothing could soften a truly shocking allegation ralph murdered pam because divorce would get him disfellowshipped, cast out, from his church. pam wasn t leaving. and so he had only one option left. reporter: if he became a
she walks in on a burglary. burglaries aren t uncommon in walsenburg especially with all the drugs around. reporter: then, said the defense, one of the bad guys saw pam and he hits pam in the head hard. he s standing there in the kitchen, fire poker in his hand, wondering what to do. reporter: the robbers must have thought pam and ralph had already left on vacation. this family was supposed to be gone. that was the talk around town. reporter: so, for the jury it came down to whose story to believe. prosecutors said the police cleared those suspects right back at the beginning. but nothing could clear ralph. and nothing could soften a truly shocking allegation ralph murdered pam because divorce would get him disfellowshipped, cast out, from his church. pam wasn t leaving. and so he had only one option left. reporter: if he became a widower, he d be free to marry again. it was, said the prosecutors, one of the more disturbing
huerfano world journal which, said prosecutor matt durkin, had been exposed as an elaborate lie. that letter was in itself a very sensational story, but it was inconsistent with all of the physical evidence in the investigation that had occurred to that point. which the prosecution listed in detail for the jury to hear. but there s always more than one side to a story. defense attorney dariel weaver told the jury that when she read carefully through all the prosecution material, here s what jumped right out at her. when you take a good hard look at their evidence, when you see that they ve interpreted the evidence to fit the conclusion that they drew in the first 12 hours of this case, you see that all it is is assumptions and suppositions and cut corners. reporter: but, said the defense, if the jury looked at facts and not assumptions, they d see ralph s story about what happened to pam had to be true. remember those two men fingered as possible killers? they had records, d
ralph s story about what happened to pam had to be true. remember those two men fingered as possible killers? they had records, drug offenses, burglaries. she walks in on a burglary. burglaries aren t uncommon in walsenburg especially with all the drugs around. reporter: then, said the defense, one of the bad guys saw pam and he hits pam in the head hard. he s standing there in the kitchen, fire poker in his hand, wondering what to do. the robbers must have thought pam and ralph had already left on vacation. this family was supposed to be gone. that was the talk around town. so, for the jury it came down to whose story to believe. prosecutors said the police cleared those suspects right back at the beginning. but nothing could clear ralph. and nothing could soften a truly shocking allegation ralph murdered pam because divorce would get him disfellowshipped, cast out, from his church. pam wasn t leaving. and so he had only one option left. if he became a widower, he
burglaries aren t uncommon in walsenburg especially with all the drugs around. reporter: then, said the defense, one of the bad guys saw pam and he hits pam in the head hard. he s standing there in the kitchen, fire poker in his hand, wondering what to do. reporter: the robbers must have thought pam and ralph had already left on vacation. this family was supposed to be gone. that was the talk around town. reporter: so, for the jury it came down to whose story to believe. prosecutors said the police cleared those suspects right back at the beginning. but nothing could clear ralph. and nothing could soften a truly shocking allegation ralph murdered pam because divorce would get him disfellowshipped, cast out, from his church. pam wasn t leaving. and so he had only one option left. reporter: if he became a widower, he d be free to marry again.