She was defending her life? not at all. he wasn t a violent person. she has she has no other defense but to tell you that. private lives, as we all know, can hide cesspools of stories best left untold. but no secrets in a murder investigation. the detectives had to know, what was the nature of cara and j.j. s 20-year relationship. for example, that chance meeting on the beach years earlier when they were divorced. cara said it just happened. the detectives said she made it happen, tracking him down to an out of the way beach. she actually told us, you know, i m walking on this beach that s nowhere near my house and i say, the next man i walk into he s the one. yeah. and it ends up being j.j. it wasn t maybe in the movies, i guess, that might happen. calculating, said the detectives. and in keeping. a lot of the description to us of their relationship was she was more controlling. and especially, without exception she controlled the money. when j.j. retired
Those weren t the last words that they had with each other. i guarantee you that. she means j.j. and cara, of course. so, why did he go to her and what happened? around 6:00 a.m., cara returned to the pinellas county sheriff s office from the rape crisis center. she was put in an interview room while detectives reviewed the rape report. it was not conclusive. did they find any, you know, any of the classic symptoms of a violent sexual stault? none were notated, no. however, the report did note bruising on cara s hip. was it possible to determine how that bruising got to be there? that original nurse thought that that bruising might of been from the incident of the night. when it was examined later by another doctor, they determined that the bruising was days older. she said that he held her wrists while he sexually assaulted her and therefore left marks. the examination didn t notate anything with her wrists. mind you, photos, as you can see, did show a red mark. but the
May be seriously hurt, and feared she was in deep trouble. jan, it s cara. i need your help. please call me, i think i hurt john. the ambulance hasn t left. i m scared. the day after police sent cara home, she consulted an attorney named roger futerman, a british born, american educated lawyer who flies the union jack outside his clearwater, florida, office. when i first heard the facts from miss ryan i didn t think they were gonna charge her. you know, from the defendant the facts are always a little different. i believed her. she seemed very believable. cara and her attorney waited to see what would come next. and meanwhile, detectives continued their investigation. one thing that struck them was the reaction of j.j. s family and friends. daughter meghan. i said, was it her? and they said, was it who? i said, was it cara? and they said, yes. and my whole world crumbled.
today, my friend, you did it. today you took delicious centrum multigummies and took one more step towards taking charge of your health. they re packed with essential nutrients for energy and immunity support. so every day, you can say, you did it! with centrum multigummies. a man so out of control, he raped her in a rage before she shot him. and then he came back through the door. i thought he was going to kill me. was it true? never in his life. never in his life. lonnie lancto had known cara and j.j. for years, before she and j.j. fell in love. did she have a reasonable argument that maybe she thought
The deputy said that s when he read cara her miranda warning. her right to remain silent and have an attorney. but did he? there is absolutely zero doubt in my mind that miranda was never read. and if cara wasn t read her rights, then that statement would be thrown out. a jury would never hear it. so there was a hearing. the prosecutor questioned the deputy. did you read her her miranda warning? i did. how long had she been in the patrol car when you did that? about 15 minutes. and here s how the deputy said cara responded. her comment was, yes, i understand. but cara swore that never happened. absolutely not. who was right? that s when futerman got a big idea. we got a lip reader. you got a lip reader? we got a lip reader. i was looking at this video and i started thinking. i said, if he so-called read