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committed the murder together. the detectives spent hours, literally, trying to drag the name of that third man out of tapp the. and when carroll saw the tape, we ll, you watch it. the name, nothing comes to my head. it was in it wasn t russ. i mean. mike is his first name, okay? mickelson, mickelson. by the time he had gone through all those tapes, but did you think about chris tapp the man you believed all those years how could they do this to me? how could they managed to keep someone in prison for all these years and it s a possibility that it s not there? and after that eureka moment, carol dodge made a decision. she would do more than search to find for her daughters killer. she would actively work to free christopher tapp the only man convicted of the murder. i think that chris is case truly got taken seriously after i made my contact with boise
dripps was charged with the rape and murder of the teenager. it was an emotional moment for a angie s mother carol, who is there at the press conference. he orchestrated the whole thing. for chris tapp, the break in the case was a new beginning. in july, 2019, a judge finally vacated his murder conviction. and this time he left the court, not only a free man, but a fully exonerated one. [applause] i m thankful that my mother will know but this last name is fully. that s the most important thing to me in this world. brian dripps on the other hand, who had lived to free all those years, atlas faced the consequences. he pleaded guilty to both the rape and murder of angie dodge. and was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years to life. as for carol dodge, the idaho
so, detectives insisted they were. right ben hobbs was the ringleader. chris tapp was involved in the attack. an unknown third man left the dna in the form of semen. three attackers. the identity of the third, still a secret. unrevealed by either of the other to all those years later. and about the fact that carol dodge now disagreed with their theory i was supporting chris tapp, the only man in prison for the murder? what s it like to know that carol is now actively campaigning for his release? believes he s an innocent man? i think it s part of the process. in some respects, her heart has been broken. and she s convinced you got the wrong guy? when i heard that i was genuinely surprised. it s been a rollercoaster ride for 16 years for her. she s looking for closure. tomorrow or the next day, chris could be guilty in her mind again. so, perhaps now, would be a good time to talk to the man in the middle of all of this.
been higher for mr. tapp. his mother, vera, sat right behind him. carol dodge was there to. two of her sons also. there s got a lot at stake. if chris tapp walks free, then what? then it s who is the color? the prosecution would rely on the word of the detective who later became idaho falls mayor, jared fuhriman. fuhriman round the police interviews and said chris tapp was never technically in custody. was chris tapp free to leave? yes. that s funny, chris tapp s or geared when it was their turn. how could a 20 year old who had been arrested twice and watched as the door was actually barred during some of his interviews the only reason i m doing this is so nobody comes in, okay? how could that young man who had been questioned on and off for nearly a month. who spent more than a week of that time actually locked up in jail. who watched as immunity deals were offered and then later torn up. how could that kid, the lawyer asked, be expected to believe