said the defense, lindsay patterson didn t really know what she saw. in fact, if she really witnessed chris hall drowning his wife, why then didn t she claim to see cristi s body in the spa when she looked again? it didn t make sense. but the highlight was the hall s daughters testimony, emotional, quite powerful. it put prosecutor strunsky in a strange position, at odds with the victim s own family. they were so clear, if we had any inkling he had done this, we would have done something, we would have seen it. said so, we would have seen it. and i think that s what they truly believe in their hearts. this weighs on my greatly. but my job is to get justice for cristi. now it was up to a jury to decide, after six days of testimony, two days of deliberation, they couldn t. it was a deadlock. the judge declared a mistrial. chris hall walked out of court with his family, free, but not quite in the clear. and nothing at all
a backyard spa, police asked chris hall to explain what happened that morning. what chris did not though was that his neighbor had also talked to police, and she told a very different story than the one chris was telling. here again is keith morrison. chris and cristi hall s three daughters clung together in grief and shock, all through the dismal evening hours of that worst of all days, june 7, 2007. waiting for their father to return from the police station. and they wondered, why was it taking so long? then the phone rang. and they had their answer. you know, broken-up words, and he s crying, and we re crying. that was when he said they think i hurt mom. i mean, he was very upset.
conversations that you don t have every day. still, there was work to be done it was not a new house. it could use some remodeling. particularly the bathroom. courtney was still living with her parents as the work began. they re going to be doing the tile work and stuff. so we wouldn t have a shower for that day so, shower out of commission, they decided to wake up early, put on their bathing suits and rinse off in the outdoor spa before the contractor arrived at 6:45 a.m. it was june 7th, 2007. chris got up first, turned on the spa to warm it up, then called brianna at her college dorm in san diego. here s your wake-up call, babe. get out and go on that run. back at the house, courtney dozed through her first wake-up. while chris and cristi made their way outside to the spa. just after 6:30, chris looked in on courtney second call. then headed back to the spa. life s last normal 6:37 a.m. i got up out of bed. i was