actions. then, as they wrapped up their interview with reitz, the detectives got one more surprise. his parting question was, do i get to go home with mom and dad? they re here to pick me up. can i go home with them? i said, i don t think so. you re under arrest for a murder. reitz was flown back from catalina to los angeles later that same day. so was eva s body for the autopsy. the medical examiner confirmed steve reitz s gruesome confession regarding the cause of death, the deep slash to the spinal cord. i attended the autopsy. that s not standard protocol for a prosecutor. i attended it because i ve never seen a case like this. deputy d.a. chris frisco was initially assigned to look into the case. he had never encountered such an alibi. what i was concerned about was looking at the injuries and trying to determine if, in fact, the defendant is or was sleep walking
hello. i m milissa rehberger. three days before the new hampshire primary, the gop presidential candidate is criss-crossing the granite state. they have two days within the next 24 hours. watch msn nbc starting at 9:00 a.m., in switzerland many villagers have been cut off as forecasters predict 19 feet of snow this weekend. now back to deadly dreams. unfortunately, the best witness in the case is dead. eva is gone. she was the best witness in this case. d.a. chris frisco had a problem, stephen reitz, under investigation for killing his girlfriend eva weinfurtner.
happened. could someone really kill while they re asleep? it s possible. they re throwing their kids out of the window and husbands killing their wives in bed. a murder defense like no other. not conscious, not guilty. or was there another explanation? you have to look into everything to try to find a reason why. a case as dark as night. thanks for joining us. i m ann curry. it s a case that would hinge on the mysteries of the mind and the sleep. we know people can talk in their sleep, walk in their sleep and drive all without realizing what they re doing or remembering it afterward, but is it possible to actually kill while being unconscious? here s keith morrison. it begins here, at the moment of birth, something unconscious, uncontrolled. the world of sleep. the half glimpsed world of sleep, soothing, amusing. sometimes terrifying. and on the rarest of occasions, unconsciously deadly. sleep, love, sex, what is a person capable of without even knowing it?
steven reitz s gruesome confession regarding the cause of death, the deep slash to the spinal cord. i attended the autopsy. that s not standard protocol for a prosecutor. i attended it because i ve never seen a case like this. deputy d.a. chris frisco was initially assigned to look into the case. he had never encountered such an alibi. what i was concerned about was looking at the injuries and trying to determine if, in fact, the defendant is or was sleep walking frisco studied the detectives report. it appeared that eva s murder was now both a legal and medical issue. for advice, frisco consulted another d.a., dinko bozanich, who specialized in cases involving mental defenses. if he truly was sleepwalking, at the time of the episode, then he was not conscious, not criminally responsible, not guilty. really?
doctor. a federal judge is ordering casey anthony to return money used to search for her daughter, caylee. now, back to our program. unfortunately, the best witness in the case is dead. she was gone. d.a. chris frisco had a problem, stephen reitz, under investigation for killing his girlfriend, eva. he claimed to be sleep walking, not in control when he beat and stabbed her to death. but judging from the violent crime scene and witnessing eva s autopsy, frisco was convinced this had to be calculated, conscious. when people are sleep walking, it s not easy to form all of these various steps in your mind. it s not as if he had thrashed about in the room and knocked over the furniture and woke up. everything he did was directed specifically at eva to ultimately murder her. ultimately d.a. frisco wouldn t get a chance to make that case to a jury. he was transferred to another office and handed the case to