county history. as the jurors left for a long holiday weekend, the specter of a mistrial hung in the air. dana and chris kist once again waited with ryan. we have to make sure he knows we re here. that s what we do as friends, support him and be hopeful and have the faith that this is going to turn out the way that it s meant to turn out. the jury returned to work on tuesday morning. but at 5:00 p.m. on the fourth day of deliberations, they asked to see the judge again. the note reads, we have decided that we cannot agree and that further deliberations will not serve a useful purpose. a hung jury. no verdict. by best count, they were deadlocked, seven guilty, one undecided, four not guilty. at a press conference, ryan s parents vowed to stand by their son. they d already spent more than a half a million dollars on his defense, tapping out bank accounts and retirement plans.
thing. her body was dry. if you pull someone straight out of the water, the body is wet. the story doesn t fit. accident or murder? her husband was charged but was there proof. you think they fabricated this. i know they did. he tells his story in his first interview ever. did you kill your wife? three years, three trials and way too many twists to count. do you love ryan? i love him, yeah. the bathtub mystery. good evening. welcome to dateline. i m ann curry. it is a case so controversial it brought people from a quiet community out to the streets in protest. it centers on a pair of newlys weds who had just settled into a new life together but what began at a typical night at home ended in a heartbreaking mystery. now the husband in the middle of this case is speaking to dateline in his first and only tv interview. here s dennis murphy with a dateline xmrus oif. sometimes the curtains are drawn early for couples. everything in life was still fresh