but, perhaps, what troubled her the most was seeing how confused taft was, even ten days after the first interviews, he still seemed not to know what house she lived in. lived on the corner? on the block. police kept correcting him. for a guy who took part in a murder, he seemed not to know much about the layout of her apartment. it s easier to draw it out. when asked to draw it, he couldn t do it. detectives even showed him where the murder occurred. happened here in the bedroom. that s back here. oh, yes, and there was more. police had always told her that chris did things only a killer would know, location and position of angie s body, the clothes she was wearing.
the murder. so, too, he was asked to submit dna. did you think anything of it? no. i had no reason to be scared. reporter: but then, not a word, for months, until, you ll recall, january of 1997, when taft was brought in for questioning after his friend, ben hobbs was arrested for a nevada sexual attack, police said was similar to the murder of angie dodge. i didn t know what i was brought in for. didn t connect with the angie thing at all? no. i thought i was going in for drugs. reporter: as you saw over the course of several weeks, he went from saying he knew nothing about angie s murder to being the only man charged in the case, just as his mother warned him. where was your mother during this? frantic. i was honest, i had nothing to do with this, mom, and i tried to explain to her, i didn t really confess. it took days to get to a story
the evidence and just declare taft innocent. no, this would have to be based strictly on points of law. idaho court of appeals had over the years thrown out all but one of taft s videotaped interviews, that being pone where he said he took part in the crime. but in this hearing it could be thrown out, too. if the court decided taft believed he was in custody when he said those incriminating things. if he thought he was unable to leave this little room. because that would have violated his basic constitutional rights. what s the best result from this? new trial or is it possible to have an exoneration? if this confession goes, the state has almost no evidence. i think they d have to dismiss the case. the stakes could not have been higher for mr. taft. his mother sat right behind him. carol dodge was there, too. two of her sons also. they ve got a lot at stake.
like magic. at comcast, it s my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i m in product development at comcast. we re working to make things simple, easy and awesome. in the years after angie dodge s murder, the man who confessed to taking part in the killing, christopher taft, was tucked away in state prison, az accomplice, tucked in prison for another felony was never charged with the murder, and idaho falls police told the mother, carol, they still couldn t find the third man, the one who left dna
guessing way, know what she was wearing. i have in mind a t-shirt and sweats. although, he s wrong about the color of the clothes, after being asked many times, if the clothes were half on or half off, pulled up, pushed down, he does correctly say this about her pants. one leg, like the detectives said chris talked about ben hobbs hitting angie behind the ear. we have evidence to back it, bruising where he says that ben hit her. so, detectives insisted they were right. ben hobbs was the ring leader, chris taft was involved in the attack, an an unknown third man left the dna in the form of semen. three attackers, identity of the third a secret, unrevealed by the other two all those years later, and the fact that dodge disagreed with the theory and