ballistic experts compared the handgun to the shell casings found in the bedroom and inside the washing machine. they all had classic characteristics that were like that produced by the submitted pistol. my name is amy bosley. one year after bob s murder, amy bosley accepted a plea bargain. she pled guilty to first-degree murder in return for a sentence of 20 years in prison. i didn t want the kids on the stand because i didn t want to tear them any more apart than they were. what did amy do with the money? i don t know if anyone can answer that except for amy bosley. i think that that $1.7 million probably went to support their lifestyle, probably went to help buy the big boats, to buy the
house, since most of the glass was outside the door. investigators found something else hidden in the basement. of all places, inside the clothes washer. one of the officers found a towel that contained four shell casings and it was rolled up and shoved to the bottom of a washing machine that was full of clothes and water. i thought we had just hit the pay what we were looking for in the case. the casings from the washing machine were compared to the casings found in the bedroom. i looked at the individual marks that these specimens had. i examined six cartridge cases, four from the washing machine, two from the bedroom. i reached the conclusion that all six of these had been fired from the same firearm. and a closer look at the nightshirt amy was wearing on the night of the murder revealed an inconsistency. the shirt that she was
she took bob s .9 millimeter handgun and shot him. then tried to clean up by picking up the shell casings, although she missed some of them. amy then ransacked the house to make it look like robbery. broke the glass in the back door. then hid the shell casings in the washing machine. to make it look like there was a struggle, prosecutors believe amy cut her nightshirt, then scratched herself with the scissors. then called 911. she gave an all-star performance. someone is breaking into our house. oh, my god. i don t know what to do. no, you can t go up there, it s my kids!
where was the murder weapon? we ve searched by land, by air, and we have searched by water rescue. there s a pond out there. we drudged the pond searching for the gun and still not have been able to locate the firearm in question. when police looked at footage of amy bosley leaving her home on the night of the murder, they noticed that amy wasn t carrying her pocketbook. her sister was. after amy s arrest, amy s sister finally got around to looking inside. when she did, she found a .9 millimeter handgun. her sister did the appropriate thing. she hired an attorney to turn over this key piece of evidence and that s how it made it to our office. she was hoping her sister would chuck it in the river or dispose of it. ballistic experts compared the handgun to the shell casings found in the bedroom and inside the washing machine.
investigators found something else hidden in the basement. of all places, inside the clothes washer. one of the officers found a towel that contained four shell casings and it was rolled up and shoved to the bottom of a washing machine that was full of clothes and water. i thought we had just hit the pay dirt what we were looking for in the case. the casings from the washing machine were compared to the casings found in the bedroom. i looked at the individual marks that these specimens had. i examined six cartridge cases, four from the washing machine, two from the bedroom. i reached the conclusion that all six of these had been fired from the same firearm. and a closer look at the nightshirt amy was wearing on the night of the murder revealed an inconsistency. the shirt that she was wearing appeared to have been torn by the bad guy. forensic analysis of that t-shirt showed that it, in fact, had been cut through the collar