murder he gave the golf sock t his attorney sears who kept it in his locked office until steve soares that s when h turned it over to la enforcement. so, was the curious case of th migrating golf sock and attemp to cover-up a murder or a bi of confusion and investigative dead end prosecutors warned dame, min you, they next tried to ti steve through the crime scene, they didn t find any of thes dna or fingerprints at carol s house but they did see those tire tracks. a criminalist compared the with the tires on steve s bike the tread on this tire is similar to the tread of this tire track did you find any discernibl differences between them no, i did not and the shoe prints, they brought in an expert from th fbi. did you find any issues tha seem to be comparable to the impressions that you observe in these photos from the crime scene?
the video, preparing for some protests and showing that to the public, charging those officers criminally, i think a lot of people expect for more things to come. as we think about moving forward, i think we simply have to look at the road to nashville where they have a community oversight board where civilians have votes on the police misconduct board. that creates transparency, equity and memphis should follow suit. the other point is following data. we should have data to be able to track these criminalist i can outcomes when it comes to arrest and getting drugs off the street. police officers do amazing things every single day but because our data for police are set up in a deficit manner we never get those positive outcomes. those are things that could actually change. as i mentioned before, that certification process is prime. and the big thing, and here we go, eventually there is going to be a large civil settlement paid out to tyre nichols family.
it was a brain tumor. and everybody waited for 5 weeks until a brand new judge was appointed, so they could pick up with testimony right where they left off. and that s when the jurors finally got to hear what became of the missing golf cover. go ahead and open your evidence bag please. reporter: detective theresa kennedy showed it to the jurors and the judge explained a stipulation made by the attorneys. on july 5, 2008 reporter: turned out, days after carol s murder, steve gave the golf sock to his attorney, john sears. who kept it in his locked office until steve s arrest. that s when sears turned it over to law enforcement. reporter: so was the curious case of the migrating club sock an attempt to cover up a murder, or a bit of confusion. an investigative dead end? prosecutors weren t done, mind you. they next tried to tie steve to the crime scene. they didn t find any of steve s dna or fingerprints at carol s house, but they did see those tire tracks. a criminalist com
we wanted the jury to think that you re going to shoot your wife for this. reporter: the attorneys then went on the attack, characterizing the work of investigators as woefully shoddy. inconsistent, incompetent, incomplete reporter: the new deficit thrust was on what investigators did not do. the state criminalist had to ad mist they did not test for gunshot residue on seth techel. how many times did you testify that gunshot residue was evidence of the crime? a lot. but in this case, we can t argue because we don t have it. yeah. exactly. we ll never know. never know. reporter: and the defense said it was even more shocking that the state expert had to make a similar admission about the fatal shotgun shell. this is the shell that killed lisa techel. yes. the very shell that killed this woman was never examined by
cover. go ahead and open your evidence bag. the detective showed it to the jurors, and the judge explained a skipulation made by the attorneys. on july 5th, 2008 reporter: days after the murder he gave it to his attorney, john sears, who kept it into his locked office for steve s arrest. that s when sears turned it over to law enforcement. so with a curious case of the migrating club sock, was it an attempt to cover up a murder or confusion? an investigative dead end? prosecutors weren t done, mind you. they next tried to tie steve to the crime scene. didn t find any of steve s dna or fingerprints at carol s house. but they did see those tire tracks. a criminalist compared them with the tires on steve s bike. the tread on this tire is similar to the tread to this tire track. did you find any discernible