to believe he was innocent, the evidence was pointing elsewhere. now you re thinking am i being played for a fool here? yes. i was not willing to accept it, but i m thinking about it, yes. coming up bill talks with the fbi. i think he was working hard to kind of navigate his own internal contradictions. and, a secret about the other woman in lonnie s life. explain to me how he kept this hidden from everybody. crafty. he is a smart man. when dateline continues.
yes i was. that delay lasted more than two months. then on may 26, 2020. with covid-19 cases still spreading in orange county. the judge called a hearing. to determine whether lonnie s case could move forward. so she went to court with a heavy heart. it was the 14th anniversary of mckee s death. the hearing was livestreamed to the public. and no surprise, the defense argued for a mistrial. among the reasons, after the long delay, jurors could not possibly remember everything. putting lonnie at a disadvantage. to which the judge said. we have to continue. it is so important to have the rule of law. even during a pandemic. the judge denied the motion for a mistrial and two days later, all 16 jurors returned. following social distancing guidelines. jurors would spread throughout the courtroom.
lonnie s response? he told me don t worry about it. that she had already testified in a grand jury and therefore the fbi wouldn t believe her. and so he told you that she would be not believed anyways right? that is correct. so here s the moment, amy was called to testify. in court, the judge would not allow us to take pictures of her face. amy testified that lonnie told her that he booked the cruise for himself and mickey. and his supposedly well connected friend. bill price. and did he tell you what his plan was? he said that bills people will throw people mickey in the water. and his girlfriend will be in other words, his alibi. but when bill canceled at the last minute. amy says that lonnie told her this. he will have to take matters into his own hands. remember, if amy was telling the truth on the stand.
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and everyone would wear masks except for the witnesses. and the first witness to take the stand was lonnie. i don t know if my ex-wife was killed. i don t know what happened to my ex-wife. lonnie had an explanation for everything. why did you book a cabin with a balcony? well. i did not want to cheap out. i was trying to impress mckee with the fact that i was trying to change. more vacation, spending more money. all of it was to salvage a relationship, that according to lonnie, mckee s hot temper had destroyed. she broke cell phone, she threw things. one particular incident in 2001, she broke a fax machine. threw it from the second level down to the living room floor. that time, the cops were called. lonnie said that he talked them down from arresting mickey. so when lonnie learned that