guilty of murder. guilty. ryan dropped his head to the table. he was hysterical. he was crying. he was a mess. a bad, bad, bad dream. ryan composed himself enough to proclaim to the court his innocence. i did not do this, judge. i don t know why this has to keep going on. my life has been ruined. i love sarah. i would never have hurt her. never. outside the court, ryan s father gary slumped to the ground. the son he was recently reunited with after years apart taken from him again. it was a horrifying moment. and i think it just totally caught up with me at that point, the total shock. i just went weak. ryan widmer for the second time was given the mandatory sentence, 15 years to life. as court officers handcuffed him and led him away, few people were aware of a young woman on his side of the benches, crying.
my first, 12 my second and in august 1992, my life changed when the chicago tribune ran a story on my called yon golden ponds and my business went through the roof. so the fun summertime gig became my career. before i had even graduated college. in the early crazy days when the company had just gotten started, craig s dad gary, an engineer, was a big supporter and helped his son with the business. i m an entrepreneur. it was oil and water, i was the gas pedal and he was the brake. the strike between the father and son has escalated. i have lost a lot of friendships. my best friend mom high school embezzled from me. and my own father had a different philosophy. when it is family and you re that close to someone. it gets tough.
walking out of the courtroom, ryan widmer s frustration spilled out. parents vowed to stand by their son. they had already spent more than a half million dollars on his defense, tapping out bank accounts and retirement plans. we know he s innocent and we ll do whatever it takes. we ll move forward. ryan s dad gary was firmly behind his son. but in another odd twist, it had taken ryan s arrest to reunite the pair. he had been out of his son s life for 13 years, the consequence of a bitter divorce. he hadn t even known there was a sarah until he learned his son had been charged with her murder. father was reintroduced to son while ryan was in jail. this is the first meeting you ve had with your boy in a long, long time. he s on the other side of the glass and you re talking through one of those phone devices. mm-hmm. that s kind of a hard thing to take right there. it was. it was hard but so sweet to see him.
guilty. ryan dropped his head to the table. i was hysterical. he was crying. he was a mess. a bad, bad, bad dream. ryan composed himself enough to proclaim to the court his innocence. i did not do this, judge. i don t know why this has to keep going on. my life has been ruined. i love sarah. i would never have hurt her. never. outside the court, ryan s father gary slumped to the ground. the son he was recently reunited with after years apart taken from him again. it was a horrifying moment. it just totally caught up with me at that point, the total shock. i just went weak. ryan widmer for the second time was given the mandatory sentence, 15 years to life. as court officers handcuffed him and led him away, few people were aware of a young woman on his side of the benches, crying. this is also a sarah. sarah manhurst. she s another twist in the story
walking out of the courtroom, at a press conference, ryan s parents vowed to stand by their son. they had already spent more than a half million dollars on his defense, tapping out bank accounts and retirement plans. we know he s innocent and we ll do whatever it takes. we ll move forward. ryan s dad gary was firmly behind his son. but in another odd twist, it had taken ryan s arrest to reunite the pair. he had been out of his son s life for 13 years, the consequence of a bitter divorce. he hadn t even known there was a sarah until he learned his son had been charged with her murder. father was reintroduced to son while ryan was in jail. this is the first meeting you ve had with your boy in a long, long time. he s on the other side of the glass and you re talking through one of those phone devices. mm-hmm. that s kind of a hard thing to take right there.