troubled, line in the road. he d gone looking for help, knocking on doors, police seem to call 9-1-1. correct. , but it looked as though a crucial part of that story that he told the scene had been a complete lie. dana was far from a stranger to atkins, he d been a passenger in her car. he admitted as much to the original detective in 1982, when he was called in for an interview. one of the first things that he said to detective bob bratton, the reason that i didn t say anything was because i was on parole, and i was afraid to have police contact. the bouncer had served time for receiving stolen property, he didn t want any trouble he told the detective, but he did want to help. here s the truth he said, he was driving in a home near in a corner, when he heard the engine arrive louder, and his card or close. next thing he, knew dana was out of the vehicle, it would be such a simple explanation, if true. dana s massive head wound, had been the result of an unlucky fall from a mov
mother. and now, the moment of truth had arrived. the defendant, russell adkins, did purposely cause the death of dana rosendale. the prosecution s opening statement was simple, common sense and science would prove that russell adkins was a lawyer and a killer, who created a story about a tragic car accident to cover his tracks. deb, are you familiar with dana rosendale? i am. dana s sister deb took the stand talk about her little sister, forever 19 years old. she loved life, she loved people, she loved her family.
like dana. they waited together in a courthouse lobby, as the jury is deliberated. i know they have a really tough case, because of all the evidence, it was circumstantial. and i ll tell you, the longer it went throughout the day, i started to get concerned. you know, i tried to put myself in that position to actually see if we had enough evidence to convict russell adkins. after they ve been out for more than five hours, the jurors filed back into court with disturbing, news they couldn t reach a decision. and the judge sent them back out, but only an hour later, they returned again. still deadlocked. that said, we will declare a hung jury. you had pushes thing for so long, did you think that was all there never been? in that second, i kept thinking, oh my, gosh is he getting, out is it over? fear, disappointment,
Brittany Stork s decades-long quest to find out more about her mother s mysterious death leads to a dramatic courtroom decision; the man at the center of the.
found in the car, but wasn t founded the car, there was just a very short sentence in airport and a lot of memories of those specifics, by the officers that were there that night, they remember those details. as for the rest the bouncer story. the investigator had an idea. he would take a fresh look at the stretch of road where it all began. i want to see it for myself. the bouncer told police he d been approaching encounter when they fell obscure. i did a deal school way. and ahead of police crew behind me blocking traffic and i got out and i walk the whole thing. disobey their figured out that the closest corner was more than 200 feet away from where dana s body had been found. the whole thing to make sense. when you sit there and how did she end up on the right side of the road, how does a purse and upon the middle of the roadway? when she s going out the opposite direction? why is he down here in the first place? announcer told the original detective that he had taken