stand. who said he could answer that precise question, because nathan told him everything. can you state your name? david smith was a fellow in may of nathan s at the county jail. he said nathan told him he researched ways to kill denise on his laptop. did he talk about how he was planning to kill his wife denise? well, at first he told me that he was thinking about some poisoning. or some type of potassium or something like that. according to the inmate, nathan said he ran a lot of aaron s on the day of the murder. to create an alibi, and he told me he presented some gifts. some valentine s day gift and stuff. to his wife and, so that everything would look fine. how important was david smith the jailhouse snitch? david smith said that nathan was worried, that a lady mike it s seen him while he was
even though denise had been killed in her home her car was found in a nearby park. the police figured whoever drive it over there must have been involved in the denices murder. this is the problem. she s been shot in the house, i need to figure out how that car got to robinson park. a key to that car was found tangled in denise is hair, under her head. so, clearly, that key was used to move the car. there had to be another one. i m trying to figure out how many sets of keys are out there because i m trying to find a set of keys. i know there s one set of keys, and whenever i have borrowed when i ve driven the car to get something fixed on it, oil change, whatnot. i just ask for the keys and she gives me the keys. or she says, there on the plate. none of that made any sense to the detectives. there had to be a second key somewhere visible in the house in order for an intruder to easily find it and drive the car to the park. there was no other way, they said. and he shoot
walking. obviously, nobody knows that except nathan,, and it s consistent with our evidence. once more, the inmate also testified widen ethan wanted tunis out of his life. well he said that, he said that she was overbearing. in that he had got to the point, where he wanted to move on with his life. that he had met someone else, and stuff like that. did he tell you the name of that someone else? some student named lana or something like that. but it was with the inmate told prosecutors about the timing of the murder. that they found particularly chilling. smith testified that nathan told him he planned the murder specifically for valentine s day. it was supposed to be some type of president to this other chick. i think you referred to her as anna? yes. yes. and there it was, nathan s
she simon a black hooded sweatshirt walking towards denise s house, on the day of the murder. she was the closest thing people had to an eyewitness. the whole thing struck me as wrong. and i thought, i told my husband to slow down. i wanted to get a good look at him. and i was worried, that he saw us pulling out of our driveway, and that he knew we were gone, that he would rob us. she did not recognize the man that day, but later, she looks at a police photo lineup, and she quickly pointed to this man. in it turned out to be, nathan. did you think it was possible when you are looking at this photo lineup, maybe you ve seen nathan in the neighborhood in subconsciously you are choosing that photo, because you had already seen him before? no. why are you so sure? because of the look on his face. i knew i did not make a mistake. when i was very careful when i looked at the photos. so i would not make a mistake. when she testified, you
that guy is getting out of town. he s not going to wait to try and find a spare set of keys in the house. he s leaving. questions about denise is car lead to questions about nathan s car, and something he said caught the detectives attention. was your vehicle, every at robertson park today? my vehicle was that robertson park today, yes. for what? when was this? early this morning. not early, but it would ve been before i came back to the house. but was it down there for? a pulled over to make a phone call. it turns out on the day of the murder, nathan was at the same park where denise is car was later found. and that s when one of the detectives got frustrated with nathan s whole story, and confronted him. it s not a coincidence that we re missing a 40 caliber glock handgun, and there s evidence that leads us to believe your wife was probably shot with a 40 caliber handgun. okay?