did so, how did he do it? he put his plan into action, said prosecutor, when doctor ryan was away at that conference. before returning home on friday, july the 12th. i think that tom had finally made up his mind, not only did he not have any problem going in the trailer. i think he located the gun. yes, he argued, tom stole doctor ryan s own gun. then that friday night? he plays a hang-up call to doctor ryan. at 9:45 pm. to make sure that he was home. and soon after that, a second call. to a second location. in another town, a half an hour down the road. he calls, and answers, and he hangs up. so now he knows that and is there. that s 36 miles away. so he knew that he could go over there and not find anybody there. besides brian. but then he got into his atv. headed over to the bunk house.
had made breakfast. although doctor erwin s sister testified that it was his habit to stay up late make acts and work late into the night, the defense said the evidence pointed to doctor ryan being killed not friday night, but sometime saturday. and there was a certain someone who had no alibi for saturday. someone you have already met. remember him larry hagman bush he was about to take the witness stand. and it is your statement that you within just one home. is that right? correct. you are home alone that night? correct. a question, but the defense was about to imply that the killer could have been him. coming up. he told us woman that mr. ryan was shot with his own gun. a 19 year old mystery takes
traumatic evidence that the murder did not happen until the earliest saturday morning when tom had an alibi. remember, dr. brian returned home from the conference on friday night, but, at about 7 pm that evening, to local men testified ryan stop for dinner at a place called the square butte country club. we ate with him, and what doctor ryan had for dinner according to these destroyed the states theory of time of death. it was this retired too ill to testify in person who delivered the by remembering clearly he said what bryan had on his plate. can you recall what he was doing when you sat down across from him? i other then eating the big
the trailer, it belonged to tom. and, trust, me they looked. the first responders all those years ago certainly gave the defense a juicy target, given how they treated dr. ryan s murder in first like a suicide. you did not take any blood swaps that day. not that day. you did not take any fingerprints that day. not that day. what about throwing away potential evidence like that telephone they found at dr. bryant s we all looked at, it i m sure we decided it was nothing on it to say whether we would have thrown out. the defense called them to the stand one by one to admit their mistakes. looking back now, deputy,, you probably shouldn t have done that. no, we shouldn t have. and if the state could make such a mess of things that the crime scene, confusing the manner of death said the defense maybe it is theory enough that time of death was
they had found the gun beside him. and, i said well where is the gun case? the gun case was missing. it was a grand gun case that ryan had made. and so, the gun was always in the gun? case the gun was either in it or beside it. a perimeter search of the property was organized. and lo and behold the gun holster, a leather case inscribed with brian s initials was found lying in tall grass. 84 feet from doctor ryan store. how did they get way out there? as he s thought about it, the whole seem seemed to gel in killed thompson s mind. the way it happened that is. the killer must have stolen brown s own gun in his case, while he was away at the conference. then brought it back that night expressly to kill brian. discarding the holster on the way out the door. if it hadn t been for that holster out there, it could ve been someone came at the door, brian came to the door with a