first, several of matt s coworkers s testified that holly, sometimes dropped off matt s lunch at the factory. holly big needed every once in a while firm. how many occasions do you recall that happening? half a dozen. and, holly always make sure to include matt s favorite drink, he said. half a gallon of more of raspberry iced tea antifreeze is sweet, otherwise tasteless. could holly of spiked the tee? you can t smell it and you can t see it from the tee. he would have no way to know that it s coming. but, why in heaven s name which he do such a thing? what was her motive? well, as the prosecution saw it, at least, all those arguments met and holly were having represented the death throws of their relationship. a relationship she wanted to leave and he did not. stubbornly. because he didn t want to lose custody of those kids. so, it s your claim that he was sticking like glue. and to get rid of them, she had to poison him. that is how she saw the way out. a way out.
with a little offering about holly, he was in county jail. under rest for beating up some cops. so, a snitch. as a prosecutors, we don t like informants. but what was so compelling about his testimony was that he was the only person to have that knowledge. how would he have that knowledge in the first how would hear that? he heard that from her lips to his ears. but, how could they possibly prove it? one possible way, sneaking. but it might work. they set up a phone call kennedy in prison called holly and they turned on a tape recorder hello? holly. yeah. do you know who this is? yeah, hi jameson. sometimes these things work. sometimes they don t. it s just how it is with the investigation of this story. suffice to say that the call wasn t everything that they wanted to be so heard they were, at a kind of crossroads. should they go forward or finally drop it? the evidence, the story of a
oh,. i can tell you right now that she didn t care. really, you go crawling to remind a new good tell us what she was thinking. no. you could read it on her face. read it on her face? you don t have to be crying your eyes out at a funeral to not be grieving. no, the defense argued all the testimony aligning all these behavior was really a product of the six plus years of rumor and innuendo. which, at courtesy of the authorities to matt s family hard into what sounded like truth even if it wasn t. if you listen to all the witnesses. anybody that was holly s friend, they all turned away once they talk to the detective. that was certainly the case, said the defense. when holly s friend rebecca vega cut off contact with holly about a year after matt died. who s the accused of murder in this room? holly. is yeah, and you, know you can t look at her anymore. no. after, then after she heard from the police said the defense, did she begin saying what she said at the t
i knew that my relationship with my friends suffered, ultimately it led to me being divorced. it was destructive on a lot of levels. because we focus so much on a certain goal, asserted mission. and you re so angry. and i m angry. even angrier, now if that was possible. because there had been a change. the case was reclassified as a homicide. but holly was living her life, free. no charges filed. and i became extremely frustrated. i m not going to lie. so frustrated, he sent a message to dateline on facebook asking us to look into his brother s death. holly and her family, meanwhile, we re waiting to see if the hammer would fall. i can t tell you how many times she s cried knowing that people are saying, you know, that she s a murderer and that this loving mom and softball coach can kill a man that she loved. but day-by-day, sergeant mike quinn was closing in on holly. just one more big thing, one solid piece of evidence, all he needed. and, maybe he and the
liar. like the bit about being tipsy. holly, kennedy said, had a glass of one or two that night. but, he knocked off an entire bottle himself. you still are telling the jury here that holly was tipsy or drunk that night, right? yes sir. well, in fact it was you that was drunk that night. not. holly i think we were both, you know, feeling the bus now this is the sort of moment the defense attorney probably lives for, listen. were you aware that holly is allergic to grapes and she can t drink one. no it was this a man who could be believed when he said he had a real relationship with holly? she had told me that he was stalking her. he had got her name tattooed on him. he would not leave her alone how did she feel about this? oh, she was afraid and candy admitted, under the fence questioning that he got very angry with ali when he heard a rumor that she was with another