trisha s death. which is the weakest part of the case, when you had to work the most on? this is the only account with the testimony of one individual. so it was the most difficult to prove. i just kept thinking, nobody is going to really think that it was as bad as it was. nobody is going to think that he should serve life in person. beyond emily s account, the prosecution put on an expert the small bruises on the top of tricia head, likewise the broken hair clip found on the pole bottom got there not because she stumbled, but because somebody approached on top of her head as she was held under water. moving on, the next big charge, the exploitation of a child, carried a life sentence. this was the incident in which the sarah accused perez of forcing her to videotape a young girl as she got undressed. how did it feel to see him in court, right there? it was terrifying. i felt like he was going to jump across the table and get
how awful, seeing trash floating dead in the pool. i lost it. even so, emily called 9-1-1, just as she had been ordered by castro, and told the story that tricia slipped while trying to rescue the baby, and banged her head and drowned. and in the crucial 20 minute window, lou had apparently taken it her sister sarah to the car dealership. did he give you a hint of what was going on that? day no. what do you believe that lou did at the poll that? day i believe that he drowned trish. not accident at all? no. buescher had under the water, and killed her? yes. detective ron goodwin believed both emily and sarah had been horribly duped. emily told the detective that castro showed up his alibi with more hocus pocus, telling her that with his powers as a seer, he had put her in a time warp, convincing her for many years that she was not even at the pool when trish drowned. so innocent, 11 year old emily, waited and waited for liu to
so, the sisters will never forget that awful day in june, 2003. emily, just 11 years old, found herself standing by the swimming pool. trish was floating in the shallow end of the pool, face down. a beach sandal floated on the water. trish was dead. coming up the horror of losing one of their own. for emily and everyone else, the sunny life at angel s landing had changed in an instant. it was very traumatic. and later, there would be more shocks in the story. mysterious accidents, dark threats involving the spirit world, and one seemingly demonic transformation. he wouldn t blink. he would get this terrible grin. that just looked evil. when dateline continues. in the lyte. discover caplyta. caplyta is a once-daily pill proven to deliver
emily and sarah would both testify, though at the time not wanting to make public their identities, and they would face down the accused who controlled them both for so many. years i cannot imagine how mc you must have been walking into that courtroom? because the case really depends on you. all i could think about was, how are they going to believe me. this is such a crazy story, what if they do not believe me? the state, benefit mr. bennett and i will ask you to hold him responsible and find him guilty. district attorney mark bennett and assistant da kim parker prosecuted the sprawling case. were you worried about even explaining this thing to a jury, about what it was all about? we had facts across several states, facts that involved a multitude of victims and witnesses. this is like an imax movie and he went with the epic version of the daniel pry the
is perhaps vulnerable, if she would hold up when she saw lou castro sitting biffle or her. how much courage did this women have? i cannot imagine. he coming up, despite all the evidence, emily s part of this case may not be a slam dunk. when dateline continues. dateline continues. .thanks to dupixent. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it s an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. and can help improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks. and can even reduce or eliminate oral steroids. imagine that. dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. get help right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath,