could this murder had been deliberately. she was murdered. i loved sarah. i would never have hurt her. sarah crying because i felt so bad for her. there is just no chance that he had anything to do with it. three trials, three juries. we are scared that the truth may not come out. sometimes the shades are drawn early in a marriage. even for a young couple so in love like newlyweds sarah and ryan. everything in life was still fresh. even at home on your average monday night. after his workday as a sports writer, ryan said he plop down on the sofa on an august night to chill with the bengals preseason opener against green bay. sarah, he says, went upstairs to draw a bat in the bathroom. she liked her calling baths. the young dental hygienists had been tormented with more of her headaches that afternoon. the young couple in the suburban state in that the home that evening had been married for just under four months. 114 days to be exact. they vowed till dea
cincinnati area, host bill cunningham could feel the court of public opinion responding to the story. the bathtub murder case had the phones ringing. the idea that at such a young man could be watching a bengals game, and within a few seconds turn from a bengals fan, long suffering, to a murderer was a little bit shocking. for months, listeners debated whether the husband could have done it. i had a large number of callers who said to me, he didn t do it. he doesn t fit the profile. there s no history. and i said to them, wait a minute. wait till the trial takes place. i farm led to believe there is going to be clear and convincing evidence. seven months after sarah s death, the only jury that mattered was sworn in to hear the case against 28 year old ryan widmer. a charge of aggravated murder. a couple s friends were sticking by him. basically his life hangs in the balance for those jurors. it s a scary thought. it s a scary thought. there is a chance that he could go
that he could go to jail. in the courtroom, sarah s family sat cross room from ryan s. much as they had a previous year, during the couples fairytale wedding. but now, sarah s family support for him have eroded. for ryan s mom that was just another unexpected twist in the situation that seem to get stranger by the minute. her son, on trial for murder. to see my scared baby we. he was scared to death. but the prosecution s message for the jury was blunt. there had been a violent confrontation in the widmer house that night. ryan widmer purposely killed sarah stewart widmer and murdered her by drowning. the prosecutors began with the first moments of the case. ryan s call tonight one one. my wife, she fell asleep in the bathtub. i think i was downstairs. i just came up and she was lying face down in the bathtub. on the stand, the emergency dispatcher testified that the voice on the phone that night was giving more details than