the top cover of the safe was removed, and there were some paint chips missing off a new combination lock. there were a few drops of blood on the safe, but no fingerprint, no murder weapon, but there was something rather odd lying near robin s body. it was just a piece of foam rubber. we kind of speculated that it came from some padding maybe for a backpack or a handle for a briefcase. whatever it was and wherever it came from, the mysterious piece of foam wasn t much to go on. still, they bagged it, put it with all the other evidence. robin s wallet told them who she was, where she lived. an officer went to the house to notify the family. no one home. he left a note which said call the police department. it was something about robin. so i called back. i said, is she all right? and he said, no, she s not. so, now kim, the eldest of the four daughters, had to reveal the news.
her story, looked over at marshall with his bible, hadn t seen him in over two decades. i wanted to walk over to him and say, you hurt me. i wanted to say you not only hurt this family, but you hurt me. i wasn t allowed. i guess once i gave my testimony, i guess you could say it was a done deal. two days later the jury agreed. they found william marshall guilty of first-degree murder. he was sentenced to life in prison. i always knew he was going to pay for what he did, but i m mean enough i want to see him pay here on earth, so i hope he lives to be 100 and lives a lot of years in that little 6x9 cell. robin deserves justice. you know, it s true that the trial didn t bring her back, but now robin s murderer is accountable. and there was someone else who had been worried about accountability, the woman who had traded shifts with robin on
the hardest thing then and now was to imagine who would do such a thing and why. someone deliberately took her life. this was a heinous crime. in the days after the murder, the police cast around for clues, motives, suspects, and there wasn t much to go on, beyond that one puzzling piece of foam they found on the floor near robin s body. though none of the detectives could figure out even what it was let alone what use it could be as a clue. but as they looked hard at the crime scene, tried to piece together what must have happened, they began to develop a troubling motive that might lead to a suspect. it appeared this was not the work of a random stranger. there was no indication of forced entry. there was no indication of a struggle. that seemed pretty clear from the autopsy. robin had been stabbed to death, attacked with a knife. but there wasn t a mark on
the hardest thing then and now was to imagine who would do such a thing and why. someone deliberately took her life. this was a heinous crime. in the days after the murder, the police cast around for clues, motives, suspects, and there wasn t much to go on, beyond that one puzzling piece of foam they found on the floor near be robin s body. though none of the detectives could even figure out what it was let alone what use it could be as a clue. but as they looked hard at the crime scene, tried to piece together what must have happened, they began a troubling motive that might lead to a suspect t. appeared this was not the work of a random stranger. there was no indication of forced entry. there was no indication of a struggle. that seemed pretty clear from the autopsy. robin had been stabbed to death, attacked with a knife. but there wasn t a mark on either of her hands.
removed, and there were some paint chips missing off a new combination lock. there were a few drops of blood on the safe, but no fingerprint, no murder weapon, but there was something rather odd lying near robin s body. it was just a piece of foam rubber. we kind of speculate that had it came from some padding maybe for a backpack or a handle for a briefcase. whatever it was and wherever it came from, the mysterious piece of foam wasn t much to go on. still, they bagged it, put it with all the other evidence. robin s wallet told them who she was, where she lived. an officer went to the house to notify the family. no one home. he left a note which said call the police department. it was something about be robin. so i called back. i said, is she all right? and he said, no, she s not. so, now kim, the eldest of the four daughters, had to reveal the news. she started with their mother.