the defense might have stopped right there. instead they decided to gamble. mike was a nice guy and the jury should see that. and if the details had been a little different each time he was asked to tell the story, here was his chance to straighten it all out for the jury. how odd then that mike under oath now amended his story, just a little again. like when he added the detail that carol was in the bathtub when she said something mean to him. she said you make my skin crawl. also slightly different, the way he discovered she was gone. i opened the front door and went out and the garage door was open and the car was gone. in earlier versions, didn t ma mike say he heard the garage door go up and saw tail heights. why has his story changed again. what s the deal with that?
and the details were, once again, a little different. about when and where he last saw her, for example. it wasn t when he went to bed around 10:00 p.m. as he said on one occasion or 5:30 the next morning, as he also said. no, this time mike said he last saw carol about 10:30 or 11:00 p.m. in the bathtub. i used the bathroom. and then he said maybe around midnight or 1:00 or 2:00, he heard the garage door go up. he went to the door and actually saw carol s car driving away. see taillights. and you re sure it was her car? yes. also remember that story about putting tape on the dresser drawers after carol left and later he found it broken? he didn t remember that now. but as he sat here in 2010, he did remember some other traps he d set, even more elaborate.
instead, they decided to gamble. mike was a nice guy. the jury should see that. do you solemnly swear if the details had been a little different each time he was asked to tell the story, here was his chance to straighten it out for the jury. how odd then that mike, under oath now, amended his story just a little again. like when he added the detail that carol was in the bathtub when she said something mean to him. she said, you make my skin crawl. also slightly different, the way he discovered she was gone. i opened the front door and went out, and the garage door was open, and the car was gone. in earlier versions, didn t mike say he heard the garage door go up and saw taillights as carol drove away? why had his story changed again? what s the deal with that? did you hear the garage door? i don t think so. why do you think that now? what has jogged your memory?
i think the police are just wrong. no forensics, no witnesses, not even a body. the defense might have stopped right there. instead, they decided to gamble. mike was a nice guy. the jury should see that. do you solemnly swear if the details had been a little different each time he was asked to tell the story, here was his chance to straighten it out for the jury. how odd then that mike, under oath now, amended his story just a little again. like when he added the detail that carol was in the bathtub when she said something mean to him. she said, you make my skin crawl. also slightly different, the way he discovered she was gone. i opened the front door and went out, and the garage door was open, and the car was gone. in earlier versions, didn t mike say he heard the garage door go up and saw taillights as carol drove away? why had his story changed again?
i think the police are just wrong. no forensics, no witnesses, not even a body. the defense might have stopped right there. instead, they decided to gamble. mike was a nice guy. the jury should see that. do you solemnly swear if the details had been a little different each time he was asked to tell the story, here was his chance to straighten it out for the jury. how odd then that mike, under oath now, amended his story just a little again. like when he added the detail that carol was in the bathtub when she said something mean to him. she said, you make my skin crawl. also slightly different, the way he discovered she was gone. i opened the front door and went out, and the garage door was open, and the car was gone. in earlier versions, didn t mike say he heard the garage door go up and saw taillights as carol drove away? why had his story changed again?