waiting for their father to return from the police station. and they wondered, why was it taking so long? then the phone rang, and they had their answer. you know, it broken up words and he s crying and we re crying, and that was when he said, they think i hurt mom. i mean, he was very upset. but he didn t sound surprised when he said he was crying, he was crying. very upset. but by the time police investigators were questioning chris, remember, they had heard from lyndsay patterson. and at the station chris s version of events in the spa differed in one crucial detail from what lyndsay described seeing that first time she peered over the wall and into the halls backyard. that specifically me holding her down in there, there s nothing that took place in that jacuzzi that would explain that. there was no sex. there was no i don t even
here again is keith morrison. chris and cristi hall s three daughters clung together in grief and shock, all through the dismal evening hours of that worst of all days, june 7, 2007. waiting for their father to return from the police station. and they wondered, why was it taking so long? then the phone rang. and they had their answer. you know, broken-up words, and he s crying, and we re crying. that was when he said they think i hurt mom. i mean, he was very upset. but he didn t sound surprised when he said no, he was crying. he was crying. he was upset. very upset. but by the time police investigators were questioning chris, remember, they had heard from lindsay patterson. and at the station, chris version of events in the spa differed in one crucial detail from what lindsay described seeing that first time she peered over the wall and into
you know, broken-up words, and he s crying, and we re crying. that was when he said they think i hurt mom. i mean, he was very upset. but he didn t sound surprised when he said no, he was crying. he was crying. he was upset. very upset. but by the time police investigators were questioning chris, remember, they had heard from lindsay patterson. and at the station, chris version of events in the spa differed in one crucial detail from what lindsay described seeing that first time she peered over the wall and into the hall s backyard. that specifically, me holding her down in there, there s nothing that took place in that jacuzzi that would explain that. there was no sex. there was no i don t even think we had any contact while we were in the jacuzzi other than when i was getting her out. but investigators were getting a good look at
return from the police station. and they wondered, why was it taking so long? then the phone rang and they had their answer. you know, broken-up words, and he s crying and we re crying. that was when he said, they think i hurt mom. i mean, he was very upset. but he didn t sound surprised when he said, they hurt he was crying. he was upset. very upset. reporter: but by the time police investigators were questioning chris, remember, they had heard from lindsay patterson, and at the station, chris version differed in one crucial way from lindsay s story. me holding her down in there, there s nothing that took place in that jacuzzi that would explain that. there was no sex. there was no i don t even think we had any contact while
i hurt mom. he was very upset. but he didn t sound surprised when he said no, he was crying. he was crying. he was upset. very upset. but by the time police investigators were questioning chris, remember, they had heard from lindsay patterson. and at the station, chris s version of events in the spa differed in one crucial detail from what lindsay described seeing that first time she period over the wall and into the hall s backyard. that specifically, me holding her down in there, there s nothing that took place in that jacuzzi that would explain that. there was no sex. there was no i don t even think we had any contact while we were in the jacuzzi other than when i was getting her out. but investigators were getting a good look at christie s body and saw wounds that to them suggested a struggle and more than one nasty blow to the head. so the police had to choose. which version, chris hall s or