walter ogrod confession. and he was arrested for first degree murder, and sexual assault. the news came on and they were saying that they had solved barbara jean horn murder. i was like, oh wow. they finally caught the guy. heidi has known walter ogrod since they were teenagers. next thing i know, they re flashing a picture of walter ogrod on the screen? and he s in handcuffs. that is just not a violent person. he s like a gentle giant. he would never hurt anyone. but to john and sharon, walter ogrod was the face of pure evil. what was it like to read those words, to read that confession that he made? high breaking. i hated him. it was hardly an open and shut case, walter ogrod had no criminal record. no physical evidence linked him to the crime. he did not resemble the sketch.
case. we he had signed every page of the 16-page confession and you think oh wow, that is damning. and then you read that the first jury voted to acquit him. tom spoke with a dozen people who knew walter before he was arrested, none believed he committed the crime. there is no evidence connecting him to him. many, like heidi gould, told tom that if anybody could be easily manipulated into confessing, it was her friend walter. you could tell that he was a little bit different, like socially awkward. we tom decided he had heard enough doubt that he needed to meet ogrod himself. what were your initial impressions of him? it was a little bit like talking to rain man. he could not express feelings to me, but he knew all of the facts. and i thought, he is like the