when they were all gathered at his brother chris s house. and i saw craig there and i went over to him and i said, you know i want you to look at me and tell me if you ve done this or not. and he said no. robbyn says that she saw craig at the funeral. and within a week, he asked her if they would be together again. he asked me if our relationship was gonna remain how it had been. i told him i wasn t sure at that time. in those tumultuous early days. the two kept it cool. and so did the detectives that came across what they considered a huge clue. the significance of which they could keep quality about four months. it was a breakthrough that followed a simple if question. if craig had fired a shock on that night, would he have some telltale bruises from the recoil of the weapon? agent howard asked craig if he could take a look. i asked him, do you mind
craig out of the will. and philip s son, carey, had already taken his life name oft or 3 million dollar trust he had set up for his children. it s not clear what craig or robbyn did or did not know about these papers. but then, prosecutor michael said financial concerns were definitely on craig s mind. money is not a small factor here? money is a large factor. meaning, he knew he had to provide for carey s wife like carey had been providing. and the only way that he was going to get any financial means to live the life that he wanted to live with robin was through an inheritance. and he has enough sense to know that he is not going to inherit anything if both parents are dead. they also heard the realtor
ammunition that was found in the truck. michael prosecuted the case. when they found the shotgun. live ammo? three inch shelves. winchester? winchester. and yet, the question remained, what would make read even consider putting a shock into his family? what could ve driven him? the state would call to the stand craig sister-in-law, robbyn. for the first time, she would reveal the full story behind what, until now, had only been rich grist for the effingham county rumor mill. surname for the record please. robin heidt. all eyes were glued to the witness box the day that robin took the stand. jurors had already heard from the prosecutor about an inappropriate relationship between craig and robin. and now, they were gonna hear from robin herself. about what exactly had been going on in the family behind closed doors. and between brother and sister by marriage. are you married? no sir. i m widowed.
and who are you married to? i was married to carey heidt. how long were you married? 13 years. robbyn told the jurors about her life with carey. we had a very good, very prosperous living. did you ever like no. was he always able to provide? yes he was. what kind of husband was he? a very good husband. and how carrie was good with the three children as well. he was the best father, a wonderful father. but then, she explained, that in 2008. things got rocky between her and a husband. he spent a lot of time at work. a lot less time at home. he became very distant with me. i wasn t really sure why, i didn t realize that the real estate business was not going as well as it had been going. and i knew there was some problems but, there was a lot of problems and he didn t discuss them with me. so we became pretty distant. as far as our marriage, and relationship. the strain in their union was enough to cause driving to stray from carey. and in a shocking wa
stayed over at her in laws, philip and linda s, because she was scheduled to take philip to a doctor s appointment in the morning. and craig was at the house too. do you and craig have an internment relationship that night? we did. where was that? that was in philip in linda s living room. where were philip and linda? they were asleep. that relationship continued from that night forward. robbyn said that craig would call her, often using a cell phone that a friend had gotten for him, to set up a rendezvous. they would often meet at the hunting lodge that craig was cashing at, after moving out on his girlfriend, tina. how many times were you intimate? probably 20 times. a few weeks into the affair, robbyn said that she told her husband carey what was going on. how did he find out and know about the affair? i told him. how do the act when you told him? he was upset.