do that is hold a gun upside down and place it upside down and then angle it because, remember, the angle is upwards. upside down and using his left hand. the thing about that is michael holton was right-handed. normally when men commit suicide, they use their dominant hand. sure. not their weaker hand. that s right. to the sheriff and his investigators, that made suicide improbable, and the pathologist agreed. he classified michael holton s death a homicide. he does not believe that that man would have killed himself or would have been able to kill himself in that manner. and so you go forward with a homicide investigation. it s not a head scratcher. you get a piece of paper that says homicide. this was now a murder investigation, and if there were three people in that house and two were victims, that simple arithmetic made madison the prime suspect.
so when you finally actually move his body. we discovered what appeared like an entry wound to the back of his head. so that s the first false note here. that changed the dynamics of the investigation. i ve been in law enforcement for 35 years. i ve never seen somebody try to commit suicide in such a weird, unique manner. if you argued that mr. holton did shoot his wife and then turn the gun on himself, why such a bizarre way to do that? the next morning a state pathologist confirmed michael holton had a close contact wound at the base of his head, and to investigators the angle seemed telling. the only way we were able to do that is hold a gun upside down and place it upside down and then angle it because, rerks t remember, the angle is upwards. upside down and using his
did hold a gun on the couple at one point, and take $4 out of his pocket but claims she did it at starkweather s command. with six people murdered, charlie and carol drove back into bennett. the next morning, thigh cruised arrange the neighborhood, looking for a place to hide out. dumped jensen s car, and get a new one. they end up at a house that he became familiar with while he worked on the trash route? right. this is the home that stark weather chose to hold out in. carol ann wait inside were 46-year-old clara ward and her 41-year-old maid. armed with guns and a knife, charlie and carol ann terrorized
did hold a gun on the couple at one point, and take $4 out of his pocket but claims she did it at starkweather s command. with six people murdered, charlie and carol drove back into bennett. the next morning, thigh cruised arrange the neighborhood, looking for a place to hide out. dumped jensen s car, and get a new one. they end up at a house that he became familiar with while he worked on the trash route? right. this is the home that stark weather chose to hold out in. carol ann wait inside were 46-year-old clara ward and her 41-year-old maid. armed with guns and a knife, charlie and carol ann terrorized
did hold a gun on the couple at one point, and take $4 out of his pocket but claims she did it at starkweather s command. with six people murdered, charlie and carol drove back into bennett. the next morning, thigh cruised arrange the neighborhood, looking for a place to hide out. dumped jensen s car, and get a new one. they end up at a house that he became familiar with while he worked on the trash route? right. this is the home that stark weather chose to hold out in. carol ann wait inside were 46-year-old clara ward and her 41-year-old maid. armed with guns and a knife, charlie and carol ann terrorized