the lights in the house were on. it wasn t in darkness the way she described it. and this room is so tiny. that somebody standing in the doorway could reach out and touch the finger of the person on the bed. so wouldn t she have recognized the man she d lived with for 20 years when he was that close? wouldn t she have recognized the sound of his footsteps coming across the floor? and the bullet that killed him went in through his upper arm at the back and down into his heart as if he wasn t coming into attack her, but as if he was turning away. perhaps to run. reporter: you saw the trajectory of the bullet, what story did it tell you about what must have happened in that bedroom doorway? jj was walking out or turned to leave the bedroom and saw it coming and may have ducked down. but her story of, i saw this hand reaching towards me and i pulled the trigger, it doesn t line up with the angle, the trajectory of the shooting.
and he came in the room and that s when i grabbed the gun. what exactly did you do? um, as he came in the door i don t remember. i i just the gun went off, i shot him. reporter: then at the rape crisis center, another version implying an accidental shooting. cara quoted as saying, he grabbed her, and the gun went off. now she is telling the rape counselor that they were struggling over the gun? what? during this alleged sexual attack? she s told me, you know, he raped her. she shot him. but never said anything about him grabbing the gun or anything until she speaks with the rape counselor. reporter: finally, version number four. cara didn t really know who came barging into her house. she was simply scared and fired. somebody was in my house that i didn t expect to be in it. but see how you re explaining this now to me? cara, you re telling me the
justice. go get the search warrant signed, go get the arrest warrant signed. it s my birthday. it s the best birthday present ever. but then he got a call from his sergeant. he says, ray bob, i want you to keep your mouth shut, don t say anything, i just want you to do what i m telling you to do, i need you to get the arrest warrant quashed. wow. giovanni would not be arrested after all. just not enough evidence. the prosecutor had made it clear he didn t want to try him and fail in court. but the detective still had a warrant for giovanni s dna. so they went to his house unannounced. he opens the door. i said, got a warrant for you. didn t say a search warrant, didn t say arrest warrant. he turned back to his wife and says, i m going with them. he was defeated. he put his head down, shoulders down, he put his hands behind his back. like he was getting ready to be cuffed. wow. did you? no.
and he came into that room. so as he s coming in the room what, did he say anything? no. just was sort of coming in the room right. is he still there? i don t know. i think he went over to the neighbor s. okay, is your door locked? no. okay. i m too scared to get up. in fact, the man had run from her house and collapsed on the next door neighbor s doorstep, was lying there, bleeding. the neighbor dialed 911, too. he doesn t look very good. he s bleeding pretty bad. i understand. the neighbor was petrified, afraid of more gunfire, refused to open his door. i m afraid to go outside. he s outside on my deck. and you don t feel comfortable going outside and grabbing him? no, no. i completely understand. peering out his window, the neighbor described the man s injuries. where is he bleeding from? all i can see, the way he s lying is his arm. and yes, it didn t look good. okay, but i do have the police already on the way. is he awake right
officers of the pinellas county sheriff s office was not simple at all. maybe cara ryan was a victim who defended herself. and maybe she was something else altogether. what i m asking you for is consent for us to go in there. okay? obviously it s a crime scene right now. what really happened in this little house by the beach, in paradise? coming up cara was about to tell her story in greater detail, but it would only raise more questions. i thought maybe i had grazed him. i said, why isn t the ambulance leaving and deputy vaughn said, he doesn t need an ambulance. and i thought, oh, [bleep], now he s really going to be mad. wait, did cara know the man she d shot? who was she talking about? when in the bedroom continues. new pronamel mineral boost helps protect teeth against everyday acids. pronamel boosts enamel s natural absorption of calcium and phosphate - helping keep teeth strong, white