the murder of ciara ingram. i started crying. i ve never, in my life, cried unhappiness. never. in that moment i cried of happiness. for ciara s friends and families the reaction was much different. surprised. and i think that my surprise came mostly from the children s testimony. i don t believe for a minute that anyone coach them into saying any of that. they told the jury what they saw on what they heard? yes, i absolutely believe that. and if you believe it, it means that he s guilty? right. you think jarod murdered ciara? i do. does she need justice? she does. i don t know how they re going to get it. but the prosecutor says not guilty is not the same as innocent. i do think that he is the murderer and we would not have trident if we don t have confidence in that. jarod and katy are grateful
in the car? yes. and the motivation with this crime? was he did not want the children to move with sierra to indiana. the prosecution called friends like samela who, testified that ciara told her numerous times that jarod was threatening, violent. with that unnerving for you? no, because i wanted justice for ciara. it had been too long. i just had to do my part. he s sitting there? yes, to the left of me. you can look at him? no, i was disgusted. i hate him. i hate to say it, but i do. i just and look. the prosecution said jarod had another motive. to the tone of nearly $13,000 in child support payments. the prosecution also argue that the forensic evidence pointed at jarod the ingram. police found jarod the s fingerprints on ciara s cellphones. a cell phone used
could ve been bleach. you re saying that the cops in this case are seething the story, there coaching the kids? i absolutely think that they were asking leading questions that were leading them to conclusions that they didn t originally have. jarod s attorney was confident that the jurors would understand the facts if they heard from him directly. i knew that he was gonna make a good witness, most particularly because he was well spoken. you took the stand, always risky. rarely advised. but you did it. there is no question. why did you take the stand? i ve been waiting six years to be able to stand up in front of a jury and stand up in front of a judge and say i didn t do this. but it exposes you too aggressive cross-examination with a prosecutor? it does. that was rough. it seemed like he was doing everything in his power to get a rise out of me. provoke you show the jury exactly, show the jury the monster. he faced the prosecutors question for more than a do
with her as far as you knew? she told me that, yes. but you didn t see any bruising or scratches or anything like that? no, she did, she would hide it. she s the type that wants to be strong. she didn t want you to be able to say a word about her. as for jarod, he told us any stories about abuse in his relationship with ciara, just weren t true. were there any altercations around you and her? absolutely, she through some things, small things. not like a remote control. jarod told us that anyone who knew ciara well, knew that she wouldn t put it with abuse. she was a very fierce woman. she had her way. she s not going to let you tell her any different. and she s very determined. i couldn t see her being in an abusive relationship. of course, he says, he and ciara had plenty of court scorching disagreements in their marriage. but once they split, the drama ended. and he says, they shared responsibility for the kids amicably. cool parenting. and very successfully. i thin
few days later. why do you think that you made you stay in the car? maybe he s doing something? jarod s six-year-old daughter says she s got restless and got did was six year olds do. she says she got out of the car went to the door, lifted the mail slot and peered inside. she told investigators she saw her dad. what was he doing? i forgot. i mean, was he sending? was he sitting? was he? he was sending. was he just standing there doing nothing? did he have something in his hand? no. he was just standing there doing nothing. she says he told her to go back to the car. she says she picked in again. investigators were interested in what she saw and what she says she. her money was still laughing. but, she sounded like she was somewhere. that he wasn t in