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in most of my closing arguments, i used to quote oliver wendell holmes who said, memories may fade and witnesses dissemble, but circumstances never lie. and the circumstances of this case are forensic circumstances and they did not lie. a drive-by shooting on an alaskan highway. and the bomb sent through the mail. two apparently random acts of senseless violence, until forensic science discovered an important link. on an october night in 1990, rob chamberlain and his friend were driving along glenn highway in anchorage, alaska, headed to a local restaurant. as he approached the exit ramp, chamberlain heard a loud crack. he looked back and saw a hole in his rear window. then he saw his friend,
where he hid the gun. nevertheless, police arrested r.d. cheely and doug gustafson and charged them with jeffrey cain s murder. george kerr accepted a plea bargain and agreed to testify for the prosecution in exchange for immunity. without the murder weapon, he was their entire case. george kerr was very important to the prosecution. without george kerr, it would have been very difficult i think to put them at the scene, and to actually have an eyewitness who not only the shooting but what happened before and after. but as the trial was to be begin, george kerr changed his story. i ve still got it when you think aarp, then you don t know aarp . life reimagined gives you tools and support to get the career you ll love. find more real possibilities at aarp.org/possibilities
the bullet entered the back of his head, exited out the front of his head. death was instantaneous. cain s parents were called to the scene. i couldn t understand why jeff had to be the one who was shot. maybe i m just like there is other people, why not shoot the bad people? jeff was a computer programmer with no known enemies. the driver, rob chamberlain, said he had no idea why they were targeted. our first impression was maybe it was a drug deal gone bad, and somebody was following this young man and something had happened. we really pressed the issue, were you targeted for some apparent reason? were you involved in something? do you have any enemies? have you been involved in anything that would have led somebody to target you? not far from the site of the shooting, police found a shell casing on the side of the highway. the bullet probably came from another vehicle that was traveling in the same direction as our victim vehicle.
are forensic circumstances and they did not lie. a drive-by shooting on an alaskan highway. and the bomb sent through the mail. two apparently random acts of senseless violence, until forensic science discovered an important link. on an october night in 1990, rob chamberlain and his friend were driving along glenn highway in anchorage, alaska, headed to a local restaurant. as he approached the exit ramp, chamberlain heard a loud crack. he looked back and saw a hole in his rear window. then he saw his friend, 20-year-old jeffrey cain, slumped in his seat and covered in blood.