jeffrey lamb was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. prosecutors believe jeff wanted out of his marriage. he often told friends that cathy was a poor housekeeper, but apparently jeff was no better. he called her dirty and yet his truck was filthy. i mean, he had more garbage in his truck than you would throw out in the street. i don t know if you would call him a hypocrite or something, but he didn t live a better lifestyle than his wife. the couple separated for a few years, but even after they reconciled, jeff continued to have affairs. cathy tolerated his infidelity, but she didn t like it. i felt very sorry for cathy. i felt very bad because i knew that she loved him very much and i thought that she would be very hurt over that. jeff was paying off a $20,000 fine for embezzlement, and a divorce would have left him with even less money to make those payments. jeff had a friend. he had told him that i m not
he took my daughter from us, her family, and her friends for $29,000. in september of 2006, jeffrey lamb was convicted of first-degree murder. he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. we were confident going to trial because the case wasn t just based on science, it was based on common sense. i don t believe he gets up one morning of one day and says, how could i have done that to that human being? beside the fact that she was my wife, besides the fact that i have known her since she was a teenager. his first mistake was not to change his clothes after he killed his wife. the second mistake would be throwing a tool up on a roof
would have just been on the top of the weave, but rather down driven into the weave much more consistent with impact spatter. the blood spatter was the same size and shape as one would expect to find after inflicting a beating with a blunt object. dna testing of this blood revealed it was cathy lamb s blood. we had impact spatters at the scene on the wall, and we also had impact spatters on the left interior thigh area of the dark jeans of jeffrey lamb. this was definitive proof jeffrey lamb struck the fatal blows. and blood spatter expert stewart james found one more thing. he just happened to reach into one of the pockets, just checking to see if there was anything in there, and he found an earring, a little diamond earring that belonged to cathy.
was used on one of their big, big tow trucks. it was the office building of the tow yard where jeff lamb worked. the tire iron had hexagonal heads for loosening and tightening nuts. it was tested for dna. we tried everything to test the tire iron, but it was south florida and it rains all the time. the sun would have evaporated any dna as well as the water washing it off. but since it was so distinctive, as were the wounds on cathy s body, the tire iron was still a valuable piece of evidence. the hexagonal head was placed over photographs of cathy lamb s wounds. you look at the injuries on cathy s face. there s no way in the world anything other than this did it. jeffrey lamb was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. prosecutors believe jeff wanted
family, and her friends for $29,000. in september of 2006, jeffrey lamb was convicted of first-degree murder. he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. we were confident going to trial because the case wasn t just based on science, it was based on common sense. i don t believe he gets up one morning of one day and says how could i have done that to that human being? besides the fact that she was my wife, besides the fact that i have known her since she was a teenager. his first mistake was not to change his clothes after he killed his wife. the second mistake would be throwing a tool up on a roof where it doesn t belong and somebody may discover it.