could this murder had been deliberately. she was murdered. i loved sarah. i would never have hurt her. sarah crying because i felt so bad for her. there is just no chance that he had anything to do with it. three trials, three juries. we are scared that the truth may not come out. sometimes the shades are drawn early in a marriage. even for a young couple so in love like newlyweds sarah and ryan. everything in life was still fresh. even at home on your average monday night. after his workday as a sports writer, ryan said he plop down on the sofa on an august night to chill with the bengals preseason opener against green bay. sarah, he says, went upstairs to draw a bat in the bathroom. she liked her calling baths. the young dental hygienists had been tormented with more of her headaches that afternoon. the young couple in the suburban state in that the home that evening had been married for just under four months. 114 days to be exact. they vowed till dea
cincinnati area, host bill cunningham could feel the court of public opinion responding to the story. the bathtub murder case had the phones ringing. the idea that at such a young man could be watching a bengals game, and within a few seconds turn from a bengals fan, long suffering, to a murderer was a little bit shocking. for months, listeners debated whether the husband could have done it. i had a large number of callers who said to me, he didn t do it. he doesn t fit the profile. there s no history. and i said to them, wait a minute. wait till the trial takes place. i farm led to believe there is going to be clear and convincing evidence. seven months after sarah s death, the only jury that mattered was sworn in to hear the case against 28 year old ryan widmer. a charge of aggravated murder. a couple s friends were sticking by him. basically his life hangs in the balance for those jurors. it s a scary thought. it s a scary thought. there is a chance that he could go
died, when she had been away visiting relatives, they say that ryan had frequented a website called adult friend find her, an organization that bills itself as the world s largest sight for swingers. we found evidence that he had been on the side, but no evidence that he followed through. if there is such a happy couple, why is somebody on the computer surfing for a hookup spot? that makes no sense to me. that would come back to the idea of a happy couple. to be there is no way to know that sarah even knew about ryan s internet trolling. still, was it a sign that their marriage was not as happy as friends and family believe? my understanding of some of these sites, supposedly that he visited, ended up being pop-ups on a computer. i m not the most computer literate person, but i do not think the full story was told there either. and i do not understand, if
the stand and what a story she has to tow. she found out that she had cheated on her they were in the living room and they were arguing about pornography. but why this story? now [crying] i m a mom and i couldn t do that to them anymore. . when dateline continues. maybe try switching your car insurance to progressive. you could save hundreds. that s a great idea, tv dad. but i said the exact same thing. some day when you re a father, you ll understand. i m his father. it s not a competition. listen to your tv dad. drivers who switch and save with progressive save nearly $700 on average.
what had causes injuries? the investigators checked off what they had so far. a young man supposedly drown in the bathtub with a damp head of here and a dry body. it didn t figure. if you re pulling somebody directly out of the top of water in the body has to be wet. there is no other way around it. a victim with unexplained bruises. and he has been whose stories they didn t believe. about a boring monday night watching football then finding his wife dead in the bath. ryan s story, it didn t fit. it doesn t fit at all. we determined we had a homicide. sarah widmer murdered, and that has authorities believe her husband ryan did it. how shocking was that to you? they charge ryan with murder. i mean, you ve got to be kidding me. why would they think why? i can t even tell you what that was like. so on top of losing this beautiful member of our family. he didn t even get a chance to grieve because now we are scared to death and, he is