procession through the courts. seasoned passed with no resolution. that was about to change in startling fashion. coming up a second trial, but at times it was hard to know exactly who was the defendant. was it denny ross? he was choking me from behind ask squeezing. or hannah s boyfriend. did you blame yourself for hannah s murder. yes. when the night hannah hill disappeared, continues. tz t hannah hill disappeared, continues tz
did you believe his story? looking at his body language making contact with the jury, i believed him. none of us felt that it was him and none of his dna was there. so on friday, just after lunch, came word of a decision. lawyers, friends, family all assembled at the court. hannah s brother stayed away, shaky. i was at a friend s house waiting by the phone. i was terrified. all rise, please. in just moments, there was no more need for guesswork. count 1, is it your determination that defendant committed murder in this count in that he did purposely cause the death of hannah hill? is that your decision? yes, your honor. denny ross guilty on all five counts. in the back of the courtroom, hannah s friend tara was visibly shaken. i was a wreck.
i m paging her. she s not calling. that just wasn t like her. we re freaking out now. so we make out thousands of f fliers. ask we re passing them out, have you seen my sister? we heard nothing. the boyfriend took it a step further. he went down to the police station on that friday, the first of several visits to the cops. my girlfriend is is mising and doesn t seem like the police are doing very much. long days became longer nights with no word from hannah. by tuesday evening, she had been missing nearly a week. police finally turn to the media. an 18-year-old girl has vanished and tonight police are asking for your help. when it came across the cb she was missing, i got really real. the next morning a breakthrough. news that police had located hannah s car. it was parked on a quiet dead end street called cane road. jerry hughes then with the akron
the officers didn t check the temperature of the bag and couldn t say a if it had been out nor minutes or days. still the next day denny was charged with hannah s rape ask murder. breaking news. an arrest has been made in the murder of 18-year-old hannah hill. the arrest of good time denny was incomprehensible to hannah s friends. i can t say why someone we knew would want to hurt her. you tell me who your boy is. denny ross, a young kid who got himself in a situation by telling the truth. he was an average, care-free kid oobt kpooited about a new job in internet marketing. personality, gheern. a person who doesn t stop smiling. it doesn t matter who you are. you ll feel at home around him because he has that personality. the medical examiner ruled
the death a homicide by fitsuation saying she was strangled to death, but little else was clear. the me found semen inside hannah s body, but the sample wasn t useful because it had degradeed so much during the week her body lay in the trunk of the car. and then there were what critics saw as investigative lapses. police never checked brad s alibi the night hannah disappeared. never checked her pager records and never performed a key chemical test of the carpet in denny s apartment. the police investigators can spray a chemical on this alleged evidence and it will luminous and show blood and can be tested. that was never done. visible blood spots were found on denny s apartment walls, but in the dozens of samples of blood and fibers sent is out for testing, none came back to hannah. no dna or blood. she was killed there and there s no trace of her?