then after such a violent attack, wasn t any blood evidence found on david dooley. and why wasn t any of the dna found at the scene a match to his. the prosecutor argued the janitor worked every day with cleaning supplies and plastic bags. together perfect for removing evidence of a crime. at the time david dooley attacked michelle in that hallway, what did he have with him? a rolling crime scene cleanup part with a trash bag in the middle of it. it is my personal belief that when he left that blowing he took with him a bag containing all of the evidence that was missing from the scene juror a cover-up so spotless only a janitor could manage it, said the prosecutor. it was only his story, she said, that was a mess. it is very hard for a person to explain how they can t tell the same story twice. and in these circumstances, we had four separate statements from him. detective mcvay testified it was only in dooley s second interview at his apartment that dooley first mentioned l
as it arrived at the parking lot. she stopped by the warehouse s time clock and headed upstairs to her office. about an hour later, a supervisor named ed noticed a big stap on the upstairs hallway carpet. he started looking arounded the area with the help of coworker, the janitor, david dooley. ed was out on the mezzanine just part of the ways, and i was holding the door. and there was just he said, there s a dead body laying there. what did it look like? i just saw from the knees down. i didn t see the whole thing. but honestly i m glad i didn t look because i d never been around anything like that. it was kind of frightening for me. someone inside thermo fisher had killed michelle mockbee. but who? and just as puzzling, why? coming up what was in that office that anybody would want? i don t know. the hunt for a killing
at his second sentencing. he still says i am not going to confess to something i didn t do, even if it means this judge could change my sentence, give me a lower sentence. i am never going admit to something that never happened. the judge sentenced dooley to 43 years. it has been years since michelle s death. but she s still part of her daughters lives. madeline and carlo say it is the little things that remind them of their mom. bon jovi will come on the radio and we will think like oh, our mom liked that all that kind of music and would go to all kinds of concerts and she was just a fun person. everything i know about your mom makes me think that she wouldn t have wanted you in a courtroom, wouldn t have wanted you to hear about a murder trial. no. she wouldn t have wanted any of this to touch you at all. no. no. she would just want us to be like happy. yeah. maybe she will finally get
detective mcvay s credibility was compromised after the prosecutor branded him a liar. they lie. they cheat to win. and that s what they do. michelle s sister said they were frustrated by the judge s decision. but it didn t change their minds about david dooley s guilt. after everything that s come out, you think they got the right guy? we absolutely think they have the right guy. we have no doubt about that at all. nothing that happened since the trial, nothing in the appeal has made you think maybe the jury was wrong? no. michelle just was she deserves justice. she deserves this to be we all deserve all of this to be over with. seven long years after michelle mockbee was killed, both sides had to brace themselves for a new trial. this time, there would be a new prosecutor, with a powerful new case. coming up where are his boots? we
here again is josh mankiewicz with the early shift. after waiting a full day without hearing a verdict, michelle s siblings were on pins and needles. when the first day comes and goes and there was no verdict, were you worried at all? stressed. stressed. yeah, it was agonizing waiting. then after deliberating some 16 hours over two days word came from the jury. there was a verdict. we the jury find the defendant david dooley guilty of murder. guilty for the murder of michelle mockbee. did you have anything to do with the death of michelle mockbee? no, i did not. i did not kill her. david dooley was sentenced to life in prison. he filed an appeal. you know getting convictions reversed on appeal is a long shot. when you are innocent, it does happen. and it will happen. dooley was right. it wasn t